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Stefan Majewicz, ps. Hruby, Stefan Jontek (ur. 30 sierpnia 1910 w Hoheneich w Niemczech, zm. 13 sierpnia 1944 w Warszawie) – polski nauczyciel, urzędnik i żołnierz, porucznik WP, uczestnik kampanii wrześniowej, cichociemny. Kawaler Orderu Virtuti Militari.

Życiorys
Przyszedł na świat 30 sierpnia 1910 roku w Hoheneich w Niemczech w rodzinie szewca Kazimierza (ur. 1882) i Leokadii z domu Staniszewskiej (1886-1953). Miał młodszą siostrę Janinę (ur. 1915). Maturę i dyplom nauczycielski uzyskał w Poznaniu, gdzie przybył z rodzicami z Niemiec. Następnie podjął służbę wojskową i jednocześnie studiował w Centralnym Instytucie Wychowania Fizycznego w Warszawie (1931-33). Pracował jako nauczyciel w Toruniu, a później był urzędnikiem w Warszawie.

Po wybuchu II wojny światowej walczył na Wileńszczyźnie i brał udział w obronie Lwowa. Przedostał się do Francji, skąd został ewakuowany do Wielkiej Brytanii. Przeszedł szkolenie w Centrum Szkolenia Artylerii, ukończył Oficerski Kurs Doskonalenia Administracji Wojskowej (pod tym kryptonimem funkcjonowała polska szkoła wywiadu). W nocy z 30 na 31 marca 1942 został zrzucony, w ramach operacji Belt, na teren poligonu SS w Baryczy. Został oficerem wywiadowczym II Oddziału Komendy Głównej Armii Krajowej i działał w ramach organizacji Wachlarz m.in. w Hamburgu, Lubece, Bremie i Szczecinie.

Po aresztowaniu, które nastąpiło w Warszawie w 1943 zbiegł, powtórnie aresztowany trafił na Pawiak i tam mimo ciężkich obrażeń poddany został śledztwu. Nie wyjawił żadnych informacji. Został rozstrzelany w ruinach getta warszawskiego w dniu 13 sierpnia 1944, w jednej z ostatnich egzekucji przed wysadzeniem Pawiaka przez Niemców. Jego symboliczny grób znajduje się na cmentarzu Powązkowskim w Warszawie (kwatera 143-6-21).

Upamiętnienie
W lewej nawie kościoła św. Jacka przy ul. Freta w Warszawie odsłonięto w 1980 roku tablicę Pamięci żołnierzy Armii Krajowej, cichociemnych – spadochroniarzy z Anglii i Włoch, poległych za niepodległość Polski. Wśród wymienionych 110 poległych cichociemnych jest Stefan Majewicz.

Zobacz też
 Armia Krajowa
 Cichociemni

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 biogram na stronie elitadywersji.org - kompendium wiedzy o 316 Cichociemnych spadochroniarzach Armii Krajowej

Cichociemni
Obrońcy Lwowa (1939)
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Srebrnym Orderu Virtuti Militari (władze RP na uchodźstwie)
Ofiary egzekucji w ruinach getta warszawskiego 1943–1944
Urodzeni w 1910
Więźniowie Pawiaka (okupacja niemiecka)
Zmarli w 1944
Żołnierze Wachlarza
Żołnierze Wojska Polskiego straceni przez Niemcy nazistowskie
Upamiętnieni symbolicznym grobem na cmentarzu Powązkowskim w Warszawie

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India to Arm Fighter Jets With Indigenous-made HARM Missile
by SOFREP Dec 1, 2022
The Rudram-1, India's first Next Generation Anti-Radiation Missile, is on display at the Aero India show in Bengaluru. (Image source: Twitter)
Since lending arms to Ukraine, America's venerable AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) has become a new standard for the best tactical, air-to-surface anti-radiation missile (ARM) that has reliably intercepted electronic transmissions of Russian radars and then took them out. The rocket is just one of the many munitions the US and its allies have provided Ukraine since the war broke out in February.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) sought the same system after recognizing its effectiveness on the battlefield, but instead of buying the American ARMs, it is looking to acquire its homegrown Rudram anti-radiation missile.
According to reports, the IAF recently submitted the budget proposal for procuring India's next-generation anti-radiation missiles for Rs 1,400 crore (around $1.7 billion) in a continuing effort to induct more indigenously-made weapons into its defense systems.
Defense officials also noted IAF's plan to equip the procured Rudram to its fleet of Sukhoi-30 fighter jets, allowing the service branch to boost its search-and-destroy capabilities against enemy radar systems.
The design and development of Rudram were led by India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) in the early 2010s as part of New Delhi's ambition of creating its own tactical, anti-radiation missile having the American AGM-88 as one of its models. After years of trial and error, the now-called Rudram-1 was officially unveiled as the country's first-ever ARM in August.
The project stalled for two years but soon resumed, where it successfully live-tested the next-generation ARM in October 2020 using a Sukhoi-30 fighter jet and showed a promising performance of pinpoint accuracy. The missile has a reported launch speed of up to Mach 2, or twice the speed of sound, and a range of 100-250 km, depending on the fighter jet's altitude. It measures about 5.5 m (18 ft) and weighs around 600 kg (1,300 lbs) with a pre-fragmented warhead weight of 55 kg (121 lbs). It also has a dual-pulsed rocket motor, a passive homing head that tracks radiation sources across a wide frequency range, and a shutdown capability that allows it to hit its target even if the enemy's radar is turned off before or after the missile is launched. Besides the Sukhoi-30, Rudram-1 can use other combat jets, such as MiG-29, Dassault Mirage 2000, and SEPECAT Jaguar, as its launch platform.
Rudram-1's prominent feature focuses on Suppression and Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD/DEAD) missions that would allow the IAF to strike enemy targets without detection, as well as take down surveillance radar installations and disrupt communication systems.
Clearly, the Indian Defense Ministry has been taking notes on the lessons learned as the Russia-Ukraine war unfolds. But upgrading its military equipment and the force itself has been an ongoing mission since the Modi administration took over in 2014. The war catapulted New Delhi into inducting more "made in India" weapons and reducing its arms imports from other superpowers, particularly from Russia.
Russia has been India's "most preferred" arms supplier since at least the 2000s, accounting for more than 46 percent of the latter's arsenals, but the performance of this equipment in Ukraine against even 30yr old Western weapons tech has been so dismal that India has good reason to wonder if they are really getting their money's worth.
The AGM-88's Pivotal Role in Russia-Ukraine War
In August, the US began sending AGM-88 HARMs to Ukrainian troops to counter Russia's fire control radars for their surface-to-air missiles. The mere presence of these missiles on Ukrainian fighters has frustrated the Russian claims that they enjoy air superiority over Ukraine. As best we can tell, Russian jets do not venture far beyond the front lines of the conflict.
The AGM-88, like the Rudram-1, is a supersonic tactical air-to-surface ARM designed specifically to intercept electronic signals emitted by enemy surface-to-air radar systems. It was originally developed by Texas Instruments in the 1980s to replace AGM-45 Shrike and AGM-78 Standard ARM system and has proven itself a reliable weapon since. Previous wars it played a pivotal role include the Gulf Wars, Kosovo Wars, Iraq War, and the 2011 Military Intervention in Libya where it served to suppress enemy air defenses.
F-16 carrying an AIM-120 AMRAAM (top), AIM-9 Sidewinder (middle), and AGM-88 HARM. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)
Throughout the years, AGM-88 has gone through tons of upgrades and spawned several variants, including the modern AGM-88E Advanced Antiradiation Guided Missile (AARGM), which can bypass the switch-off strategy of the enemy—the inspiration for the DRDO's Rudram.
With AGM-88 making it dangerous for Russian air defense radars as well as counter-battery fire radars, Ukrainian troops are able to operate High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) more easily.
So far, this has been an advantage for Ukraine. However, as the war drags on for months, supplies running low as the US and other Western allies struggle to meet the demand.
Representative Mike Quigley, a member of the House Intelligence Committee, told CNN earlier this month how meeting the demand of sending weapons to Ukraine has been "getting harder and harder."
Read Next: AGM-88: The World's Most Powerful anti-Radiation Missile Today
"This is a war we thought would be over in days, but now could be years. At a time when global supply chains are melting down, the West is going to have a very difficult time to meet demands at this very high level," Quigley said.
And this is something India would not want to avoid itself in the event of a future conflict with its China or Pakistan, its regional rivals.
Nonetheless, Pentagon Press Secretary Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder has assured that the US will continue to support Kyiv while ensuring that the assistance is not affecting the country's military readiness.
"DoD takes into consideration the impacts on our own readiness when drawing down equipment from US stocks," Ryder told CNN. "We have been able to transfer equipment from US stocks without degrading our own military readiness and continue to work with industry to replenish US inventories and backfill depleted stocks of allies and partners."
US stocks of these weapons are not disclosed publically but are believed to be a supply of at least three months of wartime expenditures, giving time for the US to ramp up expanded production of replacements. The new stock being made right now will enter the US military inventory while older stock will be sent to Ukraine. There is also chance that some of these last generation weapons, like the Javelin and Stinger missiles may go back into production as they been shown to still be highly effective against even the most modern Russian weapons.
Winter is coming in Russia and Ukraine. Will the cold weather finally put an end to the long-running conflict? Read our take here.
AGM-88: The World's Most Powerful anti-Radiation Missile Today
Ukraine Modifies Soviet-made Jets to Fire US-made Anti-Radiation Missiles
Three Tech Lessons To Take From the Russia-Ukraine War
RUDRAM: India's First Indigenous Anti-Radiation Missile
Why Russia Cannot Obtain Air Superiority in Ukraine
US Navy To Receive New AARGM-ER Missile After Successful Test

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Internal Versus External BLOBs in SQLite
If you have a database of large BLOBs, do you get better read performance when you store the complete BLOB content directly in the database or is it faster to store each BLOB in a separate file and store just the corresponding filename in the database?
To try to answer this, we ran 49 test cases with various BLOB sizes and SQLite page sizes on a Linux workstation (Ubuntu circa 2011 with the Ext4 filesystem on a fast SATA disk). For each test case, a database was created containing 100MB of BLOB content. The sizes of the BLOBs ranged from 10KB to 1MB. The number of BLOBs varied in order to keep the total BLOB content at about 100MB. (Hence, 100 BLOBs for the 1MB size and 10000 BLOBs for the 10K size and so forth.) SQLite version 3.7.8 (2011-09-19) was used.
Update: New measurements for SQLite version 3.19.0 (2017-05-22) show that SQLite is about 35% faster than direct disk I/O for both reads and writes of 10KB blobs.
The matrix below shows the time needed to read BLOBs stored in separate files divided by the time needed to read BLOBs stored entirely in the database. Hence, for numbers larger than 1.0, it is faster to store the BLOBs directly in the database. For numbers smaller than 1.0, it is faster to store the BLOBs in separate files.
In every case, the pager cache size was adjusted to keep the amount of cache memory at about 2MB. For example, a 2000 page cache was used for 1024 byte pages and a 31 page cache was used for 65536 byte pages. The BLOB values were read in a random order.
Database Page Size
BLOB size
1024 1.535 1.020 0.608 0.456 0.330 0.247 0.233
16384 2.439 1.757 1.292 1.023 0.829 0.820 0.598
We deduce the following rules of thumb from the matrix above:
A database page size of 8192 or 16384 gives the best performance for large BLOB I/O.
For BLOBs smaller than 100KB, reads are faster when the BLOBs are stored directly in the database file. For BLOBs larger than 100KB, reads from a separate file are faster.
Of course, your mileage may vary depending on hardware, filesystem, and operating system. Double-check these figures on target hardware before committing to a particular design.
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Ariana Grande, Big Sean: ugly truth emerges
By Randy McMullen and Bay Area News Group | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: April 24, 2015 at 11:58 a.m. | UPDATED: April 21, 2018 at 5:51 a.m.
That big breakup between rapper Big Sean and pop diva Ariana Grande a few weeks back was described as "amicable" and due to "conflicting schedules" and blah blah blah … .
Well, not so much.
New reports say Big Sean broke off the romance because he felt Grande was selfish and immature and not putting nearly as much effort into the relationship as he was.
Plus, those mouse ears she's always wearing probably got old after a while.
"Sean is taking it hard," a friend of the rapper's told Hollywood Life. "He was in love with her, but to him, her bull(expletive) got in the way of their good times, so he's really taking things hard."
It's the second high-profile romantic fall-down for Big Sean, who was engaged for a time to actress Naya Rivera.
TMZ and other websites report that Big Sean spent much more time and money traveling to see Grande than the other way around. And during one of his biggest shows of the year — a February gig at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, at which Kanye West, Jennifer Lopez, Chris Brown, Jay Z, Kylie and Kendall Jenner and other A-Listers were all in attendance, Grande was a no-show because she felt she needed to rest up for the Grammy Awards the next day. TMZ reports that the move hurt Big Sean, and he broke things off almost immediately afterward.
Then there was the Justin Bieber incident (isn't there always a Justin Bieber incident?). Reportedly Big Sean and Grande were thinking about getting back together when Grande performed in Los Angeles and let Bieber join her on stage. At one point, the Canadian pop star put his arms suggestively around Grande, and even though she broke free, TMZ says Big Sean was ticked off — at Grande, whom he suspected orchestrated the stunt to make him jealous.
The Hollywood Gossip site is meanwhile claiming that Grande dumped Big Sean for Bieber, but we're discounting that theory. No one is that stupid.
Randy McMullen provides celebrity commentary for the Bay Area News Group. Follow him at twitter.com/randymac57.
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Q: How to get rid of downcast using synchronous send with Scala Actors? Suppose, I send a request to an actor and receive its response synchronously:
case class MyRequest()
case class MyResponse(data:Any)

val resp = myActor !? MyRequest()
Now I have to downcast resp to MyResponse to access data
val data = (resp.asInstanceOf[MyResponse]).data
How can I git rid of the casting and write the code in a type safe manner? (I guess I can use pattern matching instead but I would prefer another solution).

A: As far as I know Scala Actors aren´t typed. So use Akka actors, which support typed actors. I also encountered your problem before and have handeled it with implicit manifest to get some kind of typed actors in scala.

A: Pattern matching is the normal way to get data out of messages and to distinguish which type of message you received.
I would just use pattern matching here, and am curious why you would prefer another solution.

A: Actors are not typed, so there's no way of doing it with the core library. However, there are several ways to create utility methods to it.
You can encode the result type in the message and then have a utility method that uses that:
trait Result[T]

class RichActor(self: Actor) {
    def !?![T](msg: Result[T]): T = (self !? msg).asInstanceOf[T]

    def !?![T](timeout: Long, msg: Result[T]) = (self.!?(timeout, msg)).asInstanceOf[Option[T]]
}

implicit def enrichActor(a: Actor) = new RichActor(a)

usage:
case class Message() extends Result[Int]

val i = actor !?! Message()

Type of i is an Int
Note: previously posted here: http://www.tikalk.com/java/blog/type-safe-actor-messages

A: As of this comment to my previous answer I want to share my solution with manifests, using akka actors:
import akka.actor._

trait Message
case class Foo(i: Int) extends Message
case class Bar(b: Boolean) extends Message
case class Baz(s: String) extends Message

case class MSG[C](content: C)(implicit m: Manifest[C]) {
  def manifest = m
  @inline def asMsg[C] = this.asInstanceOf[MSG[C]]
}

class MyActor[C](implicit manifest: Manifest[C]) extends Actor {
  private val behaviour: C =*> Unit = {
    case foo @ Foo(i) => println(foo) // i: Int
    case bar @ Bar(b) => println(bar) // b: Boolean
  }
  def receive = {
    case m: MSG[_] if m.manifest <:< implicitly[Manifest[C]] && behaviour.isDefinedAt(m.asMsg[C].content) => behaviour(m.asMsg[C].content)
    case m => println("wrong message : " + m)
  }
}

val system = ActorSystem("MySystem")
val myActor = system.actorOf(Props(new MyActor[Message]()), name = "myactor")
myActor ! MSG(Foo(1)) //  Foo(1)
myActor ! MSG(Bar(true)) // Bar(true)
myActor ! MSG(Baz("!")) // wrong message : MSG(Baz(!))
myActor ! Foo(2) // wrong message : Foo(2)
myActor ! MSG("?") // wrong message : MSG(?)
system.shutdown

Furthermore I tried to use this with parameterized types:
sealed trait Parameterized1[X] // only marker
case class Foo1[X](x: X) extends Parameterized1[X]

case class MSG1[X, Z[X]](content: Z[X])(implicit mX: Manifest[X]) {
  def manifestX = mX
  @inline def asMsg[A, C[A]] = this.asInstanceOf[MSG1[A, C]]
}

class MyActor1[X, Z[X]](implicit mX: Manifest[X]) extends Actor {
  private val behaviour: Z[X] =*> Unit = {
    case foo @ Foo1(x: X) => println(foo)
  }
  def receive = {
    case m: MSG1[_, _] if m.manifestX <:< implicitly[Manifest[X]] && behaviour.isDefinedAt(m.asMsg[X, Z].content) => behaviour(m.asMsg[X, Z].content)
    case m => println("wrong message : " + m)
  }
}

val system1 = ActorSystem("MySystem1")
val myActor1 = system1.actorOf(Props(new MyActor1[Int, Parameterized1]()), name = "myactor1")
myActor1 ! MSG1(Foo1(1)) // Foo1(1)
myActor1 ! MSG1(Foo1("A")) // wrong message : MSG1(Foo1(A))
myActor1 ! Foo1(1) // wrong message : Foo1(1)
system1.shutdown

Or even with two type parameters:
sealed trait Parameterized2[X, Y] // only marker
case class Foo2[X, Y](x: X, y: Y) extends Parameterized2[X, Y]
case class Bar2[X, Y](x: X, y: Y) extends Parameterized2[X, Y]

case class MSG2[X, Y, Z[X, Y]](content: Z[X, Y])(implicit mX: Manifest[X], mY: Manifest[Y]) {
  def manifestX = mX
  def manifestY = mY
  @inline def asMsg[A, B, C[A, B]] = this.asInstanceOf[MSG2[A, B, C]]
}

class MyActor2[X, Y, Z[X, Y]](implicit mX: Manifest[X], mY: Manifest[Y]) extends Actor {
  private val behaviour: Z[X, Y] =*> Unit = {
    case foo @ Foo2(x: X, y: Y) => println(foo)
    case bar @ Bar2(x: X, y: Y) => println(bar)
  }
  def receive = {
    case m: MSG2[_, _, _] if m.manifestX <:< implicitly[Manifest[X]] && m.manifestY <:< implicitly[Manifest[Y]] && behaviour.isDefinedAt(m.asMsg[X, Y, Z].content) => behaviour(m.asMsg[X, Y, Z].content)
    case m => println("wrong message : " + m)
  }
}

val system2 = ActorSystem("MySystem2")
val myActor2 = system2.actorOf(Props(new MyActor2[Int, String, Parameterized2]()), name = "myactor2")
myActor2 ! MSG2(Foo2(1, "A")) // Foo2(1,A)
myActor2 ! MSG2(Foo2(1, true)) // wrong message : MSG2(Foo2(1,true))
myActor2 ! Foo2(1, "A") // wrong message : Foo2(1,A)
myActor2 ! MSG2((1, "A")) // wrong message : MSG2((1,A))
myActor2 ! MSG2(Bar2(2, "B")) // Bar2(2,B)
system2.shutdown

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Saw this in my kid's doctor's office.
The sass is strong at this brewery I went to.
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Fra Diavolo (Fra Diavolo ou l'Hôtellerie de Terracine) è un'opéra-comique in tre atti, musicata da Daniel Auber su libretto in lingua francese di Eugène Scribe, rappresentata per la prima volta all'Opéra-Comique di Parigi, Salle Ventadour, nel 1830.

Trama

Atto primo

Zerlina, figlia di un oste di Terracina, è innamorata di Lorenzo, un povero brigadiere dei gendarmi, mentre suo padre la vuole dare in moglie a Francesco, un anziano possidente. Mentre Lorenzo è alla ricerca del famigerato brigante Fra Diavolo, costui arriva alla locanda travestito da marchese e deruba due viaggiatori inglesi, Lord e Lady Rocburg. Lorenzo riesce a recuperare parte della refurtiva e viene ricompensato da Lady Rocburg con  scudi, una somma da destinare alla dote di Zerlina.

Atto secondo
Fra Diavolo è tuttavia determinato a derubare di nuovo i viaggiatori inglesi e Zerlina con l'aiuto di Giacomo e Beppo, due suoi complici. Durante la notte i tre si intrufolano nella stanza di Zerlina per rubarle la dote. Sopraggiunge Lorenzo, ma Fra Diavolo, che finge di essere il Marchese di San Marco, riesce a convincerlo di essere un suo rivale in amore, amante di Zerlina e di Lady Rocburg. Lorenzo sfida a duello il finto Marchese.

Atto terzo
Il giorno dopo Zerlina, ormai priva della dote e abbandonata da Lorenzo, accetta di sposare Francesco. Fra Diavolo ordina ai suoi due complici di avvertirlo quando Lorenzo e la sua truppa lasceranno la città, per poter derubare di nuovo gli inglesi con tranquillità. Giacomo e Beppo sono però riconosciuti da Zerlina che li fa arrestare da Lorenzo. Questi scopre finalmente i maneggi di Fra Diavolo e organizza un piano per arrestarlo. Zerlina può finalmente sposare Lorenzo.

Commento
Fra Diavolo nacque come opéra-comique, ossia come un genere teatrale, molto popolare in Francia nel XIX secolo, nel quale episodi cantati si alternano a brani recitati. Sebbene il titolo richiami il nomignolo di un brigante e capo militare itrano realmente esistito (Michele Pezza che si batté contro i Francesi e fu impiccato a Napoli nel 1806) le vicende narrate nel libretto di Scribe sono ispirate a quelle dell'opera "La Caverne ou le Repentir", tratta dalla Storia di Gil Blas di Santillana, musicata nel 1793 da Jean-François Lesueur su libretto di Paul Dercy.

L'opera di Daniel Auber, consistente inizialmente in diciotto brani musicali intervallati da dialoghi in prosa, venne rappresentata con successo all'Opéra-Comique di Parigi il 28 gennaio 1830, avendo come interpreti principali Jean-Baptiste Chollet nel ruolo di Fra Diavolo, Geneviève-Aimée-Zoë Prévost nel ruolo di Zerlina, e Marie-Julienne Boulanger in quello di Lady Pamela. Fra Diavolo rimase in repertorio allOpéra-Comique, con 909 rappresentazioni complessive fino al 1907, e riprese in quasi tutte le stagioni. Secondo le regole dell'opéra-comique, l'azione procede nelle scene recitate mentre la musica interviene nei momenti statici. Circa la qualità della partitura, si riporta il giudizio di René Leibowitz:

Come accaduto nel caso di altre opéra-comique nel corso XIX e della prima metà del XX secolo in paesi di lingua non francese, anche Fra Diavolo fu rappresentata nella versione in lingua italiana, in questo caso nella versione di Manfredo Maggioni, con le parti recitate dell'opéra-comique sostituite dal recitativo accompagnato.

Nel Regno Unito la première è stata il 1º febbraio 1831 nel Theatre Royal Drury Lane di Londra.

In Australia va in scena nel Theatre Royal di Hobart il 3 ottobre 1842.

La prima rappresentazione di Fra Diavolo in Italia, ovviamente nella versione in lingua italiana di Manfredo Maggioni, risale al 29 dicembre 1866, al Teatro della Pergola di Firenze. Ma la versione in lingua italiana era stata utilizzata già in Germania nel 1848 e in Inghilterra nel 1857; lo stesso Auber curò diverse edizioni in lingua italiana dell'opera allo scopo di favorire la circolazione del proprio lavoro.

Al Theatre Royal di Dundee va in scena il 29 marzo 1870 nella traduzione di Michael Rophino Lacy per la Grand English Opera Company.
Al Prince of Wales Theatre di Glasgow va in scena nel 1874 per la Carl Rosa Opera Company.
Al Queen's Theatre di Edimburgo va in scena nel 1875 per l'Italian Opera Company.
Al Her Majesty's Theatre di Aberdeen va in scena nel 1887 per la J W Turner's English Opera Company.

Per il Metropolitan Opera di New York la première è stata nel 1902 al Freundschaft Club di Manhattan.

L'opera ebbe nuova popolarità negli anni trenta grazie all'omonimo film comico con Stanlio e Ollio del 1933. I due comici svolgono il ruolo di Giacomo e Beppo nell'opera di Auber, ma non cantano. Tre arie di Auber sono invece cantate da Dennis King, interprete di Fra Diavolo, e ugualmente immodificati sono i cori.

Al Teatro Verdi (Trieste) va in scena nel 1955 diretta da Franco Capuana con Agostino Lazzari, Enrico Campi e Alfredo Mariotti.

Al Teatro alla Scala di Milano va in scena nel 1992 diretta da Bruno Campanella con Luciana Serra e Alessandro Corbelli.

Numeri musicali
 Ouverture

Atto I
 Introduzione En bons militaires (coro, Lorenzo, Matteo, Zerlina)
 Quartetto Ah, quel voyage abominable (Pamela, Milord, Lorenzo, Zerlina, coro)
 Couplets Je voulais bien (Milord, Pamela)
 Quintetto Un landeau qui s'arrete (Matteo, Milord, Pamela, Marchese, Zerlina)
 Couplets Voyez sur cette roche (Zerlina, Marchese)
 Trio Le gondolier fidèle (Marchese, Pamela, Milord)
 Finale primo Victoire! Victoire! (coro, Zerlina, Pamela, Milord, Lorenzo, Marchese, Beppo, Giacomo)

Atto II
 Scena e cavatina Ne craignez rien, Milord - Quel bonheur, je respire (Zerlina)
 Trio Allons dormir (Milord, Pamela, Zerlina)
 Barcarola Agnèse la jouvencelle (Marchese)
 Aria Oui, c'est demain (Zerlina)
 Finale secondo Ô fureur, ô vengance (Marchese, Milord, Lorenzo, Beppo, Giacomo, Pamela, Zerlina)

Atto III
 Scena e aria J'ai revu nos amis - Je vois marcher sur ma bannière (Marchese)
 Coro C'est aujourd'hui
 Romanza Pour toujours, disait-elle (Lorenzo)
 Finale terzo Allons, allons (coro, Matteo, Lorenzo, Beppo, Giacomo, Zerlina)
 Stretta del finale Victoire! Victoire! (Milord, Pamela, Lorenzo, Zerlina, Matteo, coro)

Discografia

Note

Bibliografia
 «Fra' Diavolo». In: George P. Upton, The Standard Operas: Their Plots, Their Music, and Their Composers, A Handbook, 12th edition, Chicago: A. C. McClurg and Company, 1897, ad vocem (e-text nel sito del Progetto Gutenberg)
 «Fra' Diavolo». In: Harold Rosenthal e John Warrack (eds), Dizionario dell'opera lirica, Firenze: Vallecchi, 1974, Vol. I, p. 282
 «». In: Piero Gelli e Filippo Poletti (a cura di), Dizionario dell'opera 2008, Milano: Dalai editore, 2007, pp. 514–15, 88-8089-177-4, ISBN 9788880891772
 René Leibowitz, Storia dell'opera, trad. di Maria Galli de' Furlani, Milano: Garzanti, 1966, pp. 145 e 487-88
 Claudio Casini,  «D. Auber: Fra Diavolo». In: L'opera francese, Coll. Grande storia della musica n. 19, Milano: Fabbri, 1983, p. 15

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

 Libretto di Fra Diavolo in Eugène Scribe, Théâtre complet, tome 10, Paris: A. André, 1835
 Libretto di Fra Diavolo in Œuvres complètes d'Eugène Scribe, série 4, vol. 4, Paris: E. Dentu, 1877
 Libretto di Fra Diavolo in lingua italiana, versione di Manfredo Maggioni , Milano etc: G. Ricordi e C., stampa 1924

Opere liriche di Daniel Auber
Opere liriche in lingua francese
Opéra comique


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The Traditional Interpretation of the Pardon Power is Wrong. And a reply to a critic.
Jeff Tulis and I have written a piece about why the traditional interpretation of the "except in case of impeachment" exception to the pardon power is mistaken. I am posting here a preview of the piece and a reply to a critic.
The piece is here: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/traditional-interpretation-pardon-power-wrong/614083/
Here is a preview
The power to grant "pardons and reprieves" includes the power to commute, or reduce, sentences after convictions. But this power is constrained by a limit: "except in cases of impeachment." Traditionally, this exception has been read to mean only that a president cannot use the pardon and reprieve power to prevent or undo an impeachment by the House or an impeachment conviction by the Senate. By this interpretation, only impeachment charges themselves are precluded from presidential pardons. (According to the Constitution, the vice president and "all civil Officers of the United States" are subject to impeachment, which means, for example, that a president cannot pardon a federal judge's impeachment.)
But there is a strong argument, rooted in the Constitution's text, history, values, and structure, that in addition to banning the prevention or undoing of an impeachment, this phrase also bans a president from using the pardon and reprieve power to commute the sentences of people directly associated with any impeachment charges against him. This argument is not a partisan one. Whatever rule is applied today would necessarily apply to future presidents, Democrats as well as Republicans.
I hope people read our article and Brian Kalt's piece criticizing our view: https://takecareblog.com/blog/regrettably-president-trump-does-have-the-power-to-commute-roger-stone-s-sentence
As you consider the debate, I'd point a few things out in framing the argument.
First, it's important to see the kind of argument we are making against the traditional view. We are not denying that there is evidence for the traditional view. We are saying that the historical evidence for the traditional view is far from certain and that there is evidence for our view too. We think that on balance we have the better historical evidence, but our main point is that there is enough doubt that we should turn to the structure of Article II and the values of the Constitution to interpret the impeachment exception given the historical uncertainty. The Supreme Court has relied on such sources sometimes even when they conflict with the text of the Constitution (11th Amendment sovereign immunity) or are absent from it (privacy). But here the text and history provide support for our view. Certainly, it's linguistically possible to read it our way. Values and structure support it. History doesn't preclude it.
Brian says the historical evidence "is clear enough to bolster the traditional view of the text." We disagree. I'm not even sure what kind of standard "clear enough" is meant to be. What Brian offers is not enough to overturn a reading that would cohere with the basic structure and values of Article II. And we don't think that his "inter-textual" formalistic arguments overcome the structure and values arguments either.
It's important to see that the historical evidence is complex and far from obvious or straightforward. We don't have a floor speech saying clearly what the clause meant. Just to take one example on the day the language was adopted, we have a strange voting sequence. The unanimous adoption of the language "except in cases of impeachment" is followed by a divided vote rejecting the language that would have only prevented the president from stopping impeachment in the Senate. We ask if the convention had just unanimously and unambiguously adopted that limit plus a ban on undoing punishments resulting from impeachment, why would they be voting again and arguing about language that simply restated part of what they had just adopted. in his piece, Brian says they were voting on whether to replace the language just adopted. But why would they do that having just unanimously adopted it? And what were they arguing about? Again, it's far from clear and none of this evidence precludes our view. Of course, much of this is an argument relevant to original intent that might matter to differing degrees when it comes to those who focus more on original public meaning or structure and values.
Second, the fact that the convention voted down the blanket exception for treason does not disprove the view. Some say the rejection of that exception shows we are wrong to think an impeached president can't pardon himself or those persons related to a "case of impeachment." But the rejection of the blanket exception for treason was a rejection of a broader and distinct limit. In other words, the Framers' decision that the pardon power can sometimes be invoked even for those convicted of treason does not preclude the interpretation of the pardon exception that we defend.
Brian suggests Randolph's worries about co-conspirators were raised on September 15, the day an exception for treason was rejected, and only appropriate to that day. But I think it's a stretch to claim that the worries were only present on that day. Marx didn't just think that workers of the world should unite on the day he wrote the manifesto. It was a general concern. And we think that Randolph was expressing a concern present in the convention in general.
Third, the point about members of Congress endorsing the non-traditional view adds an important dimension to this debate we have not previously highlighted. There is obviously disagreement here between Brian on the one hand and Jeff and me on the other. I'd point too to pieces by Lawrence Freeman in the Jurist and Kim Wehle in The Hill weighing in on the non-traditional side. On our view, members of Congress explicitly invoking the power would have weight in this debate since Congress's interpretation of its own powers matters in constitutional law. An explicit claim in the article of impeachment that Trump's power to pardon himself or others related to the insurrection is revoked could make a difference. Of course, some think that Congress can't even limit the pardon power through legislation. But that's precisely what we are discussing. If Tulis and I are correct, they certainly could limit it with or without legislation. But Congress chiming in on our side, as Clyburn has, should have weight.
Posted 1:49 PM by Corey Brettschneider [link]


Chapter 7 lawyers specialize in bankruptcy.
Chapter 7 tends to be used by either individuals or businesses that want a total clean slate.
A Chapter 7 lawyer is a lawyer in the United States who specializes in bankruptcy law. Chapter 7 refers to a type of bankruptcy in which the assets of an individual or business are liquidated to repay creditors and any remaining debt discharged. A bankruptcy attorney is responsible for educating his clients about the bankruptcy process, evaluating and preparing their case, and representing their interests in court if need be. Under the United States bankruptcy code, a Chapter 7 lawyer is required to affirm the truthfulness of her client's bankruptcy petition.
Bankruptcy law can be found in Title 11 of the United States bankruptcy code. Title 11 contains several chapters that describe different types of bankruptcy, and Chapter 7 describes liquidation, or straight, bankruptcy. In this type of bankruptcy, a debtor or insolvent company can escape creditor harassment and overwhelming debt in exchange for giving up what she does have to compensate her creditors. As not everyone can qualify for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the duties of a Chapter 7 lawyer include a review of the debtor's financial situation and income. If the debtor does not qualify for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, the lawyer can explain the option of a Chapter 13 repayment plan.
Once he has completed his client's bankruptcy petition and assembled all necessary forms and documentation, the Chapter 7 lawyer must file the case with the bankruptcy court and accompany his client to the meeting with the bankruptcy trustees and any creditors who want to ask questions of the debtor. The lawyer can present the bankruptcy case and advise his client during the period of questioning by the trustee or creditors. If there are matters that must go before a judge, the lawyer will advocate for his client there.
While it is possible to file for bankruptcy without an attorney, the services of a Chapter 7 lawyer are often invaluable because bankruptcy law can be very complex. For example, a Chapter 7 lawyer can advise clients about whether they are likely to run into problems with their case because of how they disposed of assets right before or at the time of seeking bankruptcy advice. Using a Chapter 7 lawyer can also save a debtor a considerable amount of money in legal fees, as a debtor whose case is dismissed because of a mistake she made will have to pay to refile the case.
What Are the Different Types of Lawyer Qualifications?


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Welcome to this latest FLIP which is the first of a new series of practical classroom activities addressing over-indebtedness. It was produced as part of the Collection House/Financial Basics Foundation partnership program, bringing practical knowledge and real-world insight of the consequences of over-indebtedness to secondary school students.
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SLAYING THE DEBT DRAGON, the first activity in this series, looks at actions which can be taken to solve debt problems before it's too late. Students are prompted to examine spending habits, to think about strategies to address financial difficulties, and to create an action plan in response to a case study. Students are also challenged to communicate with creditors and write letters to cancel direct debits. Some extension activities on "what if" scenarios are also provided.
Human beings are hard-wired to want things. Driven by a culture of instant gratification, young people are taking advantage of accessing easily available credit. Increasing numbers are finding themselves in situations where they are unable to meet their financial obligations, and often with terrible consequences. In fact, one in five bankruptcies in Australia is under the age of 30. Over 70% of Australians have defaulted on a payment before age 35, with 58% of them being younger than 30 years old. Most people don't realise that even being late with a single payment on the electricity bill can adversely affect their credit rating. Find out more here:
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"Slaying the debt dragon" is a challenging activity, and students are required to read and comprehend extensively to complete the tasks. In addition to having relevance to the NCFLF and the Economics and Business Curriculum, the activities in this FLIP also address literacy and numeracy.
The activities have been designed to support and complement The Australian Curriculum. This FLIP has specific relevance to Economics and Business Knowledge and Understanding for Year 9 and some application in Year 10.
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Gen Y drowning in debt - ABC 7.30 Report on credit card debt (This is from 2010, but still has relevance.)
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function Add-VSSageMakerWorkteamCognitoMemberDefinition {
    <#
    .SYNOPSIS
        Adds an AWS::SageMaker::Workteam.CognitoMemberDefinition resource property to the template. Identifies a Amazon Cognito user group. A user group can be used in on or more work teams.

    .DESCRIPTION
        Adds an AWS::SageMaker::Workteam.CognitoMemberDefinition resource property to the template.
Identifies a Amazon Cognito user group. A user group can be used in on or more work teams.

    .LINK
        http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-properties-sagemaker-workteam-cognitomemberdefinition.html

    .PARAMETER CognitoUserPool
        Not currently supported by AWS CloudFormation.

        Documentation: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-properties-sagemaker-workteam-cognitomemberdefinition.html#cfn-sagemaker-workteam-cognitomemberdefinition-cognitouserpool
        PrimitiveType: String
        UpdateType: Immutable

    .PARAMETER CognitoClientId
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        PrimitiveType: String
        UpdateType: Mutable

    .PARAMETER CognitoUserGroup
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        Documentation: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/aws-properties-sagemaker-workteam-cognitomemberdefinition.html#cfn-sagemaker-workteam-cognitomemberdefinition-cognitousergroup
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                }
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It's exciting to believe in legends and myths, which is part of the reason why the legend of the Lost City of Atlantis has persisted for so long. However, science and technology shows that it's time to finally put this tale to rest. The Lost City of Atlantis is a fun topic—but one that is purely fictional.
According to Seth Stein, a professor at Northwestern University who specializes in plate tectonics and earth science, one of the strongest reasons to dispel Atlantis as a true ancient civilization is the fact that we haven't found it.
"We've got pretty good maps of the Atlantic ocean and there are no signs of a continent there," said Stein. "If there was a lost continent, it would long since have been mapped." The same goes for the rest of the oceans.
And even if by some chance this sophisticated mapping technology missed the sunken city, its existence is still scientifically impossible. According to Stein, less dense objects simply cannot sink into more dense objects. Put in more specific terms, it is impossible for a continent to sink into the ocean.
The rise and fall of sea level over time can cause islands to seemingly disappear. These islands haven't sunk, they're just temporarily covered with water. Islands can also erode, a process that occurs when natural elements, such as the weather and the ocean, wear away at earth. But erosion cannot explain a continent disappearing.
The story of Atlantis may have originated not as historical fiction but as a fable. The first telling of Atlantis can be traced back to Plato in about 330 B.C. and may have been created to teach a moral lesson. The people of Atlantis, though advanced, were greedy, and this may have led to their downfall, Live Science reported.
For now, we can be assured based on much scientific proof that Atlantis does not and never has existed. That doesn't mean you can't still have fun playing along with the legend from time to time.


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Billeberga – miejscowość (tätort) w Szwecji, w regionie administracyjnym (län) Skania, w gminie Svalöv.

Według danych Szwedzkiego Urzędu Statystycznego liczba ludności wyniosła: 1050 (31 grudnia 2015), 1049 (31 grudnia 2018) i 1089 (31 grudnia 2019).

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Colwill Brown is an instructor and manuscript consultant at GrubStreet, an associate editor at Bat City Review, and an MFA candidate at the University of Texas at Austin. She is the recipient of the Wellspring House Emerging Writer Fellowship, the Henry Blackwell Essay Prize, and a Crawley-Garwood Research Grant, and was a finalist for the Tennessee Williams Fiction Prize, the Reynolds Price Award, the Far Horizons Fiction Award, the Disquiet International Literary Prize, and the Lit Fest Emerging Writer Fellowship. She has received fellowships and support from Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, The University of Texas at Austin, Boston College, Kansas State University, the Anderson Center, and GrubStreet. Colwill's work has featured in Grantamagazine and is anthologized in Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction from a Small Planet (Press 53). Find out more at colwillbrown.com.
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Watch: Men Carry Coffin Across Deadly Bridge Risking Their Lives
Source: https://twitter.com/MmusiMaimane/status/1572467745102647297?t=DsS0cWShOGRTaaXpjaczoA&s=19
Mzansi has been left fuming after a video emerged which shows two men carrying a coffin across a makeshift bridge which also looks unstable and deadly in an attempt to get to the other side.
This area which some stated is in Eastern Cape doesn't have a proper bridge where vehicles can pass through, hence men had to go to the other side to receive the deceased and carry them through the bridge.
Mmusi Maimane said this proves the incompetence of the ruling party ANC which has been in power for 28 years, yet areas where black people live are still in a sorry state.
"This is not what our citizens deserve after 28 years or democracy," Mmusi Maimane said. Social critics are however blaming people who still vote for ANC especially in Eastern Cape where most rural areas don't have proper structures such as bridges. In some areas in the province, residents cross flooded rivers while closed up in a plastic drum.
There are now men who had decided to take it upon themselves, to assist villagers to cross to the other side while inside a drum. They however don't do it for free, but they charge a certain fee to help people cross
Critics have been trying to get ANC leadership in the province to take action and resolve this matter, but misappropriation of funds and corruption is the reason why the province cannot get proper structures.
"The money and resources that would have built bridges and road networks were siphoned and looted by the leadership of South Africa after 1994. 28 years of majority rule did not help South Africa to prosper and grow," some argued.
"I feel no pity for the Eastern Cape people. They are the ones who keep voting for the same party that treats them like this. They must stop complaining," others did not mince their words, but placed blame on the residents who keep voting for people who cannot develop their areas.
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Creative Choices
Creative people
Mohammed Rahman, community arts management apprentice
BellamyStudio	18 September 2012
Mo completed a community arts management apprenticeship at the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural.
"It was a bonus to find such an interesting arts organisation after a number of interviews that hadn't amounted to anything."
Working at the Skills Academy
Mo began his apprenticeship at the Skills Academy, working on the Business & Administration framework.
His responsibilities included
attending and assisting at industry events
supporting teams right across the organisation
assisting with the day to day running of the company.
Getting onto the apprenticeship
When he first got into the world of apprenticeships, Mo had been on Job Seekers' Allowance for over six months.
He came to the Skills Academy through the Future Jobs Fund (FJF) on a six month placement.
"I was determined to find paid work, so it was a bonus to find such an interesting arts organisation after a number of interviews that hadn't amounted to anything," he said.
At the end of the placement, Mo converted to a full apprenticeship, and he now works full-time as a permanent Events Officer.
Starting work at the Skills Academy
"I wanted to become an apprentice because I wanted to learn new skills and also gain extra qualifications at the same time," Mo says.
"An apprenticeship also teaches you everything – from the basic everyday skills right to the more specialist stuff at the top.
"I saw this opportunity as a stepping stone to gain work experience and learn the skills I needed to get back into the working world.
"I saw this opportunity as a stepping stone to gain work experience and get back into the working world"
"The good thing is I'll never forget my basic skills as that's where everything starts: you just build it up from there!"
After completing Business & Administration Level 2, Mo moved onto a creative apprenticeship in Community Arts Management level 3.
Learning new skills
"I've enjoyed the practical work I do for my apprenticeship – attending industry events and getting involved with a variety of areas of work in different teams.
"It's all been very interesting, and has taught me new ways of working, so I can be more efficient. It also keeps me active in my role at the organisation.
"I have benefited a lot from this: my organisational skills have improved and the quality of my work is much better."
Views on apprenticeships
"Since starting the apprenticeship, I've learnt lots of things that the average person at work might not know or be aware of.
"My day release at City of Westminster College is interesting: we learn the theory side of work (i.e. laws around employment, equality and diversity).
"I think apprenticeships are great because you get to work and also study at the same time. That's basically getting the best of both worlds.
"Apprenticeships are basically the best of both worlds - working and studying at the same time"
"It's also a good way of gaining experience at work. You might choose to go to university after completing your apprenticeship and then go back into work.
"Instead of joining the job market without any experience, you go in there with an advantage.
"You have the experience and extra qualification, plus the knowledge you have gained."
Apprenticeships as stepping stones into work
"An apprenticeship opens many doors for people.
"If you're unemployed, like I was, and looking for a job, an apprenticeship would really benefit you. It can help get you out of that jobless loop and back into study and work at the same time.
"Of course some people might not like going to college one day a week, but it's not that bad to be honest!
"And it's a good way to interact with other people in your class who are also doing apprenticeships.
"Really, as I always tell myself: the best way to learn is to learn from others.
Emily Charles, creative apprentice
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Jack Dorsey: "I Consider Our Twitter CEO, Dick Costolo, To Be A Founding Member"
Drew Olanoff	8 years
Today at TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 in San Francisco, Jack Dorsey took the stage to give us a 10-minute run-through of how he got to where he is today. I'm not sure that there's enough time in the day to accurately portray the adventures Dorsey have experienced, but he certainly tried.
As you know, Jack Dorsey co-founded Twitter and also Square, the payment processing solution that you can find in Apple stores and festivals everywhere.
Dorsey discussed his history and talked a bit about the founding of companies, saying that "Companies have multiple founding moments," and considers Dick Costolo, current CEO of Twitter, to be a founding member. Similarly, he considers Keith Rabois to be a founder of Square, as well.
His thoughts are interesting ones, and clearly come from the perspective of pushing innovation. It's nice to know that one of the original founders of a massive network and product like Twitter is willing to open its arms to change.
For those who think that Twitter might have some differing opinions on where to move forward, it seems like Dorsey has put some of that to rest…at least from his perspective. It will be interesting to see if we can find out how Dorsey splits his time between Twitter and Square these days.


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One of the many advantages to working with Webstix is that you are a part of our streamlined process. Each milestone in your project offers you the chance to approve what we've done before we move forward. This process saves you time and money because we ensure that you get exactly what you want to fit your budget.
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If you are looking for a brand new design for your website, our team will first offer you what we call "wire frame" designs before we proceed. These wire frames show, in no great detail, the layout of the home page. It shows where everything will go without any design applied to it. This helps us make sure we have all the elements you want and have them in the right place without design getting in the way. A more detailed wire frame design is then created.
You will then receive a link to the custom website design we've created. You will be able to share it with collegues and friends if you want. We then work with you to tweak it into a final design. This is done for the inside page design as well.
After you approve the final design you want, we will then begin planning for your new site and incorporate any added functionality you might need.
In this step, we start the first stage of production and create a copy of your website on a staging server for you to review. You will be able to see what progress we've made when you have the time. By offering our clients access to their websites in this way, we have seen a dramatic increase in customer satisfaction.
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When the first version of your website is ready, you will be asked to proof it and request changes. We then put your changes into effect and keep making changes until you are completely satisfied. During this process, we also rigorously test the code and proofread for errors on our end.
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Dawn Morgan filed a complaint on March 13 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, alleging that the defendant rejected her claim for disability benefits.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that she became disabled and applied for disability benefits but was denied. The plaintiff holds the defendants responsible for allegedly claiming that she is not eligible to receive disability benefits despite allegedly having sufficient medical proof to support her claim.
The plaintiff seeks to be declared disabled and wants the defendant to grant her disability benefits, pay court costs and any further relief this court grants. She is represented by Halmon L. Banks III of Banks Law in Philadelphia.


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Hispania is like something out of Grand Designs. Housed in the former Lloyds Bank headquarters in the City of London, its spacious, two-storey interior features Escher-like geometric floor tiling, a sweeping marble staircase and high ceilings held aloft by exposed Victorian steel pillars. The tapas is another matter.
And why should he? High-flying Morán is a famous name in Asturias, north-west Spain, where he is the fifth generation of his family to run the prestigious Michelin-starred restaurant, Casa Gerardo.
How does Morán maintain his exacting standards in two places hundreds of miles apart? "I travel back and forth a couple of times a month.
Coming from such a great culinary dynasty, Morán's destiny ought to have been written in the stars, but it wasn't. "Sure, I have always loved good food and growing up I knew nothing else, but actually, after school, I wanted to be a journalist," he explains.
By the time he was 19, Morán returned home, the prodigal son. He had a heart-to-heart with his father, who told him categorically: "If you ever want to be head of this family, you must lead from the kitchen!" Soon afterwards Morán began his cooking studies in nearby Gijón.
After graduating, Morán embarked on a four-year apprenticeship at some of the greatest restaurants in Spain, if not the world.
Morán acknowledges how lucky he was to have had such amazing introductions and to have worked for legends such as Ferran Adrià at El Bulli and the Roca brothers at the current world number-one restaurant El Celler de Can Roca.
Hugely enriched by his experiences, Morán returned to Asturias to assume the mantle of head chef at Casa Gerardo.
At first business was slow but well-heeled city workers soon became loyal clientele and Hispania is now a top tapas destination.
The tapas menu at Hispania is extensive and varied, ranging from tuna tartare and monkfish fritters to tortilla and croquettas, and the finest-quality cured ham from acorn-fed Ibérico pigs.
Does Morán feel pressure to innovate? "With tapas, chefs can do whatever they want. What matters most is the quality of the ingredients," he says.


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A Smarter & Smoother Robot Arm
If someone tells you that you move l ike a robot it's not a compliment, unless you're doing the dan ce, just ask Al Gore. Robots have always been famous for making very rigid and stiff movements and there's a reason for that. While it's simple for a human to move their hand from the keyboard, pick up a cup of coffee, take a sip and put it back down, it's extremely difficult to come up with an equation for a robot to do the same thing.
The task of making a robot move more naturally may have scared away others in the past, but researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and the Laboratory of Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) have attacked the dilemma head on. By combining two innovative Algorithms they have built a new robotic motion-planning system that calculates more efficient and human like paths for robot arms.
And what does all this mean? If robots are ever going to interact with humans it's critical that they're able to make efficient and predictable movements, which you can finally start to see with this system
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HARRISBURG — A lawsuit brought against Luzerne County seeking more funding for the county public defender's office should go to trial, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled Wednesday.
In April 2012, former Chief Public Defender Al Flora Jr., along with several people who said they qualified for public defender services, filed suit against Luzerne County and former county Manager Robert Lawton. Flora asked the court to order the county to lift a hiring freeze and provide more funding for the office to provide adequate representation to qualified applicants.
In 2013, Flora was fired as chief public defender. Senior Luzerne County Judge Joseph Augello dismissed Flora's lawsuit, finding he lacked standing to sue because he was no longer the chief public defender and because the named defendants still had pending criminal cases. The Commonwealth Court affirmed that decision in October 2014 after an appeal.
But the state Supreme Court disagreed, and said defendants should be allowed to sue the county for its alleged failure to provide adequate representation.
It is the first time in state history that indigent criminal defendants — those who can't afford a lawyer — have a potential case to show that insufficient funding of a public defender office created a systemic failure to provide adequate legal aid, the majority opinion of state Supreme Court justices said.
The state Supreme Court rejected Flora's request for an order to lift a hiring freeze and provide more funding because the lawsuit should not have been dismissed in the first place, judges wrote.
Since the plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in April 2012, the county has changed the resources it provides to the public defender's office. Funding rose from $1.8 million in 2010 to nearly $3.2 million this year.
The U.S. Constitution requires courts to provide legal counsel to people who are accused of a crime but can't afford an attorney.
State law requires counties to fund public defender offices, but, "These offices are chronically underfunded and understaffed, and are hard-pressed to meet the baseline demands of the Sixth Amendment, raising the disconcerting question of whether counties are complying with (the law)," Justice David N. Wecht wrote in an opinion.
State funding of the courts has been an ongoing complaint at Luzerne County Council meetings.
The case has attracted the attention of several high-profile organizations, including the American Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Innocence Project and the federal Department of Justice — who have weighed in with "friend-of-the-court" briefs.
Flora filed a separate lawsuit in federal court claiming he was wrongfully fired, which remains unresolved.


Create a realistic-looking candle entirely from code without external images.
Light it up by using the mouse click event.
In this animation, the three main parts are wax, the wick and the flame.
The part of wax is produced by context.fillRect() method.
By using quadraticCurveTo() method, the flame is manipulated.
The wick is produced with context.fillRect() method.


Hello I've written new handy application with search and cache to json file, it have two dark and light theme.
there is search functionality ,i will provide github sources soon.
It could be very nice if it's connected with dnSpy, so we find the opcode description.
Here is the download and github links.
enhanced speed with parallel processing.
Last edited by ymg2006; 02-11-2019 at 02:25.
just paste the dnSpy_MyOpCodeTable to dnSpy root folder and open application as you see in the picture.
it will be open MyOpCodeTable in completely separate thread though it won't block main application from working.
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package backtype.storm.clojure;

import backtype.storm.generated.StreamInfo;
import backtype.storm.task.ShellBolt;
import backtype.storm.topology.IRichBolt;
import backtype.storm.topology.OutputFieldsDeclarer;
import backtype.storm.tuple.Fields;
import java.util.Map;

public class RichShellBolt extends ShellBolt implements IRichBolt {
	/**
	 *
	 */
	private static final long serialVersionUID = -841290538904964687L;
	private Map<String, StreamInfo> _outputs;

	public RichShellBolt(String[] command, Map<String, StreamInfo> outputs) {
		super(command);
		_outputs = outputs;
	}

	@Override
	public void declareOutputFields(OutputFieldsDeclarer declarer) {
		for (String stream : _outputs.keySet()) {
			StreamInfo def = _outputs.get(stream);
			if (def.is_direct()) {
				declarer.declareStream(stream, true,
						new Fields(def.get_output_fields()));
			} else {
				declarer.declareStream(stream,
						new Fields(def.get_output_fields()));
			}
		}
	}

	@Override
	public Map<String, Object> getComponentConfiguration() {
		return null;
	}
}


This is the thread where you can tell us if you've changed your name from what it used to be. That will help your old friends knowing you, and help even such things as the member awards, so we know if we need to update the names in the polls or in the awards handed out.
So if you were known as something else previously, please let all your friends here know! Thanks.
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I changed my username... My original name was Ardunn.
I just decided to change it because everyone knows me as Morlo, and yeah.
Hello again! Its ~Tigging with Dom~, formerly known as Hobbits4Ever!
No!!!! Arwen the webmaster is fine! Don't change it!
Zaphod Beeblebrox... Please don't do that! I will never be able to remember that name! Even Arwen is better than that name!
I am Varda, but I used to be called Morrigan.
Ellethwen, Maiden of the Stars didn;t fit, so I stuck it in my avatar...now my screename is right back to what it was before I changed it to my now former name.
But please still call me Limwen!!!
I know, not much difference exept for the capitalization of the "e". Elbereth was a name I got from The Silmarillion, and the extra "sq" stands for Star Queen, which was what Elbereth was.
I changed my name from middlearthmaiden to Elwing because middlearthmaiden was just to long to write.


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1987 Berrys' Own Selection Bunnahabhain, Cask 2448, Single Malt Whisky 46%
Bunnahabhain translates as "mouth of the river" from the gaelic, the river in question being the Margadale which flows into the Sound of Islay near to the distillery. This fine 25 year-old malt gives proof that heavy peatiness is not the be all and end all when it comes to high quality Islay Malt Whisky.
The nose is beautifully perfumed with exotic fruits, wood spice and honey. The palate is rich and sinewy with more exotic fruit and a faint drift of smokiness in the background. One perhaps to savour in a darkened room.
spirit at a glance
Bunnahabhain Distillery,Islay
Scotch Whisky, Islay Whisky
About this SPIRIT
Bunnahabhain is is an Islay distillery that was established in 1881. Pronounced 'Boo-na-ha-ven' and meaning 'mouth of the river', Bunnahabhain is accessible by way of a winding lane off the main road to Port Askaig. Its distillery is set around a courtyard in a style that resembles a Bordeaux château. Despite expansion in 1963 the distillery is little changed. Bunnahabhain is sometimes referred to as "the Islay whisky without the Islay character." Due to it being less peaty than other Islay malts, its light colour (for an Islay) is attributable to the fact that the spring water is drawn before it runs "over and through" the well-known Islay malt. This quality is further enhanced by the distillery practice of taking only a very narrow cut from the second distillation.
The distinctive oiliness of the Bunnahabhain malt is due to the short-necked stills utilised. Bunnahabhain is described as being sweeter than the other Islays, with a smooth initial palate and long full finish. Lighter than the Islay style, with a full round flavour. In most instances, Bunnahabhain Single Malt is made of malted barley that has been dried using a fuel source other than peat so as not to impart any smoky, medicinal, iodine-like flavours. On occasion, Bunnahabhain produces batches of a spirit made of barley that has been imbued with the pungent (some would say acrid) smell of peat-smoke as it was drying.
Each sample had come from a differently-treated batch of spirit, one was un-peated, another had been lightly-peated and the last one heavilypeated. It takes some time to work through the unglamorous but necessary logistics of bottling a cask of Scotch whisky and now, finally, the three drams we tasted last winter have, in our view, led to a stimulating comparison
The whisky region of Islay (pronounced eye-lay) is arguably the most important 200 or so square miles in the whisky world. On the face of it Islay just another island of the Inner Hebrides. It lies in Argyll just to the west of Jura and around 25 miles north of the Irish coast, which can be seen on	a clear day.
The island's fame as far as whisky goes is due to the 8 distilleries currently in production and the vast tracts of peat that cover most of the island's surface. The whisky distilleries are: Ardbeg, Bowmore, Bruichladdich, Bunnahabhain, Caol Ila, Kilchoman (this is the newest distillery on the island which started producing spirit in 2005), Lagavulinand Laphroaig.
The 8 distilleries with whisky for sale can be divided up, depending on the amount of peat used. The `big 3' are Ardbeg, Lagavulin and Laphroaig who all produce powerful smoke laden whiskies. The new malt produced by Kilchoman is also very powerful indeed.
Occupying the middle ground are Bowmore and Caol Ila. The whiskies produced at Bruichladdich and Bunnahabhain are in peat terms at least, the lightest.
There were more distilleries in the past: Port	Ellen closed in 1983 while the Lochindaal at Port Charlotte closed in1929. The buildings at Port Ellen are however still in use, it is here that malted barley for the island's distilleries is produced.


The Good The Altec Lansing iM500 portable speakers are superthin, attractive, durable, and very portable; can be powered by AAA batteries; include line-in port and cable; can be used as an iPod dock with a standard USB cable; excellent sound quality for the size.
The Bad The Altec Lansing iM500 would be better with a remote control; it's a tad pricey; flimsy design when no iPod is docked; dock is designed only for Nano; line-in port is not standard 3.5mm; no white version.
The Bottom Line If you're an iPod Nano user who likes to pack light and thin, most certainly check out the nice-looking and -sounding Altec Lansing iM500 speaker system.
Editors' Note: The rating on this review has been lowered from 7.7 to 7.0 due to changes in the competitive marketplace.
We've gotten our hands on a wide array of portable speaker systems designed for the iPod, but we haven't reviewed one that was quite as thin as Altec Lansing's $130 inMotion iM500. The splendid-sounding iM500 measures only 0.67 inches thick when closed up for transport, so you can pretty much stick it (or slide it) in any bag, backpack, or carrier. With a pleasing design that matches the black iPod Nano, these speakers look as good as they sound, though the speaker set could be better with a remote control.
The iM500 speaker system measures about 8.5 by 5 inches (when closed), weighs 12 ounces (without batteries), and looks and feels, as Altec Lansing markets it, "impossibly thin." An elegantly minimal design that closes up flat and snag-free doesn't hurt. Pressing a button in the center of the grille opens the base (which measures about 2.5 inches from front to back), which includes the iPod dock connector port and power and volume buttons on the front. When the posterior base opens, it reveals standard mini USB, mini auxiliary, and AC power ports.
Only 0.67 inches thick when it's closed, it's slimmer-looking in person.
Dock your iPod Nano, and you have a very attractive system; the thinness of the Nano and the iM500 play off of one another. When docked, the speakers are very stable. The iPod Nano actually sits in an indentation on the iM500 making the whole system even sleeker. The tiny puffy-style volume buttons are easy enough to use, though we definitely were itching for a remote control (no dice). The iM500 comes with a basic leatherette slip-on case; the wall wart-style AC adapter shouldn't take too much additional space.
Though the system is designed for the iPod Nano, we were able to force a regular 5G iPod onto the dock; while you can get away with this, we don't recommend it, as it could damage the dock connector.


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module AwesomeUsps
  module Tracking

    # Takes your package tracking number and returns information for the USPS web API
    def track(tracking_number)
      request = xml_for_tracking(tracking_number)
      gateway_commit(:tracking, 'TrackV2', request, :live)
    end

    def canned_tracking
      tracking_number = "EJ958083578US"
      request = xml_for_tracking(tracking_number)
      gateway_commit(:tracking, 'TrackV2', request, :test)
    end

    # XML from a straight string.
    # "<TrackFieldRequest USERID='#{@username}'><TrackID ID='#{@tracking_number}'></TrackID></TrackFieldRequest>"
    def xml_for_tracking(tracking_number)
      xm = Builder::XmlMarkup.new
      xm.TrackFieldRequest("USERID" =>"#{@username}") do
        xm.TrackID("ID"=> "#{tracking_number}")
      end
    end

    # Parses the XML into an array broken up by each event.
    # Example of returned array
    def parse_tracking(xml)
      event_list = []
      parse = Hpricot.parse(xml)/:trackdetail
      if parse == []
        RAILS_DEFAULT_LOGGER.info "#{xml}"
        return (Hpricot.parse(xml)/:description).inner_html
      else
        parse.each do |detail|
          h = {}
          detail.children.each { |elem| h[elem.name.to_sym] = elem.inner_text unless elem.inner_text.blank? }
          event_list << h
        end
      end
      event_list
    end

  end
end


During art lessons in one of the classroom I have done the workshop with teenagers.
I asked them to play the Cadavre Exquis (Exquisite Corpse) which was a favourite surrealist game from the mid-1920s onwards. I started the game, by drawing little pattern, after that I covered the picture leaving merely a small part for another person to continue from this point on. In the end every person created a drawing on one surface a big roll of paper without knowing the input of another.
The experience of the game has a references to the mural I would like to do in the back of the school. Where I asked children to leave me little notes, drawing of their wishes according to the final design of the mural.
The result is a collaboration with strong sense of individualism and a surprise.


This bus stop signpost was seen by the side of Beragala – Wellawaya Road. I can't remember the time people used the word 'motor bus', so this signpost must be one of the oldest of that kind.
Oh, I love it. I love old signs, absurd signs, etc. This is great.
Then will it disappear soon as a piece of antique in people's collection?
A good shot.. this is one of the rare kind of stuff you should be looking at when travelling.. Cheers!
Yep, we saw it by chance, infact saw two of them on the same road.
Is that a dead end? If you can't move ahead then you definitely will have to hault!
You are most welcome and thanks for your comments!
I shall keep an eye for that when I pass that way. You have a talent for picking such interesting thingies.