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Zombie Bass: Ghouls Night OutPosted on: June, 7, 2012, in
June 23rd @ Club Metropolis: Asheville, NC
Subterranean Soundz presents…
Bass Zombies 4
ghouls night out
Saturday July 23, 2012
LADIES FREE BEFORE 10:30
about the artists….
ALIGNING MINDS (Alpha Zero; Asheville, NC/ Baltimore MD)
Aligning Minds is the unique and captivating collaboration of two
producers using sound to achieve a mutual vision. Ethereal and dubby, uplifting and haunting, their music winds its way through the imaginative souls of its listeners, offering a deep exploration of subsonic mood and emotional atmosphere. Focused on unifying electronic music through diverse influence, their sound fuses elements of …many genres like downtempo, dubstep, breakbeat and idm – but without the need for formulaic restrictions.
The Aligning Minds sound is melodic and bass heavy. It’s emotionally charged future music that rides on hypnotic breakbeats, infectious basslines, dubby soundscapes, and idm experimentation for one to dance or lounge to.
Aligning Minds has had the pleasure of collaborating with and performing alongside artists as varied as Emancipator, Invisible Allies, Alvin Risk, Beats Antique, Robert Manos, Shpongle, Alex Grey, Daedelus, Mochipet, Richie Hawtin, Eskmo, John Tejada, Nosaj Thing, Benga, edIT, Kraddy, Jimmy Edgar, Headhunter, Bluetech, Kilowatts, Untold, OTT, the Great Mundane, Green Velvet, Milosh and the list continues.
INTRINSIC (Pangea/Skew ; Asheville, NC)
Intrinsic is Asheville, NC based producer, dj, vj and fire spinner and stiltwalker Jesse Spainhour.
His music blurs the lines between many genres, juxtaposing a range of tempo, styles, textures and structures all fused by an inherent melodic element.
Live he often uses a variety of interfaces such as wii remotes, joysticks, p5 gloves, and midi controllers to trigger and warp the sounds
– dancing to and thereby creating the modulations within – a rich and intricate soundscape.
He is also known for setting up interactive visual projections controlled by sound, fire, and a variety of peripheral devices.
Integrating a keen sense of musicality, he syncs visual elements with the music- creating a cohesive, multi-sensory, interactive experience.
He is also a fire performer who specializes in poi, double staves and stilt walking. He worked with Unifire Theatre from 2007 through 2010.
Over the past 10 years he has performed/ spun/ projected alongside too many names to list @ festivals throughout the southeast while working with Pure Perception Records, Skew Records, Heterodox Records, and Wondrous Temple of Boom
DJ STORY (Asheville, NC)
DJ Story was Born in Jamaica (1985), and grew up surrounded by music in Santa Fe, NM. His father played in the old school roots reggae/ska band, “Justin Hinds & the Dominoes,” and he started studying traditional Zimbabwean music in 1997. He has been DJing since 1998 when he attended a mixing/scratching workshop. Soon after, the front man from the notable 80s rock band, “Winger,” recognized his …musical talents and set him up with a home recording studio. Since then, Story has produced hundreds of songs, and has performed at festivals and events all over the West Coast and Hawaii such as Burning Man, Source, Telemagica, Mystic Garden Party, Synergenesis, and full moon gatherings on the lineup with the various internationally known artists including Ott, Bluetech, Beats Antique, David Starfire, LYNX & Janover, EOTO, Random Rab, Phutureprimitive, DJ Dragonfly, Tipper, Rara Avis, Cheb i Sabbah, Desert Dwellers and more.
In 2009, DJ Story moved to Asheville from Maui, and started playing electro bass, didgeridoo and soundscapes in the local world music band, “Nataraj.” All his music on soundcloud is available as free downloads, although donations are always appreciated. You can find his album, “Seed of Sound,” in the iTunes music store. He also has a free iTunes podcast, “Intuitive Beats,” featuring some DJ mixed sets. Visit DJ Story’s website, www.IntuitiveBeats.com, for more info, tutorials, and downloads.
SCOUNDREL (Asheville, NC)
Begun at the beginning of this year, Scoundrel is an original and mashup production project of Jhan Aeon and Cleofus Williams. They currently host the weekly Wicked Wednesdays at Remix and in April they released their debut ep, Bad Advice From Shady People, featuring originals including a collabortion with Molly from Paper Tiger.
EPOCH (Asheville, NC / Detroit, MI)
Edward J. Ramp (AKA epoch) has been deep into the electronic music scene since 2004. Starting out in Lansing, MI, EPOCH rocked the local clubs with a variety of both main stream and electronic events as well as long standing residencies at Club Rush, ENSO, Lou & Harry’s and Ricks. After moving to Detroit and working with the Detroit Dubstep crew at The Works Night Club, he really came into his most recent sounds. EPOCH has steadily progressed his style into the harder more dynamic basslines of dubstep/drumstep mixed with the sexy stylings of Hip Hop/Glitch and is now best known for his extremely energetic and filthy live sets.
Edward recently moved to Asheville, NC where he quickly plugged into the local dj scene. He has performed with many well established artists such as Trill Bass, Mantis, DLX, Knyphy, Jackal and Hyde, and Matt Clarke.
Coming hard with the grimiest sounds, EPOCH is sure to light up dance floors of any size.
JER BEAR (Asheville, NC)
With roots running deep in the darker side of metal, hardcore, and punk rock, you can always be sure that Jer Bear will bring an energetic set to the dance floor. His goal is to bring some of the hottest and darkest underground sounds of Dubstep, Drum and Bass, Glitch-Hop, and Electro House, all while making sure to keep it dance floor friendly. Starting his DJ career in early 2011 Jer Bear has already shared the stage with heavy hitters such as Freddy Todd, Mantis, D-Queue, Cry Wolf, Bitch Please, Fast Nasty, Spooky Jones, TC Izlam, Spektr, and Hipnotikk. Always keeping the music itself as the center of attention, rather than who is playing it, Jer Bear’s love for the music he selects has been known to get even the biggest of skeptics to lose inhibition and rage it on the dance floor.. be prepared to dance when this guy’s on the decks.
10-11:15 Jer Bear
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About the Jammin' Bobcats
The Abingdon Elementary Bobcat Jam is an after school program for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students who are learning about music from around the world that has influenced our local musical culture of the Appalachian Region. Students sing songs and play instruments including ukulele, dulcimer, guitar, autoharp, banjo and fiddle, mandolin, and harmonica. The Bobcat Jam has performed for PTA, Glade Spring Farmer’s Market and the Heartwood Youth Music Festival. Parents and students are encouraged to attend music venues, concerts and Museums all along the Crooked Road, America’s Musical Heritage Trail. Students wishing to be included in the Abingdon Elementary Jam group must follow through on practice assignments, attend rehearsals and performances with exceptions of illness or school closings, take care of instruments, and display proper classroom rehearsal etiquette. Teachers include Mrs. Barbara Walton, Ms. Tammy Martin, and Ms. Donna Davis. We are dedicated to instilling a love of Old Time and Bluegrass music to our future generations.

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We are musicians. Husband plays the bass guitar, electric guitar, and acoustic guitar. He can also sing. I play the piano.
So, Husband and I constantly have songs in our heads.
So, if you say certain words or certain key phrases in our house, we will cut you off mid-sentence and start singing at the top of our lungs. For example, this morning Jude told husband, "You're bad." Instantly, Husband became Michael Jackson and started singing Bad as loud as he could.
This type of singing happens all the time in our house. If you say, "Yesterday, blah, blah happened," one of us will start singing The Beatles' song Yesterday. If you say, "Can you imagine blah, blah, blah," again, one of us will start singing John Lennon's Imagine. Since we are huge Beatles fans, we have just about the entire Beatles' repertoire memorized.
We will break into song at any point we hear a word or phrase that is found in any one of our favorite songs. It's like certain key words trigger the songs in our heads. We just can't help it! And, this can be very annoying- especially when you are trying to have a serious conversation with us. Jude gets so annoyed with our behavior that sometimes he just storms away to his room in frustration. We know he's trying to talk to us about something important, but the urge to sing just compels us to do so when we here that magic word or phrase.
All I can say is, poor kid! He has us for parents!


Nutrient deficiencies are especially important in growing plants hydroponically as the plants are completely dependent on the nutrients we supply in the water. Ethan Walter from www.brightagrotech.com has a nice video explaining in detail how to spot each type of Deficiency and what to do in case of emergency.
If you like reading instead of watching the video, here is the summary:
In hydroponics we mainly talk about macro-nutrients and micro-nutrients. They can be mobile or immobile (meaning the plant can move the deficient nutrient where is needed or not) and this is important when you check for signs.
Besides knowing what are the signs of deficiencies and how do they look on a plant, the most important thing is to spot the signs early. If you spot the signs late, the plant might be too damaged to easily identify the initial problem so it’s harder to know what went wrong. Secondly, each plant has different nutrient level needs, so if lettuce does well in a nutrient solution, tomatoes might not feel so well. So it’s good to know the general demands of each plant you are growing hydroponically.
The macro-nutrients are: nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.
Nitrogen is a mobile nutrient, so you first start to notice its deficiency in older Leafs. Chlorosis is the main symptom of nitrogen deficiency – the leafs will become less green, pale or white, beginning from the tip of the leaf on the older leafs as the plant will try to move the nitrogen to the newer leafs.
Phosphorus deficiency is especially easy to spot as the leafs will turn darker or become purple (note that there are plants that are supposed to be red)
Potassium deficiency looks a bit similar to Nitrogen deficiency: the leafs loose the green color, but the difference is that the leafs will start to be affected on the margins first.
The micro-nutrients are: magnesium, iron and calcium.
The Magnesium deficiency main symptom is chlorosis, but the difference is that the veins are still green (so the chlorosis in called interveinal chlorosis)
Iron deficiency is spotted in younger leafs as it’s an immobile nutrient and it’s looking as interveinal chlorosis.
Calcium deficiency is very common, especially in rooms that are not well ventilated. The symptoms are necrosis at the margin of the leafs and curled leafs. Calcium is immobile.
Here is the video explaining it all:
If you are looking for a more detailed explanation that also talks about pests and other nutrient deficiencies you can watch this e-Grow webinar:
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When protesters developed a platform to end police violence in the wake of the 2014 police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, the first of their 10 demands was to end “broken windows” policing, the law enforcement paradigm marked by aggressive policing of minor offenses and heavy police presence in low-income Black communities.1
Broken windows policing is what led Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson to approach Michael Brown simply for walking in the middle of the street. It is what motivated police to repeatedly harass Eric Garner, a 43-year-old Staten Island resident who was killed earlier that summer by NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo, using a banned police chokehold during an encounter initiated over Garner’s alleged sale of loose cigarettes. And in 2015 it was what brought Baltimore police into contact with Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old Baltimore man who was initially stopped while allegedly fleeing from police officers in his low-income Black community—and who died after his spinal cord was severed while he was in police custody.
The role of broken windows policing in each death quickly became the focus of protesters from the Black Lives Matter movement and other civil rights advocates. Just days after Brown’s death, national president of the NAACP Cornell William Brooks said, “The death of Michael Brown strikes me as the latest, sad chapter in an ongoing national narrative about a form of policing, broken windows policing, that is simply not right for the country.”2 In New York City, This Stops Today—an ad hoc coalition taking its name from Eric Garner’s words on the day he died to the officers who had repeatedly harassed him—made ending broken windows one of their 11 demands. (The 11 demands were issued in honor of the 11 times that Garner was seen on video telling the officers who killed him, “I can’t breathe.”3)
Broken windows policing is not only all too often lethal, it also contributes to the use of excessive and illegal force in the context of the most mundane police encounters. It led a New York City officer to put Rosan Miller, a seven-months pregnant Black woman initially approached for grilling outside her home, into the same banned chokehold that had led to Garner’s death just a few weeks before.4 It was the excuse for another officer to slam Stephanie Maldonado to the ground in New York City’s West Village for “jaywalking” like Mike Brown.5 It was what led police to arrest Duanna Johnson, a Black transgender woman, for prostitution—one focus of broken windows policing—while walking down a street in Memphis, Tennessee, in 2008, only to beat her bloody with metal handcuffs at the police station in an incident captured on video because she refused to answer to “faggot.”6 Broken windows policing also created opportunities for recently convicted Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holzclaw to stop women as they walked down the street to inquire as to what they were doing and where they were going, thus facilitating his sexual harassment, assault, and rape of 13 Black women and girls.7
The “Folk” Origins of Broken Windows
What does broken windows policing have to do with the Right? In part, the answer lies in where it came from: an outgrowth of the conservative “law and order” agendas of the early 1980s. Neoconservatives George Kelling and James Q. Wilson outlined the theory underlying broken windows policing in a 1982 Atlantic Quarterly article. 8 Kelling is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and Wilson, before his death in 2012, was a board member at the American Enterprise Institute, both right-wing think tanks.9 According to Wilson and his colleagues, liberal concessions to civil rights movements and protest cultures of the 1960s and ‘70s were significant contributing factors to the urban chaos broken windows policing purports to address.10 In 1985 Wilson co-wrote a book, Crime and Human Nature, with Richard J. Herrnstein, a co-author of The Bell Curve, which notoriously advanced a theory of racial differences in intelligence. Wilson’s own 1975 book, Thinking About Crime, argued that crime is the product of individual and social “predispositions,” rather than socioeconomic conditions.11 His theories echoed those of his mentor, Edward Banfield, who theorized about a “culture of poverty,” which Wilson believed required a punitive response,12 and those of The Bell Curve’s other co-author, Charles Murray, whose arguments suggest that crime is the result of individual mental and moral deficiencies.13 Wilson decried single parenthood, claiming “illegitimacy was eroding the nation’s values,”14 and, as Pam Chamberlain wrote in PRA’s Defending Justice: An Activist Resource Kit, argued for “returning to a path where religion is influential and where families remain intact.”15
New York City became the first municipality to aggressively implement broken windows policing theories rooted in these right-wing intellectual traditions in the early 1990s. Under the leadership of former Republican Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, and bolstered by right-wing media like the New York Post and right-wing think tanks like the Manhattan Institute, the city put Kelling and Wilson’s theories into practice with an internal police memorandum, “Reclaiming the Public Spaces of New York,” citing both the pair’s Atlantic article and the infamous 1965 Moynihan Report, which blamed social dysfunction on Black families, and particularly, Black mothers.16
The broken windows theory, brilliantly summarized in a recent video created by Molly Crabapple,17 goes something like this: if signs of disorder—like broken windows—and minor offenses—like loitering, panhandling, and graffiti—are left unchecked, then it’s only a matter of time before a community descends into chaos and violence. According to Kelling and Wilson, the only way to prevent this from happening is through aggressive enforcement and prosecution of minor offenses. At its core, broken windows relies on fear-mongering, stoked by familiar right-wing themes about the need for increased “security” and a compulsion to root out certain groups of people as embodied threats to a particular way of life .
But even Kelling and Wilson acknowledged back in 1982 that it is “not inevitable that serious crime will flourish or violent attacks on strangers will occur” if signs of disorder are left unchecked. Indeed, the two wrote that their entire premise is admittedly drawn from what they themselves call “folk wisdom” rather than objective data, based on the belief that perceived disorder somehow renders an area more “vulnerable to criminal invasion” such that “drugs will change hands, prostitutes will solicit, and cars will be stripped.”18 It’s a theory, they implicitly admitted, based more on people’s fears and beliefs than on hard evidence.
The theory later evolved to advance the premise that individuals who commit minor offenses—like fare evasion in public transit—will, if not caught and punished, eventually commit more serious offenses: a sort of slippery slope of criminality. The new logic of broken windows, according to Tanya Erzen, a scholar of American conservatism, writing in Zero Tolerance: Quality of Life and the New Police Brutality in New York City, is that “graffiti taggers, turnstile jumpers and kids in a public park are either already criminals, or simply criminals in the making.”19>
Even the theory’s biggest proponent, New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton—who spearheaded its implementation in New York City under Mayor Giuliani, actively promoted its spread around the country both as a consultant and as Los Angeles Police Commissioner, and pursued it with renewed vigor in his second tenure in New York City under current Mayor Bill de Blasio—concedes that neither premise has ever been conclusively proven.20 In fact, several studies undermine the theory’s claims.21 In a comprehensive review of the literature and a summary of his own research, Columbia law professor Bernard Harcourt concludes that, “Taken together, the wealth of research provides no support for a simple disorder-crime relationship as hypothesized by Wilson and Kelling in their broken-windows theory…. What I have come to believe is that the broken windows theory is really window dressing, and it masks or hides more profound processes of real estate development and wealth redistribution.”22
Like so many policies of the Right, broken windows policing is rooted in fear: fear of poverty, fear of youth, fear of unregulated sexuality and gender nonconformity, and deeply, at its core, a fear of Blackness. According to George Kelling’s recent defense of the theory in Politico, published a year after Michael Brown’s death, “The goal is to reduce the level of disorder in public spaces so that citizens feel safe, are able to use them, and businesses thrive.”23 Kelling concedes that it is, in essence, an approach based on public perception—that is, on feelings—rather than proof. In the end, fear—of crime, yes, but also, as the original article explains, of “being bothered by disorderly people,” like panhandlers, “addicts” or people living with mental illness—is the moving force behind the theory.24 As Bratton once put it, “Aggressive panhandling, squeegee cleaners, street prostitution, ‘boombox cars,’ public drunkenness, reckless bicyclists, and graffiti have added to the sense that the entire public environment is a threatening place.”25
Although not explicitly stated, given that the communities described in Kelling and Wilson’s original article and others that followed are Black, it is clear that the “disorderly people,” the people driving “boombox cars,” and the graffiti taggers are also imagined as Black. As gentrification of New York City proceeded through the 1990s, “disorderly people” came to mean those displaced into public spaces in the context of neoliberal devolution and cuts to social programs.26 In other words, broken windows policing isn’t about reducing crime, it’s about assuaging white fear of poor people, Black people, and people of color—no matter how irrational or racialized.*
From Black Codes to Broken Windows
Scratching the surface of broken windows policing reveals that, in the end, the paradigm is simply a repackaged and sanitized version of the ways age-old “vagrancy” laws were enforced. These laws were explicitly created to criminalize and control the movements of people deemed undesirable throughout U.S. history: Indigenous peoples, formerly enslaved people of African descent, immigrants, women, and homeless and poor people. In his recent defense of broken windows, Kelling himself directly acknowledged the lineage, stating in reference to his 1982 essay, “Given the subject of our article, the Black Codes—vague loitering and vagrancy laws passed in the South immediately after the Civil War—were of special concern for us. Under these laws police arrested African Americans for minor offenses and, when they could not pay the fines, courts committed them to involuntary labor on farms—in a sense, extending slavery for many into the 20th century.”27 Without offering a means of distinguishing present-day broken windows policing from these practices, Kelling simply submits that he and Wilson were just arguing for “doing a better job at maintaining order.”28
The question though, is whose order? In their 1982 article, Kelling and Wilson acknowledge that there are “no universal standards…to settle arguments over disorder…” and that charges of being a “suspicious person” or of vagrancy have “scarcely any legal meaning.”29 Ultimately, they wrote, “These charges exist…because [society] wants an officer to have the legal tools to remove undesirable persons from a neighborhood when informal efforts to preserve order in the streets have failed.”30
This is to say that, since its inception, broken windows policing has self-consciously been about promoting a particular type of community, maintaining particular structural relations of power, and policing the borders of “desirability.” Delving deeper into its theoretical premise, a desirable community, as described by Wilson and Kelling, is one of “families who care for their homes, mind each other’s children, and confidently frown on intruders.”31 Broken windows policing is posited as the last bulwark against a “frightening jungle”—a term fraught with racial meaning—in which “unattached adults”—that is, single people—replace traditional families, where teenagers gather in front of the corner store, litter abounds, and panhandlers stalk pedestrians.32 In this framework, conservative values with deep racial overtones ultimately drive how an individual’s presence will be perceived and valued,33 and promote disregard for youth, adults living outside of hetero-patriarchal families, and low-income and homeless people who live in this idealized community.34
Whose Quality of Life?
Key to implementing broken windows policing is the proliferation of “quality of life” regulations, which criminalize an ever-expanding range of activities in public spaces, including standing or walking (recast as “loitering”), sitting, lying down, sleeping, eating, drinking, urinating, making noise, and approaching strangers, as well as a number of vaguer offenses, such as engaging in “disorderly” or “lewd” conduct. This broad range of potential offenses gives police almost unlimited license to stop, ticket, and arrest. According to one researcher, enforcement of such low-level offenses has become the “most common point of contact between the public and the criminal justice system.”35
Of course, what conduct is deemed “disorderly” or “lewd” is more often than not in the eye of the beholder, informed by deeply racialized and gendered perceptions. Where offenses are more specific, they criminalize activities so common they can’t be enforced at all times against all people. When I speak publicly about broken windows policing, I often ask how many members of the audience have ever fallen asleep on a train or ridden a bicycle on a sidewalk at some point in their lives. Dozens of hands shoot up. When I ask how many have ever been ticketed or arrested for it, almost all hands come down—that is, unless I am at a drop-in center for homeless youth or adults, or in a low-income Black neighborhood. There, many hands remain in the air.
As former Yale law professor Charles Reich notes, “Laws that are widely violated…especially lend themselves to selective and arbitrary enforcement.”36 As a result, both vague and specific “quality of life” offenses are selectively enforced in particular neighborhoods and communities, or against particular people, by officers wielding an extraordinary amount of discretion, largely unrestrained by constitutional protections. As legal scholar Dorothy Roberts notes in “Race, Vagueness, and the Social Meaning of Order-Maintenance Policing,” over the last several decades, conservative commentators have called for a relaxation of legal doctrines disfavoring vague offenses and reining in police discretion in the name of “law and order” agendas.37
Communities in the Crosshairs
Given all of this, it’s easy to predict who gets targeted by broken windows policing. Despite proponents’ contention that the approach targets specific behaviors, not specific people, the article on which the theory is premised explicitly names particular types of people—youth, homeless people, people perceived to be engaged in prostitution—as embodied signs of disorder.38 According to Pete White of Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN), a community organization that has been fighting the effects of broken windows policing on Los Angeles’ homeless population for decades, the inspirations for Kelling and Wilson’s 1982 article were much more explicit about the racial and gender make up of signs of neighborhood disorder: “young Black men, young women in short shorts hanging out on corners, interracial couples, and gay folks.”39 The result: dramatically increased frequency and intensity of police interactions with Black and Brown youth, low-income and homeless people, public housing residents, people who are—or who are perceived to be—engaged in street-based prostitution, street vendors (many of whom are immigrants), and anyone else who is hyper-visible in public spaces, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender nonconforming people.
The results are striking. Broken windows policing has contributed to widespread criminalization of Black youth in New York City under a range of offenses, including disorderly conduct, unreasonable noise, turnstile jumping, performing on the subway, riding a bike on the sidewalk, and being in a city park after dark. Between 2001 and 2013, 81 percent of the 7.3 million people charged in the city with a violation were Black or Brown. 40 In 2015 the greatest number of arrests—29,198—were for not paying the $2.75 fare on city subways; 92 percent of those arrests were of people of color.41 In Park Slope, a Brooklyn neighborhood heavily populated by white families, police issue an average of eight tickets a year for riding bicycles on the sidewalk. In Bedford-Stuyvesant, a gentrifying but still predominantly Black community, police issue more than 2,000 a year.42 Eighty-five percent of summonses issued for “open container” violations in Brooklyn are issued to Black and Brown people, even as countless white revelers spill onto the sidewalks of the city on any given evening to smoke a cigarette outside a bar or art gallery while sipping on an alcoholic beverage, or pop open a bottle of bubbly to accompany a symphony in the park, without any consequence whatsoever. One judge presiding over summons court in New York City said he had no memory of having ever adjudicated an open container ticket given to a white person.43
Contrary to Kelling’s recent defense of his broken windows theory, the results of this approach are not an error of application, but rather deeply embedded in the theory itself. In fact, the authors asked themselves in 1982, “how do we ensure that age or skin color or national origin or harmless mannerisms will not also become the basis for distinguishing the undesirable from the desirable?”44 Their answer was that they were not confident that there was one—except that police must understand the outer limits of their discretion to be that their role is “not to maintain racial or ethnic purity of a neighborhood,” only to regulate behavior.45 The statistics above suggest that officers are, in fact, exercising their discretion—just in racially discriminatory ways.
The consequences for those targeted are far from minimal. Broken windows policing not only places Black lives at risk of lethal and excessive force, as well as sexual harassment, assault, and extortion in exchange for avoiding a ticket or arrest, it also subjects Black people to the daily indignity of being stopped and questioned in their own communities, being ordered to put their hands on the wall and spread their legs to be frisked in front of their neighbors, and sometimes spending 24 hours wending their way through police vans, precincts, and central booking pens between arrest and arraignment. Even if they simply receive a summons, they are still required to spend at least one day in court defending themselves against minor charges, to pay exorbitant fines and criminal court fees, and to comply with community service and other mandates imposed on people convicted of offenses as minor as spitting or littering.
Black people of all genders and sexualities come within the crosshairs of broken windows policing. In fact, one of the less frequently discussed realities is that it facilitates racialized policing of gender and sexuality.46 According to Tanya Erzen, broken windows policing “enables officers to act upon racial and gender biases they may have when they enter the police department—under the guise of enforcement of ‘unified guidelines.’”47 All too often, officers read actual or perceived gender disjuncture as inherently out of order, resulting in stops, harassments, and arrests of transgender, gender nonconforming, and queer people of color—along with anyone perceived to deviate from racialized “rules” of gender or sexuality—for “disorderly” or “lewd” conduct offenses.48 Stereotypes framing gender nonconforming people as inherently violent and deviant also lead gender nonconforming young women to be profiled and targeted in the context of “gang policing.”49
Broken windows policing is also a driving force behind aggressive policing of street-based prostitution, which has been documented to have racially disparate impacts. These are rooted both in profiling of Black women and women of color—trans and not trans—as being engaged in prostitution based on age-old stereotypes, and also in the makeup of sex work which, like every other industry, concentrates Black women and transgender people in its most visible and risky sectors (such as street-based prostitution, which more Black women are pushed into, versus legal strip clubs, which frequently discriminate against women of color).50 Gay and gender nonconforming men, for their part, are profiled and discriminatorily targeted for enforcement of lewd conduct laws in public bathrooms and public parks. The broad discretion allowed in enforcement is fueled by perceptions of Black and Brown men—and particularly those who are gender nonconforming or perceived to be queer—as hypersexual uncontrolled manifestations of sexual deviance, with predictably racially disparate impacts.51
Black Lives over Broken Windows
Even as the broken windows theory trades in fear of Black people, it claims the mantle of protecting Black communities seeking more safety, and thereby, protecting Black lives.52 Heather MacDonald of the right-wing Manhattan Institute twists the logic of Black Lives Matter to argue that broken windows policing “has saved thousands of black lives, brought lawful commerce and jobs to once drug-infested neighborhoods and allowed millions to go about their daily lives without fear.”53
Right-wing commentators claiming to be concerned with the welfare of Black communities are not alone. Progressives like David Thacher of the Gerald Ford School of Public Policy in Michigan, writing in a blog for The Marshall Project, have critiqued Campaign Zero’s call for an end to broken windows policing, pointing to Black communities’ right to safety and safe public spaces.54 Thacher, like Kelling, acknowledges the pitfalls of enforcing vague offenses like “disorderly conduct,” as well as more specific ones like bans on skateboarding or public drinking, which are not enforced in white suburbs as they are in Black communities. He acknowledges that, “As long as modern police forces have been around, they have used disorderly conduct statutes and many other public order rules to investigate suspicious and unpopular people in circumstances when doing so overtly would be forbidden,” noting that “the Ferguson Police Department’s intensive use of a city code provision regulating a pedestrian’s ‘manner of walking in the roadway’ to run warrant checks and question suspicious people is only one of many examples.”55 Although he argues for a kinder, gentler form of broken windows in the interests of Black community safety, Thacher’s arguments in fact support the notion that it is bound to produce the same results.56 Unfortunately, that hasn’t stopped some community leaders, legislators, and policymakers from continuing to promote and invest in this flawed approach in the name of safety for Black and Brown communities.
Increasingly though, Black communities across the country are speaking for themselves, loudly and clearly, demanding safety from all forms of violence—including the violence of profiling, discriminatory enforcement, and police violence intrinsic to broken windows policing. They are resisting the false choices presented by broken windows proponents, demanding both authentic safety and an end to police violence, harassment, and surveillance, along with respect for rights and dignity. As the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement of New York City stated in the wake of Eric Garner’s killing, the “’broken windows’ philosophy of policing, which purports that focusing resources on the most minor violations will somehow prevent larger ones, has consistently resulted in our rights being violated.”57 They emphatically state that safety cannot come at the price of daily harassment, violation, and the taking of Black lives.
Black voices and communities are articulating their own visions of safety through Black Youth Project 100’s Agenda to Keep us Safe 58 and Agenda to Build Black Futures, Campaign Zero, and demands articulated by Black Lives Matter59 and Ferguson Action.60 What ties many of these agendas together is the notion that the best strategy to promote safety in Black communities is to divest from policing and punishment and instead invest in and support Black communities, leaving no one behind. Together, they issue a clarion call to combat and dismantle systems of structural discrimination that foster violence while limiting opportunities and life chances of Black people—including “broken windows” policing.
*Editor’s note: PRA’s convention is to capitalize both Black and White, to emphasize that both are constructed categories. At the request of the author, this article departs from that convention.
1 Campaign Zero, www.joincampaignzero.org (last visited January 18, 2016).
2 Tierney Sneed, “From Ferguson to Staten Island, Questions about Broken Windows Policing,” U.S. News & World Report, August 14, 2014, http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/08/14/michael-brown-eric-garner-deaths-add-scrutiny-to-broken-windows-policing.
4 Emily Thomas, “Pregnant Woman Allegedly Put in Chokehold by NYPD Officer,” Huffington Post, July 28, 2014, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/28/pregnant-woman-chokehold-nypd-rosan-miller_n_5628306.html.
5 Jim Hoffer, “Investigation: Woman Claims Brutality Against NYPD Officer,” Eyewitness News, ABC 7 NY (New York, NY: WABC – TV, August 1, 2014). Available at: http://abc7ny.com/news/investigation-woman-claims-police-brutality-against-nypd-officer/229978/ (last visited January 18, 2016).
6 Joey L. Mogul, Andrea J. Ritchie, and Kay Whitlock, Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States (Boston: Beacon Press, 2011).
7 Jessica Testa, “The 13 Black Women Who Accused a Cop of Sexual Assault, In Their Own Words,” BuzzFeed, December 10, 2015, https://www.buzzfeed.com/jtes/daniel-holtzclaw-women-in-their-ow.
8 George L. Kelling and James Q. Wilson, “Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety,” The Atlantic, March 1982, http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/03/broken-windows/304465/.
9 Sam Roberts, “Author of ‘Broken Windows’ Policing Defends His Theory,” New York Times, August 10, 2014, http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/11/nyregion/author-of-broken-windows-pol…; Matt Schudel, “James Q. Wilson, scholar identified with ‘broken-windows’ theory of crime prevention, dies at 80,” Washington Post, March 2, 2012, https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/james-q-wilson-scholar-identified-with-broken-windows-theory-of-crime-prevention-dies-at-80/2012/03/02/gIQA2eHynR_story.html.
10 Alex Vitale, “The Neoconservative Roots of the Broken Windows Theory,” Gotham Gazette, August 1, 2014, http://www.gothamgazette.com/index.php/opinion/5199-neoconservative-roots-broken-windows-policing-theory-nypd-bratton-vitale.
11 Matt Schudel, supra note 9.
12 Alex Vitale, supra note 10.
13 Jacob Ertel, “Broken Windows, Workfare, and the Battle for Public Space in Giuliani’s New York,” Cyrano’s Journal, January 8, 2015, http://www.cjournal.info/2015/01/08/broken-windows-workfare-and-the-battle-for-public-space-in-giulianis-new-york-2/.
14 Matt Schudel, supra note 9.
15 Pam Chamberlain, “James Q. Wilson: A Dominant Figure Among Conservative Crime Theorists,” in Defending Justice: An Activist Resource Kit, ed. Palak Shah, (Political Research Associates, 2005), 62. Available at: https://www.politicalresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2012/12/Defending-Justice.pdf (last visited April 4, 2016).
16 Rudolph W. Giuliani and William J. Bratton, Police Strategy No. 5: Reclaiming the Public Spaces of New York, July 6, 1994. Available at: http://marijuana-arrests.com/docs/Bratton-blueprint-1994—Reclaiming-the-public-spaces-of-NY.pdf (last visited April 4, 2016).
17 Molly Crabapple, “How Broken Windows Policing Harms People of Color,” YouTube video, posted by Fusion, February 3, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXI1QJRqPD8, (last visited January 17, 2016).
18 Kelling and Wilson, supra note 8.
19 Tanya Erzen, “Turnstile Jumpers and Broken Windows: Policing Disorder in New York City,” in Zero Tolerance: Quality of Life and the New Police Brutality in New York City, 19-49, eds. Andrea McArdle and Tanya Erzen, (New York: NYU Press, 2001).
20 Ken Auletta, “Fixing Broken Windows,” The New Yorker, September 7, 2015, http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/09/07/fixing-broken-windows.
21 Randall Shelden, “Assessing ‘Broken Windows’: A Brief Critique,” Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, April 2004, http://www.cjcj.org/uploads/cjcj/documents/broken.pdf; Ken Auletta, “Fixing Broken Windows,” The New Yorker, September 7, 2015, http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/09/07/fixing-broken-windows; K. Babe Howell, “Broken Lives from Broken Windows: The Hidden Costs of Aggressive Order-Maintenance Policing,” N.Y.U. Review of Law & Social Change, vol. 33 (2009): 271, 274; William Harms, “Study Conducted in Chicago Neighborhoods Calls ‘Broken Windows’ Theory into Question,” University of Chicago Chronicle, vol. 19, no. 7 (January 6, 2000).
22 Bernard E. Harcourt, “Punitive Preventive Justice: A Critique” (University of Chicago Public Law & Legal Theory Working Paper No. 386 / Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Working Paper No. 599, 2012). Available at: http://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/law_and_economics/401/ (last visited January 15, 2016).
23 George Kelling, “Don’t Blame My Broken Windows Theory for Poor Policing,” Politico Magazine, August 11, 2015, http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/08/broken-windows-theory-poor-policing-ferguson-kelling-121268.
24 Kelling and Wilson, supra note 8.
25 Rudolph W. Giuliani and William J. Bratton, supra note 16.
26 Jacob Ertel, supra note 13.
27 George Kelling, supra note 22.
29 Kelling and Wilson, supra note 8.
33 Dayo F. Gore, Tamara Jones, Joo-Hyun Kang, “Organizing at the Intersections: A Roundtable Discussion of Police Brutality Through the Lens of Race, Class, and Sexual Identities,” in Zero Tolerance: Quality of Life and the New Police Brutality in New York City, 19-49, eds. Andrea McArdle and Tanya Erzen, (New York: NYU Press, 2001).
34 Erzen, supra note 19.
35 K. Babe Howell, supra note 20.
36 Charles Reich, qtd. in: Phillip Beatty, Amanda Petteruti, and Jason Ziedenberg, The Vortex: The Concentrated Racial Impact of Drug Imprisonment and the Characteristics of Punitive Counties (Washington, D.C.: Justice Policy Institute, 2007), 14.
37 Dorothy E. Roberts, “Foreword: Race, Vagueness, and the Social Meaning of Order-Maintenance Policing,” Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology 89, no. 3 (1999), 775, 777-78.
38 George L. Kelling and James Q. Wilson, supra note 8.
39 Pete White, Los Angeles Community Action Network, presentation at preconference convening held in conjunction with U.C.L.A. Critical Race Studies Symposium, Los Angeles, CA, October 17, 2015.
40 Sarah Ryley, Laura Bult, Dareh Gregorian, “Daily News analysis finds racial disparities in summonses for minor violations in ‘broken windows’ policing,” New York Daily News, August 4, 2014, http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/summons-broken-windows-racial-disparity-garner-article-1.1890567.
41 Jeremy Berke, “REPORT: The NYPD Makes The Most Arrests for a $2.75 Crime,” Business Insider, May 10, 2016, http://www.businessinsider.com/nypd-farebeating-arrests-2016-5.
42 Christopher Mathias, “This is What Broken Windows Policing Looks Like,” Huffington Post, October 9, 2015, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/broken-windows-policing-new-york_us_5617f428e4b0082030a2573f.
44 Kelling and Wilson, supra note 8.
46 Mogul et al., supra n. 6.
47 Mogul, et al., supra n. 6; Tanya Erzen, supra note 19.
48 Mogul, et al., supra n. 6.
49 Amnesty International, Stonewalled: Police Abuse and Misconduct Against LGBT People in the United States, AMR 51/122/2005 (2005).
50 See e.g., Shana Judge and Mariah Wood, “Racial Disparities in Enforcement of Prostitution Laws,” APPAM, November 6, 2014, https://appam.confex.com/appam/2014/webprogram/Paper11163.html; Noah Berlatsky, “Black Women Profiled as Prostitutes in NYC,” Reason, October 1, 2014, http://reason.com/archives/2014/10/01/nypd-profiles-sex-workers-too.
51 Mogul, et al., supra n. 6.
53 Heather Mac Donald, “The New Nationwide Crime Wave,” Wall Street Journal, May 29, 2015, http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-nationwide-crime-wave-1432938425.
54 David Thacher, “Don’t End Broken Windows Policing, Fix It,” The Marshall Project, September 9, 2015, https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/09/09/don-t-end-broken-windows-policing-fix-it.
57 Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, “Statement on the Murder of Eric Garner by the NYPD,” July 19, 2014, http://mxgm.org/malcolm-x-grassroots-statement-on-the-murder-of-eric-garner-by-the-nypd/.
58 Terrance Laney and Janaé Bonsu, Agenda to Keep us Safe, Black Youth Project 100, September 2014, http://byp100.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/BYP100-Agenda-to-Keep-Us-Safe-AKTUS.pdf; Black Youth Project 100, “BYP100 Announces Release of the Agenda to Build Black Futures,” January 15, 2016, http://byp100.org/bbf/.

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I am considering using an arduino over the raspberry pi for a new project. However, I am not sure what arduino I should buy so that it is compatible with the below add-on.
Are all Arduinos compatible?
Link to product- https://www.adafruit.com/product/3387
My goal is to use an arduino with the above product to move a 3D model in Unity 3D.


A team of astronomers has spotted Hermes, an asteroid that disappeared into the night after a close flyby of Earth in 1937. Ever since, some researchers have wondered–and worried–about the asteroid's path. Last month, scientists finally found Hermes, and they now know what to expect from it.
"Within the astronomical community, people were almost obsessed with finding this thing," says Tim Spahr of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Mass.
Early in the morning of Oct. 15, Brian Skiff of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Ariz., spotted a possible near-Earth asteroid. He alerted Spahr, who posted the finding on the Internet. Observers in California saw the asteroid within 30 minutes and sent additional positional data to Spahr.
Reviewing recent images of the sky, he could follow the asteroid and make rough calculations of its orbit around the sun. T


text: Edinburgh News: Edinburgh Castle Free Open Days were on Saturday 28th. November 2009 – see below for details! Sunday 29 November 2009 to commemorate St. Edinburgh Castle Concerts Rod Stewart ,Simply Red , these entertainers will perform in July 2010. Maggie May ” and we have been inundated with requests for Rod Stewart tickets since it was announced that Rod Stewart was to appear at Edinburgh Castle . Rod Stewart looks like being the biggest event at Edinburgh Castle this year, and it would seem 2010 will be a big year for him as Rod Stewart will be appearing at many other prestigious events worldwide .

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It was only last year that the Baltimore Orioles suffered 19 straight defeats en route to their third 100-loss campaign in the last three full seasons. That’ll happen during a rebuild, and theirs clearly still needed work.
But is that still true a year later?
In no time at all, the Orioles have become a real player in the American League postseason picture. Their 10-game winning streak—the franchise’s first since Hall of Famers Cal Ripken Jr. and Mike Mussina still roamed the dugout in 1999—is part of an 18-7 run since June 16 that has propelled them over the .500 mark to 45-44. They won 52 games in 2021.
Because the New York Yankees (62-27) have basically refused to lose all season, first place in the AL East remains a whopping 17 games out of the Orioles’ reach. Yet the same is not true of the AL wild-card race, as the O’s are only 1.5 games behind the Boston Red Sox and Toronto Blue Jays, who are both 47-43, for the third and final slot.
Trouble is, the odds that Baltimore will make the playoffs for the first time since 2016 remain slim. FanGraphs, for example, grants it only a 2.2 percent chance.
The Orioles don’t necessarily have to accept those odds, but with the Aug. 2 trade deadline inching closer, the clock is ticking for them to lean one way or the other.
Anatomy of a Winning Streak: Some Hitting and Lots of Pitching and Defense
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Baltimore’s run differential really captures how much more competitive it’s been of late:
- First 64 Games: Minus-48
- Last 25 Games: Plus-42
Because it came June 15, Adley Rutschman’s first career home run isn’t a perfect demarcation point. There is nonetheless a correlation that can’t be ignored, as it isn’t terribly surprising that the Orioles have started winning games as the now-former No. 1 prospect has found his stroke with an .876 OPS since that fateful date.
In addition to the club’s 24-year-old catcher, Cedric Mullins, Ryan Mountcastle and Anthony Santander have also had their bats going. Since June 16, that foursome has been 21 points better than average to the tune of a 121 wRC+.
The common ingredient here is dripping with irony. Whereas the Orioles infamously discouraged cutters while Dan Duquette was running baseball operations from 2011 to 2018, manager Brandon Hyde and general manager Mike Elias clearly feel differently. Their starters boast an MLB-high 20.4 percent cutter usage since June 16 with a 4.5 run value to match.
The Baltimore bullpen, meanwhile, is going about as strong as it has been all season. It has a 2.89 ERA since June 16, and All-Star closer Jorge Lopez and rookie setup man Felix Bautista have combined to strike out 43.9 percent of batters.
The athleticism of the Orioles defense has also been a factor. A hard thing to measure, to be sure, but the O’s notably rank behind only the New York Mets and Houston Astros in allowing a .344 average on hard-hit balls in play since June 16. Luck is a factor, but there was more than that at play on outs such as this one and this one.
The Orioles have gotten good because they’ve played good baseball. It’s funny how that works, and it points to the obvious question: Why wouldn’t Elias want to buy in to the club’s budding playoff run?
And Yet There Is a Case for the Orioles to Sell
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If it’s a promise Orioles fans are looking for, Elias has only vagaries to offer for now.
“We’re going to be looking at different things. There will be moving parts,” he said Monday, per Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic. “It’s potentially not going to be a black-and-white path with which way we will approach the deadline. I’m looking forward to seeing what new information the next few weeks bring, both from our team and what happens around the league.”
One might expect more enthusiasm from an executive whose team is playing its best baseball in six years, yet the potentially unsustainable nature of the Orioles’ improved play is perhaps justification enough for Elias’ waffling.
The offense isn’t thriving on an abundance of home runs and walks or a shortage of strikeouts but rather a spike in productivity with runners in scoring position, with their average going from .222 prior to June 15 to .274 since June 16. And as good as the starting pitchers have been lately, it’s hard to maintain both a 29th-ranked ground-ball percentage and top-ranked home run-to-fly ball ratio.
Throw in the fact that the Orioles haven’t exactly been taking on world-beaters—their last three opponents are among MLB’s 11 worst teams—and Elias has ample reason to believe that the “what goes up must come down” rule will apply to his team.
Besides, the farm system could use a boost.
Though B/R’s Joel Reuter ranked Baltimore’s talent pool at No. 4 on May 30, that was when Rutschman still had prospect eligibility and right-hander Grayson Rodriguez was healthy. That’s no longer true of the former, while the latter has no time table for his return from a strained right lat.
The Orioles hypothetically have plenty of room to add to MLB’s lowest payroll. That may not be the reality, though. Elias has been transparent that big spending in free agency is not in the team’s future. Perhaps uncoincidentally, the sons of owner Peter Angelos are suing each other over control of the franchise.
If this means the Orioles won’t simply buy what they can’t develop in-house, then arguably the best thing they can do between now and Aug. 2 is add more pieces to develop.
At the least, they could rent slugger Trey Mancini before free agency calls his number at the end of the year. Ditto for right-hander Jordan Lyles, while controllable pieces such as Santander (through 2024) and Lopez (2024) or even Mullins (2025) and fellow outfielder Austin Hays (2025) could fetch more substantial hauls.
Or They Could Take a Cue from Trey Mancini
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Even if the Orioles aren’t as ahead of schedule with their rebuild as it seems right now, they’re sure as heck not behind schedule.
Rebuilding is about making incremental progress by developing young players and teaching veterans new tricks. The Orioles are competitive now precisely because they’ve succeeded on both fronts. To the former, there’s Mountcastle, Hays and especially Rutschman. To the latter, Mullins and Lopez were afterthoughts before certain adjustments led them to stardom.
If another barometer of rebuilding progress is fan interest, Elias and the club’s decision-makers would do well to notice what Mancini has about the changing environment at Oriole Park at Camden Yards:
MLB Network @MLBNetwork
“There hasn’t been an energy like that in Camden Yards since my rookie year in 2017.”@TreyMancini highlights the @Orioles’ flawless homestand, the play of rookie teammate Adley Rutschman and more on #PregameSpread.@adnansvirk | #Birdland pic.twitter.com/LTaHAWgGr8
Under these circumstances, to sell at the deadline would be, well, a hard sell.
Especially since the Orioles stand to give their farm system the boost it needs by drafting, say, Druw Jones or Jackson Holliday with the No. 1 pick on Sunday, there wouldn’t be much sense in pivoting for the future by trading parts of said future. Certainly, they stand a better chance of building on this year’s step forward if Santander, Lopez, Mullins, Hays and others stick around for 2023 and beyond.
As he’s a reasonably productive hitter who could probably land a low- or even mid-level prospect in a trade, there’s more sense in moving Mancini. At least in a vacuum sort of sense anyway.
Outside the vacuum, though, Mancini is the team’s longest-tenured player and, oh yeah, a cancer survivor who was the AL Comeback Player of the Year in 2021. They love him as much in the clubhouse as they do in the bleachers, so to remove him from a surprise playoff run even for a blue-chip prospect would constitute a baffling failure to read the room.
This doesn’t mean the Orioles have to go in the opposite direction and mortgage their farm system to acquire name-brand players at the trade deadline.
Blake Snell, as Rosenthal suggested, or Pablo Lopez, as MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand proposed, would be nice, but the Orioles could do just as well going on a buy-low search for controllable players who need changes of scenery. To throw a few names out there: Think Miguel Andujar, Dominic Smith or Miguel Sano.
It wouldn’t be a full-on charge, but this approach would sure beat a retreat. Because even if there may come a time when the Orioles will have to live to fight another day, they shouldn’t be asked to do that while they’re only starting to land punches.


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Write a two-page descriptive essay about biopsychosocial factors related to late and very late adulthood and its impact in their biopsychosocial development. Be sure to use APA style, include bibliographic citations and references.
Biopsychosocial Factors Related to Late and Very Late Adulthood: An Impact on Biopsychosocial Development
Late and very late adulthood are significant stages in the human life cycle, characterized by numerous biopsychosocial changes and challenges. This essay explores the biopsychosocial factors related to late and very late adulthood and their impact on the biopsychosocial development of individuals. The term “biopsychosocial” signifies that the development of an individual is influenced by a combination of biological, psychological, and social factors (Engel, 1977). Understanding these factors and their influences is crucial for comprehending the experiences and needs of older adults and developing interventions and strategies to promote their well-being.
Biological factors play a pivotal role in the development and aging process of individuals in late and very late adulthood. The aging process involves physiological changes, such as a decline in sensory and cognitive functions. For instance, older adults may experience a decrease in visual acuity, hearing capacity, and mobility. These biological changes can affect various aspects of an individual’s life, including their ability to engage in daily activities, communicate effectively, and maintain independence.
Furthermore, the aging process is linked to the increased risk of chronic health conditions and disease. Conditions such as hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, and arthritis become more prevalent in late and very late adulthood (Kirchhoff, 2019). These chronic health conditions can impact an individual’s physical well-being, limit their mobility, and require ongoing medical attention. Consequently, individuals in late and very late adulthood may experience changes in their lifestyle, such as adjustments in their diet, exercise routines, and medication management.
Psychological factors also have a significant impact on the biopsychosocial development of individuals in late and very late adulthood. As individuals age, they may experience changes in their cognitive functioning, including memory loss, processing speed, and executive functions (Salthouse, 2009). These changes can directly impact an individual’s daily life, their ability to maintain social relationships, and overall quality of life.
Moreover, individuals in late and very late adulthood may encounter psychological challenges, such as adjusting to retirement, coping with loss and grief, and managing existential concerns. Retirement is a significant life transition that can result in changes to one’s social network, daily routines, and sense of identity (Wang & Henkens, 2020). Retirement can have both positive and negative outcomes, as individuals can experience newfound freedom and opportunities, but they may also struggle with a loss of purpose and social connectedness.
Additionally, older adults often face the loss of loved ones and peers, leading to grief and bereavement. The grieving process can impact an individual’s mental health and overall well-being, requiring support and interventions to facilitate coping and adjustment (Stroebe, Schut, & Stroebe, 2017). Lastly, individuals in late and very late adulthood may grapple with existential concerns, such as the meaning and purpose of life, mortality, and the legacy they leave behind. These psychological challenges can have a profound impact on an individual’s emotional well-being and overall quality of life.
Social factors also significantly influence the biopsychosocial development of individuals in late and very late adulthood. The social context in which individuals age plays a crucial role in shaping their experiences and opportunities for growth and engagement. Social support, in the form of family, friends, and community resources, is vital for the well-being of older adults (Chou et al., 2020). Social support can provide individuals with emotional support, practical assistance, and a sense of belonging and connectedness.
Conversely, social isolation and loneliness have detrimental effects on an individual’s biopsychosocial development (Victor et al., 2020). Older adults who lack social connections may experience negative health outcomes, including increased risk of depression, cognitive decline, and mortality (Perissinotto, Cenzer, & Covinsky, 2012). The loss of social roles and networks, such as through retirement or the death of spouse, can contribute to social isolation and loneliness. Therefore, promoting social engagement and connections among older adults is vital for their overall well-being and biopsychosocial development.

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A mobile home insurer and its affiliate bilked North Carolinians out of more than $1 million, charging for nonexistent waterbeds and ignoring state law for setting premiums and deductibles.
American Modern Home and American Family Home insurance companies will have to refund $1.6 million by summer, according to the N.C. Deportment of Insurance.
Mobile home renters or owners due a refund for inflated policies initiated between 2007 and 2011 are supposed to hear from the insurers by mail.
They can also contact the customer service department at 1-800-543-2644 for information on eligibility.
The companies also have to pay a $260,000 fine to the state.
Refunds and penalties stem from a September 2011 consumer complaint, which the state insurance department says pointed to unclear or questionable practices in setting policy prices.
After a months-long investigation, AFHIC and AMHIC reported some of their own violations while insurance department investigators uncovered other irregularities, according to the state.
Among the insurance company misdeeds: Tacking an extra charge for waterbeds onto the policies of approximately 21,600 renters who paid for insurance.
That happened to renters between 2007 and 2012 regardless of whether they owned a waterbed. Overcharges amounted to approximately $475,000 in premiums, which will go back to people who overpaid.
Because they weren’t asked whether they had waterbeds, some people who actually did own waterbeds will still get a refund, said Kerry Hall, spokeswoman for the N.C. Department of Insurance.
Around 73 mobile home renters paid higher than the state rate for their policies without signing off on the extra amount. Insurance companies are allowed to charge more than the state rate but in order to do so the companies must have a “consent to rate” disclosure from consumers, Hall said.
It’s not unusual for homeowners to sign those documents, she added, especially in cases when insurance companies inform them doing so is the only way to keep their current policies in place.
Approximately $7,000 will go back to mobile home renters who paid more than the amount approved by the state insurance department but did not sign the required form.
Some 26,800 mobile home policies had deductibles that were higher than state law allows.
The people hit with those too-high deductibles between 2008 and 2012 will split a refund of some $1.06 million.
Policy holder premiums were also calculated illegally, resulting in a $52,149 refund to be divided between more than 4,800 renters.


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Andes Tower Hills ski area is located in west central Minnesota, 9 miles west of Alexandria, MN on Hwy. 27.
Contact information for Andes Tower Hills is:
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Alexandria Minnesota winter vacations at Andes Tower Hills allows you to experience a more than 30-year-old dream fulfilled. From the Andes Tower website:
"Who would expect a ski hill in the middle of farm country? Well, back in 1980 the Anderson Brothers envisioned just that, a ski area on Tower Hill. They had a vision for a couple of thousand skiers a season. Thirty - plus ski seasons later over a million skiers have visited the Andes Tower Hills Ski Area-one of the finest ski areas for miles around."
A unique feature at Andes Tower Hills is their "pastors and families discount." The ski resort, in appreciation for the role pastors play in the life of a community, offer a special discount for them and for their family.
You will find details about this special pricing on the Andes Tower official website. The link is further down on this page.
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The AMFI-Amsterdam Fashion Institute offers its students a full-time, 4 year Bachelor degree programme which forms a good basis for a successful career in the fashion industry and all related businesses. AMFI provides the only course in the Netherlands that teaches all facets of the fashion industry. Students choose to specialize in either Design, Branding or Management and graduate with a Bachelor Degree in Fashion Technology. AMFI also offers English-language versions of all its programmes – the AMFI International Courses.
Since 2006 AMFI has organized the graduation event Fashion Transit; a day where graduates from all three departments (Fashion & Branding, Fashion & Design and Fashion & Management) present themselves to the fashion industry, press, friends and family.


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The new ruling party of Spain Partido Popular has decided to reach a single policy on gays, which will defend the rights of homosexuals, and reject discrimination against them. However it will not support gay marriage which is not expected to appear in the document which will be finalised at the party’s forthcoming congress in Sevilla.
The party is waiting to hear from the Constitutional Court after Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría and Federico Trillo challenged gay marriage as unconstitutional when the legislation was passed in back in 2005. Neither the adoption by gay couples or gay marriage in Spain are mentioned in this statement draft.
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Pitchfork & Crow is a new organic farm, heading into our third year of growing vegetables for the Salem, Oregon area. We are a husband and wife team who grow a variety of vegetables, with a focus on heirloom and open-pollinated varieties and local seed sources.
For the 2011 growing season we have moved the farm to a leased 15 acres located just north of Lebanon, Oregon, about 30 minutes south of Salem. We will be selling vegetables at the Salem Saturday Market beginning again in May 2011. We are also accepting members for our growing CSA program, which is in its second year. More information about the CSA can be found on the CSA page.
Also, please visit our website for current information, weekly updates throughout the growing season, and photos of our farm.
Season: May through November
Type: Single farm
No of Shares: 75
Full Share: $600/year
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No, Instant Pot does not get to 15 psi. Instant Pot is a multi-function appliance that does not work like a traditional pressure cooker. It is a slow cooker, steamer, rice cooker, and warmer, but unlike a pressure cooker, does not subject food to high pressure to speed up the cooking process.
Instead, it cooks food using a technology called “thermal fusion,” which is a combination of wet and dry heat, producing flavorful and tender meals without the high pressure of a traditional pressure cooker.
A 6-quart Instant Pot is capable of producing 1. 2 to 2. 5 psi, while a 8-quart Instant Pot can produce up to 2. 8 psi.
What PSI does an Instant Pot reach?
An Instant Pot usually reaches between 10. 2 and 11. 6 pounds per square inch (psi) of pressure. This allows it to reach a maximum temperature of 250 degrees Fahrenheit (or 121 degrees Celsius) which is necessary for attaining faster cooking times with the same flavor and texture as more traditional methods.
The majority of Instant Pot models will reach a 10. 2 psi level, but some newer models can reach a higher 11. 6 psi. This additional pressure can reduce cooking time for some dishes by up to 70%.
Do all pressure cookers reach 15 psi?
No, not all pressure cookers reach 15 psi. Pressure cookers are designed to work at different levels of pressure, depending on the model you have. In general, pressure cookers range from 5-15 psi, but some models may go even higher.
It is important to read the manufacturer’s instructions for the specific model of pressure cooker you have in order to determine the maximum pressure and cooking times. Additionally, some pressure cookers have adjustable pressure levels that allow you to adjust the pressure levels to suit your needs.
Which Instant Pot has highest psi?
The Instant Pot Ultra 8 Qt 10-in-1 Multi-Use Programmable Pressure Cooker with Advanced Microprocessor is currently the Instant Pot model with the highest psi, with an inner pot pressure rating of 15 psi.
It offers customizable settings, high and low pressure options, 60 minutes of natural release time, and the ability to delay cooking up to 24 hours. The Instant Pot Ultra 8 Qt 10-in-1 Multi-Use Programmable Pressure Cooker with Advanced Microprocessor is also the most technologically advanced Instant Pot product, with microprocessor technology that monitors and adjusts pressure, temperature, and keeps time to ensure on-point cooking.
With its precise temperature control, the Instant Pot Ultra 8 Qt 10-in-1 Multi-Use Programmable Pressure Cooker with Advanced Microprocessor helps you achieve perfect results every time.
What is 15 psi on a pressure cooker?
15 psi is a common pressure setting for a pressure cooker. This setting is often used to cook tough foods, such as dried beans, in a very short amount of time. This pressure setting allows the food to cook quickly while significantly reducing the amount of time needed to prepare the dish.
Pressure cooking at 15 psi is similar to boiling, yet the pressure engulfs the food and locks in its natural moisture. The ingredients are cooked quickly – often much faster than traditional cooking methods – resulting in more flavor and fewer unwanted compounds.
Additionally, pressure cooking at 15 psi helps to make certain nutrients more available. In the case of beans, pressure cooking can reduce the presence of certain antinutritional factors, making the beans more digestible and nutrient-filled.
What does 15 psi mean?
15 psi is a measure of pressure or stress. It stands for “pounds per square inch”, and it is a unit of measure used to determine the amount of pressure within a certain area. It is commonly used to measure the amount of pressure that is present in a container, such as a tire or a pressure cooker.
It is also used to measure the amount of air pressure in a gas tank or air compressor. In general, 15 psi is considered to be a relatively low pressure and is one of the most commonly used units to measure air pressure in various pieces of machinery.
What happens if I use 15 lbs pressure instead of 10 when canning tomatoes?
If you use 15 lbs of pressure instead of 10 when canning tomatoes, there could be several potential risks. Excessive pressure can cause air to be trapped inside the jar, and this can lead to exploding jars and food that is either under- or over-processed.
When jars explode during the boiling water canning process there is a risk they may fall and cause injury. Overprocessing can also occur when too much pressure is used, which can result in a mushy texture and loss of flavor.
Additionally, using too much pressure can cause the air to be forced out of the headspace, which decreases the amount of acidity in the jar and increases the risk of spoilage and bacterial growth. For these reasons, it is strongly recommended that you always use the pressure that is specified for the recipe and follow safety guidelines when canning.
Is 15 psi too much?
It depends on the context and application, as 15 psi can be too high if it’s not the desired pressure. For example, 15 psi is too high if you’re looking to inflate a bicycle tire, which typically ranges between 35 and 65 psi, depending on the tire’s width and type.
However, 15 psi may be ideal if you’re looking to pressurize a home boiler system, which normally ranges between 12 and 25. Additionally, the correct pressure for a particular application may be dependent on the manufacturer’s specifications.
In conclusion, it is difficult to determine if 15 psi is too much without considering all relevant factors and knowing the context and application.
Can you pressure can 15 psi?
Yes, you can pressure can at 15 psi. Pressure canning is a safe and effective way to preserve low-acid foods such as vegetables, meats, seafood and poultry. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommend pressure canning at 10–15 psi as the only safe method of canning these foods.
Pressure canning assists in controlling the growth of potentially harmful bacteria, fungi and yeasts that can cause spoilage or food poisoning. The 10–15 psi range creates an internal temperature of 240 to 250°F, which is necessary to destroy these microbes.
Can I drive on 15 psi?
It is not recommended to drive on 15 psi since it is too low. Tires should be inflated to the manufacturer’s recommended pressure in order to ensure optimal handling and safety. Driving with low tire pressure can cause greater stress on the tires, leading to premature wear and tear, increased fuel consumption, and increased risk of a tire blowout.
Low tire pressure also reduces the tire’s contact patch, which leads to reduced control and an increased risk of skidding or sliding when driving in wet conditions. Furthermore, low tire pressure can also lead to a more harsh ride, more tire noise, and increased chassis vibrations.
It is therefore best to keep the tire pressure at the recommended level given by the vehicle’s manufacturer.
How many PSI does a pressure cooker have?
The exact PSI of a pressure cooker can vary depending on the model, but typically most pressure cookers will operate at a pressure of around 10 to 15 PSI (pounds per square inch). Higher quality models may be able to reach up to 20 PSI, and it is important to understand the maximum PSI for your particular brand and model before using a pressure cooker.
It is important to abide by the manufacturer’s guidelines when using any pressure cooker to ensure safety and proper cooking.
Will 12 PSI sterilize?
No, 12 PSI will not sterilize. Sterilization is a complex process that involves the use of high temperatures and pressurized steam to destroy microorganisms and other contaminants. The level of atmospheric pressure used in this process must reach a minimum of 15 PSI in order to achieve full sterilization.
Therefore, 12 PSI is not sufficient. Additionally, the temperature also typically needs to reach a minimum of 121 degrees Celsius and be held at that temperature for at least 15 minutes. This eliminates both the vegetative cells and spores of microorganisms,Ultimately, 12 PSI is not enough to achieve sterilization and a higher pressure must be attained.
Is 3000 psi considered high pressure?
Yes, 3000 psi is considered a high pressure. Pressure is measured by the unit “psi” (pounds per square inch). The average atmospheric pressure is 14. 7 psi at sea level. 3000 psi is therefore over 200% of atmospheric pressure, making it a high pressure.
High pressure systems are typically used in applications that require a lot of force, such as in industrial pumps and high-pressure water jets. These systems are designed to manage large volumes of liquid or gas at much higher pressures than normal.
Is 40 psi High Pressure?
That depends on the context and application. Generally speaking, 40 psi is considered a high pressure for home water systems, automobile tires, and even steam. For industrial applications, on the other hand, 40 psi would be considered low pressure—higher pressures are often necessary for things like hydraulic systems, factory machinery, and processes requiring specialized high-pressure pumps.
As such, 40 psi is considered high pressure in some applications and low pressure in others.
What is an unsafe PSI?
An unsafe PSI (pounds per square inch) is a level of pressure that is too high and can cause dangerous effects in anything from pipes, air tanks, and industrial machinery. When this level of pressure is reached, it can place strain on the items it is applied to, potentially leading to deformities, cracks, and even ruptures.
Unsafe PSI can be caused by a range of issues from simple over-pressure to malfunctioning hardware. It can also be caused by physical changes in the environment, such as an increase in temperature or a drop in humidity.


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Liam Sweeney at Digital Healthcare uses the company’s OptoMize iP software to check for diabetic maculopathy, a common cause of loss of vision in patients with diabetes.
A major community eye screening programme to monitor the sight of 12,000 diabetes patients across Central Lancashire over a 12 month period has scored a world first in using secure messaging telemedicine to successfully transfer patient information between opticians, hospitals and a screening administration centre within the PCTs. The diabetic retinopathy screening programme is using OptoMize, an innovative software product combining digital images of the retina with an electronic patient administration system, to electronically transfer screening results between a network of different computers. OptoMize iP was developed by Digital Healthcare, a Cambridge company that is the UK’s leading supplier of software for diabetic retinal screening programmes and ophthalmology.
The screening programme involves Preston and Chorley & South Ribble Primary Care Trusts, the Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley District Hospital as well as 17 optician practices across Preston, Chorley, Leyland and surrounding villages. It is encouraging all diabetes patients over 12 years old to have a digital photographic screen of their eyes which can detect the early signs of retinopathy, a disease of the retina that is the single largest cause of blindness in the UK.
Digital Healthcare’s OptoMize iP software has been installed on 48 computers in a variety of locations across Central Lancashire so that patients can choose to be screened by an accredited optometrist at their local optician or at an eye clinic in a hospital. The results are transferred electronically between the computers on the same network.
How nanoscience will improve our health and lives in the coming years
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Ultrafast lasers have introduced new possibilities in engraving ultrafine structures, and scientists are now also investigating how to use them to etch microstructures into thin glass. There are possible applications in analytics (lab on a chip) and especially in electronics and the consumer sector, where great interest has been shown.
This new method was born of a surprising phenomenon: irradiating glass in a particular way with an ultrafast laser has the effect of making the glass up to a...
Terahertz excitation of selected crystal vibrations leads to an effective magnetic field that drives coherent spin motion
Controlling functional properties by light is one of the grand goals in modern condensed matter physics and materials science. A new study now demonstrates how...
Researchers from the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo led the development of a new extensible wiring technique capable of controlling superconducting quantum bits, representing a significant step towards to the realization of a scalable quantum computer.
"The quantum socket is a wiring method that uses three-dimensional wires based on spring-loaded pins to address individual qubits," said Jeremy Béjanin, a PhD...
In a paper in Scientific Reports, a research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute describes a novel light-activated phenomenon that could become the basis for applications as diverse as microscopic robotic grippers and more efficient solar cells.
A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has developed a revolutionary, light-activated semiconductor nanocomposite material that can be used...
By forcefully embedding two silicon atoms in a diamond matrix, Sandia researchers have demonstrated for the first time on a single chip all the components needed to create a quantum bridge to link quantum computers together.
"People have already built small quantum computers," says Sandia researcher Ryan Camacho. "Maybe the first useful one won't be a single giant quantum computer...
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The Kyari Homestay, CorbettIf you are Traveler and not a tourist, if you are looking to experience India beyond the guidebooks and the backpacking stories, if you want amazing stories of India about when you met the most hospitable people….then you need to head to Kyari – an Indian village homestaystay where you will experience the true Kumaoni way of life immersed in nature.
Syat House - By the River, with forested mountainsExquisite airy fully staffed 4-bedroom house at Rs 6,000 per room/per night on the edge of a river, with flowing terraced lawns, surrounded by forested mountains & farmland. Each bedroom has stunning river views, tasteful decor, & a separate entrance. Absolutely serene, cut off from noise, the property brims with birds, butterflies, fragrant breezes, flowers, fruit trees, the call of animals across the river. There's a lovely open air lounge & swimming pool with fresh river water, no chemicals.
Camping At Birds & WordsA community-based Homestay in the woods. You can camp here, or pitch your own tents. Go for nature walks. Go on a jungle safari. Enjoy bonfire on winter nights. Gaze at the stars on the terrace. Watch the beautiful birds and butterflies of Pawalgarh. We serve the perfect meal: Organic food from the veggies grown in our backyard. In our open air café, we serve the most delicious cheese sandwiches and coffee.

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Make Eid amazing for your kids with our reusable paper lanterns we have four new colours in our Eid Lantern range which will create a bright and fun colour scheme that really wow’s your guests. All of our hanging lanterns come with their own wire expander, so they are ready to hang, or on their own with string or ribbon. The wire expander also has an internal hook that enables you to hang a mixture of colours together.
4 8inch reusable lanterns per pack.
Not suitable for light fixtures or to be used with candles
These were a little smaller than I expected (approximately the size of an average fish bowl I’d say) but they were very pretty and sturdy too.

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Abuja’s number one female act, Rhia Bello drops a new piece titled “Feel Alright“, off her coming EP to be released in January.
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