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Educator takes teaching Japanese to a new level
julieg@herald-mail.comAyako Shiga knows how difficult it can be to learn a foreign language. When she was growing up in Tokyo, she failed her first semester of English in middle school. During a break that semester, she went to visit her father in Australia and couldn’...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Teachers, Japan, Culture, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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No sign of tsunami after strong quakes felt off Indonesian coast
Associated PressTwo massive earthquakes triggered back-to-back tsunami warnings for Indonesia on Wednesday, sending panicked residents fleeing to high ground in cars and on the backs of motorcycles. There were no signs of deadly waves, however, or serious damage, and a...Tags: Physiology, Tsunamis, Bodies of Water, U.S. Geological Survey, Natural Disasters
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Japanese language students to represent Boonsboro in Cherry Blossom Festival Parade
janeth@herald-mail.comLess than a week ago, five Japanese language students from Boonsboro High School were on their way home from a spring break trip to Japan with their teacher, Ayako Shiga. On Saturday, the school’s 25 Japanese students, including Japanese exchange...Tags: Georgetown, Fairfax (Fairfax, Virginia), Trips and Vacations, Japan, Customs and Tradition
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Second quake hits Tokyo
A series of earthquakes rattled Tokyo and northeast Japan late Wednesday evening, but caused no apparent damage or injury in the same region hit by last year’s devastating tsunami. The first tremor off Hokkaido island was 6.8 magnitude and prompted...Tags: Japan, Tsunamis, Tokyo (Japan), Natural Disasters, Earthquakes
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Well-known astrologer makes predictions for 2012
richardb@herald-mail.comLast January, astrologer Jeanne Mozier told a Shepherdstown audience that events in 1848 in Europe was the basis for her prediction that 2011 would be a year of revolutions around the world. Hence the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street. “The...Tags: Occupy Wall Street, Al Gore, Central Intelligence Agency, Annapolis
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Spin of the wheel gave Shepherdstown woman Cherry Blossom crown
richard@herald-mail.comA lucky spin of the wheel last April 8 turned Allison Speaker of Shepherdstown into the queen of the 2011 National Cherry Blossom Festival — a title she gives up April 13 when a new spin picks her successor. Speaker, 23, daughter of Homer Speaker...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Festive Events, Festive Events, Japan, Shelley Moore Capito
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Area female veterans connect through regional organization
marieg@herald-mail.comThere was no single incident that caused Helen Simar to join the Army in 1943. Mostly, it was listening to stories told by her father. He served in World War I, Simar said, and often talked of his military experience and how much he loved it. His words...Tags: U.S. Army, Nursing, Health, Nursing Homes, Japan
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Japanese officials strengthen ties with Boonsboro High School
heather.keels@herald-mail.comThe governor of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan — Maryland’s “sister state” — visited Boonsboro High School Thursday to thank the students for their donations to earthquake relief and formalize a “sister school”...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Japan, Government, Natural Disasters, Schools
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Susquehanna to match donations to Japanese recovery efforts
Susquehanna Bancshares, parent company of Susquehanna Bank, will match employee donations to four relief organizations that are working on recovery efforts in Japan: Save the Children, American Red Cross, World Vision and the International Medical Corps....Tags: Haiti Earthquake (2010), American Red Cross, Japan, Charity, Companies and Corporations
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