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	<title>Smile Business Products &#187; News</title>
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		<title>Strides Lions Walk for Diabetes Awareness &#8211; Sept 25th in Brentwood</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patsy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ Sep 25th, 10; 12:00 AM to 2:00 AM. ] The Brentwood Lions Club is taking Strides for Diabetes Awareness on September 25th from 8:00am to 2:00pm in Brentwood.  The three mile walk takes you along the beautiful Marsh Creek Trail and Creekside Park.

Entry Fees: Individual $35.00  -  Team $100.00  For more information, please contact the Brentwood Lions Club 

Smile is proud to sponsor a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/logo-sm1.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g1131]"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1148" title="logo-sm[1]" src="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/logo-sm1.jpg" alt="" width="50" height="48" /></a>The Brentwood Lions Club is taking Strides for Diabetes Awareness on September 25th from 8:00am to 2:00pm in Brentwood.  The three mile walk takes you along the beautiful Marsh Creek Trail and Creekside Park.</p>
<p>Entry Fees: Individual $35.00  &#8211;  Team $100.00  <strong>For more information, please contact the </strong><a href="http://www.lcobw.com/"><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong>Brentwood Lions</strong> <strong>Club </strong></span></a></p>
<p>Smile is proud to sponsor a team for the walk, and we are happy to help support Rod Linn and the Brentwood Lions Club.</p>
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		<title>California Capital Airshow -September 11th &amp; 12th</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ Sep 11th, 10 to Sep 12th, 10. Sep 11th, 10 to Sep 12th, 10. Sep 11th, 10 to Sep 12th, 10. Sep 11th, 10 to Sep 12th, 10. ] The California Capital Airshow will ROAR  into town on September 11th &#38; 12th.   Stop by the VIP tent....Heidi will be working all weekend!

Great event for the entire family.  Click here for ticket prices, directions and parking.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/featuredPerformers1.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g1118]"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1120" title="featuredPerformers[1]" src="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/featuredPerformers1-150x102.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="102" /></a>The California Capital Airshow will <strong>ROAR</strong>  into town on September 11th &amp; 12th.   Stop by the VIP tent&#8230;.Heidi will be working all weekend!</p>
<p>Great event for the entire family.  <a href="http://www.californiacapitalairshow.com/"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Click here </span></a>for ticket prices, directions and parking.</p>
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		<title>24th Annual Safe &amp; Super Halloween Monster Mash &#8211; October 22 -24th</title>
		<link>http://www.smilebpi.com/2010/08/24th-annual-safe-super-halloween-monster-mash-october-22-24th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ Oct 22nd, 10 5:00 AM to Oct 24th, 10 5:00 AM. Oct 22nd, 10 5:00 AM to Oct 24th, 10 5:00 AM. Oct 22nd, 10 5:00 AM to Oct 24th, 10 5:00 AM. Oct 22nd, 10 5:00 AM to Oct 24th, 10 5:00 AM. Oct 22nd, 10 5:00 AM to Oct 24th, 10 5:00 AM. Oct 22nd, 10 5:00 AM to Oct 24th, 10 5:00 AM. ] Save the date for the classic monsters, 17 candy stations, hands-on activities and much more!  Advanced tickets are  $7.00 for members and $10 for non-members. Children 1 and under are free.

Smile is a proud sponsor of this event and we are looking forward to another exciting year. Look for our photo booth and get your picture [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/FT_logo_Color-e1282855652264.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g1099]"></a><a href="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/FT_logo_Color.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g1099]"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1101" title="FT_newlogo_color" src="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/FT_logo_Color-e1282855882536.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="87" /></a>Save the date for the classic monsters, 17 candy stations, hands-on activities and much more!  Advanced tickets are  $7.00 for members and $10 for non-members. Children 1 and under are free.</p>
<p>Smile is a proud sponsor of this event and we are looking forward to another exciting year. Look for our photo booth and get your picture taken with a monster!</p>
<p><strong>October 22, 23, 24th from 5pm to 9pm</strong>.  <a href="http://www.fairytaletown.org"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Click here </span></a>for more information.</p>
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		<title>Smile has a New Branch!</title>
		<link>http://www.smilebpi.com/2010/08/smile-has-a-new-branch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are pleased to announce that effective August 16, 2010, Machabee Business Equipment, Inc. (Machabee), the office products division of Machabee Office Environments, has merged with Smile!  We are very excited they are part of the Smile family, and we extend a warm welcome to the staff and customers.
Please feel free to contact us with any questions.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1063" title="MCB_BElogo_final_001 - Copy" src="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/MCB_BElogo_final_001-Copy-e1282322951875.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="137" />We are pleased to announce that effective August 16, 2010, Machabee Business Equipment, Inc. (Machabee), the office products division of Machabee Office Environments, has merged with Smile!  We are very excited they are part of the Smile family, and we extend a warm welcome to the staff and customers.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.smilebpi.com/contact/"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Please feel free to contact us with any questions.</span></a></p>
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		<title>Elite Dealer Award Winner for 2010!</title>
		<link>http://www.smilebpi.com/2010/08/elite-dealer-award-winner-for-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 21:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smile Business Products has been selected for the second time as an Elite Dealer Award Winner by Office Dealer Magazine.  Office Dealer Magazine explores hot issues, key trends and the latest technology, and products affecting today&#8217;s office equipment. Smile is proud to receive this award for 2010!  Congratulations and thanks to all Smile employees&#8230;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Smile-logo_BPinc-contact.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g1030]"></a><a href="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Smile-logo_BPinc-contact.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g1030]"></a><a href="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Smile-logo_BPinc-contact-e1281563248266.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g1030]"></a><a href="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Smile-logo_BPinc-contact.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g1030]"></a><a href="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Smile-logo_BPinc-contact-e1281563462261.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g1030]"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1033" title="Smile logo_BPinc contact" src="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Smile-logo_BPinc-contact-e1281563462261.jpg" alt="" width="75" height="54" /></a>Smile Business Products has been selected for the second time as an <strong>Elite Dealer Award Winner</strong> by Office Dealer Magazine.  Office Dealer Magazine explores hot issues, key trends and the latest technology, and products affecting today&#8217;s office equipment. Smile is proud to receive this award for 2010!  Congratulations and thanks to all Smile employees&#8230;</p>
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		<title>KCRA 3 Kids Can Food Drive</title>
		<link>http://www.smilebpi.com/2010/08/kcra-3-kids-can-food-drive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ Oct 8th, 10; ] Smile Business Products is proud to teamed up with KCRA 3 for their Annual Kids Can Food Drive. The KCRA 3 Kids Can Food Drive is the largest student-powered food drive in Northern California and has been helping families in our community for 23 years. Since it's inception, the KCRA 3 Kids Can Food Drive has collected [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/KIDS_CAN.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g1014]"></a><a href="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/KIDS_CAN-e1281460606793.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g1014]"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1017" title="KIDS_CAN" src="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/KIDS_CAN-e1281460606793-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>Smile Business Products is proud to teamed up with KCRA 3 for their Annual Kids Can Food Drive. The KCRA 3 Kids Can Food Drive is the largest student-powered food drive in Northern California and has been helping families in our community for 23 years. Since it&#8217;s inception, the KCRA 3 Kids Can Food Drive has collected over <strong>7.4 Million pounds</strong> <strong>of foods.</strong></p>
<p>Smile will be at Cal Expo on October 8th to help Kick Off the All Day Food Drive.  For more information go to <a href="http://kcra.com/kidscan"><span style="color: #0000ff;">KCRA.com/kidscan </span></a>or call 916-471-9551.</p>
<p>For donations, please contact Patricia Cutler 916-481-7695.</p>
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		<title>Shriners Capitol Concours d&#8217;Elegance</title>
		<link>http://www.smilebpi.com/2010/07/shriners-capitol-concours-delegance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ Sep 19th, 10; 12:00 AM to 4:00 AM. ] On September 19, 2010 Shriners Hospital for Children will be holding their annual Capitol Concours d'Elegance Car Show from 10:00 to 4:00 in downtown Sacramento on the Capitol Mall.   All proceeds benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children - Northern California.  For further information, please click here.

Smile is a proud sponsor of Shriners.  We are grateful for all their research and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/logofull_date1.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g921]"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-922" title="logofull_date[1]" src="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/logofull_date1-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>On September 19, 2010 Shriners Hospital for Children will be holding their annual Capitol Concours d&#8217;Elegance Car Show from 10:00 to 4:00 in downtown Sacramento on the Capitol Mall.   All proceeds benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children - Northern California.  For further information, please <a href="http://www.shrinersconcours.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">click here</span></strong></a><a href="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/logofull_date1.jpg"></a>.</p>
<p>Smile is a proud sponsor of Shriners.  We are grateful for all their research and healthcare programs they provide to children with life altering conditions.</p>
<p><strong>Look for the Smile Mobile Showroom!</strong></p>
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		<title>Childhood Cancer Awareness &#8211; Family Fun Day!</title>
		<link>http://www.smilebpi.com/2010/06/childhood-cancer-awareness-family-fun-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ Sep 25th, 10; ] As a sponsor of the Childhood Cancer Awarness Family Fun Day,  join us for some football!

On Saturday, September 25th, 2010 Keaton Raphael Memorial is raising awarenss of childhood cancer by inviting you and your family to Sacramento State to watch the kick-off to the season of Sacramento's first professional football team, the Sacramento Mountain Lions!  So [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/images3.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g821]"></a><a href="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/images3.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g821]"></a><a href="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/thumbnail8.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g821]"></a><a href="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/images3.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g821]"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-828" title="images[3]" src="http://www.smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/images3.jpg" alt="" width="123" height="93" /></a>As a sponsor of the <strong>Childhood Cancer Awarness Family Fun Day</strong>,  join us for some football!</p>
<p>On Saturday, September 25th, 2010 Keaton Raphael Memorial is raising awarenss of childhood cancer by inviting you and your family to Sacramento State to watch the kick-off to the season of Sacramento&#8217;s first professional football team, the Sacramento Mountain Lions!  So pack up the family and foam fingers and join us at the game!!</p>
<p><strong>Game time is 8:00pm.</strong> </p>
<p><span style="color: #0000ff;"><strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">More details to follow&#8230;.</span></strong></span></p>
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		<title>Digital Photocopiers Loaded With Secrets</title>
		<link>http://www.smilebpi.com/2010/04/digital-photocopiers-loaded-with-secrets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your Office Copy Machine Might Digitally Store Thousands of Documents That Get Passed on at Resale

(CBS)  At a warehouse in New Jersey, 6,000 used copy machines sit ready to be sold. CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports almost every one of them holds a secret.
Nearly every digital copier built since 2002 contains [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Your Office Copy Machine Might Digitally Store Thousands of Documents That Get Passed on at Resale</h2>
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<p>(CBS)  At a warehouse in New Jersey, 6,000 used copy machines sit ready to be sold. CBS News chief investigative correspondent Armen Keteyian reports almost every one of them holds a secret.</p>
<p>Nearly every digital copier built since 2002 contains a hard drive &#8211; like the one on your personal computer &#8211; storing an image of every document copied, scanned, or emailed by the machine.</p>
<p>In the process, it&#8217;s turned an office staple into a digital time-bomb packed with highly-personal or sensitive data.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re in the identity theft business it seems this would be a pot of gold.</p>
<p>&#8220;The type of information we see on these machines with the social security numbers, birth certificates, bank records, income tax forms,&#8221; John Juntunen said, &#8220;that information would be very valuable.&#8221;</p>
<div id="attachment_310" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 254px"><a href="http://smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/image6412033g.jpg" rel="wp-prettyPhoto[g307]"><img class="size-full wp-image-310" title="CBS Copier Security " src="http://smilebpi.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/image6412033g.jpg" alt="" width="244" height="183" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">John Juntunen&#39;s company Digital Copier Security - developed software that can scrub all the data on photocopier hard drives.  (CBS)</p></div>
<p>Juntunen&#8217;s Sacramento-based company Digital Copier Security developed software called &#8220;INFOSWEEP&#8221; that can scrub all the data on hard drives. He&#8217;s been trying to warn people about the potential risk &#8211; with no luck.</p>
<p>&#8220;Nobody wants to step up and say, &#8216;we see the problem, and we need to solve it,&#8217;&#8221; Juntunen said.</p>
<p>This past February, CBS News went with Juntunen to a warehouse in New Jersey, one of 25 across the country, to see how hard it would be to buy a used copier loaded with documents. It turns out &#8230; it&#8217;s pretty easy.</p>
<p>Juntunen picked four machines based on price and the number of pages printed. In less than two hours his selections were packed and loaded onto a truck. The cost? About $300 each.</p>
<p>Until we unpacked and plugged them in, we had no idea where the copiers came from or what we&#8217;d find.<br />
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We didn&#8217;t even have to wait for the first one to warm up. One of the copiers had documents still on the copier glass, from the Buffalo, N.Y., Police Sex Crimes Division.</p>
<p>It took Juntunen just 30 minutes to pull the hard drives out of the copiers. Then, using a forensic software program available for free on the Internet, he ran a scan &#8211; downloading tens of thousands of documents in less than 12 hours.</p>
<p>The results were stunning: from the sex crimes unit there were detailed domestic violence complaints and a list of wanted sex offenders. On a second machine from the Buffalo Police Narcotics Unit we found a list of targets in a major drug raid.</p>
<p>The third machine, from a New York construction company, spit out design plans for a building near Ground Zero in Manhattan; 95 pages of pay stubs with names, addresses and social security numbers; and $40,000 in copied checks.</p>
<p>But it wasn&#8217;t until hitting &#8220;print&#8221; on the fourth machine &#8211; from Affinity Health Plan, a New York insurance company, that we obtained the most disturbing documents: 300 pages of individual medical records. They included everything from drug prescriptions, to blood test results, to a cancer diagnosis. A potentially serious breach of federal privacy law.</p>
<p>&#8220;You&#8217;re talking about potentially ruining someone&#8217;s life,&#8221; said Ira Winkler. &#8220;Where they could suffer serious social repercussions.&#8221;</p>
<p>Winkler is a former analyst for the National Security Agency and a leading expert on digital security.</p>
<p>&#8220;You have to take some basic responsibility and know that these copiers are actually computers that need to be cleaned up,&#8221; Winkler said.</p>
<p>The Buffalo Police Department and the New York construction company declined comment on our story. As for Affinity Health Plan, they issued a statement that said, in part, &#8220;we are taking the necessary steps to ensure that none of our customers&#8217; personal information remains on other previously leased copiers, and that no personal information will be released inadvertently in the future.&#8221;</p>
<p>Ed McLaughlin is President of Sharp Imaging, the digital copier company.</p>
<p>&#8220;Has the industry failed, in your mind, to inform the general public of the potential risks involved with a copier?&#8221; Keteyian asked.</p>
<p>&#8220;Yes, in general, the industry has failed,&#8221; McLaughlin said.</p>
<p>In 2008, Sharp commissioned a survey on copier security that found 60 percent of Americans &#8220;don&#8217;t know&#8221; that copiers store images on a hard drive. Sharp tried to warn consumers about the simple act of copying.</p>
<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s falling on deaf ears,&#8221; McLaughlin said. &#8220;Or people don&#8217;t feel it&#8217;s important, or &#8216;we&#8217;ll take care of it later.&#8217;&#8221;</p>
<p>All the major manufacturers told us they offer security or encryption packages on their products. One product from Sharp automatically erases an image from the hard drive. It costs $500.</p>
<p>But evidence keeps piling up in warehouses that many businesses are unwilling to pay for such protection, and that the average American is completely unaware of the dangers posed by digital copiers.</p>
<p>The day we visited the New Jersey warehouse, two shipping containers packed with used copiers were headed overseas &#8211; loaded with secrets on their way to unknown buyers in Argentina and Singapore.</p>
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