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There are many problems with policing in the United States. The cult of Noncompliance is a social skill.Noncompliance is one of the most important social skills. Noncompliance skills make it possible to say no, even when others want your right to say no to... is a problem. The tyranny of the Normal was created, not discovered, by flawed, eccentric, self-interested, racist, ableist, homophobic, sexist humans. Normal is a statistical fiction, nothing less. Knowing this is the first step toward reclaiming your... is a problem. Pseudoscience is a problem. The drug war and its benighted notions of If addiction is like misguided love, then compassion is a far better approach than punishment.Can You Get Over an Addiction? - The New York Times In her book Unbroken Brain,... are a problem.
These problems are a recipe of terror for Neurodivergent, sometimes abbreviated as ND, means having a mind that functions in ways which diverge significantly from the dominant societal standards of “normal.”NEURODIVERSITY: SOME BASIC TERMS & DEFINITIONS Neurodivergent is quite... and The label "disabled" means so much to me. It means I have community. It means I have rights. It means I can be proud. It means I can affirm myself... people.
We are Be proud of what you are.We’re weird, and we’re glad we are.Weird Pride Promo 2021 https://twitter.com/MxOolong/status/1499306544449662977?s=20&t=XYCmQe4y50Kl7ZpwjY4S5w https://twitter.com/MxOolong/status/1499306546693607427?s=20&t=XYCmQe4y50Kl7ZpwjY4S5w What and who are you?You don't fit in here.Randimals Book 👏 Let's be.... We are Our friends and allies at Randimals have a saying, What makes us different, makes all the difference in the world.Randimals We agree. Randimals are made up of two different animals.... That shouldn’t be a crime, but in our #CultOfCompliance societies, being different will get you interrogated, beaten, jailed, and killed.
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Just over four years ago, I entered the tube station without looking at the police officers who were standing by the entrance. Two other men entered the station at the same time. My jacket was allegedly too warm for the season. I was carrying a backpack. While waiting for the tube, I looked at people coming on the platform, I played with my mobile phone, I took a piece of paper from inside my jacket.
The police found my behaviour suspicious and instigated a security alert. They surrounded me. They asked me to take off my backpack. They handcuffed me in the back. They closed and cordoned off the tube station. They stopped and searched me under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000. They emptied my pockets. They loosened my belt. Explosive officers checked my backpack, gave the all clear and joked about my laptop. The handcuffs were taken off (for a few minutes) and some of the stuff I was carrying in my pockets was given back to me.
This should have been the end of the matter. Instead, an officer informed me “I was under arrest on suspicion of causing a Public Nuisance”. They then took me to Walworth police station. They processed me. They took photographs, DNA samples, fingerprints and palm prints. They searched our flat. They interviewed me. Nine hours later I was granted bail. One month later when I surrendered to custody, they said they have decided to take no further action. It takes a further month and half to get my possessions back. Three months after the arrest, the Police National Computer was still listing me as under arrest.Calm, almost too calm
We are schooled to act as The existence of the word neurotypical makes it possible to have conversations about topics like neurotypical privilege. Neurotypical is a word that allows us to talk about members of the... as possible to avoid triggering police escalation. We have to defy our neurologies to avoid deadly conflict.
Police profiling is able·ism /ˈābəˌlizəm/ nounA system of assigning value to people's bodies and minds based on societally constructed ideas of normalcy, productivity, desirability, intelligence, excellence, and fitness. These constructed ideas are deeply... and ignorant pseudoscience that we must Masking is exhausting. Utterly utterly draining. I’ve had people say to me many times over the years “But WHY are you so tired? What have you been doing?” and I’ve... against to avoid interaction.
This act of Masking is exhausting. Utterly utterly draining. I’ve had people say to me many times over the years “But WHY are you so tired? What have you been doing?” and I’ve... in the face of imminent violence is, for the most part, impossible to maintain. We have to “just take it”, but it’s hard.
I had “the talk” with my kids this morning in the car. Not the “birds and the bees” talk. The “how to stay alive because you’re black and therefore a threat” talk. Don’t wear that dark gray hoodie you love anymore. Make eye contact with authorities at all times—forget everything I’ve ever taught you about how forced eye contact is a bad thing…do it anyway, even if it hurts. Speak in a soft, gentle tone. Keep your hands where they can see them at all times. No sudden or unexpected movements and ABSOLUTELY no Self-stimulatory behavior, also known as stimming and self-stimulation, is the repetition of physical movements, sounds, or words, or the repetitive movement of objects Stimming - Wikipedia Autistic adults highlighted the importance of stimming as... or fidgeting or flapping as it might be perceived as attempting to strike someone. No Echolalia is the repetition of sound, words, phrases. For example: repeating a phrase you've just heard, repeating a line from your favourite film, repeatedly pressing a button on a device..., as it might be perceived as trying to “mock” an officer. No going to the mall with a group of friends if more than two people are male-presenting and of color. Say “yes, sir,” and “no, sir” with each statement. No nervous laughter. No sarcasm. Do everything that they ask of you even if it is unlawful. If they want to know your name, age, shoe size, whatever—just tell them. If they violate your rights we will file a complaint after the fact, but do not address it with them in the moment. If they hit you, shout at you, insult you, spit on you, just take it. We will seek justice for the wrongdoing through the legal channels. Don’t put yourself at risk by trying to stand up for yourself.
Just take it.
They listened quietly. Asked me if it was okay to just run away. Inwardly I kicked myself for forgetting to mention running. “No,” I replied. “Absolutely no running.”All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism
We are also vulnerable to hate crimes or discrimination that affects us on both fronts. For instance, a young black autistic man, Neli Latson, was imprisoned for four years after being arrested outside his local library in Virginia while he was waiting for it to open.
As Kerima Çevik writes, “This disaster is the intersection of Autistic ways of being are human neurological variants that can not be understood without the social model of disability.If you are wondering whether you are Autistic, spend time amongst Autistic people, online and offline. If..., ableism and racism colliding with the school to prison pipeline. See everyone who is poor in Black America prepares their son for that moment. They teach them the social cues and red flags. They tell them to have a way to make that phone call and an understanding that they will be harassed by police at some point. But autism parents are told they need to teach compliance and concrete ideas about police to their autistic children.
Latson found himself being mistreated not only because he was a black man who had the audacity to be in public, but also because he was an autistic man schooled in compliance.All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism
Police don’t need better training; they need to stop treating Noncompliance is a social skill.Noncompliance is one of the most important social skills. Noncompliance skills make it possible to say no, even when others want your right to say no to... as justification for violence.
…escalation in the face of noncompliance puts disabled people in danger every time they encounter the cops. In fact, what I call the cult of compliance puts everyone in danger, if not equally.
Bascom notes that stimming is often treated as aberrant or undesirable behavior by authority figures—not just police, but also teachers and parents. “That said, and this is important,” she continued, this case is not about lack of Acceptance means training mental health service providers to look at autism and other disabilities as a part of a person's identity, rather than a problem that needs to be fixed. Acceptance... regarding autism. “Regardless of why he was stimming, this young man should never have been approached at all. ‘Bouncing around’ isn’t a crime. Being autistic in public isn’t a crime. There was absolutely no justification for this young man to be stopped, and obviously no reason for him to have been restrained or slammed to the ground.”
Both he and Bascom, as well as numerous other experts I consulted from the disability-rights and police-reform movements emphasized that this is not a matter of lacking training, but rather the criminalization of any behavior deemed abnormal or undesirable.
So what do we do? When incidents like these happen, departments and some advocates often focus on two deeply troubling solutions: training and registries. Both are based on the idea that police just don’t recognize disability when they see it, or don’t know what to do if they recognize it. Instead, we need to When we successfully reframe public discourse, we change the way the public sees the world. We change what counts as common sense. Because language activates frames, new language is required... policing, decriminalize noncompliance, and remove police from as many situations as possible.4 Disabled Dead in Another Week of Police Brutality
Tell me how do I explain to such a person that the problem with Neli Latson is not simply “autism causing him to act out”? How will they understand that there is a world in which the color of one’s skin is enough to get an arrest record whether one commits a crime or not? How to hammer home that all of this combined with a bigot who called 911 as a “concerned citizen” saw a black man in a hoodie waiting for the public library to open and decided to lie and say they saw a gun doomed Neli before he ever encountered that school resource officer? Because I’ve tried. And they just can’t leave the world they live in long enough to understand this one.
Their world is comfortable and safe. They don’t have to do anything but mumble words of sympathy because they are so confident it won’t happen to their autistic child. Why should it? They are sure their social position, income, and race keeps their children safe. They forget something very important. Neli Latson would not have come to this horrible pass had he not also been autistic. This disaster is the intersection of autism, ableism and racism colliding with the school to prison pipeline. See everyone who is poor in Black America prepares their son for that moment. They teach them the social cues and red flags. They tell them to have a way to make that phone call and an understanding that they will be harassed by police at some point. But autism parents are told they need to teach compliance and concrete ideas about police to their autistic children. It gives autism parents a false sense of security about their teens encountering police.
Every autism parent who secretly thinks a police training course, safety movie, who they know, their race or wealth will keep this from happening to their child can think again. Ableism is as obvious in this case as racism. Neli was a popular student, well known in the area and that is why he was able to walk to the library Aloneness is a characteristic that many creatives embrace and yearn for. Being alone is anything but lonely. Reading, writing, and creating art all demand a personal space where one can... without prior incident. But the person who called 911 that day was tired of seeing the Black autistic kid waiting for the library to open. Black and neurodivergent was just too different for tolerance. The fact that to this day, the caller’s identity is hidden is very damning.
Neli did not understand the intersection of racism and abuse of The 20th Century political scientist Karl Deutsch said, “Power is the ability not to have to learn.”I quote this statement often, because I think it’s one of the most important.... He understood the rules of police engagement and was taught that everyone had rights under the law. That of course does not leave room for how to react when racism places a black body in jeopardy. No one told him that Black males are routinely harassed by police and if the officer doesn’t like the look of them, they will arrest them on any excuse. Neli wasn’t taught what to do if the police should continue to escalate or try to incite an act that might result in an arrest. He was not told to remain passive even if insulted, beaten or arrested even if he had done nothing wrong. He reacted as he did in high school wrestling matches when set upon. This reaction destroyed his life.
For four years, I have felt like I’ve been in a nightmare where I scream and people see my mouth move but no sound is heard. No matter what I did or do, no one sees or hears Neli. Neli’s former attorney was ignorant of autism so the defense was a disaster as it in fact supported the case that autism makes Neli dangerous. The Washington Post at one point flipped its initial and recent balanced coverage of the case to support this incorrect perspective of the “dark side of autism” complete with parent interviews. The presentation of the unfortunate defense case opened the way to a 25 year sentence. Autism organizations used Neli’s case as a cautionary tale of the evils of not using early intervention where “therapy” means compliance training through ABA and then promoted their own first responder training materials.Intersected: Making Neli Latson Matter: The Invisible Intersected Black Members of The Autism Community
But no one had trained him to recognize one of the classic signs of autism: the repetitive movements that autistic people rely on to manage their anxiety in stressful situations, known as self-stimulation or “stimming.” That’s what Connor was doing with the string when Officer Grossman noticed him while he was on patrol.
Studies show that these kinds of interactions between disabled people and law enforcement are terrifyingly common, and often go unreported. A white paper published last year by the Ruderman Family Foundation reported, “Disabled individuals make up a third to half of all people killed by law enforcement officers.”Opinion | The Police Need to Understand Autism – The New York Times
Disability is the missing word in media coverage of police violence.
Disabled individuals make up a third to half of all people killed by law enforcement officers. Disabled individuals make up the majority of those killed in use-of-force cases that attract widespread attention. This is true both for cases deemed illegal or against policy and for those in which officers are ultimately fully exonerated. The media is ignoring the disability component of these stories, or, worse, is telling them in ways that intensify stigma and ableism.
When we leave disability out of the conversation or only consider it as an individual medical problem, we miss the ways in which disability intersects with other factors that often lead to police violence. Conversely, when we include disability at the intersection of parallel social issues, we come to understand the issues better, and new solutions emerge.THE RUDERMAN WHITE PAPER ON MEDIA COVERAGE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT USE OF FORCE AND DISABILITY
Predictive policing can also perpetuate existing prejudices in the policing of disabled people – especially disabled people of color. Disability is more prevalent in What I have always been hoping to accomplish is the creation of community.Community is magic. Community is power. Community is resistance.Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century https://www.amazon.com/Disability-Visibility-First-Person-Stories-Twenty-First-ebook/dp/B082ZQBL98/ https://www.amazon.com/Disability-Visibility-Adapted-Young-Adults-ebook/dp/B08VFT4R9T/... of color,85 and disabled people are also more likely to be lower income,86 meaning that neighborhoods with higher concentrations of people of color and low-income people, which are historically likely to be subjected to increased policing, will also be neighborhoods with higher concentrations of disabled people. Thus, place-based predictive programs can exacerbate the concentration of policing resources in areas with significant numbers of disabled people. Similarly, person-based predictive programs use a range of data to flag certain people as likely threats, including data that can be related to disability but isn’t relevant to whether someone is a threat, raising the risk of profiling as well as self-perpetuating cycles of suspicion and criminalization.
For instance, the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office in Florida piloted a “juvenile intelligence analysis” program that created secret • Progress in human understanding has become increasingly complex and overwhelming.• Checklists help prevent serious but easily avoidable mistakes.• Checklists should be as short as possible, include all essential steps... of students deemed at-risk for potential future crime for reasons including receiving D grades, having 3-4 absences in a quarter, or being victimized by domestic violence – all experiences much more likely to happen to disabled students receiving insufficient support, experiencing Chronic illness is a pretty big umbrella, and it would be impossible to list them all. Some of them are triggered by an injury like a car accident, or something... illness, or being abused.87
These risks, which may not be possible to mitigate or eliminate, can only serve to deepen existing disparities in policing and incarceration that impact disabled people. Consider:
Ableism And Disability Discrimination In New Surveillance Technologies: How new surveillance technologies in education, policing, health care, and the workplace disproportionately harm disabled people – Center for Democracy and Technology
- Developmentally disabled people, including autistic people and people with intellectual disabilities, are at least seven times more likely to encounter police.88
- Disabled students, especially Black and Brown disabled students, were among students most frequently subjected to school-related arrests, as documented in the Department of Education’s Civil Rights Data Collection for the 2017-2018 school year.89
- Disabled people, especially those with cognitive and emotional disabilities, are almost 44 percent more likely to be arrested than nondisabled people.90
- Many disabled people experience police brutality because of profiling and misunderstanding characteristics of their disabilities. For instance, autistic people and people with mental illnesses may be perceived as being on drugs, Black people with mobility devices may be profiled as having a violent criminal history,91 and deaf people may be perceived as noncompliant or defiant for not following verbal orders.92
But officers who say they feel more confident after training may not know more about autism than untrained officers, according to a 2020 study. In that analysis, officers with prior training were just as likely as untrained officers to use physical force or handcuffs on an autistic person, or to admit one involuntarily to a hospital. They performed better on a test of autism knowledge after a new training designed by the study authors.
“If you have 50 hours of training on how to make sure you’re in control at all times and tackle people, and then four hours of training on dealing with autistic people, you’re not going to be acting on those four hours of training in a crisis,” says Sam Crane, legal director at the Autistic Self Advocacy Network.
Despite the fact that many officers say they feel more confident in their ability to interact with autistic people after training, a small survey of autistic people who’d had police encounters in Canada found that more than half were unhappy with those interactions, with many respondents reporting feeling uncomfortable, anxious and afraid. “There’s this gap between what the police are satisfied with and what members of the public who are autistic are experiencing and their levels of satisfaction,” Drapela says.
Autism training may also be worthless unless it includes accountability, such as penalties for officers who don’t put those lessons into practice, advocates say. “I want a cop to have to think twice before they act,” says Kim Kaiser, program director at The Color of Autism. “They should know that the consequences are going to be swift and harsh.”Why autism training for police isn’t enough | Spectrum | Autism Research News
The violence of the norm that is imposed without ever having to be spoken as such is debilitating. Not only does it normalize education, siphoning out Our friends and allies at Randimals have a saying, What makes us different, makes all the difference in the world.Randimals We agree. Randimals are made up of two different animals... of all kinds, but it also forces all bodies who want to be recognized as “knowledgeable” (and thus human) to be organized within an incredibly unimaginative matrix. This violence of course plays out far beyond the academic institution, affecting how bodies are considered to have value to society, even allowing certain bodies to be killed or altered to facilitate neurotypical existence (see Not Dead Yet for an account of how neurodiverse and disabled bodies tend not to be given the same life-saving medical treatment; see the Ashley Treatment for medical procedures that allow parents of disabled children to alter their bodies without their consent).Histories of Violence: Neurodiversity and the Policing of the Norm
In nearly all media accounts, and throughout much of the research literature, autistic functioning is portrayed in thoroughly ableist terms as a medicalized deficit that requires extensive correction. For many autistic toddlers and young children, the requirement to do things in the same manner as non-autistic kids often means that months and years are spent in some form of intensive behavioral training meant specifically to make them appear less autistic. Educator Lennard Davis (2010) calls the ableist enforcement of Normal was created, not discovered, by flawed, eccentric, self-interested, racist, ableist, homophobic, sexist humans. Normal is a statistical fiction, nothing less. Knowing this is the first step toward reclaiming your... onto the bodies and minds of disabled people “the tyranny of the norm,” (p. 6) and states that “the ‘problem’ is not the person with disabilities; the problem is the way that normalcy is constructed to create the ‘problem’ of the disabled person” (p. 3).
This problem-focused and medicalized approach to autism, which is devoid of autistic voices and autistic agency, leads to treatments, therapies, and educational approaches that do not respect the humanity, Self-determination Theory (SDT) is... — a model, a macro theory, of human motivation. It’s one of several models of human motivation, but it’s one that has been confirmed over and..., or dignity of autistic people – and this is especially true for many of the treatments that are focused on autistic toddlers and young children.Interrogating Normal: Autism Social Skills Training at the Margins of a Social Fiction | ScholarWorks
The significance of the events in Missouri extends beyond the very real and terrible pattern of police killings of African-American men. It is an intensification of years of cultural shift in which law enforcement and other authority figures have increasingly treated noncompliance as a reason to initiate violence.
This cult of compliance provides the point of intersection between racism and militarization of law enforcement — the primary factors at There is nothing more human than play. Humans were designed to learn in play. In fact, nearly all mammals evolved this way.Play's Power At our learning space, we provide learners fresh... in Ferguson — and other issues, such as the overuse of stun guns and the failure of police to respond to the needs of the mentally ill. Police may be motivated by their racism to harass people of color, but when officers get violent, they almost always cite a form of noncompliance as their justification.
In many cases, people who die at the hands of the police don’t obey commands, and the police initiate violence despite there being no imminent threat to their safety.
Mental illness has been sidelined as a separate issue requiring specialized training rather than included in broader conversations. To my knowledge, this is the first time that any major law enforcement official has included police violence against minorities and police violence against those with disabilities in the same review and identified them as part of the same broader problem.
It’s a link that needs to be made. In the vast majority of cases, especially those involving young black and Latino men, police can punish someone for noncompliance with impunity, and because of deeply entrenched racism, little is done in the way of reform. But when someone is disabled or unwell, violent police action reveals itself as what it is: disproportionate, crude and uncalled for. It is therefore imperative to consider the two situations side by side and integrate them into a broader discussion about how the police treats people who, for whatever reason, do not comply with their every whim.
First, we have to recognize the common denominators in many of these incidents: that people who die at the hands of the police don’t obey commands and that the police initiate violence, despite there being no imminent threat to their safety.Ferguson and the cult of compliance | Al Jazeera America
The Ruderman Family Foundation released the first Ruderman White Paper today – a groundbreaking, comprehensive study on the topic of police-related violence and media coverage in cases involving a person with a disability – which shockingly reveals that up to half of all people killed by police in the United States are disabled, and that almost all well-known cases of police brutality involve a person with a disability. This is true both for cases deemed illegal or against policy and for those in which officers are ultimately fully exonerated.
However, perhaps more shocking is the prevalence of disabilities in these encounters not being accurately or commonly reported. The report, co-authored by professor David M. Perry and award-winning disability activist Lawrence Carter-Long, unveils that media coverage of police violence fails to recognize or report the disability element when Americans are injured or killed by law enforcement, resulting in their stories being segregated from the issue in the media. This report examines the past three years of media coverage relating to police violence and disability, reviewing eight individual cases against people with disabilities since the death of a young man with Down syndrome named Ethan Saylor in January 2013.
In the vast majority of cases within this timeframe, the research reveals the following patterns in the overall data:
- Disability goes unmentioned or is listed as an attribute without context
- An impairment is used to evoke pity or sympathy for the victim
- A medical condition or “mental illness” is used to blame victims for their deaths
- An estimated 80% of all cases that involve disability are categorized as “mental illness”
- In rare instances, where disabilities are used as reason for intersecting forces that lead to dangerous use-of-force incidents, better models for policing in the future are suggested
“This White Paper reveals that people with disabilities are senselessly being subjected to a disproportionate use of force by our police and many of these encounters are leading to unnecessary deaths. Police forces need better practices, policies and procedures when interacting with people with disabilities so that harm by our law enforcement authorities is prevented,” said Jay Ruderman, president of the Ruderman Family Foundation. “Training is a necessary first step. Reforming the system follows closely behind. The rights of people with disabilities must be respected just like any other American citizen.”Ruderman Family Foundation » Media Missing the Story: Half of All Recent High Profile Police-Related Killings Are People with Disabilities
we face a continued crisis of centuries of surveillance and policing of racialized bodies. Indigenous, Black, Latinx, and Brown people have always been the targets of state violence and the violence of structural racism. When combined with ableism, those at the intersections live in fear of constant violence without any hope of justice. It’s long past time that our movements, our organizations, our activists in the disability What I have always been hoping to accomplish is the creation of community.Community is magic. Community is power. Community is resistance.Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century https://www.amazon.com/Disability-Visibility-First-Person-Stories-Twenty-First-ebook/dp/B082ZQBL98/ https://www.amazon.com/Disability-Visibility-Adapted-Young-Adults-ebook/dp/B08VFT4R9T/... start addressing our replication of white-centric structures and start challenging racism—and anti-blackness in particular.
While police brutality certainly impacts white disabled people, such as eleven year old Emily Holcomb, arrested and removed from her school in handcuffs after defending herself against violent physical restraint, disabled people of color are particularly vulnerable to state violence.
Many activists within the autistic community will describe ignorance borne of ableism as the root cause for police violence against autistic and other disabled people. They will urge better outreach to police and prosecutors and training on developmental disabilities as the solutions. Yet they will rarely, if ever, acknowledge the equally insidious impact of structural racism not merely on which of us are most vulnerable but also on how our community responds. Police training is important and useful, but no amount of awareness training will erase unconscious ableism and racism. Outreach can lead to better outcomes for some, but those of us who experience multiple layers of For me this space of radical openness is a margin a profound edge. Locating oneself there is difficult yet necessary. It is not a “safe” place. One is always at... cannot rely on police as an institution to protect or serve us. Before they hear our presentation on respectful interaction with autistic people, they see Black and Brown faces and project racialized criminality onto neurodivergent bodies marked doubly by race and disability.All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism
Further There are three types of reading: eye reading, ear reading, and finger reading.The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan: A Blueprint for Renewing Your Child's Confidence and Love of Learning Most schools and...,

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, with his wife, Landra, looking on, speaks to members of the media on Monday after he cast his vote in early voting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Reid and opponent Sharron Angle have made race an issue in their campaigns.
He also criticized Angle for not coming out immediately to denounce the “Don’t Vote” ad. “How can she possibly not speak out against what they’ve done?” Reid said, according to the Las Vegas Sun.
But Angle’s campaign said Reid is improperly using the race issue to attack a woman who has Hispanic grandchildren.
“Desperate politicians do despicable things when they are losing the political battle, including playing the race card, and Sharron finds that shameful,” Angle spokesman Jerry Stacy said in an e-mail. “It’s Harry Reid who divides; whether it concerns skin color or dialects of somebody running for political office, or questioning the political affiliation of patriotic Hispanics, it’s Harry Reid’s very own comments which prove that it is Harry Reid himself who is out of touch with our community.”
Republicans have tried to exploit Reid’s own blunders, including when he professed to not understand why some Latinos would vote for Republicans as well as his controversial comments about President Barack Obama’s being “light-skinned” and having “no Negro dialect.”
An Energized Bloc
Still, Angle’s comments and the GOP ad, which Hispanic leaders have dubbed an attempt at voter suppression, appear to have energized a voting bloc that Reid desperately needs if he is to eke out a victory in the race. The two have been tied in the polls for months.
Camila Gallardo, spokeswoman for Democracia Ahora, said the group’s Nevada arm has seen more enthusiasm in recent weeks from Latinos seeking to take on Angle’s “dangerous and irresponsible” behavior, which Gallardo said amounted to “race baiting.”
Gallardo said Democracia Ahora has registered close to 8,000 voters for this election. The Hispanic Institute, another activist group, recently announced it has registered an additional 10,000 Latino voters in Nevada. Hispanics make up about 12 percent of registered voters in Nevada, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
And if a partisan enthusiasm gap exists, it hasn’t emerged yet in Nevada, as Las Vegas political reporter and pundit Jon Ralston reported Wednesday. Ralston noted that Republicans only enjoy a slight 1 percent edge in turnout in Nevada’s two biggest counties. Early voting began Oct. 16.
DREAMing of a Win
Reid has long seen Hispanic voters as his key to victory in Nevada. Many pundits viewed his promise to bring immigration reform to the floor this year as a purely political move. But a bill never made it there, and Reid blamed Republicans for refusing to negotiate.
Then shortly before Congress adjourned for the elections, Reid also attempted to tee up a vote on the DREAM Act as part of his planned debate on the defense authorization bill. Republicans blocked the Senate from moving to the authorization for a variety of reasons, including the DREAM Act, which would create a path to citizenship for illegal-immigrant children who join the military or go to college.
Latino activists as well as union organizers in Nevada said they have been targeting Hispanic voters on behalf of Democrats by noting that immigration reform is a “jobs” issue.
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- WWE NXT Women's Champion Bayley worked tonight's WWE live event in Glasgow, Scotland. She teamed with Natalya to defeat Sasha Banks and Tamina Snuka. It's worth noting that Bayley came out with generic rock music as her entrance theme, she did not use her NXT theme song.
- Eva Marie is speaking at the SoldierStrong Awards ceremony tonight at the New York Yacht Club in New York City. WWE will be presented with the Corporate Leadership Award at tonight's ceremony. SoldierStrong is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing advanced medical technologies to veterans. Stephanie McMahon commented in a press release:
"It has been a privilege and honor to use WWE's global platforms to help shine a light on the extraordinary work of SoldierStrong and their commitment to our nation's heroes."
- Roman Reigns granted Make-A-Wish Wishes before tonight's WWE live event in Glasgow. Here he is with Wish Kids Aaron and Mackenzie:
- WWE Superstars continue to tease involvement in the Survivor Series tournament to crown a new WWE World Heavyweight Champion after Seth Rollins was forced to vacate due to injuries. Here are tweets from Curtis Axel and Bubba Ray Dudley:
Rollins out??? Tournament to crown a new Champ??? Interesting... @WWE— Curtis Axel (@RealCurtisAxel) November 5, 2015


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The ground ruptured and sizzled as Scorch Cannons and Wire Rifles pummeled my cover from all directions. Fallen war cries echoed through their endless ranks; despair grew within me, but with it came a whisper. An offer. I closed my eyes and accepted.
The cold embraced me, dimming the sounds of battle into reverberant echoes, thin and distant. I flexed my gauntlets and felt the roar of glaciers grinding against the bones of the world.
I crashed my fists into the earth and frozen obelisks erupted, encasing Dregs and Vandals into helpless effigies. I gazed through the crystals enveloping my enemies, and in the myriad refractions, I saw their fear. I felt their desperate will to escape my grip, and in the moment before release, I shattered it.
- Glacial Quake: Summon a Stasis gauntlet. While your Super is active:
- Shiver Strike — Hold input to leap through the air. Releasing unleashes a powerful dash attack that knocks targets back, slowing and damaging them.
- Catapult Lift: Jump while airborne to activate Lift and launch into the air with a strong initial burst of momentum.
- High Lift: Jump while airborne to activate Lift and launch into the air to greater heights.
- Strafe Lift: Jump while airborne to activate Lift and launch into the air with strong directional control.
- Coldsnap Grenade: A grenade that freezes on impact and sends another seeker to find and freeze targets.
- Duskfield Grenade: A grenade that shatters on impact, leaving behind a field that slows targets and freezes those who do not leave the volume.
- Glacier Grenade: A grenade that creates walls out of Stasis crystals to block damage and freeze targets; these walls can be shattered for damage.
- Rally Barricade: Create a small barrier that you can peek over while aiming down sights and that increases weapon reload speed, stability, and range when you stand behind it.
- Towering Barricade: Create a large barrier that can be used to reinforce a position with cover from enemy fire.
- Cryoclasm: After sprinting for a short while, enables a longer and more powerful slide. Sliding into Stasis crystals or frozen targets shatters them and any nearby frozen targets.
- Diamond Lance: Shatter or defeat targets with Stasis abilities to create a Stasis Lance.
- Howl of the Storm: While sliding, activate your charged melee ability to launch a wave of Stasis energy forward that freezes targets and creates Stasis crystals.
- Tectonic Harvest: Shattering a Stasis crystal creates a Stasis shard. This shard grants melee energy when picked up by you or your allies.
- Main page: Stasis Fragments


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Hemp is among the oldest industries on the planet, going back more than 10,000 years to the beginnings of pottery. The Columbia History of the World states that the oldest relic of human industry is a bit of hemp fabric dating back to approximately 8,000 BC. The bark of the hemp stalk contains bast fibers, which are among the Earth’s longest natural soft fibers and are also rich in cellulose. The cellulose and hemi-cellulose in its inner woody core are called hurds. Hemp stalk is not psychoactive. Hemp fiber is longer, stronger, more absorbent and more insulative than cotton fiber. CHINA is the largest exporter of hemp textiles. The fabrics are of excellent quality. Medium density fiber board is also now available. The Chinese word for hemp is “ma.”
FACT: Rampant staph infections continue to cost lives unnecessarily. One powerful weapon to fight this scourge is being successfully deployed by China’s military: industrial hemp. Staph is spread by direct contact and by touching items that are contaminated such as towels, sheets, privacy curtains, and clothing. As noted by the San Francisco Chronicle stating:
“It is estimated that each year 2 million Americans become infected during hospital stays, and at least 90,000 of them die. MRSA (an antibiotic resistant strain of staph) is a leading cause of hospital-borne infections.” One of the most important recent discoveries is hemp’s ability to kill surface bacteria, while cotton, polyester, and polyethylene allow it to remain on their surface for up to months at a time.
Unknown to many, hemp fabrics exist in today’s market that can replace each of these transmission prone hospital items. Hemp fabric was testing supported the results testing against two bacteria strains, Staphylococcus Aureus (staph) and Klebsiella Pneumoniae (pneumonia). The fabric tested was a hemp blend, 60% hemp and 40% rayon. The staph test sample was already 98.5% bacteria free during the first measurement of the testing, while the pneumonia fabric sample was 65.1% bacteria free. These results, even prior to the tests completion, clearly display the fabrics unique capability at killing bacteria and reducing their spread. This is especially imperative for healthcare facilities.
FACT: Thirty one states have introduced pro-hemp legislation and 19 have passed pro-hemp legislation. The potential for military and national adoption of hemp appears to be moving forward expeditiously considering a decade’s long ban. As science continues to “rediscover” the benefits of hemp for society, the solution is emerging from the fog of prohibition. Hemp is no longer an ancient fiber and it is well on its way to be the future of fabric.
- Survival of Enterococci and Staphylococci on Hospital Fabrics and Plastic – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC86187/
- San Francisco Chronicle, “HEALTH / High staph infection rates in hospitals stun public health officials / New study reports lethal drug-resistant bacteria widespread” – http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/HEALTH-High-staph-infection-rates-in-hospitals-2554708.php

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Grass Fed (Halal) Butterflied Leg of Lamb, 1.37kg, price/portion, frozen
One of the most popular outdoor summer meals from the barbecue is butterflied leg of lamb, nicely browned and crusty on the outside, pink and juicy in the middle.
When the leg of lamb is ‘slash-boned’ (the opposite of tunnel-boned) and opened out, it cooks much more quickly than the full leg on the bone. But the leg with bones removed, and each sub-primal intact, is not even in thickness so it cooks a little unevenly; the thickest parts - the topside and thick flank - take longer to cook than the thinner parts. This can be an advantage to the cook who wants to serve some meat rare, some medium or well done. But if the aim is to produce evenly rare or pink meat throughout, it is best to cut the lamb before cooking to make it as even in thickness as possible. This is done by further butterfly-cutting the topside and thick flank.
Our Lamb is Halal Certified, Grass Fed, Free of Antibiotics/Hormones, Free Ranging Outside, Farmed Ethnically & Sustainably (non GMO) & vacuum packed and Airfreighted from New Zealand to ensure the product arrives in optimum condition.
To roast - Place the leg, cut side up, on a rack in a roasting pan. Fan-bake at 180° to 200°C for 15 minutes. Turn lamb skin side uppermost and fan-bake for approximately 15 more minutes, to the desired degree of pinkness. Allow at least 20 minutes resting before carving.
To barbeque - For ease of handling on the barbecue, run two or three large metal skewers horizontally through the leg before cooking. Barbecue the lamb over steady, low heat, turning it every 10 minutes or so, basting if you wish. A small leg may need 30 to 35 minutes, a larger, thicker leg, up to 40 or 45 minutes. Do not overcook, and remember to allow plenty of resting time before carving.
This has been recently frozen, however we can assure you the taste and quality is the same, just in frozen state.
Item is frozen at -20 degrees celsius, before the ‘best before/freeze by date’ (expiry date) on the label i.e. means it can be kept in fridge (chiller) till that date.
Note - due to New Zealand export regulation’s the labelling can’t be amended to a more useful description.
Note - Frozen Lamb generally has a 12 month validity in the freezer.
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From one of the world's cleanest and purest environments, our lamb is reared on the fresh, pure, clean and green pastures of New Zealand. Sourced from our farms on the East Coast of the North Island, which are the highly productive rolling lowlands with a mild climate. This along with the long and even growing season of the North Island, and the purity of the environment delivers an abundance of lush pasture and clean water, giving the perfect combination for consistently tender, natural lamb, full of flavour and goodness. Our lamb is sourced from private, quality-driven farmers, with sustainable farming practices, proud of their history, quality and reputation. The lambs are grass fed on open pastures and are not given any genetically modified products, absolutely no hormones or antibiotics. New Zealand Lamb has only 6% fat and has one and half times more iron than pork or chicken breast.

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In the final phase, transition, we go through what you can expect at go-live, followed by lengthy discussions regarding service level agreements, operations process training, and transition to cloud operations. We talk about intricacies of system stabilization and monitoring. Finally, we explore the options for business continuity and security
This chapter introduces SAP user management. You will learn about preinstalled users in SAP NetWeaver Application Server (AS) ABAP and their responsibilities, and how to change the password of any user, lock or unlock a user, create new users, and copy new users from an existing user. We will also create roles for assigning transaction code authorizations to users.


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Decc's FDA Acceptable Coating System Options
At The DECC Company, we have narrowed our focus to three FDA acceptable coating application choices to ensure our customers can find a high quality and commercial grade solution to their specific coating challenge.
Please contact us in regards to your FDA coating challenge. With our knowledgeable staff and extensive history of developing creative ways to solve problems, we know we can help find a solution that works best for you.
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Utilizing Xylan 8870, this high cure, fluoropolymer based release coating is stain, wear, abrasion, household chemical and high temperature resistant. Typical applications include heat sealing bars, post or pre-formed cookware and domestic appliances, among many others.
When a durable, greatly lubricious nonstick surface is desired, the combination of the high abrasion and wear resistant primer Xylan 1391 with the excellent release properties of the Xylan 1331 top coat in our two coat system is the better option. While both coatings can be used independently from the other, the combination of the two makes for the best results. The two-coat system is ideal for commercial grade food processing equipment.
If there was ever a coating application that is virtually perfect in every aspect for commercial grade food processing equipment, the Whitford Eclipse system is it. If there was one critique of this application system, it would be that it is TOO good. The primer is dedicated entirely to durability and abrasion resistance with their reinforced resins, increasing the product’s lifecycle substantially. The topcoat is focused solely on release. As long as it can handle a 700-degree bake cycle, this coating application will work on virtually any substrate.
Why Are Coatings Termed “FDA Acceptable” or “FDA Compliant” and Not “FDA Approved”?
The FDA’s (Food & Drug Administration) purpose in the US it to develop and enforce rules and regulations to protect the public in the fields of food, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices. Before a new drug or medical device is introduced, the manufacturer must demonstrate its efficacy to the FDA and, if it passes, it must be formally approved prior to its use.
However, you may be surprised to learn that the FDA does not have an approval process for nonstick coatings that come into direct contact with food. The FDA does not review the composition of the nonstick coatings before they enter the market, nor do they inspect, test, or approve them. What the FDA does provide is an exhaustive set of regulations which govern the formulation, manufacture, and use of nonstick coatings.
As a result, the onus of compliance to these regulations is placed on the manufacturers of nonstick coatings. Because it is the manufacturer that is responsible for complying with the regulations when producing a coating and not the FDA that approves a coating once it is manufactured, the correct terminology is that a coating is “FDA Compliant” or “FDA Acceptable”, not “FDA Approved.”
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‘Rise Above’ with Youth Infinity
On June 30, 2018 (Saturday), Youth Infinity under AMKFSC participated in the Singapore Anti Narcotics Association (SANA)’s latest Anti-Drug abuse campaign ‘Rise Above’ at Sengkang Community Hub, where President Halimah Yacob graced the event as Guest-of-Honour.
At the event, President Halimah Yacob gave an insightful speech on the impact of drugs on the family and the difficulties faced by Singapore due to the ever changing global drug climate. An ex-youth drug offender and another mother also shared touching stories of their experiences.
The ‘Rise Above’ campaign aimed to raise awareness on the dangers of consuming illicit drugs, and to spread the importance of a parent/guardian’s role in their children’s lives. These aims closely aligned with the work that Youth Infinity, who showcased their knowledge and experiences at the event exhibition.
Youth infinity exhibited the reasons youth may consume drugs, how parents can help and the impact of drug use of mental health. Event-goers had a lot of fun playing problem-solving games at their booth, and President Halimah Yacob even left a heartwarming message for parents there.

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The development team of MoneroV has decided to postpone the hard fork. This means that the snapshot or emergence of the new blockchain will happen at block 1564965 instead of previously planned block 1529810. Those who hold original Monero coins will get MoneroV at 1:10 ratio after block 1564965 is mined.
The main intention of the developers behind this project is to adequately answer to the needs of potential investors. It looks like they did not expect such a big demand, observers note. This new altcoin’s source materials will be posted online soon, MoneroV founders promise.
Meanwhile, the vast Bittrex exchange has stated that it would not support MoneroV which might have affected the price of this altcoin even before it was born.
As already described in the older report by Bitnewstoday, one of the main differences between the original Monero and this MoneroV altcoin is the limited coin supply. Another notable features include new scalability protocol upgrades. As witnessed by Vitalik Buterin’s choice of topic on the recent conference, scalability is a crucial issue of further digital currency evolution.


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If you want to make sure you have the right coverage for your car, you should consider purchasing third-party insurance. This type of coverage will pay for damage to another person’s property and injuries to another person. This type of coverage is usually cheaper than first-party insurance and offers fewer restrictions. Here are some benefits of third-party insurance. These benefits make this insurance the best option for most people. Listed below are some of the reasons why you should consider third-party insurance.
Covers damage to another person’s property or injuries to a third party
Your third-party insurance policy protects you in case of an accident and compensates you for damages or losses caused to a third party. For example, bodily injury liability coverage will help cover medical bills, funeral costs, lost wages, and other expenses if you are at fault for causing an accident. Property damage liability coverage covers the cost of replacing or repairing another person’s property if you cause damage to theirs in an accident. It also covers legal fees for bringing a lawsuit against you for property damage.
Liability coverage protects you against third-party claims. It pays for third-party property damage as well as damage to your car. It also provides legal protection for you by ensuring your financial security when you face claims from a third party. Most states require you to carry a liability insurance policy, so if you are at fault in an accident, you need coverage.
The process for claiming damages under third-party insurance involves a process of exchanging information and documentation. Typically, third-party claims are approved up to the policy limit, and the responsible party pays the excess. In some cases, insurers may prefer to pay for medical bills or repair costs themselves instead of making a third-party claim. You may have to submit an accident report before your insurance company approves your claim.
While third-party insurance is important, there are many other types. Your liability insurance will not cover damages caused by your negligence or improper advice. You should consider professional liability insurance, also known as errors and omissions insurance. If you need liability insurance, try Thimble. It is easy and cheap to get. You can also get liability insurance on demand and apply for it online.
A home policy will also include liability coverage, but this type of policy is limited to a certain amount. A low limit on liability coverage could leave you responsible for the balance if you’re sued. However, the costs of hospital bills alone can run into thousands of dollars. With a third-party liability policy, you’re protected from costly lawsuits that can ruin your finances.
While New Hampshire does not require it does require drivers to carry it. It’s important to note that third-party liability insurance is not a substitute for bodily injury insurance. It pays out for damage done to another person’s property or injuries to a third-party caused by a collision. It also pays for injuries caused by intentional damage.
If you are at fault in a collision, your insurance will cover the expenses for medical bills, funeral costs, and lost wages. This type of coverage also covers the costs of legal fees and defense. While it doesn’t cover personal injuries, it does pay for medical bills and other expenses of another party. In Nevada, the minimum insurance requirement was increased in July 2018.
Is cheaper than first-party insurance
When searching for car insurance, you may be wondering what’s cheaper: third comprehensive insurance. While third-party insurance is the cheapest type of cover, it also offers the least protection. With this type of policy, you will be covered only for the harm you cause to others and the injuries you cause to yourself. Read on to find out why you should choose comprehensive over third-party. The benefits of each type of policy are listed below.
As with any type of insurance, a fully comprehensive policy is more expensive than first-party insurance. Fully comprehensive policies tend to be expensive, as they cover more losses than third-party policies. However, high-risk drivers may be more likely to claim than average. Therefore, third-party insurance may prove to be cheaper in this situation. However, this should be taken with a pinch of salt as the difference may not be large enough to make it worthwhile.

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A man who was attempting to break into a Covington home on New Year's Day was surprised when the off duty state police officer who lived there opened the door and took him into custody at gunpoint.
A fur coat only goes so far, the Georgia Department of Agriculture's Animal Industry Division warned Wednesday when it urged pet owners and farmers to take precautions with their animals as temperatures drop.
County Attorney Tommy Craig will serve another year in that position after the Newton County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to reappoint him at Tuesday night's meeting.
Hunter Hall is leaving the Covington-Newton County Chamber of Commerce for a business development position with Kelly Products after informing his staff of the change Monday.
The Rotary Club of Covington will host its annual Prayer Breakfast Friday at First Baptist Church in Covington.
Georgia Perimeter College will soon become part of Georgia State University after a proposal recommending the consolidation of the two schools from Board of Regents Chancellor Hank Huckaby was approved Tuesday morning.
To vote on this poll, please visit the main webpage of CovNews.com, and scroll a little more than halfway down the page. The poll is located in the center portion of the website below the "Ask the Expert" section.
A retired NYPD Detective had around $14,000 worth of items taken from his storage unit at South of the Square Storage recently.
The City of Covington has completed several large public works projects with a major drinking water pipe upgrade currently underway.
The city of Covington and the Covington Police Department swore in four new officers at Monday night's city council meeting, amid trying times for police officers.
Ann Capolino Brewer was a natural leader known for her relentless efforts to better her community. She was especially known for her work on behalf of those suffering from cystic fibrosis, and was a champion of Georgia farmers as one of the first organizers of the organic food movement.
The old Dover Cemetery is all but invisible from the road save for a few heavily worn headstones peeking out from a family plot overgrown with long, dry grass and pine saplings. Further back, some of the more recent headstones have been tended to, but a collapsed wire fence and thickets of brambles stand as evidence of years of neglect.
2015 is here! And if you are like me, you enjoy your family traditions surrounding this holiday.
Storms will usher in more rain, followed by cold temperatures across Newton, Rockdale and surrounding counties this week.
Newton County Sheriff Ezell Brown has announced that he plans to seek reelection as sheriff in the 2012 election.
Newly appointed County Manager John Middleton met with department heads and constitutional officers Friday morning to review with them changes made to the county's government.
An argument over a lost hoodie led to a juvenile being hit in the head with a container of French onion dip Thursday.
Prominent republican backer James Clayton Newman was arrested in Cobb County last month and charged with DUI, at least his second this year.
A decision by a woman to not help authorities in their investigation against her alleged abuser had deputies contacting the Department of Children Services Wednesday evening on the child's behalf.
Deputies from the NCSO are searching for a group of black males who allegedly fired shots and busted into a home on Oak Terrace Drive late Wednesday night.
Two days after Newton County moved to a county manager form of government, officials have yet to detail how the new structure will work.
Newtonians of all ages came together last night for the annual lighting of the courthouse.
Though reports of his death are indeed correct, Mark Twain will appear in Newborn at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the Old Newborn Schoolhouse, 4326 Ga. Highway 142.
The Newton County School System cancelled after school programs at Indian Creek, Liberty Middle and Newton High due to inclimant weather. Students are to ride their assigned buses home.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 890 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
An overturned tractor-trailer stalled traffic this morning on I-20 East. The accident occured between the Covington and Alcovy exits.
The Newton County Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 Tuesday to immediately create a county manager position and to place John Middleton in that position.
Hometown Realty owner and longtime Covington resident Darlene Smallwood has spent the last eight years building a reputation for helping her customers. The business, located on Hazelbrand Road, has become known in the community for those efforts.
Three months of discussions between Mansfield residents and the Georgia Transmission Corporation ended Tuesday without compromise, and the corporation is moving forward with its original plan to build a new 3.2 mile transmission line that will pass through part of Mansfield.


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Hi Bold Bakers!
Sure, the leaves have started to change their colors, and you’ve had to bust out your warmer sweaters — but is it really fall if you don’t have Apple Cider Donuts? I don’t think so!
Apple cider donuts are a staple of the fall season and one of our favorites here! My apple cider donut recipe is all-around perfect. The donuts are delightfully sweet, so soft on the inside, with a delicious crunchy cinnamon-sugar coating on the outside. I love the subtle tastes of the nutmeg and the tangy apple cider.
Apple cider donuts are good when you pick them up at a local farm stand — but warm, freshly fried apple cider donuts? Game. Changer.
What Are Apple Cider Donuts?
Apple cider donuts are a staple in northeast America, where cider mills and orchards sell them alongside their freshly picked apples and pressed cider.
My apple cider donut recipe is a no-yeast cake donut full of warm spices and tasty apple cider.
[ Want the taste of fall? Try my Best-Ever Pumpkin Bread! ]
The Type Of Apple Cider You Should Use
First, don’t use a boozy cider! And apple juice is not recommended either. Besides those two points, any apple cider you find at your favorite orchard, farm stand, or grocery store will work.
You could even make your own apple cider!
What You Need To Make Apple Cider Donuts:
- Measuring Cups and Spoons
- Shallow saucepan
- 2 Baking sheets
- Parchment paper
- Mixing bowl
- Deep saucepan for frying
How To Make Apple Cider Donuts
The perfect fall breakfast (or anytime snack) is just a few steps away. Here is how you make apple cider donuts (and don’t forget to get the full recipe with measurements, on the page down below):
- First, reduce the apple cider by boiling in a shallow saucepan until the liquid is reduced to 1/3 cup. Allow the cider to cool completely.
- Prepare a baking sheet by lining it with parchment paper. Sprinkle with flour.
- Beat the butter and sugar together for 5 minutes until it is light and fluffy. Then, beat in the eggs, one at a time. Add the cooled cider, yogurt, and vanilla.
- In another bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, and nutmeg. Gradually stir the dry ingredients into the wet.
- Once the dough is just combined, place it on the prepared baking sheet and sprinkle with more flour. Roll, or pat, out to be 3/4-inch thick.
- The dough will be very soft, so cover it with plastic wrap and place it in the freezer for 15 minutes to allow it to firm up. This will make cutting and handling the dough easier.
- While you wait for the dough to chill, heat 2-3-inches of oil in a saucepan over medium heat. If you are using a thermometer, let it heat to 325°F (165°C). Adjust the heat to keep it at that temperature.
- Mix the sugar and cinnamon in a bowl and place it next to the oil. Place a wire rack on a baking sheet and place near the oil and sugar as well.
- Cut circles out of the chilled dough with a 3-inch cutter. Gather, repat, and cut any scraps.
- Using a 1-inch cutter, cut the hole out of each circle’s center to make the doughnut shape.
- Carefully fry 2-3 donuts or 4-5 donut holes in the oil and put the rest of the dough in the freezer to stay chilled while waiting to be fried. If the dough gets too warm, it may break apart in the oil, so it’s best to keep it chilled.
- Fry the donuts for 2 to 3 minutes, until golden brown on one side, then flip and fry the other side.
- Once done, remove the donut from the oil and let it drain for a minute, then toss in the cinnamon sugar and place on the wire rack to cool. Repeat with remaining donuts.
Gemma’s Pro Chef Tips For Making Apple Cider Cake Donuts
- Use store-bought or my Homemade Apple Cider.
- You can reduce the apple cider a day or two in advance to save time on the day you plan to fry the donuts.
- Cinnamon sugar is a classic coating for cider doughnuts, but you can also try my vanilla or maple doughnut glaze for these doughnuts!
- For extra flavor, add a pinch of salt to your cinnamon sugar.
- Oil is HOT when frying! Make sure you stay safe: place doughnuts carefully in the oil to avoid splash burns, watch carefully to make sure that the oil doesn’t start to smoke, and never walk away from oil heating on the stove! If you are a child making this recipe, make sure to get an adult’s help!
- These donuts can baked for about 12-15 minutes at 350oF (180oC). Dust them in sugar when they come hot out of the oven.
How To Store Apple Cider Donuts
Donuts are best when they are eaten the day they are made, but you can store any leftovers in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days.
Make More Fall Recipes!
And don’t forget to buy my Bigger Bolder Baking Cookbook!
Full (and printable) recipe below!


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Have you ever noticed how certain sounds or actions can trigger an immediate response in you? It’s fascinating how our brains are wired to associate certain stimuli with specific reactions. One such stimulus that often catches our attention is the sound of a slamming door. But is a slamming door a conditioned stimulus? In this article, I’ll delve into the world of classical conditioning and explore whether a slamming door can indeed be considered a conditioned stimulus. We’ll uncover the principles behind classical conditioning and discuss how our brains form associations between stimuli and responses. So, if you’re curious to understand the psychology behind our reactions to slamming doors, keep reading!
Classical Conditioning Explained
Classical conditioning is a fundamental concept in psychology that helps explain how certain stimuli can elicit automatic responses. In this section, I’ll delve deeper into classical conditioning and explore whether a slamming door can be considered a conditioned stimulus.
At its core, classical conditioning is a type of learning that involves forming associations between stimuli and responses. It was first studied by the renowned psychologist Ivan Pavlov, who famously conducted experiments with dogs. Pavlov initially noticed that the dogs would salivate at the sight of food, but he also observed that they started salivating even before the food was presented.
To investigate this phenomenon, Pavlov began to pair a neutral stimulus, such as the sound of a bell, with the presentation of food. Over time, the dogs started to associate the bell with food, to the point where the sound of the bell alone would elicit a salivary response. In this case, the sound of the bell became a conditioned stimulus, triggering the conditioned response of salivation.
Let’s apply the concept of classical conditioning to our question about the slamming door. A slamming door could potentially be a conditioned stimulus if it consistently and predictably triggers a specific response in individuals. For example, if someone has been startled by a slamming door multiple times in the past, they may develop an automatic fear response whenever they hear a door slams shut. In this scenario, the slamming door acts as the conditioned stimulus, eliciting a fear response as the conditioned response.
It’s important to note that not everyone will respond in the same way to a slamming door. The conditioning process depends on an individual’s experiences and personal associations. One person may have a fear response, while another may not have any significant reaction to a slamming door. Classical conditioning helps us understand how these associations are formed and why our responses can vary.
Classical conditioning explains how we form associations between stimuli and responses. While a slamming door could potentially become a conditioned stimulus for someone who has developed a specific response, it’s important to remember that conditioning is a complex process influenced by individual experiences. Understanding classical conditioning can shed light on the psychology behind our reactions to various stimuli, including the sound of a slamming door.
If a Slamming Door is a Conditioned Stimulus
In the world of psychology, the concept of conditioned stimulus plays a crucial role in understanding how we respond to various stimuli. In simple terms, a conditioned stimulus is a previously neutral stimulus that, through association with an unconditioned stimulus, elicits a specific response. So, can a slamming door be considered a conditioned stimulus? Let’s dive deeper into this intriguing question.
To determine whether a slamming door can be classified as a conditioned stimulus, we need to consider a few factors. First, let’s understand the basic principles of classical conditioning. It was Ivan Pavlov, a Russian psychologist, who famously conducted experiments with dogs to demonstrate classical conditioning. Pavlov paired a neutral stimulus, such as the sound of a bell, with the presentation of food, until the sound of the bell alone caused the dogs to salivate. In this case, the sound of the bell became a conditioned stimulus, triggering a response (salivation) that was initially caused by the unconditioned stimulus (food).
Applying this concept to a slamming door, we need to determine if the slamming sound consistently elicits a specific response in individuals. For example, if someone consistently experiences fear or anxiety whenever they hear a slamming door, then it is possible that the slamming door has become their conditioned stimulus for those emotions. However, it is important to note that not everyone will respond in the same way to the sound of a slamming door. Conditioning is influenced by individual experiences and associations, so different people may have different conditioned responses to the same stimulus.
Whether a slamming door can be considered a conditioned stimulus depends on the individual’s learned response to that specific stimulus. While it is possible for a slamming door to become a conditioned stimulus for certain emotions or reactions, it is not a universal phenomenon. Understanding the concept of conditioned stimulus helps shed light on the psychology behind our reactions to various stimuli, including the sound of a slamming door.


A series of unexpected ferromagnetic behaviors based on the surface-vacancy state: an insight into NiO nanoparticles with a core–shell structure
Antiferromagnetic nanoparticles as ultimate low-dimensional materials potentially give novel magnetic properties that differ from their bulk form due to strong quantum and surface effects. Herein, we propose that the observed anomalous ferromagnetic behavior of NiO nanoparticles is due to the formation of a ferromagnetic particle shell that is oxygen-vacancy related. A novel self-consistent estimation of the saturation magnetization further confirmed our proposal. The samples, synthesized by a thermal decomposition method, exhibit diversely anomalous ferromagnetic behavior, such as hysteresis curves, large coercivities, exchange bias and spin-glass behavior. A large saturation magnetization of 0.536 emu g−1 exists in the 6 nm NiO sample and it is found to decrease with increasing crystal size. Neither impurity element nor change of valence state has been found in the samples, through X-ray photoelectron, X-ray diffraction or selected-area electron diffraction measurements. Remarkably, a large amount of oxygen vacancies exists, which was verified by X-ray photoelectron spectrum fitting results and Raman spectroscopy. A post-hydrogen-annealing process strongly elevates ferromagnetic ordering, as a result of surface defect enhancement. Moreover, our estimation of the saturation magnetization based on first principle calculation results is in agreement with the experimental conclusion, which reveals the significance of surface states in mediating anomalous magnetic properties in low-dimensional antiferromagnetic materials.


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The winner of the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize was announced on Friday by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. It went to Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian rights activist and journalist who is currently serving time in prison for her political advocacy. The committee awarded Mohammadi the prize for “her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all.”
Last September, mass national protests began in the country following the death of Mahsa Amini – who died in morality police custody after she was brought in for not wearing her hijab appropriately. Women were mostly the driving force behind these demonstrations. The prize also goes to those women and girls, with the committee saying that it “recognizes the hundreds of thousands of people who, in the preceding year, have demonstrated against Iran’s theocratic regime’s policies of discrimination and oppression targeting women.”
Mohammadi herself has been fighting for women’s rights and anti-death penalty campaigns in Iran for about 30 years now. She’s worked with organizations like the Defenders of Human Rights Center, which is now banned in Iran. In 2011, Mohammadi was arrested for the first time for speaking out for jailed human rights activists and their families. Released on bail in 2015, she was put back in prison for being vocally against Iran’s death penalty. The death penalty in the country has been used for lesser crimes, like those related to drugs, anti-government activism or just being LGBTQ+.
Mohammadi is still jailed now, being held in the infamous Evin Prison for “spreading anti-state propaganda.” She’s serving a 10-year sentence. While there, she’s organized prison protests, written opinion essays and led workshops for her fellow inmates about their rights. It’s unlikely that receiving the Nobel Prize will help free her in any way, but Norwegian Nobel Committee chair Berit Reiss-Andersen called on Iran to release her for the prize ceremony on December 10.
Her family released a statement Mohammadi wrote, which says: “Standing alongside the brave mothers of Iran. I will continue to fight against the relentless discrimination, tyranny and gender-based oppression by the oppressive religious government until the liberation of women.”


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Daniel Palillo Spring/Summer 2015 Lookbook - Fucking Young!
Eschewing the conventions of the fashion world, the Finnish artist-designer Daniel Palillo situates his Spring/Summer 2015 collection in an exhibition of new paintings. Paintings about the Fashion World takes on tropes of the fashion world as its subject... »
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This comic sounds promising. The image below is a blurb on the back that caught my eye and made me add it to the pile I wanted to use a graduation gift card on.
Kim & Kim are queer interdimensional bounty hunters that travel in a space-modified VW van. Imagine if the Mystery Machine could fly, and you’ve basically got what they live and work in.
This buddy-cop comic, where instead of buddies the cops are significant others, is a wild ride with restaurant window crashing adventures and gun-wielding battles.
I picked up this comic because the diversity sounded awesome. Who wouldn’t want more queer and trans representation in a comic?
As much as I wanted to truly love this comic, I couldn’t get past the forced writing. Every section felt like it was forcing the character’s backstories down my throat while also maintaining the current bounty hunt. The two stories weren’t woven as cleanly and it made much of the writing feel cluttered. Or maybe more like a rollercoaster?
I couldn’t get attached to the characters and want to follow their story. Kim Q. and Kim D. have a lot to share about their lives and how they came to be a couple. But forcing all of that character backstory right away didn’t hook me. It made me less inclined to keep reading.
The story stopped and started a lot. We’d be on some bounty adventure, suddenly the characters would jump scenes and recount the battle, or what they woke up to. At points, I didn’t mind the change of scene that cut out the exposition. But I did want to know what happened further with those plots because the sudden jump cut seemed like a cop out.
The art is colorful and it’s great to see the punk clothing spliced in a space-western.
Don’t get me wrong. This is a fun comic overall with its Space!Cowboy Punk world. Maybe this comic isn’t my cup of tea, but I think the writing could be stronger and give us more depth to the characters than what was repeated in every chapter/issue. Pick this up if you want to give it a shot and explore the diverse world created.

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