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Pulled from the Brink: Remember the girl who survived rabies? How's she doing? Very well:

Twenty-seven months after exposure, the patient continued to have fluctuating dysarthria and gait difficulties, plus an intermittent sensation of cold in the feet. She had no difficulties with her instrumental activities of daily living, including driving. In high school, she took college-level courses in English, physics, and calculus. She scored above average on a national college achievement test, graduated from high school in 2007, and planned to attend a local college in the fall. She had no problems with peer relations or mood disorders.

Alas, others have been unable to duplicate the success of her treatment, so if you are bitten by a bat be sure to get your rabies shots.

Remembering Katrina: The medical feats we didn't hear about:

Besides rescuers and local first responders, another big story at the Dome was the medical center. Like a Chinook helicopter landing on your roof, that sure was hard to miss. Fifteen doctors and a total of 65 medical personnel set up at the New Orleans Arena, within spitting distance of the Dome. It was primarily for survivors brought in by air and boat, but also for people in the Superdome with medical problems. There was never any shortage of medical care, Dressler and Bush both said.

The Arena medical center cycled through triage and treatment of up to 5,000 injured or sick victims, Dressler said. Those in the worst shape were evacuated to the New Orleans airport and out of the region, those in good shape hydrated and sent to the Superdome. The success of the makeshift medical center was such that there were just six deaths at the entire Superdome complex: four of natural causes, one drug overdose, and one suicide during the week of supposedly rampant anarchy and death.

Triage (there was another medical facility at the airport) may have been the most critical element in limiting deaths once the levees broke and the city flooded. Rescue operations were brisk, but survivors of that kind of trauma aren't always coherent or aware of their own life-threatening injuries, particularly dehydration. Absent care, hundreds if not thousands could have died even after they were rescued and brought to the Dome.

Most of the national media also neglected to mention the seven babies that National Guard physicians delivered, something Maj. Ed Bush said he pointed out repeatedly. Overall, the false claims of up to 200 dead at the Dome, including murder victims, had clueless FEMA officials showing up at the end of the week with a refrigerated 18-wheeler to claim the stacks of bodies.

And questions unanswered.

NCH Swift Sound Software announce the release of their first port to the Linux platform, the transcription player, Express Scribe.

Canberra, Australia (PRWEB) August 11, 2007 -- NCH Swift Sound Software, specialists in audio, video and business applications, announce the release of Express Scribe for Linux.

"We are thrilled to offer one of the best free audio players for typists on the market for the Linux platform," said Stephanie Lee, marketing manager for the Australian company. "Although we have worked hard over the last few years to make our software compatible with Linux operating systems through the WINE emulator we recognised the need to start porting our applications for Linux users. One of our biggest challenges was to make the installation as generic as possible to suit all the main flavours of Linux."

Express Scribe is an audio player specifically designed for the playback of dictation or other audio recordings. It features variable speed playback, automatically checks and downloads files from FTP servers, email or a local area network and supports a large range of audio file formats including wav, mp3, wma, Olympus, Sony, Phillips and Sanyo digital formats as well and many more. Audio from video files can also be loaded for subtitle work.

"Of course the latest version of Express Scribe for Linux is free," said Stephanie. "It has all the features of the Windows version including the Scribe Mini which allows typists to reduce the size of the application to roughly an inch (2.5 cm) and it can be controlled by foot pedals and hot keys."

NCH Swift Sound is a leader in business audio technology. Since 1993 the software development team has released more than 40 Windows, Mac, Linux, Palm and Pocket PC applications which are now leaders in their classes and have been awarded for software excellence.

For more information see www.nch.com.au and www.nchsoftware.com.

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Elad Levinson of Interaction Associates and award-winning author Christine Arena will present "The Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility Effectiveness: Going Beyond Notions of 'Good-Bad' to Increase Shareholder Value" to the Northern California Chapter of the Association for Strategic Planning. The workshop will take place Thursday, September 20th, 2007, from 7:30 to 10:30 am at the City Club of San Francisco, 155 Sansome Street, 9th Floor, Bechtel Room, San Francisco, CA 94104.

San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 11, 2007 -- Interaction Associates announced that its Director of Corporate Social Responsibility Consulting and Services, Elad Levinson, will present with author Christine Arena on the topic of Corporate Social Responsibility Effectiveness in San Francisco.

"The Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility Effectiveness: Going Beyond Notions of 'Good-Bad' to Increase Shareholder Value" will take place at the Northern California Chapter of the Association for Strategic Planning meeting, Thursday, September 20th, 2007, from 7:30 to 10:30 am at the City Club of San Francisco, 155 Sansome Street, 9th Floor, Bechtel Room, San Francisco, CA 94104.

The two experts will look at Corporate Social Responsibility as a branding advantage, a means of attracting conscious customers, and a way of complying with regulations . . . and demonstrate that none of these are particulary effective strategies.

They will examine CSR strategy as a matter of innovation, and show how it can be integrated into the regular process of Strategic Planning. And they will point to a key accelerator - collaboration -- that must be considered in designing or developing a strategic approach to CSR.

Attendees will:

• Learn the 10 effectiveness triggers that reflect and drive CSR performance.
• See how the vital link between collaboration, innovation, and success with corporate responsibility works at companies that profit from CSR strategy.
• Discover a tool that can be used to measure collaborative capacity and capability when developing strategy for your clients.
• Understand the benefits to your clients of demonstrating responsiveness so that your clients can enjoy the benefits of CSR strategy as a competitive advantage.

For more information or to attend, please email Stacy McCarthy smccarthy(at)sapiencegroup.net by September 18, 2007.

About the Presenters
Christine Arena is the host of Focus Earth TV, and the award-winning author of two books, Cause for Success: 10 Companies that Put Profits Second and Came in First (New World Library, November 2004), and The High-Purpose Company: The Truly Responsible (and Highly Profitable) Firms that are Changing Business Now (Collins, January 2007). Christine serves as a strategic partner to Interaction Associates, and sits on the advisory boards of green business ventures IdealBite.com and Re:Vision.

Elad Levinson, LCSW, is Director, Corporate Social Responsibility Consulting and Services for Interaction Associates. He has more than 35 years' experience in the fields of organizational development, learning and development, and human resources. Elad is a pioneer in the application of Hans Selye's Stress Theory to organizational behavior. Elad is the author of Managing Stress to Increase Productivity.

About Interaction Associates
Interaction Associates, Inc. is a leading global innovator in learning, leadership development, collaboration and performance improvement solutions for Fortune 1000 companies. The firm has offices in Cambridge, MA and San Francisco. For nearly 40 years, IA has helped clients focus on the people side of their business through leadership development, coaching, and performance improvement solutions.

This press release was distributed through eMediawire by Human Resources Marketer (HR Marketer: www.HRmarketer.com) on behalf of the company listed above.

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New article combined with ShirleyBOARD’s online community and free web-based tools help Caregivers find appropriate legal and financial advice.

Santa Cruz, CA (PRWEB) August 11, 2007 -- When caring for an aging loved one, financial and legal concerns are never easy to deal with. But having to deal with them or having to guess at your loved one’s desires during a medical emergency, especially when caring for them from a long distance away, is distressing and frustrating. That’s why it’s critical to take care of these things early on when your loved one is healthy and mentally competent.

The ShirleyBOARD (online community with tools and features to help those caring for aging loved ones stay organized and communicate with one another, has posted an article titled, " Organizing Legal and Financial Affairs for Your Loved One." The article is one of many tools that assist caregivers with finding advice about caring for their aging loved ones.

The article takes a look at various legal documents such as wills, durable healthcare power of attorney and financial power of attorney. The overview not only gives an idea of what each document is designed to accomplish, it provides a glimpse at the amount of responsibility and time commitment it takes to be a caregiver.

"By using the articles and tools available on ShirleyBOARD.com, I hope to provide caregivers a knowledge base and a sense of community that they can turn to when they have questions," said ShirelyBOARD.com’s founder Mark Willaman who created ShirleyBOARD to help him organize the responsibilities of caring for his aging mother. He added, "By interacting with a group that has similar issues, caregivers can walk away feeling inspired and rejuvenated."

While most legal documents can be drawn up by a lawyer for a few hundred dollars, do-it-yourself legal kits are available from a number of stores or online for much less. However, it is important to make sure the kit conforms to the legal requirements of the state your loved one lives in. In all cases, these documents must be prepared while your loved one is still legally competent and capable of making informed decisions.

About ShirleyBOARD.com
The ShirleyBoard is an online community for people caring for aging loved ones. Originally developed to help its founder with the responsibilities of caring for his aging mother diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2005, the free site allows caregivers to centrally store important information, keep a log of daily activities, and network with other caregivers.

The free site includes tools and features to help caregivers stay organized and communicate better. Some of the tools include: Photo Keeper for sharing photos; The PillBox to record prescription information, including names of medicines, dose sizes, etc; Document Keeper for uploading wills, power of attorney forms and other documents that you need to keep track of; and, Be a Peer/Find a Peer for users to search for fellow caregivers to get assistance or just connect to ask questions and share tips and stories.

This press release was distributed through eMediawire by Human Resources Marketer (HR Marketer: www.HRmarketer.com) on behalf of the company listed above.

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