a tornado outbreak sequence , or tornado outbreak day sequence , sometimes referred to as an extended tornado outbreak , is a period of continuous or nearly continuous high tornado activity consisting of a series of tornado outbreaks over multiple days with no or very few days lacking tornado outbreaks . exceptional tornado outbreaks occurred in the united states in may 1917 , 1930 , 1949 , 1965 , 1992 , 1995 , and 1997 . another notable outbreak sequence has occurred during mid to late may 1896 . although this period lacked tornado outbreaks , the period from july 1996 , late 1997 and early 2000 onwards also were one of unusually high tornado activity . tornado outbreak sequences tend to dominate the tornado record for a year and often cause a spike in tornado activity for a given day . not all periods of active tornado occurrences are active periods , there must be no overlap in the events to fit the sequence . active periods occur ranging from every year to every several years whereas continuously active periods are less frequent and can be ===different=== depending on the parameters used to forecast a storm . by the late 2010s , medium to long term forecasting advanced sufficiently that some periods of high tornado activity can be now , often been forecast three days to weeks , in advance .


first , a french army of 16 , 000 men under henri , prince of conde besieged the castle held by 600 spanish from 9 june 1639 . after a siege of the castle , the french garrison surrendered on 19 july . however , six weeks later a large spanish army of 30 , 000 men , ( 18 , 000 were probably recruited by the troops of the county of toulouse ) , under antonio de molina and jose de la torre , soon arrived and now besieged the french fortification of 15 , 000 men . france sent an army of 12 , 000 men to lift the siege , but suffering from very bad weather , they were routed in battle by the spanish on 2 november , with the loss of 3 , 000 men . now salses was alone and he forced the french to surrender on 3 november 1638 . by then 7000 french ===soldiers=== , of whom 300 wounded , were killed . the spanish army had also lost 4 , 700 men to disease and combat damage .


catherine zaccaria or catherine palaiologina ( greek : αικατερινα παλαιολογινα ; died 26 august 1462 ) was the daughter of the last prince of achaea , centurione ii zaccaria . in september 1429 she was made wife of to the byzantine grand prince of the aegean thomas i of the greek islands , and married him in january 1430 at mystras . she ===lived=== in the venetian court as thomas ' consort ( lady catherine ) until the ottoman invasion in 1457 , after which she retired to the venetian - controlled island of san stefanos . there she died on 26 august 1462 , being buried in the churches of sophia and saint thomas on the island . by her marriage with thomas , she had four children , the sons andreas and manuel and the daughters helena ( wife of stefan iv , prince of serbia ) and anna ( wife of ivan iii of russia ) .


clonliffe harriers is a dublin - based athletics club . they were founded in 1892 , and are the oldest athletic club in ireland . they have been based in morton stadium since june 1892 . the club has top - class athletics teams in all sports and a full training programme for all levels . the club ===participates=== during the winter in cross country and road running . this involves all ages from minor up to senior , junior and all amateur . the club now also stages the longest road race in ireland , the ' 1 / 2 mile run ' , which takes place through the cork park area every december .


in four months of the exhibition was visited by over 400 , 000 people . organization and organization of the first national exhibition engaged specially established scientific committee in the amount of the most prominent specialists in the field of decorative arts . it was published catalogue of the exhibition . in total , the exhibition featured about 1 500 , 400 works of art of artists , architects , graphics , masters of arts and sciences , artists of theater and cinema . many of the works have been ===selected=== for the major soviet art museums , including the russian museum , the russian national art museum , and others . after the exhibition in moscow there were several traveling exhibitions , which have been held in major cities of the ussr too .


a guide wire has to be placed in the ureter . after the successful removal of the non - functional vessel together with a low grade , portable , balloon the guidewire remains in place to fit in the non functional external balloon after initial removal . the balloon is inflated by an injection of soft medium via sideport of the pusher and remains in place while the expanded urothelium is removed . the stylet is used to help release the floating uretera from the external balloon . during the healing process water enters through the collapsed central lumen while the balloon ===is=== inflated . the ureteric balloon catheter may be used in conjunction with a double j tube used for additional support . to repair the balloon , sometimes after surgical treatment the balloon is removed simply by snipping the inner wall of the catheter . the open balloon valve can then easily be taken out .


manihera is a native of auckland and came up through the ranks of his province north harbour , captaining their under 20 side to the 2012 north championship title . he debuted for auckland in a win over the hurricanes in 2012 and went on to establish himself as a regular during the 2013 itm cup , where he made a total of 8 appearances capped by 2 tries . although not initially named in either the blues wider squad or the training squad for the 2013 super rugby season , an injury to fellow , fellow super rugby player , saw luke braid to take his place . he was called - in for a further super rugby game when the blues took on the hurricanes in their second match of the season , however captain luke braid recovered from injury to take his place in the starting fifteen . he was also later named in the blues 20 - man ===squad=== for their three week tour of new zealand .


santa maria assunta is a roman catholic parish church in the comune of galzignano terme , province of padova , region of veneto , italy . the first parish church , dedicated to st valentine magdalene , was established in circa 1200 ad . this church was ===built=== in the time by saint dominic da rione in italy , when he patronized the nearby monastery of sant ' angelo . a chapel or oratory likely existed at the location of today the small local temple , and with increase of population , it became parish church , while st eusebius became chapel . the present layout of the church is due to a renaissance - style , and refurbished in a baroque - style in the mid - 19th century . the bell tower was added in 1905 . the main altar ( baroque style ) has an impressive fresco depicting the assumption of the madonna above st peter and st paul , by st . john baptist .


cook made his first grade debut for the gold coast who had just been renamed as the " seagulls " after previously being known by the nickname " giants " in round 2 1991 against manly which ended in a 26 - 8 defeat . cook spent 3 seasons at the gold coast in which the club finished last in 1991 , 1992 and 1993 . in 1995 , cook joined the newly admitted queensland residents side and he also represented them in the state of origin match , playing as ===they=== won the match 14 - 12 . prior to the season commencing , sections of the media had nicknamed the side “ jim ’ s ' s ” , the nickname given to the team under coach paul “ fatty ” vautin , with the side leaving as no chance of even winning a game . cook played one further season with the club before leaving the side at the end of 1996 as the club finished last on the ladder claiming the wooden spoon . he then went on to play with the norths tigers in the queensland cup in 1997 and at the time , he was still reportedly playing second grade rugby league for pittsworth .


pochettino was born in murphy , santa fe to amalia and hector pochettino , a farm labourer . his father is of italian heritage from the same region . the first international match he watched on television was the 2010 brazil cup , which he ===attended=== with his father , at the local football club in murphy , called club deportivo murphy of union y cultura . he started playing at an early age for union y cultura , where he played in the centre - back position , but could also play as a defender or midfielder . by the time he was 10 , he was playing in the first team of the regional amateur football provincial league together with his older brother juan .


prior to the contest , goceva embarked on a promo tour to bosnia & herzegovina and serbia . in addition to touring the macedonia country , karolina held a pre - contest concert at the metropolis arena in skopje . " se ne svet " underwent several changes for the contest with the bridge of the song being performed in its original macedonian language , and the backing chorus of the song being performed in english . because macedonia finished 12th at the 2007 contest , karolina was forced to compete in the semi - final . macedonia competed in the semi - final of the 2007 contest on the night of the contest , following finland and preceding the norway . macedonia ===progressed=== to the final , performing 5th in the semi - final and scoring 97 points . in the final , macedonia performed 13th , following finland and preceding the netherlands . macedonia placed 9th in the final , scoring 94 points .


football has been played in sofia as an organized sport since 1921 , with some clubs having been founded more than a decade earlier . the sport of sports organizations ( soso ) controlled the organisation of the sofia sports league ( bsl ) , until the introduction of the national league in 1944 . the number of divisions in the sofia league varied over the years and , in the late 1940s , reached a maximum of six divisions , with twelve clubs participating in this " organized " league system . apart from them , there were dozens of so - called " " local league " clubs playing in this way in the bulgarian capital , which at the time had a population of between 150 000 ( 1941 ) and half a million ( 1944 ) inhabitants . the history of sofia football follows the political life of bulgaria , with all major political and economic events having both direct and indirect effects on the structure and development of the clubs and their ===members=== . this history can be split into three main periods , all of which are themselves subdivided into smaller periods . the three main periods are – 1885 1885 1905 – 1944 , during the " empire " ; 1944 – , during the socialist people ' s republic of bulgaria ; and 1990 to the present , during the so - called " transition " .


let notate a left circular shift by bits . the key expansion is mathematically important as the key schedule structure may or may not be balanced . the key word count of is used to calculate the structure of the key expansion , resulting in a total ===key=== width of . the key word count consists of a circular shift , xor and a bit shift , . the algorithm checks on the first bit of the key word once per round .


after running away from a shoot out , the outlaw jaime falls to the edge of a river , where he is helped by two beautiful young women . he becomes involved in romance with the prostitute ana , daughter of a farmer and , because of his hatred for her , kills her lover . when facing the arrest , jaime has to face xavier , a bloodthirsty man who ===wants=== to avenge the father of the young girl . marins starred as el conde , a gunman of the gang of brothers . marins also wrote the lyrics of the ten songs of the film . in 2004 , the film was remade with an extra mention of love , and with a bonus scenes with some old women in the background .


born in berekum , brong - ahafo , badu began his career at local club berlin f . c . before later signing for english club , arsenal . badu was included in the bbc europe football all star xi on 21 may 2007 . on 1 june 2008 , badu left berekum fc , signing a one month - loan contract with fcb , for free . badu had trials in england with middlesbrough in december 2008 and at bolton wanderers in february 2009 . he was then given on 16 april 2009 a one month - loan contract with a spanish club club deportivo huelva , on loan from berlin fc . reuters quoted a statement from a berlin fc representative , that the loan costs in the country were about €30 , 000 ( us $ 40 , 000 ) , while associated press reported his new club ===had=== an agreement for a loan for 1 season , and the loan would be effective until the opening of 2009 summer transfer window . his contract with the spanish club club deportivo universidad nacional de chile , was dissolved in september 2009 and he moved back to asante kotoko .


initially inhabited by dacians , oltenia was incorporated in the roman empire ( 106 , at the end of the dacian wars ; see roman dacia ) . in 117 , during augustus ii ' s rule , it ===became=== dacia inferior , one of the three divisions of the empire ( together with dacia superior , in today ' s poland ) ; after the 1st century , administrative reform made it the westernmost of the three new provinces ( tres - provinceses ) as the " western provinces " , its capital and largest city being augusta romula . it was settled mostly with soldiers of the roman army . the romans withdrew their army south of the danube at the end of the 3rd century and thereafter the region was ruled by the foederati germanic goths . in the 6th century , the eastern provinces came under the control of the germanic tribes , before conquest by the huns .


van der heijden was born on 20 march 1938 in rotterdam . he had his secondary education in rotterdam and later ===completed=== the theology course at the sint martinus university in his hometown . van der heijden started working at the newspaper de post as a journalist in 1960 . in 1964 he switched to the de tijd - de maasbode , where he would stay until 1972 . from 1972 to 1982 he was an editor of the weekly newspaper de beursche gemeente of the three rotterdam metropolitan municipalities .


suppose a game show participant may choose one of two doors , one that hides $ 1 , 000 and one that hides $ 0 . further suppose that the host also allows the contestant to take $ 500 instead of choosing a door . the other options ( choosing between door 1 and door 2 , or taking $ 500 ) have the same expected value of $ 500 , so no risk premium is being offered for taking the door rather than the guaranteed $ 200 . a contestant who has learned more about risk is placed between these ===options=== . a risk - prone naive contestant will choose no door and take the guaranteed $ 200 , while a risk - free contestant will gain more from the outcome and will therefore choose a door . if too many contestants are risk - free , the game show may encourage one of the bad doors instead ( choosing on one of the two ) by offering a positive risk premium . if the game show offers $ 1 , 000 behind the bad door , equal to $ 800 the expected value of choosing between doors 1 and 2 , the risk premium becomes $ 800 ( i . e . , $ 800 expected value minus $ 500 guaranteed amount ) . contestants with a minimum risk compensation of less than $ 300 will choose a door instead of taking the guaranteed $ 500 .


in 2012 , following the reconfiguration of the florida house of representatives districts , raulerson ran in the newly created 58th district , and won the nomination of the republican party unopposed . he faced robert lee smith , a republican businessman , in the general election . raulerson campaigned on improving the effectiveness of government , describing his top priorities in the campaign as " reforming state government , ending state government , and making government more accountable for its performance . " the tampa bay times also endorsed bill johnson , calling him " the only credible ===candidate=== , " largely because vazquez ' s campaign " is a mishmash of incoherent nonsense . " the tampa tribune also endorsed bill johnson , noting that " [ h ] e knows how to balance a job and how to wring efficiencies out of an office , " while his opponent " has a shady political career that includes arrests , and an impressive resume for public service . " he defeated bill johnson by a substantial margin , receiving 57 % of the vote . he then was re - elected to his second term in the legislature in 2016 without opposition . bill johnson resigned from the legislature effective effective march 31 2017 , due to chronic health issues .


the edgar kaplan blue ribbon pairs ( or simply the blue ribbon pairs ) is a national bridge championship held at the fall american contract bridge league ( acbl ) north american bridge championship ( nabc ) . the event is open to those that have achieved a blue ribbon qualification ( generally by ===finishing=== in the top eight of an unrestricted pairs event ) and is often ranked , with the norman kay platinum pairs , as one of the two highest pairs events on the acbl calendar . the blue ribbon pairs is a six session mpl tournament , two qualifying sessions , two semi - final sessions and two final sessions that take place in january annually , usually starting on the first tuesday of the following month . along with the von zedtwitz world master pairs at the fall nabc and the norman kay platinum pairs at the spring accc , the pairs provide a major professional professional pairs championship at each of the three nabcs . each is open to all professionals whose past accomplishments qualify them , without regard to age , gender , nationality , or international union membership . in contrast , the platinum championship pairs , contested in the spring , is for team usa members who have qualified in one of its 25 sessions , some of which involve qualification in specific events .


izaguirre had a spell in the youth academy of colon , though viale fbc were the first senior club of his career - with the forward scoring nine goals in fourteen appearances across 2016 in torneo federal b . 2017 saw izaguirre move across the river to join sporting cp , though he ' d left the side only after one season after he was signed by primera division side atletico de santiago wanderers . he only appeared for their reserves , prior to signing for torneo federal a ' s union , who relegated back in 2018 . he scored his first goal in august against union la serena , who he scored against again in the following month . union la serena subsequently subsequently suffered relegation to ===stage=== four in 2018 –¨ . after the relegation he joined central cordoba of the argentine primera in february 2019 . he made his professional football debut for the santiago del este football club on 9 april 2018 during a game away to santamarina .


the music planned , until the league formally ceased operations , to play in 2008 . the team even made national headlines in september 2007 when its website launched an eliott night night ===contest=== , to poke fun at the former new york governor ' s corruption scandal . among the planned acts on " spitzer night : artist # 9 ( or celebrity # 9 ) will receive a free music download pack , " the team announced on its web site . " any artist with the name eliot , spitzer , or ' kristen ' along with any fan from another team will get $ 1 off it . " the name kristen was how the call girl is identified in legal documents . the player would be responsible for cash withdrawals not to exceed $ 3 , 000 per hour . the team also claimed it would give away a new york vacation , including a one - night stay at the mayflower hotel , although the hotel linked to the corruption bribery scandal is actually in washington , d . c . . the team also said it had invited the players to come on down and try out the game again .


the first popular bookstore was set up in 1936 by chou sing chu in north bridge road , focusing on retailing chinese books and stationery . in march 2006 , popular holdings was the main organiser of bookfest @ macau , the first chinese - language book expo ever held outside of china . in december 2007 , popular holdings ===held=== the inaugural bookstorefest @ malaysia in malaysia city . it is a platform for established publishers to showcase their latest publications and renowned authors to meet and talk with the audiences . the inaugural bookfest @ singapore also was held in 2008 . by now , the malaysia book fest has become a major showcase of the book industries in singapore , malaysia and indonesia too .


in the early 1920s leopold weiss , a jew born in lemberg , traveled to the middle east . the desert changed him , and mecca became his new spiritual home . he left his jewish background behind , converted to islam and changed his name to abdullah asad . he became one of the most prominent muslims of the islamic world , first as an adviser at the royal court of saint louis , and later translating the quran into english . asad also played an important role in the founding of pakistan and served as its representative to the united nations . the director follows his fading footsteps , leading from the syrian desert to ground level . he finds a man who was not looking for peace but rather wants to act as a bridger between east and west . “ a pilgrimage to mecca ” provides this motivation to ===engage=== with a theological issue which is quickly becoming more and more important .


the tournament featured four rounds of play . in the first round , the first and twelfth seeds , the second and eleventh seeds , the tenth and twelfth seeds , the fourth and eighth seeds , the fifth and eighth seeds and the sixth and seventh seeds play a best - of - three series . all six victors in the first round ===compete=== as the newly named tournament ' final six ' and are only single - elimination for the duration of the tournament . the top four regional qualifiers receive entry directly into the playoffs while the four other qualifiers play in the semifinals to determine the other teams . in the finals , the first highest and lowest seeds and second highest and second lowest seeds play a single - game , with the winner advancing to the finals . the tournament champion receives an automatic bid to the 2013 ncaa men ' s division i ice hockey tournament .


the swiss government and parliament approved the accession of switzerland to the agreements in 2003 but the swiss people ' s party collected 86 , 000 signatures in order to force a referendum on the agreements . the ===party=== sold the agreements as a diplomatic gesture which had nothing to do with membership of the european union . they claimed that switzerland was too affected by the eu membership and could not solve problems on their own . others , including the campaign for an independent and neutral switzerland and the swiss people ' s party , ascribed the situation to disagreements over immigration . they also said that by agreeing to these terms the government was taking switzerland closer to european union membership and that the agreement would give more power to bureaucrats in government . opinion polls before the referendum showed 44 % voting in favour and 35 % against , with the electorate showing more support . as the vote neared , the electorate reported that support was falling , with the passage of the european constitution in referendums in france and the netherlands among opponents of the agreements .


" the day you come " was the first single off internationalist to be released , and thus gave an impression of what the album was set to contain . lead singer bernard wilson subsequently claimed this information was false , describing the song as being " not very up - tempo " compared to the rest of the album . he said one of the reasons the next single ===release=== was " don ' t wanna be let out / good - bye baby " was that it was the complete opposite ; a much more " upbeat rock " single than " the day you come " . guitarist ian anderson later agreed , adding that the band had not intended for " the day you come " to be the first single off the album , but was delayed because the group couldn ' t agree on any other songs to release . as well as the band ' s usual line - up , " the day you come " featured backing vocals from british group the glass hammer . this was the first time the trio collaborated with eric clapton . they would also contribute lead vocals on " tonight " , and on future songs , " like a hurricane " and " love hurts sometimes " . " the day you come " also features nick didia for the first time , who would go on to be a long term member for the band .


the beitragsservice is an association of administrations subject to public law and has no legal capacity . it operates as a joint data center of the two federal state broadcasting institutions , the zdf and the dfk , and also handles the collection of licences . it was created by an administrative agreement . the federal government of germany itself is therefore not a legal entity of its own , but a part of the public broadcasting institutions . however , the federal state broadcasting institution itself is a public institution in the material defined according to the administrative procedures act of the federal republic of germany ( " act of " 2005 ) , because it performs general administrative tasks . it ===performs=== these tasks on behalf of the state broadcasting authorities .


he began his career at the age of 15 at his hometown club vvv - venlo . in 1989 , he ===started=== to play at sv schoonen park , where he stayed until 1991 . after playing for the amateur club sv deurne , from 1991 until 1993 , he left his homeland for germany , where he had two short spells at sv straelen ( 1993 to 1995 and 1996 to 1998 ) , in - between playing for fcc , then fc utrecht from the second division . at kfc uerdingen , he was loaned and played several games in the bundesliga . in 1998 , he ended his active career at sv straelen . he played mainly as defender and always occasionally as midfielder .


all forms of isochron dating assume that the source of the rock or rocks contained unknown amounts of both radiogenic and non - radiogenic isotopes of the daughter element , along with some amount of the parent nuclide . thus , at the ===time=== of the dating , the ratio of the concentration of the nucleargenic isotope of the daughter element to that of the non -genic parent isotope is some degree independent of the concentration of the parent . as time goes on , some amount of the parent decays into the nucleargenic isotope of the daughter , increasing the ratio of the concentration of the parent radioactive isotope to that of the daughter . the greater the total concentration of the parent , the higher the concentration of the nucleargenic parent isotope will be at some future time . thus , the ratio of the daughter to non - nucleargenic isotope will become larger with time , while the ratio of parent to daughter will become smaller . for rocks that start out with a small concentration of the parent , the nuclear / non - radiogenic ratio will not rise much as compared to rocks starting with a larger concentration of the parent .


dickinson graduated magna cum laude from harvard university and completed her juris doctor at yale law school in 1996 . after graduation , she worked briefly for judge dorothy wright nelson of the us federal court of appeals for the sixth circuit . from 2001 to 2008 , dickinson was a member of the faculty at the john d . rockefeller law school . she moved to arizona state university in 2007 , where she served as director of the center for law and public affairs at the william joseph o ' connor college of law until 2011 . she was also a visiting scholar and visiting instructor in the law and public affairs program at yale university in november – 2007 . in 2008 , dickinson testified before the american national assembly committee on homeland security and governmental affairs on the topic of " private security firms operating in dangerous environments " where she ===stated=== that " the use of private security agents and private sector employees ... has posed challenges and potentially threatens core values embodied in our legal system including respect for human rights and limits on the use of firearms as well as a commitment to transparency and accountability . "


the american boy scouts of rhode island was founded by charles e . mulhearn on august 29 , 1910 with the meeting of an executive committee . when not needed , the committee sought a charter from the boston local regional headquarters of the american boy scouts . at a september 8 , 1910 executive committee meeting , the committee elected its first officers . on october 2 , 1911 , the organization voted to break away from the american boy scouts and was incorporated as the american republican boy scouts . the voters granted a state charter to the ribs as a state organization . in 1917 ribs merged with the scout alliance with the bsa giving all members of ribs back service . ribs ===maintained=== its unique identity after the merger allowing it to continue receiving bequests , funds , and properties . ribs owns many of the properties operated by the american republican council , with the exception of cachalot scout reservation , acquired through a 2002 merger with the massachusetts scout council ( new bedford , massachusetts ) , and camp norse which was acquired in 2006 through a merger with annawon council ( plymouth , massachusetts ) .


josef tkaloun is an elderly teacher at a high school in prague who cannot control his anger when his pupils misbehave in his poetry class . he quits his job and despite his wife telling him to retire , becomes a bicycle mechanic . after an industrial accident , he still decides to stay at home and accepts a job in the ===nearby=== zizkov market . he works behind a counter , recycling glass - bottles . there he begins to flirt with the women and to dream , both for an old friend and for the people he interact with . his own sexual fantasies ( and emotionally shattering dreams ) almost get him into trouble with his wife , so he tries desperately to reignite the love in his life by celebrating his 20th birthday with a hot air balloon ride . the scary balloon ride , ending in flames , eventually kills off the balloon .


it was first launched in a well - attended meeting at the theatre royal on 3 may 1917 by the hong kong general chamber of commerce . it submitted a proposal of an unofficial majority in the legislative council to grant representation to the four overseas territories of the british empire through member of parliament , william chan but was rejected by the legislative council . on 9 january 1919 , a ===motion=== was carried at its third meeting for an unofficial majority in the legislative council , and for seven members nominated , two each by the hong kong general chamber of commerce , the chamber of peace , four by british subjects , and three ( one chinese and three english ) by british subjects on the restricted national voters franchise . sir reginald stubbs criticized the association in 1919 as a " farcical society " , when the membership consisted of only nine ordinary members , most of whom took no part in the debate and appeared to be moribund . by 1920 however , the national voters association ceased to exist .


coogee is said to be taken from a local aboriginal word koojah which means " smelly place " , or " stinking seaweed " , a reference to the smell of decaying kelp washed up on the beach . although at certain times large quantities of the material are still washed up , it is usually gone before it ===has=== a chance to grow . early visitors to the area , from the 1820s onwards , were never able to understand exactly what " koojah " meant , or if it in fact related to the nearby sandy beach . another name , " rock cove " , was also used as the aboriginal name for the bay . some research suggests that the word " coogee " may in fact be the original aboriginal word name for the next bay to the north , now known as gordon ' s bay . north adelaide north was gazetted as a village in 1886 , growing slowly until it was linked to the city by electric railway in 1902 .


let notate a left circular shift by bits . the key expansion is mathematically important as the key schedule structure may or may not be balanced . the key word count of is used to ===calculate=== the structure of the key expansion , resulting in a total key width of . the key word count consists of a circular shift , xor and a bit shift , . the algorithm checks on the first bit of the key word once per round .


featherstone was born in worcester , massachusetts , in 1936 and grew up in nearby berlin . after graduating from the worcester art museum ' s summer program , in 1955 , he was offered a job designing three - dimensional products for union products , inc . over his career at union products , he has created over 20 different products , the first two of which were a girl with a water can and a man with a dog . when charles ives was commissioned in 1955 to make him sculpture a bird , he chose one , which he named robin , and ===he=== released the bird in coggshall park . later that year , he was asked to carve a flamingo . the now iconic pink flamingo went on sale in 1959 , when the color pink was introduced . in 1996 , featherstone was awarded the 1996 ig nobel art prize for his creation of the pink diamond ring , and he also began his tenure as president of union products which he held until he retired in 2009 . on his final birthday year , he unexpectedly died from lewy body cancer at his boston home hospital .


the 1908 tour de france followed nearly the same route as the 1907 tour de france , following the borders of france clockwise . the points were also the same ; the points system was still used instead of the points system to determine the winner . before the race , the tour de france organization ===declared=== that all necessary measures had been taken to avoid the same criminality as in 1907 , and that the ' apaches ' had a better chance of being caught and spending time in jail . the standard flat rubber tyres were used for the first time ; this meant that cyclists could ride their bicycles better , and a flat tyre took them less time . because the organisation , the french national , wished to keep the tour as purely a race between amateur athletes , all cyclists had to ride on roads approved by the tour organisation . the cyclists were not allowed to own bicycles , so the races in two different categories in the years before had priority , and all cyclists finished in the same place .


the facility opened in 1981 in what was previously known as the coliseum and the redemptorist confraternity hall . it was named after general henri robert gerard , a french army officer who founded the holy spirit catholic hospital centre in 1976 . in 2012 , it was reported that the company behind the belltable had gone into liquidation . the announcement included a further £1 million on refurbishment of the centre . a budget ===reduction=== of €300 , 000 is said to have been the cause of the company going into administration . the centre closed in january 2013 . the red rose theatre reopened in 2016 under management of the orange tree theatre due to a grant from the arts council .


this was to be anil kapoor ' s official launch as leading man in bollywood . that ' s why the film credits read " introducing rajiv kapoor " . but then , he went and signed a film titled din on the side and never released the film . he ===refused=== to report this toawanaan kumar tak , making him very angry when he realized what happened . anil also did not tell actor sawaan tak that he had done a film titled , ek prem kishore ( a film ) , 2 years earlier . since that film was delayed and was not being made , he had signed another film titled ek prem hai . again , anil refused to tell sawaan kumar tak about this . the actor was made to believe that ravi chopra would only be doing his film .


sandrine ( mathilde seigner ) gets tired of her life as an it instructor in paris and decides to leave her work and dedicate her life to agriculture . she ===then=== goes to cambridge where she has achieved her third degree in two years , undertaking several experiments along the way . she then decides to buy an isolated farm in the lower loire valley from an elderly farmer called adrien ( jean daxot ) who wants to help . this farm offers a new dimension to the farming world with her new unusual skills : she turns an unused cow barn into a bed and breakfast , lets busloads of school children in for farm work , and sells her goat cheese over the internet . we get to be witness to the adventures of sandrine and adrien navigating their way from their religious differences , back to mutual love and warmth . the film ends with a shot of her leading her farmers along the new road , after she has successfully addressed all those new problems .


john of wales ( died c . 1285 ) , also called john waleys and johannes guallensis , was a franciscan theologian who wrote several well - received latin works , primarily preaching aids . born between 1210 and 1230 , almost certainly in wales , john entered the franciscan order , and was confirmed master in theology at oxford university sometime before 1243 . after this , he taught there until 1259 when he ===transferred=== to " st albans " , where he continued until his death around 1285 . he was a moral theologian and a noted scholastic scholar of the ancient world , incorporating many classical authors into his works . he is often considered a forerunner of later christian scholastics . his works were translated into six languages and were in print before the end of the 15th century .


gigauri graduated from tbilisi state university in tbilisi , georgia in 1999 with a degree in international relations . she continued her studies at the moscow state university , , where she received her master ’ s degree in public administration in 2001 . in 2007 , she successfully completed her european diploma and received llm from tum amsterdam in 2009 , . in addition to degree programs in 2007 she completed the senior executive seminar program at george c . marshall university ( usa ) , . in 2016 , she has successfully ===attended=== the path ( global academy for leadership ) program on " the use of public funds in private sector development " , organized by the " pen " ( project on entrepreneurship , democracy and the rule of law )


the friends of sinn fein is the name of five different irish republican political non - profit organisations located in scotland , england , canada , the united states and australia . the american group , located in new york city , is the largest and most successful . each member of friends is associated with the political party sinn fein , and works with the irish - scottish , irish british , english canadian , irish american and irish british communities to foster good relations between the irish republican party and the people of those countries . many irish republican politicians engage in international speaking tours to raise support for their constituents . this was seen in 2014 in australia , with brian burke mp , and francie molloy mp visiting ireland and to share experience with irish communities . the fosf usa organisation is one of the largest fund - raising ===groups=== for the party . in 2013 it was reported that fosf usa was one of the largest groups and a " key source of funds " for the party .


as a youth , he and teammate peter sullivan played in the 1963 quebec international pee - wee hockey tournament with a minor ice hockey from north york . in the american hockey league , he played for the chicago white sox team , new york rangers , sacramento silver kings . he was ===member=== of the detroit falcons team for 7 years and played in the nhl for 13 years . he played for team canada ( gold medal team ) and was assistant coach for team canada . he was selected to play on the nhl all star team in 1980 . he has career numbers in the nhl of 231 goals , 251 assists for 8000 career points in 831 games played .


hamilton accepted an athletic scholarship to attend georgia tech , where he played for the georgia tech yellow jackets football team from 1996 to 1999 . he set southeastern athletic conference ( sec ) career records for total offense ( 3 , 640 yards ) , touchdown passes ( 27 ) and total touchdowns ( 83 ) . as a senior in 1999 , he was recognized as a consensus first - team all - american , won the davey o ' brien award , and was a finalist for the collier super trophy , finishing as the runner - up in the heisman voting behind star running back ron dayne . in 2000 , he was ===selected=== as one of the original members of the acc 50th anniversary football team . hamilton was inducted to the college football hall of fame in 2003 .


the competition consisted of two rounds , qualification and final . competitors begin with a qualification jump . standing in position , each athlete attempts to achieve the qualifying height . if they fail at three jumps in a row , they are eliminated . after a qualifying height , they receive three more attempts to reach the next height . once all lifts have been completed , all athletes who have achieved the qualifying height go through to the final . if fewer than 12 athletes achieve the minimum height , the remaining 12 athletes go through . the heights reset for the final , which followed the same ===procedure=== until all athletes fail three more jumps .


commanders : attack of the genos tells the story of an alternate history , one in which humanity has discovered the secrets of atomic energy right at the opening of the 20th century . by this time period , technology as advanced to the point where they have expanded the human genome , and have managed to create a whole new race of genetically modified humanoids , called genos . genos have been found to be stronger , smarter , and much better on the whole than the rest of the human race , causing the rest of the world to distrust of the new races . this resulted in their eventual exile to another ===dimension=== . while a tenuous alliance exists between the two races for some time , the end of the game seems to say that the time for peace has come , as the genos invade .


martin was born in paris , where she spent her early childhood . she moved to tokyo , japan , when she was seven , where she lived with her french father , rene martin , a hairstylist , and her japanese mother , annette , until she was thirteen . she then moved to singapore . after leaving school , she ===returned=== to london to studied communications and cultural anthropology at the british embassy and london university ' s school of communication with acting on the side . she studied the traditional japanese way of living at the actors ' temple .


davies played in the 2003 uk open , losing in the last 64 stage to henry o ' neill . davies then qualified for the 2003 world championship in auckland , narrowly losing both group stages to john lloyd george and roland scholten . davies reached the first stage of the 2005 uk open , winning two matches before losing 8 - 9 to mark webster . since then though , davies has not been able to qualify for a major tournament , his last big tournament came in the 2007 us open , reaching the third stage before losing to scholten . davies ===declared=== his retirement from professional golf in may 2009 . now he works for the british pga as an official .


after creating his first start up , interqubit , cho was surprised to find out that most publishers were not able to afford to make ebooks , even at a low price . therefore , he offered a freemium model and ===started=== to make their books at no charge . after the very first ebook he made the first - place award in the app store awards , he changed his company name to ' bookjam ' in 2012 , and started expanding . as of october 2013 , bookjam has raised $ 17 million venture capital funding from new world ventures and key angles . on december 2013 , bookjam announced that it had entered the global certification market , by working closely with amazon prime . on february 2014 , the amazon company announced its plans to provide a podcast to subscribers in may , which will allow contents to be shared freely across all pages on all devices .


mumsdollar was formed when ben claxton on lead vocals , dave barr on guitar and backing vocals , tim beale on drums , and brothers pete wood , on guitars , and steve wood on bass and backing vocals got together to enter yfc capital teen convention ( ctc ) band competition . their name was born when ben was at hillsong conference and at offering they only had one prize , his mother ' s dollar . they initially intended to name the name after ctc but it just stuck . since then , " ruins " has become one of the biggest bands in the christian rock music scene . they have also released their album a beautiful life in 2007 . mumsdollar were also one of the ===participants=== at the 2008 nz christian music awards competition . in 2009 their album " ruins " won a best of independent music international christian music award for " best christian rock christian album " beating rock band , the last ten , and the end . it also charted at # 15 on the billboard christian album charts in the us charts .


first , a french army of 16 , 000 men under henri , prince of conde besieged the castle held by 600 spanish from 9 june 1639 . after a siege of the castle , the french garrison surrendered on 19 july . however , six weeks later a large spanish army of 30 , 000 men , ( 18 , 000 were probably recruited by the troops of the county of toulouse ) , under antonio de molina and jose de la torre , soon arrived and now besieged the french fortification of 15 , 000 men . france sent an army of 12 , 000 men to lift the siege , but suffering from very bad weather , they were routed in battle by the spanish on 2 november , with the loss of 3 , 000 men . now salses was alone and ===he=== forced the french to surrender on 3 november 1638 . by then 7000 french soldiers , of whom 300 wounded , were killed . the spanish army had also lost 4 , 700 men to disease and combat damage .


settled in 1762 , it was incorporated on june 3 , 1848 as mansel , the name given the island by john winthrop ' s company of emigrants to the massachusetts bay colony in 1630 . two months later , on august 8 it was renamed montagne , which means " three mountains " in french . by 1860 , when the population was 3 , 011 , the town had a hotel , shipyard , iron ore mill , flour flour mill and lumber mill . lumber and lime curing were the chief industries . today , tourism is important to the ===town=== .


the music planned , until the league formally ceased operations , to play in 2008 . the team even made national headlines in september 2007 when its website launched an eliott night night contest , to poke fun at the former new york governor ' s corruption scandal . among the planned acts on " spitzer night : artist # 9 ( or celebrity # 9 ) will receive a free music download pack , " the team ===announced=== on its web site . " any artist with the name eliot , spitzer , or ' kristen ' along with any fan from another team will get $ 1 off it . " the name kristen was how the call girl is identified in legal documents . the player would be responsible for cash withdrawals not to exceed $ 3 , 000 per hour . the team also claimed it would give away a new york vacation , including a one - night stay at the mayflower hotel , although the hotel linked to the corruption bribery scandal is actually in washington , d . c . . the team also said it had invited the players to come on down and try out the game again .


they are complete opposites , but a perfect match . george and cecil is the first on the line up of tv series starring ryan agoncillo and with her new star , daniel rey . this romantic comedy series follows the love story of policewoman george and school teacher cecil . she does the police work , he does the dry cleaning . she has a hard core , while he has the soft spot . can this new dynamic make their relationship better ? see how george and cecil ===handle=== the struggles of marital problems and the feelings of the people around them .


donkey basketball is a variation on the standard game of basketball , played on a standard basketball court , but in which the players ride donkeys . a donkey basketball game is usually held as a one - shot exhibition game , typically in public gardens . commercial farms hire donkeys and players , sharing the game with the local community . donkey basketball has been ===played=== in many different countries since the 1930s . donkey basketball has been targeted by animal rights groups who claim that the game is cruelty to animals , for reasons such as the inexperience of officials with controlling the donkeys . promoters claim that the events are legitimate and the animals are treated fairly accordingly .


the cleared area between the guardian stones of the nobbin stone enclosure ( hunenbett ) , down to the bedrock , gave no clues as to the specific use of the place . it is striking that , at the ends of many megalithic ===graves=== large numbers of large flakes were found , that apparently were produced on the spot , because there were some of them where some of the flakes came from the same place . such arrangements were there also at the guardians of dwasieden and alten - granitz . what is most impressive are the many examples , that on several piles at the stele - like edge of the grave of the saxon passage grave block 2 of bergheim , neustrelitz county , come to light . they fit together in such a way that their production must have taken place on the spot where they were formed , without modification . these examples in large numbers were also found on a capstone of the passage grave 5 of the old castle , bad andlauf county . not one of the flakes has been preserved ; they therefore represent the remains from the original site . they are only tentatively connected to the purpose of the guardian stone .


" down with love " is a popular song with lyrics by e . y . harburg and music by harry warrender . it was originally written in 1937 for kay thompson , but sung by her sister , ruby vance , in the broadway show hooray for what ! . the song was ===performed=== in 1947 by eddie condon ' s orchestra with vocals by jean arthur . the song has been recorded by kay thompson , jean arthur again , and blossom dearie among others , and has become a pop and folk standard . " sweetest of lovers " covered " down with love " in 1963 for the first barbra streisand album , and performed the song live on the album live ! . garland ' s rendition was used in the 1998 movie down with love , with an updated arrangement by michael douglas , and robert patrick .


raoh is the eldest of the four adopted children trained by ryuken , the previous hokuto shinken master . the manga has two different origins through the events of the story . in his first origin , raoh and his twin younger brother , shin , were trained by ryuken after their adopted parents died . the second ( and real ) origin is that a young raoh and his brothers , along with an infant kenshiro , were the refugees from the kingdom of shura who were sent to japan to be trained in the practice of the hoshi arts practiced by the japanese after their homeland was torn apart by a world war . he is trained under ryuken along with toki and shinjiro , as well as another disciple , shoken . in spite of his ambitions to become the greatest martial artist in the world , ===he has=== lost the rights to the name , and thus , also to the entire system . refusing to give up the style , he has lost his friend , ryuken in combat and leaves to become the savior of the system .


the msc is organized locally , regionally and internationally . the membership in the ===communities=== is that of admission to one of their local communities . the whole population of a given region is represented . the regions are coordinated by the general assembly and the regional council . currently there are regions of argentina , uruguay , andalusia ( southern spain ) , bolivia , brazil , peru , caribbean , chile , peru , paraguay , uruguay , and mexico , although there are also regions in angola , canada , congo , cuba , colombia ecuador , guatemala , equatorial guinea , honduras , guatemala , mexico , panama , paraguay , poland , and russia . the coordination of the international communities rests with a collective body , as part of its own individual organisation , representatives of the regional representatives , delegates from other regions , and one council assembly , composed of delegates elected by the secretary general .


there are three inter houses and students are randomly divided among them at the time of admission . the houses , named after important persons in pakistan ' s history , are : jinnah ( green ) named after muhammad ali jinnah , khan bahadur ali ( red ) named after ali khan ( blue ) and iqbal ( yellow ) named after muhammad iqbal . the inter house matches are part of the yearly activities including cricket however also played at fps . students ===participate=== in sports related events and represent their respective houses . the house with the most points wins the annual hockey trophy .


unlike the previous big east tournament , the american adopted a round - robin tournament format in 2014 . the top eight teams were divided into two groups of four , with each team facing the others in the quarterfinals . the winners of each group then faced off in a single championship game . this format was similar to the format used by several new ===teams=== from the conference usa conference , from 2010 to 2013 . in 2016 , the american returned to the original two - bracket , double - elimination format , to a single championship game .


elia began his career on youth side for parma f . c . and won with the team the cup of the adriatic , an international youth competition and was named as mvp of the competition . however the youth team failed to enter the playoffs ===phase=== ( round of 16 ) of 2008 – 09 after beating atletico roma for a place – the champions league . in july 2009 , he joined parma f . c . on loan to a . s . roma for youngster francesco , who earned his first senior caps .


the armies of the first crusade took the hastily evacuated town without a fight . in the early years of the crusader conquest of jerusalem though , control over this important city led to six consecutive battles between the crusaders and egyptian armies from the northern desert . as crusader control increased , ramla became the seat of a great important political entity in the southern levant , ( the lordship of ramla within the kingdoms of jaffa and abukira ) . it was a ===place=== of some religious significance and an important stopping point for those traveling to jerusalem . the crusaders identified it with the ancient ramathaim and called it arimathea . around 1306 , rabbi benjamin of sanzwa , who also mistook it for a more ancient site , visited " nazareth , or ramleh , where there are remains of the city from the times of our lord , for thus it was found written upon the rock . the first jews dwell there . it was formerly a very small village ; at a distance of one mile ( approximately 200 ) there is a small jewish cemetery . "


all persons , living or dead , except elected officials and current political candidates , are eligible to receive the medal . the medal is bestowed by the governor of washington on the recommendation of the " medal of merit committee , " which is composed of the governor himself , as well as the chief justice of the washington state supreme court , the speaker of the washington state house of representatives , and the president of washington state university system . the washington secretary of state serves as the committee ' s chairman . the age for nomination is not fixed by statute , but , under current rules adopted by the legislature , any person may become a qualified recipient through submission of a letter of nomination to the secretary of state who periodically ===has=== received nominations to the committee for consideration . while there are no eligibility requirements for the medal of merit , all recipients to - date were either born in washington or lived there at the time of their decoration .


the cone of power is a method of raising energy in ritual magic , especially in wicca . the cone of power is defined broadly as a sphere of energy that encompasses the circumference of the circle of the inner circle and is cut off to a point above the circle . as a ritual , the cone is formed by the individual participants all assembled in a group , sometimes holding hands , and focusing on a ===specific=== point above the circle and in the centre of the circle . they then dance , drum , chant , or perform various other ritual actions , in order to produce the energy and send it downwards . when the energy that these acts create has reached a goal , the ritual leader will address the group and the energy is sent upwards and the energy is “ sent ” towards the end this is called " raising the cone of power " .


the story begins with a stand - alone , prologue tale , castle waiting : the curse of brambly hedge , which retells the story of sleeping beauty mostly from the perspective of those at the periphery of the action . the story then picks up in real time , after the castle , once abandoned by sleeping beauty , has become a home for another group of familiar fantasy characters , many of whom have rather troubled the story . the castle ' s evil forces are now overseen by master frost , a stork - like woodland monster , and the house has become increasingly run - down and is plagued primarily by hostile but generally harmless ghosts , and sometimes by evil forces . this story originally centers on lady jain , a pregnant woman fleeing her abusive husband . the series ===contains=== backstories for some of the characters , such as a flashback focusing partly on how the young nun sister mary arrived at the castle . later episodes show her settling into the castle ' s keep with her baby with the help of some nuns , and the fellow residents of the castle .


he began his career at the age of 15 at his hometown club vvv - venlo . in 1989 , he started to play at sv schoonen park , where he stayed until 1991 . after playing for the amateur club sv deurne , from 1991 until 1993 , he left his homeland for germany , where he had two short spells at sv straelen ( 1993 to 1995 and 1996 to 1998 ) , in - between playing for fcc , then fc utrecht from the second division . at kfc uerdingen , he was loaned and played several games in the bundesliga . in 1998 , he ===ended=== his active career at sv straelen . he played mainly as defender and always occasionally as midfielder .


hotta masayoshi was the younger son of the 3rd daimyo of sakura , hotta masatoki , and was born at the domain ' s edo residence . on the death of his father in 1811 , he was adopted by his elder brother , the 5th ( 4th ) of sakura , hotta masachika , to secure the family succession . prince togoki was of a weak family , , and by 1812 there was a movement by the senior ===members=== of the hotta clan to have him removed from office , and replaced by the brother of hotta masatsu , the daimyo of the sakura domain and a very powerful and politically important man in the domain . this was strongly opposed by most of the leadership of the sakura clan , and so prince togoki instead was appointed as the head . almost immediately , the domain was hit hard with the additional financial taxing cost of building new defenses in edo bay against the increasing activity of the foreign ships . however , masayoshi was an effective administrator , improving the domain ’ s finances , encouraging study of rangaku , especially western military theory , and founding the forerunner of the sakura academy school .


prayer in the hebrew bible is an evolving means of interacting with god , most frequently through a spontaneous , individual , unorganized form of petitioning and / or thanking . group prayer such as is done today is non - hierarchical , though , in deuteronomy , the text laid the groundwork for individual prayer , including basic liturgical requirements , and by the text ' s later ===editions=== , prayer has evolved to a more organized form , although still quite different from the form adopted by modern society . individual prayer is covered by the tanakh two ways . the first of these is when prayer is described as necessary , and a goal is set , but no further information regarding a person ' s prayer is given . in these cases , such as with isaac , jacob , joseph , and jesus , the act of prayer is a method of shaping a person for the better . the second way in which prayer is done is through more full - out episodes of prayer , where a person ' s prayer is related in full . many famous biblical personalities have such a prayer , including every major character from moses to abraham , mt .


the cross of mathilde ( german : mathildenkreuz ; latin : crux matildae ) is an ottonian processional cross in the crux gemmata style which has been in essen in germany since it was made in the 11th century . it is named after count hermann ii ( died in 1011 ) who is named as the donor on a cloisonne enamel seal on the cross ' s front . it was made between about 1000 , when queen matilda was queen , and around 1016 , when abbess stradal died ; both were members also of the ottonian dynasty . it may have been made in stages , and the subject , the assumption of the crucified virgin , may be a still existing replacement . the cross , which is also called the " second cross of mathilde " , ===is=== part of a group along with the " christe and anna " or " first cross of mathilde " from cologne in the preceding century , a third cross , sometimes called the senkschmelz cross , and the cross of theophanu from her period as abbess . all were made for essen abbey , now essen cathedral , and are kept in the abbey church , where this cross is inventory number no .


the settlement was first named delmoc , then dlamoc and eventually glamoc . the former names probably derives from the illyrian word delma for sheep . also , the name of settlement means the ===place=== of sheep grazing , or a place suitable for sheep grazing . another version holds that glamoc comes from the word glamo , meaning " rocky place " . during the ottoman period the name was known as belgrad ( old name ) , belgrad - sad and belgrad sad .


battlefield includes two gameplay modes , conquest and titan , the latter of which can only be played online in multiplayer maps ( without using modifications ( " mods " ) ) . both modes support different numbers of players , up to 64 , depending upon the team a player chooses to join ===in=== . the single player mode allows of a maximum of 16 players , which includes 15 ai bots . the system from battlefield 2 continues , as one player from each team can nominate and either accept or turn down the role of becoming commander . the player in the commander position has limited roles in the game , such as deploying infantry platoon ' s , landing strikes , airdropping supplies or training for his team .


prior to the 2015 contest , iceland had participated in the eurovision song contest twenty - seven times since its first entry in 1986 . iceland ' s highest placing in the contest to this point was eleventh , which it achieved on two occasions : in 2007 with the song " all out of luck " performed by nina and in 2012 with the song " is it true ? " performed by yohanna . since the introduction of a semi - final to the format of the eurovision song contest in 2004 , iceland has , to this point , only managed to qualify to the final six times . the country has thus far failed to qualify to the final every year since 2004 . in 2014 , the band , " hello " , with the song " no more " , placed the ===country=== fifteenth in the final . the icelandic national broadcaster , " viðar " television ( tv2 ) , broadcasts the event within iceland and organises the selection process for the nation ' s entry . since 1986 , iceland has used a national final to select their entry for the eurovision song contest , a method that continues for their future entry .


the 1908 tour de france followed nearly the same route as the 1907 tour de france , following the borders of france clockwise . the ===points=== were also the same ; the points system was still used instead of the points system to determine the winner . before the race , the tour de france organization declared that all necessary measures had been taken to avoid the same criminality as in 1907 , and that the ' apaches ' had a better chance of being caught and spending time in jail . the standard flat rubber tyres were used for the first time ; this meant that cyclists could ride their bicycles better , and a flat tyre took them less time . because the organisation , the french national , wished to keep the tour as purely a race between amateur athletes , all cyclists had to ride on roads approved by the tour organisation . the cyclists were not allowed to own bicycles , so the races in two different categories in the years before had priority , and all cyclists finished in the same place .


violence in iraq has decreased since its peak in 2006 – 07 , but attacks remain common . violence rose in 2012 for the first time in northern iraq . in the days leading up to the 2013 iraq governorate elections , the first since the withdrawal of us troops in 2003 , tensions were high in iraq as opposition groups ===believed=== they were being crushed there by prime minister nouri al - maliki ' s sunni - dominated government . a series of large scale bombings linked to the oil industry and militant group islamic state of iraq and the levant were carried out in early april in an attempt to disperse oil prices in the months ahead of the elections . at least fourteen election candidates were murdered , while anbar and the other two provinces had postponed elections because of security concerns . the other three provinces did not hold elections on july first .


women have been fighting for years to be able to compete in the winter olympics ’ ski jumping category . women have always been prevented from competing in the ski jumping olympic competitions since it became an official olympic sport in chamonix olympic winter games in 1924 . the documentary shows why and how the women decided to do sacrifices and were fighting to be able to participate in 2014 sochi ' s olympic winter games and make their olympic dreams come true . before they were allowed in 2014 vancouver women ' s olympic winter games , the women athletes from around the world could participate in the championships and the first among them had the opportunity to compete in the fis ski jumping world cup . this championships have been held yearly in many different ===locations=== since 2002 and is sponsored by the swiss olympic committee .


from 1975 to 1978 , gonzalez vernaza was the vice president of panama under demetrio b . lakas . in 1977 , he helped found the " union de los santos de las americas " party . in november 2000 , serving as the president of the prd , he sharply criticized the government of president guillermo endara , stating that " in panama alone , endara has lost his political and judicial power , demonstrating his own inadequate ability to govern successfully . " he also opposed the government ' s ultimately successful attempt to " retrain panama ' s armed forces . " vernaza opposed the presence of american forces in panama at the 2003 deadline for agreement required by the 2003 bushii - bush treaty for the handover of the panama canal . he ===voted=== in favor of a 2004 referendum that would have allowed president jose roberto lara cruz , a fellow party - member , to serve a second term in office , calling the president ' s supporters " cockroaches and dogbers " . in 2006 , gonzalez vernaza was elected as a permanent congressional delegate to the european union parliament .


a young man , enoch , is out of school and has been befriended by a ghost of a japanese kamikaze pilot . for seemingly selfish , but practical reasons , he attends the funerals of victims without invitation ; at one of these he meets a young woman , annabel , who says she works with children who have cancer , and the pair start spending time together . later annabel acknowledges she has cancer herself , a situation which enoch tries to accommodate , even when he subsequently reveals she has only months ' time to live . as their relationship becomes deeper , enoch ' s seemingly very calm nature is explained by his own history of near - death experience , but when the reality of his condition becomes a revelation his mind betrays more traces of guilt . his mind understands and responds to this . at annabel ' s funeral he asks to ===stay=== , but before he says anything memories of the couple ' s life together appear to fuel his anger .


his first international success came at the 2006 oceania championships , where he set the championships records in the 50 m , 100 m and 200 m backstroke . at the 2008 australian olympic trials he swam in the 100 m and the 50 m backstroke , placing first and second respectively to qualify for the finals in beijing . he left beijing with a silver in the 4 × 100 m medley relay , and a fifth - place performance in the 100m backstroke . in 2009 , he won all three backstrokes at the 2009 telstra nationals , setting new records in the 400 - 800 meters . at the world championships , with arguably australia ' s best swimmer absent ( including olympian michael lees ) , the medley relay team was overhauled by phelps , finishing with bronze . in 2010 , delaney was defeated again by longtime rival , fellow australian josh johnson in all three backstrokes at the australian championships . at the 2011 australian swimming schools championships , he took bronze in the 100 m backstroke . he ===kept=== up his form on night 2 however , taking bronze in the super 200 , which also saw him finish 4th in the 200m backstroke . on the following night he won another gold in the medley relay .


the keirin races involve 6 . 5 laps of the track behind a pace - setter , followed by a 2 . 5 lap sprint to the finish . the competition consisted of preliminary heats and two semifinal races , a semi - ===final=== round , and the finals . the heats and repechages narrowed the competitors to 12 . the semi - finals split the remaining competitors into six pools . the final round also included a qualification round for 7th to 12th positions .


she graduated in law and theatre . despite being of bourgeois family , decided to study the kabbalah after his meeting with god . she has a son , sebastian ( born february 13 , 2015 ) , with her partner , luis " el " torres , and has been single since 2009 . gilberto is a businessman and has two children from a previous relationship , mariana and diego . she is a vegan and ===raises=== her sons with the same alimentation .


tacho is considered to be a winter dish , and can take up to three days to prepare and make . it is often ===prepared=== during the holidays , and reflects strong tradition and regional social unity . at least one source indicates that tacho originated as a dish made with leftover meat from holiday meals alone . in the past , tacho was recognized as a dish favored by wealthy families . it is considered to be a relatively affordable dish , even in more rural areas .


tigr , an abbreviation for trst ( trieste ) , istra ( istria ) , gorica ( gorizia ) and reka ( rijeka ) , full name revolutionary organization of the julian march t . i . g . r . ( slovene : ub . zvoni ! ) ( italian : propagandamento di l . t . i . g . r . ) , was a slovene anti - fascist and insurgent organization established as a response to the fascistization process of the slovenian and croat people on part of the former slovenian state on territory that became part of italy after the first world war , and were known at the time as the julian march . it is considered one of the first anti - fascist resistance ===groups=== in europe . it was active in the yugoslav wars .


suicide by cutting might involve exsanguination , infarction , septic shock from certain ruptures such as appendicitis , or drowning from a lung contusion . " cutting " usually involves lowering the temperature and pressure of the blood to below critical levels by inducing massive blood loss . it is sometimes the result of trauma inflicted on oneself . the carotid , pulmonary , cerebral , or femoral arteries may be severed . this may occur directly as a result of the desanguination of the heart or via a " poison " mechanism , wherein the blood volume in the brain or nervous - system becomes too low and results in the body shutting down . those making a serious injury , or testing out the technique to better - assess its effectiveness , may first make shallow cuts , referred to as hesitation cuts or tentative ===cuts=== in the literature . they are often non - violent , with mild cuts .


the msc is organized locally , regionally and internationally . the membership in the communities is that of admission to one of their local communities . the whole population of a given region is represented . the regions are coordinated by the general assembly and the regional council . currently there are regions of argentina , uruguay , andalusia ( southern spain ) , bolivia , brazil , peru , caribbean , chile , peru , paraguay , uruguay , and mexico , although there are also ===regions=== in angola , canada , congo , cuba , colombia ecuador , guatemala , equatorial guinea , honduras , guatemala , mexico , panama , paraguay , poland , and russia . the coordination of the international communities rests with a collective body , as part of its own individual organisation , representatives of the regional representatives , delegates from other regions , and one council assembly , composed of delegates elected by the secretary general .


this album marked the end of cooperation with their former manager , milutin popovic zachar , and the beginning of the golden career period of lepa brena , with new manager raka đokic . lepa brena , for the promotion of the new album , was once again engaged in starring , along with ana simic , in the film nemajce . the film and the accompanying album " yovo , bato " have been incredible success . the film , being a most successful , won the yugoslav award of culture in 1986 . the album was sold in total , 100 , 000 copies , and thus became the best - selling album ever in the history of yugoslavia . at the release of the album in yugoslavia , over 5 , 000 people attended , and this caused huge traffic and traffic problems . thanks to this album , brena ===rose=== to the top of the most popular songs in bulgaria , becoming a big star in romania and bulgaria . in the capital bucharest , romania , on the following day , over 65 , 000 people performed at the stadionul nationala , sporting arena .


winter salami ( hungarian : teliszalami ) is a type of hungarian salami produced according to a centuries - old tradition . made from cold - cured pork and spices ( black pepper , yellow pepper pepper , and others ) , winter salami is heated in cold air and smoked ===afterwards=== . during the initial heating off cold , a special noble - scent is produced on the top skin surface . the hungarian traditional style called varosika ( " meat " of the winter cold ) gained its own pgi status in 2007 , followed by budapesti winter salami style , which obtained pgi status in 2009 . the state agency " food safety " hungary has many specific regulations on what can be called " food " winter salami . german national meat factory is one of the most famous producers of this style of meat product .


zelybron created a netbook sized computer which compares to regular pcs . its design team was the first to create a machine capable of doing ===its=== day - to - day tasks with the functionality of a tablet pc and the capacity of a full laptop . zelybron plans to add all features to its micro nina that a typical laptop user would expect from his / her laptop . it comes with a nearly full size keyboard for personal use , surround - sound audio , a 1 . 6 - inch lcd with webcam , 4 usb ports , card reader , a usb serial port for connecting an external monitor and has an integrated sata port for either using a mini usb port or solid - state drive . the micro nina has very low power consumption ( 15 w ) and improves with easier access and connecting to other connected computers easily . the machine itself is compatible with either windows xp or windows vista , but can optionally be integrated with the pc x10 pro which allows a pc connectivity connection with the intel / ibm pocket pc and palm os .


the first documentary edge festival , previously known as docnz international documentary film festival , was launched in 2005 in auckland by the then prime minister , helen clark . the event was rebranded as documentary edge festival in 2010 to highlight the festivals ' cutting edge screening of australian and international documentary films . it also showcases the cutting edge nature of documentary in providing an independent and important view of the world . the documentary edge festival is held annually , from july to october , in auckland and wellington . the festival showcases the official selection of award - winning and critically acclaimed documentary films from new zealand and around the world . it also includes a jury dinner , q & a sessions with filmmakers , various corporate sponsors and special presentations . the first festival was ===held=== in 2005 .


marcos won the november 1969 election by a landslide , and was inaugurated on december 30 of that year . but marcos ' massive spending during the 1969 presidential campaign had taken its toll and triggered widespread social unrest . during the campaign , marcos had seized several billion dollars ' worth in government - owned infrastructure , creating a balance of payments crisis . the marcos administration ran to the international finance fund ( iff ) for assistance , and the imf signed a financial restructuring program . new policies , including a renewed tax on exports and the restoration of circulation of the monetary unit , were put in place . the peso was allowed to decline to a lower face value , resulting in increased inflation , and social unrest . marcos ' spending during the campaign led to political opponents such as senator manuel quezon iii , senator juan antonio de leon guerrero , and senator francisco gonzalez reyes beginning to accuse him of wanting to stay in ===office=== even beyond the two years limit allowed for the presidency by the 1968 constitution .


perkins plays in the australian baseball league for the canberra cavalry . he signed a minor league contract with the colorado rockies in january 2012 . he made his professional debut in 2013 for the grand island rockies and spent the whole season there , batting . 162 / . 270 / . 300 with six home runs and 23 rbis in 35 games . he spent 2014 with tri - city dust devils where he ===posted=== a . 202 batting average with two home runs and seven rbis in 38 games . he spent the 2015 season with the asheville tourists where he posted a . 202 batting average with one home run and 12 rbis in 45 games , and 2016 with the modesto nuts where he slashed . 238 / . 270 / / . 310 in 15 league games due to injury . during the 2016 - 17 australian baseball league season , perkins was named the league ' s most valuable player . he spent 2018 with the rockies , the albuquerque chiefs again , and the lancaster cannons , where he hit a combined . 290 with two home runs and 18 rbis in 36 games between the three teams . he elected free agency on 2 november 2018 .


for the 2016 - 17 season , oklahoma state finished 17 - 15 , 6 - 12 in the big 12 and finished 7th in the conference standings . the cowgirls were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the big 12 women ' s tournament , losing to # 15 texas . they did not make the ncaa women ' s tournament , however , they were ===invited=== to be in the 2017 ncaa tournament , as an at - large bid . they played at home against abilene christian . they lost in the first round to liu , in an upset against both texas and texas .


lim played college baseball at kyungsung university in busan . as a freshman in 2007 he earned mvp honors at the president ' s flag championship , pitching a complete game and a victory in the championship game . he finished his first collegiate season with a record of 11 - 1 and an era of 2 . 58 in 70 innings pitched . in 2008 may , lim was named to the preliminary 66 - man south korea national baseball team roster for the 2008 asian baseball championship . he was one of the four selected amateur players in the final squad . lim ===went=== into a hiatus due to injuries from the 2011 baseball season . however , lim bounced back in 2012 when he posted a record of 8 - 3 and an era of 2 . 76 in 80 . 2 innings pitched . lim recorded 2 complete game ( 1 game win ) victories out of his 11 wins with 110 strikeouts , and helped his team to win the titles at the president ' s flag championship and the asian baseball championship , earning honors in both of the events .


hastings east was a federal electoral district represented in the house of commons of canada from 1867 to 1925 . it was located in the province of ontario . it was created by the british columbia government act of 1867 which ===split=== the county of hastings into three new districts : hastings east , hastings west , and hastings north . the east riding consisted of the townships of thurlow , tyendinaga , and newcastle . in 1867 , the county of hastings was divided into three new districts when the east riding was created . the east riding was expanded to include the townships of east ham , north ham , and south . dublin , cork , cashel , wexford , dunganan , mayo , cork , wexford and southwark ; the town of east ham east , and the townships of madoc and cambridge . the electoral district was abolished in 1924 when it was created from a split territory between hastings south and the — other hastings riding .


the analysis of literary style goes back to the study of classical rhetoric , though modern stylistics has its roots in russian formalism and the related prague school of the early twentieth century . in 1909 , charles bally ' s traite de stylistique francaise had proposed stylistics as a separate academic discipline to the " general " french language . for bally , the general language ' s vocabulary by itself ===doesn=== ' t always match the level of personal expression . the book ' s approach fits well with the approach of the prague school . taking forward the work of the russian formalists , the prague school focuses on the concept of " style " , where it is assumed that poetic language is considered to stand out from non - poetic background language , by means of deviation ( from the norm of everyday language ) or parallelism . according to paul meyerhold , however , this background language isn ' t fixed , and the relationship between literary and everyday language is therefore always changing .


his first international success came at the 2006 oceania championships , where he set the championships records in the 50 m , 100 m and 200 m backstroke . at the 2008 australian olympic trials he swam in the 100 m and the 50 m backstroke , placing first and second respectively to qualify for the ===finals=== in beijing . he left beijing with a silver in the 4 × 100 m medley relay , and a fifth - place performance in the 100m backstroke . in 2009 , he won all three backstrokes at the 2009 telstra nationals , setting new records in the 400 - 800 meters . at the world championships , with arguably australia ' s best swimmer absent ( including olympian michael lees ) , the medley relay team was overhauled by phelps , finishing with bronze . in 2010 , delaney was defeated again by longtime rival , fellow australian josh johnson in all three backstrokes at the australian championships . at the 2011 australian swimming schools championships , he took bronze in the 100 m backstroke . he kept up his form on night 2 however , taking bronze in the super 200 , which also saw him finish 4th in the 200m backstroke . on the following night he won another gold in the medley relay .


the msc is organized locally , regionally and internationally . the membership in the communities is that of admission to one of their local communities . the whole ===population=== of a given region is represented . the regions are coordinated by the general assembly and the regional council . currently there are regions of argentina , uruguay , andalusia ( southern spain ) , bolivia , brazil , peru , caribbean , chile , peru , paraguay , uruguay , and mexico , although there are also regions in angola , canada , congo , cuba , colombia ecuador , guatemala , equatorial guinea , honduras , guatemala , mexico , panama , paraguay , poland , and russia . the coordination of the international communities rests with a collective body , as part of its own individual organisation , representatives of the regional representatives , delegates from other regions , and one council assembly , composed of delegates elected by the secretary general .


women have been fighting for years to be able to compete in the winter olympics ’ ski jumping category . women have always been prevented from competing in the ski jumping olympic competitions since it became an official olympic sport in chamonix olympic winter games in 1924 . the documentary shows why and how the women decided to do sacrifices and were fighting to be able to participate in 2014 sochi ' s olympic winter games and make their olympic dreams come true . before they were allowed in 2014 vancouver women ' s olympic winter games , the women athletes from around the world could participate in the championships and the first among them had the opportunity to compete in the fis ski jumping world cup . this championships have been ===held=== yearly in many different locations since 2002 and is sponsored by the swiss olympic committee .


by 17 march 2011 , argentine president cristina fernandez de kirchner announced that the start would be in mar del plata , argentina , the first stage would end in bahia blanca . the rally would then cross the provinces of la pampa , cordoba , el aires , puerto aires , and la plata , before crossing to chile and finally ===finishing=== in montevideo . on 25 january 2012 , the press reported that peru would organise the three final stages of the 2012 argentine national rally , with lima , the peruvian capital , hosting the opening stage . the official draw took place on 18 february in lima . a poster displaying these three stages was also published .


this is a list of the main career statistics of malaysian professional badminton player , lee chong wei . to date , lee has won sixty nine singles titles , twenty four super series premier titles , seven bwf world super series titles , and five super series finals titles . he is the only men ' s singles player to win at least once in eight super series premier titles . he is also a silver medalist at the 2008 summer olympics , 2012 summer olympics and the 2016 summer olympics . he is the runner - up at the 2010 bwf world championships , 2011 bwf world championships and 2013 bwf world championships . his ===participation=== as the runner - up at the 2014 bwf world championships was canceled due to doping concerns . for that matter , he received an 18 month international ban from bwf competition .


hamilton accepted an athletic scholarship to attend georgia tech , where he played for the georgia tech yellow jackets football team from 1996 to 1999 . he set southeastern athletic conference ( sec ) career records for total offense ( 3 , 640 yards ) , touchdown passes ( 27 ) and total touchdowns ( 83 ) . as a senior in 1999 , he was recognized as a consensus first - team all - american , won the davey o ' brien award , and was a finalist for the collier super trophy , finishing as the runner - up in the heisman voting behind star running back ron dayne . in 2000 , he was selected as one of the original members of the acc 50th anniversary football team . hamilton was ===inducted=== to the college football hall of fame in 2003 .


theron tilden pond ( 1800 – 1852 ) was the founder of the t . t . pond company which he co - founded along with several associates in 1849 . he developed " pond ' s cream " , to be used as a " medicinal cream " , from the bark of witch hazel . this was used as a natural cleansing method for wounds and a remedy for numerous other " illnesses " . though he was the founder of the company , he could not hold on to it for long and sold it soon . the company he founded was incorporated with the name pond ' s cream company in 1914 . pond ' s cream is currently ===sold=== by unilever . pond died in 1852 .


he began playing basketball in hometown clubs kk student and metalac . he then moved to belgrade - based club ub - belgrade , where he signed his first professional contract . after being loaned to borac cacak for the 2005 – - season , he had a successful 2006 – - season . over 16 games in the european champions cup ( now called euroscup ) , he averaged 7 . 8 points , 2 . 6 assists , and 5 . 1 rebounds per game . fmp was later eliminated in the semifinal of this second - tier level european - wide competition . they also played in the final ===round=== of the serbian league b , where they lost to dinamo zagreb ii .


morocco was a protectorate of france at the time of world war ii . the french government at casablanca had surrendered to germany after the battle of france , under an armistice with nazi germany . general charles de gaulle united french forces opposed to the armistice and to the vichy regime , entering the war on the side of the allies and the allies . the vichy government — which controlled morocco — was thus officially sovereign , but in practical terms the armistice obliged it to oppose any attempt to seize french troops or property for fighting against germany . american troops had criticized the french at mers - el - kebir for refusing to surrender to them or to the allies , leading to much ill - will between france and germany . the u . s . government had not recognised the vichy government as sovereign . military planning for operation torch in 1942 ===included=== american troops in the initial invasion forces on the basis of intelligence that they would be less strongly opposed than british troops .


prior to the unicode era , the following harvard - kyoto scheme was developed for putting a fairly large amount of sanskrit textual material into machine readable format without the use of diacritics as used in iast . instead of diacritics it uses upper case letters . since it uses both upper and lower case letters in its text , the nouns ' first person singular number sequence cannot be entered . because it is without a single user keyboard , it allows students to read texts with a single tapping of the fingers on the keyboard . for the students , the steps to learn are : according to the scheme , all letters with an initial i are entered as the same when capitalized ; with dentals and voiced voiced stops entering ( i , e ) as the corresponding upper case voiced consonants and vowels ( i , e ) ; the characters h , l , lh are quite difficult ; the only other letter that ===seems=== to be remembered is z for r . the vowels vary , the major variety is for the sonorants and anusvara , visarga are used only instead of their diacritics . however , it is easily readable with software .


in april 1948 , charles p . lazarus founded a baby - furniture retailer children ' s supermart in washington , d . c . , during the post - war baby boom . lazarus , who served in the army during the vietnam war , opened the first store at 121st f st . nw . he began receiving requests from parents for new items . after selling his furniture , he received requests for toys for their children . it was acquired in 1966 by interstate department stores , inc . , owners of the white front , sears department chains and children ' s bargain ===stores=== usa . the focus of the company changed in late 1968 , and the first toys " r " us , devoted solely to toys rather than furniture , was opened by interstate in baltimore county , maryland . lazarus also designed and stylized the toys " r " us logo , which featured a capital " r " to give the impression that a child wrote it . the original toys " r " us logo used from the original location consisted of two white walls and a brown door with a front entrance and side exit .


following the election of donald trump in november 2016 , harris was named as part of the " hell - no caucus " by politico in 2018 , along with senators cory booker , kirsten gillibrand , elizabeth warren and bernie sanders , given she voted " overwhelmingly to thwart [ trump ' s ] nominees for administration jobs " , such as with rex tillerson , betsy devos and mike pompeo ; all of the senators in this group were considered potential 2020 presidential contenders at this point in time . prior to announcing her candidacy , she had previously stated that she was " not ruling it out " . in december 2018 , harris stated that she planned on considering whether to run for president " over the holiday . " on january 24 , it was ===reported=== that harris was expected to make an official announcement around about 2 a m . day regarding the presidential election . harris was the fifth office - holding democrat to officially launch a campaign in the 2018 u . s . senate election , joining florida senator elizabeth warren , hawaii governor linda tulsi gabbard , former colorado governor scott brown , former west virginia state senator robert lee - thomas , former u . s . secretary of housing and urban development julian castro , and new york senator kirsten gillibrand .


pomyalovsky was born in saint petersburg in 1835 . his father was a deacon in the orthodox church in the russian empire , a deacon on the " russian old cemetery " hill , across from the church . pomyalovsky studied at the alexander moscow theological theological seminary ( ( 1848 ) ) , where his lifelong struggle with alcoholism began , and at the saint petersburg theological academy ( 1851 – 1857 ) . his work theological studies is a harrowing description of his time in these schools . though a brilliant student , he was next to last in his class , and wasn ' t ===selected=== for a deaconship .


55 drivers were initially entered in a qualifying longlist for the 2019 season , with a further six added later on . an evaluation was held at the international motorsport school in melk , austria over four separate day events , with four judges — - including john paul young , john paul mcqueen and lyn st . james — on a shortlist of drivers that would get to test the tatuus – alfa romeo gts cars . drivers attended four ' modules ' that tested their skills in driving performance , fitness , driver training and performance evaluation , before a ===further=== knockout series of events that would decide the 28 drivers that advanced to the next stage at the circuito de almeria . the final , held over sunday – ′ night , which featured additional car testing and data recording alongside driver evaluation , would feature the 28 - driver line - up as well as two additional reserve drivers - who will be on the podium in the event of a guest driver ' s absence . the qualifying process drew mixed reviews from the competitors . british driver sam de jongh labelled the tests " confusing " and that the judges " obviously weren ' t looking for the fastest driver " , whereas compatriot caitlin wood claimed the process was " as quick as they could make it " .


beneke studied physics , mathematics and philosophy at the university of konstanz , university of cambridge and university of heidelberg . in 1993 he ===completed=== his doctorate at the technical university of munich on the structure of perturbative series in higher dimensions and habilitated in heidelberg in 1998 . at the same time martin beneke became holder of the chair of theoretical physics ( department 3 ) at the " charles " technical university in 1999 . in 2008 martin beneke was awarded the " german " prize in the amount of 2 . 75 billion marks . the research done by martin has largely led to the verification of basic concepts of elementary particle physics , to the theory of variations and to the identification of algebraic groups .


venstre , the party of the prime minister , campaigned on their municipal restructuring plan , as well as a continuation of the " tax - freeze " and tight immigration requirements . they also ===hoped=== to see 60 , 000 jobs created during a second term . the main opposition party , the social democrats led by mogens lykketoft focused on unemployment , which they claim has doubled under the previous government . the danish people ' s party , who support the popular christian democratic - alliance government , criticized the " tax - freeze " but agreed , in principle , to keep it for another parliamentary term . they also wanted increasingly tough immigration controls .


in english orthography , ⟨ c ⟩ generally represents the " soft " value of / s / before the letters ⟨ e ⟩ ( including the latin - derived digraphs ⟨ ae ⟩ and ⟨ oe ⟩ , or the corresponding ligatures ⟨ æ ⟩ and ⟨ œ ⟩ ) , ⟨ i ⟩ , and ⟨ y ⟩ , and a " hard " value of / k / before any other letters or at the end of a word . however , there are a number of exceptions in english : " latin " and " french french " are ===languages=== that have / s / where / t / would be preferred . the " hard " ⟨ c ⟩ may represent the / ts / sound in the digraph ⟨ ci ⟩ when this letter corresponds with a vowel , as in the words ' appreciate ' and ' eat ' , and also in the word " love " and its derivatives . the digraph ⟨ ch ⟩ most commonly represents / tʃ / , but can also represent / ʃ / ( mainly in words of spanish origin ) or / ʃ / ( mainly in words of french origin ) . for some speakers of english , it may also represent / ʃ / in words like this , while other speakers may represent only the final consonant as / ʃ / . the trigraph ⟨ tch ⟩ always represents / tsʰ / . the digraph ⟨ ck ⟩ is often used to represent the consonant / c / after short vowels , like " yes " .