The Carp is a team with the greatest number of perfect games Japanese professional baseball.
The team joined the Central League as the Hiroshima Carp in 1949.
Carp Won Central League Championship for the first time in 1975.
The team mascot "Slyly" bears resemblance to the Phillie Phanatic of the Philadelphia Phillies. "Carp Boya" is another team mascot.
Moyashimon
Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture, in Japan also known as Moyashimon (もやしもん), is a manga series created by Masayuki Ishikawa. It won the 2008 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for Grand Prize and the 2008 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga.
It is said that the setting is based on Tokyo University of Agriculture. However, the author has said that it is just any agricultural college, and is unrelated to a real university.
Moyasimon follows the life of Tadayasu Sawaki, a first-year college student at an agricultural university.
He can see and communicate with microorganisms and bacteria.
Kōkō Seamount
The seamount is also known as the "Kōkō Guyot"' because it has a flat top. This undersea geologic feature is also called a "guyot" or "tablemount".
This seabed mountain is named after Emperor Kōkō of Japan.
The last eruption from Kōkō seamount was 48 million years ago. The north side of Kōkō Seamount was formed at least 52.6 million years ago; and the south side of Kōkō is dated at 50.4 million years ago.
Kammu Seamount
The seamount is also known as the "Kammu Guyot" because it has a flat top. This undersea geologic feature is also called a "guyot" or "tablemount".
This seabed mountain is named after Emperor Kammu of Japan.
The last eruption from Kammu seamount is unknown.
Staffordshire Hoard
The Staffordshire Hoard is the largest find of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork in Britain. It was discovered in a field near the village of Hammerwich, Lichfield, in Staffordshire on 5 July 2009. It consists of over 3,500 items.
The objects are nearly all martial (military) in character, and there are no objects which are specifically female. The artefacts are dated as 7th or 8th centuries, at the time of the Kingdom of Mercia.
The hoard has been described by Leslie Webster, former keeper of the department of prehistory at the British Museum, as "absolutely the metalwork equivalent of finding a new Lindisfarne Gospels or Book of Kells", and "this is going to alter our perceptions of Anglo-Saxon England as radically, if not more so, as the Sutton Hoo discoveries".
Dr Roger Bland, Head of the Portable Antiquities Scheme, said: "It is a fantastically important discovery. It is assumed that the items were buried by their owners at a time of danger with the intention of later coming back and recovering them".
The average quality of the workmanship is extremely high.
The hoard was valued at £3.285 million, and has now been purchased by the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery.
Dietary supplement
A dietary supplement (or food supplement or nutritional supplement) is anything taken by mouth which helps enhance food that a person or animal eats. It can be in pill, powder, or a liquid form.
The supplement provides nutrients such as vitamins, minerals, fiber, fatty acids, or amino acids. People may want to take supplements because they may not have enough nutrients in their body or may want to get more healthier. Some countries define supplements as food. Others define them as drugs or natural health products.
Bodybuilding supplements are dietary supplements for those involved in bodybuilding and athletics. These supplements can help with weight gain or weight loss, or to improve their performance.
Rana (genus)
Rana is a genus of frogs. There are over 90 species of these frogs. These include the pond frogs such as the common frog which lives in Europe. The brown frog, leopard frog, and the American bullfrog are also included. Members of "Rana" can be found in Eurasia, North American, Africa, Central America, and the northern parts of South America.
Species of "Rana" are very large in length. They have slim waists and wrinkled skin. Most of "Rana" frogs do not have warts like many toads. "Rana" frogs are great jumpers because of their long slender legs. All of the "Rana" frogs, including most frogs, have webbed feet. This allows them to swim in water. "Rana" frogs are mostly green and have brown on the top. They have darker and yellowish spots on their bodies.
Roar (utterance)
A roar is a sound that is made from certain animals. This sound is a deep outburst from an open mouth. Roaring is made by using the hyoid. The hyoid is a small bone that is not completely rigid in adults. Animals roar for a few reasons. These include when animals claim their territory (such as territorial dispute), communication with other members, and when they are angry.
Daikaku-ji
The earliest structures were built in the early Heian period as a villa of Emperor Saga (785-842). Osawa pond, the artificial lake in the Japanese garden, was created in Saga's lifetime.
After Saga's death, a Buddhist temple complex was established at the site. Imperial princes were often appointed as abbot of the temple.
In the 14th century, the temple came to be associated with the Kameyama branch of the Imperial family.
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet is a British drama television programme about English migrant builders. The show was created by Franc Roddam and mostly written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. It was shown on ITV from 1983-1986 and on BBC One from 2002-2004. It stars Christopher Fairbank, Christopher Holton, Tim Healy, Gary Holton, Jimmy Nail, Pat Roach, Timothy Spall and Kevin Whately.
In the first series, the men work on a building site in Duesseldorf, Germany.
Daikakuji Seamount
The seamount is also known as the "Daikakuji Guyot" because it has a flat top. This undersea geologic feature is also called a "guyot" or "tablemount".
This seabed mountain is named after Daikaku-ji, which is a Buddhist temple long associated with the Imperial family.
The last eruption from Daikakuji seamount was 42 million years ago.
Bob Hoskins
Robert William Hoskins (26 October 1942 - 29 April 2014) was a British actor. He was born in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk and raised in Finsbury Park, London.
Hoskins' movies include: "The Long Good Friday", "Mona Lisa" and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". He won a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award for his role as George in Mona Lisa.
He was also awarded a doctorate degree (degree in acting) at the graduation ceremony of Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England.
On 8 August 2012, Hoskins said he had retired, having being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in late 2011. He died of pneumonia on the morning of 29 April 2014 in London.
Hakuchi (era)
In 650 ("Taika 6", The "daimyo" of Nagato Province brought a white pheasant to the court as a gift for the emperor. It was considered to be a good omen, and the emperor caused the "nengō" to be changed to "Hakuchi" (meaning "white pheasant").
In Japan, this was the second nengō, which was developed from the Chinese system of eras ("nianhao"). It became an example of growth in political power.
The system of Japanese era names was not the same as Imperial reign dates.
Tororo
Tororo () is a sticky food made from grating a yam. Tororo is mixed with other food that typically includes dashi, wasabi, and green onions, and the amount of these ingredients can be adjusted to suit one's taste. In Japan, tororo is eaten as a side dish, or added to noodles (udon or soba). Tororo has a lot of vitamin B1, vitamin C, calcium, potassium, and other vitamins and minerals.
Mugitoro () is a wheat dish made by pouring cold tororo on top of cooked wheat.
Yamakake () is a dish made from tororo and tuna (maguro). Tuna seasoned with soy sauce and tororo with dashi give a mild taste. Sometimes, it is put on rice as Donburi.
Tororo is also eaten with udon or soba. In tororo udon/soba, it is often eaten with a raw egg or a yolk.