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Guam and the Consortium

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The centerpiece of the meeting on Guam was the first leadership meeting of the Pacific Consortium for Instructional Materials Accessibility Project, or Pacific CIMAP for short. The FSM, which is made up of four distinct island states (Kosrae, Pohnpei, Chuuk and Yap) sent teams from each of their states as well as the national government.

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Reflections on Micronesia

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Marshall Islands are still suffering as a results of atom bomb tests. Fuel was very expensive on the islands. There were court battles over fuel deals, and I was told that Chuuk State's financial problems was limiting access to fuel.

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Greenlanders unite against Trump as they seek independence from Denmark

Fast Company Tech

.'” Island of anxiety Greenlanders are increasingly worried that their homeland, a self-governing region of Denmark, has become a pawn in the competition between the U.S., Russia, and China as global warming opens up access to the Arctic. ” A model in the Marshall Islands? “One way or the other.”

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