Contains only Natural Nonsense

Can we all please agree to stop using the word 'natural' to make things sound good? I've just seen a sports drink advertised as containing only 'natural sugars' as if there were any other types.

Natural things occur in Nature ie Arsenic, Mercury, Bubonic Plague, Deadly Nightshade, Cancer and Radioactivity. Just remember, Nature isn't just Pandas, Penguins and Koala Bears. It's chock full of things that are always trying to kill us.

Nasty 'artificial' things include central heating, Vitamin C tablets and most medicinal drugs.

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Death of the High Street

The following story neatly illustrates how most traditional High Street shopping chains deserve to go under, as they don't try to offer something that the Internet cannot.

A friend of mine wished to buy some road cycling shoes and as her city had two large cycling chains, Evans and Edinburgh Cycles, she imagined that the task would be a doddle.

Instead she described it as a wasted afternoon of total frustration. Hardly any staff and no shoes in her size. (No she doesn't have size 13 feet, she's a very average six). Both shops made vague offers that they might be able to get some by Wednesday or Friday but couldn't guarantee it because they have to go via central depot- it's the way the ordering system is set up... blah, blah blah.

Believe it or not, they both wanted her to put down a deposit before they would order the shoes in her size! I can't think of a better way to put customers off, but apparently that's their policy.

Instead she simply went home and later ordered half a dozen pairs from the internet shop 'Wiggle', which arrived two days later, (with the brilliant option of having them delivered to a local newsagent). She tried them all on without having to drive anywhere, kept one pair and simply returned the others via the same newsagent for no charge.

I'm not getting paid anything by Wiggle, but which business do you think deserves to survive?

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Jeremy Forrest

So 30 year old Maths teacher Jeremy Forrest got five and a half years. Whilst we probably agree that what he did was wrong, should he really spend more time in prison than a mugger,  a burglar who attacked a woman in her own home, or a robber who almost killed his victim?

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Invisible Children

Chief Inspector of Schools, Michael Wilshaw has discovered yet another group who are being let down by teachers- invisible kids from seaside resorts:

.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-22970674

Before this, teachers were busy letting down poor white kids, but only after they had finished letting down black pupils, girls, inner city kids, children from rural areas, disabled pupils, naughty pupils and the ones who didn't come to school at all.

Maybe if teachers weren't told to spend all their time on nonsense such as group work, differentiation, filling out endless unnecessary forms, peer assessment, role play and any other fads that Senior Management Teams dream up whilst stoked out of their heads on LSD, then they might have time to search their classrooms for invisible children.

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How to unblock my Hotmail account?

If your MSN/Hotmail Account has been hacked! 

If your MSN Account has been hacked, go to MSN email support: 

https://support.live.com/eform.aspx?productKey=wlid&ct=eformts&scrx=1 

You need to follow the password reset link and when it comes to the three options of how you want to change your password click on the last one, customer support and then fill out the form! 

You have to give all information about your problem and about your identity: 

Your e-mail (the "Windows Live ID"). 

Your first name and full name. 

Your date of birth (month / day / year). 

Your country. 

The state, province or department in which you reside. 

Your zip code. 

The IP address of each computer used to access your account, or the most commonly used. To find your IP address, visit : http://www.monip.org/ 

The answer to your secret question (if you don't remember it, notify it). 

Emergency address email registered for this account (if no emergency address, notify it). 

Your Internet service provider (at work or at home). 

The date and approximate time of your last log-in. 

For Windows Live Hotmail user: 

Examples of files names which you created in addition to those existing by defect 

Examples of contacts contained in your address book. 

Examples of old email titles contained in your inbox folders or messages. 

For Windows Live Messenger user: 

Examples of contacts contained in your contact list. 

The nickname under which you appear on Windows Live Messenger. 

VERY IMPORTANT! Write your request in a clear and understandable English, avoiding the SMS language, spelling and abbreviations ! 

Note: Remember this is the only way you can expect to recover your account!

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Why do I need to verify my Microsoft account / email address?

We require that you verify your email address when you use it to create a Microsoft account or when you add it to your existing Microsoft account. That way, we can verify that the email address doesn't belong to someone else. To sign in to Microsoft products and services, you have to verify your email address.

When you sign up or add an email address to your account, you automatically receive an email request to verify your address. To verify, just follow the link in the message.

If you try to sign in using an email address that hasn't been verified, you're asked again to verify it.

If you need a new verification link for an email address you added to your Microsoft account, request that a new link be sent to you in email.

To request verification email

1. Go to the Microsoft account overview webpage, and then sign in with your Microsoft account.

2. Click Verify next to the email address, and then click Send me verification email.

Source: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-live/account-verify-id-email-address

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How do I verify my Windows Live email address?

When you log in to the Microsoft Windows Live network using http://account.live.com/ (I have deliberately not made that a clickable URL, btw. Copy and paste or type it in for yourself to ensure you aren't getting tricked!) the first thing you should see is:

Click on "Verify your e-mail address" and...

Make sure that's the address you desire to verify (if not, you'll need to tweak some settings to update it) then click on "Send e-mail".

Message sent!

Within a few minutes in the mailbox, you'll see a message similar to this:

Again, don't click on the link, copy and paste it into your Web browser (darn those hackers and their phishing attempts anyway!). Assuming everything works properly, here's what you'll see:

Done! Now you should never see the "unverified" error again.

Read more at:  http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_to_verify_microsoft_windows_live_email_address.html#MTbFPTB2HUm3RAGK.99 

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