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Haryana cricket team

The Haryana cricket team is a domestic cricket team run by the Haryana Cricket Association, representing the state of Haryana, India. The team participates in the Ranji Trophy, the top tier domestic first-class cricket tournament in India, as well as the Vijay Hazare Trophy, the top tier domestic List A tournament in India, and the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a domestic T20 tournament in India. It has won the Ranji Trophy once and finished as runner-up once. It has also won the Irani Cup once. The great Indian all-rounder, Kapil Dev, played for Haryana at the domestic level.

Competition history
Haryana first competed at first-class level in the 1970–71 Ranji Trophy, captained by Ravinder Chadha, who went on to captain the team for 18 seasons. They won their second match, when Chadha scored their first century and also took nine wickets.

Haryana have appeared in two Ranji Trophy finals. The first time, in 1986 against Delhi, resulted in a heavy defeat. Electing to bat first, the Haryana team (captained by Kapil Dev) were all out for 288. Delhi replied with a mammoth 638, then dismissed Haryana for 209, Maninder Singh taking eight wickets.

Haryana's next final was in 1991 against very experienced Mumbai team including players like Sachin Tendulkar, Dilip Vengsarkar and Lalchand Rajput, which Haryana (also captained by Kapil Dev) won by just two runs in Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. 

This allowed them to make their only appearance in the Irani Trophy, facing a Rest of India side that included Sourav Ganguly, Javagal Srinath, Maninder Singh and Vinod Kambli. Haryana won by four wickets after being set a target of 204 in Nahar Singh Stadium, Faridabad.

As of mid-January 2023, Haryana had played 330 first-class matches, of which they had won 114, lost 87 and drawn 129.

Honours
 Ranji Trophy
 Winners (1): 1990–91
 Runners-up (1): 1985–86
Wills Trophy
 Runners-up (2): 1994-95, 1996-97

Famous players

Players from Haryana who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:

Kapil Dev (1978)
Ashok Malhotra (1982)
Chetan Sharma (1984)
Ajay Jadeja (1992)
Vijay Yadav (1993)
Ajay Ratra (2002)
Amit Mishra (2008)
Jayant Yadav (2016)

Players from Haryana who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut :

Joginder Sharma (2004) 
Mohit Sharma (2013)
Yuzvendra Chahal (2016)

Notable players at the domestic level:
Amarjit Kaypee
Rajinder Goel

Current squad 
●Head coach – Surendra Bhave

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Updated as on 24 January 2023

References

External links
India - Domestic Cricket : Cricinfo's Complete History of the Indian Domestic Competitions

Indian first-class cricket teams
Cricket in Haryana
1970 establishments in Haryana
Cricket clubs established in 1970
Tim Wieskötter

Tim Wieskötter (born March 12, 1979, in Emsdetten, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won a complete set of medals in the K-2 500 m event (gold: 2004, silver: 2008, bronze: 2000) with Ronald Rauhe.

Since their initial pairing in 2000, they have completely dominated the event, winning the major race of the season every year which also includes six world championships (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007). They have also won seven consecutive European gold medals. In addition, Rauhe and Wieskötter hold the K-2 500 m world record of 1:26.971 (Szeged, 2002).

In 2006 Rauhe and Wieskötter doubled up for the first time, defending their K-2 500 m titles and also adding the K-2 200 m gold medals at both the European and World Championships.

References

External links
Official website 

1979 births
Living people
People from Emsdetten
Sportspeople from Münster (region)
Canoeists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
German male canoeists
Olympic canoeists for Germany
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Olympic silver medalists for Germany
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in canoeing
ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
José Lino Grünewald

José Lino Grünewald (1931–2000) was a Brazilian intellectual who was born and died in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  A multi-disciplinary intellectual, his writings included poetry, translation (especially Ezra Pound's The Cantos), and essays (major works compiled in O grau zero do escreviver). He also acted in the movie O gigante da America.

References 
 O grau zero do escreviver, ed. by José Guilherme Corrêa. São Paulo, 2002.

Brazilian translators
Writers from Rio de Janeiro (city)
1931 births
2000 deaths
20th-century translators
20th-century Brazilian male writers
20th-century Brazilian writers
White Ernz

The White Ernz (, , ) is a river flowing through Luxembourg, joining the Sauer at Reisdorf.  It flows through the towns of Larochette, Medernach and Ermsdorf. The river valley also includes the notable feature of having a twin castle from the 14th century named Larochette Castle.

References

Rivers of the Ardennes (Luxembourg)
Rivers of Luxembourg
Tributaries of the Sauer
Black Ernz

The Black Ernz (, , ) is a river flowing through Luxembourg, joining the Sauer at Grundhof.  It flows through the towns of Junglinster and Mullerthal.

Rivers of Luxembourg
Tributaries of the Sauer
Himachal Pradesh cricket team

The Himachal Pradesh cricket team is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It has competed in the Ranji Trophy since the 1985–86 season. They have won their first ever domestic trophy, by winning the 2021–22 edition of Vijay Hazare Trophy.

Playing history
Himachal Pradesh lost all five of their matches in both 1985–86 and 1987–88 seasons by an innings. They won for the first time when they beat Services by one wicket in 1990–91. In 2006–07 Himachal Pradesh won the Plate Group of the Ranji Trophy, beating Orissa in the final after finishing top of their group.

After the 2018–19 season Himachal Pradesh had played 202 Ranji Trophy matches with 37 wins, 86 losses and 79 draws.

Most of Himachal Pradesh's home games are played at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala.

In the 2016–17 Ranji Trophy, Himachal Pradesh recorded their lowest total in the competition when they were bowled out for 36 runs against Hyderabad on 28 October 2016.

Himachal Pradesh's best finishes in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy were in 2009–10 and 2020–21, when they reached quarterfinals and lost to Tamil Nadu on both the occasions. They won their maiden title in 2021–22 Vijay Hazare Trophy defeating Tamil Nadu in final.

Current squad

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Updated as on 24 January 2023

References

External links
Cricinfo's Complete History of the Indian Domestic Competitions
First-class matches played by Himachal Pradesh

Indian first-class cricket teams
Cricket in Himachal Pradesh
1985 establishments in Himachal Pradesh
Cricket clubs established in 1985
British Valve Association

The British Radio and Valve Manufacturers' Association (BVA) was a 20th-century cartel of vacuum tube (valve) manufacturers in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) that was designed to protect their interests from foreign competition.  This cartel dictated (among other things), the price of valves (vacuum tubes) and how they were numbered. 

The numbering scheme was supposedly designed to make it difficult to identify American equivalents, which were typically half the retail price in their home country; however American types manufactured in the UK by companies such as Brimar sold at the same price as their UK counterparts due to the BVA's insistence. All manufacturers eventually published their own lists of 'equivalents' between their own valves and those of other manufacturers including American types, so cross-referencing became easy, in the UK at least. 

The BVA dictated that no more than one electrode structure could be contained within one envelope, because the association levied a charge of initially £1 per valveholder, to cover royalties on any of its members' patent rights.  Pressure from set-makers for multi-structure valves to overcome the BVA's edict led to British and European manufacturers introducing multi-structure valves and these eventually became common. 

Vacuum tubes
Trade associations based in the United Kingdom
Cartels
The Divine Comedy (disambiguation)

The Divine Comedy is an epic poem by Dante Alighieri.

Divine Comedy or The Divine Comedy may also refer to:
 Divine Comedy, a closet screenplay written by Haruhiko Arai, based on Onishi's novel 
 Divine Comedy, a novel written by Kyojin Onishi
 The Divine Comedy (band), a band from Northern Ireland
 The Divine Comedy (film), a 1991 Portuguese drama film directed by Manoel de Oliveira
 The Divine Comedy (Milla Jovovich album), an album by Milla Jovovich
 The Divine Comedy (Smith), a symphony for concert band by Robert W. Smith
 The Divine Comedy (Ai Weiwei album), an album by Al Weiwei
Battle of Hwangsanbeol

The Battle of Hwangsanbeol (Hangul: 황산벌 전투, Hanja: 黃山伐戰鬪) took place between the forces of Silla and Baekje in Hwangsanbeol (currently Nonsan) in 660.

By the time King Muyeol was able to gain the support of Emperor Gaozong of Tang China to conquer Baekje. King Uija had led Baekje into demise as his parties and dissipation caused neglect for state affairs. In 660, Kim Yu-sin of Silla set out with fifty-thousand troops to rendezvous with the Tang army (size about: 122,711 to 130,000 men) which was being shipped over the sea. When King Uija heard of this crisis, he had already lost support from his ministers and only managed to rally five thousand men. He quickly appointed General Gyebaek as the commander of the armed forces, and sent him out to face Kim Yu-sin in battle. 

The Baekje army arrived at Hwangsanbeol first. Gyebaek set up camp and rallied his troops with a heroic speech. He reminded the soldiers of the armies of antiquity when Goujian defeated a seven hundred-thousand force with a mere five thousand. With this speech, the Baekje forces regained their strength, and prepared for a face off with the Silla forces. 

Kim Yu-sin soon arrived, and the Silla forces attempted a full attack on the Baekje forces. However, fighting to the death, the Baekje forces soon repelled the enemy, repulsing them five times. The Silla forces gradually lost morale, and the General Kim Pumil sent his young son and Hwarang, Gwanchang, to single-handedly go out and fight the enemy. Gwanchang was captured by the Baekje forces at first and was released by Gyebaek. The young hwarang then returned to the Silla base only to once again charge out at the enemy. Gyebaek captured him once more, and because he respected his young enemy, he executed Gwanchang and sent his body to the Silla base.

Through Gwanchang's martyrdom, the Silla forces' morale returned and Kim Yu-sin ordered a full attack on the dwindling Baekje forces. In the end, Kim Yu-sin's Silla forces won and Gyebaek died in battle. Kim later stated that his enemy was a man of honor and bravery. 

As this battle was the last Baekje resistance to Silla/Tang forces, Baekje soon fell when Kim Yu-Sin and the Tang general Su Dingfang surrounded Gongju and King Uija surrendered.

Modern depiction
The 5,000 Baekje army was defeated by a 50,000 Silla army led by General Kim Yu-sin. There is a Korean comedy/war film about this battle, called Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield (), starring Park Joong-hoon and Jung Jin-young. There is also a Korean Drama called Gyebaek (TV series) and Queen Seondeok (TV series) that touch on the life's of Kim Yu-Sin and Gye Baek leading to the war and subjugation of Baekje.

During the Baekje festival held in Buyeo and elsewhere, there was a re-enactment in 2008 of the battle that was done at the park in Nonsan along the river.

References

Hwangsanbeol
History of South Chungcheong Province
660
7th century in Korea
Bryan John Birch

Bryan John Birch FRS (born 25 September 1931) is a British mathematician. His name has been given to the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture.

Biography
Bryan John Birch was born in Burton-on-Trent, the son of Arthur Jack and Mary Edith Birch. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He married Gina Margaret Christ in 1961. They have three children.

As a doctoral student at the University of Cambridge, he was officially working under J. W. S. Cassels. More influenced by Harold Davenport, he proved Birch's theorem, one of the results to come out of the Hardy–Littlewood circle method.

He then worked with Peter Swinnerton-Dyer on computations relating to the Hasse–Weil L-functions of elliptic curves. Their subsequently formulated conjecture relating the rank of an elliptic curve to the order of zero of an L-function has been an influence on the development of number theory from the mid-1960s onwards.  only partial results have been obtained.

He introduced modular symbols in about 1971.

In later work he contributed to algebraic K-theory (Birch–Tate conjecture). He then formulated ideas on the role of Heegner points (he was one of those reconsidering Kurt Heegner's original work on the class number one problem, which had not initially gained acceptance). Birch put together the context in which the Gross–Zagier theorem was proved; the correspondence is now published.

Birch was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study in the fall of 1983. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1972; was awarded the Senior Whitehead Prize in 1993 and the De Morgan Medal in 2007 both of the London Mathematical Society. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. In 2020 he was awarded the Sylvester Medal by the Royal Society.

Selected publications 
Computers in Number Theory. (editor). London: Academic Press, 1973.
Modular function of one variable IV (editor) with W. Kuyk. Lecture Notes in Mathematics 476.  Berlin: Springer Verlag, 1975. 
The Collected Works of Harold Davenport. (editor). London: Academic Press, 1977.

References

 International Who's Who

External links 
 

1931 births
20th-century British mathematicians
21st-century British mathematicians
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford
Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
Fellows of the Royal Society
Institute for Advanced Study visiting scholars
Living people
Modifier letter right half ring

The modifier letter right half ring () is a character of the Unicode Spacing Modifier Letters range, used to transliterate:

It is used in romanization to transliterate the Semitic letter aleph after it was used by The Encyclopedia of Islam—later the International Journal of Middle East Studies— , representing the sound /ʔ/ (a glottal stop, Arabic ء hamza). In informal contexts, the backtick ⟨⟩ or the apostrophe ⟨⟩ is commonly used as a substitute.

See also
 Modifier letter left half ring
 Half ring
 Apostrophe
 Glottal stop
 Glottal stop (letter)
 Spiritus lenis

References

Phonetic transcription symbols
Bustamante Industrial Trade Union

The Bustamante Industrial Trade Union (BITU, also referred to as the Busta Union) is a trade union center in Jamaica established by Sir Alexander Bustamante.

The BITU was formed in 1938, as a split from the Jamaica Workers and Tradesmen's Union.  It built up a membership of 54,000 within 6 years.

It is affiliated to the global union federation - International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association.

Presidents
1938: Alexander Bustamante
1977: Hugh Shearer
2004: Rudyard Spencer
2007: Kavan Gayle

References

External links
 Bustamante Industrial Trade Union

Trade unions established in 1938
Trade unions in Jamaica
International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Associations
Maharashtra cricket team

The Maharashtra cricket team is a state cricket team that represents the Maharashtra state in domestic cricket of India. It is govern by Maharashtra Cricket Association. It plays its home matches at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. 

As of 3 October 2022, Maharashtra have won Ranji trophy 2 times and remained runner up 3 times, won Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 1 time, remained runner up 1 time. In Vijay Hazare trophy it has been winner in West zone in 1994–95.

History 

Maharashtra was one of the 15 teams that competed in the first Ranji Trophy tournament in 1934–35, when, captained by D. B. Deodhar, it lost its inaugural match narrowly to Bombay. It has competed ever since, winning twice and finishing runners-up three times. Maharashtra won two consecutive Ranji trophies in 1939-40 and 1940-41 defeating United Province and Madras cricket team in the final respectively. It remained runner-up 3 times, in 1970-71 season it lost against Bombay cricket team, in 1992-93 against Punjab and in 2013-14 season versus Karnataka in the final and remained runner up.

Maharashtra's player Bhausaheb Nimbalkar scored record 443 in an inning in 1948 Ranji trophy, the record still stands and is still the highest Ranji trophy and first class score by an Indian. 

As of February 2021 Maharashtra had played 395 times in the Ranji Trophy, winning 98, losing 75, and drawing 222 times.

In 1994-95 Vijay Hazare Trophy this team was winner of West zone.

Historically Maharashtra cricket team has been played its home matches at Poona Gymkhana Ground, Nehru stadium in Pune. Since Maharashtra cricket association built its own International cricket stadium at Gahunje outside Pune, it plays its home matches at 'Maharashtra Cricket Association stadium' (also known as MCA stadium).

Maharashtra team won its first Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, a premier T20 domestic cricket tournament in 2009–10. It defeated Hyderabad cricket team in the final by 19 runs. In 2018-19 season it lost against Karnataka cricket team in the final.

Famous players

Some famous cricketers from Maharashtra cricket team are:
Vijay Hazare
D. B. Deodhar
Chandu Borde
Chetan Chauhan
Abhijit Kale
Santosh Jedhe 
Surendra Bhave
Dnyaneshwar Agashe
Hemant Kanitkar
Hrishikesh Kanitkar
B. B. Nimbalkar
Munaf Patel
Vasant Ranjane
Ashutosh Agashe
Madhusudan Rege
Iqbal Siddiqui
Yajurvindra Singh
Ranga Sohoni
Shantanu Sugwekar
Rahul Tripathi 
Kedar Jadhav
Ruturaj Gaikwad
Sanskar Joshi
Milind Gunjal
Bharat solanki
Harshad Khadiwale
Ankit Bawne

Current squad 

Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Updated as on 24 January 2023

Coaching staff
Maharashtra cricket team's coaching staff are:
 Head coach: Santosh Jedhe
 Bowling Coach: Shadab Jakati
 Assistant coach: Akshay Tandale
 Physio: Vaibhav Daga
 Trainer: Mahesh Patil

See also

 Sport in India - overview of sport in India
 Cricket in India

References

External links
Cricinfo's Complete History of the Indian Domestic Competitions

Indian first-class cricket teams
Cricket in Maharashtra
Sport in Maharashtra
Cricket clubs established in 1934
1934 establishments in India
Eisch

The Eisch () is a river flowing through Belgium and Luxembourg, joining the Alzette on its left in Mersch.  It flows through the towns of Eischen, Hobscheid, Septfontaines, and Marienthal.

It has several sources near the villages of Sélange (Belgium) and Clemency (Luxembourg).

The Luxembourgish part of the Eisch is informally known as the 'Valley of the Seven Castles', for the seven castles that line its route.

International rivers of Europe
Belgium–Luxembourg border
Rivers of the Ardennes (Belgium)
Rivers of the Ardennes (Luxembourg)
Rivers of Luxembourg
Rivers of Belgium
Rivers of Luxembourg (Belgium)
Rivers of Mersch
General Council of Bucharest

The General Council of Bucharest (Romanian: Consiliul General al Municipiului București; also known as the Consiliul Popular al Municipiului București from 1968 to 1989) is the legislative body of the Municipality of Bucharest, and is made up of 55 councillors elected every four years.

Together with the Mayor of Bucharest and the Deputy Mayor, the General Council makes up the General City Hall of Bucharest, which is responsible for citywide affairs, such as the water system, the transport system and the main boulevards. Bucharest is also divided into six sectors, each of which has their own 27-seat Sectorial Council and Mayor, and is responsible for local area affairs, such as secondary streets, parks, schools, and the cleaning services.

Structure

2020–2024

2021–present

2020–2021

2016–2020

2012–2016

2008–2012

2004–2008

2007–2008

2004–2007

2000–2004

1996–2000

1992–1996

1990–1992

References

Politics of Bucharest
Bucharest
Odisha cricket team

The Odisha cricket team (known as Orissa until 2011) is a domestic cricket team based in the Indian state of Odisha. It is in the elite group of the Ranji Trophy.

Its main home ground is Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. Home matches are also played at DRIEMS Ground in Cuttack, East Coast Railway Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Veer Surendra Sai Stadium in Sambalpur, KIIT Cricket Stadium in Bhubaneswar and other grounds. The Odisha cricket team is selected by the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA). The OCA organises the Odisha Premier League every year to promote cricket and search for local talent throughout the state.

The team's recent best performance in the Ranji Trophy came in the 2016–17 season and 2019–20 season, when they advanced to the quarter-final stage. They lost there to the eventual champions Gujarat and Bengal respectively, under the captaincy of Govinda Poddar in 2016-17 and Subhranshu Senapati 2019–20.

History
Odisha first competed at first-class level in the 1949–50 Ranji Trophy, when they lost to Bihar by 356 runs. Their first victory came in 1952–53, when they defeated Assam by an innings. They played only against other East Zone teams (Bihar, Assam and Bengal) until 1983–84, when they progressed to the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals for the first time.

At the completion of the 2017–18 season, Odisha had played 296 Ranji Trophy matches. They had won 64, lost 106 and drawn 126.

Past and present players

Players from Odisha who have played International Cricket, along with year of debut:
Debashish Mohanty (1997)
Sanjay Raul (1998)
Shiv Sunder Das (2000)
Anshuman Rath (2014) (International caps for Hong Kong)

Prominent players at the domestic level:
Rashmi Parida 
Pravanjan Mullick
Ranjib Biswal
Basant Mohanty
Biplab Samantray
Govinda Poddar
Natraj Behera

Squad
Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Updated as on 24 January 2023

Coaches
Coaches in Odisha cricket team are listed below:
 Debashish Mohanty
 Shiv Sunder Das
 Sanjay Raul
 Ranjib Biswal
 Sanjay Kumar Satapathy
 Subit Biswal
 Michael Bevan
 Balvinder Sandhu
 Sourajit Mohapatra
 Abakash Khatua
 Wasim Jaffer

Records
For more details on this topic, see List of Odisha first-class cricket records, List of Odisha List A cricket records, List of Odisha Twenty20 cricket records.

References

External links
 Odisha Cricket Association website
 Odisha at CricketArchive

Indian first-class cricket teams
Cricket in Odisha
1949 establishments in Orissa
Cricket clubs established in 1949
The Businessman (novel)

The Businessman: A Tale of Terror is a dark fantasy novel by American writer Thomas M. Disch, published by Harper & Row in 1984.  The Businessman is a contemporary novel, a form that Disch—best known for his science fiction—had not hitherto tried, although all of his subsequent adult novels have shared its milieu.

The novel is about Robert Glandier, a Minneapolis businessman who murders his wife, Giselle, and is later haunted by her; his mother-in-law, Joy-Ann Anker (whose death frees her daughter Giselle's entombed spirit and allows her to roam the world, and who eventually defers her own ascent through an elaborate afterlife in order to help her beleaguered daughter); and various historical characters—including the ghost of poet John Berryman, whose 1972 suicide has left him in a beleaguered posthumous condition, and Adah Isaacs Menken, the 19th century actress, who conducts Joy-Ann through the afterlife.  The novel is a mordant and complexly-plotted metaphysical thriller, which follows numerous viewpoints in their characters' interactions, which culminates in a sexual encounter between the ghost Giselle and her murderer Glandier, and the resulting conception of a demonic foetus.  It includes an omniscient narrator, who explains to the reader that "The source of grace has its favorite bloodlines, for which there is no accounting" and that the Anker family, although slothful and philistine, is blessed with grace whatever their weaknesses.

Published in the summer of 1984 and marketed by Harper & Row as an entertaining summer read, The Businessman was favorably reviewed by Time and Newsweek, among other periodicals, although Marion Zimmer Bradley disliked it.  
It failed to sell well, and there was no paperback edition until Disch's next novel, The M.D.: A Horror Story (1991), became a bestseller.

The M.D.: a Horror Story, The Priest: A Gothic Romance (1994), and The Sub: A Study in Witchcraft (1999) are all set the same "meta-Minneapolis" (Disch's term), and each includes a formal innovation—here, the demonic child born to a ghost and her murderer—that Disch believed unique in the literature of the fantastic.

Reception
Dave Langford reviewed The Businessman for White Dwarf #59, and stated that "Disch keeps coming from unexpected angles and tweaking tender places; you never know whether it'll be the adrenals or the funnybone. Highly recommended."

The novel was included in Fantasy: The 100 Best Books by James Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock.

References

1984 American novels
1984 fantasy novels
American horror novels
Bangsian fantasy
Harper & Row books
Novels by Thomas M. Disch
Novels set in Minneapolis
Rajasthan cricket team

The Rajasthan cricket team is a cricket team which represents the Indian state of Rajasthan. The team won the Ranji Trophy in the 2010–11 and 2011-12 seasons, having finished runners-up eight times between 1960–61 and 1973-74. It is currently in the Ranji Trophy Elite group. It is run by the Rajasthan Cricket Association and is popularly known as "Team Rajasthan".

History

Rajputana
Rajputana's first recorded match came in the 1928/29 Delhi Tournament against Aligarh, with the Rajputana Cricket Association being formed shortly thereafter in 1931 at Ajmer. Rajputana's inaugural appearance in first-class cricket came in November 1933 against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club at Mayo College Ground in Ajmer, which resulted in a heavy innings defeat. The team entered the Ranji Trophy for the first time in the 1935/36 season, playing its first match in the competition against Central India, losing by a heavy margin. The team played in the following seasons Ranji Trophy, again losing to Central India, but this time by the reduced margin of just two wickets. Rajputana gained its first win in first-class cricket against Lionel Tennyson's touring eleven, with victory by two wickets in 1937. The team lost its only match against Southern Punjab in the 1938/39 Ranji Trophy, however the following season it recorded its first Ranji Trophy victory against Delhi, winning by 7 wickets. However it lost its following match against Southern Punjab by the margin of an innings and 190 runs. With the onset of World War II, cricket in India was somewhat disrupted, but first-class cricket continued to function.

Rajasthan

Best performances in Ranji Trophy

Famous players
Players from Rajasthan who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:
Salim Durani (1960)
Hanumant Singh (1964)
Parthasarathy Sharma (1974)
Pravin Amre (1992)
Pankaj Singh (2014)

Players from Rajasthan who have played Test cricket for England, along with year of Test debut:
Kabir Ali (2003)

Players from Rajasthan who have played ODI but not Test cricket for India, along with year of ODI debut:
Gagan Khoda (1998)
Khaleel Ahmed (2018)
Deepak Chahar (2018)
Rahul Chahar (2021)
Ravi Bishnoi (2022)

Players from Rajasthan who have played ODI but not Test cricket for England, along with year of ODI debut:
Vikram Solanki (2000)

Current squad

 Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Updated as on 24 January 2023

Captains

Records
{{ For more details on this topic, see List of Rajasthan first-class cricket records, List of Rajasthan List A cricket records, List of Rajasthan Twenty20 cricket records }}

Grounds

Sawai Mansingh Stadium

Rajasthan play the majority of their home matches at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium.

The ends are called the City End and the Pavilion End.

Other grounds

Notes

References

Further reading

Playfair Cricket Annual – various editions
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack – various editions

External links

CricketArchive – Lists of numerous Rajasthan records and scorecards

Indian first-class cricket teams
Cricket in Rajasthan
1928 establishments in India
Cricket clubs established in 1928
Modifier letter apostrophe

The modifier letter apostrophe  is a letter found in Unicode encoding, used primarily for various glottal sounds.

Encoding
The letter apostrophe is encoded at , which is in the Spacing Modifier Letters Unicode block.

In Unicode code charts it looks identical to the , but this is not true for all fonts. The primary difference between the letter apostrophe and U+2019 is that the letter apostrophe U+02BC has the Unicode General Category "Letter, modifier" (Lm), while U+2019 has the category "Punctuation, Final quote" (Pf).

In early Unicode (versions 1.0–2.1.9) U+02BC was preferred for the punctuation apostrophe in English. Since version 3.0.0, however, U+2019 is preferred, because it is defined as a punctuation mark. The behavior of Unicode letters and punctuation marks differs, causing complications if punctuation code points are used for letters or vice versa.

Use
In the International Phonetic Alphabet, it is used to express ejective consonants, such as  and .

It denotes a glottal stop  in orthographies of many languages, such as Nenets (in Cyrillic script) and the artificial Klingon language.

In one version of the Kildin Sami alphabet, it denotes preaspiration.

In the Ukrainian alphabet and in the Belarusian alphabet, U+02BC is used for the semi-letter 'apostrophe' (which plays a role similar to Russian ) in certain contexts, such as, for example, in internationalized domain names where a punctuation mark would be disallowed.

In Bodo and Dogri written in Devanagari, it marks high tone and low-rising tone on short vowels, respectively.

See also
 Apostrophe
 Hamza
 Modifier letter double apostrophe
 Saltillo and Okina, other letters used for glottal stop
 Spacing Modifier Letters

References 

Punctuation
Mamer (river)

The Mamer is a river flowing through Luxembourg, joining the Alzette at Mersch.  It flows through the towns of Mamer and Kopstal. The river is an indirect tributary to the river Moselle.

Rivers of Luxembourg
Rivers of Mersch
Mamer
River Valley School District (Pennsylvania)

River Valley School District (before 2022: Blairsville-Saltsburg School District) is a small, rural school district that spans portions of two counties. In Indiana County it covers the Boroughs of Blairsville and Saltsburg and Black Lick Township, Burrell Township and Conemaugh Township.  In Westmoreland County it covers Loyalhanna Township. The district encompasses approximately . Per the 2000 Census, the district had approximately 16,000 residents. According to 2000 federal census data, it serves a resident population of 14,363 people. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $15,663, while the median family income was $37,257. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.

The name change was approved by the Board of Directors on May 19, 2021, in a 6-3 vote, effective July 1, 2021; however, as of February 2022, a news article had stated the school district was "in the process of being renamed."

Alignment

Students residing in Burrell and Black Lick Townships and Blairsville in Indiana County attend the thirty-six acre Blairsville campus in Burrell Township, containing the Blairsville Elementary School (K-5), Blairsville Middle/High School (6-12), as well as the district administrative offices.
Students residing in Conemaugh Township, a portion of Young Township and Saltsburg in Indiana County and Loyalhanna Township in Westmoreland County attend the Saltsburg Elementary School (K-6) in Loyalhanna Township, and Saltsburg Middle/High School (7-12) in Conemaugh Township.

Extracurriculars
The district offers a variety of clubs, activities and sports.

Athletics
Blairsville has 5 Heritage conference titles to Saltsburgs 0 in football. In 2014 Blairsville beat Saltsburg 55–7 to claim its first Heritage Conference Title in football in 9 years It was 41–0 at the half. Blairsville has also beat Saltsburg 18 straight time in football. The district offers a variety of sports at the varsity level.A student wishing to participate in a sport not offered at their school can participate in the program at the other school. All teams compete in the Heritage Conference of the PIAA-District 6.  (with PIAA classifications for 2008–2010)

District 6 championships
Football (since 1985)
Saltsburg: 1991
Baseball
Blairsville:2012
Girls' Basketball
Blairsville:2012 2015
Boys' basketball (since 1948)
Blairsville: 1993 (AA), 1994 (AA), 2005 (A), 2006 (A) 2015 A
Saltsburg: 2000, 2002, 2003
Total:
Saltsburg:4
Blairsville:6
Heritage Conference Championships
Football:Blairsville: 2002,2003,2004,2005,2014 Saltsburg:0

References

External links

School districts in Indiana County, Pennsylvania
School districts in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Still the Same Ole Me

Still the Same Ole Me is an album by American country music singer George Jones released in 1981 (see 1981 in country music) on the Epic Records label.

Recording and composition
Still the Same Ole Me built on the massive success of Jones comeback single "He Stopped Loving Her Today" and went to number 3 on Billboard'''s country albums chart. "Same Ole Me", an anthem of survival and enduring love written by Paul Overstreet and featuring backing from the Oak Ridge Boys, peaked at number 2 on the charts. Even more successful was the hardcore honky tonk ballad "Still Doin' Time" ("I've been living in hell with a bar for a cell..."), which gave Jones a number one smash. The album also includes a duet with his daughter Georgette, who was 10 years old at the time, on "Daddy Come Home." The album track "I Won't Need You Anymore", would become a number one hit for Randy Travis in 1987. Same Ole Me was also the title of a 1989 documentary detailing the events of Jones's life and career.

Although Jones was enjoying immense success at this time, having renegotiated his contract with CBS, he was still ravaging his body with alcohol and cocaine, and appeared frighteningly frail when he made television appearances promoting the prophetic "Someday My Day Will Come." However, the same year that Still the Same Ole Me'' came out, Jones met a 34-year-old divorcée named Nancy Sepulveda from Mansfield, Louisiana. Nancy, who neither drank nor took drugs, would eventually marry Jones, manage his career, and turn his troubled life around.

Track listing

Certifications

References

External links
 George Jones' Official Website
 Record Label

1981 albums
George Jones albums
Epic Records albums
Albums produced by Billy Sherrill
Services cricket team

The Services cricket team plays in the Ranji Trophy, the main domestic first-class cricket competition in India. Under the auspices of the Services Sports Control Board, they represent the Indian Armed Forces. Their home ground is the Palam A Ground, Model Sports Complex, Delhi.

Records
The Services team first played in the Ranji Trophy in 1949–50. They played in the North Zone of the competition until 2001–02, and have played in the Plate Group and other lower-ranked groups since 2002–03, except for one season, where they played in the Elite Group, during 2005–06. Their strongest period was the 1950s: between 1950–51 and 1959–60 they reached the semi-finals six times and the final twice, losing to Bombay in 1956–57 by an innings, and to Baroda in 1957–58, also by an innings.

As of early March 2022, Services had played 350 first-class matches, with 91 wins, 119 losses, and 140 draws. 33 of their victories have been over Jammu and Kashmir.

Their highest first-class score is 250 not out by Yashpal Singh against Tripura in 2012–13. The best bowling figures are 8 for 37 by Gokul Inder Dev against Jammu and Kashmir in 1968–69.

They reached the semi-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy for the first time in the 2021–22 season. Their best finish in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy was in the 2019–20 season, where they finished third in their group with 4 wins and 2 losses.

Famous players
Services players who have played Test cricket for India, along with year of Test debut:

 Hemu Adhikari (1947) (primarily played for Baroda)
 Bal Dani (1952)
 Chandrasekhar Gadkari (1953)
 Narain Swamy (1955)
 Surendra Nath (1958)
 Apoorva Sengupta (1959)
 V. M. Muddiah (1959)

Current squad

Updated as on 25 January 2023

References

External links
First-class matches played by Services

Indian first-class cricket teams
Military sport in India
Military cricket teams
1926 establishments in India
Cricket clubs established in 1926
List of NFL Draft broadcasters

The following is a list of broadcasters of the National Football League Draft.

2020s

2010s

2000s

1990s

1980s

References

External links
ESPN, technology have increased draft's profile
25 years later, airing NFL draft not so zany
From humble beginnings, draft truly has grown into prime-time event
Anchor Ley Discusses ESPN's Inaugural Draft Coverage
USONLINETV, Watch NFL & Draft Live Streaming Here

Broadcasters
Draft broadcasters
NFL Draft Broadcasters
NFL Draft Broadcasters
NFL Draft Broadcasters
NFL Draft Broadcasters
NFL Draft Broadcasters
Rashad Butler

Rashad Jamaal Butler (born February 10, 1983) is a former American football offensive tackle. He was drafted by the Carolina Panthers in the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Miami.

College career
Butler played college football at the University of Miami. He started parts of three seasons, including most of 2004 when Eric Winston was injured.

Professional career

Carolina Panthers
He was drafted in the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft by the Carolina Panthers. Thought to be a project due to his relative light weight for an NFL offensive tackle, he was inactive for his rookie year. He actually lost weight and was cut by the Panthers after 2007 training camp.

Houston Texans
After signing with the Texans, he was discovered to suffer from ulcerative colitis, a chronic medical condition which prevented him from bulking up. Under medical care, Butler was able to regain the lost weight relatively quickly.

Butler did not appear in any games for the Texans in 2008. A restricted free agent in the 2009 offseason, Butler signed his one-year tender offer from the Texans on April 7.

Cleveland Browns
Butler signed with the Cleveland Browns on May 8, 2013.

Pittsburgh Steelers
Butler signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers on November 30, 2013.  He left the Steelers two days later on December 2, 2013 for personal reasons.

See also
 List of people diagnosed with ulcerative colitis

References

External links
Houston Texans bio
Miami Hurricanes bio

1983 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Palm Beach, Florida
Players of American football from Palm Beach County, Florida
American football offensive tackles
Miami Hurricanes football players
Carolina Panthers players
Houston Texans players
Cleveland Browns players
Pittsburgh Steelers players
People with ulcerative colitis
Wark (river)

The Wark () is a river flowing through Luxembourg, joining the Alzette at Ettelbruck.  It flows through the towns of Mertzig, Feulen, Welscheid and Warken.

Rivers of the Ardennes (Luxembourg)
Rivers of Luxembourg
Rivers of Ettelbruck
Vidarbha cricket team

The Vidarbha cricket team is an Indian domestic cricket team plays in the India's domestic first-class cricket competition Ranji Trophy and limited-overs Vijay Hazare Trophy and Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. It represents the Vidarbha region of eastern Maharashtra. In December 2017, they reached the final of the Ranji Trophy for the first time in their history, after they beat Karnataka by 5 runs in the semi-finals of the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy tournament. In the final, they beat Delhi by 9 wickets to win their first Ranji Trophy. In the 2018-19 Ranji Trophy, Vidarbha successfully defended the crown by defeating Saurashtra by 78 runs in the final played at Nagpur.

History
Vidarbha first played first-class cricket in the 1957–58 season, competing against the other Central Zone teams until 2001-02, after which the Ranji Trophy was no longer contested on a zonal basis. Before the 2017-18 season, Vidarbha's best seasons were 1970-71 and 1995–96, when it reached the quarter-finals of the Ranji Trophy and 2002–03 and 2011–12, when it reached the semi-finals of the Plate Group. Up to the start of the 2017-18 season, Vidarbha had played 259 first-class matches, with 41 wins, 89 losses and 129 draws.

Vidarbha's main home ground was always the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground in Nagpur until 2009, when it was superseded by the newly developed Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium at Jamtha in Nagpur.

Vidarbha's record score is 237 by Ganesh Satish against Andhra in 2019-20. The best bowling figures in an innings are 8 for 39 by Arun Ogiral against Madhya Pradesh in 1967-68, and the best bowling figures in a match are 13 for 162 by Akshay Wakhare against Gujarat in 2014-15.

Players

Current squad
Coach: Trevor Gonsalves

Players with international caps are listed in bold

Updated as on 24 January 2023

Coaching staff
 Head coach: Trevor Gonsalves
 Batting coach: Yusuf Pathan
 Bowling coach: Subroto Banerjee
 Under-19s coach: Usman Ghani
 Video analyst: Aniruddha Deshpande 
 Trainer: Amiykumar Mohanty 
 Physio: Dr Niraj Karamchandani

References

External links
Vidarbha at CricketArchive
Vidarbha Cricket Team News
Wasim Jaffer moves to Vidarbha after 19 years with Mumbai cricket team

Indian first-class cricket teams
Sport in Nagpur
Cricket in Vidarbha
1957 establishments in Bombay State
Cricket clubs established in 1957
Pétrusse

The Pétrusse (; , ) is a river flowing through Luxembourg, joining the Alzette at Luxembourg City.  It flows through the town of Hollerich.

Rivers of Luxembourg
Mess (river)

The Mess is a river flowing through Luxembourg, joining the Alzette at Lameschmillen, near Bergem.  It flows through the towns of Reckange-sur-Mess and Pontpierre.

Rivers of Luxembourg
Posterior thoracic nucleus

The posterior thoracic nucleus, (Clarke's column, column of Clarke, dorsal nucleus, nucleus dorsalis of Clarke) is a group of interneurons found in the medial part of lamina VII, also known as the intermediate zone, of the spinal cord. It is mainly located from the cervical vertebra C7 to lumbar L3–L4 levels and is an important structure for proprioception of the lower limb.

Anatomy
It occupies the medial part of the base of the posterior grey column and appears on the transverse section as a well-defined oval area.

It begins caudally at the level of the second or third lumbar nerve, and reaches its maximum size opposite the twelfth thoracic nerve.  Above the level of the eight thoracic nerve its size diminishes, and the column ends opposite the last cervical or first thoracic nerve.

It is represented, however, in the other regions by scattered cells, which become aggregated to form a cervical nucleus opposite the third cervical nerve, and a sacral nucleus in the middle and lower part of the sacral region.

Nerve cells in the posterior thoracic nucleus are most abundant between the lower thoracic and upper lumbar segments.  Cell bodies are of medium size and oval- or pyriform-shape. These cells characteristically present coarse Nissl granules and have characteristic eccentric nuclei.

Axonal projections from neurons in this nucleus give rise to the dorsal spinocerebellar tract which ascends ipsilaterally through the spinal cord and ends as mossy fibers in the ipsilateral cerebellar cortex after passing through the inferior cerebellar peduncle. 
Axons originating from the posterior thoracic nucleus which ascend contralaterally through the lateral funiculus of the spinal cord are named ventral spinocerebellar tract which cross over again within the white matter of the cerebellum, to ultimately end on its ipsilateral side.

Function
The posterior thoracic nucleus is a major relay center for unconscious proprioception. Sensory information from muscle spindles and tendon organs is carried by axons of larger neurons in dorsal root ganglia, which synapse onto neurons in the spinal cord including the posterior thoracic nucleus. From here information continues rostrally until it reaches the cerebellar cortex. This relay pathway is generally known as the dorsal spinocerebellar tract.

Diseases
It has been observed that in Friedreich's ataxia there is evident degeneration of the posterior thoracic nucleus as well as other proprioceptive spinal tracts. These patients might present with ataxia, dysarthria, muscle weakness or paralysis and skeletal defects.

Eponym
Clarke's column is named for Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke.

References

External links
 https://web.archive.org/web/20080331064830/http://isc.temple.edu/neuroanatomy/lab/atlas/L3/
 http://www.neuroanatomy.wisc.edu/sc97/text/p3/Pathway.htm

Spinal cord
List of mayors of Bucharest

This article consists of several lists highlighting the political figures who, from 1864 onwards, have been serving as the Mayors of Bucharest, the capital city of Romania. The article comprises a main list showcasing the mayors of the city proper as well as several other smaller lists displaying the mayors of the six constituent Sectors of Bucharest (i.e. Sector 1, Sector 2, Sector 3, Sector 4, Sector 5, respectively Sector 6).

Mayors of the city proper (1864–present) 

Political legend

 (PNL)

 (PNȚCD)

 (FSN)

 (PD)

 (General or Colonel)

 (PCR)

 (PSD)/National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR)

Notes:

1 Served as Mayor until December 1996.

2 Served as acting/ad interim mayor while Victor Ciorbea was Prime Minister from January 1997 to April 1998.

Mayors of the sectors of Bucharest

Sector 1

Sector 2

Sector 3

Sector 4

Sector 5

Sector 6

References

 
Bucharest
Mayors
Dorsal nucleus

Dorsal nucleus may refer to:

 Dorsal cochlear nucleus, a cortex-like structure on the dorso-lateral surface of the brainstem
 Dorsal nucleus of vagus nerve, a cranial nerve nucleus for the vagus nerve
 Dorsal raphe nucleus
 Lateral dorsal nucleus of thalamus
 Medial dorsal nucleus of thalamus
 Posterior thoracic nucleus (or dorsal nucleus), is a group of interneurons found in the medial part of Lamina VII