Don’t be a Dork – Protect YourselfWritten by Lori Davis
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What’s “S” for, Anyway? Ever notice certain website changes when you’re making online purchases? There’s an “s” which appears after HTTP, for starters. This let’s you know you’re on a secure server. Also, check status bar on window you’re using to make purchase. You should see a yellow padlock -- mouse over lock and you’ll see encryption level for site. If you don’t see both of these items, do not make purchase right now and notify vendor. Go back and make purchase at a later time. I Didn’t Charge Two Dollars Every month, without fail, I want to you check your statements from your credit union, bank, brokerage, credit card companies -- any institution from which you receive a paper statement or an online statement. If bad guys have access to your account, they may try and slip in a small charge before coming with big guns. Take a look at each and every line item and verify you’ve made purchase. If something is amiss, call that institution immediately. The Joy of Shredding I have a special “shred” basket near my desk and shred all of basket’s contents at end of work day. My personal receipts, which I no longer need and have reconciled against my online statements, get shredded. All working documents I’ve printed or proofed, especially for my attorney clients, are blitzed at end of day as well. Anything which may personally identify me or one of my clients gets treatment. You have no logical excuse for not owning a shredder. Price? Hardly an issue. You don’t have a car to get to office supply store? If you’re reading this article that means you’ve got internet access. Start a new browser window NOW and access your favorite online office supply vendor. You’ll have your new shredder in a matter of days and you too can become a Shredder Queen (or King). We live in a different world from just a generation ago. Be smart, be aware and remember that if something seems too good to be true, it is.
Lori Davis is Director of the Future at Davis Virtual Assistants, a New York-based VA firm. DavisVA offers a wide variety of administrative, creative and technical services to small business owners and entrepreneurs. To learn more about Lori and DavisVA, please visit http://www.davisva.com and http://davisva.blogspot.com. You may contact Lori at 917.319.8224 and via e-mail at lori@davisva.com.
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• For necessities of life, light a red candle to Archangel Chamuel and ask that you always have tools of your trade, food on your table, a roof over your head and money in bank. • Make lemonade out of your lemons. Juice lemons; add water and sugar to taste. Stir lemonade in pitcher three times in a counterclockwise circle, saying " Gone, gone ...bad luck begone." Then stir in a clockwise direction saying " Mine, mine ...all good things are mine." Drink. • Stick a clove of garlic with nine pins and hang it near front door to protect you from poverty. • Fill a small bowl with equal parts of sugar, salt and rice. Mix thoroughly and place an open safety pin in its center. Keep bowl out in open to eliminate poverty. • Rub a green candle with a tiny bit of honey, a sprinkle of cinnamon and dab of orange juice or orange oil. Light and ask for quick cash or money in a hurry. • To enhance business, find three foreign coins and wrap them in a gold colored cloth. Place it in drawer of your cash register. • On a new moon, make a slit in a yam and wedge a penny inside it. Put it outside for fourteen days (until full moon) and then bury it on Full moon. • Draw Ace, Ten and Seven of diamonds from an ordinary deck of playing cards. Anoint them with a commercial prosperity oil (or cinnamon or bayberry oil) and carry three cards in your pocket to draw prosperity to you. • Whenever you find a coin on floor, step on it and say, "Money on floor, money at door." Then pick it up and put it in your pocket.
Sam Steven's metaphysical articles have been published in many high-standing newspapers and she has published several books. You can meet Sam Stevens at http://www.psychicrealm.com where she works as a professional psychic. You can also read more of her articles at http://www.newagenotebook.com where she is the staff writer. Currently she is studying technology's impact on the metaphysics.
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