This petition is to save the historical house's on 9th ave in Council Bluffs,IA. To preserve History

My husband and I have been threatened by some member of this group while driving down the public street. More recently, several people have been murdered because they were thought to be Jews. Enough is enough. If our country believes in "Justice for All" we want justice and to be free of Terror from these groups.

Only six days until Moogfest. Please sign!

Do not pass s.221. In the state of Vermont there is one Fraternity and Sorority community, that of the University of Vermont, all of whom are nonprofit organizations. While fraternity and sorority life is only eight percent of students we give over 21,000 hours of service per year to the local community. If this bill passes we will be unable to maintain our housing due to cost and will lose the resources we have to be a strong community and continue to serve Burlington.

We are creating this petition to ban plastic bottles in Mount Shasta, California. Plastic bottles are just horrible for everyone and everything. By eliminating plastic bottles in schools, offices and public areas in Mount Shasta, we can do our part in eliminating unneeded waste in landfills, littering in our National Parks and reduce greenhouse gasses. This petition will also serve as a response from the residents of Mount Shasta to reflect our feelings about a environmentally risky project is taking place in Mount Shasta conducted by Crystal Geyser in 2015, and due to their lack of a "Through Environmental Review". The newly announced Crystal Geyser Plant could produce chemicals that could potentially runoff could overwhelm the wastewater treatment plant.

After a Bloody Liberation War the people of Bangladesh do not deserve such oppression from it's own Govt. Our close relatives are living in there and we are worried for them.

The PhD students and TAs of the Northeastern University College of Social Sciences and Humanities have recently learned that the incoming PhD students for the 2014-2015 academic year will receive a TA stipend of $20,000, while the stipends of the current students will remain unchanged at much lower rates - barely adjusted for inflation. This means that many current PhD students in the social sciences will lag behind their newer cohorts by as much as 25% in funding per year. For PhD students predominantly supporting themselves on a TA stipend, this monetary discrepancy is very significant to our standards of living. Yet such considerations are not even as distressing as the effects that this unequal structure of incentives will have on graduate departments, cohort dynamics, and overall university standing. As dedicated, hard-working Northeastern PhD students, we demand equal stipend rates for all. Therefore, we urge the College of Social Sciences and Humanities to equalize current students’ stipends to those of the new incoming class for the following dominant reasons: FAIRNESS & PROMOTION OF A COLLEGIAL ENVIRONMENT: Different stipend rates for PhD students within the same program will breed an environment of inequality. The university is implicitly stating that newer students deserve more financial support than older students, and this may lead to negative relations between students in the department. As a matter of principle, a PhD program should value its students equally, yet this funding policy assures that some students will appear more valuable than others and receive more material support in their academic pursuits. In this way, the department also fails to value the accumulated experience of its older cohorts, especially their roles as mentors to newer students. Moreover, due to the Graduate School’s new 10-hour TA policy for first year students, the older cohorts are increasingly taking over responsibility for TA/RA activities - yet they continue to receive lower compensation over the years. We understand that as Northeastern University and our departments increase in stature, the university must offer more attractive incentive packages to new students in order to compete with other universities. However, those of us who have already been accepted and are currently enrolled in the program are at least in part responsible for the enhanced reputation of our programs. Further, we also face the dilemma of leaving the program (or supplementing our TA pay with other work that ultimately can detract from our effectiveness as teachers and aspiring scholars) in order to generate more income. A competitive stipend is necessary, but should be applied to all of us. DISTORTED INCENTIVES: Unequal stipend rates create a structure of disincentives for current students. This structure rewards new recruits at the expense of students making progress in the department, and this pattern becomes more troubling with each passing year. As it stands now, the new students will receive significantly higher monetary support than other students, regardless of the other students’ years of experience, accomplishments, or other merits. Along with damaging department morale, funding is only one factor considered by potential PhD students and is usually dwarfed by other considerations, including research interests and job placement opportunities. RETENTION RATES & ACADEMIC SUCCESS: In time, the distorted incentives created by this funding system may show themselves in the performance of PhD students across programs. With less funding and support, older graduates will have less time to dedicate to their classes and research, and they will have less incentive to remain fully dedicated to their programs. In the long run, these trends may harm the success of graduate program rankings overall, as too many graduate students will not be supported at the same level as others, hindering their potential for publications and other projects. In light of these main factors, the Northeastern PhD students petition for the equalization of stipend rates across cohorts. As it stands, the current system promotes only unfairness, disunity, and disincentives that harm the future of our university as a whole.

Under the current DOT proposal to widen 6th Street, the historic district in our city would likely lose its entire canopy of 39 trees. Our city leaders have expressed their deep concerns about the project. Let's join them in urging DOT to address concerns about public safety on 6th Street in ways that don't so drastically affect home and business owners, the loveliness of the city's historic district, or the quality of life in the neighborhood. NOTE: DUE TO THE ACTIVITY ON THIS PETITION, WE HAVE DECIDED TO KEEP IT "LIVE" UNTIL SIGNATURES ARE NO LONGER BEING ADDED. THANKS, EVERYONE!

If the Columbus Board of Education does not act very soon, the "Annex" could be torn down as early as April 29th. I live up the street and want to live in a neighborhood and a city that maintain the character that comes with the limited number of historic structures that exist in our relatively young city. Many other important points have also been raised: - The "Annex" could be used for education. Lottery students are already turned away because of lack of space at the high performing Clinton Elementary - less lottery students means less diversity and shared prosperity. Plus, many feel the neighborhood is growing and we very well may need to accommodate more families with young children. Keeping the building gives us flexibility. - The "Annex" could be used for other purposes. There are clear needs for day care and preschool facilities in the neighborhood, the space could be used for other community needs, entertainment, and more. - Even if there is no immediate use or immediate funding, we should be looking at the bigger picture and longer term. - It is likely to cost less to renovate the current space than to build new, as many assume will be needed due to the popularity and success of the school and the neighborhood. Folks who sign this petition may not agree with every one of these points, but do agree that we should stop the demolition now, before it's too late.

What's worse: that the NSA knew about a massive bug that could be catastrophic for Americans and did nothing, or that our supposed top spy agency had no clue about a gaping hole in our security for two years?

We need voices for freedom and the future driving technology forward, not remnants of the Bush era's anti-rights past.

Companies will never stop trying to manipulate the government into giving them a bigger market share. But we can still call out our lawmakers for caving in — and we now have a full year to tell them enough is enough.