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Inbox: It's a unique fraternity
New voice and few free-agent additions made all the difference for Packers in 2019
WR Davante Adams, former WR Jordy Nelson
David from Appleton, WI
Kobe Bryant's passing made many step back and remember him and his legacy in the NBA. Bart Starr passing last summer didn't have nearly the same impact on the national conscience – probably because of the amount of time since Bart last played. In your opinion, is there any NFL player's passing that has had the same impact as Kobe's?
Bryant's NBA career was over, but at 41, he still had his entire life ahead of him. That's what kept me up on Sunday night. He was set up to become one of the biggest cultural icons of his generation, with the way he developed his brand. So I can't think of any individual in football or any mainstream sport whose passing in the prime of his or her life has had this type of wide-scale impact. We were robbed of greatness. Two days later, that reality still has me crestfallen. I'm not alone based on what I've seen on social media.
Evan from Oesterle Lake, WI
How about those Pro Bowl performances from the Packers?!
Brilliant on so many levels. It was great to see Davante Adams finally get the opportunity to showcase his talent on that stage and Za'Darius Smith was just flat-out fun from start to finish.
Jeff from Eau Claire, WI
What's your take on Adams' pass in the Pro Bowl?
Not a surprise. All the beat writers have witnessed Adams' arm strength in practice over the years. In the past, he's talked about his exploits as a quarterback growing up. Who knows? Maybe the Packers will work one of those trick plays into a game plan next year.
Alex from Kentwood, MI
Good morning, Insiders! What did you guys think of the "new" onside kick procedure?
It still feels gimmicky to me but the NFL does need to do something different. Unless you're Younghoe Koo, onside kicks are nearly impossible to convert anymore with the change on kickoff procedure.
Thorben from Bochum, Germany
Since we're already talking about the draft, what would a quarterback-needy team have to invest to receive the No. 1 overall pick from the Bengals? Don't get angry, I'm not talking about the Packers. Just curious.
Everything *Thanos voice*
Paul from Rockford, IL
How do we avoid a sophomore slump like the Rams did last year with their new coach?
A big part of it is how smart and savvy the Packers have been with their cap and draft assets. They didn't mortgage the future to put all their chips in the 2019 basket. The Packers' key pieces are all long-term investments, which should keep Green Bay in the thick of the NFC race for years to come.
Matt from Manhattan, KS
For his first two drafts, Gute had the "luxury" of a relatively high spot in each draft round, and for the most part I'd say he delivered with getting some great players. Now that he's going to be a good 10-15 spots back in the draft for each of the non-traded picks, how much harder will his job be this April?
It makes the task at hand a bit more challenging but it's not impossible to find an impact player at No. 30. That spot has netted some decent players over the years.
Jake from Milwaukee, WI
Hello! It seems clear to me that a focus of the offseason will be to add weapons at WR and TE. In looking at even Davante Adams' progression, it appears that rookie WRs tend to take some time to get on the same page with Aaron Rodgers and earn his trust. I imagine an early draft pick will be at WR, but I'm a little concerned with their ability to contribute effectively next year. Do you think there is any interest in trying to re-sign Randall Cobb to add an immediate WR that has Rodgers' trust?
Cobb had a nice bounce-back season in Dallas but I actually take the exact opposite approach as yours. I think it would make more sense for Green Bay to draft a young receiver to groom under Adams – much like the Packers did when they drafted the three-time Pro Bowler in the second round in 2014. It's been almost six years since the last time the Packers took a receiver on either Day 1 or Day 2 of the draft.
Ben from Pensacola, FL
A legitimate WR2 would be nice to have, and that receiver may or may not currently be on the roster. Allen Lazard could theoretically take it, but if another WR gets even a little close to Adams level – even just slight – Lazard becomes ridiculously dangerous as a WR3.
Again the more playmakers, the merrier. Did anyone really care how Nelson, Cobb, James Jones, Greg Jennings, Jermichael Finley and Donald Driver were labeled back in 2011? The end justifies the depth chart. That position has a storied history in Green Bay. It's a unique fraternity and there's room for more.
Andrew from Fullerton, CA
Vic and other writers bring up that the Smiths aren't as good against the run as pass-rushing. I know Rashan Gary didn't play much this year, but he's also a big man and seemed to have a decent amount of tackles in the snaps he had. How do you evaluate him against the run? Might we see him more on running downs as he makes a second-year jump?
I disagree with that. The NFC title game was not a banner game for the Packers' run defense by any means, but I felt Za'Darius Smith held the edge pretty well during his first season in Green Bay. Historically, Preston Smith has been solid against the run, as well. If Gary keeps developing, I do like the potential havoc he and Smith can create given their similar skill sets.
Tom from Lakewood, CO
Do you feel it is still too soon to judge Gute's first draft in 2018?
It's definitely too soon. For example, just look at how much we learned about the 2017 NFL Draft this past season.
Colin from Ossian, IN
Where is Josh Jackson? This being his second year, I anticipated an expanded role in our defense.
Frequent readers know my feelings on Jackson. I still think he can be a starter in this league. He was thrown in with the sharks as a rookie and then had a setback with the heel injury to start camp. With how healthy the secondary was in 2019, Jackson just didn't get a lot of opportunities on defense. I felt Jackson was exceptional on special teams, though. He did everything that was asked of him and has a good head on his shoulders.
Ryan from Noblesville, IN
What do you think about GB signing Reggie Begelton from the CFL?
I don't know much about Begelton but his stats sure jump off the page. The Packers did their homework with CFL prospects. I think they've signed three to futures deals so far.
Steve from Wichita, KS
A couple of questions. We signed Ryan Grant but he seemed a healthy scratch most of the year. Was there a reason? Also, do you see a possible reunion between Matt LaFleur and Marcus Mariota?
LaFleur has coached in a lot of places with a lot of QBs, so I find it quite humorous this Mariota question keeps coming up. The Packers signed Grant when they were really banged up at receiver. However, they healed up quickly and stayed that way the rest of the season. That's just the way it goes sometimes.
Marin from West Lawn, PA
Now after having one season under his belt, will Coach LaFleur perhaps play a greater role working with Gute in deciding potential free agents and with the college draft?
Those two have had an open-door policy with each other in terms of player acquisition since the day LaFleur was hired. But like anything, a full year working together should only help cohesion. Both saw what the 2019 team did well and where it needs to improve for 2020.
Hypothetical, you're the GM, first round and the 30th pick is on the clock. There are four players on the board that you have mid-first-round grades on – a WR, a TE, a MLB, and a QB. And the Bengals are on the phone offering the first pick in the second round and the first pick in the fourth round for the 30th pick. What's the call Wes?
The ole draft value chart says move back two spots and get the first pick on Day 3. I'd probably go that direction with that much depth still on the board.
Bob from Grand Rapids, MI
What is the status of Yosh Nijman? I know he was placed on IR. What do you think of his chances as a backup OT next year?
Nijman is a massive, massive human being. It's too bad the elbow flared up after he was activated to the 53. I think he could definitely be in contention for a roster spot this summer if he gets his pad level down and keeps developing his upper body.
Karl from Fort Collins, CO
Wes, your answer to my question from last spring looks prescient:
"There's a lot of work to be done between now and opening day, but is it wrong to think that some optimism is justified?"
The Eagles were 7-9 in 2016 during Doug Pederson's first year before going 13-3 and winning Super Bowl LII. Sometimes it only takes a season to turn everything around.
That's just the way things work in the NFL. A new voice leading the locker room, a few impact free-agent signings and the continued maturation from players already on the roster made all the difference for Green Bay in 2019.
Jan. 28, 1959: Packers hire Vince Lombardi
Vince Lombardi, an offensive assistant of the New York Giants, was named the Packers' fifth head coach. Lombardi went on to win five NFL championships in Green Bay.
Former Packers Head Coach Vince Lombardi and QB Bart Starr
Former Packers Head Coach Vince Lombardi.
Former Packers Head Coach Vince Lombardi and QB Bart Starr.
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Packers coach Vince Lombardi, center, embraces K Don Chandler, left, who kicked 4 field goals and QB Bart Starr after winning Super Bowl II against the Oakland Raiders in Miami.
Steve from Davenport, IA
Has the Pro Bowl become a joke? Should players just be nominated but not waste the game being played?
The ratings for this year's Pro Bowl aren't out yet but last year's game was the most-watched program on cable TV. Needless to say, the NFL ain't saying no to cash, bro.
Nicole from Trempealeau, WI
Has there ever been a Packer Pro Bowl MVP?
John Jefferson (1983) was the last Packers player to win one.
Malcolm from Fennimore, WI
Do you think changing the Pro Bowl to full-fledged flag football would improve it at all?
I've never been as down on the Pro Bowl as most fans and pundits seem to be. I'm OK with the glorified two-hand touch that the Pro Bowl has become. Guys are having fun and nobody is getting injured. The best thing the NFL did was move it ahead of the Super Bowl. Now it's another part of the party.
Mike from Ames, IA
Do you think the Pro Bowl would get more views if part of the skills challenge was a Royal Rumble match?
Never mind. Mike from Ames just solved the whole thing.
Dave from Franklin, WI
Will Darnell Savage be allowed to wear No. 21 next season?
No, and I think that ship has sailed. He's sticking with No. 26.
Bill from Bloomfield, MI
In every NFL decade one team has won three or more championships with no other team winning more than two. Those teams are the Bulldogs, Packers, Bears, Browns, Packers again, Steelers, 49ers, Cowboys, Patriots and Patriots again. Who do you like as the leading contender(s) for the 2020s and what elements from the past teams are the most important?
Patrick Mahomes is 24 years old and already won an MVP award. It would be foolish to not say Kansas City right now considering it has a chance to put the first trophy from this decade in the case Sunday night.
Steve from Neenah, WI
When do organized team activities start?
Official dates will be announced in early May. The Packers conducted their first public OTA practice on Tuesday, May 21, this past year.
Photos: Packers fans at the Pro Bowl
Packers fans were in Orlando to cheer on the Green & Gold in the 2020 Pro Bowl.
Ryan Hartwig, packers.com
Donny from Green Bay, WI
I hope the NBA retires Kobe's number like the MLB did for Jackie Robinson. Also, Kobe's legacy in my mind is summed up that he's a single name athlete. Reggie, Brett, Peyton, LeBron, Michael, Shaq, Tiger, etc.
So true. He was one of a kind.
Mike from Niles, IL
Thanks Mike, for remembering Kobe Bryant. Never considered myself much of a Kobe fan, but was shocked to hear the news. Proud of Davante and Za'Darius for leading Kobe tributes as well as for their excellent play. Way too many sports and music stars (Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, Big Bopper, Patsy Cline, and Jim Reeves) and closer to home, Alan Kulwicki, and the entire San Luis Obispo football team have died this way. RIP, all.
Alan Kulwicki was the first big death I recall. I was only five at the time. My dad was a massive Kulwicki fan. Parts of my childhood home are still decorated with his memorabilia. Coincidentally, Kulwicki and I share the same birthday.
Ashley from Chicago, IL
II, what are your favorite parts about the offseason?
It's great having weekends off again, and eating lunch and dinner at normal times. There's also more time to focus on special projects.
Brett from Atlanta, GA
The worst part of the Packers season being over was realized on Sunday as, by habit, I get ready for the 1 p.m. EST start time and my wife presents me with the "honey-do" list that dates back to September. It's going to be a long offseason!
I'm with ya. I actually took PTO today to finish a present for my wife's birthday, which was more than three weeks ago. Wish me luck.


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Tram 8604 (Tatra T6A5) - Lesser Town Prague - Rush Hour
A woman talks on her cell phone at the back of tram 8604 (a Tatra T6A5 model), as the tram arrives at the tram stop at Klárov and Pod Bruskou in Lesser Town Prague during rush hour.
Photograph taken: April 29, 2015, at Prague, Czechia.
Prague Castle at dusk from the Charles Bridge
Prague Castle At Dusk
As dusk encroaches on Prague, Prague Castle is lit up with lights showcasing its splendor. In the center of the image, the spires of Saint Vitus Cathedral can be seen reaching up into the sky. In the foreground the Vltava River is seen flowing by.
Playing Music On The Charles Bridge In Prague
While some tourists wander the Karlův Most (Charles Bridge), a few tourists stop to listen to a musician who is playing on the bridge. The structure seen through the opening in the Old Bridge Tower is St. Salvator Church, the home of the Roman-Catholic Academic Parish of Prague.
April 30, 2015, at Praha (Prague), Czechia.
Catenary Wires - Prague's Main Train Station
With all of the tracks leading into and out of Prague's main train station these catenary wires and supports seem to be everywhere above them. A catenary system holds the electrical wires that provide power to the electrified trains. The system is made up of both the wires providing the electrical power, and the supports holding the wires in place.
Photo taken on: April 30, 2015, at Prague, Czechia.
Saint John Of Nepomuk's Silver Tomb - St. Vitus Cathedral
The silver covered tomb of Saint John of Nepomuk (Czech: Svatý Jan Nepomucký) inside Saint Vitus Cathedral, at Prague Castle. When I took this photograph, I did not realize that the tomb was covered in silver. It was not until after I was back home, and researched the saint that I became aware that his tomb was covered in silver.
Stone arche way inside Saint Vitus Cathedral - Prague Castle
A view looking up at some of the stone arches and vaulted ceilings inside of Saint Vitus Cathedral, which is located at Prague Castle.
Battling Titans at the Entrace to Prague Castle
One of the statues at the entrance to Prague Castle that depicts a pair of battling titans. There are two statues depicting titans battle each other at the entrance, as well as a number of other statues to the left and right of the titan statues.
SP 8153 - Sedalia Subdivision - Maplewood, MO - April 1995
I dug this photograph out of the old negative files. Here we see Southern Pacific 8153, along with a second Southern Pacific unit, sitting along Greenwood Blvd., at Big Bend Boulevard, in Maplewood, Missouri. The train was waiting for clearance to proceed east on Union Pacific's Sedalia Subdivision.
At this time the Sedalia Subdivision ran all the way from Rock Creek Junction in Kansas City, Missouri. to Gratiot Tower (now called Gratiot Interlocking) in St. Louis, Missouri. Today, the segment of the rail line from Jefferson City, Missouri, to St. Louis has been renamed the Jefferson City Subdivision. I'm not sure when the name change occurred, but a Union Pacific timetable I have from 1995, still lists this segment of the line as the Sedalia Subdivision.
Photo taken: April 1995, at Maplewood, Missouri.
Location: Maplewood, MO, USA.

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Father jailed for beating, impregnating intellectually impaired daughter
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT
A Hawke's Bay man has been jailed for the decade-long physical and sexual abuse of his intellectually impaired daughter who he also impregnated.
The man, who has automatic name suppression to protect the identity of his daughter, will spend the next five years and five months behind bars after admitting a representative charge of incest and six charges of assaulting a female, one of which was also representative.
Other charges, including rape and injuring with intent to injure, were withdrawn by the Crown during sentencing in the Hamilton District Court today.
The court heard the abuse began when the victim began living with her father, his wife and their daughter in 2005.
She had previously never had anything to do with her father who is now aged 56.
Once in his care, the man became controlling and when she disagreed with what he said he would assault her.
A sexual relationship began soon afterwards, a relationship which the victim did not want.
After two years and fed up, she packed her bags. Angry, the man slapped her and placed his hands around her neck.
She left the home and moved to the South Island.
After a while, the man got back in touch with the victim and said he had left his wife and was not so angry anymore.
She agreed to move back in with him and the pair set up in Wellington. In December 2008 she received treatment for her first abortion.
They both then moved to Hamilton and the abuse continued, which also included controlling her social media accounts and ensuring she remained distant from her friends.
During 2015 and the beginning of 2016, there were a series of violent sexual encounters where the man would beat her up and then have sex with her.
In March 2016 she was again treated for an abortion and it was there that the victim spoke to a counsellor about the ongoing abuse.
The victim agreed to go to police and an investigation commenced.
Crown prosecutor Jacinda Foster said the victim, while an adult, was a particularly vulnerable person given her intellectual impairment and controlling influence that her father had over her.
"There was nothing of a loving or supportive or caring nature about this relationship.
"This relationship was categorised by the power and control over his intellectually impaired daughter and dominated her life for a lengthy period … I have been unable, in researching, to identify cases where there is the level of physical violence that there is present in this case within an incestuous relationship."
In her victim impact statement, the woman described how she had since "lost her sense of herself" and her independent identity.
The man's lawyer Tom Sutcliffe said while it was a bad case it "wasn't the worst of its type".
He asked Judge Glen Marshall to take into account his client's age and health when deciding on a jail term.
He had no previous convictions for which he should receive credit as well as pleading guilty which saved the victim from a "traumatic trial".
Judge Marshall described the offending as "sustained abuse" over a 10-year period that involved a significant breach of trust.
"A child of a parent is entitled to, even in later years, the protection, love and support of a parent – not physical and sexual abuse."
He said the offending was also violent and premeditated – it wasn't just an isolated error of judgment – and had a profound impact on the victim.
In handing down the prison term, he declined to issue a minimum non-parole period as requested by the crown.
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The Ortega-Murillo government is still under pressure, trying to buy time as it waits for clearer signals from Washington. Meanwhile, the opposition eliminated from last November's elections, which then actively urged voters to abstain from casting a ballot to avoid legitimating the "farce" those elections represented, has now split in two over whether or not to run in November's municipal elections.
Three months into his adminis tration, President Trump has yet to define his policy toward Latin America. The members of Congress who sponsored the "Nica Act," a bill that would block inter¬national loans to the Ortega government unless Nicaragua's next elections are clean and transparent, are anxious to revive it. It has already been approved by the House of Representatives but is stalled in the Senate. And Luis Almagro, secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), is again concentrating on Venezuela after negotiating with the Ortega government with very limited success to ensure those clean and transparent elections.
How to read Donald Trump
In an attempt to glean some idea of what lies at the end of this agonizing wait, the Ortega-Murillo government decided to rattle some cages in Washington. On March 20 Francisco Campbell, Nicara¬gua's ambassador to the United States, participated in a round table on "Perceptions of US diplomacy seen from Latin America," organized by the State Department's Foreign Service Institute.
Without mentioning Trump by name, Campbell described the US as currently engaged in an "unconventional transition" that has generated much confusion, many questions and numerous efforts to decipher its foreign policy intentions. Noting that relations between the United States and some of its neighbors to the South—presumably referring particularly to Cuba—have experienced notable evolution in recent years, he encouraged Washington to employ a constructive and pragmatic attitude toward cases in which progress has not yet been made and that require political maturity and above all full respect for the national sovereignty of each country, independent of its geographic size, wealth or development level.
Although attempting a continental vision, Ambassador Campbell was clearly talking about Nicaragua. He said that from the outset his government has raised the pressing need to set aside existing ideological prejudices, adding that a mature and constructive relation would include the development of a practical agenda focused on issues of mutual interest. He identified three "pillars" for a bilateral agenda: security (understood as drugs, organized crime and international terrorism); trade and investments; and renewable energy and sustainable development. He then listed the progress Nicaragua has been making with all three.
Ortega's pillars and those of the Nica Act
Although the ambassador's words were carefully chosen, they reveal the concern in Managua's power circle about what the new administration in the White House might do. The message avoided the underlying issues that gave rise to the Nica Act and made no mention of the negotiation with the OAS.
The "pillars" on which the Nica Act is built refer to other issues: clean and transparent elections; democracy; civil, political and human rights… Ever since that bill was passed by the House last September then followed by Donald Trump's arrival at the White House in January, two former Nicaraguan ambassadors, Francisco Aguirre Sacasa and Bosco Matamoros, both of them Liberals, have repeatedly warned Ortega about something he's already well aware of: that a well-organized group of Cuban-American congress¬people is determined to push this legislation forward, either in its original version or adding conditions that put even more pressure on the Nicaraguan President and his top government officials.
They say Ortega has it within his power to short-circuit its approval, but insist that his current agreements with the OAS won't be enough to do the job. Political scientist José Antonio Peraza offers extensive reflections on the limited nature of those accords in this issue's Speaking Out section.
Acting cautiously…
Some analysts believe that after the OAS citation against Venezuela's President, it won't be much longer before the screws are turned against Nica¬ragua's; and it would appear the Ortega-Murillo government agrees. At times it acts so cautiously that it tries to steer clear of that inter-American institution altogether. In March, during the 161st period of sessions of its Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR), Nicaragua didn't even send a representative to the hearings that dealt with press freedom and human rights in Nicaragua.
After the Commission members heard descriptions of what was happening in the country from representatives of the Nicaraguan Human Rights Center (CENIDH), the Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Foundation and journalist Carlos Fernando Chamorro, representing his Center for Communication Research (CINCO), Edison Lanzas, the IACHR special rapporteur on press freedom, commented with more than a touch of irony, "It's hard to understand how a government that wins elections with 72% of the vote refuses to discuss freedom of expression."
…acting belligerently…
Although the government is aware of the danger, it sometimes slips into bellicosity and faces off against the OAS. Only a few days after it absented itself from the IACHR hearing, it participated actively in an OAS Permanent Council Session scheduled to analyze Almagro's report that presented Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro with a sort of ultimatum. Nicaragua's representative worked together with Bolivia's to boycott approval of the session's agenda.
In the end, however, 20 of the 34 member countries asked the OAS to design a "roadmap" to restore democracy in Venezuela. It was a more limited result than Almagro expected, but wasn't a triumph for Maduro, who immediately ordered his country's Supreme Tribunal of Justice to take over the functions of the legislative branch, only to retract this order almost straight away.
Whether the OAS initiatives in Venezuela's case move slower or faster, they leave none of the unknowns or questions mentioned by Ambassador Campbell, enjoying the clear backing of the Trump administration.
…and saying nothing
As it waits to learn more about President Trump's plans, the Nicaraguan government is prudently saying nothing about CAFTA-DR, the US free trade agreement with Central America and the Dominican Republic. The other regional governments that are signatories of that agreement have been expressing the need to revise it, given their fear that the agricultural products from the US that are scheduled to start coming into their countries duty free this year, the tenth anniversary of its signing, will create unequal competition with their own products. Nicaragua is hunkering down because it's the only country in CAFTA-DR with a favorable trade surplus with the United States.
The White House has issued an executive order to review all 14 US trade agreements with other countries, with Trump's sights particularly focused on the North American Free Trade Agreement with Mexico and Canada (NAFTA), because the US is running a US$60 billion deficit with Mexico. In contrast, it has a US$5 billion surplus with DR-CAFTA overall. While Nicaragua's trade surplus of nearly US$2 billion with the US last year means a lot to us, it's a drop in the bucket compared to the surpluses China, Europe and Mexico have with the US.
Trump's determination to review all multilateral treaties, transforming them into bilateral ones and eliminating those unfavorable to the US with a view to putting "America First," would be very detrimental to Nicaragua. Aguirre Sacasa has publicly sounded the alarm: "Considering the anti-Ortega climate in the US Congress, Nicaragua could find itself affected if the Trump administration were to negotiate CAFTA country by country. President Ortega has to take that into account."
"The most important task"
The uncertainties of the internal context are also exerting pressure on the Ortega-Murillo government. While we'll never know the precise figures or exact motivations behind the massive voter abstention in last November's general elections, creating a hollow victory for the Ortega-Murillo presidential ticket, we do know that the model the governing couple has imposed on the country has been significantly eroded. They must now be doubting the control they're exercising not only over the population but also over the grassroots base of their own political machine.
The rivalries and contradictions mounting within the circle of power are accentuating that uncertainty. Former Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) presidential candidate Edmundo Jarquin recently returned to the topic in a televised interview with journalist Jaime Arellano. Jarquín defined both the Ortega-Murillo government's rage against the MRS and its policy of sidelining "historical" FSLN militants—Jarquín belongs to both groups—as having the same political parentage, the same dynamic, imposed within the party by Murillo. He underscored the importance of retired General Humberto Ortega's defense of debate, collective leadership and criticism of the FSLN being dominated by a "single person," even though that person is the general's own brother.
Hugo Torres, also a retired general, says the internal tensions have also infected the Army, where contradictions exist among the Army's "institu¬tionals," its historical members, many of whom date back to the FSLN-led insurrection against Somoza and those loyal to the governing couple's dynastic project.
As Jarquín puts it, "The 1893 Liberal revolution gave birth to a new social and political subject, liberalism, which dominated virtually the entire 20th century. The 1979 Sandinista revolution was the origin of a new social and historical subject, Sandinismo, and it will have enormous importance throughout this century. But both the 20th-century liberalism and 21st-century Sandinismo have undergone a process of privatization. Somoza did it to liberalism in the 20th century, which is what led to the 1979 revolution. And we're now seeing it in Sandinismo, privatized by Murillo's project. Containing that privatization process, which is heading toward a dynastic regime, is the most important task currently facing democracy in Nicaragua."
Almagro: "Next…"
The OAS has posed itself other "tasks," although they have yet to be clearly concretized. On March 16, while Luis Almagro was concentrating all his energies on Venezuela, he gave Nicaragua two minutes of his time to stress the importance of the agreement reached with Ortega. In a video message, Almagro reiterated the contents of the February 28 memorandum and announced that "next" they will define the objectives, areas of responsibility, activities, work plan, budget and monitoring and evaluation method for the cooperation mission the OAS will set up in Nicaragua to "perfect" democracy…
While everyone is waiting for the next announcement, the only concrete thing so far is that an OAS mission will be present "before, during and after" the November 5 municipal elections, applying the "OAS norms and standards for electoral observation." If those elections really happen, the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) must formally call them six months previously, on May 5, announcing what parties or alliances will participate and presenting the calendar for the ensuing six months.
The diverging of the opposition
Meanwhile, the National Coalition for Democracy, the alliance of 10 opposition organizations Ortega so feared in last November's general elections that he engineered its exclusion from the race, has since split into two groups. This occurred after Eduardo Monte¬alegre, the coordinator and legal representative of the Independent Liberal Party (PLI), the largest party in the alliance, announced he was retiring from politics last August. Kitty Monterrey, his assistant for the past 25 years, immediately announced she was taking his place. Soon thereafter she announced that she would request legal status from the CSE for her new party, Citizens for Liberty (CxL), made up exclusively of Liberals loyal to him.
As all that was unfolding, those Monterrey excluded began to group together in a new political—not electoral—alliance they named the Broad Front for Democracy (FAD). It is a convergence of both leaders and rank-and-file of different political stripes: Liberals who originally belonged to either the PLI or the Constitutionalist Liberal Party (PLC), Conservatives, former Resistance members, the MRS, the Citizen Action Party (PAC) and discontents who never affiliated with any party.
Both the CxL and the FAD have now made their positions clear with respect to running candidates in November's municipal elections: the former will if it gets its legal status and the latter will not.
CxL front and center
The CxL has met all the electoral law's requisites for forming a new party and is ready to run in the next elections. These requirements are "grueling," to quote CxL director Pedro Joaquín Chamorro Jr.: in activities verified in situ and certified by the CSE, the party had to elect 765 members of 153 boards, one per municipality, as well as 119 members of 15 boards, one per department, and a 9-member national board.
Kitty Monterrey was elected to head the CxL's national board. She has never before had a visible political role in her 67 years, having begun working with Montealegre back when he was a banker and government minister. She stuck by him during his 11 years of party activity, serving as his efficient administrator in three political efforts: in 2005 when he left the PLC and founded the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN), beating out the PLC for second place as the new party's presidential candidate the next year; in 2008 when Ortega stripped him of his ALN leadership and he founded the "We're Going with Eduardo" movement, running for mayor of Managua in alliance with the PLC, which many believe he would have won had there not been significant fraud; and in 2011 when he and his followers from that movement took over the generations-old PLI, thus regaining legal status, which he shared in an alliance with the MRS and others to run candidates and again place second in what was again a fraudulent general election.
Monterrey's debut as a political leader has Monte¬alegre's arms-length blessing. The apparent deal with Ortega was to allow the CxL to participate in the upcoming elections, thus legitimizing Ortega's tainted 2016 reelection ex-post-facto. In exchange, the courts have re-shelved a case against Montealegre related to the issuing of negotiable investment certificates (CENIs) when he was President Arnoldo Alemán's treasury ministry, in a clear conflict of interest with his links to a bank that profited handsomely from the purchase of those bonds. The courts also granted his brother, Álvaro, the privilege of house arrest after being sentenced to 22 years in prison for swindling a sizable group of countrymen of his same social class and reversed its decision to embargo his belongings to compensate the victims of his scam. The exceedingly harsh sentence for Álvaro's white-collar crime and the trial that has been hanging over Eduardo's head for the past decade are generally understood as Ortega's way of keeping Montealegre on a short political leash.
The OAS is supposed to be the "guarantee"
Monterrey and her CxL followers consider the presence of OAS observers in the municipal elections to be sufficient guarantee to warrant their decision to run candidates. They seem undaunted by the lack of any changes in the top CSE management that has administered the greater or lesser frauds perpetrated since 2006, or in the restrictive electoral law or even the electoral logistics, much less any sign of political will on Ortega's part to make those changes.
According to Monterrey, the winning strategy is not the constantly called-for national "opposition unity." She argues that a national election is utterly unlike municipal elections, in which different locally-known leader¬ships compete in each of the 153 municipalities with their own unique contexts and correlations of forces. The CxL's strategy will thus be territorial unity, which is not too dissimilar to the highly successful strategy promoted by the MRS when it participated in the FSLN's Convergence in the 2000 municipal elections. To bring out voters who abstained last November, the CxL affiliates in each municipality will be free to choose the best candidates they can find from among the local leadership, "wherever they come from" as long as they offer the greatest chance of defeating Ortega's candidates.
"An allergy that's hard to explain"
Ever since Monterrey excluded from the CxL anyone who was not a loyal follower of Montealegre, even if they had been active PLI leaders, she has also insisted on distancing it from the MRS, arguing that the Liberal ideology is incompatible with what she calls its "extreme left socialist ideology." Ironically, the government's political and business spokespeople excoriate the MRS for precisely the opposite reason: as a rightwing social democratic organization.
Monterrey not only distorts the MRS ideology, but also its strategy, claiming that the CxL is proposing a "civic way" to defeat Ortega, while the MRS proposal seeks to "return to the destruction of the eighties."
The shared interest in getting Ortega out of power united the PLI and the MRS for a time, she said, "but at this point I have my doubts that this is really the MRS objective, because their populist language is identical to the FSLN's and stability comes first in this country, not a language that incites violence and the destruction of the little we have constructed."
She claims that allying with the MRS brought the PLI "enormous problems" with private enterprise and the Catholic Church. But Humberto Belli—the Chamorro government's education minister, who is intensely critical of the Ortega government and closely linked to both private enterprise and the Church—finds Monterrey's portrait of the MRS, belied by both the MRS' own discourse and reality, "an allergy that's hard to explain."
"We don't accept conditions and aren't accomplices"
The government shares the allergy, although for different reasons and with a different portrayal. In late March, FAD coordinator José Pallais, a Liberal jurist-politician known for his ethical stances, reported to the media that an Ortega government envoy had visited him in his office in León to offer the FAD legal status as a political party if it expelled the MRS.
According to Pallais, he responded, "Tell your boss we don't accept conditions, because that would make us his accomplices." For Pallais, this proposition has to do "with the FSLN's history, which has been exclusionary and permits no future for any other force of Sandinista origins." For Henry Zelaya, a former Resistance director who is now also a director of the FAD, Ortega has no use for anybody he sees as politically opposed to him.
MRS: 1995 – 2017
The stellar moment in the MRS' 22 years of history was its open challenge to Daniel Ortega in the 2006 elections, heading an alliance whose presidential candidate was former Managua mayor Herty Lewites. At the time Lewites had just been expelled from the FSLN for aspiring to run against Ortega in the party's presidential primaries. With his charismatic personality and a highly successful term as mayor to his credit, Lewites pulled together various dispersed groups of Sandinistas and also demonstrated his popularity well beyond the Left. Although the MRS was largely made up of Sandinista professionals and intellectuals, it had never before had such an important political asset. In an alliance with a new split of well-known leftists who had departed the FSLN with Levites, and with Edmundo Jarquín as his running mate, they threatened to win elections in which both the Right and the Left were divided, creating a close four-way race.
Just as the campaign was getting underway, Lewites suddenly and mysteriously died, reportedly of a heart attack. Although the MRS Alliance was devastated, it quickly tried to rally, moving Jarquín up to the presidential slot and completing the ticket with the beloved revolutionary singer-song¬writer Carlos Mejía Godoy.
That was ¬also the year the Catholic and Evangelical churches mounted an all-out war on the century-old law permitting therapeutic abortion. Caught on the street by a journalist who asked his view on the right-to-life campaign, Jarquín responded as diplomatically as possible that he favored the right to life, including that of women whose life was threatened by a high-risk pregnancy. With that, he was immediately dubbed the "assassin candidate."
Despite all that, the MRS obtained 300,000 votes that year, winning 20% of Managua and coming within three points of stopping Ortega from wining with the new first-round minimum of 35% of the national vote. It has even been alleged that a percentage of never-counted ballots would have made the difference and was the first small example of the electoral frauds to come. Be that as it may, the MRS had begun to show muscle and from then on Ortega, who won the elections and went on to consolidate control over virtually all the institutions, began to vent his ire against it for daring to cross him.
In June 2008, just as the campaign for that year's municipal elections was formally getting underway, the CSE unjustifiably stripped the MRS of its legal status in a violation of human rights that reached the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, although Nicaragua's Supreme Court has refused to recognize this.
Although bereft of its legal status, and thus unable to participate in elections in its own right, the MRS continued demonstrating its political status. In the 2011 presidential elections, it participated in an electoral alliance with Montealegre's Liberals. Although it decided not to take part in the 2012 municipal elections, which were too clearly rigged, it did so again as part of the National Coalition for Democracy in the 2016 presidential elections, until it was the PLI's turn to have its legal status taken away, thus denying the Coalition a slot on the ballot. "Today," says Dora María Téllez, a coman¬dante in the FSLN-led insurrection against Somoza, the revolutionary government's minister of health in the late eighties and one of the founders of the MRS when it split in 1995, "only a few of us early leaders still belong to the FSLN. The majority of those in the party now are young people with different political origins."
"The OAS can neither see nor avoid it"
Those in the FAD, be they MRS, Liberals, Conservatives or former contras, have decided not to legitimate the upcoming municipal elections by participating in them. They believe the only parties that still enjoy legal standing owe it to their agreement to "politically subordinate themselves" to Ortega. Another FAD leader, Violeta Granera, who had the vice presidential slot in the coalition annulled by Ortega in June 2016, explains that if the November 2016 elections were "a farce," the municipal ones this year will be a myriad of "little farces." Nonetheless, she remains open to dialogue with Monterrey and the CxL "to bring our visions closer."
The FAD representatives don't believe that running candidates based just on the OAS presence guarantees anything. They recall that the OAS also observed the 2011 elections, which were easier to monitor because the results were national, yet they culminated in an enormous fraud whose irregularities the OAS even reported without it changing a single thing in the country.
In addition, they warn that the OAS has no capacity to be in all 153 municipalities, and that even being in the country six months ahead of time overseeing the preparations isn't enough to detect or even recognize all the flaws in the electoral system. For example, they point out that "the OAS can neither see nor avoid nor control the fact that the election monitors of the still-legal parties, none of which have many members, are part of the machinery Daniel Ortega puts at the voting tables and that the majority of CSE officials heading its departmental and municipal structures and voting centers all over the country are also picked by his machinery."
"We'll never participate in that project"
The FAD considers that Ortega came out of last November's electoral event so delegitimized by elections with massive abstention and viewed by the rest of the world as tarnished that he urgently needs to re-legitimize himself. And in their view, there's nothing like the participation of those he has previously excluded to do that job. They are convinced that the only reason he's willing to give the CxL legal standing is to lend legitimacy to elections that will be watched from abroad, particularly from the US Congress, and to assure that his power project survives another five years without having to make any major changes.
"Ortega's project, which is one of a hegemonic party surrounded by a handful of little parties that are complicit with his dictatorial plan, can be called many things, but democracy isn't one of them," José Pallais says firmly. "And the FAD will never participate in that." He's convinced that "the CxL is Ortega's principal shield against the international pressure."
A weak but reinforced shield
Leaving to one side the CxL's ill will toward the MRS and the FAD's suspicions that the CxL is running in November just to get the few municipal government seats Ortega has agreed to give it in exchange for certain preconditions, the national scene has changed noticeably since the start of the Trump era.
Ortega no longer enjoys the Venezuelan cooperation that got him where he is today, and the era of Chávez's Venezuela could soon disappear, with it the Ortega government's squandering of resources, buying votes with welfare generosity and party and family accumulation. The government's insignia program, Zero Hunger—which grants women who own at least three quarters of a hectare of land a "productive bond" valued at some US$2,000 that includes hens, a sow, sometimes a cow and food for the animals—has already suffered a cut of over 28% from this year's budget.
Ortega is currently tangled up in his negotiations with the OAS from which it won't be easy to extract himself. It's not a scenario he wanted but he had to accept it in hopes of avoiding or at least putting off the Nica Act landing on the national economy… or on the heads of his cronies.
In this adverse context, the municipal elections seem a weak shield against the international pressure, but they are reinforced by the dream of all authoritarian governments: a fragmented and weak opposition. Ortega has been working to achieve that objective for two decades with the most perverse and wily maneuvers, so far with undeniable success.
A fragmented opposition, plus a disaffected popoulation
The two opposition organizations that emerged from the short-lived 2016 electoral alliance are the fruit of the fragmentation of years and have been further weakened by the exhaustion of a population that largely lives eking out a minimal living from day to day. Politically disenchanted by the endless self-interested maneuvers, society seems to have lost interest in what's happening beyond its door or in participating actively in solving the national political conflict.
On one side is Citizens for Liberty, a political project with a defined ideology that aspires to become the country's second political force. Its long-term vision involves running candidates in the municipal elections to gain spaces then continue accumulating forces until the next presidential elections in 2021. On that road, will it ally with other forces Ortega has so far not granted legal status, such as the Liberals' Unity with Dignity Movement or the Evangelicals' New Christian Alliance Party?
On the other side is the FAD, which believes persistence is the only path to restoring democracy and thus insistently demands free elections and substantive changes in the system. Its long-term vision involves uniting different ideologies in a common political project, which if it jells would be something novel in the country. For now it is working to link up local forces whose priority isn't to run in any election that comes along, but first to ensure that people genuinely have the right to elect.
Turn a crack into an opening
Eliseo Núñez Morales, a former PLI legislator close to Montealegre who is part of three blocs of Liberal politicians and their followers who have gone with the FAD, describes its strategy this way: "With the OAS a tiny crack in the wall has been opened up for us. Our strategy isn't to just sit there waiting for better conditions. It's to repeatedly batter that wall until the crack becomes an opening through which fresh air—and eventually all of us—can pass. Ortega has dismantled the democratic institutionality stone by stone, so we're building an opposition structure not for electoral processes but for a long-term struggle."
In Washington's radar
The US State Department closed March with a third international report that included the situation in Nicaragua, this time on drug control. The two previous ones, both earlier the same month, respectively focused on human rights and money laundering.
This report looks at the corruption in Nicaragua's police force, the courts' lack of independence and the absence of transparency in assigning confiscated drug-trafficking goods, which encourages corruption. It also refers to the lack of "reliable statistics" about the visibly growing use of drugs in the country.
Even with the crisis in Venezuela reaching a culminating point, the Ortega-Murillo government hasn't dropped back below Washing¬ton's radar. The agreement to permit the OAS to observe Nicaragua's municipal elections together with the failure to permit meaningful structural changes to the corrupt electoral process has etched the dividing line between the organized opposition even deeper, with some determined to participate and others determined not to.
Is participation really the question?
To participate or not to participate: is that really the question? US Ambassador Laura Dogu instead stresses a prior need: dialogue: "If the electoral process isn't accepted by all sectors of Nicaraguan society," she said, "it won't be successful. That's why I believe it's very important—for both the OAS and the government of Nicaragua—to hear all Nicaraguan voices in order to build a system of democracy that is open, transparent and fair for all Nicaraguans."
The dividing line Dogu mentions isn't about electoral participation. It's the one that separates distrust from confidence and welcoming from intolerance. That line will only be erased with an atmosphere of inclusion that accepts, listens to and depends on "all voices."
That is the question, but so far those who have the economic power and the political power in the country are showing no sign of even contemplating making that dialogue reality. And there's the rub.


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Q: String join() method used with for loop I need your help, because I don't understand why is possible to use the join() method with a forloop as an argument.
Ex:
" ".join(str(x) for x in list)

Python Documentation:

str.join(iterable)
  Return a string which is the concatenation of the strings in iterable.
A TypeError will be raised if there are any non-string values in iterable, including bytes objects. The separator between elements is the string providing this method.

Can please somebody explain?

A: The statement (str(x) for x in list) is called a generator expression:
>>> (str(x) for x in [1,2,3])
<generator object <genexpr> at 0x7fc916f01d20>

What this does is create an object that can be iterated over exactly once, and yields elements that would be created one at a time. You can iterate over it as you would a list, like this:
>>> gen = (str(x) for x in [1,2,3])
>>> for s in gen:
...     print s
...
1
2
3

A generator expression is iterable, so what the join function does is iterate over it and join its values.

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Dana, 10, wins long jump
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Briana Dana, 10, of Congers, won the Bantam Girls long jump competition at the USA Track & Field Region 1 Junior Olympic Championships, held on June 26 at Whittier Field, on the campus of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.
Dana's jump of 3.90 meters (12 feet, 9.5 inches) qualified her for the National Junior Olympic Championships to be held in Sacramento, Calif., at the end of July.
Dana, a newcomer to the sport, began training seriously only two months ago. She is being coached by Don Schlesinger, father of the former Clarkstown South horizontal jumper and three-time national champion Jodi Schlesinger.
It's incredible how much she reminds me of Jodi at this stage of her development, Schlesinger said. Briana is going to be a very big star in track and field, and I look forward to working with her in the years ahead to help her achieve that goal.
Before going to Sacramento, Dana will compete in the USA Youth Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Benedictine University in Lisle, Ill., and the United Age Group Track Coaches Association Youth Invitational at Widener University in Chester, Pa. She will be among the top-seeded jumpers at both meets
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The most common technique used is to transform something that is not meaningful to something meaningful. For example, if you have to remember the classification system, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species in biology you can memorize the sentence "Kings Play Chess On Fine Gold Sets " to make it easier. This sentence gives not only cues, but helps with the order also.
Another technique is known as the "Method of loci" where you associate something you have to remember to something you are very familiar with. For example if you have to remember the grocery list, you can associate the list to things you will see on the way. Tomatoes on the door, your cat drinking milk and rice instead of sand in front of your house and form a mental image making it easier to remember the list.
Another commonly used technique is repetition. This is a very old and often ridiculed method. However, evidence shows that the memory trace in the brain becomes strengthened on repetition. By giving meaning, forming associations and repetition, it is possible to improve memory significantly.


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HISTORY REOPENS : RUSSIAN CZARS HOME
SAINT PETERSBURG : Russia's Alexander Palace, the last home of the emperor Nicholas 11 before he and his family were executed by the Blosheviks, will reopen to the public next summer after million-dollar renovations, officials said on Friday.
The palace, considered one of the best world of the Italian architect Giacomo Quranenghi, was built in the late 18th century for the future emperor Alexander I and became the permanent residence of the last Russian czar in 1905.
The palace, located on the outskirts of the former imperial capital Saint Petersburg, has been under renovation since 2012 and was completely closed to the public three years later.
The first eight rooms will reopen after the makeover next June or July, a spokeswoman for the Tsarskoe Selo State Museum, which oversees the vast neo- Classical edifice, said.
The renovations have so far cost some 2 billion rubles [28 million euros; $31 million], she added. The works were mainly done on the floors, tapestries and ceilings.
The first premises to open to visitors include the emperor and empress's rooms including the Mauve Boudir, Alexandra Feodorovna's favorite room, and the czar's bathing chamber designed in the Moorish style.
''The Alexander Palace is a special place,'' Olga Taratynova, director of the Tsarskoe Selo Museum, told reporters during a presentation on Thursday.
''It was built for the Imperial family's private life which was pretty closely guarded. [AFP]


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Crossing the Line [incl. Kaukab Siddique]
The Jewish Exponent
https://www.meforum.org/campus-watch/18135/crossing-the-line-incl-kaukab-siddique
Those who advocate for Israel must distinguish between dissent and delegitimization. It's a distinction we all need to understand at a time when Israel is being vilified and ostracized abroad -- and here at home.
The signs are all around, from international resolutions to deny our historic link to ancestral Jewish sites to an absurd local effort to boycott hummus at a local grocer in West Philadelphia (story on Page 10).
We are not a monolithic community when it comes to most issues. Last week's elections only reaffirm that truth. We have individual takes on everything from health care to what's best for Israel. We as a community are strong enough to tolerate a wide tent, and we should be smart enough to understand that inclusion along the political and ideological spectrum strengthens rather than weakens us.
But when it comes to Israel, there has to be a basic bottom line -- and that is a commitment to the survival and flourishing of Israel as a Jewish state. In our community and beyond, that must be the one essential ingredient upon which we all agree in order to qualify as pro-Israel.
We're used to non-Jewish attacks against Israel. Think Kaukab Siddique, the Lincoln University professor whose odious remarks about destroying Israel and denying the Holocaust continue to create waves.
But what do we make of Jews who also cross the line? Those who advocate the delegitimization of Israel through boycotts, divestment and sanctions, who worry about human rights for the Palestinians over existential rights for Israel?
Many wonder how Jews, of all people, can lack that basic sensibility. How calling for the boycott of Israeli academics and artists can in any way contribute to the cause of peace?
A group of young Jews caused a stir at the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America this week when they disrupted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to the delegates in New Orleans. They identified themselves as members of Jewish Voice for Peace, a group that the Anti-Defamation League recently listed as one of the top 10 anti-Israel groups in America.
The question is: Where do these Jews stand on this rubicon? Are they dissenters or denyers of Israel's right to exist? Ironically, the brouhaha occurred at the very gathering that launched the Israel Action Network, a multimillion-dollar communal campaign to confront efforts to demonize Israel head on.
We have to be careful not to lump all dissenters with delegitimizers, distinguishing between those who are critical of a particular Israeli policy and those who wouldn't blink if Israel as a Jewish state would disappear tomorrow. It's this second group that poses the greatest threat -- and against whom we must unite.


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Прототипне програмування — стиль об'єктно-орієнтованого програмування, при якому відсутнє поняття класу, а повторне використання (успадкування) проводиться шляхом клонування наявного примірника об'єкта — прототипу.

Канонічним прикладом прототип-орієнтованої мови є мова Self. Надалі цей стиль програмування почав набувати популярності і був покладений в основу таких мов програмування, як JavaScript, Cecil, NewtonScript, Io, Slate, MOO, REBOL, Kevo та інших.

Порівняння з клас-орієнтованим підходом
У мовах, що базуються на понятті «клас», всі об'єкти розділені на два основних типи — класи та екземпляри. Клас визначає структуру і функціональність (поведінку), однакову для всіх екземплярів даного класу. Екземпляр є носієм даних — тобто володіє станом, що міняється відповідно до поведінки, заданої класом.

Прихильники прототипного програмування часто стверджують, що мови, засновані на класах, призводять до надмірної концентрації на таксономії класів і на відносинах між ними. На противагу цьому, прототипування загострює увагу на поведінці певної (невеликої) кількості «зразків», які потім класифікуються як «базові» об'єкти і використовуються для створення інших об'єктів. Багато прототип-орієнтованих систем підтримують зміну прототипів під час виконання програми, тоді як лише невелика частина клас-орієнтованих систем (наприклад, Smalltalk) дозволяють динамічно змінювати класи.

Хоча переважна більшість прототип-орієнтованих систем це інтерпретовані мови з динамічною типізацією, технічно можливо додати прототипування і в мови зі статичною перевіркою типів. Мова Omega є одним із прикладів такої системи.

Конструювання об'єктів
В клас-орієнтованих мовах новий екземпляр створюється через виклик конструктора класу (можливо, з набором параметрів). Отриманий екземпляр має структуру і поведінку, жорстко задані його класом.

У прототип-орієнтованих системах надається два методи створення нового об'єкта: клонування наявного об'єкта, або створення об'єкта «з нуля». Для створення об'єкта з нуля програмісту надаються синтаксичні засоби додавання властивостей і методів в об'єкт. Надалі, з отриманого об'єкта може бути отримана повна копія, клон. У процесі клонування копія успадковує всі характеристики свого прототипу, але з цього моменту вона стає самостійною і може бути змінена. У деяких реалізаціях копії зберігають посилання на об'єкти-прототипи, делегуючи їм частину своєї функціональності, при цьому зміна прототипу може торкнутися всіх його копій. В інших реалізаціях нові об'єкти повністю незалежні від своїх прототипів. Розглянемо кожну з цих реалізацій.

Делегування
У прототип-орієнтованих мовах, що використовують делегування, середовище виконання здатне виконувати диспетчеризацію викликів методів (або пошук потрібних даних) просто подорожуючи ланцюжком делегування вказівників (від об'єкта до його прототипу), до збігу. На відміну від відношення «клас — примірник», відношення «прототип — нащадки» не вимагає, щоб об'єкти-нащадки зберігали структурну подібність зі своїм прототипом. З часом вони можуть адаптуватися і поліпшуватися, але при цьому немає потреби переробляти прототип. Важливо, що додавати/видаляти/модифікувати можна не тільки дані, а й функції, при цьому функції теж виявляються об'єктами першого рівня. Внаслідок цього більшість прототип-орієнтованих мов називають дані і методи об'єкта «слотами» (комірками).

Каскадування
При «чистому» прототипуванні — його називають також каскадним та подання в Kevo — клоновані об'єкти не зберігають посилань на свої прототипи. Прототип копіюється один-в-один, зі всіма методами та атрибутами, і копії присвоюється нове ім'я (посилання). Це нагадує мітоз біологічних клітин.

До числа переваг даного підходу входить той факт, що творець копії може змінювати її, не побоюючись побічних ефектів серед інших нащадків свого предка. Також радикально знижуються обчислювальні витрати на диспетчеризацію, тому що немає необхідності обходити весь ланцюжок можливих делегатів у пошуках відповідного слота (методу або атрибута).

До числа недоліків можна включити труднощі з поширенням змін у системі: модифікація прототипу не тягне за собою негайну і автоматичну зміну всіх його нащадків. Тим не менше, Kevo надає додаткові засоби для публікації змін серед множини об'єктів, причому на підставі їхньої подібності («сімейної схожості»), а не за наявністю загального предка, що типово для моделей з делегуванням.

Інший недолік в тому, що найпростіші реалізації цієї моделі призводять до збільшеної (в порівнянні з моделлю делегування) витрати пам'яті, тому що кожен клон, поки він не змінений, буде містити копію даних свого прототипу. Однак ця проблема розв'язана оптимальним поділом незмінених даних і застосуванням «ледачого копіювання» — що й було використано в Kevo.

Приклад
// Приклад прототипного стилю успадкування в JavaScript

// «з нуля» об'єкт створюється із застосуванням буквеної нотації JSON {}.
const foo = {one: 1, two: 2};
// інший об'єкт «з нуля»
const bar = {three: 3};

// Деякі рушії JavaScript, такі як Gecko і Webkit,  можуть прямо маніпулювати прототипними зв'язками.
// Для простоти, припустимо, що наступний рядок працює незалежно від використаного рушія:
bar.__proto__ = foo; // bar наразі є нащадком foo.

// тепер ми можемо із bar доступитися до властивостей foo
bar.one // це дає 1.

// об'єкт-нащадок, звісно, зберігає і свої властивості
bar.three // тут лишається 3.

Критика
Прихильників клас-орієнтованих об'єктних моделей, що критикують прототипний підхід, часто турбують ті самі проблеми, якими стурбовані прихильники статичної типізації у відношенні до мов з динамічною типізацією. Зокрема, обговорення обертаються навколо таких тем, як правильність, безпека, передбачуваність та ефективність програми.

Що стосується перших трьох пунктів, то класи часто розглядаються як типи (і справді, в більшості об'єктно-орієнтованих мов зі статичною типізацією так воно і є), і передбачається, що класи надають певні домовленості і гарантують, що екземпляри будуть вести себе цілком певним чином.

У частині ефективності, оголошення класів значно спрощує компілятору завдання оптимізації, роблячи ефективнішими як методи, так і пошук атрибутів у примірниках. У випадку мови Self чимала частина часу була витрачена на розробку таких технік компіляції та інтерпретації, які дозволили б наблизити продуктивність прототип-орієнтованих систем до їхніх клас-орієнтованих конкурентів.

Нарешті, можливо найзагальнішим місцем критики проти прототипного програмування є те, що співтовариство розробників ПЗ недостатньо добре знайоме з ним, незважаючи на популярність і поширеність JavaScript. До того ж, так як прототип-орієнтовані системи є порівняно новими і все ще нечисленними і рідкісними, прийоми розробки з їхнім використанням досі не отримали великого поширення.

Мови
 Actor-Based Concurrent Language, ABCL: ABCL/1, ABCL/R, ABCL/R2, ABCL/c+

 Cecil
 Cel
 ECMAScript, ActionScript, DMDScript, JavaScript, JScript

 Io
 Lua
 MOO
 NewtonScript
 Obliq
 OpenLaszlo
 REBOL
 Self
 Slate
 TADS

Література

Статті з прикладами коду мовою JavaScript

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The Local Guides
What?s behind the crisis in the NHS and social care?
by Andy Cowper
You?ve seen the badges: ?I heart the NHS?. And it?s confirmed by opinion polls, which repeatedly find that the British public say the NHS is our biggest sources of national pride, ranking above the monarchy, let alone victories in the Second World War and the 1966 Football World Cup.
The NHS featured prominently in the London 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, in a way it?s difficult to imagine any other country?s health system doing. And the Brexit campaign made significant traction with its promise that the £350 million a week we ?send? to the EU (over half of which comes straight back) could ?fund our NHS instead?
Why, then, does the object of our national love seem to be in a state of ongoing near-crisis? And what is likely to happen next?
Several big factors play in to the problems facing the NHS. The first of these is that we have an ageing population, for whom medicine and healthcare can do far more (and at higher cost) than ever in the past. One of the most-feared diseases, cancer, is - if diagnosed early - now more amenable to treatment than ever thanks to new and highly expensive drugs.
The increase in our lifespans is striking: the UK population currently has over three million people aged over 80. By 2030, it is suggested that this figure will almost double, and reach eight million by 2050.
Today, one in six of the population is aged 65 and over: by 2050, it will be one in four. A man born in the UK in 1981 has an estimated life expectancy at birth of 84 years. But for a baby boy born today, that increases to 89 years, rising to 91 years by 2030.From 2012 to 2032, the populations of 65-84 year olds and the over-85s are set to increase by 39 and 106 per cent respectively, whereas 0-14 and 15-64 year olds are set to increase by 11 per cent and 7 per cent respectively.
This hits healthcare use, and thus costs, hard. The oldest old (aged 85+) accounted for 585,057 of the 12.2 million (4.8%) first attendance to English A&E departments in 2008-9, and 62% were admitted to hospital. Around one in three people over 65 admitted acutely to hospital are in fact in their last year of life.
The longer we live, the more likely we are to have one or more long-term conditions (such as asthma, lung disease, heart disease, dementia) for which no cure exists and which can make other health problems worse and harder to treat.
Our increasing old age is a result of economic success as well as healthcare success. But the economic growth has not been an unalloyed blessing, coinciding as it has with easy access to cheap, energy-dense ?junk? and processed foods. Alongside the demand pressures of our ageing population, we have also seen a rise in lifestyle diseases, such as obesity and Type 2 diabetes (caused by an unhealthy and over-sugary diet). The health impact of lifestyle diseases are spread across all age groups, and are heaping on the pressure to the NHS (as well as worsening the quality of life of those who fall into this trap).
Then there is social care, an area poorly understood by many people. While the NHS is free at the point of use, social care is means-tested and is chargeable for anyone with total wealth (including the value of their house) of over £23,250.
Part of the reason for our generally poor understanding of social care is that its name is woolly (and far less self-explanatory than the National health service). Social care is basically support with the activities of everyday living (dressing, washing, eating, etc.), and is commissioned (planned and funded if eligible or charged for if not) by local authorities, who set thresholds for what makes an applicant eligible. It is generally needed by frail older people and the disabled, to help them remain living independently in their homes.
Austerity (the Government?s reductions in public spending which follows on from the 2007-8 global financial crisis) has meant that local authorities have lost over 30% of their core central government funding since 2010, and more is to be taken from their central budgets. This has meant that eligibility criteria for those entitled to state funded social care have been higher.
The consequence of this has been felt in the NHS. People who ten years ago would have received support to dress, wash, cook and eat can no longer get it: consequently they are more likely to have falls or develop illnesses, and have to be taken to hospital, often through A&E. Once their medical problems are resolved, many then enter a ?Catch-22? situation where they are medically fit to be discharged but are assessed as being too vulnerable to live independently without ? social care support.
Such people are often marooned in hospital until a package of social care can be arranged. Many deteriorate fast if they are left in bed: older people?s fitness and abilities to move decline sharply if they are left in a hospital bed without being helped and encouraged to get up, walk around and (where safe) do things for themselves.
Although NHS funding (alongside education and overseas development) has enjoyed relative protection since 2010, the increases for the NHS have been only just above the rate of inflation. Meanwhile, NHS demand and activity have been rising each year, and the national waiting time targets have not been relaxed. Expert analysis suggests that the NHS would on its normal funding trajectory expect to have £30 billion higher annual funding than it is set to receive.
NHS leaders developed a plan called the Five-Year Forward View to deliver £22 billion of the £30 billion through quality improvements and efficiency gains, and the Government agreed to provide the other £8 billion in finance. However, real-terms Government cuts to other non-NHS budgets (such as those for training and public health) have led expert health analysts to conclude that the real financial increase is closer to £2.8 billion, once inflation is taken into account.
To try to help the NHS act in a more system-wide way and work more closely with social care, the 44 regions of the NHS in England have drawn up local stabilisation and transformation plans (STPs ? jokingly known by some as ?sticky toffee puddings?, and by others as ?sell the premises?!). These are meant to deliver difficult service changes ? which will undoubtedly include some closures ? to allow the NHS to meet demand while staying within budget.
A key contributor to the NHS?s almost achieving financial balance in recent years has been seven consecutive years of pay restraint, with a 1% maximum uplift for most staff. This means that NHS wages have been rising below the rate of inflation.
Meanwhile, not only are there some early signs that Brexit may be slowing the UK economy and therefore tax revenues, but nursing bodies have recently pointed out that the rate of recruitment of nurses from within the EU has collapsed over the past year.
The likelihood is that the current public anti-austerity mood will raise pressure on politicians to raise funding for the NHS and indeed social care. Local authorities have already been allowed to raise council tax to support social care funding, and many have done so to the maximum amount allowed. The consequence of this is that taxes are likely to have to rise, in the middle of an economic slowdown. Forget talking about a perfect storm ? this promises to be a very nasty storm indeed.
Andy Cowper is a Hampton resident and a journalist who writes about the politics and management of the NHS.
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Crisis in the NHS and Social Care
All Saints Parish Church
The site of the present-day church is where an original Saxon home of worship was positioned and it is where, in the year 838, Egbert, King of Wessex, held a great council attended by noblemen and senior churchmen of the day where the king and the clergy agreed to work together and to support one another.
Robert Bigelow
MOST of the time, people who say they believe in the story that aliens are living on earth can be dismissed as 'the lunatic fringe' or perhaps those who have been rather over-indulging in strong liquor. But when a billionaire American businessman - and particularly one who has worked with NASA on constructing space habitats and vehicles.
AUTHORITY has always had a difficulty with those unique human beings who see things differently from the majority. In an extraordinary career, he founded a number of defining internet sites, many of which were devoted to ensuring public access to huge swathes of material.
JOHN SHEAF
Some more interesting facts from our local historian John Sheaf
Kingston - Leander Sea Scouts
We are fortunate locally to have one of the most successful sea scout operations in the land in the shape of Leander Sea Scouts, based at 92 Lower Ham Road in Kingston.
From the Web, your call ? Bruno Borges
WHEN you consider the vastness of the Universe, there is much to be said in support of the theory that there is likely to be other intelligent life out there somewhere. Throughout the centuries, man has posed the question about alien lifeforms and much has been written about supposed sightings of extra-terrestrial beings.
Veganism - the way to a kinder world!
We recently spoke to the Hampton Guide resident gardener Cleve West about his transition from vegetarian to vegan and how it has transformed his life.
Hawker Aircraft
KINGSTON has a unique place in the history of British aviation because for nearly 80 years it saw the production of thousands of iconic aircraft built initially by the Sopwith Company and later by Hawker Aircraft and then British Aerospace.
Raven's Ait
These days, Raven's Ait is a conference and wedding venue but in the past, the island served as an important base for watersports and for helping to train youngsters in the arts of rowing, sailing, motor boat handling and naval discipline.
Anyone who regularly wanders around the centre of Kingston has walked past one of David Mach's creations - the iconic display of 12 old red telephone boxes that have fallen onto their sides like a row of dominoes.
Coombe Conduit
IN OUR busy modern world, we take the availability of clean, fresh water for granted in this country. We turn on the tap and there it is - ready to use. But centuries ago, the delivery of water for everyday use required a good deal of effort and thought.
John Cooper motor racing legend
THERE have been many notable sporting personalities who have lived and worked in Kingston and its surrounds but few have made such an impact on their sport as John Newton Cooper.
The Lost Hancock Scripts
Many people associate the birth of situation comedy with such shows as 'Hancock Half Hour' and 'Steptoe and Son'. Hampton residents Ray Galton and Alan Simpson are the brilliant writers behind these comic gems. We caught up with them over a curry to find out how they found the missing Hancock scripts...
Alan Turing, genius code breaker and mathematician
WHEN you consider what some people do to earn a knighthood, it's quickly apparent that there have been some glaring omissions in our history.
One of the worst such examples, in our view, is the case of former Hampton resident Alan Turing...
Alan Turing honour
Where The Guide leads, others clearly follow! It was more than a year ago that The Hampton Guide launched its campaign for codebreaking and computer genius Alan Turing to be honoured by the nation for his outstanding work during and after the Second World War.
A Walk on the Wild (Life) Side
Here at The Guide, we particularly love the sight of the occasional kingfisher, that iconic angler which nests on riverbanks and islands all the way along the Thames.
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2019 -20 Season
What If? Collective
News/Auditions
Playwrights Fest.
HEDWIG & THE ANGRY INCH
Written by John Cameron Mitchell
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Trask
Directed by: Kyle Barnette
Jan. 3 - 12, 2020 - Queen Street Playhouse
*10th ANNIVERSARY LIMITED RUN REVIVAL
TICKETS GO ON SALE AUGUST 12
""In the whole long, sorry history of rock musicals, HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH is the first one that truly rocks." —Rolling Stone
What If? co-founder Brian Porter reprises the role that put What If? on the map 10 years ago as Hedwig & the Angry Inch makes its rocking, triumphant Charleston return with a spectacular 10th anniversary revival of our theatre company's very first show.
"Internationally ignored song stylist" Hedwig Schmidt, is a fourth-wall smashing East German rock 'n' roll goddess who also happens to be the victim of a botched sex-change operation, which has left her with just "an angry inch." This outrageous and unexpectedly hilarious story is dazzlingly performed by Hedwig (née Hansel) in the form of a rock gig/stand-up comedy routine backed by the hard-rocking band "The Angry Inch." Using songs and monologues, Hedwig tells her sordid and often hysterical backstory, which began in the former East Berlin all the way to a Kansas trailer park, where she turned to music and met geeky Tommy Speck who stole her songs, and achieved rock star fame, leaving Hedwig to stalk Tommy's world tour, performing in theme-restaurants and dive bars situated close by to his stadium concerts. Hedwig describes her life's search for 'The Origin of Love' and her other half with a variety of now iconic songs such as 'Wicked Little Town', "Wig In a Box' and 'Sugar Daddy'.
It's a rocking ride, funny, touching, and ultimately inspiring to anyone who has felt life gave them an inch when they deserved a mile.
Hedwig: Brian Porter
Yitzak: Beth Curley
Director: Kyle Barnette
Music Director: Kay Thorn
Jan. 3, 4, 9, 10 & 11 at 7:30pm / Jan. 5 & 12 at 5:00pm
At the Queen Street Playhouse, 20 Queen Street


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Steve Wilson is an award-winning Australian herpetologist, naturalist, photographer and author based in Queensland. He also takes a keen interest in birds and mammals, invertebrates and botany.
Steve has authored and co-authored eight reptile books ranging from natural history to reference books (national, state and regional identification guides) and a children's book .
For nearly 40 years he has been working to compile one of the most comprehensive image libraries of Australian and international reptiles. These photos appear in his field guides and dozens of other books and magazines. See Photo Galleries for a selection.
He has been employed by the Queensland Museum as an Information Officer since 1986, educating the public, identifying their specimens and (hopefully) instilling a desire to conserve our unique biological heritage.
Talks, Herpetological Workshops and Tours
Steve conducts public lectures on his photography and travels. He also designs and conducts herpetological workshops and provides information sessions for industries on common sense around snakes, spiders and other potentially dangerous animals in the workplace.
Steve can organise and guide tours to destinations Australia-wide, tailored to suit particular needs. These include a range of desert, rainforest and tropical locations.
Pipeline Fauna Management
Steve has implemented efficient fauna monitoring systems that have proven successful on many pipeline construction projects totaling thousands of kilometres.
His pipeline fauna management system effectively demonstrates how industry and conservation can both benefit in a cost effective manner when they work together, while addressing Workplace Health and Safety issues
Fauna Consultant
Steve has had extensive experience over the past 20 years in conducting fauna surveys primarily in South East Queensland.
Complete Guide to the Reptiles of Australia
Natural History of Australian Lizards
Reptiles of the Scenic Rim
A field guide to reptiles of Queensland
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package config

import (
	"github.com/go-errors/errors"
	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl"
	"github.com/hashicorp/hcl/hcl/ast"
	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
	"github.com/samhug/ndm/config/auth_providers"
	"github.com/samhug/ndm/config/utilities"
	"strings"
)

// DeviceConfig represents a device configuration block
type DeviceConfig struct {
	Name         string
	ClassName    string
	Address      string
	AuthProvider string
	AuthPath     string
}

// parseDeviceAuthStr parses out the provider name and path given a device auth string of the form "provider:path".
func parseDeviceAuthStr(auth_str string) (string, string, error) {
	parts := strings.SplitN(auth_str, ":", 2)
	if len(parts) != 2 || parts[0] == "" || parts[1] == "" {
		return "", "", errors.Errorf("Invalid device auth string (%s). Auth strings must be of the format \"provider_name:auth_path\"", auth_str)
	}
	return parts[0], parts[1], nil
}

// loadDeviceConfigsHcl constructs DeviceConfig objects representing each device configuration block
func loadDeviceConfigsHcl(list *ast.ObjectList, deviceCfgs *map[string]*DeviceConfig, deviceClassCfgs *map[string]*DeviceClassConfig, authProviderCfgs *map[string]auth_providers.AuthProviderConfig) error {

	type hclDevice struct {
		Address string `mapstructure:"address,"`
		AuthStr string `mapstructure:"auth,"`
	}

	list = list.Children()
	if len(list.Items) == 0 {
		return nil
	}

	var errorAccum *multierror.Error

	for _, item := range list.Items {
		if len(item.Keys) != 2 {
			return errors.New("device block must specify a class and a name")
		}

		className := item.Keys[0].Token.Value().(string)
		name := item.Keys[1].Token.Value().(string)

		var rawResult hclDevice
		var metadata mapstructure.Metadata

		// Decode the parse tree into an object map
		var parsed map[string]interface{}
		if err := hcl.DecodeObject(&parsed, item.Val); err != nil {
			return err
		}

		decoder, err := mapstructure.NewDecoder(&mapstructure.DecoderConfig{
			Metadata: &metadata,
			Result:   &rawResult,
		})
		if err != nil {
			return errors.New("Failed constructing Decoder")
		}

		// Decode the object map into our structure
		if err := decoder.Decode(parsed); err != nil {
			errorAccum = multierror.Append(errorAccum, err.(*mapstructure.Error).WrappedErrors()...)
		}

		if err = utilities.CheckForRequiredFields(&metadata, []string{"address", "auth"}); err != nil {
			errorAccum = multierror.Append(errorAccum, errors.Errorf("device '%s': %s", name, err))
		}

		if _, ok := (*deviceClassCfgs)[className]; !ok {
			errorAccum = multierror.Append(errorAccum, errors.Errorf("device '%s': device_class '%s' doesn't exist", name, className))
		}

		auth_provider, auth_path, err := parseDeviceAuthStr(rawResult.AuthStr)
		if err != nil {
			errorAccum = multierror.Append(errorAccum, errors.Errorf("device '%s': %s", name, err))
		} else if _, ok := (*authProviderCfgs)[auth_provider]; !ok {
			errorAccum = multierror.Append(errorAccum, errors.Errorf("device '%s': auth_provider '%s' doesn't exist", name, auth_provider))
		}

		if _, ok := (*deviceCfgs)[name]; ok {
			return errors.Errorf("device '%s': device already exists with that name", name)
		}

		// Append the result
		(*deviceCfgs)[name] = &DeviceConfig{
			Name:         name,
			Address:      rawResult.Address,
			ClassName:    className,
			AuthProvider: auth_provider,
			AuthPath:     auth_path,
		}
	}

	if errorAccum.ErrorOrNil() != nil {
		return errorAccum
	}

	return nil
}

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