Passage 1:Dana BlanksteinDana Blankstein-Cohen (born March 3, 1981) is the executive director of theSam Spiegel Film and Television School. She was appointed by the board of directors  in November2019.  Previously she was the CEO of the Israeli Academy of Film and Television. She is a film director,and an Israeli culture entrepreneur.BiographyDana Blankstein was born in Switzerland in 1981 to theatredirector Dedi Baron and Professor Alexander Blankstein. She moved to Israel in 1983 and grew up in TelAviv.Blankstein graduated from the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, Jerusalem in 2008 with highhonors. During her studies she worked as a personal assistant to directors Savi Gabizon on his film Nina'sTragedies and to Renen Schorr on his film The Loners.  She also directed and shot 'the making of' film onGavison's film Lost and Found. Her debut film Camping competed at the Berlin International Film Festival,2007.Film and academic careerAfter her studies, Dana founded and directed the film and televisiondepartment at the Kfar Saba municipality. The department encouraged and promoted productions filmedin the city of Kfar Saba, as well as the established cultural projects, and educational communityactivities.Blankstein directed the mini-series "Tel Aviviot" (2012). From 2016-2019 was the director ofthe Israeli Academy of Film and Television.In November 2019 Dana Blankstein Cohen was appointed thenew director of the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School where she also oversees the Sam SpiegelInternational Film Lab. In 2022, she spearheaded the launch of the new Series Lab and the filmpreparatory program for Arabic speakers in east Jerusalem.FilmographyTel Aviviot (mini-series; director,2012)Growing Pains (graduation film, Sam Spiegel; director and screenwriter, 2008)Camping (debut film,Sam Spiegel; director and screenwriter, 2006)Passage 2:Peter LevinPeter Levin is an American director offilm, television and theatre.CareerSince 1967, Levin has amassed a large number of credits directingepisodic television and television films. Some of his television series credits include Love Is a ManySplendored Thing, James at 15, The Paper Chase, Family, Starsky & Hutch, Lou Grant, Fame, Cagney &Lacey, Law & Order and Judging Amy.Some of his television film credits include Rape and Marriage: TheRideout Case (1980), A Reason to Live (1985), Popeye Doyle (1986), A Killer Among Us (1990), QueenSized (2008) and among other films. He directed "Heart in Hiding", written by his wife Audrey DavisLevin, for which she received an Emmy for Best Day Time Special in the 1970s.Prior to becoming adirector, Levin worked as an actor in several Broadway productions. He costarred with Susan Strasberg in"[The Diary of Ann Frank]" but had to leave the production when he was drafted into the Army. Hetrained at the Carnegie Mellon University. Eventually becoming a theatre director, he directed productionsat the Long Wharf Theatre and the Pacific Resident Theatre Company. He also co-founded theoff-off-Broadway Theatre [the Hardware Poets Playhouse] with his wife Audrey Davis Levin and was alsoan associate artist of The Interact Theatre Company.Passage 3:Michael GovanMichael Govan (born 1963)is the director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Prior to his current position, Govan worked asthe director of the Dia Art Foundation in New York City.Early life and educationGovan was born in 1963 inNorth Adams, Massachusetts, and was raised in the Washington D.C. area, attending Sidwell FriendsSchool.He majored in art history and fine arts at Williams College, where he met Thomas Krens, who wasthen director of the Williams College Museum of Art. Govan became closely involved with the museum,serving as acting curator as an undergraduate. After receiving his B.A. from Williams in 1985, Govanbegan an MFA in fine arts from the University of California, San Diego.CareerAs a twenty-five year oldgraduate student, Govan was recruited by his former mentor at Williams, Thomas Krens, who in 1988had been appointed director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Govan served as deputy directorof the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum under Krens from 1988 to 1994, a period that culminated in theconstruction and opening of the Frank Gehry designed Guggenheim branch in Bilbao, Spain. Govansupervised the reinstallation of the museum's permanent collection galleries after its extensiverenovation.Dia Art FoundationFrom 1994 to 2006, Govan was president and director of Dia ArtFoundation in New York City. There, he spearheaded the conversion of a Nabisco box factory into the300,000 square foot Dia:Beacon in New York's Hudson Valley, which houses Dia's collection of art fromthe 1960s to the present. Built in a former Nabisco box factory, the critically acclaimed museum has been


Passage 1:Arthur BeauchampArthur Beauchamp (1827 – 28 April 1910) was a Member of Parliament from New Zealand. He is remembered as the father of Harold Beauchamp, who rose to fame as chairman of the Bank of New Zealand and was the father of writer Katherine Mansfield.BiographyBeauchamp came to Nelson from Australia on the Lalla Rookh, arriving on 23 February 1861.He lived much of his life in a number of locations around the top of the South Island, also Whanganui when Harold was 11 for seven years and then to the capital (Wellington). Then south to Christchurch and finally Picton and the Sounds. He had business failures and was bankrupted twice, in 1879 and 1884. He married Mary Stanley on the Victorian goldfields in 1854; Arthur and Mary lived in 18 locations over half a century, and are buried in Picton. Six of their ten children born between 1855 and 1893 died, including the first two sons born before Harold.Beauchamp represented the Picton electorate from 1866 to 1867, when he resigned.  He had the energy and sociability required for politics, but not the private income then required to be a parliamentarian. He supported the working man and the subdivision of big estates, opposed the confiscation of Māori land and was later recognised as a founding Liberal, the party that Harold supported and was a "fixer" for. Yska calls their life an extended chronicle of rootlessness, business failure and almost ceaseless family tragedy and Harold called his father a rolling stone by instinct. Arthur also served on the council of Marlborough Province and is best-remembered for a 10-hour speech to that body when an attempt was made to relocate the capital from Picton to Blenheim.In 1866 he attempted to sue the Speaker of the House, David Monro. At the time the extent of privilege held by Members of Parliament was unclear; a select committee ruled that the case could proceed, but with a stay until after the parliamentary session.See alsoYska, Redmer (2017). A Strange Beautiful Excitement: Katherine Mansfield's Wellington 1888-1903. Dunedin: Otago University Press. pp. 91–99. ISBN 978-0-947522-54-4.Passage 2:David Hyrum SmithDavid Hyrum Smith (November 17, 1844 – August 29, 1904) was an American religious leader, poet, painter, singer, philosopher, and naturalist. The youngest son of Joseph Smith and Emma Hale Smith, he was an influential missionary and leader in the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS Church). He was born approximately five months after the murder of his father. Joseph told Emma before he died what the child's name should be. From December 1847, David was raised by his mother and her second husband, Lewis C. Bidamon.Smith was a highly effective missionary for the RLDS Church. From 1865 to 1873, he conducted missionary trips throughout the Midwest, Utah Territory, and California, debating preachers of different theologies, including representatives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). From 1873 to 1885, Smith was a counselor to his brother Joseph Smith III in the First Presidency of the RLDS Church. Later David's son Elbert A. Smith became a member of the First Presidency and a Presiding Patriarch in the RLDS Church.Smith was called the "Sweet Singer of Israel" because many who knew him, who heard him sing and joined him in song, said that he was the most inspiring singer of God they had encountered. The Joseph Smith Historic Site, maintained by the Community of Christ, houses Smith's original paintings of Nauvoo, Illinois.In a 1998 biography of Smith, From Mission to Madness: Last Son of the Mormon Prophet, author Valeen Tippetts Avery describes Smith's mental deterioration, starting with a probable breakdown early in 1870. In an 1869 letter to his mother, Emma Smith Bidamon, Smith had written at age 24:  Mother I must tell you ... I feel very sad and the tears run out of my eyes all the time and I don't know why. ... strive as I will my heart sinks like lead. ... I must tell someone my troubles.Smith was confined to Northern Illinois Hospital and Asylum for the Insane beginning in 1877. He was held there for most of 27 years, dying in the hospital in 1904. Avery's biography draws on a large body of Smith's correspondence and poetry to examine both his personality and his emotional state.NotesPassage 3:John Crockett (frontiersman)John Crockett (circa 1753 – after 1802) was an American frontiersman and soldier, and the father of David "Davy" Crockett.Early lifeCrockett was born about 1753 in either Maryland or Frederick County, Virginia. "Davy" Crockett said in his autobiography that John Crockett was born either in Ireland or during the journey from Ireland to America; but later scholars disagreed, saying this had been John's father, also named David. His ancestors were of Scotch-Irish and possible Huguenot backgrounds. The Crockett/Crocketague name is a Registered


Passage 1:Mark RockefellerMark Fitler Rockefeller (born January 26, 1967) is a fourth-generationmember of the Rockefeller family. He is the younger son of former U.S. Vice President Nelson A.Rockefeller (1908–1979) and Happy Rockefeller (1926–2015). Through his father, Rockefeller is agrandson of American financer John D. Rockefeller Jr. and a great-grandson of Standard Oil co-founderJohn D. Rockefeller. He was chairman of the board of directors of the National Fish and WildlifeFoundation in 2010.Early lifeRockefeller grew up at Kykuit, the central mansion at his family's estate inPocantico, Westchester County, in New York State. He is an alumnus of the Buckley School, DeerfieldAcademy (1985), Princeton University (BA 1989), and Harvard University (MBA 1996). He playedfootball, basketball, and baseball at Deerfield, and played football at Princeton as awalk-on.CareerRockefeller and his former wife own South Fork Lodge and South Fork Outfitters, both inSwan Valley, Idaho. Previously, he was an associate in the Acquisition Finance Group at Chase Securities,Inc.In 1999 he was elected chairman of the non-profit organization, Historic Hudson Valley, founded byhis grandfather, John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1951. Mark Rockefeller's older brother, Nelson Rockefeller Jr.,has also served on its board.In a 2013 article about federal farm subsidy programs, the New York Postreported that 1,500 affluent New Yorkers had received payments. Among them was Rockefeller, whoreceived $342,634 in farm subsidies over the course of ten years from 2001 to 2011 for allowingfarmland to return to its natural condition.Personal lifeIn 1998, Rockefeller married Renee Anne Anisko(born 1968) at the Church of the Magdalene in Pocantico Hills. She has a Juris Doctor degree cum laudefrom the Temple University Beasley School of Law. They have four children. They divorced in2020.Passage 2:Where Was I"Where Was I?" may refer to:Books"Where Was I?", essay by David HawleySanford from The Mind's IWhere Was I?, book by John Haycraft 2006Where was I?!, book by TerryWogan 2009Film and TVWhere Was I? (film), 1925 film directed by William A. Seiter. With ReginaldDenny, Marian Nixon, Pauline Garon, Lee Moran.Where Was I? (2001 film), biography about songwriterTim RoseWhere Was I? (TV series) 1952–1953 Quiz show with the panelists attempting to guess alocation by looking at photos"Where Was I?" episode of Shoestring (TV series) 1980Music"Where was I",song by W. Franke Harling and Al Dubin performed by Ruby Newman and His Orchestra  with vocalchorus by  Larry Taylor and Peggy McCall  1939"Where Was I", single from Charley Pride discography1988"Where Was I" (song), a 1994 song by Ricky Van Shelton"Where Was I (Donde Estuve Yo)", song byJoe Pass from Simplicity (Joe Pass album)"Where Was I?", song by Guttermouth from The AlbumFormerly Known as a Full Length LP (Guttermouth album)"Where Was I", song by Sawyer Brown (BillyMaddox, Paul Thorn, Anne Graham) from Can You Hear Me Now 2002"Where Was I?", song  by  KennyWayne Shepherd from Live On  1999"Where Was I", song by Melanie Laine (Victoria Banks, Steve Fox)from Time Flies (Melanie Laine album)"Where Was I", song by Rosie Thomas from With Love (RosieThomas album)Passage 3:Dance of Death (disambiguation)Dance of Death, also called Danse Macabre, isa late-medieval allegory of the universality of death.Dance of Death or The Dance of Death may also referto:BooksDance of Death, a 1938 novel by Helen McCloyDance of Death (Stine novel), a 1997 novel by R.L. StineDance of Death (novel), a 2005 novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln ChildTheatre and filmTheDance of Death (Strindberg play), a 1900 play by August StrindbergThe Dance of Death, a 1908 play byFrank WedekindThe Dance of Death (Auden play), a 1933 play by W. H. AudenFilmThe Death Dance, a1918 drama starring Alice BradyThe Dance of Death (1912 film), a German silent filmThe Dance of Death(1919 film), an Austrian silent filmThe Dance of Death (1938 film), crime drama starring Vesta Victoria;screenplay by Ralph DawsonThe Dance of Death (1948 film), French-Italian drama based on Strindberg'splay, starring Erich von StroheimThe Dance of Death (1967 film), a West German drama filmDance ofDeath or House of Evil, 1968 Mexican horror film starring Boris KarloffDance of Death (1969 film), a filmbased on Strindberg's play, starring Laurence OlivierDance of Death (1979 film), a Hong Kong filmfeaturing Paul ChunMusicDance of Death (album), a 2003 album by Iron Maiden, or the title songTheDance of Death & Other Plantation Favorites, a 1964 album by John FaheyThe Dance of Death(Scaramanga Six album)"Death Dance", a 2016 song by SevendustSee alsoDance of the Dead


Passage 1:Howard W. KochHoward Winchel Koch (April 11, 1916 – February 16, 2001) was an Americanproducer and director of film and television.Life and careerKoch was born in New York City, the son ofBeatrice (Winchel) and William Jacob Koch. His family was Jewish. He attended DeWitt Clinton HighSchool and the Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey. He began his film career as an employee atUniversal Studios office in New York then made his Hollywood filmmaking debut in 1947 as an assistantdirector. He worked as a producer for the first time in 1953 and a year later made his directing debut. In1964, Paramount Pictures appointed him head of film production, a position he held until 1966 when heleft to set up his own production company. He had a production pact with Paramount for over 15years.Among his numerous television productions, Howard W. Koch produced the Academy Awards showon eight occasions. Dedicated to the industry, he served as President of the Academy of Motion PictureArts and Sciences from 1977 to 1979. In 1990 the Academy honored him with The Jean HersholtHumanitarian Award and in 1991 he received the Frank Capra Achievement Award from the DirectorsGuild of America.Together with actor Telly Savalas, Howard Koch owned the thoroughbred racehorseTelly's Pop, winner of several important California races for juveniles including the Norfolk Stakes and DelMar Futurity.Howard W. Koch suffered from Alzheimer's disease and died in at his home in Beverly Hills,California on February 16, 2001. He had two children from a marriage of 64 years to Ruth Pincus, whodied in March 2009. In 2004, his son Hawk Koch was elected to the Board of Governors of the Academyof Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.FilmographyDirectorFilm (director)Shield for Murder (1954)Big House,U.S.A. (1955)Untamed Youth (1957)Bop Girl Goes Calypso (1957)Jungle Heat (1957)The Girl in BlackStockings (1957)Fort Bowie (1957)Violent Road (1958)Frankenstein 1970 (1958)Born Reckless(1958)Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958)The Last Mile (1959)Badge 373 (1973)Television(director)Maverick (1957) (1 episode)Hawaiian Eye (1959) (2 episodes)Cheyenne (1958) (1 episode)TheUntouchables (1959) (4 episodes)The Gun of Zangara (1960) (TV movie taken from The Untouchables(1959 TV series))Miami Undercover (1961) (38 episodes)Texaco Presents Bob Hope in a Very SpecialSpecial: On the Road with Bing (1977)ProducerFilm (producer):War Paint (1953)Beachhead (1954)Shieldfor Murder (1954)Big House, U.S.A. (1955)Rebel in Town (1956)Frankenstein 1970 (1958)Sergeants 3(1962)The Manchurian Candidate (1962)Come Blow Your Horn (1963)Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)TheOdd Couple (1968)On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)A New Leaf (1971)Plaza Suite (1971)Lastof the Red Hot Lovers (1972)Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough (1975)The Other Side of Midnight(1977)Airplane! (1980)Some Kind of Hero (1982)Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)Ghost (1990)Television(producer)Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra (1973)Passage 2:Robert MulliganRobert Patrick Mulligan(August 23, 1925 – December 20, 2008) was an American director and producer. He is best known for hissensitive dramas, including To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Summer of '42 (1971), The Other (1972), SameTime, Next Year (1978), and The Man in the Moon (1991). He was also known in the 1960s for hisextensive collaborations with producer Alan J. Pakula.Early lifeMulligan served in either the U.S. Navy orthe U.S. Marine Corps during World War II as a radio operator. At war's end, he graduated from FordhamUniversity, then obtained work in the editorial department of The New York Times, but left to pursue acareer in television.CareerTelevisionMulligan began his television career as a messenger boy for CBStelevision. He worked diligently, and by 1948 was directing major dramatic television shows.In the early1950s he directed many episodes of Suspense. He followed this directing for The Philco TelevisionPlayhouse, Armstrong Circle Theatre, The Alcoa Hour, The United States Steel Hour, Studio One inHollywood, Goodyear Playhouse and The Seven Lively Arts.1950s–1960sIn 1957 Mulligan directed hisfirst motion picture, Fear Strikes Out, starring Anthony Perkins as tormented baseball player JimmyPiersall. The film was the first feature he would direct alongside longtime collaborator Alan J. Pakula, thena big-time Hollywood producer. Pakula once confessed that "working with Bob set me back in directingseveral years because I enjoyed working with him, and we were having a good time, and I enjoyed thework."Mulligan returned to television to direct episodes of Playhouse 90, Rendezvous, The Dupont Showof the Month, and TV versions of Ah, Wilderness! and The Moon and Sixpence. In 1959 he won an Emmy


Passage 1:Princess Irene of Hesse and by RhinePrincess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (Irene Luise MarieAnne; 11 July 1866 – 11 November 1953), later Princess Henry of Prussia, was the third child and thirddaughter of Princess Alice of the United Kingdom and Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine. Hermaternal grandparents were Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Her paternalgrandparents were Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Elisabeth of Prussia. She was thewife of Prince Henry of Prussia, a younger brother of Wilhelm II, German Emperor and her first cousin.The SS Prinzessin Irene, a liner of the North German Lloyd was named after her.Her siblings includedPrincess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, wife of Prince Louis of Battenberg, Grand Duchess ElizabethFeodorovna of Russia, wife of Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke ofHesse and by Rhine, and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna of Russia, wife of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Likeher younger sister, the empress, Irene was a carrier of the hemophilia gene, and Irene would lose hersisters Alix and Elisabeth in Russia to the Bolsheviks.Early lifeShe received her first name, which wastaken from the Greek word for "peace", because she was born at the end of the Austro-Prussian War.Alice considered Irene an unattractive child and once wrote to her sister Victoria that Irene was "notpretty". She would never be considered a great beauty like her sisters Elisabeth and Alix, but she didhave a pleasant, even disposition. Princess Alice brought up her daughters simply. An English nannypresided over the nursery and the children ate plain meals of rice puddings and baked apples and woreplain dresses. Her daughters were taught how to do housework, such as baking cakes, making their ownbeds, laying fires and sweeping and dusting their rooms. Princess Alice also emphasised the need to giveto the poor and often took her daughters on visits to hospitals and charities.The family was devastated in1873 when Irene's haemophiliac younger brother Friedrich, nicknamed "Frittie", fell through an openwindow, struck his head on the balustrade and died hours later of a brain hemorrhage. In the monthsfollowing the toddler's death, Alice frequently took her children to his grave to pray and was melancholyon anniversaries associated with him. In the autumn of 1878 Irene, her siblings (except for Elisabeth)and her father became ill with diphtheria. Her younger sister Princess Marie, nicknamed "May", died ofthe disease. Her mother, exhausted from nursing the children, also became infected. Knowing she was indanger of dying, Princess Alice dictated her will, including instructions about how to bring up herdaughters and how to run the household. She died of diphtheria on 14 December 1878.Following Alice'sdeath, Queen Victoria resolved to act as a mother to her Hessian grandchildren. Princess Irene and hersurviving siblings spent annual holidays in England and their grandmother sent instructions to theirgoverness regarding their education and approving the pattern of their dresses. With her sister Alix, Irenewas a bridesmaid at the 1885 wedding of their maternal aunt, Princess Beatrice, to Prince Henry ofBattenberg.MarriageIrene married Prince Henry of Prussia, the third child and second son of Frederick III,German Emperor and Victoria, Princess Royal on 24 May  1888 at the chapel of the Charlottenburg Palacein Berlin. As their mothers were sisters, Irene and Henry were first cousins. Their marriage displeasedQueen Victoria because she had not been told about the courtship until they had already decided tomarry. At the time of the ceremony, Irene's uncle and father-in-law, the German emperor, was dying ofthroat cancer, and less than a month after the ceremony, Irene's cousin and brother-in-law ascended thethrone as Kaiser Wilhelm II. Heinrich's mother, Empress Victoria, was fond of Irene. However, EmpressVictoria was shocked because Irene did not wear a shawl or scarf to disguise her pregnancy when shewas pregnant with her first son, the haemophiliac Prince Waldemar, in 1889. Empress Victoria, who wasfascinated by politics and current events, also couldn't understand why Heinrich and Irene never read anewspaper. However, the couple were happily married and they were known as "The Very Amiables" bytheir relatives because of their pleasant natures. The marriage produced three sons.ChildrenFamilyrelationshipsIrene transmitted the haemophilia gene to her eldest and youngest sons, Waldemar andHeinrich. Waldemar's health worried her from early childhood. She was later devastated when theyoungest child, four-year-old Heinrich, died after he fell and bumped his head in February 1904. Sixmonths after little Heinrich's death, Irene became an aunt to Tsarevich Alexei of Russia, son of her


Passage 1:Jesse E. HobsonJesse Edward Hobson (May 2, 1911 – November 5, 1970) was the director ofSRI International from 1947 to 1955. Prior to SRI, he was the director of the Armour ResearchFoundation.Early life and educationHobson was born in Marshall, Indiana. He received bachelor's andmaster's degrees in electrical engineering from Purdue University and a PhD in electrical engineering fromthe California Institute of Technology. Hobson was also selected as a nationally outstandingengineer.Hobson married Jessie Eugertha Bell on March 26, 1939, and they had fivechildren.CareerAwards and membershipsHobson was named an IEEE Fellow in 1948.Passage 2:The Heartof Maryland (1921 film)The Heart of Maryland is a lost 1921 American silent film feature produced anddistributed by the Vitagraph Company of America. It is based on David Belasco's 1895 play, The Heart ofMaryland.When Warner Brothers acquired the Vitagraph Studios in 1925, they obtained the screen rightsto this property and remade the story in 1927 as The Heart of Maryland with DoloresCostello.CastCatherine Calvert as Maryland CalvertCrane Wilbur as Alan KendrickFelix Krembs as Col.Fulton ThorpeBen Lyon as Bob TelfairWilliam Collier, Jr. as Lloyd CalvertWarner Richmond as TomBooneBernard Siegel as Provost-Sergeant BlountHenry Hallam as General KendrickVictoria White asNanny McNairMarguerite Sanchez as Mrs. ClaiborneJane Jennings as Mrs. ClaiborneSee alsoThe Heart ofMaryland (1915)Passage 3:Olav AaraasOlav Aaraas (born 10 July 1950) is a Norwegian historian andmuseum director.He was born in Fredrikstad. From 1982 to 1993 he was the director of Sogn FolkMuseum, from 1993 to 2010 he was the director of Maihaugen and from 2001 he has been the director ofthe Norwegian Museum of Cultural History. In 2010 he was decorated with the Royal Norwegian Order ofSt. Olav.Passage 4:The Heart of Maryland (1915 film)The Heart of Maryland is a lost 1915 silent filmdrama directed by Herbert Brenon based on David Belasco's play The Heart of Maryland. Mrs. LeslieCarter, who starred in the original play on Broadway in 1895, makes her appearance in this film as thetitle character.CastMrs. Leslie Carter – Maryland CalvertWilliam E. Shay – Alan KendrickJ. FarrellMacDonald – Colonel ThorpeMatt B. Snyder – General Hugh KendrickRaymond Russell – FloydCalvertMarcia Moore – Floyd Calver't SweetheartVivian Reed – Dolly GreyDoris Baker – True BlueHerbertBrenon – Lloyd CalvertBert Hadley – Private BooneJoseph Hazelton – The Sexton (*as Joe Hazelton)SeealsoThe Heart of Maryland (1921)The Heart of Maryland (1927)Passage 5:Ian Barry (director)Ian Barry isan Australian director of film and TV.Select creditsWaiting for Lucas (1973) (short)Stone (1974) (editoronly)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 Lettieand Me (2002) (TV movie)Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008)(documentary)The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2013)Passage 6:Peter LevinPeter Levin is an Americandirector of film, television and theatre.CareerSince 1967, Levin has amassed a large number of creditsdirecting episodic television and television films. Some of his television series credits include Love Is aMany Splendored Thing, James at 15, The Paper Chase, Family, Starsky & Hutch, Lou Grant, Fame,Cagney & Lacey, Law & Order and Judging Amy.Some of his television film credits include Rape andMarriage: The Rideout Case (1980), A Reason to Live (1985), Popeye Doyle (1986), A Killer Among Us(1990), Queen Sized (2008) and among other films. He directed "Heart in Hiding", written by his wifeAudrey Davis Levin, for which she received an Emmy for Best Day Time Special in the 1970s.Prior tobecoming a director, Levin worked as an actor in several Broadway productions. He costarred with SusanStrasberg in "[The Diary of Ann Frank]" but had to leave the production when he was drafted into theArmy. He trained at the Carnegie Mellon University. Eventually becoming a theatre director, he directedproductions at the Long Wharf Theatre and the Pacific Resident Theatre Company. He also co-founded theoff-off-Broadway Theatre [the Hardware Poets Playhouse] with his wife Audrey Davis Levin and was alsoan associate artist of The Interact Theatre Company.Passage 7:The Heart of the WorldThe Heart of theWorld is a short film written and directed by Guy Maddin, produced for the 2000 Toronto InternationalFilm Festival. Maddin was one of a number of directors (including Atom Egoyan and David Cronenberg)commissioned to make four-minute short films that would screen prior to the various feature films at the


Passage 1:Mordechai RotenbergMordechai Rotenberg (born 1932) (Hebrew:  ) isan Israeli professor of social work at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.BiographyMordechai Rotenbergwas born in Breslau, Germany (today Wrocław, Poland). His father was from Warsaw, descended fromRabbi Yitzchak Meir Alter, the founder of the Gur Hasidic sect.  His father owned a publishing house inBreslau. In 1939, on the eve of World War II, the family immigrated to Palestine. Rotenberg's fatheropened a small printing press in Jerusalem. Rotenberg grew up in a Haredi household, with threebrothers and a sister.In 1960, he graduated from the Hebrew University with a BA in education andsociology from the School of Social Work.  In 1962, he received his MSW from New York University. In1969, he was awarded a Ph.D. in social welfare and social psychology at University of California,Berkeley.In 1970, Rotenberg joined the faculty of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, becoming a fullprofessor in 1980. He founded a new sub-discipline in psychology and religion.  He is the author of tenbooks, which have been translated into English, French, Portuguese and Japanese. Rotenberg has taughtat University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Berkeley, the Jewish Theological Seminary, CityUniversity of New York and Yeshiva University.Clinical approachRotenberg has developed innovativetheories based on psychological interpretations of Hasidic and Midrashic concepts. He describes hisapproach as "re-biography", i.e.,  "rereading one's biography so it becomes possible to live with the text."In an interview with Haaretz newspaper he said: "All of life is a text, and I am proposing a new term -recomposition, rewriting the melody of life. You do not have to erase the past, but it can be re-composed,and to that end I cite examples from the Gemara."Tzimtzum paradigmRotenberg has adopted theKabbalistic-Hasidic tzimtzum paradigm, which he believes has significant implications for clinical therapy.According to this paradigm, God's "self-contraction" to vacate space for the world serves as a model forhuman behavior and interaction. The tzimtzum model promotes a unique community-centric approachwhich contrasts starkly with the language of Western psychology.AwardsIn 2009, Rotenberg wasawarded the Israel Prize for social work, in connection with his research in social welfare.PublishedworksDamnation and Deviance: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of FailureRewriting the Self:Psychotherapy and MidrashThe Yetzer: A Kabbalistic Psychology of Eroticism and Human SexualityHasidicPsychology: Making Space for OthersCreativity and Sexuality: A Kabbalistic ExperienceBetweenRationality and Irrationality: The Jewish Psychotherapeutic SystemDialogue With DevianceThe Trance ofTerror, Psycho-Religious FundaMentalism: Roots and RemediesDia-logo Therapy: Psychonarration andPaRDeSRe-Biographing and Deviance: Psychotherapeutic Narrativism and the MidrashSee alsoList ofIsrael Prize recipientsPassage 2:Dave Grossman (game developer)Dave Grossman is an American gameprogrammer and game designer, most known for his work at Telltale Games and early work at LucasArts.He has also written several children's books, and a book of "guy poetry" called Ode to the Stuff in theSink.Game industry careerGrossman joined Lucasfilm Games, later known as LucasArts in 1989. AtLucasArts, Grossman wrote and programmed The Secret of Monkey Island and Monkey Island 2:LeChuck's Revenge together with Ron Gilbert and Tim Schafer. He later co-designed Day of theTentacle.Grossman quit LucasArts in 1994 to begin a freelance career. For Humongous Entertainment, acompany co-founded by Ron Gilbert, he helped create many critically acclaimed games aimed at children,such as the Pajama Sam series. Later he also wrote children's games for Hulabee Entertainment andDisney.He then designed adventure games at Telltale Games, a company founded by LucasArts veterans.He joined Telltale in 2005 as lead designer. In 2009, he returned to his Monkey Island roots, as DesignDirector on Telltale Games' episodic Tales of Monkey Island.He left Telltale in August 2014 and joinedAmazon Alexa gaming specialists, Reactive Studios, in November 2014 as Chief Creative Officer. ReactiveStudios has since changed its name to EarPlay.In 2020 he joined Ron Gilbert in developing Return toMonkey Island. The game was released in 2022.Children's booksLyrick Publishing published three bookswritten by Grossman that were based on characters from Humongous Entertainment's games. They wereFreddi Fish: The Big Froople Match, Pajama Sam: Mission to the Moon, and Freddi Fish: The MissingLetters Mystery.For Fisher-Price/Nickelodeon, Grossman authored two interactive books, SpongeBob


Passage 1:La Bestia humanaLa Bestia humana is a 1957 Argentine film whose story is based on the 1890 novel La Bête Humaine by the French writer Émile Zola.External linksLa Bestia humana at IMDbPassage 2:Miloš ZličićMiloš Zličić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Зличић; born 29 December 1999) is a Serbian football forward who plays for Smederevo 1924. He is a younger brother of Lazar Zličić.Club careerVojvodinaBorn in Novi Sad, Zličić passed Vojvodina youth school and joined the first team at the age of 16. Previously, he was nominated for the best player of the "Tournament of Friendship", played in 2015. He made his senior debut in a friendly match against OFK Bačka during the spring half of the 2015–16 season, along with a year younger Mihajlo Nešković. Zličić made an official debut for Vojvodina in the 16th fixture of the 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga season, played on 19 November 2016 against Novi Pazar.Loan to CementIn July 2018, Zličić joined the Serbian League Vojvodina side Cement Beočin on half-year loan deal. Zličić made his debut in an official match for Cement on 18 August, in the first round of the new season of the Serbian League Vojvodina, in a defeat against Omladinac. He scored his first senior goal on 25 August, in victory against Radnički.International careerZličić was called in Serbia U15 national team squad during the 2014, and he also appeared for under-16 national team between 2014 and 2015. He was also member of a U17 level later. After that, he was member of a U18 level, and scored goal against Slovenia U18.Career statisticsAs of 26 February 2020Passage 3:Roman PolanskiRaymond Roman Thierry Polański (né Liebling; 18 August 1933) is a French and Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, nine César Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, as well as the Golden Bear and a Palme d'Or.His Polish Jewish parents moved the family from his birthplace in Paris back to Kraków in 1937. Two years later, the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany started World War II, and the family found themselves trapped in the Kraków Ghetto. After his mother and father were taken in raids, Polanski spent his formative years in foster homes, surviving the Holocaust by adopting a false identity and concealing his Jewish heritage. Polanski's first feature-length film, Knife in the Water (1962), was made in Poland and was nominated for the United States Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. After living in France for a few years, he moved to the United Kingdom, where he directed his first three English-language feature-length films: Repulsion (1965), Cul-de-sac (1966), and The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967). In 1968, he moved to the United States and cemented his status in the film industry by directing the horror film Rosemary's Baby (1968).In 1969, Polanski's pregnant wife, actress Sharon Tate, was murdered with four friends by members of the Manson Family. He made Macbeth (1971) in England and Chinatown (1974) back in Hollywood. Polanski was arrested and charged in 1977 with drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl. As a result of a plea bargain, he pleaded guilty to the lesser offence of unlawful sex with a minor. In 1978, upon learning that the judge planned to reject his plea deal and impose a prison term instead of probation, Polanski fled to Paris and has since been a fugitive from the U.S. criminal justice system. After fleeing to Europe, Polanski continued directing. His other critically acclaimed films include Tess (1979), The Pianist (2002) which won him the Academy Award for Best Director, The Ghost Writer (2010), Venus in Fur (2013), and An Officer and a Spy (2019).Early lifePolanski was born in Paris. He was the son of Bula (aka "Bella") Katz-Przedborska and Mojżesz (or Maurycy) Liebling (later Polański), a painter and manufacturer of sculptures, who after World War II was known as Ryszard Polański. Polanski's father was Jewish and originally from Poland; Polanski's mother, born in Russia, had been raised Catholic but was half Jewish. His mother had a daughter, Annette, by her previous husband. Annette survived Auschwitz, where her mother was murdered, and left Poland forever for France.  Polanski's parents were both agnostics. Polanski later stated that he was an atheist.World War II and the HolocaustThe Polański family moved back to Kraków, Poland, in early 1937, and were living there when World War II began with the invasion of Poland. Kraków was soon occupied by the German forces, and the racist and anti-Semitic Nuremberg Laws made the Polańskis targets of persecution, forcing them into the Kraków Ghetto, along with thousands of the city's Jews. Around the age of six, Polanski attended primary school for only a few weeks, until "all the Jewish children were abruptly expelled", writes biographer Christopher Sandford. That initiative was soon followed


Passage 1:Paul BrookePaul Brooke (born 22 November 1944) is a retired English actor of film, television and radio. He made his film debut in 1972 in the Hammer film Straight on till Morning, followed by performances in For Your Eyes Only (1981), Return of the Jedi (1983), Scandal (1989), Saving Grace (2000), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), Alfie (2004), The Phantom of the Opera (2004), and Oliver Twist (2005). Brooke is the father of actor Tom Brooke.CareerBrooke began as a stage actor and has played in many London productions, including several years as a member of Frank Dunlop's original Young Vic Company. He played Malakili the Rancor Keeper in the 1983 Star Wars film Return of the Jedi (his voiced dubbed over by Ernie Fosselius). He played British Conservative politician Ian Gow in the 2004 BBC series The Alan Clark Diaries. In 2006, he guest starred in the Doctor Who audio adventure Year of the Pig as well as the 1990 Mr. Bean sketch "The Library". He played Mr. Fitzherbert in the 2001 film Bridget Jones's Diary.Other appearances in television dramas and comedies featuring Brooke include The Blackadder, Bertie and Elizabeth, the BBC adaptation of Blott on the Landscape, Lovejoy, Foyle's War, Rab C. Nesbitt, Kavanagh QC, Sharpe's Revenge, Midsomer Murders, Hustle, Covington Cross, The Kit Curran Radio Show, Between the Lines, Relic Hunter and Mornin' Sarge. He appeared in the miniseries Nostromo in 1997.He played Gríma Wormtongue in the 1981 BBC radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.He, Linal Haft and Frank Mills are the only actors to appear in both the Classic and New series of Minder, but playing different roles in each.FilmographyFilmTelevisionExternal linksPaul Brooke at IMDbPassage 2:Peter HamelPeter Hamel (1911–1979) was a German screenwriter and a director of film and television. He appeared as himself in the 1948 comedy Film Without a Title. He is the father of the composer Peter Michael Hamel.Selected filmographyFilm Without a Title (1948)Artists' Blood (1949)Oh, You Dear Fridolin (1952)The Daring Swimmer (1957)Passage 3:Obata ToramoriObata Toramori (, 1491 – July 14, 1561) was Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku Period. He is known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen" He also recorded as having been wounded 41 times in 36 encounters. He was the father of Obata Masamori.See alsoIsao ObataPassage 4:Oskar RoehlerOskar Roehler (born 21 January 1959) is a German film director, screenwriter and journalist. He was born in Starnberg, the son of writers Gisela Elsner and Klaus Roehler. Since the mid-1980s, he has been working as a screenwriter, for, among others, Niklaus Schilling, Christoph Schlingensief and Mark Schlichter. Since the early 1990s, he has also been working as a film director. For his film No Place to Go he won the Deutscher Filmpreis. His 2010 film Jew Suss: Rise and Fall was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.Partial filmographyGentleman (1995)Silvester Countdown (1997)Gierig (1999)Latin Lover (1999, TV film)No Place to Go (2000)Suck My Dick (2001)Beloved Sister (2002, TV film)Angst (2003)Agnes and His Brothers (2004)The Elementary Particles (2006)Lulu and Jimi (2009)Jew Suss: Rise and Fall (2010)Sources of Life (2013)Punk Berlin 1982 (2015)Subs (2017)Enfant Terrible (2020)Passage 5:Inoue Masaru (bureaucrat)Viscount Inoue Masaru ( , August 25, 1843 – August 2, 1910) was the first Director of Railways in Japan and is known as the "father of the Japanese railways".BiographyHe was born into the Chōshū clan at Hagi, Yamaguchi, the son of Katsuyuki Inoue. He was briefly adopted into the Nomura family and became known as Nomura Yakichi, though he was later restored to the Inoue family.Masaru Inoue was brought up as the son of a samurai belonging to the Chōshū fief. At 15, he entered the Nagasaki Naval Academy established by the Tokugawa shogunate under the direction of a Dutch naval officer. In 1863, Inoue and four friends from the Chōshū clan stowed away on a vessel to the United Kingdom. He studied civil engineering and mining at University College London and returned to Japan in 1868. After working for the government as a technical officer supervising the mining industry, he was appointed Director of the Railway Board in 1871. Inoue played a leading role in Japan's railway planning and construction, including the construction of the Nakasendo Railway, the selection of the alternative route (Tokaido), and the proposals for future mainline railway networks.In 1891 Masaru Inoue founded Koiwai Farm with Yanosuke Iwasaki and Shin Onogi.  After retirement from the government, Inoue founded Kisha Seizo Kaisha, the first locomotive manufacturer in Japan, becoming its first president in 1896. In 1909 he was appointed President of the Imperial Railway Association. He died of an illness in


Passage 1:Olivier BarouxOlivier Baroux (born 5 January 1964) is a French actor, comedian, writer anddirector who has acted both on stage and on screen. He first became known in forming with Kad Merad,the duo Kad & Olivier then went solo, while finding Kad regularly. Baroux's movies on Le Tuche is inspiredby the hurdles of the American dream. He is married to his wife Coralie since 2009. Baroux is set toappear in Les Tuche 3, with filming beginning in August 2018.FilmographyActorWriter &DirectorVoiceExternal linksOlivier Baroux at IMDbPassage 2:Terence RobinsonTerence D. Robinson (dateof birth and death unknown) was a male wrestler who competed for England.Wrestling careerHerepresented England and won a bronze medal, in the bantamweight category of -57 kg , at the 1970British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.Passage 3:Les TucheLes Tuche is a 2011 Frenchcomedy film directed by Olivier Baroux. A sequel, Les Tuche 2, was released on 3 February 2016.PlotTheTuche family is the stereotypical unemployed lower class French family.Jeff (the father) is the prouddescendant of the unemployment welfare inventor, and has never worked a day in his life. Out of his 3kids, the youngest one seems to be extremely intelligent. This will come in handy when all of a sudden,they win €100 million in the lottery, and will attempt to fit in the Monaco's upper class.CastJean-PaulRouve as Jeff TucheIsabelle Nanty as Cathy TucheClaire Nadeau as Grandma SuzeThéo Fernandez asDonald TucheSarah Stern as Stéphanie TuchePierre Lottin as Wilfried TucheFadila Belkebla asMounaKarina Testa as SalmaPhilippe Lefebvre as BickardRalph Amoussou as Georges DioufJérômeCommandeur as HermannValérie Benguigui as ClaudiaOmar Sy as Bouzolles's monkKad Merad asBouzolles's fishmongerPierre Bellemare as Bouzolles's mayorOlivier Baroux as MonnierRemakeAn Italianremake entitled Poveri ma ricchi (lit. 'Poor but rich') was released in December 2016.Passage 4:Les Tuche2Les Tuche 2 - Le rêve américain is a 2016 French comedy film directed by Olivier Baroux. It is the sequelto Les Tuche. It earned over US$32.5 million and was the highest-grossing domestic film in France in2016, with 4,619,884 tickets sold.CastJean-Paul Rouve as Jeff TucheIsabelle Nanty as Cathy TucheClaireNadeau as Grandma SuzeThéo Fernandez as Donald TucheSarah Stern as Stéphanie TuchePierre Lottinas Wilfried TucheRalph Amoussou as Georges DioufDarrell Dennis as IndianReleaseLes Tuche 2 wasdistributed by Pathé in France.ReceptionThe Hollywood Reporter gave the film a negative review, findingthe films comedy as "puerile and naive whenever it’s not straightforwardly moronic", noting a list ofAmerican clichés and that "like in local box-office monsters Intouchables and Serial (Bad) Weddings, whatpasses for crude humor in France can be perceived as racially insensitive in the U.S. and elsewhere". Thereview commented on the writing as "staggeringly lazy and unfocused".Passage 5:Théo FernandezThéoFernandez (born in Toulouse on 18 September 1998) is a French film actor. He is best known for playingthe role of Donald Tuche in Les Tuche (2011), Les Tuche 2 - Le rêve américain (2016) and Les Tuche 3(2018). He plays the lead role of Gaston in the 2018 film Gaston Lagaffe, the main character in thecomics Gaston created by the Belgian cartoonist André Franquin. Fernandez has also appeared in anumber of TV films and TV series.Passage 6:Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)Theodred II was a medievalBishop of Elmham.The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometimebetween 995 and 997.Passage 7:Les Tuche 3Les Tuche 3, also known as The Magic Tuche, is a 2018French comedy film co-written by Olivier Baroux, Nessim Chikhaoui, Julien Hervé, Philippe Mechelen andJean-Paul Rouve and directed by Olivier Baroux. It is a sequel of Les Tuche and Les Tuche 2: Le Rêveaméricain. It was released in January 2018 and was a commercial success.SynopsisJeff Tuche (played byJean-Paul Rouve) is initially delighted with the news that the new TGV is passing near his villageBouzolles, but then discovers to his horror that the TGV will not have a stop in  Bouzolles. He pleads withthe French President of the Republic to reconsider the itinerary of the new TGV so that his village doesn'tremain in isolation from the world. But not hearing from the Élysée, he decides to run for the Frenchpresidential election and succeeds becoming the French President, leaving him with the daunting task ofhow to govern France.CastJean-Paul Rouve as Jeff TucheIsabelle Nanty as Cathy TucheClaire Nadeau asMamie SuzeSarah Stern as Stéphanie TuchePierre Lottin as Wilfried TucheThéo Fernandez as DonaldTucheMarc Duret as Laurent DupuisRalph Amoussou as Georges DioufPassage 8:Etan BoritzerEtan


Passage 1:Princess Florestine of MonacoPrincess Florestine Gabrielle Antoinette of Monaco (22 October1833 – 4 April 1897) was the youngest child and only daughter of Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, and hiswife, Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz. Florestine was a member of the House of Grimaldi and a Princessof Monaco by birth and a member of the House of Württemberg and Duchess consort of Urach andCountess of Württemberg through her marriage to Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach.Marriage andissueFlorestine married Count Wilhelm of Württemberg (later Wilhelm, 1st Duke of Urach), son of DukeWilhelm of Württemberg and his morganatic wife Baroness Wilhelmine von Tunderfeldt-Rhodis, on 15February 1863 in Monaco. Florestine and Wilhelm had two sons:Wilhelm Karl Florestan Gero Crescentius(1864–1928), Count of Württemberg, 2nd Duke of Urach, and nominally King of Lithuania as MindaugasII of Lithuania∞ 1892 Duchess Amalie in Bavaria (1865-1912), eldest daughter of the Duke Karl-Theodorin Bavaria∞ 1924 Princess Wiltrud Alix Marie of Bavaria (1884-1975), sixth daughter of Ludwig III ofBavariaJosef Wilhelm Karl Florestan Gero Crescentius (1865–1925), Prince of UrachFlorestine's husbandWilhelm had converted to Roman Catholicism in 1841, for his first marriage to Théodolinde deBeauharnais, who died in 1857.Monaco Succession Crisis of 1918Florestine, according to the rulesgoverning succession to the throne of Monaco, was able to marry without relinquishing her rights. Whenher grandnephew Louis II, Prince of Monaco, ascended to the Monegasque throne, Florestine's sonWilhelm claimed his rights for his succession to the princely throne of Monaco and the Grimaldi nobletitles. However, France had undergone two wars against Germany and did not wish to see Germanprinces ruling the Principality of Monaco. Therefore, France reached an agreement with the principalityallowing the illegitimate daughter of Louis II, Charlotte, to be his heir presumptive to the princely throneand Grimaldi noble titles. Charlotte renounced and ceded her rights to the princely throne on 30 May1944 to her son Rainier who became Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.HonoursWürttemberg: Dame of theOrder of Olga, 1871 -  Spain: Dame of the Order of Queen Maria LuisaAncestryPassage 2:Charles III,Prince of MonacoCharles III (Charles Honoré Grimaldi; 8 December 1818 – 10 September 1889) wasPrince of Monaco and Duke of Valentinois from 20 June 1856 to his death. He was the founder of thefamous casino in Monte Carlo, as his title in Monegasque and Italian was Carlo III. He was born in Paris,the only son of Florestan, Prince of Monaco, and Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz.Marriage and reignWhilehe was Hereditary Prince, Charles was married on 28 September 1846 in Brussels to Countess Antoinettede Mérode-Westerloo.He succeeded his father Prince Florestan in 1856.During his reign, the towns ofMenton and Roquebrune, constituting some 80 percent of Monegasque territory, were formally ceded toFrance, paving the way for formal French recognition of Monaco's independence. Rebellions in thesetowns, aided by the Kingdom of Sardinia, had exhausted Monaco's military resources for decades.ThePrincipality was in dire need of cash flow, so Prince Charles and his mother, Princess Caroline, had theidea of erecting a casino. The Monte Carlo Casino was designed, according to the Prince's liking, in theGerman style and placed at the site of Les Spélugues. Monte Carlo (in English, Mount Charles) itself takesits name from Charles, after all its founder. Charles established a society (business) to run the Casino;this society is today the Société des bains de mer de Monaco.Under Charles III, the Principality of Monacoincreased its diplomatic activities; for example, in 1864, Charles III concluded a Treaty of Friendship withthe Bey of Tunis, Muhammad III as-Sadiq, which also regulated trade and maritime issues.HonoursMonteCarlo is named after Charles III. It stands for the "Mount Charles" in Italian.The Order of Saint-Charleswas instituted on 15 March 1858, during the reign of Prince Charles III.He received the followingdecorations and awards: Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, with Collar, 27 March1863 (Sweden-Norway) Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog, in Brilliants, 16 February 1865(Denmark) Grand Cross of the Grand Ducal Hessian Order of Ludwig, 17 April 1865 (Grand Duchy ofHesse) Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished Order of Charles III, 17 February 1867 (Spain) GrandCross of the Order of the Red Eagle, 7 July 1869 (Kingdom of Prussia) Grand Cross of the Order of theZähringer Lion, 1869 (Grand Duchy of Baden) Officer of the Legion d'Honneur, for his service in theFrench Navy in the Franco-Prussian War (French Empire) Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (civil


Passage 1:Albertine, baroness Staël von HolsteinHedvig Gustava Albertina, Baroness de Staël-Holstein or simply Albertine (1797–1838), was the daughter of Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein and Madame de Staël, the granddaughter of Jacques Necker and Suzanne Curchod, wife to Victor de Broglie (1785–1870), and mother to Albert, a French monarchist politician, and Louise, a novelist and biographer. Her biological father may have been the author Benjamin Constant.LifeAlbertina, still very much part of the de Staël circle, shared her grandfather's anglomania, and introduced her husband to the "erudite society that centred around that family." Victor de Broglie Souvenirs recall their married life and the political storms that surrounded it.Her letters were collected and edited by her son Albert and published in French and in English by Robert Baird as Transplanted flowers, or memoirs of Mrs. Rumpff, daughter of John Jacob Astor, Esq. and the Duchess de Broglie, daughter of Madame de Stael (1846).Passage 2:George Bogislaus Staël von HolsteinGeorge Bogislaus Staël von Holstein (born 6 December 1685 in Narva; died 17 December 1763 in Malmö) was a Swedish baron and field marshal. He was the Governor of Malmöhus County from 1754 to 1763.FamilyGeorge Bosiglaus Staël von Holstein was born on 6 December 1685, the son of Lt. Col. Johan Staël von Holstein and Julia Helena von der Pahlen. He was a member of the Staël von Holstein noble house which had then only recently joined the Swedish nobility.During his captivity in Russia he married the Countess Ingeborg Christina Horn af Rantzien in 1710, a daughter of the Field Marshal Henning Rudolf Horn von Rantzien, who had been taken captive with his daughters by the Russians during the Great Northern War.In 1722 Staël von Holstein planned a marriage with Sofia Elisabeth Ridderschantz. However, the marriage was broken off because his wife Ingeborg from Russia, where she had been held captive to that point, returned. In 1731 Staël von Holstein was raised to the rank of baron.In 1761 his first wife died, and Staël married Sofia Elisabeth Ridderschantz. Anna Helena Juliana, the daughter of George Bogislaus Staël von Holstein, died at the age of five. With her this branch of the Staël von Holstein noble family died out.Military careerStaël von Holstein began his military career on 20 February 1700 as a volunteer in the Swedish household guard. He was promoted to Unteroffizier (roughly equivalent to corporal) in the artillery. Staël von Holstein became a cornet in the Dragoon regiment of the province Ingria which was under the command of Otto Vellingk. He participated in the campaign in Livonia against the Russian and Saxon armies. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1702 and a year later to Captain in the infantry regiment of Adam de la Gardie. This regiment was used in 1704 to free the besieged city of Narva from Russian troops. In April he was appointed commander of the grenadier company of this regiment.The Swedish attack failed and Staël von Holstein was captured. He was held captive in prison camps in Siberia and later in the region of Moscow. Staël von Holstein succeeded in being exchanged for a Russian officer in 1711. His wife, her sisters and his father-in-law were not allowed to leave Russia, however. After his return Staël von Holstein was under the direct command of the Swedish King Charles XII, who was in exile in Bender and was dispatched by him to the Skaraborg regiment.In 1713 Staël von Holstein was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and in 1715 he invaded Schonen with the Skaraborg regiment. Two years later he was appointed colonel. In 1718 he participated with his regiment in the campaign against Norway and took part in the Siege of Frederiksten.In 1719 the Skaraborg regiment was garrisoned in Göteborg. The attack of the Danish captain Peter Wessel Tordenskiold on the fortress of Nya Elfsborg was repulsed by his commander Johan Abraham Lillie with all his forces. The artillery division of the Skaraborg regiment began a counter-attack on the Danish navy on 24 July. They were so taken by surprise by artillery fire from land that the fleet withdrew and repulsed the attack.In 1720 Staël parted from the Swedish army and served in the following years under Duke Karl Friedrich von Holstein. He was a major general and commander in his bodyguard.In 1733 Staël von Holstein was appointed colonel and commandant of Kalmar Castle. A year later he was governor of Kalmar.Staël was appointed major-general in 1734. In 1742 he was the leader of the political group the Caps.In 1743 Staël von Holstein was promoted to lieutenant general. He was also a Knight in the Royal Order of the Seraphim. In 1754 he was appointed governor of Malmöhus län and commandant of Malmö. He remained in this position until his death.Civilian lifeIn 1737 Staël built a textile factory in Kalmar. In 1742 he founded the glasswork company Kosta Glasbruk together with the governor


Passage 1:Satellite tournamentA satellite tournament is either a minor tournament or event on acompetitive sporting tour or one of a group of such tournaments that form a series played in the samecountry or region.PokerA satellite tournament in poker is a qualifying event. Winners of these satellitesusually win the buy-in fee to a larger, more prestigious tournament like the World Series of Poker MainEvent. Although there are some land-based satellite tournaments (usually for very high-stakestournaments), most of them are online-based. Some sites, like PokerStars, maintain several tiers ofsatellites. A player can thus start out at one tier (not necessarily the lowest one) and play his way to ahigher tier. The entry fee for each tier is always higher than the fee for the tier below it, with the first tierbeing the cheapest.TennisIn professional tennis, satellite circuits were four-week tournaments (fivebefore 1987), typically organised by a country's national tennis association and overseen by theInternational Tennis Federation. They were played by players who were ranked outside the top fewhundred by the Association of Tennis Professionals, with openings for unranked players in the qualifyingdraw. Total prize money ranged from $25,000 to $75,000 per circuit.  ATP points were awarded on thebasis of a player's ranking within the circuit and from 1987 onwards on the basis of the conversion of aplayer's circuit points into ATP points. Players successful at this level of pro tennis would move on to playATP Challenger Series or even top-flight ATP Tour events. The men's satellite tournaments werediscontinued following the 2006 season as the circuit moved exclusively to one-week Futurestournaments.PinballA satellite tournament in pinball is modeled after those in poker. It is a smallertournament that leads up to a major pinball championship, where participants have the opportunity towin their entry into the larger tournament. Applying the satellite tournament concept to pinball was firstdone by Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show in 2013 to promote both the show and the tournaments atthe show. Since then, some other major tournaments have begun using the concept.Passage 2:Tunstall,VirginiaTunstall is an unincorporated community in New Kent County, Virginia, United States.Foster'sCastle and Hampstead, both located in Tunstall, are listed on the National Register of HistoricPlaces.Passage 3:Telephone numbers in Ascension IslandCountry Code: +247International Call Prefix:00Ascension Island does not share the same country code (+290) with the rest of St Helena.CallingformatsTo call in Ascension Island, the following format is used:yxxxx      Calls inside AscensionIsland+247 yxxxx  Calls from outside Ascension IslandAscension Island numbering planAccording to ITUCommunication of 08.V.2015, Sure South Atlantic Limited, Jamestown, announced the following updateto the numbering plan for Ascension.The length of geographical numbers increased from four (4) to five(5) digits and prefixed with the number "6".The 4XXXX range  reserved for mobile services.The change tofive-digit numbering to be implemented on 1 June 2015.   1: New 5-digit numbering2: 6-digitnumberingSee alsoTelephone numbers in the United KingdomTelephone numbers in Saint Helena andTristan da CunhaPassage 4:LubnowyLubnowy is part of the name of two villages, both located in GminaSusz, within Iława County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland:Lubnowy MałeLubnowy WielkieSeealsoLiebenauPassage 5:BrevilleBreville is an Australian brand of small home appliances, founded inSydney in 1932. It is best known for its home appliances, specifically blenders, coffee machines, toasters,kettles, microwaves and toaster ovens. As of 2016, the brand also manufactured "Creatista" coffeemachines for Nespresso, and distributed other Nespresso products in Australia, New Zealand and the USAand Canada, including the "Inissia", "Vertuo" and "Citiz" series of machines.HistoryIn 1932, Bill O'Brienand Harry Norville (born Charles Henry Norville) mixed their last names together and the Breville brandwas created. The company started by making radios. During World War II, it made mine detectors. By1953, the radio business had been taken over by A.W. Jackson Industries Pty. Ltd., which manufacturedradiograms and, later, television sets under the Breville brand. After that, Breville turned its attention tomanufacturing household appliances.The O'Brien family continued developing the Breville business forthree generations, with Bill's son, John, setting up the Breville Research and Development centre in thelate 1960s, and his daughter, Barbara, running the marketing department throughout the 1990s. JohnO'Brien continued to lead many product development initiatives for the Breville brand until his death in


Passage 1:David A. GanongDavid A. Ganong,  (born September 14, 1943 in St. Stephen, New Brunswick) is a Canadian business executive.BiographyGanong is the former president and current chairman of the board of Ganong Bros., the oldest chocolate manufacturing company in Canada. He graduated with a BA degree from the University of New Brunswick in 1965 then earned his MBA degree University of Western Ontario.In 1977 he replaced his uncle, R. Whidden Ganong, as president of the company. In 1984-85, David Ganong served as chairman of the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council. In 1990 he oversaw the building of a modern new plant. Its success was followed by a further expansion in 2003. He was named a member of the Order of Canada in 2005 and was inducted into the Canadian Professional Sales Association Hall of Fame in 1999. In 2008 David Ganong stepped down as president, but has maintained an advisory role as chairman on the company's board and remains the controlling shareholder. Two of his children have moved into executive positions with the company, representing the fifth generation of Ganong overseeing the company; daughter Bryana Ganong as president and CEO, and son Nicholas Ganong as Vice President of Sales and Business Development.David Ganong is a member of the board of governors of the University of New Brunswick and he and his wife Diane have provided financial support to the university. In recent years, David has taken an active role in a number of community development groups, most recently with Future St. Stephen.NotesFolster, David. The Chocolate Ganongs of St. Stephen, New Brunswick (1991) Goose Lane Editions ISBN 0-86492-115-2Craigs, Melodie. Ganong, The Candy Family (1984) Literacy Council of Fredericton ISBN 0-920333-16-8David and Diane Ganong's donation to the University of New BrunswickFebruary 2003 Candy Industry article on David Ganong and Ganong Bros.Profile of David Ganong, The Governor General's Canadian Leadership ConferencePassage 2:Obata ToramoriObata Toramori (, 1491 – July 14, 1561) was Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku Period. He is known as one of the "Twenty-Four Generals of Takeda Shingen" He also recorded as having been wounded 41 times in 36 encounters. He was the father of Obata Masamori.See alsoIsao ObataPassage 3:John Templeton (botanist)John Templeton (1766–1825) was a pioneering Irish naturalist, sometimes referred to as the "Father of Irish Botany". He was a leading figure in Belfast's late eighteenth century enlightenment, initially supported the  United Irishmen, and figured prominently in the town's scientific and literary societies.FamilyTempleton was born in Belfast in 1766, the son of James Templeton, a prosperous wholesale merchant, and his wife Mary Eleanor, daughter of Benjamin Legg, a sugar refiner. The family resided in a 17th century country house to the south of the town, which been named Orange Grove in honour of William of Orange who had stopped at the house en route to his victory over James II at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.Until the age of 16 Templeton attended a progressive, co-educational, school favoured by the town's liberal, largely Presbyterian, merchant class. Schoolmaster David Manson sought to exclude "drudgery and fear" by combining classroom instruction with play and experiential learning. Templeton counted among his schoolfellows brother and sister Henry Joy and Mary Ann McCracken, and maintained a warm friendship with them throughout his life.In 1799, Templeton married Katherine Johnson of Seymour Hill. Her family had been touched by the United Irish rebellion the previous year: her brother-in-law, Henry Munro, commander of the United army at the Battle of Ballynahinch, had been hanged. The couple had five children: Ellen, born on 30 September 1800, Robert, born on 12 December 1802, Catherine, born on 19 July 1806, Mary, born on 9 December 1809 and Matilda on 2 November 1813.The union between the two already prosperous merchant families provided more than ample means enabling Templeton to devote himself passionately to the study of natural history.United IrishmanLike many of his liberal Presbyterian peers in Belfast, Templeton was sympathetic to the programme and aims of the Society United Irishmen:  Catholic Emancipation and democratic reform of the Irish Parliament. But it was several years before he was persuaded to take the United Irish "test" or pledge. In March 1797 his friend, Mary Ann McCracken, wrote to her brother: [A] certain Botanical friend of ours whose steady and inflexible mind is invulnerable to any other weapon but reason, and only to be moved by conviction has at last turned his attention from the vegetable kingdom to the human species and after pondering the matter for some months, is at last determined to become what he ought to have been months ago.She hoped his


Passage 1:Herbert J. RayRear Admiral Herbert James Ray (1 February 1893 – 3 December 1970) was anofficer in the United States Navy who served in World War I and World War II. A 1914 graduate of theNaval Academy, he served on the submarines USS H-2 and N-3 during World War I. In March 1942, asChief of Staff and Aide to the Commandant of the Sixteenth Naval District, Rear Admiral Francis W.Rockwell, he participated in General Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines. In Australia, heserved with MacArthur's General Headquarters, Southwest Pacific Area staff. In September 1943, hebecame Captain of the battleship USS Maryland, which he commanded in the Battle of Tarawa, Battle ofKwajalein, Battle of Saipan and the Battle of Peleliu. In October 1944, he participated in the Battle ofSurigao Strait, in which Maryland joined the other battleships in engaging the Japanese battleships Fusōand Yamashiro and their escorts. Ray left Maryland in December 1944, and was promoted to Commodoreand appointed deputy director of the Naval Division of the US Control Group Council for Germany. AfterVE Day, he became the Junior United States Member of the Tripartite Naval Commission in Berlin. Heretired from the Navy on 30 June 1949, and received a tombstone promotion to rear admiral due to hiscombat decorations.Early lifeHerbert James Ray was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 1 February 1893,the son of James Herbert Ray and his wife Mary née Rosseler. He was educated at Rhea County HighSchool. In 1910, he was appointed to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, from which hegraduated on 6 June 1914.On graduation, he was commissioned as an ensign, and joined the crew of thebattleship USS Minnesota. In July 1915, he became an instructor for enlisted ratings in Norfolk, Virginia.He then became part of the crew that was assembled for the new battleship USS Nevada in January1916, and served on it when it was commissioned in March 1916. After the United States declared war onGermany, he underwent submariner training on board the submarine tender USS Fulton from June toNovember 1917. During the war he served on the submarines USS H-2 and N-3.Between the warsAfterthe war, Ray was posted to the battleship USS Pennsylvania in March 1919, the submarine tender USSSavannah in July 1919, and the destroyer USS Meyer February 1920. He then became the ExecutiveOfficer of the destroyer USS Walker. In November 1920, he helped fit out the destroyer USS Young, andserved on it until April 1921, when he was transferred to the crew of another new destroyer, the USSMacdonough. He helped fit it out, and then served with it until September 1921.Ray returned toAnnapolis as an instructor with the Electrical Engineering and Physics Department from September 1921to June 1923. He then served on the transport USS Argonne until December 1924, when he became theExecutive Officer of the destroyer USS Wood. In 1926, he assumed command of the destroyer USSFarenholt. In July, he became Officer in Charge of the Branch Hydrographic Office in Honolulu. He wasAide and Flag Secretary to the Commander Light Cruiser 2 from May 1928 to June 1930; Light CruiserDivisions, Scouting Fleet from June to September 1930; and Light Cruiser 3 from September 1930 to July1931. Ray married Helen Louise Jacobs from La Plata, Maryland in 1930. They had two daughters andtwo sons.Ray was the Navy Representative on the Joint Army-Navy Selective Services Committee at theWar Department in Washington, D.C., from July 1931 to September 1933. He then helped fit out the newcruiser USS New Orleans, and became first he First Lieutenant and Damage Control Officer, and then, inFebruary 1935, he Executive Officer. Following the usual pattern of alternating duty afloat and ashore, hereturned to Annapolis in July 1936 for a second two-year tour as an instructor, this time in theDepartment of English and History. In June 1938 he entered the Naval War College at Newport, RhodeIsland. After graduating in June 1939, he became the Executive Officer of the USS Quincy.World WarIISouthwest PacificIn March 1941, Ray became Chief of Staff and Aide to the Commandant of theSixteenth Naval District, Rear Admiral Francis W. Rockwell, at Cavite, where he was promoted to captainon 1 July 1941. He was serving in this capacity when the Pacific War began. He was awarded the Legionof Merit for his part in the fighting. His citation read:For exceptionally meritorious conduct in theperformance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Chief of Staff in theSixteenth Naval District at the outbreak of World War II. Captain Ray continuously performed duties ofgreat responsibility during and after the bombing and destruction of Cavite Navy Yard on 10 December


Passage 1:Robert L. Simpson (film editor)Robert Laughlin Simpson, A.C.E. (July 31, 1910 – June 26,1977), was an American film editor with more than 100 feature film credits.BiographyBorn in St. Louis,Missouri, Simpson began his career at Paramount Pictures in 1935. By the end of the decade, he hadjoined 20th Century Fox, where he remained for more than 35 years.During a 55-year career, Simpsonedited one hundred films, including Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), ThePride of St. Louis (1952), Call Me Madam, The King and I (1956), South Pacific (1958), Fate is the Hunter(1964), and Tony Rome (1967). He collaborated with director George Seaton on several projects,including Miracle on 34th Street, The Shocking Miss Pilgrim, Apartment for Peggy, and Chicken EverySunday. He also worked with John Ford, Sidney Lanfield, and Walter Lang.Simpson was nominated forthe Academy Award for Best Film Editing for The Grapes of Wrath.Partial filmographyHer Master's Voice(1936)Love and Hisses (1937)Josette (1938)Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)Public Deb No. 1 (1940)TheGrapes of Wrath (1940)Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)Miracle on 34th Street (1947)The Shocking MissPilgrim (1947)Apartment for Peggy (1948)Chicken Every Sunday (1949)The Big Lift (1950)The Pride ofSt. Louis (1952)Call Me MadamThe King and I (1956)South Pacific (1958)Move Over, Darling (1963)Fateis the Hunter (1964)Tony Rome (1967)See alsoList of film director and editor collaborations. From 1940to 1960, Simpson edited ten films directed by Walter Lang; The King and I (1956) was nominated forboth the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Director.Passage 2:Jean-LucLemoineJean-Luc Marie Lemoine (born 6 March 1970) is a French humourist, media personality andstand-up comedian.Early lifeA native of Paris, Lemoine grew up in Morangis, Essonne. His first scene wason his high school stage, in front of 800 fellow students.In 1993, he played at the Théâtre desBlancs-Manteaux in Paris for 15 days and later worked as a columnist for the satirical weekly Infos duMonde, based upon Weekly World News in the United States. He started his television career on localTéléssonne channel. The following year, he played a show during 10 months, directed by FranckDubosc.CareerLemoine was a regular guest on On a tout essayé on France 2 from 2001 to 2006, when hejoined On n'est pas couché for two seasons.From 2011 until 2018, Lemoine was part of the slate ofregular guests on Touche pas à mon poste! on France 4 and then D8, when the talk show hosted by CyrilHanouna switched channels in 2012. He also had a weekly segment called Les Questions en 4/3. In 2015,his segment became a TV special for one prime time.In 2013, he joined Hanouna on his radio programmeLes pieds dans le plat broadcast on Europe 1. From 2016 to 2017 and in 2017 respectively, he hosted thegame shows Guess My Age and Couple or Not? on C8, both of which were created by VivendiEntertainment and have spawned numerous international versions.Lemoine quit C8 in 2018. He hashosted Samedi d'en rire on France 3 since 2019. He has also been a regular guest on Les Grosses Têtessince 2019.Passage 3:Robert Simpson (writer)Robert Simpson (1886 - January 7, 1934) was a writer andeditor.Early lifeIn 1886, Simpson was born in Strathy, Scotland. Simpson's father was Robert Simpsonand his mother was Mary Ann Smith Simpson.CareerIn about 1905, Simpson started working in thepalm-oil business, trading with West Africa.In 1907, Simpson emigrated to the United States. In 1916,Simpson became an editor at the Frank A. Munsey Company.  In 1917, Simpson was promoted tomanaging editor of The Argosy, and stayed in that role for three years.  He left in 1920 to become afree-lance writer, and returned to editing in 1925, becoming the editor of Mystery Magazine.Simpson'snovels include The Bite of Benin, Swamp Breath, The Grey Charteris, Eight Panes of Glass, and Calvert ofAllobar.Personal lifeSimpson was married to Marie A. Simpson, née Socin, and they had a daughter andtwo sons.Passage 4:Thomas Wykes (MP for Cambridgeshire)Thomas Wykes (died c. 1430), ofStetchworth, Cambridgeshire, was an English politician.He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament ofEngland for Cambridgeshire in March 1416.Passage 5:Robert Simpson (brewer)Robert Simpson was aCanadian brewer and politician who served as the first mayor of Barrie from 1871 to 1872, and again asits third mayor in 1876. He also founded the Simcoe Steam Brewery, and the 21st-century RobertSimpson Brewing Company (now The Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery) was named in his honour.Prior tobecoming mayor, the head of the governing body for Barrie was known as the reeve of Barrie. Simpson


Passage 1:Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1886–1964)Prince Hermann ofSaxe-Weimar-Eisenach (14 February 1886 – 6 June 1964) was a member of the House ofSaxe-Weimar-Eisenach. He was heir to his relative William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenachuntil 1909, when he was disinherited of his royal status. From that point onwards, Hermann wascommonly referred to with the lesser style, Graf von Ostheim (Count of Ostheim).Early lifePrinceHermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was born on 14 February 1886 in Düsseldorf. He was educated by atutor until deemed old enough to enter the Imperial German Army. He joined the Cuirassiers of the Guardin Berlin, where he was separated from the guidance of his family and tutor, and began to build up areputation as a spendthrift like his father. He was given $10,000 a year to spend, and he and those hebought items from realized that any debts contracted would eventually be paid by his family, thusincreasing the amount Hermann could spend. By the end of the year, Hermann was a quarter of a milliondollars in debt, which his family duly paid; he was sent to a small town as a disciplinary measure. Hepersuaded his family that he was ill, and was able to travel to Paris, racking up more debts along theway; one rumor said he sold his mother's jewels en route to France.Heir to Saxe-Weimar-EisenachWilliamErnest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach remained childless for much of his early life, fuelingspeculation of the succession to his duchy. As a descendant of Charles Augustus, Grand Duke ofSaxe-Weimar-Eisenach through a younger son, firstly Hermann and secondly his brother were heirpresumptives until the birth of Charles Augustus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach in1912.Loss of inheritanceA lifelong spendthrift, Prince Hermann was heir presumptive to the duchy ofSaxe-Weimar-Eisenach until his disinheritance on 2 August 1909. The ducal family forced him torenounce his rights of succession to the Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach throne, as well as his royal status, titleand prerogatives, granting him a lesser, noble title, Count Ostheim, along with a small allowance on thegrounds that he stay out of the duchy. Herman was not the only member of his family to have a badreputation; his father Prince William as well as their cousin Prince Bernhard were all viewed withdispleasure, so much so, that the still-living Prince William had been overlooked concerning the duchy'ssuccession. Hermann had a younger brother, Prince Albert, who took up his position as next-in-line to theduchy. Hermann was also driven out of the German army "for all sorts of unsavory scrapes", as he waswanted in both England and Austria for debts, and for being a "common swindler". His Austrian arrestwarrant was issued soon after his younger sister Princess Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach was deniedpermission to enter into a morganatic marriage; she committed suicide soon after, on 18 September1913.In 1921 Count Hermann claimed in a lawsuit with Grand Duke William Ernest that he and hismother were induced by a ruse and told that he would be forcibly expelled from Paris unless he agreed totravel from there to Germany; instead Hermann was confined in an insane asylum. He was only freedafter signing documents renouncing all claims to Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and assuming the style CountOstheim. Hermann went on to claim that the Grand Duke was guilty of usury, as he was lent certain sumsof money to pay off his debts in exchange for renouncing 48,000 marks appanage in favor of WilliamErnest. During that time, the German government had been completing negotiations for a settlement onthe former royal family (their titles had been abolished in 1918); thus had Hermann not beendisinherited, he would have stood to inherit quite a large bit of money.MarriageBefore he becamedisinherited, Prince Hermann desired to marry Princess Marie Bonaparte, a great heiress; he might havesucceeded but for his unsavory reputation. Though there was a chance he would succeed to the GrandDucal throne, Marie's father disliked Hermann for possessing an "evil" reputation, and consequentlyallowed her instead to marry Prince George of Greece and Denmark. Before her refusal, however,Hermann was able to obtain a great deal of money, as it was assumed he would soon have a great deal ofwealth to spend; when it became clear there was to be no marriage, a "crash" came. It was these moneytroubles, along with other problems, that led to his disinheritance.Despite being disinherited, Hermannopenly boasted he would travel to the United States in search of a wealthy wife, and then return toGermany and pay off his debts within a year; all this was said while staying in Zurich awaiting funds from


Passage 1:Come on DangerCome on Danger is a 1942 American Western film directed by Edward Killy. Itwas a remake of a 1932 Tom Keene film. The story was bought for Holt in June 1941.PlotsummaryCastTim Holt as Jack MasonFrances E. Neal as Ann Jordan (as Frances Neal)Ray Whitley asSmokeyLee 'Lasses' White as WhopperKarl Hackett as Ott RamseyMalcolm 'Bud' McTaggart as RussGlennStrange as Henchman SloanEvelyn Dockson as Aunt Fanny (as Evlynn Dockson)Davison Clark as RangerCaptain BlakeJohn Elliott as SaundersSlim Whitaker as Sheriff (as 'Slim' Whitaker)Kate Harrington asMaggieHenry Roquemore as JedPassage 2:Come On Danger!Come On Danger! is a 1932 Pre-CodeWestern film, and the first film Tom Keene would make at RKO Studios. It made a profit of $30,000.Itwas remade in 1942 under the similar title, Come on Danger.PlotJim Madden, a Texas Ranger, is gunneddown while investigating the murder of a local rancher. His younger brother, Larry, vows to track downthe suspected killer, another rancher named Joan Stanton. While looking into the murders, he stumbleson a battle between Stanton and a group of men working for another rancher, Frank Sanderson. Stantontakes money from Sanderson that she feels is due to her.Rescuing Stanton from the altercation, he keepshis identity as a Ranger secret, while attempting to learn the truth of what is going on. Through talks withStanton, Madden learns that Sanderson has been setting her up for both the murder of the other rancher,and Jim's death.Convinced by Stanton's story, Madden tells Stanton she must turn herself in, and sheagrees. Before they can reach the Rangers, they are captured by Sanderson's men. Sanderson plans tokill Madden, and take Stanton to Mexico. With the help of the Rangers' cook, Rusty, as well as several ofStanton's men, Madden overcomes Sanderson and his men, and takes a vindicated Stanton back to theRangers.Cast(cast list as per AFI database)Tom Keene as Larry MaddenJulie Haydon as JoanStantonRosco Ates as RustyRobert Ellis as Frank SandersonWilliam Scott as Jim MaddenFrank Lackteenas PiuteWade Boteler as TexRoy Stewart as Inspector ClayHarry Tenbrook as BillPassage 3:Sam White(film producer)Sam White (October 16, 1906 – August 8, 2006) was an American film producer, filmdirector and actor.White was born in Los Angeles on October 16, 1906 to parents who had immigratedfrom Austria and Hungary.  In 1937, he  married  Claretta Ellis, a studio contract dancer.  They weremarried for 65 years until her death in 2002.For much of the 1930s, Sam White directed numerousmusical sequences in films such as Roberta with Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Irene Dunne; Old ManRhythm with Betty Grable and Buddy Rogers; Top of the Town with George Murphy; and Hooray for Love,with Ann Sothern.During World War II, Sam made six training films for the U.S. Armed forces.  Also inthe 1940s, the feature films he produced and directed included Reveille with Beverly, starring Ann Miller(Frank Sinatra's first film); People Are Funny, starring Jack Haley and Rudy Vallée; The Return of theVampire, starring Bela Lugosi; The Girl in the Case, starring Edmund Lowe; After Midnight with BostonBlackie, starting Chester Morris; Louisiana Hayride, starring Judy Canova; and Tahiti Nights, starring JinxFalkenburg for RKO, Columbia, Universal and Paramount Studios.During the next two decades, Samdirected commercials and produced and directed early television series such as Perry Mason, The OuterLimits, Oh! Those Bells, My Friend Flicka, Boston Blackie, Philip Marlowe, and Big Town, among manyothers.  In 1969 he produced and directed White Comanche with William Shatner and Joseph Cotten.  Hewas also a successful businessman with his production facility in Pioneer Town and commercial real estateventures in Los Angeles.Throughout his later years, Sam remained interested in world affairs andtraveled extensively as a valued ombudsman for the Directors Guild to cement relations between foreignand American filmmakers. In 1990, the Directors Guild of America published an oral history entitled TheWhite Brothers which tells the history of the family as well as the history of early movie making in LosAngeles.Sam White, one of the famous White Brothers film and television pioneers, died peacefully at hisEncino home just short of his 100th birthday.  A retrospective was held in 2003 at the Motion Picture andTelevision Home where a wall of honor was dedicated to him. His professional memorabilia waspositioned alongside those of his renowned brothers, Jack White and Jules White.SelectedfilmographyLouisiana Hayride (1944)Swing Out the Blues  (1944)Kickin' the Crown Around(1933)Passage 4:I Live on DangerI Live on Danger is a 1942 film noir thriller film directed by Sam White


Passage 1:Born into BrothelsBorn into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids is a 2004 Indian-Americandocumentary film about the children of prostitutes in Sonagachi, Kolkata's red light district. The widelyacclaimed film, written and directed by Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, won a string of accoladesincluding the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2005.PlotBriski, a documentaryphotographer, went to Kolkata to photograph prostitutes. While there, she befriended their children andoffered to teach the children photography to reciprocate being allowed to photograph their mothers. Thechildren were given cameras so they could learn photography and possibly improve their lives. Theirphotographs depicted a life in the red light district through the eyes of children typically overlooked andsworn off to do chores around the house until they were able to contribute more substantially to thefamily welfare.  Much of their work was used in the film, and the filmmakers recorded the classes as wellas daily life in the red light district. The children's work was exhibited, and one boy was even sent to aphotography conference in Amsterdam. Briski also recorded her efforts to place the children in boardingschools although many of the children did not end up staying very long in the schools they were placedin. Others, such as Avijit and Kochi, not only went on to continue their education but were gradedwell.AftermathThere is debate about the extent to which the documentary has improved the lives of thechildren featured in it.The filmmakers claim that the lives of children appearing in Born into Brothels havebeen transformed by money earned through the sale of photos and a book on them. Ross Kauffman,co-director of the documentary, says that the amount earned is $100,000 (about Rs.4.5 million), whichwill pay for their tuition and for a school in India for children of prostitutes. Briski has started a non-profitorganization to continue this kind of work in other countries, named Kids with Cameras. A film is beingmade on the life story of a high-profile trio of call girl sisters, Shaveta, Khushboo and Himani, born in oneof the brothels of Haryana.In November 2006, Kids with Cameras provided an update on many of thechildren's conditions, asserting that they had entered high schools or universities in India and the UnitedStates or found employment outside of prostitution. Kids with Cameras continues to work towardimproving the lives of children from the Calcutta red light district with the plan to build a Hope House.Updates for 2010 and 2009  were also published.In 2004, REACT to FILM organized a screening for Borninto Brothels  at the SoHo House in Manhattan, NY.  In 2010, the film's director, Zana Briski, joined theadvisory board of REACT to FILM.CriticismsThe Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, a prostitutes'organization active in Sonagachi, has criticized the film for presenting the children's parents as abusiveand for ignoring the prostitutes' efforts to provide  education programs and career building activities fortheir children. In addition, the film has been criticized in India for perceived racist stereotyping, and hasalso been viewed as exploiting the children for the purposes of Indophobic propaganda in the West. Areview in Frontline, India's national magazine, summarized this criticism, remarking:IF Born Into Brothelswere remade as an adventure-thriller in the tradition of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, its postersmight read: "New York film-maker Zana Briski sallies forth among the natives to save souls.Some criticsjoined the Sonagachi prostitute-advocacy groups in condemning the film for exploitation of the plight ofthe prostitutes for profit. Other criticisms were raised about "ethical and stylistic" problems, by ParthaBanerjee, interpreter between the filmmakers and the children.ReceptionCritical responseBorn intoBrothels has an approval rating of 95% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 108reviews, and an average rating of 7.83/10. The website's critical consensus states, "A powerful anduplifting documentary". Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 78 out of 100, based on32 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".Awards2004 Bermuda International Film FestivalAudience Choice Award - Briski, Kauffman; Documentary Prize - Briski, Kauffman2004 ClevelandInternational Film Festival Best Film - Briski, Kauffman2004 Full Frame Documentary Film FestivalAudience Award - Briski, Kauffman (tied with Word Wars)2004 International Documentary AssociationAward for Feature Documentaries - Briski, Kauffman, Geralyn Dreyfous-White, Pamela Boll (tied withFahrenheit 9/11)2004 National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary Feature - Zana Briski andRoss Kauffman2004 Seattle International Film Festival Golden Space Needle Award for Best Documentary


Passage 1:Battle for BrooklynBattle for Brooklyn is a 2011 documentary that follows the stories of aBrooklyn neighborhood as the residents fight to save their homes from being destroyed by an impendingreal estate project. The film attempts to show the unjust outcomes that are possible when moneyedinterests partner up with government entities to outweigh the rights of citizens.Film contentSet in theyears between 2003 and 2011, the story follows graphic designer Daniel Goldstein, the last defiantlyremaining homeowner in his building, as he battles Bruce Ratner's Forest City real estate company andtheir plans to complete the Atlantic Yards Project in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. Themassive building project – according to the filmmakers, the densest real estate development in U.S.history – required the procurement of 22 acres of land, and would bring a sports complex to house theNew Jersey Nets along with 16 high-rise buildings to the heart of Brooklyn. Initially tasked with filling thebehemoth 22 acre complex was architect Frank Gehry, who NPR calls "American architecture's prince ofwasted space". The film documents that the land was obtained by the developers through various meansincluding the controversial declaration of the buildings in the area as "blighted", and the utilization ofeminent domain to seize land from businesses and homeowners in the proposed project area.DirectorMichael Galinsky explained that it was their intention to create an immersive experience devoid ofexcessive commentary by "talking heads" in order to allow the viewer some latitude to experience theevents of the film for themselves.  The result of this immersive experience after 7 years of filming can beseen as a character study of Daniel Goldstein – in the background of the story of the formation of DevelopDon't Destroy Brooklyn and the fight against the development, Goldstein, through the course of thefilming, experiences personal triumphs and great sadness, including the death of his mother, the breakupwith his fiancée, the formation of a new relationship, and the birth of his child. The film documents his"evolution from a bewildered property owner to sophisticated spokesman and property rightsactivist."The formation of the community activism group Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn (DDDB) withthe help of NYC Councilmember Letitia James helped bring Goldstein's cause into the public eye, quicklygaining the support of Brooklyn-based actors like Steve Buscemi, Rosie Perez and John Turturro, andconservative columnist George Will.ProductionThe film, which was shortlisted for an Academy Award in2012 for the 84th Academy Awards, was produced and directed by Michael Galinsky and Suki Hawley.Hawley and Galinsky began production in 2003, when they came across a flyer explaining the protest.Galinsky started shooting the very same afternoon. The film's importance extends beyond Goldstein'sfight against the abuse of eminent domain, Galinsky describes the film as being "really about the peopleretaking narratives from the media which is faltering ... in these situations."  The film received its initialfinancing from the New York-based non-profit Moving Picture Institute.In a 2011 interview, Galinskydescribed the events that led to the start of filming:I saw an article in the paper that said, "Adevelopment project is coming to Brooklyn. Hooray!" I thought, "This seems a little bit weird." I knew thearea it was coming to. It seemed it was impossible. It's in the middle of playgrounds and neighborhoods.My daughter went to daycare a block from there. So, when I saw a flyer saying, "stop the project," Iimmediately picked it up, called the number on the flyer, and the woman who answered was Patti Hagan,who I could tell right away was an interesting character. So I started shooting that afternoon. That waseight years ago.On April 30, 2011, Battle for Brooklyn premiered in Toronto at the HotDocs FilmFestival.Critical receptionAndrew O'Hehir of Salon says of the film's appeal, "No doubt "Battle forBrooklyn" will be of most interest to New Yorkers, and particularly to people who live or work in the city'smost populous borough. But the film's basic situation — local residents and community activists vs. thedevelopment schemes of major politicians and big business — is an archetypal element of urban life, onethat can be found in almost any city, large or small, from Maine to California."S. James Snyder of TimeOut New York writes, "Nothing propels a documentary like injustice, and Michael Galinsky and SukiHawley's infuriating chronicle of an outer-borough David-versus-Goliath saga plays like a marathon ofinequity."Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times said that although the film is "not exactlyeven-handed, the movie proves a deft look at a reluctant crusader and how financial sway and political