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Le Lesotho est une monarchie constitutionnelle parlementaire multipartite, où le Premier ministre est le chef du gouvernement. Le pouvoir exécutif est exercé par le gouvernement tandis que le pouvoir législatif est partagé entre le gouvernement et les deux chambres du parlement. Le pouvoir judiciaire est indépendant des deux premiers.

Pouvoir exécutif

Le Premier ministre est le chef du gouvernement et détient l'essentiel du pouvoir exécutif.

Le rôle du roi est essentiellement protocolaire. Il ne possède plus d'autorité exécutive et n'a pas le droit d'intervenir activement sur la scène politique. La Constitution entrée en vigueur en mars 1993 le désigne comme le « symbole vivant de l'unité nationale ».

Pouvoir législatif

Le Parlement est constitué de deux chambres, l'Assemblée nationale et le Sénat. L'Assemblée nationale compte 120 membres élus pour cinq ans, dont 80 dans des circonscriptions à siège unique, et 40 à la représentation proportionnelle. Le Sénat compte 33 membres nommés.

Partis politiques et élections

Le Congrès du Lesotho pour la démocratie remporte les élections du , battant le Parti national Basotho et le . Bien que les observateurs internationaux et les commissions régionales ne signalent aucune irrégularité, les deux partis perdants accusent le vainqueur de fraude électorale.

Le CLD conserve la majorité le , remportant 79 des 80 sièges en circonscription, tandis que neuf partis d'opposition se partagent les 40 sièges hors-circonscription.

Les partis politiques du Lesotho sont :
 le Congrès du Lesotho pour la démocratie () ;
 le Parti du Congrès du Basutoland () ;
 le Parti national Basotho) ;
 le  () ;
 le Parti démocratique unifié () ;
 le Parti congressiste Mosotho () ;
 le  () ;
 le  () ;
 le  ().

Pouvoir judiciaire

La Constitution garantit l'indépendance du système judiciaire. La plus haute instance est la Haute cour du Lesotho, au-dessus de la Cour d'appel, des juges de paix et des tribunaux traditionnels, principalement en milieu rural. Les jurys populaires sont inexistants.

Annexes

Articles connexes
 Droit mosotho
 Représentations diplomatiques du Lesotho
 Coups d'État : 1970, 1986, 1991

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Saturday - weight allowance: 1 pound (Scratch +4) - SKIN CHECK starts at 8am.
Parking for all team buses is at The First Baptist Church at 1670 Shatto Ave. Please drop your wrestlers off at Firestone (DO NOT PULL IN THE PARKING LOT. YOU WON`T BE ABLE TO TURN AROUND) and then go directly to First Baptist Church. The shuttle will take you back to Firestone and will be running all day on both tournament days.
It is the policy of Firestone High School that there is no outside food/drink permitted in the school and especially in the Gym. Team wrestlers only coolers maybe permitted in the cafeteria only. Please respect the Firestone High School policy.
The tournmanet is using the Remind app for weather updates in regards to the tournament.
The John Cohill Scholarship is open to any senior wrestler who participated in the Bill Dies Memorial.


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Q: calling a method ".class expected" when trying to run the start method from the main class using this code:
public class rungame {
    public void run() {
        Menu.start(string[]);
    }
}

and the method i am trying to run is:
    public class Menu{

    public static void start(String[] args){
        for( ; ; ){
            System.out.println("\nWelcome To The Block Game By Joe Easton\n");
            System.out.println("Enter S To Start");
            System.out.println("Enter H For Help");
            System.out.println("Enter E To Exit");
            System.out.println("\nWhat is your command?");

            //loop looking for input
            for( ; ; ){

                //private
                String answer;
                Keyboard kb = new Keyboard();
                answer = kb.readString();

                if(answer.charAt(0) == 'S' || answer.charAt(0) == 's' || answer.charAt(0) == 'H' || answer.charAt(0) == 'h' || answer.charAt(0) == 'e' || answer.charAt(0) == 'E') {

                    if(answer.charAt(0) == 'S' || answer.charAt(0) == 's'){
                        System.out.println("\nWhat is your name?");
                        String name;
                        name = kb.readString();

                        System.out.println("\nPress y to start");
                        String start;
                        start = kb.readString();

                        if(answer.charAt(0) == 'y' || answer.charAt(0) == 'Y') {

                        }

                        else{break;
                        }
                    }

                    if(answer.charAt(0) == 'H' || answer.charAt(0) == 'h'){

                                    System.out.println("\nIn this game, you have to avoid the B's by moving your character P. \nThe longer you last, the more points you get. \n\nTo move your character:\nUse the G key to go left\nUse the H key to go right\nUse the J key to go up\nUse the K key to go down");
                                    System.out.println("\nWhat is your command?");
                            }

                    if(answer.charAt(0) == 'E' || answer.charAt(0) == 'e'){
                    System.exit(0);
                    }
                }
                else{System.out.println("\nInvalid Command!");
                System.out.println("\nWhat is your command?");
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

I get a .class expected error when i try to run it from another class, the menu class compiles and runs fine

A: what is string[], you should pass valid instance of String[]

A: If you are running rungame, then I doubt how it is running, because it doesn't have a main method. It does have a run method, but the class neither implements the Runnable interface nor extends the Thread class.
Also the ambiguity of string[] as stated by others.
Also, if both the classes are in same file, then only 1 public class can be present in a single file. You would need to prepare separate files if you are attaching the public identifier to the class.
Check the above things, and then it should work fine.

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Belgium's Dutroux Child Rape Affair: A Road Map for Deep-State Criminality
November 12, 2016 November 13, 2016 renegade 7 Comments
By Russ Winter of The New Nationalist
The Podesta Wilileaks and Pizzagate revelations, the pedophilia case of former Speaker Dennis Hastert and the insertion of genitals into pig's head ritual of David Cameron points to the certainty that compromised individuals are actively recruited into positions of power — particularly within the deep-state intelligence, law enforcement, judiciary and media. In the course of my research, I discovered that it goes far beyond just compromising enforcers and gatekeepers. Satanists and pedophile rapists are put into the control grid not just because they can be easily corrupted by the Crime Syndicate, but typically because they are completely lacking in any moral scruples. Par for the course, BBC reports that child abuse files on hundreds of U.K. cases were "accidentally deleted."
The shocking and sordid story of Belgian child murderer, kidnapper and rapist Marc Dutroux provides a matrix or background of how this works. It makes the scenes depicted in the movie "Eyes Wide Shut" look tame by comparison.
As those who have tried to expose the deep state have learned, criminals are ruthless at quelling witnesses, whistle blowers and reporters, and have a large and organized "defense league" to do their bidding. In child abuse cases in particular, death squads are sent after a shocking number of people, as shown in the documentary below. In part, this is because child trafficking is a big and profitable business.
How did Dutroux and his handler, Michael Nihoul, manage to slip though Belgium's justice system? I suspect they left a cache of evidence with a trusted custodian that could implicate powerful people in "sex slave" parties.
In fact, Nihoul bragged in a Der Spiegel interview after being paroled:
"I control the government. … Everyone has compromising dossiers on one another, to be used as leverage in the right situation. … This is the Belgian disease. …
"Give me another 20,000 marks, and I give you a serving minister who is embroiled in a murder. … I know the killer and will have him contact the minister by telephone. You can listen along, okay?
"[Voice recorder turned off. For a 6-digit sum] I will give you a picture on which then Prince Albert jumps a 16-year-old girl. Naked. Shot at the second floor of the Mirano Club 20 years ago [where a pedophile blackmail ring allegedly was situated, according to other witnesses]. … Then I do have to leave Belgium."
Without naming names, a British documentary gives the background about a network of high-level Belgian officials and businessmen who were involved in various forms of child abuse, including the rape and murder of children and young girls. To understand this affair, the video below will need to be viewed.
Shortly after Dutroux and Nihoul, kidnappers for this trafficking network, were arrested, the top investigator who broke this high-profile case was mysteriously removed and replaced with inexperienced sycophant. An enormous outcry followed in Belgium, peaking with a 350,000-person "white March" against the government. Elements within the government and elite were so seriously implicated in the crimes and cover up that Belgium came close to open insurrection in 1996. Documents also link to various Dutch officials as well.
The Institute for the Study of Globalization and Covert Politics (ISGP) offers a lengthy report about the Dutroux case as well as background about child rape, satanic ritual sacrifice, snuff films and other horrors. There is a nasty mix of pedophiles, satanists and organized crime involved in kidnapping and trafficking victims. In 2010, it resurfaced that the Catholic Church was involved in some manner when a huge trove of Dutroux docs and photos were discovered in the home of an archbishop. Many were court docs, some claiming the Leige Jewish Mafia was involved.
This is in no way some peculiar Belgium-only behavior. My primary interest in this case is in the science of cover ups, as I think this model may be incorporated in some of the mob-like charity frauds seen of late in the U.S., such as Sandy Hook; or in social-engineering hoaxes, such as the totally bogus Elliott Rodger shooting in Santa Barbara and the lately raft of racially charged agit-props. The Brussels (there's Belgium again) Jewish museum shooting are also highly suspect.
Most people fail to understand the nature of and size of these criminal syndicate grid networks. The Belgian officials with influence involved in the investigation were actually named by abuse survivors as participants or were proto-psychopathic underlings of the participants.
The Dutroux documentary is a first-hand account of truth suppression techniques. David Martin created a matrix of these methods called "13 Techniques for Truth Suppression," which are list below. All of these were incorporated in the Belgian example.
Strong, credible allegations of high-level criminal activity can bring down a government. When the government lacks an effective, fact-based defense, other techniques must be employed. The success of these techniques depends heavily upon a cooperative, controlled press and a mere token opposition party.
1. Dummy up. If it's not reported, if it's not news, it didn't happen.
2. Wax indignant. This is also known as the "how dare you" gambit.
3. Characterize the charges as "rumors" or, better yet, "wild rumors." If, in spite of the news blackout, the public is still able to learn about the suspicious facts, it can only be through "rumors."
4. Knock down straw men. Deal only with the weakest aspect of the weakest charges. Even better, create your own straw men. Make up wild rumors and give them lead play when you appear to debunk all the charges, real and fanciful alike.
5. Call the skeptics names like "conspiracy theorist," "nut," "ranter," "kook," "crackpot" and, of course, "rumor monger." You must then carefully avoid fair any open debate with any of the people you have thus maligned.
6. Impugn motives. Attempt to marginalize the critics by suggesting strongly that they are not really interested in the truth but are simply pursuing a partisan political agenda or are out to make money.
7. Invoke authority. Here the controlled press and the sham opposition can be very useful.
8. Dismiss the charges as "old news."
9. Come half-clean. This is also known as "confession and avoidance" or "taking the limited hang-out route." This way, you create the impression of candor and honesty while you admit only to relatively harmless, less-than-criminal "mistakes." This stratagem often requires the embrace of a fall-back position quite different from the one originally taken.
10. Characterize the crimes as impossibly complex and the truth as ultimately unknowable.
11. Reason backward, using the deductive method with a vengeance. With thoroughly rigorous deduction, troublesome evidence is irrelevant. For example: We have a completely free press. If they know of evidence that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF) had prior knowledge of the Oklahoma City bombing they would have reported it. They haven't reported it, so there was no prior knowledge by the BATF. Another variation on this theme involves the likelihood of a conspiracy leaker and a press that would report it.
12. Require the skeptics to solve the crime completely.
13. Change the subject. This technique includes creating and/or reporting a distraction.
When faced with an uprising in Belgium, the network or cabal finally employed technique No. 9 via a phony "investigation" followed by the all-too-familiar "incompetence" ploy. And it worked. The blame was laid at the foot of a police investigator, who just looks like a pedophile. After falling on the sword for his brethren, this officer, Rene Michaux, was promoted — much in the same manner that all the incompetents in the 9/11 inside job were also promoted.
In the following months and years details came out about the failure of the police and BOB to catch Dutroux in an earlier stage. Although usually not presented in such a way, most of these rather odd failures can be ascribed to BOB officer Rene Michaux.
As head of Operation Othello, a surveillance operation against Dutroux from August 10, 1995 to January 1996, he practically knew everything there was to know about this already convicted, violent pedophile. From all sides evidence was presented to him that Dutroux not only had kidnapped Julie and Melissa, but also An and Eefje. However, Michaux ignored evidence presented by such informants as Claude Thirault, to whom Dutroux had mentioned how to kidnap young girls and how much you could get for them; Dutroux's mother, who had gathered evidence from her son's neighbors that he was likely involved in the kidnappings; and police officer Christian Dubois, who early on was on the trail of the gang of Nihoul, which would immediately have led to Dutroux.
In between all these reports, the video cameras aimed at Dutroux's Marcinelle home as part of Operation Othello failed to register Dutroux bringing in An and Eefje on Aug. 22, nor would Michaux's team notice Eefje's failed escape attempt on Aug. 25, in which she briefly climbed out the bathroom window to shout for help. An and Eefje were taken out of the house in September and murdered.
When finally forced to search Dutroux's Marcinelle home for reasons not related to the kidnappings, Michaux decided to ignore the voices of two young girls, seemingly not even trying to get a response from them. He also didn't think that Dutroux's odd L-shaped basement, with one wall much newer than all the others, was reason enough to tear it down, nor did he recognize the significance of such items as vaginal cream, a speculum, chains and a videotape with the name of a program on it dealing with missing children. Two other videos which would have shown Dutroux working on his basement and of him raping a 14-year-old girl were returned to Dutroux's wife, apparently without having been reviewed by his team.
This failure of properly searching Dutroux's home apparently led to the death of Julie and Melissa, who are believed to have died from starvation in Dutroux's basement. It also led to the kidnapping of Sabine and Laetitia after Dutroux got out of jail in March 1996.
In August 1996, after Dutroux had been arrested on suspicions that he had kidnapped Laetitia, Michaux led another three-hour search in Dutroux's Marcinelle home, when Sabine and Laetitia were located. Needless to say, Michaux not only failed to find the girls, he also hadn't noticed the letters Sabine had hidden under Dutroux's carpet. Luckily, the location of the girls would be pointed out by Dutroux 48 hours later, after it had become clear to him there was no way out this time, especially not with his lackey Michel Lelievre spilling the beans.
These failures of Michaux led to strong criticism from the parents of An Marchal, who went to inspect Dutroux's basement themselves. The parents of Melissa Russo filed an official complaint against him. When Bourlet criticized Michaux in 2004 over his failure to even find Sabine's letters, and seemingly implied this might not have been unintentional, Michaux could only react by calling Bourlet a "liar" and stating that "he sure wouldn't have found Laetitia under the carpet." These intellectual replies were soon followed by threats to sue for libel. Michaux's extreme incompetence was rewarded with a new position as a local police commissioner.
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Consider that Belgium hosts the NATO HQ, and add to that NATO Bases. I strongly suspect the trafficking runs via the NATO bases. There is some evidence of this in Kosovo. In Germany, they covered up the homosexual Ole van Beust case. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole_von_Beust He was basically provided with children from children's home in Hamburg, brought by security staff in limousines. There is the network, in runs everywhere. There is the official BS… https://www.welt.de/print-welt/article293045/Roger-Kusch-Ich-habe-doppeltes-Glueck-gehabt.html It went like Hamburg Police did surveillance on politicians suspected pedophiles, after van Beust was reported to police. Merkel directly intervened. Another suspect politician,… Read more »
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Yes Butterkeks, I´m certain that to get ahead in politics you have to be blackmailable.One guess who collects the information.Jew know who.
CircusMaximus
Much more to learn on this topic at https://isgp-studies.com/scare
Sir Algernon Farnsworth
The Podesta brothers and pizza parlors seem to be playing a prominent role in child rape/murder sex rings in the US. The brothers even match police sketches of a little girls abductors in Europe. There have been numerous photos of the Podesta brothers admiring serial killer art, which is also prominently displayed in John Podesta's home. There are numerous photos of kill rooms and the likes, which can be tied directly to the Podesta's. Perhaps, Renegade can do a roundtable with its many hosts and tackle the American side to this issue, which seems to tie directly… Read more »
Sure, the "Left" is involved but people have seemed to forget about the "Right" involvement in pedo rings during this election cycle because of how Wikileaks steered the election in Trump's favor. People should listen to my radio show when I discussed Roy Cohn's connection to pedo rings in the 2nd hour:
http://www.renegadebroadcasting.com/circus-maximus-roy-cohns-connections-4-29-16/
I intended on discussing aspects of this article on one of my shows prior to it being posted when I discovered this website: https://isgp-studies.com/scare while researching Roy Cohn.
A roundtable discussion would be excellent…
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As I wrote recently in my imediaconnection.com column, the subject of email subscriber acquisition has begun to lose the stigma that has surrounded it in polite conversation among email marketers and the vendors with whom they work. At Bill's recent Email Innovations Summit in Las Vegas the topic was front and center in many of the panel discussions and email marketer presentations. Which is all for the good because the importance of maintaining the growth of one's an email subscriber database is greater than ever for email marketers. With flat or declining open rates, the only way to grow your business is to grow your subscriber list. And to grow it in a way that doesn't have negative consequences on inbox delivery or worse.
During a recent conversation with a CEO friend of mine, the question arose as to how marketers deal with the email addresses they acquire during the course of an online purchase. These would be people who have not previously opted in to the brand's email list, nor made a previous purchase. My CEO friend vehemently insisted that the vast majority of brands put those email addresses into their subscriber database and start mailing to them just as if they had actually subscribed to receive emails from that brand (through the home page, a pop-up box, etc.). Just as vehemently, I argued that most marketers would not place those email addresses into their databases unless asked for and received an opt-in during the purchase process.
Include a pre-checked box that automatically opts them in to receive promotional emails and offers unless they uncheck the box. If they uncheck they receive no further emails other than transactional emails.
Include a box (or radio button) allowing them to opt-in to receive promotional emails and offers if they check the box. If they don't opt-in they receive no further emails other than transactional emails.
Skip the whole opt-in part and, since you now have his or her email, put them into your email marketing database and start mailing them.
When the poll was finished and the results were in, one thing was immediately clear.
Just over 40% of marketers who answered the question responded that they ask for an explicit opt-in during check-out and would not add them to the list without getting that. Another 27% have a pre-checked box which, if left alone, will opt that customer into their email program. So 2/3's of the email marketers who responded to the poll would not add the new customer to their email marketing database without either an explicit (I checked the box) or implicit (I didn't uncheck the box) opt-in to receive emails. Less than a third take the email address and simply drop it into their email program. And the 4 % who checked "other"? They are actually very close to the 27% of implicit opt-in marketers. In those cases, and email opt-in is included in the Terms & Conditions a customer is asked to agree to prior to a purchase. Let's face it, no one actually reads the T&C's except your lawyers.
It would be an interesting experiment to examine the engagement patterns of the new email "subscribers" for each of the three approaches in our poll. Common sense would tell us that there would be a higher incidence of complaints and opt-outs among those in the "Skip the whole opt-in part" group than in the other two. And that the lowest incidence of complaints and opt-outs would be among the group that explicitly opt-in, with the last group falling somewhere between those two. That's certainly what your delivery teams and the ISPs would have you believe. What it really comes down to is the old quality vs. quantity debate. Those marketers who put all the new customers' email addresses into their database are playing the quantity game, while those asking for the explicit opt-in are going for quality. If higher inbox delivery of your campaigns is your goal (and it should be), it's always a safer bet to go for quality over quantity. Quality at scale requires more work, after all.
But you didn't get into email marketing because it's easy, right?
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Thanks for the confirmation, Chris! Always good to know that what we've (i.e., the email marketer) been known to be the case has now been proven.
Good article and findings! Thanks Chris!
One question came to mind while reading through the results: would either of the better quality groups (41% unchecked or 27% pre-checked groups) be more likely to complain versus the passive, potentially less-qualitative group (no check box presented)?
I've seen past instances where our most engaged users (high openers/clickers) also registered the highest percentage of complaints compared to other groupings/segments. Curious if there's any data on that or if anyone else has seen similar things.
Good article and findings! Thanks Chris! One question came to mind while reading through the results: would either of the better quality groups (41% unchecked or 27% pre-checked groups) be more likely to complain versus the passive, potentially less-qualitative group (no check box presented)? I've seen past instances where our most engaged users (high openers/clickers) also registered the highest percentage of complaints compared to other groupings/segments. Curious if there's any data on that or if anyone else has seen similar things.


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Rise of Nagad and Success Factors
Joy Bhattacharjee
History & RiseReport
MFS or mobile financing sector has been one of the fastest growing sector in Bangladesh for the last decade. The journey of the sector started at the beginning of the last decade through Trust Bank Mobile Money, Dutch Bangla Mobile Banking, and Brac Bank's bKash. bKash has been the market leader at this sector since the beginning, through robust marketing campaigns and extensive agent network spread across the country. However, recently another player has emerged in this sector and has been making a lot buzz since its inception. The mobile financing service, Nagad has started its operation on March 26, 2019 under the Postal Act 2010. With more than 4.5 Million registered user, Nagad has become the country's second-largest MFS provider, gaining a 30-percent market share.
History of Nagad
In 2010, Bangladesh Post Office has amended the Bangladesh Postal Service Act, in a move to financial include the rural people and to advance country's growing e-commerce. Following the amendment, two services called Electronic Money Transfer System in 2010, and Postal Cash Card in 2011, was launched for easy, quick and secure money transactions and payments. Under these two services, Bangladesh Post Office has been providing money transaction and online payment-related services through a huge network of postal departments. In continuation of the two services, on 11 November 2016, Nagad was launched as the first state-owned MFS in the country. The service was a joint venture between Bangladesh Post Office and Third Wave Technologies under a public-private partnership, where Bangladesh Postal Service owns 51 percent and Third Wave Technologies owns the remaining 49 percent.
Before the official launch on March 26, 2019, necessary infrastructure and technological groundwork was laid out at about 10,000 branches of post offices across the country.
Rise Of Nagad
Nagad, was able to attract a wide number customer since its beginning and managed to surpass Dutch Bangla Bank's MFS Service "Rocket" in just seven months of its operation. According to a March 2020 report by The Financial Express, in January 2020, just ten months after its inception, Nagad crossed the daily BDT 100 Crore transaction milestone. Currently, Nagad's daily transaction amount is over BDT 650 Crore, while it has been able to acquire more than 45 Million registered user. Which makes it the second-largest MFS provider in Bangladesh, after bKash.
The biggest growth in the mobile financing sector in Bangladesh came earlier this year when the disbursement of various government allowances through MFS began. In May, BDT 1,256 crore was disbursed from government funds damaged by the coronavirus on the instructions of the Prime Minister. The highest amount of BDT 425 crore was disbursed through Nagad, while bKash and Rocket disbursed BDT 365 crore and BDT 250 crore respectively. The government's decision has enabled Nagad to increase the number of transactions. Nagad is also working as a merchant partner of more than 12,000 companies like Meena bazar, Unimart, Bay Emporium, Walton as part of its business expansion. Recently, the courier service provider Paperfly has entered into an agreement with Nagad through which the customers of Paperfly will have the opportunity to make payment through Nagad after receiving the product. Nagad has also teamed up with more than 500 online shopping platforms to take advantage of the recent pandemic-driven growth in the eCommerce sector. In the e-commerce sector where transactions through nagad were a few crores before March, it surpassed one hundred crores after April.
Nagad has also taken some admirable steps in the pandemic. Before Eid-ul-Adha, Dhaka North City Corporation launched online Quarbani Haat in a joint venture with the e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh (e-CAB) and Bangladesh Dairy Farmers Association (BDFA) where Nagad has acted as a disbursement partner. The company has also worked as a digital payment service provider to test the Covid-19.
Reason Behind The Success
In just two years of its establishment, Nagad has achieved quite enviable success. Technological adoption and market research are key factors behind Nagad's success. Before starting its activities, the company has found several gaps, through research on the country's mobile financing sector. Nagad has been able to achieve success through proper technological service implementation in these gaps.
Mature Market
The first MFS to get license was Trust Bank. However, Rocket, a subsidiary of Dutch Bangla Bank, beat them to launch the first MFS service in Bangladesh. Then came Brac Bank's bKash. On the other hand, Nagad emerged at the end of the last decade. So, it is not possible for Nagad to get First Mover Advantage. However, the company has found a mature market as its trade-off. There was no such thing as an MFS ecosystem when Rocket and bKash started their activities. Rocket, bKash, and other MFS companies first had to build that ecosystem, as well as educate customers about mobile banking. Which resulted in bKash and Rocket to spend quite a lot of time, money and resources on customer acquisitions. In addition, when the MFS providers first started their operation, mobile internet penetration was low. The eCommerce sector of the country was in its infancy and the online payment ecosystem was not ready. Coming into the industry in 2018-2019 fiscal year, Nagad has got a mature market and an ecosystem which they have been able to take advantage of. Which enabled the company in faster customer acquisition and various unique product introductions, etc.
Nagad has been emphasizing tech-based financial inclusion, product diversification, process simplification, and cross-institutional integration from the very beginning. Among the MFS providers, nagad started the Electronic Know Your Customer or EKYC registration process as the first paperless KYC in March 2019. In this case, if the customer takes a picture of National ID card, and a picture of themselves through front camera and submits it on the Nagad platform, all the information for the KYC form is filled by using OCR technology. Then those information are crossed-matched with Election Commission database to confirm the Customer information and open the account. Then Nagad, brought more convenient way to open an account with the help of BTRC and Mobile Network Operators. Customers are able to open a Nagad account by simply dialling *167# from their phones. Nagad collects the rest of the necessary information about the customer from the MNOs. Which enabled the customers to open an account without even leaving the comfort of their couch. Other industry players such as bKash, Rocket, UPAY etc. currently offers account opening service through their app, however, Nagad offers the most convenient way for opening an account. A number of banks are also taking advantage of this method and allowing customers to create a bank account from the comfort of their home.
In the last decade, bKash has been the market leader in the MFS sector of Bangladesh. One of the goals of Nagad was to break this monopoly, and the company has been quite successful in doing so. Through market research, Nagad was able to identify that although the acceptance rate of bKash across the country is quite high, there is a lot of frustration in the minds of customers about its charges.
Realising this, Nagad came up with competitive cash-out charges from the beginning. The cash out charge from the Nagad app was 17 taka and no charge would be deducted from the send money. In contrast, the bKash app used to charge Tk 17.50 in cash-out and Tk 5 in send money.
On the other hand, nagad used to deduct Tk 18 for cash out in USSD and Tk 4 for send money. Where bKash's USSD would deduct BDT 18.50 in cash-out and BDT 5 in send money.
However, Nagad has reduced the cash out charge to BDT 9.99 per thousand from October this year. With this charge, app users can cash out at a rate of BDT 11.49 including VAT for every BDT 1000. On the other hand, in case of cash out through USSD, customers have to pay BDT 14.94 including VAT. Nagad's cash-out rate is currently lower than any other MFS provider in the country. However, the company is only able to take advantage due to being the subsidiary of Bangladesh Postal service. Thus there are a lot of speculation, that will Nagad be able to continue charging less after getting a full MFS license?
Transaction Limit
Transaction limit is a big issue for bKash, Rocket, or other MFS. Since each MFS is regulated by Bangladesh Bank. In the case of bKash and other MFS, the monthly cash-in limit was Tk 1 lakh, cash-out was Tk 50,000 and in the case of send money was Tk 25,000. Since the postal department was established as a digital form of money through Nagad, it was outside the regulation of Bangladesh Bank. Therefore, Nagad was not bound by these rules. As a result, initially Nagad's monthly cash-in, cash-out and send money limit was 5 lakhs and the daily limit was BDT 250,000.
However, for a number of reasons, at the request of some financial regulatory bodies, Nagad reduced its limit to par with other MFS. However, realizing that payment through MFS is increasing, Bangladesh Bank has also increased the daily and monthly transaction limit of MFS.
Efforts are being made to improve the service and competitive pricing as well as the branding of nagad. Nagad continued to promote through Mashrafe Bin Mortuza and actor Zahid Hasan for Strong Brand Value Creation. Nagad is also carrying out many campaigns and activities to bring the people of remote areas of the country under the banking service. In November 2020, they conducted miking and rally activities in 64 districts of the country. In addition to this, Nagad is introducing Nagad and banking to the rural population through music and miking in the business centers of the rural areas under the marketing campaign called "Utsav".
Agent Network
bKash's agent network has been the biggest help in rising to the top position as the country's MFS provider. As a major player in the industry, Bikash has more than 272,000 agents and Rocket has about 264,000 agents all over the country. Compared to that, the number of agents of Nagad is about 240,000. However, the initial 10,000 branches of the postal services gave Nagad a good advantage at the beginning.
Nagad classifies its agent as entrepreneurs. However, apart from entrepreneurs, Nagad has launched a scheme called Shadhin. Under this scheme, small and medium businesses can transact business from one independent merchant to another independent merchant for only BDT 6 per thousand. Earlier, using bKash in small transactions among small traders would cost them Tk 20 per thousand.
When MFS first came to the country, companies were nothing more than just sending money or promoting transactions and going through other related services. But Nagad is coming with more different types of services from the beginning besides money transactions. Nagad is providing various services to the customers through the app by partnering with many local and multinational conglomerates, ecommerce, courier service providers, banks, insurance, utility etc.
Since its inception, Nagad has been promoting itself as DFS or Digital Financing Service instead of MFS. Digital financing service basically refers to the provision of wide range banking services including payments, savings, remittances through other digital channels including internet, ATM and POS terminals. It also wants to offer all the traditional banking services online or digitally through the concept of Neobanking, a banking system without any kind of physical branch. Nagad is working for the clearance of Bangladesh Bank in this regard. According to their vision, the company will be able to contribute to the financial asset's generation of a large section of our population. Will Nagad be able to provide more comprehensive banking services to the people of Bangladesh through Neobanking?
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Cardano, Tron sink as Etoro slaps limits on both, citing 'evolving' cryptocurrency debate
·Senior Reporter
24 November 2021, 12:41 pm ·4-min read
Cryptocurrencies Cardano (ADA) and TRON (TRX) sank on Wednesday, following a decision by online trading platform eToro to delist the digital coins on its platform — a move that left crypto market watchers flummoxed.
TRON tumbled by over 5% on the day, while Cardano has sold off by over 8%, according to market data.
In a terse statement, the exchange based its decision on unspecified regulatory reasons, but it comes at a time when authorities are moving to exert more control over the crypto sector, in a bid to protect investors.
"The regulatory landscape for crypto is evolving rapidly. As a result, we will be limiting the ability for U.S. users to open new positions in, or earn staking rewards for, ADA and TRX," said an eToro spokesperson.
Starting December 26, users won't be able to open new positions in either coin, and their ability to receive a yield for staking those same assets will end on December 31.
While eToro assured customers they will not be forced to sell their existing holdings in those cryptocurrencies, both assets came under selling pressure since the announcement. eToro did not specify exactly what concerns prompted the move.
Mati Greenspan, CEO of investment research firm Quantum Economics, told Yahoo Finance that he couldn't immediately identify which U.S. regulations affect ADA and TRX that don't also apply to the rest of the crypto market.
"As a user and former employee I support their decision but a bit more clarity into their train of thought would be appreciated by the community," said Greenspan.
'Unclear' motives
Cardano tumbled after a crypto platform moved to limit trading in the digital coin.
The wide reaching effort to rein in what Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler has called the "Wild West" of digital currencies has stirred uncertainty in the crypto sector. It's led to some market players scrambling to influence the debate over regulation — and others to try and get out ahead of possible enforcement actions, which could be driving eToro's thinking.
The SEC classifies Bitcoin (BTC-USD) and ethereum (ETH-USD) - the two largest cryptocurrencies - as commodities instead of securities, but most cryptocurrencies sold on exchanges to U.S. investors aren't registered as such.
Expressing his personal views numerous times since taking office as the SEC's head, Gensler has said that many crypto assets — especially those that fall in the Decentralized Finance or DeFi space — are 'Decentralized In Name Only (DINO)'. That means the SEC could very well begin to take enforcement action on crypto exchanges that offer these assets.
In December 2020, the SEC announced that it would sue another top cryptocurrency, Ripple (XRP). While the lawsuit is ongoing, roughly 80 different cryptocurrency exchanges at least briefly de-listed XRP according to Carol Goforth, a Law Professor at the University of Arkansas who specializes in securities and crypto regulation.
"That is where I have seen most of the de-listing that has occurred, but it's not clear yet that's what is going on here," Goforth told Yahoo Finance.
Like stablecoins, crypto lending or offering customers the chance to earn "staking rewards" has drawn scrutiny from regulators.
In September, the SEC cut short Coinbase's efforts to launch their own lending service, with Gensler insisting that the product offering needed to be registered as a security. Meanwhile, crypto lenders BlockFi — reportedly under investigation by the SEC — and Celsius Network have faced numerous cease and desist orders from state securities regulators.
There are a number of reasons why an exchange might want to "de-list" a cryptocurrency for U.S. consumers according to Goforth. But she could not determine any unique characteristic of ADA or TRX which would make them a target for regulators.
Underscoring the opaqueness of eToro's decision, Bitstamp — a far larger exchange — just recently listed Cardano for trading, which made the move to limit trading "particularly confusing, unless eToro knows something that we don't," said Goforth.
Conversely, "Tron has a relatively high trading volume, but again, I don't see anything that makes it particularly likely to be a target for regulators."
Goforth suggested eToro might have also be using an "internal reviewing" process that points to these assets being riskier, or more likely to be the targets of regulatory attention.
David Hollerith covers cryptocurrency for Yahoo Finance. Follow him @dshollers.
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Poetry Coalition 2020 In This Place : Poetry & Protest
poetry coalition 2020
in this place : Poetry & Protest
"In This Place (An American Lyric)" features a stirring choral recitation of a protest-themed poem of the same name by National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman. This short film, released in conjunction with National Poetry Month, features 16 Massachusetts poets hailing from across the state, including Northampton Poet Laureate Karen Skolfield, Worcester Poet Laureate Juan Matos, Worcester Youth Poet Laureate Amina Mohammad, poet and children's author Rich Michelson, and Brandeis University Visiting Poet-in-Residence Chen Chen, among many others listed below. This video, created in collaboration with videographer Paula Champagne, also marks Mass Poetry's contribution to a national collaboration by the Poetry Coalition—an alliance of more than 25 independent poetry organizations across the United States—to explore the theme "I am deliberate / and afraid / of nothing: Poetry & Protest."
Thank you to Amanda Gorman,
author of "In this place (an american lyric)"
Amanda Gorman is a published author and the first ever Youth Poet Laureate of the United States of America. She's spoken around the country from the UN to the Library of Congress, alongside the likes of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Hillary Clinton Her first poetry book, "The One For Whom Food Is Not Enough", was published in 2015 by Pemanship Books. She is Founder and Executive Director of One Pen One Page, which promotes literacy through free creative writing programming for underserved youth. She is a Harvard junior in the top of her class, and writes for the New York Times student newsletter The Edit.
thank you to our videographer, Paula Champagne
Paula Champagne is a Visual Storyteller specializing in video, documentary photography, illustration, and graphic design. Champagne's multimedia work communicates authentic human experiences. Inspired by her own experiences in the outdoors—her most recent passion projects explore and honor the connection between her identity and nature. She holds a BFA and BA in Graphic Design and Advertising from Iowa State University and an MS in Leadership & Communications from Boston College. She currently resides in Somerville, Massachusetts with her husband and their dog. You can view more of her work on her website at paulachampagne.com.
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Enzo Silon Surin
Enzo Silon Surin, Haitian-born poet, artist, publisher and social advocate, is the author of When My Body Was A Clinched Fist (Black Lawrence Press, July 2020), and the chapbooks, A Letter of Resignation: An AmericanLibretto (2017) and Higher Ground (2006). He is a PEN New England Celebrated New Voice in Poetry, the recipient of a Brother Thomas Fellowship from The Boston Foundation and a 2020 Denis Diderot [A-i-R] Grant as an Artist-in-Residence at Chateau d'Orquevaux in Orquevaux, France. Surin's work gives voice to experiences that take place in what he calls "broken spaces" and his poems have been featured in numerous publications and exhibits. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University and is currently Professor of English at Bunker Hill Community College and founding editor and publisher at Central Square Press.
Norah Brady
Norah Brady is a 17 year old poet of the mountains, the universe, and the anxiety of a crumbling world. Her poetry and short fiction works can be found in Rookie magazine, the Ekphrastic Review, the Blue Marble Review, and the collection "Writers on Earth: New Visions for Our Planet". She has received two gold keys, and a silver key from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. She lives in Boston with two cats and a pile of unread books.
Chen Chen is the author of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities (BOA Editions, 2017), which was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Thom Gunn Award, among other honors. Bloodaxe Books published the UK edition in 2019. Chen has received a Pushcart Prize and fellowships from Kundiman and the National Endowment for the Arts. He teaches at Brandeis University as the Jacob Ziskind Poet-in-Residence.
Lip Manegio
Lip Manegio is a trans, queer nonbinary poet based in Boston where they are working towards a BFA in creative writing at Emerson College. Their work has been nominated for a Pushcart & has appeared in Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Puerto del Sol, the minnesota review, Tin House, and elsewhere. They are the author of We've All Seen Helena (Game Over Books, 2019).
Jennifer Jean
Jennifer Jean was born in Venice, California, and lived in foster-care until she was seven. Her ancestors are from the Cape Verde Islands. Her debut poetry collection is The Fool (Big Table); and, her chapbooks include: The Archivist and In the War. Jennifer's awards include: a 2020 Kenyon Writers Review Workshop Fellowship, a 2018 Disquiet FLAD Fellowship; a 2017 "Her Story Is" Residency—where she worked with Iraqi women artists in Dubai; and, a 2013 Ambassador for Peace Award for her activism in the arts. Her poems and co-translations have appeared in: Poetry Magazine, Rattle Magazine, Waxwing Journal, Crab Creek Review, DMQ Review, Green Mountains Review, The Common, and more. She's an editor at Talking Writing Magazine and a teacher of art-writing at Mass College of Art and Design. Jennifer lives in Peabody, MA with her husband and children. For more info, visit: www.jenniferjeanwriter.weebly.com
Karen Skolfield
Karen Skolfield's book Battle Dress (W. W. Norton, 2019) won the Barnard Women Poets Prize and is a Massachusetts "Must Read" selection. Her book Frost in the Low Areas (Zone 3 Press) won the 2014 PEN New England Award in poetry, and she is the winner of the 2016 Jeffrey E. Smith Editors' Prize in poetry from The Missouri Review. Skolfield is a U.S. Army veteran and teaches writing to engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst; she's the poet laureate for Northampton, MA for 2019-2021. www.karenskolfield.com
Jennifer Martelli
Jennifer Martelli is the author of My Tarantella (Bordighera Press), awarded an Honorable Mention from the Italian-American Studies Association, selected as a 2019 "MustRead" by the Massachusetts Center for the Book, and named as a finalist for the Housatonic Book Award. Her chapbook, After Bird, was the winner of the Grey Book Press open reading, 2016. Her work has appeared or will appear in Verse Daily, Iron Horse Review (winner, Photo Finish contest), The Sycamore Review, and POETRY. Jennifer Martelli has twice received grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant for her poetry. She is co-poetry editor for Mom Egg Review and co-curates the Italian-American Writers Series. www.jennmartelli.com
Richard Michelson
Richard Michelson's books have been listed among the Ten Best of the Year by The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and The New Yorker; and among the Best Dozen of the Decade by Amazon.com. He received the 2017 National Jewish Book Award, and the 2018 Sydney Taylor Gold Medal from the Association of Jewish Libraries. A three-time Massachusetts Book Award Finalist, Michelson's work was chosen to represent the Commonwealth at the 2018 Library of Congress National Book Festival. Michelson received a Massachusetts Cultural Council Fellowship for the poems in his most recent collection, More Money than God (Pitt Poetry Series), which was also a finalist for the Paterson Prize. He served two terms as Poet Laureate of Northampton MA where he hosts Northampton Poetry Radio, and owns R. Michelson Galleries. www.RichardMichelson.com
Chelvanaya Gabriel
Chelvanaya Gabriel (they/them) is a queer, non-binary womxn of color. Also, they are cis-presenting and college-educated. They use their own lived experiences with their artistic practice to raise awareness about intersectional issues of chronic pain, invisible disabilities, and neurodivergence demonstrating the Audre Lorde-inspired notion that self-care is a radical political & communal act and creative expression can, in itself, be a form of self-care. They explore ideas of universal consciousness, overdetermination, the complexities of individual/collective identity, collective accountability and liberation. Chelvanaya is a self-taught artist working in multiple modalities (painting+, poetry, screenwriting, performance…) and is taking advantage of this moment of retreat and physical distancing to explore new avenues of afro/queer-futurist expression, collaboration and connection. Learn more about their art at http://naya.myportfolio.com.
Amina Mohammad
Amina Mohammed (2001); Senior at Holy Name Central Catholic Jr/Sr High school (class of 2019-2020), residing in Worcester, MA, USA. Mohammed is the last of four children from immigrant parents Amuda Issifu and the late Johnette B. Dennis. Her parents sacrificed their all to make sure that she and her siblings had a better future, with endless efforts for their children to break the cycle that the had become products of. Amina Mohammed is the first Youth Poet Laureate in the city of Worcester, and the first recipient to be awarded this title in the state of Massachusetts. Mohammed will serve from January 2020 through December 2021.
Ruben Palacio
Ruben Palacio was born in Envigado, Colombia. He began writing during his adolescence; his poems speak about life, death, love, pain, addiction, fantasy and hope. He has written over 400 poems and is currently working on editing and publishing his first book. Additionally, Ruben is a theater actor and playwright. At this time, he is still looking for his tribe of radical writers and actors to contribute to the awakening and union of consciousness, towards a more just and fraternal world.
Kathryn Petruccelli
Former poetry slammer and open mic host, Kathryn Petruccelli holds an M.A. in teaching English language learners. Her professional life has included translating "Hotel California" for Hungarian high school students, anthologizing poetry written by rival gang members, and creating engaging leads for articles about produce festivals. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in New Ohio Review, Rattle, River Teeth, SWWIM, Literary Mama, Linea, Ruminate's blog, and others. She is a past winner of San Francisco's Litquake essay contest and was a finalist for the 2019 Omnidawn Broadside Poetry Prize. She is at work on a poetry series based on the history of the alphabet. More at poetroar.com.
Juan Matos
Juan Matos (1956); Dominican educator residing in Lunenburg, MA, USA. Author of numerous books of poems; The Man Who Left/El hombre que se fue (2017) y Sugar, Cape and Port/Azúcar, cayo y puerto (2018); are the most recent. Founding member of various literary groups and workshops. His works have been featured in numerous anthologies and literary review. Recently has been selected Poet Laureate of the City of Worcester 2020-2022. Matos is a graduate of the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo, with a degree in Chemistry. He earned a Master's Degree in Elementary School Education at Lehmann College, Bronx, NY; and a Master's Degree in Bilingual Education at Worcester University, MA.
Nathalie Vicencio
Nathalie Vicencio is a performing artist, consciousness awakener and human rights activist. Following in the footsteps of her father, Mauricio Vicencio (international award winning musician, shamanic poly-instrumentalist and luthier) Nathalie has embraced the connection with her ancestral Andean, African and European roots, through music and theater, plant medicine and earth wisdom.
Amy Dryansky
Amy Dryansky's second book, Grass Whistle (Salmon Poetry) received the Massachusetts Book Award for poetry. Her first, How I Got Lost So Close to Home, won the New England/New York Award from Alice James. Her work is included in several anthologies and individual poems appear in a variety of journals, including Barrow Street, Harvard Review, New England Review, Memorious, Orion, The Sun, and Tin House. She's received honors/awards from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and Poetry Society of America and is a former Poet Laureate of Northampton, MA. She was also an Associate at the Five College Women's Studies Research Center, where she looked at the impact of motherhood on women poets. Dryansky lives in Conway, teaches creative writing and directs the Culture, Brain & Development Program at Hampshire College.
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The hotel looks a bit dumpy from the outside, sort of like an old motel. I was dissapointed because the pictures online show lots of gorgeous pines, hereby giving the impression that it is in a secluded setting, not directly on the main road. Too bad, as I was expecting a more rustic area.
We lucked out and got the only room which has a gas burning wood stove. The room had a nice rustic feeling too it, but I was still expecting more. More mountain decor for the winter season would have been appreciated. The walls had nice wood paneling, however, the TV was small and the bathroom was small and outdated. The shower head was very short; my boyfriend is a tall guy and he could barely take a shower. Outside the window we only had a view of the parking lot. I was hoping for a view of trees, a stream, mountains maybe...but definitely not a parking lot!
We paid $119 for one night in a standard inn room, and also an additional $5 to use the hot tub. Rates range from $92 during the fall value season to $128 for the fall foliage season. Check the website for rates based on your intended travel dates. In addition to the standard 1 bedroom inn rooms, there are also loft suites and cabin rentals.
Merrill Farm Inn was an okay stay for just one night. If I was going on a longer trip, I would definitely book a nicer place with better views and amenities. Driving around North Conway, I saw a lot of inns and resorts that looked a lot nicer than Merrill Farm. There are a lot of inns and resorts around North Conway because of the large outlet mall, Cranmore Mountain Resort and the abundance of other winter activities located in the area. It is a great place to spend a weekend, however, I think you can do better than this inn for the same price.


The question is about "Stash" which, as we all know, is now called "Bitbucket Server". All the links you list have either been deleted or are Bitbucket Cloud documentation.
I would appreciate it if someone could answer the question about Bitbucket Server: how do you set up the consumer and get the key?
how can i find consumer key in jIra ? I have login with free trail but didn't find anywhere?
This is a totally different question that I believe you should ask in a new thread.


Online CRC@Jaguar, I have PMd the message I posted on this board as you had not replied.
Anyway they have to update our MY19 cars because it's not new things but fix for things that was supposed to work (incontrol, pollution filters. Reverse light, OTA, 100kw charge ...). So it's like u have mechanical default. So they have to fix it.
An answer from Jaguar that doesn't provide an answer.
The majority of purchases of the I-Pace are from 2018. How is anyone other than Jaguar supposed to know if a car is MY19?
The statement says all I-Pace cars support OTA updates then goes on to say they have to be MY19.
I know my car has old software in it, delivered Dec 2018. I took the car into my local Jaguar Dealer on Dec 31st. They spent 3 hours updating the software, then I drove away with EXACTLY the same old software that I arrived with.
How do we determine what MY our cars are and if they support OTA updates?
The only advice my car has ever given me about a software update is for the SatNav Maps being out of date and then advising that I purchase a 32GByte USB memory stick and go to my computer and home internet to download a huge amount of data and then plug the USB stick into my car so it can update the maps!!!! What is the the point of OTA updates and connecting my car to my home WiFi if it is unable to use it to update its maps?
The model year can be determined by the 10th character of your Vehicle Identification Number. The letter [K] would identify your vehicle as 19MY.
Unfortunately you will not be able to receive OTA updates if your vehicle is 18MY or below.
Don't worry about my Dealer - they are fine and working through the lack of information and training they are provided with by Jaguar on the I-Pace. It is a new owner-philosophy that Jaguar itself has to understand. We are all very keen to know everything about our cars, perhaps more so than previous type of Jaguar owners (though I have owned several in my time) - not sure if I am putting this across correctly, but I am sure other I-Pace owners know what I mean.
"Unfortunately you will not be able to receive OTA updates if your vehicle is 18MY or below."
This could be VERY concerning for some owners who will now be checking the MY of their I-Pace. Does this statement mean that cars that are designated 18MY and below will NEVER get OTA Updates?
Fortunately for me, mine has "K" in the 10th character.
My car is booked in for a second attempt at a software update on 13th January for a couple of days to ensure it gets done correctly. This is clearly costing my Dealer time and the loan of a car while they do it. Perhaps you could inform us all what are the latest software version numbers and what issues are resolved in the update (assuming this is not a secret)? I can then let them know what I expect to see when the car is returned to me.
After further investigation i can confirm the following correspondence.
I-PACE has been manufactured from the outset with hardware to enable software over the air updates. For vehicles manufactured before the end of October, an update to your vehicle, delivered by our service department, is required to activate this capability.
Thank you for the clarification Dan. My question would then be, knowing the various reported glitches in the software that have been reported widely on this forum and to dealers, when can we start to see these OTA updates appear.
All I have read so far are owners reporting problems to the dealers and then having to have these updates applied by the dealership. Doesn't seem very over OTA to me.
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I read in the manual that the map updates can also be done over Wi-Fi.
Is that a nope it doesn't work? If so Dan can you please clarify if this is a printing error in the handbook or will this be enabled with an OTA update?
The only way to update your map is to purchase a 32GB USB memory stick, go to the website, download an application. Then it will copy the maps to the USB stick - this will take an age as the download is about 29GB. You then plug the USB stick into one of the USB ports under the armrest and wait for about 30 mins while it updates your maps.
For what ever reason, you have to download maps for the whole of Europe and Russia.
Basically a farce. My Tesla updated itself using the home WiFi connection with no problems.
I prefer my I-Pace to the Tesla, but Jaguar has a steep learning curve to get through to provide the sort of service that owners of premium electric cars expect.
I have sent you my contact details by PM. You have not called me or PM back.
Can you please let me know what the latest versions of the software are for the car so that I can be sure when the dealer returns it to me that everything is as should be. Can you also let me know what issues have been fixed and features added, again assuming that this is not a secret.
I need to know before 13th Feb as the car goes in then for the update for the second attempt.
My car told me there was a map update available. I went to the website address it gave on the screen. When I visit that and sign in I have to add my car but then that's it. No where to select a download. When I click on the maps tab it tells me to add a car. I then go around and around in circles. What website did you download from?


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Please join us on March 28, 2019 from 11am to 2pm for a book signing with John McCoy author of Concrete Mama.
Journalists John McCoy and Ethan Hoffman spent four months inside the walls of the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla in 1978-'79, just as Washington, once a leader in prison reform, abandoned its focus on reform and rehabilitation and returned to cell time and punishment. It was a brutal transition.
McCoy and Hoffman roamed the maximum-security compound almost at will, observing and befriending prisoners and guards. The result is a striking depiction of a community in which there was little to do, much to fear, and a culture that both mimicked and scorned the outside world. McCoy's unadorned prose and Hoffman's stunning black-and-white photographs offer as authentic a portrayal of life in the Big House as "outsiders" are ever likely to experience.
Originally published in 1981, the 128 photos in Concrete Mama revealed a previously unseen stark and complex world of life on the inside, for which it won the Washington State Book Award. Long unavailable yet still relevant, it is revitalized in a second edition with an introduction by scholar Dan Berger that provides historical context for the book's ongoing resonance, along with several previously unpublished photographs.
JOHN A. MCCOY is the author of A Still and Quiet Conscience, a biography of Seattle Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen. He was a reporter and editor at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and Walla Walla Union-Bulletin and has taught writing courses at the University of Washington Tacoma and Seattle University.
ETHAN HOFFMAN (1949–1990) was a photographer for the London Sunday Times and Paris Match, and his photo essays appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Fortune, Esquire, and Life. His photography has been exhibited in several museums, including the Smithsonian.
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Please join us on Friday, Dec. 14, 2018 from 11am to 2pm for Alden & Wanda Thompson.
In Reflections on Scripture, Dandelions, and Sparrows, Wanda Thompson brings the power of photography, art, and poetry to our experience of Scripture, and through it, the God of Scripture.
In Inspiration Combining history, Scripture, and an understanding of human nature, Dr. Thompson takes on the difficult questions regarding the Bible and inspiration. He goes beyond the question of whether you can trust the Bible to ask whether you can trust yourself as you study.
Please join us on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018 from 11am to 3pm for Loved So Much It Hurts by Rebecca Olmstead.
When Rebecca Olmstead began to ask God for more of Him, the last place she expected to find herself was Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. But answers to prayer rarely look like we expect them to.
Bedridden and helpless, Rebecca had no choice but to give God her undivided attention. Through surgeries, miracles, excruciating pain, and terrifying withdrawals, God began to reveal Himself to Rebecca, teaching her about His sovereignty, love, and grace. He would teach her how to truly trust Him and hear His voice, through dreams and the Holy Spirit. Most importantly, He would show Rebecca that He had a plan for her life, far beyond what she ever could have imagined – if she would only trust and obey.
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Please join us on Dec. 8, 2018 from 11am to 3pm for author Joe Just featuring The Immigrante & Passover A.D 33.
Joe Just, a hobby fisherman, writer and native of the New York Finger Lakes region who resides in Washington State with his wife, Virginia, has completed his book "The Immigrante": an engagingly fictionalized biographical novel that draws a vivid portrait of proud new Americans and the eagerness with which they volunteered to serve their country.
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Sear, deglaze, enhance, and serve: flavorful dinners can be that simple. In her unique, approachable style, Susan Volland first explains how to skillfully wield a hot skillet to sear entrées, then shows how a sauce can be made quickly in that same hot pan.
Join us on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018 from 11am to 2pm for author Kate Frey signing her books Ground Rules: 100 Easy Lessons for Growing a More Glorious Garden and The Bee-Friendly Garden: Design an Abundant, Flower-Filled Yard That Nurtures Bees and Supports Biodiversit.
Gardening doesn't have to be difficult, and Kate Frey—expert gardener and designer—makes it easier than ever with her new book, Ground Rules. Frey distills the vital lessons gardening into 100 simple rules that will yield a gorgeous, healthy, and thriving home garden. Discover tips on garden design, care and maintenance, healthy soil, and the best ways to water. You'll also learn how to create a garden that encourages birds and butterflies, how to choose healthy plants at the garden center, how and when to re-pot a container, and much more. With bite-size chunks of expert information and inspiring photographs, Ground Rules is your new go-to resource.
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Experience USS Arizona as never before in this collection of images and essays that bring the fallen World War II battleship to life. Explore the submerged ship, its artifacts and history underwater with individuals who have a tangible and passionate connection to the ship—National Park Service divers.
Please join us at the Walla Walla Public Library on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 7pm for Everything She Didn't Say by Jane Kirkpatrick.


This is the homepage of Johann Heinrich Mumme, a member (in the 20th generation) of a great family.
Johann has 21 ancestors and 1739 heirs.
Beginnend mit dieser Generation nannte sich die Familie nunmehr in der Singularform "Mumme" und kehrte ab von der bis dahin üblichen Pluralform "Mummen"
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Holly Butcher, a 27-year-old from Australia, lost her battle with Ewing's sarcoma — a rare form of cancer — on January 4. But before she died, Butcher left behind a beautiful letter of advice. Her message, that she asked her parents to post on Facebook after her death, has since been shared more than 113,000 times.
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Melting Arctic Ice Revamping World's Shipping Routes—Prompting China's "Polar Silk Road" and New Investigation
29-Aug-2018 8:05 AM EDT
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Kathryn Lavelle, Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs
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Newswise — Rising temperatures are melting the Arctic ice, opening new shipping routes and prompting world powers to jostle for access and control.
In January, China announced intentions to establish a permanent presence in the Arctic—dubbed the "Polar Silk Road"—to dramatically reduce the time needed to move goods between Asia and Europe.
With details in short supply from Beijing, other nations and industries are eager to fill in the blanks, including a team of researchers—funded by the Danish Maritime Fund—of which Kathryn Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs at Case Western Reserve University, is a part.
"Climate change is remaking our shipping map in real time," said Lavelle, "and China is aiming to become dominant in a region where they're only bit players."
The United States and Russia constitute most of the international presence in the Arctic. Yet, in recent years, China has made no secret of cozying up to Russia in hopes of drawing on that country's built-in advantages, such as port access and icebreaking vessels; Russia has 40 such crafts—the U.S. has just two.
"Understanding China's interests in the Arctic will help us better determine US interests going forward," said Lavelle, who will bring her international trade and finance expertise to the project and draw on her relationships in the U.S. policy community.
Beginning in January, and aiming to conclude by next summer, the research team will present its findings to Danish commercial, military and maritime interests. The team hopes to also attract the attention—and inspire urgency—in other nations.
"China's growing role in the Arctic and beyond should be a topic of conversation among leading Western political decision-makers," said Lavelle, a global fellow of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., "but it's not. We're trying to fill a vacuum of information."
For her part, Lavelle will focus on Chinese trade patterns and investigate how specific industries, such as steel, oil, gas and deep-sea resource mining might benefit from expedited shipping offered by access to the Arctic.
The Arctic ice melt—which is expected to accelerate given pollution and warming trends—could disrupt the very balance of international relations and trade in the near future, Lavelle said—especially over rights to newly accessible minerals and fuels.
"Once extracting natural resources becomes more viable and efficient," said Lavelle, "you can't expect everyone to automatically agree on who gets what. It won't be an accident which nations will be best positioned to take advantage."
The project's co-investigators are Liselotte Odgaard, an associate professor in the Royal Danish Defense College, and M. Taylor Fravel, an associate professor from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Q: why regex cannot find string? The string is: Byredo Perfume Oil Roll-On Blanche 7.5ML
I want to get 7.5 from the string.
$productinfo['title'] = 'Estee Lauder Sensuous Noir EDP 50ML';
if (preg_match('/.*\s(\d+)\s?ml/', strtolower($productinfo['title'])))
{
preg_match('/.*\s(\d+)\s?ml/', strtolower($productinfo['title']), $C);
$mlsize = $C[1];
echo $mlsize;
    }

This code works great. And I get 50 from this code. But when the $productinfo['title'] equals to this: Byredo Perfume Oil Roll-On Blanche 7.5ML the code is not working. I want to get 7.5 from the string

A: .*\s(\d*(?:\.\d+)?)\s?ml

Try this.See demo.The reason your regex is not working is you are capturing integers but there is . ie it is a float.To capture float use this regex.
http://regex101.com/r/tF5fT5/45
$re = "".*\\s(\\d*(?:\\.\\d+)?)\\s?ml"i";
$str = "Byredo Perfume Oil Roll-On Blanche 7.5ML ";

preg_match_all($re, $str, $matches);


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Guildford, UK, February 8th, 2018, For Immediate Release – Indie development studio Fireblade Software have announced the release date for the Early Access launch of Abandon Ship. The new single-player game will release on February 21st on Steam.
The game will be available on Steam for Early Access on February 21st for $19.99/£14.99 with a 15% discount at launch.
Become the Captain of your very own ship, hire a crew and travel the seas of a fantasy world inspired by the Age of Sail period, complete with pirates and deadly sea creatures. Battle against weather, overcome fearsome odds, and survive the depths in an 'FTL meets Master & Commander' gameplay experience.
Combat in Abandon Ship is very tactical, forcing you to juggle between your crew's placement on the ship, weapons to fire, and damage to fix. Players can upgrade their vessel to fit their style. From long-ranged cannon combat to short ranged harpoon and boarding, players have plenty of options. Add to this the effects of weather and environment to the fight, and there are always many factors to consider in every encounter. But you can't fight without a loyal crew, and each crew member you find in ports has their own bonuses in combat. They aren't invincible to damage or the elements, so keep an eye on them lest they have a watery demise.
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– Tactical and Savage Combat. Each battle is hard-fought, always on the edge of defeat. Your only chance of overcoming the odds is to employ every advantage you can and utilize all the tools at your disposal.
– Ship Destruction is not the End. Life in the world of Abandon Ship can be brutal. Death is permanent. But the game doesn't end if your vessel is destroyed. You are the Captain, and as long as the Captain is alive, there is always hope. By escaping to a Lifeboat, or even being stranded, alone in the water, there is still a chance to survive and fight your way back to the top.
– Explore a procedurally generated world from Tropics to Arctics. Engage in quests or deal with incidental events on your journey to save the world from a Doomsday Cult.
– A Personal Adventure. Customise and upgrade your Captain, Ship and Crew. Build yourself to be worthy of any foe, whether that be human or otherwise. But be prepared to make moment-to-moment life-or-death decisions for you and your crew.


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Are you looking for a unique vacation unlike any other that you have ever taken? You may want to consider renting an RV and driving through the great state of Maryland. Traveling in an RV can be a lot of fun, simply because it frees you up to move at your own pace without having to worry about where you are going to sleep each night. You can also take food along with you, making it simple and convenient to stop along the way to enjoy home-cooked meals.
If you are going to rent one of these vehicles, it is important to look for one that you are comfortable driving. Although it may be tempting to go with the biggest RV that you can find, you may find that it is more practical to go with one that is slightly smaller. Whichever one you choose, make sure that it has enough beds to comfortably sleep everyone in your party.
When you go to pick up your vehicle, you may want to ask for a quick driving lesson if you have never driven an RV before. The agency that you are renting it from should be more than happy to show you how to perform basic maneuvers such as parking, turning around, and backing up. Getting a handle on these driving techniques is important before you hit the open road.
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