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MARCH 5, 2008

The final stop for my Micronesia trip was Guam, a U.S. Arriving on Guam felt like coming back to the United States, although it's more like Hawaii than the mainland! Guam has a huge American military presence: the armed forces control about a third of the island. The military and tourism are Guam's two big industry.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2007

We spent time talking with OSEP and our new partners from the University of Guam. We'll be working for Guam to help set up a system for assistive technology and media for disabled students with nine Pacific island entities. That's an issue I'm quite passionate about. Big challenges.

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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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MARCH 8, 2008

Guam has special building codes for typhoons, kind of like California's earthquake-inspired building codes. But the dried version I had on Guam was better, and gives you a warm feeling. 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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