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Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the review of Recommendation 2001/331/EC providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspections in the Member States [SEC(2007) 1493]
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Brussels, 14.11.2007
COM(2007) 707 final
on the review of Recommendation 2001/331/EC providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspections in the Member States [SEC(2007) 1493]
on the review of Recommendation 2001/331/EC providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspections in the Member States
Inspections are an important instrument to ensure the implementation and enforcement of Community environmental legislation.
In 2001, recognising that there was a wide disparity between inspection systems in the Member States, the European Parliament and the Council adopted Recommendation 2001/331/EC providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspections in the Member States[1].
The Recommendation contains non-binding criteria for the planning, carrying out, following up and reporting on environmental inspections. Its objective is to strengthen compliance with Community environmental law and to contribute to its more consistent implementation and enforcement in all Member States.
Member States were requested to report on their implementation of the Recommendation and on their experiences with its application. On the basis of these reports and any other information available the Commission was invited to produce a report on the implementation of the Recommendation and a proposal for its further development, if necessary in the form of a directive.
The report summarising the available information on the implementation and application of the Recommendation is annexed to this Communication[2].
Before making any concrete proposals the Commission intends to gather input from the other institutions, from the informal network of European enforcement authorities (IMPEL[3]) and from other stakeholders.
This Communication is consistent with the Better Regulation agenda as compliance and enforcement are essential components of the regulatory cycle.
This Communication is submitted to the European Parliament, Council, Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions. The purpose of the Communication is to set out the Commission's views on the further development of the Recommendation and to launch a broad discussion with the other institutions and interested parties.
The European Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions are invited to give their views on the issues raised in this Communication.
During 2007 the Commission will hold meetings with stakeholders and carry out an internet consultation.
Input from IMPEL will be obtained through the IMPEL project on the further development of the Recommendation that should be completed by the end of 2007.
Taking into account the outcome of these discussions the Commission will propose the appropriate way forward for the further development of the Recommendation in 2008.
All Member States submitted a report on the implementation of the Recommendation and a report on their experiences with the application of the Recommendation.
In many cases the information submitted was incomplete or difficult to compare. For some Member States where responsibility for environmental inspections lies with the regions it was impossible to draw conclusions at national level. Also it must be noted that, while some Member States have sent updated information in 2006, most of the information relates to the situation in 2002-2003.
Despite these gaps in the available information, it can be seen that, although almost all Member States have partially implemented the Recommendation (to varying degrees), only a few have achieved full implementation. More detailed information on the implementation of the Recommendation can be found in the annexed report.
The available information indicates that there are still large disparities in the way environmental inspections are being carried out within the Community. Such disparities mean that the full implementation of environmental legislation in the Community can not be ensured. They also lead to distortions of competition for businesses.
This situation of incomplete implementation is partially due to differing interpretations by Member States of the definitions and criteria of the Recommendation and of the reporting requirements.
There also appear to be large differences in the political priority given to environmental inspections in Member States. Some Member States have pointed out that the limited resources available for inspecting authorities did not allow them to develop a fully effective system of environmental inspections.
The available information shows that the following elements of the Recommendation need further discussion with a view to improving the effectiveness of the Recommendation.
2.1. Definition of the scope
Currently the Recommendation covers environmental inspections of all industrial installations or other enterprises or facilities whose air emissions, water discharges or waste disposal or recovery activities are subject to authorisation, permit or licensing requirements under EC law. There appears to be a need to clarify this definition of the scope. The scope has been interpreted in different ways by Member States, which has resulted in large differences in the number of installations subject to environmental inspections and large differences between the percentages of installations inspected per year in the Member States. For instance, some Member States apply the Recommendation only to installations falling under the IPPC Directive[4], while others cover also other installations. This difference in interpretation is particularly relevant for the waste sector, where many non-IPPC installations are subject to inspection requirements.
The current scope focuses mainly on industrial and waste treatment installations and excludes many activities that are regulated under Community environmental legislation.
In particular, the Recommendation does not contain criteria for the inspection of waste shipments. Transboundary shipments of waste are regulated at EU level by the Waste Shipment Regulation[5]. The implementation of this Regulation is a high priority for the Commission. In joint inspections carried out in 30 EU ports by 13 Member States simultaneously in the framework of IMPEL around 50% of the waste shipments were found to be illegal. These findings as well as recent significant incidents of illegal waste shipments such as the dumping of waste in the Ivory Coast, which caused deaths and serious environmental pollution, have resulted in wide-spread calls from Member States, European institutions, NGOs and the general public to strengthen the enforcement of the Waste Shipment Regulation, in particular with regard to the inspections to be carried out. It is essential for the Community to work together in the fight against illegal waste shipments. The new Waste Shipment Regulation, which was adopted in 2006 and entered into force in July 2007, contains some provisions for an improved enforcement of the Regulation and for an increased cooperation between Member States. It does not, however, lay down criteria for inspections of waste shipments.
The Recommendation also does not include criteria for the inspection of Natura 2000 sites. EC legislation on nature protection (the Birds Directive[6] and the Habitats Directive[7]) aims to establish a European ecological network of Special Protection Areas and Special Areas of Conservation (Natura 2000) and ensure the protection and enhancement of the sites which constitute the network. The proper implementation of this legislation is of high importance for EU nature conservation. The Commission thus welcomes the creation of the Green Enforce Network, which aims at encouraging cooperation and exchange of experiences between Member States to facilitate the implementation of nature legislation. The Green Enforce Network is currently considering contributing to the further development of environmental inspections by developing criteria for the inspection of Natura 2000 sites.
Other environmental legislation to which the Recommendation is not applicable concerns the the registration and authorisation of chemicals (REACH[8]), the restriction of certain hazardous substances in products (eg the RoHS Directive[9]), trade in endangered species[10] as well as activities related to genetically modified organisms and producer responsibility systems.
2.2. Clarification of definitions
The reports have shown that some terms used in the Recommendation are interpreted in different ways by Member States. This has led to differences in the implementation of the Recommendation in Member States and in the information reported by the Member States.
Differing interpretations can be seen in particular for the following terms:
- Inspection, control, audit
Under the Recommendation the term inspection covers activities that entail checking and promoting compliance of controlled installations with relevant environmental requirements, the monitoring of the impact of installations. The Recommendation lists a number of such activities as examples. The terms control and audit are part of these listed inspection activities, but are not defined.
The definition of inspection in the Recommendation is thus very broad and should cover any activity that aims to promote compliance with environmental requirements by installations. It has, however, been interpreted differently by Member States, some having a very narrow interpretation covering for instance only direct controls at installations and others a much broader approach.
This difference in interpretation has an effect on the implementation of the Recommendation and in particular on the planning of inspections, as all activities concerned should be taken into account in the inspection plans. It also makes it difficult to compare the information provided by Member States on the inspections carried out and in particular the proportion of controlled installations that have been inspected.
- Inspection authority
Pursuant to the Recommendation an inspection authority is any public authority, which is established or designated by Member States and responsible for matters covered by the Recommendation and any legal person to whom these tasks have been delegated by these authorities to be accomplished under their authority and supervision, provided such person has no personal interest in the outcome of the inspections it undertakes. In some Member States where many different authorities could be directly or indirectly involved in inspection activities it was sometimes difficult to distinguish which authorities should be regarded as inspection authorities. This lack of clarity has implications for the implementation of the Recommendation, and in particular for the planning of inspections, as the plans should cover the activities of all inspection authorities.
- Inspection plan, inspection programme
The terms inspection plan and inspection programmes are not defined in the Recommendation. A number of Member States seem to have different interpretations of what the term 'inspection plan' means. This is meant to be a strategic document for the prioritisation of environmental inspections. There was some confusion with the term 'inspection programme' which indicates the installations that are to be inspected in a certain period and which according to the Recommendation should be a part of the inspection plan. A consequence of this is that many Member States' inspection plans consist merely of list of installations or sectors that will be inspected in a certain time period. The difference between the two terms is also relevant for the implementation of the provisions on access to environmental information. Some Member States argue that they do no make inspection plans available to the public, as they want to avoid informing and warning operators of any imminent inspection planned. The distinction between plans and programmes could be useful in order to separate the policy aspect (plan) from the operational aspect (programme); the plans could then be published without fear of jeopardising individual inspections.
- Cross-border mechanism
Pursuant to the Recommendation Member States should encourage the coordination of inspections with regard to installations and activities that might have significant transboundary impacts. The information provided on this point in the reports of the Member States was incomplete and diverse. Some Member States provided some examples of administrative cooperation with neighbouring countries or districts. Some Member States referred to joint inspections of waste shipments carried out in IMPEL projects. Some Member States referred more generally to exchange of experiences between Member States in the framework of IMPEL projects. Due to these different interpretations, it could not be assessed whether Member States have implemented this part of the Recommendation.
- Routine, non-routine inspections
According to the Recommendation routine inspections are carried out as part of a planned inspection programme. Non-routine inspections are carried out in response to complaints, in connection with the issuance, renewal or modification of a permit or as part of the investigations of accidents, incidents and occurrences of non compliance.
In some Member States different categories of inspections have been established, e.g. reactive or non-reactive inspections, scheduled or unscheduled inspections etc. These can not always be clearly attributed to the categories routine or non-routine. Differences in interpretation of these terms made it difficult to assess the implementation of the Recommendation in some Member States. The distinction is particularly important for the planning of inspections, as the time and resources needed for both routine and non-routine inspections have to be considered in the plans.
2.3. Criteria for planning, carrying out, following up and reporting on inspections
The objective of the Recommendation is to strengthen compliance of controlled installations with environmental legislation. Member States should also ensure that environmental inspections aim to achieve a high level of environmental protection. In order to achieve this, the Recommendation sets out criteria on how to plan, carry out, follow up and report on environmental inspections.
2.3.1. Planning of inspections
The Recommendation provides for the establishment of inspection plans and sets out general criteria for these plans describing the coverage of the plans, the basis on which they should be developed and their minimum content.
These criteria do not seem to have been fully implemented in all Member States. In many Member States inspection plans do not contain strategic elements but rather consist of lists of installations or sectors to be inspected in a certain time period.
In addition to the need to clarify some key terms related to inspection planning as mentioned above under point 2.2., there seems to be a potential for further improving the planning of inspections in the Member States. This would allow Member States to make the best possible use of their available resources by better targeting inspections of installations. Some Member States have already established advanced systems to plan inspections. The use of risk-based management approaches to plan inspections has been suggested as a method for achieving good practice in inspections. This risk-based approach can be based on different criteria, such as environmental risk, environmental objectives and compliance history of the installation. One example of such an approach is the UK Operator and Pollution Risk Appraisal (OPRA) system, which is based on several criteria such as the complexity of the installations, its location and emissions as well as operator performance and history of the installation.
2.3.2. Carrying out of inspections
The Recommendation states that site visits should be regularly carried out as part of the authorities' routine inspections and in the case of complaints, accidents, incidents or occurrences of non compliance and after issuing a permit and before reissue or renewal or modification of a permit. Criteria are set out describing how these site visits should be carried out. The findings of the site visits should be contained in reports, which should be communicated to the operator and be made publicly available. Serious accidents, incidents or occurrences of non-compliance should be investigated to clarify the causes and responsibilities, mitigate or remedy the environmental impacts, determine the action to be taken as well as potential sanctions or enforcement measures. The follow-up by the operator should be ensured. There are no criteria for other inspection activities.
2.3.3. Evaluation of inspection plans
Although the Recommendation does not expressly state that the implementation of inspection plans should be evaluated, point VIII of the Recommendation requests Member States to report on the evaluation of the success or failure of their inspection plans.
Evaluating the success of inspection plans has been recognised as an important tool to improve the planning of inspections. Some Member States have put in place sophisticated systems to evaluate the success of their inspection plans. These systems have helped them to define their future plans.
2.4. Reporting
The first reporting exercise has produced a large amount of information showing how the Recommendation is implemented and applied in the Member States. The information is, however, not always comparable and does not always allow clear conclusions on the efficiency of the inspection systems in the Member States. It has been suggested that a simpler reporting system more targeted to measuring the success of inspection systems should be developed. A very clear uniform format for such a reporting system would need to be developed to ensure comparability of the data.
2.5. Access to information
The Recommendation states that the inspection plans and the inspection reports should be made available to the public in accordance with Directive 90/313/EEC. This Directive has in the meantime been replaced by Directive 2003/4/EC. The new directive specifies in more detail than the previous one the concept of environmental information, the grounds for refusing access to information and the obligation to actively make information available to the public, e.g. via the internet.
The reports have shown that several Member States do not make the inspection plans and reports available. Member States have given several reasons for this. Often the inspection plans are lists of installations that are to be inspected in a certain time period. The release of this information could jeopardise the success of the inspections. Inspection reports are also often not made public because they could contain confidential commercial information.
Information related to environmental inspections is covered by the requirements of Directive 2003/4/EC, so the legal obligation to make the information available exists already. The Directive also gives sufficient grounds for exemptions to refuse access to this information where other overriding interests need to be protected.
It seems that in many cases the underlying cause for the lack of implementation of these provisions is the difficulty for authorities to find practical ways of separating the confidential information from the information that should be made accessible to the public. For example ways need to be found to make the strategic part of the inspection plan public, without also making public the part that contains the list of installations that will be inspected in a certain time period.
Before the Recommendation was adopted there was a discussion on whether the criteria for environmental inspections should be legally binding or not. The outcome of the discussion was the adoption of a non binding Recommendation and the request to the Commission to review the Recommendation in the light of the experiences made with the implementation of the Recommendation and where necessary present a proposal for a directive.
In the opinion of the Commission the lack of full implementation of the Recommendation makes it necessary to consider establishing legally binding requirements for environmental inspections. In addition there is a need to clarify the general criteria for environmental inspections and to provide further guidance and exchange of information on their implementation. Accordingly, the following actions are proposed:
3.1. Revision of the Recommendation
The Recommendation should be seen as a general framework for environmental inspection systems in Member States. Its criteria are of a general nature, describing how environmental inspections should be planned, carried out and followed up. Due to this very general and descriptive nature of the criteria, it does not seem appropriate to transform them into legally binding requirements.
However, in order to improve its implementation and strengthen its effectiveness, the Recommendation should be amended. In particular it should be considered to broaden its scope so that it covers as far as possible all environmentally significant activities. The definitions relevant to inspections should be clarified. The further development of criteria for the planning of inspections should be considered. A reporting system that is as simple and clear as possible should be established to provide comparable information on how inspection systems are working and whether they achieve the objective of improving compliance with environmental legislation.
3.2. Sectoral inspection requirements
In addition to the general criteria for environmental inspections set out in the Recommendation, specific legally binding requirements for the inspection of certain installations or activities should be included in sectoral pieces of legislation. Legally binding requirements are necessary to ensure that a higher political priority is given to inspections and that environmental legislation is better enforced throughout the Community. Defining the inspection requirements in each legislative act has the advantage that the requirements can be adapted to the specific nature and risks of the installations or activities covered and can be more precise and better targeted than general criteria. These sectoral inspection requirements can be complementary to the Recommendation or they can concern installations or activities that are not covered by the Recommendation.
One example of an existing well functioning sectoral inspection system is the one established by the Seveso II Directive for the control of major-accident hazards[11]. Pursuant to this directive authorities must organise a system of inspections or other measures of control appropriate to the type of establishment concerned. The Directive defines a minimum frequency of on-site inspections of one per year and obliges Member States to ensure that inspection programmes are drawn up for all establishments, that reports are prepared after inspections and that, where necessary, inspections are followed up with the management of the establishment within a reasonable period.
As part of the review of the IPPC Directive[12], which is on the 2007 Commission Legislative Work Programme, and based on the analysis of the implementation of this legislation, the Commission will consider ways to secure a better compliance framework to ensure more consistency and confidence in Member States' inspection of IPPC installations.
The Commission is considering proposing specific legally binding rules for inspections of waste shipments. Unlike inspections of installations, inspections of waste shipments are carried out in different spots, such as sea ports, roads or border crossings and they usually involve many different authorities, such as customs, police and environmental authorities. Specific criteria should be defined to ensure sufficient quality and frequency of inspections and provide for appropriate training and co-operation among authorities.
In the case of product related legislation such as Directive 2002/95/EC on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment[13] compliance is checked through a system of market surveillance and conformity assessment procedures. It should be examined whether there is a need to strengthen this system on the occasion of the current review of this Directive.
Other pieces of environmental legislation that are currently under review or under preparation, and in which the necessity of establishing or reinforcing inspection requirements will be looked at, are:
- Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC[14]
- Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 on substances that deplete the ozone layer[15]
- Directive 98/83/EC on the quality of water intended for human consumption[16]
- Directive 86/609/EEC on the approximation of laws, regulation and administrative provisions regarding the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes[17]
- Directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment[18]
- Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein[19]
- Future directive on the injection and sub-surface storage of carbon
The issue of inspections should also be considered in future reviews of legislation.
3.3. Development of guidance and cooperation between Member States
IMPEL has carried out a long list of projects which aim to strengthen the cooperation and encourage the exchange of information between Member States on environmental inspections[20]. The Commission has actively supported and participated in these projects.
In particular the following projects should be mentioned:
The IMPEL Review Initiative (IRI) consists of sending a team of senior inspectors from different countries to explore the regulatory system of the candidate inspectorate by comparing practice in the candidate inspectorate with the arrangements in the inspectorates of the review team members. IRI projects have been carried out in 8 volunteer EU Member States – Germany (Mannheim), Ireland (Wexford), Belgium (Brussels), France (Douai), The Netherlands (Zwolle), Spain (Santiago de Compostela), Sweden (Stockholm and Södertälje) and the United Kingdom (Scotland) as well as in Norway- between 2001 and 2007.
The IMPEL Cluster Transfrontier Shipments of Waste has carried out several projects concerning the prevention of illegal shipments of waste, including the organisation of joint inspection activities.
Numerous guidance documents have been developed by IMPEL on how to plan and carry out inspections. Exchanges of information and experiences between inspectors have been organised.
All these initiatives have had a positive impact on the strengthening of inspections in the Community and IMPEL should be encouraged to continue such projects.
[1] OJ L 118, 27.4.2001, p. 41
[2] Commission Staff Working Paper SEC XXXX, Report on the implementation of Recommendation 2001/331/EC providing for minimum criteria for environmental inspections in the Member States, Annex to the Communication of the Commission on the review of Recommendation 2001/331/EC
[3] European Network for the Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law, http://ec.europa.eu/environment/impel/index.htm
[4] Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control, OJ L 257, 10.10.1996, p. 1
[5] Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 on shipments of waste, OJ L 190, 12.7.2006, p.1, p
[6] Directive 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds, OJ L 103, 25.4.1979, p.1 as last amended by Directive 91/244/EEC, OJ L 115, 8.5.1991, p. 41
[7] Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora, OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7
[8] Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC, OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1
[9] Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, OJ L 037, 13.2.2003, p. 19
[10] Council Regulation (EC) No 338/97 on the protection of species of wild fauna and flora by regulating trade therein, OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1
[11] Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major-accidents hazards involving dangerous substances, OJ L 10, 14.1.1997, p. 13, as last amended by Directive 2003/105/EC, OJ L 345, 31.12.2003, p. 97
[12] Directive 96/61/EC on the prevention and control of pollution
[13] OJ L 37, 13.2.2003, p. 19
[14] OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32
[15] OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 1
[16] OJ L 330, 5.12.1998, p. 32
[17] OJ L 358, 18.12.1986, p. 1
[18] OJ L 37, 13.2.2003, p. 24
[19] OJ L 61, 3.3.1997, p. 1
[20] For detailed information see IMPEL website: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/impel/index.htm
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VirtualBox 3.0, with its improved 3D support, can ensure that some users won't need to boot Windows even when gaming.
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Almost more interesting is a Windows feature: the virtualization software now supports Direct3D 8/9. With OpenGL and Direct3D on board, it's theoretically possible to run Windows with all your favorite games on a virtual box. If the games normally run well and error-free on existing systems, Linux users can from now on spare themselves the obligatory Windows boot. Finally, VirtualBox fixes a few 3D support bugs involving rendering and memory leaks.
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>Can anyone explain to me what a virtual machine does that Wine can't?
I never got Wine to run anything but one piece of old game software. The applications usually crash due to missing dll files, simply crash, or do not even install. No such problems with VirtualBox, everything just works. -
usefullness of virtual mashines for private use
The most interesting point about virtual mashines at home is to replace maschines in your home, for example:
Network Monitoring.
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Virtual mashines are useful if you want to check out what malicious viruses or anything else do.
Short: VMs and Sun's VirtualBox is essential damn important stuff. -
Works for me
I've been running Windows as a virtual machine for years now- starting with Win98 running under the incomparable Win4Lin 9x, moving to VMWare server (when I had to move to XP), and now Virtual Box (2.2 on up to 3).
I've got to say, while I didn't see any improvement for my use in the switch between 2.X and 3, it was painless, and- for me at least- runs much *much* faster than VMWare did.
I've had zero problems installing virtual machines, from Ubuntu to Win7 RC (base OS is Debian Lenny x86_64.
Hmm ... what exactly is the point of virtualization for end-users?
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@ Axel
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VirtualBox 2.x does not meet the Basic needs or virtualisation...
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3D support is not very fast.
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Custom Tune or programmer
I have a 1998 K2500 with the 5.7 and 3.73 gears. For me it is geared to low with 3.73 gears. I use it for a daily driver
and it takes getting it to 50 mph before it fully shifts to overdrive and T/C locked. Is there a tuner that I can use to
change the shift points or do I need a custom tune to do it. Thanks for the help in advance.
03-18-2012, 12:50 AM #2you need to go to a shop and get a custom tune done... there's no handheld programmers available that support your 1998 truck... you'll need to go to a shop that uses hptuners software....
2014 Camaro SS - 2SS, RS pkg., short-throw shifter, NPP perf. exhaust, BMR strut-tower brace, Cold Air Inductions cold air intake
05-29-2012, 10:02 PM #3look at nelsons performance or blackbear performance they do mail order tunes, there way better than any hand held programmer
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Comparison between FDG-PET and MRI for the assessment of response to intensive chemotherapy in multiple myeloma patients.
Condition | Intervention |
Multiple Myeloma |
Drug: FDG = fluorodeoxyglucose |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Allocation: Non-Randomized Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Diagnostic |
Enrollment: | 0 |
Study Start Date: | March 2005 |
Study Completion Date: | December 2006 |
First whole body FDG-PET scan and MRI before the start of the treatment. Second whole body FDG-PET scan and MRI after the end of the treatment. On a basis of patient, comparison between PET and MRI will be done tumoral site by site. Sensitivity, Specificity will be estimated for both techniques. In case of discrepancy, another imaging method or biopsy (if easy to perform) will be serve as standard of reference. Kappa coefficients and Mc Nemar test will be performed to compare the two methods. FDG = fluorodeoxyglucose FLUCIS® (Schering-CisBio® international)
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 65 Years |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
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- De novo histologically proven multiple myeloma.
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- No history of another cancer or of HIV
- No history of renal failure
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00200668 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: | BRD/04/6-H |
Study First Received: | September 12, 2005 |
Last Updated: | June 5, 2008 |
Health Authority: | France: Ministry of Health |
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Lymphoproliferative Disorders Immunoproliferative Disorders Immune System Diseases Deoxyglucose Antimetabolites Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action Pharmacologic Actions Antiviral Agents Anti-Infective Agents Therapeutic Uses |
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What Did Twitter Just Do To Your Favorite Twitter App?
Twitter's changes to its APIs have the geek and power-user world up in arms. But it's part of the way it plans to stay in business.
Twitter announced [2] that its upcoming V1.1 API update will very strictly control which apps can hook up to Twitter, and how much they can syphon from its stream of updates. For some users, and some developers of third-party apps, this is a terrible thing [3].
Essentially Twitter is tightening the rules about how third-party apps, be they desktop PC apps, mobile apps or whatever, have access to the pieces of code Twitter's made to enable access to its tweet stream and its users. Accessing some of these pieces of code (in tech speak, making an API call) allows third-party apps to tap into the flow of status updates. It also allows them to insert tweets into the flow and to do other things like connect a tweeter to a new follower.
And there are some great third-party apps, much beloved by some users--apps like Tweetbot or Echofon and more--and some of them allow functionality that Twitter itself doesn't (like delayed scheduled tweets) or have a UI that is in some way better than Twitter's official one [4], which is occasionally non-ideal.
The rule tightening is pretty simple. It means apps will now have to authenticate themselves with Twitter to access the API, so the company knows which third-party apps are run by whom, and it can thus map out precisely who's riding piggyback on its core business offering. This also cuts off "abusive" use of Twitter by bots and data-scraping systems that put in a disproportionately huge number of requests to access Twitter's data. Twitter's also limiting the number of API calls a third-party app can make, and the number of users an app can sign up--it may charge for use beyond these limits. It's also limiting how apps can display status updates.
None of that is tricky to understand. Twitter's flow of updates is its lifeblood, and the interconnected network of users is the pattern of arteries and veins which make the whole thing thrum along. The new rules are designed to stop people from jamming a fat needle in a vein to extract Twitter's blood for their own money-making purposes without paying Twitter any money. They're also designed to stop some abuses of its system--a mosquito net, if you think the analogy through, to stop thousands of really persistent insects supping on its blood supply and possibly even tainting the overall flow or damaging the network.
Sure, some power users will dislike that their favorite Twitter apps may have limited functionality going forward, or even that they may be forced to close. And you can argue that Twitter is shutting some avenues of innovation down, whereby a third-party app could invent something either in terms of Twitter power or UI design that Twitter itself could benefit from. But it's probably fair to say that the average user will barely notice the changes when V1.1 of the API goes live.
Twitter's decision to tighten the rules and insist on a uniform experience is akin to Coca-Cola insisting that if third-party fast-food stores sell its very popular product they must deliver it at a quality that doesn't sully the Coke brand. It's even a little like Apple insisting that only it controls which computers its OS runs on, and which third-party devices can be licensed to hook up to iPhones or iPads.
Twitter is a business with costs to cover staff, coders, engineers and server-after-thousand-dollar-server. Coke and Apple are huge and very successful businesses that make money by simply selling very popular products. Twitter is trying to follow their lead.
Read about the impact Twitter's tweak on upstart UIs at Co.Design [4]
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Chat about this news with [6]Kit Eaton on Twitter and Fast Company [7] too.


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STROUD ŌĆö The Class 2A playoff run was a short one for the Heavener Wolves. The Wolves lost to Class 3A's third-ranked Stroud Tigers 47-7 Friday night in an opening-round playoff game. The Wolves end the season a 5-6.
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WHITESBORO ŌĆö The Whitesboro High School basketball teams split their home games Thursday night with Kinta. The Lady Bulldogs rebounded from Tuesday night's loss to Smithville by posting a 56-34 victory over the Lady Eagles. However, the Eagles got past the ŌĆÖDogs 54-50.
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The Poteau High School cross country runners were honored with a postseason banquet Thursday night at the Dale Cox Community Center. The highlight of the night was when Poteau Coach Tim Hall unveiled a new record board which shows the top runners in Poteau High School history. In fact, four runners' times this season made the top 10 in their respective category. On the boys' side, Nico Hall is currently third all-time in 3.1-mile races with a 17:59, while Daniel Stacy is ninth all-time (19:05). Deven Bond (13:12) is fifth all-time in the girls' side, while Sheridan Hoyer (13:20) is seventh.


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A 3-star hotel located in the mountain village of Arinsal, 300 metres from the ski resort's ski lift (Arinsal Sector) Only a short distance from the centre of Andorra la Vella and the Caldea thermal leisure centre. The hotel is characterised by its friendly, comfortable family atmosphere.
It has 52 rooms, all of which look onto the street and have a direct telephone line and satellite TV.
It also has a reading room, a restaurant and bar, a garden area, a heated outdoor swimming pool (open in summer), ski-storage, an indoor paying car park and a free outdoor private car park.
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Destination: Andorra
From the ski slopes to the relaxing hot springs and massages at Caldea, from the outstanding beauty of the Pyrenees and its small and powerful Romanesque stone chapels such as San Romá de les Bons; from the endless shopping in Avenida Meritxell to the delicious food made from traditional mountain recipes, Andorra offers you everything you could want for a fantastic holiday.
Andorra and its people have a strong link to sports and in the winter season it is brimming with skiers, snow capped mountains, ski lifts and ski slopes. It is also famous for its Jazz festival, the chance to go hiking, riding and to enjoy everything the natural surroundings of Andorra La Vella, capital of the Principality of Andorra has to offer all year round. This includes springtime when the snow makes way for the flowers that fill the valleys.
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Total floors: 4
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Construction year: 1998
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Renewed number of rooms: 13
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Though the name claims Beverly Hills, the 138-room Mr. C (of the Cipriani brand) is really located in West L.A. In fairness, though, it is incredibly close to Beverly Hills and has the feel of some Beverly Hills hotels -- with large chandeliers, black-and-white Hollywood photographs, and a trendy pool scene. For those with ultra-discerning taste, the decor may better indicate what "posh" was a few years ago, but the rooms are sexy and sleek, and each has its own balcony. Those wishing for a true Beverly Hills hotel may consider staying at the Beverly Wilshire or the Thompson.
This 201-room luxury hotel located in the heart of upscale Beverly Hills is elegant in every way, from the Spanish Colonial-inspired architecture to the spacious, sumptuous rooms to the perfectly manicured courtyard. Highlights include a luxury spa, renowned Italian restaurant, and a heated rooftop pool. Only the Peninsula and the Beverly Wilshire hotels can compare.
A known celebrity hangout, Shutters on the Beach has an atmosphere of formal opulence, with expensive artwork in its lobby and restaurants, luxe features, and rooms that belong in a billionaire's beach house. Its oceanfront location and doting service are hard to beat, but Casa Del Mar rivals it with a more intimate feel and better amenities.
Less stuffy than the Beverly Hills Hotel, more glam than the Beverly Hilton, this iconic Beverly Hills hotel is a top luxury pick for business or leisure, families or romance. With beautiful guest rooms, a Wolfgang Puck restaurant, and a great spa, pool and fitness center, plus doting Four Seasons service, it's hard to find fault.
One of the best hotels -- if not the best hotel -- in the entire L.A. area, the Peninsula bills itself, accurately, as an "exclusive oasis." You can splurge (huge, gorgeous rooms; afternoon tea; renowned restaurant) or go downright charge-crazy (private villa, luxury spa). Just be sure to bring your platinum card.
THE BEVERLY HILLS HOTEL HAS RENOVATED ITS LOBBY SINCE OUR VISIT, AND WILL BE UNDERGOING ROOM RENOVATIONS THROUGHOUT 2014. WE WILL REVISIT THE PROPERTY ONCE RENOVATIONS ARE COMPLETE. 12-acres of lush grounds, this historic hotel is a serene, luxurious escape five minutes from Rodeo Drive. Its formal service and aura lend it a stuffier feel than the Four Seasons Beverly Wilshire, but it also has anachronistic charms, like an old-fashioned soda fountain, plus a great pool and restaurants.
Just off the Sunset Strip, the London offers the highest levels of luxury and service at reasonable prices. With 200 beautifully appointed, 750-square-foot rooms, a rooftop pool and fitness area with panoramic views, and a restaurant from star chef Gordon Ramsay, the hotel attracts a sophisticated set who expect service as great as the value.
The Philippe Starck-designed SLS, opened in 2008, may dazzle -- and possibly overwhelm -- the senses with capital-D design. The rooms are sleek, luxurious, and spacious; its gym is enormous, and restaurants by Spanish chef Jose Andres are praiseworthy. But the high-design elements sometimes get in the way of comfort and practicality -- neither of its two pools, for example, is deep enough for swimming.
One of just a few true mega-resorts in Southern California, the 100-acre, 582-room Terranea in Rancho Palos Verdes offers a range of features that's unrivaled among Los-Angeles-area properties, including a top-tier spa, nine holes of golf, six restaurants, three pools, and gorgeous, manicured grounds.
Hidden away in a quiet residential section of Beverly Hills, this 119-room hotel pampers guests with extraordinary service (including a rare, flexible checkout policy), huge 650-square-foot standard rooms, and a 24-hour rooftop pool with 360-degree views. All in all, a hotel with few equals.
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Ohio residents who hold current Ohio Driver Licenses or State ID cards automatically receive a Golden Buckeye card in the month of their 60th birthday. Individuals who do not have a current license or State ID, as well as people under age 60 who are eligible due to disability, or who otherwise do not receive their card automatically, may apply for a card at the library.
Applicants must be at least 60 years of age. Applicants just turning sixty may apply the first day of the month in which they are going to be sixty. Applicants must be over the age of 18 and provide documentation from a state or federal agency that has the authority to certify individuals as disabled, or a statement from a licensed medical practitioner. The physician's statements must say that the applicant is totally and permanently disabled and is unable to work at any substantially remunerative employment.


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Upper Red Lake is Fish Ed Host Jon Thelen's first ice-fishing destination of the year, and he's using a two-pole technique to catch the first walleyes of the season. Thelen shows you where to fish on Red Lake walleye, details of ice conditions and how to use one deadstick live bait rig and one active jigging rod with a loud Lindy Darter in combination to fool these Red Lake walleyes.
Red Lake froze a bit muddy, the perfect scenario for the combination of a Darter and deadstick live bait. The Darter calls in walleye, and his jigging technique gets reaction strikes from a number of good-eating fish, but the deadstick live bait rig shows it's there for a reason, too. Call in walleyes, then give them a choice.


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Been in and out of the country for the last month emceeing a few charity events so you haven't heard much from me. Both benefit Cystic Fibrosis. Boomer Esiasons raised money for kids in Costa Rica which was wonderful considering how much they need the support. Was in Costa Rica at Boomer Esiason offshore event in Golfito, Costa Rica, and on Abaco in the Bahamas for the Bakers Bay Celebrity Bonefish Classic. I know, I know…. poor Coop, right. Well, it was tough doing business on a satellite phone and as most of you know, I work to go fish. )
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DAY ONE: Love the picks, yep, what do you think?
Thomas: I got to see a lot of him over the years playing against the U. Love the size, speed, blocking ability and a pure number 1. Good to go and he'll replace the Marshall just fine, with a little time.
Tebow: Love the attitude, size, arm, and I think he'll become a great QB in this league, reminds me of a Testaverde, (except) Tebow will have great coaching from the get go, Vinny did not. We've talked about that before he regarding Quinn.
Marshall: No one said this in the press so you get to hear it here first and THINK ABOUT IT…Miami?, really. I grew up there and was in high school during the 70′s and at the U in the 80′s during the height of the drug cartel. I could write a book about the storys, but watch a documentary. My father was a policeman as were all his friends, so I heard it all. South Beach starts at 2AM and goes to sun-up. Think he can resist that limelight. Nah. There's a latin "Machismo" he's never experienced in Miami that most folks don't know or understand. Ever watch CSI Miami? It's not all TV, promise. Those boys carry.
Miami's a tough place period. The U lost a player a few years back to that element whether they want to admit it or not. I hope he reads this or someone schools him up because I would never wish the worst for anyone. I hope he does well, he has all the talent in the world, but often that doesn't matter….seen it too often.
Scheffler: Go get em. "Wait a minute", how do you catch passes from a QB that's on his back or on the run all the time. This one reminds me of the Cutler trade. Hey Tony, Jay threw 27-29 INT's can't remember the number because he was being run all over the field and you can't throw completions when you're laying on your back.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez made a decision in 2007 that literally took Venezuela off the map, the GMT watch reference city map that is. One of his less popular decisions was to give Venezuela its own time zone that is 30 minutes earlier that it used to be. For this reason, the capital city of Venezuela, Caracas, could no longer serve as a reference city for that particular time zone between New York City and Rio de Janeiro. Thus, the new reference city for this time zone has been chosen by A. Lange & Sohne to be Santiago, Chile. Frankly, I think Santiago has a nicer sounding name than Caracas, so this is a good thing.
This also points to the fact that watch makers are obsessed with details and keeping current on world events, with A. Lange & Sohne taking the lead, at least when it comes to time zones. Other facts about this Lange 1 Time Zone watch include the fact that the 42mm wide case is constructed from 18k pink gold. The movement is the carefully made in-house Lange L031.1 manually-wound movement with a 72 hour power reserve. The dial is a solid grayed silver, and the strap is brown crocodile.
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Things look quiet here. But I've been doing a lot of blogging at dan.langille.org because I prefer WordPress now. Not all my posts there are FreeBSD related. I am in the midst of migrating The FreeBSD Diary over to WordPress (and you can read about that here). Once the migration is completed, I'll move the FreeBSD posts into the new FreeBSD Diary website.
sendmail[35274]: NOQUEUE: sdsl-216-34-236-194.dsl.lax.megapath.net [188.8.131.52]: VRFY <firstname.lastname@example.com> sendmail[35275]: NOQUEUE: sdsl-216-34-236-194.dsl.lax.megapath.net [184.108.40.206]: VRFY IntentionallyInvalidUzer
This appears, at face value, to be someone running a script to see whether or not my mail server accepts the VRFY command. This SMTP command verifies whether or not a particular email address is valid. When the SMTP protocol was created, the Internet was quite a friendly place. VRFY was a convenient method of verifying an email address. Increasingly, people are taking the view that such information should not be given out as a matter of security.
$ telnet example.org 25 Trying aa.bb.cc.dd... Connected to example.org. Escape character is '^]'. 220 host.example.org ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3/8.9.3; Sun, 6 Aug 2000 17:43:58 +1200 (NZST) VRFY <firstname.lastname@example.com> 250 <email@example.com> VRFY IntentionallyInvalidUzer 550 IntentionallyInvalidUzer... User unknown quit 221 host.example.org closing connection Connection closed by foreign host.
As you can see, this person was trying to verify the existence of a particular email address. That's not something I prefer to allow. These people are basically anonymous. If they want to send me email, let them send me email. I'll have no guessing which addresses work and then testing them.
# privacy flags O PrivacyOptions=authwarnings
# privacy flags O PrivacyOptions=authwarnings,goaway,restrictmailq,restrictqrun
Then I HUP'd sendmail to ensure it takes heed of the new configuration:
killall -hup sendmail
Here is a short description of these options, as stolen from p733 of the Sendmail book, 2nd Edition, from O'Reilly:
For more information on these options and the commands they affect, you should read the sendmail documentation.
$ telnet example.org 25 Trying aa.bb.cc.dd... Connected to example.org. Escape character is '^]'. 220 host.example.org ESMTP Sendmail 8.9.3/8.9.3; Sun, 6 Aug 2000 17:43:58 +1200 (NZST) VRFY <email@example.com> 252 Cannot VRFY user; try RCPT to attempt delivery (or try finger) VRFY IntentionallyInvalidUzer 252 Cannot VRFY user; try RCPT to attempt delivery (or try finger) quit 221 host.example.org closing connection Connection closed by foreign host.
That seems to be working.
Just a quick note about your recent article on turning VRFY off in sendmail. I checked over the sendmail page (733) that you describe on the use of "goaway", and concurr that it seems that it only sets those directives you mention in the article, however it also seems to disable the ETRN command. This probably isn't an issue to normal users but those of us who use FreeBSD in the ISP world may be providing that service to thier users because it allows the ISP to hold mail for the end user until they are available to recieve the message.
You can verify my findings by simply removing the goaway from the PrivacyOptions and replacing it with the individual directives, authwarnings, noexpn, novrfy, needmailhelo, needexpnhelo,& needvrfyhelo. Connecting to freebsddiary.org's mailserver with a EHLO (as opposed to HELO) also shows the command is not in the 250 list as it would be if you connect to my server 18.104.22.168 In replacing goaway with the individual directives you retain the disabled VRFY but re-enable the ETRN functionality.


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- Impairments in executive functions. Executive functions are the ability to use a set of problem-solving skills to attain goals. This includes the ability to inhibit or defer a response; make a sequential, strategic plan of action; and commit relevant information to memory for future use. These abilities are necessary for organizational skills, planning, impulse control, selective attention, inhibition, and creative thinking.
- Memory impairments. Difficulties in the ability to listen, remember, and repeat phonemes or words that are heard are associated with dyslexia. Many times these children have problems remembering the sounds in words long enough to match them with letters for spelling. Often they cannot remember even a short list of instructions.
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