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Raymond Felton. (Last week: 4) Yeah, Kidd gets some blame, but it's mostly Felton who's been getting scorched by opposing guards. Whether he's fighting over a pick or ducking beneath it, Felton loses track of any even remotely speedy guard attempting to penetrate. Not helping matters: Despite revealing that he's got bone bruises on both hands, Ray's been calling his own number more than ever. The Knicks need someone else to step up when Melo sits, but Felton chucking pull-up twenty-footers with two busted paws doesn't feel like the ideal solution.
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Now, the defensive problems are a bit alarming, and go in line with a general weakening on the defensive end from the whole team, but Felton's problems on offense are somewhat tricky. Felton has been gamely playing through bone bruises in both hands. It not only sounds painful, but the hands, as you may know, loom prominently in the art of shooting. No one has yet mastered any form of shooting that would not require the hands, though I'm sure someone is out there working on it.
But given that's the case, one might think Felton would look to shoot less, and instead focus more on setting up his teammates. The problem there, of course, is that the Knicks have played without Carmelo Anthony for four games this month, leaving Felton as one of the few Knicks who can create his own offense.
Felton's shooting has naturally regressed since his torrid start to the season, but really his struggles from the field just serve to highlight how nice it will be when the Knicks are able to get both Anthony and Stoudemire back in the rotation. Ray Ray has gallantly stepped in to try and pick up some of the scoring slack, but the Knicks will be better served when his focus is back to distributing the ball.


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WEST CARTHAGE Carthage Mennonite Church, which had been bursting at the seams at its former home at 235 Spring St., Carthage, finally has a new building at 20295 County Route 45, just outside the West Carthage village limits.
Besides offering more space, senior pastor David K. Haldeman said, the new facility will be generally more accessible as well as handicapped-accessible, will have more parking space and will be energy-efficient.
The 4,320-square-foot facility more than doubles the space of the Spring Street church. The sanctuary doubles as an all-purpose room and has no pews, but features chairs that can be rearranged to fit the needs of any activity.
The building also has six classrooms and a nursery with a window adjacent to the worship area. Mr. Haldeman said the main entrance is in the rear of the church and was designed to allow for expansion.
The church was built by Heart of David Construction Inc., Lowville, and interior work was performed by Wendell Moser Construction.
The installation of a kitchen is planned, Mr. Haldeman said.
In 2007, the Rev. Edward J. Roggie, then lead pastor of the church, presented to the Champion Planning Board plans for construction of a larger worship hall. About two years ago, ground was broken for the outer Bridge Street structure.
The first service in the new church will be Sunday. Weekly Sunday school for all ages begins at 10:15 a.m., followed by the worship service at 11:15.
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The Mennonite Church began with Bible studies in the home of Earl and Noreen Zehr and others in 1954.
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Non U.S. Parts.......not made in the U.S.A...........really sad......
@ Phil, it's at least being assembled in the US. It's actually a truly international airplane, parts coming from Ireland, France, Germany, and of course Mexico.
Do they advertise that it's made in the USA? I mean, Lear is owned by Bombardier, which is a Canadian company after all.
No, it's 'made' all over, fuselage comes from quetaro mexico, wings from Belfast Ireland (I think), landing gear from france, plus many other international suppliers, although plenty in the US too.
Correction, wings are from quetaro too. I know some part of the structure is made in the old shorts brothers factory in Belfast though.
Since this is a development craft, the bid dollar question is "from where will the production parts come?" Am reminded of Alan Sheppard's comment on low bidders.
The suppliers of the prototype parts will also supply the production parts.
Until they discontinue production? Wouldn't make sense to double-bid everything and requalify new suppliers after building an entire supply chain.
I guess it's Economics 101.......... Produce it for a lot less.....then sell it for a lot more.....and by the way, Cessna and other OEMs are going to produce full aircraft in China for the "China market"......yea right..."China Market" is worldwide.... Been to Walmart, Kmart, Target ect. lately! ?........some will end up here in North, Central and South America....count on it! I don't blame the Chinese....it's only business. They're the smart ones! As for our decisions(Government) .......oh well........


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ADAMS The Hearthstone Ministries Thrift Store will have to find a new location after receiving an eviction notice from the owner of its East Church Street space.
The notice requires the store to be cleared by the end of the month, with an attorney for the buildings owner saying it was her understanding that the property is going to be sold.
William A. Sampson, who runs the store with his wife, the Rev. Susan M. Sampson, said he was delivered the notice late Friday afternoon by a woman he knew only as an infrequent customer.
We were devastated when we found out, Mr. Sampson said. How are we going to be able to help the community?
He said the store, which the couple started with $3,000 in the bank, would mark two years at its location at 11 Church St. on Tuesday.
Since receiving the notice, Mr. Sampson said, he has tried to reach Peggy A. Brouty, who owns the stores building through P.A.B. Enterprises, with no success.
I wish we could get an answer, Mr. Sampson said. Thats our problem, we have no information.
Mr. Sampson said the eviction was even more surprising since he and his wife had talked with Ms. Brouty about working out some kind of long-term lease or purchase of the building, and were in the process of a fundraiser to help make a down payment.
We really wanted to work with her and make things nice, and be here for our community, he said.
A message left Tuesday with Ms. Brouty was not returned. The eviction notice was crafted by Catherine Burns Quencer, of Schwerzmann & Wise P.C., Watertown.
Mrs. Quencer explained the timing of the eviction notice was typical for removing a month-to-month renter.
Mr. Sampson acknowledged the store was not a large moneymaker, generating $50 or less on bad days to about $200 on good days. However, he said, the stores value was as a space for residents, especially older ones, to spend time.
They just want someone to talk with, he said. Its a community place to hang out.
Within the past two weeks, Mr. Sampson said, the store had raised about $820 toward making a down payment for the building through a fundraiser and raffle drawing.
This is an economically depressed area, he said. Thats huge for around here.
Mr. Sampson said he and his wife were looking at contingency plans for the store, and had been offered a space in Adams Center that he said he needed to do more research about.
He also said that David F. Belloff had offered the thrift shop space at his Main Street store location to store its items until the couple found a new location.
Connie A. Elliott, president of the South Jeff Chamber of Commerce, said she was saddened to hear the news of the shops looming eviction.
They do a lot of things for people in the town and people that are down on their luck, Ms. Elliott said.
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CANTON When college students are asked about their island spring break plans, they usually name destinations such as Cozumel, Mexico, Ochos Rios, Jamaica, or Panama City Beach, Fla. but a group from St. Lawrence University chose to spend its weeklong break in Staten Island.
Staff and students volunteered with Tunnels to Towers, a charitable community organization founded in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States. While there, they assisted with relief and recovery efforts left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
We stayed at Wagner College, said Danielle M. McBride, Rochester. A big component was talking to the people. They genuinely cared about each other. They were still hopeful for what could be and they expressed how appreciative they were that groups were still coming to help.
They were accompanied by staff members Lauren E. Stemler, Belvedere, N.J., and Angelica M. Soto, Oneonta, both residential coordinators.
We mainly worked installing insulation and drywall, Ms. Stemler said. We also helped at one of their relief centers, handing out boxes of food, cleaning supplies and toys for children.
For me, I have a lot of friends in New York City, Ms. Soto said. This pulled at my heartstrings.
While in the New York City region, the group got a first-hand glimpse into the lingering destruction almost five months after the storm made landfall.
There was a mountain of garbage on the beach a mile high, said Reuben G. Wolf, a student from Coral Springs, Fla. It didnt look like anyone was going to clean it up.
Ms. McBride was struck by the random destruction left by Sandys path.
One street could be fine; the next could have a couple of feet of water, she said. One block would look perfectly normal; the next would have houses with Xs painted on them and empty lots.
The group expressed concern that state and federal governments would forget about the storms impact, Ms. Stemler said.
It seems like it is so far after the storm, people are beginning to move on to other projects, she said. Its going to take years to clean this up.
The experience was organized through the universitys Volunteer Services office. The trip is part of a growing trend of college students taking alternative spring breaks, where the free week is spent doing charity and community service work.
Were grateful that St. Lawrence University provides opportunities like this for us, Ms. McBride said.
Another group from the university traveled to Winston-Salem, N.C., to volunteer in a Habitat for Humanity construction project.
Many St. Lawrence University students and staff have made volunteerism a regular part of their campus life, Ms. Stemler said.
A lot of us going on trips are involved in service year round, she said. It is a good way to go out and do something meaningful for the community.
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I really didnt have anywhere else to go, Mr. Wolf said. Im glad I got into the trip.
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Adm. Viktor Chirkov was in the U.S. as a guest of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert.
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Mechanisms of Oncogenesis by Gammaherpesvirus.
Key words: oncogenesis, viruses and cancer, viral oncology, Tumor Virology, Gene therapy, Kaposi's Sarcoma, Epstein-Barr Virus, Lymphoproliferative disease, Lymphomas.
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus (KSHV) are associated with a number of human malignancies. These include Burkitt's lymphoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, Hodgkin's lymphoma, breast carcinoma, Kaposi's sarcoma and body cavity based lymphoma. We are investigating the fundamental mechanisms utilized by these gammaherpesviruses to induce cell mediated growth transformation. We are using genetics, genomics and biochemical approaches to establish unknown pathways involved in these cellular events and attempting to develop models that explain how gammaherpesviruses establish transformation in human cells.
EBV infects human B-lymphocytes and is the etiological agent of infectious mononucleosis. In vitro EBV efficiently growth transforms primary B-lymphocytes. Studies have demonstrated that only a subset of the viral latent genes is essential for EBV mediated transformation. One such gene is the EBV nuclear antigen EBNA3C. EBNA3C is a large nuclear transcription factor involved in modulating transcription activated by a cellular repressor RBP-Jkappa and other transcription factors. We are interested in other related functions of EBNA3C through its interactions with a number of other cellular molecules. Screens to identify other cellular targets have identified a number of interesting targets associated with EBNA3C. These molecules are involved in cell division, metastasis, apoptosis, cell cycle regulation and regulation of protein degradation. We are currently pursuing a number of these molecules in an effort to demonstrate their biochemical, structural and functional relevance in human cancers.
KSHV is the second human oncogenic herpesvirus, associated with Kaposi's sarcoma (KS) and pleural effusion lymphomas (PELs) or body cavity based lymphomas (BCBLs). KSHV also belongs to the human gammaherpesvirus family with collinear homology to EBV. KSHV infects human B-cells and endothelial cells. The mechanism of KSHV mediated oncogenesis is not understood. Our laboratory is involved in the elucidation of the mechanisms by which KSHV persists and establishes persistent infection in the associated human cancers.
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Selected PublicationsKnight, J., Sharma, N., Robertson, ES: EBV Laten Antigen 3C Can Medicate the Degradation of the Retinoblastoma Protein through an SCF Cellular Ubiquitin Ligase. Prooceedings of the National Academy of Sciences In press.
Verma, S., Lan, K., and Robertson, E.S.: Structure and Function of LANA encoded by KSHV. In Kaposi's Sarcoma Herpesvirus. Springer Press, London, England, In Press.
Knight, J.A. and Robertson, E.S.: Epstein-Barr virus and Cell Cycle Regulation. In Epstein Barr Virus. Horzion Press, London, UK, Page: 50 - 532, 2005.
Si, H., and Robertson E.S.: Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Encoded Latency-associated Nuclear Antigen Induces Chromosomal Instability through Inhibition of P53 Function. Journal of Viriology 80(2): 697 - 709, 2006.
Sharma, N., J.S. Knight, and E.S. Robertson: Conserved cell cycle regulatory properties within the Amino-Terminal Domain of the Epstein-Barr Virus nuclear Antigen 3C Virology 346(2): 379 - 384, March 2006.
Murakami, M., Lan, K. Subramanian, C., and Robertson, E.S.,: The Epstein-Barr Virus nuclear antigen 1 interacts with Nm23-H1 in lymphoblastoid cell lines and inhibits its ability to suppress cell migration. Journal of Virology 79: 1559-1568, 2005.
Lan, K., Kuppers, D.A., Verma, S., Sharma, N., Murakami, M. and Robertson, E.S.: Induction of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus latency-associated nuclear antigen by the lytic transactivator RTA: Novel mechanism for establishment of latency. Journal of Virology 79(12): In Press, June 2005.
Knight, J.S., Sharma, N. and Robertson, E.S.: SCF(Skp2)complex targeted by Epstein-Barr virus essential nuclear antigen. Molecular and Cell Biology 25(5): 1749 - 1763, March 2005.
Kuppers, D.A., Lan, K., Knight, J.A., Robertson, E.S.: Regulation of MMp-9 expression by Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 3C and the suppressor of metastasis Nm23-H1. Journal of Virology 79: 9714 - 9724, 2005.
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That headline is intentionally misleading -- the "passenger" was an off-duty 747 pilot. It's also a duplicate squawk.
Not so much of a headline news since the passenger was a pilot himself. If he wasn't, then I'd be jealous...
This flight is between 7:15 and 8:30 long depending on wind intensity, now knowing LH strict adherence to regulations and then some, this crew must have had at least one extra pilot, I think.
Isn't this every pilot's dream? The flight attendant announces "is anyone here a pilot?" You raise your hand and head forward to save the day :-)
Totally of the subject but involving Lufthansa: Does anybody know if they still have a flight training school at Tucson International. They used to years ago but did not know if they still did.. They in particular were training 737 and 747 pilots there due to 360+ flying days out of the year.
Tks, do you happen to know when they moved it? I was at Tuscon in 68. They were there then.
hey a "re-post" I have never read before.
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yeah, that and a 747 can be flown all day long with only one pilot. The most ridiculous easy airplane i ever flew.
Obviously I mean. I mean anyone who's ever watched the movie "Airplane" could've told you that. Lol ;)
The media is just chomping at the bit for another plane crash.
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Long before Larkin and his famous soap company or his Frank Lloyd Wright designed administration building, this area was known as "The hydraulics". A history that came as a surprise to even Larkin Development Group Partner Howard Zemsky.
"It was established in 1827, so this was the earliest industrial part of Buffalo, even before the city was incorporated in 1832."
Back to when this land was still frontier, in fact still part of the Buffalo Creek Reservation, and home to Seneca leader Red Jacket. But in that landscape, an association came together, led by Ebenezer Johnson, who would go on to become Buffalo's first mayor. The group established a textile manufacturing center, using water power harnessed from the Buffalo River and Little Buffalo Creek. It wasn't hydro-electricity, but a series of canals that used gravity and waterflow to power the mills in the various factories. It was an important piece of Buffalo's history, the remnants of which are still here.
Zemsky tells me, "Interestingly, that mill race, runs diagonally underneath this building, right out to the Buffalo River. And Hydraulics Street runs to the east of our building where, not coincidentally, is where the hydraulic canal used to be located."
Zemsky took me on a tour of the Larkin underbelly, and there in the basement it is. A peculiar hump, that rises about 4 feet from the main floor level. It is the housing of an original hydraulic canal. Out under the surrounding streets, accessible only through the sewer system, are what is left of some of the other canals. A trickle of history, that remains from the industrial birthplace of Buffalo, under a neighborhood redevelopment that many hope will be a part of the re-birth of the Queen City. Or as Howard Zemsky puts it, "What goes around comes around."


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Webster Police Chief Gerald Pickering Monday commended officers for their quick-thinking and heroic actions on Lake Road Christmas Eve morning.
Volunteer firefighters Michael Chiapperini, 43, who was also a lieutenant in the Webster Police Department, and Tomasz Kaczowka, 19, were killed in an ambush by gunman William Spengler Jr. while responding to a fire on Lake Road early Dec. 24. Spengler later shot himself.
West Webster Firefighters Joseph Hofstetter and Theodore Scardino suffered serious injuries. An off-duty Greece police officer at the scene, John Ritter, was hit by shrapnel and suffered minor injuries.
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He returned to his patrol car and retrieved a service rifle. Reed saw multiple muzzle flashes coming from the north side of the road, Pickering said.
Reed took cover behind the northwest corner of a house, told dispatchers that first responders were being fired upon and returned fire, Pickering said. Reed fired six shots in all.
Though he didn't hit Spengler, Pickering said Reed's actions on Christmas Eve "directly impacted the actions of the shooter."
Spengler was armed with three guns and more than 400 rounds of ammunition on him.
"He never expected police to return fire," Pickering said.
Reed, a three-year Webster Police veteran, was dispatched to Lake Road along with West Webster firefighters, which is protocol requiring police to respond with all fire and EMT calls within Webster.
Five or six minutes passed between when Spengler fired the first of 58 shots and when he took his own life, Pickering said.
As Reed returned fire, Hall hid behind a ballistic shield and ran into Lake Road to help Kaczowka, who was laying on the ground.
"I initially thought he was covering himself from the shots," Hall said. "I thought when I ran up, I'd put my hand on his back, he'd get up and we'd run away. As as I put my hand on him, I realized it wasn't going to happen."
Hall retreated, retrieved his patrol rifle and later set up a perimeter with Webster police officer Shaun Welch and Irondequoit police officer Doug Pollock.
All four officers risked their lives and saved others' lives, Pickering said.
"It's my belief that he intended to take far more lives," Pickering said of Spengler. Once someone returned fire, Spengler had three options - be apprehended, die in a shootout with police or kill himself, Pickering said.
He ran west, about 200 or 300 feet along a berm by Lake Ontario, before he headed towards the rocks and shot himself.
"What happened was terrible," Pickering said. "But it was also a blessing," because it could have been far worse.
"We have to regroup," Pickering said of the 25-member police department. "We're broken, but we're strong. We'll pull together and move forward."
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