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package com.example.qingyangdemo.base;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Properties;

import android.content.Context;

/**
 * 应用配置类:保存用户相关信息和配置信息
 *
 * @author 赵庆洋
 *
 */
public class AppConfig {

	private final static String APP_CONFIG = "config";

	public final static String CON_APP_UNIQUEID = "APP_UNIQUEID";

	public final static String CONF_CHECKUP = "perf_checkup";

	public final static String CONF_VOICE = "perf_voice";

	public final static String CONF_IP_ADDRESS = "perf_ip_adress";

	private Context context;

	private static AppConfig appConfig;

	/**
	 * 单例获取appconfig对象
	 *
	 * @param context
	 * @return
	 */
	public static AppConfig getAppConfig(Context context) {
		if (appConfig == null) {
			appConfig = new AppConfig();
			appConfig.context = context;
		}
		return appConfig;
	}

	/**
	 * 保存到配置集合对象
	 *
	 * @param key
	 * @param value
	 */
	public void set(String key, String value) {
		Properties properties = get();
		properties.setProperty(key, value);
		setProps(properties);
	}

	/**
	 * 保存到配置集合对象
	 *
	 * @param ps
	 */
	public void set(Properties ps) {
		Properties properties = get();
		properties.putAll(ps);
		setProps(properties);
	}

	public void remove(String... key) {
		Properties properties = get();
		for (String k : key) {
			properties.remove(k);
		}
		setProps(properties);
	}

	/**
	 * key取value
	 *
	 * @param key
	 * @return 如果有配置问价 返回value 否则返回null
	 */
	public String get(String key) {
		Properties props = get();
		return (props != null) ? props.getProperty(key) : null;
	}

	/**
	 * 获取配置集合对象
	 *
	 * @return
	 */
	public Properties get() {
		FileInputStream fis = null;
		Properties properties = new Properties();
		try {
			// 获取app_config目录下的config
			File dirConf = context.getDir(APP_CONFIG, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);

			fis = new FileInputStream(dirConf.getPath() + File.separator
					+ APP_CONFIG);
			properties.load(fis);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		} finally {
			if (fis != null) {
				try {
					fis.close();
				} catch (IOException e) {
					// TODO Auto-generated catch block
					e.printStackTrace();
				}
			}
		}
		return properties;
	}

	/**
	 * 设置配置集合对象
	 *
	 * @return
	 */
	public Properties setProps(Properties properties) {
		FileOutputStream fos = null;
		try {
			// 把config建在(自定义)app_config的目录下
			File dirConf = context.getDir(APP_CONFIG, Context.MODE_PRIVATE);

			File conf = new File(dirConf, APP_CONFIG);

			fos = new FileOutputStream(conf);

			properties.store(fos, null);

			fos.flush();

		} catch (Exception e) {
			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
			e.printStackTrace();
		} finally {
			if (fos != null) {
				try {
					fos.close();
				} catch (IOException e) {
					// TODO Auto-generated catch block
					e.printStackTrace();
				}
			}
		}
		return properties;
	}
}


Women-owned businesses are the fastest growing segment of entrepreneurs in the United States and account for roughly 40 percent of the small businesses in our country. And, like many other small business owners, they sometimes rely on borrowed capital to purchase inventory, fuel growth, and meet other business needs. Yet traditional funding sources make fewer small business loans for women than their male counterparts.
Avoid using personal credit to pay for business expenses: Although many early-stage entrepreneurs access their personal credit when starting a business, it's not a good long-term financing strategy as the business matures. It may be convenient when expenses are low, but as your business grows and the need for capital increases, relying on personal credit becomes problematic. What's more, using your personal credit doesn't help you build a strong business credit profile and may even hurt your personal credit score. As soon as possible, start looking for ways to build a strong business credit profile. A good place to start could be Home Depot, Lowes, Staples, and other suppliers that offer products business owners often need and offer business credit to their customers.
Ask your suppliers if they offer payment terms: Although 30- or 60-day terms from a vendor might not be the same thing as a $50,000 or $100,000 business loan, if your business is an early-stage business, establishing a strong business credit profile now (or during the early stages of your business) can help you qualify for a loan down the road. What's more, the same applies if your business has a few years under your belt—establishing (or even re-establishing) a strong business credit profile is important. Many vendors routinely offer credit accounts to their customers; and this is one of the best ways to start building a strong business credit profile. It's also important to make sure they report your good credit history to the appropriate business credit bureaus. If they don't, you may be building a good credit reputation with that particular vendor, but you're not doing anything to build a strong profile with the credit reporting bureaus. This is important enough that you should always ask and encourage any vendors that don't report now, to do so.
Don't be afraid to look outside the bank: The first place most business owners look when they need a small business loan is the bank where they already have a business checking account, maybe a credit card, or their personal banking accounts. While this might seem logical, it might not be the only, or best, place to search. Banks typically look for businesses with a few years track record, $1+ million in annual revenues, and a personal credit score of 680 or better. Although the bank could be a good option if you qualify, there are other lenders (including online lenders like OnDeck), that will work with younger businesses and measure the health of the entire business rather than just the personal credit score of the owner(s).
If you've been in business for at least a year, have annual revenues of at least $100,000, and have a healthy business, a small business loan or line of credit from OnDeck could be a good fit for your situation. OnDeck offers loans from $5,000 to $500,000 and has delivered over $6 Billion to businesses just like yours.
Instead of waiting weeks or even months to hear back from the bank, once you complete an easy online application, you can have an answer in a few minutes and, if approved, have the loan proceeds deposited in your account often as quickly as within 24 hours.


Thursday morning, we stopped to see Kelly at work. While she's applying to graduate school, she's sharpening her baking skills as the pastry chef at Volta, a popular coffee shop in Gainesville.
Here she is, standing behind some of her creations.
The scones looked really good.
We visited for an hour, then headed out to Williston to the RV park we like to stay in when we come to Gainesville to visit, Williston Crossings. We'll be here in the Gainesville area for a couple days, visiting Kyle and Kelly and our friends, Tom and Leanne.
It's nice to be back in warm, sunny weather, with friends and family; next year, we hope to have Trevor back in Florida, too! A trifecta!
Mark — I sent this post and pictures to Steve's daughter Gabrielle who goes to UofF-Gainesville and lives in an apartment off campus. I thought she might look up Kelly at the Volta coffee shop sometime and make the connection between our families. Today, of course, Gabby is at "the game" — that seems to be a big deal for Gators. Steve and wife Beth love being Gator parents and got to go to the game last Saturday (they live in Valrico, FL), but I didn't know about Kelly's workplace until now or I would have asked them to go by and see her.
The scones really did look good!
Kelly definately has taken after her momma, Dale is a GREAT chef! Like mother like daughter. I'm so looking forward to seeing you and Dale on Tuesday! Have a safe trip here.


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Communities@Work is a public company limited by guarantee and is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors. We have a paid workforce of up to 700 staff, engage 100 self-employed family day care educators and harness the passionate commitment of around 130 active volunteers.
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Max-Alain "Max" Gradel (* 30. November 1987 in Abidjan, Elfenbeinküste) ist ein ivorischer Fußballspieler.

Spielerkarriere

Leicester City (2007–2010)
Der aus der Jugend von Leicester City stammende Max Gradel kam bei seinem ersten Profiverein zunächst nur zu sehr geringen Einsatzzeiten. In der Saison 2007/08 wechselte er daher auf Leihbasis zum englischen Drittligisten AFC Bournemouth. Das nur Anfang Januar 2008 kurzzeitig unterbrochene Leihgeschäft erwies sich für alle Seiten als erfolgreich. Gradel bestritt 34 Ligaspiele und erzielte dabei 9 Tore, seine Mannschaft stieg jedoch nach einem 10-Punkteabzug in die viertklassige Football League Two ab.

In der Saison 2008/09 erreichte Gradel (27 Spiele/ 1 Tor) mit Leicester City die Meisterschaft in der dritten englischen Liga und damit den Aufstieg in die Football League Championship.

Leeds United (2009–2011)
Nachdem er in der Saison 2009/10 keine Berücksichtigung in der ersten Mannschaft fand, wechselte er im Oktober 2009 auf Leihbasis zum englischen Drittligisten Leeds United. Durch seine ansprechenden Leistungen verpflichtete ihn Manager Simon Grayson noch während der Saison am 25. Januar 2010 auf fester Vertragsbasis. Auch Gradel (32 Spiele/ 6 Tore) trug entscheidend dazu bei, dass Leeds am Saisonende als Vizemeister hinter Norwich City in die zweite englische Liga aufstieg.

In der Football League Championship 2010/11 gelang dem Aufsteiger mit Platz 7 eine gute Saison. Gradel (41 Spiele/18 Tore) avancierte zu einem der besten Torschützen der Liga und weckte damit Begehrlichkeiten höherklassiger Vereine.

AS Saint-Étienne (2011–2015)
Am 31. August 2011 wechselte Gradel zum französischen Erstligisten AS Saint-Étienne und unterzeichnete einen Vierjahresvertrag. In der ersten Saison war er direkt Stammspieler und konnte sechs Tore in 29 Partien der Ligue 1 erzielen. Dies blieb auch in seiner zweiten Saison so, bis er sich am Ende der Saison einen Kreuzbandriss zuzog. Somit fiel er über die Sommerpause und insgesamt 16 Ligaspiele aus. Nach der Verletzung hatte er wieder seinen alten Stammplatz und konnte auf der Außenbahn überzeugen. In der Saison 2014/15 schoss er 17 Tore in 31 Ligaspielen und war damit zusammen mit Claudio Beauvue fünfter der Torschützenliste.

AFC Bournemouth (2015–2017)
Nach dieser guten Saison wechselte er im Sommer für fünf Millionen Pfund zum AFC Bournemouth in die Premier League. In seiner ersten Saison dort spielte er nur 14 Mal, da er sich wieder einen Kreuzbandriss zuzog. Diesmal verpasste er somit 22 Ligapartien. In seiner zweiten Saison bei Bournemouth war er nicht gesetzt und spielte trotz Verletzungsfreiheit nur elf Mal.

FC Toulouse (2017–2020)
Nach dieser Spielzeit wechselte Gradel zunächst auf Leihbasis in die französische Ligue 1 zum FC Toulouse. Hier spielte er in seiner Debütsaison 31 Mal und konnte neun Tore erzielen. Am Ende der Spielzeit stand Toulouse auf dem Relegationsplatz. Man konnte die Klasse mit einem 4:0-Sieg gegen den AC Ajaccio halten. Daraufhin verpflichtete Toulouse ihn fest. 2018/19 traf er elf Mal und spielte in allen 36 Ligaspielen. In der Saison 2019/20 stand Gradel bis zu Corona-Krise 21 Mal auf dem Platz und erzielte drei Tore.

Sivasspor (2020–)
Im Sommer 2020 wechselte Max Gradel in die Süper Lig zu Sivasspor.

Nationalmannschaftskarriere
Gradel debütierte für die Elfenbeinküste am 5. Juni 2011, beim 6:2-Sieg über Benin. Danach lief er regelmäßig für die Ivorer auf. So war er bislang bei jedem Afrika-Cup seit 2012 dabei. Außerdem stand er im Kader für die Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft 2014 in Brasilien. Mit der Nationalmannschaft konnte er bislang einmal den Afrika-Cup gewinnen.

Anfang Juli 2021 wurde Gradel in den Kader der ivorischen Olympiaauswahl für das Fußballturnier der Olympischen Sommerspiele 2021 berufen.

Erfolge
Nationalmannschaft
 Afrika-Cup: Sieger 2015 und Vize-Meister 2012

Leicester City
 Aufstieg in die Premier League: 2009

St. Etienne
 Coupe de la Ligue: 2013

Sivasspor
 Türkischer Fußballpokal: 2022

Weblinks

 Profil bei Leeds United

 Spielerdaten auf sporting-heroes.com

Einzelnachweise

Fußballnationalspieler (Elfenbeinküste)
Fußballspieler (AFC Bournemouth)
Fußballspieler (AS Saint-Étienne)
Fußballspieler (Leeds United)
Fußballspieler (Leicester City)
Fußballspieler (FC Toulouse)
Fußballspieler (Sivasspor)
Afrikameister (Fußball)
Olympiateilnehmer (Elfenbeinküste)
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 2020
Teilnehmer an einer Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft (Elfenbeinküste)
Person (Abidjan)
Ivorer
Geboren 1987
Mann

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I am always wary when a film of notable scope and pedigree such as Silence is largely ignored during awards season. Either I'm reading too much into its lack of critical chatter, or the film is a dud. I was hoping the former. After all, master director Martin Scorsese has had this film in the oven on slow-cook since the nineties, so my hopes were high.
Silence is based on Shūsaku Endō's 1966 historical novel about the persecution of Christians in 17th-century Japan. Two Portuguese Jesuit priests, Rodrigues and Garupe (Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver), leave for Japan in search of one of their own (Ferreira, played by Liam Neeson) who's believed to have renounced his faith and "gone native". In doing so, both have their faith tested as they encounter extreme torment in a land that is "like a swamp" and incapable of adopting the Christian faith. Shūsaku Endō's story is remarkably similar to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness which also received cinematic treatment with Apocalypse Now. But where Apocalypse Now was a personal film for Ford Coppola due to hardships he encountered while filming, Silence is a personal film to Scorsese because the source material clearly resonates with his own faith. However, this might've clouded his filmic judgement, because like its protagonists, Silence tests your patience.
I really wanted to like this film, but like an unrequited love, I found myself losing interest and giving up the chase. Large chunks were unengaging, slow, and dare I say it … boring. Putting in extra effort to peel back layers of dubious Portuguese accents and gratuitous melodrama does reward the viewer with glimpses of Scorsese genius; his intentional use of the camera, his interesting treatment of sound — basically, Silence looks and sounds great. But, that's slim pickings for a film that promised so much more.
I have never felt this way about a Scorsese film before. So, like the Jesuit priests, I started to doubt my faith in the great director. Must I apostatise like the film's Christian subjects? Maybe I was lacking the piety of a true film critic. Or perhaps this was a test and so I should wait for enlightenment. Like any great cinematic journey, the destination only begins to fully reveal itself long after you've left the theatre. So, wait I did … nothing. Waited further … silence. Sorry Martin.
Rating: 2.5 blessings out of 5
You can see the published review here.
Tags: Adam Driver : Andrew Garfield : Christianity : Martin Scorsese : Silence

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In this five-part series on Great Leaders L – E – A – R – N we come to today's word: REWARD.
Two days ago, when we looked at ENGAGE, I ended the post with this: Great leaders engage in learning and they are not too proud to acknowledge anyone to be their teacher. Today, we take this acknowledgement a little further. For great leaders will not only learn, but they will also give credit where credit is due. Great leaders do not hesitate to admit they have learned from someone with less experience or with a less significant title.
It may be as simple as saying "I was not aware of that; Thank you for sharing it." Or, "Wow, I have never thought of it that way. What an insightful perspective." Or, it may simply be sending a complimentary email or publicly acknowledging the contribution in a staff meeting. Great leaders don't hide the contribution of others, they reward it.
The reward most valued is simple acknowledgement—from the right person. Employees value the compliments and accolades of coworkers, but the affirmation from a supervisor has a much greater impact. If the president of the company, or another C-level leader, affirms the employee then this affirmation will be felt at a deeper level.
Great leaders don't delegate recognition. Great leaders don't rely on a reward and recognition program to substitute for their personal words of affirmation. Great leaders don't usurp the glory of a new idea from the one who generated it. Great leaders don't view the paycheck as the only thank-you to their team. Rather, great leaders are humble. Great leaders lead with love. Great leaders personally affirm the individual contribution of their team members. Great leaders eagerly give credit where credit is due.
L: LISTEN – Great leaders LISTEN to the opinions of others.
E: ENGAGE – Great leaders ENGAGE in learning.
A: ALLOW – Great leaders ALLOW others to lead.
R: REWARD – Great leaders REWARD those for whom it is due.


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You may make changes to your reservation if the hotel or car providers allow it, but a $30 USD and other change fees may apply and changes must be made 24 hours in advance of check-in. Car & hotel awards do not cover any incidentals or optional items. You'll pay the hotel property or car rental company directly for these charges. Car rental rates also do not include some taxes, service charges or other additional fees.
If your travel dates are between December 17 and January 3, your transaction is non-refundable.
AAdvantage Car and Hotel awards can be canceled and refunded if the request to cancel is made 5 or more days prior to your travel start date for a $150.00 USD fee payable by credit card. However, no refund is allowed for non-refundable/advance purchase room categories or if your travel is between December 17 and January 3. Cancellation within 4 days of your travel start date is non-refundable and the AAdvantage miles will not be reinstated. A cancellation is defined as a complete cancellation of the purchase, change of name, changes to origin or destination cities, or changing from the initially booked hotel or car company to a different hotel or car company.
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Car and hotel awards are available to all AAdvantage members. American Airlines reserves the right to revise Member eligibility. Each Member must have sufficient AAdvantage miles in his or her account to complete the AAdvantage miles portion of his or her transaction.
Certain members may receive preferential pricing. Pricing is subject to change without notice.
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Hotel stay reservations are available through preferred suppliers of American Airlines Vacations and may not be available for all locations and destinations.
Hotel stay reservations may be made using AAdvantage miles or a combination of AAdvantage miles and cash. The cash portion must be paid via a major credit card.
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Credit earned in any loyalty, recognition, or rewards program is at the discretion of the hotel property.
Car rental reservations are available through preferred suppliers of American Airlines Vacations and may not be available for all locations and destinations.
Car rental reservations may be made using AAdvantage miles or a combination of AAdvantage miles and cash. The cash portion must be paid via a major credit card.
If your travel dates are between December 17 and January 3, your car rental reservation is non-refundable.
Car rentals reservations are refundable if the request to cancel is made 5 or more days prior to your travel start date and you are not traveling between December 17 and January 3. Cancellation under these circumstances will be allowed a full refund for a $150 USD fee payable by credit card.
If you cancel your car rental reservation within 4 days of your travel start date, your transaction is non-refundable and the AAdvantage miles may not be reinstated.
Changes to your reservation may be made up to 24 hours prior to pickup subject to availability and the policies of the car rental company. Changes are subject to a $30 USD change fee, payable with a major credit card. Change fees are subject to change without notice. Changes may also be subject to additional fees and/or charges for each rental day by the car rental company. Payment for such additional fees and/or charges must be made via a major credit card at time of change. AAdvantage miles and cash cannot be refunded for any change to your reservation. In some instances, changes will not be available or permitted. To make a change, call Customer Service at 1-800-349-3244 within the United States.
Car rental rates do not include taxes, service charges or other additional fees. Charges for optional services such as insurance waivers, additional insurance, fuel, additional or underage drivers, special equipment, car class upgrades, and so forth are not included in your original car rental reservation and must be paid in currency, not AAdvantage miles, via a major credit card or similar form of payment, as required by the car rental company. Please verify local rental requirements directly with the car rental company prior to travel.
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Halifax Motor Car Company war ein britischer Hersteller von Automobilen.

Unternehmensgeschichte
Das Unternehmen aus Halifax begann 1907 mit der Produktion von Automobilen. Der Markenname lautete County. Im gleichen Jahr endete die Produktion. Insgesamt entstanden nur wenige Exemplare.

Fahrzeuge
Im Angebot stand ein Pkw-Modell mittlerer Größe als Tourenwagen. Ein Vierzylindermotor trieb die Fahrzeuge an.

Literatur

 George Nick Georgano (Chefredakteur): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 1: A–F. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1. (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Ehemaliger Pkw-Hersteller (England)
Ehemaliges Unternehmen (Calderdale)
Gegründet 1907
Aufgelöst 1907
Halifax (West Yorkshire)


Can there ever be too much wind for a regatta?
The obvious answer is yes, but perhaps the real question is "when is too much, too much?" Taking a leaf out of the 35th America's Cup rulebook where a top wind limit for racing was set of 24 knots, at the Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek Skipper's Briefing Race Officer Simon James announced if winds averaged over 22 knots at start time, racing would be postponed. An understandable call when the Phuket Raceweek fleet ranges from TP52s to 20-foot Corsair Pulse 600 trailerable trimarans.
As the Race Management team left the beach this morning, 28 knot gusts were recorded and the AP was raised onshore, clearly, too much wind and safety is always first at Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek.
It wasn't too long, however, until the wind calmed to a steady 16-18 knots, and at the same time the sun came out – a sure sign of an excellent day of racing ahead. The international media had their cameras at the ready.
Taking advantage of Chalong Bay's sheltered conditions, all classes raced into the bay today except IRC I which, lead by Ray Roberts' TP52 Team Hollywood, enjoyed a fast windward/ leeward before heading off around Bon and the southern islands.
Firefly Voodoo at Cape Panwa Hotel Phuket Raceweek 2018.
While Team Hollywood continue to dominate with two more wins today, the pack of chasing 40-footers are enjoying their own battle, switching places and where one mistake and a few seconds are the difference between hero and zero. After a slow start on Day 1, David Dimmock's Loco jumped back into contention today with a second place in the first race while Craig Nicholls' Aquari placed third with just 30 seconds separating second to fourth in the first race – a sign of how close the 40-foot racing is.
Aquari went one better in the second race while East Marine Emagine re-found their form and finished third. The two sit tied on points, which breaks in favour of Aquari, at the half-way point of the regatta.
See the full picture gallery from Raceday 2.
There appears to be no stopping Neils Degenkolw's Phoenix in IRC II who added two more wins to their scorecard today, making it four from four. However, for the rest of the fleet, encouragement comes in the form of Sailescapes Farrgo Ladies who were on their transom in Race 1 to finish less than a minute behind on corrected time. Third place went to the Farr 1104 sister-ship, Krabi Boat Lagoon Pinocchio skippered by Susan Parker.
In Race 2, the Platu The Fox revelled in the breeze to take second place, just seven seconds ahead of the second all-female crew on Krabi Boat Lagoon Pinocchio.
Despite claiming line honours in both races today, the J/130 Jing Jing couldn't correct out onto the podium and had to settle for two fifth places.
After more than two hours of racing, just 20 seconds separated the top two in Cruising Class with Keith Barry's Beaux Esprits getting the better of defending champion Lady Bubbly and with that, take a two point lead in the standings. Third place today went to Venture, skippered by Tony Pfeiffer.
In Multihull Racing, Scott Galle's Bladerunner IX got the better of Fugazi in both races despite Fugazi claiming two line honours by more than 11 minutes each time, and with it they now sit two points behind Fugazi in the overall standings. Cosmo continued their consistent run of third places with two more today.
John Newnham's Twin Sharks recovered from a third in the first race of the series and with two wins today makes it three bullets so far and a clear lead in the overall standings. Two seconds for Hans Rahmann's Voodoo today brings them up the ranks into second overall while a 3,4 for Surf Patrol gives them a slim one point margin in third place.
Mick Tilden's Pixalux was back on the pace today following up his second yesterday with three wins from three races today. There wasn't much in it in the first race, however, as Simon Oliver's SuDu Red finished just 14 seconds behind while Zam Bevan's Multihull Solutions H30 was further back in third. Racing continued to script in the second and third races of the day with SuDu Red second in both and Multihull Solutions H30 third. Meanwhile yesterday's winner, Brian Wood and his crew on SuDu Yellow, never started any of the races today and has now dropped to fifth place overall.
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Whenever we pick up the Bible to read it or study it, there are always a number of dangers that come with that. One of them is a tendency for us to flatten out what we read. When this happens, we miss important details and we end up misunderstanding God's Word or missing its riches. For instance, in our text we read about the Lord Jesus going to the synagogue to teach on the Sabbath. We read this and we imagine that it might be something like us going to the mall or the grocery store – in other words, nothing remarkable. So, we quickly read over it. Big deal: Jesus went to the synagogue, so what?
By taking that attitude, we're missing the big picture of what's going on here. After all, what was a synagogue? The Romans didn't have synagogues, neither did the Greeks or the Egyptians or anybody else. Only the Jews had synagogues. Synagogues were found in many Jewish towns and villages. They were also found in places outside of Palestine where there were significant populations of Jews. The synagogue was a building where Jews would gather for worship. If they lived in Jerusalem, they might go to the temple, but because not everyone lived there, synagogues sprang up. During worship at the synagogue, prayers would be offered, psalms would be sung or chanted and there would be the reading and the teaching of Scripture. Jewish synagogues existed for the worship and education of God's people.
When the Lord Jesus went to the synagogue in Capernaum, this was something special. We can be sure that he'd been to various synagogues before this – after all, he was a 30 year old Jewish man. But now he was no longer coming as someone sitting in the benches. He was now coming to the synagogue in his office as the Messiah. The Messiah promised in the Old Testament is coming to God's covenant people as they're gathered in worship. This isn't just about Jesus going to be with his people, his fellow Galileans – this text is about the promised Christ coming to God's people – the people with whom God had been working for hundreds of years.
We need to have a sense of historical consciousness to understand what's really happening in our text. We need to remind ourselves that God promised in Genesis 3:15 that the seed of the woman would crush the head of the serpent. We need to be reminded that this is part of the fulfillment of that promise – a promise that would lead to freedom. We also need to note the timing of what happens here: it's on the Sabbath. There were synagogue services every day, but Christ chose to act on the Sabbath. When we look back in the Old Testament, the Sabbath is the day to celebrate freedom from Egypt's slavery. Remember what Moses says in Deuteronomy 5 when he reminds the people of the Ten Commandments. When he comes to the fourth commandment, he says, "Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore, the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day." The Sabbath too is about freedom! Freedom, then, is the air that this passage breathes.
In our text, the Lord Jesus comes with authority and he brings freedom to the synagogue. We could say that this passage is about the day that God himself came to the synagogue in Capernaum. So, I've summed up the text with this theme: The authoritative Christ comes to God's people with freedom. We'll consider the freedom in his teaching and then freedom in his driving out an evil spirit.
Verse 21 tells us that Jesus and his four disciples (Simon, Andrew, James and John), went to Capernaum. They had been on the shores of the Sea of Galilee somewhere and now they made their way to the town of Capernaum -- which is also located on that lake. As we've already noted, this happened on the Sabbath day, not a detail that we should miss. Mark tells us that Christ went into the synagogue and he began to teach. There's not a lot of detail here and that should intrigue us. Mark doesn't tell us what Jesus was teaching. The emphasis here is not on the content. If we're really curious, we could guess that he was teaching something similar to what we heard him saying last week about the kingdom of God. But that would just be a guess. We really need to focus on what Mark draws to our attention and that's the power of his teaching.
The people were awe struck. His teaching wasn't like anything they'd ever heard before. Why? Because he taught them with authority. He didn't teach them like the Jewish scribes and rabbis. You see, the Jewish scribes and rabbis, the normal synagogue teachers had a totally different approach. When they taught, it was always with an appeal to the authority of someone else. They would say things like, "Moses said this…" or "Rabbi so-and-so said that…" – but they would never teach and say, "But I say…" There always had to be an appeal to a higher authority.
But Christ was different. He was teaching as one who had the right to say things on his own authority. He was teaching as one who knew what he was talking about to be certain. He was not offering his opinions or the opinions of anyone else – he came across as the expert. He came across as though he was speaking on God's behalf. The prophets of the Old Testament used to speak like that. But in the time of Jesus, prophecy had all but fallen silent – John was the exception. When the rabbis and scribes taught, they could not speak with direct authority. But Christ could and he did!
When he spoke in this way, it reflected the fact that he had been commissioned by God to teach and preach. God had authorized him to climb behind the synagogue pulpit and speak with certainty and confidence. A few verses previous, in verse 14, we're told that he was heralding the good news of God. Here again we see him speaking in his role as a herald – doing it powerfully and in a way that struck awe into people, people who'd never heard this kind of preaching and teaching before.
Here was a man who had the freedom to teach with certainty and confidence. He was not dependent on the interpretations or opinions of man. He was free to teach God's Word exactly the way that God would have it taught.
While we're not told what it was he taught, we can at least be sure that it was nothing less than the good news he was heralding in verse 14. He came to announce that the light was beginning to shine in the darkness for God's people. There was hope, there was good news, there was going to be freedom. What the teachers of the law could not bring, Christ had come to bring. They could only give interpretations of the law, Christ came to bring the promise of the gospel and…freedom.
Christ teaches us the same thing and in the same way today. He does so first of all through his written Word. We can read and study our Bibles and hear God's Word speaking to us the promise of the gospel in an authoritative way. The Jews of Jesus' day didn't have Bibles like we have. Many of them memorized Scripture, of course, but there wasn't the easy access to the whole Bible like we have. We have our Bibles and we can read them. We have God's promise that his Word is clear and dependable. We have his promise that the Spirit will lead us into all the truth. He does that through the Word. And it is the Word of God and not the opinions and ideas of men. And it is the Word of God which teaches us the promise of the gospel which gives us freedom.
Christ also teaches us today through his Word as it is preached. As we sit under the preaching each Sunday (our day of freedom!), we can hear God's Word preached and taught with certainty. While there may be certain minor aspects of a text that the minister may be unsure about, there is never any doubt about the main message of God's Word as it's preached. After all, we preach Christ. Pastors preach Christ and him crucified and do that with certainty and conviction. We need appeal only to the authority of God's Word. So through the preaching, the authoritative voice of Christ is still heard. Does that amaze you? The Second Helvetic Confession, one of the Reformation confessions, says that the "Preaching of the Word of God is the Word of God." That's an amazing statement and it accurately represents what the Bible teaches about preaching. Romans 10:17 is part of a well-known passage that speaks about preaching and says that the message is heard through "the word of Christ." "Word of Christ" – that can mean the word that speaks about Christ, but it can also mean the word that belongs to Christ. Christ still speaks with authority from the pulpit. He still brings God's people the promise of the gospel which gives freedom.
Let's now move on in our text and we come to verse 23. Once again, we need to pay attention to the details. The Holy Spirit tells us here that there was a man in their synagogue. We just need to stop there. What kind of men would you find in a Jewish synagogue? Jewish men, obviously. This man was not some Gentile off the street. This was a man who had been circumcised on the 8th day. He had been raised a Jew. Like us, he was a member of the covenant, a child of God, a recipient of God's promises made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Like us, this man had been promised freedom in the one who would crush the head of the serpent.
But for now the serpent had his evil grip on this man. We're told that he was possessed by an evil spirit. This child of God had been made a slave of the serpent. He said and did things that no normal child of God would do. He was under the thumb of the evil one. What a terrible state to be in! We're not told how long he'd been like this, nor does it really matter. Even if it had been for merely a day, being in this kind of slavery to an evil spirit is ugly.
The evil spirit took control of this man's mouth and used it to communicate with Christ. Most Bible translations leave out the first word that's spoken. It's sort of an exclamation and we could translate it something like "Ha!" It's an exclamation of surprise or enormous displeasure. The demon didn't sound happy to see Jesus in the synagogue at Capernaum on that Sabbath.
He goes on to cry out, "What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are – the Holy One of God!" The first question we could ask here is: why does he speak about "us"? Well, that refers to the forces of evil. Demons are part of a larger force – we know that Satan also has angels that follow him. The demon here is afraid of Jesus and what his teaching represents for him and his allies – remember Christ was bringing the good news of freedom! The demon indicates that he knows who he's up against – the Holy One of God. The people are still trying to sort through who he is, but this evil spirit knows and he says it out loud. He knows that Jesus is the promised Messiah, the one sent to crush the head of his master.
Why does he say it? By having one of the first acknowledgements of Christ's identity come from a demon, the stage is being set for what happens later in Mark when the Jewish leaders claim that Jesus is on Satan's side. The evil one wants people to believe that this is the Messiah – everyone knows that the evil one is the father of lies, therefore this cannot be the true Messiah. Sort of a reverse psychology. So when we read these words, we need to remember that Satan is very cunning and deceitful. He'll even use the truth to advance his agenda of destruction and ultimately, deceit. By having a demon proclaim the truth about Jesus, the game seems to be rigged for Jesus' defeat.
However, we must also keep in mind what Martin Luther once said: "Even the devil is God's devil." Satan believed he was gaining the upper hand on Jesus by having this demon proclaim the truth about him. But even the devil is God's devil. That's to say that the devil is in God's hand and under God's sovereignty. God would use even the cunning of Satan to advance his agenda of freedom for the captives! Because Christ's redemptive work could only progress with the opposition of the Jewish leaders. Part of his humiliation, what led to his death on a cross, was this strategy of Satan in having a demon proclaim him as the promised Messiah. So, in a sense we can say that God put the gospel in the mouth of this demon. The devil said "check," but God said "checkmate." That thought should strike us with awe and send us to our knees. What a God we worship!
The demon is allowed to say this much and then no more. Christ rebukes him and tells him to be quiet. Christ doesn't want any more such testimony from this demon. He not only shuts him up, but also does something remarkable for the child of God in whom this demon was living. He frees him. He exorcizes this demon. He doesn't do it with some elaborate ceremony or ritual, but simply with his words: "Come out of him!" Note again that the devil is God's devil. This demon has no choice but to obey. And so he does come out of the man. The man was shook violently and there was a loud shriek and the demon went away.
On that Sabbath day at the synagogue in Capernaum, a covenant child of God was freed by Jesus the Messiah. Brothers and sisters, stand in awe of your Saviour! He has the power to speak and demons must obey him. He comes to bring freedom and life to those who have been robbed of it, whether by Satan, the world, or their own sinful flesh. He is our Saviour!
That child of God had been held captive by an evil spirit. That thought makes us ask all kinds of questions about the presence of evil spirits and demons today and whether, for instance, children of God today can be possessed by demons. Here I have to say that I don't have the answers. Maybe someday I will, but right now I don't. I can only preach to you what we can know for certain. We can know for certain that our Saviour has definitively crushed the head of the serpent. He did that on the cross. We can know for certain what we read in Revelation 20. From there and elsewhere in Scripture, we can know for certain that Satan is on God's chain. He can do nothing apart from God's sovereignty. We can know for certain that God's sovereignty is exercised in love for us. We can know for certain what we read in Romans 8:38, that neither angels nor demons can separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Those are things that we can know for certain. When there are uncertainties, we interpret them in the light of what we know for sure. We have to cling to what we know for sure. And above all, we cling to Christ the liberator.
Verse 27 tells us that the people were amazed at what happened. They were amazed at his teaching and what he did with this demon. You could say they were amazed at what he taught the demon – namely, he taught him that the demon is subject to him. Christ is the one who has authority. When he speaks to the evil spirits, they must unfailingly obey. Never before had the people of Israel seen a teacher like this! It's no wonder that his reputation quickly spread far and wide throughout Galilee.
Note that their amazement and his reputation does not necessarily translate into belief. You don't have to look much further ahead than chapter 2 to find that it didn't take long for stiff opposition to begin against Christ. The man who'd had the demon was obviously under Satan's grip – the rest of the people were also under his spell, though it was much more subtle. This was the defining time in the history of the world and the battle was well underway. Satan was going to do everything he possibly could to destroy the work of the Redeemer. He would use every strategy in his playbook, subtle and not-so-subtle. But in the end, nothing can stop God and his anointed one.
This gives us hope for today and the future. It's true that God's redemptive plans for the freedom of his people have not yet been entirely fulfilled in history. They are not fulfilled with you personally – he is still bringing you forward and making the freedom you have in Christ a reality every day in your sanctification. Nothing will stop him from doing this for you! God's redemptive plans are also not fulfilled on the larger scale of all his people. He is still bringing them collectively forward, bringing more people to freedom in Christ, bringing more people out of the kingdom of darkness and into his marvellous light. Nothing will stop him from doing this for his chosen ones. Our text and indeed the whole Bible is a testimony to God's power in the past. And his power in the past, combined with his unchangeable character and his promise for the future, gives us reason for hope. Finally, at the end of the age, we will receive what has been promised. We will receive the final Sabbath rest, our glorious eternal freedom from sin and death – all those wonderful blessings that Christ has won for us.
Our text puts Christ the liberator squarely before our eyes! Why? So that we would entrust ourselves more and more to him. So that we would praise him more and more and live for him in thankfulness and love. So that we would eagerly wait for the day when the Man of God's own choosing will win the final battle and we will be free forever. Even so, Maranatha, come Lord Jesus. AMEN.
1. Is it significant (also for us today) that the events in our text took placeon the Sabbath? If not, why not? If so, how?
2. What was the background of the man who was possessed and why is this important?
3. How did the Jewish scribes and rabbis teach? How was Jesus' teaching different? Does he still teach the same way today?
4. Why did we read Revelation 20? What comfort do we receive from that passage?
5. Is demon-possession something that still occurs today? Could it still occur among God's people? Whatever your answer may be, how does this passage speak to it?


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Beyoncé's "Spirit" Shut Out From 2020 Oscar Nominations
Her 'The Lion King' song previously earned Golden Globe and Critics Choice Awards nominations.
The 2020 Academy Award nominations are out today, and amongst all the movie news was one surprising snub in the music categories. Beyoncé was nowhere to be found on the list with her fan-favorite track, "Spirit," from The Lion King. The song earned nominations for Best Song at the 2020 Golden Globes and Best Original Song at the Critics Choice Awards this year, although didn't come away as the winner. It's also up for Best Pop Solo Performance and Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 2020 Grammy Awards.
Although Bey won't be competing for an Oscar, the Best Original Song category still boasts a few big names. Elton John is competing with his Golden Globe-winning Rocketman track, "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again," facing off against artists like Diane Warren and Randy Newman. The Frozen 2 track, "Into the Unknown," also earned a nomination. Back in 2014, the original film's breakout track, "Let It Go," won Best Original Song.
Best Original Score will see competition between blockbuster fare like Joker and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, as well as more adult-oriented films like 1917, Little Women, and Marriage Story. Randy Newman (Marriage Story) will face off against his cousin Thomas Newman (1917). With his nomination for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, five time Oscar winner John Williams earned a record breaking 52nd nomination.
The 92nd Academy Awards will be broadcast on February 9, 2020 on ABC. Tune in to find out the winners, and check out the nominees below:
Randy Newman, "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" (Toy Story 4)
Elton John & Bernie Taupin, "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" (Rocketman)
Diane Warren, "I'm Standing With You" (Breakthrough)
Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, "Into the Unknown" (Frozen 2)
Joshuah Brian Campbell & Cynthia Erivo, "Stand Up" (Harriet)
Joker, Hildur Guðnadóttir
Little Women, Alexandre Desplat
Marriage Story, Randy Newman
1917, Thomas Newman
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, John Williams
Beyoncé Drops New Single "Spirit" Ahead Of 'The Lion King: The Gift' Soundtrack
Knowledge Drop: Beyoncé Freestyled "Yoncé" While Justin Timberlake Banged On Buckets In The Studio
James Fauntleroy Shares The Demo That Became JAY-Z & Beyoncé's "Part II (On The Run)"


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Q: Scraping table from timeanddate.com using R I'm trying to scrape weather data (in R) for the 2nd of March on the following web page: https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/sweden/stockholm/historic?month=3&year=2020 I am interested in the table at the end, below "Stockholm Weather History for..."
Just above and to the right of that table is a drop-down list where I chose the 2nd of March. But when I scrape using rselenium I only get the data of the 1st of March.
How can I get the data for the 2nd (and any other date except the 1st)
I have also tried to scrape the entire page using read_html but I can't find a way to extract the data I want from that.
The following code is the one that only seem to work for the 1st but any other date in the month.
library(tidyverse)
library(rvest)
library(RSelenium)
library(stringr)
library(dplyr)
rD <- rsDriver(browser="chrome", port=4234L, chromever ="85.0.4183.83")
remDr <- rD[["client"]]
remDr$navigate("https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/sweden/stockholm/historic?month=3&year=2020")
webElems <- remDr$findElements(using="class name", value="sticky-wr")
s<-webElems[[1]]$getElementText()
s<-as.character(s)
print(s)

A: Here's an approach with RSelenium
library(RSelenium)
library(rvest)
driver <- rsDriver(browser="chrome", port=4234L, chromever ="87.0.4280.87")
client <- driver[["client"]]
client$navigate("https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/sweden/stockholm/historic?month=3&year=2020")
client$findElement(using = "link text","Mar 2")$clickElement()
source <- client$getPageSource()[[1]]
read_html(source) %>%
   html_node(xpath = '//*[@id="wt-his"]') %>%
   html_table %>%
   head
                     Conditions Conditions      Conditions Comfort Comfort  Comfort
1               Time                  Temp         Weather    Wind         Humidity Barometer Visibility
2 12:20 amMon, Mar 2                 39 °F         Chilly.   7 mph       ↑      87% 29.18 "Hg        N/A
3           12:50 am                 37 °F         Chilly.   7 mph       ↑      87% 29.18 "Hg        N/A
4            1:20 am                 37 °F Passing clouds.   7 mph       ↑      87% 29.18 "Hg        N/A
5            1:50 am                 37 °F Passing clouds.   7 mph       ↑      87% 29.18 "Hg        N/A
6            2:20 am                 37 °F       Overcast.   8 mph       ↑      87% 29.18 "Hg        N/A

You can then iterate over dates for findElement().
You can find the xpath by right clicking on the table and choosing Inspect in Chrome:

Then, you can find the table element, right click and choose Copy > Copy XPath.

A: It is always useful to use your browser's "developer tools" to inspect the web page and figure out how to extract the information you need.
A couple of tutorials that explain this I just googled:
https://towardsdatascience.com/tidy-web-scraping-in-r-tutorial-and-resources-ac9f72b4fe47
https://www.scrapingbee.com/blog/web-scraping-r/
For example, in this particular webpage, when we select a new date in the dropdown list, the webpage sends a GET request to the server, which returns a JSON string with the data of the requested date. Then the webpage updates the data in the table (probably using javascript -- did not check this).
So, in this case you need to emulate this behavior, capture the json file and parse the info in it.
In Chrome, if you look at the developer tool network pane, you will see that the address of the GET request is of the form:
https://www.timeanddate.com/scripts/cityajax.php?n=sweden/stockholm&mode=historic&hd=YYYYMMDD&month=M&year=YYYY&json=1

where YYYY stands for year with 4 digits, MM(M) month with two (one) digits, and DD day of the month with two digits.
So you can set your code to do the GET request directly to this address, get the json response and parse it accordingly.
library(rjson)
library(rvest)
library(plyr)
library(dplyr)

year <- 2020
month <- 3
day <- 7

# create formatted url with desired dates
url <- sprintf('https://www.timeanddate.com/scripts/cityajax.php?n=sweden/stockholm&mode=historic&hd=%4d%02d%02d&month=%d&year=%4d&json=1', year, month, day, month, year)

webpage <- read_html(url) %>% html_text()

# json string is not formatted the way fromJSON function needs
# so I had to parse it manually

# split string on each row
x <- strsplit(webpage, "\\{c:")[[1]]
# remove first element (garbage)
x <- x[2:length(x)]
# clean last 2 characters in each row
x <- sapply(x, FUN=function(xx){substr(xx[1], 1, nchar(xx[1])-2)}, USE.NAMES = FALSE)

# function to get actual data in each row and put it into a dataframe

parse.row <- function(row.string) {
  # parse columns using '},{' as divider
  a <- strsplit(row.string, '\\},\\{')[[1]]
  # remove some lefover characters from parsing
  a <- gsub('\\[\\{|\\}\\]', '', a)
  # remove what I think is metadata
  a <- gsub('h:', '', gsub('s:.*,', '', a))

  df <- data.frame(time=a[1], temp=a[3], weather=a[4], wind=a[5], humidity=a[7],
                   barometer=a[8])

  return(df)
}

# use ldply to run function parse.row for each element of x and combine the results in a single dataframe
df.final <- ldply(x, parse.row)

Result:
> head(df.final)
                  time    temp           weather      wind humidity     barometer
1 "12:20 amSat, Mar 7" "28 °F" "Passing clouds." "No wind"   "100%" "29.80 \\"Hg"
2           "12:50 am" "28 °F" "Passing clouds." "No wind"   "100%" "29.80 \\"Hg"
3            "1:20 am" "28 °F" "Passing clouds."   "1 mph"   "100%" "29.80 \\"Hg"
4            "1:50 am" "30 °F" "Passing clouds."   "2 mph"   "100%" "29.80 \\"Hg"
5            "2:20 am" "30 °F" "Passing clouds."   "1 mph"   "100%" "29.80 \\"Hg"
6            "2:50 am" "30 °F"     "Low clouds." "No wind"   "100%" "29.80 \\"Hg"

I left everything as strings in the data frame, but you can convert the columns to numeric or dates with you need.

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Mutual Funds Posted on December 14, 2018
Mutual funds log Rs 1.4 lakh crore inflows in November
Investors pumped in over Rs 1.4 lakh crore into various mutual fund schemes in November, with liquid schemes accounting for most of the inflows.
With the latest inflow, the total infusion in mutual fund (MF) schemes reached about Rs 2.23 crore in the first eight months (April-November) of the current fiscal, latest data with the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) showed.
"We appreciate the maturity shown by retail investors in staying invested in the markets, in spite of the volatility over the last few months," Amfi Chief Executive N S Venkatesh said.
"Overall, both inflows and AUM have shown an upward trend. The industry added over 1.5 lakh unique investors last month," he added.
According to the data, investors poured in a net Rs 1,42,359 crore in MF schemes last month, compared to an investment of Rs 35,529 crore in October.
However, they had pulled out Rs 2.3 lakh crore in September, which market participants attributed to nervousness among corporate investors following the IL&FS default.
The latest inflow has been mainly driven by contributions to liquid funds and equity and equity-linked saving schemes.
Liquid funds attracted Rs 1.36 lakh crore, while Rs 8,400 crore was invested in equity as well as equity-linked saving schemes and Rs 215 crore in balanced funds.
Interestingly, gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) saw a net inflow of Rs 10 crore after witnessing pull-out in past several months.
In contrast, income funds saw a pull-out of Rs 6,518 crore.
Overall, the inflow has swelled the assets under management (AUM) of the 42-player mutual fund industry to Rs 24.03 lakh crore at the end of November from Rs 22.23 lakh crore in October-end.
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Reported by: Leslie Coursey
As the holiday travel season heats up, so does airport security. Federal Security Director Edward Goodwin said Monday at JIA, "We know that commercial aviation is still a top terrorist threat. The threat is real and evolving."
As a result, TSA technology is evolving as well. The agency unveiled its newest screening software called "Automated Target Recognition," or ATR.
Here's how it works. A passenger steps in to the already existing imaging machines, lifts his or her arms, and if they trigger the machine, when they come out the other side they see a generic outline of their body and yellow markers of where an object could be. They see a generic image, instead of the body specific images that were making passengers so uncomfortable. If they don't trigger the machine, they get a green "OK" screen in a matter of seconds.
Goodwin said it, "Safely screens passengers for both metallic and non-metallic threats including weapons and explosives without physical contact to keep the traveling public safe."
Passenger Helen Lintala passed through the ATR with no complaints. "It was not invasive at all. I didn't feel violated in any way shape or form," she said.
Traveler Donald Miller agreed, "As long as it makes it more secure, actually its very fast going through these lines."
The new security scan got no complaints from passengers at JIA. The TSA says the software is designed to increase efficiency at security checkpoints, while making passengers feel as comfortable as possible.
Goodwin said, "With the installation of the new software, we're able to employ state of the art technology while certainly taking into privacy concerns of the passengers to the next level."
The software is now being used at 78 airports nationwide, including JIA.
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    var Channel;

    if (pc.AudioManager.hasAudioContext()) {
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        * @private
        * @name pc.Channel
        * @class A channel is created when the pc.AudioManager begins playback of a pc.Sound. Usually created internally by
        * pc.AudioManager#playSound or pc.AudioManager#playSound3d. Developers usually won't have to create Channels manually.
        * @param {pc.AudioManager} manager The AudioManager instance
        * @param {pc.Sound} sound The sound to playback
        * @param {Object} options
        * @param {Number} [options.volume=1] The playback volume, between 0 and 1.
        * @param {Number} [options.pitch=1] The relative pitch, default of 1, plays at normal pitch.
        * @param {Boolean} [options.loop=false] Whether the sound should loop when it reaches the end or not.
        */
        Channel = function (manager, sound, options) {
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            this.loop = (options.loop === undefined) ? false : options.loop;
            this.pitch = (options.pitch === undefined ? 1 : options.pitch);

            this.sound = sound;

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            this.suspended = false;

            this.startTime = 0;
            this.startOffset = 0;

            this.manager = manager;

            this.source = null;
            var context = manager.context;
            this.gain = context.createGain();
        };

        Channel.prototype = {
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             * @private
             * @function
             * @name pc.Channel#play
             * @description Begin playback of sound
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            play: function () {
                if (this.source) {
                    throw new Error('Call stop() before calling play()');
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                this._createSource();
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                }

                this.startTime = this.manager.context.currentTime;
                this.source.start(0, this.startOffset % this.source.buffer.duration);

                // Initialize volume and loop - note moved to be after start() because of Chrome bug
                this.setVolume(this.volume);
                this.setLoop(this.loop);
                this.setPitch(this.pitch);

                this.manager.on('volumechange', this.onManagerVolumeChange, this);
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                this.manager.on('resume', this.onManagerResume, this);
            },

            /**
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             * @name pc.Channel#pause
             * @description Pause playback of sound. Call unpause() to resume playback from the same position
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            pause: function () {
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                    this.paused = true;

                    this.startOffset += this.manager.context.currentTime - this.startTime;
                    this.source.stop(0);
                    this.source = null;
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            /**
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             * @function
             * @name pc.Channel#unpause
             * @description Resume playback of the sound. Playback resumes at the point that the audio was paused
             */
            unpause: function () {
                if (this.source || !this.paused) {
                    throw new Error('Call pause() before unpausing.');
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                this._createSource();
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                this.startTime = this.manager.context.currentTime;
                this.source.start(0, this.startOffset % this.source.buffer.duration);

                // Initialize volume and loop
                this.setVolume(this.volume);
                this.setLoop(this.loop);
                this.setPitch(this.pitch);

                this.paused = false;
            },

            /**
             * @private
             * @function
             * @name pc.Channel#stop
             * @description Stop playback of sound. Calling play() again will restart playback from the beginning of the sound.
             */
            stop: function () {
                if (this.source) {
                    this.source.stop(0);
                    this.source = null;
                }

                this.manager.off('volumechange', this.onManagerVolumeChange, this);
                this.manager.off('suspend', this.onManagerSuspend, this);
                this.manager.off('resume', this.onManagerResume, this);
            },

            /**
             * @private
             * @function
             * @name pc.Channel#setLoop
             * @description Enable/disable the loop property to make the sound restart from the beginning when it reaches the end.
             */
            setLoop: function (loop) {
                this.loop = loop;
                if (this.source) {
                    this.source.loop = loop;
                }
            },

            /**
             * @private
             * @function
             * @name pc.Channel#setVolume
             * @description Set the volume of playback between 0 and 1.
             */
            setVolume: function (volume) {
                volume = pc.math.clamp(volume, 0, 1);
                this.volume = volume;
                if (this.gain) {
                    this.gain.gain.value = volume * this.manager.getVolume();
                }
            },

            setPitch: function (pitch) {
                this.pitch = pitch;
                if (this.source) {
                    this.source.playbackRate.value = pitch;
                }
            },

            isPlaying: function () {
                return (!this.paused && (this.source.playbackState === this.source.PLAYING_STATE));
            },

            getDuration: function () {
                if (this.source) {
                    return this.source.buffer.duration;
                }
                else {
                    return 0;
                }
            },

            _createSource: function () {
                var context = this.manager.context;

                if (this.sound.buffer) {
                    this.source = context.createBufferSource();
                    this.source.buffer = this.sound.buffer;

                    // Connect up the nodes
                    this.source.connect(this.gain);
                    this.gain.connect(context.destination);

                    if (!this.loop) {
                        // mark source as paused when it ends
                        this.source.onended = this.pause.bind(this);
                    }
                }
            }
        };
    } else if (pc.AudioManager.hasAudio()) {
        Channel = function (manager, sound, options) {
            this.volume = options.volume || 1;
            this.loop = options.loop || false;
            this.sound = sound;
            this.pitch = options.pitch !== undefined ? options.pitch : 1;

            this.paused = false;
            this.suspended = false;

            this.manager = manager;

            // handle the case where sound was
            if (sound.audio) {
                this.source = sound.audio.cloneNode(false);
                this.source.pause(); // not initially playing
            }
        };

        Channel.prototype = {
            play: function () {
                if (this.source) {
                    this.paused = false;
                    this.setVolume(this.volume);
                    this.setLoop(this.loop);
                    this.setPitch(this.pitch);
                    this.source.play();
                }

                this.manager.on('volumechange', this.onManagerVolumeChange, this);
                this.manager.on('suspend', this.onManagerSuspend, this);
                this.manager.on('resume', this.onManagerResume, this);

            },

            pause: function () {
                if (this.source) {
                    this.paused = true;
                    this.source.pause();
                }
            },

            unpause: function () {
                if (this.source) {
                    this.paused = false;
                    this.source.play();
                }
            },

            stop: function () {
                if (this.source) {
                    this.source.pause();
                }

                this.manager.off('volumechange', this.onManagerVolumeChange, this);
                this.manager.off('suspend', this.onManagerSuspend, this);
                this.manager.off('resume', this.onManagerResume, this);
            },

            setVolume: function (volume) {
                volume = pc.math.clamp(volume, 0, 1);
                this.volume = volume;
                if (this.source) {
                    this.source.volume = volume * this.manager.getVolume();
                }
            },

            setLoop: function (loop) {
                this.loop = loop;
                if (this.source) {
                    this.source.loop = loop;
                }
            },

            setPitch: function (pitch) {
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                    this.source.playbackRate = pitch;
                }
            },

            getDuration: function () {
                if (this.source) {
                    var d = this.source.duration;
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                        return d;
                    }
                }

                return 0;
            },

            isPlaying: function () {
                return !this.source.paused;
            }
        };
    } else {
        console.warn('No support for 2D audio found');
        Channel = function () {
        };
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    // Add functions which don't depend on source type
    pc.extend(Channel.prototype, {
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         * @private
         * @function
         * @name pc.Channel#getVolume
         * @description Get the current value for the volume. Between 0 and 1.
         */
        getVolume: function () {
            return this.volume;
        },

        /**
         * @private
         * @function
         * @name pc.Channel#getLoop
         * @description Get the current looping state of the Channel
         */
        getLoop: function () {
            return this.loop;
        },

        /**
         * @private
         * @function
         * @name pc.Channel#getPitch
         * @description Get the current pitch of the Channel
         */
        getPitch: function () {
            return this.pitch;
        },

        /**
         * @private
         * @function
         * @name pc.Channel#onManagerVolumeChange
         * @description Handle the manager's 'volumechange' event.
         */
        onManagerVolumeChange: function () {
            this.setVolume(this.getVolume());
        },

        /**
         * @private
         * @function
         * @name pc.Channel#onManagerSuspend
         * @description Handle the manager's 'suspend' event.
         */
        onManagerSuspend: function () {
            if (this.isPlaying() && !this.suspended) {
                this.suspended = true;
                this.pause();
            }
        },

        /**
         * @private
         * @function
         * @name pc.Channel#onManagerResume
         * @description Handle the manager's 'resume' event.
         */
        onManagerResume: function () {
            if (this.suspended) {
                this.suspended = false;
                this.unpause();
            }
        }
    });

    return {
        Channel: Channel
    };
}());