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MARCH 8, 2008

Micronesia left quite an impression on me. I think it's one of the great perks of my job, working in the nonprofit sector. Apparently, typhoons are a big deal in Micronesia. Micronesia is hard to sum up in a few words. Plus, the people I visit give me the benefit of the doubt that I'm not an ugly American.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Donna has a good friend, Kathy Mori (not sure of the spelling), who works in the health agency. They've worked together on screening children with vision impairments. We're planning on scanning these in, and the team gave us permission to add these books to Bookshare.org.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2008

By the way, Mike and Mary work for the University of Guam at the Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, Education, Research and Services (CEDDERS), who manages the Pacific Consortium for Instructional Materials Accessibility Project (CIMAP), which is the whole reason I'm here in the Pacific!

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FEBRUARY 22, 2008

She has also made Micronesia her professional mission focus. That doesn't stop Donna from offering to take him onto her lap and work with him. Donna is the main reason I'm involved with this project: she's an itinerant teacher of the blind in rural Minnesota. The community helps out. Aleckson is running a fever and not feeling well.

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