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This Is Acting


releasing new material, and said of the album's title: "I'm calling it "This Is Acting" because they are songs I was writing for other people, so I didn't go in thinking 'this is something I would say'. It's more like play-acting. It's fun." The album's cover art features Sia's face digitally altered. Shortly after Sia's announcement, "Out" published a list of her "10 Greatest Hits for Other Artists" in anticipation of the
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Nostalgic for the Present Tour


The Nostalgic for the Present Tour was Australian pop singer Sia's first arena concert tour. The 23-date North American leg of the tour, which featured opening acts Miguel and AlunaGeorge, began at Seattle, Washington's KeyArena on September 29, 2016 and concluded on November 6, 2016 at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. Maddie Ziegler toured with Sia, together with several other onstage dancers, executing Ryan Heffington's choreography on the stage, while Sia sang at the rear of the stage with her face covered by her
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videos like "Chandelier" that featured Maddie Ziegler, achieved considerable success, gaining Sia wider public notice. When Sia performed at various award ceremonies, television shows and other events to promote the album, she wore a wig covering part of her face in an effort to retain some privacy and control over her image. In April 2016, after Sia released her seventh album, "This Is Acting", she performed a live concert for the first time in five years at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. The concert
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to free herself from her record deal and had planned simply to write for other artists, but the album's success spurred her to continue writing her own music. In May 2015, Sia's cover of The Mamas & the Papas' "California Dreamin'" was released on the soundtrack of the movie "San Andreas". The same month, alongside the digital deluxe release of "1000 Forms of Fear", she released a mobile game, "Bob Job". "Alive" from "This Is Acting"
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200, selling 81,000 album equivalent units in its first week—of which 68,000 were from pure album sales, becoming Sia's highest first week sales in the country. To further promote the album, Sia embarked on the accompanying Nostalgic for the Present Tour in September 2016. "This Is Acting" was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album. "This Is Acting" is Sia's follow-up to her sixth studio album "1000 Forms of Fear" (2014). In December 2014, Sia
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are two of the only actors I felt could play, these two warring 'Sia' self states. I apologize to those who feel triggered by "Elastic Heart". My intention was to create some emotional content, not to upset anybody. On 17 January 2015, Sia performed "Elastic Heart" on "Saturday Night Live" with Kevin Hart hosting and Maddie Ziegler and Denna Thomsen dancing. For the performance, Sia sang the song with a short black veil covering the top half of her face, while Ziegler and
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Beth Sherburn


Arena in Birmingham at the launch for Free Radio, as part of a line-up which included Little Mix, Olly Murs and Louisa Johnson. Sherburn supported Go West's concert at the Robin 2 in December that year, performing songs from her upcoming album, as well as covers of artists such as David Bowie and Sia. Sherburn creates music in dance and club styles. She cites numerous musical influences, including Sia, Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Emeli Sande and Adele. Her associated acts include Lil
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song on their 2001 album, "Finelines". A cover version by Giant Drag done in folk rock style was included on the 2007 Madonna tribute compilation "Through the Wilderness". Sia covered the song on her 2010 album, "We Are Born". K. Ross Hoffman from Allmusic praised this version, saying that Sia's voice sounded throaty and it "recalled any number of tortured '90s alt-rock songstresses". Caryn Ganz of "Rolling Stone" said that Sia's cover "finds the sweetness in [
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This Is Acting


This Is Acting is the seventh studio album by Australian singer and songwriter Sia. It was released on 29 January 2016 by Inertia, Monkey Puzzle and RCA Records. The album is mostly composed of songs written by Sia for other pop artists that were not included on their albums. Sia described songwriting for others as "play-acting," hence the title "This Is Acting". "Alive", the album's lead single, was released on 24 September 2015. The second single, "Cheap Thrills",
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SIA 7


of Turin. It used the standard Italian structural feature of a plywood-covered fuselage. The SIA.7B was accepted for the Italian Air Force in November 1917 and entered mass production. There were however revealed its shortcomings, like low wing structure durability and poor view. Next variant SIA.7B2, developed in December 1917, had strengthened wings, slightly raised cockpits and stronger engine. Another variant, built in February 1918, was the SIA 9 with stronger 700 hp engine. There were built 501 SIA.7B, 71 SIA.7B2 and 62 SIA.9B. The
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Everyday Is Christmas (album)


. The album was her first release through Atlantic Records and features original songs co-written and co-produced by longtime collaborator Greg Kurstin, who worked on Sia's previous three studio albums: "We Are Born" (2010), "1000 Forms of Fear" (2014) and "This Is Acting" (2016). Kurstin also produced the entire album. "Everyday Is Christmas" was released through Sia's own record label, Monkey Puzzle, and via Inertia in Australia. Sia's frequent dance collaborator
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Security Industry Authority


The Security Industry Authority (SIA) is the statutory organisation responsible for regulating the private security industry in the UK. Established as a non-departmental public body in 2003, the SIA reports to the Home Secretary under the terms of the Private Security Industry Act 2001. The two duties of the SIA are to regulate the compulsory licensing of individuals who undertake designated activities within the private security industry and to manage a voluntary Approved Contractor Scheme, which measures private security service suppliers against independently established assessment criteria. One of the main duties
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on their albums. Sia described songwriting for others as "play-acting." "The Guardian"s Kitty Empire commented that the latter album "provides an obvious counterpoint to Sia's more personal album of 2014, "1000 Forms of Fear", whose stonking single, "Chandelier", tackled her intoxicated past. "This Is Acting" makes plain the fact of manufacture – a process akin to bespoke tailoring." "This Is Acting" (2016) alternates more reggae and electropop with more introspective themes. In her
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Bird Set Free


"Bird Set Free" is a song recorded by Sia for her seventh studio album "This Is Acting" (2016). In an interview with "Rolling Stone", Sia said that the song was written for "Pitch Perfect 2" soundtrack, but they rejected it in favour of "Flashlight". Afterwards she pitched it to Rihanna, who rejected it, then to Adele, who initially recorded it but later decided to let Furler keep it. The song is written in the key of F minor. "
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defined as licensable by the Act are: The Private Security Industry Act 2001 (as amended) allows for SIA licensing of private investigation activities, security consultants and precognition agents but the SIA does not license these activities. On 1 October 2012 the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 made it an offence to undertake vehicle immobilisation in England and Wales without lawful authority. The SIA cancelled most of the vehicle immobiliser licences held by individuals in England and Wales. Exceptions were made for those individuals wishing to undertake vehicle immobilisation activities in Northern Ireland (
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Simon Bond (Doctors)


She told Simon she thinks he might need counselling because of his writing. As the week progressed Sia told Simon about one of her pupils, Ellie McCal was threatened by Lewis with a knife. Simon gave advice to Sia. The police did not believe Sia as she had history and Lewis covered up very well. Eventually Sia, Jack Hollins, son of Receptionist Karen Hollins, Karen was there by accident, Ellie McCall and Ned, Lewis' younger half-brother. Lewis shot Sia and Simon came in to help Karen
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List of songs recorded by Sia Furler


featured on the songs "Titanium" by David Guetta and "Wild Ones" by Flo Rida. In 2013, Sia contributed the song "Elastic Heart" to of the 2013 American film "". A year later, she released her sixth studio album, "1000 Forms of Fear". It generated the singles "Chandelier", "Big Girls Cry", Sia's solo version of "Elastic Heart", and "Fire Meet Gasoline". Sia's seventh album, "This Is Acting", was
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Unstoppable (Sia song)


track on Sia's 2016 album "This Is Acting ". It has been called a "stomping, empowering jam" and "swollen self-esteem anthem", with lyrics like, "I'm unstoppable, I'm a Porsche with no brakes / I'm invincible, I win every single game / I'm so powerful I don't need batteries to play / I'm so confident yeah I'm unstoppable today." The song was written by Sia, Christopher Braide, and produced by Jesse Shatkin. Sia debuted
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Alive (Sia song)


"Alive" is the lead single from Australian singer and songwriter Sia's seventh studio album "This Is Acting" (2016). It was co-written by Sia, Adele, and Tobias Jesso Jr. The song was produced by Jesse Shatkin. "Alive" was released on 25 September 2015. The song was originally intended for Adele's third studio album, "25", along with "Bird Set Free". However, since Adele decided not to use the songs, she let Sia use them for her
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Alive (Sia song)


US "Billboard" Hot 100, failing to reach the upper half of the chart. The music video for the song was released on 5 November 2015. It has received over 100 million views. The song received generally positive reviews, with critics praising Sia's powerful, electrifying vocals. Sia has performed the song multiple times on camera, including "The Ellen DeGeneres Show", "Saturday Night Live", and "The X Factor". In September 2015, Sia confirmed that "This Is Acting" lead single
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You Lost Me


received positively by critics, who described it as a comeback by Aguilera following her video for "Bionic"'s lead single "Not Myself Tonight" (2010). Aguilera performed "You Lost Me" on several television shows. The song has been covered by artists. In August 2008, Australian recording artist Sia confirmed that she would work on several ballads for Aguilera's then-upcoming album. Aguilera commented about the collaboration, "I'm definitely a fan of Sia's. I was thrilled she also wanted to work
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Music (upcoming film)


Music is an upcoming musical film directed by Australian singer-songwriter Sia and starring Kate Hudson, Maddie Ziegler and Leslie Odom Jr. Its screenplay was co-written by Sia and children's book author Dallas Clayton. Sia wrote the songs for the film. Sia Furler announced the film project at the 2015 Venice Film Festival, to star Maddie Ziegler, who starred in a series of music videos that Sia co-directed with Daniel Askill and who has danced during many of Sia's live performances. Kate Hudson and Leslie Odom Jr.
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starring child dancer Maddie Ziegler. In 2016, she released her seventh studio album "This Is Acting", which spawned her first "Billboard" Hot 100 number one single, "Cheap Thrills". The same year, Sia gave her Nostalgic for the Present Tour, which incorporated dancing by Ziegler and others and other performance art elements. Sia wears a wig that obscures her face to protect her privacy. Among the accolades received by Sia are ARIA Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. Her eighth studio album, first
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Little Man (Sia song)


"Little Man" is a song by Sia. It was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland in September 2000 as the second single from her album, "Healing Is Difficult" (2001). "Little Man" was remixed by UK garage artist Wookie (under the alias Exemen) and was a popular club hit in 2000. The song debuted and peaked at number 82 in the United Kingdom. In an interview in 2014, Sia spoke of her admiration for Amy Winehouse and said Amy covered the song at the
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". The resemblance was so convincing that many viewers thought Lorde had provided the voice in the song. Sia wrote and recorded "Angel By the Wings", the title song for the documentary film "The Eagle Huntress", which premiered in 2016 at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2016 Sia covered "Blackbird" by The Beatles for the Netflix original series "Beat Bugs". She appeared in the 2017 animated film "" as the voice of "pop star" character Songbird Serenade. She also contributed an original
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Where I Belong (Sia song)


"Where I Belong" is a song by Australian singer Sia. It was released as the third single from her 2004 album, "Colour the Small One" in August 2004. "Where I Belong" was scheduled to be included on the soundtrack for the film "Spider-Man 2"; however, owing to a record label conflict, it was withdrawn at the last minute. This is referenced in the cover art for the single, which features Furler donning a Spider-Man costume. Sia performed the track
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Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission


The Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission (TTSEC) is the sole regulator of the securities industry in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. The Commission came into being as a result of the proclamation of the Securities Industry Act in 1997. The Commission's role is to foster the orderly development of the securities market. The Securities Industry Act 1995 (SIA, 1995) is the Act by which the Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission was established. In December 2012, the SIA 1995 was repealed and replaced by the
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choice, noting that the two share a mutual love of animals. The same month, she contributed vocals to a cover of Nat King Cole's "Unforgettable" which was featured on the soundtrack of 2016 Pixar film "Finding Dory". In June 2016, Sia gave a concert at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado, featuring Ziegler. From May to August, Sia performed in nearly a dozen festival and other concerts in America and European and Middle Eastern countries, including Portugal, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Hungary, Romania
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Cheap Thrills (song)


three dancers wear beige, with black and blonde hairstyles and gloves in the half-and-half style used in most of Sia's videos for "This Is Acting". They dance on a bare stage, with Sia at a rear corner in the background singing into a microphone while wearing a similar bobbed two-toned wig, a large bow and a white dress. "Billboard" wrote that "the video features the same type of intense, captivating choreography as some of [Sia's] other work. This
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Donald Trump. She performed "Alive" on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" and "The Voice" on 1 December, followed by "Alive" on "The X Factor" in the United Kingdom on 6 December. Sia appeared on "The Graham Norton Show" on 11 December, where she sang "Alive" and it was revealed that she considered wearing a prosthetic mask instead of a wig. Sia performed "Cheap Thrills" on 27 January 2016 on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon". Sia also
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Maddie Ziegler


. By the end of 2015, Ziegler had performed with Sia on the "Ellen DeGeneres Show" three times. She also performed to "Chandelier", alongside Sia and Kristen Wiig, at the 2015 Grammy Awards. The "Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart" videos were both selected as part of PopSugar's 2016 list of "25 of the Best Dance Videos of the Last Decade". In 2016, Ziegler starred in a fourth Sia video, "Cheap Thrills", from the album "This Is Acting"
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Invincible (Kelly Clarkson song)


but then issued as the album's second single to Hot Adult Contemporary radio stations on May 18, 2015 through RCA Records. During her Stronger Tour in 2012, Clarkson performed a cover version Sia's single "Breathe Me" (2004). Upon learning of the performance, Sia offered her salutations and revealed that she had been trying to write a song for Clarkson and will continue to submit material. In 2014, Sia revealed that she wrote a song entitled "Invincible" with Jesse Shatkin. And while demonstrating her work
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from the musical. Sia, Kurstin and "Annie" director Will Gluck were nominated at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards for Best Original Song for one of the film's original songs, "Opportunity". In an interview with "NME" in February 2015, Sia revealed that she had completed the follow-up to "1000 Forms of Fear", entitled "This Is Acting". The album was another collaboration with producer and co-writer Greg Kurstin. Furler said that she released "1000 Forms of Fear"
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Nostalgic for the Present Tour


Chandelier', and slip-sliding cadences for 'The Greatest'. ... [S]he's running circles around a sexist, ageist industry. Sia's crushing the cookie-cutter stereotypes of what a pop star should be." This set list is Sia's set on October 1, 2016. It appears from the reviews discussed above that her set list was the same at each concert. Eight of the sixteen songs are from Sia's 2016 album "This Is Acting" (including "The Greatest", which is
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Barbi Twins


Shane and Sia Barbi (born April 2, 1963), popularly known as The Barbi Twins, are identical twins, cover models, co-authors, and spokespersons for animal rights advocacy. Shane and Sia began modeling at the age of seven when they posed for a layout in the Sears mail-order catalog. As adults, their career has included fashion and mainly pin-up modeling. The "Los Angeles Times" did a cover story about the Barbi Twins when their billboard went up on Sunset Boulevard in 1989
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Reaper (song)


"Reaper" is a song from Australian singer and songwriter Sia's seventh studio album "This Is Acting" (2016). The song was co-written by Sia, Kanye West, Noah Goldstein, Charles Misodi Njapa (better known by his stage name 88-Keys), and Dom $olo, originally for Rihanna's album "Anti" (2016). "Reaper" was co-produced by West, Dom $olo, Goldstein, 88-Keys, Jesse Shatkin, and Jake Sinclair. Sia and West had previously
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Move Your Body (Sia song)


"Move Your Body" is a song by Australian singer and songwriter Sia. It was released in 6 January 2017 as the fourth single from her seventh studio album "This Is Acting" (2016). The song was used in a commercial for the 500 Lexus LC. "Move Your Body" was originally intended for Shakira, but was rejected. Sia commented on her interview in 2015 with "Rolling Stone", saying, "One of them is a Shakira reject, which there's no doubt when you hear
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Unstoppable (Sia song)


"Unstoppable" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Sia, taken from her seventh studio album "This Is Acting" (2016). The song was written by Sia and Christopher Braide, and produced by Jesse Shatkin. It was released as the album's final promotional single on January 21, 2016. In July, a new version of the song was made for Gillette's 2016 Olympic ad campaign, "Pretty Isn't Perfect" which features a verse from American rapper Pusha T. "Unstoppable" is the fifth
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of "This Is Acting", she released "Unstoppable" as the final pre-release promotion single for the album. Eventually, the single "Cheap Thrills", featuring Sean Paul, reached No. 1 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100. Sia released two videos for the song, one of which features Ziegler and two male dancers, while the other, featuring Sean Paul, shows a 1950s style teen dance party; it has accumulated more than one billion views. In April 2016, Sia gave a
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, after leaving Zero 7, Sia dedicated herself entirely to her solo career. "We Are Born" (2010), incorporated various pop styles, including synthpop and R&B, with introspective themes accompanied by more insistent and livelier rhythms. "1000 Forms of Fear" (2014) consolidated her connection with pop (with traces of electropop, reggae and hip-hop) "This Is Acting" is mostly composed of songs written by Sia with other female pop artists in mind, but the artists did not include the songs
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: Sia used songs from her 2016 hit album "This Is Acting" to craft powerful visual vignettes. It was the rare arena concert that had a real sense of tension and mystery to it. ... [Sia relegated] herself to the far side of the white performance space ... it was an odd but not unexpected arrangement that put the focus squarely on the visual aspect of the show. Since there was sadly no live band and Sia herself did little besides sing note-perfect if somewhat rote versions of her songs,
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This Is Acting


she was planning on recording and releasing a song dedicated to her daughter with the same name. Sia is also listed as one of the producers on the record. Now that a song whose title is identical to Aguilera's alleged track name has been realized and placed on Sia's extended album, it is thought to have been planned for Aguilera initially, but declined shortly after. On 7 November 2015, Sia performed "Alive" and "Bird Set Free" on "Saturday Night Live"; the episode was hosted by
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channel have accumulated a total of more than 6 billion views, and the channel has more than 10 million subscribers. Sia gave her Nostalgic for the Present Tour in North America from September to November 2016, featuring Ziegler. As at Coachella and subsequent live performances, Sia appeared at the back of the stage with her familiar wig covering her face, while her dancers performed Heffington's choreography synchronized with prerecorded videos played on big screens. The tour received a warm reaction: "She let her dancers own center stage, carrying out
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Baaghi (2016 film)


make Ronny a good human being. Ronny and Sia fall in love, and Sia gives him a ring she got from her father, asking him to always keep it. Raghav asks for Sia's hand from Khurana, and Khurana is so lost by greed when he sees how much money Raghav offers for Sia. He agrees to hand Sia over to Raghav but when he sees that Ronny has Sia's ring, he realises she is in love with Ronny. He informs Raghav, who decides to kill Ronny. Ronny beats
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Security Industry Authority


where vehicle immobilisation is still legal) or key holding and non-front line security roles in the United Kingdom (which any SIA licence allows). On 31 July 2013 the Home Secretary announced that the SIA will be regulating private investigators. No deadline was given, although the announcement stated that "The regulation of private investigators will be introduced as quickly as possible and the new regime will begin next year [2014]". There are two types of SIA licence: The Private Security Industry Act 2001 does not require manned
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The Greatest (Sia song)


"The Greatest" is a song recorded by Australian singer and songwriter Sia for the deluxe edition of her seventh studio album, "This Is Acting" (2016). Being made available for digital consumption as the record's third single on 5 September 2016 through Monkey Puzzle and RCA Records, "The Greatest" features the vocal collaboration of American rapper Kendrick Lamar. The electropop and tropical house song was written by Sia, Greg Kurstin, and Lamar while production was solely handled by Kurstin. The solo version was written solely
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25 (Adele album)


Alive" with Jesso and Sia. Initially written for "25" along with "Bird Set Free" and another track, Adele decided not to include any of the songs on the album. Following Adele's decision, Sia asked her permission to send the track to Rihanna, which Adele agreed to as long as her vocals were taken off the record, stating: "I don't want my vocal floating around out there on a demo." Sia eventually recorded it herself for her seventh studio album "This Is Acting
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Lady Sia


-beasts known as the T'soas. Using huge turtles to transport his new army over the sea, he invaded the continent of Athorre, the human kingdom, and quickly took control. The remaining realms did not know how to react and their leaders forsook their military alliances. The only one convinced of the need to act was the young Queen of Myriade, Lady Sia. The story starts with Sia having called the leaders of the remaining realms together in the meeting room of her castle. She tries to convince them of the
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Calvin C.J. Sia


were Kong Tai Heong and Li Khai Fai, doctors who worked on the 1899 plague outbreak. Sia and his older sister Sylvia and younger sister Julia, all United States citizens by birth, grew up in Hawaii, where the family settled in 1939 after living under Japanese occupation in Beijing for nearly two years. Sia married Katherine Li in 1951. Sia has three sons, Richard H.P. Sia, a journalist; Jeffrey H.K. Sia, a Honolulu-based attorney and former president of the Hawaii State Bar Association; and Dr. Michael
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. At the 2015 New York Fashion Week, Ziegler acted as a correspondent for "Elle". She launched an eponymous casual fashion line, for girls and juniors, in October 2016, including tops, dresses, jackets and other items. In 2017, Ziegler appeared as a guest judge in an episode of "Project Runway" and began an endorsement deal with Kalahari Resorts. She appears on the cover of Sia's 2017 album "Everyday is Christmas". In 2018, Ziegler was featured in an ad campaign for Tiffany
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Sia lives on Kilimanjaro


she is indeed not too young to go to the feast, she is as big as the Kilimanjaro. The story is based on true events. Some things have been changed. Sia's original name was changed. Sia didn't know that she was photographed for a book. She did the photographs because of her father. As a grown up Sia had become a doctor who does researches on HIV. Especially in Israel, the "Children's Everywhere" series, including "Sia lives on Kilimanjaro", was a great
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Sia (musician)


That's enough, right?" She refused to do promos for her tours, began to wear a mask on stage and became increasingly dependent on drugs and alcohol on the road; she considered suicide. Sia fired Enthoven and hired Jonathan Daniel, who suggested that she write songs for other artists. Sia retired as a recording artist and began a career as a songwriter. She soon penned "Titanium" for American singer Alicia Keys, but it was later sent to David Guetta, who included Sia's original demo vocals on
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Sia, le rêve du python


shelter in the home of a mad prophet who has railed against the king. The king orders his top general to locate Sia, but the general is conflicted since Sia was engaged to marry his nephew, Mamadi, who is in battle on behalf of the kingdom. Mamadi returns and joins his uncle to do battle against the Python God. The inspiration of "Sia, le rêve du python" is a seventh-century myth of the Wagadu people of Western Africa, which was adapted into the play "La légende du
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Melvin Sia


Melvin Sia (born 14 June 1979), is a Malaysian Chinese actor, model and singer. He won the Best Actor Award at the Malaysia Golden Awards for his role in "Romantic Delicacies". He also won Most Popular Actor in Viewers' Choice category in the same award. Sia studied architecture at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia before joining the Malaysian regional edition of Star Search 2003 and went into showbiz after finishing in the top 6. In 2010 he won the Best Actor Award, his first acting award, at the inaugural
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Carlos Nóbrega


, from Sia releasing a new covers Ep, called 'ALL OF ME - SONGS I WISH I WROTE ( The Piano sessions EP) ' , on his social networks and website in November 2015, including covers from Sia , John Legend and A Great Big World . Carlos's Pop/Electro/R&B fused sound is mainly influenced by the likes of Chris Brown, Usher, Justin Timberlake, Danny Saucedo. His journey began writing songs from a very young age and now he is finally ready to unleash his electrifying debut album
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of being labeled a sellout, Sia celebrated the moniker – and turned it into a concept album." "This Is Acting" debuted atop the ARIA Albums Chart in Australia, and received a gold certification for sales of over 35,000 copies. It debuted at number four on the US "Billboard" 200 with first-week sales of 81,000 album equivalent units (68,000 in pure album sales), which became Sia's highest sales week in the country. As of 1 January 2017, the album has sold 299,600 copies and
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Miguel (singer)


in Ben Affleck's period crime drama "Live by Night", which was released on December 25, 2016, He covered Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love" for the theatrical trailers of "Fifty Shades Darker" (2017). As of September 2016, he is an opening act for Sia's Nostalgic for the Present Tour. The tour runs until November 6. Miguel partnered with Revolve Impact and headlined the Schools Not Prisons tour, along with other musicians, to spread awareness of mass incarceration throughout California. His music
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Clap Your Hands (Sia song)


Be Found video, and included Bollywood dancing. However, discontent with the result, Sia recommissioned Kris Moyes, who previously directed Sia's videos for Buttons and The Girl You Lost to Cocaine. The video features Sia as many puppet-characters - an idea which Moyes apparently came up with on the flight to the shoot. Kris Moyes won best video at the 2010 ARIA Awards - his second such award. Of the video Moyes notes, "under less than amazing circumstances (the clip was shot in Sia’s New York
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Darren Espanto


"Alam", the viral hit, his cover of Sia’s "Chandelier", and a stripped version of Young Hearts with Malaysian pop singer Nik Qistina. In 2018, Espanto made his acting debut in The Hows of Us. Espanto also became a member of the teen pop group ASAP G!/ Other members of the group are Isabela Vinzon, Jayda Avanzado, Ylona Garcia, Jeremy Glinoga and Kyle Echarri. The group formed on June 3, 2018 and disbanded on November 2018, when the show was reformatted into ASAP
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Sia (title)


Sia () was a hereditary title of Chinese origin, used mostly in colonial Indonesia. It was borne by the descendants of Chinese officers, who were high-ranking, Chinese civil bureaucrats in the Dutch colonial government, bearing the ranks of "Majoor, Kapitein" or "Luitenant der Chinezen" (see: "Kapitan Cina"). As with other Chinese honorifics, the title 'Sia' came at the end of the title holder's name: for example, as in Oey Tamba "Sia" (1827
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Caroline Cheong


Caroline Cheong is a Singaporean actress, known for making her movie debut as Victoria in the 2007 film The Tattooist. She graduated from LaSalle-SIA, College of the Arts with a diploma in drama. Although Caroline has embarked on many TV productions for local television, she has also acted in many independent films. She quoted "Waking up" by Black Paper Productions as her proudest project to date. She has appeared in many magazines and has been on the cover of Eat! and FHM magazine twice. She was also
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Sia (musician)


", but she nevertheless apologized on Twitter to anyone who was "triggered". Gia Kourlas wrote in "The New York Times" in 2016 that Sia's collaborations with Heffington have "done more to raise the standards of dance in pop music than nearly any current artist integrating the forms". In 2014, Sia contributed to the soundtrack to the 2014 film adaptation of the Broadway musical "Annie". Sia, along with producer Greg Kurstin, wrote three new songs for the film as well as re-working songs
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Wajah Tum Ho


Rajni didn't die in an explosion but was murdered by Rahul, Karan, and the officer Sarnaik. Sia further reveals that the old man who was killed was Sia's father. Sia then attempts to kill Rahul by increasing his sugar level. During the process, Rahul reveals to Sia that it was of no use to kill them as the real killer is still alive. Rahul tells her that Ranveer was bribed by Rahul and Karan to save them and also planned the murder. Thus, Rahul dies and, heartbroken,
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Secret Intelligence Australia


Secret Intelligence Australia (SIA) was a British World War II intelligence unit commanded by Captain Roy Kendall who reported directly to MI6 in London. SIA was known as Section B of the Allied Intelligence Bureau but was not accountable in any way to the Australians or the Americans. SIA had two main functions: SIA was a very specialised unit designed primarily to deal with subversion. As organised, it was better adapted to the needs of industrialised, congested national or metropolitan areas than to conditions in the Pacific. In order to preserve
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Astitva...Ek Prem Kahani


famous writer using the pen name Anand and lives as a recluse in Goa. A girl named Sia meets him and after some misunderstandings, it is revealed that she is actually Abhi and Simran's daughter Astha. Sia was raised by the childless and mentally disturbed woman who had kidnapped her. Sia and Abhi reunite and he takes her to Simran. Simran and Neha's daughter, Aastha, are living as mother and daughter. Aastha grows increasing jealous as her best friend Dr. Siddhant starts to take an interest in Sia. Aastha
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List of Shuffle! characters


tables. Towards the end of her route it is revealed that Lisianthus has two personalities; her own, and that of her twin sister who was more devil than god and therefore could not be allowed to be born. While still in the womb, Sia decided to save her sister by allowing her soul to reside inside of her own. The twin's personality emerges (takes control of Sia's body) when Sia is depressed or when she feels that Sia should be more aggressive towards Rin. Rin gives the twin the
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Survivors of Incest Anonymous


not necessary for the experience to be defined as incest or sexual abuse. Covert incest within the family is also a theme many survivors explore in SIA. In 1982, SIA was founded by three, women survivors of childhood sexual abuse in Baltimore, Maryland. Today, SIA operates from Hartford County, Maryland as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. It helps survivors to connect with one another and carries a message of recovery to those who still suffer. For several years, SIA speakers have presented workshops at the Maryland Governor’s
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SATS Security Services


parting ways with MSA becoming Malaysia Airlines System. MSA police was renamed SIA Auxiliary Police. A year later, SATS became a fully owned subsidiary of SIA and SIA Auxiliary Police became SATS Security Services, incorporating the former SIA Auxiliary Police Force in it. On March 2017, a SATS customer services officer flagged a suspicious man, who was referred to SATS officers for further screening, after she saw that the traveler was going to make several stops according to his itinerary and couldn't give concrete answers. On December 2017, a
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Big Girls Cry


of emotions. At one point a pair of hands come into the frame (shown in behind-the-scenes footage to be Sia's own hands) manipulating Ziegler's face and covering her mouth, they appear to lift Ziegler by the throat into the air until only her kicking feet are shown, then Ziegler drops back into the frame to resume her emotive facial contortions. The single shot video with various lighting and a plain black background is comparable to Lorde's Tennis Court. Sia revealed, in a behind-the
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List of awards and nominations received by Sia


Sia is an Australian singer, songwriter and record producer. she has released seven studio albums: "OnlySee" (1997), "Healing Is Difficult" (2002), "Colour the Small One" (2004), "Some People Have Real Problems" (2008), "We Are Born" (2010), "1000 Forms of Fear" (2014), and "This Is Acting" (2016). She released the live album "Lady Croissant" in 2007, and her greatest hits
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Wajah Tum Ho


comes to know that Rahul is to be hospitalized, he goes in search of Mac to save Rahul from being killed. Inspector Deshmukh runs behind that ambulance and learns that Rahul is missing. Mac takes Rahul to the same place where the police officer, Ramesh Sarniak, and Karan Parekh had been killed. Rahul finds himself tied and gets shocked when he sees Sia there. Sia reveals to Rahul that she is the one who killed the officer Sarnaik and Karan. It is further revealed by Sia that the old man who helped
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Security Industry Authority


guards employed in-house to be licensed unless their activities are in relation to licensed premises. The SIA was charged by Parliament to investigate the implications of extending the legislation to cover in-house manned guards once licensing of the private security industry had been in force for three to four years. To meet this obligation the SIA consulted widely through a range of mechanisms. Its assessment of the evidence took into account that regulation should only be targeted where action was needed; that regulation should only intervene where there is a clear case
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Lady Croissant


Lady Croissant is a live album by Australian singer Sia, released in April 2007 through the record label Astralwerks. Called a "mini-album" by Astralwerks, the collection contains one studio recording ("Pictures") as well as eight live tracks recorded during an April 2006 concert at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City. Eight songs were written or co-written by Sia; also featured is a cover version of Ray Davies' song "I Go to Sleep", a studio recording of which later appeared on
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Everyday Is Christmas (album)


, Maddie Ziegler, is featured on the cover. Recording sessions for the album took place over two weeks in May 2017 and left Sia and Kurstin "laughing at the end of each day". In September, Kurstin said of working on the album with Sia: "I don't know how she comes up with song lyric and melody ideas so quickly. ... [S]he wrote these new Christmas stories. ... I'm still sort of new at this Christmas thing. ... [It] took me back to when we
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LSD (album)


Labrinth, Sia & Diplo Present... LSD (stylized in all caps), also known simply as LSD, is the debut studio album by the music group LSD. Originally scheduled to be released by Columbia Records on 2 November 2018, it was pushed back to 12 April 2019. The cover art was designed by Gabriel Alcala. LSD, consisting of English singer-producer Labrinth, Australian singer-songwriter Sia, and American producer-DJ Diplo, was teased on 11 March 2018 by Diplo after he posted a picture of
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Sledgehammer (Rihanna song)


"Sledgehammer" is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on June 27, 2016 as a single to promote "Star Trek Beyond". It plays during the film's closing credits but is not included on the film's soundtrack. The song was written by Sia Furler (Sia), Robyn Fenty (Rihanna) and Jesse Shatkin. A music video for the song was released on June 30, 2016, and shows Rihanna performing magical acts on a foreign planet. The video was shot entirely on
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Reaper (song)


collaborated on the latter's song "Wolves". In January 2016, Sia revealed the track listing for "This Is Acting" by having theaters around the world display songs and track numbers on their marquees. The songs "Reaper" and "House on Fire" were confirmed as the seventh and eighth tracks, respectively, on the marquee of Webster Hall, which is located near Astor Place, in the East Village of Manhattan, New York City. "Reaper" was released as a promotional single that month. Sia
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Move Your Body (Sia song)


Body, [Sia's] attempt at a straight-up Europop dance-floor jam, suffers from a lack of distinction. It's an obvious play for a club hit, but it feels a bit predictable and safe—enjoyable, yes, but so calculated as to be stripped of any sense of engagement, like Robyn on autopilot." Carl Wilson of "Billboard" called the song "overwhelming", while Lindsay Zolandz of Vulture.com deemed it "the most ridiculous song on "This Is Acting"",
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Phhir


and sooth sayer with special powers of premonition on touching objects who does that job for free. Initially Kabir insults her and rejects her, but later on being convinced by inspector Asif Sheikh (Parag Tyagi)about her authentic powers, he agrees to take her help. With Sia gone, Kabir reflects on everything in the past- how he found Sia, how he had fought with other men at bars who went near her, how they had a good time. Soon Disha and the police find that Sia had gone with Monica and somebody
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Security Industry Authority


Bill (subsequently, the Public Bodies Act 2011). On 20 November 2012 the Home Office published a consultation document entitled 'Consultation on a Future Regulatory Regime for the Private Security Industry'. The document proposes a regime in which individuals will continue to be licensed but the primary focus of the regulator will shift to a system of business regulation. The future status of the SIA is not considered. On 11 January 2016 it was announced that a consultation into the future of the SIA was being conducted. The closing date for
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Spemann-Mangold organizer


Sia") and Twin ("Xtwn") are expressed at the onset of zygotic gene expression in the blastula and become activated by Wnt signaling in the blastula Chordin- and Noggin-expressing (BCNE) center. "Sia" and "Xtwn" can function as homo- or heterodimers to bind a conserved P3 site within the proximal element (PE) of the goosecoid ("Gsc") promoter. Wnt signaling also acts with mVegT to upregulate Xnr5, secreted from the Nieuwkoop center, in the interior dorso-vegetal region
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SIA Engineering Company


landing gear that covers the full range of Airbus and Boeing aircraft, as well as component & accessory repair and overhaul for a variety of landing systems components and accessories, such as electrical and hydro-mechanical systems of civil and regional aircraft. Boeing Asia Pacific Aviation Service Pte. Ltd. (BAPAS) is a 49/51 joint venture between SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) and Boeing Singapore Pte. Ltd.. BAPAS' core focus is the integration of solutions between aircraft manufacturer and MRO, and delivering a total fleet maintenance solution that incorporate
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Swiss Insurance Association


The Swiss Insurance Association SIA is the umbrella organisation representing the private insurance industry. Its membership consists of some 80 primary insurance companies and reinsurers with 50,000 employees in Switzerland. In Switzerland, the SIA members generate over 90 per cent of the premium volume in private insurance. Swiss private insurers are of vital economic importance. They assume and cover companies’ and private individuals’ financial risks. The association is committed to ensuring an economically viable and sustainable framework for these activities. It works to maintain and promote a liberal and socially acceptable
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Chew Choon Seng


Chew Choon Seng () is the former Chief Executive Officer of Singapore Airlines (SIA), the former Chairman of the Singapore Exchange and Singapore Tourism Board. After completing his first degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Singapore (now the National University of Singapore, Chew graduated with a Master of Science in operations research and management studies from Imperial College London. Chew joined SIA in 1972 and held senior assignments for Administration, covering finance, treasury, corporate planning, human resources, legal and corporate affairs in Tokyo, Rome
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Cheap Thrills (song)


"Cheap Thrills" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Sia from her seventh studio album, "This Is Acting" (2016). It was written by Sia Furler and Greg Kurstin, while solely produced by Kurstin. An official remix version of "Cheap Thrills" features vocals from Jamaican singer Sean Paul, and was made available for digital download on 11 February 2016 as the album's second single. This version was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. The song is a "
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The Greatest (Sia song)


being the number of people killed in the shooting); their freedom is short-lived, however. Later, a wall is seen riddled with bullet holes as everyone falls to the ground, and tears stream down Ziegler's face. Kornhaber wrote: Absent of any social context, it's all striking and beautiful and ineffably sad. With the knowledge that it was inspired by queer youths and friends gunned down in the act of coming together and enjoying themselves, it becomes almost unbearably poignant. Sia keeps singing about having stamina
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Sia (musician)


much raw emotion in her songs. And you can definitely hear that in her voice, but it becomes more visceral when you can also read it in the faces of her dancers, especially Ziegler. ... The entire performance was brilliantly staged, with one song flowing seamlessly into another". Sia released the deluxe edition of "This Is Acting" in October 2016, which includes three new tracks, a remix version of "Move Your Body" and a solo version of "The Greatest". She was nominated for three
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Music (upcoming film)


'll act it out, I'll have the dialogue already in my head ... I can't be bothered to learn Final Draft. ... Like, when I sing, I just want to sing the melody and write the lyrics. I don't want to have to do production, which is very technical. I don't enjoy that. The project, originally conceived as a non-musical film, was subsequently written as a musical, with songs by Sia and choreography by Sia's frequent collaborator Ryan Heffington. It was
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Samuel Dixon


touring for "21", and can be seen on Adele's Live at the Royal Albert Hall DVD. Dixon has frequently collaborated with fellow-Australian Sia Furler. His compositions have featured on her albums, "Colour the Small One", "Some People Have Real Problems", "We Are Born", "1000 Forms of Fear" and the deluxe version of This Is Acting. Dixon co-wrote the single "Clap Your Hands", from "We Are Born". He played bass in Sia
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This Is Acting


the chorus, she makes her voice break a different way each time she sings it. But Sia's success as a hitmaker has also turned into a pitfall. Even as she and her producers flaunt their layered vocals and whiz-bang sound effects, there are already so many of Sia's midtempo victim-to-victory anthems around that they offer diminishing returns, particularly when listened to as an album." Kathy Iandoli of Idolator was more positive towards the effort, stating that it "feels like the aftermath of coming
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Humse Hai Liife


liking Sia but is aware of the Ragahv - Sia love story which happened before he entered Elite and tells Sia that he has not come to take place of Raghav in her life. He is slowly and gradually falling in love with Sia but realises that Sias dream man will remain Ragahv only and drops idea of proposing her. But both Arjun and Aliah realise that Kabir is indeed very caring towards Sia and feel that Kabir must disclose his feelings for Sia. But Kabir chooses not to disturb his friendship with Sia and wants to
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Service in Informatics and Analysis


, outperforming its fastest predecessor, IBM 7030 Stretch, by about three times. It remained the world's fastest computer from 1964 to 1969, when it relinquished that status to its successor, the CDC 7600. By 1974 SIA added more processing power by installing a Control Data Cyber-72 at Victoria. SIA had assembled a comprehensive library of proven software packages drawn from all over the world. They covered a range of disciplines: electronics, management science, integrated survey and statistical, integrated cluster analysis, segmentation analysis, simulation, financial
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Sia (title)


- 1856). The title was used not with its holder's surname, but with his given name, so "Tamba Sia" instead of "Oey Sia". In everyday speech, use of the title was often combined with other honorifics, such as "Ako Sia" ('elder brother Sia') or "Baba Sia" ('sir Sia'). Originally, the honorific was used in Imperial China to address certain senior mandarins, the relatives of a mandarin or descendants of the House of Koxinga
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Sia lives on Kilimanjaro


Sia lives on Kilimanjaro (original Swedish title: Sia bor på Kilimandjaro) is a children's book written by Astrid Lindgren and with photographs by Anna Riwkin-Brick. The original Swedish edition was published in 1958 by the Rabén & Sjögren publishing company in Stockholm. The English translation was published in 1959, in London by Methuen, and in New York by Macmillan. The book was published as part of the "Children's Everywhere" photo book series. It is a story of a little girl who wants to visit the
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Bobo-Dioulasso


"Sia". There are two distinct dialects spoken of Jula, based on the origins of different peoples who speak this language. The city is situated in the southwest of the country, in the Houet Province, some 350 km (220 mi) from Ouagadougou. Bobo-Dioulasso is significant both economically (agricultural trade, textile industry) and culturally, as it is a major center of culture and music. At the end of the nineteenth century, Sia consisted of two large villages, Tunuma and Sia proper, located
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Lady Sia


but eventually not implemented. Each kingdom is ruled by a monarch who is capable of powerful magic. Sia's kingdom, Myriade, is separated from the elemental realms by the Snowy Mountain and located in the southern part of the continent. Myriade's inhabitants appear well-versed in magic. The continent of Callyge is located in the northeast of the map and is the T'soas' and Onimen's headquarters. Seaports protect Callyge from attacks. "Lady Sia" received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
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This Is Acting


to terms with her nagging demons, as Sia maintains brutal honesty cloaked in cinematic, mainstream music — albeit through songs that, as we well know by now, were written for and rejected by other artists." She continues: "Her voice is so bold and beautiful that when she attempts to wedge herself into songs designed for thin voices (check "Sweet Design"), she sounds like an opera singer in a dancehall." On a more personal aspect, she writes "feels as though Sia's career has
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Self-Indication Assumption Doomsday argument rebuttal


about the total number of humans that will exist ("N"). This conclusion of SIA is uncontroversial with modern DA-proponents, who instead question the validity of the assumption itself, "not the conclusion" which would follow, if the SIA were true. The SIA-mathematics considers the chance of being the" n"th human as being conditioned on the joint probability of two separate events, both of which must be true: This means that the pdf for "n", is concentrated at P("n" =
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Jazbaa


), who has been defeated by Anuradha in the past, to take up the case as rape is a critical issue the current government is fighting. Anuradha tries to gather information by hook or crook, including lying to Sia's mother Garima Chaudhary (Shabana Azmi). Anuradha discovers that Mahesh's son, Sam (Siddhanth Kapoor), was Sia's boyfriend, and Niyaaz was their drug dealer. Niyaaz had raped and killed Sia after delivering drugs to her home, during which time Sam was intoxicated and passed out.
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Annie (2014 film soundtrack)


new songs for the soundtrack, including "Opportunity", "Who Am I" and "Moonquake Lake" featuring Beck. "You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile" by Sia Furler was released as the lead single on October 22, 2014. "Opportunity" by Sia Furler was released as the second single. It officially impacted Hot/Modern/AC radio on January 19, 2015. "Vulture" Lindsey Weber called Sia's "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" "different" and wrote
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