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Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos Lovecraft: A Look Behind the "Cthulhu Mythos" is a 1972 non-fiction book written by Lin Carter, published by Ballantine Books. The introduction notes that the book "does not purport to be a biography of H.
Lovefeast A Lovefeast service is a service dedicated to Christian love, and is most famously practiced by, but not limited to, the Moravians. A Lovefeast seeks to strengthen the bonds and the spirit of harmony, goodwill, and congeniality, as well as to forgive past disputes and instead love one another.
Lovefreekz Lovefreekz is the alias of British House music producer/remixer Mark Hatfield. In 2004 his single "Shine", a sampling of the Electric Light Orchestra's 1979 track "Shine Your Light On My Love", became an international club smash and was a top 20 hit on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart in 2005.
LoveHater LoveHater is an experimental electric/electronic band working in rock, metal, jazz and electronica. Releases in 2003, "The Conquest of Space" is the first album by NYC band LoveHater, which members include Vangelis (Van) Prime and his wife Clymidia with occasional guitar rhythm and leads by Tim "T-Mo" Moran.
Lovech Lovech () is a town in north-central Bulgaria with a population of about 50,000. Lovech is the administrative centre of Lovech Province and of the subordinate Lovech municipality, and is located 150 km from the capital city of Sofia.
Lovechild Lovechild is Nicole Wray's unreleased debut album on Roc-A-Fella Records. In 2004, the album was getting hype by a song she remade from Jay-Z's 1996 debut Reasonable Doubt, titled "Regrets" for a Jay-Z project that which got cancelled.
Lovelace (crater) Lovelace is a lunar impact crater that is located on the far side of the Moon, just behind the northern limb. It lies to the south-southwest of Hermite crater, and just to the north of the slightly smaller Froelich crater.
Loveland Bike Trail The Loveland Bike Trail is a section of the Little Miami Bike Trail within the Loveland, Ohio city limits that was built along the Little Miami River on the abandoned grade of the Little Miami Railroad. Along with 15 other city parks, it is maintained by City of Loveland Recreation Commission.
Loveland frog The Loveland frog (otherwise known as the "Loveland Lizard") is said to be a human-like creature with the face of a frog that was allegedly first spotted in Loveland, Ohio. It is generally considered a cryptid—a creature rumored or reported to be living, but with no confirmable proof.
Loveland High School Loveland High School is a public high school located in Symmes Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, just outside the city limits of Loveland. It is part of Loveland City School District, serving the communities of Loveland, Symmes Township, and Miami Township.
Loveland River House Incident The Loveland River House Incident was a hostage crisis that occurred on January 3, 1989 at the River House Restaurant on the Big Thompson River about 4 miles west of Loveland, Colorado, Larimer County, Colorado on state highway 34. The incident resulted in three deaths.
Loveland, Ohio Loveland (IPA: ) is a city in Hamilton, Clermont, and Warren counties in southwestern Ohio, near exit 52 off Interstate 275, about fifteen miles northeast of the Cincinnati city limits. It borders Symmes, Miami and Hamilton Townships.
Loveless (band) Loveless was a Boston-based indie rock band. Releasing records on Q Division, the band comprised of Dave Wanamaker and Pete Armata, both of the 1990s rock band Expanding Man, Jen Trynin, and Tom Polce from Letters to Cleo.
Loveless Cafe The Loveless Cafe can be found just outside Nashville, TN on Highway 100, at the northern end of the Natchez Trace Parkway. It is known for over 50 years of quality southern cooking, especially for its biscuits, country ham, and red-eye gravy.
Loveless in Los Angeles Loveless in Los Angeles, a romantic comedy, tells the story of Dave Randall, a jaded, womanizing, reality dating TV producer who runs into his old college crush, Kelly and soon realizes his bar-hopping, bed-hopping ways are leaving him unfulfilled. Dave has Kelly, the only woman he's ever loved, re-train him to become the nice guy he used to be.
Loveless Land In the film Wild Wild West, Loveless Land is a fictional confederacy of three or more territories that were created because of the second division of the United States. Each territory belongs to either Spain, France, (possibly other European countries) and Dr.
Lovelife Lovelife is a 1996 romantic comedy written and directed by Jon Harmon Feldman. The ensemble cast includes Matt Letscher, Sherilyn Fenn, Saffron Burrows, Carla Gugino, Bruce Davison, Jon Tenney and Peter Krause.
Lovell House Lovell House or the Lovell Health House was a large modernist style residence designed and built by Richard Neutra between 1927-1929 at 4616 Dundee Drive in Los Angeles, California for the physician Philip Lovell. The house was a turning point in Neutra's career.
Lovell Lake Lovell Lake is a 538-acre water body located in Carroll County in eastern New Hampshire, United States, in the town of Wakefield. The outlet of the lake is the Branch River, a tributary of the Salmon Falls River.
Lovell Park Lovell Park, along with its adjacent areas Little London and Blenheim, is an area of 1960s high-rise and maisonette council housing in inner-city north Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, situated between the city centre and Sheepscar. It has a sizable Afro-Caribbean population, and suffers similar social problems to other areas like it across the country.
Lovell Telescope The Lovell Telescope is a radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory, near Goostrey, Cheshire in the north-west of England. When it was constructed in the mid 1950s, the telescope was the largest steerable dish radio telescope in the world at 76.
Lovells Lovells, formerly known as Lovell White Durrant, is an international law firm with over 250 partners and in total around 1,200 lawyers in 26 offices around the world. It is the 5th largest and most profitable law firm in Europe and the 8th largest law firm in the world.
Lovells Island Lovells Island, or Lovell's Island, is a 48 acre island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, situated close to Georges Island and some 7 miles offshore of downtown Boston. It is named after Captain William Lovell, who was an early settler of nearby Dorchester.
Lovelock, Nevada Lovelock is a city in Pershing County, Nevada, United States. The population was 2,003 at the 2000 census but 2005 estimates place the population 2,363 It is the county seat] of [[Pershing County, Nevada|Pershing County.
Lovely (micronation) The Kingdom of Lovely is a partly Internet-based micronation which claims the flat of its creator and ruler – the comic writer Danny Wallace – as its territory. As with many of Wallace's projects, the micronation was conceived with media in mind; in this case a television series, produced during 2004-2005 for the BBC and called How to Start Your Own Country.
Lovely Banks, Victoria Lovely Banks is a northern suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Once an agricultural and rural area, the suburb is quickly developing into a residential area adjoining the Geelong suburbs of Bell Park, Corio and Norlane.
Lovely Head "Lovely Head" is a electronic song written by British group Goldfrapp for their debut studio album Felt Mountain (2000). The song was produced by Goldfrapp and received a positive reception from music critics.
Lovely Joan Lovely Joan is a traditional English folk song, and the tune to which it is sung. Its melody is most familiar to modern audiences as the counterpoint tune used in British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on "Greensleeves".
Lovely Seat Lovely Seat is a fell in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in North Yorkshire, England which reaches a height of 675 metres (2215 feet). It is situated at grid reference five kilometres north of the town of Hawes, and is part of the high ground which separates Wensleydale from Swaledale.
Lovemap A lovemap is a concept originated by John Money to assist a discussion of why people like what they like sexuoerotically. According to Money, it is "a developmental representation or template in the mind and in the brain depicting the idealized lover and the idealized program of sexuoerotic activity projected in imagery or actually engaged in with that lover.
Lovemark Lovemarks are a marketing technique that is intended to replace the idea of brands. Lovemarks were invented by Kevin Roberts, Chief Executive Officer Worldwide of the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi, and are promoted by him and his company.
Lovemobile Popular name for a truck with flatbed carrying sound equipment, a DJ or other live act, dancers and props, which is used as a central element at techno parades. The setup and decoration of a lovemobile takes place in the days or weeks preceding the event.
Lover Lover is an Australian fashion label founded in 2004 by designers Susien Chong and Nic Briand. Lover has been met with overwhelmingly positive critical appraisal, with Vogue magazine calling it "young, original and remarkable".
Lover Boy (Haunted Graffiti 6; Reissue) Lover Boy is the sixth album from Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti series, reissued in March 2006 by Ballbearings Pinatas. The reissue includes a slightly different set of tracks than the original album, cutting "credit" and "one on one" from the line-up and adding the live song, "You Are My Angel".
Lover's Leap Lover's Leap (sometimes spelled as Lovers' Leap or Lovers Leap), is a toponym given to a number of locations of great height, usually isolated, with the risk of a fall and the possibility of a deliberate jump. Legends of romantic tragedy are often associated with a Lovers' Leap.
Lovers (song) Lovers is the second single by The Tears from their debut album Here Come The Tears, released on June 27, 2005 on Independiente Records. The title track was originally slated to be a b-side for the first single off the album, Refugees, until the record label pushed the band to put it on the album (consequently pushing the album release date back from May 2 to June 6) and subsequently made it a single.
Lovers (Saturday Night Live) The Lovers (or Love-ahs, as pronounced by the couple) are the recurring, and quite eccentric characters played by Will Ferrell (as Professor Roger Klarvin) and Rachel Dratch (as Professor Virginia Klarvin) on the television sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live.
Lovers and Other Strangers Lovers and Other Strangers is a 1970 comedy film based on the play by Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna. The film features an ensemble cast including Gig Young, Cloris Leachman, Anne Jackson, Beatrice Arthur, Richard Castellano, Bonnie Bedelia, Michael Brandon, Harry Guardino, Anne Meara, Bob Dishy, Marian Hailey, Joseph Hindy, and, in her film debut, Diane Keaton.
Lovers and Other Strangers (radio program) Lovers and Other Strangers is a weekly radio program devoted to stories about love and other human emotions set against music. The show originates from Toronto radio station CHFI with host Don Jackson (radio personality) from 9pm to 11pm EST (and on Sundays also at the same time slot).
Lovers Lane Station Lovers Lane Station is a DART light rail station located in North Dallas, Texas at Lovers Lane and Central Expressway. It opened in January 1997 and is a station on the Red Line, serving nearby residences and shops, with connecting bus service to Love Field.
Lovers Lane, Dallas, Texas Lovers Lane is an west/east thoroughfare in Dallas, Texas (USA). The road begins in the west at Lemmon Avenue (at Dallas Love Field), continues east out of Dallas into University Park, then re-enters Dallas and ultimately terminates in the east at Northwest Highway (SH Loop 12).
Lovers' Legends Unbound A theatrical production directed by Agnes Lev, performed by Timothy Carter, with incidental music composed and performed by Steve Gorn. The work was released by Haiduk Press in 2004 as an audio-CD together with an illustrated libretto.
Lovers' Legends: The Gay Greek Myths Lovers' Legends: The Gay Greek Myths (ISBN 0-9714686-0-5) is a 2002 book by Andrew Calimach, the first major work in the English language to develop the Greek myths of male love. Despite the fact that it was brought out by a small independent publisher (Haiduk Press) it garnered strong reviews from several scholarly journals and a number of major review media.
Lovers' Vows Lover's Vows (1798), a play by Elizabeth Inchbald arguably best known now for being featured in Jane Austen's novel Mansfield Park (1814), is one of at least four adaptations of August von Kotzebue's Das Kind der Liebe (1780; literally "Child of Love," or "Natural Son," as it is often translated), all of which were published between 1798 and 1800. Inchbald's version is the only one to have been performed.
Lovers, Liars & Lunatics Lovers, Liars & Lunatics is an independent American motion picture written, produced and directed by Amber Benson. It was scheduled to be released on DVD via Benson Entertainment in September 2006, but due to technical difficulties the release was rescheduled to November.
Lovesick Blues "Lovesick Blues" is a show tune written by Cliff Friend and Irving Mills, which has become a popular country song and pop standard. Published through Tin Pan Alley in 1922, the song was first recorded by Emmett Miller.
Lovesliescrushing lovesliescrushing (often misspelled loveliescrushing) is a Dream Pop band lo-fi, ambient, noise band, that formed in the fall of 1991 in East Lansing, Michigan and later moved to Tucson, Arizona. The two primary members of the band are Scott Cortez (guitars, loops, treatments) and Melissa Arpin (vocals).
Lovesong "Lovesong" (sometimes listed as "Love Song") is a modern ballad written by Robert Smith and originally released by The Cure on their Disintegration album. Robert Smith originally wrote this song as a gift to his longtime girlfriend, Mary, shortly before their marriage.
Lovespirals Lovespirals began in 1999 as an outgrowth of Love Spirals Downwards, the Ethereal/Dream Pop recording project of multi-instrumentalist and producer, Ryan Lum. The new outfit found Lum teaming up with Rom Di Prisco associate, Anji Bee.
Lovestruck Lovestruck is a film by GMA Films released in 2005 that unites on the big screen the StarStruck generation, the products of the network's reality based actor-search on television. This romantic-comedy movie directed by Louie Ignacio, it stars StarStruck Batch 1 Final Four Mark Herras, Jennylyn Mercado, Yasmien Kurdi and Rainier Castillo and StarStruck Batch 2 Final 4 Mike Tan, Ryza Cenon, CJ Muere and LJ Reyes plus Jolina Magdangal playing a love guru.
LoveSac LoveSac is a brand of furniture and accessories manufactured and distributed by the LoveSac Corporation. The company began in Utah and opened its first retail store in November of 2001 at the Gateway Mall in Salt Lake City, UtahLoveSac History.
Lovetone Lovetone is the brand name of a line of analog audio effects created by Vlad Naslas and Daniel Coggins in England in the 1990's, perhaps best known for their tongue-in-cheek names for their effects boxes, like the "Big Cheese" and the "Ring Stinger". Producing what they called "semi-legendary super-psychedelic analogue FX inspired by classic sounds but designed for now", the company was able to attract a diverse list of notable musicians to use their effects, including the Beastie Boys, Metallica, Radiohead, Stereolab, and Sonic Youth, as well as many others.
Lovettsville Air Disaster The Lovettsville Air Disaster occurred on August 31, 1940 near Lovettsville, Virginia. The Pennsylvania Central Airlines Douglas DC-3 was flying through a thunderstorm in turbulence when it nosed over and plunged to earth.
Lovey Howell Eunice "Lovey" Wentworth Howell was a fictional character in the 1960s television show Gilligan's Island. Played by Natalie Schafer, the character was a rich, spoiled socialite, married to Thurston Howell III.
Loviatar Loviatar is an evil goddess of agony and pain in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. She is a cold-hearted bully, calculating and despotic; she is the master of inflicting physical and psychological pain and torture.
Lovin' and Learnin' Lovin' and Learnin', Tanya Tucker's fifth album, was the one that started her long association with producer Jerry Crutchfield, who would eventually produce fourteen of Tucker's albums (although not consecutively). The two charting singles from the album were "Don't Believe My Heart Can Stand Another You" at #4, and "You've Got Me to Hold on To" at #3 on the Billboard Country Singles chart, while the album itself was a #3 Country Album.
Lovin' Each Day "Lovin' Each Day" is a pop song written by Gregg Alexander and Rick Nowels for the 2001 re-release of Irish singer Ronan Keating's first solo album Ronan. It was later also included on his second album, 2002's Destination.
Lovin' Molly Lovin' Molly is a 1974 film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Anthony Perkins, Beau Bridges, Blythe Danner in the title role, Ed Binns, and Susan Sarandon. The film is based on one of Larry McMurtry's first novels, Leaving Cheyenne.
Loving Female Authority Loving Female Authority (LFA) is a belief system and way of life which combines elements of feminist sociological theories and philosophies with Domination and submission (or "D&S") sexual practices that are rooted in a BDSM type of Female dominance (or "FemDom") emphasis.
Loving Jesus Loving Jesus is a term that members of the Children of God/Family International use to describe their intimate, sexual relationship with Jesus. This doctrine has been in place since 1995, and is taught to all members as young as 12, but more fully from the age of 14.
Loving Sander Loving Sander is a 1996 novel by Joseph Geraci. Will, an American photography scholar in his early 30s, is working in the Netherlands and befriends a ten-year-old boy called Sander, the son of friends in the photography and art world in Amsterdam.
Loving the Alien "Loving the Alien" is a track from the album Tonight by David Bowie. One of only two tracks on the album written solely by Bowie, the song was a surprisingly late release as a single (coming nine months after the release of “Blue Jean” as a single, and eight months after the album), reputedly because Bowie read a review saying it would make a good single.
Loving the Alien (Doctor Who) Loving the Alien is a BBC Books original novel written by Mike Tucker & Robert Perry and based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It features the Seventh Doctor and Ace.
Loving v. Virginia Loving v. Virginia, , was a landmark civil rights case in which the United States Supreme Court declared Virginia's anti-miscegenation statute, the "Racial Integrity Act of 1924", unconstitutional, thereby ending all race-based legal restrictions on marriage in the United States.
Lovos LOVOS is an acronym for Lifestyles of Voluntary Simplicity which are oriented to health and sustainability similarly like the LOHAS, but different from these by their critical consumption attitude and criticism of consumerism.
Lovozero Tundras Lovozero Tundras (, Lovozyorskiye Tundry, named after the lake in that area – Lovozero Lake; the region is also known as , Lovozyorye) is a mountain range located in the center of Kola Peninsula, in Russia, between Lovozero and Umbozero Lake, and constitute a shoe-shaped ridge of picturesque hills, that surround the Seydozero Lake. The slopes are covered mainly with spruce and pine.
Lovrenco Franičević Lovrenco Franičević (born January 8, 1978 in Split) is a former butterfly swimmer from Croatia, who competed for his native country at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. There he was eliminated in the heats of the Men's 200m Butterfly, with a time of 02:04.
Lovrijenac Fort Lovrijenac, as known as Dubrovnik's Gibraltar, is a fortress and theater located outside the western wall of the city of Dubrovnik in Croatia, 37 m above sea level. Famous for its plays and importance in resisting Venetian rule, it overshadows the two entrances to the city, from the sea and by land.
Lovro von Matačić Lovro von Matačić (born February 14, 1899 in Sušak, died January 4, 1985 in Belgrade) was a Croatian conductor. He was a member of the Vienna Boys Choir and studied in Vienna before holding a variety of conducting positions in Germany and Yugoslavia.
Low (complexity) In computational complexity theory, it is said that a complexity class B is low for a complexity class A if AB = A; that is, A with an oracle for B is equal to A. Such a statement implies that an abstract machine which solves problems in A achieves no additional power if it is given the ability to solve problems in B instantly.
Low alloy steel Low alloy steel is steel alloyed with other elements, usually molybdenum, manganese, chromium, vanadium, silicon, boron or nickel, in amounts of up to 10% by weight to improve the hardenability of thick sections. Steel with higher alloy contents are generally called stainless steel, tool steel, or simply high alloy steel depending on the alloying elements.
Low Affinity Nerve Growth Factor Receptor The Low Affinity Nerve Growth Factor Receptor (also called the LNGFR or p75 neurotrophin receptor) is one of the two receptor-types for the neurotrophins, a family of protein growth factors which stimulate neuronal cells to survive and differentiate. The precise function of the LNGFR is somewhat controversial (in contrast to the function of the high-affinity receptor family for the neurotrophins, the Trk receptor tyrosine kinases).
Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System (LAPES) is a tactical military airlift delivery method where a fixed wing cargo aircraft can deposit supplies when landing is not an option in an area that is too small to accurately parachute supplies from a high altitude.
Low Art Thrill Low Art Thrill is a UK pop group formed from the ashes of Rumblefish who released singles, 'Kilometre' and 'She'll Kill You' and a self-titled album on Island Records in 1996. They featured on soundtrack of 'Hollyoaks' (Channel 4 soap opera) in 1996, the late night special in 2003 and the ITV programme 'Premiere' documenting the creation of their artwork with graphic designers 'Fluid'.
Low birth weight paradox The low birth weight paradox is an apparently paradoxical observation relating to the birth weights and mortality of children born to tobacco smoking mothers. Low birth weight children born to smoking mothers have a lower infant mortality rate than the low birth weight children of non-smokers.
Low bit Low bit (short for low bitrate, also known as lobit) is a musical aesthetic characterized by lossy data compression artifacts caused by encoding songs at low bitrates. Artists making low-bit music believe that if a song is good, it can be appreciated at any bitrate or on any speakers.
Low Bap Low Bap is a sub-genre of the Greek hip hop music scene, that emerged in the mid-1990s as the sound of the prominent Greek hip hop group Active Member. It's characterized by slower tempo and rapping than usual, often combined with lyrics of political content.
Low cost housing in Pakistan Private-sector Low Cost Housing in Pakistan was initially based on the concept of providing housing facilities to the general public, without making enormous profits. It was pioneered by Al Azam Limited Construction Company, a start-up construction company, that launched the "Low Cost Housing Society" in Karachi during the 1960s.
Low Carbon Building Programme The Low Carbon Building Programme (LCBP) is a Government programme in the United Kingdom. It offers grants towards the cost of installing domestic microgeneration technologies and larger scale distributed generation installations for public buildings and businesses, provided energy conservation standards are also met.
Low Countries The Low Countries, the historical region of de Nederlanden, are the countries on low-lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse (Maas) rivers. The term is not particularly current in modern contexts because the region does not very exactly correspond with the sovereign states of The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, for which an alternative term, the Benelux was applied after World War II.
Low density lipoprotein Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is a class of lipoprotein particles that varies in size (18-25 nm in diameter) and contents (while carrying fatty acid molecules in blood and around the body). It is the final stage of VLDL (very low-density lipoprotein) which is produced by the liver.
Low density lipoprotein receptor gene family The Low density lipoprotein receptor gene family constitutes a class of structurally closely related cell surface receptors that fulfill diverse biological functions in different organs, tissues, and cell types. The role that is most commonly associated with this evolutionarily ancient gene family is the endocytosis and removal of low-density lipoprotein(LDL), the main carrier of cholesterol in the circulation of humans, by the liver.
Low dose naltrexone Low dose naltrexone (LDN), where naltrexone is used in doses approximately one-tenth those used for drug/alcohol rehabilitation purposes, is being used as an "off-label" treatment for certain immunologically-related disorders. The use of LDN for such diseases as cancer was discovered and developed by Ian Zagon, PhD in animal and in vitro research, and LDN's broader clinical effects in humans were discovered by Bernard Bihari, MD.
Low Desert The Low Desert is a name for the Southern California portion of the Sonoran Desert to distinguish it from the adjacent Mojave Desert or High Desert. The low desert is the area surrounding Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage, California, Palm Desert, Borrego Springs, Indian Wells, Cathedral City and Indio in the Coachella Valley.
Low energy transfers Low energy transfers, or low energy trajectories, are routes in space which allow spacecraft to change orbits using very little fuel. These routes work in other systems, such as traveling between the satellites of Jupiter.
Low Earth orbit A low Earth orbit (LEO) is generally defined as an orbit within the locus extending from the Earth’s surface up to an altitude of 2,000 km. Given the rapid orbital decay of objects below approximately 200 km, the commonly accepted definition for LEO is between 200 - 2000 km (124 - 1240 miles) above the Earth's surface.
Low End Mac Low End Mac is an independent Mac news, editorials and information website updated weekdays. The focus is on getting the most value out of existing Macs and avoiding the expense of a new computer when possible.
Low End Specialists Low End Specialists is New York City-based house music DJ/producer duo of Mac Clark and Ali Geramian. Low End Specialists have produced and remixed records for many labels such as Virgin, EMI, Astralwerks, Sanctuary Records, Yoshitoshi, Little Mountain Recordings, and Bedrock.
Low fantasy Low fantasy is a term not devised to describe a specific subgenre but to contrast specific works with high fantasy. It has been repeatedly coined to point out contrasts, and its meaning when coined has depended on what the person wished to contrast.
Low fidelity Low fidelity or lo-fi describes a sound recording which contains accidental artifacts, such as distortion or environmental noise, or a recording which has a limited frequency response. This stands in contrast to high fidelity or "hi-fi".
Low floor In public transportation, low-floor is a term describing vehicles such as buses, trolleybuses, and trams whose passenger compartment has a floor which is considerably lower than that of traditional models. A recent development in the transport industry, vehicles of this type have a stepless entry and usually have an area without seating next to at least one of the doors where wheelchairs and perambulators can be parked.
Low frustration tolerance Proponents of Albert Ellis' Rational-emotive therapy cite a condition they call low frustration tolerance, or "short-term hedonism" in order to explain why people procrastinate, why some are quick to anger, and other apparently paradoxical or [behavior]. It is defined as seeking immediate pleasure or avoidance of pain at the cost of long-term stress.
Low Flight What "High Flight" is for fixed-wing pilots, "Low Flight" is for helicopter pilots. The unofficial poem of Army Aviation and helicopter pilots, "Low Flight" reverses the perspective from the soaring airplane pilot to the 50 foot AGL helicopter pilot.
Low heat rejection engines In most conventional Internal Combustion Engine's (Otto and Diesel cycle) only about 1/3 of the fuel consumed is actually converted to usable power, Hence about 30% efficient. The remaining 2/3 of the fuel is excess heat which can not be used by the engine so it rejected to the environment through the exhaust and cooling system.
Low church Low church is a term of distinction in the Church of England or other Anglican churches, initially designed to be pejorative. During the series of doctrinal and ecclesiastic challenges to the established church in the 16th and 17th centuries, commentators and others began to refer to the more Anglo-Catholic tendency in the English church as high church.
Low intensity conflict Low intensity conflict (LIC) is the use of military forces applied selectively and with restraint to enforce compliance with the policies or objectives of the political body controlling the military force. The term can be used to describe conflicts where at least one or both of the opposing parties operate along such lines.
Low island A low island is, in geology (and sometimes in archaeology), an island of coral origin. The term applies whether the island was formed as a result of sedimentation upon a coral reef or of the uplifting of such islands.
Low IF receiver In a low-IF receiver, the RF signal is mixed down to a non-zero low or moderate intermediate frequency, typically a few megahertz. Low-IF receiver topologies have many of the desirable properties of zero-IF architectures, but avoid the DC offset and 1/f noise problems.
Low Impact Development A concept that began in Prince George's County, Maryland in 1990, Low Impact Development (LID) began as an alternative to traditional best management practices. Officials found that the traditional practices were not cost-effective and the results did not meet water-quality goals.
Low Impact Docking System The Low Impact Docking System or (LIDS) is the space vehicle mating system designed by NASA for the next generation of space exploration vehicles included in Project Constellation. The mechanism is also described as an "Androgynous, Reconfigurable Closed Loop Feedback Controlled Low Impact Docking System With Load Sensing Electromagnetic Capture Ring"

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