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Mastro-Don Gesualdo (OT: Mastro-don Gesualdo) ist der Titel eines 1889 publizierten Romans des italienischen Schriftstellers Giovanni Verga. Erzählt wird, vor einem breiten Gesellschaftsbild, die Geschichte eines sozialen Aufsteigers in die zerfallende Feudalgesellschaft Siziliens in der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jhs. Die deutschen Übersetzungen von Adele Berger, Charlotte Sauer und Marlis Ingenmey erschienen 1894, 1955 bzw. 1960.

Überblick

Die Handlung spielt in einer namentlich nicht genannten, an Vizzini als Vorlage orientierten sizilianischen Stadt und ihrem agrarischen Umland zur Zeit der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts.

Der erste Teil handelt von Bianca Trao, der Tochter einer verarmten Adelsfamilie, und ihrer Beziehung zu ihrem Vetter Ninì Rubiera sowie der arrangierten Ehe mit dem aus einfachen Verhältnissen zum Bauunternehmer und Großgrundbesitzer aufgestiegenen Gesualdo Motta. Im zweiten und dritten Teil steht, neben Mottas erfolgreichen geschäftlichen Aktivitäten und den Spannungen in den Familienbeziehungen, Biancas Tochter Isabella im Zentrum, ihre Liebe zu Corrado La Gurna und ihre Verheiratung mit dem Herzog von Leyra. Der vierte Teil erzählt von Biancas und Gesualdos Krankheit und Tod.

Handlung

Erster Teil

Die Adelsfamilien (Kapitel 1–3)
Auslöser der Mesalliance zwischen Bianca und Gesualdo Motta ist ein Brand (Kap. 1), und damit beginnt der Roman, im heruntergekommenen Palast der Traos, in dem das Mädchen mit ihren beiden Brüdern lebt, dem lungentuberkulosekranken Diego und dem asthmatischen Sonderling Ferdinando. Sie haben kein Einkommen, ihr Haus zerfällt immer mehr, Bianca muss die Hausarbeit verrichten und bei den Verwandten um Nahrungsmittel oder Kleidung betteln. Diego ist jedoch zu stolz, um einen Teil des Palastes zu vermieten oder das Haus zu verkaufen. Er hat die Illusion, einen jahrhundertealten Gerichtsstreits gegen den spanischen König wieder aufzunehmen und erfolgreich abzuschließen. Dadurch kämen die Traos zu großem Reichtum. Beim Brand entdeckt Diego, dass Bianca einen Liebhaber hat. Es ist ihr Vetter Ninì Rubiera. Am nächsten Tag (Kap. 2) sucht Diego seine Cousine, die Baronin Rubiera auf, teilt ihr seine Entdeckung mit und will sie zur Zustimmung zu einer Ehe ihres Sohnes Ninì mit seiner Schwester bewegen. Die Baronin hat durch ihre Geschäftstüchtigkeit im Handel mit den Früchten ihres Landbesitzes viele Nachbarhäuser aufgekauft und ist reich geworden. Sie plant, ihren Sohn mit einer Tochter aus einer finanziell gleichgestellten Familie zu verheiraten, und lehnt eine Ehe mit Bianca ab, die mit keiner Mitgift ausgestattet ist. Sie bietet ihrem Cousin an, seiner Schwester zu einem wohlhabenden Mann zu verhelfen, wenn er über die Affäre schweigt, was auch im Interesse Biancas wäre. Sie hat schon den zu Wohlstand gelangten Maurer Gesualdo Motta im Auge, mit dem zusammen sie ein Geschäft vorhat, nämlich die Ersteigerung der Gabella, d. h. der kommunalen Länder. Bisher hatte diese Nutzung, gewissermaßen als Gewohnheitsrecht, der Familie des Barons Zacco zustanden. Jetzt plant die Baronin eine Zusammenarbeit mit Gesualdo: Er stellt das Kapital zur Verfügung, sie den prestigeträchtigen Namen. Domherr Lupi soll beide Händel in die Wege leiten.

Gesualdo Motta (Kapitel 4–5)
Gesualdo Motta steht seit seiner Kindheit unter dem Druck seines dominanten Vater Nuncio. Als dieser von seinem Sohn erwartet, in seiner wenig ertragreichen Gipsbrennerei zu arbeiten, verlässt ihn dieser und lernt bei seinem Onkel Mascalise das Maurerhandwerk. Nach sieben Jahren macht er sich selbständig, nimmt Akkordarbeiten an, baut Schotterstraßen, Mühlen und Olivenpressen, eilt von morgens bis abends auf seinem Maultier von einer Baustelle zur anderen, um die Aufseher zu kontrollieren und die Arbeiter anzutreiben und verdient nach und nach so viel Geld, dass er ein Landgut auf der Canciria erwerben und seine Familie unterstützen kann (Kap. 4). Zweimal kauft er die verschuldete Gipsbrennerei zurück und springt für den Vater ein, wenn diesem eine Unternehmung misslingt, z. B. eine Brücke wegen mangelhafter Stützen einbricht (Kap. 5). Auch die spekulativen und unrentablen Geschäfte seines Schwagers Burgio (Kap. 5), des Mannes seiner Schwester Speranza, und die Leichtlebigkeit seines arbeitsscheuen Bruders Santo kosten ihn viel Geld. Auf seinen Rundgängen schaut er auf seinem Bauernhof vorbei (Kap. 4), kontrolliert die Hirten und besucht Diodata, ein Waisenmädchen, das er bei sich aufgenommen und als Magd angestellt hat. Sie haben eine Liebesbeziehung und die beiden Kinder Nunzio und Gesualdo. Diodata weiß um die Klassenunterschiede und behandelt ihn unterwürfig als ihren Herrn. Als er ihr von dem Plan erzählt, eine Adlige zu heiraten, um seinen weiteren Aufstieg und seine Vernetzung mit der höheren Gesellschaft zu fördern, ist sie darüber traurig und fürchtet um ihre Zukunft und die ihrer Kinder. Er verspricht ihr, für sie zu sorgen, ihr eine Mitgift zu geben und einen jungen Mann für sie zu suchen, er denkt an seinen Landarbeiter Nanni l'Orbo.

Die arrangierte Ehe Gesualdos mit Bianca (Kapitel 3–7)
Das erste Zusammentreffen von Gesualdo und Bianca arrangiert ihre Tante Marianna Sganci am Fest des heiligen Gregorius (Kap. 3). Sie hat ihre Familie und Bekannten auf die Balkone ihres Palastes eingeladen, um die Prozession anzuschauen. Währenddessen unterhält man sich über die Stadtneuigkeiten, die Heiratspläne und über den ersten Auftritt des neureichen Unternehmers in der höheren Gesellschaft. Bianca trifft auf ihren Geliebten Ninì und hofft, dass er zu ihrer Beziehung steht. Aber er erklärt ihr seine finanzielle Abhängigkeit von der Mutter und dass sie seine Heirat mit Fifì Margarone und die ihre mit Gesualdo Motta plant. Zwar ist er der einzige Erbe, aber er fürchtet um die Sperrung der Unterstützung während ihrer Lebenszeit, dann könnte er sich keinen standesgemäßen Haushalt leisten.

Während Lupis Vorschlag bei Gesualdo schnell auf offene Ohren stößt, die Braut ist jung, schön, adlig und öffnet ihm die Tür in die Gesellschaft, sind Bianca und ihre Brüder schwer zu überzeugen. Lupis Werbung wird vom stolzen Diego aus Standesgründen abgelehnt. Doch Biancas Onkel, Marquese Limòli, rät ihr eindringlich zur guten Partei zu (Kap. 3). Nach ihrer Beichte (Kap. 6) reden auch Lupi und der Küster Don Luca auf sie ein, sich die Gelegenheit einer guten Versorgung nicht entgehen zu lassen. Aber sie ist unsicher und hört auf das Urteil der Brüder. Erst als ihre Tante Marianna Sganci beide noch einmal dringlich ermahnt, an die Zukunft ihrer Schwester zu denken und sie nicht ein Leben lang in ihrem Haushalt als Dienstmagd arbeiten zu lassen, sind sie schließlich bereit, Bianca allein entscheiden zu lassen. Diese stimmt zu, um aus den wirtschaftlichen Zwängen herauszukommen und ihre Familie mit dem Geld des Ehemannes zu unterstützen.

Nach diesen Verhandlungen kommt es schließlich zur Hochzeit (Kap. 7). Gesualdo hat den alten Palast der Familie La Gurna gemietet und teuer möblieren lassen. Zu dem aufwändigen Festessen erscheinen aber nur wenige Verwandte: die eine Seite aus Standesgründen, die andere aus Scham vor dem Adel. So sitzen nur Gesualdos Bruder Santo sowie sein Schwager Burgio, Biancas Onkel Marchese Limòli und ihre Tante Cirmena an der Festtafel. Domherr Lupi und Limòli versuchen, ein Gespräch in Gang zu bringen. Einige Gäste, wie der Küster und seine Frau, stopfen sich unbemerkt die Taschen voll. Um die übrig gebliebenen Speisen streiten sich die Nachbarn Gesualdos und die Diener, die dem Brautpaar Glück wünschen, darunter die traurige Diodata, die Gesualdo Nanni l'Orbi zur Frau geben will. Als Gesualdo und Bianca allein sind, verspricht er ihr ein Leben als Königin. Er werde es allen Spöttern und Neidern, die nicht zum Fest gekommen sind, zeigen. Aber während er sie zu lieben versucht, "lauschte sie anderswohin. Durch den Spiegel schien sie in tiefe Fernen zu blicken, war weit weg mit ihren Gedanken."

Zweiter Teil

Versteigerung des Gemeindelandes (Kapitel 1–2)
Bei der Versteigerung der Gemeindegrundstücke (Kap. 1) treffen die unterschiedlichen Interessen aufeinander und es wird deutlich, dass die Strategien des Etablissements und Gesualdo Mottas nicht aufgegangen sind. Gesualdo hat durch die teure Heirat nicht die Anerkennung ihrer Klasse errungen und er reagiert darauf mit einer Machtdemonstration. Biancas Verwandte hofften dagegen, ihn in ihre Regeln der geheimen Absprachen vor der Versteigerung einzubinden. Doch Gesualdo überbietet mit äußerlicher Gelassenheit die anderen und treibt den Preis in eine für sie nicht tragbare Höhe. Baron Zacco kann nicht verstehen, dass die Tradition von Gesualdo missachtet wird, Ninì Rubiera lässt sich aus Eifersucht in die Überbietung hineinziehen, bis er vom Anwalt seiner Mutter Neri zurückgerufen wird. Auf der anderen Seite beschimpfen Nuncio und Speranza ihren Sohn und Bruder wegen der Verschleuderung des Familienbesitzes. Domherr Lupi versucht zu vermitteln, steht aber mehr auf Mottas Seite. Nach einem Tumult vertagt der Vorsitzende der Kommission die Versteigerung und macht Motta den Vorschlag, neu mit der ursprünglichen Summe zu beginnen und ihm ohne Gegengebot den Zuschlag zu geben. Als Gegenleistung müsste er die Ländereien mit Zacco und Rubiera teilen. Außerdem könne man sich wegen der Kaution für die zusammengestürzte Brücke einigen. Gesualdo lehnt den Kompromiss ab. Er bleibt bei seinem Gebot und will alle Länder für sich haben.

Nach der Sitzung erzählt ihm Lupi von der revolutionären Bewegung Carboneria in Palermo, welche die Adligen enteignen will. Er kommt auf die Idee, um seinen Besitz zu retten sich dieser Gruppe anzuschließen und zu versuchen, die Führung zu übernehmen. Die schwangere Bianca hört diesen Plänen ängstlich zu und fürchtet für ihre neue Familie.

Revolutionäre Unruhen (Kapitel 2–3)
In der Stadt kommt es vorübergehend zu Unruhen (Kap. 2). Arbeiter fordern die Beteiligung aller an den Gemeindeländern, die bisher v. a. von den Adligen genutzt wurden. Die mit der Revolution sympathisierenden Freidenker treffen sich beim Apotheker Bomma. Die Lage ist angespannt. Die Adligen verriegeln ihre Häuser. Gesualdo nimmt nachts mit Lupi und Zacco und anderen verkleidet an einem Geheimtreffen teil. Sie beraten die Lage, wie sie ihren Besitz am besten schützen können. Währenddessen wird die Stadt von Soldaten besetzt. Ciolla, die stadtbekannte wandelnde Gerüchteküche, wird wegen seiner aufrührerischen Reden verhaftet. Der Arzt Tavuso und seine Freidenker lassen sich nicht mehr in der Öffentlichkeit sehen. Gesualdo versteckt sich im Haus Diodatas und ihres Mannes Nanni l'Orbo und gibt ihm für die Fluchthilfe ein Stück Land. Als sich eine Polizeitruppe im Gurna-Palast einquartiert, flieht Bianca aus Angst vor Übergriffen zu ihren Brüdern. Bei ihrem Eintreffen findet sie ihre Verwandtschaft in der Wohnung versammelt, die über die Beisetzung des gerade gestorbenen Diego und deren Finanzierung berät (Kap. 3). Die Aufregung darüber, dass man sie nicht rechtzeitig gerufen hat, löst bei der, nach offiziellen Angaben, im 7. Monat Schwangeren eine Frühgeburt aus. Die Frau des Polizeipräsidenten deutet an, das neugeborene Mädchen sei Ninìs Tochter.

Isabellas Geburt und Taufe (Kapitel 3–5)
Nach der Beendigung der Unruhen in Sizilien kehrt in der Stadt der Alltag zurück. Die vorsorglich Geflüchteten tauchen wieder auf. Gesualdo kommt zur Taufe seiner Tochter in den Trao-Palast. Man hat mit dem Fest so lange gewartet, bis der König den Antrag auf Führung des Adelsnamens durch Isabella genehmigt hat. Im Palast trifft Gesualdo mit der Familie seiner Frau zusammen (Kap. 5), seine eigene schämt sich und bleibt weg. Da Gesualdos wirtschaftliche Erfolge anhalten, wird er von den Adligen, mit Ausnahme ihre Bruders Ferdinando, Vetter genannt und freundlich behandelt. Aber er durchschaut sie, führt ihnen stolz seinen Reichtum vor und spielt den großzügigen Gastgeber. Er hat Ninì Rubiera Geld zur Finanzierung seiner Affäre mit der in der Stadt gastierenden Schauspielerin Aglae geliehen und dadurch Anspruch auf einen Teil seines Erbes. Dessen Mutter ist darüber erzürnt und sieht Gesualdo schon im Besitz ihres Hauses. Einen Rückschlag ereilt Baronin Rubiera auch in ihrer Heiratspolitik. Die Leidenschaft ihres Sohnes wurde in der Stadt bekannt und bedeutete eine Desavouierung seiner Verlobten und ihrer Familie. Fifì Margarone löste die Verbindung auf (Kap.4) und akzeptiert die Werbung von Hauptmann Bastiano Stangafam. In ihrem Ärger über die Schulden ihres Sohnes bei Gesualdo will die Baronin ihn enterben, erleidet aber vor der Änderung des Testaments einen Schlaganfall. Sie kann nicht mehr sprechen und ist gelähmt.

Dritter Teil

Isabellas Ausbildung (Kapitel 1)
Der dritte Teil beginnt mit einem Zeitsprung von fünf Jahren. Durch Geschäfte und Geldverleih ist Gesualdo ein reicher Mann geworden. Er besitzt u. a. die Landgüter Canziria, Salonia, Mangalavite. Nach vielen Jahren fordert er jetzt vom tief verschuldeten und von der Schauspielerin Aglae mit einer Vaterschaftsklage belasteten Ninì Rubiera, trotz dessen Bitte um Aufschub bei Bianca, die Rückzahlung der Schulden oder einen Teil seines Palastes. Da die gelähmte Baronin dem Sohn ihre Unterstützung verweigert, muss dieser die vermögende, viel ältere und kinderreiche Witwe Giuseppina Alòsi heiraten, die bereit ist, dafür die Bürgschaft auf ihren Landbesitz umzuschreiben. So wächst Gesualdos Vermögen von Jahr zu Jahr, aber privates Glück und Anerkennung durch den Adel bleiben ihm versagt.

Bianca ist wie ihr Bruder Diego an Tuberkulose erkrankt, verliert immer mehr an Kraft und entzieht sich ihrem Mann. Da Gesualdo keine Hoffnung mehr hat, dass sie weitere Kinder, v. a. den ersehnten Stammhalter, bekommen, konzentriert er seine ganze Liebe auf seine Tochter. Sie soll die beste Erziehung erhalten und alles besitzen, was ihm gefehlt hat und dem Leben einer Adelstochter entspricht. Mit fünf Jahren gibt er sie in die Klosterschule Santa Maria, um lesen, schreiben, handarbeiten und etwas Kirchenlatein zu lernen und sich für ein Leben in der Oberschicht vorzubereiten. Dort lebt sie mit den finanziell viel schlechter gestellten Töchtern der Landadligen zusammen und hat wie ihr Vater unter deren Arroganz und Neid zu leiden. Sie reagiert mit dem Hinweis auf ihren mütterliche Namen Trao und dem Reichtum ihres Vaters und präsentiert dessen teure Geschenke. Nach der Klosterschule besucht Isabella eines der besten Mädchenpensionate Palermos und trifft dort auf die Töchter der ersten Familien Siziliens mit ihrem aristokratischen Hochmut der Aufsteigerin gegenüber. Aber sie wird vor deren Spott durch eine einflussreiche Freundin, die Herzogin Marina von Leyra, beschützt.

Flucht vor der Cholera nach Mangalavite (Kapitel 2–4)
Als Isabella mit ca. 16 Jahren die Schule beendet hat, bricht in Sizilien die Cholera aus und Gesualdo holt vorsorglich seine Tochter nach Hause. Bianca stellt ihr schönes jugendliches Ebenbild mit den aristokratischen Zügen stolz der Verwandtschaft vor, aber ihr gestörter Bruder reagiert desinteressiert. Noch abweisender und ebenso standesbewusst verhalten sich Mottas Vater und Schwester. Isabella ist nach jahrelanger Abwesenheit von der Stadt und den alten Verwandten enttäuscht. Sie hatte alles viel größer und reicher in Erinnerung.

Nachrichten von der Ausbreitung der Cholera verängstigen die Bewohner der Stadt. Sie sind misstrauisch fremden Reisenden gegenüber, die Alten und Kranken schließen sich ein, die anderen fliehen aus der Stadt. Gesualdo bietet seinen und Biancas Verwandten eine Unterkunft auf einem seiner Landgüter an, aber sie lehnen aus Stolz ab, mit Ausnahme von Tante Cirmena und ihrem Mündel Corrado La Gurna, dem verwaisten Sohn der ehemaligen Besitzer von Mottas Palast. Mit ihnen reist er in das Dorf Mangalavite (Kap. 2). Dort haben sich viele Stadtbewohner in Sicherheit gebracht, auch Nanni l'Orbo mit seiner Familie, darunter die beiden Söhne aus der vorehelichen Beziehung Diodatas mit Gesualdo, und Gesualdo unterstützt sie alle mit Lebensmitteln. Dafür beschützen sie ihn. Isabella vereinsamt in Mangalavite ohne die Unterhaltungen mit den Pensionatsfreundinnen. Sie wird melancholisch, träumt sich in eine Phantasiewelt hinein und sehnt sich nach dem Unbekannten. In dieser Situation verliebt sie sich in den jungen Dichter Corrado. (Kap. 2). Gesualdo will eine Beziehung zwischen den beiden verhindern, denn er möchte seine Tochter in den ersten Kreisen verheiraten. Da er zu seinem sterbenden Vater nach Salonia gerufen wird, fordert er seine Frau auf, während seiner Abwesenheit Isabella zu überwachen, damit es nicht zu einer Wiederholung ihrer eigenen vorehelichen Affäre kommt, die ihm allerdings zu der Ehe mit dem gefallenen adligen Mädchen verholfen hat.

In Salonia fordert Speranza nach dem Tod des Vaters die Aufteilung des gesamten Familienbesitzes, obwohl alles inzwischen Gesualdo gehört, und lehnt sein Angebot ab, mit nach Mangalavite zu kommen (Kap. 3). Später versucht Speranza vergeblich vor Gericht ihr vermeintliches Erbe zu erstreiten. Gesualdo ist zwar wie bisher zur Unterstützung ihrer Familie bereit, aber sie will keine Almosen und beharrt auf ihrem Anteil. So trennen sie sich im Streit (Kap. 4).

Isabellas Liebesbeziehung mit Corrado (Kapitel 3–4)
Nach Mangalavite zurückgekehrt, entdeckt Nani l'Orbo ihm die heimliche Affäre Isabellas mit Corrado und handelt, aus Gegenleistung für sein Stillschweigen, ein Stück Land für seine beiden Pflegesöhne heraus. Daraufhin zwingt Motta Cirmena und Corrado zur Abreise. Bianca gegenüber klagt er über die nur auf ihren Vorteil bedachten Menschen, die jede Gelegenheit ausnutzen, ihre Position zu verbessern. Seine Frau nimmt ihre in Tränen aufgelöste Tochter gegen die Vorwürfe ihres Mannes in Schutz. Isabella reagiert auf die Verbote ihres Vaters, den Geliebten zu sehen, mit trotziger Verweigerung (Kap. 3).

Nach dem Ende der Cholera-Epidemie kehren die Bewohner wieder in die Stadt zurück und Gesualdo gibt seine Tochter zur Beaufsichtigung in die Marienschule des Klosters, im Widerspruch zu seiner mit der Tochter leidenden kranken Frau. Doch mit Unterstützung Tante Cirmenas tauschen Isabella und Corrado Briefe aus. Sie verhilft auch dem Mädchen zur Flucht aus dem Kloster und versteckt sie. Dann verhandelt sie mit Gesualdo und versucht seine Zustimmung zu einer Heirat zu erreichen. Doch dieser beantragt bei der Polizei einen Haftbefehl gegen Corrado und dieser muss ins Ausland fliehen. Biancas Onkel Marchese Limòli tritt als Vermittler auf, um die Familienehre zu retten. Er holt Isabella aus dem Versteck, macht ihr die finanzielle Situation der La Gurnas und ihre Aussicht auf ein armseliges Leben mit Corrado im Vergleich zum Leben als Fürstin klar und bringt sie im Kloster Santa Teresa unter. Er vermittelt die Ehe mit dem ca. 40-jährigen Herzog von Leyra. Dieser ist hoch verschuldet und gegen eine reiche Mitgift sofort zur Heirat bereit. Den widerstrebenden Gesualdo, der sich einen adligen und wohlhabenden Schwiegersohn gewünscht hat, drängt Limòli durch die vom Beichtvater erhaltene Nachricht von der Schwangerschaft Isabellas zur schnellen Zustimmung und zur Übertragung seiner Ländereien Canciria, Alia und Donninga auf den Namen seiner Tochter. Nachdem Isabell bei ihren Verwandten vergeblich um Hilfe gesucht hat, muss sie sich in die Situation fügen. Sie schreibt dem Geliebten in einem Abschiedsbrief von ihrem verlorenen Kampf und von ihrer inneren Leere unter der Herzoginnenkrone. Nach der Trauung in der Kirche reisen die Eheleute, ohne Familienfeier, sofort nach Palermo ab (Kap. 4).

Vierter Teil

Isabellas Ehe mit dem Herzog von Leyra (Kapitel 1)
Nach sechs Monaten kommt es zwischen dem Herzog und seiner Frau zu Spannungen. Vermutlich ist die voreheliche Beziehung mit der Folge einer Schwangerschaft entdeckt worden. Isabella unternimmt Selbstmordversuche. Leyra reist ins Ausland und droht mit der Auflösung der Ehe. Gesualdo versucht in Palermo zu schlichten und besänftigt den Schwiegersohn mit viel Geld (Kap. 1). Zusätzlich belasten ihn die schlechte Bewirtschaftung der Güter, deren Aufteilung an eine Vielzahl von Pächtern und die Nachricht von den Schuldscheinen, die seine Tochter für ihren Mann unterschrieben hat und die er immer wieder übernehmen muss. Zudem ist Isabella in ihrer prächtigen Villa Carini nicht glücklich und schiebt die versprochenen Besuche bei der kranken Mutter immer wieder auf.

Biancas Krankheit und Tod (Kapitel 1–3)
In der Stadt verbinden Biancas Verwandte ihre Besuche mit ihren geschäftlichen Interessen. Baron Zacco versucht seine Tochter Lavinia als Biancas Pflegerin und Nachfolgerin in den Palast einzuschleusen. Aus Angst vor Ansteckung kündigen die Bediensteten und der Haushalt verwahrlost. Nur Diodata ist bereit, zu helfen, aber Bianca weigert sich eifersüchtig, sich von ihr pflegen zu lassen. Gesualdo verfolgt apathisch das Sterben seiner Frau und hat keine Kraft mehr, sich um seine Geschäfte zu kümmern. Als Ninìs Frau Giuseppina ihm den Plan präsentiert, von ihm finanzierte Strohmänner die nach dem Plan des Rates parzellierten Gemeindeländer ersteigern zu lassen und sie später zusammen mit ihren Verwandten zu übernehmen, lehnt er ab (Kap. 1).

Revolution (Kapitel 3–4)
Hintergrund der Aufmärsche der Arbeiter in der Stadt sind die revolutionären Unruhen in Palermo, die sich über die Insel ausbreiten. Dabei wird Nani l'Orbo erschossen. Wie bereits 1821 versuchen die Adligen durch Beteiligung an der Revolution ihren Besitz zu retten, doch diesmal ist Gesualdo desinteressiert und nur mit dem Tod Biancas befasst, die vergeblich auf den Besuch Isabellas wartet (Kap. 2). Gesualdo wird immer mehr isoliert (Kap. 3). Domherr Lupi und Ninì Rubiera mischen sich unter die unzufriedenen Arbeiter und lenken deren Wut von sich weg auf den Aufsteiger Gesualdo, der seine Speicher für sie öffnen müsse. Zacco und seine Frau halten zu ihm, so lange sie die Hoffnung haben, dass er ihre Tochter Lavinia heiratet. Diodata schicken sie weg, weil sie in ihr eine Konkurrenz zu Lavinia sehen. Gesualdos eigene Familie ist gespalten. Während sein Bruder Santo in sein Haus einzieht, hetzen seine Schwester Speranza und ihre Söhne die Unzufriedenen gegen ihn auf.

Gesualdos Krankheit und Tod (Kapitel 4–5)
Aus Kummer über diese Situation wird er krank und verbarrikadiert sein Haus vor den Angreifern. Als die Aufrührer Gesualdos Lagerhäuser stürmen und plündern wollen, haben die Adligen Angst vor der Auslösung einer Revolution und fürchten um ihren eigenen Besitz. Deshalb versuchen sie die Aufrührer zu beruhigen, verstecken Gesualdo vorübergehend beim Nachbarn Limòli und im Trao-Haus und versuchen ihn zu überreden, zur Besänftigung Lebensmittel zu verteilen (Kap. 4). Zwar wird der Sturm aufgehalten, aber Gesualdo leidet zunehmend an Magenschmerzen, wird immer kraftloser und kann sich nicht mehr gegen Einmischungen behaupten. Speranza entdeckt, trotz ihrer Prozesse um ihr vermeintliches Erbe, ihren Familiensinn und sieht es als ihre schwesterliche Pflicht an, die Führung seines Haushalts und seine Pflege zu übernehmen. Dadurch kann sie sich mit ihren Kindern im Haus einnisten und es nach Brauchbarem durchforschen. Ohne seine Autorität und Aufsicht werden Gesualdos Speicher ausgeraubt. Speranzas Söhne treten in seinen Gütern Canciria und Mangalavite auf, als wären sie schon die Besitzer. Ärzte und Apotheker verschreiben teure, aber wirkungslose Behandlungen und Medikamente. Er lässt Spezialisten anreisen und diese diagnostizieren Magenkrebs und raten zu einer Operation, aber er lehnt ab. Denn er leidet noch mehr unter dem Zerfall seiner Macht, seiner faktischen Entmündigung, seiner Hilflosigkeit und Vereinsamung, da auch seine Tochter sich nicht um ihn kümmert. Ein kurzer Aufenthalt in Mangalavite bringt ihm keine Erleichterung. Er hat das Interesse an seinem Landbesitz, auf den er als Zeichen seines Aufstiegs stolz war, verloren.

Als sich Gesualdos Gesundheit weiter verschlechtert, holt ihn sein Schwiegersohn in seinen mit viel Personal betriebenen Palast nach Palermo (Kap. 5). Dort wird er in höfischer Form behandelt und gut versorgt, aber er fühlt sich in der fremden Pracht, die mit seinem Geld finanziert wird, nicht wohl. Er sieht sich als Opfer von Aussaugern: alle wollen sich nur an ihm bereichern und "das Wasser der eigenen Mühle zu[-]leiten" (Kap. 5). Im letzten Gespräch mit seiner Tochter versucht er einige offene Fragen zu klären: Sein Testament mit Berücksichtigung seiner vorehelichen Kinder, die Gerüchte um Isabellas wirklichen Vater, ihr unglückliches Leben als Herzogin. Aber sie schweigt mit der "hartnäckige[n]. trotzige[n] Traofalte" zwischen den Augenbrauen: "Hochmütig blieb sie allein mit ihrem Kummer und ihren Geheimnissen." Er dagegen ist ein Motta geblieben: "misstrauisch, fast feindlich, aus eigenwilligem Holz geschnitzt .Er ließ die Arme sinken und sagte nichts mehr." Da der Diener Isabell in der Nacht nicht über seinen bevorstehenden Tod informiert, stirbt Gesualdo allein in seinem Zimmer.

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Mastro-Don Gesualdo wird als das Hauptwerk des Verismo, des italienischen Realismus, betrachtet. Im Vorwort beschreibt der Autor seine Absicht: "Ich habe keine Polemik, sondern ein Kunstwerk schaffen wollen. Wenn das Theater und die Prosa, indem sie das Leben so beschreiben, wie es ist, eine humanitäre Mission erfüllen, habe ich meinen Teil zugunsten der Elenden und Enterbten beigesteuert, ohne den Hass zu predigen, und ohne das Vaterland im Namen der Humanität zu verleugnen."

Der Autor entfaltet die im Wesentlichen chronologisch entwickelten Handlungen immer wieder aus Gesprächen und Gedanken der verschiedenen Personen, oft in Verbindung mit realistisch gemalten turbulenten Gesellschaftsszenen: Brand im Traos Palast, die Gregorius-Prozession, Gesualdos und Biancas Hochzeitsessen, Versteigerung der Gemeindeländer, Logengespräche im Schauspielhaus, Erbschaftsstreit Gesualdos mit Speranza, Zaccos und Rubieris Besuche bei der kranken Bianca usw. Wie auf einer Theaterbühne lässt der Autor die Figuren ohne Erzählerkommentar sich selbst präsentieren und sich gegenseitig interpretieren und bewerten.

Von der Literaturkritik gelobt wird, dass der Regisseur Verga bei diesen wechselnden Personenkonstellationen und dem Stimmengewirr nie den Überblick verliert.

Während diese "Theater"-Kapitel offen, mitten in der Handlung, beginnen ("Drei Unzen, fünfzehn! Zum ersten, zum zweiten …"), werden andere traditionell durch einen auktorialen Erzähler, der durch die Handlungen führt, eingeleitet: "Es war ein Ereignis, als sie Don Diego mit dem schmierigen Hut […] über die Piazza gehen sahen." "Noch bevor die kleine Isabella fünf Jahre alt war," "Das Häuschen in Mangalavite war ein großer Bau." "Als sich die Furcht vor der Cholera endlich gelegt hatte," "Kaum sechs Monate waren vergangen," "Über Don Gesualdo stürzte nun alles zusammen".

Die Literaturkritik bewertet das Werk als einen vollkommen durchkonstruierten Roman und stellt Vergas Programm mit seinen eigenen Worten vor: "Ich denke an meine Arbeit, die mir groß und schön erscheinen will, an einen phantastischen Reigen des Lebenskampfes, der den Lumpenhändler wie den Minister oder Künstler erfasst, der viele Gestalten von der Sorge um das tägliche Brot über den Ehrgeiz zur Geldgier annimmt und sich tausende Darstellungsweisen der menschlichen Groteske, der Gescheiterten, der Schwachen und Ungeschickten bedient."

Literaturgeschichtliche Einordnung und Rezeption
Vergas Roman wird von der Literaturwissenschaft neben Alessandro Manzonis "I Promessi Sposi" (Die Verlobten) als das bedeutendste Werk der italienischen Literatur betrachtet. Sein Erscheinungsdatum gilt als Geburtsstunde der neueren Prosa Italiens. Vergas reifster und modernster Roman versetze den Leser mitten in die Problematik der sizilianischen Gesellschaft und mache ihm deutlich, dass diese Problematik seine eigene hochaktuelle und zugleich beunruhigende Angelegenheit ist.

Romanzyklus "I vinti"
Verga plante einen fünfteiligen Romanzyklus "I vinti" (Die Besiegten) über das Heldentum kleiner Leute: "I Malavoglia", "Mastro-Don Gesualdo", "La duchessa di Leyra", "L'onorevole Scipione" und "L'uomo di lusso". Nur die ersten beiden Bände wurden vollendet und 1881 bzw. 1889 veröffentlicht. Vom Folgeroman "La duchessa di Leyra" existiert lediglich ein erstes Kapitel.

"Malavolia" ist wie "Gesualdo" ein Dreigenerationenroman. Verga erzählt die Geschichte der Fischerfamilie Toscano in Acitrezza, einem kleinen sizilianischen Dorf in der Nähe von Catania. Padron Ntoni muss erleben, wie eine Reihe von Schicksalsschlägen seine Familie trifft und fast alles zerstört, symbolisiert durch den mehrfachen Schiffbruch des Bootes "Provvidenza" (Vorsehung). Die Tragödie beginnt, als er seinen Sohn Bastian mit einer Bootsladung auf Kredit gekaufter Luzerne nach Riposto schickt, um sie dort gewinnbringend zu verkaufen. Doch das Schiff geht in einem Sturm unter. Sein Enkel Ntoni kehrt aus dem Militärdienst ins Dorf zurück und findet sich dort nicht mehr zurecht. Er wird als Schmuggler zu einer Gefängnisstrafe verurteilt. Sein Bruder Luca fällt in der Seeschlacht vor Lissa. Ihre Mutter Maria stirbt an Cholera, eine ihrer Schwestern, Rosalia, wird Prostituierte, die andere, Filomena, verzichtet auf ihre Ehe, um sich um die Familie ihres Bruders Alessio zu kümmern. Dieser kommt als fleißiger Fischer zu Wohlstand, kauft das Haus zum Mispelbaum zurück und gründet eine eigene Familie.

Adaption
Italienische sechsteilige TV-Serie (1964). Regie: Giacomo Vaccari. Enrico Maria Salerno (Gesualdo Motta), Lydia Alfonsi (Bianca Trao), Franca Parisi (Diodata), Valeria Ciangottini (Isabella) u. a.

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Einzelnachweise und Anmerkungen

Literarisches Werk
Literatur (19. Jahrhundert)
Roman, Epik
Literatur (Italienisch)
Literatur (Sizilien)
Literatur des Naturalismus
Literarische Figur


A little grey hedgehog once lived between the roots of the old oaks along the edge of the forest.
Hedgehog has always been content to live in solitude and whisper his stories to the flowers, but as the trees continue to fall and the hairless animals carry off pieces of his home, he decides to set off on a journey. The river murmurs songs to him from the edge of the world, so surely, somewhere out there, there must be a less treacherous field for him to call his own.
Beds are like rafts, he thinks on a particularly hot night that he, so far, has spent the better part of staring up at the ceiling fan. He's been listening to it hum for an eternity now. It's an old, noisy thing. Fast and creaky. It spins in a way that makes him think it might fall one of these days, though not enough to warrant any concrete concern. He's lain awake enough times to know that his thoughts regarding its condition are merely passing through—visitors on this long and sleepless night. Just another distraction keeping him from rest.
So, he closes his eyes and wills himself to forget everything but the feel of the wind blowing in his face. It's warm. Too warm. It makes the road to sleep seem more arduous than it really is, but he doesn't give up. The consequences of surrender isn't something he's willing to face. He's never been a morning person to begin with, and greeting the sun with an irate, sleep-deprived mind is just asking for trouble. Besides, he's no greenhorn when it comes to packing away his thoughts. He does it layer by layer, folding with the same haphazard care as a cranky teenager preparing to place bed linens back on a shelf.
It isn't long before his head is quiet. Everything is gone, save for that one thought of a raft—that, he hangs stubbornly onto. Only because he likes the idea of it. of being adrift in an endless sea of black; of floating languidly into a distant stretch that promises endless mystery and bouts with the unknown; of a plane so vast that any notions of a destination leaves his mind entirely. When he closes his eyes and breathes in the sticky air, there is only here and now. Him and his imagination. That colorful friend. Vibrant enough to even make the darkness, the one place where his day-time companion—his shadow—blends and disappears, seem a little more forgiving.
I've placed this into two categories because I'm not quite sure where it belongs. I may use it in a future story… hmm. Anyway.
She pauses here and there without reason, drawing in a breath before grinning into his mouth, and the delight he feels then is a physical thing. Too soft and too tender for him to touch. Not yet.
His hands are still rough, his self esteem, cutting. He isn't ready. This is good as it is.
I put one of my short stories up on Amazon. It's on KDP Select, and I plan on making it free for the next five days–or however long they allow me to price it at nothing. If you guys wanna grab it, then you can. Just hit up my author profile HERE or go to the direct amazon link HERE. Once the period runs dry, it'll be available for .99 cents because that's the lowest price Amazon let me put. (I have no idea why they don't allow me to list anything for free).
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The day I died, I felt faint echoes of warmth and light.
So, I smiled because I knew where I was headed.
And when the heat sweltered and the screaming began, my smile grew.
"It was for the best," he told himself for what must've been the hundredth time that week. Perhaps even that day.
He almost believed it, too.
And like every other 3AM, he comforted himself in the fact that he had been strong enough to cut out a toxic part of his life. It had kept him happy for a time, but he—his mind that is—could no longer afford its company. He praised himself for the feat and muttered false reassurances that softened the sting of guilt when he'd close his eyes and see her face in the darkness. When he'd search for her voice in a crowd of faceless men. When he'd wake up, and in that brief state between reality and dreams, he'd call out her name in an unfamiliar voice, but still one that undoubtedly belong to him.
They were watching him again.
Lucius could feel their eyes slink across his skin. Over his worn leathers and too pale face, as if he were the strange one. Perhaps he was. He promptly ignored their stares, long used to them by now. The torpid passage of days had guaranteed that. Still, it was unnerving. And his body reminded him of that fact when he couldn't quite find it in himself to lean comfortably against his seat.
She's tired of life and its struggles, of the petty complaints of her next door neighbor, and of the happy chirping of birds outside her window—what were they so happy about in this concrete jungle?—the rushing cars and cursing people were terrible. That isn't to say she'd be happier in the countryside because she'd tried that, and she'd been just as miserable. She could recall days when she was an active part of the hustle and bustle of the city, when she smiled and cursed and scorned as much as the next man. It was easy to be swept away in the nuances of every day. But suddenly, the rug gets pulled from under you, and everything is no longer so distinct. Colors blur and emotions fluctuate, until the traces of happiness fade like paper in the rain.


For decades, the MU Power Plant has been a remarkably efficient operation. Despite Mizzou's 33 percent growth in education and general space since 1990, energy use has shrunk by 14 percent per square foot. That's partly due to the facility's combined heat and power system that captures more energy from fuel to produce utilities at MU.
With a biomass boiler scheduled to go online this fall, Mizzou is now taking advantage of another resource: student brainpower.
Maetee Patana-Anake, a biological engineering doctoral student from Bangkok, Thailand, is helping to streamline the process by using mathematical models that determine the best biofuels. With Missouri's array of choices — wood residues, corn stover, switchgrass and miscanthus — lots of variables come into play. When also considering processing, storage costs, transportation and thermal output, matters get complicated quickly. The mathematical model employs a computer program that links several equations.
His brain came to the plant through biological engineering department chair Jinglu Tan and a paid internship that also provides college credit. Patana-Anake's research has helped the plant in its decision to purchase wood byproducts from nearby Foster Brothers Wood Products in Auxvasse, Mo. But if the market shifts, his model is adaptable.
"We wanted a biomass boiler system that gave us flexibility because, while wood products are the most plentiful and lowest cost biofuel right now, that may change over time," says Gregg Coffin, MU Power Plant superintendent.
Some fuels, such as switchgrass, require a densification process that can hike costs. Storage time also influences the decay of biofuel, so Patana-Anake's models must hit multiple moving targets.
The internship gives him real-world experience, and the model gives the power plant real-world solutions.


The latest edition of the Enterprise Project Digest was shared with the Ohio State community to provide updates about the project's work. Check out the EP Digest archive to read the full October issue. Highlights of this issue: (1) Ohio State demonstrated its leadership in business and technology transformation by leading several presentations during the annual Workday Rising conference; (2) A Town Hall meeting held on October 10 for the university's Human Resources (HR) community focused on how Ohio State will transform its HR service delivery model to improve the employee experience. Provost and Executive Vice President Bruce McPheron gave opening remarks; and (3) The project team has connected with each college and unit to understand the local technology systems currently in use throughout the university. This outreach has informed the "system disposition" process. The list of known systems and disposition outcomes was updated this month.


65 //! Reprepsents window with GL context.
66 //! Provides methods to render primitives and maintan GL state.
71 //! Main constructor - prepare GL context for specified window.
84 //! Redraw the window.
89 //! Deprecated. Simply calls Redraw().
97 //! Special method to perform printing.
98 //! System-specific and currently only Win platform implemented.
165 //! Clear the applied aspect state.
172 //! Set filter for restricting rendering of particular elements.
174 //! rendering algorithms for rendering elements of groups.
175 //! @param theFilter [in] the filter instance.
181 //! Get rendering filter.
182 //! @return filter instance.
188 //! @return applied view matrix.
191 //! @return applied model structure matrix.


That's an example for a list given in the python docs. But that's how most other languages define an array. Getting an array list slice is rather cool. Exactly the way we did it with with strings; slice = a[2:4] . What they call parallel assignment in Ruby becomes multiple assignment in python.
Many operations can be made on lists such as append(), extend(), insert(), remove(), pop(), index(), count(), sort() and reverse(). These are pretty standard in most languages aren't they? It is the parameters that they accept that's weird . For example remove(n) does not remove the item at position n, it removes the item with value n. Other functions count() and index() also exibit similar behavior. On the other hand pop() does remove the element at n.
Lists can be used easily as stacks and queues, There is also a collections.deque object which is a list on steroids specially suited to be used as a queue. It's apparently pronounced as deck.
Python has a set of cool built in functions that operate on lists; filter, map and reduce. In fact reduce is so cool that it has been removed from python 3.
"Removed reduce(). Use functools.reduce() if you really need it; however, 99 percent of the time an explicit for loop is more readable." (python docs).
Now you may ask what about map? "map(function, sequence) calls function(item) for each of the sequence's items and returns a list of the return values" This the equivalent of php's array_map (or array_walk depending on the situation) . In english, this means apply a function to each element in the sequence.
Last but not least is filter: "filter(function, sequence) returns a sequence consisting of those items from the sequence for which function(item) is true" (python docs). This is the equivalent of the php array_filter function.
Let's wind down this section with a look at del(). del() seems to have been designed to address the shortcoming of the remove function. It will delete an element using an index. And it can be used to cut out whole slices too.


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Facebook Adopted Baby 'Instagram' is Worth $100 Bn, Growing Faster Than Any Social Network on the Planet
ENTERTAINMENT, TRENDING, WORLD
According to most recent market research and financial reports, Instagram is transforming out into a Monster of Social Media universe.
Take this: If Instagram had been an independent organization, it would have been worth stunning more than $100 billion.
In the mean time, there is at long last some good news for crypto-traders and brokers: Facebook has permitted crypto advertisements now, however with terms and conditions.
"It's important to be clear that Instagram is not going away. We'll be working with Facebook to evolve Instagram and build the network. We'll continue to add new features to the product and find new ways to create a better mobile photos experience."
Jitendra Waral, who is a Bloomberg Intelligence analyst, as of late composed a report which expresses that if Instagram were an independent firm, it would have been worth $100 billion, in light of the business development, user and customer growth base and income potential.
Facebook had acquired Instagram for $1 billion of every 2012; this implies Instagram gave 100X returns in only 6 years!
Jitendra found that Instagram is becoming speedier than its parent organization: Facebook, and in the following 2 years, in excess of 2 billion clients will be on Instagram.
The shocking increment in income of Instagram stage will assist Facebook with crossing $10 billion income in the following year,as it will have 16% share in the overall revenue of the company.
At the present time, Instagram represents 10.8% of Facebook's profits and revenues.
"The Instagram app will still be the same one you know and love. You'll still have all the same people you follow and that follow you.You'll still be able to share to other social networks. And you'll still have all the other features that make the app so fun and unique."
The growth in users and revenue is being associated for the most part to Instagram's young demographic of users, compared to older users on Facebook.
The photograph and video sharing application has surpassed one billion clients and with the progression, it is certain to improve much more in coming times. This element will be incredibly useful to the influencers and creators that procure and carry on their business through Instagram.
Updated: July 14, 2018 — 10:15 am
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THE SOPRANOS: GANDOLFINI, BRACCO, IMPERIOLI, ILER and DeMATTEO 27x40, color HBO poster announcing the series premier. Poster signed: "James Gandolfini", "Michael Imperioli", "Robert Iler", "Lorraine Bracco" and "Drea DeMatteo". Color, 27x40. Captioned: "If one family doesn't kill him ...
THE SOPRANOS: GANDOLFINI, BRACCO, IMPERIOLI, ILER and DeMATTEO
27x40, color HBO poster announcing the series premier.
Poster signed: "James Gandolfini", "Michael Imperioli", "Robert Iler", "Lorraine Bracco" and "Drea DeMatteo". Color, 27x40. Captioned: "If one family doesn't kill him ... the other family will." The story of New Jersey crime boss Tony Soprano, James Gandolfini (1961-2013), trying to manage both his biological family and his criminal one debuted on June 10, 1999. The long awaited, much debated final episode took place on June 10, 2007. The most widely viewed program in the history of cable television was also a huge critical success, winning 18 Emmy Awards. TV Guide deemed it the greatest dramatic series in television history, while the New York Times said it may have been "the greatest work of American popular culture of the last quarter century." This is a first season poster. Beginning with the fourth season, HBO didn't even put the name of the series on its publicity posters, assuming the show's characters to be recognizable without one. Rolled. Otherwise, fine condition.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne said Wednesday that it will not renew women's basketball coach Chris Paul's contract.
The Mastodons were 7-23 overall and 3-13 in the Summit League this season. Paul was 125-195 in 10 seasons as head coach, leading the team to a 20-11 record in 2010-11.


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Roswell mayor puts brakes on charter changes
ROSWELL — After proposing a round of significant changes to the city charter to be voted on Monday night, Roswell Mayor Kurt Wilson says he is killing any immediate plans of revising the city charter.
At a committee meeting Tuesday night, Wilson apologized again for how the process was handled and said the council would not be considering the charter changes any time soon.
After facing backlash from residents over the weekend, Wilson asked council on Monday night to not consider the charter changes Monday and instead move the discussion to the next day's committee meeting, where he later asked that the measure be taken off the table.
If you are not familiar with the proposed changes, you can catch up on them here.
During public comment on Monday, several residents pointed out that the mayor and the majority of council members had only been in office for one month.
Roswell resident Tina Sloan reminded Wilson that by expanding the power of the mayor's office, he could unwittingly give a future mayor he doesn't agree with greater power. "Roswell is bigger than any one mayor and any one city council," she said. "We do not want you to move forward with these changes."
Former city councilman Jerry Orlans also spoke and encouraged the mayor to step back and see how the charter works before changing it.
Roswell resident Sarah Beeson said she was taken aback by the way the announcement of the changes was made. "This should be something that citizens, residents are given proper notification for, this comes out of a works session, it comes in the light of day." Beeson recommended creating a charter commission made up of Roswell residents to evaluate changes to the charter.
After hearing from residents, Wilson apologized for the way notice was given about the charter changes.
"I did not sell this to you, I did not inform you, I did not make a business case and I did not make a gap analysis, and all those points are spot on and I failed on that miserably with you and you're 100% correct," Wilson said.


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Q: Hibernate LocalSessionFactoryBean, setMappingDirectoryLocations doesn't seem to be working I'm using Spring 5 and Hibernate 5 together, and I'm configuring Hibernate mapping files in:
org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.LocalSessionFactoryBean like this in my applicationContext.xml file:
<bean id="sessionFactory"
    class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.LocalSessionFactoryBean">
    <property name="mappingDirectoryLocations" value="com/myorg/division/myapp/model" />

But I'm getting this error run-time error when I deploy the WAR file to my local Weblogic server:
Deployment Message : weblogic.application.ModuleException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: ServletContext resource [/com/
myorg/division/myapp/model] cannot be resolved to absolute file path - web application archive not expanded?

A: This should do the work
<property name="packagesToScan" value="com.myorg.division.myapp.model" />

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ROLE IN METHANOL TOXICITY
ROLE IN ETHYLENE GLYCOL TOXICITY
ROLE IN TOXICITY FROM DISULFIRAM AND OTHER XENOBIOTICS
COMPARISON TO ETHANOL
Fomepizole, a competitive inhibitor of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH), prevents the formation of toxic metabolites from ethylene glycol and methanol. It may also have a role in halting the disulfiram–ethanol reaction and in limiting the toxicity from a variety of xenobiotics that rely on ADH for metabolism to toxic metabolites. In addition, as both an inducer and an inhibitor of certain cytochrome P450 CYP enzymes, the presence of fomepizole may lead to drug interactions.
In 1963, Theorell described the inhibiting effect of pyrazole on the horse ADH nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) enzyme–coenzyme system.70,89 Pyrazole blocked ADH by complexation, and the administration of pyrazole to animals poisoned with methanol and ethylene glycol improved survival.90 However, pyrazole also inhibited other liver enzymes, including catalase and the microsomal ethanol oxidizing system.62 Additional adverse effects of pyrazole administration resulted in bone marrow, liver, and kidney toxicity, and these effects increased in the presence of ethanol and methanol.74 These factors led to the search for less toxic compounds with comparable mechanisms of action.
In 1969, Li and Theorell found that both pyrazole and 4-methylpyrazole (fomepizole) inhibited ADH in human liver preparations,61 and studies in rodents found that fomepizole, unlike pyrazole, was relatively nontoxic regardless of the presence or absence of ethanol.13 Subsequent studies of fomepizole in monkeys and humans poisoned with methanol and ethylene glycol confirmed both the inhibitory effect and relative safety of fomepizole.19,20,74
Fomepizole has a molecular weight of 82 Da, and a pKa of 2.91 at low concentrations and a pKa of 3.0 at high concentrations. The free base is used in the United States, whereas the salts are used in Europe. The free base is chemically equivalent to the chloride and sulfate salts at physiologic pH.24
Fomepizole works by being a potent inhibitor of ADH thereby blocking the metabolism of methanol and ethylene glycol to their respective toxic metabolites.
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David said longingly, "O that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate!"
~2 Samuel 23:15
This passage reminded me of "Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?" The quote attributed to Henry the II of England in reference to Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1170 CE.
Imagine my surprise when I read to the end of the Mission Clare entry for Friday's daily office and found that December 29th is the day of commemoration for Thomas Becket.
I find it interesting that both David and Henry II call out wishfully for something difficult, impossible, or unwise and a select few of their followers take it upon themselves to act upon that wish.
It further reminds me of a quote attributed to Henry Kissinger,
Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac."
~NYT 1973
I think it is more than that. I think power can induce a state of euphoria and a feeling of being invincible, not only in the wielders of power, but in their circle of sycophants.
I saw the movie "Becket" (1964) when I was a young teen. I only retain two impressions of the film. One was the murder of Becket and the other was the idea that Henry II had wanted the death of Becket but was only able to hint about his desires due to his own sense of the constraints on his power.
In the Old Testament reading I see a warning of how the euphoric nature of being near to power could be abused, but how David tries to check such abuse in his response to the warrior's self-appointed quest.
Then the three warriors broke through the camp of the Philistines, drew water from the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate, and brought it to David. But he would not drink of it; he poured it out to the Lord, for he said, "The Lord forbid that I should do this. Can I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?" Therefore he would not drink it. The three warriors did these things.
~2 Samuel 23:16-17
The warriors risked their lives to bring David the longed-for water and instead of drinking it himself he gives it as a sacrifice to God. To drink it himself would be to encourage other 'warriors' and people around him to take his every wish as a command in the future. This would force him to watch every word he spoke and would constrain him from asking for advice in the future. If every wish or question was turned into action by followers all would descend into chaos. At the same time by making the water a gift to the Lord, David acknowledged the sacrifice and risk the warriors had made.
Power wielded by humans is fraught with the the possibility for abuse both by the person in power and by people near to them who want to benefit from that power. In everything from money to sex, from power for its own sake, to a desire to control power and relationships to power can spiral out of control if those who would curry favor take action whose only purpose is to please those in power.
It is short-term thinking at it's worst and does not allow leaders to be fallible humans. Any time one person holds power over others, we need both sides to be accountable for their actions.
Those in power need to set a watch on themselves and be careful what they ask for and what favors they accept.
Those near to power need to be able to say 'no' to requests by those in power and society as a whole needs to be able to back them in their right to say no to people who are on the path to being corrupted by power
In our own society now we are finally seeing the damage the powerful can do. We have seen vulnerable populations abused by powerful (mostly) men. This abuse, while frequently sexual in nature, always had at it's heart power and control over others.
We will never know how many promising lives and careers were cut short by powerful abusers and their caretakers. How many people were damaged by contact with power that was out of control.
It is never just the one powerful person that does the damage. It is the people around them who feel they can't say 'no', is is the people who wish to be that powerful who find ways to say 'yes' to enable the abuse, and it is the person who doesn't believe 'their friend' could ever do this because 'their friend' never did it in front of them. All of these people conspire to silence victims and perpetuate the cycle of abuse and some of those people are us.
It is tempting when in proximity to power to become wrapped up in it, to see that power as the only way to achieve one's ends and to accept the idea that to have access to that power one must curry favor.
There will always be people who are willing to exploit this tunnel vision to gain power and control over others. The only way to stop it is to call it out when we see it-- especially when we see it manifesting in ourselves.
"My friend would never do that." "The organization will fail without him." "He is the only one who can get this done." "That person is a genius so we have to put up with them."
These are are warning signs that we are getting too close to power for our own good and too wrapped in in there being only one way forward (that includes sweeping abuse under the rug).
Power can corrupt absolutely but it can also corrupt slowly. Prayer and ritual can be a bulwark against the slow poison of power. The ritual of confession and communion can pull us back from the temptations of power if used mindfully. We can measure our own changes against the unchanging nature of God.
As one of Martin Luther's hymns goes:
a bulwark never failing;
Power and the abuse of it by both the powerful and those who would curry favor, is certainly a human failing. May God be our bulwark against it and may forever see our own true weakness and guard against it with God's grace.
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Meghan Dougherty: With racial requirements for youth workshop, the Inquirer misses the point of diversity
Meghan Dougherty
The Acel Moore Journalism Workshop is closed to white students starting in 2023.
By Meghan Dougherty
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Since 2017, the Philadelphia Inquirer's Acel Moore Journalism Workshop's goal was "to introduce Philadelphia-area high school students to the fields of print, digital, and visual journalism." This year, it has a new requirement: All applicants must "self identify as Black, Indigenous, Asian, Latinx, Middle Eastern, and/or more than two races."
Changes to the program requirements since 2022.
This comes as companies including The Philadelphia Inquirer are expanding equity initiatives in the hopes that it will promote diversity. And as professional sports teams, universities, and hospitals across the country are growing their diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs.
In addition to teaching students about the different types of journalism, the program also awards $1,000 scholarships to the top students who intend to study journalism in college.
The Inquirer gave no explanation for why they decided to change the requirement to exclude white applicants and it doesn't seem like they understand how discriminatory this is. Isn't mandating that you must be of a certain race as an application requirement the definition of racism? And the antithesis of what we fought to abolish during the entire civil rights movement?
What the Inquirer did walks in tandem with what woke companies are doing with DEI. Just this week, the National Hockey League (NHL) received harsh backlash after posting information on LinkedIn about an event in Florida called "Pathway to Hockey Summit" to help recruit "diverse jobs seekers who are pursuing careers in hockey." The event excluded white men, but allowed every other race and gender to participate.
Florida's Republican Governor, Ron DeSantis, was quick to criticize the event and the NHL eventually revised their requirements allowing anyone over eighteen to attend. In a statement NHL said, "the original wording of the LinkedIn post associated with the event was not accurate." Bryan Griffin, DeSantis's press secretary also wrote in a statement, "Discrimination of any sort is not welcome in the state of Florida, and we do not abide by the woke notion that discrimination should be overlooked if applied in a politically popular manner or against a politically unpopular demographic."
Proponents of expansive DEI like our universities argue these initiatives are needed to create a welcoming environment for everyone. The University of Michigan says its "dedication to academic excellence for the public good is inseparable from our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion." This is backwards thinking and is the same logic The Philadelphia Inquirer used when they decided to exclude white students from the Acel Moore Journalism Workshop.
The Inquirer's exclusionary policy does the students participating a disservice. Having all students at the workshop be high schoolers of color will make the liberals at the Inquirer feel good about themselves and (by their standard) it'll look good for the photo-ops. But as a white high schooler who attended the Acel Moore Journalism Workshop last year, I benefited from working with other students who came from all types of backgrounds.
I saw that even though we live in the same area we still have differences in the way we grew up, like our traditions and experiences, that shaped our viewpoints and things we valued. The Inquirer doesn't understand diversity is more than the color of your skin. The diversity of thought and experience is equally important and is what made the stories my peers and I produced during the workshop great.
Diversity is what makes America special. But the politicization of equity and the virtue signaling coming from our once respected organizations is turning the meaning of diversity on its head and actually discriminating against people.
What the Inquirer is doing speaks volumes to the type of journalistic organization they claim to be. By definition, journalists are supposed to provide citizens with the information they need to make the best decisions about their communities and lives. By excluding white high schoolers from the workshop because of their race, they are teaching future journalists that journalism isn't about unbiased reporting for the community. If they believed it was, they'd allow everyone in the community to participate.
Meghan Dougherty is a senior at Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School and past Acel Moore Journalism Workshop student
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George Knoll says:
Diversity as is practiced in today's society is never about diversity, but rather about which special group gets to have an advantage for power and money. It has been used to create elites within groups currently in favour. It is outcome based, not opportunity based. My opinion is that discriminatory practices always generate evermore extensive discrimination as more and more groups seek the special diversity actions. One only needs look at the way Asians are discriminated against at our so-call elite universities. Although a minority, because they excel at academics, they are dismissed because they achieve at a great rate.
Cato The Elder says:
A practice such as this not only runs contrary to the ideals of the nation but violates the Civil Rights Act. The enterprise called the Philadelphia Inquirer is not even a shadow of its former self. The villians who write there ought to be prosecuted.
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I recently moved the installation of a legacy in-house LAMP application from a dated server (hardware failures) to a virtual machine based on backups. To make the transition as smooth as possible, I chose the same software components: centos, mysql5 (the dumps are not compatible with 5.1 and newer thanks to a charset collation bug), php 5.1.6. Because it's an in-house app behind firewalls I don't need to worry about security updates.
Smoke signal testing passed, and so I gave the OK for the users to continue their work.
After weeks of using it, a problem was reported about just one function of the app that would sometimes return a blank screen. It took me hours of debugging (read: echo) to figure out what's going on, digging through some old PHP code (fun!): It appeared that only 1000 post variables arrived on the server. (Well, 1006 actually, but 2 were added by PHP, and that sounded like a PHP-style limitation of 1000.) A quick google lookup revealed that PHP introduced a new feature where it would limit the number of post variables. For safety reasons.
The variable is called "max_input_vars" with a default of 1000. PHP states that this feature was introduced in 5.3.9, but I'm running 5.1.6 and the limit is enforced.
Because the server is for production, it was running with on-screen warnings turned off. PHP says that it "prints a warning and cuts". For me, that's a real WTF. A post request should be processed as all-or-nothing. It should instead refuse the request completely. But for a technology named "personal home page" the priorities are different.
Cutting the post data is as if a browser would enforce a URL length limit of 256 and just cut there, or a database would just truncate a string too long to fit in a field (oh, no, wait, mysql does this without the strict option, and so did earlier versions of postgres ...).
The purpose of this new feature is to harden security... what it did for me is hardening my hate-hate relationship with PHP.


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Expressions Of Life..: Smiling "FoReVeR"
It's now I realised the heavy words " If you think you can , you can.If you think you can't,you can't"
I am going through this wonderful book by Rhonda Byrne " The Secret " which claims to change our lives.Life has all of a sudden become so easy..All I need to get anything in this Universe is "Think".
The Universe which works like a Genie for us.It says "Your wish is my Command".
So,when I hold on to negative thoughts , the universe conspires to bring all negative circumstances,negative incidents and events in my life.
All we need to do is Imagine ourselves enjoying the things we really desire in our lives !!! Be Grateful towards God for all that you have received than ever complaining about things you do not have.
Its a secret being carried forward since ages.All religious books and Great Legends have tried to explain us this phenomena.
It really works !!! I have tried it myself !!!
God have sent us all to do only what we want to do.There is no blackboard where he wrote "Geetanjali Juneja would be Blogging "It is me who thought and it became a Reality.
Its amazing to feel yourself like a Magnet which attracts what you think about the most...You can have anything in this world,All you need to do is Be what you want to be.Visualise ,Create pictures in your mind and the Universe would bring it back to you as you Future pictures.
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The Guns of Navarone (1961) Hindi Dubbed
A team of allied saboteurs are assigned an impossible mission: infiltrate an impregnable Nazi-held island and destroy the two enormous long-range field guns that prevent the rescue of 2,000 trapped…
Country: UK, United Kingdom, United States, USA
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Dual Audio, War
On the Double (1961)
American GI Ernie Williams, admittedly weak-kneed, has an uncanny resemblance to British Colonel MacKenzie. Williams, also a master of imitation and disguise, is asked to impersonate the Colonel, ostensibly to…
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Hollywood, Sci-fi, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Science Fiction, War
The Seven Deadly Sins (1962)
Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic argument over a fly in the Sunday soup escalates into nuclear war….
Country: France, Italy
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Hollywood
Spotlight on a Murderer (1961)
An old count hides just before he dies to annoy his heirs. The heirs search a manor for the count's body and are killed off one by one. Jean-Marie, his…
Genre: Drama, Hollywood, Mystery, Thriller
The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow the tyrannical king, one from Rhodian patriots and the other from sinister Phoenician…
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, History, Hollywood
Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
Takes place in a chateau, an ambiguous story of a man and a woman who may or may not have met last year at Marienbad.
Genre: Drama, Hollywood, Mystery, Romance
King of Kings (1961)
Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not…
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Hollywood
Divorce Italian Style (1961)
Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce is illegal in Italy. To get around the law, he tries to trick…
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Hollywood, Romance
Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
Karin hopes to recover from her recent stay at a mental hospital by spending the summer at her family's cottage on a tiny island. Her husband, Martin, cares for her…
Genre: Drama, Hollywood
Stree (1961)
Genre: Bollywood, Drama, Music, Romance
Jadoo Nagri (1961)
Genre: Adventure, Bollywood, Drama, Fantasy
Piya Milan Ki Aas (1961)
Genre: Bollywood, Drama, Music
Bhabhi Ki Chudiyan (1961)
Geeta (Meena Kumari) is married to Shyam (Balraj Sahni) but is unable to bear children. She also looks after her younger brother-in-law, Mohan (Sailesh Kumar). Their happy family gets an…
Genre: Bollywood, Drama, Family
Zindagi Aur Khwab (1961)
The Story is about Shanti,an orphan,whose stepmother tortured her. Finally,she was married off to Shankar, who was criminal and much older than her. Shankar Murders Chandabai a Mujrawali …
Genre: Action, Bollywood, Crime, Drama
Shola Aur Shabnam (1961)
Shola aur Shabnam explores the story of childhood love, loss and reunion. Ravi and Sandhya are thick friends. Sandhya belongs to an affluent family whereas Raviâ€TMs family is poor. …
Genre: Bollywood, Drama, Musical, Romance
Char Diwari (1961)
Sunil leads a poor lifestyle along with his widowed mother, and two school-going siblings, Anu and Tikku. He gets married to Lakshmi, who soon gets pregnant. Anu graduates from school…
Gunga Jumna (1961)
Widowed Govindi lives a poor lifestyle in Haripur along with two sons, Gungaram and Jumna. While Jumna is studious, Gungaram is the opposite, but has a good heart and decides…
Genre: Action, Bollywood, Drama, Musical
Sampoorna Ramayanam (1961)
This is the story of Lord Ram and his years spent in exile with his wife and brother, and also chronicles the end of the demon king Ravan and his…
Genre: Bollywood, Family, Fantasy
Passport (1961)
Bombay City Police suspect that some diamonds are being smuggled through Santa Cruz Airport, they immediately alert Customs Officials, and Airport police who thoroughly check through all …
Genre: Bollywood, Crime, Drama
Chhaya (1961)
Young and attractive Sarita Choudhary lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed dad, Jagatnarayan in a palatial house with her aunt, Rukmani; cousin, Lalli, and a maid-servant, Manorama …
Genre: Bollywood, Drama, Romance
Mem-didi (1961)
In a small village two tough, but good-hearted men preside over the day to day lives of the inhabitants, namely Bahadur Singh (David) and Sher Khan (Jayant). One of the…
Genre: Bollywood, Comedy, Drama
Sasural (1961)
Shekhar lives a poor lifestyle along with his maternal uncle, Dharamdas; his aunt; a cousin, Sita – who is separated from her husband, Mahesh; and also has a sister, Gauri,…
Genre: Action, Bollywood, Comedy, Drama
Nazrana (1961)
Geeta lives a poor lifestyle near Charni Road, Bombay, along with her widowed mom, and a younger collegian sister, Vasanti. The family is dependent on Geeta, who uses a sewing…
Genre: Bollywood, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Chhote Nawab (1961)
Naive, milk-drinker, childlike Chhote Nawab, born on February 29th, lives a wealthy lifestyle in the Bombay-based Nawab family consisting of his widowed dad; sister, Mehnuma and her husband…
Dharmputra (1961)
Circa British Rule in India is the tale of two Delhi families, that of Nawab Badruddin and Gulshan Rai. The two families are so close that they virtually share the…
Maya (1961)
Disillusioned with his wealthy friends, a male goes to live in the slums and falls in love with a burglar's sister.
Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1961)
The setting is the city of Lucknow in northern India, where Islamic culture flourished. Two of the three best friends who live in this city have fallen in love with…
Kabuliwala (1961)
A poor Afghani leaves his family behind to earn a living as a dried fruit vendor in India. Profoundly homesick, he befriends a young girl who reminds him of his…
Fanny (1961)
Almost 19-year-old Marius feels himself in a rut in Marseille, his life planned for him by his cafe'-owning father, and he longs for the sea. The night before he is…
Genre: Drama, Hollywood, Romance


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Luke 13:18-21: "What is the Kingdom like? A quantitative and qualitative analysis"
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On Sunday I preached for our sister church, Christ Presbyterian Church, Fairfield again as part of their sermon series on the parables of Luke. I preached on Luke 13:18-21 where Jesus, challenged by the religious leaders, responded by pointing out that their expectation of what the Kingdom of God would be like was too small. The leaders were looking for a kingdom that was basically more of the same, but better for them: a kingdom that looked like their ethnic/religious/tradition/political tribe, but with power (rather than being subservient to Rome). Jesus' Word continues to speak into our context to challenge our expectations that God's Kingdom will fit our expectations of looking "like us, but but with more stuff" with the reality that His kingdom is quantitatively and qualitatively better, bigger, fuller, both here-and-now and in eternity.
A source of American religious consumerism:
In the churches of Puritan New England, "Sunday after Sunday, week after week, year after year, even generation after generation, the same underlying narrative provided the interpretative horizon for reading and hearing the Scriptures. The narrative of Scripture was found in the order of salvation. Salvation, however, was not understood as individual participation within the biblical narrative that told how the God of creation made a promise to Abraham that was fulfilled in Jesus in order to bring about a witness in the life of the church as a foretaste of the new creation. Instead, salvation was limited to a story of the individual moving from sin to salvation to service in preparation for eternity in heaven. The spiritual movement of an individual's life became deeply encoded as the meaning of Scripture within the emerging European-based North American culture."
— John W. Wright, Telling God's Story, 55.
Luke 10:1-21: Jesus' Authority and Ours
On Sunday I preached for our sister church, Christ Presbyterian Church, Fairfield again as part of their sermon series on the parables of Luke. I preached on Luke 10, about Jesus authority and our authority as authority is a major theme in Luke's parables. Jesus both claims, and bestows enormous authority in this passage. We should note, however, that the enormous authority given to his followers is to be wielded within the same framework of constraints Christ places on his own authority: whether used in the Church, or in our vocations, it is to be exercised in humility, not for the sake of the wielder, and always for the building of the Kingdom.
Luke 3.21-4.13: Who is Jesus? What can he do?
On Sunday I preached for our sister church, Christ Presbyterian Church, Fairfield as part of their sermon series on the parables of Luke. I preached on Luke 3 as an overview of the book, looking at what Luke is saying about Jesus: In this passage the Father identifies Jesus as the Son of God, the ideal Adam, the ideal Israel. Jesus then goes into the wilderness to prove his faithfulness where Adam failed, and where Israel failed, showing his victory against Satan over fear, in identity, and in trust. Because Jesus shows His victory over the fundamental human struggles of faith in Israel's history, He offers victory over those same struggles in our lives.
Preaching the New England Way:
"Private Bible study, family devotions, and neighborhood discussions were all important activities, but they were not converting ordinances; the primary work of the Holy Spirit came in hearing the sermon. Without that voice of guidance, an ordinary saint would drift like a 'ship without a compasse.'"
— Harry S. Stout, The New England Soul
The New England Puritan's view of preaching may go a little far… but is humbling!
I got to preach for our sister church, Grace Pres. in the Hamptons on Long Island at the end of December. I preached on Isaiah 66 and, thinking about New Year's resolutions, how we often want simple rules to follow so we can feel like we've taken care of things ourselves; so we can feel like God needs to relate to us on our terms. But God demands humility and obedience, and will produce these in us Himself.
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Our 6.5hp wood chipper is small and compact but powerful enough to easily shred branches up to 80mm (3 inches) diameter. The unique hinged design of the chute (European registered design 002949313-0001) allows easy access to the blades.
It is powered by the latest generation LCT Maxx series 208cc 6.5hp 4 stroke engine. The slender design, large wheels and well balanced construction allows the chipper to be manoeuvred easily.
It also has the advantage of being able to fit throught a standard house door for easy access to back gardens. For safety the FM6.5WC has an emergency stop brake. This is activated by the bar surrounding the feed chute opening.
We stock a full range of spares and have trained mechanics who can service and repair our products. Beware of people selling cheap chippers who do not keep spares and can't service the chippers they sell.


While playing a game, quickly press L, R, L, R, Y(2), B(2), Y, B.
While playing a game, quickly press L, R, L, R, Y(4), X(2).
While playing a game, quickly press L, R, L, R, Y(2), X, B(2), X, Z(2). The locations of hidden Opals, Bilbies, Golden Cogs, Rainbow Scales, and Thunder Eggs will be shown with colored lines from the sky (Opals and Rainbow Scales with a green line, Golden Cogs with a gold line, Thunder Eggs with a purple line, and Bilbies with a whitish line).
While playing a game, quickly press L, R, L, R, Y(3), B, Y, B.
While playing a game, quickly press L, R, L, R, Y(2), A(2), Z, B, Z, B.
No Gameshark Ty The Tasmanian Tiger Hacks found.


THE UNIVERSITY of Limerick (UL) has pointed to Government pay scales for medical consultants as the reason the head of its graduate entry medical school (GEMS) is one of the best paid academics in the State.
UL has recently advertised for a new head of the GEMS to replace outgoing Prof Paul Finucane, who steps down from the role next year.
According to the advert for the post, the successful applicant is to earn €231,653-€241,539 per annum, less 10 per cent if the applicant is a new entrant to the public sector.
The salary is about €40,000 more than the salary of €193,843 which the president of UL, Prof Don Barry, will receive this year.
"This salary scale is set by Government. The head of the GEMS is at medical consultant level and the salary scales for medical consultants are set by Government," a spokeswoman for UL said yesterday.
The head of the GEMS is currently one of five employees at UL earning between €200,000 and €250,000 per annum.
In the Dáil last week, Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn confirmed that of the 99 employees in the higher education sector receiving in excess of €200,000 per annum, 89 are academic medical consultants.
The GEMS was established in 2007 and is the first medical school to be founded since the founding of the State and the first graduate entry medical school in Ireland.
The first 32 students graduated from the school this year and there are 366 students across the four years of the programme. The school aims to increase its student numbers to 480 by 2014-15.
Some 70 per cent of the students enrolled are currently Irish/EU students and 30 per cent international.
Irish/EU students pay annual fees of €13,915, while the HEA contributes an additional €11,000 to UL for each student. Non-EU students pay €38,500 per annum.


What are the benefits of an ACG fellowship?
What are the responsibilities of a fellow?
The fellow will help contribute to the organization's regular programmatic activities while conducting a research project related to one of the six main themes of the ACG: globalization; immigration and integration; foreign and security policy; agricultural, environmental, and urban policy; and technology and innovation. The research deliverables can take a variety of forms – a research paper, a website, a video, etc., but must be coordinated and approved by the ACG in advance.
Fellows may be asked to present their findings at an event in New York or Washington, DC. In addition, fellows must use social media to share positive stories about the German-American relationship. Upon return to Germany, fellows must commit to holding a minimum of two information sessions and writing an op-ed submission.
Fellows receive a $6,000 stipend, which covers transatlantic airfare and domestic travel, as well as room and board, for 3 months. Stipends are distributed to fellows in three payments.
Fellows are responsible for securing accommodations in New York. The ACG can provide suggestions, however it is ultimately the responsibility of the fellow.
The ACG will assist the fellows obtain the J-1 Exchange Visitor visa with Cultural Vistas and the associated expenses are covered by the fellowship.
Applicants must be German citizens residing in Germany, between the ages of 23 and 30 at the time of the application deadline. Each applicant should demonstrate a minimum of two years of relevant, full-time work experience and hold a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent). He/she should possess a track record of outstanding academic and professional performance and have demonstrated sincere commitment to furthering the transatlantic relationship.
What documents do I need to apply for the fellowship?
To apply for a fellowship, candidates must submit a cover letter outlining personal and professional objectives for the fellowship, a one- to two-page proposal citing potential transatlantic collaborative projects that could be examined during the fellowship, an academic transcript, a current resume and two letters of recommendation (preferably one academic and one professional). Applications must be submitted in English, however letters of recommendation can be written in German.
Applications sent via email should be received no later than 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on the day of the deadline. It is not necessary to mail any portion of your application.
Do my letters of recommendation need to be sent with my application?
No, letters of recommendation may be sent separately. The same deadline applies for letters of recommendation.
Am I expected to have a full research proposal written before I submit an application?
While you do not need a full itinerary, you should have a fully established proposal with an explanation of the goals of your research.
I am receiving funding from another source. Am I eligible to receive a fellowship?
No, you are not eligible to receive a fellowship if you are receiving funding from another source. The ACG is intended to be the sole sponsor of any fellow's research.
How long after I submit an application will I know if I have received the fellowship?
The selection process will take six to eight weeks after the deadline. All applicants, regardless of the decision, will receive notification via email.
If I was awarded a fellowship by the ACG in the past, can I apply for a second fellowship?
No, fellowship alumni are not eligible for a second fellowship. Fellowship alumni are encouraged to make recommendations for new candidates.
Additional questions can be submitted to fellowships@acgusa.org.


Last year we attended 528 road traffic collisions.
Before setting off make sure that everyone in the car is wearing a seatbelt.
Remember that you may still be over the drink-drive limit the following morning.
Always leave at least a two second gap between you and the car in front.
Adapt your driving to the condition and type of the road.
We offer a range of educational packages to schoolchildren and young adults regarding road safety these include Road Sense and Wasted Lives.
Road Sense is a new Year 6 Road Safety package which looks at the transition from primary to high school. It helps pupils to consider how they will travel to their new school safely and plan their route. It covers key messages about wearing seatbelts, safe cycling, pedestrian safety and not causing a distraction when travelling in a car.
Wasted lives is aimed at year 11 high school students. It is an award winning young driver education programme, targeting young drivers and their passengers. The session challenges beliefs resulting in safer attitudes towards risk taking behaviours on the roads utilising hard hitting video clips and local examples of road traffic collisions.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Shapes;

namespace GSAKWrapper.Dialogs
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Interaction logic for WindowExportGPXSettings.xaml
    /// </summary>
    public partial class WindowExportGPXSettings : Window
    {
        public UIControls.ActionBuilder.ActionExportGPX.ExportGPXSettings GPXSettings { get; set; }

        public WindowExportGPXSettings()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        public WindowExportGPXSettings(UIControls.ActionBuilder.ActionExportGPX.ExportGPXSettings gpxSettings)
        {
            GPXSettings = gpxSettings;
            InitializeComponent();
            GPXVersion.Items.Add(Utils.GPXGenerator.V100);
            GPXVersion.Items.Add(Utils.GPXGenerator.V101);
            GPXVersion.Items.Add(Utils.GPXGenerator.V102);
            DataContext = GPXSettings;
        }

        private void Button_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (GPXSettings != null)
            {
                GPXSettings.FileName = FileName.Text;
                GPXSettings.AddChildWaypoints = AddChildWaypoints.IsChecked == true;
                GPXSettings.Version = GPXVersion.SelectedItem as Version;
            }
            Close();
        }

        private void ButtonSelect_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            var dlg = new Microsoft.Win32.SaveFileDialog();
            dlg.FileName = ""; // Default file name
            dlg.DefaultExt = ".gpx"; // Default file extension
            dlg.Filter = "GPX (.gpx)|*.gpx|zip (.zip)|*.zip"; // Filter files by extension

            var result = dlg.ShowDialog();

            if (result == true)
            {
                FileName.Text = dlg.FileName;
            }
        }
    }
}

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Stephen Ng & Richard Gough are proud to be Ambassadors for CASCAID, a new initiative that brings the asset management community together to raise over £1million for Cancer Research in 2017.
Hundreds of people throughout our industry will be doing brave, crazy and challenging things for charity during the year. At Create Wealth, we're doing our bit.
We have identified 37 'classic climbs for cyclists' within South Wales. It is our intention to ride reasonably challenging routes, so that we both ascend all 37 during 2017, to be finished by the 31st October.
We have penned 13 routes which will include taking part in the iconic Dragon Ride as well as the annual Velothon Wales events, in June & July. The shortest route will be 48km and the longest 140km.
We anticipate actually covering 1,400km (somewhat more than One Million Metres but we like the phrase) with a total ascent of around 24,000 metres, roughly three times the height of Everest.
PLEASE SUPPORT US via Virgin Money Giving who will claim gift aid on the charity's behalf where the donor is eligible for this.


Design for Manufacturing, as the name implies, aims to reduce the cost and complexity of manufacturing assembly parts in the production process. More specifically, it aims to reduce the cost of labour, overhead and material; reduce the length of the product development cycle, and create standards for reducing costs.
Design for Manufacturing was introduced because of the disparity between engineering designers and manufacturers. The engineers designed a product without any input from the manufacturers, so this caused delays in product launching and hindered efforts to keep up with demand. DFM bridges the gap between manufacturers and engineers to create a product that is both marketable and easy to manufacture.
When the absolute minimum number of parts is used, this reduces the cost of production. It also improves the reliability of the product because of fewer connections. Finally it makes it easier for maintenance when it needs to be disassembled.
This makes the manufacturing process faster and easier, not to mention more cost effective.
The use of common parts presents the possibility for the use of group technology to synchronise part production.
Partial geometry should be simplified and you should avoid unnecessary surface finish requirements.
Tolerances should be within process capability, otherwise you may require additional sortation.
Products should only be allowed to be built one way. Sometimes special geometric features can be used to make the product foolproof.
Flexible parts like rubber, belts, cables and gaskets should be kept to a minimum as they are more difficult to assemble.
Components should be designed to be assembled from one direction (usually vertically). Also, it would be beneficial to employ fast assembly techniques.
Sub assembly parts should consist of five to fifteen components. It would be easier to maintain and repair and assembly time is minimized.
The final product should be suitable for standard cartons and ease of shipment to the customer.
Adjustments should be designed into the product to reduce assembly time.
If you're looking for DFM services related to sheet metal fabrication, contact the Bayview team today for more information.