title: Shoshannah Stern

text: Her 2020 role on "Grey's Anatomy" is the first recurring Deaf doctor role on a prime time television network show.


title: Shoshannah Stern

text: She is also set to write episodes of the upcoming "Hawkeye" spin-off series "Echo", set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe starring Alaqua Cox.


title: Nitazoxanide

text: Nitazoxanide, sold under the brand name Alinia among others, is a broad-spectrum antiparasitic and broad-spectrum antiviral medication that is used in medicine for the treatment of various helminthic, protozoal, and viral infections. It is indicated for the treatment of infection by "Cryptosporidium parvum" and "Giardia lamblia" in immunocompetent individuals and has been repurposed for the treatment of influenza. Nitazoxanide has also been shown to have "in vitro" antiparasitic activity and clinical treatment efficacy for infections caused by other protozoa and helminths; evidence suggested that it possesses efficacy in treating a number of viral infections as well.


title: Nitazoxanide

text: Chemically, nitazoxanide is the prototype member of the thiazolides, a class of drugs which are synthetic nitrothiazolyl-salicylamide derivatives with antiparasitic and antiviral activity. Tizoxanide, an active metabolite of nitazoxanide in humans, is also an antiparasitic drug of the thiazolide class.


title: Nitazoxanide

text: Nitazoxanide is an effective first-line treatment for infection by "Blastocystis" species and is indicated for the treatment of infection by "Cryptosporidium parvum" or "Giardia lamblia" in immunocompetent adults and children. It is also an effective treatment option for infections caused by other protozoa and helminths (e.g., "Entamoeba histolytica", "Hymenolepis nana", "Ascaris lumbricoides", and "Cyclospora cayetanensis").


title: Nitazoxanide

text: Nitazoxanide alone has shown preliminary evidence of efficacy in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B over a one-year course of therapy. Nitazoxanide 500 mg twice daily resulted in a decrease in serum HBV DNA in all of 4 HBeAg-positive patients, with undetectable HBV DNA in 2 of 4 patients, loss of HBeAg in 3 patients, and loss of HBsAg in one patient. Seven of 8 HBeAg-negative patients treated with nitazoxanide 500 mg twice daily had undetectable HBV DNA and 2 had loss of HBsAg. Additionally, nitazoxanide monotherapy in one case and nitazoxanide plus adefovir in another case resulted in undetectable HBV DNA, loss of HBeAg and loss of HBsAg. These preliminary studies showed a higher rate of HBsAg loss than any currently licensed therapy for chronic hepatitis B. The similar mechanism of action of interferon and nitazoxanide suggest that stand-alone nitazoxanide therapy or nitazoxanide in concert with nucleos(t)ide analogs have the potential to increase loss of HBsAg, which is the ultimate end-point of therapy. A formal phase 2 study is being planned for 2009.


title: Nitazoxanide

text: Romark initially decided to focus on the possibility of treating chronic hepatitis C with nitazoxanide. The drug garnered interest from the hepatology community after three phase II clinical trials involving the treatment of hepatitis C with nitazoxanide produced positive results for treatment efficacy and similar tolerability to placebo without any signs of toxicity. A meta-analysis from 2014 concluded that the previous held trials were of low-quality and with held with a risk of bias. The authors concluded that more randomized trials with low risk of bias are needed to determine if Nitazoxanide can be used as an effective treatment for chronic hepatitis C patients.


title: Nitazoxanide

text: Nitazoxanide is contraindicated only in individuals who have experienced a hypersensitivity reaction to nitazoxanide or the inactive ingredients of a nitazoxanide formulation.


title: Nitazoxanide

text: The side effects of nitazoxanide do not significantly differ from a placebo treatment for giardiasis; these symptoms include stomach pain, headache, upset stomach, vomiting, discolored urine, excessive urinating, skin rash, itching, fever, flu syndrome, and others. Nitazoxanide does not appear to cause any significant adverse effects when taken by healthy adults.


title: Nitazoxanide

text: Information on nitazoxanide overdose is limited. Oral doses of 4 grams in healthy adults do not appear to cause any significant adverse effects. In various animals, the oral LD is higher than 10 .


title: Nitazoxanide

text: Due to the exceptionally high plasma protein binding (>99.9%) of nitazoxanide's metabolite, tizoxanide, the concurrent use of nitazoxanide with other highly plasma protein-bound drugs with narrow therapeutic indices (e.g., warfarin) increases the risk of drug toxicity. "In vitro" evidence suggests that nitazoxanide does not affect the CYP450 system.


title: Nitazoxanide

text: The anti-protozoal activity of nitazoxanide is believed to be due to interference with the (PFOR) enzyme-dependent electron-transfer reaction that is essential to anaerobic energy metabolism. PFOR inhibition may also contribute to its activity against anaerobic bacteria.


title: Nitazoxanide

text: It has also been shown to have activity against influenza A virus "in vitro". The mechanism appears to be by selectively blocking the maturation of the viral hemagglutinin at a stage preceding resistance to endoglycosidase H digestion. This impairs hemagglutinin intracellular trafficking and insertion of the protein into the host plasma membrane.


title: Nitazoxanide

text: Nitazoxanide modulates a variety of other pathways "in vitro", including glutathione-S-transferase and glutamate-gated chloride ion channels in nematodes, respiration and other pathways in bacteria and cancer cells, and viral and host transcriptional factors.


title: Nitazoxanide

text: Following oral administration, nitazoxanide is rapidly hydrolyzed to the pharmacologically active metabolite, tizoxanide, which is 99% protein bound. Tizoxanide is then glucuronide conjugated into the active metabolite, tizoxanide glucuronide. Peak plasma concentrations of the metabolites tizoxanide and tizoxanide glucuronide are observed 1–4 hours after oral administration of nitazoxanide, whereas nitazoxanide itself is not detected in blood plasma.


title: Nitazoxanide

text: Roughly of an oral dose of nitazoxanide is excreted as its metabolites in feces, while the remainder of the dose excreted in urine. Tizoxanide is excreted in the urine, bile and feces. Tizoxanide glucuronide is excreted in urine and bile.


title: Nitazoxanide

text: Nitazoxanide is the prototype member of the thiazolides, which is a drug class of structurally-related broad-spectrum antiparasitic compounds. Nitazoxanide is a light yellow crystalline powder. It is poorly soluble in ethanol and practically insoluble in water.


title: Nitazoxanide

text: Nitazoxanide was originally discovered in the 1980s by Jean-François Rossignol at the Pasteur Institute. Initial studies demonstrated activity versus tapeworms. "In vitro" studies demonstrated much broader activity. Dr. Rossignol co-founded Romark Laboratories, with the goal of bringing nitazoxanide to market as an anti-parasitic drug. Initial studies in the USA were conducted in collaboration with Unimed Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Marietta, GA) and focused on development of the drug for treatment of cryptosporidiosis in AIDS. Controlled trials began shortly after the advent of effective anti-retroviral therapies. The trials were abandoned due to poor enrollment and the FDA rejected an application based on uncontrolled studies.


title: Nitazoxanide

text: Subsequently, Romark launched a series of controlled trials. A placebo-controlled study of nitazoxanide in cryptosporidiosis demonstrated significant clinical improvement in adults and children with mild illness. Among malnourished children in Zambia with chronic cryptosporidiosis, a three-day course of therapy led to clinical and parasitologic improvement and improved survival. In Zambia and in a study conducted in Mexico, nitazoxanide was not successful in the treatment of cryptosporidiosis in advanced infection with human immunodeficiency virus at the doses used. However, it was effective in patients with higher CD4 counts. In treatment of giardiasis, nitazoxanide was superior to placebo and comparable to metronidazole. Nitazoxanide was successful in the treatment of metronidazole-resistant giardiasis. Studies have suggested efficacy in the treatment of cyclosporiasis, isosporiasis, and amebiasis. Recent studies have also found it to be effective against beef tapeworm(Taenia saginata).


title: Nitazoxanide

text: Nitazoxanide is currently available in two oral dosage forms: a tablet (500 mg) and an oral suspension (100 mg per 5 ml when reconstituted).


title: Nitazoxanide

text: An extended release tablet (675 mg) has been used in clinical trials for chronic hepatitis C; however, this form is not currently marketed or available for prescription.


title: Nitazoxanide

text: Nitazoxanide is sold under the brand names Adonid, Alinia, Allpar, Annita, Celectan, Colufase, Daxon, Dexidex, Diatazox, Kidonax, Mitafar, Nanazoxid, Parazoxanide, Netazox, Niazid, Nitamax, Nitax, Nitaxide, Nitaz, Nizonide, , Pacovanton, Paramix, Toza, and Zox.


title: Nitazoxanide

text: , nitazoxanide was in phase 3 clinical trials for the treatment influenza due to its inhibitory effect on a broad range of influenza virus subtypes and efficacy against influenza viruses that are resistant to neuraminidase inhibitors like oseltamivir. Nitazoxanide is also being researched as a potential treatment for COVID-19, chronic hepatitis B, chronic hepatitis C, rotavirus and norovirus gastroenteritis.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, Seigneur de Vauban, later Marquis de Vauban (baptised 15 May 163330 March 1707), commonly referred to as "Vauban" (), was a French military engineer who worked under Louis XIV. He is generally considered the greatest engineer of his time, and one of the most important in European military history.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: His principles for fortifications were widely used for nearly 100 years, while aspects of his offensive tactics remained in use until the mid-twentieth century. He viewed civilian infrastructure as closely connected to military effectiveness and worked on many of France's major ports, as well as projects like the Canal de la Bruche, which remain in use today. He founded the , whose curriculum was based on his publications on engineering design, strategy and training.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: His economic tract, , used statistics in support of his arguments, making it a precursor of modern economics. Later destroyed by royal decree, it contained radical proposals for a more even distribution of the tax burden. His application of rational and scientific methods to problem-solving, whether engineering or social, anticipated an approach common in the Age of Enlightenment.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: Perhaps the most enduring aspect of Vauban's legacy was his view of France as a geographical entity. His advocacy of giving up territory for a more coherent and defensible border was unusual for the period; the boundaries of the French state he proposed in the north and east have changed very little in the four centuries since.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: Sébastien le Prestre de Vauban was born in May 1633, in Saint-Léger-de-Foucheret, renamed Saint-Léger-Vauban by Napoleon III in 1867, in the Yonne, now part of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. His parents, Urbain Le Prestre ( 1602–1652) and Edmée de Cormignolle (died c. 1651), were members of the minor nobility, from Vauban in Bazoches.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: In 1570, his grandfather Jacques Le Prestre acquired Château de Bazoches, when he married Françoise de la Perrière, an illegitimate daughter of the Comte de Bazoches, who died intestate. The 30-year legal battle by the Le Prestre family to retain the property proved financially ruinous, forcing Urbain to become a forestry worker. He also designed gardens for the local gentry, including the owners of the Château de Ruère, where Vauban spent his early years.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: His only sister, Charlotte (1638–1645?), died young, but he had many relatives; his cousin, Paul le Prestre (c. 1630 – 1703), was an army officer who supervised construction of Les Invalides. Three of Paul's sons served in the army, two of whom were killed in action in 1676 and 1677. The third, Antoine (1654–1731), became Vauban's assistant and later a lieutenant-general; in 1710, he was appointed Governor of Béthune for life, while he inherited Vauban's titles and the bulk of his lands.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: Vauban's family was impacted by the domestic conflict and foreign wars, including the Huguenot rebellions of the 1620s, the 1635–1659 Franco-Spanish War, and 1648 to 1653 Fronde; his Catholic grandfather married a Protestant from La Rochelle, and served Huguenot leader Admiral Coligny, while two of his uncles died in the war with Spain.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: In 1643, at the age of ten, Vauban was sent to the Carmelite college in Semur-en-Auxois, where he was taught the basics of mathematics, science and geometry. His father's work was also relevant; the design of neo-classical gardens and fortifications were closely linked, since they both concerned managing space. It was common to combine these skills; John Armstrong (1674–1742), Marlborough's chief military engineer, laid out the lake and gardens at Blenheim Palace.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: In 1650, Vauban joined the household of his local magnate, the Prince de Condé, where he met de Montal; a close neighbour from Nièvre, the two were colleagues for many years, and often worked together. During the 1650–1653 Fronde des nobles, Condé was arrested by the Regency Council, led by Louis XIV's mother Anne of Austria and Cardinal Mazarin. After being released in 1652, he and his supporters, among them Vauban and de Montal, went into exile in the Spanish Netherlands and allied with the Spanish.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: In early 1653, when Vauban worked on the defences of Sainte-Menehould, one of Condé's principal possessions, he was captured by a Royalist patrol and switched sides, serving in the force led by Louis Nicolas de Clerville that took Sainte-Menehould in November 1653. Clerville, later appointed "Commissaire général des fortifications", employed him on siege operations and building fortifications. In 1655, Vauban was appointed "Ingénieur du Roi" or Royal Engineer, and by the time the war with Spain ended in 1659, he was known as a talented engineer of energy and courage.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: Under the terms of the Treaty of the Pyrenees, Spain ceded much of French Flanders, and Vauban was put in charge of fortifying newly acquired towns such as Dunkirk. This pattern of French territorial gains, followed by fortification of new strongpoints, was followed in the 1667–1668 War of Devolution, 1672–1678 Franco-Dutch War and 1683-1684 War of the Reunions.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: The first fortification Vauban designed was the 1673 siege of Maastricht, although he was subordinate to Louis, who ranked as the senior officer present, and thus took credit for its capture. Vauban was rewarded with a large sum of money, which he used to purchase the Château de Bazouches from his cousin in 1675.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: Post-1673, French strategy in Flanders was based on a memorandum from Vauban to Louvois, Minister of War, setting out a proposed line of fortresses known as the "Ceinture de fer", or "iron belt" (see Map). He was made "Maréchal de camp" in 1676, and succeeded Clerville as "Commissaire general des fortifications" in 1677.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: During the Nine Years' War, he supervised the capture of Namur in 1692, the major French achievement of the war, while the 1697 siege of Ath is often considered his offensive masterpiece. He was rewarded with money, and made Comte de Vauban, a member of the Order of the Holy Spirit and Order of Saint Louis, and an Honorary Member of the French Academy of Sciences.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: The numbers needed to conduct a siege, and prevent interference from opponents meant armies of the Nine Years' War often exceeded 100,000 men, sizes unsustainable for pre-industrial societies. It prompted a change in tactics, Marlborough arguing winning one battle was more beneficial than taking 12 fortresses. The armies of the War of the Spanish Succession averaged around 35,000, and siege warfare superseded by a greater emphasis on mobility.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: In 1703, Vauban was promoted Maréchal de France, marking the end of his military career, although the "Ceinture de fer" proved its worth after the French defeat at Ramillies in 1706. Under pressure from superior forces on multiple fronts, France's northern border remained largely intact despite repeated efforts to break it. Capturing Lille cost the Allies 12,000 casualties and most of the 1708 campaigning season; the lack of progress between 1706 and 1712 enabled Louis to reach an acceptable deal at Utrecht in 1713, as opposed to the humiliating terms presented in 1707.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: With more leisure time, Vauban developed a broader view of his role. His fortifications were designed for mutual support, so they required connecting roads, bridges and canals; garrisons needed to be fed, so he prepared maps showing the location of forges, forests and farms. Since these had to be paid for, he developed an interest in tax policy, and in 1707 published "La Dîme royale", documenting the economic misery of the lower classes. His solution was a flat 10% tax on all agricultural and industrial output, and eliminating the exemptions which meant most of the nobility and clergy paid nothing. Although confiscated and destroyed by royal decree, the use of statistics to support his arguments "... establishes him as a founder of modern economics, and precursor of the Enlightenment's socially concerned intellectuals."


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: In the course of his career, Vauban supervised or designed the building of more than 300 separate fortifications, and by his own estimate, supervised more than 40 sieges from 1653 to 1697.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: In 1660, Vauban married Jeanne d'Aunay d'Epiry (ca 1640–1705); they had two daughters, Charlotte (1661–1709) and Jeanne Françoise (1678–1713), as well as a short-lived infant son. He also had a long-term relationship with Marie-Antoinette de Puy-Montbrun, daughter of an exiled Huguenot officer, usually referred to as 'Mademoiselle de Villefranche.'


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: Vauban died in Paris on 30 March 1707; buried near his home in Bazoches, his grave was destroyed during the French Revolution. In 1808, Napoleon I ordered his heart reburied in Les Invalides, resting place for many of France's most famous soldiers.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: While his modern fame rests on the fortifications he built, Vauban's greatest innovations were in offensive operations, an approach he summarised as 'More powder, less blood.' Initially reliant on existing concepts, he later adapted these on lines set out in his memorandum of March 1672, "Mémoire pour servir à l'instruction dans la conduite des sièges".


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: In this period, sieges became the dominant form of warfare; during the 1672–1678 Franco-Dutch War, three battles were fought in the Spanish Netherlands, of which only Seneffe was unrelated to a siege. Their importance was heightened by Louis XIV, who viewed them as low-risk opportunities for demonstrating his military skill and increasing his prestige; he was present at 20 of those conducted by Vauban.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: The 'siege parallel' had been in development since the mid-16th century but Vauban brought the idea to practical fulfilment at Maastricht in 1673. Three parallel trenches were dug in front of the walls, the earth thus excavated being used to create embankments screening the attackers from defensive fire, while bringing them as close to the assault point as possible (see diagram). Artillery was moved into the trenches, allowing them to target the base of the walls at close range, with the defenders unable to depress their own guns enough to counter this; once a breach had been made, it was then stormed. This approach was used in offensive operations well into the 20th century.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: However, Vauban adapted his approach to the situation, and did not use the siege parallel again until Valenciennes in 1677. Always willing to challenge accepted norms, at Valenciennes, he proposed assaulting the breach during the day, rather than at night as was normal practice. He argued this would reduce casualties by surprising the defenders, and allow better co-ordination among the assault force; he was supported by Louis, and the attack proved successful.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: Vauban made several innovations in the use of siege artillery, including ricochet firing, and concentrating on specific parts of the fortifications, rather than targeting multiple targets. His Dutch rival Menno van Coehoorn employed a similar approach. While the 'Van Coehoorn method' sought to overwhelm defences with massive firepower, such as the Grand Battery of 200 guns at Namur in 1695, Vauban preferred a more gradual approach. Both had their supporters; Vauban argued his was less costly in terms of casualties, but it took more time, an important consideration in an age when far more soldiers died from disease than in combat.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: It was accepted even the strongest fortifications would fall, given time; the process was so well understood by the 1690s, betting on the length of a siege became a popular craze. As few states could afford large standing armies, defenders needed time to mobilise; to provide this, fortresses were designed to absorb the attackers' energies, similar to the use of crumple zones in modern cars. The French defence of Namur in 1695 showed "how one could effectively win a campaign, by losing a fortress, but exhausting the besiegers."


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: As with the siege parallel, the strength of Vauban's defensive designs was his ability to synthesise and adapt the work of others to create a more powerful whole. His first works used the 'star-shape' or bastion fort design, also known as the "trace Italienne", based on the designs of Antoine de Ville (1596–1656) and Blaise Pagan (1603–1665). His subsequent 'systems' strengthened their internal works with the addition of casemated shoulders and flanks.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: The principles of Vauban's 'second system' were set out in the 1683 work "Le Directeur-Général des fortifications," and used at Landau and Mont-Royal, near Traben-Trarbach; both were advanced positions, intended as stepping-off points for French offensives into the Rhineland. Located above the Moselle, Mont-Royal had main walls high, long and space for 12,000 troops; this enormously expensive work was demolished when the French withdrew after the 1697 Treaty of Ryswick, and only the foundations remain today. Fort-Louis was another new construction, built on an island in the middle of the Rhine; this allowed Vauban to combine his defensive principles with town planning, although like Mont-Royal, little of it remains.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: The French retreat from the Rhine after 1697 required new fortresses; Neuf-Brisach was the most significant, designed on Vauban's 'third system', and completed after his death by Louis de Cormontaigne. Using ideas from Fort-Louis, this incorporated a regular square grid street pattern inside an octagonal fortification; tenement blocks were built inside each curtain wall, strengthening the defensive walls and shielding more expensive houses from cannon fire.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: To create a more coherent border, Vauban advocated destroying poor fortifications, and relinquishing territory that was hard to defend. In December 1672, he wrote to Louvois: "I am not for the greater number of places, we already have too many, and please God we had half of that, but all in good condition!"


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: Many of the fortifications designed by Vauban are still standing; in 2008, twelve groups of Vauban fortifications were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List for their exceptional engineering and influence on military fortifications from the 17th through the 20th centuries.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: While often overlooked, Vauban worked on many civilian infrastructure projects, including rebuilding the ports of Brest, Dunkerque and Toulon. Since his fortifications were designed for mutual support, roads and waterways were an essential part of their design, such as the Canal de la Bruche, a canal built in 1682 to transport materials for the fortification of Strasbourg. As early as 1684, Vauban published design tables for retaining walls with heights of 3 m < H < 25 m. Three years later, Vauban, in his role as newly appointed Commissary General of all French fortifications, sent his engineers in the Corps du Génie Militaire his Profil général pour les murs de soutènement in which he presented his retaining wall profiles that were later adopted by engineering offers such as Bélidor (1729), Poncelet (1840) and Wheeler (1870). He also provided advice on the repair and enlargement of the Canal du Midi in 1686.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: His holistic approach to urban planning, which integrated city defences with layout and infrastructure, is most obvious at Neuf-Brisach. His legacy is recognised in the Vauban district in Freiburg, developed as a model for sustainable neighbourhoods post-1998.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: Vauban's 'scientific approach' and focus on large infrastructure projects strongly influenced American military and civil engineering and inspired the creation of the US Corps of Engineers in 1824. Until 1866, West Point's curriculum was modelled on that of the French Ecole Polytechnique, and designed to produce officers with skills in engineering and mathematics.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: To ensure a steady supply of skilled engineers, in 1690 Vauban established the "Corps royal des ingénieurs militaires"; until his death, candidates had to pass an examination administered by Vauban himself. Young French Huguenots made up a disproportionately high number of successful engineers due to the social and educational characteristics of French Protestantism. After the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685, a significant number of these engineers joined the English and Dutch armies to fight in Ireland, Flanders and Spain. Many of his publications, including "Traité de l'attaque des places" and "Traité des mines", were written at the end of his career to provide a training curriculum for his successors.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: Vauban's offensive tactics remained relevant for centuries; his principles were clearly identifiable in those used by the Việt Minh at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. His defensive fortifications dated far more quickly, partly due to the enormous investment required; Vauban himself estimated that in 1678, 1694 and 1705, between 40 and 45% of the French army was assigned to garrison duty.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: Vauban's reputation meant his designs remained in use long after developments in artillery made them obsolete, for example the Dutch fort of Bourtange, built in 1742. The "Corps des ingénieurs militaires" was based on his teachings; between 1699 and 1743, only 631 new candidates were accepted, the vast majority relatives of existing or former members. As a result, French military engineering became ultra-conservative, while many 'new' works used his designs, or professed to do so, such as those built by Louis de Cortmontaigne at Metz in 1728–1733. This persisted into the late 19th century; Fort de Queuleu, built in 1867 near Metz, is recognisably a Vauban-style design.


title: Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

text: Some French engineers continued to be innovators, notably the Marquis de Montalembert, who published "La Fortification perpendiculaire" in 1776. A rejection of the principles advocated by Vauban and his successors, his ideas became the prevailing orthodoxy in much of Europe, but were dismissed in France.


title: Unleash the Archers

text: Unleash the Archers is a Canadian power metal band from Victoria, British Columbia, currently signed with Napalm Records. The band plays a fusion of traditional heavy metal with power metal and melodic death metal.


title: Unleash the Archers

text: Unleash the Archers was formed in late 2007 by vocalist Brittney Hayes (a.k.a. Brittney Slayes) and drummer Scott Buchanan with former member Brayden Dyczkowski on guitar, whom Scott had played with previously in an independent death metal project. Former member Mike Selman was brought on after his departure from Canadian death metal band Meatlocker Seven. The position of bass player was unfilled for the first few months of Unleash The Archers' career, until Zahk Hedstrom joined in October 2007 to complete the lineup. In late 2008 the band recorded a self-titled four song demo, which featured two songs they would end up re-recording for their first studio album.


title: Unleash the Archers

text: Their debut studio album Behold The Devastation was recorded with Jason Hywell Martin at Omega Mediacore Studios in Richmond, BC and was released independently in August 2009. This was the only album to feature the band's original lineup in its entirety.


title: Unleash the Archers

text: The band's second album Demons Of The AstroWaste was recorded with Nick Engwer and Stu McKillop at the Hive Soundlab in Burnaby, BC and was released independently in May 2011. This album included the first appearance of guitarist Grant Truesdell, who provided solos for their songs Battle in the Shadow (of the Mountain) and The Outlander. He would step in as the new guitar player later that same year after the departure of Mike Selman prior to the recording. The album was a concept album based on the exploits of a mercenary in space and was set far into the future.


title: Unleash the Archers

text: In 2012 the band released Defy The Skies. This album was a three-song EP released solely on 7-inch vinyl. A bonus fourth track titled ‘Arise’ was given to those that pre-ordered, but was later released on the band's Bandcamp page in digital format only. This record also marked the departure of original bassist Zahk Hedstrom.


title: Unleash the Archers

text: In February 2015 the band announced their signing with Napalm Records, and soon after the title, track listing and release date for their upcoming studio album "Time Stands Still" were revealed. The album was released in Europe on June 26 and in North America on July 10. The album was originally slated for a late-Summer/early-Fall 2014 release, but the release was pushed back after the band was signed by Napalm Records. This album was the first without Brayden Dyczkowski, who had been one of the main songwriters up until his parting with the band in late 2013; this lineup change has affected the band's sound and driven it towards a more traditional heavy metal direction with the addition of Andrew Kingsley, who is also trained in jazz, on guitar.


title: Unleash the Archers

text: On May 26, 2015, the band released the "Tonight We Ride" video, inspired by "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". The video was filmed in the Nevada desert, using props from the Death Guild Thunderdome camp at Burning Man.


title: Unleash the Archers

text: Since leaving for a tour of Europe in November 2016, Unleash the Archers mentioned they would be recording a new album at the end of 2016. This album would be the first to include then bassist, Nikko Whitworth. The first single, "Cleanse the Bloodlines" was released on April 8, 2017. "Apex" was released on June 2, 2017 through Napalm Records. The album debuted at No. 3 on iTunes metal charts, and became their first to make Billboard charts. The album debuted at No. 9 Heatseeker, No. 29 Top Hard Music Albums, No. 29 Record Label Independent Current Albums, No. 34 Top Current Rock Albums, No. 116 Overall Digital Albums, No. 119 Top Current Albums, and No. 197 Top Albums by Strata. It also debuted at No. 12 on Canadian Top Hard Music chart. The band announced they would be touring Europe, accompanying Orden Ogan, to promote the album in the fall of 2017, with a US tour to be announced. In end of January it was announced that bassist Nikko Witworth had decided to leave the band.


title: Unleash the Archers

text: Brittney Hayes gave interviews and tweeted saying that they are currently working on an EP of covers with a "bit of a UTA spin" on them.


title: Unleash the Archers

text: On August 30, 2019, the band released the first single off of the EP "Explorers", a cover of Stan Rogers' "Northwest Passage". The full EP was released October 11, 2019.


title: Unleash the Archers

text: In August 2020, they released their fifth full-length album, "Abyss", continuing the story of "Apex". They also revealed they have plans to release a graphic novel with the story told on both albums.


title: Unleash the Archers

text: On December 6, 2021 they announced via social media posts that bassist Nick Miller had become a full time member of the band.


title: Unleash the Archers

text: On May 3rd, 2022 the band announced via an Instagram post that they are in the writing phase of their next album.


title: Kismet (Marvel Comics)

text: Kismet (), also known as Paragon, Her, and Ayesha (), is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She exists in Marvel's main shared universe, known as the Marvel Universe.


title: Kismet (Marvel Comics)

text: Ayesha appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2", portrayed by Elizabeth Debicki.


title: Kismet (Marvel Comics)

text: The character first appeared as Paragon in "The Incredible Hulk" vol. 2 Annual #6 and was created by Len Wein, David Kraft, and Herb Trimpe. She first appeared as Her and Kismet in "Marvel Two-in-One" #61, while Ayesha first appeared in "Fantastic Four" vol. 3 #11.


title: Kismet (Marvel Comics)

text: Originally known as Paragon, Kismet was the second attempt by the Enclave to artificially create a super-powerful being in their Citadel of Science "the Beehive" (their first attempt was Him, later known as Adam Warlock). The Enclave intended to create a super-powerful being to control. "Born" before being fully formed, Paragon appeared as a muscular male figure. Paragon battled the Hulk, then overrode the Enclave's control and sunk their Beehive headquarters before incubating itself in a cocoon much like Warlock often would.


title: Kismet (Marvel Comics)

text: She later emerged from the cocoon in her blond-haired, golden-skinned form wearing red swimsuit-like attire. As a female replicant of Warlock, she took the name of Her (a reference to Warlock's original name, Him) and sought Warlock to mate with him. However, Warlock had died some years earlier, traveling a short time into the future to steal his own soul with his Soul Gem in a twisted suicide. Confident she would be able to revive him, Her managed to restore and reanimate his body, but with his mind and soul missing, she was forced to sadly return him to his grave. She set out to explore the cosmos to find a possible mate.


title: Kismet (Marvel Comics)

text: She helped the ecologically ravaged planet U'sr'pr recover, invoking the wrath of the Consortium. She was called by the natives J'ridia Starduster. Later, she was aided by Alpha Flight and the Avengers against the Consortium.


title: Kismet (Marvel Comics)

text: Some time after beginning her quest to find Warlock, she discovered that Warlock had been resurrected body and soul. However, he rejects her, leaving her sobbing on the ground. After this, she held a competition among some of the most powerful men on Earth, attaching reproductive pods to their necks to see how they would react. She selected Quasar, Hercules, Wonder Man, Hyperion, Doc Samson, and Forgotten One for this task. She battled Quasar and was attacked by Jack of Hearts, but was saved by Quasar from Moondragon. As Quasar was the only one who did not destroy his pod, she turns her attentions to him for a time, until his girlfriend Kayla Ballantine (in possession of the Star Brand) severely beat her and forced her to return to cocoon form to heal. However, she decided to become Quasar's companion for a time.


title: Kismet (Marvel Comics)

text: In the 1992 storyline "", she helps Quasar and willingly guards the Star Gates that threaten Earth's existence. She soon becomes involved in a fight with Binary, and also the Super-Skrull. Soon after the war, she became engulfed by the Soul-Eater and was rescued by Quasar.


title: Kismet (Marvel Comics)

text: During her adventures with Quasar she took the name Kismet, after the Arabic word for fate. She battled the Black Fleet destroying the planet Scadam. She later came to the rescue of her three creators in the Beehive. By healing them in cocoons similar to her own, they became golden skinned superhumans as well. The four of them journeyed into space.


title: Kismet (Marvel Comics)

text: Later still, she changed her name again, to Ayesha. During this time, she was under the control of the supervillain Crucible on Genosha.


title: Kismet (Marvel Comics)

text: Kismet is an artificial being created through genetic engineering by the Enclave. She has the ability to tap, store, and manipulate cosmic energy for a variety of effects, including the projection of concussive force bolts and flight. The cosmic energy enhances her physical attributes to superhuman levels, and enhances her metabolism and her life force, preventing her from aging, and making her virtually immortal. She can recover from serious injuries by creating a cosmic energy cocoon from surrounding molecules in which she can rest and regenerate. She can reanimate dead tissue by projecting a portion of her cosmic life force into it. Kismet cannot restore a being's spirit (astral self) to a body that she resurrects if that spirit has left the body. She also has the ability to use cosmic energy to rearrange molecular structures (of about three cubic feet at a time).


title: Kismet (Marvel Comics)

text: In the limited series "Earth X", Mar-Vell is reincarnated as the child of the synthetic Adam Warlock/Him and Kismet/Her.


title: Kismet (Marvel Comics)

text: In the limited series "Fantastic Four: The End", Kismet (under the name of Ayesha) has apparently taken over the Captain Marvel mantle in the not-too-distant future.


title: Kismet (Marvel Comics)

text: Stakar Vaughn, Starhawk, was born to the superheroes Quasar and Kismet in the Guardians of the Galaxy alternate timeline (Earth-691) around the year 2002. Stakar is instantly stolen by Era, the evil child of Eon, and raised by friendly aliens. Kismet retreats to a monastery for hundreds of years, where she vows not to use her powers. Stakar, a grown adult, finds her. Together, they visit Quasar's grave. It is learned, through Era and the Hawk-God Stakar worships, that Quasar had been purposely sent to his death and Eon himself had been entrapped. Kismet and Stakar dedicate themselves to hunting down Era.


title: Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya

text: Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya () is a 2002 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film, directed by Dharmesh Darshan. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan, Karishma Kapoor and Akshay Kumar. It is an unofficial remake of the Malayalam film "Chanchattam" (1991). The music of the film was composed by the duo Nadeem-Shravan.


title: Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya

text: Shiv (Abhishek Bachchan) and Pooja (Karishma Kapoor) are both looking for a job. They happen to be interviewed the same day in the same company and both are equally qualified for the job. At the interview venue, when Pooja sees that it will be difficult for her to get the job, she fools Shiv and gets the job. But later on, when Shiv too gets a job in that company, he learns that Pooja fooled him. After a lot of pranks and fun they fall in love and happily marry, but sometimes they get into the pettiest arguments coming from the way they approach life. Shiv takes each day as it comes whilst Pooja's imagination sometimes gets the best of her. Pooja gives up her career for him and settles down as a housewife. They go on their honeymoon to Switzerland and there they meet Meghna, who happens to be Shiv's college friend. One day when Shiv returns from a conference, he finds that Meghna is stuck on the road since her car is damaged. So Shiv decides to give a lift to Meghna since they happen to be staying in the same hotel. On account of the weather getting worse, they are unable to return to the hotel on time, so they have to stay in a hotel midway. The indifference between Shiv and Pooja gets worse when Shiv ends up spending the night with Meghna. Pooja overhears them talking about how they should put their one-night stand behind them. Shocked and disturbed, she asks for a divorce straight away and leaves him. Pooja then moves to Mumbai where she gets a job as the secretary of Raj (Akshay Kumar) who is a film star. Raj has everything anyone could ask for: money, fame, but not love. She happily works as his secretary and Raj falls in love with Pooja and she also likes him. One day they go for a shooting in Naini Hills and Pooja finds that Shiv happens to be the manager of the hotel where they stay. Pooja tells Shiv that she still cannot forgive Shiv for what happened in the past. Raj asks Shiv to be the best man at his wedding. So Shiv decides that he will not interfere in Pooja's life anymore. But on the day of the wedding, Pooja realizes that she is still in love with Shiv and should have forgiven him. Raj overhears this and decides to reunite Pooja and Shiv. They remarry and soon have a baby girl.


title: Haan Maine Bhi Pyaar Kiya

text: The soundtrack of the movie was composed by the duo of Nadeem-Shravan with lyrics by Sameer. According to the Indian trade website Box Office India, with around 18,00,000 units sold, this film's soundtrack album was the year's eleventh highest-selling.


title: Eastern box turtle

text: The eastern box turtle ("Terrapene carolina carolina") is a subspecies within a group of hinge-shelled turtles normally called box turtles. "T. c. carolina" is native to the eastern part of the United States.


title: Eastern box turtle

text: The eastern box turtle is a subspecies of the common box turtle ("Terrapene carolina"). While in the pond turtle family, Emydidae, and not a tortoise, the box turtle is largely terrestrial. Box turtles are slow crawlers, extremely long-lived, and slow to mature and have relatively few offspring per year. These characteristics, along with a propensity to get hit by cars and agricultural machinery, make all box turtle species particularly susceptible to anthropogenic, or human-induced, mortality.


title: Eastern box turtle

text: In 2011, citing "a widespread persistent and ongoing gradual decline of "Terrapene carolina" that probably exceeds 32% over three generations", the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) downgraded its conservation status from near threatened to vulnerable.


title: Eastern box turtle

text: Eastern box turtles have a high, domelike carapace and a hinged plastron that allows total shell closure. Their shell has a middorsal keel that smooths out with age. The carapace can be of variable coloration but is normally brownish or black and accompanied by a yellowish or orangish radiating pattern of lines, spots, or blotches. Skin coloration, like that of the shell, is variable but is usually brown or black with some yellow, orange, red, or white spots or streaks. This coloration closely mimics that of the winter leaf of the tulip poplar. In some isolated populations, males may have blue patches on their cheeks, throat, and front legs. Furthermore, males normally possess red eyes (irises), whereas females usually have brown eyes. Eastern box turtles feature a sharp, horned beak and stout limbs, and their feet are webbed only at the base. Eastern box turtles have five toes on each front leg and normally four toes on each hind leg, although some individuals may possess three toes on each hind leg. Eastern box turtles range in size from 4.5 to 8 in (11 to 20 cm) long.


title: Eastern box turtle

text: Eastern box turtles have many uniquely identifying characteristics as part of the box turtle group. While the female's plastron is flat, it is concave in males so the male may fit over the back end of the female's carapace during mating. The front and back of the plastron are connected by a flexible hinge. When in danger, the turtle is able to close the plastron by pulling the hinged sections closely against the carapace, effectively sealing the soft body in bone, hence forming a "box". The shell is made of bone covered by living vascularized tissue and covered with a layer of keratin. This shell is connected to the body through its fused rib cage which makes the shell permanently attached and not removable.


title: Eastern box turtle

text: When injured or damaged, the shell has the capacity to regenerate and reform. Granular tissue slowly forms and keratin slowly grows underneath the damaged area to replace damaged and missing scutes. Over time, the damaged area falls off, revealing the new keratin formed beneath it. Unlike water turtles such as the native eastern painted turtle ("Chrysemys picta"), box turtle scutes continue to grow throughout the turtle's life and develop growth rings. Water turtles typically shed their scutes as they grow.


title: Eastern box turtle

text: The eastern box turtle is found mainly in the eastern United States, as is implied by its name. They occur as far north as southern Maine and the southern and eastern portions of the Michigan Upper Peninsula, south to northern Florida and west to eastern Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. In the northern parts of their range, they are rarely found above 1,000 feet in elevation, while they may be found up to 6,000 feet in the southern parts of their range. The eastern box turtle is considered uncommon to rare in the Great Lakes region; however, populations can be found in areas not bisected by heavily traveled roads. In the Midwest, they are a Species of Concern in Ohio, and of Special Concern in Michigan and Indiana. Eastern box turtles prefer deciduous or mixed forested regions, with a moderately moist forest floor that has good drainage. Bottomland forest is preferred over hillsides and ridges. They can also be found in open grasslands, pastures, or under fallen logs or in moist ground, usually moist leaves or wet dirt. They have also been known to take "baths" in shallow streams and ponds or puddles, and during hot periods may submerge in mud for days at a time. However, if placed in water that is too deep (completely submerged), they may drown. Many Eastern box turtles try to avoid stressful environmental conditions. When winter is in season, these turtles will burrow into the soil and stay dormant until the temperature rises.


title: Eastern box turtle

text: Eastern box turtles are known to have high site fidelity and remain in the same home range for a very long period. Some have been known to stay at the same site for upwards of 32 years, which is highly uncommon for reptiles. They have a very strong homing instinct and will rarely travel more than 1.5 miles (2.5 km) from their home territory. When they are relocated, they will still try to find their way back to their original home range.


title: Eastern box turtle

text: The eating habits of eastern box turtles vary greatly due to individual taste, temperature, lighting, and their surrounding environment.


title: Eastern box turtle

text: Unlike warm-blooded animals, their metabolism does not drive their appetite; instead, they can just lessen their activity level, retreat into their shells, and halt their food intake until better conditions arise.


title: Eastern box turtle

text: In the wild, eastern box turtles are opportunistic omnivores and will feed on a variety of animal and vegetable matter. There are a


title: Eastern box turtle

text: variety of foods which are universally accepted by eastern box turtles, which include earthworms, snails, slugs, grubs, beetles, caterpillars, grasses, weeds, fallen fruit, berries, mushrooms, flowers, duck weed, and carrion. Studies at Jug Bay Wetlands Sanctuary in Maryland have also shown that eastern box turtles have fed on live birds that were trapped in netting. Many times, they will eat an item of food, especially in captivity, just because it looks and smells edible, such as hamburger or eggs, even though the food may be harmful or unhealthy.


title: Eastern box turtle

text: Reproduction for the eastern box turtle can occur at any point throughout the late spring, summer, and early fall months, but egg laying is most likely to occur in May and June, when rain is frequent. After finding a mate (there is no pair bonding, and mate-finding mechanisms are unclear), which can be a difficult task in areas where mates are sparse, the couple will embark on a three-phase courtship event. Following fertilization, the female finds an appropriate nesting site. Nest site selection is vital to egg development, as predation and temperature are primary concerns. Temperature affects the sex of offspring (Type I temperature-dependent sex determination), developmental rate, and possibly fitness. Females will use their hind feet to dig a shallow nest in loose soil; this process can take two to six hours. Eggs are generally deposited shortly after the digging phase, and each egg is deployed into a particular position. Eggs are oblong, 3 cm (1.5 in) long, creamy white, and leathery. Nests are then concealed with grass, leaves, or soil. A female can lay anywhere from 1 to 5 clutches of about 1 to 9 eggs in a single year, or even delay laying her clutch if resources are scarce. Females exhibit delayed fertility, wherein sperm can be stored in oviducts for several years until conditions are favorable for fertilization and laying. Incubation ranges widely depending on temperature, but averages 50 to 70 days.


title: Eastern box turtle

text: Thousands of box turtles are collected from the wild every year for the domestic pet trade, although there are captive-bred individuals available. Buying a pet box turtle captive-bred rather than wild-caught helps discourage collection from the wild and helps preserve wild populations. The eastern box turtle is protected throughout most of its range, but many states allow the capture and possession of box turtles for personal use. Captive breeding is fairly commonplace, but not so much that it can supply the market demand.


title: Eastern box turtle

text: Captive turtles may have a life span as short as three days if they are not fed, watered, and held in a proper container. Although box turtles may make hardy captives if their needs are met, and are frequently kept as pets, they are not easy turtles to keep, owing to their many specific requirements. Eastern box turtles require high humidity, warm temperatures with vertical and horizontal thermal gradients, suitable substrate for burrowing, and a T5 HO fluorescent UVB lamp of appropriate strength. A basking area at one end of the enclosure is important to offer the turtle the ability to warm itself and is critical to sexually mature males and females for development of sperm and egg follicles, respectively.


title: Eastern box turtle

text: Water should be fresh and clean and available at all times. A large, easily accessible water dish for bathing and drinking is important to their health.


title: Eastern box turtle

text: Captive diets include various live invertebrates such as crickets, worms, earthworms, beetles and grubs (beetle larvae), cockroaches, small mice as well as wild strawberries, and fish (not goldfish). Mixed berries, fruit, romaine lettuce, collard greens, dandelion greens, chicory, mushrooms and clover are suitable for box turtles as well. While some high quality moist dog foods may be occasionally offered, whole animals are preferable. Commercial diets such as Reptilinks, Mazuri Tortoise Diet, Repashy Veggie Burger, and Arcadia OmniGold can be used for variety and additional nutrition. Because box turtles seldom get the nutrients they need to foster shell growth and skeletal and skin development, they also require a multivitamin supplement and access to a cuttlebone for calcium.


title: Eastern box turtle

text: The vivid shell color found in many eastern box turtles often fades when a turtle is brought into captivity. This has led to the mistaken belief that the color fades as the turtle ages. Insufficient access to full sunlight is likely to cause the color in the keratin layer to fade. In addition to providing UVB lighting, providing a varied diet complete with a carotenoid supplement can help sustain a pet's vibrant colors.


title: Eastern box turtle

text: In captivity, box turtles are known to be capable of living over 100 years, but in the wild, often live much shorter lives due to disease and predation.


title: Eastern box turtle

text: Eastern Box Turtles are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Species Red List. They are currently fairly common, especially in the southern part of their range, but many populations are declining rapidly. Habitat loss, degradation, and fragmentation caused by urbanization or other human use is the main cause of this species vulnerability.


title: Eastern box turtle

text: The eastern box turtle is the official state reptile of two U.S. states: North Carolina (which gives rise to the species and subspecies name "carolina carolina") and Tennessee. In Pennsylvania, the eastern box turtle made it through one house of the legislature, but failed to win final naming in 2009. In Virginia, bills to honor the eastern box turtle failed in 1999 and then in 2009; a core reason is the creature's close links to North Carolina.


A Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF) is a facility owned by the United States Navy as a holding facility for decommissioned naval vessels, pending determination of their final fate. All ships in these facilities are inactive, but some are still on the Naval Vessel Register (NVR), while others have been struck from that Register.


title: Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility

text: The ships that have been stricken from the NVR are disposed of by one of several means, including foreign military sales transfer, ship donation as a museum or memorial, domestic dismantling and recycling, artificial reefing, or use as a target vessel. Others are retention assets for possible future reactivation, which have been laid up for long-term preservation and are maintained with minimal maintenance (humidity control, corrosion control, flood/fire watch) should they need to be recalled to active duty.


text: The Navy has been reducing the number of inactive ships, which numbered as many as 195 in 1997, but was down to 49 by the end of 2014.


text: The Naval Sea Systems Command's Inactive Ships Management Office (INACTSHIPOFF) is based in Portsmouth, Virginia.


text: In addition, parts of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Virginia, South Gate Annex Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard are designated for the storage of inactive nuclear powered vessels.


text: Inactive ship facilities in Suisun Bay, James River and Beaumont, Texas are owned and operated by the Maritime Administration under the U.S. Department of Transportation.


text: Following is a list of vessels currently being stored at the facilities as per the NAVSEA Inactive Ship Inventory dated September 26, 2017 (with exceptions as referenced separately):


title: FC Eindhoven

text: FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one being PSV Eindhoven.


title: FC Eindhoven

text: FC Eindhoven play their home games at Jan Louwers Stadion, on the southern part of the city. The club's official colours are blue and white, hence their nickname "Blauw-Witten" (The Blue-Whites).


title: FC Eindhoven

text: The club was founded on 16 November 1909 as EVV Eindhoven. A couple of Gentleman had seen that the clubs in the North area called the Randstad were growing and felt there was a need for a new team in Eindhoven too. Decided was to found a new club under the name E.V.V. short for Eindhovense Voetbal Vereniging. Club colours were blue and white, the blue came from the crest of the city Eindhoven at that time. E.V.V. start to play in the Brabantse Voetbalbond, a regional league, but a couple of years after they start to play in the NVB, the National League. In 1921 E.V.V. fuses with Gestel (local team) and changes its name to E.V.V. Eindhoven. At the end of the 30s Eindhoven has his first bit of success as they got hold of the Dutch Cup, the KNVB Beker (1937). In 1939 E.V.V. Eindhoven is the new Champion of the 1st Division Region South and plays for the title of The Netherlands with teams like DWS, NEC, Ajax and Achilles 1894. They finish 4th.


title: FC Eindhoven

text: In 1950 E.V.V. Eindhoven has their first Dutch international in the name of Noud van Melis. Frans Tebak and Dick Snoek were to follow in his footsteps soon. In 1954, Eindhoven were the last Dutch league champions before the introduction of the professional league. After turning professional in 1954, the club played in the Eredivisie until 1957, when Eindhoven were relegated to the Eerste Divisie. In 1969 they were even relegated to the Tweede Divisie. Two years later, the club secured promotion back to the Eerste Divisie, and in 1975, Eindhoven were promoted to the Eredivisie. In 1977, Eindhoven were relegated back to the Eerste Divisie, where it has remained ever since. In 1997 E.V.V. Eindhoven left the professional scene and is once again an amateur club. A new professional club SBV Eindhoven (Stichting Betaald Voetbal Eindhoven) was founded, this name was in 2002 changed to FC Eindhoven.


title: FC Eindhoven

text: In the 2009–2010 season FC Eindhoven qualified for playoffs to advance to the Eredivisie. Eindhoven advanced past the first round defeating AGOVV Apeldoorn 4–2 goal aggregate. Eindhoven was pitted against possible relegation from Eredivisie club Willem II and were narrowly defeated 3–2 aggregate. So they will remain in the Eerste Divisie. In 2011/2012 FC Eindhoven had a fantastic season and finished 3rd, despite Ernest Faber leaving FC Eindhoven as manager to join Dick Advocaat at PSV to be his assistant in March 2012. The club lost 3–0 to Helmond Sport over two legs, 1–0 in the first and 2–0 in the second, in Round 2 of the promotion playoffs.


title: FC Eindhoven

text: Erwin Koeman, the replacement of Ernest Faber, left in the summer of 2012 and was replaced by John Lammers. Under Lammers the 12–13 season finished in a disappointing 16th spot, only above two sides whose points totals had been set at zero due to bankruptcy. The 13–14 season was a big improvement with the club finishing 6th and qualifying for the promotion play-offs. There they encountered Sparta Rotterdam to whom they lost to 3–1 on aggregate.


title: FC Eindhoven

text: FC Eindhoven's former biggest rivalry is with neighbours PSV Eindhoven, against whom they contest the "Lichtstad Derby" ('City of Light Derby'). However, the clubs have not faced each other in league competition since the 1976–77 season. FC Eindhoven used to be a bigger club than PSV in the period between 1930 and 1955. PSV was a club for the workers of Phillips and seen as a club for the privileged while FC Eindhoven was seen as the people's club. In 2004, FC Eindhoven contracted a co-operation deal with neighbours PSV Eindhoven, meaning the possibility of swapping youth players between the two clubs.


title: FC Eindhoven

text: Nowadays, Helmond Sport are seen as the biggest rivals. The clubs are about 15 km apart and have been playing in the same league for years.


title: FC Eindhoven

text: Below is a table with FC Eindhoven's domestic results since the introduction of professional football in 1956.


title: Nordwind Airlines

text: Nordwind Airlines, LLC () is a Russian leisure airline. The company is headquartered in Moscow, and its hub is at Sheremetyevo International Airport. Nordwind Airlines primarily operates service between airports in Russia and holiday destinations around the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean.


title: Nordwind Airlines

text: Nordwind Airlines was founded in August 2008 by the Russian and Turkish branches of tour operator Pegas Touristik and initially operated three Boeing 757-200s.


title: Nordwind Airlines

text: On April 29, 2013, two surface-to-air missiles were fired by unknown forces in Syria at a Nordwind Airlines jet flying from Sharm El Sheikh to Kazan. The pilots took evasive action and the plane continued onto Kazan undamaged.


title: Nordwind Airlines

text: The "Wall Street Journal" reported that Nordwind transported approximately 7.4 tons of gold with a market value over $300 million from Venezuela to a refinery near the airport in Entebbe, Uganda. These March 2019 shipments allegedly expose a global underground economy the United States government suspects helps Nicolás Maduro stay in power in Venezuela.


title: Nordwind Airlines

text: Nordwind serves 98 destinations in 28 countries including nine countries and 23 cities in Europe, eight countries and 12 cities in the Middle East and Africa, four countries and four cities in South America, and six countries and 14 cities in Asia.


title: Makhadzi

text: Ndivhudzannyi Ralivhona (born June 30, 1996), known by her stage name Makhadzi, is a South African singer. Born and raised in Ha-Mashamba, Limpopo, her career began at the age of 12 as dancer prior pursuing a music career as a singer, while she was attending school got signed a record deal with Rita Dee Entertainment and released "Muhwalo Uya Ndemela" in 2015. She garnered local attention after her single "Tshanda Vhuya" released in 2017.


title: Makhadzi

text: Makhadzi's ninth studio album "Kokovha" (2020), became one of her biggest successes and debuted at number one on the South African iTunes albums charts. It contained the chart-topping singles "Amadoda", "Mphemphe", "Kokovha" and "Tshikwama".


title: Makhadzi

text: Makhadzi was born in a small village called Ha-Mashamba Tshivhangani, just outside Elim in Limpopo province. After her parents separated, Ndivhudzannyi and her two siblings had to stay with their mother. She completed her grade 12 at Mukula Integrated School. Ndivhudzannyi obtained her qualification in Public Relations and she is currently studying drama.


title: Makhadzi

text: Her career started at the age of 13, used to perform at Taxi ranks, getting money from people's offerings. In 2010, Makhadzi joined a musical group Makhirikhiri as a dancer.


title: Makhadzi

text: Shortly after she left dancing, she began working on music career. Makhadzi independently released three studio albums "Muvhango" (2009), "Ndo Tshinya Ni?" (2011) and "Litshani u Ntsala Murahu" (2012).


title: Makhadzi

text: In 2015, she attracted the attention of Rita Dee Entertainment and got signed a record deal, followed by the release of her album "Muhwalo Uya Ndemela".


title: Makhadzi

text: The following year she released her album "Yo Shoma" in 2019. The album scooped two awards for Best Female Artist and Tshivenda Best at Fame South African Music Awards.


title: Makhadzi

text: "Shumela Venda" was released in 2017. It was supported by two singles "Dj Wa Vhorine" and "Tshanda Vhuya".


title: Makhadzi

text: Makhadzi's breakthrough single "Matorokisi" was released in 2019, became one biggest song of her career.


title: Makhadzi

text: Her studio album "Matorokisi" was released on November 1, 2019. The album peaked at number 2 on local iTunes/Apple Music South Africa and remained in the Top 5 for three days.


title: Makhadzi

text: In 2019, Makhadzi was featured by Master KG on a song titled "Tshikwama", released off the album "Jerusalema".


title: Makhadzi

text: On 16 October 2020, Makhadzi studio album "Kokovha", was released in South Africa. The album features Mayten, Mampintsha, Prince Benza, Mr Brown, Gigi Lamayne, Jah Prayzah, Team Mosha, Moonchild Sanelly, FB, Charma Girl and Sho Madjozi. As of August 2021, her album was named the most stream on Apple Music. The album was certified with gold plaque.


title: Makhadzi

text: On 5 April 2021, Makhadzi released a single "Mjolo" featuring Mlindo the Vocalist. The song peaked number 28 on South Africa iTunes charts.


title: Makhadzi

text: Her single "Ghanama" featuring Prince Benza, and King Monada was released on July 7, 2021. The song was certified platinum in South Africa.


title: Makhadzi

text: In August 16, she announced her album "African Queen" and release date on her Twitter. That same month she also released her single "Tchukutsha" featuring Lady Du on August 7, 2021.


title: Makhadzi

text: In August 6, Kabza De Small teased a collaboration single "Salungano" with Makhadzi on YouTube, which was released on 2 September 2021.


title: Makhadzi

text: Her studio album "African Queen", was released on 3 September 2021. The album features Cassper Nyovest, Kabza De Small and Lady Du.


title: Makhadzi

text: At the 6th ceremony of All Africa Music Awards, she received a nomination for Best Female Artist in South Africa.


title: Makhadzi

text: Makhadzi announce working on her next studio album "African Queen 2.0" in October 17, captioned "#albumloading" over 30 songs were recorded throughout from early January to October.


title: Makhadzi

text: In December 2021, Makhadzi launched Kokovha brand in collaboration with Kicks Sportwear at Mall of Africa.


title: Makhadzi

text: In 2018, Makhadzi was hosted on Yo TV for her first television performance. She has since conducted interviews with various radio stations, including Munghana Lonene FM, Phalaphala FM, Nzhelele FM, Makhado FM, Sloot FM, and Capricon FM, where she spoke about her music, life and her hardships. She also appeared on The Morning Show on ETV. Makhadzi was one of the performers at the 2020 DSTV Mzansi Viewers Choice Awards. Her performance was hailed as one of the best performances of the night on social media.


title: Wild Side (Normani song)

text: "Wild Side" is a song by American singer Normani, featuring American rapper Cardi B. It was released through Keep Cool and RCA Records on July 16, 2021, as the lead single from Normani's upcoming debut solo album. The song marks her first radio single since 2019's "Motivation". It was written by the two artists alongside Keynon Moore, Pardison Fontaine, Starrah, Dave Cappa, Jonah Christian, June Nawakii, Taylor Ross, and Tyler Rohn, and was produced by the latter six and Normani.


title: Wild Side (Normani song)

text: "Wild Side" received critical acclaim upon release, with praise for the song's vocals and production. The song contains an interpolation of the 1996 Aaliyah single "One in a Million". It was released alongside a music video directed by Tanu Muino, who also directed Cardi B's "Up"; and was choreographed by Sean Bankhead, who also choreographed the music video for "Up", and Normani's "Motivation".


title: Wild Side (Normani song)

text: "Wild Side" debuted at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, while peaking at number-one on the R&B Streaming Songs chart, the R&B Digital Song Sales chart, and Urban Radio. It was one of the most thumbed up tracks of 2021 on Pandora; and was the third most watched R&B music video of 2021 in the United States, according to Vevo. The following year, IHeartRadio named it the fifth most played hip hop song of 2022.


title: Wild Side (Normani song)

text: The song and it's music video have been nominated for several accolades, including the MTV Video Music Award for Song of Summer, the Soul Train Music Award for Best Video of the Year and the MTV Europe Music Award for Best Video; along with winning the Soul Train Music Award for Best Dance Performance, and the UK Music Video Award for Best R&B/Soul Video - International.


title: Wild Side (Normani song)

text: Normani went on a two-year hiatus from music after the release of the single "Motivation", in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the return of her mother's breast cancer. During that time period her mother encouraged her to focus on her career and making new music, in the process "Wild Side" was created. Normani posted a snippet of "Wild Side" to her social media on February 5, 2021, with the caption, "know it's been awhile". Cardi B heard the snippet and later joined "Wild Side" according to the singer, with Normani stating "I knew I wanted to do something with her, but I was already in rehearsal for three weeks for the music video. We had already been in rehearsal, and I called her stylist because he's also my stylist, and I was like, 'Yo, like, we gotta figure something out. Like this link-up has to happen. There's no other way. It just has to happen, there's no option. 'And he was like, 'Actually, she mentioned "Wild Side", She was like, "Is it that "Wild Side" song? Is it the "Wild Side" song?"' Because I had posted the clip like two months ago".


title: Wild Side (Normani song)

text: After speculation of a collaboration between the two, Normani archived all but one post on her Instagram page on July 12, 2021, hinting at a possible relevant announcement. The following day, Cardi B stated that she had "a little secret" to tell her audience the following day. On July 14, Normani confirmed the title, release date and cover art of the collaborative single on her respective social media pages. Both performers had interacted in the past multiple times, with Normani making a special appearance in the music video for "WAP" by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion in August 2020 alongside other singers and personalities like Kylie Jenner and Rosalía.


title: Wild Side (Normani song)

text: "Wild Side" received critical acclaim upon its release. "MTV News" praised Normani's vocal performance, stating that she "delivers her silky verses with serenity and precision, sizzling with temptation and allure with every breath. She never leaves a moment unmilked; her voice masterfully floats along the song's subtle yet thumping production – sampling fellow R&B goddess Aaliyah's 1996 hit 'One In A Million'", and praised Cardi B's rapping on the song, noting that she "slides in with ease." For "Pitchfork", Vrinda Jagota called it "a sultry R&B showstopper", adding, "If 'Motivation' was Normani's jubilant breakthrough, 'Wild Side' is the meticulously crafted showpiece that proves she's here to stay." For "USA Today", Rasha Ali deemed it "a steamy, sensual slow jam." Victoria Moorwood of The Recording Academy, stated that the pair "stuck gold" with the songs Interpolation of "One In A Million".


title: Wild Side (Normani song)

text: In August 2021, "Billboard" placed the single on their 15 Best Aaliyah Samples in Modern R&B/Hip-Hop list. American gymnast Jordan Chiles, referred to "Wild Side" as one of her favorite songs. The song was named among 15 R&B songs that defined 2021 by BrooklynVegan.


title: Wild Side (Normani song)

text: In the United States, "Wild Side" debuted at number 14 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, marking Normani's third top 20 solo hit, and Cardi B's 16th; while becoming Normani's highest debuting song to date. It was the top-selling R&B release of the week in overall consumption, debuting at number 5 on the US Digital Song Sales chart. The song also debuted at number 10 on the US "Rolling Stone" Top 100, marking the biggest debut of the week on the chart. It also debuted simultaneously atop the R&B Streaming Songs chart, the R&B Digital Song Sales chart, and the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart, while reaching number 3 on the Hot R&B Songs chart. In addition, "Wild Side" also debuted at number 27 on the "Billboard" Global 200 chart.


title: Wild Side (Normani song)

text: Less than three months after it was released, the song was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, for selling approximately 500,000 units in the US. The song reached the Top 10 on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop airplay chart, after nine weeks. While later, reaching the Top 3 on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop airplay chart, in the November 6, 2021 issue of "Billboard." The following week, the single reached number-one on Urban Radio. In December 2021, it was announced that the song was one of the Top 20 most thumbed up tracks of 2021 on Pandora. On the January 1, 2022 issue of "Billboard", the song reached number-one on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop airplay chart, tying "Oui" by Jeremih for the fifth-longest march to number-one on the chart. "Wild Side" also reached the top ten on the Rhythmic Airplay chart, after 23 weeks on the chart, breaking the record for the longest climb to the chart's top 10 by a female artist, and the second overall, trailing only the 25-week wait of Los Del Rio's "Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)".


title: Wild Side (Normani song)

text: The official music video, directed by Tanu Muino, was released to YouTube alongside the song on July 16, 2021. The music video was choreographed by Sean Bankhead, drawing inspriation from Ciara's "Like a Boy" music video. The singer wears multiple outfits throughout the four-minute video, including a cutout black lingerie set with matching thigh-high boots in the first scene of the video, while doing exotic Yoga, a cropped leather outfit, and a leopard-print bustier. During her verse, Cardi B is featured completely nude wearing floor length hair extensions, while also embracing a nude Normani. Debra Paget in the movie "The Indian Tomb", is briefly referenced in a scene from the music video.


title: Wild Side (Normani song)

text: The music video accumulated 1.5 million views in its first ten hours on YouTube, and cracked the Top 30 trending searches on Google. In December 2021, Vevo announced that the music video was the 3rd most watched R&B video of 2021 in the United States.


title: Wild Side (Normani song)

text: For "NPR", LaTesha Harris wrote "The video amplifies the single's debts to the past: dance moves inspired by Janet's 'Rhythm Nation'; visuals reminiscent of TLC, Blaque and Missy Elliot; and a direct nod to Golden Hollywood entertainer Debra Paget. And under all the pastiche is the intoxicating charisma of a star performer, a rare find these days, basking in the shadows of her foremothers." For "The Los Angeles Times", Christi Carras praised Normani's choreography in the music video, commenting "When it comes to dancing, no one is doing it like Normani in "Wild Side" video". While Brooke Kato for "The New York Post" praised Cardi B's turn in the music video, stating "It's Cardi B's world and we're all just living in it."


title: Wild Side (Normani song)

text: The music video received praise and support from fans and celebrities across social media including Halle Berry, Ariana Grande, Victoria Monét, and Megan Thee Stallion. On Twitter, Lil Nas X deemed it the "best music video" he had ever seen in his entire life, adding "I am in [awe]. I am inspired!" Multiple publications referred to it as one of the biggest music videos of 2021, including "Nylon", "The New York Times", and "Dazed", with the latter also referring to it as one of the "best music videos of 2021". In February 2022, "Cosmopolitan" placed it on its '42 Sexiest Music Videos of All Time' list.


title: Wild Side (Normani song)

text: In July 2021, "Rolling Stone" published an article titled "Why Queerbaiting Matters More Than Ever", in which music journalist Moises Mendez II accused Normani and Cardi B of queerbaiting in the music video for "Wild Side", noting that the two musicians "are pictured naked and gyrating against one another". The article sparked a response from Cardi B, in which she criticized the journalist for not acknowledging her own bisexuality, after coming out in 2018, stating "I'm married to a man but I have express soo much about my bisexuality and my experiences wit girls. All of a sudden 'queer baiting' is the new word & people use it to the ground!" She also added that the reason her and Normani embraced nude in the music video was to conceal her pregnancy, which she had not publicly revealed at the time the music video was shot, commenting "you do know we was trying to hide a whole baby bump right?".


title: Wild Side (Normani song)

text: In July 2021, a "Wild Side" dance challenge started trending on social media, with the hashtag #WildSideChallenge garnering 15.6 million views on TikTok within a few weeks, with Brazilian singer Anitta, actress Storm Reid, along with American singers Lizzo, and Ciara participating in the challenge. English musician FKA Twigs also filmed a pole dancing routine featuring the song that she posted on TikTok. Some fans sustained injuries while attempting to learn the choreography, with one participant fracturing their foot.


title: Wild Side (Normani song)

text: American rapper Megan Thee Stallion referenced the song in her "Tuned In Freestyle", from her "Something for Thee Hotties" mixtape, with the lyrics "I wanna show my wild side, make them doo doo doo." In October 2021, Aespa member Karina performed a dance routine to "Wild Side" on the South Korean television program "Knowing Bros". Later that month, singer Bryson Tiller sampled the single on his song "Are You Listening", from his "Killer Instinct 2: The Nightmare Before" mixtape. Brazilian singer Pocah paid homage to Normani in a photo shoot inspired by the song's music video. Comedian and singer DC Young Fly released an unofficial remix of the song.


title: Wild Side (Normani song)

text: Normani first performed "Wild Side" at the 2021 MTV Video Music Awards on September 12, 2021, after fans petitioned for her to perform on the show with the hashtag #LetNormaniPerform. The performance featured intense choreography, and a surprise cameo from Teyana Taylor, that paid tribute to Janet Jackson's live performances of "Would You Mind". It was positively-received by music critics. "Pitchfork" deemed it "the night’s most exciting performance", while calling Normani "one of her generation's most promising stars". While "Rolling Stone" wrote, "Normani stole the show in 'Wild Side', with the night's official instant-classic VMAs moment". According to "Deadline", the performance was one of two most popular moments on social media that night.


title: Wild Side (Normani song)

text: The performance received criticism from David Portnoy, who claimed the positive response that the performance received was a double standard in comparison to the negative feedback for his sports blog, "Barstool Sports". Portnoy tweeted, "I just want people to know, this is on VH1 right now, just like cable TV, anyone can watch this", "People say "Barstool"'s too raunchy, like, that, you know, we're sexist, chauvinist pigs, can't let people see it, too over the top, smokeshows, but this girl, who's getting like face f—ed, and scissoring, right now just on VH1, this is cool." TMZ reported that the performance triggered complaints to the Federal Communications Commission "over what some say were raunchy displays".


title: Wild Side (Normani song)

text: Normani again performed an abbreviated version of "Wild Side" at Rihanna's Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3, which premiered on Prime Video on September 24, 2021. Normani "delivered a visually stunning set in a green catsuit, spiky bun, and lucite heels against a bright red backdrop, channeling the futuristic vibe of her music video," according to Erica Gonzalez for "Elle".


title: Lawrence Bishnoi

text: Lawrence Bishnoi (born 12 February 1992), is an Indian Punjabi gangster and leader of a gang in North India. He has two dozen criminal cases against him including ones of murder and extortion, however he has denied these allegations. His gang is affiliated with over 700 shooters across the country. He is currently lodged in Tihar Jail.


title: Lawrence Bishnoi

text: Bishnoi was born in Dutaranwali village in Abohar, Ferozpur, Punjab on 12 February 1992. His father was a police constable at the time working for Haryana Police. His father left the police force in 1997 and became a successful farmer. He studied in Abohar until the 12th grade when he moved to Chandigarh in 2010 to pursue higher education at DAV College, Chandigarh in Sector 10. He joined the Panjab University Campus Students Council in 2011 which is where he met Goldy Brar, another gangster. After meeting Goldy, he became involved in University Politics and began committing crimes. He completed his LLB from Panjab University.


title: Lawrence Bishnoi

text: Bishnoi entered the world of crime in Chandigarh when several FIRs were registered against him for crimes like an attempt to murder, trespassing, assault and robbery between 2010 and 2012. All of these cases were related to Bishnoi's involvement in student politics. Out of the seven FIRs registered against him in Chandigarh, he was acquitted in four and three cases are still pending. He was supported by his aide Baba Ram Rahim, handling his extortion & narcotic supply wing.


title: Lawrence Bishnoi

text: During his time in jail, Bishnoi built alliances with criminals behind bars, after being released, he met with arms dealers and other local criminals. His gang increased in size throughout his education in Panjab University.


title: Lawrence Bishnoi

text: After graduation, in 2013 he allegedly gunned down the winning candidate of elections of the Government College in Muktsar and a rival candidate at the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation elections. Bishnoi had to often go into hiding. It is after 2013 that he ventured into liquor dealing as well. He also sheltered murderers into his gang. In 2014 he had an armed encounter with Rajasthan Police after which he was sent to jail where he plotted murders and witness executions.


title: Lawrence Bishnoi

text: Bishnoi befriended a gangster-turned-politician friend Jaswinder Singh alias Rocky. Under Rocky, he remained active in Bharatpur, Rajasthan. Later, Rocky was assassinated in 2016 by Jaipal Bhullar, who himself was gunned down in 2020.


title: Lawrence Bishnoi

text: In 2018, a close associate of Bishnoi, Sampath Nehra, who allegedly carried out recce of Salman Khan's residence, disclosed that he was tasked with assassinating Salman Khan for his involvement in the Black Buck hunting case. According to the police, the Bishnoi community considers the Black Buck species to be sacred.


title: Lawrence Bishnoi

text: While being transported by police to be produced in a Jodhpur court in Rajasthan for a case of extortion, he stated in front of the media that "Salman Khan will be killed here, in Jodhpur... Then he will come to know about our real identity ... Now, if police want me to do some major crime, I shall kill Salman Khan and that too in Jodhpur". He claimed that he had been framed for fake charges.


title: Lawrence Bishnoi

text: Bishnoi continued to operate his syndicate while being lodged in Bharatpur jail, allegedly by receiving help from jail staff. In 2021, he was shifted to Tihar Jail in Delhi in relation to a case registered under the MCOCA. According to authorities, Bishnoi uses Voice over IP calls to communicate with his associates outside the jail.


title: Lawrence Bishnoi

text: On 29 May 2022, Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala was shot dead in Mansa, Punjab. Hours after the assassination, the responsibility of the shooting was claimed by a Canadian-Indian gangster calling himself Goldy Brar, who claimed that he had engineered the plot with Bishnoi. Police suggested that Bishnoi's gang was involved in the shooting. At the time of the shooting, Bishnoi was in Tihar Jail in Delhi. Delhi Police Special Cell obtained a 5 day custody of Bishnoi for investigation.


title: Lawrence Bishnoi

text: Soon after Moose Wala's assassination, Bishnoi moved a plea in the Delhi High Court stating that he is afraid of his life and fears a fake encounter by the Punjab police. He appealed that the Delhi Police and the Tihar Jail Authority must ensure his safety and that he must be properly handcuffed and shackled. He later withdrew that plea from the Delhi HC. He later moved his petition in the Punjab and Haryana High Court.


title: Lawrence Bishnoi

text: The gang of Bishnoi is allegedly working with 700 shooters across 5 states in India and has a reach outside India as well.


title: Wowhead

text: Wowhead is a website that provides a searchable database, internet forum, guides and player character services for the popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game "World of Warcraft." It is owned by .I. Fanbyte (formerly known as ZAM Network), a subsidiary of the Chinese company Tencent.


title: Wowhead

text: The site first started out as a talent calculator for the game. It was in beta from April 4 to June 25, 2006, and the database was released on June 26, 2006. Wowhead functions as a user generated database relying upon players of "World of Warcraft" themselves, although the information is uploaded automatically through a client-side program.


title: Wowhead

text: Client software is available for both the Microsoft Windows and Macintosh platforms. Users can manually add comments to database items or discuss the items themselves in a moderated forum. Comments placed on database items are moderated by the community themselves, with members having the option to "down-rank" outdated and unuseful posts to the point where they are purged, and "up-rank" posts of significance so that they are highlighted. The database is automatically cross referenced by the software between items, non-player characters and zones or dungeons.


title: Wowhead

text: Wowhead garnered some attention when it was purchased by Fanbyte (formerly known as ZAM Network), a subsidiary of Affinity Media which formerly owned real-money trading firm IGE. Fanbyte also owns other gaming and "World of Warcraft" information sites such as Thottbot and Allakhazam.


title: Wowhead

text: On July 22, 2009, Wowhead announced that it would be offering its members access to premium service for a recurring subscription in order to help support the website. The premium service offers enhanced usage of the website, removes ads, grants a wider range of forum privileges, and allows paying members to skip to the front of the process queue for "World of Warcraft" player character information requests.


title: Wowhead

text: In early 2019, it was announced that a new version of the site would be launched alongside the original, exclusively covering data for World of Warcraft Classic and, later, its expansion.


title: Wowhead

text: At the beginning of March 2022, Fanbyte blocked seven countries (China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Turkey, Serbia and India) from accessing their websites, including Wowhead. Community Manager Sas148 released the following statement via the Wowhead Feedback section of their Discord server:


title: Wowhead

text: "This decision is ultimately due to legal compliance and liability issues with respect to these countries and their laws/regulations. This action was not based on any specific law or regulation in any one or more of the listed countries. Our decision was due to the legal costs involved with reviewing the laws and regulations of the listed countries, in contrast with the amount of visitors/revenue earned from them. As a result of this analysis, we decided not to pursue a legal review and to mitigate our liability in these countries, we opted to block access entirely. This is an indefinite decision. I and the rest of the Wowhead staff "genuinely" apologize for the inconvenience this will cause you. It was a tough decision but one that we ultimately had to accept. Note: This has nothing at all to do with Russia/Ukraine or any other political/military engagements around the world."


title: Computer Sciences Corporation

text: Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) was an American multinational corporation that provided information technology (IT) services and professional services. On April 3, 2017, it merged with the Enterprise Services line of business of HP Enterprise (formerly Electronic Data Systems) to create DXC Technology.


title: Computer Sciences Corporation

text: CSC was founded in April 1959 in Los Angeles, California, by Roy Nutt and Fletcher Jones. CSC initially provided programming tools such as assembler and compiler software.


title: Computer Sciences Corporation

text: In the 1960s, CSC provided software programming services to major computer manufacturers like IBM and Honeywell and secured their first contracts for the U.S. public sector with NASA (among others).


title: Computer Sciences Corporation

text: By 1963, CSC became the largest software company in the United States and the first software company to be listed on the American Stock Exchange. By the end of 1968, CSC was listed on the New York Stock Exchange and had operations in Canada, India, the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy, Brazil, and the Netherlands.


title: Computer Sciences Corporation

text: In 1967, CSC set up Computicket Corp. to compete in the fledgling electronic ticket market competing with Ticketron but lost $13 million and discontinued the service in 1970.


title: Computer Sciences Corporation

text: In the 1970s and 1980s, CSC expanded globally winning large contracts for the finance and defense industries and through acquisitions in Europe and Australia.


title: Computer Sciences Corporation

text: In 2000 CSC founded a joint-venture called Innovative Banking Solutions AG in Wiesbaden, Germany to market their newly developed SAP solution for mortgage companies.


title: Computer Sciences Corporation

text: Since its beginnings in 1959, company headquarters had been in California. On March 29, 2008, the corporate headquarters of the company were relocated from El Segundo, California, to Falls Church, Virginia.


title: Computer Sciences Corporation

text: In fiscal 2013, CSC acquired ServiceMesh (cloud management) for $282M, Infochimps (a big data platform) for $27M, 42Six (analytics for national intelligence) for $35 million, iSOFT (application solutions) for cash and debt, and AppLabs (application testing) for $171M.


title: Computer Sciences Corporation

text: In May 2015, CSC announced plans to split the public sector business from its commercial and international business. In August, it was announced that CSC's Government Service business would merge with SRA International to form a new company — CSRA—at the end of November 2015.


title: Computer Sciences Corporation

text: In July 2015, CSC and HCL Technologies announced the signing of a joint venture agreement to form a banking software and services company, Celeriti FinTech.


title: Computer Sciences Corporation

text: In September 2015, CSC closed the acquisition of Fixnetix, a provider of front-office managed trading solutions in capital markets. CSC also acquired Fruition Partners, a provider of technology-enabled solutions for the service-management sector during the month.


title: Computer Sciences Corporation

text: In November 2015, CSC agreed to acquire the shares of UXC, an IT services company based in Australia in a deal valued at ().


title: Computer Sciences Corporation

text: In December 2015, business technology and services provider, Xchanging, agreed to be purchased by CSC.


title: Computer Sciences Corporation

text: In February 2016, CSC announced it was moving its headquarters to Tysons, Fairfax County's central business district, just a few miles from Annandale, Virginia.


title: Computer Sciences Corporation

text: CSC ranked among the leading IT service providers in the world. Geographically, CSC had major operations throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.


title: Computer Sciences Corporation

text: The company operated in three broad service lines or sectors until the 2015 divestment of NPS, its public sector:


title: 1999–2000 La Liga

text: The 1999–2000 La Liga season, the 69th since its establishment, began on 21 August 1999 and ended on 20 May 2000. Deportivo La Coruña won their first league title with 69 points, the lowest for a champion since three points for a win was introduced in 1995.


title: 1999–2000 La Liga

text: Rayo Vallecano was the winner of the Fair-play award with 102 points, moreover it was elected on 8 June 2000 in Brussels as one of the two entries by UEFA to enter UEFA Cup in the qualifying round by the same condition of Fair Play.


title: Yes, Madam (1985 film)

text: Yes, Madam () is a 1985 Hong Kong action film directed by Corey Yuen, and produced by Sammo Hung, who also appears in a cameo in the film. The film stars Michelle Yeoh as Senior Inspector Ng who teams up with Inspector Carrie Morris (Cynthia Rothrock) to get a hold of microfilm which has been taken unknowingly by low level thieves Asprin (Mang Hoi) and Strepsil (John Shum).


title: Yes, Madam (1985 film)

text: The film was the 21st-highest-grossing film of the year in Hong Kong and gave Mang an award for Best Supporting Actor at the 5th Hong Kong Film Awards. It has been described as the first film of the "girls with guns" subgenre. "Yes, Madam" received several sequels in the "In the Line of Duty" film series.


title: Yes, Madam (1985 film)

text: In Hong Kong, Inspector Ng manages to stop the theft of an armored car by a group of criminals. In another part of the city, a deal is being made between a Westerner and an assassin. After the deal goes sour, the assassin kills the Westerner while the duo of Asprin and Strepsil enter to pickpocket the Westerner and steal his passport. Unknown to all of them, the Westerner had secret microfilm that contained details of a group of criminals involved in illegal activities, most notably the crooked businessman Mr. Tin. Inspector Ng arrives later and is heartbroken to discover that the dead man was Richard Nornen, with whom she was romantically involved.


title: Yes, Madam (1985 film)

text: After authorities find out that Nornen had been working undercover and that the microfilm is missing, the Scottish investigator Carrie Morris is brought in to assist Ng in recovering it. The microfilm is in the possession of some petty thieves, whilst the police are looking for it to prove the guilt of Mr. Tin and his accomplices, who naturally want it destroyed. Meanwhile, Asprin and Strepsil return the passport to Panadol. Panadol sells the passport to a criminal who attempts to leave the country with it, but is thwarted by Morris, who halts him at the airport. Ng allows the criminal to leave but not on the plane, allowing both Morris and Ng to track down the source of the phony passport to Panadol. With Panadol in custody, he inadvertently mentions Asprin and Strepsil as accomplices.


title: Yes, Madam (1985 film)

text: Mr. Tin has the most to lose from the microfilm and sends three thugs to Asprin and Strepsil in order to get it from them. Strepsil admits defeat to them and gives over the microfilm. Ng and Morris then attempt to arrest Mr. Tin for possession of the item, but find that the microfilm in his possession is another one of Panadol's fakes and are unable to arrest him. Tin's thugs then manage to find Panadol but beat him so severely that he dies, while Asperin and Strepsil were going to sell the real microfilm for thousands of dollars. When Strepsil finds that Mr. Tin has the microfilm, Asperin and Strepsil, with the two police officers Morris and Ng closely following, arrive at Tin's house for a final showdown. During the battle, the microfilm is destroyed and Ng and Morris are about to be arrested for trespassing. Strepsil, who had just learned of Panadol's death, becomes enraged and grabs a police officer's gun and shoots Tin, who was about to go free because of the destruction of the evidence.


title: Yes, Madam (1985 film)

text: While working a martial arts demonstration team, the magazine "Inside Kung Fu" contacted Cynthia Rothrock's team stating that D & B Film was looking for a new male lead to play a Bruce Lee-esque character in a film. Despite looking for a male lead the team has a few women on their team and decided to bring them to demonstrate their skills as well. The studio producers were so impressed with Rothrock's martial arts skills that they offered her the role in the film on the spot and changed the lead from a male to female. When arriving to shoot the film, Rothrock was surprised of her role as she assumed she was going to be in a traditional period martial arts film.


title: Yes, Madam (1985 film)

text: "Yes, Madam" was the first starring role in a feature film for Michelle Yeoh. Yeoh had previously won the 1982 Miss World Malaysia contest in 1983. After winning the contest she met D&B executive producer Dickson Poon who cast her in a small role in a television commercial with entertainer Jackie Chan in 1984. Her role in the commercial caught the attention of a film production company D&B Films. Yeoh had previously played small roles in Sammo Hung's film "Owl vs. Dumbo" (1985) and "Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars" (1985). For "Yes, Madam!", Yeoh took to stunt work opposed to allowing a double for every stunt. To train for her role, Yeoh worked out in a gym for eight hours a day. She stated that both herself and Rothrock did not want the film to be "too hard core", stating that "We wanted the family to come in and watch it"


title: Yes, Madam (1985 film)

text: According to Rothrock, the airport scene was shot at Kai Tak Airport in three nights between 12:00 midnight and 5:00 a.m. The film's finale took 30 days to shoot. Rothrock sustained a head wound during her fight scene with Dick Wei. When filming resumed after her wound was stitched up, a stand-in for Wei was brought in to film the shot of Rothrock doing her scorpion kick on Wei's character, presumably because Wei was anticipating payback from her.


title: Yes, Madam (1985 film)

text: The film's score was composed by Romeo Diaz. Diaz would work with director Yuen again on his other films including "Fong Sai Yuk" (1993). The score also featured parts of the soundtrack from John Carpenter's film "Halloween" (1978).