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Morning Report: The Big Homelessness Plan Has Dropped
by Voice of San Diego October 10, 2019 March 15, 2022
The entrance to the Alpha Project bridge shelter in downtown San Diego / Photo by Megan Wood
For months, the city's plan to address the homelessness crisis centered on … getting a group of consultants to write a plan on how to address the homelessness crisis.
The plan has finally arrived.
As Lisa Halverstadt writes, the plan concludes that the city will need thousands more supportive housing units and housing aid slots to better combat homelessness and move thousands of homeless San Diegans off the streets over the next decade.
The estimated tab for new housing resources detailed in the plan: $1.9 billion.
The plan also urges the city to try to reach three aggressive goals in the next three years: A 50 percent reduction in street homelessness and an end to homelessness among veterans and youth.
Now that the plan has arrived, Halverstadt writes, city leaders and voters will have to decide whether they are willing to foot the bill to execute it.
The plan also offers an answer to a long-running debate in the city. As Mayor Kevin Faulconer and others have rushed to add new shelter beds (an immediate but temporary solution), some advocates have argued that the city should focus on building housing instead (which takes longer but offers a permanent solution).
The plan's conclusion: Do both.
Power Shutoffs Could Be Coming
Roughly 30,000 San Diego Gas & Electric customers could have their power shut off beginning Thursday to help prevent wildfires caused by Santa Ana winds.
The utility released this map Tuesday, showing portions of the county that may be affected.
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We reported in June that SDG&E has turned off the power for a total of three weeks during the past two years. The largest series of shutoffs happened last November, while the Camp Fire raged in Northern California and similarly dangerous conditions blanketed Southern California. More than 20,000 customers lost power for up to eight days.
The Los Angeles Times also reported Wednesday that the state's largest power utility, Pacific Gas & Electric, began its first power cut offs affecting 513,000 customers just after midnight. In all, millions of customers in the state are expected to temporarily lose power.
If you're wondering just how bad Santa Ana winds can be, we put together an explainer this time last year.
Pre-K Need Is Universal But Programs Still Aren't
There's a huge need for preschool care in San Diego and plenty of eligible parents. Space and money for those programs, not so much.
On this week's episode of Good Schools for All, education reporter Will Huntsberry visited a preschool center that serves mostly low-income families in Chula Vista. He spoke with the director of the facility and its parent organization to learn more about how they serve families now and what they need to fill the gap for parents trying to access pre-K.
Housing Advocates Urge City Leaders to Reconsider Single-Family Zoning
Affordable housing advocate Ricardo Flores / Photo by Jack Molmud
A group of civil rights and affordable housing advocates rallied outside San Diego City Hall on Wednesday for higher-density housing in job-rich areas and the elimination of single-family zoning. They presented the City Council with a proposal that mirrors and revives SB 50, a piece of state legislation put on hold earlier this year, for the local level.
Its backers say they've put provisions in place to protect tenants in areas of single-family housing zones from displacement. That includes a ban on demolishing buildings that are currently or were recently occupied by renters.
It's not clear whether any elected officials intend to take it up.
Ricardo Flores, a former City Council candidate and executive director of a nonprofit that finances affordable housing projects who's leading the group, said the proposal should be welcomed by many lawmakers in the city, even with a mayoral election coming up.
"I can't see why both Todd Gloria and Barbara Bry wouldn't be in support of this," he said. "They're both from historic communities that have been kept out of neighborhoods."
Elsewhere in San Diego: Gov. Gavin Newsom was in San Diego Wednesday, where he touted a series of bills he recently signed intended to boost the housing supply. One allows single-family homeowners in California the ability to build accessory dwelling units on their properties without as much red tape. Another, the U-T reported, gives the state attorney general power to force municipalities to create blueprints for housing production.
Newsom also signed a bill that creates an advisory committee to assist with the selection of a permanent suicide deterrent system for the Coronado Bridge. In June, the Coronado Times reported, the state allocated $5 million for the construction of a permanent physical barrier.
La Jolla philanthropist Denny Sanford is giving National University $350 million to expand its student population and lower tuition costs. (NBC 7)
Test scores for students countywide crept up slightly over the last year, but achievement gaps remain. (Union-Tribune)
Body camera footage shows an SDPD officer shooting at a mentally ill man who burst out of a room holding a shovel. (KPBS)
The Morning Report was written by Megan Wood, and edited by Sara Libby.
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Relation Insurance Acquires Villane Ward, California Employee Benefits Brokerage
Acquisition Enhances Western Region Employee Benefits Practice
Walnut Creek, Calif., 05 March 2019 – Relation Insurance Services ("Relation"), a privately owned insurance brokerage that offers property and casualty, risk-management, benefits, and TPA-consulting services through its family of brands across the United States, announced today it has acquired Villane Ward Insurance Services, Inc. ("VillaneWard"), a privately owned and operated employee benefits brokerage based in Fresno, California. Terms for the transaction were not disclosed.
Villane Ward has established itself as a premier employee benefits firm in Fresno. The company specializes in mid market clients, offering group benefits including healthcare, HR and benefit compliance, benefit administration, self-insurance and individual insurance. The acquisition is expected to bring together complementary portfolios in the Fresno area and enhances Relation's Employee Benefits capabilities in the West.
"We are very excited to welcome VillaneWard to the Relation family," said Joe Tatum, CEO, Relation Insurance Services. "This partnership will not only greatly strengthen our employee benefits operations in California, it also creates opportunities for them to work closely with the Pan American team to expand existing product portfolios and deliver outstanding brokerage services to the Fresno market. We look forward to leveraging their significant track record of success and continuing to deliver the highest level of service, with the best solutions, for our clients."
"We are very proud to have built such a succesful full-service employee benefits firm," said Daniel J. Ward, chairman and chief financial officer, Villane Ward Insurance Services, Inc. "We're thrilled to be joining Relation, as it's the perfect complement for our employees and clients. Relation will greatly expand our current capabilities and potential opportunities, while allowing us to continue providing the first class customer service our clients have come to expect and deserve."
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In addition to adding to Relation's employee benefits practice capabilities on the West Coast, the acquisition builds on Relation's goal of deepening its specialty services. Most recently, it announced the acquisition of New York based J. Deutsch Associates, a privately owned and operated insurance agency providing student health insurance solutions, as well as business travel accident insurance, group life insurance, basic and voluntary accidental death and dismemberment insurance, statutory disability insurance, short-term disability insurance and long-term disability insurance. The company expects to continue its strong growth trajectory in 2019 through additional acquisitions and organic growth.
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Raikkonen troll Hamilton after US Grand Prix win?
Race winner Kimi Raikkonen and second podium finisher Max Verstappen, both asked Lewis Hamilton whether he had still become the 2018 Drivers' Champion after finishing third in the US GP.
"No," was Hamilton's short response.
Kimi Raikkonen: "Şampiyonluğu kazandın mı?"
The Finn made a great start and overtook Hamilton at turn one on the opening lap in Austin and went on to secure his first race win since 2013. Hamilton could only manage a third-place finish behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
Hamilton made first pit-stop during the Virtual Safety Car period on Lap 11, and he maintaining 17 seconds gap between Kimi.
But his pace drop down following the high degradation, and the Brit ultimately had to pit again he was third, and 12 seconds behind the leaders.
"Twelve seconds was way too far to catch up," he said.


Directed by Amol Vasant Gole and produced by Amit Naresh Patil, Vinod Manohar Gaikwad, Mahendra Gangadhar Patil and Vidhi Kasliwal, the upcoming Marathi film 'Nashibvaan' features Bhau Kadam, Mitalee Jagtap-Varadkar & Neha Joshi in lead roles.
Bhau Kadam is playing a lead role in the upcoming film 'Nashibvaan' as Baban who is a sluggard who barely manages to bring home an income for the family from his job as a sweeper. In contrast, his prudent wife, Geeta, works as a housemaid to earn an extra buck. Baban's laziness and drunken carousing continue to force the family to lead a hand to mouth existence ... until one day when he accidently uncovers an astounding stash of cash. As this streak of luck further fuels Baban's mindless ways, his wife Geeta wants to use this opportunity to secure her family's future, resulting in a rift in their relationship.
Hastening Baban' s plunge back into misfortune is the local police inspector, Dhananjay Jadhav, who senses an easy win in tracing the source of Baban's unexplained riches. Will Baban's luck stand by him one more time? Or will he find himself deserted by both his family and his newfound wealth? A final turn of events to the surprise is about to keep the audience captivated throughout.
The film got selected at the 16th Pune International Film Festival 2018, to which the Director feels that being honoured and appreciated by the audience at the film festival encourage the film-makers to work on good content. The wonderful actor and the content of the film sure has generated curiosity amongst the fans waiting for its release.
A Landmarc Fihns Presentation Nashibvaan starring Bhau Kadam is out with its trailer and is slated to release on 11th January 2019 across the state.
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Shares of LANDMARC LEISURE CORPORATION LTD. was last trading in BSE at Rs.0.5 as compared to the previous close of Rs. 0.5. The total number of shares traded during the day was 2000 in over 1 trades.
The stock hit an intraday high of Rs. 0.5 and intraday low of 0.5. The net turnover during the day was Rs. 1000.


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The Columbia College Police Department ensures the safety and security of the Columbia College campus and surrounding community. It assists other federal, state, county and local law enforcement, and other agencies as required and appropriate.
Columbia College Police provide fair and equitable treatment to all persons regardless of race, gender, ethnicity or religion, and enforce federal, state and local laws with impartiality and integrity.
Emergency Number | 803.786.3333
Non-Emergency Number | 803.786.3343
The Columbia College Police Department consists of police officers trained through the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy. They have full arrest and law enforcement powers and carry handguns. Campus police patrol the campus and answer calls on a 24-hour, 365-day-a-year basis, both in vehicles and on foot. Police Officers also maintain a presence at home athletic contests, even when contests take place on our fields located off-campus.
Courtesy Services
Courtesy Services, a division of the Columbia College Police Department, provides transportation for less than three students, upon request, from parking areas to residence halls and from residence halls to parking areas during the evening hours from 5 p.m. until 7 a.m. To request transportation, call extension 803.786.3333.
Please note that the Police Department does not normally transport students between halls or to any other campus location. However, if the courtesy officers are unusually busy, a police officer can provide transportation. If an emergency arises or a patrol car is called for a safety matter, transportation may be delayed until the police officer resumes his or her normal duties.
Courtesy officers assist the police officers with locking, and unlocking, buildings, classrooms and residence hall rooms. They are not sworn police officers, do not carry a gun, and have no arrest or enforcement power.
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In the future, a service has been introduced that allows people to resurrect a loved one in holographic form. Marjorie has chosen to bring back her husband at the age at which she met him. As the family learns to cope with their new old visitor, they are forced to confront the past and also the future.
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Robert Crandall
Famous Sibling Partnerships that Worked
This is the first in a two-part series on siblings in family businesses. Part one will cover some successful sibling partnerships, while part two will discuss lessons for siblings who are in business together.
Running a family business is never easy, and can be particularly hard when siblings run it together. Ever since the days of Cain and Abel, siblings have fought and competed and vied for their parents' attention. To make it worse, they often didn't choose to be partners, but were forced into the situation by a parent.
But these partnerships can and do work. Siblings can run a successful business together. Here's a look at three famous sibling partnerships.
The Wright Brothers, whose successful partnership led to the first functional flying machine.
Although they weren't the first to build a flying machine, Orville and Wilbur Wright invented aircraft controls that let a pilot steer an aircraft. They took lessons from their work repairing bicycles to figure out how to control an airplane.
Their first business was a printing shop, with Orville serving as publisher while Wilbur was the editor, when Wilbur was 22 and Orville was just 18. That business was short-lived, followed by the bicycle repair shop. Their interest in flying eventually led to the first successful airplane flights in Kitty Hawk, North Caroline in 1903.
While Wilbur supplied the research skills, Orville was the more adventurous and ambitious one. Their skills complemented each other, with Orville able to overcome any doubts Wilbur had. Wilbur said, "I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother that man would not fly for fifty years."
Their partnership was a successful one for these brothers known as the fathers of aviation. Despite what the former president and chairman of American Airlines Robert Crandall said, "If the Wright Brothers were alive today, Orville would have to lay off Wilbur."
The McDonalds
Brothers Maurice and Richard McDonald planned to make their millions in the movie business after a move to southern California from their native New Hampshire. When that didn't work out, they sold barbeque and hot dogs.
In 1948, they revamped McDonald's Famous BBQ by downsizing the menu, getting rid of car hops and streamlining production in the kitchen. They wanted a symbol for their restaurants, creating the famous Golden Arches, much to the distress of their architect. They also began franchising their concept, which caught the eye of Ray Kroc, a milkshake machine salesman.
Ray bought the national franchise rights in 1955, purchasing the company outright in 1961 for $2.7 million. Now the fast food giant takes in more than $27 billion a year.
The brother's partnership worked well and Richard expressed no regret at selling the company. "I would have wound up in some skyscraper somewhere with about four ulcers and eight tax attorneys trying to figure out how to pay all my income tax," he said.
The Disneys
We all know who Walt Disney is. Less famous is his older brother Roy, who was his co-founder of Walt Disney Productions. Walt was the visionary; Roy was the finance guy, generally a less flashy role.
"Walt had this idea [for Walt Disney World]. My job all along was to help Walt do the things he wanted to do. He did the dreaming. I did the building," he once told reporters.
They started working together at a young age, delivering newspapers after their dad bought a route. Roy was a banker in Los Angeles when Walt moved there and they founded Disney Brothers Studio in 1923 to produce short live action, animated films. In 2014, the company reported revenue of more than $48 billion.
Despite any lingering childhood issues, siblings can form successful partnerships. Come back next week for tips on how to run a business with your brother or sister.
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Milton Jones was acclaimed as one of the best comedians on the standup circuit for years before he became more widely known through BBC2's Mock the Week.
How does this connect to Milton's Christian faith? Does it restrict the things he can say? Does it drive things he has to say? Or is it just a case of inspiring the dedicated craftsmanship of comedy creation? To find out, Reform tracked him down to a coffee shop in a rather pleasant part of west London, and fed him our best straight lines.
The idea of doing standup comedy seems to terrify people more than any other job that doesn't involve physical danger. What makes someone do it?
Yes, it is in people's top 10, or three… top one thing they don't want to do ever, but it's changed over the last 10 or 15 years. It's a recognised job, whereas when I started all those years ago it was always a stepping stone to something else. I wanted to be an actor originally, so I wanted to perform so people could come and see me do something.
It was quite hard to make a living on it. It really helps if it's the only thing you can do, so you're desperate enough to make it work. It's a bit like a rugby tackle: if you go in thinking: "This could hurt" then it probably will, whereas if you go in "whack" then for some reason it seems to hurt less.
There's also something quite glamorous about the idea of performing on stage, but your book Where Do Comedians Go When They Die? makes it sound really quite miserable.
Most of it is. There are glamorous moments. But most of it is driving to Manchester, having a sandwich, doing 20 minutes to an indifferent crowd and driving home again. I guess most apparently glamorous jobs are like that – pop stars having to practice, film stars sitting around.
A lot of funny people gave up; a lot of not-so-funny people kept going, and turned a corner in the end. It's a marathon really.
And do you need a big ego?
It helps. It does help. I think everyone thinks that they've got something original to offer, and if you don't think that then you won't succeed. You've got to have self-belief, and that's slightly different from a big ego, which implies arrogant selfishness as well. People like Eddie Izzard, Jack Dee, no one dislikes them, but they've got big self-belief. Others, who people do dislike, have got big egos.
Your onstage persona isn't exactly exploding with the kind of self-confidence you talk about.
The persona evolved. I used to do it as myself – sometimes it would really work, sometimes it really wouldn't. Where it wouldn't was in a rough club where someone sounding middle class and using clever words felt threatening. But if I stuck my hair up, put on a jumper, and they thought: "Oh, he's mad," it was all right.
Are there other ways in which being a comedian effects your life offstage?
Well, it's better to ask someone else that. But I find, being in front of the press and audiences, it's all about me all the time. And I think that can erode you a little bit. You go to a party and someone doesn't recognise you. You have this battle in yourself; you think: "C'mon! Who have you turned into?" And also you become a bit of an adrenaline junkie as well.
There's something a little bit dangerous about not being afraid to stand up and talk to people. Especially in a church context. You think: "Come on, this is not communicating." You feel like heckling. But you're forgetting that this is not the same arena or the same purpose. When I see someone in a public role I'm always thinking: "What I would be doing with that?" Which is a bit boring.
John Cleese said that there is something cruel about all comedy other than puns. Do you agree with that?
Well, sort of. But if you create a world that everyone knows is imaginary, and are cruel within that world, then no one gets hurt. Why my comedy works is that I put a funny cartoon in people's heads, and usually they don't have a victim – or it's me. And we all know that I make money out of this.
Mock the Week is singled out as a particularly cruel programme. Is that fair?
It can be. It can be vicious. But if I was not to work with any one who had a different worldview to me, I wouldn't work with anyone. And, while I'm not on there to change it, I'm there to be myself. And that's quite hard in itself, because a subject will come up, I'll think of something that's a bit "not me", but it will work; so it's quite hard to remain silent on those occasions.
Comedy's great for bringing down pompous authority. Where I have a problem is where it attacks soft targets. That's not fair on the targets, but also it devalues the currency of comedy. It means Daily Mail readers can get angry about something that was unnecessary, whereas there'll be other times when you really need to attack something, and it will be harder because of the times before, where they've shut up shop on us.
Disabled people. Famous people's kids. And that comes out of a worldview that's: Attack everything. And being a Christian means that you can't. I can respect other people's technique, but just because people laugh at it, doesn't make it right. Laughter is just exposing what's inside someone, and some of that is pretty dark.
But Mock the Week is a hard show to do. It's always seven people trying to fit through a door for two.
That must be the advantage of having a different style.
Yes. Where I win is I do short bits. I can get in, chuck a grenade and get out again quite quickly. The editors like me because they can: chat chat chat, Milton's stupid one-liner, on to something else.
But I cheat in a way, because Chris will say something, that'll be "one", then someone will say "two", "three", then I'll say "pheasant", and that'll be the end of it. I'm not really playing the game.
When you talk about a joke coming into your head, but you don't go with it because it's not you, is that to do with it not fitting your persona or is it a moral decision?
It can be either. Sometimes I'll think of something that's a bit off-colour that isn't me, and it would work. So far I've managed to bite my tongue – and been glad afterwards. But it's having the nerve to sit there with nothing to say that's really hard.
Do you have any rule about what you wouldn't say, or is it just instinct?
No I think it has to be instinct, because sometimes words written down can look fine, but it's the way in which you say them and vice versa.
Are there some subjects that aren't fit for humour?
There are some subjects that are far harder to make jokes about. Something like Madeline McCann, say – you might just be able to make a joke about the press's coverage. But the trouble is as soon as you've mentioned it, it's such an awful thing, even if the joke was good the audience wouldn't hear it.
There's a thing in the book, about organising holidays for children with short attention spans but I made the mistake of advertising them as concentration camps. And it sort of works as a joke, but in a family audience just the mention of concentration camps would be too much.
Can you laugh at God?
I think probably "at" is the key word … I'm trying to pin it down what I feel comfortable with. There are some things that in theory I'm fine, but actually… It's like The Life of Brian: I'm happy to laugh at the film; as an actor I'm not sure I'd be comfortable being stuck to a cross singing "Bright Side of Life". The theory is fine; the physical doing of it I'd feel uncomfortable about.
It feels like a kid messing with a fuse box or something: I don't understand it enough, I just have a bad feeling about it, and I just need to stay clear.
If you're going to put it in labels, it's nonconformist. But in terms of what kind of Christian I am, I like to think I am… a failing but moving Christian. I hope I'm not staying still. Yeah, failing but still going.
In 2008, Ben Elton told Third Way that the BBC was much stricter on jokes about Islam than about Christianity, out of fear. Would you agree?
Well it's maybe even more pragmatic than that, out of "can't be bothered with the stink it would create". And I think that's true.
It's easy to see the church as a bit of a sort of bullied boy in the playground that won't fight back. But I think there's actually something quite strong in that. God is big enough to take criticism or take a joke. There's something pretty insecure about feeling the need to do God's work so enthusiastically and kill people.
Within comedy, people don't hate Christianity. They hate two-dimensional reactionary Christianity and there's actually quite a softness towards thinking Christianity. Comedy is full of people who used to go to church but couldn't quite go along with the whole package because it was too jingoistic. I know a heck of a lot of people in comedy whose parents were clergy or missionaries. A lot of comedy is dealing with the truth, about life and what it's all about.
You do jokes that touch on Islam.
There was one: "Tricky, isn't it, if you're in a mosque and you always enjoy leap-frog." I would argue to any Muslim that it's not about their religion its about their image. But I've been in some clubs where I've said that and a section at the back has gone: "Yeah! Tell 'em!" You think: "Oh". You've got to be quite careful. I think if I went to Afghanistan to entertain the troops I might not do that because it would be layered with something else. I like to think I'm brave enough to do it in Bradford. Because why not?
Yes, after 20 years of non-sexism there are still very few women comedians. What's interesting is that when a woman comedian gets up, you see all the men fold their arms, but you also see the women fold their arms. There's something deep in society that means you have to be funnier than a bloke would be. You have to jump a higher wall. Which means the ones that eventually get there are very good, but so many fall away. It's getting better, but it's still not 50:50. Like a lot of things, like racism, it's gradually filtering through to the next generation.
I think anthropologists say men prefer addressing groups and women like to talk to individuals. I'm not sure how true that is, but something like Mock the Week is very testosterone-filled. So is the industry. I don't think there's a way around that.
What's the connection between your faith and what you do for a living?
Sometimes people say to me: "Wouldn't it be marvellous if you could preach a bit? Use the opportunity that you have." And it makes me too cross for words because that's not the platform. The Gospel is essentially confrontational, and that's not funny.
I'm committed to the comedy community and I'll have ups and downs with them. Yes, I do speak to people about God occasionally, but its about being with them and loving them where they are, and that's a long term thing. That's my responsibility.
Yeah, they do – I think less so now – there probably aren't many political comedians. But the more I go on, the more I think it's not about the words I say on stage; it's more about the people I'm with and the way I conduct myself in that environment. I'm on tour with a tour manager and a support act and a promoter and agent, in a car, 12 hours a day, five days a week. There's no hiding there. If you say nice words but you're a pig during the week, that will come out. So that's really where the cutting edge is rather than the words. The words are 2%.
Is your comedy an escape from the world?
Yep. Yep. I think that is true. But when it works – and it doesn't work for everyone – but when it does work it brings joy.
I like the idea of people spending a lot of time embroidering something really small – being beautiful even though it's pointless. Whether it be embroidery or words or some other artform, I think that's creative and positive. If I can do that successfully, and share God, either with words or mainly actions, with people around me, then that will be enough.
This article was published in the July/August 2013 edition of Reform.
Christians in the public eye are in a good position not to be preachy but to make it known in a quiet unpushy way that they are Christian. Then if anyone wants to they can ask them about it, or if someone very hostile to Christianity wants to challenge them they can respond gently with intelligent, informative answers. Also, people who think Christianity is for the unthinking and unintelligent may be more open to the deep wisdom of Christ if someone they admire as a celebrity is Christian. If someone like Frank Skinner or Milton Jones are publicly known to be devout followers of Christ because they have the power to attract others to the faith. They don't have to proselytise, just be open about their faith. I never knew the late Ken Dodd was a man of deep faith and a church-goer: l wish he had gone public about it; we need to be overt and eloquent to spread our faith as did the first apostles. I am working out how l can do my bit; we all must, as Christianity is more and more sidelined and ignored in our current world culture. We must pray and stand up for Christ, l, you, all of us. Father, may we who believe in You pray and work for the re-evangelisation of our world. Holy Spirit, fill us. Jesus, be with us. Glory be th the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Amen.


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Деревня находится в восточной части Челябинской области, в лесостепной зоне, к северу от озера Солёного, на расстоянии примерно 4 километров (по прямой) к северо-северо-востоку (NNE) от посёлка Увельского, административного центра района. Абсолютная высота — 235 метров над уровнем моря.
Часовой пояс

Население

 Гендерный состав
По данным Всероссийской переписи населения 2010 года в гендерной структуре населения мужчины составляли 45,3 %, женщины — соответственно 54,7 %.

 Национальный состав
Согласно результатам переписи 2002 года, в национальной структуре населения русские составляли 85 %.

Улицы
Уличная сеть деревни состоит из четырёх улиц.

Примечания

Населённые пункты Увельского района

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The .375 JDJ is "made by simply running a .444 case through the .375 JDJ full length sizing die, the .375 is exceptionally easy to make. It headspaces on the shoulder but will headspace off the rim, too. Full charge loads are loaded the first time around. No fireforming is necessary. Firing a full charge load in unfired brass is comparable to firing factory ammunition in anything.
"In loading this cartridge — and a lot of others for that matter — disregard the cannalure. Seat the 220s, 260s, 270s, and 285s with the base of the bullet seated to the end of the neck. Heavier bullets should be seated at least 0.025" away from the lands.
"I've used this one on all huntable continents except South America which I intend to rectify in April of '94 on animals of practically all sizes and I have no intention of switching. When I'm serious about killing something big this is the one I take."
Editor's Note: The .375 JDJ has the distinction of being the cartridge that blew the outer framework off the gun port in our ballistic lab.


It may come as a surprise, but your cute kitty is still a carnivore. She must consume meat to survive. That's why every Stella & Chewy's Grain-Free Freeze Dried Cat Dinner is made with raw, natural meat, poultry or fish, without added hormones or antibiotics, sourced from USDA-inspected facilities. Chick, Chick Chicken Dinner, for example, contains farm-raised chicken as the first ingredient - plus just the right amount of taurine, which is essential for feline health.
Stella & Chewy's Cat Dinners are made without grain, fillers, artificial preservatives or colorings. Plus, they have no added sugar or salt! And every ingredient is sourced from reputable suppliers.
A cat's body is approximately 60% water. It's essential for them to stay hydrated, so they need to drink water often. Don't leave it up to your cat to hydrate itself, as cats generally aren't big water drinkers. Rehydrate the freeze dried nuggets with warm water before feeding.
Freeze-drying is a process that enables us to remove the moisture from our products without cooking. The product is first frozen and then put into a freeze dryer. Inside the freeze dryer, powerful pumps create a vacuum and extremely cold temperatures. Very low levels of heat are applied to the shelves on which the trays of product sit, enabling the ice within the meat to "sublimate" directly into water vapor, skipping the liquid stage. The product changes from frozen to freeze dried without ever being thawed or cooked, thereby retaining all of the nutritional value of raw meat, minus the water. With Stella & Chewy's Freeze dried Dinners and Treats, you get the best of both worlds; the benefits of raw food with the convenience of a dry food.
Ingredients - Chicken (ground with bone), Chicken Liver, Chicken Gizzard, Pumpkin Seed, Potassium Chloride, Sodium Phosphate Monobasic, Choline Chloride, Dried Pediococcus acidilactici fermentation product, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, Dried Bifidobacterium longum fermentation product, Dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product, Taurine, Tocopherols (preservative), Zinc Proteinate, Zinc Sulfate, Iron Sulfate, Iron Proteinate, Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Copper Sulfate, Copper Proteinate, Riboflavin, Manganese Sulfate, Sodium Selenite, Manganese Proteinate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid, Calcium Iodate, Vitamin B12 Supplement.
Chick, Chick Chicken Dinner is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Cat Food Nutrient Profiles for All Life Stages.
Yummy Lickin' Salmon & Chicken Dinner is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Cat Food Nutrient Profiles for All Life Stages.
Heavenly Herring & Tuna Dinner is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Cat Food Nutrient Profiles for All Life Stages.
Tummy Ticklin' Turkey Dinner is formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Cat Food Nutrient Profiles for All Life Stages.
Serve as is or rehydrate by adding warm water.
You should provide your cat access to water.


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AHSNs support initiative to create local NHS 'innovation hubs'
As part of the AHSN Network, the West of England AHSN is supporting a new national funding initiative led by the Health Foundation, to support healthcare provider organisations to adopt innovation faster.
Launched with support from England's 15 Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), the Adopting Innovation programme is now open for expressions of interest and closes at midday on 11 November 2020.
It will help establish four innovation hubs across the UK– to be set up by provider organisations in collaboration with local health systems and AHSNs – with up to £475,000 funding per hub.
The Health Foundation programme supports the aims of the national NHS Reset Campaign, a partnership between NHS Confederation, the Health Foundation and AHSNs to bring together learning and feedback from around the country about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
COVID-19 highlights the importance of creating the conditions for innovations and technologies to be more rapidly embedded – and for health systems to be able to respond to constant change.
With this in mind the hubs will act as centres of expertise and support within provider organisations to build knowledge, skills and confidence to successfully adopt and adapt innovations in local health economies.
Information webinar
On Friday 16 October the Health Foundation held a webinar, which provided an introduction to the programme, details on what they are looking for in applications and advice on how to apply and answer pre-submitted questions.
Watch the webinar here
Natasha Swinscoe, Chief Executive of the West of England AHSN said: "Working across England with our many partners including the Health Foundation, the AHSNs act as an essential bridge to connect healthcare organisations with innovators, signposting proven solutions to local priorities.
"The impact of COVID-19 highlights the absolute imperative to use these new and innovative ways of working – both to support the restoration of health services and to plan for the future needs of patients.
"Innovation has the power to unlock huge benefits for our health systems so we are delighted to support this Health Foundation initiative."
More information on the programme
Expressions of interest are now open and close at midday on 11 November 2020. Sign up for updates via the Health Foundation
Partnerships will be between NHS providers and local health systems within the UK (based within a provider organisation) to help establish centres of expertise on innovation adoption.
Partnerships will be led by the provider organisations, which will be expected to demonstrate how they will work with local system partners – and in England with their local Academic Health Science Network.
Hubs will receive up to £475,000 over two and a half years, to add to their own in-kind contributions and funding.
Hubs will be expected to build knowledge, skills and confidence in provider organisations and local systems, and to share wider learning of the organisational conditions that support the effective uptake of innovations. The programme will also offer opportunities for peer learning.
For more information on how the West of England AHSN can support local bids, please email Kay Haughton, Director of Transformation at kay.haughton@weahsn.net.
Application process and timescales
There will be three stages to the application process:
Expressions of interest open on Wednesday 7 October 2020, close on Wednesday 11 November 2020.
Full applications open in early January 2021
Assessment days – shortlisted partnerships will take part in an assessment day during March 2021.
We have a variety of support and tools that you can use to help get your ideas off the ground or help your business grow.
The West of England Academy
Explore our free Academy resources to gain essential knowledge and skills for innovative thinking in healthcare. Our resources include events, toolkits and online training.
Explore the Academy
The Innovation Exchange
Visit the Innovation Exchange
Health Foundation Adopting Innovation programme


text:
import {
    bindShortcut,
    bindShortcuts,
    mousetrap,
    Mousetrap
} from "redux-shortcuts";
import "mousetrap/plugins/global-bind/mousetrap-global-bind";

import { Dispatch, ActionCreator, Action, AnyAction } from "redux";

const dispatch: Dispatch<{}> = (action: any) => action;
const saveAction: ActionCreator<Action> = () => ({ type: "SAVE" });

bindShortcut("ctrl+s", saveAction)(dispatch);

// preventDefault
bindShortcut("ctrl+s", saveAction, true)(dispatch);

// multiple actions
bindShortcut("ctrl+s", [saveAction, saveAction], true)(dispatch);

// multiple bindings
bindShortcut(["ctrl+s", "shift+s"], saveAction, true)(dispatch);

bindShortcuts(
    ["/", saveAction],
    [["/", "ctrl+f"], saveAction], // multi binding
    ["s", saveAction, true], // preventDefault
    ["s", saveAction, false],
    ["s", [saveAction, saveAction], false], // multi actions
    [["s", "ctrl+s"], [saveAction, saveAction], false] // multi both
)(dispatch);

// mousetrap (instance)
mousetrap.bind("ctrl+s", e => /* custom event prop */ e.returnValue);
mousetrap.unbind("ctrl+s", "keydown");
mousetrap.trigger("ctrl+s", "keydown");
mousetrap.reset();

// Mousetrap (static)
Mousetrap.bindGlobal("ctrl+s", e => e.preventDefault(), "keyup");
Mousetrap.addKeycodes({ 27: "escape" });


text:
/// @file
/// @copyright The code is licensed under the BSD License
///            <http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause>,
///            Copyright (c) 2012-2015 Alexandre Hamez.
/// @author Alexandre Hamez

#pragma once

#include <algorithm>  // all_of, copy
#include <deque>
#include <initializer_list>
#include <iosfwd>
#include <stdexcept>  //invalid_argument
#include <unordered_map>

#include <boost/container/flat_set.hpp>

#include "sdd/dd/definition.hh"
#include "sdd/hom/context_fwd.hh"
#include "sdd/hom/definition_fwd.hh"
#include "sdd/hom/identity.hh"
#include "sdd/hom/local.hh"
#include "sdd/order/order.hh"
#include "sdd/util/packed.hh"

namespace sdd { namespace hom {

/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

/// @internal
/// @brief intersection homomorphism.
template <typename C>
struct _intersection
{
  /// @brief The type of the homomorphism operands' set.
  using operands_type = boost::container::flat_set<homomorphism<C>>;

  /// @brief The type of a const iterator on this intersection's operands.
  using const_iterator = typename operands_type::const_iterator;

  /// @brief The homomorphism operands' set.
  const operands_type operands;

  /// @brief Evaluation.
  SDD<C>
  operator()(context<C>& cxt, const order<C>& o, const SDD<C>& x)
  const
  {
    dd::intersection_builder<C, SDD<C>> intersection_operands(cxt.sdd_context());
    intersection_operands.reserve(operands.size());
    for (const auto& op : operands)
    {
      auto res = op(cxt, o, x);
      if (res.empty())
      {
        return zero<C>();
      }
      intersection_operands.add(std::move(res));
    }
    return dd::intersection(cxt.sdd_context(), std::move(intersection_operands));
  }

  /// @brief Skip variable predicate.
  bool
  skip(const order<C>& o)
  const noexcept
  {
    return std::all_of( operands.begin(), operands.end()
                      , [&o](const homomorphism<C>& h){return h.skip(o);});
  }

  /// @brief Selector predicate
  bool
  selector()
  const noexcept
  {
    return std::all_of( operands.begin(), operands.end()
                      , [](const homomorphism<C>& h){return h.selector();});
  }

  /// @brief Get an iterator to the first operand.
  ///
  /// O(1).
  const_iterator
  begin()
  const noexcept
  {
    return operands.begin();
  }

  /// @brief Get an iterator to the end of operands.
  ///
  /// O(1).
  const_iterator
  end()
  const noexcept
  {
    return operands.end();
  }

  friend
  bool
  operator==(const _intersection& lhs, const _intersection& rhs)
  noexcept
  {
    return lhs.operands == rhs.operands;
  }

  friend
  std::ostream&
  operator<<(std::ostream& os, const _intersection& s)
  {
    os << "(";
    std::copy( s.operands.begin(), std::prev(s.operands.end())
              , std::ostream_iterator<homomorphism<C>>(os, " & "));
    return os << *std::prev(s.operands.end()) << ")";
  }

};

/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

/// @internal
/// @brief Help optimize an intersection's operands.
template <typename C>
struct intersection_builder
{
  using operands_type = typename _intersection<C>::operands_type;
  using hom_list_type = std::deque<homomorphism<C>> ;
  using locals_type = std::unordered_map< typename C::variable_type, hom_list_type>;

  operands_type& operands_;
  locals_type& locals_;

  /// @brief Flatten nested intersections.
  void
  operator()(const _intersection<C>& s, const homomorphism<C>&)
  const
  {
    for (const auto& op : s.operands)
    {
      visit(*this, op, op);
    }
  }

  /// @brief Regroup locals.
  void
  operator()(const _local<C>& l, const homomorphism<C>&)
  const
  {
    auto insertion = locals_.emplace(l.target, hom_list_type{});
    insertion.first->second.emplace_back(l.h);
  }

  /// @brief Insert normally all other operands.
  template <typename T>
  void
  operator()(const T&, const homomorphism<C>& h)
  const
  {
    operands_.insert(h);
  }
};

} // namespace hom

/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

/// @brief Create the intersection homomorphism.
/// @related homomorphism
template <typename C, typename InputIterator>
homomorphism<C>
intersection(const order<C>& o, InputIterator begin, InputIterator end)
{
  const auto size = std::distance(begin, end);

  if (size == 0)
  {
    throw std::invalid_argument("Empty operands at intersection construction.");
  }

  typename hom::_intersection<C>::operands_type operands;
  operands.reserve(size);

  typename hom::intersection_builder<C>::locals_type locals;
  hom::intersection_builder<C> ib {operands, locals};
  for (; begin != end; ++begin)
  {
    visit(ib, *begin, *begin);
  }

  // insert remaining locals
  for (const auto& l : locals)
  {
    operands.insert(local<C>(l.first, intersection(o, l.second.begin(), l.second.end())));
  }

  if (operands.size() == 1)
  {
    return *operands.begin();
  }
  else
  {
    operands.shrink_to_fit();
    return hom::make<C, hom::_intersection<C>>(std::move(operands));
  }
}

/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

/// @brief Create the intersection homomorphism.
/// @related homomorphism
template <typename C>
homomorphism<C>
intersection(const order<C>& o, std::initializer_list<homomorphism<C>> operands)
{
  return intersection(o, operands.begin(), operands.end());
}

/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

} // namespace sdd

namespace std {

/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

/// @internal
/// @brief Hash specialization for sdd::hom::_intersection.
template <typename C>
struct hash<sdd::hom::_intersection<C>>
{
  std::size_t
  operator()(const sdd::hom::_intersection<C>& s)
  const
  {
    using namespace sdd::hash;
    return seed() (range(s.operands));
  }
};

/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

} // namespace std


text:
Q: how can I make the item made in listview by user clickable into a new page? in flutter hi I have a page that you can create an item in the listview and give it a name, now I want to when you click on that item, it goes to own dedicated page made with its name on the app bar.
(https://i.stack.imgur.com/5jS0x.png)
here is the listview code:
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter_speed_dial/flutter_speed_dial.dart';
import 'package:attendance/insideList.dart';

class lists extends StatefulWidget {
  const lists({super.key});

  @override
  State<lists> createState() => _listsState();
}

class _listsState extends State<lists> {
  List<String> _items = [];
  late TextEditingController _textController;
  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    _textController = TextEditingController();
  }

  @override
  void dispose() {
    _textController.dispose();
    super.dispose();
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    _items.sort();
    return Scaffold(
      body: _items.length > 0
          ? ListView.separated(
              itemCount: _items.length,
              itemBuilder: (_, index) {
                return ListTile(
                  leading: const Icon(Icons.school),
                  trailing: const Icon(Icons.arrow_forward),
                  title: Center(child: Text('${_items[index]}')),
                  **//here the attempt I made that didnt work**
                  onTap: () {
                    Navigator.push(
                        context,
                        MaterialPageRoute(
                            builder: ((context) => InsideList(index))));
                  },
                  onLongPress: (() async {
                    await showDialog(
                        context: context,
                        builder: ((context) {
                          return AlertDialog(
                            title: const Text(
                              "Are you sure you want to delete this class?",
                              style: TextStyle(fontSize: 15),
                            ),
                            actions: [
                              TextButton(
                                  child: Text("cancel"),
                                  onPressed: (() {
                                    Navigator.pop(context);
                                  })),
                              TextButton(
                                child: Text('Delete'),
                                onPressed: () {
                                  setState(() {
                                    _items.removeAt(index);
                                    Navigator.pop(context);
                                  });
                                },
                              ),
                            ],
                          );
                        }));
                  }),
                );
              },
              separatorBuilder: (BuildContext context, int index) =>
                  const Divider(
                color: Colors.black,
              ),
            )
          : const Center(
              child: Text("You currently have no classes. Add from below."),
            ),
      floatingActionButton: SpeedDial(
        animatedIcon: AnimatedIcons.menu_arrow,
        spacing: 6,
        spaceBetweenChildren: 6,
        backgroundColor: const Color.fromARGB(255, 22, 37, 50),
        foregroundColor: const Color.fromARGB(255, 255, 255, 255),
        children: [
          SpeedDialChild(
              child: const Icon(Icons.group_add), label: "add student"),
          SpeedDialChild(
            child: const Icon(Icons.school),
            label: "add class",
            onTap: () async {
              final result = await showDialog(
                context: context,
                builder: (context) {
                  return AlertDialog(
                    title: const Text('Add a new class'),
                    content: TextField(
                      controller: _textController,
                      autofocus: true,
                      decoration: const InputDecoration(
                          hintText: "Enter the name of the class."),
                    ),
                    actions: [
                      TextButton(
                        child: Text('Cancel'),
                        onPressed: () {
                          Navigator.pop(context);
                        },
                      ),
                      TextButton(
                        child: Text('Add'),
                        onPressed: () {
                          Navigator.pop(context, _textController.text);
                          _textController.clear();
                        },
                      ),
                    ],
                  );
                },
              );
              if (result != null) {
                result as String;
                setState(() {
                  _items.add(result);
                });
              }
            },
          )
        ],
      ),
    );
  }
}

and this is the new dart file I made for the new page:
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';

class InsideList extends StatelessWidget {
  final int index;

  InsideList(this.index);

  List<String> _students = [];

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(
          title: const Text("attendance"),
          centerTitle: true,
          backgroundColor: const Color.fromARGB(255, 22, 37, 50),
          toolbarHeight: 65,
          shape: const RoundedRectangleBorder(
            borderRadius: BorderRadius.vertical(
              bottom: Radius.circular(30),
            ),
          ),
        ),
        body: _students.length > 0
            ? Center(child: Text("hi"))
            : Center(
                child:
                    Text("You currently have no students. Add from below.")));
  }
}

A: Instead of passing index, you can pass the item itself,
onTap: () {
  Navigator.push(
    context,
    MaterialPageRoute(
      builder: ((context) => InsideList(_items[index])),
    ),
  );
},

And
class InsideList extends StatelessWidget {
  final String name;
  InsideList(this.name); // use key constructor
  List<String> _students = [];
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Scaffold(
        appBar: AppBar(
          title: Text("attendance  $name"),

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text:
Q: Approach to a Poisson question This is a question from an old test, taken completely out of context:
"The customers arrive at a shop according to a Poisson distribution with mean $\lambda$ per hour.
Each customer takes $1/k$ hours of service. What is the expected value and the variance of the service time for customers arriving within an hour? What is the probability that the service time exceeds $t$ hours?
I am not entirely certain how to approach this question. This is supposed to be a simple Poisson-distribution question, with no Poisson processes or queuing.
Are there any ways to look at this question in a simpler way? What is the general approach here?
Apologies if I am completely misunderstanding this.


text:
Joseph Andrew Conkle
By Editor | February 26, 2019 | 0
Joseph Andrew Conkle, 55, of Wheelersburg, died Friday, February, 15, 2019, at Riverside Hospital with his family by his bedside. Born on May 15, 1963 in Kettering, he was baptized at the former Faith Baptist Church by his late uncle, Pastor Glen Frasher.
Andy had worked as a professional semi-truck driver, being self-employed and previously worked for Conley Trucking.
Preceding him in death were his parents, Cecil Emory and Della Louise Craft Conkle, his mother, Betty Taulbee and two brothers Mike and Glenn Taulbee.
Surviving are two sisters, Sharon (Richard) Gentile of Scottsdale, Arizona and Sara (Tom) Taulbee Jordan of Apple Creek; two brothers, Randall Taulbee of Wooster and Scott Taulbee and numerous cousins and friends who loved Andy.
A service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday at the BRANT FUNERAL HOME IN SCIOTOVILLE with Pastor Dennis Hankins officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Burial Park.
The family will receive guests at Brant's from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Friday.