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Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Teaching Mrs. Tingle is a 1999 American black comedy-drama movie. It was directed by Kevin Williamson and was produced by Cathy Konrad. Teaching Mrs. Tingle was released on August 20, 1999. The movie was originally going to be called Killing Mrs. Tingle but it was delayed and retitled because of the Columbine High School massacre.
The movie gained negative reviews from critics and holds a 19% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Monsuno
Monsuno is a USA computer animation television series. The show first aired in 2012.
Francesco Saverio Pavone
Francesco Saverio Pavone (25 March 1944 – 16 March 2020) was an Italian magistrate. He was the chief of the Procura di Venezia for many years.
Biography
Born in Taranto on 25 March 1944, he worked for several years as a court clerk, where he won competitive examinations in the late 1970's. In 1980 he took over court services in Venice, first in court and later as a prosecutor. In the lagoon town, he is investigating organized crime and abduction. In 1988, the "pool" of Pavone (a group of judges in the same case) presented a complete chart of the organization of Mala del Brenta causing chaos in Veneto, an investigation that led to the 1994 attempt to satiate Mala del Brenta, with Felice Maniero sentenced to 33 years for the mafia association. Francesco Saverio Pavone lived under the auspices of 1989 to 2006, following threats from the Sicilian mafia and members of the Mala del Brenta. In 2016 he retired as Belluno chief prosecutor.
On 16 March 2020, Pavone died in the intensive care unit of Mestre Angelo's hospital at age 75, following a positive COVID-19 test, leading to serious lung problems.
Andrea Fortunato
Andrea Fortunato (26 July 1971 – 25 April 1995) is a former Italian football player. He has played for the Italian national team.
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Lone Star Lake
Lone Star Lake is a lake in southwestern Douglas County, in the U.S. state of Kansas. It is 185 acre (75 ha) big. The lake is southwest of the unincorporated community of Lone Star, Kansas. Lone Star Lake is in Lone Star Lake Park. It has camping, fishing, picnic shelters, and a swimming beach. The lake and park are owned and operated by Douglas County.
Fox Point Hurricane Barrier
The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier is a 3,000 foot long barrier across the Providence River in Providence, Rhode Island. It was built between 1960 and 1966. It protects the low-lying downtown area of the city from damaging storm surges and flooding due to hurricanes or other storms.
Before the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier was built, storm surges caused by hurricanes killed people and caused damage. The 1938 New England hurricane caused $120 million (1938 USD) of damage in Providence and nearby areas. Almost sixteen years later, Hurricane Carol caused an eight-foot-high storm surge. Damage was $41 million.
The barrier cost $14 million to build.
Times the barrier was used
In 1985, the barrier was closed to protect the city from the storm surge of Hurricane Gloria.
In 1991, it was closed to protect the city from four feet of water from Hurricane Bob.
On October 28-29, 2012, the barrier was closed because of Hurricane Sandy. The storm's tidal surge was 9.5 feet high.
Electoral district of Cook
Cook is an electoral district of Queensland. It was created in 1876.
Twisp, Washington
Twisp is a town in Okanogan County in north central Washington, United States. It is located near the Twisp and Methow rivers. The population was 938 at the 2000 census and decreased to 919 at the 2010 census.
Le Mesnil-Durand
Le Mesnil-Durand is a former commune. It is found in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Livarot-Pays-d'Auge.
Rossana Rossanda
Rossana Rossanda (23 April 1924 – 20 September 2020) was an Italian left-wing politician, journalist, and feminist. She was born in Pula, then-Kingdom of Italy. She was a member of the Italian Communist Party and Proletarian Unity Party Between 1963 and 1968, she was a member of the Chamber of Deputies. In 1969, she founded the newspaper Il manifesto.
Rossanda died on 20 September 2020 in Rome at the age of 96.
Austin Deasy
Austin Deasy (26 August 1936 – 10 June 2017) was an Irish Fine Gael politician. He served as Minister for Agriculture from 1982 to 1987. He was a TD for the Waterford constituency from 1977 until his retirement in 2002.
Deasy died at University Hospital Waterford in Waterford, Ireland on 10 June 2017 at the age of 80.
R. Budd Dwyer
Robert Budd Dwyer (November 21, 1939 – January 22, 1987) was an American politician. He served from 1971 to 1981 as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania State Senate representing the state's 50th district. He served as the 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania from January 20, 1981 to January 22, 1987.
On January 22, 1987, Dwyer called a news conference in the Pennsylvania state capital of Harrisburg where he killed himself in front of the gathered reporters with a .357 caliber revolver. Dwyer's suicide was also broadcast to a wide television audience across the state of Pennsylvania.
In the early 1980s, Pennsylvania discovered its state workers had overpaid federal taxes due to errors in state withholding. Many accounting firms competed for a multimillion-dollar contract to determine compensation to each employee.
In 1986, Dwyer was convicted of receiving a bribe from a California firm trying to gain the contract. Throughout his trial and after his conviction, he maintained that he was innocent of the charge and that he had been framed. Dwyer was scheduled to be sentenced on those charges on January 23, 1987, the day after his suicide.
Zombies on Broadway
Zombies on Broadway (or Loonies on Broadway in the UK) is a 1945 American horror comedy movie directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Wally Brown, Alan Carney, Bela Lugosi, Anne Jeffreys, Sheldon Leonard, Ian Wolfe, Jason Robards Sr., Darby Jones, Russell Hopton. It was distributed by RKO Radio Pictures.
Ezana of Axum
Ezana of Axum was a king in 4th century Ethiopia. Ezana was the son of King Ousanas and was taught by Bishop Frumentius. Ezana ruled a tribe called the Axum but he also conquered a lot of other territory in Ethiopia. At first, Ezana called himself a Son of the Roman war deity Mars but Frumentius managed to talk him into becoming a Christian instead. Ezana is known as the King who brought Christianity to Ethiopia and the Orthodox Church there has him as one of their saints.
Rick Allen
Richard John Cyril Allen (born 1 November 1963) is an English drummer. He has played for the hard rock band Def Leppard since 1978.
His left arm was amputated because of a car crash in 1984. He is known as "The Thunder God" by fans.
WWE Worlds Collide
WWE Worlds Collide was a two-day show of professional wrestling by WWE that happened at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona on January 26 and 27, 2019 at Royal Rumble Axxess and could be watched on the WWE Network on February 2, 2019. It happened after the Royal Rumble and before Halftime Heat.
The show had the 15-man Worlds Collide tournament which had five wrestlers each from NXT, NXT UK, and 205 Live. Velveteen Dream from NXT won the tournament and chose to face Johnny Gargano for the NXT North American Championship and won.
Storylines
The show had matches that were organized as part of stories where wrestlers played heroes, villains or somewhere in between. The winners of these matches are chosen by the writers of the stories from WWE.
The winner of the tournament would receive a championship match of their choice for either the United Kingdom, North American, NXT, or Cruiserweight Championship (but he could only choose the Cruiserweight Championship if he weighed less than 205 pounds).
On January 10, there was an announcement that there would be a 15-man Battle Royal at the show. The order that the wrestlers were eliminated in the battle royal was used to decide what the first round matches would be in the tournament. The winner of the battle royal would not have a first-round match. Instead, he would start in the second round.
Participants
These are the wrestlers that competed in the tournament and when there was an announcement that he would be competing. Bright yellow means the wrestler is from NXT, dark yellow means the wrestler is from NXT UK, and purple means the wrestler is from 205 Live.
Event
14 matches happened on January 26.
In the first, Flash Morgan Webster beat James Drake. It was a dark match (there is no video of the match).
The next seven matches were the first round matches of the Worlds Collide tournament. Drew Gulak beat Mark Andrews, Dominik Dijakovic beat TJP, Keith Lee beat Travis Banks, Humberto Carrillo beat Zack Gibson, Velveteen Dream beat Tony Nese, Adam Cole beat Shane Thorne, and Tyler Bate beat Cedric Alexander.
The tenth match was a dark match where Walter beat Danny Burch.
The last four matches were the quarterfinals of the Worlds Collide tournament. Jordan Devlin beat Drew Gulak, Velveteen Dream beat Humberto Carrillo, Adam Cole beat Keith Lee, and Tyler Bate beat Dominik Dijakovic.
Ten matches happened on January 27.
The first two were dark matches where Candice LaRae beat Xia Li, and Fabian Aichner beat Ligero.
The next two matches were the semifinals of the Worlds Collide tournament. Tyler Bate beat Adam Cole and Velveteen Dream beat Jordan Devlin.
The last match was the Worlds Collide tournament final where Velveteen Dream beat Tyler Bate.
Provincial Assembly of Sindh
The Provincial Assembly of the Sindh is a unicameral house of elected representatives of people of Sindh established under Article 106 of the 1973 Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Under this article, the total number of seats for the Assembly through direct vote is 168, of which 30 seats are reserved for women and 8 seats for non-Muslims.
BMG Rights Management
BMG Rights Management (also known as BMG RM) is a music rights management company. It is currently the only music division of German media group Bertelsmann AG. It was announced in late 2008 shortly following Bertelsmann's sale of its music interests to Sony Music Entertainment. It first opened offices in January 2009.
Offices
The company's head office is in Berlin. It has regional offices for North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Benelux, France, Italy, and Spain.
COVID-19 pandemic in Cyprus
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Cyprus in March 2020.
On 9 March 2020, Cyprus confirmed its first two cases: a 25-year-old man from Limassol who had returned from Italy and a 64-year-old health professional from Nicosia who had returned from the UK.
On 21 March, the first death was confirmed.
On 30 April, 7 new cases were confirmed. According to the updated statistics released by the Ministry of Health, a total of 296 people have recovered.
COVID-19 pandemic in Albania
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Albania on 8 March 2020, a father and son who had travelled from Florence, Italy.
Lumbar puncture
A lumbar puncture (often called spinal tap, by non-doctors) is a medical method to collect a sample of cerebrospinal fluid (fluid from the brain). This can be done to analyse the sample, to find some hints to diseases. It can also be done to lower the pressure of the fluid inside the skull.
COVID-19 pandemic in Albania
As of 10 September 2020, there are 10,860 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Albania.
Lumbar puncture
脳脊髄液
COVID-19 pandemic in Albania
Cases
On 10 March, President Ilir Meta called for retired Albanian doctors to re-enter the work force. Later that day, it was discovered that a Maryland woman had contracted novel coronavirus after visiting Albania, as well as spending time in a Turkish airport.
The first death was also reported, an elderly woman in Durrës on 12 March.
Kofi Burbridge
Kofi Burbridge (September 22, 1961 – February 15, 2019) was an American keyboardist and flautist. He was a member of the Grammy Award-winning blues rock group Tedeschi Trucks Band. Burbridge was born in the Bronx, New York. He was also the brother of bass player Oteil Burbridge.
Burbridge died at the age of 57, on February 15, 2019 from an illness.
List of programmes broadcast by MBC Action
This is a list of programmes broadcast by on MBC Action.
Programming
Dubbing and subtitling of all series is in Arabic.
For schedule information, see MBC action Website.
William Howe
General William Howe, William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729-1814) was a British fighter. He fought in the Seven Years' War, American Revolutionary War and British action in the French Revolution.
Early life
Howe was born in Nottinghamshire in 1729. His parents were Emmanuel and Charlotte Howe. He had three brothers, George, Richard, and Thomas. Howe's mother Charlotte was related to the royal family. Her mother was Sophia von Kielmannsegg, King George I's half-sister.
Emmaneul Howe died when William Howe was five years old. He died while he was governor of Barbados. His mother Charlotte was Lady of the Bedchamber to King George III's mother, Princess Augusta. Her own mother was King George I's half-sister, from his father and another woman.
Military career
William Howe bought a commission, meaning he paid to get a job, as an officer. He started in the army as a dragoon officer. He fought in the War of Austrian Succession, in Flanders.
Seven Years' War
Howe came to North America during the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War). He helped the British take French Canada. He fought battles at Montreal and Belle Ile and Havana. By the end of the war, he was a lieutenant colonel and adjunct general.
Between the wars
After the Seven Years' War, in 1758, Howe was a member of the British Pariliament. He voted for the British government to not treat the American colonies badly. He also wrote training books for the army.
American Revolutionary War
Howe went back into the army when King George III told him to.
In 1775, Howe won the Battle of Bunker Hill for the British. He led the men himself. Then he was named Commander in Chief of the British Army in America. In 1776, he won the Battle of Long Island and made George Washington and the Continental Army run away from New York City.
Then Howe decided to capture Philadelphia. At the time, Philadelphia was the capital. Howe won the Battle of Brandywine, the Battle of the Clouds, and the Battle of Paoli. The British army then controlled Philadelphia. Then Howe won the Battle of Germantown to stop the Continental Army from taking it back.
However, because Howe was taking Philadelphia, he could not go north to help General Burgoyne take control of the Hudson Valley. The Continental Army, led by Benedict Arnold and Horatio Gates, beat Burgoyne at the Battle of Saratoga.
In 1778, Howe resigned from the British Army in America. He sailed back to England.
Later career
Howe fought for the British again in Spain and in the French Revolution. He stopped fighting in 1803 and died in 1814.
Family
Howe married Francis Connelly. They did not have children.
Erick Rowan
Joseph Ruud (born November 28, 1981 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) better known by his ring name Erick Rowan, is an American professional wrestler. He competed in WWE from 2011 to 2020, where he was a member of The Wyatt Family along with Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Daniel Bryan and Randy Orton. He began performing s Erick Redbeard on the independent circuit and for All Elite Wrestling in 2022.
Le Mesnil-Eudes
Le Mesnil-Eudes is a commune. It is in the region Basse-Normandie in the Calvados department in the northwest of France.
Erick Rowan
Career
Rudd competed in various independent promotions in both the United States and Japan before signing to the WWE. In 2007, he worked for Pro Wrestling Noah in Japan under the ring name, Thoruf. After his time with them was done, he returned to the United States and started competing for F1rst Wrestling under the ring name, Thoruf Marius. During his time there he feuded with Brody Hoofer.
He signed a developmental contract with WWE and was assigned to their developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling and started competing under the ring name Erick Rowan. He debuted on FCW TV debut in August 2011 when he defeated Kenneth Cameron. When FCW was rebranded into NXT Wrestling, he debuted on the December 12, 2012 episode of NXT as a follower of Bray Wyatt, who introduced Rowan as his "second son".
As a member of the Wyatt Family, he teamed with Wyatt's "first son" Luke Harper. They defeated Percy Watson and Yoshi Tatsu on the January 9, 2013 episode of NXT and defeated them again on the January 23 episode of NXT in the first round of the NXT Tag Team Championship tournament. Rowan and Harper defeated Bo Dallas and Michael McGillicutty in the semi-finals but were defeated in the finals by Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey. Harper and Rowan won a triple threat elimination tag match on the May 2 episode of NXT and defeated Neville and Bo Dallas, filling in for the injured Grey, on the May 8 NXT (taped on May 2) to win the tag titles. On June 20, they lost the NXT Tag Team Championship to Adrian Neville and Corey Graves.
Vignettes became appearing on Raw to promote the upcoming debut of the Wyatt Family and they debuted on the July 8 episode of Raw when they attacked Kane. He made his WWE in-ring debut in a tag team match on the July 26 episode of SmackDown, where he and Harper defeated Tons of Funk (Brodus Clay and Tensai). Rowan and Harper went on a winning streak over many teams for a couple months but suffered their first lost on the October 11 episode of SmackDown from Cody Rhodes and Goldust.
To All the Boys: Always and Forever
To All the Boys: Always and Forever is a 2021 American teen romantic comedy movie directed by Michael Fimognari. It stars Lana Condor and Noah Centineo. The movie is based on Jenny Han's 2017 novel Always and Forever, Lara Jean and is a sequel to To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020). It was released on February 12, 2021, by Netflix.
Ruslan Fedotenko
Ruslan Viktorovych Fedotenko (born January 18, 1979) is  professional Ukrainian hockey player, he has played in National Hockey League ice hockey left winger for the New York Rangers. Fedotenko has also played for the Philadelphia Flyers for two seasons, the Tampa Bay Lightning for four seasons, the New York Islanders for one season and the Pittsburgh Penguins for two seasons before being signed to a 1-year-deal worth $1 million after accepting a tryout with the New York Rangers.
Was recognized as the best hockey player in Ukraine in 2009.
He is a two-time Stanley Cup winner with the Tampa Bay Lightning (2004) and the Pittsburgh Penguins (2009).
Professional career.
In the 1995/96 season he played two matches for Sokol in the MHL and 33 for the Kyiv farm club SHVSM in the first VEHL championship. The next season he went to train in the junior team of the Finnish TPS.
From 1997 to 2000, he played for teams in the junior and lower American leagues.
On October 24, 2000 he made his debut for Philadelphia in the NHL. In the first game against the Rangers, he has made an assist.
He scored his first goal in the NHL against Dominik Hasek on November 4, 2000.
Traded to Tampa Bay on June 21, 2002 for the first round choice number four (Yoni Pitkanena).
2004 Stanley Cup winner with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Fedotenko scored 12 goals in 22 playoff matches with the Lightning, including a double in the seventh Stanley Cup final against the Calgary Flames (2-1), which brought Tampa the first Stanley Cup in team history.
In the summer of 2007, as a free agent, he signed a 1-year contract with the New York Islanders for $ 2.9 million. He started the championship very successfully playing in the first line, gaining 11 points in 12 matches, but in the next 18 matches, the hockey player scored only 4 points, as a result was transferred to the second link.
In October 2010, as a free agent, he signed a 1-year contract with the New York Rangers. After the end of the 10/11 season, a new one-year contract for $ 1.4 million was signed.
Since July 2013 he has been playing for the Donbass hockey club (Donetsk) in the Kontinental Hockey League.
In the 2014-2015 season, he signed a trial contract with the NHL New Jersey Devils.
In January 2015, signed a viewing contract with the AHL Iowa Wild.
International
He played for the Ukrainian national team at the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City.
Achievements
Recognized as the best hockey player in Ukraine 2009
Played at the 2002 Olympic Games in Salt Lake City as part of the Ukrainian national team.
Green March
The Green March (in Spanish: La Marcha Verde; in French: La Marche Verte; in Arabic: المسيرة الخضراء; romanized: Almasirat Alkhadra) was a civil and military operation carried out by the government of the Moroccan king Hassan II. More than 350.000 unarmed civilians and 25.000 soldiers of the Moroccan army invaded the Spanish Sahara in the year 1975. This demonstration was made as a way to force Spain to give the region to Morocco, and to establish total control from Rabat over the disputed territory. At this moment, Spain was passing through a period of instability. The "Caudillo" and dictator, Francisco Franco, was dying and the control of the country was under the hands of who will become the king of the country, Juan Carlos I. Because of the instability the country was passing through, it was impossible for Madrid to respond to this agression committed by the Moroccan government, forcing the Spanish State to give control of the region to Morocco in the 31st of October of the year 1975. As a consequence of this situation, the territory passed to be controlled by Morocco and Mauritania, but legally speaking (according to international law), the region is still a colony of Spain that needs to pass through a process of decolonization.
According to the international community, the Green March was an illegal act made by Morocco and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is right now recognised by more than 82 countries as the sovereign state of the region. The United Nations doesn't recognize any Moroccan claim for Western Sahara since 1975 and is trying to solve by any diplomatic means this conflict.
Spanish Colonization
During the Berlin Conference of 1884, Spain was looking for some benefit in sharing the African continent. As a result of these negotiations, the territories of Equatorial Guinea and Western Sahara were handed over to Spain. At the beginning ot the spanish colonization of Western Sahara, Spain signed different treaties with the native tribes of the Sahara Desert in order to establish its rule over this territory. Once these treaties were signed, Spain started to build military bases and administrative outposts in the region, progressively expelling the sahrawis from their ancient territories and subjugating them to the Hispanic domain to work in the exploitation of resources in the area. Spain's colonization of Western Sahara was marked by violence and oppression, as it sought to subjugate the local population and exploit the region's resources by using strategies such as foced labor and military repression.
Resistance and Nationalism
The Spanish colonization of Western Sahara in the late 19th century, Spain jus founded small outposts closer to the coast and they did not witnessed any resistance. But, in the early 20th century, Spain tried to increase its domain, provoking a response from Sahrawi people against Spanish rule. These kind of resistance varied during this period of time, between armed rebellions and civil disobedience against Spanish authorities that ended up in nothing significant for Sahrawis. With the pass of years, Sahrawi resistance grew in numbers and became more organized. in 1973, inspired by the independence of Equatorial Guinea in 1968 as part of the decolonization project of the United Nations.
, the "Frente Popular de Liberación de Saguía el Hamra y Río de Oro", or Polisario (in Arabic: الجبهة الشعبية لتحرير الساقية الحمراء ووادي الذهب, romanized: al-Jabhah al-Shaʿbiyah Li-Taḥrīr as-Sāqiyah al-Ḥamrāʾ wa Wādī al-Dhahab) is founded with the goal obtain independence for Sahrawis from Spain. The Frente Polisario launched a guerrilla war against Spanish forces. The Polisario Front had support from different International actors such as the Soviet Union, Algeria, Cuba, Libya, Tanzania, Ghana, and Zambia; who asked for the right for self-determination of the Western Saharan people.
In the year 1975, the Polisario Front achieved a de Facto withdrawal of most Spanish troops and administrative personal from Western Sahara. In 1974, Spain announced a decolonisation plan for the region which included the convening of a referendum to determine the future status of the territory.
The March
As a response to the March, Spain signed an agreement to give up their claim on the territory in November 1975. If this agreement was because Spain wanted to avoid military confrontation or because of the pressured of the United States is still unknow. The declaration involved also Mauritania, as they had related demands to the get Spain out of the territory. The agreement entailed that Spain would leave the territory to decolonize Western Sahara by giving up their responsibility and power over the area. However, this agreement included that Spain would proceed to have temporary administration in the territory but with a collaboration with Morocco and Mauritania. How much of positive consequences this had for the Saharans in questionable. The Saharans opened the liberators from Morocco with open arms according to Morocco. However, there were reports from the Spanish press stating that Morocco tried to isolate them from their new administrators, giving them curfews from dusk to dawn and was surrounded by Moroccan army in heavily armed convoys. Nevertheless, the material living conditions for the Saharans was devastating. Living under extreme conditions of deprivation with several diseases called out for a bigger political solution for the Saharan people.
The International Respond
The battle for self-determination and maintaining their own identity for the indigenous people of Western Sahara still occurred after the Green March, and for the decolonization of the Western Sahara, this has urgent consequences. The Sahrawi population has been living under Moroccan occupation, where the government have tried to resettle Moroccan people towards the Western Sahara in order to limit the Sahrawi influence. Moreover, their human rights have been abused. Article 1 of UN specifies that people have the right to self-determination to freely control their own political status and economic and cultural development. This is particularly significant to develop friendly relations among nations. UN had therefore a responsibility to take action towards this situation. At the end of 1980s, the UN saw a possibility to seek a peaceful resolution in the Western Sahara, and made a Settlement Plan between the two parties of Morocco and Frente Polisario. The plan entailed that the Sahrawi people could choose between independence or integration into Morocco, and therefore a pathway to self-determination. This would happen through a free and fail referendum. However, in the step of doing the referendum, Morocco wanted that their own citizens to be able to vote as well. That did not go though and as a consequence, Morocco made their citizens lodge against the UN voter list which damaged the referendum and weakened the hope for self-determination for the Sahrawi population. In 2003 the UN proposed a new peace plan for self-determination which the Polisario accepted, while Morocco in 2004 rejected the plan and would not accept independence of Western Sahara.
Several solutions were proposed to solve the hope for self-determination including the Settlement Plan and division of the territory which was rejected by both parties, there was a question of whether the UN should announce that they would not be able to resolve the situation or coming up with a new plan. James A. Baker, which served as the UNs secretary-general's personal's envoy for Western Sahara from 1997 to 2004, was asked by the UN to come up with a new plan, but this did not work out either. Baker decided to resign as he was no longer able to find a mutually accepted solution from both sides. Morocco was content with this solution as they felt this was positive for the diplomacy for Morocco, while the Polisario felt that they lost someone that was willing to fight for their cause. Today, the fight for self-determination for Western-Sahara still remains.
Amy Tan
Amy Tan (born February 19, 1952 ) is an American writer. Her works deal with mother-daughter relationships. Her most well-known work is The Joy Luck Club. It has been translated into 35 languages. In 1993, a movie was made based on the book.
Tan has written several other novels. These include The Kitchen God's Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter's Daughter and Saving Fish from Drowning. She also wrote a collection of non-fiction essays entitled The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings. Her novel Saving Fish from Drowning explores the problems dealt with by a group of people who disappear while on an art expedition in the jungles of Burma. Tan has also written two children's books: The Moon Lady (1992) and Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat (1994). Sagwa was turned into an animated series which aired on PBS. She also appeared on PBS in a short spot encouraging children to write.
She is a child of Chinese immigrants: John and Daisy Tan.
Khoriphaba
Khoriphaba (ꯈꯣꯔꯤꯐꯥꯕ) is a God in Meitei mythology and religion of Ancient Kangleipak (Antique Manipur). He is the son of Sky God Salailen. He came down from heaven to earth to search for his mother and then for a bride. He is best known for wrestling with Loyalakpa in the Lai Haraoba festival. He is also a polo playing God.
Description
God Khoriphaba is a Lainingthou. In Ancient Meitei language, "Lai" means God or Deity and "Ningthou" means King or Ruler. However, the term "Lainingthou" carries many meanings. It may refer to "king of gods", "godly king" or "kingly god". Since Khoriphaba is not the king of gods, he is a kingly god.
Khoriphaba is a sportsman. He participated in polo as well as wrestling championships. Among the deities, God Khoriphaba and God Loyalakpa possess the epithets of being the best wrestlers. The two powerful gods wrestled during the Lai Haraoba festival.
Mythology
God Khoriphaba was born with the divine union of God Salailen (alias Soraren) and Goddess Konthoujam Tampha Lairembi at Heaven. When Khoriphaba was three months old (or three years old), his parents got separated. His mother was abandoned from entering into Heaven. So, little Khoriphaba was looked after by the 1000 queens of heaven. But he cried for his mother. Salailen tried to pacify the baby's cry but in vain. He gave him milk but it was of no use. He summoned his nobles and subjects. He asked them to make his son stop crying. Thousands of gods and goddesses tried but all of them failed to stop the boy's cry. Finally, Chingkheirel Apamba tried his luck. He sang hymns in praise of the baby God. Suddenly, the boy stopped crying. At this, Salailen named his son Khoiriphaba.
One day, Angoupalba Yaibirel Sidaba found Khoiriphaba crying near a tree. He brought the boy to his home. He asked his family to take care of the boy. The clan members looked after the child like their own child. They named him Puthiba.
One day, Khoiriphaba heard some women talking about him. They said, "Look how cute the child is! We love him so much! His mother would have loved him many times than we love him. How much his mother would have suffered for the loss of the child." Khoiriphaba immediately asked them about his mother. But none knew the answer to his question. So, he decided to search for his mother by himself.
God Khoriphaba descended from sky down to earth in search for his lost mother Konthoujam Tampha Lairembi. He came to Moirang near Khoiri Keithel. The sun already set when he was there. Not knowing what to do, he started crying. God Thangjing and his consort Koiren Leima came to him. They came to know about the identity of the boy. The divine couple took care of Khoiriphaba.
Under the guardianship of God Thangjing, Khoiriphaba grew up. He made many friends. He was nine years old. He started wrestling (Mukna Kangjei), race, and so on. He was always the champion of all the competitions. This made his friends fell jealous of him. So, one of his friends told him about how he grew up under the care of Thangjing. Khoriphaba was told that they would not allow him to play with them because he was an inferior God. Khoriphaba felt dejected for many days. Thangjing noticed it and asked him. Khoiriphaba narrated him the incident. So, Thangjing decided that Khoiriphaba should be sent to his mother without further delaying. He summoned all the 27 friends of Khoiriphaba. He asked them to challenge Khoiriphaba for wrestling and race championships. None were ready for the challenge. Then Thangjing asked them about a tug of war in which all of them would stand together at one side and Khoiriphaba alone at another side. There was a condition. If they won, they would be the winner. But if Khoiriphaba won, they should send Khoiriphaba off to his mother's place at Haorok Konthou, carrying him on a palanquin. The 27 friends accepted the challenge. But all of them got defeated in the hands of Khoiriphaba.
On the next day, the 27 friends proceeded for the journey with Khoiriphaba on a palanquin towards Haorok Konthou. They came from a long distance from Moirang. On the way, they came across a beautiful place. They could not control themselves to rest at the beautiful place for a while. They requested Khoiriphaba who agreed. The beautiful place where they rested was named "Toubul" (Toupul). Some friends were waiting for the resting friends at another place. The place where they waited was named "Ngaikhong". After some time, little by little, all of his friends left Khoiriphaba alone. So, Khoiriphaba continued his journey alone. On the way, he came across a river. On the river, many women were fishing using nets. Since morning, they could not catch a single fish. He was helped by a woman to cross the river.
Finally, he reached Haorok Konthou. The people of the place were greatly awed to see him. They have heard of his quest. But Goddess Tampha was not at the place. Due to the fear of Salailen, the villagers sent her off to another place. She was looked after by the Kabui tribes in the hills. So, Khoriphaba set off for the next journey riding on his mare Ngangrubi.
On reaching the village of the Kabui tribes in the hills, he was warmly welcomed by the tribesmen. He finally met his long departed mother. He proposed her to return home back to heaven. But she did not agree because she was abandoned by her husband. So, he sadly left his mother.
There are also legends about God Khoriphaba looking for a bride. He veiled his face and hold a polo-stick over his shoulder. While searching for a lover, he was riding on a mare.
Worship
During the Lai Haraoba festival, there is a special ritual named Kanglei Thokpa dedicated to God Khoriphaba. In this ritual, a group of maibis sing a song depicting Khoriphaba's search for a bride. "The goddess of the hills, my beloved The jewel, which I am unable to part with On such a day, I follow your footprints I fail to find you... Sweet one, have you gone to another village? Or have you gone to fetch fire from your neighbour? Or have you gone to wash your hair at the riverbank? Or are you combing your beautiful hair in the huge house of your father? Perhaps, you have gone to a kang game and seated between two village brothers as a piece of decoration, radiating... Perhaps, a cloth is tied around your shoulder and slender waist and you are pounding rice. My friend, I have not seen my beloved for a long time. Please tell me where she is? " This song of love and associated gesture evolve into dancing. The dance enacts the horse polo game. During this ritual ceremony, a maibi will cover her face with a veil. She will hold a kangjei (English: polo-stick or hockey-stick). She will hook a girl from amidst the crowd with the hooked end of the stick. This is called Lai Nupi Thiba (lit. Predilection of bride).
During his worship, cooked foods could be offered but devotees are not allowed to offer fish.
Texts
The Khoriphaba Naothemlon text describes song to stop little Khoriphaba from crying.
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