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Lux (other)
Lux (Latin, 'light') is the SI derived unit of illuminance, which measures the perceived intensity of light. LUX is a gene involved in the circadian rhythms of ''Arabidopsis thaliana''. Lux or LUX may also refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Lux'' (Brian Eno album), 2012 * ''Lux'' (Gemini Syndrome album), 2013 * ''Lux'' (video game), 2002 * '' Lux, King of Criminals'', a 1929 German silent film * ''LUX Magazine'', a fashion magazine by PennWell * Lux Prize, a European Parliament film prize * ''Lux Radio Theatre'', a former American long-running radio anthology series * Lux Style Awards, a Pakistani entertainment industry awards ceremony * ''Life Unexpected'', an American TV series also known as ''Lux'' Fictional entities * Lux Cassidy, in the American TV drama ''Life Unexpected'' * Lux, in the novel and film ''The Virgin Suicides'' * Lux Arcadia, in the light novel series ''Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle'' * Lux, Jayne Cobb's gun in the sci-fi TV series ''Firefly'' * Lux, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lux (Brian Eno Album)
''Lux'' is the twenty-sixth solo studio album from Brian Eno, released through Warp on 13 November 2012. The album is a collection of ambient soundscapes that have been installed in art galleries and airport terminals. Critical reception has positively compared it with Eno's previous ambient work and noted that it is both relaxing as well as challenging music for those who engage it critically. In 2013, Brian Eno created a number of limited edition prints featuring the cover artwork from ''Lux'' made available only from his website. Promotion The music was originally commissioned alongside work in the Great Gallery of the Palace of Venaria in Turin, Italy. To promote the album, Eno attended listening parties in London, New York City, and Sydney. Following in the tradition of ''Music for Airports'', the album was previewed in Tokyo's Haneda Airport for four days prior to the album's commercial release. On 17 November, Eno curated a "Day of Light" promotion on his website wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LUX (British Film Company)
LUX is the principal centre for the promotion and distribution of experimental film and video works in the UK. It has one of the largest collections of experimental film and video art and houses works of approximately 1500 artists. It was formed in the 1990s in the merger of the London Film-Makers' Co-op and the original London Video Arts London Video Arts (LVA) was founded for the promotion, distribution and exhibition of video art. Art form By 1976 video art had emerged as a viable time-based art form, which was beginning to establish its own aesthetic identity and theoretical dis ... (later variously named London Video Access and London Electronic Arts).LUX Scotlandwas established in 2014 and is based in Glasgow.LUX Onlinewas a project developed between 2004-2009 to provide a web resource for exploring British based artists’ film and video in-depth. References External links LUXLUX ScotlandLUX online Film distributors of the United Kingdom {{UK-film-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josef Lux
Josef Lux (1 February 1956 in Ústí nad Orlicí – 21 November 1999 in Seattle, Washington) was a leader of the Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party who entered politics after the Velvet Revolution. He became agriculture minister in 1992 as part of Václav Klaus' First Cabinet. He also served in Josef Tošovský's caretaker government. He had leukemia Leukemia ( also spelled leukaemia and pronounced ) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called ''blasts'' or ' ... and died after a bone-marrow transplant. References Recipients of the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk KDU-ČSL MPs Agriculture ministers of the Czech Republic Mendel University Brno alumni Deaths from leukemia 1956 births 1999 deaths People from Ústí nad Orlicí Leaders of KDU-ČSL KDU-ČSL Government ministers Members of the Chambe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwen Lux
Gwen Lux Creighton professionally Gwen Lux, (1908–2001) was an American sculptor known for her abstraction and frequently constructed from polyester resin concrete and metals. She was among America’s pioneer women sculptors. Biography Gwen Wickerts was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 17, 1908. She began her art studies in Detroit at age 14, taking classes with potter, Mary Chase Perry Stratton at Pewabic Pottery. She later studied at Wicker School of Fine Art and Art League of Detroit between 1923–1926. Followed by a year of study at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) from 1926 until 1927, and at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston from 1927 until 1928. In 1933, she received a Guggenheim Fellowship for Fine Art. Lux lived and worked in Detroit, Michigan in the early part of her career, and then moved to Honolulu, Hawaii in 1973. Her first marriage was to fellow sculptor Eugene "Gene" J. Lux, which ended in divorce. In 1959, she married Thomas Haw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germán Lux
Germán Darío Lux (born 7 June 1982) is a retired Argentine professional footballer who last played for River Plate as a goalkeeper. After starting out at River Plate, he spent most of his career in Spain with Mallorca and Deportivo. Club career Lux was born in Carcarañá, Santa Fe Province. Nicknamed ''Poroto'', he joined Club Atlético River Plate's youth ranks aged 16, and made his Primera División debut in 2001. Shortly after, he became first choice. In the 2006 ''Apertura'', Lux lost his job to emergent talent Juan Pablo Carrizo and, a few months after, was cut from the squad by coach Daniel Passarella. In the beginning of the year he also lost his brother, who committed suicide.Quizás no sea el mejor momento para jugar (Perhaps this is not the best mome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin Lux
Gavin Thomas Lux (born November 23, 1997) is an American professional baseball second baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played baseball for Indian Trail High School and Academy in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and was selected in the first round of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft by the Dodgers and made his major league debut in September 2019. Early life Lux attended Indian Trail High School and Academy in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He batted .560 for the school in his senior season. He was one of the top 50 high school prospects heading into the 2016 MLB draft. He won the 2016 Wisconsin baseball Gatorade Player of the Year awards and Holy Rosary Sports Night Male Athlete of the Year Award in high school. He had committed to Arizona State University. Career Minor leagues The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Lux in the first round, with the 20th pick overall selection, of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft. Lux signed with the Dodgers for a $2.31 mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Lux
Daniel Scott “Danny” Lux (born June 5, 1969) is an American composer who has contributed music for television and film productions. Film credits include '' Halloween: Resurrection'' and ''Stolen Summer'' (both in 2002). TV series credits include theme music for ''Sliders'', ''Million Dollar Mysteries'', ''Crisis Center'' (first Emmy nomination), '' Profiler'' (second Emmy nomination), and '' Boston Legal''. Additional series to which Lux has contributed music include ''My Name Is Earl'' (with Mark Leggett), '' Boston Legal'', ''Grey's Anatomy'', ''Karen Sisco'', ''Hack'', '' Ally McBeal'' (one BMI win), ''Boston Public'', '' NYPD Blue'' (two BMI wins, both shared with Mike Post), ''John Doe'', ''Sabrina, the Teenage Witch'', ''The Good Wife'', '' Melrose Place'', ''Dawson's Creek'', '' Suits'', Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed, ''Mistresses'', and Manifest Manifest may refer to: Computing * Manifest file, a metadata file that enumerates files in a program or package ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Lux
Adam Lux (27 December 1765 – 4 November 1793) was a German revolutionary and sympathiser of the French Revolution. Life Early life Lux was born in Obernburg am Main, a village belonging to the Electorate of Mainz, as a farmer's son. However, his parents managed to finance his studies at the University of Mainz (in the Archbishopric of Mainz of the Holy Roman Empire, nowadays in Rhineland-Palatinate), where he became a ''Doctorate, Dr. phil.'' with his Latin dissertation on the notion of ''enthusiasm''. As a destitute academic, he first worked as a tutor for a merchant family in Mainz, into which he married. His wife's dowry made it possible for him to buy an estate in Mainz-Kostheim, Kostheim, where he followed the call of the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau by getting back to nature, and became a farmer. Republic of Mainz His advocacy of the French Revolution was expressed through an odd political action: after a three-day-long informative meeting, Lux held a refere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxottica
Luxottica Group S.p.A. is an Italian eyewear conglomerate and the world's largest company in the eyewear industry. It is based in Milan, Italy. Luxottica is a vertically integrated company, which has been described as a monopoly—it designs, manufactures, distributes, and retails its eyewear brands through companies such as LensCrafters, Sunglass Hut, Apex by Sunglass Hut, Pearle Vision, Target Optical, and Glasses.com. It also owns EyeMed, one of the largest vision health insurance providers. Its best known brands are Costa, Ray-Ban, Persol, Oliver Peoples and Oakley. Luxottica's market power has allowed it to charge price markups of 1000%. Luxottica also makes sunglasses and prescription frames for designer brands such as Chanel, Prada, Giorgio Armani, Burberry, Versace, Dolce and Gabbana, Michael Kors, Coach, Miu Miu and Tory Burch. In January 2017, Luxottica announced a merger with Essilor. The combined entity would command more than one quarter of global value sales of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lux (soap)
LUX is a global brand developed by Unilever. Lux is marketed primarily in Brazil, India, Thailand and South Africa. History Origins and history The brand was founded by the firm Lever Brothers, now known as Unilever Unilever plc is a British multinational consumer goods company with headquarters in London, England. Unilever products include food, condiments, bottled water, baby food, soft drink, ice cream, instant coffee, cleaning agents, energy dri ..., in 1899. Advertising history Lux Soap was introduced to America in 1925 by the Lever Brothers. It was a white soap packaged in pastel colors designed to be comparable to the finer French soaps, but more affordable. Once Lux Soap began its national campaign in 1926, it was also advertised for men and children. The Thompson agency then began a campaign in 1928 to get endorsements from Hollywood actresses, by sending 425 actresses cases of Lux Soap. It received 414 endorsements in return, leading them to claim tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LUX* Resorts & Hotels
LUX* Resorts & Hotels is a major luxury hotel operator based in Mauritius which owns or part-owns many of its hotels and runs others under management contracts, which typically involve, in addition to management services, design, operations, sales and marketing. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of LUX* Hospitality Ltd., which is listed on the Stock Exchange of Mauritius and is an affiliate member of IBL, the country's 2nd largest conglomerate. History The company was founded in 1985 in Mauritius, by a group of Mauritian investors, as Naiade Resorts, with an emphasis on innovation, flexibility and a welcoming atmosphere. As well as gradually building up its own hotel operations, management contracts followed elsewhere in the Indian Ocean region. In 2011, the group was rebranded as LUX* Resorts & Hotels and a new CEO brought in, Paul Jones, who had previously made a name for himself with the One&Only brand. The company now placed its emphasis on a less-staid approach to luxury intro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lux Products
Lux Products is a thermostat brand of Johnson Controls Inc. History The company had its origins in the Lux Clock Manufacturing Company, founded in 1914 by Paul Lux. After being employed by the Waterbury Clock Company of Connecticut, Mr. Lux, along with his German-born wife Caroline, and sons Fred and Herman, decided to start their own clock business. The Lux Clock Manufacturing Company was based in Waterbury, Connecticut and produced only clock movements at that time. In the years that followed, the company grew and began making the entire clock unit. Lux Clock produced clocks until 1941, at which time they made war related products. Clock production resumed after the war, and in 1954 a plant was established in Lebanon, Tennessee. By 1959 a Lux Time Ltd. facility was built in Ontario, Canada. In June 1961, the Robertshaw-Fulton Controls Company, a leading manufacturer of thermostats and controls, bought out the Lux Clock Manufacturing Company. Robertshaw also produced clocks a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
