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Q: Puppeteer in NodeJS reports 'Error: Node is either not visible or not an HTMLElement' I'm using 'puppeteer' for NodeJS to test a specific website.  It seems to work fine in most case, but some places it reports:

Error: Node is either not visible or not an HTMLElement

The following code picks a link that in both cases is off the screen.
The first link works fine, while the second link fails.
What is the difference?
Both links are off the screen.
Any help appreciated,
Cheers, :)
Example code
const puppeteer = require('puppeteer');

const initialPage = 'https://website.com/path';
const selectors = [
    'div[id$="-bVMpYP"] article a',
    'div[id$="-KcazEUq"] article a'
];

(async () => {
    let selector, handles, handle;
    const width=1024, height=1600;
    const browser = await puppeteer.launch({
        headless: false,
        defaultViewport: { width, height }
    });
    const page = await browser.newPage();
    await page.setViewport({ width, height});
    page.setUserAgent('UA-TEST');

    // Load first page
    let stat = await page.goto(initialPage, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded'});

    // Click on selector 1 - works ok
    selector = selectors[0];
    await page.waitForSelector(selector);
    handles = await page.$$(selector);
    handle = handles[12]
    console.log('Clicking on: ', await page.evaluate(el => el.href, handle));
    await handle.click();  // OK

    // Click that selector 2 - fails
    selector = selectors[1];
    await page.waitForSelector(selector);
    handles = await page.$$(selector);
    handle = handles[12]
    console.log('Clicking on: ', await page.evaluate(el => el.href, handle));
    await handle.click();  // Error: Node is either not visible or not an HTMLElement

})();

I'm trying to emulate the behaviour of a real user clicking around the site, which is why I use .click(), and not .goto(), since the a tags have onclick events.

A: I know I'm late to the party but I discovered an edge case that gave me a lot of grief, and this thread, so figured I'd post my findings.
The culprit:
CSS
scroll-behavior: smooth

If you have this you will have a bad time.
The solution:
await page.addStyleTag({ content: "{scroll-behavior: auto !important;}" });

Hope this helps some of you.

A: For anyone still having trouble this worked for me:
await page.evaluate(()=>document.querySelector('#sign-in-btn').click())
Basically just get the element in a different way, then click it.
The reason I had to do this was because I was trying to click a button in a notification window which sits outside the rest of the app (and Chrome seemed to think it was invisible even if it was not).

A: Instead of
await button.click();

do this:
await button.evaluate(b => b.click());

The difference is that button.evaluate(b => b.click()) runs the JavaScript HTMLElement.click() method on the given element in the browser context, which will fire a click event on that element even if it's hidden, off-screen or covered by a different element, whereas button.click() clicks using Puppeteer's ElementHandle.click() which

*

*scrolls the page until the element is in view

*gets the bounding box of the element (this step is where the error happens) and finds the screen x and y pixel coordinates of the middle of that box

*moves the virtual mouse to those coordinates and sets the mouse to "down" then back to "up", which triggers a click event on the element under the mouse

A: My way
async function getVisibleHandle(selector, page) {

    const elements = await page.$$(selector);

    let hasVisibleElement = false,
        visibleElement = '';

    if (!elements.length) {
        return [hasVisibleElement, visibleElement];
    }

    let i = 0;
    for (let element of elements) {
        const isVisibleHandle = await page.evaluateHandle((e) => {
            const style = window.getComputedStyle(e);
            return (style && style.display !== 'none' &&
                style.visibility !== 'hidden' && style.opacity !== '0');
        }, element);
        var visible = await isVisibleHandle.jsonValue();
        const box = await element.boxModel();
        if (visible && box) {
            hasVisibleElement = true;
            visibleElement = elements[i];
            break;
        }
        i++;
    }

    return [hasVisibleElement, visibleElement];
}

Usage
let selector = "a[href='https://example.com/']";

let visibleHandle = await getVisibleHandle(selector, page);

if (visibleHandle[1]) {

   await Promise.all([
     visibleHandle[1].click(),
     page.waitForNavigation()
   ]);
}

A: First and foremost, your defaultViewport object that you pass to puppeteer.launch() has no keys, only values.
You need to change this to:
'defaultViewport' : { 'width' : width, 'height' : height }

The same goes for the object you pass to page.setViewport().
You need to change this line of code to:
await page.setViewport( { 'width' : width, 'height' : height } );

Third, the function page.setUserAgent() returns a promise, so you need to await this function:
await page.setUserAgent( 'UA-TEST' );

Furthermore, you forgot to add a semicolon after handle = handles[12].
You should change this to:
handle = handles[12];

Additionally, you are not waiting for the navigation to finish (page.waitForNavigation()) after clicking the first link.
After clicking the first link, you should add:
await page.waitForNavigation();

I've noticed that the second page sometimes hangs on navigation, so you might find it useful to increase the default navigation timeout (page.setDefaultNavigationTimeout()):
page.setDefaultNavigationTimeout( 90000 );

Once again, you forgot to add a semicolon after handle = handles[12], so this needs to be changed to:
handle = handles[12];

It's important to note that you are using the wrong selector for your second link that you are clicking.
Your original selector was attempting to select elements that were only visible to xs extra small screens (mobile phones).
You need to gather an array of links that are visible to your viewport that you specified.
Therefore, you need to change the second selector to:
div[id$="-KcazEUq"] article .dfo-widget-sm a

You should wait for the navigation to finish after clicking your second link as well:
await page.waitForNavigation();

Finally, you might also want to close the browser (browser.close()) after you are done with your program:
await browser.close();

Note: You might also want to look into handling unhandledRejection errors.

Here is the final solution:
'use strict';

const puppeteer = require( 'puppeteer' );

const initialPage = 'https://statsregnskapet.dfo.no/departementer';

const selectors = [
    'div[id$="-bVMpYP"] article a',
    'div[id$="-KcazEUq"] article .dfo-widget-sm a'
];

( async () =>
{
    let selector;
    let handles;
    let handle;

    const width = 1024;
    const height = 1600;

    const browser = await puppeteer.launch(
    {
        'defaultViewport' : { 'width' : width, 'height' : height }
    });

    const page = await browser.newPage();

    page.setDefaultNavigationTimeout( 90000 );

    await page.setViewport( { 'width' : width, 'height' : height } );

    await page.setUserAgent( 'UA-TEST' );

    // Load first page

    let stat = await page.goto( initialPage, { 'waitUntil' : 'domcontentloaded' } );

    // Click on selector 1 - works ok

    selector = selectors[0];
    await page.waitForSelector( selector );
    handles = await page.$$( selector );
    handle = handles[12];
    console.log( 'Clicking on: ', await page.evaluate( el => el.href, handle ) );
    await handle.click();  // OK

    await page.waitForNavigation();

    // Click that selector 2 - fails

    selector = selectors[1];
    await page.waitForSelector( selector );
    handles = await page.$$( selector );
    handle = handles[12];
    console.log( 'Clicking on: ', await page.evaluate( el => el.href, handle ) );
    await handle.click();

    await page.waitForNavigation();

    await browser.close();
})();


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The Prime Minister set out her vision for Brexit Britain in Halifax with a vow to overturn much of David Cameron's legacy - including the end of his triple lock on pensions and vow not to raise taxes on individuals.
Other uncompromising policies include new levies on firms who want to employ foreigners, new curbs on businesses which exploit workers and customers, and the abolition of the winter fuel allowance for many pensioners.
Mrs May rejected calls to drop the longstanding promise to cut net immigration below 100,000 a year and insisted she is prepared to leave the EU without a trade deal if other European countries do not offer a good one.
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"I know you journalists like to write about it, but there is good solid conservatism which puts the interest of hard working people at the heart of everything we do in government."
Abandoning a pledge not to raise National Insurance Contributions — but recommitting the Tories to long-promised income tax cuts for basic and higher rate taxpayers.
A toughening of immigration controls by doubling the charge companies must pay to bring skilled workers in from outside the EU.
But she warned: "All of this depends on getting the next five years. The central challenge we face is negotiating the best deal for Britain in Europe.
On Brexit she again vowed to leave the Single Market and EU Customs Union - and reaffirmed her pledge to quit the EU without a free-trade deal if Brussels refuses to agree a good deal for Britain.
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The manifesto says it is "specifically designed to reduce inequalities between communities across our four nations".
This measure ties in with other attempts by the party to support regions outside the South which have done relatively badly over the past decade.
On social care her plans will offer protection from the cost of social care for people with assets of £100,000 or less, a dramatic increase from the current £23,250 level in England.
The party would also scrap a £72,000 cap on care costs, which was the main recommendation of Sir Andrew Dilnot's 2011 report and was due for introduction in 2020.
Under the pledge, the value of an elderly person's property will now be included in the means test for care in their own home, meaning more people will be liable to contribute to the cost of being looked after.
Wealthy pensioners will lose up to £300 in winter fuel payments under plans to means-test the "perk" to free up funds for social care.
And The Sun reported today Mrs May will risk further angering older voters by scrapping the triple-lock on the state pension, which guarantees it rises by the highest of average earnings, inflation or 2.5%.
The plans are set out in a manifesto called "Forward, Together", which the Prime Minister described as a "declaration of intent" to tackle the "great challenges of our time".
But in an embarrassing slip-up, the party's website crashed shortly before Mrs May was due to take the stage.
The slogan was also revealed to have been used by several other political figures, appearing during campaigns by Winston Churchill, Hillary Clinton and Richard Nixon.
Review the honours system. David Cameron used his resignation honours list to hand gongs to 46 of his former aides, Tory donors and ministers. May's manifesto pledges to review the honours system to make sure it commands public confidence, rewards genuine public service and that recipients uphold the integrity of the honours bestowed."
Scrapping the Pensions Triple Lock: The Tory manifesto bins Mr Cameron's commitment to raise the state pension by the rate of inflation, average earnings or 2.5 per cent a year – whichever is the highest. Mrs May has replaced it with a Double Lock - raising the state pension only in line with earnings or inflation.
Tax lock: May has also ditched Cameron's tax lock - which barred rises in income tax, VAT and National Insurance. While May has ruled out hiking VAT and recommitted to cutting income tax, she has opened the door to raising national insurance contributions.
Deficit: The 2017 manifesto pledges to eliminate the deficit by 2025 - five years later than the target set out by Cameron and Osborne.
Grammar schools: Today's manifesto pledges to "end the ban on selective schools" - another snub of Cameron, who famously said that the party's obsession with grammar schools was a "key test" of whether the party was fit for government.
Foreign aid: May's manifesto vows to "change the law" to get a "better definition" of foreign aid if the international community fails to "change the rules" to ensure development spending is more efficient. It was Cameron who enshrined the commitment to spend 0.7 per cent on foreign aid in UK law.
Care cap: May abandoned Cameron's 2015 election promise of a life-time cap on social care costs. Instead she has opted for a floor that protects the final £100,000 of a pensioner's wealth. And in a dig at Cameron and Osborne, May said the social care problem is one that "successive governments failed to tackle".
Poverty: Cameron's 2015 manifesto pledged to "eliminate child poverty". May today watered down the pledge to say: "We want to reduce levels of child poverty".
Single market: May's manifesto confirms she will take Britain out of Europe's single market - another reverse of Cameron's 2015 pledge to keep Britain in.
Big Society: There was no mention of Cameron's "Big Society" in May's manifesto today. In 2015 and 2010 the former PM put it at the heart of his vision for government.
David Davis: The Brexit Secretary was exiled to the backbenches throughout Cameron's premiership after he beat the veteran Tory to win the 2005 leadership contest - but today Mrs May chose him to introduce her at her manifesto launch.
In a radical break with decades of orthodoxy, the Conservatives today confirmed that they will scrap the ban on new grammar schools.
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The Tories will also encourage the establishment of new free schools, religious schools and specialist maths schools.
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Mrs May's party will attempt to attract high-flying graduates into teaching by writing off the student loans of teachers who stay in the profession long-term.
The party is also vowing to overturn the system of fixed-term parliaments which was introduced by the Coalition in 2010.
The Fixed Term Parliaments Act dictates that General Elections should take place on specified dates every five years - but it was exposed as a farce when Mrs May was easily able to call the snap election last month.
In addition, a new Tory proposal means that voters will have to show ID at polling stations for the first time ever, in a bid to crack down on election fraud.
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And they also pledge to press on with boundary reforms which will cut the number of MPs from 650 to 600, reducing the cost of Parliament to the public.
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The Tories pledge to protect the freedom of the press by ditching plans to hold 'Leveson part two', a continuation of the inquiry which resulted in draconian new curbs on free speech.
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Many MPs and experts have warned that much of Britain's aid is wasted on pointless projects.
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"We will remain signatories to the European Convention on Human Rights for the duration of the next parliament."
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn accused the Tories of letting down their pensioner voting base.
He said: "Millions of pensioners are betrayed by Theresa May's manifesto. She is hitting older people with a classic Nasty Party triple whammy: Scrapping the triple lock on pensions, removing the Winter Fuel Allowance and forcing those who need social care to pay for it with their homes.
"The Conservatives' record is one of broken promises and failure. They promised to raise living standards, but working families are set to be on average over £1,400 a year worse off.
"They promised to improve all standards of NHS care, but A&Es are in crisis.
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Oblivious White Conservative Wishes Hurricane Katrina On Chicago
On August 14, 2015 July 17, 2019 By Eyes on the RightIn Kristen McQueary, Racism
In what has to be the most horrifying op-ed of the year so far, conservative writer and oblivious white woman Kristen McQueary revealed that she prays a natural disaster like 2005's Hurricane Katrina would devastate the city of Chicago.
The reason? It would cleanse the city and transform it into a blank slate, allowing for mass privatization of public institutions.
Yup, McQueary, who sits on the editorial board of the Chicago Tribune (hopefully not for much longer), wants to purge a densely populated, majority black city because it just makes good economic sense. Sure, nearly two thousand African-Americans perished in New Orleans floodwaters while many more were displaced and lost their homes and possessions, but think of the blissful white utopia we could have!
Here's her paean to disaster capitalism which was inexplicably green-lighted by McQueary's superiors:
Envy isn't a rational response to the upcoming 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
But with Aug. 29 fast approaching and New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu making media rounds, including at the Tribune Editorial Board, I find myself wishing for a storm in Chicago — an unpredictable, haughty, devastating swirl of fury. A dramatic levee break. Geysers bursting through manhole covers. A sleeping city, forced onto the rooftops.
That's what it took to hit the reset button in New Orleans. Chaos. Tragedy. Heartbreak.
Residents overthrew a corrupt government. A new mayor slashed the city budget, forced unpaid furloughs, cut positions, detonated labor contracts. New Orleans' City Hall got leaner and more efficient. Dilapidated buildings were torn down. Public housing got rebuilt. Governments were consolidated.
An underperforming public school system saw a complete makeover. A new schools chief, Paul Vallas, designed a school system with the flexibility of an entrepreneur. No restrictive mandates from the city or the state. No demands from teacher unions to abide. Instead, he created the nation's first free-market education system.
Hurricane Katrina gave a great American city a rebirth.
And after careful study of the levees, it turns out the devastation was not born of natural disaster. It was man-made.
The same could be said of Chicago.
Chicago is so good at hiding its rot.
Beneath the pretty surface, Chicago faces financial challenges that threaten its future. Decades of overspending and borrowing — practices that continue even as the city and its school system face consistent downgrades in the bond market — tear at its very stability. It is the gravest issue. More than crime. More than education. More than poverty.
You'd never know it by the casual approach of government, both at City Hall and Chicago Public Schools, toward spiraling debt, and our elected officials' continued practice of the risks that got us here.
At City Hall, nothing much has changed under four years of Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The candidate in 2011 who promised to make tough decisions on city finances has followed many of the risky practices of his predecessor. The city continues to pass budgets that are unbalanced and rely on borrowing, temporary revenue sources, gimmicky fee hikes and tax increment finance sweeps.
The city borrowed $900 million last year. Another $1.1 billion in June. Emanuel is planning on borrowing yet another $500 million currently. All of the borrowing kicks the can down the road, costs taxpayers hundreds of millions more in interest payments and jeopardizes other worthy programs, under the guise of what? Protecting middle-class taxpayers from a big hit? No, they're lining us up for a firing squad.
In June, just a month after new City Council members took their seats, only one freshman voted against the borrowing. One.
So if you think somehow new leadership is going to right the ship, you might want to get your head checked. There is no sense of urgency about the city's or the schools' perpetual abyss. Not under Emanuel. Not with a new City Council. Not with a new board at CPS.
That's why I find myself praying for a storm. OK, a figurative storm, something that will prompt a rebirth in Chicago. I can relate, metaphorically, to the residents of New Orleans climbing onto their rooftops and begging for help and waving their arms and lurching toward rescue helicopters.
Except here, no one responds to the SOS messages painted boldly in the sky. Instead, they double down on their own man-made disaster.
I can already picture her giggling to herself as she typed this heartless bile. It's like someone praying for a 9/11-style attack on the Willis Tower because it blocks their penthouse view. Fuck you, Kristen McQueary. Seriously. Fuck you. And fuck you for trying to do such pathetic damage control on Twitter:
Yeah, right. You said you were "wishing for a #HurricaneKatrina" but you would never "diminish the tragedy of thousands of lives lost."
Do me a favor, Kristen. Go Google images of Hurricane Katrina victims. The starving children. The sickly elderly. The bloated corpses floating along what used to be bustling city streets. The abandoned and destroyed homes. Then think about what you wrote for a very, very long time until you realize what you just said.
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Sierd Jurriaan Schaafsma (Groningen, 25 augustus 1969) is een Nederlands jurist gespecialiseerd in het internationaal privaatrecht. Schaafsma is raadsheer in de Hoge Raad der Nederlanden.

Schaafsma groeide op in Groningen, waar hij van 1981 tot 1987 zijn middelbareschooltijd doorbracht aan het Willem Lodewijk Gymnasium en vervolgens rechten studeerde aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen van 1987 tot 1993. In 1992 studeerde hij ook een semester aan de Universiteit van Poitiers. Zijn Groninger afstudeerscriptie, Vervuiling in het conflictenrecht. Een onderzoek naar theoretische concepten en praktijk van de internationale milieuvervuilende onrechtmatige daad in het internationaal privaatrechtelijke conflictenrecht, won in 1994 de Post Scriptum-scriptieprijs van Kluwer. Schaafsma vervulde zijn militaire dienstplicht als reserve-officier bij de Defensiestaf en werd vervolgens advocaat bij De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in Den Haag en Rotterdam.

In 2003 werd hij gerechtsauditeur bij de Hoge Raad der Nederlanden en medewerker van het wetenschappelijk bureau. Tegelijkertijd werkte hij aan de Universiteit Leiden aan een proefschrift over het internationaal privaatrecht getiteld Intellectuele eigendom in het conflictenrecht. De verborgen conflictregel in het beginsel van nationale behandeling, waar hij op 23 juni 2009 cum laude op promoveerde; promotores waren Martijn Polak en Constant van Nispen (VU). In 2009 werd Schaafsma tevens benoemd tot lid van de Staatscommissie voor het internationaal privaatrecht, wat hij tot 2020 zou blijven.

In 2010 werd Schaafsma benoemd tot raadsheer bij het Gerechtshof Den Haag; in 2018 tot senior raadsheer (voorheen vicepresident). Van 2017 tot 2021 was hij tevens raadsheer-plaatsvervanger in het Benelux-Gerechtshof; ook was hij van 2011 tot 2020 lid van de Committee on Intellectual Property and Private International Law van de International Law Association. Met ingang van 1 november 2012 werd hij tevens benoemd tot hoogleraar internationaal privaatrecht aan de Universiteit Leiden, als opvolger van zijn promotor Polak die was benoemd tot raadsheer in de Hoge Raad. Hij hield zijn oratie, getiteld IPR EN EPR. Over wisselwerking, eenheid en verscheidenheid, op 11 april 2014.

Op 2 juni 2020 werd Schaafsma door de Hoge Raad bovenaan de aanbeveling voor benoeming geplaatst, ter vervulling van een vacature die zou ontstaan door het pensioen van Annemarie van Buchem-Spapens. De Tweede Kamer nam de aanbeveling ongewijzigd over op haar voordracht en de ministerraad stemde op 21 augustus in met de voordracht. Op 21 april 2021 werd Schaafsma ten overstaan van de Koning beëdigd, samen met Frits Salomons; de benoeming ging in per 1 mei van dat jaar.

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Texas sees a flattening of the COVID spike, but experts urge continued vigilance
Texas average COVID caseload dropped by 4,000 within a week. But Wednesday's number spiked back up.
John C. Moritz
Corpus Christi Caller Times
AUSTIN — The trend line for Texas' skyrocketing COVID-19 caseloads, while still alarmingly high, has dropped dramatically since last week's daily average of nearly 64,500.
Still, state health officials are not ready to declare the omicron-fueled surge over.
Between Jan. 6, when average caseloads reached their highest levels ever in Texas, and Jan. 9, reported new infections dropped on average by some 6,000, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. The state's official COVID-tracking website shows a similar decline.
Average daily deaths, which reached 107 during the first week of January, dipped to 70 by Wednesday, according to Johns Hopkins. The state's data on COVID-19 deaths was incomplete, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Despite the downward slide over the past week, Texas did report 61,113 new COVID cases Wednesday, suggesting the virus is continuing to hop from one person to another with significant momentum.
"With 60K-plus new confirmed cases reported today, it's too early to say that (the state is heading toward pre-omicron levels)," said Chris Van Deusen, a spokesman for the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Texas surpassed the 5 million COVID case mark over the weekend and added nearly 145,000 new cases since. The state also has seen almost 77,000 deaths since the virus sparked a worldwide pandemic nearly two years ago.
That puts Texas nearly tied with California for the most COVID deaths in the nation, though the Golden State has more than 10 million more people and has seen nearly 1.5 million more COVID cases. Nearly 69% of all eligible people in California are fully vaccinated compared with Texas' 59%.
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COVID-related hospitalizations, often seen as a lagging indicator of the pandemic's march, are continuing a steady climb, according to the state's count.
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Nearly 11,600 Texas COVID patients were occupying general hospital beds, nearly 2,200 of them in intensive care units, as of Wednesday. The COVID pediatric bed count was 429.
The total COVID bed count one week earlier was 8,129.
Meanwhile, a University of Texas scientist is among several COVID monitors quoted in recent published reports saying they see strong signs that omicron, which first was reported Nov. 24 in South Africa, is already on the downslide in Britain and that a decline soon might come to the United States. But that should not been seen as license to let down the defenses, they said.
"There are still a lot of people who will get infected as we descend the slope on the backside," Lauren Ancel Meyers, director of the University of Texas COVID-19 Modeling Consortium, told The Associated Press.
The consortium says on its website the nation may have reached its omicron peak last weekend or perhaps by Thursday because it has infected so many people so swiftly that the pool of potential victims is becoming depleted.
"That's a range between the most pessimistic and optimistic scenarios," Meyers told USA Today about the consortium's forecast.
Ali Mokdad, a professor of health metrics sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle, is among the scientists cited by the AP predicting an omicron decline nationwide.
"It's going to come down as fast as it went up," Mokdad said.
John C. Moritz covers Texas government and politics for the USA Today Network in Austin. Contact him at jmoritz@gannett.com and follow him on Twitter @JohnnieMo.


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Spider-Man and Batman dominate the all-time best-selling superhero games list
2019-07-19 11:30:00by Chris Carter
Your friendly neighborhood...Batman
ComicCon 2019 (the big one) is upon us and all of the masked men and women are coming out to celebrate. Spider-Man and Batman have a lot to be excited for, because with their forces combined, they are technically present in all ten of the top-selling superhero games of all time list. There's a reason Sony keeps trotting out Spider-Man and rebooting him every few years!
Industry analyst and former WB/Activision employee Mat Piscatella gives us the rundown based on NPD numbers, which have Spider-Man PS4 coming out on top, followed by Batman: Arkham City and Batman: Arkham Knight: with City above Knight, all is well with the world.
Going down the list in fourth place is LEGO Batman, then LEGO Marvel Super Heroes, Spider-Man: The Movie, Spider-Man: The Movie 2, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Batman: Arkham Asylum (which many would consider the best Arkham game, but sadly the ones that kick off the craze often don't get to bask in the sunlight of said craze), then Injustice 2. Yep, six of the 10 heavily feature Batman as one of the main cast members, and four have Spider-Man.
It just goes to show you that LEGO games are still a hit with families, but folks also crave that open world superhero formula. There's plenty of room at the top for everyone! As long as you focus on one of those two characters.
Mat Piscatella [Twitter]
It's time for #ComicCon2019!
Video Games are a huge part of the Comic landscape.
Below are the lifetime sales leaders for Superhero Video Games from The NPD Group.
Congratulations to Marvel's Spider-Man, the best-selling Superhero Video Game of all-time in the U.S.! pic.twitter.com/2MF3jObYpH
— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) July 18, 2019
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Q: MethodAccessException: Attempt to access the method failed. (Windows phone 7) I am working on a tool which reads the contents of an INI file. I am using kernel32 dll import in it. However, when I run the application on actual device, I get an exception like this, "MethodAccessException: Attempt to access the method failed." The device I am using is a Samsung Omnia (Windows Phone 7.1).
Apart from this in another app I am using core dll import and I am getting the same exception. How can this exception be removed?
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Over 1,500 of these small bunkers were built at various points around the country during the Cold War. They were designed to house three members of the Royal Observer Corps, whose job it would be to use supplied equipment to gauge the bomb power and ground zero of a nuclear blast and report back to a group H.Q. The posts were built to a similar design, with a single monitoring room 15ft below ground, which was accessed by a ladder with a hatch on the surface. Internally, the furniture, bunk beds, communications and monitoring equipment remained standard. The posts began closing in the late 1960s with the last few remaining operational until 1992. Many of the posts have now been destroyed or are in poor condition due to vandalism, most of the remaining ones are on the edges of fields or areas of unused scrub land at the side of roads or foot paths. Fortunately, some people have begun recognising the importance of these pieces of history and some posts have been painstakingly restored. Subterranea Brittanica recently completed a survey of all of the posts and have a report for each post on their website.
This page will be updated as more posts are visited, latest additions: Brixham, Devon. Pictures are arranged alphabetically by county.
ROC Posts are mostly privately owned and should not be entered without the permission of the owners, some are located on common land, but they are unlikely to be open. Look out for open days of restored posts!
For a plan of a typical post, click here, below is a photo tour of a Post.
This post was opened in 1960 and closed in 1991. It is fitted with two new padlocks and is within one of the two Berry Head forts, on a nature reserve, but unfortunately there was no one on site to ask about access. It has an unusually high GZI mount, and has been fitted with a plaque explaining its function. A WW2 ROC aircraft observation post stands nearby.
This post is located on some waste land close to a main road. It remains in good condition, still retaining its original paint.
This post opened in 1962 and closed in 1968. It is located within the grounds of a campsite, which I was visiting as it is also the location of Yaverland Battery. Unfortunately it is sealed and the FSM pipe and vent have been removed. Sub Brit report it as being flooded.
This post opened in 1961 and closed in 1968. It is interesting as it was a non-standard design, being incorporated into a magazine for a 19thC gun battery. Unfortunately, there is no indication of the post today, but presumably the monitoring room still exists underground.
This post is located on farm land, next to a public footpath. The compound is quite overgrown, but the hatch can be seen as being slightly stuck open. It opened in 1960 and closed in 1991.
This post opened in 1962 and closed in 1968. It is reported on Sub Brit as empty inside, but clean and dry. There is currently no access and the surface features are damaged, but most of the compound fencing still remains.
This post was opened in 1966 and closed in 1972. It is located next to a public footpath through National Trust land and remains locked. The compound fence has been removed leaving only the gate posts.
This post opened in 1968 and closed in 1991. It is currently locked, and surface features remain in good condition.
This post opened in 1962 and closed in 1991. It is located in a compound off the main road, near a caravan park.
This post opened in 1960 and closed in 1968. The interior is in poor condition, but the chemical toilet remains. The land close to the compound is currently being excavated, so it would not be surprising if this post is destroyed in the near future. An aircraft observation tower stands next to the post. It is located on a track through farmland, high up on a hill.
This post opened in 1960 and closed in 1991, but unfortunately has been heavily vandalised. It is located at the edge a a field.
This post is located on the cliff edge near Martello Tower No.3. The hatch has been welded shut, it opened in the 1960s, but closed shortly after.
This post opened in the 1960s after the first Folkestone post closed and itself closed in 1991. It is located in a fenced compound off Crete Road West. Conditions inside were recently reported good, but it is now privately owned after a recent sale.
This post is located at the edge of a field, it opened in 1961 and closed in 1991. The compound is overgrown with bramble and the post vandalised. A WW2 aircraft observation post is located next to the bunker.
This post opened in 1966 and closed in 1991. The compound around this post is completely covered in bramble and stinging nettles and the hatch is either welded or rusted tight.
This post opened in 1965 and closed in 1991. It was flooded but has been purchased by a member of Sub Brit and has been restored and is sometimes opened to members, no items of value are left in the bunker.
Looking up the shaft, with lid shut!
This post is located next to a path through a sheep field at Swingate, it is currently locked. It opened in 1962 and closed in 1968.
This post opened in 1959 and closed in 1968. On Sub Brit's visit in 1997, the post was open, but inside was heavily stripped. Now, the shaft has been filled with concrete and the ladder completely buckled. The compound is also completely overgrown.
This post is located on the seafront next to a Martello Tower, which is being used by the Coastguard as a lookout, they remembered it being open some time ago, but it is now welded shut. It was operational between 1962 and 1968. The surface features remain in reasonable condition, and the dome on the vent indicates a 'Master Post'.
This post opened in 1957 and closed in 1968. It is reported on Sub Brit as having been destroyed, but on a recent inspection of the area I noticed a possible entrance hatch, about the size of an ROC one, but it was located within a radio mast compound, so I could only get a picture from the outside.
Possible entrance within the secure compound?
This post opened in 1958 and closed ten years after. The hatch has been replaced with a heavier one than the standard, and has been welded on one side. It was open a few years ago and appears to be poor condition inside.
This post opened in 1960 and closed in 1991. It is located in a wooded area next to a main road. The exterior is in good condition, with much of the original paint remaining, but it is locked with a T-Bar type key, recent pictures show the inside as having been stripped of most of the contents.
This post was opened in 1962 and closed in 1991. It has been restored by Mark Russell of ROC Remembered and is open to the public on special days. See above for internal pictures of this bunker, no items of value are left inside.
This post is welded shut, and it it not known what the conditions are like inside. It opened in 1960 and closed in 1991. Surface features are in reasonable condition, with green paint still remaining. It is located in a public open space on Fairlight cliffs.
This post opened in 1961 and closed in 1968. Post is locked, but the interior is believed to be in good condition. The compound is full of bramble and stinging nettles and is located in some waste land next to some allotments.
This post took two attempts to locate, and I'm not 100% sure that this it as some new buildings have appeared in the area and may have resulted in the destruction of the post. It was opened in 1960 and closed in 1991. This picture shows what I think is the compound.
This post has been demolished, but has been reconstructed at Newhaven Fort.
This post opened in 1961 and closed in 1968. The hatch was open in the last few years and found to be in good condition, but has since been welded shut. A sign nearby mentions the post and a brick building next to the post is the remains of an aircraft observation tower crew quarters.
This post opened in 1961 and closed in 1968. It is hard to imagine one in a worse state that this. The only recognisable remains inside are the bunks. The FSM pipe is missing and even the vent has been destroyed. It is located next to a footpath above the village.
Entrance, the hatch has been removed.
This post opened in 1962 and closed shortly after in 1968. The hatch is open, but has been filled with concrete, externally it is in poor condition. It is located in some woods above the village.
This post opened in 1959 and closed in 1968. It is a master post and appears to be in excellent condition. It is located on a raised bank next to the road.


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The Aintree Grand National
The Grand National is an annual horse race taking place at the Aintree racecourse which is near Liverpool in England. The 2018 event will be held from 5 to 7 April.
The type of the race
It is a handicap steeplechase, part of the National Hunt races.
The Aintree racecourse
The National Course in Aintree on which the Grand National takes place has two laps of 16 fences. The first 14 of these fences are jumped twice; during the first lap, all the 16 fences are jumped, but during the second lap, two fences: The Chair and the Water Jump, are avoided. The fences on the Aintree course are much larger compared to the fences located on the conventional tracks of the National Hunt.
The distance to be run is over 4 miles and 514 yards, in two laps, in the course of which horses jump altogether 30 fences. The distance is the longest of the National Hunt races.
For the 2013 renewal of the fences, there were some redesigns. Fences 3 and 11, which are open ditches, were provided with natural birch cores. Fences 13 and 14, which are the last two fences in the second lap of the Grand National, were provided with plastic birch which replaced the hitherto rigid timber.
The Aintree racecourse: the contributor for the unique nature of the Grand National race
Because there are races only several times annually at the Aintree course, that means that the horses usually have little experience in jumping the fences at this course. That is why the race becomes unique, the challenge is huge for both the horses and the jockeys.
Broadcasting of the Grand National
The race is broadcast live on TV. From 1960 until 2012 it was broadcast by the BBC, then from 2013 to 2016 by Channel 4, and since 2017 the broadcasting rights have belonged to ITV.
Grand National is also broadcast on radio, on BBC Radio until 2013, then since 2014 it has been broadcast by Talksport.
The Grand National schedule
In the three days of the event, from 5th to 7th April 2018, the schedule comprises 21 races run on:
the Grand Opening Day
the Ladies Day
the Grand National Day
Horses achievements at the Grand National
There are a host of examples of remarkable and unexpected achievements by horses in the Grand National. Let us review some of them.
Red Rum: the triple winner of the Grand National
Over 40 years ago, Red Rum was the horse which won the Grand National for the first time, which was followed by two other victories. That is a record for the race, and Red Rum is still the only horse which has won the race three times. Is the 2018 event going to surprise us with another such phenomenon?
Manifesto: the holder of the record for most times run in the Grand National
Manifesto was the horse which competed in eight races altogether, in the period from 1895 and 1904. In these races, it emerged as the winner in two, and came third in three races.
Experience matters, so older horses stand high chances
Please note that out of the last 22 winners, 18 horses were aged 9 to 11. It means that experience matters greatly, so when placing your bet, take that into account.
The obstacles at the Aintree course
There are a plethora of stories you will have heard about the obstacles at the Aintree course. It is true that quite long ago, just two of the horses completed the race: that happened in 1928. The finishers were called Tipperary Tim and Billy Barton. The latter remounted.
Another race which saw very few finishing horses, though they were not two, but four, was the race in 2001. At that race, two of the four finishing horses had to be remounted.
Online betting on Aintree Grand National
In addition to the throng of racegoers which are expected to exceed 150,000, there are going to be many more TV viewers and online bettors, in excess of 600 million.
The odds comparison for the Aintree Grand National 2018
The odds comparison chart will help you to place your bet. It is vastly popular and aids one of the most popular bets this year. You will find a very competitive ante post market, and in the period leading up to the event, there will bemarket movers you should follow, to help you place the best bet.
Free bets for the Aintree Grand National are welcome for novices who open their accounts with online bookies. These bets are great for you, if you are starting to bet on horse racing and on the Grand National. You will find different offers with different online bookies, so you must check and compare the offers to make the best choice. You should not limit yourself with opening one account only. It is better to open several accounts with different bookies, to take advantage of several free bet offers for new customers.
In the period leading to the Grand National, online bookies will offer a palette of enticing odds, and these odds will vary. As the runners for the event become known, the free bet offers will abound, so you should follow the offers and the variations. Take advantage of the latest odds for the Grand National and make your bet.
Handicaps at the Grand National
The allotment of weight for each horse, which equalises the chances of the horses participating in the event, is called handicapping. Horses which are better carry the highest weight, and vice versa.
Each way betting on the Grand National
This is the most popular bet on the event. It is actually two bets combined in one, one win bet, and one bet on place. You must study the place bet terms, because usually the terms are 1/4 odds 1 to 4, and if your selection finishes among the first four places, your place bet will win. But some online bookies, like Bet365, often offer places including the first five places. And in the Grand National last year, BetVictor offered place bets on the first six places. Please follow the place terms for the Grand National, and you will not miss great offers.
You can grab palatable wins via bets on the Grand National
In the past decade, the average price for the winner in the Grand National event is over 30/1, so that is a sufficient incentive to bet and pave the way for hefty wins.
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Army officer 'socialist organizer' Spenser Rapone gets other than honorable discharge
Spenser Rapone (Photos from Social Media, Compiled by American Military News)
June 08, 2018 Melissa Leon
West Point graduate and now former Army infantry officer Spenser Rapone has been processed out of the U.S. Army and received an other than honorable discharge from the military after a photo he posted with his West Point cap and the words "Communism will win" went viral.
Rapone came under fire last year for his social media posts of socialist and communist content. He went viral after posting a photo to Twitter of himself in support of professional football player Colin Kaepernick, where Rapone is seen in his West Point uniform at graduation holding his cap that contains a piece of paper that says "Communism will win."
After posting the photo, Rapone was discovered to be a vehement communist propagandist and "official socialist organizer" of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Rapone's social media was filled with up to hundreds of posts, messages and photos that were being circulated around the military and civilian communities.
Rapone had also posted a second photo of himself in uniform, and he is seen wearing a Che Guevara T-shirt underneath his uniform jacket. Guevara was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary who believed the poor people of Latin America would be saved by communism.
Spenser Rapone (Twitter)
Rapone was an infantry officer in the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, N.Y. He has deployed to Afghanistan and received a combat infantryman badge (CIB).
An other than honorable discharge means Rapone will not be entitled to VA benefits or the GI Bill.
His social media accounts were at one point set to private after his photos went viral. His Twitter account was set to protected, and his Instagram account had been taken down. His Facebook, where he goes under Giuseppe Impastato, was private.
Today, his Twitter account is again public. Rapone, whose Twitter handle is "punkproletarian," recently retweeted posts from Rory Fanning, an ex-Army Ranger who says he will be interviewing Rapone at the conference "Socialism 2018."
At Socialism 2018 I'll be sitting down with with Spenser Rapone, the US Army Ranger, Afghan-war combat vet, recent West Point graduate, and now war-resister, who sparked nation-wide fury after publicly supporting Colin Kaepernick and Socialism during his West Point graduation. pic.twitter.com/BIPzfEHmoP
— Rory Fanning (@RTFanning) June 5, 2018
Rapone is listed as one of the speakers for Socialism 2018, which is slated for early July in Chicago.
According to his bio on the website, Rapone "could no longer stomach the immorality of U.S. imperialism, he spoke out against the reprehensible actions of the military in September 2017. He ultimately resigned his commission, and was separated from the Army in June 2018 with an Other Than Honorable discharge."
Spenser Rapone's bio on Socialism 2018 (Socialism 2018 Website)
Fanning wrote that their conversation will be called "Resisting Within the Ranks."
"Spenser is being discharged from the military with an Other Than Honorable discharge this June, in part, because [Marco] Rubio penned a panic-stricken letter to acting Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy demanding … the branch nullify Rapone's military commission after seeing this photo," he wrote.
Our conversation will be called "Resisting Within the Ranks."
Spenser Is being discharged from the military with an Other Than Honorable discharge this June, in part, because Maro Rubio penned a panic-stricken letter to acting Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy demanding…
Florida Senator Marco Rubio called on the U.S. Army to remove Rapone and make him pay back his tuition for "advocating for communism."
U.S. Army spokesperson Valerie Mongello had told American Military News that while the Department of Defense and Army encourage soldiers to "participate in the democratic process," the Army "has strict rules regarding the wear and appearance of Army uniforms."
West Point Military Academy had also responded to the situation, and released a statement saying Rapone's actions "in no way reflect the values of the U.S. Military Academy or the U.S. Army."
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JPS_ASV_Byz(i) 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
Rotherham(i) 9 Yea it shall come to pass, in that day, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, that I will cause the sun to go in at high noon,—and will darken the earth on a day of brightness.!
CLV(i) 9 And it comes in that day (averring is my Lord Yahweh) that I will bring in the sun at noon, and I will darken the land in daylight;"
MKJV(i) 9 And it shall be in that day, says the Lord Jehovah, I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the light of day.
LITV(i) 9 And it shall be in that day, declares the Lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in light of the day.
ACV(i) 9 And it shall come to pass in that day, says lord LORD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
WEB(i) 9 It will happen in that day," says the Lord Yahweh, "that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
9 H3117 It will happen in that day," H5002 says H136 the Lord H3069 Yahweh, H8121 "that I will cause the sun H935 to go down H6672 at noon, H2821 and I will darken H776 the earth H216 in the clear H3117 day.
NHEB(i) 9 It will happen in that day," says the Lord GOD, "that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
NSB(i) 9 »It will happen in that day,« said the Lord Jehovah, »that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
ISV(i) 9 It will come about at that time," declares the Lord GOD, "I will cause the sun to set at noon and the earth to darken in the daylight.
LEB(i) 9 And then in that day," ⌊declares⌋* my Lord Yahweh, "I* will make the sun go down at noon and I will darken the land on a day of light.
MLV(i) 9 And it will happen in that day, says the lord Jehovah, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon and I will darken the earth in the clear day.
VIN(i) 9 And then in that day," declares my Sovereign LORD, "I will make the sun go down at noon and I will darken the land on a day of light.
Luther1545(i) 9 Zur selbigen Zeit, spricht der HERR HERR, will ich die Sonne im Mittage untergehen lassen und das Land am hellen Tage lassen finster werden.
9 H3117 Zur selbigen Zeit H5002 , spricht H136 der HErr H3069 HErr H935 , will H8121 ich die Sonne H6672 im Mittage H776 untergehen lassen und das Land H216 am hellen H3117 Tage H2821 lassen finster werden.
Luther1912(i) 9 Zur selben Zeit, spricht der Herr, HERR, will ich die Sonne am Mittag untergehen lassen und das Land am hellen Tage lassen finster werden.
9 H3117 Zur selben Zeit H5002 , spricht H136 der HERR H3069 HERR H8121 , will ich die Sonne H6672 am Mittag H935 untergehen H776 lassen und das Land H216 am hellen H3117 Tage H2821 lassen finster werden.
ELB1871(i) 9 Und es wird geschehen an jenem Tage, spricht der Herr, Jehova, da werde ich die Sonne untergehen lassen am Mittag und Finsternis über die Erde bringen am lichten Tage.
ELB1905(i) 9 Und es wird geschehen an jenem Tage, spricht der Herr, Jahwe, da werde ich die Sonne untergehen lassen am Mittag und Finsternis über die Erde bringen am lichten Tage.
9 H216 Und es wird H3117 geschehen an jenem Tage H5002 , spricht H136 der Herr H8121 , Jehova, da werde ich die Sonne H6672 untergehen lassen am Mittag H2821 und Finsternis H776 über die Erde H935 bringen H3117 am lichten Tage .
DSV(i) 9 En het zal te dien dage geschieden, spreekt de Heere HEERE, dat Ik de zon op den middag zal doen ondergaan, en het land bij lichten dage verduisteren.
9 H1931 En het zal te dien H3117 dage H5002 [H8803] geschieden, spreekt H136 de Heere H3069 HEERE H8121 , dat Ik de zon H6672 op den middag H935 [H8689] zal doen ondergaan H776 , en het land H216 bij lichten H3117 dage H2821 [H8689] verduisteren.
DarbyFR(i) 9 Et il arrivera en ce jour-là, dit le Seigneur, l'Éternel, que je ferai coucher le soleil en plein midi, et que j'amènerai les ténèbres sur la terre en plein jour.
Martin(i) 9 Et il arrivera en ce jour-là, dit le Seigneur l'Eternel, que je ferai coucher le soleil en plein Midi, et que je ferai venir les ténèbres sur la terre en un jour serein.
SE(i) 9 Y acaecerá en aquel día, dijo el Señor DIOS, que haré que se ponga el sol al mediodía, y la tierra cubriré de tinieblas en el día claro.
ReinaValera(i) 9 Y acaecerá en aquel día, dice el Señor Jehová, que haré se ponga el sol al mediodía, y la tierra cubriré de tinieblas en el día claro.
JBS(i) 9 Y acaecerá en aquel día, dijo el Señor DIOS, que haré que se ponga el sol al mediodía, y la tierra cubriré de tinieblas en el día claro.
Albanian(i) 9 Atë ditë do të ndodhë", thotë Zoti, Zoti, "që unë do ta bëj diellin të perëndojë në mesditë dhe do ta errësoj tokën ditën.
RST(i) 9 И будет в тот день, говорит Господь Бог: произведу закат солнца в полдень и омрачу землю среди светлого дня.
Arabic(i) 9 ويكون في ذلك اليوم يقول السيد الرب اني اغيّب الشمس في الظهر وأقتم الارض في يوم نور.
Bulgarian(i) 9 И в онзи ден, заявява Господ БОГ, ще направя да залезе слънцето по пладне и ще помрача земята посред бял ден.
Croatian(i) 9 "Toga ću dana - riječ je Jahve Gospoda - učiniti da sunce zapadne u podne, i pomračit ću zemlju u po bijela dana.
BKR(i) 9 Anobrž stane se v ten den, praví Panovník Hospodin, učiním, že slunce zajde o poledni, a uvedu tmy na zemi v jasný den.
Danish(i) 9 Og det skal ske paa denne Dag, siger den Herre, HERRE, da vil jeg lade Solen gaa ned, om Middagen og lade det blive mørkt, for Jorden ved højlys Dag.
Esperanto(i) 9 En tiu tago, diras la Sinjoro, la Eternulo, Mi subirigos la sunon en tagmezo, kaj Mi mallumigos la teron meze de luma tago.
Finnish(i) 9 Sillä ajalla, sanoo Herra, Herra, tahdon minä laskea auringon alas puolipäivästä, ja pimittää maan valkialla päivällä.
FinnishPR(i) 9 Ja on tapahtuva sinä päivänä, sanoo Herra, Herra, että minä annan auringon laskea sydänpäivällä ja teen maan pimeäksi keskellä kirkasta päivää.
Haitian(i) 9 Men pawòl Seyè a, Bondye a: Jou sa a, m'ap fè solèy la kouche gwo midi. Fènwa ap tonbe sou peyi a gwo lajounen.
Hungarian(i) 9 És lészen azon a napon, azt mondja az Úr Isten: Lenyugtatom a napot délben, és besötétítem a földet fényes nappal.
Indonesian(i) 9 Akan tiba saatnya Aku membuat matahari terbenam di tengah hari dan bumi menjadi gelap pada waktu siang. Aku, TUHAN Yang Mahatinggi, telah berbicara.
Italian(i) 9 Ed avverrà in quel giorno, dice il Signore Iddio, che io farò tramontare il sole nel mezzodì, e spanderò le tenebre sopra la terra in giorno chiaro.
ItalianRiveduta(i) 9 E in quel giorno avverrà, dice il Signore, l'Eterno, che io farò tramontare il sole a mezzodì, e in pieno giorno farò venire le tenebre sulla terra.
Lithuanian(i) 9 Viešpats Dievas sako: "Ir atsitiks tą dieną, kad saulė nusileis vidudienį ir šviesi diena taps naktimi.
Portuguese(i) 9 E sucederá, naquele dia, diz o Senhor Deus, que farei que o sol se ponha ao meio dia, e em pleno dia cobrirei a terra de trevas.
Norwegian(i) 9 Og det skal skje på den dag, sier Herren, Israels Gud, at jeg vil la solen gå ned om middagen og gjøre det mørkt på jorden ved høilys dag.
Romanian(i) 9 În ziua aceea, zice Domnul Dumnezeu, voi face să asfinţească soarele la amiază, şi voi întuneca pămîntul ziua nămeaza mare.
Ukrainian(i) 9 І станеться в день той, говорить Господь Бог, і вчиню захід сонця опівдні, і для землі серед світлого дня воно стемніє.
that I.This is supposed to refer to an eclipse; and Abp. Usher has shown that about eleven years after Amos prophesied there were two great eclipses of the sun, one at the feast of tabernacles, and the other some time before the passover.


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How to stop a surge in electric cars
How to prevent a surge from the battery pack of your electric car when it starts overheating, which can be a problem when you are driving it.
The Australian Government is working with Tesla and Nissan to develop a system that could be installed on every car sold in Australia by 2025.
It would have a similar effect on a car as a surge shield, but would be much less likely to cause problems.
Instead of a battery pack, the system would use an air compressor that would suck up the energy from the engine, reducing the heat build-up that is so damaging to the battery.
The compressor would then compress the air around the battery and release it back into the atmosphere.
Electric cars have been a big success story, but there is still a lot of work to be done.
Tesla has already said it is working on a new battery technology that would deliver a peak output of about 2,500 kilowatts (kWh), which would be enough to power the average Australian home for more than 20 years.
This would be significantly more than the current technology, which delivers around 500kWh.
In 2018, Tesla was granted approval to develop the new battery, which was due to be ready in 2019.
That time is now behind us, but the Australian Government has been working on the plan for a few years now.
They have been studying the issue of overheating for several years and have been in discussions with Nissan, Tesla and others, with Nissan's lead engineer saying in 2018 that they would be able to meet Australia's needs.
A Tesla spokesman said the company was "very supportive of this initiative" and would be working with other suppliers to help develop the technology.
Nissan is currently building its own electric car, but is currently working with a supplier to develop its own battery.
Meanwhile, Nissan has also been working with Toyota to develop an air-cooled version of the battery, called the Nissan EV-2.
Toyota is planning to introduce the new technology into its cars this year, but this has not yet been announced.
For more on electric cars, read our article How can you stop a sudden surge in your electric cars?
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HITACHI is a world renowned brand that speaks for itself; its technology and innovation is unparalleled and is a brand of machine which has stood the test of time to prove it. HITACHI deals in a variety of products in construction machinery, from excavators to cranes and anything in between that is construction related.
We have a wide range of excavators which are available regarding your needs. The excavators range from machinery of 1 tonne for small scaled work up to 837 tonnes for major excavation projects like mines. Some of our smart machines have dual functions such as shovel attachments.
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Having the reputation of one of the main work horses in any plant or mine, these machines have an invaluable task when it comes to its role in the work place; therefore the rigidity of our machines marks our wheel loaders a notch above the rest. Ranging from a bucket size of 0.3m³ up to 5m³.
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Renowned for manufacturing reliable and durable machines for the mining industry, Hitachi has used its extensive expertise to produce a range of large excavators suitable for dredging. Mounted on pontoons and estabilished in the water by means of spuds, they can be used on rivers and canals, and in harbors and ports, for construction, maintenance, reclamation and expansion projects.
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With a rich heritage of design and manufacturing excellence, Powerscreen has grown to become a leading force in the original equipment manufacturing (OEM) sector. Powerscreen machines cover the full range of material processing requirements in terms of mining equipment, quarrying equipment and crushing and screening machines for the mining, quarrying, demolition and recycling industries.
The Japanese high technology concern FURUKAWA Rock Drill (FRD) has its roots in the development of mining equipment. It is a part of the multinational Furukawa Company Group whose principal activities are the manufacture and sale of engineering machinery, electronic materials and chemicals. The key concepts upon which the company has built its name are Innovation, Creativity and Harmony.
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Cranes manufactured by TADANO are mobile cranes, that is, self-propelled vehicles called carriers mounted with a hydraulic crane mechanism. We manufactures truck cranes with outstanding traveling performance. We offer a full product lineup to serve the specific characteristics of each region with a solidly established position worldwide.
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This is an extensive site set by an attractive weir near the town of Mendigorria, alongside the River Arga. It takes its name from an old disused water mill (molino) close by. The site is split into separate permanent and touring sections. The touring area is a new development with 90 good sized flat pitches with electricity and water for touring units, and a separate area for tents. Many trees have been planted around the site but there is still only minimal shade. The friendly owner, Anna Beriain, will give you a warm welcome.
Reception is housed in the lower part of a long building along with the bar/snack bar which has a cool shaded terrace, a separate restaurant and a supermarket. The upper floor of this building is dormitory accommodation for backpackers. The site has a sophisticated dock and boat launching facility and an ambitious watersports competition programme in season with a safety boat present at all times. There are pedaloes and canoes for hire. The site is very busy during the festival of San Fermín (bull running) in July in Pamplona (28 km). Tours of the local bodegas (groups of ten) to sample the fantastic Navarra wines can be organised by reception.
The well equipped toilet block is very clean and well maintained, with cold water to washbasins. Facilities for children and disabled visitors. Washing machine. Large restaurant, pleasant bar. Supermarket. 2 swimming pools for adults and children (1/6-15/9) including a new indoor pool with spa, and another outside with slide. Bicycle hire. Riverside bar. Weekly entertainment programme (July/Aug) and many sporting activities. Squash courts. River walk. Torches useful. Gas barbecues only. WiFi on part of site (charged).
Mendigorría is 30 km. southwest of Pamplona. From A15 San Sebastián-Zaragoza motorway, leave Pamplona bypass on A12 towards Logon. Leave at km. 23 on NA601 to hilltop town of Mendigorría. At crossroads turn right towards Larraga and downhill to site.


this face entered my life nine years ago now. i had never had a cat before, but my sister and niece conspired when a kitten showed up on heather's doorstep in florida. my sister had asked me, maybe weeks before, what kind of cat i would want if i had a cat (which she insisted i needed.) not having had sharing-life-with-a-cat-experience (for i know now not to call it "owning a cat") i was less convinced. but then this little (short-lived on the word "little"…babycat is BIG!) kitten showed up on heather's doorstep. after searching for its owner, it seemed fortuitous that i had answered my sister with the less-than-emotional-or-even-informed-but-kind-of-more-practical response, "i guess i'd want a black cat so it will coordinate with my clothing and i won't always be using a rolly-thing to get fur off my clothes." it was a match!
and, indeed, it was. after many trials, babycat was named "wilson" (a nod to The Boy's tennis involvement) and we (The Girl, The Boy and i) drove him back to wisconsin, none of us quite sure how to handle his eating and relieving himself, a crate, food, portable litter box, water, toys and our laps handy. he has never ever answered to the name wilson and he totally chose his name babycat, readily answering to one of his nicknames. and so, his dominance over the household started.
and then david and, subsequently, dogdog came along. b-cat reined them both in, alpha to each of them. a bit more aloof when younger, but never one to hide or totally ignore us, somewhere along the way, he became a cat who wanted to snuggle.
but that face. it's just too easy to read babycat's mind. and right now, i agree with him. where DID the summer go?
babycat. he's a force. and a big (no…BIG) part of my heart.
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so i've decided that there is a difference between us and our pets. you roll your eyes and think, "she is clearly a little slow on this…" but i'm not just stating the obvious. i watch dogdog and babycat through their days and find wonder in their absolutely joy-filled acceptance of the moment. for dogdog and babycat, there is no continuum of how-am-i-going-to-feel-right-now; it is simply always at the apex of 'happy'.
dogdog runs around the backyard gleeful. our neighbor and friend john says he can practically hear him thinking, "oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!" he meets us at the back door when we arrive back home or when we ask him if he wants to "go on errands", vertical-jumping to challenge the best of basketball players. at the end of the evening, when he is sure it is time for "sleepynightnight", he rolls over for a treasured 'belly-belly'; nothing else matters to him at that moment. all of his actions are based in the moment. all of them assume the best.
if babycat can't be laying curled up next to you, he seeks the sun and follows it around the house. he sits on the chest in front of the window (just as in this drawing of chicken marsala and babycat) and gazes outside, clearly enchanted by everything 'out there'. he gets most excited by mealtime and a 'treat' will literally make him come running and put him over the top. all of his actions are based in the moment. all of them assume the best.
why is it that we function so differently? why is it that we cannot assume the best? we tend to pre-form our view about our day, our challenges, our life, our conversations, our relationships, our, well, most everything. we drag all the old baggage along with us, all of which contributes to heavy-hearted-difficult-to-circumvent-or-navigate negative assumptions of what is to come. what would it be like for us – as individuals, as couples, as families, as a community, as a country, as a world – to assume the best? to assume awe?
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Genus Thryothorus
Black-throated Wren
Coraya Wren - It is found in Amazonian northern and northwestern South America, the northern Amazon Basin and the Guianas, of Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, and Amazonian southeast Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and north and central Peru; also the southeastern Orinoco River Basin of Venezuela.
Inca Wren - The Inca Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It is endemic to Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Plain-tailed Wren
Black-bellied Wren - It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.
Happy Wren - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
Moustached Wren - It is 15.5 cm long. It is reddish-brown above with buff flanks and a greyish crown and nape. The sides of the head are streaked black and white and it has a black moustache.
Grey Wren - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical swamps.
Fawn-breasted Wren
Stripe-throated Wren - It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Buff-breasted Wren - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.
Long-billed Wren - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
Carolina Wren
Carolina Wren - The Carolina Wren is a common species of wren, resident in the eastern half of the USA, the extreme south of Ontario, Canada, and the extreme northeast of Mexico. A distinct population in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, Belize and extreme north of Guatemala is treated either as a subspecies Thryothorus ludovicianus albinucha, or as a separate species, White-browed Wren Thryothorus albinucha. Following a 2006 review, these are the only wrens remaining in the genus Thryothorus. T. ludovicianus is the state bird of South Carolina; its specific name ludovicianus means "from Louisiana".
Spot-breasted Wren
Plain Wren - The subspecies zeledoni of eastern Nicaragua, eastern Costa Rica and north-west Panama is sometimes considered to be a separate species, Canebrake Wren.
Whiskered Wren - The Whiskered Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.
Niceforo's Wren - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Bay Wren
Banded wren - The Banded Wren, Pheugopedius pleurostictus, is a small songbird of the wren family. It is a resident breeding species from central Mexico to Costa Rica. It was formerly placed in the genus Thryothorus .
Rufous & White Wren - The Rufous-and-white Wren, Thryophilus rufalbus, is a small songbird of the wren family. It is a resident breeding species from southwesternmost Mexico to northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. It was formerly placed in the genus Thryothorus .
Rufous-breasted Wren - The Rufous-breasted Wren, Pheugopedius rutilus, is a small songbird of the wren family . It was formerly placed in the genus Thryothorus which in the old, broad sense was a motley assemblage of similar-looking wrens.
Speckle-breasted Wren - It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
Riverside Wren
Sinaloa Wren - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
Sooty-headed Wren - It is found in Colombia and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Superciliated Wren
Stripe-breasted Wren
Order : Passeriformes
Family : Troglodytidae
Genus : Thryothorus
Pictures and facts of the genus Thryothorus


What's better than hanging out at Adventure 16? Getting paid for it!
There is work involved, but you still get to hang out with like-minded, outdoorsy types who share your enthusiasm for great gear!
In Adventure 16's early days, operating out of a garage with a small labor force mostly made up of friends, everybody did a little of everything. The company has grown and it is no longer practical or desirable to operate without job descriptions, training checklists and policy manuals. But, as a unique specialty business in the outdoor industry, we try to preserve that original spirit of adventure and make it possible for our people to pursue it while making a valuable contribution in an enviable career.
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Adventure 16's four Southern California outdoor specialty stores are employee-owned.
By and large, we attract and retain people who have fun working hard; who have an interest in the outdoors and a desire to share it; and who are motivated to work within a relatively flat organization committed to making a contribution to the world around it. We are not a company hell-bent on double-digit annual growth, but we do look for opportunities and try to create them, within our means. If you're looking for something like what we have to offer, and you're bringing something we need to the party, we're interested in hearing from you - any time!
These aren't just words on a wall for us. Defining them was achieved by consensus, and if we strayed very far from them, a clamor would arise that would force us back on track.
We have defined our NICHE as a provider of tools, toys and skills to inspire wilderness exploration and enjoyment of the outdoors.
Our VISION is to earn and maintain a high degree of respect from our Customers, our business associates, our community, our friends in the outdoor industry and ourselves.
Our MISSION: With a shared appreciation for the outdoors and in the spirit of continuous improvement, the people of Adventure 16 work together to achieve a harmonious balance among genuine Customer loyalty, a meaningful and enjoyable work environment and a financially prosperous company.
Our VALUES, in no particular order except alphabetical: Creativity, Efficiency, Fun, Integrity, Learning, Longevity, Open Communication, the Natural Environment, Respect for the Individual and Thrift.


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Benedict XVI, orig. Joseph Alois Ratzinger, (born April 16, 1927, Marktl am Inn, Ger.—died Dec. 31, 2022, Vatican City), Roman Catholic pope (2005–13). He was ordained a priest in 1951 and received a doctorate in theology at the University of Munich in 1953. Thereafter he pursued a career as a theologian and teacher at various universities. During the Second Vatican Council (1962–65) he served as an expert adviser and an advocate of reform. In 1977 he was appointed archbishop of Munich, and three months later he was made a cardinal. As prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1981 to 2005, he enforced doctrinal uniformity in the church and served as a close adviser of Pope John Paul II. Benedict was faced with numerous challenges when he himself became pope, including a decline in church attendance and in the number of new priests, deep divisions over the direction of the church, and the lingering effects of a sexual-abuse scandal involving priests in various parts of the world. Citing age and health concerns, he resigned in 2013, becoming the first pope to do so since Gregory XII in 1415.
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