Zoo
A zoo (short for zoological park, zoological garden, or animal park, and also called a menagerie) is a facility in which animals are confined within enclosures, displayed to the public, and in which they may also be bred.
The term zoological garden refers to zoology, the study of animals, a term deriving from the Greek zōon (ζῷον, "animal") and lógos (λóγος, "study"). The abbreviation "zoo" was first used of the London Zoological Gardens, which opened for scientific study in 1828 and to the public in 1857. The number of major animal collections open to the public around the world now exceeds 1,000, around 80 percent of them in cities.
Etymology
London Zoo, which opened in 1826, first called itself a menagerie or "zoological forest," which is short for "Gardens and Menagerie of the Zoological Society of London." The abbreviation "zoo" first appeared in print in the UK around 1847, when it was used for the Clifton Zoo, but it was not until some 20 years later that the shortened form became popular in the song "Walking in the Zoo on Sunday" by music-hall artist Alfred Vance. The term "zoological park" was used for more expansive facilities in Washington, D.C., and the Bronx in New York, which opened in 1891 and 1899 respectively.
Zoo (file format)
zoo is a data compression program and format developed by Rahul Dhesi in the mid-1980s. The format is based on the LZW compression algorithm and compressed files are identified by the .zoo file extension. It is no longer widely used. Program source code was originally published on the comp.sources.misc Usenet newsgroup, and was compatible with a variety of Unix-like operating systems. Binaries were also published for the MS-DOS and AmigaOS user communities. A small companion program was also developed, entitled booz, that provides only decompression functionality.
The .ZOO file format was mostly popular with Digital (now Hewlett Packard) VAX computers running the OpenVMS operating system, and for a time with the Commodore Amiga community.
Zoo features
Zoo archives can store multiple "generations" of a file; if files are added to an archive with the same pathname yet more recent date, if generations are enabled for the archive the older version(s) will be retained (with a semicolon and version number, similar to version numbers in the VMS and RT-11 operating systems) as the new file is added. This allows files that are frequently modified to be backed up in such a way as to allow access to previous versions (up to the version limit chosen) from one archive.
Fort Worth Zoo
The Fort Worth Zoo is a zoo in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, that was founded in 1909 with one lion, two bear cubs, an alligator, a coyote, a peacock and a few rabbits. The zoo now is home to 5,000 native and exotic animals and has been named as a top zoo in the nation by Family Life magazine, the Los Angeles Times and USA Today, as well as one of the top zoos in the South by Southern Living Reader's Choice Awards.
The Fort Worth Zoo is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
History
When the Fort Worth Zoo opened in 1909, it had one African lion, two bear cubs, an alligator, a coyote, a peacock and a few rabbits. From its opening until 1991, the zoo was owned and operated by the City of Fort Worth. Although the city collected money from the community to purchase new animals, the Zoological society (now the Fort Worth Zoological Association) was formed in 1939 to help raise additional funds.
Monkey Island was built in 1937 with funds from the Works Progress Administration. In 1949, this exhibit became a sea lion pool, and by 1970, it had been converted to house small South American mammals. Storks and cranes were housed in this exhibit in the 1980s, and it was converted once again in the early 1990s to house alligators. It is currently being used as the Parrot Paradise exhibit.
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- クライマックス・ベスト 90’s プラチナ released: 2011
- クライマックス ロマンティック・ソングス released: 2008
- FUN Greatest Hits of 90’s released: 2006
- 青春歌年鑑 90年代 総集編 released: 2004
- FOR LIFE 1975▶1995 20th ANNIVERSARY released: 1995
Died: 1995-12-25
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- Los Mosquitos released: 1994
Pop Mechanix
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- Nature's Best 3 released: 2004
- Kiwi Gold Disc III: Classic Kiwi Gold 1965 - 1999 released: 2003
- It's Bigger Than Both of Us: NZ Singles 1979–82 released: 2003
- Hits & Myths released: 1981
- Bliss, Volume 2: More Essential Kiwi Classics released:
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- גן חיות released: 1992
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- DEATH # DISCO Compilation, Volume III released: 2013
DEATH # DISCO Compilation, Volume III
Released 2013- Sex Robot
- Kalter Lippenstift (In Death It Ends remix)
- Kraken
- Miss America
- Even In Danger
- Let Me Go (DJ edit)
- Moonlight
- Softcore
- Viento gris
- No Exit
- Sidestreets
- Démarche
- Knut
- Gallowdance
- Festival de las luces (7" remix)
- I Can Only Tell You Something From the End
- Surround (Martial Canterel remix)
- Fall (Teenage Sin Taste Remix)
- A Darkness in My Soul
- Heartland
- Witch's Hammer (Holy Trinity version)
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- Musica del Descontento released: 2005
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- Prasasti released: 2012
- Trilogi Peradaban released: 2007
Trilogi Peradaban
Released 2007- Berkibarlah Benderaku
- Gisa-Gisa (Tarian Penyambutan)
- Kupu-Kupu
- Ke Medan Perang
- Kelana
- Manekin Bermesin
- Epilog: Yang Berpulang
- Eskalator
- Takluk
- Misantrophe
- Di Masa Depan
- Luluh Lantak
- Menyudahi Gelap
- Buldoser
- Para Raksasa
- Doa Pengampunan
- Merdeka
- Lalat-Lalat
- Kelak
- Perang, Saudara!
- Manusia-Manusia Kecil
- Halilintar
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- Tempestes vénen del sud released: 2014
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- Funkrock released: 2001
- Dodo métro boulot dodo released: 1970
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- Čas sluhů released: 1991
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- Change My World released: 1971
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- Dodatek nadzwyczajny do listy przebojów programu III released: 1998
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listen to me - you can hear me
talk to me - you can yell at me
play with me - you infuriate me
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try to see... - but you better not touch me
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try to see me through - but you better not touch me...
does it make you feel better? to know that i'm here to stay.
does it make you feel better? to know my heart is locked away.
does it make you feel safer? knowing i won't get away.
does it make you feel safer? to have my soul in chains.
watching you - i can look at you
hearing you - i can listen to you
yelling at you - i can't talk to you
feeling you - i wish i could touch you
look at me - just watch me
try to see... - but you better not touch me
look at me - just watch me
try to see me through - but you better not touch me...
does it make you feel better? to know ....
does it make you feel better? to know that i'm here to stay.
does it make you feel....better?
does it make you feel safer? knowing i won't get away.
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