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The Allstate Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides property and casualty, and other insurance products in the United States and Canada. The company operates through Allstate Protection, Service Businesses, Allstate Life, and Allstate Benefits segments. The Allstate Protection segment offers private passenger auto and homeowners insurance; specialty auto products, including motorcycle, trailer, motor home, and off-road vehicle insurance; other personal lines products, such as renter, condominium, landlord, boat, umbrella, and manufactured home insurance; and commercial lines products under the Allstate, Esurance, and Encompass brand names. Read More…
Industry Fire, marine, & casualty insurance
Sub-IndustryProperty & Casualty Insurance
Current SymbolNYSE:ALL
CIK899051
Webhttp://www.allstate.com/
Price / Cash Flow12.04
Net Margins6.57%
Employees45,700
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Allstate (NYSE:ALL) Frequently Asked Questions
What is Allstate's stock symbol?
Allstate trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "ALL."
How often does Allstate pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for Allstate?
Allstate declared a quarterly dividend on Friday, November 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 29th will be given a dividend of $0.50 per share on Thursday, January 2nd. This represents a $2.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.70%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 27th. View Allstate's Dividend History.
How were Allstate's earnings last quarter?
Allstate Corp (NYSE:ALL) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 29th. The insurance provider reported $2.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $2.52 by $0.32. The insurance provider earned $10.87 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $9.07 billion. Allstate had a return on equity of 13.83% and a net margin of 6.57%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.93 earnings per share. View Allstate's Earnings History.
When is Allstate's next earnings date?
Allstate is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, February 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Allstate.
How can I listen to Allstate's earnings call?
Allstate will be holding an earnings conference call on Tuesday, February 4th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.
What price target have analysts set for ALL?
12 brokerages have issued 1-year price targets for Allstate's stock. Their forecasts range from $94.00 to $135.00. On average, they anticipate Allstate's share price to reach $114.64 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.6%. View Analyst Price Targets for Allstate.
What is the consensus analysts' recommendation for Allstate?
12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Allstate in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 6 hold ratings, 4 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Hold." View Analyst Ratings for Allstate.
Has Allstate been receiving favorable news coverage?
Headlines about ALL stock have trended negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Allstate earned a news sentiment score of -2.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the insurance provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near term. View News Stories for Allstate.
Are investors shorting Allstate?
Allstate saw a increase in short interest in the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,910,000 shares, an increase of 15.0% from the December 15th total of 3,400,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,560,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.5 days. Currently, 1.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Allstate's Current Options Chain.
Who are some of Allstate's key competitors?
Some companies that are related to Allstate include Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Progressive (PGR), Travelers Companies (TRV), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Markel (MKL), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Cna Financial (CNA), Erie Indemnity (ERIE), Old Republic International (ORI), First American Financial (FAF), Hanover Insurance Group (THG), Axis Capital (AXS) and Assured Guaranty (AGO).
What other stocks do shareholders of Allstate own?
Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Allstate investors own include Chipotle Mexican Grill (CMG), Endologix (ELGX), CA (CA), Honeywell International (HON), Micron Technology (MU), BlackRock (BLK), Accenture (ACN), AT&T (T), Cisco Systems (CSCO) and Allergan (AGN).
Who are Allstate's key executives?
Allstate's management team includes the folowing people:
Mr. Thomas Joseph Wilson II, Chairman, Pres & CEO (Age 61)
Mr. Mario Rizzo, Exec. VP & CFO (Age 52)
Mr. Steven Emil Shebik CPA, CPA, Vice Chairman (Age 62)
Mr. John Edward Dugenske C.F.A., M.B.A., CFA, Exec. VP and Chief Investment & Corp. Strategy Officer of AIC (Age 52)
Mr. Glenn Thomas Shapiro, Pres of Allstate Personal Lines - Allstate Insurance Company (Age 53)
Who are Allstate's major shareholders?
Allstate's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include PGGM Investments (0.18%), Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A. (0.10%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.08%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.08%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%) and United Services Automobile Association (0.05%). Company insiders that own Allstate stock include Croker Trevor, Glenn T Shapiro, Harriet K Harty, Jesse E Merten, Judith A Sprieser, Mary Jane Fortin, Steven E Shebik and Susan L Lees. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Allstate.
Which major investors are selling Allstate stock?
ALL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., PGGM Investments, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, OLD National Bancorp IN and F&V Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Allstate company stock in the last year include Glenn T Shapiro, Jesse E Merten, Judith A Sprieser, Mary Jane Fortin, Steven E Shebik and Susan L Lees. View Insider Buying and Selling for Allstate.
Which major investors are buying Allstate stock?
ALL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., DNB Asset Management AS, Bowling Portfolio Management LLC, Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Allworth Financial LP, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp. View Insider Buying and Selling for Allstate.
How do I buy shares of Allstate?
Shares of ALL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is Allstate's stock price today?
One share of ALL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $117.65.
How big of a company is Allstate?
Allstate has a market capitalization of $38.11 billion and generates $39.82 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $2.25 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.07 on an earnings per share basis. Allstate employs 45,700 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Allstate.
What is Allstate's official website?
The official website for Allstate is http://www.allstate.com/.
How can I contact Allstate?
Allstate's mailing address is 2775 SANDERS ROAD, NORTHBROOK IL, 60062. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at 847-402-5000 or via email at [email protected]
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A lottery seller is thanking her luck and probably buying her own lottery tickets after nearly being struck by a truck tire in Mae Rim yesterday.
The incident saw a tire came loose from a truck on Chotana Road in front of the Mae Rim Post Office, flying from the truck until it struck a motorcycle next to the woman.
Miss Sorrasak Chimeng, 38, a witness to the accident, said that the tire ran along the road until striking the motorcycle next to the lottery stand. She noted that the driver may not have known that he had lost a wheel but likewise the situation was dangerous. "Who is going to pay for the damage to the bike?" she added.


Heavyweight Tommy Morrison has dreamed of this day for years — the day he could box again.
Tommy Morrison's fall, his journey to overcome the positive HIV-test, and the voyage back into the ring is examined Thursday at 3:30 p.m. ET on OTL.
More than a decade after he was indefinitely suspended following a positive HIV test on the eve of a 1996 fight in Las Vegas, that day is here. He has been cleared to return to the ring after passing a battery of medical tests.
Morrison was licensed Tuesday by the West Virginia Athletic Commission and will face John Castle of Indianapolis in a four-round bout Thursday night at Mountaineer Race Track in Chester. Castle (4-2, 2 KOs) has been knocked out in his last two fights.
Although Morrison's bout is not scheduled to be part of the live Versus-televised coverage of the card, the network might show highlights of Morrison's fight.
Morrison received his license in West Virginia after a passing a series of medical tests in Arizona, the results of which were forwarded to West Virginia.
"I'm excited about it," Morrison said. "I didn't lose my patience and get bitter and blame God after what happened to me. I knew God had an underlying purpose for what happened. I don't know what it is yet, but there was a purpose for what I have been through.
"No one believed that I was serious about this," he said, "but this thing is going to be big and I am going to be a better fighter than I was before, like George Foreman was like when he came back" after retiring for 10 years.
Morrison (46-3-1, 40 KOs) had hoped to return Jan. 19 in Phoenix, where he had the tests done. However, the licensing process in Arizona was not completed in time for him to fight on the card.
Boxers who test positive for HIV, the virus known to cause AIDS, are not allowed to fight in the United States. In a blood sport, the concern is that the virus could pass between cut fighters, even though there are no documented cases of that happening.
Marc Ratner, who was executive director of the Nevada Athletic Commission at the time of Morrison's 1996 prefight test in Las Vegas, defended the results of that test Tuesday night.
"I can say unequivocally that he tested positive," Ratner said, "and that's why he did not fight Stormy Weathers that night." The bout was supposed to take place Feb. 10, 1996.
Morrison, 38, maintains that his initial HIV test, the one that led to his suspension, was a false positive. He said all of his recent HIV tests have come back negative.
"I did every kind of test they have on the market and one that is not even approved yet," said Morrison, who said he weighs between 220 and 225 pounds, the same as he weighed during his prime. "They can't find any virus. I have taken test after test and they have all come up negative. I look like a pin cushion with all the tests I have taken. They can't find any virus because it never was.
"The results were sent to West Virginia. I was clean every time. It was a misdiagnosis [in 1996]. I think everyone should be happy for me. It will be the greatest comeback in the history of the sport," he said.
Lisa Woodard, 42, Morrison's fiancée, is with him in Chester and believes he doesn't have HIV.
West Virginia doesn't require blood tests for boxers to be licensed, but Morrison said his Arizona results were sent to the West Virginia commission as a precaution.
Morrison (46-3-1, 40 KOs), now 38, returns to the ring after an 11-year layoff.
Steve Allred, chairman of the West Virginia Athletic Commission, acknowledged that Morrison has been licensed, although he didn't want to talk specifically about his case, citing confidentiality concerns.
"I really can't comment on anything other than to assure you that West Virginia is taking every step possible to assure the safety and integrity of the fighters in the event," Allred said.
Allred said when his commission was approached a few weeks ago about Morrison fighting in the state, he immediately sought assistance from the Association of Boxing Commissions, a non-profit organization that helps set boxing standards throughout the U.S.
In addition to Morrison, Allred was referring to heavyweight Joe Mesi (33-0, 26 KOs), who is on the card against George Lineberger (29-8-1, 25 KOs) in the opening TV bout. It will be Mesi's fifth bout since winning the right in court to seek a boxing license. He had been medically suspended in 2004 following a fight in Las Vegas in which he suffered bleeding on the brain in a win against Vassiliy Jirov.
Morrison said he was so despondent after his initial positive test — which he revealed during a March 1996 chat with ESPN.com — and subsequent suspension that he spent a few years in a depressed haze.
Morrison said he's been sparring for the past month and that it "feels pretty good." But he said people shouldn't expect him to be in top form immediately.
Top Rank, which is promoting Thursday's card, is considering signing Morrison if it is pleased with how he performs. Morrison said he has been training for months in Phoenix with trainer Jerry Cheatham and strength coach Mike Munoz.
Tony Holden, who promoted Morrison from 1989 to 1996, is the one who broke the news to him that he was HIV positive in 1996. Holden doesn't think Morrison should fight.
"I've never known [HIV] to go away," Holden said. "Could Tommy be the first? Absolutely, but I have never known it to go away. I want what is best for him. Do I want him to fight? No.
Holden said he and Morrison have remained close, but that they haven't talked much recently.
After initially testing positive for HIV in 1996, Morrison boxed once more later that year, knocking out Marcus Rhode in Japan in November. There were no rules in Japan preventing an HIV-positive fighter from boxing.
Morrison reached the pinnacle of his career with a June 1993 decision win against George Foreman to claim the vacant WBO heavyweight title.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum was traveling home from a trip to Europe on Tuesday and was not available for comment. However, before Morrison was cleared to fight, Arum told ESPN.com he was considering getting involved in Morrison's comeback as long as he passed the appropriate medical tests.


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The holiday décor is down; neighborhood kids are back in school; January's social calendar looks amazingly clear (compared with the previous two months, anyway)… so, what now? One suggestion I might offer: put some serious thought into acting on those financial New Year's resolutions – at least the ones dealing with your Hernando County real estate plans.
2013 is the year buyers and sellers are going to really get serious about real estate.
According to Money Magazine on CNN's website, the housing market rebound is here. Among other sources, they site the Mortgage Bankers Association forecast that "more and more house hunters will start coming off the sidelines." They expect total dollars going to new home loans to jump a heart-thumping 55%!
For five years, Hernando County Real Estate owners have weathered the storm of the credit crisis as well as could be expected; then came marked improvement in 2012. At last count, there were approximately 1.8 million homes for sale nationwide (half the number at the market's deepest divot).
While no one expects real estate prices to see crazy red-hot double-digit increases in 2013, it is encouraging to see the worst in the rear-view mirror. And with optimism about residential real estate now broadening into general public awareness, we seem to be looking at a fresh arena for homeowners who are finally able to consider selling again…and for buyers who are past waiting for 'the bottom'.
The message to prospective Hernando County home buyers and sellers this January echoes the sentiment of Money magazine, which answered the question, "Why, as a prospective home seller or buyer, you need to stop sitting on your hands"!
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namespace AudioManager\Adapter\Ivona;

use AudioManager\Exception\RuntimeException;

class AuthenticateTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
{

    /**
     * @var Authenticate
     */
    protected $authenticate;
    protected $secretKey = 'secret';
    protected $accessKey = 'access';

    public function setUp()
    {
        $this->authenticate = new Authenticate($this->secretKey, $this->accessKey);
    }

    /**
     * @param $name
     * @return \ReflectionMethod
     */
    protected static function getMethod($name)
    {
        $class = new \ReflectionClass('AudioManager\Adapter\Ivona\Authenticate');
        $method = $class->getMethod($name);
        $method->setAccessible(true);
        return $method;
    }

    /**
     * @param $name
     * @return \ReflectionProperty
     */
    protected static function getProperty($name)
    {
        $class = new \ReflectionClass('AudioManager\Adapter\Ivona\Authenticate');
        $property = $class->getProperty($name);
        $property->setAccessible(true);
        return $property;
    }

    public function testConstructor()
    {
        $this->assertEquals($this->secretKey, $this->authenticate->getSecretKey());
        $this->assertEquals($this->accessKey, $this->authenticate->getAccessKey());
    }

    public function testPostData()
    {
        $postData = ['data' => true];
        $this->authenticate->setPostData($postData);
        $this->assertEquals($postData, $this->authenticate->getPostData());
    }

    public function testCredential()
    {
        $credential = self::getMethod('getCredential')->invoke($this->authenticate);
        $credentialString = sprintf(
            '%s/%s/eu-west-1/tts/aws4_request',
            $this->authenticate->getAccessKey(),
            self::getProperty('currentDate')->getValue($this->authenticate)
        );

        $this->assertEquals($credential, $credentialString);
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException RuntimeException
     */
    public function testCreateSignatureException()
    {
        $method = self::getMethod('createSignature');
        $method->invoke($this->authenticate, Payload::SERVICE_TYPE_SPEECH);
    }

    public function testCreateHeader()
    {
        $currentTime = self::getProperty('currentTime');
        $currentData = self::getProperty('currentDate');

        $this->authenticate->setPostData(json_encode(['data' => true]));
        $encodedData = $this->authenticate->getPostData();

        $canonical =
            "POST\n/" . Payload::SERVICE_TYPE_SPEECH .
            "\n\nhost:tts.eu-west-1.ivonacloud.com\n" .
            "\nhost\n" . hash("sha256", $encodedData);

        $stringToSign = "AWS4-HMAC-SHA256" .
            "\n" . $currentTime->getValue($this->authenticate) .
            "\n" . $currentData->getValue($this->authenticate) . "/eu-west-1/tts/aws4_request" .
            "\n" . hash("sha256", $canonical);

        $dateKey = hash_hmac(
            'sha256',
            $currentData->getValue($this->authenticate),
            "AWS4" . $this->authenticate->getSecretKey(),
            true
        );
        $dateRegionKey = hash_hmac('sha256', "eu-west-1", $dateKey, true);
        $dateRegionServiceKey = hash_hmac('sha256', "tts", $dateRegionKey, true);
        $signingKey = hash_hmac('sha256', "aws4_request", $dateRegionServiceKey, true);
        $signature = hash_hmac('sha256', $stringToSign, $signingKey);

        $credentialMethod = self::getMethod('getCredential');
        $expectHeader = [
            'X-Amz-Date: ' . $currentTime->getValue($this->authenticate),
            'Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential='
            . $credentialMethod->invoke($this->authenticate)
            . ',SignedHeaders=host,Signature='
            . $signature
        ];

        $resultHeader = $this->authenticate->getHeader(Payload::SERVICE_TYPE_SPEECH);

        $this->assertEquals($expectHeader, $resultHeader);
    }

}

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Jesus is Lord Indeed! Pt. 2
We resume our discussion by examining the NT teaching concerning Christ against the backdrop of the teachings of the OT and the beliefs which the Jews held during the second temple period.
We saw in our previous discussion that Jesus and his followers taught that David was inspired by the Holy Spirit to acknowledge and confess that Christ is his Lord who sits enthroned in heaven at God's right hand. We also saw how the first Christians such as Peter went around proclaiming that Jesus is Lord of all.
However, according to the Hebrew Bible it is Yahweh who is David's Lord:
"[A writing of David.] Keep me, O Lord; for I have hoped in you. I said to the Lord, You are my Lord; for you have no need of my goodness." Psalm 15[Eng. 16]:1-2 LXX
And Yahweh is the One who sits enthroned on high in heaven over all creation:
"The Lord has prepared his throne in the heaven; and his kingdom rules over all. Bless the Lord, all you his angels, mighty in strength, who perform his bidding, [ready] to hearken to the voice of his words. Bless the Lord, all you his hosts; [you] ministers of his that do his will." Psalm 102[Eng. 103]:19-21
"Who is as the Lord our God? who dwells in the high places (en hypselois)," Psalm 112[Eng. 113]:5 LXX
[For David, when his land is established.] The Lord reigns, let the earth exult, let many islands rejoice… The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth… Let all that worship graven images be ashamed, who boast of their idols; worship him, all you his angels… For you are Lord most high over all the earth; you are greatly exalted above all gods." Psalm 96[97]:1, 5, 7 LXX
Moreover, according to the various strands of Judaism of the second temple period, the phrase "Lord of all" was a title used for God. This is confirmed by the Dead Sea Scrolls:
4.For who can announce and who can speak and who can recount my deeds? The Lord of all saw, the God of all–he heard and listened. Psalm 151A
23. blessing the Lord of All...(The Dead Sea Scrolls Genesis Apocryphon, Column 5)
1. great. vacat Then [I] blessed the Lord of all, who from me… and kept safe… The Dead Sea Genesis Apocryphon, Column 9
5[and bless His name. Praise and bless] on the day of remembrance with a blast 6[on the ram's horn. Bless the Lor]d of all. Praise 7[and bless… and bles]s His holy name. 8[… and bles]s the Lord of all. (4Q409, Column 1)
9[…] 10[…] God Most High not […] 11[…] which there is above them, and… 12[…] the lord of all, he who establishes judges […] 4Q552, Frag. 2
And by the first century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus:
6. But of the fourth sect of Jewish philosophy, Judas the Galilean was the author. These men agree in all other things with the Pharisaic notions; but they have an inviolable attachment to liberty, and say that God is to be their only Ruler and Lord. They also do not value dying any kinds of death, nor indeed do they heed the deaths of their relations and friends, nor can any such fear make them call any man lord. And since this immovable resolution of theirs is well known to a great many, I shall speak no further about that matter; nor am I afraid that any thing I have said of them should be disbelieved, but rather fear, that what I have said is beneath the resolution they show when they undergo pain. And it was in Gessius Florus's time that the nation began to grow mad with this distemper, who was our procurator, and who occasioned the Jews to go wild with it by the abuse of his authority, and to make them revolt from the Romans. And these are the sects of Jewish philosophy. (Antiquities of the Jews, Book XVIII, CHAPTER 1. HOW CYRENIUS WAS SENT BY CAESAR TO MAKE A TAXATION OF SYRIA AND JUDEA; AND HOW COPONIUS WAS SENT TO BE PROCURATOR OF JUDEA; CONCERNING JUDAS OF GALILEE AND CONCERNING THE SECTS THAT WERE AMONG THE JEWS)
2… When the messenger had delivered this his message, Izates replied that he knew the king of Parthia's power was much greater than his own; but that he knew also that God was much more powerful than all men. And when he had returned him this answer, he betook himself to make supplication to God, and threw himself upon the ground, and put ashes upon his head, in testimony of his confusion, and fasted, together with his wives and children. Then he called upon God, and said, "O Lord and Governor, if I have not in vain committed myself to thy goodness, but have justly determined that thou only art the Lord and principal of all beings (ton panton… monon kai proton hegemai Kyrion, "I have considered you the first and only Lord of all"), come now to my assistance, and defend me from my enemies, not only on my own account, but on account of their insolent behavior with regard to thy power, while they have not feared to lift up their proud and arrogant tongue against thee." Thus did he lament and bemoan himself, with tears in his eyes; whereupon God heard his prayer. (Antiquities of the Jews, Book XX, CHAPTER 4. HOW IZATES WAS BETRAYED BY HIS OWN SUBJECTS, AND FOUGHT AGAINST BY THE ARABIANS AND HOW IZATES, BY THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD, WAS DELIVERED OUT OF THEIR HANDS)
Hence, the earliest followers of Christ were taking the very titles and functions of Yahweh and ascribing them to their risen Lord!
In fact, noted NT scholar Richard Bauckham explains that placing someone on God's heavenly throne not only meant that the individual shared in God's exclusive rule over all things, but also implied that he was being included within God's unique identity.
Bauckham proceeds to show that this is exactly what the earliest Christians proclaimed about Jesus when they took passages such as Psalm 110:1 and Daniel 7:13-14 and used them to explain what had happened to Christ after his death and resurrection.
5.1 Psalm 110:1: the key text
EARLY Christian theology developed mainly through the exegesis of the Scriptures, which was both traditional in method, pursued with the exegetical expertise of Jewish learned exegesis, and frequently novel in its results, since it was deployed to interpret events, understood as decisive eschatological acts of the God of Israel, which did not neatly conform to any existing Jewish expectation. One remarkable datum in the exegetical development of EARLY Christology is that verse 1 of Psalm 110 is the verse of the Hebrew Scriptures to which christological allusion is most often made in Early Christian literature. Clear allusions to it occur across a very wide range of the literature from the first hundred years of the Christian movement (SYNOPTIC GOSPELS, Acts, major Pauline letters, Ephesians, Colossians, Hebrews, 1 Peter, Revelation, Longer Ending of Mark, 1 Clement, Polycarp, Barnabas, epistle of the Apostles, Apocalypse of Peter, Ascension of Isaiah, Apocryphon of James). Within the New Testament itself, there are twenty such quotations or allusions. Impressive is not only the widespread use of this verse, but also the fact that motifs associated with its interpretation and links made between this verse and other scriptural texts recur in various, otherwise unrelated, Christian writings, which must therefore reflect underlying traditions of interpretation of this verse. There are probably kerygmatic or confessional formulations, of a relatively though not completely fixed character, reflected in some of the texts, which can make even a late text such as Polycarp Phil. 2:1 useful evidence for understanding earlier developments. It is very clear that Psalm 110:1 was not only cited, but also interpreted with care, BOTH VERY EARLY AND VERY WIDELY IN THE EARLY CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT. Texts with which it was often linked in interpretation are Psalm 8:6 AND DANIEL 7:13-14. It is notable that it is in conjunction with Psalm 110:1 that these other texts play their principal roles in the New Testament. They facilitated the Christian reading of the key text AS REFERRING TO JESUS' PARTICIPATION IN PRECISELY GOD'S COSMIC RULE OVER ALL THINGS. (Bauckham, Jesus and the God of Israel – God Crucified and Other Studies on the New Testament's Christology of Divine Identity [William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, MI/ Cambridge, U.K. 2008], p. 173; bold emphasis ours)
2.3 Psalm 110:1 in early Christology
EARLY Christian theology, like other Jewish theology of the period, proceeded primarily by exegesis of the Hebrew Scriptures. Creative exegesis of the Scriptures was the principal medium in which EARLY Christians developed even the most novel aspects of their thought, a point of which we shall have to take much notice especially in later parts of this chapter. But the point is important now, because the participation of Jesus in the unique divine sovereignty was understood primarily by reference to one key Old Testament text (Ps. 110:1) and other texts brought into exegetical relationship with it. Psalm 110:1 (LXX 109:1) is the Old Testament text to which the New Testament most often alludes (twenty-one quotations or allusions scattered) across most of the New Testament writings, with the Johannine literature the one notable exception)…
The verse certainly does not have to be read as meaning that the person referred to as 'my Lord' (the Messiah) is seated on the divine throne itself and exercises the divine sovereignty over the cosmos. It could, for example, be read to mean simply that the Messiah is given a position of honour as a favoured subject beside the divine throne, where he sits inactively awaiting the inauguration of his rule on earth. This is how some of the rabbis later read it. It is quite clear, however, that EARLY Christians read it differently: AS PLACING JESUS ON THE DIVINE THRONE ITSELF, EXERCISING GOD'S OWN RULE OVER ALL THINGS. The point is sometimes made by combining the verse with Psalm 8:6… Nowhere in early Judaism is it applied to one of the exalted heavenly figures – angels or patriarchs – who occupy important places in heaven now or in the future. Nowhere is it applied to the Messiah, who is never, of course, supposed in early Jewish expectation to rule the cosmos from heaven, but only to be a ruler on earth. The messianic interpretation of the royal psalms in general would lead us to expect that, when Jews of the Second Temple period did interpret Psalm 110, they would apply it to the Messiah. But its absence from the literature shows that had no importance for them, whereas for EARLY Christians it was of key importance. The difference simply reflects the fact that EARLY Christians used this text to say something about Jesus which Second Temple Jewish literature is not interested in saying about anyone: THAT HE PARTICIPATES IN THE UNIQUE DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY OVER ALL THINGS. (Ibid, pp. 21-22; capital emphasis ours)
5. Jesus on the heavenly throne of God
When New Testament Christology is read within the context of the understanding of the Second Temple Jewish monotheism we have sketched, it can be readily seen that EARLY Christians applied to Jesus all the well-established and well-recognized characteristics of the unique divine identity in order, quite clearly and precisely, TO INCLUDE JESUS IN THE UNIQUE IDENTITY OF THE ONE GOD OF ISRAEL. Primary among these characteristics was the unique sovereignty over all things. From the EARLIEST post-Easter Christology that we can trace, Jesus' exaltation was understood AS HIS SHARING THE DIVINE RULE OVER THE COSMOS. Other uniquely divine characteristics followed logically and SWIFTLY, notably Jesus' participation in the work of creation. Worship of Jesus, as his inclusion in the monotheistic worship DUE EXCLUSIVELY TO THE ONE GOD, followed as the NECESSARY recognition of his inclusion in the divine identity, again primarily in recognition of HIS EXERCISE OF THE UNIQUE DIVINE SOVEREIGNTY FROM THE HEAVENLY THRONE OF GOD. In the present context, we must restrict our interest to the main features of the New Testament's understanding of Jesus' exaltation to the divine throne. (Ibid, p. 172; capital and underline emphasis ours)
"… Psalm 110:1, perhaps the most foundational text for the whole configuration, was a novel choice, evidence of the exegetical and theological (the two are inextricable) novelty of THE EARLIEST CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT. The explanation of its role in EARLY Christology, contrasted with its absence from Second Temple Jewish literature, is that, FOR EARLY CHRISTIANS, it said about Jesus what no other Jews had wished to say about the Messiah or any other figure: that he had been exalted by God TO PARTICIPATE NOW IN THE COSMIC SOVEREIGNTY UNIQUE TO THE DIVINE IDENTITY." (Ibid, p. 175; capital emphasis ours)
Bauckham further asserts that by including Jesus in the unique divine identity meant that the earliest Christians were placing the risen Christ on the divine side of the Creator/creature divide:
5.3. Divine sovereignty over all things
That it is on God's own heavenly throne itself, the throne of glory, that Jesus sits beside God is explicit in some of the texts (Heb. 8:1; 12:2; Rev. 3:21; 5:6; 7:17; 22:3) and should probably be assumed for all. Partly with the exegetical help of Psalm 8:6, this participation in God's cosmic rule is frequently expressed by the formulae 'all things' or 'heaven and earth' (or fuller cosmic formulae) or, for emphasis, both. This language, constantly used of God's relationship with his creation in Second Temple Jewish texts, is significant because IT IS THE WAY THAT JEWISH MONOTHEISM DISTINGUISHES GOD FROM ALL OTHER REALITY ('all things'), AS CREATOR AND RULER OF ALL. By including Jesus in the full cosmic scope of God's sovereignty, New Testament terminology places Jesus CLEARLY ON THE DIVINE SIDE OF THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN GOD AND 'ALL THINGS.' While Daniel 7:14 and Psalm 2:8 provided the basis for thinking of a universal rule on earth of the Messiah (Sib. Or. 5:416; 1 En. 62:6), it is the cosmic scope of Christ's sovereignty which places it in that unique category which his enthronement on the divine throne in the highest heaven symbolizes. OF NO PRINCIPAL ANGEL OR EXALTED HUMAN IN SECOND TEMPLE JEWISH TEXTS IS IT SAID THAT HE HAS AUTHORITY OVER ALL THINGS OR OVER HEAVEN AND EARTH.
Another way in which the fully cosmic rule of the exalted Christ is stressed is by reference to the subjection of all the heavenly powers to him. The texts portray the submission both of the rebellious angelic powers (1 Cor. 15:24-28; Ascen. Isa. 11:23) and of the obedient ones (Eph. 1:20-21; 1 Pet. 3:22; Ascen. Isa. 11:24-32; cf. Rev. 5:11-14; Ep. Apos. 3). It is noteworthy that specific ranks of angels are those in high authority in the heavens: 'principalities' (archai: 1 Cor. 15:24; Eph. 1:21), 'authorities' (exousiai: 1 Cor. 15:24; Eph. 1:21; 1 Pet. 3:22), 'powers' (dunameis: Eph. 1:21; 1 Peter 3:22) and 'dominions' (kuriotetes: Eph. 1:21). (Ibid., pp. 176-177; capital and underline emphasis ours)
"The EARLY Christian movement, very consciously using this Jewish theological framework, created a kind of christological monotheism by understanding Jesus TO BE INCLUDED IN THE UNIQUE IDENTITY OF THE ONE GOD OF ISRAEL. Probably the earliest expression of this to which we have access – AND IT WAS CERTAINLY IN USE VERY EARLY IN THE FIRST CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY'S HISTORY – was the understanding of Jesus' exaltation in terms of Psalm 110:1. Jesus, seated on the cosmic throne of God in heaven as the one who will achieve the eschatological lordship of God and in whom the unique sovereignty of the one God will be acknowledged by all, IS INCLUDED IN THE UNIQUE RULE OF GOD OVER ALL THINGS, AND IS THUS PLACED UNAMBIGUOUSLY ON THE DIVINE SIDE OF THE ABSOLUTE DISTINCTION THAT SEPARATES THE ONLY SOVEREIGN ONE FROM ALL CREATION. God's rule over all things defines who God is: IT CANNOT BE DELEGATED AS A MERE FUNCTION TO A CREATURE. Thus THE EARLIEST CHRISTOLOGY WAS ALREADY in nuce THE HIGHEST CHRISTOLOGY. All that remained was to work consistently through what it could mean for Jesus to belong INTEGRALLY to the unique identity of the one God. EARLY Christian interest was primarily in soteriology and eschatology, the concerns of the gospel, and so, in the New Testament, it is primarily as sharing or implementing God's eschatological lordship that Jesus is understood TO BELONG TO THE IDENTITY OF GOD…" (Ibid, 6. Paul's Christology of divine identity, p. 184)
Islamic theology itself agrees that God alone reigns over all creation and that no creature is allowed to share in God's unique rule over all things:
Indeed, the truth deny they who say, "Behold, God is the Christ, son of Mary." Say: "And who could have prevailed with God in any way had it been His will to destroy the Christ, son of Mary, and his mother, and everyone who is on earth - all of them? For, God's is the dominion over the heavens and the earth and all that is between them; He creates what He wills: and God has the power to will anything!" And [both] the Jews and the Christians say, "We are God's children, and His beloved ones." Say: "Why, then, does He cause you to suffer for your sins? Nay, you are but human beings of His creating. He forgives whom He wills, and He causes to suffer whom He wills: for God's is the dominion over the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, and with Him is all journeys' end." S. 5:17-18 Muhammad Asad
And say, 'Praise belongs to God, who has not taken to Himself a son, and has not had a partner in His kingdom, nor had a patron against (such) abasement.' And magnify Him greatly! S. 17:111 Y. Ali
This is known as tauhid al-rububiyyah.
Moreover, to say that Allah has taken a creature to be his partner in ruling over all things, or in running the affairs of creation, is to commit the unpardonable sin of association, otherwise known as shirk:
VERILY, God does not forgive the ascribing of divinity to aught beside Him, although He forgives any lesser sin unto whomever He wills: for he who ascribes divinity to aught beside God has indeed contrived an awesome sin. S. 4:48 Asad – cf. 4:16; 2:22
Williams' Dilemma
Williams is now faced with a major problem since the Quran asserts that Jesus' disciples were all Muslims:
Then when 'Iesa (Jesus) came to know of their disbelief, he said: "Who will be my helpers in Allah's Cause?" Al-Hawariun (the disciples) said: "We are the helpers of Allah; we believe in Allah, and bear witness that we are Muslims (i.e. we submit to Allah)." S. 3:52 Hilali-Khan
And when I (Allah) put in the hearts of Al-Hawarieen (the disciples) [of 'Iesa (Jesus)] to believe in Me and My Messenger, they said: "We believe. And bear witness that we are Muslims." S. 5:111 Hilali-Khan
If this were true then that means that none of the disciples would have ever gone around proclaiming that Christ ascended into heaven after his resurrection to rule the entire creation from God's very own throne since this would be a clear violation of tauhid al-rububiyyah (assuming, of course, that Jesus is nothing more than a mere creature).
However, according to the very scholars which Williams is constantly parroting around such as Dunn, all the evidence conclusively proves that this is exactly what Jesus' disciples preached!
According to scholars like Dunn, the first Christians believed that Jesus died on the cross to make atonement for sins, that he had been raised from the dead, that he ascended to heaven to sit on God's own throne in order to reign over all creation as Lord, and that they would all call on his name in their prayers and worship. None of these beliefs agree with the teachings of the Quran or the traditions of Muhammad.
How the Apostle Paul managed to trump Allah by overcoming his will!
But it gets worse for Williams. Williams seems to not realize that by saying that Paul really invented Christianity he is pretty much condemning the Quran which says that Allah promised Jesus that his followers would be victorious and become dominant from the moment of Christ's ascension into heaven until the day of resurrection:
Lo! God said: "O Jesus! Verily, I shall cause thee to die, and shall exalt thee unto Me, and cleanse thee of [the presence of] those who are bent on denying the truth; and I shall place those who follow thee [far] ABOVE those who are bent on denying the truth, UNTO THE DAY OF RESURRECTION. In the end, unto Me you all must return, and I shall judge between you with regard to all on which you were wont to differ." S. 3:55 Asad
Here is how another version renders this text:
Behold! God said: "O Jesus! I will take thee and raise thee to Myself and clear thee (of the falsehoods) of those who blaspheme; I will make those who follow thee SUPERIOR to those who reject faith, to the Day of Resurrection: Then shall ye all return unto me, and I will judge between you of the matters wherein ye dispute." Yusuf Ali
The Islamic scripture claims that Allah kept his promise since he made sure that the followers of Christ prevailed over the disbelievers:
O YOU who have attained to faith! Be helpers [in the cause of God - even as Jesus, the son of Mary, said unto the white-garbed ones, "Who will be my helpers in God's cause?" - whereupon the white-garbed [disciples] replied, "We shall be [thy] helpers [in the cause] of God!" And so [it happened that] some of the children of Israel came to believe [in the apostleship of Jesus], whereas others denied the truth. But [now] We have given strength against their foes unto those who have [truly] attained to faith: AND THEY HAVE BECOME THE ONES THAT SHALL PREVAIL. S. 61:14 Asad
This either means that Allah lied since he had no intention in keeping his promise to Jesus, which is why he allowed Paul to come in and sabotage Christ's message by having "Pauline Christianity" prevail over the teachings of the disciples. Or Allah is impotent since a finite creature was able to thwart Allah's will for Jesus and his followers!
Or Williams must accept the fact that Paul was a true Apostle whom God used to spread Jesus' message all over the then known world. In fact, this was the position of some of Islam's earliest and greatest scholars and historians:
"Yazid b. Abu Habib al-Misri told me that he found a document in which was a memorandum (T. the names) of those the apostle sent to the countries and kings of the Arabs and non-Arabs and what he said to his companions when he sent them. I sent it to Muhammad b. Shihab al-Zuhri (T. with a trusty countryman of his) and he recognized it. It contained the statement that the apostle went out to his companions and said: 'God has sent me (Muhammad) to all men, so take a message from me, God have mercy on you. Do not hang back from me as the disciples hung back from Jesus son of Mary. They asked how they hung back and he said, 'He called them to a task similar to that which I have called you. Those who had to go a short journey were pleased and accepted. Those who had a long journey before them were displeased and refused to go, and Jesus complained of them to God. (T. From that very night) every one of them was able to speak the language of the people to whom he was sent.' (T. Jesus said, 'This is a thing that God has determined that you should do, so go.'
"Those whom Jesus son of Mary sent, both disciples and those who came after them, in the land were: Peter the disciple AND PAUL WITH HIM, (PAUL BELONGED TO THE FOLLOWERS AND WAS NOT A DISCIPLE) to Rome. Andrew and Matthew to the land of the cannibals; Thomas to the land of Babel, which is in the land of the east; Philip to Carthage and Africa; John to Ephesus the city of the young men of the cave; James to Jerusalem which is Aelia the city of the sanctuary; Bartholomew to Arabia which is the land of Hijaz; Simon to the land of Berbers; Judah who was not one of the disciples was put in place of Judas" (The Life of Muhammad: A Translation of Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah, with introduction and notes by Alfred Guillaume [Oxford University Press, Karachi, Tenth impression 1995], p. 653)
This same tradition is cited by al-Qurtubi in his commentary on Q. 61:14:
It was said that THIS VERSE was revealed about the apostles of Jesus, may peace and blessing be upon him. Ibn Ishaq stated that of the apostles and disciples that Jesus sent (to preach) there were Peter AND PAUL who went to Rome; Andrew and Matthew who went to the land of the cannibals; Thomas who went to Babel in the eastern lands; Philip who went to Africa… Allah supported them (the apostles) with evidence so that they prevailed (thahirin) meaning they became the party with the upper hand. Just as it is said, "An object appeared on the wall" meaning it is clearly visible (alu-wat) on the wall. Allah, who is glorified and exalted, knows the truth better and to Him is the return and retreat. (Translated by Dimitrius; bold and capital emphasis ours)
It is also quoted by al-Tabari with approval:
"Among the apostles, and the followers who came after them were the Apostle Peter and Paul who was a follower and not an apostle; they went to Rome. Andrew and Matthew were sent to the country whose people are man-eaters, a land of blacks, we think; Thomas was sent to Babylonia in the east, Philip to Qayrawan (and) Carthage, that is, North Africa. John went to Ephesus, the city of the youths of the cave, and James to Jerusalem, that is, Aelia. Bartholomew was sent to Arabia, namely, the Hijaz; Simeon to the land of the Berbers in Africa. Judas was not then an apostle, so his place was taken by Ariobus. He filled in for Judas Iscariot after the latter had perpetrated his deed." (The History of Al-Tabari: The Ancient Kingdoms, translated by Moshe Perlmann [State University of New York Press (SUNY), Albany 1987], Volume IV, p. 123; bold emphasis ours)
The translator explains what al-Tabari meant that Paul was not an apostle:
317. In Islamic terms the messengers or apostles pave the new path. Their work is continued by the tabi'un, the followers, members of the next generations, who lead the Faithful. (Ibid)
Al-Tabari even lists Paul as one of those martyred for the faith!
"Abu Ja'far says: They assert that after Tiberius, Palestine and other parts of Syria were ruled by Gaius, son of Tiberius, for four years. He was succeeded by another son, Claudius, for fourteen years, following which Nero ruled for fourteen years. He slew Peter and crucified Paul head down. For four months Botlaius [Vittelius] ruled thereafter. Then Vespasian, father of Titus whom he sent to Jerusalem, ruled for ten years. Three years after his rise to power, forty years after the ascension of Jesus, Vespasian sent Titus to Jerusalem. Titus destroyed it and slew numerous Israelites in his wrath over the fate of Christ…" (Ibid, p. 126)
Yet even this position creates problems for Williams. Paul (as well as the first disciples of Christ) taught that Jesus is the risen Lord who died for our sins and rose from the dead to reign over all creation from God's own throne, which means that Muhammad is a false prophet since he denied all these truths.
Hence, all of the evidence points in one direction: Islam is a false religion, the Islamic deity is a false god, and Muhammad was one of the antichrists which the first Christians warned would come into the world to mislead people away from the truth of Christ:
"Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also." 1 John 2:22-23
In light of the foregoing, the only options left for Williams is to either accept the conclusions of his own scholars, and therefore accept Jesus as his risen Lord and Savior, or become an agnostic. Remaining a Muslim is NOT an option since this would only expose Williams' inconsistencies and dishonesty.
After all, to continue believing Islam would not only show that Williams doesn't even believe what his own scholars have to say concerning early Christian beliefs and practices, it would also demonstrate that he doesn't bother to apply the same criticisms and objections to the Quran or the traditions attributed to Muhammad.
It is time for Williams to accept the truth and so we invite him to bow the knee to Jesus and confess that he is Lord to the glory of God the Father, since this is the inevitable destiny that God has decreed for all creation:
"For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, AND THAT EVERY TONGUE WILL CONFESS that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Philippians 2:9-11
For more information on the early Islamic view of Paul being a true Christian whom God used to spread the true message of Jesus we recommend the following articles:
The Quran Affirms: Paul Passed On The True Gospel of Christ
The Apostles of Christ: Messengers of God or Mere Disciples?

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Q: Selenium Python Invalid Column Error message Here is the code which I use to open the new tab using Selenium Python,
self.driver.execute_script("window.open(arguments[0])", self.listing_url)
self.driver.switch_to.window(self.driver.window_handles[1])
time.sleep(10)

and it works perfectly. But I am planning to use WebDriverWait instead of time.sleep
self.driver.execute_script("window.open(arguments[0])", self.listing_url)
self.driver.switch_to.window(self.driver.window_handles[1])
WebDriverWait(self.driver, 20).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH, '//div[@class="honbun"]')))

and when I am using it, it's throwing an error. Here is the error log:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:\tender_scraper\engine\Spider.py", line 308, in parse_index_page
    index_handle = self.load_listing_page(listing, i, index_listing)
  File "D:\tender_scraper\spiders\gunmapref_listing_spider.py", line 298, in load_listing_page
    WebDriverWait(self.driver, 20).until(EC.presence_of_element_located((By.XPATH, '//div[@class="honbun"]')))
  File "D:\scraper\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\support\wait.py", line 78, in until
    value = method(self._driver)
  File "D:\scraper\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\support\expected_conditions.py", line 64, in _predicate
    return driver.find_element(*locator)
  File "D:\scraper\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 1251, in find_element
    return self.execute(Command.FIND_ELEMENT, {
  File "D:\scraper\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 430, in execute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)
  File "D:\scraper\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\errorhandler.py", line 247, in check_response
    raise exception_class(message, screen, stacktrace)
selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: unknown error: missing or invalid columnNumber
  (Session info: headless chrome=104.0.5112.48)

Any idea what's wrong with it & how to solve it? Previously, I used chrome 103 and changed it to 104 but still got the same error. It seems the error only occurs when changing into the new tab.

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I wanted to thank you for all your help in selling and closing the above property. It was the easiest house that I have ever sold! I hope that the new owners are happy and will enjoy their new house.


Fernandina Beach, Fla. –– The Tulsa women's golf team will open the spring season this week, Monday-Tuesday, Feb. 20-21, at the 4th Annual Amelia Island Collegiate. The Golden Hurricane is one of 17 teams competing at the 6,029-yard, par-72 Amelia National Golf Club course.
There will be 36 holes played on Monday and the final 18 holes on Tuesday. The teams will tee-off Monday morning in a shotgun start at 8:00 am (ET).
Tulsa's team will consist of a pair of freshmen Greta Bruner and Taylor Dobson, sophomore Anneke Strobach and seniors Nikki Marquardt and Nadia Majidizadeh.
Participating teams include Bradley, Campbell, Cincinnati, Daytona State, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Jacksonville, Jacksonville State, Kennesaw State, Mercer, Morehead State, defending champion North Florida, Sam Houston State, Samford, UNC-Asheville, Winthrop and Tulsa.
Tulsa played in five fall tournaments and turned in its best finish of seventh place at the Yale Invitational. Majidizadeh turned in a team-leading 74.3 stroke average in 12 rounds during the fall campaign, while freshman Greta Bruner had a 74.6 stroke average.


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A dining room table that has a table cloth on it sure will look more appealing and, oftentimes, elegant. That's why putting the best cloth on a dining table is a very important thing to do. If you're trying to find the best table cloth for your dining table, here are some you might need to get inspirations from and finally try to get and use.
The table cloth below is cutting the long middle part of the table and it adds an elegant look to the table it's placed on, the thing it decorates.
Despite being very small in size, this table cloth has a really great power as it gives the table it's on a very elegant look to boast.
This table cloth is put on a table that's placed in a room dominated by wood. You can see wood on the table, the chairs, the cabinets, the floor, and more.
Sine this table cloth is so big, it looks like one that's protecting the table from any possible danger it can be exposed to.
This table cloth is on a table placed in a dining room with big windows, an interesting set of hanging lamps, dining chairs, a bench, and many more.
The table cloth is on a dining table inside a kitchen with lots of glass, which constitutes very large parts of the windows and doors.
Maybe something that makes this table cloth special is the fact that unlike most of the others, it has more than one color and the colors it offers are yellow, white, and black, among others.
Look at those dining chairs. Those windows. Those lamps. Those curtains. And finally, that table cloth. Together, these things do a very good job in turning the dining room into an elegant-looking room.
In this house, wood probably acts as the ruler as it's on the wall, on the ceiling, on the floor, on the door, on the railing, on the stairs, and on varied other parts. Decorating one of those parts is a lovely table cloth on a dark-colored wooden dining table.
If an enough amount is all you need, you don't need to ask for more. The table cloth below is something that embodies this principle since it's just enough for the items standing or sitting on it.
The table cloth table on the table below can teach anyone that two is indeed better than one. The two really do a great job in decorating the table in the room below.
The table cloth below collaborates with a unique set of lamps to give the dining room a uniquely beautiful look it definitely deserves to have since it's such of a well-built room with quality items.
This table cloth has beautiful patterns and even though it only has two colors, it really beautifies the wooden dining table below it, which is in a room that lets you see a pool located just outside the room.
Light blue pops decorate and beautify this dining room, which has a table cloth on which lovely items in light blue sit.
Unlike most of the others, this table cloth, which is in a beautiful dining room with a wood floor and a mirror, is in a dark color.
Put on a very long dining table, this table cloth is in a room with interesting dining chairs, an interesting chandelier, a wood floor with a carpet on it, and simple but elegance-exuding hanging lamps.
The table cloth below covers only the middle part of the dining table and it's in a dining room with interesting hanging lamps, a big window, and dark cabinets.
With floral patterns on it, this table cloth really gives the dining room it's used in, which has modern hanging lamps, chairs with tall backs, and decorative plates.
This table cloth has marine life patterns on it and it's used to cover a dining table in an outdoor dining area with wooden dining chairs that have tall backs.
In a room with a beautiful carpet, an interesting hanging lamps, modern dining chairs, and more, this table cloth sure managed to find a place where it belongs.
Each table cloth in this dining room with a stunning ceiling lamp is only for a plate, each one of them having their respective plates to protect from the harder surface of the table.
Not floral patterns or dots, letters are the things which are on this table cloth and the letters give the table cloth a nice identity.
The table cloth below is decorating the table it's on but at the same time, it's also decorated by other things, which are nicely put on it.
The table cloth below may not be too big to cover all of the table's surface but it sure is lucky to be used in a dining room with a homey atmosphere that has a carpet, chairs that offer great comfort, and more.
The dining room and the items it has, including the high-quality table cloth sure are things that, when together, become something that really offers luxury to anyone hungry.


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Q: Filter array of objects with conditions I want to filter an array like this:
const myArray = [
    { ageIndex: 4, nameIndex: 1, type: "group" },
    { ageIndex: 4, nameIndex: 0, type: "group" },
    { ageIndex: 5, nameIndex: 0, type: "person" },
    { ageIndex: 5, nameIndex: 1, type: "person" },
    { ageIndex: 5, type: "group" },
];

The new array should filter by unique ageIndex, but only when the type is group. The other objects of type person should stay unchanged. The nameIndex doesn't matter. There are group objects without a nameIndex.
const myNewArray = [
    { ageIndex: 4, nameIndex: 1, type: "group" },
    { ageIndex: 5, nameIndex: 0, type: "person" },
    { ageIndex: 5, nameIndex: 1, type: "person" },
    { ageIndex: 5, type: "group" },
];

How can I filter it like that?

A: If you ignore the nameIndex, i hope this could help:

const myArray = [
    { ageIndex: 4, nameIndex: 1, type: "group" },
    { ageIndex: 4, nameIndex: 0, type: "group" },
    { ageIndex: 5, nameIndex: 0, type: "person" },
    { ageIndex: 5, nameIndex: 1, type: "person" },
    { ageIndex: 5, type: "group" },
];

const filterSameGroup = arr => {
  const ageIndexes = [];
  return arr.filter(item => {
    if(item.type === "group") {
      if(ageIndexes.indexOf(item.ageIndex) != -1) {
        return false;
      }
      ageIndexes.push(item.ageIndex);
      return true;
    }
    return true;
});
}

console.log(filterSameGroup(myArray));

A: const myArray = [
    { ageIndex: 4, nameIndex: 1, type: "group" },
    { ageIndex: 4, nameIndex: 0, type: "group" },
    { ageIndex: 5, nameIndex: 0, type: "person" },
    { ageIndex: 5, nameIndex: 1, type: "person" },
    { ageIndex: 5, type: "group" },
];

var filtered = myArray.filter(function(value) {
  return value.type === "group" && value.ageIndex >= 5;
});


Dream Pod 9 is taking orders for some new squads of mechs over in their webshop.
We have pre-releases of the new P.R.D.F. GP, Strike and Fire Support Squads updated with the new Warrior and Warrior IV miniature sculpts and weapon options from the Blood Debt - Peace River Army List e-book. These pre-releases only include the miniatures and do not include the retail packing box that will be done in 2014 and made available to retailers then.
Also at the same time we have made available a pre-release of the new P.R.D.F. Army Box and a new P.R.D.F. Task Force Deal using the new sculpts.


ESDRAS N. OUIMETTE. – A portrait of Mr. Ouimette is placed in this work as a representative business man of Tacoma, Washington, and as one who located and pinned his faith to the City of Destiny in the early stages of its organization. Mr. Ouimette is a native of the province of Quebec, Canada, and was born in St. Eustache June 6, 1838. He was educated at the common schools, afterwards graduating from the St. Eustache College. He resided in his birthplace until twenty-two years of age. In 1860 he went to Montreal and engaged as clerk in a general merchandise store, where he remained for nearly five years.
He then concluded to seek his fortune in the golden West, and came to Portland, Oregon, in the latter part of 1865,where he first found employment with the well-known dry-goods house of Jacob & Meyer. One year later he engaged in business for himself in Portland, where he remained until 869. He then removed his stock of goods to Olympia, Washington Territory, where for the following ten years he conducted a large and prosperous business. While in Olympia, Mr. Ouimette was looked upon as one of the most enterprising citizens of the Capital city, and held the office of Mayor of Olympia for two terms. Our subject was one of the first projectors, and mainly instrumental in the building, of the Olympia & Tenino, now the Chehalis Valley Railroad. In Olympia as in Tacoma, Mr. Ouimette has always taken an active part in any movement or enterprise that would benefit the city in which he lived.
In 1878 he concluded to seek a new location. After looking over the territory, he selected Tacoma for his future home, and in the fall of that year purchased sixty-five feet of land on the corner of Eleventh street and Pacific avenue, on which he erected three two-story buildings, in which he embarked in the dry-goods trade until 1883, when his building and stock were consumed by fire, entailing a loss of over ten thousand dollars above insurance. In 1884 he erected on the same site the present beautiful Ouimette Block, the first three-story brick building erected in Tacoma. He then sold his dry-goods business to C.T. Harris & Co., and engaged in the real-estate, insurance, mortgage and loan business, in which he has been very successful.
Mr. Ouimette owns a large amount of real estate on Pacific and Tacoma avenues and on other streets in the city. He purchased eight additions to the city by the acre, and sold the entire property in lots. Mr. Ouimette's success has been phenomenal, as he is now one of Tacoma's wealthiest men, as well as one of the most respected in business and social circles of the residents of the City of Destiny. He is vice-president of the Washington National Bank, and is more or less interested in all the different enterprises that tend to benefit the City of Tacoma.
Mr. Ouimette was united in marriage in Upper Canada in 1865 to Miss S.M. Curry. By this union they have five children, one of whom is deceased.


A historical epic with Jackie Chan, John Cusack and Adrian Brody, set along the Silk Road as a fugitive Roman legion encounters a Chinese security force, this was even worse than I imagined it would be. Let's set aside the complete and utter ahistoricality of it all (despite the "based on real events" title card at the start), (OK, one point: it's set in 48 BC, but all the Romans refer to themselves as being part of the Roman Empire: Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC, and the Empire not really established until 27 BC, and even then it wasn't called that for quite awhile later) or the simplistic naiveté of Jackie Chan's vision of interracial harmony, the uplifting and apparently inevitable side effect of manly exercises like play-fighting and building stuff, and just focus on the action, which is ostensibly all one looks for in a Jackie Chan film. It's pretty boring. Chan looks old and tired, the costuming pads him out (the better to absorb blows he would have taken bare-chested 30 years ago?) and slows him down. The choreography occasionally makes creative use of found objects, but that only reminds one of better scenes in other Chan films. The editing has the same peripatetic rhythm of 21st century wuxia, but with none of the surreal flair that CGI effects can give such films (Chan remains the most committed to actuality of his peers). Most absurdly though, director Daniel Lee continually frames Chan as an angelic figure, beaming beatifically on the men he has lectured and unified, awkward grin on his poorly-coiffed head (some things never change) as he is haloed by the backlighting sun. It makes one long to return to the striking image of a crucified, eyeless, John Cusack, if only out of a longing to take his place.
Dragon Blade continues, somewhat surprisingly, at the Varsity Theatre.


Vanity Fair's Graydon Carter wrote in 2015: "Just to drive him a little bit insane, I took to referring to him as a "short-fingered vulgarian" in the pages of Spy magazine ". Rubio's charge that he has small hands with an answer many saw as full of innuendo. Many in the Republican party has criticised Rubio for dragging down the tone of the nation's political debate, but he defended his rhetoric.
Early indications show the virus can be most harmful early in the first and second trimester of pregnancy, Vanchiere said, so the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised women who are pregnant or trying to become pregnant to delay travel to areas with the Zika virus.
Trump said he had changed his mind to support admitting more highly skilled workers from overseas, adding matter-of-factly, "I'm changing". "He's playing members of the American public for suckers, he gets a free ride to the White House, and all we get is a lousy hat".
While Romney said that he will not vote for Trump in the general election, he said that he would not vote for Hillary Clinton if presented with that choice. Trump has blasted Romney for his criticism, calling him "a failed candidate" and a "choke artist" and pointing out that Romney actively sought his endorsement during the 2012 campaign.
But she also adds that "the likelihood of any prosecution stemming from this evidence is very, very slim". Dershowitz asked, according to the Times. The month before Brown Simpson and Goldman's deaths, O.J. He added that the timing was "interesting", referring to the current FX miniseries about the 1994 killings and trial. It's likely the real murder weapon was bigger, possibly "exotic".


Learn how to recover when a software project goes horribly wrong, due to problems with budgets, clients, stakeholders, schedules or technical failures.
At some point in our careers, we have all been involved in a worst case scenario. Problems that were small became large; large problems became giant problems -- problems like running out of disk space at 2 a.m. during a scheduled production software upgrade. Or trying to locate software defects that suddenly shut down the building network router on Friday afternoon at 4 p.m., just when a thousand people tried to submit their electronic timecards.
Winston Churchill said, "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." Often, the solutions to worst case scenarios are not pretty or elegant. In some cases, solving the problem will require doing things the organization would normally not approve. Sometimes in order to save the project, the project team has to lose professional credibility or team members. However, project recovery is important work that needs to be done.
A primary program management responsibility is to overcome problems and complete the project. What approaches can project managers take to resolve and overcome different types of worst case scenarios? Here are some guidelines to consider.
First, evaluate the seriousness of the problem.
Is this a life and death problem?
Will people's lives be at risk if the problem is not solved? If so, the project management approach is clear: Utilize every technical resource available to solve the problem as quickly as possible. Ignore standard work processes and normal approval timeframes. Don't worry about the budget; just get the problem resolved safely. After the crisis has passed, determine if project recovery is technically or financially possible. Depending on the situation, the client or management may decide to permanently stop the project. Going forward, project recovery efforts may include additional public relations outreach to explain what happened, as well as new tasks that expand quality assurance and training activities.
Has technology suddenly failed to work as expected, or work at all? If so, the recovery approach involves rolling back software and hardware versions to the most recent version that worked, at least most of the time. Using that as a base to test against, add simulated or actual conditions (capacity, performance, data interdependencies) that caused the newer version of software to fail. Determine the breakage points, rebuild, retest and reinstall. Hardware problems are usually faster to resolve using circuit board and storage device replacements.
What happened to the budget? Did the project over-consume its budget, or did the bank remove a credit line? Knowing how much money is available helps prioritize work activities. Focus on using the remaining funds to finish the core parts of the project. Uncompleted tasks should be ranked for priority using a return on investment model, or based on the overall impact to society (if it's for a government program). Completing at least some of the deliverables is preferable to none, unless the budget loss is completely unreplaceable.
Has the client completely changed the scope or technology of the project? If so, will the changes prohibit completion or delivery of the project? If so, recovery may be limited to salvaging investments in hardware and software for reuse on another project. Save database schemas and other design data for reference use on future projects. Determine if any of the current development work can be used for other projects, to reduce their cost or schedule time. If the development organization is being sold, the new owner may be interested in the project's technical approach or its completed software modules.
Was the schedule unrealistic when originally estimated, or did unplanned events or issues affect progress? Once a schedule becomes clearly impossible to achieve, recovery involves performing a worst case schedule replan, using a "bottom up" methodology. That will reveal the accuracy (or errors) in the original schedule. Having an accurate schedule will enable more precise costing of resources required to finish the project, which may be useful in resolving budget issues.
Did a large stakeholder pull their political support from the project due to an internal scandal? Did that event cause public or private funding contributions to collapse? Emerging from the cloud of suspicion is a lengthy process that requires a project team to re-evaluate next steps, especially if financial support has dropped substantially. Recovery requires visible separation of the project from the scandal situation, clear identification of its future benefits and tight linkage to at least one of the organization's publicly supported key objectives.
Did a key supplier fail with their assignment? Did the work exceed their skillsets, or did a process fail? Project recovery requires rapidly replacing the people that failed with proven and tested resources, execution of the unperformed work, and implementation of new processes. The project manager must perform a failure and recovery analysis to ensure progress can continue forward without interruption, possibly allowing the project to regain lost schedule time.
Recovering from unexpected worst case scenarios requires a technical aptitude, strong process knowledge and prior crisis experience in order to quickly understand the scope of the problem. That type of expertise often resides in senior engineers and project managers -- professional leaders who have been trained in the heat of battle. They have supported (or led) mission-critical projects that had to recover from worst case scenarios due to important user needs or mission objectives. Failure was not an option, leading to innovative approaches that caused people and equipment to work well past their expected operational limits.
Some notable worst case scenarios with successful outcomes include the return of Apollo 13 from space orbit, rebuilding the Pentagon in one year after the 9/11 attacks, and containing the global SARS (coronavirus) epidemic in just a few weeks.
Project complexity and interdependencies continue to increase, triggering the unexpected convergence of unplanned situations. As technical and project managers encounter, recover and learn from worst case scenarios during their careers, doing the impossible with enthusiasm becomes a well-developed skill. Winston Churchill would be proud.
About the author: Lawrence Oliva is a senior consultant and program manager with CH2M HILL, a global engineering and program management company. Based in the Washington, D.C., area, he currently leads midsized to large IT programs for federal government and commercial clients with unique technical challenges that require risk management, earned value analysis, cost/schedule forensics, biometric security and green IT implementation experience.


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Last week I finally got to visit Telus World of Science's Dark Matters. It was my first time checking out this adult only event, I was so excited! As we walked in, I noticed it looked a lot different from when I used to work here. The atmosphere was in full celebration mode; the bar was serving up drinks beside the DJ, the lights were dim, and there were hands-on science experiments everywhere. Everyone was wandering around with big smiles and drinks in hand. With all the excitement in the air, I could not wait to explore! Keep reading for a fun Edmonton night out.
A night of science with a splash of cocktails garnished with music.
We headed for the featured exhibit hall to check out POPnology. Along the way in, we tried out some colour science. At the thermochromism table, we wrote our names in different colours then watched as everything on the paper disappeared from the heat of a hairdryer. Then like magic, he made our names appear again by freezing the paper in liquid nitrogen. Around the next corner, they had black lights on coloured test tubes. The challenge here was to combine red, yellow, and blue to create white. After, we found our way into the POPnology exhibit; a collection of blasts from the past mixed with current technology. There, we played some Donkey Kong, took our photo with the DeLorean from Back to the Future, and watched people trying out virtual reality.
Afterward, we went into the IMAX for one of the speaker series; Science in Ice Cream by Professor (Emer.) Paul Jelen from the University of Alberta. He gave a short overview of how ice cream is made, its freezing points, melting points, and why it tastes so good. For the finale, the center's in-house scientists came out and made liquid nitrogen gin & tonic ice cream for everyone to try. Because of liquid nitrogen's cold temperature, -197 degrees Celsius, the ice cream formed a delightfully smooth texture.
I loved that everywhere we went there were interactive booths with science experts ready to chat. Upstairs I put on gloves, safety glasses, grabbed a brush, and painted with e.coli bacteria coloured in red, blue, and green. Outside the IMAX they were making slime, in the Science Garage I made a FrankinToy keychain, and upstairs you could find out your blood type.
Our night ended with Discoveryland. Anyone that has ever been to the science center knows that only parents with children are allowed in this gallery. I was very happy to see that it was open for adults. Even when I used to work here, I had never made it inside before. The water table had all of us captivated, I safely took off and landed the plane, JC pretended to fly, and I tapped out a tune on the piano. We definitely embraced our inner child.
It was a successful night of science and fun with friends. I will be going back for more experiments and liquid nitrogen ice cream. Dark Matter happens every few months on a Thursday night highlighting different themes.


Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) is scheduled to host a Facebook Live session Tuesday night from Washington, D.C., according to a press release issued by his office.
Mr. Zeldin is expected to give an update on his work in Congress and answer questions during the session, which will be held on his Facebook page starting at 7:30 p.m.
Constituents can ask questions by commenting on the live video, the release states.
The event comes less than two weeks after Mr. Zeldin held a "telephone town hall" February 23. During that event, the congressman answered 12 questions from constituents while more than 9,000 voters listened in on the hour-long discussion.
On Friday, Mr. Zeldin held mobile office hours at the Hagerman Fire Department in East Patchogue, where hundreds of people gathered to meet the congressman and share their concerns.


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100 People, Including Karenna Gore, Send Letter to Virginia Air Pollution Control Board Urging Rejection of Proposed Compressor Station in Union Hill
From Appalachian Voices:
Residents of Union Hill today sent an open letter to the members of the State Air Pollution Control Board urging them to deny the proposed permit for a natural gas compressor station in this predominantly African-American community in rural Buckingham County, Va.
The letter is signed in solidarity by 100 people, including Karenna Gore, director of the Center for Earth Ethics, Tim Guinee, actor and chair of the Climate Reality Hudson Valley Chapter, actors Don Cheadle and Ed Begley, Jr., Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., president of the Hip Hop Caucus, dozens of impacted community residents, and multiple organizations that represent thousands of Virginians, environmental justice advocates, clean energy supporters and climate activists.
The letter notes that the potential siting of a massive industrial, polluting facility in this community exemplifies a systemic pattern of environmental racism that occurs in low-income communities of color across the country. The compressor station is part of the proposed 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline that has emerged as one of the most controversial projects in the region.
The signers call out Virginia Governor Ralph Northam and his administration for recent actions to interfere with the decision-making process of the air board, which is charged with making independent evaluations and decisions to ensure the public interest is prioritized over private corporate interests.
The signers are Pastor Paul Wilson, Union Hill Union Grove Baptist Church; Chad Oba, president of Friends of Buckingham, and Lakshmi Fjord, anthropologist and Union Hill historian.
The letter urges the board to allow the public to speak at its December 10 scheduled meeting, before any vote on the permit is taken, and to deny the permit. Their letter concludes: "The legacy of placing toxic facilities in places where they disproportionately affect poor communities of color is unjust and unacceptable and needs acute examination. It is not right to look the other way while this continues."
Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Buckingham County
Karenna Gore
Union Hill
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