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One of my goals with this blog is to highlight country music artists that you may not have heard on the radio just yet. What's funny about this post is that the guy I'm telling you about you've actually heard on the radio already just not his actual voice.
Sam Hunt is an up and comer this year who already has major writing credits under his belt in the form of Kenny Chesney's "Come Over" and Billy Currington's "We Are Tonight". So go ahead and jump on the bandwagon before many more people discover him!
Be sure and check out his FREE, yes FREE, acoustic mixtape on his website http://www.samhunt.com/ for the download and tour info. And if you like what you hear be sure and support Sam by buying his single "Raised On It" which is currently on iTunes.
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Frustrated by his own failures at matrimony, King Henry VIII punishes an insolent nobleman by commanding him to marry the vagabond woman caught stealing his horse. Stephen de Lacey is a cold and bitter widower, long accustomed to the sovereign's capricious and malicious whims. He regards his new bride as utterly inconvenient
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Frustrated by his own failures at matrimony, King Henry VIII punishes an insolent nobleman by commanding him to marry the vagabond woman caught stealing his horse. Stephen de Lacey is a cold and bitter widower, long accustomed to the sovereign's capricious and malicious whims. He regards his new bride as utterly inconvenient
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Richmond Palace, England 1538
Stephen de Lacey, baron of Wimberleigh, walked into the Royal Bedchamber to find his betrothed in bed with the king.
His face as cold and unflinching as a Holbein portrait, Stephen stared at the dark-eyed Welsh beauty all but hidden beneath the quilted silk counterpane. A hissing tide of resentment roiled deep inside him, threatening to drown him. Clenching his fists at his sides, Stephen conquered the turmoil within. Through deliberately blank eyes, he looked at King Henry VIII.
"My liege," he said, blowing stiffly, inhaling the scent of dried lavender and bergamot from the sachets in the bed hangings. By the time he straightened up, the king's attendants had arrived to groom their sovereign for the day.
"Ah, Wimberleigh." The king put out his arms as an attendant scurried forward and helped him don a loose silk jacket. Henry smiled. In that smile there lingered yet a hint of the old charm, the derring-do of a golden young prince. A prince whom Stephen, as a boy, had idolized as the second Arthur.
The legendary Arthur had died young, in a blaze of glory. Henry had made the mistake of living on into the corrupt mediocrity of middle age.
"Come, come," said Henry, beckoning. He swung his swollen legs over the side of the bed and pushed his pale feet into a pair of brocade slippers held by a kneeling servant. "You may approach the royal bed. See what I've found you."
As he crossed the huge room, Stephen felt the searing curiosity of the sovereign's attendants. By now the chamber was crowded with titled gentlemen, all engaged to supervise the most intimate bodily functions of the king—and also to influence the policies of the realm.
Sir Lambert Wilmeth, groom of the stool, took His Majesty's bowel movements as seriously as Scottish border disputes. Lord Harold Blodsmoor, surveyor of the wardrobe, regarded the king's collection of shoes as highly as the crown jewels. Yet at the moment, the attention of these great gentlemen burned into Stephen de Lacey.
The girl smiled shyly and even managed to summon an artful blush. She stretched with catlike grace, a bare shoulder emerging from the bedclothes. Like most of the king's mistresses, she took a perverse pride in sharing the bed of the sovereign.
After so many betrayals, Stephen should have known better than to trust the king. Should have known that the summons could only mean more petty cruelty.
"I was feeling frisky today." Henry's grin held both mischief and subtle rancor. Limping slightly, he went to the royal stool, speaking over his shoulder as he relieved himself. "I decided to exercise the droit du seigneur— again. An antiquated notion, to be sure, but one that has its merits and deserves to be revived from time to time. Now, make a gracious greeting to your lady Gwenyth, and then we'll—"
"Sire," Stephen broke in, heedless of the gasps from the noblemen present. No one interrupted the king. In the thirty years of his reign, Henry VIII had put men to death for lesser offenses.
Instantly Stephen regretted the risk he had taken. With that one blurted word he might have jeopardized everything.
"Yes?" The king seemed only mildly annoyed as his gentlemen helped him into doublet and hose. "What is it, Wimberleigh?"
Stephen couldn't help himself. A killing rage rose like a fountain of fire inside him. "To hell with your droit du seigneur."
He turned on his heel and strode from the Royal Bedchamber. Though well aware of the infraction he was committing, he could not be a willing player in the familiar, vicious diversion that so delighted Henry.
The red-and-white livery of the king's Welsh yeomen passed in a blur as Stephen strode out into the paved central court. Seeking a place to cool his temper in private, he stalked into a walled garden. A pebbled path led him through tortured little plots of whitethorn and sweetbriar. The flower beds had been arranged geometrically, so that they resembled rather coarse mosaics.
Stephen wished for the hundredth time that he had ignored the king's annual summons and stayed in Wiltshire.
But to refuse the command was to risk the one thing Stephen would kill to safeguard. If the price of keeping his secret was to have his heart ripped out and his pride publicly shredded, then so be it.
His conviction that the king hadn't finished with him proved correct, for an hour later, a haughty majordomo summoned him to the Presence Chamber.
An open-timbered ceiling arched high over the hall. The watery sunlight of early spring streamed in through twin banks of mullioned windows. Colored glass made a shifting, jeweled pattern on the walls and floor. Somewhere, an unseen lute player strummed softly, the shimmering music a sweet undercurrent to the murmur of voices.
Members of the Privy Council stood by, sharp eyed, their shoulders hunched beneath heavy, long robes.
Stephen paced over the smooth flagstones to the gold-and-scarlet-draped dais. There he stopped, swept his satin-lined cloak back over one shoulder, and sank into a formal obeisance. Even without looking at the king, he knew Henry relished the submissive pose of a man of Stephen's height. Henry took pleasure in anything that made Stephen feel smaller.
He rose with hatred and defiance clear in his eyes, and a gift in his extended hands.
Henry sat upon his massive carved chair, looking like Bacchus clad in silver and gold. In recent years, his face had grown as large as a haunch of beef.
"What's this?" he asked, nodding to a page. The lad took the small wooden coffer from Stephen and offered it to the king. With childlike haste, Henry opened it and extracted a tiny watch on a golden chain. "Marry, my lord, you never fail to amaze me."
"A trinket, no more," Stephen said in a flat, dead voice. Henry had many appetites, most of them insatiable. Satisfying his craving for unique gifts was no challenge.
Henry slipped the chain through the baldric that encircled his ample girth. "I assume the design is original."
Stephen nodded.
"You've a rare talent for inventions of all sorts, Wim-berleigh. A pity you are so lacking in plain manners." The breadth of his cheeks made his eyes look beady, his mouth thin lipped and tight. "You left the Royal Bedchamber without begging leave, my lord."
"So I did, sire."
Henry's hand, pudgy and sparkling with rings, smacked down on the arm of his chair. His fingers strangled a carved gargoyle. "Damn your eyes, Wimberleigh. Must you always breach the limits of propriety and decorum?"
"Only when provoked, sire."
The king's expression did not change, yet his small bright eyes took fire. "Has it never occurred to you," he asked in a soft, deadly voice, "that you might do better to dance with your betrothed rather than with my patience? Lady Gwenyth is beautiful. She's well-bred and reasonably wealthy."
"She is also ruined, sire."
"I did honor to the wench," Henry snapped. "There is only one king of England, just as there is only one sun. My favor is not for one alone."
Stephen bit his tongue to stop himself from responding. It was useless to quarrel with a man who likened himself to a heavenly body. He could satisfy his every whim all too easily, for what sane man or woman would dare refuse him?
"For God's sake, Stephen," Henry thundered, "your evasiveness bedevils me. I've found you four eligible ladies in the past year, and you've refused them all. What is it that makes you so much better than any other noble?"
"I do not wish to marry again," Stephen stated. He could not resist adding, "My favor is for no one, not even that silly Welsh comfit I found in your bed."
"Comfits are sweet and agreeable to the palate," Henry pointed out.
"Aye, but when handled by too many fingers, they lose their savor. And when left long enough to themselves, they rot."
Without taking his eyes off Stephen, the king held out his hand. A servitor stepped forward and placed in it a silver cup of sack. Henry drank deeply of the Canary wine, then said, "Ah. Still you pine for your Margaret, now seven years cold."
With all that he was, Stephen resisted the urge to bury his fist in his sovereign's face. How blithely Henry spoke of Meg—as if he had never even known her at all.
"Was she so very dear to you, then," the king went on, twisting the knife, "that you cannot love another?"
Stephen held himself motionless as his mind filled with memories of Meg. Peeking at him timidly from behind her veil on their wedding day. Weeping in pain and fear in their marriage bed. Hiding her secrets from the husband who adored her. Dying in a sea of blood and bitter curses.
"Margaret was—" Stephen cleared his throat"—a child. Gullible. Easily impressed." With terrible, blade-sharp guilt, he knew he had forced her into womanhood and then into motherhood. And finally and most unforgivably, into death.
"I know well what it is to mourn a wife," Henry said, an unexpected note of sympathy in his voice. Stephen knew he was thinking of quiet, dutiful Jane Seymour, who had died giving the king the one gift he craved above all others: a male heir to the throne.
"However," Henry continued, imperious again, "a wife is a necessary ornament to a man's station, and old memories should not make you balk at duty. Now. As to the Welsh lady—"
"Sire, I humbly beg your pardon." He dropped his voice so only the king could hear. "I will not take any man's leavings—not even those of the king of England. I'll not be a salve to your conscience."
"My conscience?" Henry's mouth curved into a cold sickle of amusement. His voice was a whisper meant for Stephen alone. "My dear lord of Wimberleigh, where on earth did you get the notion that I had one?"
Stephen's neck tingled. He reminded himself that Henry VIII had put aside his first wife and brought about the execution of the second. He had appropriated the authority of the church, taken possession of monasteries, driven the poor from their lands. The mere ruining of a young virgin would hardly trouble a man like Henry Tudor.
"My mistake," Stephen replied softly. "But never mind, the Lady Gwenyth would not want me anyway."
"Ah, your tarnished reputation," Henry said, waving his now-empty cup. "Wild revels, gambling and rapine. The gossip does find its way to court. Marry, sir, every maiden in the realm quails in fright at the very thought of you."
Stephen preferred it that way. He had worked hard to hide his few good qualities beneath a patina of ill repute. "I am a man of low morals. An unfortunate flaw in my character. And now if it please Your Majesty, I must withdraw from court."
With a swiftness that belied his age and bulk, the king came out of his chair. His thick-fingered hand closed in the front of Stephen's quilted doublet. "By God, it does not please me." He put his face very close to Stephen's, so close that Stephen could smell the warm sweetness of sack on his breath. "Get you a wife, Wimberleigh, and then get you a proper heir, else all of England will know what you hide at your Wiltshire estate."
An animal roar of denial surged to Stephen's throat. With an effort born of years of iron control, he forced himself to keep from tearing into the royal face. How Henry had come to know Stephen's terrible secret was a mystery; how he intended to use the knowledge was becoming painfully obvious.
With a will, Stephen expelled his breath slowly and stepped back. The king no longer gripped him, yet the hold lingered invisibly—would linger until Stephen shed himself once and for all of the king's ire.
"To your knees, Wimberleigh."
His cheeks on fire with rage, Stephen sank down.
"Now swear it. Let me hear you vow that you will obey me." The king's voice rang loud. "Let me hear that you will wed—if not Lady Gwenyth, then another."
The command hung, suspended, in the deafening silence that followed. From his low perspective, Stephen caught details with uncommon clarity: the ancient dust clinging to the hem of the king's cloak, the faint, septic smell of the ulcer on Henry's leg, the soft chink of the sovereign's chain of office as his massive chest rose and fell, and the dying echo of a plucked lute string.
All the court waited in a state of breath-held anticipation. The king had flung down the gauntlet, had challenged one of the few men in the realm who dared defy him.
Stephen de Lacey was no fool, and he valued his neck. The years, at least, had taught him to equivocate. "Your will be done, sire." He spoke clearly so all could hear, for he knew if he mumbled the pledge, the king would make him repeat it.
A collective sigh came from the Privy Councillors. How they loved seeing one of their own humiliated.
Henry lowered his vast bulk onto the throne. "I trust you'll obey this time."
Stephen stood. The king dismissed him with a curt nod. Almost immediately, Henry began to bellow for his attendants. "Saddle my horse, I wish to go riding."
Stephen left the Presence Chamber and passed through the antechamber. The air of corruption lingered even here, in the heavy scent of sandalwood burning in a corner brazier, in the stale mats of rushes that had not been changed in months.
Prior to his audience, Stephen had requested that his horse be brought out, for he wanted to be away swiftly. The grooms of the royal stables had promised to have the tall Neapolitan mare ready outside the west gate.
Stephen strode across the courtyard and passed between the octagonal-shaped twin towers. He paused beneath the ornate portcullis, the pointed wrought-iron bars aimed straight down at his head.
As promised, his mare stood ready in saddle and trappings, tethered to an iron loop in the shade of a spreading oak some distance beyond the gatehouse.
He frowned at the negligence of the grooms. Didn't they know better than to leave a valuable animal unattended? And where the devil was Kit, his squire?
Cocking his head, Stephen saw a movement beside the mare. A wraithlike shadow, secretive as an uncon-fessed sin.
A filthy gypsy woman was stealing his horse.
Juliana could not believe her luck. So desperately had she needed a horse for the fair in Runnymede tomorrow, she had been prepared to enter the very walls of the riverside palace and boldly steal an animal.
Instead, as she crouched in a stand of copper beeches and regarded the glistening walls and gilt turrets of Richmond Palace, a groom had emerged with one of the most magnificent beasts she had ever seen. The horse was fitted out with trappings of silver and Morocco leather that would, if traded, feed the gypsy tribe for a decade.
Pavlo, her windhound, had scared the lad off. By now it was a common ploy. No Englishman had ever seen a borzoya, and most thought the huge white dog some sort of mythical beast.
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This is the first book of a trilogy and all three books are page turners....typical Susan Wiggs' great reading.
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The books was fantastic, its entrancing and makes you not want to put it down. Its a compelling story about two people thrown together to destinys wits and ended up finding a love like no other. Susan wiggs captivated me with this noble i hope the following books will be even better. But trust me this book is worth it, youll fall in love with it.
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Well, is it?
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A must read....
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It was an amazing book just reading the first chapter i was seduced my the passionate book. I would recommend it to anyone.
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The story kept my interest. It was not predictable. It had a lot of romance in it. I enjoyed it.
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As I began to read At the King's Command, I thought I had read this book about Stephen de Lacy, Baron of Wimberleigh who has been commanded to wed a vagabond Rom or gypsy who is caught stealing his horse by King Henry VIII. The book describes why there is intense hostility between de Lacy and King Henry VIII. Everything and everyone is not what they seem. Juliana Romanov is no ordinary horse thief but an exiled Russian Princess who has fled her homeland and her family. After they are forced into marriage, there is a haunting secret that creeps into Juliana's life and to solve it, she will do whatever she has to do. I loved the book as Circle in the Water and as At the KIng's Command. I enjoy the writings of Susan Wiggs, her characterizations, the scene settings, the witty conversations. As the story unfolds, you get a much better understanding of Stephen and Juliana and you come to realize as they do, that regardless of how this was a marriage that was not desired by them, this was a marriage of desire and love. I know that this is one of the Tudor Rose Trilogy and though I have read this book twice, I will begin my search for At the Queen's Summons, and the Maiden Hand. The earlier trilogy was Circle in the Water, Dancing on Air, and Vows Made in Wine. Why these books were renamed, I have no idea but to remember a book almost 20 years ago, says something about the book and something about the author.Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
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My first book by this author and will not be my last. I loved the high action packed ending and the historical part was woven into the story beautifully. The main character's will bring you to smile and cry. Also, the secondary cast is wonderfully written too. I highly recommend this book. LJBWas this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
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Juliana, a 14-yr.old Romanov princess when a Boyar attack destroyed her home and family, has spent five years as part of a band of gypsies, eventually winding up in the England of Henry VIII. She has harbored dreams of avenging her family and her lost young love and will let nothing stop her from doing so. Widower Lord Stephen de Lacey, is a wealthy renaissance man who invents toys and other mechanical devices and a clever maze that conceals a dark secret. For years he has hidden his grief for the loss of his son and wife beneath an icy exterior that keeps the malicious land-hungry Henry and prospective brides at bay. Their paths cross when gypsy Juliana tries to steal Stephen's horse. An unlikely event leads to their "white" marriage, which is sorely strained by the strong pull between them. The grimy, louse-ridden Juliana cleans up gorgeous and adept at running a large household - obviously not a mere gypsy. She's smart, clever, and curious about that maze; Stephen is hard pressed not to succumb. Fun to read. Lots of good secondary characters, and an exciting satisfying climax that reveals all.Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.
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Her business flourishing, Jocheved gets generous
These were the dog days of the month of Tammuz and, impoverished as they were, the citizens of the Balut stood in line to shell out a few coins for a taste of Jocheved's flavored winter. They queued up, according to the goyim (who queued as well), with their tongues lolling as if they were waiting, God forbid, to take communion. The thriving progress of her business venture fueled the girl's ambition, and seeking to improve her product, she obtained some recipe pamphlets from the local book peddlers, which (as unread as the rest of her family) she nevertheless set herself to decipher. When she'd laid by a little extra capital, she bought from a general merchandise catalogue an item called a Fuller's freezing pail. This was a wooden bucket with a zinc interior and a rotating central handle for mixing the preparation of egg yolks, cream, and sugar, and whatever exotic ingredients (jasmine, musk) she might wish to add. The operation involved surrounding the vessel in an azure moat of ice and sal ammoniac, churning with one hand while scraping off the crystals as they formed on the pail with the other. It was strenuous work, to which Jocheved was of course no stranger, and she thrilled at the alchemical process of converting her raw ingredients into sweet confections—a transformation as stupendous as the wonders in her father's tales. As she expanded her repertoire, so did she increase the volume of her production, crowding the cellar flat with vessels like paint pots filled to the brim, the entire stock of which she sold every day.
Soon she was able to contribute significantly to the family coffers, but rather than simply turn over her profits, Jocheved preferred to present her parents with gifts they would never have purchased for themselves, such as a clothes wringer, a tea urn, a rotary flour sifter, and a japanned coal hod for her irascible mother. Then there was the controversial mohair walking skirt with a flounce and the pair of mercerized lisle stockings, which Basha Puah complained were an insane extravagance and must be returned—though she was seen wearing both skirt and stockings with a touch of hauteur in the women's gallery of the Vlada Street shul on Tisha B'av. In that same shul her husband, relegated to the rear of the congregation in the pews reserved for the common laborers, could be seen sporting a new pair of knee-high chamois boots. In addition, Jocheved had begun seeking more salubrious accommodations for her family.
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Israel 2012 vs. London 1944
What the buzz bomb can tell us about Iron Dome.
- By Michael PeckMichael Peck is an award-winning writer specializing in defense and national security issues. He holds an MA in political science from Rutgers University.
Rockets raining down on cities. Missile defenses valiantly trying to intercept them. Air strikes to knock out missile sites.
Gaza 2012? No, London 1944. It was nearly 70 years ago when the first rocket campaign against cities began, as German V-1 "buzz bombs" (so named for the sound of their engines) rained down on England.
The V-1 was a guided rocket (actually more a drone), but with a guidance system so primitive that only about half of those fired could be expected to land within eight miles of their target. That accuracy rate seems comparable to Hamas' collection of homemade projectiles and Iranian-supplied Fajr-5 rockets, which are landing in southern Israel — as far away as Tel Aviv and Jerusalem — seemingly at random.
Like the Israelis with their Iron Dome anti-missile missiles, the British created an elaborate air defense system of fighters (that actually knocked down the bombs by ramming them), barrage balloons, and massed anti-aircraft guns in southern England that destroyed nearly three-quarters of the 400-mile-per-hour V-1s. (It was the V-2 missiles arcing in on a suborbital trajectory that were unstoppable.) That seems to be about the same rate at which Iron Dome is hitting the targets it tries to shoot down.
Nevertheless, British defenses could not intercept every V-1. Like the Israel Defense Forces, which must use $50,000 missiles to stop cheap homemade Hamas rockets, the Royal Air Force had to create massive and expensive defenses to stop the V-1s. And like Israeli civilians, the British public had to live with the expectation that a bomb could land at any moment.
I gained a sense of how hard it is to stop a rocket offensive by playing a simple board game. "War with a Vengeance," published last year by Against the Odds magazine and designer Paul Rohrbaugh, is a solitaire game of the German V-1 onslaught, with the human player controlling the British defenses while the game controls the buzz bombs. It is a simple game, with the rules printed on a 17 x 22-inch map depicting the northern French and southern English coasts, which are connected by rows of "flight path boxes" that show potential V-1 trajectories.
Most of the 100 cardboard pieces are of buzz bombs, which award the Germans victory points for each V-1 that lands on one of four British target areas (with triple points awarded for hitting London). The British have a limited number of Royal Air Force fighters, anti-aircraft batteries on land and at sea, and barrage balloons to stop them. The problem is that the British can never be sure where to allocate their defenses, because they don't know where the rockets will land. Dice are rolled each turn to determine how many V-1s are launched by each of the five German launch sites in France. More dice are rolled for each V-1 in flight to determine the exact flight path that it takes (or whether it crashes on the way). That path can randomly change as the rocket streaks over the English Channel, so it's not clear which target will be hit almost until the buzz bomb strikes. Thus the British have the choice of concentrating their defenses around London at the expense of the rest of southern England, or spreading their defenses thinly. They can also divert bombers from supporting the Normandy invasion to striking V-1 sites, but the damage is only temporary. In the end, stopping the buzz bomb onslaught is as much guesswork as strategy.
Iron Dome is supposed to be better, with computers that can discern which rockets will land on populated areas and prioritize them for intercept. Yet Israeli cities are being struck and civilians killed, which suggests that either Iron Dome is being saturated or that it can't always predict where a rocket will land.
The irony is that while smart bombs are supposed to be the pinnacle of warfare, it's the dumb bombs that are the real pains. If the V-1s or Hamas rockets were precision-guided weapons, the British and Israelis could guess their enemies' likely targets and concentrate their defenses accordingly. But when a rocket has an equal chance of striking an empty field or an apartment building, it is difficult to know which can be ignored and which must be destroyed. Low-tech is low-tech, but it is an effective way to wage warfare.
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After four weeks of pursing false leads including ordinary flotsam, Australian authorities say they've detected the "most promising lead" yet in the search for the missing Malaysian airliner.
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Good or bad news in the fiscal front?
Government report says that a surplus of P31.024 billion was posted last month, trimming down year-to-date deficit to P2.885 billion. Indeed, revenues surged by more than a tenth in April and by 11.4 percent for the first four months of the year, while disbursements recorded an uptick of 9.1 percent and 12.1 percent, respectively.
For April alone, the report says that revenues stood at P153.268 billion, while expenditures amounted to P122.244 billion. Overall from January to April, the government already collected P514.242 billion in revenues. In the same four-month period, it only spent P517.127 billion in expenditures, thus leaving a deficit of just P2.885 billion. Is this good news?
It could be bad actually. The reason is that as a matter of policy the government fiscal position should be adjusted or aligned with the need of the economy. If the economy is down or slowing down, the government is usually needed to stimulate the economy. This is done by having the government spend more than it collects to maintain a high level of local demand. In doing so, it ends up with a deficit. The weaker is the economy, the more it overspends and registers a large deficit. When the economy is doing well, government stimulation is no longer necessary and the government can therefor sit back and relax. It can afford to spend less than it collects and ends up with surplus. The stronger is the economy, the more it collects and registers a large surplus and thus the way to pay our huge government debt finally.
At this time, though, we know that the global economy is still in a precarious state, having not recovered fast enough in the last two years after the 2008-2009 Great Recession. Presently, the U.S. economy, the largest in the world, is still struggling with its inability to bring down its high unemployment that reached more than 9 percent at the height of the global recession while the Eurozone is in the brink of another recession. When the global economy slows or goes back to a recession, the country's exports also suffers thus contributing to the overall slowing of the national economy also. But the worst part is that because most of our exports still go to the developed countries in the world like the US, Europe and Japan which underperform the global economy, we also suffer more cuts in our exports and thus hurting us more, hence the need to compensate for this through more government expenditures to increase local demand.
The other problem is that when global economic growth is slow, investment also slows in many countries in the world, including the Philippines. Lower investments also means lower demand, and thus causing the economy to slow down. Again, this is another reason for the government to spend more to increase local demand.
Thus, it really is not necessarily always good to see our fiscal deficit to go lower or turn positive as reported recently by the government. It depends on the actual condition of the economy. Presently, the Philippine economy is still in a precarious state because of the poor condition of the global economy, more particularly in the developed part of the world to where we send most of our exports and from where we get most of our foreign investments.
Let us remember also that to create more jobs and wipe out much of our poverty, the new Aquino administration aimed to grow the economy at a sustained rate of 7 percent or higher until the end of its six-year term. Unfortunately, from more than 7 percent in 2010 (the Aquino government started in the second half of that year), the Philippine economy grew only by 3.7 last year due mainly to government underspending and falling exports. If we allow the government to underspend again this year along with the continued trouble that we have with our exports, it will not be a surprise if we find the country growing again at least than four percent this year. When this happens, goodbye poverty reduction and goodbye inclusive growth, which to many Filipinos also means goodbye Philippines as they move on to other countries in search of jobs.
Of course, the government had been assuring us that despite the slow global economic recovery, the Philippine economy could still grow by 5 to 6 percent or even higher this year. In fact, no less than Dr. Joseph Yap, the head of the government think-thank—the Philippine Institute of Development Studies—said in a forum here in Cebu a couple of weeks ago that with government spending on track, lower inflation, agriculture sector recovering and manufacturing and services receiving a boost from public construction, the Philippine economy, despite global economic slowdown, could achieve a 5.6 percent growth this year.
I, too, believe that the Philippines could grow between 5 to 6 percent this year but not so when the government fails to stimulate the economy when the economy or when the private sector part of the economy, specifically, is in hibernation state.
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Now with "Smart Page".
With today's release of the Opera Mini 7.5 for Android, Norwegian browser maker has introduced a new feature, which will parse data from your Internet activity and suggest content (such as news and friend activity) that is relevant to your interests.
In addition to that, the following build brings various stability improvements that will likely improve your web experience.
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ZTE Launching Firefox OS Phone In 2013
If you've been anxiously waiting for the new phones running Mozilla's Firefox OS, then listen carefully as we have some new details to share with you.
According to the recent report from WSJ, ZTE is planning to launch FOS smartphones in the first quarter of 2013.
Unfortunately, hardware specifications were not revealed but don't be surprised if it's not exactly a high end phone.
Google Chrome For Android Strengthens Security
Recently, Google has released a new stable build of its desktop web browser, which includes a new sandbox architecture.
Now, the search giant has shared some good news with its Android users as they too will be receiving a new build that strengthens web browser's security.
According to the recent blog post, Chrome for Android sandbox was improved due to the multi-process architecture and Android's User ID isolation technology.
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August, 2012 Mobile Market Share: Safari, Android Browser – Up; Opera Mini – Down
As promised last month, here comes a new segment and this time it's for the mobile web browsers only.
Starting with the leader in the pack, Apple's Safari continues its trend to the 70% mark, thanks to the iPhone and iPad sales, up from 66.22% to 66.43% (0.21 point increase).
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Download Maxthon For Kindle Fire 2.6.x
Well, here is a nice gift for the Amazon's Kindle users: a new release of the Maxthon web browser.
There is one issue though, we are not sure what the version number is or what are the changes.
On the app page it says v2.6.7, however, the changelog is completely different from the one posted on their official blog.
Anyway, you can grab it here at no cost.
Firefox Metro Coming In September
The final version might miss the Windows 8 launch window.
Good news, following the recent RTM release of the Windows 8, Mozilla has announced that they too will be publishing the preview build of the Firefox Modern (formerly known as Metro) web browser sometime in September.
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July, 2012 Mobile Market Share: Safari, Android Browser – Up; Symbian, Opera Mini – Down
With the rise of handheld devices and rising competition, we are starting a new section, which will focus on the mobile web browsers only. Let's get going.
Currently in the lead, Apple's Safari web browser has climbed up by 0.43 point, up from 66.22% to 65.79%.
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Microsoft Finishes Internet Explorer 10
Build 10.0.9200.16384.
With the recent Windows 8 RTM announcement, the software giant has also finished the Final build of the Internet Explorer 10.
However, while both IE10 and IE10 Metro for Windows 8 are ready, it is not clear whether or not the Windows 7 version was also finalized.
Most importantly, Microsoft is yet to announce any new features/tweaks and the time of general availability for both Windows 8 and Windows 7 users.
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Opera Now Has 200 Million Mobile Users
With the release of the latest mobile web trends report, Norwegian browser maker has announced that their mobile products (Opera Mini and Opera Mobile) are now used by more than 200 million people worldwide.
As it turns out, the majority of these numbers come from the Opera Mini (183 million users) while Opera Mobile is used by 17 million people.
For even more details and stats by countries, check the original report.
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Windows Phone 8 Internet Explorer 10 Features Leaked
Thanks to a recent WP8 SDK leaked, guys at MTW have obtained a pack of screenshots that detail quite a few new Windows Phone 8 features, including IE10.
So what can you expect from it?
Minus the new rendering engine and all that, Internet Explorer 10 for WP8 will include:
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The Smithsonian Associates Hosts 'Cyprus: Culinary Crossroads of the Mediterranean'
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus, in collaboration with the Smithsonian Associates, organized a lecture entitled "Cyprus: Culinary Crossroads of the Mediterranean" on Wednesday, December 8 at The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
The lecture was the second of a series of events that the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus is organizing during the next six months, to highlight and promote Cyprus' history and culture. These events are taking place in conjunction with the exhibition "Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations" presented at The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History through May 1, 2011.
The lecture was given by Dr. William Woys Weaver, food historian and director of the Keystone Center for the Study of Regional Foods in Devon, Pa. and wine specialist Dr. George J. Soleas, vice president of the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (Logistics and Quality Assurance Divisions) based in Toronto, Canada.
During his introductory remarks, the Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus to Washington, Mr. Pavlos Anastasiades, referred to the role of Cyprus in the world cultural heritage through the centuries, which is evident by the antiquities, icons and other items presented at the exhibition "Cyprus: Crossroads of Civilizations" as well as by the cultural tradition, the unique cuisine and wine production of Cyprus.
Dr. William Woys Weaver described Cyprus as the Culinary Crossroad of the Mediterranean. He explained how the various people and cultures that have passed through Cyprus during antiquity influenced traditional Cypriot cuisine, which maintained its uniqueness that was "exported" both to Europe and countries of the Mediterranean region during the medieval period.
Dr. George J. Soleas presented the wines of Cyprus since antiquity. He referred extensively to the indigenous grape varieties of the island and informed the participants about the wine producing areas in the Limassol and Paphos districts of Cyprus. Dr. Soleas also spoke of the history of Commandaria and the method of its production.
The event was attended by many members of the Smithsonian Associates and the Smithsonian Institution as well as by a large number of distinguished guests, including the diplomatic corps, academics and journalists. After the lecture, participants took a tour of the exhibition and enjoyed a reception featuring the foods and wine of Cyprus.
The final Smithsonian Associates event, "Aphrodite: Goddess of Cyprus" will be held on April 20, 2011.
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John Chipman serves as Assistant Director in the Division of Intercollegiate Athletics Business Office. In this role, Chipman's primary responsibilities are financial reporting, financial analysis, and year-end processing. Other duties include coordinating work related to annual internal and external audits, assisting with budget development, and working with insurance related issues.
Prior to his position at the University of Illinois, Chipman was a Financial Analyst for State Farm Insurance Companies in Bloomington, Ill. Other previous positions include working as an Auditor at the CPA firm of McGladrey and Pullen, LLP in Springfield, Illinois and as a Financial Examiner for the Illinois Department of Insurance in Chicago, Illinois.
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The time should count. You will need to document your "days at sea" on a form. You should have enough time to qualify for a master's ticket. The exam is more difficult for the "6 pack " than for the master's. I would suggest going to a course as they will give an exam with a smaller question pool and will teach you the answers in the instruction. The plotting part of the test is the part that gets most people.
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1. to qualify for a sailing endorsement, the claimed service has to have been on a sail or sailing auxiliary vessel.
2. The test for a 6-pack is a subset of the test for a master's although the difference is trivial.
3. The navigation test can be difficult, as it..err..requires that you know navigation
4. IMHO for experienced boaters the deck general section is much more difficult as most of what it covers we simply don't know, which is where the open book helps out.
I concur with taking a course if you can afford it, I got my masters on my own and doing so requires a lot of process experimentation.
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As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama had one central message to middle-income Americans: no new taxes. And since taking office, the president has repeatedly pledged not to raise taxes on families making less than $250,000 a year.
But as a massive health care reform bill inches closer to reality, middle-class Americans, as well as high income earners, can expect some sort of increase in what they pay into government coffers, say Republican critics and some fiscal watch dog groups.
The Senate Finance Committee health care reform bill, which could hit the Senate floor as early as this week, would impose new taxes on insurance companies, drugmakers and medical device manufacturers.
It would also impose a 40 percent tax on the portion of insurance premiums exceeding $8,000 a year for individuals and $21,000 a year for family plans. That tax would be imposed on insurance companies, though it would likely be passed on to consumers, including many middle-income families, say experts.
Last week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was considering a proposal to increase the Medicare payroll tax on high-income workers to help offset the costs of providing health insurance to millions of Americans.
But several Democratic senators are urging Reid to propose extending the Medicare payroll tax to income other than wages, such as capital gains, dividends and rental income. Democrats say that could generate revenue from wealthy households who often get a greater share of their income from sources other than wages.
Some Republicans and Wall Street investors say tapping into high-end earners and capital gains will soak the rich and hurt an already ailing economy.
"Could there be a more efficient way to kill our halting recovery from recession than to have Harry Reid plot in secret to raise taxes?" says Donald Luskin, chief investment officer at Trend Macrolytics LLC. "Have we learned no economic lessons from the Depression?"
The recently passed House bill would impose a 5.4 percent income tax on individuals making more than $500,000 and joint filers making more than $1 million.
The top income tax rate is 35 percent. If existing Bush-era tax cuts expire in 2011, as President Obama has called for, the top rate would grow to 39.6 percent. The new health care tax would further increase that to 45 percent. The House bill would also impose a 2.5 percent tax on the sale of medical devices.
The House bill would raise $460 billion over the next decade from new income taxes that mostly target the wealthy.
"The public pretty much thinks the richer people in America ought to pay their fair share," says House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer told ABC News last week. "They don't think they're paying their fair share."
But Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska says he'll vote to block any health care bill that looks like the bill passed by the House. "The costs are extraordinary associated with it," he told ABC News. "It increases taxes in a way that will not pass in the Senate. I won't vote to move it."
The House GOP bill, which was rejected a week ago, had no new taxes. Republicans would get savings by capping medical liability awards, stepping up efforts to fight Medicare and Medicaid fraud, and setting up an approval process for generic versions of high-tech drugs.


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Lois Cutler, (BS Housing, 1993; MA Housing, 1996; PhD Housing, 1997), has been named director of graduate studies for the University's multidisciplinary gerontology minor. Cutler, a research associate with the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Division of Health Policy and Management succeeds Rosalie Kane. Her research expertise is in the evaluation of the quality of life in nursing homes and assisted living facilities, and exploring how environments are used in long-term care settings. She is currently comparing small-house nursing homes with traditional nursing homes for older adults with memory loss in Ohio retirement communities.
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Take this as a disclaimer: I know next to nothing about cars.
I do know something about money: how to save it and how not to spend too much of it (except on occasional wild nights in foreign lands, or NYC).
I like to think I have an artist's eye, maybe even an artist's soul. I like style, even if I don't have much of it. I'm pragmatic, borderline revengeful. As a result, I enjoy sticking it to those who always seem to win, especially if I perceive their winning at my expense.
So, in 2010, when I moved back to the U.S. from my old São Paulo home, I bought a black, third-generation Prius II. It's an updated model of the car Larry David drives in Curb Your Enthusiasm, and as a car goes, it's got room for five, it's got speed — I am constantly doing 80 in that thing and not realizing it — and it does what I want it to do most, reduces my gasoline expenses. I"m saving the earth and screwing oil companies one mile at a time.
The Prius gets 50 mpg's on average. It cost just $23,000. It's okay looking. But the Chevy Volt is even better looking, sort of like a brand new girlfriend.
If gasoline is going to $6 a gallon, as libertarian presidential candidate Ron Paul thinks, and as Steve Odland considered here at Forbes last week, then I want a car that doesn't need any gasoline at all. Oil can go to $150 a barrel and my transportation expenses won't rise a cent. I feel like I'm beating the market, and that feels pretty good; pretty, pretty, pretty good.
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On Friday, former Texas oil man T. Boone Pickens told Fredricka Whitfield on CNN's "Newsroom" that world oil supplies were tight. Saudi Arabia has to open some "crappy 1930s oil field", he said, just to ramp up production. An Iranian oil embargo doesn't help the matter.
Also on Friday, tech strategist Richard Ross at Auerbach Grayson, an investment firm, told clients that "resistance is futile" when it comes to crude oil. Brent oil remains technically poised to take out the April highs. West Texas crude is going to $114! I'm not an oil trader. I don't even own DIG. What I do own, like most Americans, is a vehicle that needs gasoline. When oil is going up, gasoline is going to go up, and that impacts my ability to save money, which is important because I have tween and pre-tween daughters who need to go to college in the future, need a house, need to eat, have medical bills, and actually want to entertain themselves and do stuff so I have to pay for their dance school.
Gasoline prices are already over $4 a gallon in California. Even Alaska, which makes no sense to me. Don't those guys have oil? On the East Coast and throughout the rest of the nation, it's still mid $3, according to GasBuddy.com.
When the world economy turns the corner, maybe sometime in 2014, gasoline prices will go even higher, right? I have to get my hands on that Volt. I drove to a local Chevy dealer to give one a test drive to see if it is as good as GM says it is.
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Tuesday, John McNeil's years-long legal fight could come to an end.
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John McNeil is serving life in prison for aggravated assault and felony murder in the 2005 shooting death of Brian Epp. John McNeil was sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting a man at his Kennesaw home in 2005, supporters spent years fighting for his freedom.
Tuesday, that years-long legal fight could come to an end, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
McNeil, whose wife died of breast cancer on Saturday, is scheduled to go before a Cobb County Superior Court judge and plead to a lesser crime of manslaughter, a move that could allow him to leave state prison as early as next week.
McNeil is serving life in prison for aggravated assault and felony murder in the Dec. 6, 2005, shooting death of Brian Epp, the builder of his Kennesaw home.
According to court documents, McNeils teenage son called to say that there was a strange man in the backyard of the family's home who had pulled a knife on him. McNeil rushed home. While en route, he called 911 to tell authorities all that had happened, court records indicate. Despite pleas from the operator to remain in his vehicle, McNeil got out of his car with a gun. An argument with Epp ensued. McNeil fired a warning shot into the ground. Epp moved toward McNeil in the driveway. McNeil shot and killed him.
McNeil's supporters, including his late wife and the NAACP, said he acted in self-defense. Police said the same thing initially and cleared McNeil of any charges. But nine months later, prosecutors charged him with murder, and a Cobb County jury convicted him and sentenced him to life in prison in 2006.
The case sparked debate about Georgia's version of the so-called stand your ground law, the defense being used in Florida in the February 2012 shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin.
Even as she fought breast cancer, Anita McNeil maintained that her hubsand was only guilty of trying to protect his family and worked to secure his release.
As recently as October, she joined the NAACP for a news conference shortly after Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens appealed a judge's ruling that John McNeil should have been released because of multiple errors at trial.
That appeal sent the case back to the Georgia Supreme Court, where the case is pending. The state's highest court in 2008 upheld McNeil's conviction.


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K, mini-updated. The columbia turned out to be a total wash. The guy flaked on me. Though, from what I can tell, it was def a project boat.
Next up. Went to look at a 37' Irwin with a transferable liveaboard slip. It's a pretty boat but from what I can tell, it is also a project boat. While the live space seems to have been kept up, the rest has not. Therefore, it would need a new engine, sails & sail covers, rigging, and sheets. Additionally, the bottom hasn't been painted for years. In fact, it needs a new paint job. And the brightwork is pretty much toast. Then, there's the size issue. I am actually looking for smaller as opposed to larger. Though, from a liveaboard standpoint, it is certainly sweet. That is, again, the interior has been kept up. The *big* however, and imho, deal breaker, is the other work. It's sorta like a house. Buy something that isn't kept up and pay for unexpected yet required maintenance.
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"If you're in an older demographic and you're Canadian, they won't play your new stuff. We're being shuffled off to the rock 'n' roll old-age home and I don't want to go quietly."
I sympathize with Vollmer, I really do, and I defy anyone to find a harder-working Canadian band than Helix, both in their '80s prime and in all the years since.
On the other hand, as happily nostalgia-peddling Steve Miller told one writer, "If I wrote new originals, you'd just go, 'Ehh, not as good as Fly Like An Eagle.' That's just the nature of the game. Nobody wants to hear new originals — nobody!"
Harsh words, but judging by the Canadian music charts, he may be right.
With the lone exception of Ozzy Osbourne — whose new album, Scream, has hit Top 10 — the upper berths of the Soundscan album charts are dominated by teenybop icons like Drake, Miley Cyrus and Justin Bieber, with classic rock geezers Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, AC/DC and Slash relegated to the lower rungs.
As someone of, ahem, maturing years myself, I'm inclined to side with Vollmer and rant against the injustice of former industry tent poles shoved off the pop culture radar for a raft of untested newcomers — damn you, Katy Perry and your whipped-cream-squirting Wonderbra!
But then I remember the new albums by Bruce Springsteen, Bob Seger, John Fogerty and The Rolling Stones I warily purchased in recent years, listened to once and — frustrated with what sounded like lame retreads of past hits and whiny laments about looming senility — furtively dumped at the used CD store.
And does anyone remember those horrific "new" Beatles songs, Free As A Bird and Real Love, released in '95 by the then three long-in-the-tooth survivors? Eurgh.
"When people my own age write their own stuff, you can smell the burning brain tissue!" argues Miller, 66, who has forsaken classic tunes like Jet Airliner, The Joker and Rock 'n Me for an album of blues covers.
"If I started writing songs, I wouldn't be as optimistic as I was when I was younger. They'd be songs about politics and the IRS, and who cares?"
I don't fully agree with this. There are a slew of veteran singer-songwriters — people like Steve Earle, John Hiatt, Bob Dylan and, especially, the late Johnny Cash — who have put out music in their 40s, 50s and beyond that rivals and, in some cases, surpasses their earlier work.
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To put things in perspective, I wonder how the outspoken rocker would have reacted if — in '83, when Helix was trying to break through — radio stations told him "Gee Brian, we'd love to play Rock You but we have this great new Glenn Miller tune we're trying to promote!"
Because I discussed this with him, I know he makes a clear distinction between rock music and What Came Before and insists comparisons are irrelevant, but I'm not so sure.
There's an old Twilight Zone episode where a middle-aged man lamenting his lost youth trips backwards in time, encounters a younger version of himself and — with tears in his eyes — tells him to enjoy the moment, to savour the merry-go-rounds and cotton candy and band concerts, because they'll never come his way again.
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Solar panels might be the power source of the future, but they seem quite daunting. The idea of getting something large installed on your roof sounds both time consuming and expensive. And, indeed, solar installations aren't cheap, but they're probably much less expensive than you thought. They're about as expensive as a new car (depending on what state you live in).
But unlike a car, which starts losing value the minute you drive it off the lot and racks up costs in gas and repairs, solar panels instantly start saving you money and, after a time, start actually giving you money back. Plus, they make your house more valuable. If you're willing to make a long-term investment, that initial solar panel outlay will pay itself back many times over. A new ]infographic from solar company 1BOG helps crunch some of the numbers for you about how much solar costs.
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Now that your panels are installed, you're getting power from the sun instead of the power company. That means you're spending less money on your electric bill each month. How much less? That also depends on where you live. Utility prices have something to do with it (you'll see that New Yorkers get a big savings because electricity there is so expensive), but sunny places—where you're drawing more power from the sun, like Florida or the Southwest—also see big bonuses.
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Nice article but I cannot find any system size to the prices you show in each state. Am I missing it somewhere? I assume they are all less the 5 meg Watt.
Probably 3-3.5 kilowatt system is pretty average. I know, it won't help in your state but in washington state, oh for crying out loud, theres too many variables to list...your energy needs, west or south facing roof or out buildings, hours available light, where your energy comes from, ie. coal or water, or...? In washington @ 2100 sqFt, 3 K system, with enginering, permits, water storage, installations around $30,000 and with rebates (depending if manufactured in state) down to about $19-20k with payback 7-15 years!
This is a GREAT article! I operate a solar power company in New Zealand where there are NO government subsidies at all (because we are already 85% renewable thanks to Hydro and Geo-thermal). For our customers I have calculated and graphed the ROI on our Grid-Tie products and the payback is around 9 years (at a 1:1 feedin tarrif) and after 30 years of life (which you will get out of a quality panel) you get a return of seven to eight times your investment. The ONLY thing wrong with solar power is mindsets, and they are changing fast.
If we had a well designed Renewable Energy Power Purchase (feed-in tariff) policy in the US like much of Europe has, that priced solar energy at its full value millions more would be putting panels on their roofs, parking lots and backyards. Right now (unless you live in CA, OR, NJ, Palm Desert, Gainesville, FL and a handful of other places), ratepayer/generators only get credited at a discounted "avoided cost" rate through net-metering. People need to push for better policies in the US: http://www.renewablecommunitie...
Big Question... what's the average life of a solar panel?? 5 years? 10 years? What's service and upkeep cost?
Big Problem... Most Solar Equipment today will never become NET positive in energy output divided by energy input necessary to manufacture, produce, and install. Not that it's not viable in off the grid places, but there are FAR more efficient AND cost effective carbon reducing options out there...
Is it to presumed then that equipment manufactured for other forms energy and the energy needed to mine/extract/drill for all fuels is net positive even if you count the cost exploring, extracting, refining and transporting etc etc
The live of a PV system is typically in the 25-30 year range. Most module manufacturers have 20-year warranties and more and more inverter manufacturers are matching those warranties.
The energy payback on a PV system will be positive and relatively short (6 months to 4 years depending on technology and location). Vasilis Fthenakis at Brookhaven National Lab has written on this extensively. The idea that PV systems have a negative return on energy investment is an old myth.
Solar PV systems are a great way to produce carbon-free energy over the long-term.
The average life of a solar panel is 30+ years. A well manufactured panel can keep producing electricity for over 50 years. They do not have any moving parts and thus require little to no maintenance over their life. Inverters may need replacement every 15 years or so. Several studies suggest a solar panel will become NET positive in about 3 years.
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Great article, thanks for the valuable info.
Just a comment why would a state like Florida which experience so much sun year round and with a buy-back program in place take longer then a lot of northern states to see your return, seems like politics at it's best again. Thx again for this info. very valuable


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