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• Desmoteplase In Acute Stroke, a series of clinical trials investigating the clinical efficacy of desmoteplase, a thrombolytic agent, in treating acute ischaemic stroke
• Destruction in Art Symposium
• Detaşamentul de Poliţie pentru Intervenţie Rapidă (Special Actions and Interventions Detachment), a former name of Romanian police rapid response units
• Dias (surname), a common surname in the Portuguese language, namely in Portugal and Brazil. It is cognate to the Spanish language surname Díaz
• Dias, a city of ancient Lycia
• Direct Internet Access System
• Drop In Auto Sear, a device that when installed in a semi-automatic AR-15,along with M-16 fire control parts, allows selection of semi-automatic or fully automatic fire.
• Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
• Viola (trawler), a steam trawler built in 1906 as the Viola and renamed Dias

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• Diaz (disambiguation)

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Sandro Dias
Born	(1975-04-18) April 18, 1975 (age 37) Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian
Known for	skateboarder
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Board member of	positive

Summer X Games medal record
Competitor for  Brazil
Gold	2006 Los Angeles	Vert
Gold	2007 Los Angeles	Vert
Gold	2004 Los Angeles	Vert Best Trick
Silver	2002 Philadelphia	Vert Best Trick
Silver	2003 Los Angeles	Vert Best Trick
Bronze	2005 Los Angeles	Vert
Bronze	2000 San Francisco	Vert Doubles

Sandro Dias is a Brazilian professional vert skateboarder. He was born on April 18, 1975 in Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil and currently resides in Santa Ana, California. He started skateboarding in 1986 and turned pro in 1995. He is considered the king of the 540 and one of eight people to be able to land the 900. He won the gold medal at X Games 12 In Skateboard Vert. He is sponsored by Red Bull, Oakley, Positiv Skateboards. He won the world vert skating titles in 2003,2004,2005,2006 and 2007. In 2011 Sandro has captured the world vert skating title once again. His sixth title. He beat out his close friend and team mate 8 time champion Andy Mac by only 50 championship points.

External links[link]

• http://www.sandrodias.com/br
• http://positivskateboards.com/
• About.com
• EXPN.com
• Lat34.com
• maloofmoneycup.com

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Sarah-Jane Dias
Born	(1982-12-03) 3 December 1982 (age 29) Muscat, Oman
Occupation	Actress, Model, Host, VJ
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Measurements	35"-27"-37"[1]
Website
sarahjane.in

Sarah-Jane Dias (Hindi: सारा जेन डायस; born 3 December 1982) is an Indian actress and former beauty queen. She was the winner of Femina Miss India 2007^[2] and was also a Channel V VJ.^[3]

Early Life[link]

Dias was born to a Roman Catholic family in Muscat. Her father, Eustace Dias, is a marketing manager with Oilfields Supply Centre and her mother is named Yolanda. She also has a sister named Elena-Rose.

Dias attended Indian School Al Wadi Al Kabir until Grade 11 when she transferred to Indian School Muscat. She then attended university at Mumbai's Mithibai College and St. Andrews College.^[4] In 1997, she won the Miss India Oman title at the age of 14.^[4]

Career[link]

In Mumbai, Dias was discovered by Suresh Natrajan by accident when she walked onto his set and was immediately hired for the campaign he was shooting.^[5] At the age of 21, she won a talent hunt TV show, which gave her a chance to host a Channel V show.^[6] She then became the host of Get Gorgeous, a supermodel hunt TV show on the network.^[7]

In 2006, Dias made her acting debut in Brides Wanted where played the groom's best friend who helps him in his bride hunt.^[8] The film has yet to be released. That same year she was also featured in the music video for Australian rock group INXS's "Never Let You Go" from their album Switch.^[9][10]

The next year Dias participated in Femina Miss India 2007.^[11] In the final round, the five finalists were asked "If you had to convince a rural woman to participate in the Miss India contest, how would you do it?" and Dias' winning answer was "I would first remind her that she has every right to such privileges as a Miss India would have. If she wins she could go back to her village and the improvement she would bring about would make the achievement of the pageant irreplaceable."^[12] She subsequently won the title of Femina Miss India World 2007 and represented the country at Miss World 2007, but did not place.

Dias scored her first major film role in the 2010 Tamil romantic comedy, Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai opposite Kollywood star Vishal Krishna. She then signed on for Game, her Bollywood debut opposite Abhishek Bachchan. Her next project was Telugu film with Tollywood star Pawan Kalyan and will be appearing in two more movies in 2012.

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Channel V profile
• Femina Miss India profile

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Rafael Orozco Flores (24 January 1946 – 25 April 1996) was a Spanish classical pianist. Orozco is acclaimed as one of the great Spanish concert pianists.^[1]

Rafael Orozco came from a musical family in Córdoba and studied with José Cubiles,^[2] Alexis Weissenberg^[3] and Maria Curcio, the last and favourite pupil of Artur Schnabel.^[4] His professional career began after he won first prize in the 1966 Leeds International Piano Competition in the UK.

His large repertoire included works by Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, Manuel de Falla, Sergei Rachmaninoff^[5] and Isaac Albéniz. He gave recitals on five continents and participated as soloist with the world's great orchestras, including Cleveland, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Berlin, Vienna, Paris, and London. Orozco also participated in music festivals at Osaka, Praga, Berlin, Santander, Edimburg, Spoleto, and Aldeburgh.

Orozco's playing was used in Ken Russell's 1970 film The Music Lovers, based on the life of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

In 1986, Córdoba awarded Orozco the Gold Medal of the city and the title of Hijo Predilecto (Favourite Son).^[2]

Orozco died in 1996. The Conservatorio Superior de Música Rafael Orozco in Córdoba is named in his honour.^[6]

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