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Since aerial shots are a little tougher for photobloggers to capture, Gothamist is thankful for the local news choppers, which are taking a break from traffic reports to show images of the protest banners on New York City rooftops. WNBC's RNC coverage page has these photos (above and below) of what some people have put on their roofs for passing planes. Welcome to NY, folks.

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In other protest news, the Plaza Hotel rappllers were freed without bail, as were the ACT UP naked protesters. The tabloids are loving how the parents of one of the ACT UP protesters, NYU student Diana Gonzalez, emailed her, writing, "We would never expect to see our daughter naked on television on our wedding anniversary."