This petition has been created to repeal the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase Format and revert to the previous state. Many fans have shown their displeasure with this new "format". Drivers that win the championship should be skilled and consistent during all 36 races. The fans should have a voice on the sport that they love and support.

Oxfam has cut ties with celebrity Scarlett Johansson over Johansson's new role as a "global ambassador" for the Israeli company SodaStream, which is based in an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank. As Oxfam stated: "Johansson's role promoting the company SodaStream is incompatible with her role as an Oxfam global ambassador. Oxfam believes that businesses, such as SodaStream, that operate in settlements further the ongoing poverty and denial of rights of the Palestinian communities that we work to support. Oxfam is opposed to all trade from Israeli settlements, which are illegal under international law." Thank Oxfam for taking this principled stand by signing our petition.

Last month, Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader, made a historic commitment to cut out deforestation, peatland destruction and the exploitation of human rights from its supply chain. This development has huge potential to transform the palm oil industry and the lives of people impacted by landgrabs and forest destruction. But so far, it’s just words on paper. Wilmar’s promise only matters if the company takes rapid and responsible action. Wilmar’s crimes span continents: it has much to amend. In West Kalimantan, Indonesia, one of Wilmar’s suppliers, Bumitama Agri, stands accused of destroying thousands of acres of forest and maintaining illegal plantations inside protected forest reserves. In the Kalangala Islands of Uganda, Wilmar subsidiaries have taken thousands of acres from local communities and have destroyed natural forest to grow palm oil. In Nigeria, Wilmar has acquired land that overlaps national forest reserves and community-owned lands, and has already deforested and bulldozed thousands of acres of forest and farmland. Tell Wilmar: Your promise of No Deforestation, No Exploitation, No Peat requires urgent action. And it should start now.

My daughter is 7 yrs old she has been without her father over a year because he went home to help out with his sick father and for him to have a vehicle to go to the hospitals .We are married yet he cant get back into the u.s that is why I think they need to pass this immigration bill. so my emotional affected daughter can reunite with her father. Please help

Campus harassment is a gateway crime, and creates a culture where words can escalate to physical contact and other forms of violence, including stalking, assault or rape. According to research by Cornell's ILR Institute, harassment in public space has similar emotional impacts as sexual assault or rape including a sense of self-doubt, low self-esteem/self worth, and possible feelings of despair. This can also reduce students' feelings of safety on campus, impacting their mobility including their use of campus transportation. We believe that everyone should be able to access education safely, without fear of harassment or assault.

There are still disparities in access to safe Bicycle and Pedestrian infrastructure for low-income and people of color communities like mine across the country. For example, bicycling and walking make up 12% of all trips, but over 16% of all fatalities. The fatality rate for Hispanic bicyclists is 23% higher than for white bicyclists and 30% higher for African American bicyclists. 71% of people of color agree that safer bicycling would make their community better.

It has become increasingly obvious that the wealthy and the big corporations are not paying their share of income taxes, and that our tax code system is written so they can get away without paying . This leaves it only up to the working class and middle class to pay for it all and this is totally unfair.

I need to address a situation concerning my son, and his mom regarding a summons to dispossess. Ms. Williams attempted to move out at the end of last year after her employer cut her hours as a teacher with Central Georgia Technical College. I had paid for a rented truck from U-Haul for her on my credit card, and this I have receipt of. The leasing office persuaded her that she did not have to move out. They said, “the office would work with her until she got her tax return in January of this year.” Before this fact, Ms. Williams has never been belated on her rent. She categorically decided to stay under the supposition she had fortification from the leasing office, which were unbeknownst to the owner. They placed a pre-eviction notice on her apartment; she subsequently called the employees at the leasing office, and they told her not to worry that is a standard process. This is the gist of this situation, which is an overzealous practice seeking finality instead of seeking the truth. An all too familiar process by this leasing company, and these owners has stigmatized her for future rental contracts. I wholeheartedly acknowledge the fact she has missed her January rent; however, this is predicated on a decision by the leasing office. We have two options here, either I pay her rent, and this goes away with her unscathed, and she then move out this week, or your company rescind this dispossession, and I still pay the one month rent minus the money I had to spend to rent the U-Haul with this going away quietly. I would prefer the latter! I told her to move once her apartment got infested with bedbugs, and she had to throw all of her furniture away. O.C.G.A. Section 44-7-52 states, “When tender of payment by tenant serves as complete defense. In an action for nonpayment of rent, the tenant shall be allowed to tender to the landlord, within seven days of the day the tenant was served with the summons pursuant to Code Section 44-7-51, all rents allegedly owed plus the cost of the dispossessory warrant. Such a tender shall be a complete defense to the action; provided, however, that a landlord is required to accept such a tender from any individual tenant after the issuance of a dispossessory summons only once in any 12 month period.” Paying any court cost isn’t an option towards this egregious mistake by your unprofessional staff. This is beyond the standards of the quid pro quo. Furthermore, I was on a three-way phone call with Ms. Williams. Your staffs made a racist connotation toward her that she did not understand since she was reared in Florida. I will be 51 years old this year, and I have seen this play, and it is straight out of the playbook of the racist south I saw numerous of times before in Macon, Georgia. That is the crucial motivations why I am informing the local chapter of NAACP, and notifying the H.U.D. of this horrendous racist, and discriminatory acts. Sadly, and wretchedly, this cowardly act happened in the same week we celebrated the greatest civil rights icon in this century, Dr. Martin Luther King. I thought we had moved on from these policies of hate and fear mongering. The ghost of Jim Crow is alive and well now we have to deal with his grandson, and granddaughter, James and Jane Crow; Esq, under the guise of Richard Crosby, et al! Presently, I am organizing a boycott on all social medias, moveon.org, NAACP, all African-American churches locally, and I am alerting the press in Central Georgia. Your company drew first blood, and this is our rejoinder to your racist actions. I don’t expect your company to get in touch with me because I am an African-American, and you all have high disregards for my kind of people. If you all chose to step up to the plate like a business, I can be reach at 478-262-4858. This is not going away; your company have chance to right this wrong before this ticking bomb of public relation blows up in your face.

Coffman is considered one of the most endangered incumbents in Congress in 2014. Formerly the representative of the district that elected the anti-immigrant extremist Tom Tancredo to Congress, in 2011 Coffman’s district was remade into an economically and culturally diverse battleground that includes most of the city of Aurora. Since then, Coffman has frequently paid lip service to reforming immigration--in marked contrast to his previous statements and actions. Today, it appears that Coffman has been playing immigration reform supporters for fools the whole time.

The yearly joint military exercises between US and South Korea have created escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula Last year there was a sharp increase in tension between South and North Korea with the North Koreans readying missiles for launch and the US sending nuclear capable B-2 Stealth Bombers. The North Korean government has sent an open letter last month asking for cancellation of the 2014 joint US-South Korea military exercises. Although the US and South Korea claim these exercises are "defensive" in nature, It simply defies logic. South Korea spends three times as much on their military than North Korea. US spends more on their military than the rest of the world combined. Who should be on the defensive? President Obama. Please stop the militarization of the Korean peninsula and start a diplomatic process by cancelling the exercises and use the opportunity to find a peaceful solution.

What happened to Kevin Brackmeyer , this week,deserves action. This is a patent political hatchet job against the best thing that has ever happened to Manor ISD.I am a Mother of 4 in the district and a Parent Volunteer. I saw MHS go from someplace that was dangerous to work in, much less learn in, to a safe, respectful, multicultural environment. I saw that school transform from Academically Unacceptable, both in ranking and in spirit, into an institution that was reaching its potential more and more each day under his leadership. I personally witnessed Kevin Brackmeyer stay above the petty politics and personal interests that infest much of district leadership, so that he could always act in what he believed was the best interest of the children of Manor ISD, and I genuinely believe that it was his refusal to be a lackey for the school board that led to his unceremonious dismissal now. Voters in Manor: recognize that the school board members that vote against Kevin Brackmeyer do not have your best interests at heart, nor those of your children. Why do they need a closed meeting regarding this decision? Why can’t they give details about dismissing a man who has nothing but a glowing track record at a job he was thrown into with little warning? This principal has garnered national attention and a presidential visit to Manor ISD. Manor’s success has been no accident, and I worry that his dismissal will return MHS and the district to the deplorable place that it was 6 years ago.: one that was getting closer to its full potential daily through clear, determined leadership. This — getting rid of Brackmeyer — is a smokescreen for the board president’s own corruption and incompetence. Voters of Manor ISD, here are some facts you should consider as you decide: 1. Whether to send your kids to the schools. 2. Whether to vote for Desiree Cornelius Fisher. These are verifiable: 1. Cornelius Fisher has forced two highly-paid curriculum officials – ——-in science and ——- in mathematics – to tutor her adult daughter, who failed in a previous attempt to pass the teacher certification test. Both have been placed in a very uncomfortable position, but they know their jobs depend on it. This is criminal misuse of public resources. 2. ——– in the district’s IT department has repeatedly been asked to repair computers for Cornelius Fisher and her family members. Another example of criminal misappropriation of public resources. The people named here are hard-working and might understandably be reluctant to come forward, but there are likely emails and/or text messages documenting the these activities. These two instances are clear cases of misuse of taxpayer money. There are other “well-known” instances of abuse and misuse that I can’t provide specifics on, but I am confident that, if we dig just a little below the surface, you will find evidence of: • Other misuse of funds by Cornelius Fisher. Look into her reimbursed expenses, travel, meals, etc. It’s outrageous. • Violations of the Texas Education Code, which prohibits school board members from undue interference in the day-to-day running of the district., such as interfering with lower-level hiring decisions. Ask for phone logs and emails. Her governance of the school district is a complete train wreck. There is rampant interference with the administration and abuse of power. The district is filled with economically disadvantaged children who need all the help they can get. The school children in Manor need everyone pulling in the same direction. They need their curriculum experts focused on them, not the school board president’s adult daughter. It’s time to take back our school system.

The Nevada Legislature has given the task of developing the hydraulic fracturing program and regulations to the Nevada Division of Minerals and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, both which are heavily influenced by the oil and gas industry. This is a conflict of interest. The evidence against the safety of hydraulic fracturing is extensive, yet hydraulic fracturing is occurring even before the legislatively mandated program is in place. We believe this is inappropriate. We believe peer-reviewed, scientific evidence (including the impacts of fracking to air, water, soil, public health, seismic activity, radioactive materials, exclusion from federal environmental acts, and social justice issues) ought to be carefully reviewed by those tasked with developing the hydraulic fracturing program. Nevada’s natural resources and public health are too important not to review evidence carefully before allowing further fracking to occur. We believe shortsighted monetary gain is being put ahead of safety and health. Therefore, we respectfully demand the Nevada Legislature ban fracking until an unbiased third party is identified to take over the task of developing the hydraulic fracturing program in Nevada.