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Dinesh Raghuram: Welcome to Kodak, my name is Dinesh Raghuram. Please wait while I review your question.Trevor Smith: OKDinesh Raghuram: Could you please elaborate the issue you are facing with the printer? Trevor Smith: Printing a document that is double sided, so I print 20 copies of the first side. Then I turn the paper round and try to print on the other side. Now that the paper has ink on one side, the sheet feed often (not always) does not pick up the paper. If I get a Tray empty error, I push the paper into the feeder one sheet at a time, but then I eventually don't get a proper print. Only one half of the second page is printedDinesh Raghuram: Okay. Dinesh Raghuram: Have you tried taking a single document printed? Trevor Smith: Sorry, I don't understandDinesh Raghuram: Please clean the printhead and then print a test page. Dinesh Raghuram: And please review the printed test page. Trevor Smith: OK, have cleaned heads, replaced both ink cartridges and successfully printed test page. Printing is perfect. It lists 5 errors for earlier today: one is code 3517, then four are code 3502 Dinesh Raghuram: Okay. Dinesh Raghuram: Now I think there is no paper jam in your printer. Dinesh Raghuram: Am I right? Trevor Smith: The jam only occurs when I put paper in the printer that has been printed on one side alreadyDinesh Raghuram: Okay.

Planning Law Changes Set to Ruin Countryside

Last year we visited Ireland and toured the Ring of Kerry, the Dingle peninsular, and then up to Galway and Connemara. In so many beautiful places one thing that stuck me was that so often the skyline was littered with houses. The Irish love to paint their houses, indeed it seems almost obligatory. But this does mean that when ill positioned they so easily spoil beautiful countryside. And so many are ill positioned.

Ireland’s planning regulations are much less stringent that those in the UK and this ruin of beautiful areas of countryside is the consequence. Once housing has been established, it will never be removed.

The government’s proposed new framework on planning regulations streamlines more than 1,000 pages of policy into just 52. One important change is to put decisions into the hands of new local groups. But a YouGov poll, commissioned by the National Trust, found that few people were aware of the government’s proposals to dilute the planning laws radically, and even fewer had the inclination to address planning issues in their local area.  Developers will, for sure, find it easier to pressure these new local groups to approve their plans. The well practiced planning departments in local government already know how developers will pester until they get what they want.

Please support the National Trust campaign to get the current government to re-think the changes they are making to UK planning regulations by signing up to their petition.

Best Steak Frites in London

French style restaurant chain Chez Gerard offers the exciting rooftop location opposite The Royal Opera House in a beautiful Grade II listed building on the Covent Garden Piazza. This unique al fresco first floor balcony takes you to another world; even though in London you feel as though you are transported to an exotic French ambience.

I had the Steak Frites from the prix fixe menu and was not disappointed. I know there are reports of poor service (see the review sites) but after breaking past the initial French arrogance of our intense waiter, actually service was very good. I used my daring French (“merci Monsieur”) and ordered my steak rare. Maybe that was enough for our waiter to feel more kindly disposed to us

In a Better World

With a comprehendable story, superb cinematography, brilliant acting and a deep moral message, this film should not be missed. Avoiding use of any of the familiar film cliches and with everyone behaving as you might expect, "In a Better World" examines human conflict and violence from a supremely balanced and mature perspective. You are eased into understanding how people react the way they do, based on their experience and background - how in one environment (wealthy Denmark) the rules subtly differ from another harsher place (Sudan). So often we see what we believe to be extreme situations in our own comparatively safe western culture, we forget what life can be like for others. The simple device of contrasting conflict in Sudan with that of two Danish school boys, powerfully allows us to unpick the motives and feelings of the participants. In one case a local war lord will cut open the bellies of young pregnant women in order to settle a bet as to the sex of their children. In reality the conflicts created by a school bully and the mildly violent dominance of a protective father pale into insignificance by comparison, but the violence in both the Sudan and Denmark stem from the same flaws in human nature. In a better world we could all live peacefully, but in the meantime the world plays out its bitter story.

Black Lion in Long Melford - Special Recommendation

A genuine Georgian dining room overlooking Long Melford village green is an ideal location for a most enjoyable Sunday lunch; this hotel restaurant, frequented by celebrities and literally a stone's throw from the delightful NT property of Melford Hall, provides attentive personal service, waist-line worthy portions (without being over-powering) and superb cooking. I thoroughly recommend this as part of a day out to deepest Suffolk.