October 24, 2011

Occupy Albuquerque permit renewel DENIED ¹¹

Activism, All, Occupy Wall Street • Tags: #occupywallst, #ows, Coyote Camp, occupy albuquerque, Occupy Wall Street, occupyburque, permit denied, President Schmidly, protest, UNM

Occupy Albuquerque has been functioning a base camp, called Coyote Camp, on the UNM campus since October 1st. Initially the camp set up on the corner of University and Central, but UNM granted a permit to move Coyote Camp to it’s current location at Yale Park on the corner of Central and Yale.

Today, however, Occupy Albuquerque, aka (un)Occupy Albuquerque, has been informed that UNM will deny their right of free speech and not renew the permit, which allowed local protesters to function from 7 AM to 10 PM.

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October 24, 2011

Occupy Albuquerque Oct 15 2011 | If you build it… they will come! #occupyburque ^Reply

Activism, All, Occupy Wall Street • Tags: #occupywallst, #ows, 2011, Albuquerque NM, footage, occupy albuquerque, Occupy Wall Street, occupyburque, Oct 15, October 15, photos, protest, video, Wells-Fargo

The protest held in Albuquerque on Saturday, October 15th was truly a phenomenal site! The first protest on October 1st peaked with probably just under 300 people in attendance. Fewer attended on October 8th. We took to the downtown streets on October 12th and protested in front of all the banks, and we had around 30 individuals that day. We may have been small, but our voices were loud. When October 15th arrived, I was unsure how many would attend. When I walked to the protest site, which was in front of Wells-Fargo in Nob Hill on Central Ave, my jaw literally hit the ground and my heart soared sky-high! People were packed 3 to 4 deep for many blocks long, all with signs in hand and hopes high. Estimated attendance between 700 to 800. Every age (the Raging Grannies were present!), race, religion, and socioeconomic background appeared. All in complete support of the Occupy Wall Street and Global Change movement! This truly was the Protest Heard Around the World!

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October 24, 2011

World’s largest family, 181 members, live in a 4-story, 100 room house ^Reply

All, Hodge Podge • Tags: 100 rooms, 181 members, 4 story house, Baktwang, india, world's largest family, ziona chana

If mealtimes are mad in your house, imagine the mayhem when this lot are hungry.

Ziona Chana is head of the world’s largest family, which has 181 members – him, 39 wives, 94 children, 14 daughters-in-law and 33 grandkids.

Although the construction worker, whose youngest child is five, certainly has his hands full. He insists he is blessed. Ziona, 67 said: “I consider myself a lucky man to be the husband of 39 women and head of the world’s largest family.”

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