Tag Archives: New York

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— Gautam Trivedi (@Gotham3) March 12, 2014

BREAKING: Possible building collapse and explosion in Harlem (NewYorkDailyNews)

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Two prints from the Museum Of The City Of New York showing five photographers –  Joe Byron, Pirie MacDonald,  Theodore C Marceau, Pop Core and Ben Falk – posing for group selfies on the roof of Marceau’s studio in New York.

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An epic timelapse tribute to New York by production company The Seventh Movement, composed of 321 shots originally made for ESPN’s coverage of the 2013 US Open.

Music: Jamie N Commons – Rumble And Sway (Monsieur Adi Remix)

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092013hiv1A New York State human rights ad featuring Dublin-born model Avril Nolan, a DCU journalism graduate, who is not HIV-positive.

A Brooklyn woman who does not have HIV is suing Getty Images for selling her likeness to the Division of Human Rights, which used her smiling photograph next to the words “I am Positive (+)” and “I Have Rights.” There was a Friends episode that tackled this same issue. Isn’t there always?

25-year-old HIV-negative Greenpoint resident Avril Nolan filed a $450,000 lawsuit against the company on the basis that it “allowed her image to be used improperly,” forcing her into several awkward conversations with friends, employers and “potential romantic partners.” (Man at Bar: “Hey, don’t I recognize you from somewhere?” Nolan: “I DON’T HAVE AIDS OK.”) Adding insult to HIV, the STD-free Nolan was forced to hear about the ad from her Pilates instructor….

 

Greenpoint Woman Wants You To Know She Does Not Have HIV (Gothamist)

Irish woman sues after New York State advert claims she has HIV Aids (Irish Central)

Thanks Brooklynguy

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy2-B4Wl8WI

RDJ guests at Sting’s 60th birthday party at New York’s Beacon Theatre in 2011, performing lead vocal on ‘Driven to Tears’.

Fair set of pipes on the Downey, in fairness.

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