Exhibit 10.2


                  GLOBAL ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, INC.

                      6% SECURED NOTE DUE DECEMBER 1, 2001

No. 1                                                         September 28, 2001


         FOR VALUE  RECEIVED,  the  undersigned,  GLOBAL ENERGY &  ENVIRONMENTAL
RESEARCH,  INC.  (herein called the "Company"),  corporation  duly organized and
existing  under  the laws of the State of  Florida,  hereby  promises  to pay to
1STOPSALE.COM  HOLDINGS,  INC., a Delaware  corporation  (the "Lender"),  or its
registered  assigns on  December  1, 2001 (the  "Maturity  Date") the sum of the
Principal  Amount (as defined  below),  plus accrued and unpaid  interest on the
Principal Amount of this Note as of such date. The outstanding  principal amount
of this Note shall  initially  be the sum of FIVE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND  AND 00/100
DOLLARS  ($500,000.00)  (the  "Principal  Amount").  Interest will accrue on the
unpaid Principal Amount, at the rate of 6% per annum (computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day  months) until the Maturity  Date. If any Event of
Default shall have occurred,  to the extent permitted by law, from and including
the date of such Event of Default to, but not including,  the date such Event of
Default is cured or  waived,  interest  will  accrue at the rate of 6% per annum
(computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day  months).  If the date
on which any such payment is required to be made  pursuant to the  provisions of
this Note occurs on a day other than a Business  Day,  such payment shall be due
and payable on the next succeeding Business Day.

         Payments of principal  of, and interest and premium on, this Note,  are
to be made in lawful money of the United  States of America on the Maturity Date
or  earlier  upon an  Event  of  Default  at 321 N.  Kentucky  Avenue,  Suite 1,
Lakeland,  FL 33801 or such other address as the Lender notifies the Company not
less than five business days prior to the date such payment is due.

         This Note is being issued  pursuant to a Loan and  Security  Agreement,
dated as of September  28, 2001 as amended (the "Loan  Agreement"),  between the
Company and the Lender.  Defined terms used herein which are defined in the Loan
Agreement  shall have the same meaning as such terms have in the Loan Agreement.
This Note is entitled to the benefits of, and is subject to the terms  contained
in,  the Loan  Agreement.  The  provisions  of the  Loan  Agreement  are  hereby
incorporated in this Note to the same extent as if set forth at length herein.

         The  Company  may deem and treat the  person in whose name this Note is
registered as the holder and owner hereof for the purpose of receiving  payments
and  for  all  other  purposes  whatsoever,  notwithstanding  any  notations  of
ownership or transfer hereon and notwithstanding  that this Note is overdue, and
the  Company  shall  not  be  affected  by any  notice  to  the  contrary  until
presentation  of this  Note  for  registration  of  transfer.  This  Note may be
transferred or exchanged and, if lost, stolen,  damaged or destroyed,  this Note
may be  replaced,  only in the manner and upon the  conditions  set forth in the
Note Purchase Agreement.

         In case an  Event  of  Default  shall  happen  and be  continuing,  the
principal amount of this Note, the premium,  and all accrued interest may become
or be declared due and payable  only in the manner and with the effect  provided
in the Loan Agreement.

         In the event of a default  other than for  failure to pay,  the Company
shall have five (5) days to cure said  default from the date Lender gives notice
of such default.

         The  indebtedness  evidenced  by  this  Note  and  the  payment  of the
principal of (and  premium,  if any) and interest on, and other  obligations  in
respect  of,  this Note,  to the extent and in the manner  provided  in the Loan
Agreement, are secured by a security interest in certain of the Company's assets
and this Note is issued  subject to the  provisions of the Loan  Agreement  with
respect thereto.  The holder of this Note, by accepting the same,  agrees to and
shall be bound by such provisions.

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         No  reference  herein  and no  provision  of this  Note or of the  Loan
Agreement shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
this  Note at the  times,  place  and  rate,  and in the  coin or  currency,  as
prescribed herein and in the Loan Agreement, or to convert this Note as provided
in the Loan Agreement.

         No  service  charge  shall  be made of any  registration  of  transfer,
exchange or conversion,  but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

         This Note shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance
with the laws of the State of Florida.

                                    GLOBAL ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH, INC.



                                    By:    /s/ Richard E. Wiles
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                                        Richard E. Wiles, CEO


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