Zorba

Zorba (Greek: Ζορμπά) may refer to:

  • Zorba the Greek, a 1946 novel by the Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis, about George Zorbas (Alexis Zorbas)
  • Zorba the Greek (film), a 1964 movie based on the novel
  • Zorba (musical), a musical based on the novel and film
  • Zorbas, a song by Mikis Theodorakis featured in the film
  • Zorba the Buddha, a Rajneesh concept owing in part to the Kazantzakis novel character
  • Zorba (Mastiff), world's largest dog, now deceased
  • Zorba (comics), a fictional character from Marvel Comics
  • Zorba Paster, physician and public radio personality
  • Zorba (bible study), a translator of the New Testament from Aramaic to Greek, postulated by advocates of Aramaic primacy
  • Sorik, a town in Armenia formerly called Zorba
  • a nickname of Peter Metropolis (born 1944), an Australian rules football player and administrator
  • Zorba (XQuery processor), an open source implementation of the XQuery query/programming language
  • Zorba (musical)

    Zorba is a musical with a book by Joseph Stein, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and music by John Kander. Adapted from the 1952 novel Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis and the subsequent 1964 film of the same name, it focuses on the friendship that evolves between Zorba and Nikos, a young American who has inherited an abandoned mine on Crete, and their romantic relationships with a local widow and a French woman, respectively.

    The musical premiered on Broadway in 1968 in a production directed by Harold Prince. It was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Musical in a season that included Hair, Promises, Promises and 1776. The last of these won the award. The original production ran for 305 performances, but a 1983 Broadway revival ran for 362 performances with a cast starring Anthony Quinn.

    Productions

    The musical opened on Broadway on November 16, 1968 at the Imperial Theatre, where it ran for 305 performances and twelve previews. Directed by Harold Prince and choreographed by Ron Field, the cast included Herschel Bernardi, Maria Karnilova, Carmen Alvarez, John Cunningham, and Lorraine Serabian. Scenic design was by Boris Aronson, costume design was by Patricia Zipprodt, and lighting design was by Richard Pilbrow.

    Zorba (XQuery processor)

    Zorba is an open source query processor written in C++, implementing

  • several W3C XQuery and XML specifications and
  • the JSONiq language for processing JSON data.
  • Zorba is distributed under Apache License, Version 2.0. The project is mainly supported by the FLWOR Foundation, Oracle, and 28msec.

    Specifications

    Zorba provides the implementation of the following W3C specifications:

  • XQuery 1.0
  • XQuery 3.0
  • XQuery Update Facility 1.0
  • XQuery and XPath Full Text 1.0
  • XML Syntax for XQuery 1.0
  • XML Schema
  • XSL Transformations (XSLT)
  • XSL Formatting Objects
  • Zorba also provides implementations of:

  • JSONiq
  • Scripting Extension
  • #Data_Definition_Facility Data Definition Facility
  • Scripting

    Scripting Extension is an open specification that provides semantic for side-effects in XQuery or JSONiq programs. It also provides a user-friendly syntax for imperative programming within such programs. The following code snippet is an example of the Scripting syntax. It computes a sequence containing all the Fibonacci numbers that are less than 100.

    Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Thugged Down

    by: Saira B

    Get up on this baby, If you want me, than take me away. (yeah)
    Every time I look into your eyes (your eyes)
    It brings me back to those times, when you and I, had our time.
    It didn’t mean too much to me, weather you stayed or you leave, boy I just need to be thugged down.
    You know what I like baby. You know what it do, so fellas’ grab your ladies, and ladies grab your boo.
    Want you to know what you do to me, I can’t stay away from you, baby I’ve tried my hardest, Its just something I can’t do.
    So get up on this baby, If you want me, than take me…..away.
    Sometimes if you’re lonely, do I cross your mind?
    Boy you’ve got to show me, if I’m what you want in life.
    You know you can’t replace me, how could you try to play me?Than turn around and blame me?(nox6)
    About to show you how I feel inside, all of the pain and the tears that I’ve cried, so many times you’ve lied, so many lonely nights.
    Atleast I know I can say I tried, tried to keep our love alive, and boy you can’t deny….theres something in your eyes.
    So get up on this baby, If you want me, than take me away.




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    Opa! Amazing! Zorba the Greek

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    'A welcoming place': Zorba's owners reflect on 50 years of tradition and family

    The Fayetteville Observer 05 Mar 2025
    In November, Zorba's Gyro, 2919 Raeford Road, celebrated its 50th anniversary, marking a milestone in a journey that began with a young immigrant’s dream, according to the original owner, ThomasTommy” Frangakis ... The birth of Zorba's.
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