Anonymous. The Cloud of Unknowing. William Johnston (Ed.). New York: Image, 1973. Introduction to Centering Prayer.
Artress, Lauren. Walking a Sacred Path: Rediscovering the Labyrinth. www.Veriditas.net.
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Breathnach, Sarah Ban. The Simple Abundance Journal of Gratitude. New York: Warner, 1996.
Brother Roger of Taize. God is Love Alone. New York, Continuum, 2003.
Edwards, Tilden. Sabbath Time. Nashville TN: Upper Room, 1992. Classic.
Fischer, Katherine. The Inner Rainbow: The Imagination in Christian Life. New York: Paulist Press, 1983. See also other books by this author.
Foster, Richard. Prayer: Finding the Heart's True Home. San Francisco: Harper, 1992. See also other books by this author.
Jones, W. Paul. The Art of Spiritual Direction. Nashville: Upper Room, 2002.
Keating, Thomas. Open Mind, Open Heart. Rockport MA: Element, 1986.
Muller, Wayne. Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal and Delight in Our Busy Lives. New York: Bantam, 1999.
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Mundy, Linus. Slow-down Therapy. St Meinrad IN: Abbey Press, 1990. One of many good little books published at One Caring Place, most of which Mundy himself edits.
Oman, Maggie. Prayers for Healing. Berkeley: Conari Press, 1997. A daybook of prayers and meditations from all faith traditions. Author lives and works in San Francisco, an excellent local resource for retreat-leadership.
Oman-Shannon, Maggie. The Way We Pray. Berkely: Conari Press, 2001. Introduction to 50 prayer practices from around the world.
Mother Teresa. Meditations from A Simple Path. New York: Ballantine, 1996.
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Nouwen, Henri. With Open Hands. New York: Ballantine, 1985. See (of course) other books by this author.
Orsborn, Carol. The Art of Resilience. New York: Three Rivers Press, 1997. 100 Paths to wisdom and strength in an uncertain world.
Progroff, Ira. At a Journal Workshop. New York: Dialogue House, 1981. An absolute classic, but try adapting his ideas to your own needs.
Rohr, Richard. Discovering the Enneagram. New York: Crossroad, 1990. One of many on the enneagram by a terrific author.
Rupp, Joyce. The Cup of Our Life. Notre Dame: Ave Maria, 1997.
Rupp, Joyce. Dear Heart, Come Home. New York: Crossroad, 1996. A guide for midlife spirituality.
Rupp, Joyce. Fresh Bread. Notre Dame IN: Ave Maria Press, 1985. The first in a series of winners by Rupp.
Rupp, Joyce. Inviting God In: Scriptural Reflections and Prayers throughout the Year. Notre Dame IN: Ave Maria Press, 2001.
Rupp, Joyce. Out of the Ordinary. Notre Dame IN: Ave Maria Press, 2000. One of the most useful and beautiful books I own.
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Огузькі мови, Ол-група — група тюркських мов зосереджених у Туреччині, Азербайджані, Ірані, Туркменістані, західному Узбекистані, південному Криму, півночі Кіпру, на Балканах, де розкидані турецькі колоніальні поселення. Назва походить від народу тюркського огузів.

Огузькі мови також називають ол-(мовною) групою та південно-західними тюркськими мовами.

Походження

Усі Огузькі мови походять від давньоогузької мови, яка, ймовірно є продовженням Орхон-Єнісейської мови. Відповідність огузського-j орхон-єнісейському-d відзначено на найдавнішому рівні.

Огузькі мови

До складу групи входять:

 Туркменська мова
 Трухменська мова, або Північнокавказька туркменська мова — туркменська говірка (етнолект) на Північному Кавказі, в основному у Ставропольському краї;
 Хорезмська мова — найближча до туркменської мови. Є групою говірок в Узбекистані й Казахстані, а по класифікації Олександра Самойловича є окремою Кипчацько-туркменською групою говірок). Проте в Узбекистані хорезмську мову визначають як огузьку говірку узбецької мови;
 Хорасансько-тюркська мова у Ірані — найближчий до туркменської й хорезмської мов, вважається перехідною від туркменської до азербайджанської типом мови
 Боджнурдійська мова;
 Азербайджанська мова — у Азербайджані та північно-західному Ірані,
Айналу мова, афшарська мова, кашкайська мова, салчуцька мова та інші говірки азербайджанської мови, що розглядаються також як самостійні мови;
 Карачаєво-тюркська (сонкорсько-тюркська) мова — огузького типу мова, яка зближуються із азербайджанською, але виявляє деякі подібності до Хорасансько-тюркських говірок, з якими, однак, безпосередньо не стикається;
 Сирійсько-туркменські говірки — говірки туркменської або турецької мови у Сирії;
 Турецька мова — поширена у Туреччині, у північному Кіпрі й на Балканах,
 Османська (сельджуцька, староанатолійська) мова — давня мова що припинила своє існування,
 Кіпрський діалект турецької мови й балкано-турецькі діалекти:
 Урумська цалкська мова — в наш час вважається самостійною мовою або діалектом азербайджанської,
 Південний діалект кримськотатарської мови — локалізований на південному узбережжі Криму,
 Урумська мова — огузькі діалекти урумської приазовської мови;
 Гагаузька мова:
 Балкано-гагаузька мова
 Гагаузька мова — власне гагаузька;
 Печенізька мова — зникла мова ряду тюркських племен, відомих під назвами: чорні клобуки, печеніги, узи, гузи, торки, Кову, турпеї, боути, каспічи, берендеї.

Халадзька мова

Зарахування халадзької мови до огузьких мов недостовірне. Недостовірна також її трактування як карлуцько-хорезмійської мови.

Ймовірно, халадзька мова відноситься до карлуцько-уйгурських мов про що свідчить рефлексація пратюркського-d-, ідентична рефлексації в Саянських мовах). Схожість з огузькими й карлуксько-хорезмійськими мовами є результатом тривалого контакту.

Внутрішня класифікація огузьких мов

Внутрішня класифікація огузьких мов утруднена.

Обґрунтовано протиставлення саларської мови у центральному Китаї іншим огузьким мовам. Салари, що відійшли з району Самарканда у 14 сторіччі мають мову, що максимальна близька салирському діалекту туркменської мови, з яким колись складала один тип мовлення.

Решта огузьких мов утворюють, по суті, діалектний континуум, — існують перехідні говірки між туркменською та азербайджанською, азербайджанською та турецькою мовами.

Гагаузька мова традиційно трактувався як сучасна форма давньої печенізької мови, а найближчим до турецької вважалася азербайджанська мова. Відповідно до новітніх досліджень, поділ турецької та гагаузької сталося на початку XVII сторіччя, а азербайджанська діалектна зона відокремилась в основному до XVI століття  (але почала відокремлюватися в XIII сторіччі).

Примітки

Огузькі мови
Тюркські мови
Огузи

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Danish Publishing House (Dansk Bogforlag)
Authored By Sven Hagen Jensen From Trans-European Division Publishing House/Media Institution
Dansk Bogforlag was established in Copenhagen in 1905 to produce and distribute Adventist literature to the church in Denmark and in the larger community. It provided books, periodicals, and Sabbath School materials to use in contact with the Danish population and to nurture the church members and their families. Literature evangelists made sales to homes and businesses over the whole country and the Faroe Islands. For a period of time the publishing house also ran a printing shop and was able to do most of the work in house. At present it is housed in the union office in Naerum and serves primarily the church members.
In the early years Seventh-day Adventist publications in Denmark were imported, first from the United States, later from Norway. When Tidernes Tegn ("Signs of the Times") began to be printed in Kristiania (Oslo), Norway, in 1879, a number of copies went to Denmark, and in July 1881 Sundhedsbladet (health journal) was issued also for both countries.1
In harmony with a vote taken at the second annual meeting of the Danish Conference at Hellum, 1882, a depot for publications was opened at C. C. Hansen's home in Asaa, and in May 1886 a depot was opened in Copenhagen. In 1889 Denmark had four literature evangelists, who met with strong opposition. A colporteur institute was held in 1892 under the leadership of H. L. Henriksen, and the work began to develop.2
In 1893 C. C. Hansen and H. L. Henriksen organized a private firm, registered under the name C. C. Hansen and Company, which made a contract with the Norwegian Publishing House, Kristiania, to distribute its literature in Denmark. This firm operated in Copenhagen, in the Ebenezer building, Suomisvej 5, København V,3 continued until 1905, when the Danish Conference voted to establish a publishing house in Copenhagen, which they registered in the chamber of commerce under the name "Dansk Bogforlag, København" (Copenhagen Publishing House, also listed in the Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook as Denmark Publishing House). The first publishing committee was composed of the following: P. A. Hansen, chair; J. C. Raft; Jens Olsen, manager; L. Muderspach; H. L. Henriksen; N. P. Nielsen; and P. Hansen, publishing secretary. In 1906 arrangements were made with the firm of C. C. Hansen and Company to transfer all assets to Dansk Bogforlag, that continued to have its address on Suomisvej.4
While a publishing house had been established in Copenhagen, the printing continued to be done in Oslo (Kristiania), until high customs duties and World War II forced Dansk Bogforlag to have its books and periodicals printed in Denmark. In the Danish church paper Missionsefterretninger for January 1912 the union president, J. C. Raft, who also was the chair for the printing house committee in Norway, wrote: "At our constituency meetings in Norway and Denmark in the summer of 1910 it was . . . decided to set up a joint printing shop and a joint publishing house in Akersgaten 74, Kristiania. This arrangement was put in effect January 1, 1911. . . . The new company name was "Skandinavisk Bogforlag" (Scandinavian Publishing House)." In books and magazines "Sundhedsbladets Trykkeri" (Sundhedsbladet's Printing House) was still stated as the printer.5 Dansk Bogforlag was then operated as a branch office to Skandinavisk Bogforlag under the name "Copenhagen Branch," according to the yearbook, but with the corporate name "Dansk Bogforlag."6 From 1928 there was a change in status. Dansk Bogforlag was no longer listed as a branch office, but under the name "Copenhagen Publishing House."7
During the World Wars I and II and in the years between there was a great demand for spiritual books with emphasis on prophecies and the end time. To meet this interest and to share the Advent hope, a number of books were written by Adventist leaders and evangelists and published for sale for a group of full-time and part-time literature evangelists. This was the golden time of book sales from the publishing house. Many got their first contact with the church through this literature, before they later made the decision for baptism and church membership. Further down in this article follows a list of the more prominent books. Wartimes, however, also had its restrictions on free movement and trade. On November 27, 1940, a ban was issued by the German occupation forces against traveling around with wares in certain districts in Jutland, which meant that our literature evangelists were excluded from meeting 1 million people out of a population of 3.8 million. By direct contact to the Ministry of Justice, Dansk Bogforlag succeeded in getting exception for three married workers in the closed zone. For that same year the manager of the Danish publishing house reported sales of 25,101 bigger and smaller books, 41,899 tracts, and 256,270 periodicals.8
In 1966 Dansk Bogforlag moved from Copenhagen to Odense,9 where it was temporarily housed in the basement of the Adventist church at Hunderupvej 51, until it moved into a new building at Boerstenbindervej 4, which was dedicated on June 26, 1967.10 The new manager purchased an office Rotaprint offset printer, and the printing of Sabbath School lessons, leaflets, and some of the periodicals started in house. Soon after was added a Roland Favorit, that could print sheets of 46 x 64 centimeters and covers and labels in four colors. A secondhand Heidelberg cylinder press was also acquired, which was eventually replaced by a new Roland Parva printing machine. A hand compositor was employed in 1968 and trained by printers from the Adventist publishing houses in Germany and Finland to run the machines. Other equipment, such as folding, cutting, stapling and plate casting machines, were purchased as well. And in addition, photo development equipment and other necessary devices were secured. Dansk Bogforlag was now able to do its own printing of books as well as periodicals, labels for the food factory, pamphlets, posters, etc. The bookbinding, however, had to be done outside, and mostly Bertelsen's or Bruun's bookbinding shops in Odense were used.11 With manager, editors, translators, office workers, and added staff also in the printing section, Dansk Bogforlag had at that time 12 employees.12
For a period of about 25 years Adventist books and other publications were turned out in good quality and quantities. Literature evangelism, however, had become much more difficult, and except for the Faroe Islands, religious books and periodicals were no longer in demand in the Danish kingdom. The market for health literature, too, was getting strong competition from other sources. Subscriptions for Adventist periodicals were difficult to maintain. And the publishing house became more dependent on mission literature for distribution ordered by the church departments and books produced for the church members.
When the church in 1992 for financial reasons had to reorganize some of its institutions,13 Dansk Bogforlag had to close down in Odense and sell the building, machinery and other equipment, and moved in 1993 to the union headquarters in Naerum, north of Copenhagen, where accommodations already existed. 14
New regulations on consumer contracts dramatically affected canvassing in Denmark, which was part of the European Union. On June 9, 2004, a directive from the European Parliament was implemented, when a new law was signed that prohibited unsolicited inquiry at a residence or workplace with sales in mind.15 This put an effective stop for canvassing in Denmark. At present Dansk Bogforlag primarily serves the church members.
A wide variety of health, educational, family, and religious books have over the years been published in Danish, and a few in Faroese and Greenlandic. Among them a good number of books by Ellen G. White, of which Steps to Christ, the Conflict of the Ages series, Education, and others also have been sold to the public.
As mentioned earlier, in the first half of the twentieth century a number of spiritual books authored by Danish leaders and evangelists (with the authors mentioned first) were published: Erik Arnesen, Et Blik på vor Tid (A Look at Our Time, 1915);16 J. C. Raft, Et Ord i rette Tid (A Word in Due Time, 1916);17 Emil Åhrén, De Store Verdensproblemer (The Great Problems of the World, 1925);18 L. Muderspach, Tidernes Vidnesbyrd (The Testimonies of the Times, 1927); L. H. Christian, Ved Vendepunktet (At the Turning Point); Axel Varmer, I Skyggen af Store Begivenheder (In the Shadow of Great Events, 1942);19 Alf Lohne, Det bedste i livet (The Best in Life, 1955); Th. Kristensen, Evigheden banker på (Eternity Knocks, 1957); and Jens Madsen, Den skjulte sandhed (The Hidden Truth, 1973).20, 21 Popular health and family books included Carl Ottosen, Hold Dig Ung og Staerk på Sundhedens Kongevej (Keep Young and Strong on the King's Highway of Health); L. Muderspach, Et Hjem, Sundhedens Bedste Vaern (A Home, Society's Best Defence); Anker Christensen, Sunde Hjem (Healthy Homes).
Among other bestsellers translated into Danish: Arthur S. Maxwell, Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories,22 The Children's Hour With Uncle Arthur and The Bible Story (ten volumes); E. W. Emmerson, Footprints of Jesus (four volumes); Etta B. Degering, My Bible Friends (five volumes).
Although the books in Danish were read by many in the Faroe Islands and in Greenland, Dansk Bogforlag also published Earle Albert Rowell, Prophecy Speaks (Tá Id á Stendur), Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories (Skýmingarløtuni) 23 and My Bible Friends (Trúfastir vinir) 24 in Faroese, as well as Ellen G. White's Steps to Christ (Kristusimut Aqqutissaq) and The Great Controversy (Akiunerssuaq) in Greenlandic.
In 1977 the manager introduced the "Book Club," with club members receiving a new paperback every month. The series of books would cover important Bible teachings, mission stories, personal experiences, and church history.
Over the years the following periodicals have been published: Evangeliets Sendebud (Gospel Messenger, 1901–1927); Tidens Tale (Talk of the Time, 1928–1942); Tidernes Tegn (Signs of the Times, 1943–1990); 25 Sundhedsbladet (health journal, 1881–1993); Missionsefterretninger/Adventnyt (church paper, 1906–1952/1953– ); Advent Ungdom/Ung Adventist (youth paper, 1934–1980/1982–2005); Review and Herald World Edition (Danish version, 1947–1953); Sabbath school lesson quarterlies for adults and children, mission quarterlies, and an annual Ingathering paper.
Managers/Administrators
J. G. Matteson (1977–1881), C. C. Hansen (1881–1893), C. C. Hansen and H. L. Henriksen (1893–1905), Jens Olsen (1905–1910), Chr. Hedebaek (1910–1927), Johan Nielsen (1927–1935), R. F. Jensen (1935–1948), Viggo Thomsen (1948–1958), W. S. Jensen (1958–1966), Boerge Olsen (1966–1970), Aage Andersen (1970–1971), W. S. Jensen (1971–1977), Kaj Pedersen (1977–1984), Erling Berg (1984–1985), Jens Madsen (1985–1992), W. S. Jensen (1992–1993), Tue Westing (1993–1998), Walder Hartmann (1998–2004), Philip Philipsen (2004), Sven Hagen Jensen (2004–2007), Daniel Birch (2007–2010), Thomas Müller (2012–2014), Jan Nielsen (2016–2019), Thomas Müller (2019– )
Andersen, Aage. "Dansk Bogforlag indviet den 26. juni." Adventnyt, August 1967.
Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia. Second Revised Edition. Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1996. S.v. "Danish Publishing House."
Pedersen, Kaj. Syvende Dags Adventistkirken i Danmark (The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Denmark). Naerum: Dansk Bogforlag, 2007.
Schantz, Hans Joergen. I troens bakspejl (In the Mirror of Faith). Naerum: Dansk Bogforlag, 1990s.
Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook. Washington D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1912, 1929.
Seventh-day Adventist Encyclopedia, Second Revised Edition (1996), s.v. "Danish Publishing House."↩
Margrethevej 5 until 1927, when there was a change of street name; Dansk Kulturarv; Lokalhistorisk Billedsamling (via Det Kongelige Bibliotek); www.danskkulturarv.dk/indhold/margrethevej-blev-ændret-til-suomisvej-i-1927/.↩
Aage Andersen, DB, unpublished notes for a paper on Dansk Bogforlag received by email on September 24, 2019, 7.↩
"Scandinavian Publishing House," Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1912), 182, 183.↩
"Copenhagen Publishing House," Seventh-day Adventist Yearbook (Washington, D.C.: Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1929), 301.↩
Aage Andersen, DB, unpublished notes for a paper on Dansk Borforlag received by email on September 24, 2019, 12, 13.↩
Aage Andersen, "Dansk Bogforlag indviet den 26. juni," Adventnyt, August 1967, 1–3.↩
Knud Erik Winther-Jensen, hand composer, email message to author, October 11, 2019.↩
Aage Andersen, telephone message to author, October 3, 2019.↩
Kaj Pedersen, "Adventisternes livssyn praeger flere institutioner," Syvende Dags Adventistkirken i Danmark (Naerum: Dansk Bogforlag, 2007), 105.↩
Law No. 451 of June 9, 2004, about certain consumer contracts. The law does not apply to the Faroe Islands and Greenland.↩
Published in five editions and translated into Swedish and Finnish; more than two hundred thousand copies in sold the Nordic countries.↩
Published in six editions and fifty-five thousand copies sold in Denmark and Norway. The Danish and Norwegian written languages were so close that they were well understood in both countries.↩
The author was Swedish, and in tens of thousands of copies of the book was published in Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Danish.↩
This book was an adapted shorthand version of Varmer's lectures in 1939–1940 in Copenhagen on Bible prophecy and the Adventist message in its fullness, and was sold by many eager literature evangelists during World War II and spread all over Denmark.↩
Sixty thousand copies sold (it was also translated into Greenlandic). For more information, Hans Joergen Schantz, I Troens Bakspejl (In the Mirror of Faith) (Naerum: Dansk Bogforlag), 48–100.↩
For more information about the authors and their books and the times in which they were written: Hans Joergen Schantz, I Troens Bakspejl (In the Mirror of Faith) (Naerum: Dansk Bogforlag), 48–100, and Aage Andersen, DB, unpublished notes for a paper on Dansk Bogforlag received by e-mail on September 24, 2019, 7–12.↩
The first volume was published in 1926, and 11 more volumes followed.↩
Forty-five thousand copies sold by missionary literature evangelist Ib Jensen (45 years of service) in a population of only 49,270 (2017).↩
Sixteen thousand copies sold by Ib Jensen.↩
When Tidernes Tegn stopped after 1990, Fokus (Focus) was published for two years as a periodical to be shared with contacts and interests of the church. Later from 1914 to 1917 Nyt Fokus (New Focus) was published as a 16-page monthly in three thousand copies, which were shared by door-to-door visitation.↩
Jensen, Sven Hagen. "Danish Publishing House (Dansk Bogforlag)." Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists. January 09, 2021. Accessed January 15, 2021. https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=ECSX.
Jensen, Sven Hagen. "Danish Publishing House (Dansk Bogforlag)." Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists. January 09, 2021. Date of access January 15, 2021, https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=ECSX.
Jensen, Sven Hagen (2021, January 09). Danish Publishing House (Dansk Bogforlag). Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists. Retrieved January 15, 2021, https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=ECSX.

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Gas prices are advertised at over eight dollars a gallon at a gas station Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Los Angeles. California lawmakers are preparing to return…
Gas prices are advertised at over eight dollars a gallon at a gas station Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in Los Angeles. California lawmakers are preparing to return to work for a special session on gas prices. State lawmakers are scheduled to convene on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, to swear-in new members and elect leaders for the 2023 legislative session. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
California eyes penalties for oil companies' big profits
by: ADAM BEAM and SOPHIE AUSTIN, Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California could become the first state to fine big oil companies for making too much money, a reaction to the industry's supersized profits following a summer of record-high gas prices in the nation's most populous state.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and his Democratic allies in the state Legislature introduced the proposal Monday as lawmakers returned to the state Capitol in Sacramento for the start of a special legislative session focused solely on the oil industry.
But the proposal was missing key details, including how much profit is too much for oil companies and what fine they would have to pay for exceeding it. Newsom's office said those details would be sorted out later after negotiations with lawmakers. Any money from the fines would be returned to the public.
Gas prices are always higher in California because of taxes, fees and environmental regulations that other states don't have. But in October, the average price of a gallon of gasoline in California was more than $2.60 higher than the national average — the biggest gap ever.
Newsom said there was no good way to justify that.
Speaking to reporters, Newsom compared the actions of oil companies to price gougers charging more for hand sanitizer during the pandemic. He said the goal of the penalty is to prevent gas prices from shooting up similarly in the future, calling it "a proactive effort in order to change behavior."
"We're burning up. We're choking up. We're heating up because of these folks," Newsom said, referring to the oil industry and its impact on the environment. "And people are barely able to pay their bills because of these folks."
It could be a popular proposal with voters, who have been paying more than $6 per gallon of gasoline on average for much of the year. But that doesn't mean it will be easy to get it through the state Legislature, where the oil industry is one of the top spenders on both lobbyists and campaign contributions.
Crucially, the proposal classifies the fine as a "civil penalty" and not a tax. That means only a simple majority would be needed for passage, instead of the two-thirds majority that is required to raise taxes.
"Whatever Gov. Newsom wants to call it, this is a tax and it's going to have the same impact that all taxes do on consumers, and that is to raises costs, not bring them down," said Kevin Slagle, spokesperson for the Western States Petroleum Association. "We think the governor should be honest about what this is and let the legislators vote on a tax and sell it to the California public as a tax and see how people feel about it."
The California Legislature is in session most of the year, typically considering hundreds of bills. The governor can call lawmakers into a special session limited to discussing issues he specifies. Newsom said he called the special session on gas prices because it would help lawmakers focus on the issue.
But legislative leaders don't appear in any hurry to pass the bill. Lawmakers convened in a special session for mere minutes Monday, long enough to adopt rules and appoint leaders. They won't reconvene again until January.
Many lawmakers said they had no idea what Newsom was proposing. A few senators joined reporters at Newsom's news conference outside Senate chambers just to hear what he had to say.
"I don't think anybody objects to (oil companies) having a business model that makes a profit, but the extent to which they're taking advantage of people really does appear to be unfair," said state Sen. Ben Allen, a Democrat from Santa Monica, expressing general support for Newsom's concept.
Republicans, who don't have enough votes to influence legislation, denounced the proposal.
"The last thing that we need to do is increase the cost on Californians who are already paying far too much," Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher said.
Adding to the uncertainty is an unusually high number of newly elected lawmakers about to take seats for the first time. Roughly a quarter of the Legislature's 120 members are new, with two close races still unresolved.
Among the new state senators is Angelique Ashby, a Democrat who narrowly won election after an intense campaign. The oil industry spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on radio and TV ads supporting Ashby's campaign, a trend noticed by critics who tried to use it against her.
Ashby said she hasn't been approached by lobbyists or others from the oil industry asking how she would vote on a potential penalty. She noted the oil industry spent the money as "independent expenditures," meaning she had no control over that spending during the campaign.
"Campaign slogans and strategies of my opponent are a thing of the past," said Ashby, whose district includes Sacramento. "I'm fixated on the people of Senate District 8 and I will make my decision based on what is in their best interest."
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Ancient human population histories revealed in Central and South America
Excavation in progress at the rock shelter site of Lapa do Santo in Brazil, where an individual dating to approximately ~9,600 years ago was found. Credit: André Strauss by HeritageDaily November 9, 2018 4330
The first high quality ancient DNA data from Central and South America–49 individuals some as old as 11,000 years–has revealed a major and previously unknown exchanges between populations.
Unprecedented details about the ancestry of the people of Central and South America have been uncovered in a new study in the journal Cell by archaeologists and geneticists at The University of New Mexico, Harvard Medical School, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, the University of California Santa Cruz, the Pennsylvania State University, the University of São Paulo, and other institutions in Brazil, Belize, Chile, Argentina, Peru, the European Union and the U.S.
The researchers analyzed DNA data from precisely dated skeletons found in excavations in Central and South America. Some of these people were over 10,000 years old. Previously, the only genomes that had been reported from this region and that provided sufficient quality data to analyze were less than 1,000 years old.
After obtaining official permits to excavate, the researchers conducted analysis on ancient human remains, and consulted with local governmental agencies and indigenous organizations.
By comparing ancient and modern genomes from the Americas and other parts of the globe, they were able to obtain qualitatively new insights into the early history of Central and South America.
University of New Mexico Anthropology Professor Keith Prufer and his colleagues from Pennsylvania State and Exeter University (UK) contributed the Central American component of this unprecedented study as part of an NSF and Alphawood Foundation funded project studying the earliest humans to settle in the American tropics.
Prufer led excavations in Belize where the they recovered three of the oldest skeletons from the region, all with well-preserved DNA.
This UNM project focuses on early human adaptations in remote tropical rainforests in the Americas. The data from these excavations are reshaping how researchers view Early Holocene relationships between humans living in North, Central, and South America.
Link between a Clovis culture-associated individual and the oldest Central and South Americans
"A key discovery was that a Clovis culture-associated individual from North America dating to around 12,800 years ago shares distinctive ancestry with the oldest Chilean, Brazilian and Belizean individuals," explains co-lead author Cosimo Posth of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. "This supports the hypothesis that the expansion of people who spread the Clovis culture in North America also reached Central and South America."
These individuals from Chile, Brazil and Belize date to more than 9,000 years ago. However, younger individuals and present-day people in South America do not share the Clovis culture-associated ancestry that characterizes the oldest individuals. Says co-senior author David Reich from Harvard Medical School and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, "This is our second key discovery: we have shown that there was a continent-wide population replacement that began at least 9,000 years ago."
According to Prufer, there are many remarkable aspects to this research finding.
"For the first time, we have archaeological and genetic evidence linking some of the oldest humans in Central America to the earliest known populations to arrive in the New World, and clear indications of an early relationship between this region and South America," says Prufer. "It is also a testament to the power of interdisciplinary research involving archaeologists and geneticists and how it is revolutionizing the study of ancient humans."
The promise of ancient DNA research in the Americas
The researchers emphasize that their study gives only a glimpse of the discoveries that may come through future work. To learn about the initial movements of people into Central and South America, it would be necessary to obtain ancient DNA from individuals dating to before 11,000 years ago.
Additionally, even for the period between 11,000 and 3,000 years ago that is best covered in this study the picture is far from complete.
"We lacked ancient data from Amazonia, northern South America and the Caribbean, and thus cannot determine how individuals in these regions relate to the ones we analyzed," explains Reich. "Filling in these gaps should be a priority for future work."
"We are excited about the potential of research in this area," states co-senior author Johannes Krause of the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. "With future, regionally focused studies with large sample sizes, we could realize the potential of ancient DNA to reveal how the human diversity of this region came to be the way it is today."
Header Image – Excavation in progress at the rock shelter site of Lapa do Santo in Brazil, where an individual dating to approximately ~9,600 years ago was found. Credit: André Strauss
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Starr Companies and SunTrust Partner with the Robinson College
by Jenifer Shockley
ATLANTA – Starr Companies, a global insurance and investment organization, and SunTrust Banks Inc., a national financial services company, have become the inaugural business partners for the Institute for Insight at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University.
The Institute for Insight brings students and institutions together to explore new business opportunities that leverage the insight that can be drawn from big data analytics. Through their partnership with the Robinson College, Starr Companies and SunTrust will have access to Robinson's tools, talent and resources to help create and test business innovations using big data analytics. The companies will partner with the Institute for Insight's faculty, staff and students and have access to technology, including access to non-proprietary datasets.
"The Robinson College is thrilled to have Starr Companies and SunTrust, two legends in the business community, partnering on our efforts to ensure students have immersive experiences with real data solving tough business problems," said Richard D. Phillips, dean of the Robinson College. "It is partnerships like these that bring to life our vision, 'No one gets closer to business than Robinson.'"
The institute is home to the Robinson College's newest specialized master's degree, the master of science in analytics. This STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)-based degree combines "hard skills" in statistics, computer science and business along with "soft skills" through a deep immersion program where students work with experienced industry data scientists and Georgia State researchers in the institute's Insight Lab.
"Decision-making driven by data analytics contributes to the profitability of an organization. To be valuable, it requires human interpretation to uncover hidden insights and creatively solve business problems," said Mike Toran, chief information officer at Starr Companies. "We are excited to partner with Georgia State University, an institute with a vision to embed these skill sets into the next generation of insurance executives."
"This partnership with the Robinson College of Business is a win-win for the students and for SunTrust," said Jerome Lienhard, chief risk officer at SunTrust. "The participating students will gather real-life experience analyzing data and looking for insight and solutions, and SunTrust will gain additional information and perspectives as it responds to an ever-changing banking environment."
Introduced in August 2015, the institute is being built around an interdisciplinary research faculty, including new appointments to Robinson and those who recently transferred from other departments to support the growth in corporate and student interest.
Faculty members who have moved into the institute include Associate Professor Abhay Mishra, an information systems scientist with research interests in health care analytics, who has been supporting the development of the institute for the past year. Economist Martin Grace, a Regent's Professor of the University System of Georgia, comes with research expertise in risk management and insurance. Grace will provide senior faculty leadership and will participate in the development of the risk analytics programming of the institute. Additional faculty members will be appointed to the institute for the coming academic year.
"Through the Institute for Insight, Robinson provides an interdisciplinary approach to exploring and solving real data issues, dissecting the problems and creating management plans," Phillips said. "Students master a set of mathematical, computational and statistical methods that are then applied in a variety of settings, including marketing analytics, health analytics and risk analytics."
Degree programs that traditionally have not included analytics can now integrate analytics through the Institute for Insight. Students in a variety of master's programs at Robinson have benefitted from hands-on learning, and in fall 2016, Robinson's Professional MBA students will begin leading projects in the institute as well.
The largest business school in the South and part of a major research institution, Georgia State University's J. Mack Robinson College of Business has 200 faculty, 8,000 students and 75,000 alumni. With programs on five continents and students from 88 countries, the college is world-class and worldwide. Its part-time MBA is ranked among the best by the Bloomberg Businessweek and U.S. News & World Report, and its Executive MBA is on the Financial Times list of the world's premier programs. Located in Atlanta, the Robinson College and Georgia State have produced more of Georgia's top executives with graduate degrees than any other school in the Southeast.


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One of the most-common types of plastics in the ocean are microfibers from washing synthetic clothing and from the breakdown of maritime equipment such as ropes and nets. Microfibers are found across all the world's oceans and are beginning to appear in fish and shellfish consumed by humans.
Most laboratory research on plastic pollution uses tiny beads of plastic, not microfibers. So Romanó de Orte, Clowez, and Caldeira set out to determine whether microfibers are ingested by healthy sea anemones and by those that have lost the symbiotic algae that provide them with nutrients, a condition called bleaching. On corals reefs, bleaching is caused by increasing ocean temperatures due to global climate change.
The research team introduced three different kinds of microfibers—nylon, polyester, and polypropylene—to both unbleached and bleached sea anemones both alone and mixed with brine shrimp.
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Brock Purdy
AMES (AP) — Thanks to Brock Purdy, Iowa State's playbook suddenly has many more options.
Purdy's stunning performance in the upset of Oklahoma State in what essentially was the college debut for the true freshman gave the offense a new look and a new sense of confidence.
Iowa State is still last in the Big 12 in total offense and ninth in scoring, but there's now a feeling that if Purdy proves to be the real deal, those numbers will improve in the weeks ahead.
"Our playbook is certainly a vast playbook. We can do a lot of things," coach Matt Campbell said. "With Brock's opportunity to get in the football game, he certainly opened up some playbook pages that we were able to get to."
The difference with Purdy, the third quarterback to play extensively for the Cyclones this season, is that he can run.
He kept Oklahoma State off balance last weekend with that threat while passing for 318 yards and four touchdowns and rushing for 84 yards and another score in the 48-42 victory.
The 402 total yards are the eighth-highest figure in school history. Before Saturday, Purdy's only experience had been two plays against Akron three weeks ago.
"Brock moves out of the pocket, so you have to move with him," said wide receiver Tarique Milton, a redshirt freshman who had a breakout game of his own with four catches for 98 yards and a touchdown. "He's a mobile quarterback, so I guess it probably caught Oklahoma State by surprise and probably opened up more new opportunities in our offense."
Kyle Kempt began the season as Iowa State's starting quarterback, but he hasn't played since hurting his left knee in the fourth quarter of a Sept. 9 loss at Iowa. Zeb Noland started the next four games, including Oklahoma State. Both are accurate passers, but neither can move like Purdy.
Purdy entered the game on Iowa State's second series initially as part of a plan to give him some game experience, but he was so good Campbell had to leave him in.
"He brings a spark," center Colin Newell said. "He's a good leader definitely. He allows us to play our game and just goes in there and makes plays for us."
Kempt practiced Sunday but is doubtful for Saturday's home game against No. 6 West Virginia, so look for Purdy to be in there from the start.
The Mountaineers are second in the league in total defense.
"I think the biggest thing for him is just to stay level headed and continue to grow," Campbell said. "And he's really done that since he's been here. I think like our football team, Brock is a great example of that. He's gotten better every day."
Purdy came to Iowa State after a prolific senior season at Perry High School in Gilbert, Arizona, where he threw for 4,405 yards and 57 touchdowns and rushed for 1,016 yards in leading his team to the Class 6A championship game.
The Iowa State coaches got in with him during his junior year and were able to fend off late pushes from schools such as Alabama and Texas A&M.
Campbell said it was one of the most pleasant recruiting experiences of his career.
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Coaches and teammates have to speak for Purdy because Campbell does not allow his true freshmen to talk with reporters.
After one game, anyway, his play has spoken volumes.
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Analysis of wind-induced vibrations from Mars sheds light on the underground properties of the planet – sciencedaily
Seismic data collected at Elysium Planitia, the second largest volcanic region on Mars, suggests the presence of a shallow sedimentary layer sandwiched between lava flows below the planet's surface. These results were obtained as part of the NASA InSight mission (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport), in which several international research partners collaborate, including the University of Cologne. The article "Shallow Mars Structure at InSight Landing Site from Inversion of Ambient Vibrations" will appear in Nature Communication November 23.
Geophysicist Cédric Schmelzbach from ETH Zurich and his colleagues, whose earthquake specialists Dr Brigitte Knapmeyer-Endrun and doctoral researcher Sebastian Carrasco (MSc) from the Seismic Observatory at the University of Cologne in Bensberg, used seismic data to analyze the composition of the Elysium Planitia region. The authors examined the shallow subsoil to a depth of about 200 meters. Just below the surface, they discovered a layer of predominantly sandy regolith about three meters thick on top of a 15-meter layer of coarse boulder ejecta – boulders that were thrown out after an impact. meteorite and fell to the surface.
Beneath these upper layers, they identified around 150 meters of basalt rock, i.e., cooled and solidified lava flows, which was largely in line with the expected underground structure. However, between these lava flows, starting at a depth of around 30 meters, the authors identified an additional layer 30 to 40 meters thick with low seismic velocity, suggesting that it contains relatively weak sedimentary material. to stronger basalt layers.
To date the shallower lava flows, the authors used crater counts from existing literature. Established knowledge of the meteorite impact rate allows geologists to date rocks: surfaces with many meteor impact craters are older than those with fewer craters. Additionally, larger diameter craters extend into the lower layer, allowing scientists to date deep rock, while smaller ones allow them to date shallower rock layers.
They found that the shallower lava flows are around 1.7 billion years old and formed during the Amazon Period – a geological era on Mars characterized by low rates of meteorite and asteroid impacts and by cold, hyper-arid conditions, which began about 3 billion years ago. There are. In contrast, the deeper basalt layer beneath the sediment formed much earlier, about 3.6 billion years ago during the Hesperian Period, characterized by widespread volcanic activity.
The authors propose that the middle layer at low volcanic velocities could be composed of sedimentary deposits sandwiched between the Hesperian and Amazonian basalts, or within the Amazonian basalts themselves. These results offer the first opportunity to compare shallow subsoil ground truth seismic measurements with previous predictions based on orbital geological mapping. Prior to the landing, Dr Knapmeyer-Endrun had already developed models of the shallow subsoil velocity structure at the InSight landing site based on terrestrial analogues. The actual measurements now indicate additional stratification as well as more porous rocks in general.
"While the results help to better understand the geological processes of Elysium Planitia, the comparison with pre-landing models is also valuable for future ground missions, as it can help refine predictions," noted Knapmeyer -Endrun. Knowledge of the properties of the shallow subsoil is necessary to assess, for example, its carrying capacity and ease of movement for rovers. In addition, details of the stratification in the shallow subsoil help to understand where it might still contain groundwater or ice. As part of his doctoral research at the University of Cologne, Sebastian Carrasco will continue to analyze the effect of the shallow structure of Elysium Planitia on earthquake records.
The InSight lander arrived on Mars on November 26, 2018, landing in the Elysium Planitia region. Mars has been the target of many planetary science missions, but the InSight mission is the first to specifically measure the subsurface using seismic methods.
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Interested citizens are invited to attend the open house at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 27 at Lindale Senior Center, 3135 Swantner Street. A discussion will follow at 6:00 p.m.
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More Meetups = More Talent For Cologne
George LintottDevOps, Emerging Tech December 7, 2018
If there's anything we've learnt this year, it's that tech skills have become more in demand internationally, especially in Europe. That's not surprising, when you consider the state of technical talent today, and how there has been a monumental shift in how candidates are engaging with potential opportunities. But one thing underpinning this, as shown by The State of European Tech report, is that MeetUps are now playing an increasingly important role in activating and engaging technical talent
There is a high correlation between the number of tech-related meetups in a given region and the attraction of new investment and company formation. Therefore, for those cities who are relatively behind in the number of meetups that are formed, there is less interest in its growth as a technical hub
Additionally, there are cities with large engineering talent pools, who are seemingly behind in the sharing of knowledge and ideas, when compared to their other European counterparts. Take Cologne, for example, which is a city I cover in DevOps and Cloud professionals. In this city, there are an estimated 165,000 developers here, with only 0.1 meetups per head. Compare this to Berlin, which has 0.13 meetups over its 100,000 developers, and you can immediately see the stark difference. Cologne illustrates one of the largest talent pools in Europe but has the lowest form Meet-Up of engagement in Europe. It seems a shame that a city with so much potential remains untapped.
But what does this mean for Cologne and its future as a tech hub?
Data suggests that the more active and vibrant the engineering community, the higher the levels of investment into the region increases. Again, looking at Berlin and Cologne; the capital investment compared to the 0.13 meetups per head was 9,682.00m for the former whilst Cologne, however, with its 0.01 meetups per head invested 110.00m; one of lowest figures amongst the study.
Talent is necessary, but talent alone is not enough. Cities need to engage that talent in active communities to drive greater levels of company formation.
Evidently, there is untapped potential in the North Rhine-Westphalia region with regards to engaging with the engineering talent pool in a different way. Not only is this a new way of integrating businesses into the community, but it may improve the region's chances of standing out on the tech geography, not only internationally, but across Europe. This is compared to other cities in Europe, where they have managed to find success by nurturing a vibrant meetup and knowledge sharing community.
This isn't surprising considering the challenges that businesses face in engaging with highly skilled engineering professionals, and making the region attractive to people internationally both in terms of investment and relocation. After all, the second highest reason a founder considers when setting up and choosing a city is the professional networks. This, in my eyes, can be improved through the sharing of knowledge and ideas in the form of meetups. It wouldn't be surprising to see the level of talent increase in correlation with the number of MeetUps; talented professionals see these communities as the basis of where they move to next, so time and effort has to be putting in to establish these events and providing professionals with what they want – an opportunity to connect and to learn.
It is, therefore, time to put North Rhine Westphalia on the map.
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James Frank Copley  (29 December 1953 – 13 May 2017) was an English rock drummer.

Copley was largely a session musician and worked with Jeff Beck, Graham Parker, Upp, Paul Young, Magnum, Roger Glover, Ian Gillan and Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple, Go West, Killing Joke, Tears for Fears, Seal, Tony Iommi and Paul Rodgers. He was the drummer with Manfred Mann's Earth Band from 2007.

He was a master of the open-handed drumming technique. This method dispenses with crossing the hands when playing the hi-hat and snare drum simultaneously, as opposed to the more traditional way of playing drums which features crossed hands as the basic playing position.

Copley was a long-term Tama Drums endorser. He used Superstar, Granstar, Artstar II and Starclassic drums throughout the years. Another long time association was with Zildjian Cymbals. He also used Vic Firth drumsticks.

Death
According to University Hospital Bristol, Copley had been diagnosed with leukemia in 2015 and relapsed following a bone marrow transplant. He opted to discontinue chemotherapy. In Copley's final days, his hospital room was transformed into a temporary recording studio so that he and friends could record an EP to benefit the Bristol Haematology and Oncology Centre and Royal United Hospital, in Bristol.

Selected discography

Upp
 Upp (1975)
 This Way Upp (1976)

Killing Joke
 Outside the Gate (1988)

Tears For Fears
 Tears for Fears: Live at Knebworth '90 (Change, Badman's Song, Everybody Wants to Rule the World) (1990)
 Going To California (Live from Santa Barbara) (1990)

Psychedelix
 Move On/Green Light (1992)
 Psychedelix (1992)
 no one's wastin' time (live album, 1992)
 Rowdy Boys (1993)
 Psychedelix II (1994)
 Livin' In Osaka (1994)
 Merry-Go-Round (1995)
 Stand (1995)
 Stand e.p. (1995)
 Smoky (1996)
 On-Gaeshi 1 (live album, 1999)
 On-Gaeshi 2 (live album, 1999)
 Edoya Collection 1992-1996 (1999)
 20th March 1994 (live DVD, 2000)
 Move On Tour Stage 1 (live DVD, 2005)
 New Classics (2008)

Stone Free - Jimi Hendrix Tribute
 Stone Free - Jimi Hendrix Tribute (1993)

Curt Smith
 Soul on Board (1993)

Martin Page
 In the House of Stone and Light (1994)

The Pretenders
 Last of the Independents (1994)

Paul Rodgers
Live: The Loreley Tapes (live album, 1996)
Now (1997)
Now and Live (2-CD compilation, 1997)
Electric (2000)

Char
 Days Went By 1988-1993 (1993)
 20th Anniversary "Electric Guitar Concert" (live album, 1997)
 Today (1998)
 Let It Blow (1998)
 Touch My Love Again (1999)
 I'm Gonna Take This Chance (1999)
 Char Edoya Collection 1988-1997 (1999)
 Char Plays Ballad (1999)
 20th Anniversary "Electric Guitar Concert" (live DVD, 1999)
 Share The Wonder (2000)
 Char Played With And Without (live album, 2000)
 Bamboo Joints (2001)
 Char Psyche 1988 (live album, 2002)
 Live In Nippon Budokan 2001 "Bamboo Joints" (live DVD, 2002)
 Sacred Hills (2002)
 Mr.70's You Set Me Free (2003)
 Singles 1976-2005 (2006)
 Tradrock "Jeff" by Char (2011)

Mayfield
 Mayfield (1998)

Tony Iommi
Iommi (2000)
The 1996 DEP Sessions (2004)

Go West
The Best Of Go West - The Runaway Train Tour (1987)

Magnum
 Livin' The Dream (2005 live DVD)
 Princess Alice and the Broken Arrow (2007)

Jimmy Copley
 Slap My Hand (2008)

Jimmy Copley & Char
 Slap My Hand Special Session (live DVD, 2009)

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1953 births
2017 deaths
English rock drummers
Manfred Mann's Earth Band members
Musicians from London
English heavy metal drummers
English session musicians
Deaths from leukemia
Deaths from cancer in England
Magnum (band) members
The Company of Snakes members


Digital Inclusion Officer Nathaniel Spagni recently installed WIFI in the lounge. I think it would be really interesting to arrange a session with iPads for comparison.
I was struck last night by the comparison. And this from Roxanne - networked multi-user games in temporary public wifi spaces.


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Stanisławów  is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Policzna, within Zwoleń County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.

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UN: Fighting around key Yemeni port displaces over 25,000
Dec. 8, 2021 2:27 AM PT
CAIRO —
Fighting between troops loyal to Yemen's internationally recognized government and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels displaced over 25,000 people around a key port city last month, the United Nations said late Tuesday.
The fighting in Hodeida flared up when rebels rushed in to areas abandoned by government forces, followed by a counterstrike by pro-government troops backed by the United Arab Emirates, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said.
Roughly three-fifths of civilians fled to government-held territory, with the remainder heading to the rebels.
The conflict in Yemen began in 2014 when the Houthis took over the capital, Sanaa. A Saudi-led coalition entered the war the following year to try restore the government. The UAE is a major partner in the Saudi-led coalition.
The recent fighting in Hodeida has been the fiercest there since a U.N.-brokered truce in December 2018, although even that agreement was never fully implemented. Hodeida handles about 70% of the country's commercial and humanitarian imports.
Clashes have increased elsewhere in recent weeks, such as around the oil-rich city of Marib, where OCHA says over 64,450 people have been displaced since January.
The Saudi-led coalition has also accelerated its airstrikes on Houthi positions in Sanaa as well as the provinces of Marib, Jawf and Hodeida, while the rebels have fired missiles and explosive-laden drones into Saudi Arabia.
The deadlocked war in Yemen has spawned the world's worst humanitarian crisis, leaving millions suffering from food and medical shortages. It has killed over 130,000 people, including fighters and civilians, according to a database project that tracks violence.
Press groups say a Mexican journalist who criticized local authorities has died, several days after he was found badly wounded
Pakistan's police say two gunmen opened fire at police officers manning a roadside checkpoint in the capital, Islamabad, triggering a shootout that killed an officer and two assailants
An Israeli hospital says preliminary research indicates a fourth dose of the coronavirus vaccine provides only limited defense against the omicron variant that's raging around the world
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Poxig continued to the hallowed Hall of black arts, where mages of every stripe would go to learn the craft. He realized that his grasp of Latin was small, and therefore, his chance of learning any magic would be nil. But his story was too good to keep to himself. He had to reunite the lost widow Conrad to her ancient lover, and so perhaps, save his soul.
He approached the front counter, where concoctions of magic potions were strewn about. There were journeyman mages everywhere saying incantations of an inscrutable tongue. He nodded at the strangely dressed attendant, who wore a coat of rainbow colors.
"May I help you, sir?" he asked.
"Yes, I am trying to find a black magician in order to accompany me on my way. I am going to a dark circle where only dark magicians can navigate the terrain. Perhaps, you can tell me who is selling their services, and I will choose from one," uttered Poxig.
"Yes, yes." At that moment he heard some shouting in the back.
"Κοσμος, Κοσμον, Κοσμου," the strange man chanted.
Poxig did not know it, but he was practicing his Greek declensions. Poxig was very curious what this strange language might have to do with his question. "Who is that?" asked Poxig.
"That is Lakfi," said the attendant. He's the worst student here, but his price is very small.
"Will you call him for me?" asked Poxig.
The attendant called for Lakfi, who appeared in a disheveled garment, without any formality. He wore a giant wizard's cap, although it was apparent by his coarse appearance that he was not a master, but merely a moonlighting mage.
"What were you talking about back there?" asked Poxig.
"Oh, hi. Yes, that was the word 'cosmos', which is the Greek word for 'world.' I was expressing my general frustration with the world," chimed Lakfi.
"Well, injustice seems to come more often than I would like. I should be in a wizard's guild by now, but I am stuck in Melmond," he replied.
"That depends on how much you are willing to pay," Lakfi responded.
"Ha! Everyone knows there are no elves in Marginalia!" retorted Lakfi.
"What do you say about this idea?" asked Poxig.
"Well, I don't very much think I can help you, but a chance to learn something from a light warrior seems reason enough. I will help you on one condition. You must answer a riddle. What is the opposite of happiness?" asked the black mage.
The two associates left the hall of black arts in a peal of laughter. It was likely that they would become friends, even if they never accomplished the mission. Poxig was glad at least that he would have some insight into black magic, which would be indispensable if they were to return the vampire to its original state.


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Police identify motorcyclist killed in Buford crash
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BUFORD, Ga. -- Police have identified the victim killed in a Saturday morning motorcycle accident in Gwinnett County.
Police said Thomas Gerald Aldridge, 68, of Dacula, Ga. was killed around 11 a.m. on Buford Dam Road when he clipped a car in front of him while trying to pass and then hit the side of a truck that was one car ahead and attempting to turn left.
Aldridge was declared dead at the scene.
No other injuries were reported in the crash and said that, based on investigation of the scene, Aldridge was at fault.
No drugs or alcohol are suspected as factors in the accident; however, excessive speed may have played a role police said.
The Gwinnett County Police Department's Accident Investigation Unit responded to the scene and is handling any future investigations of the accident.


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