Strange characters over panels - 

When editing files sometimes, depends on editor, some extra signs sneak in.

From your screenshot I think you should look at /infusions/latest_active_forum_threads.php (?) and edit it. You should see those characters on top. To make sure you get rid of it, copy-paste the code in to a new file you create...sometimes just deleting them does not help.

I am not really sure why this happens, but one cause can be the choice of editor. Personnaly I use Notepad++ for most small editing.

thanx 4 that

I got rid of the nasty little 's on the Latest Active Forum Posts panel, [I tried the notepad approach, didn't work] by reloading infusions/forum_threads_list_panel/forum_threads_list_panel.php.

However, there's another one over a non-core panel [Random Article], I think that's what's causing it. I'll have to try to either fix it or live with it.

Thanks for your help :)