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Posted in July 2nd, 2009

There is nothing more American than rooting for the underdog. We love to see the disadvantaged, the ill equipped, the young, the old, what ever and whoever do well and succeed. That is why the Susan Boyle video was so popular. ( She was the British frump singer of a few months back. See her video here.)

You may have missed her American counterpart Kevin Skinner, the unemployed chicken farmer from Kentucky. Here’s his five minute performance on “America’s Got Talent.”  See his video here or at youtube.

What Would Dad Say » Susan Boyle, Re Deux

safety culture plus Influenza and Pandemic by Steven Galeotti, ARM http://ow.ly/15GK34

Although it’s summertime and the fall flu season seems a long way off, now is the time to review your flu response guidelines and programs in the event of a major flu outbreak. While the potential for a flu pandemic has faded from the headlines, it is a relevant subject. As of July 1, 2009, The US has reported over 27,000 cases and 127 deaths to the World health Organization (http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_07_01a/en/index.html; Update 56).

Our guest blogger today is Steven Galeotti, ARM, Principal of SRM Consulting, sgaleotti@srmconsulting.net. Steve has over 32 years experience in risk management and risk control consulting with significant expertise in risk assessment and Enterprise Risk Management.  He has developed a methodology for assessing business risk in organizations.  He has made presentations to the National Association of College and University Business Officers, the Risk and Insurance Management Society and other national organizations.

A pandemic, simply stated, is a global outbreak of a disease. In the case of influenza (flu) a pandemic can be caused by the swine (H1N1) or the avian (H5N1) virus. Since 1900 there have been three flu pandemics - 1918-1919, 1957-1958 and 1968-1969 with worldwide deaths estimated at 50 million, 2 million and 700,000, respectively.