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Die USS O'Bannon (DD-450) war ein Zerstörer der US-Marine und gehörte zur Fletcher-Klasse. Sie und ihr Schwesterschiff USS Nicholas (DD-449) waren die beiden ersten Fletcher-Zerstörer, die vom Stapel liefen. USS O'Bannon war von 1942 bis 1970 im Dienst. Das Schiff war im Zweiten Weltkrieg, im Koreakrieg sowie im Vietnamkrieg eingesetzt. Sie ist nach der USS Enterprise das zweithöchstdekorierte Schiff in der Geschichte der US Navy.

Namensgeber
Presley Neville O'Bannon (1784–1850), der Held von Dena, war ein Offizier des US Marine Corps (USMC) und wurde bekannt durch seine Taten im Ersten Barbaresken-Krieg.

Als First Lieutenant kommandierte er eine Einheit der Marines im Krieg gegen Tripolis. Während der gemeinsamen Operation mit der US-Marine führte er den erfolgreichen Angriff im Kampf um Derna, woraus die Zeile to the shores of Tripoli in der Hymne des USMC entstand.

Technik

Rumpf und Antrieb
Der Rumpf der USS O'Bannon war 114,7 m lang und 12,2 m breit. Der Tiefgang betrug 5,4 m, die Verdrängung 2.100 Tonnen. Der Antrieb des Schiffs erfolgte durch zwei Dampfturbinen von General Electric, der Dampf wurde in vier Kesseln von Babcock & Wilcox erzeugt. Die Leistung betrug 60.000 Wellen-PS, die Höchstgeschwindigkeit lag bei 35 Knoten.

Bewaffnung und Elektronik
Hauptbewaffnung der USS O'Bannon waren bei Indienststellung ihre fünf 5-Zoll/127-mm-Mark-30-Einzeltürme. Dazu kamen diverse Flugabwehrkanonen, die im Laufe des Krieges immer weiter verstärkt wurde. 1948/49 wurde das Schiff dann zum U-Jagdzerstörer umgebaut und erhielt verstärkte Anti-U-Boot-Bewaffnung, unter anderem einen Mk.-108-U-Jagdraketenwerfer vor der Brücke.

Die USS O'Bannon war mit Radar ausgerüstet. Am Mast über der Brücke waren ein SG- und ein SC-Radar montiert, mit denen Flugzeuge auf Entfernungen zwischen 15 und 30 Seemeilen und Schiffe in Entfernungen zwischen 10 und 22 Seemeilen geortet werden konnten.

Geschichte
USS O'Bannon wurde am 3. März 1941 bei Bath Iron Works Corp. in Bath, Maine auf Kiel gelegt. Der Stapellauf erfolgte am 19. Februar 1942. Ihre Taufpatin war E. F. Kennedy, Nachfahrin von Lieutenant O'Bannon. USS O'Bannon und ihr Schwesterschiff USS Nicholas waren die ersten Fletcher-Zerstörer, die vom Stapel liefen. Das Schiff wurde am 26. Juni 1942 unter dem Kommando von Commander Edwin R. Wilkinson in Boston in Dienst gestellt

1942
Nach kurzer Ausbildung in der Karibik verließ USS O'Bannon am 29. August 1942 Boston mit Ziel Südwestpazifik, wo gerade die Schlacht um Guadalcanal begonnen hatte. Sie wurde dem Destroyer Squadron (DesRon) 21 zugeteilt und in Nouméa, Neukaledonien stationiert.

Ihr erster Einsatz war Geleitschutz für den Flugzeugträger USS Copahee nach Guadalcanal. Am 9. Oktober startete 20 F4F Wildcats der US Marines vom Deck der USS Copahee zum bedrängten Henderson Field, wo sie dringend als Verstärkung benötigt wurden. Den restlichen Monat war die USS O'Bannon im Geleitdienst in den Neuen Hebriden und in den südlichen Salomonen.

Am 7. November 1942 eskortierte sie einen Konvoi, der mit Truppenverstärkungen und -ersatz, Verpflegung, Munition sowie Material für Flugzeuge nach Guadalcanal unterwegs war. In der Nähe der Insel sichtete der Zerstörer ein aufgetauchtes feindliches U-Boot, beschoss es und hielt es auf Tiefe, während der Konvoi sicher das Gebiet passieren konnte. Am Nachmittag des 12. Novembers wurden die teilweise entladenen Transporter von 25 feindlichen Mitsubishi G4M Hamaki-Torpedobombern angegriffen. USS O'Bannon bekämpfte vier angreifende Flugzeuge. Elf Angreifer konnten vom Geleitschutz abgeschossen werden. Es wurde kein Transporter beschädigt.

Erste Seeschlacht von Guadalcanal

Aufklärungsmeldungen ergaben, dass sich ein japanischer Flottenverband, bestehend aus zwei Schlachtschiffen, einem leichten Kreuzer und 14 Zerstörern, Guadalcanal näherte, um Henderson Field durch Beschuss zu zerstören, die amerikanischen Verstärkungen zu unterbinden und Anlandungen von eigenen Verstärkungen zu ermöglichen. Zusammen mit den anderen Schiffen des Geleitschutzes, zwei schweren Kreuzern (USS Portland, USS San Francisco), drei leichten Kreuzern (USS Helena, USS Atlanta, USS Juneau) und sieben Zerstörern (USS Cushing, USS Monssen, USS Sterett, USS Fletcher, USS Laffey, USS Aaron Ward, USS Barton) hielt USS O'Bannon Kurs auf den Iron Bottom Sound. Bei schlechtem Wetter und Sichtweiten von weniger als 2000 m eröffneten die Verbände am 13. November 1942 um 01:48 Uhr das Feuer aufeinander und es begann die Erste Seeschlacht von Guadalcanal.

Zusammen mit Laffey, Atlanta, San Francisco, Portland und Helena nahm die O'Bannon den japanischen Zerstörer Akatsuki unter Feuer. Akatsuki explodierte und sank innerhalb weniger Minuten. Im weiteren Verlauf griff O'Bannon das japanische Schlachtschiff Hiei an und kam ihr dabei so nah, dass die Hiei nicht in der Lage war, ihre schweren Geschütze so tief zu richten, um sie gegen den Zerstörer einsetzen zu können. Die Geschütze der O'Bannon und der Sterett feuerten aus kürzester Entfernung mehrere Salven in die Aufbauten der Hiei, bevor die Zerstörer in der Dunkelheit verschwanden.

Um 02:26 Uhr wurde das Feuer eingestellt. In dem kurzen, aber heftigen Gefecht gingen auf amerikanischer Seite USS Barton, USS Cushing, USS Laffey und USS Monssen verloren, USS San Francisco, USS Atlanta, USS Portland, USS Helena und USS Juneau wurden schwer beschädigt. USS San Francisco und USS Atlanta mussten später aufgegeben werden. USS Juneau wurde auf dem Rückmarsch gegen 11:00 Uhr von dem japanischen U-Boot I-26 versenkt. Die japanische Marine verlor die Zerstörer Akatsuki und Yudachi. Hiei war schwer beschädigt und wurde am 14. November 1942 von amerikanischen Flugzeugen angegriffen und von der Besatzung selbst versenkt.

Der Kommandeur des japanischen Verbandes, Kaigun-Shōshō Hiroaki Abe erkannte nicht den Vorteil, den er erlangte, und Henderson Field wurde vor der Zerstörung bewahrt. Wie wichtig dies war, zeigte sich am nächsten Tag, als Flugzeuge vom Henderson Field elf feindliche Truppentransporter, die japanische Verstärkungen nach Guadalcanal bringen sollten, versenkten.

1943

Am frühen Morgen des 5. April 1943 entdeckten USS O'Bannon und USS Strong das aufgetaucht fahrende japanische U-Boot RO-34. USS O'Bannon lief an, um es zu rammen. Da das U-Boot nicht eindeutig identifiziert werden konnte, entschied der Kommandant im letzten Moment, dass es sich um einen Minenleger handeln könnte und es wurde Hartruderlage befohlen, um die Kollision zu vermeiden. Dieses Manöver brachte den Zerstörer längsseits des U-Bootes. Als die japanische Besatzung ihr Geschütz bemannen wollte, griff die Crew der USS O'Bannon, die keine Handfeuerwaffen an Oberdeck hatte, zu Kartoffeln aus einem Korb und warfen diese auf das U-Boot. In der Annahme, es seien Handgranaten, waren die Japaner zu sehr damit beschäftigt, diese über Bord zu werfen, um das Feuer auf den Zerstörer zu eröffnen. Dies gab USS O'Bannon die Gelegenheit, sich zu entfernen und ihre Geschütze gegen das U-Boot einzusetzen und den Turm zu beschädigen. RO-34 tauchte und der Zerstörer versenkte das U-Boot mit Wasserbomben.

In der Nacht vom 5. auf den 6. Juli war die O'Bannon an der Schlacht im Kula-Golf beteiligt, in deren Verlauf der leichte Kreuzer USS Helena und die japanischen Zerstörer Niizuki und Nagatsuki versenkt wurden. Eine Woche später, in der Nacht vom 12. auf den 13. Juli 1943, nahm USS O'Bannon im gleichen Seegebiet an der Schlacht bei Kolombangara teil, in der die alliierten Schiffe den leichten Kreuzer Jintsū versenkten. Auf alliierter Seite wurden drei leichte Kreuzer (USS Honolulu, USS St. Louis und HMNZS Leander) beschädigt und der Zerstörer USS Gwin versenkt.

Die folgenden Monate verbrachte die USS O'Bannon im Vella-Golf damit, Landungen zu unterstützen, japanische Konvois zu bekämpfen und Luftangriffe abzuwehren. Mit Hilfe ihrer Schwesterschiffe versenkte sie mehrere Lastkähne, zwei U-Boot-Jäger und ein Kanonenboot.

Seeschlacht bei Vella Lavella

Der Höhepunkt der Operationen in diesem Gebiet war die Seeschlacht bei Vella Lavella in der Nacht vom 6. auf den 7. Oktober 1943. Neun japanische Zerstörer, einige Lastkähne und Versorgungsschiffe sollten Truppen von Vella Lavella evakuieren. Gegen 22:30 entdeckten USS O'Bannon, USS Selfridge und USS Chevalier den Verband. Ohne auf die restlichen drei Zerstörer der zweiten Gruppe (USS Ralph Talbot, USS Taylor sowie USS La Valette) zu warten, entschied sich Cpt. Frank R. Walker, den japanischen Verband anzugreifen. Der japanische Zerstörer Yūgumo wurde von Torpedos der USS Selfridge und USS Chevalier getroffen und blieb manövrierunfähig liegen. Einer ihrer Torpedos traf USS Chevalier, wodurch ihre vordere Munitionskammer explodierte. USS O'Bannon konnte dem getroffenen Zerstörer nicht mehr ausweichen und rammte ihr Heck. Beide Schiffe bleiben eine Zeitlang ineinander verkeilt. Ein weiterer Torpedo traf die USS Selfridge und riss ihren Bug hinter dem ersten Geschützturm ab. Die Zerstörer der zweiten Gruppe waren noch 15 Minuten entfernt und die japanischen Schiffe entfernten sich. Die Evakuierung konnte erfolgreich abgeschlossen werden, jedoch verloren die Japaner die Yūgumo durch einen Torpedotreffer. USS Chevalier war nicht mehr zu retten. Die Besatzung ging von Bord und wurde von der USS O'Bannon übernommen. USS Chevalier wurde gegen 03:00 Uhr von der USS La Valette versenkt. Die Seeschlacht bei Vella Lavella gilt als der letzte japanische Sieg in einer Seeschlacht des Zweiten Weltkrieges.

USS O'Bannon wurde nach provisorischen Reparaturen zur Überholung in die Heimat befohlen.

1944
Am 18. März 1944 kehrte die USS O'Bannon zu den Salomonen zurück und nahm an den Operationen in Neuguinea teil. Bis zum 18. Oktober wurde sie im Geleitdienst und zum Landzielschießen eingesetzt. Anschließend eskortierte sie einen Geleitzug mit Verstärkungen für die Invasion von Leyte. Der Konvoi erreichte den Zielort am 24. Oktober 1944. USS O'Bannon patrouillierte im Eingang des Golfs von Leyte während der See- und Luftschlacht im Golf von Leyte, in deren Verlauf die japanische Marine so sehr geschwächt wurde, dass sie jegliches Offensivpotential verlor.

1945
USS O'Bannon war vorwiegend in den Philippinen eingesetzt. Sie eskortierte Kriegs- und Transportschiffe und nahm an den Landungen in der Ormoc Bay, auf Mindoro, im Golf von Lingayen, auf Bataan, auf Corregidor, auf Palawan, auf Zamboanga, auf Cebu und auf Caraboa teil. Sie konnte mehrere feindliche Flugzeuge abschießen. Während der Operation Mike I, der Landung auf Luzon am Golf von Lingayen griff sie mit drei weiteren Zerstörern ein japanisches U-Boot an und versenkte es. Ende April und Anfang Mai lief die USS O'Bannon nach Tarakan auf Borneo, um dort Feuerunterstützung zu leisten und Minensucheinsätze zu schützen. Am 17. Juni traf der Zerstörer mit einer Gruppe Geleitflugzeugträger vor Okinawa zusammen und schützte sie während des Luftangriffs auf Sakashima Gunto. Im Juli war sie zum Schutz der Flugzeugträger bei den Luftangriffen auf Honshū and Hokkaidō eingesetzt.

Gegen Ende des Krieges patrouillierte sie vor der Küste Honshūs. Am 27. August befahl Admiral William Halsey, dass USS O'Bannon zusammen mit der USS Nicholas und USS Taylor "aufgrund ihres tapferen Kampfes während des langen Weges vom Südpazifik bis zum Ende" die USS Missouri in die Bucht von Tokio geleiten. USS O'Bannon patrouillierte in den japanischen Gewässern bis zum 1. September und fuhr anschließend über San Francisco nach San Diego, wo sie nach Überholung am 21. Mai 1946 außer Dienst gestellt wurde.

1949–1962
Zwischen dem 17. Januar 1949 und dem 10. Februar 1950 wurde die O'Bannon in der Long Beach Naval Shipyard zum Geleitzerstörer umgebaut und erhielt folglich am 26. März 1949 die neue Kennung DDE-450. Sie wurde am 19. Februar 1951 wieder in Dienst gestellt. Ihr erster Einsatz führte das Schiff am 19. November 1951 nach Korea, wo sie die nächsten sechs Monate als Geleitschutz für Flugzeugträger und Konvois, als Flaggschiff bei der Belagerung von Wŏnsan sowie zum Beschuss von feindlichen Geschützstellungen, Nachschubwegen, Munitionsdepots und Truppenkonzentrationen.

Nach ihrer Rückkehr nach Pearl Harbour im Juni 1952 nahm sie an den Versuchen der US Atomic Energy Commission auf Eniwetok teil. Im April 1953 fuhr die USS O'Banon erneut nach Fernost, wo sie erneut Flugzeugträger schützte. Anschließend patrouillierte sie in der Formosastraße und war an Übungen vor Japan und Okinawa beteiligt.

In den Jahren zwischen dem Koreakrieg und dem Vietnamkrieg wechselten sich jeweils sechs Monate Dienst in Südostasien mit sechs Monaten Aufenthalt in Pearl Harbor, in denen sie an Übungen teilnahm und notwendige Überholungen durchgeführt wurden, ab. Am 30. Juni 1962 wurde sie wieder zu DD-445 umklassifiziert. Im Sommer und Herbst 1962 war sie bei den Kernwaffentests auf Johnston Island eingesetzt.

1964–1970

1964 spielte USS O'Bannon im Spielfilm Erster Sieg (Harm's Way) mit.

Am 26. Dezember 1964 lief sie aus Hongkong aus, um vor der vietnamesischen Küste zu patrouillieren und hydrografische Vermessungen durchzuführen. Während ihres Einsatzes 1966 war USS O'Bannon hauptsächlich als Plane guard (Flugsicherungsboot) der USS Kitty Hawk eingesetzt. Für jeweils eine Woche im Mai und Juni beschoss sie Küstenziele, Ausbildungslager der Vietcong, Truppenkonzentrationen und kleinere Fahrzeuge. Der Zerstörer kehrte am 30. Juli 1966 nach Pearl Harbor zurück. Anschließend wurde das Schiff vorbereitet, um während des Apollo-Programms im August 1966 und für Gemini 11 im September als Bergungsschiff zu dienen.

Im Frühjahr 1967 besuchte sie Guam und lief Anfang Juni wieder in Pearl Harbor ein, um sich auf einen neuen Einsatz in Fernost vorzubereiten. Am 28. September 1967 lief USS O'Bannon nach Japan und erreichte Yokosuka am 7. Oktober und fuhr von dort zur Subic-Bucht, wo sie am 15. Oktober ankam. Sie kehrte mit dem Flugzeugträger USS Constellation nach Vietnam zurück und operierte bis zum 4. November auf der Yankee Station.

Nach einer vierzehntägigen Ruhepause in der Subic Bay und in Hongkong lief die USS O'Bannon nach Da Nang, um Ziele an der Küste zu bekämpfen. Sie besuchte Taiwan Anfang Dezember und kehrte am 15. Dezember 1967 ins Kampfgebiet zurück, um südlich der Entmilitarisierten Zone (DMZ) mit ihrer Artillerie zu unterstützen. Zwei Tage später war sie an der Rettung von zwei amerikanischen Piloten beteiligt, die über See aus ihrem beschädigten Flugzeug aussteigen mussten. Bei der Rettung wurde die USS O'Bannon von einer feindlichen Batterie beschossen, die aber nicht traf.

Am 23. Januar 1968 befand sie sich auf dem Weg von Yokosika nach Vietnam, als sie die Nachricht von Kaperung des Aufklärungsschiffes USS Pueblo empfing. USS O'Bannon war eines der ersten US-amerikanischen Schiffe, die die Gewässer vor Nordkorea erreichten. Sie wurde kurze Zeit später durch USS Nicholas und USS Enterprise verstärkt. Die Schiffe befanden sich in ständiger Alarm- und teilweise in Gefechtsbereitschaft. Während der nächsten elf Monate wurden die Schiffe der US-Marine rotationsweise eingesetzt. Nach dem Einsatz vor Nordkorea operierte sie größtenteils im Golf von Tonkin.

Verbleib
Am 30. Januar 1970 wurde USS O'Bannon zusammen mit ihrem Schwesterschiff USS Nicholas feierlich außer Dienst gestellt und aus der Flottenliste gestrichen. Sie wurde am 6. Juni 1970 zum Abbruch verkauft und zwei Jahre später verschrottet.

Zitate
"Die Geschichte des Pazifikkrieges kann nicht geschrieben werden, ohne die Geschichte der USS O'Bannon zu erzählen. Wieder und immer wieder wurden die O'Bannon und ihre ritterlichen Schwesterschiffe gerufen, um den Feind zurückzuwerfen. Sie haben mich niemals enttäuscht."— Admiral William F. Halsey

Auszeichnungen
USS O'Bannon erhielt eine Presidential Unit Citation. Sie wurde mit 17 Battle Stars für ihre Dienste im Zweiten Weltkrieg ausgezeichnet und erhielt damit mehr als jedes andere Schiff der US-Marine mit Ausnahme des Flugzeugträgers USS Enterprise. Für ihre Einsätze in Korea erhielt sie drei weitere Battle Stars. Die vielleicht größte Auszeichnung ist allerdings, dass während der aktiven Zeit des Schiffes kein Besatzungsmitglied ums Leben kam.

Einzelnachweise

Literatur
 Stefan Terzibaschitsch: Zerstörer der U.S. Navy. Bechtermünz Verlag, Augsburg 1997, ISBN 3-86047-587-8.
 Jerry Scutts: Fletcher DDs (US Destroyers) in action (Warships No. 8). Squadron/signal publications, Carrollton (Texas) 1995, ISBN 978-0-89747-336-1
 Alan Raven: Fletcher Class Destroyers. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis 1986, ISBN 0-87021-193-5.

Weblinks

 navsource.org: USS O'Bannon (englisch)
 hazegray.org: USS O'Bannon (englisch)

Fletcher-Klasse
Schiff im Pazifikkrieg
Schiff im Koreakrieg
Schiff im Vietnamkrieg
Bath Iron Works

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De 15e editie van het Aziatisch kampioenschap voetbal van de AFC vond plaats van 7 tot en met 29 januari 2011 in Qatar. Het was voor de tweede keer dat het toernooi hier werd georganiseerd, de eerste keer was in 1988. Japan werd voor de vierde keer kampioen en plaatste zich hiermee voor de FIFA Confederations Cup 2013. De top drie plaatste zich direct voor de volgende editie.

Keuze van het organiserend land
India, Iran en Qatar hadden interesse om het toernooi in 2011 te organiseren, terwijl Australië zich als laatste kandidaat had gesteld. Qatar had zijn kandidatuur op 19 juni 2007 bekendgemaakt, terwijl India zijn kandidatuur terugtrok en Iran geen goed bidbook kon samenstellen. Qatar werd op 29 juli 2007 tijdens het Aziatisch kampioenschap voetbal 2007 in Jakarta, Indonesië gekozen als gastland. De regels van de FIFA schrijven voor dat het toernooi alleen in januari of juli gehouden kan worden. Vanwege de grote hitte in juni in het Midden-Oosten is voor januari gekozen.

Stadions

Kwalificatie
De top drie van het Aziatisch kampioenschap voetbal 2007 (Irak, Saoedi-Arabië en Zuid-Korea) en het gastland waren vrijgesteld van kwalificaties. De winnaars van de AFC Challenge Cup edities van 2008 (India) en 2010 (Noord-Korea) waren ook automatisch geplaatst voor de eindronde. De Challenge Cup dient als kwalificatietoernooi voor de laagste landen van de AFC-ranking. Om de resterende tien plaatsen werd door 21 landen in vijf kwalificatiegroepen gestreden.

Gekwalificeerde teams

Officials
Twaalf scheidsrechters en vierentwintig assistent-scheidsrechters werden aangesteld voor dit toernooi:

Standby

Groepsfase
 Loting
De loting voor het Aziatisch kampioenschap voetbal 2011 vond plaats op 23 april 2010 in Doha, Qatar. Qatar werd hierbij direct geplaatst in Groep A..

 bovenste tijden zijn lokale tijd , Onderste tijden is Nederlandse en Belgische tijd

Groep A

Groep B

Groep C

Groep D

Knock-outfase

Kwartfinales

Halve finale

Troostfinale

Finale

Eindstand

Doelpuntenmakers
5 doelpunten
 Koo Ja-Cheol

4 doelpunten
 Ismaeel Abdullatif
 Ji Dong-Won

3 doelpunten

2 doelpunten

1 doelpunt

Eigen doelpunten
– 1  Ali Diab (Tegen Jordanië)
– 2  Walid Abbas (Tegen Irak en Iran)

In Beeld

Externe links

Asian Cup
Voetbal in Qatar
Voetbal in 2011
Sportevenement in Qatar


Today we will take a look at a few techniques for isolating objects in an image. Open up an image to work on. After loading the image,we can see this is simply one layer.
The image that we have selected is very simple in terms of complexity so cutting it out shouldn't be too much of a problem. We will be using some tools which will make cutting certain images or removing a background pretty easy. We will look at this eraser tool, there are different option attach with it as example a background eraser tool and a magic eraser tool.
These are both very similar. The background eraser tool give us the option of having a brush. You can adjust the size of the brush, the hardness and the spacing with the sliders.
Let select the brush size to 75px and hardness to 38% and with these selection we begin to remove the background around the tablet. A you can see there's a slight issue; a big issue when you try to remove the background around the tablet. As it is kind of taking the inside portion of the tablet as well and obviously this is not desirable.
To avoid doing so let's undo this by pressing Ctrl +Z. Now if we look upon the menu bar we will find Tolerance.
So the higher the value, the percentage value is more it will take away. So if we change the value to 2% and then we remove the background around the tablet, we can see its not taking any major portion surrounding the tablet.
The same thing applies here to the magic eraser tool. When you're working with the eraser tool, with this type of image, you can just simply click and it will take away everything all at once. This happens without you having to use the brush. So we go back to 1% for the opacity, regular tolerance to one and we will see it has remove the background.
You might have also noticed this included the shadow. To see the result a little more precise we will try to increase the value of tolerance to 10. Now you see a subtle nice positive change. We got rid of a little bit more of the background with the shadow. We could choose to fill it in a darker color. We can compare the result to see that the result of this which actually not a bad result. But around some of the portion we can see slight issue with some of the white coming outside of the tablet.
When it comes to these type scenarios, where the background color is very similar to the color in the object and you want to have a precise selection of the image then we use pen tool. Press Ctrl + Alt + Z few times to return to the initial stage. Select the pen tool and make sure it is on path.
An article with Clipping path instruction: Read here.
It may invert the selection, selecting everything outside, in that case press Ctrl + Shift + I if this is not the case then move on to the next step. So now it's only selecting inside the image. Press Ctrl+ C to copy and then Ctrl + V to paste. So now we have basically its own layer above the background layer. Now if we select the background layer and we go to Edit and select Fill.
We will press OK. We can now see that we have white color surrounding the tablet. Basically this is a perfect crop out of the tablet as it is completely isolated from the background.
For some reason if you wanted to quickly add a drop shadow you can actually do that with the Layer Styles. Double-clicking like that layer and just go to drop shadow.
Fill the opacity to 100% . Change the blend mode to normal. Press okay and this is how we've officially created a nondestructive sort of short shadow.
So that is one way of working with isolating a very simple object using the pen tool and also experimenting with the background eraser tool and the magic eraser tool.


The Major Concentration Scriptures and Interpretations is designed for students interested in understanding scriptural literatures and their place in developing religious traditions. While students will be able to concentrate in the area of their choice (Jewish, Christian, or Hindu and Buddhist Scriptures and Interpretations), they will study scriptures of at least two religious traditions, either in English translation or, if their skills permit, in the original languages.
30 credits with a minimum of 18 credits selected from one area of specialization and a minimum of 6 credits from a second area.
No more than 12 credits may be taken at the 200 level.
Religious Studies : An introduction to the grammar and syntax of Biblical Hebrew. Emphasis is placed on both the oral and the written language.
Students must register for both RELG 390D1 and RELG 390D2.
Religious Studies : See RELG 390D1 for course description.
Religious Studies : Translation and exegesis of selected texts.
Religious Studies : A review of grammar and syntax with an emphasis on rapid reading of sections chosen from different parts of the New Testament.
Religious Studies : A seminar in exegesis on the basis of representative passages chosen from different parts of the New Testament in English.
Religious Studies : An intensive seminar in exegesis on the basis of representative passages chosen from different parts of the New Testament.
Religious Studies : Translation and discussion of Hellenistic Greek texts pertaining to the study of topics in Early Christianity and Greco-Roman religions.
Prerequisite: RELG 482 or permission of the instructor.
Religious Studies : See RELG 257D1 for course description.
Religious Studies : An introduction to the language of Classical Tibetan, specifically Tibetan script and basic grammar.
Religious Studies : A continuation of the introduction to the language of Classical Tibetan, specifically Tibetan script and basic grammar.
Religious Studies : An introduction to the basic grammar and syntax of Tamil, a classical and modern language from South India. Students will acquire basic skills in reading, writing and speaking Tamil.
Religious Studies : Advanced grammar and vocabulary with readings in epic and similar texts.
Students must register for both RELG 357D1 and RELG 357D2.
Religious Studies : See RELG 357D1 for course description.
Religious Studies : Advanced Tibetan grammar, and translation of selected Tibetan texts.
Prerequisite: RELG 265 or permission of the instructor.
Religious Studies : Continuation of advanced Tibetan grammar and translation of selected Tibetan texts.
Prerequisite: RELG 364 or permission of the instructor.
Religious Studies : The development of esoteric Buddhism in India and Tibet; its Chinese formation and introduction to Japan; Kukai, Shingonshu and Tendai esotericism; the Tachikawa traditions of sexual esotericism; Mandal, iconography and liturgy.
Religious Studies : Translation of specially selected Tibetan texts.
Prerequisite: RELG 365 or permission of instructor.
Religious Studies : Continuation of translation of specially selected Tibetan texts.
Prerequisite: RELG 464 or permission of the instructor.


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Q: Selenium Grid Parallel Execution ThreadLocal WebDriver SessionNotCreatedException: Unable to create new service: GeckoDriverService Running tests in parallel on a windows node and a mac node using selenium grid would pass all tests but fail to run and skip the first test FilterMoreResultsBySquareFeet for either the Mac Firefox browser or the Windows Firefox browser. It keeps throwing this error
org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Unable to create new service: GeckoDriverService
I am using latest java, latest selenium driver, latest browser driver, and lastest browser version. I have all drivers in the same folder I start my json selenium grid files from and my code system property is pointed to that same folder. I also have set the folder in the path in environment variables in windows and also in the path on the mac. Has anyone encountered this error and how did you solve it?
  public class TestBase {
       private static ThreadLocal<WebDriver> driverThread = new ThreadLocal<>();

    public static String whichNodeURL = "";
    public static String nodeURL = "http://xxxx:4444/wd/hub";
    public static String macNodeURL = "http://xxxx:5555/wd/hub";
    public static String winNodeURL = "http://xxxx:5554/wd/hub";

    DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();

    @SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes"})
    @BeforeMethod (alwaysRun=true)
    //Use before method instead of before class or before test so each method/test will open in new browser;
    //This was tested and found before method was the only one that works.
        @Parameters("browser")
    public final void setDriver(String browser) throws IOException, InterruptedException{

            ReadProperties.retrieveGlobalProperties();

        if (ReadProperties.globalProp.getProperty("webautomation").contains("yes") && ReadProperties.globalProp.getProperty("mobileautomation").contains("no"))
        {
            if(browser.contains("winfirefox"))
            {

                System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", ReadProperties.globalProp.getProperty("pcgeckodriver"));
                FirefoxOptions firefoxOptions = new FirefoxOptions();
                firefoxOptions.setCapability("platform", "WINDOWS");
                firefoxOptions.setCapability("browser", "firefox");
                firefoxOptions.setCapability("newCommandTimeout", 5000);
                firefoxOptions.setCapability(FirefoxDriver.MARIONETTE, true);
                firefoxOptions.setBinary("C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe");
                whichNodeURL=winNodeURL;
                try
                {
                    driverThread.set(new RemoteWebDriver(new URL(whichNodeURL), firefoxOptions));
                } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

            }
            else if(browser.contains("macfirefox"))
            {
                System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver", ReadProperties.globalProp.getProperty("macgeckodriver"));
                FirefoxOptions macfirefoxOptions = new FirefoxOptions();
                macfirefoxOptions.setCapability("platform", "MAC");
                macfirefoxOptions.setCapability("browser", "firefox");
                macfirefoxOptions.setCapability("newCommandTimeout", 5000);
                macfirefoxOptions.setCapability(FirefoxDriver.MARIONETTE, true);
                macfirefoxOptions.setBinary("/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin");
                whichNodeURL=macNodeURL;

                try
                {
                    driverThread.set(new RemoteWebDriver(new URL(whichNodeURL), macfirefoxOptions));
                } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

            }
            else if (browser.contains("winchrome"))
            {
                System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", ReadProperties.globalProp.getProperty("pcchromedriver"));
                ChromeOptions chromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
                chromeOptions.setCapability("platform", "WINDOWS");
                chromeOptions.setCapability("browser", "chrome");
                chromeOptions.setCapability("newCommandTimeout", 5000);
                whichNodeURL=winNodeURL;

                try
                {
                    driverThread.set(new RemoteWebDriver(new URL(whichNodeURL), chromeOptions));
                } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

            }
            else if (browser.contains("macchrome"))
            {
                System.setProperty("webdriver.chrome.driver", ReadProperties.globalProp.getProperty("macchromedriver"));
                ChromeOptions macchromeOptions = new ChromeOptions();
                macchromeOptions.setCapability("platform", "MAC");
                macchromeOptions.setCapability("browser", "chrome");
                macchromeOptions.setCapability("newCommandTimeout", 5000);
                whichNodeURL=macNodeURL;

                try
                {
                    driverThread.set(new RemoteWebDriver(new URL(whichNodeURL), macchromeOptions));
                } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

            }
                String weburl = ReadProperties.globalProp.getProperty("weburl");
                this.driverThread.get().get(weburl);
                Thread.sleep(1000);
                this.driverThread.get().manage().window().maximize();
                Thread.sleep(1000);
           }
      }
    }
        public static WebDriver getDriver() {
        return driverThread.get();
    }
        @AfterMethod(alwaysRun=true)
    public static void OnFailure(ITestResult testResult) throws IOException {
        if (testResult.getStatus() == ITestResult.FAILURE)
        {
            System.out.println(testResult.getStatus());
        }
    }

@AfterMethod(alwaysRun=true)
//Use after method instead of after class or after test so each method/test will open in new browser;
//This was tested and found after method was the only one that works.
public void tearDown() {

        getDriver().quit();
}
}

  public class FilterMoreResultsBySquareFeet extends TestBase{

 static SoftAssert softAssert = new SoftAssert();
 final static Logger log =
 LogManager.getLogger(FilterMoreResultsBySquareFeet.class);

static String className =
FilterMoreResultsBySquareFeet.class.getSimpleName();
static Date date1= new Date();
static String originaltimestamp = new Timestamp(date1.getTime()).toString();
static String timestamp = originaltimestamp.replace(':', 'x').substring(11);
static String foldername = className+timestamp;
static String errorname = "";

  @Parameters("browser")
@Test(groups= {"smoke", "regression"}, dataProvider = "getData")
public void filterResultsBySqFeet (String searchkeyword, String minsqfeet, String maxsqfeet) throws IOException, InterruptedException
{
    WebDriver webdriver = getDriver();
    Search.searchByCity(webdriver, searchkeyword);
    FilterMoreResults_Page.clickOpenMoreFilters(webdriver);
    FilterMoreResults_Page.filterBySqFeet(webdriver, minsqfeet, maxsqfeet);
    FilterMoreResults_Page.applyMoreFilters(webdriver);
    String diditfilter = FilterMoreResults_Page.verifyFilterBySqFeet(webdriver, minsqfeet, maxsqfeet);

    try{
        Assert.assertEquals(diditfilter, "yes");
    }
    catch(AssertionError e)
    {
        log.error("Didn't filter by square feet.", e.getMessage());
        errorname = "didntfilterbysqft";
        ScreenshotURL.screenshotURL(webdriver, foldername, errorname);
        softAssert.fail();
    }

       softAssert.assertAll();

}

  TESTNG FILE
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE suite SYSTEM "http://testng.org/testng-1.0.dtd">
<suite name="XOME Suite" parallel="tests" verbose="10" thread-count="2">

<test name = "Win Firefox Tests" preserve-order="true" group-by-instances="true">
<parameter name="browser" value="winfirefox">
    <classes>
    <class name="webTests.FilterMoreResultsBySquareFeet" />
        <class name="webTests.FilterMoreResultsByKeyword" />
        <class name="webTests.FilterMoreResultsByYear" />
    </classes>
</parameter>
</test>

<test name = "Mac Firefox Tests" preserve-order="true" group-by-instances="true">
<parameter name="browser" value="macfirefox">
    <classes>
    <class name="webTests.FilterMoreResultsBySquareFeet" />
        <class name="webTests.FilterMoreResultsByKeyword" />
        <class name="webTests.FilterMoreResultsByYear" />
    </classes>
</parameter>
</test>

<test name = "Win Chrome Tests" preserve-order="true" group-by-instances="true">
<parameter name="browser" value="winchrome">
    <classes>
    <class name="webTests.FilterMoreResultsBySquareFeet" />
        <class name="webTests.FilterMoreResultsByKeyword" />
        <class name="webTests.FilterMoreResultsByYear" />
    </classes>
</parameter>
</test>
<test name = "Mac Chrome Tests" preserve-order="true" group-by-instances="true">
<parameter name="browser" value="macchrome">
    <classes>
    <class name="webTests.FilterMoreResultsBySquareFeet" />
        <class name="webTests.FilterMoreResultsByKeyword" />
    <class name="webTests.FilterMoreResultsByYear" />
    </classes>
</parameter>
</test>

 macnode.json
 {
  "capabilities":
 [
  {
  "browserName": "firefox",
  "marionette": true,
  "maxInstances": 1,
  "version": 66,
  "platform": "MAC",
  "seleniumProtocol": "WebDriver"
},
{
  "browserName": "chrome",
  "maxInstances": 1,
  "version": 73,
  "platform": "MAC",
  "seleniumProtocol": "WebDriver"
},
{
  "browserName": "safari",
  "technologyPreview": false,
  "platform": "MAC",
  "maxInstances": 1,
  "seleniumProtocol": "WebDriver"
}
],
"proxy": "org.openqa.grid.selenium.proxy.DefaultRemoteProxy",
"maxSession": 1,
"port": 5555,
"register": true,
"registerCycle": 5000,
"hub": "http://xxxx:4444",
"nodeStatusCheckTimeout": 5000,
"nodePolling": 5000,
"role": "node",
"cleanUpCycle": 5000,
"timeout": 5000,
"unregisterIfStillDownAfter": 60000,
"downPollingLimit": 2,
"debug": false,
"servlets" : [],
"withoutServlets": [],
"custom": {}
}

hub.json
{
"host": null,
"port": 4444,
"newSessionWaitTimeout": -1,
"servlets" : [],
"prioritizer": null,
"capabilityMatcher":
"org.openqa.grid.internal.utils.DefaultCapabilityMatcher",
"throwOnCapabilityNotPresent": true,
"nodePolling": 5000,
"cleanUpCycle": 5000,
"timeout": 300000,
"browserTimeout": 0,
"maxSession": 1
}

java -jar selenium-server-standalone-3.141.59.jar -role hub -hubConfig Hub.json
java -Dwebdriver.chrome.driver="C:\\seleniumgrid\\chromedriver.exe" -Dwebdriver.gecko.driver="C:\\seleniumgrid\\geckodriver.exe" -Dwebdriver.ie.driver="C:\\seleniumgrid\\IEDriverServer.exe" -Dwebdriver.edge.driver="C:\\seleniumgrid\\MicrosoftWebDriver.exe" -jar C:\\seleniumgrid\\selenium-server-standalone-3.141.59.jar -role node -nodeConfig C:\\seleniumgrid\\WindowsNode.json
java -Dwebdriver.chrome.driver="/Users/abc/seleniumgrid/chromedriver" -Dwebdriver.gecko.driver="/Users/abc/seleniumgrid/geckodriver"  -jar /Users/abc/seleniumgrid/selenium-server-standalone-3.141.59.jar -role node -nodeConfig /Users/abc/seleniumgrid/MacNode.json
org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Unable to create new service: GeckoDriverService

Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:25:53'
System info: host: 'abc-MacBook-Pro.local', ip: '2606:6000:fccc:1e00:0:0:0:6%en0', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.14.4', java.version: '1.8.0_212'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown
Command duration or timeout: 155 milliseconds
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.createThrowable(ErrorHandler.java:214)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ErrorHandler.throwIfResponseFailed(ErrorHandler.java:166)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.JsonWireProtocolResponse.lambda$errorHandler$0(JsonWireProtocolResponse.java:54)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HandshakeResponse.lambda$getResponseFunction$0(HandshakeResponse.java:30)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.lambda$createSession$0(ProtocolHandshake.java:126)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:193)
    at java.util.Spliterators$ArraySpliterator.tryAdvance(Spliterators.java:958)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.forEachWithCancel(ReferencePipeline.java:126)
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyIntoWithCancel(AbstractPipeline.java:498)
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:485)
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:471)
    at java.util.stream.FindOps$FindOp.evaluateSequential(FindOps.java:152)
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.findFirst(ReferencePipeline.java:464)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:128)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.ProtocolHandshake.createSession(ProtocolHandshake.java:74)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:136)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:552)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.startSession(RemoteWebDriver.java:213)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.(RemoteWebDriver.java:131)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.(RemoteWebDriver.java:144)
    at base.TestBase.setDriver(TestBase.java:98)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Unable to create new service: GeckoDriverService
Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:25:53'
System info: host: 'abc-MacBook-Pro.local', ip: '2606:6000:fccc:1e00:0:0:0:6%en0', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.14.4', java.version: '1.8.0_212'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown
Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:17:03'
System info: host: 'abc-MacBook-Pro.local', ip: '2606:6000:fccc:1e00:0:0:0:6%en0', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.14.4', java.version: '1.8.0_212'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown
    at org.openqa.selenium.grid.session.remote.ServicedSession$Factory.lambda$get$0(ServicedSession.java:135)
    at org.openqa.selenium.grid.session.remote.ServicedSession$Factory.apply(ServicedSession.java:152)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.ActiveSessionFactory.lambda$apply$12(ActiveSessionFactory.java:180)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:193)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$11$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:373)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$2$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:175)
    at java.util.Spliterators$ArraySpliterator.tryAdvance(Spliterators.java:958)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.forEachWithCancel(ReferencePipeline.java:126)
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyIntoWithCancel(AbstractPipeline.java:498)
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:485)
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:471)
    at java.util.stream.FindOps$FindOp.evaluateSequential(FindOps.java:152)
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.findFirst(ReferencePipeline.java:464)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.ActiveSessionFactory.apply(ActiveSessionFactory.java:183)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.NewSessionPipeline.lambda$null$2(NewSessionPipeline.java:66)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:193)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$2$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:175)
    at java.util.Collections$2.tryAdvance(Collections.java:4717)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.forEachWithCancel(ReferencePipeline.java:126)
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyIntoWithCancel(AbstractPipeline.java:498)
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:485)
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:471)
    at java.util.stream.FindOps$FindOp.evaluateSequential(FindOps.java:152)
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.findFirst(ReferencePipeline.java:464)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.NewSessionPipeline.lambda$createNewSession$3(NewSessionPipeline.java:69)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:193)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:193)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:193)
    at java.util.stream.DistinctOps$1$2.accept(DistinctOps.java:175)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$2$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:175)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:193)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$2$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:175)
    at java.util.stream.Streams$StreamBuilderImpl.tryAdvance(Streams.java:405)
    at java.util.stream.Streams$ConcatSpliterator.tryAdvance(Streams.java:728)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.forEachWithCancel(ReferencePipeline.java:126)
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyIntoWithCancel(AbstractPipeline.java:498)
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:485)
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:471)
    at java.util.stream.FindOps$FindOp.evaluateSequential(FindOps.java:152)
    at java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234)
    at java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.findFirst(ReferencePipeline.java:464)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.NewSessionPipeline.createNewSession(NewSessionPipeline.java:72)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.commandhandler.BeginSession.execute(BeginSession.java:65)
    at org.openqa.selenium.remote.server.WebDriverServlet.lambda$handle$0(WebDriverServlet.java:235)
    ... 5 more
... Removed 16 stack frames
[ERROR] Tests run: 10, Failures: 2, Errors: 0, Skipped: 1, Time elapsed: 287.762 s <<< FAILURE! - in TestSuite
[ERROR] setDriver(webTests.FilterMoreResultsBySquareFeet)  Time elapsed: 6.55 s  <<< FAILURE!
org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException:
Unable to create new service: GeckoDriverService
Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:25:53'
System info: host: 'abc-MacBook-Pro.local', ip: '2606:6000:fccc:1e00:0:0:0:6%en0', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.14.4', java.version: '1.8.0_212'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown
Command duration or timeout: 84 milliseconds
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException:
Unable to create new service: GeckoDriverService
Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:25:53'
System info: host: 'abc-MacBook-Pro.local', ip: '2606:6000:fccc:1e00:0:0:0:6%en0', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.14.4', java.version: '1.8.0_212'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown
Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:17:03'
System info: host: 'abc-MacBook-Pro.local', ip: '2606:6000:fccc:1e00:0:0:0:6%en0', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.14.4', java.version: '1.8.0_212'
Driver info: driver.version: unknown

A: Ok after struggling with it for several days and trying everything, I got it to work. Hope this helps someone too. There wasn't much info out there on solving this error and the error didn't tell me much where it was wrong.
Here's what I changed.
1. Use the hub url for creating your remotewebdriver for each browser and do not use the node url.
    public static String nodeURL = "http://xxxx:4444/wd/hub";
    public static String macNodeURL = "http://xxxx:4444/wd/hub";
    public static String winNodeURL = "http://xxxx:4444/wd/hub";
2. Add this to the node json files

        {
      "browserName": "firefox",
      "marionette": true,
      "maxInstances": 1,
      "version": 66,
      "platform": "WINDOWS",
      "seleniumProtocol": "WebDriver",
      "webdriver.gecko.driver": "C:/seleniumgrid/geckodriver.exe",
      "binary":"C:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe"
    },

        {
      "browserName": "firefox",
      "marionette": true,
      "maxInstances": 1,
      "version": 66,
      "platform": "MAC",
      "seleniumProtocol": "WebDriver",
      "webdriver.gecko.driver": "/Users/angee/seleniumgrid/geckodriver",
      "binary": "/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin"
    },

3. Set this in your code
firefoxOptions.setBinary("C:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox/firefox.exe");
                    macfirefoxOptions.setBinary("/Applications/Firefox.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin");

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package br.com.starcode.finance.controller;

import java.util.Date;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;

import br.com.starcode.finance.dao.UserDao;
import br.com.starcode.finance.model.User;

@Controller
public class LoginController {

	@Autowired UserDao userDao;

	@RequestMapping(value = "/login")
	ModelAndView loginError(
			@RequestParam String nomeUsuario,
			@RequestParam String senha,
			HttpSession sessao) {

		//busca usuário
		User usuarioDoBanco = userDao.findByNomeUsuario(nomeUsuario);

		//verifica usuário e senha
		if (usuarioDoBanco != null
				&& usuarioDoBanco.getSenha().equals(senha)) {

			userDao.atualizarUltimoAcesso(usuarioDoBanco.getId(), new Date());

			//ok, salva o usuário na sessão e mostra entradas da agenda
			sessao.setAttribute("usuario", usuarioDoBanco);
			return new ModelAndView("redirect:/entradas");

		} else {

			//erro, mostra mensagem e fica na tela "home"
			return new ModelAndView("home")
				.addObject("erro", "Usuário ou senha inválidos");

		}

	}

	@RequestMapping("/logout")
	String logout(HttpSession sessao) {

		sessao.invalidate();
		return "redirect:/";

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Q: elixir string to method arguments in macro I'm messing around with macros in elixir purely for fun and not profit :). So I have a comma separated string and I want to dynamically create a function with that list as arguments i.e.
defmacro  __using__(opts) do
  args = "a,b,c"
  quote do
    def test(unquote(args)) do
      IO.inspect("#{a},#{b},#{c}")
    end
  end
end

The problem I have is that the method created is: test("1,2,3") and not test(1,2,3) for obvious reasons. So how do I convert a string into a method argument?
Chris

A: There's probably a better way but one way to convert "a,b,c" to something that can be injected into def's argument list would be to use Code.string_to_quoted!/1 and unquote_splicing:
defmacro  __using__(_opts) do
  args = "a,b,c"
  args = Code.string_to_quoted!("[#{args}]")
  quote do
    def test(unquote_splicing(args)) do
      IO.inspect(unquote(args))
    end
  end
end

Note that due to hygiene, you'll have to use args to access the variables and you cannot directly access a, b, or c inside the def.
Full Example:
defmodule Macros do
  defmacro  __using__(_opts) do
    args = "a,b,c"
    args = Code.string_to_quoted!("[#{args}]")
    quote do
      def test(unquote_splicing(args)) do
        IO.inspect(unquote(args))
      end
    end
  end
end

defmodule Main do
  use Macros

  def main do
    test("a", "b", "c")
    test(1, 2, 3)
  end
end

Main.main

Output:
["a", "b", "c"]
[1, 2, 3]


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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Jason Kidd refused to say whether he wants out of New Jersey. Instead, he showed why the Nets won't just give him away.
Kidd scored seven of his nine points in the final 1:42 and had 11 assists as the Nets snapped a nine-game losing streak with an 87-80 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night.
Ignoring the distractions Kidd created a day earlier with his comments encouraging a trade, the Nets held the Bucks to 37.5 percent shooting and avoided their first double-digit skid since dropping their final 11 games of the 1999-00 season.
"The guy has an unbelievable ability to just focus and that's a large part of who he is," Nets coach Lawrence Frank said. "We expected nothing less from him and he obviously hit a big shot and made big free throws."
SUPERSONICS 88, SPURS 85, at Seattle -- Kevin Durant scored 26 points, including the go-ahead jump shot with 32.6 seconds remaining, and Seattle stunned defending champion San Antonio to finally end a team-record skid at 14 games.
SUNS 125, HAWKS 92, at Phoenix -- Amare Stoudemire scored 22 of his 24 points in the first half as Phoenix earned its season-high sixth consecutive home win by routing Atlanta.
CELTICS 117, HEAT 87, at Miami -- A new big three? Not so, but Boston received big games from former Cal star Leon Powe (career-high 25 points, 11 rebounds), Rajon Rondo career-high-tying 23 points), and Tony Allen (20 points, six assists) in a rout of Miami.
LAKERS 120, KNICKS 109, at Los Angeles -- Kobe Bryant had 24 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists, and Los Angeles rallied from eight points down in the fourth quarter to beat New York.
PISTONS 110, PACERS 104, at Indianapolis -- Rasheed Wallace had 24 points and 10 rebounds to guide Detroit past Indiana for a third consecutive victory.
WIZARDS 108, RAPTORS 104 (OT), at Washington -- Antawn Jamison finished with 24 points and 20 rebounds, and Washington overcame the loss of Caron Butler (hip flexor) to defeat Toronto in overtime.
BULLS 96, TIMBERWOLVES 85, at Chicago -- Kirk Hinrich finished with 27 points to help Chicago beat Minnesota and spoil Randy Foye's first game this season in his return from a knee injury.


I am new to this forum and found it interesting as I think this is best forum where you have created lots of bots for creating email accounts as well social media accounts. I currently buying Gmail accounts, Hotmail Accounts, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and other too. My question is whether I go for buying bot software that are available here or should I continue to buy from account providers. Actually I am less tech savy and discussion here on forum seems that there are so many errors while handling account creation through software.
As above our soundcloud account creation module is currently broken due to SC protections. As for email / social media account creations, you best option is to purchase a specific account creator - you won't find a free one. Account creation is difficult and getting more and more so especiall things like twitter / ISG that require (sooner or later a phone verification message / call. However, solutions do exist for this but are not cheap. A module within an application for a one time fee is not going to compete to a custom built account creator that is maintained personally for you. But it won't be cheap, but should work.


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Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi
Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi went to the Hawza-e 'Ilmiya-e Qum, Iran where he attended the dars-e kharij lectures of Ayatullah Wahid Khurãsãni. He also obtained an MA degree in History in 1991 from Simon Fraser University (Vancouver).
Sunni-Shi'a . Zaydiyya . Twelver . Ahl al-Bayt
Is it true that the first three Shia states were all Zaydi? How do the Twelvers respond to the views of Imam Zayd and his followers, the Zaydis, who claim to be true followers of the Ahlul Bayt?
Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi, Sayyid Muhammad Rizvi went to the Hawza-e 'Ilmiya-e Qum, Iran where he attended the dars-e kharij lectures of Ayatullah Wahid Khurãsãni. He also obtained an MA degree in History in 1991 from Simon... Answer imported 2 years ago
1. Zayd bin 'Ali ash-Shahid:
Among the children of Imam 'Ali Zaynul 'Abidin (a.s.), after Muhammad al-Baqir, Zayd was the most outstanding and the most learned. Shaykh Mufid describes him as "a devout worshipper, pious, a jurist, God-fearing and brave." (al-Irshad, p. 403) It is worth mentioning that he is also the first narrator of the famous as-Sahifah as-Sajjădiyya of Imam Zaynul 'Abidin (a.s.).
Zayd led an armed rebellion against the Marwanid (the Umayyid clan which came to power after Yazid) ruler, Hisham bin 'Abdul Malik; and was calling people towards "the accepted person from among the descendants of the Prophet". He led the uprising in Kufa but was killed on 2nd Safar in 120 A.H. at the age of forty-two by Yusuf bin 'Amr ath-Thaqafi (the Umayyid governor), his body was taken out of the grave, put on a cross for four years, then it was burnt and his ashes were spread in the wind. (See al-Mufid, al-Irshad, p. 404; al-Mas'udi, Muruj adh-Dhahab; al-Qummi, Muntahal Amăl, p. 36).
Because of his jihad and his claim for the Ahlul Bayt, some Shi'as, however, thought that Zayd was claiming imamate for himself and therefore started believing in him as the Imam.
The Ithna-'Ashari sources do not believe that Zayd claimed imamate for himself. For example, Shaykh Mufid, one of the earliest Shi'a theologians says, "However that was not his intention because he knew of the right of his brother, peace be on him, to the Imamate before him, and of his bequest of trusteeship (wasiyya) at his death to Abu 'Abd Allăh (i.e., Ja'far as-Sadiq), peace be on him." (al-Irshad, p. 404).
Even the way Imam Ja'far as-Sadiq (a.s.) reacted to Zayd's martyrdom shows the uprightness of the latter in his faith in the Imams of Ahlul Bayt. When Imam as-Sadiq was informed about Zayd's martyrdom, "he was very sad...and he set apart a thousand dinars of his own money for the families of those of (Zayd's) followers who were killed with him." (al-Irshad, p. 405) For other such narrations by Shaykh as-Saduq, see Muntahal Amăl, p. 36.
In conclusion, we can say that Zayd bin 'Ali was an outstanding Shi'a, a mujăhid and a shahid who was loyal to the line of the Imams of Ahlul Bayt, including his own brother, Muhammad al-Baqir, and, his nephew, Ja'far as-Sadiq (a.s.). This leaves us with no choice but to reject the statement made by the late 'Allamah Tabătabă'i that Zayd himself "considered the first two caliphs, Abu Bakr and Umar, as their Imams." (Shi'a Islam, p. 77)
2. The Zaydiyya Sect:
Among the three sub-sects of the Zaydiyya, al-Jărudiyya is extinct. The other two sub-sects, the Sulaymăniyya and the Batariyya, cannot be technically considered as "Shi'a". Both believe that the Prophet did not appoint anyone as his successor; both believe in the caliphate of Abu Bakr and 'Umar but not in the caliphate of 'Uthman; they do not believe in the infallibility of the Imams; they believe that it is possible to have two imams at the same time but in two different regions.
According to the Zaydiyya, any descendant of the Prophet (i.e., a sayyid) who is a jurist (faqih, mujtahid), pious, courageous, and calls people towards Allăh by the "sword" (i.e., jihad) can be the imam. (On this account, the late Ayatullah al-Khumayni was definitely fulfilling all these requirements for the imamate of the Zaydis! I wonder what the Yemeni Zaydis have to say about this? But, on the other hand, they might say that this would apply to the Zaydis in Iran only!!)
All historians of religion, Shi'ahs and Sunnis, say that the Zaydis follow the Mu'tazila school in their beliefs, and the Hanafi school in their laws. As such, the Zaydis are more closer to the Sunnis than the Shi'as. (For details, see S.S. Akhtar Rizvi, "Shi'a Sects" published in The Light, and also reprinted in The Right Path [Toronto] in 1995).
3. Zaydi States:
It is true that one of the earliest states founded by the descendants of Imam 'Ali (a.s.) was a Zaydi state, but it was not necessarily a Shi'a state for the reasons mentioned above. Năsir al-Utrush, a descendant of the brother of Zayd ash-Shahid, arose in Khurasan. After being pursued by the 'Abbasids, he fled to Mazandaran (Tabaristan) whose people had not yet accepted Islam. "
After thirteen years of missionary activity in that region he brought a large number of people into the Zaydi branch of Islam. Then in the year 301/913 with their aid he conquered the region of Mazandaran, becoming himself Imam." (Tabătabă'i, Shi'a Islam, p. 77) The Zaydi rule in Tabaristan continued until 1126 C.E.
The Idrisi dynasty (from 788-985 C.E.) in Morocco was not a Zaydi dynasty. It was founded by Idris bin 'Abdullah, a great-grandson of Imam Hasan bin 'Ali (a.s.).
4. What is our response?
Since the Zaydiyya believe in the caliphate of Abu Bakr and 'Umar, our response and arguments with them should not be any different from our arguments for the Sunnis.
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Science . Moon . Hijri
Can we use scientific data to determine the first of each lunar month?
This is an issue hotly debated among the Muslim scholars all over the world. I myself have been following the debate and also observing the scientific method for the last ten years. There are some aspects of the Islamic calendar which can be surely based on the scientific data; however, there still are issues which science has not been able to solve for us as yet.
At this stage, science is able to provide for us all the details about the movement and position of the moon around the earth: it can precisely predict when the birth of the new moon will occur, at what angle and at what location in relation to our earth.
We are also told by the experts that when and where the moon will be visible; and where it cannot not be sighted. For example, we are told that the first sighting of the crescent is possible only sixteen hours after the birth of the new moon. Experts can also give us a graph showing the location where the sighting will be possible.
For the last `idd, we were told that the sighting will only be possible for those who are west of the Atlantic Ocean. This was proved correct by the sighting of the moon in North America (I saw it myself in Dallas, TX) on Monday, the 19th of February, 1996.
I personally have confidence in such predictions based on the scientific data. BUT the problem lies in the following: (a) the 16 hour criterion by the experts is based on the observation done by the scientists in North America and Europe during the last 90 years. (b) reliable witnesses in the Middle East have claimed the sighting of the moon when the new moon was just 9 hours old.
When I look at this situation, I am faced with two possibilities: EITHER the sixteen hours criterion is valid only in the western hemisphere and that it might be possible to sight the moon of an age lesser than sixteen hours in desert areas where the atmosphere is much more clear. OR the reliable people in the Middle East have seen something but not the moon!
In conclusion, although I trust and have faith in the scientic data regarding the sighting of the crescent, we still need further confirmation from the scientific world about the universality of the sixteen hours criterion for moon sighting. When this criterion becomes universal, then it will be definitely possible for us to predict the beginning of the Islamic months well in advance. Insha Allah, we will reach to that stage of certainty sooner rather than later. Amin.
Mujtahid
Would a female mujtahid still have to follow a male marja'?
It is haram for a person who has reached the level of ijtihad to do taqlid for another mujtahid. This applies equally to men as well as women.
However, when the question of a marja` comes (i.e., a mujtahid who is followed by others), then one of the conditions is that the marja` must be a male. For example, the late Ayatullah al-Khu`i, says: "The conditions [necessary] in marja`i 't-taqlid...", before listing the well-known conditions ---like sanity, being baligh, iman, justice and being a male (Minhaju 's-Salihiyn, vol. 1, p. 7).
In short, a woman can reach the level of ijtihad and follow her own views but she cannot become a marja`.
Alcohol . Toothpaste . Mouthwash
Is it okay to use dental products, such as mouthwash and toothpaste, that contain alcohol?
If dental products contain alcohol, then they become najis. If you can use it without swallowing it, then it could be permissible to use for its purpose; but if you feel that it is impossible not to swallow some of it, then it is haram for you to use it.
Earth . Salah (Prayers)
Which direction would we be praying if we were away from Earth?...
You have asked hypothetical questions. I will attempt to answer what has been discussed by our `ulama.
1. In the light of the Islamic belief of the end of this world and the death of all living beings, the question of human beings surviving the disintergration of the earth does not arise at all.
2. It is true that the Qur'an talks about "praying/worship" by non-human creatures. However, as far as the concept of "worship -- ibadat" by other beings is concerned, their "worship" is not same as that done by human beings. "Ibadat" is more broader in meaning than the term "salat/namaz". "Ibadat" means the act of submission to the Almighty whereas "salat" means the ritual prayers done by Muslims. It is in salat that one has to face towards the direction of the Mecca as required by the specific order of the Qur'an (2:144). But for other prayers (du`as) you can face any direction you want. Wherever you turn, you will find Allah in that direction.
3. Our mujtahidin have also discussed the issue of qiblah for those who travel in space-crafts or visit other planets (e.g. the Moon). They say that when you are on the earth, your qiblah for salat is Mecca; but when you are in the space, your qiblah for salat is the planet earth.
Once a fish is caught alive from the water should it be allowed to die itself (so it suffocates) or should it be killed (quickly)?
The choice is yours: either way, it will be considered halal. The main thing is that it should die after coming in control.
Note: The relevant rules about catching a fish are reproduced below from the Masails of Ayat. Seestani, available on the web (see guidelines for URL):
Hunting of Fish and Locust
2624. If a fish with scales is caught alive from water, and it dies thereafter, it is Pak and it is halal to eat it, even if the scales are shed off later due to some reasons. And if it dies in the water, it is Pak, but it is haraam to eat it. However, it is lawful to eat it if it dies in the net of the fisherman. A fish which has no scales is haraam even if it is brought alive from water and dies out of water.
2625. If a fish falls out of water or a wave throws it out, or the water recedes and the fish remains on dry ground, if some one catches it with his hand or by some other means before it dies, it will be halal to eat it after it dies.
2626. It is not necessary that a person catching a fish should be a Muslim or should utter the name of Allah while catching it. It is, however, necessary that a Muslim should have seen or ascertained that the fish was brought alive from the water, or that it died in the net in water.
2627. * If a dead fish about which it is not known whether it was caught from water alive or dead, is bought of a Muslim, it is halal, but if it is bought of a non-Muslim it is haraam even if he claims that he has brought it alive from the water; except when a man feels satisfied that the fish was brought alive from the water or that it died in the net in the water.
2628. It is halal to eat a live fish but it is better to avoid eating it.
2629. If a fish is roasted alive, or is killed out of water before it died itself, it is halal to eat it, but it is better to avoid eating it.
2630. If a fish is cut into two parts out of water, and one part of it falls into water while it is alive, it is halal to eat the part which has remained out of water, and the recommended precaution is that one should refrain from eating it.
Shariah . Cat . Pet
According to sharia are we allowed to keep cats as pets?
Yes we are allowed to keep them as pets, there is no evidence in the Shari'ah which prohibits having cats as pets. But we have to be carefull that we do not pray with the cat hairs on our body or cloths of prayer.
With regards to the cat's hair, see the mas'ala on "dress for prayer" in the risalahs of the maraji`. Ayatullah Khu`i, for example, says: The dress for prayer should "not be from the parts of the animal whose meat is not halal...this would also apply to the hair found on the cloths, etc." (Minhaju 's-Salihiyn, vol. 1, p. 138) Cat is surely an animal whose meat is not halal, and, therefore, its hair should not be on the dress of one who wants to do salat.
Silk . Clothing . Necktie
Is it permissible for a male to wear an item of 100% silk, not as clothing, but as a "decoration" such as a pocket square or neck tie?
According to Ayatullah al-Khu`i: Wearing a dress made of 100% silk is haram for men at all times.
However, he says: "There is no problem in carrying it [an item made from 100% silk] in salat and outside salat or in using it as bed-sheet or mantle --- as long as these items are not identified as `dress'.
"And there is no problem in making the hem of dress with it [100% silk] although it is ihtiyat wajib that the hem should not be more than four fingers in width.
"And there is similarly no problem in using it [100% silk] for waist-band...lace/braid...even the inner-linning of suits, etc.
"But a dress (libas) which is not sufficient [by itself for appropriate covering] in salat, then it is ihtiyat wajib to refrain from it." (Minhaju 's-Salihiyn, vol. 1, p. 139)
& ** In both these cases, Ayatullah Sistani says it is ihtiyat mustahab, not wajib. (Minhaju 's-Salihiyn, vol. 1, p.179)
In the light of the above, the use of a dress with pocket square would be allowed. About the neck-tie, I am still not sure how we would classify it -- as an item of dress or a decorative part of it?
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Valentín Trujillo (Maldonado, junio de 1979) es un escritor, profesor y periodista uruguayo. En 2017 fue incluido en la lista Bogotá39-2017 como uno de los mejores escritores latinoamericanos de ficción menores de 40 años.

Biografía
Se graduó como profesor de lengua y literatura en el Centro Regional de Profesores del Este, en Maldonado, su ciudad natal. Estudió cine en Cinemateca Uruguaya y periodismo en la Universidad Católica del Uruguay.

Valentín Trujillo ha sido profesor de secundaria y ha tenido diversos trabajos: en un vivero, en una estación de servicio, en una librería, en un aeropuerto.

Es columnista del diario El Observador, donde trabajó como periodista entre 2005 y 2015.

El escritor
El primer género en el que incursionó fue la poesía, en la adolescencia, cuando estaba en secundaria. "A los 15 años yo era un lector muy ávido, leía tanto que creo que de pronto leía textos filosóficos que no llegaba a entender del todo. Y empecé a escribir para probar cosas, en una clara faceta de imitación", ha dicho sobre esos año juveniles. Ya estudiando en el Centro Regional de Profesores del Este participó, junto con Damián González y otros compañeros, en la creación dos revistas literarias: MAT e Iscariote. En la primera, "jugaban" a ser poetas de dos movimientos distintos, del Pino (elitistas, "medio aristócratas") y los del Eucaliptu (populares, "barrio bajeros"); escribía su versos con seudónimos; el de Trujillo era Héctor Pascale.

Pero su carrera literaria la comenzó con cuentos y su primer libro de relatos, Jaula de costillas, obtuvo el XIV Premio Nacional de Narrativa "Narradores de la Banda Oriental" 2006, fallado al año siguiente, con la Medalla Morosoli de Oro.  Su segundo libro, Entre jíbaros, también de cuentos, apareció en 2013 en Estuario Editora.

El mismo año publicó un libro sobre fútbol escrito con su esposa, la periodista Elena Risso: Nacional 88. Historia íntima de una hazaña; en 2017 sale la biografía sobre Carlos Real de Azúa, que fue distinguida con el premio Bartolomé Hidalgo de la Cámara Uruguaya del Libro. y ese mismo año aparece ¡Cómanse la ropa!, su primera novela, que había terminado en enero de 2015 y que al año siguiente ganó el premio de narrativa en los Premios Onetti.

Desde 2020, es el director de Biblioteca Nacional de Uruguay.

Obras
2007,  Jaula de costillas, cuentos, Banda Oriental.
2013,  Entre jíbaros, cuentos, Estuario Editora.
2013,  Nacional 88. Historia íntima de una hazaña, con su esposa, la periodista Elena Risso; Fin de Siglo.
2017,  Real de Azúa. Una biografía intelectual, Ediciones B.
2017,  ¡Cómanse la ropa!, novela, Intendencia de Montevideo.
2019, Revolución en sepia, novela, Literatura Random House.

Premios y reconocimientos

 2006, XIV Premio Nacional de Narrativa "Narradores de la Banda Oriental" por el cuentario Jaula de costillas con la Medalla Morosoli de Oro (convocado por Fundación Lolita Rubial y la Intendencia Municipal de Lavalleja en acuerdo con Ediciones de la Banda Oriental y fallado en 2007)
 2015, Premio Legión del Libro.
 2016, Medalla de Honor otorgada por la Cámara Uruguaya del Libro por sus aportes a la crítica literaria periodística.
 2016, Premio Onetti, categoría narrativa, por la novela ¡Cómanse la ropa!
 2017, Seleccionado en la lista Bogotá39  entre los 39 mejores escritores latinoamericanos de ficción menores de 40 años.
 2017, Premio Bartolomé Hidalgo, categoría Testimonio, memorias y biografías (Cámara Uruguaya del Libro) por Real de Azúa. Una biografía intelectual.

Referencias

Nacidos en el departamento de Maldonado
Profesores de Uruguay
Periodistas de Uruguay
Escritores de Uruguay
Escritores en español
Alumnado de la Universidad Católica del Uruguay
Premio Morosoli


Harvey Nichols has released a range of luxury gift products for Valentine's Day, with design by creative and strategic branding partnership Smith&+Village (smithandvillage.com). The collection includes five boxes of luxury chocolate truffles in different sizes, designed for gifting.
The wit and playfulness of the core food collection that Harvey Nichols launched in 2018 follows into the Valentine's range, with the traditional heart icon replaced by phrases such as "I heart emoji u" and "hearts and kisses." Each pack is adorned with bold graphic patterns developed for Harvey Nichols by Smith&+Village, with boxes that mirror cosmetics or jewelery boxes rather than chocolate.
"With the witty, stylish and highly visual new food collection quickly accepted by its loyal following, Harvey Nichols was in the perfect position to deliver a high-impact, fun take on Valentine's Day. Bright, stackable boxes of delicious treats with cheeky one-liners guaranteed to raise a smile from whoever is on the receiving end," said Richard Village, director, Smith&+Village.
For ordering and more info on the line, visit https://www.harveynichols.com/gifts/food-and-wine-gifts/?F_F=VDGifts/.


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Home / Plastic Molding / Which are some of the best Custom Plastic Manufacturing Companies?
The custom plastic manufacturing companies come into the scene when custom plastic products are required by the clients. Whether you own a plastic manufacturing business and your clients have asked for some custom plastic products or you are a dealer in the same, you need to know about a few good custom plastic manufacturing companies so that you can contact them directly in case if any need. This article provides a list of the custom plastic manufacturing companies. Have a look!
When you need specialized engineering products, you can contact this ISO 9001:2008 certified company, you would definitely get the desired products and the best quality out of it. This company basically deals in the injection molded custom plastics and based on the requirements of the clients, it can provide from anything to everything. The good thing about this company is that a turnkey management program is also available, so if your company needs a project, you can contact this company.
Again, this company also provides its clients with the custom injectionmoulded plastics. Whether you need short runs or the long runs, this company would be the best. Further, if you need some kind of assistance while designing the custom plastic products yourself, then also, this company would be the best one to consult.
This is an ISO 9000:2008 verified company and is somewhat different from the companies mentioned above, as this company deals in the manufacturing of the precision injection molded plastics. So, when you need special kinds of plastic items, which are custom made, and you would not even tolerate minimum error as you need to please the clients, you can go with this company.
This is a very popular company dealing in the manufacturing of the custom plastics. This company generally deals in all the kinds of plastics, no matter which industry we are talking about. Various kinds of plastics are also manufactured by this company. And, not only the manufacturing of the plastics, has this company also provided you the services of assembly as well as product packaging. Further, if you want maintenance of the previously created custom molds and repairing of them, then also, you can contact this company, chances are that you would get the desired service.
This company is again a manufacturer of the injection custom molded plastic products. Not only the everyday use items, but some machinery parts and the custom made components can also be created by this company. So, this is an industry focussing on each and every requirement of the clients.
Along with the manufacturing of injection custom plastics, this company also provides services of the same. No matter what material you want to use in the objects and what object you want to be made, thiscompanywould do it all. Additional services such as packaging, labelling, welding etc. are also provided by this company.
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Here are the instructions for building our nightstands. They go along perfectly with our DIY bed, don't you think? And boy are they easier to make than that bed! Remember, these are instructions for building TWO nightstands.
Here are the materials. All of the wood shown here fit in my Subaru, just so you know.
...secured them to the posts with more brad nails and wood glue.
For the bottom and top cap of the "box," I decided to use 1/2" sanded plywood with 1/4" rectangular trim nailed to the sides to hide the plies. The materials/cut list provided at the end of this tutorial shows these pieces as 3/4" thick. This will work but it is cheaper to use 1/2" plywood.
Flip it over and trace the other foot. Basically there are two feet "stuck" together per side, joined at the center.
In the following photo you will see that the decorative trim is sandwiched between the "box" of the nightstand and the top cap. Instead of this method, I wish I would made the "box" 3/4" taller and fastened the top cap directly to the four corner posts. The trim would have then been nailed to the sides of the "box." This method would have made the top much stronger. However, the lag screws I used here worked really well.
The face of the drawer/front panel coming together.
For the drawer slides, I used 14" side-mount slides. I imagine bottom-mount slides may work better here as it could potentially lead to less measuring.
We decided to use scrap OSB for the shelf and will just cover it with something, i.e. wallpaper.
Prime it, paint it, and seal it. You could even Mod Podge some fabric on the shelves to hide imperfections (like our particle board).
Total cost about $30 per nightstand.
...and her engineer hubby (mostly).
I noticed that you have a storage under your bed. We have storage too and I've been looking for nightstands that go with the bed. Does your nightstand block your drawers? Thanks! And the nightstands look amazing!
What are the finished overall dimensions (height, width, depth)?
what type of wood did you use for the nightstands?
What tool did you use to make the cuts for the feet of the bed/bedside table?


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2. Majuli recently became the first island district of India. Majuli is located in which of the following states?
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4. Who of the following was India's flag-bearer at the 2016 Summer Paralympic Games?
5. Name the Satellite Launch Vehicle that was used to launch the advanced weather satellite, INSAT-3DR by ISRO.
6. Which movie won the Best Film Award at the first BRICS Film Festival that recently concluded in New Delhi?
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At least two Catholic bishops have dismissed Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's threat to resign out of frustration over his failure to address corruption in government.
One bishop said the president "could be just joking," adding that nobody knows when the president is serious or teasing his audience.
"The problem with commenting on what Duterte says is that his words are not reliable," said Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo.
"He can just easily take it back," said the prelate.
In a speech on Aug. 14, Duterte said he was ready to quit the presidency should the military and police "find" the right successor.
"I am telling you, I am ready to step down and retire," he said, adding that he was "tired" and frustrated by corruption in government.
"I am exasperated because however I try ... graft is so embedded, it is endemic, and it is always part of the territory of a transaction especially by government," said the president.
"I do not think I can fulfill my promise to the people," he added.
During his election campaign in 2016, Duterte vowed to end corruption in government.
The president, however, said he is "hesitant" to allow his vice president, opposition leader Leni Robredo, to succeed him should he step down.
"I have nothing against Robredo. She's a lawyer, you have heard her talk, but I do not think she can improve on anything here," said Duterte.
He said he could only trust the military to "control [the situation] when everything breaks down."
Bishop Ruperto Santos of Balanga said, however, that Duterte should try to "win his fight" because he promised to get rid of corruption when he took office.
"To resign is to accept that he is failing when it comes to corruption," said the prelate.
"Our advice is fight corruption whatever it takes, set a good example and do your best, so that there will be no regrets at the end," he added.
The opposition said the president should just step down.
"Let's give the president the benefit of the doubt that this time, he meant what he said that he was thinking of stepping down because he is tired of chasing the corrupt," said Erin Tanada, leader of the opposition Liberal Party.
"Our unsolicited advice: Just do it," he said, adding that, "it is not up to the president ... to decide who takes his place when he steps down."
It is not the first time that Duterte has threatened to leave office. In July, he said he would step down if somebody could prove the existence of God.
At the start of his term he said he would resign if the Philippines had not rid itself of drugs and crime after three to six months.
"It has been more than two years since, and crime is still rampant in the streets," said Tanada, adding that Duterte's repeated threats to quit "denigrates the presidency."


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Bookish News Round-Up: Lammys Awards, New Books & Free Ebooks | March 2020
This month in our bookish news round-up we have two book announcements, a queer archive, lots of free ebooks, and the Lambda Literary Awards finalists.
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100 Years Of Queer Literature | 100 LGBT+ Books Published In The Last 100 Years
In the spirit of 'we have always been here', here's a list of 100 queer/LGBT+ books published in the last 100 years - from 1920 to 2020.
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From the launch of new LGBT+ publisher Cipher Press to the Barnes and Noble disaster, the world of books seems to always be in tumult.
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From Lolly Willowes to Nervous Conditions, here are some underrated & diverse 20th-Century classics that are worth your time.


Intuitive and imaginative, those born under the star sign Pisces have an emotional creativity - no wonder there are so many famous female Pisces. It doesn't matter if they're acting, singing, or any other creative endeavor, you know a Pisces woman's heart is in it 100%. Here, you'll find a list of female celebrities who are Pisces.
People born under the star sign Pisces are known for the depth of their feelings and their willingness to explore their hearts. That passion of emotion makes for memorable stars, especially in music. Kesha's often emotional lyrics and Rihanna's vibrant personality both exemplify the strength of emotion associated with Pisces. A Pisces sensitivity and selflessness often inspires them to make the world a better place. Jessica Biel, born March 3rd, 1982, has participated in multiple charitable causes.
Browse this list of Pisces female celebrities to learn more. When you're done, check out what male celebrities were also born under this star sign.
Cierra Alexa Ramirez is an American actress and singer. She stars as one of the main characters in the ABC Family series, The Fosters, as Mariana.


Greystone provided a $1 million Freddie Mac small balance loan to refinance Huron River Apartments in Rockwood, MI. The transaction was handled by Cary Belovicz, an executive managing director of Greystone Bel Real Estate Advisors and John Marr, a managing director of Greystone.
The 24-unit Rockwood apartment complex is one of four Huron River communities in Michigan, with the other three located in Wayne, Newport and Wyandotte. The $1 million Freddie Mac small balance loan for Huron River Rockwood carries a 10-year fixed / 10-year ARM term and a 30-year amortization period.
"Greystone is pleased to be able to provide real estate advisory and mortgage financing solutions to Mr. Sterling for the Huron River communities and others, as this marks our second refinancing and third overall transaction with his team," said Mr. Belovicz.