"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.

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.

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."

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.

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.

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.

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.