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Scottish Records Association
Scottish Archives
SRA Summer Visit to Glamis Castle
and Archives, September 2019
On 6 September, twelve members and guests of the Scottish Records Association spent a fascinating day at Glamis Castle, family seat of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne. The group was welcomed by the Castle Archivist, Ingrid Thomson, who gave an introductory talk about the family's history and the development of the Castle from its origins in the 1400s to its use as a convalescent home for servicemen during World War I. Opened to the public in 1950, Glamis Castle is best known today as the childhood home of Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon, daughter of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, who ultimately became Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. She and her husband, Prince Albert, the future King George VI, spent part of their honeymoon at Glamis and their younger daughter, Princess Margaret, was born there.
Glamis Castle. Photograph by Lynne Marshall.
Reproduced with the permission of Glamis Castle
Having conquered the climb of 91 spiral steps up to the Archives, the group was rewarded with a display of treasures from the collection, arranged by Ingrid, which included the Archives' oldest item: a 12th century Charter by William the Lion in favour of the church of St Peter of Restennet, near Forfar of the lands of 'Ardnequere'. Ingrid also showed a Papal Bull signed by Pope Gregory 11th at Avignon in 1375, relieving the perpetual vicar of Glamis of paying an annual pension on lands he handed back; a menu book of 1876, emphasising the difference between the refined meals served to the family 'upstairs' and the plainer fare consumed by the servants 'downstairs'; several game books, beautifully illustrated by various contributors, including Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon's brother, Michael; Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon's passport, and an autograph book dating from World War I. Lady Elizabeth stayed at Glamis during the war and this poignant volume contains sketches and verses dedicated to her by the injured servicemen who were taken there to convalesce.
Members and guests viewing items from the archives. Photograph by Lynne Marshall. Reproduced with the permission of Glamis Castle
Ingrid also displayed several items of historical clothing including a man's embroidered waistcoat of 1710, probably worn by the 5th Earl, which was discovered in a trunk in the Castle drawing room in the 1980s.
During the lunch break, some of the group browsed the Castle's latest exhibition, which celebrates the inspiring women of Glamis. Featuring many records and photographs from the Archives, this was much enjoyed by everyone lucky enough to see it. Details of the exhibition can be found on the Castle website: https://www.glamis-castle.co.uk/event/the-women-of-glamis-exhibition/.
In the afternoon, Castle Guide, Chris Currie led a tour of the building, beginning with the grand dining room. Pointing out the lions incorporated into the décor, Chris explained that the Bowes Lyon family probably originated from Lyon, France, hence the family symbol is the lion, which is also the symbol of Lyon. In the earliest part of the Castle, dating from the 1400s, Chris drew attention to a scold's bridle, and the saddle reputedly used by Bonnie Prince Charlie during the 1745 Jacobite Rising. The drawing room contains a striking portrait by the Dutch artist Jacob de Wet, of Patrick, 3rd Earl of Kinghorne, wearing a set of flesh-coloured, leather body armour. When the Castle was inherited in 1646 by two-year-old Patrick, it was in a ruinous state. Patrick grew up, embarked upon extensive rebuilding and renovations, and by the end of his life had succeeded in reviving the family's fortunes.
The family's private chapel, which was furnished and consecrated in 1688, contains no fewer than 94 paintings by Jacob de Wet which adorn its walls and ceilings. The chapel is still in use and a service takes place there every second Sunday. Chris added that the chapel is haunted by the ghost of Janet Douglas, Lady Glamis, who was accused of treason and burnt at the stake in 1537. Known as 'the Grey Lady', she is apparently often seen praying in the chapel. The Castle's Royal sitting room also has its own ghost: a page boy who sits on a stone seat just inside the door, waiting to trip up unsuspecting visitors.
The Royal bedroom, where Lady Elizabeth Bowes Lyon and her husband, Prince Albert, spent their honeymoon, contains a cot made by the Dundee Lord Roberts Memorial Workshop for Princess Elizabeth, which was subsequently used for Princess Margaret. Chris also explained that the King's dressing room boasts the oldest bed in the Castle, the 'Kinghorne bed', which dates from the 17th century and was made for Patrick, the 3rd Earl. At that time, people slept sitting upright in bed, rather than lying down, hence the bed's small size. The tour concluded with the Castle guardroom, where a stuffed and mounted Canadian brown bear named Fred was on display. The (live) bear was reputedly bought by the 13th Earl as a pet, but met an unfortunate end in a field full of Highland cows and the family were so attached to him that they decided to have him stuffed.
The enjoyable, sunny day was completed by exploring the Castle's extensive grounds, which incorporate a Pinetum, a Walled Garden and an Italian Garden, as well as a memorial to Princess Margaret. The SRA would like to thank Ingrid Thomson and Chris Currie for hosting the visit and for giving so generously of their time, knowledge and enthusiasm.
SRA Summer Visit to Glasgow, June 2019
On 14 June, nine members and guests of the Scottish Records Association spent an enjoyable day visiting two repositories in Glasgow. The morning destination was the Trades Hall, home to the Trades House of Glasgow Library and Archives. The Trades House of Glasgow was established in 1605 to help protect and support the city's craftspeople, and the Trades Hall, which was designed by Robert Adam and constructed between 1791 and 1794, is the second oldest building in Glasgow still being used for its original purpose. The Honorary Librarian, Carol Parry, and the Honorary Archivist, Craig Bryce, gave a tour of the building. Passing through the Deacon Convener's Room, the Craftsman's Gallery Museum, the Saloon and the Grand Hall, Craig pointed out several significant artefacts and decorative features, including a gold silk frieze woven by Belgian artists and installed in 1903, which runs around the entire perimeter of the Grand Hall and has depictions of all 14 Incorporated Trades of Glasgow.
Refreshments were taken in the Library, which, as Carol explained, was established in 1897 and comprises books relating to the crafts, plus books relating to Glasgow, to Scotland as a whole, and to Robert Burns. It also houses the Old Glasgow Club's Library and the Colquhoun Library of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The Library is open to the public by appointment and complete lists of the books and periodicals held, along with digitised/transcribed versions of some of the earliest records of the Trades House, are available on the Trades House Digital Library website: https://www.tradeshouselibrary.org/. Carol displayed some highlights from the collection, including a bound volume of the Glasgow periodical, The Bailie, which is a rich source of information about prominent individuals in the city in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; a copy of The Modern Builders Guide by Alexander Hay, Architect (1841), which was dedicated to the Deacon Convener and Collector of the Trades House and consists of 'a series of practical drawings with Letter press Descriptions'; and a copy of the New Testament for the Use of the Blind printed by the Glasgow Blind Asylum at the Institution Press in 1837. The volume's type, (a precursor to Braille), known as Alston Type, was developed by the Glasgow muslin manufacturer John Alston (1778-1846), who had a close association with the Trades House and was Deacon of the Weavers (1810-11) and Deacon Convener (1829-30). The Library's copy was dedicated to the Trades House by Alston 'as a small mark of respect'.
In the basement of the building are the Trades House Archives. Craig explained that the earliest records relating to the Trades House are actually located in the Mitchell Library, but the on-site collection includes records of feu duties, letter books, cuttings and photographs. There is also a substantial collection of vouchers and receipts and these interesting documents are currently being transcribed and added to the Trades House Digital Library website. The visit concluded by exploring some of the Archives' treasures: a selection of records relating to the administration and property of the Trades House; a large volume of photographs of 19th century Deacons compiled by the Association of Deacons; and several items from the archives of the Old Glasgow Club, including a fascinating nineteenth century police record book.
After lunch the group made the short journey to the West End to visit the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive, located within the recently refurbished Kelvin Hall. The Acquisitions Curator, Kay Foubister, explained the history and development of the collection. Initially known as the Scottish Film Archive, it was established in 1976 under a Government job creation scheme but, following some television appeals for donations of film, the collection expanded rapidly. From 1997, the collection was known as the Scottish Screen Archive. It became part of the National Library of Scotland in 2007 and now holds 46,000 items of film and video documenting Scottish life, society, industry and culture. The earliest moving image in the collection dates from 1896 and features Queen Victoria with the Tsar of Russia at Balmoral. The Archive also includes a comprehensive library of Gaelic television output since January 1994, and a collection of manuscripts, printed material and memorabilia relating to the history of film production and cinema-going in Scotland since 1896.
The Archive takes in between 1,000 and 2,000 items per year, including donations from local authorities, universities, businesses and individuals. Kay pointed out that appraising these new accessions is a lengthy process because she has to view every single film all the way through, making notes as she goes so that she does not have to risk playing the film twice. Footage often arrives with little or no accompanying information, particularly if it has been donated following a bereavement. Donors also sometimes have hazy or false memories of what their films contain, while the labels on home video cassettes may be inaccurate as people tended to tape over the original contents.
Kay then gave a guided tour of the Archive's environmentally-controlled stores, which consist of several different vaults. There is one vault for the quarantine of films affected by fungus; another vault for storing films affected by vinegar syndrome, and a further vault for the separate storage of 'dirty film' that is contaminated with dust and dirt. The Archive's technical areas include in-house facilities for digitising film, with the exception of 35-millimetre film. Kay explained that she and her colleagues salvage old video equipment, including broadcast and domestic machines such as VHS and Betamax video recorders, to use for digitisation. They are always pleased to hear from anyone who is willing to donate such equipment: donatemovingimage@nls.uk.
The digitisation facilities at the NLS Moving Image Archive
Lastly, the group spent a little time exploring the Archive's public access centre. This boasts an attractive display of film-related artefacts as well as a 12-screen video wall and interactive touch screens on which around 3,000 films from the collection can be viewed.
More than 2,000 clips and full-length films are available to view remotely via the Moving Image Archive online catalogue https://www.nls.uk/collections/moving-image-archive, and it is also possible to hire or buy DVD copies of footage from the Archive. Anyone wishing to conduct specialist research or to consult the written material in the collection is welcome to do so by appointment. Contact: movingimage@nls.uk.
The Scottish Records Association would like to thank Carol Parry, Craig Bryce and Kay Foubister for hosting the visits and for giving so generously of their time and expertise.
SRA Summer Visit to Perth, June 2018
On Friday 22 June, eight members and guests of the Scottish Records Association were privileged to explore two fascinating repositories in Perth: Perth and Kinross Council Archive and the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. The former's current premises, the A K Bell Library, opened in 1994. The archivist, Ishbel MacKinnon, led a behind-the-scenes tour of the Archive store, which boasts an air conditioning system that can both humidify and dehumidify; a dual functionality that is unusual to find in Scotland. The largest single collection in the Archive is the Perth burgh records, with one quarter of the ground floor storage space given over to them. Ishbel also highlighted the records of the recently redeveloped Perth Theatre. The theatre's education and outreach officer regularly makes use of this collection, which was catalogued by an intern in 2017.
As well as looking after the historic records of the two counties of Perth and Kinross, the Archive has a collecting role, with around 40 percent of its holdings coming from local businesses, families and other external sources. Its largest estate collection is the Threipland papers (Carse of Gowrie).
Most of the maps and plans held in the Archive are to be found within the Perth burgh and county council records, including some estate plans (presumably because the Council had acquired the properties concerned). The group was particularly taken by a plan and south front elevation of Smeaton's Bridge (c1795), a stone bridge constructed over the River Tay at Perth from the tenter at the North Inch to the opposite shore. John Smeaton is known as the 'father' of civil engineering, and Perth Bridge is considered to be one of his greatest achievements. At the time, it was the longest bridge in Scotland.
The Archive also holds some materials from the Munro Society Archive, which were deposited in 2003. Membership of the Munro Society is open to walkers who have climbed all 282 Munros (a Munro is a Scottish hill of over 3000 feet or 914.4 metres in height). The collection incorporates members' personal papers and photograph albums, plus material relating to the Society's involvement with conservation and management matters. Also included are records of the Heightings Project, in which Society members participated. The project involved checking the heights of Corbetts and Munros that were previously found to be within 4 metres of 914.4 metres, to see if any should be re-categorised to a different status.
In the afternoon, the group visited the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS). In the Shackleton Room (named after the polar explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton, who became the first full-time, paid Secretary of the RSGS in 1904), the group was greeted by the Convener of the Collections Committee, Margaret Wilkes; the RSGS's Writer in Residence, Jo Woolf; and Andrew Cook, Consultant Archivist. Margaret explained that the RSGS is not a branch of the Royal Geographical Society, but an independent Scottish society, founded in 1884 to support and promote geographical education, research and exploration. Having formerly been based in Edinburgh, and then at the University of Strathclyde, the RSGS headquarters relocated to Lord John Murray House in Perth in 2009. Its visitor centre, which opened in 2011, is situated next door within the Fair Maid's House, the oldest secular building in Perth. The RSGS has no permanent curator, but its historical records, which date back to 1884, are looked after by Margaret and a team of 10 regular volunteers. Since 2015, the collection has also benefitted from the attentions of Jo, who has been delving through the records for hidden gems and bringing them alive via blog posts, articles in History Scotland magazine, and a book entitled The Great Horizon: 50 Tales of Exploration, highlighting some of the notable explorers connected with RSGS.
Margaret and one of the RSGS volunteer guides, Anne McKillop, then led a tour of the Visitor Centre. Connected to Lord John Murray House by a link room, the ground floor incorporates a Reception Room, an Education Room and an Earth Room. There is also a garden space dedicated to James Croll (1821-1890), a former Janitor of Anderson's University (now the University of Strathclyde), who rose from humble beginnings to develop ground-breaking theories on climate change. Upstairs is the Explorers' Room, where objects ranging from the cap and polar medals of William Speirs Bruce, Scientist on the 1902-1904 Scottish Antarctic Expedition, to lumps of fossilised dinosaur droppings can be seen. Meetings of the Perth Glovers' Society were once held in this room, which also contains one of the original 15th century features of the Fair Maid's House: a prayer niche, which would have been used for Bible study, prayer and quiet reflection.
The Explorers' Room at the Royal Scottish Geographical Society
The visit concluded by browsing a display of treasures from the archive collection, chosen by Margaret, Andrew and Jo. These included two British, War Office-produced military plans showing the positions of the opposing forces in Western Europe at the cessation of hostilities in 1918. Both plans are autographed by Field Marshal Douglas Haig (1861-1928), Commander in Chief of the British Armies in France, who personally gifted them to the RSGS. Also on display were letters written by Harry Goodsir, who was Assistant Surgeon on Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition to discover a Northwest Passage through the Arctic. The expedition ended in tragedy for all involved, becoming the worst disaster in the history of British polar exploration. Harry Goodsir's sister, Jane, kept these letters as part of the family archive, which eventually came to the RSGS during its 50th anniversary year. Members of the group were also interested by a photograph album containing images of RSGS Council Members from 1897 onwards, including many influential people of the time, such as the town planner, biologist and sociologist, Patrick Geddes. Other fascinating items included a hand-drawn tracing of the intended route of Ernest Shackleton's ship, 'Endurance', during the Imperial Trans-Atlantic Expedition of 1914-1917, autographed by Shackleton; and an evocative watercolour of a funeral procession in Umanak, Greenland, painted in 1929 by Isobel Wylie Hutchison (1889-1982). Born in West Lothian, Hutchison was a botanist, painter and writer who travelled widely, particularly in the Arctic, following the First World War. She recorded these Arctic journeys in her diaries, watercolour sketches, films and slides, and also produced numerous travel books.
The Scottish Records Association would like to thank Ishbel MacKinnon of Perth and Kinross Council Archive, and Margaret Wilkes, Jo Woolf, Andrew Cook and Anne McKillop of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for hosting the visits and for giving so generously of their time, enthusiasm and expertise.
SRA Summer Visit to Edinburgh, September 2017
On Monday 11 September, 14 members and guests of the Scottish Records Association set out to explore two fascinating library and archive facilities in Edinburgh. Our morning destination was Ingliston House, home of the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland (RHASS). There we received refreshments and an introductory talk from the Librarian, Sheila Miller, before being taken in small groups for a tour of the Library stores.
The RHASS was established in 1784 and originally aimed to improve conditions throughout the Highlands and Islands of Scotland by promoting the advancement of agriculture, the introduction of useful trades and manufactures, and the improvement of roads and bridges to facilitate better communication. It also strove to preserve the Gaelic language and the poetry and music of the Highlands.
Consequently, the RHASS Library comprises an enviable collection of antiquarian books and pamphlets on various aspects of agriculture and husbandry, as well as on Highland customs, society and language. It also holds several significant manuscript collections, notably a unique set of correspondence relating to the compilation and publication of the Gaelic Dictionary, in which the RHASS was closely involved, and correspondence relating to the establishment of the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies.
Sheila had kindly laid out a selection of items from the Library for members and their guests to browse on returning from their tour. Among the most interesting of these was a contemporary map of Belgium, showing the districts in which the Agricultural Relief of Allies Committee had distributed gifts of cattle, goats, sheep, poultry and pigs following the First World War, and a manuscript copy of James Watt's Survey of the Proposed Canals at Crinan and Tarbert (1772), autographed by Watt.
Following a splendid lunch in the RHASS Boardroom, we travelled into central Edinburgh to visit the Scottish Life Archive's search room at the National Museum of Scotland in Chambers Street. As Senior Curator, Dorothy Kidd, explained to us, the Scottish Life Archive was established in 1959 and seeks to collect, record and preserve evidence of Scotland's social history and material culture. While the collections themselves are stored in Granton, the bright and modern search room holds hundreds of ring binders that were originally developed as a finding aid to the collections for Museum staff. Arranged by subject and then by county, each binder contains a wealth of bibliographical references, newspaper cuttings, dictionary definitions, references to photographs and objects in the collections of the National Museum of Scotland and elsewhere, extracts from oral testimonies, and so on.
The search room also houses the National Museum of Scotland's Research Library, and the Library Services Manager, Mark Glancy, gave us a brief introduction to this facility. The Library started in 1781, and aims to collect material covering the same subjects and research areas as the Museum. It also holds the Museum's own institutional archive.
We were then encouraged to spend time exploring the binders, and to browse an intriguing selection of original materials that Dorothy and Mark had arranged for us. These included the first minute book of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (founded in 1780); the manuscript diary of A. Forbes Mackay, which records his experience as the junior member of the three-man party that reached the South Magnetic Pole on 16 January 1909; a volume of 38 original, coloured drawings of birds of the Southern Hemisphere, executed from the life, in the course of Captain Cook's second voyage (artist not known); and a copy of Jenners department store's catalogue for Christmas 1913.
Our enjoyable afternoon concluded with a welcome cup of coffee and cake in the National Museum of Scotland's café. One or two members then took the opportunity to look around the Museum's galleries on their way home.
The Scottish Records Association would like to thank Sheila Miller of the Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland and Dorothy Kidd, Mark Glancy and Georgia Rogers of the National Museum of Scotland for hosting us, and for giving so generously of their time, expertise and hospitality.
SRA Summer Visit to Inveraray, Friday 23 June 2017
Our small but enthusiastic group of SRA members and guests thoroughly enjoyed a trip to Inveraray Castle, family seat of the Dukes of Argyll, on 23 June. Arriving first at the Argyll Estates Archives, we received a cup of tea and a warm welcome from the Archivist, Alison Diamond, and her volunteer, Duncan Beaton.
With kind permission by the Duke of Argyll
We then walked the short distance to the Castle for lunch in the Tea Room and a tour of the Private Apartments courtesy of Elspeth Guyan, Castle Guide. Among the various tapestries and family portraits hanging in the well-appointed rooms, everyone admired a full-length portrait of society beauty Elizabeth Gunning, who married John Campbell, 5th Duke of Argyll in 1759. The Private Apartments also contain Elizabeth's richly furnished bed, which stands so tall that it could only be accommodated in its present space by removing a decorative vase from the top of its canopy (the vase is now displayed elsewhere in the Apartments).
Alison then became our guide for a tour of the public areas of the Castle, where the artefacts on display include the dress worn by Queen Victoria's daughter, Princess Louise, at her wedding to the 9th Duke of Argyll in 1871, and a charming pair of the Princess's baby shoes. The group was particularly taken with the Castle's ornate dining room in which a special Christmas episode of the television series Downton Abbey was filmed in 2012.
Returning to the Archives, we ended our afternoon with a fascinating tour of the reading room and two storerooms. The family and estate papers of the Campbells, Dukes of Argyll date back to the 1300s and we were privileged to see some of the treasures of this vast collection, including the Rental of the Bishopric of Argyll dating from 1624, and a most interesting volume of 'Letters and Instructions for building Inverara Castle for His Grace the Duke of Argyll in Argyllshire', drawn up in the mid-1740s. The group also admired a selection of cartoons drawn by Lord Archie Campbell, and puzzled over the handling challenge posed by a vast bound volume of illuminated addresses to Lord Lorne (the future 9th Duke of Argyll) and Princess Louise on the occasion of their marriage.
The Scottish Records Association would like to thank Alison Diamond, Duncan Beaton and Elspeth Guyan for making our visit possible and for giving so generously of their time and expertise.
Summer Visits 2016
This summer, SRA members and their guests enjoyed guided tours of two repositories in Perth and a further two in Glasgow. On Friday 17 June, 14 members and guests spent the morning exploring the Fergusson Gallery, Perth's former Waterworks building which now houses the artwork and personal archives of the Scottish Colourist, John Duncan Ferguson (1874-1961) and his partner, Margaret Morris (1891-1980). After viewing a display of Fergusson's paintings and sculptures in the lower gallery, the group proceeded to the upper gallery where a new exhibition marks 125 years since the birth of Margaret Morris. Morris not only devised her own, distinctive technique for teaching dance, but was also a composer of dance music; a costume designer; a playwright, and an artist in her own right. The exhibition features a vibrant array of photographs, paintings, costumes and other memorabilia relating to her career. The group concluded their visit with a tour of the artwork storage area and the Gallery's newly opened research room, where they took full opportunity to examine the exhibition catalogues, items of personal correspondence and other archive records in this unique collection.
In the afternoon, the group received a behind-the-scenes tour of the collection stores at the neighbouring Perth Museum and Art Gallery. This began with highlights from the Museum's photographic collection, including daguerrotypes and glass plates from the earliest days of photography; street scenes and picturesque views captured by prominent local photographer, Magnus Jackson (1831-1891), and charming original photographs of Beatrix Potter's pet rabbit, 'Benjamin Bouncer'. The tour then took in several other themed stores, with the group particularly enjoying the stuffed birds and animals in the natural history collection, the household accoutrements in the social history store, and the national treasures in the paintings store. The tour concluded with some examples of the archive records held in the Museum, including ephemera relating to Miss Georgina Ballantine, who, on a fishing trip near Caputh on 7 October 1922, landed the heaviest British rod-caught salmon. The Museum recently acquired a written account of Miss Ballantine's tussle with the 29-kilogram fish, plus an advertising bill for the Perthshire Advertiser, proclaiming her record-breaking catch. These items are to be placed on display beside a fibreglass model made from an original plaster cast of the salmon.
On 12 September, 8 members and guests visited the Glasgow Women's Library, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. They received an illustrated talk on the history of the Library and its archive collections, followed by an opportunity to see and handle some of the diverse items from the archives. These ranged from Suffragette postcards, to knitting and dressmaking patterns and editions of the 'Jackie' annual, the latter proving a nostalgic highlight for many in the group. The visit concluded with a tour of the building's purpose-built archive stores, and a short talk about the Library's current Heritage Lottery Fund project to record and share the history of Women's Aid in Scotland.
The group then travelled the short distance to the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre in Garnethill Synagogue. Their visit began with a guided tour of the synagogue, which opened in 1879 and is the oldest in Scotland, before taking in the archive stores. Members and their guests received an illustrated talk about the archive collections, and spent time exploring the fascinating displays of photographs, artefacts and other personal records relating to Jewish families in Scotland. They also learned of the SJAC's plans to create a new Scottish Holocaust Era Study Centre.
We would like to thank Amy Waugh of the Fergusson Gallery; Mark Simmons and Paul Adair of Perth Museum and Art Gallery; Nicola Maksymuik and Elizabeth O'Brien of the Glasgow Women's Library, and Harvey Kaplan of the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre for hosting this year's visits and for giving so generously of their time and expertise.
The Association was pleased to offer members the opportunity to visit four outstanding repositories in Edinburgh and Glasgow during the summer. The first visit, to two historic legal libraries in Edinburgh, took place on Monday 8 June. Twelve members and guests enjoyed a comprehensive tour of the Advocates Library in Parliament Square, which was built in 1830 to a design by William Playfair. The tour highlighted the building's impressive cultural artefacts, including a memorial plaque to members of the Faculty of Advocates killed in the First and Second World Wars, and the traditional, individual wooden boxes that are provided for each advocate in the Laigh Hall. As our hosts explained, these boxes are now ornamental, but in former days the advocates' case papers would have been placed there. The Historiographer Royal in Scotland has described the records of the Advocates Library as one of the richest untapped sources for Scottish history in existence, and the group concluded their tour by browsing a display of some of these, including a beautifully drawn family tree from the Arniston Collection.
The group then proceeded to the adjoining Signet Library, where they were treated to a tour of its splendid architectural features. Foremost among these is the cupola in the Upper Library, decorated with a painting of authors and muses including Robert Burns, William Shakespeare and Adam Smith. A display of manuscripts and rare printed material from the Library's collections had again been provided, including a fascinating scrapbook of original documents relating to the case of Oscar Slater, who was wrongfully convicted of murdering Marion Gilchrist in Glasgow in 1908. The group also examined what is believed to be the last original manuscript leaf from the journals of circuit judge, Lord Cockburn: his nephew was understood to have burned all the manuscripts after the journals were published, but one page has fortunately survived. This records Cockburn's suggestions for the proposed monument to Walter Scott in Edinburgh, expressing his view that Edinburgh was not a proper place in which to erect an obelisk as the city was more suited to chimneystacks!
The second double visit, to two performing arts archives in Glasgow, took place on Friday 4 September. Eight members and guests spent the morning at Glasgow University Library Special Collections, home of the Scottish Theatre Archive, where they browsed a selection of the many Scottish theatre posters, playbills, programmes and photographs in its collections. The group took delight in spotting a young David Tennant ('Dr Who'), pictured in one of the performance programmes, and in finding the famous figure of Jimmy Logan, photographed sitting in the front row of a 'full house'. They then received a detailed tour of the Special Collections book store and reading room on the top floor of the Library. The group was thrilled to learn how the social and cultural variety of the special collections at Glasgow University is exemplified by two items housed in a safe in the store: the Hunterian Psalter, which is a 12th century illuminated manuscript, and a kettle that belonged to the mother of the renowned Scottish variety artist, Harry Lauder!
In the afternoon, the group visited the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Archives. The Conservatoire was initially founded in 1847 as the Glasgow Athenaeum, and was until recently known as the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Among the fascinating facts revealed by our host was that the Glasgow Athenaeum was formally opened by Charles Dickens, though the first choice to perform this honour had been a Scottish MP, Lord Morpeth. The group was again privileged to examine a selection of materials from the Conservatoire's collections, including a serpent, a historical musical instrument that is the ancestor of the tuba. Jimmy Logan also figured prominently, as the Conservatoire holds his personal archive. This includes the famous 'red book' received by Logan when he was featured on the television programme, 'This Is Your Life'. The group was surprised to learn that when each subject was handed his or her red book at the end of the programme, the covers were actually empty – they were later filled with content from the evening once filming was over.
The Council of the Scottish Records Association would like to thank Andrea Longson and Jane Condie of the Advocates Library, James Hamilton and Robert Bruce of the Signet Library, Niki Marshall and Claire McKendrick of Glasgow University Library Special Collections, and Stuart Harris-Logan of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Archives for hosting this year's Summer Visits and for giving so generously of their time and expertise.
Summer Visits 2014: The Black Watch Museum and Archives, Perth
On Monday 1 September, nine members and guests of the Scottish Records Association enjoyed a memorable visit to the Black Watch Museum and Archives at Balhousie Castle, Perth. The visit began with a tour through the recently refurbished museum galleries, each of which explores a particular theme or chronological period in the regiment's history. With origins dating back to 1725, the Black Watch is Scotland's oldest Highland regiment, and our knowledgeable guide, Willie Cooper, regaled the party with stories of the key events, people, and artefacts highlighted in the displays. The impressive selection of military medals prompted several questions from the group, while many found the memorabilia in the First World War-themed gallery, including chalk carvings made by some of the soldiers and a mud-encrusted kilt worn on the battlefield, especially poignant and moving.
The group was then treated to a tour of the archives facility from the Black Watch Archivist, Richard McKenzie. The archival records of the regiment have been housed in Balhousie Castle since the 1960s, and are now located in a new, purpose-built store on the top floor of the Castle, complete with mobile racking. The earliest records in the collection date back to the 1750s, and a selection of eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth-century materials was laid out for the group to view. Among the most interesting items were hand-drawn maps and plans associated with the Battle of Loos, letters home from soldiers serving in the First World War, and officers' order books. Richard also spoke about some of the First World War commemorative activities that the museum and archives have planned for the coming years, including a Memorial Wall at Balhousie Castle. From 3 September 2014 and throughout the First World War centenary, a cross will be hung on the Wall for each soldier killed on that day. The names will be read out and the crosses hung during a ceremony at 11am every day during the rest of the centenary period.
There was far more to see than could possibly be squeezed into the time allotted for the tours, and the party enjoyed themselves so much that, at the conclusion of the visit, several people went back into the museum for a second look round. The Council of the Scottish Records Association would like to record their thanks to Willie, Richard, and to the Museum Manager, Emma Halford-Forbes, for facilitating the visit and giving so generously of their time and expertise.
Summer Visit to the Sir Duncan Rice Library, University of Aberdeen
On 6 June, seven members and guests of the Scottish Records Association visited the Sir Duncan Rice Library at the University of Aberdeen. Officially opened in September 2012, the Library was designed as a 21st century space for learning and research, and offers a light, modern and comfortable environment in which to study, as well as spectacular views of the city from the top floor.
The Deputy Archivist, Andrew Macgregor, delivered a general introduction to the Library and its various collections, followed by a comprehensive tour of the building, beginning with the modern book collections, group study rooms, silent study spaces and flexible learning areas on the upper floors. The group was then shown round the Special Collections Centre, which is located on the Lower Ground Floor and houses the University's historic collections of rare books, manuscripts and archives. The facilities include a Reading Room; a Learning Room - a dedicated area for schoolchildren and other groups to learn more about the collections through workshops, seminars and other educational activities - and the adjacent Glucksman Conservation Centre, which is solely dedicated to conserving the in-house collections. Time was then spent exploring the archive storerooms, including the store in which the pre-1878 portion of the Scottish Catholic Archives, recently transferred to Aberdeen from Columba House in Edinburgh, will be housed. The group was extremely impressed with all the facilities, and Council is grateful to Andrew Macgregor and his colleagues for hosting a most entertaining and enjoyable visit.


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Sep 30, 2018; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Baltimore Ravens wide receiver John Brown (13) celebrates his touchdown catch with tight end Maxx Williams (87) against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the first quarter at Heinz Field. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports
By Scott Barrett
Each week in this space we'll be looking at some of my top DFS tournament plays of the week. We'll be naming one player at each position and on each site for the main slate.
Notes: Just because a player is mentioned under one site doesn't mean they aren't also a good value on another site.
Ben Roethlisberger, QB, Pittsburgh Steelers
(DK: QB1, $6,900)
Roethlisberger appears expensive as the highest-priced quarterback on the slate, but I'd argue he's still cheap at only $6,900. Each week last year, the highest-priced quarterback on DraftKings had an average salary of $7,635. This implies $735 in savings for Roethlisberger, who is also the No. 1 quarterback in my rankings this week. Since 2014, no quarterback averages more than Roethlisberger's 23.5 fantasy points per game at home. Of course, he's playing at home this week, and is also being spotted the highest implied point total of the week (30.5). Atlanta's defense ranks third-worst in schedule-adjusted fantasy points per game to opposing quarterbacks and third-worst in points allowed per drive. The Steelers will likely go pass-heavy in what should be a high-scoring shootout and after being held under 35 rushing yards in two of their past three games. Roethlisberger is well worth paying up for this week.
Joe Mixon, RB, Cincinnati Bengals
(DK: RB7, $6,900)
In Week 1, Mixon played on 79% of the snaps, drawing 17 carries, seven targets, and totaling 56% of the team's touches. In Week 2, he totaled 21 carries and one target, despite exiting early due to injury. Now, he appears locked into a massive workload with Giovani Bernard out with a sprained MCL. Including the two weeks Mixon missed, Cincinnati's top rusher is averaging 20.2 fantasy points per game, or what would rank seventh-most. The matchup this week appears soft as well, with Miami ranking bottom-six in both rushing and receiving fantasy points per game allowed to opposing running backs.
Marvin Jones, WR, Detroit Lions
(DK: WR36, $4,700)
Jones' target totals have been underwhelming to start the year (9, 6, 7, and 6) but, while the quantity of these targets was low, the quality was great. Despite ranking 33rd among wide receivers in targets per game (7.0), he ranks seventh in yards in air per game (120.0), seventh in deep targets per game (2.0), second in targets inside the 10-yard line per game (1.0), and first in end-zone targets per game (2.25). Ranking 24th in expected fantasy points per game, he's a clear value as only the 36th-highest-priced wide receiver on the slate. This isn't the matchup to sleep on him either, given Jones' history against Green Bay. Since 2016, he averages 24.7 fantasy points per game in his last four games against Green Bay.
Travis Kelce, TE, Kansas City Chiefs
(DK: TE2, $6,000)
Kelce's value is hard to ignore on DraftKings this week. He's $500 cheaper than his average salary last year (when he led the position in fantasy points per game), despite Kansas City's passing attack averaging 40.8 more passing yards per game and a staggering 1.9 more passing touchdowns per game than last year. Kelce is seeing better volume this year as well, averaging 9.5 targets per game (as opposed to 8.1 last year) and a 27.5% target market share (as opposed to 22.5% last year). While the matchup — against the Jaguars — isn't good, it's not terrible. Since Week 1 of last year, 22% of Jacksonville's receiving fantasy points allowed has gone to tight ends, which ranks 12th-most.
Blake Bortles, QB, Jacksonville Jaguars
(FD: QB15, $7,000)
Over the past two seasons, Bortles averages 4.7 more fantasy points, 74.2 more total yards, and 1.6 more red-zone attempts per game in games Leonard Fournette was inactive. Over his last 10 games, Bortles is actually third among all quarterbacks in fantasy points, averaging 20.1. He also has an ideal matchup this week, against a Kansas City defense that ranks second-worst in both total passing yards allowed and points allowed per drive (3.03).
Todd Gurley, RB, Los Angeles Rams
(FD: RB1, $9,100)
Gurley averages 32.5 fantasy points per game across his last seven games. He's scored at least 20.0 in each of his last eight games. The last time he faced Seattle, he scored 45.0. Now, the Rams are 7.0-point favorites and the Seahawks are now without S Earl Thomas and LB Myc. Over the past two seasons, Gurley comprises 34% of his team's total yardage and 42% of their total offensive touchdowns. Both numbers easily lead the running back position. If the Rams hit their implied point total, then Gurley is going to be worth paying up for.
John Brown, WR, Baltimore Ravens
(FD: WR32, $6,200)
Brown is only the 32nd-highest-priced wide receiver on FanDuel, which is about as nonsensical as Jones' price on DraftKings. Among wide receivers, over the past three weeks, Brown ranks ninth in expected fantasy points per game and 17th in actual fantasy points per game. I went into further detail on Brown in my weekly Actual Opportunity piece, but suffice to say he fills a role the Ravens have been hunting for for years now, and he's filling it as well as Torrey Smith ever did. All of the above makes him an ideal tournament option and especially so on FanDuel, given scoring. He'll also get to run over half of his routes against E.J. Gaines and T.J. Carrie this week. Carrie has surrendered the second-most plays of 30 or more yards (10) since 2015. Gaines was historically bad in 2016 and would be just a bench player for the Browns if not for an injury to Terrance Mitchell.
Vance McDonald, TE, Pittsburgh Steelers
(FD: TE16, $4,600)
McDonald is a glaring value on FanDuel and hard to ignore, despite not seeing a massive workload. He's seen exactly five targets in each of his three games, while running a route on only 46 percent, 63 percent, and 66% of Roethlisberger's dropbacks over this stretch. That's fine — he's still way too cheap given recent production and Pittsburgh's implied point total.
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I guess I must be having an impact. You know you're really getting under peoples' skin when they go ballistic over perfectly nice, genteel columns.
I was somewhat surprised, while on vacation, to receive hostile, irrational email attacking my valedictory for James Tobin - the least biting column I've written for ages. Not until I got back and read a short squib in the New Republic did I realize where that came from - a bizarre screed by Ben Stein.
For what it's worth: I can be accused of a lot of things, but a "limited background in economics" isn't one of them. (Thanks to TNR for its put-down - alas, not available online - which points out that I received the Clark Medal, and that Mr. Stein is a game-show host).
Mr. Stein's father was a fine economist, a member of a rapidly vanishing species - moderate Republicans. But while punditry on the right seems to be mainly an inherited position these days (read David Brock's book!), Mr. Stein's genes don't excuse him from the responsibility to do some homework.Vague memories of what he heard in his undergraduate class in the 1960s don't cut it.
Oh, and about Friedman: monetarism - which either meant that changes in M2 were the key to the business cycle, or meant nothing at all - has failed. Almost nobody focuses on monetary aggregates anymore; the current fashion in economic policy is "inflation targeting", while the current fashion in academic research is to suppress any explicit discussion of the money supply, and use other indicators of monetary policy.
Friedman's claim to greatness rests not on monetarism, which is now seen as a somewhat embarrassing - and, yes, "naive" - episode in his intellectual evolution, but on two lasting contributions: the permanent-income theory of consumption, and the natural-rate hypothesis.
If I had to psychoanalyze Mr. Stein, I'd say that the idea that I am a serious academic economist deeply disturbs him. After all, if I know what I'm talking about in eulogizing James Tobin, the other things I've been saying in my column might be true, and the politicians Mr. Stein supports might be as dishonest as I claim.
Anyway, I knew Jim Tobin - whom I talked with at length just a few days before his death - a lot better than Mr. Stein. And I certainly know a lot more economics.


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Q: Combo Box in vb I am using a combo box with 20 numbers inside (from 1 to 20) each to represent a number of a date and time text box to be visible in another pop out form.
For example if 4 is selected, then 4 date and time boxes are visible.
The problem:
Up to 9 date and time boxes are visible just fine, but from 10 to 20 I can see only one date and time box. I couldn't solve the issue and any help will be appreciated.
Here is my code:
Private Sub payno__SelectedIndexChanged(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles payno.SelectedIndexChanged

    Dim selectedIndex As Integer
    selectedIndex = payno.SelectedItem

    Dim selectedItem As Object

    selectedItem = payno.SelectedItem

    MessageBox.Show("Selected Item Text: " & selectedItem.ToString() & Microsoft.VisualBasic.Constants.vbCrLf &
                    "Index: " & selectedIndex.ToString())

    If payno.Text.Trim.Contains("1") = True Then
        paytime.DateTimePicker1.Visible = True
        paytime.DateTimePicker2.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker3.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker4.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker5.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker6.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker7.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker8.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker9.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker10.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker11.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker12.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker13.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker14.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker15.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker16.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker17.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker18.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker19.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker20.Visible = False

        ElseIf payno.Text.Trim.Contains("2") = True Then
        paytime.DateTimePicker1.Visible = True
        paytime.DateTimePicker2.Visible = True
        paytime.DateTimePicker3.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker4.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker5.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker6.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker7.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker8.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker9.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker10.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker11.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker12.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker13.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker14.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker15.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker16.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker17.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker18.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker19.Visible = False
        paytime.DateTimePicker20.Visible = False

        and so on until 20 ...

A: Whatever the logic you have written it is correct and it must work. But it's not best coding practice. But if you want to modify the same code. Use the condition like
If payno.Text.trim="1" then
Elseif payno.Text.trim="2" then
.......
If payno.Text.trim="10" then
Elseif payno.Text.trim ="11" then
1.But keep all the date in one panel
2. Make the panel dock to top
3. Set scroll to true to the panel
If your pop-up form's height is lesserthan the date control's top also it may not be displayed.
Hope it helps

A: Untested but something like this:
Dim x as Integer
While (x <= Integer.Parse(payno.Text.Trim))
   Select (x)
      Case 1
         paytime.DateTimePicker1.Visible = True
      Case 2
         paytime.DateTimePicker2.Visible = True
.....

   End Select
End While

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The Artisan Free-Form Loaf: Rustic Boule
Will Strawser
Bread, we all love it. We hate to admit it, but we do. humanity has survived for thousands of years on its bounty alone, and it still remains one of the hardest things to accomplish to this day. Well not anymore! Follow these simple instructions to make a perfect loaf every time! This recipe is an adaptation from our friends over at "The new artisan bread in five minutes a day".
Mastering The Rustic Boule
the artisan free-form loaf
Makes: 4- 1 pound loaves (store remaining dough in the fridge for up to 14 days)
3 cups (24 ounces) water
1 tablespoon (.35 ounce) granulated yeast
1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons (.6 to .9 ounce) kosher or other coarse salt, to taste
6 1/2 cups (2 pounds) unbleached all-purpose flour, measured by the scoop-and-sweep method
1 tablespoon smoked sea salt flakes (for the topping of bread)
1/2 cup chopped rosemary (only used in herbal variant)
Warm the 3 cups water just a little so that it feels just slightly warmer than body temperature. In the large bowl of a standing mixer or a 6-quart container with a lid, mix the yeast, warm water, and salt. Add the flour all at once, then use a spoon or stand mixer to mix until the flour is completely incorporated and you have a blobby dough. (If you're hand-mixing the dough and it becomes too difficult to incorporate all the flour with the spoon, just use very wet hands to press the mixture together.) Don't knead the dough! It's not necessary. You just want the dough to be uniformly wet and loose enough to conform to the shape of its container. Don't worry if the dough is a bit lumpy at this point, just make sure there are no dry patches of flour.
Loosely cover the container and let the dough rise at room temperature until it begins to flatten a little on the top, about 2 hours.
After 2 hours, store the container of dough in the fridge. That's it. (If your container isn't vented, you want to ensure the gases can escape by leaving the cover open a crack for the first couple days in the fridge; after that, you can seal it.) You can use the dough anytime after the initial 2-hour rise, although the refrigerated wet dough is less sticky and easier to work with than dough at room temperature, so it's best to refrigerate the dough overnight before handling it. Once refrigerated, the dough will seem to have shrunk back upon itself as though it will never rise again—that's normal. Whatever you do, do not punch down this dough. You're trying to retain as much gas in the dough as possible, and punching it down knocks gas out and results in denser loaves. Just be certain to use the dough at some point within 14 days.
When you want to bake a loaf of artisan bread, dust a baking sheet lined with parchment paper with flour. Grab a fist sized hunk of the dough and use scissors to cut off a 1-pound piece of dough. Hold the dough in your hands and, if necessary, add just enough flour so the dough doesn't stick. (What you're trying to do is surround the surface of the dough with flour so that it can be handled). Gently stretch the surface of the dough, tucking the ends underneath the ball and rotating it a quarter turn as you go. Most of the dusting flour will fall off, and that's okay, because as we just said, it's not intended to be incorporated into the dough. The bottom of the ball of dough may appear to be a collection of bunched ends, but it will flatten out and adhere during resting and baking. Your round loaf of bread should be smooth and cohesive, and the entire shaping process should take no more than 20 to 40 seconds—don't work the dough any longer or your loaves may be dense. Place the shaped ball of dough on the prepared pizza peel and let it rest for about 40 minutes. It doesn't need to be covered.
Preheat the oven to 450°F (230°C) for at least 20 to 30 minutes. Preheat a cast iron dutch oven on the middle rack of the oven.
Dust the top of the raised loaf generously with flour and, using a serrated bread knife, slash a 1/2-inch-deep cross or tic-tac-toe pattern in the top. There's no need to dust the flour off the loaf.
Grab the entire sheet of parchment paper with dough and insert it into the now preheated cast iron, dutch oven. Cover with the lid and bake the bread for 20 minutes.
At this point you can remove the lid from the dutch oven, add a small pinch of sea salt to the top and bake for an additional 10-15 minutes or until the crust is richly browned and firm to the touch.
Let the loaf cool completely, preferably on a wire rack for the best flavor, texture, and slicing
For a variant on this recipe mix in the 1/2 cup of chopped rosemary while you mix the initial batch of dough.
For another variant add a few cloves of garlic, minced well to the dough.
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Q: Determining which part of the conditional is true in an `if` statement Suppose I have an if statement in PHP, like this:
if($var || $var2 || $var3){
  //code
}

How do I know which variable triggered the if statement?

A: You don't.
If you must know, you need a conditional on each one.
if ($var1) {
  // Do someting
} elseif ($var2) {
  // Do something else
} // etc...

Alternatively, if you have several conditions you want to check in this manner, you can hijack a switch for this purpose:
switch(true) {
  case $var1:
    // Do something
    break;
  case $var2:
    // Do something else
    break;
  // etc.
}

A: It is possible only if you change a little your way to think
$data=7;$data2=false;$data3='';
if($filter=array_filter(compact('data','data2','data3'))){
    echo key($filter);//output data
}

A little explanation :
first we compact all variables in one array with the compact function
second we filter the array with the array_filter function
At this step all is done.if $filter is empty the if condition will be evaluated to false and if $filter is not empty it means that at least one of the variable is different of false or null or empty string
Then to know  the one of  this variable which triggered the if you can check the $filter array specially the first element.

A: I would suggest using a switch statement instead of an if statement.
switch ($var) {
case "content of var1":
    code to be executed if $var = "content of var1";
    break;
case "content of var2":
    code to be executed if $var = "content of var2";
    break;
case "content of var3":
    code to be executed if $var = "content of var3";
    break;
...
default:
    code to be executed if $var is something else;
}

Note that everything inside the quotes "" is a string and therefore should be whatever your $var1, $var2, or $var3 are likely to contain.
Also note that in this example, there is only one $var and it stores different content depending on the situation.


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Ysgol Dinas Bran students celebrate their A Level success
* Wynne Jones from Glyn Ceidiog raises a glass to his success.
Students at Ysgol Dinas Bran have been celebrating their A Level results today.
This year the school has not supplied the usual statement listing its overall performance and outstanding successes.
In its statement it says: "It was lovely to see students from the school celebrating their A Level results earlier. We wish them every success in the future."
Denbighshire County Council has paid tribute to the "hard work and commitment" of A Level students as they pick up their results today (Thursday).
Councillor Huw Hilditch-Roberts, Cabinet Lead Member for Education, Children's Services and Public Engagement, said: "This has been an unprecedented year for our A Level students and staff and they have dealt with a lot of uncertainty over recent months.
"The students have shown great resilience, maturity and courage in the way they have handled this very unique set of circumstances.
"I would like to commend each and every student for their efforts, commitment and dedication throughout their A Level courses. I must also pay tribute to the support shown by both teachers and parents/ guardians. They have been a real backbone to students over recent months, keeping a clear focus and positivity.
"Whatever the outcome and whichever paths they will be taking in the next step of their lives, I would like to wish them the very best of luck and every success on their future journey.
"Our focus from September will be on ensuring that the new generation of A Level students get the best possible start to their studies and to overcome any further hurdles and challenges the new term may bring."
Education Minister Kirsty Williams said: "I want to send my very best wishes to everyone who received their A-level, AS, Welsh Bacc and vocational qualification grades today.
"Due to the many changes we've had to make this year in exceptional circumstances, you've had to make many sacrifices.
"But you have every reason to be proud of all the work you've done, which will serve you well, and proud of the determination you have shown to overcome this challenging time.
"As announced yesterday, we have guaranteed that a learner's final A Level grade cannot be lower than their AS grade. Students in Wales, and prospective employers and universities across the UK, can be assured that their A Level grades reflect their work and externally assessed exams.
"I hope you got the grades you'd hoped for, and you can continue with your educational journey in the autumn. Although many of you will be pleased with your results and excited for your next step, if you didn't get what you'd hoped, there's plenty of options & advice on Working Wales.
"Best of luck, and best wishes for the future."


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Archiwum Państwowe w Szczecinie utworzone zostało 1 sierpnia 1945 r. Archiwum posiada dwa oddziały zamiejscowe w Stargardzie i Międzyzdrojach, ekspozyturę w Strzmielach oraz magazyn w Dobrej. Zasięgiem działania obejmuje teren dawnego województwa szczecińskiego.

Historia
Początki Archiwum Państwowego w Szczecinie wiążą się z dziejami księstwa pomorskiego, które uformowało się w początkach XII w., a rozpadło w połowie w XVII w. Historyczne archiwum istniało także na Pomorzu w okresie panowania szwedzkiego i brandenburskiego. Stało się profesjonalną placówką w okresie pruskim (początki XVIII w. do 1945 r.), dziedzicząc wcześniejsze zbiory.

Archiwum w Szczecinie formalnie utworzono w 1831 roku, z siedzibą w byłym zamku książęcym (Zamek Książąt Pomorskich). Do zasobu przejęto wówczas akta rejencji, sądów, różnych fundacji i archiwalia kościelne.

W 1900 roku pruskie władze centralne sfinansowały budowę nowego gmachu, w którym do dzisiaj archiwum ma swoją siedzibę. Własna siedziba umożliwiła archiwistom szczecińskim prowadzenie w szerszym zakresie niż dotychczas prac archiwalnych. Zaowocowało to m.in. przejęciem dużej ilości akt historycznych z terenu Pomorza.

Następstwem drugiej wojny światowej było znaczne rozproszenie zasobu. W 1942 roku w obawie przed skutkami nalotów bombowych, rozpoczęto ewakuację archiwaliów do wybranych miejscowości na terenie Pomorza. W konsekwencji z magazynów archiwalnych wywieziono ok. 80% zasobu.

Polska służba archiwalna rozpoczęła oficjalną działalność w Szczecinie 1 sierpnia 1945 roku. Pierwszym polskim kierownikiem został Bolesław Tuhan-Taurogiński, przedwojenny archiwista, opiekun zbioru Radziwiłłów, który podjął trud gromadzenia rozproszonego zasobu. Rozpoczął się proces tworzenia archiwów w oparciu o dawne zbiory szczecińskiego Staatsarchiv.

W końcu 1950 r. w magazynach archiwalnych zgromadzono dokumentację władz i urzędów państwowych, akta miejskie, kościelne, a także różnych instytucji i stowarzyszeń. Część zasobu nie powróciła jednak do magazynów archiwalnych, została zniszczona lub zaginęła w nieznanych okolicznościach (np. Archiwum Miasta Szczecina), niektóre zaś historyczne dokumenty znalazły się w zbiorach Landesarchiv w Greifswaldzie. W 1950 roku archiwum przejęło pierwsze akta polskie.

 Dyrektorzy
 1901-1913 Karl Walter Friedenburg
 1913-1923 Herman Hoogeweg
 1923-1930 Karl Otto Grotefend
 1930-1935  Erich Randt
 1935-1945 Adolf Diestelkamp
 1945-1950 Bolesław Tuhan-Taurogiński
 1950-1951 Tadeusz Kupczyński
 1951–1955 Irena Okóń
 1955–1969 Henryk Lesiński
 1969–1975 Lucyna Turek-Kwiatkowska
 1975–2007 Kazimierz Kozłowski
 2007-2017 Jan Macholak
 2017- nadal Krzysztof Kowalczyk

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Strona internetowa Archiwum Państwowego w Szczecinie
 Zasoby Archiwum Państwowego w Szczecinie

Szczecin
Szczecin
Centrum (Szczecin)

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Probably everyone who doesn't have this wants this in the makeup world.
I think I want Naked2, but if someone has more experience, can you tell me the differences between Naked and Naked2 and which type of person they might suit?
I haven't got Naked2 (but WANT so badly!), but I absolutely ADORE my Naked, I use it practically daily. I believe the Naked2 has more matte colours, whereas Naked has more glimmery ones.
Good to know about the differences! I'm starting to think that I can't wear glimmery colours though because of my weird eyelids. It's like I have the eyelids of a 50 year old! So Naked or Naked2 might not be for me afterall. Glimmery colours are so pretty though!!!


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Q: msbuild task conditional operators in parameter value Is there any way how to use conditional variables as parameters when calling MSBuild tasks?
for example, if we have text being string argument in MySampleTask msbuild task:
<MySampleTask text="if a not empty ? a : b" />

How to pass text string variable if we may have 2 local string variables a and b? How to achieve behavior in above code?

A: I'm not aware of such operator, but what you want is equivalent to
<MySampleTask text="$(a)" Condition="'$(a)' != ''" />
<MySampleTask text="$(b)" Condition="'$(a)' == ''" />

Or, same principle but applied to a property first; probably the most 'standard' way:
<PropertyGroup>
  $(b)
</PropertyGroup>

<MySampleTask text="$(a)" />


The assignment was the design of a park that would demonstrate to public users that a water conserving landscape could be useful and beautiful and proliferate better landscape practices in Fort Worth, Texas. In conserving water, land and vegetation the park also demonstrates the preservation of culture through the dramatic structural display of two wings and a tail section of a decommissioned C-9 transport jet that was donated by the Naval Air Station and former Carswell Air Base, next to the site. Kevin Sloan Studio designed the park for the Tarrant County Regional Water District and Datum Engineering designed the structure for the jet display.


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State Announces Its 2021 Fall Drawdown of Lakes
Dan Mattaini
Concord, NH – The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) announced today that the annual fall drawdown of the lakes and ponds controlled by dams owned by NHDES will be initiated according to the schedule below.
DEPTH (in feet) FROM FULL
Akers Pond Greenough Brook Errol Oct. 11 1
Angle Pond Bartlett Brook Sandown Oct. 11 2
Ayers Lake Tributary to Isinglass River Barrington Oct. 18 3
Ballard Pond Taylor Brook Derry Oct. 11 2
Barnstead Parade Suncook River Barnstead Oct. 11 1.5
Bow Lake Isinglass River Strafford Oct. 11 4
Burns Lake Tributary to Johns River Whitefield Oct. 11 1.3
Chesham Pond Minnewawa Brook Harrisville Oct. 11 2
Crystal Lake Crystal Lake Brook Enfield Oct. 11 4
Crystal Lake1 Suncook River Gilmanton Oct. 1 4-3
Deering Reservoir Piscataquog River Deering Oct. 11 4
East Washington Pond Beards Brook Washington Oct. 11 2
Glen Lake/Greggs Falls Piscataquog River Goffstown Oct. 30 1.5
Goose Pond Goose Pond Brook Canaan Oct. 11 7.5
Grafton Pond Bicknell Brook Grafton Oct. 11 2
Great East Lake Salmon Falls River Wakefield Oct. 1 3
Great Pond Powwow River Kingston Oct. 11 1
Highland Lake2 North Branch Contoocook River Stoddard Sept. 7 1-3
Horace Lake (aka Weare Reservoir) Piscataquog River Weare Oct. 16 5
Horn Pond Salmon Falls River Wakefield Oct. 11 1.5
Howe Reservoir Tributary to Minnewawa Brook Dublin Oct. 11 6
Island Pond3 North Branch Contoocook River Stoddard Sept. 7 3
Lake Kanasatka Tributary to Lake Winnipesaukee Moultonboro Nov. 1 1.5
Kezar Lake Lane River Sutton Oct. 1 2
Kingswood Lake Churchill Brook Brookfield Oct. 11 3
Little Sunapee Lake Kidder Brook New London Oct. 11 1
Lovell Lake Branch River Wakefield Oct. 11 3
Mascoma Lake4 Mascoma River Lebanon Oct. 11 3
Mendums Pond Little River Nottingham Nov. 8 7
Milton Three Ponds4 Salmon Falls River Milton Oct. 11 3
Newfound Lake4 Newfound River Bristol Oct. 11 2
Nay Pond Dead River Milan Oct. 1 7.5 inches
Nippo Pond Nippo Brook Barrington Oct. 11 2
North River Pond North River Nottingham Oct. 11 1
Northwood Lake Little Suncook River Epsom Oct. 11 6
Ossipee Lake4 Ossipee River Effingham Oct. 11 3.25
Pawtuckaway Lake Pawtuckaway River Nottingham Oct. 11 4.8
Pequawket Lake Tributary to Swift River Conway Nov. 1 2
Pine River Pond Pine River Wakefield Oct. 11 8
Pleasant Lake Tributary to Little Suncook River Deerfield Oct. 11 2.7
Shellcamp Pond Academy Brook Gilmanton Oct. 11 2
Silver Lake Minnewawa Brook Harrisville Oct. 11 3
Squam Lake4 Squam River Ashland Oct. 11 2.5
Sunapee Lake4 Sugar River Sunapee Oct. 11 2.5
Suncook Lakes Suncook River Barnstead Oct. 1 5
Sunset Lake Suncook River Alton Oct. 11 7
Trickling Falls Powwow River East Kingston Nov. 1 1
Webster Lake Chance Brook Franklin Oct. 11 2
Whittemore Lake Tributary to Contoocook River Bennington Oct. 11
Crystal Lake in Gilmanton drawdown will start at the beginning of October in conjunction with upstream bridge work. Upon completion, the water level will be raised to the usual winter drawdown level.
Highland Lake in Stoddard will have a 1-foot drawdown starting on September 7. This is to facilitate work being done downstream at Island Pond Dam. On October 11, the level will be returned to the normal drawdown.
Island Pond drawdown will also begin on September 7 for the purpose of construction on the dam.
These larger lakes generally do not reach their full drawdowns until mid or late March. The values listed above are generally the maximum levels reached, although during any given year the levels reached can be either higher or lower due to weather conditions.
The depth of drawdown listed above is not from the current level, but is from the normal full pond level. Due to changing ice and hydrologic conditions, these levels can vary throughout the winter. Since the hydrologic conditions and recreational uses of these water bodies vary, the degree and date of the start of drawdown for each lake vary and could be affected by the amount of rainfall during the period. In addition, the actual date at which the drawdown will begin could vary by a few days based on operational constraints. However, at three dams, the drawdowns will be initiated or accelerated on a specific Saturday in October to provide recreational opportunities for canoeists and kayakers in the rivers below these dams. The schedule for these recreational opportunities is as follows:
Horace Lake will have a release for recreational use downstream on Saturday, October 16. Water release from the dam will begin at 8 AM and end at 4 PM. Between 300 and 400 cfs will be released for that time period.
Also there will be a recreational release from Northwood Lake (Little Suncook River) on October 23 starting at 8 AM and end at 4 PM.
On Saturday, October 30, a release will be made from Greggs Falls Dam in Goffstown to provide an opportunity for canoeing and kayaking in the Piscataquog River downstream. The release will begin at 10 AM.
At the first two of these sites the flow will be reduced to near normal levels by 4 PM that same day. NHDES reminds people that canoeing and kayaking have inherent risks, and paddling the state's lakes and rivers is at the paddler's own risk.
Lake drawdowns are conducted each fall to reduce winter ice damage to shoreline properties and to reduce spring flooding. Drawdowns also give property owners an opportunity to conduct any necessary repairs to their waterfront property, provided they first secure a permit from the NHDES Wetlands Bureau at (603) 271-2147.
Not included in this schedule is Lake Winnipesaukee. Unlike the other lakes in this schedule, Lake Winnipesaukee is not purposely drawn down in the fall. Instead, in the fall after Columbus Day, the releases from Lakeport Dam are reduced from a normal minimum of 250 cubic feet per second (cfs) to a flow between 30 and 50 cfs for a period of up to two weeks to allow for maintenance of the dams and hydropower facilities on the Winnipesaukee River. The flow of 30 to 50 cfs is the minimum flow needed to maintain the downstream aquatic life during this period. This year the reduction will be begun on October 18.
By the middle of the fall, Lake Winnipesaukee is, on average, 15 inches below its springtime full level due to evaporation and releases from the lake that have occurred over the course of the summer. Because of this summer's drought, the level of the lake is already at that elevation. When the amount of water released from the dam is reduced after Columbus Day, the lake level is not expected to drop significantly for the remainder of the month of October and, if drought conditions ease in the fall and winter, it is expected to remain relatively stable through the month of December absent any major rainfall events. Depending on the amount of snow on the ground in the winter, the lake level may be lowered further beginning in January to a depth of two feet below the normal full level.
A plot of the average lake levels throughout the year for Lake Winnipesaukee is provided on NHDES's website at winnipesaukee-graph2021.jpg (2549×1646) (nh.gov). Also included are updated plots of this year's lake levels, releases from the dam, and precipitation.
The NH Fish and Game Department recommends that if special drawdowns are to be conducted for the purposes of repairing property such as retaining walls or private boat ramps they occur only once in every 5 years. In the event a party may wish to conduct such a drawdown, please contact the NHDES Dam Bureau immediately after receiving all permits required for such work, so that the drawdown can be coordinated with any other work at the same water body being proposed by other parties. In this way the number of special drawdowns can be minimized, and unexpected delays (up to 5 years) for your project can be avoided.


Esselte panorama ring binder Maxi. Spine width 35 mm. Ring diameter 20 mm, ring mechanism with 4 rings. Maxi size (when register or index cards together with pockets are used). With heavy-duty clear pocket on front and back for customized design.


My coaching focuses on your personal life goals. I will help you to uncover and eliminate destructive behavioural and thinking patterns, offer a solution-focused approach to personal growth that is designed to make lasting changes in all areas of your life and empower you to use your thoughts and actions to create positive and successful outcomes.
As people we all have had a dream for our lives...somewhere along the way things may have gotten muddled up and the chaos of life took over. I will help you to rediscover your dreams and awaken that passion & drive within you to move in the direction of what you want for yourself.
Together we will identify your fears & limiting beliefs that hold you back and introduce empowering beliefs needed to live the life you want for yourself.
My purpose in life, I have found, is to work with people and help them rediscover themselves, their strengths and passion in life. I aim to help you develop it with action, growth, confidence and motivation.
We are all destined for great thing respectively. No two people will have the exact same journey in life. I am committed to helping you discover your 'aha' moments and effecting positive change in your life - for the rest of your life.
Sessions to be scheduled in advance and more or less the same time frame week to week. Any cancellations have to be made at least a week in advance.
I do scheduled one-on-one coaching with my clients which take place either by phone or in person. I am willing to work outside of office hours if arranged in advance.
This form of coaching takes place completely online via skype video/call/chat and will be scheduled weekly at the same time. This makes it easier for both parties to plan their lives around these sessions.
Group coaching can be run as either group coaching sessions with group coaching calls, or courses that deliver information in modules at pre-scheduled times. Discussions are facilitated using skype chat.
I began my career in the retail sector in 1994 at Truworths Pty Ltd and over the years had the priviledge of working at companies such as Shell SA Woolworths, Transnet Pension Fund Administrators, Edcon, PriceWaterhouseCooper and Momentum where I was the Head of Recruitment since 2008.
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I am also a mother of 3 and a wife. In my lifetime I've grieved loved ones who have passed on, I've been through divorce, retrenchment and more. Through it all I've come to understand the awesome power behind having someone in your corner, a positive mind and the willpower of the human spirit.
Group Life coaching sessions for a 10 week period is priced at R3000 per package payable in advance. R1200 per month which consists of 4 sessions per month. Sessions are scheduled weekly at the same time.


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Q: How to omit the last four lines of a sample code in listing I am using the listings package to include xml samples in the documentation I am writing.
I am aware of the firstline and lastline attributes
\lstinputlisting[firstline=4,lastline=24]{example.xml}

The size of the XML files will change overtime. In stead of having to change the lastline argument of each listing, I would like to state that the last x lines should be omitted for inclusion, is this at all possible?

A: \sbox0{\lstinputlisting{example.xml}}
\lstinputlisting[firstline=4,lastline=\the\numexpr\value{lstnumber}-5\relax]{example.xml}

This save your input file in a box to count its lines number (so the file is not typeset in the document). This number is saved in the lstnumber counter so you can then use it to set your last line when you really insert the code. If you want to not show the last 4 lines you have subtract 5 to the counter because it is incremented after the end of a line. So if your file has 8 lines after the first call of \lstinputlisting the counter is set to 9.
This can be adapted to allow you to write
\lstinputlisting[firstline=4,lastline=-4]{example.xml}

for omitting the last four lines, as follows:
\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{listings,etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\lst@Key{lastline}\relax{\ifnumcomp{#1}{<}{0}{%
  \let\mylst@file\lst@intname\sbox0{\lstinputlisting{\mylst@file}}%
  \def\lst@lastline{\the\numexpr#1+\value{lstnumber}-1\relax}}%
  {\def\lst@lastline{#1\relax}}}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\lstinputlisting[firstline=4,lastline=-4]{example.xml}

\end{document}


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AC Milan 15/16 Adidas Third Kit
This is the new AC Milan 15/16 Third football kit by Adidas.
Green with yellow three stripes and sleeve cuffs, the third jersey comes with a round-neck collar and tone-on-tone stripes.
Real Madrid 15/16 Adidas Third Kit
Real Madrid and Adidas have presented the 15/16 dark blue kit that Madrid will wear as they hope to repeat their successes in Europe's top competition.
The colour of the kit is a tribute to the magical nights at the Bernabéu. Following the pink top and the design with the two dragons of the previous season, that eclipsed sales records, Adidas has opted for a sober and elegant style. In addition to the colour, the kit stands out for the thermosealed badge and the openwork stitching on the sleeves as well as at the bottom of the shirt.
Manchester United 15/16 Adidas Third Kit
Adidas and Manchester United have revealed the club's new third kit for the 2015/16 season.
The predominantly black kit features an orange pop on the three stripes and the same graphic design that has featured on both the home and away kit hem, but this time across the front of the shirt standing out brilliantly under the floodlights.
Flamengo 2015 Adidas Home Kit
Adidas and Flamengo launched the new Home football kit for 2015.
Adidas is introducing the brand new home jersey for the most famous club in Rio, with slightly thinner black and red stripes.
Flamengo 2015 Adidas Away Kit
Adidas and Flamengo launched the away football kit for 2015.
The new uniform keeps white as the predominant colour - the club's traditional away colour - and the retro badge, used between 1895 and 1944.
Melbourne Victory 15/16 Adidas Home Kit
Melbourne Victory has unveiled its new adidas home football kit for the Hyundai A-League 2015/16 season.
With a design focus of producing a classic kit that reflects the club's rich history and tradition, adidas' global design team worked in close consultation with both players and Melbourne Victory management to select colours, necklines and materials in an effort to continually improve the strip and optimise player performance for the new season.
Bayern Munich 15/16 Adidas Away Kit
This is the FC Bayern Munich Away 2015/16 Shirt from Adidas.
Adidas' Climacool technology wicks sweat away from the surface of the skin, keeping you cool and dry. Finished with adidas branding and team crest to the chest.
Napoli 15/16 Kappa Third Kit
This is the SSC Napoli 2015/2016 third football shirt by Kappa.
Like the home version, the new kit is made from ultra-light material with stretchable nylon stitching for maximum elasticity, breathability and comfort.
Chelsea 15/16 Adidas Third Kit
Chelsea Football Club and adidas have unveiled the new third kit for the 2015/16 season. The shirt marks a return to black and white and features a lateral pinstripe design which will be worn by the players across a domestic and European season littered with big away games.
Notts County 15/16 Carbrini Home Kit
This is the Notts County FC Home 2015/16 Shirt from Carbrini.
The new season's shirt is crafted with Carbrini's X-Tech, a sweat-wicking fabric that keeps you cool and dry, finished with Carbrini branding and Notts County team crest to the chest.


Sleep apnea is much more than poor quality sleep.
Sleep apnea is much more than poor quality sleep. The repetitive obstructions to airflow with the associated drops in blood oxygen levels result in systematic inflammation throughout the body of the afflicted operator. This ultimately contributes to a higher likelihood for diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, heart rhythm problems and dementia.
Many studies since 1999 have shown that untreated sleep apnea patients consume twice the healthcare resources as treated sleep apnea patients or individuals without the condition.
A recent study conducted by Precision Sleep Solutions, Harvard University and Virginia Tech revealed that the average additional health costs incurred by untreated sleep apnea commercial drivers ranged between $301 to $405 more per month per driver when compared to treated drivers or those without sleep apnea. If your company operates a self-funded employee health insurance plan, this is money your organization is hemorrhaging today, but with an effective sleep apnea management program, are costs that can be entirely recovered.


We understand that your pet is a special member of your family, and that saying goodbye is sad and difficult. Forget-Me-Not Pet Crematory is a family owned business committed to providing exceptional service, showing you and your pet the respect you both deserve.
Serving veterinary clinics and pet owners, Forget-Me-Not's prompt and courteous attention will make this time of grief easier. Please browse our web site or contact us so we may assist you with arrangements.
Forget-Me-Not Pet Crematory is located at 80 Lyman Street in Northborough, Massachussetts.
We are open Monday 8:00am-5:00pm, Tuesday through Friday 8:00am-6:00pm & Saturday 8:00am-3:00pm.


Indonesia is one of the top ten destinations for Chinese people. In fact, Chinese tourists contributed the highest number of foreign tourists to Indonesia. The innovative access to information facilitated them to plan itinerary in Indonesia. The Indonesian government who aimed at increasing Chinese tourists can implement digital tools. This brief study elaborates the use of journalism to review destinations which were disseminated through Wechat. Various destinations in Indonesia can be informed to more than 800 million of Wechat users. The reviews of a tourism destination are not limited to general or popular destinations, but also to new destinations that have not been known widely. The news structure is divided into 6 sections, including location details, the history, the attraction, how to get to the place, useful information, and the cost. Some obstacles related to translation and the dissemination of the news can be solved by working with some parties to promote this strategy.
Anonymous. (2016). Industri pariwisata Indonesia. Retrieved on July 15, 2017, from www.indonesia-investments.com/id/bisnis/industri-sektor/pariwisata/item6051?
Hanusch, F. (2010). The dimensions of travel journalism: Exploring new fields for journalism research beyond the news. Journalism Studies, 11(1). doi: 10.1080/14616700903290569.
Hill-James. (2006). Citizen tourist: Newspaper travel journalism's responsibility to it's audience (Thesis). Queensland University of Technology.
Zhi, S. A. (2017). Faktor-faktor daya tarik pariwisata bali dari sudut pandang orang tiongkok (Thesis). Beijing Foreign Studies University.


Few surprises emerged in the nuclear deal with Iran, but here's how other difficult issues were resolved.
Iranian counter-pressure on the US, through its nuclear program, finally compelled the Obama administration to begin negotiations.
Discussions within the Obama administration reveal that the US military is firmly opposed to any ground combat role in the war against IS in Iraq.
Demand for an Iranian confession to having worked on nuclear weapons is a political scam, and John Kerry's actions confirm its success.
The US military bases located in Sunni nations remain more important to US policy makers than addressing terrorist threats.
Seymour Hersh misfires in his story of how Osama bin Laden was discovered.
Through a misleading press release, the US Treasury Department pushed the Israeli propaganda line about worldwide Hezbollah terrorist cells – this time in Nigeria.
Iran has not agreed to allow inspections at any site, as the Obama administration has claimed and the Israel lobby has demanded.
The US demand that Iran admit to past weapons work to win sanctions relief may be a deal-breaker.
Some of the conditions for sanctions relief are likely to create new issues between Iran and Western powers.