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Thank you all . Dulwich Fox have noted those combinations ,I think I have sometimes inadvertenly hit the Fn button . Do those combos just affect the touchpad or would they also affect the cusor ? In the end ,having run a routine maintenance ( and noted that on my settings for this I did not have the " wake my computer up at the scheduled time " button ticked ) things seem ok . On a different note whatever activates highlighting and correcting of incorrect spelling ,and whatever automatically makes a webaddress appear as a link ( as opposed to something that has to be copied into address bar ) have been disabled . Predates other issue .

Louisa sorry you're ill and I would agree with advice about probiotics .I would recommend these http://www.amazon.co.uk/Udos-Choice-Super-8-Probiotics/dp/B0036E5KG6 which they sell in Health Matters ( in the fridge ) in Lordship Lane . Would just add that popcorn is very indigestible . I have some digestion problems and tried pop corn ,thinking it bland and safe ,and had terrible repercussions . The NHS dietician that I see said popcorn known for being hard to digest . Think white rice is generally recommended . You might also want to try some Dioralyte or other rehydration drink if you have diarreah or vomiting .

Tried a system restore to a couple of weeks before yesterdays " critical update " and tho this unfroze touchpad and cursor ,all my desktop shortcuts no longer worked and clicking on them resulted in an error message ,something about " unable to find locale data ,please re install " . I've never had this with a system restore before and it made me nervous ,so I undid the system restore . But now I'm back to a frozen cursor and touchpad . Anyone any ideas as to how I can unfreeze cursor and touchpad ? I'm not very savvy .

Thank you Ella .

I'm sure it would make a huge difference .We've had to move both our bikes indoors after one was stolen from the rear of our property where it was locked securely to a wheelbarrow and the access was down a side paasageway with a locked door . I'm currently not cycling partly due to health considerations but partly because of the physical effort involved in hauling my bike downstairs ( and on return back up ) before I can get on the road . I would be thrilled to have a nearby hangar and didn't realise about applying for storage .Presume one applies as part of a group for funding ? How ,when .who to ? But was sure I read a post from JB on hangars saying that Southwark had refused applications on grounds of not wanting more street clutter .So this must be a change of heart . Exciting news .

Would have thought that Academy @Peckham has room to expand - their playground lokks bigger than the footprint of ED boys .But in any case with new Aylesbury school opening I presume less pressure on places in peckham .

Thanks Red Devil . Maybe the conditions did change ,don't recall any notification but perhaps it was in some small print which I should have read . Will look at link for Dave Godden and ask brokers if I can reclaim cost of report . Thanks again .

Can anyone recommend a structural engineer to look at cracks and advise on cause ? Is it normal practice for insurance brokers to request engineers report ,photos ,quotes for repair to accompany claim ? Cracks have reappeared 2 1/2 years on since works carried out to correct subsidence under previous claim - when inspection carried out by firm appointed by brokers with no prior submission by me from structural engineer .

Louisa can I ask if the boiler got fixed and ,if you were happy with the service ,which central heating person you chose ?

Who was it stolen from ? You don't own the space outside your house do you Louisa ? As has been pointed out before I believe . And I agree with StraferJack .

grabot my plan would be to take a less short term view ,to stop focusing on the perceived need to have a school within walking distance and to take the longer route of getting Southwark to open another school . And in the meantime encouraging local families to get together and apply en masse to The Academy at Peckham - a local school with loads of space ,excellent facilities ,co ed ,non faith and just waiting ,as Kingsdale did ,for an injection of middle class families and their children . To look further afield at other schools in London and to stop regarding being able to walk to a local school as such an important factor . Many of us have accessed other schools which have entailed travel ,and those of us with children who have problems with organisational skills have found that in the long run this benefits their child in developing skills which will help them cope in the world after school . I had to travel with my similarly challenged son for the first few months of his secondary school career - we didn't sit together and it meant difficult choices regarding my working hours but I made it work because I had to . And the benefits to him in learning how to use public transport in London outweighed the disadvantages to me . And to campaign for the re introduction of the ILEA so that there can be a London wide strategic plan for education across London . Or is it preferable that a few more million pounds be spent when the parents in the Nunhead/Ivydale want a secondary school they can walk to ? There's not a limitless supply of cash ,if it's spent in one place it can't be spent elsewhere . I appreciate that these are long term aims and less palatable than an immediate gratification of wishes , but this short term , what I want is more important than any other factor is what has led to the current situation . And yes I do know what it's like to have a child and try without success to get them into my local preferred primary and secondary school .

"an ideological argument that is not benefitting anyone. " I love the idea that discussing the wider implications of spending millions of pounds doesn't benefit anyone . But the " anyone " would be the parents in East Dulwich who have children who are coming up to secondary school transfer ,wouldn't it ? It's exactly that very narrow focus that 10 years ago saw no one concerned about Southwark handing over all secondary schools to "sponsors " like Harris . So that we now have the problems that we do today - a fragmented education provision with schools determining their own admissions policies and competing against eachother .

But vacancies in other local secondary schools - Academy @Peckham and other good schools - Deptford Green ,Pimlico Academy ,Forest Hill Boys and Sydenham Girls with their coed sixth form within perfectly reasonable travelling distance . And no doubt others . And a school run by Southwark which I note that James is now saying is possible but would take longer .

Somehow there are things about this campaign that are beginning to sound wrong to me . This fear of " bussing out of the area " , a Dulwich school for Dulwich kids that they can walk to . Why so intensely local ? Especially against a background of there being vacancies at a school which is ( for example from the hospital site ) one 10 minute bus ride away . This is secondary school ,not primary school . This is London not some isolated rural village . I agree with bornagain about the lack of a strategic plan . It seems as though the current system is weighted ( as always )in favour of those who are articulate and can shout loudest . They'll get the attention and a shiny new school . Surely such an approach will lead to sink schools in deprived areas and thriving schools where admission is down to people buying into the area in affluent areas ?

But in order for the home owner to have their parking space the access to it needs to be left free . So no net loss or gain but the home owner has guaranteed a space for themselves .

I appreciate that but the main driving factor is surely shortage of places . New schools opening purely to give some people an alternative would be a huge waste of tax payers money .

Thanks Shuggy . Actually I guess a potential sponsor school might not want their involvement known at this stage in an effort to stave off worried parents of their pupils fearing that the school might overstretch itself and that their children might somehow suffer in the process . JB - I'm fairly sure The Academy @Peckham isn't oversubscribed ,and that surely isn't far for ED parents to travel .

I must say I'm racking my brain as to why the names of the potential providers has to be kept secret . Would the one/s not chosen be upset ? I wonder too if we could know the subject matter of the discussions and what the facts sought are . But I'm sure I'm being naive and missing things .

Actual Gas are brilliant - 07841866330 . Very professional and not a trace of being patronising . And Peter Bennison also excellent .

sure James will be right back at us with a clear explanation .

oh dear ,owner less than helpful ?

Inclined to agree about approaching Charter . Seems odd to approach Haberdashers and Prendergast . But maybe there are reasons .

I'm sure mention was made up thread of two sponsors that had been approached . Can't find it now which is odd . Think one of them was Haberdashers but I could be wrong .

Education is such an important subject and so many people seem to know so little about the political influences ,the way admissions policies work ,the current role of the LA 's admission forum etc that a discussion about a new school is bound to be wide ranging . I don't think people should be upset by this or worry that the thread is being derailed . I would like to see a school with an admissions policy based on fair banding ( ie banding which would result in an intake whose make up reflected the national ,not local ,spread of attainment ) with geographically defined areas within which a lottery system operates . I would like the payscales of all staff including management to follow NUT scales . I would like the management team to be small . And I think TE44's comments are very valid . There is a need to try and include people in this issue and to accommodate those without twitter and facebook accounts . Maybe provide more detail here ?