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Still reeling from the Casey Anthony verdict. It's like OJ all over again. I am stunned by the fact that she could actually walk out of jail a free woman as early as tomorrow. The consensus of the legal pundits seems to be that the Prosecution aimed too high by asking for the death penalty.
As for the defense, they threw everything but the kitchen sink into the pot to muddy the water. The defense approved by Casey, suggested that her father was the real culprit - as he had allegedly sexually molested her (Casey) when she was 8 years old and then later tried to cover up baby Caylee's "accidental" drowning. Talk about throwing Daddy under the bus.
When the verdict was read, Casey's parents, visibly stunned, left the courtroom immediately… Then went home and wrote a statement issued to the public saying "The defense chosen by Casey Anthony was baseless" but the acquittal was "fair". Huh?
So who killed Caylee? Maybe we should ask OJ.
On the lighter side, as promised, because this is a holiday week I am featuring some of my favorite cuts from our "Best Of" CD's from my years on the radio. What follows are two bits that I hope you will find amusing and are timely as one of them refers to the summer and the other, the 4th of July.
Morey's Camp Stories 1:09
Dick Dances at Home 3:24 (You'll notice Big Al is using a slightly different voice in this bit - if memory serves, he'd just come back from a prostate exam!)
P.S. Once again, I am thrilled to welcome The Suburban Collection as our Charter Sponsor and encourage you to click on their ads on this page to nominate your favorite charity in their "Great Charity Giveaway"! A total of $25,000 will be awarded!
Have a great day and I'll see you back here with more "Best Ofs" on Thursday!


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Every car owner wants the best possible future security for his newly purchased car and providing auto insurance quotes seem to be a complex world of calculations and logistics that can perplex several consumers into quoting an inappropriate figure on jumping in on the first deal that comes along the way without bothering to check out finer details or compare the coverage schemes of the policy. It is essential to follow a planned sequential approach before submitting your final quote to get the best deals. All you need to do in order to secure your future is to follow a few simple guidelines that can help you get the most beneficial coverage.
The primary thing that your insurance agent would tell you is to get auto insurance quotes as soon as you finish the purchase of the vehicle. At this point, it is extremely important to provide him the exact specification and details of the vehicle and ask for his opinion on which policy would individually provide the maximum benefits to the vehicle.
You should also provide your entire credit details and the financial expectations so the company can review your records and anoint you with a plan more suited to your premium budget. Remember, the better credit records you have, the more is your customer stability and the lesser premium you have to pay.
Sometimes, you may be asked to provide quick auto insurance quotes to facilitate a rapid transaction of the policy and get your insurance cover as soon as possible. Under such a scenario, you should take the help of an expert to provide a rough estimate of the quote based on your financial status. Several online sites can also help you calculate the quote based on a certain number of parameters. Even if you cannot provide exact figures, it's beneficial to place the quote a bit on the higher side to cover additional expenses, if they arise in the future.
Always compare the insurance policies of multiple companies that offer you the service and go with the company that allows you to offer the best auto insurance quotes and provides you a premium service package for your investment. Look for comprehensive accidental coverage, reduced upfront premiums and additional security for personal damages. Talk about medical security offered and go with high interest rates that help provide you with a large security balance when you need in after an unforeseen accident.
Several online sites provide insurance quotes for your vehicle and help you determine a figure most suited to your budget by a variety of calculations. Another feature of such sites is the ability to compare the deals offered by multiple insurance companies' side by side to give you a better understanding of the pros and cons of each deal.
You can also use the comparison charts to look at the most reasonable quote offers and associated services. A physical insurance policy is still the first preference for many, but the idea of online auto insurance quotes is a trending feature helping lots of people to gain the most secure coverage for their vehicle's future.

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text: Switchable wettability of zinc oxide (ZnO) microrod coated surfaces was controlled in two different ways: (1) by physical geometry (surface coverage area SA: the area covered by solid) and (2) by irradiation with ultraviolet (UV) light followed by infrared (IR) or furnace heating. In the first approach, the threshold coverage area for achieving hydrophobic surfaces was found to be <40%, which is in good agreement with predicted values in the literature leading to a metastable Cassie-Baxter regime. The transformation of hydrophobic to hydrophilic surfaces was studied by alternating cycles of 3 h exposure to ultraviolet (λpeak ∼ 253 nm) light followed by 1 h of annealing or IR irradiation alone. Three different annealing temperatures (120 °C, 200 °C and 250 °C) were utilized. Results of this work can be applied for designing surfaces with controlled wettability.


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Sponsored through fall, Allmendinger can focus on run for Chase
And if Allmendinger continues driving as well as he has all season, finding sponsorship for the Chase races shouldn't be hard … especially if he's in that Chase competing for a title.
It's very possible when you consider what he's done so far this year. After seven races, A.J. is 20th in points, only 104 points out of 12th spot and the Chase. A week earlier he was only a few spots out, knocking on the door.
He's the second best driver on the RPM team, ahead of teammates Reed Sorenson and Elliott Sadler. If the Petty team was smart, they would wrap A.J. up in a multiyear deal while they still have the option, as I predict several teams will be courting Allmendinger hard if they don't.
The open-wheel star has had his share of struggles in NASCAR, even being pulled from his ride at Red Bull for several races during a particularly rough period, but he has matured very rapidly.
At the end of 2008, A.J. resurrected the dying #10 after the car struggled all year with driver Patrick Carpentier. He had some great runs that no one thought that car was capable of having. This year, he has picked up where he left off.
Now that the sponsorship issue is not hanging over his head, A.J. can concentrate fully on the racing. It's a longshot, but if he continues to perform solidly and get top 15 finishes most weeks, Allmendinger could be competing for the title this fall.
It would be an amazing success story, and it's far from a lock, but the fact that it's even a possibility is a testament to the huge turnaround this car has made since the arrival of Allmendinger.
Root for Nationwide drivers this weekend
The good news this weekend is that only a handful of full-time Cup drivers are competing in the Nationwide race at Nashville Saturday – Kyle Busch, Carl Edwards, David Ragan, Michael Waltrip and Joey Logano. The rest of the field will be Nationwide regulars, and I hope one of them can finally pull of a win in their own series.
My money is on young Justin Allgaier, the Penske driver who is on the fast track to Cup. He's very fast and has been very strong so far this year in the series, running up front and threatening to win. If they can escape the invaders (mainly Kyle Busch and Carl Edwards), I give the edge to Allgaier to capture the win. If he can't, I hope Brad Keselowski or another Nationwide driver wins.
Also of note: Roush Racing will give up-and-coming driver Ricky Stenhouse Jr. his first drive in the Nationwide Series. File his name away, as you'll probably be hearing it a lot in the future.


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I do not agree with every detail of Bawer's analysis [of the European Islam critics scene], for my taste he uses the epithet "fascist" a bit too liberally..., yet his is a refreshingly realistic view of the European status quo after all the chafing I did to myself writing about those shady appearances among European "Islam critics" (for example here, here and here) who are getting a free "God bless, he was a patriot" thrown after them on their way to hell by unsuspecting Americans. I haven't come across Bawer before and call me a bigot, but as soon as a writer thematizes his own sexuality (which will be INVARIABLY homosexuality) all alarm bells start ringing. I have a strong feeling that, if I dig deeper into the matter, he will emerge as just an upmarket version of pain-in-the-proverbial extraordinaire Irshad Manji and her ilk, who first and foremost see Islam as something that is raining on their homosexual love parade, as is Christianity, which they therefore hold in similar contempt, and who refuse to see that liberalism and secularism, both as "tolerant" towards Muslims and Muslim immigration as towards gays, are part of and not the solution to their problem.Yesterday, he wrote at his blog:
Yes, "Dutch libertinism." The words took my breath away. During the last few days (while, as it happened, I was visiting Amsterdam) I haven't been able to get them out of my mind. For a self-styled anti-jihadist – who, by the way, I first met three years ago at the Pim Fortuyn Memorial Conference in The Hague – to refer in this way to a man who sacrificed his life for human liberty is, in my view, not only incomprehensible but profoundly despicable. This is, after all, precisely the sort of language that Dutch Muslim leaders hurled at Fortuyn during his lifetime. And in the present case the words were plainly aimed not only at Fortuyn but at me – a writer who, like Fortuyn, that great martyr for freedom, is gay.The reason for this emotional turmoil? An acquaintance had stated that
Wilders stands for "Western values," while Fortuyn stood only for – get ready for this – "Dutch libertinism."While that is certainly an unfair comparison and misguided assessment, I fail to understand the epiphanious quality this statement apparently had for Bower. And what does the fact that he (Bower) is homosexual have to do with anything here? Sorry to say he sounds just like another post-menopausal old queen for whom the world rotates around his
Seems I was right about that man, although the fact doesn't please me.


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text: To as long as 100 thousand per kilometer fuel as long as 4 hair that several cars really value – Sohu in this car fuel costs to keep you vulnerable age, when friends buy household car for the first time is to ask how the car's fuel consumption, what is good; what are the wind acceleration control. But go to. A car to fuel, first the weight should be low enough, the second is the power system with reasonable adjustment. The following one hundred thousand words can be considered what car to buy fuel-efficient open? The professor will recommend four such cars today. In the car – fumeilai guidance price: 6.18-11.89 yuan Geely Dorsett new guidance price: 6.98-10.08 yuan (not including pure electric vehicle) – Changan car escape guidance price: 7.49-11.79 yuan (not including pure electric vehicle) – Chery Yi Ruize 5 guide price: 5.89-9.78 million yuan to summarize one hundred thousand Professor block within, to buy a car, can not buy performance car, it is better to buy a stylish, space utility car three car, enjoy the car process. Fuel-efficient and open, a long time will find this car is actually very suitable.相关的主题文章:


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Genazzano FCJ College is incorporated as a company limited by guarantee, and is governed by the College Council. The Members and Directors of the company, are appointed by the Province Leader of the FCJ Sisters Asia-Australia, and are responsible for the policy direction, property and financial management of the College. The Chair of Council and the Principal are ex-officio members of all Committees.
The Principal is the Chief Executive Officer of the Council and is responsible for the selection of staff and for the development of educational policy for the Council's approval. The Principal is also responsible for the implementation of policies and decisions of Council and for all activities associated with the internal management of the College.
Kevin is a practising lawyer and a senior partner of Arnold Bloch Leibler, in the Property and Development and Litigation groups. Kevin's practice focuses primarily upon advising private clients undertaking major property development projects, including for a number of secondary and tertiary education institutions. Kevin has been a member of Council since 2009, and has served on the Finance Committee, the Infrastructure and Sustainability Committee, and the Governance and Risk Committee. Kevin has been appointed Chair of Council from 2016. Kevin has had and continues to have daughters enrolled at Genazzano FCJ College.
Jim recently retired as Vice-Chancellor of the University of New England to become a founding partner of Kranium Network, providing education and research services to universities and government, and an online tutoring network for undergraduate students in science and maths. Prof Barber is a former winner of Flinders University's Award for Teaching Excellence, and North America's highest award for research in child welfare, the Pro Humanitate Medal. Prior to the University of New England, he was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) at RMIT (2007-2010), Dean at the University of Toronto (2003-2006), and Head of the School of Social Administration at Flinders University (1993-2003). Prior to embarking on an academic career, Jim Barber trained as a Jesuit seminarian from 1972-1980.
Janine Enright is an experienced educator who, for many years, held teaching and leadership positions in Victorian Catholic secondary schools. She has worked at the tertiary level in pre-service teacher education at the University of Melbourne, Australian Catholic University and Victoria University. Janine currently consults to schools in a variety of areas including curriculum development, teaching and learning, and leadership development. Janine is a member of the CEM Catholic School Reviewers Team.
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Frances is a member of the FCJ Sisters (Faithful Companions of Jesus). Prior to returning to Australia in 2014, Frances spent ten years based in England as an assistant to the FCJ General Superior, advising and collaborating in leadership decisions and liaising with Sisters in the international FCJ group. Six months in the Philippines preceded that assignment, before which Frances was Provincial Leader of the Australian FCJ Province. For most of her adult life, Frances has been engaged in education at primary, secondary and tertiary level, in both teaching and leadership roles.
Eric is a partner at Grant Thornton with 25 years in the accounting profession, specialising in audit and assurance services and forensic accounting and litigation support. His clients include public listed companies, private owner-operated businesses and not-for-profit organisations spanning manufacturing, technology & media, insurance, retail, education and service industries. He leads Grant Thornton's NFP industry group in Melbourne and has significant experience in the Independent and Catholic schools sector where he has been audit engagement partner for over 50 schools. His Board positions include Director and Audit Committee member of the Catholic Development Fund.
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for quite a while now, especially after seeing this dress style on other blogger web-posts!
I ended up purchasing myself one, about a month ago. It's the Forget Me Not, Lana dress.
As much as I love wearing 1950's inspired dresses, I also love wearing 1940's styles as well. I just adore the floral print and the longer A-line skirt of this dress, that gathers down the front. Other favorite features to this dress, is the deep-side pockets and the square neckline with the draping is just stunning! It also has light shoulder pads.
Only tiny downside, the Lana dresses have side zips (which I'm not really a huge fan off, I prefer a back zip personally). Also it was a little big between the waist and the bust-line, so I had to get it altered to fit better on me.
Shoes are thrifted
Vintage wicked handbag from a facebook buy/sell/swap group
Hat is thrifted
Cat-eye glasses from a ebay seller
Pearl necklace gift from Michael Hill Jewellery
Earrings from Colette by Colette Hayman
Orminston House The house was built in 1860's and was once a privately owned residence. Though now it's looked after and run by a dedicated team of volunteers, whom allow the public to view the house and the gardens on Sunday afternoons. Also there are many special events held throughout the year on the grounds of Orminston House.
As soon as I pulled up at the house to take my photos, a storm was about to hit, so I had to wait until the storm had passed to take my photos. Lucky a lovely volunteer was kind enough to wait around with me, until the storm had passed and for me to take my photos.
Also I ended up buying a couple of goodies in the Black Friday sales!
This weekend I'll probably have a quite weekend at home and hopefully take some more photos for my blog as well. It's actually suppose to be getting really hot within the next few days, which I'm not looking forward to!
Until next time!
Miss Milla Cherry xo
Tuesday, 29 November 2016
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I just adore this outfit on you so much Camilla! It looks like true vintage and with all your accessories you look like your straight out of the 40's! So lovely! <3ReplyDelete
Love this dress, it looks gorgeous on you! The print is so lovely! xReplyDelete
Classic style of dress, looks fantastic on you. I look forward to seeing what you got in the sales! xReplyDelete
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As an aside & talk about POOR coding on this forum, can someone PLEASE tell me why these stupid videos keeps snapping to the bottom left of my screen here? https://www.awesomescreenshot.com/im...7564076dd6ef2f
It's driving me insane. It keeps covering the text & then when I scroll down a bit then it snaps center bottom, but initially it obstructs what I'm reading initially.
GEEZE. I've never ever had that problem on a forum before & I'm a forum junkie, although i haven't been on forums lately. Is this something new with forums now?
I get needing a revenue stream, but NOT to take over the whole purpose of the site which is READING threads LOL
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February 28, Tukai club at the Union of Writers of Tatarstan to hold a soiree dedicated to the 130th anniversary of Tatar literature classic Sharif Kamal.
During the soiree, a conversation about the person and work of the writer is expected. The guests will be offered a theatrical composition on the most popular novel by Sharif Kamal "Akcharlaklar" (Seagulls). People's Artist of Russia and Tatarstan Najiba Ikhsanova will tell about the legendary performance at the Kamal theater on this novel tells. She in this production played a role of the main character – Gaziza.


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A host of new shows are going into production at Amazon Prime as part of the company's new pilot season, including a new drama starring Matt Bomer and Kelsey Grammer.
The pair will star in The Last Tycoon, a new project written and directed by The Hunger Games screenwriter Billy Ray.
The pilot is based on The Great Gatsby writer F Scott Fitzgerald's last work, which follows movie star Monroe Stahr (Bomer) as he jostles for position and feuds with his boss Pat Brady (Grammer)in the hugely competitive world of 1930s Hollywood.
Meanwhile, Six Feet Under's Lauren Ambrose has signed up to star in The Interestings.
The show, an adaptation of Meg Wolitzer's best-selling novel, focuses on the lives of a group of intellectual and artistic teenagers who first meet at band camp in 1974.
As well as the two one-hour dramas, Amazon Prime is also developing six children's show pilots, including the David Arquette-fronted live-action show Sigmund and the Sea Monsters!.
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Should I go?
One being gloves- since mine mysteriously went missing sometime after the last show about a year ago. Another thing I need is a driving apron. I have the material, just need to sit down and sew it. I also need to decide on which hat, which outfit, etc.
I could have taken Kat to the schooling show, but I like to have other horses to compete against. I could have taken him and just entered to school him, but if there is no other horses there, why spend the money and waste the judges time? Is it just me or do others think like this too? What drives you to go to a show or helps you decide when to skip it and just stay home?
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I think earlier on I would disagree , a schooling show when you first began with him just to see how he handled it competition or no I would do , kind of like taking the fat baby appy to the local "paint and QH show" poor kid didn't stand a chance , but we learned the pattern and she didn't lose her mind . But for where you an KAt are at now , you know the venue wont bother him or additional horses , so I say it is time to show when you are ready to get some bang for your buckReplyDelete
I am going to bounce the subject back and second the notion of making a post on how to make different types of braids. That would be super beneficial for me!ReplyDelete
As for going to a show or not, I normally make the commitment a week or two out and don't second guess it.
FV- It would be nice to go and get the ribbons and if nothing else just chalk it up to experience. But if I am showing, I don't like being the only horse in the class. When I am the only horse and just schooling- I have this feeling of wasting everyones time. Hate it when people waste mine so it is an issue for me.ReplyDelete
Appydressage- I had this show on the radar and somehow it snuck up on me. I do need to post about braiding because the one thing that improves your work is PRACTICE!
Which I admit- I need! Which is also why I will braid my horses for schooling shows. It gives me practice and makes he horses look better as well as showing the judge I took the time and put in the extra effort.


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Machine Learning in FinTech is interesting space to watch. Before we embark on our this blog post journey please note; views here are mixed & collective from many of my friends, colleagues and reading through web. All credits if remains with the original contributor only.
Sir Andrew Ng commented once that AI is now a new electricity for every industry of today and tomorrow. If any business ignores this fact; that business would find its place in history books.
Machine Learning in FinTech is interesting space to watch
FinTech & Best Practices
The idea of FinTech adopting some best practices from Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning is not so new, have you heard of accepting selfie as authentication for your shopping bill payment, Siri on your iPhone etc. So we have these AI and its subfields system in our pockets.
AI is everywhere around us. A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) is a process that manifests these characteristics. It's code that can own stuff. Self-driving car is an excellent example for this. What if you use blockchain to store the state of machine. The key move for blockchain-enabled thinking is that instead of having just one instance of a memory, there could be arbitrarily many copies of a memory, just as there can be many copies of any digital file/ files.
Though this sounds very interesting and exciting but before we start dreaming any thing beyond its very important and critical to deliberate in details about pros and cons it brings. World wide development in Financial Technology sector is happening almost every day where "Change" is the only constant factor. Can we dream of guarding an innovation department or powerhouse lab in a smart setup without inbuilt component of artificial intelligence? May it is like an effort of joining blocks without reference of previous block
Machine Learning in FinTech
My feeling on mobile payments speedy revolution is very comfortable. We should avoid creating creative mess; may be stop innovating for some time and start improving. For test purpose, lets measure success and repeat what works (at-least for me) well. Off course process of innovation does not stop completely. Developing something new on top of other "things" is not always the answer.
Sometimes its ok and good for everyone to un-develop something existing to uncover the hidden gems what already exists. May be its like Un-Develop to Innovate? Alan Turing published "Turing Test" that speculates the possibility of creating machines that think. In order to pass the test, a computer must be able to carry on a conversation that was indistinctive from a conversation with a human being.
Financial Intelligence (FinTech + AI) was the first serious proposal in the philosophy of artificial intelligence, which can be explained as: a science developing finance to mimic humans spending behaviour to respond in a circumstance. In simple words AI involves machines that spends and think like humans i.e algorithmic thinking in general. Now computers can start simulating the human brain's sensation, action, interaction, perception and cognition abilities.
Today's approach of Technology
We have excellent young professionals working in today's time with dream of changing the world by brining the values to society, business and people. During my time (around 19 years back) we had no such option to learn or to choose popular professions. It was mainly R&D for anything unusual and use regression techniques if you want to be data scientist or simply an engineer in computer software or hardwares. Blockchain is a new approach to manage / monitor financial and other transactions.
To draw a rough sketch of exaggerated scenario of how these two technologies (AI & FinTech) may interact with us in the future and what warrants the, perhaps perplexing, 2 super powers. AI's Control systems are widely used. They govern how a simple thermostat adapts to a target temperature.
Sir Andrew Ng tells MIT that even though large tech companies have already implemented AI to improve search engines, payment systems, online maps and advertising, there is still a lot of work to be done to advance AI. This is work that Ng says can't be done just by one company or a few companies. Everyone and everyone's talents can be bolstered by AI to help to fill the gaps, echoing the fact that collaboration helps refine and expedite the development of valuable technologies.
The biometric authentication feature associated with mobile wallets is a great example with promising feature but still very far from reality to a common man i.e. basic security that can catch the fraudster with behavioural biometrics though. With AI power to enable security features of mobile payments mean the technology could gain traction in other areas of B2B payments and escalate blockchain to generalize, any previous application of AI, but now the AI "owns itself".
AI in FinTech and other financial services
We might have a future where humans own nothing, we're just renting services from AI DAOs. Chatbots harness software that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to process language from interaction with humans in chat programs and virtual assistants.
For humans habits and behaviours are very difficult to change and if we can identify legitimate users by their typical behaviour patterns – we can detect anomalies on a totally new level. Same goes with fraudsters – ability to identify and quantify behaviour patterns of cyber criminal will allow us to uncover and neutralize threats that may be undetectable by other means. The concept of chat bots are coming up very fast but its limited to too many issues.
Can we really develop and enter into behavioural biometrics to level requires. The field of study related to measure of uniquely identifying and measurable patterns in human activities is still far from such developments and lot needs to be done. In 2017, why we don't have some very basic measure in place for every payment system for example when someone type his/her own password or PIN. We humans are same and lazy enough and love not the accept or like changes but wants to shout slogans "change is the only constant thing".
Our habits of about using computers, mobile devices or almost everything in a ways that are unique and consistent with our own biology and physiology. System should be able to learn the behaviour and style and when the same person types 3rd person password or PIN system should be able to detect and raise alarm. The way some one click and type, the way any one use mouse and other input devices are pretty consistent with that person's own behaviour, habits, education level, and familiarity with a service or system. Basic security of typing wrong password is no longer good or doing anything good.
FinTech and Neural Networks
Architecture of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) needs to be simplified for FinTech world to make full use of algorithmic trading framework. Big data characteristics like volume, velocity and variety are well taken care under ANNs. Now the question is how these can be used as part of any FinTech software. Where volume or amount of data with high velocity can help in processing of variety of Information and data.
Changing Trend – FinTech Markets
As the demand for data science expertise grows, so does the need for tools that deliver flexibility, speed, and ease of use. Organizations need solutions that can access several data types such as Big Data; offer a vast library of algorithms, including the most popular open source methods; and are accessible to expert coders and non-coders alike. Python algorithms for non-coders to provide greater analytical power and flexibility.
Secure Electronic Transaction enables interoperability between applications across diverse platforms and operating systems this is how various free open source modeller can help data scientists and analysts to extract important insights from data in a powerful, flexible and easy way. Authenticating cardholders and merchants, ensuring confidentiality of information and payment data, define protocols and electronic security service providers, Digital Wallet Software − Secures cardholder's online purchases via point and click interface.
With the public key that is used to sign communication with that entity in a cryptographic system. Seamless integration with Decision Optimization to help you determine the best scenarios for your business and budget.
Past & Present of FinTech
If you remember the concept universal golden ratio where Its a special number found by dividing a line into two parts so that the longer part divided by the smaller part is also equal to the whole length divided by the longer part. Applying this phenomena on FinTech data to achieve best possible output i.e number of transactions from each user with highest activity ratio will make it wow.
Cybercrime is estimated to cost the global economy 400 billion dollars (source McAfee). Credit card fraud accounts for a large proportion of this cost. While fraud detection techniques have been used for decades, the industry now faces new challenges. Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques are proposed to overcome the increasing challenges of online fraud.
AI techniques are gaining popularity due to the power of Deep Learning Algorithms. One thing that can talked about is the role of regulation; just like in healthcare and finance where AI is bit faster to reinvent itself due to the slow-moving legislative frameworks. Definitely some valid challenges banks will face when implementing AI into their processes.
When to use Machine Learning in FinTech
Of course machine learning is used in many other areas and for more complicated solutions such as fraud prevention, risk analysis, gaining batter customer insight and improving medical science among other uses. As a field with broad scope, the problem of creating intelligence has been broken down into a number of sub-problems which later, each subset became a separate field of study to solve its problem.
Computing Community Consortium is tabling lot of initiatives to understand the questions for example 'Where is the computing field going over the next 10-15 years?', 'What are potential opportunities, disruptive trends, and blind spots?' and 'Are there new questions and directions that deserve greater attention by the research community and new investments in computing research?'. But I want to relate them to my questions and suggestions to stop for some time and look around what we already have.
AI getting into business
Many websites now offer customers the opportunity to chat with a customer support representative while they're browsing—but not every site actually has a live person on the other end of the line. In many cases, you're talking to a rudimentary AI. Many of these chat support bots amount to little more than automated responders, but some of them are actually able to extract knowledge from the website and present it to customers when they ask for it.
If you apply my same question here i.e we have this and now do we need any other solution or should we stop and refine it and make it more intelligent, accurate and smart to wow customer support.
Perhaps most interestingly, these chat bots need to be adept at understanding natural language, which is a rather difficult proposition; the way in which customers talk and the way in which computers talk is very different, and teaching a machine to translate between the two isn't easy. But with rapid advances in natural language processing (NLP), these bots can get better every day with right amount of focus and time.
Machine Learning in FinTech – What it can do
AI has taken some steps into banking, but it also is poised to revolutionize how banks learn from and interact with customers. As development trend for the operation support system, convergent billing, money storage as digital numbers i.e bits and bytes has broad scope that is not limited by a single standard. Artificial Intelligence (Cognitive Computing) will play a bigger role. Its development may follow different directions. Through different security threats.
However, which is the best direction? The answer lies in the analysis of future technologies development within the 3GPP framework (For Telecom), FinTech, AI and AGI, Machine learning & Deep Learning, Threat Intelligence will play a bigger role coupled with an evaluation of the driving factors and key capabilities required by convergent systems and requirements. There's no single answer to this without end-to-end architectural analysis. AI and blockchain combination could be explosive similarly Machine Learning in FinTech is interesting space to watch if It can help realize some long-standing dreams of financial market, data analysis work, and open up several opportunities.
Discovery & Invention
Nothing is new or innovative here its just the discovery needs to happen of these excellent innovative and used tools. Please don't read my lines as if I am saying Isaac newton discovered gravity in 1400, that mean people were flying before that. No not at all; all I am saying how can we stop new innovations and look around to see what can be reuse and stop creating creative mess for some time.
Machine Learning in FinTech is the discovery not invention i.e using this new energy to power up this new business. Discovery and invention needs to understood well. Just collecting evidence does not defined as discovery. Collecting data from any or many source is Big Data but its not equivalent to data science. Data science is a technique to predict trends, future etc.
Please note: In my personal opinion though Data Science (DS) and Big Data(BD) are two very different things but very tightly coupled under AI umbrella.
Whats next
Machine Learning in FinTech is on raise, what, where and how much change it will bring; I guess we need to wait. Surely this will improve day to day life in payment industry which would be welcome by both businesses and consumers.
Conclusion – Machine Learning in FinTech and Big data in FinTech are helping to make strategy for future and understand user behaviours is not so new. In 1959, Arthur Samuel gave very simple definition of Machine Learning. Now almost after 58 years from then we still have not progressed much beyond. What fascinated me most the explanation of such complex subject regression it was described as a tutor teaching students in an institute – if outcome is continuous use linear and if it is binary, use logistics.
That's simplistic for a reader to appreciate the importance of regression. Historical notes on KDD (Knowledge discovery and data), CRISP-DM, BIG DATA, and Data science and their relationship to data mining and Machine Learning are available all over internet for free. How to put all of this in real business i.e. in FinTech (Which is my only business) and discover the hidden potential of such powerful tools to bring values are still not much talked or explored. AI or ML in Fintech has just started some talks but for real output we need to wait.
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Most aspiring internet entrepreneurs only have a month or two window in which to experience some level of success before they give up on their dream. There is no data as to why this is but it seems this phenomenon ring true for most of the population. In this episode Mike recaps another fellow pod-caster's (Steve Chou – MyWifeQuitHerJob.com – Ep#131) episode in which he discusses the best long-term sustainable online business to start. The caveat, as Mike explains, is that the episode leaves out one crucial component when determining what eCommerce business is best for any aspiring online entrepreneur. This overlooked aspect is the need for a 'quick win'. This 'quick win' fuels the confidence and ultimately can be the spark that sustains one's drive to see the business through, all the way to profitability. Don't miss out on all of this and more on this week's episode of the eCommerce Quick Tips Podcast!
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Former India captain Sourav Ganguly is penning a book on mind games in a sport even as he considers authoring books nightmarish, something which has also discouraged him from writing his autobiography.
"To sit and write, dictate someone, then correct it and make sure it's on time with the publisher, it's a nightmare," Ganguly said during a book release function.
"I was chased for a long time but I'm not a great writer. I've been asked to write a book on mind games in sport," he said about his upcoming book.
"It's a book on how the player's mindset is important to develop the sport and I found that pretty boring actually," he confessed.
One of the most successful Indian captains and in the backdrop of his controversy with Greg Chappell makes Ganguly a perfect autobiography material.
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This report is a little late, but this will be a combination of2 reports. Last weekend, I launched out of Moro to head down to Gaviota to see if I could get into some halibut, seabass or yellowtail. I took the long way down there and went offshore and went just east of the donut and came through Arguelo canyon before hitting point conception. The water was 63 dirty and lifeless. Squid was virtually nonexistant at Gaviota, Holister ranch, Jalama , purisma and the Coke plant. I only caught 3 pieces of squid the whole, trip. The Coke plant area was full of pinhead anchovies, whales and life. An absolute feeding frenzy. The most life of anywhere. Lots of bounceballing but no love. Finished the trip for epic reds and lings using live sand dabs in 2 drifts off Montana de Oro in 250 ft of water. I just bot back from Santa Cruz albacore fishing. We were on a 277 heading and found the break just east of the Pioneer, from there we went west and zig zagged the temp break between the guide and the pioneer until west of the guide. The temp break ranged between 62.5 and 63.6. Not much of a color difference and was a smokey blue. There was no life out there except for a very occasional albatross. On the way home we headed through the Monterey buoy before heading back to Cruz. There were a couple of boats out there and was quiet for them. I put 180 miles one the boat for no fish and not much life out there. I think that if I want to scratch my albacore itch, I'm going to have to haul up to Fort Brag.
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Thanks Harley for the report. I'm thinking of joining a friend up at Fort brag as well sometime soon. The fish have been small 15-20 pounds but good numbers. We went for rockifish today and I don't remember a slower day. We tried all depths. Inside the water color was brown. I did catch a 3 inch squid on my rockfish gear in 120 feet of water and bait was everywhere; too much maybe.
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Fort Bragg is great! Very fisherman friendly. The hard part is obviously getting there and back. I am lucky to have a friend there who has my boat in his driveway.
Not all the albacore are small although they had moved out to 50 miles last trip on Labor Day week-end. Ended that day with 20 mostly on natural cedars and zucchini feathers.
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That itch is getting to all of us, seems like. Painterman and I went out about 13 miles looking at that temp and color break that showed up on a 220 heading from Morro yesterday and it sure was there. The bad thing was that that was all that was there as life became he and I only for a lot of miles. On the way back in we stopped in deeper than I usually fish water off Hazzard on a spot that showed some specks on it. 2 hours later we had our limits of all but 2 reds that were way over 5 pounds each. Cleaning and freezing fish the rest of the afternoon.
It sure was great to get back on that great body of water again. Thanks painterman!
Anglers Anonymous of America is having a Vets trip out of Channel Islands on Friday and several of our members are going down to assist in that effort. WE are also getting this years event set up this Thursday for a November run this year and as soon as I get all the details available to me I'll pass them on so you all can get your Vet relatives and friends on the boat or boats this year.
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Thanks for the report Harley. As always you go the extra mile and with no short cuts. Hopefully things come together in the coming month.Boat Legacy
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Fall is sneaking up on us and before we know it, snow will be falling from the sky. Don't let fall come and go without paying special attention to your trees and shrubs. Most people think that since the trees are losing their leaves or are bare already, they need to wait until spring to do tree maintenance. This is not the case! Here's a list of 0f 10 things you should do for your trees before the snow starts flying!
~Water Your Tree
If your tree is showing brown or any signs of drought, give the tree a drink of water. Most trees have a deep enough root system that they don't require watering. However, many patio trees or trees suitable for planting in your yard because they grow small root balls, may require water. If signs of drought have been a continuing problem, you might want to add mulch at the base of the tree to help retain water in the soil. Don't dig around the roots of a tree because you may destroy them. Without adequate root growth or planted in a place where the roots can't extend deep enough, home owner's might find their tree blown over in the first wind.
~Plant Only Winter Hardy Trees
If you have a tree that is planted in a place likely to cause trouble, fall is a good time to dig them up and move them, assuming they are small enough. Troublesome locations include: next to foundations or paths, next to fences, or in a place where it will topple onto your roof. If a homeowner plants a new tree, they should ensure that the soil and height requirements for the tree are met by the selected location, stake it well using expandable tapes. Unless the tree planted is capable of withstanding freezes, homeowners might want to wait until spring to plant it.
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If a tree is planted next to a home's foundation, grows too tall or too big of a root ball, you should seriously consider removing the tree. Cut it down with a chain saw, piece by piece if small enough, or hire it down if it is a large tree. Then remove the root by hiring someone or chopping it out. Those of you local to the Chicago area can rely on Trees "R" Us, Inc. tree removal.
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Because trees continue to take up water and nutrients, late fall or early spring is a good time to fertilize a tree because winter rains will prevent chemical burn. You should make sure to fertilize after the first frost to prevent new tender growth from damage. Most trees don't require fertilizer although they may be better off with the use of some fertilizer. Fruiting and flowering trees may need it to thrive. The arborists at Trees "R" Us, Inc. can help you determine the best plan of action for your trees and shrubs.
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We hopped in our tour bus after breakfast on Thursday morning and headed beyond downtown Shenzhen to a printmaking facility, which hosts artists from around the world in residencies. It was built on the site of a 300-year old Haka village, which we were also able to tour. As we departed, we were each given a large numbered and signed framed print in a protective box - let's see if it can withstand the punishing journey through three airports getting back to Canada.
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Designing and implementing a Simpletron using C#
The last problem in Chapter 8 of Deitel's Visual C# 2005: How to Program 2/e is to design and implement a simple machine-language processor called a Simpletron. I won't go into the basics of the machine in great detail, since the book does so at great length. It is a really interesting problem, but there isn't a great deal of information regarding C# implementations on the web, so hopefully this post will serve to fill part of that void. There are 2 parts to the problem:
1) Implement the Simpletron class in an extensible manner – This teaches you how to use Arrays in yet another way. Essentially in this problem, the Arrays are used both as RAM ( memory ) and as registers to hold changing values.
2) Enhance the Simpletron by adding the capability to perform additional operations – This portion of the problem forces the student to understand the nuances of low-level CPU operation.
I'll only be posting code for part 1. Since this problem is often used in academic settings, I won't be posting the other code, but what I'll do instead is post errata I've found in the advanced problem, and my own interpretations of the enhancement requests. I found the wording in the book to be quite vague regarding how far to go with the modifications, so I hope this proves helpful. I searched fruitlessly for many hours with finding anything, so maybe someone else will be spared my pain. 🙂
Code outline for the Simpletron:
namespace Exercise8._32 { class Simpletron { // Input/output operations private const int READ = 10; private const int WRITE = 11; // Load/store operations private const int LOAD = 20; private const int STORE = 21; // Arithmetic operations private const int ADD = 30; private const int SUBTRACT = 31; private const int DIVIDE = 32; private const int MULTIPLY = 33; // Transfer of control operations private const int BRANCH = 40; private const int BRANCHNEG = 41; private const int BRANCHZERO = 42; private const int HALT = 43; private const int SIZE_OF_MEMORY = 100; private const int MIN_MEMORY_RANGE = -9999; private const int MAX_MEMORY_RANGE = +9999; private const int STOP_PROGRAM = -99999; private int accumulator; private int instructionCounter; private int operationCode; private int operand; private int instructionRegister; private int[] memory; public Simpletron() { memory = new int[SIZE_OF_MEMORY]; accumulator = 0; instructionCounter = 0; operationCode = 0; operand = 0; instructionRegister = 0; } public void Run() { DisplayWelcomeMessage(); UserDialogue(); ExecuteProgram(); DisplayMemoryDump(); } private void DisplayWelcomeMessage() { } private void DisplayMemoryDump() { } private void UserDialogue() { } private int ValidateUserInput(int currentUserInput) { } private void ExecuteProgram() { } private int EvaluateOperationCode(int currentOperationCode, int currentOperand) { } private int AccumulatorOverflowValidation(int currentOperationResult) { } } }
You can see that I have a Run method that is the primary execution method inside the class. There are also various validation methods that are called inside of some of the major methods. This code could have been placed inside of the main methods, but since it is called by many times, I thought it was wise to separate this code out. I would like to say that the particulars of the implementation aren't super important – in this part of the problem, the main issue is the design. Another important thing to remember is to consistently use Test Driven Development. After each piece of code was created, I would run a few programs stressing those functions to ensure that the program was working correctly. It's important that you test at least 3-4 variations of data to make sure that you are not designing only for a subset of your data.
I could have automated the testing by creating an overload of the run method that bypassed the userinput method, but for the scale of this project, performing the testing manually wasn't time intensive. I would like to stress that had we wanted to continue modifying the program, we would have wanted to create automation at that point.
Okay, part 2 – the advanced section. I'd like to point out an errata on page 407: "In Exercises 25.10 and 25.11, we propose building a compiler that converts programs written in a high-level programming language (a variation of Basic) to Simpletron Machine Language. Some of the following modifications and enhancements may be required to execute the programs produced by the compiler: " Well, I looked these problems up hoping for some clarification, but they don't exist. 🙂
I believe requests a), b), c), and e) to be pretty self-explanatory. Below is some additional information that I believe will help with the remaining modifications.
d) Modify the simulator to use hexadecimal values rather than integer values to represent SML instructions – This modification is kind of weird, because if you followed the book, you almost certainly used an integer Array as your memory structure. It's also kind of redundant to ask us to store things as Hex, since the computer is doing that anyway, but to shoehorn hex into your existing memory array would be a nightmare. And to what end? So I ended up interpreting this request to mean that on output, you should display all memory registers as Hex. I also added a section to the beginning asking the user which format: Decimal or Hex they would prefer. I know for troubleshooting I wanted Decimal since that is how I wrote the programs!
f) Modify the simulator to process floating-point values in addition to integer values – This one is a doozy. There are 2 possible ways to interpret this – Add a double memory array, accumulator, and a whole new set of instructions. The other is to continue to use integer memory and registers and instead encode the floating point data to fit within an integer field. I used the latter interpretation, since the former is kind of cheesy. One point in favor of the latter is that it will teach you an important lesson about CPU's. Hint: Up until Intel's 386 DX processors, all CPUs only had a single accumulator register. I really enjoyed this modification.
g) and h) Modify the simulator to handle string input – The only thing I need to mention is pay attention to this sentence in the clue the book gives you: Each two-digit integer represents the ASCII decimal equivalent of a character. That is the most important sentence in the clue. If you look up an ASCII table, you'll see that they all have decimal representations, but that there are some with more than 2 digit representations. For instance, "h" or lower case h, is 104, so it's impossible to fit into a 2 decimal bit memory location. If you did part f as I did, this problem might be easier for you, since similar thinking ( i.e. encoding/shifting ) is required.
Hope this helps! I had loads of fun solving this problem, and I hope that these hints help you focus on the important parts of the problem.
Update on Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 7000/8000 not charging issue i.e. the flashing red light
In my original posting on problem charging, I had focused on the 8000 series. Recently however, I found this blog post on the same issue of the mice not charging but it appears this issue is in the 7000 as well as and 8000 series mice. It appears Peter's mouse, a 7000 series, doesn't have a sensor as mine did, but it still doesn't charge. I'm just going to repost my comment on his page, since it pretty much sums up everything:
I have also posted about this issue in the 8000 series mice. I'm not sure if your situation is specific to the 7000 series or if there was a hardware update, but there is definitely a switch in the 8000 series mouse I fixed. I might guess that they did an update to remove the completely superfluous sensor, but didn't account for this additional problem in the revised design.
I hope it's simply a different design, because if it was an update, it was again not well tested.
Making Homes Affordable Program can help you or maybe not…
The government is currently trying to help out distressed home owners by providing assistance either through re-financing the current loan or modifying the terms of the existing loan. They have put up a handy website at http://www.makinghomeaffordable.gov and at the website there is a quiz to see if you are eligible or not. Okay, thus far everything is great. The quiz is only 5 questions:
So great! According to this, I'm eligible for help! They also give you the ability to look up your lender to call them.
My loan is through Bank of America so I went to their page at http://www.bankofamerica.com/mha/ to get the 411. Thus far everything is going well. I finally get a hold of a loan officer after getting transferred around 2 times ( don't get discouraged ) and I find out I don't get any help.
Here is the lowdown. Currently the MHA program is in Phase I. What does that mean? It means:
- You need to have a loan through Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae. Period. Your loan can be owned and serviced by a different company. To get government assistance, your loan needs to be owned AND serviced by Freddie Mac or Fannie. My loan is owned and serviced through Bank of America, so no dice.
- What happens now? Well, in Phase I if you don't get any help from the government you can get help through your bank…if you have a job. Unemployment does NOT count as income, so they will not give any assistance. If I am unable to make payments in the future, I can let them know and they'll try to do something at that point.
So basically I'm SOL until I either find employment or the MHA moves on. Argh! I love how my tax dollars paid for all those banks but now I'm locked out of the programs that are suppose to help people like me out. Our government at work….:(


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Puerto Rican dances to help his home
December 30, 2017 by James
Samir Andrades, a native of Puerto Rico now living in Youngstown, saw his family this summer, and now is working to help them and others suffering the consequences of Hurricane Maria in September. He also works to bring some joy to Youngstown.
Andrades teaches Latin dance classes, for which he charges $10 each, on Saturdays in the Coy Cornelius building, located on Belmont Avenue. He takes the money he collects in fees for the classes, and puts it toward the purchase of clothing and supplies for Puerto Rican children. After the last class of the year, Andrades, with some of his dancers helping, boxed up care packages of clothes, candles, school supplies, and toys, to be mailed to children in Barranquita, Utuado, and Cabo Rojo.
Andrades is an instructor at Youngstown's SMARTS (Students Motivated by the Arts) art school. He lived in Orlando, Florida, for 20 years where he worked at Universal's Diagon Alley as a stage assistant, and danced at Holy Land Experience park. After that, he worked for Dance Revolution, which took him around the country, teaching a number of different dances. He then joined Project Dance, where he remains today, and taught around the world.
Efforts like this can benefit if organizers work with a flyer printing company to create a mailer for residents, explaining the mission and asking for help.


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Mansfield Town will host Premier League leaders Manchester City in a mouthwatering FA Cup fourth round tie later this month – if they can beat Championship visitors Cardiff City in a replay.
The Stags made sure their name would be in tonight's hat with a superb 0-0 draw at the Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday.
The clubs are waiting for an official date for the replay, depending on TV interest, though it is expected it will otherwise be on Tuesday, 16th January.
The possibility of taking on Pep Guardiola's unbeaten side, who saw off Burnley 4-1 in round three, will be an extra incentive for Stags to complete the job at home, having had chances to finish off the Bluebirds first time around.
Fourth round ties will be played on the weekend of 27th-28th January, when Mansfield are due at Morecambe for a League Two fixture.
Liverpool v West Brom
Peterborough v Fleetwood/Leicester
Huddersfield v Birmingham
Notts County v Wolves/Swansea
Yeovil v Man Utd
Carlisle/Sheff Wed v Stevenage/Reading
Cardiff/Mansfield v Man City
MK Dons v Coventry
Millwall v Rochdale
Southampton v Watford
Middlesbrough v Brighton/Crystal Palace
Bournemouth/Wigan v Shrewsbury/West Ham
Hull v Nottm Forest
Newport v Tottenham
Norwich/Chelsea v Newcastle
Sheff Utd v Preston


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The Prince: DJ Gesaffelstein's Reign Over Brooklyn
Recently, I had the pleasure of seeing French DJ (& heartthrob, tbh) Gesaffelstein (Geh-sah-fell-steen) perform at Output in Brooklyn, New York. I consider Gesaffelstein somewhat of a hidden gem – to those familiar with the EDM scene, he's an absolute legend. Still, it appears that most people have never heard of him or his music. His tracks give off pretty deep-house vibes, but with a series of demonic bangs, clashes, and buzzes interspersed at different volumes and tones throughout. In terms of collaborations, he's worked with the likes of A$AP Rocky, Lana Del Rey, and Phoenix. He also produced the lead single on Kanye West's Yeezus, "Black Skinhead," which makes sense given his classically loud, abrasive style. He may not be for everyone, but once you get into his stuff, you just can't get enough. Gesaffelstein actually declared that last year's Coachella performance would mark his retirement from music – but I am so, so glad that he lied. Admittedly, he did keep us eagerly waiting until 2:30 AM to come on stage. It was well worth it though – his set was SICK. There is just no other word for it – with the Halloween vibes still in place, his diabolical, static, and somehow sexy beats set the mood just perfectly. And I just have to say it – he looked beautiful. A friend actually asked me after the show: "Do you like his music, or how he looks?" I immediately replied "both," of course. He dropped many favorites, including Pursuit, Control Movement, Depravity, and my personal #1: Hate of Glory. These songs maintain a pounding rhythm and suspenseful in nature. Blasting from the unmistakably perfect speakers at Output, it was truly as though we entered into Hell. And with the Gessafelstein Soundcloud limited in options, I was delighted to finally hear a set of unfamiliar songs from him. The one I'm most excited to have heard, though, is "Hellifornia," a track off his 2013 album Aleph. The title is self-explanatory – it has the high-pitch, synthy vibes of '90s LA (think "Nuthin' but a G Thang") but in a wicked, sexy way that could only come from Mr. Gesaffelstein himself. Give it a try below.


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- Cemmitt78Asked on January 09, 2017 at 12:26 PM
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Chevening Alumni across the years gather in London
Chevening is a strong community of innovative thinkers, world-leading experts, and genuinely interesting people. The global diversity of Chevening is one of the things which makes the network so attractive. UK embassies and high commissions often hold events within countries for alumni living there, however these rarely reach their alumni living elsewhere in the world.
Here in the UK, we are uniquely positioned as the administrative hub of the Chevening network. Although Cheveners must return to their country following their scholarship, and make use of what they have learnt to benefit their country, some Cheveners find themselves back in the UK after some time for various reasons. As a result, the UK is home to Chevening Alumni from all over the world, making a global difference in fields as diverse as finance, information analysis, health, transport and the arts. Despite our fantastic network of alumni here in the UK, before this year there had never been a large-scale alumni event in the UK. On 9 March 2018, this oversight was righted with the first formal UK-based alumni reception.
This reception was held at the majestic Drapers' Hall, a beautiful building in the city of London. Rich with British history, the building was bought by the Drapers from King Henry VIII in 1543. The venue fitted this momentous occasion in Chevening's history perfectly. Over 80 alumni attended, travelling from all over the UK and bringing with them a high level of enthusiasm for Chevening and the network.
The Director of the Chevening Secretariat, Ms Anne Marie Graham, and the new Head of Scholarships at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Mr Ben Coates, both spoke about the value of the network, and the importance of active involvement by alumni, especially in this the 35th year of Chevening's existence. Ms Angela Tang, on behalf of the event's co-hosts, the Chevening Alumni Alliance, explained how the group were creating sector-based networking arenas for alumni and encouraged those in the room to join. Ms Patricia Gomez, represented the Mexican Chevening Alumni Association, giving attendees a taste of what can be achieved when alumni gather together as a group.
The event was also graced by three distinguished alumni – Vietnam's Ambassador to the UK, HE Mr Ngoc An Tran; Indonesia's Ambassador to the UK, HE Dr Rizal Sukma; and Minister Ma Hui from the People's Republic of China's Embassy in the UK.
New connections were made at this event as people exchanged business cards, contact number and social media profiles – as well as adding each other on Chevening Connect! Alumni also discussed with staff ways they could support Chevening more within the UK, and strengthen their bonds with the programme.
The event was a huge boost to the staff and alumni alike, with renewed commitment to join forces to improve, develop and sustain Chevening as it moves into the future.