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Maik:

--- Quote ---Greek air traffic controllers call for radar system upgrade

Greece's air traffic controllers' union is calling for an urgent upgrade of the country's air traffic radar system and for more staff to be hired to handle increasing number of tourist arrivals.

The country's air traffic control system was operating with diminishing staff and a main radar system dating from 1999 that has only been upgraded once, in 2008, union head Spyros Rolakis said Wednesday.

Last year, 550 Greek air traffic controllers handled 678,000 flights, Rolakis said, compared to 707 controllers handling 411,000 flights in 2002.
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11426749

Quite interesting to read the whole article

Maik:

--- Quote ---Grandmother accidentally poisons children with hot chocolate that expired 25 years ago
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/grandmother-accidentally-poisons-children-with-hot-chocolate-that-expired-25-years-ago-10148649.html

Maik:

--- Quote ---One man and his drone: meet Shep, the flying 'sheepdog'
At last, someone has found a practical real-world use for drones: a farmer in Ireland uses one to herd sheep
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/the-filter/virals/11503611/One-man-and-his-drone-meet-Shep-the-flying-sheepdog.html




Not great company on a cold, wet day but doesn't try to hump yer leg.

TonyKath:
Don't think it would be as good as a real sheepdog.  And "One Man and his Drone" doesn't have the same ring to it!

Tony

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