The first phonetic alphabet was invented in the 1920s by the International Telecommunications Union, according to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). It used geographical names for each letter: Amsterdam, Baltimore, Casablanca, Denmark. ⟨ ˑ ⟩ could now indicate full length when there is no need to distinguish half and…
Public broadcasting includes radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. In much of the world, funding comes from the government, especially via annual fees charged on receivers. specific controls relating to broadcasting contained in the Broadcasting Services Act 1992. These derive from the Commonwealth’s…
Sabha (Arabic: سبها Sabhā) is one of the districts of Libya. It is located near the center of the country, in the Fezzan region. The capital is the city of Sabha. In January 2019, forces loyal to Libyan National Army (LNA) leader Khalifa Haftar launched an operation to take control…
Pennsylvania has a Democratic triplex and a divided trifecta. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, and attorney general. The Republican Party controls both chambers of the state legislature. The GOP took over the Senate in the mid-1990s and won control of the state House in…
Reason #1: Palpatine manipulated Anakin to turn to the dark side. This is perhaps the most clear explanation as to why Anakin lapsed into the dark side and evolved into Darth Vader. Anakin’s love for Padme remained forbidden per Jedi rules, so he had no choice but to turn to…
Accenture NYC serves as the headquarters for all Accenture USA locations. In 2017, the firm announced it would move all 3,000 of its NYC employees to a new Accenture company location in the famous Hudson Yards. This Accenture location will comprise a massive 250,000 square feet. What does Accenture’s logo…
The Ascalon is a weapon created by Azmuth centuries ago, before the creation of the Omnitrix. The word Ascalon comes from Ashkelon, a coastal city in Israel. It can refer to: Ashkelon, coastal city in Israel, known in the Middle Ages as Ascalon Siege of Ascalon, the Crusader Kingdom of…
After its inception in Italy, Baroque music expanded throughout Europe thanks to composers like Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. Origin in Italy: The early Baroque era of music centered in Italy. “The Messiah”; HWV 56, by G F Handel (1741) Written in just 24 days, this is perhaps…
Educational theorist Gloria Ladson-Billings (1994) coined the term in the mid-1990’s and described it as “a pedagogy that empowers students intellectually, socially, emotionally, and politically by using cultural referents to impart knowledge, skills, and attitudes.” (pp. WHAT IS CULTURALLY RELEVANT PEDAGOGY? In her 1995 article “Toward a Theory of Culturally…
Dora the Explorer is an American animated television series created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh, and Eric Weiner. Dora the Explorer became a regular series in 2000. The show is carried on the Nickelodeon cable television network, including the associated Nick Jr. channel. Good Night,Dora!: A Lift-the-Flap Story ( ISBN…