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LUC
LUC is a common abbreviation in reference to... Limburgs Universitair Centrum, the present-day University HasseltLoyola University ChicagoLUC is a cryptosystem based on Lucas sequences This page disambiguates a three-character combination which might be any or all of an abbreviation, an acronym, an..
Luc
Luc can refer to: Places Luc is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Luc, in the Lozère départementLuc, in the Hautes-Pyrénées départementLuc-Armau, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques départementLuc-en-Diois, in the Drôme départementLuc-la-Primaube (formerly Luc), in the..
Luc, Lozère
Luc Country      France Région Languedoc-Roussillon Départment Lozère Arrondissement Mende Canton Langogne INSEE 48086 Postal Code 48250 MayorCurrent Term Alain Coulon2001-2008 Intercommunality none Longitude 03° 53' 30" E ..
Luc-en-Diois
Luc-en-Diois Country      France Région Rhône-Alpes Départment Drôme Arrondissement Die Canton Canton of Luc-en-Diois(chief town) INSEE 26167 Postal Code 26310 MayorCurrent Term Raymond Parent2001-2008 Intercommunality Diois Lon..
Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca
See Casabianca (disambiguation) for other meanings Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca The Orient explodes during the Battle of Aboukir Bay. Luc-Julien-Joseph Casabianca (Vescovato (Corsica) 7 February 1762 - Abukir 1 August 1798) was a French Navy officer. He joined the military school in Ju..
Luc-Olivier Merson
Luc-Olivier Merson (May 21 1846–November 13 1920) was a French academic painter and illustrator also known for his postage stamp and currency designs. Nôtre-Dame de Paris by Merson Born Nicolas Luc-Olivier Merson in Paris, France, he grew up in an artistic household, the son of Charle..
Luc-sur-Mer
Luc-sur-Mer is a commune of the département of Calvados, in the Basse-Normandie région, in France. Its postal code is 14530. The INSEE code is 14384. ..
Luca
Luca or LUCA may refer to: Places Luca, Viqueque, a town in the Subdistrict Viqueque, East TimorSan Luca, eine town in the Province of Reggio Calabria, ItalyPeople Antonino Saverio De Luca (1805–1883), Italian CardinalBonifacio De Luca (1727–1798), Italian poetCiro de Luca (*1970), Austrian com..
Lucama, North Carolina
Lucama is a town in Wilson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 847 at the 2000 census. Geography Lucama is located at [35°38′37″N, 78°0′30″W] (35.643684, -78.008333)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the ..
Lucan
Lucan can refer to: Lucan, a town in County DublinLucan, a town in Minnesota, USALucan, a town in Ontario, CanadaEarl of Lucan, a British peerage title*Richard Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, the most famous holderLucan, a Roman poetLucan the Butler, a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legendLucan,..
Lucan, Dublin
Lucan (Irish: Leamhcán) is a town in South Dublin, Ireland on the western outskirts of Dublin city, 15km from the city centre. The town lies at the confluence of the River Liffey and the River Griffeen, its tributary. The picturesque old town retains its character, despite hosting ever-expanding..
Lucan, Minnesota
Lucan is a city in Redwood County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 226 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.0 km² (0.4 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 226 people, 100 households..
Lucan, Ontario
Lucan is a community in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Lucan-Biddulph township in Middlesex County. It is approx. 30 km (18 miles) north of London, which is the most important urban centre in the county and Southwestern Ontario. The land in the area is almost entirely agricultural, re..
Lucanas Province
Lucanas is the largest province in Ayacucho, Peru. It has 21 districts: AucaraCabanaCarmen SalcedoChaviñaChipaoHuac HuacsLaramateLeoncio PradoLlautaLucanasOcañaOtocaPuquioSanta Ana de HuaycahuachoSaisaSan CristóbalSan JuanSan PedroSan Pedro de PalcoSancosSanta Lucia ..
Lucani
Lucani may mean: Lucani (ancient people), an ancient people of Italy. Lučani, a town in Serbia and Montenegro. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point dir..
Lucania
:For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Lucania was an ancient district of southern Italy, extending from the Tyrrhenian Sea to the Gulf of Taranto. To the north it adjoined Campania, Samnium and Apulia, and to the south it was separated by a narrow isthmus from the district of Bruttium. It thus ..
Lucania (disambiguation)
Lucania may refer to: Lucania, an ancient district of southern Italy.Mount Lucania in Canada.Lucania, a genus of freshwater fish in the family Fundulidae. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, y..
Lucani (ancient people)
The Lucani (Lucanians) were an ancient people of Italy who spoke an Oscan language, a member of the Italic languages. Contents 1 Society2 Language and writing3 History4 See also Society Strabo reported that they had a democratic constitution, save in time of war, when a dict..
Lucan (TV series)
--> The television drama Lucan aired on ABC from 1977 to 1978. The core cast was Kevin Brophy, John Randolph, and Don Gordon. A 20-year old, Brophy, who spent the first 10 years of his life running wild in the forest after being raised by wolves. Lucan is taken to a research institute where he ..
Lucan Airport
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Lucan Bridge
Lucan Bridge is a road bridge spanning the River Liffey in the village of Lucan in Dublin, Ireland. It joins Lucan's Main Street to the Lower Lucan Road, carrying traffic towards Clonsilla and the north. The bridge is the largest single span masonry arch bridge in Ireland, and is constructed from ..
Lucan Irish
The Lucan Irish are a Junior ice hockey team based in Lucan, Ontario. They play in the Junior Development Hockey League. ..
Lucapa
Lucapa is a town located in eastern Angola. It is the administrative capital of Lunda Norte Province. ..
Lucaria
The Lucaria was an ancient Roman feast, solemnized in the woods, where the Romans, defeated and pursued by the Gauls, retired and concealed themselves; it was held, on July 19, in a wood, between the Tyber and the road called Via Salaria. ..
Lucario
Barbo, Maria. The Official Pokémon Handbook. Scholastic Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0439154049.Loe, Casey, ed. Pokémon Special Pikachu Edition Official Perfect Guide. Sunnydale, CA: Empire 21 Publishing, 1999. ISBN 130206151.Nintendo Power. Official Nintendo Pokémon FireRed & Pokémon LeafGreen Pla..
Lucas
Lucas may refer to: Contents 1 Geography2 Film3 Last name4 Fictional Characters5 Etymology6 Other contexts Geography Several places in the United States of America: Lucas, KansasLucas County, Ohio Places in Canada: Lucas, British ColumbiaLucas, Nova ScotiaLucas, On..
Lucas' reagent
Lucas' reagent is a solution of zinc chloride in concentrated hydrochloric acid, used to classify alcohols of low molecular weight. The reaction is a substitution in which the chlorine replaces the hydroxy group. Even though this reaction is normally very unfavorable, the zinc ion complexes with t..
Lucas, Iowa
Lucas is a city in Lucas County, Iowa, United States. The population was 243 at the 2000 census. Geography Lucas is located at [41°1′47″N, 93°27′42″W] (41.029843, -93.461595)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a to..
Lucas, Kansas
Lucas is a city in Russell County, Kansas, United States. The population was 436 at the 2000 census. Geography Lucas is located at [39°3′32″N, 98°32′15″W] (39.058839, -98.537457)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has ..
Lucas, Ohio
Lucas is a village in Richland County, Ohio, United States. The population was 620 at the 2000 census. Geography Lucas is located at [40°42′14″N, 82°25′12″W] (40.703773, -82.420024)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the villa..
Lucas, Texas
Lucas is a city in Collin County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,890 at the 2000 census. Geography Lucas is located at [33°6′5″N, 96°34′41″W] (33.101526, -96.577988)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a..
Lucas, Wisconsin
Lucas is a town in Dunn County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 658 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 92.6 km² (35.7 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 658 people, 240 households, ..
Lucas-Carmichael number
In mathematics, a Lucas-Carmichael number is a positive integer n such that if p is a prime factor of n, then p + 1 is a factor of n + 1. By custom, a number is only regarded as a Lucas-Carmichael number if it is odd and square-free (not divisible by the square of a prime number), otherwise any cub..
LucasArts
LucasArts is an American video game developer and publisher. The company is famous for its line of graphic adventure games, although today mainly publishes games based on the Star Wars franchise. Contents 1 Company history2 Logo3 Adventure games4 Military simulations5 ..
LucasArts adventure games
Before concentrating almost exclusively on Star Wars titles, LucasArts was known for their point-and-click adventure games, nearly all of which received high scoring reviews at the time of their release. Their style tended towards the humorous (often slapstick humour), with a few exceptions. Their g..
Lucasfilm
''' Lucasfilm Ltd. is an American film production company founded by George Lucas in 1971, based in Marin County, California. Lucas is its current chairman, and Micheline Chau is its president/chief operating officer. The company is best known for producing the Star Wars films, but it has produced..
Lucasfilm Animation
Lucasfilm Animation is an animation studio founded in 2003. It is a division of George Lucas' Lucasfilm, with facilities in California and Singapore. It is actually the second animation company spawned by Lucasfilm; in 1986, Lucasfilm's Computer Graphics Division was spun-off as a separate firm, Pi..
Lucasian Professor
The incumbent of the Lucasian Chair of Mathematics, the Lucasian Professor is the holder of a mathematical professorship at Cambridge University. The post was founded in 1663 by Henry Lucas, who was Cambridge University's Member of Parliament from 1639–1640, and was officially established by ..
Lucasium
Classification of genus Lucasium: Lucasium damaeum ..
LucasVarity
LucasVarity plc was a UK motor parts manufacturer, created by a merger of Lucas Industries plc and the North American Group Varity Corporation in August 1996. Lucas had employed 46,000 people compared with Varity's 9,000. At the time of the merger LucasVarity announced plans for a £65 million poun..
Lucasville
Lucasville can refer to: Lucasville, OhioLucasville, OntarioThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
Lucasville, Ohio
Lucasville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Scioto County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,588 at the 2000 census. Geography Lucasville is located at [38°52′49″N, 82°59′40″W] (38.880234, -82.994439)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United..
Lucas (film)
Lucas was a movie directed by David Seltzer and first released on March 28, 1986. The film was a tragicomedy geared toward a teen audience. Contents 1 Plot summary2 Trivia3 References4 External link Plot summary [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or endin..
Lucas (Mother 3)
is the main character in Mother 3 for GBA (formerly planned for 64DD), who is similarly to both Ninten and Ness, though he is blonde and doesn't wear a cap. He is the shy and gentle twin. Unlike previous main characters, Lucas is not normally silent. Being the main character, he makes appearances..
Lucas (surname)
Lucas is a surname, and may refer to Albert Lucas, American jugglerAnthony Francis Lucas, Texan oilmanAntoinette Lucas, American field hockey playerAl Lucas, American footballerBunny Lucas, English cricketerCaroline Lucas, British politicianCharles Lucas, Royalist general in the English Civil WarCh..
Lucas Abela
Lucas Abela is an Australian musician. Besides his own name, he has performed as Peeled Hearts Paste, Justice Yeldham and the Dynamic Ribbon Device, and DJ Smallcock. He also runs the Dual Plover record label. Abela started hosting a radio program in Sydney in 1992, on which he experimented with..
Lucas Achtschellinck
Lucas Achtschellinck (baptized 16 January 1626, Brussels - buried 12 May 1699, ibid.) was a Belgian landscape painter. He entered the Brussel painters guild on 26 October 1639 as a scholar of Pieter van der Borcht. He seems to have travelled in the following years as he gained his admittance as ma..
Lucas Alamán
Lucas Ignacio Alamán was born in Guanajuato, Mexico on October 18th, 1792. He studied at the Real Colegio de Minas de la Nueva España. He frequently traveled with scientific and diplomatic purposes, and became one of the most educated men in Mexico. At the outset of the war for Mexican independenc..
Lucas Arnau
Lucas Arnau is a Colombian singer. Arnau was born in the city of Medellín, Antioquia Arnau's first album, "Un Poco Más", has been a smash hit in Colombia, Perú, Venezuela, Ecuador. ..
Lucas Automotive
Lucas Automotive was a famous British manufacturer of automotive components for the motor industry. History The company based in King Street, Birmingham founded by Joseph Lucas and his son Harry in 1872 at first made general pressed metal merchandise including lamps for ships and coaches, later ..
Lucas Ayala
Lucas Emanuel Ayala Miño (born August 11, 1978) is a Mexican football midfielder, who currently plays for Veracruz. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. External link () [Profile] ..
Lucas Barrett
Lucas Barrett (November 14,1837 - December 18,1862) was an English naturalist and geologist. Barrett was born in London and educated at University College School and at Ebersdorf. In 1855 he accompanied R. McAndrew on a dredging excursion from the Shetlands to Norway and beyond the Arctic Circle; a..
Lucas bashing
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Lucas Belvaux
Lucas Belvaux (born 14 November 1961 in Namur, Belgium) is an actor and film director. His directing credits include the Trilogie, consisting of three films with interlocking stories and characters, each of which was filmed in a different genre. The three films are Cavale, a thriller; Un Couple Epa..
Lucas Bernardi
Lucas Ademar Bernardi (born September 27, 1977 in Rosario, Argentina) is a footballer from who currently plays for French club AS Monaco. He is of Italian descent and plays as a defensive midfielder. Former clubs include Newells Old Boys and Marseille Height: 172 cmWeight: 69 kgNumber: 7 Internat..
Lucas Biglia
Lucas Biglia (born 30 January 1986) is an Argentine football midfielder, currently plays for RSC Anderlecht. He has been capped for Argentina youth team, and won the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship. Teams and clubs ? - 2006: CA Independiente (Argentina)2006 - present: R.S.C. Anderlecht (Belgium..
Lucas Black
Lucas York Black (born November 29, 1982) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles on the television series American Gothic, and in the films Sling Blade, Friday Night Lights, and The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift. Contents 1 Biography1.1 P..
Lucas Brown
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] Lucas Aaron Brown is a very well known porn star used in such films as Bang Bus II, Speeding Rabbit and Beach Babes III, VI, and X. He is currently living in Elk Grove, California. ..
Lucas Cammareri
Lucas Cammareri (born April 4, 1981 in Buenos Aires) is a field hockey forward from Argentina, who made his debut for the national squad in 2002, and competed for his native country in the 2004 Summer Olympics. He played in Holland for a while, at Dutch club SCHC, just like his brother Matias Camma..
Lucas cells for radon measurement.
A Lucas cell is used to grab a gas sample, filter out the radon daughters through a special filter at 0.01 micrometres, and then counts the radioactive decay of radon gas. The inside of the 1-liter gas chamber is coated with silver activated zinc sulphate or ZnS(Ag) that scintillates or shines when ..
Lucas chain
In mathematics, a Lucas chain is a restricted type of addition chain, named for the French mathematician Edouard Lucas. It is a sequence a0, a1, a2, a3, ... that satisfies a0=1, and for each k > 0: ak = ai + aj, and either ai = aj or |ai − aj| = am, for some i, j, m < k. The sequence o..
Lucas Cornelius Steyn
Lucas Cornelius Steyn was the Governor-General of the Union of South Africa during part of 1959. |- style="text-align: center;" The Viscount Gladstone | The Viscount Buxton | HRH Prince Arthur of Connaught | The Earl of Athlone | The Earl of Clarendon | Sir Patrick Duncan | Nicolaas Ja..
Lucas County
Lucas County is the name of two counties in the United States: Lucas County, IowaLucas County, Ohio This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the..
Lucas County, Iowa
Lucas County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of 2000, the population is 9,422. Its county seat is Chariton, Iowa6. Contents 1 Geography1.1 Adjacent counties2 Demographics3 Cities and towns Geography According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a to..
Lucas County, Ohio
Lucas County is a county located in the state of Ohio, United States. As of 2000, the population was 455,054. Its county seat is Toledo6. Lucas County was named for Robert Lucas, 12th governor of Ohio, in 1835 during his second term. Its establishment provoked the Toledo War conflict with the Mic..
Lucas Cranach
Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553)Lucas Cranach the Younger (1515–1586) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended articl..
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Elder (Lucas Cranach der Ältere, 1472 – October 16, 1553) was a German artist, known for his woodcuts and paintings. Contents 1 Early Life2 Career3 Cranach's Art4 Gallery of Lucas Cranach the Elder's Works5 See also6 External links Early L..
Lucas Cranach the Younger
Staghunt of Prince Johann Friedrich (detail) 1544 Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [media] Lucas Cranach the Younger (October 4, 1515 – January 25, 1586) was a German Renaissance artist, known for his woodcuts and paintings. He was..
Lucas critique
The Lucas Critique says that it's naive to try to predict the effect of a policy experiment based on correlations in historical data. For example, Fort Knox has never been robbed, but that doesn't mean we can safely eliminate the guards. If we do want to predict the effect of a policy experiment, ..
Lucas David
Lucas David (also: Lukas David) (1503 - April 1583) was a Prussian historian, who from about 1550 on compiled extensive volumes on Prussian history. Lucas David was born in Olsztyn (Allenstein), in the Bishopric of Warmia (Ermland) in Poland. He studied at the University of Leipzig, where he also r..
Lucas Debes
Lucas Jacobsøn Debes (1623 in Stubbekøbing - 1675) was a Danish priest, topographer and celebrated writer about the Faroe Islands. Contents 1 His Arrival to Tórshavn2 Journey to Copenhagen3 The Period after Gabel4 Historical Contribution5 Interesting Facts6 W..
Lucas de Heere
Lucas de Heere (1534-1584) was a Flemish portrait painter. Several works by de Heere hang in the National Portrait Gallery in London. His portrait of Katheryn of Berain is held by the National Museum Cardiff. ..
Lucas di Grassi
Lucas di Grassi (b. 11 August, 1984, Sao Paulo) is an auto racing driver from Brazil. He drove karting until 2001 before moving to Formula Renault. In 2003 he stepped up to Formula 3 and has since driven in the South American, British and European series, his career highlight to date being a win in ..
Lucas Entertainment
Lucas Entertainment is a gay pornographic movie studio founded by Russian pornographic actor Michael Lucas in New York City in 1998. Lucas founded the studio to showcase the city’s diversity of types and ethnicities. The company aims to produce movies of high quality, and has earned high regard ..
Lucas Fernández
Lucas Fernández (c. 1474 - 1542) was a Spanish dramatist and musician. He was educated at Salamanca, and was a professor of music there from 1522. His surviving work consists of six plays. Although showing the influence of his rival Juan del Encina, they are notable for their dialogue, humor, and..
Lucas Fox
Lucas Fox is a drummer who was a member of British heavy metal band Motörhead and London punk rockers Warsaw Pakt. In 1975 Fox was invited, along with Larry Wallis, to start Lemmy's band Bastards, after taking advice, the band was named Motörhead. The band supported Greenslade at gigs, performing..
Lucas Glover
Lucas Glover (born November 12, 1979 in Greenville, South Carolina) is an American golfer. He attended Clemson University. He was a member of the 2001 United States Walker Cup team and turned professional later that year. He played on the Nationwide Tour in 2002 and 2003, winning the Gila River Clas..
Lucas Grabeel
--> Lucas Grabeel (born November 23, 1984 in Springfield, Missouri) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Ryan Evans in the made-for-television film High School Musical. Contents 1 Career2 Friends and Family3 Television work3.1 Films3.2 TV Shows3.3 ..
Lucas Heights, New South Wales
Lucas Heights is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 31km south-west of the Sydney central business district in the Sutherland Shire. Sydney suburbs near Lucas Heights(Sutherland Shire) Holsworthy Holsworthy Menai Holsworthy Lucas Heights Barde..
Lucas henesy
Luke Henesy, New York City 1988 Concord-Carlisle High School DIVING In addition to being named to the Dual County League All-Star squad, Henesy grabbed first place in both the North sectional and Division 2 state championship. He is the defending New England 1-meter diving champion in the 16-18 ..
Lucas Hollingsworth
Lucas Hollingsworth was a fictional character in the final episodes of the sitcom The Golden Girls. He was played by actor Leslie Nielsen. Dorothy's second and successful marriage Lucas was the uncle of Blanche Devereaux and had come to Miami to make a visit to his niece. The trouble was that..
Lucas Holstenius
Lucas Holstenius, the Latinized name of Lukas Holste (1596-1661), German Catholic humanist, geographer and historian. Born at Hamburg in 1596, he studied at the gymnasium of Hamburg, and later at Leyden University, where he was closely acquainted with some of the most famous scholars of the age, in..
Lucas Industries plc
Lucas Industries plc was a famous manufacturer of components for the motor industry and aerospace industry. It was based in Birmingham, England, and quoted on the London Stock Exchange. Founded by Joseph Lucas, the company was best known for automotive electrical components such as alternators, w..
Lucas Jones
Lucas Jones is a fictional character on the American soap opera General Hospital. He is currently played by actor Ben Hogestyn, who has played the part since September 2005. Lucas is the adopted son of Dr. Tony Jones and Barbara Jean "Bobbie" Spencer Jones. His biological parents were mobster Julian..
Lucas Kanade method
Optical flow methods try to calculate the motion between two image frames which are taken at times t and [t+\delta t] at every pixel position. As a pixel at location (x,y,z,t) with intensity I(x,y,z,t) will have moved by [\delta x], [\delta y], [\delta z] and ..
Lucas Leiva
Lucas Pezzini Leiva (born January 9, 1987 in Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul) is a Brazilian football (soccer) midfielder. In 2005, playing for Grêmio, he won the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B. Clubs 2005- Grêmio External Links [Profile on Gremio.net (Portuguese)] ..
Lucas Malet
Lucas Malet is the pseudonym (pen-name) of Mary St Leger Kingsley (June 4, 1852-1931), Victorian novelist. She was the daughter of Charles Kingsley, author of The Water Babies. In 1876 she married William Harrison, Minor Canon of Westminster, and Priest-in-Ordinary to the Queen. Works Mrs Lorime..
Lucas Mangope
Kgosi Lucas Manyane Mangope is the former leader of the Bantustan of Bophuthatswana. Born in Motswedi on 27 December 1923, Mangope worked as a high school teacher until 8 August 1959, when he succeeded his father Lucas as Chief of the Motsweda Ba hurutshe-Boo-Manyane tribe. On 1 May 1971, Mangope..
Lucas Monteverde
Lucas Monteverde is an Argentine professional polo player, and a recent winner of the coveted Abierto Argentino, with the famous La Dolfina Team. He was born in 1975, near the town of 25 de Mayo, Buenos Aires Province, at the estancia El Rincón. The ranch is run by his father Lucas and uncle Marce..
Lucas Neill
Lucas Neill (born March 9, 1978 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who currently plays for Blackburn Rovers most often at right-back. He has been a regular member of the Australian national team and played at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with the Olympic mens team..
Lucas number
The Lucas numbers are a integer sequence named after the mathematician François Édouard Anatole Lucas (1842–1891), who studied both that sequence and the closely related Fibonacci numbers. Much like the Fibonacci numbers, each Lucas number is defined to be the sum of its two immediate prede..
Lucas Oil
Lucas Oil Products is an company that sells automotive oil and additives. It was founded by trucker Forrest Lucas in 1989. The company is the sponsor of several NASCAR and NHRA events. It was announced on February 28 2006 that Lucas Oil purchased the naming rights to a future NFL stadium, to be ca..
Lucas Oil Stadium
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Lucas Pantelis
Lucas Pantelis (born March 12, 1982 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia) is an Australian football (soccer) player who plays in the position as a central midfielder. He currently plays for Adelaide United in the newly formed Hyundai A-League. ..
Lucas Papademos
Lucas D. Papademos, born October_11, 1947, is the current Vice President of the European Central Bank. Born in Athens, Papademos attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gaining a degree in physics in 1970, a masters degree in electrical engineering in 1972, and a doctorate in economics,..
Lucas Parsons
Lucas Parsons (born 4 October 1969) is an Australian golfer. He won the New Zealand Open in 1995. He played for a time on the European Tour and his best year-end ranking on the European Tour Order of Merit was 37th in 2000. External links [Profile on the European Tour's official site] ..
Lucas Prata
Lucas Prata is a dance musician born in Queens New York. He has produced many hits reconized by the dance and electronica community, including "And She Said" and "Let's Get It On." Prata and Dan Bălan produced "The Ma Ya Hi Song," an English version of the international hit Dragostea Din Tei by B..
Lucas prime
A Lucas prime is a Lucas number that is prime. The first few Lucas primes are 2, 3, 7, 11, 29, 47, 199, 521, 2207, 3571, 9349 ... Except for the cases n = 0, 4, 8, 16, if Ln is prime then n is prime. The converse is false, however. See also Fibonacci prime External link [Sloane's A005479&..
Lucas pseudoprime
In mathematics, Lucas pseudoprimes in number theory are defined in terms of Lucas sequences. Suppose that [ U_n(P,Q) = (a^n-b^n)/(a-b) ] is a Lucas sequence, and D is the discriminant for the sequence. If p is an odd prime number for which the Jacobi symbol [(D/p) = k \ne 0]..
Lucas Radebe
Lucas Valeriu Radebe (born December 4 1969) is a former South African soccer player and national team captain. Radebe was born in the Diepkloof section of Soweto, near Johannesburg, as one of eleven children. When he was 15 years old he was sent to the "bantustan" of Bophuthatswana by his parents i..
Lucas Rey
Lucas Rey (born October 11, 1982 in Buenos Aires) is a field hockey midfielder from Argentina, who plays club hockey in his native country for San Fernando. He is a member of the Men's National Team since 2002, and finished in 11th position at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Rey was also on the ..
Lucas Samaltanos-Ferrier
Lucas Samaltanos-Ferrier, is a contemporary artist. Samaltanos-Ferrier, is a contemporary emerging visual artist.After graduating from the high school "Lycee Leonin de Nea Smyrni", he moved to France and studied in South France.He started his career at the age of 20, as a model agent, working for..
Lucas Scott
--> Lucas Eugene Scott is arguably the main character of the hit television show One Tree Hill played by Chad Michael Murray. In the first season he is cast as the half brother of a boy called Nathan Scott, the first season concentrates on their relationship as well as Lucas' relationships with a t..
Lucas Secon
Born Lucas Secon, this Scandanavian-American artist garnered nominations in 1995 for a Grammy as well as an MTV Music Award. His groundbreaking video for "Lucas With The Lid Off", directed by Michael Gondry, was shot in one continuous take without post-production edits. Currently working as a produ..
Lucas sequence
In mathematics a Lucas sequence is a particular generalisation of the Fibonacci numbers and Lucas numbers. Lucas sequences were first studied by French mathematician Edouard Lucas. Contents 1 Recurrence relations2 Algebraic relations3 Other relations4 Specific names5 Appl..
Lucas Sithole
Lucas Sithole (1931-1994) is best known for his sculptures in mainly indigenous woods, as well as for his sculptures in bronze, stone and other media. He was born on 15 november 1931, in Springs, Transvaal, Republic of South Africa; he died on 8 May, 1994, in Pongola, Transvaal, Republic of South ..
Lucas Till
Lucas Till is an actor from Royston, Georgia. He is best known for portraying Jack Cash in Walk the Line. he also has been in other movies Lucas is a natural blonde, but dyed his hair brown for Walk the Line and Lightning Bug. ..
Lucas Township, Minnesota
Lucas Township is a township in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 260 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 92.3 km² (35.7 mi²). 87.5 km² (33.8 mi²) of it is land and 4.8 km² (1.9 mi²) of it (5.19%..
Lucas Trerice
In 2004, Lucas Trerice achieved national attention in America for wrapping his friend Chris Kirk's entire apartment in Olympia, Washington with aluminum foil. The prank took five days to complete and everything in the apartment was covered with the sole exception being Penn & Teller's book Cruel Tri..
Lucas Tyler
Lucas Tyler is a Canadian model best known for his work on the program Naked News. Tyler worked for eight years as a corporate banker before being hired as the first model on the Naked News program, where he strips to full nudity while reading news stories. He has worked for the internet based show..
Lucas Valley
Lucas Valley is an unincorporated area north of the city of San Rafael which is in Marin County, California, USA. Located in a small valley, the surrounding hills have been left wild and beautiful. Built around Lucas Valley Road, which is popular with bicyclists and motorcyclists, the area is the ..
Lucas Valley-Marinwood, California
Lucas Valley-Marinwood is a census-designated place (CDP) in Marin County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the population was 6,357. Geography Lucas Valley-Marinwood is located at [38°1′41″N, 122°33′46″W] (38.027989, -122.562783)[Geographic references#1G..
Lucas van Leyden
Lucas van Leyden (Leiden, 1494 – 1533 in Leiden), also named either Lucas Hugensz or Lucas Jacobsz, was a Dutch engraver and painter, born and mainly active in Leiden, who was among the first Dutch exponents of genre painting and is generally regarded as one of the finest engravers in the his..
Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón
Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón (1475? - 18 October, 1526) was a Spanish explorer. A licentiate and sugar planter on Hispaniola, Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón commanded six vessels with 500 colonists, supplies and livestock, sailing from Santo Domingo in mid-July, 1526. After exploring the Georgia and Carol..
Lucas Watzenrode
Lucas Watzenrode can refer to Lucas Watzenrode the Elder (1400-1462), trader in Toruń (Thorn), father of Lucas Watzenrode the Younger, grandfather of Nicolaus CopernicusLucas Watzenrode the Younger (1447-1512), bishop of Warmia, uncle of Nicolaus Copernicus This is a [disambiguationdisambiguat..
Lucas Watzenrode the Elder
Lucas Watzenrode the Elder (German also Lukas, Polish Łukasz) (1400 – 1462) was a trader in the Hanseatic city of Thorun, father of bishop Lucas Watzenrode the Younger, and grandfather of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. Life Watzenrode the Elder was born 1400 in Thorun as child of a Germ..
Lucas Watzenrode the Younger
Lucas Watzenrode the Younger (sometimes also Watzelrode), (b. 30 October 1447 in Thorun (Toruń) – d. 29 March 1512 in Thorun) was bishop of the Prince-Bishopric Warmia (Ermland) and uncle of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. Contents 1 Life2 Historic background3 Bishop4&nb..
Lucas Wolenczak
Lucas Wolenczak (later Ensign Lucas Wolenczak) was a character on the television series seaQuest DSV, played by the late Jonathan Brandis. Born on December 23, 2002, Lucas was a highly intelligent teenager who graduated magna-cum-laude with a degree in Applied Principles of Artificial Intelligen..
Lucas–Lehmer test
This article is about the generalized Lucas–Lehmer test for primality. There is also a Lucas–Lehmer test that only applies to Mersenne numbers; see Lucas–Lehmer test for Mersenne numbers. In computational number theory, the Lucas–Lehmer test is a primality test for a natural number n; it re..
Lucas–Lehmer test for Mersenne numbers
This article is about the Lucas–Lehmer test that only applies to Mersenne numbers. There is also a generalized Lucas–Lehmer test for primality; see Lucas–Lehmer test. In mathematics, the Lucas–Lehmer test is a primality test for Mersenne numbers. The test was originally developed by Edouard..
Lucayan
The Lucayan were those Arawak which inhabited the Bahamas at the time of Christopher Columbus' landing. They were the first Amerindians encountered by the Spanish (Oct. 12, 1492). They were a peaceful people. Before Columbus' arrival, there were probably over 40,000 Lucayans, but due to slavery, dis..
Lucayan archipelago
The Lucayan archipelago is an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. ..
Luca Agamennoni
Luca Agamennoni (born August 8, 1980 in Livorno) is an Italian bronze medal winner for rowing in the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. ..
Luca Antonini
Not to be confused with Luca Antonelli, AC Milan youth player. Luca Antonini (born 4 August, 1982 in Milan) is an Italian football midfielder. As of 2006 plays for A.C. Siena. But joint-owned by A.C. Milan and U.C. Sampdoria. ..
Luca Badoer
Luca Badoer ..
Luca Bassani
Luca Bassani is the Italian founder of the maritime design company Wally Yachts The company enjoyed a successful run designing and building futuristic and highly crafted sailing yachts which were very well received by the sailing professionals as well as the general public. Mr. Bassani then began f..
Luca Bati
Luca Bati (1546–1608) was an Italian Baroque composer and music teacher. One of his pupils was Marco da Gagliano. . ..
Luca Blight
Luca Blight is the main antagonist of Suikoden II. Overview [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Born to King Agares and Sarah Blight of the Kingdom of Highland, Luca became known as the Mad Prince because of his lust for blood and violence. The reasons for..
Luca Brasi
Luca Brasi is a character in Mario Puzo's novel The Godfather, as well as its 1972 film adaptation (portrayed by Lenny Montana). [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. In The Godfather, Luca Brasi is Don Vito Corleone's personal enforcer. The slow-witted, br..
Luca Bucci
Luca Bucci (born March 13, 1969 in Bologna) is a football goalkeeper for Parma F.C.. After a few years in some minor leagues, such as Serie C1 and Serie B, Bucci made his Serie A debut, playing for Parma in a league match against Udinese on 29 August 1993. The next year, he was first capped for t..
Luca Cadalora
Luca Cadalora (born May 17, 1963) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle road racing World Champion. He won the 1986 125cc World Championship on a Garelli and then the 1991 and 1992 250cc World Championship aboard an Erv Kanemoto tuned Honda. In 1993 he rose to the blue riband 500cc division a..
Luca Cambiasi
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Luca Capriotti
Luca Capriotti (b. 1973 in Florence Italy). Currently lives and works in London, United Kingdom. Partial list of Physics and Quantitative Finance Articles by Luca Capriotti: http://xxx.arxiv.org/find/cond-mat/1/au:+Capriotti_L/0/1/0/all/0/1 ..
Luca Cardelli
An Italian computer scientist, currently working for Microsoft Research in Cambridge. Is known for his research in type theory and operational semantics. Among other contributions he implemented the first compiler for the (non-pure) functional programming language ML and he coined the concept of typ..
Luca Casarini
Luca Casarini is an Italian activist and former proponent of the Tute Bianche movement. Casarini was influential in the development of the "white overalls" movement, that practiced social and civil disobedience while dressed in white overalls and padding (know as a "padded block"). See also Tute B..
Luca Castellazzi
Luca Castellazzi (born 19 July 1975 in Milan) is an Italian football goalkeeper. Teams and clubs 1992-1994: Monza1994-1995: Varese on loan from Monza1995-1996: Monza1996-1998: Padova1999: Pescara1999-2002: Brescia2002: Reggina on loan from Brescia2003: Catania on loan from Brescia2003-2005: Brescia..
Luca Colzani
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Luca Congi
--> Luca Congi (born June 15, 1983 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) is a punter and kicker playing for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. Congi was drafted out of college by Saskatchewan (12th overall) in 2006, and he won the position of punter/kicker in training camp. He..
Luca Damiano
Luca Damiano né Franco lo Cascio (born 1947) is an Italian film director who began his career as an assistant to Vittorio de Sica. He is the creator of many pornographic titles. External link [Luca Damiano] as Franco lo Cascio at the Internet Movie Database ..
Luca della Robbia
Luca della Robbia (1400-1482) was a Florentine sculptor noted for his terracotta roundels. Della Robbia developed a pottery glaze that made his creations more durable in the outdoors and thus suitable for use on the exterior of buildings. His work is noted for its charm rather than the drama of the ..
Luca di Montezemolo
The Marquis Luca Cordero di Montezemolo (born August 31, 1947) is an Italian businessman, president and CEO of Ferrari, president of Maserati, and chairman of FIAT; in addition, he's also president of Italian Confindustria and of FIEG. Biography Born in Bologna, Montezemolo studied at the Universi..
Luca Fancelli
Luca Fancelli (circa 1430 - after 1494) was an Italian architect and sculptor. Biography Fancelli was born in Settignano, a fraction of Florence. Much of his life and work is an enigma, what is known for sure is that he trained as a stonecutter and mason and studied under Brunelleschi. The arch..
Luca Filippi
Luca Filippi (Born 9 August, 1985, Italy) is a race car driver. In 2006 Filippi drives in the GP2 Series for the FMS International team. Career History Season Series Team Name Races Poles Wins Poduims Final Placing 2005 Italian Formula 3000 Fisichella Motor Sport 8 4 4 6 1st ..
Luca Gaurico
For the crater, see Gauricus (crater). Luca Gaurico (in Latin, Lucas Gauricus) (March 12, 1476-1558), Italian astrologer, astronomer, and mathematician. He was born to a poor family in the Kingdom of Naples, and studied judicial astrology, a subject he defended in his Oratio de Inventoribus et ..
Luca Ghini
Luca Ghini (1490 - May 4, 1566) was an Italian physician and botanist. Ghini was born in Imola and studied medicine at the University of Bologna. He published the first herbarium in 1544. In the same year he founded the botanical garden in Pisa. The standard botanical author abbreviation Ghini ..
Luca Giammarco
Luca Giammarco, from Italy, is the top-ranked slalom skateboarder in the world. A multi-talented competitor, Giammarco was a competitive rock climber and placed in the 1999 and 2001 UIIA World Cup climbing competitions. In 1989, he earned 3rd place in the Slalom event at the World Championships of..
Luca Giordano
The creation of man, fresco in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florence, 1684-1686. Fresco in the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, depicting Charon, Morpheus, and other characters from Greek mythology, 1684-1686. Triumph of the Medici in the clouds of Mount Olympus, fresco in the Palazzo Medic..
Luca Lionello
Luca Lionello is an actor who played Judas on Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ. He was an atheist until 2004, when he became a Catholic due to his experience filming The Passion of the Christ.[link]. External links ..
Luca Lombardi
Luca Lombardi (born 24th December 1945 in Rome) is an Italien composer. Works Opera Prospero (after William Shakespeares play The Tempest) ..
Luca Marchegiani
Luca Marchegiani (born February 22, 1966 in Ancona) is an Italian football goalkeeper. He played mostly for Torino FC and SS Lazio. He played for Italy national football team and was a participant at the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where he played in three matches, including two in the group phase, first..
Luca Marenzio
Luca Marenzio (also Marentio) (October 18? 1553? – August 22, 1599) was an Italian composer of the late Renaissance. He was one of the most renowned composers of madrigals, and wrote perhaps the finest examples of the form in its late stage of development, prior to its early Baroque transforma..
Luca Maria Gambardella
Luca Maria Gambardella (born 4 January 1962) has been co-director of the Swiss AI lab IDSIA since 1995. Together with former IDSIA senior researcher Marco Dorigo and others he made substantial contributions to the rapidly growing research field of Artificial Ants, a set of multi-agent methods inspir..
Luca Miti
Luca Miti (born 1957) is an Italian composer and pianist. He studied jazz piano, extended vocal techniques and baroque flute a bec. From 1980 he's working as a composer and performer of contemporary music. His work is centered on a deep research on, over and beyond "sound". He collaborated extensiv..
Luca Pacioli
Fra Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli (sometimes Paciolo) (1445–1514) was an Italian mathematician and Franciscan friar. He was also called Luca di Borgo after his birthplace, Borgo San Sepolcro, Tuscany. Luca Pacioli studied in Venice and Rome and became a Franciscan friar in the 1470s. He was a..
Luca Paolini
|currentteam = Liquigas-Bianchi |proyears = 2000-20022003-20052006- |proteams = MapeiQuick-StepLiquigas-Bianchi |majorwins = none }} Luca Paolini (born 17th January 1977 in Milan) is an Italian cyclist who rides for Liquigas-Bianchi in the UCI ProTour. ..
Luca Pitti
Luca Pitti (1398 - 1472) was a Florentine banker during the period of the republic presided over by Cosimo de' Medici. He was loyal friend and servant to the Medici and the republic. He was awarded a knighthood, and received lavish presents from both the Signory of Firenze and the Medici family a..
Luca Princiotta
Luca Princiotta is an Italian guitarist. He began his career playing in the Iron Maiden tribute band The Clairvoyants before joining B L A Z E (the band of former Maiden frontman Blaze Bayley) as a replacement for their departed founding guitarist Steve Wray. Originally used only as a tour musician,..
Luca Prodan
Luca Prodan (17 May 1953 — 22 December 1987) was an Italian-Argentine musician. Born in Rome, he was the son of an Italian father and a Scottish mother. Prodan attended a select boarding school in Scotland, and for some time drifted in Manchester and London. In 1981, after two of his friends ..
Luca Romagnoli
Luca Romagnoli (born on 12 September 1961 in Rome) is an Italian politician and Member of the European Parliament for Southern Italy with the fascist party Fiamma Tricolore, and is a Non-Inscrit in the European Parliament. He sits on its Committee on Transport and Tourism, and is a substitute for..
Luca Ronconi
Luca Ronconi (born 8 March 1933 in Sousse, Tunisia) in an actor, theater director, and opera director. Biography After growing up in Tunisia, where his mother was a school teacher, he graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Rome in 1953. He acted in productions of Luigi Squarzina, Orazio Cos..
Luca Sacchi
Luca Sacchi (born January 10, 1968 in Milan) is a former medley swimmer from Italy, who won the bronze medal in the 400m Individual Medley at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. In 1991 he became..
Luca Signorelli
Fresco of the Deeds of the Antichrist (c.1501) in Orvieto Cathedral Luca Signorelli (c.1445 - October 16, 1523) was a Tuscan Renaissance painter. He was noted in particular for his ability as a draughtsman and his use of foreshortening. His massive frescoes of the Last Judgment (1499-1503) in..
Luca Toni
Luca Toni (born May 26, 1977 in Pavullo nel Frignano, Modena) is an Italian, World Cup winning, football player. He plays as a striker for ACF Fiorentina and the Italian national team. He started his professional career at Modena in 1994. After a Serie B season with Treviso in 1999, he moved to..
Luca Turilli
Luca Turilli Luca Turilli (born 5 March 1972) is an Italian musician. He is one of the founders of the symphonic power metal band Rhapsody Of Fire. He also worked on a trilogy of solo albums as Luca Turilli. The third album, The Infinite Wonders of Creation, was released on 26 May 2006 to great..
Luca Turilli's Dreamquest
Luca Turilli's Dreamquest is a newly formed electro-symphonic power metal band led by Italian musician Luca Turilli, known for his work in the band Rhapsody. Turilli developed the band after many years of work with Rhapsody and his solo album trilogy. Turilli plans to utilize the band to focus on hi..
Luca Turin
Luca Turin (1953 - ) is a biophysicist with a long-standing interest in scent, fragrance and the perfume industry. Since 1996 Turin has been the leading proponent of the vibration theory of olfaction, which proposes that the vibrational spectroscopic properties of molecules can be an important de..
Luca Valdesi
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Luca Zaia
Luca Zaia, young president of the Province of Treviso from 1997 to 2005 (elected two times with the only support of the Lega Nord in 1997 and 2002), is definitely the rising-star of Umberto Bossi's Lega Nord in Veneto and thgough the very leader of the Liga Veneta. In 2005, after the regional elect..
Lucban, Quezon
Lucban is a 3rd class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 38,834 people in 8,421 households. Barangays Lucban is politically subdivided into 32 barangays. AbangAliliwAtulinaoAyutiBarangay 2 (Pob.)Barangay 3 (Pob.)Barangay 4 ..
Lucca
Lucca is a city in Tuscany, northern central Italy, situated on the river Serchio in a fertile plain near (but not on) the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Lucca. The narrow streets of Lucca, seen from a tower in the town. Contents 1 History1.1 Ancie..
Luccan franco
The franco was the currency of Lucca, issued between 1805 and 1808. It was equivalent to the French franc, alongside which it circulated, and was subdivided into 100 centesimi. In 1808, the Italian lira of Napoleon's Italian Kingdom replaced the franco at par. ..
Luccan lira
The lira was the currency of Lucca, issued until 1800 and again between 1826 and 1841. It was subdivided into 20 soldi, each of 3 quattrini or 12 denari. In 1800, the French franc was introduced, accompanied by the Luccan franco from 1805. The Luccan lira reappeared in 1826, replacing the Tuscan l..
Lucca (Chrono Trigger)
Lucca is a playable character in Squaresoft's Chrono Trigger. Characteristics Although one of the first people mentioned in the game, the player does not actually see Lucca until after meeting Marle, another important character. In fact, after the opening scene of the game, where main character ..
Lucchese crime family
The Lucchese crime family is one of the "Five Families" that controls organized crime activities in New York City, USA, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). Contents 1 History of the Lucchese crime family1.1 Tom Reina1.2 The Two Tommys take..
Lucciana
Lucciana is a commune of the Haute-Corse département, in France. [Lucciana Cathedral:[link]] Lucciana Lucciana is a french commune situated in the department of Haute-Corsica and the region Corsica. city flag of the France France Région Corsica Department Haute..
Luce
Luce can refer to: Luče, a town in SloveniaCyrus G. Luce, a former governor of the U.S. state of MichiganHenry Luce, co-founder and editor of Time Magazine, philanthropistClare Boothe Luce, playwright and politician, wife of Henry LuceMaximilien Luce, a French painterLuce (music), a rock band from..
Luce's choice axiom
In probability theory, Luce's choice axiom states that the probability of selecting one item over another from a pool of many items is not affected by the presence or absence of other items in the pool. Selection of this kind is said to have independence from irrelevant alternatives (IIA). Overview..
Luce-Celler Act of 1946
President Truman signs the bill The Luce-Celler Act of 1946 was proposed by Republican Clara Booth Luce and Democrat Emanuel Celler in 1943 and signed into being by President Harry Truman on July 2 1946, granting naturalization rights to Filipino Americans and Indian Americans and re-establishe..
Lucea
Lucea is a coastal town in Jamaica and the capital of the parish of Hanover. See Hanover for more information. ..
Luceafăr
Luceafăr in Romanian is the name of the [morning star] (the planet Venus) which in Romanian folklore is associated with demons but is also linked to the Greek Titan Hyperion. Mihai Eminescu wrote a poem named "Luceafărul" detailing some of the attributes that Romanian lore associated wit..
Lucebert
Lucebert (Lubertus Jacobus Swaanswijk) (1924-1994) was a Dutch artist who first became known as the poet of the COBRA movement. He was born in Amsterdam in 1924. He entered the Institute for Arts and Crafts in 1938 and took part in the first exhibition of the COBRA group at the Stedelijk Museum, Am..
Lucecita Benítez
Luz Esther Benítez (born july 22,1942 better known in the music world as Lucecita Benítez, is a native of Bayamon who became a famous international singer. Lucecita was a member of what is historically known in Puerto Rico as the New Wave, or Nueva Ola of popular music, alongside Lissette Álvar..
Lucedale, Mississippi
Lucedale is a city in George County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,458 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of George County[Geographic references#6GR6]. Geography Lucedale is located at [30°55′11″N, 88°35′30″W] (30.919824, -88.591669)[Geog..
Lucedio Abbey
Lucedio Abbey, or Abbazia di Santa Maria di Lucedio, was a twelfth-century Cistercian foundation near Trino, which is now in the province of Vercelli, north-west Italy. It played an important role in the development of rice production in the region. Contents 1 History2 Architecture3&nbs..
Lucélia
Lucélia is a municipality/county in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. Its coordinates are [21°43′13″S, 51°01′08″W]. The population in 2004 is 18.569, the area is 315.38 km² The elevation is 438 m. ..
Lucélia Santos
Lucélia Santos (born in Santo André, São Paulo, 1957) is a famous Brazilian actress, director and producer. Her career spans for three and a half decades full of creativity and success. Her first work for television, Escrava Isaura, 1976, (based in the novel by Bernardo Guimarães) is probably o..
Lucelle
Lucelle is a village situated on the Franco-Swiss border. It is devided between the two countries, the northern half (47 inhabitants in 1999) being part of the Haut-Rhin département, the southern half being part of the Swiss Canton of Jura. See also Lützel Abbey ..
Lucemon
''This article is about the Rookie Lucemon. For the Ultimate of Mega form, please see Lucemon Chaos Mode, Lucemon Shadow Lord Mode or Lucemon Larva. Lucemon is a fictional character from the Digimon franchise, appearing in the Digimon Frontier series. Although he is a Rookie in the form of a human..
Lucemon Chaos Mode
Lucemon Chaos/Fallen Mode (Lucemon Falldown Mode in Japan) is a fictional villain in the Digimon Frontier series. He is the Ultimate-form of Lucemon. Presumed leader of The Seven Great Demon Lords, his Crest insignia is 'pride'. He is voiced by Mona Marshall (US) and Ryuusei Nakao (Japan). Bandai ..
Lucemon Larva
Lucemon Larva is a fictional villain in the Digimon Frontier series. He is the Mega-form of Lucemon. He is the true form of Lucemon and resides within the sphere that is carried by Lucemon Shadow Lord Mode, controlling it. Contents 1 Description1.1 Digivolution1.2 Attacks2 Ap..
Lucemon Shadow Lord Mode
Lucemon Shadow Lord Mode (Lucemon Satan Mode in Japan) is a fictional villain in the Digimon Frontier series. He is the Mega-form of Lucemon. The result of Lucemon's holy data being scanned and absorbing the power of the Dark Area, this dragon is Lucemon's final form. Its appearance is associated w..
Lucena
For other meanings, see Lucena (disambiguation). Lucena is a town in southern Spain, in the province of Córdoba, 70 km southeast of Córdoba, 95 km north of Málaga, 150 km east of Seville, 110 km west of Granada, and 100 km southwest of Jaén. Lucena is situated on the Lucena, a minor tributary o..
Lucena (disambiguation)
Lucena can refer to: Lucena in BrazilLucena in SpainLucena City in the PhilippinesNew Lucena, Iloilo in the PhilippinesLucena position, a chess position named after Luis Ramirez Lucena This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an..
Lucena City
Lucena City is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the province of Quezon, Philippines. It is the capital city of Quezon. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 196,075 people in 40,261 households. It is included in the 2nd Congressional District of the province. Nearby towns of Luc..
Lucena del Puerto
Lucena del Puerto is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. According to the 2005 census, it has a population of 2,283 inhabitants. External links [Lucena del Puerto] - Sistema de Información Multiterritorial de Andalucía [http://encycl.opentopia.co..
Lucena position
tright The Lucena position is one of the most famous and important positions in chess endgame theory. It is fundamental in the rook and pawn versus rook endgame. It is named after the Spaniard..
Lucene
Lucene is a free open source, information retrieval API originally implemented in Java by Doug Cutting. It is supported by the Apache Software Foundation and is released under the Apache Software License. Lucene has been ported to other programming languages including Perl, C#, C++, and PHP. Whil..
Lucens
Lucens is a municipality in the district of Moudon, in the Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. In 1969, the Lucens reactor, an underground nuclear reactor was set in operation in Lucens, and was immediately affected by a serious accident, resulting in massive radioactive contamination of the underground..
Lucens reactor
The Lucens reactor at Lucens, Vaud, Switzerland, was a nuclear reactor destroyed by a serious accident in 1969. In 1962 the construction started of a Swiss-designed pilot nuclear power plant. The heavy-water moderated, carbon dioxide cooled, reactor was built in an underground cavern [Summary ..
Lucent Public License
The Lucent Public License is an open-source license created by Lucent Technologies. It has been released in two versions: Version 1.0 and 1.02. While the Lucent Public License is not one of the more popular open-source licenses, a number of products have been released under it. It has been approve..
Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies (NYSE: [LU]) is a company composed of what was formerly AT&T Technologies, which included Western Electric and Bell Labs. It was spun-off from AT&T on September 30, 1996. On April 2, 2006, Lucent announced a merger with its French competitor, Alcatel. The combined comp..
Lucera
Lucera is a town in the Province of Foggia, in the Puglia region of Italy. History Lucera is an ancient centre of the Dauni and was later a faithful allied of Rome. The Roman army, in an attempt to the rescue the city besieged by the Samnites, were defeated at the Battle of the Caudine Forks. ..
Lucerna
Lucerna is a municipality in the Honduran department of Ocotepeque. ..
Lucerne
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. View of the city from Lake Lucerne Another view across Lake Lucerne The Lion Monument Lucerne (German: [Luzern] ([Media helphelp]·[info])) is a city in central Switzerland with a population of 60,274 (..
Lucerne, California
Lucerne is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, California, United States. The population was 2,870 at the 2000 census. Geography Lucerne is located at [39°5′16″N, 122°47′28″W] (39.087790, -122.791108)[Geographic references#1GR