Modern homes are much more than just a cozy little space with adequate aesthetics. If you want a home with a décor that truly matches the year on the calendar, you will need to step up your renovation plans.
Think beyond than just a painting project; look out for stylised lighting, smart gadgets, and modern interiors.
However, making this plan a reality will cost you a great deal. A typical homeowner might take months or even years to collect savings fit for such home renovations.
A better way to approach such a significant house makeover would be to apply for a Home Renovation Loan. Whether you want to transform your home into a modern masterpiece or restore it, there are many loans available in the market to fund your needs.
Here is a quick look at 3 types of loans for home renovations and improvements, to help you pick one that best suits you.
A personal loan could be used to fund any personal need, including your home renovation needs. Unlike other forms of home renovation loans, it's an unsecured loan.
You do not require pledging a personal asset as collateral, so there's less risk associated with them. Both banks and financial institutions offer some of the best personal loan options. You could then choose to use the loan as you please without revealing to the lender how exactly you intend to spend the loan amount.
Personal loan approvals are quick too, as they do not need much documentation. You can also apply for them online. All you need is a good credit score and a regular monthly income to get a low-interest personal loan.
Banks and financial institutions also offer a specific type of loan called a home improvement loan to finance home renovations. This loan is given to the registered owner of the property.
Typically, the lender funds up to 80% of the renovation costs based on the work estimate you submit to them when applying for the loan. Unlike personal loans, where you don't need to specify how you plan to use the funds, with a home improvement loan you might have to submit a plan with a proposed quotation from a senior architect.
Additionally, you may have to submit some documents when applying for the loan. Nevertheless, this loan comes with the benefit of tax exemption under Section 24(b) of the Income Tax Act, where you can claim deductions on the interest paid.
If you already have an existing home loan, you can take a top-up loan over and above to renovate your home further.
However, there is a criterion that you can only take this loan after a certain number of years once your home loan has been sanctioned. Taking this loan through your existing loan avoids the hassle of applying and maintaining multiple loans.
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Each of the loans mentioned above can help you fund your home renovation but they all differ in nature. Consider their features to pick the one that best suits you.
While a top-up loan might be better if you already have an existing loan, a home improvement loan might be a good choice if you're looking for a long-term loan that funds maximum costs. However, a personal loan is also a good choice as it much easier to avail.


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Is it OK to skip most of the events in Vallaki, in Curse of Strahd?
I'm running Curse of Strahd, but using Savage Worlds, and am a somewhat inexperienced GM. When I got to Vallaki, they
fought the vampires in the coffin maker's shop and dropped off Ireena at the church, but then couldn't get out of town fast enough once they figured out what the reading meant.
For my part, I'm involved in small-town politics in real life, and was happy to skip the small-town politics of a fictional town. Their ally is
Sir Godwin, so I had no need for Rictavio, Lady Wachter or even the Vistani.
One of the characters is a werewolf, so they had to get past the guards and the
two wolf hunters to get out of town,
so it wasn't easy to just leave and skip the festival.
What is the downside with skipping most of the events of Vallaki?
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Vallaki is pretty self-contained aside from being the start of the Wizard of Wines story arc. It's a really interesting political stalemate that can spiral out of control very quickly if the PCs get involved and disrupt the status quo, which makes for some major opportunities to improvise how the situation develops, especially given that the central location of the town means players will revisit it several times and see how it's changed, but you could skip that element if you wanted to.
It's certainly a challenging town to run, but I think it has a lot of potential to be a memorable part of the campaign rather than being Just Another Quest Hub. Scaling it down to that won't break the overall structure of the campaign, but it's a major part of CoS's identity and personality, and I think it would suffer overall from having that removed.
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Q: How to solve class version exception Getting exception while executing written code. Java is a high-level, class-based, object-oriented programming language that is designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.
I have written below code and that is showing error
Java Version- 1.8

Java is a high-level, class-based, object-oriented programming language that is designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible. Java is a high-level, class-based, object-oriented programming language that is designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.

A: As you mentioned you are using JDK v1.8 the same is not reflected in the screenshot you provided. As per the screenshot j2sdk1.4.2_10 is getting detected. Hence you see the error as :
java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: (Unsupported major.minor version 50.0)

A simple solution would be to remove/uninstall the old JDK version completely from your system and download the latest JDK v8u162 and add to your Project in the IDE and recompile your program and execute it.
Additionally, you may require to set your Compiler Compliance Level to 1.8 in your IDE and this can be done in the Preferences settings of your IDE for example in Eclipse go to Windows -> Preferences then select Java and expand it then select Compiler and change the compliance level to 1.8
Here you can find a detailed discussion Unsupported major.minor version 52.0 [duplicate]

A: Major minor version error happen when you have JRE in Java build path instead of JDK.

You have to follow below steps.

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*Right click on project in the eclipse and go to properties.

*Click on Java-Build path.

*Go to library section.

*If JRE/JDK section is absent in Library section then click on Add Library otherwise select JRE and click edit.

*Install JRE -> Add -> Select JDK installed path and Finish.

*Select the JDK checkBox in Installed JRE and click ok.

*Select JDK in JRE System Library.

Hope this will solve your problem.

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Риволи Веронезе () је насеље у Италији у округу Верона, региону Венето.

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Art + Extended Media expands the possibilities of what a studio art degree can be. Students explore all types of media, from ink and clay to steamrollers and fire. They take risks, fail successfully, and make amazing artwork. They're as fluent designing with the computer as they are with their hands. Students develop authentic, original voices and learn to redefine what's possible in the arts, industry, and beyond.
Emphasis on a strong studio practice is at the heart of our program. Students engage in coursework from Art + Extended Media, Graphic + Media Design and Interior Design. Students collaborate on projects that take place beyond the classroom where they are challenged with creating art in unique spaces.
Art + Extended Media Students are encouraged to take Topics courses that are unique to traditional curriculum. Our most recent Topics class in Destruction challenged students to create work through destruction, adding to and pushing the boundaries of students' studio practice.
Each semester, the Department schedules trips to New York City and surrounding art institutions to help students stay current with what's happening in contemporary art. In addition, the Department collaborates with the Opalka Gallery to bring artists and designers to the campus to speak with our students. Seeing and being seen enhances studio practice and promotes the development of a professional network.
The bottom line is that you enjoy what you do. We will challenge you to make thoughtful, engaging work that is yours, which is when art is at its best. Come for a visit!


From 1969 to 1971, then Major General William Desobry served as the Commanding General of the 1st Armored Division at Fort Hood. He retired from the United States Army in 1975 as a Lieutenant General after 34 years of service. Desobry died in San Antonio on January 12, 1996. He is buried at the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.
In this news segment for Houston's KPRC-TV, Brigadier General William Desobry evaluates the state of the Vietnam War. At the time of this interview on June 28, 1968, Desobry had recently finished a two-year tour as Senior Advisor tot he ARVN IV Corps in Vietnam and was then serving as the Director of Army Operations. Despite Desobry's optimism, 1968 was less a turning point signaling American military success and more an indication of growing public opposition. After years of extensive military aid with little progress, more and more Americans began to doubt the federal government's assurances of victory.


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Why Will Ferrell Has His Doubts
After seven years at Saturday Night Live, Will Ferrell took his Emmy-nominated comedic talent to the big screen, where he proved how far he could push the proverbial envelope. Ferrell has remained outrageous in some very funny films, including the hit Talladega Nights in which he buddied up with John C. Reilly. The pair had such a good time that they couldn't wait to get back together.
In Step Brothers, the reunion comes with lots of laughs (and a few gasps) as Ferrell and Reilly play a couple of losers who have something in common: They're still living at home with their parents.
Were you hanging around the house when you should have been looking for your own place?
"I did the classic go away to college and then move back home for three years. That was a nice little deal for me. I still had this list of things I wanted to do before I had to get a job in the real world. One of them was to try out stand-up comedy and just trying to make people laugh. I guess it was always a nagging thought, and I had a supportive mother who allowed me to live at home rent-free while I drove back and forth up to L.A. and took classes at the Groundlings and started kind of exploring comedy."
Do you remember the first time you did stand-up?
"I totally bombed. I had the typical experience when all the moisture leaves your mouth. I kept licking my upper lip because it stuck to my teeth. I asked friends in the audience, 'How did I do?' They said, 'You were funny, but you have this bad tic. You do this thing where you lick your lip a lot.'"
Has it gotten easier to be funny?
"My life feels like it's the same sort of thing. I still think back on how nervous I was just to audition for Saturday Night Live. I can still remember the feeling of waiting in the hallway while I listened to the performer in front of me. Then I walked into the studio into a spotlight and saw Lorne Michaels sitting in the shadows and no audience was there to laugh the whole time you're doing your five- to eight-minute bit. That memory still feels like it was 15 minutes ago."
But you've had so much success since then.
"I think you go through real periods of feeling really confident and then you go right back to feeling like you're terrible and 'Boy, I'd better think of another job because this could fall to pieces at any moment.' You know, so it's a weird mixture of supreme confidence and then, like, you just have moments and times where it's like 'hah.'"
John C. Reilly said that you weren't mad when he drove a car faster than you did in Talladega Nights. Would you like to set the record straight?
"He said he got up to 150 miles per hour, but it was only 143. I guess I have to admit that my best speed was 135. But we all had the same goal, which was to beat Britney Spears who was once clocked at 112 on the same track."
You haven't talked a lot about your wife. Is she funny too?
"She's not a comedian, but she's very funny in her own way. I do think she lost her sense of humor when I proposed to her. I took her to an undisclosed location, blindfolded her, put her in the trunk of a car and said, 'Do you want to marry me?' She goes, 'No.' But then I pursued her doggedly for seven years and then she finally said 'yes'—maybe because I wrote her over 10,000 letters while I was in prison."
Any advice on raising kids?
"Don't let them play in old abandoned refrigerators. Let's see, what else? If you're flying with your children, it's better to book them on the same flight as you and not on a separate one just so they can have more leg room or something. Travel as a family."
Do you ever have any doubt about how far you should go to get a laugh?
"Commitment in comedy is the biggest thing you have to do, I think, regardless of what that calls for. I don't really know any other way to do something other than to just go for it. It's kind of a shame if you don't, because what other pursuit gives you the license to do that and not get arrested, and get paid for it?"
What don't you like to do?
"Sit and talk about myself for five hours. Now that would be excruciating."
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"If you can imagine it, you can do it"
It was one of his favourite mottos. And there is no doubt that Ferrari had an extraordinary ability to make real the ideas that his curious mind focused on in a life that was very intense but also marked by habits and a series of routines that rarely saw him leave Modena and Maranello.
Enzo Ferrari has been physically missing from Ferrari for 30 years, since 14 August 1988, but has never really left, because the people who worked with him transmitted to their colleagues the passion and respect for the work that he saw almost as a vocation. As with the F40 of 1987, the last car personally approved by Enzo, all current Ferraris also capture and show the passion hardwired into their DNA. Ferrari always stands out on the market as well as on the track, because every car that carries the Prancing Horse on its body is still animated by Enzo Ferrari's dream, a dream that has become reality.


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Деви́ль () — французская фамилия.

 Известные носители
 Девиль, Александра (Александра Петровна Кравченко; 1951—2012) — украинская писательница, автор романов, стихотворений и новелл.
  (1854—1940) — французский политический деятель и историк.
 Девиль, Мишель (1931—2023) — французский режиссёр и сценарист.
 Девиль, Мишель (род. 1946) — бельгийский хоккеист на траве.
 Девиль, Селин (род. 1982) — французская футболистка, вратарь команды «Монпелье» и женской сборной Франции.
 Девиль, Эмиль (1824—1853) — французский зоолог.
 Составные фамилии
 Сент-Клер Девиль, Анри Этьен (1818—1881) — французский физикохимик.
 Сент-Клер Девиль, Шарль (1814—1876) — французский геолог и метеоролог.
 Псевдонимы
 Вилли Девиль (1950—2009) — американский певец и композитор.
 Рокси Девиль (Кэти Линн Авола; род. 1982) — американская порноактриса.

 Топонимы
 Девиль — коммуна во Франции, в департаменте Арденны.
 Девиль-ле-Руан — коммуна во Франции, в департаменте Приморская Сена.

 Техника
 Cadillac Deville — автомобиль американской фирмы Cadillac.

См. также
 Девильи, Теодор Луи (1818—1886) — французский художник.


After Christmas, the city provides recycling for live Christmas trees ONLY at various locations. Please ensure that all lights, garland, tinsel, stands, spikes, plastic, and any other types of attachments are removed from the trees. Flocked trees must not be taken to any of these locations as they are NOT recyclable. No other waste, garbage, or commercial dumping is acceptable. Mixed loads of trees and garbage cannot be recycled and are taken to the dump, which significantly increases the cost to the city. Residents are responsible to get the trees to the designated recycling locations within the city, as curbside pickup is not available.
Take trees to the designated drop-off areas from December 26 through January 3, 2019. With everyone's considerate compliance, the city will be able to continue this service.


The fundamental basis of nuclear medicine is the radiopharmaceutical – a drug which includes a radionuclide emitting radiation. The radiopharmaceutical is administered (orally or intravenously) to the patient and is then captured and retained in cells and tissues. The capacity of the radiopharmaceutical to locate specific organs and cell receptors allows it to supply information on the disease process based on cellular function and anatomy. The emissions from the radiopharmaceutical are received by external detectors, such as a gamma camera and camera PET, which are able to form images from the captured radiation.
"What we do, here in Nuclear Medicine, is strictly regulated, with very specific national and international standards, which we are obligated to comply with on a daily basis, so that we can be certain that the activity and quantity of ionizing radiation given to patients is small enough.
Moreover, we also know that when we release our patients from our Department, the quantity of radiation emitted by these patients is small enough – almost negligible – and we are sure that they are not going to expose other people to potentially harmful radiation during the timeframe that the patient is expelling the radiopharmaceuticals.
At the CCC our mission is to utilise radiopharmaceuticals to provide the best possible service with a rapid response in all areas of diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine. This includes General Nuclear Medicine, Single Photon Emission Tomography (SPECT), Positron Emission Tomography (PET), and therapy with radionuclides.
Our highly experienced team is involved in clinical research and active in a number of projects aimed at improving the quality of diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine.


All my life I dreamed of going to Africa to try to help those less fortunate than I. In 2009, I finally got serious and started my search for an organization or group to help me make this dream a reality. I was done dreaming and ready to start doing. I had no idea where to start my search, so I bought several books on different organizations who take volunteers on humanitarian trips to Africa and other places. Many of these organizations were based in the US, but I found them to be quite expensive. Then somehow I came across the Elghana website and decided this was the way to go. They were affordable, flexible with dates, and best of all, based right in the country I wanted to visit. Who knows a country better than someone who lives and grew up there?
In March of 2010, my dream became a reality when Elghana arranged my trip to Nsuta, Ghana to work in a rural medical clinic. It ended up being an unforgettable and life changing experience. Though I was only there for 2 weeks, I was fortunate to be able to have so many different experiences. I am an RN and happened to be in Ghana during one of their 3 day mass polio vaccination campaigns. I was able to travel to many of the outlying villages, schools and markets to administer the polio vaccination to the children. It was the most amazing experience!
At the clinic, where people walked miles for healthcare, I weighed the babies and administered vaccines. I also witnessed the birth of a baby which is much different than births in the US. The woman walked miles to the clinic while in labor, gave birth and walked home with the baby hours later.
During this visit to Ghana I was also able to experience a funeral. Funerals in Ghana typically last three days. It was not a sad event, but a celebration of the person's life, with a band and dancing. I also visited an orphanage in Mampong. When I left the orphanage, 2 of the children clung to me waved to the other children like they were going to leave with me. This broke my heart and at that time I made up my mind that my next visit to Ghana would be to work at an orphanage.
My work in Nsuta was very gratifying but perhaps the thing that made my trip so memorable was the Ghanaian People and especially the children. I was struck by the fact that so many people had so little but were still so happy. Elghana made sure that our host family took care of us and brought us our meals every day. Each night the host children and other children from the village came to our room and hung out on the rooftop with us. No TV, no video games, just talk and laughter and the beauty of connecting with other people who initially seemed so different from me, but in reality were very much the same. I went to Ghana hoping and expecting that I could improve the lives of others less fortunate, but left with the realization that it was I whose life was improved because I gained and learned so much from the experience. For that I am grateful to Elghana and all the wonderful people of Ghana.
In February of 2012, I returned to Kasoa, Ghana to work at an Orphanage. Another wonderful experience! My friend Esther who I met in on my previous trip to Nsuta even traveled 4 hours to meet at the airport along with Elghana staff. There are over 100 children in this orphanage, but everything ran like clockwork. All the older children had their specific chores and helped care for the younger children. Again, the children had very little, but were very happy and always smiling and laughing. I got up at 4am every day to go to the orphanage to help bathe, clothe and feed the toddlers before they went off to school. The middle of our day was free so I often went town or market or the beach with the other volunteers. At 4pm we went back to the orphanage to feed, and bathe the toddlers again and played with them until bedtime. The cook at the orphanage prepared our meals for us-usually a rice or noodle dish with red sauce and plantains. Breakfast was usually a light meal of tea and biscuits, but one day the cook surprised us with pancakes so we could try the New York Maple Syrup I had brought for them. They were the most delicious pancakes I have ever eaten!
I also had the privilege of again attending a funeral- this time the children of the orphanage marched and played their band instruments. I was was so impressed by their talent. I also attended an outside church service in which there was much singing, praying and dancing. My experiences at the orphanage were unforgettable and the children truly touched my heart. I wanted take them all home!
My advice to anyone desiring to go to Africa for any humanitarian project is to not think twice-just do it- you will be forever changed. Elghana is a great organization to go through- they arrange for your project, housing, transportation in country and meals. You always have someone with you or someone from the organization you can call at any time. There are a few key things to keep in mind before going: first, read as much about the country and the people as you can to prepare yourself, but don't go with any pre-conceived ideas. Flexibility and keeping an open mind is key to your success. Remember that you are the visitor in someone else's culture, and do not judge. Beyond that, just relax and enjoy the country, the people and the culture. Somehow, Africa gets into your blood an you have to go back. (At least that happened to me) My hope and goal is to return every year.
Thank you Gyamfi and the rest of the Elghana team for helping my dream become a reality!


Moved to Midland, January 1883.
Victoria Lodge No. 470 Instituted at Victoria Harbour, July 7th, 1904.
Consecrated on October 12th, 1905.
The Victoria Harbour Lumber Company built its sawmills on Hog Bay to take advantage of the railway that terminated in Midland, as well as being able to ship lumber by water. Originally Victoria Harbour was a railway station and post office located in Tay Township. 229 Albert Street, a two storey cinder block building with a brick fi'ont, was built as the Municipal Building for Tay Township with the Municipal Offices, including a lock up on the ground level and the Council Chambers on the second floor. Of interest is that the only access to the second floor was by an outside stairway.
In 1911, Victoria Harbour was incorporated as a village and shared office space in the front of the Municipal Building. The Tay Municipal Telephone Company was also located at the front of the building, where its switchboard was operated 24 hours a day.
In 1949, Tay Township built an office on Park Street, and the Village of Victoria Harbour moved their office to the fonner library at the comer of William and Albert Street. A new building was built for the telephone Exchange next door.
The same year, a fire destroyed a building block on Richard Street, where the Victoria Masonic Lodge had rented space. Lodge members then purchased 229 Albert Street and relocated the Lodge room to the second floor. At the same time the, O.P.P. consolidated their Midland, Waubaushene and Port McNicoll Detachments and relocated to the ground floor at 229 Albert Street, as the Victoria Harbour Detachment.
When the O.P.P. moved their Detachment to Midland, the first floor was renovated and became a banquet room. In 1983 an addition was constructed on the west side of the building with an enclosed stairway to the second floor, a kitchen on the first floor and washrooms in the basement.
In 2007, Caledonian Lodge No. 249 sold their building on Fuller Avenue Midland and amalgamated with Victoria Lodge No. 470, fonning Bayport Lodge Noo 249 at 229 Albert Street. Following the amalgamation, the building was renovated both on the exterior and on the second floor.
The name Bayport had over the years been used by the Masonic Grand Lodge to describe the group of five Lodges in this area, and was therefore adopted by the amalgamating lodges as a fitting tribute to our past. We look forward to the future of Bayport Lodge No. 249, at 229 Albert Street Victoria Harbour.


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Q: Word for the Way a Culture or Group Feeds Itself Does there exist a word that collectively refers to the ways cultures get their food? (i.e. agriculture, hunter-gatherer society) I can't find any words relating to this concept in the way that I need
Example Sentence: 'A phoresite is more likely to become pastoral than find some other __________'

A: Rather than a singular word, I would say that, based on your example sentence, 'form of sustenance' or 'form of nourishment' would work well. Both refer to a form of food and are not specific as to what that food is.


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Some of the Devotees had taken pictures of Swami and this Divine Miracle of Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba appeared.
During this Time Bhagwan Sri Ayyappa had explained to us that every day for him is Navratri and that one should always dedicate every day to the mother.
During Navratri Bhagwan Ayyappa had asked Adi Shakti, Mother of Mothers is she is with him and in the sky Her divine Form appeared showing that she is always with him.
Sri Ayyappa developes a hole in his foot due to the Severe amount of Negativity he has taken on throughout the Universe and World.
As you can see from the pictures below many Divine Leelas have manifested in his foot.
Whilst in Gibraltar Sri Ayyappa was watering the garden and the devlotees had noticed a huge golden ball of energy. To their surprise the sun never rises or sets here it is in the other direction and hence they could not understand what this ball of light was.
Sri Ayyappa had braught down his Divine Athma to give darshan to all.


This is All Japan news's most expensive fruit parlor located in Tokyo.
This is a store of the Sembikiya fruit emporium. It is run by the same Samurai-descendant family since 1834. They began as a discount fruit store. But, the wife of the second-generation owner had decided that they can make more money the other way around… by making them expensive.
This store is actually not a grocery store.
It's really a gift shop. It is estimated that 80-90 percent of their products are bought as gifts. It's a customary in All Japan news to give expensive fruits as presents for special occasions like weddings, business transactions, and even hospital visits.
It costs $21 for these "Sekai-ichi" apples at this fruit emporium.
Yes, that's right! It costs $21 PER apple. "Sekai-ichi" means "world's best." I'm guessing that these apples were watered with honey, angel piss, and some of Donald Trump's tears. Nah… just kidding!
You can get this square watermelon for only $212! What?
You can buy these twelve-pack of Queen Strawberries for $69.
Talk about being expensive! This can be similar to a 12-piece sushi meal at a high class restaurant.
A box of these delicious looking cherries cost $159.50 which would be $4 per cherry.
Or perhaps you'd be interested in a medly of 6 fruits for $170.
$127 for a Densuke watermelon.
Recently in 2011, Hokkaido farmers mourned the steep price drop for these watermelons. It was actually auctioned for about $4,000. Only 100 of these stripeless watermelons are grown each year in Hokkaido.
$160 for one Yubari cantaloups or $265 for two of them.
It was said that they are the most expensive fruits on earth. What you're about to hear is going to make you say wow… a melon actually auctioned for $23,500! What!
What makes these cantaloups so special? These cantaloups are grown in perfectly weathered greenhouses and are also given hats to prevent them from getting sun burn. Each of the plant grows only one fruit so that it can absorb the whole plant's sweetness.
How exactly did fruit become a luxury gift item out of anything else?
Researchers say that fruit as a luxury item stems from the fact that vegetables were always plentiful in All Japan newsese agriculture. That would mean fruit was not essential for nutrition.
The Sembikiya family has claimed that they were the ones who started the tradition of fruit gift giving decades ago. It's half true because there's a market for fruit as a high-end gift, farmers actually go to extreme measures to increase the fruits flavor and to ensure a blemish-less presentation. Orchards are hand-pollinated with tiny wands, the fruits are each given an individual protective boxes to grow in.
This is the reason why you'll see perfect melons sitting behind velvet ropes and bulletproof glass.


Frutas shop manager Kelly Odom with a former staff member Travis Powell outside the shop, which will close on Saturday.
A landmark independent shop on Market Harborough's High Street is closing down this Saturday, after more than 30 years in the town.
Traditional greengrocer Frutas says its customer numbers have been falling in recent years, especially in the last seven months.
The shop has seen a particular decline since Harborough Market became a six-day-a-week operation, said shop manager Kelly Odom.
Harborough Market won an award as Britain's Best Small Indoor Market last week.
Frutas will continue as a business, because it has a large delivery side, supplying 70 schools, as well as restaurants and other businesses.
As reported previously in the Harborough Mail, locally-based The Furniture Barn has shut its accessories branch in Rockingham Road, as part of a scaling-down of its operations.
There's now no sign of East Midlands camping and outdoor gear shop George Allen, in Church Street, except a note thanking customers.
The chain furniture shop Cargo, on the High Street, closed on Wednesday, although it will be replaced by the Bensons for Beds chain.
Independent kids clothes and games store Cots 'N' Togs in Church Street will cease trading at the end of February, due to the retirement of co-owners, Sue Needham and Gail Clive-Hollis.
Gail said: "We've been overwhelmed by the number of people who've come in and said 'we're sad you're going'.


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Archaeological Investigations: Arizona Nuclear Power Project, BLM and Private Land, Maricopa County, Arizona: Final Report for Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Waste Water Conveyance System (1977)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Pat H. Stein.
This report attempts to document, assess, and develop a plan for conserving archaeological resources along the waste water conveyance system for the Arizona Nuclear Power Project. The paper describes 13 sites which were discovered during an intensive survey of the proposed facility, evaluates these sites in relation to the archaeological resource base of the Lower Gila River Valley, and recommends procedures for mitigating the adverse effects of construction on these cultural remains. The survey...
Fish Canyon Survey (1988)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Bruce B. Huckell. Tim Rollins. M. M. Farrell. Mark M. South. Barbara Murphy. Ronald Beckwith.
An archaeological survey of slightly more than 1.25 square miles (approximately 840 acres) of land located at the eastern edge of the Coronado National Forest (Nogales Ranger District) approximately 4.2 miles northwest of Sonoita has been performed by the Cultural Resource Management Division (CRMD) of the Arizona State Museum. The survey was done at the request of Genesis Real Estate and Development, Incorporated, as part of a proposed land exchange with the Coronado National Forest.
Golden Depot Arizona Site Steward File (2004)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Steve Ross. Shelley Rasmussen.
This is an Arizona Site Steward file for Golden Depot, in use between 1910 and 1930, located on State Trust Land. The site is comprised of cement foundations, a root cellar/loading ramp, collapsed structure, cement trough, and artifact scatter. The file consists of a site data form, map of the site location, five color photographs of site disturbance with accompanying descriptions, a criminal damage report, and a criminal activity report. The earliest dated document is from 2004.
Wirth Associates Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Transmission System, Salt River Project, Maricopa County, Arizona: Final Report for Archaeological Impact Study: Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Routing Alternate to Westwing Receiving Station (1975)
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Wirth Associates contracted with the Museum of Northern Arizona to conduct an archaeological impact study of a proposed Salt River Project Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Routing Alternate to Westwing Receiving Station. This study delineates areas with three levels of potential site occurence for the project area, and investigates potential effects on the cultural resources of the alternative corridors proposed by Salt River Project. A short data gathering phase, prior to field work,...


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Known as a "culinary mecca" (Southern Living) and one of the Hottest Food Cities (Zagat), Raleigh, N.C., knows a little something about delicious food. Make the destination's culinary scene a part of your wedding, with caterers cooking up can't-stop-talking-about food for your wedding reception.


Can Hearing Problems Lead to Fighting Among Couples?
For a person experiencing that gradual loss of hearing, tension builds in two ways. One, they never know how their spouse or partner will respond to their inability to understand a question or follow a story. There is tension in trying to deny a problem exists, too. It's hard to accept that you have hearing loss, especially when it is related to aging. As the frustration builds on both sides, it's bound to trigger more fights.


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Q: Is there a way to force the navigation component to recreate a fragment when the bottom navigation is reselected So basically, I have a bottom navigation using the Navigation component for Android. I need to refresh my fragment when reselecting the bottom navigation but when I reselect the item in the bottom nav, it keeps the state of the fragment the same. Is it possible to use the navcontroller to force the fragment to refresh?

A: You can use a callback and when reselected just call the function again which is fetchingData() and set it to UI.
Without seeing your code, it's difficult to help you with the exact answer.


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Q: PM2 Process Stops After Some Days / Time Issue I've a problem with my react and node application, in production, when i'm using the following commands to run my node app in production:
pm2 start app.js --name=MyAppName
pm2 save --force
after executing the above commands, server runs successfully, that is perfect.
but after some days pm2 process stops automatically without giving any logs
please help me about the above issue,
I'm so worried about this, Thanks


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A common misconception about search engine optimization (SEO) is that businesses can do an optimization overhaul on their website, check off everything on our SEO checklist and then forget about it. While that's always a good start, the problem is that SEO is not a one-and-done marketing tactic. As we've mentioned many times in the past, SEO is constantly changing and evolving. That SEO makeover you gave your website needs regular monitoring and analysis to determine how to improve and steadily increase rankings on the search engine results pages (SERPs). We've put together five reasons your SEO strategy should be planned for the long haul.
Google updates its algorithm between 500 and 600 times a year. That means it's often changing multiple times a day. There are usually larger, more publicized updates a few times a year that will affect SEO strategies more significantly, but these daily updates can also subtly affect rankings and give SEOs clues as to where Google's larger updates are headed. It is for this reason that ongoing monitoring and adjusting of an optimization strategy and content plan is necessary to determine what is and isn't working to improve website rankings. This means updates to the website itself, as well as meta data and on-page content.
Marketing Relevance recently discussed why it's important for businesses to have a blog and the elements of a good company blog. Fresh content is one of the most important factors in a good SEO strategy. Google has gotten increasingly better at reading and understanding the meaning behind content and discerning meaning from the context of a web page. This means that all website content should be written with SEO strategy in mind.
In addition to writing optimized content for a website, there should also be new content posted to the website as often as possible. We recommend at a minimum adding content weekly, or every other week, if not daily. Google ranks recent, valuable content more highly than older content because it does not want to show searchers outdated or incorrect information. In addition to improving the chances that Google will rank a website higher in the SERPs, regularly updated content also increases the likelihood that visitors will stay on the page longer and visit other pages on the website. If they don't immediately find what they are looking for, they will click the back button to return to search results, which records a bounce. A lower bounce rate and higher average time on site tells Google that searchers are finding the answers they were looking for on that page and will be more likely to rank it higher in search results.
SEO isn't a secret. There's a very good chance your competitors are developing their own SEO strategies and following the trends and Google algorithm updates. If they aren't, you have a very good opportunity to establish your business on the first page of search results, ideally in the top five spots, before they catch on. However, most competitors are likely already implementing SEO and will be updating and adjusting their strategies to keep their rankings high. If your business isn't doing the same, your rankings will quickly fall below your competitors.
You may have heard the term "Mobilegeddon" over the last year or so, which refers to a Google algorithm update that changed the way Google ranks websites on mobile devices, making mobile friendly websites and content even more important. New devices and software updates are launched frequently from multiple technology companies making it crucial that your website and content is user friendly and visually appealing across every device. Websites that aren't mobile friendly may no longer rank in mobile search.
Part of the reason many people believe you can optimize your website once and be done is because they don't understand how far it actually reaches. SEO isn't just keywords and title tags anymore. Webmasters should be optimizing all the content on their website, right down to the HTML. This includes images (use alt tags), videos (optimize your titles and descriptions), all written content, <h> tags, navigation, social media, directory listings and citations, backlinks and so much more. In order to keep up with the many aspects of a sound SEO strategy, you need to be continuously updating and adjusting as you see what is working and what isn't.
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Fulbright scholar to teach martial arts class
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A Chinese Fulbright Scholar arrived at Northern this semester to instruct a martial arts class and help students and the community with self-healing.
Master Han Jingsheng is a martial arts instructor, therapeutic massage healer and doctor of tuina, a traditional Chinese medicine.
As a Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence, Master Han is one of 800 teachers and professionals given the opportunity to come to the United States. The grants are awarded to individual scholars to conduct research, give lectures or both at universities in the United States, according to the Fulbright Scholar Program Web site.
The award is competitive and one must have a host in the United States to send a letter to the scholar's country ensuring that the scholar actually has an individual assisting them in the States, according to the Web site.
Z.Z. Lehmberg, an NMU professor, was the host Master Han needed to attain the Fulbright grant. She brought him to Northern for this semester to teach the martial arts class and give lectures to the community. Lehmberg met Master Han while traveling with students to China in 2006. She will act as his translator until his departure in May after the end of winter semester.
"I was inspired by how well my students and Master Han got along with each other in China," Lehmberg said. "I noticed a mutual attraction between them; the students were curious about and interested in traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese martial arts, while Master Han was curious about and interested in the American culture and people."
Lehmberg also said she thought having Master Han come to NMU would be a great experience for both him and the university.
While at Northern, Master Han has written two articles about martial arts and Chinese medicine.
Starting March 11, Han will teach HP295Q Martial Arts in the Berry Events Center on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 to 7:40 p.m. This class will focus on the art of yiquan.
In an article written by Master Han and his brother, Han Jingyu, they said, "Summed up, [yiquan] could be called man's pursuit of a healthy mind and body . aimed at training and cultivating the practitioner by developing the natural instinctive abilities of the human body and mind."
Master Han has also been giving lectures to NMU classes and to residents of the Marquette area.
NMU students have been working closely with Master Han in preparation for his lectures and classes. These students have been conducting an independent study by translating these lectures into English.
Master Han is teaching the students many different aspects of Chinese culture, said Ellisa Clumpner, junior undeclared major. She is one of the students participating in Master Han's studies.
"I'm learning a lot of new vocabulary as well as culture as Master Han explains to me Chinese philosophies, martial arts, acupressure and their relationships," Clumpner said.
Master Han has also had his lectures and speeches translated by NMU student William Gasper.
He said he thought that Master Han's teachings could benefit more than just individual students.
"Chinese medicine has a lot of things for us to learn," Gasper said. "This will be very good for our society and it will be interesting."
Master Han said he feels that he has had quite a different experience than his life in China before he left.
"I feel pretty good here. This is a very quiet and peaceful environment," he said, through a translator. "The only inconvenience I have experienced is living without a car, and also the language barrier."
Students can still register for HP295Q Martial Arts with Master Han. The class will only be offered this semester while Master Han is at NMU.


What is residency personal statement word count? If you are looking to find not only personal statement length but also tips on how to come up with a stellar one, check out this list for help in writing personal statement.
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Explain the reasons you think you are suitable for the course. You should also give evidence that you fit the bill, meaning that you are appropriate for the selection criteria. However, you should also research the profession, the course and the school to show that you understand what it means to study in the university and that you can handle the challenges.
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You should show that you are a critical thinker that you have already been working on for years before getting to this application. In addition, highlight your long-term goals, which the admissions committee may also be looking from their applicants. Write about what you are looking forward to finishing the program as well as when you are already in practice.
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Q: Using DecimalFormat with Android Development I have looked at ways to solve this I am still very new to java and just looking into it and am kind of diving head first into it and ran into a problem. The problem I am having is that I want to change the number of Decimal places that is output by this "Tip Calculator" I am making and I also want it to format in currency using the $ symbol. My code is below I am using
public class TipCalculatorActivity extends Activity {

      DecimalFormat money = new DecimalFormat("$0.00");
      EditText costofmeal, tippercent;
      TextView tiptotal, totalbill;
      Button calctipbtn;
      BigDecimal costNum, percentNum, billNum;

      /** Called when the activity is first created. */
      @Override
      public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

            super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
            setContentView(R.layout.main);
            calctipbtn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.calctipbtn);
            costofmeal = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.CostofMeal);
            tippercent = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.PercentTipText);
            tiptotal = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.tiptotal);
            totalbill = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.totalbill);
            calctipbtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
            public void onClick(View v) {
                // TODO Auto-generated method stub
                costNum = new BigDecimal(costofmeal.getText().toString());
                percentNum = new BigDecimal(tippercent.getText().toString());

                tiptotal.setText(costNum.multiply(percentNum).toString());
                System.out.println(money.format(tiptotal));

                costNum = new BigDecimal(costofmeal.getText().toString());
                billNum = new BigDecimal(tiptotal.getText().toString());

                totalbill.setText(costNum.add(billNum).toString());
                System.out.println(money.format(totalbill));
            }
          });
     }
}

My method of thinking was basically that I could have the output of the equation and then I could use the money.format and call the textview that I used and it would format it to the DecimalFormat that I had. Instead now the app force closes when I hit the calculate button the log errors I get are
06-04 21:32:57.242: D/AndroidRuntime(1905): Shutting down VM

06-04 21:32:57.242: W/dalvikvm(1905): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception    (group=0x40015578)

06-04 21:32:57.257: E/AndroidRuntime(1905): FATAL EXCEPTION: main

06-04 21:32:57.257: E/AndroidRuntime(1905): java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

06-04 21:32:57.257: E/AndroidRuntime(1905):     at java.text.NumberFormat.format(NumberFormat.java:308)

06-04 21:32:57.257: E/AndroidRuntime(1905):     at
java.text.DecimalFormat.format(DecimalFormat.java:714)

06-04 21:32:57.257: E/AndroidRuntime(1905):     at java.text.Format.format(Format.java:93)

06-04 21:32:57.257: E/AndroidRuntime(1905):     at com.verge.tipcalc.TipCalculatorActivity$1.onClick(TipCalculatorActivity.java:50)

06-04 21:32:57.257: E/AndroidRuntime(1905):     at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:2537)

06-04 21:32:57.257: E/AndroidRuntime(1905):     at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:9157)

06-04 21:32:57.257: E/AndroidRuntime(1905):     at
android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)

06-04 21:32:57.257: E/AndroidRuntime(1905):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)

06-04 21:32:57.257: E/AndroidRuntime(1905):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)

06-04 21:32:57.257: E/AndroidRuntime(1905):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3687)

06-04 21:32:57.257: E/AndroidRuntime(1905):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)

06-04 21:32:57.257: E/AndroidRuntime(1905):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)

06-04 21:32:57.257: E/AndroidRuntime(1905):     at
com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:842)

06-04 21:32:57.257: E/AndroidRuntime(1905):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:600)

06-04 21:32:57.257: E/AndroidRuntime(1905):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

All I want to do is round the totalbill and the tiptotal to 2 decimal places and have it formatted in currency I have tried like 3-4 methods I looked up and none of them have been successful.

A: lYou will need to do it like this -
DecimalFormat money = new DecimalFormat("00.00");
money.setRoundingMode(RoundingMode.UP);// you can also use DOWN here if you dont need to round up the decimal.
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System.out.println(money.format(new Double(totalbill.getText())));

Whats important here i think you missed is new Double(totalbill.getText()) . You cannot pass totalBill directly as it is textView. You will need to parse it into Double or Flot and than pass it to formatter.
Also $ can be appended later to the text.
totalbill.setText("$" + totalbill.getText())

A: u can try this code
Convert ur BigDecimal value like this so that its decimal value will be upto 2 places
   BigDecimal bd = new BigDecimal( costNum);
   bd = bd.setScale(2, BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_UP);


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Top women's hockey players resolute in fight for new league
Associated PressNov 11, 2019, 8:06 AM EST
PITTSBURGH — Hilary Knight has a gold medal. What she would like is a full-time job. Not just for her. For the other 200-plus members of the Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association too. One that pays all of them well enough to simply go play instead of forcing most to find side gigs just to get by. One that provides adequate medical insurance. One that provides something resembling stability.
At the moment, the forward who scored the first goal for Team USA in the 2018 Olympic gold medal game victory over Canada doesn't believe such a job exists. It's why Knight and the rest of the PWHPA announced in May they would not play in North America during the 2019-2020 season, a decision that meant the 30-year-old would be sacrificing at least one winter – if not more – of her prime in the pursuit of something resembling equality.
Six months into a self-imposed sabbatical, Knight is equal parts anxious and resolute. Asked how long the PWHPA can hold out and she's politely blunt.
"I don't think there's a set answer to that," she said. "Obviously, as players, we want to compete. We want to play in a league right now. However, we don't have a league right now to play in so my answer would be, 'Yesterday is too long.' But at the same time, it's as long as it takes for us to fulfill our needs of finding a sustainable, viable solution."
At least Knight is keeping busy. She knows that makes her one of the lucky ones.
While the majority of the PWHPA either plays internationally or not at all waiting for a league – preferably one backed by the NHL – to materialize, Knight and the rest of Team USA and Team Canada began preparations for the 2019-2020 Rivalry Series by working out last week at the Pittsburgh Penguins' practice facility. In a way, the training camp, which included a pair of sold-out exhibitions was a sign the movement the PWHPA started is gaining support. The two superpowers decided to get together after the Four Nations Cup in Sweden was canceled when top Swedish players pulled out of national team events due to concerns over salary and working conditions.
The PWHPA members believe there is palpable momentum for change, pointing to the support they received during the first three stops of "The Dream Gap Tour " earlier this fall. The three-day showcases in Toronto, New Hampshire and Chicago included intrasquad games between members of the PWPHA as well as clinics that allowed them to work alongside the girls they know will one day benefit from the stand the association is making now.
"I don't think we knew what to expect after that news that happened in May," Canadian star Marie Philip Poulin said. "It was a great start and hopefully it's going to keep going."
The tour will likely continue in 2020, though the details have yet to be ironed out. Between that and the Rivalry Series – which officially begins in Hartford, Connecticut, on Dec. 14 – the top Canadian and American players are keeping plenty busy. At least in the short term. What happens after the 2020 World Championships wrap up in April is uncertain.
"Hockey wise, we've been getting what we need to to be ready in the long run (for international play)," said Team Canada forward Melodie Daoust. "But we're not where we want to be, being treated like professional or having more hockey games. But the answer to all of that is we're waiting for the NHL to step in."
A step the NHL remains reluctant to take with the National Women's Hockey League still in play. While the Canadian Women's Hockey League closed after 12 years of operation last spring – due in part to competition with the NWHL for talent – the five-team NWHL is in the midst of its fifth season , soldiering on without the same star power.
"It's a glorified beer league to me," said Knight, who won a scoring title with the NWHL's Boston Pride before moving on to the CHWL. "It's serving a purpose but it's not elite talented players that are playing at a high level."
Asked if the PWHPA can create a league that meets its needs without the NHL's support, American Kendall Coyne Schofield offers a qualified yes.
"If the NHL's not going to step in, we could but I think we all have the understanding that the NHL would provide the resources that we would want to see in a true professional league," Coyne Schofield said. "We have not seen a legitimate professional league to date and we know that the infrastructure that the NHL has, the resources it has, the buildings they have, the staff that they have is something that this game needs. We need to wait and see what they do."
And they intend to wait however long is necessary.
"In terms of the sacrifice players are making, I think you can ask anyone, it's 100% worth it knowing that we're fighting for something that's going to last forever," the 27-year-old Schofield said. "And for me, my clock is ticking, but if I can leave this game better than it was, that's what's most important."
Even if it leads to some potentially messy politics down the road. Though current WNHL players are not "scabs," – the NWHL does have its own players' association – there is a chance one day that the women playing in the NWHL now could one day be competing with members of the PWHPA for roster spots if another league comes to fruition.
"If they're vibing with what we're trying to do and our mission, they're more than welcome to hop into the PWHPA and join just as any member has joined," Knight said. "We've got a really talented group and we're trying to carve out a better future. Not having health care and getting paid pennies to go play and call yourself professional, that's not something any of us are interested in. So when people wake up and see the bigger picture, come and join us."
The PWHPA remains adamant there is an appetite for professional women's sports. The NBA-backed WNBA recently completed its 23rd season. The National Women's Soccer League received a significant boost last summer while piggybacking off the Women's World Cup, which led to expanded television coverage. Coyne Schofield said the WNBA in particular gives her optimism.
For now, the best players are scattered all over the world, either playing professionally overseas or strictly for their national teams or not playing at all, which in a way has added a new wrinkle to the white-hot tug of war between the Americans and the Canadians. Yes, when they pull on their respective sweaters, it's the same as it ever was. Off the ice, however, there's a sense of detente for the greater good.
"We're all fighting for the same cause," Philip Poulin said. "We're in it together. It's so much bigger than the country we're playing for right now. We're together. We're going to keep going. We're going to go at it and we're going to work together until it works."