Hot 97 DJ Cipha Sounds apologizes after saying he avoids HIV by not hooking up with Haitian women
BY Michael J. Feeney
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
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Hot 97 DJ Cipha Sounds apologizes after saying he avoids HIV by not hooking up with Haitian women.
The votes were mainly along party lines, with a few Democrats voting against the act. Supporters said that the act would boost military recruitment, college enrollment and the economy, and many seem heartbroken. Julieta Garibay, who moved to America when she was 12, as a master's degree in nursing and yet is undocumented, said, "You work so hard for your degree, and then you just need to put it on hold. It's no longer a matter of politics. These are lives, and this is my future. We're going to remember who voted against us and we're going to hold them accountable. It's been enough talk, it's been enough promises and compromises."
Though it's unlikely that many DREAM Act supporters would find themselves supporting the GOP, the failure of Senate Democrats to band together for the 60 required votes is an extra blow to many who believed the party was on their side. President Obama called the vote "incredibly disappointing," and said in a statement, "Our nation is enriched by their talents and would benefit from the success of their [immigrants] efforts...There was simply no reason not to pass this important legislation."
A white supremacist group is taking action against Idris Elba and the producers of the upcoming movie "Thor" because the English actor has been cast to play the role of a Nordic character.
Elba, who is of African descent, will play the deity Heimdall, an all-seeing and all-knowing guardian, in the Marvel Studios feature. According to the Council of Conservative Citizens, Elba's casting is an example of "leftwing social engineering."
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Duke lacrosse accuser convicted of child abuse
By EMERY P. DALESIO
The Associated Press
Friday, December 17, 2010; 6:06 PM
DURHAM, N.C. -- A woman who authorities said falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of rape four years ago has been found guilty by a North Carolina jury of misdemeanor child abuse and damaging property.
A Durham County jury on Friday convicted 32-year-old Crystal Mangum of contributing to child abuse or neglect, injury to personal property, and resisting a public officer stemming from a February confrontation with her live-in boyfriend. Mangum was sentenced to time already served before she was released on bail earlier this year.
The jury deadlocked 9-3 on a felony arson charge, and Superior Court Judge Abraham Jones declared a mistrial.
Police said Mangum piled her boyfriend's clothing into a bathtub and set it on fire while her three children and two police officers were inside the apartment.
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - A woman who authorities said falsely accused three Duke University lacrosse players of rape four years ago has been found guilty by a North Carolina jury of child abuse and damaging property.
A Durham County jury on Friday convicted 32-year-old Crystal Mangum of contributing to child abuse or neglect. She was also convicted of injury to personal property, and resisting a public officer stemming from a February confrontation with her live-in boyfriend. All the charges were misdemeanors.
The jury deadlocked 9-3 on a felony arson charge, and Superior Court Judge Abraham Jones declared a mistrial.
Police said Mangum piled her boyfriend's clothing into a bathtub and set it on fire while her three children and two police officers were inside the apartment.
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Kuhr claims that the classes he was assigned to teach were so out of control that one day last January he doubled over in pain, "prompting an administrator to rush to his aid." But it wasn't until he submitted a second note from a doctor that he was able to get away from those monsters and teach the more refined, civilized seniors. The lawsuit alleges that he was "unduly singled out for schoolwide problems" and that the administration, which is mostly Hispanic, was trying to get him to resign because he's a white observant Jew.
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Do you Vodou? Show offers insight into Afro-Carib religion
Check it out this weekend at Five Myles.
By Meredith Deliso
Courier-Life
Last Updated: 12:45 PM, December 12, 2010
Posted: 12:45 PM, December 12, 2010
Do you Vodou?
Stephanie Keith does. The Clinton Hill resident has spent nearly five years capturing Brooklyn’s Vodou community — specifically, photographing the religious ceremonies and practices hosted by Mambo Marie Carmel in her Flatbush basement.
“I’ve always been interested in religion, but I just love the beat of the drums, the songs, and the energy that’s created between the participants,” said Keith. “It just seemed so free.”
Keith’s passion in shooting the ceremonies culminated this past summer in book, “Vodou Brooklyn: Five Ceremonies with Mambo Marie Carmel.” On Dec. 18, the photographer celebrates both the book and the religion with an exhibit at Five Myles in Crown Heights.
In addition to featuring her work, the night will be a non-intimidating introduction to the Vodou religion, complete with a salute to the spirits and drumming by Gerard and Mandouse, in an attempt to erase negative connotations and myths people may associate with the Haitian religion, such as Vodou dolls and devil worship.
“I feel like Vodou has been such a sustaining religious people to so many people, but it’s still so misrepresented and misunderstood,” said Keith. “I am committed to the idea of Vodou going mainstream and people not having strange misconceptions about it. It’s a really beautiful and rich culture steeped in Haitian history.”
“Vodou Brooklyn” at Five Myles [558 St Johns Pl. between Classon and Franklin avenues in Prospect Heights, (718) 783-4438], Dec. 18 at 7 pm. Free. For info, visit www.stephaniekeith.com.
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Morris-Jumel Mansion Saturday at 4 p.m., a holiday concert by Brooklyn Baroque and friends; $25, $20 for members. Advance registration required: (212) 923-8008. The house, the headquarters for George Washington during the fall of 1776, is open Wednesdays through Sundays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 65 Jumel Terrace, at 161st Street, east of St. Nicholas Avenue, Harlem , morrisjumel.org; house admission, with self-guided tour: $5, $4 for students, free for children 12 and younger. Unreserved guided tours on Saturdays at noon: $6, $4.50 for students.
African Diaspora International Film Festival Continues through Tuesday, with panel discussions at Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, Morningside Heights; and screenings at Symphony Space, Thalia Theater, 2537 Broadway, at 95th Street. nyadff.org.
Bronx Holiday Concert and Crafts Thursday at 12:15 and 1:15 p.m., featuring performances by students of the Celia Cruz High School of Music and a sale of items by members of bronxArtworks. Sponsored by the Bronx Council on the Arts. Hutch Metro Cafe, 1200 Waters Place, near Eastchester Road , (718) 931-9500, bronxarts.org; free.
A sampling of holiday celebrations, including dance and theater events, in New York. Admission is free unless otherwise noted. (Churches accept donations.)
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO, 1230 Fifth Avenue, at 104th Street, East Harlem. “The Christmas Revels,” a celebration of the winter solstice as experienced in Old Bavaria and Switzerland, with music, dance and stories; the Schuhplattler Dancers, the Weihnachts Chorus, the Modern Brass Quintet and others. 8 p.m. Also Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.; (718) 399-9282; brownpapertickets.com. $30, $40 and $50 ($25, $35 and $45 for those 17 and younger).
THEATER AT ST. CLEMENT’S, 423 West 46th Street, Clinton. “Black Nativity Now,” a holiday gospel pageant set in contemporary Times Square, with music by Kelvyn Bell, directed by Alfred Preisser. 7 p.m. Through Jan. 2. blacknativityoffbroadway.com. $47.50 to $67.50.
Thursday
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE (Episcopal), 1047 Amsterdam Avenue, at 112th Street, Morningside Heights. Paul Winter’s Winter Solstice Celebration; with Mr. Winter and his ensemble; the Forces of Nature Dance Theater Ensemble; and the singers Arto Tuncboyaciyan and Theresa Thomason. 8 p.m. Also Dec. 17 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 18 at 2 and 8 p.m.; $35 to $80; (866) 811-4111; stjohndivine.org.
Dec. 19
CHURCH OF THE INTERCESSION (Episcopal), Broadway at West 155th Street,Washington Heights. The annual reading of Clement Clarke Moore’s “Visit From St. Nicholas” — the 100th — featuring the actor Malik Yoba, with carols and other music; Uptown Brass, the Roger Lent Trio and soloists. A reception and procession to Moore’s grave in the nearby cemetery will follow. 4 p.m. (212) 283-6200.
MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street. “Posadas y Pastorelas,” a Mexican celebration of the holiday, with food, crafts, music and a shepherd’s play. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (212) 534-1672; mcny.org; suggested admission $10; $6 for students and 62+; $20 for families; free for members and those 12 and younger; through Jan. 2, admission is two-for-one.
City to Charge for Ambulances
Private Hospitals Will Get a Bill as Mayor Adds Fees to Narrow Budget Gap
By MICHAEL HOWARD SAUL
New York City will begin charging private hospitals as much as $1 million a year for hospital ambulances dispatched by the city's 911 system, a controversial initiative that some medical professionals fear will prompt hospitals to stop providing the service.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg approved the new fee as part of his administration's effort to combat a multibillion-dollar budget deficit in the fiscal year beginning July 1. The Fire Department, which runs the city's emergency medical services, began alerting hospitals to the policy change earlier this month.
The Fire Department has agreements with 25 private hospitals to provide voluntary ambulance services in the five boroughs. These hospitals account for roughly 37% of the ambulance tours in the city.
Beginning in January 2012, the administration plans to charge these hospitals fees based on the number of scheduled ambulance tours they operate in the 911 system. The annual fees are expected to range from about $73,000 to $1 million per hospital.
"The 911 system cost-sharing initiative would allow the city to recoup the costs associated with 911 system dispatch and telemetry that are currently borne by the city, namely, the costs associated with the staffing and operation of the Emergency Medical Dispatch Center and Online Medical Control (Telemetry) center," John Peruggia, FDNY's chief of EMS command, wrote to one of the hospitals.
Lewis Marshall, chairman of emergency medicine at Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center in Brooklyn, said this new fee may cause hospitals to stop providing ambulance service.
"Hospitals such as ours in underserved areas would most likely think of not participating because of the added cost," Dr. Marshall said. "If a lot of hospitals drop out, then patients are going to suffer because of longer wait times."
Dr. Marshall said the city has pegged Brookdale's annual fee at nearly $300,000. "We're already a financially strapped hospital," he said.
Brian Conway, spokesman for the Greater New York Hospital Association, a trade association representing area hospitals, said hospital executives were "floored by the letter telling them of this onerous new fee."
Most of these hospitals are safety-net providers, operating on razor-thin margins or even running deficits, in vulnerable communities citywide, Mr. Conway said.
"It's a fee that if implemented will cause serious financial hardship," he said.
Frank Gribbon, a spokesman for the Fire Department, said the hospitals benefit from bringing in patients. The city views the fee as "cost sharing."
"The goal here is not to drive anybody out," he said. "The goal is to share the burden and the cost."
The city has 967 eight-hour ambulance tours scheduled every 24 hours. Of those the Fire Department handles 614 of the tours and the private hospitals' ambulances handle 353 of them. If the private hospitals were to drop out of the system, the city would be forced to pick up the slack or sign agreements with other institutions to meet the demand.
Last month, the mayor unveiled $585 million of new budget cuts in the current fiscal year and $1 billion for the following fiscal year. Charging the hospitals these fees will save $8.7 million annually.
In his letter to hospitals, Mr. Peruggia acknowledged the "important contribution made by voluntary hospitals" participating in the 911 system.
But "difficult financial times have forced the city," he wrote, "to make difficult decisions and take measures to help face these challenges."
"These decisions are often hard to make, but necessary to ensure continuity of operations," he wrote.
Write to Michael Howard Saul at michael.saul@wsj.com
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