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8.223599 - SPOHR: String Quintets Nos. 3 and 4
Louis Spohr (1784 - 1859)
The Complete String Quintets, Volume Three
No.3 in B Minor, Op. 69 (1826)
No.4 in A Minor, Op. 91 (1833 - 34)
Louis Spohr (1784 -1859) was accepted during his lifetime as one of the most important composers of early German Romanticism whose career encompassed the period from Beethoven's Op. 18 string quartets to Wagner's Tristan und Isolde and whose compositions covered all the major genres of that era. Today's revival of interest in Spohr was originally fuelled by the chamber music, especially the Nonet in F major, Op. 31, the Octet, Op. 32, and the Piano and Wind Quintet in C minor, Op. 52. It was music for strings, however, which dominated Spohr's chamber output; 36 quartets, seven quintets, a sextet and four double-quartets. Spohr was involved in chamber music all his life -some violin duos composed in 1796 when he was a twelve-year-old in Brunswick still survive and his last completed large-scale work was his 36th string quartet dating from the summer of 1857. From the time of his appointment as Kapellmeister in Kassel in 1822 (for life, but he was pensioned off in December 1857) until the year before his death Spohr organised an annual winter quartet circle at which all the classical masterpieces were performed as well as his own works and those of once popular composers such as Fesca and Onslow. As additional string players were easily available from among his many pupils or the court orchestra, he was also able to compose quintets to add some variety to the programmes, and it was during this period of his life that his last five quintets were written (1826, 1834, 1838, 1845 and 1850), whereas his first two appeared much earlier, during Spohr's time as orchestral director at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna (1813-15). In all of these he followed the example of Mozart in writing for two violins, two violas and a cello.
In his memoirs Spohr tells us something about his quartet parties: "I established here (in Kassel in 1823) a quartet circle at which, in turn with some other families who were lovers of music, we gave three quartets every week, and concluded the evenings with a frugal supper. At first the quartet consisted of Adolf Wiele (1794 -1845), solo violinist and subsequently concertmaster of our court orchestra, of my brother Ferdinand (1792 -1831), who took the viola, and of our excellent cellist Nikolaus Hasemann (1788 -1842). But as by degrees, both in the orchestra and in this small circle, death made some vacancies, others were obliged to be substituted in their place, and then some time was always required until we obtained once more the old customary ensemble again. In 1831 my brother was first snatched from us, then Wiele, and at last Hasemann (Spohr's memory is incorrect here; Hasemann predeceased Wiele); but their places were again filled by new members of our court orchestra, so that the quartet parties, which took place only in the winter months, never ceased entirely, and I myself up to quite recently (1858) played two quartets in each of them."
The B minor quintet dates from April, 1826, when Spohr was enjoying the fruits of his first years in Kassel. His opera Jessonda (1822), his first double-quartet (1823) and his oratorio Die letzten Dinge (1826) had established his position among the leading composers of the day and he was revelling in the opportunities his Kassel post gave him. As he wrote to a friend in 1828 "Heaven be praised, as the father of a family and an artist I am in a very fortunate position and have never yet become acquainted with lasting regrets that gnaw at the heart. My work in my official post is so in accordance with my wishes, as I could not have found in any other German town." The quintet marks a return to instrumental composition after the sustained involvement in opera (Der Berggeist, 1824), incidental music (Macbeth, 1825) and his oratorio, and it stands out as one of his finest chamber works. The legend of Spohr as "soft and sentimental" does an injustice to the wide range of his music but it is idle to deny that it is a component of his artistic personality and the quintet displays that side at its best.
The B minor tonality reflects that of the tragically stormy overture to Macbeth but here we start with a note of wistful pathos, rather akin to that at the opening of Schubert's contemporaneous A minor string quartet. The second subject is a variant of the first but in a less flowing mood while intervening passage-work paints flecks of gold amid the subdued hues of the main material. As usual with Spohr, these bravura sections are underpinned by thematic links with the rest ()f the movement; nor are they confined to the first violin. The cellist especially gets a good share of the virtuosity in a part written for Hasemann, the cellist of Spohr's Kassel orchestra who was an outstanding performer. The outgoing, virile side of Spohr comes to the fore in the dynamic D major scherzo while the B minor trio is a beautiful contrast in 6/4 time with the first violin having a memorable role in ballad mode. The Adagio, in G major, is in Spohr's favourite hymn-like mood, intense nobility which continues the note of optimism introduced in the scherzo. The barcarole-style finale, however, brings back the wistful longing and despite episodes in the major key, the movement returns to B minor with a quintessentially Romantic dying fall in the closing bars.
If the B minor quintet comes from a happy period in Spohr's life, by the time of the A minor (1833 - 34) the shadows had begun to close in. The two quintets are an excellent demonstration of the fact that composers are not slaves to the emotion of the day, for while the A minor also opens with that note of pathos so prevalent in its predecessor, its whole direction is towards a more optimistic frame of mind. The turning-point in Spohr's relationship with Kassel followed the revolutionary year of 1830. In 1831 Spohr suffered two big personal losses - the deaths of his younger brother and artistic colleague Ferdinand, and of his friend, librettist and fellow-democrat Carl Pfeiffer. When the revolutionary fervour reached Germany, Spohr's excitement at what appeared to be the dawn of a democratic, united country was endless. But the forces of repression fought back and in Kassel, where promises of a constitution had been made, autocratic rule soon renewed its grip. Alongside these blows, the unstable political situation led to artistic economies which struck directly at Spohr's own interests; opera performances were cancelled, attempts were made to disband Spohr's orchestra and, when the Elector abdicated and his son ruled as Regent, Spohr found the high-handed, arbitrary interference of the son far more annoying than the father's. To cap it all, Spohr's beloved wife, Dorette, was worryingly ill and was to die in November, 1834.
The A minor quintet is a confident assertion of the will to face up to life's problems. Already, in the first movement, after the melancholy note of the first subject, the second main theme is much firmer and diatonically based. It frequently interjects its resolve into the musical argument although the coda resignedly fades out in the minor. The Larghetto, in F major, is a lyrical interlude with a contrasting section in D flat major which injects a greater liveliness enhanced by its rhythmic complications. The minuet is one of a type in which Spohr specialised -with a rather menacing minor key march-like tread. Here, instead of the expected relaxation of a conventional trio, we have a fleeting scherzo in the major key which dashes along at three times the pace of the minuet. After the two sections have been repeated, the violins have the scherzo material in the coda while the other instruments stay with the minuet. The finale is a driving Presto in which all three main thematic strands are continually pressing forward. Diatonic scale passages are a feature of the movement and these effectively overcome the chromatic tendencies to which Spohr was partial. The tension tightens in the development which is a full- blown fugue on the second part of the first subject, while the coda manages to cover elements of all the material as it clinches a climactic A major conclusion.
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Chairman, Spohr Society of Great Britain
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These 6 Countries Are Competing in the Winter Olympics for the Very First Time (Video)
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Whether it's working with the royal family, or helping bring more events to her hometown, she's always organising something.
After leaving Moree in 2008, Ms Horton has since established her own events business, Firefly Events & Project Management.
From mixing with royalty, working on Queensland's largest event, Ekka, to
organising charity events with rugby union stars, Samantha is a long way from
Moree… but home is where the heart is.
"I left Moree in 2008, like many others I left town to go to university and see what life in the city was like", she said.
"Once I finished my events degree at Griffith University on the Gold Coast I worked at different businesses and organisations, including the Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland (RNA), it's here where I met Princess Anne."
The RASC event Samantha organised, which included a tour with delegates around the great south-east to some of the state's best farming areas, along with hosting HRH Princess Anne to the RNA, was a highlight of her career. "Working with the royal family and their team was a real honour," said Ms Horton.
"Since starting Firefly we have helped events come to life, including the popular Fainga'a Twins Think Pink Charity Dinner.
"We have lots of great events in Brisbane on the pipeline, but I do love working with country folk and helping them bring their ideas to life. Whether it's a large agricultural conference, Christmas function or black tie wedding, we specialise in helping from conception to completion."
It won't be long before Sam is back to her roots though, as she helps plan for a country wedding in her hometown.
"I love going home, so it's a dream being able to work with this bride and bring this Moree wedding to life!"
She has also recently joined a local Moree committee to help bring more events to the country town.


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This past Friday (2/28), SO and I had plans to meet friends at a bar. I was in a really terrible mood for some reason, and everything he said in the car just irritated me. He's always been really bad with directions and he made a few wrong turns while driving, which just made me more mad. We drive into a park that's on the way, because it said it would be a good shortcut.
We get to the top of the main hill of the park and he puts the car in park, saying "Get out of the car." I was a little shocked at how firm he was, but when I got out, I noticed where we were. The top of that hill has an excellent view of the city down below. It was a very clear night and there were stars everywhere. I look up at the stars and when I look over to him, he's down on one knee, using my full name, asking me to marry him.
I immediately start crying and don't stop for approximately the next 30 minutes haha. I think my call to my mom was barely understandable.
Here's the ring we picked out together. My perfect green moissy (6mm on a size 6 finger, white gold):


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Mountain Bike in Wild Sardinia Island
Imagine to pedal above one of the most beautiful sea in Europe.
Imagine to pedal through an ancient mining area, where more than 2000 years ago Romans were used to collect minerals.
Imagine to pedal on trails used only by locals and animals and created centuries ago.
Imagine to be in a Mountain Bike Holiday between the Green Coast and Wild Nature.
Cost: 1800 Euro p/person
Price based on double room
Difficulty: moderate to challenging, not for beginners
Duration: 8 days / 7 nights
- Seven nights in three star superior hotel;
- Five dinners;
- One wine tasting;
- One cheese tasting;
- All maps and trip notes;
- All Shuttles and technical assistance;
- Support Van;
- Services of experienced guides;
- Bike Tour Sardinia water bottle;
- Transfer on day one from airport;
- Transfer to the airport on day eight
- Sales taxes
Not included: Airfare to Italy, lunches, alcoholic / non-alcoholic beverages, gratuities, travel insurance, laundry expenses and items of a personal nature, bike rental
Bike Rental:
Mountain bike euro 150 p/week
Dates 2015: from 18th to 25th October
Tour Customizable at any time
Antiche Terme di Sardara
Set in the lush greenery of the softly rounded hills of Monreale, the Hotel Antiche Terme belongs to a Wellness Centre and Health Spa complex. Set in an extensive park, it has a restaurant, a fitness room, two spa pools, a jogging & fitness track, bowling green.Thanks to its position, the hotel is also an ideal base for discovering the area's cultural, archaeological and natural treasures. View hotel website>>
Agriturismo La Quercia, Arbus
La Quercia is located in a very quiet and silent area, great place to relax and to rediscover the flavors of the typical dishes of Sardinian culture. In this oasis outside schemes, you can see the real Sardinia and its colors, and breathe the intense fragrance of its nature. L'agriturismo, is located 17 Km from the beach of Piscinas, and is nestled in a valley dominated by oaks and recognized as a protected area. View the hotel website>>
Le Dimore del "Corsaro Nero", Portu Maga
The "Corsaro Nero" Restaurant has 7 tastefully appointed guest rooms, each with bathroom equipped with hydro massage cabin, a few meters from the Costa Verde, with a splendid view of the sea. The attention to detail, further enriches the residence of those who wish to combine the charm of the Sardinian tradition to the suggestion of untouched nature. View hotel website>>


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Republic Day is around the corner and I am extremely happy to share with you snapshots of our India themed activity along with few of our FREE Printables that you can download at the end of the post.
Here is a look of the activities we have planned for the Theme India.
Ripping of Paper:
Tearing/Ripping paper into small pieces can be fun and satisfying for them at this age. Tearing will involve finger movement and it develops co-ordination skills. To master the art of tearing your kid will have to hold the paper between the thumb and pointing finger of each hand. They then have to move each hand in a different direction. It's quite difficult! Thought of using this with the Indian Flag colors.
- Paper [orange, Green and white]
One of our favourite activities are transferring, scooping using rice and two other lentils. This gells with the tri-color of the Flag. With such activities we will get to know the lentil names too.
Color Sorting [Printable]
I Spy- India themed [Printable]
Lacing activity India Themed. [Printable]
Colour Sorting
Color Sorting is an important milestone in a toddler. With the color sorting we are able to learn about colors, and as parents/caretaker we will be able to introduce vocabulary and language can be developed.
This FREE Color Sorting activity includes 1 sorting mat with a total of 3 colors which are present in our Indian Flag. There are 5 picture sorting cards for each color.
- Saffron/Orange, White, Green
- green, orange, purple
- pink, brown, black
Ways to Play
You can play with this activity depending on the age and their level of understanding.
- Talk about the things you see in each picture when the kid sorts the image based on the color.
For best results, turn into a reusable game by laminating the mats and pieces, and use velcro dots to attach the pieces.
You can place this printable even in your learning binder.
Lacing -India Themed
Lacing is a wonderful activity for the preschoolers. It's a good exercise for developing the fine motor skills, concentration, and hand-eye coordination. Try it out with these 3 India themed lacing cards! This is a good form to celebrate Republic Day!
Print the cards out, then laminate them and cut out the picture in the form of the shape it denotes.I haven't invested on the laminator yet so I stick the image on the thin cardboard so it gets a good life too. Then use a hole puncher to punch holes where indicated.
Give your child a shoe lace, or a piece of yarn that is reinforced by tape at the end. You can even use the pipecleaners if your kid is young .
I-Spy – India Themed
Kids will love to practice counting with this colourful India Themed I-Spy.
- Printer
- Paper
- Laminator
- Dry Erase Markers/number card


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Are you pregnant and unsure what to do? Are you not sure that you are ready to be a parent? Are you feeling scared, confused and overwhelmed by the decisions that you face?
If so, come and talk with a supportive, knowledgeable, caring caseworker at the Good Samaritan Agency who can help you explore your options. Our staff wants to help you in making the best decision for you and your baby. We understand that this is a scary, emotional and confusing time for you and your partner. We want you to have the opportunity to openly discuss and explore your options in a confidential setting. You are under no obligation to make any commitments to a plan of adoption as nothing legally can happen in an adoption until after the baby is born. This is the time to learn about the process and ask questions. If you change your mind at any time about your adoption plan, our caseworkers will support you and help you to build a support system and find the necessary services to help you parent your child.
If I am considering making an adoption plan for my baby, what should I do?
The best place to start would be to contact the agency and schedule time to meet with a caseworker. This will give you the opportunity to talk with someone who can answer your questions about the process and support you as you begin to make your plan. It is best to start this process during your pregnancy, but we can still work with you to make a plan of adoption after your baby has been born.
Can I choose the adoptive parents for my baby?
Yes, you can be as involved as you would like to be in the selection process. After talking with your caseworker about what you are looking for in an adoptive family, your caseworker will select profiles for you to view. Profiles are prepared by the adoptive families and give you personal information to help select the adoptive parents for your baby. If you prefer not to view profiles, the agency will select a family from our waiting families. All adoptive families approved to adopt a child go through an extensive homestudy process, which includes personal interviews, background checks and a visit to their home.
Will I have to go to court?
Yes, the adoption process is a legal process handled by the Probate Court system and you will be required to go to court to complete the Surrender and Release. Your caseworker will talk with you and prepare you for this day. After your baby is born and you are ready to move forward, your caseworker will go over the required paperwork with you and submit the necessary paperwork to the court requesting a court date. This typically happens about one month after the baby is born. Your caseworker will attend court with you as a support. You will meet with the Judge and court clerk alone. After you sign the Surrender and Release before the Judge, you have three days to revoke your decision. After that time frame elapses, the adoption cannot be revoked. Birth father rights must also be addressed by the court.
Do I have to involve the baby's father?
Yes, birth father's have rights too that must be addressed during the adoption process. Birth fathers do not have to appear in court as thhe can complete a Waiver of Notice form (that must be notarized) that can be sent to the court with the Birth mother's paperwork. If you are not involved with the Birth father or he is unaware of the pregnancy and plan of adoption, your caseworker can contact him to begin this process. If the birthfather is not known or cannot be located, the court will require a publication to occur allowing him time to come forward and assert his parental right. If he does not come forward after a waiting period has elapsed, the adoption can proceed.
Can I see my baby at the hospital?
Yes, we encourage you to spend time with your baby at the hospital, although it is always your choice. Your caseworker will talk with you prior to delivery to make a plan of how you would like things handled at the hospital. Your caseworker can contact the hospital ahead of time to make it known to hospital staff about your plan of adoption and your wishes before/during/after delivery.
Can I have an open adoption?
Yes, we will talk with you about what type of contact you would like to have with your child after placement. Openness in adoption can means lots of different things, like receiving photos and periodic updates about your child through the agency, having some contact directly (like through email or text messaging) with the adoptive family to a completely open adoption where names and identifying information are shared openly. Adoptive families are open to varying degrees of openness with birth families, so we would try to match you with a family that would be open to your requests.
What if I change my mind about adoption?
We want you to be comfortable with your decision as it is a lifelong decision. If you decide that adoption is not the best choice for you, your caseworker will support you in any way that she can. Your caseworker can continue working with you to provide education, support or referral services even after you decide to parent.
The only time that you would not be able to change your mind about an adoption plan would be if you have already gone to court, signed the Surrender and Release and the three day waiting period had elapsed. At that point, the adoption is irrevocable.
What happens after the baby is born?
Depending on the circumstances, the baby will either go home with the adoptive parents or go to a temporary foster home selected by Good Samaritan Agency. If the baby goes home with the adoptive parents, this is called a legal risk placement, as you would not yet have gone to court to surrender your parental rights. The adoptive parents would be advised of the risks in such a placement.
What are the costs for me to make an adoption plan for my baby?
There are no costs to you. All birth parent services, including supportive counseling, are provided to you at no cost.


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Skip to 0 minutes and 0 seconds Health care has changed significantly in the past decades. Through advances in medicine and science in general, more and more diseases can be treated more effectively. However, this has also increased the complexity of the health care system. Medical staff needs more training, machines are becoming more and more complex, and multiple solutions exist to cure a particular disease. This all increased the cost of health care significantly. 10% of the gross domestic product of almost any country is being spent on health, and only growth is predicted. But in this day and age, we have the data. Data can help us analyse what's going on, and suggest improvements.
Skip to 0 minutes and 0 seconds In this course, we will teach you how to use event data and process mining techniques to analyse the data that's already there to get insights and suggest improvements for the processes. Consider this very simple process of a patient treatment. I hope you can see that this generates a lot of data that can be used to analyse the process flow, and provide insights and suggestions for improvement. Using process mining techniques, applied on this data, we can automatically discover a process model. A process model describes which activities are performed, and in which order. And in the top model, you see yellow dots, moving through the model indicating where patients are at a particular time and date in history.
Skip to 0 minutes and 0 seconds in the bottom model, we are projecting time performance on this process model. We automatically discover this model, and time is now being projected on the activities, showing where queues exist. This allows you to analyse the process flow in great detail. When you follow this course, you will learn how to get this data, how to apply existing techniques to get these models. But also, how you can analyse conformance and compliance issues with current rules and regulations, how users are working together, and much more. If you follow this MOOC, then you will be able to do all this on the data in your health care organisation.
Skip to 0 minutes and 0 seconds I'm Joos Buijs from Eindhoven University of Technology, and I hope to see you again in this course.
Process mining in healthcare
In this course you will learn how you can analyze healthcare data by applying process mining techniques and the process mining tool ProM.
The course is divided in four weeks, where in each week we combine theory and concepts, with practical exercises and real-world examples. Throughout the course we will show how certain analysis can be done in the free and open source process mining tool ProM.
Quizzes and tests
Each activity will have at least one quiz to test what you've learned. We distinguish two types of quizzes: one that will test concepts and whether you understood the lecture, and a second type that will walk you through the use of the tool ProM and test whether you understood. Similarly, each week will be closed by a test to verify what you have learned that week. At the end of the course there is an additional test that walks you through a process mining project, and asks you for some key results and insights.
Concrete topics
Concretely, we will cover the following topics in this course (among others):
- Process mining in general
- Event data in the healthcare environment
- Event data handling and conversion
- Event data exploration
- Process discovery and conformance checking
- Process improvement and challenges in healthcare
Learning outcomes
By the end of this course you will be able to:
- Explain how process mining can help in analysing and improving healthcare processes
- Identify opportunities for process mining in a healthcare organisation
- Describe the data requirements in order to apply process mining
- Interpret the results of various process mining techniques in the ProM lite tool
- Apply ProM lite on real data to obtain process mining results
This course is a collaborative effort between several partners, giving you different insights in the field. In the next step each of the educators will introduce themselves briefly.
- Joos Buijs, Eindhoven University of Technology
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Function of separate knots
Electronic system of distribution of brake effort (EBV)
Violations in ABS system work
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If emo kids didn't have it tough enough, this past week a report surfaced from Andrew Hogan, education director of the Optometrists Association of Tasmania, saying, "If a young emo chap has a fringe covering one eye all the time, that eye won't see a lot of detail. And if it happens from a young age, that eye can become amblyotic."
That means lazy eye. Crushing news. But then, another doctor debunked his claim. I'm glad multiple doctors are weighing in on this subject. While the emo haircut has been scoffed at in the past decade or so, it's certainly evolved over time. Do you remember what "emo hair" was in 1996? 1986? When emo became screamo, then metalcore, somewhere along the way, a very specific fringed hairstyle became part of the look. But it's always been around. Here's how we think emo hair might have evolved.
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1. Perception: Do you consider yourself to be a progressive?
"Yes. I'm a Conservative councillor in Tower Hamlets, one of the most deprived parts of the country, and am the parliamentary candidate for the marginal new consistency of Poplar and Limehouse, an east London seat that encompasses the wealth of Canary Wharf and some of the poorest estates in London and the country.
"I've been elected as a councillor in Tower Hamlets, which is a naturally Labour area; before 2004 there had never been a Conservative on the council ever before. In Tower Hamlets the Conservatives are the party fighting for local people to ensure they get a fair deal. We want to make sure that local people have the opportunities to take advantage of the economic engine that's on our doorstep in the form of Canary Wharf.
"We want to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor, not by unfair taxation but by giving people the best start in life and the opportunities to make their lives better. For example, Labour have made a small advance in school reform by, for example, the development of local academies. In Tower Hamlets the Labour-run council turned down the offer of £4m from Goldman Sachs to invest in two schools under the academy scheme. I supported this investment as it would bring much needed cash to our local schools and give local children a better start in life. Labour turned down the money as they seem to want to perpetuate the problem of local people not having the opportunities to better themselves. It seems to suit Labour to keep people down. Now which is the more progressive?
"Finally, I was selected as the parliamentary candidate by an open primary, where almost 100 local residents from the East End of London came to choose who they wanted as their candidate."
2. Tax: Should David Cameron offer more tax cuts than he has outlined already?
"By nature Conservatives believe in low taxes, giving people choice over how they spend, invest and save their hard-earned money. It also keeps our economy competitive internationally. We're in difficult economic times so our ability to offer more tax cuts is limited. And with Labour being fresh out of ideas, offering more tax cuts simply gives them more ideas to pinch!"
3. Tax: If yes to the above, do you think they should be funded by
(a) cuts in public spending, or
(b) increases in other taxes
"A combination of both; some taxes are unfair and they should be replaced (inheritance tax, stamp duty for first-time buyers). Some aspects of public spending could be cut, for example the money wasted on the New Deal, which has not delivered."
4. Tax: Should so-called "green" taxes increase?
"True green taxes need to be increased, but not to simply increase the overall tax intake. We need to take the threat to our environment seriously and taxes should be used to encourage environmentally friendly activities."
5. Tax: As a share of GDP tax is currently around 37%. After four years of a Conservative government would you expect it to be:
(a) substantially lower – at least 2 percentage points
(b) slightly lower
(c) much the same as it is now
(d) higher
6 Europe: On balance has Britain lost out or gained from its membership of the EU? If it has lost out, should it withdraw?
"Probably gained, especially in trade, but the EU comes with costs, for example the Lisbon treaty without a referendum, the common agricultural policy, which needs reform."
7. Family: Which of the following statements most reflects your view:
(a) The tax system should be reformed to recognise and promote marriage
(b) The tax system should help parents regardless of their marital status
8. Abortion: The House of Commons recently voted to maintain the upper limit of 24 weeks on abortion. Do you believe it should be reduced? If yes, by how many weeks?
"My personal view is that I would like to see the limit reduced from the current 24 weeks. I would like to see 22 weeks."
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John Sandford Books In Order
Publication Order of Prey/Lucas Davenport Books
Publication Order of Lucas Davenport vs. Lincoln Rhyme Short Stories/Novellas
Publication Order of Kidd & LuEllen Books
|The Fool's Run
|Hardcover Paperback Kindle
|The Empress File
|Hardcover Paperback Kindle
|The Devil's Code
|Hardcover Paperback Kindle
|The Hanged Man's Song
|Hardcover Paperback Kindle
Publication Order of Virgil Flowers Books
|Dark of the Moon
|Hardcover Paperback Kindle
|Heat Lightning
|Hardcover Paperback Kindle
|Rough Country
|Hardcover Paperback Kindle
|Bad Blood
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|Shock Wave
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|Mad River
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|Storm Front
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|Escape Clause
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|Deep Freeze
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|Holy Ghost
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|Bloody Genius
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|Dead Watch
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|Saturn Run
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Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
|The Eye And The Heart
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|Plastic Surgery
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Publication Order of Anthologies
John Sandford Biography:
John Roswell Camp going by the pseudonym John Sandford is one of the best selling novelists and the winning journalist of the Pulitzer Prize 1n 1986 for a series of Midwestern farm crisis stories. The prize was for a non deadline feature in the daily column titled Life on the Land. John sandford was born on 23rd of February 1944 in Cedar Rapids Iowa. John attended a public school in Cedar and later on in 1962 he graduated from Washington high school. In the year 1963, John Roswell was admitted in the University of Iowa to undertake a Bachelors degree in American studies where he graduated in the year 1966. In the same year Camp met and married his late wife Susan Lee Jones who was also from Cedar Rapids and a student in the University of Iowa.
John Joined the US Army in the same year till 1968 after which he became a reporter for the Cape Girardeau Southeast Missourian till the year 1970. John Camp then went back to the University of Iowa to pursue a master's degree in journalism where he graduated in 1971. Between 1971 and 1978, John Camp became a reporter for The Miami Herald and later on he moved to Minneapolis where he became a features reporter for St. Paul Pioneer Press till 1990. John Sandford has from the year 1990 written thriller novels and also two non fiction books on plastic surgery and art. John is also a principal financial backer of an archaeological project in the Jordan Valley Israel. His interests are such as painting, photography, hunting and fishing. John and his late wife (died of metastasized breast caner) have two children Emily and Roswell and a grandson Benjamin.
In 1989, John started working part time for Pioneer Press to concentrate on writing. He later stopped working completely for the Press in late 1989. In that same year, John Camp wrote two novels, The Fools Run and the Rules of Prey. The Fools Run one of the four novels from the Kidd and LuEllen series was published under his own name John Roswell Camp but his publisher later on asked him to provide a pseudonym for his other book. Rules of Prey, one of the 23 novels from the Prey series was the first book to be published under his pseudonym John Sandford. The Prey series became very popular as compared to The Fools Run a Kidd series novel published under John Camp and one of the best selling novels leading to all his other books including The Fools Run being published under the pseudonym John Sandford.
A third series started in the year 2007, featuring Virgil flowers a supporting character in the first series the prey series. John has as per the year 2013 written 23 books in prey series, four in Kidd and LuEllen series and seven in Virgil Flowers series. The author has also written two other fiction books, the night crew and the dead watch, a short stories book and two none fiction books.
John Sandford has over a significant period of time been reviewed as one of the best novel writters in the world. Several/most of his books from the three series and other categories have received magnificent reviews from his fans. The writter makes sure to captivate his readers and makes them go back for more. Below is a list of all the novels by John Sandford. They are arranged in the order of years of production which is also the arrangement of the series.
List of books by John Sandford.
Prey series
1. Rules of Prey in 1989
2. Shadow Prey in 1990
3. Eyes of Prey In 1991
4. Silent Prey in 1992
5. Winter Prey in 1993
6. Night Prey in 1994
7. Mind Prey in 1995
8. Sudden Prey in 1996
9. Secre Prey in 1998
10. Certain Prey in 1999
11. Easy Prey in 2000
12.Chosen Prey in 2001
13. Mortal prey in 2002
14. Naked Prey in 2003
15. Hidden Prey in 2004
16. Broken Prey in 2005
17. Invisible Prey in 2007
18. Phantom Prey in 2008
19. Wicked Prey in 2009
20. Storm Prey in 2010
21. Buried Prey in 2011
22. Stolen Prey in 2012 and
23. Silken Prey in 2013
Two movies so far have been produced featuring two novels from prey series. In the year 1998, a TV movie on Mind Prey was produced by Jaffe/Braunstein Films,Limited. The movie was starring Eriq LaSalle as Davenport. The movie was however not a success as it received very poor ratings from viewers. This led to reservations in production of any more TV movies on the Books. However, in the year 2011, November, the USA TV took a chance and also aired a TV movie featuring Certain Prey starring Mark Harmon as Lucas The TV show unlike the previous one did quiet well and received magnificent ratings from fans giving the US TV its highest numbers that year.
A 24th novel of Prey series in yet to be released in the 2013 though the book's title has not yet been released
The second series is Kidd and LuEllen Series with four novels.
The Fool's Run in 1989 which was originally under John Camp and later reissued in 1996 under John Sandford.
The Empress File in 1991 also reissued under John sandford in 1995
The Devils Code in 2000 and
The Hanged Mans Song in year 2003.
Third series is Virgil Flowers Series with seven books
Dark of Moon in 2007
Heat Lighting in 2008
Rough Country in 2009
Bad Blood in 2010
Shock Wave in 2011
Mad River in 2012 and
Storm Front coming up in October 2013
The Virgil Flowers is also one of the series said to be expected to continue.
The order in which people read these books is constantly mixed up. However, the first two books were Rules of prey from the prey series and The Fools Run from the Kidd and LuEllen series. The good news is, as much as it is important to read the books in the order they were produced, John Sandford writes his work in a manner that guarantees maximum entertainment no matter the book you choose to start with.
The author has also written other books that are not represented in the three series.
Other fiction books.
The Night Crew in 1997
Dead Watch in 2006
Nonfiction books.
The Eye and The Heart
Plastic surgery in 1989
The Author has also written one short stories books also published under his pseudonym John Sandford.
More About John Sandford:
When you think of the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and bestselling novelist John Roswell Camp, you may end up drawing a blank. But that is the real name of an author I am sure you all have heard of, John Sandford. He created the pseudonym at the request of his publisher in 1989. He had two books coming out that year and they decided to release one, The Fools Rush In, under his real name and a second under a pseudonym, Rules of Prey. The later took off, becoming increasingly more popular than the first. So from then on John Roswell Camp became John Sandford.
Before his first two releases in 1989, John Sandford wrote for the Miami Herald, for seven years during the 1970's. 1971 – 1978 to be precise. He used his Bachelor's in American history and Masters in Journalism from the University of Iowa to hone his skills, becoming a top writer at the Miami Herald.
In 1978 John Sandford was looking for a new challenge. He packed up and moved to Minneapolis. There he joined the staff of The Saint Paul Pioneer Press as a features reporter. As usual his work excelled there and John Sandford became a full-time daily columnist by 1980. That year was also his first brush with a Pulitzer as he made it as a finalist thanks to a series of stories he had written on Native American culture.
John Sandford's break out year would come in 1986. That year his writing efforts would be validated even further as he won a Pulitzer for Non-Deadline Feature Writing. His series "Life on the Land: An American Farm Family" were the stories he had written to result in such a prize. They followed your average Minnesota farm family during the Midwest farm crisis, taking place over the course of a year. These stories seemed to resonate deeply with Minnesota residents and the Pulitzer board as well, resulting in John Sandford's first big win.
It was not until 1989 that John Sandford stopped writing daily for the Pioneer Press and with the success of his novels he quit writing for them completely the very next year. From that point forward John Sandford became a full time novelist, writing to date, over 30 novels.
John Sandford also served in the Army from 1966-68, he has a passion for archaeology, even becoming the principal financial backer for a dig in the Jordan valley of Israel. He also has a passion for art and photography and a love for hunting and fishing.
The nearly 70 year old author, Cedar Rapids, Iowa native, born February 23, 1944, shows no signs of slowing down, as he continues to release books in his Prey Series, Virgil Flowers Series, Kidd Series and the odd one off book. John Sandford has become a bestselling author many times over and for good reason, his books are a joy to his readers and bring the same high quality writing one would expect from a John Sandford book every time.
John Sandford – Books and Characters
John Sandford's first major hit, Rules of Prey, released in 1989, has since spawned over 20 sequels. The very first book sucked readers into a murder/mystery in a thrilling way and set the bar for the books to come.
In Rules of Prey we are introduced to a killer named Louis Vullion. He is your average bottom of the barrel young attorney, who uses his day job to scout out his next female victim. He uses tactics that would be admired by an chess master and creates one heck of a fear storm for the residents of Minnesota. Finally, the hero of all the books, Lucas Davenport is called in to end this young attorney's reign of terror. Davenport is not like your regular lieutenant, he invents computer games, drives a Porsche to work and attracts plenty of beautiful women along the way. He works on his own and prefers it. Davenport seems to have an instant understanding of the killer and so begins a thrilling cat and mouse game between the two from start to finish of Rules of Prey.
In another of John Sandford's series, Virgil Flowers, he once again creates a world around murder and intrigue. In Dark of the Moon, first in the series which has since spawned 6 sequels, we are introduced to the main hero on the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, Virgil Flowers. Like most good heroes he comes with plenty of back story and baggage, making him complex and leaving the reader wanting to delve further into his world. Flowers tackles his toughest case to date in Dark of the Moon. A small town is rocked by a series of murders and when he goes to investigate he finds the motives seem to be deeply personal. Before long he also suspects himself of being a target, leading to a race against time to discover the killer before he himself becomes another murder victim.
Each and every John Sandford book follows the same formula of the above two, creating wonderful characters, rich worlds and exciting suspense from start to finish. Even his nonfiction books, such as his book on Plastic Surgery remain an engrossing read. You cannot seem to go wrong curling up with any of John Sandford's books and inviting his wonderful characters into your living room.
John Sandford – in The Movies
With John Sandford's works on top of the New York's bestseller list time and time again, it was only a matter of time before his works were brought to life on your television screen. Over time, a few of his works have done just that.
One of his works to recently be turned into a TV movie was Certain Prey, having none other than star of the hit CBS show, NCIS, Mark Harmon portray Lucas Davenport on USA network. It premiered to a massive viewing of over 5 million viewers, topping all in ratings that day besides The Walking Dead and Football. It was also the 2nd highest ranked cable movie of the year in ratings.
Another of his works, once again in the Prey series, Mind Prey, was made into a television movie back in 1998, finding little success compared to his most recent television outing. It starred Eriq LaSalle, or ER fame, as Lucas Davenport and was met with low ratings and generally distaste from fans of the series.
John Sandford – The Future
The future looks bright for John Sanford fans, as he continues to release novels of their favorite characters and I am sure it will only be a matter of time before more of his works show up on a television screen near you.
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High-Level International Conference: New Growth Models in a Changing Global Landscape
Jakarta, Indonesia
February 27, 2018
9:00-9:20 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks
Agus Martowardojo, Governor,Bank Indonesia
9:20–9:40 a.m.
Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, IMF
9:40–10:00 a.m.
Countdown Ceremony for the Voyage to Indonesia and Group Photo
10:00–10:15 a.m.
Coffee Break
10:15–11:30 a.m.
Session I—Towards a New Growth Model in a Changing Global Landscape
The global environment has become more uncertain, including from inward-looking policies in some major advanced economies, China's ongoing rebalancing, and the rapid development of the digital economy. While countries have adapted their policy frameworks and implemented structural reforms to cope with uncertainty and changes in the global landscape, the search for a new growth model is underway around the world, including in ASEAN. There is a need to address structural challenges and move from factor-driven growth to growth based on productivity and innovation. Panelists will discuss the following: (i) future trends in the global economy that need to be considered such as geopolitical developments and technological change; (ii) the impact of the digital economy on the global economy (iii) countries' experience in formulating national strategies to remain pertinent in the changing global environment; (iv) structural challenges and reform in a changing global economy; and (v) financial sector reforms to respond to changing global landscape, including the rapid development of digital economy.
Moderator: Chloe Cho, Presenter and Executive Producer, Channel NewsAsia
11:30–12:45 p.m.
Session II—Growth and Stability in the New Digital Economy
The development of the digital economy can improve the lives of people around the world, by promoting innovation, entrepreneurship and economic growth. However, the rise of the digital economy also carries implications for financial stability. New challenges from financial innovations, such as digital currencies and block-chain technology, could also alter the role of central banks and the mechanism and frameworks for setting monetary and financial policies in the future. There is a need for a deeper understanding of its economic and social impact on different sectors of the economy as well as the right policies to spread its benefits more broadly. Panelists will discuss (i)how the digital economy affects different sectors of the economy; (ii)opportunities and challenges arising from the accelerated expansion of the digital economy; (iii)countries' responses to growing financial innovations, including striking the balance between supporting innovation and growth, and preserving financial stability; and (iv)the impact of the new digital economy on financial stability.
Moderator: Andrew Sheng, Distinguished Fellow, Asia Global Institute, The University of Hong Kong
12:45–2:00 p.m.
2:00–3:15 p.m.
Session III—Responding to the Changes in a Global Landscape
The discussions on the first two sessions raise questions on how countries should address the immediate challenges arising from changes in global economy. While many countries around the world will confront similar challenges, this session will focus on how ASEAN countries should deal with those challenges while maintaining high growth, resilience and macrofinancial stability. Panelists will discuss (i)trends that affect the global economy in the near term, including recent policies in advanced economies (such as U.S.tax policy, Brexit), and geopolitical developments; (ii)the resilience of the ASEAN economies to withstand external shocks, (iii)the importance of promoting inclusive growth and reaping the demographic dividend to achieve sustainable growth; and (iv)policy responses to immediate challenges to maintain macroeconomic stability and support growth.
Moderator: Changyong Rhee, Director, Asia and Pacific Department, IMF
3:15–3:45 p.m.
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While it had good intentions, sustainability was a concept that failed on launch and simply should have never been. Its original premise was to meet the needs of the present without compromising future generations' ability to meet their needs—all within available resources. But, does that make sense? Imagine a bucket brimming with any finite resource. Over the years, that resource is diminished as a function of development, industrialization, manufacturing, and population growth. After a century of environmental thievery, the bucket is half-full and sustainability—with all of its good intentions—calls on us to use only what is needed so that we don't compromise the needs of future generations.
Thus, the current population adjusts its needs to provide the next generation access to a bucket of equal quantities of resources. The problem is, world population is growing at breakneck speed. In 1900, we had 1.6 billion living on the planet. In 2050, we're expected to reach 9 billion. Let that sink in.
Conservation has its limits. Regardless of the conservation strategy the population needs a bare minimum to survive. As the population grows, our bucket's resources will start a deficit trend. Generation after generation will pass that bucket to drive the deficit so deep that resource extinction is eminent. The question becomes: Is sustainability a model that our culture should adopt and promote knowing that the bucket will one day be empty?
A better solution.
Imagine innovation focused on filling the bucket and striving to achieve what sustainability has done for the world in the last two decades. What achievements could we have accomplished by now had we propositioned a different hypothesis? What if we didn't focus on conservation, but instead invested intellectual, human, and financial capital in restoring and replenishing resources within a regenerative context?
As architects, we have a great responsibility to go beyond sustainability and design buildings that restore, renew, or revitalize their own sources of energy and materials.
At HMC Architects, we are inspired by John Lyle's systems ecology approach to architecture, and we propose that a regenerative approach restores whereas a sustainable approach quite simply, maintains.
For HMC, this begins by empowering our people to start dialogues about regenerative design, to go beyond green building certifications and to question the methods our industry has been using. We are motivating our work culture to explore net positive strategies so that our buildings can renew nature and give back to our communities.
Our first initiative is investing in a distributed leadership model that offers opportunities for regenerative leaders to emerge in each of our offices. These leaders are responsible for the regenerative culture within their studio, from organizing learning opportunities about the latest in green building techniques and technologies to sourcing fair-trade coffee for their workplace. Through our regenerative leaders, we're fostering a culture that thinks deeply about the future, and that mindset carries over to our projects and communities.
We want to see elementary schools that not only have incredible learning environments for its students, but also produce excess energy to power the surrounding neighborhood. We're imagining hospitals with a storm water management system to provide non-potable irrigation water back to its community. We're dreaming up eco-cities with an entirely edible landscape that feeds its residents. To visualize this regenerative future, we're celebrating our sustainable project successes and learning from them as we move toward regenerative design.
Understanding is key to everything.
As environmental stewards, we must help our clients though budget concerns by giving them the hard facts. We need to help them understand what they are paying for while simultaneously explaining that regenerative measures don't always equate to higher costs. Developing life cycle cost assessments unravels the true cost of implementing regenerative design principles. This can be done for energy, water and waste.
At HMC, we are designing levels of zero energy, zero waste, and zero water use so that we can empower project teams and clients to make a choice. Our goal is that EVERY project will accomplish one of the following:
–Zero Net Energy
–Net positive
–Have on-site water capture and reuse
–Have a zero-waste construction process
Beyond status quo.
If you're looking to simply check the LEED box, we encourage you to think bigger. California is already ahead of the national curve, and we need to ask ourselves if we are okay with the status quo? Or should we be thinking beyond? ZNE is an undeniable future, and that's a good thing.
We understand that clients can be apprehensive when of things with which they are unfamiliar. So, it's our job to demystify these concepts for them so that they become reality. This is achieved through training and education.
- At the beginning of any project, we encourage having an eco-charrette. These are key to the design process and teach the client (and us) how regenerative principles and strategies work and can be put into action.
- Plan for training sessions so that users know how to operate their new building when it's occupied.
- Plan for a post-occupancy evaluation to learn how the design team did, and how users are doing in their new building.
Sustainability has given us a foundation and perhaps it's got more people thinking about the impact humans have on the environment. But, to truly enrich our communities through architecture, we must change our mindset and bring a focused awareness to everyone with whom we come in contact. By encouraging dialogues about the next step for our industry, we can make regenerative architecture the new standard.


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- Spa
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Choose your room
Set amid the scenic Black Forest, this family-run hotel in the climatic health resort of Todtmoos is a 3-minute walk from the Baroque Wallfahrtskirche church and Kurpark spa gardens. It offers free WiFi access. Featuring a charming country-style façade, the Hotel Löwen offers peaceful rooms which are equipped with comfortable wood furniture and modern private bathrooms. After a comprehensive breakfast buffet, enjoy activities such as hiking, Nordic walking, and mountain biking, or visit the Todtmoos health care facilities. Guests staying 2 nights or more receive a Hochschwarzwald Card, offering free access to numerous tourist attractions in the region. You can also relax in the Hotel Löwen's sauna, and solarium, or socialize on the heated terrace. In the evening, help yourself to hearty Black Forest cuisine and international delights in the Löwen's cozy restaurant.
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