The Low Pay Commission found that, rather than make employees redundant, employers have reduced their rate of hiring, reduced staff hours, increased prices, and have found ways to cause current workers to be more productive ( especially service companies ).

The Seventeen Provinces were a personal union of states in the Low Countries in the 15th century and 16th century, roughly covering the current Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, a good part of the North of France ( Artois, French Flanders ), and a small part of Western Germany.

To distinguish between the older and larger Low Countries of the Netherlands from the current country of the Netherlands, Dutch speakers usually drop the plural for the latter.

The current city was expanded in 1814 by the King of Naples Joachim Murat, and lies on the Campo Basso (" Low field ").

Low dark current at room temperature.

The language originally spoken in East Frisia and Groningen was Frisian, so the current Low Saxon dialects build on a Frisian substrate, which has led to a large amount of unique lexical, syntactic, and phonological items which differ from other Low Saxon variants.

The word " Walloon " thus came closer to its current meaning: the vernacular of the Roman part of the Low Countries.

The core of the early town appears to have lain around what is now the Laigh Kirk, Kilmarnock ( Low Church ), although the oldest parts of the current building are no earlier than the 17th century, extending north and northwest.

Low current densities produce spectral line emission, against a faint background of continuous radiation.

Low current densities produce a greenish-blue flash, indicating the absence of significant yellow or orange lines.

It was recommended in a September 2009 Task Force report to remove the Low and Guarded conditions from the Alert System altogether and set Yellow ( Elevated ) to " Guarded " as the new baseline of the system, without changing the baseline conditions issued when under Yellow in the current system.

The current slogan is " Get Real, Low Prices ".

The current Low King is Rhys Rhysson, son of a small coal-mining clan in Llamedos.

The current Low King, or possibly Queen, of the dwarfs.

Low pollution / slow combustion stoves are a current area of research.

Heading into 2001, the Marlins bumped Cabrera up to the Low Class-A Kane County Cougars where he teamed up with current Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez.

VTA's current busses includes, but not limited to: Gillig Phantom, Gillig Low Floor ( standard, shortened, and hybrid ), Chevy-chasis community bus, and New Flyer D60LF.

The Supersonic Low Altitude Missile or SLAM ( not to be confused with the U. S. Navy's current Standoff Land Attack Missile ) was a canceled U. S. Air Force project conceived around 1955.

Low current wiring is particularly susceptible to ground loops.

The current model from Nova Bus is the Low Floor Series ( LFS ), offered in three types: the LFS ( rigid ), LFS Artic ( articulated ), and the LFX ( articulated for BRT applications ).

As described by George Low in the April 1896 Journal of Electricity, Eastwood employed the nascent technology of long-distance alternating current power transmission in creating a hydroelectric power system for the Fresno area.

In the 1891 census Low Coniscliffe included Coniscliffe Grange, Dublar Castle and East Farm, and there was a Badle Beck Inn which is probably the current Baydale Beck Inn.

Low heat input, caused by low welding current or high welding speed, can limit penetration and cause the weld bead to lift away from the surface being welded.

Low densities may cause an extinction vortex and lead to further reduced fertility.

Low densities may be associated with specialized mate location adaptations such as specialized pollinators, as found in the orchid family ( Orchidaceae ).

Low cross-link densities decrease the viscosities of polymer melts.

Low population densities made profitable commerce difficult.

Low population densities have been associated with low abundance of prey species.

Low population densities in the Siwalik and along the steep southern slopes of the Mahabharat Range, plus virulent malaria in the damp forests on their fringes create a cultural, linguistic and political buffer zone between dense populations in the plains to the south and the " hills " beyond the Mahabharat escarpment, isolating the two populations from each other and enabling different evolutionary paths with respect to language, race and culture.

Bad relations between England and Flanders brought hard times to the shepherds scattered over the dales and downs as well as to the crowded Flemish cities, and while the English, so far, had done no more than grumble, Othon had seen what the discontent might lead to, for before he left the Low Countries the citizens of Ghent had risen in protest against the expense of supporting Edward and his troops, and the regular soldiers had found it unexpectedly difficult to put down the nasty little riot that ensued.

Behind him lay the Low Countries, where men were still completing the cathedrals that a later Florentine would describe as `` a malediction of little tabernacles, one on top of the other, with so many pyramids and spires and leaves that it is a wonder they stand up at all, for they look as though they were made of paper instead of stone or marble '' ; ;

the Low Countries, where the Middle Ages were to last for another two centuries and die out only when Charles the Bold of Burgundy met his first defeat in the fields and forests below the walls of Grandson.

* In November 2000, nuclear spin temperatures below 100 pK were reported for an experiment at the Helsinki University of Technology's Low Temperature Lab.

* Low brass is a copper-zinc alloy containing 20 % zinc with a light golden color and excellent ductility ; it is used for flexible metal hoses and metal bellows.

Conversely the use of true brass seems to have declined in Western Europe during this period in favour of gunmetals and other mixed alloys but by the end of the first Millennium AD brass artefacts are found in Scandinavian graves in Scotland, brass was being used in the manufacture of coins in Northumbria and there is archaeological and historical evidence for the production of brass in Germany and The Low Countries areas rich in calamine ore which would remain important centres of brass making throughout the medieval period, especially Dinant – brass objects are still collectively known as dinanterie in French.

Low productivity and competitiveness on the European and world markets alike due to inadequate R & D funding and a lack of a clearly defined development policy remain a significant obstacle for foreign investment and economic growth.

Low interest rates guaranteed availability of funds for investment and consumption.

Low concentrations are not a problem for bacteria because they simply ignore the waste that surrounds the metals, attaining extraction yields of over 90 % in some cases.

This gave R. D. Low, the head of children's publications at D. C. Thomson at the time, the idea to create another Big Five, this time of comics intended for both boys and girls and consisting mainly of ' funnies ' and more lighthearted adventure and text stories.

In addition to his novels, Campbell also wrote a column for X Ray Magazine in 2001, an issue of the popular comic series The Hire, comic book adaptations of his Man With The Screaming Brain and most recently he wrote the introduction to Josh Becker's The Complete Guide To Low Budget Feature Film Making.

* EN 60335-2-50 Household and similar electrical appliances – Safety – Part 2. 50: Particular requirements for commercial electric bains-marie ( 73 / 23 / EEC Low Voltage Directive )

A cultivar ' Walker's Low ' was named perennial of the year for 2007 by the Perennial Plant Association.

London: Published for the Author by Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, 1870.

The majority of their ARIAs were awarded for their first two albums, Crowded House and Temple of Low Men.

Low per capita income has been proposed as a cause for grievance, prompting armed rebellion.

Low surface brightness dwarf galaxies are important sources of information for studying dark matter, as they have an uncommonly low ratio of visible matter to dark matter, and have few bright stars at the center which would otherwise impair observations of the rotation curve of outlying stars.

Leading contemporary composer Philip Glass described Low as " a work of genius " in 1992, when he used it as the basis for his Symphony No. 1 " Low "; subsequently, Glass used Bowie's next album as the basis for his 1996 Symphony No. 4 " Heroes ".

Low voltage reduces the specimen damage by the incident electrons and increases image contrast that is especially important for biological specimens.

File: vitlkW1. gif | thumb | Low key lighting for sinister effect in The Mystery of Temple Court

The French Revolutionary Wars started in 1792 and ultimately featured spectacular French victories that facilitated the conquest of the Italian Peninsula, the Low Countries and most territories west of the Rhine – achievements that had eluded previous French governments for centuries.

In it, Gans writes of an audience between the Maharal and Rudolph II: " Our lord the emperor … Rudolph … sent for and called upon our master Rabbi Low ben Bezalel and received him with a welcome and merry expression, and spoke to him face to face, as one would to a friend.