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Page | 1 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – January 2018 www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 2 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – January 2018 CBRNE-Terrorism Newsletter – 2018© January 2018 Website: www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Editor-in-Chief BrigGEN (ret) Ioannis Galatas MD, MA, MC (Army) PhD cand Consultant in Allergy & Clinical Immunology Medical/Hospital CBRNE Planner & Instructor Senior Asymmetric Threats Analyst Manager, CBRN Knowledge Center @ International CBRNE Institute (BE) Athens, Greece Contact e-mail: [email protected] Editorial Team Bellanca Giada, MD, MSc (Italy) Hopmeier Michael, BSc/MSc MechEngin (USA) Kiourktsoglou George, BSc, Dipl, MSc, MBA, PhD (cand) (UK) Photiou Steve, MD, MSc EmDisaster (Italy) Tarlow Peter, PhD Sociol (USA) Advertise with us! CBRNE-Terrorism Newsletter is published on-line monthly and distributed free of charge. Sponsors of the International CBRNE Institute can advertise for free. CBRNE related companies: negotiable (very low) fees upon request. PUBLISHER Mendor Editions S.A. 3 Selinountos Street 14231 Nea Ionia Athens, Greece Tel: +30 210 2723094/-5 Fax: +30 210 2723698 Contact e-mail: Valia Kalantzi [email protected] DISCLAIMER: The CBRNE-Terrorism Newsletter® is a free online publication for the fellow civilian/military First Responders worldwide. The Newsletter is a collection of papers/articles related to the stated thematology. Relevant sources/authors are included and all info provided herein is from open Internet sources. Opinions and comments from the Editor, the Editorial group or the authors publishing in the Newsletter do not necessarily represent those of the Publisher or the IPW-Group. www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 3 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – January 2018 CBRNE-Terrorism Newsletter is: 1. Read by First Responders in more than 80 countries around the globe; 2. Distributed to more than 700 institutions, organizations, state agencies, think tanks, defense companies, institutions and universities. www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 4 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – January 2018 www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 5 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – January 2018 Editorial Brig Gen (ret’d) Ioannis Galatas, MD, MA, MC Editor-in-Chief CBRNE-Terrorism Newsletter Dear Colleagues, It is a global habbit to wish to each other “Happy New Year” though I would prefer to do this at the last day of December 2018 – just to be sure! Every time I am about to close the Newsletter – around the 23rd day of each month – something important happens. This time I was about to comment only about the panic the missile alert caused both in Hawaii and in Japan. Although it was a good opportunity to test the plans, the shelters and peoples reactions – until the next time… Then the Kabul Intercontinental Hotel siege appeared in the news with many hotel guests killed or wounded by the Taliban. If you are in the business study the case and try to find as much details as possible and put them together with infamous Islamabad Marriott Hotel attack (2008: 54 dead; 266 injured by a VBIED attack) in order t identify gaps and errors in your defenses – the unexpected always happens! In Greece the situation is the same: boring, no progress, no vision! On top of that in our northern borders there is a tiny state called FYROM that insists to be called Makedonia Something! Alexander the Great was Greek, Makedonia is one of the northern prefectures of Greece (capital: Thessaloniki) and to a significant level their economy depends on Greek trade/investments contribution What they www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 6 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – January 2018 have is some good friends (i.e. Americans, Brits, NATO, EU) that for their own reasons want a name with Makedonia Something. Today more that 500,000 Greeks demonstrated in the city of Thessaloniki that this will NEVER happen – simple as that! Perhaps you noticed a new logo at the cover of January 2018 issue signifying the new collaboration with the multinational IPW-Group of companies active in the field of security. Now, with a new company, CBRNE issues will be covered as well with special focus on preparedness and operations. More details in the February issue. Let us all hope that 2018 will be slightly better than 2017, watch your back and keep your heads low! The Editor-in-Chief www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 7 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – January 2018 www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 8 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – January 2018 Traditional mums and hopeless dads are banned from adverts by watchdog: Commercials based on 'harmful' genders stereotypes will vanish from screens Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5177299/End-traditional-mums-hopeless-dads- adverts.html Dec 13 – Adverts that use traditional portrayals of the do-it-all housewife such as the Oxo Mum and the Fairy Liquid Housewife will be banned, watchdogs announced yesterday. So will any that stereotype men, ridicule them for not being masculine enough or suggest they are not suited to such domestic tasks as cleaning or childcare. But the decision by the Committees of Advertising Practice (CAP), confirming proposals mooted earlier this year, drew criticism. Actress Nanette Newman, who appeared in Fairy Liquid ads in the 1980s, has said: ‘I find this ban ridiculously over the top. What a bizarre world we live in where the adverts I starred in might today be considered harmful, yet it’s considered perfectly acceptable for women to be shown on mainstream TV having sex.’ Others said adverts that portrayed women in traditional roles were ‘corny but not corrosive’. CAP’s new rule to tackle gender stereotyping follows a review carried out in the summer and is due to come into effect next year. The organisation, which sets industry rules that are policed by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), said it is not acceptable to mock people for not conforming to gender stereotypes. ‘Evidence in the review suggested that harmful stereotypes can restrict the choices, aspirations and opportunities of children, young people and adults,’ CAP said. These stereotypes can be reinforced by some advertising, which therefore plays a part in unequal gender outcomes, with costs for individuals, the economy and society. ‘The new rule will not ban all forms of gender stereotypes. For example, the evidence falls short of calling for a ban on ads depicting a woman cleaning or a man doing DIY tasks. Removed: A Gap campaign that featured a little boy wearing an Einstein T-shirt, which suggested he would grow up to become an academic. Images of a little girl suggested she would become a ‘social butterfly ‘But, subject to context and content considerations, the evidence suggests certain types of depictions are likely to be www.cbrne-terrorism-newsletter.com Page | 9 CBRNE-TERRORISM NEWSLETTER – January 2018 problematic, for example, an ad which depicts family members creating a mess while a woman has sole responsibility for cleaning it up or an ad that features a man trying and failing to undertake simple parental or household tasks because of stereotypes associated with his gender.’ Unilever is among a number of brands that have taken voluntary measures to end gender stereotyping. In the past, its Knorr TV adverts used to show a mother and daughter in the kitchen, but they now feature a father and son. It has also changed its Lynx commercials which, in the past, featured women in bikinis hunting down young men. However, CAP said voluntary measures do not go far enough, so new rules are necessary. Ads that would now be at risk of a ban include: A Gap campaign that featured a little boy wearing an Einstein T-shirt, which suggested he would grow up to become an academic. Images of a little girl suggested she would become a ‘social butterfly’; One for Aptamil baby milk that showed girls growing up to become ballerinas and boys becoming scientists and rock climbers; Asda’s Christmas 2012 offering that showed an exhausted mum struggling to buy the presents and tree, decorating the home, wrapping the gifts, writing cards and cooking the festive feast. The ASA is also expected to take a stronger line on ads which could be seen to objectify and degrade women – for example, a poster for Tom Ford Black Orchid perfume that showed Cara Delevingne lying naked on her front with the side of her breast and bottom visible. In 2009, it cleared an Oven Pride oven cleaner ad that showed men as incapable of performing simple household tasks. Ella Smillie, who lead the CAP review, said: ‘Some gender stereotypes in ads can contribute to harm for adults and children by limiting how people see themselves, how others see them, and potentially restricting the life decisions they take. ‘The introduction of a new advertising rule from 2018 will help advertisers to know where to draw the line. ASA chief executive Guy Parker said: ‘We are determined to make sure our regulation calls out harmful and outdated practices.’ BBC and Netflix Release First Look at ‘Troy: Fall of a City’ Source: http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/bbc-netflix-troy-fall-of-a-city-1202646162/ Dec 21 – The BBC has released the first pictures from “Troy: Fall of a City,” the upcoming swords and sandals epic it is making with Netflix. Filmed in Cape Town, South Africa, the series stars David Threlfall (main image), in a very different guise from Frank Gallagher of “Shameless,” as well as Frances O’Connor (“The Missing”) and David Gyasi (“Interstellar”). In the series Gyasi plays Achilles. David Farr (“The Night Manager”) penned the eight-part series, which BBC drama boss Piers Wenger said “will be like nothing broadcast before: a 3,000-year-old tale crafted on a huge scale.” The story is told from the perspective of the Trojan royal family at the heart of the siege.