title: Cover Boy

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Cover Boy is a 2006 Italian film by Carmine Amoroso. It was presented at the first year of the Rome Film Festival in 2006.

Plot
Ioan is a Romanian twentysomething whose father was a medic shot during the Romanian revolution, now surviving by doing chance work as a car mechanic. A friend of his convinces him to board a train to central Europe in the hope of getting to Italy to find a better paying job there, but his side of the trip comes to a halt when his passport is discovered to be fake during a stop in Germany. The two promise to meet again before Ioan's friend is taken away by the German officers.

Ioan arrives in Italy, but he is forced to lead a transient lifestyle as he can't find a job. He washes regularly in the janitors' washroom at Termini Station, where he has an altercation with a janitor, Michele. After some initial hostility towards Ioan, Michele decides to let him sleep in his apartment for cheap, and also finds him an illegal job as a mechanic in a scrapyard. The two eventually start bonding with each other, but tensions between them rise again when Ioan suspects Michele is hiding the fact that he got fired, which is indeed revealed to be true.

One day, Ioan notices his old Romanian friend in Rome, and the two share a meal at a bar. After receiving a phone call from his employer, Ioan's friend brings him to his workplace, showing him the tasks he is so handsomely paid for. The place is revealed to be a gay brothel, and Ioan leaves after refusing to help his friend in satisfying a customer. Ioan also ends up losing his mechanic job as he is forced to flee the scrapyard during a police control, the owner telling him there's nothing to be done upon him returning.

Things seem to get better for Ioan and Michele when the former finds a job as a model and buys a car thanks to a rich talent scout and photographer named Laura, and the latter is hired again to work as a janitor in another building in the city. However, Laura is revealed to be an exploitative ex-war photographer who still has an obsession with morbid side of her job, and Michele is fired again. Ioan is particularly offended by Laura using a naked photo she took of him for a brand's ad recalling the Romanian revolution (hence the title Cover Boy, the picture also being an extended version of the film's DVD release cover and poster), and storms out of the building where its presentation was taking place.

Driving in the middle of the night, Ioan phones Michele's landlady on his mobile asking her to tell him that he's finally coming home, but she doesn't take kindly the late call – tossing the phone away. Annoyed by the high volume of Michele's television, she leaves her room so she can tell him directly to turn it down. Upon reaching Michele's floor, she finds his door open and decides to investigate inside the apartment, the outcome not shown.

Some time later Ioan is driving to the Danube's delta, talking to Michele, who is in the passenger's seat. Michele asks him for the name of a cheese they ate on their way there, to which he responds saying it was telemea. Upon getting on the same barge his dad used to cross the Danube when he was a kid, Ioan tells Michele they will finally open the restaurant on the opposite side of the river; but as the camera pans around them Michele disappears – showing that he was just a figment of Ioan's imagination and implying that he did commit suicide. Ioan smiles as he gazes at the vegetation, leaving the viewer uncertain as to whether he's actually planning to open a restaurant in his home country with his late friend Michele's taught skills, or if he's just reminiscing about his Italian adventure.

Cast

 Eduard Gabia as Ioan
 Luca Lionello as Michele
 Chiara Caselli as Laura
 Luciana Littizzetto as the landlady

See also
Movies about immigration to Italy

References

2006 films

Italian drama films
2000s Italian films


title: Dorothy Bond

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Dorothy Irene Bond (later Dorothy Irene Dobson and Dorothy Irene Jenkins;  1921 – 20 November 1952), known professionally as Dorothy Bond, was an English coloratura soprano whose star shone brightly but briefly. She was noted for the purity of her tone and the accuracy of her intonation. She became a favourite singer of Sir Thomas Beecham's, recording the voice of Olympia for the Powell and Pressburger film of Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann in 1950. She also recorded Delius's A Village Romeo and Juliet under Beecham, and Ernest Bloch's Sacred Service under the composer. She was killed in a road accident aged 31.

Training
Bond was born in 1921. She studied piano and cello at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She expressed an interest in becoming a singer, but Professor Evelyn Langston advised her to wait till she turned 20. This proved to be sound advice, as the fine coloratura voice she developed by the mid-1940s earned her a solid reputation in the concert hall.

Career
In 1948, Bond participated in Thomas Beecham's recording of Frederick Delius's A Village Romeo and Juliet. She sang the roles of Vreli as a child, and the Gingerbread Woman.

In 1949, Bond participated in a recording of Ernest Bloch's Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service), conducted by the composer. The same year she sang final floated high D in a recording of the Sleepwalking Scene from Giuseppe Verdi's Macbeth, conducted by Beecham, which was otherwise sung by Margherita Grandi. This was followed in 1950 by a film soundtrack recording of Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann, made under Beecham at Shepperton Film Studios by London Films. Bond sang the role of Olympia; the role was played on-screen by dancer Moira Shearer. The recording was then licensed by Decca and released on LP in 1951, Beecham having tried and failed in the courts to prevent its release.

In 1949 and again in 1952, Bond was the soprano soloist in performances of Ralph Vaughan Williams's A Pastoral Symphony at the BBC Proms. The latter performance was conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent. In 1951, she recorded Johann Sebastian Bach's cantata Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn, BWV 152, conducted by Karl Haas.

With her second husband, the violinist Tom William Jenkins, Bond recorded a selection of songs and arias, including "O luce di quest'anima" from Gaetano Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix (reaching a top F with ease), Eric Coates's "Bird Songs at Eventide", the "Waltz Song" from Edward German's Tom Jones, and Olympia's Song from The Tales of Hoffmann.

Death
On 20 November 1952, at the age of 31,  Bond was killed in a road accident near Leicester.

Personal life
Bond's first husband was Michael Dobson (1923–1992), principal oboist with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. They had a daughter, Ann.

In 1951, Bond married (as the second of his three wives) the violinist Tom William Jenkins (1910–1957), with whom she had a son.

References

1920s births
1952 deaths
English operatic sopranos
Road incident deaths in England
Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music
20th-century British women opera singers


title: James Paton (sport shooter)

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James Paton (born 24 May 1957 in Newcastle) is a sport shooter from Canada.

He won the gold medal in the fullbore rifle Queen's Prize open individual event and the silver in the fullbore rifle Queen's Prize open pairs event (with Alain Marion) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, and silver medals in the Queen's Prize fullbore rifle events (individual, and pairs with Desmond Vamplew) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

In 2005, he won the Queen's Prize at the NRA Imperial Meeting at Bisley Camp, setting a record score of 300.40v.

References

1957 births
Living people
Canadian male sport shooters
Shooters at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Shooters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Shooters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting
Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games


title: Duncan Farm (Grafton, Illinois)

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Duncan Farm is an archaeological site located on a farmstead south of Illinois Route 100 in Jersey County, Illinois, near the city of Grafton. The site, which dates from the Woodland period, includes two burial mounds and a habitation site. The site was part of the Hopewell exchange system in Illinois and is the closest neighboring village site to the Golden Eagle regional transaction center, a major trade and social hub in the system. Archaeologists have suggested that the site is a local transaction center in the Golden Eagle site's region due to its two large mounds, which are roughly  long and  wide each. In addition, the site is archaeologically significant due to its distinctive stratification, which allows its artifacts to be easily dated.

The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 1982.

See also
Smith-Duncan House and Eastman Barn, historic buildings on the same farmstead

References

Archaeological sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
Geography of Jersey County, Illinois
Mounds in Illinois
National Register of Historic Places in Jersey County, Illinois


The Greater Winnipeg Water District Aqueduct (GWWDA) is an aqueduct that supplies the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, with water from Shoal Lake, Kenora District, Ontario. Winnipeg has relied on the lake as its source for safe drinking water since the aqueduct was put in service in 1919 at a cost of nearly CDN $16 million.

It has a capacity of  per day (4.4 cubic metres per second), a capacity that was planned for a city of one million inhabitants; peak water usage by the city was in 1988 and the capacity of the aqueduct has never been entirely used.

The aqueduct extends approximately  from an intake structure on Shoal Lake to the Deacon Reservoir on the east side of the Winnipeg floodway, a few kilometres south of Highway 15. Water flows by gravity from the lake, since the aqueduct drops about  over its length.

Access by maintenance staff to the aqueduct has been provided by the Greater Winnipeg Water District Railway, also operated by the City, since 1916. The Railway formerly provided passenger and freight rail services to the public, from Winnipeg to the rail station at the Shoal Lake aqueduct intake.

History

Background
The first water supply system in Winnipeg was installed and operated by the private Winnipeg Water Works Company, which obtained its charter on 30 December 1880. The charter was for a 20-year period and the works were put into operation in 1882. The source of supply was the Assiniboine River, the intake and pumping station being located at Armstrong's Point on the north bank of the river immediately downstream from the Maryland Street Bridge.

In April 1899, the City of Winnipeg purchased the plant of the Water Works Company for $237,650, making it a municipally-owned and operated utility. At this time, the source of supply was changed from the Assiniboine River to artesian wells. In October 1900, the well supply was placed in operation.

Between 1900 and 1908, a group of seven wells were dug. These averaged about  in diameter and varied in depth from . In some years, their yield was not consistent and it was evident that a more adequate supply was needed for the rapidly increasing city population.

Creating the Greater Winnipeg Water District
On 23 July 1906, a commission was appointed to investigate the best available source of water supply. The commission engaged the services of a group of engineers which, on 29 August 1907, submitted a report that recommended the City to go to the Winnipeg River for its future water supply. The commission endorsed this recommendation and forwarded it to the Winnipeg City Council on 30 October 1907. At this time, the City was undertaking the building of a hydro electric generating station at Pointe du Bois and was committed to the expenditure of a large sum of money. Consequently, the water supply project was postponed until 1912.

In 1912, the Public Utilities Commissioner, at the request of the City of Winnipeg, caused an investigation to be made and obtained an engineering report that recommended Shoal Lake, Kenora District, Ontario—the western tributary of the Lake of the Woods watershed—as the source of water supply. Winnipeg Mayor Thomas R. Deacon spearheaded making Shoal Lake the city's water source, a project he had supported long before becoming mayor in 1913. The engineer's report also recommended sinking of additional wells to maintain a supply until the larger system could be completed.

In January 1913, a series of meetings was held between Winnipeg and several municipalities in the surrounding region, who reached an agreement on draft legislation to form a metropolitan water district.

This resulted in the creation of the Greater Winnipeg Water District (GWWD), incorporated by an Act of the Manitoba Legislature, assented to on 15 February 1913. The Act was passed contingent on the plan being approved by Winnipeg voters. The matter was submitted to vote on 1 May 1913 with 2,226 people in favour and 369 against. The areas included in the district were the City of Winnipeg, City of St. Boniface, Town of Transcona, and Rural Municipality of St. Vital, as well as a part of the Rural Municipality of Fort Garry, the Rural Municipality of Assiniboia, and the Rural Municipality of Kildonan.

Planning and construction
On 7 April 1913, the Winnipeg City Council appointed a Board of Consulting Engineers to estimate the cost and general plan of the project to supply the Greater Winnipeg Water District with water from Shoal Lake. This report was submitted on 20 August 1913 and contained the following recommendations:
 That Shoal Lake water is of excellent quality for domestic and for manufacturing purposes;
 That Shoal Lake can be depended on to furnish all the water required for the Greater Winnipeg Water District until the population shall have reached about 850,000 and with the help of the Lake of the Woods can furnish a practically inexhaustible supply;
 That this water be brought from Shoal Lake through a covered concrete aqueduct  in length under open flow conditions to within about eight miles from St. Boniface, thence through a  reinforced concrete circular pipe under pressure to the eastern bank of the Red River, thence through a  diameter cast iron pipe in tunnel under the river, and thence through a  diameter reinforced concrete pipe to the reservoirs at McPhillips Street.
The aqueduct between Shoal Lake and the Deacon Reservoir was to have a capacity of  per day and the pressure portion to be capable of delivering to the McPhillips Street reservoirs about  per day. The engineers estimated the total cost of the intake, diversion works, concrete aqueduct, pressure portion, and tunnel to be CA$13,045,600, excluding costs for land acquisition and for interest charges during construction.

The engineering report was adopted by the Administration Board of the Greater Winnipeg Water District on 6 September 1913. A by-law was passed to raise the sum of $13,500,000 for the project by the issue and sale of debentures. The plan was put to Winnipeg voters on 1 October 1913 and was approved by a vote of 2,951 in favour and 90 against.

As Shoal Lake is connected with, and is part of, the trans-boundary Lake of the Woods watershed, approval was required from the International Joint Commission which administered the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty between the United States and Canada.

The project was carried out as outlined in the engineering report with the addition of a 250 million gallon reservoir at Deacon (about eight miles east of St. Boniface), a second 5-foot 6-inch pressure pipe from Deacon to the Red River, and a booster pumping station on the east bank of the Red River capable of delivering 50 million gallons per day to the reservoirs at McPhillips Street.

Surveying along the route of the aqueduct began in 1913 and construction commenced on 1 March 1914. The first work to be undertaken was the building of a  railway, including siding and spurs, a telephone line, clearing and fencing of the right-of-way, and completion of the Falcon River diversion. Construction of the aqueduct began in May 1915 and was virtually completed by the end of 1918.

The Falcon River dam was constructed to divert discoloured water from the Falcon River through the newly-created lake at the west end of Indian Bay and a channel was dug to convey this water to Snowshoe Bay, away from the aqueduct inlet.

Opening and beyond
On 29 March 1919, water from Shoal Lake arrived at the McPhillips Street reservoir and distribution to the City of Winnipeg began on 5 April 1919. The opening ceremony for the aqueduct was performed by Edward, Prince of Wales on 9 September 1919.

As a result of steadily increasing demand for water, construction of a booster pumping station adjacent to the Greater Winnipeg Water District's surge tank in St. Boniface was completed in 1950. This station allowed the District to fully develop the capacity of the existing works and to increase the flow to the City of Winnipeg from 30 to 42 million gallons per day. The station was equipped with three 20 million gallons per day pumping units with electrically controlled switchgear and electrically operated discharge valves. This was the first major addition to the District's aqueduct since the original works were completed in 1919.

In 1954, the District completed a direct  diameter pipe connection between the aqueduct and the Municipality of St. Vital, the cost being borne between the District and St. Vital. A pumping station was paid for and operated by St. Vital.

Equipment to fluoridate the water supply was installed at the aqueduct intake and operations commenced on 28 December 1956.

In June 2019, a road to serve the Shoal Lake 40 reserve was completed and officially opened. Residents of Shoal Lake 40 living on the peninsula between Indian and Snowshoe Bays were initially land-locked by the channel conveying water to Snowshoe Bay, and the water in Snowshoe Bay was often not potable.

The Shoal Lake 40 First Nation community had proposed developments but they were cancelled in the interest of protecting the watershed. In lieu of these cancelled developments, a trust fund for the First Nation was set up, to which both the City of Winnipeg and the Province of Manitoba both contribute to.

Description
The entry structure is located at Indian Bay, Shoal Lake, Ontario. On its way to Winnipeg the aqueduct and railway pass through East Braintree, McMunn, Hadashville, Spruce, Larkhill, Monominto, Millbrook and Deacon stations.

The system consists of about  of buried concrete unpressurized conduit and  of buried pressurized inverted siphons. Over its length the aqueduct crosses eight rivers. The conduit was built using the "cut and cover" method with an unreinforced concrete arch resting on a cast in place base invert. Sections at road and rail crossings had reinforcing steel. Siphon crossings of rivers were made as reinforced round concrete tubes. The interior dimensions of the aqueduct were selected so that no internal pressure was developed by the water flow; nineteen different interior sections were required. For inspection and maintenance, manholes were provided at approximately 1 mile intervals, which  allow insertion of a small boat for inspections. Vent pipes in the manholes allowed controlled entry of air.

Structural design was complicated by the widely varying ground conditions, ranging from rock to soft peat soil. In some places, gravel fill was brought in to replace unsuitable material excavated.  The depth of backfill was intended to protect the aqueduct from freezing.

To allow surface water to drain freely across the path of the aqueduct, inverted siphons were installed at fifty-six locations. Freezing was prevented by ensuring the outlet level was always below water level, preventing cold air from entering the siphon.

Since the Falcon River entering Shoal Lake drains a considerable area of muskeg, a dike was built in the lake to prevent brown, organics-laden water from being drawn into the aqueduct. The intake structure included dual intake chambers to allow for maintenance of one while the other was in use.  Again, to prevent cold air from entering, the intake level was well below the lake level.

Initially the aqueduct terminated at a reservoir built on McPhillips Street, which had been the center of the city's original water system. The design of the project included provisions for an additional reservoir approximately  east of the McPhillips reservoir.  This would allow for peak loads to be served in excess of the aqueduct's nominal capacity and allow for maintenance shutdowns of the aqueduct without interrupting the city's water supply.

Deacon Reservoir
The McPhillips reservoir in the north-west part of the city holds 227 megalitres. The Wilkes reservoir in the southern part holds 251 megalitres. The McLean reservoir in the eastern part of the city holds 205 megalitres. The Deacon reservoir near , built in 1972 with eight open cells, holds 8800 megalitres, equal to a 20-day supply for the city. It is named after Thomas Russ Deacon, who as Mayor of the city drove efforts to secure the Shoal Lake water supply.

Greater Winnipeg Water District
The Greater Winnipeg Water District (GWWD) was a water district serving the Greater Winnipeg area.

The GWWD covered an area of  and included the City of Winnipeg (65 km2); parts of the Cities of St. Boniface (17.7 km2), St. James (18.8 km2), and East Kildonan (9 km2); parts of the Towns of Transcona (12.8 km2) and Tuxedo (1.9 km2); and parts of the Municipalities of Fort Garry (20.8 km2), St. Vital (14.3 km2), and West Kildonan (6.2 km2).

It was established in 1913 as a collaboration between the City of Winnipeg and its neighbouring municipalities, who decided to invest CA$13.5 million to access Shoal Lake. Winnipeg Mayor Thomas R. Deacon spearheaded making Shoal Lake the city's water source, a project he had supported long before becoming mayor in 1913. In January 1913, a series of meetings was held between Winnipeg and the municipalities, who reached an agreement on draft legislation to form a water district. On February 15 that year, An Act to incorporate the ‘Greater Winnipeg Water District,’  was assented to in the Manitoba Legislature.

The District was administered by a Board composed of the Mayor of Winnipeg and four other members of City Council; the Mayor of St. Boniface and one other member of its City Council; and the Mayors of St. James, East Kildonan, Transcona, Fort Garry, St. Vital, West Kildonan, and Tuxedo. The Mayor of Winnipeg was the ex officio Chairman, and the work of the corporation was managed by a Board of Commissioners consisting of one to three persons.

The District sold water in bulk—without pressure—and at the same price, to the several participating municipalities. This price was at first based on the cost of maintenance, operation, and management; the Greater Winnipeg Water District Act provided that interest and sinking fund charges should be levied on land only. The GWWD Act was amended in 1927 to allow a maximum price of five cents per thousand gallons to be charged, which became effective on 1 January 1938. Any surplus from sales was used to reduce the annual level based on the findings on an equalization board

The District also operated a railway service between St. Boniface and Shoal Lake, and a sand and gravel business.

The GWWD was eventually succeeded by the City of Winnipeg Water and Waste Department.

Commemoration
A stone monument was unveiled at the foot of James Avenue in Stephen Juba Park in Winnipeg to commemorate the aqueduct. The monument includes a Historic Sites Advisory Board of Manitoba plaque designed in the shape of the aqueduct pipe, a Canadian Water Landmark plaque by the American Water Works Association, and a National Historic Civil Engineering Site plaque unveiled in 1994 by the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.

On 17 October 1960, the Second Branch Aqueduct was opened as a branch line built to secure the maximum capacity of the GWWD Aqueduct. At the branch's official opening, a plaque and stone & metal sculpture were also unveiled. Originally located on the west side of Pembina Highway, it was moved in 1988 when Bishop Grandin Boulevard was extended west from River Road to Waverley Street and the underpass at Pembina Highway had to be built.

See also
Shoal Lake 40 First Nation

References

Further reading
  David Ennis, Developing a Domestic Water Supply for Winnipeg from Shoal Lake and Lake of the Woods: The Greater Winnipeg Water District Aqueduct, 1905 – 1919, retrieved 29 July 2014, Master's thesis with photographs, University of Manitoba.
"Pressure to Act: The Shoal Lake Aqueduct and the Greater Winnipeg Water District" by David A. Ennis, Manitoba History, Number 72, Spring-Summer 2013
"Not All Down Hill From There: The Shoal Lake Aqueduct and the Greater Winnipeg Water District" by David A. Ennis, Manitoba History, Number 75, Summer 2014

Aqueducts in Canada
Transport buildings and structures in Manitoba
Municipal Historical Resources of Winnipeg
Reservoirs in Manitoba


title: Maya Rao

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Maya Rao (2 May 1928 – 1 September 2014) was an Indian classical dancer, choreographer and educator, in Kathak dance. She is known for her pioneering work in Kathak choreography, especially in dance ballets, and is credited for bringing Kathak, a North Indian-dance style to South India, when she opened her dance school, Natya Institute of Kathak and Choreography (NIKC) in Malleswaram, Bangalore in 1987. She was also the founder director of her dance company, "Natya and Stem Dance Kampni", an amalgam of NIKC and the STEM Dance Kampni ( founded by her daughter Madhu Nataraj) based in Bangalore. After her early training under Guru Sohanlal of Jaipur Gharana, followed by Guru Sunder Prasad also of the Jaipur Gharana, and went to train under Guru Shambhu Maharaj of Lucknow Gharana at National Institute of Kathak Dance in Delhi.

She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, given by Sangeet Natak Akademi, the National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama in 1989. In 2011, the Akademi awarded her the Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna, given to 100 artists from across India to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, for their contribution in the field of performing arts.

Early life
She was born in Malleswaram, Bangalore to orthodox Konkani Saraswat Brahmin family of Hattangadi Sanjeev Rao, a renowned architect in the city, and Subhadra Bai. She had three brothers and three sisters. At an early age she learnt Hindustani classical music – vocal and instrumental dilruba from Rama Rao, being from an orthodox family where girls didn't learn dance, considered a taboo. However, this changed when at age 12, after she and her architect father watched dancer Uday Shankar's troupe perform at BRV Talkies auditorium in Bangalore. Moved by the performance, his father wanted his daughters to learn dance.

Her guru Pandit Ramarao Naik, was a disciple of Ustad Faiyaz Khan, and vocalist of the Agra gharana. He ran music and dance school at Benson Town, Bangalore, where various dance and music styles were taught. Here Sohan Lal from Jaipur Gharana was in charge of the Kathak section. Soon, her younger sisters, Uma and Chitra, six years and four years old respectively, started learning Kathak from under Guru Sohanlal, while she at age twelve was considered too old for Kathak. Finally, her father allowed her to start her Kathak training in 1942, with a promise to never dance professionally or on stage, which she was soon break. She learnt from him for next two years. However, when she gave a first performance in 1944, at the Town Hall for a Saraswat Samaj community programme, her father didn't object.

After completing her schooling she joined B.A. (hon.) in English literature at Central College, Bangalore in 1945, and later studied at Maharani's College in Bangalore. Here, she formed a club to dance and presented dance-dramas. This paved way for her first major performance, a ballet "Sita Haran" in 1947, for poor students at Maharani's College. Meanwhile, her father died in 1946, after being cheated in business and incurring heavy losses. Their family home was auctioned within a year and the family moved to a one-room house. Soon she along with her brother Manohar took charge to household, and she started teaching dance at age 17, to support her family.

Career
She moved to Jaipur in 1951, in search of Kathak. She also started teaching English at the Maharani Gayatri Devi Girls' Public School for next two years. She then moved to Sri Lanka and studied Kandyan dance with legendary dancer, Chitrasena. Subsequently, in 1955, she received  the prestigious Government of India scholarship and trained under noted Guru, Shambhu Maharaj of the Lucknow Gharana at the Bharatiya Kala Kendra, New Delhi. She was the first student of the Kendra and Pt Shambhu Maharaj was the first Guru. She was the only student he ever danced with in all his life. In 1960, she was selected for the USSR Cultural Scholarship in Choreography to study for her Master's in Choreography. Upon her return from Russia in 1964, with the help of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay, then Vice Chairperson of Sangeet Natak Akademi, she started the Natya Institute of Choreography in Delhi under the aegis of the Bharatiya Natya Sangh.

Thereafter, she was based in Delhi for several years before she moved NIKC to Bangalore on invitation from the then Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde, which opened on 12 July 1987. Already known for her abhinaya anga, she has to her credit several notable dance ballets production, such as Venkateshwara Vilasam, Kathak through the Ages, Art and Life, Surdas, Barsha Mangal, Tarana, Ramayana Darshanam, Hoysala Vaibhava, The Vision of Amir Khusrau, Tulsi Ke Ram, and Urubhanga by Bhasa, besides Krishnadevaraya, Vijayanagara Vaibhava, Masti Venkatesha Iyengar's Kaamana Billu and works of noted Kannada writer Kuvempu.

She became the chairperson of Karnataka Sangeet Nritya Academy, state academy for music and dance, and during her tenure from 1987 to 1990, she started National Performing Arts Festivals at heritage monuments of the state, like Somanathapura, Pattadakal and Halebidu. She was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Creative dance/Choreography, given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance & Drama in 1989. She was awarded Rajyotsava Award, second highest civilian honour of the Karnataka state in 1986, and the Shantala Award for the year 1999, by Government of Karnataka. In 2013, she received the  'Tagore Ratna' award, given Sangeet Natak Akademi, also in the same year she received the lifetime achievement award for her contribution to dance and choreography at the Epic Women conference. Over the years, she has trained over 3,000 students, notably, Nirupama Rajendra, Syed Sallauddin Pasha, Satya Narayana Charka, Shambhu Hegde, Shivananda Hegde, and Nandini Mehta.

Her daughter Madhu Nataraj is an acclaimed dancer and choreographer, and started STEM Kampni, a branch of NIKC.She continued as s a consultant choreographer at her institute till her last days. Maya Rao's autobiography, Maya Rao – A Lifetime in Choreography was completed by her in 2013 and released by playwright and Jnanpith awardee Shri Girish Karnad in July 2014.

She died of massive cardiac arrest shortly after midnight on 1 September 2014, at M S Ramaiah Memorial Hospital, Bangalore, where she was admitted around 11.30 pm due complains of breathlessness and chest pain. She was survived by her sisters Chitra Venugopal and Uma Rao, and daughter Madhu Nataraj, Kathak and contemporary dancer.

Awards and honors
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 1989
Sangeet Natak Akademi Tagore Ratna 2011
Shantala Natya Sri Award 1999

References

External links
 Natya Institute of Kathak and Choreography, website
 Personal Obituary by Culture Critic Veejay Sai in www.narthaki.com, http://www.narthaki.com/info/profiles/profl170.html

1928 births
2014 deaths
Performers of Indian classical dance
Kathak exponents
Indian classical choreographers
Teachers of Indian classical dance
Artists from Bangalore
Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Indian autobiographers
Indian women non-fiction writers
Indian arts administrators
Businesspeople from Bangalore
Businesswomen from Karnataka
Indian female classical dancers
Indian women choreographers
Indian choreographers
Dancers from Karnataka
Women educators from Karnataka
20th-century Indian educators
20th-century Indian women educators
20th-century Indian women artists
20th-century Indian dancers
Women autobiographers
Women writers from Karnataka
Educators from Karnataka
Women artists from Karnataka
Scholars from Bangalore


title: List of riots in India

text:
India has faced a number of riots both before and after its independence. Here is a list of riots in India:

Riots in Pre-Independent India

Riots In Post-Independent India

From 1947 to 2000

Post 2000

See also

List of massacres in India
Religious violence in India
List of riots in Mumbai

Notes

References

Further reading

India
Riots
Riots


title: Hässelby SK

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Hässelby Athletic Sports Club is a Swedish sports club located in Hässelby within the city of Stockholm. Founded in 1913, the departments it operates include the sports football, athletics and floorball. Their football club, Hässelby SK FF, is affiliated with Stockholms Fotbollförbund within the Swedish Football Association. The club used to have a department for bandy too.

Hässelby SK has had a pivotal role in the establishment of a number of running events, such as the Stockholm Marathon, XL Galan and the Tjejmilen.

Notable athletes
Angelica Bengtsson
Isabellah Andersson
Jessica Samuelsson
Mattias Claesson
Yussuf Saleh
Johan Wissman
Mattias Jons

References

External links
 Official website
 Football website
 Floorball website

Association football clubs established in 1913
Bandy clubs established in 1913
Football clubs in Stockholm
Defunct bandy clubs in Sweden
1913 establishments in Sweden
Sports clubs and teams in Stockholm
Multi-sport clubs in Sweden


title: P. V. Dixit

text:
P. V. Dixit was the Chief Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court from 1959 to 1969. He was also the acting Governor of Madhya Pradesh in February 1966.

See also
 List of governors of Madhya Pradesh

References

20th-century Indian judges
Governors of Madhya Pradesh
Judges of the Madhya Pradesh High Court
Year of birth missing
Possibly living people


title: Minasniyuq (Arequipa-Cusco)

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Minasniyuq (Spanish minas mines, Quechua -ni, -yuq  suffixes, "the one with mines", Hispanicized spelling Minasniyoc) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about  high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Puyca District, and in the Cusco Region, Chumbivilcas Province, Santo Tomás District. It lies northwest of the mountain Qullpa K'uchu.

The river Qañawimayu originates between the mountains Minasniyuq and Qullpa K'uchu at a height of . It is an important tributary of the Apurímac River, the source of the Amazon River.

See also
 Kunturillu

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Arequipa Region
Mountains of Cusco Region


title: 2007–08 Primera División A season

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Changes for the 2007–08 season
 Querétaro were relegated from Liga MX
 Puebla were promoted to Liga MX

Added Teams
Coatzacoalcos
Real Colima
Tapatio
Salamanca
Tapachula
Socio Aguila (Clausura 2007)

Dropped Teams
La Piedad
Veracruz B (Apertura 2006)
 Guerreros
 U de G
 Tabasco (Apertura 2006)
Zacatepec (Apertura 2006)
Celaya (Clausura 2007)
Orizaba (Clausura 2007)

Stadium and locations

Torneo Apertura 2007

Tournament Format

Promotion

One team is promoted to the Primera División each year (two short tournaments). After the Clausura 2008 tournament, the champions of the Apertura 2007 and Clausura 2008 tournaments will play a home and home series to determine which team will be promoted. If the same team wins both tournaments it will be promoted automatically. In order for a team to be promoted it has to obtain a certification from the Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación. If the winner of the promotional final is not certified for promotion a home and home series is played between the highest placed certified team and the club being relegated to the Primera División A to determine which will be in the Primera División.

Relegation

One team is relegated to the Segunda División each year (two short tournaments). The team that has the worst points to games played ratio over the previous three years (Apertura 2005, Clausura 2006, Apertura 2006, Clausura 2007, Apertura 2007, Clausura 2008) is relegated to the Segunda División.

General league table

Liguilla

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

Second leg

Torneo Clausura 2008

Primera División A (Méxican First A Division) Clausura 2008 is a Méxican football tournament – one of two  tournaments held in one year. It began Friday, January 11, 2008. Reigning champions Indios could not defend their title, as León won their 3rd title in Primera División A, and earned the right to battle Indios in a two-leg aggregate to try to earn promotion to the Primera División de México.

Group league tables

Group 1

Group 2

General league table

Liguilla

Quarter-finals

First leg

Second leg

Semi-finals

First leg

Second leg

Final

First leg

Second leg

Promotional final

First leg

Second leg

Top scorers

Last updated: May 3, 2008Source: FMF

References

External links
Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación, A. C.

Ascenso MX seasons
Mex
2007–08 in Mexican football
2009 domestic association football leagues
Mex

es:Primera División 'A' de México


title: Bojan Krasić

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Bojan Krasić (; born 4 January 1983) is a Serbian football defender. He is the older brother of Miloš Krasić.

References

External links

 Bojan Krasić stats at utakmica.rs

1983 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Mitrovica, Kosovo
Men's association football defenders
Serbian men's footballers
FK Vojvodina players
FK Mladost Gacko players
FK Radnički Obrenovac players
FK ČSK Čelarevo players
FK Banat Zrenjanin players
FK Proleter Novi Sad players
FK Inđija players
FK Cement Beočin players
Serbian SuperLiga players


title: Calton, Staffordshire

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Calton is a village and a former parochial chapelry and civil parish, now in the parish of Waterhouses, in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 222. The chapelry contained the four parishes of Croxden, Blore, Mayfield, and Waterfall. In 1866, the four parishes became the civil parish of Calton, and on 1 April 1934 the parish was abolished to form Waterhouses. The village of Calton stands in the old parish of Mayfield, along with the chapel of St Mary.

The Peak District Boundary Walk runs through the village.

See also
Listed buildings in Waterhouses, Staffordshire

References

Villages in Staffordshire
Towns and villages of the Peak District
Former civil parishes in Staffordshire
Staffordshire Moorlands


title: 2000 Flushes

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2000 Flushes is an automatic toilet cleaning product produced by the WD-40 Company.  The toilet cleaner is dispensed from an in-tank package.

History
2000 Flushes was created by Al Eisen, founder of New Jersey-based Flushco, Inc. According to the company, Eisen's wife asked him to clean the toilet; he hated the job and tried to find a better way. His initial experiment, a cup with chlorine weighted with rocks and installed in the toilet tank, worked well at keeping his toilet clean for months. The idea behind 2000 Flushes was born.

The first newspaper advertisements appeared in 1978; in March 1979 this was supplemented by simple broadcast advertising with the tagline If there's one job I hate, it's scrubbing the toilet.

The product was well-enough received in its initial US markets to represent a credible rival to Vanish, which held a dominant market position at the time with a Sani-Flush like crystal toilet bowl cleaner. Before 2000 Flushes could complete its national expansion westward, Vanish began disparaging advertising suggesting calcium hypochlorite toilet cleaners damaged plumbing. In fall 1981, a group of manufacturers led by Twinoak (which made "120 Day Automatic Toilet Bowl Cleaner" since 1965) obtained an out-of-court settlement against Drackett Company, maker of Vanish. As part of the undisclosed cash settlement, disparaging advertisements were withdrawn.

Block Drug purchased Flushco, acquiring "2000 Flushes" toilet bowl cleaner in 1983. Block distributed multiple versions of the product, such as "2000 Flushes Blue" and "2000 Flushes Powder Foam". It sold the brand as part of a larger 1998 corporate restructuring.

Al Eisen (as inventor of 2000 Flushes) made personal appearances in many early ads for the product, in which he holds up four fingers and boasts "It works up to four months!"

In October 1993, toilet fixture manufacturers reported rapid degradation of flush valve flappers; some new, water-saving toilets (introduced to meet a 1994 US federal water conservation deadline) were leaking within months of installation. The growing popularity of in-tank drop-in cleaning tablets quickly drew suspicion as many contain chlorine bleach; if a toilet is flushed infrequently, the amount of chlorine in the tank may build to problematic levels. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) began tests of flapper materials in 1994-1997. By 1998, flappers had been redesigned to withstand continuous immersion in 2000 Flushes or Clorox bowl cleaners, then the most popular products. A rival in-tank cleaner introduced by Vanish in 2000 caused problems until 2005, when new durability and marking requirements for flappers were added to the ASME A112.19.5 standard on "Flush Valves and Spuds for Water Closets, Urinals, and Tanks".

In 2001, San Diego based WD-40 Company acquired Global Household Brands, a company founded in 1998 to acquire X-14, 2000 Flushes and Carpet Fresh.

2000 Flushes is now packaged as a solid tablet for in-tank use, like many of its rivals. There are multiple product versions and reformulations; some add a detergent, some add a concentrated bleach. In 2008, a disinfectant was added to "kill 99.9% of bacteria flush after flush" in an apparent response to competitive pressures; Ty-D-Bol has claimed to "kill 99.9% of toilet bowl germs with every flush" since 1994 and crystal bowl cleaners have made claims to "kill millions of germs" since Sani-Flush's 1911 introduction.

While toxicity varies between the differing 2000 Flushes formulations, most are not pet-safe.

References

External links

Cleaning product brands
Products introduced in 1978


title: Catherine Spencer (rugby union)

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Catherine Spencer (born 25 May 1979) is a former English female rugby union player. She was selected as captain in 2007. She captained  at the 2010 Women's Rugby World Cup and was also a member of the squad to the 2006 World Cup.

Spencer retired from international rugby in 2011. Spencer scored 18 tries for England, played in 8 six nations 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11 won 6 as well as 5 grand slams. Her awards have included England Player of the Year in 2006, the Rugby Union Writers Club Award in 2010, and the Linda Uttley Award in 2011.

Spencer played for Worcester, Bristol and Aylesford Bulls Ladies and has now completely retired from playing rugby.

Spencer ran her own successful women's speaker agency Inspiring women until the global pandemic put a stop to in person speaking events. Because of the pandemic, she made the decision to become a teacher and now teaches at a school not far from where she grew up.

Spencer was awarded an honorary doctorate from Canterbury Christ Church University in September 2018 for significantly raising the profile of women's rugby through her leadership and continuing to inspire girls and women.

In 2022, Spencer commentated on matches for ITV for the 2021 Rugby World Cup.

References

https://www.canterbury.ac.uk/news-centre/press-releases/2018/figures-from-sport-local-government-policing-and-medicine-receive-honorary-awards.aspx#.W5DrKegqNMI.linkedin#i
http://www.cantrugby.co.uk/news/england-star-spencer-joins-canterbury?comp=127&comp_dir=next

1979 births
Living people
England women's international rugby union players
English female rugby union players
Rugby union players from Ashford, Kent
Rugby union number eights
Worcester Warriors Women players
Bristol Bears Women players
English schoolteachers


title: Louisiana State Guard

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The Louisiana State Guard (LSG) is the official state defense force of the state of Louisiana. The LSG was first created during World War II. As a state defense force, the LSG is a part of the state militia of Louisiana, and can serve as a stateside replacement of the Louisiana National Guard while the National Guard is deployed. Unlike the Louisiana National Guard, the Louisiana State Guard is solely under state control, and cannot be federalized or deployed outside of Louisiana, guaranteeing additional soldiers will always be available to the governor to deploy in response to crises.

History of predecessor units
Both the National Guard and the state defense forces are descended from the state militias which augmented the relatively smaller professional federal military in times of war. During the War of 1812, numerous Louisiana militia units were raised to aid in the defense of the city during the Battle of New Orleans. Later, in the American Civil War, both Union units and Confederate units volunteered to fight. After the passage of the Militia Act of 1903, state militias were placed under federal control and reorganized as the modern National Guard of the United States, meaning that states who wished to provide a military response to man-made or natural disasters, insurrections, or military invasions while the National Guard was federalized had to raise their own state defense forces to replace these National Guard units.

World War II
The Louisiana State Guard was authorized by the Louisiana State Legislature in 1942 by a vote of 85-5 in favor of creating the state militia. Unlike other state guards, who were organized and trained around the possibility of repelling an invasion, the Louisiana State Guard was created with the intent to primarily take over civil defense responsibilities such as evacuating civilians during an attack or arresting saboteurs. However, it was not organized until March 1943, due largely to the difficulty of recruiting members when most able-bodied men were being drafted into the federal military. By October 1943, the Louisiana State Guard had reached a strength of nearly 3,000 guardsmen.

Equipment
The War Department agreed to equip state defense forces, though often with outdated equipment. Louisiana was provided with reconditioned military trucks and cars, and obsolete uniforms and weapons, including sixty machine guns.

Plaquemines Parish incident
In October 1943, Louisiana Governor Sam Jones attempted to fill a vacancy for the position of sheriff in the Plaquemines Parish. Simultaneously, Leander H. Perez, an Assistant District Attorney and Democratic political boss of Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes, attempted to fill the position through a special election. ADA Perez raised a local militia of deputies and armed citizens and fortified the town in order to prevent Governor Jones’ appointee from taking office, and Governor Jones moved several State Guard units closer to the parish after a supreme court ruling affirmed the Governor’s right to make the appointment. On October 9, the Governor declared martial law and ordered the State Guard to advance into the parish. Guardsmen in armored cars entered the parish and ended the crisis without meeting any resistance.

Disbandment
The Louisiana State Guard was disbanded on June 30, 1947.

Later reactivation

Louisiana later began rebuilding the Louisiana State Guard to a cadre-level organization throughout the 1980s. As of 2003, the Louisiana State Guard was organized as teams of soldiers and desk officers, trained as experts in operations and logistics, and organized for deployment to each parish (county) emergency operations center during a crisis. The Guard contains a pool of retired military personnel that can be called back to active duty if needed. Key Louisiana state employees are also members of the force so they can be mobilized more effectively in order to deal with emergencies.

All units of the Louisiana State Guard were deployed in support of the Louisiana National Guard in 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Legal basis
The Louisiana State Guard is authorized under Louisiana state law under Title 29 §5 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes. State defense forces are also authorized by the federal government under Title 32, Section 109 of the United States Code. Currently, 23 states and the territory of Puerto Rico maintain active state defense forces. In 2005, state defense forces from several states were activated to aid the National Guard in sheltering the large number of refugees leaving Louisiana and assist in other disaster recovery operations after Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans.

Legal protection
Employers in the state of Louisiana are required by law to grant a leave of absence to any employees who are members of the Louisiana State Guard who are activated for any military service, and to restore those employees to their previous positions upon their return from their deployment.

See also
Louisiana Naval Militia
Louisiana Wing Civil Air Patrol

References

External links
Military Department State of Louisiana Official Website
Contact the Louisiana Military Department

State defense forces of the United States
Military in Louisiana


title: Cepola schlegelii

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Cepola schlegelii i is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Cepolidae, the bandfishes. It is found in the Indo-West Pacific region.

Taxonomy
Cepola schlegelii was first formally described in 1854 by the Dutch medical doctor, ichthyologist, and herpetologist Pieter Bleeker with the type locality given as Kaminoseki in Japan. The specific name honours the German  ornithologist and herpetologist Hermann Schlegel.

Description
Cepola schlegelii  is an elongated fish with the rearmost soft rays of both the elongated dorsal and anal fins connected to its lanceolate caudal fin by a membrane to form a continuous fin.  The dorsal fin has 68-70 soft rays while the anal fin has 60-64. The pectoral fin has 19 fin rays There are no spines on the edge of the preoperculum and the cheeks are scaleless. This species attains a maximum total length of . The main colour of the body is red, with a black spot in the membranes of the jaw. The cheek, operculum and fin bases are whitish.

Distribution and habitat
Cepola schlegelii is confirmed from the western Pacific Ocean from Indonesia east to the Philippines and Papua New Guinea, north as far as Japan. In Australia it has been recorded from Bernier Island in Western Australia and north of Wessel Island in the Northern Territory and in the Gulf of Carpentaria. It may also be found on the Northwest Shelf off Western Australia. Reports from Sumatra and South Africa are doubtful. They are found on muddy bottoms in relatively deep water up to >

Biology
Cepola schlegelii is normally encountered in small groups. Bandfishes of the genus 'Cepola live in burrows in fine substrates. They feed on zooplankton and may rise to  into the water column to feed.

UtilisationCepola schelegelii'' is uncommon in the aquarium trade.

References

schlegelii
Fish described in 1854


title: Good to Be Home (disambiguation)

text:
Good to Be Home is a 2014 album by Blu (rapper)

Good to Be Home may also refer to:
Good To Be Home, album by Paul Clark and Friends 1975
"Good to Be Home", by Harry Connick, Jr. with Branford Marsalis; composed by Harry Connick, Jr. List of songs recorded by Harry Connick, Jr.


title: 2014 Ben Gurion Airport flight bans

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The 2014 Ben Gurion Airport flight bans were a series of flight bans at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel due to the 2014 Gaza War.

FAA flight bans
On 21 July 2014, the United States State Department advised U.S. citizens to "consider the deferral of non-essential travel to Israel" in consideration of the firing of rockets into different parts of Israel (including cities).

On 22 July, a rocket landed about a mile from Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport. Delta Air Lines diverted a flight which was in the air to Paris. Delta Air Lines and United Airlines suspended all flights to Tel Aviv indefinitely, and US Airways also cancelled flights. After this, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) prohibited U.S. airlines from flying to or from the airport for up to 24 hours and cited "the potentially hazardous situation created by the armed conflict in Israel and Gaza."  The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) stated that it "strongly recommends" that airlines do not fly into or out of the Tel Aviv airport. On 23 July, the FAA extended its prohibition for another 24 hours, however halfway through the extension, 36 hours into the flight ban, the FAA lifted their ban.

Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg flew to Ben Gurion on El Al on the 23rd of July in order to prove that Israel's airports are safe and to show his solidarity with Israel. He told CNN, "The fact that one rocket falls far away from this airport – a mile away – doesn't mean you should shut down air traffic into a country and paralyze the country."

Israel's reaction
Shortly after the FAA announcement, Yisrael Katz, the Israeli Transportation Minister, stated that "Ben Gurion airport was safe for take-offs and landings, and that there was no security concern for passenger planes." Israel previously stated that the Iron Dome has successfully intercepted "about 90% of rockets headed toward populated or strategic areas". Israel's Civil Aviation Authority wrote a document which said that Israel is taking efforts to avoid commercial airline cancellations of flights going into Ben-Gurion Airport. It submitted the document to Transportation Minister Katz, indicating that the airport was safe for landings and departures. One significant measure taken by the aviation authorities to increase the level of safety at Ben Gurion during the Gaza operation was to route all commercial traffic through the airspace north of the airport and away from the direction of Gaza. This move was facilitated by frequently employing runway 03/21, a new runway at the airport that was completed less than two months before the conflict began.

In response to the cancellations, on 23 July, Israel offered to open up Ovda Airport (in southern Israel,  north of Eilat) to international flights, due to its distance from Gaza. There was crowding and chaos at the airport after it opened; 5,000 people were expected to pass through the airport on 24 July. Among the airlines flying to the airport were Air Europa, Air Méditerranée, and Neos. The Iron Dome intercepted a rocket over Eilat (which is farther south than the Ovda airport) on 24 July.

Airlines responses
Some airlines which cancelled flights include Aegean Airlines, Aeroflot, Air Baltic, Air Berlin, Air Canada, Air France, Air Serbia, Air Sinai, Alitalia, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Croatia Airlines, Cyprus Airways, Delta Air Lines, easyJet, Finnair, Germanwings, Iberia, KLM, Korean Air, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, Meridiana, NIKI, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Pegasus Airlines, Royal Jordanian, Scandinavian Airlines, Swiss International Air Lines, Tailwind Airlines, TAROM, TUIfly, Transaero, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways, Wizzair, and Vueling.

Other airlines, such as Korean Air and Norwegian Air Shuttle, had already cancelled flights before the rocket strike.

El Al followed these cancellations by stating that there is "no chance" that they will cancel any flights. Arkia, Azerbaijan Airlines, Belavia, Bluebird Airways, British Airways, Bulgaria Air, Czech Airlines, Ethiopian Airlines, Israir, Rossiya Airlines, Thai Airways, Siberia Airlines, Yakutia Airlines and Ukraine International Airlines also continued flying.

El Al announced that four planes would be sent to Istanbul to retrieve those who were stranded there because of flight cancellations.

Over the 23rd and 24 July period, both the FAA and the EASA lifted the ban on the flights to Israel, while some carriers, such as Air France, chose not to renew their coverage yet. Aeroflot and TAROM resumed flights on 23 July, Air Berlin, Air Canada, Air Méditerranée, Alitalia, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, easyJet, FedEx Express, Iberia, LOT Polish Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines, Transaero, UPS Airlines, and US Airways renewed usual service on 24 July, Air France, Finnair, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, Vueling Airlines, and Wizz Air renewed regular service on 25 July, Air Berlin, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Germanwings, Lufthansa, Norwegian Air Shuttle, and Swiss International Air Lines resumed flights on 26 July, and Air Sinai and Egyptair resumed flights on 3 August.

Later threats
On 20 August, Hamas threatened to fire additional rockets at Ben Gurion on 21 August at 06:00. Their warning stated that all airlines should cancel their flights. In response to the warnings, Royal Jordanian canceled their flights to Ben Gurion.

References

2014 in aviation
2014 in Israel
Airports in Israel
2014 Israel–Gaza conflict


title: Hicham Belkaroui

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Hicham Belkaroui (born 24 August 1990) is an Algerian professional footballer who plays for ASM Oran and the Algeria national team. He plays primarily as a centre-back.

Club career
In July 2014, he signed a three-year contract with Tunisian side Club Africain.

In 2019, Belkaroui signed a contract with USM Alger.

In 2020, Belkaroui signed a two-year contract with MC Oran.

In 2021, Belkaroui signed a two-year contract with ES Sétif.

On 5 September 2022, Belkaroui joined Al-Ain.

References

External links

1990 births
Algeria men's A' international footballers
Algeria men's under-23 international footballers
Algeria men's international footballers
Algerian expatriate men's footballers
Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia
Algerian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
Algerian men's footballers
Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players
Primeira Liga players
Saudi Pro League players
Saudi First Division League players
ASM Oran players
C.D. Nacional players
Moreirense F.C. players
Club Africain players
Footballers from Oran
USM El Harrach players
WA Tlemcen players
Al Raed FC players
Al-Ain FC (Saudi Arabia) players
Living people
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Expatriate men's footballers in Tunisia
Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
2017 Africa Cup of Nations players
Men's association football central defenders
Espérance Sportive de Tunis players
MC Oran players
21st-century Algerian people


title: Colourful Life

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Colourful Life () is a 2001 Hong Kong, ancient costumed comedy drama produced by TVB, starring Annie Man and Frankie Lam as the main leads with Gigi Wong, Louis Yuen, Ronald Cheng, Louisa So, Florence Kwok, Cutie Mui, Myolie Wu and Mimi Chu as supporting leads. The series is helmed by executive producer Mui Siu Ching and was aired as a Lunar New Year drama. Original broadcast of the series began on January 15 till February 9, 2001 on TVB's Jade channel, Monday-Friday during its 9:15-10:20 p.m. timeslot.

Synopsis
The Ching family is an affluent family that produces textiles for the royal family, the government officials and the army during the Tang Dynasty. On the day of Princess Man Sing wedding to the Tibetan Emperor, Lady Gwai, the Tang Emperor's favorite concubine, overhears the Ching's 3rd madam Sam Kam Hing (Angelina Lo) insulting her to Ching's 2nd madam Sheung Goon Dan Fung (Gigi Wong) because Lady Gwai was once the 2nd madam's personal maid. To insult the Ching's family gift to Princess Man Sing, Lady Gwai had the fabric laid on the floor as a carpet for Princess Man Sing to step on during her wedding ceremony. Seeing none of the Tibetan girls present at the ceremony being attractive, Lady Gwai suggest to the Tang Emperor that the Ching family take a Tibetan girl as their daughter-in-law to better relations with the new royal in-laws. Second madam Ching could not refuse the request since the Tang Emperor had agreed to Lady Gwai's suggestion.

The Ching's fourth son, Ching Chi Hin (Frankie Lam), had no choice but to accept the marriage arrangement since he was the only unwed Ching son. Dun Ju (Annie Man), the daughter of a Tibetan general, was chosen as the bride for the Ching family. Always seeking an adventure and new exploration, Dun Ju readily agrees to the marriage and brings her personal maid and good friend, Ah Yee Ma, with her. On her way to the Tang capital, Dun Ju meets Chi Hin not knowing he is her husband to be, the two get into an argument and misunderstanding because she thinks he's a theft who is trying to steal from her. On their wedding night when they find out they have married each other,, they get in a fight and Dun Ju forces Chi Hin to sleep on the wooden bench in his study while she takes the bed for herself.

The two remain in a loveless marriage, with Dun Ju wanting to return to Tibet and Chi Hin nicknaming her "stupid pig" because her name Dun Ju pronunciation sounds the same as "stupid pig" in Chinese. One day, she runs into Luk Dung Jaun, a Tibetan government official on the streets of the Tang capital. He tells her he is there on a secret mission and ask for her help, promising that he will take her back to Tibet once they have finished their mission. Their mission is to find the long lost illegitimate son of the Tibetan Emperor. The clues to finding this person is a gold butterfly pendent, a piece of jade and a birthmark on the persons chest.

Cast

Ching family
 Gigi Wong 黃淑儀 as Sheung Goon Dan Fung 上官丹鳳 – Second madam of the Ching family. With the Ching family master and 1st madam deceased she is in charge of the operations of the family textile business. Her birth children are third son Ching Chi Yung and fourth son Ching Chi Hin.
 Angelina Lo 盧宛茵 as Sam Kam Hing 沈金卿 – 3rd madam of the Ching family. She is a petty person who gets jealous easily. She used to be the personal maid to the deceased 1st madam of the Ching family. Her birth children are second son Ching Chi Bok and fifth daughter Ching Wing Chi.
 Johnson Law 羅莽 as Ching Chi Sing 程智盛 – Son of the 1st madam, he is mildly retarded. He is the Ching family oldest son but doesn't really have a status or any respect in the family since he is seen as an idiot. The nickname that every secretly calls behind his back is "dumb boy" which he eventually finds out about and becomes frustrated.
 Louisa So 蘇玉華 as Chow Mung Han 周夢嫻 – Wife of the first son. She is in a loveless marriage with her husband and only married him to help pay off her father's debts. Wanting to experience real love, she had thought about running off with her cousin and eloping but decided to stay loyal to her husband since he was kind to her. She was in charge of the Chings' book-keeping until the entire family found out about her father's debt and didn't trust her with the Ching family money.
 Louis Yuen 阮兆祥 as Ching Chi Bok 程智博 – The second son of the Ching family. Like his mother the 3rd madam, he is also petty, easily jealous and very competitive. In order to better his younger brother Ching Chi Hin when taking the royal exam he decided to cheat but got caught. He decided to take on the family textile business when he is banned from ever taking the royal exams again.
 Florence Kwok 郭少芸 as Sit Siu Siu 薛小小 – Wife of the 2nd son. Like her husband she is petty and gets jealous easily. She and the 3rd son's wife Cheng Yim do not get along. Both are always looking for reasons to put the other down. When her husband takes over the family textile business her ego grows and becomes extremely cruel to the servant girls, so cruel that one decides to have an affair with her husband as revenge. Her mother-in-law the 3rd Ching madam does not respect her since she is unable to give her a grandchild after being marry to Chi Bok for over 10 years.
 Ronald Cheng 鄭中基 as Ching Chi Yung 程智勇 – The third son of the Ching family. He is a lazy weakling that complains if he has to do a simple task. He does not like to work and spends his day's collecting small antiques statues. He does not get along with his 2nd brother Chi Bok due to both of their wives often fighting with each other and him sticking up for his wife, also because both brothers have different birth mothers.
 Cutie Mui 梅小惠 as Cheng Yim 鄭艷 – Wife of the 3rd son. She married into the Ching family a few years ago but is always at odds with the 2nd wife over family status. She constantly puts 2nd wife Siu Siu down by reminding her of not being able to bear a child and that her family is rich compare to 2nd wife whose family runs a small side street restaurant. She is very nosy and gossipy, often wanting to know what the other family members are up to.
 Frankie Lam 林文龍 as Ching Chi Hin 程智軒 – The fourth Ching son. He is studying to be a royal scholar. He is forced into a marriage arranged by the Tang Emperor due to him being the only son not wed yet. While married to Dun Ju he falls in love with his 1st sister-in-law younger sister Chow Mung Sze, but with urging from the 1st wife and not wanting Mung Sze to be concubine status he gives up on their love.
 Annie Man 文頌嫻 as Dun Ju 頓珠 – Wife of the 4th son. She agreed to her arranged expecting it to be adventurous and wanting to get away from Tibet. Once she arrives at the Tang capital she gets off on the wrong foot with Ching Chi Hin, the man who will be her husband. Bored and in a loveless marriage with a person she hates she longs to go back to Tibet.
 Myolie Wu 胡杏兒 as Ching Wing Chi 程穎姿 - 5th daughter and youngest child of the Ching family. Her mother does not allow her to venture out the house as she sees her as a future royal concubine for the Tang Emperor one day. She falls in love with Fung Tai Sang who works for the Ching family and her 4th brother's best friend, but her mother the 3rd madam does not approve of the relationship since Tai Sang is poor, so the two runaway and elope.

Ching family servants
 Mimi Chu 朱咪咪 as Koo Mei Wun 古美雲 - The 2nd Ching madam's personal maid. Fung Tai Sang mother and Ching Chi Hin nanny.
 Ellesmere Choi as 蔡子健 Fung Tai Sang 馮太生 - Koo Mei Wun's only child. He works at the Ching family textile factory. He and Ching Wing Chi fall in love but her mother is highly against the relationship so they runaway together to elope.
 Irene Wong 汪琳 as Ah Yee Ma 阿依瑪 - Dun Ju's personal maid and best friend. She tags along with Dun Ju to the Tang dynasty. Due to a misunderstand with Gu Ho Nam when the two first meet, they often bicker whenever they see each other. She later becomes Gu Ho Nam wife.
 Catherine Chau 周家怡 as Chun Lan 春蘭 - Ching family 3rd madam's personal maid.
 Candy Chiu 趙靜儀 as Ho Tung Mui 何冬梅 - Ching family 1st wife's personal maid. Has an affair with Ching Chi Bok as revenge for his wife Sit Siu Siu cruel treating of the servants. She becomes pregnant from the affair and becomes Chi Bok's concubine. Due to her scheming she gets Siu Siu kicked out of the Ching family.

Cheung Suen family
 Chow Chung 周 驄 as Cheung Suen Siu Lung 長孫少龍 – A Tang government official who is always teaching the rules of respect and fairness, but his true personality is the complete opposite of what he teaches.
 Mark Kwok 郭耀明 as Cheung Suen Mun Boon 長孫文本 – Cheung Suen Siu Lung's son. A Tang government official who is in charge of giving the textile contracts. He becomes infatuated with Chow Mung Sze when he accidentally spies her bathing. The two get married but he becomes furious and beats her when he finds out about her past affections for Ching Chi Hin. Not able to let his wife's past affection for another man go, he ruins the Ching family textile business.
 May Kwong 鄺文珣 as Chow Mung Sze 周夢詩 – Ching family first wife Chow Mung Han's younger sister. She falls in love with Ching Chi Hin, but knowing she could never have wife status with him she gives up on the relationship and marries Cheung Suen Mun Boon in order to let go of her feelings for Chi Hin and also help her father pay off his debts. When she finds out that her husband is a cruel man she helps the Ching family expose his true nature.

Others
 Johnny Tang 鄧兆尊 as Gu Ho Nam 古浩男 - Koo Mei Wun's little brother. He runs a small dumpling and noodle stall.  He and Ah Yee Ma have a misunderstanding when they first meet, but through constant bickering every time they meet the two later fall in love and get married.
 Al Wai 艾威 as Luk Dong Zan 祿東贊 - A Tibet government official sent to the Tang Kingdom in search of the Tibetan Emperors long lost illegitimate son.
 Tang Ho Kwong 鄧浩光 as Sun Ho Ming 孫浩明 - Chow Mung Han's older male cousin. He and his cousin love each other very much and because she is in a loveless marriage with a retarded man he wanted to have her runaway with him so that they can be together.
 Kenneth Ma 馬國明 as Student 蕭學子 - One of Ching Chi Hin classmate who is also studying to be a royal scholar.

Casting
 Annie Man's first leading role in a TVB drama.
 Myolie Wu's first acting role in a TVB drama.

References

External links
 TVB official webpage

TVB dramas
Period television series
2001 Hong Kong television series debuts
2001 Hong Kong television series endings


title: Qullpa (Chumbivilcas-La Unión)

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Qullpa (Aymara and Quechua for saltpeter, Hispanicized spelling Collpa) is a mountain in the Wansu mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about  high. It is situated in the Arequipa Region, La Unión Province, Puyca District, and in the Cusco Region, Chumbivilcas Province, Santo Tomás District. It lies northwest of the mountains Qullpa K'uchu and Minasniyuq.

References

Mountains of Peru
Mountains of Arequipa Region
Mountains of Cusco Region


title: New Mexico State Road 81

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New Mexico State Road 81 (NM 81) is a  state road in southwestern New Mexico. The route runs from the Mexico–U.S. border in Antelope Wells north to NM 9 in Hachita, passing through desert and semi-arid farmland. NM 81 is maintained by the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT).

Route description
NM 81 begins at the Mexico – U.S. border crossing in Antelope Wells, Hidalgo County; a local road links the crossing with Mexico Federal Highway 2 to the south. The border crossing in Antelope Wells is the least-trafficked crossing between Mexico and the U.S., and the only residents of Antelope Wells are U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees. North of Antelope Wells, the road passes through desert terrain, with a mountain range to the west. The road does not pass any communities or service stations between Antelope Wells and Hachita, and it has been described as "quiet" and "isolated"; according to NMDOT, 129 vehicles travel the road per day. Continuing north, the road enters a semi-arid farming region and passes another mountain range in the east. The road makes a turn to the north-northeast and crosses into Grant County before terminating at NM 9 in Hachita.

Major intersections

See also

 List of state roads in New Mexico

References

External links

081
Transportation in Hidalgo County, New Mexico
Transportation in Grant County, New Mexico


title: Julie Smith (Miss Alabama)

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Julie Smith West is an American beauty pageant titleholder from Birmingham, Alabama, who was named Miss Alabama 1999.

Career
Smith won the title of Miss Lake Harding 1997. Her two sisters also won qualifying pageants that year and were among the 45 women competing to become Miss Alabama 1997. Smith was crowned Miss Magic City 1998. She went on to tie for first place in the preliminary swimsuit competition then placed second runner-up at the 1998 Miss Alabama pageant.

In 1999, Smith won the Miss Chattahoochee Valley title. Entering the 1999 Miss Alabama pageant as one of 47 finalists, Smith's preliminary competition talent for Miss Alabama was playing the marimba. Smith won the competition on Saturday, June 19, 1999, when she received her crown from outgoing Miss Alabama titleholder Ashley Halfman. Along with the title, she received a $10,000 scholarship and other prizes.

On February 15, 2000, the Alabama Legislature passed a joint house resolution congratulating Smith on her victory, praising her breast cancer awareness work, and lauding her academic achievement. As Miss Alabama, her activities included public appearances across the state of Alabama, including speaking engagements and fashion shows.

Smith was Alabama's representative at the Miss America 2000 pageant in Atlantic City, New Jersey. As part of the festivities surrounding the pageant, Smith participated in the traditional "Show Us Your Shoes Parade". Her competition talent was playing a medley of "Flight of the Bumblebee" and "Csárdás" on the marimba. Smith was a top ten semi-finalist for the national title. Her reign as Miss Alabama continued until Jana Sanderson was crowned on June 17, 2000.

Personal life
Smith is a graduate of Huffman High School in Birmingham, Alabama. She graduated cum laude from Samford University in 1998 with a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism.

Her father, Robert Smith, is a strategic planner. Her mother, Sharon Ingram Smith, is an administrator. She has younger sisters, Jennifer and Jill, who are identical twins. Smith was raised Southern Baptist. She and her husband, Rob West, live in Roswell, Georgia.

References

External links

1970s births
Living people
American beauty pageant winners
Miss Alabama winners
Miss America 2000 delegates
People from Birmingham, Alabama
People from Roswell, Georgia
Samford University alumni
20th-century American people


title: Branimir Kostić

text:
Branimir Kostić (; born 23 September 1988) is a Serbian football midfielder who plays for FK Jedinstvo Stara Pazova.

References

External links

 Branimir Kostić stats at utakmica.rs

1988 births
Living people
People from Inđija
Footballers from Srem District
Men's association football midfielders
Serbian men's footballers
FK Inđija players
FK Borac Čačak players
Serbian SuperLiga players
Serbian expatriate men's footballers
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland


title: Cassie Andrews (cricketer)

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William Charles Andrews (14 July 1908 – 9 June 1962), better known as Cassie Andrews, was an Australian first class cricketer.

Opening the batting for Queensland against New South Wales in 1934-35, Andrews scored 253, adding 335 in 239 minutes for the seventh wicket with Eric Bensted after Queensland were 6 for 113, setting an Australian seventh-wicket record that stood until 2014.

References

External links

 Cassie Andrews at CricketArchive

New South Wales cricketers
1908 births
1962 deaths
Queensland cricketers
Sportspeople from Maitland, New South Wales
Australian cricketers
Cricketers from New South Wales


title: Kalamandalam Satyabhama

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Kalamandalam V. Satyabhama (4 November 1937 – 13 September 2015) was an Indian classical dancer, teacher and choreographer, known for her performances and scholarship in mohiniyattam. She was awarded the Padma Shri, in 2014, for her contributions to the art and culture, by the Government of India.

Biography

Satyabhama was born in 1937, in a family with limited financial resources, at Shornur, on the coast of Bharathapuzha, in Palakkad, in the south Indian state of Kerala, to Krishnan Nair, a petty businessman and Ammini Amma. She started learning dance, at a very early age, as a part-time student of Kerala Kalamandalam, under the tutelage of Kalamandalam Achutha Warrier and Kalamandalam Krishnankutty Warrier, concurrently with her academic schooling at Government High School, Shornur. After completing her 8th standard there, she joined Kalamandalam as a full-time student. That was when she started learning Mohiniyattom, under the Kalamandalam stalwart, Thottassery Chinnammu Amma, the first long-serving dance teacher at Kalamandalam, though the main focus of study remained Bharatanatyam. Chinnammu Amma introduced the young Satyabhama to various dance techniques such as adavu (basic movements), cholkettu, jathiswarams (syllables and musical notes) in Chenchurutty and Todi.
Soon, the young girl came to the notice of the legendary Malayalam poet, Vallathol Narayana Menon, the founder of Kerala Kalamandalam, who nurtured the young aspirant's skills by providing her with a scholarship with which she could pay the school fees.

Satyabhama's debut on major stage was in 1955, during the silver jubilee celebrations of Kalamandalam, in front of the Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. The next six years of study at the institution gave her opportunities to visit Singapore and Malaysia, as a part of the touring Kalamandalam troupe, where she performed Bharatanatyam, Mohiniyattam and Kathakali. After completing the course, she joined Kalamandalam as a junior teacher. She also had a stint of training from the doyen of classical dance, Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma.

It was during this time, Satyabhama met Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair, the noted Kathakali guru, widely regarded as the master of Kathakali grammar. Their acquaintance soon took a romantic turn, resulting in their marriage. Satyabhama and Padmanabhan Nair, at the time of the latter's death, had four daughters of which two are active in mohiniyattam. She died on 13 September 2015, aged 77, at a hospital in Palakkad where she was undergoing treatment.

Positions
Kalamandalam Satybhama was the first woman Vice Principal of Kerala Kalamandalam and, later, became its Principal till she retired in 1992. She sat on the selection committee to decide annual Kalamandalam fellowships She was also functioning as the Dean of Kerala Kalamandalam.

Legacy

Kalamandalam Satyabhama quietly retired from performances at a young age of 24 to attend to her duties a teacher and choreographer. As such, she is respected more for her contributions to the dance form than for her on stage performances.

Satyabhama is credited with purifying the dance form by weeding out external influences. She modified the performance techniques so that the emotive aspect of the performance strictly sticks to Lasyam. She is also said to have revolutionized the mohiniyattam curriculum at Kerala Kalamandalam which is said to have resulted in the evolution of Kalamandalam style mohiniyattam. She also tried to add more spice into the presentation of the dance form by evoking drama through exaggerated body kinetics through mudras (palm and finger gestures), poses and steps, which at times, have also attracted criticism.

Another major contribution of Satyabhama is the changes she has brought to the mohiniyattam costumes. The designs she has created follows Kerala traditions in color, pattern and accessories and have become the signature of Kalamandalam style. She also changed the way the dancer styles the hair, which was vaguely adapted from Raja Ravi Varma paintings.

She also left a rich legacy of 35 mohiniyattom compositions, the details of which are narrated in her book, Mohiniyattam - History, Techniques and Performance.

Awards and recognitions
Satyabhama was honored with several awards and recognitions by regional and national bodies. Apart from the prestigious Padma Shri Award, she was the first to receive the Nruthya Natya Puraskaram of the Government of Kerala in 2005 and the first Swati Tirunal Puraskaram by Kollam Kathakali Club and Ttroupe, in 2006.
Some of the notable awards bestowed on Satyabhama are:
 Padma Shri - 2014
 Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship - 2007
 Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award - 1976
 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, New Delhi - 1994
 Nruthya Natya Puraskaram of the Government of Kerala- 2005
 Kerala Kalamandalam Award - 1988
 Swati Tirunal Puraskaram
 Shadkala Govinda Marar Award - 2013

Kerala Kalamandalam has instituted an award, in honor of Satyabhama, which is distributed to deserving students of mohiniyattam, in the form of a scholarship annually.

Publications
Satyabhama has published a treatise on Mohiniyattam in Malayalam, by name, Mohiniyattam - History, Techniques and Performance () which is considered a referral book on the subject and consists of 11 chapters and 35 compositions by the writer.

See also

 Kalamandalam Padmanabhan Nair
 Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma
 Mohiniyattam

References

External links
 Profile on Kerala Tourism web site
 Reference on Narthaki.com
 Satyabhama Award recipient
 Honouring Satyabhama 1
 Honouring Satyabhama 2

1937 births
Date of birth missing
2015 deaths
Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts
Malayali people
People from Palakkad district
Performers of Indian classical dance
Mohiniyattam exponents
Recipients of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Dancers from Kerala
20th-century Indian dancers
20th-century Indian women artists
Women artists from Kerala
Indian female classical dancers
Recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Fellowship
Recipients of the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi Award


title: Sin Fronteras (Dulce María album)

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Sin Fronteras (English: Without Borders) is the second solo studio album by Mexican singer-songwriter Dulce María. It was released on digital retailers on April 8, 2014 via Universal Music Latin. "Different, energetic and passionate" are the words with which Dulce Maria described her second solo album.

This project features the collaboration of Coti Sorokin, whom Dulce María had long-awaited for to work with in at least one song. Sorokin, the famous Argentinean singer/songwriter, not only shared with her a few of his songs, but also produced some of her tracks. This makes Dulce María the third Mexican artist to be produced by Coti, after Julieta Venegas and Paulina Rubio.

It comes preceded by the lead single Lágrimas and the second single Antes Que Ver El Sol, a cover from the original song by Coti. The third single is the song "O Lo Haces Tú O Lo Hago Yo" written by the singer.

The album features several participations, including  "Te Quedarás" with Frankie J.

Singles
The album's lead single was Lágrimas where the singer partners with Julión Álvarez, the song was officially launched on 5 September 2013, but was released for digital download on iTunes on September 17, 2013 by Universal Music Mexico. The video of the song was released on November 5, 2013 on the official channel of the singer on VEVO, where it already has over 14 million views.

The second single from the album was the song Antes Que Ver El Sol, which was launched on January 7, 2014 on iTunes. It was a radio hit and debuted in several music charts. The song has a Portuguese version made for Brazil, which features singer and actress Manu Gavassi. The music video of the song was released, and has surpassed the 3 million views mark.

The third and final single from the album is the song O Lo Haces Tú O Lo Hago Yo was announced on May 21 during the singers promotion for the album to the Mexican media. The music video for the song was released September 19, 2014.

Track listing

Charts
It has become a hit in the iTunes music store, seizing the No.1 in the Pop list and No. 2 in the general list on iTunes Mexico. The album reached great positions in 15 countries, including Brazil, Mexico, USA, Spain, Slovenia, Poland, Austria and several countries in Latin America.

Year-end charts

References

2014 albums
Universal Music Latino albums
Spanish-language albums
Dulce María albums


title: List of Philippine Super Liga champions

text:
This lists the champions for every conference in both men's and women's division of the Philippine Super Liga.

Men's

Indoor Volleyball

Beach Volleyball

Women's

Indoor Volleyball

Beach Volleyball

Philippine Super Liga


title: NESiCAxLive

text:
is a digital distribution system for arcade video games made by Taito. It is similar to the SEGA ALL.Net game distribution system. Taito uses NESiCAxLive to distribute not only its own games, but also allows other companies to use it as a publication platform. On its introduction SNK, Cave, and Arc System Works had agreed to distribute games on NESiCAxLive. Currently, 8 games are operated as alone running titles and 29 titles as downloadable titles on candy cabinets.

History
The system was first revealed in September 2010 at the 48th Amusement Machine Show in Chiba, Japan, as the Taito Vewlix NESiCA arcade cabinet, and was launched on 9 December 2010. The first game to be released for the system was Arc System Works' BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II. Taito introduced the NESiCAxLive 2 system in June 2017.

System
The NESiCAxLive system consists of an arcade system board combined with a dedicated router to access and download games. The system currently works on the Taito Type X2, Taito Type X Zero, Taito Type X3, and Taito Type X4 arcade boards. The connected machines access the Taito NESYS online network to allow arcade operators to download games from Taito's servers directly to the arcade cabinet; previously arcade operators had to purchase new game boards (as well as dispose of old ones) to run a new game. Games can also be downloaded to a local server to allow quicker distribution to machines, as well as allow rapid swapping in and out of games according to player demand. Taito allows arcade operators to download games free, as part of a revenue sharing system, with income split with Taito and the game developer. The original NESiCAxLive system was originally exclusively available in Japan, however there has been a gradual introduction to the US market.

Taito introduced the NESiCAxLive 2 platform in June 2017. The upgraded system allows player versus player competition between machines in different locations, as well having improved CPU and GPU performance.

NESiCAxLive games (2010–2015)
(★ marked with dedicated software delivery NESiCAxLive)

 3D Cosplay Mahjong (2013) ★
 Akai Katana Shin for NESiCAxLive (2012) ★
 Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match (2011) ★
 Arcana Heart 2 for NESiCAxLive (2012) ★
 Arcana Heart 3 Love Max!!!!! (2013) ★
 Arcana Heart 3 Love Max Six Stars!!!!!! (2014) ★
 Battle Fantasia Network Edition for NESiCAxLive (2011) ★
 BlazBlue: Central Fiction (2015) ★
 BlazBlue: Chronophantasma (2012) ★
 BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II (2010) ★
 Chaos Breaker for NESiCAxLive (2012) ★
 Chaos Code: New Sign of Catastrophe (2013) ★
 Crimzon Clover for NESiCAxLive (2013) ★
 Daemon Bride - Additional Gain (2011) ★
 Dark Awake for NESiCAxLive (2012) ★
 Do Not Fall (2013) ★
 Dragon Dance for NESiCAxLive (2011) ★
 Elevator Action for NESiCAxLive (2014) ★
 EN-Eins Perfektewelt for NESiCAxLive (2012) ★
 EN-Eins Perfektewelt Anastasis (2023) ★
 Exception for NESiCAxLive (2011) ★
 Gouketsuji Ichizoku: Matsuri Senzo Kuyou for NESiCAxLive (2012) ★
 Homura for NESiCAxLive (2012) ★
 Hyper Street Fighter II: The Anniversary Edition for NESiCAxLive (2014) ★
 Ikaruga for NESiCAxLive (2013) ★
 Magical Beat (2012) ★
 Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel (2015) ★
 Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena (2012) ★
 Persona 4: The Ultimax Ultra Suplex Hold (2013) ★
 Psychic Force 2012 for NESiCAxLive (2012) ★
 Puzzle Bobble for NESiCAxLive (2012) ★
 Raiden III for NESiCAxLive (2012) ★
 Raiden IV for NESiCAxLive (2012) ★
 Rastan Saga for NESiCAxLive (2014) ★
 Samurai Spirits Sen for NESiCAxLive (2011) ★
 Senko No Ronde Duo - Dis-United Order for NESiCAxLive (2011) ★
 Skullgirls 2nd Encore (2015) ★
 Space Invaders for NESiCAxLive (2012) ★
 Spica Adventure for NESiCAxLive (2011) ★
 Strania -The Stella Machina- (2011) ★
 Street Fighter III 3rd Strike: Fight for the Future for NESiCAxLive (2014) ★
 Street Fighter Zero 3 for NESiCAxLive (2014) ★
 Suggoi! Arcana Heart 2 for NESiCAxLive (2012) ★
 The King of Fighters '98 Ultimate Match Final Edition for NESiCAxLive (2011) ★
 The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match for NESiCAxLive (2011) ★
 The King of Fighters XIII Climax for NESiCAxLive (2013) ★
 The pieces Naimmentanpin-Doradorara~tsu miss! (2014) ★
 The Rumble Fish 2 for NESiCAxLive (2012) ★
 Tottemo E-Mahjong (2013) ★
 Trouble Witches AC for NESiCAxLive (2012) ★
 Ultra Street Fighter IV (2014) ★
 Vampire Savior for NESiCAxLive (2014) ★
 Yatagarasu: Attack on Cataclysm (2015) ★

NESiCAxLive2 games (2017–)
(★ marked with dedicated software delivery NESiCAxLive2)
 BlazBlue: Central Fiction for NESiCAxLive2 (2017) ★
 BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (2019) ★
 Fighting EX Layer (2018) ★
 The King of Fighters XIV Arcade Ver. (2017) ★
 Million Arthur: Arcana Blood (2017) ★
 Omen of Sorrow (2022) ★
 Samurai Shodown (2019) ★
Levels VS Addictive Puzzle Game (2020) ★
 SNK Heroines AC: Tag Team Frenzy (2018) ★
 Street Fighter V: Type Arcade (2019) ★
 Street Fighter 6: Type Arcade (2023) ★

See also
 Digital distribution in video games
 Taito Type X
 Taito NESYS

References

External links

Products introduced in 2010
2010 establishments in Japan
Internet properties established in 2010
Taito arcade system boards
Video game distribution
Online content distribution
Taito
Online video game services


title: Illionaire Records

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Illionaire Records was an independent South Korean record label formed in January 2011 by rappers The Quiett and Dok2. The label also represents rapper Beenzino. Despite its small size, Illionaire Records was considered one of the most influential hip hop record labels in South Korea due to the popularity of its artists. As of 6 July 2020, Illionaire Records announced via their official social media accounts that they are now defunct.

History
Friends and rappers The Quiett and Dok2 formed Illionaire Records on January 1, 2011. They signed rapper Beenzino later that year. The Quiett later said in an interview with Complex that he wanted to start a small label to avoid the traditional k-pop major label system. "On major labels, the money made by the artists is first given to the company to pay the bosses, managers, and staff members. In our case, we’re the bosses," he said. The label has only one employee and none of the three rappers are bound by contracts.

The label experienced a surge of popularity in its first few years due to Dok2's many collaborations with Korean-American singer and rapper Jay Park.

Illionaire Records toured Korea in the summer of 2012. On November 11, the three artists released the free track "Illionaire Gang" to coincide with their "Illionaire Day Concert."

In 2014, the label were the headliners for the "Asian Music Festival Summer Concert" in New York City on May 21. That summer the label also released a compilation album entitled "11:11."

Dok2 and The Quiett represented Illionaire Records on the third season of the TV rap competition show Show Me The Money, where they were the producers of winning contestant Bobby of IKON. They, being well known only under-ground initially, garnered more public recognition after they appeared on Show Me the Money.

On 6 February 2020, Illionaire Records announced via Instagram, founding member Dok2 and the label mutually agreed to terminate his contract. No official reason was given for the departure.

Illionaire Records announced on 6 July 2020 that they will close their record label via their official Instagram and Twitter account. They stated they will continue to support their artists in their future endeavours. No other reason was provided for their sudden departure.

Subsidiary Projects
Dok2 and The Quiett formed a new label under Illionaire in September 2016. After announcing Ambition Musik, they introduced three rappers, Kim Hyo-eun, Changmo, Hash Swan, and later, Ash Island and Leellamarz through the official Ambition Musik Instagram account. For the first time, Dok2 and The Quiett didn't think to scout Changmo, Ash Island, and Hash Swan, so fans guessed that it would be Superbee and myunDo or Microdot, but it wasn't true. After establishing Ambition Musik, new members joined through Ambition Musik, not Illionaire.

Influence on Korean Hip-Hop
Before Illionaire Records came out, showing off money to people was not ethically right in Korean culture. People used to think that rappers were always having trouble with earning money, and it was actually true as the first generation of Hip-Hop artists had trouble with earning money. However, Dok2 didn't care what other people say or think about him, so he showed him making tons of money with his rap music. Hip-hop used to be a music genre that not many people liked, but Illionaire Records has helped to lead the Hip-Hop culture to the mainstream from the underground.

Concert Tour in the US
2016

 07/21 - Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall
 07/22 - New York, NY – TERMINAL 5
 07/23 - Atlanta, GA – Center Stage - The Loft - Vinyl
 07/29 - Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern

2017

 11/30 - San Francisco, CA – Regency Grand Ballroom
 12/02 - Los Angeles, CA – The Belasco Theater
 12/03 - Seattle, WA – Neumos
 12/08 - 'Atlanta, GA – Center Stage'
 12/10 - New York, NY – Highline Ballroom

Background of Korean Hip-hop culture
Towards the end of the Korean War, Korean people became more acceptable westernized culture. Especially, the biggest change was accepting Hip-hop culture. Since Korea had really conservative beliefs, it was hard to mingle with a culture that expresses freedom and criticizes society, like Hip-hop does. However, as people's thought has been changed, Hip-hop gained a lot of popularity. Dok2 is one of the pioneers of Hip-hop in Korea.

Artists

 The Quiett
 Beenzino
 Dok2

Sub-labels

 Ambition Musik

Awards
2020 10th Gaon Chart Music Awards Record Production of the Year - Changmo "Meteor" (for Ambition Musik)

External links

References

South Korean hip hop record labels
Talent agencies of South Korea
Labels distributed by CJ E&M Music and Live
Defunct record labels of South Korea


title: Domant FC

text:
Domant Futebol Clube de Bula Atumba is an Angolan sports club from the village of Bula Atumba, in the northern province of Bengo.
The team currently plays in the Gira Angola and is based in the province's capital city of Caxito.

History
The club has its origins in the early 1990s in another club called Desportivo da Vidrul which was sponsored by a glass factory called Vidrul. By then, the team was led by Mr. Domingos António, a young man in his 20s who managed to keep the club alive by taking part in several local competitions. Ever since, the team went through various changes until being established on 23 May 2005, as Domant FC. On 6 December 2006, the team took part in the President's Cup (the equivalent in Angola to the 3rd division championship).

In 2014, Domant FC became the first ever team from the province of Bengo to play in Girabola.

In 2017, the club qualified for the Angolan top division, the Girabola, for the second time.

Achievements
Angolan League: 0

Angolan Cup: 0

Angolan SuperCup: 0

Gira Angola: 0

League & Cup Positions

Recent seasons
Domant FC's season-by-season performance since 2011:

 PR = Preliminary round, 1R = First round, GS = Group stage, R32 = Round of 32, R16 = Round of 16, QF = Quarter-finals, SF = Semi-finals

Players and staff

Players

Staff

Manager history and performance

See also
Girabola
Gira Angola

References

External links
 Official blog
 Girabola.com profile
 Zerozero.pt profile

Association football clubs established in 2005
Football clubs in Angola
Sports clubs and teams in Angola


title: Granite Island Recreation Park

text:
Granite Island Recreation Park is a protected area including all of Granite Island which is about  south-east of Victor Harbor in South Australia and about  south of Adelaide.  It is reported as being 'the most visited park in South Australia'.  It was proclaimed in 1999 under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 and is categorised as an IUCN Category IV protected area.

See also
 Victor Harbor Horse Drawn Tram

References

External links
 Official webpage
Webpage for the Granite Island Recreation  Park on the Protected Planet website
Friends of Granite Island website

Recreation Parks of South Australia
Protected areas established in 1999
Encounter Bay
1999 establishments in Australia