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The Raiders on Friday hired Greg Olson to be their offensive coordinator, a person familiar with the situation said.
Olson spent last season as the assistant head coach/quarterbacks coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He replaces Greg Knapp in Oakland and will work under coach Dennis Allen.
Olson has six years' experience as an offensive coordinator in the NFL, including three with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, from 2009-11. During that time, Olson was credited with the rapid development of quarterback Josh Freeman into one of the league's more promising players.
It's also worth noting that Olson favors a power-blocking scheme, which means the zone-blocking scheme favored by Knapp and fired offensive-line coach Frank Pollack are gone after one season.
That should help jump-start running back Darren McFadden, who averaged only 3.3 yards per carry in 2012 and never looked comfortable in the scheme.
Rams running back Steven Jackson had his best season in 2006 with Olson as his offensive coordinator.
Olson also worked with Drew Brees when both were at Purdue and Olson was the quarterbacks coach.
Allen hired Olson after a lengthy and thorough search that included interviews with numerous high-profile candidates. In the end, Allen felt as if Olson was the best fit.


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Toyota Supra Successor May Be An EV, Have Tesla Roots
For more than a decade, Toyota did not have a single legitimate sports car in its lineup after the Supra was discontinued. Since the late 1990s, journalists have speculated about the return of a Supra, and now that talk is starting to bubble to the surface again. And this time the talk includes an all-electric Toyota Supra that could have Tesla roots.Read more

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Lee leaves the city almost exactly after a two-year stay in Monticello. He started as city manger on March 31, 2008, replacing previous City Manager Trent Schafer, who had served for 14 years.
Lee came to the City of Monticello after working for several years as a public information officer for the Utah Department of Transportation. He has helped the city over a busy two-year period which saw a host of construction projects and a financial crisis.
The city is currently grappeling with a budget that apparently will require significant cuts. Decreases in sales tax collections, the loss of a resort city sales tax and the on-going challenges related to increasing costs all contribute to a cash crunch.
In his resignation letter, Lee said that he is willing to volunteer to assist the city in the budget process. The new budget will need to be approved before the fiscal year begins on July 1.
Lee said that it will be hard to leave Monticello but that he has a great opportunity in the St. George area. He said that he is leaving the city in good hands and feels that the city staff worked well as a team.
"I am happy to have been part of a lot of good changes in Monticello," said Lee. "I couldn't ask for a better team than the city staff."
Projects that were completed or initiated while Lee was city manager include a new swimming pool, significant water and sewer infrastructure, the reconstruction of Main and Center streets, a new airport, and completion of the visitor center and water collection projects.
The Monticello City Council has not met since Lee's resignation.


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Child killed by dogs in Bucharest leads to tough new law on strays
The mauling to death of a 4-year-old boy in the Romanian capital has reignited a countrywide debate over what to do about the packs of stray dogs that roam Bucharest.
Strays attacked the boy, Ionut Anghel, and his 6-year-old brother in a park two weeks ago. The older boy escaped with leg injuries. Ionut wasn't so lucky; his body was found a short while later in an abandoned lot, covered with bite wounds.
A recent census found that around 65,000 stray dogs roam the streets of Bucharest, a legacy of the Soviet-era government's decision to relocate much of the city's population to huge apartment blocks.
The residents abandoned their pets as they made the move. Those dogs ran wild and multiplied. Today, some areas of the city are considered dangerous after dark because of the packs of dogs. Even in the touristy center of the city, strays are a constant sight. In 2006, a Japanese tourist was killed by one while visiting the city
After Ionut Anghel's death, Romania's news media and politicians were quick to weigh in. The president, Traian Basescu, called for a law that would allow stray dogs to be killed, saying in a televised public address that "humans are above dogs." A local television station launched a "Stop killing the children" campaign aimed at forcing the authorities to rid the city of its strays.
Tuesday, Romanian lawmakers bowed to the pressure and voted for a new law that would allow stray dogs to be put down if they aren't claimed or adopted within two weeks of capture. Hundreds of animal-rights activists demonstrated outside Parliament trying to persuade those arriving to vote instead for sterilizing the animals.
Official data shows that in the first four months of this year, 1,100 people in Bucharest sought treatment after being bitten by stray dogs. Some estimate the number of those attacked to be four times that.
Last year there were 16,000 recorded incidents of dog bites in the Romanian capital, with many more in other towns and cities across the country.
"It is a huge problem, with many deaths and disfigurements, yet nothing is being done on a local or parliamentary level," said Ciprian Ciucu, 35, one of the main voices calling for government action.
"Many of these dogs are almost half-wolf," Ciucu said.
Romanian public opinion has been divided for years between those who think the government should allow the mass killing of feral dogs and those who think there should be a more humane approach.
From 2001 to 2007, authorities were allowed to capture stray dogs and kill them, a policy that led to the extermination of more than 140,000 strays. But the overall numbers didn't drop significantly, and the policy was revoked in 2008.
In November 2011, a law was passed that allowed local authorities to capture and kill packs of stray dogs, but it was annulled just two months later. Until the new law passed Tuesday, only sick dogs could be put down.
Efforts to sterilize stray dogs and return them to the streets in recent years have proved only partially successful. Upward of 6,500 strays were sterilized and released in Bucharest last year, at a cost of around $260,000.
But sterilized dogs can still become violent, argue those who call for stronger measures.
Still, many here don't think that killing the dogs will be any more effective than it was in the first few years of the century.
"It is ineffective to try to kill all of the dogs," said Kuki Barbuceanu, project coordinator for VIER PFOTEN Romania, an animal welfare nongovernmental organization.
Barbuceanu agrees that violent dogs need to be removed from the streets, but he doesn't think that killing any stray that's caught and that they can't find a home for will reduce the overall numbers.
"It is a question of food and resources available to the dogs. If we take dogs off the street, the ones that remain will just breed and in a few months, a year, there will be the same numbers," he said.
Compounding the problem is that in many parts of the city, residents feed the strays. Now they're likely to hide them as well when the dogcatchers come around, rather than risk their being killed.
"Unfortunately, there is no miracle solution," Barbuceanu added.


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YORK, PA – York College has been selected to host the 2014 NCAA Mideast Wrestling Regional tournament on Sunday, March 2 as announced by the NCAA recently.
The event will be held in the M&T Bank Fieldhouse in the Grumbacher Sport & Fitness Center. The regional championship will feature 17 teams and 170 wrestlers as they attempt to qualify for the 2014 Division III National Championships on March 14 & 15 at the U.S. Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The national championships are being hosted by Cornell College in Iowa.
The top three finishers in the ten weight classes advance from the regional to the national championships.
"We are honored to have been selected by the NCAA to host this prestigious championship," said Assistant Dean for Athletics and Recreation Paul Saikia. "We have experience in running large wrestling tournaments and I am sure our event staff will do a tremendous job. We're also excited to have our guys competing in front of their home crowd."
Spartan head coach Duane Bastress is very excited to have the opportunity to showcase his team and the York College facilities.
"As a program are very excited for this opportunity to host the NCAA Mideast Regional tournament. It will allow us to showcase not only our top-of-the-line facility but also give our guys the opportunity to wrestle in front of our many supportive fans!"
The tournament kicks off at 9:00 am. All day tickets are $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for students with a valid I.D. All tickets will be sold at the event and there will be no pre-sale for the regional championship.
The teams participating at the York Mideast Regional are:
Baldwin Wallace, Brockport, Case Western Reserve, Elizabethtown, Heidelberg, John Carroll, Lycoming, Messiah, Mount St. Joseph, Mount Union, Mukingum, Ohio Northern, RIT, Thiel, Washington & Jefferson, Waynesburg, and York.
The York regional is one of six regional sites. Loras (Central Region), King's (East), Wabash (Midwest), Wesleyan (Northeast), and Augsburg (West) are the five other institutions hosting regionals on the weekend of March 1 & 2.
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NORTHRIDGE, Calif. -- Three Gauchos captured conference titles on the first day of the Big West Championships, being hosted May 14-15 at Cal State Northridge.
The most noteworthy result for UCSB came in the women's 10,000m, where Danielle Domenichelli won with a Conference Meet record time of 34:50.29. She was shoulder to shoulder with Lilyanna Morejon of Cal State Northridge for most of the race, but began to pull away with four laps to go. She won by nine seconds.
In the first event of the day, Julian deRubira won the steeplechase with a time of 8:52.57. He pulled away from Cal Poly's Carl Dargitz on the final lap to win by nearly five seconds.
The other conference champion from day one was Michael Guerra, who took the win in the javelin with his best throw measuring 204'9" (62.40m). He was more than 10 feet ahead of his nearest competitor.
Katie Voigtlander was runner-up in the women's steeplechase, earning All-Conference honros. She was behind Carolyn Ellis of Cal State Fullerton on the final lap, and momentarily gained the lead after Ellis fell over the barrier heading into the final turn. Ellis was able to recover and pass Voigtlander on the home stretch.
There were three All-Conference performances in the throws. Alex Umstead took second in the hammer with his best throw measuring 185'0" (56.38m), and Chris Hamilton took third with his best throw measuring 180'10" (55.13m). Irene Kujore was second in the women's hammer with a mark of 170'9" (55.05m).
Mitchell Haag cleared a personal best of 6'8.25" (2.04m) in the high jump to earn an All-Conference finish at third place. He was ranked ahead of three other athletes who cleared the same bar, as Haag had fewer misses at earlier heights.
Tomorrow's competition features finals in the remaining field events, and in the running events which held preliminaries on Friday. The day begins at noon with the women's triple jump. The first event on the track Saturday is the women's 4x100 relay at 3 p.m., and the final event is the men's 4x400 relay at 5:55 p.m.
Women: Cal State Northridge - 79 ; UCSB - 65 ; UC Davis - 39 ; Cal State Fullerton - 31 ; Long Beach State - 27 ; Cal Poly - 16 ; UC Riverside - 14 ; UC Irvine - 2
Men: Cal State Northridge - 67 ; Cal Poly - 62 ; UCSB - 56.5 ; Long Beach State - 42 ; Cal State Fullerton - 21.5 ; UC Davis - 13 ; UC Riverside - 11 ; UC Irvine - 0
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
My Lovely C-section by Katherine Taylor
When I first starting thinking of what I wanted from my birth experience, my number one priority was to avoid surgery. I've had traumatic surgeries in the past, including one where the anesthesia didn't work. I laid there powerless and yelled at the surgeon's touch like something from a cheap horror flick.
That said, it was not a completely simple choice to go with home birth as a means of avoiding unnecessary intervention. My own birth was a very medical experience. I was born at 28 weeks gestation, with a twin who passed away after a day outside the womb. Doctors had saved my life. I felt a sort reverence for doctors and was uncertain about birthing without them and their drugs.
Like most Americans, I simply thought you needed medication in the birthing process even though my sister, Amy, is a nurse midwife who specialized in homebirth and is now working to change this misperception and to empower women to give birth naturally (check out her blog at scienceandsensibility.org). But after reading Ina May's Guide to Childbirth that she sent me, I was convinced that homebirth was safe and that there were other methods to relieve pain that give the woman more options.
I knew that I wanted to be able to move freely, to make noise, and to not feel rushed or under any pressure to perform. And so, with the hesitant faith of my husband, we jumped in. And the more we learned, the happier and more comfortable we were with the decision. Meeting our midwife, Maria, put us at ease and fortified our choice as she seemed the right mix of no-nonsense confidence and strength with warmth and compassion. Also, Jane Austin, the local childbirth educator, really helped us along in her classes with good, clean information and the additional support of like-minded couples. Her yoga classes kept me from worrying in my last weeks of pregnancy and helped me enjoy my big body! I felt ready and psyched for the upcoming event.
A couple of days after our baby's due date, my water broke. I squatted on the kitchen floor and let it drip while my dog Jasper looked at me like, "What? You're not supposed to do that!" and proceeded to lick my face and console me. Labor came on that night and we tried to sleep through the contractions, which were steadily about 7-8 minutes apart. Our doula, Nova, came over for several hours and gave me advice on positions to help get things going and suggested ways my husband, Andrew, could support me. We sent her home as it was getting late, things weren't picking up, and Maria had told us to keep trying until 10 or 11pm and then to try to sleep.
That night was the worst. Andrew, Jasper and I camped out in the living room on the floor and futon with the birth ball nearby, since that was a good form of support for intensifying the contractions. Andrew had set up a little shrine with candles and something my sister had given me: a picture of a woman's vagina opening in a bathtub. He knew I liked it because it showed how natural it looked for the body to open and allow birth to happen. During the contractions, he was so sweet and helped me to stay positive, chanting with me "open" and "Yes!" to embrace the contractions as our doula had recommended.
When morning came, we were sure that this day we'd have our baby at home. I took a shower to let the night's pain drain. Maria came over and did some acupuncture and gave me castor oil to help get things going. She said to go outside and take a walk. It was raining hard and it was nice to moan in the rain with no one around. I felt so big and was excited to meet the baby and not be pregnant! On the way home we saw a rainbow over our apartment – a good sign!
Toward the evening, it started to pick up. Sitting on the toilet was extremely intense, so if a contraction started to come, I'd sit there and really let it come. Soon, they were about 4-5 minutes apart and Maria came to stay. She checked me and I was at 5cm. She let me go in the birth tub, hoping I'd relax and give my body a rest while the contractions were strong enough to keep things moving. It was wonderful to float. My body felt no tension in between the contractions and it felt light and mobile. As soon as I stood up to get out, things got more intense and I worked for several more hours, primarily on the toilet. Andrew passed out and Maria too, so I was alone. I took a shower to regroup and it was a good break. We had decided she'd check me after this and in my head, I thought "OK, I think it's still looking good. If I'm at 8 or 9, I can do it. Otherwise, I'm going to the hospital!" I was hoping it wouldn't be a 7 or 8 and that I'd have an easy choice. And it was! Still only 5cm after 48 hours of contractions! My heart sank.
It was about midnight and I couldn't imagine another night of this. Maria said that if I was going to get through the contractions to get to 10cm and then push a baby out, that I'd need rest, which only an epidural could provide. It was also getting risky because my water broke and had been leaking for 60 hours! So we decided to transfer to UCSF, our back-up hospital. Once there, the epidural was successful at taking away the pain of the contractions, but I still felt strong pain in my back, probably from the baby's position. They thought maybe the baby's head was tilted. Also, it was clear that my uterus was swollen and tired. I developed a 102 fever, so we took care of that and gave the pitocin some time to work.
My only job was to sleep. I felt comfortable with Maria and my husband taking care of things, so I just let myself drift. I got to 6cm and stayed there. Maria warned my husband that this waiting period would not go on forever and that they would start talking to me about a C-section. And that's what happened, though the OB doctor presented it as a choice since the baby seemed to be doing just fine. She said it was likely that my cervix wouldn't respond to the increasing pitocin. Andrew, too, told me that he could see the waves of contractions being printed out from the machines and he had been excited at one point to see them so close together, but then saw them peter out. I began to see clearly what I needed to do. We talked with Maria who said that a C-section was totally reasonable at this point and that it would be better to act while the baby was still strong because once the baby shows signs of distress, choice is gone. My desire for a vaginal birth was still strong and I didn't like the idea of having to recover from major abdominal surgery in the postpartum days to follow. But I didn't want to risk the baby's health and I didn't think or feel intuitively that the pitocin was going to work (and if it had, I wasn't sure I had the strength to push!). With truly no misgivings, I said let's go for it.
Within a half an hour, they had me ready for it. My body was numbed and I was led through the process of what would happen. Andrew was finally allowed to come to my side in the surgery room (Maria, or any second person, was not allowed) and as things got more intense – as the sensations of the surgery could be felt, but not in a painful way – his presence was equally forceful. He stroked my hand and chest and then rested his forehead against mine, blocking out the lights so that all I could see was love. We were so excited, and I was teetering between nausea and bliss. They finally said, "You'll meet your baby in a few minutes!" There was a respectful silence in the air and we heard him cry. His voice was awesome and is burned into my brain.
They knew we didn't want the gender announced, that we wanted to see the baby together. Andrew went to cut the cord and they hid the gender from him still. He came back over to me in awe and said. "He's beautiful, but I don't know if it's a he." One of the doctors said, "I'm impressed!" (I guess by his ability to wait!) They came over and I got to lay my eyes on my baby's face and they unwrapped him so we both could see that he was definitely Luke. I kissed him hello and felt his soft skin and basically fell in love right there.
After the surgery, I know that Andrew and Maria met up and she gave him advice on how to get the baby to me as soon as possible. She gave him the confidence that it was possible despite their usual policies. The hospital staff said, "Well, we don't really allow the baby to go right away." But Andrew said repeatedly, "I understand, but how about we just take him." And it worked. Andrew remembers pushing Luke down the hall in the little rolling crib feeling as if he'd just committed a felony – crazed and exhilarated. When he delivered him to my breast, with Maria's encouragement all the way, he felt he was returning a lost jewel to a crown! And that's how it felt, as if a piece of me had returned. He latched on right away and I felt a new joy on my baby's birthday.
20 comments:
- Jenna said...
I think it would be difficult for me to express how much I love this post. I've written so much about home birth and alternative choices to hospital birth that I'm perceived by many as a hospital hater, which is simply not true! I think there are many situations, like yours, where hospitals are wonderful and good and bring a baby into the world where it wouldn't have been possible otherwise. Thank you for sharing your story, I hope you won't mind me linking to it to help others understand that we don't have to choose one side of the other to be happy, we just have to have the option to MAKE a choice.
Beautiful photos, beautiful family.
- January 28, 2010 at 10:12 PM
- toniasquires said...
as a homebirth advocate and labor and delivery nurse i love this story, you don't know how crazy i get when i see a baby in the nusery under the warmer and showing all the signs of "ready to eat" and mom is down the hall waiting for HER baby, love that your husband had the courage to unite his family, the first hour after birth is "golden" no matter where you birth!!
- January 29, 2010 at 7:23 AM
- Melissa Garvey said...
What a beautiful post and a beautiful story. The part about hearing your baby's voice for the first time gave me chills. Thanks for taking the time to share.
- January 29, 2010 at 7:35 AM
- Olivia said...
Your story very much echos my own homebirth/transfer/c-section experience. I didn't get the homebirth I wanted, but the c-section was as good as it gets. My husband was able to tear open his scrubs and hold our daughter skin to skin while I was put back together. We were never separated; she was with me in recovery and nursed within an hour of being delivered.
- January 29, 2010 at 7:41 AM
I have struggled to come to terms with my c-section (planned home birth). This post really describes my experience, all the good parts of it! The title says it all. Thank you for helping to shed light on the very positive and precious moments of a surgical birth.
- January 29, 2010 at 7:55 AM
- Carrie said...
Katherine: Your story was beautifully written and poignant. I am a midwife and can remember being told in training that indeed there is one cut in obstetrics far worse than a c section, and that is cutting the cord of a dead or sick baby. Not to be morbid, but it is true that at times our stories are out of our control, and we must let our life proceed by its own design. The value of medicine in obstetrics has become clearer to me recently in light of my own infertility. Sometimes, things just don't go as planned. Thank you for your post.
- January 29, 2010 at 8:07 AM
- motherwitdoula said...
Thank you, Katherine, for your beautiful story. We sometimes don't honour women enough for the HARD stories, the ones in which the outcomes were not as they had hoped or expected. What I love about your story is that it is full of choice, graceful acceptance, and no sense of victimization. Having had such good support from your midwife and hospital staff goes such a long way in making a woman feel like a heroine, regardless of outcome. May your motherhood be full of the glory, richness, and beauty you deserve. I am SO happy for you that you had a beautiful surgical birth. Your sharing will help other women come to terms with their own challenging births, and give them permission to own their strength and power, regardless of what their expectations were.
Lesley (MotherWit Doula)
- January 29, 2010 at 9:50 AM
Congratulations, Katherine, on your beautiful baby! You are absolutely glowing in your pictures--it is a moment in life unlike any other. Thank you also for sharing your experience so eloguently. I, too, had a very similar marathon first labor that ended with a cesarean section--and like you i was supported by a wonderful midwife during the entire process. I will always be thankful for all that she did for me. As a midwife myself, I couldn't help but feel a bit left out by the terminology often chosen by strong advocates of home birth and groups dedicated to avoiding unnecessary ceareans. Experiences like your and mine make it clear that it is not just the route of delivery that matters to a woman--it is how she comes to that place and who helps her get there. In the end, does that woman feel informed, empowered, listened to, and at peace with her birth experience? That should be our goal, shouldn't it?
I'm glad to hear you are doing well, as I haven't seen you in many years, but was glad to hear your good news via your sister. Again, thank you so much for sharing a story we all needed to hear.
- January 29, 2010 at 10:11 AM
Thanks for your comments everyone! Please feel free to share with anyone with similar experiences. Thanks again Maria!
- January 29, 2010 at 10:58 AM
Congrats for already being a fabulous and wonderful parent who makes great decisions for herself and her family! Inspring!
- January 29, 2010 at 11:15 AM
- radmama said...
I also ended up in the hospital after two days of labour. Our third baby just wasn't ready to come out yet, despite ruptured membranes and lots of contractions. I was so exhausted.
A rest, a small amount of pitocin and rebreaking my water brought rapid (almost instantaneous after the membranes were ruptured!) dilation and a vaginal birth but if things had gone differently...
Each labour is different. Good midwives help women make the most appropriate choice. Your birth story is lovely.
- January 29, 2010 at 11:45 AM
- Lori said...
I have read far, far too many stories of terrible hospital transfers where women were treated spitefully, infantilized, abused. I am so happy to see that yours is not one of them, that you were treated with respect and compassion as you deserve... As we all deserve. Congratulations on your beautiful baby boy!
- January 29, 2010 at 11:52 AM
- milkstained said...
This is a wonderful birth story! Congratulations on your baby!
- January 29, 2010 at 11:53 AM
- Dou-la-la said...
What a wonderful birth story. Congratulations!
- January 29, 2010 at 1:23 PM
Oh, I loooved your birth story. Thank you so much for sharing it. I love that the decisions were yours and I especially love the way your husband peacefully but firmly handled the issue of getting baby back to mama. Hurray for all of you including the hospital!
- January 29, 2010 at 7:40 PM
ah, this was so much like my story - which i have yet to write after 16 months. i teared up. i was lucky to have a wonderful compassionate gynae who is one of the few midwife friendly gynaes in johannesburg so i didnt feel as violated by the surgery. but i had ppd and i didnt bond til about 10 days after my darling daughter was born. i cried for 2 months... to be honest i think my midwife was shit, and will get another one for my next birth.
- January 30, 2010 at 12:17 AM
Katherine, What a great example of loving support from your midwife and the hospital staff.
I had my 2nd baby at home and was concerned about the possible attitudes of hospital staff if I needed to transfer (that was my biggest concern, really). Yours is an example of how integrated care works for women, so they are supported through each decision they must make during labor. Women deserve choices.
Congrats to you and thanks for sharing your story.
- January 30, 2010 at 9:11 AM
- Photography by Emily Payne said...
Wow... I read and cried and then re-read and cried.. I knew that Maria was your midwife and am so happy that she had the confidence to lead you in the right direction in every way. I have photographed Maria a few times at the film festivals that I have told you about and am so excited that she helped unite you, Andrew and Luke. All my best,
Emily Payne
ps. see you all soon!
- January 30, 2010 at 11:37 PM
- Aida said...
congratulations on the birth of your son.. your birth story sounds very similar to mine..
- February 9, 2010 at 2:53 PM
- The Soggy Mom said...
Thank you for this. It DID help ME come to terms with my homebirth transfer/csection. My hospital experience was also very wonderful, all things considered. And yet its still so heartbreaking that with all the research, reading, believing and trusting, my little body just couldn't do it alone. Does that mean I'm less of a woman or less empowered? I think you just showed me that no, we are not. We both did our very best, and then made the right decision. Thank you.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Nearly 18 percent of households in a New York suburb are in the top 5 percent of the country's income levels, tops in the country, the government said Monday.
The U.S. Census Bureau said the highest concentration of households with incomes at $191,469 or higher out of any community in the country was the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Conn., area, considered a bedroom community just north of New York City.
Two communities tied for having the lowest concentration of wealthy households, Danville, Va., and, coincidentally, Danville, Ill.
They each have a concentration of wealthy families of 1.1 percent, while the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk area has a wealth concentration of 17.9 percent.
"This report addresses one aspect of the growing interest in income distribution by examining the geographic spread of high-income households," said David Johnson, chief of the Census Bureau's Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division in statement.
The study found that wealth lives near the water. "Coastal areas had large proportions of counties with high concentrations of high-income households, particularly the New England, Middle Atlantic and Pacific divisions," the Census Bureau said. "Conversely, the East South Central division, comprised of Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee, tended to have low concentrations of such households."
Wealth also favors company, the Census Bureau said. "The most 50 populous metro areas contained 52 percent of all U.S. households and 72 percent of high-income households." a study released Monday said.


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The Manor House is located in the quaint market town of Dronfield, this Grade II listed historic hotel, originally built in the 15th Century, is abundant in character & traditional features. It offers quality dining, exquisitely furnished & comfortable rooms, free Wi-Fi, and ample on-site private parking. With the emphasis on comfort and individuality, each of the bedrooms have been stylishly designed to provide a truly delightful and memorable stay.
The hotel is also ideally placed to enjoy the nearby surrounding countryside of the Peak District and the leisure and entertainment facilities on offer in the thriving cities of both Sheffield & Chesterfield, all of which are only a 10-15 minute drive. The central location in Dronfield means that local shops, restaurants & leisure facilities are also only a couple of minutes' walk. The hotel has a vibrant daytime café bar, with teas & coffees, plus cakes, bakes and scones available all day, every day. In the evening the best of local and seasonal produce is showcased in the traditional main course menu,which is served in the stylish restaurant Mon-Thurs 6-9pm. The Manor House has also built up an excellent reputation for the quality of its breakfasts, from both locals & hotel guests alike.
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St. Joseph's - 3, Farmingdale State - 1 (22-25, 25-17, 25-11, 25-20)
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State women's volleyball team fell, 3-1, to Skyline Conference opponent St. Joseph's College this evening in Farmingdale, N.Y. Senior's Renee Milevoj (Bethpage, N.Y.), Dominique Cunningham (Amityville, N.Y.) and Jessica Zimmermann (Seaford, N.Y.) were each honored as they played their final regular season home game as a member of the Rams.
Junior outside Holly Sahner (Dix Hills, N.Y.) led Farmingdale State with a team-high 15 kills and 13 digs. Cunningham recorded 12 kills and 13 digs, while Zimmermann had 13 digs. Freshman setter Sarah Palladino (Lindenhurst, N.Y.), who is currently ranked second in the nation in service aces per set, had a team leading three aces to go along with 32 assists. Milevoj added four kills, four digs and an ace for Farmingdale State.
The Rams head into the Skyline Playoffs as the #5 seed and will travel to #4 Old Westbury in the first round on Wednesday, November 2nd at a time to be determined.


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Safety concerns have prompted state parks officials to ban bicyclists from riding down the popular entrance road to Torrey Pines State Reserve.
Signs announcing the ban were installed Tuesday on the winding road, a historic stretch of the original Highway 101 that overlooks the Pacific. Cyclists are still allowed to ride south, up to the park's visitor center, but can't return down the same route.
Many cyclists bemoaned the ban, saying it eliminates access to one of the county's most picturesque and popular cycling routes.
"This is a sudden change to something that's been in place for years," said Andy Hanshaw, executive director of the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition. "This is a beautiful area and we'd like to maintain bicycle access through there as much as possible."
But Clay Phillips, superintendent of the reserve, said Wednesday that the steep, half-mile entrance road had become a chaotic mix of vehicles, cyclists, hikers and parents with baby strollers, creating a dangerous situation for everyone at the reserve, which is just south of Del Mar.
He said the most efficient solution was to prohibit cyclists from riding down the road, where they often reach very high speeds on the steep grade. The ban doesn't prevent cyclists from riding uphill on the road from near the beach, he said.
"We didn't want to wait for a major injury to occur," Phillips said, noting there have been several minor injuries in recent years. "It was clear we were going to have a fatality."
Local cyclists understand the safety concerns but would prefer state officials search for alternate long-term solutions to the problem,
The change forces cyclists to use nearby Torrey Pines Road, which is less scenic and more congested than the park's entrance road, he said.
Phillips said he's received some complaints from cyclists who love the thrill of riding down the hill, but that he's also gotten lots of positive feedback from both pedestrians and cyclists.
"We'd been getting complaints from everybody before because we had so many close calls and dangerous situations," he said.
La Jolla resident Ken King, a longtime cyclist and a docent at the reserve, said he supports the ban.
"It's too dangerous for cyclists to go down that hill with all the pedestrians and motorists," he said.
King said it's much safer to take Torrey Pines Road, noting that street has relatively wide shoulders.
Phillips said parks officials plan to spend the next six to eight months studying the problem and exploring potential solutions.
He said a shuttle could reduce the number of vehicle trips on the hill. But he said a proposal from cyclists to ban vehicles from the entrance road wouldn't work because it would eliminate access to the reserve for senior citizens, disabled people and small children.
Hanshaw predicted the area would remain a popular cycling route either way, but said he hoped cyclists would again be allowed to ride downhill on the entrance road after the study.
Phillips said parks officials have made other recent changes to increase safety. They include better signage, new fencing and improvements to the hiking trail next to the entrance road.
Cyclists violating the ban could receive misdemeanor citations.
Comments about the ban and other policies at the reserve should be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com.
More than 2.5 million people visit the 2,000-acre reserve and Torrey Pines State Beach each year.


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By Los Angeles News Group editorial board
Gov. Jerry Brown's quixotic quest to get out from under the thumb of the federal judges overseeing the state's prison system ended this morning with eight words from the high court: "The appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction."
That was the court's unsigned order in the case Brown v. Plata, Marciano et al — the plaintiffs who claim California's high prison population compromises medical care for inmates.
So now it's time for Brown's administration to do some serious negotiating with the plaintiffs' attorneys.
On Sept. 24 a panel of three federal judges gave Brown an additional month to meet their original order to remove more than 9,600 inmates from California prisons by the end of the year. The reprieve was granted so that Brown could work out a deal for long-term prison population reduction with inmates' attorneys.
But Brown appealed the judges' order to the U.S. Supreme Court — a rather pointless distraction in light of the high court's previous rebuff of Brown's earlier prison-population appeal.
Now it's incumbent upon Brown to try to work out a deal with the inmates' attorneys by the end of January, or risk having to release those 9,600 prisoners. State Sen. Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, provided Brown with the blueprint for such a compromise — one that the inmates' attorneys said they could work with, and that this editorial board endorsed in early September — if only Brown is willing to move forward.
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James Hart Dyke ( b.1966 )
Torres del Paine, first light 2018
Torres del Paine, first light 2018
acrylic and oil on gesso on panel
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James Hart Dyke ( b.1966 )
James Hart Dyke's work is centred on landscape painting, from the domesticity of paintings of country houses to paintings generated from physically demanding expeditions over remote mountains. James has also undertaken a series of projects including accompanying HRH The Prince of Wales as the official artist on royal tours, working as 'artist in residence' for The British Secret Intelligence Service, working as an artist embedded with the British Forces in war zones, working for the producers of the James Bond films and working as 'artist in residence' for Aston Martin. These projects required him to respond in many different ways and have allowed him to experiment with more graphic forms of painting influenced by his studies as an architect at the Royal College of Art. His portraits have been shown at the National Portrait Gallery and at the Royal Society of Portrait Painters exhibitions.
29th November - 20th December 2018
James Hart Dyke's forthcoming exhibition PATAGONIA, will be on show at our gallery this December. Following the success of Whymper's Mountains in 2015 Hart Dyke has undertaken another intrepid expedition. In December last year he travelled to South America with a friend and patron to explore and paint the remote and inaccessible splendours of Patagonia. This expedition is the latest in the series of gruelling pilgrimages that Hart Dyke has made to paint high altitude scenery from the Himalayas to the Atlas Mountains.
The beautiful and unforgiving landscape of Patagonia is a continuation of James' exploration of mountain painting, and despite the distinct character of each new mountain range he visits, the interplay between the 'realism' of the seen landscape and the abstract design of the brushwork remain the central theme of his work.
As is usual with James' working practice the exhibition will include both smaller studies done in situ and larger paintings worked up in the studio upon his return. We look forward to sharing these stunning views of one of the world's last great wildernesses by the foremost landscape painter of his generation.
All paintings in the PATAGONIA exhibition shown on this page are available for purchase. Click on the images below to see cataloguing and prices.


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Beware iAntivirus!
Published February 3rd, 2012 at 7:56 AM EDT , modified March 5th, 2013 at 2:24 PM EDT
I have always had a problem with iAntivirus' published threat list, which mostly includes hacker tools and antique viruses that cannot affect any system made this century. I've always found that to be misleading. However, iAntivirus has come back to my attention after years of not thinking about it, and what I see now concerns me greatly. I believe that, at this point, it may actually be dangerous to rely on iAntivirus!
After recently reviewing the iAntivirus threat list, published on the iAntivirus web site, I noticed a major problem: it contains absolutely no recent Mac malware! In particular, the two malware outbreaks that have affected more Mac users than any other malware to date – MacDefender and Flashback – are completely missing from their list! Also missing are OpinionSpy, Koobface (aka Boonana), BASH/QHost.wb, Revir/Imuler and Devilrobber (aka Miner-D).
Although I have not actually tested to verify that iAntivirus misses these trojans, I have no reason to believe that it does. Especially since, according to their web site, the last update to iAntivirus appeared in 2009:
None of this would be a major problem if iAntivirus had been officially discontinued. However, nothing I can find anywhere on the iAntivirus site indicates that it has been discontinued. In fact, you can still download and even purchase the software! That, in my opinion, makes iAntivirus very close to a scam. If you purchase security software, you expect it to actually keep you secure, and iAntivirus does not. Nobody should be asked to spend money on security software that is more than 2 years out of date!
To learn how to protect yourself against Mac malware, see my Mac Malware Guide, and if you decide you want anti-virus software after reading that, try the excellent and free ClamXav.
Addendum (4/12/2012): Since I wrote this, it looks like PC Tools has removed any options for purchasing iAntivirus from the site. However, the site still allows downloads of iAntivirus, and still promotes it as protecting "against the most nefarious cyber-threats attempting to gain access to your Mac and personal information," which it doesn't.
Addendum 2 (5/27/2012): Symantec has, apparently, bought iAntivirus and decided to release a new free anti-virus product in the Mac App Store under the iAntivirus name. Personally, I think that's an amazingly stupid decision, given the negative connotation that has been associated with the name. But it does mean that much of what I said here is longer applicable. I tested the new iAntivirus, and it did indeed catch most of what is in my malware collection. Strangely, though, it reported finding more malware than I actually have in my collection. Even more strangely, it apparently didn't catch a few that were inside .zip files, so I'm a bit confused as to what it actually found. Worse, the quarantine list only showed one item, so there was no way to find out what it found other than that one file. I'm actually a bit mystified at what it did with most of my malware collection, which simply disappeared after the scan. I'm not sure whether it was put in some hidden quarantine folder somewhere that I haven't found yet, or whether it was simply deleted outright. I would still recommend against using this product.
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The WLANController Agent is a 802.11 wireless scanner that can be remotely managed. This will detect access points and clients in ad-hoc mode if the SSID is being broadcasted. It can be used for wireless site surveys, wireless discovery, and to connect to wifi networks. The tool reports signal strength in dBm and shows access point BSSID/MAC addresses. The application results are viewed via a remote manager application at https://manage.wlancontroller.com.
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