Gloriana Pellissier (born 12 August 1976) is an Italian ski mountaineer and mountain runner.

Biography
Pellissier was born  in Aosta. She started ski mountaineering in 1995 and competed first in the Tour du Rutor race in 1996. She has been member of the national team since 1999. Pellissier is married with two children.

Selected results (ski mountaineering)

Ski mountaineering
Pellissier was Italian Champion in a row from 1997 to 2001 and from 2004 to 2005.
 1996:
 1st, Tour du Rutor (together with Persida Favre)
 1997:
 1st, Tour du Rutor (together with Persida Favre)
 1998:
 1st, Dolomiti Cup single
 1st, Lagorai – Cima d’Asta – Memorial „Egidio Battisti – Lino Vesco
 2nd, Trofeo Kima
 1999:
 1st, Tour du Rutor (together with Corinne Favre)
 3rd, Trofeo Kima
 2000:
 1st, French national ranking
 1st, Trofeo Kima
 1st, Tour du Rutor (together with Arianna Follis)
 2001:
 1st, Trophée des Gastlosen (European Cup, together with Aléxia Zuberer)
 1st, Italian Cup
 3rd, European Championship team race (together with Aléxia Zuberer)
 2002:
 1st, Italian Cup
 1st, Dolomiti Cup team (together with Aléxia Zuberer)
 1st, Lagorai – Cima d’Asta – Memorial „Egidio Battisti – Lino Vesco
 1st, Transacavallo (together with Alexia Zubérer)
 2nd, World Championship single race
 2nd, Trofeo Kima
 2nd, Trophée des Gastlosen (together with Aléxia Zuberer)
 3rd, World Championship combination ranking
 4th, World Championship team race (together with Chiara Raso)
 2004:
 1st, Tour du Rutor (together with Christiane Nex)
 2nd, World Championship single race
 3rd, World Championship vertical race
 3rd, World Championship relay race (together with Annamaria Baudena and Christiane Nex)
 2005:
 2nd, European Championship single race
 2nd, European Championship vertical race
 2nd, European Championship relay race (together with Francesca Martinelli and Christiane Nex)
 6th, European Championship team race (together with Christiane Nex)
 2006:
 1st, World Championship relay race (together with Francesca Martinelli, Chiara Raso and Roberta Pedranzini)
 1st, Dolomiti Cup single
 1st, Tour du Rutor (together with Gabrielle Magnenat)
 4th, World Championship vertical race
 2007:
 1st, European Championship relay race (together with Francesca Martinelli and Roberta Pedranzini)
 1st, Tour du Rutor (together with Laëtitia Roux)
 3rd, European Championship single race
 3rd, European Championship vertical race
 2008:
 2nd, World Championship relay race (together with Roberta Pedranzini, Francesca Martinelli and Elisa Fleischmann)
 5th, World Championship single race
 5th, World Cup race single
 10th, World Championship vertical race
 2009:
 1st, European Championship relay race (together with Roberta Pedranzini and Francesca Martinelli)
 8th, European Championship single race
 8th, European Championship vertical race
 2011:
 1st, Tour du Rutor (together with Mireia Miró Varela)
 2012:
 3rd, European Championship relay, together with Elena Nicolini and Martina Valmassoi
 6th, European Championship vertical race

Trofeo Mezzalama

 1999: 1st, together with Danielle Hacquard and Véronique Lathuraz
 2001: 1st, together with Arianna Follis and Aléxia Zuberer
 2005: 1st, together with Christiane Nex and Natascia Leonardi Cortesi
 2007: 1st, together with Francesca Martinelli and Roberta Pedranzini
 2011: 1st, together with Francesca Martinelli and Roberta Pedranzini

Pierra Menta

 1998: 4th, together with Corinne Roux Mollard
 1999: 2nd, together with Corinne Favre
 2000: 1st, together with Aléxia Zuberer
 2001: 1st, together with Aléxia Zuberer
 2009: 4th, together with Corinne Clos

Sky running
Pellisier won the Mezzalama Skyrace from 2000 to 2002, and from 2004 to 2008. She won the Sentiero 4 Luglio SkyMarathon in 1999, 2000, 2006 and 2008, and the half marathon of the event in 2004 and 2007.

References

External links
 Gloriana Pellissier at SkiMountaineering.org

1976 births
Living people
Italian female ski mountaineers
Ski mountaineers of Gruppo Sportivo Esercito
World ski mountaineering champions
Sportspeople from Aosta
Italian female mountain runners
Italian sky runners


Shen Si () (born 1 May 1973 in Shanghai) is a former Chinese international footballer who played as a left midfielder where he gained a reputation for his technical and free kick skills, which saw him become a runner-up in the 2004 Free Kick Masters. After representing Shanghai Shenhua and Shanghai International as a player he took up managing Pudong Zobon F.C. before being relieved of his position after it was revealed that he was involved in fixing a game in the 2003 Chinese Jia-A League season while he was a player. On October 15, 2010, he was detained by the police for his involvement in fixing a league game against Tianjin Teda F.C. on November 30, 2003 and was sentenced to six years imprisonment on June 13, 2012.

Playing career
Shen Si would go to several specialist sports schools during his youth before being picked up by Shanghai Shenhua and the Chinese U-23 team. At Shenhua he would start his career at the dawn of China's first fully professional league season in the 1994 league season where he quickly establish himself as a vital player within the squad before going on to win the league title in the 1995 league season. At Shenhua, Shen would add the 1998 Chinese FA Cup medal to his collection and become a regular for the Chinese national team, which saw him included in the 2000 AFC Asian Cup in a tournament that saw China finish fourth. Despite becoming the club's captain at Shenhua by 2001 in 2002 Shen decided to make a big money move to local rivals Shanghai International who were willing to pay 9.4 million Yuan and wages equivalent to 20,000 US dollars per week to make Shen one of the best paid players in Chinese football. His move would eventually see Shanghai International become title contenders and they just missed out of the title at the end of the 2003 league season. The following season saw Shen spend most of the season injured, due to his age and his wages the club would off load him to second tier club Shanghai Zobon where Shen would eventually retire.

International goals

Management career
He became the care-taker manager of Pudong Zobon during the 2009 season and later was offered the position on a permanent basis. Under his stewardship, the team ranked 9th in the China League One at the end of season. In the 2010 season Shen Si led his team to a flying start but experienced a string of mediocre results afterward. Throughout the term Pudong Zobon was fighting against relegation. On October 15, 2010, he was reported to have been detained by the police and was said to be involved in fixing the game during his stint at Shanghai Zhongyuan. He was absent from the subsequent matches of Pudong Zobon.
Shortly afterward the club announced that his place was taken by the assistant manager Huang Zhenhua. At the end of the 2010 season, Pudong Zobon won its battle against relegation and ranked 10th.

Match-fixing

On October 15, 2010, Shen was reported to have been detained by the police and was said to be involved in fixing the November 30, 2003 league game against Tianjin Teda F.C. during his stint as a player at Shanghai International. The allegations suggests that Shen was bribed by former Tianjin Teda general manager Yang Yifeng a total of 12 million Yuan to lose the game and that Shen had asked teammates Qi Hong, Jiang Jin and Li Ming (1975) to help him. After being arrested by the police Qi Hong along with Shen were later released on bail while the police traced back 2 million Yuan from their accounts, after a lengthy wait Shen was found guilty of match-fixing as was sentenced to six years imprisonment on June 13, 2012 and fined 500,000 Yuan while his associates were given five and a half each.

Honours

Player

Shanghai Shenhua
Chinese Jia-A League: 1995
Chinese FA Cup: 1998

References

External links

1973 births
Living people
Chinese football managers
Chinese men's footballers
Footballers from Shanghai
China men's international footballers
2000 AFC Asian Cup players
Shanghai Shenhua F.C. players
Beijing Chengfeng F.C. players
Shanghai Zobon F.C. players
Men's association football midfielders


Wolfs is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Mike Wolfs (born 1970), Canadian sailor
Noémie Wolfs (born 1988), Belgian singer
Sofie Wolfs (born 1981), Belgian swimmer

See also
 Wolf (disambiguation)


Evert Gustav Waldemar Becker, also known as Becker-Bei and Ilmarinen, (6 April 1840 Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland - February 22, 1907 Naples, or Rome?, Italy) was a Finnish soldier, politician and adventurer, a lifetime appeared in several continents, and fought a number of countries, armies ranks. Becker's parents were under captain Gabriel Julian Wilhelm Becker and Kristina Fredrika Reuterskiöld.

Military career in Finland
Evert Gustav Waldemar Becker began his military career as a young student in Finland Cadet School which he completed in 1858. Becker was appointed Second Lieutenant in the Finnish Guard. After a short time in St. Petersburg he went to Africa and fought there for the Spanish troops in Morocco. After returning to St. Petersburg, he was recruited in the Grodno Hussar regiment and then to study in the General Staff Academy. For personal reasons he ran away in 1862 and went to Mexico. Outbound departure was due to the fact that Lieutenant Becker eloped with a wife of a Russian officer first to Sweden and Finland then to New York City, and therefore he was declared a deserter.

Military career in Mexico
In Mexico, he attended the ongoing civil war in the forces of Mexico's second emperor Maximilian (emperor 1864-1867), backed by France and Spain, against the republican army led by Mexico's legitimate president Benito Juárez. He was captured by General Vicente Riva Palacio in the early stages of the war, but he was freed in an exchange of war prisoners. In the end of the war, he was again taken prisoner and was sentenced to death but pardoned. After about five years after arrival in Mexico he returned to Europe.

Return to Europe
Mexico, while Becker was married and had Catholic religion. After returning to Europe he settled in Paris, where conservative circles reinforced his catholic sentiments and Becker went to Rome. In Rome Becker joined the Papal Swiss Guard, which, however, he resigned already after half a year to go to fight on behalf of the Greeks against the Turks. In the Greek army Becker operated as the Greek government's advisor. The Greek Government did not accept Becker's plans, so he returned to Paris and began supporting the conservative faction in Spain and Don Carlos with newspaper articles.

Back to the military
In 1871 Becker went to fight against Turkey in the Egyptian Army. Success, however, was not special. Becker moved to serve, with the recommendation of the ambassador of Russia in Constantinople, Count Ignatiev, in Serbia's army headquarters, where he began to reform in Serbia army. At the same time, Becker exerted pressure on the Serbian government to declare the war against Turkey. Becker was appointed as the Chief of Staff of the Serbian Army Headquarters, but was forced to resign, however, after argument with the Serbian king. Since then, even the Russian army did not want to employ him. Becker went to Greece, which currently planned to form a Balkan League and attack against Turkey. The plans, however, fell after Russia initiated peace talks.

Back to Paris
After the cancellation of the Balkan League and the attack against Turkey Becker returned to Paris, where his friends got him a position as a political journalist in L'Estafette magazine. At the same time, Becker wrote to a number of other newspapers and magazines and books. The writings attracted attention and debate, but the special attention and outcry was raised by his 1880 article "La Finlande indépendante et neutre." In his writing Becker predicted fairly accurately the future [[Russification of Finland|Russian oppression]] in Finland, and at the same time called the Finns to arms in order to obtain complete freedom and acquire guarantees of neutrality from the Great powers. During the difficult years following the article, Becker sought a living journalist, and France in the Spain, and wrote, especially the Balkan issues.

Years of Russification in Finland
During the Russian Oppression Becker wrote of the Finnish question behind the pseudonym Ilmarinen. Becker was a very skilful and versatile high-policy expert. He was an intelligent, multilingual, and a wonderful club man but without perseverance and adaptability needed. Rest of their lives Becker lived in Naples in making the Finnish case known.

Becker was married in 1866 to a Mexican, Maria Conception Adorno, and since 1889 to a widow of a Greek banker, Anna Komnenos. After the death of Becker's widow in 1929 their ashes were brought to Finland for burial in 1931.

 Books
 Ilmarinen, La Russie, son passé, son présant / par Ilmarinen. Neapel: [s.n.], 1906.
 Waldemar Becker, L'Albanie et les Albanais / par le Colonel [W.] Becker. Paris: Dentu, 1880.
 Waldemar Becker, Poezdka vostzejskìa gubernìi / V. Bekkeri. Moskva: [s.n.], 1852 (tipografía V. Göte)

 Sources
 Becker, Erik: Becker-Bei – suomalainen sotilas ja poliitikko. Karisto, Hämeenlinna, 1968
 Duarte Soto, Crispin; Coronel Nicolás Romero'', episodios heroicos 1998.

Finnish military personnel
1840 births
1907 deaths
Expatriates from the Russian Empire
Expatriates in Mexico
Expatriates from the Russian Empire in Italy


In mathematics, the main conjecture of Iwasawa theory is a deep relationship between p-adic L-functions and ideal class groups of cyclotomic fields, proved by Kenkichi Iwasawa for primes satisfying the Kummer–Vandiver conjecture and proved for all primes by
. The Herbrand–Ribet theorem and the Gras conjecture are both easy consequences of the main conjecture.
There are several generalizations of the main conjecture, to totally real fields, CM fields, elliptic curves, and so on.

Motivation
 was partly motivated by an analogy with Weil's description of the zeta function of an algebraic curve over a finite field in terms of eigenvalues of the Frobenius endomorphism on its Jacobian variety. In this analogy,
 The action of the Frobenius corresponds to the action of the group Γ.
 The Jacobian of a curve corresponds to a module X over Γ defined in terms of ideal class groups.
 The zeta function of a curve over a finite field corresponds to a p-adic L-function.
 Weil's theorem relating the eigenvalues of Frobenius to the zeros of the zeta function of the curve corresponds to Iwasawa's main conjecture relating the action of the Iwasawa algebra on X to zeros of the p-adic zeta function.

History
The main conjecture of Iwasawa theory was formulated as an assertion that two methods of defining p-adic L-functions (by module theory, by interpolation) should coincide, as far as that was well-defined. This was proved by  for Q, and for all totally real number fields by . These proofs were modeled upon Ken Ribet's proof of the converse to Herbrand's theorem (the Herbrand–Ribet theorem).

Karl Rubin found a more elementary proof of the Mazur–Wiles theorem by using Thaine's method and Kolyvagin's Euler systems, described in  and , and later proved other generalizations of the main conjecture for imaginary quadratic fields.

In 2014, Christopher Skinner and Eric Urban proved several cases of the main conjectures for a large class of modular forms. As a consequence, for a modular elliptic curve over the rational numbers, they prove that the vanishing of the Hasse–Weil L-function L(E, s) of E at s = 1 implies that the p-adic Selmer group of E is infinite. Combined with theorems of Gross-Zagier and Kolyvagin, this gave a conditional proof (on the Tate–Shafarevich conjecture) of the conjecture that E has infinitely many rational points if and only if L(E, 1) =  0, a (weak) form of the Birch–Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture. These results were used by Manjul Bhargava, Skinner, and Wei Zhang to prove that a positive proportion of elliptic curves satisfy the Birch–Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture.

Statement
 p is a prime number.
 Fn is the field Q(ζ) where ζ is a root of unity of order pn+1.
 Γ is the largest subgroup of the absolute Galois group of F∞ isomorphic to the p-adic integers.
 γ is a topological generator of Γ
 Ln is the p-Hilbert class field of Fn.
 Hn is the Galois group Gal(Ln/Fn), isomorphic to the subgroup of elements of the ideal class group of Fn whose order is a power of p.
 H∞ is the inverse limit of the Galois groups Hn.
 V is the vector space H∞⊗ZpQp.
 ω is the Teichmüller character.
 Vi is the ωi eigenspace of V.
 hp(ωi,T) is the characteristic polynomial of γ acting on the vector space Vi
 Lp is the p-adic L function with Lp(ωi,1–k) = –Bk(ωi–k)/k, where B is a generalized Bernoulli number.
 u is the unique p-adic number satisfying γ(ζ) = ζu for all p-power roots of unity ζ
 Gp is the power series with Gp(ωi,us–1) = Lp(ωi,s)

The main conjecture of Iwasawa theory proved by Mazur and Wiles states that if i is an odd integer not congruent to 1 mod p–1 then the ideals of Zp – T –  generated by hp(ωi,T) and Gp(ω1–i,T) are equal.

Notes

Sources

Conjectures
Cyclotomic fields
Theorems in algebraic number theory


Belly River is a river in northwest Montana, United States and southern Alberta, Canada. It is a tributary of the Oldman River, itself a tributary of the South Saskatchewan River.

The name of the river may come from the Blackfoot word  of , meaning 'stomach'. The river was previously referred to as Mokowan River. Its Gros Ventre name is , also meaning 'belly river'.

The river gives the name to the Cretaceous age Belly River Formation, which was observed on its banks by George Mercer Dawson in 1883.

Course
The Belly River originates in northwestern Montana at Helen Lake, near the base of Ahern Peak in Glacier National Park. It flows north across the 49th parallel north into Alberta near Chief Mountain, in the east of the Waterton Lakes National Park. It continues north, crossed by Highway 6 and Highway 5, passes near the communities of Hill Spring and Glenwood, then turns northeast. It is crossed by Highway 2 north of Stand Off, then continues north along the base of the Mokowan Ridge, where it receives the waters of the Waterton River. Its flow becomes meandered before the river turns east around the Wild Turnip Hill, then it empties into the Oldman River west of Coalhurst, south of Highway 3, at an elevation of .

Tributaries
From spring to mouth, the Belly River receives the following tributaries:
North Belly River
Mami Creek
Dipping Vat Lake
Bullhorn Coulee
Layton Creek
Waterton River
McNab Coulee

See also

List of rivers of Alberta
List of rivers of Montana
Montana Stream Access Law

References

Rivers of Alberta
International rivers of North America
Rivers of Glacier County, Montana


2,5-Dimethylhexane is a branched alkane used in the aviation industry in low revolutions per minute helicopters.  As an isomer of octane, the boiling point is very close to that of octane, but can in pure form be slightly lower. 2,5-Dimethylhexane is moderately toxic.

References

Alkanes


Nikolay Alekseyevich Orlov (; April 27, 1827 — March 17, 1885) was a Russian nobleman, soldier, social reformer and diplomat. He started his career as an officer in the Russian army, and later served variously as the Russian ambassador to Belgium, Great Britain, France, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and Germany. He was primarily responsible for the end of corporal punishment under Russian law.

Orlov was born in St. Petersburg to Prince, then Count, Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov and his wife Olga Alexandrovna (nee Zherebtsova). He studied law, and in 1843, he became a page at the Russian Imperial Court. In 1845, he was assigned to the Life Guard Horse Regiment. In 1846, he was attached to the staff of Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich, the Tzar's son.  In 1849, he distinguished himself in the suppression of the 1848 Hungarian uprising, and was promoted to captain.  From 1851 to 1854 he served on the General Staff and in the War Ministry.  Promoted to colonel, he was sent to the Army of the Danube under Field Marshal Paskevich, where against the Turks at the siege of Silistria he led the charge that took the fortress, was mentioned in dispatches as showing exception bravery, and was awarded the Order of St. George; but his severe wounds, he lost an eye and an arm, put him on medical leave and he spent sixteen months convalescing in Italy.  It was there that he wrote his Очерк 3-недельного похода Наполеона I против Пруссии в 1806 году [Sketch of the 3-week campaign of Napoleon I against Prussia in 1806]. On his return, in August 1856, he was promoted to major general. Beginning in 1858, he began to publish works on social reform, promoting religious tolerance and civility.  In 1861 he presented the Tzar with his "On the abolition of corporal punishment in Russia and in the Kingdom of Poland" which subsequently resulted in the decree of 17 April 1863, substantially eliminating it.

He was appointed the Ambassador of Russia to Belgium on 3 July 3, 1859 and served there until 13 December 1869. From then until 2 May 1870 he was the Ambassador of Russia to Austria. In May 1870 he was transferred to the same position in Great Britain and on 14 December 1871 to France.  From then until 1880 he was ambassador to France, and in 1884 he became the ambassador to Germany.  Due to failing health he moved to Samois-sur-Seine, near Fontainebleau, where he died on 29 March 1885.

References

1827 births
1885 deaths
Diplomats of the Russian Empire
Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to Austria
19th-century people from the Russian Empire
Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to Belgium
Ambassadors of the Russian Empire to France


The Pierres du Niton (French for Neptune's Stones) are two glacial erratics in Lake Geneva, Switzerland, in Geneva harbor. On the left bank of the lake near Quai Gustave-Ador, they are remnants from the last ice age, left by the Rhone glacier. Because of their role in Swiss cartography, the rocks have been declared a "Geotope", a national site of geological heritage.

Geology
Genevan scientist Horace Bénédict de Saussure identified the rocks as granite from the Alps in 1779. Jean-André Deluc later described the two rocks as part of a larger group of 24 erratics of similar composition: a granite with large feldspar crystals, slightly violet quartz, and slightly green chlorite.  More recent analysis has determined their likely origin in the Mont Blanc massif, being dated to around 303 million years before present. The Repère ("landmark") Pierre du Niton is the name of the rock which is bigger and further from the shore

History
The word Niton is derived from the ancient water god Neptune, who was  revered by the Gauls who settled at the lake, as old inscriptions in Geneva and Lausanne indicate.

Guillaume-Henri Dufour used the Repère as a height starting point by the development of the Dufour maps from 1845 to 1864 in the graduation 1:100 000. At that time the height over sea level was estimated and decreed to be 376.86 m. Up to today, this stone forms the authoritative point of the Swiss height measurement system. However, the height was newly evaluated in 1902 to be 373.6 m over sea level. This is why the data in maps of Switzerland made before 1902 differ by 3.26 m from today's official values.

In the Bronze Age, these stones may have had a spiritual significance and been used in religious ceremonies.  This has been hypothesized due to square holes at the top of the larger stone, discovered in 1660, which seem to have been hewed by Middle Bronze Age (ca. 1500–1200 BC) axes.

References

Geography of Geneva
Glacial erratics in Switzerland
Zero-level elevation points


Mario Pisu (21 May 1910 – 17 July 1976) was an Italian actor and voice actor.

Biography
Born in Montecchio Emilia, Pisu was considered to be one of the most elegant performers of the Italian cinema. He began his career on stage and screen in 1935, making his debut appearance in The Joker King and also making frequent on-stage collaborations with Andreina Pagnani, Evi Maltagliati, Rina Morelli, Paolo Stoppa and Gino Cervi. Pisu appeared in 90 films between 1935 and 1976 and among his most popular appearances includes the 1965 film Juliet of the Spirits starring Giulietta Masina. He also appeared on television.

Pisu was also a popular voice actor and dubber. With a very modulated voice, he dubbed actors such as Gregory Peck, John Wayne, Ward Bond, Walter Pidgeon, Lee J. Cobb, Robert Mitchum, Victor Mature, Fred MacMurray, Kenneth Tobey and many more. In Pisu's animated roles, he voiced Captain in the Italian dub of the 1961 animated film One Hundred and One Dalmatians.

Pisu died from a cerebral hemorrhage on 17 July 1976, at the age of 66.

Selected filmography

 Red Passport (1935) - Gianni Casati
 The Joker King (1936) - Captain Rodriguez
 King of Diamonds (1936) - Franco
 White Amazons (1936) - Biancheri
 The Carnival Is Here Again (1937) - Fausto, il pittore
 Il suo destino (1938) - Andrea, l'ingegnere
 La sposa dei Re (1938) - Il conte Giovanbattista Bernadotte
 Crispino e la comare (1938) - Il giovane pittore
 L'aria del continente (1939)
 The Last Enemy (1940) - Ferdinando De Medio
 Manovre d'amore (1940) - Il tenente medico Skafos
 Princess Cinderella (1941) - Il bellissimo Cecè
 We the Living (1942) - Viktor Dunaev
 Addio Kira! (1942) - Victor Dunaev
 Il nostro prossimo (1943) - Don Luigi
 The Innkeeper (1944) - Fabrizio
 Lettere al sottotenente (1945)
 Romulus and the Sabines (1945) - Alberto Randoni
 Il canto della vita (1945) - Rimondino
 Il marito povero (1946)
 Professor, My Son (1946) - Ettore Giraldi
 Biraghin (1946)
 Margaret of Cortona (1950) - Rinaldo Degli Uberti
 The Merry Widower (1950) - Rinaldo Degli Uberti
 Bluebeard's Six Wives (1950) - Sergio
 The Devil in the Convent (1950) - Padre Claudio
 I'm the Capataz (1951) - Hurtado
 The Reluctant Magician (1951)
 Anna (1951)
 Gli uomini non guardano il cielo (1952)
 Five Paupers in an Automobile (1952) - Il direttore del salone auto
 The Temptress (1952)
 Jealousy (1953) - Barone Antonio (voice, uncredited)
 Dieci canzoni d'amore da salvare (1953) - Delle Piane
 Di qua, di là del Piave (1954)
 Toto in Hell (1955) - Tolomeo
 Poveri ma belli (1957) - Amico del padre di Giovanna (voice, uncredited)
 Hercules (1958)
 First Love (1959) - Paolo
 Hannibal (1959)
 The Cossacks (1960) - Prince Voronzov
 Mariti a congresso (1961)
 Roaring Years (1962) - Peppino (uncredited)
 The Slave (1962) - Goular (voice, uncredited)
 Lo smemorato di Collegno (1962) - Avvocato Dell'Orso
 I motorizzati (1962) - Angelo
 Sexy Toto (1963) - L'impresario (businessman)
 8½ (1963) - Mario Mezzabotta
 Zorro and the Three Musketeers (1963) - Count of Tequel
 The Organizer (1963) - Manager
 I diavoli di Spartivento (1963)
 Soldati e caporali (1965) - Colonnello Rigamonti
 La violenza e l'amore (1965)
 Juliet of the Spirits (1965) - Giorgio (Giulietta's husband)
 Gendarme in New York (1965) - L'adjudant Renzo
 I soldi (1965)
 Made in Italy (1965) - The Lawyer (segment "2 'Il Lavoro', episode 2")
 Te lo leggo negli occhi (1965) - Dino's Father
 Lo scippo (1965) - comm. Frascà
 Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966) - Winner of the 'Capranica'
 How We Robbed the Bank of Italy (1966) - Paolo
 Adultery Italian Style (1966) - Il vicino
 I nostri mariti (1966) - The Andrologist (segment "Il marito di Olga")
 Atout cœur à Tokyo pour OSS 117 (1966) - Vargas
 Pardon, Are You For or Against? (1966) - Barone Renato Santambrogio
 The Looters (1967) - Patrick O'Hara
 Johnny Banco (1967) - (uncredited)
 Spia spione (1967)
 Morire gratis (1968) - Giovanni
 Emma Hamilton (1968) - Le roi Ferdinand de Naples
 L'amore è come il sole (1969)
 Temptation (1969)
 Zingara (1969) - Marisa and Silvia's father
 In Prison Awaiting Trial (1971) - Psichiatra
 We Are All in Temporary Liberty (1971)
 Il Boss (1973) - Onorevole Gabrielli
 Sans sommation (1973) - (uncredited)
 Io e lui (1973) - Protti
 The Sensual Man (1973) - Lorenzo Banchieri
 Ordine firmato in bianco (1974) - Attorney General
 Carnalità (1974) - Count Orsani
 Conviene far bene l'amore (1975) - Minister
 L'Infermiera (1975) - Leonida Bottacin
 Il giustiziere di mezzogiorno (1975) - Capo della Polizia
 Blue Jeans (1975) - Mario / Lawyer
 Nick the Sting (1976) - Phil
 Sorbole... che romagnola (1976) - The Vicar

References

External links

1910 births
1976 deaths
Italian male film actors
Italian male voice actors
Italian male stage actors
Italian male television actors
People from Reggio Emilia
20th-century Italian male actors


Pellissier is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Christophe Pélissier (businessman), or Pellissier, (1728–1779), French merchant
Daniele Pellissier (1904–1972), French-Italian cross-country skier
Gloriana Pellissier (born 1976), Italian ski mountaineer
Guillaume Pellicier, or Pellissier, (c.1490–1568), French prelate and diplomat

Sergio Pellissier (born 1979), Italian footballer

See also
Pélissier

French-language surnames
Occupational surnames


Jamie McKendrick (born 27 October 1955) is a British poet and translator.

Early life and education
McKendrick was born in Liverpool, 27 October 1955, and educated at the Quaker school, Bootham, York, and Liverpool College. He studied English Literature at the University of Nottingham and graduated in 1975. He later developed an interest in the work of the American poet Hart Crane. He has been a visiting lecturer at various institutions including Roehampton College, and was a lettore at the University of Salerno for four years. He has held teaching residencies at Hertford College, Oxford, the University of Gothenburg,  Jan Masaryk University in Brno, the University of Nottingham and University College London. He tutors part-time for the Oxford programmes of Stanford University and Sarah Lawrence and offers a translation workshop for the Creative Writing MSt. also at Oxford.

McKendrick is also a painter: he has had several exhibitions of his works, most recently at St Anne's College, Oxford. His art work has appeared in a pamphlet and on various book covers

Poetry
McKendrick has published seven collections of poetry and two Selected Poems. He is also the editor of The Faber Book of 20th-Century Italian Poems (2004).

Criticism
McKendrick has written reviews and essays on literature and art for numerous newspapers and magazines, including the TLS, the LRB, Independent on Sunday, The Atheaneum Review and Modern Painters. His essays have been published in several books including: Elizabeth Bishop: Poet of the Periphery; Writers on Art; Literary Activism; he has also written catalogue essays for exhibitions by Arturo Di Stefano and Donald Wilkinson, and an introduction to Tom Lubbock's English Graphic (Francis Lincoln, 2012).

A collection of his writings on art, poetry and translation, The Foreign Connection, was published by Legenda, 2020,

Translations
McKendrick has translated six books of fiction by the Italian novelist Giorgio Bassani, including The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, published as individual volumes by Penguin and, for the first time in English, in a collected edition by Penguin and by Norton in the US.

Awards
McKendrick was named as one of the Poetry Society's 'New Generation' poets in the 1990s, with the Society selecting his 1997 collection Marble Fly as a Poetry Society Book Choice. McKendrick's collections have been shortlisted for the 1997 and 2003 T. S. Eliot Prize, the 2003 Whitbread Poetry Award, and the 2007 Forward Poetry Prize.

His translations of Giorgio Bassani have been shortlisted for the Oxford-Weidenfeld prize and for the John Florio award.

Other awards include:

 2020 Michael Marks Illustration Award (for The Years)
 2020 Michael Marks Poetry Pamphlet Award (for The Years) [shortlisted]
 2019 Cholmondeley Award
 2016 John Florio Italian Translation Award for Antonella Anedda's Archipelago
 2014 Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
 2013 Hawthornden Prize for Out There
 2010 John Florio Italian Translation Award for Valerio Magrelli The Embrace
 2010 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize for Valerio Magrelli's The Embrace
 2005 Cavaliere OSSI (Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà Italiana)
 2003 Society of Authors Travel Award
1997 Forward Prize for Best Collection for The Marble Fly
 1994 Southern Arts Literature Award (for The Kiosk on the Brink)
 1991 Arts Council Writers' Award
 1984 Eric Gregory Award

Selected bibliography

Poetry collections

 The Sirocco Room (Oxford University Press, 1991)
 The Kiosk on the Brink (Oxford University Press, 1993)
 The Marble Fly (Oxford University Press, 1997)
 Sky Nails: Poems 1979–1997 (Faber and Faber, 2000)
 Ink Stone (Faber and Faber, 2003)
 Crocodiles and Obelisks (Faber and Faber, 2007)
 Out There (Faber and Faber, 2012)
 The Hunters – pamphlet with French and Italian translations (Incline Press, 2015)
 Selected Poems (Faber and Faber, 2016)
 Repairwork – pamphlet (Clutag Press, 5 poems series, 2017)
 Anomaly (Faber and Faber, 2018)
 The Years – pamphlet illustrated by the author (Arc Publications, 2020)

Translations

 Giorgio Bassani: The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (Penguin, 2007, republished Folio, 2014)
 Valerio Magrelli: The Embrace: Selected Poems (Faber and Faber, 2009, republished in a bilingual edition as Vanishing Points by Farrar Straus Giroux, 2011)
 Pier Paolo Pasolini: Fabrication, a translation of the verse play Affabulazione, (Oberon, 2010). Performed at The Printhouse, London in 2010, directed by Lucy Bailey.
 David Huerta: Poemas/Poems (Poetry Translation Centre pamphlet, 2010)
 Giorgio Bassani: The Gold-Rimmed Spectacles (Penguin, 2012)
 Giorgio Bassani: The Smell of Hay (Penguin, 2014)
 Antonella Anedda: Archipelago (Bloodaxe, 2016)
 Giorgio Bassani:  Within the Walls (Penguin, 2016)
 Giorgio Bassani:  Behind the Door (Penguin, 2017)
 Giorgio Bassani: The Novel of Ferrara (Penguin, 2018, Norton, 2018)

Work translated
McKendrick's own poems have been translated in magazines, in France in PO&SIE (2014/3-4 No 149-150) by Martin Rueff, in various magazines and anthologies in Italy including Poesie, in Neue Rundschau  in Germany by Jan Wagner, and in Sweden, Holland, Turkey, Iran, Spain, and Argentina. Other translations have been published as books in Holland, Italy, Sweden and Spain:

 Een versteende dierentuin: Gedichten translated by Ko Kooman (Wagner & Van Santen, Sliedrecht, 2000)
 Chiodi di cielo, translated by Luca Guerneri and Antonella Anedda (Donzelli, Rome, 2003)
 En förlorad stad, translated by Lars-Håkan Svennson and Lasse Söderberg (Bokförlaget Faethon, Stockholm, 2020)
 Un perro verde, translated by Nieves García Prados (Valparaíso, Granada, 2021)

References

External links
 Jamie McKendrick Poems in Qualm
 Podcast Interview with Jamie McKendrick by André Naffis-Sahely
 "An Interview with Jamie McKendrick" in the Oxonian Review
 "Interview with Jamie McKendrick, Poet and Translator" in Thresholds
 Praccrit
 Poetry Archive - Jamie McKendrick
 Subtropics - Jamie McKendrick
 British Council Website - Contemporary Writers
 Isis Magazine - 'Jamie McKendrick on Crocodiles and Obelisks and the Blank Page...'

British poets
Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature
Living people
British male poets
1955 births


SASF may refer to:

 SASF Cup, South African Soccer Federation Cup, 1961 to 1985
 South African Special Forces
 Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation
 Southern Africa Social Forum, former conference
 South Australian Soccer Federation, former governing body of football in South Australia
 Spanish Air and Space Force


The FAI Cup 1932/33 was the twelfth edition of Ireland's premier cup competition, The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup or FAI Cup. The tournament began on 26 December 1932 and concluded on 26 March 1933 with the final replay held at Dalymount Park, Dublin. An official attendance of 18,000 people watched Shamrock Rovers claim their fifth FAI Cup title in a row by defeating Dolphin.

First round

Second round

Semi-finals

Final

Replay

Notes
A.  From 1923 to 1936, the FAI Cup was known as the Free State Cup.

B.  Attendances were calculated using gate receipts which limited their accuracy as a large proportion of people, particularly children, attended football matches in Ireland throughout the 20th century for free by a number of means.

C.  Fixture abandoned after 38 minutes. Re-Fixture played on 11 January.

References
General

External links
FAI Website

1932-33
1932–33 in Irish association football
FAI Cup


PyRoom is a full-screen writing program, i.e. a full-screen text editor with the purpose of isolating the user from the operating system and other applications. Written using the GTK+ widget toolkit, PyRoom is a clone of the WriteRoom text editor and features "distraction-free writing". Because PyRoom takes up the whole screen, it is "without buttons, widgets, formatting options, menus and with only the minimum of required dialog windows". It is keyboard oriented and can be configured.

Pyroom supports the following keyboard commands:
  - Show help in a new buffer
  - Show buffer information
  - Shows Preferences dialog
  - Create a new buffer
  - Open a file in a new buffer
  - Quit
  - Save current buffer
  - Save current buffer as
  - Close buffer and exit if it was the last buffer
  - Redo last typing
  - Undo last typing
  - Switch to previous buffer
  - Switch to next buffer

References

External links

CodeRoom, a syntax-highlighting editor inspired by PyRoom

Free text editors
Linux text editors
Text editors that use GTK
Software that uses PyGTK


The Preamble to the Georgia State Constitution is a brief introductory statement of the fundamental purposes and guiding principles which the Constitution is meant to serve. It expresses in general terms the intentions of its authors and is sometimes referred by the courts.

Text

Meaning and application

The Preamble does not assign any powers to the state government or provide specific limitations on government action. Despite the limited nature of the Preamble it has been cited in the courts. For example, the Preamble was cited in the cases of Roberts v. Ravenwood Church of Wicca, Dixon v. Dixon, Clabough v. Rachwal and Arnold v. Arnold.

Judicial relevance

Examples
An instance of the courts utilizing the Preamble to the Constitution is Roberts v. Ravenwood Church of Wicca 249 Ga. 348 (1982). The case concerned an ad valorem tax dispute between Fulton County's tax authority and the Ravenwood Church of Wicca. Primarily, this issue was centered around the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment regarding whether or not the Ravenwood Church of Wicca was a religion and, thus, exempt from the ad valorem tax. The majority of the justices concurred, barring Chief Justice C.J. Jordan and Justice J. Clarke. The former based his dissent on the portion of the Preamble which states "relying upon the protection and guidance of Almighty God" and went on to define God as "the Being perfect in power, wisdom and goodness whom men worship as creator and ruler of the universe."

In the case of Dixon v. Dixon, 183 Ga. 756 (1987) the portion of the Preamble stating, "promote the interest and happiness ... of the family" was cited in a dissent by Judge J. Beasley. Dixon v. Dixon was a child custody case wherein the mother was allegedly "cohabiting with a man to whom she is not married while the child is living with her," and the father sought custody based on her actions. The majority assent claimed that there was enough evidence to warrant a change of custody. However, Judge Beasley's dissent focused on his opinion that the evidence gathered concerning such cohabitation was "speculative".

Arnold v. Arnold, 189 Ga. App. 101 (1988), was a case concerning parental immunity, as it applied to the family immunity doctrine, brought before the Coweta Superior Court. In Arnold v. Arnold, the question of whether one sibling could legally sue another was asked and the portion of the Preamble stating "To ... promote the interest and happiness of the citizen and of the family, ... we the people of Georgia ... do ordain and establish this Constitution" was quoted in reference to an earlier case, Clabough v. Rachwal. The court found that, in this case, the family immunity doctrine was not applicable.

References

See also
Preamble

Constitution of Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia (U.S. state)


The 2009 Ironman 70.3 World Championship was a triathlon competition held in Clearwater, Florida on November 14, 2009. The race was sponsored by Foster Grant and organized by the World Triathlon Corporation. The championship race is the culmination of the Ironman 70.3 series of races that take place during the 12 months prior leading up to the event. Athletes, both professional and amateur, earn a spot in the championship race by qualifying in races throughout the 70.3 series.

Medallists

Men

Women

Qualification
The 2009 Ironman 70.3 Series features 34 events that enable qualification to the 2009 World Championship event. Some 70.3 events also act as qualifiers for the full Ironman World Championships in Hawaii.

Qualifying Ironman 70.3s

2009 Ironman 70.3 Series results

Men

Women

References

External links
Ironman World Championship 70.3 webpage

Ironman World Championship
Ironman
Triathlon competitions in the United States
2009 in American sports
Sports competitions in Florida
2009 in sports in Florida
Sports in Clearwater, Florida


The discography of English hip hop trio N-Dubz consists of twenty-one singles, four studio albums, two extended plays, 28 music videos, five video album and one compilation album. N-Dubz have won four MOBO awards; Best Newcomer in 2007, Best Album for their debut album Uncle B) and Best Act in 2009 and Best Song in 2010 for their single "Playing with Fire" featuring Mr Hudson. The band released their first compilation album, Greatest Hits, on 28 November 2011 after announcing indefinite hiatus so the members could focus on solo projects. Following an eleven-year hiatus, N-Dubz released their comeback single "Charmer" in 2022, which reached number thirty-two on the UK Singles Chart.

Albums

Studio albums

Compilation album

Video albums
 ZeeTVD: Behind the Scenes (2009)
 N-Dubz Video EP (2010)
 The Making of Love.Live.Life (2011)
 Before They Were Dubz (2011)
 Love.Live.Life Live at the O2 Arena (2011)

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

Music videos

Other appearances

References

Notes

Discographies of British artists


The Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes (in Finnish: Suomen kulttuuri- ja tiedeinstituutit) is a group of 17 independent, non-profit organisations around the world. The institutes advance and support international mobility, visibility and collaboration of Finnish professionals in the arts, culture and research.

Goals
 Create networks and dialogue between Finnish and international cultural and academic organisations and professionals
 Organise exhibitions, seminars, courses and other events
 Collaborate actively with local organisations, partners, communities and professionals
 Run mobility and residency programmes for artists, curators and researchers
 Support the international work opportunities of Finnish arts professionals and researchers
 Conduct academic research

The institutes
The institute network includes 17 institutes around the world
Finnish Institute at Athens (Greece)
Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux (Brussels),
Finnish Institute in Germany (Berlin),
Finnagora – Finnish Institute in Hungary (Budapest)
Finnish Cultural Institute in Denmark (Copenhagen),
Hanaholmen – Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre (Espoo, Finland),
The Finnish Institute in London (London)
Finnish Cultural Institute in Madrid (Madrid),
Finnish Institute in the Middle East (Beirut),
Finnish Cultural Institute in New York (New York City),
Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Institute (Oslo),
Institut Finlandais (Paris),
Institutum Romanum Finlandiae (Rome),
Finnish Institute in Saint Peterburg (Russia),
Finnish institute in Stockholm (Sweden),
Finnish Institute in Estonia (Tallinn)
 Finnish Institute in Japan (Tokyo).

The Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes (SKTI) is a Helsinki-based association that assists the institute network in communications, administration and lobbying in Finland. The institutes and SKTI are subsidised by the Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland. Their projects receive additional funding from private Finnish and foreign foundations, companies and partners.

References

External links
The Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes (Official website)
The Finnish Institute in London
The Finnish Institute in Estonia
The Finnish Institute in Germany

Cultural promotion organizations
Finnish language
Educational organizations established in 2005
Cultural organisations based in Finland
2005 establishments in Finland


Martin Goeres (born August 12, 1984) is a German actor and stuntman.

Biography

Born in West Berlin, Goeres started his acting career at the age of 10. Staying in the business throughout his youth, he decided to pursue a career as a stuntman due to his martial arts and fighting skills. Co-founding the 'Perfect Action Stunt Team' also led him to work behind the camera as a pyrotechnican and stunt coordinator. He has since committed himself to extensive study with Giles Foreman, Reuven Adiv, Tony Woolf, renowned acting coach Larry Moss, and others. After several years of working for international productions like "Dracula", "Mission Impossible - Rouge Nation", "Wonder Woman" and others Martin Goeres founded his own full action service company MG ACTION.

Filmography

Acting
1995: Flieg Opa, flieg! (TV Series) - Max Teichmann
2001:  - Max
2003: Familie Dr. Kleist (TV Series, 10 episodes)
2004: Before the Fall - Siegfried Gladen
2005:  - Civil War Fighter
2006: Winter Journey -
2009: Ninja Assassin
2011: Hanna - CIA Agent (uncredited)
2011: Don 2 - Jabbar's Goon
2015: Victoria - SEK 1
2015: What You Want Is Gone Forever - Ariel
2015: Kartoffelsalat - Kommissar Kuddel
2017: Schneeflöckchen - Gustav

SFX & stunt
2004: Bye Bye Berlusconi
2005: V for Vendetta
2007: Beyond Remedy aka Fear
2007: Speed Racer
2007: Valkyrie
2008: Ninja Assassin
2009: Inglourious Basterds
2011: Don 2

External links

Official Homepage
MG ACTION - to serve the story®

1984 births
Living people
German stunt performers
Male actors from Berlin
German male film actors
German male television actors


Fannia scalaris, also known as the latrine fly, is a fly species in the Fanniidae family. This species is smaller and more slender than the house fly, Musca domestica, and is similar in appearance to the lesser house fly, Fannia canicularis. The life cycle of this species can be as long as one month. These flies are globally distributed in urban areas as they are drawn to unsanitary environments. F. scalaris is a major cause of myiasis, the infestation of a body cavity by fly maggots. The adults infest bodies that have decomposed, making the species an important part of forensic entomology. The larvae of this fly have adapted protuberances, or feathered appendages, that allow them to survive in such a moist environment. Entomologists continue to research the effects that F. scalaris may have medically, forensically, and on the environment around them.

Description

The larvae of F. scalaris, when full grown, are 6 to 8 mm in length, white or cream colored, and slightly flattened dorsally. They have long tubercles on every segment with the projections of the eighth segment longer than both the seventh and eighth segments put together. The protuberances are feathered due to their preferences for semi-liquid organic matter. They are similar to the hairy maggot blowfly in appearance but smaller in size. During the pupal stage, the puparium is brown in color and the same shape as the larvae.

The adults are black with a silvery-gray coat on the thorax and abdomen. They are 6 to 7 mm long, with clear wings and yellowish calypters. The knob of the haltere is yellow while the stalk is brownish yellow. The dorsal abdomen has a dark median stripe that produces a series of triangular markings with the segmentally arranged transverse bands. The thorax of the adult has three longitudinal stripes. They are darker than F. canicularis. The tibia on the mesothoraic leg has a distinct process, and the coxae have two setae at the apex. The fourth vein on the wing of this species is straight, as compared to it being curved in the house fly. There is a great variance between the sexes of this species, and more is known about the male. For instance; their mid femur does not have blunt spines, the ventral tubercle of the mid tibia is indistinct, and the abdomen has no spots or stripes and is short and broad.

Life history

The female can lay 100 to 150 eggs in a batch, usually directly on human or animal dung. The common name for this species, the Latrine Fly, comes from the environment it prefers, a very unsanitary, filthy environment, exemplified in the location that they lay their eggs. Their eggs can also be found in decaying vegetable matter, carrion, nests of birds or other insects, or human cadavers. The eggs are laid in such material because they prefer to feed on high nitrogenous material when they hatch. The eggs hatch in as little as 8 hours, but can take up to 48 hours. It takes 5 days for the larvae to pass through all 3 instars, while the pupal stage takes from 7 to 10 days. The life cycle can last from 15 to 30 days depending on the temperature, as the colder the temperature, the longer the lifecycle will last.

Distribution
Fannia scalaris is found worldwide in cosmopolitan areas because of their preferences in developmental environments. This is an outdoor species but can be found indoors in primitive or unsanitary conditions. They are mostly active in the summer months.

Medical and veterinary importance
The main medical concern with this species is that it causes accidental enteric, urinary, auricular, and urogenital myiasis. Myiasis is the infestation of animals or humans, where dipterous fly larvae feed on the host's necrotic or living tissue. This is prevalent in small children and bedridden adults living in unsanitary conditions.

The veterinary concern is the same as the medical. The flies cause the same kind of myiasis in animals as it does in humans. It mainly only affects domesticated companion animals who are paralyzed or helpless.

Forensic importance
Fannia scalaris is usually found on cadavers in exposed gut content or excrement. They are often found on urine-soaked babies’ napkins and wet blankets. This species is also found on highly decomposed bodies that are in containers that do not allow drainage, which can form semi-liquid media. They usually arrive at bodies after the blow flies and flesh flies, when the body is at a greater state of decomposition.

Research
The lateral processes on the larvae are believed to aid in floatation and buoyancy, allowing the larvae to breathe in their preferred semi-liquid media.

One study in Malaysia placed out monkey carcasses and recorded which arthropods came to the carrion. They found that once the remains had reached a high degree of decomposition F. scalaris larvae were found around the remains of the colon and fur, areas of high nitrogen concentration.

An article from Canada had two case studies on people being affected by F. scalaris who were not from an underdeveloped country, like the proceeding study in Malaysia. The patients showed similar symptoms, such as myiasis, and had been passing organisms. This illustrates that F. scalaris causes problems for humans globally, not just in underdeveloped regions, although it may be more prevalent in under developed areas.

References

Fanniidae
Parasitic flies
Coprophagous insects
Insects described in 1794
Cosmopolitan insects


Speed is a 1936 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer action film directed by Edwin L. Marin.  It starred James Stewart, in his first starring role, and Wendy Barrie. Although only a low-budget "B" movie, the film was notable for its realistic cinematography by Lester White, incorporating scenes from the Indianapolis 500 race and on-location shooting at the Muroc dry lake bed, used for high-speed racing by "hot rodders" in the 1930s. Advance publicity trumpeted that Stewart drove the specially-prepared "Falcon" to .

Plot

Auto mechanic Terry Martin, the chief car tester for Emery Motors in Detroit, is working on his own time to perfect a revolutionary design for a new carburetor. Automotive engineer Frank Lawson is a rival for the attention of Jane Mitchell, who has just been hired to work in the publicity department. Terry has little formal education and resents inferences that his knowledge of cars is inferior to that of the trained Lawson. He nearly loses his job when he makes a jealous spectacle of himself at a company dinner dance that Jane attends with Frank.

Working out the bugs of the new carburetor proves to be troublesome for Terry and his fellow in-car riding mechanic "Gadget" Haggerty. Jane, attracted to Terry despite his "inferiority complex", arranges with company vice president Mr. Dean to have the work financed by Emery, on the condition that Frank be added to the team. Their car races in the Indianapolis 500 to test the carburetor despite Terry's hunch that something is still wrong with it. Fighting for the lead, it ends up crashing, injuring Terry and nearly killing Gadget. Terry blames Frank, who insisted the car was ready, until Jane reveals she pulled strings to have Frank included in the project. Thinking that she loves Frank and wanted him to get all the credit for success, Terry angrily sends her away.

While Terry is recovering from his injury, Jane goes to bat for him. Emery's board of trustees have suspended further financing for the carburetor, but Jane gets their decision reversed, since she is secretly Jane Emery, the niece and heiress of the company's owner. In a new car designed to make a world speed record at the Muroc Dry Lake in California, Terry proves that his design works but nearly loses his life in the attempt. When a fuel pipe cracks, choking fumes are funneled into the cockpit causing the record run to end prematurely. Terry is severely injured. With only minutes to save his life, Frank places him in the car and drives it to the Muroc hospital at high speed, completing the world record run in the process. Terry is finally vindicated and wins the girl as well.

Cast
As appearing in screen credits (main roles identified):

Production

Principal photography took place at the MGM studio, its Culver City, California backlot, and on location from March 20 to April 7, 1936. MGM had wanted to develop a film with a speed-racing theme to capitalize on worldwide headlines about Malcolm Campbell breaking the world's speed record for an automobile in his "Blue Bird", on September 3, 1935 at the Bonneville Salt Flats.For the sake of convenience and with a limited budget, Speed instead used the nearby Muroc, California area to recreate the film's record-breaking runs.

Scenes of the actual Indianapolis 500 were used from an earlier era when riding mechanics had to be incorporated in the race cars. The Emery "Falcon" world speed record race car transposed to the similar testing area, the Muroc dry lake bed, resembles the Tatra V570 streamliner series, but was a car designed and built by Harlan Fengler. He built the car to make an attempt at the land speed record but, after investing $100,000, ran out of money. The realistic sequences of an automobile factory that begin the film were shot in advance at Chrysler. The production company was able to film at the Chrysler factory in Detroit, and show the latest model Chrysler Airflow cars produced in the assembly line and the use of the testing grounds.

For Stewart, in his first starring role, he later recalled, "The only way to learn to act is to act ... For instance, I would have a tiny part in a big picture with stars like Clark Gable and Jean Harlow and others, and then I would have a big part in a tiny picture [Speed] and so on." During a hectic period, from 1935 to 1939, Stewart appeared in 29 motion pictures.  The roles spanned a wide gamut of characters, from a mechanic/speed driver as he portrayed in Speed to that of a detective, doctor, executive, farmer, football star, lawyer, newspaperman, rustic "hayseed", soldier/sailor, skater, teacher, and even a murderer.  Stewart considered Speed a good training ground, "I did a picture called 'Speed' which gave me my first leading role ... although it was a low-budget picture ... and Ted Healy, who played my best friend, told me, 'Think of the audience as partners ... as collaborators ... not just watchers. You have to involve them'."

Reception
Critics dismissed the film as passable at best, citing that the plot was weak and moved too slowly, the supporting cast was substandard, and the use of stock footage made it more of a documentary than a drama while at the same time appearing uncredible. Variety wrote that it was, "...too news reely to get more than passing interest" and that while the film offered a new romantic lead, film audiences were not interested in debuts. Howard Barnes of the New York Herald-Tribune called it "a very ordinary Hollywood stencil", while Frank Nugent of The New York Times stated that "Mr. Stewart [and the rest of the cast] perform as pleasantly as possible."

Home media
Occasionally broadcast on Turner Classic Movies, Speed has also been released on DVD by Warner Archive, with an accompanying short, The Bottle and the Throttle (1968), a U.S. educational film, on the ramifications of drinking and driving.

References
Notes

Citations

Bibliography

 Dewey, Donald. James Stewart: A Biography. Nashville, Tennessee: Turner Publishing, 1996. .
 Eyles, Allen. James Stewart. New York: Stein & Day, 1986. .
 * Jacobs, Timothy. Lemons: The World's Worst Cars. London: The Bison Group, 1991. .
 Jones, Ken D., Arthur F. McClure and Alfred E. Twomey. The Films of James Stewart. New York: Castle Books, 1970.

 Munn, Michael. Jimmy Stewart: The Truth Behind the Legend. London: Robson Books, 2005. .
 Okuda, Ted and Edward Watz. The Columbia Comedy Shorts: Two-Reel Hollywood Film Comedies, 1933-1958. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc. Publishers, 1986. .
 Radbruch. Dan. Dirt Track Auto Racing, 1919-1941: A Pictorial History. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company Inc., 2004. .

External links

1936 films
1930s English-language films
American auto racing films
Films directed by Edwin L. Marin
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
American black-and-white films
1930s American films


Marilù Tolo (born Maria Lucia Tolo; 16 January 1944) is an Italian film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1960 and 1985.

Life and career
Born in Rome, Tolo, at a very young age, worked as an assistant of Mario Riva in the RAI variety show Il Musichiere.  She made her film debut at 16 years old in Alberto Lattuada's Sweet Deceptions.

She was also a fashion model, and a close friend of Italian stylist Valentino. Valentino said in an interview to Italian newspaper La Repubblica that Tolo was the only woman he had ever really loved.

Selected filmography

 Howlers in the Dock (1960) - Marilù
 I piaceri del sabato notte (1960) - La sartina - l'amante di Luigi
 Colossus and the Amazon Queen (1960) - Amazzone
 Sweet Deceptions (1960) - Margherita
 Le ambiziose (1961)
 Shéhérazade (1963) - Shirin
 Adultero lui, adultera lei (1963) - Lina
 The Terror of Rome Against the Son of Hercules (1964) - Olympia
 Messalina vs. the Son of Hercules (1964) - Ena
 The Triumph of Hercules (1964) - Princess Ate
 Marriage Italian Style (1964) - Diana the cashier
 The Magnificent Gladiator (1964) - Velida, Galienus' Daughter
 La Celestina P... R... (1965) - Silvana
 Le Chant du monde (1965) - Gina
 Juliet of the Spirits (1965) - TV Presenter (uncredited)
 Espionage in Lisbon (1965) - Terry Brown, 077's partner
 Una ráfaga de plomo (1965) - Yasmin
 Night of Violence (1965) - Sister of Carla Pratesi
 Balearic Caper (1966) - Sofia
 The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966) - Sophia Banzo
 Your Money of Your Life (1966) - Violette
 To Skin a Spy (1966) - Anna
 Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966) - Gioia
 Perry Grant, agente di ferro (1966) - Paola Kuriel
 Judoka-Secret Agent (1966) - Vanessa
 The Witches (1967) - Waitress (segment "Strega Bruciata Viva, La")
 Sept hommes et une garce (1967) - Carlotta
 The Oldest Profession (1967) - Marlene, Miss Physical Love (segment "Anticipation, ou l'amour en l'an 2000") (as Marilu Tolo)
 Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967) - Flory
 Casse-tête chinois pour le judoka (1967) - Jennifer
 The Killer Likes Candy (1968) - Sylva
 A Stroke of 1000 Millions (1968) - Prinzi
 Commandos (1968) - Adriana
 Candy (1968) - Conchita
 I dannati della Terra (1969) - Adriana
 Las trompetas del apocalipsis (1969) - Helen Becker
 Kill the Fatted Calf and Roast It (1970) - Verde
 Un été sauvage (1970)
 Roy Colt and Winchester Jack (1970) - Manila
 Gradiva (1970)
 Confessions of a Police Captain (1971) - Serena Li Puma
 Romance of a Horsethief (1971) - Manka
 The Double (1971) - Marie
 Eneide (1971) - Venus
 Long Live Your Death (1971) - Lupita
 We Are All in Temporary Liberty (1971) - Emilia - wife of Langellone
 My Dear Killer (1972) - Dr. Anna Borgese
 Shadows Unseen (1972) - Simona
 Bluebeard (1972) - Brigitt
 Jus primae noctis (1972) - Venerata
 Meo Patacca (1972) - Sora Nuccia
 Themroc (1973) - La secrétaire
 The Five Days aka Le Cinque Giornate (1973) - The Countess
 Riot in a Women's Prison (1974) - Susan
 Il trafficone (1974) - Rosalia / Macaluso's Wife
 Au-delà de la peur (1975) - Nicole
 Cours après moi que je t'attrape (1976) - Anita
 The Greek Tycoon (1978) - Sophia Matalas
 The Sleep of Death (1980) - Countess Elga
 Scorpion with Two Tails (1982) - Contessa Maria Volumna
 Marco Polo (1982, TV Mini-Series) - Donna Fiammetta
 Vacanze di Natale (1983) - Grazia Tassoni
 Il tassinaro (1983) - Fernanda
 The Last Days of Pompeii (1984, TV Mini-Series) - Xenia

References

External links

1944 births
Living people
People of Lazian descent
20th-century Italian actresses
Italian film actresses
Italian female models
Actresses from Rome


Jean Pellissier (30 July 1972 – 27 October 2023) was an Italian ski mountaineer, mountain runner, and sky runner.

Career
Pellissier started ski mountaineering in 1997 and competed first in the Mezzalama Trophy race in the same year. He has been member of the national team since 2002. Since finishing his professional career he ran a mountain equipment store in Martigny.

Death
Jean Pellissier died on 27 October 2023, at the age of 51.

Selected results
 2003:
 1st, Sellaronda Skimarathon (together with Luca Negroni)
 1st, Trofeo "Rinaldo Maffeis" (together with Luca Negroni)
 9th, European Championship team race (together with Carlo Battel)
 2004:
 2nd, World Championship team race (together with Carlo Battel)
 4th, World Championship vertical race
 5th, World Championship combination ranking
 10th, World Championship single race
 2005:
 5th, European Championship team race (together with Carlo Battel)
 2006:
 6th, World Championship team race (together with Carlo Battel)
 2007:
 3rd, European Championship team race (together with Guido Giacomelli)

Pierra Menta

 2000: 7th, together with Vincent Meilleur
 2002: 7th, together with Olivier Nägele
 2005: 3rd, together with Guido Giacomelli
 2007: 7th, together with Martin Riz
 2012: 9th, together with Tony Sbalbi

Trofeo Mezzalama

 1999: 6th, together with Giuseppe Ouvrier and Ettore Champrétavy
 2001: 2nd, together with Fabio Meraldi and Stéphane Brosse
 2003: 2nd, together with Stéphane Brosse and Pierre Gignoux
 2005: 3rd, together with Manfred Reichegger and Dennis Brunod
 2007: 1st, together with Guido Giacomelli and Florent Troillet
 2009: 2nd, together with Damiano Lenzi and Daniele Pedrini
 2011: 7th, together with Guido Giacomelli and Lorenzo Holzknecht

Patrouille des Glaciers

 2000: 8th (and 3rd in "seniors II" ranking), Patrouille des Glaciers, together with Giuseppe Ouvrier and Ettore Champrétavy
 2004: 1st and course record, together with Patrick Blanc and Stéphane Brosse

External links
 Jean Pellissier at skimountaineering.org

References

1972 births
2023 deaths
Italian male ski mountaineers
Sportspeople from Aosta
Italian female mountain runners
Italian sky runners


Sharmagne Leland-St. John (born May 23, 1946)  is an American poet. Leland-St. John is best known for the poem "I Said Coffee," for which she was nominated for the Pushcart Prize in 2007. She has received a total of 21 Pushcart Prize nominations and won the 2013 International Book Award honoring Excellence in Mainstream and Independent Publishing for best poetry anthology.

Early life
Her father Jerome was an animal trapper in the jungles of Tegucigalpa in Honduras. During her childhood, he collected exotic animals to supply zoos and private estates. He also had a pheasant farm and quail ranch in Mexico City and eventually settled in Tarzana, California.

When Leland-St. John was three years old, her father left the family, sued for custody, won, and then placed her and her older sister in a Catholic convent. In 1958, her father returned to the U.S. and brought his daughters to live with him and his new wife in Tarzana, which caused his wife to leave him.

Career
In the mid-1960s, she met Peter Yarrow from the folk singing group Peter, Paul and Mary and started dating him. Through the group's road manager, she was introduced to guitarist Peter Walker, with whom she began performing in concert and writing song lyrics. Under the name Peter and the Countess, they performed in venues such as The Fillmore East and West, The Psychedelic Super Market in Boston, The Ark in San Francisco, The Ash Grove in Los Angeles. In addition to Peter and the Countess, Leland-St. John and Walker formed the band Orient Express, which included Bruce Langhorne and Lowell George. They also performed the music behind Timothy Leary’s slide shows, "Celebrations".

In the late 1960s, while working for songwriter Jimmy Webb, Leland-St. John began writing poetry and song lyrics. She collaborated with Yarrow and Walker, as well as several other well-known composers, including Darby Slick, Jefferson Airplane, Hedge Capers, Hedge and Donna and Wes Farrell. At age 19, she co-wrote two episodes of the TV series "The Beverly Hillbillies." Leland-St. John was close friends with actress Sharon Tate and director Roman Polanski. She lived with her boyfriend Jay Sebring, who, along with Tate, was murdered by members of the Manson Family in August 1969.

In the 1970s, Leland-St. John acted in TV commercials and appeared in features and on TV. She later returned to writing and published seven books of poetry and prose. With a journalist, she co-wrote the memoir her husband, Richard Sylbert, had begun but left unfinished at the time of his death, titled Designing Movies: Portrait of a Hollywood Artist (2006). She has also overseen the publication of the online journal Quill and Parchment for the past 20 years.

In 2001, Leland-St. John designed her first film Tricks. She co-directed and co-produced the short film Being with Eddie in 2003. Her short film screenplay Butterfly Catcher was filmed by the Native American Film and TV Alliance (NAFATA) in 2004.

Personal life
Leland-St. John was married to Richard Sylbert. They had two children: a boy, Nikolai, who lived for only a few hours (her poem "Tiny Warrior" was written about him), and a daughter, Daisy Alexandra. She now splits time between Hollywood Hills and her private fly-fishing lodge in Washington.

Bibliography
 Unsung Songs (2003)  Quill and Parchment Press
 Silver Tears and Time (2006)  Quill and Parchment Press
 Contingencies (2008)  Quill and Parchment Press USA/WynterBlue Publishing Inc Canada
 Designing Movies: Portrait of a Hollywood Artist (2006)– Greenwood/Praeger
 La Kalima (2010)  Quill and Parchment Press USA/WynterBlue Publishing Inc., Canada
 Empty Shoes: Poems on the Hungry and the Homeless ~ Editor Patrick T. Randolph  Popcorn Press (Oct. 2009)
 Many Mountains Moving –
 Literary House Review ~ (Fall 2008)
 Emerging Urban Poets (June 2008)
 The League of Labouring Poets  (Best of Issue Award)
 Villanelles (March 2012); edited by Annie Finch and Marie-Elizabeth Mali; ; Everyman's Library/Random House UK

 Cradle Songs (April 2012) Editor: . Quill and Parchment Press
 Taj Mahal Review, edited by Dr. Santosh Kumar  Publisher: Cyberwit.net Webpage: tajmahalreview.com
 "Charles Manson: The Final Words" (2017)
 "Beverly Hills: 100 Years, 100 Stories" (2017)
 A Raga for George Harrison (October 2020)  Taj Mahal Press/Cyberwit.net
 IMAGES: A Collection of Ekphrastic Poetry  Publisher: Cyberwit.net

References

External links

 Sharmagne at Interviewing Hollywood
 Quill & Parchment Poetry Site
 River Run International Film Festival

Living people
American production designers
American actresses
American women poets
People from Tarzana, Los Angeles
21st-century American poets
21st-century American women writers
Women production designers
1946 births
Native American women writers


Guulin  (, , Brass) is a settlement () in the northern part of Delger sum (district) of Govi-Altai Province in western Mongolia.

Guulin is an irrigated cropping settlement in semidesert artificial oasis, 27 km N from Delger sum center. It has a school and small hospital. Guulin population is appr.900.

Zavkhan Gol river is about 3 km NW from Guulin, but as river dale is appr.40 m deep,  for the irrigated fields water supply is used 22 km long irrigation channel from upper part of Zavkhan Gol river dale. Irrigated fields are located south from Guulin settlement, the irrigation net covers about 15 km2

References

Populated places in Mongolia


Events in the year 1763 in Norway.

Incumbents
Monarch: Frederick V

Events
Bergenhus amt was divided in two, creating the following amt – Nordre Bergenhus amt and Søndre Bergenhus amt.

Arts and literature
25 May – The first newspaper in Norway ("Norske Intelligenz-Seddeler") published its first issue.

Births
24 January – Peder von Cappelen, merchant and politician (d. 1837).

Full date unknown
Johan Andreas Altenburg, merchant and shipowner (died 1824)
Jens Esmark, mountain climber and professor of mineralogy (died 1839)
Diderik Hegermann, politician and Minister (died 1835)

Deaths
18 May - Anders Daae, priest and landowner (born 1680)

See also

References


Velayuthampalayam is a town located in Karur District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It comes under the jurisdiction of Pugalur municipality. This town is situated on the footsteps of Pugali Malai Arunattan Malai, which houses Lord Murugan. The river Cauvery is 3 kilometers away from the town. It is very close to TNPL Kagithapuram. The adjacent places are TNPL Kagithapuram, Thottakuritchi and Karappalayam.

Geography
Velayuthampalaym is located 11°4'48"N   78°0'1"E . It has average elevation of 125 meters (413 feet).

Climate
The highest temperature is obtained in early May to early June usually about 34 °C, though it usually exceeds 38 °C for a few days most years. Average daily temperature during January is around 23 °C, though the temperature rarely falls below 17 °C. The average annual rainfall is about 725 mm. It gets most of its seasonal rainfall from the north-east monsoon winds, from late September to mid November.

Pugali Malai [Arunattan Malai]
The temple in Pugalur situated north west of Karur dedicated to Lord Murugan on a small hill at Velayuthanpalayam is famous for excellent sculptures,the famous Samanarkal Cave and oldest Tamil Script Brahmi sculpture.

Education
The literacy rates are 77.58% and 60.35% among males and females respectively.

The schools in the town are :
 Pugalur Boys Higher Secondary School, Pugalur
 Pugalur Girls High School, Pugalur
 TNPL Matric Higher Secondary School, Kagithapuram
 TNPL Public School (CBSE), Kagithapuram
 Mathy Nursery Primary School, Velayuthampalayam
 P S F Aided Elementary School, Pugalu
 Panchayat Union Elementary School, Velayuthampalayam
 Panchayat Union Elementary School, Thiruvalluvar Nagar
 Panchayat Union Elementary School, Nadunanaparapu
 Panchayat Union Elementary School, Pugalur
 Panchayat Union Elementary School, Coolagoundanur
 Sree Krishna Matric School, Velayuthumpalayam

Marriage halls
Thiruvalluvar Mandabam
Gandhi Manadabam
Pugali Manadabam
Shri Kamatchi Mahal

Temples
 Sree Mariamman Temple
 Pugali-Murugan Temple
 Angamuthusamy Temple
 Sree Munniapan Temple

Transport

By Road
The town has very good transport facilities in the form of Private Bus and Government run buses. The town is located on the karur and parmathy-velur highway.

By Train
The nearby town pugalur (Code:PGR) has a  railway station which is well connected to Erode, Coimbatore, Trichy, Chennai and cochin. Both passenger trains and express trains pass through this station.

By Air
The nearest international airport is in Trichy (87 km). Another airport is located at Coimbatore (115 km).

Entertainment

There are no cinema theaters in and around Velayuthampalaymam. Pugalur Annai [புகழூர் அன்னை] and Velayuthampalayam Caveri [வேலாயுதம்பாளையம் காவேரி]' were the two theaters / cinema halls, functional a long time back but not now. One has to travel to 'Karur' or 'Paramathi Velur' for a movie. Most of the town residents have access to almost all television channels.

Agriculture
The Agriculture plays an important role in economy wealth . There are different types of cultivating . The major cultivating plants are Sugarcane cultivating, coconut cultivating, Betel leaves, etc.

Healthcare

The town has a Government General Hospital at the footsteps of Pugali Malai. There are two small private hospitals on the Karur-Velur highway which has inpatient services. There are many small clinics run by several doctors. The medical services are well supported by clustered medical stores in the junction of velayuthampalayam. For major medical and surgical services, the public go to one of the places(Paramathy Velur, Karur, Erode, Coimbatore, Tiruchi).

Banking

Indian Overseas bank, Bank of India, and Lakshmi Vilas Bank  are located in this town. Pallavan Grama Bank, one of the Regional Rural Banks has one branch at Velayuthampalayam near bye pass road. The town has lot of privately owned financial corporations.
The Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) are available from Indian Overseas Bank and The Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd, State Bank of India are  located at Kandanpalayam, Pugalur Bye Pass Road & Pugalur Kagitha puram respectively. Bank Of India ATM is located at Velur road, Velayuthampalayam.

Communication
BSNL, Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone idea are the communication providers to this town. They provide 2G,3G and 4G LTE smartphone networks. The well penetrated landline connections are provided by BSNL again.
The availability of internet is also very good(Mostly dial-up connections). Now BSNL has provided very good broadband internet connection.

Economy
Mainly based on Agriculture.

Paper

TNPL is promoted by the Government of Tamil Nadu with loan assistance from the World Bank. Today TNPL is the largest producer of bagasse (sugarcane waste from Sugar mills) based paper in the world and the 2nd largest paper producer in Asia. TNPL produces  4,00,000 tons of Printing & writing paper and consumes 1 million tons of bagasse every year. It is located 2 kilometers away from this town.

Sugar

EID Parry has a sugar factory in Pugalur, about a kilometer away from this town.  It has a capacity of 4000 TCD . It also has a 22 MW co-generation Power plant, with TNPL.

Polling station

Panchayat Union elementary School North facing remains as the polling station for this town and covers areas including East Agraharam, Angalamman Kovil theru, Mela Agraharam, Bazzar Street.

References

Cities and towns in Karur district


"You Turn Me On (Turn On Song)" is a 1965 single by Ian Whitcomb and Bluesville, written by Ian Whitcomb.

Background
The song is noticeable for Whitcomb's falsetto and "orgasmic vocal hook". Whitcomb recorded this song with his band, Bluesville.  The hit version is edited; the original single as recorded was over 3 minutes and had a longer intro during which a mike stand can be clearly heard falling into a studio wall and it had a cold ("stinger") ending. The band Bluesville featured Mick Molloy on lead guitar, Deke O'Brien on Rhythm Guitar, Brian Lynch on bass, Ian McGarry on drums and Pete Adler and Barry Richardson on saxophones.

Chart performance
As part of the British Invasion, "You Turn Me On" reached number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. and number 30 in Canada.

Cover versions
American actress and singer Mae West recorded a cover of the song for her 1966 album Way Out West.
American dance music singer Crystal Waters covered the song for the soundtrack of the 1992 film Encino Man.

References

1965 songs
British rock-and-roll songs
1965 singles
Crystal Waters songs


Stephen or Steven Hill may refer to:

Media

 Steven Hill (1922–2016), American actor
 Stephen Clancy Hill (1976–2010), American pornographic actor
 Steven Hill (model), American reality television personality and model
 Stephen Hill (broadcaster), American producer and host of the Hearts of Space radio program
 Stevie B (Steven Bernard Hill, born 1958), American singer, songwriter, and producer

Sports
 Steve Hill (footballer) (1940–2010), English footballer
 Stephen Hill (footballer, born 1982), English footballer
 Stephen Hill (Australian footballer) (born 1990), Australian rules footballer
 Stephen Hill (American football) (born 1991), American football player
 Steven Hill (baseball) (born 1985), American baseball player
 Steven Hill (basketball) (born 1985), American professional basketball player
 Steve Hill (horse trainer), trainer of champion Tennessee Walking Horses
 Steven Hill (judoka) (born 1971), Australian judoka
 Steve Hill (bowls) (born 1957), Welsh lawn bowler

Other
 Stephen P. Hill (1806–1884), Baptist clergyman and legislative chaplain
 Steve Hill (evangelist) (1954–2014), clergyman and evangelist
 Stephen John Hill (1809–1891), British colonial governor
 Stephen D. Hill (born 1950), judge on the Kansas Court of Appeals
 Steven Hill (author) (born 1958), political writer, author and political reformer
 Stephen Hill (academic) (1946–2023), professor of management at the University of London
 Stephen Hill (entrepreneur) (born 1962), Australian skateboard and streetwear entrepreneur, producer and advocate
 Steven A. Hill, director of research at Research England


Flashdance is a stage musical based on the 1983 film of the same name with a book by Tom Hedley and Robert Cary, music by Robbie Roth and lyrics by Roth and Cary. The show had its world premiere in 2008 at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth, as part of a ten-month UK tour, followed by a London West End run at the Shaftesbury Theatre.

The musical had a US tour in 2012–2014, but an expected Broadway run was postponed.

Overview
Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the show revolves around 18-year-old Alex, a welder by day and 'flashdancer' by night, and her dreams of attending the prestigious Shipley Dance Academy.

Based on the Paramount Pictures film (screenplay by Tom Hedley and Joe Eszterhas, story by Tom Hedley), the UK production described itself as "an unmistakably unique musical about holding onto your dreams and love against all the odds". The show includes hits "Maniac", "Manhunt", "Gloria", and the award-winning title track "Flashdance – What a Feeling".

Synopsis

Act 1

Pittsburgh, 1983.  On the floor of Hurley Steel, young steelworker Alexandra ("Alex") Owens welds while waiting impatiently for her shift to end ("Steeltown Sky").  She's anxious to get to Harry's Bar, a small club where she performs innovative, fashion-driven dances. On the mill floor, she catches the eye of Nick Hurley, the son of the mill owner, who decides he wants to learn more about her.

En route to the club, Alex meets up with her friend Gloria, who encourages Alex to pursue her dream of becoming a trained dancer in a legitimate company by applying to audition for the renowned Shipley Academy.  Alex decides to take the chance and asks the academy's administrator, Ms. Wilde, for an application ("It's All in Reach").

As Alex warms up to perform at Harry's, her good friends (and fellow dancers) Kiki, Tess and Gloria sing "Maniac".  Alex steps onto the club stage, and she's captivating.  After her performance, she's approached by Nick Hurley, but she rebuffs him, concerned about getting involved with her own boss.  In the dressing room, her girlfriends can't believe she'd turn down someone as attractive as Nick, but Alex sticks to her guns.  Gloria, who waits tables at Harry's but longs to perform, gets an education from the women in what inspires a "flashdance" ("Put It On").  But when the bar's owner, Harry, enters and complains that a new lap-dance joint called Chameleon — opened down the street by a shady entrepreneur named C.C. — is starting to siphon off his once-loyal customers, Alex realizes her days at Harry's may be numbered ("It's All in Reach" reprise).

Anxious about her audition, Alex visits her elderly friend Hannah, a retired dancer who bolsters Alex's confidence about getting into Shipley ("A Million to One"). Alex reports to Shipley for a preliminary audition, but she's quickly intimidated by the accomplished, trained dancers all around her ("Inside").  She rushes out, crestfallen.”(Steeltown Sky - Reprise)

The next day, Nick approaches Alex in the steel mill's lunchroom, but once again she rejects his advances.  Nick gets a playful jabbing from the steel men, who are happy to see him knocked off his pedestal ("Justice"). After they exit, he's approached by his secretary, who shows him a list of workers slated to be fired as the company starts to outsource its manufacturing.  Nick's affection (and respect) for Alex put him in a tough spot ("Justice" reprise).

At Harry's Bar, Gloria is hit on by C.C., the owner of the Chameleon Club. Nick, who is  waiting at the club for another chance to talk to Alex, fends C.C. off.  Alex is impressed by Nick's chivalry and finally agrees to let him take her on a date.  Gloria confronts her longtime boyfriend Jimmy, who is a fellow waiter at Harry's (and Harry's nephew), and demands to know why Jimmy never sticks up for her.  Jimmy admits that he has plans to go to New York to make it as a stand-up comic; furthermore, he intends to go alone.  Gloria is deeply hurt, and they break up ("Gloria").  Tess takes the stage at Harry's to perform a rousing interpretation of "I Love Rock n' Roll."

Nick and Alex return to her place from their date and start to move past their assumptions about one another; she admits to her dream of attending Shipley, while he confesses that he's torn about the employees his family wants him to fire. They begin to fall in love ("Here and Now").

A few weeks later, Alex goes to Hannah holding an envelope from the Shipley Academy, and opens it to discover she's been called back for a final audition ("My Next Step").  Meanwhile, C.C. lures Gloria into working at the Chameleon, while Nick visits Ms. Wilde to thank her for letting Alex have a callback—which he has paid for with a "contribution" to the Academy.  Blissfully unaware of all this, Alex steps onto Harry's stage and dances exuberantly, finishing with an iconic blast of water from above ("Maniac" reprise).

Act 2

At the Chameleon Club, the girls perform lasciviously as Gloria — increasingly dependent on alcohol and cocaine — realizes she's gotten in too deep with C.C. ("Chameleon Girl").

Alex and Nick, now very much in love, head off to face the day's challenges ("Here and Now" reprise).  Alex goes to Hannah for further audition advice, and Hannah counsels Alex to forego attempting to dance classically for the judges in favor of something that expresses Alex's unique talent and style; Nick, meanwhile, prepares to plead his case against firing the steel workers ("My Turn").

Jimmy returns from New York, his dreams of becoming a famous stand-up comic quickly dashed.  He asks his Uncle Harry for his job back, and Harry, after some initial reluctance, agrees, glad to have Jimmy home ("Where I Belong").

Nick fails to convince his family they should hold onto the workers.  When Alex discovers that many of her friends at the plant are getting laid off, she and Nick argue, causing him to inadvertently admit he arranged her callback at Shipley. Alex walks out on him in a fury, leaving Nick to question his place in the company and his path in life ("Enough").

Kiki performs a flashdance to "Manhunt", as Harry continues to worry about C.C.'s growing success.  Alex, still upset from her fight with Nick and coping with learning the truth about her Shipley callback, discovers that Gloria — who she thought was away caring for a relative — has in fact been with C.C. at the Chameleon.  She rashly decides to go to Chameleon, rescuing Gloria (with some last-minute chivalry from none other than Jimmy).  Gloria and Jimmy reconcile ("Where I Belong" reprise).

Alex decides to leave Pittsburgh and return to the small town where she grew up, despite having no real prospects there.  Nick appears and tries to dissuade her still ("Hang On"). She's insistent that their relationship has too many challenges to succeed.  But when Alex discovers that Hannah has passed away, leaving her some money toward her tuition at Shipley, she finally confronts her own fears and makes the choice to reach for her dreams despite the odds ("Try").

Alex arrives at Shipley just in time to audition, and her remarkable dance dispels the judges' initial skepticism ("Flashdance — What a Feeling").  Alex is given a place in the new semester; Nick enters with flowers, and Alex, forgiving the past and certain that her acceptance was based on her true talent, presents him with a rose from the bouquet before embracing him joyously.

Production history

2008–2009 UK tour
The show had its world premiere on July 19, 2008 at the Theatre Royal in Plymouth, as part of a ten-month UK tour. The production was directed by Kenny Leon and choreographed by Arlene Phillips. The UK cast included Victoria Hamilton-Barritt as  Alex Owens, Noel Sullivan as Nick Hurley, Bernie Nolan as Hannah Owens and Bruno Langley as Jimmy Kaminsky.

2010–2011 West End
The 2010 West End production ran at the Shaftesbury Theatre from October 14, 2010 to January 15, 2011.  Produced by Christopher Malcolm  and David Ian, the show was directed by Nikolai Foster and choreographed by Phillips. The cast featured  Victoria Hamilton-Barritt as Alex Owens, Matt Willis as Nick Hurley, Sarah Ingram as Hannah Owens and Sam Mackay as Jimmy Kaminsky.

Previews were due to begin on September 24, 2010, postponed by technical difficulties to the following day.

US National Tours
A First National tour began on December 28, 2012 at Stanley Performing Arts Center in Utica, New York. Emily Padgett and Sydney Morton starred as Alex Owens. Directed & Choreographed by Sergio Trujillo

A 2nd National Tour was produced from 2015-2016 and toured The United States with performances in Canada and New Zealand. Produced by Touring Theatre Associates.

2017–2018 UK tour
A UK tour produced by Selladoor Worldwide started on August 10, 2017 in Glasgow, with Joanne Clifton as Alex Owens and Ben Adams as Nick Hurley, and closed on 20 October 2018 in Grimsby.

Other regions

The show also had a Fall 2013 touring production in Holland followed by a major production in Stockholm, Sweden from January 2014 until March 2015.  This newly revised version of the show, including new story and musical elements, was hugely successful and continued on to appearances in additional Swedish cities, including Gothenburg and Malmö.

In addition, the show had a successful seven-month run in Paris from September 2014 through March 2015 at the Théâtre du Gymnase, followed by an arena tour in over 40 cities in France  from January 2016 to May 2016. A new run of the show is produced en 2023 at the Casino de Paris followed by a french tour.

The German language premiere took place in Kriens, Switzerland in November 2013 followed by production in Chemnitz, Germany and Amstetten, Lower Austria in 2014. The musical has since been performed in multiple regional German language productions. It was translated into German by Anja Hauptmann.

A Czech production at the Brno City Theatre ran for four years in repertoire, with a translation by Jiří Josek.

Broadway production
There had been discussion of a Broadway production. In December 2011, reports emerged stating a re-working of the London production would premiere on Broadway in "fall 2012". However, as of March 2012, the official website was showing a single page with a reworked logo and the tag line "Coming to a city near you" and a confirmed engagement for the tour to visit Pittsburgh's Heinz Hall (the city where the production is set) from January 1 to 6, 2013. It was later announced that after the tour, Flashdance would transfer to Broadway in August 2013. However, the producers announced in April 2013 that the August opening of Flashdance on Broadway would be postponed. The producers said that the postponement was due to a lack of theatres in the fall and too many subplots.

Cast and band

Critical reception
Flashdance has been very well received by the press internationally and also during its US tour. It was generally praised for the performance of its ensemble and its choreography, as well as its updated story. A review by Vancouver Sun noted that while it was still "anchored in '80s music and style," the story had "been retouched to remove a couple of the creepier elements of the original."

The West End production was praised by London Theatre as "a slick and brilliantly-crafted production that's hard to fault."

Theatreview said in their review of the Auckland production that the play "provides much to enjoy, even if you weren't already aware of the iconic Flashdance film."

Most criticism was in regards to the play's attempt to add depth to the simplistic plot of the original 1983 film. Variety commented that the play "unwisely pads" the original film's screenplay.

Differences between stage and film

 The film's characters Jeanie and Tina Tech have been combined to create Gloria.
 Instead of the Zanzibar being a strip club it's now a club with no nudity – just pole dancing.
 The character of Richie Blazik is cut and the character Jimmy Kaminsky is substituted, however the two characters have very little in common.
 The substory in which Alex and Nick break up because Alex believes he's cheating on her is missing from the stage show.
 All the "Flashdancer's" solos are cut, minus Alex's famous chair dance. However this is moved to the end of act one for ease of changing and clean up.
 Songs from the film that are used in the show are used in a different context. For instance, Manhunt is no longer used for a solo dance piece; instead, it is sung over a montage of Nick and Alex on a series of dates. Another example is Gloria. In the film this is used during Jeanie's ice skating solo; however, in the show it is used when Gloria performs in the strip club. However, "What a Feeling" is still used for Alex's audition.
In the film, Nick convinces Alex to go to her audition; in the stage show, her friends convince her and accompany her to the audition.

Musical numbers

Act One
"What a Feeling (Intro)" – Kiki, Tess and Gloria
"Steeltown Sky" – Alex, Nick, Kiki, Tess and Gloria and Ensemble
"It's All in Reach" – Alex and Gloria
"Maniac" – Kiki, Tess and Gloria and Female Ensemble
"Put It On" – Alex, Kiki, Tess and Gloria and Female Ensemble
"It's All in Reach (Reprise)" – Alex
"A Million to One" – Hannah and Alex
"Inside" – Ms. Wilde, Ballet Mistress, Alex and Shipley Students
"Steeltown Sky (Reprise)" – Steel Workers
"Justice" – Nick, Joe, Andy and Male Steel Workers
"Justice" (Reprise) - Nick
"Gloria" (Transition) – Gloria and C.C.
"I Love Rock 'n' Roll" – Tess
"Here and Now" – Alex and Nick
"My Next Step/Maniac (Reprise)" – Alex, Nick, Kiki, Tess and Ensemble

Act Two
"Chameleon Girls" – C.C., Gloria, Destiny, CandyGirl, Ferrari and Ensemble
"Here and Now (Reprise)" – Alex and Nick
"My Turn" – Alex, Nick, and Ensemble
"Where I Belong" – Jimmy and Stoop Singers
"Enough" – Nick
"Manhunt" – Kiki and Female Ensemble
"Gloria" – Gloria and Chameleon Girls and Male Ensemble
"Where I Belong (Reprise)" – Jimmy and Gloria
"Hang On" – Alex and Nick
"Try" – Alex
"What a Feeling" – Kiki, Tess, Gloria and Ensemble

References

External links
Official Website
Official Facebook Page
Official Twitter
Official Website in Spain

2008 musicals
Musicals based on films
Musicals set in Pennsylvania
Musicals set in the 1980s


Praia do Gunga (Gunga's beach) is located 20 miles south of Maceió, Alagoas.  It is considered to be one of the most beautiful beaches in Brazil.

The beach is surrounded by coconut trees and it positioned right between the Atlantic Ocean and Lagoa do Roteiro (Roteiro Lake).  This position guarantees a unique color of the ocean surrounding the beach.  It is bluer during the low tides and it turns greener during the high tides when the ocean waters meet the lake waters.

This beach is part of the Roteiro region and you can get there by boat from Barra de São Miguel or by car driving through a private property.

This is a very popular tourist site with many entertainment options such as boat trips to nearby "natural aquarium" or beaches such as Barra de São Miguel. There are small boats and kayaks available for rental there.

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Beaches of Brazil
Neighbourhoods in Maceió


Chiara Raso (born 26 October 1981) is an Italian ski mountaineer.

Raso was born in Aosta. She started ski mountaineering in 2000 and competed first in the Tour de Breuil race in the same year. She has been member of the national team since 2002.

Selected results
 2002:
 2nd, World Championship single race, "espoirs" class
 2nd, Transacavallo (together with Maria Luisa Riva)
 4th, World Championship team race (together with Gloriana Pellissier, "seniors" ranking)
 2003:
 1st, Trofeo Mezzalama (together with Arianna Follis and Cristina Favre-Moretti)
 4th, European Championship team race (together with Maria Luisa Riva)
 2006:
 1st, World Championship relay race (together with Francesca Martinelli, Roberta Pedranzini and Gloriana Pellissier)
 6th, World Championship vertical race
 8th, World Championship team race (together with Paola Martinale)

External links
 Chiara Raso at skimountaineering.org

References

1981 births
Living people
Italian female ski mountaineers
World ski mountaineering champions
Sportspeople from Aosta


Events in the year 1839 in Norway.

Incumbents
Monarch: Charles III John

Events

Arts and literature
 Det Dramatiske Selskab in Hammerfest was founded.

Births
25 March – Frederik Collett, painter (d.1914)
7 June – Karl Ditlev Rygh, archaeologist and politician (d.1915)
12 June – Theodor Peterson, businessperson and politician (d.1888)
23 December – Carl Otto Løvenskiold, naval officer, politician and land owner (died 1916).

Full date unknown
Walter Scott Dahl, politician and Minister (d.1906)
Ole Falck Ebbell, architect (d.1919)
Lars Knutson Liestøl, politician and Minister (d.1912)

Deaths
10 June – Jacob Munch, painter and military officer (b.1776)
2 December – Andreas Landmark, politician (b.1769)

Full date unknown
Jens Esmark, mountain climber and professor of mineralogy (born 1763)
Peder Tonning, politician (born 1782)
Lars Larsen Forsæth, farmer and politician (born 1759).

See also

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