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Amazon Fire Kids Edition Tablets Are Back at Cyber Monday Prices

For a limited time, the 7-inch Fire 7 Kids Edition is $40 off while the 8- and 10-inch models are both $50 off. These tablets make a great gift for 3-to-12-year olds.




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Deals: Roomba 675, Fire HD 8 at Black Friday Prices, More

The popular Roomba 675 is just $199 today, the 8-inch Amazon Fire HD 8 is only $50, and the 2TB Crucial MX500 2.5-inch SSD is back on sale for $200.




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Deals: 10.2-Inch iPad, 65-Inch Vizio 4K TV, Amazon Echo Buds

The 10.2-inch Apple iPad with 128GB of storage is $100 off, a 65-inch Vizio 4K TV is $500 off and includes a $250 Dell gift card, and you can score the first discount on Echo Buds.




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Dell Latitude 7220 Rugged Extreme Tablet

Dell's Latitude 7220 Rugged Extreme Tablet lives up to its name by laughing at drops, splashes, and temperatures that would blow the average slate to smithereens. It's ideal for first responders and factory floors.




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iPad Air (2019), iPad Mini 5 Join Apple's Refurbished Lineup

Grab a refurbished third-generation iPad Air or fifth-generation iPad Mini from Apple to save big while getting nearly the same experience new tablets offer.




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Microsoft Cancels Surface Hub 2X Upgrade Cartridge

The cartridge was meant to upgrade the processor and GPU in the Surface Hub 2S so as to allow rotation and multiple hubs to work together.




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Tom Gordon: Nicola Sturgeon should end her insulting referendum sham

IT’S strange the different things people took away from Theresa May’s teary goodbye in Downing Street yesterday.




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FMQs sketch: Pick a policy, blame a Tory

LIKE Nicola Sturgeon, I blame the Tories. Not, like her, for everything everywhere, but for an off-key outing at FMQs.




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FMQs sketch: Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right

THE last day of term before recess saw MSPs attempt more jokes than usual at FMQs, some of them even bordering on approaching the mildly funny. Heady days.




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Tom Gordon: Citizens Assembly backlash is of the SNP’s making

WELL that didn’t take long. Scotland’s latest experiment in direct democracy was all but killed off this week, barely two months after Nicola Sturgeon announced it.




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FMQs sketch: Carlaw Crash

WHAT a difference a Prime Minister makes. There used to be a time, back before it wasn’t an obstacle to promotion, that Jackson Carlaw was aghast at the idea of a no-deal Brexit.




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David Torrance: The SNP's independence proposition resembles another Brexit-like leap into the unknown

In “Painting Nationalism Red?”, an engaging new pamphlet published by Democratic Left Scotland, the journalist Neal Ascherson pays tribute to Tom Nairn as Scotland’s “pre-eminent political intellectual”.




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David Torrance: 'The SNP don’t really want to make nice with wicked Tories in London'

Shortly before the second general election of 1974, the late John P Mackintosh attempted to explain the rise of the Scottish National Party to a predominantly left-wing (and English) audience in an essay for the New Statesman.




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David Torrance: How Brexit vote has left the SNP making the same historical error

“Scotland”, declared a young Alex Salmond in May 1975, “knows from bitter experience what treatment is in store for a powerless region of a common market.”




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David Torrance: Standing up for Scotland may be an impossible task for Ruth Davidson

In his new book, “The End of British Party Politics?”, the political scientist Roger Awan-Scully captures the paradox of last year’s general election in Scotland.




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David Torrance: Sturgeon faces some hard choices at home when selling Scotland abroad

The sight of Scottish ministers boarding flights to far-flung destinations in order to “sell Scotland to the world” has been a familiar one for more than half a century.




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David Torrance: Airstrikes in Syria are far from ideal, but it’s better than nothing

Today in the House of Commons, the Prime Minister will explain her decision to authorise airstrikes against Syria alongside France and the United States.




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David Torrance: The rise of political tribalism has little to do with policy and everything to do with identity

A couple of weeks ago, I attended an “in conversation” event with the American sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild at Harvard University.




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Belle Robertson endures in game of great longevity

Belle Robertson has played just one round of golf this year. She’ll double that tally with another today.




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Liam Johnston accepts the new reality for tour pros stuck at home

What do professional golfers do in this coronavirus-induced hiatus?




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Link up with an Open champion aids Clare-Marie Macaulay's golf drive

In this country, where the dank, grim days of winter are as short as a resigned sigh, the onset of some decent, dry spring weather doesn’t half raise the morale. Well, it would if the coronavirus wasn’t lurking all over the parish.




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If the 2020 golf season is a wipe out, there are things we won't miss

THERE will be many of us who embrace technology with all the ham-fisted ineptitude of a fumbling, muttering old colonel trying to unravel the stubborn, sticky wrapping of a barley sugar.




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Golf clubs need members 'more than ever' in coronavirus crisis

It wasn’t that long ago that health experts were championing golf as a soothing, morale-boosting haven away from the ravaging rigours of the coronavirus.




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Back in the Sporting Day: 1970, Billy Casper wins the Masters

It was 50 years ago this week that one of the greatest golfers ever to grace the greens set out on his quest to win his first US Masters championship.




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Golf and coronavirus: Why Covid-19 may be the final straw for outdated clubs

To say that amateur golf in Scotland has been slow to adapt to change is putting it kindly. But where the rise of the nomads, the Equality Act, the credit crunch and repeated faltering reform efforts have failed, perhaps Covid-19 will finally be the shock that thrusts the sector into a meaningful if seriously belated overhaul.




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The Open 2020 golf championship cancelled due to coronavirus crisis

THE Open Championship will not take place at all this year.




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Golfers warned to respect lockdown restrictions as government confirms no date has been set to reopen courses

Scottish Golf today revealed that no date has been set for the sport in this country to restart and stressed that lockdown restrictions will remain in place for the foreseeable future.




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Drink with Gerard Richardson: The magic of malbec

IF you’re under 40, or as I like to call it these days, "pre-arthritis", you probably won’t remember the dark days of malbec when you had a 50-50 chance of opening something that would be as rough as sandpaper.




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Scotch Whisky Association's Karen Betts: Three reasons Scotch is the 'lifeblood of communities'

Chief executive of the Scotch Whisky Association Karen Betts explains why she thinks the Scottish 'water of life' is so special.




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Drink with Gerard Richardson: When it comes to rioja, aim high

CHRISTMAS is coming, the goose is getting fat and there's no wine as flexible with the varied foods of the season than rioja, so let’s take a seasonal look at our favourite Spaniard.




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Christmas wine choice, by Gerard Richardson

WELL, here we go again, folks. It’s time to take a look at the perfect wines for Christmas so sit back, relax and let’s go down the rabbit hole together.




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Food and drink: How to make the perfect DIY margarita in lockdown

While lockdown has seen some people turn to DIY, it doesn't all have to be on the home or garden.




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Construction of NHS Louisa Jordan complete confirms Scottish Government

Construction work on the NHS Louisa Jourdan will conclude today with the hospital standing operationally ready to treat patients from tomorrow.




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SNP MP Steven Bonnar apologises over altercation with neighbour

SNP MP Steven Bonnar has apologised after a heated altercation with a neighbour.




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Opinion: Kevin McKenna: Coronavirus aftermath makes independence more vital than ever

YOU could call it state-sponsored sanctimony. In times of crisis or national emergency we’re all urged to pull in the same direction and put partisan politics behind us. How dare you talk about inequality and the plight of the disadvantaged at a time like this? Those who tend to be loudest in rebuking these social pariahs are often those who stand to benefit most from any suspension of scrutiny.




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Readers react to reports Nicola Sturgeon 'missed six coronavirus Cobra meetings'

Readers have been quick to voice their opinion after it was reported that Nicola Sturgeon missed six emergency coronavirus Cobra meetings.




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Coronavirus: PPE shipment from China remains at Prestwick Airport due to 'labelling issue'

MILLIONS of face masks to protect Scottish health and care workers against coronavirus could be stuck in limbo at Prestwick airport for a week, it has emerged.




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Health boards spend £17m on sending scans away to be read

HEALTH boards across Scotland have spent almost £17 million on sending scans to other parts of the country and across the world by private companies amid a staffing crisis.




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Jim Sillars says SNP may have to be replaced by new independence party

THE SNP is so rotten it may have to be replaced by a new independence party, its former deputy leader has said.




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Coronavirus: Dumbarton police station temporarily closed after staff member showed symptoms

Dumbarton police station has temporarily closed after a member of staff showed symptoms of Covid-19.




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Derek Mackay can pick up a ‘golden goodbye’ of £12,000 this week

DISGRACED former finance secretary Derek Mackay will be entitled to a £12,000 golden goodbye payment this week – despite not being seen in public for three months.




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Pitch competition offers $30,000 in funding for student entrepreneurs

The Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program (PennTAP) at Penn State is looking for undergraduate entrepreneurs from any Penn State campus to compete in the 2020 Inc.U Competition. Six finalist teams will earn a spot on “The Investment,” a production of WPSU-TV, giving them a chance to pitch their company for a share of $30,000 in funding. The 2020 Inc.U Competition submission deadline is Feb. 7.




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Take the Penn State Community Survey beginning Feb. 3

On Feb. 3, all students, faculty and staff members at every Penn State campus location will receive an email to take the Penn State Community Survey to share their attitudes and experiences of community, diversity and inclusion at Penn State. Every 100 survey takers will have a chance to win an Amazon or Starbucks gift card.




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Upcycled Art Contest becomes popular event at Shenango Earth Fest

Penn State Shenango's Upcycled Art Contest will be held in conjunction with the campus' annual Earth Fest on Saturday, April 4.




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Shenango campus to hold virtual celebration after spring commencement

Following the University-wide commencement ceremony on May 9, Penn State Shenango will host a virtual celebration for the Class of 2020.




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Coronavirus: Wizz Air announce plans to resume flights

Low-cost European carrier Wizz Air has announced plans to resume some flights from Luton Airport on May 1.




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We CAN build a bridge to Ireland: firm's plan for eco-link across Irish sea

THE Scottish Government has been formally approached by Swedish architects proposing that a bridge to Northern Ireland can be built ... and combined with 140 wind turbines to power hundreds of thousands of homes.




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Coronavirus: Scottish Government urged to help allocate more space for cyclists on roads

THE SCOTTISH Government has been urged to empower the country’s towns and cities can be transformed into healthier hubs for walking and cycling amid the Covid-19 pandemic.




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Eurostar says its passengers must wear face masks

Eurostar says all its passengers must wear face masks as a safeguard against Covid-19, effective from Monday.




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Coronavirus: UK Government 'actively looking at' quarantining UK airport arrivals

THE UK Government is “actively looking at” quarantining people arriving from abroad as criticism mounts over the country dragging its feet compared to other parts of the world.