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The Evolution of English George Boeree The English language begins with the Anglo-Saxons.  The Romans, who had controlled England for centuries, had withdrawn their troops and most of their colonists by the early 400s.  Attacks from the Irish, the Picts from Scotland, the native Britons, and Anglo-Saxons from across the North Sea, plus the deteriorating situation in the rest of the Empire, made the retreat a strategic necessity.  As the Romans withdrew, the Britons re-established themselves in the western parts of England, and the Anglo-Saxons invaded and began to settle the eastern parts in the middle 400s.  The Britons are the ancestors of the modern day Welsh, as well as the people of Britanny across the English channel.  The Anglo-Saxons apparently displaced or absorbed the original Romanized Britons, and created the five kingdoms of Northumbria, Mercia, Kent, East Anglia, Essex, Sussex, and Wessex (see map below).  Notice that the last three are ac...

David Considine,   Boone, N.C. Dr. David Considine, a professor and media literacy consultant at Appalachian State University,  will be honored with a 2008 Cable’s Leaders in Learning Award at a ceremony Wednesday, June 18th at the Library of Congress. Considine is being honored for modeling a management approach to introduce media literacy to an educational institution and sustain that innovation for more than a decade, creating multiple media literacy entry points for students, supported by numerous faculty at both the graduate and undergraduate level.   Click here to download b-roll of David Considine. Photo Captions  (scroll down to view/download photos) CIC029: FCC Commissioner Deborah Tate with 2008 Cable’s Leaders in Learning Award winner David Considine. Considine, a professor and media literacy consultant at Appalachian State University, was honored during the awards ceremony Wednesday, June 18th at the Library of Congress.  CIC014: Neil Smit, pre...

David Considine,   Boone, N.C. Dr. David Considine, a professor and media literacy consultant at Appalachian State University,  will be honored with a 2008 Cable’s Leaders in Learning Award at a ceremony Wednesday, June 18th at the Library of Congress. Considine is being honored for modeling a management approach to introduce media literacy to an educational institution and sustain that innovation for more than a decade, creating multiple media literacy entry points for students, supported by numerous faculty at both the graduate and undergraduate level.   Click here to download b-roll of David Considine. Photo Captions  (scroll down to view/download photos) CIC029: FCC Commissioner Deborah Tate with 2008 Cable’s Leaders in Learning Award winner David Considine. Considine, a professor and media literacy consultant at Appalachian State University, was honored during the awards ceremony Wednesday, June 18th at the Library of Congress.  CIC014: Neil Smit, pre...

Media  Films  Characters  Community  Random Page Wiki Activity Watchlist Recent changes 0 Talk Albert Schweitzer Edit CHARACTER Albert Schweitzer Gender Male Birth January 14, 1875 Death September 4, 1965 Nationality German Profession(s) Doctor Theologian Organist Allegiance(s) Humanity " You've learned what it truly means to suffer and have that suffering eased. As one who has suffered, you must consider it your sacred duty in this life to ease the suffering of others, if you can and never to cause it. " ―Albert Schweitzer to Pahouin Chief's Son [src] Albert Schweitzer was a German doctor, theologian and concert organist who found his mission to minister to the health needs of the...

Bandanna A  bandanna  or  bandana  (from the  Hindi : बन्धन  bandhana , "to tie") is a type of large, usually colorful, kerchief, usually worn on the head or around the neck of a person or pet and is not considered to be a hat. [3]  Bandannas are frequently printed in a  paisley  pattern. Bandanas are most often used to hold hair back, either as a fashionable head accessory, or for practical purposes: Colors, and sometimes designs, can be worn as a means of communication or identification, as with the prominent  California  criminal gangs, the  Bloods , the  Crips , the  Norteños , and the Sureños . In the so-called  hanky code , sexual subcultures, particularly gay men, signal their preferred sexual practices by wearing a particular bandana color or design in one of their pockets. In gang subcultures, the bandana could be worn in a pocket or, in some cases, around the leg. In the late 1980s/early 1990s, the...