  I touch upon some of the discoveries made by the Swift Team during the first
18 months of operation focusing on a few critical points. In addition to the
early afterglows and complete coverage of the light curves, we mention the
discovery of the location of Short bursts, the statistics on flares that is
under completion and refer to their explanation as due to internal shocks. The
full understanding of the connection with supernovae and the study of high z
flares will ultimately lead to the detailed understanding of the mechanism of
explosion both for GRBs and for Supernovae.
