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 Ronald York, a consultant who travels the country to help police unions with their contract negotiations, advises his clients to avoid criticizing the other side or complaining about how unfairly they are being treated. It is clear that New York's police unions are not among his clients: The Sergeants Benevolent Associationis spending two million dollars in advertising to criticize Mayor Michael Bloomberg, starting with a full-page ad in several newspapers:
"Since we understand that you are busy planning another â€Olympics 2012' trip to Southeast Asia, we thought we'd clue you in on what's happening here in New York City," says an ad headlined "An Open Letter To Mayor Bloomberg" signed by union president Ed Mullins. "Crime is on the rise in our subways and in our streets...The NYPD is facing the worst attrition crisis in its history...You say that the city can't afford to pay the police a fair wage. That's ridiculous...There's plenty of money to pay a fair wage to police. You simply have chosen not to. You just approved a 7% rent increase for city landlords…Do you really think that landlords in the city deserve a bigger raise than cops?...Isn't it about time that you started to fight as hard for your own police officers as you are for the 2012 Olympics?"
A spokesman for the Bloomberg campaign labeled the ad "a campaign of lies and inaccuracies against Mayor Bloomberg," in the Staten Island Advance.
"The negotiations of the city are very rude," consultant York observes, politely.
Right now, actually, there are no negotiations. Arbitration hearings between city officials and the largest police union, the Patrolman's Benevolent Association, began in November. The arbitration panel has been deliberating since March. A ruling for an average case would be delivered around July, a PBA spokesman said. This is not, however, an average case.
And so the police officers of New York continue to work without a contract; the 22,000 members of the PBA have been without one since 2002.
And if they never liked former Mayor Rudy Giuliani as much as the public thought they did, they certainly do not like the current mayor, and for much the same reason. The average officer was displeased with the salary increases under Giuliani, and they see Bloomberg as going one step further, slashing the department's budget by nearly $280 million.
Union officials say the lack of salary increases is a major reason why the city's police force has shrunk by 2,400 officers since Bloomberg took office. These officers have fled to other police departments that offer higher salaries, the union says.
"It has become tougher being a New York City police officer during the Bloomberg administration because of the dangerous downsizing of the NYPD and the failure to recognize the need to pay police a competitive salary," Patrick Lynch, president of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, told Newsday.
New York police officers reportedly earn a starting salary of $36,878; the PBA has said that the average salary of a New York City police officer is about 10 percent less than the average salary of officers working in other large cities.
That is why, the union says, it rejected the city's offer of a five percent salary increase spread out over three years.
The mayor counters that the city does not have the money to pay more. City officials also have asked the union to adopt cost-saving measures before they will consider pay raises.
"If the arbitrator were to give them more than the pattern [more than the other municipal unions, in other words] and there was no change in work rules that would let us generate the money, we'd just have to do it with fewer police officers," Bloomberg reportedly said during his radio program.
One of the major cost-saving measures that city officials are requesting is an effort to reduce overtime. The city spent $237 million in fiscal year 2000 for police overtime, which was an extraordinary leap from the year before (46 percent higher than 1999). But five years later, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly testified that, by the time the current fiscal year ends in June, overtime costs this year will have totaled $426 million.
PBA spokesman Al O'Leary says that it is not just city officials who have suggested changes to officers' schedules to address the overtime issue; the union has done so as well. "Our members count and rely on overtime, because they are paid poorly. That shouldn't be." The City Council has proposed reducing overtime as a way of paying for 1,000 new officers.
The issue of overtime is a prickly one. Police misuse of overtime led to departmental disciplinary charges against 11 officers last month , and the independent Mayor's Commission to Combat Police Corruption has unsuccessfully sought to study overtime practices, rebuffed by police officials who say the commission lacks the authority to review general administrative procedures.
Leaner Force
Another group critical of police overtime practices has been the Citizens Budget Commission. The group also raised the idea that a leaner police force, rather than being a threat to the welfare of the city, might actually be more efficient. In a 2002 report , the Commission noted that New York had 625 police employees for every 100,000 people, ranking number two among large cities behind only Washington, D.C.
Crime has gone down in recent years even as fewer officers have been on the street.
Eli Silverman, a professor of police studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, however, noted that New York may differ from other large cities in two ways: the large tourist population, and the number of officers -- about 1,000, he said -- dedicated to anti-terrorism work.
Silverman was called on by the police union as an expert witness on police moralein 2002 during the last arbitration hearings between police and the city. Morale, he testified, was "particularly low."
Since then, Silverman said, the feelings of police have only deepened.
O'Leary said that more money "would certainly encourage officers to stay," but it "would have to be a very big award" to compete with other departments.
"The satisfaction with the job is almost entirely a function of economics."


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The fourth quarter has not been kind to the Buffalo Bills.
And that's putting it nicely.
The Bills have been outscored, 90-28, in the final 15 minutes of games in their 3-5 start to the season. Since scoring 14 points in garbage time of the season opener against the New York Jets, the Bills have been held to just 14 in the fourth quarters of the following seven games. They haven't scored a single point in the fourth quarter in their last four contests.
"The whole deal with that is we've been behind in three games really big. You go out there and throw it every snap, bad things happen and that's when they end up getting field position and running the football and scoring. That's where the imbalance comes," Bills coach Chan Gailey said.
Gailey is referring to losses against the Jets, Patriots and 49ers. Against New York, the Bills trailed, 41-14, going into the fourth quarter. They were actually tied against New England, 21-21, but the Patriots scored on the first play of the fourth quarter and never stopped, putting up 31 points in a 52-28 win. Buffalo was down, 24-3, going into the fourth against San Francisco before giving up another 21 points in a 45-3 loss.
"I haven't looked at that. That's the first I've heard of that," quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick said this week when fourth quarter scoring was brought up. "If we were winning a lot of games then that's when we'd be trying to run down the clock. Obviously at 3-5, we've been on the wrong end more times than not. That's something we'll have to look at."
Houston led, 14-9, entering the fourth quarter Sunday. The Texans opened a 12-point lead when Matt Schaub completed a 5-yard touchdown pass to Garrett Graham 3:35 into the quarter. While it was still a two-possession game, it didn't feel that close because Houston dominated the time of possession, holding an advantage of 11:29-3:31 in the fourth quarter.
Over the Bills' last four games, the opponent has held the ball for 39:01, while Buffalo has had it for 20:59.
"I think teams, as the game's going on, they've done a good job of [defending] what we're trying to do," running back C.J. Spiller said. "The plays are there to make, we just have to go make those plays. I think that's pretty much the difference."
Time of possession goes hand in hand with third-down conversions, and that's another area the Bills have struggled over the last four scoreless fourth quarters. The team is just 1 for 10 converting third downs in the fourth quarter over that time span.
Carelessness with the ball is another reason for the trouble. Since the Week Four loss to the Patriots, Buffalo has lost six turnovers.
Expanded to include the third quarters, the Bills are being outscored, 152-76, in the second half of games. That number is 107-31 over the last five contests (not counting Buffalo's game-winning field goal against Arizona in overtime).
Gailey had this to say about his team's struggles in the second half following the Week Five loss at San Francisco.
"We're looking at everything. We evaluate everything. We evaluate halftime adjustments. … What do we give them to eat or drink at halftime; you evaluate all of it," he said. "The thing about it is, a year ago we played our best in the second half. So I don't think as a coach you ever have the exact answer. You're just looking to try to tweak a thing here or there to give yourself a chance to be better."
While the problems at that time were mainly on defense, it's the offensive struggles that were the biggest concern Sunday.
That was especially true in the red zone, where the Bills went 0 for 3 in scoring touchdowns.
"When you get down to the red zone, everything's kind of tightened up. The coverages, you don't have too much real estate to work with," Spiller said. "So you really have to be precise down there. We just have to really work on the fundamentals once we get down there, and just have that attitude 'we're going to score, no matter what defense they got up.' We're going to get the ball in the end zone. Every individual's got to have that mindset."
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In the past decade, headlines reporting the tragic stories of a young person's suicide death linked in some way to bullying have become regrettably common. There is so much pain and suffering associated with each of these events, affecting individuals, families, communities and our society as a whole. There is an increasing national outcry to "do something" about the problem of bullying and suicide.
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In the world of social media and online networking, the issue of safety continuously arises, particularly among teenagers. Cyberbullying, bullying that takes place using electronic technology, has unique challenges when compared to more traditional forms of bullying.
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"That kid is a bully."
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Gotham Gazette, an online publication about New York policy and politics, is seeking a web development intern to work at least one full day a week helping to maintain and update the website and databases. Published since 1999 by Citizens Union Foundation of the City of New York, the Gotham Gazette is a pioneering online-only news website. The publication was a winner of the Knight Foundation News Challenge in 2009 and has won awards for excellence from the Online News Association.
Basic Qualifications:
* Interest and enthusiasm for web publishing
* Knowledge of HTML and CSS
* Comfortable with content management systems (Joomla is a plus)
* Experience with databases
* Ability to effectively communicate ideas in written and verbal format
* Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills
* Ability to work on either a Mac or PC
* Ability to multi-task
* Proficiency in Microsoft Word
* Interest in good government and politics a plus
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* Assist in researching ways to improve our databases, calendar, classifieds
* Update the calendar
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President Barack Obama correctly warned again Tuesday that if Congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling within the next week, the U.S. economy will suffer a steep fall. Congress should respond accordingly to avert that outcome.
When America's economy is endangered, so is the world's economy.
Indeed, Chinese Vice Finance Minister Zhu Guang-yao said Monday: "We naturally are paying attention to financial deadlock in the U.S. and reasonably demand that the U.S. guarantee the safety of Chinese investment there."
That "Chinese investment" is more than $1.2 trillion in U.S. Treasury notes.
Our Democratic president, Democratic Senate and Republican House must find common ground to avert the default risk as the Oct. 17 debt-limit deadline projected by Treasury Secretary Jack Lew looms.
Congress already missed the Oct. 1 deadline for a continuing budget resolution to avert the federal government shutdown that entered its second week Tuesday.
That dispute can't be duplicated with the debt ceiling.
Last month, the GOP House passed a budget bill that didn't include funding for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The Senate and the president refused to go along with that exclusion.
President Obama has challenged Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to allow a House vote on a budget resolution that wouldn't "defund" Obamacare. The speaker has challenged the president to negotiate spending cuts before the House passes not just a budget resolution but a debt-ceiling hike.
Cooler heads should prevail in time to raise the debt limit — and at some point, to belatedly end the shutdown.
But once the political smoke clears from the latest games of Beltway chicken, this overriding problem will persist:
Our national debt will continue to climb at an alarming rate.
When Mr. Obama was sworn in for his first White House term, the debt was $10.6 trillion. Today, after the last five years produced the five highest deficits in U.S. history, it's $16.7 trillion. And soon, that necessary debt-ceiling hike will boost it even higher.
Yes, the deficit was only $750 billion after the first 11 months of fiscal year 2013, which ended on Sept. 30, putting it on track to finish as the first total under $1 trillion since 2008. However, the crush of Baby Boomer retirements will exert intensifying stress on Medicare and Social Security in the coming decades.
Add Obamacare to federal obligations, and our nation's fiscal future faces serious structural hazards that demand overdue — and politically difficult — reforms.
That losing numbers game brings to mind a freshman senator's eloquent warning about the folly of repeatedly boosting the debt ceiling rather than making the hard budgetary decisions required to right our nation's foundering fiscal ship.
No, not Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in 2013.
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., on March 16, 2006.
Explaining his decision to vote against raising the debt ceiling back when it was $8.6 trillion, scarcely more than half of its current level, Mr. Obama said on the Senate floor:
"The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. government can't pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our government's reckless fiscal policies."
And: "Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that 'the buck stops here.' Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better."
Yes, the debt ceiling must be raised — again — to avert the threat of a federal default.
But that short-term menace is minor compared to the long-term devastation America faces if we keep spending far beyond our means.


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From left, Matt Wasierski, 15, a sophomore at West Seneca East High School; Steve Amoia Jr., 17, a senior at West Seneca West Senior High School; and Tyler Kluck, 15, a sophomore at West Seneca West. The photographer is Jake Hall, 16, a junior at West Seneca West. All four of the students are in the Explorer Program hosted by the Vigilant Fire Department, District No. 6, in West Seneca. The hands-on learning program is for students ages 14 to 18. The program instructs the students in the same way it teaches adult volunteer firefighters, except the students don�t usually go on fire calls.
�We do some cool drills like auto extraction drills, how to hook up a hydrant, doing search and rescue drills, water rescue drills and EMS drills,� Tyler said in an email. �It�s cool because we get in full action besides actual fires and we get a set of our own equipment and get to ride and use all trucks. Basically we do everything a normal firefighter has to do besides a real fire. So they put us to work.�
The photo was taken at Celebrate America Night last month at Southgate Plaza on Union Road in West Seneca. The Explorers were on the plaza roof helping to make sure there were no falling embers from the fireworks.
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Got your New Year's fitness resolutions set yet?
If they are basically eat less, exercise more and lose weight, you may need help. In fact, you probably need a goal, some structure and maybe even a good coach and training friends.
Those of us who live in the Charleston area are fortunate. We have plenty of options other than just joining a fitness club and being on our own.
1. Ton of Fun challenge
On Thursday, Fleet Feet Sports Mount Pleasant kicks off its first Ton of Fun event, a 12-week weight loss challenge.
Chris Minkel, store co-owner, says the template for the challenge was created by another store owner in Rochester, N.Y., and was "wildly successful." As a result, about 25 other Fleet Feet stores across the nation are emulating the challenge.
Among its features are private weekly weigh-ins, weekly group workout opportunities and support via weekly emails, a closed Facebook page and tips on activities happening in the Lowcountry. Registered dietitian Coleen Martin of Eat Smart, Move More will provide nutritional expertise.
Prizes will offer incentives along the way. A male and female champion will be crowned at the end of the event, which seeks to get its participants to lose 2,000 pounds of weight.
The cost is $50, which can be recouped by receiving a $25 gift certificate at Fleet Feet for completing eight weigh-ins or losing 2 percent of your body weight. Another $25 certificate can be earned by losing 5 percent of your body weigh by the end of the program.
2. Free workouts
Think joining a trainer-led group fitness program is too expensive? Think again.
Louie's Kids, a locally based nonprofit that works to fight childhood obesity, offers weekly "Free Family Workouts" for the community.
While the workouts are primarily geared for children and their families in the program, the public is welcomed to join in the fun. The workouts are led by a rotation of trainers with expertise in everything from CrossFit to boxing.
The workouts are 6-7:30 p.m. Thursdays at McMahon playground in Hampton Park, 9-10:30 a.m. Saturdays next to the pond in Hampton Park, and 9-10:30 a.m. Saturdays at The Cathedral of Praise in North Charleston.
3. Run/walk clinics
A New Year's resolution staple for decades in Charleston, joining a multiweek training clinic for a springtime 10K or 5K is an ideal way to span the challenging winter months into early spring.
For true beginners, Try-Sports and MooreOnRunning's "Couch to 5K" clinic, coached by "former couch potato" and now ultra-marathoner Noah Moore, starts at 7 a.m. Sunday outside of Alhambra Hall in Mount Pleasant.
The eight-week program, featuring a training plan of three runs per week, will train participants to finish the Catch the Leprechaun Run on March 13. The fee is $50, but it includes discounts on gear at TrySports and the race.
The Summerville Family Y kicks off its 10-week "Y in Training" on Jan. 7, one at 10 a.m. at The Ponds facility and the other at 6 p.m. at the downtown Y.
The downtown clinics will be at 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. The clinics at The Ponds are to be determined. Both are designed to prepare people to run or walk the Y's Shamrock Shuffle on March 15.
The cost is $65 for Y members and $90 for nonmembers. www.summervilleymca.org/
The "official" Cooper River Bridge Run Training Clinics start Jan. 15 and go for 12 weeks.
One clinic coached by longtime local running guru Howie Schomer will be at 6 p.m. Tuesdays at the MUSC Wellness Center. The other will coached by personal trainer Katie Blaylock at 6 p.m. Wednesdays at the Mount Pleasant Municipal Complex Track. The cost is $75.
And finally, Charleston County Parks and Recreation Commission will hold an eight-week "Run/Walk Your Way to a 10K" starting Jan. 27.
Two different clinics will held. One will be 8:30-9:30 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at James Island County Park. The other will be 5:45-6:45 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at Palmetto Islands County Park.
Cost is $60 for county residents and $75 for non-residents. www.ccprc.com/
4. Five free fitness days
All East Shore Athletic Clubs in Charleston will be opening their clubs to the public for five free days of fitness, including access to popular group fitness classes, from Wednesday to Sunday. The promotion is open to all local residents who are 18 and older. Those under 18 must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.
5. Go by air
Want something entirely different from running, the gym scene crossfit or event yoga?
Try the 12-week "Intro to Aerials" at Aerial Fit's Circus Building, starting at 7 p.m. Jan. 7.
Jordan Anderson, co-owner of Aerial Fit, says the series is designed for the beginner and is a comprehensive introduction to aerial silks, hoops, slings and static low trapeze that will build strength, confidence and familiarity with principles of movement in the air. No previous experience is needed.
"It's great for anyone who is tired of the gym or wants to find a new way to stay in shape and meet new friends," says Anderson.
Cost for the series is $180, which works out to just $15/class.
6. Yoga for men
While the numbers of men in yoga classes are increasing, it's still largely the bastion of females in Charleston.
Local health food chef and avid yogi Ken Immer wants to get more men in Charleston in studios and other classes and created the Yoga 4 Men Workshop and Expo to help do just that.
Yoga 4 Men will be 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 25 at Sanctuary Hall, 2125 U.S. Highway 17 (north of Isle of Palms connector road) in Mount Pleasant.
The cost is $20. The event will include teachers Immer, Mark Blackmon, Brent Reuger and Brandon Maxey for an exploration of yoga, a workout and an introduction to most of the studios in Charleston. Free passes to studios and a drawing for yoga prizes are part of the event.
7. Look good in undies
While training with a coach and with groups of people are great, sometimes you need another kind of motivation.
Six weeks away is the inaugural Cupid's Undies Run in Charleston, a series of national events created to raise money for a debilitating genetic disorder called neurofibromatosis, or NF. The disorder causes tumors to grow all over the nervous system and can cause blindness, deafness, learning disabilities and severe chronic pain.
By getting people to run one-mile fun runs across the nation in their underwear, typically red underwear, the event is projected to raise $4 million for the Children's Tumor Foundation this year. www.cupidsundierun.com/city/charleston/
8. Cardio Tennis
Tennis is a good fitness activity if you're good at tennis. But for those prone to hitting balls out of bounds, it can be a game of mostly stop than go.
Cardio Tennis, created by the Tennis Industry Association in 2005, helps both fitness and finesse and is now being held at more than 2,000 tennis facilities in the United States and many in the Charleston area.
In a nutshell, Cardio Tennis classes are geared toward keeping players in their target heart-rate zone so they can burn the most calories and get the best workout possible in the hour-long sessions. It's more about training than playing, but in the end, helps create both a better tennis player and fitter person.
For a lists of local facilities offering cardio tennis, go to www.cardiotennis.com/
9. Masters Games
Training for goal events also applies to those in their golden years.
Starting Jan. 28, the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission, along with several other area recreation organizations, is launching the Lowcountry Master Games.
The games will feature a different sport or event each month this year. The games, which include basketball, softball, racquetball, golf, bocce, table tennis, track and field, along with several others, will be held at different locations throughout the greater Charleston area.
"As the fastest-growing segment of our population, the 50-plus market deserves attention," says PRC's Fitness and Wellness Program Manager Allison Foster.
"Powerful, active and competitive 50-plussers are redefining age as we know it. They personify the adage 'age is just a number.' Most are living longer, healthier, more productive lives with little thought of slowing down. The Lowcountry Master Games capitalizes on this trend."
10. Don't forget Fido
The Lowcountry can be a tough place for dogs to run along their owners because of the heat and humidity most of the year, but this is a great time to ease into shape by running with your dog.
Now there's an event designed to give both you and your dog a goal.
On March 1, the Running With the Hounds "canicross" 3-mile run will be held on the trails at Middleton Place's equestrian center. But now is the time to get your dog, only if suited for long-distance running, ready for the run.
Popular in Europe, canicross involves running with your dog with a hands-free, tandem harness. Those who don't want to run or use the tandem harness can walk. The event also includes a 5K trail run for those who don't want to run with dogs.
Fees for the canicross run are $30-$35. Money raised benefits the Middleton Hounds.
11. Get a virtual coach
In our increasingly virtual world, online-oriented coaching is taking root.
Starting Jan. 2, former Try-Sports owner Jim Kirwan will launch Get America Moving with a free 30-day challenge for those who sign up on his website, www.getamericamoving.com.
Once signed up, participants will get information on choosing one of many programs Kirwan has designed from his years of working with beginning runners and the Healthy Charleston Challenge.
Kirwan says his target is people who are truly sedentary, not the self-motivated who just do it, including older people and those who make up the 35 percent of obese and overweight people in the United States.
As part of signing up for the challenge, Kirwan will provide another free gift, the Exercise BASICS Formula, to help people choose a longer-term program involving baseline activities (such as chores and climbing stairs), aerobic activity, strength training, interval workouts and stretching. Those who sign up will receive four informational videos and support PDF documents.
For those who want more, he will provide products for sale, such as the 52-week 5XFT fitness transformation plan, for $250 and "Anyone Can Run" training program for $125.
12. 1 to 100
Year-round, Charleston offers at least 150 runs, walks, bike rides and triathlons to set your sights on.
The list is too numerous to go into detail, but just the runs themselves include distances from one-mile, such as the Montague Mile (Aug. 3) in North Charleston to the new 100-mile Hell Hole Hundred trail race June 7 in the Francis Marion National Forest.
For a complete calendar, go to www.charlestonrunningclub.com.
Reach David Quick at 937-5516.
In the coming weeks, several clinics designed to get people ready for a 10K or 5K run or walk are being held, including the Summerville Family YMCAs 10-week Y in Training in advance of the Shamrock Shuffle in March.×
The 12-week Intro to Aerials at Aerial Fits Circus Building is designed for the beginner and is a comprehensive introduction to aerial silks, hoops, slings and static low trapeze that will build strength, confidence and familiarity with principles of movement in the air.×
The first Cupids Undie Run is just a one-mile run on Folly Beach, but should offer participants early incentives to get in bikini and board-short shape by Feb. 15.×
If youre not proficient at playing tennis, you wont get much of a workout from it. But Cardio Tennis, which is available at many local public and private clubs, helps both with fitness and finesse.×
Local chef and avid yogi Ken Immer created the Yoga 4 Men Workshop and Expo on Jan. 25 to try to help encourage more men into the local yoga scene.×


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TRENTON, N.J.-Jarek Cunningham's power outage showed its first spark of ending on Wednesday.
Cunningham belted a two-run home run as the Curve avoided being swept by Trenton, beating the Thunder 4-2 before 5,034 at ARM & HAMMER Park on Wednesday afternoon.
Cunningham, once in the midst of the Eastern League leaders in homers, hit his first homer since June 20 in the fourth inning off of Sean Greene. Greene got the loss for the Thunder, allowing two runs and seven hits.
Kenn Kasparek got the win, throwing four innings of relief work. He allowed just one hit and no runs.
Cunningham now holds the team lead with 15 homers and is sixth in the EL. He was tied with Andrew Lambo, who left on June 7.
Only Cunningham and Alex Dickerson have more than 10 home runs on the current roster.
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Next stop
Tonight: Altoona at New Hampshire, 7:05 p.m.
Pitchers: Curve RHP Ethan Hollingsworth (6-4, 3.38) vs. Fisher Cats LHP Sean Nolin (7-2, 2.45)
Record: 46-56
Covering the bases
LEADING OFF: Curve RHP David Bromberg left after just four innings of work. He allowed just two hits, one run and struck out five, throwing 62 pitches. Bromberg, who has been in the minors since 2006, has normally been allowed to go deeper into starts than most Curve starters but it's the second straight start Bromberg has gone four innings. He wasn't injured according to a team official.
SAFE AT FIRST: Curve CF Gregory Polanco collected two hits for the first time since July 12. Polanco is now hitting .268 this year down from .295 before he left for the All-Star Futures Game in New York. He is batting .200 in the last nine games.
STEALING SECOND: Former Curve OF Quincy Latimore is no longer with the Akron Aeros, an Eastern League foe of the Curve. He recently signed a contract to play with the Washington Wild Things of the Frontier League. Latimore, who was dealt in a trade for Jeanmar Gomez, spent two seasons with the Curve, blasting 30 homers and driving in 130 runs.
ROUNDING THIRD: Wednesday game was the last time the Curve and Thunder met this year. The Curve held a 6-3 record against the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees.
HEADING HOME: The Curve open up a four game series with New Hampshire tonight. It will be the second series the teams meet this year. The Curve swept the Fisher Cats in a three game series earlier in the year.
- Darian Somers
Cunningham recently appeared in the Eastern League Home Run Derby as a part of the all-star game festivities. However, the homer on Wednesday was his first post All-Star Break.
Through July, Cunningham has struggled hitting just .154 this month. Last month - when he hit five homer - he hit a season-high .247. He has driven in six runs this month, but in June, the Spokane native drove in 12 runs. In May he drove in 11 runs.
Cunningham's slugging percentage is also down at .215 from .518 last month, and his on-base percentage is .191 after it was over .300 the past two months.
Dickerson also contributed on Wednesday, driving in a run and going 2-for-4. Dickerson is batting .447 and has driven in eight runs, both team highs, in the past 10 games.
The Curve open up a series with New Hampshire tonight for four games before returning home on July 30.
Game recap
Key player: 2B Jarek Cunningham went 2-for-4 with two-run homer.
Key play: Cunningham's homer gave the Curve a 2-1 lead.
Key stat: It was his first homer since June 20.
How they scored
Bottom 1st: Corona walked, scored on Heathcott triple (1-0).
Top 4th: Howard singled, scored on Cunningham homer (2-1).
Top 7th: Rojas Jr. singled, scored on Santos single (3-1); Santos singled, scored on Dickerson single (4-1).
Bottom 9th: Stevenson walked, scored on Gils double (4-2).


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The Buffalo Chamber Players recently had to say farewell to an artist who, over the last few years, had been a collaborator and muse: painter Catherine Parker. She died in November at age 85.
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A man charged in December with burglarizing cars was at it again Tuesday, Buffalo police reported.
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JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — A county woman's involvement in a marijuana distribution ring has landed her on house arrest and probation, according to reports from the newspaper's news partner, WKB....
It appears they had to keep a prison cell open for one of them "real" criminals when they come along. I guess you can't really blame the dealers themselves for the actions of the people that break into places and steal other peoples' property to support their habits, or the actions of the people that have had their brain destroyed from chronic drug use and become violent, right?
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She got probation??? Probation?????
Um, that tells me that locally, drug sales are a sweet way to make money with basically no consequences. Go, ye poor or greedy, go and do likewise. There is mercy and grace to be found. Go and sell.
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Microsoft Android hatemongering #droidrage campaign backfires, brings on the #windowsrage
0. phoneArena 06 Dec 2012, 03:42 posted on
Microsoft has chosen an interesting way to promote its Windows Phone platform. First it was Nokia bashing Android phone makers, and now Microsoft itself tried to start an Android…
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1. Hammerfest (Posts: 383; Member since: 12 May 2012)
Once a big bowl of failure, always a big bowl of failure... at least when it comes to Microsoft
No, im not a linux/mac fan, I use Windows 7 primarily (XP before, because Vista blew arse), even have a Windows 8 desktop (of course, using StartIsBack and nuking the ugly and horribly crippled MetroPOS UI, all of the OS enhancements and none of the horrid Metro UI!)
6. pokharkarsaga (Posts: 384; Member since: 23 Feb 2012)
Apple & MS just don't want open source to be their competitor.Because they are aware that open source has the potential to deliver more than closed source.
8. Non_Sequitur (Posts: 1111; Member since: 16 Mar 2012)
I've always liked Windows 7. It's speedy, easy to use, lightweight, and EVERYTHING is compatible with it. You don't have to go to Linux support forums every time you want a program. One click. Download. Boom.
51. RapidCat (Posts: 351; Member since: 12 Jun 2012)
i think u need to see windows 8 speed. and its light. But metro UI make it worse. I test if for 3 days and back to windows 7
12. D.Aceveda (Posts: 396; Member since: 30 Jun 2012)
This is amazing. I bet someone over at Microsoft's PR team is getting canned
26. paulyyd (Posts: 338; Member since: 08 Jan 2011)
this is article is one big bowl of failure
32. Aeires (unregistered)
Your comment is a big bowl of failure served from a stewpot of failure that was cooked in a kitchen of failure.
2. g2a5b0e (Posts: 3724; Member since: 08 Jun 2012)
You'd think they would have learned after the whole "smoked by a Windows phone challenge (or whatever it was called)" fiasco, but apparently not.
10. phil2n (Posts: 487; Member since: 30 Apr 2012)
#windowsrage .. what goes around comes around.. big FAIL for MS.. i am a WP fan, but this time is Droid time.. Shame on you MS
3. redmd (Posts: 1268; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
they should just improve WP 8 and its features instead.
27. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 3761; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)
Have to agree with you.
I don't see Google doing stuffs like this...they quietly update and improve their ecosystem.
Being a fan of Windows...this here is just lame, stupendous, baseless, thoughtless...i can go on.
I don't mind a fair battle, but this is just a cheap shot, getting Newton's law right back.
Real mature of you Microsoft, real mature.
29. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Really well said
39. lumia920 (Posts: 112; Member since: 27 Nov 2012)
Nathan .....agreed
47. gwuhua1984 (Posts: 1237; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
The mobile OS war is starting sound like the Obama vs Romney Campaign....
4. kdealltheway (Posts: 94; Member since: 21 Oct 2012)
Goes to show that this is still young market, such childish behaviour...
5. cripton805 (Posts: 1440; Member since: 18 Mar 2012)
At first I liked Microsoft, but now theyre just trolling for attention.
Bill Gates needs to step in. The morons running his company are about to ruin it.
7. MeoCao (unregistered)
Haha, I love it. Let the rage burn those who want to play with fire.
Let Ballmer feel the heat.
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11. angelesmec (unregistered)
Nice try..That's what you get! Before critizing other, look at your own first.
13. SemperFiV12 (Posts: 944; Member since: 09 Nov 2010)
"Truth is malware is not really an issue on Android"... And this is after a favoring Android piece by Ray S., which at least was not delusional. There's bias, then there's "you don't know what the eff you are talking about"
Victor H you are somewhere even below that.
53. Zero0 (Posts: 592; Member since: 05 Jul 2012)
Strong assertion. Back it up. Show me the everyday users who are infected with malware.
Most who sideload apps know what they are doing, and won't have many issues. The average person is downloading apps from Google Play, which is quite clean. The few malware apps on the Play Store are probably pretty tough to find anyway.
14. kevkyle (Posts: 101; Member since: 21 Oct 2012)
so low......windows ;-(
- windows 8 doesn't need to throw trash at rival os
....it's goddam slick and smooth', )
15. Sniggly (Posts: 7305; Member since: 05 Dec 2009)
I said this would happen back when they ran this campaign the first time. Nice to see karma smack these bitches right in the gob.
So long as they keep up with bulls**t like Droidrage, I'm going to keep away from Windows Phone 8 and avoid promoting it to customers. If Microsoft wants to try to gain customers at the expense of disingenuous fear mongering, I'm going to give a little back to them.
19. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Spot on, pal.
Now just want WP8 to fail even harder that WP7.. they deserve it, both for their half assed effort, and this kind of attitude.
16. kanagadeepan (Posts: 922; Member since: 24 Jan 2012)
This is anyway expected...
17. ogy_dogy (Posts: 453; Member since: 29 Jun 2012)
Lol, "more mature one". Than why does my droid tablet crash every now and then and my lumia doesnt?
20. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
Because your Lumia OS has less capacity than some feature phone OS'?
Let's just see how Microsoft stacks up with Google when they implement all the android features in WP.
Oh and because you use a crappy tablet?
How come my S3 NEVER crashes?
How about a pile of Lumia 920 crash reports?
25. ogy_dogy (Posts: 453; Member since: 29 Jun 2012)
m8 having a shi.load of useless features doesnt make a os mature. its a dual core 1.6 ghz 1gb ram tablet, i think windows 8 would run perfectly on it, not to mention wp. and you must have a special s3, the display unit in local tmob store crashed the same moment i opened the browser. so i was like fu.k no! all in all i like using my android tablet but its anything but not a mature os.
28. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
How much space W8 takes up?
How much space WRT takes up?
Android is a much smaller software package, yet packed with features.
Again, let's see when M$ makes something like that and then we'll talk
30. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
Bam there goes dinamite
34. SleepingOz (unregistered)
You nailed it, dude! haha
38. ogy_dogy (Posts: 453; Member since: 29 Jun 2012)
What does the size of the os have to do with this? Fact of the matter is that android is unstable on 99% devices and wp is not, and neither is w8. And dont kid yourselves w8 crushes android in features but thats not my point. Wp is not a perfect os but android isnt either, not by a long shot... haters gunna hate..
40. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)
You are missing the point.. windows 8 wouldn't even fit in your tablet haha. And it would be a battery hog that would require an Intel processor.
I'm not saying android is perfect, just that everything has it's pros and cons.
There's a reason why WP tends to be smoother and why android tends to be less stable.
The point is, you can't have the cake and eat it, and it's really not fair to bash android based on comparison with a completely different, far less flexible product.
Even bashing it based on your personal experience seems off .. because my experience with android has been really fine for two years now.
Yeah I lied about the crashes on my S3! It crashed ONCE in three months.
And yeah, a lot of users apparently reported problems with WP8. So?
Let's just be objective here
43. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
Windows 8 crushes android in features? Bitch please? Also where you get that there are no issues on windows 8 ? And where is that 99% static comes from your behind?
46. coraphise (Posts: 2; Member since: 06 Dec 2012)
I love all the comments... and I was just planning to read through, but your comment intrigues me.
Android is unstable on 99% of devices? I don't know if that's true or not, but do you know where I see unstable Android? Virtually every damn phone, BECAUSE carriers and manufacturers feel the need to introduce crap that doesn't need to be there. Sure, they mean to "enhance" the phone, but they usually fail.
I've had a Droid for the past few years, and I don't care what contracts or agreements say, I will root every droid I have and install a custom ROM. Once that's done, assuming the ROM isn't some sort of beta still and I don't mod it myself, no issues whatsoever. All because the people that make that ROM give enough of a crap to make sure it runs right.
I've had 3 Windows Phones too (yay work!) and I haven't had issues with any of them; I know that's not always the case though. The difference is that if I do have an issue with a Windows phone, I have to return it to the carrier for a replacement or buy a new one, because I have yet to find information on unlocking my Windows Phone without paying Microsoft to be a developer.
56. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
"Fact of the matter is that android is unstable on 99% devices"
Thats the cue for everyone to not take this guy serious....
He must mean 99% of devices running Android 1.6...Android and the hardware has gotten better over the years.
31. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
What useless features you talk about dude?
37. ogy_dogy (Posts: 453; Member since: 29 Jun 2012)
Face unlock, voice commands, live wallpapers, need i go on?
42. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
Why is face unlock useless? Is faster than a password and cool..... Live wallpapers are fun, you ever seen them? You just jealous, voice commands? Are you serious dude? Then why MS has is own set of voice commands then? Voice is the future deal with it
You are just jealous you might need to wait a whole year to have some of those features fully operational on your bloated storage blogging useless OS witch won't even update you like all those 7x users sorry I don't see how windows phone is better than android
55. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
When he said voice commands were useless...lol.
44. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
And yeah go on, I want to hear the rest of your so called useless features list
45. SleepingOz (unregistered)
LMAO! Really? Go on! Cm'on is that all you can do?
Also these features are still more than you limited WP8 has to offer.
49. Whateverman (Posts: 3262; Member since: 17 May 2009)
You've gone off the deep in my friend. Unstable on 99% of all devices??? You could have gotten away with that 3 years ago, but the truth is Android is the most stable OS currently on the market. I haven't seen a forced close in two years now.
18. Edmund (Posts: 656; Member since: 13 Jul 2012)
So what do android fanboys do ?? Respond with something that has absolutely nothing to do with Windows Phone 8. Yeah, real clever guys (lmfao...)
22. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
At least Android folks are coming with more truth than MS. How can they respond about Windows 8? It hasn't been out long enough.
21. Tsepz_GP (Posts: 987; Member since: 12 Apr 2012)
LOL!!!! Hahahahaha!!! :'D
The best part is Google and the other OEMs havent even bothered to even try responding, they know their Androids will sell regardless, while MS and Nokia continue to struggle.
This #Droidrage campaign was bound to backfire, im just suprised it happened so quickly,great work Microsoft! :)
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"When you can't beat them, trashtalk them!"
Whinning butthurt loser's moto..
23. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
I am a fan of their desktop OS's, running Win 7 now. About to be done with XP. They really need to worry about making their own products better instead of the trash talking
35. amozhi (Posts: 130; Member since: 23 Oct 2012)
I expect Android (Chrome + Android) to be released officialy for desktop. This is the right time for Google to release Android for desktop.
If that happens, M$ will be in real trouble...
48. coraphise (Posts: 2; Member since: 06 Dec 2012)
You're probably right when it comes to using machines in an office environment, accept for a couple things:
1. Microsoft has been around so damn long it's become engrained in people's minds. Apple comes shortly after that.
2. Games - no matter what you think, right now most games are geared for Windows Operating systems.
If more people become willing to try alternatives, we have a better shot at seeing better products from all companies.
Regardless, bashing your competition was the wrong way to go Microsoft. :(
36. gazmatic (Posts: 795; Member since: 06 Sep 2012)
windowsrage makes no sense.. windows headache is a better term... again... if you use xp your opinion is irrelevant
57. jroc74 (Posts: 6005; Member since: 30 Dec 2010)
Do you develop software? If not I think you saying someone's opinion is relevant or not based on one's OS preference is irrelevant. And juvenile. Even if you dont write software saying that is irrevelant and juvinile.
Some ppl wrote software for XP and might not have the time, money and resources to make sure it runs just as good on Vista, 7 or 8. Maybe makers of older hardware havent got the time, money or resources to make drivers for Vista, 7 or 8.
Some businesses might not need to upgrade to Vista, 7 or 8. They might not be connected to the internet, be in a very secure environment so they dont have to worry about bugs, security issues in XP.
If you think technology is one size fits all...your opinion is irrelevant. You might as well be an iPhone fanboy thinking like that.
41. Bilpocalypse (Posts: 301; Member since: 13 Oct 2012)
Is it me, or is the phone industry starting to look like the political arena?
50. zippolite28 (Posts: 106; Member since: 28 Sep 2012)
Windows mobile was a power to run android and linux ... they could have modified same to tails or what ever ... but thay did a closed os and they are really closed .... just my pov ;-)
52. larrylawr (Posts: 1; Member since: 06 Dec 2012)
I never see microsoft adding any new functionality to their OS ever! The ribbon interface for windows explorer, the new taskmanager, and the fast boot up should all be available as a service pack for windows 7. Google would do it. MS won't! Always gotta pay with MS!
54. Bilpocalypse (Posts: 301; Member since: 13 Oct 2012)
You're talking about two completely different business models. MS makes money from software. Google makes theirs from advertising. MS needs to sell a new version of Windows every 5-7 years to turn a profit. Google turns profits by getting you to invest in their ecosystem (google,gmail, etc) so they can advertise to you.
58. MC1123 (Posts: 1255; Member since: 12 Nov 2012)
lol...both a failure to their parts!


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MUNCY — After a seven-year lapse, Kaitlyn Vandine, of Muncy, was selected as the 2013 Lycoming County Dairy Princess Sunday at Sones Farm Museum....
Great Job ladies! Represent your farmers and enjoy this year of educating the public about the dairy industry. I'm so pleased to see Lycoming has a princess and is getting their princess program up and running! John, an alternate princess does the same job as the princess...they represent the wholesome nutritious cow milk that is produced by the states dairy farmers. These girls go through a rigorous training program so a scandal is very unlikely.
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ALBANY – Negotiators at the Capitol have spent the past three days trying to iron out a deal to add new controls to assault-style weapons and other gun restrictions in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings.
But the sides are still apart, and a push by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to bring lawmakers back to Albany before Christmas is dead, though the governor and legislative leaders are still not completely ruling out a special session to take up the issue before the end of the year.
Cuomo, who has his eyes on a possible White House run in 2016, had been pushing hard, sources said, to get lawmakers back to town by today to try to become the first state to enact stronger gun laws since the killings last week in Connecticut.
But Thursday on an Albany radio station, Cuomo said there was still "a big difference of opinion'' between the sides.
"I highly doubt it,'' he said of the possibility of a special session before the end of the year.
Assembly and Senate members were told Thursday there would be no special session this week, but legislative leaders also told them to be prepared for a possible return by Jan. 1.
According to officials speaking on condition of anonymity, the talks involve new limits on sales of assault-style weapons, on large-capacity ammunition magazines, and more severe penalties for crimes involving guns. Assembly Democrats have been pushing to require periodic re-registration of gun licenses – one plan calls for once every five years. Some downstate localities, including New York City, have such re-registration requirements. "We're having meaningful conversations,'' Mike Whyland, a spokesman for Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, said Thursday.
Gun rights advocates questioned Cuomo's motivations for the push. "I think he's trying to set the stage for a run for president in four years and right now this idea of stricter control is in the hot spot because of the real disaster that happened in that school," said Budd Schroeder, chairman of the Shooters Committee on Political Education, a Buffalo-area gun owners rights group. "So he's going to take advantage of the moment and generate as much publicity as possible. I think it's just pandering." Schroeder said some of the ideas being discussed in Albany would make many commonly purchased guns illegal.
"New York has one of the stricter gun control laws in the nation, and it doesn't work any better than the no-gun-control laws in Vermont … They're trying to use this event to deny people in New York State the constitutional right to keep and bear arms,'' he said.
If there is no deal, Cuomo will outline his ideas on the topic in his Jan. 9 State of the State address. The rushed timing led to much speculation that officials also were trying to push through other issues before the start of a new legislative session – one that will feature an untested power-sharing deal in the Senate between Republicans and five breakaway Democrats.
Before Hurricane Sandy hit, all sides thought a special session was certain to take up issues like a minimum wage hike and a legislative pay raise. But officials said even if there is a special session, lawmakers recognize they could be committing political suicide by giving themselves a pay raise under the cover of returning to Albany to enact gun legislation.
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Commercial Loans- Expand your existing business or start up a new one.
Agriculture Loans- Livestock, machinery and equipment, operating lines, and real estate loans.
Home Equity Line of Credit- Let the equity in your home work for you. Loans of up to 90% loan to value and your interest may be tax deductible.
Please contact one of our loan officers to discuss a lending option tailored to your needs.