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Lossless Transform Audio Compression (LTAC) Lossless Transform Audio Compression (LTAC) is a compression algorithm developed by Tilman Liebchen, Marcus Purat and Peter Noll at Institute for Telecommunications, Technical University Berlin (TU Berlin), to compress PCM audio in a lossless manner, unlike conventional lossy audio compression algorithms (like MP3).
Losso The Lossos are an ethnic and linguistic group of people living in the Doufelgou District (Préfecture) of the Kara Region in Northern Togo, West Africa. The district capital is Niamtougou which is also an important regional market town.
Lossy data compression A lossy data compression method is one where compressing data and then decompressing it retrieves data that may well be different from the original, but is "close enough" to be useful in some way. Lossy data compression is most commonly used to compress multimedia data (audio, video, still images) especially in applications, such as streaming media and internet telephony.
Lossy data conversion A lossy data conversion method is one where converting data between one storage format and another displays data in a form that is "close enough" to be useful, but may differ in some ways from the original. This type of conversion is used frequently between software packages that rely on different storage techniques.
Lost & Found (Melissa Tkautz album) In early 2005, Melissa made a special appearance at ARQ nightclub in Sydney for the very popular Retrosexual theme night, performing re-worked versions of her hit songs "Read My Lips" and "Sexy (Is The Word)". The crowd showed that the applause and enthusiasm for Melissa was still as strong as ever and JRB Music & Management promptly signed Melissa to a new recording contract.
Lost (1955 film) Lost (also called Tears for Simon) is a 1955 British thriller directed by Academy Award-winning cinematographer Guy Green. It is set in 1950s London, and revolves around the apparent kidnapping of a young American couple's baby.
Lost 116 pages The "lost 116 pages" were the original manuscript pages of what Joseph Smith, Jr. said was the translation of the Book of Lehi, the first portion of the Golden Plates revealed to him by an angel in 1827.
Lost and Delirious Lost and Delirious is a Canadian drama film directed by Léa Pool that was released in 2001. Loosely based on the novel The Wives Of Bath by Susan Swan, Lost and Delirious is filmed from the perspective of Mary, played by Mischa Barton, who observes how homophobia destroyed the romantic relationship between her two teenage friends, Pauline (nicknamed Paulie, played by Piper Perabo) and Victoria (Tori, played by Jessica Paré).
Lost and found A lost and found (American English) or lost property (British English), usually found at large public places, is where visitors can go to retrieve lost articles that may have been found by other visitors. Frequently found at museums, amusement parks, schools, etc.
Lost and Found (The Twilight Zone) Akousa Busia is a young college student who has been losing personal items for some time. The mystery is resolved when she explores her closet, and what she discovers opens her up to possibilities she never dreamed of.
Lost and Found in Translation Lost and Found in Translation is an episode of the American children's television program Power Rangers: Dino Thunder, the eleventh incarnation of the Power Rangers series. As with all Power Rangers: Dino Thunder episodes, it is loosely adapted from, and uses certain footage from, a Japanese tokusatsu program produced as part of the Super Sentai franchise, 2003's Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger.
Lost and Found: You've Got To Earn It (1962-1968) Lost and Found: You've Got To Earn It (1962-1968) is a compilation album by The Temptations. Released by Motown Records in 1999, it includes twenty unreleased Temptations records alongside unreleased mixes of "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" and "You've Got to Earn It".
Lost at Sea Lost at Sea is a comedy/romance graphic novel by Bryan Lee O'Malley. It tells the coming of age story of shy 18-year-old Raleigh who thinks she has no soul — a cat stole it from her — and who is now on a road trip across America with some kids from her school she barely knows.
Lost Battalion The Lost Battalion is the name given to eight American units of the 77th Division, roughly 550 men, isolated by German forces during World War I after an American attack in the Argonne Forest in October 1918. Roughly 197 were killed in action and approximately 150 missing or taken prisoner before 194 remaining men were rescued.
Lost Blues and Other Songs Lost Blues and Other Songs is the name of a 1997 album by Will Oldham, released under the moniker Palace Music. It collects various singles and rarities Will Oldham released under the Palace names during the early 1990s.
Lost Boys of Polygamy Lost Boys of Polygamy are young men who have been excommunicated or pressured to leave polygamous groups such as the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) or the Latter-day Church of Christ.Most of the Lost Boys were between the ages of 13 and 21 when they were banished or pressured to leave.
Lost Boys of Sudan Lost Boys of Sudan is the name of an International Rescue Committee program to resettle refugee boys from Sudan to the United States who were displaced and/or orphaned during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1984-2005, about 2 million killed).
Lost Boys of Sudan (film) Lost Boys of Sudan is a documentary film by Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk about two Dinka boys from Sudan, Santino Majok Chuor and Peter Nyarol Dut, who reached the United States after fleeing the civil war in their country.
Lost city In the popular imagination lost cities were real, prosperous, well-populated areas of human habitation that fell into terminal decline and whose location was later lost. Most lost cities are of ancient origins, and have been studied extensively by archaeologists.
Lost city (fiction) In the popular imagination lost cities are real, prosperous, well-populated areas of human habitation that have fallen into terminal decline and been lost to history. Most real lost cities are of ancient origins, and have been studied extensively by archaeologists.
Lost Cat Records Lost Cat Records is an independent record label featuring rock, folk, singer songwriter, Americana bands and musicians. The label was founded in 2001 by Jerry Jodice to promote music by artists who, for one reason or another, had chosen to work outside of the mainstream music industry.
Lost Cause of the Confederacy The Lost Cause is the name commonly given to a literary movement that sought to reconcile the traditional society of the Southern United States to the defeat of the Confederate States of America in the Civil War of 1861–1865. Those who contributed to the movement tended to portray the Confederacy's cause as noble and most of the Confederacy's leaders as examplars of old-fashioned chivalry, defeated by the Union armies not through superior military skill, but by overwhelming force.
Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (ISBN 0-935696-72-5) is a module for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D), written by Gary Gygax and published by TSR Hobbies in 1982. The 64-page adventure is set in the World of Greyhawk.
Lost Cities Lost Cities is a 60-card card game, designed in 1999 by game designer Reiner Knizia and published by several publishers. The objective of the game is to mount profitable expeditions to one or more of the five lost cities (the Himalayas, the Brazilian Rain Forest, the Desert Sands, the Ancient Volcanos and Neptune's Realm); the game was originally intended as a 2-player game, but rule variants have been contributed by fans to allow 1 or 2 further players.
Lost Cities and Vanished Civilizations Lost Cities and Vanished Civilizations is a 1962 book by Robert Silverberg that deals with the then-current archaeology studies of six past civilizations. The book is divided into six chapters, and each deals with a particular civilization: Pompeii, Troy, Knossos, Babylon, Chichen Itza, and Angkor Wat.
Lost City Lost City is a novel by Clive Cussler of 2004, it tells of Kurt Austin's dealings with the Fauchard family, which has dominated the weapons industry for several thousand years, their secret past, the monsters they have created, and the plague they have unleashed on the worlds oceans, all in a quest for immortality.
Lost City (hydrothermal field) Lost City is a field of hydrothermal vents in the mid-Atlantic ocean that differ significantly from the black smoker vents found in the late 1970s. The vents were discovered in December 2000 during a National Science Foundation expedition to the mid-Atlantic.
Lost Coast The Lost Coast is a section of California's north coast in Humboldt County, lying between the King Range and the Pacific Ocean. The steepness of the coastal mountains made this stretch of coast too daunting for the highway builders, and California State Route 1, which runs along the coast for most of its length, stops at Leggett merging with Highway 101 which runs several miles inland.
Lost Consonants Lost Consonants is a comic collage series made by Graham Rawle (here), appearing in Britain's Guardian and Observer newspapers, where a single consonant is missing from a normal sentence, creating a humorous effect.
Lost Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana Lost Creek Township, located in Vigo County, Indiana, contains Terre Haute, Indiana's eastern, suburban end, along with the affluent Hulman family ranch. Seelyville, the third largest city in the county, is also located there.
Lost Creek Wilderness The Lost Creek Wilderness is a 119,790 acre wilderness area located in central Colorado in Jefferson and Park counties south of the town of Bailey. The area is situated entirely within the boundaries of the Pike National Forest.
Lost Dakotas Lost Dakotas was a Canadian alternative country band in the 1990s. The band originally consisted of vocalist Paul Dakota and bassist Greg McConnell (formerly of Absolute Whores), who began in 1989 as a busker duo at the corner of Yonge and Dundas Streets in Toronto, Ontario.
Lost Dogs The Lost Dogs have been called a country music supergroup, but they consider themselves to be a roots and alternative music group. They began in 1991 as a one-time collaboration between four very different vocalists and songwriters from four different bands at the behest of their label at that time.
Lost Dutchman Mine (computer game) Lost Dutchman Mine is a non-linear adventure game which puts the player in the role of a gold miner, circa 1860. The game was sort of a one-hit wonder for its publisher, Magnetic Images, and became well-known for its breezy, free-flowing nature.
Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine The Lost Dutchman Gold Mine (also known by many similar names) is reportedly a very rich gold mine hidden in the Superstition Mountains, near Apache Junction, Arizona, east of Phoenix, Arizona in the United States. The land is a designated Wilderness Area, and mining is now prohibited there.
Lost DVD releases Lost: The Complete First Season was released as a widescreen seven-disc Region 1 DVD box set in the USA on September 6, 2005, two weeks before the premiere of the second season. It was distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment.
Lost episode The term lost episode is something of a misnomer used to describe an episode of a television series that for any number of reasons was not aired in its original chronological place and later publicly released. It can also refer to episodes that, after their original airing, could not be re-run for various reasons, or episodes that were not, strictly speaking, part of the series.
Lost Eden Lost Eden is an adventure game produced by Cryo Interactive and published by Virgin Interactive in March 1995 for the PC running DOS, Macintosh, 3DO and CD-i] It was set in a fictional world where humans and dinosaurs coexisted. In it, one plays the human character Adam, and is accompanied by a number of characters during the game.
Lost Empires of Faerûn The Lost Empires of Faerûn are part of the fictional fantasy setting of the Forgotten Realms. Nearly all of the lands and cities on Abeir-Toril are built on the ruins of lost empires, and throughout the Faerûnian countryside, terrible secrets of an age past lie in waiting.
Lost Experience The Lost Experience was an alternate reality game that was part of the ABC television drama Lost. The game, written by Jordan Rosenberg as revealed by Carlton Cuse, played out during the Lost's second season in the United Kingdom and during the summer break in the United States until the launch of season 3.
Lost gospel (band) The Lost Gospel are an Australian band, consisting of Grinspoon Phil Jamieson on vox and guitar, Nick Wright, Stevie Wright's son, on guitar, Mathhew Strong on bass, previously of Custard and Lee Maloney on drums. The band's first album, According To...
Lost Generation Lost Generation is traditionally attributed to Gertrude SteinAs described by Hemingway in the chapter "'Une Generation Perdue'", of A Moveable Feast, the term was coined by the owner of the Paris garage where Gertrude Stein took her Model T Ford, and was picked up and translated by her. and was then popularized by Ernest Hemingway in the epigraph to his novel The Sun Also Rises,.
Lost Girls Lost Girls is an erotic graphic novel depicting the sexual adventures of three important female fictional characters of the late 19th and early 20th Century, namely Alice from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Dorothy Gale from The Wizard of Oz, and Wendy Darling from Peter Pan. They meet as adults in 1913 to describe and share some of their erotic adventures with each other.
Lost Gonzo Band The Lost Gonzo Band. Founded in 1973, the Lost Gonzo Band played and recorded with many of Texas' most colorful musicians including Jerry Jeff Walker, Michael Martin Murphey, Ray Wylie Hubbard and Steven Fromholtz.
Lost History Many significant things throughout history have been lost, inspiring archaeologists and treasure-hunters around the world to try and find them. The existence of some of these places or items, particularly those from ancient history, is legendary and remains in doubt.
Lost Horizon (band) Lost Horizon are a power/progressive metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden. They went under the name Highlander from 1990 until 1994 (with Joacim Cans on vocals and other future Hammerfall members) before the band was put on hold.
Lost Horizons (Luca Turilli's Dreamquest album) Lost Horizons is the first album to be released by the electro-symphonic power metal band Luca Turilli's Dreamquest. The album features a female vocalist and Italian musician Luca Turilli, guitarist for Rhapsody of Fire and a number of solo albums, plays the keyboard.
Lost in Hollywood "Lost in Hollywood" is the final song on System of a Down's fourth album, Mezmerize. The song was written by guitarist Daron Malakian who grew up in Hollywood, California and the slow paced minor keyed song is about the narrator's disdain for Hollywood.
Lost in La Mancha Lost in La Mancha (2002) is a documentary movie narrated by Jeff Bridges about Terry Gilliam's failed attempt to make The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, a movie adaptation of the novel Don Quixote. Lost in La Mancha presents Gilliam's quest to make this movie as eerily similar to Quixote's quest to become a hero.
Lost in Space Lost in Space was a science fiction TV series produced between 1965 and 1968 by television producer Irwin Allen. Allen based his space adventure series on a Gold Key comic book, Space Family Robinson, as well as the classic adventure novel Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss.
Lost in Space (film) Lost in Space is a feature-length motion picture, produced by New Line Cinema, and is an adaptation of the 1965-68 CBS television series Lost In Space. The main characters were played by William Hurt, Mimi Rogers, Heather Graham, Matt LeBlanc, Gary Oldman, and Lacey Chabert.
Lost in the Fog Lost in the Fog (February 4, 2002 - September 17, 2006) was an American thoroughbred race horse. Bred by Susan Seper and born in Florida, the Fog's sire was Lost Soldier (sire so far of 10 stakes winners), a son of Danzig (himself the son of Northern Dancer ranked at #43 by The Blood-Horse in their top 100 U.
Lost in the Funhouse Lost in the Funhouse is a collection of loosely connected short stories that was originally published by John Barth in 1968. These postmodern stories examine the art of fiction writing, among other things, and seem to undermine the conventional and predictable nature of fiction.
Lost in the mall technique The "Lost in the Mall" technique, formerly known as the Familial Informant Narrative Procedure, is a procedure which can be used to create false memories. The technique was first developed by psychologist Elizabeth Loftus in an effort to explain how normal people can claim to have recovered memories of experiences like alien abduction or satanic ritual abuse.
Lost in the Stars Lost in the Stars is a 1949 musical with book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson and music by Kurt Weill, based on the novel Cry, the Beloved Country (1948) by Alan Paton (1903-1988). The original production opened on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre on October 30 1949 and closed on July 1 1950 after 273 performances.
Lost in Time - The Early Years of Nocturnal Rites A double-disc re-issue of the first two albums from the power metal band Nocturnal Rites, featuring previously unreleased demo tracks and acoustic/piano re-recordings of classic songs by members of the band's current line-up.
Lost in Time (Doctor Who) Doctor Who - Lost in Time: Collection of Rare Episodes is a BBC three-disc boxset DVD released in 2004. It is a collection of restored Doctor Who episodes and clips from stories that are incomplete or otherwise missing from the Corporation's archives.
Lost in Time (video game) Lost in Time is a computer adventure game developed and published by Coktel Vision in 1993. It was promoted as being "The first Interactive Adventure Film using Full Motion Video Technology" and contained four graphical elements: full motion video, hand painted and digitized backgrounds and 3D decor.
Lost in Translation (poem) "Lost in Translation" is a poem by James Merrill (1926-1995), one of the most studied and celebrated of his shorter works. It was originally published in The New Yorker magazine on April 8, 1974, and published in book form in 1976 in Divine Comedies.
Lost in Wonder: Voices of Worship Lost in Wonder: Voices of Worship continues the Christian pop tradition of trio albums descended from 1994's much lauded Along the Road, which featured the vocals of Susan Ashton, Margaret Becker, and Christine Denté. This project reunites two of the three, with the long-absent Michelle Tumes stepping in for Becker.
Lost In Hell (album) Seasons of the Wolf keep the goodness of 80's and 90's heavy metal music alive with their first full length album, Lost in Hell, on Earth Mother Music. Considered one of the best still-surviving heavy metal bands of the day, their subject matter covers fantasy, science fiction, mythology and war while striving to keep the original heavy guitars and blistering solos of the original genre alive.
Lost In You "Lost In You" is the third single released from British singer-songwriter Shelly Poole's first solo album Hard Time for the Dreamer (2005), but only the first to be released in a physical format. The instruments featured include; the acoustic guitar and drum kit among others.
Lost lands Lost lands are islands, continents, or whole planets believed by some to have existed during prehistory, but to have since disappeared as a result of catastrophic geological phenomena. Lost islands and continents are generally thought to have subsided into the sea, leaving behind only a few traces or legends by which they may be known.
Lost luggage Lost luggage is the phenomenon in which an airline does not send a passenger's luggage to the correct destination. In the United States, an average of 1 of 150 people have their checked baggage misdirected each year.
Lost Liberty Hotel The Lost Liberty Hotel or Lost Liberty Inn was a proposed hotel on the site of United States Supreme Court Associate Justice David Souter's properties. The proposal was a reaction to the Supreme Court's Kelo v.
Lost Not Found LOST NOT FOUND is an upcoming Australian indy roadtrip horror film. A group of young American tourists travel up a long and isolated stretch of road along Queensland's Central Coast, headed for the tourist capitals of the Far North.
Lost Patrol Lost Patrol is an action / strategy computer game developed by Shadow Development and published by Ocean Software Ltd, released for Amiga computers in 1990 and the Atari ST in 1991. A DOS version was later released by Astros Productions.
Lost Pines Power Project 1 The Lost Pines Power Project 1 is a natural gas fired power plant located near Bastrop, Texas in Bastrop County, Texas. It is owned by GenTex Power Corporation, a wholly owned affiliate of the Lower Colorado River Authority.
Lost River (Cacapon River) The Lost River is located in the Appalachian Mountains of Hardy County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle region. The Lost River is geologically the same river as the Cacapon River but flows into an underground channel northeast of Baker along West Virginia Route 259 at "the Sinks" and reappears near Wardensville as the Cacapon.
Lost River (California) The Lost River is a river in northern California and southwestern Oregon in the United States, approximately 70 mi (113 km) long. The river flows within an enclosed basin on the volcanic plateau southwest of the Klamath River watershed.
Lost River Range The Lost River Range is a group of high mountains located in central Idaho, in the northwestern United States. It runs southeast for approximately 75 miles (120 km) from the Salmon River near the community of Challis to the Snake River Valley near Arco.
Lost River Reservation The Lost River Reservation (also known as the Lost River Gorge And Boulder Caves) is a series of caves in the White Mountains in Woodstock, New Hampshire, United States. Five miles west of the village of North Woodstock on New Hampshire Route 112, Lost River Reservation is set in Kinsman Notch.
Lost River State Park Lost River State Park is an array of recreational facilities located in Hardy County, West Virginia four miles (6 km) west of West Virginia Route 259 near the community of Mathias. The park encompasses 3,712 acres (1502 hectares) of terrain that serve as a family vacational site.
Lost statue of King Gagik In 1906, during Nikoli Marr's excavation of the ruins of King Gagik's church of Saint Gregory, a large statue of King Gagik holding a model of his church was found in fragments. The statue was originally located in a niche high up in the north facade of the church.
Lost Sounds Memphis' Lost Sounds began in March 1999 made up of Rich Crook on drums, Jay Reatard on synth, guitar and vocals, and Alicja Trout also on synth, guitar and vocals. The band, originally working within the garage rock genre, had a collection of analog keyboards Trout had used in her previous band The Clears.
Lost time Lost time is the term within traffic engineering for the time during which no vehicles are able to pass through an intersection despite the traffic signal displaying a green (go) signal. The total lost time is the sum of two separate elements: start-up lost time and clearance lost time.
Lost The Spirit To Rock & Roll Lost the Spirit To Rock and Roll (HAC96) is an album by Australian band Sneeze. As with the band's previous record, "Sneeze - aka 41 Songs In 47 Minutes" (1995) and Nic Dalton's other band, Godstar, this record has a huge cast of ensemble players.
Lost Trail Powder Mountain Lost Trail Powder Mountain is an alpine ski area located along the Montana and Idaho border off Highway 93 and 43 near Cheif Joseph Pass. The area is known for high snow accumulations and is used mainly by residents of the surrounding areas.
Lost Treasure Lost Treasure is a magazine found both in print and online which describes lost treasures and different methods and items used finding them. Examples are lost mines and treasures, valuables lost during wars, theft or forgetfulness of the owners.
Lost volume seller A lost volume seller is a term that arises in the law of contracts to describe a party whose capacity to produce the items sold is sufficient to meet the demands of all customers who seek to buy those items. Therefore, the failure to make one sale reduces the seller's profits by the amount of that one sale.
Lost Valley Educational Center Lost Valley Educational Center is an intentional community ecovillage located on 87 acres of forested land in Dexter, Oregon. Areas of focus for the intentional community include personal growth, permaculture, sustainability, simple living.
Lost work A lost work is a document or literary work produced some time in the past of which no surviving copies are known to exist. Works may be lost to history either through the destruction of the original manuscript, or through the non-survival of any copies of the work.
Lost Weekend Lost Weekend - Norges Vakreste Festival (Norway's most beautiful festival) - is a Norwegian music festival held at the island Askøy outside of Bergen. It has been the first weekend of August every year since it started the first time in 2001.
Lost Wishes Lost Wishes is a limited edition cassette release by The Cure, containing four previously unreleased instrumental tracks which were recorded during the Wish sessions in 1991. It was not commercially released and was made available only via mail order from the Fiction Records offices in London.
Lost Without You "Lost Without You" is a pop song written by Bridget Benenate and Matthew Gerrard, produced by Matthew Gerrard for Delta Goodrem's first album Innocent Eyes (2003). It was released as the album's second single on January 28, 2003 (see 2003 in music) in Australia and in the middle of 2003 for the rest of the world.
Lost Witness Lost Witness is an English trance production and DJ duo, composed of Simon Paul (also known as Si Paul) and Simon Kemper. Also part of the collaboration are songwriter Edward Barton, writer of the 1983 Jane & Barton single "It's a Fine Day" (later covered by Opus III in 1992), as well as vocalist Danielle Alexander.
Lost World (genre) The Lost World literary genre is a fantasy or science fiction genre that involves the discovery of a new world out of time, place, or both. It began during the late Victorian era and remains popular to this day.
Lost Worlds (gamebook) Lost Worlds is a "combat picture book game" designed by Alfred Leonardi and originally published in 1983 by Nova Game Designs. The game has had many publishers, including Chessex, Emithill, Flying Buffalo and Greysea.
Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives Lost Worlds, Vanished Lives is a four-part BBC documentary series concerning the discovery of fossils. It is written and presented by David Attenborough, produced by Mike Salisbury, and was originally broadcast in April 1989.
Lost Worlds: The Journal of Clark Ashton Smith Studies Lost Worlds: The Journal of Clark Ashton Smith Studies is a quarterly scholarly journal designed to promote the criticism and study of Clark Ashton Smith; his life, his influences, and his contemporaries. Published by Seele Brennt Publications and edited by Scott Connors with Ronald S.
Lost-foam casting Lost foam casting (LFC) is a type of investment casting process that uses foam patterns as the investment. The method takes advantage of the properties of foam to simply and cheaply form castings that would be difficult or impossible, using normal "cope and drag" techniques.
Lost-wax casting The lost-wax casting process is an ancient practice that is still used for artwork today. The process varies from foundry to foundry, but the steps which are usually used in casting small bronze sculptures in a modern bronze foundry are as follows:
Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property In the common law of property, personal belongings that have left the possession of their rightful owners without having directly entered the possession of another person are deemed to be lost, mislaid, or abandoned, depending on the circumstances under which they were found by the next party to come into possession of them. The rights of a finder of such property are determined in part by the status in which it is found.
Lostock, Greater Manchester Lostock is a mostly residential district of Bolton in Greater Manchester, lying about 3 miles to the west of the town centre. It is bounded by Deane to the south, Markland Hill to the north and the Middlebrook development to the west.
Lostpedia Lostpedia is a wiki powered online catalog of information regarding the ABC drama show Lost. Launched on September 22, 2005 by Kevin Croy, the site uses MediaWiki software to maintain a user created database of information.
Lostwithiel Lostwithiel (Cornish: Lostwydhyel) is a civil parish and small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at the head of the estuary of the River Fowey. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,739.
Lot (real estate) In real estate, a lot is a tract or parcel of land owned or meant to be owned by some owner(s). A lot is essentially considered a parcel of real property in some countries or immovable property (meaning practically the same thing) in other countries.
Lot and Block survey system The Lot and Block Survey System is a method used in the United States and Canada to locate and identify land, particularly for lots in densely populated metropolitan areas, suburban areas and exurbs. It is sometimes referred to as the Recorded Plat Survey System or the Recorded Map Survey System.
Lot River The Lot, originally the Olt, is a river in France, right tributary of the Garonne. It rises in the CĂ©vennes, flowing west through Quercy, where it flows into the Garonne near Aiguillon, a total distance of roughly 300 miles.
Lot Smith Lot Smith (May 15 1830–June 21, 1892) was a Mormon pioneer and frontiersman. Born in 1830 in Williamstown, Oswego County, New York, he became a close friend of Orrin Porter Rockwell and was known as "The Horseman" for his exceptional skills on horseback as well as for his help in rounding up wild mustangs on Utah's Antelope Island.

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