YEAR LONG CONTRACTS TO SATELITE TV SHO ULD END Should be same as any utility

Can we pls wear pajamas 24/7 everywhere kthxbai #swag #plsrespond

CHANGE LAWS OF THE 24 MONTHS WAITING PERIOD FOR MEDICARE. ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WITH SERIOUS INJURIOUS

Block H.R. 622 - “The long overdue disposal of excess federal lands will free up resources for the federal government while providing much-needed opportunities for economic development in struggling rural communities.” ..."The resulting cost savings will reduce the BLM budget by five percent and the Forest Service by seven percent." Under the guise of turning enforcement over to local sheriff's departments, this is a ruse to gut federal lands' budgets for removes the law enforcement function from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service.

We, the diverse peoples of Kensington, want the benches at Kensington Plaza to stay. Until recently, our community, one of the most diverse neighborhoods in America, did not have a place where we could gather. This past spring we welcomed its first small and simple place to meet in the heart of the commercial district--Kensington Plaza. With the mere addition of four benches and some trees, an ordinary sidewalk got changed into a friendly place. Now there's a place where the elderly can rest and families can chat. We have taken responsibility and pride in our Plaza. The Kensington Plaza stewards work with local businesses to keep it clean and we have spent our time and money to beautify this location. In the spring, we hope to be greeted by butterflies at the planters and daffodils in the tree pits. Without the benches it won't be a plaza--there will only be a sidewalk. We would be devastated if our benches were taken away simply because of the wishes of a very few people. Please let us keep our Plaza!

Please support the pathway to citizenship for millions of Americans-in-waiting. All Americans, regardless of their immigration status, must be given a chance at citizenship. The 11 million immigrants currently living in the US without immigration status need a pathway to citizenship so that they can pursue their American DREAM.

Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart: Sign the immigration discharge petition in the House and bring reform to a vote!

Allow Gay Men to save lives and donate blood too. Why can't we all be heroes?

Open Letter to Sendai city government in Japan, Dear Sendai city government We are professionals and scholars from the Pacific Rim community, including Taiwan, US, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Canada, etc. We believe community-based design and planning is the best and only way to better built environment for and of the people. Recently, we have been deeply concerned about the ongoing post-earthquake reconstruction in Japan, especially the case of Arahama in Sendai, Miyagi prefecture. We’ve learned that a wide range of communities were forced to relocate collectively due to their homeland being designated as disaster-zone neighborhood, an area of 700ha. Though we can understand that the relocation is arranged with concern for safety and efficiency, we strongly oppose this kind of forced-relocation regardless of local community’s will and complex needs. Plenty of previous reconstruction cases over the world have made it clear that what people need to survive and thrive as communities is much more than houses. Place matters in sustaining community network and human beings’ attachment with locality and spaces. A convenient removal of neighborhoods from bay area to high lands without the consent of the residents could become violence and cause serious aftermaths such as loss of jobs and industry, stress, suicides, disruptions of social relations, etc., if not paying attention to histories and geographies of community. Moreover, tremendous social capital can be lost and may be irreversible in the careless relocation process. We’ve learned that communities in Arahama are acting out to express their opposition to the government-led relocation. They are calling for a more caring plan that integrate community economy and rehousing with respect to Arahama community’s long-existing cultural practices and affections for ocean. We are deeply touched by their call and the "yellow handkerchief, " an evocative symbol used by Arahama community to flag an urgent signal to the world. In writing this letter, we want to express our support to the community. Please listen carefully to the people who are desperately longing for conversation and a community-based reconstruction to replace current top-down relocation. We respect all of your continuous efforts in reconstruction. However, it is more important to do things right rather than do things fast. We believe that by working with community Japan can present to the world again its tenacity and dignity. Sincerely, Pacific Rim Community Design Network1（環太平洋社區設計網絡） --- About Pacific Rim Community Design Network In countries and regions across the Pacific Rim, participatory community design has become an increasingly important component of the urban planning and design process. From advocacy planning and citizen participation developed in the United States, models of participatory community design now can also be found in Japan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, specifically in forms of the Machizukuri Movement in Japan, Community Building Movement in Taiwan, and an emerging challenge to the top-down urban planning and redevelopment process in Hong Kong. The Pacific Rim Community Design Network was launched following a working conference at University of California, Berkeley in 1998. Titled "Coastal Echoes: Democratic Design in the Pacific Rim," the conference brought together leading community design scholars and practitioners from Japan, Taiwan and United States. The purpose of the conference was to provide the practitioners and scholars working in the field of participatory design and planning across the Pacific Rim region with an opportunity to share and compare each other's experiences and advance their practice and research. Through conferences and joint projects, the network has provided a vehicle for collaboration and mutual support, as well as a forum for comparative understanding of community design in the fast changing political and social context of the Pacific Rim. 環太平洋社區設計網絡成立於1998年，在一個舉辦於加州大學柏克萊分校的會議「海岸迴聲：環太平洋的民主設計」（”Coastal Echoes: Democratic Design in the Pacific Rim,”）結束後，一群主要來自日本、台灣、美國、致力於社區設計領域的學者和專業實踐者發起了這個網絡召集，透過定期會議交流、合作計畫，環太平洋社 區設計網絡期望能促進有志參與式設計和規劃的跨域、跨境交流，分享經驗，促進彼此的專業實踐和研究，形成討論平台，使社區設計在這個政治和社會脈絡均迅速 變遷的環太平洋區域保持能量。十多年來成員持續增加，香港、韓國、泰國、加拿大也陸續有新成員參與。 webpage: http://faculty.washington.edu/jhou/pacrim.htm

Reduce the Pennsylvania non-violent, non-repeat offender prison population by 25% in 2013, and use the saving to rehire teachers and public service workers and increase funding to vital social services.