Passage 1:Esdras HartleyEsdras Hartley (1892–1946) was the art director for the 1935 film Don't Bet on Blondes. He worked on over a hundred films during his career, many of them at the Hollywood studio Warner Brothers.Selected filmographyMiss Pacific Fleet (1935)A Night at the Ritz (1935)Bengal Tiger (1936)Times Square Playboy (1936)Talent Scout (1937)South of Suez (1940)River's End (1940)Ladies Must Live (1940)An Angel from Texas (1940)King of the Lumberjacks (1940)Three Cheers for the Irish ( 1940)The Case of the Black Parrot (1941)Flight from Destiny (1941)Highway West (1941)The Body Disappears (1941)Passage 2:The Only GirlThe Only Girl may refer to:The Only Girl (book), a 2018 memoir by Robin GreenThe Only Girl (film), 1933 filmThe Only Girl (musical), 1914 Broadway musical by Victor Herbert and Henry BlossomPassage 3:The Empress and IThe Empress and I (German: Ich und die Kaiserin) is a 1933 German musical comedy film directed by Friedrich Hollaender and starring Lilian Harvey, Mady Christians and Conrad Veidt. It is also known by the alternative title of The Only Girl. The film was produced as a multi-language version. Moi et l'impératrice a separate French-language version was released as well as The Only Girl in English. The multilingual Harvey played the same role in all three films.It was shot at the Babelsberg Studios in Berlin. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Robert Herlth and Walter Röhrig. It was made by Erich Pommer's production unit at UFA, several of whom left the country after the film's release due to the Nazi Party's assumption of power.SynopsisAfter a fall from a horse, a wealthy Marquis is believed to be dying. While he lies there, he is comforted by the singing of a beautiful woman. When he unexpectedly recovers, he tries to seek out this young woman. Due to a series of confusions, he believes her to be Empress Eugenie, the wife of Napoleon III of France. In fact, the woman was a Eugenie's hairdresser, a vivacious young woman engaged to be married to an aspiring composer and conductor currently working for the celebrated Jacques Offenbach.CastLilian Harvey as JulietteMady Christians as EmpressConrad Veidt as Marquis de PontignacHeinz Rühmann as DidierFriedel Schuster as AnnabelHubert von Meyerinck as FlügeladjutantJulius Falkenstein as Jacques OffenbachPaul Morgan as Erfinder des FahrradesHans Hermann Schaufuß as DoctorKate Kühl as MarianneHeinrich Gretler as SanitäterEugen Rex as Etienne, Diener des MarquisHans DeppeHans Nowack as Erfinder des TelefonsMargot HöpfnerPassage 4:Don't Bet on LoveDon't Bet on Love is a 1933 American comedy film directed by Murray Roth and written by Howard Emmett Rogers, Murray Roth and Ben Ryan. The film stars Lew Ayres, Ginger Rogers, Charley Grapewin, Shirley Grey, Tom Dugan and Merna Kennedy. The film was released on July 1, 1933, by Universal Pictures.PlotMolly Gilbert won't accept a marriage proposal from Bill McCaffery unless he promises to quit betting money on horse races. He gives her his word, but Molly is miffed when she realizes he wants to honeymoon in Saratoga, New York, due to its proximity to the racetrack.Behind her back, Bill unethically uses money from his dad Pop McCaffery's plumbing business to continue gambling. He gets on a hot streak, winning $50,000, then buys a horse of his own, cheats by disguising a faster horse as his, then loses all his money. Bill agrees to become a plumber, pleasing Molly.CastLew Ayres as Bill McCafferyGinger Rogers as Molly GilbertCharley Grapewin as Pop McCafferyShirley Grey as Goldie WilliamsTom Dugan as ScottyMerna Kennedy as Ruby 'Babe' NortonLucile Gleason as Mrs. GilbertRobert Emmett O'Connor as Edward SheltonPassage 5:Onmyōji (film)Onmyōji ( ) is a 2001 Japanese film directed by Yōjirō Takita. It tells of the exploits of famed onmyōji Abe no Seimei, who meets and befriends bungling court noble, Minamoto no Hiromasa. Together they protect the capital of Heian-kyō against an opposing onmyōji, Dōson, who is secretly plotting the downfall of the emperor.A sequel, Onmyōji 2, appeared in 2003.  Both movies are based on the Onmyōji series of novels by author Baku Yumemakura, which also inspired a manga series by Reiko Okano.PlotThe Heian period (9th–12th centuries) was a time when human beings and various supernatural beings still coexisted with each other, the latter occasionally causing trouble to humans. Practitioners of the art of onmyōdō, the onmyōji, were held to be able to control and subdue these malevolent entities and other paranormal phenomena, and were thus held in high regard, being employed by the imperial court.In Heian-kyō, nobleman Minamoto no Hiromasa meets court onmyōji Abe no Seimei, a mysterious man about whom many rumors have been told. On a dare by some courtiers, Seimei demonstrates his exceptional skills in


Passage 1:Brian Kennedy (gallery director)Brian Patrick Kennedy (born 5 November 1961) is anIrish-born art museum director who has worked in Ireland and Australia, and now lives and works in theUnited States.  He was the director of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem for 17 months, resigningDecember 31, 2020. He was the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to 2019. He wasthe director of the Hood Museum of Art from 2005 to 2010, and the National Gallery of Australia(Canberra) from 1997 to 2004.CareerBrian Kennedy currently lives and works in the United States afterleaving Australia in 2005 to direct the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College. In October 2010 hebecame the ninth Director of the Toledo Museum of Art. On 1 July 2019, he succeeded Dan Monroe as theexecutive director and CEO of the Peabody Essex Museum.Early life and career in IrelandKennedy wasborn in Dublin and attended Clonkeen College. He received B.A. (1982), M.A. (1985) and PhD (1989)degrees from University College-Dublin, where he studied both art history and history.He worked in theIrish Department of Education (1982), the European Commission, Brussels (1983), and in Ireland at theChester Beatty Library (1983–85), Government Publications Office (1985–86), and Department ofFinance (1986–89). He married Mary Fiona Carlin in 1988.He was Assistant Director at the NationalGallery of Ireland in Dublin from 1989 to 1997. He was Chair of the Irish Association of Art Historiansfrom 1996 to 1997, and of the Council of Australian Art Museum Directors from 2001 to 2003. InSeptember 1997 he became Director of the National Gallery of Australia.National Gallery of Australia(NGA)Kennedy expanded the traveling exhibitions and loans program throughout Australia, arranged forseveral major shows of Australian art abroad, increased the number of exhibitions at the museum itselfand oversaw the development of an extensive multi-media site.  Although he oversaw several years ofthe museum's highest ever annual visitation, he discontinued the emphasis of his predecessor, BettyChurcher, on showing "blockbuster" exhibitions.During his directorship, the NGA gained governmentsupport for improving the building and significant private donations and corporate sponsorship. However,the initial design for the building proved controversial generating a public dispute with the originalarchitect on moral rights grounds.  As a result, the project was not delivered during Dr Kennedy's tenure,with a significantly altered design completed some years later.  Private funding supported twoacquisitions of British art, including David Hockney's A Bigger Grand Canyon in 1999, and Lucian Freud'sAfter Cézanne in 2001. Kennedy built on the established collections at the museum by acquiring theHolmgren-Spertus collection of Indonesian textiles; the Kenneth Tyler collection of editioned prints,screens, multiples and unique proofs; and the Australian Print Workshop Archive. He was also notable forcampaigning for the construction of a new "front" entrance to the Gallery, facing King Edward Terrace,which was completed in 2010 (see reference to the building project above).Kennedy's cancellation of the"Sensation exhibition" (scheduled at the NGA from 2 June 2000 to 13 August 2000) was controversial,and seen by some as censorship. He claimed that the decision was due to the exhibition being "too closeto the market" implying that a national cultural institution cannot exhibit the private collection of aspeculative art investor. However, there were other exhibitions at the NGA during his tenure, which couldhave raised similar concerns. The exhibition featured the privately owned Young British Artists worksbelonging to Charles Saatchi and attracted large attendances in London and Brooklyn. Its mostcontroversial work was Chris Ofili's The Holy Virgin Mary, a painting which used elephant dung and wasaccused of being blasphemous. The then-mayor of New York, Rudolph Giuliani, campaigned against theexhibition, claiming it was "Catholic-bashing" and an "aggressive, vicious, disgusting attack on religion."In November 1999, Kennedy cancelled the exhibition and stated that the events in New York had"obscured discussion of the artistic merit of the works of art". He has said that it "was the toughestdecision of my professional life, so far."Kennedy was also repeatedly questioned on his management of arange of issues during the Australian Government's Senate Estimates process - particularly on the NGA'soccupational health and safety record and concerns about the NGA's twenty-year-old air-conditioningsystem. The air-conditioning was finally renovated in 2003. Kennedy announced in 2002 that he wouldnot seek extension of his contract beyond 2004, accepting a seven-year term as had his two


Passage 1:Frederick I, Count Palatine of SimmernFrederick I, the Hunsrücker (German: Friedrich I.; 19November 1417 – 29 November 1480) was the Count Palatine of Simmern from 1459 until1480.Frederick was born in 1417 to Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken and his wife, Annaof Veldenz. In 1444 his father partitioned his territories between Frederick and his younger brother Louis.Frederick married Margaret of Guelders, daughter of Duke Arnold, on 16 August 1454. Frederick died inSimmern in 1480 and was buried in the Augustinian Abbey of Ravengiersburg.ChildrenWith Margaret(1436 – 15 August 1486), daughter of Arnold, Duke of Guelders:Katherine of Palatinate-Simmern (1455– 28 December 1522), Abbess in the St Klara monastery in TrierStephen (25 February 1457 – 1488/9)Canon in Strasbourg , Mainz and CologneWilliam (2 January 1458 – 1458)John I (15 May 1459 – 27January 1509)Frederick (10 April 1460 – 22 November 1518) Canon in Cologne, Speyer , Trier , Mainz,Magdeburg and StrasbourgRupert (16 October 1461 – 19 April 1507), bishop of Regensburg.Anne (30July 1465 – 15 July 1517)  Nun in TrierMargaret (2 December 1466 – August 1506) Nun in TrierHelene(1467 – 21 February 1555) Prioress in the St. Agnes monastery in TrierWilliam (20 April 1468 – 1481)Canon in TrierPassage 2:Reichard, Count Palatine of Simmern-SponheimReichard (25 July 1521 – 13January 1598) was the Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim from 1569 until 1598.Reichard was born inSimmern in 1521 to Johann II, Count Palatine of Simmern. In 1569 he succeeded his brother Georg asCount Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim. Reichard died in Simmern in 1598. Without any surviving children,Simmern-Sponheim was inherited by his great-nephew Frederick IV.MarriageReichard married Juliane ofWied (c. 1545 - 30 April 1575, daughter of Count Johann IV of Wied, on 30 July 1569 and had severalchildren:Juliana (21 November 1571 – 4 February 1592)Katherine (10 May 1573 – 12 October1576)unnamed son (1574)unnamed son (30 April 1575)Reichard married Emilie of Württemberg (19August 1550 - 4 June 1589), daughter of Christoph, Duke of Württemberg, on 26 March 1578.Reichardmarried Anne Margaret of Palatinate-Veldenz (17 January 1571 - 1 November 1621), daughter of CountPalatine Georg Johann I, on 14 December 1589.Passage 3:Louis Henry, Count Palatine ofSimmern-KaiserslauternLouis Henry (German: Ludwig Heinrich) (11 October 1640 - 3 January 1674) wasthe Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern from 1653 until 1673.LifeLouis Henry was born in 1640 asthe only surviving son of Louis Philip, Count Palatine of Simmern-Kaiserslautern. He succeeded his fatherin 1655, and was under the regency of his mother, Marie Eleonore von Brandenburg, till 1658. He retiredfrom ruling in 1673. He died less than a year later, and was buried in the St-Stephan's Church inSimmern.MarriageLouis Henry married Maria of Orange-Nassau (5 September 1642 - 20 March 1688) in1666, daughter of the Dutch prince Frederick Henry. The marriage remained childless.Passage 4:John I,Count Palatine of SimmernJohn I (15 May 1459 – 27 January 1509) was the Count Palatine of Simmernfrom 1480 until 1509.John was born in 1459 to Frederick I, Count Palatine of Simmern. He marriedJoanna of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1464 - 1521) the daughter of Johann II of Nassau-Saarbrücken on 29September 1481. John died in Starkenburg in 1509 and was buried in Simmern.ChildrenWith Joanna ofNassau-Saarbrücken (1464 - 1521) (14 April 1464 – 7 May 1521)Frederick (1490)John II (21 March 1492– 18 May 1557)Frederick (1494–?)Passage 5:Sabina, Duchess of BavariaSabina, Duchess of Bavaria(1528–1578) was the daughter of John II, Count Palatine of Simmern and Beatrix of Baden.MarriageIn1544 she married Lamoral, Count of Egmont with whom she had twelve children. When her husband wasarrested and accused of treason in 1567, she wrote king Philip II, the king of Spain, a letter to plead forhis release. It was to no avail and he was decapitated in the following year. Sabina was buried inEgmont's crypt in Zottegem.ChildrenCharles, 7th Count of Egmont, Prince de Gavre: married to Marie deLens,  Lady of Aubigny.WidowhoodAfter her death in 1578, she was buried next to her husband inZottegem.Passage 6:Georg, Count Palatine of Simmern-SponheimGeorg (20 February 1518 – 17 May1569) was the Count Palatine of Simmern-Sponheim from 1559 until 1569.George was born in 1518 toJohann II, Count Palatine of Simmern. In 1559 his elder brother Frederick inherited the Electorate of thePalatinate and gave George his old territories inherited from his father in 1557. George married Elisabethof Hesse, daughter of Landgrave Wilhelm I, on 9 January 1541. George died in 1569 and was succeeded


Passage 1:Louise Elisabeth of CourlandLouise Elisabeth of Courland (12 August 1646 in Jelgava – 16December 1690 in Weferlingen) was Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg by marriage to Frederick II,Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg.LifeLouise Elisabeth was a daughter of Duke Jacob of Courland(1610-1662) from his marriage to Charlotte Louise (1617-1676), eldest daughter of Elector GeorgeWilliam of Brandenburg.On 23 October 1670 in Cölln, she married the later Landgrave Frederick II ofHesse-Homburg, the famous Prince of Homburg.  Frederick had converted to the Calvinist faith for thesake of their marriage.  This conversion brought him into closer relations with the princely houses inBrandenburg and Hesse-Kassel, who were also Calvinist.  Louise Elisabeth's sister Maria Amalia marriedLandgrave Charles of Hesse-Kassel in 1673.  Louise Elizabeth was a niece of Elector Frederick William ofBrandenburg.  This relationship allowed Frederick to join the Prussian army and become commander ofall the troops of the Electorate only two years later, in 1672.The Calvinist Louise Elisabeth played asignificant role in the settlement of displaced Huguenots and Waldenses in Friedrichsdorf andDornholzhausen in as well as in the formation of Calvinist congregations in Weferlingen and BadHomburg.IssueCharlotte Dorothea Sophia (1672–1738)married 1694 Johann Ernst III, Duke ofSaxe-Weimar (1664–1707)Frederick III Jacob (1673–1746), Landgrave of Hesse-Homburgmarried 1.1700 Princess Elisabeth Dorothea of Hesse-Darmstadt (1676–1721)married 2. 1728 Princess ChristianeCharlotte of Nassau-Ottweiler (1685–1761)Karl Christian (1674–1695), fell at the Siege of NamurHedwigLuise (1675–1760)married 1718 Count Adam Friedrich von Schlieben (1677–1752)Philipp (1676–1706),fell at the Battle of Speyerbach in the War of the Spanish SuccessionWilhelmine Maria(1678–1770)married 1711 Count Anton II of Aldenburg (1681–1738)Eleonore Margarete(1679–1763)Elisabeth Juliana Francisca (1681–1707)married 1702 Prince Frederick William Adolf, Princeof Nassau-Siegen (1680–1722)Johanna Ernestine (1682–1698)Ferdinand (born and died 1683)KarlFerdinand (1684–1688)Casimir William (1690–1726)Passage 2:Adelaide of HesseAdelaide of Hesse(Polish: Adelajda heska) (after 1323 – after May 26, 1371) was queen consort of Poland by marriage toCasimir III of Poland. She was daughter of Henry II, Landgrave of Hesse, and his wife Elisabeth ofThuringia, daughter of Frederick I, Margrave of Meissen. Adelaide was a member of the House ofHesse.BiographyShe was named after her paternal grandmother.Unhappy marriageOn September 29,1341, in Poznań, Adelaide married Casimir III the Great, King of Poland. The marriage was a result of anagreement between Casimir III and Luxemburgs.The marriage was Casimir's second marriage, after thedeath of his first wife, Aldona of Lithuania. Casimir had no male heir, though he had two daughters,Elizabeth and Kunigunde. On September 29, 1341, Adelaide was crowned in Poznań Cathedral. Themarriage was an unhappy one, Casimir started living separately from Adelaide soon after theirmarriage.AnnulmentTheir loveless marriage lasted until 1356. Casimir separated from Adelaide andmarried his mistress Christina. Christina was the widow of Miklusz Rokiczani, a wealthy merchant. Thebigamy and his womanizing got Casimir into severe trouble with the clergy.Casimir continued living withChristina despite complaints by Pope Innocent VI on behalf of Adelaide. The marriage lasted until1363/1364 when Casimir again declared himself divorced. They had no children. The marriage toAdelaide was annulled in 1368. Then Casimir married his fourth wife, Jadwiga (Hedwig) of Żagań.Thismarriage produced another three daughters.With Adelaide still alive and Christina possibly as well, themarriage to Jadwiga was also considered bigamous. The legitimacy of the three last daughters wasdisputed. Casimir managed to have two of his daughters, Anna and Kunigunde, legitimatized by PopeUrban V on December 5, 1369. Jadwiga the younger, was legitimatized by Pope Gregory XI on October 1,1371.Later lifeAfter the annulment of her marriage, Adelaide went back home to Hesse. She spent therest of her life in Hesse.After her ex-husband's death, she fought for her property rights. She intervenedin this case to Pope Gregory XI. On May 26, 1371, the Pope urged King Louis to give back her property.Inpopular cultureFilmQueen Adelaide is one of the main characters in the second season of Polish historicalTV drama series "Korona Królów" ("The Crown of the Kings"). She is played by AleksandraPrzesław.Further readingBalzer Oswald: Genealogia Piastów. Kraków 1895, p. 386-387.Paszkiewicz H.:


Passage 1:The Grey Lady(The) Grey Lady or (The) Gray Lady may refer to:FilmsThe Grey Lady (film), 1937 German film also known as Sherlock Holmes: The Grey LadyGrey Lady (film), 2017 American film directed by John SheaFolkloreGrey Lady, a ghost reputed to haunt Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire, EnglandGrey Lady, a ghost reputed to haunt Theatre Royal, Bath, EnglandGrey Lady, a ghost reputed to haunt Fort St. Angelo, Birgu, MaltaThe Grey Lady, a spirit reputed to haunt Cumberland College, in Dunedin, New ZealandThe Gray Lady Ghost, reputed to haunt the old parsonage in Sims, North Dakota, United StatesThe Grey Lady, a ghost reputed to haunt the Dark Hedges, County Antrim, Northern IrelandThe Grey Lady, a ghost reputed to haunt Gainsborough Old Hall, Lincolnshire, EnglandEntertainmentThe Gray Lady, a spirit from GhostbustersThe Grey Lady, a character in The Good WitchThe Grey Lady, a character in Harry Potter; see Hogwarts staffOther usesMV Grey Lady, American catamaran ferryA member of the Gray Ladies, volunteers working with the American Red Cross in WWIIThe Gray Lady, a nickname for The New York TimesSee alsoThe Old Grey Lady, a nickname for Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama, USThe Little Grey Lady of the Sea, a nickname for Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, USPassage 2:Governor GreyGovernor Grey or Gray may refer to:Charles Edward Grey (1785–1865), Governor of Barbados from 1841 to 1846 and Governor of Jamaica from 1847 to 1853George Grey (1812–1898), Governor of South Australia from 1841 to 1845, Governor of New Zealand 1845 to 1854 and from 1861 to 1868, and Governor of Cape Colony from 1854 to 1861Isaac P. Gray (1828–1895), 18th and 20th Governor of the U.S. state of IndianaMatthew Gray (Governor of Bombay) (fl. 1670s), acting Governor of Bombay from 1669 to 1672Ralph Grey, Baron Grey of Naunton (1910–1999), Governor of British Guiana from 1958 to 1964, Governor of the Bahamas from 1964 to 1968, and Governor of Northern Ireland from 1968 to 1973William Grey (governor) (1818–1878), Governor of Jamaica from 1874 to 1877Governor Grey (horse), second-place finisher in the 1911 Kentucky DerbyPassage 3:The Little Gray LadyThe Little Gray Lady is a lost 1914 silent film drama directed by Francis Powers and starring Jane Grey of the Broadway stage. It was produced by Adolph Zukor continuing his making films with Broadway actors and stars, hence the name of his company Famous Players Film Company.CastJane Grey as Anna GrayJames Cooley as Perry CarlyleJane Fearnley as Ruth JordanHal Clarendon as Sam MeadeJulia Walcott as Mrs. JordanRobert Cummings as Richard GrahamMathaleen Aarnold as Mrs. GrahamEdgar Davenport as John MooreSue Balfour as Mrs. CarlylePassage 4:Gray Lady DownGray Lady Down is a 1978 American submarine disaster film directed by David Greene and starring Charlton Heston, David Carradine, Stacy Keach, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox and Rosemary Forsyth, and includes the feature film debut of Michael O'Keefe and Christopher Reeve. It is based on David Lavallee's 1971 novel Event 1000.PlotAging, respected Captain Paul Blanchard is on his final submarine tour before promotion to command of a submarine squadron (COMSUBRON). Surfaced and returning to port, the submarine, USS Neptune, is struck by a Norwegian freighter en route to New York in heavy fog. With the engine room flooded and its main propulsion disabled, the Neptune sinks to a depth of 1,450 feet (440 meters) or approx. 241.6 fathoms) on a canyon ledge above the ocean floor. A United States Navy rescue force, commanded by Captain Hal Bennett, arrives on the scene, but Neptune is subsequently rolled by a gravity slide to a greater angle that does not allow the Navy's Deep-submergence rescue vehicle (DSRV) to complete its work. As technical malfunctions increase, the submarine's sections get flooded and men die, crewmen have nervous breakdowns and tensions grow between the commanding officers.A small experimental submersible, Snark, is brought in to assist with the rescue. Snark is very capable, but run by a U.S. Navy officer misfit, Captain Don Gates. The tiny submersible is the only hope for a rescue. Ultimately, the surviving members of the crew are rescued by the DSRV, thanks to Gates sacrificing himself by using the Snark to jam the Neptune in place as another gravity slide begins while the rescue is taking place. Moments later the gravity slide pushes the Neptune and the Snark off the ledge and into the ocean's abyss. The film ends with a somber Blanchard climbing out of the DSRV and being welcomed aboard the rescue ship USS Pigeon by Bennett and his officers.CastCharlton Heston as Captain Paul BlanchardDavid Carradine as Captain Don GatesStacy Keach as Captain Hal BennettNed Beatty as


Passage 1:Steven TaylorSteven or Steve Taylor may refer to:Steve Taylor (missiologist) (born 1968),New Zealand theologianSteve Taylor (psychologist) (born 1967), English author and lecturer inpsychologySteven John Taylor, American singer and keyboardist for the band Rogue WaveSteve Taylor(politician) (born 1956), American politician and Delaware state legislatorSteven W. Taylor (born 1949),American politician and Oklahoma Supreme Court justiceSteve Taylor (footballer) (born 1955), Englishfootballer in The Football LeagueSteve Taylor (born 1957), American singer, songwriter and filmdirectorSteve Taylor & The Perfect Foil, a supergroup led by Steve TaylorSteven Taylor (cricketer, born1963) (born 1963), English cricketerSteve Taylor (Canadian football) (born 1967), quarterbackStevenTaylor (American cricketer) (born 1993), American cricketerSteven Taylor (footballer) (born 1986),English footballerSteve Taylor, the narrator for the YouTube channel KurzgesagtJohn Mahan(1851–1883), also known as Steve Taylor, Irish-born American bare-knuckle boxer and pugilistFictionalcharactersSteven Taylor (Doctor Who), one of the First Doctor's companionsSteve Taylor, a character inthe 2008 British slasher movie Eden LakeSee alsoStephen Taylor (disambiguation)List of people withsurname TaylorPassage 2:Steven ParkerSteven Parker may refer to:Steven Parker (defensive back) (born1995), American football playerSteven Parker, military police officer whose actions were the subject ofthe U.S. Supreme Court case Saucier v. KatzSteven Parker, co-creator of the website NeowinStevenChristopher Parker (born 1989), actorSteven J. Parker (died 2009), Boston pediatrician and co-author ofthe 7th edition of The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child CareSee alsoStephen Parker(disambiguation)Steve Parker (disambiguation)Passage 3:Steven EllisSteven or Steve Ellis may referto:Steve Ellis (comics) (born 1971), American comic book artist and illustratorSteve Ellis (musician) (born1950), English singerSteve Ellis (literary scholar) (born 1952), British literary scholar and poetSteve Ellis(rower) (born 1968), British lightweight rowerSteven J. R. Ellis (born 1974), Australian archaeologistSeealsoStephen Ellis (disambiguation)Passage 4:Stephen GriffithsStephen or Steve Griffiths may referto:Stephen Shaun Griffiths (born 1969), convicted of the Bradford murders in 2010Steve Griffiths(footballer) (1914–1998), English footballerSteve Griffiths (athlete) (born 1964), Jamaican sprinterSteveGriffiths (rugby union) (born 1973), English-born Scotland rugby union playerSteven Griffiths (born1962), Australian politicianSteven Griffiths (cricketer) (born 1973), English cricketerPassage 5:StephenPalmerStephen or Steve Palmer is the name of: Steve Palmer (footballer) (born 1968), EnglishfootballerStephen Palmer (orienteer), British orienteerStephen Palmer, guitarist with The HighStrungPassage 6:Steve BarancikSteve Barancik (born September 23, 1961, in Chicago, Illinois) is ascreenwriter whose first screenplay, Buffalo Girls, was filmed and released as The Last Seduction in 1994.The film premiered as an HBO movie before going on shortly after to art house success. Actress LindaFiorentino received notoriety for playing the movie's femme fatale, Bridget Gregory/Wendy Kroy, andBarancik was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award for best mystery/crime screenplay of1994.Barancik received critical acclaim for his screenplay for The Last Seduction. James Berardinellicalled his dialogue "scintillating, often hilarious, and occasionally insightful", while Variety said hisdevelopment of the narrative "is very skillful and original". The Washington Post claimed it was "aviciously funny first screenplay" from Barancik, and Kim Newman of Empire called his screenplay"superb". Barancik worked steadily in the industry but with little to show for it until receiving sharedscreenplay credit for 2002's No Good Deed. He also received shared story credit for 2005's Domino.Barancik is also the founder and a regular performer in Monolog Cabin, a group featuring writersperforming comedic personal essays, which performs at Club Congress in Tucson, Arizona. He hasdeveloped a website devoted to the subject of quality children's books and another to collecting theexperiences of authors who have self-published.Passage 7:Steven RobertsSteven or Steve Roberts mayrefer to:Steven K. Roberts (born 1952), American journalist, writer, cyclist, archivist, and explorerStevenV. Roberts (born 1943), American journalist and writerSteven Roberts (British Army soldier) (died 2003),first British soldier to die in the 2003 invasion of IraqSteve Roberts (American football) (born 1964),college football coach at Arkansas State UniversitySteve Roberts (comics), British comics artistSteve


Passage 1:Ian Barry (director)Ian Barry is an Australian director of film and TV.Select creditsWaiting forLucas (1973) (short)Stone (1974) (editor only)The Chain Reaction (1980)Whose Baby? (1986)(mini-series)Minnamurra (1989)Bodysurfer (1989) (mini-series)Ring of Scorpio (1990)(mini-series)Crimebroker (1993)Inferno (1998) (TV movie)Miss Lettie and Me (2002) (TV movie)NotQuite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008) (documentary)The Doctor BlakeMysteries (2013)Passage 2:Peter LevinPeter Levin is an American director of film, television andtheatre.CareerSince 1967, Levin has amassed a large number of credits directing episodic television andtelevision films. Some of his television series credits include Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, James at15, The Paper Chase, Family, Starsky & Hutch, Lou Grant, Fame, Cagney & Lacey, Law & Order andJudging Amy.Some of his television film credits include Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case (1980), AReason to Live (1985), Popeye Doyle (1986), A Killer Among Us (1990), Queen Sized (2008) and amongother films. He directed "Heart in Hiding", written by his wife Audrey Davis Levin, for which she receivedan Emmy for Best Day Time Special in the 1970s.Prior to becoming a director, Levin worked as an actorin several Broadway productions. He costarred with Susan Strasberg in "[The Diary of Ann Frank]" buthad to leave the production when he was drafted into the Army. He trained at the Carnegie MellonUniversity. Eventually becoming a theatre director, he directed productions at the Long Wharf Theatreand the Pacific Resident Theatre Company. He also co-founded the off-off-Broadway Theatre [theHardware Poets Playhouse] with his wife Audrey Davis Levin and was also an associate artist of TheInteract Theatre Company.Passage 3:John Farrell (businessman)John Farrell is the director of YouTube inLatin America.EducationFarrell holds a joint MBA degree from the University of Texas at Austin andInstituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM).CareerHis business career began atSkytel, and later at Iridium as head of Business Development, in Washington DC, where he supported thedesign and launched the first satellite location service in the world and established internationaldistribution agreements.He co-founded Adetel, the first company to provide internet access to residentialcommunities and businesses in Mexico. After becoming General Manager of Adetel, he developed apartnership with TV Azteca in order to create the first internet access prepaid card in the country knownas the ToditoCard.  Later in his career, John Farrell worked for Televisa in Mexico City as Director ofBusiness Development for Esmas.com. There he established a strategic alliance with a leadingtelecommunications provider to launch co-branded Internet and telephone services. He also led initialefforts to launch social networking services, leveraging Televisa’s content and mediachannels.GoogleFarrel joined Google in 2004 as Director of Business Development for Asia and LatinAmerica. On April 7, 2008, he was promoted to the position of General Manager for Google Mexico,replacing Alonso Gonzalo. He is now director of YouTube in Latin America, responsible for developingaudiences, managing partnerships and growing Google’s video display business. John is also part ofGoogle’s Latin America leadership management team and contributes to Google’s strategy in the region.He is Vice President of the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau), a member of the AMIPCI (MexicanInternet Association) Advisory Board, an active Endeavor mentor, and member of YPO.Passage 4:BrianKennedy (gallery director)Brian Patrick Kennedy (born 5 November 1961) is an Irish-born art museumdirector who has worked in Ireland and Australia, and now lives and works in the United States.  He wasthe director of the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem for 17 months, resigning December 31, 2020. Hewas the director of the Toledo Museum of Art in Ohio from 2010 to 2019. He was the director of the HoodMuseum of Art from 2005 to 2010, and the National Gallery of Australia (Canberra) from 1997 to2004.CareerBrian Kennedy currently lives and works in the United States after leaving Australia in 2005to direct the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College. In October 2010 he became the ninth Director ofthe Toledo Museum of Art. On 1 July 2019, he succeeded Dan Monroe as the executive director and CEOof the Peabody Essex Museum.Early life and career in IrelandKennedy was born in Dublin and attendedClonkeen College. He received B.A. (1982), M.A. (1985) and PhD (1989) degrees from UniversityCollege-Dublin, where he studied both art history and history.He worked in the Irish Department of


Passage 1:Ahmet BozerAhmet C. Bozer (born 1960) is a Turkish business executive. He is executive vicepresident and president of Coca-Cola International, which consists of The Coca-Cola Company's AsiaPacific, Europe, Eurasia & Africa, and Latin America operations.Early yearsBozer was born to Ali Bozer, anacademic of Commercial Law and politician, 1960 in Istanbul, Turkey. He finished TED Ankara Koleji andstudied Business Administration at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara. Later, he earned a MBAdegree in Business Information Systems from Georgia State University.CareerAfter beginning as aconsultant and instructor, Bozer was employed by Coopers and Lybrand, where he had various roles inaudit, consultancy and management in the five years there.In 1990, he joined Coca-Cola USA as FinancialControl Manager at the company's headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. Bozer was appointed Region FinanceManager at the Turkish Enterprise in 1992.He was Finance Director and Deputy Managing Director of TheCoca-Cola Company Bottling Operations in Turkey from 1994 to 1999. After serving as the ManagingDirector of Coca-Cola Bottlers of Turkey (CCBT), Bozer became the President of Eurasia & Middle EastDivision based in Istanbul, Turkey on January 1, 2006. On July 1, 2007, he was appointed President ofthe Eurasia and Africa Group, which comprises a total of more than 90 countries, and served untilDecember 31, 2012. In 2013, he became Executive Vice President and President of Coca-ColaInternational.Passage 2:Carl WareCarl Ware (born 1943, Newnan, Georgia) is an American businessman.He is a retired executive vice-president of The Coca-Cola Company.BiographyEarly lifeCarl Ware holds abachelor's degree in political science from Clark College, a master's degree in Public Administration fromthe Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, and is a 1991graduate of the Harvard Business School's International Senior Management Program.CareerHe waselected to the Atlanta City Council in 1973 and served as president of the Council from 1976 until 1979.In1979, he was named Vice President of Special Markets for Coca-Cola USA, with responsibility forexpanding African-American and Hispanic marketing and advertising programs. In 1982, Ware waspromoted to Vice President of Urban Affairs. In 1986, he was elected Senior Vice President of Coca-Cola.Ware was named Deputy Group President, Northeast Europe and Africa in 1991, and was appointedpresident of the Africa Group in 1993.He was elected a director of Chevron Corporation in 2001. He is aformer senior adviser to the chief executive officer of The Coca-Cola Co., a position he held from 2003 to2006. He also sits on the board of directors of the Council on Foreign Relations and GeorgiaPower.Passage 3:Frank Mason RobinsonFrank Mason Robinson (September 12, 1845 – July 8, 1923) wasan important early marketer and advertiser of what became known as Coca-Cola.CareerDuring the winterof 1885, Robinson and his business partner, David Doe, came to the South in order to sell a machine theyinvented called a "chromatic printing device" which had the capability to produce two colors in oneimprint. Upon arrival in Atlanta, Robinson and David Doe approached Dr. John S. Pemberton, a chemistand pharmacist, and struck a deal. In 1886 Frank Robinson officially settled in Atlanta where a newbusiness was made called the Pemberton Chemical Company consisting of Robinson, Pemberton, DavidDoe and Pemberton's old partner, Ed Holland.Coca-ColaPemberton was experimenting with a medicinalformula which included coca leaves and kola nuts as sources of its ingredients. Robinson, who served asbookkeeper and partner to Pemberton, gave the syrup formula the name Coca-Cola, where Coca camefrom the coca leaves used and Cola for the kola nuts. The name Coca-Cola was also chosen "because itwas euphonious, and on account of my familiarity with such names as 'S.S.S; and 'B.B.B'" said Robinsonhimself. He was also responsible for writing the Coca-Cola name in Spencerian script which was popularwith bookkeepers of the era and remains one of the most recognized trademarks in the world. Theformula was introduced in May 1886 at the Jacobs Pharmacy in Atlanta. It sold 25 US gallons (95 L) thefirst year. The next year sales increased to 1,049 US gallons (3,970 L). In 1888 Pemberton sold theformula to Asa G. Candler, another Atlanta pharmacist and businessman, for a total investment of $2,300before Pemberton died. Coca-Cola was granted a charter in 1892 and became the official GeorgiaCorporation named the Coca-Cola Company with Asa G. Candler, his brother John S. Candler, Frank M.Robinson and two other associates.  Robinson served as treasurer and secretary and changed the


Passage 1:Michael NozikMichael Nozik is an American film producer. He won a BAFTA award for TheMotorcycle Diaries in the category of 'Best Film Not in the English Language' in 2004. His credits alsoinclude Love in the Time of Cholera, Syriana, Quiz Show, and The Legend of BaggerVance.FilmographyHe was a producer in all films unless otherwise noted.FilmProduction managerLocationmanagementSecond unit director or assistant directorThanksTelevisionProduction managerPassage 2:TheLegend of Ero of ArmenteiraThe legend of Saint Ero of Armenteira. The romanic monastery of Armenteirahas always been related to the legend of its founder, the abbot Ero.The miracle of Saint MaryOnce upon atime in the 12th century, a knight named Don Ero lived with his wife in his palace in Armenteira, abeautiful natural setting located in the slopes of Mount Castrove, in the Province of Pontevedra (Galicia,Spain).Don Ero and his wife were not able to have children, so they kept asking God to send them somedescendants. God answered their prayers with the revelation that they would only have spiritual descent.For this reason they decided to found their own monasteries. Don Ero founded Santa María deArmenteira, right there in his lands.He requested help from Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, the founder of theCistercian order, who sent him four monks to start the monastery. Years later, he became the abbot ofthe monastery himself.Ero the Abbot was always begging the Virgin Mary to show him just a little visionof what the divine grace would be like. He longed for the day when he would be able to understand theconcept of paradise bliss, however he lived under the impression that his beloved Virgin did not listen tohis prayers.One day, he decided to go for a walk around the woods that surrounded the monastery,  abeautiful setting full of pine trees, oaks and other native species. He took a rest and sat on a stone.Suddenly, the joyous chirp of a bird caught his attention. He sat there for a while, listening,  entranced bythe peace and beauty that the bird's singing brought to his soul.Not long after that, he headed back to hismonastery, since it was already getting dark and he did not want his brethren to worry about him. Whenhe knocked at the door of the monastery, he was received by a monk completely unknown to him.Distrustful, the monk asked him who he was. When he answered him that he was the abbot Ero, themonk, bewildered, started to call his brothers, not sure if the man was in his right mind. Ero told themwho he was and what he had been doing. When the brethren explained what year they were in, Erorealized to his astonishment that three hundred years had passed by! And suddenly, he became awarethat what he thought to have been only three minutes listening to a bird sing, had really been threehundred  years contemplating the glory of paradise. Virgin Mary had finally granted him hiswish.Popularity of the legendThis legend, related to others of similar content related to the Celtictradition, became really popular in the 13th century when the King Alfonso X the Wise included it in hisfamous Cantigas de Santa Maria, a recompilation of miracles attributed to Virgin Mary. He dedicated hiscantiga (poem or song)  number 103 to the legend of Saint Ero.The great Galician writer Ramón María delValle Inclán also contributed to spreading the legend by including it in his work “Aromas de Leyenda”(1907), a collection of 14 poems inspired in several Galician traits like scenery, traditions andsuperstitions.Passage 3:The Odd Couple IIThe Odd Couple II is a 1998 American buddy comedy film andthe sequel to the 1968 film The Odd Couple. It was the final film written and produced by Neil Simon, andstarring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau. Released nearly three decades later, it is unique amongsequels for having one of the longest gaps between the release of both films in which all leads return. TheOdd Couple II premiered on April 10, 1998, and was a critical and commercial failure, grossing less thanhalf than its predecessor at the box office.PlotIt has been seventeen years since Oscar Madison and FelixUngar have seen one another. Oscar is still hosting a regular poker game and is still an untidy slob, nowliving in Sarasota, Florida, but still a sportswriter. One day, he is called by his son Brucey with aninvitation to California for his wedding the following Sunday. A second shock for Oscar—the woman hisson is marrying is Felix's daughter, Hannah.On the flight from New York to Los Angeles, it becomes clearthat Felix has not changed his ways—he is still a fussy, allergy-suffering neat freak nuisance. Oscar andFelix are reunited at the airport and very happy to be together again after 17 years of separation—atleast for a couple of minutes. They share a rental car to San Malina for the wedding. however the trip


Passage 1:Kekuiapoiwa IIKekuiapoiwa II was a Hawaiian chiefess and the mother of the king Kamehameha I.BiographyShe was named after her aunt Kekuiapoiwa Nui (also known as Kekuiapoiwa I), the wife of King Kekaulike of Maui.Her father was High Chief Haae, the son of Chiefess Kalanikauleleiaiwi and High Chief Kauaua-a-Mahi of the Mahi family of the Kohala district of Hawaii island, and brother of Alapainui. Her mother was Princess Kekelakekeokalani-a-Keawe (also known as Kekelaokalani), daughter of the same Kalanikauleleiaiwi and Keaweīkekahialiiokamoku, king of Hawaii. Her mother had been sought after by many who wished to marry into the Keawe line. She was the niece of Alapainui through both her father and mother.She married the High Chief Keōua to whom she had been betrothed since childhood. Through her double grandmother Kalanikauleleiaiwi, Keōua's own paternal grandmother, she was the double cousin of Keōua. When her uncle was staying at Kohala superintending the collection of his fleet and warriors from the different districts of the island preparatory to the invasion of Maui, in the month of Ikuwa (probably winter) Kamehameha was born probably in November 1758.: 135–136   He had his birth ceremony at the Mookini Heiau, an ancient temple which is preserved in Kohala Historical Sites State Monument.Many stories are told about the birth of Kamehameha.One says that when Kekuiapoiwa was pregnant with Kamehameha, she had a craving for the eyeball of a chief. She was given the eyeball of a man-eating shark and the priests prophesied that this meant the child would be a rebel and a killer of chiefs. Alapainui, the old ruler of the island of Hawaii, secretly made plans to have the newborn infant killed.Kekuiapoiwa's time came on a stormy night in the Kohala district, when a strange star with a tail of white fire appeared in the western sky. This could have been Halley's Comet which appeared near the end of 1758. According to one legend, the baby was passed through a hole in the side of Kekuiapoiwa's thatched hut to a local Kohala chief named Naeole, who carried the child to safety at Awini  on the island's north coast. By the time the infant in Naeole's care was five, Alapainui had accepted him back into his household.After Kamehameha, Kekuiapoiwa bore a second son, Keliimaikai. A few years later, Keōua died in Hilo, and the family moved with Alapainui to an area near Kawaihae, where she married a chief of the Kona district (and her uncle) Kamanawa.She had one daughter, Piipii Kalanikaulihiwakama, from this second husband, who would later become an important military ally of Kamehameha, who was both step son and cousin through several relationships. Piipii became first the wife of Keholoikalani, the father of her son Kanihonui, and later she married Kaikioewa, who she had a daughter Kuwahine with.: 18Kamehameha dynastyPassage 2:Billy MilanoBilly Milano (born June 3, 1964) is an American heavy metal and hardcore punk musician. He is the singer and occasionally guitarist and bassist of crossover thrash band M.O.D., and was the singer of its predecessor, Stormtroopers of Death. Prior to these bands, Milano played in early New York hardcore band the Psychos, which also launched the career of future Agnostic Front vocalist Roger Miret. Milano was also the singer of United Forces, which included his Stormtroopers of Death bandmate Dan Lilker. Milano managed a number of bands, including Agnostic Front, for whom he also co-produced the 1997 Epitaph Records release Something's Gotta Give and roadie for Anthrax.DiscographyStormtroopers of Death albumsStormtroopers of Death videosMethod of Destruction (M.O.D.)MasteryPassage 3:Bernie BonvoisinBernard Bonvoisin (French pronunciation: [bna b̃vwaz̃]), known as Bernie Bonvoisin (French pronunciation: [bni b̃vwaz̃], born 9 July 1956 in Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine), is a French hard rock singer and film director. He is best known for having been the singer of Trust.He was one of the best friends of Bon Scott the singer of AC/DC and together they recorded the song "Ride On" which was one of the last songs by Bon Scott.External linksBernie Bonvoisin at IMDbPassage 4:Robin ThickeRobin Alan Thicke (born March 10, 1977)  is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. He is best known for his 2013 hit single " Blurred Lines" (featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams), which is one of the best-selling singles of all time. At the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, he received nominations for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.Thicke is a son of actress Gloria Loring and actor Alan Thicke. He has collaborated with numerous artists, such as Nicki Minaj, Nas, 3T, T.I., Christina Aguilera, Jessie J, K. Michelle, Pharrell, DJ Cassidy, Usher, Jennifer Hudson, Flo Rida, Brandy, Kid Cudi, Mary J. Blige, Emily Ratajkowski and


Passage 1:Conaire CóemConaire Cóem ("the beautiful"), son of Mug Láma, son of Coirpre Crou-Chend, son of Coirpre Firmaora, son of Conaire Mór, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, the 111th High King of Ireland. He came to power on the death of his father-in-law Conn Cétchathach, and ruled for seven or eight years, at the end of which he was killed by Nemed, son of Sroibcenn, in the battle of Gruitine. He was succeeded by Conn's son Art.Time frameThe Lebor Gabála Érenn synchronises his reign with that of the Roman emperor Commodus (180–192). The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to 136–143, that of the Annals of the Four Masters to 157–165.IssueConaire had three sons by Conn's daughter Saraid. From his third son came the Síl Conairi, named after Conaire Cóem himself or his ancestor Conaire Mór.Cairpre Músc, ancestor of the Múscraige and Corcu DuibneCairpre Baschaín, ancestor of the Corcu BaiscindCairpre Riata, ancestor of the Dál RiataPassage 2:Guillaume WittouckGuillaume Wittouck (1749 - 1829) was a Belgian lawyer and High Magistrate. He was the Grandfather of industrialist Paul Wittouck and of Belgian navigator Guillaume Delcourt.BiographyGuillaume Wittouck, born in Drogenbos on 30 October 1749 and died in Brussels on 12 June 1829, lawyer at the Brabant Council, became Counselor at the Supreme Court of Brabant in 1791. During the Brabant Revolution, he sided with the Vonckists, who were in favor of new ideas. When Belgium joined France, he became substitute for the commissioner of the Directory at the Civil Court of the Department of the Dyle, then under the consulate, in 1800, judge at the Brussels Court of Appeal, then from 1804 to 1814, under the Empire, counselor at the Court of Appeal of Brussels, then advisor to the Superior Court of Brussels. He married in Brussels (Church of Saint Nicolas) on 29 June 1778, Anne Marie Cools, born in Gooik on 25 January 1754, died in Brussels on 11 April 1824, daughter of Jean Cools and Adrienne Galmaert descendants of the Seven Noble Houses of Brussels.Guillaume Wittouck acquired on 28th Floreal of the year VIII (18 May 1800) the castle of Petit-Bigard in Leeuw-Saint-Pierre with a field of one hundred hectares. Petit-Bigard will remain the home of the elder branch until its sale in 1941.Passage 3:Coirpre mac FogartaigCoirpre mac Fogartaig (died 771) was a King of Brega of the Uí Chernaig sept of Lagore of the Síl nÁedo Sláine branch of the southern Ui Neill. He was the son of the high king Fogartach mac Néill (died 724).He is not listed in the poem on the Síl nÁedo Sláine rulers in the Book of Leinster, however at his death obit in the annals for 771 he is called King of Brega. His accession to the rule of the Uí Chernaig sept in south Brega cannot be dated with certainty. His brother Fergus mac Fogartaig (died 751) is called King of South Brega at his death obit. The annals then record the deaths of his cousin Domnall mac Áeda in 759 and his brother Finsnechta mac Fogartaig in 761 with no titles. As for his accession to all of Brega, the death of the Brega king Dúngal mac Amalgado of the rival northern Uí Chonaing sept of Cnogba (Knowth) occurred in 759.Coirpre is first mentioned in the annals with regard to the death of his son Cellach, who was killed by robbers in 767. Then Coirpre is driven into exile in 769 by Donnchad Midi (died 797) of the rival southern Ui Neill branch of Clann Cholmáin based in Mide. A battle had been fought between the men of Mide and Brega in 766. The year after Coirpre's exile the men of southern Brega were defeated at the Battle of Bolgg Bóinne in 770 and two members of the sept were slain, Cernach mac Flainn (a grandson of Fogartach) and Flaithbertach mac Flainn as well as the vassal king Uarchride mac Baeth of the Deisi Brega. This was in conjunction with a campaign of Donnchad Midi versus Leinster and may have been part of that or Donnchad may have defeated the men of southern Brega on is way home. Coirpre then reappears in the year 771 at his death obit with the title King of Brega.NotesSee alsoKings of BregaPassage 4:Fogartach mac NéillFogartach Mac'Artain (died 724), sometimes called Fogartach ua Cernaich, was an Irish king who is reckoned a High King of Ireland. He belonged to the Uí Chernaig sept of the Síl nÁedo Sláine branch of the southern Uí Néill. He was King of Brega and was the son of Niall mac Cernaig Sotal (died 701) and great-grandson of the high king Diarmait mac Áedo Sláine (died 665).King of BregaFogartach may be identified with the "Focortoch" who signed as a guarantor of the Cáin Adomnáin at Birr in 697.The earliest report of him in the Irish annals is his flight from the battlefield at the Battle of Claenath (Clane, Co. Kildare) in 704 following the defeat of a number of southern Uí Néill kings by Cellach Cualann (died 715), King of Leinster.In 714, Fogartach was deposed as king of Brega and exiled in Britain.


Passage 1:Henry Bryant (naturalist)Henry Bryant (May 12, 1820 – February 2, 1867) was an American physician and naturalist.Early lifeBryant was born in Boston, and graduated from Harvard University in 1840, and then followed this from a degree at Harvard Medical School in 1843. Following this, he went to Paris to study medicine, but his health broke down while researching at a Paris hospital. In order to restore his health, he joined the French army in Algeria as a surgeon. In October 1847, Bryant returned to Boston to work with Dr. Henry Jacob Bigelow as a surgeon, but after a few months his health broke down again. After being forced to abandon medicine because of ill health, Bryant turned to natural history, especially ornithology, which was a childhood passion. Bryant visited nearby Cohasset, Massachusetts for one of his first collecting trips, but he seriously injured his stomach from a fall while landing his boat. After his recovery, he decided to push himself further in an attempt to strengthen his body. His collecting trips became more frequent and more far flung.Civil War serviceBryant took a break from natural history to volunteer as a surgeon during the American Civil War. He accepted an appointment as a surgeon for the 20th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which was also known as "The Harvard Regiment." By September 1861, Bryant was promoted to brigade surgeon. Soon after, he served on the staff of General Frederick W. Lander until March 2, 1862, when the general died of pneumonia.After Lander's death, Bryant was appointed Medical Director for General James Shield, a future senator. While serving as this post, Bryant fell off his horse so hard that his knee was nearly amputated. Despite the pain, he continued his duties. In the middle of 1862, he was placed in charge of organizing several hospitals, including Cliffburn Hospital and Lincoln Hospital. However, his mental and physical health collapsed again, and he resigned his commission in May 1863.Life after the Civil WarAfter the Civil War ended, Bryant made several trips to France, including to purchase the Frédéric de Lafresnaye collection of birds in 1865, which he presented to the Boston Society of Natural History. This collection contained nearly 9,000 mostly non-American specimen. The unpacking and remounting of the specimen was conducted by younger naturalists, including Charles Johnson Maynard, and took about a year to complete.In addition to his visits to France, Bryant collected birds in Florida, the Bahamas, Ontario and Labrador, North Carolina, Cuba, Jamaica and Puerto Rico. He was one of the first American ornithologists in the Caribbean.He died in Puerto Rico on February 2, 1867 during a brief illness on a collecting trip.Passage 2:Abd al-MuttalibShayba ibn Hāshim (Arabic:   ; c. 497–578), better known as Abd al-Mualib, (Arabic:  , lit. 'Servant of Muttalib') was the fourth chief of the Quraysh tribal confederation. He was the grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.Early lifeHis father was Hashim ibn 'Abd Manaf,: 81 the progenitor of the distinguished Banu Hashim, a clan of the Quraysh tribe of Mecca. They claimed descent from Ismā'īl and Ibrāhīm. His mother was Salma bint Amr, from the Banu Najjar, a clan of the Khazraj tribe in Yathrib (later called Madinah). Hashim died while doing business in Gaza, before Abd al-Muttalib was born.: 81 His real name was "Shaiba" meaning 'the ancient one' or 'white-haired' because of the streak of white through his jet-black hair, and is sometimes also called Shaybah al-amd ("The white streak of praise").: 81–82 After his father's death he was raised in Yathrib with his mother and her family until about the age of eight, when his uncle Muttalib ibn Abd Manaf went to see him and asked his mother Salmah to entrust Shaybah to his care. Salmah was unwilling to let her son go and Shaiba refused to leave his mother without her consent. Mualib then pointed out that the possibilities Yathrib had to offer were incomparable to Mecca. Salmah was impressed with his arguments, so she agreed to let him go. Upon first arriving in Mecca, the people assumed the unknown child was Muttalib's servant and started calling him 'Abd al-Muttalib ("servant of Muttalib").: 85–86Chieftain of Hashim clanWhen Mualib died, Shaiba succeeded him as the chief of the Hāshim clan. Following his uncle Al-Mualib, he took over the duties of providing the pilgrims with food and water, and carried on the practices of his forefathers with his people. He attained such eminence as none of his forefathers enjoyed; his people loved him and his reputation was great among them.: 61 'Umar ibn Al-Khaāb's grandfather Nufayl ibn Abdul Uzza arbitrated in a dispute between 'Abdul-Mualib and arb ibn Umayyah, Abu Sufyan's father, over the custodianship of the Kaaba. Nufayl gave his verdict in favour of 'Abdul-Mualib. Addressing arb ibn


Passage 1:John VI, Duke of MecklenburgJohn VI, Duke of Mecklenburg (1439–1474) was a Duke ofMecklenburg.LifeJohn was the second son of Henry IV, Duke of Mecklenburg, and his wife Dorothea,daughter of Elector Frederick I of Brandenburg.His earliest documented official act (jointly with thefather) was in 1451.  In 1464 he ruled an apanage of several districts jointly with his brother Albert VI,but did not participate actively in administering them.In 1472, John VI was engaged to Sophie, thedaughter of Duke Eric II of Pomerania.  The marriage was set to be celebrated in 1474.  However, JohnVI died before the marriage took place.  The exact date of his death is unknown; he is last mentioned in adocument dated 20 May 1474.His last illness was contracted on a journey to Franconia to visit his uncleElector Albrecht III Achilles of Brandenburg.  In Kulmbach, he was infected with the plague and died.  Hewas probably buried in Poor Clares monastery in Hof.External linksGenealogical table of the House ofMecklenburgPassage 2:Eric II, Duke of MecklenburgEric II, Duke of Mecklenburg (German: Erich II.,Herzog zu Mecklenburg; 3 September 1483 – 21/22 December 1508) was Duke of Mecklenburg, a son ofMagnus II, Duke of Mecklenburg, and his wife Sophie of Pomerania-Stettin.Eric ruledMecklenburg-Schwerin jointly with his brothers Henry V and Albert VII and his uncle Balthasar after hisfather's death on 27 December 1503.  Eric himself probably died on 21 December or 22 December 1508.He was buried in the Doberan Minster in Bad Doberan. He never married and died childless.Passage3:John I, Duke of Mecklenburg-StargardJohn I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard (1326 – 9 August 1392 or9 February 1393), Duke of Mecklenburg from 1344 to 1352 and Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard from 1352to 1392.FamilyHe was probably the youngest child from the second marriage of Lord Henry II "the Lion"of Mecklenburg and Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg, a daughter of Duke Albert II of Saxe-Wittenberg.LifeJohn Iwas probably born in 1326.  His father died in 1329, and he remained under guardianship until 1344,when he came of age and began to carry a seal as a participant in the governance of Mecklenburg.  On 8July 1348, Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV raised John and his brother Albert II to the rank of Duke inPrague.  John, Albert and Charles initially supported the False Waldemar, but in 1350 they reconciled withhis supporter Duke Louis V of Bavaria.Upon the division of Mecklenburg on 25 November 1352, John wasawarded the Lordships of Stargard, Sternbuerg and Ture.  He supported his nephew Albert III ofMecklenburg in his attempts to be recognized as King of Sweden.Marriages and issueJohn married threetimes. His first wife Rixa (background unknown) probably died soon after the wedding and the marriageremained childless.His second wife Anna was a daughter of the count Adolf VII of Pinneberg andSchauenburg.  She probably died in 1358.  John and Anna had a daughter Anna, who married WartislawVI of Pomerania-Wolgast on 4 April 1363.John's third wife Agnes was the daughter of Ulrich II ofLindow-Ruppin and widow of Lord Nicholas IV of Werle.  They probably married in 1358 and had fivechildren together:John II (died between 6 July and 9 October 1416), co-regent, then Duke ofMecklenburg-Stargard, from 1408 Lord of Sternberg, Friedland, Fürstenberg and LychenUlrich I (died 8April 1417), co-regent, then Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard (1392–1417), from 1408 Lord ofNeubrandenburg, Stargard, Strelitz and Wesenberg (with Lize)Rudolf (died after 28 July 1415), wasinitially Bishop of Skara and from 1390 as Rudolf III Bishop of SchwerinAlbert I (died 1397), co-regent ofMecklenburg, from 1396 Coadjutor of DorpatContance (born c. 1373, died 1408)ExternallinksGenealogical table of the House of MecklenburgPassage 4:Eilika of SaxonyEilika of Saxony (c. 1080 –16 January 1142) was a daughter of Magnus, Duke of Saxony and a member of the Billung dynasty.Through marriage to Otto of Ballenstedt, she was countess of Ballenstedt.LifeEilika was the youngerdaughter of Magnus, Duke of Saxony and Sophia, daughter of King Béla I of Hungary. Since Eilika had nobrothers, after her father's death in 1106, Eilika and her sister, Wulfhilde of Saxony, inherited hisproperty. Eilika received property in Bernburg, Weißenfels, Werben and perhaps also in Burgwerden andKreichau, as well as the Palatinate of Saxony.In 1130 Eilika was in conflict with the citizens of the city ofHalle, probably because of her support for Archbishop Norbert of Magdeburg. Fighting broke out, duringwhich Conrad of Eichstadt was killed, and from which Eilika only escaped with difficulty.  Around 1131Eilika wrested the advocacy of the monastery of Goseck (monastery) from Louis of Thuringia, and took it


Passage 1:Vadim VlasovVadim Nikolayevich Vlasov (Russian: Вадим Николаевич Власов; born 19December 1980) is a former Russian football player.Vlasov played in the Russian Premier League with FCLokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod.He is a younger brother of Dmitri Vlasov.Passage 2:Claude BraceyClaudeBracey (June 8, 1909 – September 23, 1940), known variously as the "Texas Flyer," the "Dixie Flyer,"and the "Texas Tornado," was an American sprinter who tied world records in the 100-yard and100-meter races between 1928 and 1932.  He competed for the United States at the 1928 SummerOlympics in Amsterdam and also won the 100-yard and 220-yard sprints at the 1928 NCAA Men's Trackand Field Championships.Early lifeBracey grew up in Humble, Texas and attended Humble HighSchool.  As a boy, he participated in games of "hare-and-hound," in which the children would chase eachother from one end of town to the other.  Bracey was so fast that rival sides would quarrel over whowhich side would have him.  He gained prominence as a runner at Humble High.Rice UniversityBraceyattended Rice Institute located in Houston, Texas.  He competed in intercollegiate track for the Rice Owlsfrom 1927 to 1930 and for the United States at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.  He wasregarded as "the first man to bring Rice Institute athletic fame."  Bracey was considered a "big andrangy" runner.  Between 1928 and 1929, he gained weight and was reported in 1929 to be six feet talland approximately 160 pounds.  In 1929, Bracey described his minimalist approach to training asfollows:"Sprinters are born, not made, and running comes natural with me.  As long as I take care ofmyself and eat reasonably, I get along fine. I don't train any during the summer.  That's vacation timeand I make it that by spending those weeks fishing.  Laying off like that doesn't bother me.  After all, adash man doesn't need much wind.  I only take two or three breaths in 100 yards."A feature storypublished in 1929 described Bracey as "almost a recluse," a quiet person who rarely left campus, neverwears formal clothes, and "thinks society is all wet."Championships and recordsIn June 1928, Bracey wonboth sprint events at the 1928 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships with times of 9.6 seconds inthe 100-yard race and 20.9 seconds in the 220-yard race.  He was the first athlete from Rice to win anNCAA track championship in any event, and it was 1938 before another Rice athlete (Fred Wolcott)accomplished the feat.He qualified for the U.S. Olympic team in 1928 and traveled with the team to the1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.  He finished fifth in the semifinals of the 100-meter race at theOlympic games with a time of 10.8 seconds. He was the first Rice athlete to compete in the Olympicgames; it was 1948 before another Rice athlete competed in the Olympics.At the Texas Relays in March1929, Bracey tied the world record in the 100-yard sprint with a time of 9.5 seconds.  The next day, heran the event in 9.4 seconds, but the record was not recognized due to wind conditions.  Football coachKnute Rockne officiated the sprint event in which Bracey's world record was disallowed due to windconditions.  Rockne told reporters that Bracey was the best sprinter he had seen and added: "Bracey is astreak.  He is as good as any of them off the marks and runs the last 40 yards faster than any man I eversaw.  He had the wind with him when he did 9.4 at Dallas but on both that occasion and the day beforehe beat George Simpson of Ohio State by about four yards.  You all know how good Simpson is."At the1929 NCAA Men's Track and Field Championships, Bracey lost his title in the sprint events as Ohio State'sGeorge Simpson won both events, and Bracey finished second in the 100-yard race and third in the220-yard event.Bracey continued to compete through 1932.  He tied the world record in the 100-meterrace with a time of 10.4 seconds in June 1932.  In July 1932, he qualified in the preliminaries of the100-meter and 200-meter events at the Far Western Olympic team trials at Long Beach,California.  However, he was taken to a hospital the following day after an attack of appendicitis and wasunable to participate in the finals, which were held while he was in the hospital.Death and posthumoushonorsBracey died in Buckeye, Arizona on September 23, 1940, leaving behind wife, Anna Bess SingletonBracey and daughter, Linda Anne Bracey (Mulpagano) who was 4 months of age at the time of herfather's death.In 1970, Bracey was selected as one of the initial inductees into the Rice Athletic Hall ofFame.Passage 3:John G. AdolfiJohn Gustav Adolfi (February 19, 1888 – May 11, 1933) was an Americansilent film director, actor, and screenwriter who was involved in more than 100 productions throughout


Passage 1:Jon LeachJonathan Leach (born April 18, 1973) is a former professional tennis player from theUnited States. He is the husband of Lindsay Davenport.Professional careerLeach, an All-American playerat USC, made his Grand Slam debut at the 1991 US Open when he partnered David Witt in the men'sdoubles. He competed in the doubles at Indian Wells in 1992 with Brian MacPhie and before exiting in thesecond round they defeated a seeded pairing of Luke Jensen and Laurie Warder. A doubles specialist, hisonly singles appearance came at Indian Wells in 1994. With Brett Hansen-Dent as his partner, Leachmade the second round of the 1995 US Open, with a win over Dutch players Richard Krajicek and JanSiemerink. At the 1996 US Open, his third and final appearance at the tournament, Leach partnered withhis brother Rick. He also played in the mixed doubles, with Amy Frazier. His only doubles title on the ATPChallenger Tour came at Weiden, Germany in 1996.Personal lifeThe son of former USC tennis coach DickLeach, he was brought up in California and went to Laguna Beach High School. Leach married tennisplayer Lindsay Davenport in Hawaii on April 25, 2003. Their first child, a son named Jagger, was born in2007. They have had a further three children, all daughters. An investment banker, Leach is also involvedin coaching and worked with young American player Madison Keys in the 2015 season. His elder brother,Rick Leach, was also a professional tennis player, who won five Grand Slam doubles titles and reachednumber one in the world for doubles.Challenger titlesDoubles: (1)Passage 2:LapidothLapidoth (Hebrew: Lapīō, "torches") was the husband of Deborah the fourth Judge of Israel.Lapidoth is also a Hebrew male given name.Passage 3:Alan PownallStephen Alan Fletcher Pownall (born30 December 1984) is an English singer-songwriter and the husband of actress Gabriella Wilde.MusicTheson of Orlando Pownall, QC, he grew up in Richmond-upon-Thames and was educated at WindleshamHouse School, Marlborough College and Shiplake College. Originally interested in fashion, he worked forFrench designer Roland Mouret for two years, where he was advised to study in Milan. He went on tostudy fashion design but dropped out a year later in 2006 to pursue a music career in London.Aftermeeting Adele at one of her early gigs, he told her that he was making music and she should look it up.To his surprise, he was contacted via his MySpace profile and asked to support her on her first Britishtour. As he only had a four-song set, he wrote a lot of his material whilst on tour. He also toured withPaloma Faith, Lissie, Marina and the Diamonds, Noah and the Whale and Florence and the Machine.Heshared a flat in London with fellow singer/songwriter Jay Jay Pistolet (who would go on to become thefront man of The Vaccines). He later moved in with Marcus Mumford and Winston Marshall from Mumfordand Sons, who he supposedly introduced to Ted Dwane.In one interview he claims to be "all but deaf inright ear."Pownall's debut EP was released on 5 April 2010 through Mercury Records and his album TrueLove Stories was released on 25 June 2010. They parted company shortly after the release in late 2010,with Pownall taking a two and a half year break from music.Pownall and   formed the electro-pop duoPale in late 2012, with Pownall as the singer. Pale has supported The Vaccines and Sky Ferreira ontour.  They worked with Jas Shaw of Simian Mobile Disco to produce their first two singles, releasedthrough the independent label 37 Adventures. As of November 2017, their Facebook and Soundcloudpages show that Pale has been dormant since releasing an EP, The Comeback, in 2014.Since 2019,Pownall has been releasing and performing under the pseudonym Alan Power.Personal lifeOn 13September 2014, Pownall married actress Gabriella Wilde. The couple's first son, Sasha Blue Pownall, wasborn on 3 February 2014. In 2016, Wilde gave birth to their second son, Shiloh Silva Pownall. Gabriellahas since given birth to their third son Skye in 2019.DiscographyStudio albumPassage 4:James RandallMarshJames Randall Marsh (1896–1966) was an American artist and the husband of Anne SteeleMarsh.BiographyMarsh was born in 1896 in Paris, France. He was the son of Frederick Dana Marsh andAlice Randall Marsh. He was the brother of the painter Reginald Marsh.He married Anne Steele in 1925and the couple settled in Essex Fells, New Jersey. There Marsh set up a metal forge which he used tocreate industrial and residential lighting fixtures. In 1948, the Marshes relocated to Pittstown, New Jerseywhere James continued operating a forge, expanding the operation to include decorative metal work. Hiswork was mainly in the American Arts and Craft style.In 1952, Marsh was instrumental in establishing the


Passage 1:Margaret Clifford, Countess of DerbyMargaret Stanley, Countess of Derby (née Lady MargaretClifford; 1540 – 28 September 1596) was the only surviving daughter of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl ofCumberland and Lady Eleanor Brandon. Her maternal grandparents were Charles Brandon, 1st Duke ofSuffolk and Mary Tudor, Queen of France. Mary was the third daughter of King Henry VII of England andElizabeth of York.Early lifeMargaret was born at Brougham Castle in 1540. Her mother died when she wasseven and her father left court.Claim to the throneAccording to the will of Henry VIII, Margaret was inline to inherit the throne of England. Upon the death of her mother, Margaret became seventh in line.However, both her cousins Lady Jane Grey and Lady Mary Grey died without issue, and their sister, herother cousin, Lady Catherine Grey, died without the legitimacy of her two sons ever being proven (thiswas later established but only after the death of Elizabeth I). Margaret quickly moved up to becoming thefirst in line to the throne but died prior to the death of Elizabeth I.Marriage and familyIn 1552, JohnDudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland suggested a marriage of his youngest son Guildford to Margaret,yet, although the proposal had the warm support of Edward VI, her father was against it. A year later, inJune 1553, the Imperial ambassador Jehan Scheyfve reported that Northumberland's brother AndrewDudley would marry Margaret. The Dudleys were imprisoned when Mary I gained the throne.Margaretjoined Mary's court and married Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby on 7 February 1555 in the Chapel Royalat Whitehall Palace. They had something of a stormy relationship. Margaret wrote that there were several"breaches and reconciliations", but that her husband finally left her leaving serious debt. In 1567, Lady LeStrange petitioned the Queen's advisor, William Cecil, for a financial settlement from her estrangedhusband.With whom she had at least four children:Edward Stanley. Died young.Ferdinando Stanley, 5thEarl of Derby (c. 1559 – 16 April 1594).William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby (c. 1561 – 29 September1642).Francis Stanley (b. 1562). Died young.She later married Thomas Fitzwilliam Le Strange, and in1563 gave birth to a daughter Frances Jenison (née Le Strange) and possibly several otherchildren.Disgrace and deathIn 1579, Margaret was arrested after she had been heard discussing aproposed marriage of Queen Elizabeth to the Duke d'Alençon. She was opposed to it as it threatened herown possible accession to the crown. She was then accused of using sorcery to predict when Elizabethwould die, and even of planning to poison Elizabeth.Simply predicting the death of a monarch was acapital offence at the time. The countess was put under house arrest. She wrote to Francis Walsinghaminsisting on her innocence. She claimed that the accused sorcerer, William Randall, was in fact herphysician, who was staying with her because he could cure "sickness and weakness in my body". Randallwas subsequently executed. No charges were brought against the countess, but she was banished fromcourt. She wrote repeatedly to the queen complaining that she was in a "black dungeon of sorrow anddespair....overwhelmed with heaviness through the loss of your majesty's favour and graciouscountenance." She continued to be plagued by demands from creditors.Margaret died in 1596 withouthaving recovered royal favour, and having outlived her eldest son, Ferdinando. Her granddaughter, LadyAnne Stanley, Ferdinando's oldest daughter, inherited her claim. Elizabeth I was eventually succeeded bythe genealogically senior claimant, James VI of Scotland.PortraitThere is a discrepancy as to who thesitter is in the Hans Eworth portrait which is featured. The coat of arms in the top left corner, which mayhave been added later, are the impaled arms (those of a husband and wife) of Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl ofCumberland, and his wife Lady Eleanor, daughter of Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and MaryTudor, Dowager Queen of France. As a result, the painting has been frequently exhibited in the past as aportrait of Lady Eleanor, regardless of the fact that she died in 1547, well before the date of this portrait.It is, however, a rule of heraldry that impaled arms are not used by the children of a marriage, as theywould have their own. Hence the later addition and erroneous use of the arms here suggests that theidentity of the portrait was already unclear only two or three generations after it was painted, a situationby no means unusual amid the frequent early deaths, multiple marriages, and shifting alliances andfortunes of the most powerful families of the Tudor era. Later the portrait was thought to represent theonly child of Eleanor and Henry to survive infancy, Margaret. The inscription on the right which might


Passage 1:Marie-Louise CoidavidQueen Marie Louise Coidavid (1778 – 11 March 1851) was the Queen ofthe Kingdom of Haiti 1811–20 as the spouse of Henri Christophe.Early lifeMarie-Louise was born into afree black family; her father was the owner of Hotel de la Couronne, Cap-Haïtien. Henri Christophe was aslave purchased by her father. Supposedly, he earned enough money in tips from his duties at the hotelthat he was able to purchase his freedom before the Haitian Revolution. They married in Cap-Haïtien in1793, having had a relationship with him from the year prior. They had four children: François Ferdinand(born 1794), Françoise-Améthyste (d. 1831), Athénaïs (d. 1839) and Victor-Henri.At her spouse's newposition in 1798, she moved to the Sans-Souci Palace. During the French invasion, she and her childrenlived underground until 1803.QueenIn 1811, Marie-Louise was given the title of queen upon the creationof the Kingdom of Haiti. Her new status gave her ceremonial tasks to perform, ladies-in-waiting, asecretary and her own court. She took her position seriously, and stated that the title "given to her by thenation" also gave her responsibilities and duties to perform. She served as the hostess of the ceremonialroyal court life performed at the Sans-Souci Palace. She did not involve herself in the affairs of state. Shewas given the position of Regent should her son succeed her spouse while still being a minor.  However,as her son became of age before the death of his father, this was never to materialize.After the death ofthe king in 1820, she remained with her daughters Améthyste and Athénaïs at the palace until they wereescorted from it by his followers together with his corpse; after their departure, the palace was attackedand plundered. Marie-Louise and her daughters were given the property Lambert outside Cap. She wasvisited by president Jean Pierre Boyer, who offered her his protection; he denied the spurs of gold shegave him, stating that he was the leader of poor people. They were allowed to settle in Port-au-Prince.Marie-Louise was described as calm and resigned, but her daughters, especially Athénaïs, were describedas vengeful.ExileThe Queen was in exile for 30 years. In August 1821, the former queen left Haiti withher daughters under the protection of the British admiral Sir Home Popham, and travelled to London.There were rumours that she was searching for the money, three million, deposited by her spouse inEurope. Whatever the case, she did live the rest of her life without economic difficulties. The Englishclimate and pollution during the Industrial Revolution was determintal to Améthyste's health, andeventually they decided to leave.In 1824, Marie-Louise and her daughters moved in Pisa in Italy, wherethey lived for the rest of their lives, Améthyste dying shortly after their arrival and Athénaïs in 1839.They lived discreetly for the most part, but were occasionally bothered by fortune hunters and throneclaimers who wanted their fortune. Shortly before her death, she wrote to Haiti for permission to return.She never did, however, before she died in Italy. She is buried in the church of San Donnino. A historicalmarker was installed in front of the church on April 23, 2023 to commemorate the Queen, her daughterand her sister.See alsoMarie-Claire Heureuse FélicitéAdélina LévêquePassage 2:Sophia Magdalena ofDenmarkSophia Magdalena of Denmark (Danish: Sophie Magdalene; Swedish: Sofia Magdalena; 3 July1746 – 21 August 1813) was Queen of Sweden from 1771 to 1792 as the wife of King Gustav III. Borninto the House of Oldenburg, the royal family of Denmark-Norway, Sophia Magdalena was the firstdaughter of King Frederick V of Denmark and Norway and his first consort, Princess Louise of GreatBritain. Already at the age of five, she was betrothed to Gustav, the heir apparent to the throne ofSweden, as part of an attempt to improve the traditionally tense relationship between the twoScandinavian realms. She was subsequently brought up to be the Queen of Sweden, and they married in1766. In 1771, Sophia's husband ascended to the throne and became King of Sweden, making SophiaQueen of Sweden. Their coronation was on 29 May 1772.The politically arranged marriage wasunsuccessful. The desired political consequences for the mutual relations between the two countries didnot materialize, and on a personal level the union also proved to be unhappy. Sophia Magdalena was of aquiet and serious nature, and found it difficult to adjust to her husband's pleasure seeking court. Shedutifully performed her ceremonial duties but did not care for social life and was most comfortable inquiet surroundings with a few friends. However, she was liked by many in the Caps party, believing shewas a symbol of virtue and religion. The relationship between the spouses improved somewhat in the


Passage 1:Charles James Irwin Grant, 6th Baron de LongueuilCharles James Irwin Grant, only son ofCharles William Grant, 5th Baron de Longueuil and Caroline Coffin, was born in Montreal on 1 April 1815.He served in the 79th Regiment as a lieutenant for a while. He later married Henriet Colmore, from whomhe fathered two sons (Alexander Frederick, died age 2 and Charles Colmore) as well as a daughter. Hiswife Henriet died in 1847 and he remarried in Charleston, South Carolina on 18 January 1849 to AnneTrapman, second daughter of Louis Trapman, a consul. He had many children from this union includingReginald Charles and John Charles Moore. He died on 26 February 1879 at age 63.AncestryPassage2:James BillmyerJames Irwin Billmyer (May 14, 1897 - July 9, 1989) was an American modern painterand illustrator.Early yearsJames Billmyer was born in Union Bridge, Maryland and received his BA fromWestern Maryland College. He continued his studies at the National Academy of Design, Beaux Arts, theArt Students’ League, Cooper Union, Maryland Institute, Baltimore Charcoal Club, and Baltimore GrandCentral School of Art.Some of his influential teachers included John Sloan, George Luks, Frank VincentDumond, George Bridgeman, William De Leftwüch Dodge, Dean Cornwell, and Harvey Dunn.Billnyer wasinvolved with the commercial art of periodicals and advertising, working as an illustrator for magazinessuch as “Cosmopolitan”, “Family Circle”, “House and Garden”, “Ladies Home Journal”, “ParentsMagazine”, and Collier’s "Good Housekeeping”.  In 1931, he became a member of the American Societyof Illustrators.WorkBillmyer travelled extensively in Latin and Central America, Canada, the Near East,and Europe, exploring the history and cultures of these locations, which ultimately impacts his work. Inthe 1950s and 1960s, he was a part of the 10th Street galleries scene. For twelve years, he studiedplastics under the tutelage of Hans Hofmann in New York and Provincetown.  Hofmann showed him theimportance of objects moved out from the canvas and resolved back into it.  This type of painting thatdeals with multiple rhythms, colors, and angles, offers viewers a higher-dimensional experience. Billmyerhas created patterns in and out of divided planes that go in independent directions before receding backinto the canvas, which is his unique adaption of Hofmann’s methods. Many of his patterns and formsappear in the film “The Hypercube: Projections and Slicing.” Billmyer has taught and lectured at the NewYork School of Interior Design, The Hudson River School, Spellman College, Miami Art Center,  theNaskeay School, Maine, and his own New York School.Passage 3:John Charles Moore Grant, 9th Baron deLongueuilJohn Charles Moore de Bienville Grant, 9th Baron de Longueuil was born in 1861 at Bath,Somerset. He was the son of Charles James Irwin Grant and Anne Marie Catherine Trapman. Hesucceeded to the title of Baron de Longueuil on 3 August 1931. He died on 17 October 1935 at Pau,France.AncestryPassage 4:Charlie PartridgeCharles James Partridge (born December 7, 1973) is anAmerican college football coach. He is the assistant head football coach and defensive line coach at theUniversity of Pittsburgh, a position he has held since 2018. Partridge served as the head football coach atFlorida Atlantic University from 2014 to 2016.Playing careerA native of Plantation, Florida, Partridgeattended Drake University, where he was a team captain of the football team. Later he also attendedIowa State University.Coaching careerPartridge's first coaching experience was as a graduate assistantwith the Drake Bulldogs and the Iowa State Cyclones. From there he became the defensive line coach ofthe Eastern Illinois Panthers. Partridge served as defensive line coach, linebackers coach, and specialteams coordinator of the Pitt Panthers for five seasons before joining the Wisconsin Badgers. He wasnamed co-defensive coordinator at Wisconsin in January 2011. On December 15, 2012 the University ofArkansas announced the hiring of Partridge as the defensive line coach. Partridge was widely credited asWisconsin's lead recruiter in the state of Florida, and helped land five-star running back Alex Collins forthe Razorbacks in his first two months on the job. Partridge followed former Wisconsin Badgers headcoach Bret Bielema to Arkansas.Partridge was hired as the head coach at Florida Atlantic on December16, 2013. He was fired on November 27, 2016.On February 14, 2017 Partridge was announced as thedefensive line coach at Pittsburgh.Personal lifePartridge is married with two children.Head coachingrecordPassage 5:Charles William Grant, 5th Baron de LongueuilCharles William Grant was born in 1782.He was the son of Captain David Alexander Grant and Marie-Charles-Joseph Le Moyne, Baronne de


Passage 1:Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of NorfolkThomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, KG (22March 1366 – 22 September 1399) was an English peer. As a result of his involvement in the powerstruggles which led up to the fall of King Richard II, he was banished and died in exile inVenice.Background and youthThe Mowbrays were an old family in the English peerage, having been firstraised to the baronage in 1295. Several advantageous marriages, combined with loyal service to thecrown and rewards from it made them, by the late 14th century, a great political standing. Thomas wasthe son of John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray and his wife Elizabeth Segrave, the daughter andheiress of John Segrave, 4th Baron Segrave by his wife Margaret, Duchess of Norfolk, daughter andheiress of Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk,  the fifth son of King Edward I.Thomas Mowbray wasborn in 1366; the precise date is unknown. He was probably named after the cult of St Thomas Becket, ofwhich his mother was a follower. His elder brother John was their father's heir; he died in 1368. Fouryears later, they became the ward of their great-aunt, Blanche of Lancaster. John was created Earl ofNottingham on the coronation of King Richard II in 1377, but died in early 1383. Almostimmediately—within a few days—the earldom was re-granted to Thomas, and even though he was stilllegally a minor, he was allowed seisin of his patrimony and the comital penny.Political backgroundRichardII succeeded to the throne in 1377 on the death of his grandfather, Edward III, but his unpopularity hadbeen growing since Richard's suppression of the Peasants' Revolt in 1381. He was increasingly criticisedfor his patronage of a few select royal favourites, to an extent that has been described as "lavish to thepoint of foolishness" by a biographer, historian Anthony Tuck. Parliament was also coming to the viewthat the King needed to rule as economically as possible, and they observed with displeasure the King'sdistribution of extravagant patronage to a limited circle, the greatest recipient of which was Michael de laPole, Earl of Suffolk. Furthermore, the Hundred Years' War was going poorly for England. Severalexpeditions had left for France in the early years of Richard's reign to defend English territory, but theywere almost all military and political failures.As a second son, little is recorded of Mowbray's youth,although his background and status "virtually guaranteed him a place at court", says Saul. The King andMowbray had probably been childhood friends, and was a royal favourite from at least 1382, when he wasgranted hunting rights in certain royal forests and was knighted. It was around this time that Bolingbrokebegan to fall out of favour with the King, with Mowbray supplanting him. Mowbray also married theten-year-old Lady Elizabeth Lestrange, heiress of John, Lord Blakemere, whose marriage cost the Kingaround £1000. Elizabeth died in 1383, not long after the wedding.Career to 1390Mowbray remained highin royal favour following the death of his wife, and he was elected to the Order of the Garter in Octoberthe same year, even though he was militarily unproven. The King granted him grace and favour rooms atthe royal palaces of Eltham and Kings Langley. Reflecting his role as an important courtier, Mowbrayaccompanied Richard on his tour of East Anglia in 1383. His closeness to the King drew the opprobrium ofthe King's uncle, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster—probably the most powerful man in the Kingdomafter the King—upon him. Gaunt accused Mowbray, along with Robert, Earl of Oxford and William, Earl ofSalisbury of plotting against the King. Gaunt himself was becoming increasingly unpopular and hadwithdrawn from the council. As a result, says the chronicler Thomas Walsingham, Mowbray, de Vere andMontacute plotted to kill the duke in February 1385. The King held jousts between the 13th and 14th ofthe month, and Gaunt's murder was to be committed on the 14th; it is possible that Richard did notdisapprove, such had relations between him and his uncle broken down. Originally, this had been overforeign policy; Gaunt favoured a restoration of the war with France, while Richard was keen to invadeScotland Gaunt had also recently told Richard that he viewed the King's advisors as "unsavoury", andMowbray and his friends deliberately exacerbated the two men's antagonism by proffering a series ofaccusations against the duke. Gaunt received a forewarning of the attack, however, and fled in thenight.On 30 June 1385—as the royal army was about to leave for Scotland—Mowbray received hisgreat-grandfather's office of Marshal of England, although he could not have foreseen this eventuality asat the time the campaign was announced the marshalcy was possessed by the Earl of Kent. Mowbray led


Passage 1:Erard II, Count of BrienneErard II of Brienne (died 1191) was count of Brienne from 1161 to1191, and a French general during the Third Crusade, most notably at the Siege of Acre. He was the sonof Gautier II, count of Brienne, and Humbeline Baudemont, daughter of Andrew, lord of Baudemont andAgnes of Braine.  His paternal grandparents were Erard I, Count of Brienne and Alix de Roucy. During thissiege he saw his brother André of Brienne die on 4 October 1189, before being killed himself on 8February 1191.  Erard II's nephew was Erard of Brienne-Ramerupt.Before 1166 he married Agnès ofMontfaucon († after 1186), daughter of Amadeus II of Montfaucon and of Béatrice ofGrandson-Joinville.  Their children were:Walter III of Brienne (died 1205) count of Brienne and claimantto the throne of Sicily.William of Brienne (died 1199) lord of Pacy-sur-Armançon, married Eustachie ofCourtenay, daughter of Peter I of Courtenay and Elisabeth of Courtenay.John of Brienne (1170–1237),king of Jerusalem (1210–1225), then emperor of Constantinople (1231–1237).AndrewIda of Brienne whomarried Ernoul of Reynel lord of Pierrefitte.Passage 2:John Montgomery GloverJohn Montgomery Glover(September 4, 1822 – November 15, 1891) was a  North American politician, who served as a U.S.Representative from Missouri, he was the uncle of John Milton Glover.Early lifeBorn in Harrodsburg,Kentucky, Glover attended the public schools in Kentucky.He moved to Missouri in 1836 with his parents,who settled in Knox County, near Newark, and continued his schooling.He attended Marion and MasonicColleges, Philadelphia, Missouri.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice inSt. Louis, Missouri.He moved to California in 1850 and continued the practice of his profession.Hereturned to Knox County, Missouri, in 1855 to take charge of his father's affairs.CareerDuring the CivilWar served as colonel of the Third Regiment, Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, beginning September 4,1861.  His service with the regiment was in a variety of points within Missouri and Arkansas.  At variouspoints during his service, he detached as the Commander of the District of Rolla, the Sub-District of PilotKnob and the 2nd Brigade, Cavalry Division, Department of the Missouri.  On February 23, 1864 hetendered his resignation in Springfield, Illinois, on account of impaired health.He served as collector ofinternal revenue for the third district of Missouri from December 1, 1866, until March 3, 1867.Glover waselected as a Democrat to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873 –March 3, 1879).He served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of theTreasury (Forty-fifth Congress).He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1878.He engagedin agricultural pursuits.He died near Newark, Missouri, November 15, 1891.He was interred on his farmnear Newark, Missouri.He was reinterred in Woodland Cemetery, Quincy, Illinois.Passage 3:ChristopherH. ClarkChristopher Henderson Clark (1767 – November 21, 1828) was a congressman and lawyer fromVirginia. He was the brother of James Clark, the uncle of John Bullock Clark, Sr. and the great-uncle ofJohn Bullock Clark, Jr.BiographyBorn in Albemarle County, Virginia, Clark attended Washington College,studied law in the office of Patrick Henry and was admitted to the bar in 1788, commencing practice inNew London, Campbell County, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1790and was elected a Democratic-Republican to the United States House of Representatives to fill a vacancyin 1804, serving until his resignation in 1806. He resumed practicing law until his death near New Londonon November 21, 1828. He was interred at a private cemetery at Old Lawyers Station near Lynchburg,Virginia.External linksUnited States Congress. "Christopher H. Clark (id: C000424)". BiographicalDirectory of the United States Congress.Passage 4:John of BrienneJohn of Brienne (c. 1170 – 19–23March 1237), also known as John I, was King of Jerusalem from 1210 to 1225 and Latin Emperor ofConstantinople from 1229 to 1237. He was the youngest son of Erard II of Brienne, a wealthy noblemanin Champagne. John, originally destined for an ecclesiastical career, became a knight and owned smallestates in Champagne around 1200. After the death of his brother, Walter III, he ruled the County ofBrienne on behalf of his minor nephew Walter IV (who lived in southern Italy).The barons of the Kingdomof Jerusalem proposed that John marry their queen, Maria. With the consent of Philip II of France andPope Innocent III, he left France for the Holy Land and married the queen; the couple were crowned in1210. After Maria's death in 1212 John administered the kingdom as regent for their infant daughter