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The Buccaneers are counting on Greg Schiano to lead them back to respectability and transform Tampa Bay into consistent winners — much in the same way he did Rutgers.
The 45-year-old former Scarlet Knights coach was hired Thursday, more than three weeks after the Buccaneers fired Raheem Morris following a 4-12 record.



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The Atlantic Wire

Kitten-Sized Controversy: Is Hello Kitty from London or Japan?
The Atlantic Wire
In part 6, Daniel is introduced to the “Japanese lifestyle” and Hello Kitty's home. At the entrance of her house, she tells him: “Daniel, please take off your shoes here” (ダニエル、ここで靴を脱いでね) and that's the last we see of him.


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Six Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix players scored in double figures as the hosts earned a 90-70 win over the visiting Niigata Albirex BB on Friday night in the bj-league.
Wayne Arnold paced the Phoenix (17-10 overall, 3-0 since Lawrence Blackledge joined the squad). Blackledge, who began the season with the Osaka Evessa, had 12 points and six blocked shots for the two-time defending champions.



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Professor Giuseppe Pezzotti, 51, a materials scientist at Kyoto Institute of Technology, effortlessly switches from a newspaper interview in English to discuss research collaboration with a colleague in fluent Japanese. Even sartorially, he straddles East and West: While his torso is clad in button-down shirt, khaki pants and lime green sweater, his bare feet are crammed into Japanese zori sandals. This is a man not bound by conventions.
Pezzotti was born and raised in Rome, the son of an engineer ostracized by his aristocratic family for marrying a commoner from southern Italy. "I admired my father. He made a choice of love and was the kind of person who knows what he wants," he says.



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UCLA Asia Institute

Terasaki Center rings in the New Year with “New Visions of Japan
UCLA Asia Institute
... and Marla Berns, director of the Fowler Museum, share a moment on the Fowler Terrace By Rebecca Kendall An increasing global interest in Japanese culture, economy and politics has resulted in a shift in Japan's place in the world, says Hitoshi Abe, ...


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History Unfolding on a Hand Scroll
New York Times
... an art historian and exceptionally skilled seal carver, often walked a kind of tightrope through the tumultuous times that came in between: the internecine power struggles following the Chinese Revolution of 1911; the upheavals of the Sino-Japanese ...

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San Francisco Florist Says Consider Unique Japanese Ikebana Flower ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
With roots in Buddhist rituals, Ikebana, or "living flowers," is the Japanese art of arranging flowers. Sweethearts looking for a special twist on their traditional Valentine's Day celebration will find something to love at Blooming Floral Design.

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Yu Darvish opens doors to Japan
ESPN (blog)
By Richard Durrett ARLINGTON, Texas -- When Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish makes his first appearance on a bullpen mound on the back fields at Surprise Recreation Campus less than a month from now, don't be surprised to find a company name on a sign tied ...

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Honda closing on Lazio move
ESPN
"It's true that I'm positive about a move to Lazio," he told Japan's Nikkan Sports. "The clubs are in the final stage of negotiations. But I haven't made a formal agreement with the club yet, and in today's football world anything can happen up to the ...
Honda determined to join LazioSkySports
Keisuke Honda: Serie A no longer the best in the world, but still the hardest ...Peace FM Online

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Sand City art exhibition reflects Japanese influence on contemporary art
Monterey County Herald
A contemporary photographic artist as well as a master of the iaido, or traditinal Japanese sword, Yagyu is one of 12 artists whose work will be featured in "Transcendental Vision, Japanese Culture and Contemporary Art," an exhibition that opens Friday ...
Transcendental Vision inspires ambiguity, contemplation and quiet.Monterey County Weekly

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