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Anesthesiology Digest – July 23, 2021
CMS Releases 2022 PFS and QPP Proposed Rule
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a 1,747 page rule with its proposed actions for CY 2022.
Fee Schedule Provisions:
Conversion factors (CF) are proposed to decrease due to two factors:
Re-capture of the funds Congress provided for 2021 via the Consolidated Appropriations Act in late December. The starting point for 2022 conversion factor calculations is what the CF would have been without that Congressional action.
A statutorily required budget neutrality adjustment.
To read more, go to ASA's website.
CMS Releases 2022 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the calendar year 2022 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) proposed rule, which includes payment provisions and policy changes to the Quality Payment Program (QPP) for 2022 and beyond.
Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS)
With the proposed budget neutrality adjustment to account for changes in RVUs, and expiration of the 3.75% payment increase provided for CY 2021 by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) the proposed 2022 MPFS conversion factor is $33.5848; a 3.75% decrease from 2021's $ 34.8931.
The separately calculated Anesthesia Conversion Factor is proposed at $21.0442, a 2.39% decrease from the 2021 conversion factor of $21.5600.CMS estimates an overall impact to allowed charges from MPFS proposed changes as follows:
Anesthesiology: 1%
Diagnostic Radiology: -2%
Interventional Radiology: -9%
Diagnostic Testing Facility: 0%
Emergency Medicine: 0%
Critical Care: 0%
Nuclear Medicine: -2%
Pathology: -1%
Radiation Oncology/Therapy Centers: -5%
Physician Assistants: 1%
Nurse Practitioners: 1%
Independent Laboratory -2%
Proposed Rule
2022 QPP Proposed Rule Resources
UnitedHealth's Limits on Out-of-network Care Seen as Surprise Billing Ban Reaction
By Nona Tepper | July 7, 2021
UnitedHealth Group's decision to end some out-of-network coverage caught providers by surprise, with many speculating the move is part of a broader set of policies by the nation's largest insurer aimed at controlling costs and lowering provider reimbursement.
Starting July 1, UnitedHealthcare no longer pays out-of-network claims when fully insured customers seek non-emergency care outside of their local coverage area. Patients seeking treatment from "step down" facilities away from where they live, including skilled nursing homes, residential treatment facilities, inpatient rehabilitation programs and more, are subject to the new rule. Coverage areas typically include the entire state and surrounding states where patients reside.
"Anyone currently receiving treatment will be allowed to continue their treatment without disruption," a United Healthcare spokesperson wrote in an email. The company instituted the change as a way to reduce costs and improve quality care, according to the spokesperson.
United rolled out the policy to a select number of fully insured employer plans and individual market health products, which must fully adopt the new restrictions by mid-2022. The insurer notified providers of the new policy in June, just days before CMS published an interim final rule implementing the surprise billing protections President Joe Biden enacted this year.
"Over the course of a couple of days, we just started getting call after call from people freaking out about it," said Zachary Rothenberg, a partner at the Los Angeles-based law firm
Nelson Hardiman, which represents a number of behavioral health providers. "The rumor mill, as you can imagine, is hot."
To read more, go to Modern Healthcare.
Physician Compensation Plateaus During Pandemic
By Ginger Christ | July 6, 2021
As doctors' offices shut down and hospitals paused elective procedures during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, patient volumes for healthcare providers nosedived. And with them, productivity-based financial gains for physicians.
Physicians, who typically see cost-of-living pay increases each year, generally experienced much more modest salary gains in 2020, according to Modern Healthcare's 28th annual Physician Compensation Survey, which analyzes data from surveys of 10 placement firms.
"There's been this trend year-over-year of increases in salary but we saw that stop," said Michael Belkin, a divisional vice president at physician staffing firm Merritt Hawkins.
In 2020, the overall average of the reported median physician compensation inched upward less than 0.5% from the previous year to $416,966. Compare that to 2019 when the overall average increased 2.7% from the year before.
There largely wasn't a major drop in physician compensation, as might have been expected during the pandemic, said Dave Hesselink, a principal at workforce consulting group SullivanCotter.
"The reason for that is most large organizations helped protect physician compensation, especially during that large shutdown," Hesselink said.
In a survey SullivanCotter conducted last fall, about two-thirds of the organizations that responded said they had protected physician compensation to some degree in 2020. In some cases, those were short-term protections that lasted during the shutdown and, in others, adjustments were made to the salary floor, said Patty Bohney, a principal in SullivanCotter's physician workforce practice.
"There have been some winners and there have been some specialties that have not bounced back as fast as others," Belkin added. "Specialists have continued to be in high demand."
In 2020, medical oncology saw the largest year-over-year gains, recording a 5.6% increase to an average compensation of $458,127, according to the survey. Pediatricians' compensation, meanwhile, took the biggest hit, falling 3.3% to an average of $245,783.
On top of that, the number of physician jobs Merritt Hawkins was asked to fill was down about 25% from the previous year, Belkin said.
First Rule for Federal Surprise Medical Bill Law Released
On July 1, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Treasury, along with the Office of Personnel Management released an interim final rule with comment period (IFC), entitled "Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part I." This rule implements the No Surprises Act which was part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. It establishes rules around surprise medical bills when care is received either in or out-of-network. This is the first of three rules that are expected to be released. This first rule will establish the methodology and information payers must use to make payments, as well as procedure for making complaints about payers. The comment period will begin soon and will last 60 days.
The No Surprise Act created an independent dispute resolution (IDR) process for when payers and physicians disagree over the payment amount. ASA strongly advocated for and was successful in ensuring that public payer rates could not be used in this arbitration process. The law goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2022.
Key takeaways from the rule follow:
The rule bans out of network charges for ancillary services, such as anesthesia, at in-network facility in all circumstances. (Source – Press Release)
In circumstances when anesthesia services are provided out-of-network, the Qualified Payment Amount (QPA) methodology has been established. Consistent with ASA's lobbying of the Administration, the rule recognizes the special circumstances in calculating anesthesia payments and permits payments to be determined by anesthesia conversion factor. Specifically, the payment will based on median contracted anesthesia conversion factor x (sum of base unit + time unit + physician status modifier units of the participant, beneficiary, or enrollee to whom anesthesia services are furnished). (Source IFC – page 84)
The IFC recognizes inflation and in CY 2022 rates will be updated by the CPI-U (Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers). This is referred to as the indexed median contracted rate. For CY 2023 and subsequent years there will be similar adjustments incorporating the percentage increase in the CPI-U over the previous year
ASA is continuing to review the rule and will provide further updates including guidance on submitting comments.
Interim Final Rule
Key Surprise Billing Ban Details Still Murky for Providers, Insurers
With five months before the surprise billing ban takes effect, the Biden administration hasn't released many of the most important details about how the No Surprises Act will work, leaving providers and insurers little time to plan for the changes.
CMS' first rule outlawing balance billing contained expected patient protections against surprise billing and high cost-sharing for out-of-network care, as outlined in the December law.
But providers and insurers are still in the dark about the independent dispute resolution process and how regulators will define key terms for arbitrators or calculate median in-network rates.
"It's not really what providers or payers were looking for," Avalere Health consultant Tim Epple said. "I don't think there is anything that we've seen that differed meaningfully from the legislative text or the intent of the statute."
Healthcare executives could start to get antsy as the Biden administration approaches its self-imposed October 1 deadline to wrap up the rulemaking process, he said. Without more information about how regulators will define geographic regions, immediate in-network rate comparison and other aspects of the law, providers could struggle to figure out their risk exposure and strategy for dealing with the surprise billing ban.
"If they wait until October, that's a pretty tight time crunch for what is going to be a fair bit of change," Epple said.
The patient protections will have the greatest effect on consumers and will ultimately affect insurers' health plan documents during open enrollment this fall, Manatt Health partner Michael Kolber said.
But later rules will squarely address provider-payer business relationships. Congress didn't give the Biden administration much wiggle room to determine the so-called "qualifying payment amount," which the law defines as an insurer's historical median in-network rate for a given service. Arbitrators will use that information to help settle payment disputes among providers and insurers and, in turn, decide how much consumers must pay out-of-pocket for related services.
"It will force providers and payers to agree on a price," Waller Law partner Patsy Powers said.
Both providers and payers have strong incentives to bill and pay reasonable rates from the outset because the surprise billing ban leans on an insurer's median, rather than average, historical in-network rate. Neither side is likely to get much out of arbitration in most cases.


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Culture + Design
These Tree House Suites in the Austrian Alps Will Have Floor-to-ceiling Views and Personal Saunas (Video)
By Andrea Romano
If you're looking to recapture the magic of your childhood tree house with a slightly sophisticated twist, you might want to plan a vacation to the Alps.
According to Lonely Planet, Milan-based architecture firm Peter Pilcher revealed its plans for three chic tree house hotel rooms near the Austrian town of Kitzbühel, which is a popular destination for Alpine skiers.
The tree houses are more like modern hotel suites set high above the trees on wooden platforms that look a bit like giant woven baskets. According to Dezeen, the Tree Suites are constructed in a "diagrid frame," which employs intersecting wooden beams in a diagonal pattern.
Credit: Courtesy of Peter Pichler Architecture
Each suite is between 60 and 80 square meters (645 to 861 square feet) and comes with a large bedroom, bathroom, living room, and personal sauna, according to Lonely Planet.
From the bedroom, guests will be able to look out over the snow-covered trees to the gorgeous, Alpine landscape in the distance using a "glazed window wall" that allows for a spectacular, unobstructed view.
According to Dezeen, the architecture firm intends for these incredible suites, as part of a seven-star hotel, will help visitors commune with nature, as well as boost relaxation. "The connection between men and nature is a fundamental criterion in this project," said a spokesperson for Peter Pilcher to Dezeen. "It should activate and amplify human senses with the use of simple and local materials while slowing down and living a moment within the top of the trees. A spatial experience within nature."
The firm was inspired by Austrian traditional timber architecture, but executed it with a modern twist. The Tree Suites are mostly made out of wood. During the day, their patterns will "create a playful effect of light and shadows," according to Dezeen. At night, lights inside the suites will give them a warm glow in the midst of the snowy landscape.
According to Dezeen, the Tree Suites will also have access to the main hotel, which will have a restaurant and spa services. It is currently not known when these Tree Suites will be available, or how much they will cost per booking.
More information about Peter Pilcher and its projects can be found on the firm's website.

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Exbio — Research products — Antibodies — CD and related antigens — Anti-Hu CD54 Purified
Anti-Hu CD54 Purified
MEM-112
IP, FC (QC tested)
Delivery 1 week
Mouse IgG1
The antibody MEM-112 reacts with an extracellular epitope of CD54 (ICAM-1), a 85-110 kDa type I transmembrane glycoprotein (receptor for rhinovirus). The expression of CD54 is upregulated by activation; it is expressed on activated endothelial cells, T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, monocytes, macrophages, granulocytes and dendritic cells.
HLDA VI: WS Code AS A050
Flow cytometry: Recommended dilution: 5 μg/ml.
Raji Burkitt's lymphoma cell line Raji
ICAM-1, BB2, P3.58
CD54 (ICAM-1) is a 90 kD member of the C2 subset of immunoglobulin superfamily. It is a transmembrane molecule with 7 potential N-glycosylated sites, expressed on resting monocytes and endothelial cells and can be upregulated on many other cells, e.g. with lymphokines, on B- and T-lymphocytes, thymocytes, dendritic cells and also on keratinocytes, chondrocytes, as well as epithelial cells. CD54 mediates cell adhesion by binding to integrins CD11a/CD18 (LFA-1) and to CD11b/CD18 (Mac-1). The interaction of CD54 with LFA-1 enhances antigen-specific T-cell activation.
UniProt ID P05362
General references:
Boyd AW, Wawryk SO, Burns GF, Fecondo JV: Intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1) has a central role in cell-cell contact-mediated immune mechanisms. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1988 May;85(9):3095-9.
Boyd AW, Dunn SM, Fecondo JV, Culvenor JG, Duhrsen U, Burns GF, Wawryk SO: Regulation of expression of a human intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM-1) during lymphohematopoietic differentiation. Blood. 1989 May 15;73(7):1896-903.
Springer TA: Adhesion receptors of the immune system. Nature. 1990 Aug 2;346(6283):425-34.
Ockenhouse CF, Betageri R, Springer TA, Staunton DE: Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes bind ICAM-1 at a site distinct from LFA-1, Mac-1, and human rhinovirus. Cell. 1992 Jan 10;68(1):63-9. Erratum in: Cell 1992 Mar 6;68(5):following 994.
Leukocyte Typing VI., Kishimoto T. et al. (Eds.), Garland Publishing Inc. (1997).
Leeuwenberg JF, Smeets EF, Neefjes JJ, Shaffer MA, Cinek T, Jeunhomme TM, Ahern TJ, Buurman WA.: E-selectin and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 are released by activated human endothelial cells in vitro. Immunology. 1992 Dec;77(4):543-9.


India vs Bangladesh ICC Women's World T20 1st Match Live Streaming Prediction Result: Today is the first match of ICC Women's World T20 which is held between India and Bangladesh. The Women's World T20 match Ind vs Ban at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday. Both the Teams are very excited for this match. The women's team of India is also fine like the men's team.
The match started at 3:30 PM IST and 10 AM GMT.Star sport is the official telecast partner of this tournament in India and Live coverage of the game is available on Star Sports channels like Star Sports 2 and Star Sports HD 2.
On March 15th Ind Vs Ban match which is held at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Tuesday. Both the teams players is waiting to play the match. This is the first match of ICC Women's World T20 2016. Both the teams, India and Bangladesh are in Group B. India Women's team got comfortable win over Sri lanka and Ireland in the warmup matches.
According to the BCCI, the average age of the present team India being 23.73 years. The likes of 19-year-old Smriti Mandhana, 27-year-old Harmanpreet Kaur and 23-year-old Anuja Patil younger players have made the squad look all the more fresh.
Let's wait and watch who will win this match of women's world T20. Enjoy the Match and Stay tune for more updates regarding Live Score Update.


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South Tyrol's Capital City.
Bolzano/Bozen developed in the Middle Ages. Today, it's THE city in South Tyrol where the Italian and the German cultures mix most intensely. The result is a fascinating and extraordinary cultural mix that is reflected in the language of people, in traffic signs, food and drink and of course in the historical and artistic attractions of the city.
South Tyrol's capital city boasts impressive artistic and cultural treasures. The historic old town and in particular the arches shopping area - the most important street in the city - were characterised for centuries as a place of trade between Italy and Germany. Today, they form the lively and modern centre of the city where tradition and modernity harmoniously unite.
With a focus on authenticity, experience the history of the city by visiting its many castles or by strolling in the Gries-Quirein District, which until 1925 was a separate municipality. To the north, just behind the old town, the Runkelstein Castle, built in 1237, houses an impressive cycle of frescoes. To the south of the city the majestic Sigmundskron Castle is home to the MMM Messner Mountain Museum Firmian. This is the centrepiece of the mountain museums established by Reinhold Messner. The South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, in which Ötzi, the famous iceman from Similaun, can be admired, and the Museion, the museum of modern and contemporary art, are also well worth seeing.
In Bolzano, the cityscape itself also bears witness to history and culture. The architecture of the city is reminiscent of a fascist past. This is especially apparent at the Victory Monument. Traces from this period can also be found in the Semirurali House, the only house left over from the late 1930s working-class district. If you prefer to see the city from above, you can reach Renon/Ritten, Colle/Pichl, or San Genesio Atesino/Jenesien in a few minutes by cable car. Or perhaps you'd prefer to immerse yourself in nature after the cultural sightseeing tours? Take a stroll on the Talfer, Guntschna or Oswald promenades.
=> How to get to Bolzano
Welcome to Bolzano/Bozen
Can't miss!
Accommodations in Bolzano
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Suesca è un comune della Colombia facente parte del dipartimento di Cundinamarca.

Il centro abitato venne fondato da Luis Enriquez nel 1600.

Sepolture Celebri
Nel cimitero di Suesca è sepolto lo scultore modenese Cesare Sighinolfi (1833– 1902).

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The indefatigable Antonio Florio, along with his associates from Cappella Neapolitana, has succeeded, with a work by Donato Ricchezza, in unearthing another major rediscovery from the Neapolitan Baroque. The labours of Florio – coupled with the ability to turn dry notes on a dusty manuscript into a sumptuous audio feast – can be no better demonstrated than with this release on Glossa of Los Santos Niños: "Oratorio di San Giusto e San Pastore", written by a composer who was a pupil of the great Francesco Provenzale.
Very little else is known about Donato Ricchezza (c1650-1722), apart from him bequeathing a quantity of scores to the Oratory of the Girolamini in Naples where he worked. The oratorio relates the story of the defence offered by the "holy children" – the brothers Giusto and Pastore, to be martyred in Spain during the Persecution of Diocletian in 303/4 – against the charge of being Christians, as levelled against them first by a soldier and then by the Roman governor Daciano. Marta Fumagalli (contralto), Federica Pagliuca (soprano), Luca Cervoni (tenor) and Giuseppe Naviglio (bass) vividly occupy these four vocal roles.
Why Ricchezza chose this story in 1683 Naples is discussed by Dinko Fabris in his enlightening booklet essay. Meagre additional knowledge about Ricchezza says that he wrote eight other oratorios and, as a bonus, an aria from La gara degli elementi is included here, as are a pair of sinfonias by Ricchezza's contemporary (and fellow pupil of Provenzale), Gaetano Veneziano.
The oratorio is essentially an extended trial scene set to fluent music of contrapuntal elegance and appositely varying dramatic moods for all four participants…The boys are characterised with dignity and purity by Marta Fumagalli and Federica Pagliuca...Using single strings with a rich group of plucked continuo, Florio ensures a flowing momentum to the narrative.


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70 individuals housed thanks to London's first-ever Housing Stability Week
Radio - 980 CFPL
By Jacquelyn LeBel	980 CFPL
Housing Stability Week event at Silverwood Arena at 50 Sycamore Street in London.	 Sawyer Bogdan / 980 CFPL
The City of London's manager of homeless prevention is calling Housing Stability Week a success, but admits much more needs to be done.
In total, 70 people were housed — including several families who were staying at Mission Services of London's Rotholme Women's & Family Shelter — but hundreds more are still in need.
"We had well over 550 people through the door [of Silverwood Arena] from the Monday to Friday," Craig Cooper told 980 CFPL.
READ MORE: Housing Stability Week volunteers report huge turnout of nearly 500 people
"Many days we had to close down multiple services due to the volume of individuals. So our intake and assessment section, we could only do so many intakes and assessment each day and we definitely reached those numbers quite quickly."
Cooper says over 350 assessments were completed, which allowed officials to learn about each person's housing needs as well as what supports they may require in order to provide successful long-term housing.
Over the next few weeks, he added, the city will be following up with those who came out to the arena and provided contact information. Anyone in need of housing, at risk of losing housing, or looking for more information is encouraged to connect with the city's homeless prevention department.
The initiative itself was inspired by the response to the Woodman Avenue home explosion in London's Old East Village. The incident saw more than 100 homes in the immediate area evacuated, with the city organizing accommodations and supports for those in need.
"The creation of that reception centre and how those individuals that were displaced were supported with housing and various other things," Cooper explained. "We took a lot of the principles from that reception centre and the emergency management response and sort of tweaked it to a housing-type response for individuals that are experiencing un-sheltered homelessness and like if they live in a shelter."
READ MORE: Majority of residents displaced by Old East Village explosion allowed to return home
Cooper, who has been in the role for less than a year, also credits a shift in philosophy for increasing the sense of urgency and dedication to addressing the city's housing crisis.
"It's more of a do-whatever-it-takes philosophy than maybe what has been historically used at the city," said Cooper.
"Our agencies are the ones that are out there on the ground every single day and they're interacting with these individuals, trying to find housing for them, trying to understand why they're homeless, what their challenges are — whether trauma-based, addictions-based [or] mental health challenges.
"We're working with individuals and doing more of that whatever-it-takes type philosophy."
When asked if the city would hold another Housing Stability Week in the future, Cooper said the goal is to create a centralized access point for the city.
"Depending on the timing of when we can get that operational, we will evaluate whether or not we do something similar, whether it's for the same type of population or do we focus it in different areas depending on what we identify as the need in the city at the time," Cooper said.
READ MORE: London politicians move forward on action plan for downtown core
In July 2018, city manager Martin Hayward said London's homelessness situation was at a "tipping point." The comment followed a request from the City of Toronto for immediate help housing more than 3,300 refugees and asylum claimants in its shelter system that London was unable to answer due to its own shelters being too full.
At the time, London's "broader emergency shelter system" was operating at 100 per cent capacity while the Rotholme shelter was at 219 per cent capacity.
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Q: How to query object associations? I am building a Rails 5.2 app.
In this app I got three main objects, Conversation, User and Assignment.
Conversation
Has_many :assignments
- Id
- Entity_type
- Entity_subtype

User
Has_many :assignments
- Id
- Name

Assignment
This is a polymorphic association.
- Id
- User_id
- Assignable_id
- Assignable_type

<Assignment id: "5475728b-a0c0-4959-a8a7-17af9a5e224b", account_id: "243c9502-c3ab-4362-907b-ca630c2caf04", user_id: "cdd3c6be-ac78-46f2-a7ae-7f2299b6fedb", assignable_type: "Conversation", assignable_id: "f753e48c-6a67-4410-9748-8454e5904405", role: "owner">

I want to create a query where I find (check) if two individual Users are connected to the same Conversation through an Assignment.
I tried this and it returns conversations but how can I check both user IDs?:
Conversation.joins(:assignments).where(:assignments => {:user_id => "cdd3c6be-ac78-46f2-a7ae-7f2299b6fedb"})

But how can I check the to User IDs are connected to the same Conversation?

A: Have you tried this?
Conversation.joins(:assignments)
.where(:assignments => {:user_id => ["cdd3c6be-ac78-46f2-a7ae-7f2299b6fedb", "c974419c-1bbd-4537-9d4f-d8df262ace82"]})
.group("assignable_id", "conversations.id")
.having("count(1) > ?", 1)

What it should do is to first fetch all the assignments for given user_ids, then group it by assignable_id and filter those that have more than one assignments.
Note: As user_id I added just some random UUID - I suppose you want to search for the specific Users in your code.

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As I only have two Bose F1 Tops, I set the height with Tripod to 7.5 feet (peak of the F1) at venue (L:50 feet X W:25 feet), when I observed it at the back row of the venue. It looks ~70% of F1 are covered by persons. Hence, I am planning to lift it up to 8.5 feet (near our false ceiling).
Therefore, I would like to ask the recommended height of F1 with Tripod.
Yo jayare..i like the design of the F1/sub with the cute attachment to house the tops...they are absolutely on point in a setting where you are playing soft to moderate loud music where people are sitting and listening to your show.....the louder you play the higher your speakers should be...you mentioned that the sound was almost non existent when you walked to the rear of the room...you turned up the volume then they complain.. make no mistake, these puppies can crank out some sound...keep in mind that the F1s are vertical line array...no horn...adjustments will be different from horn speakers..turn the volume knob on the F1 up to 80% or slightly higher...to avoid complaints cut highs back to the vicinity of 9°clock instead of 12..meds too..with proper gain/trim and correct pattern set, a 20x50 room is no challenge...in some cases, i personally like my tops higher up than the built in stand will allow....so i used tripods for those venues well spaced and subs side by side..unbelievable clean sound soft or loud!!!
I recently discovered that I am able to crank up the volume and use the built in stand, and still hit the back of the room...without upsetting the people within 6 feet of the stack. The trick for me was putting greater distance between the 2 stacks and dispersing the output energy with the C configuration.
Thanks---we are only using 1 stack,but I will try that!
The distance between the first row and the speaker in our venue is ~8 feet.
I set it to 8.5 feet height and tested it with SPL meter, I am satisfied the result, it has 89dB and 86dB at the front (8 feet) and last (42 feet) row of seats respectively.
DJ8X, how far away do you put your stacks from each other? I'm curious to try this as well.
@Ryan Martindale I have found that 14ft apart works very well. I am not a huge fan of speakers on stands anymore (unless the gig is small or it is absolutely needed). So I always try to find ways to not take away from the aesthetics of the stack that BOSE intended. I know they didn't think of every possible situation, but if we put our heads together, we can collectively come up with sound solutions.


Aspire FG Review - Aketta's Cricket Edible Insects Food Group Products?
Diet Programs Healthy Snacks Aspire FG – Aketta's Cricket Edible Insects Food Group Products?
Aspire FG – Aketta's Cricket Edible Insects Food Group Products?
Aspire FG Review – Should You Try It?
Aspire FG is a company that produces cricket-based products, snacks, and recipes for an environmentally friendly source of protein, which is also sustainable over time. This is our review.
Consumers and foodies everywhere are always looking for a new and innovative recipe to add to their repertoire of interesting tastes. However, in rural and urban areas, the search for a new food is about survival and longevity. To preserve the cultures in different parts of the world, it's absolutely critical that the human race finds a way to supply the necessary protein to those cultures. The students behind Aspire decided to achieve that goal.
Aspire FG began as a group of five MBA students who entered the Hult Prize competition a few years ago, which is a competition that is hosted by former President Bill Clinton. The group learned about food security and came up with the idea to use insect farming to help with nutrition in urban slums. They learned about insect rearing in different cultures to find a marketable solution to limited food sources in populations that are starving.
Production of the locally desired insects.
Training the local urban and rural farmers to produce the insects.
Distribution of the insect and the insect-based products.
At this time, the company established itself in food markets in Mexico, Ghana, and the United States. They have a long-term mission to help educate others about this valuable protein, and how farms can contribute to the consumption of these insects.
Crickets are incredibly high in protein, which means you are able to get the amount of protein that you usually get from beef. In fact, the protein level is actually much higher, containing 20g of protein in every 30 grams of roasted crickets versus 8g of protein for every 30 grams of beef.
Calcium and iron levels are also higher than beef, which makes this treat a great way to get the nutrition that you need, even if you don't regularly eat meat.
All of the Aspire products are made with crickets in some way. However, rather than just offering the "ready to eat" version, the company also produced flour and recipe-ready crickets so you can make your own delicious treats.
This flour is completely pure and GMO-free, giving you a flour that is easy to incorporate into any recipe, rather than the processed and bleached white flour. This flour gives a little extra taste to your recipes, giving an aroma that is reminiscent of cocoa, sunflower seeds and roasted nuts. The website features multiple recipes you can use it in, but you can also research online to find the best options. This flour has the highest protein content of any cricket powder, which is 67% protein.
These crickets need to be stored in the freezer in a sealed container until you're ready to put it in your recipe. When you are ready to use them, thaw them out in room temperature water. If you freeze them, they need to be used within three weeks. If you have them thawed out, you need to use them within four days for the maximum freshness.
For orders up to 25lbs, you will be paying a rate of $38 per pound. If you would like to order a larger shipment, include your request in the email.
The Crispy Aketta Whole Crickets are ready to eat as soon as you open your package. The crickets have been raised on an organic diet, which helped to add nutritional value to them. They have been cooked with dry heat to create a crispy and delicious texture, making them smell like sunflower seeds or roasted nuts.
The main purpose of creating these cricket-based recipes are to find protein sources for cultures that are constantly struggling to find a solution for food. However, by making purchases from this company, you are able to fund the efforts of the founding students. This funding can be put towards the goals that they have for hungry families in Ghana, Mexico, and the United States.
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Q: Tests are not executed in Play Framework 2.0 in my Play project I have some junit tests. Earlier this week I've been able to run the test from within play console using
test

command. I could see the successes and failures.
Unfortunately when I'd tried to run the tests today I've got:
[info] No tests to run for test:test
[success] Total time: 3 s, completed Apr 19, 2012 5:00:00 PM

message.
The tests are in the test folder of my project. What might be the problem?

A: Are your tests in the root of the test folder?
They won't work if they are in test/test/sometest.scala as far as I know.


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Cactus Jack Records — лейбл звукозаписи, основанный американским рэпером и певцом Трэвисом Скоттом. Клиентами лейбла являются такие артисты как Sheck Wes, Don Toliver, SoFaygo и другие. В состав лейбла также входит собственное издательское агентство Cactus Jack Publishing.

История
В марте 2017 года Трэвис Скотт объявил, что собирается запустить свой собственный лейбл под названием Cactus Jack Records. Во время интервью Скотт сказал: «Я делаю это не для того, чтобы иметь финансовый контроль над своей музыкой. В первую очередь я хочу помочь другим артистам, открыть новые имена, предоставить возможности. Я хочу сделать для них то, что произошло со мной, только лучше». В сентябре 2017 года Smokepurpp подписал контракт с лейблом, однако покинул его в 2019 году. 21 декабря хип-хоп дуэт Huncho Jack (состоящий из Скотта и Quavo из хип-хоп трио Migos) выпустил свой дебютный альбом Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho на этом лейбле. Альбом занял 3 место в чарте Billboard 200.

В феврале 2018 года лейбл подписал контракт с Sheck Wes в рамках совместной сделки с Interscope Records и лейблом Канье Уэста GOOD Music. 10 марта Wes анонсировал свой дебютный студийный альбом под названием , который вышел 5 октября. 3 августа Скотт выпустил свой третий студийный альбом Astroworld. Позже в том же месяце на лейбл был подписан Don Toliver, который появился на треке «» с альбома Astroworld. Astroworld занял первое место в чарте Billboard 200, а Mudboy достиг 17-го места.

29 ноября 2019 года Скотт анонсировал первый сборник лейбла под названием JackBoys, который вышел 27 декабря.

13 марта 2020 года Toliver выпустил свой дебютный студийный альбом под названием Heaven or Hell на этом лейбле, в поддержку которого было выпущено три сингла: «», «Can't Feel My Legs» и «». Альбом занял 7 место в чарте Billboard 200. 24 апреля Скотт и Кид Кади выпустили песню под названием «The Scotts» в составе дуэта с таким же названием. 21 июля канадский звукозаписывающий продюсер и давний соратник Скотта  подписала контракт с издательским подразделением Cactus Jack Publishing и , одновременно подписывая контракт на издание по всему миру через свой собственный звукозаписывающий лейбл и издательскую компанию Wonderchild Music.

В феврале 2021 года SoFaygo подписал контракт с Cactus Jack Records, примерно в то же время его хитовая песня «Knock Knock» начала набирать обороты. С тех пор он работал над своим предстоящим дебютным студийным альбомом под названием , который в итоге был выпущен 11 ноября 2022 года.

24 июня 2021 года Скотт объявил о сотрудничестве между Cactus Jack и модным брендом Dior, коллекция мужской одежды которого была представлена на следующий день в прямом эфире, где также были показаны фрагменты предстоящего четвёртого студийного альбома Скотта Utopia.

В конце сентября 2021 года Toliver и Chase B объявили, что в октябре они выпустят свои сольные проекты под названиями  и Escapism соответственно. Впоследствии 8 числа того же месяца Toliver выпустил альбом Life of a Don. Диск занял второе место в чарте Billboard 200.

17 октября 2022 года SoFaygo объявил дату выхода своего дебютного студийного альбома Pink Heartz на 11 ноября, а также выпустил 4 сингла с альбома.

Артисты лейбла

Нынешние

Бывшие

Штатные продюсеры

Дискография
Лейбл официально выпустил семь студийных альбомов и один сборник.

Студийные альбомы

Сборники

Другие песни, попавшие в чарты

Примечания

Лейблы звукозаписи США
Epic Records


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namespace BashSoftProgram.IO.Commands
{
    using BashSoftProgram.Attributes;
    using BashSoftProgram.Contracts;
    using BashSoftProgram.Exceptions;

    [Alias("order")]
    public class PrintOrderedStudentsCommand : Command, IExecutable
    {
        [Inject]
        private IDatabase repository;
        public PrintOrderedStudentsCommand(string input, string[] data)
            : base(input, data)
        {
        }

        public override void Execute()
        {
            if (Data.Length == 5)
            {
                string courseName = Data[1];
                string comparison = Data[2].ToLower();
                string takeCommand = Data[3].ToLower();
                string takeQuantity = Data[4].ToLower();

                TryParseParametersForOrderAndTake(takeCommand, takeQuantity, courseName, comparison);
            }
            else
            {
                throw new InvalidCommandException(Input);
            }
        }

        private void TryParseParametersForOrderAndTake(string takeCommand, string takeQuantity, string courseName, string comparison)
        {
            if (takeCommand == "take")
            {
                if (takeQuantity == "all")
                {
                    this.repository.OrderAndTake(courseName, comparison);
                }
                else
                {
                    int studentsToTake;
                    bool hasParsed = int.TryParse(takeQuantity, out studentsToTake);
                    if (hasParsed)
                    {
                        this.repository.OrderAndTake(courseName, comparison, studentsToTake);
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        OutputWriter.DisplayException(ExceptionMessages.InvalidTakeQuantityParameter);
                    }
                }
            }
            else
            {
                OutputWriter.DisplayException(ExceptionMessages.InvalidTakeQuantityParameter);
            }
        }
    }
}

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With this mind, our goals in these first few months of operating include filling as many barrels as we can! We're up to 11 so far, including eight 53-60 gallon barrels, one 30 gallon, and two 8 gallon barrels.
We filled four Cabernet wine barrels over the last few weeks with our Flanders Red, Sour Saison, and Berliner Weisse beers. Each of these beers are based off the homebrew versions that we've been tweaking for several years now.
Then we have two more 60 gallon wine barrels standing by and another 4-6 being ordered in the coming days.
We are already learning a lot through this process, which is half the fun. Here's a few photos from our recent brew days and packaging experiments.
Don't forget to swell the barrels prior to filling or else emergency maintenance is needed to stem the loss of fresh wort!
We use a manual pallet stacker to move barrel racks around the brewery.
The first test batch of cans are seamed! We aim to start selling cans out of the brewery soon.
Stay tuned for news on our soft-openings and first beer releases! We'll begin selling cans of our non-barrel-aged beers very soon.
P.S. the top-most featured image is Wren, the session New England Pale Ale that we've been working on.


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