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Happy Friday!

Alexandros Veroucas (Greek, 1968), Seascape. Oil on canvas, 100 x 100 cm.

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN”S DAY!

The Daily Cartoon by Paul Noth: http://nyr.kr/1hVmbCN

When I was a very little guy my father woke me one night and sat me in front of the TV during the Jack Parr show.  When I asked why he said, "Jonathan Winters is coming on next and I want you to see the funniest man in the world."

I lost my dad many years ago and today we all lost the funniest man in the world.

Could be Alan Rickman?

Stephen Conroy (British, 1964), The Entrance I, 1992. Oil on canvas, 183 x 137 cm.

Copiers are full of your secrets!

Copiers are full of secrets.

Did you know that modern copiers have a hard drive that digitally retains every (or nearly every) document copied on that machine and the vast majority of those machines are without any mechanism to erase or encrypt the data.  As a result when you sell or trade in a copier you are probably sending all kinds of private information that identity thieves can then get their hands on.

In addition, lawyers conducting discovery should be aware that an individual's copier or a company's copier may be a source of information relevant to an on going law suit.

One law firm I spoke with purchased what was represented as brand new copier and its hard drive was full of documents from and accounting firm. 

For a brief primer check out this video from CBS News that aired in 2010.  

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6412572n