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Rose Mallare, cellist
CV & Awards
Rose Mallare is an acoustic and electric cellist based in Tampa Bay, Florida.
Rose's most favored accomplishment in music was touring Italy with the St. Jerome Chorale as a cellist completing the "Holy Year of Mercy" tour. Together they played liturgical, contemporary and classical selections under the musical direction of Tom Kurt. His holiness, Pope Francis, presided at these masses at St. Peter's Basilica and St. Peter's Piazza in Vatican City.
On the final day of the tour, Rose was informed by an official of Peter's Way Tours, that she had become the first electric cellist to play inside of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. This is an honor she never believed she would ever have and is still elated from the experience!
To learn more about the Italian Pilgrimage and the music ministry of St. Jerome's Church, follow them on Facebook for information on the tour and upcoming performances.
Thank you for visiting and enjoy the show!
Catching a glimpse of Pope Francis in his Mercedes in St. Peter's Piazza!
Rose Mallare playing solo electric cello at Lowry Park Zoo's "Christmas In The Wild"


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National Film Award for Best Actor
State-instituted annual film awards in India
The 2020 recipients: Suriya (left) and Ajay Devgn for Soorarai Pottru and Tanhaji respectively
Best Performance by an Actor
Directorate of Film Festivals
Formerly called
Bharat Award (1968–1974)
Reward(s)
Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
₹50,000 (US$630)
Most recent winner
Most awards
Amitabh Bachchan (4)
Total awarded
First winner
Uttam Kumar
The National Film Award for Best Actor, officially known as the Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Actor (Hindi pronunciation: [rədʒət̪ kəməl]), is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards of India instituted since 1967 to actors who have delivered the best performance in a leading role within the Indian film industry.[1] Called the "State Awards for Films" when established in 1954, the National Film Awards ceremony is older than the Directorate of Film Festivals. The State Awards instituted the individual award in 1968 as the "Bharat Award for the Best Actor"; in 1975, it was renamed as the "Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Actor".[1][2][3] Throughout the past 45 years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, the Government of India has presented a total of 52 "Best Actor" awards to 40 actors. Until 1974, winners of the National Film Award received a figurine and certificate; since 1975, they have been awarded with a "Rajat Kamal" (silver lotus), certificate and a cash prize.[a][2]
Although the Indian film industry produces films in around 20 languages and dialects,[1] the actors whose performances have won awards have worked in seven major languages: Hindi (twenty-five awards), Malayalam (fourteen awards), Tamil (nine awards), Bengali (five awards), Marathi and Kannada (three awards) and English (two awards).
The first recipient was Uttam Kumar from Bengali cinema, who was honoured at the 15th National Film Awards in 1967 for his performances in Anthony Firingee and Chiriyakhana.[5] He was also the first actor who won this award for two different films in the same year. As of 2020, Amitabh Bachchan is the most honoured actor with four awards. Kamal Haasan, Mammootty and Ajay Devgn with three awards, while six actors—Mohanlal, Sanjeev Kumar, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Mithun Chakraborty, and Dhanush—have won the award two times. Two actors have achieved the honour for performing in two languages—Mithun Chakraborty (Hindi and Bengali) and Mammootty (Malayalam and English).[6] Riddhi Sen is the youngest recipient of the award at the age of 19. The most recent recipients are Ajay Devgn and Suriya, who were honoured at the 68th National Film Awards for their performances in the films Tanhaji and Soorarai Pottru respectively.
Key[edit]
Year Indicates the year in which the film was censored by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)
Indicates a joint award for that year
Indicates that the winner won the award for two performances in that year
Multiple winners[edit]
4 Wins : Amitabh Bachchan
3 Wins : Kamal Haasan, Mammootty, Ajay Devgn Mithun Chakraborty
2 Wins : Sanjeev Kumar, Mohanlal, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah,Dhanush
(The first-ever recipient of the Best Actor Award for his performances in Antony Firingee and Chiriyakhana in 1967.)
M. G. Ramachandran, former chief minister of Tamil Nadu won the award for his performance in Rickshawkaran in 1971.
(Bachchan has been the most frequent winner of the award (four times, having won the award for his performances in Agneepath (1990), Black (2005), Paa (2009) and Piku (2015).)
Kamal Haasan (top), Mammootty (middle), and Ajay Devgn (bottom) are the three actors to win the honour thrice.
(was awarded for his debut film.[7])
Riddhi Sen
(youngest winner)
List of award recipients, showing the year, role(s), film(s) and language(s)
Year[b]
Recipient(s)
Role(s)
Work(s)
Refs."
(15th)
Anthony Firingee Antony Firingee Bengali [8]
Byomkesh Bakshi Chiriyakhana
Shivnath "Joggi Thakur" Choudhary Aashirwad Hindi [9]
Utpal Dutt
Bhuvan Shome Bhuvan Shome Hindi [10]
Sanjeev Kumar
Hamid Ahmed Dastak Hindi [11]
M. G. Ramachandran
Selvam Rickshawkaran Tamil [12]
Hari Charan Mathur Koshish Hindi [11]
(21st)
P. J. Antony
Velichapad Nirmalyam Malayalam [2]
(22nd)
Sadhu Meher
Kishtayya Ankur Hindi [3]
(23rd)
M. V. Vasudeva Rao
Choma Chomana Dudi Kannada [13]
Ghinua Mrigayaa Hindi [14]
Bharath Gopi
Shankaran Kutty Kodiyettam Malayalam [15]
Arun Mukherjee
Parasuram Parasuram Bengali [16]
Anirudh Parmar Sparsh Hindi [17]
Balan K. Nair
Govindan Oppol Malayalam [18]
Hari Mondal Arohan Hindi [19]
R. Srinivas
(Cheenu) Moondram Pirai Tamil [20]
Anant Velankar Ardh Satya Hindi [21]
Naurangia Paar Hindi [17]
Shashi Kapoor
Vikas Pande New Delhi Times Hindi [22]
Charuhasan
Tabara Shetty Tabarana Kathe Kannada [23]
Sakthivelu Nayakar [c] Nayakan Tamil [25]
Premji
Raghava Chakyar Piravi Malayalam [26]
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer[d]
Mathilukal Malayalam [28]
Chandu Chekavar Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha
Vijay Deenanath Chauhan Agneepath Hindi [29]
Kalliyur Gopinathan Bharatham Malayalam [30]
Shibnath Tahader Katha Bengali [14]
Ponthan Mada Ponthan Mada Malayalam [28]
Bhaskara Patelar Vidheyan
Nana Patekar
Pratap Narayan Tilak Krantiveer Hindi [31]
Rajit Kapur
Mahatma Gandhi The Making of the Mahatma English [32]
Senapathy
(Indian),
Chandrabose
(Chandru) Indian Tamil [33]
Balachandra Menon
Ismail Samaantharangal Malayalam [34]
Kannan Perumalayan Kaliyattam Malayalam
Ajay R. Desai Zakhm Hindi [6]
B. R. Ambedkar Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar English
Kunjikuttan Vanaprastham Malayalam [35]
Major Jaidev Rajvansh Pukar Hindi [36]
Appa Mestry Neythukaran Malayalam [37]
Bhagat Singh The Legend of Bhagat Singh Hindi [38]
Chithan Pithamagan Tamil [39]
Karan Kapoor Hum Tum Hindi [40]
Debraj Sahai Black Hindi [41]
Soumitra Chatterjee
Shashanka Palit Podokkhep Bengali [42]
Vengadam Kanchivaram Tamil [43]
Upendra Limaye
Tayappa Jogwa Marathi [44]
Auro Paa Hindi [45]
K. P. Karuppu Aadukalam Tamil [46]
Salim Kumar
Abu Adaminte Makan Abu Malayalam
Girish Kulkarni
Keshya Deool Marathi [47]
Paan Singh Tomar Paan Singh Tomar Hindi [4]
Vikram Gokhale
Ratnakar Anumati Marathi
Shahid Azmi Shahid Hindi [48]
Father [e] Perariyathavar Malayalam
Sanchari Vijay
Madesha
(Vidya) [f] Naanu Avanalla...Avalu Kannada [49]
Bhashkor Banerjee Piku Hindi [50]
Commander Rustom Pavri Rustom [g] Hindi [53]
Parimal
(Puti) [h] Nagarkirtan Bengali [54]
Akash Andhadhun Hindi
Major Vihaan Singh Shergill Uri: The Surgical Strike Hindi
Ganpath Bhonsle Bhonsle Hindi [55]
Sivasaami Asuran Tamil
Nedumaaran Rajangam (Maara) Soorarai Pottru Tamil [56]
Tanaji Malusare Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior Hindi
^ As of 2014, the cash prize is ₹50,000 (US$630).[4]
^ Denotes The year in which the film was censored by the Central Board of Film Certification.
^ The character played by Kamal Haasan was loosely based on the Mumbai-based Tamil gangster Varadarajan Mudaliar.[24]
^ Mammootty played the real-life character of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer in the film that was based on an autobiographical novel of the same name by Basheer himself .[27]
^ The character remained unnamed throughout the film.
^ Vijay played the character of a transgender.
^ In interviews with The Quint and Hindustan Times, the then-jury chairman Priyadarshan stated that Kumar won the award for Rustom and Airlift, but for technical reasons only one film was mentioned in the list of winners.[51][52]
^ Sen played the character of a transgender.
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Uttam Kumar (1967)
Ashok Kumar (1968)
Utpal Dutt (1969)
Sanjeev Kumar (1970)
M. G. Ramachandran (1971)
P. J. Antony (1973)
Sadhu Meher (1974)
M. V. Vasudeva Rao (1975)
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Arun Mukherjee (1978)
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Balan K. Nair (1980)
Om Puri (1981)
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Charuhasan (1986)
Premji (1988)
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Amitabh Bachchan (1990)
Mohanlal (1991)
Nana Patekar (1994)
Rajit Kapur (1995)
Balachandra Menon and Suresh Gopi (1997)
Ajay Devgn and Mammootty (1998)
Anil Kapoor (2000)
Murali (2001)
Ajay Devgn (2002)
Vikram (2003)
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Soumitra Chatterjee (2006)
Prakash Raj (2007)
Upendra Limaye (2008)
Dhanush and Salim Kumar (2010)
Girish Kulkarni (2011)
Irrfan Khan and Vikram Gokhale (2012)
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Sanchari Vijay (2014)
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YACEP 3 hrs, Level 2 (RYS 300) 3 hrs.
Yin yoga adjustments are… supportive, grounding, relaxing, nourishing and connecting. They are beautiful to give and to receive.
When to assist – including how to go about getting consent for touch.
Our intention with this class is to give you tools you can use in your everyday life too.
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– Should I engage the pelvic floor on an inhalation or exhalation? Why?
– Is it true that weak glutes can effect pelvic floor dysfunction?
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This workshop aims to unravel some of the myths surrounding pelvic floor health as it relates to the yoga world especially.
Pelvic floor dysfunction will effect 80% of the population within their lifetime (yes that many!) And it's hardly spoken about, let alone understood.
We will explore how to work with different problems and how they can affect the rest of the body and a person's practice.
Especially useful to yoga teachers and exercise therapists but open to everyone – this is knowledge everyone should have!
The workshop will be down to earth and fun!
A Yantra is a Mandala with a geometrical design that can help us understand reality. In this workshop you will learn to draw your own Mandala using the principles of sacred geometry. We will draw, colour in, and meditate on the Mandalas. You will learn in an experiential way how the Mandalas relate to yoga philosophy as well as science and maths. We will look at different ideas of zero, infinity, fractals, the seed of life, six pointed stars and hexagons.


A shroud of secrecy hangs over United Launch Alliance's (ULA) next scheduled Atlas V mission, which is slated to transport the classified NROL-67 payload into orbit on behalf of the National Reconnaissance Office. Liftoff of the venerable booster—which will be flying, for only the second time in its career, in its "541" configuration, with a 17.7-foot (5.4-meter) payload fairing, four strap-on solid-fueled rockets, and a single-engine Centaur upper stage—will take place from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., at 2:48 p.m. EDT (6:48 p.m. GMT) Tuesday, 25 March. This will be the 44th launch of an Atlas V since the rocket's inaugural mission back in August 2002. With 42 outright successes and only one partial failure, it has one of the most reliable track records of any operational launch vehicle in the world today.
With the potential to deliver payloads weighing up to 38,455 pounds (17,443 kg) into low-Earth orbit and up to 18,276 pounds (8,290 kg) into geostationary transfer orbit, the Atlas V 541 was previously utilized to loft NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) in November 2011, carrying the Curiosity rover on its journey to the Red Planet. This choice of configuration—the second most powerful variant of the Atlas V—offers a clue to the size and weight of the NROL-67 primary payload for Tuesday's mission. Stacking operations associated with the Atlas V began on 7 February in the Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) and were completed last week with the installation of NROL-67 atop its Centaur upper stage.
Assuming that all final processing milestones run according to plan, the Atlas V will be transferred to the SLC-41 launch complex atop the Mobile Launch Platform (MLP) early Tuesday and should be "hard down" on the pad surface about 7.5 hours ahead of liftoff. Its arrival will be followed by pad and MLP connections, flight control systems checks, and weather briefings. The Flight Termination System (FTS), which is tasked with destroying the Atlas V in the event of a major, off-nominal event during ascent, will be armed and tested. At T-2 hours, a 30-minute built-in hold in the countdown will begin, ahead of the loading of cryogenic propellants aboard the Common Core Booster (CCB) and the Centaur. Liquid oxygen will be transferred into the tanks of the Centaur and should reach flight levels and enter a topping-off mode to replenish the effects of cryogenic boil-off by about T-64 minutes.
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