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Strengthening parliaments as institutions of governance
Parliaments are pillars of democratic governance, with a critical role in spurring and sustaining national action towards the Millennium Development Goals. They can be powerful agents of change, particularly during and after times of crisis.
Viable democracy and open society depend on effective lawmaking, oversight and representation — the three chief functions of parliaments. UNDP provides technical assistance to more than 60 parliaments around the world in their efforts to:
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This work is often carried out through inter-parliamentary networking, seeking solutions tailored to each country and culture. E-governance and ICT strategies support this networking, including Web-based resources such as iKNOW Politics and AGORA. For ten years, the UNDP Global Programme for Parliamentary Strengthening has been setting global standards and benchmarks, exchanging regional best practices and building capacity in selected countries.
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The third part of our 2013 driver profiles brings us to three men with much on their minds as they head into the new season. In all three cases it seems there are more questions than answers...
Lewis Hamilton: The Right Move?
Should Lewis have stayed in his comfort zone at McLaren, or should we applaud him for being brave enough to seek fresh pastures? To continue that metaphor, he's been in a pretty good paddock ever since he came into Formula 1 in 2007 so after six seasons maybe it is time to find out just how good he is.
Another question: was 2012 a step forward for Hamilton's new team, Mercedes, or a step back? They broke through with a maiden victory in their own right in Shanghai, but for various reasons, a lot of them to do with tyre use, they failed to build on that success.
Eventually they fell back to fifth in the Constructors' Championship, their lowest placing in their three seasons back. In the aftermath, Mercedes-Benz motorsport director Norbert Haug has already fallen on his sword so there will be change in the wings, so to speak, before Lewis arrives.
Still, Hamilton had another typically combative year in 2012. His speed was undiminished, as underlined by seven poles; he won four times, a tally bettered only by Vettel; and he was on the podium eight times.
When the news finally broke of his move in late September 2012, Hamilton said: "Together, we can grow and rise to this new challenge. I believe that I can help steer the Silver Arrows to the top and achieve our joint ambitions of winning the world championships."
All well and good, but how long will it take? Did the grass just seem greener on the other side?
Nico Rosberg: Time To Move On?
The question isn't meant to imply the 27-year-old German should leave his 'national' team: it's more a matter of lifting himself into the elite group of drivers whom we expect to win races, rather than resting on those Shanghai laurels.
It must be a worry to the 1982 World Champion's son that he failed to score a single point in the final six races of 2012 and slipped to ninth overall, two places lower than in each of the last three years.
After his Shanghai pole and victory, he made only one more trip to the podium, finishing second to a masterful Mark Webber in Monaco. He failed to set a single fastest race lap.
How much of that was down to the car Mercedes placed at his disposal, and how much to the driver? It's the old F1 conundrum, but Nico needs to ensure that any question-marks in 2013 do not hover over his head rather than the machinery.
Arriving in F1 in 2006, Rosberg now has 128 races under his belt but just that one win to show for all that competitive experience. He has all the Grand Prix driver's attributes: speed, urbane self-confidence, style.
He also has a blindingly quick teammate, one at the height of his powers rather than a Schumacher on the wane: comparisons could be odious.
Romain Grosjean: How Many Chances?
Lotus left it late, but one week before Christmas came the news that they had decided to retain Romain Grosjean's services for 2012 – despite what might be called an erratic first full season in Formula 1.
Let's look at the positive side of the ledger first: three podiums in Bahrain, Montreal and Budapest, a fastest race lap in Barcelona, and 96 points en route to eighth place in the Drivers' Championship.
On the other hand… how many of us will remember those figures and forget the spectacular impact the 26-year-old Swiss-born driver with French nationality made in other ways?
He was at the centre of the first-corner fracas in Monaco; later in the year he earned the wrath of Monaco winner Webber when he took the Aussie out at the second corner in Suzuka.
Most dramatic of all was his first-corner lunge at Spa-Francorchamps that sidelined Fernando Alonso's Ferrari and could have been far worse. It earned Grosjean a one-race ban, but his Japanese misdemeanour suggested he might be a slow learner.
After his brief encounter with F1 in 2009, 2012 was already a second chance for Romain. Can he grasp a third one in 2013 with a forgiving Lotus outfit? "I'm really looking forward to rewarding their faith when we take to the track in Australia," he said in December. "I learnt a lot in my first full season in Formula 1 and my aim is to put these lessons into practice with stronger and more consistent performance on track next year."


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Product DescriptionBecause of its unmatched performance in field-testing, the Stealth 2000 by Beavertail has been granted a seal of approval by the North American Hunting Club! This sneak boat is a 1-piece, roto-molded design made with 100% Custom Compounded polyethylene construction and features a twin-hull, catamaran style bottom. This provides them with exceptional balance and stability, even while floating in only 4-5 inches of water. The Stealth 2000 is also equipped with a cup/thermos holder, side storage, a non-skid floor, tie-down slots on each side, and handles on both ends for easy transport. This model also features a foam-filled inner layer, foam-padded dog platform, double interior gun racks and shell holders, 360°, cushion swivel seat with folding backrest, marine battery storage compartment underneath seat, and rear water-tight storage compartment. Overall dimensions: 12'L x 44"W x 15"D. Cockpit dimensions: 8'L x 36"W x 10"D. Weight: 120 lbs. Maximum weight capacity: 550 lbs. (includes motor, people, and gear).
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- Compact (3)
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- Waterproof (3)
- Heavy (3)
Best Uses
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- Solidly built
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- Heavy
Best Uses
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hunting
Comments about Beavertail Stealth 2000 Sneak Boat:
I bought this boat a little over a year ago primarily for duck hunting and fishing. It has been a good purchase and is worth the money. This boat has ample room for myself, my dog, my gear and even another man. I've even taken both my daughters fishing in it and even my wife and 2 daughters fishing. It was a little tight with 4 of us in there, but we did it.
The boat is very stable with the double runners - even to shoot out of - much more stable than a canoe or duck skiff. The boat is also built very solidly. There is ample room inside the boat plus plenty of storage space - especially with the second seat. My dog appreciates the dog pad up front, and the gun rack is also a nice addition. The motor mount works well, and the battery compartment under the seat works reasonably well. While the second seat and the motor mount were good additions, the dog ramp was a waste of money. The ramp solidly mounts on the front of the boat and rests on the dog pad when its not in the water?? Then it has to fill with water before you can use it. I returned the dog ramp and Gander Mountain was great with that.
There are a couple of downsides though. First, the boat is heavy and difficult to load on a vehicle and into the water. The boat also is not great in rough water, but I wouldn't expect any small boat to do well in rough water. Also, the boat does not steer very easily - I like the quote that it steers like a bathtub. Having said that, it can be maneuvered in tight spaces - especially with a kayak paddle.
The bottom line is that this is a very good duck hunting boat that also works well for fishing. The boat works well for small / back water and also on open lakes (with reasonable winds). I've even used it on a very fast moving river, but I wouldn't recommend this as a normal use.
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- Compact Design
- Deep interior depth
- Easily Comforts - Two
- Easy assembly
- Easy Storage
- Easy To Use
- Flat bottom
- Floats like a gem
- Front handle
- Good quality
- Great design
- Lots of Storage
- Safe
- Second chair works great
- Strong stable motor mount
- Waterproof
- Battery storage
- Can overturn
- Not good for heavy waters
- Plastic on bottom flimsy
- Two people operation
Best Uses
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Stream hunting
- Youth
Comments about Beavertail Stealth 2000 Sneak Boat:
This was a great purchase for me and the best part was very easy assembly! I am an avid duck hunt and fisherman and highly recommend this product.
Only cons are the flat bottom design just wish they used a thicker base, because of this the plastic is wavy. Also use caution in heavy current boat could overturn "Yes it happens".
Had to drill a hole for the battery cord (used washer and sealer) to the motor under the seat to keep it out of the way and dry.
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Best Uses
- Hunting
Comments about Beavertail Stealth 2000 Sneak Boat:
Bought a Stealth 2000,motor mount, additional seat at Gander 4 yrs ago. It has seen heavy use since purchased, 2-3 times a week during duck season.
Duck hunting on rivers
I cant sink this thing
my hunting buddy and I are Big guys, with waders on guns and gear push 550-600lbs add 2 big trolling motor batteries, trolling motor, and a small dog
we easily exceed max weight specs
(play at your on risk)
Comfort is good, could use more room in the front
gun racks are great, storage is plentiful.
boat is not to heavy.
Tough, have used this boat hard and showed it no mercy, and nothing but a few scrapes to show,
even the plastic bolts that hold the motor mount have held up well
Drives like a bathtub
its favorite direction moving down river is backwords
It wont sink but it will ROLL OVER
have fished my Beneli off the bottom more than once
Take Care in fast moving water
(again play at your on risk)
This boat is fantastic despite its flaws
if you looking for a small boat to hunt slow rivers and backwater this thing is hard to beat
- Good Waterproofing
- Rugged
- Does Not Track
- Hard To Steer
- Heavy
Best Uses
- Hunting
Comments about Beavertail Stealth 2000 Sneak Boat:
Great for hunting, easy to hide. Really heavy and hard to steer. Is not advertised weight. Terrible to fish out of, rather have a 12' Jon boat.
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- Compact Design
- Easy Storage
- Great Fly Fishing Boat
- Roomy
- Safe
- Super Stable
- Waterproof
- Flimsy
- Heavy
- Lacks Foam Filling
- Weak Wavy Bottom
Best Uses
- Fly fishing
- Hunting
Comments about Beavertail Stealth 2000 Sneak Boat:
I purchased this boat thinking that it had a foam filled hull. I see now that the wording is changed to say that it has some foam under the decking. The bottom of the boat is very weak and soft and could use some foam in the area. It still is a good boat for the money.
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- Eco-Labeling Programs & Rating Tools
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- Institutional Purchasing
- Mandatory Greener Product Initiatives
- Key Multi-Stakeholder Greener Product Initiatives
- Measurement & Evaluation
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Eco-Labeling Programs & Rating Tools
EPA product eco-labeling programs
- U.S. EPA Safer Choice
- U.S. EPA Smartway Vehicle Certification
- U.S. EPA WaterSense
- U.S. EPA Burnwise
Additional federal product eco-labeling programs
External, non-EPA, product eco-labels and standards addressing more than one major environmental issue
Please note that the EPA does not necessarily endorse these non-EPA eco-labeling programs and standards.
- BIFMA e-3 2008 standard for office furniture
- Ecologo program for many product categories .
- EPEAT tool for electronics products .
- FairTrade Certified for food and agricultural products .
- Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) for forestry and wood products .
- GreenGuard
- GreenSeal program for many product categories.
- NSF-140 Sustainable Carpet Assessment Standard (PDF) (Other building product standards under-development).
- Level label for office furniture.
- Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) for fisheries and seafood products.
- Rainforest Alliance for food and agricultural products.
- Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) for forestry and wood products.
Product eco-labeling program and standard finder tools
- Consumer Reports Greenerchoices
- Ecolabel Index
- Global Eco-Labeling Network
- International Trade Center's Standards Map
- NRDC Label Lookup
- SELECT™ Eco-Label Manager, BASF
Web-based tools for rating public health and environmental impacts of products
- CHPS Products Database, Collaboration for High Performance Schools
- GSA Sustainable Facilities Tool
- GoodGuide
- Household Products Database of the National Library of Medicine
- GreenSpec Product Guide BuildingGreen, Inc
- Pharos (Healthy Building Network)
Market Research
- Report, Responsible Purchasing Trends, 2010 (PDF) by the Responsible Purchasing Network (RPN)
- Report, LOHAS Market Size: U.S. Consumer Sales Soar to Close to $300 Billion (PDF) by the Natural Marketing Institute
- Report Going Green: An Examination of the Green Trend and What it Means to Consumers and the CE Industry by Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)
- Report, State of Green Business 2011 by GreenBiz Group
- Report, Finding the green in today's shoppers: Sustainability trends and new shopper insight (PDF) by Deloitte Consulting LLP
- Report, Capturing Shoppers with Effective In–Store Triggers: The "Green Scene" (PDF) by MillerZell
- Report, Green Technology Consumer by Forrester
- Report on green consumer behavior by the Gallop
- Report on market penetration of ENERGY STAR qualified products
Voluntary Standards
Background on Voluntary Standards
- Standards.gov
- National Institutes for Standards (NIST), ABC's of Standards Activities (PDF)
- National Institutes for Standards (NIST) Guide to Documentary Standards (PDF) (29 pp, 374K)
- National Institutes for Standards (NIST) on the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act
- National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act (NTTAA)
- Federal Use and Participation in the Development of Voluntary Consensus Standards, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-119
- ANSI (American National Standards Institute) — The U.S. national standards body, non-profit, that accredits standards developing organizations as able to develop voluntary standards in accord with ANSI Essential Requirements for consensus and due process. ANSI is the official US member to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
- ANSI Essential Requirements, Due process requirements for American National Standards (PDF)
- ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) — A non-governmental organization that develops international standards for materials, products, systems and services used in construction, manufacturing and transportation.
- ISO (International Standards Organization) — A non-governmental organization that develops and publishes international standards, bridging the public and private sectors. ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 162 countries.
Standards for Life-cycle assessment of Products
- ISO 14040: 2006 Environmental management — Life-cycle assessment — Principles and framework
- ISO 14041: 1998 Environmental Management — Life-cycle assessment — Goal and Scope Definition and Inventory Analysis
- ISO 14042: 2000 Environmental Management — Life-cycle assessment — Life-Cycle Impact Assessment
- ISO 14044: 2006 Environmental management — Life-cycle assessment — Requirements and guidelines
- ISO 14043: 2000 Environmental Management — Life-cycle assessment — Life Cycle Interpretation
- ISO 14048 Environmental Management — Life-cycle assessment — life-cycle assessment Data Documentation Format
- ISO 14049: 2000 Environmental Management — Life-cycle assessment — Examples of Application of ISO 14041 to Goal and Scope Definition and Inventory Analysis
American National Standards for the environmental sustainability of products (Standards developed using ANSI-accredited process) (PDF)
- BIFMA e-3 standard for office furniture
- EPEAT / IEEE 1680 Family of Standards for Environmental Assessment of Electronic Products (Personal Computer Products, Imaging Equipment, and Television Standards)
- NSF International Sustainable Product and Service Certifications (Products & Services, Green Chemistry, Organic Certification, Water & Wastewater, etc.)
Standards under development by ANSI-accredited organizations (being developed with intent of becoming American National Standards (PDF)). Visit these Standard Developer's websites for examples.
- AHAM/UL-E Appliance Standard
- BSR/NSF 357-200x standard for Cleaning Products Formulated for the Environment. Coming soon.
- BSR/NSF/GCI 355-200x standard for Green Chemicals (PDF) (2 pp, 187K)
- EcoLogo Program Standards In Development or Revision
- EPEAT / IEEE 1680 Family of Standards for Environmental Assessment of Electronic Products
- GREENGUARD Environmental Institute Draft Standards
- NSF International Sustainable Product and Service Certifications(Products & Services, Green Chemistry, Organic Certification, Water & Wastewater, etc.)
- UL-Environment Sustainable Product Certifications (Building Products and Materials, Raw Materials, Lighting, Plastics, etc.)
- ASTM Standards Under Development or Review
Standards—Other publications supporting the development and use of product sustainability standards, labeling and declarations
- ANSI Workshop Toward Product Standards for Sustainability
- ISO Guide 64, Guide for addressing environmental issues in product standards
- ASTM Construction Standards: Supporting the Building Industry (PDF)
- ASTM WK23356 - New Specification for Product Category Rules for Use in Development of Environmental Declarations for Building Products and Systems
- ISEAL Standard-Setting Code
- ISO 14020 Second edition 2000-09-15 Environmental labels and declarations General principles
- ISO 14021 First edition 1999-09-15 Environmental labels and declarations Self-declared environmental claims (Type II environmental labelling)
- ISO 14024 First edition 1999-04-01 Environmental labels and declarations Type I environmental labelling Principles and procedures
- ISO 14025 First edition 2006-07-01 Environmental labels and declarations Type III environmental declarations Principles and procedures
- ISO 21930:2007 standard for Sustainability in building construction -- Environmental declaration of building products
- ISO/IEC 24700:2005 standard for Quality and performance of office equipment that contains reused components (PDF)
Claims & Verification
Environmental or "green" claims and "greenwashing."
- Current Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Guide for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims
- Planned update to the FTC Green Guides
- National Advertising Division
- National Advertising Review Council
- Greenwashing Index (University of Oregon- Forum on green marketing claims)
- Report, The Greenwash Guide, by Futerra Sustainability Communications (PDF)
- Report, Understanding and Preventing Greenwashing by the Business for Social Responsibility (PDF) - A business guide to understanding and preventing greenwash.
Verification of claims for environmental sustainability of products
- NIST resources on conformity assessment
- Article, Making the Confidence Connection, Conformity Assessment System Design
- Publication National Conformity Assessment Principles for the United States by ANSI (PDF)
- IAF (International Accreditation Forum)
- ILAC (International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation)
- ISO resources on conformity assessment
- ISO/IEC 17011:2004 Conformity assessment -- General requirements for accreditation bodies accrediting conformity assessment bodies
- ISO/IEC 17021:2006 Conformity assessment -- Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems
- ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
- ISO/IEC Guide 65:1996 General requirements for bodies operating product certification systems
- ANSI Product Certification Accreditation
Institutional Purchasing
Federal purchasing of greener products
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report: Environmental Considerations in Federal Procurement: An Overview of the Legal Authorities and Their Implementation (PDF) (27 pp, 316K)
- Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report: Green Procurement: An Overview of Issues for Congress (PDF)
- EPA Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) Program
- EPA Federal Electronics Challenge (FEC) Program
- EPA report, State and Local Government Pioneers How State and Local Governments Are Implementing Environmentally Purchasing Practices (PDF)
- ENERGY STAR Federal Purchasing
- EO 13514 Section 13 Working Group
- Federal Energy Management Program Energy Efficient Product Procurement, Department of Energy
- Federal "Green" Executive Order 13514 (PDF)
- Green Products Compilation Module, General Services Administration
- Sustainable Facilities Tool, General Services Administration
- White House Office of the Federal Environmental Executive
Other sources for institutional purchasing of more environmentally sustainable products
- Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating SystemTM (STARS)
- EU report, Green Public Procurement in Europe (PDF)
- Green Cleaning Network
- International Green Purchasing Network (IGPN)
- Japanese Ministry of the Environment, report, Establishing a sound material-cycle society Milestone toward a sound material-cycle society through changes in business and life styles (PDF)
- National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) Green Purchasing Guide
- National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP)
- Portland, Oregon sustainable procurement program
- Responsible Purchasing Network (RPN)
- Responsible Purchasing Trends report, 2010 (PDF) by the Responsible Purchasing Network (RPN)
- SF Approved Program
- Western States Contracting Alliance
Mandatory Greener Product Initiatives
Mandatory eco-labeling
- U.S. EPA, Vehicle Fuel Economy Label
- U.S. EPA Pesticide Labeling. Additional information on pesticide labeling can be found through
- U.S. EPA Pesticide Product Label System
- U.S. EPA Pesticide Label Review Manual
- U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Guide Label
Mandatory standards
Tax and other financial incentives
- Greener vehicle tax incentives. More information is also available through the U.S. Department of Energy.
- Rebates for ENERGY STAR products
Public Health & Environmental Impact of Products
- EPA report, Sustainable Materials Management, The Road Ahead (PDF)
- EPA website on Sustainable Materials Management
- EPA report Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Materials and Land Management Practices September 2009 (PDF)
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Household Products Database
Key Multi-Stakeholder Greener Product Initiatives
- Eco Index
- Field to Market
- Keystone Center's Green Products Roundtable (PDF)
- Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops
- The Sustainability Consortium (TSC)
- Sustainable Apparel Coalition
Measurement & Evaluation
Life-cycle analysis/assessment (LCA) of environmental sustainability of products
- EPA Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) Research
- EPA Region 10 Webinars on Life-cycle assessment and Environmental Product Declarations
- LCA Resources
- ISO 14040:2006 Environmental management -- Life-cycle assessment -- Principles and framework
- ISO 14044:2006 Environmental management -- Life-cycle assessment -- Requirements and guidelines
Tools for assessing cleaner ingredients in products
- CleanGredients is an online database of cleaning product ingredients that meet EPA Safer Choice criteria.
Measuring the performance of and evaluating product sustainability initiatives
Results achieved by voluntary product sustainability programs
- USDA Economic Research Service. Organic Production Data Sets. Retrieved February 25, 2008 from http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/Organic/
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service (2002) Recent Growth Patterns in the U.S. Organic Foods Market . Retrieved February 25, 2008.
- Mitchell, Lorraine, Dolphin-Safe Tuna Labeling (PDF) . Retrieved February 25, 2008.
- Annual Reports of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission . Retrieved February 25, 2008. -->
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- EU Appliance Label Consumers, business and climate change from the Sustainable Consumption Institute at The University of Manchester.
- Marine Resources Assessment Group, et. al. (2006) Environmental benefits resulting from certification against MSC's Principles & Criteria for Sustainable Fishing (PDF) Retrieved February 25, 2008.
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- Webber, C. A., Brown, R. E., McWhinney, M., and Koomey, J. (2002) "Status Report Savings Estimates for the ENERGY STAR® Voluntary Labeling Program ." Retrieved February 25, 2008.
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- Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (2006). "Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance Change A Light, Change The World 2005 Campaign Summary Report, Results and Lessons Learned (PDF) ." Retrieved February 25, 2008.
- See figure "The impact of the EU Appliance Label (A++ to G) on the market of cold appliances in EU-25 (PDF) " in Consumers, business and climate change from the Sustainable Consumption Institute at The University of Manchester.
- Resources for the Future (RFF) March 2010 DP 10-17 The Evidence Base for Environmental and Socioeconomic Impacts of "Sustainable" Certification by Allen Blackman and Jorge Rivera Discussion Paper.
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National Academy of Science reports related to Greener Products
- Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities: Strategies and Approaches for Transformational Change: A Workshop Report
- Certifiably Sustainable?: The Role of Third-Party Certification Systems: Report of a Workshop
- Sustainability and the U.S. EPA
Resource for Finding International Product Eco-Labeling Programs
Voluntary Eco-Labeling
- Blue Angel eco-labeling program of Germany
- Ecologo eco-labeling program of the Canadian Government
- Eco Mark of Japan
- Flower eco-labeling program of the European Union
- Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN)
- Good Environmental Choice of Australia
- Environmental Choice of New Zealand
- Green Mark program of Chinese Taipei
- Hong Kong Green Label
- Nordic Swan eco-labeling program
- TCO Certified of Sweden
Reports on Eco-Labeling and Green Product Procurement
- The Direct and Indirect Benefits of the European Ecolabel – Final Report for DG Environment at the European Commission (PDF)
- Canadian Policy on Green Procurement
- Green Public Procurement and the European Ecolabel Toolkit developed for the European Commission by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, 2008 (PDF)
- Development and Implementation of Marketing Actions for the European eco-label in Belgium prepared for the European Commission – DG Environment (PDF)
- Japanese Ministry of the Environment, report, Establishing a sound material-cycle society Milestone toward a sound material-cycle society through changes in business and life styles (PDF)
- EU report, Green Public Procurement in Europe (PDF)
Mandatory Eco-Labeling
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Mandatory standards
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- See figure "The impact of the EU Appliance Label (A++ to G) on the market of cold appliances in EU-25" in Consumers, business and climate change from the Sustainable Consumption Institute at The University of Manchester
Federal Initiatives
Statements by senior federal government officials on product sustainability
- President Obama signs an Executive Order Focused on Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance
- EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, Remarks at the National Press Club, As Prepared 03/08/2010
- GSA Administrator Martha Johnson on goal of Zero Environmental Footprint


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- Housewife Savant said...
I have Vista, which is of-the-devil.
What my computer does is [whack!] not a good indicator of the norm at all.
- July 3, 2009 at 8:11 AM
- Joanne said...
Ahhh when I try to load you on my husband's computer (with Vista) its a no go. So I might have troubles when I actually connect to my Vista driven computer (this weekend I think). No problems at work -- thank goodness.
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- DianaR said...
I don't have problems...sometimes a tiny bit slow when there are lots of pictures - but always worth it!!
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I don't have a problem. But my computer connection is pretty fast.
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I'm not having any problems either. I use Safari & it loads up really quick.
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I had trouble a while back....but then, I had trouble with my own....what's wrong with that picture!!! I fixed it by adding you to my list of safe sights...cause I can't miss my daily fix of family nuts.
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Hi Lori !
I don't have problems with your blog but I have about 6 people that I always have problems with..I have to load and re-load several times to get in....such a pain..but, you are o.k. on
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Project Feasibility Proposal document sample
Feasibility Study WBS Dictionary # WBS Dictionary Del Name & # Dur. Est. Critically Skill Depend 1.0 Phase Initiate – Obtaining agreement on the business N/A requirement and charting the project. 1.1 Activity Develop the Business Requirement – Establish a common N/A understanding of the base requirements that are to be addressed by the project. 1.1.1 Task Create the Product Description – define, scope, and give context to the product & Product Description PM services that the project will be chartered to develop, deliver, and support. 1.1.2 Task Prepare and Review the Product description – depending on audience Project Proposal, Document Approval preference, summarizes the content of the product description into an executive summary and deliver it or prepare and conduct a review of the product description. Obtain approval to charter a project that will assign initial planning resources to develop the project plan. 1.2 Activity Charter the Project – Obtain the commitment and agreement N/A between the sponsor and project team indicating how the project will be conducted and who needs to be involved. 1.2.1 Task Create the Project Charter – define the mission, authority, and level of project Project Charter PM planning and controls necessary for the project, and indicate the personnel or groups expected to be involved in the project. Assign the project manager, sponsor, and any required resources to complete the overall project planning. 220.127.116.11 MilestoneProject Proposal Approved by N/A PM 2. Phase Plan – Creation and approval of the core work plan and facilitating N/A plans which will guide project execution and control. 2.1 Activity Develop the Core Work Plan (CWP) – The development of the work N/A scope, supporting schedule, budget, and project organization that focuses and guides the project work effort. 2.1.1 Task Develop the Scope Statement – Develop the scope statement with the customer CWP – Scope Statement PM that indicates an agreement on work scope, project objectives and measurements, hi-level deliverables, assumptions, and completion criteria. dd0c5df6-7023-4050-8a7b-487d6fc9be87.xls 1 Feasibility Study WBS Dictionary # WBS Dictionary Del Name & # Dur. Est. Critically Skill Depend 2.1.2 Task Develop the WBS – Define the work Activities, sequencing, effort estimates, and CWP – WBS PM deliverables. Indicate the type of resource(people, equipment, materials, facilities) needed to complete the work activities. Review and obtain agreement of the WBS work activities with the customer, sponsor, and management of other groups expected to support the project. 2.1.3 Task Develop the Project Schedule – Develop approximate cost estimates of all the CWP – Schedule and Budget Projection PM types of resources. Build a project schedule from the WBS and cost estimates. Produce a time-phased cost budget from the schedule. 2.1.4 Task (Note) On large projects a feasibility study maybe a major phase prior to detailed CWP – Feasibility and Recommendations planning. On very small or maintenance project the feasibility may be limited to cost/benefit assumption and recommendations. This project is considered a small project. Determine the Project Feasibility and Recommendation – Approximate and define the life span of the product or service being delivered. Approximate and define a dollar value for soft and hard benefits and any cost reduction or avoidance that may be the result of the product or service delivery. Chart or summarize the information and provide a recommendation 2.1.5 Task Organize Project & Staff Acquisition – provide an overall framework to describe CWP – Organization PM the roles, responsibilities and membership of the Project. Obtain the staff needed for the core team and staff need from other groups in the organization that will be cross- committed to the project. Obtain from management commitment of all non- contracted personnel. (Note– any contracted staff is acquired via the contract activity, however none are planned for this project.) 2.2 Activity Develop the Facilitating Plans for Controls (FPC) – The plans for N/A ongoing work required to ensure that the project can anticipate possible problems, solve, and make coordinated work plan adjustments. 2.2.1 Task Risk Management – Determine which risks are likely to affect the project, FPC – Risk Id and Mgmt evaluate potential risk outcomes and indicators, define plan to respond to key risks indicators. 2.2.2 Task Change Management – Outline a simple change management process to FPC – Chg Mgmt coordinate approved changes in the project plan. dd0c5df6-7023-4050-8a7b-487d6fc9be87.xls 2 Feasibility Study WBS Dictionary # WBS Dictionary Del Name & # Dur. Est. Critically Skill Depend 2.2.3 Task Project Standards, Approval, And Document Controls – Define and setup the FPC – Stds, Apvls, Cntls documentation standards, document storage locations, project notebook, document approval and promotion process, and securities. 2.2.4 Task Communication Plan and Management – Outline a plan that identifies "who" FPC – Comm. Plan & Mgmt needs "what" communications, in "what" media, "how" often and by "whom". 2.2.5 Task Status Reporting – Define how status will be reported, by whom, how often, and in FPC – Status Rptg what formats and media. 2.2.6 Task Procurements & Contracting – Determine what to procure and when, document FPC – Proc. & Cntrkg requirements and identify potential sources. 2.2.7 Task Quality Assurance – Identify the project's relevant quality standards and determine FPC- QA how to satisfy them. 2.2.8 Task Time Tracking – Determine what level to track time at, how time will be tracked, FPC – Time Tracking how frequently, and administer the time tracking activities. 2.2.9 Task Issue and Decision Management – Determine process for raising and resolving FPC – Iss. & Decision Mgmt project issues that impact the scope, schedule, cost or quality of the project. 2.3 Activity Develop the Project Plan – Integrating the results of the other N/A planning activities into a coherent document to guide the project execution and control. 2.3.1 Task Plan Integration – Summarize and incorporate the outputs of the planning Project Plan activities into a single reference document – the <project name> Project Plan. The plan is the reference document for work to be performed by all involved in the project and must be made easily accessible to all in electronic format. 2.3.2 Task Plan Presentation and Review – Distribute, review and obtain approval of the Presentation, & Document Approval project plan from the project directing authoritie(s) and managers who have staff assigned to the project. 220.127.116.11 MilestonePlan and Schedule Approved by N/A 0 PM 3.0 Phase Executing N/A Note: The feasibility study may be a project by itself. Its results provide the basis for determining whether a project should be chartered to deliver the product or service solution. Exceptions to this rule may occur when management has determined that dd0c5df6-7023-4050-8a7b-487d6fc9be87.xls 3 Feasibility Study WBS Dictionary # WBS Dictionary Del Name & # Dur. Est. Critically Skill Depend Note: The degree of detail required will vary from project to project. It should be The following when the feasibility deliverables is chartered. decided upon activities, tasks and study project should be reviewed for each project on a case-by-case basis. Projects may utilize this model and adapt or tailor to the specific needs of the project. This means that not all activities and tasks are 3.1 Activity Phase for every project, Study necessary - Feasibility and that additional activities and tasks may need to be N/A 3.1.1 Task Define Mission Statement Product Description 188.8.131.52 Subtask Review the projects product description and confirm the principal business N/A objectives of the proposed project. 188.8.131.52 Subtask Obtain agreement on the level of detail required for study, expectations for N/A feasibility report format, formulas, and criteria to be used. 188.8.131.52 Subtask Determine if the project must follow the DAS requirements for cost benefit N/A analysis and reporting formats. 3.1.2 Task Define Study Boundary N/A 220.127.116.11 Subtask Identify the business area(s) that are to be studied. Context Diagram 188.8.131.52 Subtask Identify critical business issues. Major Functions 22.214.171.124 Subtask Identify business functions. Critical Business Issues 126.96.36.199 Subtask Identify the data subjects that are relevant to the business area. Existing Entity Relationship Diagram 188.8.131.52 Subtask Identify sources and recipients of data. Existing data dictionary 3.1.3 Task Identify Key Participants N/A 22.214.171.124 Subtask Identify users, sponsors, responsible application development managers, List of participants managers from other technology areas (e.g., computer operations), and vendors. 3.1.4 Task Research & Analyze Existing Systems N/A 220.127.116.11 Subtask Evaluate the existing system(s) to determine strengths and weaknesses. *Description of existing system(s) *Business function/ system matrix 3.1.5 Task Determine the Impact on Existing Systems Development N/A 18.104.22.168 Subtask Identify which existing development efforts are affecting the area under study. Statement of impact on existing efforts 3.1.6 Task Define Hi-Level Business Requirements N/A 126.96.36.199 Subtask Define data requirements by extending the model started in Activity 3.1.2 to Data Dictionary (data element descriptions for include data element and data flow definitions. identified attributes, data flow definitions, and data entity definitions) dd0c5df6-7023-4050-8a7b-487d6fc9be87.xls 4 Feasibility Study WBS Dictionary # WBS Dictionary Del Name & # Dur. Est. Critically Skill Depend 184.108.40.206 Subtask Define business functions (extend the definition of functions identified in Activity Function hierarchy diagram or an equivalent 3.1.2 above) and their inputs and outputs. representation of the business functions 220.127.116.11 Subtask Define constraints (delivery time/target dates, volumes and frequency of use, *Data Flow diagrams (if needed) budget restrictions, technological limitations, etc.). Note: The results of this activity should be used in the development project(s) if *Function Descriptions they are authorized. *Statement of constraints and assumptions 3.1.7 Task Recommend Systems Solution N/A 184.108.40.206 Subtask Identify design alternatives; including acquisition options (this requires high-level Design alternative descriptions designs and investigation of acquisition options) with the major functional areas of OIS, i.e. CRM, NDS, ISE, T&S, PMO. 184.108.40.206 Subtask Determine cost and benefit estimates for each alternative. Cost/Benefits Analysis 126.96.36.199 Subtask Identify, justify and seek an agreement decision with OIS cross-sections for a Recommendation and rationale (a section of the preferred alternative. Feasibility Report) 3.1.8 Task Describe Development Strategy N/A 18.104.22.168 Subtask Identify product delivery phases. Development strategy description (choice of the lifecycle model(s) to be used to implement the solution(s)) 220.127.116.11 Subtask Describe the development approach (e.g., package acquisition, rapid application N/A development, traditional development, enhancement of existing systems, etc.). 126.96.36.199 Subtask Prepare an initial (high-level) project plan, including an activity list, statement of N/A resource requirements, estimate, and schedule. 3.1.9 Task Prepare and submit Feasibility Report N/A 184.108.40.206 Subtask Document findings in a report to the Steering Committee and/or Executive Staff Feasibility Report and/or ISSC. 3.2 <Activity Title, i.e Requirements Analysis> – <activity description>. N/A Activity 3.2.1. Task <Task title> – Task Description N/A 184.108.40.206 <Milestone Title> N/A 0 Milestone dd0c5df6-7023-4050-8a7b-487d6fc9be87.xls 5 Feasibility Study WBS Dictionary # WBS Dictionary Del Name & # Dur. Est. Critically Skill Depend 3.3 <Activity Title, i.e Design> – <activity description> N/A Activity 3.3.1 Task <Task title> – Task Description N/A 18.104.22.168 <Milestone Title> N/A Milestone 3.4 <Activity Title, i.e Construct> – <activity description> N/A Activity 3.4.1 Task <Task title> – Task Description N/A 126.96.36.199 <Milestone Title> N/A Milestone 3.5 <Activity Title, i.e Test> – <activity description> N/A Activity 3.5.1. Task <Task title> – Task Description N/A 188.8.131.52. <Milestone Title> N/A Milestone 3.5. <Activity Title, i.e Implement> – <activity description> N/A Activity 35.1. Task <Task title> – Task Description N/A 188.8.131.52. <Milestone Title> N/A Milestone 4.0 Phase Controls – Administer and manage work controls to N/A ensure project performance. 4.1 Activity Project Procedures and Controls – N/A 4.1.1 Task Risk Management – Manage risks by responding to identified risk indicators as FPC – Risk Id and Mgmt they occur. dd0c5df6-7023-4050-8a7b-487d6fc9be87.xls 6 Feasibility Study WBS Dictionary # WBS Dictionary Del Name & # Dur. Est. Critically Skill Depend 4.1.2 Task Change Management – Identify, plan, and conduct ongoing change control of the FPC – Chg Mgmt project. 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I'm tired of the smoke from my welding practice getting all over everything in my garage (not to mention my lungs!). I try to keep the garage door open about a foot or two and use a little fan but the smoke still gets all over everything and my feet get kinda cold on those really cold days.
The fume extractors Ive seen online are pretty expensive and their cfms are not all that good for the money. I've been checking Craigslist for one for a while with no luck so I decided to build my own fume extractor today.
I used 3 50cfm bathroom fans for a total of 150cfm. I bought the cheapest ones I could find - $13.97 each at Home Depot. I wired them in series and installed an on/off switch. I made a manifold to vent them all together and used a 4" enlarger/reducer for the exhaust (the fans have 3 inch outlets). I made a bracket to attach the unit to my Stronghand Tools Nomad welding table. I made the bracket removable so I could detach it whenever I want to. The whole project cost me $93 + tax. I did some stick and flux-core welding today for about 2 hrs. and it worked great better than I had hoped. What a pleasure it is to weld without all that smoke!
I havent decided whether or not to put a filter on it. I exhausted it outside today and it was no problem at all, but if I filtered it, I should be able to keep the garage door closed in the winter and not have to worry about the fumes.
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Nice work, (as an other forum user says "necessity is mother of invention") but i doubt that will work if you add filter, it wil cause a major restriction to your air flow.
You might also want (well maybe not) make a hole in your garage door to add some kind of dryer type exhaust cover... Keeping the door slightly open is not an option.
I also plan to try to reduce smoke in my shop and the use of a plasma cutting unit makes me think harder, plasma is really messy...
My choice for fans tend on radial blowers like that: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...D4VUGEOLGPVHY3
but it is way noisier than yours and these specs are erratic saying 914 cfm, it's probably 350-400. might be enough to go thru charcoal filtering...not really sure.
I wonder if it is cheaper to vent outside or maintain filters ? My shop is an industrial area, so noise and dust in reasonable proportions will not affect neighborhood.
I hope other members will share their genius and experiences..;o)
Thanks for the comments. I don't think I can justify a hole in the garage door, but I did think about cutting one in the outside wall though.
That Harbor Freight Mini Dust Collector actually looks pretty good. 914cfm is quite a bit if that's accurate. I think it might be a little too much for my needs. The price is right though. I think that a high cfm unit is somewhat unnecessary for light to medium welding. It really doesn't take much to pull the smoke away from the workpiece. For some heavy duty work, you would need a high cfm machine. I wonder how that would work with Mig. Would it pull the gas from the weld?
I'm going to experiment with some different furnace filters and such just to see how restrictive a filter would be. When I was testing it today, most of the smoke seemed to be pulled through the center fan so I'm going to turn the 2 outside fans off and see how running only 1 works. Then I'll take a look at running 2. I'm wondering how just one 120cfm unit would work.
Homer what do you expect to catch with furnace filters other than solid contaminants, i think smoke will go thru with no effect, i know for sure that for paint shops it let the solvent odors thru. Non ducted kitchen fans may have some activated charcoal filters... could that work?
I agree with you 914 cfm is too much and i will bet it can not achieve 914. they use these type of fans on welding smoke extraction arm like plymovent very very performant and high output, does not affect mig gases when used properly but...noisy and takes all your heat out...
Every time i turn fan off... such a releif when it stops, i realise how irritating it was , that's why i like your system the, quietness.
edit: i was assuming you will use the fibre type of filters, if so it might be safer to make a falmmability test before...;o))
Some good points there. The filter system may not be as simple as I originally thought. I had a small powder coating business for about 7 years and our powder/paint booth had a series of internal filters in a plenum and a hepa filter system on the top and that worked really well, but it wasn't cheap so I'm guessing that I'm kinda stuck where I am. I was hoping at the very least to be able to keep the fans clean by trapping what I could in front of them. I noticed that after I was finished welding that the center fan had caught quite a bit of soot on the outside of the grille. The inside didn't seem to bad, but I vacuumed it out anyway. Probably a good idea to do that every time I use it since I have the GUV vacuum system in my garage.
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Great idea, I've got a foam insulated shop its extremely air tight. When I stick weld it covers the place with smoke. I've been looking a vent fans but I didn't want to cut a big square hole in my shop. And sticking a fan at the window just don't work. I think if I put one of these in the middle, 1 above my welding table and 1 above where I got my plasma cutter and vent them all to the same place outside the shope it will work. Thanks for the cheap idea!
Glad you found it useful. My garage is usually cleaner than the house and all that smoke has been killing me...literally!
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good idea now im thinking about building one. i probably will use one of thease though
http://www.harborfreight.com/8-inch-...tor-97762.html HF also offers a yellow collapsible tube for it to. i like the dryer vent idea to
That looks like it should work nicely. The only detriment that I can see from the reviews is the db levels. You could build a stand for it and you'd be all set. Thanks...
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Hi all,
I'm not sure if this is a right place to post this new topic, but... Anyway, my problem is raw data to BVH conversion. Please, help!!! I'm stuck with this boring problem for weeks now
Here is what my problem is and what I've tried so far...
I have raw data that has 320 values in each frame (there are ~50,000 frames, but when I make one work, the rest will follow ^__^). These 320 are actually 20x16 (=320) values, so each body joint (20 of them) has 16 values to it (joint_ID, global_pos_X, global_pos_Y, global_pos_Z, angle_X, angle_Y, angle_Z, rotation_mat00, rotation_mat01, rotation_mat02, rotation_mat10, rotation_mat11, rotation_mat12, rotation_mat20, rotation_mat21, rotation_mat22). So, there are global position in X, Y, and Z axes, three angles, and nine values for rotation matrix... for each of the 20 joints.
Now, those three angles had not been recorded correctly (during the recording), so they are useless, but that shouldn't be a problem, because I have position and rotation matrix for each joint in each frame. But as you probably know, for BVH I need to calculate some stupid Zrotation, Xrotation, Yrotation values, which are Euler angles.
During that rotation matrix ---> Euler angles conversion, something goes horribly wrong and when I copy those values to my empty BVH and run it with BVHacker or BVHViewer, it's very very bad. The skeleton is connected right (I know that because when I apply "0" for all rotations, it looks good), but it seems that those Euler angles are not correct
Can somebody please tell me what is the easiest and most straightforward way to calculate those Zrotation, Xrotation, Yrotation values in BVH? Also, why is the rotation order in BVH Z,X,Y (I mean, is ZXY used, or is that XYZ with switched values... and does it even meter?) and is it possible to change it to XYZ by manually editing a BVH file? Is it somehow possible to avoid rotations and just use global or local positions in BVH?
Anyway, I'm a bit confused, as you can see
If somebody had a similar problem with BVH, please help!
Thanks!!! ^____^
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Re: raw data ---> BVH
... so, just to make my self clear, it's kind of a motion capture problem. What I have is bunch of .txt files (320 values per frame) and I need to calculate those BVH fields/values via MATLAB. But, my problem is not in MATLAB, rather in calculating Euler angles from rotation matrix, global to local coordinates conversion, changing XYZ to ZXY orientation etc. So, if anyone have ever had a similar BVH problem, please help Thanks...
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Marcia Fuchs thought she was invincible in 1975, skipping school, getting high, living for rock 'n' roll and her boyfriend.
On Dec. 7 of that year, just a couple of days shy of her 16th birthday, she made a decision that almost cost her life and irrevocably changed it.
Now 53, Fuchs sits in a wheelchair. She spends most days at the Spring Dell Center in La Plata. Her speech is thick and slow. She needs help to eat her lunch.
"[T]hat night my friends and I were going to my 16th birthday party given by Becky, my girlfriend from school, and my boyfriend picked me up about 6 p.m., and we left and started on our way," she said in an interview by a Spring Dell staffer for a center project. "We started drinking beer and drugging (acid and marijuana) 'til about 2 a.m."
She was in the backseat of the car on her way home. The driver was drunk and high, as well. He ran a stop sign at the intersection of routes 6 and 425, straight into the path of another car, and Fuchs' life blew up.
"I was stupid and foolish, and all I wanted to do was be with my boyfriend," she told a reporter in the clerical room at Spring Dell on a recent afternoon while other folks who receive Spring Dell services worked on projects. "I was in a coma for 2½ months. ... Ever since the accident, I've used a wheelchair. My left arm is fine, but my right arm is slow. I had a brain stem injury that affected my motor skills."
She nearly died.
"My mother said I stopped breathing twice in the helicopter," she told the Spring Dell staffer. "They cut my clothes off. I was mad because they cut my favorite jeans off. They were my hiphuggers."
"She doesn't really remember much about the accident," Fuchs' sister Dottie Kreeger said in a telephone interview. "It's probably for the best. She had a horrible brain stem injury ... and was in a coma in Shock Trauma [at University Hospital in Baltimore] for several months. She had to learn everything all over again, even how to swallow."
In a way, she was lucky. A 16-year-old boy, Tommy Lee Swann of Indian Head, died in the wreck.
"Tommy ... flew out of the car through the windshield and was killed instantly. Back then nobody wore seatbelts," Fuchs told the Spring Dell staffer.
Ironically, if her mother had been a little more stern, she would not have been in the accident.
"I was on restriction at home [the night of the party]. I begged my mother to let me go out to my own birthday party my friend was giving for me," she told a reporter. "She didn't know. I didn't know [what was going to happen to her]."
Apparently, that sort of willfulness was a big part of Fuchs' personality before the accident.
"She could be the devil when she wanted to," Kreeger said. "She was spoiled of course, being the baby. We stayed [at their parents' house] when we came back from Hawaii. My husband was in the Navy. She'd stay with my kids and tease them, make them cry. She was kind of in a wild crowd, what was wild then. Pot was more accepted then. It was rampant."
After the accident, the ordeal was just beginning. Fuchs was so severely injured that the outcome was in doubt for days.
"She was teetering back and forth between life and death," Kreeger said. The family was kept from seeing her. Only her priest was allowed in the room, to administer the sacrament of anointing the sick, commonly known as the last rites.
"It was a big shock when we saw her," Kreeger said. "She was a pretty girl. She had real long, dark hair. ... Her head was shaved, her eyes were real swollen ... she had tubes all over her. Her legs were all bent around [from injuries she suffered in the accident]. She had a tongue depressor stuck in her mouth. She had bitten the end of her tongue off. She didn't look like the same person."
Fuchs said she remembers a little bit about the aftermath of the accident. Her mother visited her in the hospital frequently when she was in a coma, and she can recall hearing her voice during that time. Her first clear memories are of surgery she had on her legs, to straighten them out after the tendons had contracted since she was in the same position for so long.
Kreeger said Fuchs was in a rehabilitation hospital for a year once her life was no longer in danger. She suffered bouts of crippling depression for years afterward, but her time at Spring Dell helped with that, and her placement in a group home, where she can be more independent.
"She does have a sense of humor," Kreeger said. "She's been through some bad times, periods of depression, but the group home and programs at Spring Dell helped a lot."
Fuchs has made peace with what happened to her, though it's apparent that some of the details still hurt her very much.
"My friends all deserted me," she said. "I had to make all new friends."
Charles County Sheriff Rex Coffey said Fuchs' story is typical. News media report fatal accidents and serious injuries at the time of a crash, but the aftermath for those who survive with much-diminished lives is rarely reported.
"We've made a lot of progress since those days," Coffey (D) said in a telephone interview. "Cars are safer, and I think kids are more aware of the risks. We certainly try to raise awareness."
Coffey said his office and Charles County Public Schools began a program after a particularly bad year for traffic fatalities in 2008, when nine teenagers died in traffic accidents.
"It's the kids who do this, design the programs and talk to their peers," Coffey said. "We follow their lead. We bring in people who have lost loved ones, who have survived accidents."
Since the program started, "We are fortunate that we've lost only one student, Katie Murray [who was killed in a one-car accident Feb. 9, 2011] since then. We used to average three to five deaths of teens every year. ... You can never tell if you make a difference, but I swear we have."
Coffey said he did not know about Fuchs' accident personally, but it sounds all too familiar. "Peer pressure has a lot to do with it. Kids feel like they're invincible. Then it changes everyone's lives."
Kreeger said she thinks about that aspect of the accident often.
"It ruined her life," Kreeger said. "She never got to get married or have children. She loves kids."
Fuchs said she wants to help if she can. She said Spring Dell is working with her on a video about her experiences, and she would like to speak to high school or other groups, to serve as a warning, a visible symbol of how far down poor judgment can bring those who use it.
"In a way, it's kind of a success story," Kreeger said. "She almost died, and she's come so far from when she couldn't even swallow."


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Revisiting the house's archives, Asprey jewellery designers have modified some of the most cherished Daisy Collection classics to create new editions of iconic favourites. Created by the Asprey craftsmen, the Daisy Heritage Stud Earrings with individually set marquise cut yellow sapphire petals and a pavé diamond centre, all set in 18ct yellow gold.
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Einstein said time was relative. But he also said gravity isn't responsible for people falling in love, so, you know. Whether you're earth-bound or traveling at the speed of light, you can check on your own relative time on this handsome watch from BREED. A design-forward dial, Swiss quartz movement, and luminous hands will keep your wrist looking pretty damn smart.
Band Color: Black Silicone; Band Width: 23 mm near case; 22 mm near clasp/buckle; Bezel Color: Silver; Case: Olive + Circle-shaped; Case Finish: Polished + Aluminum; Case Thickness: 12 mm; Case Width: 46 mm; 50 mm with crown; Clasp / Buckle: Strap Buckle; Dial: Black + analog; Hand Color: Silver; Movement: Swiss + quartz; Time Zones: Single; Water Resistance: 5 ATM.
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