The Culvert Chronicles back issues from February 2008:
WAS SUPER TUESDAY REALLY SUPER?
Feb 07, 2008; ... The results are in and the experts are just as confused as ever. However, one thing is certain. This fight is going to go down to the wire. In the Democratic primary, Hillary and Obama both had credible showings. Both candidates have shown they are stellar campaigners and both have the ability ...
Congressman Weiner Visits Harlem
Feb 07, 2008; ... During a recent meeting in Harlem, which included lunch at Sylvia's Restaurant, Congressman Anthony D. Weiner of the ninth Congressional District, which spans parts of Brooklyn and Queens, met with long time Harlem realtor Dr. Eugene Webb of Webb and Brooker Realty. What could they be ...
The NYS Consumer Protection Board Holds Security Freeze Hearing
Feb 07, 2008; ... The New York State Consumer Protection Board (CPB) held a public hearing on security Freeze on February 6,2008 at the Empire State Plaza in Albany, where consumers and advocates, industry representatives, state and local government officials, and other interested parties offered comments on New ...
Dr. W. E. B. Dubois - AN AFRICAN AMERICAN LEGEND
Feb 07, 2008; ... Little Willie, as he was called by the people of his community, was the product of a single parent home. His father abandoned his mother when Little Willie was a child. Yet, this giant of a man did not let his condition of servitude, or his humble beginnings deter him from becoming one of the ...
Governor Announces Homeland Security Funding For Three Upstate Urban Areas
Feb 07, 2008; ... Governor Eliot Spitzer and Director of the New York State Office of Homeland security (OHS) Brigadier General F. David Sheppard recently announced that three additional Upstate urban areas - Rochester, Syracuse and Albany - will be eligible to receive Homeland security funding under the federal ...
Progressive Caucus Rallies Over 150 Members To Support Increased Food Stamp Benefits
Feb 07, 2008; ... Concerned about impoverished, low income and unemployed Americans, the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), led by co-chairs Congresswomen Barbara Lee (CA-9) and Lynn Woolsey (CA-6), have rallied over 150 Members of Congress to support increased food stamp benefits as an antipoverty measure ...
Former Bronx Building Superintendent Pleads Guilty To Attempted Kidnapping In The Abduction Of The 12 Year Old Daughter Of A Tenant
Feb 07, 2008; ... Bronx District Attorney Robert T. Johnson recently announced that Pedro Garcia, a former building superintendent, pled guilty to one count of Attempted Kidnapping in the 2nd degree in the abduction of the twelve-year-old daughter of a tenant in March 1998. Acting State Supreme Court ...
$30.7M In Transit Funding Announced
Feb 07, 2008; ... Governor Eliot Spitzer recently announced $30.7 million in state and federal transit funding for urban and rural public transportation systems to purchase new, clean-fuel buses and support infrastructure improvements to transit facilities. Collectively, these systems help transport more than 240 ...
A Child Next Door May Need Your Help
Feb 07, 2008; ... When four sisters were discovered dead in a Southeast Washington, D.C., rowhouse on January 9, the community and city were shocked. According to newspaper reports, the girls' bodies had been decomposing for many weeks before their discovery. Compounding the tragedy is the fact that for the ...
City Councilman Al Vann & Brownstoners Of Bedford Stuyvesant Salute Community Educators For A Job Well Done
Feb 07, 2008; ... On Thursday, January 31, New York City Councilman Albert Vann & the Brownstoners of Bedford Stuvesant hosted a special "Community Celebration Honoring Our Public Schools." The festive program, which saluted public school educators for their outstanding test performance and academic ...
Will DNA Make Racism Obsolete?
Feb 07, 2008; ... The new thing for the beautiful people is to have your DNA tested and traced to determine if your family tree contains any rich and famous people. A little known firm in Houston, Texas, named Family Tree DNA, has become the focal point for the new use for this service. Recent ...
Over $1M In Child Care Grants Announced
Feb 07, 2008; ... Governor Eliot Spitzer recently announced child care facilities across New York will receive over $1 million from the Child Care Block Grant. The child care grants will be used to launch and expand school-age child care programs and day care centers, creating 268 new child care slots. The funds ...
Thompson Addresses Foreclosure Crisis At Consumer Banking Conference
Feb 07, 2008; ... Addressing hundreds of New Yorkers at his foreclosure prevention and banking conference, New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. vowed that "we must take action" to overcome the national subprime mortgage crisis forcing thousands of area residents to struggle to hold onto ...
Words Of Wisdom, From One Harlem Son To Another
Feb 07, 2008; ... It was a big night for Harlem, as one trailblazer of the courts met another trailblazer of the U.S. Congress. The talented guard of Georgetown's storied basketball team, Jessie Sapp, a Harlem native, introduced Congressman Charles Rangel at the school's weeklong celebration of Martin Luther ...
Local Queens Non-Profit To Provide Free Tax Preparation For Seniors And Low-Income Residents
Feb 07, 2008; ... Benevolent Tax Professional Services, in partnership with the New York City Earned Income Tax- Credit (EITC) Coalition, is offering free tax preparation for low-income residents and seniors. If you make under $40,000, you are eligible to have your tax returns prepared for free by professional ...
Information Corner
Feb 07, 2008; ... NYCEDC And Department Of Small Business Services To Sponsor Free MAVBE Certification Workshop New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) and the City's Department of Small Business Services (SBS), in conjunction with the Jamaica Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise ...
Comrie Launches 2nd Annual Abolish The N-Word Essay Contest For NYC Middle School Students
Feb 07, 2008; ... Councilmember Leroy Comrie (D-Queens), with co-sponsors Abolish The N-Word Project Inc. and the UniverSoul Circus, has officially launched his second annual Black History Month Essay Contest, which will ask middle school students in New York City to consider abolishing the N-word. The theme of ...
Groundbreaking Ceremonies For First, New, Public, All Male School In New York City In 30 Years
Feb 07, 2008; ... Groundbreaking ceremonies were last month for The Eagle Academy For Young Men, a 78,211 S.F., $42 million, New Visions For Public School New Century High School. When completed in July 2009, the Eagle Academy will be a 4-story building with a mezzanine and basement level serving 567 boys from ...
Launch Of The Executive Principal Program Announced
Feb 07, 2008; ... Schools Chancellor Joel I. Klein and Council of School Supervisors and Administrators (CSA) President Ernest A. Logan recently announced the start of the Executive Principal program, in which expert principals are paid an annual bonus of $25,000 if they commit to leading struggling schools for ...
High School Teacher Sentenced To 4 ½ Years In Prison For Sexually Abusing Female Students
Feb 07, 2008; ... Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown recently announced that a former biology teacher at Cathedral High School in Manhattan was sentenced to 1 ½ to 4 ½ years in state prison for sexually abusing five of his former students. All of the attacks took place in Queens after school ...
Two Brothers Charged With Fraudulent Sale And Theft Of Equity In Retired Correction Officer's Queens Home
Feb 07, 2008; ... Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown recently announced that two brothers - one who had been employed at a Queens real estate brokerage firm and the other at the family's fish market in Brooklyn - have been charged with fraudulently selling the Cambria Heights residence out from under a ...
Manhattan Man Charged With Stealing $360,000 By Surreptitiously Taking Out Mortgage On Mother-In-Law's Queens Condo
Feb 07, 2008; ... Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown recently announced that an international businessman who resides in Manhattan has been charged with using a forged power of attorney to unlawfully obtain a $360,000 mortgage on his mother-in-law's condominium in the Little Neck section of ...
Two Queens Men Plead Guilty To Theft Of $400,000 In Diamonds
Feb 07, 2008; ... On February 5, District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced that two Queens men were charged with stealing personal identification information from nearly a dozen individuals in Queens County's Bangladeshi community have pleaded guilty to using the stolen information to purchase $400,000 in ...
'Pseudoaffective Communication' What It Is And Why Clinicians Must Be Aware Of Both Its Impact And Its Implications
Feb 07, 2008; ... "Pseudoaffective communication" occurs when a person's words and actions disagree. For example, patients who claim to fee fine, but look terrible; or, conversely, feel terrible, but look fine. When patients send these double or mixed messages, the meaning becomes unclear. Communication ...
Proton Therapy Innovator Puts Cancer Patients On A New Road To Recovery
Feb 07, 2008; ... (News USA) - When people think about cancer treatments, most only consider surgery, standard radiation or chemotherapy as options and usually know about the serious side effects associated. However, what most fail to recognize is a treatment known as proton beam therapy. Loma Linda ...
Ask Dr. Rochlen
Feb 07, 2008; ... Dear Dr. Rochlen: My dentist recently started a lot of work on my teeth. He sent me to another dentist to have one of my teeth extracted. This new dentist did agree with my dentists treatment plan. He told me I should go to him to finish the work. I am unsure of what to do. What do you ...
Stay Healthy With Organic Juice And Tea
Feb 07, 2008; ... (NewsUSA) - Wim more and more people becoming health-conscious these days, there's a nationwide trend headed in the direction of organic. All it takes is a walk through the aisles of your local grocery stores to notice a variety of organic cereals, meats, fruits and vegetables. Not to mention ...
Boost Your Circulation For Stronger Heart Health
Feb 07, 2008; ... (NewsUSA) - The expression "cold hands, warm heart" may convey tender sentiments in song lyrics and novels, but in real life it's neither romantic nor healthy to suffer from poor circulation. For many people, however, it's an all-too-common experience. Regardless of season or ...
Find Success Losing Winter Weight
Feb 07, 2008; ... (NewsUSA) - A few weeks after the last home-cooked meal is eaten at the final holiday gathering, many Americans start the new year unhappy with the person they see in the mirror and resolve to lose some unwanted weight. Yet, the majority of those lamenting their weight gain either abandon their ...
Parents Seek Options After FDA Questions Children's Medicines
Feb 07, 2008; ... (NewsUSA) - Many parents are wondering how to help their young children throughout the cough, cold and flu season after a special panel, convened by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, recommended the agency not allow many common wintertime, over-the-counter medicines to be given to children ...
Fend Off The Flu This Season
Feb 07, 2008; ... (NewsUSA) - If you find yourself coming down with a bad case of the sniffles this winter, you aren't the only one. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that each year 35 to 50 million Americans contract some strain of the flu, and children miss approximately 22 million ...
Listen Up: Get A Handle On Hearing Loss
Feb 07, 2008; ... (NewsUSA) - If you're constantly straining to hear a conversation at the office or turning up the volume when watching television, there's a good chance you are one of many Americans with a serious but common problem -; hearing loss. Losing your hearing can occur for a number of reasons, ...
Senior Safety Begins In The Home
Feb 07, 2008; ... (NewsUSA) - Household accidents can happen at any time and to people of all ages, but the likelihood increases exponentially with age. According to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, falls are the leading cause of death and serious injury among Americans age 65 and older ....
Do Your Medications Pose A Prescription For Confusion?
Feb 07, 2008; ... (NewsUSA) - Nearly half of Americans (48 percent) don't read their medications' instructions until after they have left the pharmacy and are taking the first dose, according to a recent Medicine Shoppe pharmacies survey. Medication instructions are often misunderstood, and resulting ...
Celebrate Black History Month With 'Invisible Mathematics'
Feb 07, 2008; ... Mathematics has always played a profound role in the lives of African Americans. Starting from slavery to the Information Age, mathematics has directed the lives of African Americans. It has ruled and caused pronouncements on them that may never have been fully understood. This is very ironic ...
Governor Spitzer Announces Launch Of Working Families Food Stamp Initiative
Feb 07, 2008; ... Program Seeks to Increase Enrollment among Eligible Working Families Governor Eliot Spitzer today announced die launch of the Working Families Food Stamp Initiative, an effort to dramatically expand and simplify Food Stamp eligibility statewide to help more families achieve economic security. By ...
ON AND OFF BROADWAY
Feb 07, 2008; ... ON AND OFF BROADWAY If you have children to entertain, they will warm to "The Little Mermaid" at LuntFontanne theatre on 46th Street close to Broadway based on the film and Hans Christian Anderson's original sad fairy tale about mermaid Ariel who longed to shed her tail for land legs so ...
Andre De Shields To Direct Hair The American Tribal Love Rock Musical At Buffalo State College
Feb 07, 2008; ... Two-time Tony Award nominee André De Shields will direct a production of HAIR The American Tribal Love Rock Musical at Buffalo State College. Performances aré March 13-15 and March 20-22 at Warren Enters Theatre, Upton Hall in Buffalo, NY. De Shields is no stranger to this groundbreaking ...
Wendy Williams And Barc Announce Month-Long Campaign To Benefit Morehouse College
Feb 07, 2008; ... In honor of Black History Month, Wendy Williams, the Queen of All Media, and Bare, the leader in grooming products for AfricanAmerican men, recently announced a monthlong fundraising effort to benefit Atlanta's Morehouse College. Ten percent of the proceeds raised from the purchase of ...
Quintet Of The Americas To Present Concert At Bayside Senior Center, Featuring Music Of Douglaston Composer James Cohn
Feb 07, 2008; ... The Quintet of the Americas will be in concert on Friday, February 15, at 10 AM, at Bayside Senior Center, 221-15 Horace Harding Boulevard in Bayside, Queens, New York. This special program will celebrate the 80th birthday of Douglaston composer James Cohn ...
Lifetime Television Commemorates Black History Month With I Have A Dream All-Day Programming Event
Feb 07, 2008; ... Lifetime Television is commemorating Black History Month in February with a special all-day programming event on Saturday, February 16, from 11 AM-11 PM (ET/PT), featuring six films highlighted by the premiere of the Lifetime Original Movie "Racing for Time," starring Emmy Award-winning actor ...
The International Street Cannibals Present Strike: A Chamber Music, Boxing And Dance Event In B'klyn
Feb 07, 2008; ... The International Street Cannibals, members of the Sirius Quartet, Alan Good, dancer, Bruce Silverglade and the boxers of the legendary Gleason's Gym will present Strike! - a unique boxing, dance and chamber music event on Saturday, February 16, at 8 PM at Gleason's Gym, 77 Front Street in ...
NY Metro Chapters Of The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Celebrates Their 14th Annual Carter G. Woodson Memorial Awards Program
Feb 07, 2008; ... The NY Metro Chapters of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc on February 1 st celebrated their 14th Annual Carter G Woodson Memorial Awards Program titled " A Celebration of Excellence" Recognizing the Outstanding Achievements of African Americans at the Council Chambers at City Hall. This ...
SO, THIS IS WHAT YOU DO!
Feb 07, 2008; ... Question; I love my profession. Administrators and parents make it very difficult to do the job that I love. How do I minimize the affect administrators and administrative wannabes have to effectively do my job? Michelle I sympathize with you. Evil people always wanfrto ...
Easy Ways To Make Saving Money A Breeze
Feb 07, 2008; ... (StatePoint) Everybody wants to save more money and spend less. But it always seems like you have to make big sacrifices in order to save up for big goals - like taking that dream vacation, buying a house or building a retirement nest egg. However, a few simple steps can make it easier ...
Lagat Steals Show At Garden
Feb 07, 2008; ... SPORTS BEAT Sherridan Kirk was the rabbit and set the early pace for the elite runners and small field in the Wanamaker Mile, the feature event of the 101st running of the Millrose Track and Field Games at Madison Square Garden, more noted for basketball and hockey than for track ...
Gov. Spitzer Unveils New York Giants Super Bowl XIII Champions License Plate
Feb 07, 2008; ... Governor Eliot Spitzer recently announced the availability of the New York Giants Super Bowl XLII Champions custom license plate for fans throughout the State. The custom plate features the NFL New York Giants' big blue NY logo with the words "Super Bowl Champions XLII" underneath in the ...
Giants Win! Giants Win!
Feb 07, 2008; ... When a team starts a season with an 0-2 record and enters a playoff tournament fifth seeded this squad is given a little or if any chance to win the whole thing. But it happened in Super Bowl XLl 1 over heavily favored New England, who has been there before and who came into the final ...
BAM ROLLS; HIL'S EXPERTS FALTER
Feb 14, 2008; ... After Tuesdays wins in Maryland, D.C. and Virginia maybe Hillary's experts need to go back to the drawing board. The experts have put Hillary in a precarious position where if she wins, she can lose and if she loses, she can lose. By not anticipating what the electorate would do, they advised ...
The Agony, The Ecstasy And The Excitement Of 2008
Feb 14, 2008; ... Not since the days of John Fitzgerald Kennedy has America seen a candidate awaken the voters from the slumber of apathy to the excitement of concern the way Barrack Obama has. He has left a mark on the political scene that Tide, Bleach, Mr. Clean, Ajax, or Comet cannot remove. Whenever he is ...
State Finds Millions In Unreported Wages And Underpayments To Workers Due To Illegal Labor Practices
Feb 14, 2008; ... The Department of Labor recently announced the initial findings of the Joint Enforcement Task Force on Worker Misclassification. In its first four months, the Task Force discovered that more than 2,000 workers had been misclassified: a situation where employers improperly treat their workers as ...
Governor Spitzer Announces Additional Heating Assistance To Combat Rising Energy Prices
Feb 14, 2008; ... Governor Eliot Spitzer recently announced that additional emergency home heating assistance is being made available to New York's most vulnerable residents, in response to rising energy costs. The state has approved offering a second emergency benefit to qualified applicants through the Home ...
George Washington Carver - AN AFRICAN AMERICAN LEGEND
Feb 14, 2008; ... There is no accurate record of the birth of George Washington Carver. It is assumed he was born about 1864. He was born on the Moses Carver plantation. While still an infant, he and his mother were kidnapped by slave raiders. He was returned to the plantation, but his mother was never heard from ...
Manhattan BP Stringer Outlines Policy Initiatives In Housing, Health, Small Business
Feb 14, 2008; ... Saying that "We may never see another time when the opportunity to get things right - and the cost of getting things wrong - is so great," Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer recently outlined a series of current and proposed policy initiatives designed to increase the supply of ...
Lessons In Black Studies
Feb 14, 2008; ... Introduction To Black Studies Last week, we said lessons in Black Studies would be suspended for the Month of February. You said no. You are the boss. Please do not beat me up; I will not try that again. The phone has been ringing off the hook. You informed me that many of you are ...
HUD Secretary Encourages Congress To Complete Work On FHA Reform Legislation
Feb 14, 2008; ... Homeowners are desperately waiting for Congress to approve final legislation that will give hundreds of thousands families access to government-backed options for refinancing their existing mortgages. In a letter to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and ...
The New York Urban League's Champions Of Diversity Awards Salutes Companies
Feb 14, 2008; ... On February 11th, the New York Urban League's Champions of Diversity Awards salutes companies that understand the need for diversity in the job market. They embrace diversity to its fullest potential and truly understand to succeed in today's competitive market; diversity must be reflected in ...
Making Sure Our Children Know Their History
Feb 14, 2008; ... "Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history." So said Dr. Carter GL Woodson, the scholar and historian who is called "The Father of Black History," and who founded Negro History Week in 1926 to ...
Phenomenal Women History-Makers Take The Honors At The One Hundred Black Men, Inc. 28th Annual Benefit Gala
Feb 14, 2008; ... A Tribute to Women Leaders is this year's theme as One Hundred Black Men, Inc. of New York City (OHBM) honors four history-making women at its 28th Annual Benefit Gala on Thursday, February 21 at the New York Hilton Grand Ballroom, 1335 Avenue of the Americas at 54th Street. The benefit will ...
The Harlem Myth
Feb 14, 2008; ... The horse is out of the barn. The Harlem Community is gentrified, and the nouveau Monday morning quarterbacks are all claiming they knew what was going to happen. In fact some people have the audacity to claim they are Harlemites. You are not a Harlemite unless you were born in New York ...
Engel Lauds Resolution Honoring Haitians Who Fought In American Revolution
Feb 14, 2008; ... The House of Representatives Tuesday passed a resolution commemorating the courage of the Haitian soldiers who fought for American independence. The resolution also honors Haiti's declaration of independence and renunciation of slavery in 1804. Congressman Eliot L. Engel, the Chairman of the ...
Wal-Mart Foundation Donates $250,000 To Museum Of African-American History
Feb 14, 2008; ... In celebration of Black History Month, the Wal-Mart Foundation today announced that it is donating $250,000 to the Museum of African American History in Boston. These funds will be used for the restoration of the African Meeting House, a National Historic Landmark and the oldest extant black ...
Super Bowl Champion Giants Honored With Tickertape Parade
Feb 14, 2008; ... New Orleans may have had Mardi Gras, but if you were looking for the biggest party in America last Tuesday, there was only one place to be: Lower Manhattan. That's where the New York Giants celebrated their amazing come-from-behind victory in Super Bowl 42 with one of our city's world-famous ...
Speaker Quinn Introduces Plans To Help NY Through Challenging Economic Times
Feb 14, 2008; ... In her annual State of the City Address held on February 12, at City Hall, Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn introduced a series of proposals to support New Yorkers during difficult economic times. The speech balanced a call for continued fiscal responsibility with initiatives to stimulate the ...
Information Corner
Feb 14, 2008; ... Monumental Light Sculpture Electric Fountain To Illuminate Rockefeller Center Soon to electrify Rockefeller Center is Electric Fountain, a spectacular 3-D LED light sculpture in the form of a massive fountain by acclaimed British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster, February 27 -April 5 at ...