Gregorio Ballesteros Honasan II, better known as Gringo Honasan, is a retired Philippine Army officer. He led an unsuccessful coups d'état against President Corazon Aquino. He played a key role in the 1986 People Power Revolution that ended the rule of President Ferdinand Marcos.
President Fidel Ramos granted Honasan amnesty in 1992 for his actions against President Aquino. He entered politics and became a senator. In 2016 he ran unsuccessfully for vice president of the Philippines as Jejomar Binay's running-mate.
Nur Misuari
Nur Misuari, born Nurallaji Pinang Misuari, is a Moro revolutionary and politician. He is the founder and leader of the Moro National Liberation Front.
Ryder Cup
The Ryder Cup is a golf tournament. It is held between the United States and Europe every 2 years.
The tournament was first held in 1927. The current venue is Hazeltine National Golf Club in Minnesota, USA.
Hazeltine National Golf Club
The Hazeltine National Golf Club is a golf club in Minnesota, USA. Guests are not allowed in unless accompanied by a member and it is a Championship Golf Club. It is named after Lake Hazeltine. It is a championship golf club.
Gali
Gali can refer to:
Indie game
An independent video game or indie game is a game made without money from a publisher. They often rely on digital distribution, some indie games have become very successful like Minecraft.
Indie game has no true definition, but has certain features, they are often made by one person or a small team, often smaller than mainstream titles, often not getting money from a publisher. But being without a publisher means that they have no-one telling them what they can and can't do, giving them much more freedom to make a game they want to make. But making a Indie game does not mean they have no publisher. Indie game developers often go to crowd-funding sites to help fund the game, but often make very little profit.
Indie games started on PCs where it currently remains. Indie games become popular as shareware. But as better technologies came out people began to expect more from these small teams, indie games have seen a huge rise in the later half of the 2000s.
Oscar Stanton De Priest
Oscar Stanton De Priest was an American Republican politician and civil rights advocate. He served as a U.S. Representative from the state of Illinois. During his three terms, he was the only African American serving in Congress.
De Priest proposed a law barring discrimination in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). The CCC was program of the New Deal to employ people across the country in building infrastructure. His proposal was made a law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
In 1929, De Priest made national news. First Lady Lou Hoover invited his wife, Jessie, to a traditional tea for congressional wives at the White House. In reaction several newspapers published a racist poem called "Niggers in the White House". The poem was first published when Booker T. Washington dined with President Theodore Roosevelt.
Pinus pinaster
Pinus pinaster, also known as the maritime pine, cluster pine, or pinaster pine, is a pine native to the Mediterranean region.
Common names in some other languages are:
The maritime pine is a large tree tree, that grows up to tall with an average trunk diameter of up to . The bark is orange-red and thick, but thinner in the upper parts of the tree.
The leaves ('needles') are in pairs, broad and long, and bluish-green to yellowish-green.
The maritime pine is monoecious with separate male an female flowers but on the same plant, in cones. The seeds are long, with a wing. Seeds are spread by the wind.
"Pinus pinaster" was described by William Aiton, a Botanist from Scotland, in 1789.
There are three subspecies of "Pinus pinaster" Aiton:
The maritime pine is native to the southwest and southern Europe, North Africa in Morocco, and along the border between Algeria and Tunisia. It is mainly a pine of low, coastal plains, usually on sandy soils of sea shore dunes; however, in Morocco this species can grow in mountains to an elevation of near .
It has been introduced into regions with a similar Mediterranean climate.
The species is regarded as a highly invasive species. A large production of seeds that are spread by the wind and rapid growth rate all contribute to its ability to invade native habitats, which suffer a loss of species diversity. The maritime pine is reported to be an aggressive colonizer in Chile, Uruguay, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa
The maritime pine is widely planted for timber in its native area. It is one of the most important trees in forestry in France, Spain and Portugal. The pine forest in Landes in southwest France is the largest man-made maritime pine forest in Europe. The resin is also a source of turpentine and rosin.
As well as industrial uses, maritime pine is also a popular ornamental tree, planted in parks and gardens in areas with warm temperate climates.
It is also used as a source of flavonoids, catechins, proanthocyanidins, and phenolic acids.
Littau
Littau was a municipality in Lucerne in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
On 1 January 2010 the former municipality of Littau merged into the city of Lucerne.
Malters
Malters is a municipality in the district of Lucerne-Land in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Nevinnomyssk
Nevinnomyssk () is a city in Stavropol Krai, Russia. It it occupies both bank (geography)s of the Kuban River at its confluence with the Bolshoy Zelenchuk River, south of Stavropol. Population: 132,141 (2002 Census); 92,000 (1973); 40,000 (1959).
Giuseppe Natoli
Giuseppe Natoli Gongora di Scaliti (9 June 1815 – 25 September 1867) was an Italian lawyer and politician from the Mediterranean island of Sicily. He was Minister of Agriculture under Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, in the first government of the Kingdom of Italy after unification in 1861.
Startup company
A startup company (startup or start-up) is a new and fast-growing company. They try to meet a marketplace need, offering an innovative product, process or service.
A start-up is usually a small business, a partnership or an organization. Rapid growth is what they aim for. Often, startup companies use the internet, e-commerce, computers, and telecommunications.
The term became fashionable in the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s, when a great number of internet-based companies were formed.
Meggen, Switzerland
Meggen is a municipality of the district Lucerne-Land in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Meierskappel
Meierskappel is a municipality of the district of Lucerne-Land in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Root, Switzerland
Root is a municipality of the district of Lucerne-Land in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Schwarzenberg, Switzerland
Schwarzenberg is a municipality in the district Lucerne-Land in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Udligenswil
Udligenswil is a municipality of the district Lucerne-Land in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland.
Mount &amp; Blade II: Bannerlord
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is an upcoming medieval action role-playing game made by TaleWorlds Entertainment. The game was announced in 2012. It is a sequel to .
The game is set 200 years before "Mount & Blade: Warband." It takes place during the decline of the Calradian Empire and the making of the kingdoms in "Mount & Blade: Warband." The look of the armour, Weapons and buildings will draw from 600 to 1100 A.D.
Bannerlord will have six main factions, each with they own clans who have different goals, as well as smaller factions.
In September 2012, Taleworlds announced the game was in the making and released the trailer.
The game's graphics have been heavily upgraded, the animations have also been upgraded. There are also some new Gameplay features like better inventory system and better artificial intelligence. The current game and features were shown during 2015 Gamescom. In March 2016 40 minutes of gameplay was shown to PC gamer.
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