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The 2012 liquidation of Hostess Brands may have been the result of sabotage, according to an explosive complaint filed with New York state's top cop.
The bakery's board, faced with a $2 billion pension liability, increased trade discounts to a point where Hostess was unprofitable and doomed, a former Teamsters exec claims in a complaint filed with Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, The Post has learned.
Roughly 17,000 Hostess workers were invested in union pensions, many of which were at risk of being underfunded.
The board decided Hostess was worth more dead than alive, former Teamsters executive Richard Volpe, who oversaw Hostess workers until 2011, told The Post.
"The [former Hostess] board of directors deliberately sunk the company to avoid $2 billion of pension liability," Volpe said in the complaint.
Indeed, Hostess appears to have increased trade discounts to 20 percent in 2010, from 14 percent the prior year, according to company financials reviewed by The Post.
The increase, pushed by the board, according to Volpe's complaint, ran afoul of the suggested upper limit proposed by restructuring firm Alvarez & Marsal, which worked with the bakery when it was in Chapter 11 in 2009.
The firm required Hostess to keep trade discounting to no more than 14 percent of route sales, Volpe said.
With trade discounts at 20 percent, Hostess was guaranteed to lose money, Volpe said.
Volpe's complaint was filed in May. A restructured Hostess, under new management, saw its first Twinkies hit store shelves yesterday.
Volpe said the AG told him several weeks ago he was looking at the case. The AG's office declined comment.
Hostess emerged from bankruptcy in 2009 under split ownership whereby private equity firm Ripplewood Holdings and the company's secured creditors — including hedge fund Silver Point Capital — received equal shares.
While trade discounts are often raised for short periods to increase market share or sales, or both, the move by Hostess accomplished neither, according to the complaint.
Hostess in 2011 reached out to its unions, saying it was losing money and needed concessions. The Teamsters, by a slim margin, voted down a proposed new pay package.
Hostess decided soon after to accelerate losses to the point where it would force the unions to allow the cash-strapped baker to end its commitment to fund its pensions, Volpe claims in his complaint.
Trade spending in fiscal 2011 rose to 23 percent.
The baker filed for bankruptcy again, in January 2012.
Much of the snack food business, including Twinkies, was sold to Apollo Global Management and C. Dean Metropoulos earlier this year in a deal that gained Silver Point and other creditor-owners full recovery of most of their secured debt.
If Hostess continued to operate and post losses, the return for the creditor-owners would have been a lot less, sources said.
Ripplewood's equity was wiped out.
Silver Point declined comment on the complaint. A source close to the creditors said Ripplewood, until the 2012 bankruptcy, controlled four of seven board seats and the business.


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AKRON, Ohio — Luxury watchmaker Tag Heuer became the latest corporate sponsor to end its association with fallen golf superstar Tiger Woods, who was set to complete his final round Sunday at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.
Woods' agent, Mark Steinberg, confirmed that his client's relationship with Tag "expired," Ron Sirak of Golf World reported Saturday.
The Swiss company previously halted any use of the golfer's image in its US advertising campaign after the revelations about his serial adultery came to light in 2009 and "downscaled" his presence in its international campaigns.
Tag became the sixth sponsor to split with Woods, USA Today reported, following major brands Gillette, Gatorade, Accenture, AT&T and Golf Digest.
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Looks aren't everything when it comes to cars. Around here we believe the Subaru WRX is the best all-around enthusiast car, especially if you have a family, but the 'Rex has never been much in the design department. Some people demand more beauty in their cars.
On the latest episode of What Car Should You Buy, we're talking about aesthetics. What's the most beautiful car you can buy?
Our guests were all over the place on this. Freddy "Tavarish" Hernandez, of course, finds beauty in an Aston Martin; Sarah Albright is definitely in the minority by being struck by the Nissan GT-R; ex-Jalopnik head honcho Matt Hardigree votes for the BMW i8; and of course Raphael Orlove's heart lives with the opulent cars from just before the Great Depression. And the Manhattan Classic Car Club's Jeanette Klein is fond of the Porsche 356 roadsters. I think I'm with her on this one, kids.
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Lead Generation Marketing: On Black Friday, Cyber Monday and other opportunities to spend like a wild hyena
So it's "that" time of the year already. And yes, of course, time's gone by too quickly… everything feels overwhelming… and it's hard to imagine things are starting all over again in less than 6 weeks.
But one thing you'll find this time of the year, is that everyone seems to be having a sale (including me – and I'll tell you about it in a minute).
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It's easy to run a sale this time of the year. There are excuses all over the place about why you can put stuff on sale.
Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years — basically, you can almost throw a dart at the calendar and find some kind of holiday-related reason to be running a sale right now.
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– you're trying to get testimonials (but make sure you are active with this)
– for people who sign up early, as a reward for their trust in you
2. Scarcity reasons, like:
– Sale but only for the first X items
– You are low on inventory and you want to get rid of your remaining stock before placing a big order
– You are updating your product and the new version will cost more, so you're liquidating what's left at a special deal rate
3. Personal Celebrations:
This can be things like birthdays… anniversaries — both wedding and length of time you've been in business… your child's graduation… you met some kind of a fitness or income goal… whatever makes sense, really.
Basically this is any viable event you want to acknowledge.
4. Lastly, there are a number of pretty cool online reference websites with all kinds of holiday information.
For example, did you know on April 22nd is Earth Day?
You can easily run a sale in honor of the Earth, no?
Or how about this one, on November 7th that just past – the end of Daylight Savings Time.
You can say, "Daylight's not the only thing you're going to be saving this week…"
You can find these sites on Google, but the one I just took this information from Holiday Smart, which is an easy to use, user-friendly resource.
Good, then let me tell you about my sale, because it's a doozy.
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Women don't hate sex and other myths we need to prove wrong
When it comes to the topic of sex, many people still turn red and try to change the subject. Sexuality and women have been misunderstood for a long time, and while there has been some progress over the past few decades, many myths are still alive today.
"Sex myths are created to instill fear, guilt and shame by organizations who want to control our second basic instinct [which is] sex," says Dr. Ava Cadell, who holds a Doctorate of Human Sexuality and is the founder of Sexpert.com. The site was voted 2015 Sexpert of the Year by The Sexual Health Expo. She believes that empowering women with positive information about their body and sex can lead to happier lives.
If we want to continue promoting positive female sexuality, there are three big myths that it's time for us to all stop believing.
1. Orgasm isn't important for women
If you were to base all your knowledge about female sexuality on what we see in the media, you might be led to believe that orgasms are not important for women, but that's far from true.
"In fact over the past ten years there has been much evidence to show that when a woman does orgasm with a man she releases oxytocin, a powerful hormone that brings her closer to her mate," says Dr. Dawn Michael ACS, Board certified clinical sexologist and relationship expert and author of A Couples Guide to Better Sexual Intimacy.
She adds that when a woman doesn't orgasm with her partner, after a while, it can hurt her sexuality. "When a woman is with a partner that she does not orgasm with for a long period of time, it can turn her off to sex," suggests Michael.
2. Dryness means you're not turned on
"Some women get wetter than others, but that doesn't mean that if your body doesn't produce lubrication that you're not turned on," shares Cadell.
She says that a variety of things can add to dryness including condoms, medications or menopause and advises that couples "have lube handy for more comfort and sensuality." So, if you find sex uncomfortable, don't place blame — just reach for your favorite bottle of lubricant and get things going again.
Many still assume that women don't enjoy sex as much as men, but that's not the whole truth. The reason, says Michael is not because women enjoy sex less, but because women enjoy it differently. "Women simply go about it differently because of biology, women have to be more selective because they ultimately give life," she adds.
We have come a long way in understanding female sexuality and because of this, two common misunderstandings of the past have finally been set straight, for good.


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2016 (66) Volkswagen Scirocco 2.0 TDi 184 BlueMotion Tech GT 3dr
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Vehicle summary
|32,825 miles
|Previous owners
|1968 cc
|MPG (combined)
|64.2 **
|CO2 emissions
|124 g/km **
|Road tax
|£120 per year
|Body type
Featured specification
- Front and rear parking sensors
- Bluetooth system
- MDI with USB/iPod connection cables
- Auto dimming rear view mirror/rain sensor
- Automatic activation of hazard warning lights
- LED rear lights
- 2 Zone electronic climate control with automatic air recirculation
- 3 spoke multifunction leather steering wheel with radio controls
- Height/reach adjust steering wheel
- Height adjustable front seats
- Isofix Preparation 2 Rear child seats
- Sports front seats
- Hill hold function
Standard specification
Driver Convenience
|'Lights On' Remainder warning buzzer
|Bluetooth system
|Discover navigation system with 6.5" colour screen + radio/CD player and aux in
|Exterior temperature gauge
|Flat tyre indicator
|Front and rear parking sensors
|Multifunction computer - Highline
|Rev counter
|Service interval indicator
|Speed sensitive variable PAS
|DAB Digital radio
|MDI with USB/iPod connection cables
Exterior Features
|Auto dimming rear view mirror/rain sensor
|Automatic activation of hazard warning lights
|Body colour door handles
|Body colour door mirrors with integral indicators
|Body coloured bumpers
|Coming home function
|Dusk sensor + auto driving lights
|Electric front windows
|Electrically heated + operated door mirrors
|Front fog lights
|Intermittent rear wash/wipe
|LED rear lights
|Range adjustable headlights
|Rear roof spoiler
Interior Features
|12V socket in luggage compartment
|2 bag hooks in luggage compartment
|2 cupholders
|2 rear head restraints
|2 Zone electronic climate control with automatic air recirculation
|3 spoke multifunction leather steering wheel with radio controls
|4 lashing points on luggage floor
|50/50 split folding rear seat backrest
|Aluminium pedals
|Black roof lining
|Dust/pollen filter
|Easy entry slide seats (access to rear seats)
|Front + rear carpet mats
|Front centre armrest with storage compartment
|Front footwell illumination
|Front reading lights
|Height adjustable front seats
|Height/reach adjust steering wheel
|Illuminated vanity mirrors
|Interior light with delay
|Isofix Preparation 2 Rear child seats
|Leather gear knob
|Leather handbrake grip
|Lockable/illuminated air conditioned glovebox
|Luggage compartment cover
|Luggage compartment lighting
|Sports front seats
|Storage compartments in doors
|2 rear 3 point safety belts
|2x3 point front seatbelts with pre-tensioners
|ABS+EBD+Brake assist
|Door open warning reflectors
|Driver/Front Passenger airbags
|Driver/Passenger whiplash optimised head restraints
|ESP with EDL + ASR
|Front and rear curtain airbags
|Front seat side impact airbags
|Hill hold function
|Passenger airbag deactivation system
|Seatbelt warning
|Two tone horn
|Alarm with interior protection
|Electronic engine immobiliser
|Remote central locking with 2 remote folding keys
|Diesel particulate filter
|Brushed aluminium instrument surrounds
|Chequered flag decorative inserts
|Steel space saver spare wheel
Technical specification
Emissions - ICE
|CO2 (g/km)
|Noise Level dB(A)
|Standard Euro Emissions
Engine and Drive Train
|Catalytic Convertor
|Cylinder Layout
|Engine Code
|Engine Layout
|Fuel Delivery
|Number of Valves
Fuel Consumption - ICE
|EC Combined (mpg)
|EC Directive 1999/100/EC Applies
|EC Extra Urban (mpg)
|EC Urban (mpg)
|Badge Engine CC
|Badge Power
|Coin Description
|TDi 184 BlueMotion Tech
|Coin Series
|Generation Mark
|Insurance Group 1 - 50 Effective January 07
|Manufacturers Corrosion Perforation Guarantee - Years
|Manufacturers Paintwork Guarantee - Years
|Service Interval Frequency - Months
|Service Interval Mileage
|Standard manufacturers warranty - Mileage
|Standard manufacturers warranty - Years
|Vehicle Homologation Class
|0 to 62 mph (secs)
|Engine Power - BHP
|Engine Power - KW
|Engine Power - PS
|Engine Power - RPM
|Engine Torque - LBS.FT
|Engine Torque - MKG
|Engine Torque - NM
|Engine Torque - RPM
|Top Speed
|Space Saver?
|Tyre Size Front
|Tyre Size Rear
|Tyre Size Spare
|Wheel Style
|Wheel Type
Vehicle Dimensions
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Weight and Capacities
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Independent review
Review courtesy of Car and Driving
Volkswagen Scirocco
By Jonathan Crouch
The improved post-2014 version of Volkswagen's modern-era Scirocco coupe is the beautifully designed, solidly built and super-stylish affordable coupe it always was. Crucially though, the enhanced facelifted version we're going to look at here as a used buy featured a more efficient range of more powerful engines, along with some subtle changes that lifted its desirability up a notch or two.
In launching the original version of its Scirocco coupe, Volkswagen was said to have 'democratised the sportscar'. When in 2014, it introduced the improved third generation version were going to look at here, the brand hoped to have redefined that original recipe. The name refers to a hot wind that blows from the Sahara desert to the Mediterranean and designates a model line actually pre-dating that of the Golf, with a history stretching all the way back to 1974 when this car marked a new era for front-engined, front-wheel drive Volkswagens in Europe. It was certainly very different from the rear-driven boxer-engined Karmann Ghia model it replaced, though not much faster, early versions offered with as little as 60bhp. The iconically-wedgy Giugiaro styling looked good though, which was all most buyers cared about. Less memorable was the second generation version launched in 1981, though at least by now, more powerful engines were featuring beneath the bonnet. The launch of the smaller Corrado coupe in 1989 spelt the end of the first phase of Scirocco history but loyal owners never forgot it and in 2008, the badge was back on the pretty tailgate of the third generation version we're looking at here. This time round, style really was mixed with substance, the shape based on an 'Iroc'-badged concept car that had wowed the crowds at the Paris Motor Show a couple of years before. Like its predecessors, this Scirocco was Golf-based - or more specifically, Golf GTI-based, given that early models could only be ordered with the 2.0-litre turbocharged engine from that car. In time though, the range gained more affordable petrol versions, a selection of diesels and, in 2009, a potent 265PS flagship 'R'-badged variant that at launch, was one of the fastest contenders in its class. All of that was enough to keep Volkswagen well-placed in the affordable coupe segment for some time, but by 2014, this MK3 model was at last beginning to show its age. Not in terms of its looks - the shape still turns heads. When it came to technology and efficiency though, an update was clearly needed to keep the car current in the face of competition from rivals like Peugeot's RCZ, Vauxhall's Astra GTC and the Volkswagen Group's other contender in this sector, the SEAT Leon SC. Hence the higher trim levels and lower running costs of this updated version, a car also improved with a subtle restyle. It sold until late 2017 and wasn't replaced.
What You Get
Barstool experts not seduced by this car's fashionable finery will be quick to dismiss it as a Golf in a cocktail dress, but that's a simplistic summary given that a Scirocco is 93mm shorter, 11mm wider and sits 52mm lower. It's also got a much wider track, a significantly lower centre of gravity and a substantially different suspension set-up. Yes, the engine range is largely shared, but in almost every other respect, this Volkswagen coupe is very much its own car. Raise the hatch and a 312-litre cargo area is revealed, 30% more than you'd get in a Toyota GT86 for instance and a decent amount for a car that looks as stylish as a coupe should. Up-front, not was done with this facelifted car to update the driving environment, which might make it feel a little dated to those familiar with one of the Volkswagen Group's more recent designs. Probably the biggest change up-front with this facelifted version was the addition of a pod on top of the dash, apparently an aesthetic reference to the similar set-up used in sporty versions of the first generation Scirocco model. It certainly makes the cockpit feel a little more purposeful, briefing you on oil temperature, turbo boost and chronometer functions.
What to Look For
On the 2.0 TDI diesel version, it's apparently common for the front tyres to wear down very quickly. In fact you should expect no more than around 15,000-17,000 miles from the front tyres. Keep an eye on the front tyre wear and make sure that the tread doesn't go lower than the legal limit of 1.6mm. Another potential diesel variant issue lies in the way that on some cars, the DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter) warning light occasionally illuminates on the dashboard. This happens when you drive the car around town, as the DPF doesn't heat up enough to burn off the unwanted particles. To solve this problem you will need to take the car onto the open road like the motorway or the A-road and, drive at around 50-60mph in third gear for about 15 minutes to burn off these particles. This should turn off the DPF warning light on the dashboard. If this doesn't work, you will need to replace the DPF, changing the oil and oil filter at the same time. If you notice that the engine on the Scirocco you're trying is running very poorly and is very hesitant or jerky, there's most likely an issue with the spark plugs - a known problem with this model. They'll need replacing in that case. Another known Scirocco issue is malfunctioning steer8ing wheel switches, which is caused by a fault with the airbag. You will need to get the airbag problem fixed to resolve the issue. Get a specialist to look at it before changing anything. It's common on Sciroccos for the glove box lid to prematurely fail. You may notice that it doesn't close properly, or rattles when closed.
Replacement Parts
(approx based on a 2015 Scirocco 2.0 TDI excl. VAT) A front brake pad set costs about £34-£44. Rear pads sit in the £18-£32 bracket. Front brake discs start in the £47-£53 bracket - it's around £28=-£43 for a rear one. Oil filters cost around £12. A wiper blade costs between £15 and £24. A headlight bulb is around £4. And an air filter is about £12-£14.
On the Road
Not much changed with this improved Scirocco in terms of the driving experience it can offer. To be honest, not much needed to. This Scirocco gets a proper supple rear multi-link suspension system right across the range, which is why it rides so much better than a lower-order Golf. You get that set-up even on the feeblest version, that with 1.4-litre TSI petrol power, an engine Volkswagen wisely didn't try to mate with the sprint-sapping 6-speed DSG automatic gearbox that was an option across the rest of the line-up. Stir the stick yourself in a Scirocco 1.4 and 62mph can be reached in 9.2s en route to 126mph. For performance that better suits the looks of this car though, you'll need a 2.0 TSI petrol variant, possibly the 180PS version that manages the 62mph benchmark in 7.4s on the way to 141mph. But more probably the 220PS derivative with its Golf GTI engine. Here, the at-the-wheel experience is much more satisfying, 62mph occupying 6.5s en route to 153mph. There was also a 210PS GTS variant. Either way, you get a level of performance that might make you question the necessity of paying the vast premium required for ownership of the flagship Scirocco R model, which uses the same 2.0 TSI turbo engine but boosts its power to 280PS, 15PS more than this top variant offered in pre-facelift form. Once you've made your engine choice, you'll settle into Scirocco ownership much more quickly if you appreciate that this isn't really a back road brawler: buy a hot hatch if you really want that. Yes, you can take it by the scruff of the neck and throw it about if you really want to, but the car responds best to smooth inputs and is in its element on fast, flowing A-roads, terrain that tends to mask the rather benign feeling delivered via the electro-mechanical steering. If you're in a DSG version with its slick steering wheel paddles, you can quickly get into quick, rewarding driving rhythm. For many, this is exactly what a rapid, affordable coupe should feel like.
The Volkswagen Scirocco was a formula that didn't need wholesale changes and with this MK3 model product update, it didn't really get them. The under-bonnet updates were well worthwhile though, offering more power across the board teamed with greater efficiency. In summary, if you want a coupe that looks good, is well screwed together and which isn't going to cost a fortune to run, Volkswagen has your back here. Thankfully though, this car also offers something a little more than that. Call it charisma, call it personality, call it what you want: the Scirocco has it.
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- Mileage
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- Body Type
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Janoudyog: People's initiatives
Janoudyog (Peoples Initiative) is a platform of people with different backgrounds, which has particular emphasis to react spontaneously in resisting the demolishing of social, natural and human environment. The main theme of Janoudyog is 'People would be organised to identify problems on environmental issues of their own locality and would take necessary effort to solve them.' People's Initiative is our social heritage as it is a joint initiative with community and stakeholders. It is concern for positive changes of the society. This integrated initiatives works for protection of environment (social, natural & human) of the country. So we call it as a unified citizen's actions for betterment of society.
Janoudyog was formed in Dhaka by a group of civil society activists and different occupation from all over the country on 10 July 2003.
Why Janoudyog
- Our heritage of citizen's actions
- Practiced at community level for long time
- Process of civil actions as it was practiced in ancient villages
- Participatory planning & implementation process
- Defining issues by themselves
- Non-formal learning process
Janoudyog is very much flexible in achieving its goal and objectives. It patronizes persons or organisations of any area from behind who wants to work on environmental issues. The platforms formed in different areas in Bangladesh by community people where Janoudyog works as a catalyst providing information and advice. The people formed the platform, have the right to choose its name; it is their own decision on which issue they will work, how and when. JU never hold up them in selection of issues, strategy or implementation. At the same time they are not provided with any monetary support. Resources are collected locally to implement programmes.
There are many persons and organisations of different levels involve with JU initiatives. In national level there are Poet, Teacher, Lawyer, Environment Specialist, Social and Cultural Activists, Journalists and persons from different occupation and Youths are actively engage with Janoudyog. Different citizen organisations in Dhaka like Paribesh Bachao Andolon (Poba), Sampreety Mancha, Jangibad Birodhi Mancha, Dhanmondi Paribesh Unnayon Jote, Greenforce, Shikkha Adhikar Forum are the working partners of Janoudyog. More over, important peoples and organisations of different areas of the country are engaged in the multi dimensional activities.
- Individuals
- Social and Cultural Activists
- Youths
- Women
- Grassroots people
- People from hard to reach areas
- Academic institutions
- CBOs
- NGOs
- GOs
- Other members of the Civil Society
Implementation Area
Country wide – 23 districts, 6 divisions and Hard to Reach Areas
Style of Actions
- Meeting
- Workshop
- Dialogue
- Seminar
- Rally
- Human chain
- Procession
- Hunger strike
- Campaign
- Quick Response
- Press conference/briefings
- Lobbying


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Founder of Bali Tourism Directory
Bali Tourism Directory was initiated and found by I Nengah Subadra PhD, a Balinese tourism scholar who completed and obtained Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Tourism in the United Kingdom.
Dr Subadra began to be interested in tourism since he wrote a final thesis for his undergraduate degree at the University of Warmadewa in Denpasar, Bali in 1999 that analysed the use of English in tourism website advertisement.
Then in 2004 he continued his study to Udayana University to take Master Degree in cultural tourism studies which discusse the role of Mangrove Ecotourism in increasing the awareness of local people toward enviroment.
Since then he had more intensive and deeper engagement with tourism and inspired to continue his study at the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom undertaking a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) which awarded immediatly after he passed the Viva (Final Oral Examination) in November 2014.
Dr Subadra discussed about the complexity of cultural tourism in Bali which has been long well-known as world most popular cultural tourism destination. The academic discussions include current policy of tourism development in Bali, designation of sacred sites as tourism sites, significance of temple as a worshipping site, Hindu rites and meaning, conflict of interest within tourism stakeholders in Bali.
Campus Life
Dr I Nengah Subadra is a Principal Lecturer at Tourism Institute of Triatma Jaya registered under National Lecturer Indentification Number (NIDN) 0830077701.
Dr I Nengah Subadra is now assigned currently as the Head of Department for Applied Bachelor Degree of Tourism Programme at the Tourism Institute of Triatma Jaya which is in Bali well-known as Sekolah Tinggi Pariwisata Triatma Jaya or STIPAR Triatma Jaya where people in Bali and even Indonesia learn about tourism, hotel and restaurant.
Dr I Nengah Subadra has been appointed to head this particular department since he completed his PhD at he University of Lincoln, United Kingdom. He teaches some courses including Sustainable Tourism Development, Living Enviromental Studies, Tourism Regulation, Hotel and Tourism Planning, English for Hotels and Restaurants, Tourism Destination Management and Research Methodology.
Dr I Nengah Subadra is also teaching at the Graduate School of Udayana University, Denpasar Bali. He teaches Cultural Tourism, a compulsory course for Master's students on Tourism Studies which taught by teaching team consisting Professor I Nyoman Darma Putra, Professor I Nyoman Kutha Ratna and Dr I Nengah Subadra.
For this Acadic Year (2016/2017) he is appointed to teach Cultural Heritage Tourism for International class with Professor I Wayan Ardika - his former lecturer when studied cultural tourism at University of Udayana, Bali-Indonesia.
In addition, Dr I Nengah Subadra is also teaching at the Graduate School of Economics Institute of Triatma Mulya. Currently he teaches Research Methodology course especially on Qualitative Method where he is expertise in that gained during his research process to obtain his PhD in the United Kingdom.
Additionally, Dr I Nengah Subadra is also teaching Marketing Management of Tourism Destination that mainly discuss about marketing stategy for tourism destination, tourism site, and tourism attraction using the marketing core concepts: segmenting, targeting and positioning; and of course other related topics such as marketing mixed, tourism branding, destination image, digital marketing and so forth.
Researches & Publications
Dr I Nengah Subadra has published a number of scientific articles in national and internation journals and also common articles in national newspaper. Please click the following links to see and download the detailed paper.
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Publications in 2020:
Subadra, I N. (2020). Mitigating Earthquake and Tsunami Risks in Coastal Tourism Sites in Bali (Eds). In: C. M. Hall and G. Prayag, ed. Tourism and Earthquakes. Bristol (United Kingdom): Channel View Publications. pp. 65-81.
Publications in 2019:
Subadra, I N. (2019). Alleviating poverty through community-based tourism: Evidence from Batur Natural Hot Spring Water – Bali. African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, Volume 8 (51)
Subadra, I N. et al. (2019). Investigating Push and Pull Factors of Tourists Visiting Bali as a World Tourism Destination. Andhra Pradesh (India): International Journal of Multidisciplinary Educational Research. pp. 252-269
Subadra, I N. (2019). Gaining In-Depth Understanding Through Mixed Methods Case Study: An Empirical Research From Temple Tourism in Bali Research Method Cases. London: Sage Publication
Publications in 2018:
Subadra, I Nengah (2018) aman Ujung Karangasem: a newly re-conserved heritage site in Eastern Paradise. Bulletine of Triatma Surya Jaya Foundation.
Wibisono, N. and Subadra, I N. (2018) nalisa Persepsi Wisatawan terhadap Jawa Barat sebagai Destinasi Wisata. Badung: Jurnal Perhotelan dan Pariwisata Sekolah Tinggi Pariwisata Triatma Jaya.
Gede, I P., Idrus, S. and Subadra, I N. (2018). otensi Desa Gumantar di Kabupaten Lombok Utara sebagai Desa Wisata. Badung: Jurnal Perhotelan dan Pariwisata Sekolah Tinggi Pariwisata Triatma Jaya.
Ardika, I W. and Subadra, I N. (2018). WARISAN BUDAYA DUNIA: Pura Taman Ayun dan Pura Tirtha Empul sebagai Daya Tarik Wisata di Bal. Denpasar: Pustaka Larasan.
The book only costs IDR 60 000 (Sixty Thousand Indonesian Rupiah) + Dilivery Service and shall be available in book stores in Denpasar Bali soon.
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Publications in 2017:
Sudiarta, M. and Subadra, I N. (2017) Producing competent vocational higher education graduates - evidence from Tourism Institute of Triatma Jaya. Badung: Jurnal Perhotelan dan Pariwisata Sekolah Tinggi Pariwisata Triatma Jaya
Wisnawa, I M. B., Sutapa, I K. and Subadra, I N. (2017) Potensi Desa Pekraman Mendek Sebagai Desa Wisata Ekologi di Tabanan Bali. Badung: Jurnal Perhotelan dan Pariwisata Sekolah Tinggi Pariwisata Triatma Jaya.
Publications in 2016:
Subadra, I N. (2016). Exploring the roles of vocational higher educations in creating competent graduates: evidence from Tourism Institute of Triatma Jaya. Denpasar: Prosiding SEMNASVOKTEK 2016.
Subadra, I N., Wisnawa, I M.B., and Artana, A (2016) Pura Tanah Lot: konflik di obyek dan daya tarik wisata global. Badung: Jurnal Perhotelan dan Pariwisata Sekolah Tinggi Pariwisata Triatma Jaya.
Publications in 2015:
Subadra, I N. (2015). Preserving the Sanctity of Temple Sites In Bali: Challenges from Tourism. Lincoln (United Kingdom): PhD Thesis. University of Lincoln.
Publications in 2008:
Perempuan Bali dalam Pariwisata
Publications in 2006:
Subadra, I. N. (2006). Ekowisata Hutan Mangrove dalam Pembangunan Pariwisata Berkelanjutan: Studi Kasus di Mangrove Information Center, Desa Pemagon, Kecamatan Denpasar Selatan, Kota Denpasar: Denpasar: Master Thesis (University of Udayana).
Subadra, I N. (2006). Agrotourism Wahana Pelestarian Alam dan Budaya serta Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Lokal Studi Kasus di Bagus Agro Pelaga. Badung: Jurnal Manajemen pariwisata.
Subadra, I N. and Nadra, N.M. (2006). Dampak Ekonomi, Sosial-Budaya dan Lingkungan Pengembangan Desa Wisata di Jatiluwih-Tabanan. Badung: Jurnal Manajemen Pariwisata.
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Part Time Works
As already noted, Dr I Nengah Subadra's main job is lecturing in higher educations such as Tourism Institute of Triatma Jaya and University of Triatma Mulya.
Dr Subadra is also translating legal documents from Indonesian to English and vice versa, including Graduation Certificate, Academic Transcripts, Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Divorce Certificate, Death Certificate, Identification Card, Driving License, Declaration, Notarial Deeds, Court Ruling, Sale and Purchase Agreement, Lease Agreement, etc. READ THE DETAILED PRICE & TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Dr I Nengah Subadra is presently registred as a translator at the Language Assistance - the most recognized SWORN and CERTIFIED Translation Office in Denpasar Bali that serves legal document translation services.
His translation works have been widely accepted in Indonesian government offices and also overseas government offices since he cooperates formally with sworn and certified translators in Indonesia and NAATI (National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters) Certified translator in Australia who proofread the translated document or target language to ensure the translations are true and accurate.
Dr I Nengah Subadra has been working as a translator for many years exactly since 2003, immediately after he completed his first degree of English Literature until today.
He is a registered member of PROZ - an international Translator Association based in Syracuse, the United States of America. This membership has brought his translation works recognized widely over the world.
He learnt translation theory and practice for 4 years in the university and continued to learn native English vocabularies in the United Kingdom while he was undertaking a PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) at the University of Lincoln. Such long experience and education background have made the translation works of Dr I Nengah Subadra are qualified and accepted world widely. Experiences make perfect!
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In addition, Dr I Nengah Subadra is also an IELTS Preparation teacher in Denpasar Bali. He has taught hundred of students preparing thier academic English for studying abroad since he completed his first degree on English Literature in 2003.
His long experiences in teaching IELTS Preparation in Bali and living in the United Kingdom have been served as reference for the rich family in Bali to choose the best IELTS Preparation teacher in Denpasar Bali who can evidently help students reaching overall band score between 6.00 and 7.00 as mostly required by overseas universities.
Finally, Dr I Nengah Subadra is the Founder of "LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE" which specifically offers Office Schooling programmes for English and Indonesian Language Courses and also Certified and Sworn Translation Office in Denpasar Bali.
Assignments/MODUL/ SHORT SEMESTER
Short Semester / Modul or Assignments (Enviromental Studies, Tourism Regulation, English for Hotel and Restaurant, Sustainable Tourism Development, Research Methodology, Cultural Tourism and Cultural Heritage Tourism) by Dr I Nengah Subadra can be DOWNLOADED HERE.
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Digital technology is all around us and it is changing at a faster rate, mobile devices have become part and parcel of our day to day activities. In fact, chances are that when you woke up this morning, felt your phone was outdated and you need a new one just because you switched on the TV and there was this feature on a new smartphone. To the business world, the same is happening with respect to mobile marketing. With each passing day, mobile ad networks get more sophisticated leaving marketers playing catch up. It is suffice to say that no one knows where mobile marketing is headed; we are only left to guess.
However, one thing is definite; the future of mobile advertising is built on current trends. It also has everything to do with context, location and extreme personalization. People count on their iPhones, iPads, etc. for just about everything. On the other hand, marketers have the ability to target, engage and offer deals and coupons when shoppers need them.
As result of people's inherent and constant interaction with their mobile devices, marketers are constantly in search of mobile ad networks with the capability of engaging consumers in the most effective way possible.
A Glimpse into the Future of Mobile Marketing
It is expected that by the end of 2013, the number of desktop web searches will be eclipsed by the number of mobile web searches. Already businesses are starting to consider mobile as the center of the marketing universe. According to marketing specialists, mobile advertising can give and brands unique capabilities to reach customers with unprecedented engagement and relevance. Due to these, there is an ongoing shift from a secondary marketing strategy into taking center stage of marketing.
Judging by current trends, mobile advertising is growing considering that advertisers are hungry for more. This is a strong indicator of a vibrant future for mobile advertising. In comparison to publishers and operators who have not been quick to adapt, mobile marketers are always on the lookout for new ways of creating unique experiences by using more innovative mobile ad networks. Currently, the pace of change within the marketing industry is very rapid, and mobile advertisers are capitalizing on that to experiment and innovate.
Is the Future of Mobile Advertising Already Here with us?
It seems like it. As stated earlier, the future of mobile advertising is built on the trends we are witnessing currently and it seems like the future is already taking advantage of these trends. It is a fact that more people are using mobile and more continue to be initiated with each passing day. The future is here with and as the mobile world grows, opportunities of customer engagement are meant to also grow, businesses wouldn't want to be left out hence demand for advanced mobile advertising platforms is meant to increase. The question then changes, how prepared is your business, whether small or big, to embrace the shift in marketing?
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text: Rebuilding After a Tornado In "When You Least Expect It" in the November 2016 issue of School Nutrition, Susan Davis Gryder explores how three school nutrition directors and their teams worked to feed students in the wake of recent disasters that affected their communities. An additional story about rising above the damage of a natural disaster is included here as an online exclusive. Tippecanoe School Corporation covers over 400 square miles in Lafayette, Indiana, serving 13,000 students in 20 schools in the northeastern part of the state. Although it's geographically spread out, people came together in November 2014, when a powerful tornado damaged an elementary school and a middle school."Thank goodness this was a Sunday. Both schools were completely unusable," says Director of Nutrition Services Lori Shofroth. "We had heard there had been a tornado in that area, and then an all-bulletin went out to district administrators that two schools had been hit. We couldn't get to the schools to see the damage because of downed power lines, emergency crews, etc."Shofroth says although the schools as a whole were rendered unusable, her kitchens themselves weren't touched. Nevertheless, important equipment like compressors for her walk-ins and a roof-mounted air hood were damaged.The first order of business was to get kids fed. "Our staff didn't miss a beat," she recalls. "On Monday morning they were serving breakfast. The elementary schoolers were relocated to a local church, and we worked out of the kitchens of a nearby school. We started off with basic grab 'n' go breakfast and lunch, and in a couple of months we were providing hot lunch. The middle schoolers were sent to another middle school." Despite some unanticipated challenges like transporting hot boxes through the snow and finding additional cold storage for the temporary elementary school, Shofroth says the staff remained flexible and positive.Although the initial damage to foodservice wasn't severe, the long wait before the schools were rebuilt wreaked its own havoc: "Most of the equipment wouldn't start up after sitting for almost two years, or was damaged when it was moved out for the construction. When it came back, it wouldn't work." Fortunately, Shofroth's budget wasn't blown, because she had already allowed for replacement costs in her budget. "The schools were due for new equipment because they hadn't been updated in many years," she explains. Shofroth did receive some money through an insurance claim, and credits the fact that she had a detailed inventory for both schools, including small wares.When the schools finally opened, says Shofroth, her cafeteria managers wore ruby slippers! The child nutrition staff had learned, first hand, that there's no place like home.


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Botswana Stock Exchange (BSE) will soon implement new conditions of listing that will govern the arrival of new companies at the stock market. Tsametsi Mmolai – Listings and Trading Manager at the BSE – said on Wednesday during a follow up seminar on the listings conference held in March this year that they have proposed a few conditions for listing that will come into effect once consultations are complete. The proposed rules will require prospective listed companies to have its directors and senior management to possess collective appropriate experience and said they will have to be satisfied with the expertise for a company to tick one of the boxes for listing consideration. Where there is a controlling shareholder, the new rules will require that appointments of additional independent non-executive directors be made for purposes of compliance with the corporate governance code. Companies looking to come to the exchange will also have to have their directors go through a mandatory induction workshop to help them know what is exactly expected of them as a listed entity. The conditions, which were supposed to come into effect in September this year, had to be deferred to allow further consultations, according to the BSE CEO Thapelo Tsheole.
Besides corporate governance issues that have to be sorted out before the company can list or after listing, the BSE also seeks to increase subscription capital for listing companies and for main board minimum subscription capital will be increased to P5 million from a current P1 million. For venture board, listing companies would have to have a minimum subscription of P2.5 million from half a million Pula that is currently the minimum requirement. As a means to stimulate trading in the stock market, the BSE further proposes to have main board companies have a minimum free float of 30 percent of the total shares and 10 percent for venture board. Mmolai said the minimum free float of shares is to avoid a situation where investors hold shares for a long period, leaving no room for further trading to occur. The seminar, which was a follow up to the inaugural listing conference, sought to further impart information on likely listed companies in Botswana. However representatives of the companies in attendance said listing seems to be a costly exercise that has the potential to deplete their coffers.
However Tsheole maintained that the BSE was the cheapest in the region and other markets, adding that it would cost below P300 000 in fees paid to the BSE. The BSE had invited successful listed companies among them Turnstar and Letshego to come and share their experience with the unlisted companies. Turnstar Managing Director, Gulaam Abdoola, advised unlisted companies not to rush into listing, saying that they first have to consider where they want to go as a company and take into consideration expansion strategy. Abdoola said Turnstar as a listed company was listed when they developed Game City shopping mall, the company's flagship investment, when local pension funds approached them for investment but would only do so only if the company was listed. For his part Colm Patterson said when Letshego expanded outside Botswana; it had to partner with some local financial institutions wherever they went, adding that the strategy has worked very well for the group.


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- Conflicting Papers on Hold as XMRV Frenzy Reaches New Heights
Scientists at the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration have been reported to have confirmed the link, first published in Science last year, between a human retrovirus and the elusive condition called chronic fatigue syndrome.
- India Launches New Probe of Cyanide Disaster
More than a quarter-century after the world's worst chemical disaster, the Indian government last week ordered remediation of the contaminated site in Bhopal and the creation of a research institute to study the toxic legacy.
- Evidence for Free-Flowing Supersolid Slipping Away?
An experiment has called into question the first, best evidence for supersolidity. What physicists took as a sign of resistance-free flow at very low temperatures is in fact a manifestation of an odd softening of the solid at slightly higher temperatures, says the author of the work.
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ScienceNOW reported this week that Earth-like planets may be shielded from solar scorching, cosmologists have placed a limit on the mass of the lightest particle in the cosmos, filoviruses are much older than scientists thought, and tanning ability is driven by evolution, among other stories.
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ScienceInsider reported this week that the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a controversial business patent in its ruling on Bilski v. Kappos, among other stories.
- Hunting for Plumes, Learning to Live in a Media Spotlight
When Samantha Joye reported her hunch about how the gulf oil disaster would unfold, she had no inkling of what her confirmation of the insidious subsurface dispersal of the oil would mean for her life and career in the crazy weeks and months to follow.
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- The Seductive Allure of Behavioral Epigenetics
Could chemical changes to DNA underlie some of society's more vexing problems? Or is this hot new field getting ahead of itself?
- A Role for Epigenetics in Cognition
The push to show that epigenetics can translate early life experiences into lasting changes in behavior has been accompanied by a parallel surge of interest in how chemical modifications to DNA can affect cognition.
- In Archaeobotanist's Hands, Tiny Fossils Yield Big Answers
Dolores Piperno's microscopic techniques overcame skeptics and revolutionized views of early agriculture in the Americas.
- Righting a 65-Year-Old Wrong
The head of Indonesia's best known science institute was accused of contaminating vaccines and executed by Japanese forces in 1945; new evidence suggests he was innocent.
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We offer short reviews of exhibitions, sites, and events that could provide a science-related stop on your summer travels.
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Synthetic biology draws notice to the need for balanced and informed discussion about benefits and risks in the life sciences.
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Analyses of genomes from Tibetan populations reveal a signaling pathway that may account for high-altitude adaptation.
- Tropical Arthropod Species, More or Less?
New research on tropical beetles could help narrow estimates of how many species live on Earth.
- Downsizing the Hydrated Electron's Lair
A new model for free electrons in water suggests that they are localized in regions of enhanced rather than depleted water density.
- A Guardian of T Cell Fate
The repressive activity of a transcription factor allows thymocytes to shed alternative cell fates and become T cells.
- To Cool or Not to Cool
Precision measurements of chemical processes are providing a clearer picture of how the universe evolved.
- Graphite in an Apollo 17 Impact Melt Breccia
Ancient carbonaceous material possibly delivered during meteorite bombardment has been found in lunar rock.
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A synthetic Mycoplasma mycoides genome transplanted into M. capricolum was able to control the host cell.
- A Giant Planet Imaged in the Disk of the Young Star β Pictoris
The Very Large Telescope reveals that a huge planet formed within a star's dusty disk in a few million years.
- Controlled Injection of Spin-Triplet Supercurrents into a Strong Ferromagnet
Unusual magnetic ordering in a rare earth metal is used to create superconducting currents with aligned spins.
- Quantized Anomalous Hall Effect in Magnetic Topological Insulators
Magnetically doped topological insulators are predicted to be ferromagnetic and exhibit the quantum anomalous Hall effect.
- Does the Hydrated Electron Occupy a Cavity?
A long-standing model of the solvent geometry surrounding a free charge in water is questioned by new numerical simulations.
- Experimental Results for H2 Formation from H− and H and Implications for First Star Formation
Precise measurements of molecular hydrogen formation rates help improve models of star assembly in the early universe.
- Genetic Evidence for High-Altitude Adaptation in Tibet
A candidate gene approach reveals genes under selection in humans living at high altitudes.
- Sequencing of 50 Human Exomes Reveals Adaptation to High Altitude
Sequencing coding regions identified genetic changes that were likely involved in adaptation to hypoxia.
- Genome-Wide Reprogramming in the Mouse Germ Line Entails the Base Excision Repair Pathway
Removing epigenetic marks early in mammalian development involves a DNA damage repair pathway.
- Increased Mutagenesis and Unique Mutation Signature Associated with Mitotic Gene Conversion
Repair of double-strand breaks in the genome is accompanied by highly elevated levels of mutagenesis.
- Reprogramming of T Cells to Natural Killer–Like Cells upon Bcl11b Deletion
A transcription factor is essential for maintenance of T cell identity.
- An Early T Cell Lineage Commitment Checkpoint Dependent on the Transcription Factor Bcl11b
A transcription factor is essential for maintenance of T cell identity.
- An Essential Developmental Checkpoint for Production of the T Cell Lineage
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Lurking in the background of the same-sex marriage cases, I argue in my new Bloomberg View column, is a powerful myth about the Supreme Court: that it has been central to the expansion of freedom and equality in our country. For example, the Court deserves little credit for our tradition of free political speech:
Open political debate has come under attack from government several times in American history, starting with the passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798. But as Robert F. Nagel points out in Judicial Power and American Character, the courts played no role in ending any of these episodes. They ended for other reasons (like the election of Thomas Jefferson in 1800).
I also go into Brown v. Board of Education and how it obscures the Court's fairly awful record on race, and conclude with a few thoughts about how this distorted history affects our political and legal debates.


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Watch an Oregon silverspot butterfly (Speryeria zerene hippolyta) transform from a caterpillar to a chrysalis via 15,000 time lapse photos taken by the Oregon Zoo. This 2012 video put the zoo's silverspot conservation efforts in the spotlight:
What the recovery project looks like:
Late summer: Conservation biologists in the field capture adult female butterflies and bring them to the zoo butterfly conservation laboratory where they lay eggs. The eggs are hatched in special jars to maintain humidity.
Winter: The jars containing tiny caterpillars are placed in fridges to simulate winter on the Oregon Coast. During this phase, called diapause, the caterpillars are mostly inactive.
Spring: The caterpillars are removed from their jars and fed with violet leaves grown on zoo grounds. They grow rapidly through six instars (phases of molting) over a period of six to eight weeks. At the end of this time they pupate in preparation for metamorphosing into butterflies.
Summer: The pupae are taken from the zoo and placed in protective release cages on the coast. Biologists watch them every day and when the butterflies "eclose" or emerge from their pupae cases, they are released to join free flying wild butterflies.
Fall: Plants grown at the zoo and other sites are planted in the butterfly habitat to provide food and nectar for caterpillars and butterflies in the future, restoring the habitat.
Zoo keeper Mary Jo Anderson explains more about their silverspot conservation work in this Oregon Zoo video from 2007:
Thing we learned: insect poop is called frass.In the archives, more transformations: a Black Swallowtail Butterfly comes out of its chrysalis, Earth Touch's iPhone Films: Metamorphosis, Wonders of Life: Monarch Butterflies, and The Hidden Beauty of Pollination.


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In August 1996, Nokia launched the Nokia 9000 Communicator , a digital mobile PDA primarily based on the Nokia 2110 with an built-in system based on the PEN/GEOS 3.0 operating system from Geoworks The 2 components had been connected by a hinge in what turned referred to as a clamshell design , with the show above and a bodily QWERTY keyboard beneath. LG has used a 2016 chipset, so it isn't essentially the most efficient smartphone available, and the pores and skin over Android Nougat isn't the most effective out there. Smartphone Hyperlink Show Audio is just not outfitted with a navigation system, however you'll be able to connect your smartphone to use navigation with CarPlay2. Relying upon the kind of image stabilization equipment you select to make use of, it could be straightforward to prop your smartphone on the table as well.
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I have a question about the container wallet
I have created a new container wallet and then I create inside it some new address.
So I have now a file mycontainer.wallet with one main address and some other addresses.
Now I want to move and use this file withing another PC
So I run walletd using same wallet name and password and ot is open regularly
but When I open the Container to read all addresses I can see only the Main Address but not the other Addresses that I created. I checked also that the sgretkey and IDare the same in both cases
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Move ( '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id" : "myid", "method" :"getAddresses"} , "params" :{"viewSecretKey" : "mysecretekey" } ') to sbody
but in one case I receive only the MAIN address container (the PC where I copied the mycontainer.wallet) and with the original where I created mycontainer.wallet I receive the same main address and also all other address I created in it
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( '{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id" : "myid", "method" :"getAddresses"} , "params" :{"viewSecretKey" : "mysecretekey" } ')
so I suppose that all addresses within Main wallet Container are not created in the same mycontainer.wallet it's right? Can you help me to understand that? I need to open the same addresses using the same wallet Container file in different Computer, and of course using the same Blockchain


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So the NJ State Police are in the State Police Retirement System (SPRS). They're going to be accepting applications this April (2019), asking for another officer. If you're already enrolled in PFRS does your time transfer over or would you have to buy it back?!
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Even as the counting of votes is still underway, trends indicate that the Congress is either leading or locked in a close contest in three of the five states for which assembly elections were held.
After registering multiple defeats to the BJP, the fortunes of the Rahul Gandhi-led party seem to be taking a turn—according to the latest trends, the party may be able to form the government in both Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. In Madhya Pradesh, the picture still remains unclear as both the major parties are locked in a neck-and-neck contest.
Rajasthan Congress President Sachin Pilot said the Congress was marching towards victory in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh and the trend would continue in the future in the rest of India.
Asserting that it is a decisive day today, Pilot recalled that exactly a year ago, Gandhi became the chief of the party.
"What could be a better gift to him than victory in these states," Pilot said.
READ: The Congress Is Winning Chhattisgarh, But Infighting Had Almost Ruined Its Chances
Even as the final results are not out yet, Congress workers have started celebrating the projected victory all across the country.
Here are a few pictures from the celebrations:
Congress is leading in Chhattisgarh and celebrations have already begun.
Pilot is ahead by around 36,000 votes in Tonk constituency of Rajasthan, and his supporters are bursting firecrackers.
Celebrations have also started in other states.


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Allow yourself some quiet and relaxation in our sauna.
Excursions and places to go
You want to go jogging in the nearby Palace Gardens or take a break from everyday life and just leisurely stroll around? You're just a stone's throw away!
Or perhaps you want to explore the surroundings? Schwetzingen's central location is ideal for excursions! Bicycles are available on request.
Our recommendations:
An evening at the Rococo Theater
Theater performances or concerts in this "treasure" are always a one-of-a-kind experience
Distance ca. 5 minutes on foot
Schwetzingen - the summer residence of the Electors
Guided tours of the Palace and its Gardens by trained professionals. Submerge yourself in the most magnificent epoch of the Electoral Palatinate, which began more than 250 years ago! Carl-Theodor, Elector and patron of the arts and sciences spent simulating hours with court and footmen, artists and scholars at Schwetzingen, his summer residence, and celebrated luscious feasts.
- Schwetzingen Palace Square with its Mediterranean atmosphere and its many bistros and small restaurants
- pedestrian area for shopping
- guided tours of the old town conducted by trained professionals on different subjects
- various cabarets - jazz performances
- leisure pool "bellamar" - outdoor pool - fitness path
- bowling - "Pfitzenmeier" fitness park - tennis courts - riding ground
- during Advent, Christmas market in the Palace Square
Hockenheimring - Formula 1 racetrack
- motor sports center at Hockenheimring
- driver training
- dexterity and handling training
- racing simulator with live-image racing simulator for ca. 10 to 15 persons
- motor sports museum
- visitors' ride on the Hockenheimring
- inline skating course for beginners and advanced skaters
- Gocart according to time expenditure ca. 2 hours
- Tobacco Museum
Distance ca. 8 km / Hockenheimring on internet
Episcopal See Speyer/Rhine
- cathedral with imperial crypt
- UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Old Town with Old Mint, Jewish Bath and Old Town Gate
- Historical Museum of the Palatinate
- Automotive Technology Museum & IMAX film theater
- Sea Life Aquarium
- further journey to the Palatine wine route
Distance ca. 15 km / Speyer on internet
University city Heidelberg/Neckar
- visit to the Castle ruins with the "Great Vat"
- stroll through the picturesque Old Town with university, student taverns, outer ward, Old Bridge and Holy Ghost Church
- guided tours on various subjects by trained professionals
- trip to the Königstuhl Mountain in the historic funicular
- stroll on the Philosophers' Way with unique view of Heidelberg
- visit to the zoo - fairytale paradise on Königstuhl Mountain
- boat ride on the Neckar River through the romantic "Valley of the Castles"
- excursion to Bergstrasse or into the nearby Odenwald
Distance ca. 12 km / Heidelberg on internet
Mannheim - the "Square Town"
- Baroque Palace of the Elector
- Water tower surrounded by a unique Art Nouveau facility
- conference center "Rosengarten" with varied events
- SAP Arena, center for large-scale events and sports stadium (homeland of the Mannheim "Adler" and "Rhein-Neckar-Löwen")
- Fine Arts Hall - Reiss-Engelhorn Museum
- Planetarium - Regional Museum for Technology and Labor
- Luisenpark with plant viewing building
- TV Tower with panoramic view of Mannheim and surroundings
- shopping miles "Planken" und "Breite Straße"
- port
Distance ca. 12 km / Mannheim on internet
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In unser nächsten Umgebung finden Sie zehn Golfplätze, die bequem mit Ihrem Auto zu erreichen sind:
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- Golfclub Heddesheim Gut Neuzenhof / ca. 15 km Entfernung
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- Golfclub Mannheim-Viernheim 1930 e.V. / ca. 20 km Entfernung
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I have been following Fred's posts on sustainable forestry (links here and here)the past week or so, so when I say a link to the following on The Appalachian Voice Front Porch Blog it forced me to follow the story…to Greensboro, North Carolina. Eric Schaefer wrote the story for the News & Record there.
"Why not selectively cut?" I asked, "That way you leave the canopy at least partially intact and preserve some of the integrity of the forest as well as its beauty. There is not too much uglier than a fresh clear-cut."
They explained to me that the problem was twofold: First, to a timber company, selective cutting means taking out the most desirable trees and leaving behind crooked trees or species that aren't marketable. If you go that route, what you're going to have left is a forest that is never going to produce marketable trees. Second, it is expensive and sometimes impossible to find someone to selectively cut.
Part of the job of the Forest Service is to produce forest management plans for private land owners, and Tate and Gibson told me they would gladly come up with any kind of plan the land owner wanted. If a land owner wanted forest that would be attractive to warblers and not cowbirds, woodpeckers and not starlings, trout lilies and not dandelions, they could do that, but if you want to have your land assessed as forest you have to have a timber production plan. And since they can't recommend selective cutting because of the consequences for the future timber production, you must clear-cut to get a forest assessment.
A forest assessment, similar to an agricultural assessment, means that the land in question is assessed differently than residential property and can mean big tax savings. If farmers were assessed the same as other land owners, many of them would go out of business. So to ensure we don't lose our farms, farmland is assessed differently and the same is true for forest land. However, you must be actively engaged in farming or forestry to get these assessments, and what that essentially means for forest land is periodic clear-cutting.
As you can read from the story, it's easier for the lumber companies therefore
- the Forest Service won't recommend any other form of timber management.
- without the Forest Service timber management you don't get a forest assessment.
- without the forest assessment you don't get the lower tax rate.
What's wrong with this picture? Essentially, the Forest Service is forcing landowners to have their forest clearcut. Go read the article…From here it looks like another holdover from the turn of the past century is still making it easy to strip the resources off the earth… This whole story reinforces what the Healing Harvest Forest Foundation is trying to do.
To first take out the injured and dying trees, the introduced species making room for the more valued trees to grow. And doing it in a way that doesn't destroy what you leave is the very essence of sustainable. It just takes time and above all patience.
Source: News-Record.com – Greensboro, North Carolina: Sports: Clear-cutting question really isn't clear cut


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YouTube Comedian Toby Turner Signs Three-Book Deal
The last place you would ever expect to find a YouTuber's content is in a book store, but it looks like that's about to change.
Toby Turner, better known as Tobuscus, just signed a three-book deal which would bring one of his animated series out of YouTube and on to the printed page.
The deal, which was signed with HarperCollins imprint Tegan Books, will see the YouTube comedian adapt his "Tobuscus Animated Adventures" web series for print as an illustrated journal-like trilogy chronicling the crazy adventures of clueless man-boy Tobuscus and his long-suffering common-sense-wielding companion Gabeuscus.
President Obama, Zombies, and Gryphon the zombie-killing Shih Tzu also feature heavily in the series.
"I'm excited to bring my characters to life in book form," Turner told THR before adding, tongue-in-cheek: "Reading is what people did before YouTube, and I love retro stuff!"
The first book of the trilogy will be released as a hardcover in Fall, 2015; with the sequels planned for release in the summer of 2016 and winter of 2017.
The web series has been in production since 2011 and has been incredibly popular so far; earning over 73 million views across eight episodes.
The series makes up just a small part of one of Turner's YouTube channels. Across the three channels he currently manages, he has amassed 14 million subscribers and an incredible three billion views.
With this release, Turner joins the likes of John Green, Kevin 'Nalts' Nalty, and Ze Frank as YouTubers that are also authors (or vice-versa in Green's case…), and opens the door for many more YouTubers to leverage their online popularity launch a literary career.


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It's been a helluva ride for Jensen Ackles on Supernatural as his character Dean was literally dragged to hell, where he unwittingly broke the First of the Sixty-Six Seals of Lucifer; seals that kept the Devil himself locked in his cage in Hell. Then Sam (Jared Padalecki) went with Ruby to kill Lilith and set Lucifer free. Whew!
As we begin season seven, the brothers are once again united in their battle against evil, but this season they face a fight for which there are no books, or hunters who have ever dealt with anything like it before.
We spoke to Jensen, who teased the upcoming season, in which he will be directing an episode, and revealed there will be flashbacks to an earlier time.
Will you be directing again this season?
Jensen Ackles: It will be episode three when it airs but they graciously let me direct it first so I could go up there and prep without having to work an episode. Being the second go-round, I thought it would be easier. I thought the knowledge that I learned last year would parlay into something and make it a little lighter of a load for me, but it proved to be just the opposite of that. I think the more I learn, the more I realize I have to deal to with. So last year, it was a bit of innocence is bliss. Not to mention that last year I think the script they gave me was a lighter script that wasn't as heavy in the technical aspect of directing. This year, they flung me into the deep end. To give you an idea, normally in our scripts, we have between 40-50 scenes. I had 78. There was a lot going on.
What is the episode about?
Jensen Ackles: It is a bit of a slice of life from Sam's standpoint. What we learn in episode two still translates into episode three. Sam is battling some inner demons to say the least. He comes across a job and we get back to that old formula of Supernatural, where he goes and hunts and Sam decides to do it himself because it is something from his past. What we do is go back into his past and we see Sam at age 15. Colin Ford, who has played him before as a young Sam, comes and plays him again. We get to go back in time, seeing Sam hunting and doing what he doesn't really want to be doing at that age, but doing it anyway because that is what his father and his older brother are telling him to do.
Will we be seeing their father?
Jensen Ackles: I would like to bring him back as much as anybody, but Jeff [Jeffrey Dean Morgan] is a big movie star now. Of course, I talk to him a lot and he is, "Man, I want to come back," but he is a little busy.
What can you tell us about the upcoming season?
Jensen Ackles: Nothing. There is actually a shock collar around my ankle. I think we know from the end of last season that there is a big shift in the character Castiel [Misha Collins]. That proves to be a big, big problem for the guys. Not only has this new, all-powerful being appeared, but it has also taken away the only ally they had in that realm. With that transfer of power, there is a big fallout of that. Without giving away too much, due to that aspect of this new god, there is released an evil that the boys don't know how to handle. There is no lore to tell them what to do, there are no books written about it, and there are no hunters who have ever dealt with anything like this before. That is going to render them basically helpless because all the tools of the trade for the past six years are pretty much useless.
What are we going to see about Dean? If we are going to see Sam's past, what about Dean's?
Jensen Ackles: From what I have seen so far, which is only the first three episodes, we are still setting up the big major arcs of the story. The episode that I directed isn't really setting up an arc for Dean. It is really a Sam-heavy episode. We will get into the Dean episodes. What is going to take place I am not sure.
What about Dean in the flashbacks?
Jensen Ackles: A lot of the young Dean and the dad stuff is done on the phone, so we don't see those sides of the conversation. It is all implied.
Are Dean and Sam going to have similar ways of dealing with Castiel?
Jensen Ackles: I think they are on the same team, which is refreshing for me as an actor because last season was just a nightmare not having that partner in crime. Soulless Sam, even though I think Jared did an amazing job playing him, what it did was it took the character of Sam out of Dean's life. For me as an actor, a lot of playing Dean is the relationship he had with Sam. Because that is gone, he was a little lost in how to react as Dean without Sam. It was confusing. I think this season they are all on the same team. They are headed down the same road with each other. Where they are going, I am not sure. How they are going to get there is going to be difficult.
Now that Castiel is a god, Misha must be totally insufferable now that he is a god?
Jensen Ackles: [jokes] Yes. It is going to be difficult, not only for Sam and Dean, but for Jared and Jensen now that Misha gets to say that he is god.
Supernatural returns with all new episodes on Friday, September 23 at 9 p.m. on The CW.


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