As a NFL fan, we would like to see individuals represent your show that are upstanding citizens. Ray Lewis and his history has proven that he is far from that. If you continue to show this man on TV, you show that you not only accept his ludicrous behavior, but you endorse it as well. Take a stance and do not hire Ray Lewis to represent your company. Many of us cannot stomach to watch this man on TV. And, the families in Atlanta should not have to endure watching someone who was involved in the killing of their loved ones. Please sign this petition if you do not want to see Ray Lewis be glorified on ESPN.

I strongly oppose the decision to close the MICA jewelry design program. This is a bad decision for Baltimore and America's need for young "artrepreneurs."

We support urban beekeepers in Florida! Please be sure all legislation and regulations encourage urban beekeeping to continue & to flourish. Please remove unrealistic restrictions on the placement of urban apiaries and remove across the board limits on the number of hives per apiary.

"Put talented unemployed educators back to work in 2013-2014" We are petitioning to use some of the 2013-14 budget to put unemployed, talented, dedicated educators back to work by having them lead curriculum and staff development projects such as mentoring new teachers, managing after-school/out of school projects, parent trainings, and other programs that will enhance and raise students' achievement. All students, particularly the underserved, as well as the economy, would benefit from re-hiring the number of talented, dedicated educators who are out of work in Massachusetts and in many parts of the country.

After years of cuts to childcare and preschool programs, Gov. Brown neglected early learning again in his budget. The state legislature needs to fix his mistake and invest more in our littlest learners.

Repeal the sign ordinance. This will help our local businesses continue to advertise at a low cost, keep our businesses open and employ our employees.

The proposed Georgia gun law is bringing back the bad old days, when guns were allowed everywhere--in bars, churches, and public spaces. Now even airports are not safe from concealed weapons. But Governor Deal need not worry because the one place guns are not allowed is the Georgia State Capital. Please sign this petition and urge Governor Deal not to sign this bill which endangers public safety and will surely increase the epidemic of gun violence.

stopping the fraud in the welfare system. only the truly needy should be able to get government assistance.

When Can Someone's Life Be Defined As 'Endangered'? It is useful to review the legal history of cases at http://judiciary.zoomshare.com to understand the disturbing frequency with which one woman (Kini Cosma) is singled out for abuse and a clear political incentive to integrate brutality, depraved indifference, and conduct extreme and outrageous. It begins with Cosma being overpowered with a wrongful conviction via homophobic invalidated testimonies defaming her further as a 'sexual predator'. Consequently, when the lower Napa County court had not dismissed this essential link in the chain that led to this woman's wrongful conviction, a "legalized" abduction of her two minor sons enabled the crisis to continue for over 20 years. They identified her as such in its listing of area sex offenders then publicly released this information to the community of Auburn, California. This failure to incorporate her concerns into broader feminist efforts to address sexual violence has enabled the specific and particularly brutal patterns of abuse she would soon anticipate from the rage of neighborhoods placing her at risk in danger zones where she frequents; areas hard to avoid especially when she is alone. When Cosma is in a particularly vulnerable emotional state, homophobia is motivated to the extent she is forced to encounter a host of dangers, physical and spatial constraints, and a pervasive sense of male privilege or entitlement. Coupled with inaction, Government officials breached their duty to protect Cosma from known assailants. They have served, in effect, as accomplices enabling an entire spectrum of violence exercised by virtue of dehumanization to punish this biological female for violating gender norms. Cosma contends there has been a pattern of bias-motivated incidents under the Hate Crimes Statistics Act, ranging from verbal harassment to attempted murder through the intentional infliction of emotional distress, physical and financial abuse. Based upon the undisputed facts, the hatred has manifested itself as an obsessive will to power. There have been extreme forms of gender- and sexuality-based discrimination, domination, and violence. Rather, U.S. officials have responded to her complaints with a depraved indifference defining this pattern of abuse as a deterioration of Cosma's mental condition. Despite incriminating evidence, the nature of (in)actions have led to the acting-out against this woman who rejects binary sexual difference from misogynist and homophobic hatred. Like the punk menaces who grabbed Brandon Teena, tore off her clothing to ridicule her body, then raped and shot her to death are like the beginning episodes of forced bodily exposure in the Napa County jail to the continuity of malicious prosecutions and state malfeasance to the patterns of deliberately depriving Cosma of valuable personal property. When state and federal courts do not intervene as requested by Cosma, they ultimately circulate a powerful meaning whereby officials have made it a public action to reassert male dominance over this woman causing her to be miserably trapped and resentful for being a misfit in an intolerant society.

Monday November 26th, the City of Chicago will hold a hearing concerning the application for a live venue music license by The Wild Hare Bar and Restaurant for their new location. For over 30 years the Wild Hare has been known as The Reggae Capitol of the USA with live music every day. It is the ONLY live reggae music venue in Chicago, supporting local musicians and entertaining reggae fans from Chicago and visitors from all over the US and the world. The Wild Hare is more than a bar, it is a cultural community, a mixing pot of all races and ages.