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The ancient art of basket weaving is believed to be one of the widest spread crafts in the history of human civilization. The process involves weaving pliable, natural materials together to create a variety of useful forms and vessels. Inspired by the craft, a British sculptor known as Anna & the Willow has put a contemporary twist on this timeless technique. She creates incredible nature-inspired sculptures made from English-grown rods of willow.
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Väljaküla (Duits: Villikull) is een plaats in de Estlandse gemeente Saarde, provincie Pärnumaa. De plaats heeft de status van dorp (Estisch: küla) en telt 48 inwoners (2021).

De Põhimaantee 92, de hoofdweg van Tartu via Viljandi naar Kilingi-Nõmme, komt door Väljaküla. Op de grens met de stad Kilingi-Nõmme komt de weg uit op de Põhimaantee 6. Twee riviertjes, de Alva en de Lähkma, stromen door het dorp.

Geschiedenis
Väljaküla werd in 1560 voor het eerst vermeld als dorp dat door de Russen werd platgebrand tijdens de Lijflandse Oorlog. Het werd toen Villikull genoemd. Het dorp werd opnieuw opgebouwd. In 1638 werd het genoemd onder de naam Willukylle. Het lag op het landgoed Tignitz (het tegenwoordige Tihemetsa). In 1797 werd het genoemd als Willo en in 1816 als Willokülla. In 1900 werd de naam in cyrillisch schrift gespeld als Вальякюля (Valjakülä).

In 1977 werd een deel van het buurdorp Suitsuküla bij Väljaküla gevoegd.

Plaats in Estland

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package org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server;

/**
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public class Constants {

    protected static final String PACKAGE_NAME =
            Constants.class.getPackage().getName();

    public static final String BINARY_BUFFER_SIZE_SERVLET_CONTEXT_INIT_PARAM =
            "org.apache.tomcat.websocket.binaryBufferSize";
    public static final String TEXT_BUFFER_SIZE_SERVLET_CONTEXT_INIT_PARAM =
            "org.apache.tomcat.websocket.textBufferSize";
    public static final String ENFORCE_NO_ADD_AFTER_HANDSHAKE_CONTEXT_INIT_PARAM =
            "org.apache.tomcat.websocket.noAddAfterHandshake";

    // Executor configuration
    public static final String EXECUTOR_CORE_SIZE_INIT_PARAM =
            "org.apache.tomcat.websocket.executorCoreSize";
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     * @deprecated No longer used and will be removed in Tomcat 9.0.x
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    public static final String EXECUTOR_MAX_SIZE_INIT_PARAM =
            "org.apache.tomcat.websocket.executorMaxSize";
    public static final String EXECUTOR_KEEPALIVETIME_SECONDS_INIT_PARAM =
            "org.apache.tomcat.websocket.executorKeepAliveTimeSeconds";

    public static final String SERVER_CONTAINER_SERVLET_CONTEXT_ATTRIBUTE =
            "javax.websocket.server.ServerContainer";

    private Constants() {
        // Hide default constructor
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}

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A stay at JW Marriott Hotel Lima places you in the heart of Lima, steps from Larcomar and close to Ricardo Palma Cultural Center. This 5-star hotel is within close proximity of Puente Villena and Waikiki Beach.
Make yourself at home in one of the 300 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and LCD televisions. Your room comes with a pillowtop bed. Wireless Internet access (surcharge) keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms with separate bathtubs and showers feature designer toiletries and hair dryers.
Treat yourself with massages, body treatments, and facials. You can take advantage of recreational amenities such as a health club, an outdoor pool, and a sauna. Additional features include wireless Internet access (surcharge), babysitting/childcare, and gift shops/newsstands.
Grab a bite at one of the hotel's 2 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at a bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available daily for a fee.
Featured amenities include high-speed (wired) Internet access (surcharge), a 24-hour business center, and express check-in. Planning an event in Lima? This hotel has 43788 square feet (4068 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and meeting rooms. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available on request).
We went to Lima for a surprise 50th birthday trip for my wife. The trip was a huge success and the JW Marriott and staff helped make that possible. Not only is the hotel a first class facility with an A+ location but the staff made us feel so welcomed. When we told them we were staying at their facility and in Lima for the week and not going to Cusco or Machu Picchu, they were so proud we chose Lima as our special destination. They were kind enough to put a nice surprise in the room for her actual birthday and help make her feel special. The room was magnificant with stunning views of the cliffs and the Pacific. The service was top notch and they also have a great executive lounge with an attentive and eager to help staff.
Everything about my stay at the JW Lima went smoothly. Nice clean room, solid lounge, great view, helpful staff... The hotel checks one of my success boxes in being both a visitor and locals destination. The hotel was very happening Saturday evening with weddings and parties for locals with no negative impact on guests. If they can attract locals they're doing something very right.
Why stay anywhere else in Lima?
Beautiful hotel overlooking the Pacific. Extraordinary gym and close to many fabulous dining establishments. Our favorite breakfast though is right in the hotel thanks to the exquisite service and kindness from the lovely staff, especially the bright smiling Yhanell.
The hotel is wonderful. A great neighborhood with a large underground shopping center opposite which has several good restaurants. Our room was large, comfortable and one of the best beds I have ever slept in. Our view of the Pacific Ocean was fabulous.
Loved, loved this hotel. It was a great solo hotel, it was active with nice open spaces to sit around, music in the lobby, and everything was of a high quality. If you are a tourist, I think this is an excellent location that is very central.


Does anyone know if Xylitol E967 is gluten free?
Yes, Xylitol E967 is gluten free and widely used in gluten free food used as a sweetener in soft drinks, milk, breads, preserved fruit, biscuits, yogurts. Xylitol E967 is a white, free flowing powder. It has a neutral odor and has a cooling characteristic.
Why is Xylitol E967 gluten free?
Gluten is a type of elastic grain protein that helps wheat, rye and barley hold their shape. Because of its glue-like properties, gluten is often added to other food products—pasta, sauces, crackers, baked goods—to thicken or bind those products together. Raw materials used in manufacturing of Xylitol E967 are Corn cobs; So The manufacturing process of Xylitol E967 is gluten free. So, Xylitol E967 is gluten free.
What foods contain Xylitol E967?
Food contains Xylitol are mostly in soft drinks, milk, breads, preserved fruit, biscuits, yogurts, produce gum, chewing gums, toffees, soft candies, jellies, chocolates, chewing tablets, soft drinks, milk.


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Q: Why is this jQuery not working on my Sharepoint page? I have this code at the bottom of my Sharepoint WebPart's .ascx file:

On running the WebPart (opening a page that has the WebPart embedded in it), I see the "The ready function has been reached" alert, but on clicking the checkbox, there is no alert.
The checkbox is created like so in the corresponding .ascx.cs file:
var ckbxEmployeeQ = new CheckBox
{
    CssClass = "finaff-webform-field-input",
    ID = "ckbxEmp"
};

It works in a jsfiddle here:
I also tried changing the code in the .ascx file to this:

...thinking that maybe I needed to make the event handler separate from the "ready" function, but it makes no difference - still doesn't display any response to a change/click of the check box.
Why not?
UPDATE
I tried SouXin's code, but I still only see "The ready function has been reached" - clicking the checkbox shows me neither "Checked" nor "Not Checked"
I tried this:
$(document).ready(function () {
    alert("The ready function has been reached");

    $(document).on("change", '#ckbxEmp', function () {
        if ($(this).prop("checked")) {
            alert("Checked");
        } else {
            alert("Not checked");
        }
    });
});

...then this:
$(document).ready(function () {
    alert("The ready function has been reached");
});

$(document).on("change", '#ckbxEmp', function () {
    if ($('#ckbxEmp').prop("checked")) {
        alert("Checked");
    } else {
        alert("Not checked");
    }
});

...and finally this:
$(document).ready(function () {
    alert("The ready function has been reached");

    $(document).on("change", '#ckbxEmp', function () {
        if ($('#ckbxEmp').prop("checked")) {
            alert("Checked");
        } else {
            alert("Not checked");
        }
    });
});

...but get the same exact (half-encouraging, half-discouraging) results each time.
UPDATE 2
Redi to pursue any clue, I followed Claudio's suggestion and "Viewed Source".
I found that, besides being found in the jQuery verbatim, "ckbxEmp" is also embedded within a monstrously long "Welsh" prefix, where that monstrosity (which makes Frankenstein look like Jessica Alba) does triple-duty, for "id", "name", and "for":
<input id="ctl00_ctl24_g_1caf4ad1_092d_4224_bd10_28ab028aab50_ctl00_ckbxEmp" type="checkbox" name="ctl00$ctl24$g_1caf4ad1_092d_4224_bd10_28ab028aab50$ctl00$ckbxEmp" />Employee?

So that leads to another question.
UPDATE 3
The working solution is a combination of SoulXin's and the answer referenced above ("another question" link). To be terse, the id, since it has been Welshified, has to be found this way: [id$=ckbxEmp]

A: It usually happens when you created elements dynamically.
Try this:
$(document).on("change", '#ckbxEmp', function () {
   if ($(this).prop("checked")) {
       alert("Checked");
   } else {
       alert("Not checked");
   }
});

Take a look on Direct and delegated events
UPDATE:
Full code:

By the way, better use console.log('test') instead of alert.
Moreover take a look on the 1st comment to your post. ASP changes id on client side. Instead of #ckbxEmp possible you need: <%= ckbxEmp.ClientID %>

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'Painless,' Albany Med worker says after getting 1st coronavirus inoculation
"It didn't feel any different than taking any other vaccine," she said after receiving the shot.
Roughly six hours later Cynthia Tanksley — a clerical associate specialist in Albany Medical Center's emergency room — rolled up her sleeve to receive what is believed to be the Capital Region's first coronavirus vaccine.
"Painless" is the word Tanksley, who has worked at Albany Med for 41 years, used to describe getting the shot.
"It was good," she said. "It wasn't painful."
Cynthia Tanksley, a patient associate in Albany Med's emergency room, receives the hospital's first dose of coronavirus vaccine. pic.twitter.com/V8Z5UG4r72
— Bethany Bump (@bethanybump) December 14, 2020
Albany Medical Center Hospital administered the first of nearly 1,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine Monday afternoon to frontline employees like Tanksley, whose job registering patients when they first come into the ER puts her at high risk for exposure. Area nursing homes are expected to receive their first doses of the vaccine on or around Dec. 21, officials announced last week.
"This is a historic moment for the region, as well as for Albany Med," said Albany Med President and CEO Dennis McKenna. "Do not let yourself be fooled: there is still a tremendous amount of work to be done. But when we look back in history at this date in the global pandemic we will say that this was the beginning of the end in the Capital Region."
Albany Med has received 975 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine so far and the first batch is going to employees who work in settings that are at higher risk for virus transmission, such as the emergency department and intensive care unit, said Dr. Fred Venditti, hospital system general director.
It will take a few days to administer the initial batch of vaccines, he said. Employees who receive a shot this week must also receive a booster shot 21 days after their first dose in order for the vaccine's full effectiveness to take effect.
"There is some immunity after dose one," said Anthony DeSpirito, director of pharmacy at Albany Med. "But really it's after dose two and subsequently thereafter when full immunity is seen."
Albany Med anticipates receiving another shipment of "first dose" vaccines within the next 21 days, Venditti said.
The hospital will not be mandating vaccination of staff, he said. The hospital sent a survey out to employees to gauge their attitudes toward the COVID-19 vaccine, and over 80 percent of the approximately 1,100 people who responded said they'd be comfortable receiving it, he said. Albany Med has about 10,000 employees, including 6,000 who work in frontline clinical settings, he said.
"The vaccine has been determined by the FDA and CDC to be safe and effective," McKenna said. "While it is not mandated, employees are strongly encouraged to receive the vaccine."
Even after vaccination, safety precautions and COVID-19 protocols, including masking, social distancing, hand washing and visitor limitations, will continue at Albany Med, he said.
Related: Vaccine FAQ:
The hospital began strategizing its vaccine rollout back in September, McKenna said. An interdisciplinary team led by Albany Medical College's Alden March Bioethics Institute developed guidelines for prioritization based on state recommendations, he said.
"The first place that you go is obviously the places where the workers are most at risk," McKenna said. "Those would be places like the emergency department and our intensive care units and then our units on the floors that treat COVID patients. Sounds easy, but it gets very complex because you also have to prioritize members of the workforce who may be more at risk based on their co-morbidities or risk factors. So it's incredibly complex work … our hope is to be able to roll through all those people as quickly as we can."
Dr. Greg Wu, an emergency medicine physician who has been treating COVID-19 patients since the start of the pandemic, was also one of the first Albany Med employees to get the vaccine Monday. He felt only a pinch, he said — "just like any other vaccine."
"I'm happy that I can take care of patients — COVID and non-COVID in a safe fashion," he said.
Other Capital Region hospitals did not directly respond to Times Union questions Monday about when they are expected to receive their first vaccines. McKenna did not directly respond either when asked if Albany Med would become a distribution hub for vaccines in the region, but he hinted it might.
"Albany Med wants to lead by example and we are certain to play an even broader role in the weeks and months ahead when it comes to the distribution of the COVID vaccine," he told reporters Monday. "We will be speaking more about that in the very near future."
New York was slated to receive 170,000 initial doses of Pfizer vaccines, all of which will be going to nursing home residents and staff, and frontline healthcare workers. Thousands more of the alternate Moderna vaccine will be shipped to New York once it too is approved by the Food and Drug Administration, as the Pfizer treatment was last week. The first vaccinations started around the country Monday, and other news outlets reported that New York was first.
Although the vaccine is at hand, the COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over.
"It's going to take months before the vaccine hits critical mass," Cuomo said Monday. "So this is the light at the end of the tunnel, but it's a long tunnel, and we need people to continue to do the right thing and the smart thing all the way through the holiday season."
New York's coronavirus positivity rate has soared over the last month, hovering around 5 percent statewide — a far cry from the streak in late summer when for a month it was below 1 percent. Hospitalizations and deaths have climbed again, and Cuomo has said that he expects cases to continue to rise throughout the next month as a result of increased socialization during the holiday season.
The governor estimated that it will not be until June that enough people will have received the vaccine — between 75 and 85 percent of the general population — for a return to pre-COVID normalcy.
Lindsay, the Queens nurse who got the state's first shot, said she believes in the science behind the vaccine and hopes to instill public confidence in the process.
Albany Med leaders echoed that sentiment and urged members of the public to help them keep the virus at bay and hospitalizations low.
"Just as we worked together to defeat the coronavirus by social distancing and wearing masks and washing our hands, so too we must continue working together to overcome it in this new phase … you can all play an incredibly important role by taking the vaccine when it becomes available," McKenna said. "Help us to help you by receiving it when the vaccine is available in your area."
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Andi Eigenmann on Daughter Ellie: 'It gets harder to not have you by my side'
Andi Eigenmann's 8-year-old daughter Ellie is in Manila while she is in Siargao.
by FM Ganal for Pep.ph | Apr 26, 2020
"Can't wait for us to do all the activities we have planned!" Andi says on Instagram. IMAGE INSTAGRAM/andieigengirl
Andi Eigenmann was looking forward to a fun summer with daughter Ellie, but unfortunately, the enhanced community quarantine has put a pause on their planned mother-daughter bonding activities.
Andi is currently in Siargao, where she, partner Philmar Alipayo, and second daughter Lilo are now based.
Eight-year-old Ellie is in Manila, where her father Jake Ejercito resides and where she has also been studying.
During the first week of the quarantine, Andi posted a throwback to her last trip to Manila, saying, "Elle and I are not supposed to be separated at this time. But due to unfortunate events, we have to be.
"I am craving for the day I get to be with you again. Out here on the island just like we should be."
It has been six weeks since then, and Andi misses Ellie's company even more.
In her recent Instagram post, she remembered the days when it was just the two of them, when she would bring then two-year-old Ellie to the set of her teleserye Dyesebel.
"Oh what I would do to see this smile (and laugh) in person again!" Andi wrote.
"As days go by, it gets harder to not have you by my side. can't wait for us to do all the activities we have planned!
"For now, here are super cute photos of you enjoying your time on set at my taping for 'Dyesebel' 6 years ago! When you were still young enough to always always be by my side.
"Soon, we will have this much fun together again.
"Counting down the seconds till then, my darling Elle."
The enhanced community quarantine took effect on March 16, 2020.
This story originally appeared on PEP.ph.
Minor edits have been made by the Femalenetwork.com editors.
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Q: UITableviewController losing reference to tableview I have been working on this for 2 days now, cant seem to get a grasp. I'm missing something very basic I guess.
Here's what I have:
A UIViewController as the Apps root controller.
There's a ContainerView, a subclass of UIView which I add to my root controller view.
Within that I want a UITableView.
Since there are several different Containers, I have different Nibs for each.
Heres how its wired: Nib with content, has the container as its file's owner. There's an outlet to the UITableView, it has the container as source and delegate.
The container implements the protocol methods.
Now I can't call reloaddata on the UITableView since it's nil. I type po in the consolo and it says 0x0 but I don't know why.
I have been trying different approaches, but all ended up in losing the reference to the tableView.
It's not like it's my first tableview I create but I have no clue on what I'm doing wrong here.
Any HELP please!!!!
Code:
This is my Outlet:
IBOutlet UITableView *contactsTV;

File's owner has a connection to it, the tableview vice versa.
I create the nib by doing:
    Contentview *v = [[Contentview alloc] initWithFrame:[[contentViewArray objectAtIndex:i] CGRectValue]];

while contentViewArray is some array storing Framevalues as strings.
Then I do:
[v prepareView];

and it looks like this:
- (void) prepareView {

NSArray *mediaPlayerViews = [[NSBundle mainBundle] loadNibNamed:@"MyView"
                                                          owner:self
                                                        options:nil];

UIView *v = (UIView *)[mediaPlayerViews objectAtIndex:0];
[self addSubview:v];
}

A: Just experienced a similar issue -- everything appeared wired up correctly (Xcode 4) but the outlet reference was nil.
When I created the file, I used the "New File" -> subclass of UITableViewController. with NIB (automatic) process to set up the file.  This resulted in the controller being declared as a UITableViewController and the NIB had a UITableView as it's root.
Although the TableDataSource and TableDelegate methods got called as expected, the outlet for the TableView was never being set when the nib was loaded.
To fix this, I basically had to change the controller from being a subclass of UITableViewController to just UIViewController and set the NIB accordingly:  I cleared the NIB, added a UIView with a UITableView as a child, reconnected the outlets (View, TableView, TableDataSource, and TableDelegate), and it all worked as planned.
I think this may be a bug with XCode, when creating a subclass of UITableView with NIB.

A: Set it as a UITableViewController it should work.

A: Do you have property set in header file along with
IBOutlet UITableView *contactsTV

?
If you don't have setter method for your contactsTV, then your contactsTV isn't retained by your object.
Try to replace your code with
//header file
UITableView *contactsTV;
@property(nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UITableView *contactsTV;

//implementation file
@synthesize contactsTV;


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Live From Final Four: Turner Sports, CBS Sports Experiment With New 'Rail Cam' System
Sunday, April 5, 2015 - 3:32 pm
CBS Sports and Turner Sports are innovating in their joint coverage of this weekend's Final Four with deployment of a new camera system they have dubbed "Rail Cam."
The robotic-camera fixture provides a smooth track for the camera to run at floor level along the south out-of-bounds line and can reach speeds of up to 25 mph. The system is the product of two years of brainstorming by Turner and CBS and is owned by All Mobile Video.
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The Rail Cam system requires the court to be on a raised floor.
"This has been a request from both sides of the production world looking at what we can do to raise the level of the coverage of these games," says Tom Sahara, VP, operations and technology, Turner Sports. "We're really excited to see what it's going to look like this week. It's spectacular."
It debuted at the Houston Regional Final last weekend and, after a successful run, received a few small modifications. The system requires the court to be on a raised floor, which is rarely seen in the NBA, the reason Turner hasn't had the chance to try it out before.
According to CBS Sports SVP, Operations and Administration, Patty Power, the CBS production teams, including director Bob Fishman, have embraced the angles provided by the technology.
Turner Sports SVP, Production/Executive Creative Director Craig Barry is also on board.
"I believe in access," he says. "The more access, the closer you bring the fan; it's one of my primary philosophies regarding sports production. [Rail Cam] will give viewers a ground-[level] look at the entire court, very different from anything they have seen."
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Two TCNJ students attended the PGIM Real Estate Peak Week Externship Program held by the PGIM portion of Prudential Financial over the winter break. Ashley Ean '21, accounting and Joseph Feuerstein '22, finance, participated in the competitive leadership program where they learned about what a career in real estate would look like. Throughout the day, participants networked with PGIM analysts, associates, and senior leaders while attending professional development workshops.
"I liked this experience for many reasons including the openness and the friendliness of the employees for PGIM, their strong emphasis on diversity and inclusion which I asked Mark Vergus, the Vice President of Debt Capital Markets about." Said Ean. "I learned a general summary of the ins and outs of real estate investments, especially when a real estate major/minor isn't offered at TCNJ, I learned how a real estate deal is conducted from current associates and their past experiences, and networked with PGIM employees from a variety of departments, including Retail, Research, Transactions, and even from current Senior Management.


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Home Health & Wellness Fitness
Fitness Inspo: Did You Know Catriona Gray Is Also A Legit Martial Artist?
Kevin Lapena
Contrary to popular belief, beauty is not just skin deep, and Catriona Gray proves this a fact. This Filipino-Australian model, TV host, singer, and beauty queen is also a proud martial artist with a black belt in Choi Kwang-Do keeping her robe tight.
With the Miss Universe 2018 underway, Catriona is focused on preparing physically and mentally for the beauty pageant. She has several activities included in her workout, like Pilates, weights, and functional training. But Catriona reveals that, growing up, she wasn't very sport or coordinated. Being 5'9" has several advantages in Catriona's work now, but it was just awkward during teenage years.
[related: In Focus: Why Catriona Gray's Beauty Mentor Jelly Eugenio Thinks She Deserves This Win]
"I was so uncoordinated because I was so tall. And school activities like athletics and balls sports –I just couldn't do it," she admitted. But when her parents encouraged her to try self-defense, Catriona finally found a sport she could really enjoy.
"I started when I was eight years old and I got my black belt when I was 12. There's this sense of achievement every time I moved up a belt. I did karate four times a week for four years; it was crazy. It really taught me discipline. When you're young, you sometimes just want to stay home and watch TV. But I just enjoyed karate naman. It teaches you about common sense and being aware of your surroundings."
When asked if she had any karate moves she could share with ABS-CBN Lifestyle readers, Catriona mentions that self-defense is not for engaging fights. It's about knowing what to do in situations where someone may come at you, be it how to block them or how to get away.
One basic tip Catriona shared is making sure your thumb is outside and beneath your fingers when making a fist. This way, you can protect your thumb in case you punch someone or something. If your thumb is inside and it makes an impact, you could break a finger.
Another important yet taken-for-granted advice from Catriona is to always be aware of what's happening around you, especially if you're commuting from place to place. "Just being aware and making your senses keen to your environment is very important," Catriona said.
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Private Sector Invests in the Success of Agriculture
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Sustainably producing safe, nutritious affordable food and agriculture products for nearly 10 billion people in 2050 is a formidable task. Producers are the key to meeting this challenge. To be successful, however, they must contend with factors they cannot control, like extreme weather, market fluctuations and political instability.This creates uncertainty in a sector that thrives on long-term planning and predictability.
Thankfully, agricultural producers have remarkable capacity for innovation and adaptation. With the right support, producers will help make the world's food and agriculture systems economically viable, environmentally sustainable and socially beneficial.
The private sector provides products and knowledge that help producers decide when and where to invest, and how to manage risk and protect their investments.
Agribusinesses and retailers work directly with producers to select inputs and create farm management plans that generate more output while conserving water resources and protecting soil health. They also provide affordable access to mechanization through financing and rental services.
The finance and insurance industries fund and protect the investments that farmers make in the productivity and sustainability of their operations.
Private sector efforts are supported by the public sector with policies such as land tenure reform and infrastructure investments for transportation and communication systems.
This chapter describes how industry and government help agricultural producers invest in success and manage risk to ensure a productive sustainable food and agriculture system.
Access to Mechanization Is a Path to Productivity in Nigeria
Nigeria is rich in agricultural resources. Its land, rainfall and climate make it an African agricultural powerhouse. Total cereal production has steadily increased from 7.8 million tons in 1960 to 25 million tons in 2016. Even with its oil resources, agriculture is the base of the nation's economy and the largest source of employment.
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Mama Neema, pictured here, received training on how to pursue formal rights to her land, through a partnership between UN Women and the Maasai Women Development Organisation. "This is my land now; I can show you all the paperwork," she says pointing to her plot. Photo credit: UN Women/Deepika Nath
Land: The Critical Asset
Agricultural producers are, by far, the largest source of private-sector investment in agriculture. Even in low- and middle-income countries, 78 percent of agricultural investments are made by producers in their own operations.1
For many producers, land is their most important asset. Yet millions of small-scale and emerging farmers do not have legal title to their land.
In many countries, the right to occupy, cultivate, inherit, lease, buy or sell land is granted by communal authorities. Communal tenure systems can be dominated by social hierarchies that disenfranchise vulnerable groups. Gender, age and community standing frequently determine the quality, quantity and terms of communal landholdings.
Individual landholdings in communal areas may be recognized informally by governments, but without civil legal protections, people have little recourse if their land is re-appropriated by communal or state authorities.
Formal lenders see communal landholdings a risky investment and are reluctant to extend credit to farmers, regardless of the productive potential of the land.
Given the uncertainty of their land rights, communal landholders, particularly women, are less likely to invest in improved inputs, such as seeds, fertilizer or crop protection products. This suppresses their productivity and earning potential, making it difficult to save for capital purchases, such as mechanization and irrigation technologies.
Urban and Informal Food Systems
By 2050, two-thirds of the world's population will live in cities. This has generated renewed calls for the private sector, particularly the finance industry, to invest in and support small and medium-scale enterprises (SME) in the food value chain.
In the near term, medium-scale producers, or consortiums of small-scale producers, who have the capacity to expand their operations are more likely to benefit from this new wave of investment. Independent small-scale farmers will continue to rely on the informal food value chain, selling their products in local markets or to traders who supply larger buyers.
Producers work with agricultural dealers to identify products and strategies that are tailored to the needs of their farm. (l to r) Crop advisor, Scott Bergsieker, working with Missouri grower Lynn Fahrmeier.
Managing Risk Through Productivity Growth
Farmers can manage economic and environmental risks to their operations by focusing on productivity growth. Producers increasingly rely on agricultural retailers as a source of expertise on how to productivity use and wisely manage their land, soils, water and livestock assets.
For agricultural input supply companies and retailers, providing producers with high-quality agronomic services, data and advice is a rapidly growing part of their business model.
Recognizing an opportunity, the Nutrient Stewardship Council, a coalition of agribusinesses, environmental organizations and community groups, has created a certification program in nutrient management for agricultural retailers. The 4R Certification Program is available to retailers in the Western Lake Erie Basin (WLEB), which encompasses parts of Ohio, Michigan and Indiana and spans 8.3 million acres.
4R certified retailers advise customers on how to use the right nutrient source, in the right amount, at the right time and in the right place. This technique has economic and environmental benefits. It helps producers manage costs and keeps nutrients in the soils and plants and out of waterways.
The Mosaic Company and The Mosaic Company Foundation have played an active role in the development, launch and funding of the 4R Nutrient Stewardship Certification Program.
The certification process includes 44 standards across three categories: 1) training and education in 4R practices; 2) monitoring 4R implementation; and 3) nutrient and application recommendations. Annual audits conducted by third parties help the retailers maintain and verify their practices.
After just 2 years, the 4R Program impacted 35 percent of the farmland in the WLEB, with the potential to soon reach nearly all farmland in the watershed. Follow their progress, here.
Partnerships for Healthy Productive Soils
Since 2008, The Mosaic Company, The Mosaic Company Foundation and implementing partner, the S M Sehgal Foundation, has worked with farmers in Rajasthan, India, to improve the health of their soils and the productivity of three crops: pearl millet, wheat and mustard.
The Krishi Jyoti (or "enlightened agriculture") Project focuses on five key aspects of agricultural production: soil health, seed and fertilizer, water management, agronomic training and market linkages.
Member Story: The Mosaic Company
Consumers are Nuts for Nuts!
Consumption of this nutrient-dense food is growing globally, particularly in middle- and upper-income countries. The U.S. tree nut industry (as a whole) is a net exporter. Almond, walnut, pistachio and hazelnut orchards in the U.S. depends on exports for more than 50 percent of sales.
Managing Risk Through Diversification
For producers who rely on a major commodity crop such as wheat, maize or rice, diversifying into other crops or livestock products is a way to manage the risk from crop failure or low commodity prices. While there are risks to growing unfamiliar products, support from government and the private sector can facilitate this transition.
In India, for example, women farmers are growing vegetables for local markets to earn money for school fees, healthcare and food. In addition to paying for household necessities, it provides another source of income, should the family not earn enough from their cash crop, usually cotton, wheat or rice.
Insuring the Present and Protecting the Future
Farmers use credit to purchase inputs, buy or rent mechanization, hire labor, install irrigation and acquire more land. They also rely on credit to see them through periods of low crop prices or for purchases between growing seasons.
In India, farmers use both formal and informal credit sources to increase their net farm income.
A national survey of India's agricultural households found that 52 percent of farmers tap into formal or informal credit markets and 85 percent of agricultural credit is used to purchase inputs or to rent mechanization.
The survey reveals a positive correlation between credit and an increase in net farm income. Borrowers from formal institutions, such as banks or farmer cooperatives, realized 17 percent more net farm income than people who borrowed from moneylenders, friends or relatives.
The link between institutional credit and higher net farm income is largely due to the characteristics of formal borrowers. They are more likely to be experienced farmers, with more education and business experience, and have larger landholdings to use as collateral.
The total amount of agricultural financing from formal lenders in India has increased four-fold in the last decade, but institutional credit still disproportionally benefits medium and large-scale farmers.
Most small and marginal borrowers rely on informal sources, which typically charge higher interest rates, driving up the cost of their investment.
Financing for Tenant Farmers in Bangladesh
BRAC, the world's largest development organization, is working with tenant farmers in Bangladesh to provide access to financial support and technology through the Borgachasi/Sharecropper Union Programme (BCU) Project. BRAC provides credit to farmers for purchasing inputs, tools and irrigation equipment. They also provide technical support to address farmers' production and post-harvest challenges. With the support of Bangladesh's largest banks, BRAC hopes to reach 300,000 sharecropper/tenant farmers with credit and proven agricultural technologies.
Diversification for Resilience in Vietnam
Vietnam is the world's second largest rice exporter, but rice productivity and output are threatened by climate change.
With its flat terrain averaging less than one meter above sea level, Vietnam and its neighbors in the Mekong River Basin are vulnerable to sea rise which is increasing the salinity of the water they use for rice production.
Upstream dams on the Mekong River, are restricting the flow of fresh water, which exacerbates the salinity of the waters downstream and create drought in other sections of the delta.
Small-scale dairy farmers in Kenya can purchase livestock insurance through their local co-operative. The average dairy farm in Kenya has less than 10 cows and the loss of one cow to accident, death or disease can have a devastating impact on household income. Livestock insurance enables farmers to replace this expensive capital asset relatively quickly and minimize the income loss. Photo credit: ILRI/Paul Karaimu
Coping Strategies with Generational Consequences
During periods of prolonged drought, small-scale farmers are faced with difficult choices.
Those with more assets raise cash by selling cattle and equipment or by leasing their land. The poorest farmers, with fewer assets, cope primarily by reducing their consumption, particularly of food.
Both coping strategies have generational consequences for the health and economic prospects of the family and the productive capacity of the land.
Crop and livestock insurance can stabilize farmer incomes and food security during times of crisis. It also ensures they have enough resources and assets to improve their productivity once the crisis subsides.
Photo credit: Graham Crough/World Bank
Investing the Infrastructure for Agriculture
Productive sustainable food and agriculture systems need efficient, affordable and up-to-date systems for transportation and communications.
It takes well-constructed, properly-maintained and interlinked infrastructure to move goods to markets efficiently, while preserving freshness, quality and safety of food and agricultural products.
Road and railroad improvements enable more farmers to get their products to market. Reliable telecommunications systems provide farmers with market and agronomic information and support the use of precision and data technologies.
Modernization and maintenance of this these systems ensures a smooth functioning agricultural value chain and expands trade capacity. It also reduces costs and risk, which benefits everyone from producers to consumers.
The private sector has a vitally important role to play in ensuring that the critical infrastructure for agriculture are developed and improved. Accordingly, policymakers should look for opportunities to leverage private sector capital and expertise to share risk and generate greater returns than either sector could achieve independently.
Ann Steensland/GHI
Transporting Food From Field to Plate
Local, regional and global food and agriculture systems rely on roads to transport from farmers all the way to consumers.
Yet investments in the world's road infrastructure is woefully underfunded. Of the estimated $15 trillion infrastructure investment gap, $8 trillion is for roads alone.2
Roads in the U.S. are also in trouble: 21 percent of the nation's highways are failing, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers.
For small-scale farmers, the lack of year-round access to an efficient rural road network is their greatest market access barrier. When roads are impassible, it is difficult for farmers to access inputs. Traders and aggregators struggle to reach farmers who could supply them with product. And consumers in poor rural areas must rely the on food they can produce themselves, limiting the diversity of their diets.
As a public good, transportation networks are the primary responsibility of governments. Installing, repairing and replacing roads requires significant, sustained investments. This is especially true in rural areas which are less likely to attract private investment.
Connectivity for Productivity
In addition to roads, farmers of all scales need a reliable high-quality telecommunications infrastructure.
Mobile phone technology has already revolutionized how farmers around the world access agronomic advice, market information and banking systems.
Extending mobile cellular and high-speed reliable broadband services to agricultural areas will facilitate the adoption of the data and precision agriculture technologies that are the significant drivers of productivity growth in the twenty-first century
Rural America accounts for three-quarters of the country's land area but is home to just 14 percent of the U.S. population. These sparsely populated areas struggle to attract private-sector investments to expand broadband coverage.
Precision systems give farmers the ability to maximize the productivity of their fields. Livestock producers use data to monitor animal health and manage grazing lands. Precision systems also help farmers reduce costs. USDA researchers estimate the cost savings from precision agriculture in corn production ranges from $13 to $25 per acre.
Most U.S. crop and grazing land in the U.S. is not covered by mobile cellular or high-speed, high-quality broadband services.
The 2018 Omnibus Budget allocated $600 million for a broadband pilot grant/loan program to encourage communications companies and cooperatives to extend the broadband infrastructure and provide internet service to rural homes, schools and hospitals. But the coverage for agricultural land also needs investment.
The Agricultural Broadband Coalition (ABC), a diverse group of farmer associations, equipment manufactures and technology companies, is supporting the Precision Agriculture Productivity Act of 2018, which passed the House in June 2018 and will next be considered by the Senate.
The legislation calls for the creation of a task force to study the specific connectivity requirements for precision technologies and recommend policies to deploy high-quality high-speed fixed broadband and mobile cellular service to 95 percent of U.S. agricultural crop and grazing lands by 2025.
This will enable more farmers to adopt precision agriculture technologies and data analytics that boost productivity growth and help ensure the U.S. can sustainably produce food, feed, fiber and biofuel for domestic consumers and millions around the world
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Sarah K. Lowder, Brian Carisma and Jakob Skoet, "Who Invests in Agriculture and How Much?" FAO, EAS Working Paper No. 12-09, December 2012.
Global Infrastructure Outlook: Infrastructure investment needs, 50 countries, 7 sectors to 2040, Oxford Economics Global Infrastructure Hub – A G20 Initiative, 2017.


Issue: Whether defendant was entitled to an instruction on territorial jurisdiction, § 939.03, where the offense was partially committed out of the state.
¶30. We conclude that it is not necessary for us to decide in this case whether something less than a "full element" of a crime may be a "constituent element" of the crime for purposes of Wis. Stat. § 939.03(1)(b), or if the statute requires that a "full element" take place within Wisconsin's borders. Rather, we conclude that the State is on firmer ground in claiming that Wisconsin's territorial jurisdiction over Brown's crimes was beyond factual dispute because his out-of-state acts were done "with intent that [they] cause in this state a consequence set forth in a section defining a crime." Wis. Stat. 939.03(1)(c).
Analogy is made to State v. Inglin, 224 Wis. 2d 764, 592 N.W.2d 666 (Ct. App. 1999) (interference with child custody, where child's concealment took place out of state). Brown's crimes — operating w/o owner's consent and theft — were "intended to cause criminally proscribed consequences in Wisconsin." However, Brown had permission to take the truck out of state, which the court finesses with something of a non-sequitur: "At whatever point Brown elected to depart from that mission, his operation became nonconsensual…." (Emphasis supplied.) But the problem is that there was a dispute on that very point: Brown maintained that he abandoned the truck, and it's a bit hard to see how abandonment can be equated with operation; Brown's defense, indeed, was that he stopped operating the vehicle. So, there would seem to be a genuine question about just where (and how) the crime was committed. The court says that there's no factual dispute that Brown intended "criminally proscribed consequences in Wisconsin." However, that characterization is defensible only because the court upheld exclusion of his proffered testimony denying intent, see ¶¶16-20; very convenient.


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Thursday, June 20, 2019 - 7:00pm to 8:30pm
On Thursday, June 20, join us for the 2nd Annual Juneteenth Celebration at Tryon Palace with guest speaker, Dr. David Dennard.
Program Schedule:
7:00 p.m.: Present Flag, National Anthem (Lift Every Voice)
7:10 p.m.: Youth Image Theater Performance - PACE
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8:15 p.m.: Q&A
8:30 p.m.: Reception
About Juneteenth:
Juneteenth was the oldest known observance of the ending of slavery in the United States. According to historical records, the celebration began on June 19, 1865, the day Major General Gordon Granger of the Union Army rode into Galveston, Texas in final execution of the Emancipation Proclamation.
Issued by President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, the Emancipation Proclamation stated, among other things, "That on the 1st day of January, A.D., 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall they be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free..."
In Texas, Granger's announcement was met with great celebration among the population of enslaved Africans. According to one account, "On the evening of June 19, 1865, thousands flooded the streets of Galveston, rejoicing in their newly announced freedom. The sweet smell of barbecue smoke filled the air. Dancing feet pounded the dirt roads and harmonic voices sung spirituals. This was the day, Juneteenth, that would forever commemorate African American freedom."
Juneteenth celebrations today commemorate that memorable day in 1865 Texas and emphasize the achievement of African Americans. Marked by community celebrations, guest speakers, picnics and family gatherings, it is a time for reflection and rejoicing, for self-assessment and planning and future.
"The celebration of Juneteenth is not only a showcase event of the African American community's positive contributions to the American way of life, but it also makes a statement for all Americans that the United States is truly the 'Land of the Free'," says Reginald D. Greene.
"Juneteenth is an expression and extension of American freedom and, like the Fourth of July, a time for all Americans to celebrate our independence, human rights, civil rights and freedom."
About Dr. Dennard:
Dr. David C. Dennard specializes in the social and cultural history of the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He holds a BS. from Fort Valley State College, an M.A. from Atlanta University, and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. As former director of the Institute for Historical and Cultural Research, and as a current member of the North Carolina Historical Commission, he has worked broadly with museums and historic sites in North Carolina and is affiliated with several current boards and organizations. In 2001, Governor Michael Easley appointed Dennard to the Historic Bath Commission; Governor Beverly Perdue appointed him to the NC Historical Commission in 2009; and he serves as the current chair of the African American Advisory Committee for Tryon Palace, and as a member of the Tryon Palace Foundation. Dennard is also one of the principal founders of the African and African American Studies Program at ECU and was its first director (2007- 2015).
David C. Dennard specializes in the social and cultural history of the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He holds a BS. from Fort Valley State College, an M.A. from Atlanta University, and a Ph.D. from Northwestern University. As former director of the Institute for Historical and Cultural Research, and as a current member of the North Carolina Historical Commission, he has worked extensively with museums and historic sites in North Carolina, and is affiliated with a number of current boards and organizations. In 2001, Governor Michael Easley appointed Dennard to the Historic Bath Commission; Governor Beverly Perdue appointed him to the NC Historical Commission in 2009; and he serves as the current chair of the African American Advisory Committee for Tryon Palace, and as a member of the Tryon Palace Foundation. Dennard is also one of the principal founders of the African and African American Studies Program at ECU and was its first director (2007- 2015).
Dennard has published short articles and essays in the St. James Guide to Biography, The Research Guide to American Historical Biography, The Journal of Negro History, The North Carolina Historical Review, The Journal of Southern History, The Florida Historical Quarterly, and The Civil War Book Review. He served as an advisor and contributor to Richard C. Scheider, ed., African American History in the Press, 1851-1899. Dennard was also a member of the editorial review board for James L. Leloudis's, ed., North Carolina (2003), and has served as a manuscript reviewer for both the University Press of Florida and The Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians.
Dennard's current research projects include revision of a book-length manuscript on "Black Preachers in the Antebellum South, 1800-1865," "A Study of African Americans in North Carolina During the American Civil War," and "A People's History of Middle Georgia Juke Joints."
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The last thing any parent wants to think about is the worse case scenario, but it is so direly important to consider it in advance. The proper planning and education can mean the difference, literally between life or death. Sadly, a lot of these tips are tips because it happened somewhere to someone else. Travel preparation is often taken lightly because it is fun: what suitcase, what socks, what else? Safety is often overlooked or not talked about because it is NOT fun.
It's not fun to think of our own children being kidnapped, or injured or dying. It's not fun imagining yourself that completely and utterly helpless, that far away from home. Or worse: our children being helpless if something happened to you. So do the hard planning, have the hard talks and teach the hard lessons. Preparing our families for safety should be #1 on our travel to-do lists, because with a bit of preparation and a lot of mindfulness we can help to keep our children safe while we teach and explore and discover the world around us.
I've left out some of the more obvious and common sense tips, the ones that are often repeated elsewhere like "carry first aid kits" and "use a seat belt" in favor for the often times overlooked like checking insurance plans or just straight genius like how to search for a toddler at the beach.
The Red Rock Ranch provides a traditional Wyoming dude ranch vacation with a truly relaxed change of pace and the charm of the old west.


Ocean Air Field Day is an annual event sponsored by our Dad's Club. This fun-filled day celebrates the end of another successful school year. Students participate in a wide variety of outdoor games and activities.


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Q: Setting tabIndex nicely in VueJS when iterating over multiple objects I have a couple of nested objects I need to iterate over to create inputs. I've dumbed it down to an example below. I would like to set tabIndexes in these inputs.

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What is the best way to be able to set my tabindex to 0, 1, 2, 3, etc? I found that setting a third arg on the v-for provides a numeric index, but what I've got seems a little convoluted. Is there a better way I can go about this?
The above results in output like the following:
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[___________] 1
[___________] 2
[___________] 10
[___________] 11
[___________] 12
[___________] 100
[___________] 101
[___________] 102
[___________] 110
[___________] 111
[___________] 112

Which works, but seems less than ideal. I know the tab key will work as intended if they're sequential and that gaps seem fine. But is there a cleaner way I could get 1 through 12 instead of the staggered numbers I've got? Basically like a running index (x++, etc) for each time I hit the ?
I tried setting an int in the 'data' and then a method to increment that, but quickly threw myself into an infinite re-rendering loop.
Thanks.

A: there is a trick to doing this, but it's a hack, and not exactly a best practice
Template:
{{numitems = 0 | hide}}

      <input type="text" :tabindex="numitems += 1" />
      {{(ii * 100) + (ji * 10) + ki}}

script hide Filter definition
filters: {
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you don't need the hide filter, but it ensures that you don't put anything into the template during definition. You can also define numitems in data. And use methods to reset and increment.

another option is setting up a computed value that uses the number you generate as an index to the incremental values without any gaps.
Whenever your objects' keys change, you can do the calculation, generating the keys either using your method, or using an object.
here's an example that uses ${ik}_${jk}_${kk} as the key
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      })
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}


A culture war is underway in Europe – not between the 'anywheres' and the 'nowheres', but between those who use culture to divide – by class, by race, by nation – and those who use it to connect and include. This war is not based in Parliament – but on the street, in our homes, and across the web. If these conflicts present real dangers, they also present opportunities to reach people that have disconnected from traditional forms of politics – and to hear their voices in response. With a range of performance, presentation, and discussion, the event will invite citizens to help shape a new politics of culture – in Europe and beyond.
On October 10, "Here and Now: A Creative Vision for Europe" will bring together Brian Eno, Srećko Horvat, Danae Stratou, Yanis Varoufakis, Bobby Gillespie and Rosemary Bechler at the Platform Theatre of Central Saint Martins to consider the role of culture in the fight for the future of Europe. With a range of performance, presentation, and discussion, the event will invite citizens to help shape a new politics of culture – in Europe and beyond.
The event will start with an aerial straps piece by Kit Hill which sees her indicate that perhaps the dystopian future already exists in the present and that the two might in fact be a mirror image of one another.
The event will be moderated by Mary Fitzgerald who is Editor-in-Chief of Open Democracy. Representing the DiEM Voice team, Igor Stokfiszewski will be presenting the cultural policy paper process.
The event is organised by DiEM25 + DiEM Voice, and supported by Creative Unions, a CSM initiative supporting artistic collaboration across borders.
From its beginning, DiEM25 has placed arts and culture at the heart of its vision of a democratic Europe. DiEM Voice takes this mission forward – dedicated to developing a new vision for culture in Europe and providing a platform for its expression.
The fight for a democratic culture must address the key assumptions that define Europe's current cultural regime.
The first is that culture actually means high culture: arts, theatre, opera, film, music that appear inaccessible to the vast majority of Europeans. Works produced at the grassroots, by social movements, and through neighbourhood associations are often dismissed or delegitimized.
The second is that the most appropriate model for sustainable culture is industry: from film and music to art auctions and private collections. Subordination to the market simultaneously cheapens culture — and makes it exorbitantly expensive.
The third: culture is not work. Europe's cultural space remains highly precarious, both within institutions and outside of them. Artists in Europe are poor and powerless, with little to no social securities or pension support.
Fourth: there's nothing worse for culture than democracy. Culture is individualistic, it's irrational, it's arbitrary. This assumption results in resistance to democratic governance within cultural institutions and organisations — as well as the tight control of cultural production by those with extensive resources.
How to overthrow those barriers? Which other barriers prevent the emergence of a genuinely democratic European culture?
To stimulate further discussion, we have formulated 10 questions that we present to DiEM25 members, experts, and the general public to reflect on the state of the culture war in Europe and what kind of solutions we can put forward to drive the democratisation of the continent.
We believe the above questionnaire can inspire a fruitful discussion on the future of culture and democracy in Europe. If the cultural conflicts on the street, in our homes, and across the internet present real dangers, they also present opportunities to reach people that have disengaged from traditional forms of politics – and to hear their voices in response.


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                                    <mainClass>org.auraframework.http.AuraServlet</mainClass>
                                    <name>webapp</name>
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                        <plugin>
                            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
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        <profile>
            <id>runSinglexunitTest</id>
            <activation>
                <property>
                    <name>xunitTestPath</name>
                </property>
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                <xunit.js.testPath>${xunitTestPath}_doc.js</xunit.js.testPath>
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        <profile>
            <id>xunit.js</id>
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                <property>
                    <name>!skipUnitTests</name>
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            <build>
                <plugins>
                    <plugin>
                        <groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
                        <artifactId>frontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                        <configuration>
                            <workingDirectory>${aura.home}</workingDirectory>
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                        <executions>
                            <execution>
                                <id>install-node-npm</id>
                                <phase>pre-clean</phase>
                            </execution>
                            <execution>
                                <id>npm-install</id>
                                <phase>pre-clean</phase>
                            </execution>
                            <execution>
                                <id>run-xunit</id>
                                <phase>test</phase>
                                <goals>
                                    <goal>npm</goal>
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            <id>eslint</id>
            <build>
                <plugins>
                    <plugin>
                        <groupId>com.github.eirslett</groupId>
                        <artifactId>frontend-maven-plugin</artifactId>
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                            <workingDirectory>${project.parent.basedir}</workingDirectory>
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                        <executions>
                            <execution>
                                <id>install-node-npm</id>
                                <phase>pre-clean</phase>
                            </execution>
                            <execution>
                                <id>npm-install</id>
                                <phase>pre-clean</phase>
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                            <execution>
                                <id>grunt-build-framework</id>
                                <goals>
                                    <goal>grunt</goal>
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                                <configuration>
                                    <arguments>--no-color eslint:framework</arguments>
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