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geh Wrote: at 11:39 PM on Fri 3 June ------------------------------------------------------- > first plane this morning 3.16 am It doesn't show up on http://webtrak5.bksv.com/lhr4. The first plane shown in our vicinity yesterday morning was LX345 LHR->ZRH, flying east over Thornton Heath at 06:16, at 10,000 feet. There were four more in the following hour, all also eastbound at 5-9,000 feet and no more north than Penge. http://www.heathrow.com/arrivals shows first arrival BA032 from HK, at 04:49. I went back to Webtrak to check it. It came in over New Barnet and started a U-turn over Marlow to land.

Who were you before you were Seabag?

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Testing sounds the right thing to do. I think fuller testing at the time would have been sensible. My presumption would be that if a system -- whether kitchen electrics, computer suite, car -- seems be to working ok but then shows fault after an upgrade, there's possibly something amiss with the upgrade. Nevertheless, it could be that it's revealed a latent fault or quirk that you didn't notice before. I don't know the extent of the upgrade. I can't offer definitive knowledge. The information I'd be wanting from the tests would be answers to questions like these. What is the trip switch cut-off setting? Is it definitely operating according to specification? Is there any specific function of the cooker that triggers the trip? What's the maximum current (Amps) drawn then? Is that typical of this or any other types of cooker, or is it a fault that's developed? Is it a transient thing -- eg a 'spike' happening only at the moment a relevant cooker switch is turned on/off or is that bit of the cooker always drawing that size current? What would the likely remedies be? Would they include changing the trip switch's cut-off setting? If it's a transient thing, would a safe temporary work-around be to simply leave the switch on and reset the trip switch?

I hadn't realised there were such creatures as physician associates (this seems to be the usual UK name now) until seeing this thread. A two year postgraduate course seems to be the current entry route, following a life sciences degree or equivalent. Have you seen https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/physician-associateassistant/physician-associate? I'd also look at what individual universities have to say about their admission requirements, and maybe get in touch with some for informal advice about getting on the right road. These courses are pretty new. They're probably still working out what makes for a good candidate. Do bear in mind the benefit of keeping options open. You might. for example, discover mid-way through your undergraduate course, that you really want to pursue that subject further, along a different professional route.

You need an ethernet cable to connect the laptop to the modem. That in itself gives you potential internet access. It'll also enable you to access the modem's browser interface, where you can see/change the wi-fi password to test the wi-fi as well. You'll need the modem's admin login name and password. Their default values (maybe admin and password), and the modem's IP address (maybe 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1) to enter in the browser, are easily findable in the manual, which will probably also be on the net. I'm not sure which password you already have.

"Sugging" is nevertheless findable from the mid-80s, mostly in Market Research literature, and also "frugging" (fund raising under the guise of ...) from the mid-90s. The earliest OED citation, and presumably the source of its ascribed etymology, is from the Guardian 29/6/2002: "On the way I counted all the people who accosted me..no fewer than three ?chuggers? which, I gather, is the term for charity muggers, those people with clipboards who want you to sign a standing order for their good cause." So I'm keeping an open mind. I suspect the form of the previous MR jargon words could have been at least a factor in the word-creation, with the "mugger" hint obviously capturing the street assailment bit. But until any earlier evidence turns up... OED online, btw, currently has neither "sugging" nor "frugging".

> The contractors electrician fitted the cooker whilst I was there to speak > to him. I oversaw his work and all was in order with the re-connection. What do you mean "all was in order"? Did he test the cooker, and did you see him doing so? How extensive were his tests? How has the situation changed since then? Have you tried to use some part or function of the cooker that he didn't try? Have you tried to reproduce precisely whatever testing it was he did?

There are scores of copies of the photograph, of varying qualities and crops, on the net. The original is actually attributed to Stuart Heydinger/Observer and dated 1962, when she was 42. The best uncropped version I've seen, perhaps because it's actually from the Guardian/Observer photo library, can be seen among a collection at http://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2013/nov/17/doris-lessing-in-pictures. I've attached a copy.

I bought a cheap KVM switch, all USB connections, on eBay from a merchant in China. After testing I'm 95% sure it's defective, but the definitive test would be a substititution. My old KVM switch has PS2 connectors so I can't easily do it myself. Is there anyone routinely using a KVM switch who'd be happy to try swapping mine in to their system for a minute, just to check whether it works there or not? I'd be happy to leave it with you to do so whenever suits.

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Provisions on the designation of polling places, etc are in the Representation of the People Act 1983, sections 18 and 31: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1983/2/contents. There's a statutory duty to review them every five years, though I don't think that precludes actions in between. The Electoral Commission guidance on reviews is at http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/electoral-administrator/polling-place-reviews. It usefully summarises most of the relevant law. It contains: Polling station 2.16 A polling station is the room or area within the polling place where voting takes place. Unlike polling districts and polling places which are fixed by the local authority, polling stations are chosen by the relevant Returning Officer for the election. ... Use of schools 5.22 It should be noted that for the purpose of taking the poll in England and Wales, the (Acting) Returning Officer is entitled to use free of charge schools maintained or assisted by a local authority as well as those schools that receive grants made out of moneys provided by Parliament. This includes academies and free schools.

Could it be an Indian Runner duck? They come in many shades, including black. "A bowling pin on feet. And they're always in a hurry." according to http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/Ducks/Runners/BRKRunners.html.

Loz, see regulation 10: Non-compliance with requirements of this Section 10.?(1) Where, as respects a crossing or controlled area, the requirements of this Section of these Regulations as to the placing of traffic signs and road markings to indicate the crossing or controlled area have not been complied with in every respect, the crossing or, as the case may be, the controlled area shall nevertheless be treated as complying with these Regulations if the non-compliance? (a) is not such as materially to affect the general appearance of the crossing or the controlled area; (b) does not, in the case of a Pelican or Puffin crossing, affect the proper operation of the vehicular and pedestrian signals at the crossing; and © does not relate to the size of the controlled area. (2) Nothing in any other provision of these Regulations shall be taken to restrict the generality of paragraph (1). BTW, zebra crossings are Schedule 1, not Schedule 4.

> We had this group 2 guys i phoned 101 as need permission do that. > police did catch them was told were gang looking id Did the police come more or less immediately? Were the people charged with theft, or any other offence?

There was a more subtle one covered on R4 You And Yours this morning. The scammers quietly hack into a small business's email account. When a customer is actually expecting or about to pay an invoice, they send their own version or follow-up. The only thing that's different and not genuine may be the bank acount details for receipt of funds, and possibly the fact that they're trying to hurry you into payment. The programme's put up their own anti-scam guide at http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zxq8frd.

> They took the barbecue but none of the other items which included a mattress > which was the main reason for needing the collection. AIUI these weren't actually in the garden when they came? In which case they've taken all that was left for them. I think it just needs checking that the other items paid for are still outstanding, and arranging for them to be ready for collection.

"You can contact a member of the Health Survey for England team, Emma Fenn, using the free phone number 0800 526 397 or by emailing [email protected]." http://www.natcen.ac.uk/taking-part/studies-in-field/health-survey-for-england/contact-us/ They should presumably be able to confirm whether your child is on their sample list.

Here's a very short and clear officialish forum thread concurring in the belief that it's a false positive. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/mse-protect_scanning/microsoft-essentials-shows-trojan-dropper-on-dell/2134f8e4-9b89-406c-a672-2f94bc6f7dc4 I can see why MSE isn't putting a 3.5GB file into its quarantine folder. Embedded within that is one small file, uninst.exe, for uninstalling the AOL Connectivity Service (ACS), that triggered the alarm.

Well, here are people who've been down the same alarm path. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/mse-protect_scanning/mse-cannot-quarantine-trojandropperwin32dunikrts/866372dc-6644-48d9-aeed-4845c036648b . Note particularly the referenced previous thread about it's being a false alarm. I wouldn't get immediately alarmed about it. It's not going to run itself, even if it is malign, which I doubt. For information, searching on "infected factory.wim" may also be helpful, as might scanning the D: drive with another AV program. Unless any substantial doubts remain, I think I'd be inclined to follow those who simply advise excluding the D: drive from routine scans.

Sue, is this your first run of MSE? The offender is allegedly a file in your Dell recovery partition, and could well be a false alarm. That would tally with some similar reports I've just read in old web discussions about MSE.

Mick Mac Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The Irish slave trade began when James II sold > 30,000 Irish prisoners as slaves to the New World. > His Proclamation of 1625 required Irish political > prisoners be sent overseas and sold to English > settlers in the West Indies. ... ... "The original source of this article is Oped News and Global Research Copyright ? John Martin, Oped News and Global Research, 2015" http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-irish-slave-trade-the-forgotten-white-slaves/31076

This one's a classic in the included-instructions category: http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/01/1-19-07-error-cake.jpg And for those who like their smileys http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_TahXQ2WiF0s/SmghkFf3tdI/AAAAAAAASyw/WCSa4qvkiHI/s400/Unfortunate+Cakes+Part+2+14.jpg

You could check the modem log. Does it show any losses of connection to the exchange or ISP? If you are using a wireless connection between router and computer, has your computer reported any changes in its connectivity or quality?