title: Protorthodes incincta

text:
Protorthodes incincta, the banded Quaker moth, is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded in the western Great Plains and dry open forests of the Rocky Mountain region, with range extensions into the Great Basin, the American Southwest, and eastward in relict prairie areas into the Great Lakes region.

The length of the forewings is 11–14 mm. Adults are highly variable in appearance. The ground colour varies from pale whitish grey, through various shades of brown, orange and grey to blackish grey. It can be distinguished from similar species by the more irregular pale subterminal line, concentration of dark sagittate marks proximal to the subterminal line to the area distal to the reniform spot, and other characters of maculation, antenna, and male genitalia. The palest forms occur in xeric areas of Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico and were previously known as P. indra. The most contrastingly marked forms are found in southern Wyoming, Colorado and northern New Mexico and were previously known as P. daviesi. Adults are on wing from early June to early October.

The larvae feed on various herbaceous plants, including Fabaceae species.

References

Moths described in 1874
Hadeninae


title: 1929 in tennis

text:
The year 1929 in tennis was a complex mixture of mainly amateur tournaments composed of international, invitational, national, exhibition, and team (city leagues, country leagues, international knock-out tournaments) events and joined by regional professional tournaments limited mostly to British, German, French and American Pro events.

The professionals were mostly coaches who coached for a living, while amateur rules prohibited tennis players to benefit financially from playing. There were a few occasional professional against amateur challenges as well held in team competition format. The amateur events were almost all all-comers' event and the majority included a mixed title contest. The women's most successful players in the European international championships were Esna Boyd of Australia and two players from the United States Elizabeth Ryan who was thuspunished by the United States Lawn Tennis Association for her commitment to European events compared to those in the U.S. and Helen Wills Moody who won the two most prestigious tournaments in Europe, the French Championships and Wimbledon. The Four Musketeers dominated the rankings and tournaments worldwide. Also the Australian Championships was won by a British player, Colin Gregory.

The most important team cups were the Wightman Cup for women and the Davis Cup (called the International Lawn Tennis Challenge) and the Mitre Cup (South American version of the Davis Cup) for men. The 1929 Wightman Cup was its seventh edition and was organized by the United States Lawn Tennis Association between the teams of Great Britain and the United States. The 1929 International Lawn Tennis Challenge was its 24th edition and was organized by the International Tennis Federation. The tournament was split into the American and European zones. The winner of each sub-zone played in an Inter-Zonal Final. 24 teams entered the Europe Zone (including South Africa and Chile), while five nations participated in the America Zone. The United States defeated Cuba in the America Zone, but would then lose to France in the challenge round, giving France their third straight title. The final was played at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, on July 26–28.

Key

This list includes men and women international tournaments (where at least several different nations were represented), main (annual) national championships, professional tour events and the Davis, Mitre, Wightman Cup.

January
 German Davis Cup player Georg Demasius turned professional.
 Retired Wimbledon champion Wilfred Baddeley died in Menton.

February
 The Davis Cup draw was held on 5th inst. in Paris. Gaston Doumergue were asked to select for the drawing of lots.
 The Sporting Club de Paris beat the Tennis Club de Paris 26 to 10 in an interclub meeting.
 Great Britain beat West Australia nine to one.
 Bill Tilden's amateur status, which was suspended from last November was requalified by the USTLA in Boston. His US number one ranking was also due to be regiven to him. He was scheduled to sail to Europe on 8 May alongside Francis Hunter to register for the Wimbledon and French Championships. However, it was also announced that none of them would be a part of the American Davis Cup team for its upcoming matches.

March

 In the Bordighera ladies' final Lucia Valerio and Phyllis Satterthwaite played a 425-stroke point setting up a world record, which stood for 55 years.
 Jean Borotra was awarded permanently the US national indoors trophy after he won the tournament three consecutive times.
 Georges Glasser and André Martin-Legeay were promoted to the premier amateur tour by the Fédération Française de Tennis after both players reached the final of the French Criterium Tournament, a B category trials competition. They were allowed to enter first -class international tournaments onwards.
 Paul Féret returned to playing this month after his requalification back from professional status.
 Italian champion Lucia Valerio won her first titles in Menton (mixed doubles) and in Sanremo in singles.
 American Wallace F. Johnson turned professional and became the trainer of the University of Pennsylvania.
 The Romanian tennis authority split into two factions. All the clubs left the Federation of Sportive Societies in Romania and formed a Union of lawn tennis clubs headed by prominent Davis Club players such as Nicolae Mişu and László Dörner. It still remained an open question whether it'd be recognized by the ILTF.
 The following rule changes were adapted by the ILTF:
 "The Server shall not by the following movements of his feet be deemed "to change his position by walking or running:
 Slight movements of the feet which do not materially affect the location originally taken up by him.
 An unrestricted movement of one foot so long as the other foot maintains continuously its original contact with the ground.
 At no time during the delivery of the service (i.e. from the taking up of the stance to the moment of impact of the racket and the ball) may both feet be off the ground simultaneously.
 The word "feet" means the extremities of the legs below the ankles and at all times during the delivery of the service (as before described) every part of such extremities must be behind (i.e. further from the net than) the base line."

April
 Danish Davis cup player Axel Petersen turned pro after a dispute with his own Danish Tennis Association on the refund of his travel costs. He immediately became the coach of the Norway Davis Cup team.
 The German and English Davis Cup trials were held.
 The pre-order for the Wimbledon Championships tickets exceeded 18,000 reservations, which was a 5,500 boost from previous year, while the actual seats were only at 3,500. The reservations required pre-payment. The anticipated income would have been $117,879, 49% uprise from 1928, if not for the money back guarantee for the overbooking, which totalled at $94,969 thus the predicted cash-in was just $22,910.
 Kathleen McKane Godfree announced her withdrawal from the Wimbledon Championships due to health issues.

May
 The mixed French-German team meeting resulted in an overwhelming French victory. Only Christian Boussus lost a match.
 The Dutch women team lost to the Americans.
 Paris beat Amsterdam. The parisiens were led by Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnon on the men's part.
 Violet Chamberlain beat Eileen Bennett in the Regent's Park.

June
 The International Lawn Tennis Federation declared that it acknowledged only the Federation of Sportive Societies in Romania as the Romanian tennis governing body and only its member clubs are authorized to organize tennis events and prohibited players to enter any tournament, which weren't endorsed by the Romanian federation.
 The British ladies' team beat the South Africans'.
 The United States Davis Cup team beat flawlessly the British reserve Davis Cup team.
 René Lacoste announced his withdrawal from the Wimbledon Championships due to his business affairs.
 The German ladies' team had a close victory over the American women's team.
 Leila Claude-Anet became the French junior champion, André Merlin were crowned on the boys' part.
 The British ladies' team beat the French rivals without losing a match.

July
 Olympian tennis player, promoter and referee Charles Voigt died during Wimbledon in London.
 An electronic scoreboard was introduced on the Wimbledon court for the first time in history.
 The Poland Davis Cup team beat the Hungarian reserve team by one rubber.
 The Oslo Cup was won by Torleif Torkildsen.
 The international tournament in Sárospatak (Hungary) was won by Béla von Kehrling. The field included various Davis Cup players such as Gheorghe Lupu, Alexandru Botez (Romania), Ludwig von Salm-Hoogstraeten (Austria), the Stołarow-brothers (Poland), Franjo Šefer (Yugoslavia) and the Hungary Davis Cup team.
 The Czechoslovakia Davis Cup team lost two non Davis-Cup matches in a row to Hungary (3-2) and South Africa (5-2).

August
 Italian and French teams played a tie in Evian. None of the Four Musketeers participated.
 Elizabeth Ryan was expelled off the United States Wightman Cup team because of her excessive commitment to European tournaments. Despite the appeal of Helen Wills Moody Ryan was declared stateless in terms of tennis.
 Bill Tilden permanently won the Newport Casino Invitational trophy after three consecutive victories.

September
 The British Wightman Cup team defeated the Californian State team five to one.
 The Hungarian-English mixed team match ended in 5-3.
 The Greece Davis Cup team beat the Hungarian reserve team 3-2
 Pál Aschner became the Hungarian boys' junior champion, Zsuzsi Havassy won the girls'.
 A 24-rubber Netherlands-Belgium non-Davis Cup match resulted in a massive Dutch victory.
 Jimmy Nuthall, Betty Nuthall's younger brother won the English junior championships alongside Margaret Scriven on the girls' part.
 Imre Takáts was sidelined with an appendectomy.
 Jenny Sandison was thought to have set a new lowest time record for a final when she won the Cranleigh final, which lasted only twenty minutes.

October
 The France Davis Cup team lost to Japan in the latter's homeland.
 The French won the annual France-England covered court meeting in Queen's Club. Apart from the official programme the highlight was a Borotra-Tilden match, which also booked a French victory.
 Kay Lund was crowned German junior champion.
 The English amateurs beat the pros six to three.

November

December
 World-ranked German Davis Cup player Hans Moldenhauer died in a motor accident.
 US player Fred Inman died of illness.
 Suzanne Lenglen retired from tennis.

Rankings
These are the rankings compiled and published by Helen Wills Moody, world number one female player in March and A. Wallis Myers founder of the International Lawn Tennis Club of Great Britain in September.

Men's singles

Women's singles

Notes
   George Lyttleton-Rogers was an Irish player but the rules of the Butler Trophy and Nations Cup required players to be of the same nationality thus Rogers represented Great Britain on those two occasions.
  Due to constant rain the South of France tournament was postponed to March and this year it was merged with the annual Parc Imperial L.T.C. de Nice tournament.
  Jon Henderson of The Guardian incorrectly dates the match to 1930. The record was broken in the 1984 Central Fidelity Banks International by Jean Hepner and Vicki Nelson-Dunbar with 643 shots.
  Lo Sport Fascista switches the results of Sanremo and Bordighera. It is apparent in their chronological order and match outcomes.

Footnotes

Works cited

Online media

Books

Periodicals

Tennisz és Golf

The Straits Times

Le Figaro

Le Petit Niçois

The Singapore Free Press

Other

Tennis by year


title: The Odd Get Even

text:
The Odd Get Even is the eighth studio album by new-age/jazz group Shadowfax.

Track listing
 "Oasis" (David Lewis) – 5:07
 "One Winter Morning" (Chuck Greenberg) – 4:10
 "1001 Nights" (Charles Bisharat) – 4:25
 "A Pause in the Rain" (Greenberg) – 3:53
 "Her Dress Hangs There" (Stuart Nevitt, G. E. Stinson) – 5:12
 "Changing of the Guard" (Bisharat) – 3:32
 "Boomerang" (Lewis) – 4:15
 "The Odd Get Even" (Nevitt, Stinson) – 3:32
 "Sujata" (Stinson) – 5:23
 "One Heart" (Phil Maggini) – 4:13

Personnel
 Charles Bisharat – electric MIDI violin, viola, Oberheim Matrix-1000, Kawai K1R, Yamaha TX-81Z
 David Lewis – synclavier, Kawai K1 II, Kawai K1 R, Kawai K5, Roland Super Jupiter, Roland D-50, Roland D-550, Roland Axis, Yamaha TX802, Yamaha TX7, Yamaha DX7, E-mu Emax, Ensoniq VFX, grand piano, synthesizers
 Stuart Nevitt – drums, cymbals, ewe drums, Ensoniq EPS, DrumKAT programming; om chimes, Bushman rattles, Virginia rain shaker, tbilat, angklung, Ethiopian shaman rattles, Nigerian metal shakers, sampled tabla, udu, caxixis, bass drum
 G. E. Stinson – guitars, mbira, angklung, Moroccan tambourine, voice
 Chuck Greenberg – Lyricon, soprano saxophone, C Concert, alto and wood flutes
 Phil Maggini – electric basses, fretless bass

Additional personnel
 John Bergamo – tabla on 1, percussion on 7
 John Bisharat – cello on 10
 Robert Margouleff, Brant Biles – recording and mixing Engineer

Charts

References

External links
 http://www.chuckgreenberg.com/ODD%20GET%20EVEN.htm

1990 albums
Albums produced by Robert Margouleff
Shadowfax (band) albums


title: Ledwyche Brook

text:
Ledwyche Brook is a minor river in south Shropshire, England. It is sometimes referred to as the River Ledwyche and spelled variously, including "Ledwich" or "Ledwych". The brook is a tributary of the River Teme.

Its sources are just south of Brown Clee Hill, in the vicinity of Stoke St. Milborough, from where it flows southwest to Middleton, after which it turns southwards, passing under the A4117 road at Henley, where it passes by Henley Hall. The B4364 road runs along the Ledwyche valley from its junction with the A4117 to where it runs around Brown Clee Hill.

The river avoids the River Teme at Ludlow, running instead to the east of the town, resulting in a peninsula of land one mile  wide between the two watercourses, at the Sheet. Ledwyche Brook then flows in a southeast direction, passing through Caynham and afterwards passing to the west of Greete.

It finally discharges into the Teme at Burford. Just before its confluence the A456 road bridges the brook. For approximately  between Caynham and Burford the brook forms the border between the counties of Shropshire and Herefordshire. The tripoint between the counties of Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire is just upstream of the Teme from the confluence.

Two small settlements, separated by some distance, are named after the brook — Upper Ledwyche and Lower Ledwyche; with Ledwyche deriving from a personal name (Leoda) and wīc which means dwelling place.

The Elan aqueduct (which carries drinking water to Birmingham from Wales) crosses the Ledwyche just downstream from the Sheet.

References

Rivers of Shropshire
1Ledwyche


title: Xceed (professional wrestling)

text:
Xceed was a professional wrestling stable in All Japan Pro Wrestling and led by Go Shiozaki. The name "Xceed" means "surpass", "transcend", as well as a play on the original word "Exceed".

History

2013
On October 23, Go Shiozaki quit the Burning stable and decided to go on his own. On November 18, Shiozaki announced the formation of his new stable: Xceed and that Kenso was the first member. The group made their in-ring debut on the first day of the Royal Road Renaissancetour on November 21 with Shiozaki and Kenso teaming up against D-Lo Brown and Bambi Killer. The debut would end in disaster when the team lost after Kenso refused to tag in and betrayed Shiozaki by announcing he was with Brown and Bambi Killer all along. Following the match, Kento Miyahara, Kotaro Suzuki, and Atsushi Aoki came out to save Shiozaki. Following the event, Miyahara, Suzuki, and Aoki officially joined Xceed. For the remainder of the tour, Xceed would feud with Kenso's new stable, now called Dark Kingdom, with the two stable exchanging wins. From November to December, Xceed would enter the 2013 World's Strongest Tag Determination League with Shiozaki and Miyahara forming one team while Suzuki and Aoki would form another. Ultimately, Suzuki and Aoki finished last place with 2 points by only defeating Jun Akiyama and Takao Omori. Shiozaki and Miyahara would fare better by making it to the finals but lost to the World Tag Team Champions Suwama and Joe Doering

2014
On January 2, Miyahara officially joined All Japan and defeated Hikaru Sato. At the same show, Shiozaki would gain revenge by defeating Kenso in a one-on-one match. Aoki would challenge Ultimo Dragon for the World Junior Heavyweight Championship but came up short. In the main event, Suzuki and Miyahara entered the New Year's Battle Royal but lost to Takao Omori. On January 26, Suzuki and Aoki lost the All Asia Tag Team Championship to former Burning teammates Jun Akiyama and Yoshinobu Kanemaru. In February, Shiozaki began pursuing the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship while Suzuki and Aoki entered the 2014 Jr. Battle of Glory tournament. On February 5, Shiozaki scored a pinfall over triple crown champion Akebono in a tag team match. On the same show, Aoki announced his departure from Xceed and decided to go on his own. On February 16, Suzuki won the Jr. Battle of Glory by defeating Masaaki Mochizuki in the finals and earned a junior heavyweight title shot. On February 23 at Okinawa Impact Vol. 1, Miyahara defeated Takao Omori but the stable were unable to win any titles as Suzuki failed to win the junior heavyweight title against Ultimo Dragon while Shiozaki was unable to wrestle the triple crown from Akebono. In March, Miyahara challenged Akebono for the Triple Crown and received a shot on March 18, but he too, fell to Akebono.

In April, Shiozaki and Miyahara entered the 2014 Champion Carnival but neither won. Miyahara would place 5th in Block A with 2 points and his only win being over Osamu Nishimura. Shiozaki finished in 3rd place in Block B with 7 points but was unable to finish the tournament when he suffered a broken thumb and had to withdraw from the final day. In May, Xceed got two title shots. On May 15, Suzuki and Miyahara challenged Team Dream Future for the All Asia Tag Team Titles but lost. The following day, Suzuki bounced back by defeating Sushi for the Gaora TV Championship. In June, the group had a quiet month with the only highlights being Suzuki's title defenses. During the June Dynamite Tour, Suzuki would make two successful title defenses of his TV Championship. He defeated Sushi in a rematch on June 15 and Menso-re Oyaji on June 30. Oyaji joined Xceed under his real name Yohei Nakajima on July 27. On September 28, Shiozaki defeated Suwama in the finals to win the 2014 Ōdō Tournament and earn another shot at the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship.

2015
On January 3, 2015, Shiozaki defeated Joe Doering to win the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship for the first time. Earlier in the event, Miyahara and Suzuki lost the All Asia Tag Team Championship to Dark Kingdom representatives Mitsuya Nagai and Takeshi Minamino. On March 27, Kotaro Suzuki defeated Atsushi Aoki to win the World Junior Heavyweight Championship. On May 6, Shiozaki and Miyahara defeated Akebono and Yutaka Yoshie to win the World Tag Team Championship. On May 21, Shiozaki lost the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship to Akebono in his third defense. On August 16, Nakajima defeated Billyken Kid to win the vacant Gaora TV Championship. On September 28, Shiozaki announced his resignation from AJPW, which led to him and Miyahara vacating the World Tag Team Championship. He wrestled his final AJPW match on October 4. On November 16, Xceed was disbanded, when Kotaro Suzuki also announced his departure from AJPW.

Championships and accomplishments
All Japan Pro Wrestling
All Asia Tag Team Championship (2 times) – Suzuki and Aoki (1), Suzuki and Miyahara (1)
Gaora TV Championship (2 times) – Suzuki (1) and Nakajima (1)
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Shiozaki
World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Suzuki
World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Shiozaki and Miyahara
Jr. Battle of Glory (2014, 2015) – Suzuki
Ōdō Tournament (2014) – Shiozaki

See also
All Japan Pro Wrestling
Puroresu

References

All Japan Pro Wrestling teams and stables
Independent promotions teams and stables
Japanese promotions teams and stables


title: Sheikhupura Fort

text:
Sheikhupura Fort (Punjabi, ) is a Mughal-era fort built in 1607 near the city of Sheikhupura in Punjab, Although, there is no conclusive evidence supporting this, the Tuzk-e-Jahangiri mentions that the Emperor assigned the job of constructing the Fort to Sikandar Moeen on his hunting trip to Hiran Minar in 1607AD. It was built during the reign of Emperor Jahangir. The fort was drastically altered during the Sikh-era, with numerous buildings constructed - some with exquisite Sikh-era frescoes. In 1808, the fort was conquered by the six-year-old of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, Prince Kharak Singh. Ranjit Singh granted this fort as “Jagir”, in 1811 to his wife and the prince's mother, Maharani Datar Kaur who had a considerable role in its rehabilitation and lived in it to her last day.

In mid 19th century when power turned to the British, the fort of Sheikhupura was used for the 'house arrest' of Maharaja’s last queen, Maharani Jind Kaur the mother of Maharaja Duleep Singh.

The fort is located near the Hiran Minar, built as a memorial for the pet antelope of Emperor Jahangir. The fort was heavily damaged but it is repaired and now open for tourists.

In 2010, the US government's Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation granted 850,000 USD towards restoration of the fort.

Gallery

See also

List of forts in Pakistan
List of museums in Pakistan

References

Forts in Punjab, Pakistan
Sheikhupura District
1607 establishments in Asia


title: Datacopia

text:
Datacopia is a freemium tool that automatically generates charts and infographics from structured and unstructured data.

Context
Representing data using charts is a difficult task from two perspectives.  The first is that it is not always clear which chart type best represents a dataset. The second, and more difficult of the two, is understanding what useful information even exists in the data before it can be visualized.

Datacopia attempts to resolve these difficulties by automating both the data analysis and chart selection processes.

Technology
Datacopia is built in HTML5 and runs on any platform with a browser that supports the Html5 canvas element.  It makes use of D3.js and the NVD3 library to provide its interactive graphics.  It uses the Heroku PaaS stack.

Datacopia allows generated charts to be posted to social media sites and blogs.

Datacopia offers an API that allows developers to embed Datacopia functionality within their software and websites.  This API is already used by the Qiqqa research management software to automatically turn tables of results in PDFs into charts.

See also
 Comparison of JavaScript charting libraries

References

Data visualization software
Plotting software
Graph drawing software


title: Protorthodes argentoppida

text:
Protorthodes argentoppida is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by James Halliday McDunnough in 1943. It has a limited range within North America, occurring in xeric forested areas of various mountain ranges in New Mexico and in the White Mountains in east-central Arizona.

The length of the forewings is 13–16 mm. The ground of the forewings is silvery gray with a prominent black basal dash. The hindwings are white, with a pale smoky tint in females. Adults are on wing from mid-May to early July.

References

Moths described in 1943
Hadeninae


title: Rita Gorgonowa

text:
Rita Gorgonowa (real name Emilia Margerita Gorgon, née Ilic) was a governess, and main character of one of the most infamous crime stories of the Second Polish Republic. Born on 7 March 1901 in Knin, Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary, she was found guilty of murder of Elzbieta Zaremba, daughter of Henryk Zaremba, an architect from Lwów. The murder, which took place on 30 December  1931, and the subsequent trial, were regarded as the biggest crime story of Poland at that time. Gorgonowa, who had a son and two daughters, died in unknown circumstances: her post-1939 fate has not been established.

Early life
Emilia Margerita Ilic was either of Serbian or Croatian origin. Her father was a physician, who died when she was three. Her mother later remarried.

At the age of 15, Margerita married a Colonel of the Austro-Hungarian Army, Erwin Gorgon. Probably in 1918 she gave birth to a son and settled in Lwow with her husband's family. In 1921, Erwin Gorgon left Poland and, in search of work, emigrated to the United States. Soon afterwards, Rita was forced by her in-laws to leave their house, as they had wrongly accused her of immoral behaviour. Gorgonowa, who was regarded as a very attractive woman, left her son with the in-laws and supported herself by working as a governess.

Working with the Zaremba family
In 1924, Gorgonowa became a governess at the house of the 41-year-old architect Henryk Zaremba. She lived at his villa in Brzuchowice, located 7 kilometers from Lwow. Prior to employing Gorgonowa, Zaremba had separated from his wife, who had been confined to an asylum as she suffered from mental problems. Zaremba and his ex-wife had two children: a daughter, Elzbieta (Lusia), born in 1914 and a son, Stanislaw, born 1917.

In addition to her governess duties, Gorgonowa ran the house. After about a year, Gorgonowa and Zaremba began an affair which eventually let to daughter Romana's birth in 1928. Gorgonowa later claimed that she was hoping to marry the wealthy architect. Meanwhile, the close relationship between her father and her governess was noticed by teenage Lusia, who often argued about this with her father.

Murder
In the night of 30–31 December 1931, Elzbieta (Lusia), who was sleeping in her bed, was hit in the head by a blunt object and died on the spot. The murder was discovered by Stanislaw Zaremba, who was awakened by a dog, and alarmed residents of the house. Doctor Ludwik Csala was called for, together with a police officer, who scanned the room.

Since circumstantial evidence pointed at Gorgonowa, she was immediately arrested. Also, Henryk Zaremba, suspected of cooperation with murderers, was held in custody for six weeks. Furthermore, police detectives interviewed a gardener and a teenage boy from Brzuchowice, who was secretly in love with Lusia.

During the interrogation, Gorgonowa maintained her innocence. Police specialists came to the conclusion, that the murder had been carried out by a resident of the house, as there were no footsteps on the windowsill and in the snow around the building. Furthermore, no traces of a break-in were found, and family dog Lux did not bark that night. According to official police report, Gorgonowa crossed the corridor from her room to Lusia's room, killing the girl. She then opened the window, and penetrated her victim's vagina with a finger, trying to make it appear as a rape. Upon leaving Lusia's room, Gorgonowa noticed Lux the dog, whom she hit in the head. The canine wailed, waking Stas Zaremba, who was sleeping in the dining room. The boy entered the corridor, noticing a person dressed in a sheepskin, standing next to a Christmas tree. Stas later claimed that it was Rita.

Unable to get back to her bedroom, Gorgonowa ran out through front door. While entering her bedroom, she broke a small window, cutting her finger. She then changed her nightdress and joined other residents of the house, who had been alarmed by Stas. On 31 December Gorgonowa threw the ice pick into a pool, losing a candle. Later on, a bloodstained handkerchief was found, also traces of blood were found on Rita's sheepskin. The blood on the handkerchief and the sheepskin was type A, while Gorgonowa's blood was type 0. Nevertheless, findings of police experts were undermined by famous scientist from Lwow, Ludwik Hirszfeld.

Trial
On 14 May 1932, after a short trial, District Court at Lwow sentenced Rita Gorgonowa to death. Due to a number of legal mistakes and appeals of her defence (Mieczyslaw Ettinger of Warszawa, Jozef Wozniakowski of Kraków and Maurycy Axer of Lwow), the verdict was later changed by the Supreme Court. While in prison, Margerita gave birth to daughter Ewa, on 20 September 1932. In the meantime her case was moved to the District Court in Kraków, which on 29 April 1933 sentenced Rita to eight years. Gorgonowa was to be released on 24 May 1940, but due to the German Invasion of Poland she was released on 3 September 1939.

Further fate of Rita Gorgonowa is unknown. Her daughters claim that she survived World War II. According to some sources, she moved to Silesia or ran a newsstand in Opole. Other sources claim that she left Poland and settled in South America.

In 1977, a feature film The Case of Gorgonowa was made by director Janusz Majewski, with Ewa Dalkowska playing the role of Rita. In 2014 Rita's daughter Ewa and granddaughter Margarita Ilic-Lisowska declared their intention to re-open the trial and change of the verdict.

See also
 List of people who have disappeared
 List of unsolved deaths

Sources
 Edmund Żurek: "Gorgonowa i inni", KiW, Warszawa 1973
 Stanisław Milewski "Ciemne sprawy międzywojnia", Wydawnictwo Iskry : Warszawa, 2002 / rec. Józef Gurgul - Problemy kryminalistyki 250/2005

References

1901 births
1930s missing person cases
1931 murders in Poland
20th-century Polish criminals
Missing person cases in Poland
Polish female murderers
Polish people convicted of murder
Polish prisoners sentenced to death
People convicted of murder by Poland
Prisoners sentenced to death by Poland
Second Polish Republic
Unsolved deaths
Year of death unknown
Women sentenced to death


title: Gaston Bouy

text:
Henri-Gaston-Jules-Louis Bouy (2 September 1866 – 1943), known as Gaston Bouy , was a French artist who studied under Amédée Bourson and exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais. He mostly worked in pastels and his female figures are especially prized.

References

1866 births
1943 deaths
19th-century French painters
French male painters
20th-century French painters
20th-century French male artists
19th-century French male artists


title: Steven Adams (musician)

text:
Steven James Adams is an English musician who co-founded Broken Family Band and Singing Adams.

In 2014 he released his first solo album, House Music, with contributions from Dan Mangan, Justin Young from The Vaccines, Martin Green from Lau and Emily Barker.

Adams's second solo album, Old Magick, which was produced by Dan Michaelson, was released in March 2016 on Fortuna Pop!.

Adams has also written for The Guardian, and The Times newspapers, as well as for The Stool Pigeon music paper. In 2006, he was commissioned by The Today Programme to write a song commemorating the show broadcasting from Glastonbury Festival. In 2008, he was commissioned to write a song for BBC Radio 3's The Verb. as well as a Christmas song for The Today Programme.

Discography

Solo releases
House Music (1 September 2014), The state51 Conspiracy
Old Magick (March 2016), Fortuna POP!

As Singing Adams
Everybody Friends Now (4 April 2011), Records Records Records
Moves (10 December 2012), Records Records Records

With Broken Family Band
Please and Thank You (April 2009), Cooking Vinyl
Hello Love (July 2007), Track & Field
Balls (February 2006), Track & Field
Welcome Home, Loser (February 2005), Track & Field
Jesus Songs (2004), The state51 Conspiracy
Cold Water Songs (June 2003), Snowstorm Records

As Steven Adams and The French Drops
Virtue Signals (February 2018), Hudson Records
Keep It Light (August 2020), Fika Recordings

References

External links

Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Musicians from Cambridge
English rock musicians


title: Pedro Rodríguez Cubero

text:
Pedro Rodríguez Cubero  (baptized July 29, 1656 – died 1704) was a Spanish admiral who served as the governor of New Mexico between 1697 and 1703.

Biography

Early years
Pedro Rodríguez Cubero was born in Huéscar (Granada, Spain). He was baptized July 29, 1656 as the son of Antonio Rodríguez Cubero and María González Solá.

On June 20, 1674, Cubero joined the Spanish Army at the infantry unit of the Armada de El Mar Oceano (Ocean Sea's Army), starting as a common soldier (i.e. a musketman). In a successful career, he was promoted to the rank of admiral.

The same year he traveled to Sicily (at that time possessed by the Spanish) to quell an insurgency at Messina. Curbero subsequently fought in three battles against the French galleons and founded the church of Nuestra Señora del Pilar of Zaragoza. On June 17, 1689, Curbero obtained from King Charles II of Spain the office of governor and title of "Captain for Lifetime" of San Salvador de la Punta Fortress in Havana, Cuba.

Government of New Mexico
On June 6, 1692, Cubero was appointed as Captain General and Governor of Santa Fe de Nuevo México by King Charles II of Spain in place of Diego de Vargas. Initially Cubero rejected his appointment. He argued, based on information he was able to gather, that the climate of New Mexico was very cold and could harm his health. However his request was rejected. As such Cubero headed to New Mexico in 1697 to assume the governorship of that province, settling in Santa Fe and taking office on July 2, 1697.

In the same year, Cubero participated in an expedition to Zuni lands. In 1699, Cubero visited several villages in the west. Two years later, in 1701, after the destruction of Aguatuvi by the Hopi Native Americans, Cubero fought against them, killing some and capturing others. Later, Cubero freed the captives.

On the other hand, Cubero had news about corruption of Diego de Vargas, as well as of the imposed fines against him by Santa Fe council officials. However, initially, Cubero rejected the levied fines against his predecessor until the official formal charges convinced him that the former governor had embezzled money and impoverished the population through the poor economic management and maldistribution of food supplies among the population of colonial origin, causing famine between 1695 and 1696 (these offenses were punishable by a fine and the prison).  These charges caused an hostility of the population against the government between 1694 and 1696. Vargas was subsequently convicted and forced to pay a fine of four thousand pesos. All of his property was confiscated and he was imprisoned for almost three years.

In 1703, Cubero granted lands to some people, per example Juana Baca.

In August 1703, Cubero heard the news that Vargas was in Mexico City and headed to Santa Fe to take the charge of governor of New Mexico (Vargas had taken over the government of New Mexico for the second time at the end of 1703). Fearing that Vargas would exert revenge against him because of his imprisonment, penalty fee, and property seizure that Cubero had perpetrated against him, he decided to leave New Mexico and flee to Mexico City, on the excuse he was going to fight Amerindians. Although he was appointed Governor of Maracaibo, Venezuela, he died in Mexico city in 1704, before he could travel to travel to the South American city to assume the charge.

Notes

References

Colonial governors of Santa Fe de Nuevo México
1656 births
1704 deaths


title: James Tompkins

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James Tompkins may refer to:

Jimmy Tompkins (priest) (1870–1953), Canadian Roman Catholic priest
Jimmy Tompkins (footballer) (1914–1944), English footballer
James Tompkins (Australian rules footballer), Australian rules footballer for Port Adelaide

See also
 James Tomkins (disambiguation)


title: Protorthodes mulina

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Protorthodes mulina is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by William Schaus in 1894. It probably has a wide range in Mexico, occurring as far south as the state of Chiapas, but is known from very few localities. In the United States it occurs from western Texas to southeastern Arizona.

The length of the forewings is 13–17 mm. The ground color of the forewings is orange or yellow orange with darker orange-brown lines. Adults are on wing in May and June and again from mid-August to early November, probably in two generations.

References

Moths described in 1894
Hadeninae


title: 2014 North Korean missile tests

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The  2014 North Korean missile tests were a series of North Korean missile tests in 2014.

Hwasong-7 overview

The Hwasong-7 (sometimes referred as Nodong-1 or Nodong in South Korea) is a single stage, mobile liquid propellant medium range ballistic missile developed by North Korea. Developed in the mid-1980s, it is an adaptation of the Soviet SS-1, more commonly known by its NATO reporting name "Scud".

It is believed North Korea obtained Scud-B designs from Egypt and possibly Scud-C designs from China, and reverse-engineered them into a larger, longer-distance weapon dubbed the Rodong. United States reconnaissance satellites first detected this type in May 1990 at the Musudan-ri test launch facility.

The precise capabilities and specifications of the missile are unknown; even the fact of its production and deployment are controversial. Rodong-1 technology has been exported. Variants are believed to be the basis for Iran's Shahab-3 and Pakistan's Ghauri missiles.

June 2014 test

On June 30, 2014, North Korea tested "launches of tactical ballistic rockets aimed at U.S. and South Korean forces, the second such launch drill reported in state media in three days." South Korea protested because the missiles were launched "without designating a no-sail zone."
Kim Min-seok, the South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman, said, "it was difficult to conclude the purpose of Sunday's launches" and Michael B Kelley, another commentator, said "The staged scene, purely for domestic consumption, fits the impoverished country's glorification of war and deification of its Supreme Leaders."

July 2014 tests
On July 2, 2014, South Korea reports that North Korea fired two short range missiles into the Pacific Ocean from the coastal city of Wonsan. On July 9, South Korea claims that North Korea has fired two short range missiles into the ocean to the east of the Korean Peninsula. On July 13, Japan's Defence Ministry claims that North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan. On July 14, South Korea claims that North Korea has fired dozens of artillery shells into the sea near the disputed border.

References

2014 in North Korea
Guided missiles of North Korea
Intercontinental ballistic missiles of North Korea
Nuclear program of North Korea


title: Felipe de Sotelo Osorio

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Felipe de Sotelo Osorio  was a Spanish military leader who served as Governor of New Mexico between 1625 and 1630.

Biography
Felipe de Sotelo Osorio was not a practicing Catholic, so he did not usually go to Mass. He joined the Spanish Navy in his youth, eventually becoming an Admiral.

He was appointed Governor of Santa Fe de Nuevo México on 21 December 1625. At that time, Osorio lived in the modern-Mexico. However, he traveled to Santa Fe without the aid of any means of transport, which involved travelling 1500 miles. Accompanied by the Fray Alonso de Benavides, they reached the city on 6 February 1626.

After becoming governor, Sotelo rejected the Roman Catholic Church that he viewed as a dictatorship, thus provoking clashes with the institution.

It is said that Sotelo once joined a Catholic mass when this one had already started, and reproached some of his soldiers for not standing when they saw him entering the enclosure. Although the soldiers reminded him that they should alway remain seated before the Sanctus, Sotelo angrily insisted that they always had to stand up in his presence. Sotelo also said that if he was excommunicated by the church, he would force a priest to suspend that excommunication in just two hours. These statements (considered blasphemies by the Clergy) resulted in legal charges, which were led by the Inquisition.

Felipe de Sotelo Osorio was replaced by Francisco Manuel de Silva Nieto in 1630.

References

Colonial governors of Santa Fe de Nuevo México


title: Algeta

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Algeta ASA (ALGETA:NO) was founded in 1997 by Roy H. Larsen and Øyvind S. Bruland in Oslo, Norway as a private biotechnology and pharmaceutical company. The company’s research and development focus lies in the field of alpha-particle emitting radiopharmaceuticals. The lead product of the company, Xofigo is the first marketed alpha-particle emitting radiopharmaceutics for cancer treatment.

Early fund raising
Algeta raised its series A financing round in 2005 with a total amount of €23 million. The financing round was led by new investors HealthCap, Advent Venture and SR One.

Public offering
In March 2007, the company went public and traded in the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ALGETA and raised $41 million.

Xofigo
Algeta’s lead product Xofigo (radium Ra 223 dichloride, radium-223, previously called Alpharadin) is a radiotherapeutic drug which is supplied as injectable sterile solution. The active ingredient alpha particle emitting isotope radium-223 mimics calcium and forms complexes with hydroxyapatite at areas where increased bone turnover takes place, such as cancer bone metastasis.
The product received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) approval in May 2013  and November 2013, respectively, to treat castration-resistant prostate cancer, symptomatic bone metastases and unknown visceral metastatic disease. The FDA approval was based on a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled phase III clinical trial of 809 patients with castration-resistant prostate cancer and symptomatic bone metastases. The trial was designed to measure overall survival. Interim analysis revealed 14 months median overall survival in the Xofigo group as compared to 11.2 months in the placebo group. The data were later confirmed by updated exploratory analysis showing Xofigo improved overall survival.

Algeta Bayer deals
In September 2009, Algeta and Bayer AG anchored a development and commercialization deal for Xofigo with the total deal size of $800 million. In December 2013, Bayer offered a full acquisition of Algeta for $2.9 billion. The largest shareholder HealthCap pre-approved the deal which was completed in March 2014.

References

Pharmaceutical companies of Norway
Pharmaceutical companies established in 1997
Biotechnology companies of Norway
Biotechnology companies established in 1997
1997 establishments in Norway


title: No Devotion

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No Devotion are a Welsh rock band formed in Pontypridd and Cardiff in 2014. The group is currently composed of American vocalist Geoff Rickly of the band Thursday, along with Stu Richardson and Lee Gaze, former members of the Welsh band Lostprophets.

The band's debut album Permanence, produced by Dave Fridmann, was released in 2015 and was supported by four singles: "Stay", "10,000 Summers", "Addition", and "Permanent Sunlight". Drummer Luke Johnson's departure was announced in early 2015, with former Bloc Party drummer Matt Tong recording the rest of the drums for the album.

While the band was mostly inactive beginning in 2016, a second album, No Oblivion, was announced in 2022 after being discussed for years. Before the album was released, rhythm guitarist Mike Lewis and keys/synth player Jamie Oliver left the band.

The band signed to Velocity Records in 2021. Prior to this, the band was signed to Rickly's Collect Records, which folded after it was revealed that convicted pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli was a major investor.

History

Formation and Johnson's departure (2014–15)
The band formed sometime in April 2014 only a few months after Lostprophets broke up. Stuart Richardson stated in 2019 that them going straight into a new band immediately was a deliberate choice so they could sever themselves from being associated with Ian Watkins due to his sentencing for numerous sexual offences including the attempted rape of a baby. After days of rumours, it was confirmed by ex-Thursday frontman Geoff Rickly in an interview on Radio Cardiff that he would be working with the remaining Lostprophets members on their new project through his own label, Collect Records, and described their new music as being influenced by Joy Division, New Order, and The Cure, although he did not confirm that he was going to be joining the band.

On 1 May 2014, it was announced that the former Lostprophets members would continue to make music with Rickly replacing the disgraced Watkins as their new vocalist, with Rickly saying that they "deserved a second chance." On 1 July, the band unveiled their début single "Stay", along with another song titled "Eyeshadow", as well as details of a short four-date tour taking place in Cardiff, Manchester, London, and Glasgow. Ahead of the first performances, the band confirmed that they would not continue playing music from the Lostprophets discography, referring to the songs as "tainted". The band's first live performances received positive reviews from critics and fans.

On 18 August 2014, No Devotion announced that they would be opening for Neon Trees on their First Things First tour. However, the tour was abruptly cancelled as a result of a significant heart surgery for Neon Trees bassist Branden Campbell.

On 6 October 2014, on the BBC Radio 1 Rock Show, Daniel P. Carter premiered the band's second single, "10,000 Summers", along with the b-side "Only Thing". Johnson left the band later that month, feeling that he would be unable to fulfil commitments to the band. The decision was made in 2014 but was not made public until January 2015, with former Bloc Party drummer Matt Tong completing the recording of their first album, and Phil Jenkins of Kids in Glass Houses joining as a live member.

In January 2015, they embarked on their second UK tour, taking place in Bristol, Birmingham, Southampton, Reading, and London, supporting Gerard Way on three of the dates.

On 30 June, the band announced they would be releasing their first album, titled Permanence, in September, and released two songs titled "Death Rattle" and "Addition".

Permanence (2015)

On 17 August 2015, their fourth single "Permanent Sunlight" was released. On 29 and 30 August they played at the Reading and Leeds Festival as part of their tour with Seether and Baroness, which included the live debut of the aforementioned song. On 27 August, the band announced further dates in Germany, the UK and US. Whilst in Germany, Rickly was drugged and robbed with that night's show then cancelled.

On 21 September, they released their debut album Permanence on SoundCloud, four days before its official release. Four days later on September 25, Permanence received its official release to positive reviews. The album went on to win the 2016 Kerrang Album of the Year award.

On 17 November 2015, they released a music video for their single "Permanent Sunlight".

Collect Records, which No Devotion was signed to, folded after it was revealed that since-convicted pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli was secretly a major investor behind the label. As a result, Permanence was removed from streaming services and the band's future remained uncertain.

Hiatus and No Oblivion (2016–present)
In August 2017, Rickly's former band Thursday reunited. Thursday broke up for the second time in March 2019. Thursday reunited again in 2020.

While No Devotion was still inactive, band members announced a second album to be released by the end of 2019. In June 2019, Gaze confirmed that Oliver left the band in 2017 and Lewis would not perform on the band's second album. Richardson revealed in December 2019 that No Devotion had around eight songs completed for their second album, but plans for the album's release were still not yet finalised.

Both No Devotion and Thursday signed with Velocity Records in February 2021. Gaze confirmed Lewis' departure from the band via Twitter by changing his biography to reflect being one-third of the band.

On 6 June 2022, Permanence was re-released on streaming sites under Velocity Records. On 12 July, "Starlings", the first single from their newly announced second album No Oblivion, was released. On August 16, the band's second single "Repeaters" was released. On September 16, the album "No Oblivion" was released.

Styles and influences

Lead singer Geoff Rickly has described their music as reminiscent of bands such as The Cure, Joy Division and New Order.

Band members

Current members

 Geoff Rickly – lead vocals (2014–present)
 Lee Gaze – lead guitar, backing vocals (2014–present), rhythm guitar (2017–present)
 Stuart Richardson – bass, backing vocals (2014–present), keyboards, programming (2017–present)

Former members
 Luke Johnson – drums, percussion (2014–2015)
 Jamie Oliver – keyboards, programming, vocals (2014–2017)
 Mike Lewis – rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2014–2017)

Touring members
 Philip Jenkins – drums, percussion (2015–2017)
 Andrew King – drums, percussion (2022–present)

Session musicians
 Matt Tong – drums, percussion (2014–2015)

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Music videos

Awards

Kerrang! awards

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References

External links

2014 establishments in Wales
Musical groups established in 2014
Pontypridd
Rock music supergroups
Welsh alternative rock groups
Musical groups from Cardiff
Equal Vision Records artists
Welsh post-punk music groups
Welsh indie rock groups
British electronic rock musical groups
Welsh musical trios


title: 2014–15 Danish 2nd Divisions

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The 2014–15 Danish 2nd Divisions will be the divided in two groups of sixteen teams. The two group winners will be promoted to the 2015–16 Danish 1st Division.

Following the season the league will be reduced from 32 to 24 participants. This means that 11 teams will be relegated.

Because of an uneven distribution of West and East-teams (divided by the Great Belt), one East-team, Næstved BK, volunteered to join the West-division.

Nordvest FC will from this season be competing under the club's original name Holbæk B&I.

Participants

East

League table

West

League table

Topscores

East
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West
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Play-offs

Relegation game
The teams placed 11th in each group will play promotion game on home and away basis.

References

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Danish 2nd Divisions
Danish 2nd Division seasons


title: Protorthodes oviduca

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Protorthodes oviduca, the ruddy Quaker moth, is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found across boreal and temperate areas of Canada and the northern United States with extensions in the eastern United States, ranging to central Florida and southern Alabama, and in the mountains in the West as far south as Colorado and Utah. In some areas (such as Ohio and Michigan) it is found only in sandy habitats. The species was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852.

The length of the forewings is 11–14 mm. The ground color of the forewings is reddish brown. The reniform spot is usually entirely filled with dark shading and is outlined by contrastingly pale. Adults are on wing from mid-May to early July.

The larvae feed on various herbs and grasses.

References

Moths described in 1852
Hadeninae


title: Mirakl

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Mirakl is a French cloud-based e-commerce software company jointly headquartered in Paris, France and Somerville, Massachusetts. It provides online marketplace software to retailers, manufacturers and wholesalers.

History
Co-founders Philippe Corrot and Adrien Nussenbaum met in 2004 and founded Splitgames, a B2C e-commerce marketplace, together in 2006. Corrot and Nussenbaum later founded Mirakl in 2012.

In 2013, Mirakl opened its first UK office. Mirakl launched its Boston-area headquarters in 2015.

Mirakl introduced the Mirakl Marketplace Platform for Services in 2017. That same year, Mirakl was included in Gartner's Hype Cycle for Digital Commerce: Marketplace Operation Applications. SAP became an official reseller of Mirakl's Marketplace Platform the following year. In 2018, the company launched Mirakl Catalog Manager (MCM) to improve product data quality. Mirakl Connect, a marketplace ecosystem platform, was launched in 2019.

In 2020, Mirakl launched 66 new online marketplaces, including platforms for Carrefour, H&M Home, Decathlon, and Kroger. The company launched its StopCovid19.fr platform to help distribute Personal Protective Equipment to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. This included delivering 300,000 liters of hand sanitizer and 320,000 face masks in less than a week. Ahold Delhaize announced that it would launch its digital marketplace at the beginning of 2021 using Mirakl’s software platform.

In 2021, Hudson's Bay partnered with Mirakl to launch its new third-party online marketplace on TheBay.com. In April, United Natural Foods partnered with Mirakl to develop North America’s first online wholesale food marketplace.

In May 2021, Mirakl announced the release of new features, including categorization AI, unified dropship operations, and streamlined B2B selling. L'Oréal’s SalonCentric rolled out a new e-commerce marketplace in June using Mirakl’s Marketplace Platform, and Debenhams did the same in October.

In November 2021, Macy’s, Inc. announced that it will partner with Mirakl to launch an online marketplace at macys.com and bloomingdales.com. Mirakl also announced its first acquisition of French invoice and compliance startup Octobat.

Customers
Mirakl has set up SaaS marketplace platforms for over 350 companies globally including: Boots, Macy's, Carrefour, Conrad Electronic, and Toyota Material Handling,

Reception
In 2012, Mirakl received the "Best Solution" award in the New Services category of E-commerce Awards. The following year, the company won the IBM Smartcamp Award. In May 2014, Mirakl was a finalist of the IBM Business Partner Beacon Awards.

Mirakl was named a WEF Technology Pioneer in 2020.

References

Software companies of France
2011 establishments in France


title: Marie Purvis

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Marie Purvis (born 24 September 1961), now known as Marie Morgan, is an English former racing cyclist who represented Great Britain at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. She won the British National Road Race Championships on five occasions.

Purvis had excelled as a runner in her school years, scoring a top 15 finish in the English Schools National Cross-Country Championship, but gave up the sport after suffering a serious calf injury at the age of 19.

She subsequently married John Purvis, a Manx cyclist who had finished fourth in the road race at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. Marie initially took up cycling at the age of 26 to improve her fitness, but soon progressed into competition, twice breaking the Isle of Man women's 10-mile time trial record in 1988. She was selected to represent the Isle of Man at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, and in the same year won her first British Road Racing title - she dominated the event in the first half of the 1990s, winning five out of six editions of the national championships from 1990 to 1995, taking her final title in 1995 on the Isle of Man. She finished fourth in the road race at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

She became the first British rider to win a stage of the modern Tour de France Féminin since its establishment in 1984 when she won a stage of the 1993 race, following it up with another stage win in the 1995 edition.

Purvis set a new British hour record at Manchester Velodrome on 10 March 1995, beating Mandy Jones' previous mark set in 1981 by over two kilometres.

She scored her best result at the Olympics in the 1996 Games road race, when she finished 11th. She retired from international competition the same year.

In 2001, she returned to her roots in athletics when she won gold in the half-marathon at the 2001 Island Games.

References

1961 births
Living people
English female cyclists
Sportspeople from Manchester
Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Great Britain
Manx female cyclists
British cycling road race champions


title: Protorthodes orobia

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Protorthodes orobia is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by Leon F. Harvey in 1876. It is known only from the eastern part of the US state of Texas, where it is most common along the Gulf Coast.

The length of the forewings is 11–14 mm. The ground color of the forewings is gray brown with a dusting of white scales. The maculation (spots) is defined by thin white lines with the transverse lines represented on the costa by seven wider white spots. Adults are on wing in October.

References

Moths described in 1876
Hadeninae

Taxa named by Leon F. Harvey


title: Gibson Hall

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Gibson Hall may refer to:

 Gibson Hall (Tulane University), a building at Tulane University in the United States
 Gibson Hall (University of Arkansas), a building at the University of Arkansas in the United States
 Gibson Hall, London, built as the headquarters of the former National Provincial Bank

Architectural disambiguation pages


title: 2014–15 Ferencvárosi TC season

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The 2014–15 season will be Ferencvárosi TC's 112th competitive season, 6th consecutive season in the OTP Bank Liga and 115th year in existence as a football club.

First team squad

Transfers

Summer

In:

Out:

Winter

In:

Out:

List of Hungarian football transfers summer 2014
List of Hungarian football transfers winter 2014–15

Statistics

Appearances and goals
Last updated on 10 December 2014.

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Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Last updated on 10 December 2014

Disciplinary record
Includes all competitive matches. Players with 1 card or more included only.

Last updated on 10 December 2014

Overall
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|Games played || 52 (28 OTP Bank Liga, 4 Europa League, 9 Hungarian Cup and 11 Hungarian League Cup)
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|Games won ||  34 (18 OTP Bank Liga, 1 Europa League, 9 Hungarian Cup and 7 Hungarian League Cup)
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|Games drawn || 11 (4 OTP Bank Liga, 1 Europa League, 1 Hungarian Cup and 3 Hungarian League Cup)
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|Games lost || 7 (4 OTP Bank Liga, 2 Europa League, 0 Hungarian Cup and 1 Hungarian League Cup)
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|Goals scored || 105
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|Goals conceded || 36
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|Goal difference || +69
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|Yellow cards || 83
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|Red cards || 12
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|rowspan="1"|Worst discipline ||  Mateo Pavlović (9 , 1 )
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|rowspan="1"|Best result || 8–0 (A) v Hévíz - Hungarian Cup - 13-08-2014
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|rowspan="7"|Worst result || 0–1 (A) v HNK Rijeka - UEFA Europa League - 17-07-2014
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| 1–2 (H) v HNK Rijeka - UEFA Europa League - 24-07-2014
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| 0–1 (A) v Pápa - OTP Bank Liga - 03-08-2014
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| 1–2 (A) v MTK - OTP Bank Liga - 31-08-2014
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| 1–2 (A) v Újpest - OTP Bank Liga - 21-09-2014
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| 1–2 (A) v Diósgyőr - OTP Bank Liga - 04-10-2014
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| 0–1 (A) v Kaposvár - Ligakupa - 15-10-2014
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|rowspan="1"|Most appearances ||  Emir Dilaver (27 appearances)
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|rowspan="1"|Top scorer ||  Dániel Böde (12 goals)
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|Points || 69/102 (67.64%)
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Nemzeti Bajnokság I

Matches

Classification

Results summary

Results by round

Hungarian Cup

League Cup

Knockout phase

Europa League

The First and Second Qualifying Round draws took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 23 June 2014.

References

External links
 Eufo
 Official Website
 UEFA
 fixtures and results

2014-15
Hungarian football clubs 2014–15 season


title: Remind

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Remind (previously Remind101) is a private mobile messaging platform that aims to help teachers, parents, students, and administrators in K–12 schools to communicate with everyone at once. The platform has more than 20 million monthly active users across the United States. As of September 2016, Remind is used in more than 50% of the public schools in the U.S.

Background
Remind101 was founded in 2011 by brothers Brett and David Kopf to help bridge the communication gap in primary education. In 2016, they added former Bleacher Report CEO Brian Grey to the team as CEO.

Brett Kopf was diagnosed with attention deficit disorder and dyslexia while still in school. His brother David set up a system whereby school faculty could remind him of an upcoming test. Brett credits this system with playing a part in his success in school. The two decided to make the system into a company and became part of the first class at the Imagine K12 incubator in Palo Alto, CA, where all startups must focus on improving education.

On June 16, 2014, Kopf announced that Remind101 would be changing its name simply to Remind.

Educational impact
The platform is designed to increase parental engagement which has been linked to increased student performance. One study showed that teacher-to-family communication increased homework in general by 42%, kept students more focused, and increased participation.

Funding
In September 2013, Remind closed a $3.5 million round of Series A financing, led by The Social+Capital Partnership, with participation from Yuri Milner, Maneesh Arora and other angel investors. As part of the round, Chamath Palihapitiya joined Remind's board of directors.

In February 2014, Remind raised $15 million in Series B funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers with additional participation from its previous investors, including Social + Capital and First Round Capital. In coordination with the round, the company added John Doerr, a venture capitalist at Kleiner Perkins, to its board.

In September 2014, Remind raised $40 million in Series C funding from its previous investors.

Chromebook Restrictions

Many students have been using Remind's Chrome App in the Chrome Web Store on Chromebooks in order to unblock any site through a system of clicks through the app. The sequence of clicks goes by the following: Terms and Policies -> Privacy Policy -> coppa email -> For work -> Google logo. On this google search page, they can then access any site of their choice. Many school districts are trying to eliminate this exploit through blocking the app in all, but this is still a common exploit.

References

2011 establishments in the United States
Educational technology companies of the United States
Mobile technology companies
American companies established in 2011


title: Microsynodontis christyi

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Microsynodontis christyi is a species of upside-down catfish endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it occurs in the central Congo river basin. This species grows to a length of  SL.

References

Further reading

Mochokidae
Catfish of Africa
Fish of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Endemic fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Fish described in 1920


title: Protorthodes melanopis

text:
Protorthodes melanopis is a moth in the family Noctuidae. It is found across the southern
United States, from western Texas to southern California. Its range extends as far north as southern Utah and as far south as northern Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 11–14 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is pale grey-brown which emphasizes the contrast between the reniform spot, orbicular spot and the ground color. The pale hindwings of the males contrast with the forewings. In males the hindwing is white and translucent, with some fuscous shading on the veins and wing margin. In females, the hindwing is covered with a fuscous sheen, darker on the veins and wing margin. Adults are on wing from late February to early May and again from mid-August to late September.

References

Moths described in 1905
Hadeninae


title: Pdns

text:
Pdns or PDNS may refer to:

 PowerDNS, a DNS server
 Porcine dermatitis nephropathy syndrome, a circovirus associated disease
 Protective DNS, see
 Primary Domain Name System server

See also
 pdnsd, a caching DNS proxy server
 PDN (disambiguation)


title: Mungo Haldane

text:
Mungo Haldane ( – 1 June 1755) was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons intermittently between 1715 and 1727.

Haldane was the eldest son of John Haldane MP of Gleneagles and his wife Mary Drummond, daughter of David Drummond, 3rd Lord Maderty.

Haldane was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stirlingshire at the 1715 general election. At the 1722 general election he was elected instead as MP for Dunbartonshire  but was unseated on petition on 23 January 1725. He was then elected MP for Perthshire at a by-election on 28 April 1726, but was defeated at the 1727 general election. In December 1730 he was appointed commissioner of police for Scotland and held the post until his death.

Haldane died unmarried on 1 June 1755.

References

1682 births
Year of birth uncertain
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies
British MPs 1715–1722
British MPs 1722–1727
1755 deaths


Illusions II: The Adventures of a Reluctant Student is the 2014 novel by writer and pilot Richard Bach.  The first Illusions book was published in 1977 and was an international best-seller, telling the story of a pilot who encounters a messiah who has absconded from the "job" of being a messiah.  The sequel is in author Bach's own voice, as his "imaginary" literary characters help him in his recovery from his real-life plane crash in August 2012.

Plot
After decades of flying without incident, author Richard Bach is near-fatally injured in a horrific plane crash.  The injuries leave him hospital-bound for months, where he delves into the "imaginary" world of his literary creations, and uses them as inspiration to heal his body, mind, and soul.

See also
 Simulated reality

References

2014 American novels
American philosophical novels
Aviation novels
Works by Richard Bach
Dell Publishing books


title: Despistado

text:
Despistado is a Canadian indie rock band from Regina, Saskatchewan.

History
Despistado was active from 2001 to 2004, and 2013 - present. The band consisted of vocalist and guitarist Dagan Harding, guitarist Leif Thorseth, bassist Joel Passmore and drummer Brenan Schwartz.

Despistado released their first EP, The Emergency Response EP in 2002 (produced by David j Taylor); it was subsequently re-released in 2004 on Jade Tree Records. Widely hyped as a "next big thing", the band's single "A Stirstick's Prediction" was used in a commercial for T-Mobile.  In 2004, "A Stirstick's Prediction" was contributed to the compilation album "Take Action! Vol 4".

After many cross-Canada tours in 2004 and touring through the U.S., the band was left exhausted and riven by personal and business tensions. They subsequently returned home to prepare for an international tour in the fall of 2004 with The Weakerthans. However, due to stresses of touring life, and a lack of shared business goals, the band suffered their first break up.  Subsequently, their full-length album The People of and Their Verses was digitally released on Jade Tree in December of 2005.

The band undertook a reunion tour in 2009 and again reunited in 2013 for a tour through Western Canada, performing some new material during the latter tour. The band planned for a vinyl reissue of The People of and Their Verses, and have acknowledged but not yet officially confirmed to the media the possibility of recording a new album in the future.

Their latest EP, Nocturnal Anthem, was released on Grind Central Records in Oct 2021.

Discography
 The Emergency Response (2002)
 The People of and Their Verses (2005)
 Nocturnal Anthem (2021)

See also

Music of Canada
Music of Saskatchewan
Canadian rock
List of Canadian musicians
List of bands from Canada
:Category:Canadian musical groups

References

Musical groups established in 2001
Musical groups disestablished in 2004
Canadian indie rock groups
Musical groups from Regina, Saskatchewan
Jade Tree (record label) artists
Musical groups reestablished in 2013
2001 establishments in Saskatchewan
2004 disestablishments in Canada
2013 establishments in Saskatchewan


title: 2013–14 Levante UD season

text:
The 2013–14 season was the 105th season in Levante’s history and the 9th in the top-tier.

Squad
As June, 2014..

Squad and statistics

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Transfers

Competitions

Overall

Primera División

League table

Copa del Rey

References

Levante UD seasons
Levante UD


title: Diamond Grove

text:
Diamond Grove may refer to the following places in the United States:

 Diamond Grove, Virginia in Brunswick County
 Diamond Grove, Wisconsin in Grant County
 Diamond, Missouri, formerly known as Diamond Grove


title: N-56 (pressure group)

text:
N-56 is an independent Scottish business pressure group established by Dan Macdonald in 2014. N-56 aims to provide a new locus for Scotland's business community to work with government and others to ensure Scotland attains a position among the top five advanced economies in the world.

N-56 derives its name from Scotland's coordinates. The World Atlas Latitude & Longitude coordinates of Scotland are 56.49067119999999 N, 4.2026458000000275 W.

N-56 launched its main analysis report, Scotland Means Business, in June 2014. The report was published as two documents: the FACTS and the STRATEGY. It was prepared over 15 months by a research team that included BiGGAR ECONOMICS, Tulloch Energy, Capital Economics, Landfall Strategy Group and Damvad.
Throughout 2014 N-56 will launch a series of sector-specific reports examining the Scottish economy and its future direction in the areas of infrastructure, financial services and oil and gas.

References

External links

Political advocacy groups in Scotland
2014 Scottish independence referendum
2014 establishments in Scotland
Organizations established in 2014


title: Goth Haji Jumma Khan

text:
Goth Haji Jumma Khan is a neighbourhood of Keamari Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

See also

Neighbourhoods of Karachi


title: Goth Haji Behram

text:
Goth Haji Behram is a neighbourhood of Keamari Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

See also

Neighbourhoods of Karachi


title: Proton Mail

text:
Proton Mail (previously written as ProtonMail) is a Swiss end-to-end encrypted email service founded in 2013 headquartered in Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland. It uses client-side encryption to protect email content and user data before they are sent to Proton Mail servers, unlike other common email providers such as Gmail and Outlook.com. The service can be accessed through a webmail client, the Tor network, or dedicated iOS and Android apps.

Proton Mail is run by Proton AG (formerly Proton Technologies), which is based in Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland. The company also operates Proton VPN, Proton Drive and Proton Calendar. Proton Mail received initial funding through a crowdfunding campaign. Although the default account setup is free, the service is sustained by optional paid services. Initial membership was by invitation only; however, beginning in March 2016, Proton Mail was opened to the public. Acquiring more than 2 million users by 2017, membership grew to almost 70 million by 2022.

History
On May 16, 2014, Proton Mail entered into public beta. It was met with enough response that after three days they needed to temporarily suspend beta signups to expand server capacity. Two months later, Proton Mail received  from 10,576 donors through a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, while aiming for . During the campaign, PayPal froze Proton Mail's PayPal account, thereby preventing the withdrawal of  worth of donations. PayPal stated that the account was frozen due to doubts of the legality of encryption, statements that opponents said were unfounded. The restrictions were lifted the following day.

On March 18, 2015, Proton Mail received  from the non-profit Fondation Genevoise pour l'Innovation Technologique (FONGIT) and Charles River Ventures, although by 2022, the company no longer had venture capital investors. On 14 August 2015, Proton Mail released major version 2.0, which included a rewritten codebase for its web interface. On 17 March 2016, Proton Mail released major version 3.0, which saw the official launch of Proton Mail out of beta. With a new interface for the web client, version 3.0 also included the public launch of Proton Mail's iOS and Android beta applications.

On January 19, 2017, Proton Mail announced a Tor onion site. On November 21, 2017, Proton Mail introduced Proton Mail Contacts, a zero-access encryption contacts manager. Proton Mail Contacts also utilizes digital signatures to verify the integrity of contacts data. On 6 December 2017, Proton Mail launched Proton Mail Bridge, an application that provides end-to-end email encryption to any desktop client that supports IMAP and SMTP, such as Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, and Apple Mail, for Windows and MacOS.

On July 25, 2018, Proton Mail introduced address verification and Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) support, making Proton Mail interoperable with other PGP clients.

The source code for the back-end remains closed source. However, Proton Mail released the source code for the web interface under an open-source license. Proton Mail also open sourced their mobile clients for iOS and Android, as well the Proton Mail Bridge app.

In September 2020, Proton Mail helped found the Coalition for App Fairness, which aims to gain better conditions for the inclusion of their apps in app stores. Proton also founded the Coalition for Competitive Digital Markets, which brings together 50+ European tech companies supporting open, interoperable and competitive digital markets.

In May 2022, Proton AG updated the visuals, user interface, and logos of all its products, including Proton Mail, to achieve a consistent design throughout its software. Proton Mail's subscription now includes access to all Proton VPN, Proton Calendar, Proton Drive and Proton Pass.

Encryption
Proton Mail uses a combination of public-key cryptography and symmetric encryption protocols to offer end-to-end encryption. When a user creates a Proton Mail account, their browser generates a pair of public and private RSA keys:
 The public key is used to encrypt the user's emails and other user data.
 The private key capable of decrypting the user's data is symmetrically encrypted with the user's mailbox password.

This symmetrical encryption happens in the user's web browser using AES-256. Upon account registration, the user is asked to provide a login password for their account.

Proton Mail also offers users an option to log in with a two-password mode that requires a login password and a mailbox password.
 The login password is used for authentication.
 The mailbox password encrypts the user's mailbox that contains received emails, contacts, and user information as well as a private encryption key.

Upon logging in, the user has to provide both passwords. This is to access the account and the encrypted mailbox and its private encryption key. The decryption takes place client-side either in a web browser or in one of the apps. The public key and the encrypted private key are both stored on Proton Mail servers. Thus Proton Mail stores decryption keys only in their encrypted form so Proton Mail developers are unable to retrieve user emails or reset user mailbox passwords. This system absolves Proton Mail from:
 Storing either the unencrypted data or the mailbox password.
 Divulging the contents of past emails but not future emails.
 Decrypting the mailbox if requested or compelled by a court order.

Proton Mail exclusively supports HTTPS and uses TLS with ephemeral key exchange to encrypt all Internet traffic between users and Proton Mail servers.

In September 2015, Proton Mail added native support to their web interface and mobile app for PGP. This allows a user to export their Proton Mail PGP-encoded public key to others outside of Proton Mail, enabling them to use the key for email encryption. The Proton Mail also supports PGP encryption from Proton Mail to outside users.

Email sending

An email message sent from one Proton Mail account to another is automatically encrypted with the public key of the recipient. Once encrypted, only the private key of the recipient can decrypt the message. When the recipient logs in, their mailbox password decrypts their private key and unlocks their inbox.

Email messages sent from Proton Mail to non-Proton Mail email addresses may optionally be sent in plain text or with end-to-end encryption. With encryption, the message is encrypted with AES under a user-supplied password. The recipient receives a link to the Proton Mail website on which they can enter the password and read the decrypted message. Proton Mail assumes that the sender and the recipient have exchanged this password through a backchannel. Such email messages can be set to self-destruct after a period of time.

Location and security

Both Proton Mail and Proton VPN are located in Switzerland to avoid any surveillance or information requests from countries under the Fourteen Eyes, and/or under government surveillance laws such as the United States' Patriot Act or outside the bounds of law. The company claims that it is also located in Switzerland because of its strict privacy laws.

As of October 2022 Proton Mail currently supports two-factor authentication with TOTP tokens or U2F security keys, like YubiKeys, for its login process.

In 2021 Nadim Kobeissi published an article arguing that as Proton Mail was generally accessed through a web client, "no end-to-end encryption guarantees have ever been provided by the Proton Mail service."

In 2021, Proton Mail's security and cryptographic architecture were both independently audited by Securitum, a leading European security auditing company, who uncovered no major issues or security vulnerabilities, and the audit results were publicly published.

Data portability
Proton Mail limits data portability by locking support for external email client software through IMAP and POP3 protocols behind a paywall.

Data centers
Proton Mail maintains two data centers, one in Lausanne and another in Attinghausen (in the former K7 military bunker under  of granite) as a backup. Since the servers are located in Switzerland, they are legally outside of the jurisdiction of the European Union, United States, and other countries. Under Swiss law, all surveillance requests from foreign countries must go through a Swiss court and are subject to international treaties. Prospective surveillance targets are promptly notified and can appeal the request in court.

Each data center uses load balancing across web, mail, and SQL servers, redundant power supply, hard drives with full disk encryption, and exclusive use of Linux and other open-source software. In December 2014, Proton Mail joined the RIPE NCC in an effort to have more direct control over the surrounding Internet infrastructure.

DDoS attacks
From November 3–7, 2015, Proton Mail was under several DDoS attacks that made the service largely unavailable to users. During the attacks, the company stated on Twitter that it was looking for a new data center in Switzerland, saying, "many are afraid due to the magnitude of the attack against us".

In July 2018, Proton Mail reported it was once more suffering from DDoS attacks. CEO Andy Yen claimed that the attackers had been paid by an unknown party to launch the attacks. In September 2018, one of the suspected Proton Mail attackers was arrested by British law enforcement and charged in connection with a series of other high-profile cyberattacks against schools and airlines.

Reception
Technological reviews of Proton Mail are generally positive. IT Pros review scores it 4 out of 5 stars. It lauds the end-to-end encryption of emails, including for non-Proton Mail users, a robust security, and the interfaces of both the web and mobile versions of the email client, with criticisms of the client's search function and the service's price versus the competition. PCMag also rates the service 4 out of 5 stars, also praising the security, in addition to loading embedded images without returning the IP address to senders and setting expirations for messages, but questioning the cap on daily messages even with a subscription. TechRadar gives the service 4.5 out of 5 stars, calling it one of the best secure email services, although it noted limitations such as that it is not suited for voluminous messaging, the reluctance of websites to adopt the service, and that email subject lines are not encrypted.

Proton Mail was the recipient of three Lovie Awards, one gold and The People's Lovie in 2016 and one silver in 2017.

Blocks

Belarus
On November 15, 2019, Proton confirmed that the government of the Republic of Belarus had issued a block across the country of Proton Mail and Proton VPN IP addresses. The block was no longer in place four days later. No explanation was given to Proton Mail for the block, nor for the block being lifted.

Russia
On January 29, 2020, the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media reported that it had implemented a complete block of Proton Mail services within the Russian Federation. As a reason for the block, it cited Proton Mail's refusal to give up information relating to accounts that allegedly sent out spam with terror threats. However, Proton Mail claimed that it did not receive any requests from Russian authorities regarding any such accounts. In response to the block, the Proton Mail Twitter account recommended legitimate users circumvent the block via VPNs or Tor.

In March 2020, the company announced that even though the Russia ban was not particularly successful, and the service continues to be largely available in Russia without using a VPN, Proton Mail will be releasing new anti-censorship features in both Proton Mail and Proton VPN desktop and mobile apps which will allow more block attempts to be automatically circumvented.

Compliance with Swiss court orders
According to Proton Mail's transparency report, it is legally obligated to follow Swiss court orders if Swiss law is broken, and in 2020 Proton Mail received 3,572 orders from Swiss authorities and contested 750 of them. Due to the encryption utilized, Proton Mail is unable to hand over the contents of encrypted emails under any circumstances, but according to Proton's privacy policy, Proton Mail can be legally compelled to log IP addresses as part of a Swiss criminal investigation. For this reason, the company strongly suggests that users who need to hide their identity from the Swiss government use their Tor hidden service/onion site. In May 2022, Proton updated its privacy policy and made explicit a separate privacy policy for its Proton VPN service, which has a different treatment under Swiss law and has a strict no-logs policy which was also confirmed by an external audit.

Notable cases involving Swiss court orders include a case involving death threats made against well-known immunologist Anthony Fauci and a case against French climate activists. After these cases, in October 2021, Proton Mail won an important Swiss court victory that confirmed that email services cannot be considered telecommunications providers, and consequently are not subject to the data retention requirements imposed on telecommunications providers.

Account types
As of September 22, 2023, Proton Mail offers the following account types for individuals:

As of September 22, 2023, Proton Mail offers the following account types for businesses:

See also
 Comparison of mail servers
 Comparison of webmail providers

References

External links

Cross-platform software
Cryptographic software
Free and open-source Android software
Free security software
Free software webmail
Internet privacy software
Internet properties established in 2013
Secure communication
Software using the GPL license
Software using the MIT license
Swiss brands
Tor onion services


title: Goth Ghulam Mohammad

text:
Goth Ghulam Mohammad is a neighbourhood of Keamari Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

See also

Neighbourhoods of Karachi


title: Goth Faqir Mohammad

text:
Goth Faqir Mohammad is a neighbourhood of Keamari Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

See also

Neighbourhoods of Karachi


title: Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play

text:
Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play (stylized Mr. Burns, a post-electric play) is an American black comedy play written by Anne Washburn with music by Michael Friedman. The play depicts the evolution of the story Cape Feare in the decades after a doomsday scenario.

It premiered in May 2012 at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., and ran from August through October 2013 at Playwrights Horizons in New York City, commissioned and developed with the New York theater company The Civilians.  It received polarized reviews and was nominated for a 2014 Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play.

It was produced at the Almeida Theatre in London in 2014 by director Robert Icke, and in Adelaide and Sydney, Australia, in 2017 by director Imara Savage. The UK regional premiere was produced at Derby Theatre in 2023 by director Omar Khan.

Plot
Shortly after an unspecified apocalypse, six survivors gather at a campfire. To distract themselves from mourning, they attempt to recount the episode "Cape Feare" of the TV show The Simpsons, as well as several other pieces of media.

Seven years later, the group has formed a travelling theatre company that specializes in performing Simpsons episodes. Live theatre is a major entertainment form in the new society, with troupes fiercely competing to replicate pre-apocalyptic stories. Despite this goal, the group's rendition of Cape Feare differs from the real episode in many small ways. During a rehearsal, the group is attacked by armed robbers, with their fates unknown.

75 years after that, Cape Feare is performed as a musical in a theater dedicated to The Simpsons. The characters, plot and morals have changed into more serious and epic forms. For example, Mr. Burns has been combined with Sideshow Bob (the actual Cape Feare villain) and is now a supernatural avatar of death and destruction.

In the musical's story, Burns destroys Springfield by sabotaging the nuclear power plant. The Simpsons flee from the catastrophe onto a houseboat. Burns and his demonic henchmen Itchy & Scratchy sneak onto the boat and untie the mooring ropes, then begin killing the Simpsons one by one. Bart, the last survivor, almost surrenders out of despair. However, he receives encouragement from the ghosts of his family and duels Burns in a swordfight. Burns almost wins, but when the boat enters violent rapids, he's flung onto Bart's sword and dies. As Bart sings a finale song about hope for the future, the stage is lit up by bicycle-powered electric lights— the first appearance of electricity in the play.

History
Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play was written by Anne Washburn with a score composed by Michael Friedman. For a long time, Washburn had been exploring what it would be like "to take a TV show and push it past the apocalypse and see what happened to it" and while she originally considered Friends, Cheers, and M*A*S*H, she ultimately settled on The Simpsons.

Working with The Civilians theater company, who had commissioned the play, Washburn held a workshop for a week in 2008 to see how much of any episode of The Simpsons the actors she had assembled could remember. Maher knew The Simpsons well and the group decided on the 1993 episode "Cape Feare", based on the 1991 film Cape Fear, itself a remake of an eponymous 1962 film which is based on the 1957 novel The Executioners. He helped Dizzia and Morris remember the episode, then the two of them went on to perform it for an audience without his help; Washburn subsequently utilized recordings of this process in writing her play's first act.

Productions

2012: Washington, D.C.
The play had its world premiere in May 2012 at Washington, D.C.'s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. It was commissioned by The Civilians and developed in partnership with them, Seattle Repertory Theatre, and Playwrights Horizons. It was directed by Steve Cosson who got confirmation from several lawyers that the play fell under the umbrella of fair use.

2013: New York City
Cosson also directed the New York City production at Playwrights Horizons that premiered on September 15, 2013. Maher and Morris, who had not appeared in the Woolly Mammoth production, returned for the New York staging. At Playwrights, the show ran until October 20, 2013. Samuel French, Inc. published the show's script and licenses productions of the show.

U.S. casts

2014: London
Washburn continued to revise the play for its European premiere at the Almeida Theatre in London in Spring 2014, and a new draft was published by Oberon Books. It was directed by Robert Icke, who commissioned Orlando Gough to compose a new a cappella score for the third act. The London production was visually and emotionally darker than the New York one, especially in its third act which resembled Greek tragedy as much as The Simpsons.

It provoked an extremely divided reaction from British critics; ratings ranged from one to five stars.

2017: Australia
A co-production between Sydney's Belvoir St Theatre and the State Theatre Company South Australia saw the play performed at Space Theatre in the Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, in April–May 2017 and at the Belvoir in May–June 2017.

Mitchell Butel took the roles of Mr Burns and Gibson, while Paula Arundell,  Esther Hannaford, Jude Henshall, Brent Hill, Ezra Juanta, and Jacqy Phillips making up the rest of the cast. The production was directed by Imara Savage. The play was mostly met with good reviews and Butel won a Helpmann Award for his performance.

Reception
The New York Times ranked Mr. Burns: a post-electric play at #4 on its list "The Great Work Continues: The 25 Best American Plays Since Angels in America." Critic Laura Collins-Hughes wrote, "Not everyone loves this play; not everyone’s meant to. But for the rest of us, it’s the kind of bold, inventive show that sends you staggering out onto the street afterward, stunned and exhilarated, not sure quite what you’ve just experienced because you’ve never seen its like before."

In Time, Richard Zoglin characterized the reaction to the show as receiving "some rave reviews, a few equally passionate dissents and sellout crowds." Ben Brantley of The New York Times compared Mr. Burns to Giovanni Boccaccio's 14th-century book The Decameron in which a group of Italian youths have fled the Black Death to a villa where they begin to exchange stories. "At the end of Steve Cosson's vertiginous production, which opened on Sunday night at Playwrights Horizons, you’re likely to feel both exhausted and exhilarated from all the layers of time and thought you've traveled through", wrote Brantley. Reviewing for Vulture, Scott Brown found "Cape Feare" to be "a perfect palimpsest" and commended the ending musical number as "equal parts Brecht and Bart, Homer and the other Homer".

In his otherwise positive review, Brown noted that the play's "flabby middle act could use some tightening, to better dramatize Washburn’s talky deepthink." Marilyn Stasio wrote for Variety that the "piece loses sight of its humanity with an overproduced pop-rap-operetta in the underplotted second act". The Huffington Posts David Finkle felt that the play "could be contained in a 15-minute skit--if not quite a 140-character tweet" and that Washburn "stretches and stretches it through [its] three parts".

The play is mentioned in the 2015 The Simpsons episode "Let's Go Fly a Coot" as part of a list of recent post-apocalyptic films (despite the fact that it is not a film). In writer Mike Reiss's memoir about writing for the show (Springfield Confidential), he describes his disappointment with the play, saying that both it and the playwright failed because the play was what The Simpsons itself never was, "grim, pretentious and dull."

Awards

Analysis
Julie Grossman examined Mr. Burns as an instance of multilayered adaptation. She wrote that the show "challenges audiences to embrace the imaginative (if strange and alienating) scions, or adaptations, of cultural matter." In reference to characters in the play's second act bargaining for rights to and lines from other Simpsons episodes, she noted "That permissions and copyright have survived the apocalypse brings out the absurdity of owning the rights to artistic production and dialogue and the persistence of capitalism." Grossman differentiated Mr. Burns from Emily St. John Mandel's 2014 novel Station Eleven, which also examines storytelling in a postapocalyptic setting, in the types of catalysts for their respective apocalypse: a naturally occurring flu outbreak in Station Eleven versus an unnatural and greed-driven nuclear collapse in Mr. Burns. "Although the play's postmodern mash-up of television, film, and theater is highly entertaining, its powerful ethics resides in seeing capitalism and consumerism (symbolized by the greedy Simpsons character Mr. Burns) as the causes of civilization's decay."

References

Cited

External links

 Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play at Playwrights Horizons

2012 plays
Off-Broadway plays
Post-apocalyptic fiction
Plays based on television series
Works based on The Simpsons
Black comedy plays
Plays by Michael Friedman


title: Formosa Quartet

text:
The Formosa Quartet is an American string quartet. The quartet won the First Prize and the Amadeus Prize at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in 2006, and is committed to championing the indigenous music of under-represented cultures, and to stretching the boundaries of string quartet expression.

The Quartet premiered Taiwanese-American composer Shih-Hui Chen's Returning Souls: Four Pieces on Three Formosan Amis Legends in 2014, and the Quartet's recording of its first commission from Ms. Chen, Fantasia on the Theme of Plum Blossom, was released on the New World Records label in 2013.

From 2014 to 2016 season, Formosa Quartet enjoyed a two-year residency with Art of Élan, a San Diego arts-presenting organization. As ensemble-in-residence, Formosa worked with UCSD professor of composition Lei Liang to create a new piece based on the indigenous music of Taiwan. The culmination of the two-year project was the premiere performance of the commission, Song Recollections, and Formosa's 2019 critically acclaimed record album, From Hungary To Taiwan.

Formosa Quartet is passionate about working with next-generation musicians and helped found the annual Formosa Chamber Music Festival, a two-week intensive chamber music training program in Taiwan. The Quartet became the faculty quartet-in-residence at the National Youth Orchestra of Canada in 2014, and has been a returning collaborator with Taiwan Studies / Taiwan Lecture Series at UCSD, with composer Shih-Hui Chen at Rice University, and in week-long residencies of educational and artistic outreach at Eastern Michigan University and The University of California, Los Angeles.

Among venues at which Formosa has performed are the Ravinia Festival, Caramoor Festival, Library of Congress, Da Camera Society of Los Angeles, Chicago Cultural Center, Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center, Rice University, San Francisco State University, London's Wigmore Hall, the Kammermusiksaal at the Berliner Philharmonie, and the Korean Cultural Center in Brussels.

Formosa Quartet is represented by BesenArts LLC.

Members
 Jasmine Lin, violin
 Wayne Lee, violin
 Matthew Cohen, viola
 Deborah Pae, cello

Discography
 Formosa Quartet. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Claude Debussy, Hugo Wolf (EMI Classics)
 Returning Souls. Shih-Hui Chen. (New World Records)
 Gernsheim/Brahms Piano Quintets. Formosa Quartet and Reiko Uchida. (Delos Productions)
 Luminous. Lei Liang. (New World Records)
 From Hungary To Taiwan. Formosa Quartet. (Bridge Records)

References

External links
 Formosa Quartet official website

American string quartets


title: Protorthodes texicana

text:
Protorthodes texicana is a moth in the family Noctuidae first described by J. Donald Lafontaine in 2014. It is known from west-central Texas and southern Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 12–14 mm. The forewings are pale brown with a dusting of darker-brown scales. The subbasal, antemedial, postmedial and subterminal lines are buff, partially bordered by darker-brown scales. The reniform spot is gray brown, darker than the forewing and with a pale-buff outline, as well as a slight constriction on the anterior and posterior margin. The orbicular spot is similar in color. The hindwings are pale fuscous, basally with darker fuscous on the discal spot, the veins and the marginal area. Adults are on wing from late March to late May and in early October.

Etymology
The species name is derived from Texas and Mexico, the two areas from which it has been recorded.

References

Moths described in 2014
Hadeninae