The soroban (Japanese abacus) is still widely used in Japan because it is fast and cheap. In primary school, children are required to learn to use it for addition and subtraction. In contests, expert users of the soroban beat out the electronic…
A fund raising effort to place a new headstone over the gravesite of Fillipino author and union activist resulted in several articles in the International Examiner, Ang Katipunan, the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Also included in…
