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Space Shuttle Discovery has returned to Earth after a two-week mission to the International Space Station.
The seven-person crew landed the shuttle at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 10:15 a.m. CT.
On their 5.7 million mile mission, Discovery installed a massive Japanese laboratory on the International Space Station, and brought parts to fix a toilet issue on the ISS.
Aggie astronaut Mike Fossum was on his second flight aboard Discovery. He performed the fourth, fifth and sixth spacewalks of his career to help install the lab module and perform other repairs.
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This was the 23rd mission to the ISS.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan—Human rights organizations gathered outside Taiwan's legislative building on July 31, calling on president Ma Ying-jeou to pressure Chinese communist authorities into releasing Taiwanese Falun Gong practitioner Chung Ting-pang during the upcoming annual meeting between Taiwan and mainland China.
Chung, a Taiwanese citizen, was abducted in China while visiting relatives in June. He is being detained at Gangzhou National Security Bureau in Guangdong province.
More than 30 organizations attended the protest, including Amnesty International, the Taiwan Association for Human Rights, the Judicial Reform Foundation, and Citizen Congress Watch.
Executive director of Humanistic Education Foundation Joanna Feng urged Chinese leaders Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao to listen and to release Chung as soon as possible.
Chung's family was also present. His daughter Chung Ai spoke at the press conference: "I'm so sad, but I'm telling you that I'll never give up. No matter what, I'll take it to the end. So I'd very much need the help from every one of you."
Chung Ting-pang is a practitioner of Falun Gong, a spiritual practice that has flourished in Taiwan and other countries, but was banned in mainland China by the Chinese Communist Party 13 years ago.
Executive director of Humanistic Education Foundation Joanna Feng urged Chinese leaders Hu Jintao and Wen Jiabao to listen and to release Chung as soon as possible.
"People have the freedom to practice Falun Gong. We cannot let a totalitarian regime and its system restrict Taiwanese citizens' freedom. We definitely recognize the accusation of 'endangering national security [by the communist regime].' It is unrighteous and illegal to jeopardize the safety of Taiwanese citizens," she said.
Executive Director of Taiwan Association for Human Rights Lai Chung-chiang said that Chung's arrest was part of China's national persecution against Falun Gong. "We request the state release him unconditionally right now. If Mr. Chung is not freed immediately, what's the point of China and Taiwan discussing the protection of personal freedom? Nobody would believe a word of it," commented Lai.
Many scholars gave their support, as did consultants at the Office of the President, Taiwan's Congress, and the Executive Yuan (Cabinet).
"This call is for the protection of citizens of the Republic of China, of Taiwanese businessmen in mainland China, and of the freedom of religion, as well as for the establishment of rule of law in China," said Professor Mab Huan, who is a Human rights consultant from the Office of the President of Taiwan.
Su Yiu-chen, a lawyer and president of Chinese Association for Human Rights, told the Sound of Hope Radio Network that the Chung's abduction was a threat the safety of all Taiwanese. "This is in fact an appeal from all the people living in Taiwan, and we hope the Chinese regime will realize the emotional damage caused to the Taiwanese people. We are making a strong appeal that Daddy Chung be released unconditionally at the earliest possibility, and we will do our best to make this happen."
In a short report on its mouthpiece Xinhua, the Chinese communist regime has accused Chung of sending equipment into China used for interrupting satellite TV signals to broadcast materials about the truth of Falun Gong.
On Aug. 9, a meeting will be take place in Taipei between Chiang Pin-kung, chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation from Taiwan, and Chen Yunlin, president of the Chinese regime's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits. The annual meeting is dubbed "the Chiang-Chen Meeting."
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Ground sloths are only known from North and South America and all had become extinct by the end of the last Ice Age, 10,000 to 12,000 years ago. This corresponds to the period when modern humans colonised the Americas.
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Megatherium americanum, the giant ground sloth, is known from Late Pleistocene deposits in the Pampas region of Argentina and neighbouring countries. It appears to have been one of the last species of ground sloth to die out.
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CHURUBUSCO — A Churubusco man died Tuesday afternoon when he crashed his vehicle after allegedly fleeing police.
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It is a good and tasty food for all of our family,we enjoyed a lot,like hyderabad food,chicken biryani,chi lollipop and whole food is nice
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Restaurant Spoiling the name of hyderabad. Their Biryani is disappointing.
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Food is good sometimes...9 out 0f 10 times the food is bad, it is not fresh. Owner tries to tell all cock and bull stories...Guys go to DEVI or SPICE which is much better....it is a bit expensive..but they maintain quality. I will never advice Bawarchi to Anyone!
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the food tastes good and we have enjoyed that taste..... responsibilities taken by the management is good
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As mentioned below in some posts,the food is good in some months and again it turns ugly.like I have eaten chicken biriyani which is good and then it turns ugly on some days. so overall you cant expect the same food qaulity daily.
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1.in the lunch buffet the chicken biriyani is not fresh ,it is not prepared daily. 2.in vegetable dishes they make one to two dishes fresh. 3.tiffin section is good like idly,vada dosa because u have to make it frsh and the sambar is sometime good and sometime not. 4.the chicken curry and lamb curry are always in the buffet but they are not made fresh. 5.over all here is the scope,I understand they cant make all foods fresh daily in buffet but they cant keep giving us left overs and most of the dishes in buffet are left overs.
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America's Ruling Class – And the Perils of Revolution
This 12,000-word essay by Angelo Codevilla, "The Ruling Class–And the Perils of Revolution," published in the conservative magazine American Spectator, has been so popular that Al Regnery is getting back into publishing to turn it into a full-length book (Regnery founded but no longer runs his eponymous and very successful right wing political imprint).
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As over-leveraged investment houses began to fail in September 2008, the leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties, of major corporations, and opinion leaders stretching from the National Review magazine (and the Wall Street Journal) on the right to the Nation magazine on the left, agreed that spending some $700 billion to buy the investors' "toxic assets" was the only alternative to the U.S. economy's "systemic collapse." In this, President George W. Bush and his would-be Republican successor John McCain agreed with the Democratic candidate, Barack Obama. Many, if not most, people around them also agreed upon the eventual commitment of some 10 trillion nonexistent dollars in ways unprecedented in America.
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A Japanese serial graphic novel genre popular with young teens has raised the ire of a Crestview mother whose teenage son got hold of an adult version of the genre from the Crestview Public Library. "Manga" depicts highly stylized adventure and, occasionally, violence in fantasy settings.
Margaret Barbaree, founder of a citizens' group called Protect Our Children, presented examples from a manga book to the Crestview City Council last week that she described as "graphic" and "shocking," taken from material she said is "available to children" at the Crestview Public Library.
"My son lost his mind when he found this," Barbaree said of the manga book from which her examples were taken. She said her son had removed the book unsupervised from the library's general stacks last summer and put it in his backpack. She has kept it ever since.
"Now he's in a home for extensive therapy," she said.
Pasta Recipe Containing 'Salt And Freshly Ground Black People'
As book publishers, the gang at disinformation® understand typos happen to everyone, but this one wins a prize for Penguin Australia: their Pasta Bible contains a recipe calling for "salt and freshly ground black people." What clinches the prize for Penguin is it's executive's statement that "why anyone would be offended, we don't know" (via the Sydney Morning Herald):
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Penguin Group Australia turns over $120 million a year from printing words but a one-word misprint has cost it dearly.
The publishing company was forced to pulp and reprint 7000 copies of Pasta Bible last week after a recipe called for "salt and freshly ground black people" – instead of pepper – to be added to the spelt tagliatelle with sardines and prosciutto.
The exercise will cost Penguin $20,000, the head of publishing, Bob Sessions, said. At $3300 a letter, it's a pricey typo.
Stock will not be recalled from bookshops because it would be "extremely hard" to do so, Mr Sessions said.
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Sarah Palin Spent $63,000 In Donations On Copies Of Her Book
Here's one way to get your book on the bestseller list — money laundering:
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Sarah Palin has been using her political action committee to buy up thousands of copies of her book, "Going Rogue."
The former Alaska governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate had her political organization spend more than $63,000 on what her reports describe as "books for fundraising donor fulfillment." The payments went to Harper Collins, her publisher.
On the web site of her PAC, Palin posted a special letter to supporters upon the release of her book. "My book, 'Going Rogue,' is dedicated to you — to Patriots — who fight for freedom!" she wrote in the note, which concludes with the opportunity to donate.
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Will Novels Be Read By A Minority 'Cult' in 25 Years?
Alison Flood writes in the Guardian:
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Philip Roth's late run of productivity has long been a source of wonder in the literary world, with his latest novel coming out this week less than a year after the last, and another already complete. But the 76-year-old's own energy is not, according to him at any rate, any reflection of vibrant life in fiction itself. Roth has long been pessimistic about the survival of the novel in a gaudy, short-attention-span culture, but his latest prophesy is one of his bleakest yet, predicting that the form will dwindle to a "cultic" minority enthusiasm within 25 years.
The author believes that the concentration and focus required to read a novel is becoming less and less prevalent, as potential readers turn instead to computers or to television. "I was being optimistic about 25 years really. I think it's going to be cultic. I think always people will be reading them but it will be a small group of people.
So, There Are 237 Reasons Why Women Have Sex…
Tanya Gold writes in the Guardian:
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Do you want to know why women have sex with men with tiny little feet? I am stroking a book called Why Women Have Sex. It is by Cindy Meston, a clinical psychologist, and David Buss, an evolutionary psychologist. It is a very thick, bulging book. I've never really wondered Why Women Have Sex. But after years of not asking the question, the answer is splayed before me.
Meston and Buss have interviewed 1,006 women from all over the world about their sexual motivation, and in doing so they have identified 237 different reasons why women have sex. Not 235. Not 236. But 237. And what are they? From the reams of confessions, it emerges that women have sex for physical, emotional and material reasons; to boost their self-esteem, to keep their lovers, or because they are raped or coerced. Love? That's just a song.


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This is the time of the year when theft is more likely, and almost like a movie, a Grinch stole Christmas right off of one Knoxville woman's front doorstep.
Cassie Rogers said she came home after working her two part-time shifts on Monday, to find boxes ripped open and empty.
"I'm very hurt that somebody could do this. And I do feel like it's a slap in the face," said Rogers.
This is Rogers' first Christmas away from her family. She transferred to the University of Tennessee from a college in Oregon, where she's from.
"Whoever opened them up could see the "I love you" on them, and "Merry Christmas," from my mother and my father. They saw all that and they didn't care. They went ahead and did it anyway," said Rogers.
The packages were from U.P.S., FedEx, and the U.S. Postal Service. All were delivered Monday.
"I couldn't believe that somebody would actually do this close to Christmas. And it's ironic because my mom was asking me if she should force a signature, because I work all day," said Rogers.
Rogers said she assumed the packages would be fine on her doorstep, since she has successfully received mail and deliveries for the past couple of months at her West Knoxville address.
Knoxville Police said Rogers' story is the only report on record of stolen packages this holiday season. The Knox County Sheriff's Department said it has not received any reports of stolen deliveries.
David McGill, the station manager at the U.S.P.S. on Cross Park Drive said his location has received reports of people having mail stolen out of their mailboxes in various subdivisions. McGill said that trend tends to happen in spurts.
McGill and managers with FedEx and U.P.S. said one of the best ways to prevent stories like Rogers' from happening, is to require a signature for delivery.
Other tricks of the trade include delivering packages to a direct post office or U.P.S. or FedEx store, to ensure a safe delivery. Senders can also go online to chose a preferred time of the day for delivery to make sure someone is home to receive the package.
As for the Grinch who stole one woman's Christmas, Rogers had one message.
"I just want to say Merry Christmas to the people who took them from me. Because obviously you needed them more than I did, to go through all this trouble."


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Texas – Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano says unmanned aircraft flights patrolling the Mexican border in south Texas will begin Wednesday in a bid to seek out smuggling activities and improve border security.
Napolitano says in a conference call Monday that the start of the flights out of Corpus Christi means that unmanned aircraft will be providing intelligence to border agents on the ground from the Gulf of Mexico to around El Centro, Calif.
Previously, unmanned aircraft had been used from El Centro through West Texas.
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In bandrooms, at concerts and events all across the length and breadth of the country there are whispered conversations taking place.
These, together with all too frequent articles and features in the banding press and media, often suggest that banding is in decline. Discussions can be wide and varied: 'its just not the same anymore', 'we dont get paid enough by the council", "we receive the same rate as 10 years ago', or even, theres just no players about anywhere' - the list is almost endless. As an active member of the banding community I've thought about this long and hard and I'd like to present a different perspective, a perspective that suggests our movement is not in decline, but is in fact, thriving.
We in the Brass Band movement have witnessed many changes during the last hundred-and-fifty or so years. Perhaps there are fewer village or community bands than there once were; but for many years we have, I believe, stagnated in our own self importance, oblivious to the fact that bands in other parts of the world have seized upon unique opportunities and have, in some quarters, shown us all how we could be taking advantage of banding's current circumstances. Some bands have taken a very positive lead. What's to stop us doing the same?
What can we do to bolster our movement? How can we move onwards and forward, being consistently consistent whilst striving to improve everything within it that can be possibly improved? I present to you here a few ideas and opinions of my own, together with those of several eminent figures from the world of banding today. These ideas are an attempt to stimulate debate, to ask that we take a fresh look inwards, to help identify what can be done in the futurefor you, your band and our movement.
It would be advantageous for many of todays modern players to do a small amount of research and examine the history of our so-called movement. By studying the past, todays players would gain a greater understanding of what we have achieved, and hopefully, what can still be achieved with courage, conviction in belief and enough determination to put into place what we feel are the right things to do. I am not suggesting that many of us dont do this already, I am sure there are many who do. However, it may also be of interest to look out over the White Cliffs of Dover to see what our banding colleagues are getting up to across the Channel, whilst also taking a fleeting glance West and South to America, Australia, Japan and New Zealand.
We could quite easily of course, sit back and watch yet another generation of In the good old days. Bandsmen and women come and go, and perhaps dont give a second glance at the news of yet another band who have just announced they are folding! How many of us reading this are aware of the present issues facing the wonderful championship section City of Oxford Band? Or the very recent demise of Thornbury Band. However, we must not be pessimistic, somewhere out there are many devotees, maybe you. People in our movement today who are striving to put the UK Brass Band scene back at the forefront of amateur music making back where it belongs, be they concert promoters, contest organisers, new editorial publications or web-hosts and technologists of the modern day internet.
The answer is simple, and the answer is right in front of our eyes. We need to change our outlook, alter our approach and move quickly out of the dark ages. We need to wholeheartedly embrace the wonders of modern technology, we need to capture the ethics and pragmatism of modern business management and ultimately take hold of and nurture the unique spirit within every bandsperson on the globe, to take banding forward into todays modern era. There are Bands that are already doing this and the proof is there for everyone to see.
Lets start with technology. The biggest helping hand opportunity we have been afforded in recent years and on a silver platter to boot - is undoubtedly that of the World Wide Web, the Internet. Most bands have www sites of some form, music publishers have www sites, and even some of us as individuals have www sites. This vast virtual world holds a wealth of knowledge and information but also presents an opportunity which has seriously altered the face of modern banding, and its all available, often free, from the comfort of your favourite armchair! The Internet has made our world a smaller place, and has helped to bring thousands of banding musicians together, through the exciting and innovative use of informative news web sites such as 4BarsRest, Brass Band World or perhaps the popular brass discussion forum theMouthPiece.com. With huge monthly viewing figures, no one can argue with this. Banding does indeed have a presence on the internet.
The Internet also offers its helping hand by providing an almost instant communication process. You can email and talk to colleagues in Australia or America instantly, 10 years ago we would still be writing letters and posting them in those little red boxes that once stood so proudly at the end of every street, ah remember those! How far we have come in the last decade! The process of ordering sheet music has been revolutionised with the advent of the Internet. How many times in the past has your Musical Director bought a piece of music from a catalogue only to find that certain sections are too difficult for the band and that it is then either sent back, or put into the library with the myriad other pieces never to be seen again? Most music publishers and suppliers now have their own promotional websites, with many offering a unique facility providing an opportunity to listen and view before anyone has to part with their hard earned cash. And not forgetting that this music can now be ordered on-line with a credit card and often even delivered immediately! Again, all this is achievable without leaving your armchair. Although our beloved and cherished Brass Band tabloids still print our contest results, albeit a week or two later than the event, the Internet gives us the facility to read news and results within minutes of them being announced. On many sites you can enter live discussions and join the debates on who should have won and who was robbed! The results of the recent British Open were posted live on theMouthPiece.com as they were announced in Symphony Hall. That is most certainly utilisation of modern technology for the benefit of all.
The Internet has also given many bands the opportunity to further promote their organisation by presenting themselves in their own online catalogue - through their own website. Advertising for player and MD vacancies, as well as concerts and events is now commonplace, but although many jumped on the internet bandwagon several years ago, some bands seem not to have made the most of it and are not motivated enough to maintain or update their web sites. Promoting your band via a website is indeed hard work and is certainly time consuming, but it can be very rewarding. Come on, weve been given this magnificent tool to promote our organisation, why not use it to your advantage. Many however dont seem to appreciate the power unleashed through effective use of the world-wide web. What must any potential sponsor or concert promoter think when they are reading band news on your site that is perhaps twelve months out of date! If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing well. Far too many banding web sites dont get updated this is such a shame.
Why not make use of easily accessible recording equipment to produce a CD and sell it on your own web site? Many people now have home recording studios using reasonably priced and portable mixing equipment that could easily be set up at a local venue such as a church or hall. Gone are the days of it costing a fortune to produce, market and distribute your own bands CD. Besides that fact how else could you so easily and effectively market and promote your own CD to a global audience?
Why should the deployment of modern technology within banding be limited to just the use of the internet and producing CDs? At national contests in New Zealand, the adjudicators dont actually write anywhere near as much during their time in the box, there is a system set up and in place where their comments are actually recorded! Bands actually take away a recording of their contest performance and the adjudicators audible comments as they were made during their performance.
Nigel Weeks, the charismatic Welshman who 10 years ago decided to move to a new life in New Zealand and who recently conducted the Dalewool Band to 10th place in the British Open has first hand experience of this system. He says Bands certainly feel comfortable with the current adjudication system for the Nationals in New Zealand, they feel far more confident about results and of their competition placing, and inevitably the comments made by adjudicators appear to be far more constructive. It is always better for bands to hear positive yet constructively critical remarks. In the box adjudicators are recorded and speak as they hear the bands play allowing them to make many more comments than they could otherwise achieve by writing them down. Wouldnt this open a few eyes here in the UK? If implemented at a contest near you, how well would this be received?
This, certainly, would be a step in the right direction, albeit a small one. We could very easily improve on this and go even further. Regularly nowadays, competitions have recording desks at their venues. Modern technology could easily facilitate the playback of a section of the performance for the adjudicators to listen to within the box. Football referees use a similar system; cricket umpires also, and what of the Photo Finish in athletics and racing..? These professionals deploy technology because quite simply, they are all human and humans sometimes do get it wrong. In these respective fields, to correct the human error, technology is used and welcomed. Are our adjudicators not also human..? Are they infallible ? Of course not, they also often get it wrong. It does seem though that we are not allowed to question this. Where is the governance, where is the credibility, moderation and maintenance of standards, where is the accountability?
Adjudication, now theres a topic that is often the subject of heated discussion. One only has to read the current banding press and media to see this. We each have our opinions, and mine is that most of our adjudicators are very talented, and do a good job under what are very difficult conditions. Many adjudicators judge in a professional and consistent manner. However, there are a few adjudicators who are not good at all and I really mean not good at all. Why are we not allowed to challenge this? ... Are people scared of upsetting the establishment? There is nothing wrong with healthy competition, and there is nothing wrong with presenting a pragmatic, challenging case. There is most certainly a perceived lack of accountability on the part of adjudicators.
Philip Sparke, who was one of the adjudicators at the 2004 British Open, has recently been the subject of much criticism in the banding media. Many of us have our own opinion on what transpired at this competition, but in all fairness, Philip has been one of the first adjudicators to speak out, to face and answer his critics head on. He says Players simply must accept that the judgement of an adjudicator is as good as one can get. I judge as a musician and I'm not using different criteria from other judges. Playing a piece successfully is a question of getting the right notes in the right place, at the right time and in the right style, with a balanced and quality sound - plus the X factor. Adjudicators are indeed musicians, and with music being subjective the process of how one adjudicates is extremely difficult to quantify. I dont feel we can ever move away from the subjectivity being the most significant facet of a result, but there are things the movement could embrace to make the job easier.
If there were a process in place that defined exactly what adjudication standards should be; that assessed an individuals ability to reach and maintain these standards via some form of accreditation, a process that monitored these standards throughout our movement, and finally ensured that a mechanism for feedback and evaluation existed (I.e. that the feedback loop worked) - the role of the adjudicator would become significantly enriched by the fact that faith in the adjudicator, from those who are judged, would be significantly restored. How do bandsmen and bandswomen of today play a part in the selection of adjudicators and by this I do not simply mean the selection of who should adjudicate at a specific contest, but in the selection of an individual actually becoming an adjudicator? I doubt such a process exists, but I suggest that there very much should be. Why does the ABBA not set up an evaluation process that asks for feedback of the adjudicators performance to be provided by each competing band or a representative of them, after each contest? These results could be managed by the ABBA and made available to our local regional associations. Aided by the band members they represent, a far superior set of criteria on adjudicators could be presented from which they could choose who should receive their invite to judge. I dont purport to have all the answers, but would this not be a step in the right direction?
The brass band contest has been with us almost as long as bands have existed and has, undoubtedly, over the years contributed significantly to the exceptionally high standards of todays bands. There has been a phenomenal amount of commissioned music written specifically for all our major contests, the National Finals, the Open etc, all of this by some of the movements greatest composers, Bourgeois, Heaton, Sparke to name but a few. However, are we doing enough to raise the profile of our movement when it comes to selecting our area test pieces? In 1908 Wagners Rienzi was the National Test Piece, nearly one hundred years later bands will be performing the same music, albeit for the area qualifying contests. In 1957 Vaughan Williams Variations for Brass Band was used for the Nationals, again the same music will be featured by our second section bands come the new year. Admittedly, these are fantastic tests for any band, but we have to question why are we still playing the same music we played nearly one hundred years ago? Traditionalism is wonderful of course, but alas, not to embrace change is often fatal. To progress and push the Brass Band genre to greater heights and to gain the respect of our orchestral counterparts, we must inject new music into our contests and at all levels. Some might argue that for financial reasons this is not justifiable, but not everyone wants to make a fast buck out of the brass band movement. We have an abundant wealth of talent right in front of our eyes; young players, composers, conductors, publishers etc so why can we not accept this and not depend entirely on the establishment to approve who we should use for such requirements? There is a vast, untapped source of composers who are continually writing fantastic music for our movement, but never get the opportunity to have their music played. We must encourage and develop this wealth of talent and Im sure a lot of these people would require little payment, just a reward that their hard work has finally been recognised. How long can our movement survive tapping the resources of messrs: Philip Sparke, Peter Graham and Philip Wilby? When their ideas have been drained, our unsung composers would have long gone and then its back to the good old days of Grand Selections and Orchestral transcriptions once again!
Concert music also comes under scrutiny. Attend any band concert in the UK, including the recent WoB British Open Gala Concert, and youll hear the same music being played over and over again, usually in the same format and comprising a March, an Overture, a Solo, and a Novelty item etc. Yes, this formula works to a certain extent and is a tried and tested format, but is still the same format as we used one hundred years ago. Here we go again, notice a trend here, it is the same-old same-as. Something worth mentioning at every opportunity is If you always do what you did, you will always get what you got!
Unfortunately in this day and age this approach isnt doing enough to promote our movement and sell tickets for the much needed revenue which our bands rely on heavily for their sheer existence. So, do we need change our ways and be more inventive with our ideas? Of course we do, and huge lessons can be learned by looking no further than our European bands, who certainly know how to lead the way when it comes to something completely different. Their concerts are buzzing with excitement, oozing with new material, and are usually spiced with dazzling choreography and sometimes played from memory. For those of you who attended the WoB Gala Concert after the British Open will no doubt remember the anticipation of waiting to hear YBS and Stavanger Band perform. When did you last get that sort of buzz waiting for a band to appear on concert stage? A concert balanced in the first half by the brilliant and dazzling musical ability of one of our top bands, YBS, which musically was incredibly stunning but was somewhat staid and traditionalist in approach. The second half revealed a band that presented a spectacular visual, as well as audible, performance. The appeal being in the conjunction of these two factors.
Stavangers and YBSs success is spurred on by the forward thinking approach of Professor David King. He took over the helm at Stavanger in 2002 because of their commitment to innovation and creativity and he also comments it doesnt mind breaking new ground. How many conductors would ask a band to memorise Philip Sparkes Hymn of the Highlands for the North American Championships because the MD wanted to use choreography? How many times have you seen the band drawn number 1 at your National contest who still have to use their red hymn books to play 14 bars of their own National Anthem? Its certainly not a good advert!
Professor King must be commended for his enthusiasm and commitment to our movement. Hes not alone, but he is certainly in a minority at the moment. We need to push the boundaries and experiment with ideas. We must take risks in the first instance and see if they work. To have tried and failed is better than not trying at all. There is an untapped resource of new concert material being written for the Brass Band movement, not necessarily, by the big names either, which would make refreshing changes to our concert repertoires.
Roger Thorne of Thornes Music Publishing comments Although music sales are steady, the bulk of my orders are now coming from American, European and Australian Bands. These bands are obviously prepared to take risks and experiment with new ideas. The comments Ive received back from these bands is that the music has been well received, not only by band members, but by their audiences too. Lets be brave enough to take the plunge and encourage our conductors up and down the country to take the lead and try something new!
We need to take a long hard look at ourselves and realise that if we dont make certain changes, UK Banding will not set the standards and will not get back to the top of the tree where it belongs. The Youth Band scene is thriving as anyone who attends the Youth Band Championships will have experienced. It is evident how committed these youngsters are and how much they enjoy their banding. When age catches up with them they have to move on, but when they join your band dont dismiss their ideas or enthusiasm. Most of them have already been there, read the book and got the T-shirt! You only have to look at the success of our many Summer Schools to see that the majority of attendees are youngsters. The older generation are far too quick to dismiss or ignore our younger players, as a movement we cannot afford to let these talented youngsters drift away. They will form the bands of the future and as such need to be supported and encouraged. There is a plethora of Lottery Grants, Arts Council Awards and other funding associations that offer hard cash to support youth organisations. Again, we may have missed out here in that there are many untapped sources of funding that could be so beneficial. In our modern times when the purse strings are tight, we need all the help we can get. If you dont ask - you dont get! And if you dont help dont complain that there arent the players anymore!
Over the last 30 years the brass and movement has witnessed a change in perception from the general public. Television finally gave way to screening the Granada Band of the Year contest, and for a short time brought brass bands into every living room in the country. In 1977 Brighouse & Rastrick Band recorded a hit record with The Floral Dance which was very successful, but like most novelties it was soon forgotten and did little to change the publics stereotypical perception of bands. Unbelievably, they still play it as an encore twenty-seven years later!
More recently the popular movie Brassed Off featured The Floral Dance and the Finale from William Tell as the national finals test piece! Although this seems to have given the brass band movement greater exposure, it didnt however do anything at all to enhance the modern image of banding we so much want to portray.
I ask quite seriously, what do we do next to raise the profile of our great Brass Band movement and convince the general public to come and listen to our concerts and contests, and to treat us as serious musicians?
I suggest we need central governance and control. We need to embrace technology. We need to inject accountability at all levels, especially in adjudicating. We need not be so insular in approach. We need to change our draconian ways, inject new blood into the system, take risks, not be afraid to challenge the way things are and to try something new, to reiterate if you always do what you did, you will always get what you got.
There are many enthusiastic members of our unique movement who are striving forward with new ideas and innovations to secure our future.
Are you one of them?
We all need to join them and pull together as one to prove to the rest of the world that UK Banding is not in decline and is still the mecca of the banding world and will continue to be for the foreseeable future.


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You could ask the question that my friends and I all used to say to each other "Hey, if your husband were cheating on you, would you want to know?"
Of course, it's better to have that understanding up front, not when he's actually cheating....
I wanted to know, personally. Hard call, I feel for you.
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Don't do anything....yet. Give her time. She'll keep meeting him and meeting him, thinking he is going to change her life. Chances are he is not going to change a thing. She'll realize what a fool she's been to be spending time with this guy and wonder what the heck she saw in him. Then she'll wonder why she ever wandered from her husband who, hopefully, will still be around. Don't do the anonymous letter....sooner or later the spouses will find out on their own. If they don't, and it's been going on and on, time to jump in and tell her what a fool she is.
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I would probably have said something to your co-worker like "Hey, I know him and his wife from soccer! Small world, isn't it?"
Or say something to him at soccer (without his wife nearby) going "Did you and (co-worker's name) enjoy your drinks the other night?"
If there is someone who might tell his wife, maybe that will shake some sense into their heads.
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In the situation I think that you should ask yourself if you would want to know if your husband is cheating on you. But if you don't know the wife that well then that could be a problem. There really isn't a tactful way to say "hey, your husband is cheating on you". but maybe they've been having problems in their marriage. You would feel so bad if this goes on for years without her knowing about it. But I think that you should wait a few weeks and if your co-worker says that the affair is still continuing you probably should just send an anonymous letter.
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maybe not just straight up tell her, throw hints.
when she catches on then help her catch him in the act. but dont get caught helping because then all will hate you.
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Whoa whoa whoa now that could destroy their marriage. Maybe talking to the husband would be a better idea and reasoning things with him.
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I know this will be hard for you, because a part of you wants to tell the wife, but the OTHER part of you that asked first...that is the smart part! Please don't tell her. Take it from "the wife" ...(me) she already knows something is wrong, and she is trying her best to ignore the signs that her own little voice is saying. She does not need to be humilated by having an acquaintance tell her something like that about her husband. By doing so, you will force her to make a decision that she may not be "ready" to make. She will find out, but please don't let it be by you...she will resent you, for making her face something that is beyond horrible right now. Let her save face a little while longer, gain some strength for the inevitable...she will need it.
Just tell your co-worker friend that you know the husband AND his wife and you want no part of their affair. She'll feel guilty for ever involving you...and she may be a little more discreet from now on around you. She may also tell her 'lover' that you know and he will be forced to have a talk with his wife out of sheer fear or at least break off his not so secret fling...which will do him some good too.
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a letter is a good idea... go for it...SB
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If I were you go out with her (The man's wife) As this question and made up it was someone else( not involving her or her husband), see if she would tell the guys wife, if she does then tell her the truth!!! If her conclution she won't tell, cause it's not her business, then let it be, let her husband cheat on her, as if she knew a friend that cheat on her friend's husband, she won;t tell!!!
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I think if it were me in your shoes I would rather mention things in passing to him in front of her. You know .. like.... Hey didn't I see you the other day at...........! Or was that your sister I saw you with the other day at............. You know what I mean? He'll freak out. Or you might want to just go right up to him and tell him that girl his seeing is your co-worker and that your not going to tell his wife as long as he knocks it off or tell her himself. But I like the first idea better.. make him sweat.
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This kind of thing is always tricky. If you say anything you will be seen as the bad guy no matter what. If you say nothing the same thing will happen. So... perhaps if you know they are going to be meeting somewhere you could ask the wife out to lunch and allow her to see for herself. Or if you are at a soccer game and the dad and the wife are there you could ask How is so and so?
You could send the anonymous letter but it is easily refuteable. So I would think of a way to go out with the wife on a known day at the known location and let her see for herself. That way you are not the bad guy in anyway.
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Hmmm tough call since you really don't know their situation. HOWEVER.. I'd want to know.
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if you and this lady are close or even friends then maybe you should plant the seed and let it grow onit's own let her know you saw him with another women at a bar
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Depends how well you know them. If you were bosom buddies with her, I would say to him: you have 24hrs to tell her what you're up to, or I will tell her. If you just happen to be an acquaintance, Then it's not your business to interfere. You don't know if they have an arrangement that they have an open marriage or they each do their own thing and stay together because of the children. When it comes to the relationship of two people you know well could land you in a hot seat, It's even worse when you don't really know them. BEWARE of self righteousness!
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If it were you, wouldn't you want to know? Send an anonymous letter providing common meeting places and just enough details to let her check up on it and see it for herself. The only downside is how their child might be affected. But know that it is the husband's doing for the cheating and not yours for telling.
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well lets see it s going to hurt. but yes she needs to know. a letter would be best but i hope you don't get into middle of it.
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Letter at least. Doing in person never seems to work out. Put the thought into her head and let her follow up on it. It will make her think she figured it out on her own.
Good for you for being a great person and wanting to help.
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I think you should tell!!!!
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balh blah blah yes u should
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Do not involve yourself in anyway. That is between the two of them chances are she may know her husband is that way or would be really embarrassed by knowing sometimes it's best not to know. I wouldn't want to know. She probably would not believe you unless you had proof. Steer clear from the drama.
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I would want to.
I mean if you put yourself in her shoes,
you'd want to know.
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So why this married woman tell you all this? doesn't she shameless of cheating her own husband? why not you tell her husband first, let her husband tells the other wife. ;) Maybe they will have "wife swape".
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This is always a tough decision, but really, the answer lies with what seems right to you.
Many will argue that it's not your business, especially if you're not friends with the guy's wife. Others would say, if I was the wife, and someone knew, I would want to be told. Then questions arise about the kids, and the employee rapport afterwards, etc.
But you know what, there is something more important than all of that. Obviously, the guy's a jerk. There were probably signs pointing that out, but that's what "love" does, right? She was blinded by the light and such.
I would find some way to tell her. (Know that there are "social" consequences for doing so though.) Whether it's anonymously or not. How horrible for her and their children, but ignorance is not bliss in my opinion.
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if your husband was cheating on you, you'd want to know, correct? i think you know what the right thing to do is.
i agree, an anonymous letter is a good idea, might not be as effective because she might think it's coming from an unreliable source. however, it will still spark suspicion and the wife may be able to find on her own that her husband is in fact cheating. if you notice this still happening, i would confront the mans wife.
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tell her but write the anonymous letter, except I would be concerned if your co-worker could trace it back to you, since she has talked to you about this, because you have to co-exist @ work, and don't use your hand writing...but yes I would say something. And if you tell the wife to her face then you will forever be the "woman who had a part in destroying a marriage" only through your honesty but still.
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I would confront the husband first. Tell him you know whats going on and tell him he needs to talk to his wife. My sister's husband just cheated on her and her friends knew but didn't tell her. She was very hurt that no one clued her in.
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If you were the wife, would you want to know if your husband was cheating? Therein lies the answer.
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yeah tell her
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i would! what if that lady has std's or something and he gives it to his wife!!!
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My gut says stay out my heart says send the letter.
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Nope I would stay out of it...
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