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Nadi
Nadi
Coordinates: 17°48′00″S 177°25′00″E / 17.8°S 177.4166667°E / -17.8; 177.4166667Coordinates: 17°48′00″S 177°25′00″E / 17.8°S 177.4166667°E / -17.8; 177.4166667
Country	Fiji
Island	Viti Levu
Division	Western Division
Population (2011)
• Total	42,284

Nadi (pronounced [ˈnandi]) is the third-largest conurbation in Fiji. It is located on the western side of the main island of Viti Levu, and had a population of 42,284 at the most recent census, in 2007. Nadi is multiracial with many of its inhabitants Indian or Fijian, along with a large transient population of foreign tourists. Along with sugar cane production, tourism is a mainstay of the local economy. The Nadi region has a higher concentration of hotels and motels than any other part of Fiji.^{[citation needed]}

With its large Indo-Fijian population, Nadi is a centre for Hinduism and Islam in Fiji. The downtown area is defined by the Nadi River and Viseisei village on the west side, and the beautfiul Sri Siva Subramaniya temple on the east. It is the largest Hindu temple in the Southern hemisphere, and is a site for pilgrims. Nadi International Airport located 9 kilometers from the city, is the largest airport in Fiji. Thus, Nadi is the principal port of entry for air travelers to Fiji, even though it is on the opposite (western) side of the island of Viti Levu from the nation's capital and largest city, Suva.

Nadi is a hub of commerce and tourism, with about 18 hotels, and is popular among travelers seeking to take ferries to island resorts in Fiji's western Mamanuca Group of islands. The town is also close to the western mud-flat beaches. It is also close to the Nausori highlands to the east, and can access the Sabeto [samˈbeto] and Sigatoka [siŋaˈtoka] valleys. Other sites are the Waqadra [waŋˈɡandra] Botanical Gardens, and the Sleeping Giant Gardens, which house Raymond Burr's orchid collection.

History[link]

Part of Main Street in Nadi

Nadi Township was established in 1947. Around that time Government of Fiji has established its own "Government Station" on the higher grounds of Nadi. It is said that a couple of business set up their business around the "Government Station" to service the Government Station. The other business organization from other parts of Fiji also followed the suit. It is reported that there was a very strong move by some concerned citizens of Nadi to move the town center to Martintar because of the existing center being so prone to flooding. This did not materialize because the move to shift the town center to Martintar came in too late as the Nadi Township had already developed strong roots in the existing location.

The elected system was introduced in 1967. Dr. A.H Sahu Khan was the first elected Chairman of the Nadi Township Board.^[1] With the introduction of Local Government Act in 1972 the Board changed its status to Council. Mr H.M Lodhia became the first Mayor of Nadi Town Council in 1972 and remained the Mayor until December 1973. The current Mayor of Nadi is Councillor Timoci Koroiqica

Government and infrastructure[link]

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Fiji Islands (CAAFI) head office is at Nadi Airport in Nadi.^[2]

Economy[link]

Air Pacific has its head office at the Air Pacific Maintenance & Administration Centre at Nadi International Airport in Nadi.^[3][4] Fiji Airlines Limited, operating as Pacific Sun, is headquartered in the Pacific Sun building in the Civil Aviation Authority of the Fiji Islands (CAAFI) compound at Nadi International Airport.^[5]

Climate[link]

References[link]

A Nadi home with a tropical fruit tree in the yard

1. ^ Nadi Town Council - History
2. ^ "Contact Details." Civil Aviation Authority of the Fiji Islands. Retrieved on 13 December 2011. "Postal address Private Mail Bag NAP 0354 Nadi Airport Fiji Islands"
3. ^ "Air Pacific Annual Report 2008."^{[dead link]} Air Pacific. 44 (44/48). Retrieved on 3 October 2009.
4. ^ "Membership." International Air Transport Association. Retrieved on 13 December 2011. "Air Pacific Limited Air Pacific Maintenance & Administration Centre, Nasoso Road Nadi Airport, Nadi Fiji"
5. ^ "Contact Us." Fiji Airlines Limited. Retrieved on 3 October 2009. "Fiji Airlines Limited, trading as Pacific Sun, was incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Air Pacific Limited currently having its main base at the Pacific Sun office, CAAFI Compound, Nadi Airport, Fiji Islands." and "Head Office Pacific Sun PO Box 9270 Nadi International Airport Fiji Islands"
6. ^ "Climatological Information for Nadi, Fiji". Hong Kong Observatory. http://www.hko.gov.hk/wxinfo/climat/world/eng/australia/pacific/nadi_e.htm. Retrieved on 11 June 2011. 

External links[link]

• Nadi travel guide from Wikitravel

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David Guetta
David Guetta at the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards
Background information
Birth name	Pierre David Guetta
Born	(1967-11-07) 7 November 1967 (age 44) Paris, France
Genres	House, electro house, hip house
Occupations	DJ, record producer, songwriter
Years active	1984–present
Labels	EMI Music France, Virgin, Positiva, Astralwerks, Jack Back Records
Website	DavidGuetta.com

Pierre David Guetta (7 November 1967), known professionally as David Guetta (French pronunciation: [daˌvid ɡɛˈta]), is a French house music producer and DJ.^[1] Originally a DJ at nightclubs during the 1980s and 1990s, he co-founded Gum Productions and released his first album, Just a Little More Love, in 2002. Later, he released Guetta Blaster (2004) and Pop Life (2007). His 2009 album One Love included the hit singles "When Love Takes Over" (featuring Kelly Rowland), "Gettin' Over You" (featuring Chris Willis, Fergie & LMFAO) and "Sexy Bitch" (featuring Akon), the last becoming a top five hit in the United States and all three reaching #1 in the United Kingdom, as well as another internationally known single called "Memories" featuring Kid Cudi which became a top five hit in many countries. Guetta has sold over three million albums and 15 million singles worldwide.^[2] He is currently one of the most sought-after music producers.^[3] As at 2012 David Guetta is the world's most popular DJ, claiming the #1 poll position of the DJ Mag 100 popularity poll.^[4]

Biography[link]

1984–2000: Early life and career[link]

At age 17, Guetta began DJing at the Broad Club in Paris.^[5] He first played popular songs, and he discovered house music when he heard a Farley master Funk track on French radio in 1987. The next year, he began hosting his own club nights.^[6] In 1990, he released "Nation Rap", a hip-hop collaboration with French rapper Sidney Duteil.^[7]

In the mid 1990s Guetta played in clubs including Le Centrale, the Rex, Le Boy, and Folies Pigalle.^[5][8] Released in 1994^[7] Guetta's second single, a collaboration with American house vocalist Robert Owens titled "Up & Away", was a minor club hit.^[6] In 1994, David Guetta became the manager of Le Palace nightclub and he continued to organise parties there and in other clubs, such as the "Scream" parties in Les Bains Douches.^[9]

[edit] 2001–2006: Just a Little More Love and Guetta Blaster

In 2001, David Guetta along with Joachim Garraud founded Gum Productions, and in the same year Guetta's first hit single, "Just a Little More Love", featuring American singer Chris Willis was released. Willis was vacationing in France when he met Guetta.^[6] Guetta's debut album Just a Little More Love was released in 2002 on Virgin Records and sold over 300,000 copies. The follow-up singles, ("Love Don't Let Me Go", "People Come People Go" and "Give Me Something"), were released in 2002. Guetta released a compilation, Fuck Me I'm Famous, in 2003, named after his party in Ibiza. It included "Just for One Day (Heroes)", a remix of David Bowie's song "Heroes".^[6] Later in his career, Guetta continued recording compilations under that title.

Guetta's second album, Guetta Blaster, was released in 2004. It released four singles: "Money" and "Stay" featuring Chris Willis and "The World Is Mine" and "In Love With Myself" featuring JD Davis. In 2006 the Just a Little More Love single "Love Don't Let Me Go" was re-released as a mash-up with the Tocadisco remix of "Walking Away" by The Egg. The mash-up single entitled "Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)" was charted higher than the original release of the song.

[edit] 2007–2008: Pop Life

Guetta performing, May 2007

In 2007, Guetta's third album Pop Life was released. The album was successful in the UK and Ireland as well as in mainland Europe. According to EMI in 2010, the album has sold a total of 530,000 copies worldwide. The lead single "Love Is Gone" reached Number 1 on the American Dance Chart and charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

He played in many countries around the world to promote the album. He played in Mauritius in January 2008, accompanied by French rapper JoeyStarr. In the same year, he and his wife Cathy also planned a new event which took place in the Stade de France on 5 July 2008. The event was called "UNIGHTED", he performed with Tiësto, Carl Cox, Joachim Garraud and Martin Solveig in front of a crowd of 40,000.^[10]

In 2009, he was placed third in the "Top 100 DJs" poll by DJ Magazine,^[11] and was elected "Best House DJ" by DJ Awards in 2008. Since April 2009, Guetta had his own radio show on the internet radio station RauteMusik on Saturday evening. The show was afterwards moved into Radio 538, being aired every Friday evening after Tiësto's Club Life. Its name is DJ Mix. Guetta performs a one-hour set of house music, presenting mainly new talents inside.

[edit] 2009–2010: One Love and international breakthrough

David Guetta's fourth studio album, One Love, was released in August 2009. Its first single "When Love Takes Over", which featured Kelly Rowland, peaked at #1 on the UK Singles Chart and topped many other countries worldwide. His second single from the album, "Sexy Bitch" featuring Akon, became his second #1 in the UK. "One Love" featuring Estelle, "Memories" featuring Kid Cudi and "Gettin' Over You" featuring Chris Willis, Fergie and LMFAO followed. As of May 2011 the album had sold three million copies worldwide.^[12] Guetta's fourth studio album One Love was nominated as "Best Electronic/Dance Album" at the 52nd Grammy Awards.^[13] His song "When Love Takes Over" featuring American R&B singer Kelly Rowland received two nominations; Best Dance Recording and Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical, and won the latter. After conflicts over whether or not an album re-issue should go ahead, One More Love was released on 29 November 2010. First single, titled "Who's That Chick?" featuring Rihanna was released a few weeks prior.^[14]

On 16 June 2009, The Black Eyed Peas released the David Guetta-produced "I Gotta Feeling" as their second single from their fifth studio album, The E.N.D.. It became a worldwide hit topping the charts in seventeen countries. It became the most downloaded song of all-time in the United States with almost 7.5 million downloads and in the United Kingdom selling more than 1 million copies.^[15][16] He was nominated twice for his work with The Black Eyed Peas at the 52nd Grammy Awards; in the category Record of the Year for "I Gotta Feeling" and Album of the Year for their album The E.N.D.. In 2010, David Guetta co-wrote and produced Kelly Rowland's "Commander" from her third album Here I Am. It peaked at number one on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Songs chart in the United States, and reached top ten positions in Belgium and the United Kingdom. Guetta has also co-produced "Forever and a Day", which was Kelly's next UK single from that album.^[17][18] Guetta also produced the singles "Acapella" and "Scream" for American singer-songwriter Kelis's fifth studio album, Flesh Tone, released on 14 May 2010. "Acapella" was released as the lead single on 23 February 2010 and topped the dance charts in the United Kingdom and United States. On 28 June 2010 American rapper Flo Rida released the single "Club Can't Handle Me" featuring David Guetta. The song is included on the soundtrack album to the American 3D dance film Step Up 3D.

Guetta on the One Love Tour, January 2010.

[edit] 2011–present: Nothing But the Beat

Guetta's fifth studio album, Nothing But the Beat was released on August 30, 2011. It was released as a double-disc album; one disc being vocal and the other being electronic.^[19] The French DJ was inspired by rock bands such as Kings of Leon and Coldplay to add rock influences to his dance productions.^[20] "Where Them Girls At" featuring Nicki Minaj and Flo Rida, the first single off the album, was released worldwide on May 2, 2011.^[21][22] "Little Bad Girl" featuring Ludacris and Taio Cruz, was released as the second single on June 28, 2011.^[19][23] The third single "Without You" featuring Usher was released on September 27, 2011. Guetta also released three promotional singles for Nothing But the Beat, "Titanium" featuring Sia, "Lunar" with Afrojack and "Night of Your Life" featuring Jennifer Hudson. The album also features the hit single "Sweat" with Snoop Dogg.

Guetta is also scheduled to perform alongside Nicky Romero and Nervo at London's Alexandra Palace on June 1, 2012.^[24]

Personal life[link]

Guetta and his wife Cathy in January 2012 at the NRJ Music Awards ceremony.

His father was a restaurateur of Moroccan Jewish descent,^[25] and his mother is of Belgian descent.^[26][27][28] He is married to socialite and night club manager Cathy Guetta; they have two children, Tim Elvis Eric (born 2004) and Angie (born 2007).^[29]

Discography[link]

• Just a Little More Love (2002)
• Guetta Blaster (2004)
• Pop Life (2007)
• One Love (2009)
• Nothing but the Beat (2011)

Awards and nominations[link]

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References[link]

External links[link]

• David Guetta on Myspace
• David Guetta on Twitter
• David Guetta's channel on YouTube
• David Guetta at the Internet Movie Database
• David Guetta official store
• David Guetta information at Ultra Records
• Review of 'Memories' on the Daily Music Guide
• David Jeffries. "David Guetta biography". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p572357. Retrieved 2008-09-22. 
• David Guetta in PACHA NEWS
• David Guetta at Billboard.com
• Review of 'Gettin Over you' on the Daily Music Guide

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Akshaya Kumar Mohanty (Oriya: ଅକ୍ଷୟ ମହାନ୍ତି, also known as "Khoka Bhai")(12 October 1937 – 17 November 2002) was a singer, songwriter, writer and musician from Orissa, India.

Akshaya has contributed to Oriya Bhajanas, Odissi, folk songs, non-film modern light songs in Orissa on contemporary themes, ballads based on popular legends in Orissa.

Life History[link]

Early life[link]

Akshaya was born to Bichitrananda Mohanty and Subarna Manjari Mohanty at Bankimundai, Kendrapara. Akshaya had no formal training in music. At the age of 22 in 1956, he joined government services in his home city Cuttack, but quit after seven years in 1963. He became an approved lyricist in All India Radio, Cuttack in 1956. By 1959 he became an approved composer in All India Radio. ^[1]

Family[link]

He was married to Prabina Mohanty in 1967. He has two sons and two daughters. His son, Chitrabhanu Mohanty is a stage singer.

Career[link]

Akshaya recorded his first song Gadiala Bhai Dharichhi Sura Re in 50s. His first song as a playback singer was Gori Gori Gori in the 1959 Oriya movie Maa. He has sung songs in 129 Oriya films.

In 1965, he has composed music for the movie Malajanha, directed by Oriya filmmaker, Nitai Palit. A song from the movie Rakata Talamala went on to top the charts. He composed music for 75 movies. He has made experiments with themes, words and in recording and producing special sound effects. Some of his experiments include starting a new cult of ballads in Oriya, based on popular legends, such as Kanchi Abhijana, Randipua Ananta, and Konaraka Gatha. He also recorded a popular drama, Patent Medicine, that went on to win the best radio drama award from All India Radio. Some of his popular songs are 'Kene Gheni Jauchha Jagannathanku', 'Saata Daria Paare', 'He Phaguna Tume', 'Raja Jhia Sange', 'Rakata Tala Mala', 'Chakori Jhara'anaa Luha'. Akshaya Mohanty also has acted in 3 movies and co-directed a movie.

Films[link]

• Mala Janha

• Kie Kahar

• Sansar

• Naga Phasa

• Taapoi

• Jhili Mili

• Nijhum Ratira Sathi

• Shree Jagannath

• Kie Jite Kie Hare

• Ashanta Graha

• Mahasati Sabitree

• Swapna Sagar

• Danda Balunga

• Jai Phula

• Jaga Hatare Pagha

• Sankha Sindura

• Mamata Mage Moola

• Nala Damayanti

• Baje Bainshi Nache Ghungura

• Chaka Bhaunree

• Sabu Mayare Baya

• Eai Aama Sanshara

• Karunamaya

• Badhu Nirupama

• Eai Ta Duniya

• Tunda Baida

• Jor Jar Mulak Taar

• Thilli Jhia Heli Bohu

• Suna Chadhei

• Kurukshetra

• Papa Punya

• Pua Mora Kala Thakura

• Mamata Ra Dori

• Chaka Akhi Sabu Dekhuchi

• Bidhira Bidhana

• Aasuchi Mo Kalia Suna

• Daiba Daudi

• Chaka Dola Karuchi Lila

• Thakura Achhanti Choubahaku

• Paradesi Chadhei

• Kalia Bharasa

• Ama Ghara Ama Sansar

• Hasa Luha Bhara Dunia

• To Binu Anya Gati Nahin

• Kotie Manisha Gotie Jaga

• Kapala Likhana

• Bhisma Pratigyan

• Suna Bhauja

• Rakhile Siba Mariba Kie

• Lakhsmana Rekha

• Jaya Jagannatha

Popular Songs[link]

Light/Romantic

• Gadiala bhai dharichhi sura re
• Smruti tume
• Bayasara krushnachuda
• Tahun kanji gala
• Udi udi udi ja re udi
• Ja ja re bhasi bhasi ja
• Raja jhia sange
• Ba ba re capital
• Punyara nadi tire
• Abujha priyatama
• Nadira nama alasakanya
• Sabi sabi tu to mora
• Alo ratani
• He faguna tume gala pare pare
• Nanda mundia driver
• Sakalara gadi
• Bandhu re anide anide mote
• Baby eka gelha jhia
• Gori gori gori
• Rakata talamala
• Tik Tik tik ghanta chale
• Ei Chumki (duet)
• Rangabati Re Rangabati
• Abujha priayatama
• Phulei rani saja phula
• Jajabara mana mora
• Chhapi chhapi basanto rati
• Rail gadi jauchhi gadi
• Sata daria pari re
• Chandrama eka chandana bindu
• Chandramailli hase
• Ae e e alo alo mani
• Rati je khoje
• Ei rum juhum jhum jhum nupura
• Kalankita ei nayaka
• Hasa ta lakhye tanka
• Sabi Sabi tu ta mora
• Udigale gendalia jhadi dela para
• Boula hebi nahin
• Tu ki buli baharilu sahara
• Mathia re gote kana
• Kali gori dihen gadhei
• Thik tori pari jhia tie
• Jataka padichhi

Bhajans (Devotional)

• Eka to bhakata jibana
• Kene gheni jauchha Jagannathanku
• Olata Brukhye khelucchi
• Adhagadha diankara
• Dasavatara (Gita Govinda)
• Srikrushnara banshi swana suni
• Jaya jaya Jagannatha

Popular Ballads

• Kanchi Abhijana
• Randipua Ananta
• Konarak Gatha

Awards[link]

• Jayadeva Award: The highest state award in movies
• State award for best playback singer seven times
• State award for best composer twice
• Many awards from Orissa Cinecritic Association

Writing[link]

• Aneswata Rani (Collection of short stories)
• Bichara (Collection of short stories)
• Nagna Monalisa (Collection of short stories)
• Ba Ba Re America (Travelogue)
• Aryadasara Atmalipi (Semi-autobiograhical)
• Aryadasara Sheshalipi (Semi-autobiographical)
• Bamapanthi (Novel)
• Aphera Nadi (Novel)
• Gayaka (Novel)
• Jaya Nuhen Jaya (Novel)
• Gotie Kuhu, Aneka Uhu (Novel)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Akshaya Mohanty at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website
• Songs of Akshaya Mohanty