Sellapan Ramanathan (Tamil: செல்லப்பன் ராமநாதன், Cellappaṉ Rāmanātaṉ ?; born 3 July 1924) is a Singaporean politician who was the sixth President of the Republic of Singapore. Usually referred to as S. R. Nathan, he was first sworn in on 1 September 1999. In 1999 and 2005, he was elected President in uncontested elections. In 2009, he surpassed Benjamin Sheares to become Singapore's longest-serving President. His term ended on 31 August 2011.
Nathan is a Singaporean of Tamil descent; his childhood was spent with his two older brothers and grandparents, V. Sellapan and Apiram, in Muar, Johor, in a house overlooking the sea. His father had been posted to the Malayan town as a lawyer's clerk for a firm that serviced rubber plantations, but the Great Depression and rubber slump of the 1930s sent the family's fortunes crashing. Nathan's father accrued debts, and eventually killed himself when Nathan was eight.
The young Nathan returned to his birthplace, Singapore, to live. He received his primary education in Anglo-Chinese Primary School and Rangoon Road Afternoon School, and his secondary education at Victoria School. He started working before completing his studies. During the Japanese Occupation of Singapore, Nathan worked for the Japanese Kempeitai as a translator. After the war, whilst working, he completed his secondary education through self-study, and entered the University of Malaya (then in Singapore) where he graduated in 1954 with a Diploma in Social Studies (Distinction).[citation needed]
Floyd Mayweather, Sr. (born October 19, 1950) is an American boxing trainer and a welterweight contender during the 1970s and 1980s. Floyd Sr. is known for his defensive ability and overall knowledge of boxing strategy. He is the father and former trainer of five-division boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr.. He is credited for teaching his son the defensive skills that made him a winner.
Floyd Mayweather is the senior member of the Mayweather clan. Younger brother Roger was WBC super featherweight and super lightweight champion and was known for his offensive skills. The youngest brother, Jeff, held the IBO super featherweight title. Floyd Mayweather Sr. is known for his outspokenness. He frequently recites poetry about his opponent and still does today for his fighter's opponent. Some refer to him as the "poet laureate of boxing." He is a flamboyant dresser who wears colorful suits, ties and shoes to news conferences.
Mayweather Sr.'s boxing record was 28–6–1 (18 KOs), and he won the U.S. Championship Tournament in 1977 against Miguel Barreto. He once stepped into the ring with Hall of Fame Boxer Sugar Ray Leonard. Mayweather Sr. suffers from the lung disease sarcoidosis. Floyd Mayweather Sr. taught Mayweather Jr. to punch when he was still a toddler in The Place, Michigan. When Mayweather Jr. was a year old, his maternal uncle shot Floyd Sr. in the leg. Prior to his breakup with his son Floyd Mayweather Jr., he served as his manager.
Edgar Vivar (born December 28, 1948) is a Mexican actor. He is best remembered as "Señor Barriga" and his son "Ñoño" from El Chavo del Ocho, and as "El Botija" from El Chapulín Colorado and Chespirito. His other notable role is in a Mexican soap opera, Amarte Así as Don Pedro, a lonely man who work as a cashier in the restaurant of his stepson El Frijol.
Edgar started his acting career in 1964 as a theater actor. He toured the United States with some of his plays. This gave him vast experience in the acting field. In 1970, Chespirito needed a robust person to play "Señor Barriga" ("Mr. Belly" in Spanish) as well as Ñoño in his upcoming Televisa production of El Chavo del 8, and Vivar was hired for the job.
Both shows became major international hits, allowing Vivar to become known beyond Mexico and to tour all over Latin America, Spain and, once again, the United States. He also made an attempt at becoming a telenovela actor, participating in his co-star Florinda Meza's production, Alguna vez Tendremos Alas (Someday, we will have wings).
R¨¹diger stands in the rain and the snow
Collector of autographs
Names upon photographs
Faces of people who everyone knows
R¨¹diger lives in a place on his own
Briefcase and spectacles
Strange and respectable
He knows the meaning of being alone
R¨¹diger works as a clerk in the town
Music or politics
R¨¹diger gets his kicks
He gets information then he comes around
R¨¹diger waits at the hall in Berlin
He waits there all night
Security's tight
They know who he is but they don't let him in
R¨¹diger waits in the dark by the stair
His fingers are shaking
His feet they are aching
But your name's in the paper so R¨¹diger's there
Hide all the children
The wise and the vision
Morning division
They won't be forgiven
Run out the sorrow
There's always tomorrow
We'll never leave them
Not 'till the hollow
Stepping over all the people's bodies left behind
We'll escape this together if we
Lay like the victims
To mask all the reasons
Don't make a sound sister
Tis not the season
Shut out all the horror scenes
We'll make our break tonight
We'll escape this together if we're
Here when the fire dies
We'll make the way and show them all
Fear is the mindkiller
We can't afford so we don't fall
Don't think of these awful places good has left mankind
No mistakes and we both will stay alive
Tell the story
Horrid and gory
No-one will listen
Until the bell rings
Ask why all the strange behavior
We can only cry
It's a message we tried to convey
So here when the fire dies
We'll make our break and show them all
We came from these horrid places
Tell you what we found
We'll escape this together if we're here when the fire dies
We'll make our way and we'll show them all
Fear is the one thing left they can't afford
Now they've screwed themselves
These are all the awful places good has left mankind
No mistakes and it's me and you alive
Alone
Again
Alone