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It's 2016, and retro technology is getting its second wind. Vintage film cameras, typewriters—and yes—vinyl records are spinning back into our lives. This penchant for old-school analog gear has been steadily increasing over the years. According to Nielsen's 2015 U.S. Music Year-End Report, LP sales hit a new record of nearly 12 million units in 2015, marking the 10th consecutive year of vinyl sales growth. What's the reason for this vinyl revival? It's not just nostalgia. Listeners are pining for higher-quality sound, and vinyl offers a uniquely rich, warm sound quality that you won't experience while listening to CDs and MP3s.
To meet this growing demand for vinyl, Sony launched a new turntable that will appeal to audiophiles, vinyl collectors and music lovers alike. The sleek PS-HX500 turntable promises the best possible vinyl sound and is capable of playing your favourite records like a dream. But what differentiates Sony's PS-HX500 from other high-end contemporary turntables is the fact that it lets you record your vinyl discs to create audiophile-quality digital files. The PS-HX500 is equipped with a high-quality A/D converter, so you can simply connect the device to your PC with a USB cable and record your vinyl as High-Resolution Audio tracks. This is the perfect way to back up your extensive vinyl collection digitally, or even take tracks with you on the go (while vinyl sounds incredible, it's not exactly pocket-friendly). As an added bonus, the turntable will also be accompanied by a mobile and desktop app that allows users to edit their converted files.
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It's been seven years since we released the PS-LX300USB turntable, which features a USB output for importing your favourite records to a PC. While the PS-LX300USB continues to fly off the shelves at consumer electronic stores and the number of units sold is still growing, we wanted to take the original model one step further. Our customers want quality audio equipment that can record with a higher resolution quality than that of CDs. The PS-HX500 is our way of showing our customers that we're listening. It features a high-quality DSD native converter that allows you to record your vinyl to digital files in High-Res Audio quality.
Seeing the PS-HX500 turn into a reality is also a personal dream come true for me. I was a real audio kid growing up. Collecting audio equipment was my favourite pastime. I used to peruse catalogues and then head off to "Akihabara Electric Town," a district in the Chiyoda ward of Tokyo that is known as a major shopping centre for household electronics.
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When we were at the CES product demo, we played back DSD files that had been recorded from vinyl records. Crowds of attendees gathered around to test out the sound quality. I anticipated that this turntable would be of interest to colleagues, audiophiles and people within the industry, but I never expected that such a wide range of people would be curious about the PS-HX500.
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Of course, vinyl also requires more up-front investment. It takes time to build a vinyl collection, and it requires its own unique equipment and maintenance. But that investment also adds to the joy of owning vinyl records.
Q: Why do you think people have been gravitating toward vinyl records in the past few years?
Simply put—buying records is a lot of fun! There are so many record shops in Tokyo, and it's an adventure to spend the day browsing these shops and discovering new records to add to your collection. There's something magical about having to hunt down a tangible record. Whether you're looking for a new release or a used record, if you find it in a store and don't buy it right then and there, you never know if you'll come across it again. It's a world of once-in-a-lifetime encounters. Vinyl records offer a deeper, tactile connection to music that you can't get with digital music. When I buy a used record, I can feel how the previous owner treasured it.
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I'm so excited that our turntable allows consumers to record their favourite vinyl records to high-res digital files. High-Resolution Audio allows you to fully capture the entire range of sound in a recording, making it possible to detect the warmth, the organic tones and the core of the sound. Formats with a low volume of information (like CDs and MP3s) provide a stiff feeling, revealing only "the outline" of the sound.
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For the cartridge to do a good job—that is, for the needle to be able to accurately trace the grooves of the record—we had to make sure that the arm was designed to be light and strong. The PS-HX500's arm uses an integrated-cartridge straight arm structure that is light, rigid and strong, allowing us to achieve amazing sound quality. As you can see, we truly prioritize design and sound quality equally.
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Governor Perdue Signs Bill Clarifying Georgia's Gun Laws
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ATLANTA – Governor Sonny Perdue announced today that he has signed Senate Bill 308, a bill that clarifies Georgia law on where it is legal for licensed permit holders to carry guns. SB 308 was sponsored by Sen. Mitch Seabaugh.
"Georgia's Common Sense Lawful Carry Act protects lawfully carrying citizens from unknowingly becoming criminals by clarifying where they can and cannot carry their weapons," Sen. Seabaugh said. "They know all too well that a license to carry is not a license to commit a crime. This law was truly written by the citizens of Georgia, with input from all interested constituents. Government should work for the people to protect their freedoms and constitutionally guaranteed rights. I want to thank Gov. Perdue and my colleagues in the Legislature for their support and willingness to work on this legislation. I also want to thank everyone who provided valuable input into writing this bill to help achieve a law that makes sense."
"GeorgiaCarry.Org appreciates Governor Perdue's signing this important legislation," stated Ed Stone, President of GCO. "It is vital for law-abiding citizens who wish to arm themselves for self-defense to know definitively what places are off-limits. This bill, through the leadership of Sen. Seabaugh, eliminates much of the ambiguity inherent in the former law. GeorgiaCarry.org believes that this legislation is an important step in the restoration and full implementation of law-abiding citizens' right to bear arms."
In addition to SB 308, the Governor also announced the signings and vetoes of the remaining bills that were passed by the legislature this session. The following bills were signed on Friday, June 4: HB 705, HB 936, HB 948, HB 991, HB 994, HB 997, HB 1002, HB 1040, HB 1069, HB 1072, HB 1123, HB 1186, HB 1197, HB 1213, HB 1214, HB 1261, HB 1285, HB 1286, HB 1288, HB 1355, HB 1364, HB 1429, HB 1430, HB 1447, HB 1448, HB 1467, HB 1470, HB 1490, HB 1500, HR 1588, SB 17, SB 277, SB 371, SB 389, SB 390, SB 419, SB 436 and SR 1083.
The following bills were vetoed: HB 321, HB 417, HB 827, HB 907, HB 990, HB 1023, HB 1028, HB 1082, HB 1236, HB 1251, HB 1272, HB 1321, HB 1407, HB 1422, HB 1465, HB 1478, SB 1, SB 148, SB 239, SB 291, SB 373, SB 374, SB 414, SB 415, SB 480, SB 539 and SB 547
Veto messages for each bill vetoed are below.
General Legislation
Indemnification bills
HB 827 and SB 414 expand eligibility for state and local employees to be covered under the state indemnification program, and also broaden the categories of family members allowed to recover under the program. The indemnification program is not insurance, it is an additional and special benefit for state and local employees in particularly dangerous jobs that provides additional funds to the workers' dependents when those employees are injured or killed. Most, if not all, of those workers are already provided life insurance and workers compensation. The original intent of the program was to provide some additional funds to the people truly dependent on the employees' income when an injury or death interrupted the steady income stream. These bills substantially broaden the definition of "dependent", which departs from the original intent of the program. More importantly, the bills undermine the long-term sustainability of the indemnification program by expanding the program without identifying additional funds. Accordingly, I VETO HB 827 and SB 414.
HB 321, the "prompt pay" bill, is a bill I would have liked the opportunity to sign. Unfortunately, the Medical Association of Georgia insisted (over the objections of many) on including language that likely violates the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ("ERISA"), a federal law that preempts portions of HB 321 as written. Because the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution precludes state law from violating federal law, I will not sign a bill that contravenes ERISA. Accordingly, I VETO HB 321.
HB 417 attempted to clarify which version of documents related to insurance contracts control when multiple versions in different languages conflict. As written, I believe the consequences of such a change in policy could be quite detrimental, and so I VETO HB 417.
HB 907 was originally intended to allow additional flexibility for management of middle schools, which I support. During the legislative process, however, language from another bill was added which imposes onerous requirements on the Department of Education regarding the Special Needs Voucher, most significant of which was the unqualified requirement to pay such vouchers in four equal quarterly payments. In a budget environment as challenging as this one – an environment in which public schools are being forced to operate on smaller budgets – it is not appropriate to tie administrators' hands and require them to fund vouchers fully as they seek budget flexibility elsewhere during these uncertain economic times. For these reasons, I VETO HB 907.
HB 990, sponsored by Rep. Alan Powell, began as the Georgia State Patrol's Federal Motor Carrier Compliance legislation, which resolved issues of incompatibility and enforcement between state law and federal regulations. Unfortunately, the bill was amended during the legislative process with a Fleet Vehicle Registration Plan Amendment. This amendment causes significant operational hurdles and will cost the Department of Revenue nearly $1 million to implement, funds which were not appropriated for this purpose. Accordingly, I VETO HB 990.
HB 1023 contains various changes to tax policy, many of which may have merit but also have substantial impact on future state revenues. HB 1405, which I have signed, creates a Tax Reform Study Committee charged with the task of reviewing all our tax policies and proposing sweeping changes as needed to the General Assembly for its consideration next session. Because of the long-term fiscal implications of HB 1023, I believe the tax policy changes it contains are best considered by the Tax Reform Study Committee, rather than signing them all into law at this time. For this reason, I VETO HB 1023.
HB 1028 allows landowners that have placed their land in a conservation covenant to subdivide that land in a manner allowing them to avoid paying tax penalties. In 2008, I signed the Forest Land Protection Act, which provides a way for forest land owners to continue their ownership of these valuable resources by reducing the burden of property taxes on their forest land. The State and local governments have invested millions of dollars in this program, the purpose of which was to help owners maintain their land for conservation purposes. Property owners who make an agreement with the State to conserve their forest for the term of the conservation covenant – and accepts a financial benefit in return – is and should be responsible for any breach of that agreement. HB 1028 would allow owners who sell land they have agreed to keep as forest land to avoid penalties if the conservation covenant is broken. This does not promote the original intent of the Forest Land Protection Act to help owners conserve their forests, and so I VETO HB 1028.
HB 1082 creates a new kind of freeport exemption available to local governments. Currently, local governments are able to enact a freeport exemption that exempts warehouses, distributors, manufacturers, and the like from inventory taxes. HB 1082 creates a second kind of exemption that would apply to retailers. Because this expansion of the exemption would merely create competition between counties at the expense of the property tax base of each county, I VETO HB 1082.
HB 1236 requires all municipal court judges to be members of the State Bar of Georgia. Because I believe cities should be able to decide what qualifications their municipal judges should have, I VETO HB 1236.
HB 1251 allows for significant exemptions from sales taxes for future tourism projects. In previous years, I have supported state participation in tourism projects when considered on a case-by-case basis. I have signed legislation in the past to assist tourism developments and this year I supported bond funding for the College Football Hall of Fame. However, I cannot support legislation that funds up to 25 percent of the cost of a tourism project by allowing the developers to receive refunds on state sales taxes that are collected. The tourism industry is one of Georgia's most important economic drivers, but funding developments through sales tax refunds has never been done in Georgia which sets precedent that I cannot support. As I have said repeatedly, the process used in previous years to consider projects with legislation on a case-by-case basis removes any unintended consequences of a bill such as this, and so I VETO HB 1251.
HB 1272 adds to state tax forms the opportunity for individual taxpayers to direct the Department of Revenue to send their state tax refund to research regarding lupus, kidney disease, and multiple sclerosis. Organizations seeking to cure such diseases and relieve the pain and suffering of those who have them are to be commended. This bill, however, is not an appropriate way in which to help such organizations. The cost to the State of administering such options decreases the amount of the contribution to the organizations, which benefit more if people instead donate directly to those organizations. Not only so, but the legislation does not identify which organizations should receive the funds – it leaves it to the discretion of the Department of Revenue to select. Moreover, state tax forms already include eight such options for other deserving causes. Adding more will confuse taxpayers. Since only laudable causes will receive the votes of the General Assembly, there will never be a stopping place everyone will agree upon. Therefore, I cannot sign a bill adding to an already over-crowded set of options, and accordingly I VETO HB 1272.
HB 1321 expands the permissible purposes for which 911 taxes currently imposed on phone bills may be used. The bill violates the original intent of those funds, which was to provide counties with a mechanism to support emergency 911 services – not for counties to use for other needs such as operable and interoperable radio equipment. Accordingly, I VETO HB 1321.
HB 1407 would require the Department of Community Health to contract with a single administrator to provide dental services to recipients of medical assistance and participants in the PeachCare for Kids program. In 2008, I signed HB 1234, which provided a balanced approach to addressing some health care providers' concerns with Georgia's managed Medicaid program, and which maintained the healthy tension between providers and the Care Management Organizations that have been so successful in reducing the growth of Georgia's Medicaid budget. I said then that I would not support further legislative encroachment upon this very successful program, which has trimmed the annual growth rate of Medicaid spending from 12 to 14 percent a year to four to five percent a year. This is saving the state over $1 billion annually at a time where any budget savings are critical. For these reasons, and the unknown fiscal consequences associated with this legislation, I VETO HB 1407.
SB 239 ensures that families moving from one school district to another register their children for school in a timely manner. Unfortunately, the language of a floor amendment seeking to safeguard homeschooling families instead accomplished the opposite; as written, the bill would actually require homeschooling families to enroll their children in a public or private school upon moving to a new school district. Because of this unintended consequence, I VETO SB 239.
SB 291 changes a variety of provisions within Georgia law regarding firearms. Among others, this bill would allow firearms to be carried into unsecure areas of airports. I have already signed SB 308, which clarifies Georgia's public gathering statute and preserves the rights of private property owners. I believe this language is sufficient and adequately clarifies the law for Georgia firearms license holders. For this reason, and despite unwarranted intrusion into this state matter by ill-advised federal officials, I VETO SB 291.
SB 373 mandates that private employers turn over employment history records to law enforcement agencies when law enforcement agencies are conducting background investigations on applications and officers eligible for certification and recertification. The state should not be mandating a private business to turn over records to a law enforcement agency or any public agency absent the due process provided through existing judicial and quasi-judicial processes. Moreover, the language limiting liability for private companies complying with the law is insufficient; it immunizes privates businesses for liability only when they provide "complete and accurate" information. Because the question of whether the information provided was complete and accurate will likely be a primary ground of litigation, this is an exception that will swallow the rule. For these reasons, I VETO SB 373.
SB 415 essentially provides liability protection for one company that does business in the area of emergency communications. Although I strongly support tort reform, I believe it is inappropriate to do it one company at a time, and so I VETO SB 415.
Separation of powers
The Constitution gives the General Assembly sweeping legislative powers, including the authority to create and eliminate state agencies, alter their powers, and determine their budgets. The Constitution gives the Executive Branch executive powers — the responsibility to administer agencies, exercise such powers as are given by the General Assembly, and spend the amounts budgeted by the General Assembly. The Constitution requires the legislative and executive powers to remain separate: "The legislative, judicial, and executive powers shall forever remain separate and distinct, and no person discharging the duties of one shall at the same time exercise the functions of either of the others…." Ga. Const. Art . 1, Sec. 2, Para. 3. Often, during the last year of a Governor's last term, it is assumed that the outgoing Governor will be less vigilant in ensuring that these powers remain separate. I believe it is necessary, however, carefully to maintain that separation regardless of who is Governor. Four bills passed this year – SB 1, SB 148, SB 374, and SB 480 – are, in my view, inconsistent with the separation of powers required by the Georgia Constitution.
SB 1 provides changes to Georgia's budget act requiring a purported zero-based budgeting methodology to be applied to a fraction of all state programs annually and for all programs once every four years. Georgia first attempted this budget methodology in the 1970s under Governor Jimmy Carter and has abandoned it since that time. A survey of states finds that of the states that currently maintain this methodology in their statutes all have effectively abandoned the practice because of the additional bureaucratic process and overhead while producing few identifiable results. Additionally, SB 1 does not change the budget process employed by the General Assembly (which could employ zero-based budgeting in its budget process under current law if it so chose). Instead, SB 1 requires state agencies to administer dual budget processes concurrently, the new and the current budget process, to be implemented immediately for the upcoming budget cycle. It is not technically feasible to reprogram state information technology systems or to provide resources for this endeavor on the timeline stated in the bill. While SB 1 is motivated by an admirable goal, the realities of Georgia's and other states' experiences have demonstrated few results worth the overhead associated with this new process. Moreover, anyone familiar with the budget process I have employed during my eight years as Governor knows that I and my staff examine all facets of each agency's budget each year. Because existing law provides sufficient flexibility to conduct a searching examination of each agency's budget, and because SB 1 unnecessarily imposes new bureaucracy and restrictions on the Executive function of submitting budget requests, I VETO SB 1. I have already committed to work with supporters of the legislation to formalize Executive Branch policies that are consistent with the goals of this legislation.
SB 148 started in its original form as a bill I supported – it required regular analysis of regulatory boards within the Secretary of State's office and recommendations to the General Assembly regarding elimination of boards that are no longer necessary. That language also passed in SB 149, which I have signed. Unfortunately, during the legislative process, the text of HB 236 was added to SB 148. This language creates a "Legislative Sunset Advisory Subcommittee" of the General Assembly, which would regularly review all statutory state agencies to determine if they should continue to operate. Any agency reviewed by this subcommittee would automatically be repealed the following July unless the General Assembly took action to continue the agency (although the legislation confusingly also provides that no agency would be repealed until all responsibilities, statutory, financial, or otherwise, were affirmatively transferred by the General Assembly to another agency). The General Assembly already has full authority to pass legislation eliminating any statutory state agency, and also has full authority to reduce the budget of any agency to zero. This bill is unnecessary and unworkable, and fraught with potential for unintended consequences. For instance, when any substantial agency was up for review and was determined to warrant retention, the bill continuing that agency would be a must-pass bill. Such bills tend to be inviting targets for unrelated amendments that could not pass on their own, leaving future governors with the unappealing choice of signing a bill containing terrible policy or vetoing it and eliminating a necessary agency. Moreover, the bill violates separation of powers by constraining the discretion of the Executive Branch in submitting future budget requests; appropriating funds in response to a budget request from an Executive Branch agency is a Legislative function, but making the requests is an Executive function. Although I strongly believe it is vital regularly to assess the value each part of state government provides taxpayers, and have supported the elimination of certain agencies throughout my terms as Governor, I do not believe that SB 148 actually accomplishes its goal and instead creates substantial risk for unintended consequences. Accordingly, I VETO SB 148. I have already committed to work with supporters of the legislation to formalize Executive Branch policies that are consistent with the goals of this legislation.
SB 374 creates a "Legislative Economic Development Council", and grants to that council (composed of members of the General Assembly) certain powers Executive in nature over the State's economic development activities. This violates the constitutionally required separation of powers. "[A] member of the General Assembly cannot discharge the duties or exercise the functions of an agency within the executive branch of state government." 1988 Atty Gen. Op. Ga. 31. Accordingly, I VETO SB 374.
SB 480 creates a State Council of Economic Advisors that the Governor will be required to consult in preparing a revenue estimate for budgetary purposes. "[T]he Constitution clearly separates the respective functions of the executive and legislative branches of State Government with respect to appropriations. The language and structure of the Constitution leave no conclusion other than that it is the exclusive function of the executive branch to prepare a budget report, including therein the revenue estimate…." 1979 Op. Att'y Gen. Ga. 40 (1979). Although I have used a council of economic advisors to assist me in the preparation of my revenue estimate, and believe that this is a wise course of action, I also believe that future governors are entitled to determine for themselves from whom to seek counsel on such matters. Accordingly, I VETO SB 480.
Local Legislation
SB 539 modifies membership to the McPherson Implementing Local Redevelopment Authority. The current structure of the MILRA is sound and any attempt to convert ex-officio members to voting members would only cause disruption to the dynamics of this working board. For this reason, I VETO SB 539.
SB 547 is local legislation applicable to the City of St. Mary's in Camden County. A member of the City's legislative delegation and local officials requested a veto because of the adverse effects that this bill will have on the City's financial stability. In addition, the City was not consulted before this legislation was introduced. For these reasons, I VETO SB 547.
HB 1422 is local legislation applicable to Montgomery County. Due to technical errors in the legislation, the sponsor of the bill and the local officials requested that it be vetoed. I therefore VETO HB 1422.
HB 1465 is local legislation applicable to the City of College Park in Fulton County. This legislation creates a Water and Sewer Authority that would have the power to construct infrastructure and serve constituents both inside and outside the corporate limits of the City of College Park. The Constitution requires legislation with extra-local effect to be general legislation, not local. For this reason, I VETO HB 1465.
HB 1478 is local legislation applicable to the City of Dexter in Laurens County. This legislation annexes an unincorporated area of the County into the City. The Laurens County Commission requested this bill be vetoed because the County was not given notice of the annexation or consulted as to the implications of service delivery to the area in question. Further, the unincorporated area being annexed is not contiguous to the City of Dexter's current corporate limits. For these reasons, I VETO HB 1478.

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maintenance operations, and industry
Oklahoma is among North America's
top wind energy producers. Currently,
the state has 1,544 MW online and
under construction. Thousands more
are expected as ACCIONA Energy,
Horizon Wind Energy, Renewable Energy
Systems, and others harness Oklahoma's
abundant wind resource and respond
to increasing demand for wind energy
across the region.
Oklahoma's utilities offer wind energy to
their customers, and Oklahomans want
more. Over 90"10 of Oklahomans support
wind energy generation, with 72"10 ready
to pay higher utility bills to support
Oklahoma continues to support
transmission development, granting
private companies utility status and
allowing utilities to recover costs for
transmission infrastructure.
The Southwest Power Pool, a regional transmission
organization, expects its nine-state region to provide
8,500 MW of wind power, with more than half
coming from Oklahoma, between 2020 and 2025.
Transmission - A Powerful Component
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Class 4 or higher wind power
- Woodward/OKC 345 kV transmission project,
Windspeed transmission line (An OGE venture)
_ Proposed Tallgrass 345 kV transmission project
(A joint venture between OGE and ETA)
Existing and proposed transmission lines
Oklahoma's utilities work diligently with local, state, and federal
regulatory agencies to ensure that Oklahoma can move wind
power across the state, into regional markets, and onto a
nationally-connected grid. As a first step, OG&E is now building
transmission lines to deliver wind power from western Oklahoma
to Oklahoma City.
More than 500 Oklahoma companies are ready to supply products to wind turbine, blade, and tower
manufacturers. From castings, machining, bearings, composites, and gears to forges, fabrications, suspended
climbing systems, and risk management services, your potential suppliers and partners are in Oklahoma.
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In the Works
Oklahoma expects to roll out a standardized wind
technician safety curriculum and training system in
2012, funded by the US. Department of Energy, the
program will serve as a national model.
The Oklahoma Wind Power Initiative, a long-standing
research project, investigates and promotes state
wind resources, helps landowners and developers
determine capacity, and advocates for wind energy
Oklahoma's Weather Sphere offers internationally-recognized
meteorological and climate science
research, technology development, and
commercialization partnerships among the University
of Oklahoma, the National Weather Center, and
federal, state and private-industry weather/climate
groups centered in Norman.
Adding to its already nationally-recognized incentives,
Oklahoma now offers cash-back on new jobs
and investment created by wind energy MROs
(maintenance, repair and overhaul). For a customized
incentive analysis, contact 800-588-5959 (domestic)
or 00+ 1+405-815-5187 (international).
Workforce Ready:
For details and customized incentive analysis contact:
900 North Stiles Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3234
In January 2010, PSO asked the Oklahoma Corporation
Commission to allow the utility to offer two new incentives:
(1) the Wind and Solar Manufacturing Tariff to encourage
wind and solar equipment manufacturers to locate in
Oklahoma, and (2) the Green Energy Choice Tariff to
allow customers to further support wind power generation.
Permitting a wind power facility in Oklahoma is easy and
inexpensive. To apply for a Zero-Emission Tax Credit,
companies need to complete a one-page form (Zero
Emission Facility Determination Request) provided and
processed by the Oklahoma Department of Environmental
Quality, 405-702-1000 or 800-869-1400. There's no fee for
this determination.
Wind industry and related education/training offered
by Ok/ahoma's colleges, universities and technology centers:
- Wind turbine technician training
- Pre-engineering alternative energy and alternative power options
- OSHA-approved safety training for incumbent wind turbine technicians
- Associate in Applied Science degree in wind turbine technology
- Introductory courses detailing the wind industry
- SCADA systems training
- Composites manufacturing with turbine blade capabilities
- Electronics technology-alternative energy option
- Meteorology and climate science undergraduate and graduate degrees
- Internships for university students with various wind power developers
active in Oklahoma
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As Oklahoma builds the
transmission infrastructure needed
today to move renewable energy
across the state and into regional
markets, we're also preparing for
the fully-connected national grid
of tomorrow and the wide-spread
use of Smart Grid technologies to
reduce carbon emissions.
The Smart Home
The Smart Home Area Network (HAN)-Under Positive Energy®, OG&E
replaces existing meters with smart meters, or digital meters, that transmit
electricity-use information to the utility via a new wireless network. This
gives the customer and the utility greater ability to reduce and manage
the use of electricity when it costs most to purchase and generate.
OG&ELaunches Ambitious Smart Grid Project
Oklahoma Gas & Electric is one of only 100 companies across the nation
to receive a Smart Grid Investment stimulus grant. OG&E plans to use
the $130 million to accelerate its Positive Energy® Smart Grid program.
Within the next three-to-five years, OG&E, which considers Positive
Energy® a key part of its carbon reduction efforts, will expand the
program across its entire 30,OOO-square-mile service territory, which has
773,000 customers.
By mid-year, OG&E plans to have smart meters on virtually all 42,000
homes and businesses in Norman. Positive Energy® started as a
6,600-customer pilot in northwest Oklahoma City in 2008.
For details and customized incentive analysis contact:
900 North Stiles Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3234
Energy Conservation
In 2009, a proposal for a $7 million low-interest loan for
Public Service Company of Oklahoma to install 8,000 to
10,000 residential smart meters and support equipment
was approved. PSO is working to launch Grid Smart®
in 2010, and considers it the first phase in its overall
strategy to conserve energy.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
recognized Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO)
with a 2010 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award
for its outstanding contributions to reducing greenhouse
gas emissions by delivering information and services to
its customers to increase energy efficiency.
Exploring New Technologies
Because of its location to key solar markets,
low operating costs, and a robust supply
chain, Oklahoma is ideally suited for solar
generation; wafer cell, glass and plastics
manufacturing; silicon production (Oklahoma
offers an abundant silica supply); module
assembly, research and development; and
solar facility repair and maintenance.
As the solar corridor moves east, Oklahoma
finds itself deep in solar country.
With 300+ days of sunshine per year,
Oklahoma's solar resource is above average
for the United States. A solar energy system
in Oklahoma could be expected to produce
between 5 and 6 kilowatt-hours per square
meter per day.
Oklahoma's utilities are looking for opportunities
to add solar to their generation portfolios.
From Umicore Optical Materials (solar panel
parts) and SouthWest NanoTechnologies
(single-wall nanotubes) to glass panel
manufacturers and a variety of solar service
companies, Oklahoma's solar supply chain is
ready to do business.
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Solar energy and related education, training, and
research programs offered by private companies,
and Oklahoma's col/eges and universities:
• Oklahoma State University's University Multispectral
Laboratories conducts sensor research with photovoltaic
cell applications
• The Oklahoma University/University of Arkansas Center for
Semiconductor Physics in Nanostructures involves applications
for crystalline silicon solar cells
• SouthWest NanoTechnologies in Norman, an Oklahoma start-up
recognized by the National Institute of Standards and
Technology as a leader in single-wall nanotube development,
is currently commercializing its carbon-nanotube-coated
flexible films for photovoltaics
• Oklahoma University's College of Chemical, Biological and
Materials Engineering conducts a variety of photovoltaic-related
research projects
• Oklahoma State University's College of Engineering -
Manufacturing Development Lab fabricates NASA solar panels
Umicore Chooses Oklahoma's Workers,
Affordable living, and Competitive Costs
In October 2008, Belgium-based Umicore broke
ground in Quapaw on a $35 million facility, which
will make parts for high-efficiency solar panels
used on satellites and NASA space equipment.
The expansion of Umicore's existing plant means 50 more high-tech, green-collar
jobs for this rural northeastern Oklahoma community, bringing Umicore's
total employment there to more than 100 when the new facility opens in 2010.
Peter Dobbelaere, Umicore's plant manager, says that "among other Oklahoma
assets, Quapaw's talented, productive workforce convinced us that expanding
our existing facility made more sense than opening a new plant in Phoenix or
"Umicore's decision to expand at Quapaw, Oklahoma was based on a multitude
of factors including the state's cost of living, cost of production, average
unemployment rates, and average household income, " Oobbelaere says.
The new facility is Umicore's second foreign direct investment in Quapaw and
its third in Oklahoma. The company also operates Umicore Autocat at the Tulsa
Port of Catoosa, one of Oklahoma's inland ports. (www.TulsaPort.com)
In the Works
Using $1.2 million in stimulus funding, High Plains
Technology Center will expand its current oil and
gas and wind programs to train solar technicians.
Students will train on a solar array with rooftop
and rack mount thermal, thin film, photovoltaic,
and crystalline panels. The curriculum will follow
standards set by the Institute for Sustainable
Power Quality and the North American Board of
Certified Energy Practitioners.
For details and customized incentive analysis contact:
900 North Stiles Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3234
Environmental Monitoring Stations
Mesonet, Oklahoma's world-class network of environmental
monitoring stations has been used to collect and track detailed
data about the state's wind resource, and can easily be used
to do the same for solar energy capacity. Efforts are under
way to use data already collected to develop advanced solar
forecasting models. (www.Mesonet.org)
Solar Rlldiat(on (Wrm')
Gas Shale Basins of the United States
Oklahoma Ranks Fifth-Largest
Natural Gas Producer
Known as an oil and gas giant, Oklahoma's
position in the energy industry has only
strengthened as domestic oil production shifts
to clean energy alternatives.
Ranking as the nation's fifth-largest natural gas
producer, Oklahoma hosts two of the largest
independent producers of natural gas in the
world: Chesapeake Energy and Devon Energy
Corp. Other leading natural gas production
and transportation companies based here
include SandRidge Energy and Enogex.
Oklahoma is at the center of an extensive
network of natural gas pipelines, making it
THE choice for your natural gas transportation
and production operations.
Niobrara Gammon Bakken
Green River
Cane Creek
Aoyd & Conasauga
Barnett & Woodford
Lewis & Mancos
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Oklahoma's TGT Spreads CNG
Innovation Around the World
and at Home
Tulsa Gas Technologies, a compressed natural
gas (CNG) service company, is the largest
manufacturer of CNG dispensers in North America.
TGT innovations, which include CNG conversion
kits for generators and vehicles, dispensers, and
refueling stations, are used across the United
States and around the world-India, Pakistan,
Norway, Korea, China, Turkey, United Kingdom,
Mexico, Bangladesh, Canada, Venezuela,
Bolivia, and Egypt.
For details and customized incentive analysis contact:
900 North Stiles Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3234
CNG Refueling Stations
Oklahoma has dozens of CNG refueling stations
across the state, with many more expected as
convenience stores and service stations take
advantage of new incentives created to support clean
energy refueling infrastructure and as public and
private fleets throughout Oklahoma convert to CNG.
In 2009, Oklahoma contracted with TGT
and Natural Drive Partners to provide CNG
conversion technology for all state fleet vehicles.
• • • •
Demonstrating industry leadership, TGT Founder
Tom Sewell-a tireless advocate for Oklahoma's
CNG industry-successfully worked with
legislators over the years to drop excise and
state taxes on CNG vehicles.
He has also worked with Oklahoma's technology
centers (www.okcareertech.org) to add CNG
conversion and maintenance components to
existing automobile technician programs.
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Adding to its already nationally-recognized incentives,
Oklahoma now offers tax credits to support installing
CNG refueling infrastructure and converting vehicles
to CNG. For a customized incentive analysis, contact
800-588-5959 (domestic) or 00+ 1+405-815-5187
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Cellulosic Ethanol Production
The heritage, capabilities, expertise, groundbreaking research, and collaborative spirit of our energy
and agriculture industries make Oklahoma an ideal location for bioenergy development.
Bioenergy and related education, training, and research programs offered by Oklahoma's colleges,
universities, and public-private partnerships include:
The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation:
An independent, nonprofit institute based in Ardmore,
conducts internationally-recognized plant science
research, agricultural and energy programs.
The Oklahoma Bioenergy Center (OBC):
A state-initiated R&D partnership that includes scientists
from Oklahoma's research universities and the Samuel
Roberts Noble Foundation to advance biofuels research
and economic development.
The Oklahoma University Center for Biomass Refining:
Part of the OBC; develops science and sustainable
technologies for the thermo-catalytic conversion of
biomass to finished products used by the fuels and
chemical industries.
The Oklahoma Experimental Program to Stimulate
Competitive Research:
A program created to increase the state's research competitive-ness
through strategic support of research instruments and
facilities, research collaborations, and integrated education and
research programs. Received a five-year, $15 million National
Science Foundation grant in 2008 to research the development
of alternative fuels from non-food crops. Oklahoma's higher
education system matches that grant each year with $1.1 million.
The Oklahoma State University Biofuels Team:
Scientists and engineers from Oklahoma State University's (OSU)
Biobased Products and Energy Center; OSU College of
Engineering, Architecture and Technology; Oklahoma University;
and Brigham Young University who focus on biomass fuel-source
improvement and the development and use of feedstocks made
from straw, woody materials, sorghum, switchgrass, and a variety
of other natural grasses native to Oklahoma.
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The Oklahoma Bioenergy Center
secured land for the world's largest
stand of switchgrass devoted to
cellulosic ethanol production.
The 1,100 acres of production-scale
demonstration fields for cellulosic,
non-food energy crops are being
used by OBC scientists and others
from Abengoa Bioenergy and Ceres,
Inc., the Idaho National Laboratory,
and the U.S. Department of Energy.
In the Works
Encore Catoosa, LLC will build a $30 million
biodiesel and glycerin refinery at the Port of
Catoosa, with construction expected in the
spring of 2010. Using plant and animal
materials, Encore expects to produce 50
million gallons of biodiesel and 20 million
gallons of glycerin annually
Glean Energy Opportunities:
For details and customized incentive analysis contact:
900 North Stiles Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3234
Clean Refueling Stations
Oklahoma has dozens of biodiesel and
ethanol refueling stations across the state,
with many more expected as convenience
stores and service stations take advantage of
new incentives created to support our clean
energy infrastructure.
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Geothermal Supply Chain
Oklahoma's well-established geothermal industry
continues to gain momentum as a part of the
state's clean energy portfolio.
Hundreds of Oklahoma companies operate within
the geothermal supply chain. From certified
GeoExchange designers, accredited installers,
vertical loop installers, and system testers to
OEMs, such as FHP-Bosch Group (Oklahoma City
and Catoosa) and ClimateMaster (Oklahoma City),
Oklahoma's geothermal supply chain is ready.
Oklahoma Sets International
Geothermal Standards
Oklahoma -Investing in Geothermal
• ClimateMaster received $8.94 million in stimulus
funds to expand its ground source heat pump
manufacturing facilities.
• In 2008, the OSU College of Engineering designed
and helped install the geothermal system used at
China's National Stadium during the Olympics.
Based on the Oklahoma State University
campus in Stillwater, the International
Ground Source Heat Pump Association
(IGSHPA) is a non-profit established in
1987 to advance geothermal heat pump
technology across the United States and
around the world.
• December 2009, the Muskogee Community
Hospital in northeastern Oklahoma became the first
hospital in the nation to use geothermal energy.
Working closely with the Oklahoma
State University College of Engineering,
Oklahoma's two-year colleges and
technology centers, IGSHPA conducts
ground source heat pump system
installation training and geothermal
research. With its access to the most
current advancements in the geothermal
industry, IGSHPA makes the ideal bridge
between the latest technology and the
entrepreneurs and companies who can
benefit from these developments.
• The Villas at Southern Hills in Tulsa was one of
the first housing additions in the country to use a
shared geothermal system for heating and cooling.
• School districts across Oklahoma, including
Shawnee and OSU-Okmulgee, are installing
geothermal systems and receiving money from
the Commerce-administered Energy Loan Fund
for Schools to offset installation costs.
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For details and customized incentive analysis contact:
~ 900 North Stiles Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3234
•••• Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Building Energy Efficiency Renovation
The Oklahoma Department of Human Services building, when fully renovated in 2010,
will feature a building management system with geothermal heating and cooling along
with photovoltaic solar panels and a 1O-kilowatt wind turbine manufactured by Norman-based
Bergey Windpower.
• 95"10 reuse of existing building.
New solar tracking skylights.
• New roofing system with high light
reflectance value and new insulation.
AIii •••• I-"--- New high performance, triple pane
glazing system.
New water efficient fixtures.
New ground source heat pump HVAC
• New building energy management
system with occupancy sensors and
daylight harvesting controls.
New parking canopies with 30-kW
photovaltic system.
• New 1O-kWwind turbine.
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900 North Stiles Avenue
Oklahoma City, OK 73104-3234
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"Beauty can come from the strangest of places, even the most disgusting places."— Alexander McQueen
It's February 11th, the 2-year anniversary of the death of Alexander 'Lee' McQueen. I was fortunate enough to be in New York at the time of his Savage Beauty exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (the above is the only remnant of the pictures I tried to sneak, and has been the background pic on my phone ever since). I've never had the fortune to see an Alexander McQueen show, but I can only imagine how marvelous and visceral it must be. McQueen has said that he didn't care if people liked his work, he just wanted them to leave his shows feeling something. I couldn't leave the Savage Beauty exhibit not feeling something. As someone also in the arts (the creative writing grad programme at Hunter College), I do understand something about the process of inspiration and the subsequent translation of that inspiration into creation. It is arguable that no one, in fashion at least, did it better than McQueen.
Like all artists, he started with the autobiographical, the place that birthed him (Scotland) — but not so singularly that he forgot the place that raised him (England) — and then branched out into timeless muses: nature, other art (namely Literature), the cultures of the world, particularly their national dress. Yet, McQueen dove to dark depths with each collection and story, making clothes that told macabre tales of opposites, light and dark, tyrant and subject, destruction and redemption, the marginalized and the mainstream. That dark romanticism permeated all of the work produced in his epic 19-year career, and the exhibit at the Met was a journey through a fiercely driven and constantly-constructing creative mind. McQueen was an unyielding promoter of freedom of expression, and throughout the whole exhibit, there seemed to be a consistently underlying theme of struggle against the confines of what fashion can be.
Accessories like armour and bondage, rigid corsets, horns protruding from jackets, and who could ever forget the incredible "armadillo boots"; it's as if McQueen was equipping his designs with the weaponry to fight against any attack. It should come as no surprise that he was inspired by Darwin, and the final collection in the exhibit, pieces from Plato's Atlantis (spring/summer 2010), drew directly from On the Origin of the Species. It reflected McQueen's thoughts on nature's devolution with the prospect of the melting ice caps. It was a reptilian cornucopia, with scales (and who else but McQueen could channel that into armadillo boots!), kaleidoscopic prints, metallic textures, all while remaining true to the romantic ideal of the Sublime. After all, when you get swept up in a rushing hundreds-of-feet-high wave of hypothermic ice-cap water, I have to imagine that a certain calm will come over you as you are crushed in a muted death. But hey, that's just me.
By the time the exhibit closed on August 7th, it was the most visited in the Met's history. I waited in line for 2 hours, and of course it hurt my heart to have to spend that much time listening to some jock-infested family from the Midwest, or somewhere, with two 20-something boys, the father and the mother, with the latter being the only one who wanted to see the exhibit, though she didn't know why. Assuredly, the men were going on about the wait and the only thing the mother could say was, "Everyone says it's something to see." And worse, they were in front of me! But I guess, if some knuckleheads can see such beauty and imagination and leave with more inspiration and knowledge than they had before, then I can let that one slide.
I'll leave you with a quote by McQueen: "I think there is beauty in everything. What 'normal' people would perceive as ugly, I can usually see something of beauty in it." I'm grateful he had that ability, as he gave the world a pure outpouring of all that he was, and it was truly beautiful.
To Beauty,
P.S. Check out a review of a Fall 2011 Alexander McQueen show from Paris Fashion Week that I did for Fashion Pulse Daily.


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The week in review
Best news for Republicans aspiring to party leadership in Virginia: A vacancy is created when state executive director Edmund A. Matricardi III resigns following his indictment for eavesdropping on telephone calls of Gov. Mark Warner and other Democrats.
Worst late-breaking development in the assaults of UVA students: After months of hearing about black townies charged with assaulting white-looking gownies, we learn that one of the youths who pled guilty to being an accessory to robbery is a white female. It took a month for police to "clarify" the number of assailants and number of victims, but The Hook has to wonder, couldn't the reports that all those charged were black have been "clarified" before the court date?
Best quip on cvillenews.com about Albemarle Detective K. W. Robinson being restored to his job while awaiting trial for allegedly beating a suspect: "Does the county have a 'restorative' justice program for which Detective Robinson might be eligible?"
Worst theory of the week for why Charlottesville High teens assaulted UVA students: Too many statues of white historical figures and not enough of local black icons, according to a letter-writer in the April 9 Daily Progress.
Best perk for city and county employees in Jefferson country: They get TJ's birthday, April 13, off, or, in this year's case, the Friday before.
Best part of the Jefferson birthday celebration: The annual Jefferson Muzzles, awarded by the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression for the most egregious assaults on free speech. Our favorite this year (and it's so hard to choose): the Massachusetts vocational school that suspended five students after they took a "confidential," unsigned survey providing their opinions about the school and evaluating its strengths and weaknesses.
Best indication that the community virtual chalkboard may be a fad: On April 10 there is only one comment on the blackboard: "Big Brother is watching you! And you, too." By April 12, there are no messages posted. At press time, however, the board is again a hotbed of free expression.
Best news for ice hockey lovers: The Charlottesville Ice Park will remain open, thanks to Colin Rolph's planned acquisition of that money-draining property in his split of assets with former partner Lee Danielson.
Worst haul from an armed robbery: A gun-wielding couple knock on the door of a Dice Street home and abscond with $1.72, according to the Daily Progress.
Worst reward for apprehending a murder suspect: Rosco, the Covington, Tennessee, police crossbreed dog that helped arrest Billy Dean Martin, suspected murderer of Harold Edward Tuel, will "probably get some Alpo," says Covington police Capt. Bennie Carver in a Jake Mooney Progress report. Rosco actually was thinking prime rib.
Worst news for horse-loving gamblers: Oak Ridge Estate cancels its fall races after losing nearly $1 million and after a Senate bill is defeated that would have "increased betting opportunities," according to an Austin Graham article in the Daily Progress.
Worst traffic hazard: A 275-pound black bear in a tree ties up U.S. 29 north traffic for hours on April 11.


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Thursday here at Patricia Wilson Field on the campus of Stetson University the only thing hotter than the 90-degree weather was the bats of the Lady Bisons. They pounded out 13 hits, including eight in the first two innings in a 6-0 win over ETSU in the first round of the Atlantic Sun Softball Championships.
The win was the first ever for the Lady Bisons in A-Sun postseason play. The Lady Bisons had only scored a combined eight runs in their three previous tournament appearances. They were 0-6 in those three trips in 2005, 2007 and 2008.
"It was big to get that one under our belts," said Lipscomb coach Kristin Peck. "I love the fact that we came out attacking right from the get-go. Our game plan was to come out and attack early."
"We have talked about leaving everything out there on the field from the start. We weren't nervous. We don't have a reason to be nervous at this point. It is matter of just going out and getting it done by doing what we have been doing."
The hit total was the most ETSU has given up this season. It was the 18th shutout of the season for the Lady Bisons.
"We really came out and attacked very well offensively early on. We are the type of team that can hit the long ball, but we can also string together singles, put bunts down and move runners. We needed a combination of that today."
The Lady Bisons had beaten ETSU starter Marissa Hardy (17-16) lasted only 1.1 innings, her shortest start of the season.
"We know Hardy is a good pitcher, but we also know that she throws a lot of hittable pitches early in the count," said Peck. " She has done that all year long. We knew if we came out and attacked those pitches early that good things were going to happen for us.
The Lady Bisons (38-12) are the No. 2 seed in the tournament. ETSU (27-26) is No. 5. The Lady Bisons play again tonight at 5 against No. 3 seeded Mercer (38-17), a 2-0 winner over No. 4-seeded Jacksonville in the first game of the tournament.
"Mercer presents a whole new set of challenges," said Peck. "They have a lefty-pitcher in Jenni Holtz who has good movement with her pitches. They have Lacey Richardson right behind her and she is also a lefty. She threw well against us earlier in the year. This is the time for us to rise to the challenge.
The Lady Bisons split with Mercer at Draper Diamond this season, winning 2-1 and losing 3-0 April 17.
The Lady Bisons jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Lead-off hitter Lauren Dortwegt started things off with a single to left, one of five hits in the inning. The Lady Bisons batted around in the inning. Kellie Sirus driving in two runs on a ground ball double through the left side of the field Christen Campbell brought Sirus home with a ground ball single down the right field line.
In the second inning the Lady Bisons added two more runs.as Abby Keese brought in two with a double to left center.
In the fourth the Lady Bisons struck for one run as Molllie Mitchell lined a single to left that scored Sirus.
Keese had a double off the left field wall in the sixth inning. It marked the first time this season she has hit two doubles in a game. Sirus and Keese also had two RBI.
Dortwegt, who stole her 12th base of the season, also had two hits along with Mitchell and Campbell.
Courtney Billington had a game-high three hits for the Lady Bisons.
Coming into the game ETSU had outscored the opposition 47-23 in the first and second innings.
Right-handed pitcher Whitney Kiihnl (17-8), the A-Sun Freshman Player of the Year, retired the first nine batters she faced on the way to a two-hitter. She struck out 10 and did not walk a bater.
It was her seventh shutout of the season. This was the second time Kiihnl has shut down ETSU.
"Whitney has the most innings and right now she is kind of our go-to pitcher," said Peck. "We knew Whitney would be a good match-up against ETSU. It was an absolutely awesome performance by Whitney."
The Lady Bisons had beaten ETSU 3-1 and 3-0 April 10 in Johnson City. The Lady Bisons are 4-6 against ETSU in the NCAA era and 10-6 overall.


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Lots of people are looking for that answer.
And the internet, like nature, abhors a vacuum.
So, even if there are few facts about the motivation behind the Las Vegas shooter, there seem to be plenty of people willing to fill the vacuum with any old thing.
The data mining is impressive, though often inaccurate; the goal seems to be to put something new up online next to your own name, regardless of whether it pans out or not. Florida marriage records, Texas property records, Nevada addresses — it doesn't seem to occur to anyone that there might be more than one person with the same name as the shooter.
Pictures are being posted by web posters and by media outlets. There are a series of different faces, only one of them apparently the person alleged to be the shooter.
Meanwhile, the theories are getting wild: that Stephen Paddock was a hostage himself, shot dead to allow the real shooters to escape. Or that Paddock was a shooter, but only one of many shooters — theories abound, based on things as slender as the interpretation of visual analysis of broken windows 32 storeys above the pavement. There's a picture of his girlfriend on a beach in Dubai, an image that is quickly interpreted as meaning not only that Paddock was there, too, but that the picture is evidence of where and when he became an ISIS supporter and agent.
He's a hunter, a gambler, a pilot; there's proof of something spilling out all over the place.
ISIS, always opportunistic, claims Paddock as one of their own — that spreads like wildfire, on both established news and social media sites, even though there isn't evidence to back it up.
In the wildlands of Reddit computer-chat, still more amateur investigators opine that, because Paddock targeted a country music audience — and because country music lovers apparently tilt more towards the right — Paddock is a left-wing dissident trying to start a new American civil war.
Fake news sites appear, including one that claims to be an anti-fascist, or Antifa, organization, taking credit for the attack. Just like the ISIS message, the fake Antifa site spread like wildfire.
On Twitter again, there are hot-take psychiatric assessments of Paddock — some suggest repressed white rage, others draw a connection to a serial bank robber, apparently diagnosed as psychopathic, who may or may not be Paddock's father.
Some post about gun control — still others argue back that Britain has gun control, and that didn't stop the shootout at Ariana Grande's concert (only the weapon at the Grande concert wasn't actually a gun — it was a bomb blast).
There are already people saying the whole Las Vegas attack was a hoax. Sigh.
Think what you want about the process used by the mainstream media.
But this is no replacement.
This is a hot sloppy mess.
I'm going to suggest a new rule; you can call it Russell's Rule if you want.
Wait 48 hours to make up your mind about what the facts really are. Read widely, and use trusted sources — knowing that, in the heat of the moment, even your most trusted sources may get things wrong. They, at least, will correct their mistakes.
The problem is what happens when you accept the first version that best suits your beliefs, and then never go back to the issue again.
First drafts are sloppy and often inaccurate; even 24 hours is not enough for the gold to sink to the bottom of the pan, and the rest to wash away.
Just don't make up your mind right away.
Russell Wangersky's column appears in 35 SaltWire newspapers and websites in Atlantic Canada. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com — Twitter: @wangersky.


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When Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was at his best as a boxer, it would have been impossible to foresee Nelson Mandela or Bob Dylan doing him any favors.
With his fearsome, drop-dead glare, precisely cut goatee and glistening, shaved head, Carter was violent and swaggering, a white racist's caricature of a dangerous black man.
Talking to sportswriter Milton Gross for a 1964 story in the Saturday Evening Post, Carter made a widely publicized joking remark about killing cops in Harlem. At a weigh-in before a December 1963 fight against Emile Griffith, he chided his opponent by declaring: "You talk like a champ but you fight like a woman who deep down wants to be raped!"
The fight was stopped two minutes and 13 seconds into the first round, with Griffith collapsing in pain as Carter pummeled him, yelling: "You gotta pay the Hurricane!'"
But, despite an explosive temper and a tendency to brag about acts like stabbing a man "everywhere but the bottom of his feet" when he was 14, Carter successfully fought the system that wrongly imprisoned him for 19 years. Convicted with a codefendant of three 1966 New Jersey barroom murders they did not commit, Carter was the subject of a Dylan anthem and a 1999 film starring Denzel Washington. Nobel laureate Mandela wrote a foreword for Carter's 2012 memoir "Eye of the Hurricane."
"Rubin woke up in prison and became a free man," Mandela wrote. "His rich heart is now alive in love, compassion, and understanding."
Carter died Sunday at his home in Toronto, Canada. He was 76.
Carter had been battling prostate cancer for three years, said Win Wahrer, an official with the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted, a group Carter headed from 1993 to 2004.
"He was a complicated man but very inspirational," Wahrer said. "He was the voice of the wrongly convicted when they didn't have one."
Carter's example inspired Bernard Hopkins, the light-heavyweight world champion who at 49 won a key title bout Saturday.
During his incarceration for strong-arm robbery from 1984 to 1988, Hopkins learned of Carter and always wondered how "the bald-headed, black man in America at that time" persevered.
"That was a profound way to fight," Hopkins told The Times, "a profound way not to lie down, a profound fight for freedom.... There has to be a situation where redemption is always there as an option."
After an all-white jury in Paterson, N.J., deliberated for less than two hours in 1967, Carter and an acquaintance, John Artis, were found guilty of fatally shooting a bartender, a waitress and a customer at the Lafayette Bar and Grill. Another customer was wounded but survived.
After they won an appeal based on two key witnesses recanting their testimony, a second jury convicted them again in 1976.
Artis, who was with Carter when he died, was paroled in 1981.
The next year, the New Jersey Supreme Court upheld the convictions, but defense attorneys appealed to the federal courts. Carter was released in 1985, after years of celebrity-studded benefits and a public relations campaign directed by top Madison Avenue adman George Lois.
In a blistering ruling, U.S. District Court Judge H. Lee Sarokin cited "grave constitutional violations." He wrote that Carter's prosecution was "predicated upon an appeal to racism rather than reason, and concealment rather than disclosure."
Prosecutors contended that the Lafayette killings were racially motivated payback for the shooting of a black bartender at another bar earlier that evening.
They were found to have withheld a tape recording on which a witness was offered the possibility of a reward and lenient treatment for alleged crimes in return for testifying against Carter and Artis.
Born in Clifton, N.J., on May 6, 1937, Carter was the son of Bertha and Lloyd Carter, a stern Baptist deacon who beat him for minor infractions. The family was firmly middle class, with Lloyd working in a rubber factory and running an ice business.
But the son was often in trouble, lashing out at teachers and getting in fights. Sent to reform school after stabbing a man with a broken bottle, he ran away from the institution, joined the Army at 18 and was sent to West Germany, where he learned to box.
Equipped with a powerful left hook, Carter won 51 of his military bouts, 35 of them by knockouts. He lost only five.
After his discharge, he immediately plunged back into trouble with a series of violent muggings. After four years in New Jersey state prisons, the 5-foot-8 middleweight started his professional boxing career in earnest and was a huge success.
Although Carter wasn't technically among the best, he was "a rough, tough guy — a big puncher," said Don Chargin, who promoted fight cards at the Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles.
"He really had the intimidation thing down," Chargin said. "He was a showman."
In Paterson, he played his role to the hilt, sporting fine suits, berets and Italian shoes. He drove an Eldorado with his name inscribed over each headlight and rode a horse in his 10-gallon hat.
Carter was "hard to miss passing the white families picnicking on the hillside, and he didn't mind when his riding partner was a white woman," wrote James S. Hirsch in his 2000 biography, "Hurricane."
Hours after the Lafayette Grill killings on June 17, 1966, Carter and Artis were questioned by the police after a witness said they'd been nearby. They were released but then arrested four months later.
Friends and family members were shocked.
"They believed he was capable of killing three people but not in the fashion of the Lafayette bar murders," Hirsch wrote. "The rules of the street were clear: Punks and sissies used guns or knives. Warriors used their fists."
Police found no murder weapons or incriminating fingerprints. Officers "pressured two petty criminals who were committing a burglary down the street," wrote Lewis M. Steel, one of the pair's defense attorneys, in a 2000 Times article. "To bolster their case, police planted a bullet and a shotgun shell in Carter's vehicle."
In the racially charged late 1960s and 1970s, the case drew national press attention. In 1974, the New York Times criticized police and prosecutors in an extensive front-page article. Carter himself published a book, "The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472." The next year, Dylan came out with his tribute, "Hurricane," whose lyrics are still quoted in law school classes.
"That's the story of the Hurricane
But it won't be over till they clear his name
And give him back the time he's done
Put him in a prison cell but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world."
In prison, Carter flouted rules — he refused even to carry an ID card — and immersed himself in books on religion, philosophy and metaphysics. He drew legions of outside followers, including members of a Canadian commune who asked him to join upon his release.
He married its leader, Lisa Peters, but their marriage fell apart in the early 1990s.
Denzel Washington received an Academy Award nomination for his portrayal of Carter in "The Hurricane." The film was criticized for its Hollywood treatment of Carter's real-life story, including soft-pedaling his criminal past.
Carter was married twice. He and his first wife Mae Thelma had a son and a daughter during their marriage, which ended in divorce.
Traveling across the U.S. and Canada on behalf of the exoneration cause, Carter sounded a more mellow note in his later years than in his turbulent past.
A Toronto resident since 1988 and a naturalized Canadian citizen, Carter told the New Yorker in 2011 that he preferred life north of the border.
"I don't feel comfortable in the U.S. at all," he said. "People are too mean, too hot-tempered, too ready to believe things that don't exist. I'd rather be around people who are polite."
Times staff writer Lance Pugmire contributed to this report.


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Discussion in 'General' started by NixonInnes, Feb 17, 2012.
Is it possible to log ISPConfig login attempts, and tie this in with a fail2ban rule?
Not by default. You'd have to make ISPConfig write login attempts to a log file and then create a fail2ban rule for it.
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Could you possibly tell me which files in /usr/local/ispconfig/interface are used when verifying the login information on the index page, I want to make a script so it logs login attempts to a log file.
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George Franklin Drew was a native of Alton, New Hampshire, born on August 6, 1827. He moved to Columbus, Georgia in the 1840s where he worked as a machinist; he later became involved in the lumber industry. He remained in the South during the Civil War, but was a Unionist who took no active part in the struggle. At the conclusion of the war he built a large sawmill on the Suwannee River at Ellaville. Drew built a lumber empire over the next several decades, and he also became active in Democratic politics. In 1876 he won the Democratic nomination for governor and defeated Republican Marcellus Stearns in a controversial election by the razor-thin margin of 24,179 to 23,984. Drew's election ended Reconstruction in Florida. During his administration he worked to reduce state expenditures and build economic prosperity. Following his term of office, Drew returned to his business interests. He eventually settled in Jacksonville with his wife, Amelia Dickens Drew.
Governor Drew wrote the letter reproduced below on September 24, 1900 to his daughter Vannie. He describes a stroke or similar attack that his wife of forty-eight years had suffered that morning. Amelia, Drew's wife would die two days later on September 26. The ex-governor, who had written "when she is taken I don't care to live any longer," made funeral arrangements for his wife, and then sat down in a chair on the veranda of his Jacksonville home. Friends who had gathered there noticed that Drew "was seen to draw a long breath, gasp once or twice, after which his head fell to the back of the chair and he immediately became motionless." He was dead by the time doctors arrived. The Jacksonville newspaper reported that Drew had died of "a broken heart."
Jacksonville Florida Sept 24th 1900
Dear Vannie
Your mother is very sick, I awoke up just before four o clock and heard somthing that sounded like one slaping them selves, and I called your mother, and she couldn't give me an intelligent answer, and I went in the room and found her slaping he[r] right thigh, and she could not speak plainly, and I dressed and went over and called Maggia, and then came back and telaphoned Dr Mitchel to come out as soon as he could, and he came right out, and examined her, he found that she was paralized on her left side, he left a perscription for her, and said he would be out again in the afternoon, but he has no doubt but she will have another attack but say that no one can tell when she will have another attack, I write you this so that you may know if I wire you that it is serious, that this is the begining of the end, and that we shall soon be parted, and when she is taken I don't care to live any longer, we have lived togather so long that there can be no comfort for the one that is left and I have always wished that I might be taken first, and I may be yet, but I do so dred these paraletic shocks, and when any one has one attack it is sure to be the end of them, we will do all for her we can, and if she does not rally I will wire you Maggia sends Nellie money to come home on, but I don't know as she wants her untill Satuarday, have just talked to Maggia and she thinks that Nellie had better come at once, by the way of Leesburg so as to get in here in the afternoon, but she sends a note to her in her letter, I am all torn up this morning, and may not have written inteligently. Love to you all.
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