please delete your philosophy gpt-3 post. it's most likely stolen writing.

philosophy?? idk which one you're referring to sorry. also no . if it's the poetry one, see in tags. actually see in tags anyway. actually pls look at my posts on AI too . sorry if it's badly worded i'm very tired :')

The Devil Wears Kevlar - Part 2

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Cover image credit goes to the amazing saintcalum!

it’s starting to get interesting!!!! this bit is quite a bit longer than the first which is fun - it’s about 4k words but that’s getting up there for me. hope you enjoy it!!! as always pls tell me what you think this is my baby and I love her

Monday morning is rough.

Aspen usually gets to work for nine, which means she has time to grab breakfast with her roommates before she lets the subway drag her to work. On her first morning as a personal assistant, she’s aiming to get to the coffee shop by eight, because she doesn’t trust herself or lines. She’s gonna put on some classy business makeup today, too, just do her eyebrows and put on mascara, not to mention her stress doublechecking her - well, Mr. Hood’s planner. This all means she’s trying to leave the house at the time she usually gets out of bed, which is very unfair.

She thinks about pretending to forget Calum’s coffee order all the way there. Honestly, she’d be better off in a lab somewhere, and the sooner he gets tired of her the sooner she’s elbow-deep in PCR and collagen synthesis. Still, she’s a try-hard at heart, and she mourns her honest nature the whole time she’s standing in line. Decaf, one cream.

Even with her comfortable margin of time, it’s almost eight-thirty when she gets to the front of the building. Her new business flats are already threatening to give her blisters, which sucks, but she straightens her back as a sleek car pulls up and her boss gets out of the backseat. Of course he doesn’t drive himself to work. Aspen smiles at the old man chauffeuring as Mr. Hood steps out, billion-dollar-briefcase in hand.

“Good morning!” She says, instead of “sweet ride my dude” or worse, her first instinct, to ask him why he’s having her bring him coffee when there’s almost undoubtedly better beans at his mansion.

She suspects it’s a test.

See, she came prepared today; she Googled her boss and her and Mel and Paige made fun of the articles that called him a “human sized lever pushing the industry forwards”, or worse, “Gotham’s Most Eligible Bachelor”. Jokes aside, though, she paid attention and she thinks she’s gonna be able to figure this out properly. He’s smart, no matter what Forbes or Business Insider says. He shows up to all sorts of galas with a pretty flavour of the month, which keeps both the Daily Gotham (“the idiot newspaper for criminals” her journalist roommate Paige calls it) and the New York Times very well entertained. When Aspen said she got a weird vibe, Paige said that he might be hiding something with this public image. Paige was probably joking (Aspen’s had all kinds of crackpot theories), but the more Aspen ruminates on it the more suspicious she feels.

She thinks back to the questions he asked in that interview. He probably doesn't trust her either.

So she hands him his coffee. “There’s a little- I dunno if you like pastries but these are my favourites. If you don’t want it I’ll eat it.”

Calum takes a sip as he walks into the lobby. He’s taller, and Aspen didn’t think much of that until she had to keep up with him. “I’m not really one for sweets.” He says, barely looking at her. By that time they've reached the elevators and she's almost surprised he doesn't have her press the button for him.

“Alright, that's cool. Snacks for later.” She says as the door dings open and they step in.

Aspen reaches out for the paper bag of pastry when she realizes Mr. Hood is looking at her, really looking, for the first time all morning. He doesn't move to hand it over. “Sorry, did I- you're not allergic or anything-”

“It's not that, no, you're very thoughtful. You're just very- people aren't usually very informal with me like that.” He says, and not like it's a good thing. Aspen’s stomach drops, and not just because this elevator goes up real high. She's pretty sure the whole city can see the blush on her cheeks.

“I didn't mean to overstep- I'm sorry.” She says. He has a ghost of a smile on his lips at that. “I'm sorry, sir.” She tries again, with a careful kind of laugh, but he seems to smile properly at that and she feels a little warmer.

“Don’t worry about it too much. It’s your first day. I’ll play nice.” He says, and if Aspen didn’t know better she would have said he winked before pressing the paper bag into her hand and turning to the doors.

She’s still trying to process that as the elevator dings again for the top floor and he steps out. No matter how warm the places where their skin met feel, she has to hurry to trail after him, which she does not like. Stupid long-legged CEOs, stupid business flats. Maybe this is another test, to see if she's content with falling behind or if she leans in to the cardio. Aspen is starting to think maybe she hates being a personal assistant, and it's only been five minutes.

Mr. Hood starts talking as they head through the reception area. “This is how most days are will go; once I arrive, you'll bring me my coffee and we'll go over my appointments and meetings for the day, lunch plans, etcetera. I may need you to accompany me to some of them, just to take notes. Your computer should be connected to my email, I'll need you to look through that in a second.” He opens the door of his office for her and follows her in, taking a seat at his desk and looking at her expectantly.

Well. No pressure, or anything.

“Alright, so here’s the agenda for the day, here's your copy,” She says, pulling a neatly folded piece of paper out of her bag. “First meeting is at ten with the-”

“It is 2019.”

What? Aspen almost panics. “What?”

“It's 2019, we have smartphones, you don't need to-” Calum gestures at the sheet, looking- not angry, not amused, just- unreadable.

“I know that. Sir.” Says Aspen, not like a defensive child at all. “It's just nice sometimes to have a hard copy. Maybe you'll like it.”

She gets a faintly amused vibe. Mr. Hood is definitely finding this a little funny. Asshole.

“Alright, then, go on.”

Aspen takes a deep breath. “SO, ten o’clock meeting with Julia Fedeski and the team from Hood Automotive, eleven thirty demo from Hood Tech that could be pushed to after lunch if the meeting goes long, then you have lunch with - it just says a question mark on your sheet, in the book there were like three names scribbled out.”

“That's fine.” Mr. Hood is definitely smiling a little now. Aspen really fuckin’ wished she knew why.

“Alright, then after lunch at one you're supposed to have a meeting with the sales rep - I wish I could be more specific but all it says is “the sales rep”. Um, and then at two thirty you have a phone interview with WGBS. Finally, at five it says you have to leave for a fitting for the Gotham Museum fundraiser and I can't let you be late to that. It's very clear. And that's what your day looks like!”

“Sir.” Mr. Hood reminds her, letting an honest smile show.

“Sir!” Aspen covers as best she can. “I'm sorry, I- I'm a scientist by trade, we're an irreverent bunch. I'll get it.”

“I know you will.” He seems cheerful as he takes another sip of his coffee. “Why don’t you check for messages and come back in, say, half an hour to bring me up to speed?”

“Absolutely, sir,” says Aspen, and she is out of that office as fast as politely possible.

Calum Hood is still terrifying, but at least that time Aspen didn't feel like she was about to spontaneously combust.

Half an hour gives her time to get a cup of tea before she heads back in to give the seventh richest person in the world an update. She doesn't burst into flames that time, either, and he doesn't have to remind her to address him all formal-like this time, either.

...maybe this could work.

By time Aspen emerges, glowing with happiness because she didn't fuck that exchange up, Liam and Janice are in. Janice gives her a really kind smile. Liam looks at her and his shoulders sag.

Aspen had hoped that Liam would have something to say to her today. An apology. She would have taken any excuse. She didn't want one of her best and most handsome work friends to be angry at her like this! It looks like that's not going to happen, though, which is- it's a shame.

“Good morning Janice, good morning Mr. Payne.” She chirps anyway.

Janice seems surprised to see her cheerful, but she says hello anyways. Liam grunts, but at least he doesn't try to grab her again.

Aspen suspects she's going to be counting her blessings fairly often this week.

She heads into her office and gets to… work, she thinks? She doesn't know what she's supposed to be doing until Mr. Hood needs her, so she pokes through file cabinets and tries not to look up through the glass to see what Liam's doing.

She makes a reservation for lunch.

She answers the phone and manages to direct them to Hood Tech.

She calls Mr. Hood fifteen minutes before his meeting to remind him and ask if she needs to take notes (she doesn't).

She watches him leave his office and head to the elevators. He doesn't wave.

Janice answers a phone call.

Liam coughs.

GOD, she's going to be here forever.

Aspen decides she hates being a personal assistant. Offices are terrible. Worst of all, she’s still over-analyzing the little exchange she had with her boss in the elevator, probably because her genius brain has nothing else to do. She’s really trying not to be silly about this but god, she fuckin’ yearns to be in a lab. No one expects a bunch of nerds to look poised and collected while they wait for something to happen! Aspen wishes she was back in the basement. Mouska, pretty Mouska who worked next door, would always let Aspen come around and watch her dissect turtle brains or whatever. Even when there was nothing to do, there was something to do. Here, all she can do us Google “what to do in an office when you are bored” and pray Liam can't see her browser history. One of the suggestions is “quit”. God, she wishes.

Things look up around eleven, when Calum gets back and has her draft an email for him. It takes her a nerve-wracking fifteen minutes to write one paragraph, but he approves it and then they finally get to head down to the levels of Hood Tech’s labs for the demo.

To say Aspen is psyched would be an understatement. She even grabs her safety glasses from the desk (of course she’s keeping them around) on her way to meet Mr. Hood at the elevators. Just in case. He meets her with eyebrows raised. “You don’t have to come along.” he says, but he doesn’t sound opposed to it so she presses on.

“If it’s all the same to you, sir, I’d really like to. Do you know how jealous Ash- Dr. Irwin is going to be when he hears about this?” She’s got a clipboard in her hand to make her look professional, and it seems to work because he smiles at her and turns to the elevator.

Hood Tech is so badass. Aspen remembers when they came out with the remote hacking device that helped Gotham City PD take down Firefly a few months before she moved to the city. Obviously with Gotham’s problems with corruption in the government, it makes her a little nervous, but god, she’s really into the science behind it. She can’t wait to see what they’re planning to show Mr. Hood.

She practically vibrates all the way down to the 19th floor, where everything is black and chrome when they step out. Aspen is a little envious that these guys get the flashy decor while her basement lab is a symphony in beige, but she has to admit she loves the effect. Someone is waiting by the elevators to walk them there, a middle-aged man in a lab coat and khakis. He doesn’t say much as they head through the labs, at least not to her. Mr. Hood talks to him in low tones. Usually being ignored would drive Aspen mad, but she takes this opportunity to try to peer into any lab with an open door and glean something about the research. Most of the doors are closed, but she sees a shooting range, shiny lab benches, and what looks like an fMRI machine. She’s really digging it.

They’re lead into a room with more men in lab coats standing around, and a chair in the middle of the room. One chair. As they step towards it, both Calum and the guy in the lab coat hesitate. “Oh, don’t worry, I can stand. I’m wearing sensible footwear and everything.” She jokes, wiggling her business flats. “I’m Aspen, by the way, nice to meet you all.” She waves cheerfully. She’s been told it’s disarming.

She gets one awkward wave back, so she counts it as a success. Calum sits down. Aspen stands behind his chair and tries to prepare herself for the marvels she’s undoubtedly about to see. Hood Tech does not disappoint. They’re shown a robot the size of her thumbnail that holds a camera and microphone and hovers, and as soon as it gets a portable power source it’ll be a breakthrough in surveillance. Next, the team brings out a voice synthesizer and has Calum speak into it, and soon the entire room of scientists has taken a turn speaking in his voice. Aspen’s clipboard is dangling at her side; she knows they’ve saved the best for last, and she’s so anxious to see what it is. The scientists seem just as excited as she is; she can catch the bright looks they give each other while Mr. Hood looks over the voice synthesizer.

He can sense it too. “...And?” Calum says, setting the device aside.  

Dr. Fox, the head of the team, grins. “And the Hive.”

Someone opens a box, and, yeah, it’s a swarm of drones that fly out to hover around Calum’s chair. Aspen, who’s standing right behind him, is also surrounded, but one of the robots around her beeps at her reassuringly. She thinks she likes it. No, she knows she likes it. “Autonomous swarm!” She exclaims, grinning.

Some of the researchers look surprised. Good, Aspen thinks. Let that be the last time they underestimate her.

Mr. Hood looks much less impressed, both with her and with the robots. “They certainly look good. What are the implications?”

“Well, as your, um, companion mentioned, it’s an autonomous swarm system that has many possible applications. The Navy has been testing similar systems for defence as well as offence, but we think that it could, for a start, act as security in the building while we improve its range.” Dr. Fox says, looking confident. “It’s just a start, mind you. I’d like to show you something more.

“The swarm can explore on its own, but it can also cluster around any object, moving or not. The nature of the swarm also has some… interesting features.” The good doctor pulls out a remote from his lab coat and presses a button.

Instantly, the whirring of the swarm’s motors changes to something sinister, and they start to move faster, tighter. They haven’t touched her yet, but suddenly they’re scary. Less like something from Star Wars, more like something from a nightmare. Aspen flinches, even though she knows it’s stupid.

Calum Hood isn’t immune to this, either. Aspen can hear it in his voice when he says, “Nicely done.” He’s uneasy. Even some of the scientists outside of the Hive look nervous.

Dr. Fox must press another button, because the swarm softens, retreats back into the box. “I’d like to discuss it more with you inside my office, Mr. Hood.”

Calum stands up and brushes off his suit. He doesn’t look shaken, but that doesn’t mean anything. “Excellent. Could someone show Aspen back to-”

“I can wait.” Aspen says brightly, brushing her hair back. She’s going to take a look at those drones if it kills her.

Her boss doesn’t look like he expected anything else. “Suit yourself.”

“I will!” She says as Dr. Fox shows him into the office.

As soon as the door closes, she makes a beeline for the box of robots, smiling at the scientists to show she means no harm. There are three of them now, in various states of apprehension. “You guys do great work here, I’m a huge fan. How’d you do that- with the- the aggressive Hive, or whatever?”

Aspen had thought that would be a nice icebreaker, but the scientist she’s direction her charm at just seems more nervous when she brings that up. “It was actually, um, some of Dr. Crane’s research, before he-”

“Ooh. Say no more.” That had been a scandal and a half. Well, scandal was the wrong word for it. Rather, it was a tragedy and a shame. Dr. Jonathan Crane had been working for Hood Enterprises as a researching psychologist when it came out that he had been performing unethical experiments on animals and on his own colleagues after hours. Very MKUltra. He had been fired and was now awaiting trial. This had all happened about a month or two before Aspen had gotten her job - she suspects it had a small part by scaring away some competition.

The man, dressed in a lab coat like every other schmuck in here, scratches the back of his neck and nods awkwardly. “Yeah, it was- not great for the project, I’ll say that much. But, uh, it means results, so we’ll keep getting funding. So. I’m Dr. Kaziman, by the way. Call me Nari.” He extends his hand to shake.

Aspen smiles and shakes. “Nice to meet you! I’m still Aspen.”

That usually gets a laugh, and it does now.

It turns out these guys have a lot more going on that what they’ve shown Calum, but some of it’s not ready, or it’s mostly just experimental. Once she explains her scientific background, they only take a little pressing to show her what they’re personally proud of. One of the engineers shows her one of his self-folding origami models - he hopes it could be useful for space travel, or some sort of biomedical shit, but right now he’s just trying to figure out how to make a little folded piano.  The main programmer lets her look at the code for the Hive, which she adores but absolutely cannot understand. It’s not long until Mr. Hood re-emerges from the office, but by the time he does Aspen’s feeling just a little bit better.

He doesn’t say much of anything, just nods at her to follow as he gives a stiff wave to Dr. Fox. Aspen follows with a much more cheerful “goodbye!” Mr. Hood doesn’t say anything until they reach the elevator, and even on the way up he’s silent until Aspen decides to speak up.

“Thanks for letting me tag along. I hope I didn’t get in your way or anything.” She says, with her very best trustworthy grin.

He returns the smile, thankfully enough. “Not at all. You really enjoyed that.”

It is so not a question. “Well, yeah, cutting-edge technology... it’s so cool, what those guys are doing, sir. You can’t expect me not to get excited.”

Aspen thinks she hears a chuckle. “Autonomous swarm.” He repeats, running a hand through his hair.

“Autonomous swarm! And the voice synthesizer, and- like, it’s not my field and all, but I loved it.” She shrugs, pleased. “Oh, also your reservation at the Cactus Club with Mr. Lord is in half an hour.”

The elevator dings for their floor. “Thank you, Aspen.” Says Mr. Hood, stony-faced again, and he leaves as soon as the door is open. It’s abrupt enough to give her pause before she exits the elevator. It sounds like a dismissal.

Well, alright.

Maybe he just doesn't like Mr. Lord?

Aspen doesn't really get a lunch break that day. Mr. Hood gets her to make an appointment with the Mayor and also draft an email, and being on hold all that time decimates her chances at sneaking down and seeing her friends. She's back to miserable, and she sees Liam walk past her to the elevators with a smirk.

Things stagnate again.

It’s 4:30 when she calls Mr. Hood in his office to remind him of his fitting, and it says a lot about what she’s doing that that’s the most exciting thing that happens after her non-existent lunch. Mr. Hood says he’s a bit busy but he’ll do his best, and she says something vaguely respectful how it said it was very important in the book and not to let him be late. She’s still got to prove herself, after all.

At 4:45 she’s anxious to go and makes a few phone calls, just to look like she’s working a little while longer. Maybe she likes having a little control over this, too. She’s been following Mr. Hood all day, and it’s about time he had to stick to her schedule, and oh, it says at 5:26 she has to get home and immediately lie facedown on the couch for three hours. That’s non-negotiable.

She generously gives him until 5:01 to come out of his office. He doesn’t, so she knocks on the door and is already pushing it open when he says “come in”. “This appointment was underlined four times, sir.” She says, by way of explanation.

“You do good work, Ms. McMichael.” He says, all resigned, as he stands up to gather his coat. “I was wondering why Alfred was outside.”

Aspen is proud of that. “Yeah, well, I do what I can. Do you want me to carry anything for you?”

Calum seems like he has to suppress a laugh. “Eager to head home?”

Yes. “No, sir, just trying to do my job.” She says, smiling, because they both know it’s a lie.

Mr. Hood gathers some papers into a briefcase and tugs his suit jacket on. Aspen, unbidden, heads over to the coathanger and brings his coat over, helping him get it over his broad shoulders. “Thank you,” he says, quiet, and before she steps away he catches her shoulder and gives it a squeeze, just for a second. “You’ve done so well today.” He says, as he lets her go. “You should be proud.”

Aspen smiles. It’s nice to hear her terrifying boss say she did well. Of course, that doesn’t explain why the hair on the back of her neck is standing up, but she’ll deal with that later. “Thank you. Sir.” She adds, almost entirely on her own.

Calum Hood doesn’t look so scary when he’s smiling like that. “Thank you. And go home! Get some rest. Busy days ahead.”

Yes. “I’ll see you tomorrow, sir.” She smiles brightly as he leaves his office. As soon as she hears the elevator ding she catches her breath, runs a hand through her hair.

Well.

Aspen doesn’t know if she likes that Mr. Hood didn’t go out himself when he noticed the car - he waited for her to get him, instead. He’s probably a little spoiled. Plus everything is a test, she’s pretty sure. Even- that look he gave her as he left, the one she’d call tender if she didn’t know better, that was probably a test too. It’s done now, though, and she waves goodbye to Liam and Janice as she heads out.

Aspen’s first day was… not uneventful. But fuck if it couldn’t have been a lot worse. She expected to royally fuck up, get screamed at, to be sent back to the lab in disgrace. To be completely honest, she’s not sure if she’s pleased about that; sure, seeing Hood Tech was nice and all, but she sort of missed wearing a lab coat. Plus, Mr. Hood… he’s impossible for her to get a read on.

Unfortunately for her, she’s tenacious in nature, which means she wants to see how this all plays out. The pay is good, too, especially for the amount of work she does.

Whatever.

She’s going to eat her body weight in pizza when she gets home.

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herefore its duration of action is 9 occasions that of other medication - 36 hours. This ensures that Cialis will act over a whopping 36 hours and any patient on Cialis doesn't need to have hurried intercourse , however sex at his or his associate's leisurely tempo. That is why Cialis has been nicknamed as "Le Weekend Pill" in France. It allows the person to calm down together with his accomplice and have spontaneous sex.

Also other medication like Viagra act on the enzyme PDE-6, which is discovered in the eyes, leading to bluish discolouration of imaginative and prescient, which will not happen with Cialis.

Cialis could be taken with a a hundred% fats meal and there will probably be no change in it's motion. The identical will not be true for Sildenafil or Vardenafil, which are affected by meals.

All this makes Cialis presently the very best drug for erectile dyfunction.

What additional provides to it's enchantment are programmes like "The Cialis Promise" from Lilly ICOS which ensures free trial with a rival drug in case Cialis does not work. With this kind of confidence oozing from Lilly ICOS, there is reason to imagine in the promise of Cialis.

One of many pharmaceutical trade's fastest rising segments is so-called reimportation sites, which allow individuals to purchase essential pharmaceuticals at lower prices from international countries. Model - name drugs purchased in Canada can sometimes price 30% to 70% less than the same medication purchased in the US. Although it's against the regulation for somebody contained in the US to purchase or order managed substances from a pharmacy that's outdoors the US.

The law gets tough:

On-line pharmacies had been enjoying the freedom as if they were not part of any regulation for many years, but currently the legislation has got cracking on them. Some online pharmacies, namely those accredited by the Nationwide Affiliation of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), require written authorization from a customer's physician before filling online prescriptions. NABP has developed the Verified Web Pharmacy Follow Sites (VIPPS) program. A coalition of state and federal regulatory associations, professional associations and shopper advocacy teams supplied their experience in growing the standards that the VIPPS certified pharmacies must comply with.

Reliable pharmacy sites on the web present shoppers with a convenient, private solution to acquire needed medications, typically at a more affordable value. Many reputed internet pharmacies enable patients to seek the advice of with a licensed pharmacist from their privacy of their house. European pharmacy.com claims to work solely with physicians and pharmacies which are licensed. There are also numbers of internet sites who dispense prescribed drugs however don't provide a web-based prescribing service.

ED Drugs: pharmaceuticals

Before shopping for any drug online it is important that one consults the physician and pharmaceuticals ought to be obtained only after it's prescribed from the doctor. Within the case of Erectile Dysfunction men should focus on their health status personally with their docs earlier than they start medication like Cialis to make sure it's the right drug for them.

Cialis could cause negative effects like Headache, Flushing, Indigestion, Urinary Tract An infection, Nasal congestion and Dizziness. And each should not be given to men taking Nitrates in any form. There are more critical negative effects and subsequently a proper session is required earlier than starting these drugs.

Impotent men never had it so good. Viagra pioneered the oral therapy for Erectile Dysfunction. And the baton, it seems, has been transferred to Cialis. In between, Levitra additionally made its presence felt. However Cialis is the future drug that has the world on its ft.

Manufactured by Pharmaceutical large Eli Lily and Company, Cialis (tadalafil) acquired the approval of US FDA in November 2003 as the newest oral remedy capsule for Erectile Dysfunction. The male sexual health received a boost with Cialis showing a marked improvement over its predecessors.

Cialis has all the pieces going for it. It works in double quick time. Typically, it takes about 15-half-hour for Cialis to indicate its results, after consumption. As with each other authorised drug in this class, Cialis additionally works only when the physique is sexually aroused. Cialis stays in the physique for hyper-extended hours (36 hours in some instances!!). What does it imply? It interprets into extended sexual pleasure with both the partners making up for the lost time.

The sudden transformation from sexual depravity to most sexual satisfaction leaves a lasting however pleasant impact on the psyche of affected person and his accomplice. Cialis turns into their most trusted ally. Cialis increases the blood supply to the penis space thereby, facilitating a sufficiently lengthy and lasting erection. Due to prolonged impact, the romance between the companions, which was threatening to get disrupted of late, finds a renewed vigor. The sense of belongingness will increase with each encounter induced by Cialis.

The discuss going round in the pharmaceutical market presently is centered on the erectile dysfunction capsule Cialis and how the drug has developed to be an acceptable treatment of male impotency. But have you ever ever thought that why so many hues and cries are there over Cialis? Potential clients in the erectile dysfunction market are enthusiastically buying Cialis from the local pharmacy in addition to via online Cialis shops and treating their impotency.

That is maybe as a consequence of the fact that after administration, Cialis stays in the system for a full 36 hours and like different erectile dysfunction tablets, Cialis might be taken on a full in addition to on an empty abdomen. However all these supplementary advantages shown by Cialis will not be the principal attributes of the drug and there's something else to be disclosed in relation to the drug, something far more exemplary which is judged as the chief contribution of Cialis towards the therapy of male erectile dysfunction.

Sure. Your guess is damn right! I'm speaking in regards to the functioning process of Cialis, the mechanism by way of which Cialis cures an individual of his impotency and makes him able to achieving erections vital for physical intercourse between companions. The moment Cialis enters the system, it inhibits Phosphodiesterase-5 enzyme (PDE5) and as a consequence, adequate amount of blood flows to the penis and the particular person becomes enabled to spark off erections crucial for sexual activity.

As erectile dysfunction makes smooth blood circulation to the penis unattainable and disrupts your intercourse life, don?t you think that at such a vital juncture a drug like Cialis [http://www.buy-cialis-online-now.com/cialis_benefits.html] becomes obligatory? In case you are unable to realize the target by solo, an exterior help is a requisite and Cialis sufficiently supplies you with that.

Cialis, the ?Le Weekender pill? is out to rule the erectile dysfunction market for its apparent rewarding effects against the highly threatening male impotency. The extraordinarily troubleshooting Cialis effects towards erectile dysfunction has develop into evident slowly and step by step with numerous researches being carried out on the medicine and a plethora of Cialis advantages getting revealed.

Initially, let?s transfer on to the topic as to why you need to belief Cialis? If you walk alongside to a registered pharmacy close by your property in quest of an erectile dysfunction capsule the very first thing that you just look for is a credible pill to battle your impotency problem. Concerning Cialis you don?t need to be skeptical over its credibility as it's an FDA authorized medication.

You possibly can simply develop into a victim of erectile dysfunction in case you are a prostate most cancers patient. However with Cialis showing superb results against erectile dysfunction in prostate cancer patients the arrogance over the drug that it might effectively take care of erectile dysfunction by and enormous is taking on the mindset of people throughout the world.

How this sheer Cialis efficacy might be defined? A blessing from heaven or the result of eventual progress in medical science that here is a drug in our midst that can heal erectile dysfunction of even prostate cancer patients? A staff of Dutch researches experimented Cialis on erectile dysfunction patients affected by prostate most cancers and found the drugs a highly effective cure for a similar.

In a clinical testing carried out at the Erasmus MC-Daniel den Hoed Most cancers Middle in Rotterdam, it was seen that prostate cancer troubled patients in massive numbers got cured of erectile dysfunction by administering Cialis to their system.

Results showed that forty eight p.c of the group affected by prostate cancer was able to having profitable sexual intercourse after Cialis administration [http://www.buy-cialis-on-line-now.com/cialis_dosages.html] and then again solely 9% placebo administered individuals have been able to achieve that. Equally, concerning the quality of erections, it was observed that 67% prostate most cancers sufferers administered with Cialis triggered off prime quality erections whereas only 20% people undergoing placebo therapy set off effective erections.

Whatever has been demonstrated above is clearly a reason behind pride for Lilly ICOS LLC, the company who launched this potentially efficient anti-impotency medicine. By way of the help of Cialis, when you root out male erectile dysfunction out of your system and all the hindrances coming in the best way of your sexual satisfaction would melt away mechanically. Due to this fact 36 hour sex trip is the last word thing that can happen to you.

Whenever a friend or a colleague of yours tries to alarm you by telling tales of males undergoing traumatic intervals in life on account of impotency don?t get scared. It is certainly a straight proven fact that erectile dysfunction is capable of unleash untold suffering on the victim but solely on the absence of an acceptable remedy. But when there is Cialis with you then what's to fear? Cialis is a boon not just for you but additionally to all erectile dysfunction sufferers across the world.

Top RegTech Startups to Watch.

Founded in 2009, Irish startup Fenergo has taken in $80.43 million in funding from investors that include asset management group Investec (LON:INVP). In banking, there’s something called KYC which stands for Know Your Customer. Banks have entire teams (lots of John in Mumbai types) working around the clock on this stuff because each client relationship situation is unique and the regulations differ by jurisdiction. It all boils down to preventing money laundering by making sure the customer is who they say they are, cross-checking them against lists of “bad people”, and monitoring their transactions over time. Fenergo automates the entire “client life cycle management” process using technologies like robotic process automation, artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain technology. One global investment bank operated 37% more efficiently (in other words, 37% fewer headcounts) using Fenergo’s platform which is why they have loads of big banks that have signed up from all over the world. Founded in 2000, Tennessee startup Digital Reasoning has taken in $73.96 million from 6 rounds of funding that include participation from NASDAQ, Goldman Sachs, and Credit Suisse. We first came across this startup in our article about “Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a Service” and since then they’ve come out with a product offering called Synthesis. Here’s a diagram describing the technology which only an MBA would understand pretend to understand: In simpler terms, Digital Reasoning wants you to turn over all your data to them and they’ll give you loads of insights in return. It’s like adding “the brainpower of thousands of people to your team” they say, and here’s an example of what that translates to in hard numbers: Synthesys had delivered impressive results to institutions including UBS, Goldman Sachs, Point 72 and many others with documented outcomes such as a 250% increase in detection acuity, 50% reduction in false positives, and a quadrupling in efficiency making it feasible to extend electronic communications surveillance to 100% of employees. Seems like every other day you see a new area that cognitive computing is besting humans in, and given what we’ve seen, finance has a lot of low hanging fruit in that respect. Founded in 2009, British startup OpenGamma has taken in $37.45 million in funding from investors like Accel Partners and the Japan Exchange Group to develop a solution that helps manage derivatives risk. If you’re familiar with a stock option, then you’re familiar with one form of derivatives. These are financial instruments that are used for leverage, hedging and other boring things that investors bother themselves with. Most people probably don’t know that the total value of the world’s derivatives contracts dwarf pretty much everything: That’s a $600 trillion “total addressable market” that as you can imagine is subject to a great deal of regulation and which OpenGamma can continue to address with their platform. Founded in 2015, San Francisco startup Token has taken in $18.5 million in funding so far to develop a technology that will “transform the way the world transacts”. In order to understand that grandiose statement, we first need to understand a new regulation referred to as the “Revised Payment Service Directive” or “PSD2”. Here’s a simple explanation from Transferwise on what PSD2 means: PSD2 will break down the bank’s monopoly on their user’s data. It will allow ‘merchants’, businesses like Amazon, to retrieve your account data from your bank – with your permission. That means when you buy something they can make a payment for you, without having to redirect you to another service (like PayPal or Visa). Token is a PSD2 compliant solution which reads the data from the bank network and turns it into a “smart token” so that the original data never leaves the bank network. According to an article by Finovate, this is expected to “eliminate mass security breaches, reduce fraud” and “define value as something beyond just money“. They also talk about “self-validating transactions” and “programmable money” which sounds a whole lot like some blockchain startups we’ve written about before. Founded in 2012, New York startup Droit Financial Technologies has taken in $16 million in funding so far from investors that include Goldman Sachs and Wells Fargo. The platform allows institutions to examine the full global cross-regulatory implications of a single trade like who you can trade with, what you can trade with them, and where you can trade it. All data stay in your environment alleviating any privacy concerns. Just to give you an idea of the complexity here, Dow Jones classifies 25 countries as developed markets which would represent 625 unique pair combinations for any one trade. Droit can make sure you’re taking each unique situation into account. Founded in 2007, Israeli startup EverCompliant has taken in $13 million in funding so far to develop a solution to combat transaction logging and money laundering. If you don’t know what transaction laundering is, here’s an example of how it works. If you want to by a bag of weed in Washington DC, you can’t just go into a store and buy it. However you can go into a store like King Weedy and buy a t-shirt that comes with a “free gift” (a bag of DC’s finest skunk): That’s a simple example of how transaction laundering might work and EverCompliant’s SaaS solution helps uncover transaction laundering without slowing down transaction speed. In one case, a European bank decided to use the solution to monitor over 4,000 merchants. Prior to that, they were receiving on average four to five fines of $200,000 each every year for transaction laundering. Those have since been completely eliminated. Founded in 2014, New York startup ComplyAdvantage has taken in $8.2 million in funding to build a global proprietary “Anti Money Laundering” (AML) database that helps identify bad people. They do things like screening 5-8 million media pages a day to see if your client is linked to terrorism or crime with breaking news processed in less than 30 minutes. Other things to lookout for are entities that fall on government, regulatory, or law enforcement watch lists around the globe. We weren’t surprised that they’re doing all this with machine learning. With PWC claiming that 90-95% of all AML risk alerts are false positives, imagine how much money you’re going to save by adopting this solution. Founded just last year, Merlon Intelligence has taken in $7.65 million in funding from a venture capital firm called Data Collective who was responsible for the startup being founded in the first place. A partner at Data Collective, Bradford Cross, left the firm to start Merlon Intelligence (it’s his third startup) which makes us wonder why we don’t see this happen more often. Not much has been disclosed about Merlon Intelligence but we did find an informative article on political commentary and technology news site Tech Crunch which said Merlon is using natural language processing to scour PDFs and other unstructured sources of text to then create “contextual knowledge” which is what Digital Reasoning is doing (the company we discussed earlier). The article goes on to quote Mr. Cross as saying the following: The smallest of compliance slip-ups can cost banks millions of dollars — fines across the industry are expected to surpass $20 billion this year. As you can guess, Merlon thinks they can get a chunk of that $20 billion by identifying suspicious activity with a “human in the loop“. Over time, the AI algorithms get better and better so the human can move on to more value added activities – like job hunting. Founded in 2007, Bangalore startup Perfios (stands for Personal Finance Operating System) has taken in $6.1 million so far from investors that included top-tier venture capital firm Bessemer Venture Partners who funded their $6.1 million Series A in April of this year. They predominantly operate in India and offer a service that lets any bank or fintech analyze someone’s financial profile in a matter of minutes. One use case for their technology is the “one click home loan” which is offered by an $8 billion Indian realty company called Indiabulls. The user simply authenticates to their bank account and in the next 5-10 seconds their bank statement is downloaded and analyzed to determine the customer’s capability to pay back a mortgage. http://www.nanalyze.com/2017/08/9-regulatory-compliance-regtech-startups/