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# Lateral motion device

A lateral motion device is a mechanism used in some railroad locomotives which permits the axles to move sideways relative to the frame. The device allows easier cornering.

## Purpose

Before the introduction of the lateral motion device, the coupled driving wheels on steam locomotives (often simply called "drivers") were held in a straight line by the locomotive's frame. The flanges of the drivers were spaced a bit closer than the rail gauge, and they could still fit between the rails when tracking through a mild curve. At some degree of curvature, though, the flanges on the center driver would begin to bind in the curve. The closer the front and rear drivers were, the smaller the radius of curve that the locomotive could negotiate. One solution was to make the center driver(s) "blind," i.e. without flanges on the tires. The other solution was to allow at least one of the axles (often the front driver) to move laterally relative to the frame, and such designs incorporated various devices to permit this motion.

## Variations

Typically the bearing boxes were designed to allow the axle to slide some either way, and the wheel cranks and the coupling rods were modified to accommodate this extra range of motion. Spring centering might also be provided to keep the wheels on such axles from hunting side to side.
One example was the Italian State Railways class 640 2-6-0. The frontmost axle did not carry a conventional pony truck. Instead, this axle along with the front-driven axle together carried a bogie. This driving axle had a lateral play of about 20 mm (0.79 in), and spherical bearings were used on the cranks and coupling rods to this axle (the engine used inside cylinders driving the middle set of drivers). The first two axles worked together to guide the locomotive, similar to a conventional leading bogie. The Dovregubben class 2-8-4 on the Norwegian State Railways also used this Zara bogie.
The Southern Pacific class 5000 4-10-2 employed a conventional leading bogie but used lateral motion devices on the leading driven axle to reduce the rigid wheelbase. Their GS-4 class 4-8-4 also did and employed springs to control the lateral motion, thereby assisting the bogie in easing the engine into curves. On the Hungarian State Railways class 424 4-8-0s, the rear axle was given 50 mm (2.0 in) of lateral motion "to ease the running on sharp curves."
The experimental AA20 4-14-4 was the only locomotive ever to have seven coupled driving axles. It used lateral motion devices on the first and seventh axles as well as blind drivers on the third, fourth and fifth axles but these measures were not enough to allow it to negotiate curves without damaging the track, derailing, or both.
# Lauben, Unterallgäu

Lauben is a municipality in the district of Unterallgäu in Bavaria, Germany. The town has a municipal association with Erkheim.
# Lauber Dezső Sports Hall

The Lauber Dezső Sports Hall is a sports hall in Pécs named after Dezső Lauber. This is the home of both Hungarian Championship A participant women's and men's basketball team of the city: PEAC-Pécs and PVSK-Pannonpower (and was the home of the former women's basketball club Pécs 2010.) It hosted the EuroBasket 1997 Women group stage and EuroLeague Women 2003–04 final four.
Besides sport events, it also hosts other type of events. Mostly Hungarian performers have concerts, but international performers like Gilbert Bécaud have hit the stage. In 2008 Ole Nydahl buddhist lama has held presentation.
Address: Dr. Veress Endre street 10.
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# Laubellidae

Laubellidae is an extinct family of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Vetigastropoda (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
This family has no subfamilies.

## Genera

Genera within the family Laubellidae include:
* Laubella Kittl, 1891 - the type genus of the family
# Lassicourt

Lassicourt (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the Aube department in north-central France.
# Last Day on Earth (album)

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Last Day on Earth is a collaborative album between Welsh rock multi-instrumentalist John Cale, and American singer-songwriter Bob Neuwirth. It was released in 1994 on MCA Records. Recording of the album was completed in February 1994.
Cale later said, "Superficially, I was thinking of it as a kind of a Brechtian landscape, and there were also elements of Blade Runner in it. There's a contradiction between all the longing that's going on - the lonesome kind of qualities – and the fact that it's a crowded piece, all the songs are sung by different characters."

## Track listing

All songs written by John Cale and Bob Neuwirth.

## Personnel

* John Cale − vocals, keyboard, viola
* Bob Neuwirth − vocals, banjo, harmonica
* Michael Brook − infinite guitar
* David Tronzo − guitar
* Eric Sanko − bass
* Gerry Hemingway − percussions, sampling
* Ben Perowsky − drums
* Jenni Muldaur − guest vocals
* Soldier String Quartet
** Dave Soldier − violin, string arrangements
** Lisa R. Gutkin − violin
** Alicia A. Svigals − violin
** Dawn M. Buckholz − cello

### Technical

* Roger Moutenot – engineer, mixing
* Andy Green – production assistance
* Taki Ono, Ayako Nagano – cover design
* Tanadori Yokoo – cover art
# Lauke

Lauke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
# Laukath

Laukath is a village development committee in Sarlahi District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 6,737 people living in 1,129 individual households.
# Laurita Winery

Laurita Winery is a winery in the New Egypt section of Plumsted Township in Ocean County, New Jersey. Formerly a dairy farm, the vineyard was first planted in 1998, and opened to the public in 2008. Laurita is one of the larger winegrowers in New Jersey, having 44 acres of grapes under cultivation, and producing 14,000 cases of wine per year. The winery’s name is an amalgamation of the names of the owners' mothers, Laura and Rita.

## Wines

Laurita Winery is located in the Outer Coastal Plain AVA, and produces wine from Albariño, Blaufränkisch (Lemberger), Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chambourcin, Chardonnay, Grenache, Merlot, Norton (Cynthiana), Pinot gris, and Zweigelt grapes. Laurita also makes a fruit wine from strawberries and milk, and a dessert wine using milk, chocolate, and Chambourcin grapes. It is the only winery in New Jersey that produces dairy-based wines.

## Features, licensing, and associations

Since 2002, Laurita has operated a 10-suite bed and breakfast in an 1835 farmhouse. The winery also has a bistro that sells cheeses, salads, and sandwiches, and an equestrian center that offers horseback riding and therapeutic riding. Laurita has a plenary winery license from the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, which allows it to produce an unrestricted amount of wine, operate up to 15 off-premises sales rooms, and ship up to 12 cases per year to consumers in-state or out-of-state. The winery is a member of the Garden State Wine Growers Association and the Outer Coastal Plain Vineyard Association.

## Controversy, advocacy, and publicity

Laurita has had conflicts with state authorities regarding the installation of solar panels, and the hosting of weddings at the winery. In 2012, the New Jersey Agriculture Development Committee stated that because the winery is on preserved farmland, it could not install solar panels or hold non-agricultural events. The winery has advocated changing state law to allow more events to be held by preserved farms. In March 2011, travel guide Burt Wolf visited Laurita as part of a New Jersey Network (NJN) fundraiser.
# Laurent Akoun

Laurent Akoun (born 1954) is an Ivorian politician. He is a member of the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI).
He was Secretary General of the National Union of Teachers in Côte d'Ivoire (SYNESCI) from 1980 to 1983. He was then a member of the Ivorian Workers' Party until his imprisonment in 1992. On release, he became a member of the Secretariat of the FPI in 1993. He was elected member of the FPI in the town of Alépé in December 2000. He was appointed President of the Security and Defense Committee in the National Assembly in January 2001. He has been Secretary General of FPI since July 2001.
# Lawndale Art Center

Lawndale Art Center is a non-profit space for the exhibition of contemporary works of art in all media, based in Houston, Texas, USA, focused on exhibiting work by Houston area artists.
Lawndale Art Center was founded in 1979 by artist James Surls in an abandoned 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m$^2$) warehouse as part of the University of Houston, providing studio spaces for graduate students in painting and sculpture. Surls, then Professor of Art, created an exhibition area within Lawndale's 15,000 square feet (1,400 m$^2$) of space; the exhibitions there soon expanded to include shows by other artists of the community.
Lawndale Art Center became independent with non-profit status in 1989, and since 1992 has been located in a 1930s Art Deco building designed by Joseph Finger within Houston’s Museum District. The galleries exhibit close to 500 artists annually in changing exhibitions.
Over twenty exhibitions, informal talks and special events are offered yearly including annual events such as Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead, Design Fair, and The Big Show.
Lawndale is governed by a board of directors representing the community. At least one-third are artists. Exhibitions, special events and benefits are carried out with the assistance of volunteers, interns and in-kind contributors.
In September 2021, the institute announced its newly appointed Executive Director, Anna Walker.

## Lawndale Artist Studio Program

The Lawndale Artist Studio Program is a nine-month residency program where artists receive studio space, a monthly stipend, and a materials allowance. Artists create new work for a spring exhibition.
Past Participants:
* Tay Butler (2023-2024)
* Ayanna Jolivet Mccloud (2023-2024)
* Sol Diaz (2023-2024)
* Alexis Pye (2022-2023)
* Chelsea Clarke (2022-2023)
* Verónica Gaona (2022-2023)
* Loc Huynh (2021-2022)
* Ryan Crowley (2021-2022)
* Jamire Williams (2021-2022)
* Jacquelyne Boe and David Janesko (2019-2021)
* Gerardo Rosales (2019-2021)
* Holly Veselka (2019-2021)
* Robert Hodge (2018-2019)
* Julia Barbosa Landois (2018-2019)
* John Pluecker (2018-2019)
* Regina Agu (2017-2018)
* Shannon Crider (2017-2018)
* htx people project (2017-2018)
* Sarah Welch (2016-2017)
* Randi Long (2016-2017)
* Melinda Laszcyznski (2016-2017)
* Anthony Sonnenberg (2015-2016)
* Cobra McVey (2015-2016)
* Bradley Brown (2015-2016)
* Lina Dib (2014-2015)
* JooYoung Choi (2014-2015)
* Josh Bernstein (2014-2015)
* Emily Peacock (2013-2014)
* Jim Nolan (2013-2014)
* Shayne Murphy (2013-2014)
* Patrick Turk (2012-2013)
* Nancy Douthey (2012-2013)
* DOMOKS / FUTURE BLONDES 0.0.0.0. (2012-2013)
* Anne J. Regan (2011-2012)
* David Politzer (2011-2012)
* Seth Mittag (2011-2012)
* Anthony Thompson Shumate (2010-2011)
* Daniel McFarlane (2010-2011)
* Hillerbrand + Magsamen (2010-2011)
* David Waddell (2009-2010)
* Nick Meriwether (2009-2010)
* Dawn Black (2009-2010)
* El Franco Lee II (2008-2009)
* Amber Eagle (2008-2009)
* Kevin Curry (2008-2009)
* Teresa O'Connor (2007-2008)
* Lynne McCabe (2007-2008)
* Danny Kerschen (2007-2008)
* Dawolu Jabari Anderson (2007)
* Donna Huanca (2007)
* Stephanie Saint Sanchez (2007)
# Le Anne Schreiber

Le Anne Schreiber (August 4, 1945 – May 31, 2019) was an American journalist who was an ESPN ombudsman.
Schreiber replaced George Solomon in this position, who had served for twenty-one months as ombudsman. Schreiber had a two-year contract as ombudsman and wrote at least one column a month, with her tenure coming to an end in March 2009.
Prior to her work as the ESPN ombudsman, Schreiber been employed by The New York Times, first as sports editor and then as a deputy editor for The New York Times Book Review. She also covered the 1976 Montreal Olympics and was editor-in-chief of womenSports magazine. She was also a decorated journalist, having won a National Magazine Award in 1991.
Schreiber, the author of Midstream: An Intimate Journal of Loss and Discovery, was divorced and lived in rural upstate New York. She had a master's degree from Harvard and had been a professor at University at Albany, SUNY and Columbia. Her book Light Years was a New York Times 1996 Notable Book of the Year.
Originally from Evanston, Illinois, she moved to Texas and received her bachelor's degree from Rice in 1967.
Schreiber died in Poughkeepsie, New York from lung cancer in 2019, at the age of 73.
# Le Bachut

Le Bachut is a quarter in the 8th arrondissement of Lyon.
It is bisected the avenue Berthelot and rue Marius Berliet. Served by the tram, it is connected to the Presqu'île, to the Hôpital Édouard-Herriot and the university campus of Bron. In May 2007, the library of Bachut called Médiathèque Marguerite Duras was inaugurated, at the Place du 11 November 1918. The Maison de la danse of Lyon is in the quarter.

## History

During the Second World War, the square of Bachut was extended and the avenue Berthelot enlarged. At the time, J.H. Lambert planned for the post-war the construction of 6,840 housing units focused on the avenue Berthelot extended (current avenue Jean Mermoz), but these projects were eventually cancelled.
In 1959, the 8th quarter was created. In the 1950s, the urbanization of the avenue Jean Mermoz was done: nine buildings from two to fifteen storeys to the north, forty-seven villas and seven buildings from two to twelve floors in the south. Maximum space was released between buildings to allow good ventilation and optimal sunlight optimal. In the 1960s, Bachut appeared as a line of life cut off from the rest of the quarter including the quarter of the États-Unis (a quarter of the 8th arrondissement) because of the barrier formed by the Paris-Rhone and Lenzburg factories. The quarter has a mix of low-rise buildings and HLM, which is not conducive to a homogeneous neighborhood life. Then the municipality, to create a neighborhood center, asked the architect Bourdeix to do a complex including a public hall and a theater: the avenue Berthelot was expanded and the road junction Heyrieux-avenue Jean Mermoz was laid out.
With the completion of the tramway in 2001, the Place du 11 Novembre, always known Bachut, was relaid out. In May 2007, the Bachut became the center of the quarter with the construction of the Médiathèque Marguerite Duras.
# Meza cybeutes

Meza cybeutes, the drab three-spot missile, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests.
The larvae feed on Dichapetalum guineense.

## Subspecies

* Meza cybeutes cybeutes (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Central African Republic, Angola, central Democratic Republic of the Congo)
* Meza cybeutes pallida (Evans, 1937) (eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, north-western Tanzania)
* Meza cybeutes volta Miller, 1971 (Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria)
# Laura Bianchini

Laura Bianchini (23 August 1903 – 27 September 1983) was an Italian educator and politician. She was elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1946 as part of the first group of women parliamentarians in Italy. She was subsequently elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1948, serving until 1953.

## Biography

Bianchini was born in Castenedolo in 1903 to Caterina (née Ariccia) and Domenico. She attended the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, earning a degree in philosophy and pedagogy. She subsequently worked as a teacher in Brescia. During World War II she became a member of the Brigate Fiamme Verdi and was in charge of its publication Il Ribelle [it].
After the war she was a member of the National Council from 1945 to 1946. She was a Christian Democracy candidate in Brescia in the 1946 general elections and was one of 21 women elected. She was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in the 1948 elections, serving in parliament until 1953.
After leaving parliament, she returned to teaching. After retiring in 1973, she died in Rome in 1983.
# Le Violon d'Ingres

Le Violon d'Ingres (French for Ingres's Violin) is a black-and-white photograph created by American visual artist Man Ray in 1924. It is one of his best-known photographs and of surrealist photography. The picture was first published in the Surrealist magazine Littérature in June 1924. It shows model Kiki de Montparnasse from the back, nude to below her waist, with two f-holes painted on to make her body resemble a violin.

## Analysis

The photograph takes its name from a popular French expression, le violon d'Ingres, which means a hobby, in reference to the fact that the French neoclassical painter Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres used to play the violin as a pastime when he was not painting. Man Ray admired Ingres's work and he drew inspiration from his painting The Valpinçon Bather (1808) for this photograph.
He had his model and then lover Kiki de Montparnasse pose for him. In a first photograph, Étude pour Le Violon d'Ingres, she is seen in profile, with her face and breasts visible. In the final picture, she is depicted in a similar way to the female model of Ingres, nude and seated, looking slightly to her left, seen from the back and with an oriental inspired turban. Her arms are not visible. After the photograph was developed, he painted on a print the f-holes of a violin onto her back, and had the print rephotographed, creating the present work of art.
The title humorously shows Ray's goal of depicting the model's torso as a musical instrument, and plays with the fact that she was the artist's model and lover at the same time.
Kirsten Hoving Powell stated on the photograph: "Le Violon d'Ingres is a complex photograph that demonstrates Man Ray's long‐standing admiration for Ingres, as well as his desire to mock tradition. Man Ray's distortion and deformation of the model's body engage Surrealist concepts of metamorphosis and formlessness, but they also belong to a larger context of fascination for Ingres's manipulations of anatomy during the interwar period, as seen in the writings of critics such as André Lhote."

## Art market

An original print of Le Violon d'Ingres set a new record for the most expensive photograph when it sold for $12,400,000, on 14 May 2022, at Christie's New York.

## Public collections

There are prints of the photograph at the Musée National d'Art Moderne, in Paris, and at the J. Paul Getty Museum, in Los Angeles.
# Laurie Davies

Laurie Davies may refer to:
* Laurie Davies (footballer) (1916–2005), Australian rules footballer
* Laurie Davies (politician) (1962–) California politician
# Leanna Read

Leanna Read is an Australian biotechnology expert and businessperson. She was the fourth Chief Scientist of South Australia from 2014 to 2018. She was appointed in August 2014 as successor to Don Bursill and is the first woman to hold the position.

## Career

Dr Leanna Read has an undergraduate degree in biochemistry from the University of Adelaide and a PhD in biochemistry from Flinders University in South Australia. She has published over 90 scientific papers, usually under the name Leanna C. Read or LC Read. Her business experience is focussed on biotechnology and commercialization. Read is a member of South Australia's Economic Development Board and has invested in early-stage life-sciences businesses through her membership of BioAngels. She is a board director of Biosensis Pty Ltd. and was the founding managing director and CEO of TGR BioSciences (an Adelaide-based biotechnology company) from 2001 to 2012.
Read has received an honorary doctorate from the University of South Australia and is also a member of the university's council. As of 2015 she is the chair of the Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Cell Therapy Manufacturing and has previously led the CRC for Tissue Growth and Repair, which is regarded as one of the most successful commercially focused CRCs in Australia.

### National Science Policy Advisory Boards

Read has had a number of positions on Australian Government science policy boards including the Prime Minister's Science, Innovation and Engineering Council, the Industry Research and Development Board, Commercialisation Australia and the Biomedical Translation Fund Committee. In December 2022 she was appointed to the Australian Government's newly established National Research Infrastructure Advisory Group.

### Nuclear industrial development

In 2006, Read served on the Chief Scientist's Expert Panel during the Uranium Mining, Processing and Nuclear Energy Review (UMPNER) in 2006.
In April 2015, Read was appointed to the Expert Advisory Committee of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission in South Australia. Read is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, which advocated for nuclear power in Australia in August 2014. Read is also the chair of the South Australian Science Council. In 2016, she was one of a group of prominent South Australians who signed an open letter encouraging government to continue to explore opportunities in the importation and storage of spent nuclear fuel.

## Honors

Read was awarded 2006 South Australian of the Year (Science and Technology) and was the 2011 winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (Central Region, Technology category).
# Leanne Baird

Leanne Baird is a Canadian beauty pageant titleholder. She was Miss Canada International 1998. She was chosen Miss Canada International in August 1998 and went to the Seychelles for the Miss World pageant on 26 November 1998. She did not win Miss World 1998, but her roommate, Miss Israel 1998 Linor Abargil, did.

## Early life

Leanne Baird was born in Stoney Creek, Ontario. She also won Miss Winona Peach Queen in her late teens. After her reign, she and her sister ran the Miss Winona Peach Queen Pageant in Winona Ontario for several years.

## Career

After her reign was completed, she finished Teachers College in Canada. She has been an English teacher and now a Guidance Counsellor at Cathedral High School in Hamilton Ontario. She currently works as Head Guidance Counsellor in a High School in Hamilton. She has been a special needs worker and a camp supervisor working with children. She has also volunteered for many camps, youth organizations, and hospitals. She married in 2007 and has three daughters.