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Sionic Mobile Launches The Mobile Rewards Marketplace™
By: Business Wire 1/31/2017, 2:00:00 PM
ATLANTA--Sionic Mobile today announced the launch of a fully digital, Mobile Rewards Marketplace for small-to-medium sized business merchants (SMBs) and large chain retailers. Available early February, the Marketplace for SMBs is powered by the company's award-winning ION Commerce Engine™ (ICE) and features speedy sign up, low-cost, bulk-rate mobile payments, merchant controlled rewards and untethered reach to millions of big-brand Mobile Rewards App consumers.
There are no upfront costs, complex integrations or expensive technology upgrades required to join the Marketplace. The Mobile Rewards Marketplace, a cloud-based web and mobile app solution, works alongside existing point of sale (POS) systems and standalone rewards programs.
The new Marketplace for enterprise retailers features automated data analysis and data-driven dashboards powered by IBM Watson Analytics, enabling Mobile Rewards App partners and enterprise retailers, who are integrated with Sionic Mobile’s ICE platform, to better engage and connect with mobile consumers. These analytics provide powerful insights related to customers' spending traits across the entire Marketplace, and in turn, allows enterprise retailers to dynamically adjust rewards and deliver individualized offers using simple business rules.
"The Mobile Rewards Marketplace is a game changer for both SMB and large retail merchants," said Ronald Herman, CEO and founder of Sionic Mobile. "We’re not aware of any other mobile payments and rewards offering that allows SMB owners to go mobile in five minutes or less, with no upfront cost or monthly fees, and immediately reach nearby Mobile Rewards App users. Likewise, our combined iBeacon-enabled ICE platform and Mobile Rewards Marketplace - an industry first - uniquely addresses in-store mobile payments and rewards for both retailer-branded mobile apps and the broader Marketplace cooperative, optimizing distinctly different use cases with a single integration.”
For SMB merchant members of the Mobile Rewards Marketplace, sales are entered as usual. Owners or staff use the free Marketplace mobile app to accept mobile-to-mobile payments using a QR Code or 3-digit code from the customer's phone. That’s it. Immediately following a successful mobile checkout, customers receive instant rewards (points, miles, etc.) in their Mobile Rewards App. SMBs pay ONLY when accepting a mobile-to-mobile payment - 1% success fee, low card payment fee, and whatever reward they choose to give their mobile customers - typically 2% to 10% of checkout amounts.
Sionic Mobile’s ICE platform combines an extensive GeoSense® iBeacon network with important market insights, enabling custom greetings to consumers that drive awareness and generate more frequent app usage at businesses in the Marketplace. Additionally, the platform is integrated with popular payment terminals and POS systems for enterprise clients, supports mobile payments from most any iOS or Android device and any bank-issued credit or debit card. ICE payments are safe, secure and processed by J.P. Morgan Chase.
About Sionic Mobile
Midtown Atlanta-based Sionic Mobile, a cloud-based mobile commerce company, provides white-label mobile pay and loyalty applications to partners and clients delivering rewards, savings and perks to millions of mobile consumers. The award-winning ION Commerce Engine (ICE) and Company-owned, GeoSense® iBeacon network drives greater adoption and more frequent app use for partners and merchants. The ICE platform features IBM Watson Analytics for partners and enterprise retailers. The Company also operates the nation’s fastest growing Mobile Rewards Marketplace, comprised of large chain retailers and small businesses alike. Merchants pay a small fee when mobile customers pay with their app and the Company shares the fee with partners. Visit www.SionicMobile.com.
Contacts For Sionic Mobile
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As a PR professional, I’m sure you are aware of the plentiful monitoring tools at your disposal, both free and paid-for options. Have you found that many of these tools are tilted toward frequently discussed companies, like JetBlue, Netflix or Whole Foods Market?
Monitoring tools become poor value for the money when you apply them to midsize technology companies that aren’t media darlings. We’re talking about middleware companies, midsize B2B companies, and the wide range of companies whose businesses aren’t conducive to constant chatter.
While these companies see less chatter than, say, Apple, they still gain tremendous value from sharing, listening,= and engaging with their core audiences. But this also means the same monitoring approach that works for Coca-Cola won’t work with them—and anybody who tries to tell them otherwise is probably taking them for a ride.
Instead, for these companies, who are the quiet majority, the need to go narrow and deep is much more beneficial than super wide and shallow.
There’s tremendous value in mining and visualizing various sources of information to get a holistic picture for your client. But it’s also important to assess how and when these tools are truly valuable, so that clients don’t spend a small fortune monitoring for monitoring’s sake, or worse, becoming embroiled in listening without actually acting on the information mined to the benefit of their communications and business goals.
Monitoring tools, no doubt, have value. But before you get swept up in the hype, take a step back and ask yourself what you’re trying to accomplish with these tools. Could that money be put to better use elsewhere?
Martin Jones is the co-founder of Boston-based tech PR agency March Communications and its newly launched analytics division March Insight.


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Covid-19 test maker Genedrive has applied for permission to sell its product in the UK, after new testing regulations came into force last month.
Shares jumped 14.4% to 41.5p per share by mid-morning.
New Coronavirus Test Device Approvals (CTDA) regulations place specific performance requirements on test providers, after the new pandemic-era industry has been accused of being the ‘wild west’ of diagnostics.
The Molecular Diagnostics Company’s COV19-ID kit was found to have a specificity of 98% and a sensitivity of 98%.
The kit can notify users of a positive result in 7.5 minutes, Genedrive added, while negative results can take around 17 minutes.
The effectiveness of the tests already meets the current requirements of the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Genedrive said today in a regulatory filing.
“The next step is the approval by the Department of Health and Welfare,” said Genedrive CEO David Budd. “However, no assured schedule is provided on the duration of the exam under CTDA regulations, given the current backlog of their exams.”
“We are confident in our data and the app is another positive step that now allows us to take the UK-focused trade discussions forward. “

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Open Access Journals gaining more Readers and Citations
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Dr. Manoochehr Messripour is currently affiliated to Department of Medical Biochemistry, Khorasgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran, continuing research in the specialized scientific area of Diabetes Mellitus, enzyme inhibition assays. Dr. Manoochehr Messripour is serving as an honorary author for Journal of Molecular Biomarkers & Diagnosis & other reputed journals and has authored several articles along with chapters in different books related to striatal synaptosomes, Basic sciences in medicine.
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CHADWICK Boseman’s devastated film co-stars have paid tribute to the 43-year-old who died after a four-year colon cancer battle.
The Black Panther and Avengers actor has been hailed an “immense talent” who “brightened days” and “radiated power and peace” by those who worked alongside him.
His secret fight against stage 3 colon cancer began in 2016 – two years before the release of his Marvel blockbuster.
Chadwick passed away on Friday at his Los Angeles home with his wife, Taylor Simone, and other family members by his side.
Forest Whittaker – who starred as Zuri in 2018’s Black Panther – paid tribute to his friend and co-star, writing: “Your light brightened our days. It will continue to brighten our hearts and minds.
“Let the heavens be blessed as you illuminate the sky. Sending my love and prayers to the family. May god continue to hold you in his everlasting embrace. RIP Chadwick.”
Captain Marvel’s Brie Larson: “Chadwick was someone who radiated power and peace. Who stood for so much more than himself. Who took the time to really see how you were doing and gave words of encouragement when you felt unsure. I’m honored to have the memories I have.
“The conversations, the laughter. My heart is with you and your family. You will be missed and never forgotten. Rest in power and peace my friend.”
Avengers actor Mark Ruffalo, who played the Hulk, said: “All I have to say is the tragedies amassing this year have only been made more profound by the loss of #ChadwickBoseman.
“What a man, and what an immense talent. Brother, you were one of the all time greats and your greatness was only beginning. Lord love ya. Rest in power, King.”
Thor actor Chris Hemworth wrote: “Gonna miss you mate. Absolutely heartbreaking. One of the kindest most genuine people I’ve met. Sending love and support to all the family xo RIP.”
Avengers: Infinity War co-star Chris Pratt said: “My prayers go out to Chadwick’s family and loved ones. The world will miss his tremendous talent. God rest his soul.”
Captain America’s Chris Evans added: “I’m absolutely devastated. This is beyond heartbreaking. Chadwick was special. A true original. He was a deeply committed and constantly curious artist.
“He had so much amazing work still left to create. I’m endlessly grateful for our friendship. Rest in power, King.”
Viola Davis who worked alongside Chadwick in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom said: “Chadwick…..no words to express my devastation of losing you. Your talent, your spirit, your heart, your authenticity……..
“It was an honor working beside you, getting to know you….Rest well prince…May flights of angels sing thee to thy heavenly rest. I love you!”
Chadwick’s family revealed his tragic death in a statement, which said: “A true fighter, Chadwick persevered through it all, and brought you many of the films you have come to love so much.
“From Marshall to Da 5 Bloods, August Wildson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and several more, all were filmed during and between countless surgeries and chemotherapy.
“It was the honor of his career to bring King T’Challa to life in Black Panther.
“He died in his home, with his wife and family by his side.”
Chadwick’s fans have expressed their shock and upset online at his sudden passing.
Martin Luther King III wrote an emotional tribute about the real-life superhero.
He said: Chadwick Boseman brought history to life on the silver screen, from Jackie Robinson, James Brown and Thurgood Marshall.
“As Black Panther, he was also a superhero to many. And despite his 4 year long battle with cancer, he kept fighting and he kept inspiring. He will be missed.”
Actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson quoted Chadwick saying: “’Press on with pride. Press on with purpose” – Chadwick Boseman.’
“This was hard to hear about. Hard to imagine the quiet pain and struggle you went thru all these years, yet still shined your powerful light and talents to inspire the world.
“Especially, our kids who finally saw themselves as a superhero — because of you. Rest in power, brother. My love and strength to your family. You will always press on with pride and purpose.”
Kerry Washington reflected: “A warrior of light til the very end. A true king. May he rise in power.”
Oprah Winfrey: “What a gentle gifted SOUL. Showing us all that Greatness in between surgeries and chemo. The courage, the strength, the Power it takes to do that. This is what Dignity looks like.”
Movie fan Piers Morgan said: “RIP Chadwick Boseman, 43. What sad, awful news. Incredibly talented actor & by all accounts, a delightful man. Loved him in ‘42’ – so poignant that he died on #JackieRobinsonDay.”
Britain’s Got Talent’s Alesha Dixon added: “Thank you Chad for setting the world alight with hope and wonder! Our real life superhero gone too soon! Rest in peace King.”
Kim Kardashian shared a snap of Chadwick, writing: “Rest peacefully Chadwick Boseman.”
Singer John Legend added: “I’m so shocked and heartbroken about Chadwick. He was such a bright light, such a gifted performer.
“He brought grace, elegance and power to everything he did. He always seemed to carry our ancestors with him. And now he joins them far too soon.”
The talented actor was most notably known for his lead role in the Disney action-hero flick, Black Panther.
The South Carolina native played King T’Challa in the original 2018 film, and reprised the role in spinoffs Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War.
Black Panther’s sequel has reportedly already been filmed and is expected to be released in 2022.


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A new tourist attraction for the waterfall area
The beauty and complexity of the landscape of the Marmore Falls will be narrated through the use of cutting-edge digital and physical technologies (videomapping on plastic models, three-dimensional models, projections, holograms, augmented and immersive reality installations), allowing visitors to understand and enrich their visit to the waterfall with interesting topics, and to live a unique sensory and cultural experience.
This new space aims to increase the attractiveness of the area, rediscovering values and adding meanings to the visit: a door to the territory, its history and its many points of interest.
La Cascata delle Marmore. Una bellissima storia da raccontare
La Cascata delle Marmore. Una bellissima storia da raccontare.
A great work of hydraulic architecture
A great work of hydraulic architecture The Marmore Falls, as we know it today, is a work of the ingenuity of man started 2300 years ago changed the hydraulic structure of the lakes and rivers that form it, for land reclamation as well as for the exploitation of energy and for the improvement of living conditions.
The Marmore Falls is therefore an artificial waterfall, with its 165 m the highest in Europe, the result of the work and ingenuity of many generations; a great work of hydraulic architecture, like the great works of European cathedrals, whose beauty has been praised and reproduced by illustrious artists, which with its millenary history represents an extraordinary story of man’s relationship with nature.
Water, humanity, energy
Water, man, energy
The Waterfal: l symbol of the city of steel
The Waterfal:l symbol of the city of steel The Marmore Falls shows how man has done his utmost, since Roman times, to design and build hydraulic works, first by draining the waters of the Velino and reclaiming the lands of its riverbed, then using the energy of the water.
Starting from the second half of the nineteenth Century this territory was revolutionized for the exploitation of hydraulic energy as driving force of factories, up to the creation and development of the great industrial center in Terni: the territory was transformed thanks to impressive infrastructures, becoming a complex system made of dams, tunnels, pipelines, power plants, factories, where the waterfall becomes the symbol of the city of steel.
The Galleto power plant is still today the management center of the largest hydroelectric nucleus in Central Italy.

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Community invited to have a say on bus stop changes along the Parramatta to Hurstville Corridor
31 October 2017
The community is invited to have a say on changes to bus stops and on-street parking along the corridor between Parramatta and Hurstville which aim to improve bus service reliability.
A Roads and Maritime Services spokesperson said a review of environmental factors for the proposed changes is on display until Friday 10 November to give the community a chance to provide feedback.
“The NSW Government is making changes to a number of bus stops on some of Sydney’s busiest routes as part of the Bus Priority Infrastructure Program,” the spokesperson said.
The community is encouraged to provide feedback on proposed changes to some bus stops along the Parramatta to Hurstville corridor which is serviced primarily by route M91.
“The proposed improvements aim to provide a more reliable bus network which is more efficient and convenient for customers.
“The NSW Government is always looking at ways to improve bus journey times and by combining or removing bus stops along some routes, the way customers move around will be improved.”
The spokesperson said bus stops near schools, aged care facilities and shopping centres have been carefully considered to ensure access to these vital services is maintained.
“As part of the proposed changes, some on street parking spaces will be removed to make it easier for buses to move in and out of stops,” the spokesperson said.
Proposed changes will be made to some bus stops along the bus corridor between Parramatta and Hurstville via Padstow, Bankstown and Chester Hill including:
- Church Street at Parramatta
- Halsall and Blaxcell streets at Granville
- Blaxcell Street at South Granville
- Campbell Hill Road at Guildford and Chester Hill
- Proctor Parade and Hector Street at Chester Hill
- Hector Street at Sefton and Bass Hill
- Buist and Brodie streets and McMahon and Church roads at Yagoona
- Faraday, Alma and Chamberlain roads at Padstow
- Henry Lawson Drive at Peakhurst
- Forest Road at Peakhurst and Hurstville
- George, Cambridge and Clarence streets at Penshurst.
Feedback on the document is invited by Friday 10 November and will be considered when finalising the proposal.
The spokesperson said the community will be kept informed as the proposal progresses.
Comments on the bus stop changes for the Parramatta to Hurstville corridor can be provided by emailing firstname.lastname@example.org, calling 1800 575 250 or by writing to Georges River Bus Priority, PO Box 973, Parramatta CBD NSW 2124 or Canterbury Bankstown Bus Priority, PO Box 973, Parramatta CBD NSW 2124.
For the latest information and to view the review of environmental factors visit the Bus Priority Infrastructure Program page.


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Sir David Attenborough has accepted Lateral Event Management’s invitation to travel to Australia to appear live on stage in Sydney and Melbourne for the first time, for a series of public events entitled Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth.
Sir David Attenborough is arguably the world’s best-known natural history film-maker, a much loved naturalist and broadcaster whose career has spanned nearly six decades. He is the quintessential intrepid traveller, sometimes changing continents mid-sentence.
Sir David Attenborough has accepted Lateral Event Management’s invitation to appear in Australia for the first time for a series of live events.
An estimated 500 million people worldwide watched the 13-part series Life on Earth, written and presented by Sir David. His most recent production Frozen Planet was broadcast in the UK in 2011 and quickly became a ratings success, with the second episode becoming the highest rating Natural History programme in the UK since 2001. Frozen Planet was also a ratings winner for the Nine Network in Australia.
Knighted in 1985, Sir David was awarded the Order of Merit by the Queen in 2005, which recognises exceptional distinction in the arts, sciences and other areas.
Sir David Attenborough – A Life on Earth will take audiences on an incredible journey through Sir David’s extraordinary life, his untold stories, the evolution of filming techniques and his passion for bringing us closer to nature. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to share Sir David’s experiences with the great man himself, in person.
Attenborough will appear for two live shows in both Sydney and Melbourne in August 2012 with tickets available through Ticketmaster.
Dates: 8pm, Friday 10 and Saturday 11 August 2012
Venue: State Theatre
Dates: 8pm, Friday 17 and Saturday 18 August 2012
Venue: Regent Theatre

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A TECHNIQUE DRIVEN Blog dedicated to mastery of surface design techniques. First we dye, overdye, paint, stitch, resist, tie, fold, silk screen, stamp, thermofax, batik, bejewel, stretch, shrink, sprinkle, Smooch, fuse, slice, dice, AND then we set it on fire using a variety of heat tools.
Saturday, June 29, 2013
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Saturday, June 22, 2013
- Any cheap craft paint work.
- Since craft paints dry too fast, I add Golden Open Acrylic Medium to slow down the drying time. This gives me time to play with my designs.
- Less is more – paint, that is.
- For any tools like these (except the one that makes lines) you have to push down into the plate to get an indentation. The line tool didn’t require any pressure. In fact, I wanted to be careful so I didn’t poke a hole into the plate.
Then I add the Open Acrylic Medium.
Next I spread the paint on the gelli plate with my roller.
Then I took this tool (have no idea what it was used for) and made some cool lines.
And here is the finished print.
Here is another piece without the lines.
I just had to show you a closeup of that one.
The next two I cheated using a commercial batik as the base fabric. I only used one paint color on this first one.
This is the same batik fabric with a blue print using the potato masher and a yellow print with the line tool.
A while back there was a technique introduced (at least to me) on this blog called "Smacking." While I was concerned when first seeing the title, the realization of what it meant for artists was exciting!
In the interest of trying very hard to catch up with all I've wanted to do, try out, experiment with, etc....I finally got to do some of this technique!! (Better late than never, right?)
I had plexi and a "smack handle" but I would have had to walk all the way out to the barn to cut the plexi because it was too big. In the meantime, I had gotten from FreeCycle a bunch of those clear plastic photo/sign holders. Figured they would work just as well so I was off and playing.
Below is the process I used and the result of my work. I used a few colors of acrylic paint, a piece of my hand-dyed fabric that needed something else done to it, the sheet of plexi and the plastic frame. You can follow the process in the photo collage below (starting top left and going clockwise). I "smacked" the plexi with the paint-covered frame, then put the fabric down onto the "smacked" surface and pressed it down.
I'm very happy with the results (this piece will be going into my box of fabrics chosen for my "Pecan" series. And yes...I'll be doing it again!! Now on to my next experiment.........
Saturday, June 15, 2013
After the foam trays, I eventually found sticky back foam which is so much more versatile as it's easier to cut and is pliable as well, meaning that narrow strips can be cut and bent at will. I have a box full of various stamps that I've cut from sticky backed fun foam and mounted to Plexiglas, thicker foam, and even cardboard. I use these many times over in my artwork.
Since I sometimes take several minutes to work into the paint on the Gelli, I like to gather all my supplies that I think I might use first, such as paint, stamps, stencils, textural items, and torn and ironed pieces of white cotton fabric. I primarily use Setaclor fabric paints and I do not have an extender for the drying time. I try to work quickly.
To get started, I roll fabric paint, usually Setacolor, onto the Gelli plate with a brayer and work into it in many different ways. One of the first things I may do is to draw into the paint on the Gelli with the wooden handle end of a paintbrush for small lines. I may also use the paintbrush itself to remove paint. You can see an example of this in the following print on the right side. After each swipe of the brush, I removed the paint from the brush with paper towel.
I started this print with a screen printed layer underneath on a piece of solid white cotton (the mossy green vine like plants). The stamped image I added after pulling the mono print.
This is the same print but with a stenciled plant added in bronze on the left after I pulled the print. I will sometimes stencil right onto the painted Gelli. I lightly hold the stencil on top and gently pounce on paint through a section of the stencil with a sponge brush. The stencil edges won't leave much of a mark or pick up much paint if you hold one corner of it away from the Gell.
Below, the pink plant on the left is again done by stamping after the fabric print is pulled. The white one on the right was done with a dry clean paint brush to remove paint from the Gelli before pulling the print. This piece isn't finished yet as I've just ironed on the appliqued leaves and will continue stitching.
This is one that I did in the same printing session that has been stiched, quilted and embellished. Again the background white plant was done by removing paint from the Gelli with the paintbrush.
My print themes tend to follow the seasons and the current flora or fauna. The tulips have just waned here and during their bloom, I sketched and made stamps before getting started with the prints. Below you see an example of a Gelli print that I did by:
1. Spreading paint with a brayer onto the Gelli.
2. Laying paper masks that I had cut form printer paper (these may be used a few times if you lift them carefully).
3. Using tulip stamps pressed directly onto the wet paint on the Gelli. The stamps are clean with no paint. This creates the ghostly background tulips you can see in the print below.
The print below happened to be made on a real gelatin mold which I stirred up to create the bubbles. I used pressed dried seaweed as a mask and cut out a paper seashell mask as well. Just remember to reverse any image that is directional! The seahorse was stamped on using one of my homemade stamps after pulling the print.
Here's one that I've done in the same manner and stitched onto. I added color to the seashell with Neocolor II crayons.
I love to use pressed flowers from my garden as well.
Below, is an example of what the Gelli looks like with the paint brayered on and printed into with some textures (the circles are empty spools). A paper mask is laid onto the wet paint. The next step is to lay on the fabric and rub with my hand to transfer the image to fabric. Once the print is made, I use a palette knife to carefully lift the paper off the Gelli to use again.
In the same session I also pulled a print of a gold finch onto deli paper using a paper mask for the finch. Once dry, I then pasted it into my sketchbook using matte medium. This allows me to play some more with the image.
The sketchbook is on the left and the fabric Gelli print is on the right. I've begun to color in the goldfinch with my NeocolorII crayons and will do some thread sketching ontoit next.
Friday, June 7, 2013
3 cup of cold water, 3cup boiled water, 100gr. gelatin ( 4 euro)
I left the gelli plate in the baking plate, while making my prints. ( it is very difficult to remove the plate) I was able to make 10 prints on cotton using this paint
Cleaned the plate with cold water and put it back in the refrigerator. I can use the plat again for another 10 prints
So, now I know that printing with the " gelli plate" is something I can use .
I can order a " real" one now.
Thank you Judith to the accompaniment of the Gelli Plate

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Students and Alumni to Attend Business Career Fair on Oct. 11
The Fontbonne University Eckelkamp College of Global Business and Professional Studies will host the Business Career, Internship, & Volunteer Fair on Friday, Oct. 11, 2013, 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m, in the Dunham Student Activity Center on Fontbonne’s main campus, 6800 Wydown Blvd.
fair will be free of charge to employers and participants and will consist of
employers offering full and part-time jobs, internship and volunteer opportunities.
All current Fontbonne students (including undergraduate, graduate and evening
and online) and alumni are invited to attend.
The Eckelkamp College of Global Business and Professional Studies is accredited by the International Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs.
For more information, please email Mark Alexander or call 314. 889.1406.
Click here for a full list of participating employers.
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Decorative Acoustic Wood Wool Boards
Decorative Acoustic Wood Wood Panels
Acoustic wall art is a type of decorative element that serves a dual purpose: to enhance the aesthetic of a room and to improve the acoustics within it. This type of wall art is often made of materials that are specifically designed to absorb sound, such as wood wool, or other porous materials. These materials help to reduce the amount of echo and reverberation in a room, creating a more comfortable and pleasant listening environment. Acoustic wall art can come in a variety of forms, including panels, sculptures, and even paintings that have been treated with special coatings to increase their sound-absorbing properties.
Acoustic wall art is a great way to add a unique touch to any room in your home. It can also be used to create an acoustic barrier and reduce noise levels. Acoustic wall art using our decorative acoustic wood wool boards is an ideal way to get creative and make a statement in a room.
Wood wool boards are made from natural wood fibers and are very lightweight. They are often used in acoustic treatments and can be used to create a variety of different designs.
Wood wool boards are available in a variety of colors and sizes, so you can create your own unique design.
When using wood wool boards for acoustic wall art, you will need to start by measuring the area where you want to install the boards. You will also need to decide which type of board you want to use.
There are two main types of wood wool boards
the plain board & the artboard. The plain board is the most cost effective and is easiest to work with.
The art board is more decorative- and can be used to create more intricate designs.
Once you have chosen the type of board you want to use, it’s time to start assembling your acoustic wall art. Begin by affixing the decorative acoustic wood wool boards to the wall using nails or screws
Decorative Acoustic wood wool boards are available in the following Geometric shapes –
- Circle – Diameter 205 cm
- Square – 200 x 200 x 20 mm
- Triangle – Regular 200 x 200 x 20 mm
- Parallelogram – Parallel side 200mm
- Rectangle – 200 x 400 x 20 mm
Making beautiful wall art using geometric shapes of acoustic wood wool panels is a fun and easy project. Here are a few steps you can follow to create beautiful wall art using geometric shapes:
- Choose a color scheme: Decide on the colors you want to use for your art piece. You can choose to use a monochromatic color scheme, where you use different shades of the same color, or you can use a complementary color scheme where you use colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel.
- Sketch out your design: Use a pencil and paper to sketch out the design of your art piece. This will give you a rough idea of what your finished piece will look like and allow you to make any adjustments before you start creating it.
- Order shapes as per your designs: Once you have finalized the design you can order wood wool panels as per the colour of your choice and shape.
Installation of Decorative Acoustic Wood Wool boards
- Screwing – The Acoustic panels can easily be screwed to the wall . Less labour involved and is cost effective one.
- Using velcro -These decorative panles can be fix to walls by using male-female velcro tapes. The added advantage for this type of Installation is it’s easy to modify the design. NO skilled labour is required.
- Using Adhesive- The Acoustic tiles can fix with proper adhesive This method is cost effective and fast installation very easy to install


Amid criticism over its handling of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office is taking any questions out of its active shooter policy.
Officers now “shall” enter the scene of a shooting, instead of “may,” according to an internal memo acquired by the Miami Herald.
That change in direction directly ties back to the Parkland shooting in February, when multiple officers took cover outside the high school while Nikolas Cruz opened fire, rather than go inside and try to stop him.
While that inaction was permitted under the old policy, the new orders dictate that officers “shall attempt to protect the life of innocent persons through immediate tactical intervention to eliminate the threat,” according to a Dec. 21 memo from BSO Col. James Polan.
Broward Sheriff Scott Israel said in November that he was the one to add “may” to the policy to allow for “deputy discretion.”
“I want an effective tactical response, not a suicide response,” he said during a commission meeting.
Earlier this month, Edward Eason, an 18-year veteran of the Broward Sheriff’s Office, was suspended because he waited more than two minutes to enter the school after arriving on campus.
Jeff Bell, president of the Broward Sheriff's Office Deputies Association, defended Eason using the active shooter policy.
"Words matter and in this case (Israel’s) words in the policy change cost the lives of 17 people," he told NBC News.
School resource officer Scot Peterson, who took cover outside the school until the shooting was over, previously resigned, as did Capt. Jan Jordan. Sgt. Brian Miller was placed on restricted duty.


SUZUKI SPLASH 2009 FUSE BOX LOCATION
Where is the fuse box in a suzuki swift 2009 modle
Where is fuse for cigarette lighter for Suzuki splash - Fixya
Aug 03, 2013Where is fuse for cigarette lighter for Suzuki splash - Cars & Trucks question. Search Fixya Posted on Jun 08, 2009. It will show you the location of your fuse box and lighter fuse in your cars owners manual. Dec 14, 2010 | 2004 Suzuki Aerio.
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Aug 23, 2017This video is about the fues box location in the maruti suzuki ritz. different car have the different location for the fuse box. Skip navigation Hidden fuse boxes in MARUTI SUZUKI
How to fix No Power to radio fuse problem on Suzuki Swift Mk2
Oct 19, 2017In this video we show how to replace the accessory / radio fuse on the Suzuki Swift Mk2 and show the location of the fuse box and also the spare fuses and fuse holder.
On a suzuki splash where is the fuse for the rear wiper
2009 Suzuki SX4 sedan Recently, my cigarette lighter is not work, I looked for the fuse box for very long time. Finally I found it under the steering wheel INSIDE the right side above the brake paddle. Yes, it is very hard to locate and hard to reach to replace the fuse.
Suzuki Swift fuse box diagram (2004–2010) » Fuse Diagram
No. A: Function/component: 1: 80: All electric load: 2: 50: Power window, Ignition, Wiper, Starter: 3: 50: Tail light, Rear defogger, Door lock, Hazard/Horn, Dome
Fuses - Inspection and Maintenance - Suzuki SX4 Owners
(1) Fuse puller. The fuses are also located under the driver’s side of the dashboard. Remove the fuse box lid by pulling it off. To remove a fuse, use the fuse puller provided in the fuse box. The amperage of each fuse is shown on the top of the fuse box cover. WARNING: Always be sure to replace a blown fuse with a fuse of the correct amperage.
SOLVED: Where is the fuse box location for a 2008 Suzuki
Nov 20, 2011The fuse box is located low to the left of the steering wheel - drivers side. In the engine room at the left side near to the window you will also find a box containing fuses. Regards
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Jan 18, 2008Had a similar problem myself with the blower and electric windows which suddenly stopped working I couldn't find the bl**dy fuse box until I got down in th footwell and there it is, took out the fuses but they were fine so put them back and as if by magic everthing worked fine most of worked loose or something!


text: after you successfully dye and unskein hundreds upon hundreds of yards of beautiful wild eri silk, panic starts to creep in. how on earth do i do justice to this beautiful fiber that i have already invested so much time in? japanese indigo, the last batch. i really enjoyed dying with it. perhaps next i`ll try a natural yellow dye from japanese pine? or an old favorite, st. john`s wort. one of my first adventures in natural dyeing about six years back (or more!) was shiso. in canada i loved using sugar beets to dye silk. the truth is though, blue is my favorite color. always has been, so the indigo is extra satisfying to weave with. i really feel that nothing compares to the colors and variations of the natural dyes.

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Aftermarket tuners are going above and beyond with whatever you want to call it, the Scion FR-S, Toyota 86 or Subaru BRZ. That is the only problem with this sports car, we’re not sure what manufacturer to classify it under as both Toyota and Subaru have worked on it together. Identical cars from two different companies are rare these days, however it does make the tuning industry stronger since they can all form as one. We’re going to make it simple and call this car the FRZ86 from now on, see what we did there?
Scion is ready to rock the SEMA show with several new Scion FR-S models that were part of their Tuner Challenge competition. They have teamed up with Subaru and their BRZ version of the car to put together some interesting modifications. These are just the teasers we have for now, since the Japanese automaker will not reveal any information about the projects until the SEMA curtains drop. Stay tuned for some customized Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ models to sweep across the country.
Check out this all new Subaru BRZ that has received a concept sport kit from STI at the 2012 Australian International Motor Show in Sydney. This sporty rear-wheel drive coupe has received several Subaru Tecnica International (STI) aftermarket parts. A few new spoilers, performance parts and suspension upgrades make up the kit that gives the new BRZ racing capabilities.
The guys at Speedhunters teamed up the KW suspension experts to create this 86X drift car based on the Toyota GT-86. (Also know as the Subaru BRZ and Scion FR-S depending on where you live) It recently participated in the Gatebil drift competition in Norway and plans to tour Europe while being driven by Fredric Aasbø. To get this car competition ready, the guys had to completely swap out the factory engine with a larger 2JZ-GTE sourced from a Toyota Supra.
The tuners at Wald International have released a teaser of a new kit for the upcoming Toyota 86 that has taken the world by storm. In the US, this car will be known as the Scion FR-S or Subaru BRZ, while in Europe it will be called the Toyota GT 86. All in all, this looks to be the hot commodity for tuning enthusiasts and companies worldwide. Wald has released their JDM version for the Toyota 86 with a few teaser photos we have in the this article. You can see the 86 received a new front apron making it more aggressive, new side skirts, fender vents, and a few extras at the rear.


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The Art Class resumes on Saturday 7th September and will continue to meet every Saturday morning between 10:00 am and 12:00 noon in the Minor Hall in Regent Street Methodist Church. Have a look at the Church calendar to view dates when the club is open.
This is an informal group made up of members of the congregation and members of the wider community who have an interest in learning about or improving their artistic techniques. Oil; watercolour and acrylic paint are the paints of choice – but other mediums such as charcoal; oil pastel; chalk pastel and pencil are welcome.
Members vary in skill – from absolute beginners through to improvers and others who have painted before and wish to refresh their skill or try other media.
Members are encouraged to display their work within the Club and members of the congregation are invited to drop in any Saturday morning and see what we do. Better still come along and join in.


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Manuscript must be written in Indonesia at least 10 pages and 13 pages of maximum no more than 5000 words including picture, table, and diagram. The manuscript should be written based on the Margin Eco (Jurnal Ekonomi dan Perkembangan Bisnis) template.
All manuscript submitted into Margin Eco (Jurnal Ekonomi dan Perkembangan Bisnis) is checked and decided by the Editor. The manuscript which is not appropriate with the Margin Eco (Jurnal Ekonomi dan Perkembangan Bisnis) format will be rejected. The manuscript which is appropriate with Margin Eco (Jurnal Ekonomi dan Perkembangan Bisnis) format will be accepted and confirmed through email by Editor.
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- The title should be clear and informative, and not more than 15 words.
- Author's names and institutions. The author's names should be accompanied by the author's institutions and email addresses, without any academic title. For a joint paper, one of the authors should be notified as to the corresponding author.
- Abstract, keywords, and MRBM classification numbers. The abstract should be less than 250 words. Please provide the abstract in both English and Indonesian versions. The keywords should be 3 to 5 words or phrases.
- This section explains the background of the study, a review of the previous researches in the area, and the aims of the manuscripts. Importantly it should also show the significance and novelty of the research.
- This section describes the appropriate tools of analysis along with the data and their sources.
- Results and Discussion. This section explains the results of the study. It should be presented clearly and concisely. Author(s) should explore the novelty or the contribution of the work to the education literature.
- This section concludes and provides policy implications, if any, of the study. The conclusion(s) should be in the same order as ones discussed in the body of the manuscript.
- This section lists only the papers, books, or other types of publications referred to in the body of the manuscript.
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- The manuscript is prepared in an A4 paper, single-sided, and single line spacing format. A new paragraph should start 5 characters from the left margin, using 12-size, Times-New-Romans font type.
- The manuscript is written in Indonesian.
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- References should be those of the last ten years publication (>80%), except for key references (80%). Referring to any textbook should be minimized (<20%).
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The authors should provide an index of a subject, namely the specific terms in the manuscript. The authors should also provide the index of authors, namely the key authors of papers referred to in the manuscript. Please write the family name followed by the given name.
Citation in the text body should be written using the family name and years of publication. Example:
- Fajaruddin (2020) suggests that the objective of depreciation is ....
- Inflation targeting would be sufficient (Hudha, 2017, p. 5).
- The definition of contagion is ... (Andi, 2018, pp.5-6; Laksana, 2019).
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The manuscript is expected to involve approximately 20-25 primary and up-to-date references to assert high-quality contributions to knowledge development. Citations and references must strictly follow the APA (American Psychological Association) style. References should include only works that are cited within the text of the manuscript. The manuscript should be prepared according to the template prepared by Margin Eco (Jurnal Ekonomi dan Perkembangan Bisnis).

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The .45 Super Ammo is a smokeless powder center fire metallic cartridge that is considered powerful. It was designed and developed in 1988 in the United States. Dimensionally, it is similar to the .45 ACP Ammo, but it has a thicker wall and is loaded to create higher pressures. These changes offer an average of 300 feet per second improvement in the muzzle velocity over the .45 ACP Ammo. Because of the limitation presented by the .45 ACP Ammo, there was a strong need to replace this cartridge with something that delivers a better power and penetration with low recoil and precise accuracy. That's where the .45 Super Ammo came in. The overall length of the .45 Super Ammo is 32.4mm, and the bullet diameter measures 11.5mm. The lightest variant of the .45 Super Ammo is a 185-grain bullet load that can travel at a velocity of 1,300 feet per second and creates an energy level of 694 ft.lbf.
The .45 Super Ammo was based on the design of the .45 ACP Ammo and was co-created by Tom Fergerson and Ace Hindman in 1988.
The .45 Super Ammo provides decent power and penetrating capabilities that allow the hunters to hunt medium-sized games such as the deer family easily.


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The lineup is set for next month’s UFC Fight Night 80 event, which marks the first headliner for Paige VanZant and a quick turnaround for former title challenger Rose Namajunas.
Fresh off of her third UFC victory, rising star Paige VanZant faces a tough test in her most high-profile fight to date on Dec. 10 at UFC Fight Night 80 in Las Vegas. Get that news and more in the latest Women’s MMA Report
Less than two weeks after the card was announced, UFC Fight Night 80 already has an 11-fight lineup after the UFC today announced a slew of new fights for the event.
After months of anticipation, the UFC finally has a women’s strawweight champion, and a contender is already in place. We discuss that in more in our latest Women’s MMA Report.
Victorious fighters Yancy Medeiros and Heather Jo Clark each face potential six-month layoffs despite picking up wins at The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale.
Newly crowned UFC women’s strawweight champion Carla Esparza picked up a disclosed payday of $50,000 for her tournament-final title win this past Friday at The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale.
LAS VEGAS – In a meeting of early flameouts on “The Ultimate Fighter 20,” Angela Hill ran roughshod over veteran Emily Kagan, battering her over three rounds to secure an easy decision win.


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February is celebrated as National Therapeutic Recreation Month. The month is a platform to raise awareness on the positive impact of recreation therapy (RT) programs and services. RT plays a pivotal role that focuses on improving overall health and well-being. Recreation Therapists play a valuable role in promoting wellness through leisure for individuals with physical, cognitive, emotional and social limitations as well as illness and disabling conditions. The services provided ensure that patients maintain or improve life skills, which will allow them to reach their full potential of independence. Throughout Health Services, we have Recreation Therapists working in a variety of care settings.
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center’s RT Department provides behavioral health programs to patients that build life resiliency skills and improve health outcomes. The primary service areas include psychiatric emergency, crisis stabilization, jail diversion, community re-entry and infectious disease units. These programs focus on psychosocial and psychoeducational interventions that increase mental stabilization and healthy lifestyles for patients and their respective communities.
LA General Medical Center’s RT Department provides services in the Psychiatric Emergency units for Adults and Children and the Inpatient Adult/Adolescent and Adult Outpatient Psychiatric Clinics. These programs provide individual treatment plans to assess each patient’s level of functioning to assist with life skills management and coping skills for dual-diagnosis, chronically mentally ill patients, homeless populations as well as adolescents dealing with behavioral, emotional and mental illness. Therapists cover a variety of programs including recovery-based programs, social and leisure skills development and education, meditation, values clarification, conflict resolution and community re-entry.
Therapists at Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center (RLANRC) pride themselves on employing treatment modalities that enhance the individual’s self–esteem and physical functioning to facilitate continued growth in the rehabilitation process and assist with the development of self-advocacy skills. Program planning is centered around specific patient goals and outcomes. The program mission is to provide an opportunity for our patient population to engage in a variety of activities such as special hospital-wide events, animal assisted therapy, aquatic therapy, adaptive outdoor adventure, fine arts programming, wellness, wheelchair sports, sailing, aromatherapy, guided imagery, therapeutic horseback riding, virtual reality gaming and facilitation of support groups to name a few. All these activities promote increased functioning and improved quality of life.
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center’s RT provide therapeutic interventions for adult and adolescent patients. Programs such as yoga and relaxation techniques, outdoor activities, music groups, cooking groups, daily exercise and cinemetherapy ensure that patients use leisure to gain pertinent life skills and coping strategies. The overall goal is to promote a positive leisure lifestyle to assist in maintaining a stable and healthy life outside of the hospital.
RT is an important component of quality patient care and RT’s countless contributions give our patients the skills to find meaning and purpose in their lives. Recreation Therapists were featured in a podcast that talks more about Recreation Therapy. It can be found here: https://youtu.be/8-7MOQMbg90


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By Sally Fahey
Kawhi Leonard had 27 points and 17 rebounds to lead the Toronto Raptors into the NBA finals for the first time with a 100-94 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.
The Raptors overcame a 15-point deficit and won the series in six games. They will host the Golden State Warriors in Game 1 of the finals on Thursday night.
Pascal Siakam scored 18 points, Kyle Lowry had 17, and Fred VanVleet had 14 for the Raptors, whose 26-3 run late in the third quarter and early in the fourth turned the game in their favor and reach the championship round.
They needed something more to get further, and they found it the acquisition of Leonard, the most valuable player of the 2014 finals, who was acquired from San Antonio and has carried the Raptors in this postseason.
“He’s the best player in the league, and we’re happy he’s in Toronto,” said Masai Ujiri, the Raptors’ president.
Giannis Antetokounmpo led the Bucks with 21 points and 11 rebounds, but the bid by Milwaukee, the NBA’s top team in the regular season, for a first finals berth in 45 years ended in disappointment with a fourth consecutive defeat.
Down by 76-71 at the start of the fourth quarter, the Raptors tied the score with an 8-2 run while Leonard and Antetokounmpo were both on the bench. Ibaka’s dunk with 10 minutes 32 seconds to go tied it at 78-78.
Antetokounmpo returned after a timeout, but Leonard kept sitting. That did not matter to Toronto, with Siakam’s basket giving the Raptors an 80-78 lead, their first lead since the score was 6-3.
Leonard’s one-handed slam after Lowry’s steal gave Toronto an 87-79 lead with 6:46 to go before the Bucks responded. George Hill answered with a layup, Brook Lopez converted a 3-point play, and Antetokounmpo scored, cutting it to 87-86 with 5:19 to go.
Lowry and Lopez swapped baskets before Gasol’s 3-pointer put the Raptors up, 92-88, with 3:50 left. After another basket by Lopez, Leonard made a 3-pointer that pushed Toronto’s lead to 95-90 with 3:04 to play. It was Leonard’s first 3-pointer after he had missed his first seven attempts of the game.
Toronto made 12 of 27 3-point attempts, including four of eight in the fourth quarter.
Siakam, who missed a pair of free throws late in the fourth quarter of Toronto’s double-overtime win in Game 3, hit one to make it 98-94. Leonard grabbed the rebound on the second and was fouled. He made both, putting the Raptors up, 100-94, with 3.9 seconds to go.
Brogdon and Middleton each made two shots from long range as the Bucks went 6 for 9 from 3-point territory in the first and closed the quarter with 10 unanswered points, leading, 31-18. Toronto shot 6 for 19 in the opening quarter, missing six straight attempts twice in the first 12 minutes.
The Bucks extended their lead to 38-23 on a 3-pointer by Ersan Ilyasova with 7:46 left before halftime. Toronto cut the gap to 46-43 on a 3-pointer by VanVleet with 1:07 left in the second, but Eric Bledsoe answered with a 3-pointer, and Antetokounmpo split a pair at the line, giving the Bucks a 50-43 advantage at the intermission.
The lead went back to 15 in the third before Leonard finished the period with a flourish. He had 8 points in the final 2:01, and Toronto closed with a 10-0 run, cutting a 15-point deficit to 76-71.

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Pickle Rick was inspired by an episode of pretty much the greatest TV show ever made
"I'm Pickle RIIIIIIIIIIIIIICK!"
In case you haven't been keeping up with the greatest series on TV this year - yes, Game Of Thrones fans, we said it, deal with it - in the most recent season of Rick & Morty, the genius inventor decided to turn himself into a pickle in order to get out of going to group therapy.
It back-fires on him pretty spectacularly, and results in the show's most gloriously OTT violent episode to date, plus we were introduced to the unstoppable assassin Jaguar, voiced by living legend Danny Trejo.
It was, in short, spectacular TV.
Clip via Adult Swim
When co-creator Dan Harmon sat down for a chat with Fast Company, he had some very interesting things to say about where the idea of turning Rick into a Pickle actually came from:
"A big inspiration for the Pickle Rick story, though, was the Breaking Bad episode where the Winnebago breaks down in the desert. It’s more than a bottle episode, it’s specifically a bottle episode of Breaking Bad where we get to see Walter White up against primal forces instead of watching him negotiate and bluff with street dealers and kingpins and using his access to cool chemicals and any equipment he wants to make any bombs and crystal meth and stuff."
"It was interesting to watch him trapped in a hot van, about to die, and having to fall back on his basic science knowledge to keep them alive, while also seeing what he was like under extreme stress in the hot desert heat. That was a big inspiration."
Yep, the '4 Days Out' episode of Breaking Bad arrives towards the end of that show's second season, as fans of Walter White and co. probably remember all too well.
So if you're going to take inspiration from anything, you may as well take it from pretty much the greatest TV show of the last decade/of all time (delete as appropriate).
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While you're here...
Why not hit play on the video below to let funnyman Fred Cooke woo you with his sexy French accent, Dara Dynamite ditches the Speedos to become a Kingsman, Mayo band Flat Out put the woe of the All-Ireland Final behind them to perform the Magic Cover and Justine Stafford takes to the streets to find a date for the Debs.
We also caught up with the cast of Kingmsan: The Golden Circle – Taron Egerton and Mark Strong – as well as the stars of new Irish film Maze – Barry Ward and Nidge himself, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (and his wonderful hat).
It's all jam-packed into this week's episode of The JOE Show, so what are you waiting for?
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Jeremy Barnes was picked on the third and final day of the 2009 MLB Draft, so he is intimately familiar with the type of minor leaguer that is traditionally considered an afterthought.
The closest he got to the major leagues was three plate appearances in Triple-A with the Phillies in 2012. A month later, he was released. That winter, he played the first of three offseasons in Australia. He’s well acquainted with the rigors of Minor League Baseball.
When farm director Kevin Howard was promoted to the Mets’ major league coaching staff at the beginning of May, Barnes was tabbed to pick up the responsibilities. Originally hired this offseason as the director of player development initiatives, he’s now the point person for the organization’s minor league operations.
His goal? Emphasize the top prospects while making sure those with backgrounds not unlike his own don’t get left behind.
“I think the biggest thing we want to continue to push is development all across the way,” Barnes said on the first episode of Mets Prospective presented by Verizon. “We have a lot of really good things here, but we want to be known to be relentless with our development, and from top to bottom just continue to raise the floor. From our last picks in the draft, to senior signs, to our top 10 prospects.”
The processes that Barnes and the Mets’ other new player development hires are beginning to put in place are designed to turn those less-heralded minor leaguers into future major leaguers.
That’s an operation that will take time to deliver its fruits, so for now, it’s those top prospects who have Barnes and the organization salivating.
“I’ve been impressed by what we have in the cupboard right now,” he said. “We have some exciting players to watch and follow.”
That starts with Francisco Alvarez, the 19-year-old catcher from Venezuela who has shot up prospect lists since the end of the 2019 season. As one of the youngest players in Low-A, Alvarez is hitting .459/.580/.649 through 12 games for St. Lucie.
“He’s hitting the ball hard on a consistent basis, which is always incredibly exciting,” Barnes said. “And the thing that excites me the most is he’s drawing his walks. He’s not up there being overly aggressive and swinging at everything that comes his way. There’s a plan up there and he’s implementing it.”
Entering Wednesday, Alvarez was the only player in all of Minor League Baseball who had drawn two-and-a-half walks for each strikeout, with a minimum of 45 plate appearances.
“There was a game last week [May 9] where I think he had three walks and we had a conversation afterward about how dangerous he can be with his power potential if he goes up there and is willing to take a walk,” Barnes said.
While the success rate on teenaged catching prospects is notoriously low, the Mets feel that Alvarez excels in the intangible department to the point where they can envision him in the major leagues in a matter of years.
“Very few catchers just fly through systems and are in the minor leagues for a short period of time,” Barnes said. “He’s blown me away with these intangible parts of the game, that I feel very confident that he’s going to be able to do it and that he’s currently working on it.”
The logical question then becomes how soon is too soon for Alvarez to be promoted to High-A Brooklyn. He won’t post an OPS over 1.200 for the entire season, presumably, so what factors go into such a decision?
“We want to be objective,” Barnes said. “We want to use the information we have, we want to look at predictive metrics, we want to look at these things that we know can stabilize pretty quickly and that we can trust, and not just judge guys, on batting average or some things that may have luck involved.
“We also want to start leaning on the side of aggressiveness, but we want to be smart. Our decisions are our competitive advantage. Everyone has prospects, everyone has technology, everyone has good coaches. How we use that and the decisions we make on that are our competitive advantage and that goes in that involves calling a player up.”
While Alvarez continues to tear it up in Florida, look for him to get close to two months of games under his belt before the organization starts thinking about a promotion.


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The 2020/21 National League season is set to kick-off behind closed doors next weekend.
In an email to Dover Athletic Chairman Jim Parmenter, the National League outlined its intentions.
It read: ”Until the Government announced its review of the safe return of spectators, the League was fully geared up to commence the season with clubs applying new socially-distanced stadium capacities and putting in place Covid-secure measures to ensure crowd safety.
“This week, three of our Clubs successfully held test events with up to 1,000 fans, and we hope that the diligent preparations made by all clubs to enable the return of fans may still be implemented in due course when permitted to do so.
“The League must now abide by the Government’s decision to exclude fans, and therefore, matches will be played “behind closed doors”, i.e. without supporters admitted, in accordance with Government policy and Stage 3 of the elite sport protocols until further notice.
“Looking forward, the Board’s objectives are to ensure that all clubs can commence their fixtures programme, and all clubs are able to meet their obligations over the course of the season. Moving forward with only a subset of clubs involved would not be acceptable.
“Hence, the League’s appeal to Government with the assistance of The Football Association for each club to receive compensation for lost net gate revenue each month for the period that clubs are prevented from admitting supporters.
“The Board is aware that whilst some clubs may want to commence the season without external support, the vast majority of clubs require financial help to be able to sustain their participation over the coming months without crowds.
“The League is aiming to receive confirmation of the Government’s support in advance of the season commencing next weekend. Should this not occur, the Board will review and reconsider its stance, and as ever, the Board will ensure the position and views of member clubs are central to any decision made.”
Our National League campaign is due to start against Notts County at Crabble on Saturday, October 3 at 3pm.
The game will be live streamed by DAFCtv and you can buy your match pass for it HERE
Fans who have already purchased a season ticket can watch the live streaming for free.
To help the club, season ticket holders have two options.
- Take up the option of watching live streaming for free and use your ticket if the fans are allowed to attend games again. Once committed to this option, no refunds will be available.
- Season ticket holders can claim a full refund.
The Chairman said: “We may be back playing football next week, but we need the support of our fans more than ever while they are not permitted in ground.”
We will be in touch with all season ticket holders directly.


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Castro's doctors and nurses are the backbone of the fight against cholera
By Nina Lakhani
They are the real heroes of the Haitian earthquake disaster, the human catastrophe on America's doorstep which Barack Obama pledged a monumental US humanitarian mission to alleviate. Except these heroes are from America's arch-enemy Cuba, whose doctors and nurses have put US efforts to shame.
A medical brigade of 1,200 Cubans is operating all over earthquake-torn and cholera-infected Haiti, as part of Fidel Castro's international medical mission which has won the socialist state many friends, but little international recognition.
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Roth Capital reaffirmed their buy rating on shares of Redhill Biopharma Ltd. (NASDAQ:RDHL) in a report published on Wednesday. They currently have a $27.00 price target on the biotechnology company’s stock.
RDHL has been the topic of a number of other reports. HC Wainwright set a $33.00 price target on Redhill Biopharma and gave the stock a buy rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 26th. Zacks Investment Research cut Redhill Biopharma from a buy rating to a hold rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 5th. UBS AG assumed coverage on Redhill Biopharma in a research report on Wednesday, September 13th. They set a reduce rating on the stock. Finally, FBR & Co reiterated a buy rating on shares of Redhill Biopharma in a research report on Friday, June 16th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. The stock presently has a consensus rating of Hold and an average target price of $24.44.
Redhill Biopharma (NASDAQ:RDHL) traded up 2.48% on Wednesday, reaching $9.90. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 134,972 shares. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $8.91 and its 200-day moving average price is $9.33. The company’s market capitalization is $169.91 million. Redhill Biopharma has a 52 week low of $8.16 and a 52 week high of $14.74.
Redhill Biopharma (NASDAQ:RDHL) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 25th. The biotechnology company reported ($0.60) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.58) by ($0.02). The firm had revenue of $0.48 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $0.34 million. On average, equities analysts predict that Redhill Biopharma will post ($2.36) EPS for the current year.
A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Bank of New York Mellon Corp increased its position in Redhill Biopharma by 13.6% in the 2nd quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 12,005 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock valued at $103,000 after acquiring an additional 1,440 shares during the period. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. increased its position in Redhill Biopharma by 10.8% in the 2nd quarter. Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. now owns 25,569 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock valued at $220,000 after acquiring an additional 2,500 shares during the period. D.A. Davidson & CO. increased its position in Redhill Biopharma by 10.0% in the 2nd quarter. D.A. Davidson & CO. now owns 44,000 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock valued at $379,000 after acquiring an additional 4,000 shares during the period. Family Management Corp increased its position in Redhill Biopharma by 51.5% in the 2nd quarter. Family Management Corp now owns 25,750 shares of the biotechnology company’s stock valued at $222,000 after acquiring an additional 8,750 shares during the period. Finally, Jane Street Group LLC acquired a new stake in Redhill Biopharma in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $276,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 10.99% of the company’s stock.
Redhill Biopharma Company Profile
Redhill Biopharma Ltd, is an Israel-based specialty biopharmaceutical company. The Company focuses on the development and commercialization of late clinical-stage, proprietary, orally-administered, small molecule drugs for the treatment of gastrointestinal and inflammatory diseases and cancer. It offers the following gastrointestinal products in the United States: Donnatal, a prescription oral adjunctive drug used in the treatment of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and acute enterocolitis, as well as EnteraGam, a medical food intended for the dietary management, under medical supervision, of chronic diarrhea and loose stools.
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Feb 26, 2013
How did that work ? Ordered mine 21 Sept and I'm week 4!!!
I ordered mine at the end of October and have been give week 3 build. Not really 100% how they dedicate a build week to you though.
See post hash 1 S3 register . Manual
EVO magazine - November 13 group test.
S3 manual SB
0-30 in 1.8 seconds
0-60 in 5.4 seconds
0-100 in 12.5 seconds
1/4 mile in 13.7 seconds
Merc A45 AMG
0-30 in 1.7 seconds
0-60 in 4.3 seconds
0-100 in 10.6 seconds
1/4 mile in 12.8 seconds.
Golf GTI performance pack DSG
0-30 in 2.8 seconds
0-60 in 6.2 seconds
0-100 in 14.7 seconds
1/4 mile in 14.8 seconds.
There was also figures for Megane 265 Cup and Focus ST. Both slower than the Germans. I would have loved to have seen what an S-Tronic S3 would do as think it would not be too far behind the Merc. The Merc's times were achieved with its launch control function and the writer also suggests the GTI's times were done the same way.
No idea, must think I'm a valued Audi customer
At least I've got a good discount Kenny!
I use efficiency for driving to work and back as it's only 2 miles so doesn't even warm up!
The rest of the time I swap between auto and dynamic (in manual). Don't tend to use individual that much to be honest although I've got mine set up with everything dynamic except auto steering.
You won't like that I placed my order on November 17th and I am locked in build week 3. Delivery 1st March.
I guess the dealer had prebooked a slot and it was simply a case of changing it.
At least my discount is better!
Mine wasn't too bad
Still can't reply via website, still on tapatalk.
So yours is build week 3 too, are you picking up on 1st March?
Ok it made 301hp and 295ftlbs of torque. It's on statllers Facebook page.
I was looking at my data use today. Had the car for 3 ish weeks now and only downloaded 50mb over 1000 miles.... Anyway I'll skip to the end... saw that the last date it was reset was 5/11/13 this must have been the date my car came to life my build week was that week. Just thought it was a way to find out the cars birthday. I'll pop it on the Calendar.
Hmm 21bhp is quite a big difference to mine, although the torque is pretty much the same so that's good. Torque is definitely the most important figure though, it is effortlessly quick it still surprises me!
Did Paul do a review?
Yeah what's happened to him? Think his only review so far was the car is "Sh!t hot"
Did they say they were doing any development work?
So, the last stage of the wait for me has begun. Car was built on 9th December and I have the VIN. Question I have is do Audi use Wallenius Wilhelmsen? (URL: https://att.2wglobal.com/gstattweb/ocean.do?method=getDefaultOceanQuickSearchPage)
When I had a Mercedes built, I was able to find out which ship it was on by using the above URL and then track the ship; does Audi use them as well?
Tried dealer but hasn't gotten back to me yet, so thought I'd try the knowledgable people on these here forums
PS. I'm in Australia.
Steve's dyno is pretty tight aswell. Standard cars make standard power and stage 2+ cars of the previous generation make around 330-340hp on it. A car with a Loba 400 turbo went on straight after me and made 370hp.
When stuff becomes available they'll be fitting it. Should be going into BCS for an exhaust in the new year. When a map comes that'll be going on.
Loba are already fetling with the turbos for these cars aswell which should be interesting.
Intakes will be easy to do
The fuel pump looks huge so hopefully won't have that to do this time.
Definitely needs more torque though, doesn't really pin you in the seat after 50mph.
Oh and it has a plastic sump so becareful of those speed bumps!!!
Ah thanks for that, hadn't seen it. I think you're right, launch control seems to have a big difference now on 0-60 times. Shame they didn't look at 30-70 to see the pace in 3rd which would even it out a bit between the AMG and S3 I reckon
I don't know whether these have been posted before, but interesting comparison on acceleration
S3 vs A45AMG vs M135i
S3 vs M135i vs E92 M3
Been told today ours is at the dock ready to be shipped to the UK. Our dealer is hoping to have it in the UK just after christmas for delivery early January Not long now!
My build date has been brought forward from week 7 to week 6.
I've run out of images to look at on my google searches. Need more photos and info to tide me over to 1st March!!
Where is Paul with his black 3-door?!?! I need photos of the new car please Paul!!
While the website was down, I managed to pick up my car and have already put nearly 300 miles on it in the last day.
Overall I really like the car. Lods of good things and only a couple of things I would change.
I can see how this car will be a real pleasure to own, both luxury and ease to drive along with big smiley face fun spirited driving.
So what would you change?
SNAP!! Defo need more pics!
Trying to upload the pics using photobucket as slideshow, hope it works
S3 Slideshow by Bob_s | Photobucket
Nice one Bob, some very arty pics there, in my colour too!!
Great pics. More! We want more!!
30ish is ok, my pug 307xsi only does 31mpg with my over zealous but not silly right foot and 60-85mph motorway driving, mostly 70-80mph on motorways - oops I mean 70mph officer. I still cant believe in this day and age that the motorway speed limit is stuck at 70mph, hardly anyone around reading does <70mph unless stuck in traffic
Little things so far that I havnt got used to. The arm rest doesn't seem to return to the previous location when you access the box underneath.
The boot carpet protector isnt really that great, I'll put a seperate article on this elsewhere, it it something that some people might benefit from knowing its positives and negatives
I havnt managed to get the seat in a good position yet, still need to play about I think,
First time I tried voice commands it seemed to only be for the phone book, again I need to play about with this
The warning sticker on the passenger visor. For any reason that health & safety should be banned, that would be it, and why both sides
Drive select seems to be a bit of a faff, press once and it seems to wake up, and then tell you what its on, then lets you move through them, not exactly quickly. I was kind of hoping it would work like the skip next track on music. But I can understand why it just cant skip to a whole new drive style setting as easy as skipping a music track. Maybe an expection thing there, or maybe again just not used to it.
You use the left and right on the volume knob to skip tracks, think I prefer the more traditional two buttons.
No engine temperature indicator
They are all little niggles and more things I can get used to. But please dont think they ditract from the car overall. The luxury feal is stunning on every details and part. From the lined glove box, qulity controls and dials, all the way to the boot. The engine perfromance has loads of fun, couldnt believe just how nice it it on the motorway to drive. Road handling for normal driving is really comfortable. The LED lights are fantastic, and not just the light from them, but also the feeling of safety when you indicate, good for other drivers to see your intentions.
I have only given it a couple of spirited drives or full presses on the accelerator. The torque is noticable, the growl of the engine and parp when changing gears is fun, and the power at all levels is certainly there, both setting off from standstill or gong from 50 - 70 on a motorway sliproad to merge in with safety and ease but also with the car not running away.
I'll see how it keeps going, the MPG isnt to bad, 32 mpg over 250 mile return trip mostly motorway, effieciency mode is a bit wierd when it goes into coasting, I am sure the engine parps as it kind of switches off. The auto start stop, hold assist and the Stronic are a dream, seems a slow press to stop doesnt switch off the engine, but a firner press cuts the engine, but a press on the accelerator and its on and setting of in a blink of an eye.
Just one final word of caution, remember that when the car is in hold assist mode the gren A, dont think about pressing the accelerator pedal so you can hear then engine rev a little.
I really think audi should sort this long delay out, 6 months is an unacceptable wait!
This is my first Audi and I am not impressed coming supposedly inferior cars in Ford and Peugeot. My wife has a Merc and they don't take long either.
Also annoying that I ordered my car before you on 18th Oct and have to wait until build week 6 (was 9, then 12, now 6)!!
I know the wait will be worth it but I guess im just getting impatient
Sorry for the long post, didnt realise I type so much
Many thanks for this. always good to get peoples views. This is well sorted every day car that has 4 seats and isn't too big, but big enough for 99% of usages.
One thing, re: the Hold Assist - so I assume that if the hold assist is on and you blip the throttle you just stay stationary with the engine revving until you disengage hold assist
I have to agree - health and safety sticker - very annoying and designed by a clueless no style pleb no doubt
my wife says that width matters
how much were the s3 alloys?
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