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Paath

Paath or Path (Punjabi: ਪਾਠ ), from the Sanskrit patha which means reading or recitation, is, in the religious context, reading or recitation of the holy texts.  In Sikhism, comprehension of what is being read is considered more important than ritual recitation Guru Granth Sahib.

Background
Paath is the recitation of Gurbani.  However it is considered lower than gurbani vichar/discussion.

It can also be called prayers of some instances.  It may be done individually or in a group; it can be the recitation of one’s Banis or any part of the Siri Guru Granth Sahib, alone or with others listening or reciting along. The person reciting Gurbani should pronounce every syllable correctly so that the Naad, the sound current may be produced and affect the consciousness of the one reciting and the one listening.

Gurbani may be recited in the Sadh Sangat at any time, whether or not one is in the presence of Siri Guru Granth Sahib. A beautiful form of recitation in a group is to divide into groups of men and women with each reciting an alternate sutra. (A sutra is a complete line of poetry.) In the Gurmukhi each sutra is separated by two vertical lines (//). Gurbani should be recited rhythmically and meditatively.

Sikhs' daily religious regimen

Reading of certain banis is part of a Sikh’s nitnem or daily religious regimen.  Paath of these prescribed texts is performed from a handy collection, called gutka (missal or breviary) or from memory.  Three of the banis, Guru Nanak’s Japji and Guru Gobind Singh’s Jaap Sahib and Amrit Savaiye — constitute the Sikhs mandatory morning paath or devotions, and two — Rehras and Kirtan Sohila — evening paath.  Individuals add certain other texts as well such as Sabad Patshahi 10, Anand Sahib and Sukhmani.  

The paath is also performed individually and more particularly in sangat from the Guru Granth Sahib itself.  The Holy Volume is ceremonially installed under coverlets on a decorated seat resting on a raised platform, with a canopy above, and is opened by the paathi or reader who sits reverentially behind.  Usually, another person stands in attendance, waving the fly-whisk over the Holy Book.  The paathi should have bathed and be dressed in clean clothes.  Besides the reading of one single hymn to obtain vak or hukamnama (lesson or command for the day) or of some passages, three forms of complete paath of the Guru Granth Sahib are current: Akhand Paath (unbroken recitation completed in forty-eight hours), Saptahik (completed in a week or seven days, derived from the word saptāh meaning "week") and Sadharan or Sahij (taken in slow parts with no time-limit for completion). Ati Akhand Paath, hardly ever practised, is when a single participant reads within the prescribed 48 hours the entire text.

See also 

 Sadharan Paath
 Akhand Path

References

Further reading

External links 

Amritsar Paath
 All Nitnem Path (Nitnem Prayers) in Punjabi, Hindi, English

Sikh terminology
Sikh scripture
Reading of religious texts
Winsen

Winsen can refer to:

Winsen (Luhe) (also: Winsen an der Luhe), capital of the district Harburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
Winsen an der Aller, a municipality in the district of Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany
Winsen, Schleswig-Holstein, a municipality in the district of Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

See also 
Winssen, a village in Gelderland, Netherlands
2006 São Paulo gubernatorial election

The São Paulo state elections of 2006 was held along with Brazilian general elections, on October 1 and on October 29, 2006. Since 1994, as a result of a constitutional amendment which reduced the presidential term to four years, all federal and state elections in Brazil have coincided. The state elections decide Governors and the state deputies for the Legislative Assemblies. Also, the members of the National Congress are elected by state.

Governor and Vice-Governor
In general, the rules of the presidential ballot also apply to the gubernatorial one. That is, the ballot is taken in two rounds, if no one reaches at least an absolute majority of the valid votes, a second round between the two most voted candidates will be held. All the candidates holding executive posts had to renounce till April 2, 2006 in order to be able to run.

The candidates for Governor of São Paulo were, in no particular order:

 The Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) – was the governing party, but governor Geraldo Alckmin could not run for reelection. Thus, the party had to appoint a new name for the run. After governor Alckmin was selected as the presidential candidate on a dispute with the state capital mayor José Serra, it was proposed that Serra should be the candidate for the state government.
 Workers' Party (PT) – the main opposition party in the state held primaries and chose Aloizio Mercadante, senator of São Paulo in the fourth year of his term (the term of a senator in Brazil is eight years-long).
 Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) – chose former governor of São Paulo Orestes Quércia as their candidate.
 Other candidates included Plinio de Arruda Sampaio (PSOL) and Carlos Apolinário (PDT)

Results

Governor

Senator

Chamber of Deputies

References

2006 Brazilian gubernatorial elections
October 2006 events in South America
2006
Peter North (legal scholar)

Sir Peter Machin North  (born 30 August 1936) is a British academic lawyer who served as Principal of Jesus College, Oxford, from 1984 to 2005 and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1993 to 1997.

Early life and education
North was born on 30 August 1936 in Nottingham, England. He was educated at the Humberstone Foundation School, a state school in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, and at Oakham School, a private school in Oakham, Rutland. From 1954 to 1956, he undertook national service as a second lieutenant in the Royal Leicestershire Regiment of the British Army. He then studied at Keble College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1959, a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) degree in 1960, and a Doctor of Civil Law (DCL) degree in 1976.

Career
North began his academic career as a teaching fellow at Northwestern University in Chicago, United States, between 1960 and 1961. He then returned to the United Kingdom, and was an assistant lecturer (1961–1962) and then a lecturer (1962–1963) at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. He moved to the University of Nottingham, where he was a lecturer from 1963 to 1965.

Returning to his alma mater, he was tutor in law (1965–1976) and a fellow (1965–1984) of Keble College, Oxford. In 1984, he was elected Principal of Jesus College, Oxford. Additionally, he twice served as pro-vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford (1988–1993 and 1997–2005). From 1993 to 1997, he served as head of the university as its vice-chancellor. He retired in 2005, and was appointed an honorary fellow of Jesus College.

Reviews
North chaired the Review Body of the Independent Review on Parades and Marches in Northern Ireland, whose final report (published on 29 January 1997 and widely known as "The North Report") led to the establishment of the Parades Commission which regulates potentially controversial parades in Northern Ireland.

North was also chair of a University of Oxford inquiry, established to review the running of the university. The report, published on 29 January 1998 (precisely one year after the Parades and Marches report), was also known as "The North Report". He was knighted on 10 March 1998.

More recently, North's review of the legal alcohol limit for driving was submitted to Philip Hammond, the then Secretary of State for Transport at the end of May 2010.

References

External links
 Peter North Fund, Jesus College,. Oxford
 University of Arizona information

1936 births
Living people
Alumni of Keble College, Oxford
Fellows of Keble College, Oxford
Fellows of the British Academy
English legal scholars
British King's Counsel
Principals of Jesus College, Oxford
Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Knights Bachelor
Lawyers awarded knighthoods
20th-century King's Counsel
Pristina Municipality

Pristina Municipality (; Serbian: Opština Priština, Serbian Cyrillic: Општина Приштина) is a municipality in the district of Pristina in Kosovo. The municipality has a population of 198,897 people within an area of .

Demography 

The Kosovo Agency of Statistics (ASK) estimated the municipality's population in 2011 at 198,897. As of the 2011 Census, in terms of ethnicity, the municipality was 97.77% Albanian, 1.08% Turkish, 0.28% Ashkali, 0.22% Serbian, 0.2% Bosniak, 0.1% Gorani and 0.03% Romani. By language, 98.09% spoke Albanian as a first language. Other spoken languages were Turkish (1.04%), Serbian (0.25%) and Romani (0.03%). By religion, there were 193,474 (97.27%) Muslims, 1,170 (0.59%) Roman Catholics, 480 (0.24%) Orthodox, 344 (0.17%) of other religions and 660 (0.33%) irreligious.

References 

Pristina
Jennifer Murray

Jennifer Murray (born June 1940 in Providence, Rhode Island) is a pilot. In 2000 she circumnavigated the globe in a Robinson R44 helicopter, traveling 36,000 miles in 97 days, earning her the Guinness World Record for the first helicopter circumnavigation by a woman.

Fastest circumnavigation 

In August 1997, Murray became the first woman to fly a helicopter around the world, when she co-piloted her Robinson R44 with Quentin Smith on the eastward circumnavigation.  The 97-day flight was also an eastbound speed record for a piston-powered helicopter.  The flight departed from Denham, UK, on 10 May 1997, and her stopover at Oakland Airport, Ca., USA on 20 July is commemorated at the Oakland Aviation Museum. On 6 September 2000, Murray became the first woman to make a solo flight around the world in a helicopter and the first person to do so without autopilot.

Pole to pole 
In 2007, Murray and co-pilot Colin Bodill became the first to land a helicopter on both North and South Poles, their second attempt.  Their first, in 2003, ended in a near fatal crash in Antarctica, after Murray had just become the first woman to fly a helicopter to the South Pole.

RacingThePlanet Nepal 
At 71, Jennifer was an entrant for RacingThePlanet Nepal, a 250 km Ultramarathon starting on 20 November 2011. She withdrew after stage two.

Family
She is the granddaughter of Sir William Mather, the British industrialist who was chairman of Mather & Platt.

She married Hong Kong businessman Simon Murray in 1966.

Awards and honours 
 Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame Inductee 2005
 The Gambia issued a postage stamp in her honour in 2004
 Royal Aero Club - 1997 Silver Medal, 2000 Britannia Trophy
 Brabazon Cup
 Harmon Trophy
 Inducted in Forest of Friendship

References

External links
Interview and biography on Polar First site

English aviators
Harmon Trophy winners
1940 births
Living people
Britannia Trophy winners
Helicopter pilots
British women aviators
Rotorcraft flight record holders
British aviation record holders
British women aviation record holders
Tom Elliot

Thomas Elliot MBE (6 April 1926 – 3 May 1998) was a Scotland international rugby union player. His regular playing position was Prop.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Elliot was born into a farming family in the Scottish Borders. He was educated at St. Mary's School, Melrose and at Loretto School, Musselburgh. After school he joined Gala RFC and played for the 2XV at lock. He soon moved to loose-head prop and over the next fifteen years made the position his own. Early in his career he gained a reputation for rumbustious play. Bill McLaren described him as "a tough rugged son of the soil".

Provincial career

Elliot was capped by South of Scotland District.

International career

Elliot made his debut for Scotland in the 1955 Five Nations Championship. Scotland beat  14–8 at Murrayfield. His next match against  resulted in another victory at the same venue. Elliot also played in a narrow 9–6 defeat to  at Twickenham.

In the 1956 Five Nations Championship he played all four matches. Scotland won one match against France at Murrayfield. The following year Scotland won two matches in the 1957 Five Nations Championship; Elliot played in every match. He played two matches in the 1958 Five Nations Championship, losing to Wales and Ireland. In between he played in a 12–8 victory over  at Murrayfield on their 1957–58 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France.

Elliot was selected for the 1955 British Lions tour to South Africa, alongside his compatriot and fellow prop Hugh McLeod. If it were not for the outstanding Meredith brothers from Wales, they would have played in the Test matches. As it was Elliot played eight of the midweek games. He also played for the Barbarian F.C.

Farming career
Elliot had farming interests in the Borders and Sutherland. He was a former president of the Selkirk branch of the National Farmers Union of Scotland, and former president of the Borders area. His animals often won championships at the Royal Highland Show near Edinburgh, of which he became a director. Elliot was also a past president of the Cheviot Sheep Society, member of the government's Hill Farming Advisory Committee and a director of the Moredun Foundation. For his contributions to farming he was awarded an MBE in 1989.

References

1926 births
1998 deaths
People educated at St. Mary's School, Melrose
People educated at Loretto School, Musselburgh
Scottish rugby union players
Scotland international rugby union players
British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Scotland
Gala RFC players
Barbarian F.C. players
Members of the Order of the British Empire
South of Scotland District (rugby union) players
Rugby union players from Galashiels
Rugby union props
Karah Parshad

In Sikhism, Karah Parshad (Punjabi: ਕੜਾਹ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦ ), alternatively known as Deg or Degh (literally meaning "cooking pot"), is a type of whole wheat flour halva made with equal portions of whole-wheat flour, clarified butter, and sugar and double quantity of water. It is offered to all visitors to the Darbar Sahib in a Gurdwara. It is regarded as a treat for attendees of gurmat seminars. As a sign of humanity and respect, visitors accept the Prashad sitting, with hands raised and cupped. The offering and receiving of this food is a vital part of hospitality protocols. It has the same amount of whole-wheat flour, clarified butter and sugar, to emphasize the equality of men and women. The Sewadar serves it out of the same bowl to everyone in equal portions. The Karah prasad is a sacred food; if it is not accepted, it may be interpreted by some Sikhs as an insult. Prashad is also taken at the initiation ceremony of Amrit Sanchar at the very end where it is shared out equally among all. It is a symbol showing that everyone is equal. The sacred food is also distributed during Naam Karan and Antam Sanskar ceremonies.

The Gurdwara is the place where Sikhs go to worship. Gurdwaras can be any size or shape, but one thing they always have is a kitchen, or langar. People can go there for food, and can even rest there for the night. Every day a meal is prepared here for as many people who want to eat, always for free.

According to W.H. McLeod, the practices surronding karah prasad were presumably taken from the Hindu custom of offering prasad in temples.

See also 

 Bhog
 Deg Tegh Fateh

References

Sikh terminology
Religious food and drink
Confectionery
Cocktail (disambiguation)

A cocktail is a mixed drink containing alcohol.

Cocktail may also refer to:

 Fruit cocktail, a mixture of various fruits, often canned
 Shrimp cocktail, also known as a prawn cocktail, a type of seafood cocktail
 Cocktail dress, a shorter length lady's gown
 Molotov cocktail, a crude incendiary weapon
 A mixture of drugs, especially a mixture of Antiretroviral drugs used to treat HIV sometimes called a "triple cocktail"
 A style of arcade cabinet where the screen lies horizontal and players generally sit opposite each other to play
 In scuba diving with a rebreather, slang for caustic liquid getting in circuit if water gets at its absorbent

Entertainment
 Cocktail (code name), the code name of Apple's iTunes LP music format
 Cocktail (magazine), a Swedish and Norwegian erotic magazine edited by Linda Johansen
 Cocktails (film), a 1928 British comedy film
 "Cocktails" (The Office), a 2007 episode of the television series The Office
 Cocktail (1988 film), an American film starring Tom Cruise
 Cocktail (2006 film), a Hong Kong film directed by Ching Long and Herman Yau
 Cocktail (2010 film), a Malayalam-language film starring Jayasurya and Samrvitha Sunil
 Cocktail (2012 film), a Hindi-language film starring Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone
 Cocktail (2020 film), a Tamil-language comedy film starring Yogi Babu
 Cocktail (album), a 2003 album by the Mexican electronic pop band Belanova
 Cocktails (album), an album by Too Short
 "Cocktail" (song), 2018 song by D-Block Europe and Yxng Bane
 "Cocktails" (song), 2009 song by Hot Leg

See also
 The Coctails, spelled without a 'k,' a defunct Chicago jazz/lounge quartet
 Cocktail party (disambiguation)
Michel Roussin

Michel Roussin (born May 3, 1939 in Rabat, Morocco) was the chief of staff of Alexandre de Marenches, who directed the SDECE French secret service until the May 1981 election of François Mitterrand as President of France. Michel Roussin has also been chief of staff of Jacques Chirac when he was mayor of Paris and also when he was prime minister.

Roussin then became minister of cooperation under Édouard Balladur's government. However, he had to resign, in accordance with the so-called Balladur jurisprudence because of suspected involvement in various affairs concerning the illegal funding of Chirac's Rally for the Republic (RPR) party. Jailed for a time, Roussin was afterwards acquitted. However, on October 26, 2005, he was condemned to four years of prison on probation and a 50,000 EUR fine for his role in the corruption affair concerning high schools in the Paris region.

Named to the direction of SAE International, a construction firm linked to Paribas bank, Roussin in 1997 followed this function with his presidency of the Africa committee of the MEDEF, the French employers organization; the francophonie delegation at Paris's municipal hall. He also presented himself as candidate to the presidency of the Elf Aquitaine oil company. Roussin is also allegedly a member of the masonic lodge Grande Loge Nationale Française (GLNF).

Timeline 

1972-76: Military commander at the Hôtel Matignon, residency of prime minister Jacques Chirac.
1977-81: Chief of staff of Alexandre de Marenches at the SDECE.
1983: Worked for the president of the Compagnie Générale des Eaux
1984-86: Chief of staff of Jacques Chirac at the Paris municipal hall and then at Matignon
1993-94: Minister of cooperation under Edouard Balladur's government.
1994: Investigated in the frame of the "Jean-Claude Méry affair". He resigns from his ministerial functions, but is then acquitted.
1996: President of SAE International, a subsidiary of the Eiffage group. He is charged of a special committee on Africa by the Medef's direction.
1999: Death of Jean-Claude Méry.
2000: Daily newspaper Le Monde publish the integral content of Jean-Claude Méry's posthumous videocassette, in which Jean-Claude Méry, member of the executive committee of the RPR party, declared having given 5 million francs in cash to Michel Roussin, then Chirac's chief of staff, "in the presence of Mr. Chirac". Investigative magistrate Eric Halphen would convoque on these grounds president Chirac as witness in March 2001.

See also 

Corruption scandals in the Paris region

References 
Notes

Sources
François-Xavier Verschave, Noir Chirac, Editions les Arènes (2000), chapter 10 "Michel Roussin de Paris à Rangoon via Abidjan".

External links 

1939 births
Living people
People from Rabat
Politicians of the French Fifth Republic
French politicians convicted of corruption
Rally for the Republic politicians
Sperg

Sperg may refer to:
Sperg (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy), a character from the TV show The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy
Sperg, a derogatory slang term for someone with Asperger syndrome, autism spectrum disorder or someone showing traits that are commonly associated with it
Sylvia Sutherland

Sylvia Sutherland is a retired Canadian politician who was mayor of Peterborough from 1986 to 1991 and from 1998 to 2006.

Sutherland has a diploma in journalism from the Ryerson Institute of Technology, a BA (Hons) in history from Trent University, and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education from the University of Reading.

She ran as the Liberal candidate against Progressive Conservative MP Bill Domm in the federal election of 1980, losing by 2,215 votes.  Sutherland was also a Liberal candidate for Member of Provincial Parliament in the 1995 provincial election. She lost to Progressive Conservative candidate Gary Stewart.

In March 2007, she was appointed to the Ontario Municipal Board for a 5-year term.

On April 5, 2010, Sutherland hit a passenger van, killing the female passenger, Min-Hua Shao. Sutherland was convicted on August 10, 2010, of driving through a stop sign. Sutherland was fined $500, and donated $500 to a charity selected by the victim's family.

Electoral record

References

Alumni of the University of Reading
Women mayors of places in Ontario
Candidates in the 1980 Canadian federal election
Mayors of Peterborough, Ontario
Ontario Liberal Party candidates in Ontario provincial elections
Toronto Metropolitan University alumni
Trent University alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
20th-century Canadian women politicians
Liberal Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons
Peter Lee (cricketer)

Peter Granville Lee (born 27 August 1945), affectionately known as "Leapy", is a former cricketer who played for Northamptonshire and Lancashire County Cricket Clubs. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler who moved the ball off the seam and became among the most effective bowlers in English county cricket during the 1970s. Presumably because his batting was impotent as shown by his highest first-class score in more than 200 matches being 26, Lee appears never to have been considered seriously for Test cricket. He toured South Africa twice with teams organised by Derrick Robins. He was born at Arthingworth, Northamptonshire.

Lee played for five seasons from 1967 for Northamptonshire without ever becoming a regular in the side. He moved to Lancashire in 1972 largely as insurance for the likelihood that regular opening bowlers Peter Lever and Ken Shuttleworth would be called up for Test cricket by England, but with those bowlers doing extremely badly, Lee became their first choice opening bowler. 1973 saw Lee massively surpass his first season's promise and become the mainstay of Lancashire's bowling, actually taking more wickets in the County Championship than any other bowler.

In 1974 Lee was consistently handicapped by injuries and illness: he played about half his county's matches but was at no point fully fit Nevertheless, he returned for a full season and even greater success in 1975. His 112 first-class wickets was the highest by any bowler that season: indeed the highest by any England-qualified bowler during the 1970s. He was named as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in the 1976 edition of the almanack.

Having reached the top of the tree as a bowler, Peter Lee remained one of the most persistent and hard-working county bowlers during 1976 and 1977, though he took only two-thirds as many wickets as he did in 1975. However, 1978 saw Lee play only one match due to a serious shoulder injury which led to a delayed operation after weeks of examination. Lee made a "gallant" return to fitness in 1979 but completely lost form, finishing with 22 wickets for 40 runs apiece that season. Indeed, apart from a career-best eight for 34 against Oxford University in 1980, Lee never again did much worthy of his former reputation, and at the end of 1982 he was released by Lancashire. After that, he played for Durham in the Minor Counties Championship during the 1983 season, but took only sixteen wickets for 29.56 apiece and was released.

During the 20/20 Finals Day in August 2011, Paul Allott suggested Lee's decline coincided with the total loss of his run up, similar to the yips suffered mainly by left arm spinners.

References

External links 
 

1945 births
Living people
English cricketers
Northamptonshire cricketers
Lancashire cricketers
Wisden Cricketers of the Year
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Durham cricketers
D. H. Robins' XI cricketers
People from West Northamptonshire District
Cricketers from Northamptonshire
Clifton Jones

Clifton Jones (born 26 July 1937, St. Andrew, Jamaica) is a Jamaican actor known for his roles in British television.

Career
He played the role of Jo's boyfriend in the original Theatre Workshop production of Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey in 1958.

His first regular role was in Emergency Ward 10. He actually had an uncredited part in 1959. In 1961, he became a regular in the series as Dr Jeremiah Sanders. He appeared in the series for nearly one year.
Another medical role saw him appear as Dr Ferguson in the comedy series Doctor in Charge.

His most prominent role is probably that of David Kano in the first season of the 1970s science fiction TV series Space: 1999.

Jones' other TV credits include Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars, Public Eye, Danger Man, Man in a Suitcase, The Troubleshooters, The Persuaders!, The Onedin Line, Survivors, 1990 and The Professionals.

His film roles included appearances in The V.I.P.s (1963), Only When I Larf (1968), Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968), Joanna (1968), Innocent Bystanders (1972), Father, Dear Father (1973), The Great McGonagall (1974) and Sheena (1984). He also voiced the character of Blackavar in the animated feature-film Watership Down (1978).

Partial filmography
Life in Emergency Ward 10 (1959)  – (uncredited)
The V.I.P.s (1963)  – Jamaican Passenger
Only When I Larf (1968)  – General Sakut
Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher (1968)  – Chokey
Joanna (1968)  – Black Detective
The Breaking of Bumbo (1970)  – Black Actor
Innocent Bystanders (1972)  – Hetherton
Father, Dear Father (1973)  – Larry
The Great McGonagall (1975)  – King Theebaw / Policeman / Clerk of the Court / Mr Stewart's Assistant / Zulu Chief / Ruffian / Fop
Watership Down (1978)  – Blackavar (voice)
Sheena (1984)  – King Jabalani
China Moon (1994)  – Dr. Ocampo

References

External links

1937 births
20th-century British male actors
British male film actors
British male television actors
British male voice actors
Emigrants from British Jamaica to the United Kingdom
Jamaican male film actors
Jamaican male television actors
Living people
20th-century Jamaican male actors
Cerca de ti (song)

Cerca de ti is both the third Spanish single from Thalía's 2003 crossover album Thalía and the first from her 2004 Greatest Hits compilation. The ballad was written by Thalía and produced by Steve Morales. Also, an English version was previously recorded for the 2002 Thalía album, entitled "Closer to You".

"Cerca de ti" became her fourth number-one single on the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart.

Music video
The music video for "Cerca de ti" was directed by Jeb Brien and shot in New York City. It shows Thalía walking along the streets as an anonymous person. The video was released in January, 2004.

Official versions/remixes
"Cerca de ti" [Album Version]
"Cerca de ti" [Salsa Remix]
"Cerca de ti" [Regional Mexican Version]
"Closer to You"

Track listing
Mexican CD single (#1)
"Cerca de ti" [Grupera Version]

Mexican CD single (#2)
"Cerca de ti" [Album Version]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

See also
List of number-one Billboard Hot Latin Tracks of 2004

References

Thalía songs
2004 singles
Spanish-language songs
Pop ballads
2003 songs
Songs written by David Siegel (musician)
EMI Latin singles
Songs written by Steve Morales
Songs written by Thalía
English-language Mexican songs
Idrees Bashir

Idrees Bashir (; born December 7, 1978) is a former American football safety in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Memphis. He was drafted in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts.

In his career Bashir was also a member of the Carolina Panthers and Detroit Lions.

NFL career
Bashir, a defensive back out of Memphis, was drafted in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts. Bashir played in 51 games over 4 seasons (2001–2004) with the Colts, amassing 234 tackles and 5 INT's. After signing with the Panthers prior to the 2005 season, Bashir appeared in 11 games, and had only 2 tackles. He finished the season on the injured reserve with a hamstring injury.

On January 2, 2007, Bashir was signed by the Detroit Lions.

References

1978 births
Living people
Players of American football from Atlanta
American football safeties
Dunwoody High School alumni
Memphis Tigers football players
Indianapolis Colts players
Carolina Panthers players
Detroit Lions players
Dick Purtan

Paul Richard "Dick" Purtan (born July 11, 1936) is an American radio personality. His last radio job was as the morning radio show host on WOMC serving the Detroit, Michigan, radio market. Purtan was also a disc jockey at WKNR, WXYZ, CKLW, WCZY-FM which became WKQI in 1989 and WOMC from 1996 until his retirement in 2010. Previous to coming to Detroit at WKNR "Keener 13" in 1965, Purtan worked at WOLF in Syracuse, New York and WSAI in Cincinnati; he began his radio career in his hometown of Buffalo, New York at WWOL under the station-mandated name "Guy King" and also worked for a very short time at WBAL in Baltimore (only to be forced to leave the station after his witty, sardonic humor clashed with the station's conservative ownership).

Career
Purtan is well known for his philanthropic work. Each year, Purtan and his "Purtan's People" crew host a radiothon to benefit the Salvation Army's "Bed and Bread" program. Through Purtan's efforts, over $30 million have been donated to the Bed and Bread program. The money has also been used to purchase additional Bed and Bread trucks which make daily deliveries of food to needy people in the Detroit area.

While in Cincinnati, Purtan gathered together $12,500 and promoted and emceed the Beatles in concert.

Purtan had a voice over role in Beverly Hills Cop III. He had a cameo role as a police detective in the 1973 film Detroit 9000.

On the morning of February 13, 2010, Purtan announced his retirement effective March 26, 2010.

He and his late wife, Gail, resided in West Bloomfield. As of 2014, he and one of his six daughters, Jackie, continue to keep up with his audience through his blog every weekday and Facebook. He also started producing a weekly podcast, which can run anywhere between 20 minutes and an hour and have had on various "Purtan People." His daughter Joanne was a newscaster on local WXYZ-TV Channel 7.

After losing his wife, Gail, of 60 years to cancer in 2018, Purtan remarried on June 13, 2020.

Honors
 In 2004, Purtan was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame.
 Purtan was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in the radio division in 2006.

References

External links
 Dick Purtan's official Web site
 Purtan on Twitter
 Purtan on Facebook
 
 1978 CKLW Radio 'Super' Purtan Ad

1936 births
Living people
American radio DJs
Radio personalities from Detroit
Radio personalities from Buffalo, New York
Greece national baseball team

The Greece national baseball team represents Greece in international baseball play. The team are a member of the World Baseball Softball Confederation and WBSC Europe.

2004 Olympics
The first time that Greece put together a national team that got any recognition in the baseball world was during the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Greece, as the host country, was faced with the dilemma that the actual baseball talent pool in the country was very small, and what players were available were amateur. However, as a result of lenient citizenship laws, various minor leaguers from the United States were able to play for the Greeks. Among the better known players were Baltimore Orioles prospect Nick Markakis, former Major Leaguer Clay Bellinger and various other players of Greek descent. The team's American coach, Dusty Rhodes led them to a 7th-place finish in the tournament, with a single win against Italy.

Tournament results
Olympic Games

European Baseball Championship

Baseball World Cup

Current roster

References

External links 
www.greekbaseball.com
English Language website on Greek Baseball

National baseball teams in Europe
National
Baseball
F. Ritter Shumway

Frank Ritter Shumway (27 March 1906 – 9 March 1992) was a major figure in figure skating in the United States.

From 1951 to 1965, he was president of the Ritter Company, a dental chair manufacturer founded by his grandfather Frank Ritter, and later led the company's successor, the Sybron Corporation.  The Ritter line was later bought from Sybron by Midmark, and the line is still being sold today.

In 1955, Shumway founded the Genesee Figure Skating Club after becoming active (and setting records) in the over-35 category of figure skating competition.  Needing a place to train, he donated money to the Rochester Institute of Technology to add an ice rink to its downtown Rochester campus.  The ice rink was later named for Shumway.  When RIT was forced to move in the mid-1960s, he ensured that the new Henrietta campus would also have an ice arena.  The new rink, the Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena, was named for Shumway's grandfather, a founder of one of RIT's forerunners, the Mechanics Institute.  The Genesee Figure Skating Club also moved to the new arena when it was built in 1968. The Shumway arena was also home to the Rochester Ice Cats, a special needs hockey team. The Ice Cats had home games and practices at the arena. Now, they have their practices and home games at Bill Gray's Regional Iceplex.

Shumway became president of the United States Figure Skating Association in 1961, shortly before the entire U.S. figure skating team, with coaches and family, died in the crash of Sabena Flight 548 (15 February 1961).  Shumway was instrumental in uniting the figure skating community in its grief and providing an outlet for that grief, in the form of the USFSA Memorial Fund.  Shumway said in September of that year: "We will take our Memorial Fund a giant skating stroke forward toward our goal of perpetuating the memory of our gallant 1961 World Team skaters, not so much by statuary and plaques, as by giving us the means to assist talented young skaters — many of them yet 'undiscovered' — to get started, to develop and advance, and eventually to represent our country in future years, and to be ranked at the top of the world in the art of figure skating."

Shumway and his wife, Hettie (née Lakin), were generous donors to RIT.  Hettie Shumway is the namesake of one of RIT's dining halls.

Shumway was inducted into the U.S. and World Figure Skating Hall of Fames in 1986.  He continued ice skating until just months before his death in 1992.

External links 
 Shumway family genealogical record
 U.S. Figure Skating page on Shumway and the Memorial Fund
 Rochester Ice Cats Official Website

Sportspeople from Rochester, New York
Figure skating officials
1906 births
1992 deaths
Scott Smith (musician)

Donald Scott Smith (13 February 1955 – 30 November 2000) was a Canadian musician and the bassist for Canadian rock band Loverboy. The band are best known for their hit singles "Working for the Weekend" and "Turn Me Loose", although their U.S. Top Ten hits were "Lovin' Every Minute of It" in 1985 and "This Could Be the Night" in 1986. The band won six Juno Awards in 1982 and has sold over 23 million records.

Early life
Smith was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He originally studied guitar, and at the age of twelve moved to bass.

Career
Smith was majoring in English at the University of Manitoba when he received a call from Loverboy guitarist Paul Dean in Vancouver inviting him to replace bassist Jim Clench in the newly-formed band.  In addition to playing bass for the band, Smith also co-wrote a few of the band's songs including the 1983 rock hit "Lucky Ones".

After Loverboy disbanded in 1988, Smith was part of the band Dangerous, along with Mike Reno and Brian MacLeod. He also worked as a late-night radio DJ at CFOX, albeit briefly. Loverboy got back together for a benefit concert in 1991, and then reunited in 1993 and continued touring through the 1990s. Smith said in an interview, "We're back because we like to rock and simply because promoters want to book us."

Death
On 30 November 2000, Smith was sailing his boat, the 11-metre (36-foot) Sea Major, with two friends off the coast of San Francisco near the Golden Gate Bridge, when a large wave swept him overboard. Searches conducted by the Coast Guard and a private company hired by friends and family were unsuccessful. Smith was pronounced missing presumed dead, lost at sea.

Personal life
Smith lived in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, and had two sons.

Discography

with Loverboy
 Loverboy (1980)
 Get Lucky (1981)
 Keep It Up (1983)
 Lovin' Every Minute of It (1985)
 Wildside (1987)
 Six (1997)
 Unfinished Business (2014, posthumous)

See also
List of people who disappeared mysteriously at sea

References

External links
 "Loverboy" Canadian Historical website
 Official Loverboy website

1955 births
2000 deaths
2000s missing person cases
20th-century Canadian bass guitarists
21st-century Canadian bass guitarists
Canadian rock bass guitarists
Loverboy members
Missing person cases in California
People lost at sea
Taxiphyllum barbieri

Taxiphyllum barbieri, known as Java moss or Bogor moss, is a moss belonging to the family Hypnaceae. Native to southeast Asia, it is commonly used in freshwater aquariums. It attaches to rocks, roots, and driftwood. In the wild, it grows in humid riparian areas.

It was originally described as Isopterygium barbieri from Vinh, Vietnam.

Description
The species is dioecious and perennial. It forms loose cushions of irregularly arranged branches. Leaves are two ranked and flat. It has only been recorded in the wild in Vietnam.

Cultivation and uses
In the aquarium trade, Java moss can refer to either Taxiphyllum barbieri  or Vesicularia dubyana, and it can be difficult to distinguish between the species. T. barbieri  was first introduced to European aquarists in 1968, where it was initially misidentified as Glossadelphus zollingeri.

T. barbieri is one of the most common mosses in the aquarium trade. It does not require any special attention and propagates readily. It accepts all kinds of water, even weakly brackish, and all kinds of light qualities. It grows best at , but can live in temperatures out of this range. It makes a good foreground plant. Due to its clinging nature, Java moss can also be made into a moss carpet.

It is especially popular among aquarists raising fry (baby fish) and tadpoles, to protect them from cannibalistic adults. Some shrimp like to feed on the various microorganisms and detritus that collect on the moss.

Java moss can be easily propagated via division. It is suitable for both aquatic and terrestrial cultivation in vivariums. Spore capsules are rarely formed in cultivation.

See also 
 Vesicularia montagnei, also known as "Christmas moss" or "Brazil moss"

References

External links 
 The Aquarium Wiki article on caring for Java Moss in the aquarium

Hypnaceae
Freshwater plants
Reticulate banded gecko

The reticulate banded gecko or reticulated gecko (Coleonyx reticulatus) is a species of small gecko native to the United States (Texas) and Mexico (Coahuila).

Description 
Reticulate banded geckos can grow to 6.5 inches long, and are a pink or brown color with brown or black spots, sometimes with faint banding. They can easily be mistaken for the Texas banded gecko as they share habitat, but the reticulate banded gecko grows to a larger size. They resemble leopard geckos.

Behavior 
It is nocturnal and carnivorous, consuming almost any small species of arthropod. They are found in semi-arid, rocky areas. They are capable of vocalizations, and sometimes will emit squeaking sounds if handled.

Conservation concerns 
The reticulate banded gecko is listed as a threatened species in the state of Texas, as it only occurs in two counties, but its habitat is fairly remote and not easily accessible and is not under immediate threat. Also, part of its habitat is found within the protected confines of Big Bend National Park.

References 

Coleonyx
Reptiles of the United States
Reptiles of Mexico
Reptiles described in 1958
Deltic

Deltic or Deltics may refer to:

 Napier Deltic, a diesel engine
 British Railways DP1 ("Deltic") a prototype locomotive built by English Electric fitted with the Deltic Engine
 British Rail Class 55, production locomotives powered by Deltic engines
 British Rail Class 23, "Baby Deltic" production locomotives powered by Deltic engines
 Deltic Preservation Society
 Deltic acid, a chemical whose molecular backbone resembles the Greek letter delta (Δ)
 Deltaic or deltic
 Deltics (album), a music album by Chris Rea

See also

 
 Delta (disambiguation)
 Deltate (disambiguation)
 Deltoid (disambiguation)
Suzanne Roquette

Suzanne Roquette (30 August 1942 – 28 May 2020) was a German actress. She is best known for her role as Main Mission Operative Tanya Alexander in Year One of the science fiction television series Space: 1999. Space: 1999 costar Prentis Hancock noted her death on Facebook on May 29, 2020 and Nick Tate memorialized Suzanne on his Facebook page on May 30.

Filmography

Films

Selected TV credits

References

External links 

1942 births
2020 deaths
German film actresses
German television actresses
Actors from Weimar
Gunter Jahn

Gunter Jahn (27 September 1910 – 12 April 1992) was German U-boat commander during World War II. He was born in Hamburg, Germany and began his naval career in April 1931 as a Seekadett. He first served on the light cruiser Nürnberg for more than two years, including nine patrols in the first year of the war.

In March 1941 Jahn joined the U-boat force and his first patrol were on board  in September 1941. Later in November he commissioned . On his second patrol he broke through the Strait of Gibraltar and went on to become one of the most successful U-boat commanders in the Mediterranean Sea. In July 1943 he left the boat and became the commander of the 29th U-boat Flotilla. In September 1944 he fell into French captivity, where he spent nearly two years.

Awards 
 Wehrmacht Long Service Award 4th Class (2 October 1936)
 Iron Cross (1939)
 2nd Class (18 October 1939)
 1st Class (6 October 1942)
 Medaille zur Erinnerung an die Heimkerhr des Memllandes (20 December 1939)
 U-boat War Badge (1939) (6 October 1942)
 Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 30 April 1943 as Kapitänleutnant and commander of U-596

References

Citations

Bibliography 

 
 
 

1910 births
1992 deaths
Military personnel from Hamburg
U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine)
Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Reichsmarine personnel
German prisoners of war in World War II held by France
Yasuko Nagazumi

is a Japanese producer and manager responsible for print advertising campaigns on behalf of clients such as Armani, Donna Karan, Guess?, Pirelli and Vogue magazine, working with photographers such as Peter Lindbergh, Herb Ritts, Helmut Newton and others.

A former actress, she is best known for her roles in British television as a regular cast member of the 1970s series The Protectors (as Suki) and Space: 1999 (as Yasko). She also appeared in the Bulldog Drummond film Deadlier Than the Male (1967), the James Bond film You Only Live Twice (1967), the TV spin-off film Wombling Free (1977), the World War II comedy series It Ain't Half Hot Mum, and the TV series From Here to Eternity.

She has a daughter, Miki Berenyi, who was the lead singer and guitarist of the English alternative rock band Lush.

Filmography

References

External links

1943 births
20th-century Japanese actresses
Businesspeople from Los Angeles
Businesspeople in advertising
Expatriate actresses in the United Kingdom
Japanese expatriates in the United Kingdom
Japanese film actresses
Japanese television actresses
21st-century Japanese businesswomen
21st-century Japanese businesspeople
Living people
Date of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century Japanese businesswomen
20th-century Japanese businesspeople
Sam Dastor

Sam Dastor is an Indian-born British actor best known for his appearances in British television series.

Life and career
Dastor was born in India and raised in a Parsi family of Zoroastrian faith, though he later converted to Christianity. He graduated from the University of Cambridge. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and joined the National Theatre, where he was under the direction of Sir Laurence Olivier.

Dastor has acted in the West End, including playing Ariel in a production of The Tempest while Paul Scofield played Prospero. Dastor also appeared in three of Simon Gray's plays: Melon, Hidden Laughter, and Cell Mates.

Dastor is best known for his many appearances on British television, often playing characters of exotic origin. His most notable roles include Cassius Chaerea in the 1976 BBC adaptation of I, Claudius and Gandhi in both Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy and the film Jinnah. Other credits include Softly, Softly, Space: 1999, Blake's 7, Shoestring, Yes Minister, Fortunes of War, A Touch of Frost and Spooks.
 
He has also narrated and voice-acted for a number of audiobooks and radio dramas.

Partial filmography
Made (1972) – Mahdav
Jinnah (1998) – Gandhi
Such a Long Journey (1998) – Dinshawji
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) – Hal Ashby

References

External links
 

20th-century British male actors
21st-century British male actors
Alumni of RADA
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Audiobook narrators
British male film actors
British male stage actors
British male television actors
British male voice actors
Converts to Christianity from Zoroastrianism
Indian emigrants to England
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
British male actors of Asian descent
British people of Indian descent
British people of Parsi descent
Brin

Brin may refer to:

People
 Benedetto Brin (1833–1898), Italian naval administrator and politician
 David Brin (born 1950), science fiction author
 Davis Brin (born 2000), American football player
 Irene Brin (1911–1969), Italian fashion journalist, writer and art dealer
 Romeo Brin (born 1973), Filipino retired amateur boxer
 Sergey Brin (born 1973), co-founder of Google

Other uses
 Brin-class submarine, a 1930s Royal Italian Navy class
 Italian submarine Brin, named after Benedetto Brin
 Brin (Genoa Metro), a railway station on the outskirts of Genoa, Italy
 Michael Brin Prize in Dynamical Systems or Brin Prize, a mathematics award
 Block Range Index (BRIN), a database indexing technique
 Brin Londo, the DC Comics superhero Timber Wolf
 River Brin, a small tributary of the River Nairn, Scottish Highlands, United Kingdom
 Brin, a fibroin filament which is a component of silk

See also
 Brin's Oxygen Company (1886–1905), original name of the industrial gas company The BOC Group
 Brin process, a chemical process used to produce oxygen
 Bryn (disambiguation)