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Interactive marketing Advent calendar
Eventually I'm back blogging. Apologies for the long break, I promise not to disappear again!
In order to be back in a "proper", interesting way, I've decided to kick off December with a small project: everyday until Christmas I will be publishing a short interview (5 questions, always the same) with an Adverblog's friend working in interactive. It's going to be a sort of Advent calendar so to speak, with the idea of analysing in brief what has happened in 2007 and what we can expect from 2008… As usual here on Adverblog, I'll keep the focus on Europe, but there will also be friends from all around the globe, to give you a global view on this crazy interactive world we love.
Actually, the first interview is with myself… it's not to show off, but rather to give you my point of view, so let's start!
1) Which is the digital project that impressed you more this year and why?
In my position, it's a tricky question… I would like to answer "The Diesel Heidies", because when I was working on the campaign I really had the feeling I was making the history of interactive marketing (and all the awards we've won now tell me that I maybe I was right…). However, I realize it's not fair nor nice to be auto-referential (even if I've just done it, ops! also, in order to answer this question I thought it could be a good idea to browse Adverblog's archives and look for some inspiration, but I realized this wouldn't have been the right way to proceed… so, to cut this story short and get to the point, I will indicate the first two interactive ideas that come into my mind. If they are the first I recall, it really means they impressed me…
The first is Dylan Messaging, because it's so simple, so consistent with product it's selling and so viral among the relevant target audience (read my post about it for more…). And the second is Volkswagen Drive In, because it's entertaining, extremely consistent with the campaign message Volkswagen wanted to deliver, and it has a huge viral potential that, even if it's in Dutch, it goes beyond the borders of The Netherlands where the idea has been conceived.
2) In your job, which is the most important thing you learnt this year?
Again, I have two answers… First, the negative thing… I learnt that it's very hard to deal with media companies in Italy. They are so much behind in the game, as they only think about selling banners… This makes my life harder, but also prevents the Italian digital market to keep the pace of the rest of Europe.
And now the positive thing: if you are a person (like me) with a great passion for interactive, it's a great fun to connect with consumers. The tools we have now to establish a relationship with our audience are so impressive, that for me it is so exciting to work in interactive marketing and plan campaigns together with my retail, PR and traditional advertising colleagues.
3) As a digital marketer what's on top of your agenda for 2008?
I'd like to exploit more the mobile channel, that I still don't know much and therefore for me represents a big challenge. Also, I'd like to do more to integrate our e-commerce store in our digital/integrated actions.
4) What, in your opinion, will be a killer application / key trend in interactive marketing in 2008?
I have a positive feeling about Myspace, that is becoming more and more mature (as a service) being able to offer new, interesting tools to connect with consumers. Also, I think we will see more and more interactive videos, used not only to tell a story, but also, simply, as a navigation interface.
5) Which book would you give as a Christmas present to Adverblog's readers?
I got it last year for Xmas as a preview, and it definitely helped me improving my presentations: Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Take Hold and Others Come Unstuck.
Also I would recommend a bunch of books to get some creative/graphic inspiration (and in case, they might work as coffee table books as well…)
Non-format, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec and History of the Poster, Max Huber.


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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Tombstone Tuesday, A Lost Ship And A Battlefield Far From Home
Well in honour of Tombstone Tuesday I will blog a little about a grave stone in my local cemetery. The grave stone is located in Lakeview Cemetery in Midland, Simcoe County Ontario. It always surprises me the connections to history I find in my cemetery photos. The tombstone in question is not really remarkable in its self. Its just a typical late 19th century grave marker. Just like millions of others in cemeteries all over North America. But the inscription on this stone is what caught my attention. For it brings us into contact with two events right out of the history books. A mysterious lost ship and a great WW1 battle.
The first event would be well known to anyone with an interest in Great Lakes history. The mysterious disappearance of the ship Bannockburn.
The Bannockburn was a 245 foot long, 1,620-ton steel steamer built in 1893 at Middlesborough, Scotland, by Sir Raylton Dix and Company. On November 21st, 1902, the Bannockburn left the Canadian Northern elevator at Port Arthur bound for Midland Ontario on her last trip of the season. She was loaded to the gills with 85,000 bushels of wheat. The ship was sighted on the evening of the 21st steamer Algonquin. She was never seen again. The Bannockburn and her crew of 20 including George Stephens, had vanished.
The second event recorded on this stone is the death of Richard Stephens at the Battle of Cambrai in Oct 1918. Between 26 September and 11 October, Canadian troops advanced twenty-three miles through the heart of the German defences in some of the worst fighting of WW1.
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I found George on the 1901 Census for Midland Ontario. He was a fireman on a boat, so no doubt that was his job on the ship that went down
Name: George Stephens
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 36
Birth Day & Month: 11 Mar
Birth Year: 1865
Birthplace: Ontario
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's Name: Richard Stephens
Mother's Name: Ruth Stephens
Racial or Tribal Origin: Irish
Nationality: Canadian
Religion: Methodist
Occupation: Fireman Boat
Province: Ontario
District: Simcoe (East/est)
District Number: 113
Sub-District: Midland (Town/Ville)
Sub-District Number: E-3
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Household Members: Name Age
Richard Stephens 63
Ruth Stephens 58
George Stephens 36
Martha Stephens 33
Maggie Stephens 32
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Cognitive Limits and the Beginning of Life
The question which moral status the embryo has is of great practical significance because the possibility to justify a governmental prohibition of a set of important therapeutical and scientific measures depends on a special and therefore legal protectable status of the embryo. The identity argument which is often used in this context cannot constitute this status due to its mere epistemic character under the condition of the determinism.
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Dr. Mendelsohn's pre-surgery bedside manner was terrific. He personally called the night before the surgery to check in and quite frankly I was impressed. I've had a facelift every 10 years since 35 so pretty much know not to expect perfection and quite frankly that wasn't my goal--for me this was maintenance.
My surgery was scheduled, but then the date and time changed several times. Again, not a big deal because I had some flexibility in my schedule. My first uneasiness came the day of the surgery. The woman who started my IV was very inexperienced and after 5 sticks found someone else to do it. BTW, I've not had problems with IVs before or since and have been told I have good veins.
Also, several people who examined me and touched my face didn't wear gloves or came into the room already wearing gloves. The surgery went fine and I had less bruising than with my other lifts, but four days later I had a lot of redness and pain. I called the office and he prescribed an antibiotic over the phone. I was going in for my 1 week post-op in a few days and by that time the antibiotics seemed to be having an effect.
A day after I went off the antibiotics the infection came raging back. I called and he ordered another round of of the same antibiotics. The same thing happened as the time before and I went to my internist who said that I should have been given a different drug on the second round. By this time things were really bad and I had to go on really strong drugs and was sent to an infection control specilist the next day. It took another month to get the infection under control and competely gone. In hindsight I could kick myself for not speaking up on the "gloves" issue at the time.
The results of the surgery were somewhat disappointing as well. My neck showed little if any improvement. The jawline is definitely better, but he did a poor job of suturing by my earlobes and left little folds of skin which was noticeable. I had that fixed by another plastic surgeon in Cincinnati and that is all good now.
The rhinoplasty revision was the biggest disappointment as my nose is more crooked than ever. My hairdresser even mentioned it (he said I also wasn't his first client who had disappointing results with Dr. Mendelsohn.) At my post-op visit Dr. Mendelsohn said it would take a year for my nose to look right, something I already knew from my research. It has now been well over a year and no improvement so I'm scheduling with the plastic surgeon that fixed the suture problem.
I wish I had gone to the other guy for the facelift. My experience was Dr. Mendelsohn was below average and I certainly wouldn't use him again or recommend him to anyone who wanted anything more than botox.


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Circular harmonic filters of different orders are compared using a criterion of separability between the target and object output probability densities. A holographic computer-generated circular harmonic filter was used to recognize aircraft from an air photograph.
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Always on the look out for a new way to use my slow cooker, I landed on this recipe from this month's copy of Family Circle.
It's not my ideal slow cooker recipe as it does require some cooking before you actually put everything in the pot, but it was delicious. It's a great, hearty meal on these cool fall days.
Here's how it's done:
Beef Burgundy
Source: Family Circle
2 pounds beef chuck for stew cut in 1.5 to 2-inch chunks
5 T flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 T unsalted butter
1 T canola oil
1 14.5 ounce can of low-sodium beef broth
4 large carrots, peeled and cut on the diagonal into 1/5-inch pieces. I just cut a bunch of baby carrots in half
1 10 ounce package of mushrooms halved or quartered
2 cloves of garlic, sliced
1 cup red wine
1 14.4 ounce bag of frozen pearl onions, thawed
Put the beef, 2 tablespoons flour and some salt and pepper in a resealable plastic bag. Shake it up until its evenly coated. Melt the butter and oil in a skillet and brown the beef for five minutes. I had to do this in a couple of batches. Put the browned beef in the slow cooker.
To your skillet, add one cup of the broth. Cook for a couple of minutes, stirring to get the bits off the bottom of the pan. Pour it into the slower cooker with the vegetables, red wine and remaining beef broth. Put the pearl onions on top. Cook on high for five hours or low for 6.5 hours.
Remove the beef and vegetables from the cooker. Whisk 3 tablespoons of flour with 3 tablespoons of water in a small bowl. Pour the hot liquid from the cooker into a saucepan and whisk the flour mixture into it. Boil for about three minutes until its thickened and then stir it into the meat and veggies. Add more salt to taste.
Serve with mashed potatoes or noodles.
Yum! Next on my slower cooker list is the lentil soup from the same issue.
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Harleysville Savings Financial Corporation (OTCQB:HARL) reported today that the Company's Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.21 per share on the Company's common stock. The cash dividend will be payable on November 20, 2013 to stockholders of record on November 6, 2013. Net income for the twelve months ended September 30, 2013 amounted to $4,813,000 or $1.25 per diluted share compared to $5,053,000 or $1.33 per diluted share for the twelve months ended September 30, 2012. Net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013 amounted to $1,147,000 or $.30 per diluted share compared to $1,156,000 or $.30 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2012. Ron Geib, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, stated, "Again this year, we ended our fiscal year with solid financial results in spite of continued economic uncertainty, increased regulatory burden, low demand for loans and pressure on interest margins. Our credit quality remains high, we continue to focus on controlling expenses and the liabilities on our balance sheet continue to experience a shift from certificate of deposits to an increase in core transaction accounts. Between the improved strength of the balance sheet and the work ethic of our highly engaged team members, we are looking forward to continuing to create value for our stakeholders this coming year." The Company's assets totaled $810.4 million compared to $802.6 million a year ago. Stockholders' book value increased 2.65% to $16.27 per share from $15.85 a year ago. Harleysville Savings Financial Corporation is the holding company for Harleysville Savings Bank. Established in 1915, Harleysville Savings Bank is a Pennsylvania chartered and federally insured savings bank, headquartered in Harleysville, PA. Harleysville is located in Montgomery County, which has the third largest population base and the second highest per capita income in the state of Pennsylvania.
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WASHINGTON (Jul. 14)
Secretary of State-designate George Shultz indicated today that he did not put much stock in a report that the Palestine Liberation Organization was prepared to recognize Israel on a reciprocal basis.
"There are always statements floating around, " by various PLO spokesman, Shultz told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Shultz spoke in response to a question about a statement made in Paris yesterday by Iscam Sartawi, an advisor to PLO leader Yasir Arafat, who also called on the United States to recognize the PLO and deal with it directly. (Related story from Paris, P.2.)
Shultz said the PLO leadership has to get up and say that they recognize Israel, recognize United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338, lay down their arms, and not to continue with terrorist activities. "Then we are dealing with a different organization," he said.
Shultz, whose nomination is expected to be approved by the committee later today, repeated his statement yesterday that the Palestinians must be represented in negotiations dealing with their future. He said the PLO is only one of the claimants for that role. (Late Bulletin, P. 3.)
When Sen. Nancy Kassebaum (R. Kan.) suggested that the newly-threatened Iranian-Iraqi war might be used as another pressure point to urge the parties involved in the crisis in Lebanon to move with urgency toward an agreement, Shultz replied that there were enough reasons to settle the Lebanese crisis promptly without bringing in the Iran-Iraq war. But he noted that the Iran-Iraqi war demonstrated the value both to the Arab countries and to the United States of improved U.S. relations with Arab countries.
In his opening statement yesterday, Shultz stressed that he would make an effort to strengthen U.S. ties with Arab countries because "it is from them that the West gets much of its oil; it is with them that we share an interest and must cooperate in resisting Soviet imperialism; it is with them, as well as Israel, that we will be able to bring peace to the Middle East. "
In his testimony at yesterday's afternoon session, Shultz said he had no specific differences on the Mideast with the Reagan Administration. "I will be able to make myself comfortable in this area with the President," he said.
In reply to a question from Sen. Rudy Boschwitz. (R, Minn.), Shultz said he agreed with the President that Israel is a "strategic asset." He said, as he had in his prepared statement earlier in the day, that the U.S. has to provide for a secure Israel. Shultz stressed however that "we weaken Israel" when, in strengthening its security, there is no parallel effort to bring about a settlement of the Middle East issues.
Israeli sources here saw the Shultz testimony yesterday, particularly his stress on the centrality of the Palestinian issue in the Middle East, as a complete change from the position of former Secretary of State Alexander Haig. They saw new pressure on Israel later this year aimed at a withdrawal from the occupied territories.
However, one American Jewish observer here saw Shultz as trying to present a down-the-middle approach, and said that the Jewish community will have to wait and see how his policy develops.
In other matters, Shultz said today he did not know whether the Soviet Jewry issue was being brought up by the Reagan Administration in discussions on the resumption of a grain agreement with the Soviet Union. But he said Reagan has ordered that in all discussions with the Soviet Union, human rights problems be brought up, of which one is Soviet Jewry.
He also promised to take up the case of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who helped save Hungarian Jews from the Nazis during World War II and who is believed to have been held in a Soviet prison since January 1945.


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Prolift Versus IVS for Pelvic Floor Prolapse
This study has been withdrawn prior to enrollment.
Western Galilee Hospital-Nahariya
Information provided by:
Western Galilee Hospital-Nahariya
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: June 26, 2011
Last updated: June 19, 2014
Last verified: June 2014
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- How to Read a Study Record
- Women who underwent mesh or sling procedures to correct pelvic organ prolapse will be enrolled.
- Their data will be collected from the files.
- Comparison between two groups will be carried our: Those who underwent a posterior IVS and those who underwent posterior prolift procedure.
- The data will be obtained by questionaires by a telephone interview by a physician who did not participate in the surgery.
- Follow-up physical examination data will also be obtained.
|Pelvic Floor Prolapse
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Retrospective
|Official Title:
|Postoperative Comparison Between Posterior Prolift Mesh Placement and Posterior IVS Sling Placement
Further study details as provided by Western Galilee Hospital-Nahariya:
|Study Start Date:
|February 2009
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|June 2013
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|January 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Pelvic floor prolapse
Those who underwent prolift and those who underwent IVS
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 95 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Women with pelvic floor prolapse
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women who previously underwent surgery for pelvic floor prolapse at least a year before
Exclusion Criteria:
- Women who did not have surgery for pelvic floor prolapse
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01383291
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01383291
|Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Western Galilee Hospital
|Nahariya, Israel
|Clinics of Dr Neuman
|Rishon Lezion, Israel
Sponsors and Collaborators
Western Galilee Hospital-Nahariya
More Information
Keywords provided by Western Galilee Hospital-Nahariya:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Dr. Menahem Neuman, Western Galilee Hospital and vaious clinics
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01383291 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|June 26, 2011
|Last Updated:
|June 19, 2014
Keywords provided by Western Galilee Hospital-Nahariya:
pelvic floor prolapse
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pathological Conditions, Anatomical
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Safety and Immunogenicity Study of Therapeutic HSV-2 Vaccine
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Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose escalation study. There will be 3 cohorts of patients defined by the antigen dose (10, 30 or 100 µg of each antigen), and within each cohort, patients will be randomized at a ratio of 3:1:1 to one of the following:
- GEN-003/M2: GEN-003 plus Matrix M-2 adjuvant (50 µg per dose)
- GEN-003: Antigens alone
- Placebo (DPBS diluent)
Each Cohort is divided into 2 Groups. For each dose cohort, immunizations begin with a Pilot Group. Immunization of the remainder of the Group "Continuation Group") is contingent upon successful review of data from the Pilot Group through Day 7 after immunization. Dose escalation to the next dose level Cohort proceeds after evaluation of safety data from all patients in the prior Cohort and only after all specified safety criteria are met. The total numbers of patients in each Group and Cohort are as follows:
- 10 µg Cohort: 10 Pilot Group, 40 Continuation Group (50 Total)
- 30 µg Cohort: 10 Pilot Group, 40 Continuation Group (50 Total)
- 100 µg Cohort: 10 Pilot Group, 40 Continuation Group (50 Total)
- Totals per group: 30 Pilot Group, 120 Continuation Group (150 Total Patients)
Subjects will receive 3 doses of the assigned treatment (GEN-003/M-2, GEN-003, or placebo) at 3 week intervals. Sampling from mucocutaneous genital sites for viral shedding will be done twice daily for 28 days prior to the first immunization (baseline shedding), and again following the last immunization. Follow-up for safety monitoring will be conducted for 12 months after the last immunization.
|Genital Herpes Simplex Type 2
|Biological: GEN-003 with Matrix M-2 Biological: GEN-003 Biological: Placebo
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase I/IIa, Randomized, Double-blind, Dose-ranging, Placebo-controlled Study of the Safety and Immunogenicity of a HSV-2 Vaccine Containing Matrix M-2 Adjuvant in Individuals With Documented Genital HSV-2 Genital Infection
- Number of patients with adverse events as a measure of safety and tolerability [ Time Frame: 57 Weeks ]
- Immunogenicity measured by humoral (antibody) and T-cell responses to vaccine antigens [ Time Frame: 33 weeks ]
- Change in proportion of days with detectable viral shedding [ Time Frame: 6 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|July 2012
|Study Completion Date:
|April 2014
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: Low Dose GEN-003 with Matrix M-2
10µg GEN-003, 50µg Matrix M-2 Adjuvant
Biological: GEN-003 with Matrix M-2
IM administration of GEN-003 Vaccine with 50ug Matrix M-2 Adjuvant.
Experimental: Mid Dose GEN-003 with Matrix M-2
30µg GEN-003, 50µg Matrix M-2 Adjuvant
Biological: GEN-003 with Matrix M-2
IM administration of GEN-003 Vaccine with 50ug Matrix M-2 Adjuvant.
Experimental: High Dose GEN-003 with Matrix M-2
100µg GEN-003, 50µg Matrix M-2 Adjuvant
Biological: GEN-003 with Matrix M-2
IM administration of GEN-003 Vaccine with 50ug Matrix M-2 Adjuvant.
Experimental: Low Dose GEN-003 Only
10µg GEN-003
Biological: GEN-003
IM administration of GEN-003 Vaccine, antigens alone (without adjuvant).
Experimental: Mid Dose GEN-003 Only
30µg GEN-003
Biological: GEN-003
IM administration of GEN-003 Vaccine, antigens alone (without adjuvant).
Experimental: High Dose GEN-003 Only
100µg GEN-003
Biological: GEN-003
IM administration of GEN-003 Vaccine, antigens alone (without adjuvant).
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
0.5 mL phosphate buffered saline
Biological: Placebo
IM administration of 0.5 mL dose of Dulbecco's phosphate buffered saline.
Other Names:
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Men and women ages 18 to 50 years, inclusive.
- Willing to practice a highly effective method of contraception that includes the use of a barrier method such as a condom.
Diagnosis of genital HSV-2 infection for > 1 year supported by ONE of the following documented in the medical history or performed at screening:
- Western blot for HSV-2
- Type-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or viral culture
- Compatible clinical history AND HSV-2 ELISA (HerpSelect) index value >3.5
- A history of at least 3 and no more than 9 reported clinical occurrences in the prior 12 months, or, if currently on suppressive therapy, history of at least 3 and no more than 9 reported clinical occurrences in the 12 months prior to initiation suppressive therapy.
- Good general health status as determined by screening evaluation completed within 90 days prior to immunization. Any out of range screening clinical laboratory values should be considered not clinically significant by the Investigator.
- Patient has provided written informed consent.
- Ability and willingness to perform and comply with all study procedures including attending clinic visits as scheduled. Note: patients must provide, by the day of randomization, a minimum of 28 (equivalent of 14 days) baseline viral swab samples to continue to be eligible and be randomized).
Exclusion Criteria:
- On suppressive antiviral medication within 7 days of baseline viral shedding evaluation.
- Immunocompromised individuals, including those receiving systemic corticosteroids or other immunosuppressive agents.
- Positive serologic test for HIV-1 infection; positive hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) or antibody for hepatitis C (anti-HCV).
- Active lesions consistent with herpetic disease at the time of scheduled immunization.
- Pregnant or nursing women.
- Receipt of any investigational drug within 30 days of the first scheduled day of immunization.
- History of hypersensitivity to any component of the vaccine.
- History of genital HSV-1 infection.
- History of: (1) any form of ocular HSV infection, (2) HSV-related erythema multiforme, or (3) herpes meningitis or encephalitis.
- Any other condition which in the opinion of the Investigator would interfere with the successful completion of the study protocol.
- History of drug or alcohol abuse that, in the opinion of the Investigator, would interfere with the patient's ability to comply with the requirements of the study.
- Prior immunization with a vaccine containing HSV-2 antigens.
- Receipt of blood products within 90 days of the first immunization.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01667341
|United States, Alabama
|University of Alabama Vaccine Research Unit
|Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294-0006
|United States, Indiana
|Indiana University Infectious Disease Research
|Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
|United States, Ohio
|Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
|Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229-3039
|United States, Oregon
|Westover Heights Clinic
|Portland, Oregon, United States, 97210
|United States, Texas
|Center for Clinical Studies - Houston
|Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
|Center for Clinical Studies - Clear Lake/Webster
|Webster, Texas, United States, 77598
|United States, Washington
|UW Virology Research Clinic
|Seattle, Washington, United States, 98104
|Responsible Party:
|Genocea Biosciences, Inc.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01667341 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|August 14, 2012
|Last Updated:
|January 12, 2016
Keywords provided by Genocea Biosciences, Inc.:
genital infection
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Herpes Simplex
Herpes Genitalis
Herpesviridae Infections
DNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Skin Diseases, Viral
Skin Diseases, Infectious
Skin Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
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Two men and one woman face drug charges after being arrested at the Kwik Trip on Crest View Drive around noon on Sunday, July 6.
In custody earlier this week were Emily Rose Harper-Hellie, 21, of Minneapolis, Tyler J. Moore, 35, of Hopkins, Minn., and Thomas William Hatcher, 34, also of Hopkins.
According to Hudson Police Chief Marty Jensen, they received a call that men had been observed "doing a line" of what turned out to be methamphetamine in a restroom. When police arrived they found the three in or near their vehicle and in possession of drugs and large amounts of cash.
They were arrested and their vehicle, a black Ford Explorer, was impounded. After securing a search warrant, officers went on to find more methamphetamine, some LSD and drug paraphernalia. They also found several thousand dollars in cash including a package of rolled $1 bills used to snort the drug and small baggies to package it in.
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As coal production slowed, the area's economy went with it. Businesses closed or struggled to stay open.The prison brought nearly 200 jobs to one of the poorest regions in the South when it opened in 1981. CCA paid employees $8.25 an hour â¿¿ low pay by prison standards but welcome cash for the area. "It helped the few businesses that remain here," said Goeing, who used to deliver medications to the prison. Without the prison jobs, Wheelwright Mayor Andy Akers says people will lose their steady income and stop spending money in the area. "It's going to hurt the grocery stores, the restaurants â¿¿ just everything where they guards are used to spending their money," Akers said. The prison once housed women from Hawaii and Kentucky. In January 2010, after the scandal broke, Gov. Steve Beshear ordered the women removed from Otter Creek. The state transferred 400 female inmates to Western Kentucky Correctional Complex in Fredonia and moved men into Otter Creek. Hawaii removed 168 female inmates in 2009, sending them to a prison in Arizona. Multiple lawsuits were filed over the sex accusations. Most were dismissed. None of that slowed CCA down. In the last five years, the company announced contracts to build new private prisons or expand existing state and federal facilities in more than a half-dozen places ranging from Mississippi to Nevada. CCA spokesman Steve Owen said the company, through Otter Creek and other private prisons, "drives economic growth in any community where it operates." Alex Friedmann, a convicted armed robber turned inmate advocate, spent six of his 10 years in prison at CCA facilities. He said the closing of Otter Creek is part of a shift by some states to lower incarceration rates and save money on prison costs. Friedmann noted that CCA recently closed a facility in Appleton, Minn., and hasn't found a new client for it. He said they also stopped building a prison in Tennessee for want of a client.
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Washington D.C. - A $2.553 trillion budget for Fiscal Year 2006 was approved today by the U.S. House of Representatives. The document represents the House-approved framework for the next fiscal year's budget. A conference committee will reconcile the differences between the House and Senate resolutions.
U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry (TX-13) voted with the majority as the House budget resolution passed by a margin of 218-214.
"We are faced with significant challenges as we work on the budget this year. While it is critical that we rein in spending, we must make sure we provide sufficient funding for our men and women fighting the War on Terrorism," said Thornberry.
Thornberry noted that while the budget does provide an increase of 4.8 % for defense spending, discretionary spending in non-security areas receives an overall reduction of 0.8 %.
"I am especially pleased that we have made more progress in reducing the burden taxes impose on American citizens," said Thornberry. The House budget resolution not only avoids tax increases, it also lays out $106 billion in tax relief over the next five years.
Of particular interest to the 13th District is the success the House achieved in restoring money to agriculture above the President's budget request. While the White House had sought to trim mandatory agriculture spending by $7.5 billion, the House resolution calls for a cut of $5.3 billion. Negotiations between the House and Senate will be an opportunity for further adjustments.
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MI5 boss: Terror threat to UK surged after Iraq war
The invasion of Iraq led to a huge surge in the terrorist threat to the United Kingdom, the former head of MI5 said today.
Giving evidence to the official inquiry into the war, Baroness Manningham-Buller said that the service had struggled to cope with the number of plots emerging in the aftermath of the invasion in 2003.
"Our involvement in Iraq radicalised, for want of a better word, a whole generation of young people – not a whole generation, a few among a generation – who saw our involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan as being an attack on Islam," she said.
She said that many British-born individuals found themselves attracted to the ideology of Osama bin Laden and al Qaida.
"We were pretty well swamped – that's possibly an exaggeration – but we were very overburdened with intelligence on a broad scale that was pretty well more than we could cope with in terms of plots, leads to plots and things that we needed to pursue," she said.
She also said that the toppling of Saddam Hussein had enabled al Qaida to establish a foothold in Iraq which it had never managed before.
"Arguably we gave Osama bin Laden his Iraqi jihad so that he was able to move into Iraq in a way that he was not before," she said.
Lady Manningham-Buller said that in March 2002 – a year before the invasion – MI5 had advised the Home Office that Iraqi intelligence agents in the UK would pose little threat in the event of war.
"We regarded the direct threat from Iraq as low," she said.
"We did think that Saddam Hussein might resort to terrorism in the theatre if he thought his regime was toppled but we didn't believe he had the capability to do anything in the UK.
"That turned out to be the right judgment. That is partly as a result of the action we took."
However she said that, even before the 9/11 attacks on the United States in 2001, MI5 had been concerned about the threat from al Qaida.
She rejected any suggestion that Iraq had been involved in the attack on the Twin Towers.
"There is no credible intelligence to suggest that connection. That was the judgment of the CIA. It was not a judgment that found favour in some parts of the American machine," she said.
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Why the Greek referendum controversy is a tragedy in slow motion.
- By Nick Malkoutzis<p> Nick Malkoutzis is deputy editor of Kathimerini English Edition daily newspaper and a blogger at Inside Greece. </p> <p> </p>
ATHENS – Greece is no stranger to referendums. In fact, the world's first plebiscite was held here in 483 B.C., when Athenian leader Themistocles won a vote to use silver discovered at the port of Laurium to build a fleet of 200 triremes. It set ancient Greece on its way to becoming a maritime superpower. Today, however, the words "Greece" and "superpower" don't even belong in the same sentence. Themistocles's descendants now face the prospect of another referendum — one that could decide whether Greece's economy will sail on within the eurozone or sink into bankruptcy.
If Greece could pay its debt in units of uncertainty, the crisis would have ended some time ago. Since Athens agreed to an emergency loan package with its eurozone partners and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last year, Greeks have been living in a permanent state of insecurity, unsure whether their country would avoid bankruptcy, doubtful about its future in the eurozone, and confused about what their own futures might hold. This frustration has led to almost daily protests over the last 18 months by unions, civil servants, and private-sector workers in Athens. Sometimes, protesters have clashed with riot police and, on one occasion last month, between themselves. On Monday, Oct. 31, Prime Minister George Papandreou, who leads the center-left PASOK party, decided to step the uncertainty up a notch or two.
The premier's decision to propose a popular referendum on whether Greece should accept the latest debt deal with eurozone leaders and bankers in Brussels, proposed last week, sent markets tumbling and European leaders scrambling for their phones. In Greece, the reaction was somewhere between shocked and bewildered. Papandreou's motives for proposing the referendum are still somewhat unclear, though it seems concerns about the increasing polarization between the PASOK government and the opposition parties and the prospect of continued popular unrest were uppermost in his mind. "Let each Greek person decide; with a ballot paper in his hand, let each person decide for his country and for himself," Papandreou told parliament. "Democracy is alive and well, and Greeks are being called to rise to a national duty beyond the regular electoral processes."
The prime minister held lengthy talks late on Tuesday with his ministers, many of whom claimed to be in the dark about his motives. Although there was support within the cabinet for the prime minister's surprising move, some ministers objected to the referendum and expressed concern about the exact phrasing of the question that will be posed to voters. The seven-hour meeting ended with ministers agreeing to back the premier over the referendum but asking for the vote to take place as soon as possible.
Papandreou's chances of having an equally straightforward task in convincing the majority of the Greek people to vote yes in the plebiscite are extremely slim. It may seem oddly suicidal to outsiders that Greeks would choose to reject an agreement that reduces the country's debt by some 100 billion euros and provides another 130 billion euros in loans to Athens, thereby securing its funding for the next few years, when it won't be able to access international markets.
However, the deal is not as simple as that. Almost half of the 100 billion euros to be written down is held by Greek banks and pension funds. In fact, Athens would have to borrow 30 billion euros from its eurozone partners to recapitalize its banks, at an interest rate of about 4 percent. Under the terms proposed in Brussels last week, another 30 billion euros would have to be provided by Greece to foreign banks as incentives to voluntarily accept a 50 percent loss, or haircut, on the Greek bonds they hold. Basically, Greece would have to borrow 60 billion euros to save 100 billion euros. Given that the Greek debt pile is now roughly 350 billion euros, it seems what Greece's European partners are proposing is hardly a panacea for its problems. But these are concerns for central bankers.
What worries average Greeks much more are the measures the government will have to adopt to please the eurozone and the IMF so that a steady supply of loans keeps coming. The last two years have seen unprecedented levels of austerity adopted in Greece as it tries to bring down its large public deficit. The measures have included pay cuts of at least 30 percent in the public sector and a substantial increase in taxes, including an emergency levy on property, that has seen the average Greek's bill increase by some 2,500 euros just this year. Along with the recession, which is set to complete a third year, the spending cuts and tax hikes have had a devastating effect on Greek society. Unemployment has passed 17 percent and is still rising, hundreds of businesses are closing each week and ordinary families are finding it near impossible to meet all their financial commitments. "I have spent the last few weeks going from one bank to the next to try to renegotiate my mortgage," says 32-year-old civil servant Maria Kotsari, who saw her salary virtually cut in half overnight. "But no matter what deal they offer me, the numbers simply don't add up. I don't know how I'm going to hold on to my home."
The Brussels debt deal does little to address these concerns. In fact, it requires Athens to continue its austerity program under the strict supervision of EU and IMF officials who are to set up a permanent presence in the Greek capital. It gives Greece a little breathing space, but it does not provide hope of economic growth or job creation. These concerns have been the main driving force behind the occasionally violent protests in Athens over the last few months. The displays of public anger peaked on Oct. 28, when hundreds of anti-austerity protesters prevented for the first time an annual military parade marking Greece's entry into World War II from taking place.
In this charged negative climate, it seems counterproductive at best and self-destructive at worst for Papandreou to call for people to vote on the deal. The only thing that the prime minister could hope to gain from the referendum is that it would force politicians and commentators in Greece — who have suggested that there are simpler and less painful ways of tackling the debt problem — to get off the bleachers and defend their positions from the center of the court. Papandreou appears to hope that this would unmask his detractors as charlatans and would concentrate Greeks' minds on the uncomfortable truth, which is that the best option they have is to combat their economic problems from within the eurozone. Voting no, he argues, would open a dangerous and destructive path to the drachma. There are fears that an exit from the euro would collapse the Greek banking system and make key imports, such as fuel, so expensive that the economy would not function properly.
It's possible, however, that Papandreou will not get the chance to go face to face with his opponents. Although he survived a meeting with his anxious ministers on Tuesday, he still has to overcome a vote of confidence in parliament on Friday. The prime minister may have put his neck on the line in calling for the referendum, but it's not at all certain he'll be able to save himself. He started the week with a parliamentary majority of just three deputies; one member of the ruling PASOK party has since quit and another has indicated she is unlikely to support Papandreou. If one more goes, his government will crumble. But even if Papandreou scrapes through the confidence vote on Friday, he will still have to put his referendum proposal to parliament. Again, a simple majority in the 300-seat legislature would be enough for his motion to pass — but of the 152 PASOK deputies left, four have already indicated they won't support it.
If the prime minister fails to get his way, he will be forced to stand aside and call snap elections. And just in case you thought that this would clear some of the uncertainty surrounding Greece, most opinion polls indicate that the a general election would produce a hung parliament. Greece has an extremely poor record of coalition governments, and there is currently no basis for cooperation between any of the main players. Also, the conservative opposition, New Democracy, which leads in the polls, says it wants to renegotiate the loan agreement with the eurozone.
If enough MPs do approve the referendum motion, it could take a month for the plebiscite to actually be held. But Greece isn't just treading water right now; it's sinking. There are fears that in the intervening month, the structural reforms the European Union and the IMF have demanded would be put on hold and that Greece's lenders would not release the next loan installment, bringing Athens a step closer to bankruptcy — and no doubt causing widespread anxiety in the markets.
It seems that wherever Greeks turn, their future is mired in doubt. In fact, the only thing Greece is rich in at the moment is uncertainty. Almost 2,500 years since a referendum that shaped its future, Greece could be heading for another era-defining vote. How it could do with finding another seam of silver, as the ancient Greeks did at Laurium, to help pay off its debt.


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LONDON, United Kingdom — The Business of Fashion is pleased to announce the launch of Inside the Studio, a series of in-depth interviews providing a 360 degree view of the world's top fashion designers and their roles as both creative and business people. Supported by Swarovski and produced by and developed in association with Make Believe, the first interview features renowned fashion designer Giles Deacon who celebrated his 10th season at London Fashion Week in September 2008. In a rare one-on-one conversation, Deacon speaks at length about his decision to become a fashion designer, the nature of his creative process, and his approach for managing an independent fashion business in these troubled economic times. Inside the Studio moves beyond the ephemeral trend- and celebrity-watching common in the fashion media to reveal a fascinating side of the industry that is rarely seen. Giles' story will be revealed in three chapters on www.businessoffashion.net and www.swarovskisparkles.tv in the coming weeks:
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Bernard Wolf, a prominent merchant and civic leader who successfully challenged racial covenants in Canada, has died in London, Ontario at the age of 96. He had been the first president of the Jewish Community Council in London and a member of the national board of the Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University.
Born Pinchas Baer in the Ukraine, he came to Canada with his parents early in the century and built up a prosperous retail business. He came to national prominence in 1948 when he brought legal action against an anti-Jewish racial covenant on property he wanted to buy in the resort area of Grand Bend, Ontario.
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To give our users the best experience possible we needed to expand our datacenters globally and bring data closer to our users. This requires a new way of thinking and a complete overhaul of our architecture in both front- and back-end. When we started building our new architecture over a year ago where we also took into account that failure is bound to happen sometime. The new architecture has been built with failure in mind: we can cope with split brain scenarios and even with a full datacenter outage.
We achieved all this by building Master datacenters containing the persistent storage and Satellite datacenters containing memory-based storage. This approach required new techniques like write-through for inter-datacenter writes and enabled us to implement asynchronous (fire and forget) writes to our persistent layer. The architecture is being built with MySQL, handler sockets, Erlang, Memcache, Openstack and hybird cloud as its building blocks.
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Marquis Theodoli said he was convinced that all members of the Mandates Commission will have appreciated the dignified, impartial and measured terms in which the vice-chairman, D. Van Rees, had welcomed the Henderson statement in the name of the Commission.
Closing the discussion on Palestine, M. Procope noted that unanimous agreement had been reached. He paid tribute to the Commission for its impartial attitude and officially informed it that the League's Council had instructed the secretary-general of the League to forward the Commission's report to the British government requesting the latter to give effect to the recommendations and conclusions contained in the report and take the action suggested.
The conflict between the British government and the Mandates Commission was raised by M. Van Rees who pointed out that he reserved the right at the previous session to refer again to the British reply to the Commission's report. Nevertheless the Commission is not likely to discuss the Palestine question unless, as Dr. Chaim Weizmann, resigned president of the Jewish Agency and the Zionist Organization, declared at the opening of the emergency session of the Zionist Actions Committee in London today, the Jewish Agency will submit a petition to the Mandates Commission asking it to discuss the Palestine situation immediately.
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After a dozen years living and working throughout Africa—studying monkeys in Kenya's Samburu National Park, directing Peace Corps operations in Uganda, and passing through nearly every other nation—I learned one indispensable truth about travel here: There are no sure things. The animals may or may not appear; the terrain may or may not be navigable; and the weather can be as unpredictable as the elections. But I also discovered a few places in East and southern Africa that deliver nearly every time I visit. (And these days, who really wants to gamble their hard-won travel dollars?) Within these two vast regions, you'll find the best parks, the most game, and (no kidding) reliable infrastructure. It's a dizzying variety, which is why I've selected my 12 favorite places—from the slopes of Mount Kenya to Zimbabwe's Mana Pools—as well as the top outfits to get you where you need to go. Consider these four pages your inside line to travel in Africa.
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When it comes to sheer beauty and diverse landscapes—alpine meadows, moorlands, and more than 20 glacial lakes—17,058-foot Mount Kenya (not Kilimanjaro) is the best on the continent. Just below the summit, Point Lenana is surrounded by the snowcapped remains of a shattered volcano. It looks a bit like the Swiss Alps, but with elephants, duikers, and colobus monkeys on the hike up. Adventure Consultants is one of the only outfitters to offer trekking to Point Lenana as well as a 703-foot technical climb up to the Batian summit (nine days, from $4,450 per person; adventureconsultants.com).


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There's a wealth of excellent prescriptive Guidance from Microsoft Consultants which is available for free download at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/guidance
The wireless guide explains how to secure both large scale Enterprise networks and smaller scale networks.
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"Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) technology is a controversial topic. Organizations that have deployed WLANs are concerned about whether they are secure; those that have not deployed them are worried about missing out on user productivity benefits and lower ownership costs. There is still a good deal of confusion about whether a WLAN is safe to use for corporate computing.
Ever since weaknesses in first generation WLAN security were discovered, analysts and network security firms have strived to resolve these problems. Some of these efforts have contributed significantly to the cause of wireless security. Others have had their share of flaws: some introduce a different set of security vulnerabilities; some require costly proprietary hardware; and others avoid the question of WLAN security altogether by layering on another, potentially complex security technology such as virtual private networks (VPN).
In parallel, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), along with other standards bodies and consortia, have been diligently redefining and improving wireless security standards to enable WLANs to stand up to the hostile security environment of the early twenty–first century. Thanks to the efforts of standards bodies and industry leaders, "WLAN security" is no longer an oxymoron. WLANs can be deployed and used today with a high level of confidence in their security.
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Operation Green Fence, a joint effort by several Chinese government agencies designed to more closely manage containerized scrap imports, was introduced in February 2013.
In early 2013, recyclers and traders in North America said the policy was enacted without any advance notice, leaving no time to make adjustments to shipments already on the water when the Green Fence regimen was established.
Chaos and financial harm resulted for the guilty and the innocent alike, recyclers and brokers complained, because of the enormous backups caused at Chinese ports as inspectors seemingly opened up and viewed each inbound container.
One year later, those bad memories are still fresh in the minds of many recyclers in the U.S., though the passage of time and the distribution of additional information about Operation Green Fence have helped lead to adjustments to the procedures and (in some cases) the attitudes of recyclers.
Cycling through
The reaction of recyclers and brokers to Operation Green Fence has in some ways paralleled the seven stages of grief outlined in 1969 by Swiss psychiatrist Elizabeth Kubler-Ross:
- Stage One – shock or disbelief ("My container won't be inspected or cleared for how long?!");
- Stage Two – denial ("There's no way they can keep rigorously inspecting like this for more than a month.");
- Stage Three – anger ("If they don't want our scrap, we'll find somewhere else to send it!");
- Stage Four – bargaining ("If you'll clean up and sign off on this one load of mixed paper, we'll ship only OCC next month.");
- Stage Five – guilt ("Maybe this was bound to happen if we kept pushing prohibitive and out-throw percentages higher and farther away from the specifications.");
- Stage Six – depression ("Our first-half balance sheet has taken an enormous hit from this."); and
- Stage Seven – acceptance and hope ("Ultimately, this Green Fence was necessary to reward quality and weed out the bad operators.").
Undoubtedly some recyclers lingered in certain stages longer than others, and by no means have all traders accepted Operation Green Fence as a reason to be hopeful about the future.
Positive spin
If recyclers in North America look back at the dollars-and-cents impact of Operation Green Fence in 2013 and see red ink, it may or may not comfort them to read about positive bottom-line effects being touted by the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (China Customs), one of the agencies that oversees Green Fence.
A news release posted by China Customs in mid-January 2014 refers to a study conducted by a regional papermaking association claiming improved pulping yields thanks to Green Fence.
"According to [an] estimation made by the Fuyang Paper Association, papermaking companies in Fuyang earned 40 renminbi to 65 renminbi ($6.60 to $10.75) more on each ton of imported waste paper due to the lower moisture content and less foreign substances [in bales.]."
The news release, posted at http://english.customs.gov.cn, continues, "In this way, Green Fence has brought in 70 million renminbi ($11.5 million) more for the local papermaking industry (which imported 1.5 million tons of waste paper) for the first 10 months of 2013, according to the association."
The China Customs news release connects the positive financial news to its inspection regimen at Chinese ports. "There are less plastic films and pop cans hidden in the waste paper now, and the moisture content is lower," it quotes an inspector at the Fuyang Customs Office as saying as he looked at inbound bales in December 2013.
"The foreign suppliers realize now we will say 'no' to those waste paper cubes whose classification is confusing, and we will no longer accept those which contain foreign substances," the inspector, surnamed Wang, adds.
China Customs says the Hangzhou Customs District received some 6.5 million tons of scrap materials from February to November 2013 and "seized at the scene 3,508 tons of those whose import were prohibited by the state. The antismuggling bureau has filed for investigation 11 solid waste smuggling cases involving a value of more than 490 million renminbi ($81 million)."
When material recovery facility (MRF) operator Cal Tigchelaar of Resource Management Cos., Chicago Ridge, Ill., was interviewed in late 2013 for a feature article in Recycling Today's January 2014 edition, he offered some positive comments about the lasting impact of Operation Green Fence. "I've been going to Asia since 1997, and invariably in a paper mill we'd look at inventory of our material against others, and I'd wonder why we bothered to strive for quality," he commented. "Now I finally feel vindicated to some extent."
Tigchelaar's colleague Mike Koh added, "For us, Green Fence really didn't have as much of a negative consequence because we produce a good quality of paper. The people we do business with in China actually now want to do more business with us."
The General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (China Customs), one of the authors and enforcers of Operation Green Fence protocols, issued a news release in mid-January 2014 offering a viewpoint from consuming paper mills that points to a positive bottom-line impact for scrap paper buyers. (See the sidebar "Positive spin" on the right.)
By the time recyclers gathered for a series of industry events in the final quarter of 2013, the viewpoints of secondary commodity processors, buyers and sellers from around the world regarding Operation Green Fence could be heard and compared.
Presenters at times offered comments similar to those of Tigchelaar and Koh—that secondary commodity quality improvements were overdue in some cases—but many also proclaimed that the turmoil brought about by Green Fence had made 2013 a difficult and unprofitable year.
Hard hit but recovering
Perhaps no recycling sector has been harder hit by Operation Green Fence than the plastic scrap sector. Thus, Green Fence was a primary topic of discussion at RePlas 2013 in November 2013 in Hangzhou, China. The China Scrap Plastics Association (CSPA) sponsored the event.
Reviewing 2013 data at the event, Lu Xisen of the Tianjin Price Information Service said the slowdown at ports caused by the implementation of Operation Green Fence was the main reason China's plastic scrap imports dropped from 790,000 tons in January 2013 to 480,000 tons in February. (See the sidebar "By the numbers" below.)
While that figure bounced back somewhat to 610,000 tons in March 2013, Lu noted, the restricted flow of plastic scrap into Chinese ports caused overseas exporters and Chinese manufacturers to look for alternatives.
Lu said some of these exporters have begun shipping plastic scrap to Malaysia or Vietnam, where it is processed into flakes or pellets that can then be shipped into China with less scrutiny.
Although recyclers in other parts of the world have complained about a lack of clear communication from Chinese authorities regarding Operation Green Fence, China Scrap Plastics Association (CSPA) President Dr. Du Huanzheng told RePlas attendees he was pleased with the lines of communication that have been established between the government and plastics recyclers in China. "Just before Green Fence, AQSIQ (Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine) had contacted our association and identified which are the illegal procedures," Du said.
Subsequently, he said, government agencies "have been extensively hearing from us [and] working with us on implementation. We are very happy to see such communication."
Du added that AQSIQ had conducted seven workshops on Operation Green Fence since August in cooperation with CSPA that attracted 60 recycling companies. "Our government highly requests our reports from the field," he added.
CSPA Executive President Dr. Steve Wong, who is also president of Hong Kong-based Fukutomi Co. Ltd., said the association will work on lengthening that line of communication to other parts of the world. "We want to establish a long-term idea and communication chain with foreign and international counterparts," he commented.
Li Shuyuan of China's Ministry of Environmental Protection said Operation Green Fence remained necessary to prevent "secondary pollution" and to "counter foreign waste smuggling."
Li stated that companies caught using an AQSIQ license to import mixed wastes or using licenses that do not belong to them not only face cancellation of their licenses but they also "will face criminal charges."
China's government has been paying particular attention to irregularities in plastic scrap imports, she said, because plastic scrap has chemical regulatory tie-ins with environmental and human health implications.
Surendra Borad, chairman of Gemini Corp., Antwerp, Belgium, who also chairs the Plastics Division of the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), Brussels, offered his viewpoint as a plastic scrap exporter.
"Recycled plastic traders may perceive Green Fence as a hindrance in the immediate future, but it will serve the interests of the trading community in the long run," he commented. "Green Fence is in the best interest of the users of reprocessed plastics and for the environment," Borad said, adding that it also will "benefit the Chinese recycling industry in the long run."
Path of least resistance
While traders such as Borad can point to positive aspects of China's Green Fence, as the shipment of some plastic scrap to Vietnam or Malaysia demonstrates, business owners also will look for alternatives if one nation puts up unwelcome barriers.
By the numbers
Recyclers and brokers in North America at times found it difficult and frustrating to ship materials to China after Operation Green Fence was enacted in February 2013.
Statistics maintained by government agencies in China and the U.S. show that the tension resulted in lower volumes of business.
Operation Green Fence is not the only factor affecting outbound scrap shipments, as scrap generation was modest in the U.S. throughout much of 2013 and demand from China can vary greatly depending on the health of its metals production sector and the country's scrap generation.
According to U.S. Census Bureau statistics compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), China imported 341,000 metric tons of copper scrap from the U.S. in 2012. In the first nine months of 2013, China imported 236,000 metric tons, putting it on a pace to import 314,700 metric tons in 2013, a 7.7 percent decrease.
Aluminum scrap also declined from 1.06 million metric tons shipped in the first nine months of 2012 to 934,000 metric tons in the first nine months of 2013, representing an 11.9 percent drop.
Plastic scrap was scrutinized as thoroughly as any material, and figures presented at the RePlas 2013 event in Hangzhou, China, point to the early effects of Operation Green Fence.
Lu Xisen of the Tianjin Price Information Service cited the slowdown and backup at ports as the initial reason why China's plastic scrap imports dropped from 790,000 tons in January 2013 to 480,000 tons in February.
Plastic scrap imports bounced back to 610,000 tons in March 2013, Lu noted, but its restricted flow into Chinese ports continued in subsequent months.
That was one of the main points brought up by Robert Stein of St. Louis-based scrap metals company Alter Trading Co. in a presentation he made at the 2013 China International Scrap Conference. That event was hosted by the China Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Association Reused and Recycling Branch (CIQAR) in Ningbo, China, in early November 2013.
Stein, who also is the chair of the BIR Nonferrous Division, asked Chinese government officials to consider the possible consequences of burdensome trade barriers and hurdles to its own nation's business owners.
"The costs of continuing to meet AQSIQ licensing requirements are high both in terms of money and business time," Stein said. "And, yet, despite achieving this AQSIQ approval, exporters have remained prey to all-too-familiar whispers and warnings of changes to the rules relating to how we get our valuable scrap into China. Some of these changes actually happen; others do not. But all of them take up valuable business time as we assess the potential impact on our operations. Perhaps worst of all, some of the changes happen at very short notice."
If 2014 brings with it additional regulations or new twists to Operation Green Fence, Chinese scrap buyers may suffer a competitive disadvantage, Stein said. "I hope you can see why importing countries other than China might seem an eminently more attractive option for the reputable exporters with whom, I'm sure, you would prefer to do business," he told the assembled delegates.
"The stark truth is that for my company and many others globally, the compliance issue costs of supplying scrap to China are the highest that I know of in the entire world," Stein remarked. "Scrap metal, like any other commodity, eventually finds its way to the most efficient market of value, which, simply put, means that we regularly compare costs of getting our product to various markets as part of the decision as to where it will ultimately be shipped. All impediments that stand in the way of easy material flow cost us money and are obviously a part of the calculation. In today's world of increasing costs, the compliance issues that we face in our shipments to China all too often dictate that our scrap metal either stays in the domestic market or is exported to countries other than China."
Stein said the issue is not one of national sovereignty but rather of business climate. "We, as a scrap metal company, have absolutely no misgivings with China wanting to make sure that ecologically unsound material does not find its ways to your shores. But the costs for us to undergo inspections by CCIC (China Certification and Inspection Group); maintaining an AQSIQ license; extra and special handling and packaging are all inflationary to your consuming sector."
Recyclers are able to take steps to clear all those hurdles, Stein said, but doing so comes at a cost to Chinese businesses. "As a responsible recycler, we, along with many other quality shippers around the world, will do whatever it is that you want us to do; but, please understand that the more difficult you make it, the higher the costs are to the entities who ultimately must pay the price for the extra costs that are incurred—in this case it's the Chinese consumer. We cannot tolerate changes of policy that are put forward with little or no notice, and the most recent case of this, last spring, resulted in thousands of tons of scrap being diverted to other markets at sometimes lower prices," Stein commented.
"It is a universal truth that bears repetition: commodities, including scrap and other recyclables, find their way to points of consumption via the path of least resistance," he said. "For the seller, every obstacle is an additional cost; and if there is no mechanism for recouping that additional cost, the buyer would not be behaving in the best interests of his own business and of his employees if he did not at least pursue more cost-friendly alternatives."
The next steps
Speakers at the 2013 Annual Convention of the CMRA (China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association Recycling Metal Branch), held in November in Chongqing, China, noted that Green Fence procedures caused expensive delays for importers and exporters, but many also commented that in the long run the changes will be beneficial for recyclers who play by the rules.
Operation Green Fence indisputably "affected the customs clearance of importers" stated Wang Jiwei, vice president and secretary general of the CMRA.
The increased scrutiny of imported scrap came at the same time as increased taxes and increased energy costs for nonferrous scrap recyclers and secondary metals producers, noted Wang, making 2013 a difficult year for the sector in China.
Delays caused by Operation Green Fence were frustrating for metals recyclers, according to Wang, because "there are basically no smuggling cases for scrap metal," and substandard shipments of mixed waste do not try to enter the country labeled as scrap metal.
"Copper and aluminum are not smuggled into China, however we were affected [by the port slowdowns], and our customs declaration process has been slowed down," he stated.
Alexandre Delacoux, director general of the Brussels-based BIR, acknowledged that Green Fence caused difficulties, but he also played up the positive aspects of the initiative.
"I think Green Fence shows that China can apply [these standards] because you can pursue quality," he commented. "I'm very glad about that."
As 2014 proceeds, recyclers are well past the initial shock and disbelief stage brought on by China's introduction of Operation Green Fence. If recyclers have reached the acceptance and hope stage, likely among their hopes is that no new surprises enter the picture in the year ahead.
The author is editor of Recycling Today and can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The first A320 aircraft assembled outside Europe at the Airbus Final Assembly Line China (FALC) in Tianjin, China, completed its first flight on May 18, a little more than a month before scheduled first delivery to Dragon Aviation Leasing customer Sichuan Airlines. The milestone flight came amid aggressive moves to spark a recovery of China's airline industry with direct government funding and loans. Most recently, Hainan Airlines said it plans to issue 3 billion yuan ($440 million) worth of new shares to its two largest shareholders in exchange for state funding. Hainan said it will use 2.05 billion yuan ($300 million) of the proceeds to repay bank loans and the remainder to supplement its working capital. China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines and Shanghai Airlines have already received state funding totaling some 13 billion yuan ($1.9 billion).
After taking off from Tianjin International Airport at 10:42 a.m. for the airplane'sfirst flight, Airbus vice president production flight tests Harry Nelson and experimental test pilot Philippe Pellerin flew the aircraft for four hours, 14 minutes.
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