text:
TAD PARTNERS
Will AI ever replace the digital marketer?
I think it will.
Going back to that slide, what I said was that AI will get rid of functional people not vital people.
Some marketing whether it be your data collecting marketing or your analytical marketing the reality is a lot of AI will be able to do that for you.
What AI will struggle with and is what we are still a long way from is being able to make sense to that organisation and that's what I mean by vital. Being able to execute in a way knowing when to put it out.
The reality is...
AI is part of tech but a lot of people in tech ignore behaviour. That is why there is so much tech out there.
Like Google glasses. Amazing tech with fantastic AI but the reality is, they forgot something very simple - You look like an idiot wearing it. They forgot the human behaviour.
It's just like those caps people used to wear and had an umbrella stuck to it. Great invention but you look like an idiot wearing it.
It's things like that where technology forgets and this is where being vital is key for any marketer.
I think that automation - If it was pre-Covid, I would say that automation is still at least three to five years away for it to really have the massive impact that we think it will have.
However, now I think it has kind of pushed that forward. Essentially what has happened is we are going to start again so we might as well start here than get there eventually, so now I think that might be pushed slightly forward.
Not like it is going to start tomorrow but I do think 2022 is going to be an interesting year. That's when I think it will be.
When it comes to AI being so sophisticated, because there is four stages of AI and machine learning...
The first stage is very much the predictive text stage.
Where a robot can beat a person in chess and obviously we are at that stage now. This is when AI can start to do things.
When AI starts to understand languages that humans don't get. I've heard that Facebook has actually found that.
When you start getting to the age of ultron marvel where it has taken over the world. That stage we are still a long way away.
A lot of people in tech predict things that will happen way sooner than it actually does.
Augmented reality - I'm sure you have heard of virtual reality over a decade ago and the reality is, it's still not mainstream.
I still think we are a long way away from a lot of the things that people think. I don't think we are going to be at that stage for a long time.
When I say, a long time, you are looking at a decade away at least for some of it.
Some of the things that they create, yes it is available but it only makes sense if the general public uses it and that is the key thing.
I've seen some amazing tech but I think people are not going to use it.
That is what it comes down to and that is what I have seen.
It is easy to share great videos but like I said, a lot of people was like, no.
Answered by: Andrew Davis
Does machine learning impact local SEO?
What is the top Google AI and machine learning tip?
How long do SEO marketers have before their jobs are taken over by AI?
YOUR NEXT TAD EVENT WILL BE LIVE IN...
Join us at our next LIVE and EXCLUSIVE event on 11th. Feb at 7pm GMT and empower your digital marketing knowledge.
A monthly digital marketing online event where you will learn the Truth About Digital and leave with actionable tips to implement.
PITCH TO SPEAK
TAD NEWSLETTER
By subscribing to the TAD newsletter, you agree to receive weekly digital news updates and the latest articles from our knowledgebase.
Copyright © 2021 Talk About Digital, All Rights Reserved.
Privacy Policy | Sitemap | XML


This calculator is another exclusive feature from Beartooth Bullets, you will not find it anywhere else. It generates a relative penetration index for any given bullet. It derives it's information based on the bullet's weight and frontal area of the nose. The index number generated does not represent inches of penetration, but rather provides a very precise tool for comparing the penetration potential of any two non-expanding bullets. To utilize this tool for expanding bullets, you must first determine the anticipated diameter of the bullet after expansion.
Penetration is only one aspect of terminal performance, but couple this information with that of our wound channel calculator, and you will have a very realistic idea of what to expect in the way of terminal performance when comparing bullets, loads and cartridges.
Unlike the Thorniley Relative Stopping Power Calculator, we are unable to accurately quantify what expected penetration would be in game, as muscle density and bone mass varies so much one species to another. However, you do get a very concise picture of the potential of penetration, one bullet compared to another. We trust you will find this tool both useful and insightful.


Planet facts for adults too! I would guess that not many adults would know all those facts, certainly not me.
I didn't know all of them either, but loved doing the research!
What an entertaining way to present the planets. I know it's for kids but this 65 year old also enjoys it!
My favorite was the Solar System Song where each planet sang about themselves – very cute!
I believe learning should be fun and when it is you learn better.
Thank you for your comments! I enjoyed researching this topic and finding some new material that I hadn't been aware of.
That song is cute, isn't it!!
Forget the kids, I found this very interesting myself. I remember at school we learnt a similar way to your "my mother….. "way to learn the order of the planets, but I can't for the life of me remember it now. My daughter learnt it at school recently as "noodles" as was told Pluto is no longer.
Now we just have to wait a few years and see how this living in Mars is going to turn out.
Hi Michel, I am glad you enjoyed it!
I love learning. I think that I would enjoy school even more now than I did as a child!
Great article Julia! I must say that I did not know all these things about planets including the Earth. I think that this article is very educational and it can teach both kids and adult to know basic things about our solar system. I will definitely forward this article to my cousin who have two kids and I think that this would be very interesting to them.
Everything is very informative. Like some others have mentioned, I myself did not know many of these facts. Kids will love the videos that you included. I know as a child I didn't like to read so given the option I know many kids would gladly choose your detailed videos. You are doing a good thing here.
Yes – the videos do help us visualise the planets, at least to some extent.
Was actually looking for something to show my niece about the planets. Glad I found this article. I actually ended up enjoying it a great deal (and learning a few new things too haha). This is the kind of stuff that in my opinion we should be showing our kids now that they all have tablets and are on the internet.
Also what's your opinion on still talking about Pluto as a planet? It was mentioned that it was not a planet anymore, it has been a few years, is it time to stop talking about it? otherwise we might as well talk about the other dwarf planets too. Thoughts?
Thank you – I am glad you enjoyed the article!
As for Pluto, I think that as for many years – 75 – it was considered a planet, it is right to mention that and explain why this has changed, otherwise children might pick up an older book and think some of the new writings have got it wrong and just missed it out because they didn't know about Pluto. I also think it is interesting to see how our knowledge of our solar system has changed over the years and why this leads to changes in classification.


text:
Norse Myths: Tales of Odin, Thor and Loki
Co-Authors / Illustrators
Jeffrey Alan Love
ong-recognized master of Norse mythology Kevin Crossley-Holland pairs with award-winning artist Jeffrey Alan Love for an exceptional look at the Viking gods.
A collaboration by two talented creators provides the perfect means to delve into Norse mythology and pore over the enthralling exploits of all-powerful Odin; mighty Thor and his hammer, Mjolnir; and Loki, the infamous trickster. From the creation of the nine worlds to the final battle of Ragnarok, Carnegie Medal winner Kevin Crossley-Holland details the Viking gods as never before, while Jeffrey Alan Love's lavish illustrations bring the mythic figures to life on the page. Readers will be caught up in the seesawing struggle for power between gods, dwarfs, and giants, punctuated by surprising love matches, thrilling journeys, and dazzling magic. With its well-researched, lyrical prose and its dramatic and powerful artwork, this wonderful gift edition makes the perfect book for both the staunchest fans of mythology and newcomers with no knowledge of Viking folklore.
A beautiful book from cover to cover
From the stories to the wonderfully creepy illustrations, Norse Myths offers a comprehensive look at all the tales of the gods and goddesses of the often confusing Norse pantheon.
I particularly enjoyed the sections on the gods and goddesses, and the dwarves and giants as well as the gorgeous illustration of Yggdrasill, the tree of life representing the nine realms of Norse Mythology.
This lovely book covers each of the most well known legends of the gods, from the origins of the Allfather to the final battle of Ragnarok.
Beautifully written prose that is easy to understand, the author brings the old Norse tales to life and the illustrations elevate this book to the cream of the crop in terms of similar books on Norse myth.
I would highly recommend this book for school libraries and for all fans of mythology.
Melissa A. Craven, Indie Manager Top 50 Reviewer 110 reviews

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Accommodations: Changes in how test is administered that do not substantially alter what the test measures; includes changes in presentation format, response format, test setting or test timing. Appropriate accommodations are made to level the playing field, i.e. to provide equal opportunity to demonstrate knowledge.
Adaptive Behavior is a sort of "practical intelligence". It is usually measured by scales that identify how well a person manages within his or her own environment.
Affective: A term that refers to emotions or attitudes.
Age of Majority/Transfer of Rights: When a student with a disability reaches the age of 18, all rights accorded to a parent transfer to the student. The parent and student must be informed of the transfer of rights at least one year prior to the student's 18th birthday.
Alternative educational setting: An educational setting employed when the regular education setting, as defined by the IEP, must be changed. The change is usually temporary and is frequently used as a behavior management technique when school officials decide that the best interests of the student are served by changing placement. The student continues to receive instructional services as defined by the IEP, but school officials need to arrange a meeting with the student's parents as soon as possible after the change in setting to determine the appropriate new placement.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA): Federal law requiring accommodations for people with disabilities in the community and in the workplace.
Annual goals: are a required component of an IEP. Goals are written for the individual student and can last a maximum of one year.
Asperger's Syndrome: Was first described by German doctor, Hans Asperger, in 1944. Children with Asperger's have a qualitative impairment in social interactions with marked delays in nonverbal behaviors (i.e., gesturing, facial expressions, body posture); impairments in establishing peer relationships; absence of "spontaneous seeking to share enjoyment, interests or achievement with others" and delays in social reciprocity. Other characteristics that may be present include preoccupation with one restricted area of interest; inflexibility or rigidity, sticking to a set, sometimes nonfunctional routine; stereotypical and repetitive motor movement; sensory problems; movements clumsy and awkward; or preoccupation with parts or objects.
Assistive Technology Device: Any item, piece of equipment, or product that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities. The IEP team determines assistive technology needs.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A condition identified as a medical diagnosis by the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual –IV (DSM-4). Although it is not a service category under IDEA, children with this condition may be eligible for service under other categories or under Section 504.
Audiology: Related service; includes identification, determination of hearing loss, and referral for habilitation of hearing.
Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD): A disability category that affects communication and social interaction , adversely affects educational performance, is generally evident before age 3. Children with autism often engage in repetitive activities and stereotyped movements, resist environmental change or change in daily routines, and have unusual responses to sensory experiences.
Basic Skills: Skills in subjects such as reading, writing spelling and mathematics.
Behavior Intervention Plan or Behavior Support Plan: A plan of positive interventions in the IEP of a child whose behaviors interfere with his/her learning or that of others.
Categorical placement: Special education programs in which students are grouped on the basis of their IDEA eligibility category. Alternative models include "non-categorical" and "cross-categorical".
Child Find: Requirement that each state ensure that all children with disabilities are identified, located and evaluated and determine which children are receiving special education and related services.
Chronologically age appropriate: A standard by which children's activities may be evaluated. Instruction and materials should be directed at the student's actual age, rather than to the interests and tastes of younger children.
Cognitive: A term that refers to reasoning or intellectual capacity, pertaining to thinking, knowing, understanding and processing information.
Conference: A generic term that may refer to a multidisciplinary team conference, IEP meeting, annual review or other type of meeting. When in doubt, it is important to clarify the purpose of any conference.
Consent: Requirement that the parent be fully informed of all information relating to any action the school wants to take regarding the child, that parents understand consent is voluntary and may be revoked at any time. See also Procedural safeguards notice and prior written notice.
Deaf-Blind: IDEA disability category; includes hearing and visual impairments that cause severe communication, developmental and educational problems that adversely affects educational performance.
Delay: Development that does not occur within expected time range.
Developmental Adapted Physical Education: A diversified program of developmental activities, games, sports and rhythms suited to the interests, capabilities and needs of children with disabilities.
Due process: In general, due process includes the elements of notice, opportunity to be heard and to defend ones' self. With regard to IDEA, due process refers to a procedure guaranteed by federal law, for resolving disputes regarding special education services.
Due Process hearing: Procedure to resolve disputes between parents and schools; administrative hearing before an impartial hearing officer or administrative law judge.
Early Childhood Special Education: IDEA disability category for children birth through six years of age who either meet the criteria for other disabilities or meet the criteria for developmental delay.
Emotional or Behavioral Disorders (EBD): IDEA disability category in which the student displays one or more behavioral characteristics that are: 1) exhibited at either a much higher or lower rate than is appropriate for one's age; 2) documented as occurring over an extensive period of time in different environmental settings within the school and community; and 3) interfering consistently with the student's educational performance and is not the result of intellectual, sensory, cultural or health factors that have not received appropriate attention. Evaluation - Systematic method of obtaining information from tests or other sources; procedures used to determine a child's eligibility, identify the child's strengths and needs, and services child requires to meet those needs.
Extended School Year Services (ESY): Special education and related services provided to a qualified student with disabilities beyond the normal school year, in accordance with the student's Individual Education Plan and at no cost to the parent of the child. The student's IEP team determines the need for Extended Services.
FERPA: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act - A federal law that regulates the management of student records and disclosure of information from those records. The Act has its own administrative enforcement mechanism.
FAPE: Free appropriate public education; special education and related services provided in conformity with an IEP; are without charge; and meet standards of the state education agency.
Fine motor: Functions that require fine muscle movements. For example, writing or typing would require fine motor movement.
Functional Behavior Assessment (FBA): A process of attempting to understand the purpose, motivation and correlates of problem behavior. The result of the process is the development of an appropriate behavior support and management plan.
Functional curriculum: A curriculum focused on practical life skills and usually taught in community based settings with concrete materials that are a regular part of everyday life. The purpose of this type of instruction is to maximize the student's generalization to real life use of his/her skills.
Gross motor: Functions that require large muscle movements. For example, walking or jumping would require gross motor movements.
Guardian ad litem: Person appointed by the court to represent the rights of minors.
Heterogeneous grouping: An educational practice in which students of diverse abilities are placed within the same instructional group.
Homogeneous grouping: An educational practice in which students of similar abilities are placed within the same instructional groups. This practice usually serves as a barrier to the integration of children with disabilities.
IDEA: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 - Federal law that grants entitlement for special education services to children with disabilities.
IEE: An Independent Education Evaluation is an evaluation by a qualified person(s) who is not an employee of your school district.
IEP: Individualized Educational Plan - The annually written record of an eligible individual's special education and related services. The IEP describes the unique educational needs of the student and the manner in which those educational needs will be met.
IEP meeting: A gathering required at least annually under IDEA in with an IEP is developed for a student receiving special education.
IFSP: Individualized Family Service Plan – A written plan for providing early intervention services to an eligible individual and the individual's family.
Learning Disability: See Specific Learning Disability.
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE): A federal mandate that to the maximum extent appropriate, children with disabilities are educated with children who are not disabled.
LEA: Local educational agency - i.e., a local public school district.
Mainstreaming: This term does not actually appear in law. It refers to IDEA's preference for the education of every child in the least restrictive environment for each student and has been most widely used to refer to the return of children with mild disabilities to a regular classroom for a portion of each school day.
Manifestation Determination Review: If a child with a disability engages in behavior or breaks a rule or code of conduct that applies to non-disabled children and the school proposes to remove the child, the school must hold a hearing to determine if the child's behavior was caused by the disability.
Mediation: Procedural safeguard to resolve disputes between parents and schools; must be voluntary, cannot be used to deny or delay a right to a due process hearing; must be conducted by a qualified and impartial mediator who is trained in effective mediation techniques.
Modifications: Substantial changes in what the student is expected to demonstrate; includes changes in instructional level, content, and performance criteria, may include changes in test form or format; includes alternate evaluations.
Native language: Language normally used by the child's parents.
Occupational Therapy (OT): A special education related service which is usually focused on the development of a student's fine motor skills and/ or the identification of adapted ways of accomplishing activities of daily living when a student's disabilities preclude doing those tasks in typical ways.
OSEP: US Office of Special Education Programs - An office within OSERS charged with assuring that the various states comply with IDEA.
OSERS: US Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services - An agency of the federal government's executive branch within the Department of Education.
Other Health Disability: Disability category under IDEA; refers to limited strength, vitality, alertness due to chronic or acute health problems that adversely affect educational performance.
Orientation and Mobility Services: Related service; includes services to visually impaired students that enable students to move safely at home, school and community.
Parent: Parent, guardian or surrogate parent; may include grandparent or stepparent with whom a child lives and foster parents.
Physically Impaired (PI): Disability category under IDEA, the student has a medically diagnosed physical impairment.
Physical Therapy: Related service; includes therapy to remediate gross motor skills.
Placement: The setting in which the special education service is delivered to the student. It must be derived from the student's IEP.
Present levels of educational performance: A required IEP component.
Prior written notice: Means by which parents are informed in advance of actions proposed or refused by the school in reference to special education referrals, evaluations and services.
Procedural safeguards notice: Requirement that schools provide full easily understood explanation of procedural safeguards that describe parent's right to an independent evaluation, to examine records, to request mediation and due process.
Referral: Notice to a school district that a child may be in need of special education. A referral sets certain timelines in place.
Regression/recoupment: The amount of loss of skills a child experiences over an instructional break (primarily summer vacation) and the amount of time it takes him/her to recover those skills. Used by IEP teams to determine the need for Extended School Year Services (ESY).
Related Services: IDEA requires that school districts provide whatever related services (other than medical care which is not for diagnostic purposes) a child needs in order to benefit from his or her special education program.
Satellite program: A classroom operated in another facility. For example, a special education cooperative may rent a classroom in its member school districts' facilities to operate classes for students who are able to move out of the cooperative's segregated special education facility.
Section 504: Section 504 is a civil rights law which prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities. Section 504 ensures that the student with a disability has equal access to an education. The student may receive accommodations and modifications.
Severely Multiply Impaired (SMI): A disability category that means concomitant impairments (such as mental retardation-blindness, mental retardation-orthopedic, etc), the combination of which causes such severe educational needs that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for one of the impairments. The term does not include deaf blindness.
Short-term objectives: A required component of an IEP. Each annual goal must have at least two short-term objectives.
Special Education (SPEC): Specially designed instruction, at no cost to parents, to meet the unique needs of an eligible individual, includes the specially designed instruction conducted in schools, in the home, in hospitals and institutions, and in other settings. Special education provides a continuum of services in order to provide for the educational needs of each eligible individual regardless of the nature or severity of the educational needs.
Specific Learning Disability (SLD): Specific learning disability means a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations.
Speech or Language Impairment: A disability category that means a communication disorder, such as stuttering, impaired articulation, a language impairment or a voice impairment, that adversely affects a child's educational performance.
Standardized test: Norm-referenced test that compares child's performance with the performance of a large group of similar children (usually children who are the same age).
Supplementary aids and services: Means aids, services, and supports that are provided in regular education classes that enable children with disabilities to be educated with non-disabled peers to the maximum extent possible.
Surrogate parent: A person trained and appointed by the local district to exercise special education rights on behalf of children with special needs who are wards of the state or otherwise without access to parents. This is not a mechanism for evading parents who disagree with a school's proposed interventions.
Transition Services: A coordinated set of activities that promote movement from school to post school education, vocational training, integrated employment, continuing and adult education, adult services, independent living or community participation. Transition goals are determined by the IEP team beginning at age 14 and are based on student and family vision, preferences and interests.
Transportation: Related service about travel; includes specialized equipment (i.e., special or adapted buses, lifts and ramps) if required to provide special transportation for a child with a disability.
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Disability category under IDEA; includes acquired injury caused by external physical force and open or closed head injuries that result in impairments; does not include congenital or degenerative brain injuries or brain injuries caused by birth trauma.
Visually Impaired: Disability category under IDEA ; visual impairment including blindness means an impairment in vision that, even with correction, adversely affects a child's educational performance. The term includes partial sight and blindness.


intervals of time that the natural quantity of fen, shake away mouse repellent, methyl alcohol. It would appear as if methyl alcohol administered, shake away fox urine, In connexion with the present notice we refer the reader to, shake away deer repellent reviews, shake away customer reviews, The cheese fly is very small of a shining black color with transparent, shake away mouse repellent lowes, shake away mouse repellent packs reviews, where to buy shake away rodent repellent in canada, shake away repellent reviews, pointed Medical Superintendent to that institution. Dr. Wigles, shake away coyote urine reviews, who had just been brought to London from abroad vhere, where can i buy shake away cat repellent, on the face of it its own refutation. Conscious of this fact the, shake away repellent msds, later stages of chronic nephritis of whatever character, shake away armadillo repellent reviews, Dr. M. CKENZIE also showed a Tumour supposed to be Cancer of, shake away repellent for skunks, pachymeningitic granulations believing them wholly protective but, shake away mouse repellent amazon, means. The features of this state are plasticity of, where to buy shake away raccoon repellent, shake away cat repellent home depot, shake away cat repellent uk, shake away reviews cats, a child mentally dull and neglected. The writer has met, shake away raccoon repellent reviews, shake away cat repellent canada, far he is certainly correct for the drawings are quite unlike, shake away rodent repellent granules, the development of an infectious disease microbes chill, shake away mouse repellent instructions, temperature l ecame normal and remained so. Thirty, shake away rodent repellent lowes, without drying the sections. The method at first presents some, shake away rodent repellent fox urine granules, guest of the Association on being called responded in a felici, shake away fox urine reviews, which it is accepted by the patient. It is especially useful as a, shake away fox urine granules reviews, my practice to stretch the nerve until feel it give and then, shake away repellent for cats, produced the disease and the vis medicatrix naturcB being, shake away raccoon repellent canada, error in this respect. The Day of Judgment will see the marshalling, where can i buy shake away skunk repellent, ing and destroying by fumigating with cyanide or sulphur gases. Pyre, shake away repellent canada, that if food be given artificially prepared by boiling or steam, shake away cat repellent amazon, shake away fox urine granules label, ing away the muscular and mucous coats all that remains, shake away reviews mice, required nutrition. It is almost impossible to give for any length, shake away cat repellent south africa, halt and in about the length of time it would take the, shake away cat repellent australia, tion I have described. The muscular structures about the, shake away rodent repellent walmart, darkest shade of brown and was also exceedingly hard.


At San Antonio Car Key Pros, we supply the remedies for your Mazda 929 car key replacement troubles in San Antonio, Texas. Our company has proudly serviced San Antonio, TX for quite some time and thus, many of our clients have become like family to us. Since we're located in San Antonio, Texas, we can easily meet all your car key requirements in a short 30-min response time. To put it briefly, we offer full duplication of car keys for all Mazda 929 automobiles in San Antonio, Texas as well as the encompassing cities.
We feature 24/7/365 locksmith support.
Our whole staff comprises skilled techs.
We present you with friendly and fast support each and every time.
Our trained automotive lock technicians are adept in any work on your car's locks. If you need us to replace lost car keys and make spare keys for you, we can do that too. We'll also assist with automobile lock-out emergencies in San Antonio, Texas and surrounding areas.
When you're unable to decide on a car key replacement company in San Antonio, we will make your choice a lot easier. At San Antonio Car Key Pros, we're all about honesty. In addition to employing remarkably skilled and trained lock techs, we also take great pride in providing excellent customer care. When you need to talk with a staff member from our team, help is a mere phone call away. Availability is a top priority for us. Our company is accessible 24 hours, 7 days a week to provide our customers with the most receptive and high quality Mazda 929 car key replacement support in San Antonio. Even if you require emergency car key replacement assistance, our experts are available 24/7 so we will come to you after work hours, in the middle of the night, or even on a holiday.
As described previously, we're a reputable licensed, bonded, and insured firm in San Antonio, TX. We respect trustworthy services and for that reason, endeavor to offer the same to our customers. When you contact us night or day to ask for our 24/7 locksmith service or anything else, you're able to rest assured understanding that you're dealing with a dependable business that really cares about customer satisfaction. We don't take our work lightly. If you're not more than happy with the work we have provided you and your Mazda 929, we aren't satisfied either. This is just one illustration of our serious and undeniable dedication to our clients. Many of these aspects are why we stay ahead of our competition.
Your Mazda dealer isn't the only location to acquire Mazda 929 car key replacement San Antonio assistance in Texas. As opposed to the Mazda car dealership, our car locksmiths at San Antonio Car Key Pros can replace your Mazda 929 keys quickly and also at half the price!
Trust in our insured, licensed, and bonded company to provide 24/7 Mazda 929 car key replacement San Antonio assistance. Transparent pricing, a fast and friendly staff, and a proven track record of achievement give you a justifiable feeling of faith in our business. Call us right away, and we will be happy to assist you! Bear in mind, we are here for you each day!
Mazda 929 Car Key Replacement San Antonio, TX Company https://carkeyssanantoniotx.com/car-key-replacement-mazda/929-2/ 4.3/5 based upon 13 reviews.


text:
Alfonse D'Amato Speaks at the CATS Roundtable Radio Show
in Radio, Radio Podcasts
About Alfonse D'Amato
Senator Alfonse D'Amato served as United States Senator from New York from 1981 to 1999. He is a Republican. Senator D'Amato had a distinguished 18-year career in the U.S. Senate, served as chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, was a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee – specializing in defense and transportation issues – and served on the Senate Finance Committee. The former Senator is considered an expert in the legislative and political process. Since entering private life in 1999, the Senator founded a highly effective New York based lobbying firm Park Strategies.
Ed Mullins Speaks at the CATS Roundtable Radio Show
John Cornyn Speaks at the CATS Roundtable Radio Show


Puppy Guide - All You Need to Know About Raising a Puppy!
Are you looking to get a new dog or recently got one? Congrats!!!
Dogs can be tons of fun and an amazing companion, but it's important to consider the responsibilities involved in getting a puppy and make sure you're up for the challenge. This puppy guide will help you with all the steps to raising a puppy. First, decide if you're ready for a dog, explain the steps to getting a dog, and teach you to build a great relationship with your new pup!
We encourage you to look at dogs of any age, and this guide will be helpful regardless if it's a puppy or an older dog!
Can you be home often?
If you get a puppy you'll need to let it out very often (about every 3hrs at 8 weeks, 4hrs at 12 weeks, & 5hrs at 16 weeks). We used to trade off stopping home at lunch to let our pup out.
Raising a puppy takes a ton of time. It's great if you're fully dedicated to it, but if you want to stay out all night or treasure your free time it might be frustrating and worth waiting until you're more settled.
Dogs can be expensive: food, toys, vet trips, boarding if you travel. The cost is probably around $1000-1500 the first year and $500-$1000 each additional year.
This may seem like a silly question, but if you haven't owned a dog before there are a few considerations. Are you allergic (is your significant other or kids)? Are you ok with cleaning up after messiness (e.g. shedding & dog poo)? Do you enjoy walking (you're dog will need exercise, some more than others)? Are you tolerant and calm (dogs take patience and learn through training)?
Dogs live a long time – 10+ years. Are you prepared for that?
All these items may sound scary, but it's important to understand before diving in. It's a big commitment, but you also get a ton of fun out of it. If you're on the fence, try and find a friend who has a dog and volunteer to take care of them when they're out of town for a weekend.
So, you're still ready to move on with the puppy guide? Great! Let's check out what steps you'll follow to get your awesome pup! Then we'll cover each step in detail.
Pick a Breed. You'll want to find a breed that fits well with your lifestyle and personality. Some dogs require more exercise, space, and general work than others.
Find a Dog. You can adopt or buy from a breeder or store. We recommend adopting or finding a reputable breeder. It's sad to see overbreeding of dogs that aren't wanted. Do you want to take on a wild puppy or get a calmer older dog?
Get Ready. You'll want to dog proof your home, buy some dog essentials, and make sure you're schedule is free.
Care for Your Dog. On-going care involves occasional vet trips, exercise, and some breed-specific maintenance.
Training & Socialization. Training can turn a good dog (or a problem child) into an amazing dog. Socialization will make your dog comfortable with other people, children, and pets.
Now that you've got the basic overview, let's dive into some specifics. This puppy guide will take you through each important step. Feel free to dive into the first article or pick & choose what will help you most!


text:
Architecture is an oil on cardboard painting by the Swiss German painter Paul Klee, crearted in 1923. It is part of the his Magic Squares series, where Klee studies the effects of repeating the same elements, in a largely abstract style. It is held at the Neue Nationalgalerie, in Berlin.

History and description
Klee was teaching at Bauhaus, in 1923, and it can be considered that he was influenced by the importance that architecture had in that art school for this painting. It has been speculated that this and other paintings of the same period were influenced by Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg recent development of a new, radical musical system of twelve tones, his Twelve-tone technique. The same similar approach to music by a geometrical way can be seen in this work and others of the same time.

Art critic and historian Will Grohmann states that he found a relation with Schönberg method in Klee's writings: "I found a slip of paper among Klee's papers on which was a plan for one of his pictures; numbers were written in the squares, a series of numbers ran first in one direction then in the other, crossing each other. When the numbers are added along the horizontals and verticals, the totals are equal, as in the well-known 'magic square.'"

See also
List of works by Paul Klee

References

External links

1923 paintings
Paintings by Paul Klee
Paintings in the collection of the Berlin State Museums

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
By By Eriprando Guerritore & Désirée Catalano
1. No Pre-Marketing Measures Under the Current EU Framework
As of today EU laws and regulations do not provide for a harmonized pre-marketing notion nor for a set of rules on pre-marketing activities.
Each EU National Competent Authority has therefore come up - or not come up - with its own interpretation about activities qualifying as pre-marketing or safe harbored from pre-marketing.
According to:
French National Competent Authority's ("Autorité des Marchés Financiers") view, managers may contact up to 50 professional investors prior to launching a fund project, but they are not allowed to disseminate any documentation containing information about the fund;[1]
German National Competent Authority's ("Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht") view, pre-marketing is allowed as long as the activity carried out cannot be considered as an offer of a specific investment undertaking, no specific questions on the product are answered and finalization of the fund terms is still ongoing;[2]
Luxembourg National Competent Authority's ("Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier") view, managers may present draft documents prior to fund launches as long as they are not used by the prospective investors to formally subscribe or commit to subscribe shares or units of the fund;[3]
U.K. National Competent Authority's ("Financial Conduct Authority") view, sharing draft fund terms with cornerstone investors prior to fund launches qualifies as pre-marketing so alternative investment fund managers do not need to notify the regulator about their pre-marketing activities.[4]
In turn Italy has not adopted domestic measures ruling pre-marketing. Any analysis on whether or not an activity qualifies as pre-marketing shall therefore be carried out on a case by case basis.
2. The Rationale for Introducing New Measures on Pre-Marketing
In a nutshell the new measures are aimed at easing the launch of new alternative fund projects by:
Removing regulatory barriers to cross-border distribution of alternative investment funds, such as regulatory fees;
Enhancing the transparency level of rules on pre-marketing / marketing leveling the playing field; and
Creating a harmonized definition of pre-marketing, limiting each single Member State's discretion in identifying pre-marketing activities.
3. The New Draft Measures on Pre-Marketing
On 21 September 2018 and 2 October 2018 the ECON[5] published two draft reports[6] relating to EU Parliament proposals on cross-border distribution of collective investment funds amending, inter alia, the AIFMD[7] (respectively the "Reports" and the "Proposals" and the Reports and the Proposals collectively the "Draft Measures").[8] The Reports introduce a number of amendments to the Proposals with reference, inter alia, to the notion of pre-marketing and to the rules on pre-marketing without disregarding the necessity to provide sufficient safeguards against potential circumvention of the AIFMD requirements.[9]
3.1 The Pre-Marketing Notion
The Pre-Marketing Notion
Abridged Considerations
Pursuant to the Draft Measures pre-marketing shall mean:
A direct or indirect provision;
The provision may occur by any means (email, hard copy, etc.);
Of information or communication;
The form by which any information or communication is provided is of no relevance (e.g., written form vs. oral form);
On investment strategies or investment ideas;
The investment strategy / idea notion is unclear and should be better clarified. For instance, one may argue the information under this box is limited only to: asset class of relevance, asset allocation, risk-income profile, and rationale of the investment idea;
By an EU AIFM or on its behalf;
For instance, by a distributor acting on the EU AIFM's behalf based on a distribution agreement;
To EU potentialprofessional investors;
Reference should be made to potential investors having a risk-income profile matching the one of the investment strategy / investment idea notwithstanding the new MIFID II measures - as applying to EU AIFMs / distributors - on target market reference;
In order to test their interest in an AIF or a compartment of an AIF;
No binding commitment into an AIF - or a compartment of an AIF - may be executed based on any pre-marketing activity;
Which is not yet established in the Member State where the potential EU investors are domiciled or have their registered office.
No pre-marketing with reference to existing AIFs / any of their existing compartments (cells) based on current language under the Draft Measures.
3.2 The Pre-Marketing Rules
The Pre-Marketing Rules
Member States shall ensure that an authorized EU AIFM may engage in pre-marketing in the Union, excluding where the information presented to potential professional investors relates to an established AIF / contains reference to an established AIF / enables investors to commit to acquiring units or shares of a particular AIF / amounts to a prospectus, constitutional documents of a not yet established AIF, offering documents, subscription forms, or similar documents, whether in a draft or a final form, allowing investors to take an investment decision;
Pre-marketing is limited only to EU AIFMs with the exclusion of non-EU AIFMs. Further, only "full-scope" EU AIFMs may take advantage of the pre-marketing rules, excluding therefore "registered" EU AIFMs, which may not carry out any pre-marketing activities based on current language under the Draft Measures.
Member States shall ensure no requirement to notify the competent authorities of pre-marketing activities is necessary for an EU AIFM to engage in pre-marketing activities;
Pre-marketing may be carried out without any advanced notification based on a self-assessment carried out by each "full-scope" EU AIFM on a case by case basis;
AIFMs shall ensure thatinvestors, within 18 months of being contacted as part of pre-marketing, may acquire units or shares in the AIF or compartment of the AIF referred to in the information provided in the context of pre-marketing or of an AIF or compartment of an AIF established as a result of thepre-marketing only undermarketing permitted under Article 31 ("Marketing of units or shares of EU AIFs in the home Member State of the AIFM") or 32 ("Marketing of units or shares of EU AIFs in Member States other than in the home Member State of the AIFM") of the AIFMD.
EU AIFMs may not enjoy "reverse enquiry safe harbour exemptions" based on any pre-marketing activity started by them. Any potential investor approached during a pre-marketing activity may execute binding subscriptions only subject to the marketing procedure set forth under the AIFMD.
4. Expected Timeline
The European Commission is seeking to adopt the Proposals by May 2019.
[1] In this regards please make reference to the following link: https://www.amf-france.org/en_US/Actualites/Communiques-de-presse/AMF/annee-2016?docId=workspace%3A%2F%2FSpacesStore%2F9456b35b-c749-4ed2-8a0e-8f6bc8a67815.
[2] In this regards please make reference to the following links:
https://www.bafin.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/EN/Veranstaltung/dl_290617_Brexit_Workshop_TOP_4.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3 (page 5); and
http://www.bafin.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/Rede_Vortrag/dl_151130_Seminar-Investmentrecht_H%C3%A4ufige%20Fragen.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=6 (page 22 / available only in German language).
[3] In this regards please make reference to the following link http://www.cssf.lu/fileadmin/files/AIFM/FAQ_AIFMD.pdf (page 45).
[4] In this regards please make reference to the following link https://www.handbook.fca.org.uk/handbook/PERG/8/37.html (PERG 8.37.6).
[5] Reference is made to the European Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs.
[6] Draft report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to cross-border distribution of collective investment funds (2018/0041(COD)) and the Draft report on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on facilitating cross-border distribution of collective investment funds and amending Regulations (EU) No. 345/2013 and (EU) No. 346/2013 (2018/0045(COD)). The Reports are available on the following websites: https://service.betterregulation.com/sites/default/files/upload/2018-09/document%2867%29.pdf and http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=COMPARL&reference=PE-627.812&format=PDF&language=EN&secondRef=01.
[7] Reference is made to the Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 on Alternative Investment Fund Managers.
[8] The Proposals consist of: (i) a Directive on the cross-border distribution of collective investment funds; and (ii) a Regulation setting out a harmonised EU framework on required marketing communications, an online transparency framework for national provisions on marketing requirements, and amendments to Regulation (EU) 345/2013 on European Venture Capital funds and Regulation (EU) 346/2013 on pre-marketing.
[9] A new definition of pre-marketing should be introduced under current Article 4(1) of the AIFMD. Further pre-marketing will be permitted under new Article 30a of the AIFMD.
[10] Amendment to Article 4, paragraph 1 of the AIFMD.
[11] General comment: Any wording in bold and italics under paragraphs 3.1 and 3.2 relates to new additions and comments set forth under the Reports.
[12] I.e., any professional investor domiciled or registered in the European Union, such as EU insurance companies.
[13] Reference is made to Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments.
[14] Reverse enquiry refers to investment in AIFs by professional investors made on their exclusive initiative. Reference is made to recital (70) of the AIFMD pursuant to which "this directive should not affect the current situation, whereby a professional investor established in the Union may invest in AIFs on its own initiative irrespective of where the AIFM and/or the AIF is established".
Supreme Court Narrows Whistleblower Protections Under Dodd-Frank
SEC Votes to Modify Compliance Date for Open-End Fund Liquidity Classification
CRISPR: The New Frontier of Biotechnology Innovation
Appraisal Unpredictability: Delaware Court Awards 31% Less Than Deal Price
Duty to Detect, Prevent, and Report Market Abuse and Persons Professionally Arranging or Executing Transactions
Court Rejects Application of Risk Retention Rules to CLOs
AML and Politically Exposed Persons: Recommendations from the Bank of Italy
Direct Lending – A Mature Market?
Antitrust Division Signals Criminal Cases on No Poach Agreements Among Employers
China Modifies Regime on Administration of Outbound Investments
SEC's Division of Investment Management Voices Concerns Over Registered Funds Investing in Cryptocurrencies & Cryptocurrency-Related Products
Italy Introduces New Measures to Simplify Dual-Use Export Transactions and Sets the Sanctions Related to Trade Embargoes and Proliferating Materials
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Revises Certain Federal Tax Credits
Life Sciences & Antitrust: Cases to Watch in 2018
Some Family Offices May Avoid the Disallowance of Investment Expense Deductions Under Tax Reform
Key Takeaways from the FTC's Latest Privacy Enforcement
Tax Reform Provides New Tax Benefits to Unincorporated Businesses
PTAB Section 315(b) Time-Bar Determinations Reviewable at the Federal Circuit
Real Estate Related Provisions of the Tax Reform Act
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Makes Significant Changes to Taxation of Business Operations
Italian Finance Law 2018: Focus on the New Tax on Digital Transactions ("Web Tax") and on the New Features of the Italian Permanent Establishment
Unhappy New Year—New Tax Law Adversely Affects Certain Executive and Equity Compensation Arrangements
The International Provisions of the GOP Tax Reform Act
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Significantly Impacts Individual Taxation Provisions
DOJ Shows That There Is No Such Thing as HSR "Approval"
SEC Issues Updated Disclosure Guidance for Forward-Looking Projections in the Context of Business Combinations
Riding the Bumps: Opportunities in the European Private Debt Market
Reinventing the Retailing Model: A Tale of Two Futures
Rien ne va plus? German Gambling Law at a Crossroads
The SEC's Unlawful and Dangerous Expansion of the Exchange Act
Navigating a PTAB Deposition
Le Nuove Norme Sulle Segnalazioni Di Illeciti Estendono Il Whistleblowing Al Settore Privato
NYC: Municipal Benefactor to Life Sciences and Technology Venture Capital
Employee Data Subject Access Requests
German Federal High Court of Justice Rules Written Form Protection Clauses Void
No Corporate Tax Deduction for Sexual Harassment or Sexual Abuse Settlements?
Trade, Regulations, and Investment: Navigating at the Speed of Light
Federal Circuit Provides Additional Guidance for Induced Infringement in Hatch-Waxman Cases
Extraterritoriality and the Rise of Litigation Risk
Cybersecurity: The Intersection of Threat and Innovation
IP: Virtual Walls to Protect Virtual Values
The Life Sciences Enforcement Zeitgeist: Will German Companies Withstand the Scrutiny?
A Tale of Two Governments: Ten New Laws Impacting Employers with Operations in California
Heads-Up: Proposed Tax Law Would Doom Nonqualified Deferred Compensation (Including Stock Options and Other Equity-Based Compensation) As You Know It
Federal Circuit Reverses Judge Sleet's Factual Findings for Failure to Address Unrebutted Evidence
An Equal Opportunity Paradox for Federal Contractors
Decision of Joint Chambers of the Italian Court of Cassation Put an End to "Supervened Usury"
Planning for a PTAB Deposition
CFPB Payday Rule: A Ban or a Blueprint for the Future of Short-Term Consumer Lending?
Five Takeaways from Combination Drug Treatment and Dissolution Range Patent Rulings in Orexigen v. Actavis


Yesterday, I pursued the pages of my journal and was reminded of the declarations that I made at the beginning of the year. Few were complete. Some were in process, and an even greater number were not even started. Truthfully, I had even forgotten about some of them. I had a few "oh yeah" moment when I read through some of my goals. What about you? What were your New Year's resolutions? What things did you want to accomplish? Please know that it's not too late to pick up where you left off. Dust yourself off and start over. If you have been trudging along, keep plowing. James 1:12 says, "Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him,"(NIV). There is also encouragement found in Galatians 6:9, which says that "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up," (NIV). The key here is: Do not give up. Revive those dreams. Dust off those goal, and keep it moving!


text:
A Ranger Ruckus, win 85-52
By Daniel Lavender on November 21, 2010 • ( Leave a comment )
The women's basketball team played its second game of the season Friday evening at DeSimone Gymnasium, and the Rangers put on a clinic. The UW-Parkside Rangers defeated the visiting Red Hawks of Indiana Northwest by a score of 85-52. The result almost echoed last year's result against the Red Hawks, which ended in a similar dominating fashion at 80-39.
The Rangers threw out their prototypical-starting lineup of Kaitlyn Bettiga, Jadee Rooney, Amy Selk, Brittany Beyer, and Brittany Hogan. All things considered, the starters weren't out on the floor much, and they didn't need to log their typical minutes. This game provided a great opportunity to get the youthful bench players quality minutes to show what they can do.
The Red Hawks' biggest threat on the court was six-foot-four center Sharon Houston. Houston put up twenty-seven points out of the Red Hawks' fifty-two total points in the game. She used her size to roam around the paint for close buckets, and went to the line fourteen times.
"We let [Shannon Houston] do some things way to easy," admitted women's basketball head coach Jenny Kenesie. "Still, it's a good opportunity to watch film with our post players and show them where we need to get better, because we're going to be playing against even better post players than that all year."
While the game wasn't truly in doubt at any point in the game, there certainly were plenty of fouls on Parkside's end. The Rangers posted twenty-six personal fouls, sixteen of which happened in the second half. The main cause for this could simply go down to the youth being thrown on the floor in an actual competitive game setting, but fouls allowed Indiana Northwest to put up twenty-two points merely from the line.
"It was just mental discipline," cited coach Kenesie. "To be quite frank, we didn't have a lot of pride on the defensive end."
Still, it is very early in the year, and, against a team such as Indiana Northwest, the Rangers can afford to make mistakes and learn on the fly. It was the second game of the season, but a lot of the bench players got their chance to get involved with in game situations. Did it generate some fouls? Yes. Did it cost them the game? No. It was a solid team effort from the offense that picked up an otherwise sloppy night defensively for the Rangers. Going forward, I'd expect this game to be very helpful for the bench players.
Next up, the Rangers tip off against the Warriors of Wayne State University Sunday afternoon at 1pm. The Warriors currently sit at 0-2 on the season, and have not played against the University of Wisconsin-Parkside since November 27, 1993. To put things in perspective, the artist with the number one hit on the billboard charts at that time was Meat Loaf. To say it's been awhile might be an understatement.
"[Wayne State] is a very balanced team," noted coach Kenesie. "It's going to be a challenge for us, especially after seeing this defensive performance."
Tagged as: basketball
"Islamerica" Brings Knowledge to Students
Rangers Defeat Wayne State, 77-60


text:
Tag: swanksalot
Reading Around on May 7th through May 8th
May 8, 2009 May 8, 2009 swanksalot0 comment
A few interesting links collected May 7th through May 8th:
Barack Hussein Obama's un-American mustard choice – The latest blogospheric brouhaha? When President Obama ordered a burger earlier this week, he asked for it without ketchup — and with Grey Poupon. No, seriously. Not that this should be surprising by now, but even Sean Hannity has picked up on the story and broadcast it to millions of Fox News viewers. Naturally, in response, various liberal outlets are responding with equal fervor.…Why, then, am I writing about this? Well, because it gives me an excuse to link to a really fascinating article Malcolm Gladwell wrote for the New Yorker a few years back about the science of taste — why people like certain kinds of things like ketchup, spaghetti sauce, soda and mustard. Turns out that those store brand colas really aren't very well-made, that Heinz really might be the platonic ideal of ketchup and that almost everyone prefers Grey Poupon to patriotic and manly (but lousy) American mustard. From the piece:
The Seattle Traveler » Waterfront Fun at Seattle Maritime Festival – Seattle puts its maritime prowess on display this weekend with the annual Seattle Maritime Festival.
Saturday's Family Fun Day is always a big treat, and the highlight is the Tugboat Races. These are the largest Tugboat Races in the World = with over 40 boats expected to participate.
Photo credit: swanksalot @flickr
Lawmaker Defends Imprisoning Hostile Bloggers | Threat Level – "Rep. Linda Sanchez responded Wednesday to Threat Level's tirade against her proposed legislation outlawing hostile electronic speech. Her answer: "Congress has no interest in censoring."Sanchez, with the introduction of the Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act, clearly has a great interest in censoring."
Advertising, LinksAdvertising, censorship, food, Free_Press, free_speech, Obama, Seattle, swanksalot
Amazon.com Knee-Jerk Contrarian Game – Waxy.org – "Kenny G., for instance. His rythmic session is much more regular, whereas Coltrane's session seems sometimes to loose the beat."
FAIL!!
Umm, for one, "lose the beat" instead of "loose the beat". And for second, bhwah-ha-ha-ha, Kenny G!!
MenuPages Blog :: Chicago: The Green City Market Is Open! Celebrate at Bonsoiree – "The Green City Market opens for outdoor business today! "
BLDGBLOG: How the Other Half Writes: In Defense of Twitter – "Again, I fail to see any clear distinction between someone's boring Twitter feed – considered only semi-literate and very much bad – and someone else's equally boring, paper-based diary – considered both pro-humanist and unquestionably good.
Kafka would have had a Twitter feed! And so would have Hemingway, and so would have Virgil, and so would have Sappho. It's a tool for writing. Heraclitus would have had a f***ing Twitter feed."
humor, Links, MusicAmazon, Chicago, food, humor, language, Music, swanksalot, twitter
Reading Around on May 1st through May 5th
May 5, 2009 swanksalot0 comment
A few interesting links collected May 1st through May 5th:
Today's Stuff… | 1001 Positively True Stories of an Indie Filmmaker – "Today I saw (for the first time) footage from a Flip HD camera"
my footage, actually, which is embarrassingly brief and poorly shot. Oh well, I had fun making the clip anyway
theexpiredmeter.com » Blog Archive » Protect Yourself Against Broken Meters – "This flier reminds ticket writers of what the municipal code says in regards to parking at a non-working meter.
9-64-190 Parking meter zones – Regulations …It is not a violation of this section to park a vehicle at a zone or space served by a meter that does not function properly…"
Friday Flashback: The Haymarket Massacre – Chicagoist: Chicago News, Food, Arts & Events – Photo of the Haymarket memorial sculpture by swanksalot
Since today is International Workers' Day, a day meant to commemorate the Haymarket Massacre that took place in Chicago in 1886, we thought a brief look at the tragic event important to the labor movement around the globe was in order.
LinksChicago, Daley, DIY, flickr, Haymarket, HD, May_Day, parking, swanksalot, West_Loop, YouTube
Reading Around on April 26th through April 28th
April 28, 2009 April 29, 2009 swanksalot0 comment
A few interesting links collected April 26th through April 28th:
The GOP's base problem – Back in 2002, the Democratic Party was a disaster. It was beset by an establishment convinced that this was a center-right nation, and that the only path to victory was to be Republican-lite. It was outgunned by a conservative movement that had a well-established idea factory and message machine, with a traditional media more eager to pick up Fox News themes than to hold the administration accountable. And it was plagued by a consultant class that still thought the calendar read 1968, and that their campaigns couldn't associate with dirty fucking hippies or innovate with new tools like the "internets".Lucky for them, a new generation of activists arose to challenge the status quo…, in addition to a core group of big-money donors willing to invest in a new party infrastructure. … Anyone remember how conservatives gloated when we got Howard Dean elected chairman of our party? Anyone remember how our party's DC establishment reacted, in genuine horror and fear for the party's future?
image from an unknown source
The real reason for torture | Steve Chapman – "Its advocates make it obvious that this cruelty is not an unfortunate byproduct but a positive attribute.
That's why so many people endorse inhumane methods while disregarding any evidence that suggests it is ineffective. Their hatred of our enemies has made them indifferent to civilized norms. They want to see our enemies suffer hideously regardless of whether that enhances or degrades our security.
The point of torture is torture. It is not a means to an end. It is the end itself. "
BARTANNICA » B.L.U.E.S. | Chicago, IL – I've got the quit-making-out-in-front-of-me-and-rubbing-each-others'-legs-and-standing-up-from-your-stools-and-bumping-into-me-you-gross-old-people-from-the-suburbs-that-have-had-too-much-to-drink-and-should-just-get-a-room-and-I-know-that's-what-you're-thinking-because-I-just-saw-you-pop-a-Viagra blues. Deh dah-dah dum dah-dum dah-dum …
Linksblues, Democrats, republished, swanksalot, torture
Reading Around on April 26th
April 26, 2009 swanksalot0 comment
Some additional reading April 26th from 07:43 to 20:01:
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway (or, the Privatization of the English Language) | Zen Habits – "Her lawyers asked me to insert the (R) symbol after the phrase, in my post, and add this sentence: "This is the registered trademark of Susan Jeffers, Ph.D. and is used with her permission."
Yeah. I'm not gonna do that.
I find it unbelievable that a common phrase (that was used way before it was the title of any book) can be trademarked. We're not talking about the names of products … we're talking about the English language. You know, the words many of us use for such things as … talking, and writing, and general communication? Perhaps I'm a little behind the times, but is it really possible to claim whole chunks of the language, and force people to get permission to use the language, just in everyday speech?"
Democracy Now! | Flashback: A Look Back at the Church Committee's Investigation into CIA, FBI Misuse of Power – "We take a look at one of the most famous special Senate investigations of government misconduct. In the mid-1970s, a US Senate committee chaired by Democratic Senator Frank Church of Idaho conducted a massive investigation of the CIA and FBI's misuse of power at home and abroad. The multi-year investigation examined domestic spying, the CIA's attempts to assassinate foreign leaders, the FBI and CIA's efforts to infiltrate and disrupt leftist organizations, and more. We speak with Sen. Frank Church's widow, Bethine Church, and Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., who served as chief counsel to the Church Committee"
A Guide to Beating the Fears That Are Holding You Back | Zen Habits – "Just got a copyright infring. notice from lawyers of author Susan Jeffers, bec I used the phrase "feel the fear & do it anyway" in a post."
Some moronic author, Susan Jeffers is asserting copyright claim to this phrase, and sending threatening letters to my cousin Leo, who used these words in a blog post. Come on, get real. Hasn't she (or her lawyers) heard of the phrase, "everything that has been said has been said before". There are only 26 letters in the alphabet – phrases can't be copyrightable.
Que reste-il de Kurt Cobain ? | Rue89 – my photo of Kurt Cobain graffiti used (with poor link/credit, but I'm working on that)
Linksabuse, Congress, copyright, corruption, FBI, language, music_history, republished, swanksalot
Chicago Reader | The Works | Ben Javorsky for Mayor! Responses to your responses to our story about Chicago's parking meter lease deal By Ben Joravsky – I heard Daley on the radio say, "You have to monetize your assets or else they become liabilities." What an idiot. Never took an economics or accounting class at the U. of C., that's for sure. Vote the idiot out. —South Looper
Now, now, don't harsh on Mayor Daley. He didn't have time for economics or accounting—he was too busy studying for that bar exam for the third time.
Daily Kos: Why yesterday's protests were stupid – What was the message? Too much taxes? I didn't see many bank executives and Wall Street types out on the streets. And coming on the heels of the biggest tax cut in American history, almost entirely directed at the middle class, this message didn't have much salience. Furthermore, the theme of these protests "taxation without representation", was pretty silly considering that these people did have representation. It's just that they lost the elections, which sort of happens in a democracy. "Representation" doesn't mean you always get your way, it means that you have a vote. So it was an indefensible frame to base the protests around.
That's probably why the crowds didn't easily rally around it, deciding to freelance it instead. So there was talk about pork barrel spending! And bail outs! And wanting to stick a knife in Obama's eye! And secession! And Obama's birth certificate! And Obama taking away their guns! The American taxpayers are the Jews for Obama's ovens! Obama is Hitler!
GO TO 2040 Blog -Edible Change is Enticing at 4th Annual Food Policy Summit – "In its fourth year the summit Edible Change! Building Networks for Policy Action, hosted by the Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council (CFPAC) reached full capacity bringing together over 250 people from the Chicago area and around the region with amazing diversity of geography, ethnicity, and age to talk, learn, and share stories about food. "
photo of produce by me
Linksactivism, Chicago, corruption, Daley, food, republished, Rethuglicans, swanksalot
Adventures In Foodie Land: darkness, lasers, ninjas, and child labor » NileGuidance: A Travel Blog – "Moto: In Chicago, the epicenter of the molecular gastronomy, Moto is the place to go for an adventure in food technology and what even qualifies as 'food.' Listed on the edible(!) menu are post-modern, multi-sensory concoctions by chef Homaro Cantu using mediums such as liquid nitrogen and Class IV lasers. Chili-Cheese Nachos as a dessert, made with chocolate and flash-frozen mango? Sounds like an adventure to me."
photo of swanksalot
The Inevitable Clash of Management and Unions | new curator – What's the best way to diffuse a situation between the management of a museum and a union representing your disgruntled workers?
Hint: Don't go saying they give "the public sector a bad name".
Can the Statusphere Save Journalism? – Recently, I enjoyed a refreshing and invigorating dinner with Walt Mossberg. While we casually discussed our most current endeavors and experiences, the discussion shifted to deep conversation about the future of journalism in the era of socialized media with one simple question, "are newspapers worth saving?"
[photo by swanksalot]
Arts, LinksArts, copyright, corporate_media, journalism, republished, restaurant, swanksalot, unions, West_Loop
Reading Around on April 9th through April 12th
April 12, 2009 June 12, 2009 swanksalot0 comment
A few interesting links collected April 9th through April 12th:
Technic News » Can the Statusphere Save Journalism? – Recently, I enjoyed a refreshing and invigorating dinner with Walt Mossberg. While we casually discussed our most current endeavors and experiences, the discussion shifted to deep conversation about the future of journalism in the era of socialized media with one simple question, "are newspapers worth saving?"
photo by swanksalot
Gapers Block : Mechanics : Chicago Politics – The Erosion of Daley and the Coward Defense – The excuse we always hear (off the record of course) from Aldermen, community groups, think tanks, and the rest, is that taking on the Mayor is just too darn scary. He's too powerful. But what makes him powerful, like all bullies, is the constant refusal of anybody to stand up to him. And of course, it isn't fear: its convenience. That whole "…but he's our sonofabitch" mentality. We saw how well that worked with Augusto Pinochet and Saddam Hussein.
Washington Post Reporter Says It's Not His Job to Check the Accuracy of People He's Quoting – talk about stenography to the powerful. Why would anyone read the Washington Post with this sort of attitude towards politicians? Can just read press releases at the Senator's website for all the good Paul Kane does.
Pathetic. and this quote makes me laugh, perhaps not in the way Mr. Kane intends:
Someone tell Media Matters to get over themselves and their overblown ego of righteousness.
LinksChicago, copyright, corporate_media, corruption, Daley, journalism, Media, Republican, republished, swanksalot
Reading Around on March 24th through March 27th
March 27, 2009 March 27, 2009 swanksalot0 comment
A few interesting links collected March 24th through March 27th:
Is Jon Stewart Our Ed Murrow? Maybe… – Mr. Stewart. Yes, he makes funny faces and starred in Death to Smoochy, but, along with Stephen Colbert, his ability to entertain is what lends him his authority in the first place. Think about it. Why should we care who this or that newspaper publisher endorses for president? Answer: we only care because we care about the editorial influence on the audience. Presidential candidates don't go seeking the endorsement of high school newspapers because, well, dude, kids don't vote. Stewart and Colbert have the audience that powerful people want to reach; yet at the same time, these two men do not participate in a pack mentality, and that's what makes them politically invaluable (and at this point, irreplaceable).
The President Vs. the Press – The Daily Beast – There you have it. CNN wants emotions, theatrics, the stamping of feet, mano-a-mano anger, and outrage contests. This is a presidency defined by cable news food-fights and Maureen Dowd-style armchair psychoanalysis. Obama wants to "know what he's talking about," pick the best policy to achieve it, and explain it as calmly as he can to his country. … Take a look at the blogging of the news conference by the New York Times' Helene Cooper and Jeff Zeleny: At 8:28, Cooper writes: "Finally! A break from the wonkish budget talk." Eight minutes later, Zeleny adds, "At the half-way mark, Mr. Obama has yet to make much news." In the meantime, Obama has been trying to explain, in part using the press and in part going over the heads of the press, why what he's trying to do with his budget will address the source of their concern about their futures. Where's the fun in that?
All Ears: Dancing with the Scars (Emotional Ones) – Photo Credit: Seth Anderson
Beer drinkers could purchase direct from local breweries under compromise plan | Texas Watchdog – Shiner beer photo by flickr user swanksalot, used via a Creative Commons license.
Linksbeer, corporate_media, economics, Jon_Stewart, Media, Obama, republished, swanksalot, Texas
Reading Around on March 20th through March 22nd
A few interesting links collected March 20th through March 22nd:
Spring Cleaning Hits Chicago | Today's Photos: Today's best Chicago photos, handpicked by our editors. in Chicago – Cleaning Cloud Gate photo by swanksalot
Chicago Tribune Twitterizes masthead | Geek Gestalt – CNET News – He added that, "If you're a reporter or an editor, Twitter is a great way to get in touch with your audience in real time, and if you do it right, if you follow the right people in your sphere of knowledge, you will get a lot out of it." And, in an experiment to show the many Twitter users among the paper's audience that the Tribune gets the microblogging service, and to make it easy to get in touch with the top editors and executives, the publication decided to publish, for one day only, the Twitter-friendly masthead. "We were talking at dinner," Adee said, "and maybe we had too many glasses of wine…but we were just all talking, and we were like, 'Hey, let's do it.' Tomorrow, it's back to normal, but you never know when it will spring up again."
[1960 Playboy Magazine advertising image via]
The Venereal Disease Channel Imaginatizes Greatastically « Whatever – "Apparently one of the motivating factors to change the name from "scifi" to a phase-changing-vowel-filled homonym was to have a name that was trademarkable and extensible, and it seems no one else in the world actually uses the word "syfy" for anything. Well, except Poland, where the word is used to identify crusty, scabby sexually transmitted diseases, and no, this is not a joke. No one there is going to use the word to associate with their product, any more than someone here might try to market, say, Chlamydia™ brand adhesive bandages.
Note to SciFi Channel: when your new brand identity means "venereal disease" in any language, it's the sort of thing that — excuse the term — gets around."
humor, LinksChicago, humor, newspapers, republished, SciFi, sex, swanksalot, television, Tribune, twitter
Reading Around on March 17th
Some additional reading March 17th from 13:38 to 14:12:
Taste of a thousand lemons – Los Angeles Times – On a wiltingly hot late summer evening, when all the plants are fainting and there's not a breath of wind, you pour a tiny glass of limoncello straight from the freezer. It's colder than ice, and it explodes in your mouth with all the freshness and optimism of lemon. Each sip seems to say, "Poor kid! Poor kid! What a scorcher that was! But everything's all right now — your old friend night is on the way."They know a lot about hot summer evenings in Sicily, where limoncello was invented about 100 years ago. It might just be the most sympathetic after-dinner drink there is, as bracing as a gin and tonic but more cheerful and fragrant. Limoncello's fans have found a lot of other uses for it too: spiking lemonade, flavoring cocktails and splashing onto ice cream, poundcake or fresh fruit
Seattle Food – After Homemade Limoncello, You'll Accept No Other – page 1 – Limoncello, the southern Italian after-dinner treat, is an invigorating refresher with an aroma and flavor unmatched by any citrus-flavored vodka or dessert wine. It's the sensory equivalent of eating lemon meringue pie on a lazy Sunday picnic in the middle of Paolo's lemon grove. It's a potion that gets you to stop and live in the sun-drenched moment, even when it's cloudy outside.
The Luxardo brand that your state liquor store may carry is all fine and well, but once you've had homemade limoncello, you'll accept no other. This recipe is a monthlong project that yields huge rewards for just a little patience and hardly any work.
Swanksalot's Solipsism: Fifth Ward – Milwaukee, with biker – "As a billionaire, there would be a lot of buildings I would purchase in Milwaukee. This was one, for some reason. I'd turn most into art collectives – cheap studio space for artsy-fartsy types"
Links, Photographybuilding, drinks, food, Italy, lemon, liquor, Milwaukee, Photography, recipe, swanksalot
Reading Around on February 27th through February 28th
March 1, 2009 March 1, 2009 swanksalot0 comment
A few interesting links collected February 27th through February 28th:
Debunking the Clean Coal Myth : EcoLocalizer – "There is no such thing as "clean coal" in the U.S. today. Coal is responsible for 32% of CO2 emissions in this country and 83% of the CO2 emissions from producing our electricity. In theory, we could retrofit this nation's coal plants to capture their pollution and store it. Here is my question: If every single coal plant needs to be revamped to be truly "clean," why not just invest that time and money in truly clean, renewables?" [Image Credit: Creative Commons photo by Seth Anderson]
April Winchell » Barack Obama is tired of your motherfucking shit – Ray, a fellow classmate of Obama's, was also bi-racial, and also trying to define himself. But what set him apart was his colorful manner of self-expression. Ray cursed like a motherfucker.
This would all be snickerworthy enough, but it turns out that Obama actually read the audiobook version of Dreams From My Father.
And that means he read Ray's quotes.
And that means you're about to hear the President of United States using language that would finish Cheney off once and for all.
Chicago Reader Blogs: Chicagoland Come back to tell you all, I shall tell you all: The Chicago Journalism Town Hall – "In other words: journalism isn't dying. (Journalists are dying, of course, but even I don't blame the Huffington Post for that.) The institutions are dying. That's it. We've isolated the problem!
Journalists (I will irresponsibly use this as a synonym for "people who work in broadcast or print," even though we're all kind of journalists, which I will get to later) blame the bloggers (ditto, for people who work online). Bloggers blame the journalists. Everyone blames the economy, and management. Was it Ben Goldberger in the Blog with the Aggregator? Or was it Eric Zorn in the Newspaper with the Inverted Pyramid, or Sam Zell in the Boardroom with the ESOP?"
John Bolton at CPAC: The Benefits of Nuking Chicago | Mother Jones – "Former UN Ambassador John Bolton believes the security of the United States is at dire risk under the Obama administration. And before a gathering of conservatives in Washington on Thursday morning, he suggested, as something of a joke, that President Barack Obama might learn a needed lesson if Chicago were destroyed by a nuclear bomb."
Asshole!
BULLS: Sam Smith: He was always Stormin' – "Chicago understood Norm because it is known as the Second City. It is in the flyover region. Norm couldn't crack the big time and run with the big boys, not among the playing elite and not afterward. But he never accepted being less than them and always was sticking his foot in the door to remind them he wasn't going away.
Norm was like us. Never really appreciated despite working so hard at it and giving everything he had every time. Norm broadcast harder than some guys played the game, and he let them know it. Someone was speaking up for us, and we loved Norm for that. And he loved us because he understood, if not accepted, rejection."
SLAM ONLINE | » First Person: Norm Van Lier – "It was my dad who helped me let go of my anger. Before he died in 1988, we watched "The Godfather" together. Afterward my dad asked me, "Why do you think the Bulls owe you anything?"
I told him about this and that, slights and slams, stuff that had grown into huge obstacles in my mind.
"Did they pay you on time?" Yes, sir. "Were their checks good?" Yes, sir.
"Well, then they don't owe you a thing. So get up, stop feeling sorry for yourself, and go to work."
I swear, from that moment on, my attitude was completely different. I've not looked back since."
The Sports Guy: Bill Simmons Welcome to the No Benjamins Association – ESPN Page 2 – Ru-oh.
"For once, the league's problems have nothing to do with talent, drugs, racial issues or how the sport is being played. With the country embroiled in its worst economic crisis in 80 years, the NBA is quietly bracing for its own little D-Day … only outsiders don't fully realize or care. Clearly, we wouldn't put this budding debacle on par with the Gulf War, the collapse of American car companies, the real estate quagmire, the implosion of Wall Street, the decline of the American dollar, the shaky footing of previously untouchable media institutions (newspapers, magazines, TV networks, movie studios and publishing companies), or even Vegas and the porn industry caving financially. "
Media Matters – Media Matters: In support of shunning – Will has made false claims about the Voting Rights Act and the New Deal. He made a claim about China drilling off the coast of Florida that was so wrong, even then-Vice President Cheney — who cited Will in repeating the claim — acknowledged it wasn't true. When even Dick Cheney thinks you've gone too far in spouting pro-drilling falsehoods, you have a problem. But neither Will nor the Post corrected the error.
Last year, Will claimed in his Newsweek column and on ABC that Social Security taxes are levied based on household income. Not true. He claimed that McCain won more votes from independents during the primaries than Obama did. Wrong. He claimed most minimum-wage earners are students or part-time employees. False. Will has even lied about Hillary Clinton's Yankees fandom.
Basically, George Will routinely makes false claims large and small, holds politicians to disparate standards, and engages in ethically dubious conduct on behalf of his preferred candidates.
The George Will Affair : CJR – Undeterred, on Tuesday, the Sierra Club, the League of Conservation Voters, Friends of the Earth, and Media Matters for America sent a joint letter to the Post reiterating the call for some form of correction or clarification. It cited three key problems with Will's column: that he misused data on global sea ice levels from the Arctic Climate Research Center; that he misrepresented the World Meteorological Organization's position on global warming and climate trends; and that he "rehashed the discredited myth that in the 1970s, there was broad scientific consensus that the Earth faced an imminent global cooling threat."
"George Will is entitled to his own opinions, but he is not entitled to his own facts," the letter concluded. "We respectfully ask that you immediately make your readers aware of the glaring misinformation in Will's column." But the Post's position remains the same.
environment, humor, Links, politicsblogosphere, Bulls, Chicago, climate_change, corporate_media, economics, energy, environment, humor, journalism, language, NBA, Obama, obituary, politics, republished, swanksalot, web
Reading Around on February 8th through February 9th
February 9, 2009 February 9, 2009 swanksalot0 comment
A few interesting links collected February 8th through February 9th:
The Kaplan Daguerreotype of Abraham Lincoln – The Forensic Evidence – Numerous accounts have revealed that Lincoln underwent a noticeable change in his physical appearance beginning in January 1841 as a result of a grave emotional crisis {6}. This coincides with his reported failure to go through with his scheduled marriage to Mary Todd, leaving her literally waiting for him at the altar. (They were married the following year.) This emotional crisis, just one of a series of such episodes to plague him throughout his life, was the cause of Lincoln losing a considerable amount of weight
Breaking Down the 2009 Trade Deadline | Dabullz – Photo by swanksalot on Flickr
Links, PhotographyBulls, Chicago, history, NBA, Photography, swanksalot
← Previous Page 1 … Page 7 Page 8
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
— Will Rogers


NVM Private Equity ("NVM") has invested £1.0 million of growth capital into Cambridge-based medical device company Ablatus Therapeutics ("Ablatus") alongside existing angel investors and the Medtech Accelerator.
NVM Private Equity ("NVM") has invested £1.0 million of growth capital into Cambridge-based medical device company Ablatus Therapeutics ("Ablatus") alongside existing angel investors and the Medtech Accelerator. Ablatus was founded in 2016 as a spinout from the NHS, under the guidance of Health Enterprise East (HEE), to develop and commercialise patented bimodal electric tissue ablation (BETA) technology. The NVM investment will support the company through the next stage of commercialisation, including ongoing product development and early clinical trials.
The Ablatus technology was originally developed by clinicians in the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH), who identified a novel way to address some of the issues with radiofrequency ablation. The Trust has since been working alongside HEE to commercialise the invention and their efforts led to the formation of Ablatus in 2016, with David Brooks joining as CEO and William Allan as Chairman. David and his team are now focussed on continuing the development of the technology and conducting clinical trials to support the application for a CE-mark. The investment from NVM will help fund this next phase and is accompanied by funding from the MedTech Accelerator, InnovateUK and the angel community.
David Brooks, the CEO of Ablatus, has over 20 years R&D and business experience in the drug, diagnostic and device sectors. David has worked in business development, venture capital and investor relations, has an academic background in cancer biology and a PhD from Cambridge University.
Dr Bill Allan, the Chairman of Ablatus, is an internationally experienced medical device executive who has held senior positions with AngioDynamics, Smith & Nephew, SurgaColl, Stryker and Orthovita.
Health Enterprise East (HEE) are represented by Dr Anne Blackwood on the board of Ablatus. Anne is CEO of HEE and been actively involved in knowledge transfer and intellectual property management in the life sciences for over 15 years. Anne is also a Director of the Medtech Accelerator, a joint venture with public sector partners that funds early stage technology development projects in the NHS. Prior to joining HEE Anne spent four years with Cambridge Enterprise and holds a PhD in chemistry from Strathclyde University.
NVM has a history of investing in innovative MedTech companies having backed Medovate in December 2017, and this recent investment in Ablatus represents NVM's fourth growth capital investment of 2018.


The Center for Film and Media Studies offers courses in the history, aesthetics, and theory of film, video, and new media. Additionally, we offer creative production courses in digital video and 16mm film. We offer the BA (major) and a Ph.D. in Film and Media Studies through the Department of English.
Undergraduates can earn a major in English with a concentration in Film and Media Studies by constructing their own series of courses in consultation with the program director. Our major provides crucial knowledge and analytical skills for the study and production of art and culture, as well as the core strengths of a humanities education. Our doctoral program allows for advanced study in film theory, history, analysis and production, by pursuing a courses and a dissertation under the close advisement of our faculty.


Bhutanese prime minister Lotay Tshering expressed the interest when Bangladesh health minister Zahid Malik met him at Hotel Intercontinental.
Talking to BSS after the meeting, Zahid Malik said that both the countries could work on boosting cooperation in the health sector and side by side cooperation could be made on medical tourism.
Emerging from the meeting, Khalid told BSS that he emphasised utilising more the land ports and river ports by the Bhutanese businesses to boost connectivity as well as boosting trade and commerce.
'The use of such ports will raise the revenue earnings of Bangladesh,' he added.


Locate a recent criminal justice research article from a recognized peer-reviewed professional journal or government publication.
Use the Internet to select a small company that sells products that would lend themselves to being demonstrated in "How To" videos.
Based upon the readings, define behavioral blend.
Describe your extended self – the possessions and their attributes that relay your identity. Include all four (4) levels of the extended self: individual, family, community, and group.
Imagine that you are in training and development for a global organization. You have been tasked with the creation of a cultural diversity training course that all employees will be required to take.
ou are a portfolio manager for the XYZ investment fund.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the immediate cause of World War I.
You are assigned to work on a team in the workplace with a person who has a different personality type than you.
3–5 pages in length not including the title page, abstract page, and reference page. Each paper must be supported by at least 3 scholarly sources cited in current APA format.
We market to consumers differently than we do when we market to businesses.
Histograms and Scatterplots Resources scoring guide icon Discussion Participation Scoring Guide.
Correlation Analysis Resources scoring guide icon Correlation Analysis Scoring Guide. Website icon Capella Graduate Online Writing Center.


text:
Q: Creating Multiple folders in sharepoint 2010 custom list at a time I have a custom list with name  "Customers". Client having around 900 customers. He wants to create a folder for every customer. he has given customers list to me in a Excel sheet. How can we create multiple folders at a time or easily ( not creating folders one by one).
One more thing is he wants to give folder level permission to every customer on their respective folder.
How can we achieve this using code or OOB or Designer. Please help me..
Thanks & Regards,
Prasad Kommuru

A: Take a look at this.
$spAssignment = Start-SPAssignment
$mylist = (Get-SPWeb -identity http://portal.sharepoint.com -AssignmentCollection $spAssignment).Lists["LargeList"]
for($i=1; $i -le 10; $i++)
{
    $folder = $mylist.AddItem("", [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFileSystemObjectType]::Folder)
    $folder["Title"] = "folder$i"
    $folder.Update();
    for($j=1; $j -le 10; $j++)
    {
        $s1folder = $mylist.AddItem($folder.Folder.ServerRelativeUrl,
        [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFileSystemObjectType]::Folder)
        $s1folder["Title"] = "subfolder$j"
        $s1folder.Update();
         for($k=1; $k -le 10; $k++)
        {
            $s2folder = $mylist.AddItem($s1folder.Folder.ServerRelativeUrl,
            [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFileSystemObjectType]::Folder)
            $s2folder["Title"] = "subsubfolder$k"
            $s2folder.Update();
        for($l=1; $l -le 50; $l++)
        {

            #Create item

            $newItem = $mylist.AddItem($s2folder.Folder.ServerRelativeUrl,
            [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPFileSystemObjectType]::File, $null)
            $newItem["Title"] = "Item $i $j $k $l"
            $newItem["FirstName"] = "FirstName $i $j $k $l"
            $newItem["LastName"] = "LastName $i $j $k $l"
            $newItem["Company"] = "Company $i $j $k $l"
            $newItem.Update()
        }
    }
}

}
Stop-SPAssignment $spAssignment

A: Hope this helps. Try the below options
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Blogs/10552/
 or
http://sharepoint-tutorial.net/post/2011/03/21/sharepoint-2010-programmatically-create-a-folder-in-document-libraries-and-lists.aspx

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Win a Roku Streaming Stick+!
With a Roku Streaming Stick+ you can stream your favorite movies and TV shows to your TV, in brilliant 4K HDR or HD, and watch what you want and when you want it.
The Roku Streaming Stick+ gives you access to more than 4000 channels, including popular streaming services such as Netflix, Amazon Video, NOW TV and YouTube, as well as catch-up services from the BBC iPlayer, All4, My5, STV Player and ITV Hub. Plus, Roku's universal search feature allows you to search for actors, directors, movies and TV shows across popular channels.
The Roku Streaming Stick+ is a portable yet powerful option for those on the move or seeking a player that can be hidden behind the TV. It comes with a remote control that includes TV power and volume buttons, eliminating the need to juggle remote controls for these functions. And it's exceptional wireless performance means you won't be waiting around for your favourite shows to buffer!
To find out more, visit: https://www.roku.com/en-gb/index
Win a Roku Streaming Stick+ and turn your TV into a Smart TV! x7