* Patrick O ' Brian's fictional British sea captain Jack Aubrey is described as owning a " fiddle far above his station, an Amati no less ," in The Surgeon's Mate.

Mate cocido is the same leaf, which rather than brewed is boiled and served, as coffee or tea, with milk or sugar to taste.

* A Great Auk is collected by fictional naturalist Stephen Maturin in the Patrick O ' Brian historical novel The Surgeon's Mate.

* The Department of Defense releases a casualty update: Aerographer's Mate First Class Edward Thomas Earhart, 26, Salt Lick, Ky., is confirmed dead.

* Mate ( or yerba mate ) is a shrub grown mainly Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil from which a caffeinated, tea-like brew is prepared.

He is a simulated major general in the Rainbow Six book, though he only reached the rank of Chief Boatswain's Mate ( Chief Petty Officer ) during his Naval career.

An early queen attack is rare in high level chess, as experienced opponents will avoid immediate mating threats such as Scholar's Mate.

Although coca leaf chewing is common only among the indigenous populations, the consumption of coca tea ( Mate de coca ) is common among all sectors of society in the Andean countries, especially due to their high elevations from sea level, and is widely held to be beneficial to health, mood, and energy.

" Mate Care-For " is one of the principal Loa revered by the pirates in Tim Powers's 1987 novel On Stranger Tides.

Matewan is a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, USA at the confluence of the Tug Fork River and Mate Creek.

Mate plant, or Yerba mate (; also spelled in English as maté, from the,, ), binomial name Ilex paraguariensis, is a species of holly ( family Aquifoliaceae ), well known as the source of the mate beverage.

Mate consumption is associated with oral cancer esophagus cancer, cancer of the larynx, and squamous cell of the head and neck.

There is a Parque Historico do Mate, funded by the State of Parana, Brazil, to educate people on the sustainable harvesting methods needed to maintain the integrity and vitality of the oldest wild forests of mate in the world.

Mate is from the Quechua mati, meaning " gourd " or the cup made from a gourd.

The word Mate is used in both, Portuguese and Spanish languages.

This is true in Poland, for example, where Taragüí Yerba Mate has become as well known as in Argentina.

With some variation, the Chief Mate is most often charged with the duties of Cargo Mate.

* In Patrick O ' Brien's The Surgeon's Mate, Kimber, a character who swindles Jack Aubrey with a vast mining and canal digging scheme, is referred to as a thaumaturge.

Even though Jerry shows Elaine's " Christmas Card " in " The Pick ", he reveals his feelings in " The Soul Mate " until " The Reverse Peephole " in which Elaine tries to get the fur coat but he is already in love with Svetlana.

Milligan had a small role as a postman named " Mate ", which was also the name of a Goon Show character.

The multiple Gold Cup winner Best Mate also hails from Ireland, while the great Red Rum was bred there, before moving across the Irish Sea to be trained.

Mate also contains elements such as potassium, magnesium and manganese.

Mate was first consumed by the indigenous Guaraní and also spread in the Tupí people that lived in southern Brazil and Paraguay, and became widespread with the European colonization.

They played a lot then at the Chess Mate Coffeehouse owned by Morrie Widenbaum, a mostly folk venue that also hosted bands like Southbound Freeway, Siegel-Schwall Blues Band and Blues Magoos.

Fool's Mate, also known as the " Two-Move Checkmate ", is the quickest possible checkmate in chess.

The lead character in the thrillers, Brevet Cable, is a Merchant Navy Mate, the present day character solving the old mysteries is again a Merchant seamen, with a personal connection to the past mystery, and the heroes of the Trapp series are Trapp himself, a Merchant Seaman and Royal Navy Reserve Officer, and the more morally bound narrator, also a Merchant Navy and Royal Navy Reserve Officer.

Other acquisitions included Baker Extract Co. in 1962, Cake Mate cake decorating in 1967, Childers Foods ( later part of Golden West Foods ) in 1968, and Tubed Products, an Easthampton, Massachusetts contract food packer and producer of plastic tubes, also in 1968.

He also appears as Admiral of the Gibraltar Squadron in " Master and Commander " and also as Admiral of the Baltic Fleet in " The Surgeon's Mate ", books from Patrick O ' Brian's Aubrey – Maturin series.

The Mate Kole committee also found that District Administrative Officer of Yendi had interfered with the selection process by preventing Gbon Lana Mahamadu from entering Katin duu.

There is also an acoustic cover in the language of Catalan ( named " Mate Kudasai ") recorded live by singer Gerard Quintana which can be found in his 2005 album " Per un tros de cel ".

His son, also Frederick Parslow, was the Mate, and took command on the demise of his father.

It is also the official badge of the Quartermaster, Chief Boatswain's Mate, and Boatswain's Mate in the Sea Scouts and the Sea Cadets.

He is also credited with bringing about the improved performance of the All Blacks ' traditional " Ka Mate " haka.

* Pop singer and actress Miley Cyrus has a white shepherd named Mate ( note that she also appeared in Bolt as the owner of the title character ).

; June 11: General Paul Lukacs, also known as Zalka Mate, born Bela Fankl, dies during an inspection of the Republican lines at Huesca.

; Mate: The player who discusses strategy with the skip behind the house and holds the broom while the skip throws his rocks ; usually plays third ; also known as vice-skip or vice

He also appeared in two British sex comedies Adventures of a Taxi Driver ( 1975 ) and Adventures of a Plumber's Mate ( 1978 ), both directed by Stanley Long.

A Chief Mate ( C / M ) or Chief Officer, usually also synonymous with the First Mate or First Officer ( except on passenger liners, which often carry both ), is a licensed member and head of the deck department of a merchant ship.

The Légal Trap or Blackburne Trap ( also known as Legal Pseudo-Sacrifice and Legal Mate ) is a chess opening trap, characterized by a queen sacrifice followed by checkmate with minor pieces if Black accepts the sacrifice.

The most well-known haka is " Ka Mate ", attributed to Te Rauparaha, war leader of the Ngāti Toa tribe.

The most common haka, or challenge, performed by the All Blacks and many other New Zealand sports teams before international matches is " Ka Mate "-composed by Te Rauparaha to celebrate his escape from death in a battle in the early 19th century.

By the end of their First-class ' cruise ,' the last they are required to complete, the cadets are expected to perform competently most of the routine duties of a Third Mate or Third Assistant Engineer on watch.

The next three runnings were all won by Best Mate, who is the most recent of the four horses to have won the race three or more times.

She is the captain and pilot of a Zion hovercraft, the Logos, the smallest ( and therefore most maneuverable ) ship in the human fleet with a crew of only three: herself, weapons expert and First Mate Ghost, and Operator Sparks.

This novel became one of the most popular in New Zealand history, and Crump ’ s success continued with the more fictional Hang on a Minute Mate ( 1961 ), One of Us ( 1962 ), There and Back ( 1963 ), Gulf ( 1964 ), A Good Keen Girl ( 1970 ), Bastards I Have Met ( 1971 ), and others, which capitalized on the appeal of his good-natured itinerant self-sufficient characters and idiomatic “ blokey ” writing style.

He originated the role of Harry Holt in the 1932 film Tarzan the Ape Man and reprised the role in the 1934 pre-Code sequel, Tarzan and His Mate at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, one of the most daring of the Tarzan films.

The most notable artists and performers that release their recordings under Croatia Records label include: Dražen Zečić, Arsen Dedić, Mišo Kovač, Josipa Lisac, Goran Bare, Teška industrija, Thompson, Maksim Mrvica, Prljavo kazalište, Crvena jabuka, Boris Novković, Novi fosili, Opća opasnost, Rade Šerbedžija, Vanna, Jacques Houdek, Parni valjak, Psihomodo pop, Mladen Grdović, Hari Rončević, Adastra, Klapa Sveti Florijan, Giuliano, Markiz, Dječaci, Mate Bulić, Valungari, Feminnem, Žanamari, Cinkuši, Disciplin a Kitschme, Klapa Iskon, Bosutski bećari, Corto etc.

Until recently most releases on Mate Recordings were by Roger ®, but the label's 2004 " England vs. Finland " compilation album Music is Better Volume One ( Manchester vs Helsinki ) features also such British and Finnish artists as Alcohell, A Maze, A. N. I. M. A. L., Boys of Scandinavia, Kompleksi, Nu Science and The Science Block.