The Yonaguni monument is a group of very big underwater rocks. It is off the southern coast of Japan. It was discovered by local divers in the 1980s. The monument has staircase-like terraces with flat sides and sharp corners. Most of academic society believe the rock formation is created by nature. Masaaki Kimura, a professor of earthquakes in the University of the Ryukyus, and some newspaper people believe it is a man-made structure engraved or built 2,000 to 3,000 years ago. The main feature (the "Monument" proper) is a rectangular formation measuring about 150 by 40 m (490 by 130 ft), and about 27 m (90 ft) tall. The top is about 5 m (16 ft) below sea level. Most of its top surface is a complex series of terraces and large wide steps, mostly rectangular, with walls that are almost vertical.
Some of its peculiar details include:
Merchant banker
Merchant banking is a combination of banking and consultancy services. It provides consultancy to its clients for financial, marketing, managerial and legal matters. Consultancy means to provide advice, guidance and service. It helps a business person to start a business. It helps to raise (collect) money. It helps to expand and modernise the business. It helps in restructuring of a business. It helps sick business units. It also helps companies to register, buy and sell stocks at the stock exchange.
Pegomastax
Pegomastax ("strong jaw") is a genus of small heterodontosaur dinosaur discovered in Lower Jurassic rocks in South Africa. It is based on a skull in the Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town.
It was collected during a 1966–1967 expedition but not named and described until recently. Paul Sereno, who had recognized it as unusual in the 1980s, published a description in 2012. The type species is "P. africana". "Pegomastax" differed from other heterodontosaurs by details of the skull. The lower jaw was robust, with a short beak. Like most other heterodontosaurs, "Pegomastax" had an enlarged canine-like tooth at the beginning of the lower jaw's tooth row, which may have been used for defence. The rest of its teeth were those of a herbivore.
Dom Justo Takayama
Dom Justo Takayama (1552–4 February 1615), also known as , was a Japanese samurai and daimyo. He was a Christian at a time when the religion was not permitted in Japan.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi persecuted Christianity and, in 1587, he made all missionaries and Christians leave Japan. While many daimyo obeyed this order and rejected Catholicism, Justo proclaimed that he would maintain his religion and rather give up his land and property. Justo lived under the protection of his friends for several decades, but following the 1614 prohibition of Christianity by Tokugawa Ieyasu, the ruler of the time, he was made to leave Japan.
On November 8, 1614, together with 300 Japanese Christians he left his home country from Nagasaki. He arrived at Manila on December 21 and was greeted warmly by the Spanish Jesuits and the local Filipinos there. He settled in Plaza Dilao, Paco together with more than 3,000 Japanese who aleady liveed there.
When Takayama died in 1615, the Spanish government buried him with a Christian burial with full military honors as a Daimyo. He is the first Daimyo to be
buried in Philippine soil.
There is a statue of Dom Justo Takayama in Plaza Dilao, Manila. Today there is a statue of Justo with a sword and a figure of a crucified Jesus.
In 1994, the Diocese of Tokyo formally petitioned the Vatican to look into whether Takayama should be recognized as a saint.
America's Next Top Model, Cycle 19
America's Next Top Model, Cycle 19, called "College Edition", is the nineteenth installment of "America's Next Top Model". The first broadcast was on August 24, 2012. It is the first cycle that featured social media voting, challenge and judges score, and comeback series. The international destination for this cycle is Kingston, Jamaica. It also is the first cycle that featured an eliminated girl comeback the competition. Laura James from Cambridge won the competition.
Episode 1
"casting episode"
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Episode 10
Episode 11
Episode 12
Ages stated are at the time of the contest.
The eliminated girls would have a chance to get back in the competition. It will be revealed on the ninth episode that one of them would be coming back. Leila Goldkuhl re-entered the competition.
Diastema
A diastema is a large gap between teeth. It is a normal feature in many types of land vertebrates, especially mammals. A good example are carnivores like the cat, which has a gap between its canine teeth and its slicing molar teeth. Horses, too, have a diastema between their incisors (which pull the grass) and their molars (which grind it).
Tracey Emin
Tracey Emin (born 3 July 1963) is a British artist. She was born in Croydon, London, to a Romanichal mother and Turkish Cypriot father. She was raised in Margate, Kent.
She is part of the group known as Britartists or YBAs (Young British Artists).
Melanie
Melanie is a name which is of Greek origin. It is derived on the word "melania", which means "blackness". The name only became common in English near the 1930s due to popularity of the novel "Gone with the Wind" and its 1939 movie. One of that book's characters was named Melanie Hamilton. The popularity of "Melanie" increased until 1970s, after which it remained constant. The name was the 80th most prevalent name in the United States for 2007.
Gloria Swanson
Gloria Swanson (Gloria Josephine Mae, March 27, 1899 – April 4, 1983) was an American movie, television, stage, voice, radio, silent movie actress, singer and movie producer. She played Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard". She won a Golden Globe Award in 1951 and a Saturn Award in 1975. He was known for having an affair with Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.. Swanson was born in Chicago, Illinois. She studied at Hawthorne Scholastic Academy. She was married six times, having a relationship with Wallace Beery (1916-1919), Herbert K. Somborn (1919-1922), Henri de la Falaise (1925-1930), Michael Farmer (1931-1934), William Davey (1945-1946) and William Dufty (1976-1983). Swanson had three children. She died of heart failure. She was buried at the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York City.
Fred MacMurray
Frederick Martin "Fred" MacMurray (August 30, 1908 – November 5, 1991) was an American movie, television, voice, radio, and stage actor. He was known for his role as Walter Neff in "Double Indemnity".
MacMurray was born on August 30, 1908 in Kankakee, Illinois. He studied at Carroll University. MacMurray was married to Lillian Lamont from 1936 until her death in 1953. He was married to June Haver from 1954 until his death in 1991. MacMurray had four adopted children. MacMurray died on November 5, 1991 in Santa Monica, California from pneumonia, aged 83.
Josh Brolin
Josh James Brolin (born February 12, 1968) is an American movie, television, stage, and voice actor. He is known for his roles in "W.", "No Country for Old Men", "Milk", "True Grit", and in "Men in Black 3".
Brolin was born on February 12, 1968 in Santa Monica, California to James Brolin and to Jane Cameron Agee. He was raised in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Brolin was married to Alice Adair from 1988 until they divorced in 1992. He has been married to Diane Lane since 2004. Brolin has two children from Adair. Lane filed for divorce in February 2013.
Maxilla
The maxilla is the upper jaw. In mammals it is tightly fused to the skull, but in fish and reptiles it is usually not. In snakes, for example, the maxilla is able to move relative to the rest of the skull, and the jaws can separate entirely to swallow prey.
James Brolin