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5 Tips for a Productive and Functional Home Office Space
If you operate a business directly out of your home, you probably enjoy many benefits, including the convenience of accessibility, gas savings, reduced travel, less wear and tear on the car, etc. But how exactly do you maintain a work-life balance in your home office without feeling like you need to get the laundry done, answer the door, fend off the distractions of TV, or take the dog out? A huge solution to office productivity lies in the way your office space is designed. Here are 5 tips for a productive and functional home office space:
1. Create a functional workstation.
If you're working straight from home, chances are you're spending hours planted in your office chair. Be sure to invest in a comfortable chair that provides good back support! Also consider your workflow and decide which items you need within reaching distance, in order to be as efficient as possible. The key to creating a functional workstation is organizing your desk, printer, shelves, files, and storage in a way that serves you rather than the other way around.
2. Add your own personal touch.
Ideally, your office should be a space you love. Forget the traditional "office beige" if that's not a color you like. Choose a color that puts you in a good mood and gets you into your professional groove. For some people, that color might be a cheery yellow while others prefer calming shades like botanical green or sea salt blue. The colors around us all have an effect on our moods and brain function, so choose a color that's inviting to you. Learn more about color theory, here.
3. For bright ideas, consider good light!
Lighting is one of the most overlooked and important factors in staying focused and feeling inspired. Avoid eye strains and headaches by making sure your office has plenty of light and positioning your computer monitor so there aren't any glares from windows. Placing a small lamp on your desk for small tasks can also be helpful for when there is not enough natural light.
4. De-clutter and purge often.
Take a look around. What things haven't you used in awhile? If you find things haven't been used in a year and can't honestly think of the next time you will need them, it's time to do an office cleanse. Empty, shred, and rid your office of the things you no longer use. Don't overlook the knick knacks- if they are covered in dust and are contributing to the shabbiness of your workplace, then they are also fair game to remove! Try to avoid using your office space as storage and resist letting family members do the same. You will find that it's easier to get into a focused work mode when your office isn't surrounded by junk!
5. Establish a professional boundary within your home.
Try to create a routined work schedule at home, just as you would if you were going into a corporate office. Studies show that if you set specific "opening" and "closing" office times, as well as routine break hours, you're more likely to stay on track and less likely to procrastinate. One of the toughest boundaries to create while working from home is between your professional life and family. Make sure your office has a door and consider making a sign to hang on the outside of it during your busy hours to avoid disruptions.


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Yes it shall change afte just chose from themes menu everchanging and vaoila.
I was not a sony ericsson guy, but ever since i saw this cell, i was driven crazy!!...just an amazing cell, only the battery is a slight problem, otherwise the cell is a one of its kind!! Good Job Sony Ericsson!!
erm...do it hav english language??? coz me is malay skul d...so chinese....understand little bit oni...swt..=.=|| any1 tell me...T-T
I have just bought phone and it is awesome but ive been trying out the themes and none of them change the wasy the menu looks I thought they did can anyone tell me if the menu display should be changing with the themes?
could somebody tell me did u get an english manuel cause i need one to understand this .
it is sad it doh hav an english manuel to understand anything about using this phone. what u think about that
I bought it like a year ago for my wife... the keypad cracked with in few days even thou she dont use it much, but its not bothering and it is only visible when you know this issue otherwise theres no problem with it.
i loved the flash theme concept of phone... its toooo good.
I need one feedback from you guys... is there any website where I can find such flash themes for free....
All Iam saying is I have sold heaps of these and use one myself and i only hear good things back from our customers
@ Stewbert
or so they say thatis has been fixed in the new batch...how many times have we heard that?!
@ person with no name from CANADA
um...i think all the s500i come from asia
mine have all the languanges too and yea you think the keys wont break even if you text alot (trust me i text alot, like 5000+ each month) and i thought the same as you...after 6 months the keys began to crack
I work in the Mobile Phone Industry everyday and The Cracking keys problem has been fixed in the new batch of phones if you are having trouble its cause your phone is from the old batch
This Phone is Great Just Got One Good Quality I was a die hard nokia man but SE has converted with Phone, its Great Keep Up the good work SE
for about $10 you can order a replacement keypad and replace it yourself relatively easily. it's pretty nice, I had a mysterious green keypad, keys cracked, so i ordered a silver keypad, swapped it in, and it's as sexy as the day i bought it. just for those who are only scared about the cracked keys.
erm..izit the keypad reli will crack easily??? how if i put on protector?? will it better???
This fone is kool x cept 4 d key i lov the games but wen i play the keys crack can some 1 tel me a good fone 4 games i lov that
hahahaha i think the keypad cracking this only happens if u get ur phone for a certain country
well i hav had this phone since September and none of my keypad have cracked and i like text alot that all i basically use on my phone is the text and i see no problem with the phone i hav also had firend who hav this phone too and none of there key pad cracks
so i guess its just depends on where they make the phone from and where they ship the new good ones too like my phone is made in asia cuz all the language that are on it is like english, malaysian, chinese, filpino and vietnamese
well btw im from canada and i got my phone from a asian imported phone store
Fist of all, yes Nic,it does have lights at the side like the w580. Now, im practically dreaming about having this fone, but hearing about cracking keypads are making me change my mind. In barbados, this fone is like one of the best on market with an affordable price. Please update me on SE fixing their "keypad massacre" problem
finally back for a FINAL update! STAY AWAY FROM THIS PHONE!!! its great at first. but ive had mine for 6 months now, all the keys finally cracked. it doesnt matter what color they are (i got the spring yellow), they WILL crack. also the phone is slower than it used to be and i have 12mb memory on my phone still cuz i store everything on a M2 stick. the space/# key is messed up. i have to push it 4-5 times for it to work and i cant hold it to turn silent mode on/off anymore. everytime i try to it just dials ######## until i let go.
i want to sell this thing and get a new phonoe
Great phone. It' simple, easy to use, light weight. BUT... I got one in November 2007 and the 1, 4 and 7 keys cracked just recently. Didn't really bother me much but. Hard to even notice that they were cracked. But now my phone is completely dead. I sent a message, put it in my pocket, 30 minutes later went to check my phone and it was off. Tried taking the battery out etc etc, still wont turn on but. Unfortunatly I bought the phone off EBay from Hong Kong, so im not sure about warranty.


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Resume/CV are your first form of contact with a potential employer and it can also be your first and last impression if you are not too careful.
It should be compelling enough to make the recruiter want to shortlist you for an aptitude test or a direct interview.
The employer has less than one minute to decide your fate, and the only type of CV that can give you a competitive edge and make you stand out from other applicants is the WINNING CV/RESUME.
Basics of creating a Winning CV/Resume for Fresh Graduate and experienced
This is the CV that stands out from the crowd. There are thousands of applicants seeking few jobs and this has resulted in high competition, the more reason why you need to stand out.
A winning CV increases your chances in the job selection process because it is interesting to read, has all your strength and abilities clearly spelt out on paper and it is convincing to your potential employer to invite you for the next stage of job selection.
The need to excellently present your resume/CV cannot be over emphasized. All jobs do not require the same CV but must be tailored specifically to suit each recruiter.
The basic idea is to create a CV that generally suits your employer needs.
CV for fresh graduate should not be the same as those needed by those who have relevant working experience on the job.
When the right resume is used is used for the right job, the prospects of landing that job becomes very high.
The singular purpose of a winning CV/resume, is not just to land you an interview at first contact but also but also to help you all through the stages of the job process.
A great CV gives you 90% assurance for an invite to an interview and this is really a huge support you must capitalize on.
A job recruiter is like a man who has some needs and has decided to get to the market to find products and services that will service those needs.
Before he leaves home, there are some qualities he intends to look out for in a product that he will buying.
You are the product now, hence, you have to meet his requirement to be able to quench his need.
Creating a winning CV/Resume requires some great technicalities and know-how. We will be venturing into them below:
This is the ability to redesign and fine-tune your resume/CV to the taste and requirement of the employer. You need to be able to meet the recruiters need irrespective of the various job specifications outlined.
Creativity enables you to make different resume that will fit into different job, the appearance and content should be unique.
You should also be able to recreate or reformat your career objective to meet the new job requirement.
You must follow the right pattern and sequence that is inviting and directional, first things first, last things last.
Be sure of what the recruiter wants. Think and clearly tailor your skills, strength and experience to match and meet that need.
This is the ability for your CV to help the potential employer know that you are the best fit and match, to believe that you are the person to meet their need.
It depicts your abilities and capacities to fulfill the recruiters' expectations.
This shows how efficient you can arrange your ideas on paper. You have to make your resume look organized and legible on paper.
You have to arrange your thought clearly without ambiguity.
A winning CV/Resume communicates in simple terms, the reasons why an employer should absorb you as a worker or staff.
This is only possible when you use the right words, active words and no grammatical mistakes.
- When you did not follow the submission instruction.
- When it is visually unclear and not legible to read.
- No uniformity of idea and organization of writing.
- When there are obvious grammatical errors and blunders.
- When printed on a rough paper or typed with a type writer.
- When unwanted information are added.
- When the resume/CV is incomplete.
Consider READING these articles
- Ultimate Guide on behaving when meeting the interviewer for the first time
- Asking the interviewer a question During an Interview to get a Job
- How to write a standard CV in Nigeria that gets you an interview
- 7 Unexpected Types of questions the interviewer may ask you
A winning CV/Resume is the best thing that can happen to you. You do not want the heartbreak that comes from sending CV and getting no response.


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Texas isn't the only place where home prices are on the rise. Nationally, the median home price will rise $6,275 next year, according to a new study from Zillow. In turn, prospective homebuyers will need to save a good chunk of change more to reach their goal of a 20% down payment. Zillow says that nationally, homebuyers will need to save an additional $105 a month – $1,260 over the next year – to account for how much a 20% down payment will cost in 2018. In Houston, the figure is not as great, as residents will need to save $84 more a month – an additional $1,008 for the year. The figure is higher in a couple hot Texas markets.
In the Austin-Round Rock metro area, the median home value is projected to be $283,871 by September 2018, a 3.3% increase from the September 2017 value of $274,400. That means Austin area buyers need to sock away $153 more a month to afford a 20% down payment of $56,774. But that's not the highest increase in Texas. You will find that in Dallas-Ft Worth, where the median home value will reach $224,675 in September 2018, an increase of 4.6%. Homebuyers will have to save an additional $165 a month to keep up with rising prices.
Things are more manageable elsewhere in the Lone Star State. San Antonians only need to save an extra $74 a month for the down payment of $31,403 on a $170,515 home. That price is up 2.7% year over year. Houston is in the same range, with a home value increase of 2.8%, to $187,259. Residents need a down payment of $37,452, or $84 more a month, as previously mentioned.
The highest per-month increase is found in San Jose, California, where future homebuyers need to save $599 more a month towards a whopping $217,687 down payment.
Courtesy of CultureMap and Zillow


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What are pesticides?
A pesticide is a chemical used to prevent, destroy, or repel pests. Pests can be insects, mice and other animals, weeds, or microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and viruses (US Environmental Protection Agency). In a broader definition of pesticides, it includes biologics such as enzymes, bio-toxins and biological control agents also intended to kill pests.
Pesticides are more commonly used to synthetic chemicals used to kill insect pests, weeds and control plant diseases. However, safety to human consumption must be ensured. Hence, farmers must know and read labels of pesticides.
Did you know that there is a government agency regulating the distribution, use and application of pesticides? Did you know that there is a classification of pesticides according to toxicity?
The Fertilizers and Pesticides Authority (FPA) of the Philippines is the agency in-charge of regulating the sales and distribution of pesticides as well as its usage.
FPA classified the pesticides according to toxicity (LD50) and required all manufacturers, importers and distributors to follow the label requirements of the government. The toxicity levels are classified into color code:


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OH Court Overturns Domestic Violence Charges for Some Unmarried People
Legal confusion continues in Ohio due to that state's constitutional ban on civil unions and marriage. The measure was approved by voters in November 2004.
On Friday, a state appeals court invalidated domestic violence charges for unmarried people. The issue will likely have to be decided by the Ohio Supreme Court. Meanwhile, some unmarried people will go without domestic violence charges in certain Ohio counties.
The Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence has spoken out against the civil unions and marriage ban here. They are concerned it will undo years of their work to protect people who experience domestic violence. From a November Capital Times story:
In written testimony submitted to the Assembly and Senate Judiciary Committees, the coalition said the proposed amendment could have broad implications for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence.From the same article:
"Aggressive defense lawyers will surely argue that domestic abuse restraining orders--an essential measure of protection for many victims of domestic and sexual violence in Wisconsin--do not apply to non-married couples under" the proposed ban's 'substantially similar' language.
Dane County District Attorney Brian Blanchard said such cases concern him.
"The majority of our domestic violence cases do not involve married persons," he said. "The majority involve people who are living together, are dating or have children in common."
"We have a huge amount of law enforcement training and prosecution resources now devoted to the problem of domestic violence and they're structured around statutes that do define relationships outside of marriage," Blanchard added.
Tags: Effects on Families, Far-Reaching Consequences, National Developments


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It's Friday, it's Friday, it's Friday!!
I'm so glad that the weekend is finally here.
Going back to school is so hard after a nice long break.
I love being on campus, I get so many new ideas on how to dress.
A girl in one of my classes paired two scarves together,
and I thought it was genius.
I gave it a try, and I don't think it worked out quite well.
Have a fantastic weekend!
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Mooloolaba (Queensland Australia)
Cruise Port schedule, live map, terminals, news
Australia - New Zealand - Pacific Ocean Islands
Mooloolaba is a tourist resort township and suburb on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, Australia. It is part of Maroochydore urban centre and is located 97 km (60 miles) north of the state capital, Brisbane. At 2011 Australian Census, Mooloolaba suburb recorded a population of 7,330 inhabitants on a total area of 4.0 km2 (1.5 ml2).
Mooloolaba derives from "mulu", an Aboriginal word meaning snapper fish, or from "mulla" - Red-bellied Black Snake. Originally popular as "Mooloolah Heads", the name changed in 1919 to Mooloolaba by Thomas O'Connor when he subdivided land for sale here.
The esplanade facing the beach of Mooloolaba is a centre for tourist activity, with the UnderWater World marine park, many clothing and souvenir shops, bookshops, restaurants and galleries. Behind the apartments that face the beach are backpacker hostels, canal villas and camping grounds. Mooloolaba is a popular tourist destination, with cruise ships anchoring outside the port on a regular basis.
Mooloolaba is serviced by train and connecting bus via Landsborough, Nambour and Woombye station, by coach from Brisbane, and by air via Sunshine Coast Airport.
Mooloolaba featured in the 4th season of Amazing Race. Pastor Bill Furler and Evangelist Peter Foxhall pioneered an Assemblies of God church at Mooloolaba Surf Lifesaving Club during the mid-1980s. The town was the home of Christian pop & rock band Newsboys, and is the 4th town mentioned in the Australian version of the song "I've Been Everywhere".
Port Mooloolaba cruise ship schedule shows timetable calendars of all arrival and departure dates by month. The port's schedule lists all ships (in links) with cruises going to or leaving from Mooloolaba, Queensland Australia. To see the full itineraries (ports of call dates and arrival / departure times) and their lowest rates – just follow the corresponding ship-link.
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The Mooloolaba cruise port map is interactive. It shows the port's exact location, along with the real-time cruise ship traffic (if any) in its vicinity - today, and right now. By zooming-out you can see other cruise ship ports located near Mooloolaba, Queensland Australia.
If you lose the Mooloolaba location on the map, simply reload the page (also with F5 button). This feature is integrated with the CruiseMapper's cruise ship tracker tracking the vessels' current positions at sea and in ports.


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Campbell's Cottage is a delightful "A" Frame cottage on Tamborine Mountain. The cottage is situated in a quiet, secluded setting and peaceful wooded region, which is ideal if you are trying to get away from it all. Campbell's Cottage is a great place to relax, take it easy and let time pass by.
The cottage is in the heart of Tamborine Mountain within easy reach of the famous Gallery Walk. Its location is very convenient to both Brisbane and the Gold Coast which both have airports, and is easy to reach by car. It is also an ideal location for golf, walking, (there are five National Parks), shopping, craft shops, eating out at excellent restaurants , and visiting wineries plus much more.
Campbell's Cottage is designed to provide a comfortable home from home feel. It has a heater for the cooler evenings and embraces a fully equipped modern kitchen with all the desired conveniences. It sleeps up to six people (two in the master bedroom and a further four in the upstairs bedroom). There is also a washing machine for your convenience.
**** A place to relax and take it easy ****
Give a couple of days or a weekend away as a gift for up to 6 guests.
**** Attractions on Tamborine Mountain ****
What is there to do at Tamborine Mountain and Surrounding Area?
When you stay at Campbells Cottage you have a choice of either relaxing and taking it easy or fill up your days with activates.
Local attractions include Rainforest walks, Craft and Antique shops, public golf course and the popular monthly market.
We are sure that you will find plenty to keep you occupied.


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Northfleet Practice
NHS CRITERIA: we are able to accept all categories of patients under
the NHS within our contracted UDA allowance. Once this has been
reached, new patients will only be accepted on an independent basis.
(For those wishing to see Miss Quigley, she only accepts new patients
Opening hours: Mon-Fri, 9am-5.30pm
Closed from: 1pm-2pm
Contact Northfleet Practice
As you would expect, all surgery times are by appointment only.
Please note: if you need to change an appointment, we do expect a minimum of 24 hours' notice – it's only fair to other patients who may need an appointment. We therefore reserve the right to charge for failure to keep an appointment, or for cancellation at short notice.


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Cayman HospiceCare can help with a specialised program of Palliative Care. To ensure that patients have the best quality of life, this program has four goals:
- Reducing pain and other distressing symptoms caused by the disease or its therapy.
- Informing the patient and family members about the disease and how best to cope with this information.
- Helping family members support the patient and each other.
- Facilitating care for patients who desire to be at home.
Our team of health care professionals with specialised clinical experience in the areas of disease process, treatment, pain and symptom management, work closely with the patient's doctor to provide the best possible care.
Our services are available to all people living in the Cayman Islands and are completely free of charge.
At Cayman HospiceCare, we are committed to providing extraordinary medical, emotional, spiritual and social care to any person living with end-stage terminal disease in the Cayman Islands.
We also work closely with our patient's families to provide them with the support they need.
We believe in a holistic approach to providing a sense of comfort and well being to our patients and their families and have developed a number of free services available to them, namely:


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Party Lights, Audiovisual and Special Effects Machine Rentals
8 Socket Globe Lighting String: $25.00
5 Socket Yellow Lighting String: $15.00
Halogen Work Light: $15.00
Slim Par 64: $20.00
Chauvet Gobo Zoom LED 2.0: $35.00
Micro Galaxian Laser: $30.00
Double Dancer: $25.00
LED Moonflower: $25.00
Mini Green Laser: $20.00
Strobe Light: $15.00
Fog Machine: $30.00
Bubble Machine - Medium Output: $35.00
Bubble Machine - High Output: $80.00
Lighting Stand w/ Side Bars: $30.00
Small Clamp: $3.00
Mega Clamp: $4.00
All prices on rental items are the daily rental rate per item per day (i.e. Saturday, Sunday, Monday, etc.) regardless of the length of time in one day that they are needed. All orders require a $100 minimum SUBTOTAL plus a $30 flat rate Delivery Fee. A $200 minimum SUBTOTAL is required for delivery on a Holiday. Most areas within 25 miles of Downtown Los Angeles receive free "Same Day Return". We do not charge sales tax. We do not currently allow for customer "pick-ups" or subleasing. All orders must be delivered by us to the Delivery Address where they must remain for the duration of the rental period. Our standard delivery and return service is "Curbside" up to 20 ft from the delivery truck. Delivery and pick up further than "Curbside" - if preferred or required - may result in additional charges. All prices and fees are subject to change without notice at any time. For our full terms and conditions, please read our Rental Agreement.


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Which statement about Cisco Unity Connection user templates is true?
A. Changes in user templates affect only new users to be created.
B. Changes in user templates affect only existing users.
C. Changes in user templates affect new and existing users.
D. Changes in user templates have no impact on users unless those users are imported through Active Directory.
Answer: A
Users report that when they press the Messages button on their phones, they often get a busy tone. Which option can rectify this issue?
A. Disable the Callers Can Edit Messages checkbox under the Message settings
B. The CSS for the phones does not contain the voice-mail port partitions
C. The CSS for the phone does not contain the voice-mail pilot partition.
D. Precede all Cisco Unity Connection greetings to announce that each message is limited to 90 seconds long to free up voice-mail ports.
Answer: A


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I have been interested in politics all my life.
I think I was about nine years old when my late mother took me to Killowen Orange Hall in Coleraine to meet Lord Brookeborough. She was a Fermanagh woman reared in Florencecourt.
I thought it very exciting and important to meet a lord and to have a cup of tea and sandwich with him.
Since then I have worked with many Ulster Unionist leaders but there will only ever be one Jim Molyneaux.
He treated everyone the same: there was no-one more important than anyone else.
In Jim Molyneaux's days we all had a job to do: at elections he would visit different areas and all would go out to support our leader as he supported the candidates.
I was president of the Young Unionists for a term and they had so much respect for him.
At the tea-break they would dance about and do a bit of singing and they knew Jim would join in with them. Then they would all go home happy after a really good Young Unionist meeting.
When he attended fund-raising events, he would go round all the tables and stalls and speak to everybody. When people were leaving, they all used to say: "That man Molyneaux is just lovely."
I attended the Ulster Says No meetings in Belfast in 1985. He was there and there was no roaring, no throwing his arms about. He just stood there smiling as always and clapping his hands.
Jim was a quiet man but he knew how to handle opposition from other unionist parties. He was always in charge.
The Ulster Unionist Party was united. No fall-outs, no behind-back deals.
He was in favour of direct rule from Westminster, and so am I and I always will be.
The present arrangement at Stormont is a threat to the Union.
Lord Molyneaux was a great man and I am honoured that I shared his commitment to direct rule..
Pauline Armitage


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Installing ADA (Asterisk Desktop Assistant) on ElastixMay 11, 2010
Formerly SnapANumber, ADA is now offered by Digium. However, the first thing that you'll notice is that it was written for their Asterisk Business Edition.
That's great if you have ABE, but not so good if you're one of the millions of installs out there that uses vanilla Asterisk.
This guide presumes you already have ADA downloaded and installed. If not, you can get the latest (At the time of writing) version 1.1 from here:
Now you're going to ignore any instructions you're previously read, and we'll start from scratch. Don't worry, you'll be up and running in a matter of moments!
Once ADA is downloaded, installed and running, you should be greeted with a login window.
What you now need is the "manager" user to be setup.
The "manager" user is different from your regular extension, in that it allows you to control the actions of Asterisk. With this in mind, you need to be careful when setting up an Ext, not to have a weak password, and make sure you use the permit / deny lines, even for remote extensions. You can get a password generated for you here: http://www.thebitmill.com/tools/password.html
From the shell, we're going to edit /etc/asterisk/manager_custom.conf like this:
nano -w /etc/asterisk/manager_custom.conf
You're now going to create a new entry with the following details, in my case I'm Ext 199:
[199] secret=mkHHa031kHMsGRu deny=0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 permit=192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 read = system,call,log,verbose,command,agent,user write = system,call,log,verbose,command,agent,user
Now you need to create a manager user for every Ext that will be using ADA. This is because ADA uses the username part as the Ext for it to ring to connect the call to.
Without it, it would be the same as you dialing the number, and the system just sitting there, holding it.
Ctrl + X to quit nano, and you can safely get your ADA desktop client to login with the username: Ext@asteriskIP
In my case it would be something like: firstname.lastname@example.com
Use the password you specified above in the manager user, and not your regular SIP Secret.
If you find you're unable to connect, confirm that you've got the right password, and adjust the "permit=" line as applicable. I would highly recommend leaving it in there and just adjusting it for your IP range. Same goes for external or remote clients, make sure that you have their IP Address.
Now that you've done that, you need to hook ADA into your dial-plan.
Again, the standard documentation is no good here, so, we're going to edit another file:
nano -w /etc/asterisk/extensions_custom.conf
At the top of this file (Well under the first tow lines of comments) we're going to add in the following:
[ada] include => from-internal
Then hit Ctrl + X and follow the prompts to save and quit.
Again the standard documentation is no good for us there, as the "ADA" context is actually "ada" in lower case, and we'll use the "from-internal" instead of "default".
Now you need to refresh the dial-plan (Just this once) so run this:
asterisk -rx 'dialplan reload'
You're now all good to go! On your ADA desktop client, you can create a test call! It's easiest to test to another Ext in my opinion, so enter in the Ext # of another extension on the system and hit "enter".
What should happen:
Your phone will ring immediately
You pick it up and will hear ringing, the destination phone should now also be ringing
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Nails of a different color
Stephanie Nielsen, Fashion Blog Photographer
April 30, 2015
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Almost like magic, this trending new nail polish seems to detect your mood and change colors accordingly. Color changing nail polish is in style this spring. Some nails change with temperature when submerged in water and some change with the sunlight. They can be found in nail salons all around the co...


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It is a date that will be forever remembered in Egypt. That was the day when the Egyptian people decided to end the country's last pharaonic dynasty with a people's revolution.
Egyptians will be demonstrating today in solidarity with Tunisia and in hope for change within their own government. An Egyptian national holiday in honour of the police, has been renamed 'The Day of Wrath', 'Revolution Day', and the 'Koshari Revolution. This day is also known as Police day.
People's Activites
On this day, there is a holiday for the people and Thousands of Egyptians take to the streets nationwide protesting against the Hosni Mubarak regime, chanting "Bread and Freedom" and "The People Want to Bring Down the Regime." The protests were dispersed violently at the end of the night and many were detained. On 25 January, Egyptians took to the streets in almost every major town and city. The police tried to crush the protests, but unarmed people stood firm against water cannons, armoured carriers and teargas.
The holiday commemorates and is a remembrance for 50 police officers killed and more wounded when they refused British demands to hand over weapons and evacuate the Ismaïlia Police Station on 25 January 1952.


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Earlier this year, filmmaker Alex Gibney released his tremendous documentary 'We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks', a "biography" of the website and organisation that caused an international crisis and changed the face of information distribution. The story of the creation of WikiLeaks, however, is such rich material that a feature film was inevitable, and we have our first major attempt to dramatise the story with 'The Fifth Estate', featuring an impressive international cast and its own controversies to boot.
At the centre of the film is the relationship between the two men who pushed WikiLeaks into the spotlight. Daniel Berg (Daniel Bruhl) is a young computer whiz who finds himself in the orbit of enigmatic Australian hacker Julian Assange (Benedict Cumberbatch), creator of a new website which allows whistleblowers to release information anonymously and securely. Together, the two men take on corruption and institutions, making a name for themselves but barely leaving a scratch on the world stage. And then one day, Julian reveals that he has on his hands the greatest security leak in human history: thousands of classified U.S. documents, and his relationship with Daniel, and the website itself, are pushed beyond their boundaries.
Working from two published memoirs, screenwriter Josh Singer has crafted a zippy, if occasionally clunky, screenplay that effectively dramatises a narrative set mostly inside the world of the computer. Rather than placing Assange as the protagonist, we see the anarchic icon through the eyes of Berg, first intoxicated and then horrified by the man. There's a focus here on personal relationships, and attempts to understand the psychology of the purposefully enigmatic Assange, yet acceptance that such an enigma can never be fully explained. It also opens up the narrative to a wider context, showing the careful planning undertaken by The Guardian in their work with the website, and the response from the U.S. government to the leak and its consequences. Thankfully, it leaves Assange's sex scandal as a postscript in the film's coda, another story entirely that would have made the film far too complicated.
Director Bill Condon, known mostly for directing his own screenplays, might not seem the obvious choice to helm the move, or even the most promising after a string of very lacklustre films, but his work here is his best since 'Gods and Monsters' (1998). There's a great visual flair, not dissimilar to that of 'We Steal Secrets', and it keeps the film cracking along at a great pace, even with so many scenes of characters sitting static. Occasionally, the editing can be a bit frenetic, but this is never too distracting. One particularly clever move is an attempt to create a visual representation of WikiLeaks, which helps to give the audience a clear picture of the way Assange's organisation works. It reveals a lot, both about the infrastructure of the website, but also the density of Assange himself. This isn't groundbreaking filmmaking by any stretch, but it helps make 'The Fifth Estate' an exciting experience.
What really bolsters the film are its performances. The level of detail in Cumberbatch's performance is very impressive, from the strange textures of Assange's accent to the quiet intensity that must make up a man so driven by a singular ideal. Much of the final act of the film relies on revelations of Assange's psychology, and Cumberbatch walks that line beautifully. He never judges his character, but also isn't afraid to be ugly. Daniel Bruhl is also excellent, especially at capturing the everyman quality of Berg. His journey is of a man blinded by ideals who is brought crashing down by reality, and Bruhl handles that with intelligence and humanity. Assange might be the marquee character, but the film belongs to Berg, and Bruhl's work is just as impressive as his co-star. There are also terrific performances from David Thelwes as Nick Davies, their contact at The Guardian, and Laura Linney as U.S. security attaché Sarah Shaw.
There's a focus here on personal relationships, and attempts to understand the psychology of the purposefully enigmatic Assange.
Prior to its release, 'The Fifth Estate' was attacked by WikiLeaks for presenting an inaccurate and biased version of events, and this seems to have caused the film some harm. However, as the film itself points out in a bold and eloquent move in its final minutes, what is truth and what is exaggeration are very hard to discern when only one side will talk. No doubt details have been exaggerated (Hollywood films have never pretended to be bastions of the whole truth), but perhaps that's the point. The saga of the creation of WikiLeaks and the security leak that made it legendary is so complicated and convoluted, truth and clarity might be beyond us, as much as the thousands of documents the website released in 2010. True transparency and clarity might be more complicated than idealists like to think.
At its heart, this is what 'The Fifth Estate' asks, if sometimes clumsily, whether we can ever understand the truth about something when there are so many "truths" to deal with. If Shakespeare were working today, this epic narrative of giant minds at war would be right up his alley. Regardless of which truth it tells though, 'The Fifth Estate' is a film worth watching. Structured like the most effective of thrillers and headed by the cracking chemistry between its two leads, it's a fascinating, occasionally bold and often thrilling breakdown of an important moment in history and the two men at the centre of it.


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A man accused of murdering a Sydney schoolgirl more than 18 years remains behind bars, a day after he claimed his brother and partner had been killed for "what I've done" in a strange court appearance
Vinzent Tarantino, 49, was yesterday charged with murdering Quanne Diec, who has not been seen since she left her home in Granville on the morning of Monday, July 27, 1998.
Court documents allege Tarantino, who has previously gone by the name Victor Gerada, "did entice away and detain Quanne Diec, with intent to hold her for ransom, and caused her a substantial injury".
It's understood she was kidnapped with the intention of being held for ransom, but at some point in the next 13 hours, it's alleged Tarantino killed the girl.
Mr Tarantino has allegedly told police he strangled Quanne to death, The Australian reports.
During a brief appearance at Central Local Court yesterday Mr Tarantino said he believes someone has retaliated against him for the murder.
"I believe my brother ... and partner ... have been murdered in retaliation for what I've done," Mr Tarantino told magistrate Les Mabbutt.
He did not apply for bail and will return to Parramatta Local Court on January 19, to faces the charges of murder, detaining for advantage and possession of a knife.
Detectives today began searching a home on Second Street in Granville, in Sydney's west, for the child's remains.
The home is only 700 metres from Quanne's home, and police believe she was murdered not long after she left home on July 27, 1998.
CCTV footage released by police in 2000 shows Quanne walking past a postal sorting service building with a shadow following eight seconds behind. Footage from a different camera shows she never walked past the other end of the building.
Some people laid flowers outside the house in Quanne's memory, and neighbours told 9NEWS they were "shocked" by the development.
"I was 15 years old…a kid up the street… when this all happened years ago," Peter Yousef said.
"I'm in shock," Mr Yousef added.
Superintendent Scott Whyte said police want to "bring Quanne home to her mum and dad and put her to rest".
More than 18 years ago, Quanne was last seen leaving her family's Granville home on Monday, July 27, 1998, to take the train to school.
9NEWS has been told Quanne was allegedly kidnapped for a ransom, and later killed.
Supt Whyte said police "do have an idea of how (the murder) has played out", but would not confirm any details.
He said Quanne's family were "obviously very distressed".
"It's a time of mixed emotions, I don't think we ever give up hope," Supt Whyte said.
"They're grieving, they would like some time alone."
Its understood Quanne's father has spent thousands of dollars since her disappearance travelling around Australia tracking possible sightings of his daughter.
A $200,000 reward had previously been offered for anyone who could provide police with information leading to the resolution of the case.
"We're still certain that there are people out there who can assist us with this investigation," Supt Whyte said.
"So we ask them to come forward."
If she were still alive, Quanne would be 30 years old.
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St. Thomas's Church and organ, Leipzig
Humanity has always been on the move, driven by war and revolution, pestilence and persecution, or simply an insatiable curiosity to see the world. This curiosity is what makes us human.
Not so the Bachs. They stayed put in the same area – Thuringia and Saxony – for generations.
I had always wondered why Johann Sebastian, the most brilliant of the celebrated Bach clan, had chosen to always stay in the same region, apparently incurious about the world beyond, while his more cosmopolitan contemporary, George Frederik Handel, traveled to Italy where he absorbed the different styles, including opera, and to England where he finally settled. The furthest Bach ever traveled was to Lübeck to hear the great organist Buxtehude perform.
The answer is that the Bachs were perfectly happy where they were. There was plenty of work – as court and church musicians, as composers, teachers, performers and instrument-makers, and, as in Johann Sebastian's case, organ inspector and adviser to builders and princes alike. It was a culturally rich milieu. Bach was also exposed to new music at the courts where he worked, brought by the foreign musicians. His music thus became an amalgamation of the various stylistic and formal elements of his age, and was directly connected to the people, institutions and traditions of that time – a time when greatness was measured not so much by originality as by the mastery of technique.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 –1750) was a composer of the Baroque Era, born into a large clan which already included several significant musicians. Did he enjoy fame during his lifetime? Indeed he did, but as an organist of incomparable virtuosity rather than as a composer.
Having spent a lifetime playing and listening to Bach's music, I decided to go on a spectacular musical pilgrimage, a well-managed "festival" tour in eastern Germany (the former GDR) organised by Martin Randall Travel (See https://www.martinrandall.com/ .) Here we heard Bach's music played on the organs, and in the same churches and palaces, where he had worked. The tour began, as Bach did, in the small towns of Thuringia, and ended, like Bach, in the free city of Leipzig.
We arrived in Frankfurt on a hot summer afternoon, and were swept by coach along the autobahn through a landscape of vast golden wheat fields punctuated with giant wind turbines and ancient oak forests. Now and then the spire of an a little church came into view, nestling in the heart of a red-roofed village, or a castle ruin atop a hill, or black-and-white cows in a barn. Large raptors sailed the skies, and a russet fox, hare or deer flashed across a meadow. Notwithstanding the farming on a modern, industrial scale, I felt excited to be in the same area as one of my favourite composers, who had traversed this land three and a half centuries before.
Johann Sebastian Bach's Germany
Eisenach, Bach's birthplace, lies 150 km northeast of Frankfurt, and here one can visit the Bachhaus Eisenach, a museum featuring historically authentic living rooms which provide a glimpse into life of the Bach family in the early 1700's. The modern adjacent building is devoted to Bach's music, presented by means of a permanent multimedia exhibition.
Wandering the streets of Eisenach I was amused to see several eateries named in honour of the great composer, including a Café Toccata and a Restaurant Bach. There are also a number of attractive confectioners with beautifully packaged sweets and chocolates, and konditori selling mouth-watering pastries, the delicious aromas of which float out into the cobbled streets, tempting passers-by to buy their wares.
St. George's Church, Eisenach: Vox Luminis conducted by Lionel Meunier
In the beautiful St. George's Church in Eisenach we were treated to a concert of motets by various Bach "Uncles." Vox Luminis, a youthful Belgian group of nine singers founded in 2004, was conducted by Lionel Meunier and accompanied on an organ and bass viol. The scores of some of these motets disappeared during WW II, and, incredibly, recently turned up in a library in Kiev! The simplicity of this music appealed to the new Protestant Lutherans who considered the complex polyphony and instrumental accompaniments of Catholic sacred music distasteful. This beautiful, if somewhat sombre music, gives an insight into Bach's musical heritage, and the sacred milieu in which he worked.
Bach's mother died when he was only nine years old, followed ten months later by his father, and he was taken into the home of his eldest brother, Johann Christoph Bach (1671–1721), the organist of St. Michael's church in Ohrdruf. He gave the boy much valuable musical tuition, including introducing him to the music of their illustrious contemporaries.
Rachel Podger (solo violin), Trinitatiskirche, Ohrdruf
Here in the Trinitatiskirche (St. Trinitatis Church) we heard a recital performed by the English violinist Rachel Podger. This beautiful church, built during the early 18th century, was a fitting venue for a programme of several of Bach's solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas (Suites.)
The Princely residential town of Arnstadt, about 30 km southwest of Weimar, was next on the itinerary, and a concert of Bach's cantatas and a motet (BWV 12, 131 & 227) performed in the Bachkirche (renamed in 1935 from the Neukirche), where Bach was appointed Kantor (organist and choirmaster) in 1703. It was his first significant post, which came with a relatively generous salary – and a brand new organ.
The Bachkirche (formerly the Bonifatius Church and Neukirche) and organ, Arnstadt
Bach remained in this position for the next four years, evidently enjoying being a "young and wild musician", according to the Bachstadt – ARNSTADT brochure which also wryly relates the anecdote of his having beaten one of his choristers in the town square, presumably for misbehaving during choir practice. There was "also some trouble with the authorities regarding his extravagant keyboard improvisations, and for a young woman being seen in the organ loft with him." This may have been his future wife, Maria Barbara Bach.
The Young Bach, Arnstadt, (1985) created by Prof. Bernd Göbel to mark the 300th anniversary of Bach's birth
It was a deeply moving experience listening to this beautiful sacred music in the pristine white and gold interior of the Bachkirche, sung by the Cantus Cöln, which was founded in 1987 by the renowned lutenist and leading conductor of Early Music, Konrad Junghänel. The programme opened with Bach's cantata Weinen, Klagen, (Weeping, wailing, fretting fearing) BWV 12, composed in 1714, a setting of St. John's Gospel Chapter 16 which recounts Christ's farewell discourse to His disciples.
Arnstadt, founded in 704, is the oldest documented town in Thuringia, indeed in the whole of eastern Germany, and the town centre still retains much of its picturesque medieval charm, with its quaint buildings and narrow alleyways. There is much to see here: the recently-named Bachhaus – an annual rendez-vous for musical reunions of the greater Bach family from all over Thuringia, was restored in 1999 and opened to the public in 2002. Now a small museum, it features a permanent exhibition on the history of the house and its former occupants, and is a centre for cultural discussions and chamber concerts. The Arnstäder Schlossmuseum (Castle Museum) features an interesting permanent exhibition about Bach's time in Arnstadt, including documents and musical scores. Here, too, the exhibition Mon plaisir is a collection of exquisitely hand-made dolls' houses, never intended as children's toys, but a record of the social life – and strata – in a small 18th century German town.
The Bachhaus and Liebfrauenkirche, Arnstadt
The majestic 13th century Liebfrauenkirche (Church of our Lady) was the most important church in Arnstadt until the Reformation, but later lost its significance and eventually fell into ruin. Today it is in excellent condition, and an interesting example of the Romanesque-Gothic interim period in central Germany, with the nave supported by rounded Romanesque arches, and the crossing and eastern parts displaying the early Gothic pointed design.
By 1707 Bach had become dissatisfied with his working conditions in Arnstadt, and, always with an eye to improving his career prospects, he auditioned for the more significant post of organist at the Blasiuskirche (St. Blaise's Church) in Mühlhausen, and was accepted. The job came with "85 Gulden, 54 bushels of grain and 6 x 3 score faggots" – and a far superior choir. Later that year he married his second cousin Maria Barbara Bach, and they proceeded to have seven children, of whom four survived into adulthood; Wilhelm Friedman and Carl Philipp Emanuel became significant composers in their own right.
Mühlhausen town walls
Mühlhausen, located on the Unstrut River, is one of the few remaining German towns still encircled by almost completely intact medieval walls with watch towers. During the 8th century the Franks settled in this river valley, and built their water mills – hence the town's name. Many of the surviving buildings are constructed in the Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectural styles, along with the stone and half-timbered houses. The town wall, churches and houses date from the town's heyday which lasted well into the 15th century. These and the narrow medieval alleys and quaint buildings lend the town its distinctive historical character. During the 16th century it became a significant centre of the German Reformation.
Mühlhausen: the old town square, and the picturesque Linsenstrasse
The Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall) dates from c.1300, and is thought to have been where Bach signed his contract with the Blasiuskirche Council. The frescoes on the walls of the Hall depict the town counselors of old, each with an amusing characteristic feature such as a receding chin, pointed beard, or holding a favourite book.
The Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall) and previous town counselors, Mühlhausen
But Bach clashed with the pastor and congregation at the Blasiuskirche in Mühlhausen, and resigned after only a year. He auditioned at the court of Duke Wilhelm Ernst in Weimar, and was given the dual position of Hoforganist (Court Organist) and Chamber Composer. It is well to remember that, in an age before radio, sound systems and television, if one wanted to hear music, one either had to make it oneself, or pay others to make it for you. Bach's period in Weimar (1708-1717), where he had the opportunity to work with well-funded, highly professional musicians, marked the beginning of a concentrated period of composition for the keyboard and orchestra, and, as his confidence in his capacities as a composer grew, he began to extend the known forms of the day, and to include in them influences from abroad, such as the Italian concerto grosso form.
Weimar was for several centuries an important centre for the arts, particularly music and literature; many significant figures resided there at some stage of their lives, including Heinrich Schütz, Liszt, Wagner, Brahms, Smetana, Borodin, and Richard Strauss. Great literary figures of the Enlightenment who made their home there were Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Herder, Schiller and Nietzsche. Today Weimar is a lively city thronging with tourists eager to see the house-museums of several of these luminaries, the beautiful Classical architecture and the landscaped parks.
Liszt's House is particularly interesting, with its large and elegant salon dominated by the great pianist's grand piano, and comfortable armchairs and couches where his guests sat during his Sunday afternoon matinées. How spell-binding those occasions must have been!
Liszt's House and salon, Weimar
Weimar boasts many interesting sights: in the historic centre lies the Markt (main town square), dominated by the old Rathaus (Town Hall), and surrounded by significant buildings such as Cranach House, where Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach the Elder (c.1472-1553) lived with his son of the same name.
The Rathaus on the Markt, Weimar
The building now houses a small theatre, and this was where we heard the first of three recitals of Bach's Solo Cello Suites by the British cellist Steven Isserlis (1958-).
Weimar: Cranach House and theatre (right, painted cream), and Steven Isserlis (cellist)
This internationally renowned musician performs as a soloist – with and without the orchestra, and as a chamber musician – and is also a teacher, broadcaster, recording artist and author. Particularly amusing are his children's books about the great composers, Why Beethoven Threw the Stew and Why Handel Waggled his Wig. Chatting to Steven after the recital he shared with us an amusing anecdote: his pianist grandfather, newly arrived in Vienna in 1922, was denied occupation of an apartment that he wished to rent. I asked why this was. "Because", he said, "The 102-year-old landlady refused to take in another musician on the grounds that the previous one had been extremely noisy and spat on the floor." We waited for further elucidation: "This tenant was none other than Ludwig von Beethoven!" Steven's sisters play the violin and viola respectively, and "Family music-making was an integral part of my life from an early age."
Like the Solo Violin Suites, it is not known for whom the Cello Suites were composed, but they are significant as representing the development of secular instrumental music. They had long been relegated to teaching fodder, until resurrected early during the last century by Pablo Casals (1876-1973). He described them as far from austere, "shining with an almost glittering kind of poetry." This music stretches the performer's skill to the limits, especially during the rich harmonic and contrapuntal passages during which the instrument doubles as both melody and accompanying bass. The Suites all have a similar format: a Prelude followed by a sequence of dance movements including a pair of galanteries (simple Minuets), and a final Gigue.
Steven performed from memory, and, thus liberated from the score, played with great depth and passion. His particular gift is to convey the sense of personal performance, as if he is playing to each of us personally – speaking from the heart to the heart. His glorious tone can only in part be attributed to his instrument – the magnificent Marquis de Corberon (Nelsova) Stradivarius (1726.) The rest is, I believe, entirely of his own creation. When Steven plays, man and instrument became one, inseparable, delivering a musical and spiritual message from Bach himself which rings down through the centuries, reaching us today.
Also not to be missed in Weimar are the Goethe House, the Duchess Anna Amalia Library, the Albert Schweitzer Centre, the Nietzsche Archive, and the Russian Orthodox Church. Buchenwald Concentration Camp and the Memorial stand on the Ettersberg Hill near the city. The Stadtschloss (City Palace and Museum), or Ducal Palace, was destroyed by fires, refurbished, and enlarged several times through the centuries. This was the seat of the Grand Dukes of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, including Bach's employers, Duke Wilhelm Ernst and his younger brother Duke Johann Ernst III of the House of Wettin. The Festsaal (Grand Ballroom) is where some of Bach's compositions were first played, and this was where we heard the St. John Passion, brilliantly performed by the Gabrieli Consort (founded 1982), and conducted by Paul McCreesh. Contrary to the massive forces usually associated with the performance of Baroque choral music – a misconception fostered by Victorian English choral societies – this modest group of singers represents more accurately the sparse resources that Bach had at hand (and which he often deemed inadequate for his purposes.) Fortunately public taste has reverted to this more authentic procedure of musical performance: a chorus of no more than about 16 singers and a dozen instrumentalists.
Weimar: Ducal Palace, the Festsaal (Grand Ballroom): Gabrieli Consort, conducted by Paul McCreesh
Nothing had prepared me for the emotional impact of this deeply devotional music. To be seated in the Ionic-colonnaded Festsaal of the Ducal Palace where Bach had once played, with its later magnificent crystal chandeliers and Classical decoration, was an experience I shall never forget. The Passion story itself is dramatic, and Bach's setting is operatic and vividly intense. Each character speaks passionately through the music: the Evangelist (Biblical narration, tenor), Jesus (bass), and various other dramatis personae. The turba (crowd) comments on the action, expressing our feelings, as did the chorus in Ancient Greek drama – and in the new operas of the day – serving to heighten the tension. The action moves swiftly, with little pause for lyrical contemplation, towards the violent dénouement of Christ's Crucifixion. The penultimate chorus is sung by the people: Ruht woll, ihr heilige Gebeine – Rest well, ye holy bones and members, Which I henceforth shall never weep for, Rest well and bring me, too, to rest! When first heard on Good Friday in the Nikolaikirche in Leipzig in 1724, it must have been most disturbing to the conservative congregation hitherto accustomed to more soulful, unaccompanied versions of the Passion story. Indeed, heedless of the city's staid traditions, Bach, with his theatrical orchestral renditions, clashed with the authorities in Leipzig as he had elsewhere.
In 1714 Bach was promoted to Konzertmeister (Director of Music) at the Duke's court in Weimar, a post which entailed composing a new cantata every month for the Palace Chapel, as well as concert music for the Duke's ensemble.
But Bach eventually fell out of favour in Weimar, requested release, was at first refused, and then finally dismissed in disgrace. In 1717 he became Kapellmeister (Director of Music) at the court of Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen. This musical Prince was more appreciative of Bach's talents and gave him much latitude in his work as a composer and a performer. Because the Prince was a Calvinist and required no music in his worship, most of Bach's music composed during this period is secular and instrumental: the orchestral suites, the solo cello and violin suites, and the Brandenburg Concertos.
Bach's wife Maria Barbara suddenly died in 1720. The following year he met Anna Magdalena Wilke at the court in Köthen, a talented young soprano seventeen years his junior. They were married in 1721 and had thirteen children, only six of whom survived into adulthood; Christoph Friederich and Johann Christian became significant composers.
In 1723, after securing the unwilling release of Prince Leopold, Bach auditioned for and was granted the prestigious position of Kantor at St. Thomas's Church and School in Leipzig.
St. Thomas's Church and School, Leipzig
This post included providing music for two other churches as well, the Neue Kirche and St. Peter's Church, and the musical direction of public functions, and teaching the boys at the Thomasschule singing and Latin. He also had to produce a new cantata for every Sunday and feast day during the Lutheran liturgical year, but he was permitted to employ a deputy when he became too busy. Bach held this position for 27 years, until his death in 1750. Unfortunately it brought him into contact with the political machinations of his employer, the City Council of Leipzig, who decreed that Bach "should make compositions that are not theatrical" – a stipulation that Bach categorically ignored.
Leipzig, which began as an important trade centre during the Middle Ages (around 1015), has an interesting musical history: the Gewandhaus Orchestra was founded in 1743 – the oldest civic orchestra in Germany, Wagner was born there in 1813, and in 1843 Mendelssohn and Schumann founded the Leipzig Conservatoire. Today tourists can visit the Mendelssohn House Museum, a neoclassical villa still containing the original beautiful furniture, displays of some original letters and scores, watercolours by the composer, and family portraits. There are also a concert room, a reference library, and a café-shop where visitors can buy CD's and other Mendelssohn memorabilia.
Mendelssohn-Haus and concert room, Leipzig
There is much of interest in Leipzig, apart from the beautiful old buildings, museums, and significant churches: the Grassi Museum, a vast complex of three museums devoted to musical instruments, ethnology and the decorative applied arts respectively, the Stadtgeschichtliche Museum (City History Museum), the Museum der Bildenden Künste (Fine Arts), and the Schumann and Schiller House Museums. Most important for our group was of course the Bach-Museum on St. Thomas Square, opposite the Thomaskirche and boasting its larger-than-life monument of the great composer, created by the Leipzig sculptor Carl Seffner in 1908.
Old Bach Monument and the new Monument (1908), St. Thomas Square, Leipzig
A tour of the museum begins with a family tree featuring Bach's ancestors and their occupations, the "favourite instrument" – the console of a Hildebrandt organ from St. John's Church, Leipzig, on which Bach had played, displays of "Bach's Orchestra" with genuine early instruments, an iron chest with the Bach seal, a film studio, a listening room, a research laboratory, and a "Treasure Room" containing original scores and items found in a tomb including a metal clasp. A humble thimble, thought to have belonged to Anna Magdalena Bach, caught my imagination, and I could just imagine her spending the evenings mending all the children's clothes by candlelight – when she wasn't busy copying out her husband's music.
We heard two more solo cello recitals played by Steven Isserlis in the Alte Börse (Old Exchange), constructed during the late 17th century as an assembly room for the Leipzig merchants attending the trade fairs.
Concerts in the Alte Börse (Old Exchange), Leipzig
Another concert followed in the Altes Rathaus (Old Town Hall), a proud Renaissance building which has dominated the Markt since 1556.
Altes Rathaus (Town Hall) and Festsaal, Leipzig
The walls in the Festsaal (Great Hall) therein are lined with the portraits of former town councilors, and it was amusing to observe the wigs and hairstyles of these illustrious gentlemen through the ages, and the changes in fashion. This grand room, with its large open fireplaces and coffered ceiling from which brass chandeliers are suspended, was the perfect venue for a concert of Bach's instrumental music: several of the Brandenburg and solo concertos, and the Orchestral Suite No.2, played by the youthful Barocksoloisten München, conducted by flautist Dorothea Seel. As we sat listening to this joyful music, the late summer sun came slanting through the windows, through which the black-tiled roof and bell tower with ornate cupola of the Thomaskirche could be glimpsed.
The Nikolaikirche (St. Nicholas's Church) dates from two periods: an early 16th century church that replaced a previous Romanesque building, and the lavishly-decorated church with a Neo-Classical interior designed by the city architect Friederich Carl Dauthe during the 1780's – after Bach's tenure. The effect is of a forest of palm trees, somewhat resembling a casino.
St. Nicholas Church organ, and a performance of the St. Matthew Passion, Leipzig
This magnificent space was where our tour reached its dénouement, with a final concert: a performance of Bach's equally magnificent St. Matthew Passion, performed by the Gabrieli Consort and Players, again conducted by Paul Mc Creesh. This monumental piece, lasting just over three hours and consisting of 80 sections, is longer than any other Passion before or since. It is scored for two equally-balanced four-part choirs, one of which includes a counter tenor. Bach included in his orchestration several older string and woodwind instruments now no longer in use: a viola da gamba, two oboes d'amore and an oboe da caccia – 26 musicians altogether.
The St. Matthew Passion was first performed on Good Friday in 1727. Encyclopedic in scope, and demonstrative of Bach's considerable theological scholarship, the work includes every known form of the day, not the least of which was opera seria. It was indeed shockingly operatic to the congregation of his day: "The most monumental dramatic masterpiece before Wagner's Ring" (Malcolm Boyd.) It is both a mighty assertion of religious faith and a summation of Bach's art. As in the St. John Passion, the narrative unfolds in the form of recitative sung by the Evangelist (narrator), Jesus (bass), and other dramatis personae, the lyrical, reflective arias, and in the vividly theatrical turba (crowd) choruses, which comment on the action – all the ingredients of opera. The rending of the veil and the earthquake are pure opera. The chorales that punctuate the narrative are set to melodies that would have been well known to Bach's audience, and provide moments for communal devotion and reflection. While the St. John Passion is dramatic, upbeat, concentrated and outward-looking, the St. Matthew is reflective, downbeat, somber and inward-looking.
I am often asked why Bach did not compose any true opera; there was an opera house in Leipzig at the time, and his contemporaries wrote opera. But it closed down in 1720 due to bureaucratic squabbles and financial difficulties. We know that Bach attended opera performances in Dresden, but he was essentially a devout Lutheran, and poured all his operatic skills into his sacred choral writing.
The remainder of Bach's time in Leipzig seems – apart from the composition of much glorious large-scale sacred music, including the Christmas Oratorio – one of constant clashes with the authorities and dissatisfaction with his terms of employment: the pay was insufficient for the considerable workload, and the counselors were "very odd and little interested in music, so that I must live with almost continuous vexation, envy, and persecution." In 1733 he applied to the new Elector, Friedrich Augustus II, for the title of Royal Court Composer, and was granted this in 1736. The object was to achieve greater bargaining power with the Leipzig Council. Apart from these vexations, he worked on the two books of 48 Preludes and Fugues known as The Well-Tempered Clavier, the Clavierübung (the Goldberg Variations) and The Art of Fugue.
In 1747 one of the most famous encounters during Bach's life took place: he was invited to the court of King Frederick II the Great at Potsdam. Here the musical monarch played a theme for him on one of his fortepianos (a predecessor of the piano, and rather a novelty), and challenged him to improvise a fugue based on this theme. "This was done so happily by the Kapellmeister that not only His Majesty was pleased to show his satisfaction thereat, but also all those present were seized with astonishment." Later Bach presented the King with the Musical Offering, an impressive work which includes two fugues, various canons, and a trio sonata in a quasi-Rococo style, all based on the King's theme.
Bach's last major work was the mighty Mass in B minor, hailed as Bach's "most universal church work. Consisting mainly of recycled movements from cantatas written over a thirty-five year period, it allowed Bach to survey his vocal pieces one last time and select movements for further revision and refinement." Although the complete Mass was never performed during the composer's lifetime, it is regarded as one of the greatest choral works in the Western repertoire.
In 1749, aged 64, Bach's health began to decline. He was becoming blind, partly due to cataracts, and the British eye surgeon John Taylor operated on him while visiting Leipzig in 1750. The operation was not a success, and, on 22 July 1750 Bach suffered a stroke. Six days later he died at the age of 65.
It is interesting to reflect on what became of Bach's music after his death. We know that initially his reputation as a composer declined; he was first and foremost an incomparable organist, and when he was no longer around to sustain that reputation, his distinction waned. His music became regarded as rather old-fashioned, and so it was, when compared to the emerging style galant, or Rococo style. Unfortunately much of his music was lost after his death; the poor financial circumstances of family members led to the sale and subsequent loss of many of his unpublished works, including his St. Mark Passion, of which only the text has survived.
During the late 18th and early 19th centuries Bach's genius was finally recognised by several prominent composers: Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Schumann and Beethoven studied his music and began writing in a more contrapuntal style. Mendelssohn contributed significantly to the "Bach Renaissance" when in 1829 he organised a performance of the St. Matthew Passion in Berlin, and the Bach Gesellschaft (Society) was founded soon after, in 1850.
Another development has been the resurrection and restoration of "original instruments", with performances and recordings with these softly-timbred instruments making for more historically accurate renditions of "early" music, and bringing alive those times. Noteworthy, too, is Bach's extensive writing for the harpsichord, elevating it from mere basso continuo to a significant solo instrument.
Bach was lucky to be in the right place at the right time: he was born into a musical environment with the perfect conditions in which his exceptional genius could flourish. It is incredible to think that he sprang from a benignly cultural nowhere to become one of the greatest cornerstones in Western civilization. A master-craftsman and a visionary, he constantly refined his art. Vivaldi and Telemann, his prolific and popular contemporaries, wrote five times as much music as he, but without the same degree of technical command, aesthetic beauty, and intellectual depth.
Bach kept abreast of current trends; there is evidence that he was fascinated by new ideas, and he was of course interested in the music that his sons were producing, which ranged from Baroque and Rococo styles to the early Classical.
Today Bach is revered more than ever. His music is kept alive by continually being interpreted and performed, giving it significance and meaning not only today, but into the future as well. For Bach's music, like the Kingdom of his God, will surely endure forever.
Bach's final resting place, St. Thomas's Church, Leipzig


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The Further Education and Training Bill is an integral and necessary part of the ANC led Government`s programme of transforming the education system. The Bill will not only redress past imbalances, but will also address the challenges that arise from new problems that plague the education system. The Minister of Education is responsible for leading the transformation process in education - with this Bill he displays his ability to tackle this task and adds to an already vast pool of legislation that make up the parts of this vision. In response to 350 years of colonial, racist and gutter education the ANC bases its education policies on the principles of democracy, equality and cooperation.
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Following the US Weinstein scandal and the subsequent #MeToo-movement, there was arousal in Westminster (the UK's parliamentary buildings) this week upon the revealing of a Whatsapp group for female parliamentary employees who warned each other that certain male members of said parliament were mostly 'unable to keep their hands to themselves' or were 'not safe to get into a taxi with'.
Of course the British press had a field day with the news and started digging as to whom was meant in all these message.
Since yesterday, it has been revealed that at least one Minister is in, as the Brits say, 'a spot of trouble'.
Conservative Tory minister Mr Mark Garnier, responsible for International Trade and a married father of three, had to admit some rather personal details. He regularly referred to his personal secretary as 'sugar t*ts' and admitted sending her out to go and buy sex toys (2 vibrators which he explained to her were for his wife and another assistant in the office).
Mr Garnier, trying probably to address the damage made it worse on himself thereafter. He admitted both deeds and said the incidents were "taken out of context".
He claimed the usage of "sugar t*ts" was part of "an amusing conversation" and referenced the BBC sitcom Gavin and Stacey, where it is used to describe an attractive woman.
As to the sex toys, Mr Garnier said he purchased vibrators with Ms Edmondson, his former secretary, at a Soho sex shop as part of "good humoured high jinks".
A possible government reshuffle might be in order there for Prime Minsiter Theresa May as the next time Mr Garnier would be over in Brussels to further negotiate the terms of Brexit, you can be sure that no woman will want to be in the room with him and that he will get some embarrassing European press remarks over it.
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It's never too early to take particular steps to maintain the mind wholesome. Reducing the danger of stroke and other widespread neurovascular diseases and problems with the help of our seven simple steps will give your self the probability to dwell a long, wholesome life. There are way of life habits that you may undertake to maintain or potentially enhance your health as you age.
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The FSA has come to believe that most of what goes wrong in regulated firms happens at the top, through insufficiently knowledgeable and motivated directors and senior managers.
The FSA's enforcement guide states that taking action against individuals sends an important message about its regulatory objectives and priorities. The regulator considers such cases have important deterrence value. The message is clear – be better or we will discipline you.
But the FSA will be ruing the day it proposed a fine of £100,000 on John Pottage for his alleged failings when chief executive of UBS in his capacity as both CF3 (chief executive) and CF8 (apportionment and oversight). Pottage appealed against the FSA's decision to discipline him and the Upper Tribunal found that his failure to institute a "systematic overhaul" of UBS' controls at an earlier date than when an internal review was initiated was not beyond the bounds of reasonableness. Indeed, it agreed that the actions taken by Pottage prior to July 2007 to deal with operational and compliance issues as they arose were reasonable steps.
Repeatedly in the decision, reference is made to the fact that the tribunal took into account that Pottage was not a risk expert and nor was it his job to carry out the function of a risk expert. It said: "…If people who are specialists in compliance and risk control do not have material concerns about compliance monitoring and operational risk management, a chief executive in Mr Pottage's position and with his experience will more likely have no or insufficient information on which to base his own challenge or with which to make his own corroborative tests".
The decision reinforces the fact that directors and senior managers are not automatically liable for failures that take place in the areas for which they have functional responsibility. The test for liability is the reasonableness of conduct, and there will invariably be a range of reasonable responses – if the conduct under examination falls within that range, a disciplinary case will fail. It matters not that the conduct was not sufficient to achieve the regulatory or risk management objectives of the firm or the FSA, nor that more could have been done.
We need to see if changes in rules or legislation are made so the FSA and its successor bodies have a lower hurdle to overcome to make a director liable. Strict liability for directors of non-compliant banks has been proposed, although one criticism of that is the law is already onerous. What the Pottage decision shows is the law is not as hawkish as some had supposed.
Personal responsibility is important and conduct that falls outside reasonable should be punished but any liability trigger lighter than this one would have prevented anyone sensible from wanting to direct the affairs of all but the lowest-risk financial services firms. The tribunal has got it right and the rule and policymakers should leave the law alone.
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