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About 511,750 people live there (2011).
The capital of the province is the city of Bolzano.
The borders are Graubünden and Lombardia in the west, Tyrol and Salzburg in the north, Trentino and Veneto in the south.
Although it is part of Italy, most of the population speaks German.
Around a quarter of the population speak Italian, most of whom live in the two largest cities (Bolzano and Merano).
Italian and German are both official languages.
In parts of the province, a third language, Ladin, is spoken and official as well.
South Tyrol is the most common name for the province in ancient English.
German and Ladin speakers usually refer to the area as Südtirol.
The official name is the Province of Bolzano (in ; in ; in Ladin: Provinzia autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol).
South Tyrol/Alto Adige is an autonomous province.
It has its own legislature that makes many laws that are separate from those made by the Italian government.
Luis Durnwalder has been the head of government since 1989.
He belongs to the South Tyrolean People's Party, which has been governing since 1948.
The name Alto Adige comes from the river Adige. "
Alto" means upper, because the upper part of the river flows through the province.
Between the Renaissance and the 19th century, the whole area, originally populated only by Latins from the time of Roman Empire, experienced a lot of Germanisation.
Austria controlled the territory under the name of South Tyrol until 1918, performing a complete Germanisation policy after the wars of the Italian independence.
After the First World War, despite the fact that its inhabitants were almost entirely German-speaking, South Tyrol was assigned to the Kingdom of Italy by the Treaty of Saint-Germain and the name officially was changed to Alto Adige.
Besides, the fascist government favoured the industrialisation of the province to attract Italian immigrants: as a result of this "Italianisation", today 120,000 people or 23% of the population down from 135,000in 1960 (35%) use Italian as their  mother tongue.
The ruling political party in South Tyrol is the "Südtiroler Volkspartei", which has had an absolute majority since 1947 because of the large amount of German speakers.
Just after World War II about 65% of the population spoke German as their mother tongue, about a third spoke Italian, and about five percent spoke the Ladin language.
In the 2011 census the percentages were: 63%, 23% and 4% (another 10% are immigrants from outside Italy).
Tourist information about South Tyrol
The Flag of Thailand has five stripes red, white, and blue.
Red-white-blue stand for nation-religion-king, an unofficial motto of Thailand.
The flag was made official on 28 September 1917 by a royal decree.
The Thai name for the flag is ธงไตรรงค์ ("Thong Trairong"), means "tricolour flag".
Aappalaartoq (the red), Denmark
Aappalaartoq (the red), Greenland
Alsancak (Holy Red Standard), Turkey
Albayrak (Red Flag), Turkey
Ay Yıldız (Crescent Star), Turkey
Bandeira Auriverde (gold and green flag), Brazil
Bandeira das Quinas (flag of the quinas, the five blue shields of the Portuguese arms), Portugal
Blue Sky with a White Sun, canton of the flag of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Bonnie Blue Flag, official flag of the now-defunct Republic of West Florida, also used in some places as an unofficial banner of the Confederate States of America.
Bundesflagge, (Federal Flag), Germany, official designation
Dannebrog, Denmark
Y Ddraig Goch (the red dragon), Wales
Erfalasorput (our flag), Greenland
La Estrella Solitaria (the lonely star), Chile
La Estrella Solitaria (the lonely star), Cuba
Eureka Flag
Five-Starred Red Flag, People's Republic of China
Gwenn-ha-du (white and black), Brittany
Hinomaru (sun disc), Japan
Galanolefki, (light blue and white), Greece
Golden Arrowhead, Guyana
Hvítbláinn, a former unofficial flag, Iceland
Ikurriña, Basque Country, Spain and more generally the Basque people
Jalur Gemilang (glorious stripes), Malaysia
Jolly Roger, pirate flag
Maple Leaf, Canada
Fleurdelisé, Québec
Merkið, Faroe Islands
Nisshōki (sun flag), Japan
Old Glory, United States
Parcham-e-Sitāra-o-Hilāl, Pakistan
Šahovnica
Saint George's Cross, England
Saint Piran's Flag, Cornwall, England
Saltire, Scotland
Sang Merah Putih (the red white), Indonesia
Senyera, Aragon and Barcelona, Spain
Schwarz-Rot-Gold, (black-red-gold), Germany, colloquial
Shqiponja Dykrenare (the two-headed eagle), Albania
Sinimustvalge (blue-black-white), Estonia (unofficial)
Siniristilippu, Finland
Shir-o-Khorshid (the lion and the sun), former flag of Iran
Southern Cross can refer to the blue saltire as used in various flags of the Confederate States of America in the American Civil War
Stars and Bars, Confederate States of America
Stars and Stripes, United States
Star-Spangled Banner, United States
Taegeukgi, South Korea
Tjúgufáni, state flag of Iceland
Tiranga, India
Tricolore (tricolour), a term for several national flags
Union Flag, flag of the United Kingdom
Union Jack, flag of the United Kingdom
Union Jack, state jack and former naval jack of the United States
Flag of South Africa The Rainbow Flag, Unity Flag, or Interim Flag (all unofficial)
Звездата од Кутлеш - Вергина (Sun of Kutlesh - Vergina), former state flag of Republic of Macedonia and national flag of Macedonian Slavs
Wiphala, flag of Andean peoples in Bolivia and Peru
"Just Stand Up!"
is a song featuring the vocals of an all-star group of pop and R&B performers, including this is the order in which they are listed on the cover Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Natasha Bedingfield, Miley Cyrus, Leona Lewis, Carrie Underwood, Keyshia Cole, LeAnn Rimes, Ashanti and Ciara.
The song was made to make money for a charity called Stand Up to Cancer.
Mariah Carey songs
Sam Houston State University is a university in Huntsville, Texas.
It was named after Sam Houston, the founder of Houston, Texas.
Jeffery Michael Gordon  (born August 4, 1971) is a retired professional American race car driver in NASCAR.
He is a four-time Nascar Cup Series champion, and a three-time Daytona 500 winner.
When he drove in NASCAR, he was the driver of the #24 Chevrolet SS for Hendrick Motorsports.
His main sponsor was AARP Drive to End Hunger, though his earlier sponsor was DuPont.
He has 93 career wins, the third most of all NASCAR drivers.
He and Hendrick Motorsports owner Rick Hendrick are the owners of Jimmie Johnson's #48 Lowe's Chevrolet, who has won five championships in a row from 2006 to 2010.
Gordon has appeared in various popular media, including a self-titled video game, Jeff Gordon XS Racing.
He also appeared on the covers of NASCAR 98, NASCAR Thunder 2002, NASCAR 09, and NASCAR 06: Total Team Control with Jimmie Johnson.
Gordon also was in Gran Turismo 5 to help players in NASCAR driving.
In 2015, Gordon decided he was going to retire from driving in NASCAR.
Since 2016, Gordon has worked for Fox Sports to help broadcast NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
He currently works in the TV broadcast booth with Mike Joy and Clint Bowyer.
NASCAR bio
Daytona 500 winners
Indiangrass (Sorghastrum nutans), also called Indian grass, is a North American prairie grass, and is the official state grass of both Oklahoma and South Carolina.
Port Silt Loam is the state soil of Oklahoma.
This type of soil is reddish in color due to the weathering of reddish sandstones, siltstones, and shales of the Permian geologic era.
The common collared lizard or Oklahoma lizard, Crotaphytus collaris, is a North American lizard that can reach a foot (30 cm) long in length (including the tail), with a large head and powerful jaws.
It is the state lizard of Oklahoma.
The Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) is a species of butterfly.
It is also called the American Swallowtail or Parsnip Swallowtail.
It is found throughout much of North America.
The Black Swallowtail has a wingspan of 6.7 to 10 cm (2.7 to 4 in).
The upper side of the male's wings is black.
There are two rows of yellow spots along the edges of both wings.
There is a small area of blue on the bottom wing between the two rows of yellow spots.
On the bottom edge of the bottom wing, there is a red spot with a small black dot in the center.
The upper side of the female's wings is black.
There are two rows of light yellow spots along the edges of both wings.
These spots are smaller than the male's.
There is a large area of blue on the bottom wing between these two rows.
The female also has the same red and black spot on the bottom wing as the male.
The female mimics the Pipevine Swallowtail (Battus philenor).
The underside of the wings is the same in both sexes.
The top wing is black with two rows of yellow-orange spots.
The bottom wing has two rows of orange spots with a blue area between them.
The Ozark Swallowtail (Papilio joanae) and the Black Swallowtail were once thought to be the same species.
Felix Sperling did an analysis of the Ozark Swallowtail's DNA.
He suggested that even though the Ozark Swallowtail looks exactly like the Black Swallowtail, it is actually more closely related to the Old World Swallowtail (Papilio machaon).
In North Dakota and southern Manitoba, the Black Swallowtail is thought to breed with the Old World Swallowtail.
These hybrids are called Kahli Swallowtails.
Kahli Swallowtails are either thought to be a separate species or a subspecies of the Black Swallowtail.
The Desert Black Swallowtail (P. p. coloro) is a subspecies of the Black Swallowtail.
It is found in southeastern California, southern Nevada, and western Arizona.
It is similar to the male Black Swallowtail, but it has more yellow and the sexes look the same.
Similar species
The Pipevine Swallowtail is similar to the female Black Swallowtail.
On the upper side of its wings it does not have any yellow spots.
The bottom wing is a shiny, dark blue.
It has one row of whitish spots in the middle of the bottom wing.
The underside of the bottom wing has only one row of orange spots.
The Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus) is similar to the female Black Swallowtail.
It is usually larger.
The upper side of its wings is black with one row of light greenish-blue spots along the edges of both wings.
The Ozark Swallowtail looks exactly like the Black Swallowtail.
It can only be separated by habitat and host plant choices (the host plant is the plant that the caterpillar feeds on).
It is found in woodlands.
The host plants are Meadow Parsnip (Thaspium barbinode) and Yellow Pimpernal (Taenidia intregerrima).
The Old World Swallowtail has many different forms.
The form brucei is very similar to both sexes of the Black Swallowtail.
Form brucei is usually smaller.
The black dot in the red spot on the bottom wing is not centered.
The Black Swallowtail likes open habitats.
It is found from sea level to high mountains.
It is found in fields, meadows, deserts, marshes, near lakes and streams, farms, lawns, near cities, near roads, and gardens.
It is rarely (unusually) found in forests or woodlands.
Humans have greatly helped the Black Swallowtail.
They brought non-native carrot species from Europe to North America.
The Black Swallowtail uses these plants as host plants.
Before humans cut down forests, Black Swallowtail were rare.
They were only found in small prairies, wetlands, and openings in forests.
However, in the northeast, people are not farming as much as they used to.
This is making the Black Swallowtail become less common in this part of its range.
Flight period
The Black Swallowtail is seen from May to June in Canada.
It is seen from June to August in the Colorado Mountains.
In the eastern part of its range, it is seen from April to October and from February to October in Florida.
In Arizona, it is seen from February to November.
It has one brood (one group of offspring) in Canada and the Colorado Mountains.
It has 2 to 3 broods in the rest of its range.
The Black Swallowtail flies very fast.
Its flight is much quicker than other swallowtails.
The Black Swallowtail flies closer to the ground than other swallowtails do.
In cold weather, they will hold their abdomens above their wings.
This keeps them warm.
Usually, Black Swallowtails live about 10 to 12 days.
Some however, can live up to 35 to 40 days.
Adult food sources
Asclepias incarnata – Swamp Milkweed
Asclepias syriaca – Common Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa – Butterfly Weed
Barbarea vulgaris – Winter Cress
Cirsium discolor – Thistle
Dipsacus sylvestris – Teasel
Echinacea purpurea – Purple Coneflower
Medicago sativa – Alfalfa
Syringa sp. –
Trifolium pratense – Red Clover
Vernonia sp. –
ironweed
Zinnia sp. –
Males will also come to damp soil and mud to feed on minerals and moisture.
This is called puddling.
The male forms a territory.
The territory is usually on the top of a hill.
The male will sit on high branches or other vegetation on the hill.
He will defend his territory from other male Black Swallowtails.
If other males come too close, he will chase them away.
The female will fly to the top of the hill to look for a mate.
A successful courtship lasts for about 40 seconds.
An unsuccessful one lasts for about 100 seconds.
Mating lasts for about 45 minutes.
Females that do not want to mate will try to escape from males by flying high in the air and then quickly flying downward.
Female Black Swallowtails fly close to the ground to look for host plants.
Females lay one egg per host plant.
The eggs are laid on the leaves and flowers.
The egg is yellow.
It later forms a red ring around the center.
It will also form a red top.
It will turn dark gray just before hatching.
It takes about 10 days to hatch.
In a lab test, females laid a total of about 200 to 430 eggs.
They laid about 35 to 50 each day.
The caterpillar will eat the leaves and flowers of the host plant.
It makes no nests.
The young caterpillar is black.
It has a white spot in the middle of its body.
This spot is called a saddle.
It mimics a bird dropping.
The older caterpillar is green.
It has black bands with orange spots in each of the bands.
The caterpillar has a special organ called an osmeterium.
It is an orange, bad-smelling organ.
It is shaped like a snake's tongue.
The caterpillar releases it to scare predators away.
The caterpillar will reach a length of 5 cm (2 in).
The Ozark Swallowtail caterpillar is similar to the Black Swallowtail caterpillar.
It is usually greener, and the black bands are usually thinner.
The chrysalis hangs upright.
There is a silk thread around the upper part of the chrysalis.
This thread is called a girdle.
The chrysalis is either brown or green.
The Black Swallowtail will hibernate as a chrysalis.
Host plants
Anethum graveolens – Dill
Apium graveolens – Celery
Berula erecta – Water Parsnip
Cyclospermum leptophyllum – Slender Celery
Daucus carota – Queen Anne's Lace
Daucus pusillus – American Wild Carrot
Foeniculum vulgare – Anise (also called Fennel)
Pastinaca sativa – Parsnip
Petroselinum crispum – Parsley
Thamnosma montana – Turpentine Broom (used by the Desert Black Swallowtail only)
"Oklahoma" is the title song from and the finale to the Broadway musical Oklahoma!
It is also the state song of Oklahoma.
United States state songs
Queens of the Stone Age are a rock band from California, USA.
The band has released five studio albums, three extended plays (EP), fifteen singles and one live/video album.
Between 2003 and 2008, they were nominated for the Grammy Award four times.
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (aka WFC) was a service for the Wii and Nintendo DS.
It was used on games that let the person play with people around the world.
On January 26, 2012, it was announced by Nintendo during an investors' meeting that the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service would be replaced by Nintendo Network.
On June 27, 2013, WiiConnect24 was discontinued.
On May 20th, 2014, Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection was discontinued.
Before the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection shut down, 6 other apps were discontinued.
The Forecast Channel, News Channel, Everybody Votes Channel, Nintendo Channel, and the Check Mii Out Channel closed on June 27, 2013.
Wii no Ma closed on April 30, 2012.
Then, the Kirby TV Channel closed in October 2012.
The Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection was made to be easy to connect to, safe for everyone to use, and free.
Basic features included worldwide matchmaking, leaderboards, and tournaments.
More features were available between people who exchanged Friend Codes.
The Wii Shop Channel allowed people to download games or software by Wii Points.
You could buy Wii Points by Nintendo Point Cards or by Mastercard or Visa cards online.
People could browse the Virtual Console, WiiWare, or Wii Channel sections.
Buying Wii Points was disabled on March 26th, 2018.
The channel shut down on January 30th, 2019.
DSi Shop
The DSi Shop allowed people to download apps and DSiware, like its Wii equivalent.
It shut down on March 31, 2017.
Since March 31, the only thing available for download on the DSi Shop is the Nintendo 3DS Transfer Tool.
The Check Mii Out Channel is a channel that allows people to share their Mii.
It was first available on November 11, 2007.
People can post their own Miis in the Posting Plaza, or import Mii's into their own Mii Parade.
In the contests, people can submit their own Miis to compete in contests to fit a description (example: Mario without his hat).
After the time for submitting a Mii has ran out, the user can vote for three Miis featured on the panel, with ten random Miis being shown at a time.
Once the judging is over, the results of the contest can be viewed.
Their selection and/or submission's popularity in comparison to others is displayed, as well as the winning Mii and user.
The Check Mii Out Channel sends messages to the Wii Message Board about recent contests.
People in some contests can add their user and submitted Mii to a photo with a background related to the contest theme.
This picture can then be sent to the Wii Message Board.
The Check Mii Out Channel was shut down on June 28, 2013.
The Nintendo Channel (also known as the Everybody's Nintendo Channel in Japan), is a Wii channel for the Wii.
It was launched in Japan on November 27, 2007, North America on May 7, 2008, Europe and Australia on May 30, 2008, and was shut down on June 28, 2013.
It allowed peope who had the Wii to watch videos such as interviews, trailers, commercials, and to download demos for the Nintendo DS.
The channel gave information on games and people could rate games that they had played.
A search feature was also available to help users in finding new games to try or buy.
The channel had the ability to take the user directly into the Wii Shop Channel for buying the game as soon as possible.
The Nintendo Channel was updated with different Nintendo DS demos and new videos every week; the actual day of the week varied across different international regions.
An updated version of the Nintendo Channel was released in Japan on July 15, 2009, North America on September 14, 2009, and Europe on December 15, 2009.
The update introduces a new interface and additional features, options, and statistics for users to view.
However, the European version is missing some of these new additional features, such as options for choosing video quality.
In addition, a weekly show known as Nintendo Week began airing exclusively on the North American edition of the channel, while another weekly show called Nintendo TV, is available on the UK version of the channel.
Mario Kart Channel
Mario Kart Wii allows people to install the Mario Kart Channel.
It allows you to check records and view tournaments.
The channel works without the game disc inserted, but to compete in races and time trials, the game disc must be inserted.
Tournaments existed in the channel and made people who participated to finish objectives as fast as possible.
People could compare their own times to other people.
Demae Channel
This channel allowed people to order food through Demae-Can.
You could only get this channel in Japan.
However, people have learned to sideload the channel by modding.
When you order something, a receipt gets sent to your Wii Message Board.
People could use roulette mode in case you couldn't find what you wanted to eat.
The channel was released on May 26, 2009, and got discontinued on March 31, 2017.
Pay & Play
In 2008, Nintendo announced a feature part of the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection called Pay & Play.
Games using this feature may have DLC or extra features that require extra money.
Wii Room
A video channel was released in Japan on May 1, 2009, it was planned to be released in North America.
The channel is built around a living room, where 8 Miis can interact with each other.
The living room has a TV which shows the person the video list.
The Nintendo Wii received Netflix on March 27, 2010.
It was only for American and Canadian owners but a Netflix disc was required to use the software.
As of October 18, 2010, American and Canadian Wii owners could download Netflix as a channel without requiring a disc.
Netflix has been discontinued for the Wii on January 30, 2019.
The Nintendo Wii, DS and DSi can surf the Internet with a downloadable browser.
The Nintendo Wii, DSi, and DS browsers are powered by Opera.
The Nintendo DS's web browser requires a DS card and a RAM expansion through the Game Boy Advance port.
The Forecast Channel first became available on December 19, 2006, and was shut down on June 28, 2013, due to the discontinuation of WiiConnect24 which it required.
People were allowed to use the channel to see the current forecast, the UV index, today's overall weather, tomorrow's forecast, a 5-day forecast (only for country you live in), and a laundry check (Japan only).
Certain games like Madden NFL 07, Nights: Journey of Dreams, and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games could use the Forecast Channel to put weather conditions in the game.
The News Channel allows people to access news headlines and current events from the Internet.
News articles are available on a globe view similar to the Forecast Channel, and as a slide show.
The News Channel became available in North America, Europe, and Australia on January 26, 2007.
With the August 6, 2007 update, the News Channel shows an alert in the Wii Menu.
However, not opening the channel for some time will result in the alert not appearing, until the channel is opened.
A December 20, 2007 update only released in PAL regions increased the number of news feeds to the channel, sourced from a larger number of news resources and agencies, providing more news that is available per country.
As with the Forecast Channel, the News Channel is not available in South Korea.
The News Channel was shut down on June 28, 2013, along with the Forecast Channel, due to both channels requiring the discontinued WiiConnect24 service.
Flipnote Hatena
Flipnote Hatena was the online part of the animation creation app Flipnote Studio for the Nintendo DSi.
Wii Message Board
The Message Board's online features are discontinued, along with the shutdown with WiiConnect24.
People could leave messages, or other people on a calendar message board.
Announcements of updates and video game news were posted by Nintendo.
The Wii Message Board could be updated real-time by a game like Animal Crossing: City Folk.
People that bought the Wii Speak microphone were able to use the Wii Speak Channel.
They could access one of four rooms (with no limit in these rooms).
Every person's avatar was their Mii, which lip syncs their words.
People were also able to send voice messages to other people via the Wii Message Board.
The Wii Speak Channel was first released on December 5, 2008 in both North America and Europe.
Animal Crossing: City Folk was one of the few games that used the peripheral.
The first Wi-Fi games were Mario Kart DS and Tony Hawk's American Sk8land for the Nintendo DS.
Mario Kart DS released on November 14, 2005, and Tony Hawk's American Sk8land released on November 16, 2005.
Some notable games that used the service include Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Pokémon Black and White and Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, Animal Crossing: Wild World, and Animal Crossing: City Folk.
The Nintendo DS has a wireless adapter built in allowing the DS to access the internet by a wireless network.
The DS only supports WEP.
The Wii has a wireless adapter built in.
The Wii supports security protocols WEP, WPA, and WPA2.
The Wii can also be connected by a ethernet cable (with an adapter).
If there isn't a compatible Wi-Fi network, the DS and Wii can connect through the Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector.
People were able to buy it from the Nintendo Online Store.
Nintendo made deals with hotspot providers to allow free access for Nintendo DS users.
In 2005, Nintendo made an agreement with Wayport, Inc. to provide access in McDonald's restaurants across the U.S. In Canada, Nintendo had partnered with FatPort to create free hotspots.
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection was discontinued on May 20, 2014.
Some people were able to keep playing for several hours after the shutdown.
The shutdown is caused by Gamespy's closing.
The Wii Shop Channel has been discontinued as of January 31st 2019, 06:00 PM UK time.
People can continue to use the Wii U Transfer Tool to transfer Wii data from the Wii to a Wii U, and download The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword Save Data Update Channel to update the game due to a glitch.
Community restorations
Wiimmfi , a replacement service for Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection had opened 10 days before the shutdown.
They first only supported Mario Kart Wii, but now support over 500 games.
RiiConnect24 restores WiiConnect24 functionality.
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Technical Support for Nintendo DS and Nintendo DS Lite
USB Connecter Latest Drivers
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Official Site
The Fratellis are a Scottish indie rock band from Glasgow.
They have released a #2 album on the United Kingdom album chart, one top ten album as well as three top 10 singles.
They have also made a live DVD called Edgy In Brixton.
"Minority" was the first single from Green Day's album, Warning.
It was a #1 on the Modern Rock chart in late 2000.
"Minority" (Radio Version)
"Brat" (Live From Tokyo)
"86" (Live From Prague)
"Minority" (Album Version) - 2:49
"Brat" (Live from Tokyo) - 1:42
"86" (Live from Prague) - 2:59
"Jackass" (Album Version) - 2:47
"Minority"
"Brat" (Live Version)
"Jackass"
"86" (Live Version)
"Warning" is a single from Green Day's 2000 album Warning.
It is the title track of the album.
Warning (Album Version)
Scumbag
Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely (Hüsker Dü cover)
Outsider (Ramones cover)
Suffocate
Minority
This article discusses the Green Day song.
For the phrase itself, see Nice guys finish last.
"Nice Guys Finish Last" was a single released by the American punk band Green Day's fifth album Nimrod''.
The Grouch (Live)
She (Live)
"Hitchin' a Ride" was the first single that American punk band Green Day released from their album Nimrod in 1997.
Hitchin' a Ride
Sick (Non-LP Track)
Espionage (Non-LP Track From Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me original motion picture soundtrack)
Proteus (; Ancient Greek: Πρωτεύς, Prōteus) is a sea-god or god of rivers and oceans In Greek mythology.
It is one of several gods which Homer calls the "Old Man of the Sea" (halios gerôn).
Proteus can change form, and only answers those who can capture him.
From this comes the adjective protean, meaning "versatile", "changeable", or "capable of assuming many forms". "
Protean" suggests flexibility, versatility and adaptability.
Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) is an American folk rock supergroup made up of David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash.
They are known as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY) when joined by occasional fourth member Neil Young, who is from Canada.
In the 1960s, Stephen Stills and Neil Young were members of another band, called Buffalo Springfield.
Crosby was a founding member of The Byrds, and British-born Graham Nash was a member of The Hollies.
Crosby was fired from the Byrds late in 1967, and the Buffalo Springfield disbanded the next year.
Nash went to California, where the others lived and worked, when the Hollies visited there in 1968.
Nash and Crosby had met earlier in England, and got back in touch in California.
Crosby and Stills had worked together on two songs, called "Wooden Ships" and "You Don't Have To Cry".
Performing "You Don't Have To Cry" for Nash, he joined in on harmonies, and the three noticed they had a special sound together.
Nash moved to California, and the three formed a band.
They signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records.
Stills and Crosby were free to work together, and record for Atlantic, but Nash still belonged to the Hollies, who had a contract with Epic Records.
A trade was worked out, between Atlantic and Epic.
In exchange for losing Nash, Epic Records got to sign up another Atlantic band, Poco, formed by Richie Furay from the Buffalo Springfield.
CSN's first album was released in the spring of 1969, and quickly became a hit.
The cover showed Crosby, Stills and Nash sitting on a couch outside an abandoned house. (
They did not sit in their name order; they had not yet named the group.
When they decided on their name, they wanted to take another picture sitting in order, but the house had already been torn down.)
Stephen Stills had played most of the instruments on the album, with Dallas Taylor playing drums.
This worked fine for recordings, but not for live appearances.
More musicians were needed.
A keyboardist and bass guitarist were hired.
Atlantic Records president Ahmet Ertegun suggested Neil Young, who now had his own band called Crazy Horse, as another guitarist for the group.
Stills wasn't sure if Young would work out, but gave him a chance.
He fit in so well that CSN made him a full-time member, and added his name to theirs.
Young was able to both play with CSN, and keep his own place with Crazy Horse.
Their second show as a quartet was at the Woodstock Festival, in August 1969.
They toured for the next several months, and released a second album, Déjà Vu, early the next year.
They made another performing tour, to support the album, which was also a huge hit.
Coming apart
The group was very successful, but its members had many different ideas, and could not always work well together.
Tension grew between them, and they nearly disbanded.
Young left to return to Crazy Horse, and tour with them on his own.
Each of the four recorded a solo album during 1971, though, and each album became a hit.
Nash and Crosby toured together, and Stills formed another band, called Manassas, with Chris Hillman of the Byrds.
Another round of solo and duo albums was released during 1972, with Young's Harvest and its single "Heart Of Gold" becoming the biggest hits.
Albums by the other members were not as successful, though they still sold well.
Crosby and Nash got along very well, and worked together as a duo, while Stills joined Young and Crazy Horse to record Young's "War Song".
Crosby also rejoined the Byrds, but the album they recorded together, Byrds, was not a hit.
The four tried to reunite in Hawaii during 1973 to make a new album, Human Highway, but things did not work out.
Finally the next year, they reformed and started another tour, with a compilation album, So Far, issued to give them something new to promote.
Their shows ran longer than three hours, and there was sometimes trouble.
Stills was abusing cocaine, and it made him hard to get along with.
The same old tensions also came back.
A new CSN&Y project was dashed when Stills and Young erased Crosby and Nash's vocals from the master tapes.
Crosby and Nash went off on their own.
Stills and Young formed The Stills/Young Band, and released an album, but even that did not work out.
Stills and Young toured together during 1975 and 1976.
In July 1976, Young left suddenly between shows, sending Stills a telegram that expressed his unhappiness, and told Stills to "Eat a peach."
Stills and Young each had to complete tour dates separately.
Meanwhile, Nash and Crosby kept recording and performing together.
They also sang background vocals for other artists, including James Taylor ("Mexico") and Joni Mitchell ("Free Man In Paris").
Back together
During one of their shows, Crosby and Nash were joined onstage by Stills, to perform "Teach Your Children".
The three worked things out, and reformed their trio.
CSN was released in 1977, and "Just A Song Before I Go" became a new hit single.
In the next years, the trio worked together off and on, and also as solo artists.
Young's music had become very different from that of the other band members, and he mostly worked with Crazy Horse, but he did collaborate now and then with CSN.
Crosby had his own cocaine problems during the 1980s, and ended up serving a prison sentence.
He was able to stop abusing cocaine, as Stills had earlier.
CSN's later songs included "Wasted On The Way".
Nash rejoined the Hollies for a reunion album in 1984, and played shows with them, but the reunion was not a success.
CSN played in Berlin, Germany at the time the Berlin Wall was torn down, at the end of the 1980s.
They also played shows during the 1990s and early 2000s, and their 2000 tour was called the "CSNY2K" tour.
They recorded other albums, but they were not nearly the hits their early ones had been, and they worked with outside writers, instead of writing all their own songs.
Atlantic Records cancelled their contract.
Crosby, Stills and Nash still work together and apart, with Crosby and Nash having the longest and strongest partnership.
Neil Young continues on as a solo artist, with and without Crazy Horse, exploring many different kinds of music.
1969: Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN)
1970: Déjà Vu (CSNY)
1971: 4 Way Street (CSNY) (live)
1974: So Far (CSNY)
1977: CSN (CSN)
1982: Daylight Again (CSN)
1983: Allies (CSN) (live and studio)
1988: American Dream (CSNY)
1990: Live It Up (CSN)
1994: After the Storm (CSN)
1999: Looking Forward (CSNY)
2008: Déjà Vu Live (CSNY) (live)
1974 establishments in California
1974 disestablishments in the United States
The Sphenodontia is a diverse group of reptile.
It includes only one living genus, the tuatara (Sphenodon).
An alternative name for the order is the Rhynchocephalia.
They are an offshoot from the  evolutionary  line leading to the true lizards and snakes.
They had many families during the late  Triassic and  Jurassic periods but then declined, and are the least successful of the lepidosaurs.
Marat Safin is a retired professional tennis player from Russia.
In 2000 and 2005, Safin won the US Open and the Australian Open, respectively.
In 2002 and 2004, Safin played in the last round of the Australian Open, but lost.
In 2008, Safin became the first Russian man to play in the semifinals in the Wimbledon Championships.
Russian tennis players
Lleyton Glynn Hewitt (born 24 February 1981) is an Australian former tennis player.
His father is retired Australian rules footballer Glynn Hewitt (born 1953).
Hewitt was ranked the No.1 in the world and was the youngest ever male player to reach this rank.
He played for Australia in the Davis Cup.
In August 2000, the Australian Government gave him the Australian Sports Medal.
Hewitt won the US Open in 2001 and the Wimbledon Championships in 2002.
Grand slam record
Sportspeople from Adelaide
Bradley Joseph Fitzpatrick (born February 5, 1980) is an American programmer.
He is best known as the creator of LiveJournal.
BradFitz.com - personal homepage
Fitzpatrick's personal LiveJournal
The Zillertal is the biggest valley branching off the Inntal in Tyrol, Austria drained by the river Ziller.
It is surrounded by the strongly glaciated Zillertaler Alpen to the south and east, the lower grass peaks of the Kitzbüheler Alpen to the east and Tuxer Alpen to the west.
The largest settlement is Mayrhofen.
For instance, several families of travelling singers and organ builders from the valley have been credited with spreading the Christmas carol Silent Night across the world during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
More recently, the Schürzenjäger band have had tremendous success in German-speaking countries with their crossover mix of Volksmusik and pop.
Geography of Austria
David IV, also known as David II or David III, or David the Builder (Georgian: დავით აღმაშენებელი, Davit Aghmashenebeli) (1073 – January 24, 1125), from the House of Bagrationi, was King of Georgia from 1089 to 1125.
1073 births
When Dauferius became a Benedictine monk, he took the name Desiderius.
He became the abbot of Monte Cassino.
GCatholic,  Pope Victor III
1026 births
Oklahoma Territory, an organized territory (1890-1907) that would become part of the  state
Oklahoma!,
a 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical comedy
Oklahoma! (
movie)
soundrack)
"Oklahoma!" (
song), the musical's theme song and the state of Oklahoma's official song
Oklahoma (1979 movie)
USS Oklahoma (BB-37), an American naval warship
Mexico, Illinois, formerly Oklahoma, Illinois
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, United States
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
Oklahoma City bombing, a 1995 terrorist attack
Ed Ferrara or Oklahoma, a professional wrestling writer
Polo is a sport.
It is played between two teams of 4 players on horses, which are called polo ponies.
The players try to score goals (points) by putting the ball in the goal.
They use long mallets (long sticks).
It is the state sport of  Ancient Manipur.
According to the Guinness Book of Records, polo traces its origin to the Ancient Manipur, where it was played as the "Sagol Kangjei" (, ) right from 3100 BC.
Various forms of Polo, and similar sports, have been long played, traditionally, throughout a wide range covering Assam and Manipur areas of India, Kashmir, Nepal and Tibet,  and the Northern valleys of Pakistan such as Gilgit, Hunza Valley, Baltistan and Chitral District and parts of Central Asia as well.
In ancient Persia, Chavgan, another form of Polo, was also played.
It was only in the mid-19th century that colonial officers in British India began to play this sport and imported it to Britain, where the formal Hurlingham Rules were then laid down.
Later, in the 1890s, Polo was also introduced to the United States.
The main rules of polo
There are two teams both with 4 players.
They play on a field which is 300 yards long (about 275 meters) and 160 or 200 yards wide (about 146 and 183 meters).
There are goalposts (long sticks in the ground) 8 yards (7.32 meters) apart at each end of the field.
To score, the ball has to go between the other team's goalposts, which is called a goal.
The game is 4, 6 or 8 periods (units of time) of 7 minutes, which are called chukkas.
Between chukkas, players change ponies.
Players are given a foul if they break the rules.
These rules keep the horses and riders safe.
One rule in polo is called the "line of the ball" or just the "line".
The "line" is an invisible line between the ball and the player that has the ball.
A player has the ball if they are the closest to make a play on the ball.
The "line" is in the same direction as this player is traveling and extends as far as the player is able to safely stop their horse.
If another player crosses the "line" (that is, if another player runs in front of the player who has the ball), they will receive a foul.
This is a common foul because it is sometimes difficult for a player to tell where the invisible "line" is.
A common defensive play in polo is called "hooking".
A player may hook an opponent by using their mallet to block an opponent's mallet while the opponent tries to hit the ball.
Sometimes it is unsafe for a player to hook their opponent.
As an example, reaching over or under the opponent's horse to make a hook is considered unsafe.
An unsafe hook will cause the player to foul.
If a player cannot safely hook their opponent, they may instead use a different defensive play called a "ride-off".
A "ride-off" happens when a player uses their horse to push an opponent's horse away from the "line".
This makes it difficult for the opponent to make a play on the ball.
If the player crosses the line while trying to ride off their opponent, they will receive a foul.
If a player makes a foul, the opponent may get a penalty shot.
Penalty shots are made near the goal and other players cannot block the penalty shot.
Number One is the most offensive position on the field.
Number Two is the most difficult position on the field to play.
The number 2 has an important offensive role and a  role.
Number Three is the tactical leader.
He is defensive and offensive and is often the best player.
Number Four is the most defensive player.
He tries to stop the other team from scoring goals.
Polo ponies
The ponies are 14.2 to 16 hands (1 hand equals 4 inches or 10.16 centimetres).
They weigh between 900 and 1100lbs-pounds- (about 408 and 499 kilos).
Ponies can be ridden to play from the age of 5 up to 18 or even 20 years old sometimes.
Polo ponies are not actually ponies because they are full-sized horses.
Thoroughbreds are a common horse breed to use as polo ponies because they are fast and agile.
The players have a helmet (hard hat), riding boots, white trousers, a shirt with the player's number on.
Sometimes players also have one or two gloves, knee-pads and a whip.
The ball is made of plastic.
Before, it was made of wood.
The ball is about 3¼ inches (8.3 centimetres) in diameter and weighs about four ounces (113.4 grams).
Polo mallets are used to hit the ball.
Their shape is similar to normal mallets, but they are much longer.
The shaft of the mallet is usually made of bamboo and the head is usually made of wood.
Players hit the ball with the side of the mallet rather than the front.
Other forms of polo
Polo is not always played on ponies.
Canoe polo, cycle polo, camel polo, elephant polo, golf cart polo, Segway polo, BMX polo, yak polo and water polo also exist.
However most of these forms are not played at a professional level.
Federation of International Polo - worldwide governing body of the sport of polo
Information and news about polo
Video-on-demand clips of polo matches from around the world
Governing body of the sport in the UK
Most such programs now have helpful instruments (tools) to make good texts.
Important instruments include spelling & grammar checker, word count (this also counts letters and lines).
Moreover, with such programs one can make attractive documents, add pictures into documents, make webpages, graphs etc.
Also, they show synonyms (similar words) of words and some can read the text aloud.
Many word processors, similar to many new programs, have configurable printing facilities.
Some of the more versatile ones are called Desktop publishing programs.
Microsoft Word, one of the few commonly sold in shops
OpenOffice.org Writer, usually downloaded with OpenOffice.org
KWord for KDE
WordPad is among the simplest and most widespread
The Atari Jaguar was a video game machine released by Atari in 1993.
It was not a successful product and was Atari's last console.
It also had a CD-based accessory called the Atari Jaguar CD.
The Atari Jaguar was sold at about the same time as the PlayStation, Sega Saturn and Nintendo 64, but it was not very popular as it did not have as many popular games as these other consoles.
The graphics of Atari Jaguar games look a lot like the Sega Genesis, Sega Mega Drive or SNES games as it did not run 3D games as well as the Sega Saturn or PlayStation.
Picasa is a software application for organizing and editing photos.
It was first created by Idealab.
The name "Picasa" is a blend of the last name of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, the phrase mi casa for "my house" and "pic" for pictures.
In July 2004, Google purchased Picasa and began offering it as a free download.
There was a version for Windows XP and Windows Vista, as well as a version for Linux.
For Windows 98 and Windows Me, only an older version was available.
There was also an iPhoto plugin or program for uploading photos available for Mac OS X 10.4 and later.
On February 12, 2016, Google announced it was "Moving on from Picasa" and the Picasa desktop application would be discontinued on March 15, 2016.
Google stated that the primary reason for retiring Picasa was that it wanted to focus its efforts "entirely on a single photos service" the cross-platform, web-based Google Photos.
Other Picasa applications
Picasa Web Albums
Picasa Web Albums (PWA) was a photo-sharing web application created by Google and was similar to websites such as Flickr and Zooomr.
Picasa Web Albums was first announced on June 6, 2006.
When introduced, it came with 250 MB free space.
On March 7, 2007, it was upgraded to 1GB.
Users with accounts at Google could store and share 1GB of photos for free.
Users were able to purchase more storage space with these plans:
No ads were shown on Picasa Web Albums in either the free or paid accounts.
The Terms of Service allowed Google to use the uploaded photos and videos to display on the website or via RSS feeds, and also for promoting Google services without needing to pay the users.
On February 12, 2016, Google announced they would retire Picasa Web Albums (also called Picasaweb) so they could focus entirely on a single photo service called Google Photos.
The retirement of Picasa Web Albums was effective on August 1, 2016.
All photos and videos formerly in Picasa Web Albums were moved by Google to an archived platform called Album Archive.
There are no versions of Picasa for Windows 95 or NT.
The latest version offered for Windows 98/ME is 2.0.0 Build 18.84.
The latest version for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 is 3.9 Build 141.259.
1.618 Build 5.35 July 2004 – free download version offered since Google's acquisition of Picasa.
2.0.0 Build 18.77 January 18, 2005 – many features including improved search functions, an automated photo collage maker, massively enhanced photo editing functions and further integration with Picasa's Hello and Google's Blogger services.
2.0.0 Build 18.84 June 8, 2005 – bug fix release, latest release for Windows 98/ME.
This version does not suffer from the "picasa2\runtime\hlpsys.dll is not a valid windows image.
Check installation disk."
error, which some users have experienced.
2.1.0 Build 27.60 September 19, 2005 – new features including international language support, one-click photo blogging, CD cover printing, improved RAW handling and improved support for external drives.
2.2.0 Build 28.20 January 30, 2006 – 25 additional languages are supported, new network drive support, and bug fixes for IE7 support and CD Burning.
2.5.0 Build 32.01 June 12 2006 – Beta versions including Picasa Web Albums support – last version (build 32.97) started rollout on November 14 2006.
2.6 Build 35.94.0 December 7, 2006 – new autoupdate behavior for Windows Vista support, new CD/DVD-burning engine, improved upload reliability to Picasa Web Albums, and added support for 18 new languages.
2.7 Build 36.37.0 April 24, 2007 – new RAW processing engine, new color engine for "tuning" fixes, added support for Google Photos Screensaver, and improved BlogThis!
reliability.
2.7 Build 36.40 May 3, 2007 – support for more cameras, updated version number for international installs.
2.7 Build 36.60 26 June 2007 – added support for geotag, supposedly fixed problems with showing up some video files.
2.7 Build 37.23 21 August 2007 – support for more languages, fixes several bugs.
2.7 Build 37.29 13 September 2007 – Added support for RAW pictures from the Canon 40D, fixes several bugs.
2.7 Build 37.32 2 October 2007 – Fixed a case where corrupted AVI files could cause a crash.
Fixed a case that would result in a "This account is not enabled for Picasa Web Albums" error.
2.7 Build 37.36 30 October 2007 – Added support for 11 additional languages: Bulgarian, Catalan, Filipino, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Thai, Vietnamese.
2.7 Build 37.49 7 March 2008 - Improved performance for new Intel chips.
Translation fixes for Hungarian and Chinese.
Fixed a case that would result in an error when capturing images from webcams.
2.7 Build 37.64 21 August 2008 -
3.9.137 Build114; Mac: 3.9.137.163 March 7, 2014 - Changed Picasa from Maps v2 API to v3 API (this affected the Geo Panel in one-up mode).
Google+ auto backup (on Windows: 1.0.23.114, on Mac: 1.0.23.53) improvements
3.9.137 Build 118; Mac: 3.9.137?
March 10, 2014 - Bug fixes
Google+ auto backup for desktop March 31, 2014 - Improvements in preserving RAW files in Auto Backup from Picasa
3.9 Build 137.141; Mac: 3.9.137.192 June 9, 2014 - Allowed upload of full size non-JPEG images without converting to JPEG.
Bug fix in album sync.
Google+ auto backup for desktop (on Windows: 1.0.25.141, on Mac: 1.0.25.184) improvements and bug fixes
3.9 Build 138.150; Mac: 3.9.138.201 August 12, 2014 - Numerous bug fixes.
Google+ auto backup for desktop (on Windows: 1.0.26.150, on Mac: 1.0.26.201), improvements and bug fixes