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Haven't read the whole thread. But interested to see the Greens have a higher % on here than lib-dems.

That is good that the process is easier, I saw a documentary only last year I think (Probably Channel 4 but can't recall the name) which followed a few adoptions. It was very interesting. I bet your daughter is so happy now he has arrived! She sounds like she'll be a great big sister! Congratulations again on your sons arrival!

This beautiful!! As great as I think the stripey house is, I probably wouldn't paint this one stripey haha.

Rich neighbours' fury as £15million Kensington home is painted in red and white 'beach hut' stripes during planning row - Mirror Online I quite like it...it looks fun!

Congratulations! This is really wonderful news. I hear the adoption process can be very difficult so it's wonderful to hear you've got a new addition to your family :-) How old is your other child? I bet they are excited for a little brother!

These are lovely @Griff - I particularly like the green one.

This is awful - such sad news. And frightening as well. My thoughts and prayers are with all the families and friends of anyone on board. Perhaps survivors will be found, let's not lose hope.

Another vote for Hills here Very good.

Thank you Elsie - what is constructive dismissal against a school? I understand it against a person, but how does that work against an establishment? Just out of curiosity more than anything.

Thanks everyone - lots of interesting information here. Thank you @elsiegee40 - I can't click the link though! I'm not having the best tech week haha!

So, at the 11th hour, we've been asked to stream live feeds of the Solar Eclipse in the morning. Can anyone think of any troubles we might encounter? Have these two links to try - Solar Eclipse 2015 Live Stream Online: Don't Miss March 20 Point Of Greatest Eclipse Over Norwegian Sea [LINK] WATCH LIVE FRIDAY: Total Solar Eclipse Webcasts But with the whole school (teaching PC's only) streaming, are we likely to hit any problems? I'm hoping not, but it's a last minute thing so just want to grab all the shared thoughts I can by tomorrow! It would've been nice to do it all ourselves really, but nevermind!

That sounds like the one! I can't seem to find anything on Google but if you can find it I would be ever so grateful!

Hi, I seem to remember reading on here, sometime over the last few years, a link to a news article about a situation in a school which arose from staff computers being left unlocked. Currently trying to show just how important it is to lock computers and this would be helpful - anyone remember it?

Genius! Thank you!! Currently down to 144641! Quite hypnotising to watch the numbers flying like this!

Nope - I regularly visit a country which has only paper currency and that is really hard work in the shop sometimes trying to fit it all in your wallet. I like our mix of notes and coins, I think it's just right. The new coin, not sure about the silver centre - it looks too similar to a £2 coin at a glance.

So one of our IP cameras is faulty and has been emailing over the weekend every time it 'flickers' off and online. The result is 140k emails... I can't open the mailbox in Outlook desktop as it crashes everytime I try. I can open it in web outlook but the emails are listed individually...it's going to take days to delete them all! Has anyone got any brainwaves?

Happy St Patrick's Day!

So I have a couple of new build PC's. They tell me on the Windows update screen that they are managed by System Administrator. But I can't find them anywhere in WSUS. Perhaps I'm losing my marbles but, WSUS usually picks up new computers yet these aren't there - even though the PC's seem to think they are.

We use Star Lesson. A big portable camera (and stand if required) is provided. Each teacher has what is called a 'Dibba' card which they scan to begin recording. Then they can watch back on the PC over the network. The camera needs a wifi connection, but an apple wifi receiver is provided which has two ports so you can plug in the same port as the PC if you are limited. Seems very good. Of course though, the novelty didn't last long and it's now sitting in the corner, over there *points*.

Very sad news. I remember getting for Christmas as a teenager, a chunky wrapped book, which I thought was the latest Harry Potter. But it was entitled Bromeliad and was Terry's Truckers, Diggers and Wings trilogy. I adored it and fell in love with his work then and the wonderful humour and cleverness in his writing. I then moved onto the disc world series and really enjoyed that too. As many other people, my favourite character is DEATH. Perhaps, favourite Discworld is Moving Pictures - at least, that's the one which sticks in my most the most. I still don't know how to pronounce Bromeliad though!

That is a very good question @Edu-IT. If I can find that out I will let you know, just was given the direction from above, as is often the case for us techs!

So certain staff in our school use a shared mailbox. Since set up, it's been deemed unnecessary for said users to have their own email accounts. Traditionally, they would log on to their email and then open the shared box. But since deactivating their mailbox, they can't get to anything as office 365 auto logs in. It can't find an email account linked to the person signed in on the machine so gives the old 'somethings gone wrong' error. But you can't 'sign out' and use a different address - it insists on looking for an account related to said user. Does anyone know a way around this? So these few people could access their shared mailbox without having their own accounts? Thanks.

How about something totally different? Volunteer in Belarus | Chernobyl Children's Project (UK) (not all volunteers are students - majority of volunteers with this charity are actually middle aged).

This would actually be useful to me too - what a good idea.

Graphics driver is Intel HD, have installed everything on the pre-requisite list. Youtube will mirror from in Safari, but not the app. Tried iPlayer. The sound goes over fine - sometimes the video plays, but is very jumpy, other times, black screen. Also tried TV Catchup app - screen is black, but sound is flawless. We have the most recent version of Airserver installed. I am so confused!!