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ZonePerfect ZonePerfect is the manufacturer of health food products, known for their nutrition bars and shakes. The brand is a part of the Ross Productions Division of Abbott Laboratories and is commonly available in grocery stores in the United States.
Zones (Permaculture) Zoning in permaculture design refers to a method of ensuring that elements are correctly placed. Zoning is about correct placement — positioning things in ways that are the most appropriate; Zones are numbered from 0 to 5, and can be thought of as a series of concentric rings moving out from a centre point, where human activity and need for attention is most concentrated, to where there is no need for intervention at all...
Zones in City of Heroes and City of Villains In both City of Heroes and City of Villains, there are various zones within Paragon City and the Rogue Islands. Within each zone there are various villain groups that attack/harass the citizens of each, more so City of Heroes.
Zones of EverQuest EverQuest, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, is set in the fantasy world of Norrath which is divided into more than 400 zones. Zones are playable areas of the EverQuest universe that can be accessed by players.
Zones of Nepal Nepal is divided into 14 administrative zones (अञ्चल), which are divided into 75 districts (जिल्ला). The 14 administrative zones are grouped into five development regions (विकास क्षेत्र).
Zonestar Zonestar is a fictional character regarded as one of the most famous and popular comic book superheroes of all time, and one of the first to embody several qualities associated with them. Created by Canadian artist Kent Zonestar and American writer Dr.
Zong Massacre The Zong Massacre was a famous mass-killing of African slaves that took place on the Zong, a British ship owned by James Gregson. The resulting court case was a landmark in the battle against the African Slave Trade of the eighteenth century.
Zongli Yamen Zongli Yamen () was the name of the government office/department of foreign relations (or Foreign Office) of imperial China during the Qing dynasty. It was established by Prince Gong in 1861, following the Convention of Peking.
Zongmi Zongmi (宗密) (780 - 841), also commonly referred to by the monastic title of Guifeng (ĺśĺł°), was a Tang dynasty Buddhist scholar-monk, installed as fifth patriarch of the Huayan school as well as a patriarch of the Heze Chan lineage.
Zongo Zongo is a market town in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the south bank of the Oubangui River, across from Bangui in the Central African Republic. It is linked by ferry to Bangui but has declined in importance as a transport hub since much traffic moved east in the late 1980s.
Zongo Comics Zongo Comics was founded and published in 1995 by Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening. Unlike its counterpart Bongo Comics, the comics published were geared towards older audiences containing adult material and did not include any adaptations of Groening’s cartoons.
Zoni (Arcadia), Greece Zoni (Greek: Ζώνη), is a village lying in hilly area and is connected northeast with GR-76 (Krestena - Andritsaina - Megalopoli) and up to Palamari. It is part of the municipality of Karytaina in the prefecture of Arcadia.
Zonin The Zonin family has been making wine since 1821 and currently operates Italy's largest privately owned vineyard and winemaking complex. The house produces 25 million bottles and exports its wines to 69 countries.
Zoning Zoning is a North American term for a system of land-use regulation. The word is derived from the practice of designating permitted uses of land based on mapped zones which separate one part of a community from another.
Zonker Harris Zonker Harris (his full name is revealed in Doonesbury: A Musical Comedy to be Edgar Zonker Harris) is the stereotypical hippie character in Garry Trudeau's comic strip Doonesbury. He made his first appearance as a perennial pot-smoking pest plaguing B.
Zonnar Zonnar (also zonar, Arabic زنار) were distinctive clothing that dhimmis — Christians and Jews — in the Levant under the Ottoman Empire were required to wear as part of Islamic law. The clothing was usually a belt or girdle.
Zonohedron A zonohedron is a convex polyhedron where every face is a polygon with point symmetry or, equivalently, symmetry under rotations through 180°. Any zonohedron may equivalently be described as the Minkowski sum of a set of line segments in three-dimensional space, or as the three-dimensional projection of a hypercube.
Zonophone Zonophone, early on also rendered as Zon-O-Phone was a record label founded in 1899 in Camden, New Jersey by Frank Seaman. The Zonophone name was not that of the company, but was applied to the records and machines sold by Seaman from 1899-1900 to 1903.
Zonotrichia Zonotrichia is a small genus of American sparrows. Four of the species are North American, but the Rufous-collared Sparrow breeds in highlands from the extreme southeast of Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, and on Hispaniola.
Zonta International Zonta International is a trans-global terrorist organisation founded on Mars in 1374 with the mission of melting the polar ice caps, and harvesting stegosaurus tears. They are largely comprised of a race of winged bears known as Zontians, who are technologically advanced and lust for human blood.
Zony A zony is the offspring of a zebra stallion and a pony mare. Medium size pony mares are preferred in order to produce riding zonies, but zebras have been crossed with smaller pony breeds such as the Shetland resulting in so-called "Zetlands".
Zoo A zoological garden, zoological park, or zoo is an institution where mainly wild and exotic animals are restricted within enclosures, bred and displayed to the public. The term zoological garden refers to the biological discipline zoology, which derives from Greek
Zoo (film) Zoo, by The Stranger columnist Charles Mudede and director Robinson Devor, is a documentary on the life and death of Kenneth Pinyan, a Seattle area man who died unusually through a fatal accident while engaging in sex with an animal. The film's public debut is at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2007.
Zoo (norwegian band) Zoo was a Norwegian band mainly active in the late 1970's and early 1980's, though originally founded in 1966. The band consisted of Ketil Stokkan (guitars, vocals), Sverri Dahl (keyboards, vocals), Erling Andersen (bass guitar, vocals), Rudi Høyness (drums, vocals) and Trond Nyrud (flutes, saxophones).
Zoo Bar The Zoo Bar is a blues music venue and nightclub located in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska, 136 North 14th Street. Larry Boehmer, a musician, artist and Master of Fine Arts graduate from the University of Nebraska founded the Zoo Bar in 1973.
Zoo Code The Zoo Code is an Internet self-classification code based upon the Geek Code and adapted and used within the online zoophile subculture from around 1996, intended as a shorthand "signature" to describe themselves, their philosophies, and their stances on certain common issues such as animal welfare and vegetarianism.
Zoo Friends Zoo Friends provides assistance to Sydney's Taronga Zoo and Dubbo's Western Plains Zoo as a not-for-profit organisation. Over two million dollars were raised in 2005 in support of the Zoos and conservation and education strategies.
Zoo hypothesis The zoo hypothesis is one of a number of suggestions that have been advanced in response to the Fermi paradox, regarding the apparent absence of evidence in support of the existence of advanced extraterrestrial life. According to this hypothesis, aliens would generally avoid making their presence known to humanity, or avoid exerting an influence on human development, somewhat akin to zookeepers observing animals in a zoo.
Zoo Keeper Zoo Keeper is an online puzzle game developed by Robot Communications that was later ported to the Nintendo DS by Japanese video game publisher Success. The game was then brought to American and European shores by Ignition Entertainment.
Zoo Keeper (arcade game) Zoo Keeper is an arcade game created by Taito Corporation in 1982. In the game, the player's character, named Zeke, is a zookeeper who must rescue his girlfriend Zelda from animals that are escaping from their zoo cages, trying to contain each animal and collect bonus items.
Zoo Records Zoo Records was a British independent record label formed by Bill Drummond and David Balfe in 1978. Zoo was launched in order to release the work of the perennially struggling Liverpool band, Big In Japan (the label's first release being the From Y To Z and Never Again EP).
Zoo TV Tour The Zoo TV Tour was an elaborately-staged, multimedia concert tour by Irish rock band U2 that took place in arenas and stadiums over 1992 and 1993. It was a show that operated on many levels; designed to instill a feeling of "sensory overload" in its audience, it used the video age for much of its inspiration.
Zoo TV: Live from Sydney Zoo TV: Live from Sydney is a concert video release by rock band U2 from the "Zoomerang" leg of their Zoo TV Tour. Recorded on Saturday, November 27, 1993 at Sydney Football Stadium on the band's featured stop in Sydney, Australia, it was released in May 1994 on VHS and in September 2006 on DVD.
Zoo Tycoon Zoo Tycoon is a simulation computer game developed by Blue Fang Games and released by Microsoft Game Studios. It is a Tycoon game, in which the player must run a business, in this case a zoo, and try to make a profit.
Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure is the second Zoo Tycoon 2 expansion pack (The others are Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species and Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania). It gives the player 20 new animals such as the Meerkat and the Pygmy Hippo.
Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species is the first of the Zoo Tycoon 2 expansion packs (The others are Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure and Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania). It gives the player 20 new endangered animals such as the Caribou and the Koala, Sky Trams, Jeep Rides, Elevated Path and some new campaigns.
Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals is an expansion for Zoo Tycoon 2 due to be released sometime in 2007. This expansion pack follows the other expansion packs, Endangered Species, African Adventure and Marine Mania.
Zoo Tycoon 2: Zookeeper Collection The Zookeeper Collection is a platinum pack for Zoo Tycoon 2, and also includes Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species and Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure expansion packs. The Zookeeper Collection features the Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania biome layout method, where you have shallow water, deep water, dirt, grass and grass and dirt, and one can toggle on plants, rocks and trees to make the biome brush more personally selected.
Zoo Vet at Large Zoo Vet at Large is a television series following the work of zoo vet Matt Brash at Flamingo Land in North Yorkshire. The program originated from Yorkshire Television but is currently being shown world wide on channels such as Sky Travel and the Danish channel Viasat.
Zoo York Zoo York is an artistic style and social philosophy inspired by the New York City graffiti art subculture of the 1970s. Its name originates from a subway tunnel running underneath the area of the Central Park Zoo.
Zoo York Skateboard Company Zoo York is a skateboarding company that manufactures skateboards, bikes and women's and men's apparel. Originally known as Soul Artists of Zoo York, Zoo York started in the 1970s with a group of graffiti artists in New York from Riverside Park on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Zoo York Wall The Zoo York Wall was a famous graffiti wall in Manhattan's Central Park, where subway writers and other street artists "made their marks" in the early-70s. It was a temporary wall, erected in 1971 by the New York City Transit Authority to block unauthorized entry into the site of a new subway extension running underneath the Central Park Zoo.
Zooamata Zooamata is a proposed clade of mammals consisting of Ferae (carnivores and pangolins) and Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates). Together with Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and whales) it forms Ferungulata, and is part of Laurasiatheria.
Zoogeography Zoogeography is the branch of the science of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution of animal species and their attributes. That makes Zoogeography the study of patterns of biodiversity regarding time and space.
Zoochlorella Zoochlorella (plural zoochlorellae) is any single green algae that lives symbiotically within the body of many freshwater and some marine invertebrates and protozoans. Zoochlorellae and zooxanthellae may both be found in the Pacific coast sea anemones Anthopleura elegantissima and A.
Zook's Mill Covered Bridge Zook's Mill Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans Cocalico Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. A county-owned and maintained bridge, its official designation is the Cocalico #7 Bridge.
Zooko's triangle Zooko's triangle is a diagram named after Bryce "Zooko" Wilcox-O'Hearn which sets out the possible alternatives for a system for giving names to participants in a network protocol. At the vertices of the triangle are three properties that are generally considered desirable for such names:
Zool Zool is a British computer game originally produced for the Amiga by Gremlin Graphics as a rival to Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog. It was heavily hyped upon its initial release in 1992, including being bundled with the newly launched Amiga 1200, although not the AGA version with enhanced graphics which followed later.
Zoolander Zoolander is a 2001 film based on a pair of short films directed by Russell Bates and written by Drake Sather and Ben Stiller for the VH1 Fashion Awards television show in 1996 and 1997. The short films and the movie feature Derek Zoolander, a dimwitted male model.
Zoological medicine Zoological medicine refers to the subspecialty of Veterinary medicine that addresses the care of captive zoo animals, free ranging wildlife species, aquatic animals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, and non-domestic companion animals. Zoological medicine incorporates principles of ecology, wildlife conservation, and veterinary medicine, and applies them to wild animals in natural and artificial environments.
Zoological Society of London The Zoological Society of London (sometimes known by the abbreviation ZSL) is a learned society founded in April 1826 by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lord Auckland, Sir Humphry Davy, Joseph Sabine, Nicholas Aylward Vigors and other eminent naturalists. Raffles was also the first President, but died shortly after assuming this office in July 1826.
Zoological Survey of India The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) was established on 1st July, 1916 to promote the survey, exploration and research of the fauna in the region. The Survey had its genesis in the establishment of the Zoological Section of the Indian Museum at Calcutta in 1875.
Zoologischer Garten Berlin The Zoologischer Garten Berlin (Berlin zoological garden) is one of the biggest zoos in Germany and the one with the largest number of species of the world. It is located in Berlin Tiergarten near the S-Bahn and railway station of the same name in the city center.
Zoom Airlines Zoom Airlines is a Canadian, low-cost, scheduled transatlantic, airline based in Ottawa, Ontario. Zoom operates from several Canadian airports, principally to destinations in Europe and in particular the United Kingdom.
Zoom In ZOOM IN is a teen produced news & entertainment show which broadcasts in the San Francisco Bay Area (channel 27 & 29) & on the web (MySpace, YouTube). The program is part of an afterschool & summer course called "Beginning MYTV" taught at the Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts & Technology (BAYCAT).
Zoom lens A zoom lens is a mechanical assembly of lens elements with the ability to vary its focal length, as opposed to a prime lens which has a fixed focal length. They are commonly used with still, video, and motion picture cameras, some binoculars, microscopes and telescopes, and other optical instruments.
Zoom Player Zoom Player is a computer program that plays video and sound files on a Windows-based personal computers. It is a general player that can play, essentially, anything that is playable on a PC, depending on what "filters" (or "codecs") are installed with it.
Zoom-lens reflex camera Zoom lens reflex might refer to an SLR (or dSLR) type camera with a zoom lens which can not be removed. No such camera currently exists, as all fixed lens cameras either use an electronic viewfinder (EVF), or a separate optical finder.
Zooma Tour The Zooma Tour was a proposed 2005 concert tour, to be headlined by Trey Anastasio and Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals. Produced by Superfly Productions, best known for Bonnaroo, the festival was supposed to feature multiple opening acts and other events on two stages.
ZoomCall Pro: ZoomCall Pro is a videoconferencing software for Microsoft Windows operating system. The service allows making point-to-point and multi-point video calls from laptop or desktop computers, and supports basic online document collaboration.
Zoomed video port In computing, a zoomed video port (often simply ZV port) is a unidirectional video bus allowing a device in a PC card slot to transfer video data directly into a VGA frame buffer, so as to allow laptops to display real-time video. The standard was created by the PCMCIA to allow devices such as TV tuners, video inputs and MPEG coprocessors to fit into a PC card form factor and provide a cheap solution for both the laptop manufacturer and consumer.
Zoomerang (Lake Compounce) Zoomerang is the name of a steel roller coaster located at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut. There are over three dozen standard boomerang shuttle coasters around the world, and the Zoomerang is just one of them.
ZoomInfo ZoomInfo is a vertical search engine focused on people, companies, and the relationships between them. It uses the public web as its source to automatically create professionally-focused summaries of the people and companies it finds.
Zoomorphism Zoomorphism, from Greek ζωον zĹŤon, meaning animal, and ÎĽÎżĎφη, morphÄ“, meaning shape or form, refers to the representation of animal forms in ornaments, or to the representation of gods in the form, or with attributes, of non-human animals, and also to the transformation of humans into beasts.
Zoomquilt The ZOOMQUILT is a Internet-popular (113,000 hits on Google as of 1-3-2007) collaborative art project from 2005. It involves the use of optical illusion, and a series of interlocking frame images (46 in total), to create a never-ending series of images when compiled in a programmed loop.
Zoomracks Zoomracks was a shareware database management system for the Atari ST and IBM PC that used a card-file metaphor for displaying and manipulating data. Its main claim to fame was an early and somewhat contentious software patent lawsuit filed against Apple Computer's HyperCard and similar products.
ZoomTown ZoomTown is a broadband service in the Cincinnati, Ohio area, provided by Cincinnati Bell. Internet access is provided to ZoomTown customers through an Internet service provider, primarily Fuse Internet Access, also owned by Cincinnati Bell.
Zoomusicology Zoomusicology is a field of musicology and zoology or more specifically, zoosemiotics. Zoomusicology is the study of the music of animals, or rather the musical aspects of sound or communication produced and received by animals.
Zoon Zoon, Nefilim's only studio album, was released in October 1996 by Beggars Banquet Records (Calatogue number BEGA172). The album saw a move away from the rich soundscapes that characterised earlier works from Fields of the Nephilim toward a darker, more industrial sound.
Zoophilia Zoophilia, from the Greek Ζωον (zôon, "animal") and φιλία (philia, "friendship" or "love"), is a paraphilia, defined as an affinity or sexual attraction by a human to a non-human animal. Such individuals are called zoophiles.
Zoophily Zoophily is a form of pollination whereby pollen is transferred by vertebrates, particularly by hummingbirds and other birds, and bats, but also by monkeys, marsupials, lemurs, bears, rabbits, deer, and other furred animals. Zoomophilous species, like entomophilous species, frequently evolve mechanisms to make themselves more appealing to the particular type of pollinator, e.
Zoophorus A zoophorus in Medieval architecture is a sculptured frieze between the architrave and cornice with a continuous bas-relief of animals, fabulous beasts, creatures from Hell, sea monsters, centaurs, mermaids, unicorns and Zodiac signs. An example can be found in the Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral in Parma, Italy.
Zoosadism Ernest Bornemann (1990, cited by Rosenbauer 1997) coined the term zoosadism for those who derive pleasure from inflicting pain on an animal, sometimes with a sexual component. Some extreme examples of zoosadism include necrozoophilia (a portmanteau between necrophilia and zoophilia), the sexual enjoyment of killing animals, similar to "lust murder" in humans, sexual penetration of birds such as hens (which is fatal to the hen) and strangling at orgasm, mutilation, sexual assault with objects (including screwdrivers and knives), interspecies rape, fire or burning, and sexual assault on immature animals such as puppies.
Zoot (band) Zoot was a four piece pop/rock band formed in Adelaide, South Australia in 1965. As a group, they relocated to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and performed in several Australian cities under a variety of names until they went professional in 1968, then adopted the name Zoot.
Zoot Money Zoot Money is a pianist, organist, and actor, born George Bruno Money on 17 June 1942 in Bournemouth, Dorset (then in Hampshire), England, who appeared (playing a promotions man) in the film Breaking Glass with Hazel O'Connor. He has appeared in a number of small roles in British television programmes such as Bergerac, The Professionals and The Bill.
Zoot suit A zoot suit was a style of clothing first popularized by young Mexican Americans, African Americans, Filipino Americans, and Italian Americans in the late 1930s and 1940s. Today, a zoot suit or zooty is also the term given to a style of rowing clothing in Australia (known as a uni suit in the United States.
Zoot Suit (play) Zoot Suit is a musical play by written by Luis Valdez, featuring music from Daniel Valdez and Lalo Guerrero, the "father of Chicano music." When in debuted in 1979, Zoot Suit was the first Chicano play on Broadway.
Zoot Suit Riots The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots that erupted in Los Angeles, California during World War II, between sailors and soldiers stationed in the city and Mexican American youths, recognized because of the zoot suits they favored.
Zooxanthella Zooxanthellae () are golden-brown intracellular endosymbionts of various marine animals and protozoa, especially anthozoans. They are typically dinoflagellate algae, although other algae such as diatoms can also be zooxanthellae.
Zopa Zopa is a UK-based company providing an online money exchange, allowing people who have money to lend to provide it directly to people wanting to borrow it without the need to go through banks, a process sometimes referred to as peer-to-peer lending.
Zope Content Management Framework The Zope Content Management Framework (CMF) is a series of tools for Zope that forms a framework providing many of the key services a content management system would need. The CMF can be used as a standalone product, or it can be built on top of, for example in Plone's or Nuxeo CPS's cases.
Zope Public License Zope Public License is a free software license, used primarily for the Zope application server software. The license is similar to the well-known BSD license, however the ZPL also adds clauses prohibiting trademark use and requiring documentation of all changes.
Zophar In the Book of Job, Zophar or Tzófar (צוֹפַר "Chirping; rising early", Standard Hebrew Ẓófar, Tiberian Hebrew Ṣôp̄ar) is one of the friends of Job who visits to comfort him during his illness. Zophar suggests that Job's suffering could be divine punishment.
Zopheridae Zopheridae is a family of beetles that has grown considerably in recent years as the members of two other families have been included within its circumscription; these former families are the Monommatidae and the Colydiidae, which are now both considered subfamilies within the Zopheridae. There are over 100 genera in the redefined family, and hundreds of species worldwide.
Zopherinae Zopherinae is a subfamily of beetles, commonly known as ironclad beetles. Together with the subfamily Usechinae they have been treated historically as a family, but have recently been joined by several additional taxa, making the Zopheridae a much larger composite family, and the Zopherinae are now only a small component within it, consisting of 8 genera in the tribe Zopherini and one genus, Phellopsis in its own tribe (Phellopsini).
Zor-El In publications from DC Comics, Zor-El was the husband of Allura In-Zee, the father of Kara Zor-El Supergirl and the uncle of Superman. In pre-Crisis continuity, he was a scientist on the Krypton-destruction surviving space colony of Argo City who sent his 15-year daughter Kara to Earth to be raised by her cousin Kal-El (Superman) when a meteor shower exposed the kryptonite content of the Argo City ground.
Zora Andrich Zora Andrich (born Zora Sabrina Andrich Young in 1972 in Santa Fe, New Mexico) is a model and actress. She is best known for her role in the television show Joe Millionaire and as a spokeswoman for NutriSystem.
Zoraida di Granata Zoraida di Granata (also Zoraide di Granata or ZoraĂŻda di Granata) is a melodramma eroico (opera seria or 'heroic' opera), in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Bartolomeo Merelli, based on the French play, Gonzalve de Cordoue ou Grenade Reconquise by Jean Pierre Claris de Florian (1791), and on a libretto by Luigi Romanelli to an opera by Nicolini called Abenamet e Zoraide.
Zoramites In the Book of Mormon, the Zoramites were one of three major Nephite sects, existing during the administration of Alma the Younger as the High Priest over the Church of God (). Zoram, the leader of this group, is first mentioned in as being the head of a people who "had separated themselves from the Nephites", and were responsible for the death of Korihor.
Zoran ÄinÄ‘ić Zoran ÄinÄ‘ić (often Zoran Djindjic, from Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Ђинђић, pronounced ) (1 August, 1952 – 12 March, 2003) was a Serbian prime minister, mayor of Belgrade (Beograd), long-time opposition politician and a philosopher by profession.
Zoran Cvijanović Zoran Cvijanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран ЦвиŃановић) (b. January 28, 1958 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian actor who played supporting, yet memorable roles in many Serbian and former Yugoslav films made in last quarter of the 20th century.
Zoran Djerić Zoran Djerić was minister of the interior of the Republika Srpska. He was removed from office in 2004 by the High representative because of his failure to ensure that article 19 of the Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia was met.
Zoran Erić Zoran Erić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Ерић) (October 6, 1950 - present) is a Serbian composer of modern classical music. He composes mostly in post-modern style, but also has notable works in electronic music.
Zoran Krušvar Zoran Krušvar is a Croatian psychologist and science fiction and fantasy writer, born on April 9, 1977, in Rijeka. He won awards in 2002 (for Igra) and 2003 (for Brodovi u tami) from the Zagreb-based SFera science fiction and fantasy organization.
Zoran Lazetich Zoran Lazetich is a highly regarded chess player, who was awarded the title of Life Master of United States Chess Federation (USCF), as well as lead instructor who teaches at ZokaZoki Chess Academy and is an active player around the Sacramento, California area winning the Sacramento City Chess Championship several times and awarded 2001 Player of the Year by the Sacramento Chess Club. He also won the 1985 Connecticut State Chess Championship.
Zoran Žigić Zoran Žigić (born September 20, 1958 in Balte, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian Serb who was charged with violation of the customs of war and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for his actions in the Prijedor region including crimes at the Omarska, Trnopolje and Keraterm camps during the Bosnian War.
Zoran Ĺ˝ivković (politician) Zoran Ĺ˝ivković (Serbian: Зоран Живковић) is a former Prime Minister of Serbia who replaced assassinated Prime Minister Zoran ÄinÄ‘ić in March 2003. He was born on December 22, 1960 in Niš where he finished high-school.
Zoran Živković (writer) Zoran Živković (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Живковић) (born October 5, 1948) is a science fiction writer, essayist, researcher, publisher and translator from Belgrade, Serbia (former Yugoslavia), where he still resides.
Zoran Planinić Zoran Planinić (born September 12 1982, in Mostar, Yugoslavia (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina)) is a Croatian professional basketball player currently a member of TAU Cerámica in Spanish ACB league's top division.
Zoran Savić Zoran Savić (Serbian: Зоран Савић) (born November 18 1966 in Zenica, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina)) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. The 208 cm (6'10") center had a truly international career, playing in various European nations.
Zones (Permaculture) Zoning in permaculture design refers to a method of ensuring that elements are correctly placed. Zoning is about correct placement — positioning things in ways that are the most appropriate; Zones are numbered from 0 to 5, and can be thought of as a series of concentric rings moving out from a centre point, where human activity and need for attention is most concentrated, to where there is no need for intervention at all...
Zones in City of Heroes and City of Villains In both City of Heroes and City of Villains, there are various zones within Paragon City and the Rogue Islands. Within each zone there are various villain groups that attack/harass the citizens of each, more so City of Heroes.
Zones of EverQuest EverQuest, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, is set in the fantasy world of Norrath which is divided into more than 400 zones. Zones are playable areas of the EverQuest universe that can be accessed by players.
Zones of Nepal Nepal is divided into 14 administrative zones (अञ्चल), which are divided into 75 districts (जिल्ला). The 14 administrative zones are grouped into five development regions (विकास क्षेत्र).
Zonestar Zonestar is a fictional character regarded as one of the most famous and popular comic book superheroes of all time, and one of the first to embody several qualities associated with them. Created by Canadian artist Kent Zonestar and American writer Dr.
Zong Massacre The Zong Massacre was a famous mass-killing of African slaves that took place on the Zong, a British ship owned by James Gregson. The resulting court case was a landmark in the battle against the African Slave Trade of the eighteenth century.
Zongli Yamen Zongli Yamen () was the name of the government office/department of foreign relations (or Foreign Office) of imperial China during the Qing dynasty. It was established by Prince Gong in 1861, following the Convention of Peking.
Zongmi Zongmi (宗密) (780 - 841), also commonly referred to by the monastic title of Guifeng (ĺśĺł°), was a Tang dynasty Buddhist scholar-monk, installed as fifth patriarch of the Huayan school as well as a patriarch of the Heze Chan lineage.
Zongo Zongo is a market town in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the south bank of the Oubangui River, across from Bangui in the Central African Republic. It is linked by ferry to Bangui but has declined in importance as a transport hub since much traffic moved east in the late 1980s.
Zongo Comics Zongo Comics was founded and published in 1995 by Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening. Unlike its counterpart Bongo Comics, the comics published were geared towards older audiences containing adult material and did not include any adaptations of Groening’s cartoons.
Zoni (Arcadia), Greece Zoni (Greek: Ζώνη), is a village lying in hilly area and is connected northeast with GR-76 (Krestena - Andritsaina - Megalopoli) and up to Palamari. It is part of the municipality of Karytaina in the prefecture of Arcadia.
Zonin The Zonin family has been making wine since 1821 and currently operates Italy's largest privately owned vineyard and winemaking complex. The house produces 25 million bottles and exports its wines to 69 countries.
Zoning Zoning is a North American term for a system of land-use regulation. The word is derived from the practice of designating permitted uses of land based on mapped zones which separate one part of a community from another.
Zonker Harris Zonker Harris (his full name is revealed in Doonesbury: A Musical Comedy to be Edgar Zonker Harris) is the stereotypical hippie character in Garry Trudeau's comic strip Doonesbury. He made his first appearance as a perennial pot-smoking pest plaguing B.
Zonnar Zonnar (also zonar, Arabic زنار) were distinctive clothing that dhimmis — Christians and Jews — in the Levant under the Ottoman Empire were required to wear as part of Islamic law. The clothing was usually a belt or girdle.
Zonohedron A zonohedron is a convex polyhedron where every face is a polygon with point symmetry or, equivalently, symmetry under rotations through 180°. Any zonohedron may equivalently be described as the Minkowski sum of a set of line segments in three-dimensional space, or as the three-dimensional projection of a hypercube.
Zonophone Zonophone, early on also rendered as Zon-O-Phone was a record label founded in 1899 in Camden, New Jersey by Frank Seaman. The Zonophone name was not that of the company, but was applied to the records and machines sold by Seaman from 1899-1900 to 1903.
Zonotrichia Zonotrichia is a small genus of American sparrows. Four of the species are North American, but the Rufous-collared Sparrow breeds in highlands from the extreme southeast of Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, and on Hispaniola.
Zonta International Zonta International is a trans-global terrorist organisation founded on Mars in 1374 with the mission of melting the polar ice caps, and harvesting stegosaurus tears. They are largely comprised of a race of winged bears known as Zontians, who are technologically advanced and lust for human blood.
Zony A zony is the offspring of a zebra stallion and a pony mare. Medium size pony mares are preferred in order to produce riding zonies, but zebras have been crossed with smaller pony breeds such as the Shetland resulting in so-called "Zetlands".
Zoo A zoological garden, zoological park, or zoo is an institution where mainly wild and exotic animals are restricted within enclosures, bred and displayed to the public. The term zoological garden refers to the biological discipline zoology, which derives from Greek
Zoo (film) Zoo, by The Stranger columnist Charles Mudede and director Robinson Devor, is a documentary on the life and death of Kenneth Pinyan, a Seattle area man who died unusually through a fatal accident while engaging in sex with an animal. The film's public debut is at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2007.
Zoo (norwegian band) Zoo was a Norwegian band mainly active in the late 1970's and early 1980's, though originally founded in 1966. The band consisted of Ketil Stokkan (guitars, vocals), Sverri Dahl (keyboards, vocals), Erling Andersen (bass guitar, vocals), Rudi Høyness (drums, vocals) and Trond Nyrud (flutes, saxophones).
Zoo Bar The Zoo Bar is a blues music venue and nightclub located in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska, 136 North 14th Street. Larry Boehmer, a musician, artist and Master of Fine Arts graduate from the University of Nebraska founded the Zoo Bar in 1973.
Zoo Code The Zoo Code is an Internet self-classification code based upon the Geek Code and adapted and used within the online zoophile subculture from around 1996, intended as a shorthand "signature" to describe themselves, their philosophies, and their stances on certain common issues such as animal welfare and vegetarianism.
Zoo Friends Zoo Friends provides assistance to Sydney's Taronga Zoo and Dubbo's Western Plains Zoo as a not-for-profit organisation. Over two million dollars were raised in 2005 in support of the Zoos and conservation and education strategies.
Zoo hypothesis The zoo hypothesis is one of a number of suggestions that have been advanced in response to the Fermi paradox, regarding the apparent absence of evidence in support of the existence of advanced extraterrestrial life. According to this hypothesis, aliens would generally avoid making their presence known to humanity, or avoid exerting an influence on human development, somewhat akin to zookeepers observing animals in a zoo.
Zoo Keeper Zoo Keeper is an online puzzle game developed by Robot Communications that was later ported to the Nintendo DS by Japanese video game publisher Success. The game was then brought to American and European shores by Ignition Entertainment.
Zoo Keeper (arcade game) Zoo Keeper is an arcade game created by Taito Corporation in 1982. In the game, the player's character, named Zeke, is a zookeeper who must rescue his girlfriend Zelda from animals that are escaping from their zoo cages, trying to contain each animal and collect bonus items.
Zoo Records Zoo Records was a British independent record label formed by Bill Drummond and David Balfe in 1978. Zoo was launched in order to release the work of the perennially struggling Liverpool band, Big In Japan (the label's first release being the From Y To Z and Never Again EP).
Zoo TV Tour The Zoo TV Tour was an elaborately-staged, multimedia concert tour by Irish rock band U2 that took place in arenas and stadiums over 1992 and 1993. It was a show that operated on many levels; designed to instill a feeling of "sensory overload" in its audience, it used the video age for much of its inspiration.
Zoo TV: Live from Sydney Zoo TV: Live from Sydney is a concert video release by rock band U2 from the "Zoomerang" leg of their Zoo TV Tour. Recorded on Saturday, November 27, 1993 at Sydney Football Stadium on the band's featured stop in Sydney, Australia, it was released in May 1994 on VHS and in September 2006 on DVD.
Zoo Tycoon Zoo Tycoon is a simulation computer game developed by Blue Fang Games and released by Microsoft Game Studios. It is a Tycoon game, in which the player must run a business, in this case a zoo, and try to make a profit.
Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure is the second Zoo Tycoon 2 expansion pack (The others are Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species and Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania). It gives the player 20 new animals such as the Meerkat and the Pygmy Hippo.
Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species is the first of the Zoo Tycoon 2 expansion packs (The others are Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure and Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania). It gives the player 20 new endangered animals such as the Caribou and the Koala, Sky Trams, Jeep Rides, Elevated Path and some new campaigns.
Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals Zoo Tycoon 2: Extinct Animals is an expansion for Zoo Tycoon 2 due to be released sometime in 2007. This expansion pack follows the other expansion packs, Endangered Species, African Adventure and Marine Mania.
Zoo Tycoon 2: Zookeeper Collection The Zookeeper Collection is a platinum pack for Zoo Tycoon 2, and also includes Zoo Tycoon 2: Endangered Species and Zoo Tycoon 2: African Adventure expansion packs. The Zookeeper Collection features the Zoo Tycoon 2: Marine Mania biome layout method, where you have shallow water, deep water, dirt, grass and grass and dirt, and one can toggle on plants, rocks and trees to make the biome brush more personally selected.
Zoo Vet at Large Zoo Vet at Large is a television series following the work of zoo vet Matt Brash at Flamingo Land in North Yorkshire. The program originated from Yorkshire Television but is currently being shown world wide on channels such as Sky Travel and the Danish channel Viasat.
Zoo York Zoo York is an artistic style and social philosophy inspired by the New York City graffiti art subculture of the 1970s. Its name originates from a subway tunnel running underneath the area of the Central Park Zoo.
Zoo York Skateboard Company Zoo York is a skateboarding company that manufactures skateboards, bikes and women's and men's apparel. Originally known as Soul Artists of Zoo York, Zoo York started in the 1970s with a group of graffiti artists in New York from Riverside Park on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
Zoo York Wall The Zoo York Wall was a famous graffiti wall in Manhattan's Central Park, where subway writers and other street artists "made their marks" in the early-70s. It was a temporary wall, erected in 1971 by the New York City Transit Authority to block unauthorized entry into the site of a new subway extension running underneath the Central Park Zoo.
Zooamata Zooamata is a proposed clade of mammals consisting of Ferae (carnivores and pangolins) and Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates). Together with Cetartiodactyla (even-toed ungulates and whales) it forms Ferungulata, and is part of Laurasiatheria.
Zoogeography Zoogeography is the branch of the science of biogeography that is concerned with the geographic distribution of animal species and their attributes. That makes Zoogeography the study of patterns of biodiversity regarding time and space.
Zoochlorella Zoochlorella (plural zoochlorellae) is any single green algae that lives symbiotically within the body of many freshwater and some marine invertebrates and protozoans. Zoochlorellae and zooxanthellae may both be found in the Pacific coast sea anemones Anthopleura elegantissima and A.
Zook's Mill Covered Bridge Zook's Mill Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans Cocalico Creek in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. A county-owned and maintained bridge, its official designation is the Cocalico #7 Bridge.
Zooko's triangle Zooko's triangle is a diagram named after Bryce "Zooko" Wilcox-O'Hearn which sets out the possible alternatives for a system for giving names to participants in a network protocol. At the vertices of the triangle are three properties that are generally considered desirable for such names:
Zool Zool is a British computer game originally produced for the Amiga by Gremlin Graphics as a rival to Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog. It was heavily hyped upon its initial release in 1992, including being bundled with the newly launched Amiga 1200, although not the AGA version with enhanced graphics which followed later.
Zoolander Zoolander is a 2001 film based on a pair of short films directed by Russell Bates and written by Drake Sather and Ben Stiller for the VH1 Fashion Awards television show in 1996 and 1997. The short films and the movie feature Derek Zoolander, a dimwitted male model.
Zoological medicine Zoological medicine refers to the subspecialty of Veterinary medicine that addresses the care of captive zoo animals, free ranging wildlife species, aquatic animals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, and non-domestic companion animals. Zoological medicine incorporates principles of ecology, wildlife conservation, and veterinary medicine, and applies them to wild animals in natural and artificial environments.
Zoological Society of London The Zoological Society of London (sometimes known by the abbreviation ZSL) is a learned society founded in April 1826 by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, Lord Auckland, Sir Humphry Davy, Joseph Sabine, Nicholas Aylward Vigors and other eminent naturalists. Raffles was also the first President, but died shortly after assuming this office in July 1826.
Zoological Survey of India The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) was established on 1st July, 1916 to promote the survey, exploration and research of the fauna in the region. The Survey had its genesis in the establishment of the Zoological Section of the Indian Museum at Calcutta in 1875.
Zoologischer Garten Berlin The Zoologischer Garten Berlin (Berlin zoological garden) is one of the biggest zoos in Germany and the one with the largest number of species of the world. It is located in Berlin Tiergarten near the S-Bahn and railway station of the same name in the city center.
Zoom Airlines Zoom Airlines is a Canadian, low-cost, scheduled transatlantic, airline based in Ottawa, Ontario. Zoom operates from several Canadian airports, principally to destinations in Europe and in particular the United Kingdom.
Zoom In ZOOM IN is a teen produced news & entertainment show which broadcasts in the San Francisco Bay Area (channel 27 & 29) & on the web (MySpace, YouTube). The program is part of an afterschool & summer course called "Beginning MYTV" taught at the Bayview Hunters Point Center for Arts & Technology (BAYCAT).
Zoom lens A zoom lens is a mechanical assembly of lens elements with the ability to vary its focal length, as opposed to a prime lens which has a fixed focal length. They are commonly used with still, video, and motion picture cameras, some binoculars, microscopes and telescopes, and other optical instruments.
Zoom Player Zoom Player is a computer program that plays video and sound files on a Windows-based personal computers. It is a general player that can play, essentially, anything that is playable on a PC, depending on what "filters" (or "codecs") are installed with it.
Zoom-lens reflex camera Zoom lens reflex might refer to an SLR (or dSLR) type camera with a zoom lens which can not be removed. No such camera currently exists, as all fixed lens cameras either use an electronic viewfinder (EVF), or a separate optical finder.
Zooma Tour The Zooma Tour was a proposed 2005 concert tour, to be headlined by Trey Anastasio and Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals. Produced by Superfly Productions, best known for Bonnaroo, the festival was supposed to feature multiple opening acts and other events on two stages.
ZoomCall Pro: ZoomCall Pro is a videoconferencing software for Microsoft Windows operating system. The service allows making point-to-point and multi-point video calls from laptop or desktop computers, and supports basic online document collaboration.
Zoomed video port In computing, a zoomed video port (often simply ZV port) is a unidirectional video bus allowing a device in a PC card slot to transfer video data directly into a VGA frame buffer, so as to allow laptops to display real-time video. The standard was created by the PCMCIA to allow devices such as TV tuners, video inputs and MPEG coprocessors to fit into a PC card form factor and provide a cheap solution for both the laptop manufacturer and consumer.
Zoomerang (Lake Compounce) Zoomerang is the name of a steel roller coaster located at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut. There are over three dozen standard boomerang shuttle coasters around the world, and the Zoomerang is just one of them.
ZoomInfo ZoomInfo is a vertical search engine focused on people, companies, and the relationships between them. It uses the public web as its source to automatically create professionally-focused summaries of the people and companies it finds.
Zoomorphism Zoomorphism, from Greek ζωον zĹŤon, meaning animal, and ÎĽÎżĎφη, morphÄ“, meaning shape or form, refers to the representation of animal forms in ornaments, or to the representation of gods in the form, or with attributes, of non-human animals, and also to the transformation of humans into beasts.
Zoomquilt The ZOOMQUILT is a Internet-popular (113,000 hits on Google as of 1-3-2007) collaborative art project from 2005. It involves the use of optical illusion, and a series of interlocking frame images (46 in total), to create a never-ending series of images when compiled in a programmed loop.
Zoomracks Zoomracks was a shareware database management system for the Atari ST and IBM PC that used a card-file metaphor for displaying and manipulating data. Its main claim to fame was an early and somewhat contentious software patent lawsuit filed against Apple Computer's HyperCard and similar products.
ZoomTown ZoomTown is a broadband service in the Cincinnati, Ohio area, provided by Cincinnati Bell. Internet access is provided to ZoomTown customers through an Internet service provider, primarily Fuse Internet Access, also owned by Cincinnati Bell.
Zoomusicology Zoomusicology is a field of musicology and zoology or more specifically, zoosemiotics. Zoomusicology is the study of the music of animals, or rather the musical aspects of sound or communication produced and received by animals.
Zoon Zoon, Nefilim's only studio album, was released in October 1996 by Beggars Banquet Records (Calatogue number BEGA172). The album saw a move away from the rich soundscapes that characterised earlier works from Fields of the Nephilim toward a darker, more industrial sound.
Zoophilia Zoophilia, from the Greek Ζωον (zôon, "animal") and φιλία (philia, "friendship" or "love"), is a paraphilia, defined as an affinity or sexual attraction by a human to a non-human animal. Such individuals are called zoophiles.
Zoophily Zoophily is a form of pollination whereby pollen is transferred by vertebrates, particularly by hummingbirds and other birds, and bats, but also by monkeys, marsupials, lemurs, bears, rabbits, deer, and other furred animals. Zoomophilous species, like entomophilous species, frequently evolve mechanisms to make themselves more appealing to the particular type of pollinator, e.
Zoophorus A zoophorus in Medieval architecture is a sculptured frieze between the architrave and cornice with a continuous bas-relief of animals, fabulous beasts, creatures from Hell, sea monsters, centaurs, mermaids, unicorns and Zodiac signs. An example can be found in the Our Lady of the Assumption Cathedral in Parma, Italy.
Zoosadism Ernest Bornemann (1990, cited by Rosenbauer 1997) coined the term zoosadism for those who derive pleasure from inflicting pain on an animal, sometimes with a sexual component. Some extreme examples of zoosadism include necrozoophilia (a portmanteau between necrophilia and zoophilia), the sexual enjoyment of killing animals, similar to "lust murder" in humans, sexual penetration of birds such as hens (which is fatal to the hen) and strangling at orgasm, mutilation, sexual assault with objects (including screwdrivers and knives), interspecies rape, fire or burning, and sexual assault on immature animals such as puppies.
Zoot (band) Zoot was a four piece pop/rock band formed in Adelaide, South Australia in 1965. As a group, they relocated to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and performed in several Australian cities under a variety of names until they went professional in 1968, then adopted the name Zoot.
Zoot Money Zoot Money is a pianist, organist, and actor, born George Bruno Money on 17 June 1942 in Bournemouth, Dorset (then in Hampshire), England, who appeared (playing a promotions man) in the film Breaking Glass with Hazel O'Connor. He has appeared in a number of small roles in British television programmes such as Bergerac, The Professionals and The Bill.
Zoot suit A zoot suit was a style of clothing first popularized by young Mexican Americans, African Americans, Filipino Americans, and Italian Americans in the late 1930s and 1940s. Today, a zoot suit or zooty is also the term given to a style of rowing clothing in Australia (known as a uni suit in the United States.
Zoot Suit (play) Zoot Suit is a musical play by written by Luis Valdez, featuring music from Daniel Valdez and Lalo Guerrero, the "father of Chicano music." When in debuted in 1979, Zoot Suit was the first Chicano play on Broadway.
Zoot Suit Riots The Zoot Suit Riots were a series of riots that erupted in Los Angeles, California during World War II, between sailors and soldiers stationed in the city and Mexican American youths, recognized because of the zoot suits they favored.
Zooxanthella Zooxanthellae () are golden-brown intracellular endosymbionts of various marine animals and protozoa, especially anthozoans. They are typically dinoflagellate algae, although other algae such as diatoms can also be zooxanthellae.
Zopa Zopa is a UK-based company providing an online money exchange, allowing people who have money to lend to provide it directly to people wanting to borrow it without the need to go through banks, a process sometimes referred to as peer-to-peer lending.
Zope Content Management Framework The Zope Content Management Framework (CMF) is a series of tools for Zope that forms a framework providing many of the key services a content management system would need. The CMF can be used as a standalone product, or it can be built on top of, for example in Plone's or Nuxeo CPS's cases.
Zope Public License Zope Public License is a free software license, used primarily for the Zope application server software. The license is similar to the well-known BSD license, however the ZPL also adds clauses prohibiting trademark use and requiring documentation of all changes.
Zophar In the Book of Job, Zophar or Tzófar (צוֹפַר "Chirping; rising early", Standard Hebrew Ẓófar, Tiberian Hebrew Ṣôp̄ar) is one of the friends of Job who visits to comfort him during his illness. Zophar suggests that Job's suffering could be divine punishment.
Zopheridae Zopheridae is a family of beetles that has grown considerably in recent years as the members of two other families have been included within its circumscription; these former families are the Monommatidae and the Colydiidae, which are now both considered subfamilies within the Zopheridae. There are over 100 genera in the redefined family, and hundreds of species worldwide.
Zopherinae Zopherinae is a subfamily of beetles, commonly known as ironclad beetles. Together with the subfamily Usechinae they have been treated historically as a family, but have recently been joined by several additional taxa, making the Zopheridae a much larger composite family, and the Zopherinae are now only a small component within it, consisting of 8 genera in the tribe Zopherini and one genus, Phellopsis in its own tribe (Phellopsini).
Zor-El In publications from DC Comics, Zor-El was the husband of Allura In-Zee, the father of Kara Zor-El Supergirl and the uncle of Superman. In pre-Crisis continuity, he was a scientist on the Krypton-destruction surviving space colony of Argo City who sent his 15-year daughter Kara to Earth to be raised by her cousin Kal-El (Superman) when a meteor shower exposed the kryptonite content of the Argo City ground.
Zora Andrich Zora Andrich (born Zora Sabrina Andrich Young in 1972 in Santa Fe, New Mexico) is a model and actress. She is best known for her role in the television show Joe Millionaire and as a spokeswoman for NutriSystem.
Zoraida di Granata Zoraida di Granata (also Zoraide di Granata or ZoraĂŻda di Granata) is a melodramma eroico (opera seria or 'heroic' opera), in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. The Italian libretto was written by Bartolomeo Merelli, based on the French play, Gonzalve de Cordoue ou Grenade Reconquise by Jean Pierre Claris de Florian (1791), and on a libretto by Luigi Romanelli to an opera by Nicolini called Abenamet e Zoraide.
Zoramites In the Book of Mormon, the Zoramites were one of three major Nephite sects, existing during the administration of Alma the Younger as the High Priest over the Church of God (). Zoram, the leader of this group, is first mentioned in as being the head of a people who "had separated themselves from the Nephites", and were responsible for the death of Korihor.
Zoran ÄinÄ‘ić Zoran ÄinÄ‘ić (often Zoran Djindjic, from Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Ђинђић, pronounced ) (1 August, 1952 – 12 March, 2003) was a Serbian prime minister, mayor of Belgrade (Beograd), long-time opposition politician and a philosopher by profession.
Zoran Cvijanović Zoran Cvijanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран ЦвиŃановић) (b. January 28, 1958 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian actor who played supporting, yet memorable roles in many Serbian and former Yugoslav films made in last quarter of the 20th century.
Zoran Djerić Zoran Djerić was minister of the interior of the Republika Srpska. He was removed from office in 2004 by the High representative because of his failure to ensure that article 19 of the Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia was met.
Zoran Erić Zoran Erić (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Ерић) (October 6, 1950 - present) is a Serbian composer of modern classical music. He composes mostly in post-modern style, but also has notable works in electronic music.
Zoran Krušvar Zoran Krušvar is a Croatian psychologist and science fiction and fantasy writer, born on April 9, 1977, in Rijeka. He won awards in 2002 (for Igra) and 2003 (for Brodovi u tami) from the Zagreb-based SFera science fiction and fantasy organization.
Zoran Lazetich Zoran Lazetich is a highly regarded chess player, who was awarded the title of Life Master of United States Chess Federation (USCF), as well as lead instructor who teaches at ZokaZoki Chess Academy and is an active player around the Sacramento, California area winning the Sacramento City Chess Championship several times and awarded 2001 Player of the Year by the Sacramento Chess Club. He also won the 1985 Connecticut State Chess Championship.
Zoran Žigić Zoran Žigić (born September 20, 1958 in Balte, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian Serb who was charged with violation of the customs of war and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for his actions in the Prijedor region including crimes at the Omarska, Trnopolje and Keraterm camps during the Bosnian War.
Zoran Ĺ˝ivković (politician) Zoran Ĺ˝ivković (Serbian: Зоран Живковић) is a former Prime Minister of Serbia who replaced assassinated Prime Minister Zoran ÄinÄ‘ić in March 2003. He was born on December 22, 1960 in Niš where he finished high-school.
Zoran Živković (writer) Zoran Živković (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Живковић) (born October 5, 1948) is a science fiction writer, essayist, researcher, publisher and translator from Belgrade, Serbia (former Yugoslavia), where he still resides.
Zoran Planinić Zoran Planinić (born September 12 1982, in Mostar, Yugoslavia (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina)) is a Croatian professional basketball player currently a member of TAU Cerámica in Spanish ACB league's top division.
Zoran Savić Zoran Savić (Serbian: Зоран Савић) (born November 18 1966 in Zenica, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina)) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. The 208 cm (6'10") center had a truly international career, playing in various European nations.
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