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Guam and the Consortium

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The native people of Guam are called Chamorros, and the language is resurgent. It's actually hard to get local cuisine in the restaurants, far easier to get Japanese food. It's actually hard to get local cuisine in the restaurants, far easier to get Japanese food. education laws as part of receiving extensive funding.

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Reflections on Micronesia

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Marshall Islands are still suffering as a results of atom bomb tests. I saw aspects of American and Japanese society overlaid on a societies trying to preserve their traditions and languages. Of course, much of the wreckage is left over from World War II and its immediate aftermath.