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When is it right for you to rebel against the negative powers working against you? When are so weighed down by someone or something that it is absolutely justified for you to strike back? Have you ever asked that? If so, then read on and let’s look back in history and find a time when men of courage and perseverance did just that. Let the example of those who have gone before inspire and motivate you!

Rarely has the world seen such a formidable body of men gather together for a solemn purpose as when the members of the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in 1776.

In addition to the weighty duty of representing the citizens of their respective colonies, each of the delegates who would sign the Declaration of Independence brought something significant to Philadelphia: Jefferson brought his eloquence; the world famous, brilliant and elderly Ben Franklin lent celebrity and thus political cover; Sam Adams baptized the movement with fire and intensity; Witherspoon’s religious credibility boosted the cause in the eyes of the devout.

Each signer was courageous and enormously significant; a few of them were truly indispensable.

But even among the giants of the American Revolution, one man stands out: John Hancock.

Hancock’s early life did not obviously reveal that he would become a leader in the independence movement. Hancock was educated at the Boston Latin School and Harvard, graduating from college when he was 17 years old. He then went to work for his uncle, and quickly gained a reputation for being capable and honest. He was even sent on trade trips to England and on one of these he observed - perhaps presciently - the coronation of King George III.

When he was still a young man, he became the heir to the family shipping and import/export fortune and the richest man in Massachusetts. He thus took his place among the Boston elite - most of whom remained unwaveringly loyal to the British crown, no matter what abuses were heaped upon the colonies.

But Hancock would take a different course. He sided with the independence movement. As the crown taxed the colonies and hampered their commerce, Hancock struggled to maintain his business and supply necessities to colonial merchants. As the measures of King George III against the colonists became more oppressive and lawless, Hancock became more evasive and covert.

He simply refused to give in. He organized a boycott of British tea and began smuggling lead, glass and paper into Massachusetts. Other merchants - even if they were not as eager to stick their neck out as Hancock - relied on him to fill their shops. And the customers of those merchants who purchased the necessities of life in those shops also depended on Hancock. Had Hancock taken the easy way out, plenty of people would have suffered.

Hancock named the ship used in his smuggling operation Liberty and she rapidly became a tangible symbol of the cause of colonial independence, if not a celebrity of sorts. When Liberty was impounded by the British in 1768, a riot followed.

During the 1770’s, Hancock was involved in every significant development leading up to the Declaration: the Boston Tea Party, the organization of the minutemen, the financing of the resistance. Indeed, it was often stated that, “Sam Adams wrote the letters to the newspapers, and John Hancock paid the postage.”
He worked tirelessly behind the scenes, but he was not afraid to take a bold public stand, as well. In his famous speech commemorating the Boston Massacre of 1770, Hancock spoke to crowds in Boston, and reminded them never to forget the events of the previous year:

“Let this sad tale of death never be told, without a tear; let not the heaving bosom cease to burn with a manly indignation at the relation of it, through the long tracks of future time; let every parent tell the shameful story to his listening children, till tears of pity glisten in their eyes, or boiling passion shakes their tender frames.”

He then turned his wrath directly on those soldiers who, in a moment of cowardice and panic, fired a volley into a crowd of civilians:

“Dark and designing knaves, murderers, parricides! How dare you tread upon the earth, which has drunk the blood or slaughtered innocence shed by your hands? How dare you breathe that air, which wafted to the ear of heaven the groans of those who fell a sacrifice to your accursed ambition? — But if the labouring earth doth not expand her jaws; if the air you breathe is not commissioned to be the minister of death; yet, hear it, and tremble! The eye of heaven penetrates the darkest chambers of the soul; and you, though screened from human observation, must be arraigned, must lift your hands, red with the blood of those whose death you have procured, at the tremendous bar of God.”

With words like that, it is little wonder that Hancock would soon be charged with treason and become a wanted man.

Fast forward to April of 1775. After a considerable build up of tension between the royalist military governor of Massachusetts and local independence-minded patriots, martial law was declared and a crackdown on the insurgents was ordered. Hancock and Sam Adams were publicly denounced as traitors and their arrest was ordered. Fortunately for Hancock and Adams, they had been warned by Paul Revere and were able to escape and hide before the arrival of troops.

The governor’s troops then marched to Concord where the colonial militiamen were stockpiling weapons and gunpowder. The militiamen and red coats met. The Battle of Lexington and Concord followed, the “shot heard round the world.”

When the smoke cleared, more than fifty of the colonial militia had been killed. The Crown had declared war on the colonies. What would the response be?

In John Hancock’s mind, the necessary response was obvious.

Because of his certainty of purpose, Hancock was elected President of the Continental Congress. One of his first acts (and obviously his most significant one) was to commission George Washington as the chief military officer of the united army of the colonies.

By the time the delegates met in Philadelphia, Hancock’s bold and famous signature on the Declaration was a mere formality. He had already put his life, fortune and sacred honor on the line in the cause of independence. In fact, he likely welcomed the company of the other signers! His large and flamboyant signature went down in history and this quote - likely apocryphal - has often been attributed to him: “The British ministry can read that name without spectacles; let them double their reward.” Whether he actually said that or not, the sentiment is pure Hancock, fearless and defiant. Little wonder his name became synonymous with the word “signature”.

During the Revolutionary War which followed, the burden of financing the war and supplying the troops with necessities fell largely on Hancock. He did not fail to deliver. As if that were not enough, in 1780, with a few years remaining in the war, Hancock was elected as the first governor of Massachusetts - a post he held until his death in 1793.

With victory and the Treaty of Paris, you might think that things would slow down for Hancock, but that was hardly the case. He was called upon time and again. He represented Massachusetts under the Articles of Confederation and was the seventh President of the United States in Congress. With the demise of the Articles, as governor of Massachusetts, he became a major voice for ratification of the U.S. Constitution. In the new United States, he pushed for the creation of a powerful navy - a move which proved to be critical to the new nation’s survival in the War of 1812.

For most of his life, John Hancock expended an enormous amount of energy for the cause of liberty and for American independence. While no one can challenge Washington for the title of “Father of our Country”, Hancock would be a strong contender for the title of “Grandfather of our Country”.

What does the life of John Hancock mean for us today? So long as there are people who want to take away the freedoms of other people, we should not forget John Hancock.

His response - his disobedience to the governmental forces which oppressed him and other colonists - is not universally applicable. As the Declaration argues, governments should not be overthrown or disobeyed for trivial reasons. But sometimes governments should, indeed, must be disobeyed.

Take, for example, the story of a handful of Texas families in the late ’70’s and early ’80’s. For various and diverse reasons, they had exercised their liberty to teach their children at home rather than in the public schools or in a private academy.

They were on solid legal ground to do so. As anyone with even a cursory knowledge of Texas history knew, the Texas compulsory attendance law enacted in 1916 did not preclude education at home. More than a few Texans were doing just that when the law was passed. After all, there were not that many private or public schools in the state at that time, certainly not enough to accommodate all Texas children. It was simply understood that many Texas children were taught at home before, during and after the passage of the compulsory attendance law. It never occurred to anyone that compulsory attendance outlawed learning at home.

That is, until 1981 when a bright staff attorney for the Texas Education Agency suddenly announced that homeschooling was not one of the exceptions to compulsory attendance. Shortly after that, an assistant general counsel - not to be outdone in zeal to curtail freedom — announced even more bluntly: “The compulsory student attendance laws of the State of Texas do not permit students to be taught at home.”

Never mind history and the traditional freedoms which Texans had always enjoyed. “There is a new sheriff in town,” was the flavor of the Texas Education Agency’s argument.

Sound familiar? “The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.”

After the announcement of this novel interpretation of a six decade-old statute, the State of Texas actually began prosecuting disobedient, noncompliant parents - those stubborn parents who refused to bow their knee to the dictates of the State. In all, some 150 prosecutions were initiated, and about 80 of them were actually tried. And some were convicted. By 1984, teaching your own children at home in Texas had become a criminal offense!

Enter the plaintiffs in Leeper v. Texas Education Association. Some of them had already been criminally prosecuted for their refusal to obey the State; some of them had been threatened with prosecution. Some of them had been financially harmed by Texas’ criminalization of homeschooling. But they all had this in common: like John Hancock, they did not regard recent pronouncements from a crazed King, er, State agency demonstrating willful ignorance of history as being the final word on the matter. They were not willing to let their freedom, the freedom of others and the freedom of the next generation to be squandered simply because they couldn’t stomach a bit of a fight. Rather, they geared up for the battle. Though they had few resources, in their hearts they knew they were right and the “red coats” were wrong.

The case took about a decade to end. But the final shot was fired by the Texas Supreme Court in 1995 when it unanimously announced that from that point on (just as before) the Texas compulsory attendance law could no longer be used to make criminals out of parents who teach their children at home. The conflict was obviously not bloody, unlike the American Revolution. But the stakes were high.

If they had acquiesced, that freedom would have been lost. What is the next freedom we would lose?

If we value freedom, then from time to time, we need John Hancocks. We need people to continue to import goods or educate their children or refuse to move to the back of the bus- even if the State tells them otherwise.

Only through occasional active disobedience and confrontation will our historic freedoms be protected. Let’s hope that whenever the next big deprivation of freedom occurs, there are some John Hancocks among us who will be willing to disobey and fight.

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government.

Rebellion is also personal and when a tyrannical force is oppressing your life - when you are weighted down by anxiety, fear, bordeom, lack of confidence, meaning and vision, it is time to strike back, and strike back violently. Make a list of your shortcomings - your enemies - and systematically eliminate them from your life.

Mark Cole is an attorney, husband and homeschool father in Texas. To learn more about men like John Hancock and to see how they can inspire you, visit his website at http://www.conversationsfromthepast.com

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Good News! Have you ever noticed that all of the Dish Network dealers have just about the same offers and prices? So what’s the good news?

All of these retailers are fighting for your business. In order to compete, they have to have better customer service and keep their prices as low as everyone else.

In a nutshell…for the companies that are able to stand the test of time, their quality of service goes up and the prices remain the lowest possible!

So, knowing this does it matter which one you order your Dish from?

Answer: You bet it does!

Be Careful! Although Dish Network has strict standards for their retailers, many fledging “companies” are seeing dollar signs floating around this hot product and are jumping in with both feet. Many do not have much experience in the industry which can mean a headache for the unsuspecting consumer.

The Satellite TV industry is Booming! Tens of Thousands of satellite systems are being sold every month, which means a small company starting out, even with the best of intentions may not be able to deliver the quality or quantity of service (for both the installation and ongoing customer and technical support) that a more established company will be able to deliver.

With this exploding market in mind, be aware that there could be some scammers out there that are not at all connected with Dish Network and will take your money and run, just as there are scammers in just about any industry.

When choosing a company to order your Dish Network system from, it is wise to put high priority on the stability and long standing reputation of the company. Especially since there are so many “here today and gone tomorrow” companies out there that just do not have the endurance or experience to meet the challenges of such a fast moving market.

On the bright side, when you do find a good well established company to order your system from, you can rest-at-ease knowing that you are in the hands of someone with enough savvy and sense of service to make your switch to Dish Network a smooth and pleasant experience.

Mark Larsen is a techno geek that spends way to much time in front of the computer and is co-founder of a satellite TV information website. Visit this site to find out who they have rated as the Best place to buy Dish Network

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There is little doubt that the LCD TV is one of the fastest growing markets for television makers around the world. Because they just look so great, people around the world are demanding this amazing experience and they want it at great prices. The LCD TV is one that will be more and more available throughout the next few years. Will you have one?

The first LCD TV’s that came out were not as good as they could have been. Although the technology was new and improving, people did not think that the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) would be worth the investment. In larger versions, faster moving images were harder to see than other types of televisions including plasma screens and cathode ray televisions. But, that has changed dramatically.

In many areas of the world, the LCD TV is in demand. Now that it has been made more effectively through improved technology, you will have no problems with seeing a view clearly. In 2004, television giants Sony and Samsung come together to build a factory that would produce upwards of 60,000 screens for the LCD TV each and every month. Other competitors tried to disprove the quality of these televisions but they were not as successful as they hoped.

In Asia, there is a huge demand for the LCD TV and it continues to grow. Technology keeps expanding as well. Throughout the world, sales are said to be climbing and the expectation is for many televisions in this display would be available and in homes.

If you have not seen the LCD TV, it is worth a trip to take a look at. The pictures are amazing in their quality and you will likely not find a more beautiful display of colors and graphics. You will even realize price savings on these televisions throughout the next years as technology brings costs down as well on the LCD TV.

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Direct TV (Directv) is digital quality television. It functions when the programming is up-linked to a satellite & is then sent directly to our dish. The quality of the picture and sound received through Direct TV is much better than what is given by cable operators. Direct TV is nations first high power direct broadcast service which began in 1994.It is the fastest selling electronic product ever.

It has a huge & stable company which has more than 13 million subscribers. The equipment mainly consists of three items. One is a dish which is nearly 18 inches, second item is an integrated receiver decoder and third one is remote control. Direct TV uses 4 high powers satellites built by Hughes Ele and one by Loral. On Aug.10, 2000 the Direct TV announced it’s renaming. The satellites of Direct TV are in an orbit 22300 miles above the equator. These satellite are arranged in such a way that each one provide 8 or more transponders at 240watt each and the best convenience is that no adjustment of dish is required to change the programming. Thus Direct TV is one of the best choices which Americans go in for satellite TV.

J.D. Power & Associates say that Direct TV is superb. The consumers have also rated satellite TV better than cable companies in America. The transmission through Direct TV is incomparable to the one given by the cable TV. There is a vast difference in costing also. As there is limited transmission of channels due to limited line set up, Direct TV has a vast selling of transmission due to being a part of satellite TV. Direct TV is one of the best sources we can rely for our entertainment. Direct TV offers us available local channels in all the packages provided to viewers. We can select a choice of packages according to need of our family. The Direct TV offers great HDTV line ups.

One more very important thing which Direct TV provides us is digital video recording. It is going to change our way of watching TV. We can watch television in our own schedule without any commercials. We got nearly 225 channels of quality and even access to twenty five sports channel and 30 premium channels. We have a choice of 50 pay-per-views for everyday. If we compare to cable TV, Direct TV has gone beyond and above any service.

Direct TV has very easy installing equipments. The satellite dish can be mounted outside any house, office, apartments, hospital etc. The dish net work is a major and direct competitor of Direct TV. Dish network was launched in US in 1996.It is also a direct broadcast satellite service that broadcasts digital satellite TV and audio to viewers.

Direct TV and DNTV are providing a quality service of transmission to US viewers. To take the advantage of services we have to just take the choice of package. If we move from the place we can carry the dish with us anywhere in US. We even have a facility to resell the dish if we wish to. Ultimately all the parents are also happy because now their children would watch only those channels which parents wish for.

James Croydon, Satellite Installation Engineer and Dish Network Special advisor - focusing on DirecTV DVR and DirecTV DSL

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DLP televisions are based on a technology invented by Texas
Instruments back in 1987 called Digital Light Processing. The
technology is based on an optical semiconductor called DMD
(Digital Micromirror Device) chip. It is a highly reliable,
all-digital display chip that delivers the best picture across a
broad range of products, including large screen digital TVs, and
projectors for business, home, professional venue and digital
cinema. The chip consists of over one million mirrors to process
light. They come in either single chip or 3 chip configurations.
One-chip DLP systems use a projection lamp to pass white light
through a color wheel that sends red-green-blue colors to the
DMD chip in a sequential order to create an image on-screen.
Only one DMD chip is used to process the primary RGB colors.
Three-chip DLP systems use a projection lamp to send white light
through a prism, which creates separate red, green, and blue
light beams. Each beam is sent to their respective red, green,
and blue DMD chip to process the image for display on-screen.
One-chip models are said to produce a display of over 16-million
colors. Three-chip models can produce a display of over
35-trillion colors. The result is maximum fidelity: a picture
whose clarity, brilliance and color must be seen to be believed.

When a DLP chip is coordinated with a digital video or graphic
signal, a light source, and a projection lens, its mirrors can
reflect an all-digital image onto a screen or other surface. The
DLP chip and the sophisticated electronics that surround it are
what we call Digital Light Processing technology.

Benefits of Single chip DLP:

1. Fantastic color accuracy.

2. The best contrast ratios and shadow detail. 3. Generally very
quiet. 4. Very little space between each pixel creates a very
smooth image, even when using lower resolution projectors.

5. Light engine failures are very rare so repairs are less
costly than other technologies. 6. Technology doesn’t degrade
over time. With proper routine maintenance, DLP projectors
consistently provide just-out-of-the-box performance. (DLP is
the only technology that makes this claim).

Benefits of Three chip DLP:

1. Good contrast; much greater than film theaters.

2. Good shadow detail.

3. Can provide high brightness compared to the limited
brightness of single chip versions. 4. Overall image quality
deemed as the best of any type of micro display technology.

5. Same technology as projectors installed in digital theaters.

6. Pure digital technology.

The bit-streamed image code entering the semiconductor directs
each mirror to switch on and off up to several thousand times
per second. When a mirror is switched on more frequently than
off, it reflects a light gray pixel; a mirror that’s switched
off more frequently reflects a darker gray pixel. In this way,
the mirrors in a DLP projection system can reflect pixels in up
to 1,024 shades of gray to convert the video or graphic signal
entering the DLP chip into a highly detailed grayscale image.

The white light generated by the lamp in a DLP projection system
passes through a color wheel as it travels to the surface of the
DLP chip. The color wheel filters the light into red, green, and
blue, from which a single-chip DLP projection system can create
at least 16.7 million colors. And the 3-chip system found in DLP
Cinema projection systems is capable of producing no fewer than
35 trillion colors. The on and off states of each micromirror
are coordinated with these three basic building blocks of color.
For example, a mirror responsible for projecting a purple pixel
will only reflect red and blue light to the projection surface;
our eyes then blend these rapidly alternating flashes to see the
intended hue in a projected image.

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The big dilemma facing broadcasters is this: You need to offer commercial-free HD2 channels to fend off satellite radio but if it’s commercial-free, where’s the revenue?

There are several answers to this. One is to charge for text messaging such as traffic or weather updates. For example, you might be able to subscribe to instant traffic updates for, say, $2.99 a month.

But here’s another possibility. I saw one article yesterday that mentioned pay per listen as a possible source of revenue. One example of this would be concerts. I have little interest in paying $89.50 to see Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in concert at Denver’s Red Rocks Amphitheater, but I would be happy to pay $9.95 to hear the concert live or even on a one-day delay.

I think this is one area where radio could take a lesson from pay-per-view TV. Maybe millions of people around the country won’t pay $59.95 to see a championship fight bu thousands will. And thousands times $59.95 adds up to a pretty nice hunk of revenue. Ditto, $9.95 times thousands = a nice source of revenue for HD2 broadcasters.

So what do you think? Would you be willing to pay for special events on HD Radio?

BTW: There are now more than 300 stations broadcasting HD2 channels.

To learn more about this amazing new technology called HD Radio, just go my Web site, http://www.hd-radio-home.com, to get all the buzz. Douglas Hanna is a retired marketing executive and the author of more than 120 articles on HD radio, and vacationing in Denver, Colorado

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You need the best satellite products for your home and business needs, and luckily for you, the market is teaming with the latest and greatest satellite products.

Technology has reached levels of achievement only thought possible in your wildest imagination. This includes satellite service for your television, your radio, and even your Internet set up.

Satellite TV is possibly one of the most mainstream and accessible satellite products in the country now. Subscription satellite service has energized the American television like no other technology since the television was invented.

With it hooked into your television, you no longer have to rely on the static and interference of rabbit ears, or the cost and inconvenience of cable companies.

You get as much programming and choices that you can handle, all of it in digital quality visual and surround sound audio. And all of it, amazingly, comes without commercials.

What other satellite products exist on the market?

Another fascinating and hot technology is satellite radio. This kind of radio offers the same set up as satellite television, except the options for convenience and travel are tenfold.

You can hook up your satellite radio receiver into your home entertainment system, into your vehicle sound system, or carry it with you to the park or the gym. It’s an amazing concept that you can be “attached” to a satellite with such convenience.

Satellite radio is also one of the most dynamic satellite products because of the content and value that it provides. With satellite radio subscriptions, you usually have access to dozens of music channels, which span all genres and subgenres of music.

The top satellite radio providers also can beam you dozens of channels for the latest news, talk radio, and information, along with instantaneous and specialized traffic and weather forecasts.

The latest in satellite technology is satellite internet. As you might imagine, this space age technology can give you rocket fast access to the Web. It’s a connection that outpaces all others for Internet speed, but it also affords you unparalleled convenience and flexibility with your Internet service.

That means access when you’re on the road for business or on vacation for pleasure, or super fast service when you’re at home or in the office.

Mike Long is the successful web publisher of Satellite-SuperGuide.com providing valuable tips, advice, and info about a multitude of relevant topics including satellite products.

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DVD recorders are devices that record data onto a DVD. These can store both analog as well as digital data in the digital form on a DVD. DVDs have become a much preferred mode of storing data because of their extremely high capacities, relatively low costs, reliability and flexibility. DVD recorders are of many kinds: stand-alone, DVD-VCR combos and DVD recorder-hard drive combos.

External DVD recorders are also known as DVD writers or burners. These recorders support different recording standards such as CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R, CD-RW, DVD+R DL and others. They are also compatible with different DVD formats such as DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-R, DVD+R and DVD-RW. Maximum writing speed ranges from 2X and 2.4X to 16X while maximum re-write speed ranges between 24.X and 8X. Maximum read speed ranges between 8X and 16X.

Some of the top brands of external DVD burners are the Sony DRX-710UL External Dual Layer DVD±RW Writer, the Plextor PX-712UF External DVD±RW Writer, the HP (Hewlett-Packard) DC5000 External Dual Layer DVD±RW Writer, the LaCie 300920 D2 Dual Layer External DVD±RW Writer and the Iomega Super DVD QuikTouch Video Burner 12x Dual-Formatted USB2.0 External Drive. Some of the other available brands are: Addonics, Alera Technologies, Apricorn, BUSlink, Jobo, Memorex, MicroBoards, NEC, Pioneer, Sony, LaCie, Motion Computing, Primera Technology, Rimage and Vinpower. Prices of DVD recorders start from $100-$150 or even less, depending on the options.

Some of the aspects to be considered while buying an external DVD recorder are the recording time, recording capabilities, disk space and storage capacities, compatibility with recording formats such as DVD-R,DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD+R DL and DVD-RAM), firewire connections, on-disc editing (for DVD-RAM recorders), progressive scan output for playback, video processing, flexibility in recording and playing, built-in tuners compatible with antenna, cable or satellite boxes, S-video, DV (iLink, Firewire) video inputs, VHS recording and playback. The Internet is a very good source for finding several brands of external DVD recorders, comparing prices, evaluating customer reviews and even buying the recorders online.

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You know what? Buying a TV isn’t the same old process that it used to be. Long gone are the days when you could walk into Sears with your wife, pick your favorite CRT television and be on your merry way. Nope. Thing are much much better now! A side consequence of the information revolution is that the free flow of information gives the consumer a definite advantage over the dealer. No matter what claim is made about the ‘incredible deal’ you are about to receive on your new plasma or lcd television set, the information is easily verifiable with a few simple Google searches or mouse clicks.

Lets take a quick look at some of ideas you can use to make sure you are getting the best bang for your buck in your new television selection.

a)Take your time. Just because a LCD TV is on sale, it doesn’t mean that the TV is going to go away forever. There are tons of different resources out there for you to peruse before investing several thousand dollars in a brand new big screen television set. ConsumerReports.org is one of them that I use frequently. There are a ton of others.

b)Compare offline closeout sales with the deals you can find online. Big Box retailers can sometimes offer incredible discounts to what you see online. We’ve found that the best strategy is to straddle both the online and the offiline world. Make sure what you are doing is maximizing your bang for your buck.

c)Don’t be afraid of non name brand merchandise. Well, lets put a caveat on that. Make sure the model you buy is from a somewhat decent manufacturer but the manufacturer doesn’t have to be a world famous one. Sometimes what you are paying for is a high ticket brand name and not a great product. A new plasma tv by a not so well known manufacturer might be just as good as a new name brand one.

There are hundreds of other tips to buying the LCD or Plasma TV of your choice and these are just the tip of the iceberg. In fact, some of the best kept secrets to buying a big screen tv make these items seem insignificant in comparison. Learn them all and get the best deal possible.

Visit http://www.lcdtvme.com to learn how to buy a LCD TV. LCD Television is here to stay.

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Do you have to be a bad guy in order to win?

Have you looked at the news lately and felt disgusted? The headlines of today’s
news confirm what we all feel and know in our gut. The headlines I am talking
about are those of CEO’s going to jail for running their corporations into the
financial rocks; ignoring the lighthouse that is beaming it’s light for safe passage
and to fiscal responsibility. All the while it is not the captain (CEO, CFO, etc..) that
goes down with the ship. It’s the crew (workers and their pensions) and the
steerage passengers (the investors). How did it get to become this way? What
happened to the feel good years where it was common to hear “What’s good for GM
is good for the country” is that era long gone? While I have no answer as to why the
Enron, WorldCom, Tyco, and the slew of other corporations stole, lied and cheated; I
can say that I feel that these fiascos have their root in greed.

“The point is ladies and gentlemen that greed, for lack of a better
word, is good.
Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through and captures the essence
of the evolutionary spirit. Greed, in all of it’s forms - greed for life, for money,
knowledge - has marked the upward surge of mankind and greed - you mark my
words - will not only save Teldar Paper but that other malfunctioning corporation
called the USA. Thank you.”
- Gordon Gekko, from the movie Wall Street, 1987

Does art imitate life or is this a case of a self-fulfilling prophecy? Did Dennis
Kozlowski (Tyco’s Chairman & CEO) watch Wall Street 1 time too many? Maybe he
did, perhaps he felt that it was the right thing to do. The sad thing is that he’s not
alone. Other CEO’s share in this greed is good mentality. For all the bigwigs that
have been caught, there are thousands of others that haven’t. Where are the
headlines condemning these men, who have shipped jobs overseas not because of
patriotism but for profits, theirs. If you don’t think this is so look at the rustbelt, go
to Pennsylvania, where are the manufacturing jobs? Personally, I don’t think it
needs to be this way. I believe that I can be happy without having more than my
neighbor. In the very least I don’t need to put or climb over my neighbor in order to
get ahead. My personal feeling is that if I can make a dollar while I help you out
than I have done good for my society. Doesn’t that sound like providing a good
service and or a quality product? Build a better mousetrap and they will come. The
basis of the free market system is competition, which drives innovation.

“One man can completely change the character of a country, and the
industry of its people, by dropping a single seed in fertile soil.”
- John C. Gifford

I have been called a dreamer, that I am unrealistic a nonconformist; All badges that I
wear proudly! Why not reject the current state of affairs and lead by example. Be
the change. Whether you are a clerk in a large corporate machine be the best clerk
you can, excel at your job. If you are a small business owner than provide the best
possible service that you can. At the end of the day you’ll reap the benefits of a
repeat customer, good word of mouth and the positive feelings that you have sowed
from that fertile soil. While you might never be the richest man in the world
monetarily does this mean that you are not a affluent man? The golden rule “treat
others as you’d want to be treated” is my business philosophy. It’s simple yet
obtainable. If I can do this so can you. Imagine that everyone followed our lead,
what would the media outlets report about then?

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
- Pseudo-Sallust: Epist. de Rep. Ordin. ii. 1.

http://www.myhiss.com H.I.S.S. Home Inventory Service Specialists is headed up by
CEO: Richard Berroa; a producer whose background is in live T.V. production and
documentaries. At HBO, NBC and PBS; Rich was responsible for gathering all the
information for the shoot (the who, what, when, where) and putting them to insure a
successful production (the How). That skill set is now put to work for your own
H.I.S.S. catalog; which is a mini production itself. The same commitment, attention
to details and meticulous organization will now work for you. We are a company set
up to serve an under served need; the fact is that all insurance companies tell their
clients to make an inventory but they do not provide this service to their customers.
WHY? Maybe it is because it’s simply is not in their (the insurance company’s) best
interest. Empowering you the customer is our priority. We are insured; currently we
service the entire east coast but we are willing to travel beyond on a per case basis.

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