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Landis Valley Museum Landis Valley Museum is a nationally significant living history museum in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA. It collects, conserves, exhibits, and interprets Pennsylvania German material, culture, history and heritage from 1740 through 1940.
Landless Workers' Movement Brazil's Landless Workers Movement, or in Portuguese Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais Sem Terra (MST), is the largest social movement in Latin America with an estimated 1.5 million landless members organized in 23 out of Brazil's 27 states.
Landline (TV series) Landline is Australia's national rural issues program. Discussion of (usually) three rural issues regarding farming, mining and fisheries from around Australia are presented each week, with the show wrapping up with an update on commodity prices for livestock and mining, and detailed national weather rainfall reports.
Landlocked developing countries Landlocked developing countries are developing countries that are landlocked. The economic and other disadvantages experienced by such countries tends to place them amongst the least developed countries in the world.
Landlord A landlord, is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called the tenant. In the United Kingdom the manager of a public house (pub) is also called the landlord or, more formally, as the licensed victualler.
Landlord Harassment Landlord harassment is the willing creation, by a landlord or their agents, of conditions that are uncomfortable for one or more tenants in order to induce willing abandonment of a rental contract. Such a strategy is often sought because it avoids costly legal expenses and potential problems with eviction.
Landmark Center Landmark Center in Boston, Massachusetts is commercial center situated in an art deco building built in 1929 for Sears, Roebuck and Company. It features a 200-foot tall tower and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Landmark Coffee Landmark Coffee is a small family-run gourmet coffee company with over 40 years experience. Founder and president, Carl Landman, started selling gourmet coffee beansroasted on Cannery Row in Monterey California in 1957.
Landmark College Founded in 1985 by Charles Drake, Landmark College is an accredited, residential, junior liberal arts college exclusively for students with learning disabilities - including ADHD and Dyslexia - with above-average intelligence. Landmark is located in Putney, Vermont, with about 450 students attending.
Landmark Communications Landmark Communications is a privately-held media company headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia and specializing in cable television, broadcast television, print publishing, and internet publishing. In addition to publishing, it has subsidiaries in what Landmark characterizes as "emerging businesses" that including database marketing, career education and trade shows.
Landmark Conference The Landmark Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III. Member institutions are located in the eastern United States in the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Washington, D.
Landmark decision A landmark decision is the outcome of a legal case (often thus referred to as a landmark case) that establishes a precedent that either substantially changes the interpretation of the law or that simply establishes new case law on a particular issue. Certain cases within this category are widely known in legal studies and may be reviewed by law students even if they have been overturned by later decisions.
Landmark East School Landmark East School is a non-profit special residential school for students in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a combined middle and high school (ages 11-18) for students with learning disabilities such as attention deficit disorder and dyslexia.
Landmark Education litigation Landmark Education has become involved in legal actions over the years, only some of which have resulted in lawsuits. Landmark Education has also sent cease-and-desist letters to parties that it considers have engaged in copyright infringement, slander, or libel.
Landmark MRT Station Landmark MRT station, is a proposed underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Downtown Line Phase 1 in Singapore, formerly known as the Downtown Extension. It will connect the southern part of Marina Bay where future developments such as The Sail @ Marina Bay & the Marina Bay Financial Centre (MBFC) lie to the current Central Business District (CBD).
Landmark point In morphometrics, landmark point or shortly landmark is a point in a shape object in which correspondences between and within the populations of the object are preserved. In other disciplines, landmarks may be known as vertices, anchor points, control points, sites, profile points, 'sampling' points, nodes, markers, fiducial markers, etc.
Landmark sites in Singapore Landmark sites in Singapore refers to a specific set of sites selected by the Urban Redevelopment Authority which are given greater design and planning flexibility to encourage the erection of architecturally distinctive buildings or structures. These sites may involve existing buildings, old buildings slated for redevelopment, or empty plots to be developed in the future.
Landmark Theatres Landmark Theatres is the largest art house movie theater chain in the United States. The chain shows mostly first run independent, foreign film, and restored classics though some Landmark theaters also show more mainstream movies too.
Landmark Trust The Landmark Trust is a British building conservation charity, founded in 1965 by Sir John and Lady Smith, that rescues buildings of historic interest or architectural merit and then gives them a new life by making them available for holiday rental. The Trust's headquarters is at Shottesbrooke in Berkshire.
Landmarks Foundation Landmarks Foundation, founded in 1997 and based in New York City, is a non-profit organization created to conserve sacred sites and landscapes around the world. The foundation motto is "protecting sacred sites globally.
Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois The Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1971 to prevent the demolition of the Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan designed Chicago Stock Exchange Building. Although this effort failed the organization has grown to become a 2000 member statewide voice for historic preservation.
Landmaster The Landmaster is a unique 12-wheeled amphibious articulated vehicle constructed by Dean Jefferies for the 1977 science fiction movie Damnation Alley. All 12 wheels are driven, but due to the tri-star design, only 8 are normally in contact with the road surface at any one time.
Landmine situation in Nagorno Karabakh The region of Nagorno Karabakh is considered to be one of the most heavily mined regions of the former Soviet Union. Mines were laid from 1991-1994 by both Azeri and Karabakhi forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Landmine Survivors Network The Landmine Survivors Network is an advocacy organization, founded in 1997 by American landmine survivors Jerry White and Ken Rutherford, PhD, to help the survivor community become an effective force in the campaign to eliminate anti-personnel landmines. LSN is dedicated to promoting the immediate, worldwide removal of landmines by empowering individuals, families, and communities affected by landmines, and by helping them recover from trauma, reclaim their lives, and ensure the human and civil rights of survivors are fulfilled.
Landmines in Cambodia Cambodia has one of the worst landmine problems in the world. Cambodia has experienced close to three decades of perpetual war and violence which has led to a large proliferation of landmines and UXO (unexploded ordnance) throughout the countryside.
Landnámabók Landnámabók (meaning "The Book of Settlement", often shortened to Landnáma) is an old Icelandic manuscript describing in considerable detail the settlement ("landnám") of Iceland by the Norse in the 9th and 10th century A.D.
Landofvenus Land Of Venus is an adult entertainment company incorporated in Las Vegas, Nevada, that operates several Internet pornography web sites. The company is owned and operated by Hope Wells, an amateur female bodybuilder.
Landolt-Börnstein Landolt-Börnstein, also known as Zahlenwerte und Funktionen aus Naturwissenschaften und Technik (German: Numerical data and functional relationships in science and technology) is a 270 volume large, data handbook series published by Springer Science+Business Media, covering data from the fields of physics, physical chemistry, and material science. The current 6th Edition appended with the New Series is divided into 8 topical groups:
Landon Arena Landon Arena is a 7,777-seat multi-purpose arena in Topeka, Kansas. It is home to the Kansas Koyotes arena football team and was the home of the Topeka Sizzlers of the Continental Basketball Association, Topeka Tarantulas and Topeka Scarecrows ice hockey teams.
Landon Curt Noll Landon Curt Noll is the discoverer of two Mersenne primes, which he found while still enrolled in high school and concurrently at Cal State Hayward. He was also a member of the Amdahl Six team which discovered another record prime in 1989; this prime remains unusual as a record large prime as it was not a Mersenne prime.
Landon Garland Landon Garland was a 19th century American academic. A 1829 graduate of Hampden-Sydney College, he was the president of many southern universities, including Randolph-Macon College and the University of Alabama.
Landon Ronald Sir Landon Ronald (1873-1938), born Landon Ronald Russell was an English conductor, composer, pianist and administrator, born in London, England. He was the son of Henry Russell, noted composer of popular songs.
Landor Associates Landor Associates is a San Francisco-based brand and creative design consultancy. Founded by Walter Landor in 1941, Landor pioneered many of the research, design and consulting methodologies that are now standard in the branding industry.
Landour Landour, a small cantonment town contiguous with Mussoorie, is about 35 km (22 miles) from the city of Dehradun in the northern state of Uttaranchal in India. The twin towns of Mussoorie and Landour, together, are a well-known British Raj-era hill station in northern India.
Landover (Magic Kingdom) The fictional Kingdom of Landover is the setting for a series of light-hearted fantasy books by author Terry Brooks, also known as the Magic Kingdom series. It takes its name from a humorous reference to The Wizard of Oz, particularly its "land over the rainbow.
Landover Baptist Church The Landover Baptist Church is a satirical web site that serves as the home of a fictional Baptist church based in the fictional town of Freehold, Iowa. The Landover Baptist site and its associated Landoverbaptist.
Landover Mall Landover Mall, built and owned by Lerner Enterprises, is a defunct shopping mall in Landover, Maryland. When it opened in 1972, it was one of the largest in the region, but its popularity declined until its closure in 2002.
Landover, Maryland Landover is an area of Prince George's County in the State of Maryland in the United States of America. It is an unincorporated area, with no official status, but the United States Census Bureau considers it a part of the Greater Landover census-designated place.
Landowner incentive program The Landowner Incentive Program is a United States Department of the Interior program that gives grants to state wildlife agencies for restoring rare wildlife habitat in cooporation with private landowners. The program received its first $40 million in appropriations from the U.
Landquake Landquake is the name to two different characters in the Transformers universes, however one is portrayed as an upgrade to Energon Landmine by some sources, where other sources describe him as Landmine's brother.
Landrace Landrace refers to a race of animals or plants ideally suited for the land (environment) in which they live (or originated) and, in some cases, work; they often develop naturally with minimal assistance or guidance from humans (or from humans using traditional rather than modern breeding methods), hence are usually older, less modern races.
Landrecht General state laws for the Prussian states was a law system codified mainly by Svarez and Klein, under the orders of Frederick II, in 1794. These laws are well known for being simple to read and interpret, without much abstract, but rather every-day regulating laws.
Lands Administration Building, Brisbane The former Lands Administration Building (which was known as the Executive Building prior to 1971) is a four-storeyed ex-government office building occupying a site bounded by George Street, Stephens Lane, William Street and Queens Gardens in Brisbane, Australia. The building currently forms part of the Conrad Treasury Casino and houses a 5 star hotel.
Lands Claimed by the Philippines The Republic of the Philippines had claimed many lands throughout its history. These include the Spratly Islands, Sabah, Scarborough Shoal, Palmas or Miangas Island, Orchid Island, Marianas Islands and Caroline Islands.
Lands Museum Lands Museum is the cultural and natural history centre for Nordre and Søndre Land municipalities of Oppland county. The museum lies at the northern end of Norway’s fourth largest lake, Randsfjorden, and is near the Dokka Delta nature reserve.
Lands of Lore Lands of Lore or LoL is a classical computer role-playing game series by Virgin Interactive, following the tradition of Dungeon Master but introducing a linear scenario-based storyline, rather than characters and feats.
Lands of Sweden Lands of Sweden are the three unofficial regions into which the Kingdom of Sweden is divided: Svealand, the central region, named after the historic Sweden proper and the smallest of the three regions; Norrland (literally "Northern lands"), the northern region, which is the largest of the three regions, covering 60 percent of the total Swedish territory; and Götaland the southern, most densely populated region, based on the name given the inhabitants of ancient Gothia by the classical Greek geographer Ptolemy in 150 AD, which today also includes one of the Lands of Denmark, aquired by Sweden in the 17th century.
Lands Tribunal The Lands Tribunal was created by the Lands Tribunal Act 1949 and has juridsiction in England and Wales. The Lands Tribunal for Scotland and the Lands Tribunal for Northern Ireland are separate Tribunals for those countries.
Lands' End Lands' End is a clothing retailer based in Dodgeville, Wisconsin specializing in casual clothing, luggage, and home furnishing. The majority of Lands' End's business is conducted through their mail order and Internet sales, but the company also runs more than a dozen retail operations, primarily in the Upper Midwest.
Landsat 1 Landsat 1, originally named Earth Resources Technology Satellite 1, was a modified version of the Nimbus 4 meteorological satellite. It was launched on July 23 1972, the first satellite of the United States' Landsat program.
Landsat 2 Landsat 2 is the second satellite of the Landsat program. The spacecraft originally carried a designation of ERTS-B (Earth Resource Technology Satellite B) but was renamed "Landsat 2" prior to its launch on January 22, 1975.
Landsat Island Landsat Island is a small uninhabited island located 20 km off the northeast coast of Labrador (part of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador). Discovered in 1976 by analyzing imagery from the Landsat 1 satellite, the island comprises a total area of only 25mĂ—45m.
Landsat program The Landsat program is the longest running enterprise for acquisition of imagery of Earth from space. The first Landsat satellite was launched in 1972; the most recent, Landsat 7, was launched on April 15, 1999.
Landsbankadeild 2006 The 2006 season of Landsbankadeildin is the 95th season of league football in Iceland. FH defended their title making them the fifth club in Icelandic football history to win the championship three years running.
Landsbanki Landsbanki, officially Landsbanki ĂŤslands (ICEX: LAIS), also commonly known as Landsbankinn in Iceland, is the oldest and second biggest of the three major commercial banks in Iceland. It was founded in 1885 (commenced operations in 1886) and served as the central bank of Iceland from 1927 until 1961.
Landsborough Highway Landsborough Highway is a western Queensland highway running in the northwest-southeast direction from Morven to Cloncurry. The Landsborough Highway runs through vast tracts of land that was once occupied by William Landsborough, an Australian explorer of the 19th century.
Landsborough River The Landsborough River is located in New Zealand's South Island. A major tributary of the Haast River, it flows southwest, parallel with the Southern Alps, for 50 kilometres from its source five kilometres north of Mount Hopkins to meet the Haast 12 kilometres below the Haast Pass.
Landscape A landscape comprises the visible features of an area of land, including physical elements such as landforms, living elements of flora and fauna, abstract elements such as lighting and weather conditions, and human elements, for instance human activity or the built environment. Landscape may also signify the objects around one in a building.
Landscape (band) Landscape are a British band best known for their 1981 hits, "Einstein A Go-Go" and "Norman Bates". Formed in 1974, they toured constantly during the mid- to late-1970s, playing rock, punk and jazz venues and releasing two instrumental EPs on their own Event Horizon label.
Landscape archaeology Landscape archaeology is a body of method and theory for the study of the material traces of past peoples within the context of their interactions in the wider (typically regional) social and natural environment they inhabited. The landscape may be large, such as a wide marshy river delta, or small, such as a back garden; the key feature that distinguishes landscape archaeology from (e.
Landscape architect A landscape architect is a person with an education in landscape architecture and whose professional work conforms to the practice of the same name. The term landscape architect is used differently because professional licenses can be sought through registration examinations.
Landscape architecture Landscape architecture is the art, planning, design, management, preservation and rehabilitation of the land and the design of human-made constructs. The scope of the profession includes architectural design, site planning, housing estate development, environmental restoration, town or urban planning, urban design, parks and recreation planning, regional planning, and historic preservation.
Landscape assessment Landscape assessment is a sub-category of environmental assessment (or EIA) concerned with quality assessment of the landscape. Landscape quality is assessed either as part of a strategic planning process or in connection with a specific development which will have an impact on the landscape.
Landscape contracting Penn State University describes landscape contracting as "constructing, establishing, and maintaining landscapes from small residential projects to large commercial and industrial projects, as well as producing plans for small-scale residential and commercial sites. Students develop skills in construction, site design, plant material usage, plant establishment, and landscape maintenance.
Landscape design Landscape design is similar to landscape architecture. Landscape Design focuses more on the artistic merits of design, while Landscape Architecture encompasses the artistic design as well as structural engineering.
Landscape ecology Landscape ecology is a sub-discipline of ecology and geography that address how spatial variation in the landscape affects ecological processes such as the distribution and flow of energy, materials and individuals in the environment (which, in turn, may influence the distribution of landscape "elements" themselves such as hedgerows). Landscape ecology typically deals with problems in an applied and holistic context.
Landscape engineering Landscape engineering is the application of mathematics and science to create useful land- and waterscapes. It can also be described as green engineering but, the design professionals best known for landscape engineering are landscape architects.
Landscape epidemiology Landscape epidemiology draws some of its roots from the field of landscape ecology (1). Just as the discipline of landscape ecology is concerned with analyzing both pattern and process in ecosystems across time and space, landscape epidemiology can be used to analyze both risk patterns and environmental risk factors.
Landscape garden The term landscape garden is often used to describe the English garden design style characteristic of the eighteenth century, particularly with the work of Lancelot 'Capability' Brown. The term was not however used to any great extent during the eighteenth century.
Landscape Institute The Landscape Institute (LI) is the United Kingdom professional body for landscape architects. The LI was founded in 1929 as the Institute of Landscape Architects (ILA), and was granted a Royal Charter in 1997.
Landscape maintenance Landscape maintenance (or groundskeeping) is the art of keeping a landscape healthy, safe and attractive, typically in a garden, yard, park, or estate. Using tools, supplies, and skills, a groundskeeper may plan or carry out annual plantings and harvestings, periodic weeding and fertilizing, other gardening, lawn care, snow removal, driveway and path maintenance, shrub pruning, topiary, lighting, fencing, swimming pool care, runoff drainage, and irrigation, and other jobs for protecting and improving the topsoil, plants, and garden accessories.
Landscape manager Landscape managers are professionally qualified experts in landscaping management for conservation and recreation. They work on designed landscapes (eg public parks, gardens and golf courses) and on natural landscapes (eg nature reserves, natural parks and national parks).
Landscape of agriculture The primary purpose of agriculture is food production but concern for other objectives (eg wildlife, conservation, biodiversity, recreation and scenery) have a long history and are of increasing importance in wealthy and urbanized countries. The European Union Set-Aside Policy was designed as a means of giving money to farmers to produce non-food environmental goods from farmland.
Landscape of archaeology The landscape of archaeology is concerned with the landscape treatment of archaeological sites. This involves analysis, discussion, the formulation of policies and the preparation of landscape designs relating a number of issues.
Landscape of energy The generation of energy has become a major land use with consequent environmental impacts upon the landscape. Landscape planning for energy is concerned with designs and plans to mitigate the impact of power generation upon the landscape.
Landscape of forestry Forestry is concerned with the study and management of forests for the primary purpose of obtaining a timber harvest. The landscape treatment of forests is concerned with the non-timber objectives which can be obtained by conserving and developing forests: scenic quality, water quality, recreation, wildlife conservation and other environmental goods.
Landscape of roads The landscape treatment of roads is concerned with the planning and design of roads and highways with regard to their environmental impact on the surrounding landscape. Sylvia Crowe wrote a pioneering book on the design of roads with regard to their impact on the landscape and Ian McHarg proposed an overlay system for highway route selection in his book on Design with nature.
Landscape products Landscape products refers to a group of building industry products used by garden designers and landscape architects and exhibited at trade fairs devoted to these industries. It includes: walls, fences, paving, gardening tools, outdoor lighting, water features, fountains, garden furniture, garden ornaments, gazebos, garden buildings, pond liners.
Landscape urbanism Landscape Urbanism is a theory of urbanism arguing that landscape, rather than architecture, is more capable of organizing the city and enhancing the urban experience. Landscape urbanism has emerged as a theory in the last ten years and is far from being a coherent doctrine.
Landscape: Memory Landscape: Memory is a 1990 American novel by Matthew Stadler, the author's first novel. Set in San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and in 1914-1916, the novel traces the youthful romance between American narrator Max and a Persian-British boy, Duncan.
Landsford and Laura Ingalls Landsford Whiting (November 12, 1812–May 21, 1896) and Laura Louise Colby Ingalls (November 5, 1810–October 18, 1883) were the paternal grandparents of Laura Ingalls Wilder and the parents of her father Charles Ingalls. They also feature as characters in Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House in the Big Woods (1933).
Landsford Canal State Park Landsford Canal State Park is a South Carolina state park located in Chester County, two miles from US 21. The 460 acre park contains the ruins of a canal built to bypass rapids on the Catawba River using slave labor between 1820 and 1825.
Landsfort Herle Landsfort Herle was a fortification with moat in, what now is, the centre of Heerlen (roughly the current Pancratiusplein), it was probably build by the counts van Ahr-Hochstaden (also referd to as Here van Are)website. The name Landsfort (‘fort of the land’) comes from the fact that the fortification come under the responsibility of the land.
Landships Committee The Landships Committee was a small cabinet established in 1915 to deal with the design and construction of what would turn out to be tanks during the First World War. Headed by First Lord Of The Admiralty Winston Churchill, the Landships Committee was composed mainly of naval officers, politicians and engineers.
Landshut Landshut is a city in Bavaria in the south-east of Germany both belonging to Eastern and Southern Bavaria. Situated on the banks of the Isar river Landshut acts as capital of Lower Bavaria, one of the seven administrative regions of the Free State of Bavaria.
Landshut War of Succession The Landshut war of succesion resulted from a agreement between the duchies of Bavaria-Munich (Bayern-MĂĽnchen) and Bavaria-Landshut (Bayern-Landshut), both being lines of the House of Wittelsbach about succession when one of the lines should have no male heir. In this case the line with a male heir should inherit.
Landshuter Hochzeit Wedding of Landshut (German: Landshuter Hochzeit), is one of the largest historical pagaents in Europe. Countless visitors from all over the world have taken part, or have been spectators of the "Landshuter Hochzeit 1475", a pageant that is among the greatest in Europe.
Landschaft Sylt Landschaft Sylt is an Amt ("collective municipality") in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It covers the island of Sylt (except the independent town Westerland), in the North Sea, approx.
Landsknecht Landsknechts (singular Landsknecht, German plural Landsknechte, sometimes also in English publications) were European, most often German, mercenary pikemen and foot soldiers from the late 15th to the late 16th century, and achieved the reputation for being the universal mercenary of the European Renaissance.
Landsmanshaftn A landsmanshaftn (also landsmanshaft, landsmanschaft, or landsmanschaftn) is a Jewish benefit society of immigrants from the same town or region. These aid organizations were established to deal with social, economic, and cultural problems, and provided a social framework for mutual assistance.
Landspout A landspout is a slang-term coined by meteorologist Howard Bluestein for a tornado not associated with the mesocyclone of a thunderstorm.Known officially as "dust-tube tornadoes" by the National Weather Service], they form during the growth stage of convective clouds by the ingestion and tightening of [[atmospheric boundary layer|boundary layer vorticity by the cumuliform tower's updraft.
Landstalker Landstalker is a Sega Mega Drive game very similar to The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past game that was available on the competing SNES at the time. Unlike Zelda, this RPG featured an isometric viewpoint and specially creative level design.
Landsturm The Landsturm was partially the Prussian and Austrian equivalent of the levée en masse, or general levy of all men capable of bearing arms and not included in the other regularly organized forces, standing army or its second line formations, of Continental nations. It was introduced in Prussia in 1813, ended in 1918, and never played a a role in German military history.
Landulf I of Benevento Landulf I (died 10 April 943) was the prince of Capua (as Landulf III) and prince of Benevento from 12 January 901, when his father, Atenulf I, prince of Capua and conqueror of Benevento, associated him with the government. His mother was Sichelgaita of Gaeta.
Landulf II of Benevento Landulf II (died 961), called the Red, was the prince of Benevento and prince of Capua (as Landulf IV) from 939 or 940, when his father, Landulf I, first associated him with the government. He may have been associated as early as 933, when his elder brother, Atenulf III, was made co-regent.
Landulf III of Benevento Landulf III (died December 968 or 969) was prince of Capua (as Landulf V) and Benevento from 959 as co-prince with his father, Landulf II and brother Pandulf Ironhead, and from 961 only with his brother. According to the Chronicum Salernitanum, tenuit principatum una cum suo germanus annos octo, that is, "he had the principality solely with his brother for eight years.
Landulf IV of Benevento Landulf IV (died 13 July 982) was the prince of Capua (as Landulf VI) and Benevento from 968, when he was associated with his father, Pandulf Ironhead, and prince of Salerno associated with his father from 977 or 978. In 968, his uncle Landulf III died and this was the occasion of his rise, Pandulf ignored the rights of Landulf's son Pandulf, his nephew, and instead associated his own son with the government.
Landulf VII of Capua Landulf VIIAlso Landulf IV or V if the first Landulfs who were not princes are ignored. di Sant'AgataBefore he was elevated to princely status, he was compensated with the county of Sant'Agata dei Goti, the site of a great fortress.
Landulf VIII of Capua Landulf VIIIHe is also numbered Landulf V or VI because the first two Landulfs of Capua, who were not princes, are sometimes ignored in the numbering, as well as another was who only ever co-ruler. was the last Lombard prince of Capua from 1057, when his brother Pandulf VI died, to the conquest of the city in 1058 by Count Richard of Aversa.
Landvarnarflokkurinn Landvarnarflokkurinn was an Icelandic political movement which operated from 1902 to 1912, founded because of discontentedness with a clause in the Icelandic constitution that stated that the Icelandic minister should bring up cases in the Danish Council of State. The clause was in the constitution from 1903 to 1915, at which point the Danish king ordered that it should be removed.

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