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Ansa or ANSA can refer to any of the following:

• Ansa, Queen of the Lombards, 8th century, wife of Desiderius, king of the Lombards
• Ansa (moth), genus of moth
• Ansa (Hinduism) or Aṃśa in Hinduism, a solar deity and one of the Adityas.
• ansa as part of Arabic words means "constant"

As the acronym ANSA:

• Agence nouvelle des solidarités actives, association créée en janvier 2006 par Martin Hirsch
• Afghan National Standards Association, the ISO representative organization for Afghanistan.
• Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata, Italian news agency
  • Ansa Mediterranean or ANSAmed, section of the above
• Association of Norwegian Students Abroad
• Applied Neuroscience Society of Australasia
• Australian Network of Student Anthropologists, student-run arm of the Australian Anthropological Society.
• ANSA, an Italian manufacturer of OEM exhaust systems for automobiles.
• ANSA Pre-processor, commercial pre-processing software (Automatic Net-generation for Structural Analysis).
• The Planet of the Apes equivalent of NASA; it is never made clear in the movies what the letters actually stand for.
• ANSA Business, watch retailer based in The Netherlands

ansa is Latin for "handle". It has several uses derived from this meaning:

• In anatomy, the word is applied to nervous structures which resemble loops (for example the ansa lenticularis, ansa cervicalis, Loop of Henle (ansa nephroni) or the ansa of the tympanal organ).
• In archaeology it is used for the engraved and ornamented handle of a vase, which has often survived when the vase itself, being less durable, has disappeared.
• In astronomy, one of the apparent ends of the rings of Saturn as seen in perspective from the earth: so-called because, in the earlier telescopes, they looked like handles projecting from the planet.
• In chemistry, it is used to describe a bridge between two functional groups/ligands.
• In the plural ansae, in astronomy, compact nebulosities such as can be found in protoplanetary nebulae.

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Valentino Balboni is the former chief test driver of Lamborghini, a manufacturer of sports cars in Italy. He retired in October 2008 due to Italian government work regulations, after having served the company for 40 years.^[1] To pay tribute to him in occasion of his retirement, Lamborghini has labeled a 2009 addition to the Gallardo line-up, the LP550-2 Valentino Balboni.^[2][3]

Biography[link]

Balboni started working for Lamborghini on April 21, 1968 as a mechanic apprentice in the company.^[1][4] Eventually he was personally asked by the founder of the company, Ferruccio Lamborghini, to test-drive the newly built cars. Together with Bob Wallace, they became the test-driving team of Lamborghini. Valentino Balboni has reportedly driven about 80% of all Lamborghinis ever built. Among the marque aficionados, Balboni has risen to cult status. In 2008, Balboni was still active for the company as the chief test-driver and ambassador. Fluent in English and German, he often appeared at different Lamborghini-related events, such as the unveiling of new models.

In July 2009, Lamborghini announced a special edition run of 250 Gallardo LP550-2 "Valentino Balboni edition" supercars; the company stated that the new car was to be rear-wheel driven in accordance with Balboni's preference for the thrill of cornering a rear-wheel driven vehicle. These vehicles were also made special with a white and gold stripe that runs the center of the car, inspired by sports cars of the 1970's.

Balboni, even though officially retired as chief test driver, has signed a two year contract with Lamborghini as a consultant through 2010 that can be renewed multiple times.^[1]

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Valentino Balboni has made several appearances on television in different documentaries related to Lamborghini such as Top Gear and Rides.

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Michele Sorice (born 1 May 1961) is an Italian sociologist, who is renowned for his studies and research in the fields of Political Communication and Media Sociology.^[1] He is an Italian scholar in the field of media sociology and political communication and the author of at least 19 books and over 50 articles.

Two stages can be identified in his academic life. The first stage involves outlining a new vision of the interrelationships between media studies and consumption theories, in the frame of Cultural Studies perspective. Publications during that time include Logiche dell'illogico (1995), L'industria culturale in Italia (1998)^[2] and Le comunicazioni di massa (2000). In the second stage, Sorice developed his studies about media, politics and audiences: he has presented many papers on these topics in many important international conferences. Among his most recent books there are I media (2005), La ricerca sull'audience (with E. De Blasio, G. Gili, M. Hibberd: 2007)^[3] Sociologia dei mass media (2009),^[4] "La comunicazione politica" (2011).^[5]

Sorice was professor of Media Studies at the University of Lugano (USI) in Switzerland and at Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. He held lectures and seminars in many European universities.

Michele Sorice

Sorice serves as Professor at the LUISS University in Rome,^[6] where he is Director of the Centre for Media and Communication Studies (CMCS).^[7] He is also an Invited Professor at Gregorian University.^[8] He is also a coordinator with Professor Philip Schlesinger, of an international research network focusing on media public services in Europe.^[9] He is member of the Media and Politics Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association (PSA) of UK.

Select bibliography[link]

Books

• La comunicazione politica. Roma: Carocci, 2011
• Yes credibility. La precaria credibilità del sistema dei media. Roma: Desk, 2010
• Sociologia dei mass media. Roma: Carocci, 2009
• Voci e membro del Consiglio Scientifico di Viganò, D. E. (a cura di) Dizionario della comunicazione. Roma: Carocci, 2009
• La ricerca sull’audience (con E. De Blasio, G. Gili, M. Hibberd). Milano: Hoepli, 2007
• I media. La prospettiva sociologica. Roma: Carocci, 2005
• Voci e membro del Consiglio Scientifico di Colombo, F. (a cura di) Atlante della comunicazione. Milano: Hoepli, 2005
• Gli altri media. Ricerca nazionale sui media non mainstream (con F. Pasquali), Milano: Vita & Pensiero, 2005
• La TV che non c’è (with G. Frezza). Salerno: Edizioni 10/17. 2004
• Cantastorie mediali. La fiction come story teller della società italiana (con E. De Blasio). Roma: Dino Audino, 2004
• Lo specchio magico. Linguaggi, formati, generi, pubblici della televisione italiana. Roma: Editori Riuniti, 2002
• Le comunicazioni di massa: storia, teorie, tecniche. Roma: Editori Riuniti, 2000
• Dizionario della comunicazione (with M. Morcellini). Roma: Editori Riuniti, 1999
• Futuri immaginari. Le parole chiave dei new media. Roma: Logica University Press, 1998
• L’industria culturale in Italia. Roma: Editori Riuniti, 1998
• Logiche dell’illogico. Introduzione alle teorie del consumo. Roma: Seam, 1995
• Le culture del consumo. Roma-Viterbo: Stampa Alternativa, 1995
• A trent’anni da Esperienze Pastorali di don Lorenzo Milani, Milano: Franco Angeli, 1990
• La Città Ideale. Italo Calvino dal pessimismo dell’intelligenza all’intelligenza dell’utopia. Roma: Merlo Editore, 1989

Edited

• Gillespie, M. (2007) Media Audiences. Milano: Hoepli (preface and editing), 2007
• Programmi in scatola. Il format nella TV globale. Torino: Effatà, 2005
• Lull, J. (2003) In famiglia, davanti alla televisione. Roma: Meltemi (preface and editing). 2003

Chapters in books

• “I media fra effetti e partecipazione”, in Bettetini, G. (2011) Non solo semiotica. Cinquant’anni di studi sulla comunicazione. Milano: Franco Angeli, 2011
• “Intermedialità e innovazione”, in Girlanda, E. Il precinema oltre il cinema. Roma: Dino Audino Editore, 2010
• “Fra tiepidi e impegnati” (con E. De Blasio), in Romeo, A., Canestrari, P. (a cura di) Dall’uomo all’avatar e ritorno. Realtà e dimensioni emergenti. Verona: QuiEdit, 2010
• “Prefazione” in De Blasio, E., Peverini, P. Open Cinema. Scenari di visione cinematografica negli anni ’10. Roma: Ente dello Spettacolo, 2010
• “Apocalittici e integrati: i media digitali e la produzione culturale”, in Padula, M. (a cura di) L’involucro della contemporaneità. Un discorso sui media. Roma: Lateran University Press., 2010
• “Comunicazione e Politica”, in Viganò, D. E. (a cura di) Dizionario della comunicazione. Roma: Carocci, 2009
• “La ricerca sull’audience dei media. Strategie, metodi, nuove proposte”, in Bay, M., Toso, M. (eds) Questioni di metodologia della ricerca nelle scienze umane. Roma: LAS, 2009
• “Teorie e metodi della ricerca sull’audience”, in De Blasio, E., Gili, G., Hibberd, M., Sorice, M. (2007) La ricerca sull’audience. Milano: Hoepli, 2007
• “Il consumo performativo. Media e identità dei consumatori mediali”, in Di Nallo, E., Paltrinieri, R. (2006) (a cura di) Cum Sumo. Prospettive di analisi del consumo nella società globale. Milano: Franco Angeli, 2006
• “Gli studi sulla televisione”, in Srampickal, J., Mazza, G., Baugh, L., Cross Connections. Roma: Pontificia Università Gregoriana, 2006
• "I quotidiani sportivi in Italia. La narrazione dello sport come fiction sociale", in Catolfi, A., Nonni, G. (2006, a cura di) Comunicazione e Sport. Urbino: QuattroVenti, 2006
• “Broadcasting, Consumo, Fruizione, Informazione, Media comunitari, Metropoli, Personaggio, Pirateria, Professioni mediali, Radio, Servizio pubblico, in Colombo F. (2005) Atlante della comunicazione. Milano: Hoepli, 2005
• “Il format come prodotto culturale”, in Sorice, M. (a cura di) (2005) Programmi in scatola. Il format nella TV globale. Torino: Effatà, 2005
• “I formati della tv digitale”, in Frezza L., Sorice M. (2004) La TV che non c’è. Salerno: 10/17, 2004
• “Non ci si incontra mai per caso”, in AA. VV. (2002) Per Alberto Abruzzese, Roma: Luca Sossella Editore, 2002
• “La radio nell’industria culturale italiana”, in Menduni, E. (2002, a cura di) La radio. Bologna: Baskerville, 2002
• “Scenari della produzione dell’immaginario”, in Morcellini, M. (2000, a cura di) Il MediaEvo. Roma: Carocci, 2000
• “La cultura dei saperi: conoscere per crescere”, in Eurispes (2000) I Rapporto Nazionale sulla Condizione dell’Infanzia e della Preadolescenza. Roma: Eurispes-Telefono azzurro, 2000
• La Conoscenza”, in Eurispes (2000) Rapporto Italia 2000. Percorsi di ricerca nella società italiana. Roma: Eurispes, 2000
• “Storia di Internet”, in Piersanti, A., Roidi, V. (1999) (a cura di) Giornalisti nella rete. Roma: Ente dello Spettacolo, 1999
• “Consumatori consumati”, in Gily Reda, C. (1999) (a cura di) Frammenti di mondo. 30 sguardi sulla pubblicità. Napoli: Edizioni Scientifiche, 1999
• “La grande bonaccia del mar delle Antille: il Pci e la cultura cattolica”, in Morcellini, M., de Nardis, P. (1998) (a cura di) Viaggio in Italia. Roma: Meltemi, 1998
• “La libertà multimediale”, in de Nardis, P. (1998) Le nuove frontiere della sociologia. Roma: Carocci, 1998
• “I media della socializzazione”, in Sirchia, T. (1997) Le tre culture. Marsala: Editrice Scolastica Italiana, 1997
• “Da Kruscev a Bill Gates. Passando per Paolo Rossi”, in Abruzzese, A. (a cura di) (1996) La città della comunicazione. Roma: Seam, 1996
• “Dall’evento al testo”, in Faustini, G. (a cura di) Le tecniche del linguaggio giornalistico. Roma: La Nuova Italia Scientifica, 1995
• “Una campagna elettorale al microscopio. Percorsi di analisi”, in Morcellini, M. (1995) (a cura di) eLezioni di TV. Genova: Costa & Nolan, 1995
• “Consumo, pubblicità, simboli: i nuovi linguaggi”, in Atti del Convegno “La comunicazione cambia la società”. Orvieto: Comune di Orvieto, 1995
• “L’opinione pubblica nell’analisi sociologica e sociosemiotica”, in Atti del Convegno “L’informazione nel 2000” (a cura di Zarzaca, B. e Battista, M). Roma: ANS, 1995
• “I percorsi della semiotica”, in Morcellini, M., Fatelli, G. (1994) Le scienze della comunicazione. Definizioni e percorsi disciplinari. Roma: La Nuova Italia Scientifica, 1994
• “La linguistica”, in Morcellini, M., Fatelli, G. (1994) Le scienze della comunicazione. Definizioni e percorsi disciplinari. Roma: La Nuova Italia Scientifica, 1994

Articles

• (with P. Schlesinger) "The Transformation of Society and Public Service Broadcasting", Roma: CMCS Working Papers, 2011
• (with E. De Blasio) "Italian Politics in the Web 2.0. Participation, Mistrust and Disintermediation Processes". Roma: CMCS Working Papers, 2010
• “Involvement and/or Participation. Mobility and Social Networking between identity self-construction and political impact”, Media, Communication and Humanity, Medi@lse Fifth Anniversary Conference, London School of Economics, 2008
• “Beyond the Borders”, in Communication Director, n. 1/2008. Bruxelles, 2008
• “Alla ricerca dell’audience perduta”, in Economia della cultura, a. XVII, n. 3, 2007
• “Il Grande Fratello alla prova del format”, in Dialoghi, a. VII, n. 1, 2007
• “Mobile Audiences. Methodological Problems and New Perspectives in Audience Studies”, Transforming Audiences Proceedings, University of Westminster; ora in Sorice, M. (2009) Mobile Audiences. Methodological Problems and New Perspectives in Audience Studies. Roma: CMCS Working Papers, 2007
• “Cultural Studies in Italy and the Influence of Gramsci, Catholic Culture and the Birmingham School (CCCS)”, Cultural Studies Now Proceedings, University of East London (http://www.uel.ac.uk/ccsr/documents/DeBlasioCSinItaly.pdf); ora in De Blasio, E., Sorice, M. (2009) Cultural Studies in Italy and the Influence of Gramsci, Catholic Culture and the Birmingham School (CCCS). Roma: CMCS Working Papers, 2007
• “Media Research: Scanning the Horizon, Breaking the Frames”, in Studies in Communication Sciences. vol. 1 ISSN: 1424-4896, 2006
• “Control Social y Manipulaciòn de la Comunicaciòn”, in Nuntium. Madrid: Instituto de Humanidades Angel Ayala, 2006
• “La comunicazione dal basso”, in Storia e Società. a. VIII, n. 27, giugno 2006, 2005
• “Esiste ancora l’audience?”, in Radiotelevisione. Opinione pubblica e Auditel. Roma: Istituto Italiano di Studi Legislativi, 2005
• “Observing fiction from italian angle” in Studies in Communication Sciences. vol. 1 ISSN: 1424-4896, 2004
• “Sempre sintonizzata sulla storia d’Italia”, in Letture, a. 59, n. 610. Alba: San Paolo, 2004
• “Cinquant’anni di Mamma Rai”, in Letture, a. 59, n. 603. Alba: San Paolo, 2004
• “Glocal Medium”, in Quaderni di Comunicazione dell’Università degli Studi di Lecce, a. II, n. 2, 2003
• “La radio nell’industria culturale italiana”, in Comunicando, a. II, n. 4. Cosenza: Editoriale Bios, 2001
• “Radio Days in the Seventies” in Comunicazioni Sociali, n. 1, a. XXIII. Milano: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Vita & Pensiero, 2001
• “On-line journalism: information and culture in the Italian technological imaginary”, in Modern Italy, n.1. London: Carfax Publishing, 2001
• “Le strategie e le tecnologie della comunicazione interna”, in Ioly, M., Vitale, F. (2000) Lo Stato elettronico. New media e pubblica amministrazione. Roma: Quaderni. Rivista trimestrale del Ministero delle Finanze. 2000
• “Comunicare la formazione”, in URP, n. 9. Roma: Presidenza del Consiglio, 1998
• “Le comunicazioni sociali e il loro ruolo nel progetto della Chiesa”, in Notiziario C.I.I., n. 19, 1998
• “La comunicazione come risorsa strategica per i diritti di cittadinanza”, in Sistema previdenza, nn. 174-175. Roma: INPS, 1997
• “Quale mercato, quale formazione? Sbocchi professionali e attese delle imprese”, in Atti del convegno “Comunicare l’impresa: una professione europea”. Torino: ComItalia, 1997
• “Proposte per una rilettura sociologica del concetto di rischio, dell’identità del minore e dei processi di socializzazione” in Minori a rischio e istituzioni, Milano: Giuffrè, 1996

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External links[link]

• http://www.michelesorice.co.uk/
• http://www.luiss.edu/dptssp/research-centers/centre-media-and-communication-studies
• http://www.infocivica.eu/prix_italia_2010_ENG/sintesi_sorice.htm
• http://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/ccpr/ourstaff/philipschlesinger/
• http://www.politicalcommunication.co.uk
• http://www.infocivica.eu/prix_italia_2010_ENG/comunicati_0.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dario_Edoardo_Vigan%C3%B2
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoRdKV5WCJk&feature=player_embedded

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Tina McElroy Ansa (born November 18, 1949)^[1] is an African American novelist, filmmaker, teacher, and journalist. Born Tina McElroy to Walter J. and Nellie McElroy in Macon, Georgia, where she grew up in the Pleasant Hill neighborhood. After graduating from Spelman College and working for several years in a variety of positions at the Atlanta Constitution, she has written several novels and has been a frequent contributor to numerous periodicals, including the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She has also been featured on the television segment "Postcards from Georgia" on CBS News Sunday Morning. She instructs writing workshops at Spelman College, Emory University, and Coastal Georgia Community College. She lives with her filmmaker husband Jonée Ansa on St. Simons Island, Georgia where they collaborate on making movies and are active in community events to promote the arts.

Ansa's fiction portrays a variety of Black women in the recent and modern American South, with a blend of the supernatural and traditional superstition. Her first novel, Baby of the Family, was named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times. Baby of the Family was also on the African-America Best-seller List for Paperback Fiction. In October 2001, Baby of the Family was chosen by the Georgia Center for the Book as one of the “Top 25 books Every Georgian Should Read.” The book was also awarded The American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults in 1990, and won the 1989 Georgia Authors Series Award.

She and her husband are currently adapting Baby of the Family for the screen in a feature film starring Alfre Woodard, Loretta Devine, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Vanessa A. Williams, Todd Bridges, Pam Grier.

Bibliography[link]

• Baby of the Family (San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989. ISBN 0-15-610150-5)
• Ugly Ways (San Diego: Harcourt Brace Co., 1995. ISBN 0-15-600077-6)
• The Hand I Fan With (New York: Doubleday, 1998. ISBN 0-385-47601-9)
• You Know Better (New York: William Morrow, 2002. ISBN 0-06-019779-X)
• "Rachel" in Mending the World: Stories of Family by Contemporary Black Writers, Rosemarie Robotham, editor (New York: BasicCivitas Books, 2003. ISBN 0-465-07062-0)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website