Resilience and Opportunity: Lessons from the US Gulf Coast after Katrina and Rita
Since Katrina and the levee failures devastated New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in 2005, the world has witnessed catastrophic earthquakes in Haiti, China and New Zealand, floods in Pakistan, and the tsunami that struck Japan. Closer to home, tornados destroyed much of Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Joplin, Missouri. These large–scale disasters place new urgency on understanding the lessons learned post–Katrina. Dr. Allison Plyer, editor of “Resilience and Opportunity,” and several contributing scholars introduce this new book from Brookings Institution Press.
What features would you want from a lighting design?
Question by Ewen: What features would you want from a lighting design?
If you work in an office environment (or can imagine working in an office environment!), what would you want from the lighting that you use on a daily basis? This could be in the form of mechanical features, or simply what kind of artificial light source you want.
Please take time to answer this question. I would really like all your thoughts, even if you think they may sound stupid. Any input is valuable to me.
Cheers
Best answer:
Answer by hippy420
Dimmers are always a nice feature to have 🙂
Or you can go with those artificial sunlight lights. Those supposedly keep peoples moods a little more elevated…(which especially in a cubical setting could be a great thing)
Just no florescent lighting!!! That will drive people insane!
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Can Any commercial pet food be trusted? latest fda recall notice recalling some products from blue buffalo?
Question by darlin12009: Can Any commercial pet food be trusted? latest fda recall notice recalling some products from blue buffalo?
Blue Buffalo Recalls Can and Biscuit Products Due To Tampering By American Nutrition Inc.
Contact:
Consumer Inquiries:
1-800-919-2833
Media Inquiries:
David Petrie
1-203-762-9751
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Wilton, Connecticut, April 26, 2007- We at the Blue Buffalo Company have just learned that American Nutrition Inc. (ANI), the manufacturer of all our cans and biscuits, has been adding rice protein concentrate to our can formulas without our knowledge and without our approval. This is product tampering, and it apparently has been going on for some time. The can formulas that we developed, and trusted them to produce, never contained any rice protein concentrate. It appears that only an FDA investigation of ANI’s rice protein concentrate supplies forced them to reveal this product tampering to us.
While this activity by ANI is in itself unlawful, the situation is further clouded by the fact that ANI has been receiving rice protein concentrate from Wilber-Ellis, some of which the FDA has determined to be contaminated with melamine.
So while no BLUE or Spa Select canned product has tested positive for the presence of melamine, and there has been no reported illness due to any of our canned products, we simply cannot be sure of what ANI has been including in our formulas. For this reason, we have decided to remove all of our canned and biscuit products from retail distribution. While this may seem to many to be a major over-reaction, as other ANI customers will probably only recall the products that tested positive for melamine, we see this as a matter of integrity.
We founded Blue Buffalo on the principle of providing dogs and cats with the highest quality and most nutritious food, and we will not sell any product that doesn’t meet this standard. And under these circumstances, we cannot say that any products manufactured by ANI measure up.
The obvious question is “how could Blue Buffalo not know that ANI was putting rice protein concentrate into our canned food?” The answer is we trusted them. In business and in life, we all trust our partners to deal with us honestly. When we buy produce from our local grocery store, we are trusting growers, shippers and a series of handlers to have delivered a product that is safe and nutritious for our family. If any one of these parties betrays our trust, contaminated products can make their way to our dinner table.
And while we test for known toxins and contaminants, we don’t test for protein sources, like rice protein concentrate, especially when we did not formulate our products to contain them.
In the end, this all comes down to an issue of integrity, and ANI has not been honest with us and with the pet parents who buy our products. We will not put any product made by ANI on the shelf, and are temporarily withdrawing an important part of our business in order to be true to our pet parents.
We have already started the process of identifying a can and biscuit manufacturer with whom we can build a partnership based on trust. Once we have accomplished this, BLUE and Spa Select cans and BLUE Health Bars will be reintroduced with the high quality and superior nutrition that our brand stands for and that dogs and cats deserve.
We have informed our retail partners and the FDA about this action and will be cooperating with them to complete this recall quickly. The specific product involved includes all “BLUE” brand can dog foods, all “Spa Select” brand can cat foods and all “BLUE Health Bar” treats.
Consumers who have unused or partially used packages of any of these products should return them to their place of purchase for a complete refund.
All “BLUE” dry natural food for dogs and “Spa Select” dry natural foods for cats are not affected by this recall and are safe for consumption. Should consumers have a specific question, they can call the Company at 1-800-919-2833, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT, to receive more information.
Best answer:
Answer by Goldengal
So far Candiae is squeaky clean! Thats what I feed my dogs and I am so happy with it and so are my dogs.
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What features would you want from a lighting design?
Question by Ewen: What features would you want from a lighting design?
If you work in an office environment (or can imagine working in an office environment!), what would you want from the lighting that you use on a daily basis? This could be in the form of mechanical features, or simply what kind of artificial light source you want.
Please take time to answer this question. I would really like all your thoughts, even if you think they may sound stupid. Any input is valuable to me.
Cheers
Best answer:
Answer by hbhh
I would want a feature that you can install in the ceiling as well as a floor lamp.
For the ceilinh fixture i would also like some sort of fan that goes with it as well.. a dimmer would be perfect and in the light fixture it would be nice to have a glass fixture with different colors so that it is sort of opaque and when u turn the light on it isnt as bright but still bright enough so that you can see.
if you go to google and search floor lamps in images you will see a ton of interresting floor lamps
i was once watching hgtv design star and this one guy made a lamp that was made of a thin copper pipe that he bolted to a brick wall and just a simple regular light bulb screwed in at the top witout a lampshade i thought that was a very interresting idea
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Those of you who have requested a refund from the McNeil product recall website?
Question by ?Holly? Mama to Jaden and Rylee: Those of you who have requested a refund from the McNeil product recall website?
For the recent tylenol/motrin/bendadry/zyrtec recall. I sent my request last night. I had 2 bottles of infant tylenol, one bottle of children’s tylenol, and one bottle of children’s motrin. What happens now? They had to get my phone number and said something about calling me. Will they call me or just send the refund in the mail?
Tina-Me too. They are on my kitchen counter.
I didn’t have an option to have them *not* call me. My phone number was mandatory.
Best answer:
Answer by christy
I submitted mine over a week ago. I chose to be emailed instead of called, but no response yet. It would be nice if they gave a little bit more information. 🙂
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When will I get my payment for the AMO contact solution recall? Has anyone received a check from them?
Question by jbbrockman: When will I get my payment for the AMO contact solution recall? Has anyone received a check from them?
I mailed in several bottles of solution, and all of their paperwork back in early July, and no sign of the reimbursement. I love deadbeat companies that operate like this. They basically ignore you until you spend hours or days chasing the money before you get what is rightfully yours. Maybe they have a rebate company fulfilling the recalled product. After all, they make money when they don’t send it out.
Best answer:
Answer by Lori L O^O
Since it has been over 8 weeks, I would really consider calling them up. They might have had an overwhealming amount of mail over this and might be completey backlogged. Or, they might not be able to read your handwritting, or maybe they sentit and it got lost in the mail. AMO is a very reputable complany and i have never had any trouble with them. I would put in a call and talk to them and see what is up before I got my panties in a wad over it.
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how much money have US companies lost from product recalls from China?
Question by havanna j: how much money have US companies lost from product recalls from China?
Or does China pay the price? if they do, how much money in product is wasted anyways?
Best answer:
Answer by go china
Hey is the US company being cheap with the factory they built in China China it self has nothing to do with it. blame the greedy american companies not China.
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What are some of the product slogans/company slogans, jingles, and/or commercials you recall from years ago?
Question by sweetmamasam: What are some of the product slogans/company slogans, jingles, and/or commercials you recall from years ago?
If you want to name your favorite(s), they can be from past to present-day!
Best answer:
Answer by Ralph T
Burma Shave had verse signs along the road side.
L.S.M.F.T. – Lucky Strike (cigarettes) Means Fine Tobacco
The bell hop that yelled “Call for Phillip Morris” another cigarette commercial.
The jingle for “Mr. Clean”
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Scientists presents Proof of Intelligent Design ! Charles Darwin – Origin of Species – Evolution Disproved, Refuted by Biologists and Scientists from Cambridge, Chicago, Munich universities ! Creation proved by Scientists ! Part 3 / 7
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Considering our current retail product recall from China??
Question by JonB: Considering our current retail product recall from China??
Who is to blame, and why?
1) The corporations who import these products.
2)The government for not protecting us.
3)The consumer for demanding extremely low priced products, without concern or precaution for the products they purchase.
Best answer:
Answer by RT(R)
the corporations mostly..
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