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Moldova Facts and Figures.
Protestant 2 percent Nonreligious 20 percent Other 8 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 70.5 years (2008 estimate) Female 74.4 years (2008 estimate) Male 66.8 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 14 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 376 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 149 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 99.3 percent (2005 estimate) Female 99 percent (2005 estimate) Male 99.7 percent (2005 estimate) Edu...
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Nepal Facts and Figures.
Infant mortality rate 62 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 4,778 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 5,000 people (1999) Literacy rateTotal 47.5 percent (2005 estimate) Female 29.9 percent (2005 estimate) Male 64.7 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 3.4 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 5 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 36 students...
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Benin Facts and Figures.
Female 55.1 years (2008 estimate) Male 52.7 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 76 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 22,244 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 4,281 people (1994) Literacy rateTotal 43.2 percent (2005 estimate) Female 28.4 percent (2005 estimate) Male 58.8 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 3.3 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 6 years...
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Haiti Facts and Figures.
Male 55.8 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 62 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 4,000 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 1,250 people (2000) Literacy rateTotal 54.8 percent (2005 estimate) Female 53.2 percent (2005 estimate) Male 56.5 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 1.1 percent (2000-2001) Number of years of compulsory schooling 6 years (2002-2003) Number of students per...
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Kazakhstan Facts and Figures.
Orthodox Christian 10 percent Roman Catholic 3 percent Nonreligious 29 percent Other 4 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 67.5 years (2008 estimate) Female 73.2 years (2008 estimate) Male 62.2 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 27 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 258 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 130 people (2006) Literacy rateTotal 99.6 percent (1995) Female 99.5 percent (1995) Male 99.7 percent (1...
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Ghana Facts and Figures.
Female 60.4 years (2008 estimate) Male 58.6 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 52 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 6,598 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 685 people (1990) Literacy rateTotal 76.9 percent (2005 estimate) Female 69.8 percent (2005 estimate) Male 84.3 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4.2 percent (1999-2000) Number of years of compulsory schooling 9 years (2...
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Sri Lanka Facts and Figures.
Hindu 15 percent Christian 8 percent Muslim 8 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancyTotal 75 years (2008 estimate) Female 77.1 years (2008 estimate) Male 73 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 19 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 1,834 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 323 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 92.8 percent (2005 estimate) Female 90.6 percent (2005 estimate) Male 95 percent (2005 estimate) Education expen...
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Uzbekistan Facts and Figures.
Other 7.1 percent Religious affiliationsMuslim (mostly Sunni) 76 percent Atheist 3 percent Christian 2 percent Nonreligious 18 percent Other 1 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancyTotal 65.4 years (2008 estimate) Female 69 years (2008 estimate) Male 62 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 68 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 347 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 182 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 99.2 percent (200...
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Lebanon Facts and Figures.
Male 70.9 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 23 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 307 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 333 people (2001) Literacy rateTotal 88.3 percent (2005 estimate) Female 83.4 percent (2005 estimate) Male 93.6 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 2.7 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 9 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teac...
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Papua New Guinea Facts and Figures.
Life expectancyTotal 66 years (2008 estimate) Female 68.3 years (2008 estimate) Male 63.7 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 47 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 19,395 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 248 people (1990) Literacy rateTotal 76 percent (2000) Female 67.7 percent (2000) Male 83.7 percent (2000) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 2.4 percent (2000-2001) Number of years of compulsory...
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Slovenia Facts and Figures.
Atheist 3 percent Protestant 2 percent Nonreligious 5 percent Other 6 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 76.7 years (2008 estimate) Female 80.7 years (2008 estimate) Male 73 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 4 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 456 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 200 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 99.7 percent (2005 estimate) Female 99.6 percent (2005 estimate) Male 99.7 percent (200...
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Latvia Facts and Figures.
Protestant 24 percent Roman Catholic 20 percent Atheist 6 percent Other 1 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 71.9 years (2008 estimate) Female 77.3 years (2008 estimate) Male 66.7 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 9 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 319 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 128 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 99.8 percent (2005 estimate) Female 99.8 percent (2005 estimate) Male 99.8 percen...
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Bangladesh Facts and Figures.
Male 63.1 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 58 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 3,889 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 3,333 people (1999) Literacy rateTotal 44.2 percent (2005 estimate) Female 33 percent (2005 estimate) Male 54.9 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 2.3 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 5 years (2002-2003) Number of students per te...
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Costa Rica Facts and Figures.
Total 77.4 years (2008 estimate) Female 80.1 years (2008 estimate) Male 74.8 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 9 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 582 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 714 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 96.3 percent (2005 estimate) Female 96.4 percent (2005 estimate) Male 96.2 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5.2 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of...
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- Barracuda - biology.
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Laos Facts and Figures.
Life expectancyTotal 56.3 years (2008 estimate) Female 58.5 years (2008 estimate) Male 54.2 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 80 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 1,695 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 833 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 64.8 percent (2000 estimate) Female 53.4 percent (2000 estimate) Male 76.2 percent (2000 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 2.8 percent (2002-2003)...
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Angola Facts and Figures.
Indigenous beliefs 5 percent Other 10 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 37.9 years (2008 estimate) Female 38.9 years (2008 estimate) Male 37 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 182 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 12,500 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 774 people (1990) Literacy rateTotal 41.7 percent (1990 estimate) Female 28.5 percent (1990 estimate) Male 55.6 percent (1990 estimate) Education expend...
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Sudan Facts and Figures.
HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 50.3 years (2008 estimate) Female 51.2 years (2008 estimate) Male 49.4 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 87 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 3,333 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 1,429 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 63.2 percent (2005 estimate) Female 53.2 percent (2005 estimate) Male 73.3 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP)...
- Seychelles - country.
- Ural Mountains - geography.
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Niger Facts and Figures.
Other 1 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancyTotal 44.3 years (2008 estimate) Female 44.3 years (2008 estimate) Male 44.3 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 115 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 32,931 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 8,333 people (1998) Literacy rateTotal 18.7 percent (2005 estimate) Female 10.6 percent (2005 estimate) Male 27.1 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross natio...
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Malawi Facts and Figures.
Female 43.1 years (2008 estimate) Male 43.7 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 91 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 46,380 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 746 people (1998) Literacy rateTotal 64.3 percent (2005 estimate) Female 51.9 percent (2005 estimate) Male 77.1 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 6.1 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 8 years (...
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Ukraine Facts and Figures.
HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 68.1 years (2008 estimate) Female 74.2 years (2008 estimate) Male 62.2 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 9 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 320 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 114 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 99.6 percent (2000 estimate) Female 99.5 percent (2000 estimate) Male 99.8 percent (2000 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5.5 p...
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Ethiopia Facts and Figures.
Muslim 30 percent Protestant 14 percent Indigenous beliefs 12 percent Other 8 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancyTotal 49.4 years (2008 estimate) Female 50.6 years (2008 estimate) Male 48.3 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 90 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 34,988 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 4,141 people (1990) Literacy rateTotal 45.1 percent (2005 estimate) Female 37.8 percent (2005 estimate) Male 52.4...
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Suriname Facts and Figures.
Nonreligious 5 percent Indigenous belifs 2 percent Baha'i 2 percent Other 21 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 73.5 years (2008 estimate) Female 76.4 years (2008 estimate) Male 70.8 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 19 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 2,222 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 278 people (2001) Literacy rateTotal 94.2 percent (2000) Female 92.6 percent (2000) Male 95.9 percent (2000)...
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Kenya Facts and Figures.
Roman Catholic 23 percent Indigenous beliefs 12 percent Anglican 10 percent Muslim 7 percent Hindu 1 percent Other 4 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 56.6 years (2008 estimate) Female 56.9 years (2008 estimate) Male 56.4 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 56 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 7,195 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 607 people (1990) Literacy rateTotal 86.9 percent (2005 estimate) Fema...
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Myanmar Facts and Figures.
Indigenous beliefs 12 percent Protestant 6 percent Muslim 3 percent Hindu 2 percent Other 4 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 62.9 years (2008 estimate) Female 65.3 years (2008 estimate) Male 60.7 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 49 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 2,816 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 1,667 people (2000) Literacy rateTotal 86.2 percent (2005 estimate) Female 82.8 percent (2005 est...
- Manganese - chemistry.
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Uganda Facts and Figures.
Ethnoreligionists or indigenous beliefs 4 percent Muslim 5 percent Other 10 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 52.3 years (2008 estimate) Female 53.4 years (2008 estimate) Male 51.3 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 66 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 12,086 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 1,091 people (1991) Literacy rateTotal 71.6 percent (2005 estimate) Female 62.7 percent (2005 estimate) Male 80.7...
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Billiards.
One of the most important snooker players in history was Joe Davis of England, who retired in 1946 after dominating the game for 20 years. He made runs of 100points or more 687 times. This record was later broken by Australia's Horace Lindrum, whose uncle Walter Lindrum was also a world-class billiards player. The mostsuccessful players in recent years include Ireland’s Ken Doherty, Scotland’s Stephen Hendry, and England’s Steve Davis, Jimmy White, and Mark Williams. IV HISTORY Billiards can b...
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Mongolia Facts and Figures.
Muslim 5 percent Nonreligious 30 percent Other 2 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 67.3 years (2008 estimate) Female 69.8 years (2008 estimate) Male 64.9 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 41 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 375 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 87 people (1991) Literacy rateTotal 99.2 percent (2005 estimate) Female 99.1 percent (2005 estimate) Male 99.2 percent (2005 estimate) Educat...
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Jordan Facts and Figures.
Female 81.4 years (2008 estimate) Male 76.2 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 16 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 493 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 588 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 92.4 percent (2005 estimate) Female 87.9 percent (2005 estimate) Male 96.5 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5.1 percent (1999-2000) Number of years of compulsory schooling 10 years (20...
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Bulgaria Facts and Figures.
Nonreligious 5 percent Other 11 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 72.8 years (2008 estimate) Female 76.7 years (2008 estimate) Male 69.2 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 19 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 4,000 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 159 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 98.8 percent (2005 estimate) Female 98.4 percent (2005 estimate) Male 99.2 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure...
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Georgia (country) Facts and Figures.
Atheist 3 percent Roman Catholic 1 percent Nonreligious 15 percent Other 4 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 76.5 years (2008 estimate) Female 80.3 years (2008 estimate) Male 73.2 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 17 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 215 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 238 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 99.5 percent (1995) Female 99.4 percent (1995) Male 99.7 percent (1995) Educ...
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Romania Facts and Figures.
Nonreligious 7 percent Other 7 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 72.2 years (2008 estimate) Female 75.9 years (2008 estimate) Male 68.7 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 24 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 521 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 152 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 98.5 percent (2005 estimate) Female 97.9 percent (2005 estimate) Male 99.2 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as...
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Lung.
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Lung, either of a pair of elastic, spongy organs used
lead to emphysema, which is caused by wholesale destruction of alveoli. Other lung disorders include pneumonia, or inflammation of the lungs, which is usually causedby viruses or bacteria; pneumothorax, or collapse of the lung; pulmonary edema, or fluid in the lung; and pleural effusion, or fluid on the pleura. Pulmonary embolismoccurs when a blood clot or other foreign substance lodges in the lungs and blocks the major pulmonary arteries. Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corp...
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Halifax (Nova Scotia) - Geography.
During World War I (1914-1918) Halifax again became a military bastion. Huge convoys of ships assembled at the inner harbor (Bedford Basin) to prepare for sailingthrough the submarine-infested North Atlantic. On December 6, 1917, a munitions ship arriving to join a convoy collided with another vessel at the Narrows leading intothe Basin. A massive explosion resulted, killing nearly 2000 people and devastating the whole north end of the city. In World War II Halifax played a vital role in the All...
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Bolivia Facts and Figures.
Other 2 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancyTotal 66.5 years (2008 estimate) Female 69.3 years (2008 estimate) Male 63.9 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 49 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 1,364 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 1,000 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 88.4 percent (2005 estimate) Female 83.1 percent (2005 estimate) Male 93.8 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross nationa...
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Syria Facts and Figures.
Total 70.9 years (2008 estimate) Female 72.3 years (2008 estimate) Male 69.5 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 27 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 1,887 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 667 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 78.4 percent (2005 estimate) Female 66.1 percent (2005 estimate) Male 90.6 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4.2 percent (2001-2002) Number of years...
- Tortoise Tortoise, common name for members of a family of turtles that live entirely on land.
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Hungary Facts and Figures.
Calvinist 20 percent Lutheran 5 percent Atheist 4 percent Nonreligious 7 percent Other 1 percent HEALTH AND EDUCATIONLife expectancy Total 73.2 years (2008 estimate) Female 77.6 years (2008 estimate) Male 69 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 8 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 329 people (2006) Population per hospital bed 128 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 99.4 percent (2005 estimate) Female 99.3 percent (2005 estimate) M...
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Ecosystem.
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- Patagonia - geography.
- English
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Portugal Facts and Figures.
Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 308 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 278 people (2002) Literacy rateTotal 94.1 percent (2005 estimate) Female 92.3 percent (2005 estimate) Male 96.1 percent (2005 estimate) Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 5.9 percent (2002-2003) Number of years of compulsory schooling 9 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, primary school 11 students per...
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Cape Town - geography.
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Luxembourg Facts and Figures.
Female 82.7 years (2008 estimate) Male 75.9 years (2008 estimate) Infant mortality rate 5 deaths per 1,000 live births (2008 estimate) Population per physician 393 people (2004) Population per hospital bed 167 people (2003) Literacy rateTotal 100 percent (1995) Female Not available Male Not available Education expenditure as a share of gross national product (GNP) 4 percent (1999-2000) Number of years of compulsory schooling 10 years (2002-2003) Number of students per teacher, p...