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on November 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment

10. Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City is a standalone compilation of the downloadable content (DLC) episodes for the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV, containing both The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony on one disc.

It was released alongside the DLC release of The Ballad of Gay Tony on 29 October 2009 for the Xbox 360 and released on 13 April 2010 for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 3. Unlike the standalone versions of the episodes, the compilation does not require a copy of Grand Theft Auto IV to play, nor is an Xbox Live or PlayStation Network account necessary (except for multiplayer).

The content is also played straight from the disc, and does not need to be downloaded to a hard drive to play, like various other disc-based expansions for other Xbox 360 games that have been released in the past. -Wikipedia.org

9. Braid

Braid is a platform and puzzle video game developed by independent software developer Jonathan Blow. The game was released on August 6, 2008 for the Xbox 360′s Xbox Live Arcade service. A Microsoft Windows version was released on April 10, 2009. Hothead Games ported and released the game to Mac OS X on May 20, 2009 and the PlayStation Network on November 12, 2009. At its most basic level, the story describes the protagonist Tim’s attempt to rescue a princess from a monster.

Clues embedded in the plot have led to multiple metaphorical interpretations of the plot, such as a tale of a faltering relationship or the development of the atomic bomb. The game features traditional aspects of the platform genre; the player runs, jumps, and climbs through a linear set of stages while solving puzzles and defeating enemies. The player may also manipulate time, such as by allowing actions to be “rewound”, even after death, or by creating a shadow doppleganger to repeat actions previously performed. Using these abilities, the player progresses the story by finding and assembling jigsaw puzzle pieces. -Wikipedia.org

8. Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story

Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story, released in Japan as Mario & Luigi RPG 3!!!, is a role-playing video game released for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console in Japan on February 11, 2009, North America on September 14, 2009, and in Europe on October 9, 2009.

It is the third game in the Mario & Luigi series, following Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga and Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, and was first revealed at Nintendo’s press conference at October 2, 2008. As a part of the Mario & Luigi series, the game includes new features such as mini-games and the ability to play as Bowser and use his own unique battle system.

More details about the game were revealed at E3 2009, including the English title and North American and European release of Autumn 2009. The game was critically acclaimed, and won three awards from online reviewers. -Wikipedia.org

7. Street Fighter IV

Street Fighter IV is a 2008 fighting game produced by Capcom. It is the first numbered Street Fighter game released by Capcom for the arcades since 1999. The coin-operated arcade game was released in Japan on July 18, 2008, with North American arcades importing the machines by August. The console versions for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 were released in Japan on February 12, 2009, and were sold in North American stores as early as February 16, with a February 18 intended release date.

The official European release was on February 20. A Windows version was released on July 2, 2009 in Japan, July 3, 2009 in Europe and July 7, 2009 in the US. A version for iOS was released on March 10, 2010. As of March 31, 2009, Street Fighter IV had sold over 3 million copies worldwide. An updated version, Super Street Fighter IV, was released as a standalone title in April 2010. -Wikipedia.org

6. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, known in Japan as Megami Ibunroku Devil Survivor, is a role-playing game for the Nintendo DS. It was released in Japan on 15 January, 2009 and was released in North America on June 23, 2009. Its character designs are handled by Suzuhito Yasuda. -Wikipedia.org

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5. The Sims 3

The Sims 3 is a strategic life simulation video game, and is the successor of The Sims 2, both in The Sims series, created by Maxis. The game was released for Windows and Mac OS X in June 2009. The Sims 3 will be released to home consoles on October 26, 2010, for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS. There is also a Nintendo 3DS version under development, which will be in 3D (although the console itself has not been released yet).

It has also been released for mobile phones, such as those running the iOS, Windows Mobile, webOS, Android, and Nokia N-Gage platforms. Maxis was not involved with the game due to they focused on the development of Spore. Although some elements from Maxis games were used in The Sims 3 such as Simsville, SimTown, Spore, The Sims 2, and more. -Wikipedia.org

4. MLB 09: The Show

MLB 09: The Show is a baseball simulation video game developed by SCE San Diego Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Portable systems. It belongs to the Major League Baseball game series on the PlayStation systems. MLB 09: The Show is the fourth edition of the MLB: The Show series.

The game is a baseball simulation in which, depending on the gameplay mode, the player controls one or all of the players on a Major League Baseball team or some select Minor League Baseball teams. Depending on the gameplay mode, the player may control a team for a single game, season, or franchise, and can also create a player and control his career. -Wikipedia.org

3. Gears of War 2

Gears of War 2 is a third-person shooter video game developed by Epic Games with lead design by Cliff Bleszinski, and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360. It is the second installment of the Gears of War series. The game was officially released in North America, the United Kingdom, and Australia on November 12, 2008. The game expands technically on the previous game by using a heavily -modified Unreal Engine 3 engine. The development team also brought in comic book writer Joshua Ortega to help write the plot for the game.

In Gears of War 2, the human Coalition of Ordered Governments (COG) forces continue their fight against the Locust horde, who are attempting to sink all of the cities on the planet Sera by using a big riftworm to eat the ground beneath them. Sergeant Marcus Fenix leads Delta Squad into the depths of the planet to try to stop the worm from eating but instead they discover the true intent of the Locust actions. The player controls Fenix in the main mission campaign, with the ability to play cooperatively with a second player controlling Fenix’s best friend and fellow Squad member Dominic “Dom” Santiago.

The game includes several existing and new multiplayer modes including five-on-five battles between human and Locust forces, and a “Horde” mode that challenges up to five players against waves of Locust forces with ever-increasing strength. New weapons and gameplay mechanics such as “hockey fights” and the ability to use downed foes as “meatshields” were added to the game. -Wikipedia.org

2. God of War III

God of War III is an action-adventure video game for PlayStation 3, developed by Sony Santa Monica, published by Sony Computer Entertainment and released worldwide in March 2010 and is the fifth installment to the series. Loosely based on Greek mythology and focused on protagonist Kratos, the game forms part of a saga – the God of War series – with revenge as a central theme.

In this final chapter in the current storyline, Kratos and his initial allies the Titans storm Mount Olympus in an attempt to kill Zeus and the Olympian Gods, leading to a series of confrontations across the Underworld and Olympus and the reintroduction of Pandora’s Box. -Wikipedia.org

1. Red Faction: Guerrilla

Red Faction: Guerrilla is a third-person shooter video game developed by Volition, Inc. and published by THQ. It was released on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in June 2009 in North America and Europe. A Microsoft Windows version, ported by Reactor Zero, was released on September 15, 2009. The game is the third installment in the Red Faction series.

In Red Faction: Guerrilla, the player takes the role of Alec Mason as he assists the Red Faction to disrupt and overthrow the Earth Defense Force (EDF) on Mars. This is presented to the player in a third person perspective, a departure from the series’ previous two games which were first person shooters. Developer Volition changed the camera perspective to help the player see and appreciate the surroundings as they are destroyed.

Much of the game centers around the game’s Geomod 2.0 engine, which allows for buildings, cover, and other structures to be dynamically destroyed. In many cases, destroying buildings will leave behind salvage, the game’s form of currency, which can be used along with salvage rewarded by completing missions to unlock and upgrade weaponry and technology at safehouses. During the campaign, the player is equipped with a sledgehammer-like weapon, along with up to 3 other weapons or explosive devices. The player also has the opportunity to control armed vehicles such as tanks and walkers for more destructive options. -Wikipedia.org

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10. Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City

9. Braid

8. Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story

7. Street Fighter IV

6. Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor

5. The Sims 3

4. MLB 09: The Show

3. Gears of War 2

2. God of War III

1. Red Faction: Guerrilla

10. God of War Series

First off, I don’t even own a PS3. I have never played any of the God Of War games but I consider this to be an essential purchase still if you’re a fan of video game and general epic movie soundtracks in genreal. There are several different artists here splitting up the tracks which usually I don’t like but its so hard to tell a difference in the sound and quality so this is one of the rare multi-artist soundtracks that pull it off so smoothly. If you’re a fan of the game then i’d imagine you’d enjoy this just as much, if not more then me! -Amazon.com Review

On March 16, 2010, the score of God of War III – composed by Gerard K. Marino, Ron Fish, Mike Reagan, Jeff Rona, and Cris Velasco – was released as downloadable content (58 minutes and 42 seconds in length) through the God of War III: Ultimate Edition and Ultimate Trilogy Edition by SCEI. The God of War Trilogy Soundtrack was released with the God of War III: Ultimate Edition (North America) and Ultimate Trilogy Edition (Europe, Australia, & New Zealand). -Wikipedia.org

9. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Following his score for “Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune”, composer Greg Edmonson returns to accompany Nathan Drake on his latest adventure, “Uncharted 2: Among Thieves”. With “Drake’s Fortune”, Edmonson provided a rich score that perfectly matched the lush, colorful jungle environments from the game. While it did have some nice themes, the score mostly felt like background music/underscore, with little identity from track to track. It’s incredibly effective within the game, and is enjoyable enough to listen to, but overall, it just lacked a certain something.

However, with “Among Thieves”, Edmonson outdid himself. As the locales have changed for the game, as has the sound, though the style is very much the same as the first score, so they fit together well. This time around, Edmonson gives the score a more exotic, Oriental feel, though he never relies on any cliches one might expect of such a score. Also, the “Among Thieves” score offers more in the way of melody, utilizing more of “Nate’s Theme” than its predecessor really did. The action cues here are also top-notch, each with their own sound and identity, and aren’t quite as interchangeable as the action music from the first game. -Amazon.com Review

8. Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

I am a huge Metal Gear Solid fan, and when I heard that Harry Gregson-Williams would be joining in to compose the second game I got so excited, and was even more excited when he stayed for #3. Hans Zimmer is my favorite composer of all time, and I absolutely love every composer that comes out of Media Ventures. Williams keeps the feel of the original soundtrack, but adds his trademark techno spin to it.

Fans will recognize the same style in Spy Game, Phonebooth, and The Rundown. The game becomes a film all because of the amazing talents of Williams. It’s also interesting that he composed all the music solely based on Hideo Kojimas descriptions of atmosphere and actions. Usually scores are composed when a finished film has been presented to the composer, here Williams worked only off of sketches and writings. But the price here on Amazon is very high, at GKWorld they sell it for 13 dollars brand new. -Amazon.com Review

7. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

When playing a video game as much as Modern Warfare 2, some of the musical beats may be engrained in their brain. And even though these beats may be short, they are there. The Modern Warfare 2 soundtrack expands upon these familiar beats into full-length tracks. The results are surprisingly good. Most/all of the music comes from the underrated portion of the game. From the opening title credits music, to when you first walk out in a war-torn Washington DC, to the momentous end credits.

The score completes the game, and since it’s done by Hans Zimmer, you know it’s going to be highly professional, and at least some of it is going to be memorable. I’ll say this about the soundtrack, is that it certainly fits the mood of the game. It’s the type of music you’d find in a war film, and action movie, or a fast-paced drama. In fact, the only problem I have with the soundtrack is the title naming. It would be nice to know which track is from which particular scene. If you know the game well enough, you can guess, but it would be nice to know specifics.

Overall, if you found yourself a fan of the music found in Modern Warfare 2, by all means check this out. They didn’t have to put out this product, but they listened to the fans and gave us a great, complete package. Bravo Infinity Ward, Hans Zimmer, etc. -Amazon.com Review

6. Battlefield: Bad Company 2

If you are part of the Bad Company “Regime,” then this is for you! My favorite is “Snowy Mountains” because it leaves you full of suspense and anticipation. Mikael Karlsson does a great job with the music! His music fits directly to this game and makes you crave jumping back into the action. I cannot wait until the new Medal of Honor comes out and I know DICE and EA will take over as reigning champions of developing shooters. -Amazon.com Review

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5. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots

This is one of the best soundtracks I have heard in a while, and that includes movie soundtracks. If you are a fan of The Bourne Identity/Supremacy/Ultimatum soundtracks, written by the brilliant British composer John Powell, you will absolutely love this one. It’s in the same vein. 2 hours and 20 minutes of intense action-packed music marked by tribal drumming and eerie overtones will have you on the edge of your seat, be it at your desk or on the highway doing triple digits. Not for the faint of heart! This can safely be filed under “Buy or die.” -Amazon.com Review

4. Halo Series

The Halo Trilogy Complete Original Soundtrack collection is definitely a solid product. It includes the full soundtracks from the first and third games, plus mixes of the music from the second game, by level. To reiterate, Halo 2: The Original Soundtrack Volume 2 is included, but Halo 2: The Original Soundtrack VOLUME 1 IS NOT. This is the major complaint with the set, that the full tracks from the second game are NOT included.

That said, Volume 2 gives a good taste of how the entire game, as well as each individual level, feels. In addition to these soundtracks, a DVD about Halo Wars is included, with a few tracks and a making-of video included. Overall, the soundtrack set is well worth the price. Purchasing this set and Halo 2: Volume 1 separately comes to about the same price as purchasing all three soundtracks individually, but without Halo 2: Volume 2 or the Halo Wars DVD. -Amazon.com Review

3. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Anyone disillusioned with the greed and exploitation of the music industry can take some solice in this fantastic box set. Seven great CDs for an even better price. Believe me, this is the definition of worth the money. With beautiful packaging and neat little extras to boot! Yes, some will complain about the tracks left off the soundtrack. Some omissions are so glaring, that one has to assume many were contractually motivated. No matter, though, as the soundtracks are still absurdly comprehensive and offer a great sampler of 80′s music with a healthy mix of big hits and underappreciated tracks.

“Four Little Diamonds” has quickly become a personal favorite, as has the awesome Romeo Void track “Never Say Never”. The broad variety of the seven discs make this a great addition to any CD collection, even if you haven’t played the game. From post-disco dance tracks, to the cool of Latin Jazz, to the calculated excess of pop and hard rock, to the morose stylings of New Wave and the urban poetry of early rap, this soundtrack set embodies the surprisingly rich musical diversity of the much malligned 80′s. I can’t think of anyone putting out such an eclectic and complete set as this. This hits all its spots, and I highly recommend it. -Amazon.com Review

2. Mass Effect

I think that people looking at this soundtrack will take little convincing to buy it. Like me, they probably thought that Mass Effect was absolutely brilliant and, at some stage, realised how much they liked the original music as well. Game soundtracks can be a bit weird – often not sounding as well on their own as when you actually played the game. Fortunately, the Mass Effect OST is mixed and sequenced well enough that it retains the qualities of its in-game counterpart.

However, it isn’t without fault – when I went through it the first time (and a few other reviewers have already pointed this out), I was a bit shocked to realise that a few music pieces are missing altogether. These are mostly the minimal, ambient pieces you hear in different parts of the game, as well as some of the generic music you would hear when you were visiting the game’s many unchartered planets. This is unfortunate, because I actually liked some of these pieces of music more than the main quest and primary mission themes.

Furthermore – and, again, others have pointed this out – the tracks mostly feature only one ‘loop’ of each stage in the compositions. So, all those intense little musical moments that would occur throughout a major combat setpiece (as in track 14: ‘Protecting the Colony’) seem very short here. Another example is track 3, ‘Eden Prime’ – a fantastic ambient composition that, at 1m 34s, is far too brief, and hardly does justice to the quality of the music.

I am making the Mass Effect OST sound really disappointing when, truthfully, it is far from. However, it seems as though a second disc would have allowed the producer to put all of the game’s music on here and, on top of that, extend the compositions a little so it functions more as a stand-alone album, rather than a ‘best of’ compilation. All that aside, it is one of the best game soundtracks in years, and it is always great to see game music commercially available. In short, buy it if you are a fan of Mass Effect, and loved its music. I’m a bit hesitant about recommending it to anyone else, however. -Amazon.com Review

1. Final Fantasy X

This is the full IMPORT OST. Just check out how many songs it has on it. I purchased the smaller Domestic copy before i realized what i was getting into. I immediately turned around the found this copy to purchase. The music is fully orchestrated for the several pieces, some with smaller chamber ensembles. But on a whole i could tell that a lot was synthizised. The style of Final Fantasy X was leaning towards a more pop culture than it has ever before. FFX was no longer dealing with the Knights, Dragons and Black Chocobos that FF4 included, nor the classical style of FFIX.

The game itself had so many new things in it that the soundtrack had to have some new things, including the Otherworld (Zanarkand Blitzball Theme / Battle with Jehct Theme). One of the best things i have found with this soundtrack are the overworld themes, the world map music so to speak. Such as the Besaid theme, the Thunderplains theme … Such themes are perfect mood music to just have running in the low background for almost any occasion.

The soundtrack also has the Song of the Faith from each of the Aeons, including Yunalesca’s version, the Ronso Tribe version. Suteki Da Ne (Isn’t it Beaufitul) comes in two versions, all the specialized battle themes, such as the final battle with Seymour, and Yu-Yevon’s final bout. It’s great, has some really good music on it. And the Chocobo Theme from FFX is one of the best Chocobo themes out there, right up there with the FFIX chocobo theme. -Amazon.com Review

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Beware Of Cheap Portable Dvd Players, Buy Only The Branded Ones

on October 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment

by mogrify

Are you looking for a cheap portable DVD player? Pause for a while and go only for the branded DVD players. Market of electronic product currently is flooded with innumerable pirate electronic-products such as radio, tape recorder, TV, LCD, VCD, DVD player, iPod, mobile handsets, Computer, etc. These pirate products are sold in the name of branded electronic products at a throw away prices. Maximum number of people, being unaware of invisible rapacious businessmen, buy these products without giving a second thought to theirs reliability. The pirate electronic products look like branded portable ones. But being fragile, they develop after sometimes irrepairable faults, depriving the user of his purpose. After sometimes the customer realizes that he has been cheated at the hands of seller.Introducing several beautiful models of cheap portable DVD players, the newly mushroomed unlicensed companies have so far managed to draw the attention even of quality-conscious customers towards their rickety electronic products. Beware of cheap portable DVD players, for they are cheap or poor by their quality as well. It is the test of quality and durability which a pirate DVD player gets disqualified in.

Once you develop a craze for the movies, you cant spend your time without watching your favorite movie or any recently premiered movie. Naturally stimulated to get yourself acquainted with one digital video player(DVD player) you have got to visit local audio/visual equipment shop and go through many catchy DVD players, demonstrated by the shopkeeper. You may choose one of them considering its cheaper price and many so-called extraordinary features.The portable DVD players provide feasible resolution and crystal clear vivid pictures without making a viewer experience that he is watching any picture over smaller screen. With its screen rotable, the DVD player can be placed wherever you want to. Its battery also functions for six to ten hours making you enjoy what you cant live with.

So if you’ve made up your mind for an efficient DVD, visit one of your local authorized dealers dealing with Sony, Phillips, Panasonic, Samsung, LG, Videocon or any branded DVD player. Never visit any such shop which sells un-branded DVD players at unbelievable reduced cost. Refuse abruptly to spend your time on pirate DVD players, sold at cheaper cost. There is no harm in bargaining and looking for a cheap portable DVD player, but you should not not be falsely influenced or misguided by a cheap-quality portable DVD player even in the least.

Keeping in view your budget, you should ask local authorized dealer to show you only the branded portable DVD players, under specific range of your budget. Go through all the branded models of DVD players and select one of your own choice. The branded companies like Sony and Phillips have been serving the people for long and all of theirs electronic equipments have yet not been questioned. No body ever bothered earlier of fixed prices of branded products. It was due to theirs durability and immunity to external impact. You still can find in your house a seven-band radio or an obsolete record player of Sony or Phillips, used several hundred years ago by your grandfather’s father. It is the high quality materials and extraordinary technology adopted by the popular companies that keeps the previous musical gadgets still functional. Despite passing through more than ten decade’s long period of time, the branded electronic products can still be found at your home functioning very efficiently. It is the sole reason that all the quality-conscious people look only for branded electronic products and make their selection out of Sony, Phillips, Panasonic, LG, Sam Sung or Toshiba.

But with a large number of pirate products flooding world’s electronic market randomly, the leaders of electronic products are facing a toughest challenge at the hands of these black horses being in race of electronic products like TV, VCD, MP3 and DVD players. What we want to reveal over here revolves around the durability of DVD players. The list is too long of variety of electronic equipments manufactured by world’s No.1 electronic companies. Pressing into service advanced tecgnlogy and high quality materials, the branded products produce quality-oriented DVD players, while the unlicensed manufacturers sell fragile, rickety and delicate electronic equipments without caring of any blasphemy over their forehead. Chinese market also has introduced innumerable rickety models of cheap DVD players imitating Sony, Panasonic, Phillips.

If you do not know how to access a quality-oriented branded portable DVD player, visit some websites like Globalmarket, Shopping and Pricegrabber. These websites furnish extensive informations on many unique branded DVD players like Sony, Phillips, Panasonic, LG and Samsung. By visiting at such websites you will come across different DVD’s prices, their features, availability, warranty and many other indispensable informations required to be availed beforehand. You will come across wide range of portable DVD players and have got to place your order for the most unique one.

If you want to go through a wide range of Phillips DVD players, some websites will help you by flashing on your computer screen many newly introduced models of DVD made by the branded companies. You can get yourself equipped with a fascinating and efficient portable DVD player by just clicking at the preferred one. Prices of Philips or Sony portable DVD players range from to 9 dollar, depending upon many inbuilt features and their screen.Sony offers many advanced portable DVD players in different attractive models.

Other prominent companies marketing the unique models of portable DVD players are Haier, GPX, Curtis Sylvania, Magnavox, jWIN iLuv, Memorex and Audiovox. There are many extraordinary models with exceptional features introduced by these companies. Prices of DVD players manufactured by these companies may exceed even of Sony or Phillips. But if you are to buy only a branded DVD player, you should not of price of any model attracting you a lot.

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The Six Minute Book Summary of In Cheap We Trust: The Story of a Misunderstood American Virtue by Lauren Weber (Part 1 of 2)

on October 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment

by SS&SS

Executive Summary

The first half of In Cheap We Trust details the nation’s history of saving versus spending, beginning with America’s first colonists and ending with today’s society of consumers. The second half of Weber’s book ties America’s current economic problems into its effects on the environment, giving specific examples of what some people are doing to make a difference. The last chapter of the book investigates the psychology of being cheap.

The novel begins with a look into the lives of the Puritans. The Puritans were expected to uphold values of modesty and frugality, but the New World presented so much potential prosperity that it made self-denial difficult. They were constantly conflicted between their faith and the temptation to enjoy their wealth. Benjamin Franklin is often seen as the virtue of thrift personified. He believed that Americans should live within their means, saving for the future to ensure their independence and happiness. Other examples of famous savers and thrift advocates include Hetty Green, Thomas Eddy, the transcendentalists Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson, Booker T. Washington, and John Henry Thiry.

American housewives of the nineteenth century underwent a gradual transformation from producing everything their families needed to buying more of what was needed. This change required that women learn how to spend and save. Lydia Maria Child, Sarah Josepha Hale, and Catherine and Harriet Beecher Stowe all wrote household manuals that guided women in their new lives as consumers.

The Jews and Chinese are the two groups in America most labeled as being thrifty and cheap. The author explains that even though these stereotypes have been around for centuries, they were only strengthened when the Jews and Chinese immigrated to America. Native-born Americans felt threatened by their success, fearing that their commercial skills and unusually low standards of living would lead to a loss of their own opportunities. As untrue as some of these stereotypes are, the Jews and Chinese did use their good understanding of money to become the most successful ethnic groups in the country. And just like other Americans, they’ve also strived for wealth and extravagance in addition to mere freedom and independence.

During World War I and World War II, the country’s leaders called on Americans to support their soldiers by saving. They knew that the increase in production and wages during wartime would tempt American consumers to spend. To finance the war and prevent Americans from using the raw materials needed for supplies, the federal government issued war bonds. This campaign for thrift kept Americans watching their finances and resulted in a stable economy. Unfortunately, this stability did not hold between the wars. After World War I, Americans became so optimistic about the Roaring Twenties economy that when the stock market plunged on Black Thursday, no one was prepared. Nothing would really lift the country out of the Depression until World War II. By the time the second war ended, economists realized they didn’t need to worry about another post-war depression. Americans had earned more, saved more, and were more eager than ever to spend. And when experts like John Maynard Keynes theorized that consumption drives a good economy, the American value system completely changed. It was no longer wise to save; a true patriot should go shopping. The country would take this pro-consumption view all the way to the new millennium, and few would question it until the 2001-2002 recession.

Economists have since said that consumption is overstated as the engine of economic growth. Saving is also key because investment spurs production, wage growth, and jobs. Oddly enough, the nation’s savings rate continues to decline while the reasons to save are only growing. With Social Security expected to decrease and medical costs expected to increase drastically in the future, the younger generations will need savings to support themselves during retirement. But Americans continue to spend. Weber presents several reasons why this may be the case, the primary ones being that money is too accessible and that opportunities are too great.

On the whole, Americans don’t realize how much the country’s consumer-driven society is directly harming the environment. Lauren Weber envisions an “eco-cheap” economy, an economy in which people consume less, reducing resource use and waste. In a truly “green” world, consumers take advantage of thrift stores and garage sales as a way to save valuable resources. However, there are some Americans who have discovered that “low-cost, low-impact living” saves money, helps the environment, and even leads to a higher quality of life. The author has actually met some of these people and shares their stories in her novel.

After studying the work of Sigmund Freud and some of today’s top behavioral economists, Lauren Weber tries to address her own question of why some people seem innately cheap. Once she finds a close enough answer, she then provides several reasons why being a “tightwad” is not necessarily a bad thing. Finally, Weber poses one last question: can adults learn to be frugal or is cheapness a trait that’s developed at a young age? Many writers are saying that thriftiness is completely learnable, and they’re offering tips to get people started.

The 10 Concrete Things Practicing Managers Should Take from this Book

Are your employees charging non-business related expenses on the company card?

Have a fire-and-brimstone preacher condemn them for their materialistic ways.

Trying to run a cost-efficient business?

Hang a scary portrait of Benjamin Franklin in the break-room.

Just because a potential hire is Jewish or Asian does not necessarily mean they will be excellent company accountants or financiers.

There’s just a high probability they’ll be excellent company accountants or financiers.

Employees still not watching costs closely enough?

Tell them there’s a war going on.

Consider going back to a traditional pension.

Nobody wants to work until the day they die.

Trying to encourage employees to keep their own personal savings?

Start a system that allows employees to have a fraction of their paychecks directly deposited into savings.

A cost-conscious business is often an eco-conscious business.

Unless you’re cutting corners in the wrong places.

Find a perfectly edible half-eaten tuna sandwich in the break room trash?

That’s just plain wasteful. Dive right in and get it.

If a potential employee admits to being cheap, there’s a chance they’re also highly organized and driven.

They might even be difficult, obstinate, and anal-retentive.

In this country, there is always at least one thing that will motivate any employee to do their job.

Whether they spend or save, Americans love money.

Full Summary of In Cheap We Trust

Ch. 1: “The Crowd Approved the Doctrine, and Immediately Practiced the Contrary”

Lauren Weber opens her first chapter with the story of how Benjamin Franklin came to write his 1758 edition of Poor Richard’s Almanack. In its preface, she notices one particular parable: a crowd of shoppers are waiting to get into a market when “Father Abraham” approaches them to give them useful advice. He asks them to pay attention to their “outgoes” as well as their incomes by saving money for the future. His final bit of advice is that everyone heed his advice, at which point “the crowd approved the doctrine, and immediately practiced the contrary, for the vendue opened, and they began to buy extravagantly.” The preface, also known as The Way to Wealth, became tremendously popular in America because everyone believed it was good, practical advice. Weber adds that Father Abraham’s best advice may have been the part about acting on it. The next portion of the chapter details the first Americans’ battles with spending. Puritanism, led by John Calvin, held deeply rooted values of modesty and frugality, which often conflicted with the Puritans’ temptation to prosper in the New World. In fact, Calvin’s followers found it almost impossible not to prosper, accumulating wealth that they were not allowed to enjoy. While preachers like Cotton Mather “bemoaned the turn to materialism”, many were growing tired of humble living and self-denial. Even the Quakers found these same virtues difficult to uphold in America. The last bit of the chapter is dedicated to the life of Benjamin Franklin, son of a candle-maker and one of seventeen children. Ben Franklin began his printing career apprenticing for his uncle’s paper, sometimes publishing some of his own writings under a different name. Soon he was running his own printing firm in Philadelphia, producing his own almanacs and newspapers. Franklin also developed an avid interest in science and civic affairs. Once he retired, living well off of his income, “he distinguished himself as a philosopher, statesman, and diplomat.” Throughout his life, Benjamin Franklin had always been concerned with America’s growing international trade economy, fearing that American spending on European products would steer savings away from investments at home and ultimately put their freedom at risk. Franklin felt that the development of an American middle-class would be what separated America from tyrannical European monarchies because it would mean fewer households in the extreme upper and lower classes. Unfortunately, though many Americans liked Franklin, they enjoyed international trade because it meant cheaper, higher-quality products. Franklin finally found the opportunity to bring Americans back to frugality when King George and the British Parliament passed the Townshend Duties, which taxed a lot of their exports. Americans responded with boycotts, and newspapers urged everyone to save their money by making their own products. To Franklin’s relief, this led to a period of American frugality: all of the much-loved European luxuries were given up. But Franklin hadn’t yet learned that Americans were never meant to be under-consumers, for as soon as the Revolutionary years ended, they began spending again. Benjamin Franklin died at age 84 in 1790.

Ch. 2: A Nation of Savers

The Guiness Book of Records credits Hetty Green with being the “World’s Greatest Miser” because she lived her life well below her means. She became interested in finance as a child, opening her own savings account when she was just eight years old. Green achieved millionaire status by multiplying her inheritance through “steel-willed dealings in railroads, real estate, and finance”. Thomas Eddy, another important figured highlighted in this chapter, was a wealthy New York insurance broker who tried to reform America’s lower classes by opening the Bank for Savings in the City of New York, one of the very first savings banks in the country. Eddy believed that his bank would not only teach the poor to save but also offer “long-lasting moral improvement”. Banks like Eddy’s were well-intentioned, but they may have been incorrectly based on the assumption that poverty was caused by a lack of personal responsibility, as opposed to a capitalist market. While poverty emerged as a growing problem in post-revolution America, many held that same conservative theory that people were just “idle and ill of spirit”. The poor simply needed to be taught how to be thrifty. By 1820, there were ten savings banks with .1 million in funds. By 1899, there were just under a thousand in the country, with over billion. Thanks to the completion of the Erie Canal in 1825, America then entered a “market revolution” that gave people all over the country access to the international economy. Consumers now had choices. Companies merged, big factories replaced small businesses, employment went up, and incomes grew. This era marked the beginning of the ideology that America was a place of opportunity and upward mobility. Americans still felt that frugality led to success, but they were no longer satisfied with mere “happiness and independence” as Franklin had been. They wanted to get rich. Due to this recent turn toward extreme materialism, the “transcendentalists” Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau wrote about self-discipline and simple living. They believed that if one led a more simple life, he or she would have more time and energy to devote to intellectual exertion and public service. The transcendentalists directed their writings toward the upper-classes, encouraging them to question their own spending. Still, most Americans only admired the transcendentalist philosophy; they didn’t actually act on it. Booker T. Washington became a guiding light for the freed slaves after the Civil War. He knew they would only be prosperous if they put their money in savings. As the principal of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama, Washington taught his students that hard work, frugality, and honesty would lead to their prosperity. The post-Civil War American economy was booming, but the creation of a “leisure class” and consumption-driven society had not killed thrift as a virtue yet. John Henry Thiry, a Belgian immigrant and New York City book dealer, first noticed the severity of American materialism in his sons, who he felt were growing up to be pleasure-seeking spenders. Thiry believed that American children were no longer being educated on how to save their money, and so he began the Thiry System, a school savings bank movement in which children were taught how to save and deposit their spare change into a bank account. Thiry believed that his system would not only teach them about savings, but hopefully save them from the “moral dangers” and corruptions of society. Simon William Strauss held a similar belief that he could help cure the country by encouraging savings. Strauss began the American Society for Thrift in 1914.

Ch. 3: “What Use Can a Woman Have for Arithmetic?”

Whether they were pioneers, farmwives, or homesteaders, eighteenth and nineteenth century American women worked hard to produce everything for their families. Once these families started moving into cities, they joined the working class, increasing their incomes and their standards of living. At this point women didn’t have to make everything themselves; they could now buy some of it. So in a sense, women went from producing the nation’s products to consuming them. But many wondered if women were equipped to make financial decisions and handle the household’s money. Samuel Smiles, author of Thrift, said “Some may say, ‘What use can a woman have for arithmetic?’ But when men marry, they soon find this out.” Because urban women did not know how to spend, some rural women who grew up with thrift wrote housekeeping manuals and cookbooks to help guide women in their new lives as consumers. Lydia Maria Child, an abolitionist and writer, wrote the The American Frugal Housewife, a best-selling cookbook meant for those “not ashamed of economy.” Child’s book offered housewives all kinds of tips and tricks for saving money. Alongside these recipes and suggestions, Child also inserted some of her own negative feelings toward spending beyond one’s means. A critic of Child, Sarah Josepha Hale also promoted thrift, but more as a virtue than as a necessity. The Good Housekeeper was similar to Child’s, but it was instead aimed more toward middle and upper class women. Catherine Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe, sisters and both famous authors, co-wrote The American Woman’s Home, another home instruction manual.Their writing focused more on regaining the woman’s self-respect, since the industrial revolution had brought on a general attitude that women were no longer as useful as they once were. The Beechers presented housework as a “domestic science” that required some of the same skills (like efficiency and organization) that men used in their places of work. Catherine Beecher continued this work by opening the Hartford Female Seminary in Connecticut, a place where girls could be formally educated on cooking, cleaning, and on what later became the field of home economics. The emergence of “Home Ec” as a field led to the belief that science could solve anything. Theories like Frederick Taylor’s “scientific management” and inventions like the assembly line were soon developed. By the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, women handled the household money more than ever, finding that mass production had truly made buying less expensive than producing. A growing advertising industry recognized that women ran the family budget, and so they stepped in to bring women and companies’ products together. As retailers made their goods more and more accessible, buying decisions became more difficult. It was then that home economics altered into the study of making informed purchases and training women to be educated consumers.

Ch. 4: Cheap Jews and Thrifty Chinese

Of the many ethnic and national groups that have been labeled thrifty, cheap, or money-obsessed, the Jews and Chinese remain the most stereotyped. Psychologists have said that stereotypes like these usually stem from the insecurity and fear of those creating them. It is possible that this is what happened because one can easily see how these stereotypes have been strengthened by fear. When the Jews first started immigrating to America after 1825, Americans welcomed their good understanding of money and commercial skills. But it wasn’t too long before their “shrewdness” became a bad thing. Native-born Americans were threatened by the Jews ability to handle money, fearing that their success would result in the loss of their own property and job opportunities. Americans felt that Jews were “money-grubbers”, often depicted in racist dime novels as overtly poor but secretly rich. This prejudice showed that Americans were genuinely afraid of the Jews having too much control in the economy. By about 1877, many of the 250,000 German Jews that lived in America had succeeded in founding or expanding a business. As it became more obvious that this success resulted from honest hard work, Americans began labeling them as “vulgar and ostentatious” social-climbers that were trying to invade on high-society American culture. It seemed like the Jews couldn’t win: they were miserly, but then they were ostentatious. “These elements couldn’t quite be reconciled; instead, they remained muddled together.” The Chinese posed a similar threat. During the Gold Rush, many of the Chinese immigrated to California with the intention of making a fortune and returning home. When some of the Chinese decided to settle in America instead, businesses more than tolerated them because they would work for very few wages. But when the economy hit a downturn in 1857, the Chinese were to blame. Americans accused the Chinese of taking their jobs because they required such a low standard of living and worked for nothing. They were also accused of bringing crime and disease into the country. Many Americans worried that their altogether different culture would “undermine American traditions” and basically kill the American dream. Much to their relief, Congress finally passed the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, excluding only Chinese laborers. Soon after the Act was passed, the “Jews of the East” who had already settled in America went from being known as cheap laborers to shrewd businessmen. They had gone from poor and degraded to shrewd and opportunistic, which were again contradictory stereotypes. Today these stereotypes still exist, probably because the Jews and Chinese have established themselves as the most successful ethnic groups in the country. However, the motive behind their “cheapness” was never any different from other Americans. They too wanted more than just freedom and independence: they wanted to get rich. And like other Americans, they have swung from frugality to extravagance and back.

Ch. 5: “Use It Up, Wear It Out, Make It Do, or Do Without”

Before the United States officially entered World War I on April 6, 1917, Frank Vanderlip was made chairman of the War Savings Committee. Vanderlip called on all Americans to start saving, offering war bonds, thrift stamps, and savings certificates as a way to raise money for war supplies and keep Americans from using up the raw materials needed to make those supplies. George Creel, head of the Committee for Public Information, attempted to persuade every American to buy these bonds through his illustrated advertisements and Four Minute Men. Teachers were asked to get their students involved, and National Thrift Week was created to teach children how to use their savings accounts. Herbert Hoover, the country’s wartime director, had the Food Administration begin Wheatless Mondays and Meatless Tuesdays. American housewives were asked to sign pledge cards, promising to carry out the Food Administration’s “war against waste” in their households. The National War Garden Commission promoted growing backyard vegetable gardens to save money on food. Vanderlip hoped that all of his campaigning would fund the war and bring about a new tradition of frugality. But many began to worry about the post-war economy, fearing that a sudden drop in demand for army supplies and a country of thriftier consumers would lead to a recession. Fortunately, it never took much to convince Americans to spend, and they spent. As the country moved into the Roaring Twenties, the increased production capacity of the war years released a wide variety of innovations and consumer goods that completely changed everyday life for Americans, giving them more free time than ever before. “Movies, jazz clubs, country drives, and vacations to Miami rose up to fill the leisure time made possible by labor-saving inventions.” And savings deposits and thrift were steadily declining in popularity. Everyone became more optimistic about their personal finances, businesses, and the overall economy. Consumers wanted to invest in the stock market and spend their profits on guilty pleasures. Unfortunately, good economic times could not and did not last forever. On October 24th 1929, the stock market plunged. By the following month, the industrials index had been cut in half. The unemployment rate went up to 25%. Consumer spending came to a halt. Businesses were unable to pay their bank loans, and 40% of the nation’s banks collapsed. Americans were suddenly forced to return to lives of self-denial. In hindsight, many realized that a lack of economic policies may have been the primary problem. Until then, economists had believed that recessions were “natural and self-correcting.” John Maynard Keynes, a British polymath, believed that “demand was the engine of growth.” Keynes claimed that consumer spending was the only way companies would continue to hire workers and increase production. This was taking a completely different view from what economists had thought before: that only savings made business investment possible. The idea that saving was actually bad for the economy was deemed the “paradox of thrift”, the paradox of course being that thrift was a private virtue but a public vice. In 1932, Americans elected the Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Under his presidency, Roosevelt passed the New Deal, which created government programs designed to employ Americans. But Keynes’ economic theory and FDR’s New Deal is not what finally lifted the country out of the Great Depression. After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and America finally joined World War II, employment quickly shot up with production demand. Americans had money to spend and were eager to spend it. Roosevelt knew that the only way he could get Americans to save for the war was by mandatory rationing, so he created the War Production Board to limit access to certain resources. Posters and pamphlets all over the country read “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.” War bonds were used once again. Both economists and Keynes agreed that during wartime, consumers needed to save and let government spending pick up the slack. When many Americans followed suit and saved for the war, leaders and economists again worried that all the saving would cause another post-war depression. But Americans had changed: consumption had replaced thrift as a virtue, and spending was officially equated with patriotism.

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Biography

David C. Wyld (dwyld.kwu@gmail.com) is the Robert Maurin Professor of Management at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana. He is a management consultant, researcher/writer, and executive educator. His blog, Wyld About Business, can be viewed at http://wyld-business.blogspot.com/. He also serves as the Director of the Reverse Auction Research Center (http://reverseauctionresearch.blogspot.com/), a hub of research and news in the expanding world of competitive bidding. Dr. Wyld also maintains compilations of works he has helped his students to turn into editorially-reviewed publications at the following sites:

Management Concepts (http://toptenmanagement.blogspot.com/)

Book Reviews (http://wyld-about-books.blogspot.com/) and

Travel and International Foods (http://wyld-about-food.blogspot.com/).

Written by David Wyld
Professor of Management, Southeastern Louisiana University

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Good Cheap, Basic Dvd Player: Sony Dvp-Ns38 B

on October 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment

by - jre -

When my trusty old DVD player finally died, I bought the Sony DVP-NS38 B as its replacement for approximately £60 (0 US).

My requirements for a DVD player were extremely basic: I wanted an entry level multi-region DVD player that would be available RIGHT NOW so I could have a relaxing weekend on the sofa. So I headed off to my local Richer Sounds and had a look at the two or three that satisfied my requirements and didn’t look too flimsy and picked the one that they happened to have in stock.

According to the manual, as well as commercial DVDs, this model supports a variety of different formats: DVD-RW/-R, DVD+RW/+R/+R DL, Video CD, Music CD and CD-RW/-R.

The DVD player is very thin, meaning that not many buttons or controls fit on it, and the LED display is very small and does not contain a lot of information. In terms of outputs – it has a digital audio coax and a SCART socket.

On the front of the case there are the following buttons: standby, open/close, play and stop. With the number of DVDs that require menu selection, the lack of up/down buttons is frustrating as it means that most DVDs can’t be played without the control. And if you are anything like me, the control often goes missing or the batteries run down.

The case is black and sleek-looking and fits in well with the VCR and cable TV box. It appears to be fairy sturdy, although at under 2kg it is not too heavy.

The remote control is fairly complicated with many different buttons and I am constantly left looking for the right one! When pressing the arrow buttons on the remote control, e.g. to change to a different track, it frequently skips ahead more than one step, which can be annoying, particularly when the colour contrast between the selected and unselected items is not very great, because this means that it is very hard to see what is selected.

The picture quality of the playback of commercial DVDs is great; I’ve tried it with region 1, 2 and 4 DVDs. As well as playing DVDs, there are dozens of other functions (many of which only make sense if you’re listening to music or looking at pictures) – for example creating a play list, A-B repeat, sharpening pictures, shuffling tracks, parental locks etc. My personal favourite is playing the DVD in slow play or fast play mode – the picture and sound are sampled so that the voices sound at normal pitch, just speeded up or slowed down. Watching speeded up version of films is highly amusing.

As well as the functions I’ve listed, it does have a lot of other options, most of which have to be accessed through several layers of menus. Simply watching a DVD is straightforward, but you can do so much more if you are prepared to read the manual.

I have found on occasion that this DVD player will skip and fail to read a number of DVDs which my laptop can read fine. Keeping a soft disc cleaning cloth nearby has become a bit of an essential!

In conclusion, this player is not too expensive, is great for watching DVDs and multi-region comes as standard. A second remote control with fewer buttons that just let you do the basic play functions would be a big benefit through!

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The Best Value in Cheap Dental Plans

on October 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment

by Presidio of Monterey: DLIFLC & USAG

As big a surprise as you’ll receive – perhaps the word should be fright – when it comes to medical treatment these days is in dental care. When you’re sorting out your medical insurance, make sure that you provide for your tooth care, as the cost of processes (root canal work is a good example) will stun you.

Clearly, as with any form of insurance, there’s no “one size fits all.” Taking into account your age, dental health and, most vitally, your financial situation, work out a dental cover that suits your anticipated needs and your budget. Dental cover is not cheap – but neither is dental treatment.

Dental insurance cover, however, as important as it is, need not be distressingly expensive. You can obviate hours of running all over town, or making phone calls to find cheap dental plans, by going on-line and consulting a dental insurance rates calculator. There are plenty of general rates charts available, as well as those supplied by insurance companies promulgating the premiums and coverage for their own policies.

When you know what you need, or anticipate needing, cobble together a package that suits both your requirements and your budget. You can do this by matching up your needs against the quoted premiums and just juggling them until you strike a happy balance. The forms are downloadable, and any questions that might not be answered you can always get satisfied over the phone.

Be aware that there is a wealth of information to be had, and it is worth shopping around for the perfect fit. Sure, geographical convenience is a boon, but don’t be attracted to the dentist around the corner if driving five blocks further into the next suburb for a dentist who, through a group arrangement, has a good deal with a particular insurer gets you a better deal. An example of such an edge could be in what’s known as a co-payment; by this arrangement, you pay a small deposit to the dentist (typically anywhere from to ) and your insurer pays the balance.

The important thing about dental insurance cover is that, while it’s almost essential for most people to have, it’s imperative that you have all the facts and can make a balanced decision on what’s best for you. Dental insurance cover is a good example of insurance that more than pays for itself when you come to claim, and you don’t need major dental surgery to prove that.

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The Benefits Of Using Cheap Textbooks

on October 3, 2011 · 25 Comments

by Mullenkedheim

Cheap textbooks are a source of satisfaction for thousands of students at all levels of education as they allow them to afford the much needed and desirable education which will not be possible without the availability of such textbooks.

College and university level students especially benefit form them because at the college and university, other than the main textbooks, a number of textbooks are used for reference purposes, each of which is expensive to purchase. Cheap textbooks serve as an excellent source of substitution and are therefore very popular amongst the masses.

One major medium of cheap textbooks are old book stores that provide students used textbooks at much lower rates than the new prints of these textbooks cost, normally at fifty percent discount but the condition of the books being sold is also a factor in determining the price of the books being sold.

After all, books are there only to convey the messages given by the authors, on pieces of paper; the main idea is to understand, grasp and remember those messages, the quality of the pieces of paper have little or no influence in making students do this, therefore, majority of the students opt in for purchasing cheap textbooks as long as they are in ‘working’ condition only.

Some of the publishing companies are another major source of cheap textbooks, but contrary to old books stores, these books are new books, published with permission from the authors of any book in any discipline with low quality and hence low cost paper relative to the original editions. This is to cater to the poor children unable to purchase new textbooks throughout the world. These cheap books come normally in paperbacks and are readily available in the market for the ease of purchase of students.

Cheap textbooks also serve to increase the reading sphere of able but poor students as the low cost brings more and more textbooks within their financial range for purchasing and reading.

Although it is not possible to find cheap textbooks in all cases, you can try your luck to find a cheaper version of the one that you are looking for in your local bookstores or online stores.

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Dvds to Buy (Sony Samsung Amazon Yoga Anime Cheap Blank Free Educational Ebay Movie Dvds For Sale Moser Bear)

on September 29, 2011 · Leave a Comment

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