"Some chop shop operators may steal their own vehicles. Other chop shops with exclusive clientele may have a professional steal a vehicle to order.The term 'totaled' according to insurance companies means that a vehicle is so badly damaged that the cost of building it is more than the fair market value of the vehicle. If a driver totals his car, it simply means that his carrier, instead of paying to have it repaired, will find it cheaper to have him buy a similar vehicle on the car market."
This is what Burt said.
The 'chop shop' is an illicit auto dismantler, a receiver of stolen vehicles who dissects them for resale as spare parts...A driver with a junker is less likely to want his vehicle repaired beyond a certain point than the driver of a late-model car.Several factors help increase the demand.Some drivers are reluctant to declare 'fender-benders' and make claims upon their insurance companies because of the increase in premiums that this will bring. When it's necessary to pay out of pocket for repairs, the driver will seek out the maximum savings possible.Competition between auto body shops is fierce, and one way to beat the competition on price is to use second-hand and reconditioned parts. These can be legal parts, or they can be black market parts, obtained at cut-rate from chop shops. Even without the stimulus of competition, some body shops owners are simply greedy."
>"In many cases, the investigator, police or civilian learns to spot fraudulent claims because the fraud artist develops a behavioral profile unlike that of legitimate claimants. Spotting these differences takes in several areas:>>The circumstances surrounding the claim are unusual. The claimant may have bought or increased his insurance coverage shortly before the date of the claim. There may be no police report, which is very unusual in a vehicle theft. If the claim is for material stolen from the vehicle, such as a stereo or tape deck, this is more understandable because many people believe (correctly) that the chances of solving a minor theft are very poor and not worth the trouble to report it."
This is what
Burt said.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007
"We are all human! No one on this planet is endowed with any supernatural powers that ought to elevate him importance above you or anyone else--no four star general,no President, no wealthy financier, no show-business superstar.
Over the past few years, during appearances on numerous national television and radio programs, I have met hundreds of those people we label 'superstars' in fall fields, especially in show business. While I have always believed that no one is any better than anyone else, coming into direct contact with superstars confirmed it in a pretty dramatic way. Every superstar has his or her share of hangups, twitches, pimples,insecurities, fears, anxieties, worries, problems, and everything else that all human beings face on a daily basis. Movie or TV screens, just like the wide screens of history and all our media, tend to make the 'superstars' look bigger than life, but in person, the wealthiest and most powerful are no different from you or me in how they look,how they think, what they say or how they react to life. While some delude themselves that they are better than the rest of us because they wear expensive clothes, drive fancy cars, live in mansions, can hire and fire hundreds of people at will, control a newspaper chain or make U.S. foreign policy, they cannot hide their very real humanity. In person, without the makeup the carefully placed lights, off the stages of history or of TV or movie sets, without the wide-angle lenses and their aids, they are people, plain and simple,just like the rest of us. Some are more authoritarian themselves, others less, on some days in some situations. Keep that in mind and you'll be on your way to ridding yourself of whatever insidious power-worshipping may have gotten holden of you."
This is what Wayne said.
Over the past few years, during appearances on numerous national television and radio programs, I have met hundreds of those people we label 'superstars' in fall fields, especially in show business. While I have always believed that no one is any better than anyone else, coming into direct contact with superstars confirmed it in a pretty dramatic way. Every superstar has his or her share of hangups, twitches, pimples,insecurities, fears, anxieties, worries, problems, and everything else that all human beings face on a daily basis. Movie or TV screens, just like the wide screens of history and all our media, tend to make the 'superstars' look bigger than life, but in person, the wealthiest and most powerful are no different from you or me in how they look,how they think, what they say or how they react to life. While some delude themselves that they are better than the rest of us because they wear expensive clothes, drive fancy cars, live in mansions, can hire and fire hundreds of people at will, control a newspaper chain or make U.S. foreign policy, they cannot hide their very real humanity. In person, without the makeup the carefully placed lights, off the stages of history or of TV or movie sets, without the wide-angle lenses and their aids, they are people, plain and simple,just like the rest of us. Some are more authoritarian themselves, others less, on some days in some situations. Keep that in mind and you'll be on your way to ridding yourself of whatever insidious power-worshipping may have gotten holden of you."
This is what Wayne said.
Monday, August 20, 2007
The widely accepted statement, 'health begins in the colon,' might be more accurately modified to read: 'health begins with a hydrated colon.' Water is the key. When the body is forced to remove solid wastes without an adequate supply of water, constipation is the result. Because the major elimination systems of the body (skin, kidneys and bowels) are critcially dependent on water, they are primary indicators of drought. Like dry skin, constipation and dark urine indicate water shortage. Hard, infrequent, and difficult-to-eliminate bowel movements indicate that the body is rationing water.
Dr. Mu Shik John and ..in Korea conducted a clinical study to determine the effets of hexagonal water on constipation. The results showed that within four weeks, 75% of patients with chronic constipation had an increase in bowel ferquency. Their study documented a 40-60% improvement in transit time through the colon, while control subjects (those with regular bowel movements) who also drank hexagonal water showed no change. This study gives scientific credence to the often-reported improvement in constipation for those who drink hexagonal water."
This is what MJP said.
Dr. Mu Shik John and ..in Korea conducted a clinical study to determine the effets of hexagonal water on constipation. The results showed that within four weeks, 75% of patients with chronic constipation had an increase in bowel ferquency. Their study documented a 40-60% improvement in transit time through the colon, while control subjects (those with regular bowel movements) who also drank hexagonal water showed no change. This study gives scientific credence to the often-reported improvement in constipation for those who drink hexagonal water."
This is what MJP said.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Keith Carlen
"In 1991, after 21 years on the job with California's Oakland Police Department, 44 year-old Keith Carlen was a runner-up in the local police union's vote for 'Officer Of The Year.'
On April 17, 1992, Police Department spokesmen announced that Keith Carlen had confessed to murdering his wife. He had planned the killing. The motive was money. Carlen opted for homicide as a means to curb his wife's spending.
On Thursday, December 15, 1993, jurors deliberated three hours before convicting Carlen of first-degree murder
.On October 25th, 1995, Carlen was sentenced drawing a prison term of 25 years to life. A California state appeals court upheld his conviction on November 22, 1996."
On April 17, 1992, Police Department spokesmen announced that Keith Carlen had confessed to murdering his wife. He had planned the killing. The motive was money. Carlen opted for homicide as a means to curb his wife's spending.
On Thursday, December 15, 1993, jurors deliberated three hours before convicting Carlen of first-degree murder
.On October 25th, 1995, Carlen was sentenced drawing a prison term of 25 years to life. A California state appeals court upheld his conviction on November 22, 1996."
Monday, June 18, 2007
Don't
"Don't use any personal vehicle registered in your name or one that can be traced to you. We know that in the real world, someone has to flee, the quickest way for them to get away is hop in the car and drive as far as possible. One can get a long way from home driving safely in a legal vehicle if there no bulletins out on the car. But the person will never know as quickly as the officers when the alert is put out. So unless the person knows that the warrant won't be issued for a few days, the personal car should be dumped as quickly as possible.
Do not carry a weapon....If a person has to use the weapon for self-defense, clean up the scene, if possible, then clear the area.
Keep the move until reaching the safe haven target. Don't stay in any one place too long. The longer a stranger looks at a face, the more chance it might remind him of a news report, a TV show, or something else he has seen.
Avoid localities with a heavy p-- presence. This includes prostitution zones, transient hotel districts, areas where the homeless hang out, the cheap entertainment districts, etc...
In modern America, the average family moves out once every four years, with old friends and family spreading out across the country and sometimes around the world. Yet, everyone can still keep in touch with modern electronic technology."
This is what Jefferson said.
Do not carry a weapon....If a person has to use the weapon for self-defense, clean up the scene, if possible, then clear the area.
Keep the move until reaching the safe haven target. Don't stay in any one place too long. The longer a stranger looks at a face, the more chance it might remind him of a news report, a TV show, or something else he has seen.
Avoid localities with a heavy p-- presence. This includes prostitution zones, transient hotel districts, areas where the homeless hang out, the cheap entertainment districts, etc...
In modern America, the average family moves out once every four years, with old friends and family spreading out across the country and sometimes around the world. Yet, everyone can still keep in touch with modern electronic technology."
This is what Jefferson said.
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Timing
"The credit card passer, like the rubber check artist, normally follows certain guidelines, designed to enhance his credibility with cashiers. He knows that there are certain conventions upon which merchants insist, and he tries to blend in with the crowd.
The first step is reconnaissance. The professional card passer seeks to find the easy targets, and for this, he'll enter various stores to observe their procedures. He may make small purchases himself, with cash or a legitimate card, so that he can see for himself whether cashiers ask for additional ID when a customer pays by credit card, and what sort of ID passes in a particular store. The professional also seeks out careless, tired, or inexperienced cashiers, because these may be lax in security procedures.
Another important factor is timing. The bad card passer needs the anonymity of a crowd, and knows that long check-out lines keep cashiers under pressure. This works in his favor, especially if the merchant hires high-schoolers as extra help during peak periods.'
Temporaries' are very vulnerable to card passing, because they lack both experience and commitment to the job. As temporaries, they earn less than regular cashiers, and the job is just a small stepping stone, not a career.
The first tactical point of a bad credit card passer is to appear respectable. The credit card passer does not enter a store dressed in rags, or demonstrate a surly or vicious manner. He does his best to appear respectable and pleasant. There's another reason for this. Blending in with the crowd makes him or her harder to describe or identify later. It's difficult for a police offer to pin down a physical description when the cashier answers 'just average.'The second point is to conform to normal requirements for card passing. Most merchants require that the customer sign the charge slip, and provide his telephone number. The bad credit card passer has a false telephone number memorized on the spot.. Some merchants require additional ID. The bad card passer does not want to rock the boat by trying to get around these expectations.
Sometimes, the fradulent credit passer won't have adequate supporting documentation with him, but many merchants accept the card anyway. Indeed, many don't even ask for supporting documentation. The reason is that merchants know that most transactions are by honest people, and that checking each one out to the limit would slow down business and even perhaps alienate customers. Another reason is that credit card and check transactions don't fill the register drawer with cash, which is a tempting target for armed robbers. Many merchants prefer to keep as little cash on the premises as possible for exactly this reason. Therefore, they want to accept credit cards with the least amount of fuss and bother, which leaves the door open for the fraud artist."
This is what Burt said.
The first step is reconnaissance. The professional card passer seeks to find the easy targets, and for this, he'll enter various stores to observe their procedures. He may make small purchases himself, with cash or a legitimate card, so that he can see for himself whether cashiers ask for additional ID when a customer pays by credit card, and what sort of ID passes in a particular store. The professional also seeks out careless, tired, or inexperienced cashiers, because these may be lax in security procedures.
Another important factor is timing. The bad card passer needs the anonymity of a crowd, and knows that long check-out lines keep cashiers under pressure. This works in his favor, especially if the merchant hires high-schoolers as extra help during peak periods.'
Temporaries' are very vulnerable to card passing, because they lack both experience and commitment to the job. As temporaries, they earn less than regular cashiers, and the job is just a small stepping stone, not a career.
The first tactical point of a bad credit card passer is to appear respectable. The credit card passer does not enter a store dressed in rags, or demonstrate a surly or vicious manner. He does his best to appear respectable and pleasant. There's another reason for this. Blending in with the crowd makes him or her harder to describe or identify later. It's difficult for a police offer to pin down a physical description when the cashier answers 'just average.'The second point is to conform to normal requirements for card passing. Most merchants require that the customer sign the charge slip, and provide his telephone number. The bad credit card passer has a false telephone number memorized on the spot.. Some merchants require additional ID. The bad card passer does not want to rock the boat by trying to get around these expectations.
Sometimes, the fradulent credit passer won't have adequate supporting documentation with him, but many merchants accept the card anyway. Indeed, many don't even ask for supporting documentation. The reason is that merchants know that most transactions are by honest people, and that checking each one out to the limit would slow down business and even perhaps alienate customers. Another reason is that credit card and check transactions don't fill the register drawer with cash, which is a tempting target for armed robbers. Many merchants prefer to keep as little cash on the premises as possible for exactly this reason. Therefore, they want to accept credit cards with the least amount of fuss and bother, which leaves the door open for the fraud artist."
This is what Burt said.
Inadequate
"Poor pay and benefits lead to high turn-over. This causes the employer to spend more time interviewing and evaluating applicants, and training new hires. He can spend less time on the necessary functions, such as monitoring security.
The employee who accepts the job in good faith probably will lack a sense of commitment to the company, because he's not planning to remain. He'll view himself as a 'temporary' even though his employer may have hired him as a permanent employee. He may even be bitterly resentful, feeling that he's being exploited. He won't be giving 100%, and his main goal will be to get through the week without too much strain and blame.
Any employer who expects loyalty from his people must be willing to give it in return. An employer who lays off employees with two minutes' notice can't logically expect his employees will give him two weeks' notice when they find other positions.
The enlightened employer who understands that loyalty is a two-way street will get more from his employees. If he pays well enough, he gives his employees a vested interesting in keeping their jobs, because they'll know they won't easily be able to find another position with the same salary and benefits. This builds a sense of commitment, and willingness to perform to keep the job. This includes observing security measures against credit card cheats."
This is what Burt said.
The employee who accepts the job in good faith probably will lack a sense of commitment to the company, because he's not planning to remain. He'll view himself as a 'temporary' even though his employer may have hired him as a permanent employee. He may even be bitterly resentful, feeling that he's being exploited. He won't be giving 100%, and his main goal will be to get through the week without too much strain and blame.
Any employer who expects loyalty from his people must be willing to give it in return. An employer who lays off employees with two minutes' notice can't logically expect his employees will give him two weeks' notice when they find other positions.
The enlightened employer who understands that loyalty is a two-way street will get more from his employees. If he pays well enough, he gives his employees a vested interesting in keeping their jobs, because they'll know they won't easily be able to find another position with the same salary and benefits. This builds a sense of commitment, and willingness to perform to keep the job. This includes observing security measures against credit card cheats."
This is what Burt said.
Monday, March 26, 2007
Accomplishment
"You won't accomplish anything in this business without a willingness to take risks, starting with the risk of losing your job. That takes money; some savings...
Unless you have a chunk of change to start out with, look at mutual fund families that permit you to open an account with a small amount of money and that encourage you to add a small amount with each regular investment. Janus and Twentieth Century are two companies that come to mind; undoubtedly, there are others...
Be better insulated against financial disaster when you get fired. (Everybody in the business gets fired eventually. Don't take it personally.)
Building your savings helps insulate you against job losses. For many programmers, though, the ultimate goal is not just getting to be better known program-director and not just having less to worry about if they lose their job, but getting into a position where they have more security or responsibility in management, or perhaps getting into ownership and being their own boss."
This is what Eric said.
Unless you have a chunk of change to start out with, look at mutual fund families that permit you to open an account with a small amount of money and that encourage you to add a small amount with each regular investment. Janus and Twentieth Century are two companies that come to mind; undoubtedly, there are others...
Be better insulated against financial disaster when you get fired. (Everybody in the business gets fired eventually. Don't take it personally.)
Building your savings helps insulate you against job losses. For many programmers, though, the ultimate goal is not just getting to be better known program-director and not just having less to worry about if they lose their job, but getting into a position where they have more security or responsibility in management, or perhaps getting into ownership and being their own boss."
This is what Eric said.
Characteristics
"An extremely extroverted general manager tends to drive a very exotic, costly, or flashy car and often tries to dominate and intimidate subordinates. An extremely introverted Program Director tends to drive a very low status car and is unable to articulate the reasons for his or her programming strategies, working them out through intuition and what feels right. These may be the the right to things to do, but the Program Director cannot defend them with logic, which serves as evidence to the general manager that they haven't been thought through and are probably wrong.
Another characteristic of the extremely introverted program director is that he or she doesn't expect to be given respect and obedience by the staff and may act dictatorial, arbitrary, and unfeeling toward subordinates in an effort to establish and maintain authority. Needless to say, tyranny is counterproductive. Although this type of person may not believe it, all airstaffs (indeed, all teams of any sort) seek a leader and will automatically grant respect to their new PD right from the beginning, until he or she forfeits their respect through such conduct.
The moral is to never command through fear but rather to lead by example. If you have doubts about your course of action, don't reveal them to your airstaff; all teams want an assured leader. If you make a mistake, admit it; no team expects infallibility, and all respect honesty and openness in a leader. Just continue to lead with decisiveness after making any necessary course correct.
From this quick psychological overview of these types of personalities, I'm indebted to John G. Kappas at the Hypnosis Motivation Institute in Van Nuys, California (818-344-4664), to whom I direct you for more discussion on this subject. His book, Your Sexual Personality, is the most accurate and valuable work on human psychology that I've seen. It's applicable to everyone, not just those seeking success in romance. If you are interested in going into much greater depth on this psychological study, I suggest you obtain and read this book."
This is what Eric said.
Another characteristic of the extremely introverted program director is that he or she doesn't expect to be given respect and obedience by the staff and may act dictatorial, arbitrary, and unfeeling toward subordinates in an effort to establish and maintain authority. Needless to say, tyranny is counterproductive. Although this type of person may not believe it, all airstaffs (indeed, all teams of any sort) seek a leader and will automatically grant respect to their new PD right from the beginning, until he or she forfeits their respect through such conduct.
The moral is to never command through fear but rather to lead by example. If you have doubts about your course of action, don't reveal them to your airstaff; all teams want an assured leader. If you make a mistake, admit it; no team expects infallibility, and all respect honesty and openness in a leader. Just continue to lead with decisiveness after making any necessary course correct.
From this quick psychological overview of these types of personalities, I'm indebted to John G. Kappas at the Hypnosis Motivation Institute in Van Nuys, California (818-344-4664), to whom I direct you for more discussion on this subject. His book, Your Sexual Personality, is the most accurate and valuable work on human psychology that I've seen. It's applicable to everyone, not just those seeking success in romance. If you are interested in going into much greater depth on this psychological study, I suggest you obtain and read this book."
This is what Eric said.
Differences
"General Managers are frequently outgoing and gregarious. They enjoy being parts of groups and in the center of the action and are often sports oriented. They tend to believe that others are like them and that others feel as they do about everything...
The sort of extroverted people I'm describing here frequently define themselves by their possessions, especially a very nice car...
Turning to the programming, the most effective Program Directors have to be able to get into the listener's head and perceive the station the way the listeners do. This mandates the ability to see and understand the points of view of others. This ability is often associated with a somewhat introverted personality..
.It may have occurred to you that these two personality types also tend to represent the two personality types found in most successful marriages. In truth, opposites do attract in marriages, but they don't often attract in relationships between people of the same gender, as in a business relationship. Being such opposites, even though this is the most common situation, can lead to problems between a PD and a GM as they attempt to work together."
This is what Eric said.
The sort of extroverted people I'm describing here frequently define themselves by their possessions, especially a very nice car...
Turning to the programming, the most effective Program Directors have to be able to get into the listener's head and perceive the station the way the listeners do. This mandates the ability to see and understand the points of view of others. This ability is often associated with a somewhat introverted personality..
.It may have occurred to you that these two personality types also tend to represent the two personality types found in most successful marriages. In truth, opposites do attract in marriages, but they don't often attract in relationships between people of the same gender, as in a business relationship. Being such opposites, even though this is the most common situation, can lead to problems between a PD and a GM as they attempt to work together."
This is what Eric said.
"In many cases, the morning personality is the key for the purposes of the station's ratings and economic success. I've found that just holding this prestigious position can be its own reward. I always hire on-air people who could work any shift. I start new hires on the least prestigious shift (all nights or evenings) promoting them to middays, afternoons, and mornings as those ahead of them leave. I refuse to have a pay scale that tells some on-air people that they are less important than others."
"If you're with the majority in this business, you don't agree. If you plan differential pay scales based on the perceived value of each shift, then for heaven's sake be consistent on what the pay differential is. Give current staff every opportunity to apply for the better-paid airshifts as they become available, so that your people perceive the pay differential to represent the prestige and value of the time period and not themselves as individuals. The differential then provides an incentive to stay with the station and strive for promotions to better-paying positions. You can't build a team if everybody resents everybody else. This leads to cliques and destructive personnel situations...
A common airstaff scheduling procedure in radio is the six-day week. Employees are assigned to work six and half hours a day, six days a week to ensure that some full-time airstaff work on the weekend and to reduce the expenditure and reliance on part-timers. A union would generally demand five work days per week as the only acceptable full-time approach, which would require overtime pay for a sixth day. Many nonunion stations have chosen to give the sixth day off on a fixed pattern- every second, third, or fourth weekend day off, in response to the airstaff's desire to have a full weekend off. Be aware that if you do this and then need to omit the regular weekend day off occasionally because of vacations or illness, labor law might require overtime pay for that 'normal day off' if it is worked after all, even if the individual works fewer than forty hours per week."
This is what Eric said.
"If you're with the majority in this business, you don't agree. If you plan differential pay scales based on the perceived value of each shift, then for heaven's sake be consistent on what the pay differential is. Give current staff every opportunity to apply for the better-paid airshifts as they become available, so that your people perceive the pay differential to represent the prestige and value of the time period and not themselves as individuals. The differential then provides an incentive to stay with the station and strive for promotions to better-paying positions. You can't build a team if everybody resents everybody else. This leads to cliques and destructive personnel situations...
A common airstaff scheduling procedure in radio is the six-day week. Employees are assigned to work six and half hours a day, six days a week to ensure that some full-time airstaff work on the weekend and to reduce the expenditure and reliance on part-timers. A union would generally demand five work days per week as the only acceptable full-time approach, which would require overtime pay for a sixth day. Many nonunion stations have chosen to give the sixth day off on a fixed pattern- every second, third, or fourth weekend day off, in response to the airstaff's desire to have a full weekend off. Be aware that if you do this and then need to omit the regular weekend day off occasionally because of vacations or illness, labor law might require overtime pay for that 'normal day off' if it is worked after all, even if the individual works fewer than forty hours per week."
This is what Eric said.
Monday, March 12, 2007
British
"The earliest British copyright laws were instruments of censorship. In 1557, Catholic Queen Mary Tudor capped off a 120-year monarchal struggle to censor printing presses in England by issuing a charter to the Stationers' Company, a guild of printers. The only books they would print were allowed by the Crown. The company was authorized to confiscate unsanctioned books. It was a sweet deal for the publishers. They got exclusivity- monopoly power to print and distribute specific works, the functional foundation to copyright. The only price they paid was relinquishing the freedom to print or dissenting texts. While professional authors had no declared standing before the law according to the practices of the Stationers' Company, authors certainly played an economic role in the bookmaking process. The printers paid authors for their manuscripts and in return received exclusive rights to them. The authors not only received professional compensation and standing through the bookmaking process; they could be assured that their works would not be pirated or misrepresented in the market."
This is what Siva said.
This is what Siva said.
Friday, February 16, 2007
Keys
"If you must hide a key, hide many keys with it. Take some old spare keys that don't fit anything (everyone has some of these around the house), and put them all on a key ring with one key you truly intend to hide. If someone actually does find the keys, they won't know which one is important. Or they will go on a wild goose chase trying to fit outdated keys into imaginary locks.In the past, some people attached a misleading key chain to the keys, or made up individual key chains for each key the person hid to throw others off track..."
"Metals can rust. Water levels can rise unexpectedly. Magnetic media such as computer disks and audiocassettes and even video cassettes will melt in hot weather. Your worst enemy may very well be Mother Nature!
For these reasons, you have to choose a storage container wisely. Regular cardboard boxes are bad because they aren't impervious to rain. Milk and juice cartons or jugs are better because they are used to contain liquid.
A plastic bag sealed tight with tape will keep out wetness, but if there was any moisture in the air inside the bag, it could condense in cold weather and you'll end up with a sealed bag of water droplets soaking into your precious cache. Libraries sometimes have this problem with outside book drops. I've seen compact discs that have been deposited into a book drop one night, then retrieved the next morning by library staff. The CDs were soaking wet, literally drenched with water that had condensed overnight on the cold surface of the CD and jewel cases. Once water had accumulated, it would run off, allowing more water to condense on the cold plastic cases. This was not damaging to the CDs themselves, but it did damage to the accompanying CD booklets and other books in the drop."
This is what Dennis said.
"Metals can rust. Water levels can rise unexpectedly. Magnetic media such as computer disks and audiocassettes and even video cassettes will melt in hot weather. Your worst enemy may very well be Mother Nature!
For these reasons, you have to choose a storage container wisely. Regular cardboard boxes are bad because they aren't impervious to rain. Milk and juice cartons or jugs are better because they are used to contain liquid.
A plastic bag sealed tight with tape will keep out wetness, but if there was any moisture in the air inside the bag, it could condense in cold weather and you'll end up with a sealed bag of water droplets soaking into your precious cache. Libraries sometimes have this problem with outside book drops. I've seen compact discs that have been deposited into a book drop one night, then retrieved the next morning by library staff. The CDs were soaking wet, literally drenched with water that had condensed overnight on the cold surface of the CD and jewel cases. Once water had accumulated, it would run off, allowing more water to condense on the cold plastic cases. This was not damaging to the CDs themselves, but it did damage to the accompanying CD booklets and other books in the drop."
This is what Dennis said.
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Preparations
"Some people have a few advance preparations. One is to collect a supply of untraceable paper. This means going to an office supply store and buying a ream of package. This comes in a sealed package. Some people handle it without leaving fingerprints. Some people obtain several pairs of surgical globes. Some people feel there's no point in taking a chance when precautions are so simple and easy. Today, computers make it easier than ever to match fingerprints. The Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AIFS) stores millions of digitalized fingerprints and running a match takes less than a minute in most cases. It used to be that manually matching fingerprints by magnifying glass was so time-consuming that police didn't even try to do so except in major cases, and then only if they had a short list of suspects. Today, a fingerprint found at a crime scene or on a questioned document can be developed, digtized, and run for matches against millions of other fingerprints in minutes.Normally, policewill try to match fingerprints with their crime fingerprint files, but it can expected they can begin running matches on everyone who was ever fingerprinted, because it's so quick and easy. Therefore, if a person has ever been fingerprinted in the armed forces, on the job, in a hospital, orphanage, or almost anywhere else, the digitized prints may be in a computer somewhere, waiting to betray the person. Some companies fingerprint all employees. Another way to avoid leaving fingerprints is to coat the fingertips with a light film of Duco Cement or airplane glue. This coating is much less conspicuous than wearing gloves, and it peels off without leaving too much trouble afterward. Think of how a person would look wearing rubber gloves at a newsstand or in a library. This won't prevent a person from leaving palm prints, but these are very hard to match, and being careful will avoid this danger, as well. A person could paint their palms with a protective coating, as it's not too hard too remove.
It's even more unlikely that any law enforcement agency will try to trace a person via DNA samples in the saliva, but a person can forestall this remote possibility by using self-adhesive stamps. Like wise, a person may not lick envelopes to seal. A person could use a wet sponge instead." This is what Victor said.
It's even more unlikely that any law enforcement agency will try to trace a person via DNA samples in the saliva, but a person can forestall this remote possibility by using self-adhesive stamps. Like wise, a person may not lick envelopes to seal. A person could use a wet sponge instead." This is what Victor said.
Sunday, February 4, 2007
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