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Library of Congress Living Legend A Library of Congress Living Legend is someone recognized by the Library of Congress for his or her creative contributions to American life. Those honored include artists, writers, activists, film makers, physicians, entertainers, sports figures, and public servants.
Library of Congress Subject Headings The Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) comprise a thesaurus (in the information technology sense) of subject headings, maintained by the United States Library of Congress, for use in bibliographic records. LC Subject Headings are an integral part of bibliographic control, which is the function by which libraries collect, organize and disseminate documents.
Library of Living Philosophers The Library of Living Philosophers is a series of books conceived of and started by Paul Arthur Schilpp in 1939; Schilpp remained editor until 1981. The series was edited by Lewis Edwin Hahn from 1981 until 2001, and is currently edited by Randall E.
Library of Ossus Approximately 4,997 BBY, the scholarly Jedi Knight Odan-Urr founded a center of Jedi Learning on the planet Ossus where he was trained. From its beginning, the Library of Ossus contained much knowledge and wisdom.
Library of Parliament The Library of Parliament is an information repository and research service for the Parliament of Canada. Access to facilities is generally restricted to those on Chamber business; yet research publications produced are available to the public.
Library of Sir Thomas Browne No single document gives better evidence of the erudition of Sir Thomas Browne, physician, philosopher and encyclopedist than the 1711 Sales Auction Catalogue of the Library of Sir Thomas Browne. It also provides an insight into the proliferation, distribution and availability of books printed throughout 17th century Europe which were purchased in increasing numbers by the intelligentsia, aristocracy, priestly, physician or educated merchant-class.
Library of Virginia The Library of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia, is the library agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia, its archival agency, and the reference library at the seat of government. The Library moved into a new building in 1997 and is located 2 blocks from the Virginia State Capitol building.
Library science Library science or librarianship is the study of issues related to libraries and the information fields. This includes academic studies regarding how library resources are used and how people interact with library systems.
Library school A library school is an institution of higher learning specializing in the training of librarians. The first library school was established by Melvil Dewey (the originator of the Dewey decimal system) in 1887 at Columbia University.
Library technical services Library technical services is a term used to describe, in general, the processing and maintenance of a library's physical collection. Tech services may handle maintenance of an online catalog, creation and maintenance of MARC records in the catalog, labeling, covering, security processing, and/or distribution of materials.
Library technician A library technician is a person who uses their clerical skills to assist librarians acquire, prepare and organize information. They also assist library patrons in finding information although this is not usually part of their required duties.
Library/Southwest 9th Avenue and Galleria/Southwest 10th Avenue (MAX stations) Library/Southwest 9th Avenue and Galleria/Southwest 10th Avenue are light rail stops on the MAX Blue, Red, and Yellow lines in Portland, Oregon. It was the original western terminus and is now the 1st stop eastbound/last stop westbound on the Eastside MAX and Yellow Line.
Libration In astronomy a libration (from the Latin verb libro -are "to balance, to sway", cf. libra "scales") is a very slow oscillation, real or apparent, of a satellite as viewed from the larger celestial body around which it revolves.
Libre Manifesto The Libre Manifesto is a manifesto calling for art and culture to recognise and reject the movement towards commodification and capitalism. Written by the Libre Society, it is an open call to sharing art, music and literature.
Libre Society The Libre Society is a radical artistic and cultural movement that is committed to releasing free/libre/open-source art, music and literature. The Libre Society released a manifesto, called the Libre Manifesto, as its call to action.
Libretto A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, musical, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata, musical, and ballet. The term "libretto" is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as mass and requiem.
Libretto (notebook) The Libretto is a line of subnotebook computers designed and produced by Toshiba. Its distinguishing feature was squeezing the functionality of a full Windows PC into a device small enough to fit in the palm of one's hand.
Libri Carolini The Caroline Books (Latin: Libri Carolini), also called Charlemagne's Books or simply the Carolines, are the four books composed on the command of Charlemagne, around 790, to refute the Second Council of Nicaea (787), particularly as regards its acts and decrees in the matter of sacred images. They were sent to Pope Adrian I, who responded with a grandis et verbosa epistola (dignified and wordy letter).
Libri tres de occulta philosophia Libri tres de occulta philosophia (Three Books about Occult Philosophy) is Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa's study of occult philosophy, acknowledged as a significant contribution to the Renaissance philosophical discussion concerning the powers of ritual magic and its relationship with religion.
LibriVox Librivox is a digital library of free public domain audio books, read by volunteers. The project started in August 2005, and as of December 2006 has a catalog of about 180 full length, unabridged books, and numerous shorter works.
Libro de los ejemplos del conde Lucanor y de Patronio Don Juan Manuel's Libro de los ejemplos del conde Lucanor y de Patronio, known commonly as El Conde Lucanor or Libro de los ejemplos (original Old Castilian: Libro de los enxiemplos del Conde Lucanor et de Patronio), one of the earliest works of prose in Castilian Spanish.
Libsecondlife libsecondlife is a software library that can be used in a third party application to communicate with the servers that control the virtual world of Second Life. It can be used both to query the state of the world and to send uploads and commands that will modify that state.
Libsndfile libsndfile is a widely-used C library written by Erik de Castro Lopo for reading and writing audio files. It supports a wide variety of audio encodings and sound file formats and will convert automatically from one to another.
Libu The Libu (or Ribou) were a tribe of ancient Libyans first attested in ancient Egyptian texts from the New Kingdom, especially from the Ramesside Period. The name of this tribe was adopted by the Greeks for "Libya" and its inhabitants, as well as for north Africa in general.
Liburnia Liburnia (recent Croatian Kvarner, Italian Quarnero) in ancient geography was the land of the Liburnians, a region along the northeastern Adriatic coast in Europe, actual Croatia, whose borders shifted according to the extent of Liburnian dominance at a given time between 11th and 1st century BC.
Liburnian language The Liburnian language is an extinct language which was spoken by the ancient Liburnians, who occupied Liburnia in classical times. The Liburnian language is reckoned as an Indo-European language, in the Centum group.
Liburnians The Liburnians (or Liburni, Gk.: Libournoi) were the ancient inhabitants of Liburnia, a coastal region at northeastern Adriatic between the river Arsia (now Raša) in Istria and the river Titius (now the Krka) what is now in Croatia.
Libya Telecom & Technology Libya Telecom & Technology (LTT) () was established in 1997 as a Private Libyan Company. LTT is Libya's main and biggest Internet service provider (ISP) offering both dial-up and broadband Internet to customers Libya wide.
Libyan Airways Libyan Airways (Arabic: الخطوط الجوية الليبية; transliterated: al-Khutut al-Jawiyah al-Libiyah), formerly known as Libyan Arab Airlines,Libyan Airways AACO is the national flag carrier airline of Libya. It operates scheduled international services to European, African and Middle Eastern destinations.
Libyan Arab Air Cargo Libyan Arab Air Cargo (Libac) is a cargo airline based out of Tripoli, Libya. It was established in 1979 and is the cargo division of Libyan Arab Airlines , and in 2002 they became the first airline outside of Russia and Ukraine to operate the world's second largest cargo aircraft, the Antonov An-124.
Libyan Desert The Libyan Desert (Arabic: الصحراء الليبية) is an African desert that is located in the northern and eastern part of the Sahara Desert and occupies southwestern Egypt, eastern Libya and northwestern Sudan. Covering an area of approximately 1,100,000 square kilometers it extends approximately 1,100 km from east to west, and 1,000 km from north to south, in about the shape of a rectangle.
Libyan Islamic Fighting Group The Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) also known as Al-Jama’a al-Islamiyyah al-Muqatilah bi-Libya is the most powerful radical faction waging what they consider to be a holy war (jihad) against Colonel Moammar al-Qadhafi. The group, designated by the U.
Libyan-Egyptian War The Libyan-Egyptian War was a short border war between Libya and Egypt in July 1977. Tensions between the two countries had increased during April and May 1977 as demonstrators attacked the embassies of both countries.
Licence Management Licence Management (or Software Asset Management) names processes, which secures legal and efficient handling of software in enterprises. Licence Management exerts influence of the procurement over each PC job on all ranges of the enterprise up to the management.
Licence Renewed Licence Renewed (published in American editions as License Renewed), first published in 1981, is the first novel by John Gardner featuring Ian Fleming's secret agent, James Bond. It was the first proper James Bond novel (not counting novelisations and a faux biography) since Kingsley Amis's Colonel Sun in 1968.
License and permit bond License and permit bonds are a general class of bonds required of a person or entity to obtain a license or a permit in any city, county, or state. These bonds guarantee whatever the underlying statute, state law, municipal ordinance, or regulation requires.
License to Chill License to Chill is the breakthrough 2004 (see 2004 in music) album by Jimmy Buffett. License to Chill, released on July 13, 2004, sold 238,600 copies in its first week of release according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Licensed practical nurse Licensed practical nurses (LPNs) are also known as licensed vocational nurses (LVNs) in California and Texas and as registered practical nurses (RPNs) in Ontario. They are called enrolled nurses (ENs) in Australia and state enrolled nurses (SENs) in the United Kingdom.
Licensed to Drill Licensed to Drill is an educational episode of the of the sit-com, Only Fools and Horses. Even though it was shown in various schools throughout the UK in 1984, it was never broadcast commercially and has only recently been rediscovered.
Licensee A licensee is a term used in the law of torts to describe a person who is on the property of another, despite the fact that the property is not open to the general public, because the owner of the property has allowed the licensee to enter. The status of a visitor as a licensee (as opposed to a trespasser or an invitee) defines the legal rights of the visitor if they are injured due to the negligence of the property owner.
Licensing factor A Licensing Factor is a protein or complex of proteins that allows an origin of replication to begin DNA replication at that site. They are thought to primarily occur in Eukaryotic cells, since Prokaryotes use simpler systems to initiate replication.
Licensing Industry Merchandier's Association Founded in 1985, the Licensing Industry Merchandiser's Association (LIMA) is the industry trade group of the $80 billion licensing industry. With over 1,000 member companies representing everything from major movie and TV studios and mega corporate brands down to individual artists, LIMA pioneered the annual Licensing Show in NYC and conducts seminars at the show in all aspects of licensing.
Licensing Industry Merchandiser's Association Founded in 1985, the Licensing Industry Merchandiser's Association (LIMA) is the industry trade group of the $80 billion licensing industry. With over 1,000 member companies representing everything from major movie and TV studios and mega corporate brands down to individual artists, LIMA pioneered the annual Licensing Show in NYC and conducts seminars at the show in all aspects of licensing.
Licensing laws of the United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, the sale of alcohol is restricted - pubs, restaurants, shops and other premises must be licensed by the local authority. The individual responsible for the premises must also hold a personal licence.
Licensing Show The annual Licensing Show in New York City is the world's largest trade show dedicated to the world of licensing. Thousands of properties ranging from major movies to individual artists compete for their share of the multi-billion dollar licensing market.
Licensure Licensure refers to the granting of a license (in the US, whilst, elsewhere the term registration is used), usually to work in a particular profession. Many professions require a license from the government (generally the state government) in order to ensure that the public will not be harmed by the incompetence of the practitioners.
Licentiate in Theology The Licentiate in Theology or the Licence in Theology (LTh is the usual abbreviation) is a theological qualification commonly awarded for ordinands and laymen studying theology in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The academic rank varies from undergraduate degree to masters degree.
Licerio Gerónimo Licerio Gerónimo (August 27, 1855–January 16, 1924) was a general of the Philippine Revolutionary Forces under Emilio Aguinaldo. He is remembered in Philippine-American War annals as the opposing general to Major General Henry Ware Lawton at the Battle of Paye (San Mateo) on December 19, 1899, where Lawton lost his life along with 13 other Americans.
Licetus (crater) Licetus is a lunar impact crater on the near side of the Moon, in the rugged southern highland region. It lies to the south of the Stöfler walled plain, and is attached to the northern rim of the sub-divided Heraclitus crater.
Licchavi Licchavi (also Lichchhavi, Lichavi) was an ancient republic which existed in Bihar since the before the birth of Mahavira (b. 599 BC) and later a kingdom in Nepal] which existed in the [[Kathmandu Valley from approximately 400 to 750.
Licia Albanese Licia Albanese, born July 22, 1913, in Bari, Italy, is a distinguished Italian soprano and chairman of The Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation, founded in 1974 and dedicated to assisting young artists and singers.
Licio Gelli Licio Gelli (born in Pistoia, Tuscany, April 21, 1919), was the masonic Worshipful Master of the powerful Italian lodge Propaganda Due (P2), involved in Gladio's "strategy of tension". He has been involved in almost all of the Italian scandals in the past three decades (Tangentopoli, which led to the Mani pulite anti-corruption operation, Gladio "stay-behind" clandestine NATO structure, Banco Ambrosiano scandal, Italian premier Aldo Moro's 1978 murder, etc.
Lick granuloma A lick granuloma, also known as acral lick dermatitis, is a skin disorder in dogs resulting from an urge to lick the lower portion of the leg. The lesion from the incessant licking is a thickened, firm, oval plaque.
Lick My Decals Off, Baby Lick My Decals Off, Baby is a record by Captain Beefheart released in 1970 on Frank Zappa's Straight label. The followup to his Trout Mask Replica, it is regarded by some critics and listeners as superior to the famous 1969 recording.
Licker Bottle Cozy Licker Bottle Cozy EP, was the second EP by the Australian rock band Grinspoon, released in 1996. It was recorded by Phil McKellar in June of that year and was of a significantly better sound quality than their first EP.
Lickey End Lickey End is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire, England. It is situated just north of Bromsgrove, to the south-east of the junction of the A38 (Birmginham Road) and the M42.
Lickey Grange Lickey Grange is a Victorian private house and estate near Birmingham, England; important because of its association with the renowned automobile designer Herbert Austin, who once owned it and lived there for 31 years.
Lickey Hills The Lickey Hills (known locally as simply The Lickeys) are a range of hills in Worcestershire, England, eleven miles to the south-west of the centre of Birmingham near the villages of Lickey and Barnt Green. Part of them form the Lickey Hills Country Park of 525 acres (2 km²) belonging to Birmingham City Council and a golf club.
Lickin' on Both Sides Lickin' on Both Sides is the debut studio album by British R&B group Mis-Teeq, released on October 27, 2001 via Telstar Records (see 2001 in music). It was primarily produced by Stargate, with additional production from Jensen & Larsson, and Synth among others.
Licking Licking refers to passing the tongue over a (solid or liquid) surface, typically either to deposit saliva onto the surface or to collect liquid onto the tongue for ingestion. Many animals both groom themselves and drink by licking.
Licking River (Kentucky) The Licking River is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 320 mi (515 km) long in northeastern Kentucky in the United States. The river and its tributaries drain much of the region of northeastern Kentucky between the watersheds of the Kentucky River to the west and the Big Sandy River to the east.
Lickitung are one of the fictional species of Pokémon creatures from the multi-billion-dollar Pokémon media franchise—a collection of video games, anime, manga, books, trading cards, and other media created by Satoshi Tajiri. The purpose of Lickitung in the games, anime, and manga, as with all other Pokémon, is to battle both wild Pokémon—untamed creatures encountered while the player passes through various environments—and tamed Pokémon owned by Pokémon trainers.
Lickorish–Wallace theorem In mathematics, the Lickorish–Wallace theorem in the theory of 3-manifolds states that any closed, orientable, connected 3-manifold may be obtained by performing Dehn surgery on a framed link in the 3-sphere with +/-1 surgery coefficients. Furthermore, each component of the link can be assumed to be unknotted.
Licks Tour The Licks Tour was a lengthy, truly worldwide concert tour held during 2002 and 2003 by The Rolling Stones. Its start was somewhat concurrent with the compilation album Forty Licks, which was released on October 1, 2002.
Licola, Victoria Licola is a town in Victoria, Australia, located on Licola Road, in the Wellington Shire, 254 kilometres east of Melbourne. The entire town is owned by the Lions Club of Victoria, and is the only privately-owned town in Victoria.
Licor 43 Licor 43, or Cuarenta Y Tres (Spanish for "43"), is a bright yellow Spanish liqueur. It is made from citrus and fruit juices, flavored with vanilla and other aromatic herbs and spices, in total 43 different ingredients (hence the name).
Licorice McKechnie Christina 'Licorice' McKechnie, born 2nd October 1945 in Scotland, was a singer and songwriter in the Incredible String Band between 1968 and 1972. She later appeared with Robin Williamson's Band as 'Likky Lambert' before joining the band U-Boat.
Licton Springs, Seattle, Washington Licton Springs or North College Park is a neighborhood in the Northgate informal district of North Seattle. It is bounded by Interstate 5 to the east, beyond which is Maple Leaf neighborhood and the Northgate Mall; Aurora Avenue N (SR 99) to the west, beyond which is Greenwood; N 85th Street to the south, beyond which is Green Lake, and N 105th Street and N Northgate Way to the north, beyond which is Haller Lake.
Lictor The lictor, derived from the Latin ligare (to bind), was a member of a special class of Roman civil servant, with special tasks of attending and guarding magistrates of the Roman Republic and Empire who held imperium. The origin of the tradition of lictors goes back to the time when Rome was a kingdom, perhaps acquired by their Etruscan neighbours.
Licuala Licuala is a genus of palms commonly found in tropical rainforests of southern Asia, New Guinea and the western Pacific Ocean islands. They are fan palms, with the leaves mostly circular in outline, sometimes undivided but more usually divided right to the leaf stalk into wedge-shaped segments.
Liddell Power Station, New South Wales Liddell Power Station is located at Lake Liddell near Muswellbrook, in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. It is coal powered with four steam driven turbo generators with a combined capacity of 2,000 MW of electricity.
Liddesdale Liddesdale, the valley of the Liddel Water, in the County of Roxburgh, southern Scotland, extends in a south-westerly direction from the vicinity of Peel Fell to the River Esk, a distance of 21 miles. The Waverley route of the North British Railway runs down the dale, and the Catrail, or Picts' Dyke, crosses its head.
Lider Taxi Aereo Lider Taxi Aereo was established on November 12 of 1958, with its headquarters in Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais and headed by José Afonso Assumpção. The company starts operating with three single-engines Cessna 170-A.
Lidia Argondizzo Lidia Serafina Argondizzo (born October 13, 1960) is an Australian politician. She has been an Australian Labor Party (ALP) member of the Victorian Legislative Council since 2002, representing Templestowe Province.
Lidia Bobrova Lidia Bobrova, born on 13 June 1952 in Zabaikalsk, Soviet Union (now Russia) is a Russian film director. Her best known film is Babusya which earned her a special jury prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2003.
Lidia Gueiler Tejada Lidia Gueiler Tejada (born on August 28, 1921, in Cochabamba) was the first female President of Bolivia, serving in an interim capacity from 1979 to 1980. She was Bolivia's first (and thus far, only) female Head of State, and the second in Latin American history.
Lidia Skoblikova Lidia Pavlovna Skoblikova (Russian: Лидия Павловна Скобликова) (born 8 March 1939Lidia Skoblikova at SkatingResultsLidia Skoblikova at DatabaseOlympics.com, Zlatoust) is the most successful Olympic speed skater in terms of Olympic gold medals.
Lidija Bajuk Lidija Bajuk is a Croatian singer-songwriter and poet, born in Čakovec, Croatia. She performs traditional Croatian folk songs, mostly from her native region of Međimurje, and writes songs inspired by traditional folk music.
Lidingö Municipality Lidingö Municipality, is a Swedish municipality just east of Stockholm in southeast central Sweden and a part of the Stockholm metropolitan area. It is chiefly located on the island Lidingö, but also incorporates few smaller islands in the surroundings, most notably the islets Fjäderholmarna within the Stockholm archipelago.
Lidingöbron Lidingöbron (Swedish: "The Lidingö Bridge") is the name of two existing and two historical bridges across the strait of Lilla Värtan between Ropsten - a part of Stockholm - and the island of Lidingö.
Lidiya Ruslanova Lidiya Andreyevna Ruslanova (1900-1973) was one of the greatest and best-loved performers of Russian folk songs. Lidiya was born in a village near Saratov and first started singing for Russian soldiers during the Russian Civil War.
Lido Venice's Lido is an 11-mile (18 km) long sandbar, home to about 20,000 residents, greatly augmented by the (mainly Italian) tourists who move in every summer. The island's casino has recently closed down - it used to operate in the summer months, moving to Palazzo Vendramin Calergi in Venice for the winter.
Lido (swimming pool) A Lido, in the United Kingdom and some other countries, refers to a public outdoor swimming pool and surrounding facilities, or part of a beach where people can swim, lie in the sun or participate in water sports. Over a hundred Lidos are still open.
Lido, Papua New Guinea Lido is a village on the north-western coast of Papua New Guinea, close to Vanimo. From October to February there is a reasonable surf, and despite its isolation, surfing travellers are slowly becoming aware of its potential.
Lidströmer Lidströmer (international spelling Lidstromer) is a Swedish noble family, originating from the village of Liden, Medelpad, Sweden. Knighted 3 October 1800 by King Gustav IV Adolf in the cathedral of Linköping, Sweden.
Lidth's Jay The Lidth's Jay (Garrulus lidthi) is slightly larger than its close relative the Eurasian Jay, with a proportionately stouter bill and also a longer tail. It has no discernible crest, with the head feathers a velvety black, the shoulders and back a deep purplish blue and all other parts a rich chestnut purple.
Lidtke Mill Lidtke Mill is a historic site on the Upper Iowa River located in the "Old Town" area of Lime Springs, Iowa. At one time, it not only milled grains but also provided hydroelectric power to surrounding communities.
Lie algebra In mathematics, a Lie algebra is an algebraic structure whose main use is in studying geometric objects such as Lie groups and differentiable manifolds. Lie algebras were introduced to study the concept of infinitesimal transformations.
Lie algebra cohomology Lie algebra cohomology is a cohomology theory for Lie algebras. It was defined algebraically in a 1948 paper of Claude Chevalley and Samuel Eilenberg, entitled Cohomology theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras.
Lie algebroid In mathematics, a Lie algebroid is a triple (E, [ , ], rho) consisting of a vector bundle E over a manifold M, together with a Lie bracket [ , ] on its module of sections Gamma (E) and a morphism of vector bundles rho: Erightarrow TM called the anchor. Here TM is the tangent bundle of M.
Lie bialgebra In mathematics, a Lie bialgebra or Poisson-Hopf algebra, is the Lie algebra of a Poisson-Lie group. It is a bialgebra where the comultiplication is skew-symmetric, so that its dual is a Lie bracket, and such that the comultiplication is a 1-cocycle (i.
Lie coalgebra In mathematics a Lie coalgebra is a way of endowing a vector space with an algebraic structure in such a way that its dual vector space naturally carries the structure of a Lie algebra. Thus, informally, a Lie coalgebra is the dual of a Lie algebra.
Lie group In mathematics, a Lie group (IPA pronunciation: , sounds like "Lee") is a smooth group, in the sense that the set of group elements has topology and smooth structure of a smooth manifold, and the group operations are smooth functions of the elements. For example, the 2Ă—2 real invertible matrices,
Lie group decompositions In mathematics, Lie group decompositions are used to analyse the structure of Lie groups and associated objects, by showing how they are built up out of subgroups. They are essential technical tools in the representation theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras; they can also be used to study the algebraic topology of such groups and associated homogeneous spaces.
Lie groupoid In mathematics, a Lie groupoid is a groupoid where the groupoid and the base space are both manifolds and the source and target functions are nondegenerate differentiable functions. It is a generalization of a Lie group.
Lie superalgebra In mathematics, a Lie superalgebra is a generalisation of a Lie algebra to include a Z2-grading. Lie superalgebras are important in theoretical physics where they are used to describe the mathematics of supersymmetry.
Lie to Me (album) Lie to Me is the second studio album by American blues guitarist Jonny Lang, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). This is Jonny Lang's big-label debut, after the independently-released Smokin', released in 1995.
Liebenzell Mission The Liebenzell Mission is a cluster of like-minded Evangelical mission organizations in Austria, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States. With roots in German Pietism, their missionaries are involved in Bible translation, church planting, education, evangelism, pastoral ministry, media outreach, pastoral formation, medical care, and community development in 26 countries.
Lieber Code The Lieber Code of April 24, 1863, also known as Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field, General Order â„– 100, or Lieber Instructions, was an instruction signed by President Lincoln to the Union Forces of the USA during the American Civil War that dictated how soldiers should conduct themselves in war time. It was named after the German-American jurist and political philosopher Francis Lieber.
Liebfraumilch Liebfraumilch is a sweet white German wine. The name is a German word literally meaning "milk of our blessed mother" and derived from "liebe Frau" which translates to "beloved woman/lady".

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