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Cook Islands at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

The Cook Islands is represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a 32-member strong contingent comprising 32 sportspersons and no officials.

Medals

Athletes
Athletes included Myra Moller, Sam Pera, Jr. and Sam Nunuku Pera.

The Rugby sevens side included Richard Piakura.

References

Cook Islands at the Commonwealth Games
Nations at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
2006 in Cook Islands sport
Andrzej Towpik

Andrzej Kazimierz Towpik (born 1 February 1939 in Brest) is a Polish diplomat.

He served as an ambassador to the United Nations (2004-2010), as well as the country's permanent representative to NATO (1997-2002). He was also Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1994-1997) and at the Ministry of National Defence (2003-2004).

He was awarded with Commander's (2009) and Officer's (1998) Crosses of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He received the Order of the White Star, 2nd class (2002).

References 

1939 births
Commanders of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Living people
Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Polish politicians
Permanent Representatives of Poland to the United Nations
Permanent Representatives of Poland to NATO
People from Polesie Voivodeship
People from Brest, Belarus
Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 2nd Class
Cyprus at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Cyprus was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a contingent of 43 sportspersons and officials.

Medals

Medalists

Gold
 Shooting, Men's Skeet Pairs
 George Achilleos, Shooting, Men's Skeet
 Andri Eleftheriou, Shooting, Women's Skeet

Silver
 Shooting, Women's Skeet Pairs

Bronze
 Herodotos Giorgallas, Gymnastics, Men's Rings
 Kyriacos Ioannou, Athletics, Men's High Jump

Nations at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
Cyprus at the Commonwealth Games
British Virgin Islands at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

The British Virgin Islands was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

Medals

Gold

Silver

Bronze

British Virgin Islands at the Commonwealth Games
Nations at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
Someday (short story)

"Someday" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov.  It was first published in the August 1956 issue of Infinity Science Fiction and reprinted in the collections Earth Is Room Enough (1957), The Complete Robot (1982), Robot Visions (1990), and The Complete Stories, Volume 1 (1990).

Plot summary
The story is set in a future where computers play a central role in organizing society. Humans are employed as computer operators, but they leave most of the thinking to machines. Indeed, whilst binary programming is taught at school, reading and writing have become obsolete.

The story concerns a pair of boys who dismantle and upgrade an old Bard, a child's computer whose sole function is to generate random fairy tales. The boys download a book about computers into the Bard's memory in an attempt to expand its vocabulary, but the Bard simply incorporates computers into its standard fairy tale repertoire. The story ends with the boys excitedly leaving the room after deciding to go to the library to learn "squiggles" (writing) as a means of passing secret messages to one another. As they leave, one of the boys accidentally kicks the Bard's on switch. The Bard begins reciting a new story about a poor mistreated and often ignored robot called the Bard, whose sole purpose is to tell stories, which ends with the words: "the little computer knew then that computers would always grow wiser and more powerful until someday—someday—someday—…"

External links
 
 Public domain scan of original printing
 Analysis of Story

Multivac short stories by Isaac Asimov
1956 short stories
Works originally published in Infinity Science Fiction
Botswana at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Botswana was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a xx-member strong contingent comprising 21 sportspersons and xx officials.

Medals

Silver
 Gable Garenamotse, Athletics, Men's Long Jump

Bronze
 Mmoloki Nogeng, Boxing, Bantamweight 54 kg

Results by event

Athletics
Gable Garenamotse 	
Johnson Kubisa 	
Gakologelwang Masheto 	
Tlhalosang Molapisi 	
California Molefe 	
Amantle Montsho 	
Oganeditse Moseki
Obakeng Ngwigwa 	
Onalenna Oabona 	
Onnanye Ramohube

Bowls
Tirelo Snankie Buckley
Lebogang Moroke  	
Ivy Malefsane Motlhatlhedi 	
Sheila Spring

Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Michael Rantsho 	

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Lechedzani Luza 	

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Mmoloki Nogeng

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Thato Batshegi

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Gomotsang Gaasite 	

Men's Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)
Herbert Nkabiti 	

Men's Welterweight (– 69 kg)
Moabi Mothiba

See also
Botswana at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Botswana at the 2008 Summer Olympics

References
 Official results by country

Botswana at the Commonwealth Games
Nations at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
Samoa at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Samoa was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

Medals

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze
 Warren Fuavailili, Boxing, Middleweight 75 kg

2006
Nations at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
Ms Scandalous

Savita Vaid (born 1985), better known by her stage name Ms Scandalous, is an English bhangra/rap artist.

Vaid was born in Southall, West London, into an Indian Punjabi Hindu family. She was signed by Panjabi Hit Squad after she was seen working part-time at a music store in Southall. Her first recorded appearance was on Panjabi Hit Squad's 2002 album, The Streets, MCing for the second-to-last track, the garage remix of "Hai Hai".

Her first full-length album, Ladies First, was released in May 2005 while she was in her final year at university. She juggled producing and promoting the album with studying for her degree in arts management. The video for the second track, "Aaja Soniyah", entered the MTV Base top ten at no.4. The album itself topped Asian music charts everywhere and launched Ms Scandalous as the first Asian female rapper.

A second album, Aag, was released in late 2008 after a three-year break from the music industry. The album features the hit single "Aag". Panjabi Hit Squad and Alyssia produced the album and provided vocals.

Discography
 The Streets (with Panjabi Hit Squad; 2002/Tiger Entertainment)
 Ladies First (2005/Desi Jam Recordings)
 Aag (October 2008/Major Moves)

References

1985 births
Living people
English people of Indian descent
English people of Punjabi descent
English Hindus
Punjabi women
Desi musicians
English women singers
English women rappers
British rappers of Indian descent
Singers from London
People from Southall
Rappers from London
Nigeria at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Nigeria is represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a xx-member strong contingent comprising xx sportspersons and xx officials.

Medals

Silver
Boxing
 Adura Olalehin, Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

Table Tennis
 Faith Obiora, Women's Singles EAD

Bronze
Athletics
 Etinosa Eriyo, Men's 100 m EAD T12
 Vitalis Lanshima, Men's 200 m EAD T46
 Christiana Ekpukhon, Folashade Abugan, Joy Eze, and Kudirat Akhigbe, Women's 4x400 m Relay

Boxing
 Nestor Bolum, Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
 Olufemi Ajayi, Men's Welterweight (– 69 kg)

Table Tennis
 Kazeem Nasiru, Monday Merotohun, Segun Toriola, Seun Ajetun, and Tajudeen Jegede, Men's Team Competition
 Segun Toriola, Men's Singles

Nigeria's Team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Athletics

Men's Competition
Adekunle Adesoji 	
Jelili Akanni 	
Deji Aliu 	
Uzodinma Alozie 	
Charles Arosanyin 	
Uchenna Emedolu 	
Etinosa Eriyo 	
Peter Emelieze 	
Soji Fasuba 	
James Godday 	
Anthony Imbimoh
Vitalis Lanshima 	
Bola Gee Lawal 	
Godwin Mbakara 	
Audu Musa
Salim Nurudeen 	
Lee Okoroafu 	
Osazuwa Osamudiame
Enefiok Udo-Obong 	
Saul Weigopwa

Women's Competition
Folashade Abugan  	
Olufunke Adeoye 	
Esther Aghatise 	
Kudirat Akhigbe 	
Vivian Chukwuemeka 	
Joy Digha 	
Jane Dike 	
Nkiruka Domike 	
Grace Ebor 	
Christiana Ekpukhon 	
Oluwabunmi Eluwole 	
Joy Eze 	
Otonye Iworima 	
Njideka Iyiazi 	
Mercy Nku 	
Patricia Nnaji 	
Funmilola Ogundana 	
Chinonyelum Ohadugha 	
Virginia Ohagwu	
Endurance Ojokolo 	
Tina Okparaugo 	
Chinedu Onikeku 	
Omolola Sangodeyi

Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Lukumon Akinolugbade

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Saheed Oladele Olawale 	

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Nestor Bolum 	

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Rasheed Lawal

Men's Light Welterweight (– 64 kg)
Chukwudi Nwaiwu 	

Men's Welterweight (– 69 kg)
Olufemi Ajayi

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Davidson King Emenogu

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Adura Olalehin 	

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)
Emmanuel Izonritei

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
Olanrewaju Durodola

Field Hockey

Women's team
 Ladi Rogers
 Helen Obialor
 Christy Bulus
 Queen Anuwa
 Ajuma Ejegwa
 Lucy Micheal Aleji
 Lorinda Sati Yohanna
 Justina Onyedum
 Christy Agbo
 Oluchi Obiefule
 Itohan Evbenafese
 Ijenwa Okah
 Lilian Obasi
 Susan Bulus
 Serah Izang
 Patricia Uzuebu
Head coach: Christian Kubeinje

Basketball

Men's team
4-Chidozie Nwoye
5-Ogoh Odaudu
6-Dennis Ebikoro
7-Abubakar Usman
8-Stanley Gumut
9-Abdulrahman Mohammed (captain)
10-Baba Jubril
11-Priwitt Gagara
12-Edem Ekpenyong
13-Nnadubem Muoneke
14-Ejike Ugboaja
15-Olumide Oyedeji
Head coach: Sani Ahmed

Women's team
4-Amaka Adibeli
5-Tamunomiete Whyte
6-Mobolaji Akiode
7-Mercy Okorie (captain)
8-Funmi Ojelabi
10-Tayeloly Adeniyi
11-Adenike Dawodu
12-Parricia Chukwuma
13-Rashidat Sadiq
14-Chioma Udeaja
15-Ezinne James
Head coach Scott Nnaji

See also
Nigeria at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics

References
thecgf

2006
Nations at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
Tuvalu at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Tuvalu was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a 5-member strong contingent comprising 4 sportspersons and 1 official. Tuvalu entered competitors in shooting, table tennis and weightlifting. 2006 marked Tuvalu's third participation in the Commonwealth Games.

Medals and results

Geoffrey Ludbrook competed in shooting, in the men's 50m rifle prone, and finished 32nd out of 38 competitors.

Alan Puga Resture & Napetari Tioti took part in the men's doubles in table tennis, and failed to reach the round of sixteen. In the men's Team Event, Tuvalu's table tennis players finished 26th out of 27 teams.

In weightlifting, Logona Esau finished twelfth out of fifteen in the men's 69 kg Combined.

References

Commonwealth Games
Nations at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
2006
Death Metal (split album)

Death Metal is a 1984 split album by the bands Helloween, Hellhammer, Running Wild, and Dark Avenger. It contains the only recorded material by the German group Dark Avenger besides their 1985 demo tape.

The album offers a snapshot of the Central European metal scene during the end of the early 1980s. At that time, Running Wild had yet to develop their "pirate metal" focus and considered themselves a black metal band. Helloween had more of a thrash or speed metal sound compared to the more melodic power metal style they would soon develop. Hellhammer were the darkest and heaviest band of the foursome and would later evolve into the group Celtic Frost.

Running Wild's songs appear as Japanese bonus tracks on their 1995 album, Masquerade; Helloween's tracks appear on the second disc of the 2006 remastered and expanded edition of their 1985 album, Walls of Jericho; and Hellhammer's tracks appear on the 1990 re-issue of their 1984 EP, Apocalyptic Raids.

Track listing

Credits
Running Wild
 Rock 'n' Rolf Kasparek – vocals, guitars
 Gerald "Preacher" Warnecke – guitars
 Stephan Boriss – bass
 Wolfgang "Hasche" Hagemann – drums

Hellhammer
 Tom "Satanic Slaughter" Warrior – vocals, guitars
 Martin "Slayed Necros" Ain – bass
 Bruce "Denial Fiend" Day – drums

Dark Avenger
 Siegfried Kohmann – vocals
 Bernd Piontek – guitars
 Claus Johannson – guitars
 Uwe Neff – bass
 Andreas Breindl – drums

Helloween
 Kai Hansen – vocals, guitars
 Michael Weikath – guitars
 Markus Grosskopf – bass
 Ingo Schwichtenberg – drums

References

Helloween albums
Hellhammer albums
Running Wild (band) albums
1984 EPs
Split EPs
Noise Records EPs
Lesotho at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Lesotho competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia from 15 March – 26 March 2006.

Medals

Silver
Moses Kopo, Boxing at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, Light Welterweight 64 kg.

2006 in Lesotho sport
Lesotho at the Commonwealth Games
Nations at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Chaunsa

Chaunsa (Urdu: چونسا ; Bhojpuri: चउसा Hindi: चौंसा), also known as chausa, is a mango cultivar indigenous to South Asia. It is grown mainly in India and Pakistan; both countries export significant quantities of the fruit.

The main centers of chaunsa cultivation are the states of Bihar & Uttar Pradesh in India and Rahim Yar Khan and Multan in Pakistani province of Punjab.
This mango variety Originated in Multan

Etymology
The chaunsa variety of mango was made popular by the Indian ruler Sher Shah Suri while commemorating his victory over Humayun at Chausa, Bihar. Suri ultimately named his favorite mango "chaunsa" to honor his victory. The mango was also known as the Ghazipuriya mango due to its early large-scale cultivation in Ghazipur.

Description

The fruit has a golden-yellow color when it is soft, is almost fiberless, and has an aromatic, pleasant, sweet flavor. Commonly available varieties in Pakistan are greenish-yellow. The unique taste and richness in its flavor makes it a worldwide favorite. Some consider it the best mango in terms of its rich aroma, sweet taste, juicy pulp and high nutritional value. Chaunsas have higher vitamin C content than other mango cultivars.

Chaunsa season in India and Pakistan normally starts at the beginning of June and ends in the third week of August. It is heavily exported to the Middle East, Europe, Canada, and most recently to the United States. Prior to its availability in the U.S., some American chaunsa aficionados would travel to Canada in order to legally purchase the mango. There are four known types of chaunsa mangoes: Mosami Chaunsa (Summer Bahisht), Kala Chaunsa (Black), Safaid chaunsa (White) and Azeem Chaunsa (Rattewala). White chaunsa is generally considered ideal for exports due to its longer shelf life.

References

Mango cultivars of India
Mango cultivars of Pakistan
Ringvassøya

or  is a large island in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is divided between the municipalities of Tromsø and Karlsøy. Several islands surround Ringvassøya including Kvaløya to the south; Reinøya and Karlsøya to the east; Vannøya, Helgøya, and Nordkvaløya to the north; and Rebbenesøya to the north west. The island is connected to the neighboring island (and the rest of mainland Norway) by the Kvalsund Tunnel on the south shore of the island.

With an area of , Ringvassøy is the sixth largest island in mainland Norway. The island's highest point, Soltindan, has a height of  above sea level. The  long Skogsfjordvatnet is the largest lake on an island in Norway.

The villages of Hansnes (the administrative centre of Karlsøy Municipality), Hessfjord, Indre Kårvik, and Skarsfjord are all located on the island. In 2018, there were about 1,300 people living on the island.

See also
List of islands of Norway

References

Tromsø
Karlsøy
Islands of Troms og Finnmark
Isle of Man at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

The Isle of Man was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a 36-member strong contingent, comprising 27 sportsmen and women and 9 officials.  Amongst their number was the Commonwealth Games' youngest ever competitor, Olivia Rawlinson, a swimmer aged 13.  The team captain was Dane Harrop, while the flag bearer was Harry Creevy, a rifle shooter.  

The Melbourne Cricket Ground was decorated with creatures to represent the participating countries; the Isle of Man's creature is a basking shark, owing to the high number of sightings of the species in Manx waters.

At the 2006 Games, the Isle of Man finished in joint-nineteenth place, winning two medals, including a gold, won by Mark Cavendish.  This brought the Isle of Man's total medals won to nine since it first took part in Cardiff in 1958.  Before Mark Cavendish won gold in Melbourne, Man had not claimed a gold since 1986, when Nigel Kelly won the shooting individual men's skeet in Edinburgh.

Medals

Gold
Cycling:
Mark Cavendish, Men's Scratch

Bronze
Shooting:
Trevor Boyles & Dave Walton, Men's Trap Pairs

Isle of Man at the Commonwealth Games
Nations at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
David J. Cooney

David J. Cooney (born 29 April 1954) is an Irish diplomat.

Born in London, he holds a BA in Politics and History from Keele University, and has held a number of senior diplomatic posts. From 1974 until 1979 he worked in the Department of Agriculture. Since then he has worked for the Foreign Ministry. He assisted in the talks leading to the Belfast Agreement, being named by George Mitchell as one of the two "unsung heroes of the peace process". He has also served as  Ambassador to the United Nations, and most recently the United Kingdom. In December 2008 it was announced that Cooney would become Secretary-General at the Department of Foreign Affairs in January 2009, replacing Dermot Gallagher.

In 2009 Cooney received an honorary doctorate from Keele University.

In January 2012 Cooney presented his credentials to Pope Benedict XVI as the first non residential Irish ambassador to the Holy See.

In September 2014, he presented his credentials to King Felipe VI as the new Irish ambassador to Spain.

References

1954 births
Living people
20th-century Irish people
21st-century Irish people
Alumni of Keele University
Irish civil servants
Permanent Representatives of Ireland to the United Nations
Ambassadors of Ireland to the Holy See
Ambassadors of Ireland to the United Kingdom
Ambassadors of Ireland to Spain
Central News

Central News may refer to:

 ITV News Central, a regional television news and current affairs programme for the English Midlands previously known as Central News
 Central News Agency (disambiguation), a number of agencies
Satanic Rites

Satanic Rites is the third and final demo tape by Swiss extreme metal band Hellhammer. It was recorded and distributed during December 1983. Along with Hellhammer's other releases, it had a major influence on the emerging death metal and black metal genres.

Satanic Rites later appeared on the compilation album Demon Entrails along with the two other demos, Death Fiend and Triumph of Death.

Background 

Martin Eric Ain was fifteen at the time of recording Satanic Rites. The line-up of Hellhammer was constantly changing around this time.

In the book Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal, the demo was described as "improved but still primitive".

Three members of Norwegian black metal band Mayhem took their names from song titles from this release. Founder and guitarist, Euronymous and first two vocalists Messiah and Maniac.

Track listing 

 "Intro" – 1:00
 "Messiah" – 4:22
 "The Third of the Storms (Evoked Damnation)" – 3:04
 "Buried and Forgotten" – 6:03
 "Maniac" – 3:48
 "Eurynomos" – 3:11
 "Triumph of Death" – 7:00
 "Revelations of Doom" – 3:05
 "Reaper" – 2:30
 "Satanic Rites" – 7:19
 "Crucifixion" – 2:47
 "Outro" – 2:02

Credits 

 Tom Gabriel Fischer – vocals, guitar, bass guitar (uncredited)
 Martin Eric Ain – bass guitar, backing vocals
 Bruce Day (Jörg Neubart) – drums
 Metin Demiral – vocal introduction on "Buried and Forgotten"

References 

1983 albums
Hellhammer albums
Namibia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Namibia is represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a xx-member strong contingent comprising xx sportspersons and xx officials.

Medals

Gold
 Jafet Uutoni, Boxing, Light Flyweight 48 kg

Silver

Bronze
 Friedhelm Ferdinand Sack, Shooting, Men's 10m Air Pistol

Nations at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
Namibia at the Commonwealth Games
Šárka (Fibich)

Šárka, opus 51, is an opera in three acts by Zdeněk Fibich to a Czech libretto by Anežka Schulzová, his student and lover.  Fibich composed the full score over the period of 8 September 1896 to 10 March 1897.  At the time, Czech audiences regarded Fibich with suspicion as being overly influenced by the music of Richard Wagner, and Fibich had selected the legend of Šárka for this operatic subject to try to counter such sentiments.  Even so, the opera still contains use of Wagner's idea of leitmotif.

The subject matter, the Bohemian legend of Šárka, which appears in 14th-century Czech literature, is related to that of Smetana's tone poem Má vlast and the opera of the same name by Janáček.  Schulzová used as her primary literary source an 1880 version of the story by J. Vrchlický.

Performance history
The opera received its first performance at the Prague National Theatre on 28 December 1897. Šárka is Fibich's most popular opera and is regularly revived in the Czech Republic.

There are two archive radio recordings (1950, 1970) and three commercial recordings:
 Marie Podvalová (Šárka), Lubomír Havlák (tenor Ctirad), :cs:Václav Bednář (Prince Premysl), Marta Krásová (Vlasta), Milada Šubrtová (Libyna), Miloslava Fidlerová (Svatava), Jaroslava Vymazalová (Mlada), Ludmila Hanzalíková (Radka), Marie Zalabáková (Hosta), Jaroslava Dobrá (Castava) & Jaroslav Veverka (Vitoraz). Prague National Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Zdeněk Chalabala. Supraphon 1953
 Eva Děpoltová (Šárka), Vilém Přibyl (Ctirad), Václav Zítek (baritone, Prince Premysl), Jaroslavá Janska (soprano, Libina), Bozena Effenberkova (soprano, Svatava), Jitka Pavlová (soprano, Mlada), Anna Barová, (mezzo, Radka), Véra Bakalová (alto, Hosta), Daniela Suryova (alto, Castava), Eva Randová (mezzo-soprano, Vlasta), :cs:Josef Klán (bass, Vitoraz). Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra,  Brno Janáček Opera Chorus  Conductor Jan Štych. Supraphon 1978
 Eva Urbanová (Šárka), Janez Lotrič (tenor, Ctirad), Dalibor Jenis (Prince Premysl), Ida Kirilová (Vlasta), Simona Šaturová (Libyna), :sk:Adriana Kohútková (Svatava), Klaudia Dernerová Mlada;  (mezzo) Hana Minutillo Radka;  Marta Beňačková (Hosta), Adriana Hlasová (Castava) & Vladimir Kubovcik (Vitoraz). Vienna Concert Choir; Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted Sylvain Cambreling. Orfeo 2001 Live

Roles

References

External links

Czech-language operas
Operas by Zdeněk Fibich
1897 operas
Operas
Singapore at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Singapore was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a 101-member strong contingent comprising 63 sportspersons and 38 officials. Singapore won a total of 18 medals, 5 of them gold: its best ever performance at the Commonwealth Games.

Medallists

Athletics

Field events

Women

Badminton

Men

Women

Mixed

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men 
Ho was the first gymnast to qualify for the Commonwealth games and was the only gymnast representing Singapore.

Netball

The Singapore national netball team qualified for the Commonwealth games by winning the 2005 Asian Netball Championships held in Singapore. The win qualified the team as the Asian team of the 5 international netball regions by the International Netball Federation. This is the first time Singapore compete in the Netball event of the Games.

 Summary

 Roster

Pool B

Semi-final

11th Place match

Shooting

Men

Women

Swimming

Men

Women

Table Tennis

Singles

Doubles

Team

References 

2006
Nations at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
Kent (mango)

The 'Kent' mango is a named mango cultivar that originated in south Florida.

History
The original tree, a seedling of the Brooks cultivar started in September 1932, was planted on January 1, 1933 on the property of Leith D. Kent in Coconut Grove, Florida. Kent was reportedly a cross between Brooks and Haden, which a 2005 pedigree analysis supported. The tree first bore fruit in 1938. It was selected, named, and described in 1945. Kent quickly rose in popularity in Florida for its excellent taste and lack of fiber. The tree was susceptible to anthracnose, however, and the fruit's poor shelf life limited its commercial scale in Florida.

Kent is grown on a limited commercial scale outside of the United States, particularly in Latin America. Today it is still widely grown as a nursery stock tree for home growing in Florida, where it remains popular. Kent is a parent of several other Florida mangoes, including Young and possibly Gold Nugget and Jakarta.

Kent trees are planted in the collections of the USDA's germplasm repository in Miami, Florida, the University of Florida's Tropical Research and Education Center in Homestead, Florida, and the Miami–Dade Fruit and Spice Park, also in Homestead. The original tree still stands in Coconut Grove.

In France, Kent is the main imported cultivar, with imports coming mainly from South America and Africa.

Description

The tree is a vigorous grower, with a compact canopy and an upright growth habit. It can get quite tall (in excess of ) if allowed to do so. Kent trees generally produce a large crop.

The fruit typically weighs , is of oval shape, and has a rich, sweet flavor. It will usually turn a greenish-yellow color with some red blush as it matures. The seed is monoembryonic and will have a tendency to sprout in the fruit if left on the tree too long when ripening. The fruit typically matures from July to August in Florida, sometimes into September.

References

External links 
 description of Kent, Dr. Jonathan Crane, University of Florida

Mango cultivars
Agriculture in Florida
Mauritius at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Mauritius was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia by a xx-member contingent comprising xx sportspersons and xx officials.

Medals

Medalists

Silver
 Stéphan Buckland, Athletics, Men's 200 m
 Giovanni Frontin, Boxing, Lightweight (60 kg) Category
 (Louis Richard) Bruno Julie, Boxing, Bantamweight (54 kg) Category

References

Mauritius at the Commonwealth Games
Nations at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
John Dockery

John Dockery (September 6, 1944) is an American sportscaster and former American football defensive back who played for the New York Jets and later the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1968 to 1973. He graduated from Brooklyn Preparatory a Jesuit High School where he lettered in football, basketball, and baseball. He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Jets out of Harvard. He spent the last two years of his playing career with the Steelers.

In 1965, he played collegiate summer baseball for the now defunct Sagamore Clouters of the Cape Cod Baseball League. A first-baseman, Dockery played alongside future major league manager Bob Schaefer under Clouters' manager Lou Lamoriello, who skippered the team to the 1965 league title.

Following his retirement, Dockery went on to co-host Sports Extra on WNYW Channel 5 in New York City with Bill Mazer. He also served as a color analyst for College Football on ABC and NFL on CBS telecasts as well as a sideline reporter for College Football on CBS and Notre Dame Football on NBC.

Dockery served as a sideline reporter for Monday Night Football broadcasts on Westwood One radio from 1999 to 2007. Prior to that, he served as analyst for the network's Sunday Night Football radiocasts, as well as sideline reporter for other games.

Dockery continues to serve the game of football by co-organizing a youth football camp with Joe Namath that is in this 44th year. Additionally after his sports career Dockery founded Cambridge Corporate Services in 1998, a New York–based outsourcing service provider.

See also

Other American Football League players

References

External links
Full roster of all American Football League players 1960 - 1969
Joe Namath / John Dockery Football Camp
Cambridge Corporate Services

1944 births
Living people
American football cornerbacks
College football announcers
Harvard Crimson football players
National Football League announcers
Television anchors from New York City
New York Jets announcers
New York Jets players
Players of American football from Brooklyn
Pittsburgh Steelers players
New York Stars players
Olympic Games broadcasters
Tennis commentators
College basketball announcers in the United States
American Football League players
Bourne Braves players
Tromsøya

or  is an island in Tromsø Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It lies in the Tromsøysundet strait between the mainland and the larger island of Kvaløya. The city of Tromsø is located on the  island, which has 39,882 residents. The island is connected to the Tromsdalen area on the mainland to the east by the Tromsø Bridge and Tromsøysund Tunnel, and to the village of Kvaløysletta on Kvaløya island to the west by the Sandnessund Bridge.

Tromsø Airport is situated on the western side of the island. Prestvannet lake is located in the middle of the island, and the lake and the area around it is now a nature reserve area. The University of Tromsø, Tromsø police station, Tromsø fire station, University Hospital of North Norway, and Tromsø Museum are all located on the eastern part of the island.

References

External links 

 Google Maps satellite picture of Tromsøya

Tromsø
Islands of Troms og Finnmark
Rosemarie Myrdal

Rosemarie Myrdal ( Lohse; May 20, 1929 – October 11, 2023) was an American North Dakota Republican Party politician who served as the second female, and 35th Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota from 1993 to 2001 under Governor of North Dakota Ed Schafer in 1992. She also served in the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1985 to 1992. Myrdal was married to Benedict John Myrdal in 1952 and had five children. He died in 2000.

Rosemarie Myrdal died in Grafton, North Dakota, on October 11, 2023, at the age of 94.

See also
List of female lieutenant governors in the United States

Notes

1929 births
2023 deaths
Lieutenant Governors of North Dakota
2000 United States presidential electors
Republican Party members of the North Dakota House of Representatives
Women state legislators in North Dakota
People from Minot, North Dakota
20th-century American women politicians
20th-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
Area code 603

Area code 603 is the sole area code for the U.S. state of New Hampshire in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP). It was created as one of the original 86 numbering plan areas in October 1947.

In 2011, area code 603 was said to be nearing exhaustion and a second area code for New Hampshire was expected to be activated by 2013 as a statewide overlay plan. As a result of changes in allocation policies and a reclamation of a large block of previously allocated telephone numbers, including number pooling, the exhaustion time frame has been moved to at least 2032.

Ten-digit dialing
Prior to October 2021, area code 603 had telephone numbers assigned for the central office code 988. In 2020, 988 was designated nationwide as a dialing code for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which created a conflict for exchanges that permit seven-digit dialing. This area code was therefore scheduled to transition to ten-digit dialing by October 24, 2021.

Central office prefixes 
Prefixes without date existed long before databases were published by the NANP since 1994. Prefixes located in Derry are also used in adjacent Londonderry. 976 is assigned to Concord, and requires dialling 1-603 first.

References

External links

 List of exchanges from AreaCodeDownload.com, 603 Area Code
 December 2010 newspaper article about then-uncertain future of 603

603
603
Telecommunications-related introductions in 1947
John Brine

John Brine (1703–1765) was an English Particular Baptist minister.

Life
Born in Kettering, Northamptonshire, Brine was called into the ministry by the church at Kettering and after occasional preaching there for some time, he received a call to become pastor at a Particular Baptist church at Coventry. 

In 1730, he received a call to succeed William Morton, as pastor of the Baptist congregation at Curriers' Hall, Cripplegate, in London. His ministry continued there for the next thirty-five years during which time he took a principal lead in all the public activities and dialogue that concerned the Particular Baptist denomination. He died on 21 February 1765 and he was buried in Bunhill Fields cemetery. Although he left orders that no special funeral sermon should be preached for him, his friend, Dr John Gill did take that occasion to preach a sermon to his own congregation from 1 Corinthians 15:10 - By the grace of God I am what I am.

Works

They include:

 The Christian Religion not destitute of Arguments, &c. … in answer to "Christianity not founded on Argument," 1743.
 The Certain Efficacy of the Death of Christ asserted, 1743.
 A Vindication of Natural and Revealed Religion, in answer to Mr. James Foster, 1746. Attacks James Foster.
 A Treatise on various subjects: controversial tracts against Bragge, Johnson, Tindal, Jackson, Eltringham, and others (in 2 vols.), 1750, 1756, 1766. Against Robert Bragge, John Johnson, William Eltringham, and others. A popular work, it was edited by James Upton in 1813, with some of Brine's sermons added, and a life of the author prefixed (from Walter Wilson).
 Discourses at a Monthly Exercise of Prayer, at Wednesday and Lord's Day Evening Lectures, and Miscellaneous Discourses (2 vols.);
 Funeral and Ordination Sermons and Choice Experience of Mrs. Anne Brine, with Dr. Gill's Sermon at her Funeral, 1750. Collected together, his pamphlets fill eight volumes octavo.
 Imputation of Christ's Active Obedience to his People, and the Merit of it Demonstrated, in a Sermon, Preached to the Society, who Support the ... December 27, 1758

A complete catalogue of Brine's separate publications is given by Walter Wilson in his Dissenting Churches.

References

External links
Writings

Attribution

1703 births
1765 deaths
18th-century English Baptist ministers
People from Kettering
Hyper-Calvinism
Burials at Bunhill Fields
Roland Fountain

The Roland Fountain (sometimes referred to as Maximilian Fountain;  or Maximiliánova fontána) is the most famous fountain in Bratislava, Slovakia, as well as one of the city's important landmarks. It is located in the Old Town, in the Main Square.

Its construction was ordered by Maximilian II, the king of Royal Hungary, in 1572 to provide a public water supply. The fountain is topped by a statue of Maximilian portrayed as a knight in full armour sculpted by master A. Lutringer. Its current appearance is probably far from its original look, since it has been modified and rebuilt several times. However its popularity remains unaltered, still being one of the downtown's favorite meeting points. Many legends are centred on this fountain, mostly featuring Maximilian as the town's protector.

See also 
 List of fountains in Bratislava

Buildings and structures in Bratislava
Fountains in Slovakia
Tourist attractions in Bratislava
Dhanmondi Tutorial

Dhanmondi Tutorial (DT) is a private, English-medium school in the Dhanmondi residential area of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was founded in 1972. As of 2016, it teaches approximately 1500 students from kindergarten through A Levels. Classes are divided into a junior and a senior section, each of which has its own campus.

Curriculum 
DT follows the British GCE and IGCSE syllabus and the students are taught for the Ordinary Level (O-level) and Advanced Level (A-level) examinations conducted by Edexcel International.

Extracurricular activities 
DT regularly competes in school handball tournaments. In 2004, they reached the finals of the Maple Leaf Mini Handball Tournament (girls), but lost to Maple Leaf. The same year, DT took third place in the 14th Bata School Handball Tournament (girls), edging BIS, and third place in the Sunnydale Mini Handball Tournament (boys), defeating BAF Shaheen College in sudden death overtime. Two years later, they again finished third in the Sunnydale Mini Handball Tournament (boys), beating Ansar VDP School.

In 2010, the school reached the finals of the Sunnydale Mini Handball Tournament (boys), but lost to Sunnydale School. Later that year, the handball squad travelled to Nepal to play four exhibition matches.

In 2014, the school reached the final of the Polar Ice Cream 22nd School Handball Tournament (boys), but was beaten by St Gregory's High School.

DT also engages in competitive debating, participates in Bangladesh Scouts, and has a Model United Nations club, among other extracurricular activities.

References

Dhanmondi
Schools in Dhaka District
Educational institutions established in 1972
1972 establishments in Bangladesh
Apothecaries Act 1815

The Apothecaries Act 1815 (55 Geo. 3. c. 194) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom with the long title "An Act for better regulating the Practice of Apothecaries throughout England and Wales". The Act introduced compulsory apprenticeship and formal qualifications for apothecaries, in modern terms general practitioners, under the license of the Society of Apothecaries. It was the beginning of regulation of the medical profession in the UK. The Act required instruction in anatomy, botany, chemistry, materia medica and "physic", in addition to six months' practical hospital experience.

Despite the Act, training of medical people in Britain remained disparate. Thomas Bonner, in part quoting M. Jeanne Peterson, notes that "The training of a practitioner in Britain in 1830 could vary all the way from classical university study at Oxford and Cambridge to a series of courses in a provincial hospital to 'broom-and-apron apprenticeship in an apothecary's shop'".

References

External links

United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1815
Legal history of England
Medical regulation in the United Kingdom
History of medicine in the United Kingdom
Repealed United Kingdom Acts of Parliament
Goianira

Goianira is a municipality in central Goiás state, Brazil, located 32 kilometers northwest of the state capital, Goiânia.  The population was 45,296 (2020) with a total area of  200.4 km² (10/10/2002).  Goianira is becoming a major producer of shoes.

Goianira is four kilometers east of highway BR-457 / GO-415, which links Goiânia to Aruanã.  It is in the Meia Ponte River valley.

Neighboring municipalities are:
north:  Caturaí
south:  Goiânia and Trindade
east:  Santo Antônio de Goiás
west:  Avelinópolis

History
Goianira was founded in 1920 by Padre Pelágio Sáuter, with the name São Geraldo. In 1935, São Geraldo became a district. In 1940, it served as a base for the construction of the new capital of the state of Goiás, and the name was changed to Itaim. This name lasted until 1942 when it was changed to  Itaité.  After a popular movement, the name was changed back to São Geraldo. This name lasted until 1943, when it was given its current name, Goianira.  This name was supposedly chosen because of the name of the daughter of a popular school teacher of the town.  Source: Sepin

Political data

Eligible voters: 16,182 (12/2007)
Mayor: Carlos Alberto Andrade Oliveira (January 2005)
Vice-mayor: Dirley Correa de Oliveira
Councilmembers: 09

Economic data
Industrial units: 56 (06/2007)
Retail units: 160 (08/2007)
Banking institutions: Banco Itaú S.A. (08/2007)
Dairies: none (07/06/2005)
Meat packing houses: Frigorífico Centro-Oeste SP Ltda.; - Boa Vista Alimentos Ltda. (22/05/2006)
Industrial Park: Distrito Agroindustrial - DAG (Pólo Calçadista)

Main agricultural activities (2006):
Cattle raising: 24,000 head (2006)
Poultry: 90,600
Agriculture: rice (650 hectares), sugarcane (365 hectares), beans (165 hectares), and corn (900 hectares).  There is modest production of coffee, coconuts, citrus fruits, and tomatoes.

Education (2006) and health (2007)
Literacy rate: 88.1%
Infant mortality rate: 23.50 in 1,000 live births
Schools: 14 (2006)
Classrooms: 124
Teachers: 277
Students: 7,179
Hospitals: 01 (July 2007)
Hospital beds: 34
Walk-in public health clinics: 12

Human Development Index: 0.739
State ranking:  106 out of 242 municipalities in 2000
National ranking:  2,161 out of 5,507 municipalities in 2000

See also
 List of municipalities in Goiás

References

Frigoletto

Municipalities in Goiás
Function and Concept

"Function and Concept" (German: "Funktion und Begriff", "Function and Concept") is a lecture delivered by Gottlob Frege in 1891. The lecture involves a clarification of his earlier distinction between concepts and objects. It was first published as an article in 1962.

Overview
In general, a concept is a function whose value is always a truth value (139). A relation is a two place function whose value is always a truth value (146).

Frege draws an important distinction between concepts on the basis of their level. Frege tells us that a first-level concept is a one-place function that correlates objects with truth-values (147).  First level concepts have the value of true or false depending on whether the object falls under the concept. So, the concept  has the value the True with the argument the object named by 'Jamie' if and only if Jamie falls under the concept  (or is in the extension of F).

Second order concepts correlate concepts and relations with truth values. So, if we take the relation of identity to be the argument , the concept expressed by the sentence:

correlates the relation of identity with the True.

The conceptual range (Begriffsumfang in Frege 1891, p. 16) follows the truth value of the function:

 and  have the same conceptual range.

Translations
 "On Function and Concept" in Michael Beaney, ed., The Frege Reader, Blackwell, 1997, pp. 130–148

References

External links
 "Logical Constants"
 "Chronological Catalog of Frege's Work"
 List of English translations

1891 essays
Philosophy essays
Philosophy of language
Works by Gottlob Frege
Logic literature
Rosemary Banks

Rosemary Banks (born 1951) is a New Zealand diplomat who served as the Ambassador of New Zealand to the United States between 2018 and 2022. She is the first woman to hold the position.

Education 
Banks graduated with an MA in Russian from the University of Canterbury, and received an MSc from the London School of Economics. She was awarded an honorary doctorate of literature by the University of Canterbury in April 2015.

Career 
Banks served as New Zealand deputy high commissioner to the Solomon Islands between 1985 and 1987, and to Australia from 1992 until 1995.

As Deputy Secretary in New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Banks spearheaded the development of a new emergency response system, following the September 11 attacks in 2001, the 2002 Bali bombings, and the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.

She was New Zealand's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from June 2005 to June 2009, and Ambassador to France and Permanent Representative to the OECD from 2010 to 2014. In 2018, Banks succeeded Tim Groser as New Zealand ambassador to the United States.

Banks has also served as a Crown negotiator for the Treaty of Waitangi settlement process.

References

External links

New Zealand Mission to the United Nations

1951 births
Living people
Alumni of the London School of Economics
Ambassadors of New Zealand to France
Ambassadors of New Zealand to the United States
New Zealand women ambassadors
Permanent Representatives of New Zealand to the United Nations
University of Canterbury alumni
Aiken Tennis Club

The Aiken Tennis Club is a private court tennis club located at 146 Newberry Street, SW in Aiken, South Carolina. It includes the Court Tennis Building. The club was incorporated in 1898 with the sponsorship of financier and founder of the prominent Whitney family, William C. Whitney. The building was constructed around 1902 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 27, 1984.

The Aiken Tennis Club is the world's most equatorial court tennis (also known as "real tennis") venue, and one of only two American courts south of the Mason-Dixon line (the other is the International Tennis Club of Washington).

Former world champions who have played on the court include Northrup R. Knox, G.H. "Pete" Bostwick, Jr., Jordan Toole, Jimmy Bostwick, Wayne Davies, Robert Fahey, and Camden Riviere. The most notable competition was the world championship challenger match between Ruaraidh Gunn and Camden Riviere on March 8, 2008.

References

Clubhouses on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Sports clubs and teams established in 1898
National Register of Historic Places in Aiken County, South Carolina
Real tennis venues
Sports venues in Aiken County, South Carolina
Tennis venues in the United States
Sports venues on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina
Buildings and structures in Aiken, South Carolina
1898 establishments in South Carolina
Sports venues completed in 1902
Tennis clubs
George Macdonell (British Army officer)

George Richard John Macdonell (15 August 1780 – 6 May 1870), commonly known as Red George, was an officer in the British Army who played a conspicuous part in the War of 1812.

Biography
He was born at St. John's, Newfoundland, the son of John Macdonell (Leek), commandant of Fort Townshend and his wife Elizabeth Duguid. Returning with his family to England, he was commissioned an ensign in the 55th Foot in 1796, becoming a captain in the 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot in 1805. Three years later, the 8th were posted to Nova Scotia, and subsequently to Quebec.

In addition to his regimental duties, Macdonell undertook several staff duties which made him familiar with many parts of Canada and its inhabitants. Shortly before the war with the United States broke out, the settlers of the Glengarry district, many of them discharged soldiers, petitioned the governor general, Sir George Prevost, to be re-embodied as a unit. Prevost appointed Macdonell as major in the unit, the Glengarry Light Infantry.

He was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 8 February 1813, and appointed to command the garrison at Prescott on the St. Lawrence River. Although Prevost cautioned him on 20 February to remain on the defensive, Macdonell launched an attack two days later using detachments of reinforcements which were passing through Prescott to bolster his militia. The resulting Battle of Ogdensburg largely cleared the Saint Lawrence for use as a British supply line for the rest of the war.

Macdonell was slightly wounded in the attack. He recovered to lead the ad hoc 1st Light Battalion, composed of flank companies from regular infantry units and Select Embodied Militia battalions. In October he was ordered to move to reinforce Lieutenant Colonel Charles de Salaberry's troops south of Montreal. He was effectively second-in-command to de Salaberry at the Battle of Chateauguay.

Later on, Macdonell used his experience as commander on the Prescott section of the Lawrence to recommend the use of the Rideau River as an alternate supply line should the Americans attempt to block the Saint Lawrence. However, he received no financial reward for his work, as the Colonial Office claimed there had been an earlier survey.

Macdonell returned to England in 1816, but saw no further active service. He became increasingly embittered and apparently unbalanced over what he saw as lack of recognition of his services, although he became a Companion of the Order of the Bath in 1817.

References

External links
Red George Public House, Prescott, Ontario

1780 births
1870 deaths
British Army personnel of the War of 1812
Companions of the Order of the Bath
King's Regiment (Liverpool) officers
Newfoundland Colony people
British people of the War of 1812
British military personnel of the War of 1812
Battle of the Châteaugay veterans
Canadian people of the War of 1812