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The movement changed the country for the better in fundamental ways, and it seems only natural that its story should be part of what American students learn in school. According to a new report, however, that's not happening to the degree that it should.
The report, called "Teaching the Movement 2014: The State of Civil Rights Education in the United States," released by the Southern Poverty Law Center, gives every state a letter grade that reflects how well the civil rights movement is taught in that state.
Twenty states got an F.
Students deserve to have a full, rich understanding of what the civil rights movement was about and what it accomplished. Teaching classes on the movement in the basic education of American students is not just a matter of instilling pride. The story of the movement offers essential lessons in the political process and the mechanics of democracy. If that's not important to teach American kids, what is?
We hope educators consider the report and make appropriate improvements.
A photo of a toned derriere, bodypainted to look like the model is wearing a grey and white swimsuit, has the internet in overdrive with speculation that it belongs to Ronda Rousey.
The image posted on Instagram by Sports Illustrated Swimsuit editor MJ Day hints that the mystery model will feature in their February 2016 edition.
Keen-eyed viewers noted the blonde hair, muscular physique and tattoo's identify Rousey as the model.
The former UFC champion previously debuted new ink on both wrists, a kodokan flower on her right and octagon on her left, both of which are present in the SI snap.
Rousey posed for Sports Illustrated in 2015, wearing a series of skimpy black swimsuits and shot by famed photographer Walter Iooss Jr in Florida.
The magazine would not say whether she would be returning for a spread this year, but did keep people guessing with a post on their website.
"We can neither confirm nor deny these rumors, but isn't the idea of Ronda donning nothing but paint enough to tie you over until the issue comes out in February?," the article read.
Rousey has remained largely out of the public eye since her shocking loss to Holly Holm for the UFC women's bantamweight title.
"A body-painted spread in SI Swimsuit would truly be a comeback for the ages".
If the swimsuit rumours are true, Rousey will be back in the spotlight well and truly, with a recent announcement that she will also be hosting Saturday Night Live later this month.
In a conference call with Wall Street analysts, Discovery CEO David Zaslav underscored the company’s commitment to unscripted TV programming, which he described as more profitable and viable than the “commodified” scripted realm.
Discovery reported solid fourth-quarter and full-year results earlier today, also noting it had received Dept. of Justice approval for its pending $14.6B acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive. Zaslav said the deal should formally close in just two weeks.
Continuing on the unscripted stump later in the call, Zaslav declared, “We don’t do red carpets or fancy openings.” The company, in truth, did briefly get seduced by TV’s more showbiz side a few years ago, bankrolling scripted fare like Klondike and rolling it out with great fanfare. But with ratings continuing to contract and pressure mounting on all media businesses to clarify and focus their efforts, the re-orientation has a more urgent logic to it.
As viewers continue to deepen their relationships with their smartphones, Discovery believes, it will be well-positioned to serve up a steady supply of compelling programming. Scripps had already made inroads, especially on lifestyle-friendly social platforms like Instagram and Snapchat, with Food Network and HGTV titles and Discovery has also brought Group Nine Media into its orbit, tying digital brands like Thrillist and the Dodo to the cable mother ship.
The just-completed Winter Olympics in PyeongChang offered more evidence of Discovery’s capabilities, with its Eurosport unit delivering better-than-expected results across platforms. The company, essentially the ESPN of Europe, has exclusive or shared rights to the Games in many high-value international territories.
Meridian Energy today welcomed the release of the Land and Water Forum’s (LAWF’s) third report.
Chief Executive Mark Binns congratulated the Forum for pulling together a complex and diverse group of water interests.
“There are a range of views on the right approach to manage New Zealand’s fresh water resources. This forum has enabled all parties to put their views on the table,” says Mr Binns.
The water allocation report marks the conclusion of the Forum’s work. “LAWF’s collaboration provides an opportunity for making positive change to the way New Zealand manages its water. This framework is capable of protecting the environment and enabling economic growth,” says Mr Binns.
A key issue for the third report of the Forum was to consider how a water management framework – including the establishment of clear limits for water use that protect ecological, social and cultural values – enables economic growth. “This body of work outlines issues that are important for the environment, the economy and investor confidence. Meridian looks forward to participating in the next phase as this work is considered for implementation,” adds Mr Binns.
Meridian Energy is an integrated renewable energy company. We are the largest renewable generator in New Zealand. We retail electricity to homes, farms and businesses throughout New Zealand through our Meridian and Powershop brands. Meridian is creating a better energy future by leading the way in harnessing the power of renewable energy sources – water, wind and sun. In New Zealand, the company owns and operates seven hydro stations, six within the Waitaki Hydro Scheme, and wind farms throughout New Zealand. We also own and operate wind farms in Australia and have a strong pipeline of new generation options in both countries. We’ve built solar facilities in California and Tonga, and see future opportunities for solar in Australia.
Sustainability is fundamental to our operational approach, reflecting our long-term focus. We work with organisations to preserve the natural environment and protect native plant and animal life, and support local communities through our awardwinning Community Fund Programme and national and local sponsorships. To help our customers manage their energy use, we offer a range of innovative energyefficient products and services. Our operations are certified by Certified Emissions Measurement and Reduction Scheme (CEMARS®).
Find more from Meridian Energy on InfoPages.
Classes resumed at Lewisville High School after a brief lockdown linked to a social media threat Friday morning, police said.
In addition, Lewisville police Capt. Jesse Hunter said the department received a 911 call from a student who wouldn't identify himself who said, "there was something going on at several schools" in the district.
The department visited three schools, including Lewisville High, and determined a threat did not exist, Hunter said. The high school was the only one placed on lockdown because of an earlier threat that appeared on social media.
The lockdown was ordered at 7:40 a.m., Hunter said. Officers searched all three floors of the campus and found nothing.
Amanda Brim, the district's chief communications officer, said the high school was declared clear by 8:21 a.m., six minutes after classes officially started.
MANCHESTER CITY are prepared to let bitter rivals United win the battle to sign Alexis Sanchez.
City have been leading the chase to land the Arsenal ace after coming close to getting him last summer.
Now United have joined the race to sign the Chilean superstar - sparking a transfer scrap between the neighbours.
But it has emerged Etihad bosses are not prepared to match the financial package United will offer the Gunners and are happy to let Jose Mourinho's men get Sanchez.
Guardiola remains relaxed about the situation, safe in the knowledge Sanchez has made it clear he would prefer to play for him and not Mourinho.
But there is a limit to how much the billionaires are prepared to spend on getting Sanchez and will walk away if the figures don't stack up.
City bosses are willing to hand the Gunners £20m for someone who will be a free agent in June.
Arsenal are holding out for closer to £35m - excluding agent fees - and will not match United's bid if Old Trafford bosses meet the asking price.
City reckon the financial demands of the Gunners and Sanchez's agent Fernando Felicevich, who wants £5m as part of the deal, are too high and that the winger will have to lower his demands if a deal can be struck.
It remains to be seen if Sanchez decides to cash in on a more lucrative contract at Old Trafford.
But Guardiola has refused to discuss Sanchez and insists he will not let the speculation surrounding the player derail City's title charge.
Members of Guardiola's squad have been talking about Sanchez, with Kevin De Bruyne admitting he would be a brilliant addition to the team.
But Guardiola is determined not to let the saga overshadow his side's attempts to win the Premier League title.
City face a crunch game at Liverpool on Sunday and Guardiola said: "I don't answer, although I understand the question.
"You do your job, but you know my answer. I'm focussed on Liverpool and we have to choose which to focus on.
"I want to focus on what we are doing on the field, I would not like my players to listen, see and read the manager talking about other things, the important thing is what happens for 90 minutes on the pitch.
"They (the players) have two choices, follow what you say - or follow me. Hopefully I'll convince them to follow football on the pitch.
"One of the big successes in Spain is that people speak more than usual about the game, what happens on the pitch. That's how I feel more comfortable. Sometimes it's better for my players not to answer."
Liverpool expected XI: Who will make Jurgen Klopp’s 4-3-3 to face Manchester City?
It would appear that the cameras are rolling on the Downton Abbey movie, at least according to Lady Mary Crawley.
The film will star Imelda Staunton, Geraldine James, Simon Jones, David Haig, Tuppence Middleton, Kate Phillips and Stephen Campbell Moore alongside returning Downton Abbey cast Matthew Goode, Dockery, Dame Maggie Smith and Hugh Bonneville.
This is pretty exciting for fans of the PBS series, and we’ll let you know when we hear anything else about the Focus Features production.
KOZHIKODE: Two peope from Kannur who left the country allegedly to join the Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan last month are former workers of Popular Front of India (PFI).
Police said K Sajjad and Anwar Poothappara went missing along with their families on November 19 after they told relatives they were going to Mysuru. T P Nisam, another youth from Kuruva in Kannur, also has been reported missing and is believed to have joined the group.
Sajjad has gone with wife Shahina and two children and Anwar with wife Afsila and three children. Police said they went to UAE on November 20 and from there to Iran. It is believed the group has sneaked into IS areas in Afghanistan.
PFI sources said Anwar had severed ties with the organisation eight years ago after he went to the Gulf. Sajjad was ousted from the organisation three years ago for 'financial irregularity', the sources added.
Nisam was a regular visitor to a Salafi mosque now managed by an extreme Salafi group, police said. He has raised questions on certain religious issues to the Salafi preachers. Some controversial Salafi preachers are associated with the mosque, whose speeches had led to widespread protest in Kerala.
Anwar is co-brother of Muhammad Shameer T K, the PFI division-level leader from Pappinassery, believed to have been killed in Syria along with his two children. Shameer, who left for Syria in 2015, is suspected to be the motivator for the group from Kannur which joined the IS last year.
According to charge-sheet filed by National Investigating Agency in the Kannur IS case, it was Shameer who motivated others, including PFI workers Abdul Razak, Mithilaj, Rashid, Abdul Manaf, Muhammad Shajil and Abdul Khayoom, to join the terrorist outfit.
Police suspect that though Shameer is dead, some others are using the connections he had in Kannur to inspire people to join the IS. Shameer and his group went to Syria to join the IS, but the 10 people who left last month may have gone to Afghanistan as the IS strongholds in Syria have been destroyed in the war.
Last Friday, plans for a massive student city in the heart of Copenhagen took yet another step towards becoming a reality.
The prospective International Student City in Copenhagen (ISCC) got its first endorsement from a political party when Radikale officially backed the initiative.
“Copenhagen must become an attractive student city and a powerhouse for innovation and entrepreneurship,” said Michael Gatten, a Radikale member of the citizen representation in Copenhagen.
The ISCC aims to alleviate the desperate lack of housing options for students in the Danish capital by providing housing for upwards of 5,000 students in Ørestad.
The ISCC is inspired by the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris (CIUP), the international student city in the French capital.
CIUP was established in 1925 and today hosts around 12,000 students annually from nearly 140 nations in its 40 residential buildings.
The Foundation Academy football team has rallied in support of Bailey Trinder who was in a serious automobile accident on September 6th, 2018.
When Bailey Trinder’s teammates heard he had been airlifted via helicopter from an automobile accident Sept. 6, the Foundation High football players struggled to cope with the news.
It was the same for everyone, especially the 17-year-old’s parents, Brian and Betsy Trinder, who met about 100 well-wishers at Orlando Regional Medical Center, where Bailey was taken by the rescue unit from the accident scene on a rural Lake County road.
Doctors needed to stabilize Bailey before any visitors were allowed and it was definitely a trying time for his parents.
Once they did begin to hear positive news, however, emotions began to turn hopeful. He would indeed make it through the night. The prognosis wasn’t everything they wanted to hear, but they said they still felt blessed.
Yes, Bailey would see another day, but there was still bad news. Doctors were unsure whether he would ever walk again.
Bailey Trinder, a junior at Foundation Academy in Winter Garden, was in a serious car accident on Sept. 6. The next night, players from Foundation Academy and Bradenton Christian honored Trinder by wearing his number when they took the field.
Those doctor’s words sparked immediate anger among his teammates, who had a game the night after the crash and decided Bailey would want them to play.
That anger was quelled a bit when Foundation opponent Brevard Christian showed up.
Coach Dan Fort, who once coached as a defensive coordinator at Foundation under current head coach Brad Lord, presented the Foundation players with helmet stickers with Bailey’s No. 68 on them.
The gesture helped ease the pain a bit. Both teams met in the gym prior to the game and gathered in a prayer circle for Bailey.
Foundation Academy football players Tanner Hammond (left) and Henry Austad hold a helmet with No. 68 sticker, the jersey number of their teammate and friend Bailey Trinder, who was in a serious automobile accident on Sept. 6.
“That was probably the classiest thing I’ve ever seen from a football team or on the football field,” said Hammond, who had Bailey’s No. 68 tattooed in Roman numerals — LXVIII — on his left forearm earlier this week. “When that happened, [the stickers and prayer circle,] it just changed everything. They’re one of the nicest football teams I’ve ever played.
Bailey’s willpower and fight to survive the accident came as no surprise to his teammates and coaches. He’s that kind of player; that kind of kid.
Foundation Academy players display a "Bailey Strong" banner in honor of teammate Bailey Trinder, who suffered major injuries during a recent car accident.
Word of Bailey’s accident spread throughout the Orlando football community and throughout the state.
“The support that the Trinder family and our school has received from our community and schools in our area was awesome,” Lord said. “The First Academy called me at 5 a.m., Friday, reaching out to us. [Athletic director] Will Cohen and [coach] Leroy Kinard let me know they were there for us. [Coach] Bob Head and the West Orange High School football team also reached out to us early that morning.
His story touched the hearts of many, including former Florida Gators Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Tim Tebow, who sent Bailey a video message.
The Trinder family has been touched by the compassion and kindness. Players, coaches, Foundation Academy administrators and teachers all showed up at ORMC on the night of the accident to lend their support.
The prognosis for Bailey may not have been exactly the news the family wanted to hear in regards to his paralysis, but he does have full range of motion in his upper extremities. He’s alert and able to sit up in a chair. He had spinal cord surgery on Sept. 10 — four days after the accident — and responded well.
“They didn’t come out and say that he’ll walk again in a few weeks and they didn’t say that he’ll never walk again. They’ve told us that with spinal cord injuries, there’s just really no set guarantee that, ‘Yes, you will [walk again] or no you won’t,’ ” Brian Trinder said.
Doctors also learned this past Friday that Bailey has a broken wrist and will need further surgery Monday. Just another setback for the gritty teenager, but beyond that, the family has remained upbeat considering the circumstances.
Brian Trinder’s 20 years of working for the Leesburg Fire Department has helped him deal with the situation, but first-responders such as Trinder, who is now the division fire chief at Leesburg, always fear that one day the call will be one of their own family members in need.
“So I kind of know the ins and outs of auto accidents and things like that. … When I got the call that Bailey had been in a wreck, I was concerned, obviously, and a little nervous,” Trinder said of his son, who was unconscious at the scene. “When I got there, I was able to talk to him for just a brief minute before the helicopter took him off. So I knew it was serious since they were flying him off to Orlando. I really didn’t have time to see him long enough to know what was going on or to grasp that it was as serious as it was.
The accident occurred as Bailey was headed to his home in Groveland after practice at Foundation, which is in Winter Garden. The Florida Highway Patrol accident report said his vehicle veered off onto the right shoulder of Lake County’s Lee Road, but FHP could not determine the reason.
While trying to compensate for the shoulder, the report stated that Bailey steered left and the car then crossed the center line before he corrected again and sent the car into a spin. Eventually, the vehicle overturned at least twice, ejecting Bailey from the car. His father said he was wearing his lap belt, but he speculated Bailey may have moved the shoulder strap behind him, allowing the ejection. That is only a theory, however.
That came as no surprise to his best friend, Henry Austad.
“I was in shock when I heard the news that he might not make it, but I knew deep down that he was going to make it and have a great life,” Austad said.
The quarterback convinced medical personnel to allow him to see Bailey two days after the accident even though he remained in the Intensive Care Unit at ORMC.
“It was great, but at the same time it was emotional to see my best friend laying there and knowing I couldn’t do anything about it,” Austad said.
Bailey Trinder (left) and Henry Austad have been best friends for a long time. This picture is from their preschool graduation.