Paul Tonko (born June 18, 1949) is a United States representative for New York's 20th congressional district. Tonko is a Democrat and has represented the district since 2009. When Tonko became a congressman, New York's 20th congressional district was part of New York's 21st congressional district and Tonko also represented that. But the districts were changed and he became the congressman for the 20th district. Tonko was also a member of the New York State Assembly before and was the Chief executive officer of New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
Bea Miller
Beatrice Annika Miller (born February 7, 1999) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. She came in ninth place on season two of "The X Factor (U.S.)" when she was thirteen years old. Her first extended play "Young Blood" was released in 2014. Her first studio album "Not an Apology" was released on July 24, 2015. In 2016, she released the song "Yes Girl".
Miller released "It's Not You it's Me", "That Bitch", "Feel Something" and "Never Gonna Like You" in 2019.
In October 2020, after the success of "Feel Something", Miller released the song "Wisdom Teeth" on her EP "Elated".
Miller was born in Maplewood, New Jersey.
Chess symbols in Unicode
Unicode has characters of chess symbols. This means that chess symbols can be encoded as text instead of images. Algebraic notation (text that shows where to move a chess piece) can be typed using the symbol of the piece. For example, ♘c6 instead of Nc6.
The symbols in this table are from the Unicode block named Miscellaneous Symbols. Other chess symbols are in the Chess Symbols block.
Echizen Ono Castle
Echizen Ono Castle is a Japanese castle that is in Ono City, Fukui Prefecture. Until the Meiji period, the administrative headquarters of the Ono Domain region was established. The castle tower was built in the Shōwa period. In 2017, it was included in "Second series Top 100 Japanese Castle".
In 1575, Nagachika Kanamori began to build a castle on Kameyama mountain, a small mountain in Ono County. It took several years to build the castle. After the Kazunori Aoki’s era, the Echizen Matsudaira family became a shogunal property, and the castle owner changed many times until the Doi family got it. The castle burned down in 1775 and was rebuilt in 1795 with the exception of the castle tower, but it was destroyed again after the Meiji Restoration.
Echizen Ono Castle had a large watchtower on the second and third floors with an observation tower in the main area and another smaller watchtower on the second floor. It also had multiple "Kuruwa"--districts limited by water, fence, or anything else. These districts were the secondary area of a castle (二ノ丸, Ninomaru) and the furthest outer area (三ノ丸, Sannomaru) at the beginning of the Kameyama mountain, connecting a canal and a river to protect the castle. It also had a stone wall (石垣, ishigaki) which is a wall or fence made by assembling stones, with a construction method called Nozora-zumi (野面積み), which is an old style stone wall piled up without processing natural stone. This is nowadays a valuable historic site. However, the castle tower itself has not been rebuilt after it was burnt down in 1795.
In the history of Echizen Ono Castle, 19 different feudal lords have changed (大名, daimyo), until the time in which the castle was sold in 1872. In addition to Nagachika Kanamori, the castle owners of the Azuchi-Momoyama period included Kazunori Aoki, who is said to be related to Hideyoshi Toyotomi, and Hideo Oda, the grandson of Nobunaga Oda.
In 1575, Nagachika Kanamori built the castle (citadel, Ninomaru, Sannomaru) at the top of Kameyama mountain. It was built as a defense facility. A castle town, which was one of the forms of the city in Japan, was established around the lord's residence. The castle tower built by Nagachika Kanamori is a Hirayama-jiro, which is a castle built on a hill in the plains.
Nagachika Kanamori, who built the castle town, was one of the early guards for Nobunaga Oda. The reason why the land of Ono was given to Nagachika Kanamori is that at that time, Nobunaga was struggling with fighting lords nationwide and was not able to control the region.
Ono's morning market, which has 400 years of history and tradition, is held every morning on Shichiken street, a part of what was the original castle town (except in winter). At this market, there are different shops selling special products from Echizen Ono, most of which are agricultural products and goods from other parts of Japan or the world.
Marius Swart
Marius Swart (194117 January 2021) was a South African politician and businessman. He was a member of the Democratic Alliance. He was Executive Mayor of the George Local Municipality from 2000 to 2004. He was a member of the National Assembly from 2004 to 2014. Swart was born in Swellendam, South Africa.
On 8 January 2021, Swart was hospitalized in George with COVID-19 in critical condition. He died from the virus on 17 January, aged 79.
Justin Lekhanya
General Justin Metsing Lekhanya (7 April 1938 – 20 January 2021) was a Lesotho politician. He was the Chairman of the Military Council of Lesotho from 24 January 1986 to 2 May 1991. He was born in Thaba-Tseka, Lesotho.
Lekhanya died on 20 January 2021, aged 82.
California grizzly bear
The California grizzly bear ("Ursus arctos californicus") is an extinct population or subspecies of the brown bear.
The California grizzly bear was much like the Kodiak bear of the southern coast of Alaska.
The grizzly became a symbol of the Bear Flag Republic.
Advance to the Rear
Advance to the Rear is a 1964 American western comedy movie directed by George Marshall and was based on the 1957 novel "Company of Cowards" by Jack Schaefer. It stars Glenn Ford, Stella Stevens, Melvyn Douglas, Jim Backus, Joan Blondell, Andrew Prine, Alan Hale Jr., Whit Bissell and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Dienoycus
Dienoycus is a genus of dinosaur. Dienocus is a dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur. There are one known species in this genus: "Deinonychus antirrhopus".
This dinosaur could be up to 3.4 meters (11 ft) long. It lived during the early Cretaceous Period, about 115–108 million years ago (from the mid-Aptian to early Albian stages). Fossils have been found in the U.S. states of Montana, Utah, Wyoming, and Oklahoma, in rocks of the Cloverly Formation, Cedar Mountain Formation, and Antlers Formation. It had a large claw on its foot.
Paleontologist John Ostrom's study of "Deinonychus" in the late 1960s changed the way scientists thought about dinosaurs. It caused the "dinosaur renaissance" and made scientists argue whether dinosaurs were warm-blooded or cold-blooded. Before this, most people thought dinosaurs were big, slow, and looked and acted like modern reptiles. Ostrom told other scientists that "Dienocus" had a small body, sleek, horizontal posture, the same kind of spine that flightless birds have, and the large claws on its feet. All this, said Ostrom, meant "Deinonychus" was probably very fast and caught its food like a predator.
The name "Deinonychus" means "terrible claw."