The Book of Henry (in theaters June 16) is one of this summer's most charming, thrilling and surprisingly emotional moviegoing experiences, and according to director Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World, Safety Not Guaranteed), it's also unlike anything else you're likely to see this year.
The film, about a single mother (Naomi Watts) tasked with raising two precocious boys (Jacob Tremblay, Jaeden Lieberher) who set out to rescue their neighbor (Maddie Ziegler) from an abusive parent, features big sweeping tonal shifts, a difficult subject matter and a story that relies on its young cast to do a lot of heavy lifting. For Trevorrow, an experienced parent of two small children, it was the way he connected with the story on a personal level that drew him in and kept him involved, even as his career suddenly found him directing blockbusters like Jurassic World and the upcoming Star Wars: Episode IX.
During our chat, we spoke with Trevorrow about how being a parent is influencing his work, and how some of the movies he grew up with helped influence The Book of Henry. The director, who's about to take hold of the final chapter in the Skywalker saga, also discussed what he's hoping to bring to Star Wars, and why creative risk-taking plays an essential role in every project he works on.
The Book of Henry opens up in a grade school classroom as Henry (Lieberher) and his classmates are presenting a project called "My Legacy." So we began by asking Trevorrow about his own legacy, from both the vantage point of his grade school self, as well as the adult he is today.
Colin Trevorrow: I think at Henry's age I would have answered arrogantly. I really believed that I was going to be a film director from a very young age, and it's just what I wanted more than anything, and I knew it was going to take a lot of hard work, and it did. I was a very confidant 10 year old, and I knew what I wanted.
Fandango: What about adult Colin Trevorrow?
Trevorrow: Now I would say I would hope that my legacy would be that I challenge myself, and ideally set an example for other filmmakers who've had great success to constantly continue to take risks, and put themselves on the line, and challenge themselves, and tell new original stories. It's very easy to get complacent and comfortable. They pay all right when you make a big movie, and to go and do something that I think is unlike any movie that I've ever seen, for better or for worse, I'm very, very proud of it.
Fandango: What movies did you watch before or during the making of The Book of Henry to help get you into the right headspace -- films that perhaps inspired you throughout the process?
Trevorrow: I was watching Ordinary People and Kramer vs. Kramer, but then we were also watching Rebecca, and Rear Window, and Psycho. We were watching Hitchcock stuff because that's really where the movie takes you. It was important to me that we take people on a journey that normally you would go on in a big summer blockbuster. Feeling that sense of fear, dread, terror, love, family and romance. All of those things that we love about movies I felt were compacted into a tale between two houses.
Fandango: Who would you say this movie is for? Is it for adults? Is it for kids? Is it for parents to watch with their kids?
Trevorrow: I think it's a movie parents should see together. They can decide if they want to bring their kids. I think it's a movie for people who love movies. Every screening that we've had of the movie, it kind of digs into people, and I've gotten e-mails like four, five days later where people have said, "I can't get this out of my head. I'm thinking about this a lot and how this relates to my life."
Fandango: Is there a scene or moment in the film that resonates with you most?
Trevorrow: There's a scene where Henry is reading in bed with his mom, and he asks her why she didn't do something to stop this violence that they saw in a grocery store. She says, "Well, you know, there's nothing I could do." His answer is, "Apathy is the worst thing in the world, not helping people who need our help." I think at this moment [in our world] we feel so much anger every day, and the world just feels like it's falling apart around us and burning down, and that very childlike sense of responsibility to help others really, really connected with me. That's definitely my favorite moment. Hopefully it encapsulates what the movie is trying to say.
Fandango: Having directed both a smaller indie and now a blockbuster, what's something that you take from directing a smaller movie to a blockbuster, and from directing a blockbuster to a smaller movie?
Trevorrow: I felt like on Safety Not Guaranteed, because it was kind of disguised as a mumblecore movie, I brought a different kind of sensibility into Jurassic World then I think I will bring into [Star Wars: Episode IX].
[The Book of Henry] is much more of a rich family drama, which is not dissimilar from [Star Wars]. I think having to force myself to confront my own fears as a parent, and really dig into places that I may otherwise not want to dig into and want to look away from. It's where I have to go with [Star Wars] for it to be as emotionally resonate as it has to be. I have to find something deeply personal for myself in what I'm about to do or else it's just going to feel shallow.
Fandango: As a parent who is making films that kids may go see, do you go to your kids at all and look at what they're watching, or look at how they're interacting with stuff and apply that to the movies you're making?
Fandango: Saw that, it was a great pic.
Trevorrow: She had a very profound reaction to it. We thought it was a little long for her, and we weren't sure if she was going to be a part of this, but she came out and was like, "I'm going to want to watch that every day, and I am Wonder Woman now." It was pretty stunning to see it happen. It's important, that movie. It really is.
Fandango: So you're about to make a Star Wars movie -- is that something that you think about? How much you're going to influence this younger generation, handing them a movie and an experience they may cherish for the rest of their lives?
Trevorrow: It's how it was with us [growing up]. Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia were all characters that we were able to identify with in various ways, and especially with the character of Rey and what she means to young girls right now, and the challenges that she's up against. It is extremely crucial that I understand what actual children are feeling about these stories that we're telling them, and I think it's important that I have kids, and if filmmakers don't have kids, they should go talk to them because they don't see things the same way that we did when we were kids. So, yes, I am very dialed in to that because I think it's a requisite of the job.
Fandango: Rian Johnson has a list of movies he watched that helped inform Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Do you have a list of movies you watched or are watching right now to help you prepare?
Trevorrow: I mean, I watch movies all the time just cause I'm a person, but I'm not in a research phase right now. I also do a strange thing, which maybe isn't the right thing to do, but as I get close to a movie I stop watching movies that are similar to it because I'm afraid I'm going to rip off shots from them or something and I want it to feel pure and instinctive all along the way. There'll be an interview someday where I'll say what those movies were that inspired me, and they'll print it. That's not yet, not yet.
Fandango: Is it your hope to make a film that's better or more memorable than, say, Return of the Jedi?
Trevorrow: My hope is to make it as richly satisfying as it could possibly be. I have a lot of support, and a lot of really brilliant thinkers and storytellers around me. Kiri Hart and the Lucasfilm story group, and Michelle Rejwan, and Kathy Kennedy, my producers, and J.J. [Abrams] and Rian [Johnson], and Larry Kasdan, and when you look at this army of brilliant people that we have, it's not me alone. It's a whole team.
The Book of Henry arrives in theaters on June 16. Meanwhile, Star Wars: Episode IX hits theaters on May 24, 2019.


Northern Ireland is set to bask in sunshine this week - with temperatures soaring as high as 23 degrees.
After a week of dark clouds and rain interrupting the blue skies, the Met Office is predicting much more agreeable weather over the coming days.
The south east of England looks set to roast in temperatures as high as 27 degrees, but Ireland will not be left out, forecasters say.
Met Office forecaster Paul Arbuckle told Belfast Live: "The projected temperature on Monday in Belfast is a high of about 19 to 20, by Tuesday it is 20 to 21 degrees and Wednesday 22 to 23. On Thursday, the warmest part of Northern Ireland will be in the west, at 23 degrees, and on Friday 22 to 23 is forecast.
"When it comes to seasonal averages, Northern Ireland is only 15 or 16 degrees at this time of year. So 23 degrees is very warm.
"To compare that to England, tomorrow it will be 25 to 26 degrees in London. By Thursday that will reach 26 or 27 degrees."


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import "fmt"

// OptionDeclNode is a placeholder interface for AST nodes that represent
// options. This allows NoSourceNode to be used in place of *OptionNode
// for some usages.
type OptionDeclNode interface {
	Node
	GetName() Node
	GetValue() ValueNode
}

var _ OptionDeclNode = (*OptionNode)(nil)
var _ OptionDeclNode = NoSourceNode{}

// OptionNode represents the declaration of a single option for an element.
// It is used both for normal option declarations (start with "option" keyword
// and end with semicolon) and for compact options found in fields, enum values,
// and extension ranges. Example:
//
//  option (custom.option) = "foo";
type OptionNode struct {
	compositeNode
	Keyword   *KeywordNode // absent for compact options
	Name      *OptionNameNode
	Equals    *RuneNode
	Val       ValueNode
	Semicolon *RuneNode // absent for compact options
}

func (e *OptionNode) fileElement()    {}
func (e *OptionNode) msgElement()     {}
func (e *OptionNode) oneOfElement()   {}
func (e *OptionNode) enumElement()    {}
func (e *OptionNode) serviceElement() {}
func (e *OptionNode) methodElement()  {}

// NewOptionNode creates a new *OptionNode for a full option declaration (as
// used in files, messages, oneofs, enums, services, and methods). All arguments
// must be non-nil. (Also see NewCompactOptionNode.)
//  - keyword: The token corresponding to the "option" keyword.
//  - name: The token corresponding to the name of the option.
//  - equals: The token corresponding to the "=" rune after the name.
//  - val: The token corresponding to the option value.
//  - semicolon: The token corresponding to the ";" rune that ends the declaration.
func NewOptionNode(keyword *KeywordNode, name *OptionNameNode, equals *RuneNode, val ValueNode, semicolon *RuneNode) *OptionNode {
	if keyword == nil {
		panic("keyword is nil")
	}
	if name == nil {
		panic("name is nil")
	}
	if equals == nil {
		panic("equals is nil")
	}
	if val == nil {
		panic("val is nil")
	}
	if semicolon == nil {
		panic("semicolon is nil")
	}
	children := []Node{keyword, name, equals, val, semicolon}
	return &OptionNode{
		compositeNode: compositeNode{
			children: children,
		},
		Keyword:   keyword,
		Name:      name,
		Equals:    equals,
		Val:       val,
		Semicolon: semicolon,
	}
}

// NewCompactOptionNode creates a new *OptionNode for a full compact declaration
// (as used in fields, enum values, and extension ranges). All arguments must be
// non-nil.
//  - name: The token corresponding to the name of the option.
//  - equals: The token corresponding to the "=" rune after the name.
//  - val: The token corresponding to the option value.
func NewCompactOptionNode(name *OptionNameNode, equals *RuneNode, val ValueNode) *OptionNode {
	if name == nil {
		panic("name is nil")
	}
	if equals == nil {
		panic("equals is nil")
	}
	if val == nil {
		panic("val is nil")
	}
	children := []Node{name, equals, val}
	return &OptionNode{
		compositeNode: compositeNode{
			children: children,
		},
		Name:   name,
		Equals: equals,
		Val:    val,
	}
}

func (n *OptionNode) GetName() Node {
	return n.Name
}

func (n *OptionNode) GetValue() ValueNode {
	return n.Val
}

// OptionNameNode represents an option name or even a traversal through message
// types to name a nested option field. Example:
//
//   (foo.bar).baz.(bob)
type OptionNameNode struct {
	compositeNode
	Parts []*FieldReferenceNode
	// Dots represent the separating '.' characters between name parts. The
	// length of this slice must be exactly len(Parts)-1, each item in Parts
	// having a corresponding item in this slice *except the last* (since a
	// trailing dot is not allowed).
	//
	// These do *not* include dots that are inside of an extension name. For
	// example: (foo.bar).baz.(bob) has three parts:
	//    1. (foo.bar)  - an extension name
	//    2. baz        - a regular field in foo.bar
	//    3. (bob)      - an extension field in baz
	// Note that the dot in foo.bar will thus not be present in Dots but is
	// instead in Parts[0].
	Dots []*RuneNode
}

// NewOptionNameNode creates a new *OptionNameNode. The dots arg must have a
// length that is one less than the length of parts. The parts arg must not be
// empty.
func NewOptionNameNode(parts []*FieldReferenceNode, dots []*RuneNode) *OptionNameNode {
	if len(parts) == 0 {
		panic("must have at least one part")
	}
	if len(dots) != len(parts)-1 {
		panic(fmt.Sprintf("%d parts requires %d dots, not %d", len(parts), len(parts)-1, len(dots)))
	}
	children := make([]Node, 0, len(parts)*2-1)
	for i, part := range parts {
		if part == nil {
			panic(fmt.Sprintf("parts[%d] is nil", i))
		}
		if i > 0 {
			if dots[i-1] == nil {
				panic(fmt.Sprintf("dots[%d] is nil", i-1))
			}
			children = append(children, dots[i-1])
		}
		children = append(children, part)
	}
	return &OptionNameNode{
		compositeNode: compositeNode{
			children: children,
		},
		Parts: parts,
		Dots:  dots,
	}
}

// FieldReferenceNode is a reference to a field name. It can indicate a regular
// field (simple unqualified name) or an extension field (possibly-qualified
// name that is enclosed either in brackets or parentheses).
//
// This is used in options to indicate the names of custom options (which are
// actually extensions), in which case the name is enclosed in parentheses "("
// and ")". It is also used in message literals to set extension fields, in
// which case the name is enclosed in square brackets "[" and "]".
//
// Example:
//   (foo.bar)
type FieldReferenceNode struct {
	compositeNode
	Open  *RuneNode // only present for extension names
	Name  IdentValueNode
	Close *RuneNode // only present for extension names
}

// NewFieldReferenceNode creates a new *FieldReferenceNode for a regular field.
// The name arg must not be nil.
func NewFieldReferenceNode(name *IdentNode) *FieldReferenceNode {
	if name == nil {
		panic("name is nil")
	}
	children := []Node{name}
	return &FieldReferenceNode{
		compositeNode: compositeNode{
			children: children,
		},
		Name: name,
	}
}

// NewExtensionFieldReferenceNode creates a new *FieldReferenceNode for an
// extension field. All args must be non-nil. The openSym and closeSym runes
// should be "(" and ")" or "[" and "]".
func NewExtensionFieldReferenceNode(openSym *RuneNode, name IdentValueNode, closeSym *RuneNode) *FieldReferenceNode {
	if name == nil {
		panic("name is nil")
	}
	if openSym == nil {
		panic("openSym is nil")
	}
	if closeSym == nil {
		panic("closeSym is nil")
	}
	children := []Node{openSym, name, closeSym}
	return &FieldReferenceNode{
		compositeNode: compositeNode{
			children: children,
		},
		Open:  openSym,
		Name:  name,
		Close: closeSym,
	}
}

// IsExtension reports if this is an extension name or not (e.g. enclosed in
// punctuation, such as parentheses or brackets).
func (a *FieldReferenceNode) IsExtension() bool {
	return a.Open != nil
}

func (a *FieldReferenceNode) Value() string {
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		return string(a.Open.Rune) + string(a.Name.AsIdentifier()) + string(a.Close.Rune)
	} else {
		return string(a.Name.AsIdentifier())
	}
}

// CompactOptionsNode represents a compact options declaration, as used with
// fields, enum values, and extension ranges. Example:
//
//  [deprecated = true, json_name = "foo_bar"]
type CompactOptionsNode struct {
	compositeNode
	OpenBracket *RuneNode
	Options     []*OptionNode
	// Commas represent the separating ',' characters between options. The
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}

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// length of opts. The opts arg must not be empty.
func NewCompactOptionsNode(openBracket *RuneNode, opts []*OptionNode, commas []*RuneNode, closeBracket *RuneNode) *CompactOptionsNode {
	if openBracket == nil {
		panic("openBracket is nil")
	}
	if closeBracket == nil {
		panic("closeBracket is nil")
	}
	if len(opts) == 0 {
		panic("must have at least one part")
	}
	if len(commas) != len(opts)-1 {
		panic(fmt.Sprintf("%d opts requires %d commas, not %d", len(opts), len(opts)-1, len(commas)))
	}
	children := make([]Node, 0, len(opts)*2+1)
	children = append(children, openBracket)
	for i, opt := range opts {
		if i > 0 {
			if commas[i-1] == nil {
				panic(fmt.Sprintf("commas[%d] is nil", i-1))
			}
			children = append(children, commas[i-1])
		}
		if opt == nil {
			panic(fmt.Sprintf("opts[%d] is nil", i))
		}
		children = append(children, opt)
	}
	children = append(children, closeBracket)

	return &CompactOptionsNode{
		compositeNode: compositeNode{
			children: children,
		},
		OpenBracket:  openBracket,
		Options:      opts,
		Commas:       commas,
		CloseBracket: closeBracket,
	}
}

func (e *CompactOptionsNode) GetElements() []*OptionNode {
	if e == nil {
		return nil
	}
	return e.Options
}

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Where to Find the Best Deals in Physical Gold
Commodities / Gold & Silver 2009 May 02, 2009 - 02:18 PM GMT
By: DailyWealth
Jeff Clark writes: When gold breeched $1,000 an ounce this February, the mass media was full of reports of unprecedented coin demand and long wait times for bullion buyers. You couldn't open the paper without seeing a piece about the gold rush.
Although the press has now set gold aside for hotter stories, I can tell you demand for gold coins continues at unprecedented levels worldwide, and production is still struggling to keep up. Take a look at these reports from the past 30 days:
* Sales of the Austrian Philharmonic gold coin soared 544% in the first two months of 2009 (vs. the same period the year before), with production at the country's mint running quadruple its usual volume.
* The demand for Krugerrands is at its highest level since 1986. The South African refinery recently doubled production of blank gold coins to 20,000 ounces per week.
* China, now the fastest-growing market for gold, saw 2008 sales (measured in dollars) rise by 50% over the year before – and total sales in January 2009 were one billion yuan (US$146 million), 30% more than all of last year.
* The U.S. Mint sold 193,500 one-ounce gold Eagles in the first seven weeks of 2009 – equaling the number shipped in all of 2007 and about matching the first half of 2008.
* Russia's Sberbank says it has "never seen such strong demand for investment coins."
With this incredible interest in gold, it's worth a fresh look at where to go for the best deals in bullion... and what the wait times and premiums are. Here are the dealers that have consistently treated their clients (and our readership) well over the years:
Kitco (Kitco.com; 1-877-775-4826). All bullion products are available at Kitco and can be shipped within 24-48 hours of a paid order. Premiums are slightly higher than our other dealers recommended below, but what's particularly attractive at Kitco is that you can get silver for less than 1% over spot... Its pool account is currently charging only 14 cents over spot (premium fluctuates daily), which is a great way to build your silver holdings while waiting for physical premiums to come down.
The Coin Agent (thecoinagent.com; 1-888-494-8889; thecoinagent@gmail.com). Wayne Lemonier currently offers immediate delivery on paid orders for all gold coins except the Eagle, which takes two weeks.
Premiums for gold coins are 6% over spot for Maple Leafs, 6.5% for Philharmonics and Krugerrands, and 7% for Eagles (one of the lowest in the industry).
Silver bars are at the lowest premium we know of: A 10-ounce silver bar costs $1.75 per ounce over spot, and 100-ounce bars are only $1.50 per ounce over spot. American silver Eagles are spot + $4.50, and silver Canadian Maples are spot + $4. Shipping and handling for silver is $20 per 100 ounces.
Border Gold (bordergold.com; 888-312-2288 ext. 7). Both gold and silver Maple Leafs are readily available and can ship the day an order is paid. Border told us premiums are slightly higher this year than last because the Royal Canadian Mint raised its prices.
Premiums on gold Maple Leafs are only 5.5%, one of the lowest in the industry. Shipping and insurance is $25 for one or two coins. A one-ounce gold bar is spot + $25; 5-ounce and 10-ounce bars are available in limited quantities at spot + $22 per ounce.
The one-ounce silver Maple Leaf is $4 over spot for up to 99 coins and then $3.25 per coin. Both 10- and 100-ounce silver bars cost $2.50 above spot, with the 100-ounce silver taking a week to deliver.
ASI (assetstrategies.com; 1-800-831-0007). Gold Maple Leafs, Philharmonics, and Krugerrands can be shipped immediately upon a paid order, with American Eagles currently taking about three weeks.
One-ounce gold coins are 7.5% to 8% over spot; Eagles are 8.5% to 9%. One- and 10-ounce gold bars can be had at 6%. One-ounce silver Eagles are $4.30 over spot. A 100-ounce silver bar is $2.20 per ounce, and a one-ounce bar is spot + $2.50. Costs for junk silver vary but average about $2.20 per ounce over spot.
Some of our readers ask... why don't we recommend any of the larger dealers?
Availability and premium are the primary considerations in selecting a bullion dealer. Some of the larger houses may match the prices of our recommended dealers; however, there's an intangible issue: the hard sell.
Many of the big dealers push high-margin numismatic coins. So while you may get good prices and delivery on your bullion coin, beware the salesman who begins talking up rare coins. You won't experience this with our smaller dealers, and it's this no-hassle service that gets our business. If you start to hear, "Hey, my friend, I have a great deal right now on a rare Swiss coin...," you might want to reconsider where you shop.
Jeff Clark
Editor's note: In addition to gold bullion, we also recommend getting familiar with a unique investment from Toronto that can return 10 times as much after gold prices rise. Last time conditions were this good, this investment soared 1,739%... 2,779%... and 3,479%… and those are the small gains. Click here to learn more about "Toronto's Secret Gold Investment."
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I would also try the Silver and Gold Exchange. They are one of those outfits that buys gold and silver from the public, but instead of refining, they resell the gold and silver privately. I got some nice deals from them. The website is http://SilverAndGoldExchange.com

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The Kennesaw State University Band Invitational is a unique event that offers high school and middle school concert bands the opportunity to experience performing in one of the finest concert halls in Georgia: Morgan Concert Hall in the Bailey Performance Center. Ensembles will be critiqued in a non-competitive format and given feedback by caption from KSU brass, woodwind, percussion, and conducting faculty. Ensembles will also have a short clinic with a nationally-recognized guest clinician and receive a professional audio recording of their performance.
Applications are due by Friday, November 3, 2017.
The KSU Band Invitational is open to high school and middle school bands. Applications are submitted entirely online.
For the application, you will need to provide your contact information and two recent performance recordings. These two selections should be live, unedited, and vary in musical style. Along with the aforementioned, you will need to provide a non-refundable application fee of $100.00. The payment should be made out to Kennesaw State University (KSU) School of Music.
All accepted ensembles will be required to pay a $500.00 ensemble participation fee, which is due one month prior to The Concert Band Invitational. This fee covers the cost of the two guest clinicians, and the costs associated with performing in the Bailey Performance Center. This payment will also be made out to Kennesaw State University (KSU) School of Music.
The payments should be sent to Mr. Richard Peluso, KSU Music Building, 491 Bartow Avenue, Room 117, MD 3201, Kennesaw, GA 30144.
Please click on the link below to apply to perform at the 2018 KSU Band Invitational to be held on Friday, February 16 and Saturday, February 17, 2018. Applications will be reviewed upon submission and schools will be notified once accepted.
Your performance experience will include:
30-minute rehearsal warm-up in the Brooker Rehearsal Hall (in the Bailey Center and adjacent to the performance stage)
20-30-minute performance on the stage of the Bailey Performance Center (depending on length of selections and grade level.)
10-minute clinic with one of the nationally-recognized guest clinicians.
Evaluations of your ensemble by KSU applied faculty by caption, which will include Strings, Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion.
Conductor video and feedback from the KSU conducting & music education faculty.
Professional audio recording
In addition, your group can listen to live performances mid-day from the KSU Symphony Orchestra and have opportunities to hear other high school and middle school bands and orchestras from around the region.
Clinicians and Faculty
Guest Clinicians
Dr. Albert Nguyen
Director of Bands, University of Memphis
Albert Nguyen is the Director of Bands at the University of Memphis. His responsibilities include overseeing all aspects of the university bands, conducting the Wind Ensemble, leading the graduate wind conducting program, and serving as the director of the Memphis Music Camp. He also teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music education. Prior to this position, Dr. Nguyen served as the Assistant Director of Bands and the Director of Athletic Bands at the University of Memphis. He began his professional teaching career in Arkansas as the Director of Bands at Morrilton High School and maintains his connection to the public schools by frequently serving as an adjudicator, clinician, and guest conductor.
Dr. Nguyen holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Education from Arkansas Tech University and the Master of Music and Doctorate of Musical Arts in Wind Conducting from The University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of Kappa Kappa Psi, Tau Beta Sigma, College Band Directors National Association, National Association for Music Educators, and is a contributing author in the GIA publication Teaching Music through Performance in Band.
Mr. David Puckett
Band Director, Keller Independent School District, Texas
David Puckett is currently band director in Keller I.S.D, Texas, where he opened both South Keller Intermediate and Indian Springs Middle School in 2001. Mr. Puckett is in his twentieth year as a Texas music educator where he has taught at both the middle and high school levels. He teaches all the beginner brass classes, jazz band as well as team-teaches three performance bands and percussion ensembles with his colleagues. Mr. Puckett was named the recipient of the 2013 John Philip Sousa Foundation's Sudler Cup. In 2014 the Indian Springs Band was a feature performance group at The Midwest Clinic. The ISMS band program has made it to the state level of the TMEA Honor Band process three times and won the 2015 Texas Music Educators Association Honor Band competition allowing them the honor to perform at the 2016 TMEA convention as the CCC Honor Band. In 2016 Indian Springs MS was chosen to attend Music for All's National Concert Band festival and were honored to travel to Indianapolis in March 2017 to perform. Choice Music's Mark of Excellence has recognized Indian Springs nine times in the National Wind Band Honors contest, once in the Citation of Excellence and once in National Jazz Honors. Mr. Puckett's bands receive consistent Superior ratings at Texas UIL Concert and Sight-reading contests and many Best in Class or outstanding bands of the day recognition at local festivals in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Students from Mr. Puckett's program consistently have the highest representation at District and Region level honor bands and Superior ratings at solo and ensemble contests. Mr. Puckett is a member of Phi Beta Mu – Alpha Chapter, an International Bandmasters Fraternity where he serves on the public relations committee; the Texas Music Educators Association; the Texas Bandmasters Association and enjoys regular visits to The Midwest Clinic. Mr. Puckett serves on the PML Music Selection Committee and has been named ISMS's Teacher of the Year. He has served in several offices at the TMEA region level and currently serves as lead teacher of the six Keller ISD middle school band programs. He thoroughly enjoys spending time outside of his own band hall as a band consultant, clinician, conductor, adjudicator, mentor and trombone performer. Mr. Puckett graduated with his Bachelors of Music Education from the University of Nebraska –Lincoln and now resides in Keller, Texas with his loving wife Becky and beautiful daughter Rachel.
KSU Faculty and Staff
Dr. David Kehler
Since 2009, David Kehler has served as Director of Bands at Kennesaw State University where he oversees all aspects of the University's band program while serving as Music Director and Conductor of the KSU Wind Ensemble.
An advocate of new music, Professor Kehler has commissioned leading composers to write new works for wind ensemble including Michael Markowski, Joel Puckett, James Stephenson, Christopher Theofenidis, and an upcoming commission by Pulitzer Prize winner, Joseph Schwantner. In addition, the KSU Wind Ensemble has been featured on 90.1 FM (WABE- Atlanta public radio), and continues to garner praise from composers including Steven Bryant, Karel Husa, David Lang, David Maslanka, Scott McAllister, and Joel Puckett. In 2012, the KSU Wind Ensemble was a featured ensemble and hosted the Southern Division College Band Directors /National Band Association Conference. In 2013, the KSU Wind Ensemble was the winner of the 2013 American Prize for best Wind Ensemble/Concert Band performance in the United States. In addition to his ensemble responsibilities, Dr. Kehler teaches courses in instrumental conducting, wind literature and symphonic repertoire.
Previously, David Kehler served The University of Texas at Austin as a Graduate Conducting Associate receiving a Doctor of Musical Arts degree. From 2001-2009, Dr. Kehler served as Associate Conductor of America's Premier Windband; The Dallas Wind Symphony where he was the director of the Dallas Wind Symphony International Fanfare Project. In addition, Dr. Kehler conducted the Dallas Wind Symphony throughout Texas, including the annual Labor Day Concert at the Dallas Arboretum, various Chautauqua festivals, holiday concerts, and a formal gala presented by the United States Armed Forces with all of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in attendance.
While in Texas, Dr. Kehler was also Founder and Conductor of the GDYO Wind Symphony, an ensemble affiliated with the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestras, Inc. During his ten years of service, the GDYO Wind Symphony established itself as one of the premier youth wind ensembles in the United States. They were a featured ensemble at the Texas Bandmasters Association/National Band Association Convention in San Antonio, Texas, and were heard internationally on "From the Top", a syndicated radio program featuring the finest young classical musicians in the country. In addition, the GDYO Wind Symphony participated in exchange concerts with the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony and performed with Jeff Nelson, former horn of the Canadian Brass. In the summer of 2008, the GDYO Wind Symphony embarked on an extensive two-week tour of China, performing at all of the major music conservatories throughout China and Hong Kong.
Previous university appointments were at Southern Methodist University, the University of Rhode Island, and Bay City Western High School, in Bay City, Michigan. Growing up in Michigan, Dr. Kehler received his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Michigan State University. Professor Kehler is an active conductor and clinician throughout the United States, and has memberships in many musical organizations including CBDNA, NBA, NAfME, Phi Beta Mu, GMEA and others.
Dr. Debra Traficante
Associate Director of Bands
Dr. Debra Traficante serves as Kennesaw State University's Associate Director of Bands/Director of Athletic Bands. In this position, Dr. Traficante guides and directs all aspects of the KSU Marching Band ("The Marching Owls"), premiered in the Fall 2015, as well as the KSU Basketball Pep Band. Professor Traficante also serves as the Conductor of the KSU Concert Band, teaches beginning instrumental conducting, wind band literature, arranging and pedagogy, and marching band technique courses, while also advising Music Education students. She also serves as the Kappa Kappa Psi (Nu Mu) and Tau Beta Sigma (Iota Psi) chapter advisor. Dr. Traficante serves on the brass staff for the Boston Crusaders.
Dr. Traficante formerly served as Assistant Professor of Music/Assistant Director of University Bands at the University of Oklahoma where she conducted the Symphony Band, assisted in directing the "Pride of Oklahoma" Marching Band, taught conducting lessons to graduate and undergraduate students, taught graduate wind literature courses, served as the lead teacher for the undergraduate conducting and methods course, and oversaw music education students. She also served as the School of Music: Music Minor advisor, Honors College Music Coordinator, faculty sponsor for Sigma Alpha Iota, and faculty sponsor for the Delta Chapters of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma.
Professor Traficante earned her Bachelor of Music in Music Education, cum laude, from the University of Florida (Gainesville, FL), a Master of Music degree in Wind Band Conducting from the University of Florida, and earned a Fellowship to pursue a Doctor of Musical Arts in Wind Band Conducting degree from the University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK). She served as Director of Bands for five years at New Smyrna Beach High School, Florida and Assistant Director of Bands for two years at Buchholz High School, Florida.
Dr. Traficante frequently judges, guest conducts, and clinics ensembles across the United States, and has conducted at the International World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles Conference in Singapore in 2005.
Professor Traficante is the immediate past National Vice President of Professional Relations for Tau Beta Sigma, and an Honorary Member of the Delta Chapters, Alpha Eta Chapter, Iota Psi, and Beta Xi Chapter of the Kappa Kappa Psi National Band Fraternity and Tau Beta Sigma National Band Sorority. Additionally, she was honored in 2010 as a Distinguished Member in Sigma Alpha Iota and has been awarded the Martha Starke Memorial Scholarship for Women Conductors.
Dr. Trey Harris
Assistant Director of Bands and Lecturer
Dr. Trey Harris primary duties include directing the University Concert Band, the Basketball Pep Band teaching courses in Music Education, and assisting in the direction of the KSU Marching Owls.
Prior to pursuing his undergraduate studies, Harris served as a trombonist in the United States Marine Corps. He performed throughout the continental United States as well as Japan, Australia, and Guam while a member of the III Marine Expeditionary Force Band (Okinawa, Japan) and Marine Forces Reserve Band (New Orleans, LA). Upon receiving an honorable discharge from the United States Marine Corps, Harris pursued a Bachelor's Degree in Music Education from the Michigan State University College of Music. While completing his degree, he served as the band director at St. Martha's School (MI). He earned his Master of Music degree in Wind Conducting from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance and his Doctor of Philosophy degree in Music Education from the Florida State University College of Music. His teaching experience includes Director of Bands at Yeokum Middle School (MO) and at Lake Howell High School (FL), as well as serving as Adjunct Professor of Trombone/Euphonium at Bethune-Cookman University (FL).
Harris has presented music education research at both state and national conferences. Recent presentations include Florida Music Educators Association (FMEA) Annual Conference, Desert Skies Research Symposium, and the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) Research and Teacher Education National Conference. His primary area of music education research is the programming selections of high school band directors as they relate to educational philosophy.
Harris's musical mentors include Richard Clary, Patrick Dunnigan, Steven D. Davis, Joseph Parisi, John Whitwell, Ava Ordman, and LeMoine Emerson Fantz. He maintains an active schedule as presenter, clinician, and trombonist.
Mr. Richard Peluso
Coordinator of Band Operations and Outreach
Richard Peluso graduated Cum Laude from the Berklee College of Music in 1982, with a Bachelor of Music degree, Major in Performance. He then began his musical career in the Atlanta area as a freelance trumpet player. He performed with numerous entertainers to include; Lou Rawls, Diahann Carroll, Debbie Reynolds, Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme, Temptations, Four Tops, OJays, Spinners, Ringling Bros. Circus, Ice Capades, and the Atlanta Symphony Pops Orchestra in addition to numerous club dates and show performances in the Atlanta area. He also toured the Caribbean as a staff trumpet player with Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. His final musical position was the staff trumpet player for the original Ruperts Orchestra in Atlanta.
He then began a law enforcement career with the Cobb County Police Department which lasted 25 years and included numerous assignments in both the detective and uniform bureaus. After obtaining his retirement criteria, Mr. Peluso then sought out other career opportunities and accepted the position of Coordinator of Band Operations and Outreach at KSU.
Mr. Peluso is very excited to be a part of the music department at KSU and looks forward to many years ahead back in the music business. In his off-time, Mr. Peluso enjoys spending time with his family and riding his motorcycle.
Dr. Doug Lindsey
Lecturer of Trumpet
Brass Feedback and Evaluations
Dr. Douglas Lindsey joined the faculty at Kennesaw State University in the fall of 2012, and is very active in the Southeast. Recently as a soloist, he has been a featured artist with the Memphis Symphony, the Kennesaw State Orchestra, the Kennesaw State Wind Ensemble, the Georgia Brass Band, at the International Trumpet Guild conference, at the Atlanta Trumpet Festival, and at the Trumpet Festival of the Southeast. An advocate of new music, over the course of the two years he has premiered 4 new works for trumpet. Alongside pianist, Judy Cole, he has performed solo recitals all over the Southeast as a founding member of Duo Trompiano. In addition to solo work, Dr. Lindsey enjoys an active chamber music career as first trumpet with the Premiere Brass, as founding member of the Atlanta Trumpet League, and as a member of the Isthmus Brass. As an orchestral musician, he regularly performs as the principal trumpet of the Georgia Symphony Orchestra, as section trumpet with the Atlanta Symphony, the Memphis Symphony, the Macon Symphony, and spent two summers at the Aspen Music Festival. As an educator, he maintains a vibrant studio of young trumpeters at KSU and at various high schools in the area, and recently started a popular regional high school ensemble, the North-Atlanta Trumpet Ensemble. Most recently, the KSU trumpet ensemble garnered praise at the 2015 International Trumpet Guild conference where they performed Erik Morale's Infinite Ascent, and continue to find success at the National Trumpet Competition with their consecutive semi-finalist placements. Other studio accomplishments include multiple winners from theInternational Trumpet Guild scholarship contest, job placements, successful graduate school placements, and multiple winners of KSU's concerto competition.
Dr. Lindsey's former duties as music history lecturer at KSU as well as his many experiences on the cornetto and the baroque trumpet reflect his keen interest in the fields of early music and musicology. As an avid composer and arranger, he enjoys creating work for trumpet ensemble, brass quintet, and brass ensembles. His published dissertation, "Beyond the Galant," is an arrangement of four Haydn symphonies for trumpet with historical information about Haydn, performance practice, and the history behind many of the works. This work is distributed by Hickey's music and available atwww.hickeys.com. His many other arrangements and compositions are available on his website www.dougtrumpeter.com.
Previous to his time at KSU, Dr. Lindsey played concerts all over Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois with the acclaimed Wisconsin Brass Quintet. Prior to his tenure with WBQ, Dr. Lindsey performed with the Yale Faculty Brass trio in a series of concerts ending inCarnegie Hall in New York City. In addition to the faculty brass, Dr. Lindsey also pursued a busy schedule with the Atticus Brass Quintet –winner of the 2009 Aspen Music Festival Quintet Fellowship. With Atticus, Dr. Lindsey had the opportunity to play outreach concerts all over Connecticut, perform alongside the American Brass Quintet, and play an exclusive concert on the Millennium Stage of the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C.
Previous to earning his DMA at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dr. Lindsey studied with Allan Dean at Yale, earning his Master of Music with the distinction of winning the John Swallow excellence in brass prize. Prior to Yale he studied with Ray Mase, Louis Ranger, Kevin Cobb, Scott Moore and Richard Rulli. Dr. Lindsey received his music performance and music education degrees magna cum laude from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville.
Dr. Lindsey is a Schilke performing artist and performs on Facet Mutes.
Prof. John Warren
Associate Professor of Clarinet
Woodwind Feedback and Evaluations
John Warren joined the Kennesaw State University faculty in 2006. After a national search, he was selected as the Professor of Clarinet in 2011.
His previous university affiliations include Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia, and The University of Nebraska at Omaha. For 15 years, he was the principal clarinetist of the Savannah Symphony Orchestra and prior to that position, the principal clarinetist of the Omaha Symphony. He served as principal clarinetist of the Des Moines Metro Opera for many summers prior to arriving in Atlanta. At KSU, Mr. Warren teaches studio clarinet, wind chamber music, and Woodwind Techniques.
Mr. Warren is a member of the Atlanta Opera Orchestra, the IRIS Orchestra of Memphis, TN, as well as performing frequently and recording with the Atlanta Symphony. His playing can be heard on the Telarc, Naxos, Albany, and New World labels.
He has performed as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, the IRIS Orchestra, the Curtis Institute Orchestra, and the Symphonies of Savannah, Omaha, Hilton Head, and Beaufort, SC. As a recitalist and chamber musician, Mr. Warren has appeared at the Aspen Music Festival, the Evian Festival and the Highlands Chamber Music Festival. He performed the American premiere of selections from Kurt Weill's opera Der Protagonist in Carnegie Recital Hall. He was a featured recitalist at the International Clarinet Association's 2005 conference.
Originally, from Shreveport, Louisiana, Mr. Warren holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College/Conservatory of Music and The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. His most influential teachers include Donald Montanaro, L. Thomas LeGrand, and Richard Waller.
Prof. John Lawless
Senior Lecturer of Percussion Studies
Percussion Feedback and Evaluations
John Lawless, Senior Lecturer, joined the music faculty of Kennesaw State University in 1998 and became the Director of Percussion Studies in 2004. Principal Timpanist of the Atlanta Opera orchestra since 1979, John held the same position with the Chattanooga Symphony for 21 years. Since 1978, Mr. Lawless has performed, toured and recorded with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra while maintaining a thriving freelance career as a studio and pit percussionist.
A founding member of the Atlanta Percussion Trio, Mr. Lawless performs hundreds of school concerts a year for thousands of children throughout the Southeastern United States. Along with Scott Douglas and Karen Hunt, the trio has been a performing group for 32 years, bringing educational programs to children of all ages.
As a soloist, Mr. Lawless played several concertos with the Chattanooga Symphony, including: The Olympian for 8 Timpani and Orchestra as well as The Messenger for Multiple Percussion and Orchestra, both written by James Oliverio. In 2009, Mr. Lawless performed Joseph Schwantner's Concerto for Percussion with the Cobb Symphony Orchestra. In 2014, he performed the Southeastern premier of Christopher Theofinidis' Marimba Concerto with the KSU Wind Ensemble for the Festival of New Music.
A graduate of Georgia State University, Mr. Lawless' teachers include Tom Float, Jack Bell, Cloyd Duff, Paul Yancich, Bill Wilder and Mark Yancich. Previous faculty appointments include those at Georgia State University, Clark Atlanta University and West Georgia State University.
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Tania Elizabeth
Award winning fiddle player Tania Elizabeth has toured internationally and full-time since the age of 15, when she quit school, started her own record company, released two albums under her own name and set out across Canada, Australia and China.
After co-founding "The Duhks" at age 18, Tania toured with them for 8 years, signing to Sugarhill Records and garnering four Juno nominations (one win), two Grammy nominations (one win), a Western Canadian Music Award, and more. When the band went on hiatus, Tania toured for two and a half years with critically acclaimed songwriter Mary Gauthier. During that time, Tania recorded on many albums, including The Avett Brothers' "Magpie and the Dandelion".
Longtime friends and colleagues, The Avett Brothers invited Tania to join their band in early 2014, and she has been a touring member ever since. In their bio, they write of Tania: "Her life experiences, including her education, friendships, and adventures, would largely be directed and driven by and through her love and commitment to music. Her playing would mirror, as it often does in great players, her personality – intuitive, harmonious, powerful, friendly, playful."
In November 2014, The Avett Brothers spent two weeks with Rick Rubin at his Malibu recording studio, recording "True Sadness", their new Grammy-nominated album, released in June 2016. Tania and her "string brother", Joe Kwon, created their parts in real-time, adjusting to the changes in arrangement suggested by Rick and occasionally overdubbing on some tracks to create full string sections.
In her spare time, Tania enjoys reading, gardening, yoga and painting.


I hope you're all enjoying the recent updates to The Code.
Last Thursday, a special RatedFu founders meeting took place at Bdubs to discuss the remainder of 2017. After dozens of parmesan garlic wings were consumed, and a successful outing by the New York Yankees, we were both in agreement that it is time to take this globally in 2018. The Code is primed and ready to be something that everyone can use on a daily basis, whether it be via social media, amongst friends or in the comfort of their own homes. However, we will still need your help. Please continue to visit and share the website, Twitter, Instagram and don't be afraid to leave comments on the blog posts to start some good discussion! Thank you!


What is SPBM, how are vSAN policies used and what are the options for each setting within a new policy. That's what I'll be attempting to explain using this post which was created with vSAN 6.6 and will be updated as future revisions are released. vSAN policies can be applied to either the vSAN datastore, individual VMs, or disks within a VM including the VM Home.
Policies that manage the redundancy and performance of VMs and the vSAN datastore.
Data is mirrored across 2 nodes with a 3rd being a witness.
Data is striped across 3 nodes with a 4th being used as parity.
Data is striped across 5 nodes with a 6th being used as parity.
Used to provide redundancy in a node failure scenario.
In order to manipulate vSAN, storage policies need to be created. This is done within the vSphere Web Client's 'Policies and Profiles' section that's reachable from the Menu.
Once in the 'Policies and Profiles' section, select 'VM Storage Policies'. This section will display the default policies created when vSAN was installed.
Sample storage policy for VMware's VM and virtual disk encryption.
The only policy that is used by default is the vSAN Default Storage Policy that is applied at the vSAN datastore level. That policy is set for an FTT=1; FTM=RAID-1 (mirroring). Which is one of the reasons VMware recommends using 3 nodes to start out with for vSAN, 4 nodes if you want an N+1 redundancy.
To create a new policy, click on 'Create VM Storage Policy' and you'll be greeted with a popup with 4 different options.
Data at rest encryption – Encryption is enabled on a per cluster level and is native to vSAN. Encryption occurs using an AES 256 cipher in vSAN's cache and capacity disks. Separate KMS server required.
Storage I/O control – Ensures that every VM gets its fair share of storage resources.
Site disaster tolerance – Defines whether the vSAN cluster will be stretched or not.
Failures to tolerate – Determines how many nodes are allowed to fail before performance is impacted. Along with what RAID type to use.
Number of disk stripes per object – Allows for the number of capacity disks an object can be striped across.
IOPS limit for object – Sets IOPS restrictions on a disk and throttles any additional IO that surpasses that restriction.
Object space reservation – Amount a specific storage space an object has reserved on the datastore. The rest of the space the object consumes will be thin provisioned.
Flash read cache reservation (%) – Cache disk capacity reserved for reads of an object. Any capacity within the cache disk reserved will specifically be for the object assigned to this policy. Additional capacity is shared amongst all objects.
Disable object checksum – When enabled does not allow checksum to be verified for objects.
Force provisioning – This option will force an object to be compliant with its policy even when resources are constrained.
Tags – Create tag rules to filter datastores to be used for placement of VMs.
Create tag rules to filter datastores to be used for placement of VMs.
That's all there is to it. There are still additional requirements on when you can/can't enable certain options which I'll document at a later time along with new features just announced at VMworld 2018! So stay tuned!
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What Is This Prescription Drug Treatment And What Medical Condition Can It Help To Treat?
Amitriptyline is a form of tricyclic antidepressant. The way Amitriptyline works is it's able to have an impact on certain chemicals inside the brain that can be out of balance due to any number of reasons. When these chemicals are out of balance it can cause all sorts of problems with depression being one of them. The main use of this drug is to treat the symptoms of depression. It doesn't eliminate depression directly, but can make it easier to cope. There are other uses for this drug not mentioned here, but these uses are best left in the discretion of a doctor.
Is there any process you'll have to go through in the beginning stages of using this drug and if so what's the reason for this?
People who first start using antidepressants such as Amitriptyline may experience suicidal thoughts in the beginning. This isn't certain, but the risk is very high, especially in people who are younger than 24 years of age. It's because of this that a medical professional will need to check you out on a regular basis during the first three months of treatment at least.
Is it safe to use this medicational treatment if you're pregnant or if you plan on becoming pregnant?
It's not entirely known if using this medicational treatment is going to cause harm to an unborn baby. The best way to be safe is to make sure you let a doctor know if you are pregnant or plan on becoming pregnant. Also when it comes to breastfeeding there is a chance the drug can pass through breast milk and this can cause harm to a nursing infant. You should make sure you don't breastfeed while using this treatment?
What is the best way to take this drug in order to ensure you keep the risk of experiencing side effects down?
The best course of action is for you to take the drug exactly as a doctor tells you. In many cases a doctor will let you know if there are any special conditions that apply to you when using this drug. If this isn't the case, then you can just follow the directions on the label for guidance. Make sure you don't take the drug in doses that are bigger or smaller than a doctor tells you.
How long is it going to take after you start using this medication for you to begin to realize the full benefits of it?
Some people may experience the full benefit faster than others, but so much of this is going to come down to how serious your condition is and how long you've had it. The dosage level is also going to play a role, which is why it's going to be so important for a doctor to monitor you when you first start using the drug to be safe. Typically speaking it should take a period of 4 weeks before you start to see the symptoms of your condition get better. In the meantime you would want to keep using and inform a doctor if your symptoms don't improve after this time?
What are some of the more common potential side effects you put yourself at risk for as a result of using this medicational treatment?


After just one year, some schools around the country are dropping out of the healthier new federal lunch program, complaining that so many students turned up their noses at meals packed with whole grains, fruits and vegetables that the cafeterias were losing money.
Federal officials say they don't have exact numbers but have seen isolated reports of schools cutting ties with the $11 billion National School Lunch Program, which reimburses schools for meals served and gives them access to lower-priced food.
Districts that rejected the program say the reimbursement was not enough to offset losses from students who began avoiding the lunch line and bringing food from home or, in some cases, going hungry.
The Lunch Express brings meals to kids in need in rural Tenn.
"Some of the stuff we had to offer, they wouldn't eat," said Catlin, Ill., Superintendent Gary Lewis, whose district saw a 10 to 12 percent drop in lunch sales, translating to $30,000 lost under the program last year.
In upstate New York, a few districts have quit the program, including the Schenectady-area Burnt Hills Ballston Lake system, whose five lunchrooms ended the year $100,000 in the red.
Near Albany, Voorheesville Superintendent Teresa Thayer Snyder said her district lost $30,000 in the first three months. The program didn't even make it through the school year after students repeatedly complained about the small portions and apples and pears went from the tray to the trash untouched.
In Catlin, soups and fish sticks will return to the menu this year, and the hamburger lunch will come with yogurt and a banana – not one or the other, like last year.
Nationally, about 31 million students participated in the guidelines thattook effect last fall under the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.
Dr. Janey Thornton, deputy undersecretary for USDA's Food, Nutrition and Consumer Services, which oversees the program, said she is aware of reports of districts quitting but is still optimistic about the program's long-term prospects.
Not every district can afford to quit. The National School Lunch Program provides cash reimbursements for each meal served: about $2.50 to $3 for free and reduced-priced meals and about 30 cents for full-price meals. That takes the option of quitting off the table for schools with large numbers of poor youngsters.
The new guidelines set limits on calories and salt, phase in more whole grains and require that fruit and vegetables be served daily. A typical elementary school meal under the program consisted of whole-wheat cheese pizza, baked sweet potato fries, grape tomatoes with low-fat ranch dip, applesauce and 1 percent milk.
In December, the Agriculture Department, responding to complaints that kids weren't getting enough to eat, relaxed the 2-ounce-per-day limit on grains and meats while keeping the calorie limits.
At Wallace County High in Sharon Springs, Kan., football player Callahan Grund said the revision helped, but he and his friends still weren't thrilled by the calorie limits (750-850 for high school) when they had hours of calorie-burning practice after school. The idea of dropping the program has come up at board meetings, but the district is sticking with it for now.
It was funny, but Grund's mother, Chrysanne Grund, said her anxiety was not.
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Q: internal server error when running soapclient This should be an easy one for the pros here. I am using the soapClient php library to make a simple call(see code below).

    <?php
    error_reporting(E_ALL);
    ini_set('display_errors', '1');
        $url = "http://webservices.daehosting.com/services/TemperatureConversions.wso?WSDL";

        $client = new SoapClient($url, array("trace" => 1, "exception" => 0));

        var_dump($client->__getFunctions());

        $SOAPCall = "CelciusToFahrenheit";
        $SoapCallParameters = "30";
        $obj = $client->CelciusToFahrenheit($SoapCallParameters);
        var_dump($obj);

        var_dump($client->getLastRequest());
    ?>

</body>

When i execute i get the below error. I have looked in the Apache error logs and I see the same error.
Fatal error: Uncaught SoapFault exception: [HTTP] Internal Server Error in C:\wamp\www\phpSandbox\index.php:16 Stack trace: #0 [internal function]: SoapClient->__doRequest('<?xml version="...', 'http://webservi...', '', 1, 0) #1 C:\wamp\www\phpSandbox\index.php(16): SoapClient->__call('CelciusToFahren...', Array) #2 C:\wamp\www\phpSandbox\index.php(16): SoapClient->CelciusToFahrenheit('30') #3 {main} thrown in C:\wamp\www\phpSandbox\index.php on line 16

I have also done some reading from people facing similar problems but not able to find a solution.
I know for sure that the soapClient library is activated because the following code work
var_dump($client->__getFunctions());

output:
array (size=4)
  0 => string 'CelciusToFahrenheitResponse CelciusToFahrenheit(CelciusToFahrenheit $parameters)' (length=80)
  1 => string 'FahrenheitToCelciusResponse FahrenheitToCelcius(FahrenheitToCelcius $parameters)' (length=80)
  2 => string 'WindChillInCelciusResponse WindChillInCelcius(WindChillInCelcius $parameters)' (length=77)
  3 => string 'WindChillInFahrenheitResponse WindChillInFahrenheit(WindChillInFahrenheit $parameters)' (length=86)

any help to resolve this error and possible explanation for the error will be great.

A: Internal Server Error usually means the server got your request but it did not like one of the parameters.
Lookin at your WSDL I can see CelciusToFahrenheit expects one parameter with this definition:
<xs:complexType>
 <xs:sequence>
    <xs:element name="nCelcius" type="xs:decimal"/>
 </xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>

A complex type is an object. So try this:
$SoapCallParameters = new stdClass();
$SoapCallParameters->nCelcius = 30;
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Johannes Breyel was born 1 May 1679, and Christened in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of DuBulingen, Wurttemburg, Germany. The son of Conrad Breyel and Margareta Schelling. Johannes Breyel married Ursula Roup 06 November 1703 in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Otisheim, Wurttemburg,Germany.
In 1717, there was a large group, perhaps a thousand who left Germany with the intention of going to Pennsylvania. Most of these were coming for economic reasons; they were attempting to find a better life. One shipload of people did not make it to Pennsylvania. Instead the Master of the "Ship Scott", Captain Andrew Tarbett took them instead to Virginia. There were seventy odd Germans who were on board. Collectively they became known as the Second Germanna Colony, also known as the 1717 Colony, as well as New German Town. They left Germany quite late in the year as their departure was in late July. These families had made a contract with Captain Andrew Tarbett, in London to take them to Pennsylvania. He was then thrown in debtor's prison and the passengers lingered on board, consumed their supplies, and were forced to spend their passage money on more food. The captain was released and the voyage was undertaken, in essentially the late fall or winter.
Among those some seventy-odd Germans from Wuerttemberg, Baden,and Palatinate, Germany were Johannes "John" Breyel along with his wife Ursley [Ursula Roup] daughter Elizabeth and sons Conrad and Jacob [Hans Jacob A. Broyles].
It is very doubtful that they arrived in Virginia before January 1, 1718. Until March 23, they could still say 1717 (but we would describe it as 1718 if it was after January 1). Whether the landing in Virginia was due to weather (Captain Tarbett's claim) or due to collusion between Governor Alexander Spotswood and Captain Andrew Tarbett, (the descendant's claim),is not clear. Captain Tarbett claimed that his passengers had failed to pay him in full for their passage to America, and refused to let them leave the ship until Governor Spotswood agreed to pay their fairs. Once affairs were settled with Captain Tarbett the passengers were settled at Germanna, where they became known as the 2nd Germanna Colony.
The Germanna Colonies consisted primarily of the First Colony of 42 Persons from the Siegerland area in Germany brought to Virginia to work for Spotswood in 1714, and the Second Colony [also known as the colony of 1717 as well as New German Town] of 20 families from the Palatinate and Baden-Wuerttemberg area of Germany brought in 1717, but also include other German families who joined the first two colonies at later dates).
Life for the Second Colony was described as hard. Certainly there was plenty of physical labor. Johannes and his family served as indenture servants to Governor Spotswood for a total of eight years.
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"In 1725 the entire colony 2nd Germanna Colony moved to the Robinson River area in Spotsylvania County , Virginia near the foot of the Blue Mountains, which is present day Madison County, Virginia, where he lived until the time of his death."


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GUE/NGL one to watch
GUE/NGL, the most left-wing group in the European Parliament, is more famous for ponytails, sandals, and tattoos than for slick marketing. But that could all be set to change with the advent of the brand new – and bright red – GUE/NGL branded wristwatch. And unlike Soviet socialism, this nifty timepiece actually works! GUE/NGL is… » read more
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Someone is lying in the Eurosceptics' camp
French neo-fascist National Front lacks "only one nationality" to form a group at the European Parliament, but it won't be a Greek member, despite Golden Dawn's rehashed claims. For the time being, Marine Le Pen's allies include Belgian Vlaams Belang, Dutch Geert Wilders of the Freedom Party, and the Italian North League. They apparently have… » read more
When Turkish drama kills EU copyright
Anu Ansip has recently moved from Estonia to Brussels to join her husband, Andrus, the new vice-president of the Commission in charge of digital market. But the couple doesn't enjoy that much being in Tintin's land. The rain, 'moules frites', waffles and chocolate are not really at fault here. The two newcomers miss their TV… » read more
Renzi lures Prodi with the job of UN Secretary General
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi met recently with former Commission President Romano Prodi. The get-together was seen in the context of the need of finding a successor to current Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, 89, who recently hinted he would retire as early as in January. Surprisingly, Renzi told Prodi that he could count on his… » read more
'Connie Comeback' on Danish public TV stations
On Tuesday (16 December), the Danish Ministry for Culture announced that former EU Commissioner Connie Hedegaard, who was previously in charge of Climate Action under Barroso II, has a new job: Starting in January 2015, Hedegaard will be chairman of the Danish Public Service Committee. The next two years, Hedegaard will be overseeing and supervising… » read more
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'Bonnet blanc and blanc bonnet'
Jean-Louis Bourlanges, a former MEP and a liberal, has never hidden his taste for honesty. He even quit the European Parliament at the end of 2007, losing faith in the organization, after 18 years between Strasbourg and Brussels. Bourlanges took the opportunity to speak his mind about current politicians, at a dinner organized by the… » read more
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We're at the beginning of a new calendar year, but also a new legislative period, with new political teams in the European Commission and Parliament. In the final months of 2014, we heard policymakers saying that 'it's now or never', in order to restore trust and confidence in the EU, which has suffered heavy blows… » read more
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Euro 2016: Germany squad lost major player before semi-final
Sami Khedira will not be able to participate in next match of national team.
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Central midfielder of German squad Sami Khedira will not help his team in the semifinal match of Euro 2016, Unian reports.
Khedira became injured during quarter-final against Italy on July 2. Giorgio Chiellini stepped on his foot on the 13th minute of the game, and the midfielder was forced to finish his part in the tournament. Bastian Schweinsteiger appeared o the field instead of him.
Today it became known that Khedira has the Achilles tendon injury. In the near future he will undergo a medical examination, which will determine the exact timing of the recovery.
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Kurt Weill An Illustrated Life Jürgen Schebera, Caroline K. Murphy
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Kurt Weill—the famed composer of The Threepenny Opera, Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Knickerbocker Holiday, One Touch of Venus, Lost in the Stars, and many other musical works—led a life as rich and complex as the music for which he is so justly acclaimed. This engaging and lavishly illustrated book draws on a wealth of previously unexplored written and pictorial material to present a biography of Weill that is the most up-to-date and balanced ever written.
Jürgen Schebera explores the many phases of Weill's life, from his childhood as the son of a cantor in the Jewish section of Dessau, Germany, to his renunciation of Germany in 1933, his emigration to America in 1935, and his premature death there in 1950. Schebera describes Weill's rise to prominence during the Weimar Republic, when he created brilliant orchestral and chamber music and became a leading operatic innovator; his marriage, divorce, and remarriage to the famed actress Lotte Lenya; his escape from Nazi Germany, exile in France, and move to America; his collaboration with such famed writers and lyricists as Georg Kaiser, Bertolt Brecht, Maxwell Anderson, Moss Hart, Ira Gershwin, S.J. Perelman, and Ogden Nash; and his efforts in the United States to aid the mobilization for war. He presents fascinating information about Weill's musical creations: an anti-war musical (Johnny Johnson); a biblical drama (The Eternal Road); his first American song "hit," "September Song;" a Kiddush for cantor, chorus, and organ; a new genre of Broadway opera (Street Scene); a musical tragedy (Lost in the Stars); and many other musical ventures in New York and Hollywood. Schebera contends that it is pointless to argue the relative merits of Weill's music from his European and American periods, as many critics have done, for as Weill himself said, "I have never acknowledged the difference between 'serious' music and 'light' music. There is only good music and bad music." And, in fact, the current international renaissance of Kurt Weill's works attests to the beauty, originality, and variety of the music he composed throughout his career.
First published in Germany to enthusiastic reviews, this English edition adds new information and illustrations to the earlier work.
"An informative, instructive, and almost thrilling biography."?W.E. von Lewinski, Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz
"The best general account of Weill's life and times?well researched and superbly illustrated."?Stephen Hinton, Stanford University
"A beautifully illustrated and informative introduction to one of our century's most fascinating composers. A very accessible book."?Teresa Stratas
"Schebera's life of the composer, which reads smoothly in Caroline Murphy's English translation . . . contains intelligent and helpful comment on the music, and is especially valuable for its many illustrations, several of them of rare photographs and documents, and all of them fascinating."?Charles Osborne, Sunday Telegraph
"Profusely illustrated with photographs, playbills, and sheet music art, Schebera's biography seems definitive and well-rounded as it discusses all of Weill's important musical and dramatic achievements."?Alan Hirsch, Booklist
"Schebera documents Weill's life meticulously and his book is lavishly illustrated."?Hugh Canning, The Sunday Times
"Nearly every page includes a photograph, concert programme or record label. This abundance does not, however, imply that any sacrifice has been made in the text, which meticulously charts the composition, premiering and critical reception of Weill's theatre and concert works. Such a wealth of detail makes this thoroughly researched book one which will be of value to anyone with an interest in the composer."?Andrew Crumey, Scotland on Sunday
"This richly illustrated survey provides one of the first full-scale presentations of Weill's career from his early musical training with his cantor father in the German city of Dessau to his success as a conductor and composer of orchestral and chamber music during the Weimar Republic."?Reform Judaism
"An extraordinarily instructive, well-considered, and absorbing book."? Elizabeth Ellis Hurwitt, Schwann Opus
"The latest of several excellent studies of the composer. . . . [A] concise, well-judged biography."?Alex Ross, New Republic
"Schebera convincingly shows that there is indeed 'one Weill,' who transformed himself from a European to an 'American' composer. . . . One closes this book in admiring wonder at how Kurt Weill would have risen to the challenge of adapting the vernacular traditions of American music to set that most indigenous of literary masterpieces singing."?Philip Furia, Journal of American History
"The most up-to-date and generally accurate account of Weill's career available today."?Christopher Hailey, Newsletter of the Kurt Weill Foundation
"Weill composed works that remain relevant for the present generation, and this perspective emerges in Schebera's detailed and well-researched biography. . . . Schebera's biography can serve as a point of departure for further investigations into the phenomenon of Kurt Weill, for in several ways it succeeds where the other biographies fall short. It provides one of the best accounts of Weill's life, partly because it derives form the author's longtime association with his subject. Schebera includes many unique and essential photos and other primary source materials to illustrate his prose, which gives the present volume the flavor of a documentary. . . . an unusually successful biography."?James L. Zychowicz, Opera Quarterly
"With lively and very readable text constituted from correspondence with family, artistic collaborators and publishers and accompanied by a wealth of photographs of Weill, his family and colleagues, of stills from his operas and musicals, and of press articles, programs, posters, cartoons and sheet music, Schebera offers an erudite and balanced re-creation of Weill's life and musical creations against the backdrop of the fraught political era through which he lived, and in relation to the musical forms evolving at the time to the fellow composers, librettists, and performers he worked with."?Serge Liberman, The Australian Jewish News, Melbourne Edition
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This phase 2 trial is testing standard therapy (surgery, radiation, and temozolomide) plus the checkpoint inhibitor pembrolizumab with or without a cancer treatment vaccine for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma, a common and deadly type of brain tumor.
Progress against the brain cancer glioblastoma has been slow. Drs. Mark Gilbert and Terri Armstrong of NCI's Neuro-Oncology Branch discuss why and what's being done to change that.
Results from two clinical trials show that treating patients with the chemotherapy drug temozolomide in addition to radiation therapy increased overall and progression-free survival.
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TCGA researchers analyzed nearly 300 cases of diffuse low- and intermediate-grade gliomas, which together comprise lower-grade gliomas. LGGs occur mainly in adults and include astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas and oligoastrocytomas.
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Microsoft Considering New Way To Counter Xbox Series X And Xbox Series S Shortage
By Saqib Mansoor Nov 25, 2020 Share
Microsoft is considering to change the way pre-orders are placed with retailers so that consumers are guaranteed to receive their Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles without the fear of scalpers emptying stocks within minutes.
Speaking with The Verge in a recent interview, Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, stated that the new consoles are expected to face supply shortages all the way through the holiday season and well into the first quarter of 2021.
What Microsoft is considering is to have consumers pay upfront to reserve a slot and in return receive a guaranteed delivery date. The little change to how pre-orders are typically placed is different in the sense that retailers are presently allocated a specific percentage of Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles. Consumers are expected to make their purchases from there at launch. However, scalpers arrive beforehand to clean out the entire stock, or the number of available units are far less than the number of consumers.
"We've had real discussions internally about, should I be able to reserve my slot? I'll put some money down, I know my machine's getting built January 20th, and I'll get it on February 1st," said Spencer. "We want people to feel like there's some consoles to go buy, and it's not just the day where everybody gets to go pick up their console."
"I do think it's going to push us to think about new models," continued Spencer. "It could be, reserve your slot. It could be doing things more direct with the customer. Still could have the retailer fulfill the order, but just so people can have more clarity on when they can get a console. It's something we're working on."
The past couple of months have made it clear how difficult it can be to purchase a next-generation console. Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S pre-orders were completely sold out within minutes or the hour of going live in all major regions. Even the second wave of supply was met with a similar high demand. There are still a large number of consumers struggling to find an available console either at their local retailers or on online stores.
Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S were launched worldwide for $500 and $300 respectively on November 10, 2020.
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