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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 919633" data-attributes="member: 1246"><a href="http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Finalize-Plans-Occupy-Rose-Parade-Human-Float-Pasadena-136404623.html" target="_blank">(NBC Los Angeles)</a> — Members of the Occupy movement are finalizing plans for a scheduled demonstration Jan. 2 at the Rose Parade in Pasadena.The movement’s latest plans were announced in November and could bring anywhere from 4,000 to 40,000 protesters to the highly attended and viewed event.There are four phases to the demonstration, as is described on the <a href="http://occupytheroseparade.org/" target="_blank">Occupy the Rose Parade website</a>. [...]The demonstrators are planning to form a human float in the shape of an octopus for the third phase, and are expected to trail the final parade float down Colorado Boulevard. The octopus is meant to represent the hold corporations have on the country.“The last float in the parade is number 43,” said Occupy protester Pete Thottam in a past interview. “We’re going to be float number 44, which coincidentally is the Obama Administration’s float number.”The Occupiers plan to gather for a pow wow in the final phase of the event, which may include a press conference at Pasadena City Hall and a subsequent music concert.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 919633, member: 1246"] [URL="http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Finalize-Plans-Occupy-Rose-Parade-Human-Float-Pasadena-136404623.html"](NBC Los Angeles)[/URL] — Members of the Occupy movement are finalizing plans for a scheduled demonstration Jan. 2 at the Rose Parade in Pasadena. The movement’s latest plans were announced in November and could bring anywhere from 4,000 to 40,000 protesters to the highly attended and viewed event. There are four phases to the demonstration, as is described on the [URL="http://occupytheroseparade.org/"]Occupy the Rose Parade website[/URL]. [...] The demonstrators are planning to form a human float in the shape of an octopus for the third phase, and are expected to trail the final parade float down Colorado Boulevard. The octopus is meant to represent the hold corporations have on the country. “The last float in the parade is number 43,” said Occupy protester Pete Thottam in a past interview. “We’re going to be float number 44, which coincidentally is the Obama Administration’s float number.” The Occupiers plan to gather for a pow wow in the final phase of the event, which may include a press conference at Pasadena City Hall and a subsequent music concert. [/QUOTE]

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