Battle of the Year

in a tipi located near the Grand River passing through the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in the Dakota Territory. He was named Slon-He at birth, translated as "Slow" in standard Lakota language. In traditional Lakota fashion, he was given one of his father's names, Tȟatȟaŋka Iyotȟaŋka, translated as "Sitting Bull", due to a leadership role in a battle between the Lakota and Crow people. The event occurred when he was 14 years old, and led a charge and struck before the opposing Crow forces could

we didn't have any kind of prison. Because of this, we had no delinquents. Without a prison, there can be no delinquents. We had no locks nor keys and therefore among us there were no thieves. When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift. We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private property. We didn't know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a human being was not determined

history : The region was inhabited by the Lenape Native Americans at the time of its European discovery in 1524 by Giovanni da Verrazzano, a Florentine explorer in the service of the French crown, who named it "Nouvelle Angoulême" (New Angoulême). European settlement began with the founding of a Dutch fur trading settlement, later called "Nieuw Amsterdam" (New Amsterdam), on the southern tip of Manhattan in 1614. Dutch colonial Director-General Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan from

The Apartheid The Apartheid means separateness in Afrikaans. It was a racial segregation set up by National Party government in South Africa between 1948 and 1994. The concept of apartheid articulated around the political, social, economic and geographical division of the South African territory and its population divided in four hierarchically distinct racial groups: ➢ The Whites: they represent a little more than 21% of the population. They are chiefly the descendants of European immigrants

important humanitarian organization in the world, the Red Cross regroups 97 million men and women. .La French Red Cross, it is at the same time an association of 50.000 volunteers hired for more than 140 years on numerous fronts of the conflict against precariousness and a nonprofitable firm of services in the health, social, .médico-social and of training with 16 000 wage earners in more than 600 establishments, Created by Henry Dunant, during the battle of Solférino, the Red Cross is obvious from its

"Avatar" The creatures of 'Avatar' were 15 years in the making By Alex Ben Block Dec 10, 2009, 03:57 PM ET |Related | |James Cameron's greatest boxoffice hits | In 1994, director James Cameron and his friend Stan Winston -- who worked together on "Terminator 2: Judgment Day" -- became officers of the fledgling Digital Domain, a year-old special effects house based in Venice, Calif. That was the curious genesis of "Avatar." "I figured the best

a payment in exchange for anything of value, a legal contract has been created. For example, most bills of sale, purchase orders, employment agreements, and other common business transactions are legally enforceable contracts. Following is a discussion to help you understand the basics of contracts. What is a contract? A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates an obligation to do or not do particular things. The term "party" can mean an individual

in Salinas in 1902 in California. He came from a family of moderate means, that is to say a lower class. He worked at Stanford University but never graduated. In 1925, he went to New York, where he tried for a few years to establish himself as a free-lance (independant) writer, but he failed and returned to California. After publishing some novels and short stories, Steinbeck became more famous with Tortilat Flat published in1935 a series of humorous stories about Monterey. Steinbeck's novels can

des années 1970, New York est un vivier cosmopolite où chaque couche d'immigration a développé son style de danse. Il est vraisemblable que les danses les plus populaires à l'époque étaient le good foot et le popcorn, inspirées des chansons Get On The Good Foot et Popcorn de James Brown. Ces danses consistaient en un mouvement de jambes rapide, où les danseurs passent d'un pied d'appui sur l'autre. On peut y noter une certaine ressemblance avec certains mouvements du swing, du charleston du lindy

Africa: the Nile’s example. “The next war among countries will not be for oil or territorial borders, but only for the problem of water “. Dr Boutros Boutros Ghali, former Secretary-General of the United Nations. “Indeed water is already a catalyst for regional conflict” Quote from the influential head of environmental research institute Worldwatch, Lester Brown. 1,5 billion of inhabitants do not have access to drinking water… In 1995, Ismail Serageldin, vice president of the World Bank