Shareholders and stakeholders of Advanced Cell Technology would request that the Board of Directors investigate certain events related to management at the company.

We need to fix the parking lot/road leading into the learning center at the YMCA.

Countless scores of people have sought higher education and have come away with nothing more than a bill of sale after attending a for-profit instituition. Their financial futures are mortgaged and they are enslaved to a debt that they will never be able to repay, their credits won't transfer to other institutions, but it wouldn't matter because for-profit colleges have enslaved them with massive debts which exclude them from further assistance to better their futures. The for-profit college industry needs to be held accountable, and all of those affected should be freed to pursue their dreams without the specter of a debt that can't ever be repaid hanging over their heads until the day that they die.

We, constituents of Pacific Union College Church: students, alumni, community members, faculty, staff and other concerned individuals urge the Northern California Conference and the PUC Church to hire Ryan J. Bell as senior pastor of the congregation. By offering Dr. Bell the open position of senior pastor, the PUC Church can continue its legacy of commitment to reaching every member of our diverse community in an effective and inclusive way.

Every where I go, there are folks worried about the rising cost of fuel, CO2 emissions, global warming, and depleting fossil fuel. My friends from Denmark and Germany commented that there are far more installations of solar panels in their countries (with less sunshine) than here in Florida (the Sunshine State). The reason is: they have FIT (Feed-In-Tariff) for renewable energy and we, the Floridians, do not.

For too long Senate Republicans have threatened to filibuster legislation that the majority of Americans are in favor of. Rather then calling them on this threat Senate Majority leader has given in repeatedly. This weeks vote on Universal background checks is the last straw. We need a new Democratic Majority Leader in the Senate.

We applaud the Senate "Gang of Eight" for their tireless work in negotiating and drafting immigration reform legislation and we welcome the introduction of a realistic common-sense Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill.

House Bill 3371 is an extremely well-written cannabis legalization bill, but it is currently sitting in the Revenue committee in the House with no scheduled work sessions or hearings. We need to show our legislators that this is important to the people of Oregon and needs to move forward.

Polystyrene foam, sometimes incorrectly called Styrofoam, is incredibly wasteful. It is made from petroleum, breaks into tiny pieces that are very hard to clean up, and never biodegrades. It litters our beaches, streets and parks, and is detrimental to aquatic life and land animals that mistake the pieces as food. Many cities in California have already banned plastic foam, and it is one step that we can take to make the earth a better place for our future generations. Many restaurants have taken the initiative to use alternatives such as durable food ware, paper, cardboard and certified biodegradable plastics instead of polystyrene foam. If we have the option to make better choices, why not make those choices? Earlier this month I attended the San Diego Green Students Youth Forum where I proposed banning plastic foam. At that time, District 9 Councilmember Marti Emerald told me that the best way to get started is to begin a petition. Mayor Bob Filner told us that it is up to us, the younger generation, to make a difference in our city! Help us make a difference!

Our elected senators and representatives should provide stellar examples to us all. Therefore, if they are convicted of a crime while in office they should be removed from that elected position.

In its frenzied search for a suspect during the four days immediately following the bombing, media outlets quickly “colorized” the investigation -- unsurprisingly to many people and communities of color -- and all the more problematic now that we know the identities of the real suspects. At 8:36 p.m. on the day of the bombing, CNN claimed on its breaking news blog, “This Just In,” that “investigators have warned law enforcement officers to be on the lookout for a ‘darker-skinned or black male’ with a possible foreign accent in connection with Monday's bombings at the Boston Marathon,” despite lacking confirmation from federal investigators. Just 19 minutes later, the same CNN bloggers reported that a Saudi national was under guard at a local hospital -- again, without FBI confirmation -- and essentially fanned racial fears. By stoking the fires of racial bias, CNN contributed to the unjust, prejudicial treatment of Abdulrahman Ali Alharbi, a Saudi national student subjected to interrogation by Boston police (while being treated for bomb-related injuries at a local hospital), and whose personal residence was also searched. Abdulrahman Ali Alharbi has since been proven innocent. Making matters worse, last Wednesday CNN continued with its race-baiting and racial fear mongering when Chief National Correspondent John King repeatedly stated -- without federal confirmation -- that a “dark-skinned male” had been arrested [that] afternoon. Despite King’s efforts to walk back his statements last Friday via Twitter, the damage to communities of color had already been done. Not only does this kind of “reporting” lack basic journalistic integrity, but it reinforces racial profiling across the country -- inciting fear, creating distrust, and heightening anxiety within many communities of color. It is especially important for CNN to take responsibility for this irresponsible racial narrative because we know the bombing suspects are not, in fact, “dark-skinned.” We cannot paint entire groups of people -- no matter their racial identity -- with broad, accusatory strokes in our zeal to bring forth justice. No innocent individuals or communities should be subjected to racial profiling for the sake of prejudicial efficiency.

Today, the Senate failed to pass a simple piece of legislation to help keep unreasonably lethal weapons and ammunition out of the hands of those who clearly cannot be trusted with them. Send them back. Demand that the Senate put real controls in place so that we can feel safe dropping our children off at school.