The FAKRO LMS attic ladder is a folding metal attic ladder where both hath and box are made of pine wood. The ladder itself is made of powder-coated metal RAL 7022. The beige hatch, 1 3/8in thick, is paintable to match the interior design. The unit is sealed with a peripheral gasket that lines the frame. The ladder's segment folding system and possibility to lock the door in fully open position ensure an ease of operating. The double hinges' joints and stringer's profile plugging guarantee high ladder's durability. The hatch hinge's corner prevents frame deformation. The visible side of the door is smooth.
The FAKRO OWM attic ladder is a folding metal ladder with a paintable non-insulated particle board hatch door. This model is mounted to the door with brackets that allow minor adjustments to the length of the ladder and the space between the ladder and door. The FAKRO OWM ladder is used in non-insulated spaces such as a garage or barn.
One set of four FAKRO Installation brackets that help facilitate attic ladder installation in the ceiling. Compatible with all three-section folding Fakro attic ladders.
The FAKRO LWN basic attic stairs model is a builder series folding pine wood ladder, with non insulated chipboard hatch door with smooth paintable surface. LWN model is a durable 250 LB load capacity ladder. As the ladder is being opened up the hinges automatically adjust the ladder away from the door to create a space between the ladder and the door, allowing immediate use of the stairs without any adjustments. Treads are fitted using dovetail joints for added durability. There is a space between the treads and the hatch door, for more comfortable foot positioning onto the treads. Safety grooves are cut into the treads to prevent slipping. Steps do not protrude over the ladder surface. Door support springs are coming down with the door to clear entrance to the attic. LWN attic stairs is a high quality ladder for common non insulated garage area.
The FAKRO LST attic ladder provides an easy and safe access to the attic. The scissors' construction makes ladder folding possible. A 1 3/8" thick, white, finished wooden door with an R value 5.2 significantly reduces heat loss. A peripheral seal in the lower part of the box guarantees first-class tightness. The S-shaped strings give a modern appearance and perform the role of a handrail, facilitating climbing the ladder. The scissors' system of folding the ladder and the possibility to lock the hatch in a fully open position ensure an ease and safety of operation. The small ladder dimensions, achieved thanks to the unique system of folding, allow the ladder to be installed in smaller openings. Safety is ensured by the application of rounded side supporters and remaining hardware which do not pose any risk of injury. The outer (visible) side of the door is smooth without any visible fixing elements.
FAKRO LWT-66894 Wooden Folding Highly Insulated Attic Ladder 25"x54" FAKRO LWT-66894 Wooden Folding Highly Insulated Attic Ladder 25"x54"
The FAKRO LWT attic ladder model is a super-thermo insulated unit recommended for projects which stress energy-saving, especially due to heat loss (r-value 12.5). The LWT is an ideal unit for creating a barrier between a cool attic and the heated space below. It is finished white on both sides of the lid with no visible hardware once installed. Includes a lock closure and opening control rod. Fits rough openings 25" x 54" and ceiling heights 7'8" to 10'1". Fully assembled and ready to install.
FAKRO LST-66875 Scissor Premium Attic Ladder 22.5"x31" FAKRO LST-66875 Scissor Premium Attic Ladder 22.5"x31"
The premium LST is a powder-painted, scissor attic ladder assembled from metal links. The LST is a scissor ladder with an insulated and sealed, white exterior door with no visible hardware after installation. Its construction takes up less space and requires less room to unfold, making it perfect for small spaces. There is the option of adding up to 2 additional LSS steps to bring the ladder height to 10 ft. 10 in. Springs run parallel with the door to make entry to the attic wider and more comfortable. The door is well balanced; it openings and closes easily with no sudden movements with a spring-loaded closure. An extendable opening rod, finishing trim, and LXK installation brackets are included. Fits rough opening 22.5 in. x 31 in. and ceiling heights 8 ft. 2 3/8 in. to 9 ft. 2 1/4 in.
FAKRO LSF fire-rated scissor attic ladder provides easy access to the attic while functioning as a blaze block in case of fire. The hatch is manufactured with the use of fireproof materials and is equipped with a gasket that expands under extreme heat. The LSF ladder is fire-resistant at EI, 60 minutes as per EN 13501-2.
To increase the length of the FAKRO LST Scissor ladders you can use up to 2 extra steps. Each step extends the ladder 8in. One step can be added to the FAKRO LST attic ladder bringing it to 9ft 10 1/8in or two steps can be added to the FAKRO LST attic ladder bringing it to 10ft 10in.
Attic Zipper - attic stair insulator 24" x 54" x 13" Attic Zipper - attic stair insulator 24" x 54" x 13"
Attic Zipper: Installed easily around the attic stairs entry to prevent air leakage and energy loss. Made using three layers of insulative material: d420 nylon (white, inner layer); double bubble heat reflective shield (middle layer); extra thick polyurethane (outer layer); extra heavy duty YYK zipper. Standard and custom sizes available.
FAKRO LST-66822 Scissor Premium Attic Ladder 22.5"x54" FAKRO LST-66822 Scissor Premium Attic Ladder 22.5"x54"
The premium LST is a powder-painted, scissor attic ladder assembled from metal links. The LST is a scissor ladder with an insulated and sealed, white exterior door with no visible hardware after installation. Its construction takes up less space and requires less room to unfold, making it perfect for small spaces. There is the option of adding up to 2 additional LSS steps to bring the ladder height to 10 ft. 10 in. Springs run parallel with the door to make entry to the attic wider and more comfortable. The door is well balanced; it openings and closes easily with no sudden movements with a spring-loaded closure. An extendable opening rod, finishing trim, and LXK installation brackets are included. Fits rough opening 22.5 in. x 54 in. and ceiling heights 8 ft. 2 3/8 in. to 9 ft. 2 1/4 in.
The FAKRO LWF fire-resistant attic ladder provides an easy access to the loft performing at the same time the function of a blaze block in case of a fire inside the building. The hatch manufactured with the use of fireproof materials is equipped with an expanding peripheral seal which ensures tightness during fire. The LWF attic ladder possesses fire resistance of EI2 30 minutes. The peripheral seal positioned in the groove milled in the frame provides a first-class tightness. The ladder's segment folding system and possibility to lock the hatch in fully open position ensure an ease of operating. The using safety is ensured thanks to the application of rounded side supporters and remaining hardware which do not pose any threat of cutting. The outer (visible) side of the hatch is smooth without any visible fixing elements.
ELITE II ALUMINUM ATTIC LADDER 375 Lb. load capacity aluminum attic ladder 7 ft.11" minimum to 10 ft.3" max ceiling height Easy to pull down and put back up Has advanced cylinder design Features heavy-duty hinges, 3-1/4" deep steps Adjustable shoes Rough open ceiling: 22-1/2" x 54" Landing space: 69-5/16" - projection 79" AA2210 22.5X54 AL ATTIC LADDER SIZE:7 Ft.8"-10 Ft.3" WEIGHT:51 Lb.
Attic Zipper - attic stair insulator 25" x 48" x 7" Attic Zipper - attic stair insulator 25" x 48" x 7"
CHAMPION SERIES WOOD ATTIC LADDER A wood attic ladder with working load limit - of 300 lbs. Fits Ceiling Heights: 7 Ft. Min - 8 Ft.9" Max Has reinforced steps - step size 5-1/2" Adjustable spring tension Easy to install - easy to pull down & put back Dimensions Rough Opening: 22-1/2" x 54" Approximate Landing Space 60-5/8" - Width 71" CS224P 22.5X54 WD ATTIC LADDER SIZE:7' to 8'9" WEIGHT:64 Lb.
FAKRO LWT-66893 Wooden Folding Highly Insulated Attic Ladder 22.5"x54" FAKRO LWT-66893 Wooden Folding Highly Insulated Attic Ladder 22.5"x54"
The FAKRO LWT attic ladder model is a super-thermo insulated unit recommended for projects which stress energy-saving, especially due to heat loss (r-value 12.5). The LWT is an ideal unit for creating a barrier between a cool attic and the heated space below. It is finished white on both sides of the lid with no visible hardware once installed. Includes a lock closure and opening control rod. Fits rough openings 22.5" x 54" and ceiling heights 7'8" to 10'1". Fully assembled and ready to install.
CHAMPION SERIES WOOD ATTIC LADDER A wood attic ladder with working load limit - of 300 lbs. Fits Ceiling Heights: 8 Ft.9" Min - 10 Ft. Max Has reinforced steps - step size 5-1/2" Adjustable spring tension Easy to install - easy to pull down & put back Dimensions Rough Opening: 22-1/2" x 54" Approximate Landing Space 69-5/16" - Width 79" CL224P 22.5X54 WD ATTIC LADDER SIZE:8 Ft.9"- 10 Ft. WEIGHT:70 Lb.
Attic Zipper - attic stair insulator 30" x 60" x 13" Attic Zipper - attic stair insulator 30" x 60" x 13"


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Why missionaries put their lives on the line
By Daniel Burke and Ashley Fantz, CNN
(CNN) - It wasn't as if God's voice boomed through sun-parted clouds, telling Kent Brantly to move his family to Liberia.
Still, the young doctor said, the call was clear.
It echoed through the congregation where he was raised, Southeastern Church of Christ in Indianapolis.
Standing before the church community in July 2013, months before he left for Africa, Brantly said he heard the call in the teachers who urged him to memorize Scripture and the neighbors who funded his first mission trip years ago.
He saw it in the aunts and uncles who spent their vacations running Bible camps, organizing youth groups and serving missions themselves in Africa.
"It may not seem like much," Brantly said in an emotional address to the Southeastern congregation, "but when you connect the dots you see a grand design that God has used to draw my life in a certain direction."
For Brantly, that meant serving a two-year medical mission in Liberia with Samaritan's Purse, a Christian relief organization. But in a grim twist that garnered international headlines, the 33-year-old contracted Ebola while treating patients and was airlifted back to the United States.
Brantly and a fellow missionary, Nancy Writebol, who was serving with SIM, another Christian aid organization, are being treated for the disease at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.
After Liberia's outbreak began in March 2013, Writebol volunteered at a hospital in Monrovia, where she disinfected doctors and nurses working with patients stricken by the disease.
Despite their weakened health, their trust in God remains strong, family members said.
"Mom is tired from her travel, but continues to fight the virus and strengthen her faith in her Redeemer, Jesus," said Jeremy Writebol, Nancy's son.
On Friday, Brantly said that he felt a spiritual serenity even after learning his diagnosis.
"I remember a deep sense of peace that was beyond all understanding," he said. "God was reminding me of what he had taught me years ago, that he will give me everything I need to be faithful to him.
Though Brantly's wife and children had been in Liberia with him, they had returned to the United States when he became ill.
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All about SEO
A common issue for anyone familiar with Link Building, the Domain Authority (DA) is when an Off-Page is considered relevant through some factors, such as reputation, domain age and quality of the content.
Basically, a website with a good domain is one with excellent content and good reputation among portals, blogs, newspapers and other media. It is not a rule, because there are some areas considered to be of excellence that do not have such strong content. It can happen, but that's how it works.
How to know the authority of a domain?
So, how do you know if a domain has authority and is qualified to receive an external link? For that, there are several tools that incorporate not only domain authority, but also other essential analyzes for a successful publication. This is the case of Open Site Explorer, a link analysis tool that indexes and evaluates websites simulating Google's algorithm.
The tool shows some important characteristics to determine the authority of the page, such as the total number of links inserted and even the amount of shares and likes on Facebook. Whether we like it or not, today these are factors that generate a lot of visibility for a portal, blog, company etc.
What does a website need to have Domain Authority?
Although the factors that influence a website's DA are consistent, this "metric" often fluctuates. So, in addition to following it, you must also be aware of the various other SEO strategies. Among the factors that influence the authority of a domain, we can list:
– Diversity of links
– Reputation of the site
– Age of the domain
– Quality of links
– Content quality
Why is Domain Authority important?
Following the parameters of DA is a way of showing refinement and commitment. Most likely you want your name or the name of your company associated with a serious and respected vehicle.
It is like comparing a large and valuable news portal with a blog founded a few months ago. In no way disparaging the new blog, but which one has the content most likely to spread and, consequently, the external link to work? The news portal!
See here the most searched terms in Digital Marketing and SEO separated in alphabetical order.
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Alert May 2, 2017
Federal Circuit Patent Bulletin: Recognicorp, LLC v. Nintendo Co.
"To save a patent at [Alice] step two, an inventive concept must be evident in the claims."
On April 28, 2017, in Recognicorp, LLC v. Nintendo Co., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Lourie, Reyna,* Stoll) affirmed the district court's judgment on the pleadings that U.S. Patent No. 8,005,303, which related to a method and apparatus for building a composite facial image using constituent parts, was invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101 for patent ineligibility. The Federal Circuit stated:
Under the first step of [Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l, 134 S. Ct. 2347, 2354 (2014)], we decide whether the claims are directed to ineligible subject matter, such as an abstract idea. The inquiry often is whether the claims are directed to "a specific means or method" for improving technology or whether they are simply directed to an abstract end-result. If the claims are not directed to an abstract idea, the inquiry ends.
While "generalized steps to be performed on a computer using conventional computer activity" are abstract, not all claims in all software patents are necessarily directed to an abstract idea. For example, we have held that software patent claims satisfy Alice step one when they are "directed to a specific implementation of a solution to a problem in the software arts," such as an improvement in the functioning of a computer.
We find that claim 1 is directed to the abstract idea of encoding and decoding image data. It claims a method whereby a user displays images on a first display, assigns image codes to the images through an interface using a mathematical formula, and then reproduces the image based on the codes. This method reflects standard encoding and decoding, an abstract concept long utilized to transmit information. Morse code, ordering food at a fast food restaurant via a numbering system, and Paul Revere's "one if by land, two if by sea" signaling system all exemplify encoding at one end and decoding at the other end. [C]laim 1 does not claim a software method that improves the functioning of a computer. It claims a "process that qualifies as an 'abstract idea' for which computers are invoked merely as a tool." . . .
In step two of the Alice inquiry, we search for an "'inventive concept' sufficient to 'transform the nature of the claim into a patent-eligible application.'" To save a patent at step two, an inventive concept must be evident in the claims. . . . We find that these claim elements do not transform the nature of the '303 patent claims into a patent-eligible application. . . . Nothing "transforms" the abstract idea of encoding and decoding into patent-eligible subject matter. Nor does the presence of a mathematical formula dictate otherwise. Claims that are directed to a non-abstract idea are not rendered abstract simply because they use a mathematical formula. But the converse is also true: A claim directed to an abstract idea does not automatically become eligible merely by adding a mathematical formula. As we explained above, claim 1 is directed to the abstract idea of encoding and decoding. The addition of a mathematical equation that simply changes the data into other forms of data cannot save it. . . . In sum, the claims of the '303 patent lack an inventive concept that transforms the claimed subject matter from an abstract idea into a patent-eligible application.
Lawrence M. Sung
lsung@wiley.law
Neal Seth
nseth@wiley.law


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AP US: American Culture and Reform (c. 1800 - 1860)
Romantic Movement
Birth of American Literature
Second Great Awakening
Utopian Movements
Humanitarian Reform
clockwork universe
God created the world and the laws that govern it
allows events to happen without His interference
the use of reason helps man to find these laws
Jefferson, Franklin, and other like them were Deists
Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason
not very popular, as it attacks organised religions, especially Calvinism
says that churches are set up to terrify and enslave man, monopolising power and profit
states that human nature is good and that salvation is attainable through faith and good works
infant damnation
the "elected" are the select few chosen to be saved
philosophy of Deism
believe in supreme being, free will, salvation through good works, and the morally good nature of man
appeals to intellectuals
associated with the Church of England
Irish and Scots
Congregationalist
often merge with Presbyterians in small communities
the religious landscape is changing throughout the nation
started at the turn of the 19th century
expresses the European and American idea that there's more to life than material things
they wanted "balanced reason", as a reaction to the Age of Reason's strict focus on only reason
Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, 1781, was one important source
poets, authors, and other writers took his ideas, giving importance to the soul as well as reason
revered nature, believing that contemplation of natural scenes can lead to the discovery of fundamental truths
formalise Romanticism
becomes almost a faith for some
fuses Romanticism and mysticism
fueled by the newly translated Hindu, Buddhist, and Islamic texts
it also incorporated some Quaker doctrine, that the "inner light" is the gift of God's grace
they believe that all people have this "inner light", and that this inner light can illuminate and put each person in touch with God, the "oversoul"
it's about self, with little regard for dogma or authority
he was studying to become a Unitarian minister, but stopped
went to Europe to travel and learn
he returned to America and began developing an American literature and artistic tradition
he is an inspiration for a truly American literature
no longer does American literature rely on Europe
preaches the philosophy of the "Oversoul" and an everchanging universe
he preaches individualism, optimism, and freedom
his beliefs lead him to become an ardent abolitionist and women's rights supporter
a student of Emerson
writes essays that profoundly effected modern thought
he preaches individualism and non-conformity
"Walden: A Life in the Woods" and "Duty of Civil Disobedience" are two of his works
he was against the war with Mexico and Texas joining as a slave state
his idea of passive resistance will be emulated by Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Romanticism encourages writing with emotions, not just reason
Irving, Poe, Cooper, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman are some examples
America is now looked upon, for the first time, as a source of ideas and literary inspiration
Timothy Dwight
President of Yale College
calls Yale a "hotbed of infidelity", saying that the "secular trend" is causing him concern
sponsors religious revivals to fight the "collective soul" of the Yale student body
the revivals spread throughout New England
in the First Great Awakening, the theme was damnation, fire and brimstone
in the Second Great Awakening, the theme is more about the goodness of God, and how all can share in His glory
one needs only to believe to be saved
these ideas spread across America
large numbers of people gather to sing, praise, etc.; they are happy and optimistic gatherings
they are held after the harvest
25,000 people are at some of these - they are intense and involved
segregated companion revivals
blacks go to different meetings
begins a long tradition of enthusiastic, shouting, singing, etc. gatherings
spiritual, social and political cohesion is difficult for blacks to achieve in the time leading up to the Civil War
role of women
this events give them a more active role outside of the house
they gain an increased involvement in the spiritual parts of their communities
William Miller and the Millerite Movement
he predicted the Second Coming of Christ to be on 2 Oct, 1844; even when it didn't happen, his movement continued
they become known as Seventh-Day Adventists
master of showmanship and participatory psychology
he told people to gather as a community
an early form of socialism
cooperative 1800s communities that were experiments in alternate community organisation along Christian Scriptural guidelines
not a new idea - the Puritans had tried this, too
failed to thrive in America's capitalistic climate
for most, they collapse after the loss of the founder and the original driving spirit
New Harmony, Indiana 1855
founded by Robert Owen
perished early, because of a "lack of harmony among the participants"
Brook Farm, Massachusetts
a Transcendental literary haven
suffered from indebtedness, lack of incentive to work, and a disastrous fire
wealth was shared equally, resulting in that lack of incentive to work
Hawthorne's Bilthedale Romance was written about Brook Farm
Shaker Communities
started by Anne Lee, English, arrived in America in 1774 and died the same year
they advocated strict sexual abstinence, as they saw no reason to perpetuate the human race given the imminent end of the Christian millennium
they had an admitted simplicity, as seen in designs on art and furniture
there were 20 by 1830, 6000 by 1840
these groups will exist for 100 years, dwindling slowly
their rule of celibacy and communal property discouraged converts
they had high ideals and lacked controversial practises, allowing them to live in harmony with their neighbours, unlike, for example, the Mormons' practise of polygamy
created a product and engaged in commerce, helping them to survive
manufacturers of silverware
they practised free love, birth control, and eugenic selection of parents, causing problems with neighbouring groups
founded in New York by Noyes, with several smaller communities in surrounding states
Bible Communism
selfishness is the root of unhappiness
property and exclusive relationships breed selfishness
so, they share property
"complex marriage" - every woman is married to every man
share work equally
they support their community with the production of silverware
in 1879 they gave up complex marriage and became a joint stock company
thus, a communist utopia became a huge capitalistic corporation
founded by Joseph Smith in New York in 1830
today it is known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
because of their beliefs, they were forced to move from New York, though various states, and eventually to Utah
founded Nauvoo, Illinois in 1839, and it became the largest city in that state for a while
rumours of polygamy led to Smith and his brother's arrests; they were killed by a mob while in jail
Brigham Young led them to Salt Lake City, where they developed and grew
they became a major, but not understood, religion
Utah became a state in 1896; their admittance had been delayed by the issue of polygamy
reform was the touchstone of the 19th century
the first reforms were religious and philosophical; social and political reform would follow from the change in people's minds
a defining characteristic of this era was that women played leading roles in reforming society
they are starting to step out of the house
they were especially involved with humanitarian reforms, among others
schools for the deaf
first one was opened in Paris, France by a Yale graduate
his son founds one in Connecticut in 1817
a school for the blind and deaf was also opened
previously, these disabled people were put in penitentiaries/reformatories which were essentially jails; they were not cared for at all
criminals, debtors, and the insane had all been locked together in one room
now, efforts are made to change the situation
leads to experimenting in solitary confinement, strict rules of silence; the idea is to give time to think over mistakes and become penitent
1821 - Kentucky becomes first state to abolish imprisonment for debt - you can't pay off debt while in jail
hospitals are established for the mentally and physically impaired
Dorothea Dix abandoned her successful teacher career in 1841 to begin a lifelong campaign to improve conditions in mental institutions
St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D.C. was built on state lands, showing her influence in public policy
Horace Mann, the "Father of Education"
introduced public education, requiring that children attend school through 6th grade
initially, it was only mandatory for boys
Thomas Jefferson's vision was that all could and should be educated to make society better
see also notes on Women and Minorities
greatest religiously inspired reform
in the 1800s, the per capita alcohol was 2-3 times that of now
argued that crime at all levels was rooted in alcohol
Dr. Benjamin Rush published a book in 1784 that detailed the effects of alcohol on the human body
in 1826, the assault on the "demon rum" became a national movement, the American Temperance Union
they gained 1.5 millions members in one year
their members took a "cold-water pledge" to forsake all alcohol
the state of Maine was the first to prohibit the sale of alcohol, in 1851
Neal Dow, a Quaker businessman who became the mayor of Portland, led the prohibition campaign
about a dozen other states followed this lead and passed "Maine Laws"
most of these states didn't enforce the laws, or quickly repealed them
See other notes


The rains have begun. It's not cold really, just a bit grey and wet. So I thought I'd do some baking and try to combine the best of New Zealand and Holland in one cake. Here's my Feijoa and Speculaas Cake recipe.
Up to 2 cups of peeled & halved Feijoa (cut each one in half then scoop them out with a spoon).
Combine the first 5 ingredients, then sift in the flour, baking powder and speculaas. Mix until well combined. Pour into baking paper lined 25x25cm deep cake tin. Push feijoa halves (pointed side) down into the cake mix until the top is kind of level. Sprinkle with the brown sugar. Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for 45 minutes (but check it earlier- because mine was a tad overdone).


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The NHS Concert Band consistently scores Superior ratings at competition concerts.
Along with a rigorous list of comprehensive high school courses, including over 20 Advanced Placement class selections, Northern also offers these specialty courses. Not all courses are available at all grade levels. Some require a pre-requisite course. Please contact our Guidance Office for more information.
Northern High School is located in northern Durham at 117 Tom Wilkinson Road. Northern opened in 1955. 225 certified teachers facilitate the learning of approximately 1500 students who reside in the northern rural area of Durham County, as well as northern suburban and urban sections of the city. Northern not only serves a diverse population ethnically, but also academically and with special needs. Students can earn college credit in Advanced Placement courses, challenge their intellect in Honors classes, and can also be accomodated for an exceptionality, such as autism, Learning Disabled, Behaviorally Educationally Disabled, Educable Mentally Disabled, Students with English as a Second Language or Limited English Proficiency, and physically challenged.
As in all North Carolina public schools, students design a four-year education plan prior to entering high school and then enroll in the college/university preparatory, college technical preparatory, or career preparatory programs. The average class size for the five core content areas is 23.7 students per class. The student-to-teacher ratio for the entire school is 15:1.
Northern's goal is to set high expectations for all students and to prepare them to learn and think in a rapidly changing world. Northern employs a wide variety of academic learning strategies to address a variety of learning styles and needs. Northern High School was voted in the top 5% of the nation's best high schools by Newsweek for 2004 and 2005, which is based on number of AP test taken.
Durham County lies at the center of the Triangle, between Chapel Hill (Orange County) to the west, and Raleigh (Wake County) to the southeast. The district, Durham Public Schools, encompasses all public schools in Durham County, North Carolina. It serves 32,000 students in 46 schools including 28 elementary schools, 8 middle schools, and 7 high schools. Student may choose to attend both magnet and year-round schools. At the high school level, the system provides a variety of career pathway options for students who have specific career interests.
Durham is a diverse and dynamic community. The Research Triangle area is undergoing a period of significant economic and demographic growth and change. From a small number just a decade ago, Latinos now make up 15.7% of Durham Public Schools' students. The Triangle boasts one of the best job markets in the country, and Durham has been cited in numerous publications as one of the best places to live and work in the United States.Durham County is home to around 243,000 residents. From north to south, the county includes rural, suburban, and urban areas. Duke University, North Carolina Central University, and Durham Technical Community College reside in Durham, and it is just a short trip to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University in Raleigh. The area is also home to a major international airport, and two medical research institutions.


Roger Palin on life lessons.
Rogers love for the outdoors was initially inspired by the Cubs and Scouts. Running through the rain and dark, splashing through rivers and climbing trees gave him the skills and awareness of nature that were vital when at 16 he joined the Royal Marines. From then on he spent time in the Arctic and Desert, up mountains and on the sea, environments that inspire him to this day.
Roger is a professional outdoor instructor able to teach you how to ice climb, canoe and kayak steep rivers, ski up and down mountains using Telemark, Nordic or Alpine skis and mountain bike guide.
He has travelled to 60 countries around the world, including summiting Mount Kilimanjaro 8 times in 24 days, skiing through -40 degrees in Norway, trekking in Yemen at 55 degrees ( a baselayer being essential for both). Climbing 1st ascents and river 1st descents in Scotland.
He would love to go back and do ski seasons in Chamonix but for now he happy training and inspiring others in getting into the outdoors and becoming instructors so that others can achieve their dreams.
Technology. The way we are becoming more and more dependent on technology (I realise the irony here typing this on my iPad). How people are creating virtual lifestyles, vicariously living their life experiences watching someone else live there's. The addictions and anxieties that these high stimulus toys have on our lifestyles is worrying.
Who wouldn't I like to thank? My mum obviously. She has been there and supported me though achieving all my goals and dreams, and probably a lot more than she realises. From letting me join the Marines at 16, to just send me a letter. Couldn't have done it without her.
What life lessons do you wish to share with others?
The biggest obstacle is yourself. Not as negative as it perhaps sounds. But it is easy create obstacles and it's easy to listen to them, but if you really want to do something then find a way to do it and make it happen, don't be your own obstacle, get out and challenge yourself.
If I were to life in another country where would l pick: So hard to answer this. I'm fortunate enough to have traveled extensively, and all have been amazing. Some of these travels have been with work some with play, but mainly I go to climb, paddle ski and mountain bike. So my ideal place would be somewhere that Has snowy mountains on one side, trails on the other, rivers at the bottom and crags on the sunny side!
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Unopinionated: 'Man of Steel' Isn't the Superman Movie We Asked For
Every week, readers send me their unpopular opinions, and on Unopinionated, I explain why they're unpopular in the first place.
From my inbox: "Man of Steel is a lot better than people give it credit for. In fact, it's pretty much flawless." – Shadan
The first "can't put my finger on it" issue with Man of Steel is its identity crisis. Is it a space opera or a superhero movie? While some of the best superhero movies attempt to mix genres (the spy thriller undertones of Captain America: The Winter Soldier are a fine example), Man of Steel fails to commit fully to its aesthetic, bouncing themes and ideas around without any sort of thread that connects them.
Make a better world than ours, Kal. – Lara Lor-Van
This is partly because Man of Steel spends most of its long running time explaining what Kryptonians are, rather than who they are. And this of course carries over to Superman himself, who is so embedded in mainstream culture at this point that any sort of follow up has to sell him in a unique way in order to be effective.
The structure is overtly reminiscent of Batman Begins, and for good reason. Nolan's 2005 rebirth of the Batman film franchise led to WB's critical and financial smash hit, The Dark Knight, oft cited as the best superhero movie of all time. It makes sense that the studio would want to retell Superman's origins with the same kind of flashback-focused narrative that combines backstory with the drama of the hero's first journey.
In Batman Begins, however, there's a clear vision that unites these flashbacks with present day, mostly because Christopher Nolan had creative authority. In Man of Steel, which was helmed by Zack Snyder, it's clear that some parts of the film had separate influences. To put it bluntly, it's jarring to jump from a Zack Snyder sci-fi movie to a Christopher Nolan origin story (with some vague Dragonball Z aesthetics thrown in during the final act).
Henry Cavill as Clark Kent is a double-edged sword of satisfaction. He absolutely looks the part, and his early wanderings in the movie are a highlight. Watching him show restraint in the face of overwhelming opposition (only to sacrifice the mystery in order to be a hero) is both a clever and unique way to make sense out of why he wants to be Superman in the first place.
Aside from this, Clark Kent is a character with very little to do, and even fewer critical decisions to make (which is why it feels bizarre when he does finally do something surprising). Instead, he merely reacts to everything around him as he scrambles from plot point to plot point. True, the script tries to add depth to his character with carefully worded interactions between him and the supporting cast, but they're offset by impossibly moronic character decisions, notably with Jonathan Kent's guidance and ultimate sacrifice that makes very little sense constructively.
People are afraid of what they don't understand. – Jonathan Kent
Clark Kent is presented as a blank character who has more symbolism thrust upon him than any of the humanity (or Kryptonianity) that would make such symbolism feel substantial. Before the movie has a chance to actually go somewhere with Clark's future and motivations, an all-out brawl erupts that monopolizes the final act, undercutting most of the thought-provoking ideas that would have justified the movie's exposition. By the time the end credits start rolling, the audience is left with a titular character who is actually quite boring.
Some of this could have been forgivable if Man of Steel had better handled its Lois Lane, which is likely the levity-filled saving grace of the first few Superman films. Unfortunately, the chemistry between Amy Adams' Lois and Cavill's Superman stumbles around in order to feel a little less forced than it deserves. The characters exchange few lines before major reveals (and out-of-context romance) take place, which could have been a novel idea if the film had offered more weight to these crucial moments.
Despite all of this, Man of Steel is not a terrible movie. In fact, it succeeds in many ways that its predecessors fell short. It gracefully omits typical Superman lore (Lex Luthor, kryptonite, etc.) in order to put attention on a unique narrative, complete with an awe-inspiring reimagining of Krypton. The action scenes are certainly eye-catching, discounting the egregious IHOP product placement and overly extended set pieces.
But overall, much of what Man of Steel offers in terms of themes, characters, and plot simply doesn't mix with the established mythos of Superman. This wouldn't be a problem, of course, if the movie wasn't trying to tackle the most recognizable superhero of all time.
Hi, Lois Lane. Welcome to The Planet. – Lois
A gritty, more realistic take on Batman made sense because the character himself is already somewhat grounded, making his internal struggle as endearing as it is believable. To replicate this, Snyder doubled down on how Superman is essentially Earth's "messiah," an enduring (and obvious) interpretation of the source material. The problem is that this isn't what people actually love about the character, despite how fundamental the Jesus story is to Clark Kent. What people love about Superman lies elsewhere, far removed from a 33-year old Superman posing on a figurative cross in outer space. That kind of Superman is, for lack of a word already mentioned in this review, boring.
Simply put, Snyder's Superman is a messiah, a son, a hero, and a wanderer. But strangely enough, he's never a character. Not an interesting one, at least. And that's all anyone was asking for.
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4 thoughts on "Unopinionated: 'Man of Steel' Isn't the Superman Movie We Asked For"
mreanonymoose
I'm 100% sure it wasn't intentional, but the theme of the movie fits exactly with what you said early on: "identity crisis". In the film, Clark isn't sure of himself. Should he keep himself secret? Should he embrace his alien roots? It's pretty cool. I'm honestly a fan of Man of Steel, but it could have been way better.
Harvey Dent
What does Clark do, though, that makes sense out of his own identity crisis? It is a cool concept, but the movie is so sloppy and messy about it.
Tim Curry your Favor
Something that's always bugged me about Man of Steel has to do with SPOILERS.
How on earth is Clark Kent, a guy who with no friends and has been wandering the earth for years, land a job at the Daily Planet? It makes no sense whatsoever.
Marco Gomez
My main issue with Man of Steel actually has nothing to do with the whole "killing" thing (even though that's pretty bizarre too). My problem is that they changed the Superman mythology to make Kal El a super special Krypton because he has "the codex" thing in him and only he can save everyone, blah blah blah. Superman is more exciting when you realize his powers come from him just being a normal Kryptonian in a foreign world, not a special snowflake.


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Look into my eyes and trust me.
Look into my mind and understand me.
Look into my heart and love me.
Look into me soul and feel what I feel.
Listen to my heart and hear me with clarity.
Look into my eyes and see the truth and honesty in my love.
Be by my side and this passion will bind us forever.
and let the tomorrow's begin.
a winged hope taking flight.
just close that creaky door.
in the strength in you.
Thoughts of you filled my troubled head.
On to my pillow fell six silent tears.
And the taste of your tender lips that I long to kiss.
And the thoughts of your warm, loving embrace.
As I thought of your beautiful, bright, loving eyes.
Instead of my pillow, it was you I should be holding.
I felt my love for you was not fully shown.
There just fell my sixth tear.
I traveled on my way without a guide.
And felt no need to seek another's charms.
Or longed to bare my soul in someone's arms.
And you, as well, alone had sought your prize.
And needed none to make yourself complete.
Your sights were set so clearly in your eyes.
Your narrow path had room for just two feet.
And showed us both what life can be at last.
Gives light so bright and heals for us our past.
When blinded by the smile within our heart.
And want to have, to hold, but not to give.
For only then will life know how to live.
The best of who you are is deep inside.
True loveliness abounds with strength and grace.
Revealed to those who see beyond a face.
My love does not depend on things you do.
Or choices made, or fickle circumstance.
Or beauty that bursts forth with every glance.
It's not what all can see that draws me near.
I know your heart, and that's what I hold dear.
It was winter when we met.
Winter in my heart and in yours, hoping for a sign of Spring.
Like crocuses, our small joys multiplied, assuring us that the thaw had come.
We planted our hopes together in soil made rich by experince.
Directing it toward nurturing what we want to keep.
Protecting from heavy weather and frost.
It is a labor of love, this garden we have started in our hearts.
A lifelong tending, side by side.


Moral, Believing Animals 0 Edition What kind of animals are human beings? And how do our visions of the human shape our theories of social action and institutions? In Moral, Believing Animals, Christian Smith advances a creative theory of human persons and culture that offers innovative, challenging answers to these and other fundamental questions in sociological, cultural, and religious theory.Smith suggests that human beings have a peculiar set of capacities and proclivities that distinguishes them significantly from other animals on this planet. Despite the vast differences in humanity between cultures and across history, no matter how differently people narrate their lives and histories, there remains an underlying structure of human personhood that helps to order human culture, history, and narration. Drawing on important recent insights in moral philosophy, epistemology, and narrative studies, Smith argues that humans are animals who have an inescapable moral and spiritual dimension. They cannot avoid a fundamental moral orientation in life and this, says Smith, has profound consequences for how sociology must study human beings.


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The Hollywood Reporter reports that the World Trade Organization has authorized the Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda to infringe United States copyrights to the tune of $21 million. The ruling is in response to the United States blocking online gambling entities from access in the United States market, while allowing online betting on the ponies.
Ranking up there with Egypt's ridiculous proposal to copyright the pyramids, the World Trade Organization's decision critically undermines its own authority. It would be tough to conceive of a ruling more unfair or more directly at odds with the purpose of international copyright laws than the World Trade Organization decision.
That being said, if you happen to be in Antigua and Barbuda any time soon, be sure to pick me up a DVD of Sweeney Todd.
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https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2021-11-26/austin-at-large-lifes-short-eat-dessert-first/
Austin at Large: Life's Short, Eat Dessert First
A time for gratitude and discernment, and for enjoying both cake and ice cream
By Mike Clark-Madison, November 26, 2021, News
Some people in this city are being spared the Old Testament wrath I was going to pack into this space this week, before I decided I should write something more seasonally appropriate. So many holidays this week! By the time our next issue comes out, Austin will have consumed or discarded its Thanksgiving leftovers (don't keep them longer; that's gross), lit its first candles for both Advent (Sunday) and Chanukah (Monday night), and be headed headlong into its end-of-year letting-it-all-go. Last year's winter holidays were much less enjoyable than they could have been, as President Apesh*t wouldn't leave quietly and thousands of Texans wouldn't stay home, gifting everyone with coups and COVID come January. Remember all that? So things are already starting off on a better foot, and hopefully we can make it through all 12 days of Christmas this time without a new deadly plague or constitutional crisis.
But I still wouldn't blame you if you decide to eat your dessert first. We may have relief this year from those human-made disasters, but we have plenty of chaos agents who would like you to feel as if things are getting much worse. I will once again be the positive-thinking get-a-grip friend who reminds you that this is not true. Yes, things would be better if we'd avoided the coups and the COVID, both of which we'd be happy to blame on disgraced ol' Apesh*t except that so many of his partisans want to enable his sorry legacy to drag on indefinitely. Our governor, for instance. This is annoying all the time, and as a matter of right and wrong it justifies your own Old Testament wrath, if that helps you calibrate your own attitude. But so would treating yourself to small acts of kindness, like eating dessert first. (Or latkes. Mmm. Dessert for dinner!)
Potatoes, But Also Pancakes
It is a Festivus miracle that one badly broken human being can cause so much chaos and disorder simply so he can be the center of everyone's attention. Future histories will ascribe to ol' Apesh*t the body count he's racked up in the process, which is cold comfort now – as the defense counsel for the QAnon Shaman put it so well last week, Dolt 45 has "got a few effing things to do, including cleaning this effing mess up and taking care of a lot of the jackasses that [he] effed up because of January 6."
On our blue side of the street, it's popular to disagree with the premise that MAGA-nation is an aberration, bound in time and space by the power of its cult leader and not really indicative of the baseline conditions in today's American politics. "See," we say, pointing to monstrosities like the Senate Bill 8 abortion ban, "this is what Republicans are like all the time and will always be like, and the only way forward is to extinguish them utterly, and Apesh*t is just a distracting sideshow." My response is that both of these premises can be true at the same time in different ways. Just as latkes are potatoes, but also pancakes, and the Messiah is both the king of all nations and a messy human baby sleeping in a stable, our prior president is both a fading tabloid celebrity and the avatar of his party's attraction to wickedness, hatred, and greed.
One of my old priest friends in San Francisco framed this for me decades ago with a different food metaphor: cake and ice cream. We like them both, we enjoy them together, we feel no urgent need to rank one above the other, but we also know they are very different. Cake is structural, an embodied essence, while ice cream is situational, existential, experiential, contingent. Once it melts, ice cream ceases to exist, but until it begins to melt, it can't be eaten. Cake uses most of the same ingredients, but is instead a way of preserving them; it's highly engineered, the inevitable and sole outcome of the different inputs (ingredients, amounts, techniques) that made up its recipe, persisting even as it soaks up all the melted ice cream. And so on. We were discussing political systems on a grand historical scale, but it applies well to this present moment. Some things that are being played up as egregious and extraordinary are, like cake, the predictable results of how we do politics. Some things that are being defined as normal and authentic expressions of enduring truths are, like ice cream, the time-bound product of circumstances that could change for many reasons, including random chance.
Look Out! It's Mister Softee!
Donald John Apesh*t Trump is like the emperor of ice cream, an out-of-control Mister Softee truck firehosing frozen custard in everybody's face, causing chaos. But he will eventually melt. Joe Manchin, on the other hand, is like a Little Debbie snack cake that will never change its state. The way we do politics means there will always be a Joe Manchin, but there is unlikely to ever again be an Apesh*t.
This can be hard to parse out and respond to in the moment, and my own profession is a big source of that difficulty. Our country is too big and diverse for interpersonal politics (whether retail encounters with voters or negotiations in Congress) to be sufficient; media narratives and storytelling are not just a way, but really the only way, for most people to make sense of their society. That means people like me need to be discerning about what we highlight, repeat, downplay, ignore; instead, we're incentivized to do the opposite and chase clicks and clout and make things seem both worse and less textured than they actually are. This holiday season, let's celebrate what's good and treat ourselves to an extra serving of dessert.
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Note: This month, I will share several Black Eyed Susan nominees. A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea is a 2011-2012 nominee.
Model Texts: I've written about model texts before, and this one is a great example of a model text to teach persuasive writing to students. Read aloud A Pig Parade is a Terrible Idea and discuss the techniques the author uses to persuade the reader that the idea of a pig parade is a bad one. The author also utilizes great sequencing words and a surprise wrap up that's worth investigating. Perhaps, use the ending as a starter for students to write their own persuasive piece.


Gordon Brown, MP, compares the expected changes to the impact of the Industrial Revolution.
Data shows a massive economic shift has begun, a former prime minister of the United Kingdom said Feb. 5 in the Trinity University Distinguished Lecture Series.
Historians will probably say we are in an economic change more fundamental than what happened in the Industrial Revolution, Gordon Brown, Member of Parliament, said.
In 2010, for the first time in 200 years, the majority of the world's production and trade was outside Europe and the U.S., he said. The majority of the world's consumption still exists in Europe and the United States, but this is changing, too, Brown said.
Consumption of resources and products by the world's population is shifting to an exploding middle class in Asia, which will dominate in the next 10 to 15 years.
For 200 years, 10 percent of the people of the world produced and consumed the majority of the world's resources, products and services.
These people were in the West, more specifically, Europe and North America. Brown said "it was inevitable" that the inequality of production and consumption could not last.
He said Europe is still struggling with national financial collapses for several reasons and should follow the example of the United States in redesigning the banking and accountability systems.
In the United Kingdom, the people and politicians are grappling with globalization and shifts in economic influence. He said one side wants to keep things the way they have been, and others see the numbers, the facts and desire restructuring to respond to the dynamics of economics and politics in Europe and the world.
Brown said he does not see the shift of wealth to the East as negative; it brings innumerable opportunities.
Nations who cultivate creative talent and the ability to produce, innovate and educate will be the winners, leaving, China scared. Brown said China is the master of copying designs, but they struggle with innovation and creativity.
Brown said he is hopeful about the opportunities that already exist in business and social change, such as the Internet, which helps students, populations and nations share ideas and stand up for equality. He told stories of people demonstrating in the streets around the world in response to the abuses of women in various Asian and Middle Eastern countries.
Brown said the world population will have more wealth than ever before, more production, more consumption and greater standards of living. He said he has hope for the millions who will benefit.
Moral underpinnings for financial and social policies of governments need to be key values, he said.
He has confidence nations will continue financial and social policies to promote equality of opportunity and treatment under law.
After his remarks, Brown took audience questions. A middle-aged woman asked about impact around the world because of corruption, hacking, theft, fraud and other malicious behaviors. He said morality and truth regarding human rights and desire of governments and leaders to promote the wellbeing of people will defeat corruption.
Fraud and corruption exist, but influences are overwhelmed by people who act with moral underpinnings.
Brown is the son of a preacher, who grew up in poverty and surrounded by pollution.
He entered a university at 15, earned a Ph.D. in history and taught before moving into politics. He served in numerous offices involving U.K. finance.
A student asked about his greatest achievement and failure. Brown said his greatest achievement was the London G20 summit in 2009. Leaders of the United Nations, International Monetary Fund and national economic powers decided how to respond to the world economic meltdown. He is largely credited for preventing a worldwide depression through actions taken following the London G20.
His greatest failure occurred a few years later, he said because he failed to foster the interdependent leadership, energy and resolution that developed in 2009.


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Q: How to reload the page using React-Router's NavLink? I use NavLink to highlight buttons with active link, but want to load page like anchor tag. Is it possible to do that?

A: You can set forceRefresh property of BrowserRouter to true:
import { BrowserRouter as Router, Switch, Route, Link } from 'react-router-dom';

export default function BasicExample() {
  return (
    <Router forceRefresh>
      <div>
        <Link to="/">Home</Link>
      </div>
      <Switch>
        <Route exact path="/">
          <Home />
        </Route>
      </Switch>
    </Router>
  )
}

It will reload the whole page when you click on a link made with <Link> or <NavLink> for the whole application. But if you want to reload just for a single <Link>, I think you will have to do it in some other way like window.location.reload().
Here is CodeSandbox.

A: In addition to Ajeet's answer, here's another way to do it if you need just the links in question to refresh the whole page, but want to work like a single page application otherwise:
This is essentially just making a quick version of the NavLink that uses normal a tags instead of using react-router to change routes. This definitely doesn't include all of the functionality that the NavLink supports, but that could be added in as needed.
import React from "react";
import { useRouteMatch } from "react-router-dom";

export const FakeNavLink = ({
  children,
  to,
  className = "",
  style = {},
  activeClassName = "active",
  basename = "",
  activeStyle = {},
  exact,
  strict
}) => {
  const active = useRouteMatch({ path: to, exact, strict });
  let styleObj = style;
  if (active) {
    styleObj = { ...styleObj, ...activeStyle };
  }
  return (
    <a
      href={basename + to}
      className={className + (active ? ` ${activeClassName}` : "")}
      style={styleObj}
    >
      {children}
    </a>
  );
};

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Legendary Promoter Peter Shapiro's Bold Bid to Fix Concerts—for Good
Brian Raftery
Peter Shapiro figured out how to bring huge stars into intimate settings. Now he wants to bring the fans online—in a way that actually works.
Heather Sten for WIRED
A few years ago, Peter Shapiro needed a not-so-small favor from Robert Plant. Shapiro, 44, has been putting on concerts for more than 20 years—everything from intimate late-night Roots gigs to 2015's Deadhead extravaganza Fare Thee Well—and few situations drive him into a state of room-pacing, hair-futzing excitement like a last-minute booking. So when Shapiro noticed that Plant had an opening in his tour schedule, he wondered: What would it take to get the former Led Zeppelin frontman, who easily fills 3,000-seat theaters, to agree to play a last-minute, late-night show at a bowling alley in Brooklyn?
"B.B. King once told me, 'If you really want something, you bring cash,'" says Shapiro. So he showed up for his meeting with Plant carrying a brown bag stuffed with $50,000 in bills. That was the deposit. Weeks later, Plant took the stage just after midnight at Shapiro's long-running Brooklyn Bowl venue, where he performed Zeppelin classics like "Black Dog" and "Going to California" for a crowd of about 800.
Questlove and the Art of the Subversive Musical Dig
Call Them Hippies, But the Grateful Dead Were Tech Pioneers
Concerts Will Be Our Soap Operas, Broadcast on Social Media
"It's in the spirit of what we do: Fuck, let's put it together," Shapiro says on a late-fall afternoon in his midtown Manhattan office, where he oversees a live-show mini-empire—which includes three Brooklyn Bowl venues, along with the regal Capitol Theatre in nearby Westchester County—as well as his latest venture, an ambitious concert-chronicling website called Fans.com. The room is crowded with reminders of his decades-long music career: A poster commemorating Wetlands Preserve, the famed downtown-New York City venue Shapiro owned in the late '90s and early '00s; a ticket from a screening of the concert film U2 3D, which Shapiro co-produced; a photo of Questlove walking through a plane hangar in Las Vegas, where in 2014 the Roots helped open up a West Coast incarnation of Brooklyn Bowl. There's also a framed a setlist from the multi-night, multi-city Fare Thee Well shows, which drew hundreds of thousands of Deadheads from around the world.
The space's most vibrant attraction, though, is Shapiro himself, whose dusty voice, near-collar-length hair, prolific profanity, and sly smile reminds you of a mischievous eighth-grader you might spot smoking behind the gym. Today, Shapiro's dressed in dark jeans and a blue dress shirt, and he never quite stops moving—waving his phone around wildly mid-call, twirling a drumstick, bounding unexpectedly from one corner of the room to the next. "He appears and vanishes—that's kind of his modus operandi," says Blues Traveler's John Popper, who's known Shapiro since at least the early '90s. "And you don't know how long he's been there, or if he's still around. He's kind of like Batman in that regard."
Popper, like many of Shapiro's friends and observers, compares him to Bill Graham, the legendary concert promoter who reshaped the live-music industry in the '60s with San Francisco's zeitgeist-divining Fillmore venues. But whereas Graham was a highly visible pop-culture power-broker—chronicled in the pages of Rolling Stone, sought out by TV producers as a rock-n-roll explainer—Shapiro's career has largely been defined by the fan-immersing, artist-pleasing events and spaces he's overseen since he took over Wetlands in the mid-'90s and turned it into a late-night paradise for jam bands, ska acts, and the backpack-rap cognoscenti. The first Brooklyn Bowl would follow more than a decade later, quickly becoming a location for surprise drop-in gigs by the likes of Guns N' Roses and Kanye West (Bowls in London and Las Vegas were next). And, in 2012, Shapiro revived the Capitol, a long-dormant former rock palace, with a multi-night opening stint from Bob Dylan.
Each space has earned a reputation for well-oiled spontaneity—the kind of anything-can-happen-here ethos that's made live music a crucial source of cultural momentum (and revenue) in the post-Napster record industry. "Peter doesn't have the word 'no' in his vocabulary," says Questlove, a longtime Brooklyn Bowl performer and friend. "I've given him 11th-hour surprises, like, 'How about a practice Usher show?,' or 'Can we organize a quickie Elvis Costello performance?' Anyone else would have riddled me with bullets for taking such a grand idea and tossing it to him with seconds left to spare. [But] with him it's always, 'Oh man, I can't wait to get to it.' And it's always magic."
Fans.com is Shapiro's attempt to teleport some of that kinetic live-show power to the web. Launched last year, the site is an ever-growing concert database that includes everything from this month's Chance the Rapper shows to, say, a 1960 Beatles gig in Hamburg, with many gigs documented via user-supplied photos and anecdotes. The goal is to build a single destination for concert lovers, who Shapiro says are often spread far across the web—either lingering on artist-specific sites like Little Monsters or Dead.net, or sharing everything via a decentralized stream of social media updates. "You go to a concert and post something about it on Facebook, and good luck finding it a year later," he says. "Besides, your whole life is on that site. You may not wanna geek out on being a fucking Slayer-head if you work at Chase bank. People have a separate identity for that."
But the biggest obstacle for Fans is convincing users to pledge allegiance to yet another community-minded music site. So far, Shapiro says, the site's growth has been encouraging; last month's traffic was the site's biggest yet. "We're not saying it's big, but we're seeing growth," he says. "And we're very much using my little world [of businesses] to lead it." The last decade has seen the heralded arrival (and subsequent flame-out) of endeavors like Turntable.fm, Twitter Music, and Whatever the Hell Justin Timberlake Is Doing With MySpace. For the last 20 years, Shapiro's been able to cajole artists and audience members to follow him wherever he goes, from basements to bowling alleys; can he get them to stick around with him online, long after the music's stopped?
Bringing the Club Experience to the Web
Shapiro's Manhattan office is just a few blocks away from the site of his first-ever concert: A 1985 Madonna show at Madison Square Garden, which he attended when he was 12 years old, tagging along with his older brother. ("I remember all the moms dressed up in black lace with their daughters," he says. "And I remember a funny smoke in the air a little bit.")
Born and raised in New York City, Shapiro spent his teen years checking out shows and putting together a public-access TV show about sports. Back then, his music tastes tilted more toward the likes of Jane's Addiction and My Bloody Valentine; his awareness of the jam-band scene didn't start until a few years later, when he was a sophomore at Northwestern University. "Like any college in America," he says, "there was a culture of people playing hacky sack, throwing a Frisbee, smoking something, and hanging out."
Shapiro can't always pull those kinds of hours anymore—he has multiple venues to run, and two young kids at home—but Fans is partly an attempt to recapture that don't-stop-the-show spirit.
In 1992, he caught his first Grateful Dead and Phish shows within just months of each other; the performances made him a convert to the jam-band scene, and inspired him to spend his summer working on a Dead documentary, And Miles to Go Before I Sleep: On Tour with the Grateful Dead Summer 1993. More film work followed, eventually bringing Shapiro to the attention of Larry Bloch, the founder of Wetlands Preserve, a downtown Manhattan nightclub known for its late hours, dodgy sightlines, and eclectic roster. Groups like Pearl Jam and Oasis played their first New York City gigs at Wetlands, and Dave Matthews was a semi-regular in his pre-breakout days. But by 1996, Bloch wanted someone to take over the club, offering the gig to to the then-23-year-old Shapiro. "Jerry Garcia had died [the year before]," Shapiro says. "Larry told me, 'There are a lot of people in their twenties who are into this music and this culture, and the whole thing's gonna splinter.'"
For the next six years, until the club's closing in 2001, Shapiro retained Wetlands' casual vibe, while also booking more elaborate live shows, such as a weekly Roots residency from 1997 to 2001. ("Many a legendary night at that venue," Questlove recalls. "A lot of historical performances and confrontations took place—not to mention, key songs also got created.") Shapiro maintained Bloch's commitment to community, hosting meetings for local non-profits, while also solidifying the the venue's party-friendly atmosphere. "My favorite part of Wetlands was the basement, where the was music piped in, there were pillows everywhere, and you could just hang out and smoke pot," remembers Popper. "That felt like home to me."
After high rents shut down Wetlands in 2001, Shapiro spent the next few years pondering his next move, finally settling upon Brooklyn Bowl, a concert-venue-slash-bowling-alley that opened in Williamsburg in 2009, at the site of an century-old ironworks foundry. Unlike Wetlands, Shapiro's new venue had sightlines that allowed you to actually see the band—not to mention an upscale menu and open lanes. But it shared Wetlands' come-one-come-all ethos, and was soon attracting acts like Adele and Paul Simon, despite holding fewer than 1,000 people. "The back of the security shirts at Brooklyn Bowl say 'Welcome,'" notes Shapiro. "Lots of little shit like that makes a fucking difference. People can feel it." Adds Tom Bailey, a longtime concert-industry veteran who now serves as general manager of the Capitol: "Bill Graham used to famously walk around the venue, taste the hot dogs, and say, 'The mustard's a little off tonight.' He looked at every single part of the entire experience. And something Shapiro thinks about a lot: 'How's the vibe? Is something mucking it up?'"
Both Wetlands and Brooklyn Bowl required Shapiro to stay late into the night, overseeing the informal after-parties (and occasional after-after-parties). He can't always pull those kinds of hours anymore—he has multiple venues to run, and two young kids at home—but Fans is partly an attempt to recapture that don't-stop-the-show spirit. "You're turned on when you're at a concert," he says. "And you're with people you know. Where do you go afterwards to keep that going?"
Turning Deadheads to Webheads
In some ways, Fans is the sleek continuation of a Deadhead-turned-webhead tradition that goes back to at least 1985, with the arrival of The WELL, a virtual community that soon become a gathering place for Jerry fans. It was followed in the '90s by tape-trader sites like Live Music Archive—which quickly accumulated concert recordings by the Grateful Dead and other jam-band acts—and other Web 1.0 projects archiving everything from lyrics to set lists to guitar tablature. With the possible exception of scientists and porn enthusiasts, no group helped colonize the early internet as thoroughly, and as eagerly, as the Deadheads and their ilk.
Nowadays, though, pretty much every high-visibility artist is treated to that same level of online hyper-adulation and heightened scrutiny: You can find entire Twitter accounts dedicated to Drake lyrics and Radiohead set lists; Instagram feeds that document classic punk covers; even a YouTube page that archives more than 30 videos related to the Jacksons' 1984 "Victory" tour. And whereas recording live shows was once considered a legally iffy, socially frowned-upon transgression, major concert moments are now captured via Instagram or YouTube, and sometimes broadcast to the world mid-performance (even the Doobie Brothers, it seems, have softened their once-harsh anti-bootleg stance).
With the possible exception of scientists and porn enthusiasts, no group helped colonize the early internet as thoroughly, and as eagerly, as the Deadheads and their ilk.
Shapiro hopes Fans will help users collect all of these memory-making bits of ephemera in one place, while also allowing them to document their future concert-going obsessions (he spent years assembling the site's massive live-show database, which begins with a 1949 Jerry Lee Lewis gig at a car dealership). The idea is to eventually expand it into fields like sports, and—way down the line—possibly even the art scene. Before that can happen, though, Shapiro will likely have to bring in some outside help, and has started talks with possible partners. "Facebook still dominates," he says. "And then you have Pinterest, and Twitter, and Instagram—you have to break through that inertia of people automatically going to those sites. That's the hardest thing. I've realized I'm probably going to need help to bring it to a bigger level."
For now, Shapiro has a lot of patience; it's a requirement for surviving in the concert business, which is subject to all sorts of erratic demands and rhythms, and which still relies on bare-bones promotional hustle (Shapiro says that, even in 2017, the most valuable tool for a concert promoter is a steadily growing email list). And Fans has to compete with several other projects he has in the works, including the forthcoming March for Science, which he's producing in Washington, DC. Still, he waited a few nervous years before Brooklyn Bowl's Las Vegas venue really took off, and knows that launching a successful website isn't too different from launching a hit venue: "First," he says, "people have to come—and have a great time."
On an early-winter evening, Shapiro is relaxing with a cigarette and a glass of wine in a secluded hideaway within the Capitol Theater—a cozy space filled with comfortable seating, a decently stocked bar, and a monitor that allows him to watch the show in relative peace. He only travels to the theater for big shows, but when he's here, he'll sometimes hang out in this mini-bunker with some friends and maybe even a few performers, which is why he tries to keep its exact location a secret. A giant fish tank fills the room with light; it was installed by a Primus-loving tank-expert who, desperate for a ticket, struck a trade with the theater. "Look at this urchin," Shapiro says, eyeing a particularly bright specimen. "He's like…turned on. Sick, right?"
Not far from where he sits, about 2,000 Bon Iver fans are gathering on the main floor of the Capitol, which briefly functioned as a rock palace in the '70s before being turned into a rentable event space. For its reopening in 2010, Shapiro and his team pulled out benches, reworked the acoustics, and upgraded the location's decor (including custom-made wallpaper featuring the likenesses of Janis Joplin, David Bowie, and other past performers). As the crowd files in, a giant dome on the roof is bathed in light, shifting colors almost imperceptibly, and the room fills with loud, humming pre-show instrumental music. Even without a single performer on stage, the place looks and sounds fantastic. "The guys who play here fuckin' love it," Shapiro says. "The air is different in a room where you've had Pink Floyd, Bowie, the Stones, Janis. And there's not a lot of those rooms left."
Bon Iver's set begins, accompanied by a carefully synchronized, multi-screen light show. Shapiro spends a few minutes at the bar, a few minutes at his seat, and a lot of time pacing the room—checking the scene in the lobby and in the hallways, making sure everyone's enjoying the show. Ever since the election, Shapiro's been thinking about the role of live music—which, for all its changes over the years, remains a communal experience. "We need this, even if we don't realize it," he says, as the music plays. "It's kind of like the idea behind Fans—there's a room for people who who wanna be in a different space, who wanna escape reality." He turns around from the center of the Capitol floor and eyes the attendees, all of whom are happily bathed in sharp white light. For now, nothing can muck up Peter Shapiro's vibe.
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The Lions cut Bush in a well-telegraphed move that will free up cap space to help the team with its chief off-season pursuit, re-signing All-Pro defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh.
Bush, who was due $3.25 million this year, played just 11 games last season and finished with 297 yards rushing, the second-lowest total of his career. By the end of the year, he was behind Joique Bell in the running back rotation.
"In Reggie's situation last year he was injured, so you've got to look at the contribution versus how much you're paying a player," Lions general manager Martin Mayhew said at last week's combine in Indianapolis. "And it's not just Reggie, it's every player on the team. Every player that's under contract, every player that's a free agent; it's what they give to you versus what you pay them. That's a process that we spend a lot of time on once the season's over. He's just one of the players that we looked at in terms of how that process went."
The Lions entered Wednesday with about $126 million in top-51 salary cap commitments, giving them a projected $17 million of cap space to spend on Suh, their draft class and others this off-season.
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