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Qatar Masters The Qatar Masters, is a golf tournament held at the Doha Golf Club in Doha, Qatar. The tournament was established in 1998, and is one of three European Tour golf tournaments which are staged in the countries of the Persian Gulf, the others being the Dubai Desert Classic and the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship.
Qatar National Museum Qatar National Museum is the largest museum in Doha, Qatar, and includes many displays relating to the geological history of Qatar as well as a collection of Islamic artifacts and relics. The museum is located in the eastern part of the Doha Corniche, and includes a maritime museum as well as a small lagoon where a traditional dhow is moored.
Qatar Science & Technology Park Qatar Science & Technology Park is a home for international technology companies in Qatar, and an incubator of start-up technology businesses. Established in 2004 as a part of Qatar Foundation, the purpose of the science park is to spur development of Qatar’s knowledge economy.
Qatif Qatif ( ) is a historic, coastal oasis region located on the western shore of the Persian Gulf in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It extends from Ras Tanura and Jubail in the north to Dammam in the south.
Qatif project The Qatif Project is an oilfield in Qatif, Saudi Arabia, operated by the country's national company Saudi Aramco. The project, the largest crude increment built in recent times, adds 650,000 barrels (103,000 mÂł) per day to the 150,000 barrels (24,000 mÂł) per day already produced from the Abu Safah field.
Qatna Qatna is an ancient city in Syria, present day Tell-el-Mishrife in the Wadi il-Aswad, a tributary of the Orontes, 18 km northeast of Homs. The tell occupies 1 km², which makes it one of the biggest bronze Age towns in western Syria.
Qattara Depression The Qattara Depression ( 'Munkhafad al-Qattarah') is a desert basin within the Libyan Desert of north-western Egypt. The Depression, at 133 m below sea level, contains the second lowest point in Africa (See also: Lake Asal).
Qaumi Tarana The Qaumi Tarana (Urdu: , QaumÄ« TarÄna "National Anthem", from Persian TarÄna-e Qowm) is the national anthem of Pakistan. The music of the anthem was composed by Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla, with lyrics written by Abu-Al-Asar Hafeez Jullandhuri.
Qawasameh The Qawasamehs (Arabic القŮاسمة also Qawasmeh, Kawasmeh or Alqawasameh) are a Palestinian tribe living in Hebron. It is one of the largests tribes in the city, with more than 10,000 people in its lines.
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, sometimes called QSQT and released in 1988, is a Bollywood film written by veteran producer/director Nasir Hussain and directed by his son Mansoor Khan. The film introduced Hussain's nephew, Aamir Khan to Indian moviegoing audiences.
Qaysin Quli Kaysyn Shuvayevich Kuliev () aka Qaysin Quli (Balkar: КъŃли КъайŃŃ‹Đ˝) (November 1 1917 - June 4 1985) was a Balkar poet. He wrote in the Karachay-Balkar language and his poems are widely translated mostly to USSR languages, such as Russian and Ossetian.
Qayyum Abdul Jamal Qayyum Abdul Jamal is one of 17 people detained on June 2 and June 3, 2006, in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the 2006 Toronto terrorism arrests. He and his co-conspirators are alleged to have plotted coordinated bombing attacks against targets in southern Ontario.
Qazakh Qazakh (Azerbaijani: Qazax, Armenian: Ő”ŐˇŐ¦ŐˇÖ„; also known as Kazakh or Gazakh) is a rayon of Azerbaijan. It has two exclaves, Yukhari Askipara and Barkhudarli inside Armenia and have been under Armenian control since the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Qazi Muhammad Qazi Muhammad (in Kurdish QazĂ® Mihemmed; ) (1893 - March 30, 1947) was a nationalist and religious Kurdish leader and the Head of Republic of Kurdistan, (Republic of Mahabad) the second modern Kurdish state in the Middle East (after Republic of Ararat).
Qazi Touqeer Qazi Touqeer, born June 2 1985 in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, was one of the three finalists of Fame Gurukul, one of the most watched television shows in India - along with Rex D'Souza and Ruprekha Banerjee. On 20 October, 2005, he managed to grab the top prize along with Ruprekha Banerjee.
Qazi Zadeh Qadi Zada al-Rumi (1364 - 1436) (also written as Kadi zada) and (Qazi Zadeh in Persian pronunciation) was a prominent Turkish born mathematician who lived in Persia during the late 14th century and early 15th century.
QAPF diagram A QAPF diagram is a double triangle diagram which is used to classify igneous rocks based on mineralogic composition. The acronym, QAPF, stands for "Quartz, Alkali feldspar, Plagioclase, Feldspathoid (Foid)".
Qbinux Qbinux ("QuickBASIC Linux") emulates an environment similar to a Unix-like computer operating system. Like Linux its underlying source code is available for anyone to use, modify, and redistribute freely.
QBasic QBasic (a name derived from QuickBASIC, BASIC being an acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a variant of the BASIC programming language. The source code is compiled to an intermediate form within the integrated development environment (IDE), and this intermediate form is immediately interpreted on demand within the IDE.
QBB-95 The QBB-95 is a light support weapon manufactured by Norinco for the People's Liberation Army, the armed forces of the People's Republic of China. This weapon uses a newly-developed ammunition type of Chinese origin, the 5.
QBD (electronics) QBD is the term applied to the charge-to-breakdown measurement of a device and is a method used to determine reliability of gate oxides in MOS devices. Voltage is applied to the MOS structure to force a controlled flow of current through the oxide, i.
QBZ-95 The QBZ-95 () is an assault rifle manufactured by Arsenal 266, part of Norinco and Arsenal 296, under Jianshe Corp, China South for the People's Liberation Army, the armed forces of the People's Republic of China, Chinese People's Armed Police (para-military) and the Chinese law enforcements. This weapon uses a newly-developed ammunition type of Chinese origin, the 5.
Qcodo The QCodo Development Framework is an open-source PHP 5 framework which builds an Object Relational Model (ORM), CRUD (Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete) UI pages, and AJAX hooks from an existing data model. It additionally includes a tightly-integrated HTML and JavaScript form toolkit which interfaces directly with the generated entities.
Qcow qcow is a type of disk image that can be used with the QEMU emulator, the other types being vvfat, vpc, bochs, dmg, cloop, vmdk, cow, and raw, depending on the OS. The qcow image grows as data is added, and supports AES encryption and transparent decompression.
QC clause In insurance law, a QC clause is a clause in an insurance policy (usually but not exclusively a professional indemnity insurance policy) that provides that an action against the insured is not to be contested unless a Queen's Counsel (or QC) advises that the defence has a reasonable prospect of success. The principle reason for such clauses is to minimise conflict between the insured and the insurer.
QCD string In quantum chromodynamics, or more generally, quantum gauge theories with a connection which are confining, stringlike degrees of freedom called QCD strings or QCD flux tubes form. These stringlike excitations are responsible for the confinement of color charges since they are always attached to at least a string and the strings have tension.
QCD vacuum The QCD vacuum is the vacuum state of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). It is an example of a non-perturbative vacuum state, characterized by many non-vanishing condensates such as the gluon condensate or the quark condensate.
QCMF QCMF (Queensland Catholic Schools & Colleges Music Festival) is an annual music event held at Villanova College, Queensland, Australia, from August 18 to 20. The three day event encompasses the participation of 70 Catholic schools from Queensland and New Zealand in competition for a Gold, Silver or Bronze plaques, judged by leading musicians.
QDecoder qDecoder is a Web Application Interface C/C++ library giving transparent access to GET/POST/FILE/COOKIE values, Session handling, Config file parsing, and various connection, string, search, SED, AWK and file handling functions.
QDesign The QDesign Music Codec was originally LBpack, by Dmitry Shmunk. QDesign corporation bought the codec and hired the developer to create what would become the official audio compression in Apple Computer's QuickTime v3.
QDesigner QDesigner is a repackaged version of the Sybase modeling tool Powerdesigner used by developers to model programming and database objects. It is used for modeling and designing conceptual, logical, and physical database schemas (relational and XML), as well as doing object-oriented modeling (UML 1.
QDGC QDGC - Quarter Degree Grid Cells (or QDS - Quarter degree Squares) are a way of dividing the longitude latitude degree square cells into smaller squares, forming in effect a system of geocodes. QDGC represents a way of making (almost) equal area squares covering a specific area to represent specific qualities of the area covered.
QDOS QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) was the working title for 86-DOS, an operating system developed and marketed by Seattle Computer Products for its Intel 8086-based computer kit. QDOS had a command structure and application programming interface that imitated that of Digital Research's CP/M operating system, which made it easy to port programs from the latter.
QDPR QDPR (quinoid dihydropteridine reductase) is a human gene that produces the enzyme quinoid dihydropteridine reductase. This enzyme is part of the pathway that recycles a substance called tetrahydrobiopterin, also known as BH4.
Qelelevu Qelelevu is a coral islet in Fiji, a member of the Ringgold Isles archipelago, which forms an outlier to the northern island of Vanua Levu. Apart from three nearby coral islets, it is 80 kilometers from the nearest island.
Qeleshe A qeleshe is a traditional skull cap, which is worn by Albanian men, usually from northern highlands of Albania or Kosovo and particularly in the Arberesh villages in Italy. The cap is made from one single piece of woolen felt, usually white, that is molded to the shape of the head.
Qenan Al-Ghamdi Mr Qenan Al-Ghamdi (Arabic: قينان الغامدي) is a Saudi-Arabian liberal journalist. former editor in chief of Al-Watan(Arabic: جريدة الŮطن السعŮŘŻŮŠŘ©) a popular newspaper based in the south of Saudi Arabia.
Qeqertarsuaq Qeqertarsuaq or Godhavn in Danish is a port and a town on the south coast of Qeqertarsuaq (Disko Island), an island on the west coast of Greenland. Founded in 1773, it is home to a campus of the University of Copenhagen.
Qere Qere (from Aramaic קרי "to be read") is a marginal note in a traditional Hebrew text, especially the Hebrew Bible. In contrast to Kethib, Qere is an attempt by the Masoretic scribes to indicate a reading of the text preferred by them, without changing the consonant letters of the traditional Biblical text as it had been handed down to them (hence the appearance of the consonant letters of the Qere only in the margin).
QernĂŞte QernĂŞte is a double reed musical instrument of ancient origin (it is often asserted that the design is several thousand years old) used in Kurdistan in addition to other parts of the Middle East, Armenian Plateau and Central Asia. In Kurdistan it is mostly used in mountainous areas in the north.
Qeshm Qeshm (Persian: قشم - pronounced kē´shm or Jazireh-e-qeshm; Arabic: Jazirat At-tawilah, meaning "long island") is an island situated in the Strait of Hormuz off the south coast of Iran (Persia) and east of the Persian Gulf (). It has an area of over 500 mi² (1295 km²).
Qetesh In Egyptian mythology, Qetesh (also Qadesh, Kadesh, Qatesh, Qadeshet, Qudshu) was a goddess of sex (rather than fertility), who is thought to have originally been a Semitic god, from Chaldean mythology, adopted into the Egyptian [at a later date. Her husband was the god Resheph], another god from Chaldean mythology, who was introduced in the [[Middle Kingdom of Egypt|Middle Kingdom.
QEBH QEBH is a senior honorary society that is unique to the University of Missouri-Columbia. QEBH was the first organization of its kind at MU when it was established in that it is a secret society and its workings, purposes and affairs are known only to its members.
QED project The QED project was a proposal for a computer-based encyclopedia and database of all mathematical knowledge, strictly formalized and with all proofs having been checked automatically. The idea for the project arose in 1993, mainly under the impetus of Robert Boyer.
QEMU QEMU is free software written by Fabrice Bellard that implements a fast processor emulator, allowing full virtualization of a PC system within another one. QEMU is a hypervisor and is similar to projects such as Bochs, VMware Workstation and PearPC, but has several features these lack, including increased speed on x86 (through an optional accelerator), and support for multiple architectures in-progress.
QF 2 pounder naval gun The 2-pounder gun, officially designated the QF 2-pounder (QF denoting "quick firing") and universally known as the pom-pom, is a large calibre British machine-gun, used mostly famously as an anti-aircraft gun by the Royal Navy. The name came from the sound that the original models were reported to make when firing.
QF-Test QF-Test (the successor of qftestJUI, available since 2000) from Quality First Software is a professional cross-platform software tool for automating tests of Java applications with a graphical user interface (GUI). It enables regression and load testing and runs on Windows and all major Unix systems.
QFC Quality Food Centers (QFC) is a supermarket chain based in Bellevue, Washington, with over 80 stores in the Puget Sound region of Washington state and in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. Founded in Bellevue in 1956 by Jack Croco, it was purchased by Portland-based Fred Meyer in 1997.
QFN A QFN or Quad Flat package No leads is an integrated circuit package, used in surface mounted electronic circuits designs. The package is similar to the Quad Flat Package, but the leads are not extending out from the package.
Qi Qi, also commonly spelled ch'i (in Wade-Giles romanization) or ki (in romanized Japanese), is a fundamental concept of traditional Chinese culture. Qi is believed to be part of everything that exists, as in “life force” or “spiritual energy,” It is most often translated as “energy flow,” or literally as “air” or “breath” (for example, a term meaning “weather” is tiÄnqì, literally “sky air”).
Qi Faren Qi Faren is the chief designer for Chinese spacecraft since the launch of the prototype Shenzhou manned spacecraft in 1999. He was born in 1933 and graduated from the Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1957.
Qi Jiguang Qi Jiguang (November 12, 1528 – January 5, 1588) was a Chinese military general and national hero during the Ming Dynasty. He was best remembered for his courage and leadership in the fight against Japanese pirates along the east coast of China, as well as his reinforcement work on the Great Wall of China.
Qi Xi Qi Xi (ä¸ĺ¤•; Pinyin: qÄ« xÄ«; "The Night of Sevens"), sometimes called Chinese Valentine's Day, falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month on the Chinese calendar; thus its name. Young girls traditionally demonstrate their domestic arts, especially melon carving, on this day and make wishes for a good husband.
Qi Zhong Stadium The Qi Zhong Stadium is a tennis staduim in Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China. The stadium was specially created to host the Tennis Masters Cup between 2005 - 2007, and will be the largest tennis stadium in Asia when construction is completed in late 2006.
Qian fu lun Qian fu lun ("Comments of a Recluse") is a political-metaphysical text by the Later Han philosopher Wang Fu. It contains criticisms of contemporary societies, especially the power of consort clans and the growing regionalism.
Qian Chu Qian Chu was a king (947-978 AD) of the Wuyue kingdom (852-988 AD), which covered what is today Shanghai, all of Zhejiang Province, the southern portion of Jiangsu Province, and (later) the northern portion of Fujian Province.
Qian Qianyi Qian Qianyi or Ch'ien Ch'ien-i (1582-1664)　(éŠč¬™ç›Š) was a famous late Ming official, scholar and social historian. His principle work and contribution to period history was the Lieh-ch'ao shih-chi Originally it was a lengthy anthology of poetry with attached biographies.
Qian Zhijun Qian Zhijun, or 钱浚 in Chinese, also known as Xiao Pang (Little Fatty), is a Chinese teenager who has become an Internet phenomenon in China since 2003 due to a photograph of himself being superimposed onto a number of celebrities using image editing software.
Qiana Qiana is a silky nylon fiber first developed by DuPont in 1968 Initially intended for high-end fashions, it eventually became a popular material in the 1970s] for men's shirts, displaying bold patterns and large images. The shirts were generally cut tight and included wide collars to fit over the collars of the [[double-knit suit coats which were worn popularly to discos.
Qiandao Lake Qiandao Lake (Chinese: ĺŤĺł¶ćą–, literally means lake of thousand islands）is a man-made lake located in Chun'an County, Zhejiang Province, China. Qiandao Lake is a man-made lake formed since the completion of the Xinanjiang hydroelectric station.
Qiandao Lake Incident The Qiandao Lake Incident () refers to the 1994 kidnap and murder of Taiwanese tourists and local guides and staff in the Qiandao Lake scenic area, in Zhejiang, China. Insensitive treatment by the local government and police force after the event, including censoring information and unprofessional criminal investigation procedures, led to a public backlash in Taiwan against the People's Republic of China government.
Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 黔东南苗族侗族自治州; pinyin: Qiándōngnán Miáozú Dòngzú Zìzhìzhōu) is an autonomous prefecture of Guizhou province in the People's Republic of China. The seat of the prefecture is Kaili.
Qiang The Qiang people () are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, with a population of approximately 200,000 living in northwestern Sichuan province.
Qiang Duan Qiang Duan officer of a certain barbarian tribe in Yin Ping. Qiang Duan cut off the head of Wu Lan who was a general that at one time sent by Liu Bei to capture the city of Han Zhong, but instead defeated Cao Hong.
Qiang languages The Qiang languages are two Qiangic languages, Northern Qiang and Southern Qiang, of the Tibeto-Burman family spoken in Sichuan Province, Tibet (China). They are often considered "dialects" of a single language (i.
Qianlong Emperor The Qianlong Emperor (born Hongli, September 25, 1711 – February 7, 1799) was the fifth emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the fourth Qing emperor to rule over China. The fourth son of the Yongzheng Emperor, he reigned officially from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796, at which point he retired in favor of his son, the Jiaqing Emperor - a filial act in order not to reign longer than his grandfather, the illustrious Kangxi Emperor.
Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 黔南ĺ¸äľťć—Źč‹—族自治州; pinyin: Qiánnán BĂąyÄ«zĂş MiáozĂş ZìzhìzhĹŤu) is an autonomous prefecture of Guizhou province in the People's Republic of China. The capital of the prefecture is Duyun.
Qiantang River The Qiantang River () is a southeast Chinese river that originates in the borders of Anhui and Jiangxi provinces and passes through Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, before flowing into the East China Sea through Hangzhou Bay.
Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Qianxi'nan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 黔西南ĺ¸äľťć—Źč‹—族自治州; pinyin: QiánxÄ«'nán BĂąyÄ«zĂş MiáozĂş ZìzhìzhĹŤu) is an autonomous prefecture of Guizhou province in the People's Republic of China.
Qiao Xuan Qiao Xuan (乔玄) is a character in the epic Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. A powerful duke from the Southlands, he was father of two daughters who were famed for their beauty, later known as the Two Qiaos.
Qiaojia Pine Qiaojia Pine (Pinus squamata; zh: 巧家五é’ćťľ) is a pine native to a single locality consisting of about 20 trees in northeast Yunnan, China, at about 2200 m elevation. It was only discovered in 1991 and is critically endangered.
Qibla compass A qibla compass or qiblih compass (sometimes also called qibla/qiblih indicator) is a modified compass designed to indicate the direction of prayer. In Islam, this direction is the qibla, pointing to Mecca and specifically to the Ka'abah; In the Bahá'à Faith, this direction is to the Qiblih, pointing to the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh which is in Akká in present-day Israel.
Qieyun The Qieyun () is a Chinese rime dictionary, published in 601 CE during the Sui Dynasty. The title Qieyun literally means "cutting rimes" referring to the traditional Chinese fÇŽnqiè (反ĺ‡; "reverse-cutting") system of spelling, and is thus translatable as "Spelling Rimes.
Qigong Qigong (; or "Energy-Cultivation", is an aspect of Chinese medicine involving the coordination of different breathing patterns with various physical postures and motions of the body. Qigong is mostly taught for health maintenance purposes, but there are also some who teach it as a therapeutic intervention.
Qijia culture The Qijia culture (齊家文化) (2400 BC - 1900 BC) was an early Bronze Age culture distributed around the upper Yellow River region of western Gansu and eastern Qinghai, China. Johan Gunnar Andersson discovered the initial site at Qijiaping (齊家坪) in 1923.
QikDraw Systems QikDraw Systems Pty Ltd is a high technology company based in Adelaide, Australia, specialising in the development of Computer-aided design software products for the engineering, architectural and construction industries and in the design and production of multimedia CAD applications.
Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut Qikiqtaaluk Region or Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut: á•żá‘á–…á‘–á“—á’) is a region of Nunavut. It consists of Baffin Island, the Belcher Islands, Akimiski Island, Mansel Island, Prince Charles Island, Bylot Island, Devon Island, Cornwallis Island, Bathurst Island, Amund Ringnes Island, Ellef Ringnes Island, Axel Heiberg Island, Ellesmere Island, the Melville Peninsula, the eastern part of Melville Island, and the northern parts of Prince of Wales Island, and Somerset Island, plus smaller islands in between.
Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut Qikiqtarjuaq ("big island") (formerly known as Broughton Island until 1 November, 1998), is an island in Nunavut, Canada, off of Baffin Island in Davis Strait. It is served by the small Qikiqtarjuaq Airport and a nine-room inn, The Tulugak Hotel.
Qilian The Qilian mountain range (çĄčżžĺ±±) is located in the south of the Gansu province of northern China. The range stretches from the south of Dunhuang some 800 km to the southeast, forming the western border of the Gansu Corridor.
Qilin The Qilin, also spelled Kylin (), Keilun (in Cantonese), Kirin (also Girin in Korean), Kirin (in Japanese), Sabitun Sabintu (in Manchu), Kỳ lân (in Vietnamese) or Ki len (in Thai), is a mythical hooved Chinese chimerical creature that is said to appear in conjunction with the arrival of a sage. It is a good omen that brings rui (; roughly translated as "serenity" or "prosperity").
Qilinmon Qilinmon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, an Ultimate Level Exalted Beast Digimon, based on the Chinese Qilin, (Kirin in Japanese), a creature that resembles a Unicorn. He is said to be an ancient Digimon born at the time of the Digital World's creation, and it is told in legend to be equal in power to a Mega-level.
Qilla Abdullah Qilla Abdullah or Killa Abdullah or Abdullah Qilla is the name of a fort (qilla) built by Sardar Abdullah Khan Achakzai, a man of great influence. He was one of the two great leaders of the rebellion at Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1841, during which the British envoy was also killed.
Qilla Abdullah District Qilla Abdullah or Killa Abdullah or Abdullah Qilla (Urdu: Ů‚Ů„ŘąŰ ŘąŘ¨ŘŻ الله‎ ) is a district in the north west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Prior to 1975 Qilla Abdulla was part of Pishin district.
Qilla Saifullah Qilla Saifullah or Killa Saifullah or Saifullah Qilla is a mud fort (qilla) built by Saifullah Khan, an influential personage among the Khudiadadzai The Qilla Saifullah District of Pakistan derives its name from this fort.in Pakistan]
Qimin Khan Zhangar Kimen-Qağan (Tuli, Jan-Khan, Kimin-Ture, Chimin-Qaghan, Qimin-Khan, Rangan, 啟民可汗, 染干), son of Chulo-Hou, was the eighth Qaghan of the Göktürks empire. He conspired with princess Dai to overthrow Sui dynasty, but later killed her on Sui orders to marry the princess Anyi, who in turn was assassinated by Yung-Yulu.
Qimpro Qimpro has pioneered the quality movement in India through professional services that range from assessment to transformation management, and from training to coaching and facilitation. Over the years, Qimpro has distinguished itself in planning and implementing the recognition process at the national level.
Qin (state) Qin or Ch'in (Wade-Giles) (秦), (778 BC-207 BC) was a state during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods of China. It eventually grew to dominate the country and unite it for the first time, after which it is referred to as the Qin Dynasty.
Qin Dynasty The Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty () (221 BC - 206 BC) was preceded by the Zhou Dynasty and followed by the Han Dynasty in China. The unification of China 221 BC under the First Emperor Qin Shi Huang marked the beginning of imperial China, a period that lasted until the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912.
Qin Lang Qin Lang was an officer serving under the Kingdom of Wei during the Three Kingdoms Period of the 16th century. Following the Battle of Wuzhang Plains during the year of 234, Qin Lang personally led a night attack on the main camp of Zhuge Liang.
Qin Mi Qin Mi a certain minister of the Three Kingdoms Period that dispised the arrogance of Jian Yong, who was Liu Bei's emissary. Even though Jian Yong served under Liu Bei, he was thrown into prison for criticizing against Wu.
Qin Qi Qin Qi(秦çŞ), in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a story about the early history of China, was supposed to be guarding a ferry point at the southern shore of the Yellow River(黄河). He refused to let Guan Yu cross the river and challenged Guan Yu, which resulted in his death when Guan Yu severed his head with a sweep of his sabre.
Qin Shi Huang Qin Shi Huang () (November / December 260 BC – September 10, 210 BC), personal name Zheng, was king of the Chinese State of Qin from 247 BC to 221 BC (officially still the Zhou Dynasty), and then the first emperor of a unified China from 221 BC to 210 BC, ruling under the name First Emperor.
Qin Wuyang Qin Wuyang was a young man who followed Jing Ke when the latter went on the mission to assassinate Ying Zheng, the king of Qin. Both Jing and Qin were first disguised as envoys from Yan and were there to present the severed head of "Fan Yuqi", a Qin turncoat, and a map of Dukang.
QinetiQ 1 QinetiQ 1 is a balloon designed to set a new manned balloon world altitude record of around 40 km (25 miles, 132,000 feet). The balloon is named after the main sponsors, QinetiQ (formerly part of DERA, the British Defence Evaluation and Research Agency).
QinetiQ Mercator Mercator is a British made unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is currently being developed by QinetiQ. It is a type of "eternal plane" expected to be able to survive through the whole dark and light cycle of the day.
Qing Dynasty The Qing Dynasty (; Manchu: daicing gurun), occasionally known as the Manchu Dynasty, was a dynasty founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro, in what is today northeast China, expanded into China and the surrounding territories, establishing the Empire of the Great Qing (). According to Chinese tradition, the Qing Dynasty was the last Imperial dynasty of China.
Qing gong Qing Gong () translates to "light body skill", and consists of two main skills: One being the ability to perform vertical jumps of a height many times that of the human body, and the other being the ability to travel long distances with a flitting, continuous motion as if flying.
Qingdao (), well-known to the West by its Postal map spelling Tsingtao, is a sub-provincial city in eastern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Yantai to the northeast, Weifang to the west and Rizhao to the southwest.
Qingdao International Sailing Centre The Qingdao International Sailing Centre is a sailing marina located on the former site of the Beihai Shipyard by Qingdao's Fushan Bay at Shandong Province in China. It is under construction for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Qingdao University Qingdao University is a university located in Qingdao, China. Qingdao University is a new comprehensive university in Shandong Province, which was combined with the former Qingdao University, Shandong Textile Engineering Institute, Qingdao Medical College and Qingdao Teachers' College in 1993.
Qatar National Museum Qatar National Museum is the largest museum in Doha, Qatar, and includes many displays relating to the geological history of Qatar as well as a collection of Islamic artifacts and relics. The museum is located in the eastern part of the Doha Corniche, and includes a maritime museum as well as a small lagoon where a traditional dhow is moored.
Qatar Science & Technology Park Qatar Science & Technology Park is a home for international technology companies in Qatar, and an incubator of start-up technology businesses. Established in 2004 as a part of Qatar Foundation, the purpose of the science park is to spur development of Qatar’s knowledge economy.
Qatif Qatif ( ) is a historic, coastal oasis region located on the western shore of the Persian Gulf in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. It extends from Ras Tanura and Jubail in the north to Dammam in the south.
Qatif project The Qatif Project is an oilfield in Qatif, Saudi Arabia, operated by the country's national company Saudi Aramco. The project, the largest crude increment built in recent times, adds 650,000 barrels (103,000 mÂł) per day to the 150,000 barrels (24,000 mÂł) per day already produced from the Abu Safah field.
Qatna Qatna is an ancient city in Syria, present day Tell-el-Mishrife in the Wadi il-Aswad, a tributary of the Orontes, 18 km northeast of Homs. The tell occupies 1 km², which makes it one of the biggest bronze Age towns in western Syria.
Qattara Depression The Qattara Depression ( 'Munkhafad al-Qattarah') is a desert basin within the Libyan Desert of north-western Egypt. The Depression, at 133 m below sea level, contains the second lowest point in Africa (See also: Lake Asal).
Qaumi Tarana The Qaumi Tarana (Urdu: , QaumÄ« TarÄna "National Anthem", from Persian TarÄna-e Qowm) is the national anthem of Pakistan. The music of the anthem was composed by Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla, with lyrics written by Abu-Al-Asar Hafeez Jullandhuri.
Qawasameh The Qawasamehs (Arabic القŮاسمة also Qawasmeh, Kawasmeh or Alqawasameh) are a Palestinian tribe living in Hebron. It is one of the largests tribes in the city, with more than 10,000 people in its lines.
Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, sometimes called QSQT and released in 1988, is a Bollywood film written by veteran producer/director Nasir Hussain and directed by his son Mansoor Khan. The film introduced Hussain's nephew, Aamir Khan to Indian moviegoing audiences.
Qaysin Quli Kaysyn Shuvayevich Kuliev () aka Qaysin Quli (Balkar: КъŃли КъайŃŃ‹Đ˝) (November 1 1917 - June 4 1985) was a Balkar poet. He wrote in the Karachay-Balkar language and his poems are widely translated mostly to USSR languages, such as Russian and Ossetian.
Qayyum Abdul Jamal Qayyum Abdul Jamal is one of 17 people detained on June 2 and June 3, 2006, in the Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the 2006 Toronto terrorism arrests. He and his co-conspirators are alleged to have plotted coordinated bombing attacks against targets in southern Ontario.
Qazakh Qazakh (Azerbaijani: Qazax, Armenian: Ő”ŐˇŐ¦ŐˇÖ„; also known as Kazakh or Gazakh) is a rayon of Azerbaijan. It has two exclaves, Yukhari Askipara and Barkhudarli inside Armenia and have been under Armenian control since the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Qazi Muhammad Qazi Muhammad (in Kurdish QazĂ® Mihemmed; ) (1893 - March 30, 1947) was a nationalist and religious Kurdish leader and the Head of Republic of Kurdistan, (Republic of Mahabad) the second modern Kurdish state in the Middle East (after Republic of Ararat).
Qazi Touqeer Qazi Touqeer, born June 2 1985 in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, was one of the three finalists of Fame Gurukul, one of the most watched television shows in India - along with Rex D'Souza and Ruprekha Banerjee. On 20 October, 2005, he managed to grab the top prize along with Ruprekha Banerjee.
Qazi Zadeh Qadi Zada al-Rumi (1364 - 1436) (also written as Kadi zada) and (Qazi Zadeh in Persian pronunciation) was a prominent Turkish born mathematician who lived in Persia during the late 14th century and early 15th century.
QAPF diagram A QAPF diagram is a double triangle diagram which is used to classify igneous rocks based on mineralogic composition. The acronym, QAPF, stands for "Quartz, Alkali feldspar, Plagioclase, Feldspathoid (Foid)".
Qbinux Qbinux ("QuickBASIC Linux") emulates an environment similar to a Unix-like computer operating system. Like Linux its underlying source code is available for anyone to use, modify, and redistribute freely.
QBasic QBasic (a name derived from QuickBASIC, BASIC being an acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) is a variant of the BASIC programming language. The source code is compiled to an intermediate form within the integrated development environment (IDE), and this intermediate form is immediately interpreted on demand within the IDE.
QBB-95 The QBB-95 is a light support weapon manufactured by Norinco for the People's Liberation Army, the armed forces of the People's Republic of China. This weapon uses a newly-developed ammunition type of Chinese origin, the 5.
QBD (electronics) QBD is the term applied to the charge-to-breakdown measurement of a device and is a method used to determine reliability of gate oxides in MOS devices. Voltage is applied to the MOS structure to force a controlled flow of current through the oxide, i.
QBZ-95 The QBZ-95 () is an assault rifle manufactured by Arsenal 266, part of Norinco and Arsenal 296, under Jianshe Corp, China South for the People's Liberation Army, the armed forces of the People's Republic of China, Chinese People's Armed Police (para-military) and the Chinese law enforcements. This weapon uses a newly-developed ammunition type of Chinese origin, the 5.
Qcodo The QCodo Development Framework is an open-source PHP 5 framework which builds an Object Relational Model (ORM), CRUD (Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete) UI pages, and AJAX hooks from an existing data model. It additionally includes a tightly-integrated HTML and JavaScript form toolkit which interfaces directly with the generated entities.
Qcow qcow is a type of disk image that can be used with the QEMU emulator, the other types being vvfat, vpc, bochs, dmg, cloop, vmdk, cow, and raw, depending on the OS. The qcow image grows as data is added, and supports AES encryption and transparent decompression.
QC clause In insurance law, a QC clause is a clause in an insurance policy (usually but not exclusively a professional indemnity insurance policy) that provides that an action against the insured is not to be contested unless a Queen's Counsel (or QC) advises that the defence has a reasonable prospect of success. The principle reason for such clauses is to minimise conflict between the insured and the insurer.
QCD string In quantum chromodynamics, or more generally, quantum gauge theories with a connection which are confining, stringlike degrees of freedom called QCD strings or QCD flux tubes form. These stringlike excitations are responsible for the confinement of color charges since they are always attached to at least a string and the strings have tension.
QCD vacuum The QCD vacuum is the vacuum state of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). It is an example of a non-perturbative vacuum state, characterized by many non-vanishing condensates such as the gluon condensate or the quark condensate.
QCMF QCMF (Queensland Catholic Schools & Colleges Music Festival) is an annual music event held at Villanova College, Queensland, Australia, from August 18 to 20. The three day event encompasses the participation of 70 Catholic schools from Queensland and New Zealand in competition for a Gold, Silver or Bronze plaques, judged by leading musicians.
QDecoder qDecoder is a Web Application Interface C/C++ library giving transparent access to GET/POST/FILE/COOKIE values, Session handling, Config file parsing, and various connection, string, search, SED, AWK and file handling functions.
QDesign The QDesign Music Codec was originally LBpack, by Dmitry Shmunk. QDesign corporation bought the codec and hired the developer to create what would become the official audio compression in Apple Computer's QuickTime v3.
QDesigner QDesigner is a repackaged version of the Sybase modeling tool Powerdesigner used by developers to model programming and database objects. It is used for modeling and designing conceptual, logical, and physical database schemas (relational and XML), as well as doing object-oriented modeling (UML 1.
QDGC QDGC - Quarter Degree Grid Cells (or QDS - Quarter degree Squares) are a way of dividing the longitude latitude degree square cells into smaller squares, forming in effect a system of geocodes. QDGC represents a way of making (almost) equal area squares covering a specific area to represent specific qualities of the area covered.
QDOS QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) was the working title for 86-DOS, an operating system developed and marketed by Seattle Computer Products for its Intel 8086-based computer kit. QDOS had a command structure and application programming interface that imitated that of Digital Research's CP/M operating system, which made it easy to port programs from the latter.
QDPR QDPR (quinoid dihydropteridine reductase) is a human gene that produces the enzyme quinoid dihydropteridine reductase. This enzyme is part of the pathway that recycles a substance called tetrahydrobiopterin, also known as BH4.
Qelelevu Qelelevu is a coral islet in Fiji, a member of the Ringgold Isles archipelago, which forms an outlier to the northern island of Vanua Levu. Apart from three nearby coral islets, it is 80 kilometers from the nearest island.
Qeleshe A qeleshe is a traditional skull cap, which is worn by Albanian men, usually from northern highlands of Albania or Kosovo and particularly in the Arberesh villages in Italy. The cap is made from one single piece of woolen felt, usually white, that is molded to the shape of the head.
Qenan Al-Ghamdi Mr Qenan Al-Ghamdi (Arabic: قينان الغامدي) is a Saudi-Arabian liberal journalist. former editor in chief of Al-Watan(Arabic: جريدة الŮطن السعŮŘŻŮŠŘ©) a popular newspaper based in the south of Saudi Arabia.
Qeqertarsuaq Qeqertarsuaq or Godhavn in Danish is a port and a town on the south coast of Qeqertarsuaq (Disko Island), an island on the west coast of Greenland. Founded in 1773, it is home to a campus of the University of Copenhagen.
Qere Qere (from Aramaic קרי "to be read") is a marginal note in a traditional Hebrew text, especially the Hebrew Bible. In contrast to Kethib, Qere is an attempt by the Masoretic scribes to indicate a reading of the text preferred by them, without changing the consonant letters of the traditional Biblical text as it had been handed down to them (hence the appearance of the consonant letters of the Qere only in the margin).
QernĂŞte QernĂŞte is a double reed musical instrument of ancient origin (it is often asserted that the design is several thousand years old) used in Kurdistan in addition to other parts of the Middle East, Armenian Plateau and Central Asia. In Kurdistan it is mostly used in mountainous areas in the north.
Qeshm Qeshm (Persian: قشم - pronounced kē´shm or Jazireh-e-qeshm; Arabic: Jazirat At-tawilah, meaning "long island") is an island situated in the Strait of Hormuz off the south coast of Iran (Persia) and east of the Persian Gulf (). It has an area of over 500 mi² (1295 km²).
Qetesh In Egyptian mythology, Qetesh (also Qadesh, Kadesh, Qatesh, Qadeshet, Qudshu) was a goddess of sex (rather than fertility), who is thought to have originally been a Semitic god, from Chaldean mythology, adopted into the Egyptian [at a later date. Her husband was the god Resheph], another god from Chaldean mythology, who was introduced in the [[Middle Kingdom of Egypt|Middle Kingdom.
QEBH QEBH is a senior honorary society that is unique to the University of Missouri-Columbia. QEBH was the first organization of its kind at MU when it was established in that it is a secret society and its workings, purposes and affairs are known only to its members.
QED project The QED project was a proposal for a computer-based encyclopedia and database of all mathematical knowledge, strictly formalized and with all proofs having been checked automatically. The idea for the project arose in 1993, mainly under the impetus of Robert Boyer.
QEMU QEMU is free software written by Fabrice Bellard that implements a fast processor emulator, allowing full virtualization of a PC system within another one. QEMU is a hypervisor and is similar to projects such as Bochs, VMware Workstation and PearPC, but has several features these lack, including increased speed on x86 (through an optional accelerator), and support for multiple architectures in-progress.
QF 2 pounder naval gun The 2-pounder gun, officially designated the QF 2-pounder (QF denoting "quick firing") and universally known as the pom-pom, is a large calibre British machine-gun, used mostly famously as an anti-aircraft gun by the Royal Navy. The name came from the sound that the original models were reported to make when firing.
QF-Test QF-Test (the successor of qftestJUI, available since 2000) from Quality First Software is a professional cross-platform software tool for automating tests of Java applications with a graphical user interface (GUI). It enables regression and load testing and runs on Windows and all major Unix systems.
QFC Quality Food Centers (QFC) is a supermarket chain based in Bellevue, Washington, with over 80 stores in the Puget Sound region of Washington state and in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. Founded in Bellevue in 1956 by Jack Croco, it was purchased by Portland-based Fred Meyer in 1997.
QFN A QFN or Quad Flat package No leads is an integrated circuit package, used in surface mounted electronic circuits designs. The package is similar to the Quad Flat Package, but the leads are not extending out from the package.
Qi Qi, also commonly spelled ch'i (in Wade-Giles romanization) or ki (in romanized Japanese), is a fundamental concept of traditional Chinese culture. Qi is believed to be part of everything that exists, as in “life force” or “spiritual energy,” It is most often translated as “energy flow,” or literally as “air” or “breath” (for example, a term meaning “weather” is tiÄnqì, literally “sky air”).
Qi Faren Qi Faren is the chief designer for Chinese spacecraft since the launch of the prototype Shenzhou manned spacecraft in 1999. He was born in 1933 and graduated from the Beijing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 1957.
Qi Jiguang Qi Jiguang (November 12, 1528 – January 5, 1588) was a Chinese military general and national hero during the Ming Dynasty. He was best remembered for his courage and leadership in the fight against Japanese pirates along the east coast of China, as well as his reinforcement work on the Great Wall of China.
Qi Xi Qi Xi (ä¸ĺ¤•; Pinyin: qÄ« xÄ«; "The Night of Sevens"), sometimes called Chinese Valentine's Day, falls on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month on the Chinese calendar; thus its name. Young girls traditionally demonstrate their domestic arts, especially melon carving, on this day and make wishes for a good husband.
Qi Zhong Stadium The Qi Zhong Stadium is a tennis staduim in Shanghai, Peoples Republic of China. The stadium was specially created to host the Tennis Masters Cup between 2005 - 2007, and will be the largest tennis stadium in Asia when construction is completed in late 2006.
Qian fu lun Qian fu lun ("Comments of a Recluse") is a political-metaphysical text by the Later Han philosopher Wang Fu. It contains criticisms of contemporary societies, especially the power of consort clans and the growing regionalism.
Qian Chu Qian Chu was a king (947-978 AD) of the Wuyue kingdom (852-988 AD), which covered what is today Shanghai, all of Zhejiang Province, the southern portion of Jiangsu Province, and (later) the northern portion of Fujian Province.
Qian Qianyi Qian Qianyi or Ch'ien Ch'ien-i (1582-1664)　(éŠč¬™ç›Š) was a famous late Ming official, scholar and social historian. His principle work and contribution to period history was the Lieh-ch'ao shih-chi Originally it was a lengthy anthology of poetry with attached biographies.
Qian Zhijun Qian Zhijun, or 钱浚 in Chinese, also known as Xiao Pang (Little Fatty), is a Chinese teenager who has become an Internet phenomenon in China since 2003 due to a photograph of himself being superimposed onto a number of celebrities using image editing software.
Qiana Qiana is a silky nylon fiber first developed by DuPont in 1968 Initially intended for high-end fashions, it eventually became a popular material in the 1970s] for men's shirts, displaying bold patterns and large images. The shirts were generally cut tight and included wide collars to fit over the collars of the [[double-knit suit coats which were worn popularly to discos.
Qiandao Lake Qiandao Lake (Chinese: ĺŤĺł¶ćą–, literally means lake of thousand islands）is a man-made lake located in Chun'an County, Zhejiang Province, China. Qiandao Lake is a man-made lake formed since the completion of the Xinanjiang hydroelectric station.
Qiandao Lake Incident The Qiandao Lake Incident () refers to the 1994 kidnap and murder of Taiwanese tourists and local guides and staff in the Qiandao Lake scenic area, in Zhejiang, China. Insensitive treatment by the local government and police force after the event, including censoring information and unprofessional criminal investigation procedures, led to a public backlash in Taiwan against the People's Republic of China government.
Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 黔东南苗族侗族自治州; pinyin: Qiándōngnán Miáozú Dòngzú Zìzhìzhōu) is an autonomous prefecture of Guizhou province in the People's Republic of China. The seat of the prefecture is Kaili.
Qiang The Qiang people () are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, with a population of approximately 200,000 living in northwestern Sichuan province.
Qiang Duan Qiang Duan officer of a certain barbarian tribe in Yin Ping. Qiang Duan cut off the head of Wu Lan who was a general that at one time sent by Liu Bei to capture the city of Han Zhong, but instead defeated Cao Hong.
Qiang languages The Qiang languages are two Qiangic languages, Northern Qiang and Southern Qiang, of the Tibeto-Burman family spoken in Sichuan Province, Tibet (China). They are often considered "dialects" of a single language (i.
Qianlong Emperor The Qianlong Emperor (born Hongli, September 25, 1711 – February 7, 1799) was the fifth emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the fourth Qing emperor to rule over China. The fourth son of the Yongzheng Emperor, he reigned officially from October 18, 1735 to February 9, 1796, at which point he retired in favor of his son, the Jiaqing Emperor - a filial act in order not to reign longer than his grandfather, the illustrious Kangxi Emperor.
Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 黔南ĺ¸äľťć—Źč‹—族自治州; pinyin: Qiánnán BĂąyÄ«zĂş MiáozĂş ZìzhìzhĹŤu) is an autonomous prefecture of Guizhou province in the People's Republic of China. The capital of the prefecture is Duyun.
Qiantang River The Qiantang River () is a southeast Chinese river that originates in the borders of Anhui and Jiangxi provinces and passes through Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, before flowing into the East China Sea through Hangzhou Bay.
Qianxinan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture Qianxi'nan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 黔西南ĺ¸äľťć—Źč‹—族自治州; pinyin: QiánxÄ«'nán BĂąyÄ«zĂş MiáozĂş ZìzhìzhĹŤu) is an autonomous prefecture of Guizhou province in the People's Republic of China.
Qiao Xuan Qiao Xuan (乔玄) is a character in the epic Chinese novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. A powerful duke from the Southlands, he was father of two daughters who were famed for their beauty, later known as the Two Qiaos.
Qiaojia Pine Qiaojia Pine (Pinus squamata; zh: 巧家五é’ćťľ) is a pine native to a single locality consisting of about 20 trees in northeast Yunnan, China, at about 2200 m elevation. It was only discovered in 1991 and is critically endangered.
Qibla compass A qibla compass or qiblih compass (sometimes also called qibla/qiblih indicator) is a modified compass designed to indicate the direction of prayer. In Islam, this direction is the qibla, pointing to Mecca and specifically to the Ka'abah; In the Bahá'à Faith, this direction is to the Qiblih, pointing to the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh which is in Akká in present-day Israel.
Qieyun The Qieyun () is a Chinese rime dictionary, published in 601 CE during the Sui Dynasty. The title Qieyun literally means "cutting rimes" referring to the traditional Chinese fÇŽnqiè (反ĺ‡; "reverse-cutting") system of spelling, and is thus translatable as "Spelling Rimes.
Qigong Qigong (; or "Energy-Cultivation", is an aspect of Chinese medicine involving the coordination of different breathing patterns with various physical postures and motions of the body. Qigong is mostly taught for health maintenance purposes, but there are also some who teach it as a therapeutic intervention.
Qijia culture The Qijia culture (齊家文化) (2400 BC - 1900 BC) was an early Bronze Age culture distributed around the upper Yellow River region of western Gansu and eastern Qinghai, China. Johan Gunnar Andersson discovered the initial site at Qijiaping (齊家坪) in 1923.
QikDraw Systems QikDraw Systems Pty Ltd is a high technology company based in Adelaide, Australia, specialising in the development of Computer-aided design software products for the engineering, architectural and construction industries and in the design and production of multimedia CAD applications.
Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut Qikiqtaaluk Region or Qikiqtani Region (Inuktitut: á•żá‘á–…á‘–á“—á’) is a region of Nunavut. It consists of Baffin Island, the Belcher Islands, Akimiski Island, Mansel Island, Prince Charles Island, Bylot Island, Devon Island, Cornwallis Island, Bathurst Island, Amund Ringnes Island, Ellef Ringnes Island, Axel Heiberg Island, Ellesmere Island, the Melville Peninsula, the eastern part of Melville Island, and the northern parts of Prince of Wales Island, and Somerset Island, plus smaller islands in between.
Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut Qikiqtarjuaq ("big island") (formerly known as Broughton Island until 1 November, 1998), is an island in Nunavut, Canada, off of Baffin Island in Davis Strait. It is served by the small Qikiqtarjuaq Airport and a nine-room inn, The Tulugak Hotel.
Qilian The Qilian mountain range (çĄčżžĺ±±) is located in the south of the Gansu province of northern China. The range stretches from the south of Dunhuang some 800 km to the southeast, forming the western border of the Gansu Corridor.
Qilin The Qilin, also spelled Kylin (), Keilun (in Cantonese), Kirin (also Girin in Korean), Kirin (in Japanese), Sabitun Sabintu (in Manchu), Kỳ lân (in Vietnamese) or Ki len (in Thai), is a mythical hooved Chinese chimerical creature that is said to appear in conjunction with the arrival of a sage. It is a good omen that brings rui (; roughly translated as "serenity" or "prosperity").
Qilinmon Qilinmon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, an Ultimate Level Exalted Beast Digimon, based on the Chinese Qilin, (Kirin in Japanese), a creature that resembles a Unicorn. He is said to be an ancient Digimon born at the time of the Digital World's creation, and it is told in legend to be equal in power to a Mega-level.
Qilla Abdullah Qilla Abdullah or Killa Abdullah or Abdullah Qilla is the name of a fort (qilla) built by Sardar Abdullah Khan Achakzai, a man of great influence. He was one of the two great leaders of the rebellion at Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1841, during which the British envoy was also killed.
Qilla Abdullah District Qilla Abdullah or Killa Abdullah or Abdullah Qilla (Urdu: Ů‚Ů„ŘąŰ ŘąŘ¨ŘŻ الله‎ ) is a district in the north west of Balochistan province of Pakistan. Prior to 1975 Qilla Abdulla was part of Pishin district.
Qilla Saifullah Qilla Saifullah or Killa Saifullah or Saifullah Qilla is a mud fort (qilla) built by Saifullah Khan, an influential personage among the Khudiadadzai The Qilla Saifullah District of Pakistan derives its name from this fort.in Pakistan]
Qimin Khan Zhangar Kimen-Qağan (Tuli, Jan-Khan, Kimin-Ture, Chimin-Qaghan, Qimin-Khan, Rangan, 啟民可汗, 染干), son of Chulo-Hou, was the eighth Qaghan of the Göktürks empire. He conspired with princess Dai to overthrow Sui dynasty, but later killed her on Sui orders to marry the princess Anyi, who in turn was assassinated by Yung-Yulu.
Qimpro Qimpro has pioneered the quality movement in India through professional services that range from assessment to transformation management, and from training to coaching and facilitation. Over the years, Qimpro has distinguished itself in planning and implementing the recognition process at the national level.
Qin (state) Qin or Ch'in (Wade-Giles) (秦), (778 BC-207 BC) was a state during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods of China. It eventually grew to dominate the country and unite it for the first time, after which it is referred to as the Qin Dynasty.
Qin Dynasty The Qin (Ch'in) Dynasty () (221 BC - 206 BC) was preceded by the Zhou Dynasty and followed by the Han Dynasty in China. The unification of China 221 BC under the First Emperor Qin Shi Huang marked the beginning of imperial China, a period that lasted until the fall of the Qing Dynasty in 1912.
Qin Lang Qin Lang was an officer serving under the Kingdom of Wei during the Three Kingdoms Period of the 16th century. Following the Battle of Wuzhang Plains during the year of 234, Qin Lang personally led a night attack on the main camp of Zhuge Liang.
Qin Mi Qin Mi a certain minister of the Three Kingdoms Period that dispised the arrogance of Jian Yong, who was Liu Bei's emissary. Even though Jian Yong served under Liu Bei, he was thrown into prison for criticizing against Wu.
Qin Qi Qin Qi(秦çŞ), in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a story about the early history of China, was supposed to be guarding a ferry point at the southern shore of the Yellow River(黄河). He refused to let Guan Yu cross the river and challenged Guan Yu, which resulted in his death when Guan Yu severed his head with a sweep of his sabre.
Qin Shi Huang Qin Shi Huang () (November / December 260 BC – September 10, 210 BC), personal name Zheng, was king of the Chinese State of Qin from 247 BC to 221 BC (officially still the Zhou Dynasty), and then the first emperor of a unified China from 221 BC to 210 BC, ruling under the name First Emperor.
Qin Wuyang Qin Wuyang was a young man who followed Jing Ke when the latter went on the mission to assassinate Ying Zheng, the king of Qin. Both Jing and Qin were first disguised as envoys from Yan and were there to present the severed head of "Fan Yuqi", a Qin turncoat, and a map of Dukang.
QinetiQ 1 QinetiQ 1 is a balloon designed to set a new manned balloon world altitude record of around 40 km (25 miles, 132,000 feet). The balloon is named after the main sponsors, QinetiQ (formerly part of DERA, the British Defence Evaluation and Research Agency).
QinetiQ Mercator Mercator is a British made unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is currently being developed by QinetiQ. It is a type of "eternal plane" expected to be able to survive through the whole dark and light cycle of the day.
Qing Dynasty The Qing Dynasty (; Manchu: daicing gurun), occasionally known as the Manchu Dynasty, was a dynasty founded by the Manchu clan Aisin Gioro, in what is today northeast China, expanded into China and the surrounding territories, establishing the Empire of the Great Qing (). According to Chinese tradition, the Qing Dynasty was the last Imperial dynasty of China.
Qing gong Qing Gong () translates to "light body skill", and consists of two main skills: One being the ability to perform vertical jumps of a height many times that of the human body, and the other being the ability to travel long distances with a flitting, continuous motion as if flying.
Qingdao (), well-known to the West by its Postal map spelling Tsingtao, is a sub-provincial city in eastern Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders Yantai to the northeast, Weifang to the west and Rizhao to the southwest.
Qingdao International Sailing Centre The Qingdao International Sailing Centre is a sailing marina located on the former site of the Beihai Shipyard by Qingdao's Fushan Bay at Shandong Province in China. It is under construction for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Qingdao University Qingdao University is a university located in Qingdao, China. Qingdao University is a new comprehensive university in Shandong Province, which was combined with the former Qingdao University, Shandong Textile Engineering Institute, Qingdao Medical College and Qingdao Teachers' College in 1993.
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