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An Omaha Star: Phyllis Hicks – The Publisher & the Newspaper She Never Meant to Run
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An Omaha Star: Phyllis Hicks
The Publisher & the Newspaper She Never Meant to Run
by Leo Adam Biga
Originally appeared in the March-April 2019 edition of Omaha Magazine (http://omahamagazine.com/articles/an-omaha-star-phyllis-hicks/)
When the story of the city's longest-running African-American-owned newspaper, The Omaha Star, is written, three women will dominate its 80-year narrative.
Founding publisher Mildred Brown ran the ship from 1938 until her death in 1989. Her niece Marguerita Washington (a career educator), who spent time working for her aunt growing up, succeeded her. Phyllis Hicks joined the paper in 2005 and took over more and more of its operations after Washington fell ill. Upon Washington's 2016 death, Hicks officially became publisher and managing editor; in truth, she had been running things for some time.
Hicks—the last survivor of this troika of black women journalists—never intended getting so deeply involved with the paper. Brown was only an acquaintance and Hicks' association with the Star was limited to reading and submitting news items to it. She only joined the staff as a favor to her mother, who was close to Washington. Hicks studied journalism in school, but besides writing occasional press releases for her work in the public and private sectors (including her coaching of the Stepping Saints drill team), she had nothing to do with the Fourth Estate.
Fate had other plans, and thus Hicks, like Brown and Washington before her, became the matriarchal face of the paper. She did it her way, too. Lacking the entrepreneurial and sartorial flair of Brown, Hicks nevertheless managed attracting enough advertisers to keep the Star afloat through troubled economic times and declining ad revenues and subscriptions. Without the publishing and academic background of Washington, Hicks still found ways to keep the paper relevant for today's readers.
After more than a decade with the paper, Hicks—who turns 76 on March 7—is looking to step away from the paper due to her own declining health. She broke her ankle in 2017, and then, last year went to the hospital to be treated for pneumonia; she was discharged with a dysfunctional kidney requiring dialysis.
She is eager for someone to carry the Star torch forward. As this issue of Omaha Magazine went to press, a management transition involving the Mildred D. Brown Memorial Study Center was in progress.
Whatever the paper's future, Hicks is glad to have been part of its legacy of strong black women. That legacy extends to her late mother, aunts, and grandmother (Emma Lee Agee-Sullivan)—all independent achievers from whom she drew much inspiration.
When Agee-Sullivan was young, she was a member of the church pastored by the Rev. Earl Little (Malcolm X's father). Agee-Sullivan was with the Little family when a lynch mob came looking for Earl Little. The family hid him and covered for him, and the Littles fled Nebraska the next day. As an adult, Hicks says, Agee-Sullivan was active in the Baptist church and started the state's first licensed, black-owned home daycare.
Hicks had aunts who worked in finance and another who was a championship golfer (who would have gone professional "if she had come at another time"), she says, adding that her paternal grandfather, the Rev. J. P. Mosley Sr., led a demonstration to integrate swimming pools in Chillicothe, Missouri, in 1954, and "built Mount Nebo Baptist Church from the ground up" in Omaha.
When the challenge of the Star or anything else presented itself, she was ready. "I just did it because it had to be done," Hicks says.
She followed the path laid out by other "black women taking the leadership role."
At a time when few black women owned businesses, Brown launched the Star only a year after moving to town. She originally worked for the city's other African-American paper, The Guide. She left its employment for her startup, which competed against The Guide for advertisers and readers. The Star soon won out thanks to her entrepreneurial savvy and not-taking-no-for-an-answer grit. The publisher made her paper a bastion for civil rights and community pride.
Following Brown's death in 1989, Washington took command. By the early 2000s, the
paper struggled.
Meanwhile, Hicks' mother, Juanita, befriended Washington. When Juanita fell ill, Washington helped care for her to allow Hicks to manage the Stepping Saints. Then, when Juanita's house got flooded, she stayed with Washington for six weeks.
"They kind of adopted each other and threw me in the mix," Hicks says.
Hicks was retired but, at the urging of her mother, she offered to assist Washington at the Star. Hicks soon took on editorial and business duties.
"I went to do a little marketing for Marguerita, and I've been there ever since," she says. "I discovered there was a lot of help she needed. The paper was in dire straits. And I just started doing some of everything."
Along the way, Hicks and Washington grew close. "It was a growing relationship that became more of a personal one than a business one," she says.
Together, they formed the Mildred D. Brown Memorial Study Center as a fundraising and scholarship vehicle.
As Washington's health failed, Hicks became her caregiver and eventually power of attorney. By the time Washington died of multiple malignant brain tumors in 2016, Hicks transitioned the paper from a weekly to a biweekly as a cost-savings move. She also got the paper's archives digitized online.
Hicks continued running the paper, she says, because "I just felt an obligation. When I take on something, I try to see it through."
Woodcut of Phyllis Hicks by Watie White
The Star is believed to be the nation's oldest African-American paper owned and operated by women. Through the Great Depression, the late '60s riots, the 2008 economic collapse, the death of publishers, and declining print ad revenue, it has never ceased publication.
Hicks admires how Washington took up the mantle after Mildred Brown died.
"She wanted the paper to go on as a legacy to Mildred because Mildred put her all into the paper. Plus, Marguerita felt the paper needed to be in the community to allow the black community a voice. She felt the newspaper was another way to educate people.
"She made the ultimate sacrifice and put her life on hold to keep somebody else's dream alive," Hicks says.
With Washington and Brown as her models, she ensured the Star's survival.
"I take satisfaction in knowing I kept it from going under because it was close to going under," she says. "With some personal sacrifices, I've been able to keep the doors open and pay people's salaries. I paid off allThe Omaha Star bills. There were several years of back taxes. All that's been caught up to date."
Hicks came to believe, as Brown and Washington did, the Star serves an important role in its "ability to tell it like it is in the community, without it having to be politically correct."
Just don't expect crime reporting.
"I've tried to keep the paper in the light that Marguerita and Mildred did in positive news," she says. "We don't report who got killed, we don't report crime, we don't report any of that, because there's a mess of that being reported already. What we try to do is paint a bright picture of what's going on in the community—people's accomplishments. We try to put information out there that builds the community up as well as inspires the community."
The Star's long been home to strong voices—from Charlie Washington and Preston Love Sr. to Ernie Chambers and Walter Brooks—calling for change. For many black Omahans, including those living elsewhere, it remains a main conduit to their shared community.
Hicks wishes more young people used the paper as a resource and recognized its role in fighting injustice and championing black self-determination.
"It's a legacy for them," she says. "It's a part of this community's history, and it's a vehicle for them to tell their stories. We invite young people to submit stories."
The Star intersects with young people through internships it offers students and scholarships granted by the Study Center. Engaging with community youth has been a priority for Hicks for years.
Long before joining the Star, Hicks made her community mark as co-founder and director of the Salem Baptist Church Stepping Saints drill team. The team was originally organized in 1966 to perform at a single event. But Saints dancers and drummers wanted something permanent, so the group became a fixture in area parades and at Disneyland, Disney World, Knott's Berry Farm, and many other attractions across the nation.
Hicks says, the last time she counted, the Saints had performed in 38 states and some 2,000 youths had cycled through the team's ranks over time. Some veteran Saints have seen their children and grandkids participate, making it a multigenerational tradition.
The Saints celebrated 50 years in 2017. The team is still going strong. Even though Hicks no longer takes an active hand in things, she's still the matriarch.
Just as she never meant for the Saints to be a long-term commitment, her Omaha Star gig turned into one. Her promise-keeping may be her enduring legacy.
"If I say I'm going to do something, then I'm going to try to see it to the end," she says.
Hicks wants the paper to remain black-owned and managed and based in North Omaha, where its red brick building (at 2216 N. 24th St.) has landmark status on the National Register of Historic Places.
Visit theomahastar.com for more information.
This article first appeared in the March/April 2019 edition of 60PLUS in Omaha Magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.
Categories: African-American, African-American Culture, African-American Women, Black Women, Journalism, Marguerita Washington, Media, Mildred Brown, Newspaper, Omaha Star, Phyllis Hicks, Writing Tags: African Ameican Culture, African American, Black Media, Black Newspapers, Black Women, Journalism, Media, Newspapers, Phyllis Hicks, The Omaha Star
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
using System.Reactive;
using System.Reactive.Linq;
using Avalonia.Data.Core.Parsers;
using Avalonia.Data.Core.Plugins;
using Avalonia.Reactive;

namespace Avalonia.Data.Core
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Observes and sets the value of an expression on an object.
    /// </summary>
    public class ExpressionObserver : LightweightObservableBase<object?>, IDescription
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// An ordered collection of property accessor plugins that can be used to customize
        /// the reading and subscription of property values on a type.
        /// </summary>
        public static readonly List<IPropertyAccessorPlugin> PropertyAccessors =
            new List<IPropertyAccessorPlugin>
            {
                new AvaloniaPropertyAccessorPlugin(),
                new MethodAccessorPlugin(),
                new InpcPropertyAccessorPlugin(),
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        /// <summary>
        /// An ordered collection of validation checker plugins that can be used to customize
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        public static readonly List<IDataValidationPlugin> DataValidators =
            new List<IDataValidationPlugin>
            {
                new DataAnnotationsValidationPlugin(),
                new IndeiValidationPlugin(),
                new ExceptionValidationPlugin(),
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            new List<IStreamPlugin>
            {
                new TaskStreamPlugin(),
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        private static readonly object UninitializedValue = new object();
        private readonly ExpressionNode _node;
        private object? _root;
        private Func<object?>? _rootGetter;
        private IDisposable? _rootSubscription;
        private WeakReference<object?>? _value;
        private IReadOnlyList<ITransformNode>? _transformNodes;

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        /// <param name="node">The expression.</param>
        /// <param name="description">
        /// A description of the expression.
        /// </param>
        public ExpressionObserver(
            object? root,
            ExpressionNode node,
            string? description = null)
        {
            _node = node;
            Description = description;
            _root = new WeakReference<object?>(root == AvaloniaProperty.UnsetValue ? null : root);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ExpressionObserver"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="rootObservable">An observable which provides the root object.</param>
        /// <param name="node">The expression.</param>
        /// <param name="description">
        /// A description of the expression.
        /// </param>
        public ExpressionObserver(
            IObservable<object?> rootObservable,
            ExpressionNode node,
            string? description)
        {
            _ = rootObservable ??throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(rootObservable));

            _node = node;
            Description = description;
            _root = rootObservable;
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        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ExpressionObserver"/> class.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="rootGetter">A function which gets the root object.</param>
        /// <param name="node">The expression.</param>
        /// <param name="update">An observable which triggers a re-read of the getter.</param>
        /// <param name="description">
        /// A description of the expression.
        /// </param>
        public ExpressionObserver(
            Func<object?> rootGetter,
            ExpressionNode node,
            IObservable<Unit> update,
            string? description)
        {
            Description = description;
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        /// Creates a new instance of the <see cref="ExpressionObserver"/> class.
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        /// <param name="root">The root object.</param>
        /// <param name="expression">The expression.</param>
        /// <param name="enableDataValidation">Whether or not to track data validation</param>
        /// <param name="description">
        /// A description of the expression. If null, <paramref name="expression"/>'s string representation will be used.
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        public static ExpressionObserver Create<T, U>(
            T? root,
            Expression<Func<T, U>> expression,
            bool enableDataValidation = false,
            string? description = null)
        {
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Judging by his public pronouncements, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had set two distinct goals for himself when deciding his strategy for Copenhagen negotiations. First, he wanted to leave no room for the western media and politicians to paint India as obstructionist as had repeatedly happened during the as Doha negotiations. Second, being firmly of the view that in the long run India will suffer disproportionately more from catastrophes resulting form global warming, he wanted to cut a deal that would lead to major reductions in carbon emissions worldwide.
To avoid any impression that India was less than serious in its efforts to reach an agreement, Singh went so far as to state in his maiden speech in Copenhagen that India will deliver on its promise of bringing down its 2005 emission intensity by 20 percent by 2020 even if an agreement were not reached in Copenhagen. In the end, he was successful in impressing upon President Barrack Obama that India had offered to do more than what a poor, vulnerable country could afford. Obama applauded India for voluntarily committing to "very significant mitigation" effort. Reminding his audience at Copenhagen that India has hundreds of millions of people living in abject poverty and without electricity, Obama stated in his speech, "For them, even voluntarily to say, we are going to reduce carbon emissions relative to our current ways of doing business by X percent is an important step. And we applaud them for that." Singh had scored a decisive public relations victory—after this endorsement by Obama, no newspaper or TV commentator would dare point a finger at India as the obstruction to an agreement.
Singh's success in scoring a diplomatic victory was matched by his failure in achieving a deal that would credibly arrest global warming, however. He had staked much on being able to persuade the United States to agree to an ambitious agreement in Copehagen, committing India to ever-higher levels of mitigation on a voluntary basis. From his initial position that given the country's low per-capita emissions, India should not be subjected to any mitigation commitments, Singh went on step-by-step to raise the level of his country's voluntary commitments. First came his promise not to let per-capita emissions of India ever to exceed the average of per-capita emissions of industrial countries. Then, he proceeded to commit to the goal of holding the average temperature increases around the globe to 2°C. This was followed by the announcement of eight national missions aimed at mitigation, which included plans to introduce building codes, tighter auto emission standards, increase in the share of green sources of energy to 20 percent by 2020 and even a cap and trade program for selected sectors. Finally, in the last week prior to the beginning of the Copenhagen summit, he committed India to cutting 2005 emission intensity by 20 percent by 2020.
As a part of as yet non-binding Copenhagen Accord, Singh also accepted the U.S. demand for submission of mitigation plans to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Additionally, India will submit a progress report on mitigation every two years that will be subject to "international consultations and analysis under clearly defined guidelines." In principle, this provision can be seen as a first step towards the conversion of what are currently "voluntary" steps towards mitigation into internationally mandated commitment that Singh and his environment minister have promised not to accept under any circumstances.
These progressively rising levels of concessions have not led to any improvement in the offer by the United States, which currently stands at cutting it's the country's 1990 emissions by merely 3 percent by 2020. This commitment compares rather unfavorably with the commitment to cut 1990 emissions by 7 percent by 2012 under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol that the United States had signed but refused to ratify. One may argue that the United States has put on the table financing for adaptation and mitigation by the developing countries as a part of the Copenhagen Accord. But the proposed level of funding at $30 billion in the first three years, which must be spread over more than 150 countries, is tiny. More importantly, much of this funding is likely to go to the least developed and island countries. It is unlikely India will reap any benefit from this fund.
This meager U.S. response testifies to Singh's failure to achieve his second objective. Unless Singh is able to persuade the United States (and other industrial countries) to undertake far more ambitious cuts in emissions under a final agreement that is to succeed the Copenhagen Accord, his own commitments on behalf of India could prove costly to his country. On one hand, he will not have achieved the goal of avoiding environmental catastrophes and on the other, he would have ended up compromising growth and poverty alleviation. Under existing technologies, cuts in emissions or their growth are almost sure to translate into cuts in energy consumption or its growth, which would in turn adversely impact India's GDP growth and poverty alleviation.
It may be recalled that India is a poor but rapidly growing economy. Its ability to withstand natural disasters in the next two to three decades depends crucially on its ability to sustain and accelerate its current growth rate of 8 to 9 percent. Such growth would allow the citizens to access shelters that can withstand cold, heat and rain and impart them with the means of rapid transportation and communications. The income increases will also place more resources in the hands of the government to build bridges, roads and dikes to help deal with natural disasters more effectively. In so far as mitigation commitments compromise growth, they will undermine the ability of Indians to withstand natural disasters that would occur in the next two to three decades regardless of emission levels around the globe.
Prime Minister Singh will need to carefully weigh this cost of India's own mitigation commitments against the benefits to be reaped from improved commitment offers from industrial countries in the negotiations for a final climate accord. He must remember that given just 4 percent share in global emissions, mitigation by India by itself has virtually no impact on future global warming. His commitments will acquire value only if major emitters countries sign on to an ambitious mitigation agreement.


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People Issue 2012: Teen Witch, the DJ
"The whole reason of going to school is networking, but I realized I could do that with partying."
by Chicago Reader December 19, 2012 August 19, 2021
Credit: Clayton Hauck
Zain Curtis, 25, is at the forefront of Chicago club culture. His monthly dance party, CULT, attracts all walks of seapunks, goth kids, and Internet celebrities keen to hear his mix of underground and mainstream sounds. He's also a video maker and the editor of a zine, a curious mashup of a 1996 issue of Tiger Beat and an anime enthusiast's Tumblr page. —Drew Hunt
I did the film program at Columbia [College Chicago] and I wasn't that into it—I spent, like, maybe a semester there and I dropped out. I'm happy that I didn't go back. I wasn't making any friends there. The whole reason of going to school is networking, but I realized I could do that with partying.
What I actually wanted to do was start DJing. I started to ask around and kind of pushed myself in that direction. I wanted to meet people who go out for a reason, not just go out and drink. It's like an art form, to go out.
The first time I ever DJed, literally three people showed up. It was at Subterranean. I played, like, the worst pop music. And I got really drunk, because I was so intimidated, even though only three people were there. Over time, I realized what my niche was—the kind of music I wanted to play and the kind of people I wanted to party with. My music isn't just remixes of stuff everyone knows. I'll mix a pop track with something really obscure and crazy—something underground that no one else has heard of yet. I like when two things go together that don't seem like they should go together.
Each time I performed, more people came. They actually wanted to be a part of what was happening. The first CULT was at Subterranean. Five people showed up. Those five people still come, though. One of the guys who was there, Kyle Leuck, who does Yoko Homo, he gave me advice. He used to throw parties in Chicago, like four years ago. He said, "You should definitely brand yourself, and whatever place you're throwing the party at, make it your own spot. Make it your own thing." So I kind of took that and ran with it.
Scott Cramer, he manages Berlin, he came to the second CULT party and he really liked the music we were playing and the overall vibe—the visuals. He wanted to be a part of it. Berlin is just so diverse. That part of Lakeview is very strange—there's an eclectic group of people. We definitely take from the neighborhood, but we give to it, too. We really embrace whatever kind of person you are and however you're dressed. Whether you're really dressed up, like really elaborate with a bunch of makeup, or you come in dressed in sandals and sweatpants, everyone's accepted as long as you're dancing and having fun.
It's always been my thing to mix old technology with new trends. It kind of came from my Tumblr dashboard, just seeing everything that people post. Everything kind of runs together. That's what CULT is like—it seems like a big mess, but it's functional somehow.
Mainstream culture is just as important as the underground scene. They both take from each other—now more than ever. When I first saw the Rihanna thing, I enjoyed it. I mean, it was a dumbed-down version of what we've been doing. But at the same time, it was a really monumental moment for me because that's been my whole aesthetic: mixing mainstream and underground style. I felt like it was such a mark in Internet culture for an artist like her to do that. I gave myself a tattoo because of it. It's of a dolphin, and "Rihanna" is written in cursive underneath it.
I'm going to work in this kind of aesthetic for at least a while, but January is going to be CULT's three-year anniversary, and I think it's going to be the last one. I recently decided I want to host a bigger party, something a little different. I want to end CULT on a high note, before people are over it and it just kind of dies. CULT, right now, is an easy thing for me to do. But I really want to plan something bigger.
I'm trying to pull myself away from the digital world. I'm working on the second Teen Witch zine right now, and I'm just keeping it in print form. I won't have any of it on the Internet. The zine is based off a teen magazine, but instead of featuring, like, Demi Lovato and all the Disney stars, it's underground artists replacing them. I'm doing three issues, and then that's it.
Dee Alexander, the jazz singer →
Index: 2012 People Issue
← Abra Berens, the farmer
Best shows to see: Marisa Anderson, Teen Witch Fan Club, Eric Reed Trio, Invisible Things
People Issue 2012
The seapunk response to Rihanna's swagger jack
Tagged: Berlin, club culture, cult, DJ Teen Witch, DJs, Kyle Leuck, partying, Rihanna, Scott Cramer, seapunk, Subterranean, Teen Witch, Teen Witch zine, Vol. 42 No. 13, Yoko Homo, Zain Curtis, zines

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Risk One's Hair, Risk One's Head: Losing the Periwig
July 23, 2012 Where History Intersects17th century, Fiction, Gentleman's Fashions, Hairstyles, Periwigs, Satire, The Gentleman's Magazine, Victor Hugoladylemons
As I am wont to do, I was recently digging around a volume of The Gentleman's Magazine when I discovered a fictionalized account regarding the first brave soul to don natural hair après the periwig fashion and the row that ensued. Dare I say this is a version of Gentlemen brawlers, bandying over hairstyle supremacy? Victor Hugo, if only it were true! I would be most amused.
From 'By Order of the King: A Romance of English History' by Victor Hugo
"Lord David held the position of judge in the gay life of London. He was looked up to by the nobility and gentry. Let us register a fact to the glory of Lord David. He dared to wear his own hair. The reaction against the wig was beginning. Just as in 1824, Eugene Deveria was the first who dared to allow his beard to grow, so in 1702 Price Devereux dared for the first time to risk his natural hair in public, disguised by artful curling. For to risk one's hair was almost to risk one's head. The indignation was universal. Nevertheless Price Devereux was Viscount Hereford, a peer of England. He was insulted and the deed was well worth the insult. In the hottest part of the row, Lord David suddenly appeared without his wig and in his natural hair. Such conduct shakes the foundations of society. Lord David was insulted even more than Viscount Hereford. He held his ground. Price Devereux was the first; Lord David Dirry Moir, the second. It is sometimes more difficult to be second than first. It requires less genius, but more courage. The first, intoxicated by the novelty, may ignore the danger; the second sees the abyss and precipitates himself therein. Lord David flung himself into the abyss of no longer wearing a periwig.
Later in the century these lords found imitators. After these two revolutionists, men found sufficient audacity to wear their own hair and powder was introduced as an extenuating circumstance. In order to establish, before we pass on an important period of history, we should remark that the true pre-eminence in the war of wigs belongs to a Queen Christina of Sweden, who wore man's clothes and had appeared in 1680 in her hair of golden brown, powdered and brushed up from her head. She had besides, says Nisson, a slight beard. The pope on his part, by his bull of March, 1694, had somewhat let down the wig by taking it from the heads of bishops and priests and in ordering churchmen to let their hair grow."
18th Century Wig Curlers
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6 thoughts on "Risk One's Hair, Risk One's Head: Losing the Periwig"
authorsanon says:
Reblogged this on Bustling along bookshelves . . ..
"…Queen Christina of Sweden, who wore man's clothes and …had besides, says Nisson, a slight beard." A very droll, almost P.G. Wodehouse-like observation!
As a gentleman in his mid-40's whose genetic inheritence denies a lifetime's enjoyment of a full thatch, there is more than a little whistful commiseration with historical wig-wearers. How best to cover up the spreading exposure of one's delicate semisphere than to make wig-wearing not merely commonplace, but compulsorily fashionable? I suppose the oft-seen shaven head today is the modern defensive response to that feeling of reluctant, eventual exposure. "I shall embrace it, (sotto voce – dammit)!"
Reading this post and led by curiosity onto the wig-curlers link and thence to the American Revolution site, I found myself suddenly back to where I was when first encountering your blog, exactly a year ago! Learning a bunch while being entertained. Thank you again!
Life Takes Lemons says:
Be bold, Peter. Bald is edgy when it looks like a choice. As Larry David says, "Women love a self-confident bald man. Anybody with a full head of hair can be confident, but a bald man – there's your diamond in the rough."
Plus wigs — ridiculously irritating in the heat.
My interior (and my comment) may indeed have sounded ambivalent on the subject, be assured – the cupola of my citadel, seen gleaming above the morning mist has always been steadfast and defiant. Cropped as it is, fleeced, mowed, trimmed and groomed down to the faintest shadow, it has been so for the last decade.
Until my infant daughter grows up and begins to pressure her father to sport dreadlocks, I will remain untroubled about the subject.
ljclayton says:
Interesting thought that to be second takes more courage – probably does,too. Funny attitude towards wigs, though. Can't get my head around it!
That thought gave me pause as well. It's why I love classics writers — startling perspectives that use such common sense reasoning that one is momentarily convinced they're true. This one might be. I can't decide!


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The official project name is "SeaMonkey".
The first stable release of SeaMonkey was version 1.0, which is based on Gecko 1.8.0.x code, and SeaMonkey 1.1 is based on Gecko 1.8.1. The current stable release branch is SeaMonkey 2.0, based on Gecko 1.9.1. We will release SeaMonkey 2.1 based on Gecko 2.0 and are currently working hard on finishing up this project.
The "1.0" version number was picked because the Mozilla Foundation urged us not to use the previous suite versioning scheme, so we could not go with 1.8 for the Gecko-1.8-based suite. Additionally, we are a new project, a completely new development team and this is our first stable release, warranting the 1.0 version number.
The project decided on a new logo on December 2, 2005. For further details see the SeaMonkey artwork page. The new logo is used in SeaMonkey 1.0, and in the current trunk and branch nightly builds.
Both the name and the logo have been registered as trademarks by the Mozilla Foundation (providing legal backing for the SeaMonkey project) in the US and have filed such registrations in the EU and Japan.
Origin of the name "SeaMonkey"
The real "Sea-Monkeys" (Artemia Nyos) are a hybrid of Artemia Salina (brine shrimp). Read more about those animals in Wikipedia.
By the way, the German translation of the name, Seeaffe, is an alias for the Sea Mink (Mustela macrodon), which is an extinct species (hunted for its highly-valued fur, extinct around 1890) of the Mustelidae or weasel family. A close, still living, relative to that animal can be viewed in the Wikipedia article. Interestingly, weasels might look similar to small foxes and the codename for unofficial modified builds of Firefox is Iceweasel. ;-) By the way, while the Chinese word for Firefox can refer to both the red fox and the red panda; the latter is a closer relative to the Sea Mink than the former.
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Q: How to calculate days between dates and get the average I need help creating a formula. I'm really struggling with this.
On one sheet, i have a table that kind of looks like below:
            Received     Completed
Request 1   14/01/2020  21/01/2020
Request 2   15/01/2020  17/01/2020
Request 3   16/01/2020  16/01/2020
Request 4   14/01/2020  17/01/2020

On another sheet, I need to calculate the average number of days it takes to complete a request, not including the weekends. The number of requests varies, so I need this formula to automatically update as I add more rows on the first sheet. But this formula shouldn't include requests that are not completed yet (no second date provided)
Thanks!

A: Use this array formula:
=AVERAGE(IF(C2:C5<>"",NETWORKDAYS(N(IF({1},B2:B5)),N(IF({1},C2:C5)))))

Depending on one's version the formula may need to be confirmed with Ctrl-Shift-Enter instead of Enter when exiting edit mode.
N(IF({1}, creates an array of the dates.  NETWORKDAYS( returns the number of workdays between the dates.  IF(C2:C5<>"" ignores those that do not have a date in Completed.  AVERAGE...well it AVERAGES.

Using the Dynamic Array Formula FILTER:
=AVERAGE(NETWORKDAYS(FILTER(B2:B5,C2:C5<>""),FILTER(C2:C5,C2:C5<>"")))

Note: FILTER is part of the Dynamic Array Formula and is available with Office 365 subscription.

A: This help you to achieve the goal.

How it works:
N.B.
- Since request are variable and you need the formula to auto update, therefore better covert the data range into TABLE.

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*Column F has list of Holidays (you may add more dates).

Remember using HOLIDAYS is an optional.
Method 1:

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=NETWORKDAYS([@Received],[@Completed],F$14)
- If you don't want to use HOLIDAYS then, use this one.
=NETWORKDAYS([@Received],[@Completed])

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*Formula in Cell D21:

=AVERAGE(Table1[Net Days])
Method 2 (Without HOLIDAYS):

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*Formula in D23.
=SUMPRODUCT(Table1[Completed]-Table1[Received])/COUNT(Table1[Completed])

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As police officers, soldiers and first responders, there is a real tendency for us to only look at the negative parts of life and the worst of what society has to offer. When you can change your perception and look at your job as an opportunity for you to make a real difference in the world it gives you a whole new perspective on what you do. Your career allows you to contribute to the very machine that keeps the decent members of society safe from the evil people who would like to prey on them.
Most police officers, soldiers and other first responders join their respective careers to help people and make a difference. When you can access that part of you again, and understand that it is not about the stress, it's not about the institution or the department, and it's not about the difficulty. It's actually an opportunity to make a difference to the community and to the people you interact with.
As human beings we are wired to look for the worst possible outcomes in most situations to keep us safe and as police, military and first responders, that is even more of an inherent risk. The more that you look at your life / career and the reasons why it is no good and negative, the more drama, stress and negativity you will create in your own life. This can lead to massive stress for you. I am astounded at how often I speak to police officers and they look at the opportunities they have in their life as a glass half empty. I totally understand it because I was the same, but I now look at that and think it is quite a sad place to be. I recently spent an hour speaking to a police officer who I never knew when I was in the job and the conversation we had for the first 40 minutes was about negativity and drama and him explaining to me why his situation was so bad. After I pushed him pretty hard to understand that it's all about the perception he has, he seemed to start to turn around his thinking. I was introduced to him by another police officer, and they spoke to me at a later date and said what a difference that conversation made because it changed his perception.
For you, it's about looking at your life and your job and be grateful for what is in it that you enjoy. Be grateful for the opportunity for you to earn a living and look after your family. Be grateful for shift work and the option to do something different every day. Be grateful for the amazing people that you work with. Be grateful that you do a job where you have an opportunity to really make a difference and leave an impact on society.
When you can live in the gratitude of what your job is and why it's such a great place to be, then you will change the whole way you think. There is a concept in Neuroscience called Metacognition, which is about looking at your thoughts and understanding how they impact you. When you can look at the thoughts and the attitudes that you have and understand that they are created by you, they don't just automatically come to you, you will understand when you're creating these negative thoughts, dramas and focusing on the things that don't work in your career, you will get more of that.
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A controversial Huffington Post South Africa blog post calling for white men to be stripped of their right to vote was retracted after editors realized the "author" was fictional.
"Could It Be Time to Deny White Men the Franchise?" asked a Thursday blog post by "Shelley Garland."
"Garland" argued that, while her proposal "may seem unfair and unjust, allowing white males to continue to call the shots politically and economically, following their actions over the past 500 years, is the greater injustice."
Initially, Huffington Post South Africa's editor in chief, Verashni Pillay, defended publishing the blog.
"Garland's underlying analysis about the uneven distribution of wealth and power in the world is pretty standard for feminist theory," she argued in a Friday editorial. "In that sense, there was nothing in the article that should have shocked or surprised anybody (or so we thought)."
"Those who have held undue power granted to them by patriarchy must lose it for us to be truly equal. This seems blindingly obvious to us," she continued.
But by Saturday, the piece (and the Huffington Post's initial defense of its publication) had been deleted. Pillay admitted in a subsequent post there was no evidence that "Shelley Garland"–supposedly a postgrad studying philosophy–was actually a real person.
"The blog submission from an individual who called herself Shelley Garland, who claimed to be an MA student at UCT, cannot be traced and appears not to exist," Pillay wrote.
"We have immediately bolstered and strengthened our blogging procedures that, until now, have operated on the basis of open communication and good faith. From now on, bloggers will have to verify themselves," she promised.
In addition, Pillay appeared to retract her initial partial defense of "Garland's" argument.
"Huffington Post SA stands aligned to the constitutional values of South Africa … We further understand that universal enfranchisement followed a long struggle and we fully support this."
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Los Angeles-based alt/pop trio lovelytheband sat down with Billboard to help music fans get to know a bit more about them as part of the "You Should Know" video series, chatting about who their biggest musical influences are, what subject matter their songs are inspired by and more.
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Asked which bands and artists have influenced them as musicians the most, vocalist Mitchy Collins tells Billboard that he really appreciates singer-songwriters because lyrics are very important to him. "I grew up on things like Bruce Springsteen and Ryan Adams and Butch Walker. And Dashboard Confessional really taught me a lot," he shares.
His bandmate Jordan Greenwald notes that he grew up on Van Halen and Def Leppard, while Sam Price listened to a lot of Linkin Park and Switchfoot.
Lovelytheband Makes Billboard Hot 100 Debut With 'Broken'
Speaking of what inspires their songs, Collins states, "The inspiration behind our music is just life…we touch on things that I deal with a lot, like depression and anxiety and general the ups and downs of being a human being. Someone not loving you back that you might be head over heels for, or heartbreak. Stuff that maybe wasn't the best for you growing up, insecurities, the whole thing."
The band behind the song "Broken" are also asked who would play them in a movie, with Price replying with a laugh that it's pretty easy for him to answer. "You got two choices," he says. "You got Jonah Hill, or you got Napoleon Dynamite. Pick your poison." Greenwald, meanwhile, chooses Matthew McConaughey, while Collins picks Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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You can watch the video above to learn much more about lovelytheband, including what each of their first jobs were, what their must-haves are on tour, and what the best advice they ever received was.
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At its annual awards banquet last Friday, the Cedaredge Area Chamber of Commerce honored several businesses and individuals. A hundred people attended the invitation-only event held for the first time at the newly opened Grand Mesa Arts and Events Center (GMAEC) in downtown Cedaredge. Mitchell Gronenthal, chamber president, served as master of ceremonies.
The theme of the event was Oscars' night.
The evening began with the introduction of the current chamber board of directors which, in addition to president Gronenthal, includes Codi Nelson as vice president, Dottie Whitlock as treasurer, and Dave Wilson as secretary. Other directors are Bruce Hovde, Cindy Starr, Jennifer Chlarson, Steve Kelsey, and Matt Sheader. Alisha Komives serves as the chamber's executive director.
The Cedaredge Area Chamber boasts nearly 160 members who nominate businesses and individuals for annual recognition in a variety of categories and vote to select award recipients. 2018 Business of the Year honors went to Big John's Lumber, which has been doing business at the same location for 114 years. The Apple Shed -- another longtime Cedaredge enterprise -- was recognized with an award for Lifetime Business Achievement. The award for New and Improved Business went to Love Your Lashes. Matt and Phil Sheader were honored as Entrepreneurs of the Year for their work with the Old Slaughterhouse Music Hall.
The Grand Mesa Arts & Events Center received honors as Nonprofit of the Year and Reve Portraits was named Small Business of the Year. Cory Nelson of Cedaredge Creekside Café was named Businesswoman of the Year and Mitchell Gronenthal was named Volunteer of the Year.
The Bank of Colorado received an award for its role in local economic impact. David Starr, who served on the chamber board for nine years until his term ended in December 2018, was recognized as Board Member of the Year. And Phil Ellsworth, who was recently honored as the town's poet laureate, was named Cedaredge's Outstanding Citizen for 2018.
Business of the Year -- Cedaredge Creekside Café, Cedaredge Land Company, Starr's Guitars, Bank of Colorado, Re/Max Mountain West; Cedaredge Pharmacy, DeerCreek Village Realty and RJ's Land & Sea.
Lifetime Business Achievement Award -- Cedaredge Creekside Café, Starr's Guitars, Bank of Colorado, Cedaredge Foodtown, Re/Max Mountain West and Big John's Lumber.
New & Improved Business -- T's Bar & Grill, Millennium Wellness, Enchanted Mesa Gallery, Stacy's on Main, and the GMAEC.
Entrepreneur of the Year -- Codi Nelson, owner of Cedaredge Creekside Café; Bret Neal, owner of Stoney Mesa Winery; and David and Cindy Starr, owners of Starr's Guitars and Kauai Vacation Rentals and volunteers with GMAEC.
Volunteer of the Year -- Terri LaVue, Bob Page, Dorothy Jean Mergelman, Trey Gronenthal, Dave and Jacki Dapkus, Cindy Starr, Pat Means and Sharon Grotrain.
Nonprofit of the Year -- Little Sprouts Community Preschool, Surface Creek Community Services (Cedaredge Food Bank), Food for Thought, Surface Creek Animal Shelter and Community Options.
Small Business of the Year -- Lost Mesa Grill, Cedaredge Land Company, West Elk Electric, Stacy's on Main and Mesa Rentals.
Businesswoman of the Year -- Deborah Shaffer, GMAEC; Dottie Whitlock, massage therapist; Kacy Stillings, Bank of Colorado; and Cindy Starr, Kauai Vacation Rentals and GMAEC.
Economic Impact Award -- Curtis McCrackin, RV Horizons/MHP, Elevate Fiber; Adaptive Internet, Grand Mesa Packaging and Joshua Patterson.


The ECL-IP20MP is an advanced IP security camera designed for outdoor use. It contains a reduced-instruction set CPU (RISC) that gives it the strength to function on its own and communicate with compatible cell phones and networks. It provides high definition streaming video output in a variety of compression formats and has a mechanical IR filter to protect video quality when switching from day mode to night mode..
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Oh, you hear the stories about how dangerous Ouija boards are, but hey—it's just a game. Mary waited until midnight to begin our little game, and the four of us—Sarah, Jessie, me, and, Mary, started by asking all kinds of silly questions.
A laundress, newly moved to Charleston following the Civil War, found herself awakened at the stroke of twelve each night by the rumble of heavy wheels passing in the street. But she lived on a dead end street, and had no explanation for the noise.
Big Liz
The Master of the plantation was a firm supporter of the Confederate President and had committed to send as much food as he could to the Southern army. Things were going well at first, until the Yankees began attacking the Master's supply lines. The Master suspected a traitor among his slaves, and soon discovered that the Yankee spy was a slave-woman named Big Liz.
Black Aggie
When Felix Agnus put up the life-sized shrouded bronze statue of a grieving angel, seated on a pedestal, in the Agnus family plot in the Druid Ridge Cemetery, he had no idea what he had started. The statue was a rather eerie figure by day, frozen in a moment of grief and terrible pain. At night, the figure was almost unbelievably creepy; the shroud over its head obscuring the face until you were up close to it. There was a living air about the grieving angel, as if its arms could really reach out and grab you if you weren't careful.
Mad Henry was a hermit who lived alone in a decrepit mansion at the edge of town. Rumors were rife about the wild-eyed man. Some folks said that he was a magician who called upon the powers of darkness to wreck havoc upon his neighbors. Others called him a mad doctor who could restore life to foul corpses from the local cemetery. No respectable citizen in town had anything to do with Mad Henry
Bloody Mary Whales
Old Man Whales was an evil man who loved money more than anything in the world, except his wife. In his lust for wealth, he supplemented his farm income by catching runaway slaves who were escaping to freedom through Indiana. Whales would chain the ex-slaves up in his barn cellar until he could collect the reward on them. When he couldn't find slaves, he'd capture free men and sell them into slavery.
Bloody Mary, Quite Contrary
"Mary, Mary…" the half-heard whisper woke her in the darkness before dawn. Darkness. How appropriate. These days, it seemed as if her whole life was in darkness.
Burnt Church
She was sophisticated, poised, and cultured. In retrospect, this should have made them suspicious. A teacher like her should be presiding over a girl's school in London or New York, not seeking a position in a small town in Georgia. But at the time, they were too delighted by her application to ask any questions.
Cow's Head
Oksana lived in a small house on the edge of town with her father, her stepmother and her stepsister. Oksana's stepmother disliked Oksana, favoring her true daughter, Olena...
Dispatched
There was something odd in the tone of the dispatcher's voice when he called to tell me a person needed picking up at Bramlett Road late one summer night in 1947. I shuddered when I heard the name of the street. I did not want to go anywhere near that area, especially at midnight. But I drove a Yellow Cab, and it was my job to pick up a call when it came. So I swallowed and headed toward Bramlett Road and the slaughter yards.
Don't Sell My House
Life seemed perfect to Mark when the widower brought his new bride Lisa home to the lovely two-story cottage he had build for his deceased first wife Things were very happy for about a year, and Mark was ecstatic when he learned Lisa was expecting twins. The house was rather small for a double addition to the family, so Mark and Lisa put the cottage up for sale and started searching for a bigger house. That's when the problems began.
Fatal Glass Eye
My friend Liverpool Jarge was a small man, wiry and tough, but soft-spoken. Jarge had one glass eye that was an ugly shade of blue which clashed something terrible with his real eye, which was brown. Then one day Jarge met up with a glassblower, a real artist, who make him a special red eye with a star.
Fifty-Cent Piece
There is a story told in Troy and Albany about a couple returning home from a trip to New England. They were driving home in a carriage, and were somewhere near Spiegletown when the light failed and they knew they would have to seek shelter for the night...
Ghost Handprints
My wife Jill and I were driving home from a friend's party late one evening in early May. It was a beautiful night with a full moon. We were laughing and discussing the party when the engine started to cough and the emergency light went on. We had just reached the railroad crossing where Villamain Road becomes Shane Road...
Ghost Ship of Captain Sandovate
When Captain Don Sandovate voyaged from Spain to the New World in search of treasure, he found gold in abundance. But among his crew there were many sailors who did not wish to share the new-found wealth with the monarchs of Spain...
Ghost in the Alley
Rumors were rife about the alleyway behind the tavern. It was haunted, folks said. Haunted by the ghost of a young girl who had been found murdered in that self-same passage. People avoided the small street after dark, for the spirit was said to be a vengeful one. Of course, no one could name anyone whom the ghost had actually killed, but the tales were enough to keep people away from the alley at night.
Golden Hand
He never paid much attention to the neighbors living on his city block until the day the pretty middle-aged widow moved in two doors down from him. She was plump and dark with sparkling eyes, and she always wore dark gloves on her hands, even indoors.
Hairy Toe
Once there was an old woman who went out in the woods to dig up some roots to cook for dinner. She spotted something funny sticking out of the leaves and dug around until she uncovered a great big hairy toe. There was some good meat on that toe which would make a real tasty dinner, so the old woman put it in her basket and took it home.
Hatchet Man
There were warnings all over campus about a Hatchet Man who was supposedly abused and killed a woman in Bloomington. All the girls were warned to walk in pairs and to stay in brightly lit areas if they had to go out at night.
Something was going on. Jason felt it in his bones. Polly was too happy, too cheerful. No woman could be that upbeat and still be faithful to her husband. Jason sat down to a delicious, warm meal every night, and Polly sang to herself as she washed up. What kind of woman could be cheerful doing dishes? Try as he might, Jason never heard anything that hinted of a secret romance. It drove him crazy. Life was not this perfect.
I Know Moonrise
Mama told me I should never to walk along the marsh shortcut that led from our plantation to the town of Brunswick. She said it was dangerous and I'd get myself killed if I didn't listen to her. That didn't make any sense. The march shortcut was a wide, sandy path that my buddies used all the time when they went to the store in town. None of them ever got hurt. And at the age of thirteen, I was perfectly capable of taking care of myself.
Jack O'Lantern
After a long day of unlucky hunting, I found myself stuck in the middle of the marshlands for the night, without a flashlight or a lantern to guide my stumbling steps. So I settled beside a fallen log to rest until daylight. As I tossed and turned, I recalled the story my great-uncle told me about a ghost that haunted the marshlands.
La Corriveau
Marie-Josephte Corriveau was a beautiful but ruthless woman. She married a good-looking man but soon grew bored with him. So late one evening, she stunned her husband with a blow to the head, then took a whip to his horse, which trampled him to death. The death was ruled an accident and La Corriveau was free to marry again.
Lincoln Death Train
I'd been transferred to the Hudson Division of the New York Central system, and was working the rails on the main line between New York and Albany. I was on the late shift to start with, since I was a bit of a night owl. After six weeks of stomping the tracks and mending the rails, I was feeling right at home in my new job...
She was just another poor, bedraggled woman, struggling to feed her family. He saw them all the time, their faces careworn, and blank. The Depression had created hundreds of them. He was one of the lucky ones who still had his grocery and money coming in to feed his family...
Old Granny Tucker
There were just the two of us—Mama and me. The only other relative we had was a cousin -- old Granny Tucker. Mama never talked about Granny Tucker, and we never visited her, though, because Granny Tucker was a witch
Callahan was huddled in a cavern near the Pacific Ocean when the Feds closed in. There were still shreds of human flesh under his fingernails when the serial killer surrendered to the inevitable capture. They could put him behind bars, he vowed as they dragged him down the narrow path toward the waiting cars, but he would escape. And then they'd be sorry
Raw Head and Bloody Bones
Way back in the deep woods there lived a scrawny old woman who had a reputation for being the best conjuring woman in the Ozarks. With her bedraggled black-and-gray hair, funny eyes - one yellow and one green - and her crooked nose, Old Betty was not a pretty picture, but she was the best there was at fixing what ailed a man, and that was all that counted.
I got up at the crack of dawn and drove to Larry's place to pick him up. We were going hiking along our favorite trail in the back of beyond. It was a sunny day, but not too hot; a perfect day for hiking. Larry and I walked along the rugged path leading into the woods, chatting off and on as the mood struck us...
Satin Dress
She worked in a box factory, and her salary was not large. She made just enough to cover the cost of food, shelter, and the clothes on her back. So when she received an invitation to a fancy-dress party from an old friend, she did not know what she should do. Here was her chance at last to shine a little, to experience how the other half lived, but she had no money to buy a dress, or even the material to make one.
Sifty Sifty San
There was once a beautiful old house right on the edge of a lake, surrounded by woods. But no one would live there because a spirit calling itself Sifty-Sifty-San drove everyone away.
Telltale Seaweed
Two sisters were motoring through Cape Cod late one stormy night in the early 1900's when their car broke down in an unpopulated area. Seeing an old, neglected house nearby, they went to the door and tugged on the bell-pull. When no one answered, they looked through a nearby window whose shutter was banging in the bitter wind. The window was broken. Through the window, they could see a library. The dust lay heavy over everything...
The Barn Dance
As I drove down the seemingly endless dark road, I cursed my friends. "A quaint little bar in the middle of nowhere," they said. Well they got that right, there was not one blessed sign of civilization anywhere to be seen. Just then, I caught a glimpse of a lighted barn on down the road. Civilization at last!
The Bloodstain
The Phelps place was an old, abandoned property with a monstrous, decrepit Victorian house that was supposed to be haunted. It should have been a good resting place for the local deer hunters, but they would not go near it. A few that tried came away before midnight with tales of ghostly thumping noises, gasps, moans, and a terrible wet bloodstain that appeared on the floor of the front porch and could not be wiped away.
The Blue Rocks
The story was told furtively, in lowered voices. Buried treasure. Near the blue rock. A long time ago, an unknown ship dropped anchor in the surf near Wasque Bluff. A small boat carrying a mysterious figure, six sailors, and a large box landed on the beach. The sailors dug a deep hole inland near the blue rock, and the box was lowered into it. As the sailors stepped back, their leader threw a small green package onto the box. With a huge crash and a flash of blinding green light, the hole disappeared!
The Brick Wall
Massey was a soldier unfortunate enough to cross me, his commanding officer. He did not live to regret it. There was something very satisfying in the moment when I thrust the tip of my sword into the soldier's heart during our duel. I watched him fall to the ground with the satisfaction of a job well done.
The Brothers' Revenge
The blizzard was raging fiercely around them as the brothers stumbled down the long road. they were miles from any farm, and knew they had to seek shelter or freeze to death. So it was with gratitude that the two brothers spotted a saloon and pushed their way through the door.
The Cursing of Colonel Buck
Now Colonel Buck was not what you'd call the most virtuous man in town. No sir! He had an eye for the ladies, did Colonel Buck, and he would chase them 'til he got what he wanted. Then he would drop them like a hot brick...
The Figure in the Window
Late one evening the three of us were hanging out when Alec said he wanted to go up to Peapack to check out a house for sale. Once in the car, Alec said it was an old, run-down Italianate mansion with twenty-six fireplaces that used to be owned by nuns but had been abandoned. It sat on fifty acres of property, including beautifully terraced grounds. By this time, I was feeling a little nervous about the whole thing.
The Flying Canoe
Long ago, there were a number of lonely lumberjacks working in the center of a very large forest. They cut down mammoth trees and watched them crash into the thick snow in exactly the place where they said the trees would land. They would cut up the trees and haul them hither and thither. They worked hard, Mon Dieu, very hard indeed! But they were lonely for the women they had left behind.
The Handshake
Polly was the sweetest, prettiest girl in Goldsboro, yes sir. All the local boys were chasing her, and quite a number of the fellows from the surrounding countryside were too. All the girls were jealous of Polly 'cause they didn't have no sweethearts to take them to the local dances. They all wanted Polly to choose her man so things could go back to normal. But Polly was picky. None of the local boys suited her, and neither did the fellows from the back country.
The Headless Bride
Once there was a lovely young woman growing up in a wealthy shipping family in New York. In those days, wealthy young women were expected to make their debut in society and to marry a wealthy young man from a good family. But our young lady was a bit of a rebel. When she grew old enough to marry, she scorned the wealthy young society men in favor of an older man who was working as a servant in her house.
The Headless Horseman
One cold winter night, early in the New Year, a certain Dutchman left the tavern in Tarrytown and started walking to his home in the hollow nearby. His path led next to the old Sleepy Hollow cemetery where a headless Hessian soldier was buried. At midnight, the Dutchman came within site of the graveyard...
The Headless Sentry
A wealthy businessman who worked behind the political scenes both in Georgetown and Charleston owned a large plantation just outside Charleston. He often entertained business and political associates at the manor house, influential men who came from other colonies and abroad. When war broke out between America and England, the owner was reluctant to take sides, for his business was primarily supported by England...
The Lady in the Veil
He had not expected to meet the woman of his dreams, but there she was strolling along in the moonlight beside the cemetery. Carlos quickened his pace until he was level with her, hoping for a glimpse of her face under her veil.
The Old Bridge
Old Man McManor was the foulest-tempered fellow you ever did see; but he owned and operated the only sawmill over in Camden, so folks had to deal with him. Whenever anyone didn't pay on time or crossed him, he'd take out his horsewhip and flail at them until they ran away cussing or broke down crying.
The Skeleton
The boy had been out looking for work all day with no luck. When night fell, he was far from home. He decided to spend the night in an empty, rundown house. The minute he laid down he fell into a sound sleep. The boy was awakened quite suddenly by a thump on the roof. With a pounding heart, he sat up and lit a candle. A voice called out, "I'm falling down!"
The Wailing Woman
Once a Spanish soldier married a beautiful native woman and they had two children whom the soldier loved very much. However, the soldier came from a rich family. His parents and relations disapproved of his wife and threatened to disown him unless he married a Spanish woman...
The White Dog
A traveling salesman came to Goshen Hill for a few days, selling his wares from door to door. He was a friendly man with a warm grin and a joke for everyone. He was accompanied by a large white dog that rode on the wagon beside him; companion, friend, and guardian of his wares.
Turnabout is Fairplay
Everyone laughed at jumpy Uncle Phil, who believed the world was largely populated with monsters and ghosts and spooks and witches and werewolves. But he was considered harmless, and no one much bothered about the poor fellow. Until one summer when a new family moved to town with two naughty sons.
Vampire Hermit
She was nervous when her husband said they were to stay in the abandoned house, for it contained the corpse of the hermit who once lived there, enshrined in a coffin in the loft. It was an old custom and one no longer popular among the Iroquois people, but the hermit had insisted upon it before his death. There was good hunting in this place, her man had declared, and so they moved in and she unpacked their few belongings in the front room, refusing to go up into the loft where the hermit's body lay.
White Riders
They were not even close to the main camp when the sandstorm storm hit, blasting hot sand into their eyes, hair, and skin. The wind whirled above, around, and under the hasty shelter the two cowboys had set up, offering no protection at all. They took small sips of water every hour or so to relieve the dryness of their throats and to shift about to keep from being buried completely under the sand.
Wraith of the Creek
When he left his tribe to work with the white lumbermen, he changed his name to William Cloud, and the lumberjacks started calling him "Cloudy." They liked to hear Cloudy tell the story of the wraith that lived in the creek that powered the local log chute. The wraith was an evil creature that desired nothing more than to wrap its long arms around humans or animals and pull them down into the water to drown.
Jane wore a yellow ribbon around her neck everyday. And I mean everyday, rain or shine, whether it matched her outfit or not. It annoyed her best friend Johnny after awhile. He was her next door neighbor and had known Jane since she was three. When he was young, he had barely noticed the yellow ribbon, but now they were in high school together, it bothered him.


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/**
 * @author Kim Hansen
 */
package dk.ange.octave.io;

import junit.framework.TestCase;
import dk.ange.octave.OctaveEngine;
import dk.ange.octave.OctaveEngineFactory;
import dk.ange.octave.type.Octave;
import dk.ange.octave.type.OctaveDouble;

/** Tests */
public class TestUnknownVar extends TestCase {

    /**
     * Test Octave.get() on unknown var
     */
    public void testGetUnknownVar() {
        final OctaveEngine octave = new OctaveEngineFactory().getScriptEngine();
        final OctaveDouble x1 = octave.get(OctaveDouble.class, "x");
        assertNull(x1);
        final OctaveDouble x = Octave.scalar(42);
        octave.put("x", x);
        final OctaveDouble x2 = octave.get(OctaveDouble.class, "x");
        assertEquals(x, x2);
        octave.close();
    }

}


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Nathan L. Hecht is the 27th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas. He has been elected to the Court seven times, first in 1988 as a Justice, and in 2014 and 2020 as Chief Justice.
He is the longest-serving member of the Court in Texas history and the longest-tenured Texas judge in active service. Throughout his service on the Court, he has overseen revisions to the rules of administration, practice, and procedure in Texas courts, and was appointed by the Chief Justice of the United States to the federal Advisory Committee on Civil Rules. He is also active in the Court's efforts to assure that Texans living below the poverty level, as well as others with limited means, have access to basic civil legal services.
Chief Justice Hecht was appointed to the district court in 1981 and was elected to the court of appeals in 1986. Before taking the bench, he was a partner in the Locke firm in Dallas. He holds a B.A. degree with honors in philosophy from Yale University, and a J.D. degree cum laude from the SMU School of Law, where he was a Hatton W. Sumners Scholar. He clerked for Judge Roger Robb on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Reserve Judge Advocate General Corps.
He is a past president of the national Conference of Chief Justices, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Life Member of the American Law Institute and a member of Council, and a member of the Texas Philosophical Society.
He won re-election in November 2020 to a term that ends December 31, 2026.


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I'm officially 21 years old now, an adult girl. :) This year is kind of special for me, as I born in 21st January and I am 21 years old this year. Woot!
Thanks for those friends who attending my party and those who sending wishes on my fb, I really appreciate a lot! But I realized that out of 3k friends I have only 1k friends wished me on fb. Hmmmm, it's time to put hard on removing people out of my friend list.
Everyone knows, ain't easy to throw a party especially when some adult who thought that we were not old enough to deal business with him, yes I'm talking about my previous EVENT PLANNER. Punctuality and keep your words are the conditions, at least for me, this lil girl to you? You might saying this time you would only lose 3k something but I ensure you, in the future you might losing more than 10k money because of your IRRESPONSIBILITY.
Alright, speaking of my birthday bash, will blog on the next post as I haven't get the pictures from my photographer of that day, which is my bro's friend as well, Allan. Thank you very much, willing to spend your time on that day. :) I'm gonna blog about my birthday anyway. ;) Still, would like to share with you my birthday cake of the party.
On my big day, celebrated with my boyfie, Mr D.
Checked in Hard Rock Hotel, Penang.
Night, dinner at Hard Rock Cafe.
Then, we walked to the market all the way from Hard Rock and took a ride back to the hotel.