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There are somewhere near 100 organizations for which the state wrongly acts as middleman- for sports organizations like the Colts and even the Tony Stewart Foundation; civic clubs like the Rotary and Lions; unions; and many more. Up to there, I had never heard a complaint from anyone but Libertarians. But, once a gay group gets in? Oh, conservatives finally decide the state shouldn't be involved. From the Indy Star:
Indiana began printing new plates in December for the Indiana Youth Group, which supports gay youths. The state's Bureau of Motor Vehicles approved the plates after a 2010 court battle with IYG and the Indiana American Civil Liberties Union.
Yet in the waning days of the 2012 session, Advance America -- an Indiana-based nonprofit led by conservative stalwart Eric Miller -- is lobbying state lawmakers to ban IYG and other gay support groups from offering special Indiana plates.
State Rep. Jeff Thompson, R-Lizton, has tried three times this year to ban the IYG plates by pushing amendments for unrelated motor vehicle bills. House Republicans rebutted his latest attempt this week for fear that the controversial issue would damage support for their broader effort of cracking down on the recent rapid growth of specialty plates -- there are 105 of them, according to the House's Transportation Committee chairman.
Oh, they want to crack down? First I'm hearing of it. Interesting. Once there are 100, it's out of hand. What about principle? What about the very question of the role of government in private fundraising? Why wasn't that attacked at the onset?
I suspect that if Indiana Youth Group was first to request, the conscience of the conservatives would have been alive and well.
The state shouldn't be a middleman for fundraising. It's time to eliminate this practice altogether- not because a gay group wants to play the game too, but because it's wrong.


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Annie Jones is leaving a club one night when she is involved in an accident that knocks her unconcious. When she comes to she has been transported eleven years into the future. The environment is recognisable as London but not the London she knows. The Thames is no longer tidal and the area beyond the Thames barier known as the Marsh Projects are inhabited by immigrant refugees. Annie finds herself involved with an organisation known only as the Netw...
The Winter Ghosts
This story takes place after World War I and Freddie, the protagonist, struggles with coming to terms of his brother' death. In April 1933, Freddie Watson finds a translator in Toulouse, France for a document. The translator is named Saurat and he is curious how Freddie recieved an Occitan document since it is rare. Freddie recounts his story, which began 5 years ago. In December 1928, Freddie, originally from London, is on a journey of recovery since...

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Most British bands spend years of their lives and vast quantities of label cash to gain a foothold in America. Wrexham pop-punks Neck Deep have managed it almost without trying.
"We leave for America for our first proper tour in a couple of days, and some of the shows have already sold out," enthuses guitarist Lloyd Roberts, when we spoke on the eve of their first official Stateside jaunt. "It's crazy really - we've never properly been over there!"
His surprise is understandable, especially given the band began life as little more than a casual side project for Lloyd and vocalist Ben Barlow.
"We were just writing these songs and sticking them online, and then when people liked them, we kind of had to make a band," he explains. "It wasn't going to be anything serious, but all of our minds changed quickly on that one..."
Having gathered a Facebook following - a significant chunk of which was based across the pond - Neck Deep discovered that these were real fans when they visited Florida on a last-minute holiday deal.
"We were like, 'Why don't we try and book a show?'" says Lloyd. "We managed to arrange with a band out there to use all their gear, and we turned up at this house show and just thought, 'There aren't going
to be many people here, but who cares?' Suddenly, we had maybe 100, 150 people in this tiny little room. We were all looking at each other like, 'Right, this is actually becoming a reality.'"
Now signed to Hopeless Records, they're the latest in a long line of British bands to have absorbed American influences from a pan-Atlantic position - something rather neatly represented by their gear choices: British tone, courtesy of Orange Rockerverb amps, married with US(-ish) guitars in the form of a Fender Jim Root Strat for Lloyd, and a Frankenstein'd Jaguar for co-guitarist Matt West. With thoughts all on the tour, Lloyd says gear hiccups are rare; it's just the vans that bother them.
"Whatever vehicle we're travelling in, will break," explains the guitarist. "It's 100 per cent. I'm not sure what kind of curse we have on us, but I'm hoping it's not gonna continue once we're in America. Especially when you've got a nice 36-hour drive to do!"
For more information visit the official Neck Deep website, or connect with the band on Twitter and Facebook.


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Call 9-1-1 if it is a life-threatening situation or something is occurring at the time of the call, such as an assault, fight, traffic crash, fire or any situation that could result in loss of life or major property loss.
Why do 9-1-1 operators ask so many questions? The 9-1-1 operators are trained to send the appropriate agency or agencies within seconds of answering the caller. A sophisticated computer system relays critical information concerning the location and type of call to a dispatch station in a rapid manner. The communications officer who initially answered the caller remains on the line with the caller to ask for additional information while the appropriate units are already en route to the specified location. These additional questions can be critical to the individual's survival.
Are 9-1-1 calls made public? Florida State Statute 365.171, Section 15 protects certain information contained within a 9-1-1 call, including the name, address, telephone number and any personal information that may identify the person requesting emergency services. Although this information may be disclosed to another public safety agency, anyone else making such a request must first present a court order signed by a judge before the exempt information will be released.
Can I call 9-1-1 if it is not a real emergency? It is important to realize that if you need a response by a public safety agency (police, ambulance, fire) you call 9-1-1. If in doubt, then you should call 9-1-1.
Can I call the Sheriff's Office to report a problem and still remain anonymous? Yes you can. There is no requirement to give your name and address when making a call to the Sheriff's Office. However, it is extremely helpful if the responding deputy has someone to contact either in person or by phone to get more specific information to effectively address the problem.
Many times deputies respond to an anonymous call about an incident and either cannot find the origin of the problem with the information given or the situation changes prior to the their arrival but they have no way of knowing it. This can result in frustrated deputies and the citizen feeling that the Sheriff's Office didn't do anything about their call. We realize that in some circumstances, a person may not want neighbors to know they have called the police and they don't want an officer to come to their door. However, something as simple as a phone number by which to reach the complainant can make a significant difference in whether or not a situation is corrected or goes undiscovered or unidentified. You merely inform the call taker that you do not wish to be contacted in person but that the officer may call you if they need more information.
Is there a waiting period before I can report someone missing? This is a common misperception. The answer is no. The moment you are concerned about a person's whereabouts is the time to call. You can make a missing person report any time you realize someone is missing.
I have received various phone calls from people representing themselves as police officers and asking for donations. Are they really police officers? Police officers and deputies in Manatee County do not solicit funds over the telephone nor does the Sheriff's Office receive any funds at all from any other organization that conducts phone solicitations. If you are not familiar with an organization calling you and asking for a donation, you may wish to ask the caller to send you information on the charity and how they disburse their funds. And NEVER give your credit card number to anyone that calls you over the phone
Can a Sheriffs Office Deputy open my car if I have locked my keys inside? Because of the potential for damage to vehicles, the Sheriff's Office will not open a locked vehicle. A locksmith is your best alternative. Should a child be locked inside the vehicle, the Sheriff's Office or the Fire Department will respond to remove the child, possibly by breaking a window.
What should I do if a deputy is trying to pull me over at night in an unmarked car and I am frightened? It is important that you acknowledge to the deputy that you see him/her by waving your hands or turning on your emergency 4-way flashers and reducing the speed of your vehicle. Begin looking for a safe (and at night a well-lighted) area to stop. The best place, if possible, is a location with other people around such as a shopping center or convenience store. Once you have stopped, keep your doors locked and roll your window down just enough to converse with the deputy until the situation is comfortable. In most cases, deputies in unmarked cars will contact a uniformed officer for assistance with a traffic stop. If one is not available, deputies should understand your concern for safety. Ask to see a badge and department photo identification.


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Michael Kors Comes with New Watch Collection for Indian Buyers
Michael Kors, a well-known watch manufacturer has launched a new watch collection for the Indian market. These watches have been developed according to the latest fashion trends that suit the preferences of people who follow fashion with deep interests.
Michael Kors MK 3365 which is part of this collection comes with a variety of interesting features that make it the right choice for lovers of fashion. It has an analog feature and a 33mm box size. Made with high precision to match current women's preference, this watch has a gold-colored bezel.
Michael Kors Comes with New Watch Collection for Indian Buyers
Wrist strap has been made from high quality stainless steel. It has quartz movement and has a waterproof capacity of up to 50 meters. Watches have gold colored plugs and 2 year warranty. It comes with a round shape.
Michael Kors Darci MK 3190 on the other hand is the right choice for women looking for watches that suit all types of clothes. It has a 39 mm case size and has analog motion. This watch strap is made of premium quality stainless steel. Made of mineral glass, resistant to scratches and hence has a long life.
This watch has quartz movement and waterproof capacity up to 50 meters. It has a 2 year warranty and comes with a round case. This watch has a silver button.
Michael Kors Kerry MK 3397 has been designed for women who want to show off glamorous look wherever they go. The watch has an analogue motion and comes with a button that has a mother of pearl color. It comes with a 37 mm stainless steel case. This watch has quartz movement and waterproof capacity up to 50 meters. Therefore, it can be worn even during the rainy season.
Bezel watches have been made from the best quality stainless steel. Made using high quality mineral glasses, resistant to all types of scratches and therefore stand the test of time for many years together. The watch has a rose gold bezel and has an analog feature. It goes well with formal as well as formal and casual attire. Therefore, it can be used anywhere, anytime.
Price of Michael Kors watches has been decided to keep in touch with buyer's spending capacity. Viewing existing discounts and special offers can help buyers get their watches within their budget.
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India's largest retail retail brand Prime has over 25 years of experience in retailing. It deals with watch brands like Omega, Tissot, TAG Heuer, Longines and more. They pay special attention to Omega watches because of their worldwide reputation, and also have the most watches in the country. The brand has showrooms located in cities like Kolkata, Mumbai and Jaipur. Users always want to buy watches from their stores because of their innovative spending and also because of their unimaginable bid on every purchase. The last thing to mention is their after-sales service. They handle this section beautifully so the buyer does not experience any difficulties. Michael Kors Comes with New Watch Collection for Indian Buyers


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Controller for up to 8 robots, functional safety for zone, tool position monitoring
Yaskawa's DX200 robot controller features multiple robot control technology for up to eight robots as well as a Functional Safety Unit (FSU) for control-reliable zone and tool position monitoring.
Yaskawa's DX200 robot controller builds on the process capabilities of the current DX100 controller, with multiple robot control technology with coordinated motion between devices (up to eight robots/72 axes), an ergonomic teach pendant, built-in PLC cell control capability, and optimized path and process control capability.
An enhanced Functional Safety Unit (FSU) provides control-reliable zone and tool position monitoring, standstill monitoring and speed limiting. This can reduce costs for safeguarding hardware, while providing new capabilities such as collaborative tasks. The FSU can define multiple zones and monitor if the robot is inside or outside the zone. A graphic utility on the robot teach pendant aids in the setup of robot, tool and work zones. User-defined zones are displayed on the visual read out and are colored by work zone and type. The DX200 controller is compliant to ANSI/RIA R15.06-2012 and other relevant safety standards.
The DX200 has reduced cabling connections and improved layout to reduce the Mean Time to Repair (MTTR). Alarm troubleshooting information on the pendant, monitoring of motor torque to predict reducer wear and alerts when major power components reach designed life are some of the enhanced maintenance features.
Its extensive I/O suite includes integral PLC and HMI pendant displays, built-in ladder logic processing, 4,096 I/O and a graphical ladder editor that can provide an efficient system level control. The DX200 supports all major fieldbus networks and offers easy connection to an information infrastructure. A high-speed Ethernet server and MotoPlus developer tools allow partners to produce higher level connectivity (HMIs from Proface) or new capabilities (Robotiq Kinetiq Teaching) with Motoman robots.
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By CLAIRE GALOFARO and BILL BARROW
ERIE, Pa. — It was the last morning of the workweek, and Scott Bremner, a popular talk-radio host here, found himself — again — in the role of accidental referee on the issue of race.
And again, the discussion was inspired by racial provocations from President Donald Trump. For one caller, critics of Trump had things upside-down.
"It has nothing to do with race, and those who suggest that it does, they are the real racists," the caller said. "We're getting angry again, and I'm telling you we're going to step up again and vote for Trump because we are not racist, Trump is not a racist and you guys are fomenting this stuff."
Before Bremner could respond, the man hung up. "Make your point and run," Bremner said. "That's a good way to have a discussion." Yet that is the way many Americans seem to be discussing the nation's roiling racial discord.
The next morning, a young man 2,000 miles away posted a hateful, anti-immigrant screed on the internet, walked into a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, with a gun and shot 22 people dead. By the time Bremner signed on again Monday morning, another man with a gun had stormed an entertainment district in Dayton, Ohio, killing nine, though his motive remains unknown.
Bremner's show carries just one current of the heated national debate on race that has been fanned by Trump's unrepentant use of white identity politics and inflamed by white supremacist violence like the shooting in El Paso. In interviews with The Associated Press across a half-dozen states, voters see a country riven by racial animus — better than a generation ago, but worse than before Trump's presidency, with little choice but to confront the long national struggle anew.
Months ago, Bremner, who considers himself a moderate, "a lone voice in the wilderness," wondered if the Republican president's comments offered an opportunity to address racism that has been long-simmering. He tried to establish whether his listeners could agree on a fundamental question: What is racism? The answer, he realized, is no, they don't even agree on that.
"One of the byproducts of having a president this polarizing, all this stuff starts to come out, which you could argue might be a good thing in the long term," Bremner said. "Will it lead us to a better day? I can't tell you yet."
Racial and ethnic polarization has been a hallmark of Trump's political rise and is central to his reelection. He's warned of an "invasion" at the southern border, posted racist tweets about four women of color in Congress and attacked Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings' largely black district as a "rat and rodent infested mess."
Trump needs to maximize support from white voters in places like Erie County, a former Democratic stronghold with a withering manufacturing industry and declining population. The county chose President Barack Obama twice, then flipped for Trump and helped narrowly deliver him the key state of Pennsylvania.
The churn over Trump's racial polarization has largely taken shape along ideological lines: Those on the right root for him more, as those on the left see their own anger rise.
Jim Noland unfurled a Trump flag as big as a minivan in a rural town near Erie. He cheered Trump on when he tweeted about Cummings' Baltimore-area district. Through Noland's lens, Trump's message wasn't racist, it was truth.
"Before, you just wouldn't disagree with (Democrats) because you were afraid of being called a racist," he said. "And now you disagree with them because their ideas are bad, and that's enough. When they call you a racist back, you can laugh."
He dismissed any link between Trump's rhetoric and the El Paso's shooting suspect's post. The problem was one deranged man, he said.
Lucinda Rodriguez, the daughter of a Mexican immigrant, has a colleague who was killed and a friend who was seriously wounded by the El Paso gunfire. She said the killings affirm for her a rising hatred toward Latinos. Yet Trump's rhetoric, she said, didn't load any gun or pull any trigger.
Infinity Tucker, an El Paso native who identifies as Afro-Latina, put it more plainly.
"He's a grown man," Tucker said of the 21-year-old white suspect named Patrick Crusius. "He's able to make his own choices."
At a vigil mourning those killed in Dayton, attendees echoed the reluctance to assign fault to the president. A 74-year-old black woman, Rickie Myles, said she's increasingly fearful in an environment where "people spew hate" with ease. But Myles sees no way to understand his motives. "All we can do is speculate," she said.
Away from the visceral responses of El Paso and Dayton, the response has largely cleaved along politically polarized lines.
Lucretia Hughes, a black conservative activist and former tea party leader in Georgia, points to the nation's long history of racism and calls it "ludicrous" to blame the current flare-up on Trump. She sees a president who fights aggressively, if unconventionally, for an undervalued part of the electorate — "the real majority, the real middle class and working class" that's made up of all races and creeds. Trump delivers a brand of populism "that isn't about color."
Talina Massey in New Bern, North Carolina, has little problem steering responsibility to the Oval Office and an occupant she sees as deliberately indulging the worst human instincts. Massey, who is a black 35-year-old retired Marine, said that the environment could be so toxic that ousting Trump in 2020 might not be enough to calm the water.
"It's not a matter of party lines anymore," Massey said. "It's a matter of good vs. evil, the ultimate conflict."
And it's certainly a reminder that Trump's approach — whether strategic or intuitive or some combination — doesn't just energize voters inclined to his rhetoric. It emboldens his critics, particularly nonwhites, younger whites who value diversity and moderate older whites uncomfortable with Trump's values. All of those groups will influence Election Day outcomes as much as Trump's white base in the key states whose narrow 2016 margins delivered his Electoral College victory.
Trump "allows what's been under the surface to bubble up," says Catherine Meeks, a 73-year-old black woman who leads a race reconciliation ministry for the Episcopal Church in Atlanta. But long-term progress, she said, depends on whites who aren't usually at the center of open racial conflict.
"We are still in a place where there are too many white people who think the world belongs to them, and they don't want to share it with anybody," she said, noting projections that the U.S. could become majority nonwhite sometime around the mid-21st century.
"I don't care if we have an amazing president, we still have this work to do, bringing along white people who feel like they're losing ground with too many black people, too many brown people."
In Cincinnati, Royce Winters, a former police officer and the director of African American ministries for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati, said the fight for equality continues. "We have to do this together," he said. "If we don't have our white friends, our white counterparts, to advocate for doing what is right, we won't get past this."
A couple of months ago, a young white man, D.J. Smith, wandered into a Democratic political meeting in Erie and said he was sorry. He voted for Trump because he'd always been Republican, hadn't paid much attention to politics and never thought much about race or privilege.
But then suddenly he did. The question presented itself at an unusual moment: He was a software engineer and dumbfounded by the repeal of net neutrality. It occurred to him suddenly that he had not needed to pay heed before because he was white and male and the country generally worked in his favor.
"I had an 'Am I the bad guy?' moment. I realized that I was, and I started to open up my eyes," the 29-year-old said. He probably made racist jokes in the past, he thought, and said insensitive things.
He was consumed by remorse for his thoughts and comments and found himself "freaking out." He quit his job. He could not conceive of going on as normal as the nation convulses, he said, and started searching for a way to help bring the county back together.
When Bremner returned to his show Monday to discuss the weekend shootings, the lights on the phones blinked red with callers.
One apologized for being emotional. The El Paso shooting suspect had used language that mirrored the president's own remarks, the caller noted. He had written that the massacre was a response to the "invasion" of immigrants coming over the southern border. At a recent rally in Florida, the president asked rhetorically how to stop migration. "Shoot them!" one person in the audience shouted. The crowd cheered; Trump chuckled.
"We're going to see more and more and more of this," Bremner's caller said. "Because they think the president is on their side, because they hear him saying the things they're thinking. So there have been plenty of red flags and plenty of warnings, and we need to wake up. When a terrorist is using the exact same language as the president, it's time to make a change."
The next caller said he disagreed.
Barrow reported from Atlanta. Associated Press writers Morgan Lee and Astrid Galván in El Paso, Texas; John Seewer in Dayton, Ohio; Martha Waggoner in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Dan Sewell in Cincinnati contributed to this report.
Source: Orange County Register


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University of Oslo
The University of Oslo is a full-scale university with a very strong life sciences sector. UiO has areas of excellence in molecular mechanisms of disease (cancer, infection and inflammation, neurology) and discovery of drug targets, experience in translating discoveries into clinical practise, and a national coordinating role in translational medicine through a Nordic EMBL partnership and the largest and most
significant organic chemistry and pharmacology activities nationally.
UiO hosts state of the art infrastructure for chemistry, pharmacology, molecular biology and medical research. UiO has established and continues to invest in a Chemical Biology platform as an interdisciplinary activity.
UiO is the founder of ChemBioNet Norway and the Scandinavian Chemical Biology Initiative and participates in the EUOPENSCREEN Steering Committee the European Chemical Biology Initiative. The UiO CB Platform is established with robotics and in vitro colorimetric, fluorescent, fluorescence polarization and alpha screen assays for in vitro and cell based screens. Furthermore, cell based assays for FLPR (Ca2+ and membrane potential) and HTS flow cytometry are in place. BiO has internal and external CB projects. UIO will use FACS based systems for monitoring modulation of disease pathway specific molecular markers, expression of cell surface markers and selected intracellular phosphorylation events by phosphoflow analysis. The Taskén group has experience with EU projects as coordinator and partner.
PI contact: Prof. Kjetil Tasken kjetil.tasken (@) biotek.uio.no
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Lemon Lime Cake with Fresh Lime Whipped Cream.
This normally isn't my kind of thing.
Fruit for dessert? What is that all about?
I usually go for something much more rich. Something rot-your-teeth rich, to be exact.
But after eating this cake, I'm sold on fruit for dessert.
I topped the cake with fresh whipped cream.
Since it has the word "fresh" in it, I'm pretending it's healthy. It sounds healthy. I mean, it's dairy. There has to be protein in it.
This cake is definitely on the "lighter" side of decadence.
It is sweet but not too sweet, and tastes… refreshing. Perfect for the warmer months approaching. It's unlike many dessert recipes I share, which means I deem it completely appropriate for breakfast.
In fact, for the perfect breakfast I recommend two slices. Or three.
Lemon Lime Cake
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 tablespoon lime zest
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 cup milk
3 tablespoons lemon and/or lime juice (I juiced the lemon and lime into the same bowl and got 3 tbsp)
Preheat oven to 350.
Cream butter, sugar, and eggs together until fluffy. Add vanilla and zest and combine until mixed.
Combine dry ingredients in a bowl. Add the dry ingredients, mixing until just combined. Add the lemon and lime juice and thoroughly mix. Once mixed, add milk and beat until combined.
Pour into an 8×8 or 9×9 square cake pan and bake for 30-35 mins at 350. Let cool completely.
Lime Whipped Cream
1 pint cold whipping cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoons lime zest
3 tablespoons powdered sugar
In the bowl of an electric mixer, add cream, vanilla, sugar and lime zest. Best until cream stiffens, about 5-6 minutes. Frost cake and refrigerate. I used a pastry bag and tip to frost.
Go hurry up and bake one so you have a slice waiting for you tomorrow morning! I'll be over with coffee.


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First of all, I'm aware of the Greek origin of the word. I have looked this word up in a dozen different dictionaries but I still don't quite understand what a catharsis is. A definition:
Originating from ancient Greece, the word "catharsis" refers to the emotional outpouring of a character. Often, when a character in a tragedy realizes his/her flaws or downfall, a cathartic speech is delivered.
In other definitions it also says that the audience also experiences this, but I don't understand at all what is meant by this. The above definition reminds me of an epiphany, but I don't see at all why the audience would experience this too, since the flaws of a character are usually known by the audience from the start. Can someone clear up my confusion regarding this subject?