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Zhou Cang Zhou Cang (周倉) was a fictional character created by Luo Guanzhong in his Romance of the Three Kingdoms. A strong warrior with a dark face and a wiry beard, Zhou Cang became caught up in the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
Zhou Dunyi Zhou Dunyi (; 1017-1073 CE), or Zhou Lianxi (周濂溪; Chou Lien-hsi), was a Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher and cosmologist during the Song Dynasty. He conceptualized the Neo-Confucian cosmology of the day, explaining the relationship between human conduct and universal forces.
Zhou Dynasty The Zhou Dynasty (; 1122 BC to 256 BC (ref) followed the Shang (Yin) Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty in China. The Zhou dynasty lasted longer than any other in Chinese history, and the use of iron was introduced to China during this time The dynasty also spans the period in which the written script evolved from the ancient stage as seen in early Western Zhou bronze inscriptions, to the beginnings of the modern stage, in the form of the archaic clerical script of the late Warring States period].
Zhou Jie Zhou Jie (周杰) ( Xi'an, China, August 5th, ?) is a popular Chinese actor and singer, best known for his works on two television series as Fu Er Kang on Huan Zhu Ge Ge trilogy and as Yang Kang on The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2003).
Zhou Lianggong Zhou Lianggong or Chou Liang-kung (1612 – 1672), Chinese poet, essayist and art historian, had long family ties to Nanking, where he was born. He passed his chin-shih degree in 1640, becoming a magistrate in Shantung where he defended the city from attack from Manchu soldiers.
Zhou She Zhou She (周捨) (469-524), courtesy name Shengyi (ć‡é€¸), formally Viscount Jian (ç°ˇĺ, literally "the undiscriminating viscount"), was an official of the Chinese dynasty Liang Dynasty. He was never titular prime minister, and never held an office of high rank, but was largely considered a de facto prime minister and was well-regarded by his contemporaries.
Zhou Tiehai Zhou Tiehai is a contemporary Chinese painter whose art attempts to satirize much of modern Chinese art. Zhou does not paint his own works, though he earned an arts degree from the School of Fine Arts at Shanghai University in 1989.
Zhou Xinfang Zhou Xinfang, (Traditional Chinese:周信芳, Simplified Chinese:周信芳, January 28 1895 – March 5 1975), was a famous Beijing Opera actor who died in the Cultural Revolution. He is regarded as one of the greatest masters of Beijing Opera.
Zhou Yang Zhou Yang (November 7 1908 - July 31 1989, Wade-Giles Chou Yang) was a Chinese literary theorist and Marxist thinker. His report On the Military Tasks of Philosophy and Social Science Workers, delivered to Mao Zedong in 1963, was one of the catalysts for the Cultural Revolution.
Zhou Zhengyi Zhou Zhengyi (Chinese: 周ćŁćŻ…) (born 1961) is a prominent businessman based in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. The flamboyant property developer is described as the 11th richest man in China, with personal assets totalling US$320 million.
Zhou Zuoren Zhou Zuoren (Chinese: 周作人, Wade Giles: Chou Tso-jen) (16 January 1885-6 May 1967), political figure and well-known Chinese writer and brother of influential writer Lu Xun. Zhou was a writer and scholar of Chinese literature.
Zhoukou Zhoukou () is a prefecture-level city in eastern Henan province, People's Republic of China. It borders Zhumadian to the southeast, Xuchang and Luohe to the west, Kaifeng to the northwest, Shangqiu to the northeast, and the province of Anhui on all other sides.
Zhoukoudian Zhoukoudian or Choukoutien () is a cave system near Beijing in China. It has yielded many archaeological discoveries, including one of the first specimens of Homo erectus, dubbed Peking Man, and a fine assemblage of bones of the gigantic hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris.
Zhoushan Zhoushan (), formerly transliterated as Chusan, is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. The only prefecture-level city consisting solely of islands, it lies across the mouth of the Hangzhou Bay, and is separated from the mainland by a narrow body of water.
Zhovti Vody Zhovti Vody (, , ) is a city in south-central Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province). The city is designated as a separate raion (district) within the oblast, and is located on the Yellow River () approximately 130km west of the oblast's administrative center, Dnipropetrovsk.
Zhu De ZhĹ« DĂ© (, Wade-Giles: Chu Teh, zi: YĂąjiÄ“ 玉é¶) (December 1, 1886 – July 6, 1976) was a Chinese Communist military leader and statesman. He is regarded as the founder of the Chinese Red Army (the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army) and the tactician who engineered the revolution from which emerged the People's Republic of China.
Zhu Chenghu Professor Zhu Chenghu (ćś±ć虎, born 1952, in Dangtu, Anhui, China) is the dean of the Defense Affairs Institute for China's National Defense University of the People's Liberation Army. He holds the rank of Major General.
Zhu Jianhua Zhu Jianhua (born May 29, 1963) is a retired Chinese high jumper. Dominating Asian high jump in the early 1980's, he won the Asian Championships in 1981, crushing the championship record (CR) with 15 centimetres.
Zhu Ling (1973) Zhu Ling is best known as the victim of an unsolved 1995 thallium poisoning case in Beijing, China. Her case was reported to the public via the Usenet newsgroup by her classmate, and was subsequently picked up by news networks all over the world.
Zhu Ran Zhu Ran (182 - 248) was a general in the service of the Sun family, and later of the Kingdom of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period in China. He was praised for his skills as a general, and took part in many important military campaigns for the Kingdom of Wu, including the capture of Guan Yu, the Battle of Yiling, and the defense of Jiangling (江陵).
Zhu Tong Nicknamed the 'Beautiful Beard' (美髯公); naturally because of his majestic beard), Zhu Tong (朱仝) went through a tumultuous time before he eventually joined the Liangshan heroes in the Chinese tale, the Water Margin. The persistence involved in recruiting this man (Chao Gai had the help of Lei Heng, Zhu's best friend) highlighted the calibre of Zhu.
Zhu Xi Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (born October 18, 1130, Yuxi, Fujian province, China – died April 23, 1200, China) was a Song Dynasty (960-1279) Confucian scholar who became the leading figure of the School of Principle and the most influential rationalist Neo-Confucian in China. His contribution to Chinese philosophy included his grouping of the Four Books, his emphasis on the investigation of things (gewu), and the synthesis of all fundamental Confucian concepts.
Zhu Xiao Di Zhu Xiao Di, author of Tales of Judge Dee, has also authored a biographical work, Thirty Years in a Red House: A Memoir of Childhood and Youth in Communist China, and contributed to Father: Famous Writers Celebrate the Bond Between Father and Child, an anthology including contributions by Annie Proulx, John Updike, Dean Koontz, and Calvin Trillin.
Zhu Yi Zhu Yi (朱異) an officer serving under the Kingdom of Wu during the Three Kingdoms Period of China. Zhu Yi served Wu as part of reinforcement sent by current Prime Minister Sun Chen during the insurrection of Zhuge Dan.
Zhu Youlang, Prince of Gui The Prince of Gui (桂王) or the Yongli Emperor, was an emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty in China. He was the last surviving Southern Ming emperor who lived long enough to see the collapse of the last vestiges of the Ming dynasty in mainland China.
Zhu Zhi Zhu Zhi (156-224) was an officer of the Kingdom of Wu during the Three Kingdoms Period in China. He was known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings", the Wu counterpart to the Five Tiger Generals of Wei.
Zhuan Shu Kuan Zhuan Shu Kuan (pronounced "tchwan soo kwan") is a martial art mainly incorporating striking techniques similar to taekwondo and muay thai, but also includes forms adapted from Changquan (â€long fist’). It is ostensibly a Northern Shaolin style, though the average class has many similarities to kickboxing training.
Zhuan Zhu Zhuan Zhu (ĺ°č«¸; died in 515 BC) was an assassin in the Spring and Autumn Period. As Prince Guang (later King He Lu of Wu) wanted to kill King Liao of Wu and take the throne himself, Zhuan Zhu was recommended to Prince Guang by Wu Zixu.
Zhuang (surname) Zhuang (Chinese: [Pinyin]: ZhuÄng; [[Wade-Giles: Chuang) is a Chinese surname. It ranked 73rd by population in a 1990 study of 174, 900 samples but dropped out of the top 100 in a 2006 study, which includes 296 million samples[http://culture.
Zhuang Zedong Zhuang Zedong (Chinese: ĺş„ĺ™ć ‹; Pinyin: ZhuÄng ZĂ©dòng; Wade-Giles: Chuang Tsetung) (1940 - ). Chinese table tennis player, three-time world men's singles champion and champion at numerous other table tennis events, a well-known political personality during the tumult of the Cultural Revolution.
Zhuangzi ZhuÄngzÇ (pinyin), Chuang TzĹ (Wade-Giles), Chuang Tsu, Zhuang Tze, or Chuang Tse (Traditional Chinese characters: 莊ĺ; Simplified Chinese characters: ĺş„ĺ, literally meaning "Master Zhuang") was a famous philosopher in ancient China who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period, corresponding to the Hundred Schools of Thought philosophical summit of Chinese thought.
Zhugderdemidiyn Gurragcha Zhugderdemidiyn Gurragcha, aka Gurragcha Sansar (Mongolian: Đ–Ńгдердемидийн Đ“Ńррагча) (born December 5, 1947) was the first Mongolian cosmonaut and the second Asian in space. He was Mongolia's defense minister from 2000 to 2004.
Zhuge Jin ZhĹ«gĂ© JÇn (諸葛瑾) (AD 174 - 241), courtesy name Ziyu (Wade-Giles: TzĹ-yu) (ĺç‘ś), was a minister of the Kingdom of Wu of China and elder brother of the famous Shu strategist Zhuge Liang. He was greatly trusted by Sun Quan.
Zhuge Ke Zhuge Ke (諸葛ćŞ) (203-253), courtesy name Yuanxun (ĺ…éś), was the son of the Eastern Wu minister, Zhuge Jin, whose younger brother was the great Shu statesman Zhuge Liang. He succeeded Lu Xun after Lu's death.
Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign (), also known as Battle of Nanzhong (), refers to the military campaign led by the Zhuge Liang of the Shu Han against the southern rebels in 225, during the Three Kingdoms period. The campaign was a response to the incidents of rebellion by local governors and intrusions by the Nanman ("southern barbarians").
Zhuihu The zhuihu ([pinyin]: zhĂąihĂş; also called zhuiqin or zhuizixian) is a two-stringed [[Bow (music)|bowed string instrument from China. In construction, it resembles the sanxian, and likely evolved as a bowed version of that instrument.
Zhukaigou culture The Zhukaigou culture (朱開溝文化) was a late Neolithic and early Bronze Age culture centered in the Ordos Plateau of Inner Mongolia, China. The type site at Zhukaigou was discovered in Ejin Banner, Inner Mongolia, and excavated from 1977 to 1984.
Zhumadian Zhumadian () is a prefecture-level city in southern Henan province, People's Republic of China. It borders Xinyang to the south, Nanyang to the west, Pingdingshan to the northwest, Luohe to the north, Zhoukou to the northeast, and the province of Anhui to the east.
Zhuqiaomon Zhuqiaomon (pronounced "Zoo-chow-mon" in English) is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, an Exalted Bird Digimon. One of the four Digimon Sovereigns, he is the Guardian of the Digital World's Southern Hemisphere.
Zhuyin Zhuyin fuhao (), or "Symbols for Annotating Sounds", often abbreviated as Zhuyin, or known as Bopomofo (ㄅㄆㄇă„) after the first four letters of this Chinese phonemic alphabet (bo po mo fo), is the national phonetic system of the Republic of China for teaching Chinese languages, especially Standard Mandarin, to people learning to read and write and/or to people learning to speak Mandarin. (See Uses).
Zhvil (Hasidic dynasty) Zvhil (Zvyahel) is a Hasidic dynasty which originated with Rabbi Moshe of Zvhil, the son of Rabbi Yechiel Michael, the Magid (Preacher) of Zlotchov. As in several inter-related Hasidic dynasties, family tradition held that Rabbi Moshe was a descendant of King David.
Zhyolnino Zhyolnino (Russian: Жёлнино) is an urban-type settlement (village) in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the vicinity and under the jurisdiction administratively of the city of Dzerzhinsk, Russia.
Zhyraornis Zhyraornis is a genus of prehistoric bird from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian to early Campanian, 85-79 mya). Its fossils have been found in Bissekty Formation deposits near Dzharakuduk in the Kyzyl Kum, Uzbekistan; the only species is Zhyraornis kashkarovi.
Zhytomyrska (Kiev Metro) Zhytomyrska (; ) is a Kiev Metro station on Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line. The station was opened on the 24th May 2003 as part of the westward extension of the Sviatoshynsky radius along with its neighbour Akademmistechko.
ZHLT ZHLT (Zoners Half-Life Tools) is a collection of compiler-compiler tools for Half-Life and games or mods running on the GoldSrc graphics engine. The suite is based on the "q" tools, which came with the original software development kit.
Zi Chan Zi Chan (ĺ產, ĺ产), also know as Gongsun Qiao (died 522 BC), was the most outstanding statesman of the State of Zheng in ancient China during the Spring and Autumn Period. Born in Zheng to an aristocratic family, Zi Chan was a statesman of Zheng from 544 BC until his death.
Zi Lan Liao Zi Lan Liao is an international concert circuit performer on the guzheng (Chinese zither). She has performed at the Royal Albert Hall and Royal Festival Halland has toured Spain, Italy, France, Holland, Finland, the USA and Australia.
Zi Ran Men Zi Ran Men (), also known as Natural Boxing, is a Northern internal style of Kung Fu that is taught in conjunction with Qigong breathing techniques. The style traces its lineage to Dwarf Xu, who based it on ancient Taoist philosophy.
Zia Mody Zia Mody, currently a Senior Partner of AZB & Partners, is a prominent Indian legal consultant. Her expertise include corporate merger & acquisitions, securities law, private equity and project finance.
Ziad al-Khasawneh Ziad al-Khasawneh is a Jordanian lawyer who heads a team of twenty-two defense lawyers for former Iraq President Saddam Hussein. He has complained of repeated US efforts to hamper Hussein's defense, particularly in connection to the difficulty of meeting with their client.
Ziad Abderrazzak Mohammad Aswad Ziad Abderrazzak Mohammad Aswad was Minister of Higher Education in the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003. A Sunni Muslim, he is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, and formerly chaired Baghdad University's Department of Petroleum Engineering.
Ziad Fazah Ziad Youssef Fazah (born June 10, 1954 in Monrovia, Liberia) is reputed to be the world's most accomplished hyperpolyglot. It is said that he speaks, reads and understands 58 languages, most of which learned before the age of 20.
Ziad Jarrah Ziad Samir Jarrah (Arabic: زياد سمير جراŘ) (May 11, 1975 — September 11, 2001), was the pilot of the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93, part of the September 11, 2001 attacks. He is believed to have taken over as the pilot of the aircraft and made an unsuccessful attempt to crash the plane into the U.
Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly A high-ranking aide of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in the Iraq War, Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly was captured by Jordanian intelligence officers in May 2006 and gave information that may have resulted in al-Zarqawai's death in an airstrike a month later.
Ziad Rahbani Ziad Rahbani (, born 1956) is a Lebanese composer, writer and singer. The son of the famous Lebanese singer Fairouz and composer Assi Rahbani, he succeeded in conveying the cosmopolitan and pluralistic culture of his native city Beirut(1).
Zianon Pazniak Dr. Zianon Paźniak (Belarusian: Зянон Пазьняк, * April 24, 1944) is a famous Belarusian nationalist politician and public activist, one of the founders of the Belarusian Popular Front and leader of the Christian Conservative Party of the BPF.
Ziauddin Barani Ziauddin Barani was an Indian muslim political thinker who lived in Muhammad bin Tughlaq and Phirozshah's arena.He was best known for composing the Fatwa-i-Jahandari which details the Muslim Caste System in South Asia.
Ziauddin Medical University Ziauddin Medical University is a degree awarding private University, established in 1995, Karachi, Pakistan. After the necessary approval from the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), the University established Ziauddin Medical College, which commenced its first academic session in April 1996.
Ziauddin Sardar Ziauddin Sardar (born 1951) is a London-based writer who specializes in topics dealing with the future of Islam as well as science and technology. He often writes columns in The Observer, a British Sunday newspaper and New Statesman, a weekly magazine.
Ziaur Rahman Ziaur Rahman ( Ziaur Rôhman) (January 19, 1936 — May 30, 1981) was the 6th President of Bangladesh and founder of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Popularly called Zia, he is also sometimes referred to as a Shaheed (Martyr).
Ziębice Ziębice () is a town on the Oława River in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. The town lies approximately 60 km south of Wrocław in Ząbkowice Śląskie County and has a population of 9,700 inhabitants.
Zibbudie Babbuhl Zibbudie Babbuhl (pronounced "zih-buh-dee bah-bull") refers to all acts of comedy, physical or otherwise, portrayed by or pertaining to individuals known as Babbuhlers or members of Babbuhlsquad, such that these acts define their lifestyle and social interactions. Zibbudie Babbuhl's improvised content is generally conveyed in person, in and around Montreal, though its reach extends to IM conversations and voice-enabled online gaming such as Xbox Live.
Zibo Zibo () is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the west, Laiwu and Tai'an to the southwest, Linyi to the south, Weifang to the east, Dongying to the northeast, and Binzhou the north.
Zidane headbutt In the 110th minute of the final match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, on 9 July 2006, French footballer Zinedine Zidane notoriously headbutted Italian Marco Materazzi in the chest. The incident spawned an internet and pop-culture meme referred to as the Zidane headbutt.
Zidichov (Hasidic dynasty) Ziditshov is a Hasidic dynasty originating in town of Zhydachiv, known in Yiddish as Ziditshov or Ziditshoiv, in Galicia (a province of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire). It was founded by Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Ziditshov. Today the Ziditshov dynasty exists in Brooklyn, New York, Monticello, NY, Chicago, Illinois, London UK, and in Israel.
Zidovudine Zidovudine (INN) or azidothymidine (AZT) (also called ZDV) is an antiretroviral drug, the first one approved for treatment of HIV. It is also sold under the names Retrovir® and Retrovis®, and as an ingredient in Combivir® and Trizivir®.
Ziebart Ziebart International Corporation is a company based in Troy, Michigan, that provides aftermarket automobile modifications in the United States and Canada. Some of the services offered by Ziebart are rustproofing, automobile detailing, and installation of aftermarket accessories, such as remote car starters and trailer hitches.
Ziegen Bock Ziegen Bock is a specialty beer brewed by Anheuser-Busch in Houston, Texas and is available only in the state of Texas. As with other Anheuser-Busch beers it features a "born on" date of manufacture and tastes similar to the better known Shiner Bock.
Ziegfeld Follies (film) Ziegfeld Follies (MGM) is a 1946 Hollywood musical comedy film, directed by Roy Del Ruth and Vincente Minnelli, starring many of MGM leading talents, including Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, Victor Moore, William Powell, Red Skelton , and Esther Williams. It also featured Fanny Brice, the only cast member to have actually starred in the original Ziegfeld Follies.
Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies The Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, informally known as the "Ziegler School" or simply "Ziegler", is the graduate program of study leading to Ordination as Conservative Rabbis at the University of Judaism. Founded in 1996 as a full-fledged program of Rabbinic ordination on the West Coast - the first independent rabbinical school on the West Coast - it ordained its first class in 1999.
Ziegler-Natta catalyst A Ziegler-Natta catalyst is a reagent used in the production of unbranched, stereoregular vinyl polymers. Ziegler-Natta catalysts are typically based on titanium chlorides and organometallic trialkyl aluminium compounds, for example (CH3)6Al2.
Ziehl-Neelsen stain The Ziehl-Neelsen stain, also known as the acid-fast stain, was first described by two German doctors; Franz Ziehl (1859 to 1926), a bacteriologist and Friedrich Neelsen (1854 to 1894), a pathologist. It is a special bacteriological stain used to identify acid-fast mycobacteria.
Zielna Zielna (literally weed or herb) is a street in downtown Warsaw, Poland. Initially one of the main streets linking the southern city centre with its northern part, it lost much of its significance in 1941, when the nearby Marszałkowska street had been extended across the Saxon Garden to the Bankowy Sq.
Zielona GĂłra County Zielona GĂłra County (in Polish powiat zielonogĂłrski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in the Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland, created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.
Zielona GĂłra Voivodeship Zielona GĂłra Voivodeship (Polish: wojewĂłdztwo zielonogĂłrskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Lubusz Voivodeship. Its capital city was Zielona Gora.
ZiemassvÄ“tki In ancient Latvia, ZiemassvÄ“tki was a festival, celebrated on December 24, which was one of the two most important holidays, the other being JÄņi. ZiemassvÄ“tki celebrated the birth of Dievs, the highest god of Latvian mythology.
Zierer Zierer is a company known for it's Tivoli and Force line of Roller coasters, as well as it's popular panoramic wheels, Wave Swingers, Flying Carpets and Kontiki rides. A full list of products is available online, at Zierer's web site.
Zierikzee Zierikzee () is a small city, located on the former island of Duiveland in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 26 km southwest of Hellevoetsluis.
Zieve's syndrome Zieve's syndrome is an acute metabolic condition that can occur during withdrawal from prolonged alcohol abuse. It is defined by hemolytic anemia, hyperlipoproteinaemia (excessive blood lipoprotein), jaundice, and abdominal pain.
Ziffren, Brittenham, Branca and Fischer Ziffren, Brittenham, Branca, Fischer, Gilbert-Lurie, Stiffleman & Cook LLP is a leading Southern California transactional entertainment law firm representing clients in music, motion picture, television and multimedia areas.
Zig and Zag (Australian performers) Zig and Zag - in real life Jack Perry and Doug McKenzie - were a clown duo who appeared on Australian television from 1957-1969 in Melbourne, Australia, beginning with Peters Fun Fair, which also featured Roy Lyons as Cousin Roy. Doug McKenzie (Zag) had been a prisoner of war at Changi in World War II.
Zig Zag (character) Zig Zag, the tiger striped skunk, is a fictional furry webcomic character owned and created by furry artist Malcolm Earle @ [BlackRabbit|Max BlackRabbit]. She is an anthropomorphic skunk character who is easily recognized by the markings on her face and the distinctive tire shape black stripe on her tail.
Zig Zag (railway) A railway zig zag, also called a switchback, is a way of climbing hills in difficult country with a minimal need for tunnels and heavy earthworks. For a short distance (corresponding to the middle leg of the letter "Z"), the direction of travel is reversed, before the original direction is resumed.
Zig Zag Cat Zig Zag Cat is an unusual Japanese Super Nintendo Entertainment System adventure game, staring a young boy and his pikachu-like cat companion. The game plays like an adventure game, with a plot and NPCs to talk to.
Zig Zag Girl The Zig-Zag Girl illusion is a magic trick akin to the more famous sawing a woman in half illusion. In the Zig-Zag illusion, a magician divides his or her assistant into thirds, only to have the assistant emerge from the illusion at the end of the performance completely unharmed.
Zig Zag Railway The Zig Zag Railway is a heritage railway at Lithgow in New South Wales, Australia on the site of the famous Great or Lithgow Zig Zag which operated between 1870 and 1910, as distinct from the "little" or Lapstone Zig Zag, eastern side of the Blue Mountains . As built, the line formed part of the main line railway westward from Sydney across the Blue Mountains and served to lower the line from its summit into the Lithgow valley on the western flank of the mountains.
Zig-zag bridge A zig-zag bridge is a pedestrian bridge composed of short segments, each set at an angle relative to its neighbors and usually with an alternating right and left turn required when traveling across the bridge. When constructed of wood, each segment is formed from planks and is supported by posts, while a stone bridge of this type will use short slabs set upon stone footings.
Zigaboo Modeliste Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste is a drummer from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, one of the most highly acclaimed drummers ever to hail from the Crescent City. He remains a strong influence for drummers and a great many hip-hop samplers.
Zigfried von Schroeder Zigfried von Schroeder, known in Japan as Siegfried von Schroider (ジăĽă‚Żă•ăŞăĽă‰ă»ă•ă‚©ăłă»ă‚·ăĄă¬ă‚¤ă€ăĽ JÄ«kufurÄ«do fon ShureidÄ) is a fictional character and main antagonist of the KC Grand Championship story arc of the Yu-Gi-Oh! second series anime (Yu-Gi-Oh!
Ziggurat A ziggurat (Babylonian ziqqurrat, D-Stem of zaqÄru "to build on a raised area") is a temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley and Iran, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.
Ziggurat 8 Ziggurat 8, commonly called by MOMO and friends, is a combat cyborg assigned the task of recovering and protecting MOMO, the prototype 100-Series Observational Realian. He cares for MOMO, who considers him to be a father figure.
Ziggurat algorithm The ziggurat algorithm is a rejection sampling algorithm which generates normally-distributed pseudo-random numbers. The algorithm is considerably faster than the more commonly used Box-Muller transform, because the latter calculates logarithms and discards on average more than 20% of the generated values.
Ziggy Lorenc Isabelle Anna (Ziggy) Lorenc (pronounced "LAWR-ence") (born December 28, 1958 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian television personality, best known for hosting programming on Citytv, MuchMusic and Bravo! after working for Chum-City as a receptionist.
Ziggy the bagman Zbygnew Marian Willzek or Ziggy the bagman as he is known, is a homeless man who lives in Toowong, Brisbane, Australia. Ziggy objects to being labelled as "homeless" as he does not ask for food, money or clothing and actually enjoys living in the conditions that he currently is living in, even though he is in fact without a home of his own and lives in a public park.
Ziglibithy Ziglibithy is a style of Ivorian popular music that developed in the 1970s. It was the first major genre of music from the Ivory Coast; it was fundamentally a fusion of local music with rhythms from Congolese traditions.
Zigmantas BalÄŤytis Zigmantas BalÄŤytis (born November 16, 1953) is a former acting Prime Minister of Lithuania. He took office on 1 June 2006, following the resignation of Algirdas Brazauskas but failed to be approved by the Parliament to become Prime Minister.
Zigmas ZinkeviÄŤius Zigmas ZinkeviÄŤius (January 4 1925 in Juodausiai, UkmergÄ— district) is the leading Lithuanian linguist-historian, and a professor at Vilnius University. He has contributed to studies in the history of languages, onomastics and other areas.
Zigong Zigong (), ancient name Ziliujing and Gongjing, is a prefecture-level city and the third largest city in Sichuan Province, in southwest China. Granted the recognition as one of the Historical and Cultural Cities of China by the State Council of the People's Republic.
Zigong Dinosaur Museum Located near the Prefecture-level city of Zigong in the smaller township of Dashanpu, is the Zigong Dinosaur Museum. The museum sits on top of a large concentration of Dinosaur fossils - both in terms of quantity but also of diversity.
ZigZag (magazine) ZigZag was the name of a cutting-edge UK rock music magazine. Started in 1969 by Pete Frame the magazine was famous for its thorough interviews, well-researched articles, innovative "rock trees" (see below) and taste in American songwriters such as Michael Nesmith, Mickey Newbury, Gene Clark, etc..
Zhou Dunyi Zhou Dunyi (; 1017-1073 CE), or Zhou Lianxi (周濂溪; Chou Lien-hsi), was a Chinese Neo-Confucian philosopher and cosmologist during the Song Dynasty. He conceptualized the Neo-Confucian cosmology of the day, explaining the relationship between human conduct and universal forces.
Zhou Dynasty The Zhou Dynasty (; 1122 BC to 256 BC (ref) followed the Shang (Yin) Dynasty and preceded the Qin Dynasty in China. The Zhou dynasty lasted longer than any other in Chinese history, and the use of iron was introduced to China during this time The dynasty also spans the period in which the written script evolved from the ancient stage as seen in early Western Zhou bronze inscriptions, to the beginnings of the modern stage, in the form of the archaic clerical script of the late Warring States period].
Zhou Jie Zhou Jie (周杰) ( Xi'an, China, August 5th, ?) is a popular Chinese actor and singer, best known for his works on two television series as Fu Er Kang on Huan Zhu Ge Ge trilogy and as Yang Kang on The Legend of the Condor Heroes (2003).
Zhou Lianggong Zhou Lianggong or Chou Liang-kung (1612 – 1672), Chinese poet, essayist and art historian, had long family ties to Nanking, where he was born. He passed his chin-shih degree in 1640, becoming a magistrate in Shantung where he defended the city from attack from Manchu soldiers.
Zhou She Zhou She (周捨) (469-524), courtesy name Shengyi (ć‡é€¸), formally Viscount Jian (ç°ˇĺ, literally "the undiscriminating viscount"), was an official of the Chinese dynasty Liang Dynasty. He was never titular prime minister, and never held an office of high rank, but was largely considered a de facto prime minister and was well-regarded by his contemporaries.
Zhou Tiehai Zhou Tiehai is a contemporary Chinese painter whose art attempts to satirize much of modern Chinese art. Zhou does not paint his own works, though he earned an arts degree from the School of Fine Arts at Shanghai University in 1989.
Zhou Xinfang Zhou Xinfang, (Traditional Chinese:周信芳, Simplified Chinese:周信芳, January 28 1895 – March 5 1975), was a famous Beijing Opera actor who died in the Cultural Revolution. He is regarded as one of the greatest masters of Beijing Opera.
Zhou Yang Zhou Yang (November 7 1908 - July 31 1989, Wade-Giles Chou Yang) was a Chinese literary theorist and Marxist thinker. His report On the Military Tasks of Philosophy and Social Science Workers, delivered to Mao Zedong in 1963, was one of the catalysts for the Cultural Revolution.
Zhou Zhengyi Zhou Zhengyi (Chinese: 周ćŁćŻ…) (born 1961) is a prominent businessman based in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. The flamboyant property developer is described as the 11th richest man in China, with personal assets totalling US$320 million.
Zhou Zuoren Zhou Zuoren (Chinese: 周作人, Wade Giles: Chou Tso-jen) (16 January 1885-6 May 1967), political figure and well-known Chinese writer and brother of influential writer Lu Xun. Zhou was a writer and scholar of Chinese literature.
Zhoukou Zhoukou () is a prefecture-level city in eastern Henan province, People's Republic of China. It borders Zhumadian to the southeast, Xuchang and Luohe to the west, Kaifeng to the northwest, Shangqiu to the northeast, and the province of Anhui on all other sides.
Zhoukoudian Zhoukoudian or Choukoutien () is a cave system near Beijing in China. It has yielded many archaeological discoveries, including one of the first specimens of Homo erectus, dubbed Peking Man, and a fine assemblage of bones of the gigantic hyena Pachycrocuta brevirostris.
Zhoushan Zhoushan (), formerly transliterated as Chusan, is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. The only prefecture-level city consisting solely of islands, it lies across the mouth of the Hangzhou Bay, and is separated from the mainland by a narrow body of water.
Zhovti Vody Zhovti Vody (, , ) is a city in south-central Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Oblast (province). The city is designated as a separate raion (district) within the oblast, and is located on the Yellow River () approximately 130km west of the oblast's administrative center, Dnipropetrovsk.
Zhu De ZhĹ« DĂ© (, Wade-Giles: Chu Teh, zi: YĂąjiÄ“ 玉é¶) (December 1, 1886 – July 6, 1976) was a Chinese Communist military leader and statesman. He is regarded as the founder of the Chinese Red Army (the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army) and the tactician who engineered the revolution from which emerged the People's Republic of China.
Zhu Chenghu Professor Zhu Chenghu (ćś±ć虎, born 1952, in Dangtu, Anhui, China) is the dean of the Defense Affairs Institute for China's National Defense University of the People's Liberation Army. He holds the rank of Major General.
Zhu Jianhua Zhu Jianhua (born May 29, 1963) is a retired Chinese high jumper. Dominating Asian high jump in the early 1980's, he won the Asian Championships in 1981, crushing the championship record (CR) with 15 centimetres.
Zhu Ling (1973) Zhu Ling is best known as the victim of an unsolved 1995 thallium poisoning case in Beijing, China. Her case was reported to the public via the Usenet newsgroup by her classmate, and was subsequently picked up by news networks all over the world.
Zhu Ran Zhu Ran (182 - 248) was a general in the service of the Sun family, and later of the Kingdom of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period in China. He was praised for his skills as a general, and took part in many important military campaigns for the Kingdom of Wu, including the capture of Guan Yu, the Battle of Yiling, and the defense of Jiangling (江陵).
Zhu Tong Nicknamed the 'Beautiful Beard' (美髯公); naturally because of his majestic beard), Zhu Tong (朱仝) went through a tumultuous time before he eventually joined the Liangshan heroes in the Chinese tale, the Water Margin. The persistence involved in recruiting this man (Chao Gai had the help of Lei Heng, Zhu's best friend) highlighted the calibre of Zhu.
Zhu Xi Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (born October 18, 1130, Yuxi, Fujian province, China – died April 23, 1200, China) was a Song Dynasty (960-1279) Confucian scholar who became the leading figure of the School of Principle and the most influential rationalist Neo-Confucian in China. His contribution to Chinese philosophy included his grouping of the Four Books, his emphasis on the investigation of things (gewu), and the synthesis of all fundamental Confucian concepts.
Zhu Xiao Di Zhu Xiao Di, author of Tales of Judge Dee, has also authored a biographical work, Thirty Years in a Red House: A Memoir of Childhood and Youth in Communist China, and contributed to Father: Famous Writers Celebrate the Bond Between Father and Child, an anthology including contributions by Annie Proulx, John Updike, Dean Koontz, and Calvin Trillin.
Zhu Yi Zhu Yi (朱異) an officer serving under the Kingdom of Wu during the Three Kingdoms Period of China. Zhu Yi served Wu as part of reinforcement sent by current Prime Minister Sun Chen during the insurrection of Zhuge Dan.
Zhu Youlang, Prince of Gui The Prince of Gui (桂王) or the Yongli Emperor, was an emperor of the Southern Ming Dynasty in China. He was the last surviving Southern Ming emperor who lived long enough to see the collapse of the last vestiges of the Ming dynasty in mainland China.
Zhu Zhi Zhu Zhi (156-224) was an officer of the Kingdom of Wu during the Three Kingdoms Period in China. He was known as one of the "Four Heavenly Kings", the Wu counterpart to the Five Tiger Generals of Wei.
Zhuan Shu Kuan Zhuan Shu Kuan (pronounced "tchwan soo kwan") is a martial art mainly incorporating striking techniques similar to taekwondo and muay thai, but also includes forms adapted from Changquan (â€long fist’). It is ostensibly a Northern Shaolin style, though the average class has many similarities to kickboxing training.
Zhuan Zhu Zhuan Zhu (ĺ°č«¸; died in 515 BC) was an assassin in the Spring and Autumn Period. As Prince Guang (later King He Lu of Wu) wanted to kill King Liao of Wu and take the throne himself, Zhuan Zhu was recommended to Prince Guang by Wu Zixu.
Zhuang (surname) Zhuang (Chinese: [Pinyin]: ZhuÄng; [[Wade-Giles: Chuang) is a Chinese surname. It ranked 73rd by population in a 1990 study of 174, 900 samples but dropped out of the top 100 in a 2006 study, which includes 296 million samples[http://culture.
Zhuang Zedong Zhuang Zedong (Chinese: ĺş„ĺ™ć ‹; Pinyin: ZhuÄng ZĂ©dòng; Wade-Giles: Chuang Tsetung) (1940 - ). Chinese table tennis player, three-time world men's singles champion and champion at numerous other table tennis events, a well-known political personality during the tumult of the Cultural Revolution.
Zhuangzi ZhuÄngzÇ (pinyin), Chuang TzĹ (Wade-Giles), Chuang Tsu, Zhuang Tze, or Chuang Tse (Traditional Chinese characters: 莊ĺ; Simplified Chinese characters: ĺş„ĺ, literally meaning "Master Zhuang") was a famous philosopher in ancient China who lived around the 4th century BCE during the Warring States Period, corresponding to the Hundred Schools of Thought philosophical summit of Chinese thought.
Zhugderdemidiyn Gurragcha Zhugderdemidiyn Gurragcha, aka Gurragcha Sansar (Mongolian: Đ–Ńгдердемидийн Đ“Ńррагча) (born December 5, 1947) was the first Mongolian cosmonaut and the second Asian in space. He was Mongolia's defense minister from 2000 to 2004.
Zhuge Jin ZhĹ«gĂ© JÇn (諸葛瑾) (AD 174 - 241), courtesy name Ziyu (Wade-Giles: TzĹ-yu) (ĺç‘ś), was a minister of the Kingdom of Wu of China and elder brother of the famous Shu strategist Zhuge Liang. He was greatly trusted by Sun Quan.
Zhuge Ke Zhuge Ke (諸葛ćŞ) (203-253), courtesy name Yuanxun (ĺ…éś), was the son of the Eastern Wu minister, Zhuge Jin, whose younger brother was the great Shu statesman Zhuge Liang. He succeeded Lu Xun after Lu's death.
Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign Zhuge Liang's Southern Campaign (), also known as Battle of Nanzhong (), refers to the military campaign led by the Zhuge Liang of the Shu Han against the southern rebels in 225, during the Three Kingdoms period. The campaign was a response to the incidents of rebellion by local governors and intrusions by the Nanman ("southern barbarians").
Zhuihu The zhuihu ([pinyin]: zhĂąihĂş; also called zhuiqin or zhuizixian) is a two-stringed [[Bow (music)|bowed string instrument from China. In construction, it resembles the sanxian, and likely evolved as a bowed version of that instrument.
Zhukaigou culture The Zhukaigou culture (朱開溝文化) was a late Neolithic and early Bronze Age culture centered in the Ordos Plateau of Inner Mongolia, China. The type site at Zhukaigou was discovered in Ejin Banner, Inner Mongolia, and excavated from 1977 to 1984.
Zhumadian Zhumadian () is a prefecture-level city in southern Henan province, People's Republic of China. It borders Xinyang to the south, Nanyang to the west, Pingdingshan to the northwest, Luohe to the north, Zhoukou to the northeast, and the province of Anhui to the east.
Zhuqiaomon Zhuqiaomon (pronounced "Zoo-chow-mon" in English) is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, an Exalted Bird Digimon. One of the four Digimon Sovereigns, he is the Guardian of the Digital World's Southern Hemisphere.
Zhuyin Zhuyin fuhao (), or "Symbols for Annotating Sounds", often abbreviated as Zhuyin, or known as Bopomofo (ㄅㄆㄇă„) after the first four letters of this Chinese phonemic alphabet (bo po mo fo), is the national phonetic system of the Republic of China for teaching Chinese languages, especially Standard Mandarin, to people learning to read and write and/or to people learning to speak Mandarin. (See Uses).
Zhvil (Hasidic dynasty) Zvhil (Zvyahel) is a Hasidic dynasty which originated with Rabbi Moshe of Zvhil, the son of Rabbi Yechiel Michael, the Magid (Preacher) of Zlotchov. As in several inter-related Hasidic dynasties, family tradition held that Rabbi Moshe was a descendant of King David.
Zhyolnino Zhyolnino (Russian: Жёлнино) is an urban-type settlement (village) in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is located in the vicinity and under the jurisdiction administratively of the city of Dzerzhinsk, Russia.
Zhyraornis Zhyraornis is a genus of prehistoric bird from the Late Cretaceous (Santonian to early Campanian, 85-79 mya). Its fossils have been found in Bissekty Formation deposits near Dzharakuduk in the Kyzyl Kum, Uzbekistan; the only species is Zhyraornis kashkarovi.
Zhytomyrska (Kiev Metro) Zhytomyrska (; ) is a Kiev Metro station on Sviatoshynsko-Brovarska Line. The station was opened on the 24th May 2003 as part of the westward extension of the Sviatoshynsky radius along with its neighbour Akademmistechko.
ZHLT ZHLT (Zoners Half-Life Tools) is a collection of compiler-compiler tools for Half-Life and games or mods running on the GoldSrc graphics engine. The suite is based on the "q" tools, which came with the original software development kit.
Zi Chan Zi Chan (ĺ產, ĺ产), also know as Gongsun Qiao (died 522 BC), was the most outstanding statesman of the State of Zheng in ancient China during the Spring and Autumn Period. Born in Zheng to an aristocratic family, Zi Chan was a statesman of Zheng from 544 BC until his death.
Zi Lan Liao Zi Lan Liao is an international concert circuit performer on the guzheng (Chinese zither). She has performed at the Royal Albert Hall and Royal Festival Halland has toured Spain, Italy, France, Holland, Finland, the USA and Australia.
Zi Ran Men Zi Ran Men (), also known as Natural Boxing, is a Northern internal style of Kung Fu that is taught in conjunction with Qigong breathing techniques. The style traces its lineage to Dwarf Xu, who based it on ancient Taoist philosophy.
Zia Mody Zia Mody, currently a Senior Partner of AZB & Partners, is a prominent Indian legal consultant. Her expertise include corporate merger & acquisitions, securities law, private equity and project finance.
Ziad al-Khasawneh Ziad al-Khasawneh is a Jordanian lawyer who heads a team of twenty-two defense lawyers for former Iraq President Saddam Hussein. He has complained of repeated US efforts to hamper Hussein's defense, particularly in connection to the difficulty of meeting with their client.
Ziad Abderrazzak Mohammad Aswad Ziad Abderrazzak Mohammad Aswad was Minister of Higher Education in the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003. A Sunni Muslim, he is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, and formerly chaired Baghdad University's Department of Petroleum Engineering.
Ziad Fazah Ziad Youssef Fazah (born June 10, 1954 in Monrovia, Liberia) is reputed to be the world's most accomplished hyperpolyglot. It is said that he speaks, reads and understands 58 languages, most of which learned before the age of 20.
Ziad Jarrah Ziad Samir Jarrah (Arabic: زياد سمير جراŘ) (May 11, 1975 — September 11, 2001), was the pilot of the hijacked United Airlines Flight 93, part of the September 11, 2001 attacks. He is believed to have taken over as the pilot of the aircraft and made an unsuccessful attempt to crash the plane into the U.
Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly A high-ranking aide of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in the Iraq War, Ziad Khalaf Raja al-Karbouly was captured by Jordanian intelligence officers in May 2006 and gave information that may have resulted in al-Zarqawai's death in an airstrike a month later.
Ziad Rahbani Ziad Rahbani (, born 1956) is a Lebanese composer, writer and singer. The son of the famous Lebanese singer Fairouz and composer Assi Rahbani, he succeeded in conveying the cosmopolitan and pluralistic culture of his native city Beirut(1).
Zianon Pazniak Dr. Zianon Paźniak (Belarusian: Зянон Пазьняк, * April 24, 1944) is a famous Belarusian nationalist politician and public activist, one of the founders of the Belarusian Popular Front and leader of the Christian Conservative Party of the BPF.
Ziauddin Barani Ziauddin Barani was an Indian muslim political thinker who lived in Muhammad bin Tughlaq and Phirozshah's arena.He was best known for composing the Fatwa-i-Jahandari which details the Muslim Caste System in South Asia.
Ziauddin Medical University Ziauddin Medical University is a degree awarding private University, established in 1995, Karachi, Pakistan. After the necessary approval from the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), the University established Ziauddin Medical College, which commenced its first academic session in April 1996.
Ziauddin Sardar Ziauddin Sardar (born 1951) is a London-based writer who specializes in topics dealing with the future of Islam as well as science and technology. He often writes columns in The Observer, a British Sunday newspaper and New Statesman, a weekly magazine.
Ziaur Rahman Ziaur Rahman ( Ziaur Rôhman) (January 19, 1936 — May 30, 1981) was the 6th President of Bangladesh and founder of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Popularly called Zia, he is also sometimes referred to as a Shaheed (Martyr).
Ziębice Ziębice () is a town on the Oława River in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. The town lies approximately 60 km south of Wrocław in Ząbkowice Śląskie County and has a population of 9,700 inhabitants.
Zibbudie Babbuhl Zibbudie Babbuhl (pronounced "zih-buh-dee bah-bull") refers to all acts of comedy, physical or otherwise, portrayed by or pertaining to individuals known as Babbuhlers or members of Babbuhlsquad, such that these acts define their lifestyle and social interactions. Zibbudie Babbuhl's improvised content is generally conveyed in person, in and around Montreal, though its reach extends to IM conversations and voice-enabled online gaming such as Xbox Live.
Zibo Zibo () is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the west, Laiwu and Tai'an to the southwest, Linyi to the south, Weifang to the east, Dongying to the northeast, and Binzhou the north.
Zidane headbutt In the 110th minute of the final match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, on 9 July 2006, French footballer Zinedine Zidane notoriously headbutted Italian Marco Materazzi in the chest. The incident spawned an internet and pop-culture meme referred to as the Zidane headbutt.
Zidichov (Hasidic dynasty) Ziditshov is a Hasidic dynasty originating in town of Zhydachiv, known in Yiddish as Ziditshov or Ziditshoiv, in Galicia (a province of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire). It was founded by Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Ziditshov. Today the Ziditshov dynasty exists in Brooklyn, New York, Monticello, NY, Chicago, Illinois, London UK, and in Israel.
Zidovudine Zidovudine (INN) or azidothymidine (AZT) (also called ZDV) is an antiretroviral drug, the first one approved for treatment of HIV. It is also sold under the names Retrovir® and Retrovis®, and as an ingredient in Combivir® and Trizivir®.
Ziebart Ziebart International Corporation is a company based in Troy, Michigan, that provides aftermarket automobile modifications in the United States and Canada. Some of the services offered by Ziebart are rustproofing, automobile detailing, and installation of aftermarket accessories, such as remote car starters and trailer hitches.
Ziegen Bock Ziegen Bock is a specialty beer brewed by Anheuser-Busch in Houston, Texas and is available only in the state of Texas. As with other Anheuser-Busch beers it features a "born on" date of manufacture and tastes similar to the better known Shiner Bock.
Ziegfeld Follies (film) Ziegfeld Follies (MGM) is a 1946 Hollywood musical comedy film, directed by Roy Del Ruth and Vincente Minnelli, starring many of MGM leading talents, including Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, Victor Moore, William Powell, Red Skelton , and Esther Williams. It also featured Fanny Brice, the only cast member to have actually starred in the original Ziegfeld Follies.
Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies The Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies, informally known as the "Ziegler School" or simply "Ziegler", is the graduate program of study leading to Ordination as Conservative Rabbis at the University of Judaism. Founded in 1996 as a full-fledged program of Rabbinic ordination on the West Coast - the first independent rabbinical school on the West Coast - it ordained its first class in 1999.
Ziegler-Natta catalyst A Ziegler-Natta catalyst is a reagent used in the production of unbranched, stereoregular vinyl polymers. Ziegler-Natta catalysts are typically based on titanium chlorides and organometallic trialkyl aluminium compounds, for example (CH3)6Al2.
Ziehl-Neelsen stain The Ziehl-Neelsen stain, also known as the acid-fast stain, was first described by two German doctors; Franz Ziehl (1859 to 1926), a bacteriologist and Friedrich Neelsen (1854 to 1894), a pathologist. It is a special bacteriological stain used to identify acid-fast mycobacteria.
Zielna Zielna (literally weed or herb) is a street in downtown Warsaw, Poland. Initially one of the main streets linking the southern city centre with its northern part, it lost much of its significance in 1941, when the nearby Marszałkowska street had been extended across the Saxon Garden to the Bankowy Sq.
Zielona GĂłra County Zielona GĂłra County (in Polish powiat zielonogĂłrski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in the Lubusz Voivodeship in Poland, created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.
Zielona GĂłra Voivodeship Zielona GĂłra Voivodeship (Polish: wojewĂłdztwo zielonogĂłrskie) was a unit of administrative division and local government in Poland in years 1975-1998, superseded by Lubusz Voivodeship. Its capital city was Zielona Gora.
ZiemassvÄ“tki In ancient Latvia, ZiemassvÄ“tki was a festival, celebrated on December 24, which was one of the two most important holidays, the other being JÄņi. ZiemassvÄ“tki celebrated the birth of Dievs, the highest god of Latvian mythology.
Zierer Zierer is a company known for it's Tivoli and Force line of Roller coasters, as well as it's popular panoramic wheels, Wave Swingers, Flying Carpets and Kontiki rides. A full list of products is available online, at Zierer's web site.
Zierikzee Zierikzee () is a small city, located on the former island of Duiveland in the Dutch province of Zeeland. It is a part of the municipality of Schouwen-Duiveland, and lies about 26 km southwest of Hellevoetsluis.
Zieve's syndrome Zieve's syndrome is an acute metabolic condition that can occur during withdrawal from prolonged alcohol abuse. It is defined by hemolytic anemia, hyperlipoproteinaemia (excessive blood lipoprotein), jaundice, and abdominal pain.
Ziffren, Brittenham, Branca and Fischer Ziffren, Brittenham, Branca, Fischer, Gilbert-Lurie, Stiffleman & Cook LLP is a leading Southern California transactional entertainment law firm representing clients in music, motion picture, television and multimedia areas.
Zig and Zag (Australian performers) Zig and Zag - in real life Jack Perry and Doug McKenzie - were a clown duo who appeared on Australian television from 1957-1969 in Melbourne, Australia, beginning with Peters Fun Fair, which also featured Roy Lyons as Cousin Roy. Doug McKenzie (Zag) had been a prisoner of war at Changi in World War II.
Zig Zag (character) Zig Zag, the tiger striped skunk, is a fictional furry webcomic character owned and created by furry artist Malcolm Earle @ [BlackRabbit|Max BlackRabbit]. She is an anthropomorphic skunk character who is easily recognized by the markings on her face and the distinctive tire shape black stripe on her tail.
Zig Zag (railway) A railway zig zag, also called a switchback, is a way of climbing hills in difficult country with a minimal need for tunnels and heavy earthworks. For a short distance (corresponding to the middle leg of the letter "Z"), the direction of travel is reversed, before the original direction is resumed.
Zig Zag Cat Zig Zag Cat is an unusual Japanese Super Nintendo Entertainment System adventure game, staring a young boy and his pikachu-like cat companion. The game plays like an adventure game, with a plot and NPCs to talk to.
Zig Zag Girl The Zig-Zag Girl illusion is a magic trick akin to the more famous sawing a woman in half illusion. In the Zig-Zag illusion, a magician divides his or her assistant into thirds, only to have the assistant emerge from the illusion at the end of the performance completely unharmed.
Zig Zag Railway The Zig Zag Railway is a heritage railway at Lithgow in New South Wales, Australia on the site of the famous Great or Lithgow Zig Zag which operated between 1870 and 1910, as distinct from the "little" or Lapstone Zig Zag, eastern side of the Blue Mountains . As built, the line formed part of the main line railway westward from Sydney across the Blue Mountains and served to lower the line from its summit into the Lithgow valley on the western flank of the mountains.
Zig-zag bridge A zig-zag bridge is a pedestrian bridge composed of short segments, each set at an angle relative to its neighbors and usually with an alternating right and left turn required when traveling across the bridge. When constructed of wood, each segment is formed from planks and is supported by posts, while a stone bridge of this type will use short slabs set upon stone footings.
Zigaboo Modeliste Joseph "Zigaboo" Modeliste is a drummer from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, one of the most highly acclaimed drummers ever to hail from the Crescent City. He remains a strong influence for drummers and a great many hip-hop samplers.
Zigfried von Schroeder Zigfried von Schroeder, known in Japan as Siegfried von Schroider (ジăĽă‚Żă•ăŞăĽă‰ă»ă•ă‚©ăłă»ă‚·ăĄă¬ă‚¤ă€ăĽ JÄ«kufurÄ«do fon ShureidÄ) is a fictional character and main antagonist of the KC Grand Championship story arc of the Yu-Gi-Oh! second series anime (Yu-Gi-Oh!
Ziggurat A ziggurat (Babylonian ziqqurrat, D-Stem of zaqÄru "to build on a raised area") is a temple tower of the ancient Mesopotamian valley and Iran, having the form of a terraced pyramid of successively receding stories.
Ziggurat 8 Ziggurat 8, commonly called by MOMO and friends, is a combat cyborg assigned the task of recovering and protecting MOMO, the prototype 100-Series Observational Realian. He cares for MOMO, who considers him to be a father figure.
Ziggurat algorithm The ziggurat algorithm is a rejection sampling algorithm which generates normally-distributed pseudo-random numbers. The algorithm is considerably faster than the more commonly used Box-Muller transform, because the latter calculates logarithms and discards on average more than 20% of the generated values.
Ziggy Lorenc Isabelle Anna (Ziggy) Lorenc (pronounced "LAWR-ence") (born December 28, 1958 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian television personality, best known for hosting programming on Citytv, MuchMusic and Bravo! after working for Chum-City as a receptionist.
Ziggy the bagman Zbygnew Marian Willzek or Ziggy the bagman as he is known, is a homeless man who lives in Toowong, Brisbane, Australia. Ziggy objects to being labelled as "homeless" as he does not ask for food, money or clothing and actually enjoys living in the conditions that he currently is living in, even though he is in fact without a home of his own and lives in a public park.
Ziglibithy Ziglibithy is a style of Ivorian popular music that developed in the 1970s. It was the first major genre of music from the Ivory Coast; it was fundamentally a fusion of local music with rhythms from Congolese traditions.
Zigmantas BalÄŤytis Zigmantas BalÄŤytis (born November 16, 1953) is a former acting Prime Minister of Lithuania. He took office on 1 June 2006, following the resignation of Algirdas Brazauskas but failed to be approved by the Parliament to become Prime Minister.
Zigmas ZinkeviÄŤius Zigmas ZinkeviÄŤius (January 4 1925 in Juodausiai, UkmergÄ— district) is the leading Lithuanian linguist-historian, and a professor at Vilnius University. He has contributed to studies in the history of languages, onomastics and other areas.
Zigong Zigong (), ancient name Ziliujing and Gongjing, is a prefecture-level city and the third largest city in Sichuan Province, in southwest China. Granted the recognition as one of the Historical and Cultural Cities of China by the State Council of the People's Republic.
Zigong Dinosaur Museum Located near the Prefecture-level city of Zigong in the smaller township of Dashanpu, is the Zigong Dinosaur Museum. The museum sits on top of a large concentration of Dinosaur fossils - both in terms of quantity but also of diversity.
ZigZag (magazine) ZigZag was the name of a cutting-edge UK rock music magazine. Started in 1969 by Pete Frame the magazine was famous for its thorough interviews, well-researched articles, innovative "rock trees" (see below) and taste in American songwriters such as Michael Nesmith, Mickey Newbury, Gene Clark, etc..
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