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Vigevano is crowned by the Castello Sforzesco, a stronghold rebuilt 1492–94 for Ludovico Maria Sforza (Ludovico il Moro), the great patron born in the town, who changed the fortification/hunting lodge of Luchino Visconti (who in turn had re-used a Lombard fortress) into a rich noble residence, at the cusp of Gothic and Renaissance.
Leonardo da Vinci was his guest at Vigevano, as was Bramante, who is credited with the tall tower that watches over the piazza from the Castello Sforzesco.
The old castle has a unique raised covered road, high enough for horsemen to ride through, that travels between the new palace and the old fortifications; there is a Falconry, an elegant loggiato supported by 48 columns, and, in the rear area of the mastio, the Ladies' Loggia made for Duchess Beatrice d'Este.
Notable Vigevanesi
Guido da Vigevano (c. 1280 - c. 1349), physician and inventor
Ludovico Sforza (1452–1508), known as Ludovico il Moro, "The Moor", Duke of Milan.
Eleonora Duse (1858–1924), Italian actress, often known simply as Duse, was born in Vigevano.
Gian Carlo Rota (1932–1999), mathematician and philosopher, was born in Vigevano.
Margie Santimaria (born 1989), a professional triathlete
The Fiat Palio is a car produced by Fiat.
It has been produced in various countries.
It replaced the Fiat Duna in 1996.
1.2 8V 44 kW (60 hp) and 54 kW (73 hp)
1.2 16V 59 kW (80 hp)
1.6 16V 74 kW (101 hp) and 76 kW (103 hp)
1.7 TD 51 kW (69 hp)
1.9 D 46 kW (63 hp)
1.9 JTD 59 kW (80 hp)
The Sword of Truth is a series of thirteen epic fantasy novels written by Terry Goodkind.
The book tells the story of Richard Rahl, Kahlan Amnell and Zeddicus Zu'l Zorander.
The First Confessor: The Legend of Magda Searus, where the story takes place several hundred years before the main series.
Debt of Bones, where the story takes place before the events related by the main series.
Stone of Tears
Blood of the Fold
Temple of the Winds
Soul of the Fire
Faith of the Fallen
Chainfire
A second series, which is the suite of the first (events in the series take place directly after the end of Confessor):
The Omen Machine
Terry Goodkind  — official website of the author
was a Japanese dramatist and writer.
He is known as one of the founders of modern Japanese drama.
Kishida studied French literature and modern drama at Tokyo Imperial University.
In 1920, he went to Paris and studied the history of French drama.
In 1937, he founded the Literature Theatre Company (Bungaku-za).
His name was given to the most famous prize for drama in Japan—the annual Kunio Kishida Award (Kishida Kunio Gikyoku-shô).
Old Toys (1924)
Autumn in Tirol (1924)
Paper Balloon (1926)
The Shower (1926)
Diary of Falling Leaves (1927)
Two Daughters of Mr. Sawa (1935)
A Warm Current (1943)
Hayamizu Girls School (1948)
Rimer, J. Thomas. (
Toward a modern Japanese theatre: Kishida Kunio.
Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Jerry Maguire is a 1996 American romantic comedy-drama sports movie.
It stars Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Renée Zellweger.
This movie got very positive reviews and became a strong success in the box office.
Movies directed by Cameron Crowe
A Domestic partnership is a contract between two people who live together.
They live together in the same household, but are neither married, nor joined in what is called a civil union.
The sex of the partners is not relevant.
LGBT marriages
The Republic of China (Taiwan) is one of Asia's most tolerant countries as far as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) rights are concerned.
The government proposed a bill in 2003 to make same-sex marriage legal.
It has so far stalled without passage.
If the law passes, the ROC would be the first country in Asia to allow same-sex marriages.
In 2017, the ROC's Constitutional Court ruled that same-sex marriage should become legal within two years.
The ROC is also described as the most liberal after over 30,000 people went to the Taiwan Pride parade in 2010 and 2011, making it the largest LGBT event in Asia.
On May 17, 2019, the Legislative Yuan approved a bill, submitted by the Executive Yuan, recognising marriage for same-sex couples.
The bill was signed into law by President Tsai Ing-wen on 22 May and went into effect on 24 May.
Taiwan therefore became the first country in Asia to recognise same-sex marriage.
China, Republic
This is a list of notable rivers of Mongolia.
Orkhon River -
Kherlen River -
Tuul River -
Zavkhan River -
Selenge River -
Tes River -
Hovd River -
Eg River -
Ider River -
Delgermörön -
Flowing into the Arctic Ocean
Yenisei River (Russia)
Angara River (Russia), flowing out of Lake Baikal
Selenge River (Сэлэнгэ мөрөн in Sükhbaatar) flowing into Lake Baikal
Chikoy River
Menza River
Katantsa River
Jida or Dzhida River (Russia)
Zhelter River (Зэлтэр гол)
Orkhon River (Орхон гол in Kharkhorin, Bulgan)
Tuul River (Туул гол in Ulaanbaatar)
Tamir River (Тамир гол at Arkhangai)
Kharaa River (Хараа гол at Selenge)
Eg River (in Khatgal)
Üür River (at Khövsgöl)
Uilgan River (at Khövsgöl)
Arigiin River
Tarvagatai River
Khanui River ( at Arkhangai)
Ider River (Идэр гол at Khövsgöl)
Chuluut River (at Arkhangai)
Suman River (at Arkhangai)
Delgermörön River (Дэлгэрмөрөн in Mörön)
Beltes River
Bügsiin River
Lesser Yenisei (Russia)
Kyzyl-Khem (Кызыл-Хем)
Büsein River
Shishged River (Шишгэд гол)
Sharga River
Tengis River
Flowing into the Sea of Okhotsk (Pacific Ocean)
Amur River (Russia/China)
Shilka River (Russia)
Onon River (Онон гол)
Hulun Lake
Kherlen River (Хэрлэн гол)
Ulaan Lake
Ongi River
Great Lakes Depression
Khar-Us Lake
Khovd River
Uvs Nuur Basin
Kharkhiraa River
Sangil gol
Turuun River
Nariin gol
Tes River
Shavar River
Tsereg River
Khachig River
Erzin River
Khyargas Lake
Zavkhan River
Dörgön Lake
Teeliin gol, flowing out of Khar Lake
Chono Kharaikh gol, draining into Khar Lake
Ulungur Lake
Bulgan River (Ulungur River)
Bijela
Bistrica
Cijevna
Ćehotina
Grnčar
Ibar
Komarnica
Lješnica
Ljuboviđa
Ljuča
Mala rijeka
Morača
Mrtvica
Ospanica
Piva
Ribnica
Sitnica (Morača)
Trebišnjica
Veruša
Vrmoša
El-Abid River
Baht River
Chaaba River
Dadès River
Draa River
Fes River
Imini River
Inaouen River
Ksob River
Lakhdar River
Laou River (Wad Laou/Law)
Loukkos River
Makhazen River
Massa River
Moulouya River
Noun River
Ouarzazate River
Ouergha River
Oum Er-Rbia River
Ourika River
Sebou River
Sous River
Tamri River
Tessaoute River
Todra River
Tit River
Ziz River
In economics, the word competition means that there are at least two competitors (¨players¨) who want to get a share of a market.
The market is divided between all the economic players; this means that if a player gets a higher market share, another player will get a smaller share of the market.
In his work, The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith says that all players uses the resources they have so that they will get the most profit from these resources.
According to Smith, this encourages efficiency.
Different forms of competition
Products that perform the same function, and that are interchangeable, compete against each other; this is known as Direct competition
Products that are substitutes compete; an example might be butter competing with margarine
The broadest form is usually called budget competition: People have an amount of money they can spend each month; all the different products the consumers spend their money on, in a given month compete with each other.
Limiting competition
Note that competition does not necessarily involve different companies; in the 1920s, General Motors had divisions that overlapped, and that competed for resources.
Procter & Gamble introduced the competition between different brands in the 1930s.
Also note that competition is limited: In some areas, there are monopolies, often granted by the state.
The state may also apply taxes or pay subsidies as a way to protect its own economy.
This is a list of rivers in Burma (Myanmar).
The longest river of Myanmar is the Irrawaddy River.
This river begins where the N'mai River and Mali River join.
Nāf River
Kaladan River
Lemro River
Mayu River
Kaleindaung River
Pathein River (Bassein River)
Dagā River
Pyanmalot River (Pyamalaw River)
Irrawaddy River (Ayeyarwady River)
Yin River
Mon River
Yaw River
Kyaw River
Chindwin River
Myittha River
Manipur River
Uyu River
Tizu River
Myitnge River
Zawgyi River
Shweli River
Taping River
Mali River
Thandi River
Yangon River (Rangoon River) (Hlaing River) (Myint ma kha River)
Bago River (Pegu River)
Myitmaka River
Sittaung River
Bilin River
Salween River (Thanlwin River)
Ataran River
Zami River
Winyaw River
Gyaing River
Haungtharaw River
Yunzalin River
Moei River (Thaungyin River)
Nam Pang River
Pawn River
Pilu River
Pai River
Teng River
Hsim River
Pāng River
Nanding River
Ye River
Heinze River
Dawei River (Tavoy River)
Great Tenasserim River (Tanintharyi River)
Lenya River
Kraburi River (Pakchan River)
Dapein River
Tarpein River
Paung Laung River
Chaungmagyi River
Kok River
Ruak River
Loi River
Maykha River
Malikha River
Arakanrivers
İsmail Enver (Ottoman Turkish: اسماعيل انور) (November 22, 1881 in Istanbul - August 4, 1922), he was known to European powers as Enver Pasha (Turkish: Enver Paşa) or Enver Bey and he was a Turkish military officer and a leader of the Young Turk revolution.
His contributions for the revolution, he was given the nickname "The Hero of Liberty"(Hürriyet Kahramanı).
He was the main leader of the Ottoman Empire in both Balkan Wars and World War I.
By his marriage toEmine Naciye Sultanv, a granddaughter of sultan Enver had:
HH Princess Dr. Mahpeyker Enver Hanımsultan (1917–2000), married and divorced, Dr. Fikret Ürgüp (1918–?),
and had issue, one son:
Hasan Ürgüp, (b.1948 -d.1989)unmarried and without issue
HH Princess Turkan Enver Hanımsultan (1919–1989), married HE Huvayda Mayatepek, Turkish Ambassador to Denmark, and had issue, one son:
Osman Mayatepek (b. 1950), married Neshe Firtina and had one daughter
Mihrishah Türkan Mayatepek (b.1992)
HH Prince Sultanzade Captain Ali Enver Beyefendi (1921 – Australia, December 1971), married and had issue, one daughter:
Arzu Enver (b. 1955), married Aslan Sadıkoğlu and had Issue
Burak Sadıkoğlu
HH Princess Rana Killigil Hanımsultan (1926; Paris – 14 April 2008; Istanbul), married Osman Sadi Eldem and had three children:
Ceyda Eldem (b. 1952)
Necla Eldem (b. 1954 - d. 1964)
Edhem Eldem (b. 1960) married Zeynep Sedef Torunoğlu and had issue, one son:
Simin Eldem (b.1987)
Enver's biography
Enver's declaration at the Baku Congress of the Peoples of the East
This is a list of streams and rivers in Namibia.
There is list by letter at the end.
Kunene River
Ugab River
Omaruru River
Swakop River
Khan River
Kuiseb River
Molopo River (South Africa, Botswana)
Nossob River
Kwando River (or Linyanti River or Chobe River)
Ekuma River
Oshigambo River
Tsauchab
Kwando River
This is a list of rivers in Nepal.
Ganges (in India)
Mahananda River (in India)
Bakra River
Ratua Khola
Mechi River
Kosi River (Sapt Koshi)
Hongu River
Liku River
Bhote Koshi (Tama Kosi)
Indravati River
Kamala River
Lakhandei River
Bisnumati River
Gandaki River (Narayani) (Kali Gandaki)
East Rapti River
Seti River
Marshyangdi
Darudi
Nisi River
Madi River
Ghaghara River (Karnali)
Tinau River
Mari River
Sarda River (Mahakali) (Kali River)
Surna River
Chamlia River
Kalapani River
Babai River
Sarju River
Mohan River
Kandra River
Bheri River
Thuli Bheri River
Sani Bheri River
Buriganga River
Sinja River
Mugu Karnali
Tanke River
Langu River
Panjang River
Humla Karnali
U.S. Army Map Service, 1966, Manasarowar
U.S. Army Map Service, 1966, Bihar
Hotel Mario is a puzzle game developed by Fantasy Factory and published by Philips Interactive Media and Nintendo for the CD-i in 1994.
The primary character of the game is Mario, who must find Princess Toadstool by going through seven Koopa hotels in the Mushroom Kingdom.
Every hotel is divided into many levels, and what the player must do is close all doors on each level.
Killing a Koopaling on the hotel's final level takes the player to the next building.
After Nintendo decided not to have Philips create an add-on for the Super NES, they gave Philips permission to use five of their characters in games for Philips' CD-i. There wasn't a lot of time for the games to be developed and there was little funding.
The games resulting from the license were widely criticized, with Hotel Mario being known as one of the worst Mario-centered games, due to the animation of the shutting doors, the non-working controls and especially known for the cutscenes that used full motion video.
The CD-i was considered a commercial failure and the games became valuable because of their rarity.
The player controls Mario or his brother Luigi in two-player mode.
The player has to complete all levels of the seven hotels in the game.
The first six hotels contain 10 levels, and the last 2 hotels contains 15 levels.
The player to shut every door before time runs out to get to the next level.
The game does not show how to shut the doors.
Elevators, which work differently depending on the hotel, let the player to go between the five floors of the level.
The amount of points the player gets in the game will depend on how fast they can beat the level.
Every stage has its own title screen, which is how the game can be saved.
The screens are also used to enter hotel levels that were already played and the map of the Mushroom Kingdom, which allows the player to access any visited hotel.
While trying to close the doors, the player must avoid certain hazards.
Mario will lose a life if he touches an enemy, runs out of time, runs off the edge of the floor he is on, or if all the doors are open.
Enemies in the game are mostly regular Mario series creatures, such as Goombas, Koopas, Boos, and their variations.
The opponent on the last level of each hotel is one of the Koopalings, who use different methods to try to kill Mario.
In his normal state, Mario can take one hit from an enemy and kill most of the monsters with a stomp.
By opening doors, the player can find power-ups, which grant different powers.
A Super Mushroom transforms Mario into Super Mario, making Mario glow and have the strength to take two enemy hits.
If the player finds another mushroom while Mario is in the Super Mario form, the item turns into a Fire Flower.
When grabbing it, Mario becomes Fire Mario and can throw fireballs to kill enemies.
A 1-up mushroom known as "Extra Mario Mushroom" or "Toad" can only be found by Fire Mario.
Another way to earn an extra life is collecting 30 coins.
The player can also get a Star Man, which makes Mario temporarily able to knock any enemy off the screen by simply touching them.
Bowser has turned the Mushroom Kingdom into a hotel resort for the use of himself and his children.
The land is renamed "Klub Koopa Resort" because of this.
Each hotel in the area is protected by one of the Koopalings and their henchmen.
The hotels represent different building types with many different locations, including a tree, a mine and a cloud.
When Mario and Luigi are invited to a picnic by Princess Toadstool, Mario and Luigi enter the Mushroom Kingdom.
At the entrance, however, they find a message from Bowser.
They find out that Bowser has taken control over the kingdom and established seven hotels there, at one of which Princess Toadstool is being held as a "permanent guest".
As they visit the first six hotels, Mario and Luigi find the Princess many times, but on every occasion she disappears out of their sight, ending up in another hotel.
They eventually enter another land where Bowser himself lives.
With the hotel's owner killed, the brothers run away from the building with Princess Toadstool before it falls apart.
The Princess, now able to rule her kingdom in peace, thanks the Mario brothers for saving her, giving them both a kiss.
In May 1991, after failing to develop a CD-ROM-based add-on for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System with Sony, Nintendo signed a deal with Philips to develop the add-on.
However, after seeing the negative reviews of the Sega Mega-CD, Nintendo no longer considered the add-on profitable anymore, and the project was stopped entirely.
As part of dissolving the deal, Nintendo gave Philips the license to use five of their characters, including Mario, Luigi, and Princess Toadstool, to be featured in their games for the CD-i. Philips used the characters to create games for the CD-i, with Nintendo taking no part in their development except to give comments on the look of the characters.
The Mario characters were going to be used in Super Mario's Wacky Worlds, but the game was cancelled with only some prototype versions being programmed.
While Wacky Worlds was planned as a CD-i adaptation of the side-scrolling platformer video game Super Mario World, Hotel Mario was made into a puzzle game in which level areas were limited to a single screen.
Unlike the Legend of Zelda-related games also for the CD-i, the game was not developed by a third-party company, but by Philips' development team Fantasy Factory.
Many full motion video cutscenes were animated for Hotel Mario.
The videos show Mario and Luigi as they get to the next hotel, telling each other and giving hints to the player such as: "If you need instructions on how to get through the hotels, check out the enclosed instruction book!".
The voices of the Mario Brothers were provided by Marc Graue, with Jocelyn Benford doing the voice-over for Princess Toadstool.
On top of the full motion video capabilities of the CD-i, Hotel Mario made use of the system’s internal clock by showing messages that changed according to the date.
After seeing Hotel Mario'''s first version—which Venola called "mechanical" and "visually no fun"—she and art director Jeff Zoern decided to use elements from Disney and J. R. R. Tolkien to improve the game's visual style.
Drawings of the stages were made out of several blocks, each of which featured one detail.
Every building took one week to complete and was designed according to a specific theme.
For example, a gothic design was used for Bowser's hotel.
Upon its release, Hotel Mario received negative reviews from video game magazines Electronic Gaming Monthly and GamePro.
Critics commented that Hotel Marios gameplay was simple yet addicting.
GamePro, while calling the game fun, believed that it would soon bore players, and gave it a fun factor of 2.5 out of 5.
When Electronic Gaming Monthly named Mario the greatest video game character in 2005, they considered Hotel Mario his most embarrassing moment.
Similarly, it was considered as the worst Mario game of all time by ScrewAttack, who criticized the game for its audio and controls, as well as for being solely "based on shutting doors."
GameDaily included Hotel Mario in its list of the worst games starring Nintendo mascots, stating its gameplay lacked identifiable Mario elements mainly used in the series.
The game was also listed as the worst 2D platformer in the Mario series by N-Europe.
The site found the Koopaling battles "uniquely bad", calling the game itself a "steaming turd".
IGN said that Hotel Mario was better than The Legend of Zelda titles, but noted that closing doors was not "a strong enough hook for an entire game."
Chris Kohler of Wired magazine saw Hotel Mario as "a puzzle game with no puzzles", assuming it was one of the reasons why Nintendo was not impressed by the CD-ROM medium.
The game was referred to as "craptastic" by GamesRadar and "little more than a really rubbish version of Elevator Action" by Eurogamer.
In its 1994 review, GamePro rated Hotel Mario's graphics at 3.5 and sound at 4 out of 5, saying that "the only intriguing aspects of this game are the well-fashioned animated sequences."
Years after the game was released, the cut scenes were also criticized among video game websites, and were called "outright terrifying" by 1UP.com.
IGN described them as "abysmal" and "a bad flip-book of images printed out of Microsoft Paint.
The quality of the voice acting was also questioned.
Both 1UP.com and IGN thought the voices were unfitting for the characters and did not achieve the same playfulness as those of Mario and Luigi's current voice artist Charles Martinet.
Hotel Mario'' was listed in the Top 20 Worst Mario Games of all time.
The greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread species of the flamingo family.
It is found in the wetlands areas of Africa, southwest Europe, and South Asia.
This is the largest species of flamingo, averaging up to 5 feet tall, and weighing 8 lbs.
Their wingspan is 4 to 6 feet.
Greater flamingos live up to 20 years in the wild.
Their diet consists of seeds, algae, and small invertebrates.
The bird lives in mudflats and shallow coastal lagoons with salt water.
Using its feet, the bird stirs up the mud, then sucks water through its bill and filters out small shrimp, seeds, blue-green algae, microscopic organisms and molluscs.
The greater flamingo feeds with its head down.
Its upper jaw is movable and not rigidly fixed to its skull.
It was the state bird of Junagadh State.
The bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) is a type of goose that lives in wetland areas in Central Asia.
It has a light grey body, broad wings, and a white face and neck.
Its name comes from the two stripes (or "bars") of dark feathers that wrap around the back of its head.
Like other geese, its feet are webbed.
They can get up to 2.5 feet long and weigh 6.5 pounds.
They eat mainly grass, wheat, barley and rice.
The main physiological challenge of bar-headed geese is getting oxygen from thin air  to their aerobic muscle fibres so they can fly at high altitudes.
Flight is very metabolically costly at high-altitudes because birds need to flap harder in thin air to generate lift.
Studies have found that bar-headed geese breathe more deeply and efficiently under low oxygen conditions, which serves to increase oxygen uptake from the environment.
The haemoglobin of their blood has a higher affinity for oxygen compared to low-altitude geese.
Bar-headed geese have a slightly larger wing area for their weight than other geese, which is believed to help them fly at high altitudes.
Birds at high-altitude still need to flap harder than lowland birds.
The Müller's Bornean gibbon (Hylobates muelleri), also known as the grey gibbon, is a primate in the Hylobatidae family.
The Muller's gibbon ranks among the smallest gibbons, weighing .
It is about  tall.
The grey gibbons can live more than 40 years in captivity.
They eat primarily fruit, leaves, flowers, and invertebrates.
Muller's gibbons can only be found in the tropical rainforest of the island Borneo.
Jorge Ricardo (born September 30, 1961 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a jockey of Thoroughbred horse racing, actually riding in Argentina, who became the all-time winningest rider in history on February 5, 2007.
He has since been passed by Canadian-born, California-based rider Russell Baze.
Ricardo sets new world record
Ricardo x Baze
Story on Ricardo's pursuit of 10,000 victories.
February 6, 2007 ESPN article Brazilian passes Baze to take record -- for now
Profile of Jorge Ricardo at JockeysRoom.com
The grey bamboo lemur is also called the grey gentle lemur, or the eastern lesser bamboo lemur (Hapalemur griseus).
This is the smallest of the bamboo lemurs.
It lives mostly in bamboo forests in eastern Madagascar.
It is normally active at dusk, eating bamboo leaves and shoots.
Grey bamboo lemurs grow up to  long and weigh up to .
The eastern lesser bamboo lemur has a dense, woolly coat that is grey to olive-grey on the upperparts, with chestnut-brown tinges on the head, shoulders, and sometimes the back.
The Angola colobus (Colobus angolensis) is an arboreal monkey that belongs to the Colobus genus.
They have no thumbs, which is not normal among primates.
This allows them to shape their fingers into a winging hook.
They eat leaves, fruit, and seeds.
Angolan colobus monkeys have glossy, black fur covers much of the body, but contrasts with short, white hair surrounding the face, a u-shaped, cape-like mantle of long white hair that extends down the shoulders and across the lower back, and a bushy white tuft to the tip of the tail.
Colobus monkeys typically can weigh 2 lbs and grow over 2 feet long.
Their lifespan is 20 to 30 years in the wild.
Habitat and distribution
Léon (full name Léon: The Professional) is a 1994 French action thriller movie directed by Luc Besson.
The focus of Léon is assassination and the Mafia.
Jean Reno plays the title role, a hitman.
Natalie Portman co-stars as Matilda, a girl who is being taught to become an assassin.
And Gary Oldman plays the main villain Norman Stansfield, a corrupt cop in the Drug Enforcement Administration and mafia leader who kills Matilda's family.
Léon was released in the United States on November 18, 1994.
Movies directed by Luc Besson
Evert turned professional in 1972.
In singles, she won the Australian Open in 1982 and 1984.
She won the French Open in 1974, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985 and 1986.
She won Wimbledon in 1974, 1976 and 1981.
She won the US Open in 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980 and 1982.
In doubles, she won the French Open in 1974 and 1975, as well as Wimbledon in 1976.
She retired in 1989.
She was engaged to Jimmy Connors in 1974.
She married John Lloyd in 1979; they divorced in 1987.
She married Andy Mill in 1988; they had three sons.
She divorced him in 2006.
She married Greg Norman in 2008; they divorced in 2009.
She lives in Boca Raton, Florida.
People from Boca Raton, Florida
The Senate of Chile is the upper house of Chile's bicameral National Congress established in the Chilean constitution.
The Official website of the Chilean Senate
Laura Elizabeth "Laurie" Metcalf (born June 16, 1955) is an American movie and television series actress.
She played Jackie Harris in the sitcom Roseanne.
She played Carolyn Bigsby in the sitcom Desperate Housewives She played Debbie Salt in Scream 2.
She played one of the characters in the Toy Story franchise.
Metcalf received three Emmy Awards for her performance.
She was born in Carbondale, Illinois.
She was married to Jeff Perry.
In 2018, she won a Tony Award.
Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert (1831-1905) was the first Premier of Queensland.
He was premier twice, the first time when Queensland became an independent colony, from 10 December 1859 to 1 February 1866 and then again from 20 July 1866 to 7 August 1866.
Larissa Tahireh Giddings (born 14 November 1972) was the 44th Premier of Tasmania.
She became premier on 24 January 2011 when David Bartlett resigned.
She is the first woman to be Premier of Tasmania, as well as the youngest woman elected to an Australian parliament.
The Premier of Tasmania is the head of the government in the Australian state of Tasmania.
The political party  which has the most support in the House of Assembly will nominate its leader to be Premier.
The leader is then asked by the Governor of Tasmania to act as their principal adviser.
Before the 1890s, there was no political party system in Tasmania.
Before 1920 premiers were often appointed from the Legislative Council.
List of Premiers of Tasmania
"Bother" (song)
The Brain of Pooh, a stage show
"Bother" is the second single from the alternative metal band Stone Sour's first album Stone Sour.
It was originally released as a solo song by frontman Corey Taylor, but the billing was later changed to Stone Sour.
The song was one of Stone Sour's first songs to put them into the mainstream.
The cover features Taylor's hands and rings, one of them being a Spider-Man ring which is a reference to the song being featured on the soundtrack to the film Spider-Man (although the track is credited to Taylor as the performer not Stone Sour) and to Taylor being a fan of Spider-Man.
The other has the number 8 on it, representing Taylor's number in Slipknot.
Taylor has stated that the song is about when he moved back to Des Moines from Denver, where he hoped to try to move forward with his music.
Tan (goat pattern)
Tan (salon)
Croup (or laryngotracheobronchitis) is caused by a virus and leads to swelling inside the throat.
This swelling causes problems with normal breathing.
People with croup can have a "barking"cough, stridor (a high-pitched wheezing sound), and hoarseness.
Croup symptoms often get worse at night.
Taking steroids by mouth can treat the condition.
Sometimes epinephrine is used in more severe cases.
Hospitalization is rarely required.
Doctors decide if a person has croup after they have eliminated other possibilities (for example, an airway foreign body).
Blood tests, X-rays, and cultures are not needed.
Croup is common.
About 15% of children between 6 months and 5–6 years old get croup.
Teenagers and adults rarely get croup.
Croup symptoms include a "barking" cough, stridor ( a high pitched sound typically when breathing in), hoarseness, and difficult breathing that are worse at night.
The "barking" cough can sound like a seal or sea lion.
Crying can make the wheezing worse; wheezing can mean that the airways are narrowed.
As croup gets worse, the wheezing can decrease.
Other symptoms are fever, symptoms typical of the common cold), and the skin between the ribs pulling in when the child breathes.
Drooling or a sick appearance can mean a different illness.
The virus infection leads to swelling in the throat and air passages that can make breathing difficult.
Most croup is caused by a virus infection.
Some people call severe laryngotracheitis croup.
This disease is caused by a milder virus.
Croup also can be laryngeal diphtheria, bacterial tracheitis, laryngotracheobronchitis, and laryngotracheobronchopneumonitis.
These diseases are caused by bacteria and are more severe.
In 75% of cases, the parainfluenza virus, mainly types 1 and 2, causes croup.
Other viruses that can cause croup include influenza A and B, measles, adenovirus and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
Spasmodic croup (croup with barking) does not have the usual signs of infection, such as fever, sore throat, and increased white blood cell count).
Treating spasmodic croup is the same as treating regular croup.
Bacterial
Bacterial croup includes laryngeal diphtheria, bacterial tracheitis, laryngotracheobronchitis, and laryngotracheobronchopneumonitis.
Corynebacterium diphtheriae causes laryngeal diphtheria; bacterial tracheitis, laryngotracheobronchitis, and laryngotracheobronchopneumonitis come from a virus infection, followed by a bacteria infection.
The most common bacteria that cause croup areStaphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae, Hemophilus influenzae, and Moraxella catarrhalis.
Croup is diagnosed based on signs and symptoms.
The first step is to make sure it is not another condition that can block the upper airway, especially epiglottitis (an inflammation of the tissue that covers the trachea or windpipe) , something in the airway, subglottic stenosis (narrowing of the airway below the vocal cords), angioedema (swelling underneath the skin), retropharyngeal abscess (pus in the back of the throat), and bacterial tracheitis (bacterial infection in the trachea).
An X-ray of the neck is not routine, but if it is done, it can show a narrowing of the trachea, called the steeple sign, because the narrow shape looks like a church steeple.
The steeple sign does not appear in half of cases.
Blood tests and viral cultures (tests for the virus) can cause irritate the airway.
Cultures of the virus, obtained by nasopharyngeal aspiration (using a tube to suck mucus out of the nose), are used to confirm the exact cause.
These cultures are restricted to people doing research.
If a person does not improve with standard treatment, further tests can be done to check for bacteria.
The most common system for describing the severity of croup is the Westley score.
This test is used for research, but does not help the person with croup.
Points are given for five factors: level of consciousness, cyanosis (blue skin coloring), stridor (wheezing), air entry, and retractions (skin on the chest pulling in).
The table to the right lists the points given for each factor; the final score ranges from 0 to 17.
A total score of ≤ 2 points indicates mild croup.
The person can have barking cough and hoarseness, but there is no stridor (wheezing) when the person is resting.
A total score of 3–5 is moderate croup — the person has wheezing, with few other signs.
A total score of 6–11 is severe croup.
The patient has obvious wheezing and the skin on the chest wall indraws or pulls in.
A total score of ≥ 12 means respiratory failure is possible.
The barking cough and wheezing does not always happen at this stage.
85% of children going to the emergency department have mild disease.
Severe croup is rare–less than 1% of cases.
It is important to keep children with croup as calm as possible.
Children often are given steroids, but epinephrine is used in severe cases.
If the amount of blood oxygen is under 92%, the child needs oxygen.
People with  severe croup can be hospitalized for observation.
If oxygen is needed, "blow-by" administration (holding an oxygen source near the face of the child) is better than an oxygen mask, because it is less likely to upset a child than an oxygen mask is.
With treatment, less than 0.2% of people need endotracheal intubation(a tube placed into the airway).
Corticosteroids, such as dexamethasone and budesonide, can be used to treat croup.
People begin to improve a lot within six hours after taking steroids.
Steroids work when given by mouth, injection, or inhalation (breathing them in), but taking them by mouth is best.
Most of the time, a single dose is enough.
Dexamethasone at doses of  0.15, 0.3 and 0.6 mg/kg appear to be all equally good.
Moderate to severe croup can be helped with nebulized epinephrine(an inhaled solution that widens the airway).
While epinephrine reduces croup severity within 10–30 minutes, the benefits last for only about 2 hours.
If symptoms improve for 2–4 hours after treatment and no other complications happen, the child typically can leave the hospital.
There is not enough evidence that other treatments for croup are helpful.
Clinical studies do not show that breathing hot steam or humidified air is helpful and currently it rarely is used.
Medical professionals do not want people to use cough medicines, which containdextromethorphan and/or guiafenesin.
Clinical studies also do not support inhaling heliox (a mixture of helium and oxygen) to make it easier to breath.
Since most cases of croup is are diseases, antibiotics are not used unless bacteria are also suspected.
The antibiotics vancomycin and cefotaxime are recommended for bacterial infections.
In severe cases associated with influenza A or B, theanti neuraminidase inhibitors can be given.
Most of the time, croup caused by a virus is a short-term disease.
Croup rarely causes death from respiratory failure and/or cardiac arrest.
Symptoms improve within two days, but can last for up to seven days.
Other uncommon complications include bacterial tracheitis (infection of the trachea), pneumonia (lung infection), and pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs).
About 15% of children between the ages of 6 months and 5–6 years will get croup.
Croup accounts for about 5% of hospital admissions for this age group.
In rare cases, children as young as 3 months and as old as 15 years have croup.
Males are affected 50% more frequently than are females; croup is more common in autumn (fall).
The word croup comes from the Early Modern English verb croup, meaning "to cry hoarsely"; the name was first used for the disease in Scotland.
Diphtheritic croup has been known since the time of Homer's Ancient Greece.
In 1826, Bretonneau distinguished croup from a virus and croup due to diphtheria.
The French called croup from a virus "faux-croup," using "croup" for a disease caused by the diphtheria bacteria.
Croup due to diphtheria has become nearly unknown since most people are immunized.
These are the main rivers of The Netherlands.
All of the Netherlands is drained into the North Sea.
At the end of this article the rivers of the Netherlands are listed by the letter.
Western Scheldt/Westerschelde (at Flushing)
Scheldt/Schelde (near Zandvliet, Belgium)
Oosterschelde (at Westenschouwen)
Keeten-Mastgat (at Stavenisse)
branch of Krammer (at Bruinisse)
Grevelingen (at Scharendijke)
Krammer (at Bruinisse)
Volkerak (at Oude Tonge)
Steenbergse Vliet (near Steenbergen)
Dintel (at Dintelsas)
Mark (in Zevenbergen)
Aa of Weerijs (in Breda)
branch of Hollands Diep (at Willemstad)
Haringvliet (at Stellendam)
Spui (near Middelharnis)
branch of Oude Maas (at Oud-Beijerland)
Hollands Diep (at Willemstad)
Dordtsche Kil (at Moerdijk)
branch of Oude Maas (at Dordrecht)
Nieuwe Merwede (near Lage Zwaluwe)
branch of Boven Merwede (in Werkendam)
Amer (near Lage Zwaluwe)
Bergse Maas (near Geertruidenberg)
Meuse/Maas (in Heusden)
Dieze (near 's-Hertogenbosch)
Aa (in 's-Hertogenbosch)
Dommel (in 's-Hertogenbosch)
Gender (in Eindhoven)
Niers (in Gennep)
Swalm (in Swalmen)
Rur/Roer (in Roermond)
Wurm (near Heinsberg, Germany)
Geleenbeek (near Maasbracht)
Geul (near Meerssen)
Jeker/Geer (in Maastricht)
Voer/Fouron (in Eijsden)
Nieuwe Waterweg (at Hoek van Holland)
Scheur (near Maassluis)
Nieuwe Maas (near Vlaardingen)
Schie (in Schiedam)
Vliet (in Delft)
Rotte (in Rotterdam)
Hollandse IJssel (in Krimpen aan den IJssel)
Gouwe (in Gouda)
branch of Oude Rijn (in Alphen aan den Rijn)
Lek (in Krimpen aan de Lek)
Nederrijn (in Wijk bij Duurstede)
Pannerdens Kanaal (near Arnhem)
branch of Bijlands Kanaal (at Millingen aan de Rijn)
Noord (in Krimpen aan de Lek)
branch of Oude Maas (in Dordrecht)
Oude Maas (near Vlaardingen)
Beneden Merwede (in Dordrecht)
Boven Merwede (in Werkendam)
Linge (in Gorinchem)
Afgedamde Maas (in Woudrichem)
branch of Meuse (in Heusden)
Waal (in Woudrichem)
Bijlands Kanaal (at Millingen aan de Rijn)
Rhine/Rijn (in Tolkamer)
Oude Rijn (into the North Sea at Katwijk)
Leidse Rijn (in Harmelen)
Kromme Rijn (in Utrecht)
branch of Nederrijn (in Wijk bij Duurstede)
Amstel (into the IJ bay of the IJsselmeer in Amsterdam)
North Sea Canal (into the IJ bay of the IJsselmeer in Amsterdam)
Zaan (in Zaanstad)
Spaarne (near Spaarndam)
Vecht (into the IJsselmeer in Muiden)
branch of Kromme Rijn (in Utrecht)
IJssel (into the IJsselmeer near Kampen)
Schipbeek (near Deventer)
Berkel (in Zutphen)
Oude IJssel (in Doesburg)
branch of Pannerdens Kanaal (near Arnhem)
Zwarte Water (into the IJsselmeer near Genemuiden)
Vecht (Overijssel) (near Zwolle)
Regge (near Ommen)
Dinkel (in Neuenhaus, Germany)
Lauwers (in Lauwersoog)
Ems (near Delfzijl)
This is a list of rivers in New Zealand.
In a small number of cases, there are multiple rivers with the same name; in these cases the notation "(#)" shows the number of rivers sharing the same name.
Aan River
Acheron River (Marlborough)
Acheron River (Canterbury)
Ada River
Adams River
Ahaura River
Ahuriri River
Ahuroa River
Akatarawa River
Alexander River
Alfred River
Allen River
Alma River
Alph River (Ross Dependency)
Anatoki River
Anatori River
Anaweka River
Anne River
Anti Crow River
Aongatete River
Aorangiwai River
Aorere River
Aparima River
Arahura River
Arapaoa River
Araparera River
Arawhata River
Arnold River
Arnst River
Aropaoanui River
Arrow River
Arthur River
Ashburton River / Hakatere
Ashley River / Rakahuri
Avoca River (Canterbury)
Avoca River (Hawke's Bay)
Avon River (Canterbury)
Avon River (Marlborough)
Awakari River
Awakino River
Awanui River
Awarau River
Awaroa River
Awarua River (Northland)
Awarua River (Southland)
Awatere River
Awatere River (Gisborne)
Awhea River
Balfour River
Barlow River
Barn River
Barrier River
Baton River
Bealey River
Beaumont River
Bettne River
Big Hohonu River
Big River (Southland)
Big River (Tasman)
Big River (West Coast)
Big Wainihinihi River
Blairich River
Blue Duck River
Blue Grey River
Bluff River
Blythe River
Bonar River
Bowen River
Boyle River
Broken River
Brown Grey River
Brown River
Buller River
Burke River
Butler River
Callery River
Cam River (Marlborough)
Cam River / Ruataniwha
Camelot River
Cameron River
Cape River
Caples River
Cardrona River
Careys Creek
Carrick River
Cass River (Lake Tekapo)
Cass River (Selwyn District)
Castaly River
Castle River (Marlborough)
Castle River (Southland)
Castle River (Wellington)
Catlins River
Cavendish River
Charwell River
Chatterton River
Christopher River
Clarence River
Clark River
Clarke River (Grey District)
Clarke River (Tasman)
Clarke River (Westland District)
Cleddau River
Clive River
Clutha River
Cobb River
Collins River
Conway River
Cook (Weheka) River
Copland River
Cropp River
Crow River (West Coast)
Crow River (Canterbury)
Cust River
D'Urville River
Dane River
Dart River (Tasman)
Dart River (Otago)
Deception River
Deepdale River
Devil River
Dickson River
Dillon River
Dobson River
Donald River (Hawke's Bay)
Donald River (West Coast)
Donne River
Doon River
Doubtful River
Doubtless River
Douglas River
Dove River (Canterbury)
Dove River (Tasman)
Drake River
Dry Awarua River
Duncan River
Earnscleugh River
Eastern Hohonu River
Eastern Hutt River
Eastern Waiotauru (Snowy) River
Edison River
Edith River
Eglinton River
Electric River
Elizabeth River
Empson River
Esk River (Hawke's Bay)
Esk River (Canterbury)
Evans River
Eyre River
Fairhall River
Flaxbourne River
Fleming River
Forbes River
Forgotten River
Fork Stream
Four Mile River
Fox River (Buller)
Fox River (Westland)
Frances River
Freshwater River
Fyfe River
Garry River
Gelt River
Glaisnock River
Glencoe River
Glenrae River
Glenroy River
Glentui River
Gloster River
Godley River
Goldney River
Gorge River
Goulter River
Gowan River
Graham River
Grantham River
Gray River
Grebe River
Greenstone River
Greta River
Grey River
Guide River
Gulliver River
Gunn River
Gunner River
Haast River
Hacket River
Hae Hae Te Moana River
Hakaru River
Hakataramea River
Hall River
Halswell River
Hamilton River
Hangaroa River
Hanmer River
Haparapara River
Hapuawai River
Hapuka River
Hapuku River
Harman River
Harper River
Harrison River
Hātea River
Haumi River
Haupiri River
Hautapu River
Havelock River
Hawai River
Hawdon River
Hawea River
Hawkins River
Heaphy River
Heathcote River
Hector River
Hemphill River
Henry River
Herekino River
Heron River
Hewson River
Hikurangi River
Hikurua River
Hikutaia River
Hikuwai River
Hinatua River
Hinds River
Hinemaiaia River
Hodder River
Hokitika River
Hook River
Hooker River
Hookhamsnyvy Creek
Hope River (Canterbury)
Hope River (Tasman)
Hope River (West Coast)
Hopkins River
Horahora River
Horomanga River
Hororata River
Hossack River
Hoteo River
Howard River
Huangarua River
Huia River
Hunter River
Huriwai River
Hurunui River
Hutt River
Huxley River
Ihungia River
Ihuraua River
Inangahua River
Irene River
Irwell River
Jackson River
Jacobs River
Jed River
Jerry River
Joe River
John o'Groats River
Jollie River
Juno River
Kaeo River
Kahurangi River
Kahutara River
Kaiapoi River
Kaihu River
Kaiikanui River
Kaikou River
Kaimarama River
Kaipara River
Kaipo River
Kaituna River
Kaiwaka River
Kaiwakawaka River
Kaiwara River
Kaiwharawhara Stream
Kaiwhata River
Kakahu River
Kakanui River
Kakapo River
Kaniere River
Kapowai River
Karakatuwhero River
Karamea River
Karangarua River
Karetu River
Karukaru River
Katikara River
Kauaeranga River
Kaukapakapa River
Kauru River
Kawakawa River
Kawarau River
Kawhatau River
Kedron River
Kekerengu River
Kenana River
Kennet River
Kereu River
Kerikeri River
Kitchener River
Kiwi River
Kohaihai River
Kokatahi River
Komata River
Kopeka River
Kopuapounamu River
Kopuaranga River
Koranga River
Korimako Stream
Kowai River
Kowhai River
Kuaotunu River
Kumengamatea River
Kumeu River
Kuratau River
Kurow River
L II River
Lambert River
Landsborough River
Leader River
Leatham River
Leslie River
Light River
Lillburn River
Lindis River
Little Akatarawa River
Little Awakino River
Little Boulder River
Little Crow River
Little Devil River
Little Hohonu River
Little Hope River
Little Kowai River
Little Lottery River
Little Onahau River
Little Opawa River
Little Pokororo River
Little Pomahaka River
Little Slate River
Little Totara River
Little Waingaro River
Little Wanganui River
Lochy River
Lords River
Lottery River
Lud River
Lyvia River
Macaulay River
Macfarlane River
Maclennan River
Maerewhenua River
Mahakirau River
Mahitahi River
Mahurangi River
Maitai River
Makahu River
Makakahi River
Makara River (2)
Makarau River
Makaretu River
Makarewa River
Makarora River
Makaroro River
Makatote River
Makerikeri River
Makikihi River
Makino River
Makotuku River
Makuri River
Manaia River
Manakaiaua River
Manawapou River
Manawatu River
Mandamus River
Mangaaruhe River
Mangahao River
Mangahauini River
Mangaheia River
Mangakahia River
Mangakarengorengo River
Mangakuri River
Mangamaire River
Mangamuka River
Manganui o te Ao River
Manganui River (Northland)
Manganui River (Taranaki)
Manganui River (Waikato)
Manganuiohou River
Mangaone River (2)
Mangaoparo River
Mangaorino River
Mangaotaki River
Mangapa River
Mangapai River
Mangapapa River (2)
Mangapehi River
Mangapoike River
Mangapu River
Mangaroa River
Mangatainoka River
Mangatawhiri River
Mangatera River
Mangatete River
Mangatewai River
Mangatewainui River
Mangatokerau River
Mangatoro River
Mangatu River
Mangaturuturu River
Mangawai River
Mangawharariki River
Mangawhero River
Mangere River
Mangles River
Mangonuiowae River
Mangorewa River
Manuherikia River
Maori River
Maraehara River
Maraekakaho River
Maraetaha River
Maraetotara River
Marahau River
Maramarua River
Maramataha River
Mararoa River
Marchburn River
Marokopa River
Maropea River
Martyr River
Maruia River
Mason River
Mata River
Matahaka River
Mataikona River
Matakana River
Matakitaki River
Matakohe River
Mataroa River
Mataura River
Mathias River
Matiri River
Maungakotukutuku Stream
Little Grey River
McRae River
Meola creek
Medina River
Mike River
Mikonui River
Mimi River
Miner River
Mingha River
Mistake River
Misty River
Moawhango River
Moawhango West River
Moeangiangi River
Moeraki River
Mohaka River
Mohakatino River
Mokau River
Mokihinui River
Mokomokonui River
Mokoreta River
Monowai River
Montgomerie River
Morgan River
Motatapu River
Motu River
Motueka River
Motukaika River
Motunau River
Motupiko River
Motupipi River
Motuti River
Moutere River
Mowbray River
Mueller River
Mungo River
Murchison River
Namu River
Nancy River
Nevis River
Newton River
Newtown River
Ngakawau River
Ngamuwahine River
Ngaruroro River
Ngatau River
Ngatiawa River
Ngunguru River
Nina River
Nokomai River
North Barlow River
North Mathias River
North Ohau River (2)
North Opuha River
Nuhaka River
Nukuhou River
Oakura River
Oamaru River
Oaro River
Ohau River (2)
Ohikaiti River
Ohikanui River
Ohinemaka River
Ohinemuri River
Ohinetamatea River
Ohura River
Ohuri River
Okana River
Okaramio River
Okari River
Okarito River
Okuku River
Okura River
Okuru River
Okuti River
Old Bed Eyre River
Old Bed of Waipawa River
Olivine River
Omaha River
Omaka River
Omanaia River
Omanawa River
Omaru River
Omaumau River
Omoeroa River
Onaero River
Onahau River
Onamalutu River
Onekaka River
Oneone River
Ongarue River
Onyx River (Ross Dependency)
Oparara River
Oparau River
Opatu River
Opawa River
Opihi River
Opitonui River
Opotoru River
Opouawe River
Opouri River
Opouteke River
Opuha River
Opuiaki River
Opurehu River
Orangipuku River
Orari River
Orauea River
Orere River
Oreti River
Orewa River
Orikaka River
Orira River
Orongorongo River
Oroua River
Orowaiti River
Oruaiti River
Oruawharo River
Oruru River
Orutua River
Otahu River
Otaio River
Otaki River
Otama River
Otamatapaio River
Otamatea River (2)
Otara River
Otaua River
Otehake River
Otekaieke River
Otematata River
Otere River
Oterei River
Otiake River
Otira River
Otoko River
Otorehinaiti River
Otto River
Otututu (Rough) River
Otuwhero River
Ounuora River
Ourauwhare River
Owahanga River
Owaka River
Owen River
Pahaoa River
Pahi River
Pahu River
Pairatahi River
Pakarae River
Pakiri River
Pakoka River
Pakowhai River
Pakuratahi River
Pandora River
Papakanui River
Parapara River
Paringa River
Pariwhakaoho River
Park River
Patarau River
Pataua River
Patea River
Paturau River
Patutahi River
Pearse River
Pearson River
Pelorus River
Penk River
Percival River
Peria River
Perth River
Perunui River
Phantom River
Piako River
Pitt River
Poerua River
Pohangina River
Pohuenui River
Pokororo River
Pomahaka River
Pongaroa River
Porangahau River
Poroporo River
Pororari River
Porter River
Postal River
Potts River
Pouawa River
Poulter River
Pourakino River
Pourangaki River
Puerua River
Puhi Puhi River
Pukaki River
Punakaiki River
Punakitere River
Pungapunga River
Puniu River
Pupuke River
Purakaunui River
Purangi River
Puremahaia River
Puriri River
Pyke River
Racehorse River
Rahu River
Rai River
Rainbow River
Rainy River (Motueka)
Rainy River (Pelorus)
Rakaia River
Rakeahua River
Rangiora River
Rangitaiki River
Rangitane River
Rangitata River
Rangitikei River
Raukokore River
Rea River
Red Pyke River
Rees River
Reikorangi Stream
Rerewhakaaitu River
Retaruke River
Ripia River