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Zoé (Little Big Adventure)
Zoé is a female video game character in the computer/video games Little Big Adventure and Little Big Adventure 2 (also known as Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure and Twinsen's Odyssey, respectively). She is the girlfriend (and then wife) of protagonist Twinsen. She is of the quetch species, has a bl..
Zoé Laurier
Zoé Lafontaine Laurier (born 1842 in Montreal; died November 1, 1921) was the wife of Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada. They married at Marie-Reine-du Monde, Montréal, Quebec, Canada on August 13, 1868. External link [A Love Letter From W. Laurier] See also: Spouses..
Zoë Lewis
Zoë Lewis is a folk musician from Massachusetts. She employs a wide range of styles, including vaudeville and world beat. Her instruments include the tin whistle, piano, and sometimes spoons. Discography Albums Small is Tremendous (2005)Fishbone, Wishbone, Funnybone (2001)Sheep (1998)Full of Far..
Zola
Zola can refer to several things: Émile Zola, the French novelist of the literary school of naturalismBonginkosi Dlamini aka Zola, a South African kwaito musician and actorZola, the Soweto ghetto from where Bokingosi takes his artistic nameZola Predosa, an Italian commune in the region of Emilia-Ro..
Zolaism
Zolaism is a literary term used to describe excessive realism that depicts the worst side of human life and society. The term is derived from the name of Émile Zola, whose work extensively featured this. This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopa..
Zolani Mahola
Zolani Mahola is the lead singer of the South African band Freshlyground. She was born in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa where she grew up near the city of Port Elizabeth. She moved to Cape Town and studied drama at the University of Cape Town and this led to her being cast in the lead ro..
ZolaOnAOL
''This article is about a specific chatterbot. To see about chatterbots in general, search for chatterbot. '' ZolaOnAOL was a chatterbot in AOL Instant Messenger, a program made by AOL to send instant messages. She acted like a normal person, except she didn't know how to do some basic things. Un..
Zola (entertainer)
Bonginkosi Dlamini, aka Zola, is a South African poet, actor, and kwaito musician. He also presents Zola 7, a television show named for him, on SABC 1. Contents 1 Early life2 Actor3 Musician3.1 Musical Awards3.2 Discography4 External links Early life Born in the So..
Zola Budd
Zola Budd running a cross-country race barefoot Zola Pieterse, still better known by her maiden name of Zola Budd (born May 26, 1966 in Bloemfontein, Orange Free State in South Africa), is a former Olympic track and field competitor who, within a period of less than three years, twice broke th..
Zola Levitt
Zola Levitt (December 3, 1938 - April 19, 2006) was a messianic Jewish preacher in Dallas, Texas, who had a strong pro-Israel ministry. He led Zola Levitt Ministries, Inc., a non-profit 501(c) organization for purposes of "evangelism of the unbelievers and the exhortation of the believers". He held..
Zolder
The Circuit Zolder, also known as Circuit Terlaemen, is an undulating 3.977 km (2.622-mile) motorsport race track in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium. Built in 1963, Zolder hosted the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix on 10 separate occasions in the 1970s and 1980s. Unfortunately, Zolder is probably best r..
Zoldo Alto
Zoldo Alto is a town in the province of Belluno, Veneto, Italy. It is located at around [46°23′0″N, 12°8′0″E]. Veneto · Communes of the province of Belluno Agordo | Alano di Piave | Alleghe | Arsiè | Auronzo di Cadore | Belluno | Borca di Cadore | Calalzo di Cador..
Zoledronate
Zoledronate (INN: zoledronic acid, marketed by Novartis under the trade name Zometa®) is a bisphosphonate, used to prevent osteoporosis and skeletal fractures, particularly in patients with cancers such as multiple myeloma and prostate cancer. It can also be used to treat hypercalcemia, partic..
Zolfo Springs, Florida
Zolfo Springs is a town in Hardee County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,641 at the 2000 census. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2004 estimates, the town had a population of 1,659. Geography Zolfo Springs is located at [27°29′46″N, 81°47′49″W] (27.496211, -8..
Zolicar
SC Zoli-Car SRL is a company in Cluj-Napoca, Romania created in 1993. History In the year of 1994 a car shop was opened in Cluj-Napoca with focus on repairing cars for costumers from all over the country. The following year, in 1995 the company obtained the first special vehicle for autovehicle t..
Zolitūde
A neighbourhood of Riga, Latvia. ..
Zollern
Zollern is the name of the Hohenzollern comital, royal, and imperial family started with Tassilo von Zolorin. It is also the name of the family's 13th century castle in Hechingen near Stuttgart, Germany. The castle has been rebuilt several times, most recently in the 1850s. Burchard von Zollern w..
Zollernalbkreis
Zollernalbkreis Statistics State: Baden-Württemberg Capital: Balingen } } |- | Area:||917.7 km² |- | Inhabitants:||193,552 (2002) |- | pop. density:||211 inh./km² |- | Car identification:||BL |- | Homepage:||http://www.zollernalbkreis.de |- !colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#DEFFAD|Map |- |co..
Zollernia
Zollernia is a genus of the family Fabaceae native to Central and South America. Zollernia are trees or shrubs that flower annually. Leaves of Zollernia ilicifolia are used medicinally as an analgesic and antiulcerogenic, be the peoples of the Brazilian Tropical Atlantic Rainforest. ..
Zollgrenzschutz
Zollgrenzschutz (ZGS) [German > "Customs Border Guards"] An organization under the German Finance Ministry charged with guarding Germany's borders, acting as a combination Border Patrol and Customs & Immigration service. It originated in the early 19th century as a tariff enforcement unit ..
Zollikofen
Zollikofen is a municipality in the canton of Berne, Switzerland, a suburb of the capital of Berne. It is home to the Swiss College of Agriculture (SHL) and the Bern Switzerland Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. ..
Zollikon Seminars
The Zollikon Seminars were a series of philosophical seminars delivered between 1959 and 1969 by the German philosopher Martin Heidegger at the home of Swiss psychiatrist Medard Boss. The topic of the seminars was Heidegger's ontology and phenomenology as it pertained to the theory and praxis of med..
Zolling
Zolling is a municipality in the Bavarian district of Freising. Associated villages are: Anglberg, Flitzing, Thann, Palzing and Appersdorf. Zolling lies 6 km to the north of Freising, at [48°27′N 11°46′E]. ..
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is a disorder where increased levels of the hormone gastrin are produced, causing the stomach to produce excess hydrochloric acid. Often, the cause is a tumour of the pancreas producing the hormone gastrin. Contents 1 Causes2 Symptoms3 Therapy4 His..
Zollino
thumb Zollino is a small town of 2,194 inhabitants in the province of Lecce in Apulia, Italy. It is one of the nine towns of Grecìa Salentina. Puglia · Communes of the province of Lecce Acquarica del Capo | Alessano | Alezio | Alliste | Andrano | Aradeo | Arnesano | Bagnolo ..
Zollner illusion
Zollner illusion The Zollner illusion is a classic optical illusion named after its discoverer, German astrophysicist Johann Karl Friedrich Zöllner. In 1860, Zöllner sent his discovery in a letter to physicist and scholar J. C. Poggendorff, editor of Annalen der Physik und Chemie, who subse..
Zollverein
For the well-known German coal mine, see Zeche Zollverein. Zollverein (German for "customs union") or German Customs Union was formed between the 38 states of the German Confederation in 1834 during the Industrial Revolution to create a better trade flow and reduce internal competition. The main c..
Zolmitriptan
Zomig® logo Zolmitriptan is an oral, selective 5-hydroxytryptamine 1B/1D (5-HT 1B/1D ) receptor agonist. It is a second-generation triptan, for acute treatment of migraine attacks with or without aura and cluster headaches. Zolmitriptan is marketed by AstraZeneca with the brand names Zom..
Zolochiv
This article is about town of Zolochiv in the Lviv Oblast of Ukraine. For the same-named town in the Kharkiv Oblast of that country, see Zolochiv, Kharkiv Oblast, Ukraine. Zolochiv (Ukrainian: Золочів, Polish: Złoczew or Złoczów, Yiddish: זלאָטשעװ, translit. Zlotshev) is a town lo..
Zoloft Aropax, a Life of Sad Stories
A documentary made in 2002, which records the dying stages of the working relationship between arthouse director Lofty Aropax and Method actor Mogodàn. ..
Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer
Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer is an indie rock band that originated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania through core members Vince Ratti and Rachel Minton. Their music is typically identified with the pop rock genre and is heavily structured and influenced by pop music. The members of the band define th..
Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer (album)
The debut album from the band Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer. Songs feature Anthony Green on vocals. Several of the tracks were re-recorded for their follow up album, Jalopy Go Far. Tracklisting MomentPlays Pretty for BabyOde to MadonnaWords for NowMean Old CootMr. SongRiding Trains in NovemberS..
Zolotarev's lemma
In mathematics, Zolotarev's lemma in number theory states that the Legendre symbol [\left(\frac\right)] for an integer a modulo a prime number p, can be computed as ε(πa) where ε denotes the signature of a permutation and πa the permutation of the residue classes ..
Zolotnik
A zolotnik (or solotnik; Russian: золотник; abbr.: zol.) was a small Russian unit of weight, equal to 0.1505 avoirdupois ounces, or 4.2658 grams (about 65.83 grains). Used from the 10th to 20th centuries, its name is derived from the Russian word zolo..
Zolotonosha
Zolotonosha (Ukrainian: Золотоноша) is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast (province) in central Ukraine. It is located at around [49°40′0″N, 32°1′60″E], the city serves as the administrative center of the Zolotonisky Raion (district), however the city itself is also ..
Zolo Azania
Contents 1 Overview2 Art Works3 Notable Supporters and Coalitions of Support4 Prosecution Overview Zolo Agona Azania (Born Rufus Averhart) is an artist and New Afrikan activist from Gary, Indiana who is currently incarcerated in Michigan City, Indiana for his alleged role in t..
Zolpidem
Zolpidem is a prescription drug used for the short-term treatment of insomnia (sleeping pill). It works quickly (usually within 15 minutes) and has a short half-life (2-3 hours), but will last longer in patients with hepatic failure. Some trade names of zolpidem are Ambien®, Stilnox®, Stilnoct®..
Zoltan, Hound of Dracula (film)
Zoltan, Hound of Dracula is a 1978 film in which a 17th century innkeeper (played by Reggie Nalder) becomes the willing thrall to the line of Dracula. Contents 1 A Russian Road Crew Blasts Open a Crypt2 But 200 Years Earlier a Dog Had Been Bitten by Dracula3 Dracula's Lineage Now H..
Zoltan Almasi
Zoltan Almasi (b. August 29 1976) is an International Grandmaster of chess from Hungary. In the FIDE World Chess Championship 2004, he made it to the fourth round where he lost 2-0 to Rustam Kasimdzhanov, the eventual winner of the event. As of July 2005, Almasi had an FIDE rating of 2619. Extern..
Zoltán Ambrus
Zoltán Ambrus (February 22, 1861 in Debrecen - February 28, 1932 in Budapest) was a Hungarian writer and translator. He completed gymansium (high school) in Debrecen and Budapest and then studied law in Budapest. At the age of 18, his father died leaving him responsible for his family. He tutored ..
Zoltán Árpádffy
Zoltán Árpádffy (born August 6, 1966 in Subotica, Yugoslavia) is an active member of the open source software community. Professionally he is a theoretical mathematician, working as a project manager and security expert in the online gaming and lottery branch. He is best known for the followin..
Zoltán Benkő
Zoltán Benkő (born 13 June 1983 in Budapest), is a Hungarian flatwater canoer and current (2006) European champion. In 2003, already regarded as one of Hungary's most promising young kayak stars, he competed in his first world championships in Gainesville, USA, finishing in twelfth place in the i..
Zoltán Böszörmény
Zoltán Böszörmény (5 January 1893-?) was a leading exponent of Fascism in Hungary before the Second World War. The son of a bankrupt landowner, he first flirted with politics in 1919 when he became involved in activity against Béla Kun, albeit on a very minor scale. Whilst studying at the Univ..
Zoltán Buday
Zoltán Buday is a Hungarian born actor, born in Budapest, Hungary in 1952, November 15. He left Hungary in 1956 and became a refugee in Canada. Buday now lives in Vancouver, BC. He is a member of ACTRA and UBCP. External links [Zoltán Buday's Official Web Site] ..
Zoltan Crişan
Zoltan Crişan' (born May 25, 1955 in Oradea, Romania - died October 14, 2003 in Craiova, Romania) was a Romanian football player, who played for FC Baia Mare (1972 - 1974), Universitatea Craiova (1974 - 1984), FC Bihor Oradea (1984 - 1985), FC Olt (1985 - 1986) and Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea (1986 -19..
Zoltán Czibor
Zoltán Czibor (August 231929 - September 1 1997) was a Hungarian footballer from the "Magnificent Magyars" era. He played in Hungary for Ferencvaros, Csepel and Honved. Later, when he moved to Spain, he played at Barcelona and Espanyol. He had 43 caps for Hungary, and was a member of the squad th..
Zoltán Dani
Colonel Zoltán Dani (Serbian: ) was the commander of a Serbian anti-aircraft battery which shot down a United States Air Force F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter on March 27, 1999, the only F-117 ever lost in combat. The F-117 was shot down by a 1960's vintage Soviet SA-3 Goa missile system, which Da..
Zoltán Gera
This article is about the Hungarian football player. For the Hungarian actor see Zoltán Gera Zoltán Gera, (born April 22 1979 in Pécs) is a Hungarian footballer who currently plays for English Club West Bromwich Albion F.C. as an attacking midfielder. Contents 1 Club Career2 Intern..
Zoltán Gera (actor)
This article is about the Hungarian actor. For the football player see Zoltán Gera. Gera Zoltán (family name-given name, born August 19, 1923, in Szeged, Hungary) is a Hungarian supporting actor. He has starred in 115 movies so far (according to IMDB). Selected international filmography Rose’s ..
Zoltán Halmay
Zoltán Halmay (June 18, 1881 – May 20, 1956) was a Hungarian Olympic swimmer. He competed in four Olympics (1900 – 1908), winning the following medals: 1900: silver (200 m, 4000 m freestyle), bronze (1000 m freestyle)1904: gold (50yd, 100yd freestyle)1906: gold (4x250 m freestyle rel..
Zoltán Jeney
Zoltán Jeney. Zoltán Jeney (b. Szolnok, Hungary, March 4, 1943) is a Hungarian composer. He studied composition with Ferenc Farkas at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in Budapest (1961-66) and pursued postgraduate studies with Goffredo Petrassi at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia i..
Zoltán Kammerer
Zoltán Kammerer (born March 10, 1978 in Vác) is a Hungarian flatwater canoer, who has won three Olympic gold medals in the team kayak events. He is also a world champion from 1997 (K4 500m) and 1999 (K4 1000m). In addition he has World Championships silver medals in K4 1000m from 2001 and 2003,..
Zoltán Kelemen
Zoltán Kelemen (March 12 1926–May 9 1979) was a Hungarian baritone. He was born in Budapest and died in Zurich. He began studying music at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music before leaving Hungary in order to study in Rome. When he left Rome in 1959 he established himself in Germany, first in Augsb..
Zoltán Kemény
Zoltán Kemény (21 March 1907, Banica, Austro-Hungarian Empire - 14 June 1965, Zurich, Switzerland) was a sculptor. He was the only Hungarian to win a prize at the Venice Biennale. See also List of sculptors External links [Page at the Tate Gallery (London)] ..
Zoltán Kocsis
Zoltán Kocsis (born May 30, 1952) is a Hungarian pianist, conductor, and composer. He started his musical studies at the age of five and continued them at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in 1963, studying piano and composition. In 1968 he was admitted to the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, where he ..
Zoltán Kodály
Zoltán Kodály Zoltán Kodály (IPA: /ˈzoltaːn ˈkodaːj/) (December 16, 1882 – March 6, 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, educator, linguist and philosopher. Though born in Kecskemét, Kodály (pronounced ko-DAI) spent most of his childhood in Galánta and Nagyszom..
Zoltán Korda
Zoltán Korda (June 3, 1895 – October 13, 1961) was a Hungarian-born motion picture screenwriter, director and producer. Born Zoltán Kellner in Pusztatúrpásztó, Túrkeve in Austria-Hungary (now Hungary), he was the middle brother of filmmakers Alexander and Vincent Korda. Zoltán Korda went..
Zoltan Kosz
Zoltán Kosz (born November 26, 1967 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squad at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Kosz also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where the Hungarian team placed 4th. Kosz has suffered from knee injuries. In 1993 he was diagnosed ..
Zoltán Lajos Bay
Zoltán Lajos Bay (1900 – 1992) was a Hungarian physicist. He was the first person to observe radar echoes from the Moon. From 1930 he worked at the University of Szeged as a professor of theoretical physics. External links http://www.hpo.hu/English/feltalalok/bay.htmlhttp://www.bzlogi.hu/bz..
Zoltán Meskó
Zoltán Meskó (12 March 1883-10 June 1959) was a leading Hungarian Nazi during the 1930s. Meskó came from a landownning family of Slovak origin and was first elected to parliament in 1931 as a representative of the Smallholders. After arriving at the parliament wearing an SA uniform, he soon join..
Zoltán of Hungary
Zoltán, also known as Zolta, Zaltas, or Zsolt, is probably the name of the son of Árpád and the father of Taksony and possibly Jutas. Gesta Hungarorum names Zolta as the son and successor of Árpád. Although he ruled Hungary from 907 to 946, his leadership meant much less than with previous lea..
Zoltan Somogyi
--> Dr. Zoltan Somogyi is a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne's department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, who currently leads the team responsible for the Mercury programming language. Aside from Mercury, Somogyi has also worked on the Aditi deductive logic system and c..
Zoltan Stieber
Zoltan Stieber (born October 16 1988 in Budapest) is a Hungarian striker playing for Aston Villa. Stieber signed for Aston Villa on August 5 2005. He can play in midfield or attack and helped Aston Villa Academy, to the final of the Youth League in May 2005, before losing to Southampton F.C. Stieb..
Zoltan Szecsi
Zoltán Szecsi (born December 22, 1977 in Budapest) is a Hungarian water polo player, who played on the gold medal squads at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. He is nicknamed Szecska, and made his international debut for the Men's National Team in 1998. ..
Zoltán Szilágyi
Zoltán Szilágyi (born June 21, 1967 in Budapest) is a former freestyle swimmer from Hungary, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. He missed the 1996 Summer Olympics, and ended his career after the Sydney Games in 2000. ..
Zoltán Tibor Balogh
Zoltán "Zoli" Tibor Balogh (December 7, 1953-June 19, 2002) was a Hungarian-born mathematician, specializing in set-theoretic topology. His father, Tibor Balogh, was also a mathematician. His best known results concerned solutions to problems involving normality of products, most notably the first..
Zoltán Tildy
Zoltán Tildy (Losonc, November 18, 1889 – Budapest, August 3, 1961), was an influential leader of Hungary, who served as Prime Minister from 1945-1946 and President from 1946-1948 in the post-war period before the seizure of power by Soviet-backed communists. He was born in Losonc (which is..
Zoltán Varga
Zoltán Varga could be: Zoltán Varga (chess player)Zoltán Varga (footballer) ..
Zoltán Varga (chess player)
See also Zoltán Varga (footballer). Zoltán Varga (born July 12, 1970) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster. External links FIDE rating card for [Zoltan Varga][The chess games of Zoltan Varga] ..
Zoltán Varga (footballer)
For the chess player, see Zoltán Varga (chess player). Zoltán Varga (born January 1, 1945) was a Hungarian football player in the 1960s and 1970s. He was an Olympic gold medallist at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He played for Ferencváros when they won the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1965,..
Zoltar
Zoltar. UO Thief. TARD. also IRL Pimp. ..
Zolten
Zolten is a common Magyar (Hungarian) name. It seems to be both a personal name and a family name. According to comedian Penn Jillette, "it's the name of Dracula's dog." Source: (Chicago Sun Times, May 24, 2006.) ..
Zoltes
Zoltes was a chief of the southern Thracians, living in the Haemus mountains area. Leading small groups, he often made incursions into the Pontic cities and within their territories. He attacked the city of Hystria, calling off the siege only after having received 7500 drachmas and 5 talents (approx..
Zolty Cracker
Zolty Cracker, out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada are Gilles Zolty (lead vocals, guitar), Annie Wilkinson (bass, accordion, vocals) and Wayne Adams (drums, percussion, harmonica, vocals). From 1989 to 1997 they toured Canada, the United States and Europe playing what has been termed motor fo..
Zolwerknapp
Zolwerknapp (German: Zolver Knapp) is a hill in the commune of Sanem, in south-western Luxembourg. It is 422 metres tall, and lies just to the north-west of Soleuvre (Zolwer in Luxembourgish and German, hence the name of the hill). ..
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