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Guam and the Consortium

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I enjoyed getting a chance to tour around the the southern part of the island with Mike Terlaje (U of Guam CEDDERS) and Chuck Hitchcock of CAST(pictured above) on my final afternoon there (and even squeezed in half an hour of snorkeling), and seeing Spanish ruins, waterfalls, and bay after spectacular bay.

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Reflections on Micronesia

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The Marshall Islands are still suffering as a results of atom bomb tests. I first tried the fresh version, and found it unpalatable (pictures above). Some of these interactions lead to disabilities, such as the children blind from Vitamin A deficiency, which didn't happen before rice supplanted traditional foods.