Keeping it simple

Simple tips on diagnosing strokes

The American Stroke Association wants you to learn the warning signs of stroke:

• Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body
• Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding
• Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
• Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
• Sudden, severe headache with no known cause

Recognizing a Stroke neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can often totally reverse the effects of a stroke. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.

 

 

RECOGNIZING A STROKE

Remember the steps which are similar to the first three letters of the word stroke: 'STR' . Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

 

• S * Ask the individual to SMILE.

 

• T * Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (i.e. It is sunny out today..)
• R * Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS. If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

 

A fourth Sign of a Stroke -------- Stick out Your Tongue NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out his tongue. If the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other , that is also an indication of a stroke.

 

Each year approximately 600,000 people suffer from strokes, of these approximately 160,000 people die. Strokes are the third leading cause of death in the US. Like a good boy scout, be prepared with these ideas and use them to save people's lives.

 

 

 

Regards,

Jeff

A simple way to dealing with Solomon warning messages when closing a module

This is a trick which we have taught users for years, to quickly resolve what batches are incomplete in the module you are trying to do a period or yearend close. This is the message I am talking about:

What Solomon is trying to tell you is that you have started a batch but it was not completely processed. Solomon wants you to know that it is best to resolve what you want to do with this batch as soon as possible. It may be that you started a batch, but got interrupted and restarted second batch; or maybe you have a suspended batch which needs to be fixed.

The problem is how to quickly find which batches are causing the problem, since there are many times multiple places you might have to look, especially with modules like AR and AP which have multiple input screens. This trick allows you to look one place and see all batches, both released, balanced for release, and suspended batches. It is a one stop to see, and if you want you can also delete the batch.

This trick should be restricted to only your power users and most trusted employees, because we are going to turn on a seldom used access right called initialization for the Journal Transaction screen, 01.010.00. You will need to navigate to the access rights screen which is either located under the administration area for Solomon 7.x or under the Utilities menu. In this screen add this feature for the initialization option :

Close out of the access rights screen.

Next we need to start the Initialization mode option. In the Solomon 6.x version, you need to click on the menu choice called Application_options:

You have started initialization mode when you have a check box displayed as shown above.

Next open up the Journal Transaction screen and note you have the ability to change the module field, which normally is set to a GJ grey value. Change this value to the module you are trying to close, say the Accounts Receivable module.

You can next click on the batch number field, and then F3 to display all batches, likely your batches causing the closing warning message.

We have found this trick very useful to quickly find incomplete or problem batches which are causing the warning when you try to close a module.

I hope you find this trick useful

Regards,

Jeff

Testing your computer for the worm: Conficker

Our company respects the software produced by Trend Micro for anti virus protection.  We receive this email from them regarding the worm: Conficker.  I suggest you review this document, especially how to test to see if you have already become infected. 

 

March 31, 2009   Background The first samples for the Conficker/Kido/DownadUp (detected by Trend Micro as WORM_DOWNAD.A) were discovered in November 2008 with new samples (detected as WORM_DOWNAD.AD and WORM_DOWNAD.KK) arriving in early 2009. DOWNAD exploits a vulnerability in Windows that Microsoft patched (MS08-067) in October.   DOWNAD.AD added the ability to spread through network shares and removable storage devices (e.g. USB drives) using the AutoRun function in Windows.   DOWNAD.KK shuts down security services, blocks infected computers from connecting to security websites, and downloads a Trojan. It also reaches out to other infected computers via peer-to-peer communications services, and includes an algorithm to update infected PCs.   What's the goal of this worm? It appears that the goal of this worm is to create a large botnet of infected PCs so that its creators may at some point send spam, steal personal information (user IDs, passwords, credit card info, etc.) and direct users to malicious websites used for phishing or downloading additional malware.   What's happening on April 1st? On April 1st, 2009, the latest variant (WORM_DOWNAD.KK) will begin to modify the way in which it communicates with other infected botnet nodes (PCs, servers), and will also increase the number of machines it attempts to contact in order to infect them. There is no evidence that the worm will do anything beyond modifying its communications methods.   Additional Information ·         Trend Micro CounterMeasures Blog: Downad/Conficker, who’s the April Fool? ·         TrendLabs Malware Blog: What Will Go DOWNAD on April 1? ·         Latest variant: WORM_DOWNAD.KK   Additionally, this threat is an example of the new breed of Web threats being developed by cybercriminals who use multiple techniques and protocols to infect and propagate their attacks. The Trend Micro Smart Protection Network blocks threats before they can enter the network and our correlated in-the-cloud web, email and file reputation databases allow us to quickly analyze and block new threats as they appear. Smart Protection Network powers many of our consumer, SMB and Enterprise solutions today. Learn more.   Need Help? Call our Partner Hotline at 1-888-SMB-TREND (762-8736).   How do I know whether my customers' PCs are infected? Instruct your customers to scan their PCs using their current Trend Micro product or HouseCall to see whether they are infected. If it is determined that they are infected, find instructions for removal below:   •   Consumers   •  Small Business   •   Medium Business, Enterprise   How do I protect my customers' PCs from being infected?   •   Customers should immediately install patches/updates for MS08067 and other vulnerabilities as soon as vendors release these patches. They should configure their PCs to receive automatic updates and patches from Microsoft and software vendors.   •  Make sure your customers' security software is up to date.   •  Instruct customers to disable the “Drive Auto-run” feature to avoid infections from USB drives.   •  Your customers should employ secure passwords using a combination of letters, numbers and symbols and frequently change them.   •   Educate your customers to take caution when searching online for DOWNAD and Conficker information. There are reports of rogue antivirus packages that are taking advantage of the situation. They will tell you that you are infected and ask you to pay money to download their application, which in many cases turns out to be malware.
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