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END Daylight Saving Time!!!!Most people I talk to are tired of "springing forward" and "falling back" twice a year. It is time to pick one and stick with it. Who agrees with me?26 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Joanne Wiedemann-Wolf
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Prosecute the man who shipped 1795 horses to slaughterTom Davis broke federal laws 1795 times and the following agencies are not prosecuting him: The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado, who declined both civil and criminal prosecution. The State of Colorado Conejos County District Attorney’s Office also declined to file charges against Davis. To let Mr. Davis and the BLM employees commit these crimes and not be prosecuted is setting a very dangerous precedent that exterminating federally protected animals has no repercussions.11,121 of 15,000 SignaturesCreated by Leslie Carlson
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Clik on the link and Vote for Donald J Trump. No more lies about poll. We the people are sendin...The GOP and interest groups the political pacs and lobbyists are the ones that pumps up and select a candidate They select the best bet as a puppet that will do what ever they say The candidate is own by interest groups the political pacs and lobbyists. well as long as they can spend vast amounts of money campaigns and on often false message ads and commercials aimed at influencing legislation and elections. This is corruption and blackmail the highest levels of government in a way that requires significant subversion of the political, legal and economic systems. corporations are treated as people with constitutional rights and the interest of the people so please Trump as president not taking any salary a real PATRIOT TRUMP for President in 2016545 of 600 SignaturesCreated by Aline
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NYU - Bargain with your Employees, Restore Library Staffing LevelsNew York University’s Bobst Library’s Access, Delivery & Resource Sharing Services Department (ADRSS) comprises six separate units and provides a wide variety of services to library patrons, which requires an equal diversity of skills from library staff. In November 2013, NYU unilaterally changed the titles and job descriptions of the ADRSS staff members, effectively merging the six units into one, and thereby changed the terms and conditions of their employment, without regard to the work they were originally hired to perform or their ability to perform the additional duties. The Union of Clerical, Administrative & Technical Staff at NYU (UCATS), which represents these workers, as well as 1400 workers across NYU, immediately demanded bargaining over the effects of these changes. The staff members themselves have twice petitioned library management directly to bargain with UCATS. NYU has consistently and repeatedly refused to enter into good faith bargaining, even after it was ordered to do so by an administrative judge, following a trial before the National Labor Relations Board, which was adjudicated in April 2015. This case is vitally important not just to the thirty members of the Bobst ADRSS Department but to workers throughout the University who could see their jobs unilaterally transformed without an opportunity to bargain the effects of changes to their conditions of employment.869 of 1,000 SignaturesCreated by Union of Clerical, Administrative & Technical Staff
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Comunidad contra otra licencia de licor en el lado oeste/Community against another liquor license...El lado oeste de la ciudad de San Bernardino no necesita otra tienda de licores en la esquina de Línea Base y Centro Médico. El distrito electoral 6 actualmente tiene la mayoría de las tiendas de licores que cualquier otro distrito electoral en San Bernardino. Y históricamente nuestro barrio ha sido el más valnurable a la delincuencia y la pobreza debido a su ubicación geográfica. Nuestra comunidad ha recorrido un largo camino; la emisión de esta licencia de licor traerá efectos negativos a nuestra comunidad. Esta es nuestra oportunidad para tomar acción directa y luchar para recuperar nuestra comunidad. The West Side of San Bernardino city does not need another liquor store on the corner of Baseline and Medical Center. Ward 6 currently has the most liquor stores than any other ward in San Bernardino. And historically our neighborhood has been the most valnurable to crime and poverty due to its geographical location. Our community has come a long way; the issuance of this liquor license will bring negative effects to our community. This is our chance to take direct action and fight to take back our community.71 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Daniela Castaneda
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DOJ: Please investigate Arizona's attempt to illegally import execution drugThe death penalty should be abolished for a variety of reasons--after all, the vast majority of the world's nations have clearly found the reasons to do so. Since 2002, no year has gone by in which even 30 countries have executed someone (Amnesty International). To put that in perspective, the United Nations has 193 member states. In 2014, the United States executed 35 people, the sixth-highest total of any country. Ahead of the U.S., in order, were North Korea, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq. Rounding out the top 10, in order, were Sudan, Yemen, Egypt, and Somalia (Amnesty International). Is this the company we want to keep? Are U.S. levels of democracy and rule of law comparable to those of these countries? Do we really want to allow our nation to kill its own citizens, especially when state institutions are willing to break the law to keep killing?41 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Michael Bluhm
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San Diego SeaWorld: Stop Breeding OrcasThe California Coastal Commission recently decided that San Diego SeaWorld must halt the breeding of all captive orcas. But SeaWorld says it wants to continue breeding orcas in captivity and will challenge the commission's ruling. Tell SeaWorld to accept the CCC's decision and end their orca breeding program once and for all.363 of 400 SignaturesCreated by Donna OKelley
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Make My Mom Like James BondMy mom hates James Bond. She will not listen to unimpeachable arguments like "James Bond is good" and "mom come on" and "mom seriously?? JAMES BOND!!!" Even my dad's frame-by-frame description of the cool as hell motorcycle part at the beginning of Skyfall did not soften my mom's James Bond-hating heart. We need your help. Please sign your name to help make my mom like James Bond before it's too late. God bless.2 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Sarah Lazarus
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Bring Ross Fletcher Back to the Sounders FCDuring the inaugural season in 2009, the Seattle Sounders FC front office said that the Sounders FC organization would be a team that is exemplified by "democracy in sports". However, the recent decision by the Sounders FC organization not to renew Ross Fletcher's contract for the sake of "change" goes entirely against this idea, especially when the vast majority of fans did not request this change to occur. Ross Fletcher has been a well known, well loved voice of the Seattle Sounders for the past 4 years now. He brings energy, flair, humor, passion, and love to every word he speaks on air!!! Sports teams around the world have their long-established and beloved voices that fans look forward to hearing week after week. The Sounders FC organization should stick behind Ross Fletcher and allow him the opportunity to be that voice for our team for years to come!!!1,145 of 2,000 SignaturesCreated by Gabriel A Ellzey
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Against the "official" AnthropocenePlease join me in signing this petition to leadership of the International Union of Geological Sciences. Although this may seem like an obscure professional committee issue, the decision of the IUGS could have chilling implications for all of us, for they hold in their hands the ability to declare that Earth itself is in a new and irreversible physical phase. We do not accept the idea that the Holocene is over, or that some essential "human" quality has caused the severe destruction of nuclear war, strip mining, ocean acidification and species extinction. The term "anthropocene" masks the work of capitalism, colonialism and other systems of domination in creating climate change and current global ecological hardships. It therefore misidentifies the problem, and misdirects attempts to address it.130 of 200 SignaturesCreated by CJ Cuomo
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SA Church in solidarity with #feesmustfallNational church leaders gathered in Johannesburg from 21-22 October 2015 for the annual National Church Leaders’ Consultation (NCLC) and issued the following special statement on the student fee crisis. • We the Church leaders of South Africa lament the student fee crisis engulfing the country. We declare this a national crisis. • We lament that we have not discerned the signs of the times. We have failed our students and not heard their voices. • We lament and strongly condemn the unnecessary use of violence and police brutality against our students and children. We call for the immediate release of all detained under these circumstances. • We further lament the exclusion of the poor from our spaces of higher education because of un-affordability. We recognise that the majority of these students are black and this entrenches inequality in our nation and denies educational opportunity. Our sacred texts call us to identify with the poor and marginalised. The Church and faith leaders therefore have an obligation to stand in solidarity with the students on campuses around the nation. • Consequently, Church and faith leaders have visited the WITS campus on Thursday, 22 October to symbolically express our solidarity. We are committing ourselves to creating courageous spaces where South Africans are able to listen to one another and to the voice of God. • We call on university authorities and government to join us in listening to students and avoiding violent behaviour that shuts down dialogue. Only through deep dialogue, listening and courageous action will we be able to find lasting long-term solutions. • We especially call on the government to provide adequate resources to redress the evils of the past and to allow the poor to access tertiary education. We further call on the minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr. Blade Nzimande, and the President of the Republic of South Africa to undertake immediate and appropriate measures to address the situation more than they have currently displayed. • As Church and faith leaders we commit to engage and journey with all concerned with these issues and we will call on other church and faith leaders to do the same at campuses across the country. • We also assure university executives of our prayers at this time of crisis. Participants: 1. Archbishop Dr. Thabo Makgoba – Anglican Church of Southern Africa, Chairperson of the NCLC 2. Archbishop Dr. Zandisile Magxwalisa – Jerusalem Church in South Africa 3. Archbishop Jabulani Nxumalo – Roman Catholic Church 4. Rev. Mukondeleli Ramulondi – Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa 5. The Most Revd Bishop Lunga ka Siboto – Ethiopian Episcopal Church 6. Bishop Ziphozihle Siwa – Methodist Church of Southern Africa / SACC 7. Bishop Nkosekhaya Dikana – Word of Life 8. Bishop Sonwabo Dlula – Reformed Apostolic Mission of South Africa 9. Prof. Jerry Pillay – World Communion of Reformed Churches 10. Bishop Melumzi Norhushu – Ebenezer Christian Church 11. Dr. Emmanuel Tshilenga – International Church of Pretoria 12. Prof Mary-Anne Plaatjies Van Huffel – Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa 13. Dr. David Phaladi Tswaedi – Lutheran Communion in Southern Africa 14. Dr. Abraham Hanekom – Commission For Witness 15. Dr. Kobus Gerber - Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa 16. Rev. Lulama Sibeko – Reformed Apostolic Mission of South Africa 17. Rev. Garrett Möller – Volkskerk van Afrika 18. Dr. Frank Chikane – AFM International / SACC 19. Dr. Renier Koegelenberg – NRASD 20. Dr. Welile Mazamisa – NRASD 21. Rev. Lungile Mpetsheni – Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa 22. Rev. Bonisile Moses Ngcayisa – Presbyterian Church of Africa 23. Dr. Gustav Claassen – Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa 24. Dr. William Van Der Merwe – Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa 25. Rev. Charmaine Morgan – Methodist Church of Southern Africa 26. Rev. Moss Ntlha – The Evangelical Alliance of South Africa 27. Rev. Canon Desmond Lambrechts – Anglican Church of Southern Africa 28. Pastor. Hermy Damons – International Federation of Christian Churches 29. Rev. Senamo Molisiwa – Council of African Instituted Churches 30. Bishop. Horst Muller - Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (N-T) 31. Bishop. Isaiah Canny Mpofu – Council of African Instituted Churches 32. Pastor Xola Skosana – Way of Life 33. Mr. Marcus Van Wyk – SACLI 34. Mr. Miles Giljam – SACLI 35. Mr. Henry Jeffreys – Journalist and analyst 36. Rev. Loyiso Jonga – Baptist Church 37. Rev. Edwin Arrison – Kairos Southern Africa 38. Rev. Miranda Magxwalisa - Jerusalem Church in South Africa 39. Rev. Cornelis Janse van Rensburg - Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa 40. Rev. Cornelis Du Toit - Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa 41. Dr. Sipho Mahokoto – NRASD 42. Dr. Garth Japhet – Heartlines 43. Sheikh Achmat Sedick - Muslim Judicial Council106 of 200 SignaturesCreated by Margie
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25th District Commander Peña, join us at the next safety committee meeting on Tuesday, November 3...During the last NWSHC safety committee block club meeting, the block clubs agreed to invite the 25th District Commander to our next safety committee meeting on Tuesday, November 3rd at New Life Covenant Church located at 5100 W. Diversey to discuss the safety concerns that we all have in our community. To demonstrate the support for our meeting request, we have attached signatures from community residents who are interested in having a community meeting with the Commander. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss ways that the Chicago Police Department and the 25th District can better assist residents in making Belmont-Cragin a safer community for all. Reminder: The Community Safety meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 3rd at New Life Covenant Church located at 5100 W. Diversey (near LeClaire Ave). Parking and daycare will be provided.20 of 100 SignaturesCreated by Alonso Zaragoza