1.   Rally organizers with colored arm-bands link hands, forming a human chain at the crosswalks.

2.   At one point, rally organizers passed the hat, urging each participant to contribute a dollar or more to an economic development fund for black communities.

3.   But rally organizer Ronald Cruz of Berkeley Stop the War Coalition said it was probably wise for the firefighters to err on the side of caution.

4.   Hess argued that Muhammad and other rally organizers did just that last year, and plan to do the same this year.

5.   Rally organizers and supporters blamed Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, for the low turnout, saying that people were too busy fasting.

6.   Rally organizers quickly tried to shoo those people away.

7.   Rally organizers were embarrassed by the dispute, but said they were pleased by the turnout of thousands across Northern Ireland.

8.   Rally organizers said they would neither encourage nor discourage people who want to smoke marijuana on the Common.

9.   Rally organizers say they also expect environmentalist and feminist groups to join the protests.

10.   The sound system came back on when rally organizers fired up a gasoline-powered generator.