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Mistress of Spices

The Mistress of Spices, (1997), set in contemporary Oakland, California, is a novel by Indian American writer and University of Houston Creative Writing Program professor Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni.

Plot
Tilo, the titular character, is a shopkeeper born in India and trained in magic, who helps customers satisfy their needs and desires with the mystical properties of spices. Her life changes when she falls for an American man named Raven, whom the book strongly implies is Native American. Unfortunately, she chooses to disregard the rules of her training in her pursuit of romance and her decision to seek out customers outside her shop, which results in the spices inflicting punishment on her and those she cares about. To save Raven from being another victim of the spices' powerful magic, she decides to leave him after one last night where they make love. Afterwards, she accepts the punishment for disregarding the rules of her training, which results in the store being destroyed in an earthquake. She survives, and she and Raven reconcile and decide to help rebuild the shop.

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

The film The Mistress of Spices, based on the novel, was released in 2005.  It is directed by Paul Mayeda Berges, with a script by Berges and his wife, British filmmaker Gurinder Chadha.  The film stars Aishwarya Rai and Dylan McDermott.

External links
Official site
Book review on sawnet.org
Book review on penguinbooksindia.com
Chitra Divakaruni at Random House

1997 American novels
Novels set in Oakland, California
Novels by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Doubleday (publisher) books
Indian diaspora in fiction
Novels set in the 1990s
American novels adapted into films
Kabbia

Kabbia is one of four departments in Mandoul, a region of Chad. Its capital is Gounou Gaya.

See also 

 Departments of Chad

References 

Departments of Chad
Mayo-Kebbi Est Region
Mayo Lemie

Mayo Lemie or Mayo-Lémié is one of four departments in Mayo-Kebbi Est, a region of Chad. Its capital is Guélengdeng.

See also 

 Departments of Chad

References 

Departments of Chad
Mayo-Kebbi Est Region
Deputy governor

A deputy governor is a gubernatorial official who is subordinated to a governor, rather like a lieutenant governor.

British colonial cases
In the British Empire, there were such colonial offices in:
 The two divisions of New Jersey (East Jersey and West Jersey) from 1664 to 1702 as many of the colonies' proprietors and governors remained in England and delegated administrative authority to deputies who resided in the colony. 
Delaware, while it was part of the province of Pennsylvania (lower counties; till 22 November 1704), the sole incumbent (only 1691–1693) being William Markham (1635?–1704)
Montserrat since the start in 1632, first under the Governor of Antigua, then 1667–1816 while the island was part of the Leeward Islands colony (governed till 1696 from Nevis, then from Saint John's on Antigua)
 Province of Pennsylvania and Delaware counties, where the position was a deputy to the proprietors, namely William Penn and his heirs, who were often absent.
Saint Kitts and Nevis (January 1671 – 1816) while the Antillian islands (who had their own governor before and after) were part of the above Leeward Islands Colony.
Massachusetts, while known as the Massachusetts Bay Colony, John Humphrey served as deputy governor
Rhode Island had a position of deputy governor, dating back to when it was still a colony, until 1799, when it was renamed lieutenant governor.
 Though these cases are not truly British colonial cases, as these positions were established well after the two states have attained independence, the States of Nigeria and the Counties of Kenya have Deputy Governors elected under a running-mate system alongside the elected, executive Governors.

Governor's deputy
This variation was used once, in British Kaffraria (a separate Crown colony since 1860, first under a lieutenant governor; native inhabitants Xhosa), for its last own gubernatorial official before its final (re)incorporation into the Cape Colony: 24 December 1864 – 17 April 1866 (Robert Graham).

See also 
Governor-in-chief
Governor
Governor-General
Lieutenant governor

References

Sources
WorldStatesmen- see each country

Gubernatorial titles
Vice offices
List of Ottoman poets

This is a list of poets who wrote under the auspices of the Ottoman Empire, or — more broadly — who wrote in the tradition of Ottoman Dîvân poetry.

Male poets
Abdullah Bosnevi (1584-1644)
Bâkî (باقى) (1526–1600)
Fuzûlî (فضولی) (c. 1483 – 1556)
Hayâlî (خيالى) (c. 1500 – 1557)
Nedîm (نديم) (c. 1681 – 1730)
Nef'i (1572–1635)
Nesîmî (نسيمى) (died c. 1417)
Neşâtî (نشاطى) (died 1674)
Rewani (1475-1524)

Female poets
Adile Sultan (1826-1899)
Fitnat Hanım (1725-1780)
Mihri Hatun (مھری خاتون) (died 1506)
Hubbi Hatun (حبی خاتون) (died 1590)
Leyla Saz (1850-1936)
Nigâr Hanım (1856-1918)
Umihana Čuvidina (c.1794 - c.1870)

See also
List of contemporary Turkish poets

Ottoman

Poets from the Ottoman Empire
Confederation of All Indonesian Workers' Union

The Confederation of All Indonesian Workers' Unions (KSPSI) is a national trade union center in Indonesia. It was formed from the All-Indonesia Union of Workers, which was the only legally registered trade union in Indonesia during the Suharto era.

References

Trade unions in Indonesia
Euchloe lucilla

Euchloe lucilla, the lemon white, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, the yellows and whites.  The butterfly is found in India.

See also
Pieridae
List of butterflies of India
List of butterflies of India (Pieridae)

References
 
  
 
 
 

Euchloe
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies described in 1886
Euchloe ausonia dephalis

Euchloe ausonia dephalis, the pearl white, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in India. It is a subspecies of the eastern dappled white (Euchloe ausonia).

See also
Pieridae
List of butterflies of India (Pieridae)

References
 
  
 
 
 

Euchloe
Butterflies of Asia
Butterfly subspecies
Mayo-Boneye

Mayo-Boneye is one of four departments in Mayo-Kebbi Est, a region of Chad. Its capital is Bongor .

See also 

 Departments of Chad

References 

Departments of Chad
Mayo-Kebbi Est Region
Mont Illi

Mont Illi or Mont d'Illi is one of four departments in Mayo-Kebbi Est, a region of Chad. Its capital is Fianga .

See also 

 Departments of Chad

References 

Departments of Chad
Mayo-Kebbi Est Region
Abdullah Tarmugi

Abdullah bin Tarmugi (Jawi: عبدالله بن ترموڬي; born 25 August 1944) is a Singaporean former politician who served as Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore between 2002 and 2011.

Early life
Born to a Javanese father and a Chinese mother, Abdullah's father was a low-salaried surveyor's assistant and his grandfather ran a provision shop.

Abdullah studied at Raffles Institution and obtained a Bachelor of Social Sciences from the University of Singapore, followed by a post-graduate diploma in urban studies from the University of London in 1972 under a Commonwealth Scholarship.

Political career
Abdullah was a Member of Parliament from 1984 to 2011, starting out at Siglap constituency and later Bedok Group Representation Constituency (Bedok GRC) from 1991 to 1996. After Bedok GRC and Eunos GRC was merged to form East Coast GRC in 1997, Abdullah still remained in the Siglap ward but under East Coast GRC.  Abdullah was the Minister for Community Development (subsequently the Minister of Community Development and Sports) and the Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs from 1994 to 2002 and 2000 to 2002 respectively. Abdullah was also the Deputy Speaker of Parliament from 1989 to 1993 before becoming the Speaker of Parliament on 25 March 2002. He declined to contest the Singapore Presidential Elections in 2017.

Abdullah announced his retirement from politics on 24 March 2011, prior to the 2011 general elections. In January 2012, Abdullah was appointed to the Presidential Council for Minority Rights by Singapore President Tony Tan and a permanent member by President Halimah Yacob.

Personal life
Abdullah is married to Shirley, a retired teacher and former principal who was his pre-university schoolmate at Raffles Institution. She is ethnic Chinese and converted to Islam prior to their marriage. The couple have two children.

References

1944 births
Living people
Members of the Parliament of Singapore
National University of Singapore alumni
Alumni of the University of London
People's Action Party politicians
Raffles Institution alumni
Singaporean Muslims
Singaporean people of Chinese descent
Singaporean people of Javanese descent
Singaporean people of Malay descent
Speakers of the Parliament of Singapore
Iriba

Iriba () is a small town in the Wadi Fira Region of the African country of Chad. It is known as part of the Kobé Department as well as having its own prefecture and area court. It is currently being served by the Iriba Airport.

Iriba has a desert climate with two distinct periods; dry and rainy seasons. During the rainy season, considerable amounts of rainfall occur in the area, which disappears rapidly in the seasonal rivers named "Wadi". The winters (from December–February) can be quite cold, and the summertime is extremely hot and dry, with water shortage being a chronic problem in the area.

The ethnicity of the Iriban people is referred to as "Zaghawa". The ethnic group lives on both sides of the border in Chad and Sudan, with the local language being Zaghawa, a Nilo-Saharan language. The formal languages of the area are Arabic and French. Zaghawas have their traditional leadership, under the Sultan of Zaghawa.

A large number of the refugees fled from the Darfur area to the general vicinity of Iriba in the year 2004. The refugees are mainly from the same ethnicity and live in three large refugee camps in the area; namely Iridimi, Touloum, and Amnabak. The three camps accommodate over sixty thousand refugees. The refugee influx required extensive international presence for assistance and protection of the displaced population. UNHCR is the leading international agency in the area while WFP and many other NGOs help with the different aspects of life for the refugees.

References

Wadi Fira Region
Populated places in Chad
Lac Léré Department

Lac Léré () is one of two departments in Mayo-Kebbi Ouest, a region of Chad. Its capital is Léré.

See also 

 Departments of Chad

References 

Departments of Chad
Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Region
Guéréda

Guéréda () is a town in the Wadi Fira Region, Chad. It is located at around . 

Guéréda was the site of fighting between the Chadian army and the Rally of Democratic Forces (RAFD) in early December 2006. On December 1, eleven people were killed and 82 injured in the fighting. Seventeen expatriate humanitarian staff are located in Guéréda near the large refugee camps at Mile and Kounoungo, where 30,000 Sudanese refugees from the Darfur conflict are located.

The town is served by Guéréda Airport.

Wadi Fira Region
Populated places in Chad
Zelda Wii

Zelda Wii may refer to three different video games in The Legend of Zelda series for the Wii console:
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, released in 2006
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, released in 2011
Link's Crossbow Training, a spinoff game in The Legend of Zelda series, released in 2007
Mayo-Dallah

Mayo-Dallah is one of two departments in Mayo-Kebbi Ouest, a region of Chad. Its capital is Pala.

See also 

 Departments of Chad

References 

Departments of Chad
Mayo-Kebbi Ouest Region
Dean Couzins

Dean Warren Couzins (born 9 June 1981) is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2001 against Malaysia. The defender played the latter part of 2005 for Dutch club Breda, returning to join the NZ team for the Oceania Cup in November. Dean joined Dutch club SV Kampong in 2006–2007 helping them to a successful first year in the Dutch first league.

International senior tournaments
 2001 – World Cup Qualifier
 2002 – World Cup
 2002 – Commonwealth Games
 2003 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
 2003 – Champions Challenge
 2004 – Olympic Qualifier
 2004 – Summer Olympics
 2004 – Champions Trophy
 2005 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
 2006 – Commonwealth Games
 2006 – World Cup
 2007 – Champions Challenge
 2008 – Olympic Games
 2012 – Olympic Games

References
 Profile on New Zealand Hockey

External links
 

1981 births
Living people
New Zealand male field hockey players
Male field hockey defenders
Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand
2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
2014 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Field hockey players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Field hockey players from Christchurch
SV Kampong players
Expatriate field hockey players
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Hockey India League players
Delhi Waveriders players
20th-century New Zealand people
21st-century New Zealand people
Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
British Windward Islands

The British Windward Islands was an administrative grouping of British colonies in the Windward Islands of the West Indies, existing from 1833 until 31 December 1959 and consisting of the islands of Grenada, St Lucia, Saint Vincent, the Grenadines, Barbados (the seat of the governor until 1885, when it returned to its former status of a completely separate colony), Tobago (until 1889, when it was joined to Trinidad), and (from 1940) Dominica, previously included in the British Leeward Islands.

Administrative history
The seat of government was Bridgetown on Barbados, from 1871 to 1885, and thereafter St. George's on Grenada. The islands were not a single colony, but a confederation of separate colonies with a common governor-in-chief, while each island retained its own institutions. The Windward Islands had neither legislature, laws, revenue nor tariff in common.  However, there was a common audit system, while the islands united in maintaining certain institutions of general utility.

Judicial history
In 1859 a common court of appeal for the group was established, composed of the chief justices of the respective island colonies.  Under the West Indian Court of Appeal Act 1919 this court was replaced by the West Indian Court of Appeal, responsible for appeals from not only the Windward Islands but also the Federal Colony of the Leeward Islands, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and British Guiana.

In 1939 the Windward and Leeward Islands Supreme Court and the Windward and Leeward Islands Court of Appeal were established, which was replaced in 1967 by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court which provides both functions.

Chief justices of the Windward and Leeward Islands
 1940–1942 James Henry Jarrett
 1943–1950 Sir Clement Malone 
 1950–1957 Sir Donald Jackson
 1958–1963 Sir Cyril George Xavier Henriques
 1963–?1967 Frank E. Field

See also
List of governors of the Windward Islands
History of the British West Indies
Windward Islands
British Leeward Islands
Windward Islands cricket team

References

Sources

External links
Queen and Commonwealth: Other Caribbean realms for the official website of the British monarchy
U.S Library of Congress – Barbados and the Windward Islands colony
WorldStatesmen.org

 
.Windward Islands
Windward Islands
Windward Islands
Former countries in the Caribbean
Former colonies in North America
Former federations
History of British Grenada
History of the Colony of Barbados
History of British Dominica
History of British Saint Lucia
History of British Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
History of Trinidad and Tobago
States and territories established in 1833
States and territories disestablished in 1958
1830s establishments in the Caribbean
1833 establishments in the British Empire
1960 disestablishments in the British Empire
1833 establishments in North America
1960 disestablishments in North America
Gareth Brooks

Gareth Brooks (born 28 February 1979 in Christchurch) is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 2002. The midfielder was a member of the team that finished sixth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

International Senior tournaments
 2003 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
 2003 – Champions Challenge
 2004 – Olympic Qualifier
 2004 – Olympic Games
 2004 – Champions Trophy
 2005 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
 2006 – Commonwealth Games
 2006 – World Cup
 2008 – Olympic Games

References

External links
 

New Zealand male field hockey players
Male field hockey midfielders
Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand
Field hockey players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players from Christchurch
1979 births
Living people
Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand
Jim Morahan

Jim Morahan (26 December 1902 in Lambeth, London – 1976 in Sudbury, Suffolk) was a British art director.  He began his career in film in 1936. He worked in a number of prominent British productions in the 1940s and 1950s, such as Scott of the Antarctic (1948), Whisky Galore! (1949), The Blue Lamp (1950), The Man in the White Suit (1951), The Cruel Sea (1953), The Ladykillers (1955) and Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965).  He earned an Academy Award nomination in 1949 for Saraband for Dead Lovers.

Selected filmography

Art director
 Frieda (1947)
 Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
 Train of Events (1949)
 The Blue Lamp (1950)
 Cage of Gold (1950)
 The Magnet (1950)
 The Man in the White Suit (1951)
 Pool of London (1951)
 The Gentle Gunman (1952)
 His Excellency (1952)
 Mandy (1952)
 The Cruel Sea (1953)
 The Square Ring (1953)
 The Ladykillers (1955)
 Out of the Clouds (1955)
 Who Done It? (1956)
 Dunkirk (1958)
 The Navy Lark (1959)
 A Prize of Arms (1962)
 The Mind Benders (1963)

Assistant art director
 The Bells Go Down (1943)
 My Learned Friend  (1943)
 For Those in Peril (1944)
 They Came to a City (1944)
 The Halfway House (1944)
 Dead of Night (1945)
 The Captive Heart (1946)
 Dance Hall (1950)
 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)

External links

References

British art directors
British film designers
1902 births
1976 deaths
Punanai

Punanai (; ; sometimes spelled Punani) is a small hamlet in Sri Lanka, made famous in 1920 by a man-eating leopard. This is reflected in the book titled "The Man-Eater of Punanai - A Journey of discovery to the jungles of old Ceylon", by Christopher Ondaatje.

References

External links 
 https://web.archive.org/web/20060714024958/http://www.manrecap.com/leopard.html
 Location of Punani - top center of map

Villages in Batticaloa District
Koralaipattu West DS Division
Ben Tune

Ben Tune (born 28 December 1976) is a former Australian rugby union player. He played most of his rugby career on the wing but later switched to outside centre.

Early career
Tune was born in Brisbane and educated at St Paul's School, Bald Hills and played his junior rugby for Brothers/Teachers North. He went on to play for GPS Rugby.  He played for the Queensland Reds in their inaugural Super 12 season in 1996, making his debut against the Highlanders.

Wallabies
Tune made his test debut in 1996, playing Wales.
Tune was an important member of the national side that claimed the 1999 Rugby World Cup in Wales, even scoring a try in the final against France. He returned to the Reds' lineup and retired after the 2007 season. He was named on the right wing in the Wallaby Team of the Decade.
At the end of his career, Tune had scored 24 tries in 47 tests for the Wallabies.

Post playing career
He took a commentating position on Network Ten alongside Rupert McCall and former teammate Ben Darwin. in 2013, Tune went public about his mental health issues and suicide attempt (resulting in his being sectioned for 4 weeks), reporting, "I can honestly say I am now a relatively content man, who can actually get excited about a future I never thought I'd have."

References

External links
Queensland Reds Profile
Wallabies Profile

1976 births
Living people
Australian rugby union players
Australia international rugby union players
Queensland Reds players
Rugby union centres
Rugby union wings
Rugby union players from Brisbane
Australian rugby union commentators
1999 Rugby World Cup players
Appekunny Formation

Appekunny Formation is a thick series of rock strata located in the Lewis Range within Glacier National Park, in the U.S. state of Montana. The formation is primarily mudstone and siltstone deposited in a shallow sea during the Proterozoic. Not far from the eastern entrance to the Going-to-the-Sun Road at St. Mary, Montana, the formation can be easily seen on the slopes of Singleshot Mountain. The Appekunny Formation contains bedding structures which may include the remains of the oldest metazoan (animal) on Earth known by the species name Horodyskia moniliformis.

The Appekunny Formation is named after Apikuni Mountain and averages  thick. The rock strata have been dated at between 1.2–1.4 billion years old.

References

Further reading
 
 

Glacier National Park (U.S.)
Geologic formations of Montana
Lewis Range
Samajwadi Janata Dal (Democratic)

Samajwadi Janata Dal (Democratic) was a political party in India. Devendra Prasad Yadav is the leader of the party. The election symbol of the party is an air conditioner. On 24 March 2022, SJD(D) merged with Rashtriya Janata Dal.

History
Party was founded by Devendra Prasad Yadav in year 2010. Party was a member of Grand Democratic Secular Front formed with All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader Asaduddin Owaisi.

References

Defunct political parties in Bihar
Political parties established in 2010
2010 establishments in Bihar
Political parties disestablished in 2022
Jebamani Janata

Jebamani Janata, is a political party in India. It is registered with the Election Commission of India, but still unrecognized.

References
Election Commission of India

Registered unrecognised political parties in India
Anaithinthiya Thamizhaga Munnetra Kazhagam

Anaithinthiya Thamizhaga Munnetra Kazhagam (All India Federation for the Progress of Tamilians), is a political party in Tamil Nadu, India. It is registered with the Election Commission of India, but still unrecognized.

References

Election Commission of India

Political parties in Tamil Nadu
Political parties with year of establishment missing
Ryan Archibald

Ryan Jeffrey Archibald  (born 1 September 1980) is a field hockey player from New Zealand, who earned his first cap for the national team, nicknamed The Black Sticks, in 1997 against Malaysia. Currently he is a player for Somerville Hockey Club.

In the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours, Archibald was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to hockey.

International senior tournaments
 1998 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
 1998 – Commonwealth Games
 1999 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
 2000 – Olympic Qualifier
 2000 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
 2001 – World Cup Qualifier
 2002 – World Cup
 2002 – Commonwealth Games
 2003 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
 2003 – Champions Challenge
 2004 – Olympic Qualifier
 2004 – Champions Trophy
 2005 – Sultan Azlan Shah Cup
 2006 – Commonwealth Games
 2006 – Hockey World Cup
 2007 – Champions Challenge
 2008 – Olympic Games
 2012 – Olympic Games

References

External links
 
 Profile on New Zealand Hockey

1980 births
Living people
New Zealand male field hockey players
Olympic field hockey players for New Zealand
Field hockey players at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Field hockey players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Field hockey players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Field hockey players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games medallists in field hockey
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
Field hockey players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Field hockey players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
2002 Men's Hockey World Cup players
2006 Men's Hockey World Cup players
2010 Men's Hockey World Cup players
Field hockey players from Auckland
HC Rotterdam players
New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
Expatriate field hockey players
Members of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Ante Radonić

Ante Radonić (born May 2, 1951) is a Croatian astronomer and popularizer of astronomy, who writes for the weekly radio show Andromeda.

Background

Radonić was born in Korčula, Croatia, where he finished primary school and high school. Between 1972 and 2017, he worked in the Technical Museum in Zagreb as a chairman of planetarium with astronautics.  His major activity is popularization of astronomy and astronautics.  He also has regular lectures in the planetarium for school groups and public lectures for citizens.

Career

He has written over 300 articles for popular science magazines, weekly papers, and daily newspapers. But he has mostly written for a magazine of Zagreb stardom called Čovjek i svemir (English "Man and Universe"), a magazine of Croatia's nature society Priroda (English "Nature"), and daily newspapers Vjesnik and Večernji list.

Professor Ante Radonić has given over 500 public lectures about astronomy, astronautics and rocket science. He has given lectures across Croatia in Zagreb, Karlovac, Rijeka, Pula, Zadar, Obrovac, Šibenik, Prvić Luka, Ploče, Korčula, Čakovec, Koprivnica, Kutina, Križevci, Slavonski Brod, Bjelovar, Pitomača, Virovitica and Vinkovci.

Ante Radonić has had over 300 appearances on special shows on radio and over 50 appearances on TV shows.  He is a permanent co-writer of a weekly show about the Universe called Andromeda (since 1996) on the second Croatian Radio station and can be heard every Tuesday at 20:00 - 22:00.

Honors 
Asteroid 176981 Anteradonic, discovered by astronomers with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey in 2002, was named in his honor. The official  was published by IAU's WGSBN on 7 February 2022.

References
 

Croatian astronomers
20th-century astronomers
Croatian science writers
Living people
1951 births
People from Korčula
Rajamangala University of Technology

Rajamangala University of Technology (), (RMUT), is one of the university systems in Thailand. It has nine universities providing undergraduate and graduate level education. It was elevated to university status in 2005. Before that it was known as Rajamangala Institute of Technology ().

In September 2016, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha invoked Section 44 of the interim charter allowing him to form a special panel to take over administration of Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-ok as it was judged to be incapable of administering itself.

Branches
The following is the list of state-run universities in Rajamangala University of Technology system. Most of them have several campuses.
 Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi
 RMUT (Khlong 6)
 RMUT  Thanyaburi Pathumthani Campus
 Rajamangala University of Technology Suvarnabhumi
 RMUT Suvarnabhumi Nonthaburi Campus
 RMUT  Suvarnabhumi Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Hantra Campus
 RMUT  Suvarnabhumi Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Wasukri Campus
 RMUT  Suvarnabhumi Suphanburi Campus
  Rajamangala University of Technology Krung Thep
 RMUT  Krung Thep Bangkok Technical Campus
 RMUT  Krung Thep Bophit Phimuk Mahamek Campus
 RMUT  Krung Thep Phra Nakhon Tai Campus
  Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin
 RMUT  Rattanakosin Salaya Campus
 RMUT  Rattanakosin Bophit Phimuk Chakkrawat Campus
 RMUT  Rattanakosin Pohchang Campus
 RMUT  Rattanakosin Wangklaikangwon Campus (near Hua Hin District)
  Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon
 RMUT  Phra Nakhon Thewet Campus
 RMUT  Phra Nakhon Chotiwet Campus
 RMUT  Phra Nakhon Bangkok Commerce Campus
 RMUT  Phra Nakhon Chumphonkhet Udomsak Campus
 RMUT  Phra Nakhon North Bangkok Campus
  Rajamangala University of Technology Tawan-ok
 RMUT  Tawan-ok Chakrabongse Bhuvanarth Campus
 RMUT  Tawan-ok Uthenthawai Campus
 RMUT  Tawan-ok Bangphra Campus
 RMUT  Tawan-ok Faculty of Agriculture at Bangphra
 RMUT  Tawan-ok Chanthaburi Campus
  Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna
 RMUT  Lanna Northern Campus
 RMUT  Lanna Chiang Rai Campus
 RMUT  Lanna Tak Campus
 RMUT  Lanna Phitsanulok Campus
 RMUT  Lanna Nan Campus
 RMUT  Lanna Lampang Campus
 RMUT  Lanna Lampang Agricultural Research and Training Center
  Rajamangala University of Technology Isan
 RMUT  Isan Nakhon Ratchasima Campus
 RMUT  Isan Khon Kaen Campus
 RMUT  Isan Kalasin Campus (since 2016 combined to Kalasin University)
 RMUT  Isan Surin Campus
 RMUT  Isan Sakon Nakhon Campus
 RMUT  Isan Roi Et establishing campus
 RMUT  Isan Sakon Nakhon Agricultural Research and Training Center
  Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya
 RMUT  Srivijaya Songkhla Campus
 RMUT  Srivijaya Nakhon Si Thammarat Campus
 RMUT  Srivijaya Faculty of Agriculture Nakhon Si Thammarat
 RMUT  Srivijaya Trang Campus

References

Universities in Thailand
Education in Bangkok
Egge (Lower Saxon Hills)

The Egge Hills (, ), or just the Egge (die Egge) is a range of forested hills, up to , in the east of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Geography

The Egge extends from the southern tip of the Teutoburg Forest range near Horn-Bad Meinberg and Steinheim, Westphalia southwards to the northern parts of the Sauerland near Marsberg. Its highest point is the Preußischer Velmerstot at an altitude of 468m. It is part of the Lower Saxon Hills and one of the two main lines of hills within the Teutoburg Forest / Egge Hills Nature Park.

It also constitutes part of the watershed between the rivers Rhine and Weser.

References

External links

Hill ranges of Germany
Mountains and hills of North Rhine-Westphalia
Natural regions of the Upper Weser Uplands
Lytle Creek (California)

Lytle Creek, California, is an approximately  stream in southwestern San Bernardino County near the city of San Bernardino. It is a tributary of Warm Creek, a tributary of the Santa Ana River.  The Mormon settlers of San Bernardino named the stream "Lytle Creek" after their leader, Captain Andrew Lytle. The Tongva village of Wa’aachnga was located along Lytle Creek.

Lytle Creek Watershed 

Lytle Creek flows through the eastern San Gabriel Mountains and has three forks, the North, Middle and South forks.  The source of the creek is at the confluence of the North Fork and Middle Fork Lytle Creek, just west of the town of Lytle Creek, California .  South Fork Lytle Creek joins Lytle Creek soon afterward on the right .  As the creek 
emerges from the mountains, about where Glen Helen Parkway crosses the creek , the Lytle Creek Wash begins .  At the lower end of the wash , there is the old Lower Lytle Creek channel, that has been artificially canalized which splits off to the east, while an additional artificial diversion channel, the smaller Lytle Creek Channel , continues southeastward to rejoin the waters of Lytle Creek in the reach of Warm Creek 
near its mouth at Knoll Park .  The lower creek has its conjunction with the artificial channel of Warm Creek, 1 mile before Warm Creek joins the Santa Ana River.  Below this conjunction, the Lytle Creek Channel merges with the Warm Creek channel at Knoll Park just before it joins the river .

Several moderate-to-large-sized cities (Fontana, Rialto, Colton, and San Bernardino-the largest) are built on the ancient alluvial fan sediments left behind by Lytle Creek.

Lytle Creek
 -- mouth of Lytle Creek Wash, head of artificial channels, confluence with the Santa Ana River
Cajon Wash
Cable Creek
Lone Pine Creek
Crowder Creek
 -- head of Lytle Creek Wash, mouth of the upper reach of Lytle Creek
Grapevine Canyon Creek
Meyer Canyon Creek
 -- Miller Narrows
South Fork Lytle Creek
Bonita Creek
Middle Fork Lytle Creek
North Fork Lytle Creek
Coldwater Canyon Creek
Paiute Canyon
Dog Bone Canyon

Hydroelectric Power
Southern California Edison has a 600-kW hydroelectric plant on the stream at Miller Narrows at an elevation of 2795 feet.  It is a run-of-the-river plant.  A diversion dam sends the water through a turbine, which is returned to the streambed further downstream.

References

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Rivers of San Bernardino County, California
San Gabriel Mountains
Tributaries of the Santa Ana River
Rivers of Southern California
Mike Beatty

Mike Beatty is a United States politician from Jefferson, Georgia. He is a former member of the Georgia House of Representatives.

Political career
Beatty is a native of Jefferson, and a graduate of the University of Georgia. He was elected as the first Republican since Reconstruction from Jackson County, Georgia to the Georgia House of Representatives in 1990. While in office he strongly opposed the creation of a state lottery. After legislative redistricting placed Beatty in a district with another incumbent Republican legislator, he decided not to seek re-election in 1992 opting to focus on the small businesses he and his wife owned including a poultry and cattle farm. In the 2000 election cycle, Beatty was drafted by the Senate Republican Caucus to oppose  the incumbent Democrat State Senator. He was elected  State Senator and proved instrumental in the successful battle to ban video poker in Georgia.

In 2002, he opted not to seek re-election to the Senate and declared his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia. He finished first  in a three-way Republican primary but failed to gain a majority of the votes, forcing a primary run-off in which he was narrowly defeated.

Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs
He was then appointed Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs (DCA)  in 2003 by Governor Sonny Perdue, a post which he held until being replaced by Gretchen Corbin on August 1, 2013.

As DCA Commissioner, Beatty led the launch of several new community-building programs, including: "Team Georgia" which is designed to encourage collaboration between DCA’s divisions; The "Signature Community" which works with communities and helps them implement key portions of their plans; "Opportunity Zones" to encourage the creation of jobs and businesses in communities transitioning from blight to economic growth; Establishing "Winning Water Festivals" to teach Georgia’s young people about the importance of water to the community’s growth and prosperity; and  Dream City partnerships in six Georgia cities to encourage homeownership opportunities in the state.

Personal life
Beatty has been a high school teacher and football coach. His wife is Judy Garrett and they have one daughter, Amanda, and three grandchildren named Lane, Logan, and Lincoln.

Notes

External links
University of Georgia

Republican Party members of the Georgia House of Representatives
People from Jefferson, Georgia
University of Georgia alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Frances Baard District Municipality

The Frances Baard District Municipality (; ), previously the Diamantveld District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Kimberley. As of 2011, the majority of its 324,814 residents speak Setswana. The district code is DC9.

Previously known as the Diamantveld District Municipality, it was renamed in honour of Frances Baard in June 2001. On 9 August 2009, a statue of Frances Baard was unveiled by Northern Cape Premier Hazel Jenkins.

Geography

Neighbours
Frances Baard is surrounded by:
 Dr Ruth Segomotsi Mompati (DC39) in the north
 John Taolo Gaetsewe (DC45) in the north west
 Lejweleputswa (DC18) in the east
 Pixley ka Seme (DC7) in the south
 Xhariep (DC16) in the south-west
 ZF Mgcawu (DC8) in the west

Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:

Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Gender

Ethnic group

Age

Politics

Election results
Election results for Frances Baard in the South African general election, 2004. 
 Population 18 and over: 206 209 [63.49% of total population]
 Total votes: 129 954 [40.01% of total population]
 Voting % estimate: 63.02% votes as a % of population 18 and over

References

External links
 Frances Baard District Municipality District

District municipalities of the Northern Cape
Matt Parkinson (comedian)

Matthew Parkinson is an Australian comedian, actor, radio presenter and quiz show personality.

Life and career
Parkinson was born in Perth, Western Australia. He began acting at school and studied theatre arts at the Western Australian Institute of Technology. His professional career began in Perth at the Hole in the Wall Theatre where he appeared in Hamlet, The Cherry Orchard, A Midsummer Night's Dream and the title role in Ben Johnson's The Alchemist.

Parkinson was formerly a member of the comedy duo the Empty Pockets, along with Matthew Quartermaine, who featured regularly on the television comedy shows The Big Gig and Full Frontal.

Parkinson was also a champion winner of television game show Sale of the Century in the 1990s.

Parkinson was one of the hosts of the Triple M breakfast program The Cage in Melbourne. After the axing of The Cage in the Sydney market at the end of 2006, he moved to Melbourne to continue to co-host the show. He was a regular member of the "Brains Trust" on the ABC quiz show The Einstein Factor, hosted by fellow Cage member Peter Berner. He was also a judge on Comedy Slapdown hosted by H.G. Nelson which appeared on The Comedy Channel in 2008. In 2010 he was a writer on the comedy murder-mystery game show Sleuth 101 on the ABC.

In 2011, Parkinson had a cardiac arrest while playing indoor cricket in Melbourne.

In 2015, he was announced as one of the "chasers" on the Australian version of the UK quiz show The Chase on the Seven Network where he is nicknamed "Goliath". He also appears in the celebrity edition of the show.

Parkinson is married to television producer Maryanne Carroll.

References

External links
 
 Profile at The Einstein Factor

Australian male comedians
Contestants on Australian game shows
Male actors from Perth, Western Australia
Triple M presenters
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Curtin University alumni
Steve Drake

Steve Drake (born April 20, 1954) is a pornographic actor and director. He has performed in over 800 films since the 1980s, and was inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame in 1999.

Personal life
In his autobiography, Jerry Butler referred to Drake as "the Tom Selleck of smut", stating that he had a "solid foundation, a skyscraper with a mustache". Jenna Jameson mentioned Drake along with other colleagues when stating that it was "hard not to have intimate feelings about some of the actors I work with... How can you do all this stuff with these guys and then feel nothing for them?"

1987 incident
Drake testified in April, 1987 in San Fernando Municipal Court in a publicized case of two men, Charles Brickman and Thomas Ingalls, charged with felony pandering in the production of sex videotape shot in June, 1986. Drake had at the time, along with Stacey Donovan and Tracey Adams been hired by Cinderella Distributors, run by Brickman and Ingalls. Drake testified, saying that having sex "was just part of the description of my character. I did what I did according to the script. . . . I was there as an actor, and part of my job meant having sex". Drake was reportedly paid $300 for his participation in the event. The felony pandering charges were later dropped against Brickman when he (pleading no contest), agreed to testify against Ingalls. He had risked facing a sentence ranging between 3–13 years in prison.

References

External links
 
 
 
 

1954 births
Living people
American male pornographic film actors
American pornographic film directors
Pixley ka Seme District Municipality

The Pixley ka Seme District Municipality (; ) is one of the five districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Pixley ka Seme is De Aar. As of 2011, a majority (77%) of its 186,351 residents speak Afrikaans as a first language. The district code is DC7. It is named after Pixley ka Isaka Seme, one of the founders of the African National Congress.

Geography

Neighbours
Pixley ka Seme is surrounded by other districts as follows:

Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:

Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2011 census.

Gender

Ethnic group

Age

Politics

Election results
Election results for Pixley ka Seme in the South African general election, 2004.
 Population 18 and over: 99 868 [60.67% of total population]
 Total votes: 66 585 [40.45% of total population]
 Voting % estimate: 66.67% votes as a % of population 18 and over

See also
Karoo a general geographical area in South Africa

References

External links
 

District municipalities of the Northern Cape
Pixley ka Seme District Municipality
Karoo
Ready to Strike

Ready to Strike is the debut studio album by American heavy metal band King Kobra, released in 1985 by Capitol Records.

The single "Hunger" was written by members of the Canadian metal band Kick Axe and was released by them in 1986 in The Transformers: The Movie soundtrack album, under the alias Spectre General.

Track listing
 "Ready to Strike" (King Kobra, H. Banger, Spencer Proffer) - 5:20
 "Hunger" (Proffer, Larry Gillstrom, Brian Gillstrom, Victor Langen, George Criston, Raymond Harvey) - 3:26
 "Shadow Rider" (King Kobra, H. Banger, Proffer) - 4:04
 "Shake Up" (King Kobra, H. Banger, Proffer) - 3:29
 "Attention" (King Kobra, H. Banger, Proffer) - 3:43
 "Breakin' Out" (King Kobra) - 3:59
 "Tough Guys" (King Kobra, H. Banger, Proffer) - 4:21
 "Dancing with Desire" (King Kobra, H. Banger, Proffer) - 5:36
 "Second Thoughts" (King Kobra, Proffer) - 3:47
 "Piece of the Rock" (Proffer, L.Gillstrom, B.Gillstrom, Langen, Criston, Harvey) - 3:33

Personnel
Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.

Band members
 Mark Free – lead and backing vocals
 David Michael-Philips – lead and rhythm guitars, guitar synthesizer, backing vocals
 Mick Sweda – lead and rhythm guitars, guitar synthesizer, backing vocals
 Johnny Rod – bass, backing vocals
 Carmine Appice – drums, electric and acoustic percussion, backing vocals, associate producer

Production
 Spencer Proffer – producer (for Pasha), additional engineer, arrangements
 King Kobra – arrangements, cover concept
 Duane Baron – engineer
 Alex Woltman – assistant engineer
 Hanspeter Huber – additional engineer
 George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound, New York
 Vigon Seireeni – art direction, design
 Ray Tusken – A&R coordination for Capitol
 Carol Peters – coordination for Pasha
 Cathy Goodman – coordination for Miller Management
 Allan Miller – management for Miller Management

References

1985 debut albums
King Kobra albums
Capitol Records albums
Namakwa District Municipality

The Namakwa District Municipality () is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of Namakwa is Springbok and the region is also known as Little Namaqualand. As of 2011, a majority of its 108,118 residents speak Afrikaans. The district code is DC6.

Geography

Neighbours

Namakwa is surrounded by:
 the republic of Namibia in the north
 ZF Mgcawu (DC8) in the north-east
 Pixley ka Seme (DC7) in the east
 Central Karoo (DC5) in the south-east
 Cape Winelands (DC2) – in the south (formerly the Boland District Municipality)
 West Coast (DC1) in the south-west
 the Atlantic Ocean in the west

Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:

Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Gender

Ethnic group

Age

Politics

Election results
Election results for Namakwa in the South African general election, 2004. 
 Population 18 and over: 70 397 [65.11% of total population]
 Total votes: 44 220 [40.90% of total population]
 Voting % estimate: 62.82% votes as a % of population 18 and over

References

External links 
 Official Website for Namakwa District Municipality

District municipalities of the Northern Cape
Namakwa District Municipality
Namaqualand
Cape sugarbird

The Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) is one of the eight bird species endemic to the Fynbos biome of the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa.

Description
The Cape sugarbird is a grey-brown bird that is easily recognisable by a spot of yellow under its tail and the very long tail feathers present in males. The male is 34–44 cm long, and the shorter-tailed, shorter-billed, and paler breasted female 25–29 cm long. Another characteristic of the Cape sugarbird is the sound it makes when it flies. The main flight feathers are arranged in such a way that when the bird beats its wings, a frrt-frrt sound is made with the intention of attracting females.

Distribution and status
The Cape sugarbird is distributed throughout most of the fire driven ecosystem of the Fynbos in South Africa, the dominant vegetation type of the Cape Floral Region where there are flowering proteas and ericas. It is most common in areas that have not burnt recently, and almost absent from recently burnt areas. It is also found in gardens in summer when most proteas are not in flower, but urban birds are associated with greater stress measures. With a large population and extensive range, the Cape sugarbird is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Behaviour

Food and feeding
The Cape sugarbird is a specialist nectar feeder when it comes to feeding off Proteaceae. Its long, sharp beak is used to reach the nectar of a variety of species of protea with its long brush-tipped tongue. The staple diet of this sugarbird is nectar; however, it will also eat spiders and insects. The characteristic strong winds in the Cape may make feeding off protea heads difficult, but the Cape sugarbird has adapted to this with the development of sharp claws. If they become hungry they could resort to eating their own kind.

Breeding
The breeding season for the Cape sugarbird is winter when food supplies are ample. Breeding males set up territories in mature stands of Protea bushes, where they perform vocal displays.

Gallery

References

External links
 
 Cape sugarbird - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
 Cape sugarbird in Bloemfontein, SA

Promerops
Endemic birds of South Africa
Birds described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
ZF Mgcawu District Municipality

The ZF Mgcawu District Municipality (; ), known before 1 July 2013 as the Siyanda District Municipality, is one of the 5 districts of the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of the municipality is Upington. As of 2011, the majority (76%) of its 236,783 residents speak Afrikaans. The district code is DC8.

The ZF Mgcawu District Municipality is named after Upington's first post-1994 democratically elected mayor, Zwelentlanga Fatman Mgcawu. The previous name Siyanda means "we are growing".

Geography

Neighbours
ZF Mgcawu is surrounded by:
 the Republic of Botswana in the north
 John Taolo Gaetsewe (DC45), formerly Kgalagadi, in the north-east
 Frances Baard (DC9) in the east
 Pixley ka Seme (DC7) in the south-east
 Namakwa (DC6) in the south-west
 the Republic of Namibia in the west

Local municipalities
The district contains the following local municipalities:

Demographics
The following statistics are from the 2001 census.

Gender

Ethnic group

Age

Politics

Election results
Election results for Siyanda in the South African general election, 2004. 
 Population 18 and over: 131 760 [62.78% of total population]
 Total votes: 75 264 [35.86% of total population]
 Voting % estimate: 57.12% votes as a % of population 18 and over

References

External links
 Official website

District municipalities of the Northern Cape
ZF Mgcawu District Municipality