Because you don’t try to get jiggy with Will Smith without his permission, check out today’s end-of-day links: Mad Men’s Megan goes Vogue, “Highlander” remake, adorable Ramen Noodle poodle, and magical meerkat moments. Don’t forget to follow Gothamist on Twitter and like us on Facebook . You can also get the top stories mailed to you— sign up here . [ more › ]
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Extra, Extra: The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air Slapped A Reporter
Last fall, NJ teacher Viki Knox was being investigated for homophobic remarks she posted on Facebook , like calling homosexuality “a perverted spirit that has existed from the beginning of creation,” and a “sin” that “breeds like cancer.” Now, after being suspended for the incident and about to face tenure charges, it seems that she’d rather just retire from Union High School on disability pension. [ more › ]
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NJ Teacher Who Facebooked Anti-Gay Views Wants To Retire On Disability Pension
One way to deal with the problem of teachers who don’t have permanent jobs in the Department of Education but can’t be laid off thanks to their union contract? Buy ‘em out. And that option is exactly what Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott proposed doing yesterday. Probably better than spending $100 million or so a year to keep them employed, which Walcott says we currently do. [ more › ]
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DOE Would Like To Save Millions, Buyout Underused Teachers
Spandex-clad superheroes, board games, sequels, prequels, Katy Perry documentaries, pregnancy guides and 3D dance revolutions will all be taking up residency in movie theaters across the country over the next three sweltering months. There are almost 90 films coming out this summer, and there’s a better-than-likely chance that most of them won’t be worth your hard-earned cash. But some might just be worth it with the added bonus of free air conditioning. So we’ve rounded up some notable summer blockbusters that caught our eye (no Adam Sandler films or Ice Age sequels here), to evaluate whether they are, indeed, air conditioner worthy (and next week we’ll take a look at upcoming indie films). [ more › ]
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Your Summer 2012 Top 10 Blockbuster Movie Guide!
We already gave you ten tempting items that will help you stretch your waistline at the Great GoogaMooga tomorrow, but what if you’re not looking to put on a few pounds to fill out that swimsuit? Enter: Wooly’s Ice . The low-calorie shaved ice creators (Danny Che, David Sat and Kenneth Sa) won a Vendy Award last year, and will be on hand tomorrow with different flavors of their unique treat. They just released this video showing how their ice sausage gets made: [ more › ]
Add beehives to the ever-growing list of things you can re-envision in modernist form: BuBees, from California artist Steve Steere, are made from 100 percent salvaged wood that’s been painted in nontoxic milk paint. The beehive costs $300 and would look smart beside certain kinds of dog houses. [L.A. at Home; previously ]
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Gothamist publisher Jake Dobkin is blowing the cover on this whole overhyped PokPok “Beer Slushie.” Here is his exclusive report: [ more › ]
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Calling Bullsh*t on PokPok’s "Beer Slushie"
We’re going to wrap up National Etiquette Week with some rules on how to compose yourself on Twitter. Listen, it’s your Twitter feed, and you can do with it what you want, and we don’t like it when people tell us how to act either, but we’re gonna put this out there. All we ask is that you RT it, and Tweet it at some celebrities, and then #FF us. [ more › ]
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Top 7 Twitter Etiquette Rules (Please RT!)
The Queen of Disco Donna Summer lost her battle to cancer yesterday —and TMZ reports that she felt that 9/11 was involved . [ more › ]
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Donna Summer Allegedly Thought 9/11 Gave Her Cancer, Not Smoking
The taxpayer-funded Bronx health clinic robbed of hundreds of thousands of dollars by ex-State Senator Pedro Espada Jr. is hanging by a thread. Soundview has provided low-cost health care to thousands of South Bronx residents for years, but since Espada and his son Pedro G. have been on trial, it’s drastically cut services and even stopped paying the malpractice insurance for its physicians. Fortunately Soundview still has enough cash to pay the Espadas’ legal fees ! But now the state Department of Health has moved in to shut it down, and it may cease operating completely. [ more › ]
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NY State Health Department Moves To Close Espada’s Soundview Health Clinic