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#HeadlineTherapy Probe finds Greek flight disruptions due to outdated systems

Thanks to the Newsroom from ekathimerini.com for the Headline

Greek air space had a partial shutdown in flights across Greece for hours soon after Ney Year’s Day. The cause was not a Cybersecurity attack but rather outdated systems.

Although not specific, the reason given for the failure of the systems was that the voice communication system and crucial telecom systems they use are no longer supported by the manufacturer and they will have to buy a new system.

So basically it’s just like us using Windows 10 and being no longer able to get the updates as as far as the manufacturer of hardware and software are concerned they aren’t going to support it.

I don’t suppose any of the Greek Philosophers came up with the idea that prevention is better than cure, but it strikes me that they have been aware of the problem for some time.

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#HeadlineTherapy MP’s proposal to ban politicians from lying

Thanks to Frederica Bedendo of BBC Online News for the Headline

The Hillsborough Law will have far reaching effects on those in Political Life who wish to cover up or basically just not tell the truth about events that affect their constituents or the public in general.

The proposal would make the Law not Parliament responsible for these falsehoods. What a Politician says in Parliament if found to be false would result in a legal address not a slap on the hand in a Commons Committee with no other redress.

I think the extension to the Secret Services ie. MI5 and MI6 is important as well, fair enough respect State Security , but don’t use it as an excuse to cover up “lies” or ignore your duty of care to the people.

It sounded quite a naïve statement , but yes we don’t want to be lied to.

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#HeadlineTherapy Care home with ‘smell of damp’rated inadequate

Thanks to Dan Hunt of BBC Online News for the Headline

Apparently incident reporting was incomplete, and complaints by visitors and occasions when unlawful restraint were not fully investigated. The report added that although the staff acted with “kindness and compassion” care was “not always fully person-centered” . Whatever that means.

Pretty scary hey? How many people do you know who wouldn’t want to be in a care home themselves or put their elderly parents or one of their relatives , a son or a daughter into one.

Basically it’s not just the whiff of damp, but the whiff of the money making profits that these Private Care Companies who are on the whole now large Corporations make. Where did it all go wrong.

Probably with Tony Blair’s “Respect”.

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#HeadlineTherapy Bejing tells Chines firms to stop using US, Israeli cybersecurity software, sources say

Thanks to Reuters News for this Headline

So the Chinese are looking like they are determined to phase out Western made equipment and software citing that they see foreign tools as potentially being used to spy on China.

It remains to be seen how this pans out but it reflects the distrust internationally that is the Global territory at the moment.

The West has the same old problem of it needs to buy raw materials and also it has to have good education systems to be at the front of technology. All of this is very expensive.

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#HeadlineTherapy International Space Station astronauts begin evacuation due to ‘serious medical condition’

Thanks to Sky News Online for the Headline

Glad to say that the four astronauts who have been in space since August have returned safely and we have no idea what the ‘serious medical condition’ was or which astronaut was affected but even to spend 5 months in Space is a great achievement and I wish them all well.

However, we need to ensure that news channels don’t take advantage of the situation and use the fact that all the stops were pulled out to make sure the Astronaut’s were safe, but that we don’t currently have a Health system that ensures patients are not left in corridors in hospitals and are not treated in a timely manner with respect. The two stories should not be juxta positioned , at the end of the day , Space Travel is not Health Travel and they are two separate budgets.

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#HeadlineTherapy New study finds astronauts’ brains change after space travel

Thanks to Sky News Online for the Headline.

Well it turns out that being in space for a year causes your brain to change shape ” upward and backward within the skull”. The effect is replicated closely by those unfortunates on Earth who have had to have tilted bed rest for long periods, yes the brain slides backwards.

So gravity and amniotic fluid interact and the brain moves around and no one really knows what the long term effect will be. This has implications for Space Travel. It explains a lot about the behaviour on the Star Trek Enterprise.

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#HeadlineTherapy Arrest after £100k in counterfeit cash seized

Thank you to Oprah Flash from BBC Online News for the Headline

I’ve worked in a few retail business’s and there was an onus put on those at the till-face to spot fake notes and also to deal with the culprit trying to pass them off.

So I read this Headline with interest, as I often wondered where the notes came from. Turns out that in this particular case , the £20 notes were printed in a house in Kidderminster and then sold on e-bay

The notes are sold on the internet as “prop” notes, presumably for fake magic tricks. However , pieces of foil are used to conceal the “prop note” text, and these are definitely illegal and counterfeit.

Unfortunately these notes are worth nothing and end up having to be given into the Police who then have to investigate their origin.

I remember there would be a spate of attempts at passing them in one area, and word tended to get around to be on the look out.

Counterfeit

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#HeadlineTherapy It might not look like a clam, but don’t be fooled- this is no clam. It walks on two legs and tucks its home under its arms wherever it goes.

Thanks to Debbie Graham of Discover Wildlife Online for the Headline

Bit of a long headline, certainly not short and snappy like I imagine it’s subject to be. The creature is a Veined Octopus, now if the name  doesn’t give you nightmares my AI generated picture will.(see below)

The veined octopus walks on two legs and uses the other six as camouflage or to carry it’s home around, or if you are a fan of certain horror movies to wrap itself around you and suck your blood after squeezing you to within an inch of your life and using it’s razor sharp beak to tear lumps of flesh of your face.

Sorry I digress, this Octopus lives in the Molucca Sea of Indonesia, and is also known as the Coconut Octopus because it sometimes uses discarded coconut shells as it’s home. Perhaps it’s quite cute after all.

AI generated picture, the veined octopus is not scary and just gets on with it’s life.

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#HeadlineTherapy International law applies to everyone, including US, says German finance minister

Thank You to Maria Martinez of Reuters for this Headline

A very altruistic statement from the German Finance Minister, the future of Greenland is up to Denmark and Greenland.

I’ve never really thought any different.

I thought America was part of N.A.T.O , so what makes them think that they can have Greenland as a prize.

If it’s all about minerals, then I think if you are willing to invade one of your own to gain commercial advantage then you are capable of doing much worse things. I think the whole World knows that .

Greenland is not for mining

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#HeadlineTherapy Sheriff of Nottingham under investigation after questions raised over conduct

Thanks to Joe Locker of Nottinghamshire Live for the Headline

“Robin Hood , Robin Hood Riding through the glen” . Oh my I was taken aback when I heard that the Sheriff of Nottingham was repeating history and had to be investigated over questions raised over his conduct.

This time it’s a Labour Councillor who has taken on the title of Sheriff of Nottingham but is really there to promote Tourism to Nottingham.

Has he been demanding corn tithes from everyone and taking unfair advantage of their daughters if they failed to pay up .Or chopping peoples heads off for poaching or stealing deer.

No , there’s a possibility that he had his private car serviced at Land Rover Jaguar at the expense of the Council. The investigation is waiting on the paperwork to assess if this is true.

My how days have changed.

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