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Semiparametric model

In statistics, a semiparametric model is a statistical model that has parametric and nonparametric components.

A statistical model is a parameterized family of distributions:  indexed by a parameter .  

 A parametric model is a model in which the indexing parameter  is a vector in -dimensional Euclidean space, for some nonnegative integer . Thus,  is finite-dimensional, and .
 With a nonparametric model, the set of possible values of the parameter  is a subset of some space , which is not necessarily finite-dimensional. For example, we might consider the set of all distributions with mean 0.  Such spaces are vector spaces with topological structure, but may not be finite-dimensional as vector spaces.  Thus,  for some possibly infinite-dimensional space .
 With a semiparametric model, the parameter has both a finite-dimensional component and an infinite-dimensional component (often a real-valued function defined on the real line).  Thus, , where  is an infinite-dimensional space.

It may appear at first that semiparametric models include nonparametric models, since they have an infinite-dimensional as well as a finite-dimensional component.  However, a semiparametric model is considered to be "smaller" than a completely nonparametric model because we are often interested only in the finite-dimensional component of .  That is, the infinite-dimensional component is regarded as a nuisance parameter.  In nonparametric models, by contrast, the primary interest is in estimating the infinite-dimensional parameter.  Thus the estimation task is statistically harder in nonparametric models.

These models often use smoothing or kernels.

Example
A well-known example of a semiparametric model is the Cox proportional hazards model. If we are interested in studying the time  to an event such as death due to cancer or failure of a light bulb, the Cox model specifies the following distribution function for :

where  is the covariate vector, and  and  are unknown parameters.  .  Here  is finite-dimensional and is of interest;  is an unknown non-negative function of time (known as the baseline hazard function) and is often a nuisance parameter.  The set of possible candidates for  is infinite-dimensional.

See also
Semiparametric regression
Statistical model
Generalized method of moments

Notes

References

Begun, Janet M.; Hall, W. J.; Huang, Wei-Min; Wellner, Jon A. (1983), "Information and asymptotic efficiency in parametric--nonparametric models", Annals of Statistics, 11 (1983), no. 2, 432--452

 
Mathematical and quantitative methods (economics)
François-Josué de La Corne Dubreuil

François-Josué de La Corne Dubreuil, (7 October 1710 — 17 October 1753) was an officer in the colonial regular troops of New France and, as was the norm of the day, involved in family commercial enterprises . He was the son of Jean-Louis de la Corne de Chaptes and a brother of Louis de la Corne, Chevalier de la Corne and Luc de la Corne. His first posting as a commandant of a post was at Fort Kaministiquia, beginning in 1741, where he also engaged in the fur trade.

Biography 

His career took him to  Ohio country, where in June 1753 he became seriously ill while surveying the portage at Fort Le Boeuf. His illness forced him to return to Quebec where he died. François-Josué was a recipient of the cross of Saint Louis.

He was survived by his only child, François-Michel, who probably drowned with his uncle Louis de La Corne in the sinking of the ship Auguste in November 1761.

Sources and references 
 Notes

Citations

References
 
 

1710 births
1759 deaths
People of New France
Canadian fur traders
Miss Maine USA

The  Miss Maine USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Maine in the Miss USA pageant.  The pageant is directed by The Clemente Organization based in Malden, Massachusetts.

Maine has placed nine times at Miss USA. In 2006, Katee Stearns made the semi-finals, becoming the fifth woman from Maine and the first since 1977 to make the cut. In 2010, Katie Whittier became the first delegate from Maine to reach the top five, finishing 4th runner-up.

Three Miss Maine USAs were former Miss Maine Teen USA titleholders, who competed at Miss Teen USA.  One also competed at Miss America.

Juliana Morehouse Locklear of Portland was crowned Miss Maine USA 2023 on November 20, 2022 at Portland Marriott at Sable Oaks in Portland.  Due to a change in the pageant rules, she  became the first married woman to compete at Miss USA since the 1950s.

Gallery of titleholders

Results summary

Placements
4th Runner up: Katie Whittier (2010)
Top 8:  Ashley Lynn Marble (2011)
Top 10/12:  Tina Ann Brown (1977), Marina Gray (2018)
Top 15/16/20: Jackie Lee (1953), Carolyn Komant (1959), Margaret McAleer (1970), Katee Stearns (2006), Rani Williamson (2012)

Winners 

Color key

 

1 Ages at the time of the crowning

References

External links

Maine
Maine culture
Women in Maine
Recurring events established in 1952
1952 establishments in Maine
Opening statement

An opening statement is generally the first occasion that the trier of fact (jury or judge) has to hear from a lawyer in a trial, aside possibly from questioning during voir dire.  The opening statement is generally constructed to serve as a "road map" for the fact-finder.  This is especially essential, in many jury trials, since jurors (at least theoretically) know nothing at all about the case before the trial, (or if they do, they are strictly instructed by the judge to put preconceived notions aside).   Though such statements may be dramatic and vivid, they must be limited to the evidence reasonably expected to be presented during the trial.  Attorneys generally conclude opening statements with a reminder that at the conclusion of evidence, the attorney will return to ask the fact-finder to find in his or her client's favor.

Opening statements are, in theory, not allowed to be argumentative, or suggest the inferences that fact-finders should draw from the evidence they will hear.  In actual practice, the line between statement and argument is often unclear and many attorneys will infuse at least a little argumentation into their opening (often prefacing borderline arguments with some variation on the phrase, "As we will show you...").  Objections, though permissible during opening statements, are very unusual, and by professional courtesy are usually reserved only for egregious conduct.

Generally, the prosecution in a criminal case and plaintiff in a civil case is the first to offer an opening statement, and defendants go second.  Defendants are also allowed the option of delaying their opening statement until after the close of the prosecution or plaintiff's case.  Few take this option, however, so as not to allow the other party's argument to stand uncontradicted for so long.

The techniques of opening statements are taught in courses on trial advocacy.  The opening statement is integrated with the overall case strategy through either a theme and theory or, with more advanced strategies, a line of effort. Specific tactics that can be incorporated in an opening statement are audio-visual elements, a clear overview of the coming presentation, and using deposition testimony to highlight key information they can expect of upcoming witnesses.

See also
 Closing argument

References

External links
 Differences Between Opening Statements and Closing Arguments

Statements
Legal procedure
Bedick people

The Bedick, or Bedik, are a minority ethnic group of Africa. They live in villages in the most isolated area of eastern Senegal, in the Arrondissement of Bandafassi.  is one of their settlements.  

The Bedick speak the Bedik language  and their religion is a blend between their animist roots and a more recent Christian influence. More connected with Guinea Conakry or Mali than with Senegal, Bedick people have contact with other ethnic groups like Bassari and Serer. Their ancestors are the families Keita and Camera that came from Mali because of the War led by Alpha Yaye coming from Fouta Djalon.

Gallery

References

Ethnic groups in Senegal
Filipe Soares Franco

Filipe Pinto Basto Soares Franco (born 11 March 1953 in Lisbon) was the 46th president of Sporting CP, one of Portugal's biggest comprehensive sports clubs, second child and second son of Rui Guedes Soares Franco and Isabel Maria da Câmara Ferreira Pinto Basto (Noblemen of Coat of Arms – and a descendant of Louis, comte de Narbonne-Lara, of the Duke of Loulé and of Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Portugal).

He succeeded António Dias da Cunha in 2006 after the latter resigned in solidarity with manager José Peseiro. He won the election held on 28 April 2006 with 70% of the votes, beating Guilherme Lemos and Abrantes Mendes.

After his "Project Finance" was defeated in general assembly, Soares Franco called for elections, saying he would not be a candidate in the presidential run. However, on 12 April 2006, he officially announced his candidacy. Still, on 2 June, his proposal to the Project Finance was not approved by members of the club so he ended up not running for the Presidency.

On 5 July 2009 he was succeeded in the Presidential chair by José Eduardo Bettencourt who defeated Paulo Pereira Cristóvão.

He presented a candidateship to the Portuguese Football Federation on 7 September 2011 but withdrew on 4 October due to lack of support.

He was married to and divorced Isabel Maria Borges Coutinho. The couple has four children.

References

1953 births
Living people
People from Lisbon
Portuguese football chairmen and investors
Portuguese nobility

Portuguese people of British descent
Sporting CP presidents
Jim Alldis Jr.

James Stephen Alldis, born at Paddington, London, on 27 December 1949, was an English cricketer who played two first-class matches for Middlesex in 1970.

A left-handed lower-order batsman and a left-arm orthodox spin bowler, Jim Alldis was the son of the former Middlesex scorer A. J. Alldis. His father also being known as Jim, he was referred to at Lord's as Jim Alldis Jr. In his two matches, he scored seven runs at an average of 2.33 and took one wicket for 37, the single wicket being that of Keith Wheatley of Hampshire.

He played for Middlesex's second eleven in the Second Eleven Championship between 1968 and 1976 and later represented Berkshire in the Minor Counties Championship.

He was later a schoolmaster in Devon.

References

1949 births
Living people
English cricketers
Middlesex cricketers
Berkshire cricketers
Cricketers from Paddington
Hypoxylon

Hypoxylon is a genus of ascomycetes commonly found on dead wood, and usually one of the earliest species to colonise dead wood. A common European species is Hypoxylon fragiforme which is particular common on dead trunks of beech.

Based on morphological studies and gene sequence analyses, 27 species formerly assigned to Hypoxylon sect. Annulata were reassigned to a new genus called Annulohypoxylon in 2005.

Research in Iran has shown the potential of some species of Hypoxylon in producing chemicals that are antagonistic against the disease Ash dieback.

Use in the cultivation of Tremella fuciformis 
Some species in the genus Hypoxylon may be used in the cultivation of Tremella fuciformis, one of the foremost medicinal and culinary fungi of China and Taiwan.

Tremella fuciformis is a parasitic yeast that does not form an edible fruitbody without parasitizing another fungus. Its preferred host, formerly known as Hypoxylon archeri, was moved to the closely related genus Annulohypoxylon and is now known as Annulohypoxylon archeri. Cultivators usually pair cultures of Tremella fuciformis with this species, but mushroom cultivation books written before the new genus was created suggest other Hypoxylon species may be used.

Gallery

See also 
 Tremella fuciformis

References

External links 

 Index Fungorum
 Page with extensive information on the Hypoxylon genus
 Pyrenomycetes from southwestern France

Xylariales
Taxa named by Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard
Sordariomycetes genera
Whitley, Cheshire

Whitley is a civil parish in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It is surrounded by the parishes of Antrobus, Comberbach, Little Leigh and Dutton. It also borders Daresbury in Halton borough as well as Hatton and Stretton in Warrington borough. It is a small village located next to Antrobus.

The civil parish was created on 1 April 1936 based on Whitley Inferior and Whitley Superior, now known as Lower Whitley and Higher Whitley.

Whitley lies mostly in the northern part of a triangle of land bounded by the A49 (Warrington to Whitchurch) to the west, the A559 (Warrington to Northwich) to the east and the A533
(Runcorn to Northwich) to the south.

Transport 
Roads

All public roads in the village are maintained by Cheshire West and Chester council. The A49 Tarporley Road is a single carriageway primary road (formerly a trunk road).  Between the world wars the Lower Whitley By-Pass was constructed, the old route being called Street Lane. The A559 Northwich Road has always been a county road and is generally a narrower road. Just half a mile to the north of the parish is the M56 North Cheshire Motorway.

Buses

Buses run through the village from Warrington to Northwich and vice versa.  These are operated by Warrington Borough Transport, although Cheshire West and Chester Council do subsidise the service. In 2006 the services running through Weaverham and Little Leigh were discontinued.  This means no bus services now run along the A49 through Whitley, though they still run on the A559.

Public houses 
Whitley has two public houses,  the Chetwode Arms on Street Lane (the old A49) and the Birch and Bottle on Northwich Road.  Both were owned by Greenall Whitley & Co until it moved away from pubs in the 1990s, as was a third pub, The Millstone on Grimsditch Lane, now closed.

Education 
Whitley Village School is a primary school providing infant and junior education for the children of Whitley and Dutton. Secondary education is currently provided by Weaverham High School.  Previously it was in the catchment area of The County High School Leftwich (formerly Leftwich High School). Previously to this children went to Broomfields High School, now part of Bridgewater High School.

Notable people
Michelle Donelan, Conservative politician
 Colin Crompton, Comedian

See also

 St Luke's Church, Lower Whitley

References

External links
 

Civil parishes in Cheshire
Cheshire West and Chester
Altbayern

Altbayern (Bavarian: Oidbayern, also written Altbaiern, English: "Old Bavaria") is the territory and people of the three oldest parts of the Free State of Bavaria, which were earlier known as Kurbayern (English: "Electoral Bavaria") after the former Electorate of Bavaria.

Altbayern mainly consists of the following Bavarian Regierungsbezirke (administrative regions):
 Upper Bavaria (Oberbayern) 
 Lower Bavaria (Niederbayern)
 Upper Palatinate (Oberpfalz)

Since the term Altbayern is based on the cultural difference compared to Franconia (i.e. Upper, Middle and Lower Franconia) as well as with Swabia (i.e. Bavarian Swabia), some areas surrounding the Upper Franconian town of Wunsiedel as well as the Swabian Aichach-Friedberg district are counted as part of Altbayern, because they share the same history, dialect and culture as the three previously mentioned districts. Strictly speaking, the Upper Austrian Innviertel also belongs to Altbayern, since it was part of the Bavarian electorate until it was attached to the Archduchy of Austria according to the 1779 Treaty of Teschen.

The State of "Baiern" has been called "Bayern" since the reign of King Ludwig I (1825–1848). With the beginning of his reign 1825 the official spelling of Bavaria was changed from "Baiern" to "Bayern", firstly  because of the king's love for Ancient Greek culture , and secondly to reflect the recent addition of vast swathes of originally non-Bavarian areas (Swabians + Franconians). Ideally, the term "Baiern" would be a logical description for the "Altbayern" region, but since there is no difference in sound between the words "Baiern" and "Bayern" and there is still a great danger of confusing them in writing, the term "Altbayern" is used.

The Franconian and Swabian territories were not merged into the Kingdom of Bavaria until the German mediatisation and the 1815 Congress of Vienna, hence they still have strong cultural as well as linguistic differences from Altbayern. Bavarian dialects are spoken in Altbayern (and in the adjacent Austrian lands), as distinct from East Franconian and Alemannic (Swabian) in the Franconian regions and Bavarian Swabia.

On Bayerischer Rundfunk television a regular program called "Schwaben & Altbayern" discusses current political and cultural topics of Bavaria's southern regions.

References

The information in this article is based on a translation of its German equivalent.

Regions of Bavaria
Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield

Retrospective: The Best of Buffalo Springfield is a compilation album released in February 1969 after the band disbanded in mid-1968.

Track listing
Side one
"For What It's Worth" (Stephen Stills) – 2:37
 Recorded December 5, 1966, Columbia Studios, Los Angeles, California. Lead vocal: Stephen Stills. Bass: Bruce Palmer. Producers: Charles Green and Brian Stone. Running time incorrectly listed on the album's cover as 3:00.
"Mr. Soul" (Neil Young) – 2:35
 Recorded April 4, 1967. Lead vocal: Neil Young. Bass: Palmer.
"Sit Down, I Think I Love You" (Stills) – 2:30
 Recorded August 1966, Gold Star Studios, Los Angeles, California. Lead vocal: Stills, Richie Furay. Bass: Palmer. Producers: Green and Stone.
"Kind Woman" (Richie Furay) – 4:10
 Recorded February–March 6, 1968, Atlantic Studios, New York City & Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, California. Lead vocal: Furay. Bass: Jim Messina. Producer: Messina.
"Bluebird" (Stills) – 4:28
 Recorded April 8, 1967, Sunset Sound. Lead vocal: Stills. Bass: Bobby West.
"On the Way Home" (Young) – 2:25
 Recorded November 15-December 13, 1967, Sunset Sound. Lead vocal: Furay. Bass: Palmer.

Side two
"Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" (Young) – 3:26
 Recorded July 18, 1966, Gold Star Studios. Lead vocal: Furay. Bass: Palmer. Producers: Green and Stone.
"Broken Arrow" (Young) – 6:13
 Recorded August 25 & September 5–18, 1967, Columbia Recording Studios & Sunset Sound. Lead vocal: Young. Bass: Palmer.
"Rock & Roll Woman" (Stills) – 2:44
 Recorded June 22, August 8 & October 8, 1967, Sunset Sound. Lead vocal: Stills. Rhythm guitar: Jim Fielder. Bass: Palmer.
"I Am a Child" (Young) – 2:15
 Recorded February 5, 1968, Sunset Sound. Lead vocal: Young. Bass: Gary Marker. Producer: Messina.
"Go and Say Goodbye" (Stills) – 2:19
 Recorded July 18, 1966, Gold Star Studios. Lead vocal: Stills. Bass: Palmer. Producers: Green and Stone.
"Expecting to Fly" (Young)– 3:39
 Recorded May 6, 1967, Sunset Sound. Lead vocal: Young. Arrangement: Jack Nitzsche.
 Young is the only member of the group who appears on this recording.

Charts

References

Buffalo Springfield compilation albums
1969 greatest hits albums
Atco Records compilation albums
albums produced by Jack Nitzsche
Albums produced by Charles Greene (producer)
Albums produced by Brian Stone
albums produced by Neil Young
albums produced by Jim Messina (musician)
Huntcliff School, Saltburn-by-the-Sea

Huntcliff School is a co-educational secondary school located in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, a town in the north-east of England. At the Ofsted inspection of 2019, the school had a register of 540 pupils.

In 2007 work began on a new secondary school on the same site, to replace the current buildings, and re-opened in September 2008. This work resulted in the demolition of two school buildings which had been constructed only a few years earlier, as they could not be incorporated into the new campus.

In a second phase of construction, a replacement for Saltburn Primary School was planned. The scheme had a total budget of £15 million.

Huntcliff Secondary School is now based on Saltburn Learning Campus.

In September 2009, Saltburn Primary School (whose previous buildings were based in two separate locations in the town) joined Huntcliff School within a separate wing of Saltburn Learning Campus - this was officially opened by author Gervase Phinn. Saltburn Children's Centre is also based on the campus grounds.

Huntcliff School currently has 536 students on roll, consisting of those from Saltburn and its surrounding areas.

It offers a variety of curriculum subjects, including the core subjects of English, Maths and Science, as well as History, Geography, Art & Design, Technology, ICT, Performing Arts, Modern Foreign Languages, PE, Sport Science, Life Skills, Photography and Media Studies.  Additional subjects were previously available to students, such as AS Level Politics and Further Maths.

Huntcliff School has a secure partnership with the No. 17 Middle School in Bao Ding, China, which has been established for at least 3 years. In 2010, Huntcliff students and staff visited their partner school for a 10-day-long visit. Every year since the partnership, students and staff from the partner school have visited Huntcliff School and met people from the local community.

Previously a foundation school administered by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, in January 2021 Huntcliff School converted to academy status. The school is now sponsored by the Vision Academy Learning Trust.

References

External links
Huntcliff School official website

Secondary schools in Redcar and Cleveland
Academies in Redcar and Cleveland
Saltburn-by-the-Sea
Joana

Joana is a given name, equivalent to Joanna in Catalan () and Portuguese (). The Galician form of the name is Xoana (). It may refer to:
 Joana Benedek – a Mexican actress
 Joana of Braganza, a.k.a. Joana of Portugal (1635-1653) – a Portuguese princess, daughter of John IV
 Joana Ceddia – a Brazilian-Canadian YouTuber
 Joana Glaza – the Lithuanian lead singer of rock group Joana and the Wolf
 Joana Prado – a Brazilian actress
 Joana Rokomatu – a Fijian chief
 Joana Zimmer – a German pop music singer

See also
 Joanna
Gary Steven Krist

Gary Steven Krist (born April 29, 1945) is an American convicted of kidnapping and the trafficking of undocumented immigrants.

Early life
Krist was born in Aberdeen, Washington, on April 29, 1945, and grew up in Pelican, Alaska. He lived part of his childhood in Utah. His first recorded crime was a string of robberies at the age of 14, in 1959. He escaped with another prisoner from Deuel Vocational Institution, a California state prison, in November 1966, while serving a sentence for automobile theft; the other prisoner was killed during the attempt.

Mackle kidnapping

Krist is best known for kidnapping and burying heiress Barbara Jane Mackle alive in a ventilated box in 1968. After receiving $500,000 in ransom money, he was captured and sentenced to life in prison.

While imprisoned, Krist wrote a book, Life: The Man Who Kidnapped Barbara Jane Mackle, published in 1972.

Parole and medical practice
Krist was paroled after serving 10 years and granted a pardon after he was accepted to medical school the Autonomous University of Guadalajara in Mexico so that he could become a physician. In December 2001, after his application to practice medicine in Alabama was rejected, the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana granted him a probationary license, under which he was required to report to the board every six months and submit to psychiatric evaluation, and was prohibited from prescribing certain drugs. He practiced medicine in Chrisney, Indiana, until  his medical license was revoked in 2003, as a result of not disclosing a disciplinary action he had received during his medical residency.

Later crimes
Krist chartered a boat to South America in January 2006. When he returned on March 6, 2006, authorities were waiting for him and discovered four undocumented immigrants, who paid $6,000 each to come to the United States, and 14 kilograms of cocaine in paste form valued at around US$1 million. He was arrested in Point Clear, Alabama, for conspiracy to bring cocaine and illegal immigrants into the United States. It was also discovered that he was running a cocaine operation in Barrow County, Georgia. On May 16, 2006, Krist pleaded guilty to drug smuggling; and, on January 19, 2007, he was sentenced to five years and five months in prison at the Federal Correctional Institution in Marianna, Florida. He was released from prison in November 2010.

On August 27, 2012, in Mobile, Alabama, U.S. District Judge Callie V. Granade revoked Krist's supervised release for violating his probation. He had left the country without permission, sailing to Cuba and South America on his sailboat. Judge Granade sentenced Krist to 40 months imprisonment. The Federal Bureau of Prisons indicates he was released on July 2, 2015.

See also
List of fugitives from justice who disappeared
Ruth Eisemann-Schier

References

External links
 
 

1945 births
20th-century American criminals
American memoirists
Living people
Physicians from Indiana
American people convicted of kidnapping
People from Aberdeen, Washington
Criminals from Alaska
Terry Smith

Terry Smith may refer to:

Entertainment
 Terry Smith (guitarist) (born 1943), British jazz guitarist
 Terry Smith (art historian) (born 1944), Australian art historian and critic
 Terry Smith (artist) (born 1956), English sculptor
 Terry Smith (dancer), with English troupe Diversity

Sports
 Terry Smith (Australian footballer) (1959–2006), player with St Kilda and Richmond
 Terry Smith (footballer, born 1951), English football player for Stoke City
 Terry Smith (ice hockey) (born 1956), Canadian/American ice hockey player
 Terry Smith (American football, born 1959), American pro football player, head coach, owner
 Terry Smith (American football, born 1969), American college football coach and player
 Terry Smith (basketball) (born 1986), American basketball player
 Terry Smith (footballer, born 1987), English football goalkeeper

Other
 Terry Smith (politician) (born 1946), Australian politician
 Terry Smith (businessman) (born 1953), British fund manager
 Terry Smith (sportscaster) (fl. 2000s), radio

See also
Terence Smith (disambiguation)
Smith (surname)
Wentworth, Nova Scotia

Wentworth is a small Canadian rural community located in the Wentworth Valley of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. It is named after Sir John Wentworth, a former lieutenant-governor of the province.

The community takes in the following hamlets:
 Lower Wentworth
 Wentworth Centre
 Wentworth Station
 Wentworth Valley
 East Wentworth
 West Wentworth
 Appleton

The area is also the home of an alpine ski hill, Ski Wentworth, along with a provincial park and the Wentworth Hostel.

In April 2020, Wentworth was one of the locations associated with the 2020 Nova Scotia attacks, the deadliest rampage in Canada's history. At least four were killed there.

References

External links
  Photographs of the Wentworth Valley War Memorial monument, Wentworth, Nova Scotia

Communities in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
Varadin Bridge

Varadin Bridge () is a bridge on the Danube river in Novi Sad, Serbia. The bridge was built in 2000, after the previous bridge (Marshal Tito Bridge, renamed Varadin Bridge in 1991) at this location was destroyed during NATO bombardment on 1 April 1999.

See also
 List of bridges in Serbia
 List of crossings of the Danube

References

External links

 Varadin Bridge at structurae.net

Bridges in Novi Sad
Buildings and structures in Novi Sad
Bridges completed in 2000
Bridges over the Danube
Rebuilt buildings and structures in Serbia
Sibley State Park

Sibley State Park is a Minnesota state park near New London, on the shores of Lake Andrew. It is named for Henry Hastings Sibley, the first governor of the state. A city park in Mankato, Minnesota is also named for Sibley.

The rustic style stone structures in the park were constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps between 1935 and 1938. These structures are now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The layout of the park was a very functional example of master planning because it reduced congestion and overcrowding for swimmers, picnickers, and campers. It is rumored that a secret cache of memorabilia and other various items are buried underground in one of the park areas near the beach.

Wildlife
This park is home to mammalian species of white-tailed deer, red and gray foxes, coyote, raccoon, chipmunk, red and gray squirrels, mink, striped skunk, badger, and woodchuck. Bird watchers receive an opportunity to view ruffed grouses, great blue herons, egrets, wood ducks, Canada geese, scarlet tanagers, indigo buntings, pelicans, loons and bluebirds.

References

External links

Sibley State Park
Sibley State Park - Minnesota Historical Society

1919 establishments in Minnesota
Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota
IUCN Category V
Park buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
Protected areas established in 1919
Protected areas of Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
Rustic architecture in Minnesota
State parks of Minnesota
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota
National Register of Historic Places in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
Miss Massachusetts USA

The  Miss Massachusetts USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Massachusetts in the Miss USA pageant. It is currently produced by The Clemente Organization based in Malden, Massachusetts, which also produces the Maine pageant.

Shawnae Jebbia was crowned Miss USA in 1998 and Susie Castillo won the crown in 2003. Both Miss USA winners from Massachusetts were asked the same final question during the live telecasts. The most recent placement was Allissa Latham in 2018, placing Top 15.

Annika Sharma of Newton was crowned Miss Massachusetts USA 2023 on January 29, 2023.

Gallery of titleholders

Results summary
Miss USAs: Shawnae Jebbia (1998), Susie Castillo (2003)
1st runners-up: Diane Pollard (1978)                                                                                                                                                         
Top 10/12: Monica Magnus (1979), Janet Marie Flaherty (1982), Mercedes Waggoner (1985), Kristen Mastroianni (1995), Jacqueline Bruno (2008)
Top 15: Sandra Ramsey (1957), Barbara Feldman (1960), Elaine Cusick (1961), Sandra Smith (1963), Nancy Brackett (1966), Sarah Kidd (2013), Allissa Latham (2018)
Massachusetts holds a record of 15 placements at Miss USA.

Awards
Miss Congeniality: Stacey Blaine (1993)
Best State Costume: JoAnne Savery (1981)

Winners 

Color key

1 Age at the time of the Miss USA pageant

References

External links
Official Website

Massachusetts
Massachusetts culture
Women in Massachusetts
Recurring events established in 1952
1952 establishments in Massachusetts
Annual events in Massachusetts
Shinji Mori

Shinji Mori (, September 12, 1974 – June 28, 2017) was a right-handed pitcher in professional baseball.

Career
From -, he played for the Seibu Lions in Nippon Professional Baseball.  After the 2005 season, he was acquired by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays through the posting system. Originally slated to compete for the Devil Ray's closer job during the  MLB season, he tore the labrum in his shoulder and missed the entire season. He was subsequently released by the Devil Rays.

Returning to Japan, in 2009 Mori joined the Ishikawa Million Stars of the semi-pro Baseball Challenge League as a pitcher-coach. After retiring from playing, he took over as the manager of the Million Stars in 2010, staying through the 2014 season. He returned to active duty as a player in 2013, and was the Million Stars' player-manager in 2013–2014.

On June 25, 2017, Mori was hospitalized in Fukuoka Hospital, and after three days, on June 28, 2017, Mori died of sepsis caused by infection with streptococcus. He was 42 years old.

References

External links

1974 births
2017 deaths
Baseball player-managers
Durham Bulls players
Ishikawa Million Stars players
Japanese expatriate baseball players in the United States
Managers of baseball teams in Japan
Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
Seibu Lions players
People from Iwakuni, Yamaguchi
Baseball people from Yamaguchi Prefecture
List of California street gangs

This is a list of notable criminally-active street gangs operating or formerly operating in California.

To be included in this list, the gang must have a Wikipedia article with references showing it is a California street gang.

Prison gangs 
 Aryan Brotherhood
 Black Guerrilla Family
 Mexican Mafia
 Nuestra Familia
 Fresno Bulldogs

Street gangs 

18th Street gang
Abergil crime family
Armenian Power
Bahala Na Gang
Bloods
Black P. Stones
Bounty Hunter Bloods
Pirus
Chosen Few MC
Crips
Asian Boyz
Grape Street Watts Crips
Rollin' 30s Harlem Crips
Rollin 60's Neighborhood Crips
Sons of Samoa
Tongan Crip Gang
Venice Shoreline Crips
Dodge City Crips
Devils Diciples
Diablos Motorcycle Club
Fresno Bulldogs
Galloping Goose Motorcycle Club
Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Club
Hells Angels
Latin Kings (gang)
Los Angeles crime family
Menace of Destruction
Mongols Motorcycle Club
Moonshiners Motorcycle Club
MS-13
Norteños
Peckerwood
Nazi Lowriders
Public Enemy No. 1
Rancho San Pedro Gang 
Satanas
Sinaloa Cartel
Beltrán-Leyva Cartel
Sureños
38th Street gang
The Avenues
Azusa 13
Culver City Boys 13
El Monte Flores 
Florencia 13
Logan Heights Gang
OVS
Playboys
Puente 13
Santa Monica 13
Río 13
Shelltown 38th St
Temple Street
Toonerville Rifa 13
Varrio Nuevo Estrada
Venice 13
Westside Locos 13
White Fence
Vineland Boys
Tiny Rascal Gang
Triad
14K Triad
Bamboo Union
Big Circle Gang
Black Dragons
Four Seas Gang
Jackson Street Boys
Wah Ching
Wo Hop To
Wo Shing Wo
Wilmas 13
Vagos Motorcycle Club
Varrio 204th Street
Yakuza

See also

 List of gangs in Los Angeles, California
 List of gangs in the United States
 List of LASD deputy gangs
 Watts Gang Task Force

External links

Street gangs
Organizations based in California
Lists of gangs
United States law-related lists
Lists of organizations based in the United States
Street Gangs
Gangs, California
Mathews–Powell House

The Mathews–Powell House is a Victorian house located in Queen City, Texas, United States.  The house was dedicated as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1973 and was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 22, 1977.

The house was built in 1878 by William Franklin Mathews (1840-1900) and his wife Harriet India Sharp. Mathews, a Confederate veteran and farmer, moved to Queen City when it was founded (1877) and became a successful merchant. Briefly owned by various people after 1895, the house was bought 1918 by Ross A. Powell (1883-1937) and wife Gussie Boyd (d. 1920). Like Mathews, Powell was a merchant.   The building remained with the Powell family for more than seventy years until it was sold in the 1990s. It now serves as the Antique Rose Bed & Breakfast.

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Cass County, Texas
Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Cass County

References

Texas Historic Sites Atlas

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
Houses in Cass County, Texas
National Register of Historic Places in Cass County, Texas
Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks
Paul Kooistra

Paul Kooistra is the former President of Covenant Theological Seminary and Erskine College.

Kooistra is a Presbyterian minister and the past coordinator of Mission to the World, the missions agency of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). He was elected moderator of the 2008-2009 General Assembly of the PCA.

On July 18, 2014, he was elected president of Erskine College, which is affiliated with the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. He resigned in 2016.

References

Presbyterian Church in America ministers
People from Duluth, Minnesota
Living people
Presidents of Calvinist and Reformed seminaries
Erskine College
Heads of universities and colleges in the United States
Covenant Theological Seminary faculty
Columbia Theological Seminary alumni
University of Alabama alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Road–Railway Bridge, Novi Sad

The Road–Railway Bridge () or Boško Perošević Bridge () was a bridge on the Danube river in Novi Sad, Serbia.

History
On 29 May 2000, one year after the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia and demolition of all three large bridges over Danube in Novi Sad, the Road–Railway Bridge was opened upstream from the Žeželj Bridge. On the proposal of Slobodan Milošević, at the time President of Yugoslavia, the bridge was named after assassinated Serbian politician and the Chairman of the Executive Council of Vojvodina Boško Perošević.

The bridge was designed to be a temporary one-lane railway and road bridge, after the demolition of nearby Žeželj Bridge during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

In October 2018, following the completion of new Žeželj Bridge, dismantling of Boško Perošević Bridge began. As of March 2019, the first phase of bridge dismantling was finished.

Gallery

See also
 List of bridges in Serbia
 List of crossings of the Danube
 List of road–rail bridges

References

External links

 Road–Railway Bridge at structurae.net

Bridges in Novi Sad
Buildings and structures in Novi Sad
Bridges completed in 2000
Bridges over the Danube
2nd Legions' Infantry Regiment

The 2nd Legions' Infantry Regiment (, 2ppLeg) was a Polish military unit active between 1914 and 1944. Initially a part of the Polish Legions in World War I, after the war it was incorporated into the Polish Army. Disbanded after the Invasion of Poland in 1939, it was recreated during the Armia Krajowa's Operation Tempest.

The regiment was first formed in 1914 in Kraków, as part of the Polish Legions fighting alongside the Austro-Hungarian Army. Initially a part of the Eastern Legion, with time it was joined with the 2nd Brigade of the Polish Legions. It avoided destruction on the fronts of the Great War and was merged into the newly reborn Polish Army in 1918. It took part in the Polish-Bolshevik War. After the Peace of Riga had been signed, the unit was partly demobilized and stationed in Sandomierz, where it formed a part of the Polish 2nd Legions' Infantry Division. 

With that unit the regiment, headed by Col. Ludwik Czyżewski, formed the backbone of the Piotrków Operational Group at the start of the Invasion of Poland in 1939. Initially separated from its division, the regiment fought in the battle of Borowa Góra on 5 September. On 9 September it joined its division and covered its retreat towards Warsaw. After heavy fights on 12 and 13 September, fought in the area of Błonie, Ołtarzew and Ożarów, the regiment crossed the Kampinos Forest and reached the Modlin Fortress. There, the regiment took part in defence of that area until the capitulation of the fortress on 29 September.

In August 1944, during the Operation Tempest, the 2nd Regiment was recreated from smaller partisan units as part of the 2nd Division fighting in the area of Sandomierz and Opatów. Commanded by Lt.Col. Antoni Wiktorowski Kruk, it fought against the German Army in that area until September, when it was disbanded. However, its sub-units continued to operate in the area until January 1945, when they were overrun by the Red Army. Most of its soldiers, much like the rest of Armia Krajowa, were then rounded up by the NKVD, disarmed and either forcibly conscripted to the Communist-supported Polish People's Army or sent to the Gulags in USSR.

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Infantry regiments of Poland
Kielce Voivodeship (1919–1939)
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1944
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Polish Legions in World War I
Raikal

Raikal It is located in the Jagtial district, Telangana, India

It is known for being the home place of the ancient temple of Keshavanathaswamy, which was built in 1304 A.D. by Kakatiya King Prataparudra and is called as Kota Gudi, due to the mud fort that surrounds the temple. The temple is a trikutalayam which houses three sanctums for Shiva and Vishnu, and resembles the typical Chalukyan and Kakatiya architectural styles.

National Highway 61 connecting Bhiwandi in Maharashtra and Jagityal in Telangana, passes through Raikal.

There are 20 villages under Raikal Mandal Kendram
Allipur is the main gram panchayat in the Mandal with an estimated population of 10,000 in 2020 which makes it as one of the biggest gram panchayaths in the jagtial district.

References  

Villages in Jagtial district
Serhiy Shyshchenko

Serhiy Yuriyovych Shyshchenko (, born 13 January 1976) is a retired professional footballer and a football manager.

Career
Shyshchenko played for teams like FC Metalurh Donetsk, FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhya, FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, FC Olympik Kharkiv, FC Metalist Kharkiv, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, and FC Nyva Ternopil. In the summer of 2008, Shyshchenko moved back to Metalurh Donetsk.

Shyshchenko made 14 appearances for the Ukraine national football team from 2001 to 2005.

International goal
Scores and results list Ukraine's goal tally first.

References

External links
 
 
 

1976 births
Living people
Ukrainian men's footballers
Ukraine men's international footballers
Ukrainian Premier League players
Ukrainian Second League players
FC Shakhtar Donetsk players
FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk players
FC Nyva Ternopil players
FC Metalurh Donetsk players
FC Metalurh-2 Donetsk players
FC Chornomorets Odesa players
FC Baltika Kaliningrad players
Ukrainian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Russia
Ukrainian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Russian Premier League players
FC Mariupol players
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih players
FC Metalist Kharkiv players
FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia players
FC Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia players
Ukrainian football managers
Ukrainian Premier League top scorers
FC Mayak Valky players
FSC Bukovyna Chernivtsi managers
Men's association football midfielders
MFC Mykolaiv managers
FC Polissya Zhytomyr managers
Ukrainian First League managers
Footballers from Kharkiv Oblast
Sam Houston (Maine soldier)

Sam Houston () was a bodyguard to Gen. George Washington and was one of the first residents of Searsport, Maine.  He is depicted in the painting Washington Crossing the Delaware, and his cutlass and chest are on display at the Penobscot Marine Museum.

Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
18th-century American people
Continental Army soldiers
People of Maine in the American Revolution
Bodyguards
People from Searsport, Maine
George Washington
Strange Wine

Strange Wine is a 1978 short story collection by American writer Harlan Ellison.

Contents
The book contains the following stories (as well as Ellison's own introduction for each tale):

"Introduction: Revealed at Last! What Killed the Dinosaurs! And You Don't Look So Terrific Yourself"
"Croatoan"
"Working With the Little People"
"Killing Bernstein" 
"Mom" 
"In Fear of K" 
"Hitler Painted Roses" 
"The Wine Has Been Left Open Too Long and the Memory Has Gone Flat" 
"From A to Z, in the Chocolate Alphabet"
"Lonely Women are the Vessels of Time"
"Emissary from Hamelin"
"The New York Review of Bird"
"Seeing" 
"The Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
"Strange Wine" 
"The Diagnosis of Dr. D'arqueAngel"

Reception
Ellison wrote "Strange Wine" while sitting in the window of Westwood-area science fiction bookstore, A Change of Hobbit.

Stephen King considered this one of the best horror fiction books published between 1950 and 1980 in his 1981 non-fiction book about the horror genre, Danse Macabre, specifically reviewing the stories "Croatoan", "Hitler Painted Roses", "Lonely Women are the Vessels of Time", "Emissary from Hamelin" and "From A to Z, in the Chocolate Alphabet".

External links
http://www.islets.net/collections/strangewine.html

1978 short story collections
Short story collections by Harlan Ellison
Ski Wentworth

Ski Wentworth is a Canadian alpine ski hill in Nova Scotia's Cobequid Hills.

Ski Wentworth is located in the hamlet of Wentworth in the Wentworth Valley, 48 km northwest of Truro and 67 km east of Amherst on Trunk 4.

It is the largest alpine ski facility in Nova Scotia, having a 248-metre (815 foot) vertical difference.  It features 23 alpine trails, a half-pipe, and 2 terrain parks.  The trails are varied in difficulty from beginner to expert and support both alpine skiing and snowboarding.

Trails

Wentworth also has varied glade or tree trails from intermediate to advanced. Glade trails exist over almost the entire mountain and are largely unmarked on the trail map.

Lifts

Wentworth has 2 Quad chair lifts, 1 T-bar lift and 1 Magic carpet (ski lift).

Terrain Park

The Terrain Park features many jumps, rails and boxes for all

2011 Canada Winter Games

Ski Wentworth was the main venue for the 2011 Canada Winter games in terms of Alpine and free-style Skiing. As of Summer 2009 construction was underway to enlarge the half-pipe as well as to improve the snow making equipment and re-create the moguls trail. The upgrades also featured new trails.

Other services

Wentworth has an outlet in the main lodge, offering a selection of ski and snowboard equipment, clothing and accessories. The SKIGLOO Daycare is open Weekends and Holidays from 9am to 4pm, and Friday nights 7pm to 10pm, throughout the entire season. The outlet also tunes and repairs equipment. The rental shop at Ski Wentworth features a variety of skis, boards and blades as well as boots, poles and helmets.  Ski Wentworth also has ski and snowboard lessons and is patrolled by the Canadian Ski Patrol.

References

External links
Ski Wentworth

Ski areas and resorts in Nova Scotia
Geography of Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
2011 Canada Winter Games
Tourist attractions in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia
Belize at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Belize was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Belize won no medals at the 2006 Games, continuing the no-medal streak, since Belize started competing.

Team
Emma Wade - Women's 200m
Grogory Lovell - Cycling
Ian Smith - Cycling
Jayson Jones - Men's 100m & 200m
Kay Vaughn - Women's Triple Jump
Mateo Cruz - Cycling
Roger Troyer - Cycling
Tricia Flores - Women's Long Jump & 100m

External links
  Belize - Melbourne 2006
 Belize - Athlete Biographies - Melbourne 2006

News articles
 https://news.google.com/archivesearch?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&q=Belize+commonwealth-games&as_ldate=2006&as_hdate=2006&um=1&ie=UTF-8&scoring=t&sa=X&oi=archive&ct=title
 It's g'day to the fun and Games; The wizards of Oz will conjure up much-needed magic for the Melbourne spectacular, says Frank Malley.(Sport)
 New Roo Kasey quite a knockout

Belize at the Commonwealth Games
Nations at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
Archie Fowler

Archibald John Burgess Fowler (1 April 1891 – 7 May 1977) was an English first-class cricketer.

Archie Fowler represented Middlesex County Cricket Club in 26 first-class matches between 1921 and 1930 and received his County Cap. He never quite established himself, but did well in 1924, when he took 5/29 versus a strong Lancashire team. He scored 133 runs at an average of 7.00, with a highest score of 21. He took 14 catches and 41 wickets at an average of 26.75, with a personal best of 5/29.

He succeeded George Fenner as the MCC Coach during the mid-1930s and is remembered as an outstanding coach. He constantly umpired at Lord's and finally acted as 1st XI Scorer, following the retirement of Patsy Hendren in 1960, before being succeeded by Jim Alldis. His connection with Lord's lasted for over fifty years.

References

1891 births
1977 deaths
English cricket coaches
Cricket scorers
English cricket umpires
English cricketers
Middlesex cricket coaches
Middlesex cricketers
H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Dominica at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth of Dominica is represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a contingent comprising sportspersons and officials.

Medals

Nations at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
2006 in Dominica sport
Dominica at the Commonwealth Games