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Information you’ve long forgotten the existence and importance of is still being held in its entirety on those old computers you have sitting around in the garage.

Just a few weeks ago I resurrected an old PC that first was used in my home and then somewhere along the line migrated itself to the office.

During the time at the office, it had been kicked, shuffled, tipped over, and generally neglected.

But I had a need for another computer around the shop, and when faced with the cost of a new computer in relation for the need I had, I thought I might give the old computer a try.

So I hooked up a monitor, keyboard and mouse and fired it up.

To my surprise it started up perfectly fine and loaded up windows without a single problem.

But besides my amazement that the computer loaded up, I was even more surprised at all the old information that was still on the hard drive.

I completely forgot that this was the computer that I was using when I started Total Secure Shredding (A local document shredding company here in San Diego).

It had QuickBooks Files, old Quicken files (personal financial information), plenty of Word and Excel files, plus multiple email programs that were not password protected and which had a ton of old emails on them.

The moral is that these “Old” computers do have some very substantial information on them than may be putting your business or family at risk of Identity Theft.

And, as you may have seen in recent days, this also goes for just about every copier that has been built since 2002.

In April, CBS News broke the story that many copiers sent out for resale have not had their hard drives sanitized or replaced.

Of the four copiers that were picked at random to meet certain price and volume specifications, every last one of them had hard drives jammed full of confidential information. Adding insult to injury, two of them came from two different Buffalo NY police departments with one still having documents on the glass. One of the other was from a New York Construction company and contained design plans while the other was from a New York insurance company.

All that was needed to get documents of the copier from the insurance company was to hit “PRINT”. The result was “300 pages of individual medical records.” Current HIPAA regulations mandate that the information that was found (Drug Prescriptions, Blood Test Results, & Cancer Diagnosis) must be properly destroyed prior to disposal.

This dilemma can even be extended to some printers.

There are many “Enterprise” level printers that also contain hard drives that must be sanitized or destroyed before they leave your premises.

I personally research and tracked down at least 50 printer models that could contain hard drives. Not all of these appear to come standard with a hard drive but are optional. All that means is that you need to physically verify whether or not your printer has a hard drive.

So whether it’s your PC, your Laptop, your Printer, or your Copier, digital information is all around us and a permanent part of our society…

And precautions have to be make to ensure all that digital information is properly handled upon disposal – just as important as getting all your sensitive paper documents shredded.

As far as my old computer goes…

It turns out that some of the information on the hard drive got corrupted somehow and now the thing will no longer boot up. Whether or not I ever get the thing working again, one thing you can be sure on, hard drive shredding is an absolute must and I’ll make sure that hard drive is properly destroyed before it gets thrown out.

Keep Total Secure,

Mike Krauss
Total Secure Shredding, Inc.
(619) 295-5474

P.S. The reason the data on my old hard drive was corrupted was because of a USB Wireless Network “Thumb Drive” Device.  During the troubleshooting process to figure out what went wrong, I found out that the wireless device’s memory was able to hold the pass code to my networks wireless router.

When I plugged it into the replacement computer, it automatically accessed my network – not good.

So please, take a second look at anything electronic. Who knows what information it might contain?

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When businesses look to try different advertising sources they are always reluctant to try something new because they work hard for their money and there is always a risk involved.

You too may have found yourself wondering…

Where to Funnel Your Advertising Budget.

Periodically we give speeches about our services at networking events, Chamber of Commerce Events, etc.  In doing so we always begin by engaging the audience.

We engage them by asking them the following 3 simple yet effective questions.

Question#1 By a show of hands how many people in this room know exactly where they can find their yellow pages at home?

About half know exactly where to find their yellow pages and raise their hand.

Question#2 By a show of hands how many people in this room access the internet first when researching the products or services they seek?

Every person in the room has a hand held high.

Question#3 Where do you think you should advertise?

At that point I could say, “Thank you very much” and sit down without even talking about our services.

Without mentioning what we do, the entire audience has just been convinced and seen proof that their advertising budgets should be focused on Quality Online Marketing.

I say quality online marketing because on a daily basis we meet business owners that have spent large amounts of time and money on websites with no functionality.

Most of these sites are nothing more than Pictures on the Internet.

In fact some of the nicest looking sites with great pictures and music are actually the Most Dis-Functional.

They get your attention and impress you with flash…

But they Fail to Bring You Customers.

Please… Do Not allow these poorly built websites to finalize your opinion of online marketing.

If you can relate to this, then you are absolutely not alone.

If you had your website built with the hopes of it driving in new customers, and it failed to do so, then we can help.

We can help you Re-Coupe what you thought was lost by utilizing our marketing tools to drive traffic to your existing site and eventually to your business.

If you are launching a new business let us help you do so with a Bang of Exposure and Awareness.

Awareness for consumers of the great new business headed their way.

We believe that the opening of your business should be marketed Long Before it’s opening… Creating anticipation for that special day.

If you would like to give your business a facelift with a whole new website, designed to drive you traffic, utilizing surveys, coupons, email campaigns, and a place for your customers to buy your products then call us today, because we want to become part of the reason for your success.

Sean Wilcock
San Diego Click E Deals
(619) 922.9825
Email s.wilcock@clickedeals.com
Blog http://blog.clickedeals.com

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Proper form and good technique while exercising ensures efficient use the desired muscle and reduces your risk for injury.

It’s the same principle with your posture…

As you go about your day at work, playing with you children or exercise with postural distortions you ask you body to work from a position of Mechanical Disadvantage. This causes Excessive Stress and focuses force in areas that are not designed to handle it. Even so, many people are able to get through their day without a great deal of pain or inconvenience.

Bad posture for many will not initially cause pain. However, pain is only a symptom created by the body to tell you that it can no longer handle its stress.

The mere presence or absence of pain symptoms is not an accurate measure of health.

Your feet are the foundation on which your body balances itself against the force of gravity. If they are not structurally sound you do not have a strong, balanced foundation and your body can not work exercise or play at its optimal capacity.

What is the connection between your point about feet as the foundation and postural distortions?

Distortions due to any type of injury, years of poor posture, or the accumulation of “Micro Traumas” over time can cause postural distortions.

The foot bone is connected to the Head bone?

… Well… Yes!

Regardless of the origin of the distortion, we as human beings are one interconnected organism.

Don’t believe me?

Imagine putting a small pebble, one half the size of a pea, in your shoe.

• How long would it take before you started walking and standing differently to avoid the discomfort?
• Would it only cause stress just where the pebble is?
• How long do you think it would take before the other ankle or knee began to have problems because it is now taking on more stress that it should?

The foot contains three arches: a Medial, a Lateral, and a Transverse.

These arches allow the bones of the foot to flex and move in response to our movement and activity. These arches are supported by tendons and ligaments. (We can think of these ligaments as elastic bands that provide support to the foot.)

The break down of these elastic bands occurs from a variety of reasons which include injury poor support and even bad posture. This breakdown usually occurs gradually over a period of months or years. As these tendons get repeatedly stretched they will loose their elastic quality and reach what is known as plastic deformity.

This is a fancy way of saying that they can no longer bounce back and retain their original length. The loss of this elastic property is what allows dysfunction within the foot to occur.

As these arches begin to fall they cause a distortion within the foot which causes it work at less than optimal…

This dysfunction can translate throughout the leg and in to the low back.

Good fitting supportive shoes will help but without addressing the cause of the problem, the fallen arches, you will continue to Suffer Dysfunction and Pain.

Living with postural distortions will slowly wear down the body and can lead to conditions such as Arthritis and Degeneration of the Joints and Connective Tissues.

These are issues that you can not exercise away.

Don’t worry. Change is possible !

If you have ever considered Custom Orthotics (shoe inserts) NOW IS THE TIME !

Eric R Wise D.C.
Jamacha Chase Chiropractic
(619) 444-3477

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