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LinuxSampler LinuxSampler is a work in progress. The goal is to produce a free, open source pure software audio sampler with professional grade features, comparable to both hardware and commercial Windows/Mac software samplers and to introduce new features not yet available by any other sampler in the world.
LinuxTag LinuxTag is a Free Software expo with an emphasis on Linux (but also BSD), held every summer in Germany. It is relatively large, claiming that it is the largest expo of this kind in Europe, drawing visitors from many countries.
LinuxTV The LinuxTV project is an informal group of volunteers who develop software related to digital television for the Linux operating system. The community develops and maintains the DVB driver subsystem which is part of the Linux 2.
Linville Gorge Wilderness The Linville Gorge Wilderness ("The Grand Canyon of North Carolina") is the largest Wilderness Area in North Carolina. It comprises approximately 12,000 acres (49 km²) around the Linville River, and is situated inside the Pisgah National Forest.
Linwood Linwood, a small town in Renfrewshire, Scotland, 14 miles south-west of Glasgow, which saw an explosion in its population during the middle of the 20th century due to the mass exodus of people from the Glasgow slums. At that time the town's economy relied on the Rootes Car plant and the Pressed Steel Company, both of which ceased production in 1981, leaving mass numbers of Linwood's 13,000 industry dependent workers unemployed.
Linwood H. Rose Linwood Howard Rose is the fifth and current president of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. Rose held 11 other positions at JMU before being named acting president in the fall of 1997, chief executive in September 1998, and being formally inaugurated on September 17, 1999.
Linwood Springs Research Station The Linwood Springs Research Station (LSRS) is a raptor research station located in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. Each fall, the station conducts studies on migrant Northern Saw-Whet Owls are to gain information about their migration routes, molt patterns, mortality rates, and winter and summer ranges.
Linwood, New Zealand Linwood is an inner suburb of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. It lies to the east of the city centre, mostly between Ferry Road and Linwood Avenue, two of the major arterial roads to the eastern suburbs of Christchurch.
Linwood, North Carolina Linwood, North Carolina is a small unincorporated community (zip code 27299) just south of Lexington in Davidson County. The area contains operations of several important companies in Davidson County, including Keply Hardwood, Legget-Platt, PPG Industries, and Kimberly Clark.
Linx Linx AB was a joint venture between the Swedish railway, SJ, and the Norwegian railway NSB. It operated high speed trains on the routes Stockholm C - Oslo S and Oslo S - Göteborg C - København H using Swedish X2 trains.
Linxia Linxia (simplified Chinese: 临夏; traditional Chinese: 臨夏; pinyin: Línxià), once known as Hezhou (河州), is home to around 285,000 people county-level city in the province of Gansu of the People's Republic of China. It is located in the valley of the Daxia River (a right tributary of the Huanghe) southwest of Lanzhou.
Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture (simplified Chinese: 临夏回族自治州; pinyin: Línxià Huízú Zìzhìzhōu) is in Western China's Gansu Province, south of the capital, Lanzhou. It is an autonomous prefecture for the Muslim Hui people a large Chinese ethnic group.
Linyi Linyi () is a prefecture-level city in the south of Shandong province, People's Republic of China. The largest prefecture-level city in Shandong, Linyi borders Rizhao to the east, Weifang to the northeast, Zibo to the north, Tai'an to the northwest, Jining to the west, Zaozhuang to the southwest, and the province of Jiangsu to the south.
Linz Linz (Czech: Linec) is the third largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria (Oberösterreich). It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately 30 km south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube, the longest river of the European Union and Europe's second-longest (after the Volga).
Linz International School Auhof (LISA) Linz International School Auhof (LISA) is a public secondary school offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma as well as the Austrian school leaving certificate (Matura). It is one of only two public schools in Austria offering the IB Diploma.
Linzer Torte The Linzer Torte (or Linzertorte) is an Austrian tart (in some ways closer to a cake) with a dough of nuts, usually almonds, and a filling of jam, usually raspberryIaia, Sarah Kelly. Festive Baking: Holiday Classics in the Swiss, German, and Austrian Traditions.
Lio 'On Famör Rotuma Party (Fiji) Lio 'On Famör Rotuma or LFR (meaning "Voice of the Rotuman People" in Rotuman) is a political party in Fiji, which seeks to represent the interests of the Rotuman people in their main representative constituency, that is, the Rotuman Communal Constituency, which elects a Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives for all people of Rotuman descent across the nation of Fiji. Although yet to win a seat in Parliament, the Party tightly contested the parliamentary elections of 1999 and 2001.
Lion Adventure Lion Adventure is a 1967 children's book by the Canadian-born American author Willard Price featuring his "Adventure" series characters, Hal and Roger Hunt. It depicts their attempts to capture a lion for a zoo, which is hampered by a dangerous man-eating lion who parallels the well-known Tsavo maneaters.
Lion Air Flight 538 Lion Air Flight JT 538 was flight from Jakarta to Surabaya with a transit in Surakarta, Indonesia carrying 146 passengers. On November 30, 2004 the MD-82 plane crash landed in the Adi Sumarmo Airport in Solo City, Indonesia.
Lion Books (manga) Lion Books Series (Japanese: ライオンブックス) was a 1950s Japanese manga series published by Shueisha into the Omoshiro Book as a supplement. The same company would publish Lion Books II into Weekly Shonen Jump in the 1970s, which would commonly be referred to as "The New Lion Books".
Lion class battleship The Lion class of battleships were to be a development of the British King George V class battleships. They were intended to replace the World War One vintage Revenge class ships in service with the Royal Navy.
Lion Country Safari Lion Country Safari is a drive-through safari park located in Loxahatchee (near Wellington), in Palm Beach County, Florida. Founded in 1967, it claims to have been the first 'cageless zoo' in the United States.
Lion Fanfare and Downfield Lion Fanfare and Downfield is performed at the beginning of every football game in which the Blue Band is present. The Lion Fanfare is performed with a fanfare step which follows the traditional Penn State Blue Band high step (see Traditions section) but the changing between feet is extra crisp, and performed at half-time.
Lion Gardiner Lion Gardiner (1599-1663) founded the first English settlement in the state of New York and his legacy includes Gardiners Island which remains in the family and is the largest privately owned island in the United States.
Lion Group Lion Group Malaysia business started in the 1930s by trading and manufacturing sweets and confectionery products and sugar-related products. One of the group's biggest investments is Suzuki Assemblers Malaysia Sdn Bhd which manufactures Suzuki motorcycles for the Malaysian market.
Lion Hudson Lion Hudson plc resulted from the merger in December 2003 of Lion Publishing plc and Angus Hudson Ltd. The merger created the largest independent publisher of books inspired by the Christian faith and its values in the UK.
Lion in the Streets Lion in the Streets is a play by two time Governor General Award winning playwright Judith Thompson. Dying Like Ophelia is a six minute film directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly based on a scene between the characters Joanne and Rhonda.
Lion Island, New South Wales Lion Island is in the Hawkesbury River just inside the entrance to Broken Bay. It is located in the Gosford local government areaKu-ring-gai Chase National Park and Lion Island, Long Island and Spectacle Island Nature Reserves Plan of Management, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, May 2002..
Lion of oz and the badge of courage Lion of Oz and the Badge of Courage is an animated prequel to the Wizard of Oz. It tells the story of how the Cowardly Lion, formerly part of the Omaha Circus, came to be in Oz, how he stopped the Wicked Witch of the East from getting the Flower of Oz.
Lion Pop Lion Pop was a pre-Britpop term first coined by the lead singer (Carl) from the band Cud to describe his music. The band, which emerged about 5 or 6 years before the emergence of the Britpop era, were a reaction to the baggy and indie-dance Madchester scenes that were popular in the early 1990s and were known for Carl's silver lamé shirts, a style continuation from 80s bands such as ABC.
Lion Red Cup The Lion Red Cup was a New Zealand domestic rugby league competition that ran from 1994-1996 . It was created due to the increase in public awareness of domestic rugby league due to the Auckland Warriors being accepted into the Winfield Cup.
Lion Rock Tunnel The Lion Rock Tunnel () is a twin-bored toll tunnel in Hong Kong, connecting Sha Tin in the New Territories and New Kowloon near Kowloon Tong. It has two lanes in each direction, with toll booths located at the Sha Tin end.
Lion taming Lion taming is the practice of taming lions, either for protection, whereby the practice was probably created, or, more commonly in the West, entertainment, particularly in the circus. The term is also often used for the taming and display of other big cats such as tigers, leopards and cougars.
Lion's Den (mixed martial arts) The Lion's Den is a mixed martial arts team and training facility based out of Sunnyvale, California. The team was founded in the early 1990s by UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock, and features such fighters as Mikey Burnett, Vernon White, Jerry Bohlander, Tra Telligman, Pete Williams and Guy Mezger.
Lion's mane jellyfish The Lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) is the largest known species of jellyfish. Its range is confined to cold, boreal waters of the Arctic, northern Atlantic and northern Pacific Oceans, seldom found farther south than 42°N latitude.
Lion's Roar Ho-Da-To 阿达陀 (Ordato, Atatuojin, Ah Dat Ta, Dai Dot) was born in 1365 in the Shanghai Province of China. He was born into a nomadic tribe which spent most of it’s time wandering around Russia, Mongolia, Tibet and China.
Lion's Share The Lion's Share is an expression meaning "the larger of two or more amounts". For example, if there are ten bottles of beer lined up on a wall, and one person takes six of them, that person is said to have the lion's share.
Lion-Maru is a Japanese tokusatsu television franchise that began in 1972 by P Productions as Kaiketsu Lion-Maru. The basic premise of the series is that the main character has the ability to transform into a superpowered anthropomorphic lion, usually wielding a katana.
Lionel (radio) Lionel (born Michael William LeBron, his birthday is August 26, 1958), is a nationally syndicated radio talk show host based in New York City. As of November 2006, he hosts a three-hour radio talk show six days a week (9 P.
Lionel Ainsworth Lionel Ainsworth (born October 1 1987 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England) is an English footballer who currently plays for Halifax Town on loan from Derby County who play in the Football League Championship.
Lionel Batiste "Uncle" Lionel Batiste is a musician and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana. Born in 1932 or 1933, he began in music career at the age of 11 playing bass drum with the Square Deal Social & Pleasure Club.
Lionel Belmore Lionel Belmore (12 May 1867 Wimbledon, London, England - 30 January 1953 Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California) was an English character actor and director on stage and in US films of the 1920's and 1930's. In total he had some 200 titles to his film credit.
Lionel convention Lionel is a bridge conventional defense against opposing 1NT openings. Utilising Lionel, over a 1NT opening of the opponents, a double is conventional and denotes spades and a lower suit (4-4 or longer), a 2/2 overcall denotes hearts and the suit bid (4-4 or longer), and the 2/2 overcalls are natural.
Lionel Conacher Lionel Pretoria Conacher (May 24, 1900 – May 26, 1954), nicknamed The Big Train, was Canada's top all-around athlete in the 1920s, excelling in Canadian football, ice hockey, lacrosse, baseball, boxing and wrestling. He later became a politician and was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and the Canadian House of Commons.
Lionel Corp. Lionel Corporation was an American toy manufacturer, specializing in toy trains and model railroads. Its trains, produced from 1901 to 1969, are the most famous toy trains in the United States and among the most famous in the world.
Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex (1575 – 6 August 1645) was a successful merchant in London, England, who was introduced to King James I and VI of England and Scotland by Lord Northampton, and entered the Royal service in 1605. In 1613 he was knighted and was appointed Surveyor-General of Customs; in 1616 he became one of the Masters of Requests, and in 1619 Master of the Court of Wards and Liveries and Chief Commissioner of the Navy.
Lionel de Nicéville Charles Lionel Augustus de Nicéville (Born 1852 in Bristol - died 3 December 1901 in Calcutta from malaria) was a curator at the Indian Museum in Calcutta. He studied the butterflies of South Asia and wrote a three volume monograph on the butterflies of India, Pakistan, Burma and Sri Lanka.
Lionel Davis Lionel Davis was born in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1936. He was a part of the anti-apartheid movement, and was incarcerated for seven years on Robben Island, an infamous prison for political prisoners under the apartheid regime.
Lionel Edward Pyke Lionel Edward Pyke (1854-1899) an English-Jewish barrister, born at Chatham England on April 21, 1854 and died in Brighton England on March 26, 1899. He was the second son of Joseph Pyke, warden of the Central Synagogue, London.
Lionel Ernest Queripel Lionel Ernest Queripel (Winterbourne Monkton, Wiltshire July 13, 1920 - Arnhem, the Netherlands September 19, 1944) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Lionel Fanthorpe The Reverend Robert Lionel Fanthorpe is, among other things, a priest and entertainer. He was born in Dereham, Norfolk in the UK, and has at various times worked as a journalist, teacher, television presenter, author and lecturer.
Lionel Gelber Prize The Lionel Gelber Prize is a literary award for "the world's best non-fiction book in English that seeks to deepen public debate on significant global issues". It is presented annually by The Lionel Gelber Foundation and the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto.
Lionel Giles Lionel Giles (born 29 December 1875, died 1958) was Keeper of the Department of Oriental printed Books and Manuscripts at the British Museum. He is most famous for his 1910 translation of Sun Tzu's The Art of War which has now passed in to the public domain.
Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival The Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival is an annual jazz festival that takes place on the campus of the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho in the month of February. Its current Artistic Director is John Claytonthe festival==
Lionel Hedges Lionel Paget Hedges, born July 13, 1900 and died January 12, 1933, was a cricketer whose feats as a schoolboy at Tonbridge School led him to be named, in 1919, as one of the Cricketers of the Year by Wisden. Hedges was one of five public schoolboys selected for their deeds in 1918 in the absence of first-class cricketers, because of the suspension of cricket during the First World War.
Lionel Hitchman Lionel Hitchman (born November 3, 1901 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) was a Canadian professional hockey defenceman who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins. He won a Stanley Cup in 1929 with the Boston Bruins.
Lionel Hutz Lionel Hutz, voiced by Phil Hartman, is a fictional secondary character from The Simpsons. Although he is known as an attorney, he has also worked as a babysitter, agent, bodyguard, unauthorized biographer, realtor, cobbler, shoe-repair man, and possibly a drug dealer.
Lionel Charlton Air Commodore Lionel Evelyn Oswald Charlton CB, CMG, DSO, RAF (7 July, 1879 - 18 April 1958) was educated at Brighton College and entered the army. Shortly before World War I he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and after becoming one of its first brigadier-generals went on to become a senior commander in the Royal Air Force.
Lionel James Lionel 'Little Train' James (born May 25, 1962 in Albany, Georgia), was a former American professional football player who was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the 5th round of the 1984 NFL Draft. Undersized at 5'6" and 171 lbs.
Lionel Jefferson Lionel Jefferson, a fictional charcter on the American television sitcoms All in the Family (until early 1975) and The Jeffersons, was the son of George and Louise Jefferson and was portrayed by actor Mike Evans. His character was quite significant in the history of television, being that of a young black man with opinions about things beyond the sitcom world.
Lionel Kieseritzky Lionel Adalbert Bagration Felix Kieseritzky (born January 1 1806 in Dorpat (Tartu), Estonia - died May 18 1853, in Paris, France) was a 19th century chess master, famous primarily for a game he lost against Adolf Anderssen, which was so brilliant it was named "The Immortal Game" .
Lionel Lindsay Sir Lionel Lindsay (1874–1961) was born in the Victorian town of Creswick, the brother of artist Norman Lindsay and artist and critic Daryl Lindsay, Lionel Lindsay became a pupil-assistant at the Melbourne Observatory (1889-1892) and later studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne.
Lionel Lukin (judge) Justice Lionel Oscar Lukin was appointed the first Judge of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory, Australia on 25 January, 1934 and remained the sole Judge of the Court until November 1943 when he retired due to ill health. Justice Lukin was also a Judge of the Federal Court of Bankruptcy at the time and therefore did not sit full time on the Territory Supreme Court.
Lionel Manuel Lionel Manuel (born April 13, 1962 in Rancho Cucamonga, California), was a former American professional football player who was selected by the New York Giants in the 7th round of the 1984 NFL Draft. A 5'11", 180 lbs.
Lionel Monckton Lionel John Alexander Monckton (December 18 1861 - September 15 1924) was a British writer and composer of musical theatre. He was Britain's most popular musical theatre composer of the early years of the Twentieth Century.
Lionel Morgan Lionel Morgan is a former professional footballer who played for Wimbledon Football Club before injury forced him to retire from the game. His career was short but he was believed by those who regularly watched him to be among the most talented young players in the game, and perhaps the best from the prolific production line at Wimbledon.
Lionel Nallet Lionel Nallet (born 14 September, 1976 in Bourg-en-Bresse) is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Castres Olympique in the Top 14 club competition in France. His usual position is at lock, and he has played for France.
Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World was a BBC Radio 4 comedy series starring Stewart Lee and Richard Herring (the comedy duo Lee and Herring), and narrated by Tom Baker as the titular character, Lionel Nimrod, a comically exaggerated version of Baker himself. Over two series Lee and Herring tackled, and explained, such varying topics as Monsters, Love, The Human Body, and, finally, The Unexplained itself.
Lionel Palairet Lionel Charles Hamilton Palairet (born May 27 1870 in Grange-over-Sands, Lancashire, died March 27 1933 in Exmouth, Devon) was a famous cricketer of the so-called "Golden Age" of English cricket before the First World War. An opening batsman, he was famed for the elegance of his cover driving.
Lionel Rees Group Captain Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees VC OBE MC AFC RAF (31 July 1884 – 28 September 1955) was a Welsh recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Lionel Richards Lionel Richards (born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on March 9, 1947; died in Fremantle, Western Australia on August 6, 2005 ) was an Australian fathers' rights supporter. After working in movie promotion he changed career and was the proprietor of the Captain Munchies restaurant in Fremantle, Western Australia.
Lionel Robbins Lionel Charles Robbins, Baron Robbins (1898 - 1984) was a British economist of the 20th century who proposed one of the early contemporary definitions of economics, "Economics is a science which studies human behavior as a relationship between ends and scarce means which have alternative uses."
Lionel Rose Lionel Rose MBE (born June 21, 1948) and raised at Jackson's Track near the Victorian town of Drouin. He was an Australian bantamweight boxer who became the first Aborigine in boxing history to win a world title.
Lionel Roux Lionel Roux (born April 12, 1973 in Lyon) is a former tennis player from France, who turned professional in 1991. He was French National Junior champion in 1991, but didn't win a single title (singles and/or doubles) during his pro career.
Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke Of Dorset (January 18, 1688 – October 10, 1765) was an English political leader and Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Lionel was the son of Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset and Mary Compton Sackville.
Lionel Simmons Lionel James "L-Train" Simmons (born November 14, 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former professional basketball player. A 6'7" small forward from La Salle University (where he won the Naismith College Player of the Year and John R.
Lionel Tarassenko Professor Lionel Tarassenko is the current holder of the Chair in Electrical Engineering at the University of Oxford, and is most noted for his work on the applications of neural networks. He led the development of the Sharp LogiCook, the first microwave oven to incorporate neural networks.
Lionel Tate Lionel Alexander Tate (born January 30, 1987) was convicted of first-degree murder for battering a 6-year-old playmate, Tiffany Eunick, to death on July 28, 1999, a crime for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment without chance of parole on March 9, 2001.
Lionel Taylor Lionel Thomas Taylor (born August 15, 1935, in Kansas City, Missouri) was an American football wide receiver who led the American Football League (AFL) in receptions each year for the first six years of the league's existence.
Lionel Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson Lionel Hallam Tennyson, 3rd Baron Tennyson, (born 7 November 1889 in London, died 6 June 1951 in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex) was known principally as a cricketer who played for Hampshire and England. The grandson of the poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, he succeeded his father to the title in 1928, having been known before that as "The Hon Lionel Tennyson".
Lionel Terray Lionel Terray (born July 25, 1921 in Grenoble) is a French climber who did many first ascents, including the first ascent of the Himalayan peak, Makalu, with Jean Couzy on 15 May 1955 and the first ascent of the Cerro Fitzroy in the Patagonian Andes, with Guido Magnone, 1952. A climbing guide and ski instructor, Terray was active in mountain combat against Germany during the World War II years.
Lionel Terry Edward Lionel Terry (1873-1952) was a New Zealand white supremacist and murderer, incarcerated in psychiatric institutions after murdering a Chinese immigrant, Mr. Joe Kum Yung, in Wellington, New Zealand, in 1905.
Lionel Tollemache Sir Lionel Tollemache (bpt April 25, 1624 - bur March 25, 1669) 3rd Baronet of Helmingham was the head of a powerful East Anglian family whose seat was Helmingham Hall in Suffolk. He was the son of Sir Lionel Tollemache, 2nd Baronet and Elizabeth Stanhope, an heiress of Lord Harrington.
Lionel Trilling Lionel Trilling (July 4, 1905 – November 5, 1975) was an American literary critic, author, and teacher. Trilling was one of the group known as "The New York Intellectuals" and was viewed as one of the great literary critics of his time.
Lionel Vinyl Lionel Vinyl (nee Ian Davenport) is one of the most prolific creators of bootleg or mash up mixes, where two or more radically different tunes are combined, most often using the acapella of one track over the instrumental of another track. One of the most creative producers of the genre, he has combined artists such as Yes and Sir Mix-A-Lot, The Strokes and Dizzee Rascal and Kylie Minogue and Mark Ronson.
Lionel White Lionel White (1905-1995) was an author whose dark noirish stories were sometimes made into films. His books include The Money Trap, Clean Break (made into the film The Killing), and Obsession (made into the film Pierrot le fou (1965).
Lionel, LLC Lionel, LLC is a designer and importer of toy trains and model railroads, based in Chesterfield Township, Michigan and currently in bankruptcy. Its roots lie in the 1969 purchase of the Lionel product line by cereal conglomerate General Mills.
Lionello Grifo Lionello Grifo (August 1934), Italian poet and writer, born in Rome in 1934 by parents who were both Italian government officials, nominated at the unanimity "Premio della Cultura 2004 della Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri" (Prize for Culture 2004 from the Presidency of the Italian Ministries Council) "for his outstanding, prestigious contribution to the field of Poetry". He started his working life in the world of politics and the press.
Lioness of Gobedra The Lioness of Gobedra is a representation of a lioness, about 2 meters long, carved in relief on a large rock outcropping. First described by German archeologists in 1913, this carving is located near the city of Axum, Ethiopia.
Lioness Rampant Lioness Rampant is a fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, the fourth and last in a series of books, The Song of the Lioness. It details the return of Sir Alanna of Trebond with the Dominion Jewel and the final battle between her and her archenemy.
Lionfish A Lionfish is any of several species of venomous marine fish in the genera Pterois, Pteropterus, Parapterois, Brachypterois, Ebosia or Dendrochirus, family Scorpaenidae. The lionfish is also known as the Turkey Fish, Dragon Fish and Scorpion Fish.
Lionheart (band) Lionheart were a band featuring former Tygers Of Pan Tang singer Jess Cox, former Iron Maiden guitarist Dennis Stratton, guitarist Steve Mann, former Next Band singer and bassist Rocky Newton, and former Next Band and Def Leppard drummer Frank Noon.
Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader is a computer role-playing game, developed for the PC by Reflexive Entertainment, and released in August 13, 2003. The game is viewed from a 3/4 isometric camera angle (as is common in many third-person role-playing games, such as the Diablo series).
Lions (rugby franchise) The Lions, known as the Cats through the 2006 season, are a South African rugby union team competing in the Super 14 competition. They have not achieved great success in the Super 12 competition, finishing on the bottom of the table three times, with their best performances being in 2000 and 2001, when they reached the semi-finals.
Lions Drag Strip Lions Drag Strip was a raceway in the Wilmington district of Los Angeles adjacent to Long Beach, California that existed from 1955 to 1972. The track was named after its sponsors Lions Clubs International and featured many races that were sanctioned by the NHRA.
Lions Eye Institute The Lions Eye Institute (LEI) in Perth, Western Australia, is the largest eye research institute in the southern hemisphere. It is a limited liability company, with not-for-profit and tax-exempt gift recipient status, overseen by a Board of Directors.
Lions for Lambs (2007 film) Lions for Lambs is a new drama film scheduled to be released in 2007 starring Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep. The film is based on a platoon of soldiers stationed in Afghanistan, and will be directed by Robert Redford.
Lions led by donkeys "Lions led by donkeys" is a phrase popularly used to describe the British infantry of the First World War and to condemn the generals who commanded them. The contention is that the brave soldiers (lions) were sent to their deaths by incompetent and indifferent leaders (donkeys).
Lions of Flanders Lions of Flanders: Flemish Volunteers of the Waffen-SS, 1941-1945 is a book by Richard Landwehr with illustrations by Ramiro Bujeiro and Ray Merriam. It contains the history of Flemish volunteers including the 6th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Langemarck].
Lions Park (C-Train) Lions Park is a stop on the Northwest Line (Route 201) of the C-Train light rail system in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The station primarily serves Calgary's Briar Hill and Hounsfield Heights neighbourhoods, as well as the North Hill Shopping Centre.

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