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Will the Seattle Seahawks Protest National Anthem on 9/11?
Several members of the Seattle Seahawks are considering protesting the national anthem over civil rights concerns when the team faces the Miami Dolphins on Sunday, the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11th attacks, according to the Seattle Times.
The players are considering joining San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who is famously protesting the national anthem out of refusal to “show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people.” Kaepernick has either sat or kneeled the past two games and doesn’t plan to stop anytime soon.
The Times said star receiver Doug Baldwin and star linebacker Bobby Wagner are among the players who might join Kaepernick.
Seahawks cornerback Jeremy Lane has already expressed plans to follow in Kaepernick’s footsteps and it appears he might not be alone. Lane has already sat out the anthem of a preseason game in solidarity with Kaepernick.
“Anything we want to do, it’s not going to be individual. It’s going to be a team thing. That’s what the world needs to see. The world needs to see people coming together versus being individuals,” Wagner told the Times.
Since his protest, the response has been polarizing. Charlie Sheen, Spike Lee and President Obama have expressed support, and Kaepernick’s jersey sales have skyrocketed.
Meanwhile, Bleacher Report wrote that NFL execs who despise Kaepernick’s actions outnumber the front office members who support the polarizing decision to protest the national anthem.
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll probably isn’t among the anonymous execs who loathe Kaepernick, as the paper said he told Lane that the club is fine with whatever he deices when it comes to protesting racial inequality and police brutality.
The Seahawks did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request to comment.
The club are pressing ahead with the move to Kingsford and have received another boost.
Aberdeen have raised £8.5million to go ahead with phase one of their £50m new stadium and training complex proposals.
Additional cash from US investor Tommy Crotty and director Dave Cormack, "combined with earlier donations and future pledges" has allowed the Pittodrie club to press ahead with the appointment of Morrison Construction as their principal contractor.
Aberdeen received planning permission from the council in January after submitting plans for a 20,000-seater stadium, training ground and community hub at Kingsford, eight miles to the west of the city.
Dons chairman Stewart Milne said: “The fund-raising is a work in progress, but we’ve secured sufficient funds, with more in the pipeline, that give us the confidence to proceed.
"The board is indebted to Dave and Tom for their on-going, generous support of the project which is imperative to the future success of the club.
“Completing the training facilities as soon as possible is vital in order to retain players and management, attract new talent, and develop future talent through the football academy.
“I’m thrilled that we’ve got the financial backing of investors who share our ambition and are committed to delivering a first-class facility that will benefit the club and also the wider region through the community aspects.
Will Aberdeen get their move to a new stadium?
Love puns, bread, and celebrities? I feel like a lot of you do. If so, please direct your attention to Twitter, where the hashtag #CeleBreadies provided a fair amount of yeasty delight on Wednesday.
The concept here is simple: fresh-baked bread puns made using celebrity names.
There is literally nothing else to it, and there doesn't have to be. And so I present these examples without further comment, hopeful that you'll also almost spit out coffee when you see the phrase "Sharon Scone."
Most normal men and women will be watching the Packers-Cowboys game on Sunday. Owing to the fact that Monday is a federal holiday, the party goers will have had their fill of beer by the time the game ends around 8:00 p.m. This guarantees that none will tune into HBO's "The Young Pope" at 9:00 p.m.
This is HBO's first mistake: real men and women watch football and drink beer—they don't get their jollies watching an ideologically driven flick about some tortured pope who has "power-mad dreams." But perhaps I am too harsh: the target audience never threw a football, much less watched a game on TV.
The man behind this fictional series is Paolo Sorrentino. Pope Pius XIII's real name, viewers learn, is not Leonard Belardo—it's Lenny Belardo. His hip name corresponds with his habit of chain smoking and drinking diet soda. But the Brooklynite (he is America's first pope) also has a few flaws.
According to TV Guide Magazine, Pope Pius is "cruel, deceptive and a bit of an a--." Variety says he can be "cruel, vindictive, surprisingly compassionate, and justifiably paranoid." Breitbart says the pope comes across as "a lustful (possibly bisexual) narcissist." The Hollywood Reporter calls him "arrogant, whimsical...
Indiewire.com praises Sorrentino for his devilish abilities. "Anyone angry with Lenny is asked to shift their [sic] ire toward the church." Mission accomplished: it's not the tormented pope who is the problem, it's his lousy church.
What does Sorrentino have against the Church? An atheist, he bemoans its structure. "The Vatican is a state with a vertical power structure." Perhaps this genius can tell us which nation-state has a horizontal power structure.
The pope's advisor, Cardinal Michael Spencer, is played by James Cromwell. The character he plays has "completely forgott[en] the purpose for which Christ founded the church." This explains why he plays his role so effortlessly.
In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter, Cromwell tells us how horrible the Catholic Church in America is for opposing abortion. He boasts that abortion is not a divisive issue in Europe. He's right. There is also little debate there anymore about putting to death the depressed, the handicapped, the sick, and the e...
So, guys and girls, keep the brews flowing on Sunday, unless, of course, you want to watch a chain-smoking, bit of an a--, borderline anti-Christ, possibly bisexual, cruel, vindictive, paranoid pope who doesn't believe in God. This should go over big with the Meryl Streep gang.
A CAMPAIGN in the memory of schoolboy who killed himself after he was bullied has been launched.
The Ayden’s Law website, set up in memory of Philip Morant pupil Ayden Olson, went live at midnight on Saturday.
Mum Shy Keenan has teamed up with the Sun newspaper and charity Beatbullying to call for talks with Prime Minsiter David Cameron on the issue of new children's antibullying laws.
Ayden, 14, is believed to have taken an overdose at his home on March 14 this year.
Mrs Keenan, 43, said: “Our wonderful son Ayden died with his spirit defeated.
“He was bullied to death at school and driven out of pain and despair to take his own life.
The website, aydenslaw.org, contains suggestions of what the anti-bullying bill could include, and methods to increase prevention and support for parents whose children are carrying out bullying.
Mrs Keenan wants to turn Colchester’s Philip Morant secondary school into the UK’s flagship anti-bullying school.
The 31-year-old mother of two had chronicled her illness on Facebook.
Lauren Morelle, the Irondequoit woman who spent the last 18 months publicly chronicling her battle with breast cancer, died Wednesday, according to a statement from her father, Assemblyman Joe Morelle.
She was 31 years old.
Morelle, a mother of two young children, was first diagnosed with breast cancer in early 2016. She promptly started a Facebook page called Lauren vs. Cancer, where thousands of people followed her updates — by turn angry, hopeful, heart-rending and irreverent — on her progress, including chemotherapy, a double mastecto...
Her posts were characterized by a steadfast refusal to pity herself.
"I know how lucky I am," she wrote May 28. "Each day I wake up with air in my lungs and in a very small amount of pain. My cancer has a high degree of visibility and new research is coming out all the time."
She leaves her two children, both under 5 years old, and her husband, Nate Stone. Funeral plans have not yet been announced.
State Senate Majority Leader John J. Flanagan said in a statement, "My heart aches for my colleague Joe Morelle and his family following the passing of his daughter Lauren. Joe and I are contemporaries, with kids who are roughly the same age and they should and do mean everything to us. Saying goodbye to a child has to...
As a father and a New Yorker, I am heartbroken to learn of the passing of Lauren Morelle, the daughter of Assembly Maj. Leader @JoeMorelle.
How Will You Fare in the Obamacare Exchanges?
Individuals in most states will end up spending more on the exchanges. It is true that in some states, the experience could be the opposite. This is because those states had already over-regulated insurance markets that led to sharply higher premiums through adverse selection.
Our research finds that for many states, the insurance on health exchanges will cost more than existing insurance.
Our findings confirm that younger populations see larger percentage increases in premiums.
It is clear that many policies and cross-subsidization within Obamacare will lead to upward shifts in premiums.
There are literally no comparisons to current rates. That is, [the Department of Health and Human Services] has chosen to dodge the question of whose rates are going up, and how much. Instead they try to distract with a comparison to a hypothetical number that has nothing to do with the actual experience of real people...
Enrollment in Obamacare’s health insurance exchanges has proven to be a somewhat difficult process amidst technical glitches and delays. Aside from the issues associated with actually purchasing health care, once an individual gets a quote for health insurance on an exchange, is the premium higher or lower than before?
Our research finds that for many states, the insurance on health exchanges will cost more than existing insurance. This study illustrates that the general experience for individuals shopping on the exchange is that of increasing premiums from what was available to them prior to implementation of the exchanges. Many fam...
The Heritage Health Insurance Microsimulation Model (HHIMM), in concordance with insurer data compiled by Mark Farrah Associates, is used to create a snapshot of what it looks like to shop for insurance prior to exchange implementation. This data is used to build weighted average premiums within the rating areas, simil...
First, we use expected age distribution in the individual market from the HHIMM. Next, we use census data for the county populations in order to scale up to the state level, creating something that is roughly comparable to the weighted averages presented by HHS. This comparison is different from others in that, rather ...
This paper is meant to provide a necessary segue to HHS’s data summary, creating an apples-to-apples comparison of exchange data to what the costs are for individuals. Effectively, we have used the same methods that were employed to provide summary data on the exchange markets to prior insurance data in order to get th...
Some state-based exchanges have data releases that are more limited than the 36 federal exchanges. For state exchanges, some premiums must be estimated. As is the case with all studies built to address the changes in exchange premiums, it is important to note that when more data becomes available, results could vary sl...
This study considers the data as released by HHS. States with little data released are omitted from this study.
This analysis represents the change in unsubsidized rate levels. The purpose of this research is to provide further details on the changing premium levels across the country. With this in mind, it is true that many people will have the opportunity to lower their personal monthly costs within the exchanges if they quali...
Individuals in most states will end up spending more on the exchanges. It is true that in some states, the experience could be the opposite. This is because those states had already over-regulated insurance markets that led to sharply higher premiums through adverse selection, as is the case of New York. Many states, h...
The Obama Administration is desperate for younger people to enroll to prevent an adverse selection death spiral. As pointed out by Sam Cappellanti at the American Action Forum, “The enrollment of these low cost young adults…is essential as they are required to subsidize the costs of insuring the elderly and chronically...
Our findings confirm that younger populations see larger percentage increases in premiums. A state that exhibits this clearly is Vermont, where the increase for 27-year-olds is 144 percent and the increase for 50-year-olds is still 60 percent, but far less. All states exhibit this relationship.
Many individuals will experience sticker shock when shopping on the exchanges. It is clear that many policies and cross-subsidization within Obamacare will lead to upward shifts in premiums. These policies include the health insurance tax, essential health benefit and actuarial value regulations, less allowed age varia...
Obamacare will leave many people paying more for their health insurance. The healthcare.gov website is learning to crawl, with additional data trickling in. However, based on information already released by HHS, states, and insurance plans, the claims of savings on premiums for the average participant is a fantasy.
—Drew Gonshorowski is a Policy Analyst in the Center for Data Analysis at The Heritage Foundation.
Quoted in Avik Roy, “Double Down: Obamacare Will Increase Avg Individual Market Insurance Premiums by 99 Percent for Men, 62 Percent for Women,” Forbes, September 25, 2013, http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/09/25/double-down-obamacare-will-increase-avg-individual-market-insurance-premiums-by-99-for-men-62-...
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, “Health Insurance Marketplace Premiums for 2014,” September 2013, http://aspe.hhs.gov/health/reports/2013/MarketplacePremiums/ib_marketplace_premiums.cfm (accessed October 10, 2013).
HHS’s main exchange dataset can be found here: https://www.healthcare.gov/health-plan-information/ (accessed October 10, 2013).
Massachusetts and Hawaii are omitted. Minnesota, Kentucky, and Maryland have issued small releases.
Virginia’s data likely has data entry errors. Omitting the entries that are likely incorrect suggests that Virginia’s likely premium increases are 115 percent for 27-year-olds, 65 percent for 50-year-olds, and 30 percent for a family of four.
Sam Cappellanti, “Premium Increases for ‘Young Invincibles’ Under the ACA and the Impending Premium Spiral,” American Action Forum, October 2, 2013, http://americanactionforum.org/research/premium-increases-for-young-invincibles-under-the-aca-and-the-impending (accessed October 10, 2013).
Do you feel these in your relationships?
We have a whole range of feelings that we experience throughout our days as well as with our partner.
Joy, pleasure, vulnerability, and deep connection occurs in an atmosphere of safety and trust. Being faithful, having no secrets, making it safe to express feelings even painful ones and being cooperative "teammates" all contribute to feelings of security between the partners.
The best way to attain this kind of security is practice a healthy dose of active and attentive listening. One thing I often say is that it is each partner’s job to regulate the emotions of not only him or herself but those of the partner.
We need to help soothe our partner when stressed as well as lift them up (just because we can!) when they are in neutral. A partner that feels understood is a partner who feels safe and secure to be him or herself.
Actually, courage is an essential feeling to get us to take the action necessary to create a happy, vibrant relationship. With courage, you try new things with your partner in and out of the bedroom. With courage, you reveal your inner world to your partner and are interested in your partner’s.
This leads to the feelings of closeness and positive intensity that make relationships come alive. We all know it requires a certain amount of consistent courage to succeed in business and yet when it comes to our intimate relationship, we think we could come home from work and "just chill."
That is fine for a while but ultimately; we need to show courage in our home life as well as our business life.
When you utilize your courage in an atmosphere of security, it allows for ever-new experiences. You both plan out your life to have fun activities that you both look forward to. In addition, you can be spontaneous with each other as you have interactions that could be stimulating, humorous and pleasurable.
There is an element of playfulness that keeps the relationship fresh as well as exciting. The myth is that excitement is only for new couples. However, if you have that secure relationship that allows you to take risks and be courageous, you can still get those butterflies in your stomach when you see your partner!
If you are not experiencing these feelings on some consistent basis, this can almost always change. Typically it is the old patterns of thinking, speaking and behaving that block us from the interpersonal creativeness it takes to experience our courage, feelings of security and excitement.
As many of you know, I have worked with couples that have had deep wounds such as infidelity. And yes, there are ways to heal and experience the positive emotions that I have discussed here even in these relationships.
I have seen couples create relationships that allow for these positive feelings over and over again. So, look forward, be creative and make it happen!
December 3rd, 2013 -- Ashekelon, Israel -- 30 year old man who suffers from mental illness was arrested Tuesday after he barricaded himself in his brother's apartment in Ashkelon with his four year old niece. Police force called to the scene conducted negotiations with the man, trying to get him to release the girl, af...
The school gives priority to pupils whose fathers attended.
THE SUPREME COURT has dismissed an appeal alleging a teenage Traveller was discriminated against when he was refused admission to a local school.
The unamimous judgment was made after the boy’s mother took a case against the Christian Brothers’ High School in Clonmel after it turned down his application for admission in 2010.
Mary Stokes had originally lodged a complaint with the Equality Tribunal, who found in her son’s favour and awarded him a place, but the school successfully appealed the judgment in to Circuit Court and High Court.
Two of the five Supreme Court judges ruled that an appeal to the Supreme Court was not appropriate.
The other three decided that there wasn’t sufficient evidence to carry out a full analysis of the case.
In its judgment the Supreme Court found that the application of the particular disadvantage test had been wrongly applied by both the Equality Tribunal and the Circuit Court.
The judge’s said that the ruling related to how the Equal Status Act was enforced. This suggests that it does not create a precedence about a school’s admission policy.
Mary Stokes made a complaint over the school’s policy of giving priority to students whose fathers were past pupils of the school which she said discriminated against her son, John. She says the policy disproportionately affects Travellers because they are less likely to have a father who attended any second-level scho...
Statistically speaking, around 10% of older Traveller men attended second-level school, the Irish Traveller Movement says.
Counsel for Mary Stokes said that his side were seeking a declaration that the boy was subject to a particular disadvantage which gave rise to indirect discrimination, which led to him being excluded from the school. They were not, however, seeking for the boy to be admitted to the school.
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has said follwoing the ruling that many of the calls they recieve are from parents who are “confused and frustrated” by school’s admissions policies.

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