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Perhaps we should ban fertilizer and diesel fuel. That was the chosen weapon for Oklahoma. Let's get rid of shotguns, and pistols, those were used in Colorado. Then we can start on Prius's. That was the weapon of chose yesterday in Portland.
There is an awful lot going on out there in the world beyond Sandy Hook! We have gun control bills in Salem, gun control bills in Washington DC., ..................
I can recall several benefit auctions and raffles every year that use these rifles. No one has said a thing until now. They are used because they are popular. They are used because people like them and they sell tickets. They like them because they are good rifles for deer and small game, target shooting, competitions and thanks to comments like in these letters are gaining value faster than gold!
Yes I own an AR15. I have won two state championship matches with it, numerous other shooting awards and I have hunted deer with it quite a few times.
Get off the high horse and come back to earth!
I wonder how Sheriff Crabtree would feel if a medical marijuana card holder won a raffle for a bushmaster?
I myself was pleasantly surprised to know that our Sheriff participated in the event. Hopefully, he's not the one that won the raffled rifle, as no doubt he probably already owns one or two of the rock & roll selector switch equipped models safely tucked away at his home.
The proper nomenclature for that rifle is Colt AR-15 SP1 Sporter in .223 Remington caliber. It does not meet military specifications, it is not military grade, has an entirely different bolt, trigger group, selector switch all of which are specifically designed to prevent full automatic firing.
"AR-15's" come in various calibers and not just the traditional or "original" .223 Remington. It is a popular rifle for hunting because of the lighter weight and its design which reduces recoil by keeping the barrel and muzzle in direct alignment with the shoulder stock. There is no comb or drop. National Geographic, Discover and The Outdoor Channel quite often have shows where the hunters are using these rifles, including in Alaska.
The only difference between this rifle and the Remington Model 750 Woodsmaster, Model 742 Woodsman, Browning BAR Stalker, BAR Longtrac Stralker, ShorTrac Hog Stalker and many other rifles would be the appearance. All of these rifles come in various calibers.
I also hunt deer with a Muzzleloader. Does that make you feel better?
Now, if you have a problem with hunting, that is for a different forum.
To quote Joaquin Phoenix, "I'm Still Here"
Rifle, Raffle, 2nd Amendment, winner passes background check. No problems, No violation of the law.
Smashing Windows, damaging someone else's property, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, arrest, fines and possibly jail time.
I think I detect a bit of a difference.
Since the premise is that a person convicted of a felony looses certain rights of a citizen, one of those being the right to possess a firearm and then there are the laws on the books covering a felon in possession of a firearm, it is probably a moot point.
Just in case it is confusing, Yep, and this is a wild guess on my part, but I think Jack would probably have a problem with that. : )
"Smashing Windows, damaging someone else's property, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF, arrest, fines and possibly jail time."
I didn't say who windows they smashed. You assumed.
posted ""Since the premise is that a person convicted of a felony looses certain rights of a citizen, one of those being the right to possess a firearm"
Does the 2nd amendment address it or not? Or was there a change in polioy after the 2nd amendment that made it so?
I think if you go back in history, some things were recognized right away. To start with they hung murderers, traitors and horse thief's (or lined them up against a wall and shot them). Felons were stripped of any citizenship privileges, were banned from towns and villages along with a loss of many other privileges.
SCOTUS has rendered decisions, and even though we may not agree with all of them they are there. People refer to the amendments and rights of laws created yesterday, because they are the laws of today, If people don't like the second amendment, there are provisions in the Constitution to make changes. Those people should perhaps follow that route if the legislatures and/or the courts are constitutionally prevented from making changes or don't fall in line with their way of thinking. Perhaps the "majority rules" thingy gets in the way every once in a while. Now, talk about an outdated idea!
Semi-Autos have been around since the late 1800's. No "clip" made, that I am aware of, exceeds 10 rounds so where is that problem? The "clip" that feeds the rifle that killed President Kennedy held 5 rounds. Clips for the M16 and AR platforms hold a maximum of 10 rounds, the clips for the M14 hold 5 and the clips for the M1 Garand hold 2, 5 and 8 with 8 being the standard issue clip.
At the same time I'm pretty sure the Constitution didn't mention automobiles or a specific right to ownership of them....................................
Between 1492, when Columbus first arrived in the "new" world and 1892, when the US Census put the number of indigenous people in the country's claimed borders at fewer than a quarter million, a hemispheric population estimated to have once stood at 125 million was slashed by more than 90 percent.
So much for the "benefits" of repeating rifles.
We consider automobiles a privledge not a right. Similar I might add to Japan and "guns".
posted "Perhaps the "majority rules" thingy gets in the way every once in a while. Now, talk about an outdated idea!"
We ddon't use it enough. I think we should have a vote among the people on the gun issue.
We don't use the popular vote to win elections, we don't use it to get peopleto be elected (we use capital for that. Those two things in ,my opinion aren't working, despite warnings from early on (I guess we decided that was the past, so those didn't matter, yet how dare you tell me I can't have a Semi.....
Ideas from Adams, Kant and Rawls all seem to have been replaced by a new wave of ideas. Soon things that seemed to have worked was called a problem for the few (with money) so change was made.
Glass Steegal Act (Mortgage crisis) Or gutting Monopoly rules, changing tax laws, etc..etc.. I would argue all those things have more to do with the future of possible failure than restricting certain weapons would, and yet most Americans would rather bark about (ownig a gun) then care if they get bitten by something that could totally devaste America to come in all other consequences. Sad really.
Maybe America needs to question it's own beliefs and how they became.
The rest I'll leave to the imagination.............................
Everything man concocts, no matter how noble, always the original intent will eventually collapse under the weight of insidious corruption, and the ever constant bastardization of the ideal once upon a time held to be self evident..
Hard to say, Lulu. Which would be more 'sporting' from the perspective of a deer.
A quick .223 double tap to the head courtesy of an AR-15 while playing no-never-mind to a butterfly frolicking about the end of my nose while grazing in a field of clover ..or.. being chased for hours in an ever constricting circle in the woods by a group of guys hoping to eventually wear me down to a point of exhaustion before beating my brains out with a rock lashed in the fork of a stick.
I dunno, that would probably be a tougher call for some, than for others, I would imagine. What would Bambi's father say, if he had a say in the matter?
Any thoughts?
I stand corrected, but what's the use of owning one if you can't use it. Also let's face it, no matter how you want to define guns auto's ect.. It takes Capital, something that most Americans are starting to run low on. you have 80% of all Assets owned by 10%. That leaves 90% with only 20%. most in fact what you call "rights" are people paying on something they don't actually own, byut are paying interest on in order to obtain over time. The biggest threat to America isn't crooks, petty thiefs, or even the rapist. Government a pawn. The biggest threat is the division of wealth we currently see, thus all policies lean the way that they decide to influence. Rawls understood that to suvrvive, it needed to be a balanced gain among all people or the system could not be sustained. You can believe your safe with a semi-auto from your government.. Ever see what a 50 Caliber can do...? Tank, War Planes, Full Auto's.. And a lot of money to purchase those things to back you?
So why you want to deal with the gun to save America theory. I think it would be wise to stop government before it ever gets that far.
Made in China no doubt.
Control youself and be good humans!
Why is it that the State of Oregon doesn't afford the general public the option to purchase high-proof liquor (such as whisky) in quart capacity bottles? What would you believe to be the logic/reasoning behind the restriction of such sales to Oregonians?
I've the same question concerning the restriction on the sale of 'short dog's .ie half-pints, here in Oregon. Any answers to those queries?
Fletch, astute observation, and an no more an excellent point for the banning of all alcoholic beverages from government sponsored affairs. Gotta wonder how much official business is discussed/conducted over wine and cocktails served during meetings to our best and brightest minds holding public office.
A 5th of whisky = 4/5ths of a quart. Thus, pushing up the actual cost both monetarily and ecologically to the more frugal and Green' thinking/orientated consumer.
Your more typical-run-of-the-mill-sloppy-and/or falling down drunkard doesn't really get dissuaded one way or the other when it boils down to bottle size. Does it?
I apologize for the transgression.
I'd read some statement (can't say that I remember where) that emphasized that all the creative minds do down there is create for us what we want, if not outright actually demand from them as entertainment, no matter the level of sadistic cruelty. The depictions of which, seems to have no boundaries.
How many ways can a human being be skinned alive? Heck, you can discover/find the answer to that on daytime television programming.
Go figure?
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When I try to log in I am getting "Privilege has expired" error. Any ideas?
Hi there. I think your
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Audio books
I love cybershelf and find myself addicted to audio books. It would be great if you had more audio titles by Debbie Macomber, Colleen Colbe, Kristin Hannah, and other christian authors. I always have an audio and ebook loaded on my nook. I really appreciate PPLD and the great library system we have. Have a great day!
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Hoopla digital
Cannot play video from hoopla digital on my ipad.
Can anyone help me?
I did send mail to hoopla of problem.
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Just saw the following on hoopla updates. Is this something that will be done with PPLD?
•A budget rollover feature has been added. This feature allows any unused funds from your monthly budget cap at month's end to be rolled over to the next month. The goal is to help you keep your allotted funds for hoopla together for an entire fiscal year, rather than operating a month at a time. (NOTE: This feature must be enabled through your hoopla coordinator.)
I can see where I've checked out 2 books to my library account, but when I go to download them on the iPad Overdrive app, it does not work. I can see the 2 titles on my bookshelf with the down arrows on the cover page which I should be able to click and download. I select "download all files" after clicking on the cover page arrow. Then I get an error message that says: "Unexpected Error: An error occurred, please try again. If this error persists, return to your library's website and download this title again." The library website won't let me download it again telling me it's already downloaded. This is not a friendly system at all!!!
Hi there. I am sorry to hear
Hi there. I am sorry to hear you are having problems downloading your ebook. Please make sure that you have created an Adobe Digital Editions account and have authorized your device.
This link may help you:
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Audiobook format
I've attempted to download two audiobooks,on an iPad and an android phone, but get the comment " this device not support this format". It seems that it started after updating my overdrive app. What should/can I do to fix?
Hi there. Contact
Hi there. Contact Overdrive's support at:
They should be able to help you.
Overdrive audiobooks
1) This is becoming frustrating. Two Audiobooks that I have listened to lately--The House on Tradd Street and Never Cry Wolf--have played to the end of the last part and then simply ended, right in the middle of a sentence, before the book was finished! The ends of the books were simply not there. What is going on?
2) It is SO cumbersome to get to my Cyberspace account, especially on my phone. Is there no way we could have a link to sign in to our Cyberspace account directly from the PPLD home page?
Hi there. You can report the
Hi there. You can report the problems with the title here:
The best way to use Overdrive on your phone is to download the App:
There is a link on ppld.org's home page to CyberShelf. Granted, that's not specifically Overdrive, but it does direct you there.
Hope this helps.
Actually, you might do better
Actually, you might do better to report the problems here instead:
"Library not found"
I cannot login to Overdrive because it tells me my library can't be found. Is this because of the Briargate library closing? Shouldn't I still be able to access the Cybershelf? Help!
Hi there. This is fixed, so
Hi there. This is fixed, so sorry for the inconvenience!
Available E Books
Do some authors for example James Lee Burke, Brad Thor, Mary Higgins Clark, just choose not to make books available to libraries on E Book format?
The three authors are
The three authors are published by Simon and Schuster. Historically they have never sold their titles to the library community. This year Simon and Schuster is testing selling their titles to a few select libraries. We have great hope that they will agree to sell their titles to all libraries if the trial is successful.
Nook problems
Can you help? Old computer worked fine. I got a new computer and loaded Adobe Digital Editions then went OnLine to check out book. Problem with user ID and password. got that straight so I can download to computer and move to Nook. When I try to open it on the Nook I get an error message "User not activated" What now?
"My Account"
Just upgraded to Kyocera Torque (on Sprint). Downloaded the app successfully, but cannot get more than a circle of death when I select "My Account."
kindle re-registration
I just updated my Ipad to IOS7 and now it is telling me I need to register my kindle app, but when I try, it won't recognize my amazon account information. I changed my password to make sure I was using the correct information but still can't get past the "Register this Kindls" page.
Hi there. Please give the
Hi there. Please give the instructions on this page a try:
Let us know if you still need help. Thanks!
Hi there. You can request
Hi there. You can request titles for Overdrive using these instructions:
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Issue with Overdrive since IOS7 update today
I downloaded the IOS7 update for my IPhone 4S this morning, and now when I try to read a book that I had downloaded prior to the update, it gives a "loading" message for a few seconds, then it just exits out of Overdrive.
Hi there. There are some
Hi there. There are some known issues with the iOS7 update. Please see the instructions here:
Hope this helps!
Trouble with login on Toshiba Tablet
When I try to login on my tablet I am sent back to the Get Books page, it is just a continual loop and I am never taken to the library cybershelf page. This only happens on my tablet. All other devices work fine.
Toshiba Tablet
Hi Kathy,
Sorry to hear you are having troubles with your tablet. What sort of Toshiba tablet are you using?
Toshiba Tablet
Actually I found it was the browers so I switched to Foxfire and it works fine now. Hope this helps someone else.
Trouble logging on
I can't log on to my Overdrive Account. I just get the evil circle of death. I don't get an error message; it just never goes to the page.
Hi there. OverDrive seems to
Hi there. OverDrive seems to be working now. Please try it again and let us know if you still have trouble getting it to work. Thanks!
Is the system down? I can't
Is the system down? I can't seem to log into my account, and it keeps saying it is having trouble accessing the library server.
Hi there. I think it might
Hi there. I think it might have been down for a short while. It's back up now. Please try it again and let us know if you have any problems accessing OverDrive. Thanks!
Logon Trouble
I updated my library card as suggested below. And, I still get "Privilege has expired" when I try to log into Overdrive. There's "Click here to return to the sign in form." option and it takes me right back to the login screen and I'm caught in a loop.
Can you help?
Logon Trouble
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I'm sorry to hear the system is still giving you troubles. Could you email me your library card number and PIN at email@example.com, and I will take a look at your account?
Privilege expired
I keep getting an error when I try to log into Cybershelf that says the privilege has expired? I can log onto the rest of the libraries site. How do I fix this?
Privilege expired
Hi there,
Library cards are set to expire every three years. If you take your card and a picture ID to your local library branch, they can renew the card for you, and you will be able to access Cybershelf.
Kindle Fire
I am trying to download an e-audio-book wma-format on a kindle fire. I can get the sample to play but when I try to download the book, it says that there are no formats available for this device and it doesn't give choices for different formats.
Kindle Fire
Hi there, sorry to hear you are having troubles. May I have the title you are searching, and I can take a look at it?
problem logging in
for some reason, i cant type in my password. is it a regular issue?
Problem solved
Hi! You cant type your password with the numbers in the corner of your keyboard, you have to use the ones in the top...:)
Hi there. Actually, if
Hi there. Actually, if that's the case, your NumLock might not be on.
Hi there. As far as I know,
Hi there. As far as I know, everything should be working. If you are still having trouble logging in, please call 719-389-8968. Thanks.
How can I find a list of e-books that I have? I just had an e-book expire because I couldn't find a listing of my book to check the expiration date, other than the hardback ones.
Also, I requested the e-book again but didn't get any note of whether it went through or not, and now I can't download it. I checked on the book again, and the answer was that it had been borrowed.
Hello there,
The best way to check on your eBook checkouts is to go to Cybershelf. Then you can choose eBooks, in the green box. After clicking on that, you can choose OverDrive. This will take you to a search page. Near the top of the search page is a place that says "Account." Click on that, and you will be able to login using your library card number and PIN. This will take you to your Bookshelf. This screen will show you what books you have checked out and when they expire.
Hope this helps!
How to check your account
Hi Patricia,
I'm sorry you've had difficulties with Cybershelf. I'm assuming you are probably talking about books you have checked out from Overdrive. If that is the case, you'll need to click on Cybershelf from the PPLD home page, then ebooks, then Overdrive. From there, you'll see a person icon at the top that says "Account." Click that, log in with your card number and PIN, and you should be able to see a list of everything you have checked out, along with due dates, as well as ebooks that you have on hold. I hope this helps!
Cyber Page
Please make your cyber shelf home page FRIENDLIER. My mum, son and I are new to this whole "E" stuff. A beginners page and introduction would be awesome and explaining how everything works and what to expect. We should not have to assume or infer what is supposed to happen or is going on. Older persons get nervous when they are sent to another web page that is not your page and think they have done something wrong.
Each of your cyber offerings should have an introduction to explain what it is, what will happen when you click on it ...what you should expect and need to enter and use this offering. etc etc ...You main page should give an over view of what's inside ...and how it works etc..My mum get nervous just clicking away at stuff not sure where she is going or how to get back etc and my son has no instructions of what to do and if he is doing it right ...and I don't have time to figure out what I want and then figure out for them both as well ...reading front page comments indicate much difficulties for your patrons ...which is funny since the site should be set up specifically for your users ...who else?!?!?! That should be the #1 goal; you aren't getting your money's worth from your vendor and upsetting your patrons. we are in the 21st Century and it's still too hard to access your systems ..fire your vendor they are not up to par; get a better competitor. ( Just saying :) ) thxs
Hi; One of the problems with
One of the problems with all of this eMaterial in libraries is that the publishers tend to make it more difficult than it needs to be, in my opinion. The vendor we use, Overdrive, is the only one that has contracts for eBook usage with Kindle eReaders, for instance. Penguin will only deal with 3M. Macmillan won't sell to ANY library vendors. You can read more about that on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PPLD.NOT.eNOUGH. With the situation as it stands now, there really isn't an option in a lot of cases to just switch vendors-there aren't vendors providing the same services. Kindle eReader downloads (not Fires) are about 38% of our downloads every month. We have to stick with the only vendor who offers them, or disenfranchise those patrons. ALL libraries, not just PPLD, are facing these issues.
That said, our vendor realizes that they need to refine their process, and they are attempting to do so. You will be seeing some changes coming in the next month or so that are supposed to make the process easier all around-and allow us to allow patrons to download books in the library, something that is currently not allowed to us.
We have done quite a few help tutorials, and they are available at:
http://ppld.org/cybershelf-help (under the "help" tab on the cyber shelf page). There is also a link there to email Overdrive help directly-they will respond within 24 hours and are generally very helpful.
I will take your suggestions to our team and we will consider refining our page again. I do appreciate your input and patience. I sincerely hope that the publishers and the vendors can work this out among themselves soon-libraries are increasingly finding themselves in the middle of this fight, trying to provide service to patrons and having to do so using arcane strictures forced on our vendors by the content providers.
Carolyn Coulter
Information Technology and Virtual Services Officer
How do I return an audiobook? The Overdrive instructions show to "delete" then choose "return". There is only "Delete" and nothing else. So I have deleted 3 audiobooks but they still show on my account as being checked out. I am hoping they will disappear from my account at the due date, because I am out of options.
Checking out ebooks through Amazon is pretty easy, but the audiobook checkout is a different story!
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Flower of Scotland | Do nationalist feelings last longer than 90 minutes?
Ronnie Brown, partner with Roy Williamson in the 1960s' folk act The Corries, leads supporters in singing the duo's "Flower of Scotland" at Hampden Park, Glasgow, on Mar 24 before a qualifier for the 2008 European Championships. Scotland defeated Georgia, 2–1, to help build its lead in qualifying Group B, shared at this writing with France and Ukraine.
We have claimed ancestral and psychological connection in the past with the Turnbull clan of 14th-century ascendance, the border dwellers known to royals and the kirk but also to prison keepers and insurgents for fits of prideful violence so shocking that clan members came to be spurned in polite company. Turnbulls joined a diasporic spread of Scots and keep looking back to the valley-bedded sanctity for hints to who they are and what they have become.
A few years ago we sent probing e-mail messages to Turnbull affiliates and Rule Valley organizations in vicinity of the ruined 12th-century Jedburgh abbey, once peopled by canons regular of St. Augustine, inquiring if there were a Turnbull-endorsed football club in Scotland that we might support. Embarrassed electronic silence was the reply, followed by a suggestion that rugby, in the Borders, is the game of choice. The implication was, "If you lived here, you would know that" (see 27 Jul 05).
Separation makes reading last week's political news that much harder: on May 1, a 300th-anniversary recognition of union with England, followed, two days later, by nationwide parliamentary elections that lifted Scottish nationalists, for the first time, into a plurality of seats in the Scottish Assembly at Holyrood. By the end of the week, the Scottish National Party was attempting to foster a governing coalition with the minority Greens, with a targeted 2010 referendum on Scottish independence nevertheless seeming unlikely.
Football plays its role in the Scottish self-conception, having led to the coining of the phrase "90-minute patriot" for the supporter lustily baying "Flower of Scotland" at Hampden Park while other vestiges of anti-Englishness have worn away. Students of nationalism often cite the construction of Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm: "The identity of a nation of millions seems more real as a team of eleven named people." For Scotland, the statement may be especially true. Writes journalist Roddy Forsyth: "[S]port can claim not only to have been the most popular manifestation of Scottishness within Scotland, but actually to have been its distinct assertion of nationality."
Nationalist ambitions, of necessity, are defined with an "other" in view. Scottish football exaggerates the nationalist drive, given that the "other," England, exists just across the border. The two home countries have danced in seeming perpetuity since the first international friendly—a 0–0 draw between Scotland and England in Glasgow in 1872—and in 109 subsequent meetings, many of which occurred in Wembley Stadium in a biennial competition. The idea of a biennial meeting was abandoned in 1989; the two men's teams have not played each other since a two-leg qualifier in 1999 for the 2000 European Championships.
During Euro 1996, hosted in England, Scotland backers favored the following song:
I'd love to go a wondering along the cliffs of Dover
And if I saw an Englishman I'd push the bastard over.
The tune sounded contrapuntally to the prevailing "Three Lions"–inspired boast that the tournament represented a triumphant "coming home" for association football. Ayrshire writer and radio presenter Billy Kay writes, using Scots idiom (see online dictionary), that Scots were "scunnered by their cheek," knowing "in our hearts that it just wesnae true." In a chapter on Scotland's contributions to association football in The Scottish World: A Journey into the Scottish Diaspora (Mainstream, 2006), Kay elaborates on the Scottish invention and evangelizing, in the association game's early days, of a short-passing style to replace the kick-and-rush favored by the English. The teaching of the early evangelizers, the so-called Scotch Professors, left its mark in South America, central Europe and, through Presbyterian missionary work, in southern Africa and China.
Kay, in The Scottish World, writes that, as in England, the obsession with folk forms of football, or "fitba," developed early, such that Parliament banned the game, along with golf, in 1457.
Inevitably, though, the sobering reality dawns that despite the clever terrace wit, the bonhomie of the traveling Tartan Army (see the feel-good ESPN promotion during the 2006 World Cup finals) and its historical custodianship, Scotland in the international game has woefully underachieved. Many commentators as a reflex reaction blame the Scottish Football Association, and Kay adds the obsession with England as a contributing factor to Scottish insularity.
[T]he England v Scotland rivalry was actually a hindrance to our development as a footballing nation on the world stage. The guid conceit we had for our passing game was also part of our problem—in the early decades, we were so thirled to our mainly victorious fixtures with England, that we did not see the wider picture and the need to participate in the developing world game—a world game that we had more or less created. The philosophy that prevailed was if we could continually beat the mighty English, with a tenth of the population, then we could beat anybody.
No one, in our reading, has yet to definitively link passions for Scotland football with the political situation. Harry Ritchie, in his 1998 essay "We're the Famous Tartan Army," suggests that poor performances in major tournaments—Scotland has never advanced to a second round or knockout stage—contribute to poor national self-esteem and political timidity. Yet Scotland has not qualified at all for a major event since 1998, and voters in this period have approved "devolution" from the United Kingdom—that is, the creation of a Scottish Parliament (in existence since 1999)—and now potentially even bolder steps toward independence.
Researcher Joseph Bradley of the University of Stirling in 1996 supervised more than 400 interviews with Scottish supporters at European qualifiers and tournament matches in Birmingham and London. In contrast to Scotland matches of the 1960s and '70s, when attendance was compared to "going to see [Glasgow] Rangers," Bradley's research team discovered that Tartan Army regulars favored nationalist affiliations over the primarily unionist sentiments epitomized by Rangers' support. Fans at Scotland matches wave the Scotland flag and sing, in "Flower of Scotland," of Robert the Bruce's defiance in meeting 14th-century incursions of King Edward II (see above):
O Flower of Scotland,
When will we see
Your like again,
That fought and died for,
Your wee bit Hill and Glen,
And stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.
Ritchie writes that "singing about bonnie Scotland" has proven easier than enacting change at the polls, linking lack of political independence to footballing independence. The independence in football has evolved from the long-standing institutional integrity of the Scottish FA and similar organizations that pre-date FIFA, although, as Ritchie speculates, then FIFA boss João Havelange might have preferred a unified Great Britain "given that the home nations have a weaker political status than Catalonia or Bavaria."
A voter (SNP supporter?) strides toward the polls at Pencaitland, outside Edinburgh, on May 3. The Scottish National Party secured 47 seats, out of 129, to 46 for Labour. (Copyright © 2007 The Scotsman)
But, whether given voice by these terrace chanters or by the uptick in Scotland's performance in the latest UEFA qualifying rounds, some commentators ventured a bold line around the May 3 elections, and voters took a collective leap. Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting, the off-kilter ode to Hibernian fandom, referred in the Financial Times to the previous Labour-controlled Scottish hierachy as "a spineless Vichy administration" ("Sneers and Self-Loathing on the Scottish Campaign Trail," May 5). Kevin Ferrie in the Herald in Glasgow critiques the devolved government for failing to "release the power of sport in … addressing the physical, mental and spiritual health of the nation," and he challenges "80/90-minute nationalists" by asking how long "the rest of the world will let us get away with the status Scotland currently holds as a province allowed to participate in international competition?" ("Politicians Are Persistently Fearful of Sport as an Election Issue," May 3).
It is surely only a matter of time before other governing bodies look to the Olympic example. With so many nations fighting for representation at their major events, to allow—with apologies to the many proud Irish who do not like this geographical description—the British Isles to have four or five slots seems a remarkable indulgence.
Whatever the motivation, Scotland's voters have tweaked the modern-day equivalents of the Scotch Professors, managers Alex Ferguson (Man Utd), Walter Smith (Rangers) and Alex McLeish (Scotland). Shortly before the election, the trio joined 12 other former Scotland players and coaches in a poster campaign supporting the Labour Party, saying, "We are proud that Scotland has always stood on its own two feet, but we also believe that Scotland stands taller because we are part of the United Kingdom" ("Scots Football Stars Team Up to Support the Union," Edinburgh Evening News, Apr 23). Raith Rovers supporter and Britain's prime-minister-in-waiting Gordon Brown also faces the peculiar task of leading a new Labour government while those from his homeland look toward possible separation.
If an independent Scotland can even be imagined, study of native sporting cultures and the multitude of identities expressing themselves through football shows that "being Scottish" defies easy description. While we auslanders imagine a land of clan and tartan, "[f]ootball demonstrates," writes Bradley, "that not everyone born in Scotland wants to be imagined as a Scot and even if they do, the nature of this Scottishness can vary in relation to ethnicity, geography and religion, among other influences." Football creates easy opposition, but difference must be accommodated and not just jeered from the terrace, as if one were watching, to quote George Blake in The Shipbuilders (1935), old clans reliving "ancient hatreds in this struggle for goals."
On crossing the border into Scotland in June 1952, a family disembarks and a young Turnbull assesses pastureland 11 miles from Jedburgh, the abbey town near the ancestral Turnbulls' Bedrule home. (Turnbull Family Home Movie Collection, Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection, University of Georgia)
Joseph M. Bradley, "Images of Scottishness and Otherness in International Football," Social Identities 9 (2003): 7–23; Richard Giulianotti, "Enlightening the North: Aberdeen Fanzines and Local Football Identity," in Entering the Field: New Perspectives on World Football, ed. Gary Armstrong and Richard Giulianotti (Oxford: Berg, 1997), 211–37; Colin Kidd, "Brown v. Salmond," London Review of Books, 26 Apr 07; Harry Ritchie, "We're the Famous Tartan Army," in Perfect Pitch: 2. Foreign Field, ed. Simon Kuper (London: Headline, 1998), 73–85.
- Forsyth details the entanglement between politics and sport in the confluence, within 12 days, of Princess Diana's death on 31 Aug 1997, a Scottish World Cup qualifier versus Belarus and the vote on the referendum for a Scottish Parliament ("Time for Scottish Football to Catch Up," Daily Telegraph, Sept 7).
He also, on Sept 28, says that the Scottish Football Association has had no luck in "generating a productive spasm of creativity amongst Scottish composers" in its charge to replace "Flower of Scotland" ("Search Over for Alternative Scottish Anthem," Daily Telegraph). SFA press officer Andy Mitchell tells Forsyth that polls consistently show "Flower of Scotland" as the top choice.
Competitions aren't much better—we get numpties phoning up to say, "Ah've written this song and mah pals say it's brilliant—d'ye want tae hear it?" And you can imagine what they're like.
Forsyth runs through a list of alternative anthems, but none seems to fit the bill.
- With Brown scheduled to take office as British prime minister on Jun 27, The Scotsman writes that he "will inevitably continue to face conflicts between his Scottish heritage and UK obligations and ambitions" (Mike Aitken, "New PM Can Score with Sport If He Plays Right Game," Jun 25).
The "Tartan Army foot soldier" who has traveled to watch Scotland in major international tournaments has had to perform this balancing act with regard to football. The Sunday Herald of Glasgow writes that Brown has been known to trim "his footballing sails to the prevailing political wind" (Alan Campbell, "Political Football," Jun 26). For example, Brown is said to back Cowdenbeath in Fife despite his lifelong support of Raith Rovers. He has also backed England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup and said he appreciated Paul Gascoigne's goal to defeat Scotland in the 1996 European Championships.
New Scotland First Minister Alex Salmond, meanwhile, a Heart of Midlothian supporter, "had hardly got accustomed to the lush carpets of Bute House," Campbell writes, "before he was doling out the Scottish Cup final medals at Hampden." The medals went to Celtic.


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Please review my website design. I am looking for following things
My site - http://www.fmemodules.com/
After this whole site review I will post some of my products to get reviews on individual products. i.e features, usability, design etc
Hi,I like the color combination you have going on--the green/white/black looks responsible (kind of bank-like: simple, clear). The top area looks nice and uncluttered.
I have to be honest, I looked around and didn't really understand what you were selling--it wasn't clear to me what a "module" is. I looked around for a bit, and it seems like it's a website package? But I'm not sure how that's different from the "themes" you offer on one of the tabs. Maybe I'm not the target audience and other people would know immediately, but if I happened upon this website, I wouldn't be exactly clear about what you do.
I like to see an "About" page with a picture and a sense of who the person or company is behind the website. That is very helpful in building trust and professionalism with site visitors.
Good luck with the site!
Nice website! The colors follow a good combination, text is clear and easy to read, love the animation looks extremely professional all except one aspect- that presentation aspect of your product is slightly outdated. Don't panic, your website still follows generally modern layout such as those like amazon and ebay, however you need a presentation splash of your product in order to get people interested. I suggest a home page similar to something like [apple's iphone home page or something like or these [URL="http://www.iwc.com/en/collection/portuguese/"] Portuguese watches](http://www.apple.com/iphone/) instead of the simple slide banner. People will know that you put effort in your product when you put effort into it's presentation.
Other small critiques:Align that navbar: When hovering over the navbar, the white doesn't completely cover the black and doesn't look very appealing.Try making it look more avant-guarde: This is a personal preference of mine with clean and modern web design. It's all preference though. Try joining the [forrst community to know what im talking about. I suggest removing those gradients and modularize everything. have a look at some [URL="http://tympanus.net/codrops/2011/07/07/25-examples-of-inspiring-product-display/"]modern product displays](http://forrst.com/posts#after:159192) for inspiration. Cheers!
Website looks very professional. I am going to assume that a module is sort of like an app, that can be added to your website. Maybe they are called modules where you are from.The products in my opinion are set up well, they are easy to find, prices are clear, you can see a preview of it right in the thumbnail, and if i were in the market for apps, or to have a website built I would be interested in knowing your price range for custom sites.
One thing I noticed is that on the left navigation menu you have some categories with 0 products. These categories should be invisible until you have something to put in them. Having them empty makes me think that you may not have enough experience to even have completed all of the different types of projects that your are offering here.
I would also suggest that you ask your portfolio customers to give your company a review that you can post on this website. Testimonials are known to drive sales.
Hope I helped!
-Does my site give an impression to the customer - "Yes site looks real I can trust and buy a module"It looks a bot amateurish. I'd get those graphics in your slider professionally designed with unique images/
-How can I improve my website to make it look more professional?indicate above the fold what you sell. I had to scroll down to understand what you were selling
-Is it right way of presenting products? How can I improve product pages?Also have a buy now button at the bottom of the product page so that your customers don't have to scroll back up to purchase
hope that helps.
Good point. We too beleive in it so with already had it. You missed to se that
Yes our business is different. I hope you know about open source shopping carts software like magento, Zen cart etc. Prestashop is one of them and here we sell modules and themes to online stores which have been developed using Free Prestashop software. As its free so it install the store on default features and themes and if any store owner want to go advance we offer him modules. Like if someone wants to have an FAQ page in his store we give him module. He can install it and that module will create a FAQ page. Its sort of website App Business
nice website. never used open source shopping cart. but use open source CMS . shall try your products when required in the cms. hope they can integrate with cms. you also have lot of freebies for visitors thats nice. your site has completeness.
Nice color combination, easy to the eyes and very user friendly. Also your products look great value for the money, there's always need for modules and themes in the open source CMS niche.
Thank you.. That is what we believe. Offering free product is an effective way to enter in the market and build brand image.
I think overall the design is extremely clean, it's easy to navigate the site and everything works together very well. Two very small points though; firstly, I always like to see a static headline between the rolling image on a homepage and the start of the text (or products in this case). That might just be me, but I think this helps people to recognise exactly what you offer without waiting for each image to roll over. Secondly. there's a typo on your sub-heading at the bottom of the homepage "Why Chose Us For PrestaShop Templates, Modules And Addons" - Chose should be "choose".
Otherwise, all very good.
Personally, I'd get rid of the background shadow on .left_div and .footer_links – it looks even cleaner and nicer without it. imo
Personally, I'd get rid of the background shadow on .left_div and .footer_links – it looks even cleaner and nicer without it. imo, as I said (apologise for double posting, I clicked the button too quickly!)
I don't like the serif fonts you are using. These days using default web fonts looks a bit old fashioned imo you can use Google Web Fonts so easily I would use a couple of those.
The site is loading slowly for me. I know it's difficult to get this right but speed is such an important factor on the web today.
The images on the portfolio page are too big both in terms of size and optimization. They should be the same size as they appear on the page and the JPG optimized to around 50% so they're about 50k as opposed to c. 210k that they are now!
These are all usability points and incredibly important both for your users, credibility and Google. Hope this helps.
Very nice, clean, design and easy to navigate. Looks like you're good to go.
Thank You!
over all it is good. I noticed one thing that it takes more time than usual to load i mean i dont have a slow internet because i never have faced any problem while streaming videos and such so it was a bit unusual for me. Other than that your site looks good.
Website overall looks great..my suggestion is that you can move call now text and number from footer to top of the website.If you are running an adword campaign,this can be very much help full for landing page .
Well! I would like to give you some of my opinion: 1. Does my site give an impression to the customer - "Yes site looks real I can trust and buy a module"I think yes! Your site is really good looking and easy to navigate the menus.
2. How can I improve my website to make it look more professional?
I think that you may re-arrange the product to easy to view. I don't like to roll down a lot to view the list of products
That's all my ideas.good luck!
The website seems to be ok.. just a few tips1. You can have alternate section partitions in the "RECENTLY ADDED" tab area... one section with white another one with gray then again white and so on....2. The header banners could be more professional with better usage of fonts...
classy site, color works together, just the logo's of paypal & skrill on the left side, ... do they really need to be there? and that big?
same goes for the facebook like box
You have impressively designed your website. I like your color scheme and design approach.
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EPIC A35T Treadmill
Save $1000.00 (40%)
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Ideal for runners, the EPIC A35T Treadmill combines durability and cutting-edge technology with a 3.5 continuous horsepower (CHP) motor to support your most intense workouts. Enjoy 40 pre-set workouts and Google technology with Google satellite, street and map view (powered by Google Maps) to simulate a real-life ride. ActiveAdjust lets you adjust the position of the console, and SafeZone senses anything approaching the machine and shuts down.
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- Ideal for runners with 3.5 continuous horsepower (CHP) motor
- Features 40 preset workout apps (10 high intensity, 10 speed, 10 incline, 10 calorie burn)
- iFit® technology with racetrack simulation, workout apps matrix and message center
- Basic iFit® subscription is free / premium subscription available for purchase
- ActiveAdjust™ console for repositioning console
- SafeZone™ senses approaching children and pets and gradually powers OFF
- Quick touch handle controls for adjusting incline, decline and speed
- Non-stretch, 2-ply commercial belt
- Adjustable, oversized EnergyReturn cushioning
- 7" full-color touch display with Google satellite, street and map view (powered by Google Maps™)
- Internet TV interactivity capabilities
- EKG™ grip-pulse heart rate monitor
- iPod® compatible audio with two 3" speakers
- CoolAire™ workout fan
- SpaceSaver® design, EasyLift™ Assist, transport wheels and 2.5" front/3" rear balanced non-flex rollers
- Includes video workouts and chest strap
- Manufacturer's warranty: Lifetime frame and motor, 3 years parts, 1 year labor
- Model: EPTL14112
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- Maximum user capacity: 400 lbs
- Motor: 3.5 CHP Eon 5 drive system
- Speed levels: 0-12 MPH
- Incline levels: 0-15
- Decline levels: -3%
- Belt size: 20" Width x 60" Length
Country of Origin: United States
Web ID: 13025723
Customer Reviews:
EPIC A35T Treadmill
I purchased my EPIC treadmill in late September 2013 and initially it worked fine. However, as I was preparing to use it a few months after purchasing, the control panel would not work. (It simply had a status bar constantly running along the bottom). I had called their customer service and they said that it was a problem with the console that they were aware of and that they would send me a new "updated" console. The rep informed me that it was a simple fix. I asked if the part would include installation directions and he assured me it would. Upon receiving the console, needless to say there were no instructions. I tried calling their customer service for guidance and was unable to speak with anyone after more than an hour. I ended up installing it myself after approximately 6 hours and lots of photos. Once installed, the machine worked fine again until September 2014, at which time the same problem occurred again. I called customer service again and once again they said they would send me a new console. When I told them I would not go through the hassle of installing this myself again, they informed me that I was no longer covered to have the repair made by them. I asked them why they did not offer to have it replaced the first time when I was covered and they claimed that their labor only covers major repairs and the installation of a new console was considered a minor repair. I asked the rep if they had ever installed a console on one of these machines and they advised me they had not. I had then informed the rep that the repair was anything but "minor". They then agreed to have the part replaced for me at no cost. Once the SECOND console was replaced, once again the machine worked fine.....until November 2014!!!! While using the machine on 7, I had tried to slow the speed to 4, but nothing had happened. This had occurred 2-3 times during one workout. When I called customer service, the lady told me that it was likely in DEMO mode and that I just needed to turn it "off". I asked why this had not occurred before when using the machine and she told me that sometimes, for no apparent reason, the machine will just go back to this mode. When I checked, I saw that the machine WAS NOT in DEMO mode at all. When I did the update, as I had been told to do, the console again quit working. I again called customer service and they are again replacing the console. Do you think that the console MAY NOT actually be the problem?
December 8, 2014
We bought the Epic A35T. The very first time we tried to use this treadmill it did not work. Every time we called the manufacturer they wanted to send us parts to try to fix it ourselves. I tried to explain to her that this is a brand new treadmill and we are not treadmill mechanics. We had purchased the extended warranty from Dick's Sporting Goods. When we called them to try to get help they told us they do not have a service technician near our area so they would send us a gift card for the amount of our purchase. We never even got to use the treadmill. I would never buy anything from Epic again!
September 25, 2014
Unhappy with purchase
Was initially pleased with the versatility of this treadmill. After just a few weeks, however, it started speeding up and slowing down randomly. The problem has only gotten worse and is now so frustrating that I hate using the machine. I have replaced one part and am waiting on another. It has been at least five weeks and I'm still waiting. Today I was told they could strip a model -- if they have one in the warehouse -- and send the part, but that would be at least two weeks before they'll know if that is possible. Their warranty also sounds good, but is misleading. It says labor is covered, but that means YOUR labor if they choose not to send a technician. I would not buy again.
March 27, 2014
Regret this purchase
As stated in previous reviews by other owners, this treadmill is not worth the money you pay for the hassle you receive. It's just one glitch after another. The touch screen control panel doesn't compute correctly half the time and it's a horrible touch screen to begin with. The incline settings never adjust properly. The mileage or laps completed tends to freeze so you can't track your distance. I could go on, but you get the idea. On the upside, the tread is good and provides a smooth run. And the fan works well . . . so far. But cons definitely outweigh the pros. Save your money.
March 21, 2014
Love it!
Purchased from Dicks in the Richmond, VA area for a great deal. (on sale for 999.00, and used Dicks Credit so saved 10% more and then 2 coupons to save me an additional $30! AND free delivery and assembly). Delivered was delayed a few times which was a HUGE pain (first time the truck broke down, second time one of the assembly guys called in sick)- but other then that, all positive here! 2 workouts on it so far and it's working beautifully. Very quiet. Incline working very well - screen is easy to navigate. Assembly guys did an excellent job and I have no complaints! I haven't gone far into iFit, so cannot fully comment on that yet. Nothing weird has happened like others have experienced (speed jumping up, incline not working properly, etc). Assembly did say he recommended not updating software on the screen as, occasionally, the machine will have problems related to updates. No need to update here as everything is working just fine. I just wanted to run - and this makes it EASY! Fan works great too! Definitely recommend.
January 2, 2014
Don't Buy This Machine
Right out of the box this machine has had problems. I had it delivered and set up for me and all that went well. However the first time I used it the incline didn't work right. It would go up, but when putting it back to 0 it would go up more. It took some fiddling with to get it back to 0. I've calibrated it several times and still nothing. That's not the worse part. I was just walking at speed 4 and it jump to 11. I reset it to 4 and a little later it jumped to 8. The help line said they are going to send me an updated firmware to install manually because sometimes doing it over the wifi causes glitches. Really? that's your answer?
November 15, 2013
Great treadmill but patience required
First of all, let me say I absolutely love my new treadmill. I purchased the EPIC A35 mainly for the Ifit Live feature. I am not an athletic person and the concept of an organized approach to fitness with progressive work outs was exactly what I was looking for. I did a lot of research amongst the various brands (all made by the same manufacturer as this one) and chose this one because I was able to try it out in the store. The staff at my local Dick's Sporting Goods was incredibly helpful and answered my numerous questions. I paid for the in-home delivery service because the item is extremely heavy and I wanted to be sure that there were no assembly issues. The delivery team was prompt, professional and courteous and the treadmill was together within a half an hour. There was an issue with two precut covers not fitting over the base of the treadmill, but it did not prevent me from using the treadmill. The team ordered replacements which arrived within a week. They will be returning to place these where they belong. I also purchased the extended warranty and HIGHLY recommend this after preivously having had a defective treadmill from another retailer.
As for the Ifit Live, I absolute love this feature. The workouts I have tried are great and I love knowing that I am progressing with every work out. Please note though, that it does require patience. If you have patience and are willing to work through the little glitches, the benefits of using it are truly there. For starters, the touch screen is not as easy to use as tablet. I only notice this with logging in and out of Ifit. Otherwise, it is fine. There are times when I have to depress the letter keys to log in very firmly, other times the slightest touch works. Sometimes even when I am on the letter screen, it will type in a number. In order to type in the password, I always have to depress both thumbs simultaneously and very firmly on each end of the password field so that I can begin typing in the password. So far, the most attempts it has taken is four. In order to minimize login frustration, choose a short login and a short password if you can. I have followed the instructions of always shutting the treadmill off and unplugging the treadmill in order to avoid any potential issues from a power surge. At the end of each work out, I always double check to make sure that I am at zero incline before powering off and unplugging. Powering up does take a few minutes, so I usually plug it in and turn it on and then change into my work out clothes so that everything is ready to go once I am ready.
When dowloading the workouts from Ifit, I recommend not downloading more than you can do because if you don't do a work out that is in the queque, it essentially disappears and you end up "advancing" without having done the preceding work out. This is particularly important with the progressive workouts, like the Jillian Michaels or 30/60 day ones where multiple workouts are download all at once into the queque. For example, if you download Jillian Michaels Power Walking and Jillian Michaels Get fit, each day you will need to do two workouts . If you don't do one of the workouts and do not advance it to the next day before the day you were supposed to do the workout is over, it will not be in your queque the next day. I recommend logging in to your Ifit account on your laptop daily for all of this, since it's so much easierto move the workouts forward on this than trying to do it from the treadmill.
All in all I am very happy with my purchasea and am looking forward to using my treadmill for years to come. The little glitches and nuances with Ifit are well worth it to me in the long run. I have the extended warranty and can always obtain service, if necessary.
September 17, 2013
Can't recommend
The treadmill seems fine, but the silly electronics are terrible. It resets to marketing videos on the screen when it is not running and the entire objective of the screen seems to be to make you sign up for ifit. I just want to run. I have spent lots of time dealing with problems on the phone with their tech people. I don't recommend this.
July 31, 2013
This is the absolute worst purchase I have made in my entire life. In the first month after purchasing this awful machine, the console crashed while trying to update the firmware and would not come back up. After weeks of trying to get it to work myself, I finally called the manufacturer's warranty service company ICON SERVICE (which always takes an hour or more because they give you the runaround as they pretend to know how treadmills work). They sent me a new console which came about 10 days later and a tech which came a week after that. He replaced the console and we were up and running... just not at a consistent speed. That's right, this treadmill's motor will not stay at any given speed, at least that's the case for the one I ended up with. I'll be walking fast with speed set to 4.0 and suddenly it will slow down for about a minute to what feels like a 1.0, although the console still reads 4.0. Then it will speed up again and go way past 4.0 to the point where I have to go into a full run to keep up. All the while, the console still reads 4.0. And when I set it to 6.0 because I want to run, sometimes it slows down to a walking pace but worse, it will often speed up to a pace where I can barely keep up, which is just dangerous. The only way I have been able to workout on this thing is to ride the speed levels the entire time which is no way to workout. But here's the bigger problem: In 8 months, the service company, ICON SERVICE, has replaced the console, the controller, the motor, the controller again, added an electricity filter, and adjusted the belt and this speed fluctuation problem has remained. Now they are saying that a little lube on the belt and a new "reed switch" should do the trick. For some odd reason, I don't believe them. The one thing they won't replace: the defective treadmill itself. As bad as this treadmill is, the warranty service provided by ICON SERVICE is even worse.
Buyers, there are a lot of choices in treadmills. Don't go anywhere near this brand.
July 18, 2013
Easy to use & quiet
I like that this treadmill is so easy to use. Yes, it has all the more advanced features, such as pre-set programs and workouts, but I really prefer to make up my workout routine as I go. The layout of the display board allows me to do that with a simple touch. No getting off the machine, no digging out the manual, etc. I just start it up and gradually increase the speed to what I'm comfortable with. As I warm up and get into my routine, I just reach out and up my incline or speed as I see fit. All the information I want is right there in easy to read format. Whether its calories burned, distance, time, or laps; its easy to see. Nothing complicated about it.
Its also quiet. This is important for two reasons. One, I live in an upstairs apartment, and my downstairs neighbor says he can't hear a thing. And two, I don't want the noise of the treadmill to compete with any music I might be listening to.
I'd definitely recommend this treadmill to anyone who was interested in buying one.
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Egypt blames Muslim Brotherhood for deadly Sinai attack
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Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi blamed the Muslim Brotherhood for playing a role in a sophisticated insurgent attack that killed 31 people in Egypt's volatile northern Sinai Peninsula. El-Sissi, a former army chief, cut short a trip to Ethiopia to return to Cairo Friday, as state television broadcast the arrival of the bodies of slain soldiers in coffins draped with Egyptian flags.
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It's becoming more and more obvious every year that Tool Academy is a show solely for entertainment. How else can one explain Jacob Tapia winning the third season?
The guy lied his way through the show, picked a fight with almost every other contestant and quite frankly showed little to no improvement. There were more deserving winners, Kevin anyone?
In a new interview with VH1, Jacob talks winning the show and his relationship status with girlfriend Christie. They are still together by the way. Excerpts from that below -
So what's happened since the show? How are you and Christie doing? I've been kind of low-key since the show aired, just because of contracts and I don't want to get in any kind of trouble. We're still together, we're doing good.
How did Tool Academy change your relationship? It's helped our relationship a lot. We have a lot more trust in each other. Going through the experience of the Academy brought us closer. We're going great right now.
Some of Tool Academy's couples have made a deeper commitment at the end, like gotten married or engaged. Have you two talked about it? Right. We talked about it. But we're gonna wait and see what happens with my career, where we're gonna live, whether that's Florida or California. Then once we get settled, make the next move.
Those first few sessions you mostly were just aggressive. I think a lot of us were wondering how you stayed. I was pissed off. I was throwing stuff, breaking chairs and kicking over objects they had set up. I was really frustrated. Everything was overwhelming. I had lots of mixed emotions, I remember that. And a lot of anger.
Why did you turn on Jennavecia? Me and Jennavecia were cool in Cancun, and then we got to the Academy and I wanted to keep my distance. I didn't want her to be too close to me because I felt like she would try to make a move. The thing about her is that she would talk a lot of s*** about how her man would beat my ass. And then I would approach her man and Kyle wanted no part of me. So that kind of got old after the third or fourth episode in.
Tommy accuses you of being a bully in the house. Were you? That's not true. Nobody bullied anybody. Some people called me a bully because when I had a problem with someone I would call it out. On the other hand you had people like Tommy who would talk s*** about people. I would rather be someone who's real and up front than talk behind someone's back. Kevin stood up for me. He said, "Jacob's not being a bully, Jacob's just being Jacob." If I don't like you because you're talking ****, I'll call you out. That's not being a bully. It's being real.
How did you stay after getting into so many fights? I don't know why…every week, looking back, I was getting badges, and I know there were people out there blogging about me, saying, "I don't know why Jacob's still around," but I guess Trina saw something in me. The first week I think I should have been eliminated. I got a freebie because Chasyn left. It just seemed like every week I was going to be eliminated, but this person did something just a little bit worse. I don't know why Trina kept me around, except that she thought I could change. She actually told me that I was a late bloomer, in the final elimination. It just took a while for things to hit home for me.
You think all of Angelo's tears were for the game? Angelo is really fake. He's a crybaby, but I think a lot of his tears were for money. I'm glad they saw through that.
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The Hawks racked up 404 yards of offense in their 44-8 rout of the Falkner Eagles in the first round of the 1A State Football Playoffs. The Hawks improved to 9-2 and will play the Coffeeville Pirates in the second round on the road Friday, while Falkner ended its season at 9-3.
Shaw junior quarterback Andre Pruitt found his rhythm as he completed 11-of-23 passes for 208 yards with four touchdowns and an interception. Pruitt completed passes to five different receivers with three different receivers catching touchdown passes.
"He's that type of quarterback," Shaw head coach Kendrick Smith said about Pruitt's ability to find different receivers and make good decisions. "His numbers could be a lot better if I went ahead just opened up the offense. The offensive line gave him plenty of time to do what he needed to do."
Pruitt's development as a quarterback has caused Shaw's offense to be much more balanced than it was at the beginning of the season. The Hawks also rushed for 194 yards on 23 carries. For the night, the pass-to-run ratio was split 50-50 for the Hawks.
The Hawks' defense also shined by holding an opponent to under 10 points for the seventh time this year.
"Every thing has started to come together," Smith said. "Every week, we've been getting better and better. Hopefully, we will continue to have some success on both sides of the ball."
Senior Christopher Harthone had another great game on both offense and defense as he rushed for 100 yards with a touchdown and three 2-point conversions on eight carries and he also recorded 11 tackles and a sack on defense.
Keveon Shepherd and Octavius Stimmage did a great job catching the ball for the Hawks as Shepherd caught five passes for 84 yards with two touchdowns, while Stimmage caught three passes for 72 yards with a touchdown. Ledavious Rice also caught a 44-yard touchdown pass to help aid the Hawks' receivers.
In the ground game, Lekia McRoy rushed for 60 yards on three carries to aid the Hawks, followed by Justin King a touchdown run and Damon Redding with a 2-point conversion.
On the defensive end for Shaw, King aided the Hawks with 11 tackles and a sack, followed by Ledavious Rice with eight tackles and a sack, Demerrius Williams with eight tackles, Lerandel Allen and Justice Clay with seven tackles each and Redding with a fumble recovery.
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