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Developing quality indicators (QI) for national purposes (eg, public disclosure, paying-for-performance) highlights the need to find accessible and reliable data sources for collecting standardised data. The most accurate and reliable data source for collecting clinical and organisational information still remains the medical record. Data collection from electronic medical records (EMR) would be far less burdensome than from paper medical records (PMR). However, the development of EMRs is costly and has suffered from low rates of adoption and barriers of usability even in developed countries. Currently, methods for producing national QIs based on the medical record rely on manual extraction from PMRs.
We propose and illustrate such a method. These QIs display feasibility, reliability and discriminative power, and can be used to compare hospitals. They have been implemented nationwide in France since 2006. The method used to develop these QIs could be adapted for use in large-scale programmes of hospital regulation in other, including developing, countries.
- Chart review methodologies
- Health policy
- Quality measurement
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Over the past 10 years, the use of quality indicators (QIs) has been strongly encouraged as a means of assessing quality in hospitals. QIs are now a widely used tool in hospital regulation in developed countries (eg, in performance-based financing and the public disclosure of hospital comparisons).1
It is well established that key attributes of QIs are able to detect targeted areas for improvement on topics of importance, scientific soundness and feasibility.2 For national comparisons of healthcare organisations (HCO), a valid and standardised data collection process is also required, as any errors could affect a hospital's reputation and also have financial repercussions. Three main data sources are used to develop QIs: (1) ad hoc surveys (eg, patient's experience and satisfaction indicators), but these are costly and require recruitment of respondents and high hospital commitment,3 (2) medico-administrative data (eg, patient safety indicators), but these often capture limited information on complex care processes4 and (3) medical records (eg, clinical practice and organisational indicators) which are the preferred option for obtaining accurate and reliable clinical and organisational information.5–9
Most medical records are still paper medical records (PMRs) and entail difficulties in terms of data extraction that remains manual.10 The adoption of interoperable electronic medical record (EMR) systems could promote efficiency by developing an automated process of data extraction. However, it is expensive. Moreover, in the most highly developed countries that invest in this area, it remains arduous. For instance in US hospitals, only 13% reported use of a basic EMR system in 2008, according to a study by Jha et al.11 Although these numbers have significantly increased over the last few years—2011 data shows 35% adoption of basic EMR systems by US hospitals—the rates of adoption are still low.12 A recent national study shows that in France only 6% of medical records are fully electronic.13 In terms of data extraction for the purposes of quality measurement, a basic EMR system does not necessarily enable easy and automatic computation of aggregated data, nor does it preclude the use of partial paper charts, making some data completely inaccessible via the EMR.
We propose a pragmatic method for using PMRs to produce national QIs that display feasibility, reliability and discriminative power, and that enable PMR audits for hospital comparison. The method is based on data extraction from a random sample of PMRs in each hospital. It has been implemented in France since 2006, but could be adopted by other countries interested in assessing large-scale hospital performance.14 We describe the methods development, the PMR sampling strategy and the statistical procedures for ensuring robustness. Each step of the method is illustrated with appropriate examples. Last, we discuss the place of such a method in the context of development of EMR systems.
Background to method development and implementation
The method was developed and has been implemented by the COMPAQH project team (COordination for Measuring Performance and Assuring Quality in Hospitals), a French national initiative for the development and use of QIs, coordinated by the French Institute for Health and Medical Research (INSERM) and sponsored by the Ministry of Health and the French National Authority for Health (Haute Autorité de Santé, HAS).13 ,15
The QIs were selected and designed with the collaboration of the French public authorities and health professionals. Each is categorised within nine priority areas for quality improvement: (1) pain management; (2) continuity of care; (3) management of patients with nutritional disorders; (4) patient safety; (5) taking account of patients' views; (6) implementation of practice guidelines; (7) promoting motivation, accountability and evaluation of skills; (8) access to care and (9) coordination of care.
Eight of the nine priority areas were selected in 2003 after a thorough literature review, survey of international initiatives and consensus process among healthcare policy makers, healthcare professionals and consumers. The ninth was added in 2009. After defining healthcare priorities, QIs were identified within each area. Following literature review, 81 QIs were selected, and were then subjected to evaluation by healthcare professionals based on three dimensions: feasibility, importance, coherence with existing initiatives. A two-round Delphi method was used in order to select a first set of QIs to be developed and tested. In 2009, with the inclusion of a new priority area, this list was reviewed. QIs that were deemed to be 'topped out', or no longer priority measures, were discarded and new QIs were added. As a result, 42 QIs were selected for retooling and further development.16
Since 2006, 24 QIs developed by COMPAQH have been implemented nationwide (depending on the topic, among the 3000 HCOs, including 1300 acute-care organisations). Of the 24 QIs, 16 are based on PMRs, six on administrative data extracted from a national database, and two are based on an ad hoc survey (table 1).
Ten QIs were discarded because of low acceptance or poor metrological qualities.17 We shall use the results for the first six QIs to illustrate the methodology and the challenges encountered during development and implementation (table 2).
Medical record sampling strategy
First, the QIs must be designed; a process that employs the collaboration of healthcare professionals and their representatives, in efforts to ensure face-to-face and content validation among stakeholders. After this stage, sufficient and accurate data need to be obtained for QI measurement. Our data collection method is based on manual data extraction from a random sample of 60–80 PMRs per hospital. The sample size needs to be small to limit workload and contain costs (feasibility). However, it also needs to be large enough to ensure reliability (ie, reproducible results for a fixed set of conditions irrespective of who makes the measurement) and discriminative power (ie, ability to detect overall poor quality and/or variations in quality among hospitals statistically).18 ,19 Discriminative power is crucial in order that public reporting and paying-for-performance mechanisms act as incentives for local quality improvement initiatives. Whenever possible, the same set of PMRs is used to measure several QIs.
QI feasibility, reliability and discriminative power
To ensure method validity, we assessed the metrological qualities of the QIs in a pilot test on 50 to more than 100 hospitals (depending on the QI). Three criteria were taken into account in the selection of hospitals: geographical area, volume of activity and status (teaching, public, private-non-profit and private-for-profit).
Poor data collection can diminish the metrological qualities of QIs. We used a 30-item standard grid to assess five dimensions of feasibility (acceptability, workload, understanding of QI implementation, professional involvement and organisational capacity including IT systems) in the pilot test.20–22 The grid was assessed in each pilot hospital by the health professional in charge of the data collection. In general, for each feasibility dimension, the total number of problems encountered was calculated. We considered a 'no feasibility' issue as under 5% of problems, 'middle feasibility' issue between 5% and 10% of problems, and a 'feasibility' issue up to 10% of problems. The feasibility problems encountered were then discussed in an expert panel before validating the content of each QI. In the pilot test, the highest incidence of feasibility problems was encountered with the acute myocardial infarction (AMI)-related QI (11% vs 4.9% for 'quality and content of anaesthetic records', and 3.2% or less for the other QIs). The dimension concerned was 'professional involvement'. Originally, it was stipulated that a health professional of the specialty (eg, a cardiologist) must be involved in the data collection process, but during the pilot test, it was difficult to achieve this aim for all hospitals. The average time spent on data collection was 8.5 days per hospital for the five QIs related to medical or anaesthetic record content, and 5 days for AMI QIs (including sample of the medical records, retrieval from archives, abstraction of the sample, data entry in the computer and verification of data quality). As a result, a national generalisation committee was created, which meets each year, and whose discussions include difficulties, including feasibility, encountered by hospitals during generalisation. Currently, no intrinsic limitation of feasibility has been reported for this or any other QI during nationwide generalisation.23
Interobserver reliability is essential for standardised manual data collection. The reliability of our method was tested by double-data capture of 20 PMRs by two independent observers in 10 hospitals. Observer agreement, as given by the Kappa coefficient, was in the range 0.80–0.96 for each QI.
Discriminative power
A QI should be able to detect room for improvement in clinical care. We routinely perform two tests: (1) the QI results obtained are first tested using Student's t test or Wilcoxon signed-rank test against an optimal threshold (100%). If the difference is significant (at 0.05%), the mean QI is below the desired threshold and (2) the dispersion of QI values among hospitals is tested using the Gini coefficient. This coefficient is a measure of statistical dispersion that is commonly used in economics to describe inequalities across groups.24 ,25 It is a ratio ranging from zero (maximum dispersion) to 1 (no dispersion).
Table 3 gives the mean overall scores for each QI in our pilot study. Scores for all QIs varied widely across hospitals (Gini coefficient<0.5) except for 'order of a lipid test' (AMI 4.2 in table 3). This QI had a mean score (6.9%) far below the theoretical threshold of 100% (p<0.001). For each QI, performance (mean overall score) was significantly lower than the optimal threshold of 100% (p<0.001). Taken together, these results provide evidence for good discriminative power.
Hospital ranking
Our QI scores are computed together with their uncertainty, that is, the 95% CI around the mean score. The CI is estimated using the 'Central limit theorem' which assumes normal distribution of scores for item numbers above 30. The CI thus depends on the number of PMRs. Because of this, hospitals were ranked according to the Hospital Report Research Collaborative method into three categories (top, neutral, bottom) on the basis of the overall mean for all hospitals, and the 95% CI calculated for a normal distribution.26 Hospitals with fewer than 30 PMRs were excluded. Hospital distribution into the three categories was similar during the pilot test and after nationwide QI generalisation, except for 2 QIs, namely, 'time elapsed since sending discharge letters' and 'screening for nutritional disorders' (p<0.001) The difference was in favour of the pilot test (figure 1).
We propose a method for developing QIs for nationwide hospital comparisons based on manual data extraction from PMRs. Our key concern is reducing the workload as far as possible without detracting from the validity of the statistical comparisons among hospitals. We achieved this by selecting the smallest PMR sample (60–80) that can discriminate among hospitals, by using the same set of PMRs to measure several QIs whenever possible, and by discarding QIs that had shown poor metrological qualities in a low-cost pilot test of feasibility, reliability and discriminative power.
Strengths of the method
Our method was adopted in France in 2006, and has led to the nationwide implementation of an increasing number of QIs. Public reporting of 1200 acute-care hospitals based on these QIs has been available since 2008 on the website of the French Ministry of Health.15 The method has three strengths: (1) the close collaboration of health professionals and their representatives in QI development, from the QI design and definition stage to feasibility testing, auditing and validation of any changes made, facilitates QI acceptability, appropriation of audit results and the introduction of quality improvement initiatives; (2) feasibility, reliability and discriminative power were assessed in a low-cost pilot test, which means that each year a new set of QIs can be prepared for generalisation and (3) QIs yielding poor results could be discarded before generalisation.
Our study has limitations. The preset PMR sample size, regardless of the hospital's volume of activity, might introduce a bias. The bias and likelihood of an erroneous classification were limited by combining two approaches: (1) by introducing uncertainty (Van Dishoeck et al recently showed how, depending upon the method used, account can be taken of uncertainty27) and (2) by comparing three categories of hospitals rather than individual hospitals. A second limitation concerns the quality of the data in the PMR sample. Some gaming behaviour and some observer-dependent variability may persist in the data collection process. An ex-post control could be carried out in a sample of hospitals to address this limitation. A third limitation is the fact that this methodology can be time consuming, which limits the number of QIs nationally introduced each year. In order to mitigate this effect, we developed some specific strategies, such as having common collected data for multiple QIs, and a small sample of PMRs required per QI.
Its role in the context of development of EMR system
The above method is a powerful means of implementing an authoritative and valid national QI system, in both developed and developing countries, before EMRs become the norm. As attempts to adopt EMRs have faced several barriers, EMR introduction and adoption at a national level may well take longer than expected.12 In addition, the quality of the data that can be systematically extracted automatically is limited by both technical (IT system compatibility in hospitals) and ethical (confidentiality of information) obstacles to even partial EMR systems.28 Without hampering the development of EMRs and the meaningful use of health information technology, our PMR-based method represents a pragmatic alternative. Importantly, this method may be used in countries with complete paper records, as well as countries with mixed paper and electronic records. We recognise that even in nations with relatively high EMR adoption, often hospitals use both electronic and paper records. This methodology can be applied to the manual extraction of data from EMRs as needed, and act as a bridge to measuring quality in hospitals on a national level pending complete adoption of electronic systems. It is particularly well suited to practice guidelines, organisational issues related to the standardisation of work rules and coordination, and could also be used to assess the quality of patient care pathways.29
We thank members of the COMPAQH team and the hospital representatives who took part in the project. We thank HAS for use of their database. Further details are available on the COMPAQH and HAS websites (http://www.compaqh.fr; http://www.has-sante.fr). The COMPAQH project is supported by the French Ministry of Health and the French National Authority for Health (HAS).
Contributors MC has made substantial contribution to design of the manuscript, has been involved in the drafting and was responsible for the interpretation and statistical analysis of the data. HL and GN were involved in the drafting of the manuscript and brought important intellectual content. LM, CS and FC critically revised the manuscript. EM was involved in the conception and drafting of the manuscript, and has given final approval of the version to be published. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Funding This work was supported by the French High Authority of Health and the French Ministry of Health.
Competing interests None.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
Open Access This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 3.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/


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We have updated the agenda and speaker pages for Collaboration University, both in Chicago and London. It's all done in a very "Web 2.0" fashion by combining Domino, JavaScript, JSON and the Dojo Toolkit. Dynamic link, using Dojo Tooltip, to the speaker with photo.
Go over to Collaboration University and click on Sessions and Speakers pages and roll over things, change days, play around – it's a very cool data-driven Domino application.


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corresponds to the meta navigation bar, by default positioned above the main navigation bar and below the Search box. It contains the Log in, Logout, Help/Guide? etc. entries. This navigation bar is meant to access some global information about the Trac project and the current user.
Note that it is still not possible to customize the contextual navigation bar, i.e. the one usually placed below the main navigation bar.
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Home just wouldn't be the same without your pets, and we invite you to bring them with you to The Collection at Scotland Heights. Your furry friends will love our spacious floor plans and amenities designed with them in mind.
Pet Policy
Cats and dogs are welcome in our community. 2 pets per apartment. 100lb weight limit.
AION allows residents to have dogs, cats and service animals. All animals must be housebroken. No breeding of any permitted animal is allowed. Additionally, the following breeds of dogs are not permitted or any mix of these breeds of dogs where the following breeds are 50% or more in your dog and verified by veterinary report: German Shepherds Akitas, Chow Terriers or Chow breed mixes, American Bulldogs, Bull Staff or Staffordshire Terriers, Doberman/Doberman Pinchers, (mini pinchers are permitted) Rottweiler's, Wolf dog hybrid, Pit-bull terriers, Presa Canario or any variety of Canary dogs. All residents with a pet(s) are required to sign the Pet Addendum and provide a photo of the pet which should be kept in the resident lease file. If applicable, a pet deposit and/or fee and monthly fees are charged.
Fees: $50/mo for 1 pet and $75/month for 2 pets and $300 nonrefundable fee.
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Bornay, manufacturer of small wind turbines and distribution of products for renewable energy systems.
Wind energy will be one of the most used energies in the future of renewable energy. It consists of small wind facilities for electric consumption, which have a connected batteries, regulators and investors wind turbine that can store renewable energy to optimize the consumption of an electrical installation.
The consumption can be integral if we combine low-power wind turbines with solar panels in remote facilities. Bornay is a manufacturer of a wide range of wind turbines and distributor of all the elements needed for electric consumption.


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Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming service Max may only be hours into its rollout, but it quickly came under fire by top Hollywood guilds for the way it credits writers and directors.
Early Wednesday, some started noticing a change to the credits on films. Instead of individually listing writers, directors and producers, the new Max format had lumped them all together. By Wednesday afternoon, the presidents of the Directors Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America West had issued a strongly worded joint statement condemning the "creator" credit.
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"We agree that the talent behind the content on Max deserve their work to be properly recognized," a Max spokesperson said. "We apologize for this mistake."
But it hit a nerve for the guilds at a tense moment in the industry. The writers are on day 22 of a strike and the directors are in negotiations for a new contract.
It "echoes the message we heard in our negotiations .... that writers are marginal, inessential, and should simply accept being paid less and less, while our employers' profits go higher and higher," said Writers Guild of America West President Meredith Stiehm. "This tone-deaf disregard for writers' importance is what brought us to where we are today."
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Customize your product:Yes. You'll then receive extra sheet material to close the door opening.
If you wish to reduce extreme temperatures or condensation you can insulate your building yourself. This is done by installing common insulating panels (such as sandwich panels, Polystyrene, EPS, PIR, Styrodur®, Isover® or Fastfixx®) tightly between the truss tubes. The seams should be sealed with insulation tape or caulking. Ideally the insulation panel thickness should equal the depth of the tubes; 75mm or 50mm. (see construction drawings) Due to the remaining thermal bridges and uninsulated roll-up door/skylights these buildings are less suitable for full heating. Please be aware that the maximum snow load allowance should be reduced with the weight of the roof insulation.
With the E500 series it is possible to build in a different size of roll-up door. We then deliver the entire storage building without a roll-up door so you can order a roll-up door with the desired dimensions yourself.
Due to a different steel construction, it is not possible to install a wider roll-up of overhead door with the H600-, H700h-, H800h- and H900-series storage buildings.
Do you want to build in a higher roll-up or overhead door? Then you need to build the storage building on a stem wall to enlarge the opening for the industrial door.
Yes. To calculate the maximum snow load, you have to subtract the weight of the solar panels from the snow load.
Example: if the snow load for the storage building in question is 1,2kN/m², then the roof can withstand 120 kilos of snow per square meter.
If the solar panels for example weigh 40kg, 80kg remain. In a region where the snow load is less than 0,8kN/m² (80kg per square meter), the storage building can be equipped with solar panels.
Dripstop® is a felt layer attached by default to the roof sheets of the non-insulated H-series storage buildings. It ensures that valuable goods and materials remain dry, even in case of condensation.
Moisture appears when the outside temperature drops and the inside temperature remains relatively high. The Dripstop® felt layer absorbs the moisture and releases it when the outside temperature rises, after which the damp evaporates. This prevents moisture dripping down from the steel roof and damaging the stored goods.
Explanation about how Dripstop® works
Comparison between a roof with and without Dripstop®
The non-insulated storage buildings ventilate at the front and rear under the ridge cap and the gable trim. In addition, all roof seals are equipped with ventilating foam tape. However, the ventilation is not calculated.
The insulated storage buildings have no ventilation openings. You can optionally have a natural or mechanical ventilation system installed.
Ventilation standards are not necessary for storage buildings unless the application prescribes these (for instance storing chemicals).
Yes. You will then receive extra sheet material to seal the opening at the front. Note that the height of the industrial door in a side wall is lower than in a front or back wall.
You can, but the warranty will then lapse. The sheet material has a polyester top coating. If this is covered by an extra layer of paint, the coating no longer offers full protection.
For the H-series, the man door can effortlessly be placed to the left or the right of the roll-up door. And rotating clockwise or counter clockwise.
For the E-series, the man door can only be placed to the right of the roll-up door.
Installation video for a Janus roll-up door (only applicable for non-insulated storage buildings)
Installation video for a Novoferm (Alpha) T450 overhead door for the front/back wall
Installation video for a Novoferm (Alpha) T240 overhead door for the side wall
No, the laws and regulations prescribe that there must be at least 100 cm between them. A distance of one (non-insulated) or two (insulated) meter is also necessary for assembly.
The storage buildings meet the performance requirements for the fire safety of storage buildings as referred to in the Dutch Building Decree 2003. This means that in the event of a fire, the structure remains intact long enough for it not to collapse prematurely. If you want to increase fire safety for people and materials, we advise you to equip the storage building with a sprinkler system.
This is possible for the H-type storage buildings. You can select this as an option. If necessary, you will receive additional construction drawings. Depending on the size of the storage building the additional man door and / or industrial doors can be installed in the rear wall or in the side walls.
No additional man doors and / or industrial doors can be ordered for the E-series.
All man doors are equipped with a cylinder lock. The roll-up doors have a latch for a padlock (not included). The overhead doors can only be opened manually from the inside. The storage buildings can therefore be entirely closed up.
In the product specifications you will find the maximum wind and snow load as described in the official structural calculations. We recommend that you only place the product in wind and snow zones that do not exceed these standards. If you nevertheless choose to install the storage building or tent in a region with higher maximum wind and snow loads, please bear in mind that this is at your own risk.
All our storage buildings can be extended indefinitely with a multiple of 3.0 (E500 storage buildings), 2.7 (H600, H700h and H800h storage buildings) or 3.3 meters (H900-H1000-H1100-H1200 storage buildings). The E500 storage buildings can easily be adjusted to the desired size during assembly by shortening all horizontal parts between the last two frames. The shortest length can also be shortened in this way. The H600, H700h, H800h, H900, H1000, H1100, H1200 series storage buildings cannot be shortened.
The width of the storage building cannot be increased or decreased.
By default, the storage buildings are supplied without gutters and drainpipes. You can optionally order the matching drainage system. The Kroftman drainage system for storage buildings is entirely made of galvanised sheet steel. The system consists of drain pipes on both sides of the storage building with upright pipes (plus final bend) down to the ground. The capacity of the gutter and the number of upright pipes is tailored to the size of the storage building. The standard available colours are pearl-light grey (RAL9022) and anthracite grey (RAL7016).
The main difference is that a roll-up door is made of continuous steel sheeting and an overhead door consists of hollow aluminum segments filled with insulating PUR foam. This means that with an insulated storage building only an overhead door is possible. With an non-insulated storage building you choose from both.
Overhead door
+ Insulated
+ Opens complete, so full height to use
+ In the event of damage, only the damaged element needs to be replaced
+ Makes less noise
+ Burglary resistant: can only be opened manually from the inside
– Can not be opened from outside (except with a remote control)
– More expensive
– The overhead door hangs horizontally in the indoor area, so that the working height in the storage building cannot be fully used
Please check also our Q&A about how to install a roll-up or overhead door
You can create an indoor porch by simply installing the front wall in the second or third roof truss. You could do the same with the rear wall of course.
Our storage buildings are delivered without an electric opener as standard. Optionally you can order an electric opener (including 2 remote controls) for the roll-up or overhead door
Kroftman storage buildings can always be placed without a foundation. This distinctive advantage allows you to achieve huge savings on the overall project costs. This allows one to place a storage building much more quickly and inexpensively. The storage building can also be placed on Stelcon® sheets, asphalt, pavement and even on compacted earth, gravel or rubble.
Have a look at our special page about the anchoring options.
Kroftman only supplies storage buildings without windows. If you nevertheless would like to place one or more windows in your storage building, you must do this yourself. In that case, keep in mind that the structural calculation is no longer applicable and the warranty on the construction and sheeting will then lapse.
Of all our storage buildings, storage tents and container shelters we have structural calculations available in German. These are available on request and free of charge.
For these structural calculations we work with German engineers. These structural calculations always meet the ′Eurocode′ standard supplemented by German codes DIN+DIBt ensuring wide European and International acceptance. To maintain the legal status, we only provide the original untranslated documents in the German language. Should this cause you any difficulties, you can use these documents as a basis to ask a local engineer to draw up a structural calculation in your own language which meets your local requirements.
That depends on the product and the local regulations. A permit is usually not necessary for temporary placement. For (semi) permanent placements, it's best to contact your municipality.
You can download the construction drawings to apply for a building permit. Upon request we can also supply the structural calculations entirely free of charge and obligation.
The transport volume of an insulated storage building is 3 to 4 times greater than that of a non-insulated storage building. The insulated sheeting is 4 cm thick, that of non-insulated sheeting is only 0.4 mm thick. The skylight panels of a non-insulated storage building are also much thicker than those of an non-insulated storage building. The insulated storage building has an insulated overhead door as standard. This door takes up much more volume than the standard roll-up door of an uninsulated storage building. Due to the larger volume, we cannot combine the transport of the warehouse with the transport of other products. This means that we must arrange transport for just one address. As a rule, this is always more expensive than a combined transport.
To guarantee fast and trouble-free assembly, we make the inspection and assembly conditions mandatory for customers who have the product assembled by our own assembly team. However, the instructions mentioned in the document naturally also apply to do-it-yourself assembly. We strongly advise you to follow this so that you will not be faced with any surprises during assembly.


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She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"He said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to the people and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter [already] decreed.' " (19:20-12)
how you evaluate the Mightiness of God.
If the Deceiver led you to think of something outside what was revealed by God. Then you will believe in part of God becoming human. Thats what the Deceiver had been doing to many sons of Adam in the past. So reread the Words of God for guidance.
You say "Deceiver". Can you tell me more about this "Deceiver"? Was he created by Allah ?
O mankind, fear your Lord and fear a Day when no father will avail his son, nor will a son avail his father at all. Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth, so let not the worldly life delude you and be not deceived about Allah by the Deceiver. 31:33
Deceiver has his ways to falsify the covenant sent by God for mankind.
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Bourne's Energy would like to propose the following options to members of the Northeast Kingdom Chamber of Commerce:
Customer usage over 2000 gallons per year
Any customer using more than 2000 gallons per year would contact Bourne's Strategic Commercial Division (Tracy Baker or Levi Bourne). Tracy or Levi would meet with customer to review usage, tanks, equipment etc. Pricing would be negotiated on an individual basis based on the information gathered.
Customer usage less than 2000 gallons per year
Customer would receive a $.20 prompt pay discount off our retail price. If customer pays in full within ten days of delivery they receive a $.20 per gallon discount.
Bagged and Bulk Pellets Available. Please call the Lyndonville office for pricing at 802-626-9859
Bourne's Energy is a locally owned and operated company providing 24/7 service to all our accounts.
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- Hypoallergenic 14k gold-filled ear wires
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- Very lightweight
- Water-sensitive
- Each earring displays a natural color variation and a unique woodgrain pattern.
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U.S. Department of Transportation
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Federal Highway Administration Research and Technology
Coordinating, Developing, and Delivering Highway Transportation Innovations
This report is an archived publication and may contain dated technical, contact, and link information |
Publication Number: FHWA-RD-07-052 Date: September 2007 |
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The Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) program is an ongoing and active program. To obtain current information and access to other technical references, LTPP data users should visit the LTPP Web site at https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/pavement/ltpp. LTPP data requests, technical questions, and data user feedback can be submitted to LTPP customer service via e-mail at ltpp email@example.com.
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This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The U.S. Government assumes no liability for the use of the information contained in this document. This report does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation.
The U.S. Government does not endorse products or manufacturers. Trade and manufacturers' names appear in this report only because they are considered essential to the object of the document.
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) provides high-quality information to serve Government, industry, and the public in a manner that promotes public understanding. Standards and policies are used to ensure and maximize the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of its information.FHWA periodically reviews quality issues and adjusts its programs and processes to ensure continuous quality improvement.
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1. Report No. FHWA-HRT-07-052 |
2. Government Accession No. |
3. Recipient's Catalog No. |
4. Title and Subtitle Long Term Pavement Performance Project Laboratory Materials Testing And Handling Guide |
5. Report Date September 2007 |
6. Performing Organization Code |
7. Author(s) A.L. Simpson, P.N. Schmalzer, and G.R. Rada |
8. Performing Organization Report No. |
9. Performing Organization Name and Address MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc. |
10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) |
11. Contract or Grant No. DTFH61-02-C-00007 |
12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address Office of Infrastructure Research and Development |
13. Type of Report and Period Covered Final Report, June 2005 to June 2006 |
14. Sponsoring Agency Code |
15. Supplementary Notes Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR): Aramis Lopez, Jr., HRDI-13 |
16. Abstract The Long Term Pavement Performance (LTPP)Laboratory Material Testing Guide was originally prepared for laboratory material handling and testing of material specimens and samples of asphalt materials, portland cement concrete, aggregates, and soils under the supervision of the Strategic Highway Research Program. This version of the Guide has been updated to provide a historical reference document for analysts of the LTPP data. It provides the basis for the quality control program used in performing the laboratory testing, the protocols used in testing the material samples, and the guidelines for handling these samples in the laboratory. Additionally, this document provides the guidelines used for identifying the pavement structure based on the material properties of the sampled layers. |
17. Key Words Asphalt cement, asphalt concrete, field sampling, General Pavement Studies, laboratory testing, LTPP, material properties, pavement layering, Pavement Performance Data Base, portland cement concrete, protocol,Specific Pavement Studies, subbase, subgrade, treated base, unbound base |
18. Distribution Statement No restrictions. This document is available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161. |
19. Security Classif. (of this report) Unclassified |
20. Security Classif. (of this page) Unclassified |
21. No. of Pages 587 |
22. Price |
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Chapter 2. Quality Control/Quality Assurance Procedures
Chapter 4. Testing Instructions
AAP | AASHTO Accreditation Program |
AASHTO | American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials |
AC | Asphalt Concrete |
ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
BBR | Bending beam Rheometer |
COTR | Contracting Officer's Technical Representative |
CTB | Cement treated Base |
CTR | Coefficient of Thermal Expansion |
DCP | Dynamic cone Penetrometer |
DOT | Department of Transportation |
DSR | Dynamic shear Rheometer |
FHWA | Federal Highway Administration |
FWD | Falling Weight Deflectometer |
GPS | General Pavement Studies |
HCL | Hydrochloric acid |
HMA | Hotmix Asphalt |
HMAC | Hotmix Asphalt Concrete |
ISSA | International Slurry Surfacing Association |
L/D | Length to Diameter Ratio |
LCB | Lean Concrete Base |
LL | Liquid Limit |
LTPP | Long Term Pavement Performance |
LVDT | Linear Voltage Displacement Transducer |
MAP | Materials Action Plan |
MRL | Materials Reference Library |
NAA | National Aggregate Association |
NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
PAV | Pressure Aging Vessel |
PCC | Portland Cement Concrete |
PI | Plasticity Index |
PL | Plastic limit |
PPDB | Pavement Performance Data Base |
PVR | Potential Vertical Rise |
QA | Quality Assurance |
QC | Quality Control |
RTFO | rolling thin film oven |
SHRP | Strategic Highway Research Program |
SPS | Specific Pavement Studies |
SSD | Saturated Surface Dry |
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The scene from Dickens's Tavistock House Twelfth Night production of "The Frozen Deep" on the stage of "The Smallest Theatre in the World" is from The Illustrated London News for 17 January 1857, pages 51-52. "Wardour [played by Dickens] in rags, wild as a maniac, rushes into the cave [on the Newfoundland coast]. He claims food and drink, part of which he takes, and carefully preserves the rest in a wallet. Crayford at last recognises him--endeavours to seize him--but the madman dashes away, soon to return, with poor exhausted Aldersley in his arms. He had become the preserver of the man whom he had seduced to the most desolate spots on the Arctic snows for the purpose of destroying. He makes full reparation for his intended crime; and, ere his death [pictured here], blesses the union of Clara Burnham and Frank Aldersley. The reader will perceive that Mr. Charles Dickens had in such a character as this a part that required the consummate acting of a well-practised performer" (p. 52).
In a subsequent performance, Dickens was praised by Queen Victoria for his acting skills. When the play was taken on the road, one of the professional actresses engaged to replaced members of Dickens's family was young Ellen Ternan, probably his mistress and the prototype of Lucie Manette in A Tale of Two Cities and Estella in Great Expectations. Certainly Wardour's rescuing his rival from the Arctic elements is reflected in Sydney Carton's substituting himself for Charles Darnay as the guillotine's victim at the conclusion of A Tale of Two Cities in 1859.
Other pieces in which Dickens, Lemon, Augustus Egg, and Miss Hogarth appeared at the time were Inchbald's farce "Animal Magnetism," and Buckstone's farce "Uncle John."
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Regal Cinemas To Reopen By July
Cineworld, the company that owns Regal Cinemas, has shared that it expects to reopen its doors in July. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the company "has put in place procedures to ensure a safe and enjoyable cinema experience for its employees and customers." This means we'll most likely see cinemas open at partial capacity, with heightened sanitation practices between screenings. But at least we'll finally be allowed to go to a movie theater.
Along with this announcement, Cineworld also revealed that the company will be boosting its liquidity by $110 million to ensure Cinemark's survival. Cineworld expects that this additional liquidity "will provide it with sufficient headroom to support the group even in the unlikely event cinemas remain closed until the end of the year." This is a long game, and business strategies such as these can make or break the future of movie theaters.
When Regal Cinemas hopefully do reopen in July, they'll begin by premiering Disney's live-action remake Mulan and Christopher Nolan's psychological thriller Tenet. Mulan's release was pushed from March 27 to July 24, while Tenet always had a July 17 release from the beginning. As far as the other major theater chains, AMC has stated that it won't come back until there's new studio content, while Cinemark is looking at a potential July reopening. We might be in the home stretch now.
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Intellect: A tool for the soul.
Satguru Bodhinatha Veylanswami , 2008-11-21
Intellect and technology can be tools but also can obscure the soul. Kaif, naam ariyom: The concepts are not the experiences. Detach from knowledge. Shum: A map, not the destination. Ideally the intellect is the opposite of the "know it all" feeling. The intellect needs to be subservient to the soul, it's deepest use: To strive for insight, for intuition, rather than reason.
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Merging with Siva lessons are on the intellect.
In our donor appreciation reception in Palo Alto we had a chance to talk to Rolf. He's the gentleman who works at Goggle and originally he went to Goggle for analytics. He was the, they bought out his company in San Diego and he moved up and he rewrote his analytic software in Goggle style, shall we say. They have their own style of how software should be written. So, he had to rewrite the whole thing to do the same thing but so that it was compatible their way of doing software. So he finished that and he got to transfer to the goggle.org which is the nonprofit so he's very involved now in alternate energy. So we were talking about alternate energy for a few minutes. And he said: Goggle already has a couple of people on the team that's discussing energy policies with Obama. So I thought that was interesting. But the point, the reason I brought it up is he made an interesting statement. He was very impressed the whole presentation, everything we're doing here at the monastery. He's very impressed with our use of technology in terms of spirituality. He finds it somewhat unique. I'm not quite sure how it looks unique to him; we're so used to doing it, you know. It's just a way of life to us but to him there's something unique about our combination of spirituality and technology.
So, I was thinking of Gurudeva's statement which is here in today's lesson, I quoted it, let me find it here. He's talking about: "You can also see when the intellect becomes a tool for the intuitive mind." Or said another way, you can say: The intellect is a tool for the soul, the intuitive mind. So, I was saying: Just like the intellect can be a tool for the soul, technology can be a tool of the soul. Same idea. Likewise, they can both cover up the soul. They can obscure it. We can get so involved in the ramifications of technology that we find it more fascinating than the soul. It's just so fascinating. You know, we can't stop thinking about technology even in our dreams. Likewise, the intellect, we can get so caught up in concepts that the concepts themselves become a barrier to the deeper experiences.
We were questioning about that on the Innersearch, India. The Innersearch India we were teaching meditation, teaching the twelve mamsani and some introductory material to go along with it. Well Gurudeva points it out in the example of kaif, he says: Now be very careful when you're meditating on kaif not to just repeat the concept -- awareness aware of itself -- and think that the concept is the experience of kaif because it's not. It's just a description of what the experience is like but it's not the experience. So likewise, in the teachings there's one, one one we usually quote is "naam ariyom" Chellapa's famous statement that, we know not. So, the way I usually reference that is the study of a subject like computers; the more you study the more you know. That's the usual process, right? We study, we study, we study and study for two years you can learn so much, you study for four years, you learn even more. Then in most studies, the longer you study the more knowledge you accumulate. But, in this particular approach -- "naam ariyom" -- the deeper experience which we read about are different from the experience. So we don't acquire knowledge; we detach ourselves from the knowledge we've acquired. So Shum is very helpful in that regard it, when it's understood as a map. That's what it is, it's a map to get somewhere but it's not the destination.
We were on the trip, generally when I'm traveling I'm driven around in Mercedes or BMW's, you know one or the other and then I come home to my humble Honda. I think this Mercedes had a GPS; it was talking to us cause we didn't know where we were going. You know, turn left, go straight, do this, do that, do that. So it was useful information but it wasn't the destination. In other words it helped us get somewhere. In this case it helped us get to Carlsbad Caverns which were fascinating caves underground. But it wasn't the destination it just helped us get there.
So likewise, when it comes to knowledge of the soul, the knowledge helps us get somewhere but it's not describing the destination itself. So that's the important point in what Gurudeva's talking about.
So, let me just read one thing; I thought this was nice. This is talking about how we should use the intellect.
"Since the intellect is made fundamentally of thoughts which are ever creating, preserving and destroying themselves, the control of thoughts builds the seventh aspect of man the intuitive mind or actinodic causal sheath, known in Sanskrit as vijnanamaya kosha. Intuition, knowing, awareness and understanding--these are products not of the intellect, but of the intuitive mind. The dedicated student who has applied himself seriously leaves college not with a 'know it all' feeling but with an awareness of the limits of the intellect, and profound respect for the vast amount of knowledge that he has yet to discover or unfold. Conceit is a sure sign of insecurity; humility denotes awareness."
So that's the way, ideally, the intellect is. It's the opposite of the "know it all" feeling. So, unfortunately, sometimes those who go to university for 4 years or 8 years or 12 years, whatever, leave with a know it all feeling. They feel that they really have acquired a great deal of knowledge and kind of show it off. But that's when the intellect becomes a barrier. But it's natural because there's nothing spiritual being taught in university so it's natural to end up in that state of mind. But, if we have Gurudeva's teachings then we can balance it out. Gurudeva always encouraged education particularly for a specific profession. Just more knowledge for the sake of knowledge puts more opinions in the intellect. And therefore, we have to deal with more opinionated knowledge and sort it out. But, knowledge acquired to perform in a profession is different. It's very practical in that sense. It doesn't clutter up the intellect if we're actually going to use it in our life after we graduate.
"Opinionated knowledge is a faculty of memory. We study, we listen, we hear and we quote the opinions of others. Opinionated knowledge is stored up in the memory grid work of the subconscious mind. This provides security or a platform for the intellect making it strong, developing an ego. Therefore, intellect is our ego. The ego separates people from people, nations from nations and the soul from realization of the Self. Perhaps you have been thinking that this statement is anti-intellectual, against education. Let's examine the real meaning, function and purpose of education. Education is not worn, it does not stick to you, it is not your collection of someone else's opinions. Through education you stimulate your intellect. Education is that which you bring out from within yourself as a result of your personal interest in the fulfillment of your birth karmas. Education means exposure to new ideas and old opinions giving you the tools to explore your own opinions freely, make decisions, research and review them and advance your understanding of God, soul and world. This is education, it is not static, it is as fluid as a river or it should be. You have the choice, the ability, to remold your intellect any way you want. The great Truths of life are part of your being, they are within you. The only real permanent education is your unfoldment into the building of the intuitive mind through the control of the intellect."
So Gurudeva's idea is that intellect is very important, it helps control our emotions. I didn't go into that part to save time but he first points out that the intellect, when it comes into strength, helps us control the emotional nature. So we get angry, fearful, jealous, less often then we would without a developed intellect. But then, the intellect itself can become a new problem as we've talked about, if we don't realize that it needs to be subservient to the soul and to strive for insight, to strive for intuition. The deepest use of the intellect involves finding answers from within our self which means intuition rather than reason.
Thank you very much. Have a wonderful phase.
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(photo courtesy of flickr – Leandro Neumann Ciuffo, Rèveillon 2013 – Copacabana – Rio de Janeiro)
So, how do the Cariocas (as Rio's fun-loving city inhabitants call themselves) ring in the New Year in Rio? Let's take a look . . .
As with many cultures, the start of the New Year in Brazil represents a time of renewal, a fresh start and hope for the future. In Rio, the biggest celebration takes place on Copacabana Beach where millions of partygoers flock to the shore to watch the midnight fireworks display set from ocean barges. Meanwhile a steady samba beat fills the sultry summer evening air.
Cultural Traditions
New Year's in Rio honors the city's rich cultural heritage. For starters, revelers wear all white clothing to symbolize a cleansing of the past and a welcoming nod to the New Year. But to attract a certain kind of luck, many add accent colors, too, each with its own symbolism: red, to attract love and romance; green, for good health; and yellow for prosperity.
Another popular New Year's tradition comes from Candomblé, Rio's Afro-Brazilian religion. In this ritual, celebrants cast white flowers, floating candles and toy wooden boats with small gifts into the ocean as offerings to Yemanja, Queen of the Seas. Believers say that if your tokens return to you, your wishes will not be granted, though nothing prevents you from trying again.
Just after midnight, merrymakers jump into the ocean to skip over seven different waves, making seven different wishes to Yemanja for the New Year. But legend says that if you turn your back while going back to shore, your wishes will not come true.
Naturally, Rio's New Year festivities include favorite Brazilian foods for good luck, like lentils, pork and fish accompanied by the pop of champagne to bring in the New Year. And where does chocolate fit in, I wonder . . . ?
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Title: Last Call
Author: A.S. Kelly
Genre: Romantic Comedy/Contemporary
Release Date: December 2, 2019
My name is Niall Kerry. I'm almost forty years old, and I'm drowning in something that begins with 'S' – it doesn't quite seem appropriate to write it down here.
After a lifetime out on a sports field, living as a champion – as someone who never had to ask for anything – I've suddenly found myself starting from scratch. I'm living in the middle of nowhere with my parents, I'm jobless, and I have a teenage daughter who hates me. Oh, and I have to try and regain the trust of everyone I know.
It's not easy to convince people that, deep down, you're not so bad; that you're no longer that troublesome kid they once knew.
It's not easy to work my way into the heart of my favourite headmistress, Jordan. It's especially difficult when she wants nothing to do with me.
But you know what? I'm not the kind of guy who just sits back and accepts defeat, or who stops at the small print at the bottom of the page. I'm someone who plays right until the final whistle.
And when her heart is on the line, I'm ready to make my strict, sexy headmistress an offer she can't refuse.


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June 16, 2009
Yekaterinburg, Russia
We, the leaders of the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India and the People's Republic of China, have discussed the current situation in global economy and other pressing issues of global development, and also prospects for further strengthening collaboration within the BRIC, at our meeting in Ekaterinburg on 16 June, 2009.
- We stress the central role played by the G20 Summits in dealing with the financial crisis. They have fostered cooperation, policy coordination and political dialogue regarding international economic and financial matters.
- We call upon all states and relevant international bodies to act vigorously to implement the decisions adopted at the G20 Summit in London on 2 April, 2009. We shall cooperate closely among ourselves and with other partners to ensure further progress of collective action at the next G20 Summit to be held in Pittsburgh in September 2009. We look forward to a successful outcome of the United Nations Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development to be held in New York on 24-26 June 2009.
- We are committed to advance the reform of international financial institutions, so as to reflect changes in the world economy. The emerging and developing economies must have greater voice and representation in international financial institutions, and their heads and senior leadership should be appointed through an open, transparent, and merit-based selection process. We also believe that there is a strong need for a stable, predictable and more diversified international monetary system.
- We are convinced that a reformed financial and economic architecture should be based, inter alia, on the following principles:
democratic and transparent decision-making and implementation process at the international financial organizations;
solid legal basis;
compatibility of activities of effective national regulatory institutions and international standard-setting bodies;
strengthening of risk management and supervisory practices.
- We recognize the important role played by international trade and foreign direct investments in the world economic recovery. We call upon all parties to work together to improve the international trade and investment environment. We urge the international community to keep the multilateral trading system stable, curb trade protectionism, and push for comprehensive and balanced results of the WTO's Doha Development Agenda.
- The poorest countries have been hit hardest by the financial crisis. The international community needs to step up efforts to provide liquidity for these countries. The international community should also strive to minimize the impact of the crisis on development and ensure the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. Developed countries should fulfill their commitment of 0.7% of Gross National Income for the Official Development Assistance and make further efforts in increasing assistance, debt relief, market access and technology transfer for developing countries.
- The implementation of the concept of sustainable development, comprising, inter alia, the Rio Declaration, Agenda for the 21st Century and multilateral environmental agreements, should be a major vector in the change of paradigm of economic development.
- We stand for strengthening coordination and cooperation among states in the energy field, including amongst producers and consumers of energy and transit states, in an effort to decreasing uncertainty and ensuring stability and sustainability. We support diversification of energy resources and supply, including renewable energy, security of energy transit routes and creation of new energy investments and infrastructure.
- We support international cooperation in the field of energy efficiency. We stand ready for a constructive dialogue on how to deal with climate change based on the principle of common but differentiated responsibility, given the need to combine measures to protect the climate with steps to fulfil our socio-economic development tasks.
- We reaffirm to enhance cooperation among our countries in socially vital areas and to strengthen the efforts for the provision of international humanitarian assistance and for the reduction of natural disaster risks. We take note of the statement on global food security issued today as a major contribution of the BRIC countries to the multilateral efforts to set up the sustainable conditions for this goal.
- We reaffirm to advance cooperation among our countries in science and education with the aim, inter alia, to engage in fundamental research and development of advanced technologies.
- We underline our support for a more democratic and just multi-polar world order based on the rule of international law, equality, mutual respect, cooperation, coordinated action and collective decision-making of all states. We reiterate our support for political and diplomatic efforts to peacefully resolve disputes in international relations.
- We strongly condemn terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and reiterate that there can be no justification for any act of terrorism anywhere or for whatever reasons. We note that the draft Comprehensive Convention against International Terrorism is currently under the consideration of the UN General Assembly and call for its urgent adoption.
- We express our strong commitment to multilateral diplomacy with the United Nations playing the central role in dealing with global challenges and threats. In this respect, we reaffirm the need for a comprehensive reform of the UN with a view to making it more efficient so that it can deal with today's global challenges more effectively. We reiterate the importance we attach to the status of India and Brazil in international affairs, and understand and support their aspirations to play a greater role in the United Nations.
- We have agreed upon steps to promote dialogue and cooperation among our countries in an incremental, proactive, pragmatic, open and transparent way. The dialogue and cooperation of the BRIC countries is conducive not only to serving common interests of emerging market economies and developing countries, but also to building a harmonious world of lasting peace and common prosperity.
- Russia, India and China welcome the kind invitation of Brazil to host the next BRIC summit in 2010.


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I know what some of you might be thinking, Hey! i've seen a similar album cover recently by a few musicians like Adele but she just ripped it off from the IDM classic remix LP Marumari's "The Remixes" on Carpark from 2002. Just kidding, i'm sure none of you thought that. I always loved this remix, later in the song it reminds me if U2 asked Lusine to do a remix, but I feel the whistling high synth is a sample of an actual U2 song but I can't put my finger on it, Mux Mool says it reminds him of Geto Boys – Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta, I can hear that.
Tadd Mullinix aka Dabrye aka James T. Cotton aka SK-1 kicked off the Ghostly catalog in 2000 with his Dark IDM meets dark classical album called Winking Makes A Face. The beauty of this song in my opinion reveals itself starting at 2:23 and on, it has such good composition, when I just heard it I realized that the geniuses of this generation of composers should be making music like this.
Tom Croose turned me onto this John Selway song, it should be coming out on vinyl on Throne of Blood which is The Rapture's label, its a nice deep cut that rides out all the way to the end nicely.
I have a list of 2009 Summer Jams, In my Top 25 Jamie Jones is climbing up that chart with his hit Summertime, should be out next month for any of you slow house vinyl junkies, it would be in the Top 10 but that breakdown is god awful, any wanna do an edit? please email it to me.
For the indie rock fans, sorry for the all electronic post today but The Decemberists will be on Colbert Report tonight so that should be good.
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