KEEP COMPUTER VIRUSES FROM SPREADING    Treat attachments differently from email messages.  The odds are slim of receiving a virus within the body of a routine email.  But the risk soars when you open file attachments, especially from unknown senders.  Don�t open attachments from strangers or email                           advertisers who send spam.          Scan floppy disks with an anti-virus program before you insert them into different computers.  Otherwise, disks can double as hidden carriers of bugs that self-replicate once they penetrate your computer.

�                      Alert others of mysterious problems with your computer.  Contact your in-house information technology person.  Internet service provider or software maker if your computer starts acting strangely.  Educate your colleagues about any viruses you hear about.

�                      Stay alert to problems.  Just because you�ve escaped previous viral attacks and never experienced a computer crash, don�t grow complacent.  Some viruses take months or years to infect a hard drive.

(source: Communications Briefings, Briefings Publishing Group, Alexandria, VA)

 

      

                          

PA UNIFORM CONSTRUCTION CODE SEMINAR

The PA Building Code Seminar scheduled for August 28^th and 29^th 2002 was cancelled because the implementation date of the building code is being pushed back to approximately January 2004 and therefore, the reason to cancel.  The seminar will be closer to the effective date of the code.               

RULES FOR RESPECTING OTHERS� SPACE

Most people station themselves about three to four feet apart when conversing.  To respect others� space.

�             Work next to colleagues when they�re at their computers, rather than standing directly behind them.  Looking over someone�s shoulder can make the person uncomfortable.

�             Ask permission to take something from someone�s workspace.  Don�t open drawers or rifle through papers to find what you need.

�             Return later if you find someone on the phone.  Don�t lurk in the doorway waiting and eavesdropping.  If it�s urgent, jot �call me ASAP� on a notepad and either leave it on the person�s desk or slide it under the door.

�             Wait to sit when you enter a coworker�s office.  Don�t just  plant yourself in a chair; stand until you�re invited to sit.

�             Gesture with open palms, not pointed fingers.  Finger pointing triggers defensiveness and ill will.

(Source: Help! Was tat a Career Limiting Move?  Marjorie Brody and Pamela J. Holland, Career Skills Press/Brody Communications Ltd)

 

ORDER PBA PUBLICATIONS ONLINE

The PBA website has been improved (www.pahomes.org).  The �order PBA publication� section of the website, accessible through the drop down menu on the homepage.  The main publication page now splits the publications into four categories: