Muppet Treasure Island is a 1996 musical adventure comedy movie. It is based upon Robert Louie Stevenson's novel Treasure Island, and is about The Muppets going on a sea voyage and meeting pirates. It is the fifth feature movie to star The Muppets. Brian Henson (son of Jim Henson) directed.
The reviews of "Muppet Treasure Island" were mostly positive. The movie was a strong success at the box office.
Human (song)
"Human" is a single by The Human League. It is about two people who were unfaithful to each other. The song got mixed reviews. It hit #1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.
This song was released in August 1986.
Autism Society of America
The Autism Society of America is a national organization that was founded in 1965. Its original name was National Society for Autistic Children. Their goal is increasing awareness of autism and problems related to it.
Since 1970, ASA has held conferences on autism spectrum conditions.
Gryphaea
Gryphaea (the Devil's toenail) is a genus of extinct oysters which were once very common. Their fossils are common on the Jurassic Coast in southern England, and in the margins of the old Sundance Sea in the United States. It is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Gryphaeidae.
These bivalves were at their peak in the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, when they sat in huge muddy oyster beds in shallow tropical seas. The genus survived a long time, but went extinct about 34 million years ago (mya).
The oyster shell has two 'valves': a larger gnarly-shaped shell (the 'toenail') and a smaller, flattened shell, the 'lid'. The soft parts of the animal lived in the gap between the two shells, just like modern oysters. The shells have prominent growth bands. The large curved shell sat in the mud on the sea floor.
In England at the coasts of Redcar and Weymouth in the Kimmeridgian clay; in the U.S.A in riverbanks and cliffs of Texas and Kansas. They are often washed out of the clay onto the beach or river banksides.
Beaver Lake (Arkansas)
Beaver Lake is a man-made reservoir in the Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas. It is formed by a dam across the White River. Beaver Lake has some of natural shoreline. It has towering limestone bluffs, natural caves, and a wide variety of trees and flowering shrubs. The thick forests come right to the water's edge. It is a popular tourist destination. Beaver Lake is the source of drinking water in Northwest Arkansas. It is managed, treated and sold by Beaver Water District. The Beaver Lake dam was completed in 1966 by the United States Army Corps of Engineers who continue to manage it. Beaver lake is the first of four reservoirs that control the White river between its headwaters in the Boston Mountains and where it enters the Mississippi River. The other three are Table Rock Lake, Lake Taneycomo and Bull Shoals Lake.
Zong
Zong ( ) is a Pakistani mobile network operator. It is based in the capital city of Pakistan, Islamabad. It is owned by China Mobile Pakistan, a sister company of China Mobile.
It is the first international project by China Mobile. It has more than 25 million users, which makes it third biggest mobile company in Pakistan.
Ozark–St. Francis National Forest
he Ozark – St. Francis National Forest is a U.S. National Forest in the state of Arkansas. It is two separate forests, the Ozark National Forest and the St. Francis National Forest. Each has their own biology, topography, and geology. Together, the two forests have 25 developed campgrounds. They also include swimming areas, hiking trails, and streams for fishing. Most of the trails in both were built under the Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps.
The Forest has of old-growth forests. These are mainly in the southern portion of the Forest on ridges and steep south-facing slopes. They are mostly Shortleaf Pine and various oaks. The oaks include Post Oak, Blackjack Oak, Eastern Black Oak, White Oak, and Northern Red Oak. The Forest is also home to five different endangered species of wildlife. It also has an additional three threatened species.
Zong (mobile payments)
Zong was a mobile payment company that allowed users to make payments of small amount of money on the internet through postpaid mobile phones. These payments were charged in mobile phone bills by the mobile operator. The company was bought by eBay in 2011 and disappeared in 2015.
Zong was based on PayPal based service. Many online games and social networks supported its mobile payment system. It can also be used to buy non-physical things.
Zong was the global division of mobile payment company Echovox. It was started in 2008 and eBay bought it in 2011. It is connected with 67 mobile operators in 13 countries.
Zong focused social networks and online games. They were useful to people who do not have a credit card, who wanted to make small purchases online. Zong allowed them to pay with their mobile terminal and the amount is debited by the mobile operator.
The partnership of Zong with mobile operators allowed them to charge customers using short numbers. On March 12, 2009 Zong announced to stop short messaging service and targeting its mobile payment system. Zong published an Application programming interface to allow developers to sell and publish content to mobile customers worldwide.
Old-growth forest
An old-growth forest (also called primary forest, virgin forest, primeval forest, late seral forest, or in Britain, ancient woodland) is a forest that has reached a great age without much disturbance.
It has unique ecological features, and might be classified as a climax community. Old-growth features include various tree-related structures. These provide wildlife habitats which increase the bio-diversity of the forested ecosystem.
Usually old-growth forests have multi-layered, open canopies. The interwoven canopy often blocks sunlight from reaching lower trees or the forest floor. The old forests also include varied tree heights and diameters, with large fallen logs (or tree trunks) across the forest floor. In Europe, less than 7% of forests are old-growth, as mainly due to industrial logging in the 20th century. In the United States, estimates are that only 10% of old-growth forests remain. In Asia old-growth forests are sometimes lost in regional conflicts.
Zong (disambiguation)
Zong may refer to:
Synthetic fuel
A synthetic fuel (or synfuel) is a fuel in liquid or gas form that can be manufactured. Synfuels have long been made from coal. Oil extracted from shale or tar sands is also sometimes called synfuel. Fuels can also be made from non-food crops.
Tar sands are a combination of sand and a thick oil called bitumen. This, along with oil shale, which is a layer of rock riddled with hydrocarbons in the form of kerogen, can be heated with steam to remove the crude oil in the two substances. Like oil, it must be refined before being put to use.
Lahore Garrison University
Lahore Garrison University (Urdu:) is a university in Lahore, Punjab. The university is run by the Pakistan army. It has two campus in the townships of Defence Housing Authority, Lahore and Lahore Cantonment.
Figueres
Figueres is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain. Salvador Dali was born there.
Walt Disney Television
Walt Disney Television is the name of the television production division of Walt Disney Productions (now known as Walt Disney Pictures since 1985).
Walt Disney Television's television productions are broadcast, mostly on Disney Channel, Playhouse Disney, Toon Disney, ABC, Disney Cinemagic and other platforms owned by Disney-ABC Television Group.
It was started in 1983, as the Walt Disney Pictures Television Division, the name was later shortened to Walt Disney Pictures Television and in 1986 was later shortened to Walt Disney Television in 1988. Until 1983, Disney shows were aired under the banner of the parent company, then named Walt Disney Productions.
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