Gentlemen, perhaps it’s time to lay off the laptops for a a bit, or at least, laptops on your…laps, if you have any hopes of going forth and multiplying in this life. A new study found that semen placed under a WiFi-enabled laptop doesn’t exactly swim fast and furious after exposure to electromagnetic radiation emitted by wireless signals. [ more › ]
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WiFi Laptops Are Killing Your Sperm, Says Science
Oh, the weather outside is frightful disturbingly warm , the first holiday shopping sprees are over and its time to get a tree to start stuffing those gifts under (or putting empty boxes under to make you feel better). But where to find one of our metropolis’s many migrant tree vendors ? Not an issue— once again , we’ve made a map for that! [ more › ]
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Behold Gothamist’s 2011 Christmas Tree Vendor Map!
For the third time in recent weeks a livery driver has been brutally attacked while on the job. Last night around 10:30 p.m. Dame Ndiaje was shot in the arm and chin after picking up three men and a woman outside 1373 Pacific Street in Crown Heights. Ndiaje survived but is fighting for his life , according to the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers. [ more › ]
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Cab Chaos: Third Livery Driver Attacked With Gun This Month
A 31-year NYPD veteran who battled his way back from cancer collared his last criminal in Times Square yesterday. Detective Nelson Dones saw 26-year-old Fernando Francis allegedly swipe an iPhone from an undercover detective on the N/Q/R platform. “It was closing the door the way I would have loved to close the door on my career,” Dones told DNAinfo. “I wanted to be proactive.” A colleague says Dones, who worked for the Transit Police when it was a separate bureau, is skilled at spotting subway thieves: “He has the eyes. He has the X-Ray vision.” He also apparently has a voice “just like Al Pacino.” HOO-AH. [ more › ]
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Cancer-Beating Cop Collars iPhone Thief On Eve Of Retirement
Click here to view the full photogallery. In a bid to kick its reputation as the premier destination for drug tourists, Amsterdam, and the rest of Holland for that matter, will be curbing the marijuana “coffee shop” free-for-all that has defined the city in the minds of hippies and college bros. By the end of the year, a new law will limit sanctioned marijuana purveyors to 1,500 registered customers each. That means that tourists will lose out to locals when it comes to drug access. So, Mary Jane adherents, why not rent a flat in Amsterdam? The historic city has plenty of classic apartments that look good sober. This two-bedroom apartment, on the historic Keizersgracht canal, has plenty of windows to make up for the low ceilings on the main level and towering vaulted ceilings upstairs to make up for smaller windows. Finding such a turn-key property is important, as Amsterdam’s strict historic preservation laws prevent some rudimentary upgrades, and this place impresses for the price: $3,180 per month. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ Amsterdam’s Oud West neighborhood is technically outside of the historic Centrum district, but it has its fair share of historic homes, often with more modern updates. This light, bright, well-detailed three bedroom, listed for $3,380 per month, has uncommonly high ceilings, a balcony, and a super-spacious master bedroom, but the kitchen is lacking. Still, move out the IKEA furnishings and this is one damn good apartment for the money. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ Back in the city center, this apartment is located on the second floor of a stately 1750 townhouse, has two bedrooms and a roof terrace, and still runs just $3,315 per month. Not bad considering the huge windows and front row views of the canal. Plus, the building is located not far from the famous Montelbaan Tower, a feature in many a Rembrandt. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ The floor plan is a little disjointed, and some of the fixtures are ho-hum, but this three bedroom in the Jordaan neighborhood has a combination of towering windows and leafy vistas that’d be hard to beat. This quiet district was home to Rembrandt in the last years of his life and the Anne Frank House museum is nearby. History aside, this apartment is more tuned up for modern entertaining, especially that massive wooden deck. The price for that sort of outdoor space is modest too, $4,330 per month. Click here to view the full photogallery. ↑ For the ultimate in space, head 20km outside of Amsterdam to the regional capital of Haarlem. There renters can score a whole house for $4,600 per month. This is not just any house though, it’s a renovated waterfront mansion that dates from the 18th century. The four-bedroom spread has a yacht mooring out front and, thankfully, comes without the furnishings pictured. They’re a little too frumpy to make the most of such a grand mini-palace. · ‘Tourism suicide’: Dutch to ban foreigners from cannabis coffee shops [Daily Mail] · Keizersgracht [Amsterdam Beautiful] · Bosboom Toussaintstraat [Amsterdam Beautiful] · Oude Waal [Amsterdam Beautiful] · Bloemgracht [Amsterdam Beautiful] · De Buitenrustlaan [Amsterdam Beautiful]
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Globe Trotting: Shut Out of the "Coffee Shop"? Why Not Rent in Amsterdam
Two men who spent years in jail for a Bronx murder they didn’t commit were put there because of the false testimony of 60-year-old Penny Cameron. Cameron claims she was coerced into giving false information by a threatening detective and is now coming forward because she has terminal breast cancer. “Every day of my life, I thought about them. I was serving time with them,” she tells the Post. Given the choice between being held in a prison of lies and an actual prison, we’re going to go with the metaphysical one. [ more › ]
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Close To Death, Woman Confesses She Helped Convict Two Innocent Men Of Murder
The Boss will be back in a big way in 2012—Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, who’ve been lying low since the death of beloved saxophonist Clarence Clemons this summer, have just announced plans for a worldwide tour and new album in 2012. In a post on the official Springsteen site, the band reports : [ more › ]
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Bruce Springsteen And The E Street Band To Tour, Release New Record
Street renaming can be fairly a fairly controversial process, as seen in the Sean Bell Way renaming in 2009. Now, Borough Park residents are beginning to scrutinize the life of Zachary Sansone, a founder of the Congress of Italian American Organizations, who served in Mussolini’s army and is close to having his name attached to 59th street between 14th and 15th avenues. Rabbi Chaim Israel told CBS News that the community “doesn’t have enough information as to what Mr. Sansone’s role was in the fascist Italian army during the second World War.” [ more › ]
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Controversy Surrounds Renaming Of Brooklyn Street For Italian Activist
Tabletop company Mikasa has just released a spiffy new branding video called Making Life Memorable, which provides a “glimpse at events in a couple’s relationship and showcases how and when Mikasa would fit into these special moments; from when a couple first meets to a 25th wedding anniversary,” according to the release. Amid some hardcore plate porn, faded-out photos, and orchestral music, here are some choice lines: “It was the worst pickup line ever, but that smile? Wow.” And this: “Oh, Mom, he did the sweetest thing. He said I had barbecue sauce on my cheek, and he handed me a napkin with a ring around it.” It’s worth taking two minutes to watch—it will make your life memorable, indeed. Video: Making Life Memorable by Mikasa · Making Life Memorable by Mikasa [YouTube via Benzinga ]
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Video Interlude: Please Watch Mikasa’s New "Making Life Memorable" Promo
Reclusive heiress Huguette Clark died yesterday at the age of 104 in Beth Israel, where she has resided the last 20 years of her life. Her obituary in the Times describes her as “certainly the last link to New York’s Gilded Age” (no relation to its current Gilded Age). Her extended family sued her longtime attorney Wallace Bock, and accountant Irving Kamsler for “suspicious transfers” and mismanaging Clark’s estimated $500 million fortune, but a judge ruled that the money remain under their control, despite a continuing investigation by the Manhattan DA’s office. Through a spokesman, Bock said of her passing “She died as she wanted, with dignity and privacy. We continue to respect her wishes for privacy.” [ more › ]
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Reclusive Heiress Huguette Clark Dead At 104