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Hi All,

Just to advise of the new records added on January 1st, births to 1913, marriages in 1938 and deaths in 1963 on the Scotland Peoples website, http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk

SAdvised by an article on the BBC website,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-25548767

Tom

Hi Folks,

As one of the Scottish Moderators, I felt it prudent to say a few words on the tragedy that happened last night, when a Police helicopter crashed in on the roof of the Clutha Vaults pub in the centre of Glasgow.

Today, our St Andrews Day has been impaired with reports of 8 confirmed fatalities, 3 in the Police helicopter and 5 patrons of the pub, who had been listening to a band. Our thoughts and prayers, go to the families and friends of the victims.

My thanks to the Glaswegians, who ran towards the pub, and tried to get all the patrons from the pub, at great risk to themselves. So although saddened by the tragedy, a great source of pride in the people of Glasgow who assisted, and to the emergency services.

Tom Buchanan

Anybody using Macbook Air or similar, able to view images on SP by Java Viewer rather than Direct Download. I can direct download but it takes me into a rather basic viewer but would prefer a viewer that I could edit slightly.
SP give details that Mac users may have to add a MRJ 2.2.5 plugin, but I am not sure where to find it and how to apply it. Only had Mac for 6 weeks so still a bit of a novice with it.

Tom

Hi All,

I have found some of the PC's and laptops I have seen, have very bright screens which can hurt the eyes. I have turned the brilliance down to 85% approx, for mains power and battery. On Windows 7, the path to the brilliance settings is
Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Power Options\Edit Plan Settings at the bottom, there are 2 sliders one for mains and one for battery, try lowering the sliders then press "Save". You may have to adjust a few times to get optimum setting. Hope this helps.

Tom