About Us Tanzania Bora Initiative are collaborative efforts of Tanzanian individuals who share common objectives of development in social, political and economic aspects. The initiative is inspired and driven by the zeal of seeing an engaged, accountable, and responsible society, where every citizen has responsibility and a role to play in bringing about sustainable development, as well as emphasizing accountability by leaders at all levels. The term "Bora" is a Kiswahili word for "Better" Hence, it is from this premise that the Initiative envisages to contribute towards building a peaceful and democratic Society which embrace and uphold principles of democracy, accountability, transparency, human rights, participation and equality of all people in all forms. Tanzania Bora Initiative strives to see a better Tanzania with better Governance and Leadership, better and meaningful Civic participation, better Social Services, better economy and better wellbeing of the Citizens.
To see a peaceful, responsible, accountable and transparent society in which citizens are informed of their civic rights and actively engaged in social, political and economic development.
To promote a democratic culture in Tanzania, by encouraging good governance practices among the leaders and Citizen, Youth and Women in particular, via media and arts.
Respect for Diversity We seek to learn from the different ways of life and opinions represented; we respect and actively encourage the contribution of every individual.
State of the art We support art interventions, we influence incorporation of education and entartainement to make our work both artisitic and educative, we embrace creativity and encourage fun.
What we do Through Media and Arts, Tanzania Bora Initiative engages the Tanzania community, specifically youth, in providing civic educational programs and projects based on effective leadership, democracy and accountability, good governance, Human rights and development issues. We do so to inspire and support community initiatives toward attainment of sustainable development through awareness rising and capacity building , and we do so through policy discussion, Media, trainings, dialogues, seminars and workshops.
Mrembo program aims at strengthen and amplify young adolescents girls and adults' voices by empowering them to be advocates of their own rights and be able to claim their rights from duty bearers and community at large. The program is implemented through mainstream media programs: Mrembo TV Show, and Mrembo Radio Show, print media (Mrembo magazine) Arts interventions (Drama Series), Outreaches events and Capacity building sessions, and Peer to Peer helpline. We program feature both women and men who are at the front role to support gender equality.
Jua Katiba Tanzania / Know the Constitution.
This program involves Tanzanians via a multimedia campaign platform for citizens to engage and understand the ongoing constitution processes, proposed constitution draft and entire referendum process before voting and also how to engage after voting too. This program aims to help the citizens to familiarize with their constitution by offering daily reading plan, browsable chapters and bookmarking favourite articles of the constitution.
'SHE codes for change' program aims at improve the life of the girl child by educating, inspiring and equipping high school girls between the age of 12 - 19 with the skills and tools for innovation and social change also provide resources for them to pursue opportunities in science – especially computing fields. We do so through great learning experience and pairing them with mentors and role models, and then showing them examples of what it means to work in tech, also expose them via volunteering and visit to various technological and innovative offices and business for students to understand the importance of understanding and learning technology related studies.
Tanzania Bora Initiative works with Artists by engaging them in creating music, dramas, poetry etc. that influences positive change needed in our community. Since arts can significantly influence the degree to which people feel empowered to participate in community development, Arts for Change program steps in to facilitate this process. We work with our partner company LoveArts Ltd to deliver various forms of Art with messages that inspires positive change for our community.
Serikali Yangu / My Gov Mobile App.
Serikali Yangu/My Gov is citizen-centric program that aims to empower young Tanzanians especially in the rural constituencies to tackle unemployment challenge. Through entrepreneurship and business capacity building sessions, the program help young Tanzanians to establish SACCOS groups that will solicit funds and use them as capital to start small businesses for themselves. SerikaliYangu/MyGov also helps young Tanzanians to connect with the government through constituencies' young Members of Parliament (MPs), villages and wards officers.
#Uchaguzi2015 presents a unique and fresh opportunity to re-engage Tanzanian youth on political matters to the extent that it is undoubtedly one of the very few electoral civic education programs that is aimed at the youth on a nationwide basis and influence them to play a greater role in building Tanzania than they have traditionally.


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Actress Heather Locklear Facing Four Counts Of Battery And Banned From Owning Firearms
March 14, 2018	Entertainment Daypop
Heather Locklear has been charged with several counts of battery against first responders who answered a domestic violence call at her Southern California home. The 56-year-old actress was charged with four misdemeanor counts of battery on an
ABC's 'American Idol' Revival Debuts With 10.3 Million Viewers
ABC's revival of "American Idol" was the top show on Sunday night, according to Nielsen overnight data. "American Idol" drew a 2.3 rating in adults 18-49 ad 10.3 million viewers. However compared to the final Fox season
Taylor Swift Debuts Music Video For 'Delicate'
Taylor Swift won female artist of the year at the iHeartRadio Music Awards on Sunday, and although she wasn't there to accept in person she did have a surprise for the audience. In a pre-taped video which explained
Nun Battling Katy Perry Over Convent Sale Dies In Court
A nun involved in a legal battle over Katy Perry's bid to buy a Los Angeles convent collapsed and died during a Friday court appearance. Sister Catherine Rose Holzman, of the Sisters of the Most Holy And
'Black Panther' Reaches $1 Billion Globally
Disney's Black Panther has passed the $1 billion mark at the global box office. The studio said Saturday, March 10 that the milestone is based on Disney's estimate of ticket sales. The announcement comes on the 26th
'Grey's Anatomy' Stars Jessica Capshaw And Sarah Drew To Exit Show
March 9, 2018	Entertainment Daypop
Two of fictional Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital's longest-serving doctors are leaving the hit ABC show "Grey's Anatomy." Stars Jessica Capshaw, who plays Dr. Arizona Robbins, and Sarah Drew, known as Dr. April Kepner, are leaving the medical drama
"Suits" Spinoff Starring Gina Torres Receives Series Pickup
The TV show Suits is expanding, as the spin-off starring Gina Torres has received a series pickup at USA Network. The currently untitled series, which will be introduced in Suits' season 7 finale, will follow lawyer Jessica
Chrissy Teigen And Husband John Legend Mourn Death Of Beloved Dog Puddy
Chrissy Teigen and John Legend's dog Puddy has died. Teigen revealed the heartbreaking news on Instagram on Wednesday, March 7, sharing multiple photos of herself with her pup. "Today our baby, Puddy, has gone on to the
Tommy Lee Claims His Son Brandon, 21, Knocked Him 'Unconscious' During A Domestic Dispute
Former Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee claims he was attacked on Monday, March 6, by his 21-year-old son Brandon. Lee, who shares sons Brandon and Dylan with ex-wife Pamela Anderson, posted a photo of his swollen and bloodied mouth that
Kendall Jenner Hospitalized Ahead Of Vanity Fair Oscars After-Party
22-year-old model Kendall Jenner was hospitalized over the weekend prior to attending the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party on Sunday. According to sources, Jenner had a bad reaction to a vitamin drip, resulting in a trip to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
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Cette page concerne l'année 224  du calendrier julien proleptique.

Événements
 Hiver 225/224 av. J.-C. :
 Alliance entre Aratos de Sicyone et Antigone III Doson contre Cléomène III de Sparte.
 Corinthe se révolte contre Sparte et rejoint la ligue achéenne. Elle en devient rapidement le membre le plus influent.

 Printemps, guerre de Cléomène : à l'appel d'Aratos de Sicyone, les troupes d'Antigone III Doson passent l'isthme de Corinthe et entrent dans le Péloponnèse à la faveur du retrait spartiate sur Argos révoltée.

 12 juin (21 avril du calendrier romain) : début à Rome du consulat de Titus Manlius Torquatus (pour la seconde fois) et Quintus Fulvius Flaccus (pour la seconde fois) ; dictature de Lucius Caecilius Metellus pour tenir les comices consulaires .
 Les armées des deux consuls envahissent le territoire des Boïens et les contraignent à la paix.

 Automne : constitution de la ligue hellénique, dirigée contre Sparte et la Ligue étolienne, à l'initiative du roi de Macédoine Antigone III Doson, qui est nommé hêgêmon à vie (Achéens, Béotiens, Phocidiens, Acarnaniens, Thessaliens et Épirotes).

 Hiver : Cléomène III envoie en otages à Ptolémée III ses enfants et sa mère en échange de son aide.

 Épidémie de peste en Chine.

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Top Things to Do This Weekend: Oct 26–29
Cat videos! EMA! Death metal burlesque! Flamenco! A play about cockfighting! It's getting real, y'all.
By Rebecca Jacobson, Fiona McCann, and Eleanor Van Buren October 26, 2017
Dancenorth Australia brings its contact dance to Lincoln Hall.
Image: Courtesy Dancenorth Australia
Kate Carroll de Gutes
7:30 p.m. Sun, Powell's City of Books, FREE
In 2012, Oregon Book Award winner Kate Carroll de Gutes began a 30-day challenge to replace the risotto pics and pithy travel updates of Facebook—the modern-day "back fence" as she calls it—with honest communication about her personal life. That project became a weekly practice, and now a series of essays brought together in The Authenticity Experiment: Lessons from the Best and Worst Year of My Life, a frank examination of grief, anxiety, and the joy of not pretending.
Sandra Valls
9 p.m. Sat, Funhouse Lounge, $15 ($75 VIP)
After an appearance at July's Queer Comedy Fest, Sandra Valls returns for one night of extended stand-up. Valls has appeared on several Showtime specials, and Curve magazine named her one of the their top 10 funniest lesbian comics. Prepare for stories ranging from her "super Mexican" upbringing to explanations of "butch talk."
Diva Practice
8 p.m. Thu–Sun, The Headwaters Theatre, $20
On stage, one of the city's best-known drag queens puts a Donald Trump mask on, morphing it through gestures and video manipulations. It's part of the show Diva Practice, which Pepper Pepper says is both a research project and "a performance about queens dancing in the face of uncertainty." The Trump section is a relatively new addition. "It's definitely a heavy-handed statement inside the piece," Pepper says. "But part of Diva Practice has always been politically conscious and aware of power structures, and it would be ridiculous not to acknowledge the power structure that is the presidency of the United States." Still not sold? Here are four reasons you must see the show.
Dancenorth Australia
8 p.m. Thu–Sat, Lincoln Hall, $25–34
Dancenorth Australia performs Attractor, 60 minutes of choreographed contact dance with no intermission. Javanese experimental duo Senyawa provides the rhythm: multilingual vocals, intermixed with primal grunts and the sounds of homemade bamboo string instruments. For the final 15 minutes, the Queensland dance troupe will share the stage with 20 pre-selected audience members, who'll perform simple moves.
The Beyond with Live Score
6 and 8 p.m. Thu, Hollywood Theatre, SOLD OUT
Just in time for Halloween, the Hollywood Theatre brings back Italian horror composer Fabio Frizzi—joined by a seven-piece orchestra—for a screening of The Beyond, Lucio Fulci's 1981 gore fest.
Queer Horror Halloween
9:30 p.m. Fri, Hollywood Theatre, $8–10
"Make it Satanic and make it feminist." That's the directive Portland drag clown Carla Rossi gave a slew of local and national directors, who've created short films for this Halloween-themed evening. Plus: death metal burlesque, performed live.
Cat Videos Live!
8 p.m. Sun, Aladdin Theater, $31
How much do you really love cats? This is basically comic con for cat lovers, an attempt to socialize the masses who generally prefer to watch spooked felines and frowny furry faces in solitude. Join an all-ages crowd for internet cat videos on the big screen, with a portion of ticket proceeds benefiting Panthera, which is devoted to the conservation of big cats, and Friends for Life, an animal rescue and adoption organization.
9 p.m. Fri, Doug Fir Lounge, SOLD OUT
The Toronto indie group, whose Nova Scotia-born front woman Molly Rankin ever so gently channels the Cranberries, released its second full-length album, Antisocialites, in September.
Born in South Dakota, EMA (aka Erika M. Anderson) now lives in Portland.
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EMA / The Blow
9 p.m. Sat, Mississippi Studios, $15–18
Erika M. Anderson's third solo album, Exile in the Outer Ring, speaks—through breathy vocals over an array of synthesizers—to the paralyzing effects of polarization in the nation. In "Down and Out," she pleads, "What were you hoping for?" Opening for her are Khaela Maricich and Melissa Dyne of electro-pop duo the Blow, who released Brand New Abyss in September.
7:30 p.m. Sun, Winningstad Theatre, $30
With a Latin Grammy nomination for their most recent album, Vente Conmigo, this all-lady quartet blends flamenco and Mediterranean sounds. This tour also brings special choreography from vocalist Alba Carmona.
CLOSING Caught
7:30 p.m. Thu–Sat, 2 p.m. Sat–Sun, Artists Repertory Theatre, $50
A cross between live theater and visual art, Christopher Chen's Caught explores America's obsession with the intersection of fact and fiction as it relates to art. Chinese artist Lin Bo, whose work once offended his country's government so severely that he was arrested and incarcerated for two years, will give an introduction prior to each performance. Plus, catch static components of Bo's work on display in the theater lobby through October from noon–6 p.m., Tuesdays–Sundays.
OPENING The Events
7:30 p.m. Fri–Sat, 2 p.m. Sun, Imago Theatre, $25–45
Third Rail Rep presents The Events, David Greig's drama of forgiveness and healing after a community choir faces sudden tragedy. The play—which won a Scotsman Fringe First Award in 2013—will also feature live community choirs from the area.
OPENING Year of the Rooster
7:30 p.m. Fri–Sat, 2 p.m. Sun, CoHo Theater, $20–32
Lauded by the New York Times as "astonishingly entertaining," Olivia Dufault's fierce comedy takes on the high-stakes world of cockfighting—in the process requiring several performers to portray the beaked brawlers themselves.
CLOSING Thomas Roma and Karolin Klüppel
Noon–5 p.m. Thu–Sun, Blue Sky Gallery, FREE
Photographer Karolin Kluppel's Kingdom of Girls focuses on young girls from the Indian village Mawlynnong, a matriarchal society where the family's land is passed to the youngest daughter. Thomas Roma's photos, Plato's Dogs, take inspiration from Plato's Allegory of the Cave, in which the philosopher sees shadows on the wall as a misrepresentation of reality. Roma captures silhouettes in an attempt to convey each dog's "essential self."
10 a.m.–8 p.m. Thu–Fri, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Sat–Sun, FREE–$19.99
PAM's exhibit brings together photographs that were taken by, for, and of African Americans, spanning the late 1800s through the 1990s. Portraits from the estate of a prominent North Portland family appear alongside vernacular snapshots and found Polaroids—vivid glimpses into life over the course of more than a century. Plus: we've got a slideshow of images from the exhibit.
CLOSING A Situation of Meat
Noon–5 p.m. Fri–Sun, Disjecta, FREE
From a childhood bedroom dripping with maraschino cherries to videos of chicken feet and pink dahlias, the five artists in Disjecta's latest exhibit explore contemporary femme identity—both the beautiful and the grotesque.
Drag Art
4 Reasons You Absolutely Need to See Pepper Pepper's New Show
10/25/2017 By Kayla Brock
From the 1800s to the 1990s, African American Lives Captured on Camera
08/02/2017 By Fiona McCann
Song of the Week: 'Sundown, Sundown' by Federale
Song of the Week: 'Night Things...' by M A N E


Ursula Muller was born in Lucerne where she went to school and then worked as an interior decorator. Once she completed her studies at the College of Art and Design in Lucerne. After a stay of study in Paris, she started her own business. In the nineties, she started to concentrate exclusively on jewelry design. Having found her fulfillment, she and her husband established Step by Step in 1994.


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Q: Testing abstract class with JPA repository dependency I have an abstract class which I would like to unit test.
public abstract class Processor {

    private final MyRepo repo;

    protected Processor (final MyRepo repo) {
        this.repo = repo;
    }

    public abstract MyResponse process(final Request req, final String id);

    protected void saveRequest(final Request req, final String id) {

        final Entity entity = Entity.builder()
                .status(SUCCESS.name())
                .build();

        Entity entity = repo.save(entity);
        LOG.debug("Entity Saved {}", entity);
    }

    protected boolean checkDupe(final Request req) {
        return repo.check(request.getname(), LocalDate.parse(request.getDate()));
    }
}

I have the following Unit Test class:
@ExtendWith(SpringExtension.class)
public class ProcessorAbstractClassTest{

    @Mock
    private MyRepo repo;

    @Test
    public void shouldSaveRequest() {

        Processor processor = Mockito.mock(
                Processor.class,
                Mockito.CALLS_REAL_METHODS);

        MyRequest req = new MyRequest ("blah blah");

        Entity entity = Entity.builder().build();

        processor.saveRequest(req, "123");

       //check object passed into save but not save
    }

}

I would like to test there has been interaction with save() and validate the object Entity that is passed into it. How can I achieve this given that this is an abstract class and the concrete impl classes are providing the dependencies with super(repo) ?

A: Try this: verify(repo).save(isA(Entity.class));

A: Since I had concrete classes which extends Processor class, I used them to test the super class methods.
For example:
@Test
public void givenNonAbstractMethod_whenConcreteImpl_testCorrectBehaviour() {
    MyConcreteProcessor proc = new MyConcreteProcessor ();
    String actual = proc.saveRequest(new MyRequest());

    assertEquals("TEST", actual);
}

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An amendment passed by the Senate works around an FDA requirement to label the products as having added sugar when they don't.
It's a sweet victory for Maine maple syrup and honey producers. An amendment preventing a confusing labeling requirement from moving forward was approved Wednesday by the U.S. Senate.
The controversial requirement was designed to help consumers follow updated federal nutrition guidelines and alert them to excess sugar in their diets that could contribute to health problems such as obesity and diabetes. But maple syrup and honey are naturally high in sugar, and they triggered the labeling requirement even though neither product contains added sugars such as high-fructose corn syrup or cane sugar.
Maple syrup and honey producers suddenly found themselves in a sticky situation. MaryAnne Kinney, who owns Kinney's Sugarhouse in the Waldo County town of Knox, told the Portland Press Herald in May that the new requirement could have a "devastating" effect on her business, which produces more than half of her family's income. She traveled to Washington, D.C., in May to meet with Maine's congressional delegation and express her concerns. Kinney could not be reached for comment Wednesday.
The state's producers of pure honey were worried as well, predicting that the new labels would work against their efforts to educate consumers about adulterated honey on the market that is cut with corn syrup to increase profits.
Rep. Chellie Pingree, a Democrat, fought the proposed FDA requirement by inserting language into a House appropriations bill and meeting twice with FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb to discuss the issue. Collins also met with Gottlieb.
The public response was so fierce that the FDA backed off the idea last month, saying it would reconsider after reviewing all the feedback it had received, including more than 3,000 comments.
Collins said her amendment would still support public health by keeping the percent daily value of sugars on product labels.
The legislation now goes to a conference committee.


This cowpea did great in our garden. All of the seeds planted came up. Although we ignored them most of the season, they just kept growing. They had the second highest yield of the 10 types we planted (hogbrains was first, but not by much). They were wonderful when cooked. I am so pleased with this little cowpea and will definitely be growing it again next year!
I'm growing these for the first time this year. When I read the reviews, I couldn't figure out if they were vining or bush cowpeas. They are definitely vining cowpeas that started to develop runners soon after they were well established. Even though my teepee supports fell over, I've kept them watered and continue to get pods filled with wonderful small to medium sized off-white cowpeas with a brown eye. I've been letting most of the pods dry on the vines before I harvest and shell them. I'll be saving seed and vacuum sealing the rest in jars to use during the winter. Even with the supports on the ground, it's still pumping out peas. Will definitely grow again, even though I haven't tasted them yet.
What are the pros? insect and drought resistance.
Wow! Best cowpea I've ever grown! 2 packets produced over a gallon of dried peas for seed, plus numerous meals and they're still going! Long pods are better for green snaps than Stickless Wonder. These peas she'll easily and have incredible flavor boiled! Dried peas are some of the prettiest I've ever shelled, as wevill and worm damage is almost nonexistent. No brown spots here! Did I mention drought resistance? Mine and surrounding counties are in an extreme drought "designated disaster area" this year and these peas just keep going with only 2 light waterings so far. Simply amazing cowpeas that will be my main crop cowpea from now on! If you can only grow one cowpea, this is the one! A must try, especially for organic growers!
I planted these on June 19, 2016 at the same time I planted three other kinds and thy have all been grave yard dead for a while except the white whipperwills, it's now Oct. and the white whipperwills are still going strong.They have faced very little rain,bugs and nematodes.Seems nothing can stop them.Think what they would do under better conditions.


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Arrested cash heist suspects claim assault at the hands of police
By Peter Ramothwala - 30 May 2018 - 17:49
One of the cash heist suspects claimed she had to get medical attention after being assaulted by a police officer.
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A group of six cash in transit robbers who were arrested in Polokwane, Limpopo sought medical attention yesterday for visible injuries they claimed they suffered in the hands of police.
The six men and a woman appeared in the Seshego Magistrate's Court on Wednesday all accused the Hawks of torture, physical assault and refusing them food.
The suspects Collen Hlongwane, 40, from Diepkloof, Nkosimphile Msimango, 40, from Delmas, Isaac Seranotswe, 41, from Etwatwa, Lethabo Nhlane, 26, from Polokwane, Howard Hlope, 33,from Kwa-Thema and Daniel Bambiso from Springs allegedly robbed a cash in transit vehicle and made off with undisclosed amount on Matlala Road in Seshego outside Polokwane on Monday.
Nhlane, a mother of two, through her lawyer told the court that she sustained injuries on a right eye after police assaulted her.
Hawks arrest seven suspects over Limpopo heist
The Hawks have arrested seven suspects in connection with a cash heist that took place in Limpopo on Monday morning.
Her lawyer Pholoto Sebopela said; "My client was assaulted with an open hand on her face. She has bruises on her left eye and this happened during her arrest."
Sebopela said Nhlane needed a medical attention to treat her injuries.
Another lawyer, Lot Ramotse, representing the five men also accused the state of torturing his clients into a confession.
"My clients, all of them, have visible injuries from the hips, hands and faces. They told me that they were suffocated with a plastic bag and a wire placed around their necks as police demanded information," he said.
Bambiso claims on his social media profile that he works at the South African Air Force.
Ramotse said Hlongwane was assaulted with a sharp object on his eye and his hands were tied from his back for two days.
"He was further assaulted on the stomach and his private parts. The police's behaviour is unacceptable because all our clients were forced to make statements," he said.
R95m recovered in botched heists in the last nine months in Gauteng
Have you ever wondered how much money is recovered in botched cash-in-transit heists or when suspects in these heists are arrested?
Sepobela and Ramotse both wanted the court to grant them access to the police docket in order to see the written statements.
Prosecutor Disebo Kgoelenya objected the defence's request and described it to be "immature."
" The defence would only get the contents of the docket when police have completed their investigations. At the moment the request is immature," she said.
Magistrate Mikateko Mabobo granted all the suspect access to medical treatment.
"The state and defence will discuss the arrangement of the treatment at a convenient place. As for the written statements of the accused the defence will have to wait for trial to resume," she said.
Mabobo said concerning their injuries they can get treated and the medical report be placed in the docket. The case was postponed to June 12 for formal bail bail application.
The court ordered the media not to publish the photos of the suspects because it would compromise state's case.
Hawks spokesperson Captain Matimba Maluleke said the seventh suspects who was supposed to appear in court didn't because investigation with regard to his role in the robbery was underway.
New club for Reneilwe Letsholonyane and Siphiwe Tshabalala
Soshanguve Technical College students reveal modified BMW
Man hands himself over after allegedly strangling girlfriend to death
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Family cries foul as wife walks free
Security officer wounded in cash-in-transit heist in Centurion
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THIS IS DANGEROUS, root access inside a Terminal.
Discussion in 'MacBook Pro' started by wisecracker, Nov 1, 2012.
I have no idea if this is common knowledge but here goes.
Getting root access on a Terminal inside a MacBook Pro OSX 10.7.5 or lower.
you WILL need your ADMIN USER password, a root password in not required.
but carry on ending with a <CR>. <CR> = RETURN/ENTER key.
That's how sudo works. When you execute a command using sudo, it runs as superuser. In your case you used superuser to invoke a new shell (superuser is of course root).
Nothing to worry about. Only admin users can execute sudo by default in OS X.
Read up on sudo and the visudo command if you are worried.
having the admin password IS root access.
I certainly am not worried.
I am well aware of what sudo does too, (Linux flavours).
the MacBook Pro, circa August 2012.
to show exactly how it is done.
It is hard to imagine anyone who has ever used the terminal not knowing this.
posting a title of how to obtain root access would be apt. The current title reads of panic.
Generally speaking, newbies and kids probably shouldn't be messing around with Terminal, anyway, unless they know what they're doing.
After being ridiculed by the few, I have now been chastised.


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import unittest
from app import create_app, db
from app.models import User, Talk, Comment

class CommentModelTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.app = create_app('testing')
        self.app_context = self.app.app_context()
        self.app_context.push()
        # db.create_all()

    def tearDown(self):
        db.session.remove()
        db.drop_all()
        self.app_context.pop()

    def test_markdown(self):
        c = Comment()
        c.body = '# title\n\n## section\n\ntext **bold** and *italic*'
        self.assertTrue(c.body_html == '
title
\n
section
\n'
                                       '
text bold '
                                       'and italic
')

    def test_notification_list(self):
        db.create_all()
        u1 = User(email='john@example.com', username='john', password='cat')
        u2 = User(email='susan@example.com', username='susan', password='cat')
        t = Talk(title='t', description='d', author=u1)
        c1 = Comment(talk=t, body='c1', author_name='n1',
                     author_email='e@e.com', approved=True)
        c2 = Comment(talk=t, body='c2', author_name='n2',
                     author_email='e2@e2.com', approved=True, notify=False)
        c3 = Comment(talk=t, body='c3', author=u2, approved=True)
        c4 = Comment(talk=t, body='c4', author_name='n4',
                     author_email='e4@e4.com', approved=False)
        c5 = Comment(talk=t, body='c5', author=u2, approved=True)
        c6 = Comment(talk=t, body='c6', author_name='n6',
                     author_email='e6@e6.com', approved=True, notify=False)
        db.session.add_all([u1, u2, t, c1, c2, c3, c4, c5, c6])
        db.session.commit()
        email_list = c4.notification_list()
        self.assertTrue(('e@e.com', 'n1') in email_list)
        self.assertFalse(('e2@e2.com', 'n2') in email_list)  # notify=False
        self.assertTrue(('susan@example.com', 'susan') in email_list)
        self.assertFalse(('e4@e4.com', 'n4') in email_list)  # comment author
        self.assertFalse(('e6@e6.com', 'n6') in email_list)
        email_list = c5.notification_list()
        self.assertFalse(('john@example.com', 'john') in email_list)
        self.assertTrue(('e4@e4.com', 'n4') in email_list)  # comment author

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Doctor of Ministry Grad Works to Keep Families Safe
By Tanisia Morris on	 August 2, 2018 Alumni, Features
Community organizer Michael Okinczyc-Cruz during a recent trip to Mexico
As a community organizer working with Latino and African-American communities in the Western suburbs of Chicago, Michael Okinczyc-Cruz, D.Min., learned that walking to and from school could be a perilous journey for many children in the area.
"The kids said they had daily experiences of constant fear where they were bullied or were in an environment in which there were fights every day," said Okinczyc-Cruz, who graduated in May from the Graduate School of Religious and Religious Education (GRE) with a doctorate in ministry with a concentration in Latino ministry. "The communities that we work in also experience high rates of gun violence, so there is always the risk that kids traveling to school might be caught in the midst of gunfire."
Through the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership, an organization he co-founded with a group of Catholic community leaders last year, Okinczyc-Cruz has been working with Latinos, African Americans, and other ethnic populations in the Chicago suburbs of Maywood, Melrose Park, and Broadview to curb violence and implement programs that engage youth and their parents.
"One thing that we're doing now is mobilizing parents, families, and youth to develop safe passage programs in local public schools to ensure that students have a safe path to walk on their way to and from school," said Okinczyc-Cruz, who serves as executive director of the organization.
At GRE, Okinczyc-Cruz explored Ignatian spirituality, which he said challenged him to reflect on how one's commitment to spiritual life and discipline can inspire a change in disposition toward pain and suffering. In the suburbs of the West Side of Chicago, where minorities are often plagued by apathy, gun violence, and other social ills, an understanding of Catholic social tradition can be transformative, he said.
Okinczyc-Cruz speaking at the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership, an organization he directs in Chicago.
"The families and young people that we're working with should be able to access theological and spiritual resources that can help them put their faith into action, reflect on their own struggles, and work to create a just society. It's a mandate of our faith," said Okinczyc-Cruz, who considers himself a theologian as well as a community organizer, and sees the two as intertwined.
Through the coalition, Okinczyc-Cruz has helped to organize workshops and lectures with spiritual leaders, theologians, and community organizers that are focused on Catholic social teaching.
The organization also has committees focused on violence prevention and immigration— two of the most pressing issues facing the Latino and African-American populations.
'Their Stories Are My Story'
A first-generation American, Okinczyc-Cruz developed a passion for working with underrepresented populations because of his upbringing. His mother is a Mexican-American who went on to become a teacher despite a poor upbringing; his father was a Polish refugee who once stayed at a refugee camp outside of Vatican City; and his maternal great-grandparents were migrants from Guanajuato, Mexico.
"In so many ways, I've been shaped by their experiences," he continued, "Their stories are my story. I am who I am today because of them."
Coupled with his biracial background, Okinczyc-Cruz said growing up in San Diego, a border city, also had a profound impact on him.
"I think early on, it was instilled in me that life oftentimes isn't easy for immigrants and people of color," he said.
"Learning about my family's history gave me a perspective on American history [and]what immigrants and refugees had to go through and continue to go through as they struggle to obtain stability and opportunities for their families."
With the programs he offers, Okinczyc-Cruz hopes members of his community will be able to not only address issues related to economic, racial, and immigrant justice in their neighborhoods, but also help to inspire change beyond the streets of Chicago.
"We're not just forming leaders to be civically skilled so that they can work strategically for political and social solutions," he said. "We also take seriously the cultivation and development of their spiritual life."
Photos courtesy of Michael Okinczyc-Cruz
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Diamond in the Rough Excerpt
The problem with doing favors was that they had a habit of coming back to bite King on the ass. His current situation being a perfect example.
Years ago, King decided he was out for good. He'd served his country, made sacrifices, and allowed them to turn him into someone he barely recognized. While deployed, he'd lost his parents and hadn't been able to bury them or even attend their funerals. Another chain added to the ones already wrapped around his heart, weighing him down. Then he lost his brothers-in-arms, and he was done. He loved his country. He did not love the men who asked for his loyalty and sacrifice but gave none in return, only empty promises. It was King who'd looked after his broken brothers on their return, not the men in Washington who'd turned their backs on them, offering hollow words of sympathy and condolences. He neither needed nor wanted their prayers. What he wanted was for them to stop using soldiers as their playthings, or at least have the decency to take care of their toys.
Yet here he was being escorted through a cold windowless concrete corridor by half a dozen armed soldiers at an undisclosed location in the middle of God-Knew-Where, Florida. Anyone who believed black sites on US soil didn't exist was living a fairy tale. They were everywhere, belonging to various government agencies—some buried deep, some hidden in plain sight. This particular one was in plain sight. At least the top floors were. King had been to more black sites than he cared to think about.
No time for regrets.
King had given his word, and he never went back on his word. Had it been anyone else, he would have walked away the moment those armed soldiers approached him on the tarmac at the airport. Instead he'd allowed them to escort him to one of several government Suburbans lined up waiting for him. But it wasn't just anyone who'd needed him. He and the General shared too much history, had suffered great loss, and were bound by a secret few people outside the two of them and the remaining members of King's Special Forces unit knew about.
A dark-haired man in a black suit, white shirt, and black tie approached King. He had government spook written all over him. The guy extended his hand to King.
"Mr. Kingston. I'm Agent Ross Bowers. Thank you for your service."
King nodded in appreciation as he shook the man's hand. "Please, call me King. CIA?"
"No." Bowers's smirk said it all. NSA. He motioned for King to walk with him. "I'll be your point of contact for this operation. I've been asked to brief you on the situation and escort you to the asset."
The asset.
Leopold de Loughrey was twenty-five years old, a freelance software engineer, and a coding genius. He had the misfortune of being the son of four-star United States Army General Leon de Loughrey. The misfortune didn't lie with who Leo's father was, but rather what he was—an Army General in a position of power within the United States government. The fact it took Washington this long to discover such a powerful asset had been right under their noses for years was a testament to the General's love for his son, because there was no doubt in King's mind it was the General who'd managed to keep Leo off government radars.
"I've been informed you know the identity of the asset and his relationship to General de Loughrey," Bowers stated.
"What else do you know?"
Like with every classified operation, King knew only as much as he needed to know to perform his duty. Nothing less, nothing more. "I know who the asset is, that he's working on something for our government, and that I've been brought in because there have been… complications."
Bowers nodded. "The General trusts you. He believes you'll be able to provide insight."
Insight. Interesting choice of words. Then again, King supposed the General wasn't about to tell his own government he'd brought in outside help because he didn't trust them with his son.
"The code name for this operation is Avengers, and for unsecured communications, the asset is to be referred to as Spider-Man. You are Captain America."
King stopped and turned to Bowers. "I'm sorry, what?"
Bowers's lips curled up in the corner. "You heard me."
"Captain America? The guy who fights with a shield and wears a giant star on his chest?"
Bowers appeared far too amused for his own good. "Fan, are we?"
"Not particularly." The Kings had provided an important client with security for his son's tenth birthday party. It was superhero themed. Unfortunately, the guy the event company sent to play Captain America had food poisoning and spent most of the gig puking in the bushes. King had been the only one who fit into the costume. He was pretty sure Ace had more fun at that party than the kids did. There were pictures and everything. King had been cheerfully informed he would never live it down.
Bowers shrugged. "Quite frankly, we could care less what the asset chooses to name the op if it means his cooperation. What he's working on is groundbreaking and could mean a significant advantage in counterterrorist measures for our government. Operation Avengers is a joint op between the Pentagon and multiple intelligence agencies."
King let out a whistle. "Wow, you boys are playing in the same sandbox?"
"Yep, and we're playing nice and everything. That should tell you how important this is. We need the asset—"
"Leo," King corrected. "We're in a secure location. We can call him Leo." Calling Leo an asset allowed those involved to detach themselves from the young man, making it easy for them to forget they were dealing with a human being, a citizen of their country, and not a faceless object or threat. King was familiar with the process. He wasn't about to make it easy for them with Leo.
Bowers paused, studying him before nodding. "Okay. We need Leo to cooperate, and right now that's not happening."
"He's refusing?"
"Not quite. The asset—I mean Leo is… well, a unique case. It takes a certain type of individual to be able to do what he's capable of doing. Leo's file didn't prepare us for the real thing. We've brought in several experts in the hopes our people could learn how to effectively interact with him, but that only made things worse. Then there's the disappearing."
King frowned. "Disappearing?" When the General first approached King, he'd mentioned something about his son disappearing, but King figured he meant Leo kept leaving his station, not that he was actually vanishing. "Are you telling me that somehow Leo is disappearing from under the noses of the military and NSA?"
"Trust me, I'm as confused as you are. I don't know how the hell he does it, but he does. Then he just wanders back in like nothing happened. Every time he disappears, we risk exposure because security protocol has to be initiated and everything is locked down. It's a goddamn mess."
"What about surveillance?"
"That's the thing," Bowers said as he stopped walking and faced King. "Every time he disappears, something happens to the cameras."
"Are they being tampered with? I mean, the guy's a computer genius after all."
"Nope. We've had the footage screened and analyzed by our guys. No one has tampered with the cameras or the footage. During one incident, we found one of the camera lenses covered in strawberry jelly."
King squinted at him. "I'm sorry, did you say strawberry jelly?"
"That's correct."
"How the hell did strawberry jelly get on the camera?"
"We have no idea. One minute the kid's there, the next minute he's not. When we check the security footage, no one seems to be where they're supposed to be when the kid walks out. We've investigated, and each time there's a legitimate reason for the guards not being at their post, which makes this whole thing even stranger. We've noticed it seems to happen whenever he's anxious, which quite frankly is most of the time. Kid's jittery as hell. It doesn't help that he and the team of analysts brought in to support him and the project don't see eye to eye. He… um, he keeps correcting their work."
King held back a smile. "I see." He had to admit, he was curious. But if the NSA couldn't keep track of Leo, what exactly did the General think King could do? He needed to meet Leo and assess the situation.
They reached a solid steel door and Bowers stopped. He pulled a black cell phone out of his pocket and handed it to King. "All communication is to be done through that phone. Leo has been on site just over two weeks, and he's barely started the project. He spends more of his time questioning and correcting the analysts' work than coding the damned program. As you can imagine, the higher-ups are getting antsy. They need to see some progress."
And if they didn't, it would only be a matter of time before they lost their patience and instead of treating Leo like the son of a General, started treating him like the asset he was. Leo would be moved somewhere out of his father's reach, and the General would be lucky to see his son again. Leo wasn't a soldier or a government agent. They would break him, and there was little chance he'd come back from the hell they'd put him through. King clenched his jaw tight to keep from saying something he'd regret. He'd promised the General he would look after his son, and that's what he would do.
"I'll get you everything you need inside, along with documentation for you to read through. If anyone on your approved list calls your cell phone, the call will be forwarded to the phone I just gave you."
King nodded. Depending on how quickly Leo got things done, King could either be here anywhere from a few weeks to several months. Not exactly how he wanted to spend his holidays. It was in both their best interests that Leo get this done as quickly as possible so they could both go home. At least that was the agreement King signed and had been informed Leo had signed. Once Operation Avengers was complete, they were both free to return to their lives. King had no doubt he'd be cut free, but Leo? Just because the government promised to let him go, didn't mean they would. If Leo was as valuable an asset as Bowers said, the government would find a way to keep him, and King couldn't let that happen.
"The system only recognizes those persons authorized by the General himself, and for the door to open, it requires three forms of identity verification: fingerprint scan, retina scan, and voice match. If even one of those doesn't correspond with what's in the system, the person will be locked out and armed personnel will arrive to investigate."
"I assume there's some kind of emergency evac plan in place?"
"Three, actually. One by land, one by sea, and one by air. Emergency transportation is on standby should you need it. As soon as you meet the asset—I mean, Leo, you'll receive a secure tablet with all the information you'll need to perform your duties. Should someone suspect your involvement, which is unlikely, considering your name is in no way connected to this operation, the FBI has conveniently made our lives easier by providing the appropriate digital and paper trail showing you never left England and are there on vacation. Don't worry, the rest of that case has remained sealed."
As far as the world knew, King was still abroad. As per his insistence, the only ones authorized to know he was back in the country were Ace, Red, Lucky, Jack, and Joker. That was the extent of their knowledge on the matter. The less they knew, the safer they would be. King was under no illusion this whole thing couldn't go sideways at any time, considering the parties involved. The security measures taken with Leo provided all the evidence King needed to know how important this project was to their government.
The door opened, and they stepped into what resembled a command center, albeit a secret one, located in a huge underground bunker. Before King had a chance to scan his surroundings, they came to a halt so as not to get mowed down by the half dozen soldiers charging past them.
"What the hell? Christ! Stay here. I'll be right back." Bowers took off, and King remained where he stood. He crossed his arms over his chest and pressed his lips together to observe what could only be described as a clusterfuck of epic proportions. Military personnel in and out of uniform darted from one place to another, some on cell phones, others on radios. A small group of what were clearly analysts stood arguing. Not exactly the kind of situation he'd been hoping to walk into.
A soldier hurried toward him, and King caught him before he could whiz by.
The soldier looked him over, and King held up the ID hanging from the lanyard around his neck. "Ward Kingston. I've been brought in by General de Loughrey. Could you show me to the asset?"
"I'm afraid I can't do that at the moment, sir."
King cursed under his breath. "Let me guess. Leo's gone for another walk."
The soldier nodded before excusing himself.
Every security job came with unique challenges, but he could say with absolute certainty that none of his previous jobs revolved around someone pulling a Houdini act several times a day. Leo had to know the danger he was in, so why take such a risk? To anyone, this sort of environment would be daunting, and rather terrifying, but Leo was the son of a General, and King recalled plenty of instances when the General had mentioned having his son with him.
After the loss of his wife, it would have been easy for General de Loughrey to leave his son and daughter with someone while he was away doing his duty to his country, but he kept his children at his side whenever possible. If they couldn't be in the same room as their father, they were still somewhere in the building or safely hidden away close by. How the General managed it, considering his position, was beyond King, but he'd done it, moving heaven and earth to take care of his grieving children. From the beginning, however, it became clear to King that the General was far more protective of his son than his daughter—not because the General loved one more than the other, but because according to the General, Leo was different.
From their friendly conversations years ago, King learned Leo was a soft-hearted boy whose vast intelligence made him vulnerable. He had difficulties socializing and communicating with others, and while he could do things at a level most adults couldn't even fathom, he had trouble with smaller mundane tasks, leading to him being homeschooled by the best tutors so he could learn at his own pace. And more importantly, to keep him safe. One thing King remembered above everything else was the love and pride pouring from the General when he spoke of his children. King looked forward to his interaction with the mysterious and fascinating young man. But first, they'd have to find him.
Turning, King frowned down at his new guest. Where had the guy come from? "Hey."
"Goldfish cracker?"
King stared at the guy and the little bag of—did he say Goldfish crackers?
"They're not stale, which I guess is the most you can hope for, considering how often that vending machine is stocked up. Not a lot of people are the Goldfish cracker type, but hey, more for me, so I can't complain." The guy shook the bag at him. "Goldfish cracker?"
King shook his head, his brows drawn together as he tried to figure out what he was dealing with here. Could this be Leo? If it was, surely Bowers would have returned, and the chaos around them would have come to an end. From the looks of the younger man, King guessed he was one of the analysts. He was cute, just under six feet, with messy brown hair poking out from beneath the blue beanie on his head. His eyes were big and brown, his lashes long, eyebrows thick, and his mouth pink and wide. The little mole to the right of his lips drew King's attention. He was in his mid-twenties at most, wearing trendy black-framed glasses, gray skinny jeans, black Chucks, and a yellow T-shirt under a navy cardigan of which only the center two buttons were fastened. He was lean, with a sinewy body. Oddly, the guy wasn't wearing any kind of ID.
"Would you like a Goldfish cracker?"
"I'm sorry, what?"
The analyst seemed awfully serene, considering the chaos happening around him. "Goldfish cracker."
"No. Thank you."
The guy shrugged. He popped a cracker into his mouth, drawing King's attention to his pink lips.
"Let me guess. SEAL?"
The word snapped King's attention from those plump lips back up to his pretty eyes. The young man's assessing gaze had King rounding his shoulders. What the hell was happening right now? Who was this guy? This was neither the time nor the place for him to be distracted by a pretty face. Not to mention, he was never distracted by a pretty face. It wasn't something he did. King opened his mouth to reply, but the guy put a hand up to stop him.
"No. Don't tell me." He snapped his fingers. "Green Beret. Special Forces, am I right?"
Interesting. Then again, King supposed the analysts spent a lot of time around soldiers and military personnel. "I was. Yes."
"I knew it. You give off that Green Beret vibe." He wiggled his fingers at King and his general person.
King arched an eyebrow. "Green Beret vibe?"
"Yep. Also, it's in your purpose."
"Sorry?" Were the rest of the analysts so… peculiar?
The guy's smile was wide, sweet. "Your purpose. You have a purpose. You're not about to move, so everyone who comes near you senses that and they go around you. Anyone who gets in the way of that purpose has no one to blame but themselves when they end up on the floor. That's amazing. That would never happen to me. Most people don't even notice me. I could be standing right next to them, and they'd have no clue."
King doubted that. "I'm sorry, who are you?"
The analyst opened his mouth to speak up, but King reacted, throwing his arm across the guy and taking two steps back with him just as a soldier stumbled forward, hit the floor, and skidded several feet past them.
"That looked painful," his companion muttered, though it would have been more painful had the soldier stumbled into him and taken him down with him. He beamed up at King. "See. Green Beret." He waved the bag at King again. "You sure you don't want a Goldfish cracker?"
"I'm sure." King's frown deepened. The guy's smile was bright, open, and friendly. "Why won't you tell me your name?"
"I never said I wouldn't tell you. What's your name?"
"Ward Kingston, but everyone calls me King."
The guy tilted his head. "Why King?"
"Long story." One he was certainly not about to get into with a stranger, and here of all places. Though he surprised himself by discovering he wanted to know more about his odd little companion.
"I bet it's fascinating."
"Why do you keep distracting me from getting your name?" This whole situation was bizarre. How did he not have this guy's name, position, and clearance level already? He wouldn't be too hard on himself, considering he was in a secure location and wasn't officially on the clock yet since the person he was supposed to be working with had disappeared. Normally he would have joined the search the moment he'd been told Leo was missing, but he had no idea what Leo looked like. The General—and King was certain several US intelligence agencies—had done a stellar job of erasing any trace of Leo from the internet. They left just enough details not to arouse suspicion, but there were no photos of Leo, no descriptions of him. Due to the classified nature of the op and Leo's involvement, King had been given little to no information about him. That was to come after he met Leo.
"I'm distracting you?"
The guy's startled words snapped King out of his thoughts. Why did he sound so surprised?
As if reading his mind, the analyst spoke up. "I've never distracted anyone before. Like I said, most people don't even realize I'm there, much less find themselves distracted by me." His wide smile lit up his face, and King sucked in a sharp breath. Whatever was happening had to stop. Now. King was about to demand answers when Bowers appeared. He thundered toward them, his murderous glare on the analyst and intent in his eyes. What exactly Bowers was going to do, King had no idea, but he wasn't about to let it happen. He instinctively put himself between Bowers and the young man, ignoring the fingers curling around his forearm or the searing heat from the touch.
"Leo!"
"Shit," the guy muttered from behind King.
"Shit," King repeated, looking over his shoulder at Leo, who was now sporting a sheepish grin. "Leopold de Loughrey?"
Leo worried his bottom lip with his teeth and waved. "Hi."
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Space Goose Artist Manifests Spaceships Out of Anything
by Lee Down
Eric Geusz, Space Goose, is a man with two beautiful, enviable qualities. He is forever a boy at heart. He also has the wisdom of an old man. Possessing both of these qualities leaves him as a blessing for many people.
During the day, Eric Geusz is a 3D software engineer for Apple in San Francisco, CA. At night, Eric creates his fine art–his space ships that are every kids dream, and if we're lucky, they're still the things our dreams are made of as adults. Eric Geusz's rockets are the everyday things like the forks that zoom through the cosmos of the dining room. Always coming to their dramatic end with a loud crash into the much-hated mound of cauliflower. Destroying every ounce of it. Every time. It is here where Eric Geusz transforms the mundane into the magical, that he takes on his Space Goose persona…and becomes a superhero. Rescuing us all from the cauliflower in the dining room.
Space Goose – Fidget Spinner Transformed into Space Station
The Combination of Eric Geusz and Space Goose
Like all superheroes, the power Eric Geusz has ultimately comes from his mind. What that gift is exactly, is debatable. Most people would lend his gnarly capabilities toward his superior intellect and resulting educational and employment history thus far. To date Space Goose has a degree in computer science and a minor in film and digital media from the University of New Mexico (UNM). During this time, he was a special effects intern at PIVOT, a student lab assistant at the UNM Health Services Department and a technology manager at the social media group at the UNM School of Art and Art History. Upon graduating from college, Eric Geusz obtained employment as a software engineer with Northrop Grumman. This is a pioneering company that designs and develops some of the world's most advanced aircraft and up and coming spacecraft. Not to mention super elite cyber security systems and all-seeing radars.
Space Goose – Shampoo bottle becomes a Cargo Space Ship
Others would, and do, argue that Eric Geusz's superpower is his innate ability to daydream. Space Goose would not kick that notion to the curb. Consequently, he even strongly encourages people to spend a lot more time day dreaming.
So let's go one more step ahead and give a name to Space Goose's specific type of daydreaming. It is frequently referred to as Pareidolia. This means "the tendency to perceive a specific, often meaningful image in a random or ambiguous pattern". A common example of this is many people being able to see a face in an electrical light socket. Space Goose, sees these "faces" in routine objects of our daily lives. And he acts on them…brilliantly, precisely and effectively.
The Impact of Concept Art
My very strong tendency is to go with Eric Geusz's talents being innate. He became enamored with art as soon as he could create art. All the way back to "glitter glue and LEGOs". And when Space Goose saw his first Star Wars film in 1977, he was a goner.
Soon after, even as a child, he began to look at concept art books. Concept art is an art movement that began in the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s. Its premise is that the idea behind the art is more important than the final product.
Concept art is a huge deal in things like animation, video game, comic books, movies ~~ and yes, it's indescribably important for a brilliantly nerdy mind like Eric Geusz's to get on with designers for transfiguring our humdrum lives into intergalactic wonders.
Space Goose Fighter Ship from Lemon and Spoons
ILM Competition 2016
A great opportunity Spacegoose had for success via concept art was at the 2016 Industrial Lights and Magic and ArtStation's competition where he achieved a Favorite ranking.
In the 2016 competition, all of the artists were asked to be concept artists for a series of challenges. The challenges consisted of vehicles, characters and epic Star Wars battles. They were specifically referred to as "The Ride", "The Moment" and "The Job". Each challenge presented to the artists gave them the chance to complete the task showing their skill set while keeping their personalities strong in their art.
Space Goose No Tongs About It
ILM's goal in the competition was to find the strongest employment candidates. However, they were also looking for artists to merely mentor. The collaboration between Industrial Lights and Magic and ArtStation to ready the beast that was 2016, took almost a full year before it was announced to the public on May 4, 2016.
By the time everything was geared up for the 2016 ILM Competition, there were 3,888 artists registered who submitted 23,591 pieces from 101 countries. And Spacegoose placed in the top 200.
Other Inspirations for Spacegoose
Aside from concept art itself, Space Goose is inspired by some of the greats. He mentions Moebius first.. the French artist and cartoonist whose personal spin of mind-blowing fantasy and surrealism guided us on the map to today's science fiction images. Next is Ralph McQuarrie. He was American and worked on such well-known things as the Star Wars trilogy, E.T., the Battle Star Gallactica television series and the film, Cocoon, for which he won an Academy Award. British born Chris Foss is next. His most important contributions noted are his work on Guardians of the Galaxy and, oddly enough, for his black and white drawings in The Joy of Sex. And finally, Syd Mead. He was American and had great collaborative effort in such science fiction films such as Blade Runner, Aliens and Tron.
Space Goose – The Peeler Space Ship
Eric's Geusz seems to have picked some pretty big shoes to fill with his list of idols. But he also understands that all good, true art is about how it makes a person feel. And what Spacegoose achieves with his transformative rockets leave me in awe every time.
Eric Geusz on Creativity…Space Goose's and Everyone Else's
Eric Geusz will be the first person to tell you that his ideas mostly come from other places…other gadgets, movies, video games, even other space ships created much the same way his are. He is frequently told by other artists that they are honestly surprised to discover that there are others practicing the same craft.
Space Goose feels that there is a common misconception not only about artists, but among artists. That they "…think and create in a vacuum…" With masterpieces materializing out of nowhere. As an artist myself, I can say that I am continually drawing in ideas from the world around me. Space Goose defines creativity for me perfectly by saying it is "the ability to see things from a different perspective". Even though space ships only exist in our minds, it only takes an ounce of imagination to create them.
Space Goose, Now That's a Hot Sauce Spaceship
Just to lend to examples in the world of Eric Geusz and his thoughts on creativity – in Star Wars, the ships are planes and battle ships from World War II all crammed together. And in Ghostbusters, the Psychokinetic Energy Meter is literally a 1970s shoe polisher. And in the reverse of this, some of today's everyday objects like Bluetooth speakers, tablets and cellular phones were first objects on sci-fi movies and television series. And to further this point in particular, large technology companies are hiring ex sci-fi concept artists to keep their product lines up to date.
Space Goose Has Just Got to be Ace
Space Goose – Not Just Kitchen Gadgets
Digging up information about Eric Geusz aside from his techy, awesome, literally out-of-this-world creative art, is next to impossible. Still, I got a feel for him as Space Goose. As that guy who is forever a boy at heart enough to dream the rockets. And as that guy who has the wisdom to create them. Maybe part of it is because he is so obviously very private…no age listed, no family mentioned, nothing that cannot be linked to art in a rather formal way. That has also piqued my interest to want to know more about what makes him tick as an artist to drive him to work so tirelessly. For now, I will follow what I can. Mainly the images. Follow him with me. He will bring you a spot of joy every time.
Space Goose on Instagram, Artstation and on Twitter
All through writing this, I kept thinking about the quote by J.R.R. Tolkien, "It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons." And now proofreading, I have no doubt someday Eric Geusz, Spacegoose, will be quoted as saying the same thing about space ships. And we will all be listening.
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Роберт Лоуэлл «Робин» Мур (,  — ) — американский писатель, ветеран войны. Его официальная история «Зеленых беретов» была американским бестселлером. Он автор множества книг в жанре документального романа, включая «Французский связной», который явился основой оскароносного одноименного фильма.

Артур Хейли своим литературным предшественником считал Робина Мура.

Библиография
 The Devil To Pay (ISBN 1-879915-02-2)
 The Green Berets (ISBN 0-312-98492-8)
 The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy (ISBN 1-59228-044-7)
 The Happy Hooker: My Own Story (with Xaviera Hollander) (ISBN 0-06-001416-4)
 Mafia Wife (with Barbara Fuca) (ISBN 0-02-586180-8)
 Search and Destroy (ISBN 0-89516-048-x)
 Pitchman (1966)
 The Country Team (1970)
 The Khaki Mafia (1971) (with June Collins)
 Court Martial (1972) (with Henry Rothblatt))
 The Fifth Estate (1973)
 The Family Man (1974) (with Milt Machlin)
 The London Switch (1974) (with Al Dempsey)
 The Italian Connection (1975) (with Al Dempsey)
 The Set Up: The Shocking Aftermath To The French Connection (1975) (with Milt Machlin)
 Hotel Tomayne (1976)
 The Season (1976) (with Patricia Hornung)
 Dubai (1976)
 The Pearl Harbor Cover-Up (1976) (with Frank Schuler)
 The Terminal Connection (1976)
 Valency Girl (1976) (with Susan Deitz)
 Phase of Darkness (1976) (with Al Dempsey)
 The Establishment (1976) (with Harold Shumate)
 The Death Disciple (1977) (with Gerald G Griffin)
 Our Missile's Missing (1977) (with Stan Gebler Davies)
 Combat Pay (1977)
 The Washington Connection (1977)
 The Big Paddle (1978)
 The Black Sea Caper (1978) (with Hugh McDonald)
 Chinese Ultimatum (1978) (with Edward McGhee)
 Caribbean Caper (1978)
 Death Never Forgets (1978)
 Diamond Spitfire (1978)
 Red Falcons (1978) (with Al Dempsey)
 The Cobra Team (1978) (with Edward E Mayer)
 The Last Coming (1978) (with Gerald G Griffin)
 The Treasure Hunter (1979) (with Howard Jennings)
 The New York connection (1979)
 Only the Hyenas Laughed (1980) (with Neville H Romain)
 The Gold Connection (1980) (with Julian Askin)
 Compulsion (1981)
 London Connection (1981) (with Al Dempsey)
 Fast Shuffle (1981) (with Sidney Levine)
 Black Sea Connection (1981) (with Hugh McDonald)
 The Tales of Green Beret (1985)
 Force Nine (1986)
 The White Tribe (1991) (with Barbara Fuca)
 The Moscow Connection (1994)
 The Sparrowhook Curse (1996)
 Encounter on the Moon (1996)
 Area 51 (1997)
 Hercules: Hero of the Night Sky (1997)
 The Accidental Pope (2000) (with Ray Flynn)
 React : CIA Black Ops (2004) (with Chuck Lightfoot)
 The Singleton: Target Cuba (2004) (with Jeff Lambert)

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Авторы детективной прозы
Лауреаты премии «Золотая малина»
Похороненные на кладбище «Сонная лощина» (Конкорд)

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Q: Verify Select element Good afternoon in my timezone
I am using Selenium to test my web application.There is a dropdown list on a page that when we choose one value from it, it will fullfill 3 input text fields and select values in three more dropdown lists.
There is a lot of possible combinations to fullfill those fields so i want to use regular expressions to verify the fulfillment.The Dropdown list when selected makes an Ajax call to fullfill all those fields.
So i was thinking to use the following statements to make the "assertions":
wait.until(ExpectedConditions.textToBePresentInElement(By.xpath("//input[@name='name']"), text));

This statement will be used to check the input fields, but i realize that the method "textToBePresentInElement" does not accept regular expression in the place of the text(second argument). Which options do i have ?
Because the fullfillment is made through Ajax , i have to wait , one possible solution is to use Thread.sleep while verifying the text through something like this driver.findElement().getText().matches("REgEx");
There is no better solution ?
To check the other 3 dropdown lists what method should i use ?
The Thread.sleep following this statement :
(new Select(driver.findElement(By.xpath("//select[@name='tipoTransacao']")))).getFirstSelectedOption().getText().matches
Thanks in advance
Best regards

A: Here is Java solution
public void waitUntilTextIsPresent(WebElement element, String regex, long timeout, long polling) {
        final WebElement webElement = element;
        final String regex = regex;

        new FluentWait<WebDriver>(driver)
        .withTimeout(timeout, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
        .pollingEvery(polling, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS)
        .until(new Predicate<WebDriver>() {

            public boolean apply(WebDriver d) {
                return (webElement.getText().matches(regex);
            }
        });
}

A: A horrible mismash of Java & C# here, due to copy/pasting your examples and my working solution, but hopefully you can adapt it to just Java...
This should wait until the regex matches, you don't always have to use the ExpectedConditions class
public void WaitForTextPresent(By by, string regex, int maxSecondsToWait = 30)
{
    new WebDriverWait(_webDriver, new TimeSpan(0, 0, maxSecondsToWait))
        .Until(d => d.FindElement(by).getText().matches(regex));

}


Hey guys! Hope everyone has had a productive week so far, i'm off to a bad start! However, I am sitting here 6:32am getting this done before little man wakes up so ill consider this as my fresh start. Currently with a hot cup of coffee, silent room and an empty page to write so my morning is looking pretty darn good! Today I thought I would throw in a little fashion, and by fashion I mean what I think is cool so I can't guarantee it's trendy. I just don't have time or energy to keep up with what the heck people are wearing these days! To be honest, they lost me at the peplum shirts… those just looked horrible on me so I kinda said FU to being trendy and decided to just go with my own style and what looks, and feels good on me! (Hi mom, yes I steal clothes out of your closet, take it as a compliment) If you haven't noticed, i've been trying to mix things up lately and I appreciate that you're along the ride with me!
I'm all about versatility, if I can wear it to bed, the gym, with jeans or a skirt… count me in. (well obviously not in the same day but you get the point) Graphic Tees are my thing, I usually just wear them around the house but more recently have I been wearing them out. I generally choose to pair the tee with some ripped jeans and sneakers for the more relaxed look but it would also look adorable with a denim skirt or patterned workout leggings. Big statement, minimal effort — that's what we usually hope to achieve when we get dressed in the morning, right?! There is something super rad about rocking an old band tee as long as you're cool enough to know a couple of their hits. I am not a chick that knows a bunch of oldies so ill stick with Star Wars for now. Check out these graphic tees below, and have a great week!


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JAKARTA: Dozens of aircraft and ships in search for a missing Indonesian waters AirAsia plane focused Monday on an oil stain on possible leads, as a senior official warned the aircraft probably at the bottom of the sea.
Australia, Singapore and Malaysia joined the Indonesia-led search as distressed relatives awaited news of their loved ones more than a day after the flight QZ8501 disappeared over the Java Sea with 162 people on board.
"Dad came home, I have to Papa," Angela, the daughter of the Indonesian pilots Irianto, asked in an emotional appeal to local social media.
The Airbus A320-200 lost contact on the way from Surabaya in East Java Indonesia to Singapore on Sunday after the team this year called for a change in the flight plan by stormy weather, in the third crisis for a Malaysian carrier.
Indonesian Air Force spokesman Hadi Tjahjanto told AFP the search is now on an oil patch sighted focus off Belitung island, opposite Kalimantan on the island of Borneo.
"We make sure it AVTUR (aviation fuel) from the AirAsia aircraft or a vessel, because this place is a shipping company," he said.
Since the second day will search ended at dusk, the national search and rescue agency chief Bambang Soelistyo an Indonesian Corvette was on his way to collect a sample of oil, with an announcement expected Wednesday.
It was probably Soelistyo earlier, the aircraft was at the "bottom of the sea".
The hypothesis is "based on the coordinates given to us and evaluation, which is the estimated crash position in the sea," he told journalists.
Ships and aircraft an area where the sea is 40 to 50 m (130 to 160 feet) looking deeply, he said, adding that Indonesia to coordinate with other countries to require all devices to borrow scour the seabed.
Distraught relatives in Surabaya desperately hoping for news of relatives that extends international search.
Intan, 28, said Indonesia needs help overseas, that her brother and his family and friends helped to find plane.
"My hope is Indonesia seeks as much help as possible from other countries. One behaupten'Wir have sophisticated technology ', just ask in other countries because they are better equipped," she told AFP, as Jakarta welcomes offers of help from its neighbors.
"My prayer is, I really, really hope that there will be news about the people on board. Whatever it is, what is important, we know where they are now," she said.
While the international operation drawn comparisons with the continuing search for Malaysia Airlines MH370, said the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott did not seem to be a big secret.
"It does not seem that a particular product is unfortunately mystery here," said Abbott Sydney radio station 2GB.
China, which had 152 citizens on MH370 has offered to help with the latest search.
An Indonesian family of 10 had arrived a miraculous escape when too late to catch flight QZ8501.
AirAsia, said 155 of those on board were Indonesian, with three South Koreans and one person each from Singapore, Malaysia, United Kingdom and France. The Frenchman was the co-pilot.
Air traffic controllers lost contact with the twin-engine aircraft about an hour after leaving Surabaya Juanda's International Airport at about 05.35 clock Sunday (2235 GMT Saturday).
Just before the plane disappeared, the pilot asked from 6,000 feet to 38,000 feet rise to heavy clouds to avoid, but his request was turned by another flight over him.
The missing aircraft was operated dominated by AirAsia Indonesia, a unit of Malaysian-based AirAsia, Southeast Asia's booming low-cost airline market.
Indonesia, a vast archipelago with bad roads and railways, an explosive growth of low-cost air travel in recent years seen.
But the air industry has low safety standards in an area that has been made also experienced extreme weather destroyed.
AirAsia, has never suffered a fatal accident, said the missing jet last underwent maintenance on 16 November.
The shares fell by 12 percent at the open, but recovered slightly in Kuala Lumpur near 8.50 percent lower.
The plane's disappearance comes at the end of a disastrous year for Malaysian aviation.
Malaysia Airlines MH370 disappeared while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March with 239 passengers and crew, and July flight MH17 was shot down over troubled Ukraine killing all 298 on board.


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Intermittent flow modeling. Part 2: Time-varying flows and flows in variable area ducts
J. P. Abraham, E. M. Sparrow, J. C K Tong, W. J. Minkowycz
The all-flow-regime model of fluid flow, previously applied in [1] to flows with axially and temporally uniform Reynolds numbers, has been implemented here for flows in which the Reynolds number may either vary with time or along the length of a pipe. In the former situation, the timewise variations were driven by a harmonically oscillating inlet flow. These oscillations created a succession of flow-regime transitions encompassing purely laminar and purely turbulent flows as well as laminarizing and turbulentizing flows where intermittency prevailed. The period of the oscillations was increased parametrically until the quasi-steady regime was attained. The predicted quasi-steady friction factors were found to be in excellent agreement with those from a simple model under which the flow is assumed to pass through a sequence of instantaneous steady states. In the second category of non-constant-Reynolds- number flows, axial variations of a steady flow were created by means of a finite-length conical enlargement which connected a pair of pipes of constant but different diameters. The presence of the cross-sectional enlargement gives rise to a reduction of the Reynolds number that is proportional to the ratio of the diameters of the upstream and the downstream pipes. Depending on the magnitude of the upstream inlet Reynolds number, the downstream fully developed flow could variously be laminar, intermittent, or turbulent. The presence or absence of flow separation in the conical enlargement had a direct effect on the laminarization process. For both categories of non-constant-Reynolds-number flows, laminarization and turbulentization were quantified by the ratio of the rate of turbulence production to the rate of turbulence destruction.
2010 14th International Heat Transfer Conference, IHTC 14
https://doi.org/10.1115/IHTC14-22696
Published - Dec 1 2010
2010 14th International Heat Transfer Conference, IHTC 14 - Washington, DC, United States
Duration: Aug 8 2010 → Aug 13 2010
8/8/10 → 8/13/10
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Transition flow
Inlet flow
Flow separation
Axial flow
Steady flow
Turbulent flow
Flow of fluids
Abraham, J. P., Sparrow, E. M., Tong, J. C. K., & Minkowycz, W. J. (2010). Intermittent flow modeling. Part 2: Time-varying flows and flows in variable area ducts. In 2010 14th International Heat Transfer Conference, IHTC 14 (Vol. 2, pp. 625-633) https://doi.org/10.1115/IHTC14-22696
Intermittent flow modeling. Part 2 : Time-varying flows and flows in variable area ducts. / Abraham, J. P.; Sparrow, E. M.; Tong, J. C K; Minkowycz, W. J.
2010 14th International Heat Transfer Conference, IHTC 14. Vol. 2 2010. p. 625-633.
Abraham, JP, Sparrow, EM, Tong, JCK & Minkowycz, WJ 2010, Intermittent flow modeling. Part 2: Time-varying flows and flows in variable area ducts. in 2010 14th International Heat Transfer Conference, IHTC 14. vol. 2, pp. 625-633, 2010 14th International Heat Transfer Conference, IHTC 14, Washington, DC, United States, 8/8/10. https://doi.org/10.1115/IHTC14-22696
Abraham JP, Sparrow EM, Tong JCK, Minkowycz WJ. Intermittent flow modeling. Part 2: Time-varying flows and flows in variable area ducts. In 2010 14th International Heat Transfer Conference, IHTC 14. Vol. 2. 2010. p. 625-633 https://doi.org/10.1115/IHTC14-22696
Abraham, J. P. ; Sparrow, E. M. ; Tong, J. C K ; Minkowycz, W. J. / Intermittent flow modeling. Part 2 : Time-varying flows and flows in variable area ducts. 2010 14th International Heat Transfer Conference, IHTC 14. Vol. 2 2010. pp. 625-633
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The third Corne du Bois des Pendus can be called "Wonderful Horn". Adorned with an ultra powerful black dress and a fleeting beige foam, creamy and warm, the Black Horn is an easy beer to savor. The nose and mouth reveal soft aromas of remarkable intensity. The flavor is sweet in the first place prior to ramp up on chocolate notes, cafes "old" and butterscotch. Notes of plum, blackberry and dried red fruits appear slowly and sublime tasting. The bitterness is low to discover all the fruity aromas and individuals that can give special malts. A Black Horn attractive, rich, fine and elegant. A Great Belgian beer, a Big Horn!


Raise your hand if you like to buy in bulk. Here's everything you need to know to turn six pounds of ground beef into crockpot freezer meals in 50 minutes or less!
Last week, I shared how to prep six chicken freezer crockpot meals in 30 minutes. We like to eat a variety of meat, so this week I bought six pounds of ground beef and turned it into six crockpot freezer meals.
What's so great about these ground beef crockpot freezer meals?
They're healthy recipes that your family is sure to love.
You can take advantage of sales and buy the ingredients in bulk.
In 50 minutes time, you'll have six dinners waiting in your freezer.
I froze all of my meals raw, so they were very easy and quick to prep. Plus, they'll cook for the first time out of the freezer and won't taste like leftovers at all. Wahoo!
If you're nervous about mixing raw meat and vegetables, check out this info from the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service. I did a lot of research when I was writing my No Cook Freezer Meals cookbook and learned that freezing to 0 °F inactivates any microbes present in food (such as bacteria, yeasts, and molds). That means freezing raw meat with vegetables, sauces, and spices is perfectly safe.
I measure all of the recipes in my No Cook Freezer Meals cookbook and calculate nutritional info, but I don't do that in everyday life. I would guess that the beef vegetable soup and black bean chili will feed 4-6 adults and the Mexican chili with cornbread topping will feed four.
I had the spices on-hand and bought everything else at ALDI for $56. The ground beef was $4.99 per pound. Finding a cheaper price for meat would definitely cut down on the cost.
If you're a regular reader, you might notice something different in these pics. I usually use these freezer bags (affilliate link), but I'm testing out ALDI's. I'll let you know what I think.
I do all of my shopping ahead of time. If possible, even a day or two in advance.
I print my recipes so I don't have search for them on my phone/computer/tablet.
On the prep day, I get out all of the necessary ingredients.
I prep the veggies first. This step takes the most time, but it makes me so happy to prepare healthy meals for my family.
Then, I open all of the cans and work in an assembly line to fill the bags with their vegetables, beans, spices and sauces.
I add the ground beef to the freezer bags last so it's the first ingredient poured into my crockpot.
Seal, freeze, and thaw before cooking. Easy, I promise!
Is there any reason you couldn't just put this in the crockpot frozen? You'd probably have to cut it out of the bag, but would save time or help if you forget to take it out the night before.
The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service recommends thawing meat before cooking in the crockpot. I know a lot of people cook frozen meat in the crockpot, but since it is not recommended, I don't. If I forget to thaw a meal, I set the bag in water until it thaws enough to break apart and add to the crockpot.
Visiting from Moneysavingmom : ) Thanks for your post, I was looking for some yummy new ways to use the last of our peppers and zucchini from the garden. As a FT working mom of three little girls, crockpot meals save me!
I bet! Definitely try the soup. It's one of our faves!
Thank you for sharing these freezer meal plans! I pulled together the chicken meals yesterday and while it took me longer than 30 minutes, it was very exciting to have my freezer filling up again. One thing I did notice, these recipes will need to be doubled in the future, for my family. I am taking that into account for these beef recipes.
Great. Thanks for the update, Michelle. Hope you love the recipes!
Thanks for the info, Kelly! I am trying to do some freezer cooking today (still new at this) and was wondering if I could mix up meals with raw meat like this beforehand. So, I am now going to get off the computer and go do it! Just one question – you write a "use by" date on the top of your bags. How do you figure out what your "use by" date should be?
Definitely, the best thing to do is jump right in! For the "use by" date, I write three months from when the meals are prepped.
No browning of the ground beef before hand huh? I've never done that before.
Try it, Riann! The texture is slightly different but we still love the taste. For me, it's totally worth it to save the time.
Yay! I'm so glad you tried it! Thanks for letting me know.
What do you do about the grease from the beef if you cook from raw in the crockpot? Even when buying the leanest ground beef possible (93/7) there is still fat that I typically drain off when browning on the stove. Doesn't that add a lot of unnecessary fat to your meals?
Nope! I can't explain it, but there's never any noticeable fat or grease.
I bought really lean beef and it wasn't greasy or dry. It was great!
What is the best way to thaw a frozen bag without a microwave cooking it?
I usually thaw in my refrigerator overnight. If I forget, I thaw the bag in cold water.


After abandoning his seat in the midst of All Progressives Congress (APC) senators, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) believes it's only a matter of time before Dino Melaye joins its fold.
The opposition says it is anticipating the defection of the senator representing Kogi west who's no longer comfortable among his own.
Melaye caused a scene on Wednesday when he resumed at senate plenary after his ordeal with the police.
Rather than sit among his colleagues in the APC, he opted to pitch his tent with PDP senators.
Addressing Senate President Bukola Saraki, he said: "Mr President I want to seek your indulgence you will call in the sergeant-at-arms to look for a comfortable seat for me on this side of the divide I am no longer comfortable sitting here (on his seat).
Sensing an opening, Kola Ologbondiyan, spokesman of the PDP, said the party awaits Melaye's "final porting".
"This morning, senator Melaye crossed the aisle of the Red Chamber to the "comfortable" and "people-oriented" PDP side," he tweeted.