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DexLab Analytics Partnered With DU for Vishleshan’18

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DexLab Analytics Partnered With DU for Visheshan’18

DexLab Analytics in association with Department of Business Economics, Delhi University proudly presented Vishleshan’18, an analytics conclave to nurture budding talent pool. Each year, Delhi University organizes an annual competition, where in data enthusiasts get an opportunity to showcase their analytical capabilities and complex problem-solving skills. This year, DexLab Analytics shared the platform with the esteemed institutional body under DU – and we can’t feel more obliged!

Our sincere gratitude and good wishes rests with the Department of Business Economics, University of Delhi; they recognized our efforts towards the data analytics community and shared interest in collaborating with us, which was indeed an honorable moment for us.

Now, coming to the event details, Analytics Conclave – Vishleshan’18 was segregated into two rounds. The first round also known as the elimination round comprised of an online quiz session, candidates were required candidates to be well-versed in all verticals of analytics. The second round was a lot more challenging, because here selected teams were allotted a case study each. In this round, DexLab Analytics played a crucial role – the seasoned consultants actively participated in structuring these all-encompassing case studies.

The case studies were all in sync with this year’s theme ‘AI and Machine Learning: Transforming Decision Making’, which means bagging the winner title was no mean feat. Various teams, all from notable institutes and in accordance to eligibility criteria (only post-graduates or MBA students allowed) participated in the contest. Out of them, only 5 teams were finally selected to present their case studies in front of a distinguished panel of judges at the DU campus on 8th September 2018.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are driving the technology realm. Not only are they the pioneers of effective decision-making processes but also engines of faster and cheaper predictions for all big and small companies. Next to the US, India is deemed to be biggest hub of artificial intelligence, thus it’s time for prestigious Indian educational institutes, like Delhi University to start training the bright young minds for the next big boom of AI and machine learning. And that’s exactly what they were found doing.

However, as it’s said, teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success – the organizers of Vishleshan’18 approached DexLab Analytics, a leading data analytics training institute in Gurgaon, Delhi NCR. Together, they believed they would better analyze the data acumen of the participants and foster a symbiotic association for more knowledge sharing in the future.

Perhaps, not surprisingly, DexLab Analytics has created a place of its own, in the niche analytics industry. Comprehensive in-demand skill training courses are crafted keeping in mind the students’ requirements and industry demands. Moreover, the consultants who bring in considerable domain experience in the related field are all experienced and loaded with expertise. Together with you, this institute can be considered as a center of excellence in the big data analytics domain!

 

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Forecasting Earthquake Aftershocks with Artificial Intelligence

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Forecasting Earthquake Aftershocks with Artificial Intelligence

Recently, a study where a huge number of earthquakes were analyzed using machine-learning models, fared better at indicating the regions affected by aftershocks than traditional methods of analyzing the same.

This study puts forward new ways of analyzing how ground stress, which is caused by a massive seismic activity like earthquake, trigger aftershocks that follow. Researchers believe that this advancement in aftershock detection can open up fresh avenues for assessing seismic risks.

Phoebe DeVries, a seismologist at Harvard, believes this new research to be a demonstration of the immense opportunities that machine learning has in this field.

Contrary to the general idea that aftershocks aren’t as damaging as the main earthquake, they can actually be more devastating. As an example consider the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that shook Christchurch area in New Zealand in September 2010. It didn’t take lives but the 6.3 magnitude aftershock that occurred over 5 months later caused massive damage and took 185 lives.

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Standard Method

Currently, the problem lies not in predicting the magnitude of aftershocks; rather seismologists find it difficult to forecast the spots where the aftershocks will hit. The traditional method used for aftershock forecasting involves calculating changes in stress of nearby rocks that’s produced by the main earthquake and using these calculations to find out the likelihood of aftershocks striking a particular area. This stress-failure process is good for defining after-shock patterns, but sometimes it fails to generate correct results.

There’s a lot of data available on previous earthquakes. DeVries and her group has used this data and applied it in machine learning models to create better predictions.

Neural Networking

Data related to over 131,000 main and after tremors were analyzed by scientists. It included some of the most destructive earthquakes, like the 9.1 magnitude quake that shook Japan in 2011. Employing this massive data set, neural networks were trained and these modeled a grid of cells that surrounded every main tremor location at a distance of 5 kilometers. Neural networks were given the signal that an earthquake had occurred and also fed in data related to the changes in stress at the centre of each grid cell. Following this, the neural networks were asked to give the probability of each cell generating aftershocks.

After testing this method for 30,000 main shocks and aftershock events, it was concluded that the neural networks forecasted the after tremor locations more accurately as compared to the stress-failure method. The networks treated each cell as an individual problem instead of calculating the overall effect of stress on the rocks. Furthermore, the ML models also implied some physical changes that occur in the ground due to the main shock and other important parameters that researchers don’t normally consider in seismic studies. One of them is the stress changes that occur in certain materials, like metals.

To conclude, it can be said that this new study is a motivating step forward in the study of seismic activities. AI and ML are breaking new grounds in every field of study. Understandably, Artificial Intelligence courses are all the rage among students wanting to leap forward in their careers. If data, numbers and forecasts interest you then this artificial intelligence certification in Delhi NCR should definitely be considered.

 

Reference: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-06091-z

 

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DexLab Analytics’ AUGUST OFFER: Everything You Need to Know Of

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DexLab Analytics’ AUGUST OFFER: Everything You Need to Know Of

We are happy to announce that we’re rolling some good news your way – DexLab Analytics is all set to launch exhaustive modules in Deep Learning with AI starting with Artificial Neural Networks using Python, MS Excel, Dashboards, VBA Macros, Tableau BI, Visualization and Python Spark for Big Data from September 1, 2018. The course modules are on in-demand skills and they are taking the world quite by a storm.

DexLab Analytics’ AUGUST OFFER

Big data, data science and artificial intelligence are buzz words these days. More and more people are coming forward and showing keen interest on these nuanced notions that solves real-world problems. This is why we didn’t want to fall behind. We understand the importance of data in this digitized world, and accordingly have chalked out our intensive industry-ready courses.

Deep Learning and AI starting with Artificial Neural Networks using Python course module is a 30-hour long training program that gives exposure to MLP, CNN, RNN, LSTM, Theano, TensorFlow and Keras. It includes more than 8 projects out of which a couple of focuses on development of models in to Image and Text recognition. MS Excel, Dashboards and VBA Macros certification is curated by the expert consultants after combining industry expertise with academician’s knowledge. The course duration is in total of 24 hours and is conducted by seasoned professionals with more than 8 years of industry experience specific to this budding field of science.

DexLab Analytics’ August Offer is On Machine Learning & AI

DexLab Analytics’ August Offer is On Machine Learning & AI

Next, we have30-hour hands-on classroom training on Tableau BI & Visualization certification, which teaches young minds how graphical representation of data unlocks company future trends and take quicker decisions. Tableau is one of the fastest evolving BI and data visualization tool. With that in mind, we offer a learning path to all you students by framing a structured approach coupled with easy learning methodology and course curriculum.  

DexLab Analytics Offers MS Excel, Dashboards and VBA Macros Certification!

DexLab Analytics Offers MS Excel, Dashboards and VBA Macros Certification!

Lastly, our Big Data with PySpark certification is another gem in the learner’s cap: the Spark Python API (PySpark) exposes users to the Spark Programming model with Python. Apache Spark is an open source and is touted as a significant big data framework for pivoting your tasks in a cluster. The main objective of this course is to teach budding programmers how to write python code using map-reduce programming model. The 40-hours hands-on classroom training will talk about Big Data, overview of Hadoop, Python, Apache Spark, Kafka, PySpark and Machine Learning.

Now, first 12 students who happen to register for each course on or before 30th August, 2018 will get alluring discount offer on the total course fee. Interesting, isn’t it? So, what are you waiting for? Go, grab all the details about AUGUST OFFER: to register, call us at +91 9315 725 902 / +91 124 450 2444 or hit the link below – www.dexlabanalytics.com/contact

 

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AI is enhancing careers: How can you gain advantage in this AI-era?

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Artificial intelligence has a significant impact on our lives. Several AI powered automation tools are already in use such as customer service applications and voice-powered assistants, like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa. Adoption of AI will benefit the business by improving the quality and consistency of work. Based on a discussion between Forbes Agency council members, we have listed the ways in which artificial intelligence can help workers improve their career.

  1. More valuable insights

AI will bring positive changes in the job of PR professionals. AI technology will take over manual jobs such as news monitoring, researching, reporting and making media lists. AI based predictive analytics will help PR professionals make better market predictions. They will reduce manual workload and help in strategic and creative thinking.

  1. Replace mundane tasks

AI, automation and machine learning will replace daily low-quality cognitive tasks such as scheduling calendar invites, daily food ordering, determining whether to answer/review/delete emails based on facts. They will eventually aid in quality tasks such as identifying connections, analyzing correlation and drawing inferences.

  1. Act as concierge

Popularity of Alexa, Watson, and Einstein suggest that consumers will expect tech to provide concierge services in the future. As AI techs evolve post their purchase, it will anticipate an individual’s daily tasks and provide highly personal recommendations.

  1. Make marketing smarter

AI will enable companies develop stronger relationships with their customers. IBM’s Watson and other cognitive technology will help analyze unstructured text, audio, images and video. AI’s ability to perceive and process personality, tone and feelings will help deliver better personal recommendations. It will help companies carry out conversations using chatbots.

  1. Automate customer support

The availability of chatbots round the clock will save a lot of time. They answer customer questions, give recommendations and guide customers to the next step. They will reduce the workload of customer support systems. Bots can draw insights on the needs, engagements and emotions of customers.

  1. Unleash the full potential of your mind

Workers will be spared from carrying out mundane tasks. They will have the time to focus on productive tasks, which require problem-solving skills and creativity.

  1. On-the–fly video editing

AI will eventually edit videos in real time.  Real- time user engagement will perform multiple instantaneous tasks such as changing sound effects on the fly.

  1. Create jobs and assimilate workflow

AI will interfere with regular workflow but in return it will create new jobs. It will help integrate the workforce. Humans will be instrumental in helping the AI work in harmony with the employees.

  1. Improve future strategies

Humans will always be a part of the PR industry, as they are crucial in maintaining a healthy customer relationship. The data that is collected through AI will enable making more informed decisions for the future. AI will help companies stay abreast of information related to their competitors through better media monitoring.

  1. Shrink 40 hours of analysis to 4 minutes

Manual analysis is very time consuming. The future of marketing efficiency lies in automation tools that will drastically reduce the time taken to analyze data and form strategies.

  1. Productivity even during commute

AI has made automated driving a reality. Driving in autopilot mode greatly reduces driver fatigue and can affect productivity during commute, especially to and from work.

  1. Improve brand engagement

AI can help devise customized experiences in real time. It interprets customer interactions and instantly creates customized content.

  1. Make routine processes easier

Entrepreneurs describe AI as the ultimate efficiency driver. The day to day tasks can be entrusted to digital hands, which enable human hands to be more productive. AI driven technology is benefitting manufacturing processes as well as advertising platforms.

  1. Give edge in competition

Businesses using AI will have a competitive edge over their clients. This is because AI implementation replaces manual processes of sorting complex data, drawing key insights and chalking out an action plan. AI improves decision-making, ROI, operational competence and cost savings.

AI related employment opportunities are on the rise. Compared to the demand, there is a lack in the number of professionals proficient in AI. It is predicted that by 2020, 20 percent of companies will need their workers to monitor and direct neural networks. About 2 million jobs in the cyber security sector are about to go vacant in the coming years.

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How Artificial Intelligence is Boosting the Design of Smarter Bionics

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How Artificial Intelligence is Boosting the Design of Smarter Bionics

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are a set of technologies that empower machines and computers to learn and evolve upon their own learning through constant reiteration and consistent data bank upgrades. The entire chain of mechanism stands on recursive experiments and human intervention.

Bionics

Advances in technology have greatly benefited the field of prosthetics in the last few years. Today’s prosthetic limbs are made using space-age materials that provide increased durability and function. In addition, many prosthetics make use of bionic technology. These types of prosthetics are called myoelectric prosthetics.

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Myoelectric prosthetics picks up the electrical action potential from the residual muscles in the amputated limb. Upon receiving the action potentials, the prosthetic amplifies the signal using a rechargeable battery. Detected signal can be used further into usable information to drive a control system. Artificial Intelligence helps to identify motion commands for the control of a prosthetic arm by evidence accumulation. It is able to accommodate inter-individual differences and requires little computing time in the pattern recognition. This allows more freedom and doesn’t require the person to perform frequent, strenuous muscle contractions. The inclusion of AI technology in prosthetics has helped thousands of amputees return to daily activities. While technologies that make bionic implants possible are still in infancy stage, many bionic items already exist.

The Bionic Woman

 Angel Giuffria is an amputee actress and Ottobock Healthcare’s Brand Champion who has been wearing electromechanical devices since she was four months old. Following are excerpts of an interview with her.

“I wear currently the bebionic 3 small-size hand which sounds like a car. But at this point, that’s where we’re getting with technology. It’s a multi-articulating device. That small-size hand is really amazing… this technology wasn’t available to them previously”

She further added, “..The new designs that look more tech are able to showcase the technology. I’ve really become attached to and I think a lot of other people have really clung onto as well because it just gives off the impression of showing people how capable we are in society now.”

 She also spoke about prosthetics like the Michelangelo Hand which is stronger, faster and has multiple hook options. Modern additions to prosthetics such as lights and cameras are added advantages. She describes her hand to be able to do multiple functions like change grip patterns and control wrist movements which enable her to hold small items like keys and credit cards.

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I-limb

Bertolt Meyer’s amazing bionic hand controlled via an iPhone app is another glimpse at the advances being made in prosthetics.

In 2009, Meyer, a social psychologist at the University of Zurich was fitted with an i-limb, a state-of-the-art bionic prosthesis developed by a Scottish company, Touch Bionics, which comes with an aluminum chassis and 24 different grip patterns. To select a new suite of gestures, Meyer simply taps an app on his iPhone. He describes his i-limb to be the first, where aesthetics match engineering.

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In the world of prosthetics, function is the key. Most amputees are constantly searching for the same level of functionality that they enjoyed before they lost their limb. With the introduction of artificial intelligence in prosthetic limbs, amputees are closer to their goals than ever before. Bionics having access to the relevant databases are capable of learning new things in a programmed manner which improves their performance.

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How AI Is Going To Change the Marketplace: Top 6 Trends to Fix Your Eyes in 2018

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According to a recently published report from McKinsey – “Alphabet invested roughly $30 billion in developing AI technologies, and Baidu, which is the Chinese equivalent of Alphabet, invested $20 billion in AI last year.”

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Not only companies, but reports suggest Chinese government is pursuing AI technology relentlessly in an attempt to drive the AI innovation, singlehandedly.

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Data Science Jobs: Luxury Today, Necessity Tomorrow

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Data Science Jobs: Luxury Today, Necessity Tomorrow

A general consensus: the scene of employment is changing. The jobs in data science are spiking up, and at a robust rate. According to World Economic Forum in 2016, a nuanced state of affairs with employment fluctuations is likely to happen across sectors, jobs and geography in the coming years – hold your horses and wait with bated breath!

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Job Opportunities till 2020

A wide set of factors are expected to bring upon different effects on the varying segments of employment market till 2020. For an instance, recent demographic stats in the emerging job market are likely to ace up employment by 5% approx worldwide. On the other side, the surging geopolitical instability across the globe could reduce employment by 2.7%. Amidst this, artificial intelligence, touted as a replacement key for manpower is likely to have a minute effect on job reduction by a mere 1.5%.

Considerably, the overall figure points that the computing and mathematical jobs are going to increase by 3.2% – because a sturdy compilation of technological and geopolitical instability effect is expected to generate an altogether positive effect across various employment chains, suggesting the instability will in return result in a higher demand for programming, computing and modeling.

However, recruitment procedure is going to get more challenging.

Across every sector and every job family the perception is that recruitment will be more challenging in future #ai #sasacademic

Lower University application rates

Following the latest trends, the applications to universities by students have taken a halt – in UK, the number of people applying to universities has fallen drastically – the reason anticipated is the result of Brexit.

But irrespective of any reason, lower application rate is going to affect graduate recruitment. The emergence of a gig economy is largely considered a positive effort, but a lack of benefits like annual leave may cause some hindrance in the effectuality. Also, AI is resulting in a less number of job generation, the automation of entry-level jobs mean lesser jobs.

Hone your skills further after employment

While undergraduates and postgraduates eyes employment as the end of their education, for employers it’s an entirely different ball game. For them, employment is the just a stepping stone in the process of ongoing training to make sure the fresh workforce develops cutting-edge skills. This stands true especially in complex job areas of data science, where a shortage of graduates exists. As a result, motivate your existing workforce to develop required data analytics skills in the most accomplishing way to garner expertise and thorough know-how.

The most desirable quality in a new #DataScience hire is their dedication to continually learn more. #sasacademic #ai

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Time to Change the Game of Online Lending With AI and Big Data

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Time to Change the Game of Online Lending With AI and Big Data

As digitization grows in size and width, more and more companies are seeking ways to modify their digital lending services. It would be effective as well as profitable for both borrowers and lenders. And as a topping on the cake, companies resort to Artificial Intelligence and Big Data as they believe they are the future powerhouse of loans.

Originally banks being the lenders make the lending decision based on a loan applicant’s credit score – which is a 3-digit number collected from renowned credit bureaus, like Equifax and Experian. Credit scores are obtained from large piles of data, such as credit history length, payment history and credit line amounts, and are used to decide whether the applicants would be able to repay their debts. They are also good to determine the interest rate of loans.

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Low credit score is an indication that you are a risky borrower, which may end up in rejection of your loan application or else you have to pay excessively higher interest rate.

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However, according to digital lending platforms, this kind of information isn’t enough – they fail to draw the actual picture of the loan applicant’s credit worthiness. Rather, it is advisable to include hundred other data points in the scrutiny process, and they don’t have to be based on financial interactions alone. Include educational certifications, employment documents, and even you can take help from minor information, like your nap time, website browsing preferences, chatting habits and so on.

The mechanism of Peer-To-Peer Lending

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At times, the concept of Big Data is downright challenging – it creates more confusion than clearing things out. Even Artificial Intelligence is included in this, though marketing teams of countless companies are relying on this advanced technology to enhance profitability and efficiency in operations – pundits from the online lending industry believes AI can actually change the way fintech companies perform.

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Leveraging AI

For example, Upstart, a California-based Peer-to-Peer online lending company uses the power of AI to process loans. It implements machine learning algorithms to perform underwriting decisions. Machine Learning possesses the ability to analyze and coordinate large chunks of customer data to draw patterns that would remain unnoticed if done manually through human analysts.

According to Upstart, this process eventually works out well for people with limited credit history, lower income level and young borrowers. The company has also initiated an automation of 25% of its less risky loans to keep future prospects in mind.

Another Chicago-based startup Avant is harnessing machine learning to identify fraud – by comparing customer behavior with the initial available data belonging to normal customers, while singling out outliers. They are now planning to extend their services to brick-and-mortar banking structures that are planning to set their foot in the online lending business.

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Today, digital lending is witnessing a steady growth worldwide, and India is not lagging behind. The perks of introducing machine learning and analytics are evident everywhere, so get yourself charged up and ride on the road of analytics. DexLab Analytics offers excellent big data hadoop certification in delhi ncr. Get enrolled today to experience the best!!

 

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How Many Category 5 Hurricanes Have We Had in the Atlantic?

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With Hurricane Irma battering the pretty state of Florida while ripping through the Caribbean like a mammoth buzzsaw blade, we start wondering how often such rare Category 5 hurricanes occur. We know hurricanes of such magnitude are rare, but how much rare?

According to Wikipedia page information, hurricanes having wind speed greater than or equal to 157 mph are termed as category 5 hurricanes, enough to wreak havoc around. Using SAS Analytics, let’s start digging some data to unravel how many hurricanes of such great magnitude have hit the Atlantic coastal towns and cities with such dangerous wind speeds..

After indulging in a bit of research work, we came across weather.unisys.com website that contains exhaustive data about all the past hurricanes formed out of Atlantic. It turned out to be a good repository of data – we jotted down a bit of code and parsed the data into SAS data set. Next, we marked all the Atlantic hurricane paths on a map, and highlighted the line segments in bright red, where the wind speed fell under the Category 5 tab. So, come know how often they have taken place, along with their accurate position.

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Hit the above image to view the full-size interactive version of the map with HTML mouse-over text displaying the hurricane names in red for category 5 descriptions.

Take a look at the technical details of the code we used to draw the map:

  1. The map is created using SAS/Graph Proc GMap.
  2. We projected the map with the help of Proc GProject. Followed to that, we saved the projection parameters using the brand new Parmout=option. It was only then that we can project the hurricane paths individually, using GProject’s parmin=option. (Before the innovation of parmout/parmin parameters, we used to combine the map and hurricane paths, compile and project them together, and then divide the results into two separate datasets – of course the new functionality eases the things out).
  3. The paths of hurricane were plotted using regular ‘move’ and ‘draw’ Annotate functions.
  4. We first plotted the land areas (choropleth map), then covered (annotated) the hurricane tracks (while doing so, make sure the red lines lie on top for better visibility), and finally overlaid the country border contours on top again so as to make them prominent.
  5. As lines are incompatible with mouse-over text, we annotated circles using mouse-over text along the red hurricane paths. We outlined these circles at the very beginning (using when=’b’), hence they would become invisible later.

Have a look at the table we presented below. The table comprises of 34 Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes, derived from 150 years of data. You can also run your eyes through a snapshot image – click on the image to see the entire interactive table. And if you are interested in knowing more, hit each hurricane name and ask Google to give you information.

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Nota Bene: There might be some hurricanes under Category 5 domain we missed out. Kindly excuse us there, but we think we have nicely hit our main point of discussion. If you have anything to say us, scroll down and comment!

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