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The episode set during the partition of India is the only good one that series.

Freshly written, and released to the students for 24 hours to download, answer and upload their answers. 24 hours is long enough for these sites to turn around a paper. This is being reduced to 3 hours for the next exam diet so hopefully this is the end of it.

I was surprised as well. Very surprised. They gave me 15 "unlocks" so I can access whatever I like. Used 3 in this case and have 12 left for if this happens again. As an aside, the quality of their answers was appalling. Utterly dreadful.

Had I been a student I would indeed be a grass. This though was my work this guy was trying to cheat. And sent the course material I spent ages creating to the site.

I was only asking a question...

What did A1 ever do to you?

Soon be time for shakedowns and pre-season tests. Alfa Romeo have given a teaser image of their car And the McLaren

I guess Off The Ball will mention it and move on. A topic like that is like an unexploded bomb for a lighthearted show.

I don't get the reference, I'm afraid.

Signing a rapist doesn't matter?

Quick note on the US air dates for new/continuing series. Star Trek Discovery: 10th February 2022 Star Trek Picard: 3rd March 2022 Strange New Worlds: 5th May 2022 Star Trek Lower Decks: May 2022 (no specific date) Only once at least one of these shows (plus Prodigy) ends will they create a new show. The three ideas going forward are a Section 31 show starring Michelle Yeoh, a Starfleet Academy show and Ceti Alpha V, based on the life of Khan in exile.

All those years I was treated with contempt for not getting daily flu death figures and I never knew it.

Got approached by a headhunting firm looking for a professor in a university in England. Can't do it as my kids are settled in school and the wife in her job, but it is nice to be thought of in that way. If a similar opportunity came up in central Scotland, I'd jump at it.

Just a wee update. I contacted the website that had my exam questions (with answers) posted on it last week explaining that I wanted to see these answers to see if a student had cheated. I expected no response...but today they got in touch and said they had given me fifteen document "unlocks". So I unlocked the answers their tutors had given - and it turns out that these folk I submitted to the committee had not used this site. Theirs looks to be a case of straightforward collusion. I have however identified a different student who clearly had used this site (including all the mistakes in the site's answer). He has been put forward to the committee now and I cannot see a way back for him.

What is clear is that now Starmer has a chance to be "heard" by the electorate. Rolling out policies would be a good idea and allow him to seize the agenda. Johnson is planning to do a policy blitz soon - he gets it - and Starmer needs to get in first. "Green new deal" isn't enough. It was around when Corbyn was in charge but doesn't have the same impact with the public as crime/NHS/schools does. He needs something on one of these. Something substantial.

This, more than anything, will signal the end of the pandemic in the UK. Without the daily up/down/the same numbers to focus on, much of the life will be sucked out of it.

My wife is having similar discussions with her team. Her viewpoint is the opposite of yours in that for her welfare she wants more time in the office; others in her team want to keep WFH and the management's first suggestion was for everyone to be in 2 days per week. There was backlash on all fronts by people saying they wanted in more or less. In the end they backed off and have essentially allowed the team back in on their own terms. There is a rota in place and the team have been able to put in as much time in the office as they want (or do not want). Might very well be worth a discussion with your manager. I don't know the person or the culture of the place you work, but as has been said elsewhere you can make the case for continued WFH on a few fronts (work productivity, wellbeing, etc). My sense is that many managers are open to such discussions now.

One single post and 65 red dots. Is that a record?

8 for Wednesday

Fair enough - just thinking of a good footballer off the top of my head and chose a(nother) wrong 'un.

I am an absolute lightweight compared to most on here. So far I've not had any broken bones, kidney stones or other body parts snapping or bursting. The worst for me was probably the post-vasectomy pain I endured for about 4 years. I have talked about this on "The Snip" thread. Started about a year after my vasectomy, and my right testicle alternated between a permanent dull throb and a full-on "Someone is sticking an ice pick in my ball" stabbing pain. Various medications calmed the ache down but the bouts of stabbing pain kept coming. Especially when driving. Once it was so bad I was physically sick. It eventually died down and stopped of its own accord a couple of years ago. Not been on any medication for it for a few years now.

You do have to wonder at the cost/benefit analysis done ahead of this signing. Surely the RR board underestimated the "cost" which is (within a day or so) both reputational and financial. He'd have to play like Cristiano Ronaldo week in, week out for the benefit to come even close to the cost.

My guess is he'll "contract covid" to keep him away from the team for a week to two to try to let it blow over a bit before making a lower-key debut.

This kind of "banter" can go in the fucking bin.