Objective of this assignment is to design and deliver standardized emergency management training for municipality leadership (mayors and municipal/city civil protection emergency headquarters) and design and conduct simulation exercise in the form of table top exercise (TTX) for 3 beneficiary municipalities.
Under the direct supervision of the Project Manager, Expert for development of disaster management training for mayors and municipal HQ and simulation exercise is to design standardized 2-day emergency management training for municipality leadership (mayors and municipal/city civil protection emergency headquarters) and deliver one training to leadership of three beneficiary municipalities (Livno, Mrkonjic Grad and Maglaj) and design and conduct simulation exercise in the form of table top exercise (TTX) for 3 beneficiary municipalities.
Design and conduct of TTX for three municipalities (Livno, Mrkonjic Grad and Maglaj).
Deliver a workplan for the assignment that will include detailed list of relevant domestic and international documents that will be reviewed (regulations, policies, studies, methodologies, etc.) including best practices related to disaster management training for leadership of local communities and TTX, list of interviews/meetings to be conducted with relevant domestic and international stakeholders. Final workplan will be approved by UNDP. UNDP will provide translation of relevant BiH documents.
Develop a situation analysis and training needs assessment through review of current practices in terms of disaster risk management at the municipal level. The consultant will collect all the relevant inputs (information, assessment reports, etc.) for this task, and s/he will design one focus group meeting with the local governments' representatives in order to precisely define gaps in disaster risk management, as well as to define a scope and topics to be included in comprehensive training programme. As a result, a draft report will be prepared and shared with UNDP and local stakeholders for comments that provides straightforward analysis of the existing deficiencies in the disaster risk management at local level, the list of recommended measures, divided from the most to the least urgent, to reduce the identified weaknesses, as well as the list of the recommended training programmes to be developed for that purpose. The final version of the document will include the comments provided by UNDP and local stakeholders.
Design tailored training programme on disaster risk management for mayors and municipal crisis HQ by using the findings from the situation analysis and training needs report, that is the specific training scope and topics identified therein,the consultant will design an outline of the training curriculum and training plan presenting the purpose, learning objectives, content and methodology to be used, training agenda, and training outcome to be used in training evaluation process. The outline will be submitted for approval to UNDP Project Team, and upon its consent the consultant will design full-fledged programme and materials for the training (up to 2 training days in total). Training materials developed by the consultant will consist of:agenda, PowerPoint presentation, compilation of relevant readings, list of references, exercises, tools, models of relevant legal documents and a training evaluation form. The UNDP Project Team will provide templates for training materials. The training will be delivered only upon UNDP's approval of programme and materials.
The consultant will deliver the designed and approved training programme to selected beneficiaries. The training aims at increasing knowledge and skills of up to 15 representatives from selected municipalities and/or other relevant governmental institutions. Following the completion of training delivery, the consultant will provide a report with his/her observations and eventual recommendations for the training improvements. UNDP will provide logistical support for the organization of the training.
In order to test newly gained skills, consultant is expected to organize simulation exercise for 3 beneficiary municipalities. Simulation exercise will be in the form of table top exercise (TTX) involving all relevant stakeholders (civil protection units, police, medical services, firemen, municipal/city civil protection emergency headquarters, community leaders etc.) with focus on vulnerable categories of population through use of DRAS. In close cooperation with beneficiary municipalities and local experts, consultant will provide detailed plan and scenario for TTX based on best international practices. After TTX scenario is approved by local stakeholders, consultant will lead implementation of the exercise based on developed scenarios including subsequent evaluation of the TTX.
All tasks will be done in close collaboration and support of local stakeholders and civil protection experts and UNDP. Draft and final versions of standardized 2-day emergency management training and TTX scenario will be approved by relevant counterparts and UNDP. The duration of this task is estimated to be 25 working days including three mission to BiH within 8 months.
Design and conduct simulation exercise in the form of table top exercise (TTX) for three municipalities (Livno, Mrkonjic Grad and Maglaj) - 9 days, by 30 June 2019, 35%.
 DRAS https://dras.undp.ba/ DRAS is software developed by UNDP for local level risk assessments that enables freely accessible hazard data to citizens to increase disaster risk awareness as well as spatial risk assessments combining hazard, land use and vulnerability data for decision makers.
Advanced university degree (Master's degree or equivalent) in disaster risk management, environment or development or other related fields.
BA in combination with 2 additional years of working experience may be accepted in lieu of the advanced university degree.
Proven knowledge and previous experience in designing and delivering disaster management trainings and simulation exercises.
Criteria D: Brief methodology on how they will approach and conduct the work - Weight: 15%, Maximum points: 15.


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'Game of Thrones' Final Season Won't Start Filming Until October
Denise Caputo
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We finally have an estimated production start date for the 8th and final season of Game of Thrones and it looks like it's going to be another long wait for fans.
Filming for the hit HBO series typically kicks off mid-summer and then continues to film through the end of the year, however, last season, that timeline was delayed. Because of the fact that winter had officially arrived on the series, Season 7 began filming in September, much later than usual in order to coincide with winter and continued through February of 2017. This also pushed the premiere date back to summer when it typically takes place in the spring.
In a recent interview with Collider, series star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau confirmed another delayed start for the series. Coster-Waldau was speaking with the outlet to promote his new movie Shot Caller when he was asked about what lies ahead in season 8, the final season of Game of Thrones.
Coster-Waldau told the outlet that he didn't know what was ahead in the series because the cast had not yet received their scripts signaling that filming will be later this year. He said:
"I knew what was going to happen for the first three seasons. After that, it's been a season at a time. You get the scripts a month before we start shooting, or six weeks, and then you know what's going to happen that season. But, I don't know what's going to happen next season. We go back in October, so maybe in the next few weeks, we'll get the scripts and I'll find out. I'm very curious."
Season 8 of Game of Thrones will be the series' shortest containing only 6 episodes. It has been rumored that each episode may be supersized in length and could possibly even be feature film length in order to properly wrap up all the storylines. Supersized episodes combined with the entertaining fast pace that we are seeing in season 7 will surely make for an EPIC finale!
What do you think of Game of Thrones season 8 filming being pushed back to October? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below!
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For the fall 2019 semester, high school's that have Joliet Junior College dual credits available will now be charged $50 per course. The action was voted 7-0 by the JJC board on their meeting Oct. 8.
Amy Kittle, manager of dual credit, said that it will help promote access and help make investment and help maintain eligibility of the program.
The board agreed this was a fair price for the class. The students will only pay about an eighth of what taking the class on campus would actually cost. A three credit class is usually in the lower $400 range. Some schools such as Minooka Community High School even supply the textbooks for their students to use for the semester.
"Personally, if the money is used to continue educating the teachers for higher standards than it is a good idea. Comparing to taking the class at the college you get a really good discount. I think it will have a good outcome," Rebecca Ashbacher, student government vice president said.
Students who pay the fee will be eligible to receive reimbursement of the payment if they choose to attend Joliet Junior College 15 months after graduating high school. It will be given to the student as scholarship.
At the meeting, both representatives from the Plainfield and Coal City school districts were opposed to the fee. Plainfield school district 202 says the reason they opposed was because of the extra cost to their students.
"I think it ended up good compromise. Originally it started off as $160, then to $80, and then finally lowered it more. I think it will be good because it will put dual credit is up to the standards of where they need to be, and that students can come here prepared," Alonso Rodriguez, student trustee, said.
Kittle says the colleges main goal is to get students that were enrolled in the dual credit classes to become students at the high school after graduation.
Students who partake in the free or reduced lunch programs do not have to pay for the course. Students in vocational centers will not have to pay the fee. High school students in vocational centers also will not have to pay the fee.
JJC will be following this in example of the Dual Credit Quality Act. The act was initiated on Aug. 23 but will go into effect Jan 1. of 2019. It is a 2-year trial to see how many students will be paying and if the enrollment stays the same.
Taking dual credit classes during a students high school career has many benefits, including getting many general education classes out of the way and guaranteeing a fast track to graduation.
Overall, this situation may cause students to be unable to attend dual credit classes from now on due to the cost. It is also unknown if the price will rise in the future. On the other hand, it may be helpful in assisting our teachers to teach at a higher standard and give students great education.
It also encourages students to attend JJC after graduating high school, giving JJC a chance to recover from the slight enrollment slump it's currently going through right now.


Politikens Flagbook [udk00a] just mentions a white ensign for Warships. I wonder when the National flag is used as Millitary Ensign.
Recent (1995) photos of Ghanean warships show St. George cross, and national flag in canton yet French navy ship in port visit to Tema in June 1999 reports that the ghanean patrolship showed the national flag as ensign. So, I think that both can be used as naval ensign.
In 1995 they flew a white ensign, in 1999 they flew a tricolor. Did they change between those dates, or are they inconsistent?
British influenced white ensign with red St. George cross thoughout and with the national flag in canton. Where is this ratio from?
Janes's Fighting Ships 2000 [jfs] shows the Ghanaian Navy consisting of four patrol boats, two each of two classes. The two photographs, dated 1998 and 1999, both show the white ensign with cross, one flying at the ensign staff on the stern and the other on the starboard yardarm. The electronic 2001 edition of [jfs] has two new pictures of the Ghanaian Navy, both dated 2000. Again, both patrol boats are flying the white ensign.
The Naval Ensign is also similar to that of Britain, as are those of many Commonwealth countries, but in this case it has the proportions 2:3, and has the Ghanaian flag in the canton.
According to Ultimate Pocket Flags of the World [udk97], this is the naval ensign of Ghana.
I have no records with that white flag reported by [udk97].
According to the Album 2000 [pay00], the Chief of Naval Staff uses a 2:3 white flag with red cross thoughout with two black balls, one in 1st and one in 3rd quarter. There is, I guess, no doubt on British influence here, too.


Could Packers' offense be more unpredictable in 2015?
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Toy Story is coming back for another installment "Toy Story 4", and original film director John Lasseter is on board to direct. The film will be released on June 16th, 2017. This is exciting, if trepidatious news for fans of Pixar and the series: Pixar has increasingly relied on sequels for big hits, while creating great new properties has been put on the back burner.
It's likely that Pixar's move toward sequels is in part a result of being owned by Disney, which would rather see Pixar continue to mine its most successful properties of which Toy Story is perhaps the most loved.
Lasseter tells the LA Times that Toy Story 4 will be a love story that picks up where the previous film left off with Andy giving his toys to a young girl named Bonnie. The story is being created by Lasseter alongside Lee Unkrich, the director of Toy Story 3, Pete Docter, the director of Up, and Andrew Stanton, the director of Finding Nemo so this is truly coming from a team of Pixar all stars. They have also all worked on prior Toy Story films.


Who(except Maskow) will beat 41/41 officially?
I think that kamil (40/43 in 58.06) has a pretty good chance too, since he has some MBLD competitions coming up too.
Though I do hope that Mark gets it since he has been one of the best. first second to sup 30 points was pretty cool.
Also, I've seen him compete in person before too.
Mark and Shivam are both capable of reaching the numbers but haven't had the best accuracy in the past. Both are getting their accuracy up though, so it's only a matter of time. Yucheng is close, but I get the feeling he's a little behind Shivam and Mark in terms of speed. Kaijun has accuracy, but it seems he doesn't quite have the numbers yet (largest official attempt was 33, other three have all tried 42+ cubes). Tom has quite a long way to go still compared to the others, and also gets fewer comp opportunities.
Second off, Maskow has had several attempts since the 49/50 at breaking his WR and still wasn't able to do it. just because he's competing for the first time in a year doesn't mean he will miraculously be able to do it.
Third off, I choose Mark because I'm going to be at a comp with him next week and I want to believe that I had something to do with it.
"Miraculously", lol. 50 points is pretty much nothing to him.
He has 3 attempts at Worlds by the way.
This comp is before worlds, apparently Maskow's coming.
I'm not saying that he won't be able to break wr I'm just saying that there is just as good a chance that he could fail. All of my pessimism aside, I want to see him do well just as bad as anyone else.
Read the second of his points rather than just answering in a snarky way to make yourself feel superior.
Same topic, different matter. I think Patryk did not do anything wrong.
why are you confident he'll be able to beat it now that he took time off?
Because when he couldn't phusically solve cubes, he could still train his memory during that time. Look at his YT channel. Some of his most recent stuff is downright crazy.
While you're not wrong, I have the impression that you are underestimating the massive lead a well trained mnemonist who also happens to be very experienced in MBLD has over any other BLDers who might be just as experienced in the cubing field but not as much in the memory sports field.
"IMO solving 3BLD is easy. You can even be WR holder in 3BLD without any special knowledge about memory, because 3BLD is all about solving methods. Your memory isn't crucial because from one point everybody memorise one cube in the same amount of time.
In MBLD it's different. This event is all about memory and concentration. I spent last 6 years on learning how to memorise things better, I practiced not only cubes, but also numbers, cards, now I practice also words, names, faces, and many other things. I just feel like my opponents weren't interested much enough in memorisation process, they just wanted to solve the cubes. I have no idea how it works now, because honestly I don't know at all my current opponents, but this is how it was in the past."
The thing that seems odd to me is that the memo training on his channel is always short attempts (<a minute) rather than longer endurance events, but maybe he only posts shorter events because 1 hour + attempts don't make interesting videos. Also, I expect pressure at the competition to play a big role in his success, since he hasn't competed officially for a while.
Agreed. Also willing to bet he's been keeping his practice sessions on the down low precisely not to add to the pressure.
Worlds will be interesting, though, no matter what.


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Selected Highlights: "The United States is now the number one producer of oil and natural gas in the world.
Natural gas production reached a record-high of 34.9 quads in 2019, following record high production in 2018 and in 2017.
The United States has been a net natural gas exporter for three consecutive years and has an export capacity of nearly 10 billion cubic feet per day.
Withdrew from the unfair, one-sided Paris Climate Agreement.
Canceled the previous administration's Clean Power Plan, and replaced it with the new Affordable Clean Energy rule. ...
The average American family saved $2,500 a year in lower electric bills and lower prices at the gas pump. ...
The amount of nuclear energy production in 2019 was the highest on record, through a combination of increased capacity from power plant upgrades and shorter refueling and maintenance cycles."
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TRUMP: "I am especially proud to be the first president in decades who has started no new wars."
Marc Morano: Thank you, Mr. President! You have achieved what few Presidents have when it comes to securing the U.S.'s national security. Your energy policies contributed greatly to achieving no new wars. Previous Presidents paid lip service to "energy independence" but during your administration, you not only achieved it, but you also went one step better -- you presided over an American energy renaissance that led to U.S. energy dominance!
In 2019, "U.S. energy exports exceeded imports for the first time since 1952," the EIA reported. The EIA also reported, "In 2019, U.S. energy production exceeded energy consumption for the first time since 1957," when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president. Trump's energy achievements were so off the charts that the last time the U.S. saw this kind of energy dominance was when Harry S. Truman was president in 1952!
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Good News!? 'The senator who once put a bullet through the cap-and-trade bill for a campaign ad' — West VA Sen. Manchin to lead Senate Energy & Natural Resources Cmte
Senator Manchin's 2010 campaign ad shotting Cap-and-Trade bill.
The senator who once put a bullet through the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill for a campaign ad will become an even more important gatekeeper on climate change this year. West Virginia Democrat Joe Manchin will take over the Energy and Natural Resources Committee as soon as next week as his party promises to push increasingly ambitious ideas against global warming.
Manchin: "I am an all-in energy person. I want to use all the resources we have. My first and foremost thing on this Energy Committee is to do everything I can to maintain energy independence in the United States of America...I think Joe Biden understands that there is going to be fracking in this country if we are to be energy independent, and there is a better, cleaner way of doing it."
Listen: Morano testifies against RGGI energy taxes to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection – 'Your fracking revolution…has been the energy success story of America'
Morano: "It is amazing to me that everyone here believes that you can legislate in Pennsylvania -- a better climate by raising energy costs harming yourself economically, and turning over energy decisions to politicians lobbyists and activists who are going to join up with other states and try to dictate Pennsylvania energy policy."
"And this is the key, Pennsylvania has been the energy success story of America, you have led the way in our CO2 reductions if you really cared about CO2 reductions you would be embracing your fracking revolution you would be embracing Pennsylvania's energy legacy instead you're turning it over to a cap and trade carbon taxation scheme that's going to raise the cost of energy for Pennsylvania's have no impact not only on the weather, but it couldn't they won't even impact global CO2 levels in any way shape or form."
"We hear people like John Kerry and others warning of this national security threat of climate change, well what security dread is going to be, then to shoot ourselves and our own foot by hampering domestic energy production in Pennsylvania leading the way with fracking. What's that gonna mean we're going to rely on foreign sources of energy, we're going to have to go back to fighting Middle East wars to get oil and energy when there's no reason to when we're energy dominant for the first time since Harry Truman was president."
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Rupert Darwall: Before Trump, Republicans were losing the energy war by not fighting it. "Our security, our prosperity, and our environment all require reducing our dependence on oil," President George W. Bush declared in January 2008. The transition from the Bush to the Obama presidency was well-nigh seamless in this regard. "We have known for decades that our survival depends on finding new sources of energy," President Obama said in his first address to Congress.
Joe Biden's energy plan is 'sheer insanity,' says Dr. Jay Lehr
Watch: Morano on TV with Ezra Levant: Biden campaign 'terrified' Joe will look like AOC or Bernie Sanders
Morano on Rebel TV - Broadcast October 30, 2020
"The last debate, I thought, was very good and focused everything. And you can see from the debate, that this is a very clear choice.
"Biden's campaign is terrified at the moment, because you have Ohio, Pennsylvania, all these energy producers, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Michigan — all these states that rely on the energy economy... the campaign is terrified he'll be painted as an AOC squad member [like] Bernie Sanders."
Fracking: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris & Mainstream Media Are Lying To You; Here's Proof
Boris Johnson, Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, and Narendra Modi will apparently gather in the Netherlands. There, along with Bill Gates, UN head Antonio Guterres, and personnel associated with the European Union, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund, they'll attend a climate summit hosted by the Global Center on Adaptation. ...
We're told this summit "will launch a comprehensive Adaptation Action Agenda to kick start a transformational decade."
Donna Laframboise: "The chutzpah is astonishing. The global economy is in tatters. Billions face an uncertain future. Health care workers are exhausted. Yet this Clique of Self-Important People™ is full speed ahead, determined to impose its climate vision on the rest of us."
The Return of the Dead: Countering Species Extinction Claims – The most aggressive claims rest on shaky foundations'
In the last 500 years only some 80 mammals are recorded as having gone extinct. In his book, More From Less, Andrew McAfee, a board member of HumanProgress.org, discusses how relatively rare recorded extinctions are – with some 530 across all species in the last five centuries. More importantly, he notes, the rate of extinction "appear[s] to have slowed down in recent decades; for example, no marine creatures have been recorded as extinct in the last fifty years."
Matt Ridley, another board member and frequent contributor to this site, argues that despite the human population doubling in the last half-century, "the extinction rate of wild species, especially in the most industrialized countries," seems to have fallen rather than increased. While absence of evidence isn't the same as evidence of absence, and there might be millions of unrecorded species in the world's oceans and tropical forests, the most aggressive claims rest on shaky foundations.
CNN report buries this good news in paragraph 12 on polar bears: 'They are doing quite well…Svalbard's polar bear numbers do not appear to have decreased in the last 20 years'
CNN: Jon Aars, a senior researcher at the Norwegian Polar Institute: "Polar bears are optimistic animals," Aars says. "It seems that they are quite resistant, and they are doing quite well despite the fact that they've lost a lot of their habitat." Despite the odds, Svalbard's polar bear numbers do not appear to have decreased in the last 20 years, he says.
Statistical politics: Prof. Mike Hulme on 'politically charged' climate baseline changes from 1961-1990 to 1991-2020: 'In an instant; today, the world's climate has 'suddenly' become nearly 0.5°C warmer'
Hulme: "January 12021, a new World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) climatological standard normal came into effect. The 'present-day' climate will now formally be
represented by the meteorological statistics of the period 1991-2020, replacing those from 1961-1990. National Meteorological Agencies in member states are instructed to issue new standard normals for observing stations and for associated climatological products. Climate will 'change', one might say, in an instant; today, the world's climate has 'suddenly' become nearly 0.5°C warmer. It is somewhat equivalent to re-setting Universal Time or adjusting the exact definition of a metre." ...
"So, what is the significance of the move to a new 1991-2020 WMO normal in January 2021? On the one hand, it is a pragmatic move to redefine 'present-day' climate for operational applications to that of the most recent 30-year period. On the other hand, it puts into play a third climatic baseline. Already existing is the 'pre-industrial' climate of the late nineteenth century and the 'historic' climate' of 1961-1990, the latter about 0.3°C warmer than the former. And now there is the new 'present-day' climate of 1991-2020, in turn about 0.5°C warmer than the 'historic climate' of 1961-1990." ...
"Combining a climatic tolerance of 2°C—or indeed 1.5°C—with a pre-industrial baseline yields a very different climate target than, say, using a 1986-2005 baseline, the period widely adopted by IPCC AR5 Working Group I as their analytical baseline. The choices of both baseline and tolerance are politically charged. They carry significant implications for historic liability for emissions (La Rovere et al., 2002), for policy design (Millar et al., 2017) and for possible reparations (Roberts & Huq, 2015)."
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This week I have mainly been… potty training middle and being let down by eldest (again).
On Saturday, I rather impulsively decided to potty train middle. Why do I do these things? I stripped him bare, showed him the potty, got eldest to do a pee on it and, awaited the magic happening. He kept sitting on it every ten minutes, getting off and exclaiming "no pee mummy!". The next time he called me, in between cleaning, I was quite blase. But, it turns out he had actually done one. "Well done Owen!" we all shouted. "High five!". What a smart little boy I inwardly contemplated. He then did a poo on it and, several other pees. "This boy is a genius" I excitedly announced to hubby. Then he peed on the kitchen chair. "Maybe not" I amended. After this slight mishap, he resumed going to the potty. I informed nursery of his success and they advised that I just bring pants the following day as he was doing so well. I packed lots of pants and a multitude of change of clothes. I then went to pick him up on Wednesday full of hopes and dreams that he had done amazing. Well, he had staunchly refrained from going to the potty once there. Not only that, he had had so many accidents that, they had ran out of spare clothing so had to put a nappy on him! Way to make me appear delusional son. Once home, I stripped him and off he went to the potty peeing away, without even having to be asked. Why is he doing this at home and nowhere else? I then noticed him going out to the back garden. This is not unusual as it's normally to grab a bike and bring it inside to torture me. I went out after him though as I just had a bad feeling. There he was, squatting on the stones and doing a poo. Just like our dog. I think this is almost worse than poo flinging gate. My poor neighbours! What will he do next?
In other news, on Wednesday I took eldest to see Incredibles 2 at the local cinema. My sister and nephew joined us. I drove us all and, eldest and nephew were having deep conversations in the back whilst I caught up with my sister. She is a midwife and was telling me about being back at work, following maternity leave and, performing her first stitching procedure after a birth. I started telling her about mine after baby and how a doctor had come in after to check it and, rather unexpectedly, put his finger ahem, up my bottom. I was asking her if that is the norm (it is). Well, didn't eldest hear this? He then spent the rest of the drive shouting "doctor shoved finger up mummy's bum" and laughing hysterically. Sister found this all very hilarious, myself too initially. That is until he proclaimed the same sentence to the ticket man at the front desk. He looked seventeen, if even, and is probably still utterly traumatised. I'm sure he is still pondering what type of relationship I have with my doctor. What do you do in situations like this? Do you even bother to explain the context? I decided not to and just stood there mortified, wanting the ground to swallow me up whole. Note to self that eldest is officially a parrot and to say nothing ever again in his presence. Can also never go back to that cinema again which is highly annoying. On the plus side, the film was very good.
Next week has got to be better!


Spick, Span and Beautiful Britons were the longest-running and most successful of the pin-up magazines to emerge in post-war Britain. They were published by Town and Country Publications (known later as ToCo) during the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Although the early editions featured a well-known glamour figure from stage or screen (such as Diana Dors, Sabrina, Joan Collins and Anita Ekberg to mention just a few), they were soon replaced by the icon for which they became famous − the typical "girl next door" that all males could identify with.
But Spick and Span also launched many a career for 'unknown faces' who went on to carve out successful film and stage careers – Shirley Eaton, for example, who won international fame as the girl James Bond found dead after being covered from head to foot in gold paint in Goldfinger.
Long before they became collectors' items, the mags became hugely popular for their pictures of pretty girls-next-door posing in 1950s-style underwear, particularly stockings, in blatantly suburban settings – G-Plan sideboards, chinzy sofas and heavily patterned wallpaper became as much of a ToCo trademark as the naughty-but-nice girls themselves. The accidental-on-purpose flash of suspender and stocking top became synonymous with the ToCo titles and the main attraction to the people (mostly men – but far from exclusively so in the early days) who bought them. But one poor soul in Canada was moved to write a letter, published in Span 57 (May 1969), asking "why do most of your models in Britain show the tops of their stockings?" The mind boggles. The only sensible answer that springs to mind is "you'll understand when you're a bit older".
The magazines had instant appeal and readership ran into several thousands, with distribution even extending to Albania (according to BB184), spurring the publishers to cash in by introducing new titles quickly. But with the advent of more explicit magazines in the early 1970s, their faithful audiences were insufficient to support them. In response to a reader's letter in the February 1964 edition of Spick, when ToCo was approaching the peak of its success, editor R.T. Staples wrote prophetically, "perhaps our long experience is gradually leading us towards the summit, where we will no doubt fall over the edge". That didn't happen for another 13 years − the company went out of business at the end of 1976.
Today, they are collected for their relative innocence, and older collectors enjoy the sense of nostalgia that takes them back to the time when women truly were women – and they were just boys or young men. They show how times have changed − pre-decimal currency, pre-EU, pre-Women's Lib ("Most men don't like girls to go in for anything that will distract them from eventually becoming beautiful and domesticated" − photo cap from Spick 172, March 1968). They also present a pictorial history of what was going on in the world (there is a pixcap in Span Extra 4 that says Diane Clare will "stop you having nightmares about Sputnik", the first man-made object put into space by the Russians in 1957), ladies' fashion and glamour from the 1950s to the 1970s.
Fully fashioned stockings (that is stockings made with the shape of a leg rather than a tube of nylon) were the only ones available until 1952, the year after the stiletto heel appeared on the market. But it took several years for non-seamed stockings (RHT – Reinforced Heel and Toe) to replace them. Indeed, in the armed forces, or at least the Royal Navy, fully fashioned stockings were regulation throughout the sixties and still available at Naval stores (and worn by some Wren officers, much to the delight of callow lieutenants and lecherous admirals alike) well into the seventies. This trend is evident in the course of these magazines. Indeed, in Spick 114 from May 1963, a reader is moved to write a letter requesting "more seam, There are far too many seamless nylons about". ToCo always claimed to follow the fashion of the day and editor Staples replied, "If the fashion is seamless nylons, then that's what the girls will wear, and there's very little we can do about it until Dior decides to put the seams back again". But the popularity of genuine seamed stockings is so great that they are still in huge demand today. There are many cheap, seamed brands available – but the flat knit, fully-fashioned variety are not so easy to find and command much higher prices. Though true nylon fetishists will snap them up however expensive they are.
Throughout their 23 years of publication, more than 4,500 different models were featured in 1,033 magazines. All the ToCo titles were pocket-size books of approximately A5 format, with the exception of three larger-format issues of Spick (195-197) and Span (185-187) in the spring of 1970. This step was taken to compete with the plethora of other mags on sale but proved to be extremely unpopular with readers and was quickly dropped.
The magazines were published monthly, but numerous quarterly Extras, Annuals andHoliday Specials also appeared throughout the years.The number of pages varied from 44-52 pages in the monthly editions, 80 or so in the Extras and 100-plus in the Annuals and Holiday Specials. The photos were almost exclusively black and white throughout.
Few histories are the result of the work of one individual alone. My files are the result of analysis of my own collection, from numerous other sources and websites and from reading the work and thoughts of others. Much of the information available is anonymous or repetition, not credited with a source and therefore difficult to acknowledge. What we are doing here is to combine all that information and speculation to give a clearer picture of the history and development of ToCo Publications and its magazines. My personal contribution centres much more on the magazines themselves and the models they contain. It must also be understood that putting together the jigsaw puzzle of these magazines from half a century ago relies on snippets of information that are not necessarily reliable. The job is far from complete, so we make no claims of absolute accuracy and welcome any information that can fill in blanks or correct errors.


This bathroom started out life as a rundown boilerroom and toilet. The rooms were knocked into one, re-plastered, the ceiling and walls stripped the plastered, the floor was returned to a higher standard and black and white 'Amtico' rubber tiles layed. A pea shaped bath installed with a closing door shower. Using a cabinet from Ikea I created a drawer and cupboard unit to plumb the sink onto. A power shower, warm wall tiles, new electrics and down lighters finished this beautiful light filled space.


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Before I left for Europe, I went to Kirsten and Barnabas's wedding. It was a very nice ceremony. Part of the ceremony was unintentionally amusing. Kirsten and Barnabas were attempting to light a unity candle with two individual candles. Unfortunately, the unity candle had a small wick problem. After a five to 10 minute struggle, the candle was lit and everyone applauded. The reception was at a Chinese restaurant. Unfortunately, I had to leave just after the third course. It was a full Chinese banquet, and there were going to be a lot of courses.
The day after I returned from Europe, Harlan and Kathleen got married in St. Bartholomew's Church in New York City. It was a 20-minute service that started promptly. They selected some great musical interludes, and I enjoyed the readings quite a bit as well. The reception was also in the church. The food was great.
After Harlan and Kathleen's wedding, I walked around the city a bit with one of the other people from the wedding. It was mid-afternoon when we went our separate ways. I was trying to stay up and out until around 10 pm in order to get over my jet lag, so I went to Otto. I had a good time and enjoyed a little wine. I snapped a headless photo of Bill, one of the bartenders there.


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"James Drake" and the latter's weird prescience
Posted by Jordasch at 5:00 PM
The first time I heard Drake's "Best I Ever Had" all the way back in the winter of 2009, I remember thinking, "Really?" This was rap's new wunderkind, the kid who would unite the mainstream and the blog-trolling hipsterati and bring balance to the Force? Kid Cudi was the next big thing to beat, I thought. He had a flashier sound and an absolutely killer first single ("Day 'n' Nite"), and he didn't get his start on a Canadian teen drama.1
But Scott "Kid Cudi" Mescudi's ambition, though grand, turned out scattershot results. 2009's Man on the Moon: The End of Day was just as bloated and pretentious as its title would suggest. It flirted briefly with greatness (second single "Pursuit of Happiness" was nearly as good as "Day 'n' Nite"), but the rest of the album seemed limp and unfocused.
Drake's So Far Gone, meanwhile, turned out to be so popular that he could hold off his debut proper (Thank Me Later) until June of 2010. The opening salvo from the album (the admittedly great "Over") turned out to sound like little else on the record, even if it evinced the same kind of "whining about being famous" aesthetic that the album did as a whole.
It was the "deep cuts" on the record that signaled a forward-thinkingness that one rarely sees outside of albums not released by somebody named Kanye. Cuts like "Fireworks," "Shut It Down," and "Karaoke" were glorious slices of barbitural electro 2, the kind of music that made you feel sexy and ennui-ridden at the same time.
And now that seemingly everyone in the slightly-not-mainstream - Odd Future's Frank Ocean, The Weeknd, How to Dress Well - is on the sad 'n sexy electronics train, Aubrey "Drake" Graham is beginning to look like he could really bring balance to the Force. This suspicion is given further credence by James Drake, a new mashup album by Philly DJs Bombe (Tim Shaw) and Mr. Caribbean (Luis Angel Cancel) which combines Drake's music with James Blake, another purveyor of electronic existentialism.
This is not, first of all, an album of Drake spitting over James Blake productions. If that prospect sounded as tantalizing to you as it did to me, you may be initially put off by James Drake. Only one track ("Fear Logic Freestyle") lets Drake get more than a few non-manipulated words out.
And if you were expecting a track-by-track riff on Blake's spectacular self-titled debut released earlier this year, you'll also be disappointed. In reality, James Drake is less a product of the "ooh those sound the same!" gimmick that most mashups slide on than it is a true merging of sensibilities. Shaw and Cancel are clearly gifted composers, and James Drake is evidence of the kind of brilliant synthesis that Blake himself is known for. Blake made his name on the England's dance circuit by combining brief snatches of R&B vocals with his own brand of minimalist dubstep. Shaw and Cancel view Blake and Drake's discographies in the same way the former sees his own sample-sources: take only what you need, and make it your own.
The "old' buzz band.
The stylistic descendants of Drake 'n Blake 3 have transformed wholesale our concept of a "buzz band" over the last few months. The titans of music snobbery - Pitchfork, Stereogum, Gorilla vs. Bear - have been infatuated with hip-hop for some time, but their 2010 end-of-year-lists were still dominated by the dreamy guitar pop of Deerhunter, LCD Soundystem's hyper-self-conscious dance music, and the aural sunstroke of Beach House (albeit with Kanye often at the top of the list). And while they've also praised assorted tracks by the likes of Beyoncé and Rihanna, their albums have earned significantly less praise.
But it's looking increasingly like these same sites' 2011 lists will be dominated by groups like the Weeknd, who despite their grim narcotic haze could be slipped into an unsuspecting sorority-girl party mix without the host getting too many weird looks. And though an R&B crooner who sings about "thes[es] on Islam" is hitherto unheard of on KISS FM, lo and behold that Frank Ocean's 4 "Novacane" just cracked the Billboard R&B top 50. Tom Krell's ethereal bedroom project How to Dress Well is unlikely to see the same kind of mainstream success, but his recent feature on Active Child's "Playing House" shows that the guy could probably write a chart-topper if he tried.
Drake and Blake may be more successful/more obscure than the above, but the arrival of James Drake 5 shows that both of them could see the writing on the wall a year before any of these guys. Hail to the king(s).
1 It's worth noting that I may be the only one who thinks that the careers of Drake and Kid Cudi are in any way related.
2 I'd worry about contributing to the glut of unnecessary generic terms, but this may be a case where lack of ability to influence the cultural conversation is a good thing.
3 Kill me.
4 Ocean's debut mixtape is available right here for free. Snatch it up before Def Jam releases it as an EP next month and yanks it off the web.
5 Also 100% free of charge right here. Seriously, who needs theft?
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US College Basketball
December 30, 2019 / 3:30 AM / 23 days ago
No Winston, no problem for No. 14 Michigan State
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Dec 29, 2019; East Lansing, Michigan, USA; Michigan State Spartans guard Cassius Winston (5) stands on the court prior a game at the Breslin Center. Mandatory Credit: Mike Carter-USA TODAY Sports
Michigan State was without its best player on Sunday night, but the Spartans didn't need Cassius Winston to close out nonconference play in proper fashion.
With Winston out after suffering a bone bruise to his left knee in practice on Friday, No. 14 Michigan State used a 25-0 run in the first half to grab the momentum before cruising to a 95-62 victory over Western Michigan at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Mich.
Winston was a game-time decision but it was clear midway through the first half he wouldn't be needed. It was the first missed game of the senior's career and ended a string of 56 straight starts. Sophomore Foster Loyer got his first career start and made the most of it, scoring 16 points and handing out six assists, both career highs.
Junior Xavier Tillman scored 15 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Spartans (10-3) while sophomore Aaron Henry scored 15 and fifth-year senior Kyle Ahrens chipped in season-high 12 points.
Freshman B. Artis White scored 12 for Western Michigan (7-6) while junior Michael Flowers added 12 points for the Broncos, who hadn't played Michigan State since 1998.
After a slow start for the Spartans, the game-changing run came as Gabe Brown dunked in transition followed by back-to-back 3-pointers from Ahrens and Tillman. Rocket Watts scored five points during the surge while Malik Hall nailed a couple of free throws to cap the 25-point outburst that ended when Brandon Johnson hit a baseline jumper for Western Michigan, making it 33-16 in favor of the Spartans with 6:14 left in the half.
The Broncos missed 13 straight shots during the Spartans' run and did not score for 8:21. By the time the half ended, Michigan State had outscored Western Michigan 40-10 over the final 14:33 to take a 48-24 lead into the locker room.
Michigan State continued to roll in the second half as Loyer started to find his shooting touch, nailing three straight 3-pointers at one point as the Spartans extended their lead to 80-37 with 7:51 to play as Western Michigan never managed to put a dent in the MSU lead.


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Home » Capitol Hill » How State Legislatures are Changing Operations in the face of COVID-19
How State Legislatures are Changing Operations in the face of COVID-19
By Ryan StevensPublished On: May 11th, 2020Categories: Capitol Hill, COVID-19, Lobbying
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As many individuals and businesses have had their lives upended by COVID-19, state legislatures around the country are no different. The coronavirus is not just impacting our health, safety and economy, but also in the way lawmakers deal with these issues.
Legislative operations in 23 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico have either introduced or adopted bills/resolutions that make changes to the way they conduct their legislative business during the coronavirus pandemic. This includes changes in legislative operations and procedures, the authorization of remote voting or remote meetings, and other changes.
Some states are limited at this time in what they can do as their respective state constitutions require their legislatures to meet in person. Therefore, this could require a constitutional amendment to allow for either remote voting or remote meetings.
Following Governor Ned Lamont's declaration of a public health emergency, legislators in Connecticut cancelled all public hearings and changed their rules for the way they operate. Lawmakers adopted HJR 28 which allows them to vote at meetings by telephone or other means of voice communication during a declaration of a public health emergency. HJR 28 amended the joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives, impacting both chambers.
Connecticut's 2020 legislative session constitutionally ended on Wednesday May 6th, but has essentially been over since the last time lawmakers actually met at the Capitol on March 11th.
Legislative leaders are hopeful to return next month during a special session in order to revise the second year of a two-year budget that has seen revenues drop dramatically due to the coronavirus. While an exact date has not yet been set for a special session, lawmakers are expected to consider changing their own rules to allow having them remain in their offices during debates, participating via video, or arriving in groups of 10 to vote. At this point, nothing is set in stone yet in Connecticut.
Some of Kentucky's House members voted remotely in early April on bills by texting photos of their paper ballots to other members of their party who remained on the House floor. This was made possible by the adoption of HR 133 which changed the rules to allow for remote meetings and alternative voting. In order to vote on this resolution, leadership in the House required members to cast their vote in groups of 25 to ensure social distancing.
Further, HR 129, which was adopted in mid-March, aimed to reduce the time required for final passage of bills by establishing a consent procedure for the consideration of noncontroversial bills.
According to the Kentucky Constitution, the General Assembly's session may not last more than 60 legislative days and cannot extend beyond April 15th in even-numbered years. As such, they are now adjourned until next year or unless a special session is called.
Lawmakers in Louisiana will restart their legislative session on May 11th. As of May 6th, lawmakers missed 49 days due to COVID-19. Session began this year on March 9th and must be adjourned by June 1st, but lawmakers only stayed in session for a week after first convening and suspended in response to the spread of COVID-19. Even though session must be adjourned by June 1st, they must pass a budget by June 30th and therefore a special session could be called.
Legislators did however return to session in late March in order to move along new pieces of legislation as their state constitution requires new bills to be read into the record by a certain date in order to be considered in that legislative session. Not all lawmakers returned to session. Only 58 out of 105 representatives in the House attended session (53 are required to conduct business). Further, 21 out of 39 state senators attended.
Lawmakers in the House have introduced HR 18, which provides an option in the House Rules to limit debate on final passage or adoption of a legislative instrument by a majority vote.
On the Senate side, rules typically prohibit them from using tele-conferencing or Skype to conduct their business. As a result, SCR 27 was introduced which would request a joint study of the ability for lawmakers to vote via video or other electronic means. However, a written report would not be required until prior to the 2021 regular session, casting doubt on this being used during the current session. SCR 27 is scheduled for a floor vote in the Senate on Monday, May 11th.
When lawmakers return on May 11th to consider these and other proposals, they will encounter a different atmosphere than they left behind. Committee meetings will be spread out, partitions were installed between seats in the House, temperatures will be taken to enter the Capitol, and both Chambers are offering masks, gloves and sanitizer to legislators, staff and the public.
In the Keystone State, both the House and Senate acted in mid-March to change the way they conduct their legislative business. They have since continued to operate and pass various pieces of legislation. In late March it was reported that at least 114 House members (out of 203) applied to vote remotely and only ten out of 50 state senators attended session.
The House passed HR 834 which changed its rules temporarily to allow for work and voting to be conducted remotely. Under this resolution, members may submit votes to their party leaders, but those leaders and committee chairs must still go to the Capitol in order to consider any other legislation. Another change included in HR 834 is that it allows members of the House to send mailers to constituents regarding COVID-19. Normally, lawmakers are prohibited from sending any mailings during a "black out" period leading up to an election.
The Pennsylvania Senate previously had rules that allowed for proxy voting, but the rules also required at least 26 senators to be present on the floor in order to conduct any business. SR 318 changed this, allowing for electronic bill filing and for members to remotely participate in committee meetings and vote remotely. This is a temporary rule that will expire either at the end of July, or when Governor Tom Wolf lifts his emergency declaration for the state.
Vermont has adopted numerous resolutions in both its House and Senate to change their operations in the face of COVID-19. The two chambers passed SJR 48 which adopted an emergency rule to allow committees to meet and vote electronically during the current declared emergency related to COVID-19 .
In late March, the House adopted HR 17 which allows for committee members to vote remotely during the current declared emergency. They also adopted HR 18 which allows for remote participation (debate) during the current declared emergency.
Further, the Vermont state Senate adopted SR 10 in late March, which allowed for Senate committees to temporarily meet and vote electronically. In April, the Senate adopted SR 11, changing the rules to permit for a session conducted during a declared emergency to be done so electronically. This has allowed for Senators to participate, debate, deliberate and vote remotely.
Other Action
Legislative chambers are not the only ones changing the way they conduct business. For the first time in its 231 year history, the United States Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments over the phone which are also now available to be live streamed.
Will More States Begin to Work Remotely?
COVID-19 is not only impacting the way citizens go about their daily lives, but the way our government and legislative bodies operate as well. Legislatures are being made to abandon their business-as-usual tactics and adapt during these unprecedented times in order to focus on important issues, including how to combat COVID-19, budget deficits and health and safety risks. Time will tell if further action is needed and if other states will adopt different practices to change the way they operate in the middle of a global pandemic.


Stella Katsari is a clinical psychologist in private practice and she mainly deals with anxiety, trauma and interpersonal issues for adolescents and adults. She contributed to the teaching of Medical Students at the St Georges University of London from 2012-2016. She is also leading the division of Clinical Psychology and Health Psychology of Cyprus Association of Psychologists. She has worked with refugees and asylum seekers as a practitioner but as well in the administration, management and delivery of social and psychological services, social inclusion and research. Her research interests lie in the area of Clinical Psychology, Community Psychology, social Policy, psychological influence on socially excluded groups, Loss and Trauma, Asylum and Migration.


For avoiding the sadness of separation, Jiang Yun determined not to disturb any Jiang people and leave quietly and secretly. However, he didn't know that his grandpa had been following him all the time since he left Jiang village last night.
Absolutely, Jiang WanLi could hear Jiang Yun's words. He had thought of whether he should show up and give Jiang Yun some advice. But he decided not to at the end.
Standing up, he looked around every corner of the village nostalgically. Gritting his teeth, he finally turned around and stepped towards the entrance to Jiang village.
Jiang Yun kneeled again at the entranceway. For expressing his gratitude to the love and care given him during the sixteen years, he made three more kowtows to Jiang village and all Jiang people.
Then he turned and stomped off heavily as he left.
Sixteen years ago, Jiang Yun came to this village with nothing brought; sixteen years later, he left with nothing more than the stone given by Jiang YueRou.
Jiang Yun didn't take advantage of the Hundreds of Kilometers Free Talisman. He still went on foot, walking along the familiar mountain road. Because he wanted to walk through the One Hundred Thousand Mang Mountains much longer so that he could have more happy memories in the years to come.
Watching Jiang Yun's receding figure, Jiang Mu on the tree couldn't restrain his voice. He wished Jiang WanLi could change his mind and make Jiang Yun stay or even just allow him to say goodbye to Jiang Yun.
Jiang WanLi didn't answer. After Jiang Yun's figure disappeared thoroughly, he turned his head slowly and opened his always narrow eyes suddenly.
As the golden rune entered the body, Jiang Mu's body shook heavily with the rich spiritual energy spread. The spiritual energy vibrated through the tree as well as the entire Jiang village, just like an earthquake. Moreover, the spiritual energy was spread beyond a hundred-mile radius rapidly and crazily.
Jiang Mu fiercely shivered, then the spiritual energy generated from his body vanished abruptly. Eight colorful marks appeared between his eyebrows and golden light was full of his eyes. Though he was still him, it was totally different in his mental aura.
Hearing Jiang WanLi's cold voice, Jiang Mu dared not to keep asking. He had been unawareness when immersing in the Lucid Dream. But now he was conscious enough to realize his uncle Jiang's real identity and temperament. The one who made Jiang WanLi, a powerful person, be willing to spare no effort to help Jiang Yun must be a particularly important and powerful person. He'd better to not know the secret.
It seemed that the whole One Hundred Mang Mountains was shaken due to these two words, while every several colorful lights were flashed skywards from every cottage in Jiang village. But these lights were rebounded by that halo once they reached it.
Jiang people walked out from their cottages in succession. However, they all were stunned when they saw the thing Jiang Yun put at their doors before.
"Rapid Beast!" Jiang Lei stroked the Five-foot Rapid Beast. He suddenly turned to the direction where Jiang Yun left and became thoughtful.
"Is this given by Yun? Good boy!" A middle-aged man holding that tiger-teeth dagger appreciated.
YueRou hugged that tricolored finch tight. Though she said nothing, she looked like she would cry in the next second.
Jiang Mu nodded. He waved his big hand, raising all the Jiang people. While underneath their feet, no matter cottages or any other thing in Jiang village, became fragments in a flash and disappeared.
Following that, there was a large sound coming from the ground. A few saplings broke through the soil where the Jiang village had been located before. They grew up and became towering trees in a very short space of time, and then covered the place completely.
Jiang village seemed to have never existed, and no trail could be found.
Watching Jiang Mu finishing doing all of these things, Jiang WanLi widely opened his eyes again. The golden light crossing his eyes was transformed into a golden photic door right in the front of Jiang people.
All Jiang people looked at the Mang Mountains where they had lived for sixteen years one more time, then they entered that golden photic door in succession.
After that, he stretched his hand and filliped. A beam of green light flew from his fingertip and dropped into the soil. It was a Dan medicine.
With this Dan medicine dropping into the soil, the whole One Hundred Mang Mountains seemed to be extremely excited.


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Recently I received reports regarding an email advertising a network utility developed by ParsOnline to help the customers monitor their accounts and usage. The email had a link to ZIP file on a file sharing web site. I downloaded the file and inspected its contents. It was a malware that installed a keylogger on the victim's machine. The keylogger would capture every keystroke of the user and took screenshots of the desktop every often, then send them to a gmail account.
Password.exe: appears as a password generator tool, and the user is really wondering how to get a password to extract network.exe. It would be obvious to extract this file and execute it. And that's how the malware executes.
But this is just the interface. At the same time the keylogger is installed on the user machine. It creates the 1053 directory in WindowsSystem32 path. The directory contains 2 malware files, svchovt.exe and vlt.bat. It also modifies Windows registry to make sure the malmware could perform as intended.
Windows registry subkey SOUNDMAN is created in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun and points to the path that the svchovt.exe file resides on disk. This is to make sure the keylogger is executed on each user login session.
Panda cloud antivirus scanned the file and found no harm but Kaspersky free online scanner detected the malware. Reports from Kaspersky contained a screenshot of the malware window, but instead of ParsOnline, it was displaying "www.shatel.ir". So as it appears the malware was targeting other ISPs too.
To remove the malware manually, you could simply end the svchovt.exe process from the Windows task manager and then remove the malware files from WindowsSystem321053.
The malware is removed and can not run anymore, so the system is clean. In the end you could remove the SOUNDMAN subkey in Windows registry, but that's not essential.


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Designed for the traveler seeking active pursuits in the beautiful natural setting of Bhutan, you'll get to pick the trek best suited to your fitness level and be rewarded with great views of the Himalayan peaks enroute! Experience an adrenaline-pumping 22km of mountain biking, have an archery shootout and enjoy a pulsating white-water rafting down the Mo Chu!
This is an in-depth trip which brings you all the way to the central valley of Bumthang, with quality time in the stunning Phobjikha Valley, Gangtey and Punakha. A perfect trip for those who wish to take light hikes into quieter areas of Bhutan while soaking in the its unique culture.
For the discerning travelers who wish to venture beyond, this is a complete itinerary that takes one to the remote Eastern Bhutan where many of the Kingdom's most ancient spiritual sights are found. This is the land of the Sharchops, who speak their own language and nurture their own culture and weave beautiful textiles.


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Lawsuit against GM highlights more airbag-related auto defects
On behalf of Warner Law Offices PLLC | Mar 21, 2015 | Auto Defects
Airbags were designed to help protect drivers and passengers in vehicles when accidents occur. However, when airbags are defective, they not only fail to protect vehicle occupants but may also cause injuries. While some injuries can occur due to airbags failing to deploy, some injuries may occur because airbags deploy for no reason. Unfortunately, airbag failures are common auto defects cited in West Virginia lawsuits, and the trend in airbag-related lawsuits does not seem to be ending.
A woman recently filed a lawsuit against General Motors after the airbags in her vehicle deployed unexpectedly. The vehicle was a 2005 Pontiac Grand GT, which she purchased in early 2012. Two years later, she says that she was driving down the road safely when the airbag system malfunctioned and the airbags deployed unexpectedly.
When the airbags deployed without warning, the woman suffered a serious injury to her wrist, in addition to various other personal damages. She is now suing GM for designing, manufacturing and selling an airbag system that was defective. She says that GM knew the system was defective and failed to inform American consumers of its findings.
Auto defects involving airbags have been a common problem over the past few years all across the country, including in West Virginia. There has been speculation that one of the manufacturers of some of the defective airbags knew of the potential problem and did nothing about it. If this occurred in this woman's case, and she can prove it with adequate evidence, she may be able to recover due compensation for her injuries and related financial and non-financial burdens.
Source: louisianarecord.com, "GM sued by New Orleans woman over faulty airbags", Andrey Burin, March 12, 2015


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FIEN LEYSEN
NORMAL PEOPLE LOOK LIKE THIS
Written in Dutch for the newspaper De Standaard - Column 'The Opinion' #1
Click here for the Dutch version
It was Friday's news. Forgotten by now, but in my head the headline of a New York Times article lingers. The tv show Ultra Strips Down, a Danish educational show for children, lined up five naked people, of different ages, nationalities and body types. "Normal bodies look like this", the tv-makers said, and that was the headline of the article.
There was a minor commotion about the five adult naked bodies and the children in the studio audience watching them. Sofie Münster, expert in 'Nordic parenting', says that today we are overcareful, and that she prefers to be under-careful. That's how we can teach our children something, she says, by showing them reality. A naked body is not necessarily something sexual. It's about being free and finding yourself. It's about accepting that bodies are not perfect, about being happy with who you are.
I'm glad it's happening somewhere, and sad it's not happening everywhere. That most naked bodies you can find online only contribute to an unrealistic body image and often have a sexual connotation. And even though so much - and perhaps everything - has been said by now about the nude images of three famous Flemish figures that recently reached the adult, whatsapping Belgian, I can't help but think of it.
Flanders was shook for a minute. No one argues that it's horrible for all those involved that these images were shared without consent. It has happened to women before, many times, and seldom with the same legal and large-scale consequences. A ban on the sharing of the images suddenly gains support from the masses. Rightfully so, of course. Hopefully, the same level of outrage and consequence will also be given to such occurrences in the future, when it concerns a non-famous woman.
The reactions on the nature of the images were diverse. The internet was crowded with opinions of people who thought it outrageous, scandalous, pervers, pointing fingers at the men. But almost no one said "so what?". I was shocked that we considered it to be news that three men sometimes take off their clothes, have a sex drive, pleasure themselves. I was shocked that we were all so shocked about it. And secretly - even though I didn't see the images - I thought it was beautiful. That there are still people, men with good judgment and media skills even, who would trust a stranger online.
We can call it lust, or a case of being under-careful, or a piece of reality we prefer to deny. That bodies and heads are not perfect. That even in 2020 we still find it hard to look at a naked or sexual image. Especially of a famous person. That we'd prefer to make a big commotion, call it stupid, or naive.
But normal people look like this. Are sexual beings. Do things they might afterwards regret. And from time to time, share - with admirable trust in the other - themselves.
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