tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36724565394336730102024-03-05T12:04:30.107-05:00My Point of View ....This blog is a concoction of conference information, assistive technology or things that might catch my fancy at the time. It will also be about implementation ideas. Why have a tool if you are not going to use it?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger108125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-84563134267641523742015-03-14T11:43:00.001-04:002015-03-14T11:43:23.681-04:00PARCC is CRAPP for students need Assistive Technology<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I have never been more motivated to write a blog piece than I am about the my experience my student had this week with PARRC. First I will not use the district name or the students name. We know that Pearson’s is monitoring social media. Maybe they should spend that time on other matters. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My student, we will call him Chia. Chia has significant physical disabilities but cognitively fine. He uses an eye tracking device that is Windows based. As soon as we realized that Chia was going to sit for the PARCC we started to prepare for this event. We tested this device every time an update came out. We made sure that Chrome and Firefox worked. Chia was given the simulation test (you have to practice test taking) everyday so he was familiar with the environments he would be working in and to make certain his tools would work. We had been in touch with the DOE about the concerns that Chia was experiencing. Even with the concerns Chia was excited about taking the PARCC. I know, why excited? This was going to be the first time in the history of high stakes testing that Chia wouldn't be subjected to the Big Book (think Big Book from preschool for size reference) to read from and then have to use his communication device to scribe.. This would be the first time Chia could be able to write an essay on his own without a scribe. This for him was an opportunity of a life time. As much as we dread high stakes testing, we were all excited for Chia and he was excited to take the test like everyone else. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The next day 8 am sharp I arrive at the school (I busted out of the hospital to help my student).. Chia sees me from the window and you can see that he is excited. I am supposed to be like Mighty Mouse "here to save the day". I get to the classroom, I ask Chia if I can remove his voice so I can fix the JAVA issues. His eye tracking device is his voice when he doesn't have access to the device he has no voice. Not something I like doing and at times, a necessary evil. He says yes (if he said no, I would have waited until he was okay with it). IT and I go about uninstalling JAVA, reinstalling with the latest updates takes 15 minutes. We run test simulations for the PARCC and it is working. Fingers crossed. We are set. I talk to Chia about test taking strategies, reminding him to ask for a break if he is getting tired (eye tracking no matter the years you have used it under stressful situations can cause fatigue), and to do his best. I remind him, I will be outside the door if he needs me for technical issues. Chia's district seriously was covering their bases so this experience would be good.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chia goes to Chrome and the test site won't open. WTH? PARCC was designed for Chromebooks, go figure. He immediately switches into Firefox, success. Chia logs on... Excitement. Anticipation. We are in. Relief. Then Chia tries to bring his eye tracking mouse up to click on start test... FAILURE. A message appears that another application is trying to run and could jeopardize the test and it is gone. Being optometrist, we try again. Sign on to the site. Success. Log in to the test... Success. Chia tries his mouse to click START TEST. Failure kicked out again for another application trying to run. At this moment, we try to joke with Chia that he broke the test, he scared off the PARCC but we saw the disappointment in his face. When the test administrator left the room to check with the parents are we doing plan B or try another day, Chia and I alone. I pulled a Facebook "What's on your mind?", Chia said "sad", "disappointed", "frustrated" and "mad". All valid feelings. Then he said "I failed." I whipped my head up and said Chia no. This isn't about you. This isn't about your eye tracker. This is about Pearson’s failing you. Pearson’s failed every single student that uses assistive technology from eye tracking to blind students that use JAWS. The state and the federal government failed you. They failed to make sure that the test is 100% accessible for all students regardless of ability. So no you passed. You passed the test of endurance, patience, and beta testing a tool that should have been close to perfect. You should have been paid for your time pointing out the faults. Man of few words,Chia "cool".</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Chia was told his parents made the choice to "OPT OUT". They didn’t feel that after preparing for a computer based test that Chia should be subjected to pen and paper test without prep. They are right, two different methods of preparation. Chia again was concerned that it would reflect on him badly. I asked why? "I am different." You are different. I am different. Chia this might be the first time in you are in the majority. The students taking the test are the minority. So roll with it. Go down to the commons and talk to friends, go read a book, go study for your bio test or stay with me and learn excel and talk. Fingers crossed. Pick me. </span></div>
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<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1764e4cc-688a-4eba-ada3-99ae43947aaa" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e605d2c1-3edb-40ba-bdab-db6ef7eb2be6" grcontextid="corner:0">corner</span> of Pine and 6th street in my <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="a9ecc98c-6acd-4dd8-bb93-9baa4a887eb9" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e605d2c1-3edb-40ba-bdab-db6ef7eb2be6" grcontextid="brothers:1">brothers</span> driveway. Then Allie V</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> at the same time found Mary </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> sisters photo. Union Beach Memories was born.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">This journey has been amazing. While there was mass
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="75c18296-a8b1-4d1a-8328-aa20b5157611" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="210a9eae-828c-4ef2-96f1-edb1a54d12d1" grcontextid="destruction:0">destruction</span> in the town, Allie and I started picking up the photos, drying them
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ae072de5-b7ee-4ecd-81fd-065c054b4ea4" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="007a10bd-bbbd-42cb-a4e9-431668192abf" grcontextid="on:0">on</span> the deck of my brothers’ home. If you would have asked me 6 months ago if I
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="6f4f3ef4-fcd4-4518-8c72-7c10166bf68b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b2b496cb-ec29-4e66-b5a7-7e7a4557cc47" grcontextid="would:0">would</span> still be handing out photos, the answer would have been NO. In my head
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="dd3c1436-d4a6-4ca4-bd38-a768eea09302" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="f2238109-7c4c-46c0-a1d2-88a356df91b1" grcontextid="this:0">this</span> project would have been completed months ago. Who knew we had so many
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d6737900-da26-4db5-b473-145c3ea1da00" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b2e6f59b-ca92-41f8-afd4-cd6735adce9c" grcontextid="shutterbugs:0">shutterbugs</span>. The days following the storm Tomás Dinges </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">found me through Becky</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="line-height: 115%;">. She told him
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4e553108-c7ef-4033-af3c-612f93a69398" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b6113bfd-7c0d-4c7d-bf7b-f75a6c3a14ff" grcontextid="what:0">what</span> I was doing. Apparently, he thought it was a big deal so he did a story on
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f0e4acc2-b02b-4b4c-9577-fc30e5b256ef" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="5dcbf567-4402-4f8d-9531-ffc51b747c06" grcontextid="the:0">the</span> project which <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="774a4d61-8b4a-4c70-8f9a-73430dfff918" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="5dcbf567-4402-4f8d-9531-ffc51b747c06" grcontextid="lead:1">lead</span> to so many additional opportunities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">I had the pleasure
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="aad065fc-4613-420a-bfe2-bf5d884cb77c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="6e71be1d-a8ff-476c-828c-0cfb6fa30392" grcontextid="of:0">of</span> meeting Mary Danielsen</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> who guided me in
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3a157f11-105b-47f4-a607-54bc5d4ad961" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="7e3cfa23-f1ea-4ef8-a1cf-bf44320dcad1" grcontextid="the:0">the</span> early days of the project. Without her guidance and support this project
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="96e7b56d-86de-4154-bb2c-66fc0d76f1e5" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e5014888-5562-43e1-b40a-db8363f65aa5" grcontextid="would:0">would</span> still be struggling with thousands of photos. She sacrificed time with
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3421b9d7-d126-4050-a70f-8aefbb4498b0" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="340e0a3b-6c4d-4474-8df8-6f0cc6187edd" grcontextid="family:0">family</span> and friends to help the community. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">The first photos that I returned physically were to Carol
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<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="94f43cc0-8cbe-408e-a908-09db7809cc39" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="0ff2107e-de22-4eec-9301-8fe4d1553547" grcontextid="at:0">at</span> Boro Hall was Leeann. She was so excited to find a photo of her
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9968591e-b5bd-4aa3-9b15-f07475839e7a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9fa16e05-2596-4ff3-adaf-6a3f012d7c2b" grcontextid="mom:0">mom</span>, the girls and football photos. It was so chaotic sitting in the corner
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f6ea5bc7-d5b7-4f56-929f-dad6d4f6b6ca" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="3f97c4ac-cc1c-47f4-9b45-441044678337" grcontextid="with:0">with</span> boxes of photos all wet and muddy that I couldn’t take from Boro Hall. You
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="300a10e4-9cf8-4481-b336-ce39a02e9776" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="3b797f95-a974-4f66-bb2d-1ffdd59c7ca8" grcontextid="don’t:0">don’t</span> know how many times I thought of kidnapping the photos. I finally did kidnap
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9ba160ee-4d09-423e-8f7b-05956b442cb2" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e98ec5a9-2021-435e-a775-c8e1812c3b97" grcontextid="the:0">the</span> photos 6 weeks into the project. I didn’t ask permission, I just did it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">Karyn who was trying to recover her items allowed me to
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This allowed for 1000's of photos to be dried at a time instead a few hundred.
All along the way, there have been wonderful people to help me, guide me and
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="08645992-306d-4e2a-8843-66bda0f37c0c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ce91548e-86b9-4dba-ad74-fe44b97f953f" grcontextid="support:0">support</span> the project. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Memories. It still leaves me speechless that a company like FlipPal (</span><a href="http://flip-pal.com/">http://flip-pal.com/</a>) cared
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="c7666acf-5d27-4b9a-84cd-f4b998d935d4" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="0e579225-890d-418a-8702-d2dc5b2a76a9" grcontextid="enough:0">enough</span> to loan 12 portable scanners so we could do our work. Gordon didn’t just
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="28217088-246b-495a-90a4-3f330a93a1c4" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ad6e1ca6-75a1-4cfb-b29e-9f3b03942c13" grcontextid="donate:0">donate</span> the <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7fdb8ab8-daa6-4803-b500-ee02443f3f63" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ad6e1ca6-75a1-4cfb-b29e-9f3b03942c13" grcontextid="scanners:1">scanners</span> he donated his time and money to the project. I can never
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="01eaef2e-9af0-4e31-a138-d871d40e3d49" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="fa6a8afb-b2b1-4f5b-a0ad-335d9c9b53ff" grcontextid="thank:0">thank</span> him enough for taking a chance on this project.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">So many wonderful people have come into my life because
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="5a336849-ae95-423b-bc5c-2016238141b7" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="902c249a-357e-4f92-a1ed-1a273fca6dd0" grcontextid="of:0">of</span> this project. From random strangers that helped clean up Union Beach that
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="207d1d74-4971-4a29-82cc-1a35407925ee" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="aa9c878b-192c-442c-9d32-be6195383ce8" grcontextid="realized:0">realized</span> how important the photos were for the families and turned them into the
Boro. For people that have read the articles about the project and just sent a
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0da33570-8131-4185-ba43-cef2cbee4cc4" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="6357fd7d-6441-4f04-a3d2-a34c875357a2" grcontextid="note:0">note</span> of well wishes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Thank you families, you have been an inspiration. Trust
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9ef222c2-9213-43fa-9bb4-9626fede4db6" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="63a04266-4d07-4bd4-a7ea-d4122e65b203" grcontextid="me:0">me</span>, I needed this project more than it needed me. Through this experience I
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e970b6d2-9e17-421d-a657-4a14ee03cd70" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9f135103-e645-46c9-9689-b9570ddcef17" grcontextid="have:0">have</span> grown and developed skills that I never knew I had. The photo project gave me a purpose and maybe some meaning. It guided me through the horrors we were dealing with.</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">I remember each picture like I took it. I remember each moment a family member told me about the photo they had returned. Those are the moments that make this project so important and special. The <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7f259a21-4240-4b39-80b2-e530c15a0d10" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="43f8cfe0-6d15-407a-b632-f75c2e8e5a8c" grcontextid="journey of the photos:0">journey of the photos</span> is not just about the piece of paper but what it means to the person that receives it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">We have had a few dark moments. The photos departing from the firehouse never to be seen then <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d0b55235-4ccc-475c-9967-950f12ee7ee2" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="a9b6e957-f0cb-43b3-a3c5-2bebe228108c" grcontextid="returned:0">returned</span> to their rightful place. The "borrowing of photos" without permission. Yes each time we got sandy kicked up and we went to task but we are still standing strong.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">Thank you, for being
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e5c4e9b6-c172-47c5-840d-b4ce02e69833" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ce81dee1-ca54-4303-be7d-f8d83d9247dd" grcontextid="there:0">there</span> to pick me up when I needed it, lending a supportive hand when we had
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="c0e65179-7c74-4c22-85e2-9c64927b1558" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c57a6146-06ee-45ca-9605-e94d0daa5638" grcontextid="open:0">open</span> scans. Kicking my <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="eaa1aa30-5cbc-4293-aaf5-c114272b3046" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="7b2ec99b-09cf-4ac0-a5ae-147515b12e39" grcontextid="arse:0">arse</span> and the unconditional love that has been shared
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="bf25565e-db5d-4a56-9adb-c2e244bdcce0" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="cff6d43f-d05b-4861-b028-a8a85ea8e767" grcontextid="through:0">through</span> this crazy journey. Thank you for allowing me to have your precious
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="861e79fb-4ea7-41cc-9196-1e60598868da" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="0a172dcd-9990-412c-ba9d-2f53ac90731b" grcontextid="memories:0">memories</span> and helping me return them to you. Happy 6th Anniversary of becoming
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0ccba42d-dca9-4e1d-8704-4094f507fbce" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ec66b8ee-351d-40a0-8681-8ed235a7f62b" grcontextid="friends:0">friends</span>, family and a wonderful community.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Special thanks to my nephew Mikey, if it wasn't for him collecting Rocks, the photos would have blown away. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">We are still moving through this journey. One positive thought after another. We keep moving forward to our future with our memories tucked under our <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="739c9265-34ec-4c64-958d-881d494083e6" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="de7443a2-7b9c-4aa2-9474-51009ee414cb" grcontextid="arm:0">arm</span>.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Union Beach, NJ, USA40.4464962 -74.17819880000001840.4223287 -74.218539300000018 40.470663699999996 -74.137858300000019tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-63171778850666903462013-04-29T07:57:00.000-04:002013-04-29T07:57:22.931-04:006 months still standing - still fighting - growing tired<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Today is the 6
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="6355a738-51b2-4db8-a12c-713ea7980924" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="533bfde0-9357-41e9-bd16-5ab3d5ee44ba" grcontextid="month anniversary:0">month anniversary</span><span style="font-size: small;"> of Sandy </span><span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d50dc8a6-4e17-4d5c-bf7b-37199ce60cdc" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="533bfde0-9357-41e9-bd16-5ab3d5ee44ba" grcontextid="gracing:1">gracing</span><span style="font-size: small;"> the Jersey shoreline!</span></span> <span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">If you would have
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="fbed94f1-c156-4095-b3c1-e4fd60649423" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="13227383-d490-41f8-89ec-0b068c021426" grcontextid="asked:0">asked</span> me 6 months ago would I still <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="51d4f195-3443-46e4-87a7-ccbdbef80d0a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="13227383-d490-41f8-89ec-0b068c021426" grcontextid="be houseless I:1">be houseless I</span> would have told you no.</span>
<span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">I thought my elderly parents
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="53d3f3aa-d2aa-47d1-9fe4-d9609bf54941" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9941786e-cd2d-4d24-892b-45bd7208a645" grcontextid="would:0">would</span> be settled in a temporary home and we would be watching a new home <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d8af5386-82f5-4b24-a84d-ad6d9e725142" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9941786e-cd2d-4d24-892b-45bd7208a645" grcontextid="start:1">start</span>
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0120aa87-9b7e-481f-a0bd-b0f5d1fac51d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ac7a70a8-7e9b-4ee0-bd8c-19eccb1a2c35" grcontextid="to:0">to</span> be built.</span> <span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">My
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1796bfb4-534e-4cdd-b7ab-ecd0da3916d0" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2c8d311a-0f0c-4dad-ae29-691bfe68b89c" grcontextid="parents:0">parents</span> would have been on the road to recovery.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Friday our
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ce533358-0805-419e-ad1a-121b585a3a1f" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2dea3e80-057e-4099-b308-14371eb3e7a4" grcontextid="public:0">public</span> adjuster informed my parents that Prudential insurance company has
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4fb7290f-fed0-4a20-82b7-08c02706075f" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2cb737e8-9f5c-4444-9d8a-067dfde52826" grcontextid="requested:0">requested</span> mediation.</span> <span style="background: white; mso-highlight: white;">We
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3988c3e0-523f-4a08-8d14-67381f28ee84" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="906dec21-d828-4734-9e2b-11c5c4672980" grcontextid="had:0">had</span> received a letter from them a few days earlier telling us the same thing.</span>
We also received the letter that said don’t cash the check because they put a
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="6c35f3af-c8b3-43cf-b919-e0b2a5b90483" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2c2bcccd-c2f5-40df-8809-075db98a635c" grcontextid="stop:0">stop</span> on the check. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">There is a new
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e4935832-9855-4083-b418-3e2f8d83d9f8" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="308ce5e4-e117-40cd-b239-dbbef06afebd" grcontextid="program:0">program</span> in the state of NJ by the Banking and Insurance Commission. It is a
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="8f3455d2-fbfc-41b0-b229-1f4ddc1cfc10" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="05c428b9-4ed2-45df-8b27-caa84e6a1698" grcontextid="mediation program:0">mediation program</span> that both parties enter into freely. The insurance company
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="6905bf82-dbfe-4f89-9e0d-eae2558f8420" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="899db5ba-8e65-40ce-a1d3-8a0036d9f945" grcontextid="pays:0">pays</span> for the mediation and it is not binding. The purpose is to help <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d058e70e-f142-4c77-9c65-3b45032d7e14" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="552ea420-5c53-4943-8cbc-e7094a7dca3e" grcontextid="home:0">home</span>
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="26ec83ae-e520-4450-8497-2e44e77d4904" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9547d469-0acb-4c26-bd1d-a095f5c63df3" grcontextid="owners:0">owners</span> move through the process <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="492f62e4-d3e4-40b0-8c22-2cc57d2f5bd6" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9547d469-0acb-4c26-bd1d-a095f5c63df3" grcontextid="quicker:1">quicker</span> with insurance. The insurance company
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="65a041d0-ee24-40ef-b999-88808d035ee8" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="fbf12d46-7989-4e01-9a99-8ec13e2218ab" grcontextid="wants:0">wants</span> to know the following: Who told my parents they had to take their home
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="dfe87d98-fef8-4fcf-8158-5a5fcae7c0b0" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="70b56486-ed40-4eab-a5d9-5222ce6f67a3" grcontextid="down:0">down</span>?</span> Who gave them the permission to do so? Best line
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="351a677b-3c88-4afd-aa1f-6f4f17512543" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="df4559ed-e359-43da-95ef-4c749151e5fb" grcontextid="said:0">said</span> “The insurance company feels that you demolished your home so you could
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f49b1ad6-0488-4e79-94ee-95c8de7a7276" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="74e55abf-3e0d-4581-8fd3-2179948f2e98" grcontextid="receive:0">receive</span> more money from them.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Let me first say my parents’ home wasn’t new. My
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="36b2155f-266a-442a-9169-f5fbf55aeb39" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="eb833a06-f98e-4011-b9c7-9df7e57ae7d0" grcontextid="parents:0">parents</span> have lived in the home for 45 years. The home was built in 1940 as a
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="414f2134-4e7d-4178-94b6-2fe5c49a914d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="69880ab8-75d6-4105-a8b7-8ae2392c6f9c" grcontextid="small:0">small</span> shore bungalow that was added onto over the years even before my parents
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3a678284-922a-4041-b0af-9c30a65cee51" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="006f15e4-065d-4189-b23a-1f2bee262bea" grcontextid="purchased:0">purchased</span> the home in the last 60’s. Our home was a total Square footage 1540.
My parents maintained their home. They updated the kitchen, added a laundry
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="eb040a85-48f5-4fb5-b22a-90244f710932" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="94c43e63-9d0c-4ae1-9ebb-bfe91a4d0f12" grcontextid="room:0">room</span>, and converted the attic into living space when my grandmother came to
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0f2dea3b-6733-4b0c-a674-88ad2a46f72d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e699f30f-0902-4f3b-9596-9419a80db57b" grcontextid="live:0">live</span> with my parents after a sniper in Jersey City was shooting at people. My
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f93cd7a8-7bb2-4984-a6d5-f114cc2c7fc0" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b9bb5ba8-bbb0-4a1e-b72a-2101165aeca4" grcontextid="mother:0">mother</span> wanted her mother <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d9eca73c-e78b-48fe-ac7f-3cda31c4ee63" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b9bb5ba8-bbb0-4a1e-b72a-2101165aeca4" grcontextid="save:1">save</span> in Union Beach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The home has seen remodeling of the bedrooms,
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="fdf434f3-e020-4abe-92fb-fa026adc19a5" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="45a11019-8f1d-4a19-8115-a669a3890066" grcontextid="living:0">living</span> room and the bathroom too many times to even count. My parents had the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="8a73e526-f7d2-4c76-92ba-ed093fc3c420" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c88d0af3-5df6-4d30-bcff-193efecbeef6" grcontextid="roof:0">roof</span> redone more times that they would like to count. They had the stairs moved
2 years ago and the foundation checked for repairs. My parents made sure <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="dadd4c77-defa-4daa-9845-a6f15a6449b6" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="1fab0a1b-83d0-4b73-b68b-e90954715c3d" grcontextid="their:0">their</span>
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="17220000-9a2e-4a68-a20c-739a6a9ed089" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2953a791-53c1-43be-9d53-86dc0b29e791" grcontextid="home:0">home</span> was safe, warm and comfortable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My father didn’t want to leave the home as Sandy
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7d7e681b-c5b0-4b2e-99f2-a65b2ab55738" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="7a59e877-9def-4cf6-9161-c940978634b2" grcontextid="approached:0">approached</span> but after everyone was yelling at <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e2838a63-097b-4149-80fa-ecae71b3bec2" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="7a59e877-9def-4cf6-9161-c940978634b2" grcontextid="home:1">home</span> that he had to leave because
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0388f137-aa5d-4d98-b0d9-5f3d3a15a549" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d6dfe51d-5014-4197-b271-f7acf834c4c7" grcontextid="if:0">if</span> the power went out or it got <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="33171da2-cbde-43ca-84f8-d36829bd6012" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d6dfe51d-5014-4197-b271-f7acf834c4c7" grcontextid="bad:1">bad</span>, with his 24 hour oxygen we couldn’t
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="cc666559-45d4-4ff1-b646-58e95c4e5748" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="70dea24a-2740-4ca5-bfe4-b1c2d86a5498" grcontextid="promise:0">promise</span> that we could get him out. So my father begrudgingly went to my brother
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="30f30c3c-8b71-4a9c-869c-8d06038f9fa6" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="34a3cbeb-7953-4e9b-8e70-f1015445ca04" grcontextid="home:0">home</span> with my mother. I was going to stay behind and watch over the animals and
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d101e710-d870-49f8-be2e-4bff2c8d8e4b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="bc5500e4-531b-47dc-a90e-3c7f2f6177d2" grcontextid="home:0">home</span>. I look back and I am thankful that I made the decision to go to <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="5aa9adef-7d98-4d51-bb33-7a75edb7f6b4" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="84a622b1-d102-404c-8eac-e1111b5b9fb1" grcontextid="my:0">my</span>
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="93dab003-c457-40cf-ab41-7a3e9eecdd58" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="af16eeae-57c4-44c9-ae4c-41044422b78b" grcontextid="brother’s:0">brother’s</span> home. I would have been home alone with the water rising on the first
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="b5cebce5-7157-4c36-84a9-bd5c8280e05f" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="87fdb6f3-2fb9-48f4-934b-3154d667ac7a" grcontextid="floor:0">floor</span> to 6 feet. The water moved, turned over my <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="5b5bdb2a-e9db-4435-b6ed-a7775692bd8c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4b763292-2a1e-4dbd-8fad-93d6ed7efdde" grcontextid="families:0">families</span> possessions. It didn’t
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="c51c6e77-75d5-4f60-ad17-a6da7e2b847f" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="dae47cc2-eb1a-4645-adbd-41a514c2e8aa" grcontextid="care:0">care</span> where it went or what it destroyed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On October 30, 2012, after spending the day
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1e87ce6e-858e-437e-8443-e88249ad3058" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4bb71ece-1ea3-49c9-9aed-7463ee2d8d11" grcontextid="assessing:0">assessing</span> the damage to our home, neighbor’s home and trying to figure out what
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d3977f31-ff91-4d2f-9ba5-1ba6cd131b7a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="a080c093-c790-432c-88bd-419e8713a63f" grcontextid="we:0">we</span> had to do next. We called our insurance company. We put our claim in and
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e49f1b18-c968-4f3d-9206-e1f6c9bcc639" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="67e2b01e-659d-4bc6-ad2f-39945f67c1d5" grcontextid="were:0">were</span> given a confirmation number which is your policy number. We waited to hear from our insurance company
1 week, 2 <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="133c6670-9e0c-4eb5-8a91-077551451ba4" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="6db376ac-1267-41e6-98cd-6626daf1cc1f" grcontextid="week:0">week</span>, 3 week nothing. Our contractor called the insurance company to
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f72c05cb-2d88-409e-8967-587cbe075257" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="965e97b2-8461-48ca-b29d-8adab311058b" grcontextid="see:0">see</span> what the delay was; they said they had no record of our claim. After going
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="34aa7852-0976-4b88-abdb-f7ead539e2b5" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c62c2df2-bf35-4fc8-8db0-e9f11bc1aa69" grcontextid="back:0">back</span> and forth, Prudential hands our claim over to not the flood insurance for
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e32fdd65-7e22-4318-a08c-debb6d45f5f5" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4e6aee24-b863-4fc9-8ff5-1bb5d95c968c" grcontextid="the:0">the</span> home but the person was assigned to car claims not home. Then I had to call
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="b317b93b-23a9-42d4-8f04-d0e3e5fa9e3c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="fd8c12f6-cc6e-45dd-901f-55b95085f725" grcontextid="the:0">the</span> person that sold us the policy to get the correct information. After
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f045ace2-68bd-4e0a-9a26-e3bbc0fc4719" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="256ee1b7-d855-4cef-974f-20d92a84b6bd" grcontextid="waiting:0">waiting</span> another 2 weeks, the contractor we were using managed to get the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="68eaf523-4ae1-4394-b335-e94d2e1381f1" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2cc83c53-cc79-40ba-8474-f339749e26fd" grcontextid="insurance company:0">insurance company</span> to send out an independent adjuster. Finally he came out <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="414dee79-874d-4685-a101-e852eb30c388" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="50bb9b6b-026c-490e-87fe-f80ae29290b8" grcontextid="to:0">to</span>
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="328b165e-ebf7-44f8-9c50-5cccb62a23f0" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="8e8c8619-936a-4c57-a846-2c596dae6a84" grcontextid="see:0">see</span> the house 7/8 weeks past the disaster. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Homeowners refused to come out. They called 2 weeks
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f46e8ba3-b08b-43e3-a51f-9a0dbf27fecb" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d66a1e2b-c68f-453f-b5ee-888dcd0aa2f3" grcontextid="after:0">after</span> the storm offered my parents money for “food” we lost and said the case
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="10dd63db-3e85-4409-a70e-40f1aaa968fb" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="71981099-37df-489f-af30-5c13d7e37323" grcontextid="is:0">is</span> closed they would do no more. We called them again and requested that they
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7db50221-f399-4872-88fa-7830fbaf433c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="6aac92b4-11cf-4598-af4e-be49f4cb5637" grcontextid="come:0">come</span> out because they can’t close a case without looking at the damage. Homeowner
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="8a939d62-c8a4-480c-a5b5-130b61197bde" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="26b29def-d6da-4c3a-9246-76fa513dd820" grcontextid="is:0">is</span> responsible for anything ABOVE the flood area. The roof was not touched by
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="6046534b-bb17-48ae-a423-04c56ab6993a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="0bbaefa9-56f1-456a-8417-a3af7cad8c26" grcontextid="the:0">the</span> flood. The roof was damaged by the wind. The damage to the wall on the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1f66974a-1cb0-488e-a9f8-6f4180aa36b5" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="bae0ffeb-b119-4f69-8fa1-36482146bfd3" grcontextid="second:0">second</span> story inside is the responsibility of homeowners. Homeowners graced us
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="cac50f65-6665-4cd3-bfff-1a1ddfda3f0f" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="fc4a32a8-f062-48c9-9e00-cd09017f37d4" grcontextid="with:0">with</span> their presence 12 weeks after the storm. We still haven’t seen <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f3090cff-ff64-46e8-a3b9-1927c8ba1fd0" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c180c3b5-b844-4636-8b9a-4065c783a480" grcontextid="their:0">their</span>
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="79668458-fa11-404d-a1aa-792df5e89f26" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d9cc506e-23d0-44b4-9c88-060a8e9f6e94" grcontextid="report:0">report</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now let’s look into the comparison of (FEMA) SBA.
My parents had SBA at their <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="2baedb4c-5f84-4c62-88b9-bf981d86d678" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9adb5502-ed5c-4691-af8a-e010a7b1b5b6" grcontextid="door step:0">door step</span> a few days after the storm. The SBA
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="11012616-8d44-4593-8805-96421fb9f10e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="7dc3f934-4b86-40df-bfb5-5267942ac6af" grcontextid="walked:0">walked</span> through our home and estimated that there was over $110,000 worth of
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0ff2ed98-6968-422e-8df8-c12522ca552b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="1abf25c6-19a4-4662-9db2-a2bae769b75b" grcontextid="damage:0">damage</span> to the home and that was just inside. When he walked around outside
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="fc367ff4-eed0-47aa-ad61-65dc85c3cb90" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b60fe923-2c25-44af-809d-1d0130f324fa" grcontextid="looked:0">looked</span> at the roof the numbers went up. He told my parents that the house is
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e32a18f3-b37a-488a-8d58-ee107567b36c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9662896e-8b75-47d8-8ec6-8e395ab3f8bc" grcontextid="not:0">not</span> savable. The roof on the second was collapsing in that the back wall was
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3efc6528-e1e6-44c1-be3f-7c3b7ef2565b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2ce80208-cd06-4094-9a25-c3ee6f0dbe7b" grcontextid="pushing:0">pushing</span> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f0c701e3-2fad-4ccb-8122-bfc786777d9a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2ce80208-cd06-4094-9a25-c3ee6f0dbe7b" grcontextid="in:1">in</span> because the foundation was compromised when the water was rushing in
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d4311636-33c2-43c3-a176-9ae2fe863d20" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d69ca732-4700-41c3-847f-144e61b4866d" grcontextid="and:0">and</span> pulling out. But remember <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="20b1715d-5837-4556-8c2d-9ffde4031f14" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9b5ef83d-48b9-4fbd-a15b-5b131f6b7ca5" grcontextid="insurance companies:0">insurance companies</span> like to call this “settling”.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My parents received the severe damage letter from
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="caaa3a04-fa55-4629-8193-b3c5ff56f4f7" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="941ea858-329b-44b9-ae3a-132e4e2c0c02" grcontextid="the:0">the</span> town once the town. We don’t know how they come to the number beyond it has
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9d5c69ae-fe00-42f2-9ca1-d6b95886a2ca" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c7cfa166-a555-4a57-96c1-a0984fd28bfe" grcontextid="something:0">something</span> to do with Pre-storm market value and post market value and what
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="c79ea656-ed7e-47e8-88ca-23c8f9a9ec8d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ce810303-2a77-4dcb-bd64-a5f9fa966ac7" grcontextid="their:0">their</span> structural engineer says. The formula is pretty straightforward when you
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d351ca64-30d9-48d2-b3ae-ad3847137d89" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="618362f3-fd02-412d-85ab-ee25aee01cd7" grcontextid="look:0">look</span> at how FEMA (SBA) comes to a conclusion on who needs to be repaired.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My parents’ market value prior to the storm was
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="51c28f3e-5a15-45b0-afcc-90e5c055f062" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="8e9165a5-955a-4f51-9e14-6420048334ae" grcontextid="roughly:0">roughly</span> $190,000. After storm market value is $62,000, according to the town.
The estimated damage to the home was $90,000 without the wind damage of $5,000
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="b19d0877-385e-4892-9dac-42c61e591c65" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="8763ef7f-2330-4e3a-acf9-43bfdf85e314" grcontextid="so:0">so</span> all in all $95,000 in damages. The insurance conveniently says they don’t
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="bed6f69d-b894-470d-9e93-98c2c52e1e28" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="91960a67-3af1-44e5-bb51-54b2ee4ee45f" grcontextid="cover:0">cover</span> the foundation because it is “too old” or “settling”. Yes, a home that was built in the 40’s has an
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="252c1628-6078-4d89-8770-7ab930895186" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="17fa0ae0-b67f-4f99-86e9-4cc54bc4595c" grcontextid="old:0">old</span> foundation, shocked I know. And settling over the years does happen. But
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="b7502135-e11e-49a7-a6a6-b0211fab9a5d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="31741b41-2a5d-40f0-8b04-a383d40764c9" grcontextid="when:0">when</span> the foundation bricks are inches from where they were the day before that
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="a7b66a79-1eec-4082-8c67-8e38a9d48676" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="37fe3d0f-88a4-419d-ad50-3e807d1de028" grcontextid="is:0">is</span> not settling or age. It is called MOVEMENT. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am still waiting on the insurance to explain to
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="19dbbb1d-20db-4929-8042-b376224ce7e4" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="8eb22e9c-3cd1-4db8-87de-5d2f0f09f3e2" grcontextid="me:0">me</span> how often the foundation is to be replaced not to be considered “old”. The figure from the insurance company is just
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="8a9bd803-602e-461d-82cc-65317bf69442" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b843a8e7-1d9f-43d7-8489-1f76041db383" grcontextid="structure:0">structure</span>; we will get to contents later.
So if you take the number of $94,000 /$62,000. That brings the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="5d22be2f-d494-48d7-9b99-33a99f6115a3" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="788ef493-aae0-4667-8a28-0fe04139987f" grcontextid="percentage:0">percentage</span> to 1.51. FEMA says a home over 51% damaged needs to be brought up <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4607f369-ddff-4c65-ad01-3529f948e3af" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="44da17d6-0a2a-4841-9b89-cafbd54587ed" grcontextid="to:0">to</span>
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ec654e7d-1c4c-4e4e-83ba-4d3eeea91c10" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="a1274906-38d5-407a-85f1-7f76018ba023" grcontextid="code:0">code</span>. We are well above the threshold for 51% damage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Bringing a home to code. Interesting concept. For
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="5c2d549c-b182-4860-a0cb-5c1ab23026a2" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="7f7f0ef6-588a-4415-9bb2-b918ed4fba7d" grcontextid="home:0">home</span> owners in the shore area, bringing a home to code means raising your home
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="65bac7eb-3924-41ec-abd4-2141d3f06991" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b28baf2c-5558-427d-b2f0-104f253f5163" grcontextid="to:0">to</span> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="12f3441a-bb63-4f68-acd3-b651175eeeef" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b28baf2c-5558-427d-b2f0-104f253f5163" grcontextid="X number:1">X number</span> of feet ABOVE flood base level which starts are you living space.
Not your bottom floor such as basement.
Now you need to understand that FEMA released a new flood map on NJ in March.
I say ON New Jersey in March because it is a map that isn’t written in stone.
It is a suggested possibility. However, Gov. Christie has adapted this flood
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0f7244bd-0ec4-49a5-bf19-bebba94fbf29" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="0a826a9c-a4b6-4987-99ea-1a67cd0f9761" grcontextid="map:0">map</span> as if it will be the final say. Without a flood map you really don’t know
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9dad5d9f-957c-4e01-a3ed-2bc8f593dfc1" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="8658cbd7-96a0-4a2c-9642-73be8ea91f75" grcontextid="how:0">how</span> high you are supposed to go. My family has to go 14 feet above <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="736857ad-97e8-46af-adfa-22f943f299ba" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="57564308-a59d-4339-b43b-b2013f6ab235" grcontextid="flood plain:0">flood plain</span>.
For my family that is a rise of 10 feet. However, we could be requested to go
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9966ee12-525e-4797-895b-b405f919b1a0" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="1060332b-60d1-4a8f-a614-9399401ff461" grcontextid="higher:0">higher</span> once FEMA has finished their maps. Since we don’t know when they are
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7b615b70-770b-4d8c-b7b2-4ae105b74a8c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9aae28e6-62cb-4d33-86f3-0b0711560513" grcontextid="going:0">going</span> to be finalized, we can guess that we need to go up between 12-14 feet to
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4864afd8-e585-4491-a85e-5aa7ec68e1ca" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="43934c91-15cb-49c5-aa40-706850d63c9d" grcontextid="be:0">be</span> on the safe side. If you look at the maps there are major flaws but FEMA has
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3a573bf0-3caa-4db8-aa2c-1b368c215696" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="1dee8b44-e25b-42f9-9617-b8d40956dd61" grcontextid="time:0">time</span> to fix those the issue is NJ residents don’t have time to wait. It also
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3685a544-ca47-4604-81b2-030dd68a3349" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="63799d6e-660b-4d84-8617-e3ffe27b4905" grcontextid="means:0">means</span> you have to bring EVERYTHING up to code including plumbing and electrical
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="652bdeb2-2d4f-4932-a740-203cb7a9959c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4a769a61-b971-45e3-b3e1-0632850d7e84" grcontextid="for:0">for</span> the entire house.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We checked with a company about repair and lifting
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d0ab89b3-6fd0-4caf-b091-250bbc173c95" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e51b0431-34b2-4689-a487-133ea685b175" grcontextid="the:0">the</span> home. According to the estimates, it would cost us $88,000 just to lift the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4d6064a1-3170-4d6e-a2c7-a7d5a0c5498d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="07404f53-f1bc-49e2-b6c5-43c031491487" grcontextid="house:0">house</span>; 10 foot solid foundation would be extra cost. The home which was built
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="bd81fdea-becb-423b-bbf2-10b6de4354fa" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d142fca0-6db7-4f70-8a9d-08e4398fd962" grcontextid="in:0">in</span> the 40’s and had 3 -4 additions added to it would have to be raised. It
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="80a3cff4-c631-41a0-813a-085bdc2da102" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2e55bb57-3658-40cb-ab75-5379c0c02a6a" grcontextid="isn’t:0">isn’t</span> done with a crane; they use hydro jacks, wood pilings and steel beams.
Our home the foundation was pulled from the home, the back wall pushing in, and
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f99432ea-10b8-4fbb-9094-d3a37adbaba0" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="88b4429c-db93-4a53-80f4-1afe275b219a" grcontextid="the:0">the</span> roof sagging (according to the insurance company it is just shadows). Once
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9f15adc7-0d5a-4040-af51-41d59cd22a03" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="64a313c9-ab59-498d-a37d-38d8f4a0c86c" grcontextid="the:0">the</span> home is lifted, the home <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="99fcd066-1b7e-4fac-a10f-a0aeea160fc3" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="64a313c9-ab59-498d-a37d-38d8f4a0c86c" grcontextid="would still needs:1">would still needs</span> to be repaired. So let’s do the math word problem: J and D need to lift their home. It cost
$88,000 to lift their home.. The cost of repairs is $90,000 (conservative
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3041f3a8-2245-4b55-a10d-a650d67dd38c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e818d3f0-e0e8-4eae-869f-53e886630f1b" grcontextid="cost:0">cost</span>). The insurance company is offering ??? <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="bc45c54a-a8af-4fbd-b9e4-92c1fb1a4120" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b0149e6f-0e60-4b9d-bbb7-a569dd863382" grcontextid="for:0">for</span> repairs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Waiting for the insurance to decide what our home
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0c663e32-6877-450e-ab6c-ef5f862e7aca" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="67c95ecd-a249-46b6-b2d8-ff3fcc40ba0f" grcontextid="was:0">was</span> worth, month after month was numbing and painful at the same time. Your
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3e6b76b2-58dc-4474-aec3-6b08c53efc6a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="6ec6159b-851d-49fd-a558-432867a40f74" grcontextid="entire:0">entire</span> life is in limbo. Your life is in the hands of people that never even
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e76eb668-7476-4b33-a366-248031fd07f2" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="86fd0ae5-658c-457a-ac1e-7295d4b6c1cc" grcontextid="step:0">step</span> foot on your property. They might have seen photos that we submitted but
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="dbafcfd2-a499-4f8a-9565-75179caf6f0c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e4de4c13-c5d2-4919-9d60-ee864ee96e1a" grcontextid="we:0">we</span> haven’t seen the photos their adjuster <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="6c233429-8f85-46a7-9c09-7dce55d54b0d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e4de4c13-c5d2-4919-9d60-ee864ee96e1a" grcontextid="took:1">took</span>. We are waiting months. In
March, we received the final notice from the town. The home was to be
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="206e34f7-5ebe-4b34-be07-b70709b01ec7" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2d6ec514-81a6-421e-a71c-90e21d34c370" grcontextid="demolished:0">demolished</span>. Our first date came and went because we needed to be cleared <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="bfd4e0bc-3838-4ce7-971a-9275def00928" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="295d05fd-1759-4548-89a9-2f485263e4bc" grcontextid="of:0">of</span>
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="2af7088e-bb4c-4c68-ae5e-79336c39628f" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="bf3dbecf-f71d-4abb-b767-98c94a3a6515" grcontextid="asbestos:0">asbestos</span>. Our home was given a clean bill of health to be destroyed. There is
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d8838e2e-1af3-4802-9f0f-b5696828db3e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="995f1965-e85c-4169-9edd-6bf2a3d8de3f" grcontextid="irony:0">irony</span> there it is like a death row inmate waiting to be executed and they go
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="5f39d570-80af-4739-ad5d-9e2db9994c25" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="8a18e93d-0566-4eca-90fd-87cb526ff964" grcontextid="wait:0">wait</span> he hasn’t had his yearly physical to <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f8baf9a5-1e68-4129-981c-9c5213713571" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="8a18e93d-0566-4eca-90fd-87cb526ff964" grcontextid="insure:1">insure</span> he is healthy. Knock down date
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="2e279d18-bb4f-466f-a2aa-e80e6b222f8b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="807c736d-8bd0-4dd2-8a08-f0af070ff72f" grcontextid="would:0">would</span> be March22nd. In the 5 months since the storm, the adjuster was at the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="86ee46e8-c911-41b5-9fdf-6708303f3054" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="16cd4e0c-474d-4109-aa76-c2f2a005a04f" grcontextid="home:0">home</span> one time. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="8093f407-83c8-4073-80d9-482cb4586331" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="5965774c-952b-43fb-b96f-14bebfba0095" grcontextid="In:0">In</span> that time, we were at the home daily watching it slowly
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f0b0e1d1-f1c7-4c0e-94ae-05f9fa9c0d17" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9a8054af-ba48-4476-8b84-c06958c2e999" grcontextid="become:0">become</span> a shell of a home that it once was.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My parents questioned if it could be saved. They
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="b851c948-57cf-4bed-8ed9-a96b5810bd86" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c614f3d4-ab52-483a-b738-9c3a29b52356" grcontextid="didn’t:0">didn’t</span> want 45 years of sweat, smiles, tears, birth, death, parties, sadness,
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3f1ebc73-3989-483b-8281-634c5071782b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="de654ef1-fc49-4f06-be36-fcc737af7e0c" grcontextid="happiness:0">happiness</span> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1e9dd267-0b42-49af-b966-bbded29b02f9" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="de654ef1-fc49-4f06-be36-fcc737af7e0c" grcontextid="crumble:1">crumble</span> to the ground. They wanted, want to be in their home. They
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="99ee1f5a-0333-4086-b326-838aa5ae4598" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d52dfcf3-7194-4be0-b4a2-fc35d47b739c" grcontextid="want:0">want</span> to be home again. The mold, the leaning wall, the sagging roof, and the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="a8e82f5f-935a-47fc-9833-9e42893b90fe" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="5be3a77c-9192-46b1-90b7-6587bee121a5" grcontextid="beams:0">beams</span> that were once our home was now something we used to know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It upsets me that the insurance company feels we
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="2ae7baaf-7646-4de1-b456-bd9a1b7346fb" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="7c5141cb-06c4-4009-a4e1-956cf75f653f" grcontextid="just:0">just</span> gave up on the house. Who the hell do they think they are? You want to
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3d9b9425-ff51-429a-aff8-35d9196a4c65" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b71094a3-2d97-4748-a0c3-357bbd512fe1" grcontextid="know:0">know</span> the answer to these questions maybe you should have been visiting <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="08f4c558-f8e1-4379-a70b-c438cde3ab9f" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b71094a3-2d97-4748-a0c3-357bbd512fe1" grcontextid="your:1">your</span>
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="71691ab5-af5c-404e-bd0f-212117902d1a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="57679039-2d4e-4ee5-b39c-40ceb7300bab" grcontextid="consumers:0">consumers</span> and checking on things. Instead Prudential you stick your head in the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="58ee648a-2dd2-41dd-9cbf-0baf303a3aff" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d20c9b6e-9e42-47b2-90f9-ec0ee88bd887" grcontextid="sand:0">sand</span> and just wait for what I am not sure. You just want to keep lining your
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="cc916c63-7a9a-4b3f-a9e0-931f1d099808" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="f20662e2-f854-4529-bd6f-5aa5126e9fed" grcontextid="money:0">money</span> with insurance premiums and never pay up. My parents have been customers
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="30a6e5c8-2bb0-4c88-9add-396b32410308" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c4aa9788-e65f-4fd5-b9d1-a883f9788b0a" grcontextid="for:0">for</span> 46 yrs and this is the way you treat customers. Amazed you are still in
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="efa79777-fec5-48f3-bca9-e4ee4fc8ffbe" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2fdd978e-ce36-4319-9292-9f90fac6ac12" grcontextid="business:0">business</span>. I pulled my business from you and moved to Liberty Mutual. At least
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ca7436c3-c603-460a-85b6-e3866ab40cce" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4ee53f8d-ad42-45fa-bdc0-06c33c6aacd2" grcontextid="there:0">there</span>, I was given a reasonable rate on a new car, $800 less than a car that
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f0ef07d3-2a93-4a9d-ac4d-cf84ec53a975" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b2b07687-a69b-4593-b091-4fe5596517ce" grcontextid="was:0">was</span> 11 yrs old.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The delays by the Water Company and Gas Company
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d9c4caac-3a73-4de8-938a-99351f6ac91f" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="6fabc79a-6b8a-4b98-b919-ee3e403fbd8f" grcontextid="caused:0">caused</span> the knock down to be delayed which allowed an engineer to visit from the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="cb660175-1174-47a9-96bd-f4aa2062cb1b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="0eb6c5bd-93eb-4e94-b162-414c85f0058b" grcontextid="insurance company:0">insurance company</span> and one that my parents hired. But the home is now down in rubble carted
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4cb7475d-695c-4588-83c4-c1a93d987655" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="df8a1484-3464-4c83-8944-3580ecb8fe59" grcontextid="away:0">away</span> to the dump. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The death of the house <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="a3cd15d3-8aa5-4bdb-a743-ec9d553b0605" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="6f45cd73-dd4d-48af-9457-ba0bc2451f8b" grcontextid="was:0">was</span> in the making since
October 29, 2012. She suffered for a long time. She was gutted. She was <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="c350d7a1-4412-492b-b05d-eeadbcee5a83" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e82afb9c-adc9-4a03-91b9-c8980ea714f1" grcontextid="poked:0">poked</span>,
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f2b499bb-0280-454e-a48a-e62c3b48f972" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="71dfa9bb-34b1-4952-9cba-1186d3a5547b" grcontextid="prodded:0">prodded</span>, and talked about. The house was
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9bf908e3-3148-43a5-9b59-5e09c8b6443e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="bd58ff87-3e81-4c3b-82af-9c13ee57940b" grcontextid="not:0">not</span> the glory she once was. She grew weary standing there. Watching people pass
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="36125a00-1f95-4470-aede-88b6584c1f01" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="93f8ce0d-2f20-42c5-b2ef-ddd847e0d1f3" grcontextid="and:0">and</span> whisper how sad she looked. How lonely she looked. When the day arrived to
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4be7d6a3-0ce2-4e6c-9ebb-24533905bb8e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="38c6153f-cf58-4d30-bd59-1cbfd0e4b8b1" grcontextid="finally:0">finally</span> put the house to rest, it wasn’t a sad day. Her family had said their
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="55663b82-4246-442c-8fc2-cb141d023a49" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="df5ab6db-1c8c-4684-a2a8-1ed23d3d279f" grcontextid="final:0">final</span> good-byes. They wish her and sent her off to a peaceful restful place.
The home was ill, there was no further treatment it could be given. The
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="18820fb4-8a60-4290-86a9-28a4cb95c0a5" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="27f71e93-8103-4c88-94cd-abec48097df0" grcontextid="insurance:0">insurance</span> company’s delays caused further damage to the home. How many times do
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="69ebb9e9-ebc5-49e4-87b1-caa971553191" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d4be9106-157d-4b3b-b9fa-f7004505c67e" grcontextid="you:0">you</span> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="00a287e2-cd57-412f-9fb2-def9b28a0977" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d4be9106-157d-4b3b-b9fa-f7004505c67e" grcontextid="remediate:1">remediate</span> mold? What do you do when the home has no power, water or
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="26296073-ec56-4d3c-8ca0-4dbdbbda653b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="31de3fff-a2b3-4c31-a2ae-3b6346254d3b" grcontextid="heat:0">heat</span>? How do you bring back to life a
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="830f4b5f-ce79-4691-bac4-a5d5f195f208" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="bfc1d23d-6d4f-4807-b25f-de0aa4437c06" grcontextid="home:0">home</span> from the depths this house had suffered? It gave my parents shelter from
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="a5165945-4f41-4e5c-9593-c16349915800" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="6f7e65a5-a5b9-473e-b46e-1e4c2174c366" grcontextid="the:0">the</span> storms of the past. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="19654b10-32a8-4c25-91e8-2a7ec825f751" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b3088944-638d-42d8-89b3-9580c61201b1" grcontextid="It couldn’t give:0">It couldn’t give</span> anymore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The engineer from the insurance company showed <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="929805d1-3e65-4bb7-a82a-a829020f51a2" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="1f099f21-101b-44df-88c8-bbd41e9a356f" grcontextid="my:0">my</span>
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f998a805-e8af-4183-ad39-9e6457bfab63" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="82ad0b33-a12d-4e55-baa9-809bf48ff021" grcontextid="father:0">father</span> how the frame of the house twisted and shifted. Do you think that shows
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="004a64d6-0834-4dfb-b05d-822f23110fe2" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ec4a4493-cd53-4ff9-b4f0-78014fae46ea" grcontextid="in:0">in</span> the report to the insurance company? I don’t know. We haven’t seen the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="399a99d1-823f-4499-ba5b-9d097d89ad70" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="6bf62a20-d757-4e2f-bd9d-deae87c6292a" grcontextid="reports:0">reports</span> from the insurance company. There is a very interesting thing that
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="91c85a96-6570-48cb-a15c-c1cf76e65233" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="58123bf9-a808-424a-a340-7544913222dc" grcontextid="happens:0">happens</span>. As the homeowner you have to show all your cards. Give your insurance
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d6f5c02a-5273-45e9-9c6c-60c922221606" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="99f3f7fc-a8a5-42fd-8380-419fdfc31c09" grcontextid="company:0">company</span> everything to prove the worth of your property. The insurance company
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7e003e01-e1cb-4ba2-9ca9-431c46f006d5" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="6c2aa473-71bd-41c4-b51f-0a41a67c9b4d" grcontextid="has:0">has</span> to give you…… I don’t know… still waiting for what they have to give you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The house came down over a month ago and on Friday
April 26th, we get <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3e5702dd-0c4b-4843-a579-1efb19385163" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b747948d-ba6a-4c8b-950a-40b03851b2b8" grcontextid="notice:0">notice</span> that they want to go to mediation. Mediation is not
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4bb6a266-6adf-4b13-8d2b-4c63722f2e28" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="56c5aefe-4bec-437f-b411-a1d006e4070c" grcontextid="about:0">about</span> discovery of the facts. It is about a 3rd party coming to a consensus <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="8a3d02c1-6583-4fa5-8e85-665d1128b293" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b0cd421e-11e0-4171-9e5b-f5f8af176eb4" grcontextid="of:0">of</span>
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="dfd9e9c8-96ab-4d67-9e24-d3f1e2213d1f" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="58f481e4-b531-485d-b0a7-f0be7ed736f4" grcontextid="what:0">what</span> should happen. But ready for this….
It isn’t even our flood insurance taking us to mediation it is homeowners for
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="de625061-085e-46c5-b19c-433103f9c486" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="eaee82d5-a96c-4be0-a6d9-68b1c715aa61" grcontextid="wind:0">wind</span> damage. Seriously, prudential you
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d08f62ab-b42b-4f36-b32d-c0f8c605c1bb" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c223c427-6c8d-4cad-a1ec-69370ff3246d" grcontextid="are:0">are</span> whining about a few thousand dollars. Yes I am sure that will break the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="abf1bd62-e44c-49e6-8394-9ef6782005c6" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="70646c42-f3ec-4a93-ac92-19fbcd1da8fc" grcontextid="bank:0">bank</span>. The CEO might need to tax a sick hour to make up for the loss. To you it
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9be187bb-ac3d-4792-9fe8-c6c0ed5b2001" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d89497ce-3ee3-406b-9618-6ed4c4f263d3" grcontextid="is:0">is</span> money to my parents it is the difference between living independently in
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="611bcec1-f63b-436a-a90a-7e4c64c1f78e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="40462b11-fc24-4d35-b372-d0ad7f637213" grcontextid="their:0">their</span> own home or residing with their children until they get enough money.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Will my parents as the homeowner <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="b77e5793-fc47-473a-b704-c4d4110ae36c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="8eeec1de-0145-4cd8-a460-60c7d6b459e0" grcontextid="have:0">have</span> a snowball
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1f736232-38ea-4c91-8191-275de5e1f8a2" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="31e431d7-6c89-4bea-a8fd-c5139bb17991" grcontextid="chance:0">chance</span> in hell of getting a fair settlement from the insurance company? At 6
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3c554013-490b-4917-8ab8-58c279b4d4ba" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="02bd7f7a-6887-4b9f-ae1b-d0139dbba0d4" grcontextid="months:0">months</span>, I am losing faith. I have hope that my parents will rebuild and have
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="990d60f3-4d78-46f3-aaec-aef8bff2e23b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="1c7d6e5a-9ec1-43d8-a7f7-c198c9e1371a" grcontextid="their:0">their</span> American dream back. But Sandy has taken so much from everyone that I
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="8149e364-a9df-4652-99cc-f99315cfdd16" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="f40b8995-be8f-47bf-bae9-ef2f18db2a6f" grcontextid="don’t:0">don’t</span> see it happening. I know people are rebuilding. They are much younger. My
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="670ba9fc-9979-4902-80ce-b75fcbf2db2a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="5d0051d4-864c-4199-b400-faa4c5c9854c" grcontextid="parents:0">parents</span> at 72/73 are not eligible for loans because they don’t have 30 years to
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0f685d67-a300-4479-97fa-53f3d7cbe1d9" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d85859dd-b920-4de9-88d0-126a32a397f3" grcontextid="pay:0">pay</span> them back. My parents have a nest egg of money stowed away for the rainy
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="71cf85e3-6e9a-4ace-a79b-77300a032c82" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="8fef9c6b-1158-4957-810f-d2e9512e8572" grcontextid="day:0">day</span>. My parents don’t have a family home that was passed down from generation
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4ca08764-0f9d-4b16-9ae5-11a63f0fd30c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="fbd90c6e-2e6d-43e9-a1be-377e890d356f" grcontextid="to:0">to</span> generation. This home was it. Nothing more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My family is beat down. We are tired. We just want
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="8a86ae94-4530-4159-82a0-0e0fa1accfad" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d23e258a-5fa7-4b7a-b540-e8a9665d5a92" grcontextid="a:0">a</span> fair settlement with the insurance company so my parents can go home. The
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">April 29, 2013 we will be sitting in mediation with
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-66939982689305868692013-03-31T22:17:00.004-04:002013-03-31T22:17:50.529-04:00Union Beach Sandy Photos - Ongoing (c) issues<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For the past week instead of spending time gathering photos from the wetlands and empty properties with <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1435f75d-ab56-4854-8b63-248a4a581344" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="f93d6724-721e-4404-9d3f-595f3082531e" grcontextid="owner:0">owner</span> permission, cleaning, drying and scanning photos for families in Union Beach that lost everything they held dear, I have been in a deep battle with Maurice van Es also known as Maurice <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0eebc160-9b6e-402c-946e-54fafd4245ce" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="f93d6724-721e-4404-9d3f-595f3082531e" grcontextid="de:1">de</span> Leeuw and the websites that he published photos that he said he found and gathered. He also put (c) righted by Maurice van Es on some of the photos. I am not sure how a grown educated adult who is an artist does not understand the rules of (copyright). I am not sure how an adult doesn't understand creative copy when you are educated as an artist. As an educator and not an artist, I was informed that creative copy is when I took photos of the photos in the aftermath of the storm. When I held the pictures in my hand and snapped shots of the photos so they could be posted on the <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="936b4d07-9ea6-42b5-9989-6e077e289692" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ffd84810-f507-4dc9-a9df-b417540744e1" grcontextid="facebook:0">facebook</span> page for the owners to see so they knew where in town to look. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My definition of found must be different than a news organization or European dictionary. Because found to me doesn't mean going to a Facebook page that is named Union Beach Photos and Misplaced items or a website that is labeled http://unionbeachmemories.wix.com/unionbeachmemories, right clicking and saving to my desktop. I naively believe in copyright, creative copy and the rules of plagiarism. I naively believed that when someone was called out publicly they would right the wrong. However, it amazes me how many news organizations used the word "investigate". What is there to investigate? Maurice van Es never stepped into the United States, never came to NJ and never stepped foot in Union Beach so "found" was then changed to "collected". This does not change the end result. He did not search the internet. He didn't scour hundreds of websites, he went to the max of two. He didn't collect photos with permissions from the families, he <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="dca68620-7887-4d39-973e-156c91165d10" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="50401d90-8967-42f2-9c0d-363fc29a2c41" grcontextid="blantly:0">blantly</span> just downloaded the photos for his own personal gain. He says no "telling the story of the photos". How can you tell a story of the photos when you didn't experience what the photos experienced? If I told the journey of the photos or the families told the story of the photos and related it to the personal experience that we had during the storm, that would be clearly understandable. If we told how this specific image took us back to the exact moment in time, it would be believable. However, when a complete stranger tries to tell you a story they don't have a personal link to the story or image how is that believable. Again, maybe I am naive and people do not care they just want to see the project.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He muses in one post that the owner of the photos would be difficult to identify. Not really, within days of the storm we were returning photos in rapid pace. Within days of the Facebook page going up my family (residents of Union Beach) were saying Mine, I picked it up, I am not in town but hold onto it. The rightful owners were coming forward. The people that owned the copyright stepped forward. So the photographers were found. They were common hard working families that longed for something from their past.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Maurice van Es, has been tweeted, facebooked, and emailed by me, by the families and I am sure by the editors of the blog sites that he posted the photos on. Some of the websites were not pleased with me hounding them to take the photos down. All I can say, is I am sorry that I had to go this route. However, I will do anything to protect my families right to privacy, right to copyright and righting a wrong. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here are a couple of messages:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">apowl.com removed the post after families contacted them and I also contacted them. Their message to me read: </span><span style="background-color: white;">It has been removed.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">We'd appreciate it if you and your associates would now stop sending vitriolic messages to our site. </span></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Thanks.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now I am not sure about vitriolic the messages were from others. I just stated the facts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">http://itsnicethat.com tweeted "<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.99715805053711px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The post has been removed while we investigate fully and we will make a final decision next week"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px; white-space: pre-wrap;">At least it is down for now. As I said, not sure what they are investigating. Maurice van Es had no right to just remove and claim the photos for his own. As an artist, he didn't change the photos just brought them to his blog. He didn't really write anything. He just posted the photos. Maybe I missed his writing. Maybe he wrote it in special ink that only Non-Sandy survivors can see.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17.984375px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another website said: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">animalnewyork.com said "</span><span style="background-color: white;">Can we credit you then? It's a shame to take them down" - Why is it a shame? If I had to take the photos down to protect the families copyright and the families are not able to search for their photos why should your site continue to use the photos to drive traffic to your site so you generate revenue. The families these photos belong to aren't getting any financial gain from this.<br /><br />I cannot be credited because these photos are copyrighted by the families. The moment the shutter was pressed they owned the image.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">I have asked the families if they wish for the photos to remain, since this is a holiday weekend, I am still waiting for a response. My gut tells me it is going to be a HUGE NO.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of the saddest pieces of this whole thing is that Union Beach families have been very open with the press. We were photographed at our worst, down on our knees when we returned to our homes that weren't there. We were photographed waiting in soup lines. We were photographed trying to survive the day before the sun set and it was too dark to see your hand in front of your face. We were photographed wearing the same clothing that couldn't be washed for a week. And we were gracious to the reporters and photographers that entered our lives. I am still friends with many of them and they check in on me on a regular basis.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tomas from the Star Ledger was the first newspaper reporter to speak to me about Union Beach Memories. He learned of my mission from my nieces mom Becky. He walked a mile through the debris and block aides to find me. He took the time to understand what it was about. This wasn't about personal gain, this was about making sure families in Union Beach had something to hold on. The first few days after the storm, I was raw, my first video interview I stood in my pink fleece PJ's. They were warm and honestly I had 2 outfits. Pink PJ's and black sweats and a black shirt. It was so cold you had to wear both.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then came Fox news reporter, who accidently found me covering voting in my small town. He saw the moment that I gave Carol S. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="b0844e7a-6fdd-485a-bfe2-172e777d63cc" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="7efac43a-de0e-48c1-adae-10275701d25a" grcontextid="her:0">her</span> second photo of the night. She lost her entire house. The two photos <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="800cb9bf-af08-4c87-a11a-b44065e83e79" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b97010fa-45f9-4dbd-bb7b-6d13fd01f691" grcontextid="was:0">was</span> all she had left of her home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At each interview and each showing of the photos the families that shared their photos gave their permission. The only family that was "ambushed" was the Torres family. I was being interviewed by CBS Nightly News about the photo project and a message was sent about a photo album that I held minutes before. We raced to return the album and they gave permission to the news crew to share the moment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All the press this project has received, we in Union Beach have been very blessed to have news organizations that understand the fine line between the public need to know and the families of natural disasters and tragedy right to privacy. The news organization so many from around the world have come into our lives and been 100% respectful of the family's wishes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Union Beach families with Maurice van Es and the websites that refuse to remove the content are forcing families into fight or flight. We will not flee when it comes to facing this. We are here to stay and fight for all we can legally. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">All we are asking is the following:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">1) Remove the photos from your website. Maurice van Es. It isn't enough that you point to where the photos came from. You should have hyperlinked to the photo you wanted to muse about. That would have kept this legal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2) You want to do a project about the photos ask the family's permission.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">3) You want to report on this project contact me. I will gladly get you in touch with the families under the same method I have used for EVERY single reporter that wanted to talk to families. I post your name and number in the Facebook group and have the families contact you directly. Or we ask that you join the Facebook page and you can contact the families via Facebook.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I know the world should know about this project. But families should be able to control who, what and where these photos are shown. We want the world to know what a wonderful project this is. We want the world to know that if you are in a natural disaster that this is something you can do to help your community.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Union Beach maybe a small town in NJ. We are a small town with a huge heart. We treat each other as we are all family. We are protective. We are eager to welcome people into our lives, homes and community. What we don't like are thieves that come in the night and steal from us under our noses. We don't like being lied to. The omission is lying. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Our family wants to move on and return to our healing. We want an apology so that this chapter can be closed and we can forgive. Because harboring resentment and hate is not what our community teaches. We teach love, compassion and friendship.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I want to return to the positive energy that the photos gave the town. It was like finding a special surprise in your mailbox. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Do the right thing. That is all we ask. </span><br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-55944083766435323872013-03-29T00:26:00.001-04:002013-03-29T00:26:51.251-04:00Day 2 of Maurice van Es and Wired.com<br />
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Misplaced items on Facebook. I do not still understand what Maurice van Es
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">He also
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e355d891-929f-4cfe-8eba-e462fd6e261d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="56e79070-38d4-454e-802c-3db972bd7e7e" grcontextid="thought:0">thought</span> we could come to a mutual agreement. Which meant that I would agree
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4ee98ac7-63ab-4dfc-9156-601aeb301815" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="eedca883-aa90-4ffd-a6dd-341c17595a1c" grcontextid="with:0">with</span> his point of view? I understand fair use however; here is what I don’t
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="115270ca-ac43-4c2e-a71c-e4bb75cfdd4e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b0b5f76f-b0fa-4a72-8f41-3075515c03aa" grcontextid="get:0">get</span>. Fair Use, if wired.com came to the wix.com page or the Facebook page and
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f80c6a94-094c-4ceb-be0d-1c55571a1cbc" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="3b1f8f41-dde7-4c33-ac22-2ba858f43619" grcontextid="took:0">took</span> photos, totally get fair use. However, Maurice van Es took the photos
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="64b5aba5-b2fb-4f26-9aac-9e6dc72664e3" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="068e0589-89f2-4af2-ab03-dbbbdabafa39" grcontextid="without:0">without</span> the knowledge of the families or me. He represented himself as the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="03933eeb-0d5a-42a4-9b30-930b39d411cb" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="cda7aae5-851e-4b44-9a7f-f87d76c37b49" grcontextid="person:0">person</span> that scoured 100’s of social media sites to find these photos. Two sites
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="19ca38c2-fae7-4049-8958-b025b720a5f2" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="5547e375-408e-44b9-89f7-b623292c0a2f" grcontextid="website:0">website</span> for Union Beach Memories (photo gallery taken down) and the Facebook
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="bb7e4a60-486e-4b47-93e1-6a6e2d6152f3" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="a8794a4f-b1ed-47ab-bc04-a6233f74bb41" grcontextid="page:0">page</span> (photos removed). If he looked at the other projects that are happening apparently
Union Beach Memories <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="223e36fe-e9b5-4bfd-b5e6-35f28f0ef92d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="220c723d-7706-4aa7-ad8c-5115f01604d6" grcontextid="is:0">is</span> a gold mine for him.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The editor
(<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="b2575081-0a69-4985-aa6f-26cfddfc5fde" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d8aaeef6-bb3e-4a5f-be92-5424c5f750a1" grcontextid="wish:0">wish</span> I could remember his name) for wired.com also told me that I am no better
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9ea5ba38-3016-4e3e-9663-fb63ed7be893" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b675b64b-490d-4224-86e0-1f3ae2804367" grcontextid="than:0">than</span> Maurice van Es because I stole the <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3cad9881-d3d0-471b-8ae8-52b81e251586" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b675b64b-490d-4224-86e0-1f3ae2804367" grcontextid="families’:1">families’</span> photos. I never stole the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="8d6b8abf-290a-4e4f-9d80-401b559cf62a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="daa129c3-3e86-4867-b1da-a1de1cab4c4f" grcontextid="family:0">family</span> photos, I gathered, I climbed through muck, I searched in public
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="c89b600e-8bfe-4576-8dd5-23f8ba7c9fb8" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2c3d3a5b-a80d-4110-a956-73a6c4005312" grcontextid="locations:0">locations</span>. I left the photos at the police station and the firehouse so
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1d2ae044-4659-4eb5-904c-9ce31497e473" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="0bbf511d-f1b1-42d8-8199-231f6975a427" grcontextid="families:0">families</span> could freely get the images back. I never went behind the families
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d2e265aa-0875-435e-b1fd-1ce46cb3e482" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="5632d3f8-83cb-45f4-8263-90dd23275f2e" grcontextid="back:0">back</span>. Every step of the way, families in Union Beach knew what my intentions
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="c6385f7d-583d-45f7-b720-d6f1a2b402db" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2f400fc5-08eb-4a36-aee9-2ea4df9a9473" grcontextid="were:0">were</span> and what I was doing. Unlike Maurice van Es, I never <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7f2526d3-1fb4-4592-b7a2-5cf6824b0dd1" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="339e61f7-eb2d-46ab-aa29-6688e3ab272e" grcontextid="hid:0">hid</span> what I was doing.
I was upfront and honest. If a family asked me to remove a photo I did it.
Families have repeatedly requested Maurice van Es to remove the photos from his
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Es was a member of the group on Facebook. When he joined, I wasn’t sure why he
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1546da3e-43cd-4520-b7ae-86398fe0d1e9" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="3778a062-7177-405d-b7c5-12a99dfa6183" grcontextid="joined:0">joined</span> but I thought <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="8a9da370-b0f8-44c2-b194-79c00b297cae" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="3778a062-7177-405d-b7c5-12a99dfa6183" grcontextid="being:1">being</span> an artist, maybe he was here to help the families.
Maybe use his skills to retouch a photo, call upon his friend to help. That was
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ec522425-2a91-4056-a2ad-cb567a78c23b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="0ecb8d10-9c87-43ae-b84e-2b01d01feb10" grcontextid="the:0">the</span> naïve me. <br />
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My community has been through hell and back. Maurice van Es was a member of the
Facebook group, he never participated in the group more lurked and removed what
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="16c8293d-5a02-4e0d-8dfa-06e76403ea7e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ad3f254c-20a0-49df-8979-5251e7f0c543" grcontextid="he:0">he</span> wanted. If he had taken the time to
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="802481f0-cf04-44ee-90fe-1016a5201ac8" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c5dc7513-8e23-4202-8b65-b0821682880e" grcontextid="read:0">read</span> the page, he would have seen the heartache and stress the families were
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1404e10a-4ad1-4cae-9c50-263cdb12eb75" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2c8ed8bb-2923-48e2-8404-9f0a4c328a99" grcontextid="enduring:0">enduring</span>. This did not matter to him or
wired.com. He had free access to the families. If he truly believed he had <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="14325496-5774-4096-8cfa-6e62251290c0" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="725a9ef1-748c-4098-8fe0-6bfcb7ede751" grcontextid="good:0">good</span>
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="96ee750a-9acb-4c28-ad40-9afe00f79c6f" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b4c2db25-1042-46d8-971d-80d0e3d9f829" grcontextid="intentions:0">intentions</span>, why didn’t he just ask the families? He could have explained what he wanted, asked
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7a423c0f-8cf7-4d80-a497-3a1e3c3394c7" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="8a10cb34-41f8-4f03-bad2-ac655678eb8f" grcontextid="the:0">the</span> family and life would have rolled on. He could have shared what he had done
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1654274b-faf7-4ba4-a0d3-22f742b4c8a9" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="1525825e-7340-4ea3-97fe-b0224e07f5be" grcontextid="in:0">in</span> the group, however the families didn’t find out until I broke the news to
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7fd48b89-8232-4a9c-a3d1-86ce4268e221" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="0f6822b2-e726-49fa-8da0-b569ddad857f" grcontextid="them:0">them</span> yesterday after the final “irate” conversation with wired.com. The
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="c6092686-8696-44f8-8c53-c3312d12dd10" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="fab04754-fcd5-4937-8d96-d21d73d00cf4" grcontextid="families:0">families</span> are upset. They don’t know why Mr. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="05b69172-9fbd-4330-956b-b288c7058260" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="6912939c-6536-4115-812e-ef1f35a445c4" grcontextid="van:0">van</span> Es picked their photos. All
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="c6b9d39d-7c8e-4ca8-99c1-3baf79dd3de4" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2de1965b-1c13-4d59-a087-1af8aa1f54ec" grcontextid="they:0">they</span> want is answers. Answers, Mr. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="68a3ab50-c664-4cf8-ba78-1ff80f7a6ce2" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="58c8866b-e3f4-466b-9f22-e7dcf9f7b859" grcontextid="van:0">van</span> Es is not willing to give.</span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="c806fb89-2a54-44b3-b7ed-cb53c70d0b21" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="73362cea-ee96-46cb-9986-a428ec9501b1" grcontextid="removed:0">removed</span> himself from the group only after doing damage. As indicated all the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="2dad8cb4-0791-4448-8da7-3d67f035155c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="3495b4ce-1d48-42a2-9e2e-d8b2ce109a10" grcontextid="photos:0">photos</span> are down. We as a family, a community will determine what we will do to
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="a3791d6e-9e91-4061-8172-dbfa0563bc6a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="a3835718-23e2-4939-a1a5-19835f6d6067" grcontextid="keep:0">keep</span> the project going. We will not post photos publicly again.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Maurice van
Es has remained silent about his intent about the project. He hasn’t tried to
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ec89bcc1-035e-41f2-992c-368e9dff311d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="acc96648-17e2-4af8-8826-e820047c6196" grcontextid="clarify:0">clarify</span> what he wanted to do. He hasn’t apologized or even acknowledged the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d0479832-f19a-4d46-be9d-69bbe7c20f14" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ab845636-1cad-4f5a-a6dc-86faa2a54ac4" grcontextid="families:0">families</span>. Mr. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1fff1cc6-9d69-4408-8bdc-7b0fcb5184f8" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c3055139-a756-43f5-820f-ebb58fde98fb" grcontextid="van:0">van</span> Es </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What is more
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ae8092d0-fc83-4f72-854d-276cd3a3a527" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="a2b02289-dc02-49b1-a997-78494f9281c2" grcontextid="insulting:0">insulting</span> is the Mr. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="c2eabed1-d80b-4ac4-b17f-8e28c4492018" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e016228c-3d01-4e55-9d60-797bf9fc81a9" grcontextid="van:0">van</span> Es was in the group when the <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="111a1a6a-a2be-412b-816d-976a333802e6" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e016228c-3d01-4e55-9d60-797bf9fc81a9" grcontextid="firestorm:1">firestorm</span> happened when
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="cf45840a-1df3-4a6d-ab97-206feb9ced98" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="93c988cf-d1b9-43bf-839f-f2e4290a4caf" grcontextid="the:0">the</span> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="8800a398-089a-4e43-99d3-79c868a03cde" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="93c988cf-d1b9-43bf-839f-f2e4290a4caf" grcontextid="families’:1">families’</span> photos were removed from the town. Union Beach residents were
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e410e326-54a9-450f-91da-030c07194eca" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="7b2ab1f8-996a-4085-a7a6-aac8dd175dad" grcontextid="violated:0">violated</span> by Sandy. They are stressed, tired of fighting FEMA, insurance companies
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="41a3e319-474b-4e76-b0bc-8566b6e767bf" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="6033c3b0-cc6d-40a2-9977-f058a9a54d35" grcontextid="and:0">and</span> struggling to survive. As a town we are thankful beyond words that volunteers
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="c57eb497-259b-4884-985e-7e460b946790" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b26bbf7e-604d-4b61-a6cb-96a791d8e83d" grcontextid="are helping:0">are helping</span> the community. But sometimes the volunteers <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="602c2495-c4db-4557-a0f6-28f586dd35d9" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="00177589-a8f4-4086-b17d-a1e9e5a46c4b" grcontextid="over step:0">over step</span> their bounds
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="16f38cea-6d90-4db7-8b9a-40d33c7f3944" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9fa5375c-0075-4e62-8417-3431d41129b7" grcontextid="and:0">and</span> remove <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="afcd289e-0d4b-4d5f-bbd4-6acb91c8258a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9fa5375c-0075-4e62-8417-3431d41129b7" grcontextid="photos:1">photos</span>. When that happens we feel as if someone is violating us
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f4de1e66-434a-4043-9bec-1f226fcb99e6" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="190d33e6-5ca3-4e45-af7a-6c91cc115ee4" grcontextid="again:0">again</span>. If Mr. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="61cd16f8-7d25-426f-a140-e424ee9618e8" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e734ba5b-aa69-48f9-a054-6418a3ff771b" grcontextid="van:0">van</span> Es even remotely cared about the families we would have
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d0402653-43d1-429b-84df-ac5e8ab64671" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4d773673-e542-4e77-b407-e6e6552bd5d0" grcontextid="understand:0">understand</span> the passion and determination that Union Beach residents felt about
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="2e01e1fb-1387-41d8-830a-93ba96ff30dc" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="369e4167-27ca-4950-a0a0-8403e703d2a9" grcontextid="their:0">their</span> photos.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At the end
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ab0df4bc-5edc-4f10-a4b0-b539da1c42c2" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="bc8e94d5-50b7-4a04-81fa-4d1e46230d73" grcontextid="of:0">of</span> the day, this whole mess could have been so easily resolved is Mr. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="6ae9bf2c-8709-4a74-8312-66a798b71a11" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="82755884-0ae9-4fe4-b9d8-9d245e43ca53" grcontextid="van:0">van</span> Es
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e0c586d4-1709-4a32-be75-ab9e17ef0886" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="072f315c-3e3b-4b9e-81a1-f4c2478039fd" grcontextid="would:0">would</span> have been upfront and honest with the families. They may have embraced
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="55833d41-d2c2-475e-9d9a-e387a5932a24" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="dd2f3f86-b130-43ea-859f-724b5dd7c646" grcontextid="his:0">his</span> thoughts on the photos there could have been a great exchange of ideas.
However, Mr. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d7a7b307-fad7-40a6-944e-c9c69f0be02f" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="8b8697fa-b5dc-4f8e-8e33-ac23650e88aa" grcontextid="van:0">van</span> Es crossed a line that should never be crossed when it comes
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="48035c1c-e464-4917-bac7-373bafc58506" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="a77162b6-ef8f-4466-b25a-99ba11a118f0" grcontextid="to:0">to</span> survivors. Taking control away from the survivor when they are in <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ea609f29-24e9-4bb9-aa2c-1da8d74a55c3" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4ce76cf0-352c-4985-a1bf-b4980dc2ef87" grcontextid="survivor:0">survivor</span> mode
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="b732c6d9-70df-4a66-bee7-2a7bcb0d4417" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="8651f50a-7e69-4e4d-a10c-98a04b0b5ed1" grcontextid="is:0">is</span> dangers. We have so little control so we fight our hardest and loudest when
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4c05cd2c-8228-45dd-b318-ee6091b6ac4e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4fa905a9-9a57-437b-9290-9ecef0e80bc1" grcontextid="we:0">we</span> feel <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1313f26e-3f84-4d3c-80bf-c935dd841f29" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4fa905a9-9a57-437b-9290-9ecef0e80bc1" grcontextid="threated:1">threated</span>. And the little we hold sacred was taken. We are raw. We are
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0b54732e-8c83-4ff2-89ca-cda40d53761e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c00cef43-a441-4ad9-96cc-02d2e18ded65" grcontextid="emotional:0">emotional</span>. We are burdened beyond belief with things that only other natural disasters
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f381bb41-42e5-4145-b711-32ef2a532874" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9ce04031-07d7-4880-8261-59d8ef166715" grcontextid="survivors:0">survivors</span> can begin to understand. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="69d07a95-d8b5-4cbf-8e96-63628b5dc990" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="78cc777d-ede4-4be6-ae8f-6610f18897f5" grcontextid="natural:0">natural</span> disasters are tired of being taken advantage of. When our <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="408df2c1-9990-425e-9bca-a8a8bbb8b21e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="865eae4f-d293-44c1-84ba-218fb329f43e" grcontextid="lives were in:0">lives were in</span>
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="892ff32b-7463-405c-bfb1-c0e9c97869fd" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="f0c712cc-0aec-4b4b-bb2f-4626fa8ec3b1" grcontextid="shambled:0">shambled</span> we were front page news – we were <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7c00aca4-848d-46ee-bd54-603b8eb7988d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="f0c712cc-0aec-4b4b-bb2f-4626fa8ec3b1" grcontextid="news worthy:1">news worthy</span>. As recover started and
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="8540b3f1-488d-478f-a9ee-a553314e2df7" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="8f432594-940b-467c-9b2c-21858a4bc5a6" grcontextid="our:0">our</span> towns were knocked down one by one we stood tall and became the symbol for
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9e1d599d-5b11-4edf-a390-8728249d6eda" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="f2efdc96-a743-45c9-a188-712fa4d408db" grcontextid="strength:0">strength</span> on the front page. Six months later we <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ccace0c3-ad05-4378-9901-0c24ab549a16" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="8d125355-3b72-4ea9-8849-6f0f4f5253d8" grcontextid="are:0">are</span> yesterday news so we get
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="377f2899-0991-4daf-b1e7-e316b519dfaf" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2d63e212-338b-46e4-afeb-82377b2f999c" grcontextid="buried:0">buried</span> back in the community section. Recovery is no longer news worthy because
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7b87de5a-22ea-44c5-a72b-0739c5ecff2d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="667b4e42-39e0-455f-ba4e-f721540355e8" grcontextid="everyone:0">everyone</span> thinks things are “normal”. If normal meaning being apart from <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7c667881-908b-43ee-b07d-f61fd15d4d33" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="fad27c76-c6f4-4afc-a6b9-3bc4de6e0e1c" grcontextid="your:0">your</span>
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="b9aeedcf-8aa9-42bb-893d-45a057daa0eb" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d1b93e54-c764-4eec-aad0-e9dd2261924b" grcontextid="children:0">children</span>, parents, living in mold infested homes, living with no heat and
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="50c050d1-9414-450d-bf19-33159fb9e2dc" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="598702fb-101e-4c6a-86ff-75956f0389f3" grcontextid="watching:0">watching</span> your neighborhood one house at a time turn to rumble, yes we are the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="2343ccdc-2c1e-4880-9e4c-47db9a202962" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="324e29ae-0ce5-483b-89dc-0507333c0276" grcontextid="new:0">new</span> “normal”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Union Beach
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3b095015-44f8-4ba6-8da0-8c4a093c09cd" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="949906c5-b6b1-42ba-96f1-19a87b5cce3e" grcontextid="is:0">is</span> a friendly, caring and compassionate <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="899ff007-efb9-4cb9-b9dd-ffe63b2a58ff" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="949906c5-b6b1-42ba-96f1-19a87b5cce3e" grcontextid="town:1">town</span>. Mr. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="beb07904-79dd-4a6d-80ec-19504e95e1fa" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9c11aa91-464d-45dd-b4c2-5d920bbf7d0c" grcontextid="van:0">van</span> Es isn’t seeing that side
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1b20ca47-97f5-424f-8000-87c318e2c4c3" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="598d10a2-3db1-4cd5-9c0d-0a625f78612a" grcontextid="of:0">of</span> us because he kicked the hornets’ nest and ran away. If he wants Union Beach
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="a92ee18c-62b4-43cc-800d-8c267317ff76" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="5570fbfe-53fb-4afe-9e34-7966e8e44e87" grcontextid="families:0">families</span> to forgive him, he needs to apologize for taking advantage of them <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="146d7a0d-79c3-4144-b850-0b3305e26803" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="5570fbfe-53fb-4afe-9e34-7966e8e44e87" grcontextid="at:1">at</span>
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d6027499-f725-41b8-921b-7f2ca5ea4e7d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="cdd09a10-041a-4aee-93c6-7378779aa7c7" grcontextid="a:0">a</span> time of need. He needs to explain what he thought this would do for survivors.
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<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="997ef739-08a5-4df0-a743-0f5e45b4fc85" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="abb7455b-444b-46be-8667-0cd2693d506a" grcontextid="families:0">families</span> are asking for is Respect. Is that too much to ask Mr. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4e22c5b9-0ef4-447d-b7e1-96e563cd0362" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="62656b43-9788-42a9-8152-ee70aabc2154" grcontextid="van:0">van</span> Es? Is it too
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="6dc694c9-c138-45ca-baaf-310dce629e64" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="58e8b365-cbc3-4bad-8507-a9ec0f5e5f18" grcontextid="much:0">much</span> to give? It cost you nothing to say “I was wrong, please forgive me!” and
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="02dc1568-761c-4679-93c1-9c6cd51e9ef7" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="a5f12f70-60e0-4997-ad70-dcbc36993ee9" grcontextid="what:0">what</span> you gain is a community that could forgive you. You can do it, if you
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="906e6ff0-85c7-447f-857d-51209639cc48" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e6de958d-5e42-471c-825f-089758c66043" grcontextid="really:0">really</span> cared. If not, <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ec68a720-dd5d-41c2-8dc5-7fbafbd560a4" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b03c1428-827e-4d28-a22c-607ad9cfc0e4" grcontextid="than:0">than</span> you are a man with no integrity and I feel sad for
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1766e4fb-4c88-4863-9a73-b337e8641af1" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="63a4784b-0b40-42c7-ab77-df4e69925568" grcontextid="you:0">you</span>. A man without integrity can never be truly happy and healthy because
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="75796271-2bb0-48b8-9a86-96640ccfe4a5" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="982b74a5-ddb5-4041-aebd-fadbb66e696f" grcontextid="things:0">things</span> weigh you down.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I apologized
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="29651451-7ccd-44b4-ba96-5a1ffe64fad8" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d88f1576-98b8-43b9-85a2-ae2361ec42d7" grcontextid="to:0">to</span> the families for my part and asked for forgiveness. I have to face my
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3115b330-8f1c-435c-b89f-1516f74e2b77" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="3ec6f540-b6da-40d9-888c-ca72e9d89113" grcontextid="family:0">family</span>/ community <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1fb85bdc-da34-4907-b094-89e625ffd070" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="3ec6f540-b6da-40d9-888c-ca72e9d89113" grcontextid="daily:1">daily</span>. My community is forgiving but you need to come to them
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="a5c1a0c5-6b7f-4b88-a99a-65e1b524a83b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="bb042f3e-6bac-4f9a-9f61-ac141b14be7d" grcontextid="for:0">for</span> the forgiveness. You have to accept the consequences of your actions. If not, as I said, I am sad for you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-87790945016789820382013-03-27T18:32:00.000-04:002013-03-29T00:28:39.056-04:00His letter to me and my response Maurice van Es<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yesterday I opened my <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7045d59f-ce52-4127-9a6a-0db18c114429" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="23437f20-5a5a-40e9-adbc-7f639940957c" grcontextid="unionbeachmemories:0">unionbeachmemories</span> gmail account
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="8c356a37-9ac7-490c-9c0b-fbc4302eafe6" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="dc7ff89f-acf3-4a19-ab7b-8487e71a928f" grcontextid="to:0">to</span> find the following: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hi there- My name is Jakob Schiller and I'm a
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="cad56922-c383-496f-8003-8a24ddbe86c2" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="38d58ee7-12e8-44aa-b432-f3c99dd734ef" grcontextid="reporter:0">reporter</span> with Wired.com. I'm writing an article about a photographer named
Maurice van Es who has been using some of the photos from your site in a
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="950d88ed-fdc6-48e3-bad1-f8136bf291dd" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="bdb16a9c-7aca-4022-b702-90f9f5e89a8f" grcontextid="project:0">project</span> about the history of photography. He's interested in the way people's
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="8e141661-2cc3-483f-955d-a861f8bff375" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="6d29444e-31a1-4439-8cc2-b9046caf00a2" grcontextid="memories:0">memories</span> are stored in the photos and wants to explore how the lost photos you
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0674c2e0-9487-43d2-bacb-cee469b8e54d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b12a5616-0ba6-4902-bfad-5505fb9bb004" grcontextid="are:0">are</span> discovering might tell us something about our evolving relationship to a
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="36594066-8c07-45aa-9e53-b8f04627fc8b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="27188f34-9998-4e96-8348-bcc5868d1a3d" grcontextid="single:0">single</span> photo. I had a couple questions about your website and was going to see
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="eb39a49e-fd27-4c43-b959-88a442f048af" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9ee5d802-1507-4ed3-8854-25ec280e02f9" grcontextid="if:0">if</span> I could talk to someone on the phone. I'm on deadline today so if there is
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="75d1706e-e041-4ec8-8d5d-5a3862cdac81" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="fe22588c-fe5c-40af-99bc-7f0023ed0774" grcontextid="any:0">any</span> way to talk this afternoon that would be great, I really appreciate the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="766f8b91-6782-4168-be5f-338886905131" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="03500054-fcf1-42f3-908b-148a16cd85c4" grcontextid="help:0">help</span>. Best, Jakob </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">505-414-<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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This followed a heated phone conversation expressing my shock and dismay that someone
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="6dc5d90b-75a4-4eb5-920c-4c1c6af4e4e3" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="331cf63a-5533-4a7e-9f5f-1f484e01b29e" grcontextid="would:0">would</span> steal photos and use them for his own personal gain regardless of
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d30ef183-7c1d-4129-a164-d1dee96c69cd" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="46d94b48-ba8b-4b7d-b387-d2f86a460f85" grcontextid="financial:0">financial</span> or additional attention to their work/website. That <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d48bfe0b-039b-498d-a3a3-f38b76b89cde" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="14f6dadd-f3fa-4cef-9c28-71d247976dc7" grcontextid="is do not approve:0">is do not approve</span> of this, Maurice van Es never contacted me for permission and never told me what he was doing. I <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="5d88097b-4893-4111-8d95-936efe1c9727" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="1732ee28-ec0d-4692-9bb9-4dd75ad11185" grcontextid="am wasn't feeling:0">am wasn't feeling</span> bad, I was MAD as HELL and I am still am.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="b8d6048b-84c1-494e-943a-055cd235960b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4b73514b-8c1f-45ac-a84a-80a24236bb3c" grcontextid="reporter:0">reporter</span> called or <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7b6e3c51-e8ac-4559-a168-51175d739247" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4b73514b-8c1f-45ac-a84a-80a24236bb3c" grcontextid="skyped:1">skyped</span> with Maurice van Es<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">This is the letter that I received from him: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Dear Jeannette, (seriously - you don't know me, you use my last name was published on the website)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">I understood via Jakob Schiller (Wired.com) that
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="91a0e124-fd66-46b4-aac7-b084c07f52bc" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="583079ca-8800-4d76-acc9-62ba0fde0969" grcontextid="you:0">you</span> feel bad about me sharing a selection of photos that you collected after
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0a1bbce0-455a-4222-be34-166427ef5390" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="740b9886-6cd7-42f0-8a43-ae7a966e3e06" grcontextid="the:0">the</span> passing of Sandy. I first want to say I <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ac7f35ac-edf9-4385-884d-979fe35594cc" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="19e3b4fa-d0b5-49ce-89d8-e5976065591a" grcontextid="see:0">see</span> you as <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="087464ad-90a4-4362-81d7-15f5ad8b87aa" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="19e3b4fa-d0b5-49ce-89d8-e5976065591a" grcontextid="an:1">an</span> hero
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="6cd62ecc-d886-40a3-b1d2-5200e1e66e3e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4c60aac8-34eb-4791-88d4-c4d69f6312f7" grcontextid="doing:0">doing</span> this. Bringing all those photos back to their rightful owners. I so can
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="bdf407cf-cbfb-4279-9413-0c6ae0570e01" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="d6b23328-97e1-445a-9d9c-5a682c805b7d" grcontextid="imagine:0">imagine</span> what it means for them to have at least their photos back. What touches
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1a06586c-42d7-4cc9-b74d-d19611207838" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="cea3ab04-7181-4c51-b4fc-21ffa89c7f77" grcontextid="me:0">me</span> also is that the photos show the true power of photography in relation to
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="691f8f8a-c5e1-42d2-97ea-a72ca8d07e3d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="20229c5b-00fc-4743-9bc1-b1f68db2948e" grcontextid="memories:0">memories</span>. And show how valuable a photo still can be. (Especially nowadays,
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9d3972b0-07f9-4d8d-8da4-503eaee07041" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2914acb7-d128-4b45-bd24-59dc1dfb597b" grcontextid="when:0">when</span> we <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9efc0d8f-7bc4-48b0-adfa-ba42becf28c5" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2914acb7-d128-4b45-bd24-59dc1dfb597b" grcontextid="make:1">make</span> so much photos it is hard to find that true power of
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3d2704f2-bb3e-4473-b8e0-32429e26eceb" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e62551ff-1f62-4f92-b3c5-07b01916e1d5" grcontextid="photography:0">photography</span>) I really love that. In my work I am always searching for projects
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="2920c145-5910-4a26-bd2f-9e91a4f90346" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9a05556f-eebf-4aae-9082-842b6edc0d28" grcontextid="that:0">that</span> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="1e11bdb5-bc22-4cc0-9242-d7540913c895" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9a05556f-eebf-4aae-9082-842b6edc0d28" grcontextid="show:1">show</span> the most intense value of photography. That’s also why I am
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="55b49896-e4d8-4d4d-a745-839ef2fac08e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="cd6afc41-42c6-4409-92c2-baec3165d091" grcontextid="interested:0">interested</span> in the Sandy photos. </span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">What</span><span style="background-color: white;">’</span><span style="background-color: white;">s
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0d0c71b4-2fe3-4309-9459-7f244f30b092" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="fdaeed51-e67b-4a62-b1fb-b6abdfc4184f" grcontextid="important:0">important</span> for you to know is that: - I will NEVER use the photos to make
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d63f308e-e2a5-45d3-a482-a9c6454bc54e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="cd588299-cb62-4bb3-ad01-d4555dbda62e" grcontextid="financial:0">financial</span> profit. My intentions are good, caring and respectful. I try to tell
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="56378d10-bb28-46ee-8122-b333f5766d0f" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="7cf97344-fbcc-487c-8d05-ccc4f7abd710" grcontextid="the:0">the</span> story of Sandy in a whole new perspective and get a lot of reactions from
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="12823268-8093-4fa3-9b8c-384589f318e5" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ef7acc04-2bac-4807-a4e0-bb2ffee9dce7" grcontextid="people:0">people</span> who see the photos. They are really touched by the situation the victims
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="40d4fbd2-36e0-419f-8db7-eee6da63219f" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="683e8761-bb6c-4c27-8d8c-15603f24837b" grcontextid="were:0">were</span> in and can imagine the impact of Sandy better after seeing the photos. And
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9060fb0c-5919-43ea-9154-92f8c8457cc1" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="785c04c8-b605-445b-a6c0-82331812426d" grcontextid="most:0">most</span> of all they show the vulnerability of life. This way the photos serve a
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4daf6c3e-2936-4c6c-bf7c-4d2da33aa813" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="a3421e3a-51f5-4cb0-85ff-2e43113c0ae2" grcontextid="bigger goal:0">bigger goal</span>. I <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="963e313b-51c0-4df4-8da8-4cf44fc27da9" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4486410b-48da-4258-b84a-cf3456597234" grcontextid="never present:0">never present</span> myself as the owner of the pictures. I
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e09673a2-4b5d-4521-b07e-17791a14b48b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="52dbea11-925a-40d4-9c49-26d2b4f82955" grcontextid="always:0">always</span> refer to the context of how they are found and <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_noSuggestion GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7329b39d-c25f-4e16-886b-10028e077972" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="52dbea11-925a-40d4-9c49-26d2b4f82955" grcontextid="rephotographed:1">rephotographed</span> in
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3611d73e-f2e6-4066-b2c1-b2a749a700db" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b9d1e194-3da1-40ff-92c3-6450a2010a6a" grcontextid="order to find their:0">order to find their</span> rightful owners. And when there is an online publication
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="04086c29-956f-4e80-be1d-a7deb13eaefa" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="8da1e274-124e-416c-bd6d-885cb3a97a16" grcontextid="about:0">about</span> it, I always will refer to your website. I hope we can understand each
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="10dc4c75-d879-4eff-8209-9358034a7eb5" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c0b3bbcf-e8b9-4d16-947a-5887614a8012" grcontextid="other:0">other</span> better, because we are on the same side, we both <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d9b331d1-1288-48c6-b312-c984643944d4" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c0b3bbcf-e8b9-4d16-947a-5887614a8012" grcontextid="recognise:1">recognise</span> the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="19661623-7f61-4a7d-b73e-d263245878aa" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e67a216d-8476-4710-b7f2-972be7078f61" grcontextid="intense value:0">intense value</span> of photography in relation to the persons that were <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="dc56d808-afa8-4100-b6da-b29dc255db0f" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e67a216d-8476-4710-b7f2-972be7078f61" grcontextid="victim:1">victim</span> of
Sandy. </span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"> Best,</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"> Maurice
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="8b15f474-e86e-4d86-8b97-56d7da4e6bb8" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="156bb9ad-7bad-4732-9265-c5ad5fe86511" grcontextid="van:0">van</span> Es</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Hello! Mr. <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="acd784ba-a3dc-41b7-9e51-613acad7177b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ebcca786-8d3e-43e9-a885-f9d96aadf6b8" grcontextid="van:0">van</span> Es</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am physically and emotional upset over this.
Although you feel we are on the same side, we are different ends of an
American football field. You think because you had good intentions
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e1f373dc-b4c7-47de-9d83-debd77f4555a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2aa68c6d-28f6-49ac-809b-3ea506fb4fef" grcontextid="wrote:0">wrote</span> me that I would just say "Okay he contacted me".</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My concern about using the Union Beach memories photos
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d0d6abf6-b424-4e17-b0c7-825ef445e217" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ec499a12-f5fd-4606-aad8-dbd07442a09c" grcontextid="is:0">is</span> that they are not mine or yours to share. I post them
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="a4546dcb-2d7d-4b1d-8ad0-e01595361dde" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4aa3e9b1-acdf-4cff-bb49-1a58e18ad1eb" grcontextid="on:0">on</span> Facebook and Wix (which will be taken
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="69e30317-e575-4ecd-bc12-abd82154d848" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="66a6dec7-0e1e-408a-a583-522c3fa18add" grcontextid="down:0">down</span> after this mess) because I wanted to find the owners not because
I am trying to share with the world the experience of the photos. The
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="a1953e19-ca00-4f50-bcdb-3975dfae0639" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="6a448eea-ee15-44fd-9ca6-265c0b8a2b65" grcontextid="families:0">families</span>, my family didn’t ask for this and never asked for <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="009c35e9-2c04-4859-9c18-0b67d8413e34" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="6a448eea-ee15-44fd-9ca6-265c0b8a2b65" grcontextid="their:1">their</span>
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3b0f5d8d-0f68-4176-a721-427f33fd396d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="a7350065-e54b-4c85-aa05-4139a08c9f31" grcontextid="photos:0">photos</span> to be posted. For me to post the photos on Facebook and a
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e8344cb8-eda9-4854-a967-d4b42ec7ee65" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9c7aaaa1-de83-4ecf-95d9-4faf20700c02" grcontextid="website:0">website</span> was a <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9d3023e6-c7e2-4d0c-afa8-ffc6aff9890b" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="a01ded26-f854-40a7-8ade-5b47af4e14a8" grcontextid="last:1">last</span> resort.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You cannot even being to understand or image the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="5ede236d-8e69-4597-88a1-58104d0241b0" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="1b28949b-879d-47d4-a8e9-1cea08048300" grcontextid="violation:0">violation</span> that one feels to know about seeing your personal life
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7efeb1f8-2fad-4c44-ac3b-2a5fbb30f308" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="f4710f49-ae82-4a34-b80a-dd7098b63db5" grcontextid="shared:0">shared</span> without your permission. Our intentions do no matter
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="5cde9cb2-2cff-41cf-bfa3-8559ecb3c364" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4db816e1-5beb-4f15-9a8c-d4a972cc498f" grcontextid="because:0">because</span> the only thing that matters is that as the owner of the photo
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="88d2ecb5-1dec-40d9-bc58-d768ee255196" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9bb178ba-4dfa-4cbd-86f8-792f002ea1e2" grcontextid="you:0">you</span> don’t want it shared with the world you wanted it back in your
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="3c039cb4-7fee-4268-9776-cd93d350af76" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="123cf849-c8aa-4ef6-9685-9f0a279f9818" grcontextid="hand:0">hand</span>.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">You are trying to tell a story that isn't your story
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ffcf4cba-c4f0-4558-8ec8-5d1fee0caf7d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="93b0b964-1438-47b9-bf7c-2e7bfd37a18d" grcontextid="to:0">to</span> tell. You were not affected by the storm. You didn't lose
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="2c5b58e7-c86f-4408-8edb-d45860ef446a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="cddb5dbd-3a27-47aa-a82b-2500613bc23c" grcontextid="everything:0">everything</span> in your life that you worked so hard to purchase and gather.
You didn't fight for your life as the water began to rise and
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="fa36fad3-f412-4a44-9cb0-7eacdcc1c63a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="44f116c1-c0d7-4d9a-a326-87f3cf07f4fb" grcontextid="the:0">the</span> only thing you worried about is that you might not make it to see
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="011f8012-4f36-453b-ae9f-b71fc84f7a9f" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="954a7ac1-8d3c-452d-a192-5eda2b061017" grcontextid="your:0">your</span> loved. You didn't see your whole world crumble as the storm raged. You
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="74a530be-a944-4830-a34f-2df28674b887" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="dbb4b552-3ab6-4ca3-b2d5-ca8b2c6cc569" grcontextid="didn’t:0">didn’t</span> have <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="6c662564-e9aa-4761-a5e6-5765f2131227" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="dbb4b552-3ab6-4ca3-b2d5-ca8b2c6cc569" grcontextid="towrite:1">to write</span> a farewell letter tuck it into your clothing and
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="41917dbf-9bdd-4132-8518-64457caa5d33" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b0d8e59a-82fe-4127-beb0-d4b2590e45b8" grcontextid="pray:0">pray</span> that someone would <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ee6f4d9d-d1c1-43b3-83ec-b1f3bd78dd24" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b0d8e59a-82fe-4127-beb0-d4b2590e45b8" grcontextid="findthe:1">find the</span> note so your loved ones knew you
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="2733ea6d-9cc4-4c79-bc9b-8c65fb57986f" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="a346e18b-7e67-4395-8e7a-a6acf0fdc8c6" grcontextid="loved:0">loved</span> them. You don't know what it is <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="faf2b8c1-4db9-447b-9787-44816675816c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="49b061ad-6d25-4d63-a0b9-89f516a59547" grcontextid="liketo:0">liketo</span> have your life turned
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="d3639e55-eb6f-449b-9bf1-bb064a9ba66e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="59c17dfe-b538-4ca6-bd9b-50cc1afd5aeb" grcontextid="upside:0">upside</span> down and inside out. People cannot even begin to understand it
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="2e78205f-ba5b-47ee-bf13-da2de4d1fe45" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c39260b5-1c41-4d9d-bf27-291c23f7e503" grcontextid="unless:0">unless</span> they experienced the storm. You see these just
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="a83d86e6-70c2-472a-8a93-fb5c1c138e23" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="cd06eba0-68d5-4744-8523-5e9c6ae7db7a" grcontextid="as:0">as</span> photos of memories. However, I see them as my family. A family
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="92c32901-81c4-4309-8861-f9d75b99ce0f" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="09cf4ca1-9cd9-4618-b373-6b4a3ed5f736" grcontextid="that:0">that</span> is lost. A family that their lives were destroyed. My utmost
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9d2e0d79-2292-455c-9ec3-205d8f2dc901" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c5329cc6-7255-4ba8-b3f8-9786cd0c8aba" grcontextid="concern:0">concern</span> is not about the story you want to tell but for my families
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="db2e6003-598e-4ae6-a324-60fe6cf51b0a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="15f78816-ef3b-4297-9937-ec3d0631b8b7" grcontextid="well:0">well</span> being. Again you can’t understand the fragile nature of this
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4f1a86ad-9911-4e45-addb-9e532dab3a75" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="486ccb0f-ea44-4eb3-8a63-c32ebaea7124" grcontextid="because:0">because</span> you don’t know anything about these families. You are
Seeing this as a means to an end while I see this as a means <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="2ee47a0e-e84e-4a8c-a45d-7f9115db6617" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e2db0dde-0dcc-4367-8936-485f48a52c56" grcontextid="to:0">to</span> the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0305f508-a183-4030-8e01-95ab7f48c8a3" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="1f335c39-604d-4d89-85e1-3402dcf773cf" grcontextid="beginning:0">beginning</span>.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The photos that I was blessed with finding were a
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ee80ed3c-ce89-498f-81bf-78847ee13f99" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9337cbbb-5bc9-4100-8a65-cbd66e61908e" grcontextid="glimpse:0">glimpse</span> into the possibility. A possibility that you can never begin
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4a1d9242-3fde-4782-8d50-34e511129238" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="716124ad-f223-44f8-806f-450c2b38c05b" grcontextid="to:0">to</span> tell because you have not lived the hell that my friends, family and the <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="848427ca-b6e7-4431-999f-28ccc76256e4" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="1283def1-f50d-4dbf-a37d-8e15ff504cc4" grcontextid="community:0">community</span> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="504d392e-967c-486f-a706-41b36e86cd2f" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="f6bbe21b-e07a-4802-beab-196ec930dcd1" grcontextid="has:1">has</span>. You randomly took photos because they looked good
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ea08b0c9-d81e-414d-92d4-3eaf408dfbdf" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="3efa162e-4db2-4cf1-b6d5-85bf1d5ff81b" grcontextid="to:0">to</span> you. You feel that you are doing something positive, good and <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="498f2131-4482-428c-a209-6a57874139da" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ee1838ef-0112-42ac-8aeb-4f25412daf3c" grcontextid="noill:0">noill</span> harm,
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="c4180d03-630b-4402-a415-b69c8d20092d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="1ca4ed6d-14ae-4f59-ab1a-10777d83bcf3" grcontextid="however:0">however</span> you are not looking at it from the standpoint of the victim. Me as a
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="662bedf7-a29a-43bb-82e6-e84bc8163857" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4b170425-1329-421c-abc1-30bdfd7c5324" grcontextid="survivor:0">survivor</span> of the storm that destroyed my family, community and property <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="5589e4a2-2f86-4854-b876-968a5d3cdbbc" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4b170425-1329-421c-abc1-30bdfd7c5324" grcontextid="sees:1">sees</span> it
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="023a925d-ced0-4a5e-8046-bd2630dbf761" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2f07a8a9-5f99-41e9-8e69-aba128c342c6" grcontextid="as:0">as</span> another assault that I didn't ask for. At least with Sandy there was a
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="c0fa09c9-4c8b-445d-9a6e-c2e67a8d0266" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9f379463-1932-4790-be25-c39a83c56860" grcontextid="warning:0">warning</span>. With you, no warning. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am offended, insulted, saddened that someone thinks
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4aa82f28-abd0-4144-9df2-24a907573049" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="df4bb159-a35e-471d-95f2-3beccec8cf88" grcontextid="because:0">because</span> something is posted on a website they can take those images
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="20f63d96-af14-4b8f-88ee-2e2dcd625302" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e6138505-fcca-4cd6-8cb9-1051d91c3421" grcontextid="and:0">and</span> just use them for their own purpose. Regardless of your intentions,
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="4b2b38ed-a6e1-4827-8a92-3ef69eb942e1" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="597e03ec-2cfe-4013-9489-4e05f6fed9d6" grcontextid="you:0">you</span> are ethically wrong. Would you walk into a <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="77909a31-0da6-4f0b-b550-2dbc323fd1e9" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b924543c-c5c1-4986-8356-024f08fbeb50" grcontextid="families:0">families</span> home, go
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9bc4ca0b-b6d8-4bbd-a01c-59137679140e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="fabe6cef-0c90-4472-952f-8380ecebe49d" grcontextid="through:0">through</span> their photo albums and remove photos? Would you go to Flickr
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="93e0cdae-8fea-4739-97f3-7229cf5c6ffa" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="29b294cc-d1f3-4043-898e-6aaf52f217ab" grcontextid="and:0">and</span> remove an image so you could share your thoughts? How would you
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ab5894f6-1574-4ab2-9f94-ca71a43d9c93" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="5c8261a1-e791-450e-8bf6-c555d2519f2b" grcontextid="feel:0">feel</span> if I took your photos of your parents, your first car or photos
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Would you not be upset?</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There is absolutely no reason you didn't contact me
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0cb056c5-403e-46b9-9c68-230692e7610c" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="7eafec1e-f4a7-41e5-96bb-809c1a216bcc" grcontextid="through:0">through</span> the website and discuss what you wanted to do. You were
Obviously on the website to view the photos and “borrow”. Yet, you
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="908e1095-e771-4693-96c5-6d87fafa9c84" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="27363e59-5092-42cd-96ed-20c85ded181d" grcontextid="couldn’t:0">couldn’t</span> take the 3 minutes to contact me like <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="21f7966c-6a30-411d-a045-649bdf292950" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="27363e59-5092-42cd-96ed-20c85ded181d" grcontextid="youdid:1">youdid</span> tonight?
You could have reached out to me at any point but you didn’t.
You didn't give a second thought to the families and how they would feel. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">If you would have contacted me prior
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="05a0ea09-032d-4f46-aa27-6fddd11f19ad" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="7dee5605-0ff3-4ad1-8e52-2fe517e928c9" grcontextid="to:0">to</span> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="17496f40-9077-47f5-93b0-fb3f84922eb7" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="7dee5605-0ff3-4ad1-8e52-2fe517e928c9" grcontextid="exploiting:1">exploiting</span> the images, I am sure I could have spoken to the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="cb2bc6ad-62e8-4013-b025-22596d6b0131" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="48b5e9b8-6b67-48b6-afc5-816e52f9b373" grcontextid="families:0">families</span>, let you know which photos the families agreed for you to use
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f4e1f72d-f426-4014-85f0-073c98f341ba" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="7f8aaf5a-a63a-469d-b961-8d508983cf00" grcontextid="and:0">and</span> helped you get permission from the families. I might have even
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="c49fe744-74fb-44f0-92f6-cd753df3dbc7" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="20a3af41-4ad8-4ff7-aace-bbf57a042ec6" grcontextid="been:0">been</span> able to get the families to talk to you about the specific
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="b170f826-2753-4f65-8d0b-c670fd7eaec0" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ad80ef0e-f878-44e3-950c-77dfb59de45f" grcontextid="photos:0">photos</span> and their memories. However, at this moment, I am not inclined to agree
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I am requesting that you remove the images from your
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="0d7664a4-59ea-4e81-b6b5-1b04259bcf05" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2058bd84-8919-44b6-a02b-af2a30b435b7" grcontextid="website:0">website</span>, blog and stop using the photos. I have been in contact with
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9db28927-71e1-4f38-a07e-8d35ae41dd7e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="4297d884-0d7b-4423-a336-168b243bb9c4" grcontextid="an:0">an</span> intellectual property attorney and will press the issue if needed.
That is how strongly I feel that you do not understand the stress,
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="563b4bb4-7c25-461e-817d-4737b3436b96" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="31c9a8e5-03ec-47ff-b738-cf0a7fc10b35" grcontextid="trauma:0">trauma</span> and pain you have caused me or the families the
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e9d0c050-c968-4af7-a6b4-9458426fa83d" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="3ee68709-f2c1-4afa-aa49-4c2711ad54ac" grcontextid="photos:0">photos</span> belong to.</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Although you don’t believe you are benefitting
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="127bc4b4-c0f2-4b60-b53f-aa6ef9a36ffc" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e64a4475-4be8-43d2-94f5-4eddf467dc20" grcontextid="financially:0">financially</span> from what you are doing, are you not driving traffic to
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="f107bdb0-34a3-480e-9c42-536ca13b09d7" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2a916c88-91d3-4452-a50e-7f78f1e6544a" grcontextid="your:0">your</span> website? Are you not, having articles written about what you are
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="8fdc9223-9dcd-40eb-a1a1-a0bff42f35d4" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="b52cf990-628c-4e44-a8d9-a560eafabe15" grcontextid="doing:0">doing</span>? I see that all as a benefit to you. I don’t see a single benefit to
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7a4874b1-da91-4fb1-9fa5-318583910493" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9b1ccc75-c725-4559-be4c-34303761dbcf" grcontextid="the:0">the</span> families that are trying to survive 5 months later. Hardworking families that
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="b384a5c4-5732-4a2f-a74c-2ae6b5010841" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="9f1c79e4-432c-47ed-9de1-2baf8cdcd878" grcontextid="are:0">are</span> trying to get their lives together. Families that
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7fb8e2a5-d198-4d16-a641-8cf423ed0ee2" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="cf232fdc-16c9-437e-bcb5-ad504bf0d891" grcontextid="huddle:0">huddle</span> together to stay warm because they have no heat in there
<span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="58d34512-3568-4e95-8cc5-877a7c871635" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="e49f843b-6c7a-4d04-9979-20c46284c83f" grcontextid="homes:0">homes</span>. Families that don’t know if they will ever have their lives
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Thank you for contacting me. I wish you the best of luck. I
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Jeannette Van Houten<br />
Caretaker of the photos</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Union Beach Memories</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Today I spoke with the editor for the reporter and he says I don't own the copyright to the photos and that wired.com can use the photos because of fair use according to the editor they don't even need families permission to use the photos because<br /><br />1) <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="2a7f62b2-3d9c-4bfa-9ebd-1c89c9833f73" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="c1f974d8-7eb4-44d8-bd6c-c375b9066196" grcontextid="they:0">they</span> are a new worthy event.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2) Once the photos are published on the web they are fair game. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I don't believe number 2 and I will have to continue to speak to legal experts about this. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What have I learned:</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">1) <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="ff4df5f3-fba4-488b-b170-4a60fcd10461" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2abebe7c-613d-44bd-9ce7-b1672c6eb743" grcontextid="the:0">the</span> website now has no <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="7f04ab57-6e1d-44d7-add8-3ba1428ca960" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="2abebe7c-613d-44bd-9ce7-b1672c6eb743" grcontextid="gallary:1">gallary</span>. Since there are people will abuse the photos and not treat them like someone they care about, the photos have been removed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">2) <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="9076aa40-d2d4-4e89-9053-c3c0c80e136a" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ec9a8ed0-0375-4b7a-80ab-f21fe44a9b2b" grcontextid="the:0">the</span> <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="361b1704-f9e0-47f3-b7da-1df2e22a503e" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="ec9a8ed0-0375-4b7a-80ab-f21fe44a9b2b" grcontextid="facebook:1">facebook</span> page that has helped reunite families with their photos will no longer have photos published there.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">3) <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="e2bd697f-e61d-41d5-93c5-a885bad7e9cd" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="34443652-0b17-4d75-9868-ab5a4908f10f" grcontextid="learned:0">learned</span> that regardless of what is right, a company and other people will always do what they feel regardless if it is wrong. Other peoples feelings don't matter as long as they are turning a buck or getting their <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="b324dc6e-819a-4c33-bc2d-37c38ae427d8" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="fc10cf95-e5c7-40b5-a541-efbc33938e33" grcontextid="name:0">name</span> out there.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The most important thing that I have learned is that I have caused pain to the families. I posted the photos to <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="10825a68-e281-4d1b-a03d-e8ebd0bb8c98" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="0a557e98-09ff-4c4d-b49e-3ba3640d8d5b" grcontextid="facebook:0">facebook</span> and website because I wanted to return the photos to their owners. There was no personal gain. However, in doing this, I have caused the families' pain. Their photos are being used without permission. I will continue to perform my service but wired.com and Maurice van Es has made the job 1000 times more difficult. They have shown me that people that are out for personal gain is greater than <span class="GINGER_SOFATWARE_correct" ginger_sofatware_markguid="90f38707-494b-4c8e-8f65-e61d6abc91cc" ginger_sofatware_uiphraseguid="f475aed3-c243-4814-9739-53f9873abeb5" grcontextid="victims:0">victims</span> rights.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I hope they are happy with themselves. They have stopped helping families heal and now caused more stress. But congratulations hope you get what you wanted.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-56237956381845126822013-03-11T00:10:00.003-04:002013-03-11T00:20:36.406-04:00The Answer is No Progress. What was the Question?<br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I drive through my hometown of Union Beach the landscape <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="changes:0" grmarkguid="fb198295-53d8-4259-a294-832d9f00ce8e" gruiphraseguid="9850344f-d089-4642-b3f1-3ef75c4c99ca">changes</span> before me. The water rises and recedes leaving the aftermath of debris
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="from:0" grmarkguid="4c428c30-ec34-4234-971c-198e9d4e5288" gruiphraseguid="a72c071e-47f7-4beb-89ca-e1830d4c499e">from</span> the storm that changed the town and the lives forever. Pieces of decking,
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="house:0" grmarkguid="52611754-3c82-40c9-9301-551962564142" gruiphraseguid="b41ff3ee-0f72-49fe-9b42-f018b7ec5cb3">house</span> and children's toys. These things will wash ashore for years to come.
Many of the residents want to have hope, they want to have their community
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="however:0" grmarkguid="dccb3eb4-cea8-4c69-a4eb-d10bd4f83bab" gruiphraseguid="96593bb0-8af0-4f0b-a31c-2e0e2c15ac15">however</span> many are feeling lost. Many of the residents are feeling let down by
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="their:0" grmarkguid="af4fc676-02a3-4154-b50a-61be3931157d" gruiphraseguid="dda8b5a8-d202-459a-8c7f-b1c4444b39bc">their</span> insurance companies, FEMA, their state and town counsel. Many are asking
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="how:0" grmarkguid="c5826fb4-d2c5-49e9-b5ab-9b00d07796c5" gruiphraseguid="7357b043-4dff-4596-9db4-14650d20a3d8">how</span> do we rebuild when everyone is on to the next big story. As I drive, the big story is that the Princess house is gone, the Whale house is gone, the Castle house is gone. Is my house next? Is it my neighbor? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I drive through my town I see families trying to gather <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="their:0" grmarkguid="26ba9e5e-6a12-4eae-82a2-97c32bea9199" gruiphraseguid="50be5e1c-efc1-4ecc-ae33-67b29b4a3ee7">their</span> belongings, <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="surverying:0" grmarkguid="0cedd7ec-8d08-49eb-ad62-dfd29e95e31e" gruiphraseguid="565c8f6f-10c3-4cba-984f-1da730845394">surverying</span> their homes and seeing what is left of their lives. I see the landmarks are gone, homes
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="made:0" grmarkguid="85e0f2f2-0f5d-4b90-96da-73997c463390" gruiphraseguid="2b909730-a69f-4f28-bb9e-a09e80d9eee8"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="left:0" grmarkguid="a58fb042-f8d4-4d1c-bdf0-1126904116cf" gruiphraseguid="401b0716-551b-41cc-b144-9837144fd069">left</span> in heaps of </span>rubble and empty lots where homes used to be. This is my new normal.
My new normal isn’t about who planted flowers, who put a new swing set up or
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="who:0" grmarkguid="fdf4f7c0-da0d-4d19-8fdb-5203520ccd1e" gruiphraseguid="28217d78-4ac5-4d11-acf6-cb13c3a21ea5">who</span> got a new car. It is about seeing home after home crushed into rubble and
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="carted:0" grmarkguid="1d395d70-5903-4723-9b14-90d8fc13bedb" gruiphraseguid="6ded72fa-3aff-4ef2-b445-dae2e0be455d">carted</span> away like garbage instead of pieces of someones American dream, their lives.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I drive through my town, I realize that my town will never be
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="the:0" grmarkguid="9a4ad8ff-dd3d-49dd-a1c4-12b6cf598e45" gruiphraseguid="9c458c0b-991b-426a-86de-2eb4e16de3b8">the</span> same. Families have grown tired of the fight to preserve the American
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="dream:0" grmarkguid="37733d94-6486-4097-a250-4b1b27483c12" gruiphraseguid="36079627-5125-47b0-9c68-7083069928a4">dream</span>. They just want somewhere to call home, somewhere they can rest a weary
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="head:0" grmarkguid="a13511a4-3350-4d09-babe-f3cd099c84c5" gruiphraseguid="d06fc3f7-f4b9-4798-b992-1aea907d3854">head</span> at night that isn’t a busted out shell or having 4 people living <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="to:1" grmarkguid="cfc1cae7-aeba-4609-8a6e-62c10e41c89e" gruiphraseguid="d06fc3f7-f4b9-4798-b992-1aea907d3854">to</span> a
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="bedroom:0" grmarkguid="e3206fbb-e33b-4ac1-b795-5cbd4760616c" gruiphraseguid="10c52b02-bec8-48ab-a53e-292aa1db3324">bedroom</span>. Families want to know what about me? Am I not as important as <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="your:0" grmarkguid="ff681fa5-fad6-48d8-9b02-0e9a128d0049" gruiphraseguid="f8c9a426-d4f2-4f4e-b0be-fa177dae43e2">your</span>
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="bottom:0" grmarkguid="42ead537-952b-41ee-bd93-60561a01f22a" gruiphraseguid="7022689c-7cf7-42f3-9978-c51058d6b91b">bottom</span> line? Am I not your equal? Why do I get different treatment than the
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="person:0" grmarkguid="53e77d5e-0ea4-46a0-a982-fd8bc7803ed3" gruiphraseguid="cc406acb-e357-41cb-b299-2da10dbf1564">person</span> that owns the million dollar home?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I sit looking at the bay, I read an article about the
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="insurance:0" grmarkguid="4d260ed3-a1d7-4596-b564-ffc11ef825e8" gruiphraseguid="3ba4b565-e9b8-4b89-b83c-683ef060134f">insurance</span> companies' rights. I read that they don't feel the consumers need
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="protection:0" grmarkguid="2292888e-8f9e-4a85-a2f6-69336f6a4cac" gruiphraseguid="95d7b43f-ae61-4e56-af92-5304b8c61f79">protection</span> because there are safeguards in place already. As I sit here looking
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="at:0" grmarkguid="2bb4bf70-f520-44db-b612-c1fae215d0b5" gruiphraseguid="eb41b619-8e43-498d-9cd5-48cc4c35d90e">at</span> the bay over 120 days from when the storm hit <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="wondering:1" grmarkguid="0ef00699-d144-4f2c-9cce-f311294a8602" gruiphraseguid="eb41b619-8e43-498d-9cd5-48cc4c35d90e">wondering</span> where in NJ does <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="my:2" grmarkguid="5a16b660-2261-4561-8e78-dd0c4f7a88a5" gruiphraseguid="eb41b619-8e43-498d-9cd5-48cc4c35d90e">my</span>
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="insurer:0" grmarkguid="b603ef45-2473-47a1-823f-8400c989d9a7" gruiphraseguid="f944aef4-5644-4e21-931b-163c3586f81a">insurer</span> believe I can find a builder to build me my American dream for $55 a
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="square:0" grmarkguid="72968174-67b1-4813-8568-f2ff7f41cb46" gruiphraseguid="aaf59cea-d313-48a2-8975-5a87966d9477">square</span> foot? I can't even rent a two bedroom apartment for that. I sit with
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="curiosity:0" grmarkguid="39c69b74-f2e3-4a24-89ca-e8427dedd666" gruiphraseguid="7b7d9773-1416-4d8a-a88e-bd50abfce57f">curiosity</span> does the insurance company have a special in with the sheet rock
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="companies:0" grmarkguid="632d59c2-4667-4d06-a988-2fb6884a7826" gruiphraseguid="e8a361eb-3235-4ae1-945d-1515cbc16e93">companies</span> because I just went to home depot and it cost me $8.65 a board but
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="you:0" grmarkguid="ebce8361-40b3-4694-b921-35009dd61e1d" gruiphraseguid="0aa7e2c1-5c44-4a14-895b-5051bd6b0281">you</span> want to pay me $2 a sheet. You know what you can do with that $2 a sheet?
You can purchase some toilet paper. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="Safe guards:0" grmarkguid="9642b5d5-b130-4ae5-9f1e-669b2171a2bc" gruiphraseguid="78a00dbd-e196-4fcd-9a92-53b1645656f7">Safe guards</span> would be that the consumer can fight you and win not just watch while you get a slap on the wrist. <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="Safe guards:0" grmarkguid="9d49ad4c-fa8d-418a-b89e-e4fac5bdbeb2" gruiphraseguid="c6197182-5c1a-4371-b473-5ffb097d3f9d">Safe guards</span> mean that the consumers get to hear from their insurance company in a reasonable amount of time not when you throw a dart at the dart board and say it is your lucky day. <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="Safe guards:0" grmarkguid="74897b0c-8f45-461e-a0ae-6b4e6ffc9ade" gruiphraseguid="9247719e-d190-4853-8d04-d63a584363f4">Safe guards</span> are about consumers having a voice and being heard. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I sit looking over the bay that betrayed us on 10/29, I
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="wonder:0" grmarkguid="6e57beb2-2674-407b-8768-a059bd404af7" gruiphraseguid="eed373c3-5ce4-49fa-98ec-d2cbeb04369c">wonder</span> what the lobbyist, insurance executive, and lawyers were doing as the
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="water:0" grmarkguid="7fe03b67-f3e1-4fa4-80ef-d3e883ef4cb4" gruiphraseguid="3ed378fa-8c97-4950-946f-a5d37410a583">water</span> pushed up the coast and into the back bays like Union Beach? Were they holding their family members tight?
Did they have to keep moving up to get away from the water? Did they need to
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="make:0" grmarkguid="844a34a3-754f-45af-a190-19e2f322bfe3" gruiphraseguid="e93a7ecc-1529-477c-a540-957e6dbfc35b">make</span> that phone call telling their loved ones “I am scared, I have to let you
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="know:0" grmarkguid="3c585d01-ff65-4263-b4ec-0c3f0b2a8773" gruiphraseguid="8b106300-d875-44f2-8942-e5d388245048">know</span> I love you. I may not make it out of this alive”. Did they fear that the
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="place:0" grmarkguid="476a8699-34e4-42a4-9665-391afb237b10" gruiphraseguid="3f7b6919-e8e4-45ce-a4c1-bcefcd38bdba">place</span> they called home was getting hit after hit of the waves, a mile in from
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="the:0" grmarkguid="ccb59d75-c3ac-4ab9-87b7-b6e0277529f1" gruiphraseguid="1b9391ff-e50d-4533-b0ce-f46b77664ae7">the</span> water? Were they thinking that everything they worked so hard for would not
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="be:0" grmarkguid="c7437934-d216-4347-812a-7513250a6fb2" gruiphraseguid="77827ac9-6749-4c5f-95f3-86114141ecec">be</span> in there in the morning light? Or did they all sit around their executive
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="tables:0" grmarkguid="50c853bb-d335-4c9f-b6ed-89acd7090890" gruiphraseguid="c8efc5be-3289-4df4-9151-bb5e3469aba3">tables</span> trying to figure out how they can save their bottom line and screw the
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="policy:0" grmarkguid="a6e3fd9a-dad1-464d-aa93-079798320ee2" gruiphraseguid="a0ed43ef-dc49-43b2-9b22-45a686512180">policy</span> owners? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I sit looking over the bay, I remember the days following the
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="storm:0" grmarkguid="f2976c25-3244-486c-8467-168e32094da2" gruiphraseguid="2a4e942d-e52e-4c6b-a5fa-4597f081659a">storm</span>. Insurance companies promising to do right by the homeowners, the
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="President:0" grmarkguid="f78f2a20-f26c-493a-b76c-6dd7ea861b83" gruiphraseguid="e66f494c-70fc-4ba3-b985-a7fa8274b298">President</span> <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="promising:1" grmarkguid="6c7f0cc0-fb82-4463-88f6-33616d06d5eb" gruiphraseguid="e66f494c-70fc-4ba3-b985-a7fa8274b298">promising</span> he would make sure the Red Tape was limited, the Governor
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="preaching:0" grmarkguid="dfc8114b-69b8-41e8-bd9c-a1087728bef0" gruiphraseguid="a59fa217-d407-4d4d-a619-59a18d4f5ba8">preaching</span> that we will rebuild. All the buzz words that people want to hear
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="immediately:0" grmarkguid="1f29192d-a65b-4e32-8fd4-fea6cdc74ef6" gruiphraseguid="ef9f0080-af66-46a8-ab79-c6c9948129ac">immediately</span> after the destruction. However, the reality is that the governor
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="only:0" grmarkguid="d1e0739e-c35a-4ec7-82c4-71fc5dfb0010" gruiphraseguid="3bb8dd46-e581-43de-b5d7-686b5bc837d2">only</span> wants to rebuild the tourist areas, the President is too busy giving money
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="away:0" grmarkguid="ba909d35-a811-420b-868a-ed56ef2e3b94" gruiphraseguid="b0d41f19-daf9-45d3-9b0d-7905040ad689">away</span> to other countries and insurance companies are only taking care of <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="their:1" grmarkguid="d09902dc-11b6-4208-b0e6-37231ef3f007" gruiphraseguid="b0d41f19-daf9-45d3-9b0d-7905040ad689">their</span>
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="bottom:0" grmarkguid="b07da7f4-f1b8-4a44-a572-3ad9b5301ba8" gruiphraseguid="2a4b4b27-4ce0-458b-8b66-aed7ef37a45f">bottom</span> line. Did any of the insurance executives have their homes damaged in
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="the:0" grmarkguid="c57bf844-4619-4365-81ce-7e807a136d28" gruiphraseguid="ce4f2dac-14ab-4602-b716-7b1f382fd104">the</span> wrath of Sandy? Are they still fighting to get a fair part of the policy? I
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="am:0" grmarkguid="c10d1ede-f04d-4806-9c71-833d16c4c5ab" gruiphraseguid="932dbc39-79c1-4ffe-8e5c-4a06f0650f9f">am</span> sure they received a fair settlement without a public adjuster, engineers
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="and:0" grmarkguid="a77a8cfa-2fb6-425b-bd3d-2f85a8d2863f" gruiphraseguid="e2248546-ea6f-43e3-9d27-5d972480e1a2">and</span> getting pennies on the dollar. If you didn’t have to do combat for what you
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="paid:0" grmarkguid="d3686dd3-8f35-467b-9fa2-06e0143aa210" gruiphraseguid="3423ff68-cb74-4bd5-ad4d-aba8adeaae45">paid</span> for why should the general public have to?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We bailed the banks out, we bailed the auto industry out, we
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="bailed:0" grmarkguid="efe60a1b-c3ef-412c-a8ce-ae758b3566c7" gruiphraseguid="1158af95-ded3-45c1-9281-a65c44c2bcaf">bailed</span> the water from our homes now it seems we are being bailed from our homes
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="because:0" grmarkguid="0f6215bf-c0e1-4868-abac-eea7a516e13f" gruiphraseguid="c014b3af-2a0b-40b3-aa85-a702602d8735">because</span> of lack of fair settlements.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I sit looking at the bay I read how towns are fighting between
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="each:0" grmarkguid="c5738ddf-08a3-42b6-a3ad-4064ba6d5436" gruiphraseguid="12b528ef-8462-491d-a218-67c074566161">each</span> other because of methods of securing their own piece of beach and they
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="don't:0" grmarkguid="29897f3b-48a4-4ea6-b393-4d559e3228f4" gruiphraseguid="87c442d5-bacb-497b-9594-11033c945967">don't</span> care about their neighbors further south. I sit thinking how selfish <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="that:0" grmarkguid="f203ceff-a84b-4435-b85c-188b45667cd6" gruiphraseguid="dfc24831-bc50-4c97-bd5e-15bb323421fe">that</span>
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="is:0" grmarkguid="2614ba2c-647f-4ac9-9dcb-e0446acc7889" gruiphraseguid="ccd569d9-cc06-44eb-b39c-e857f686df00">is</span>. Have we become a state, a country that we only think of ourselves? We <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="no:0" grmarkguid="e4c3c6e9-2d5b-46f4-9f6c-d67a01d69fea" gruiphraseguid="0333c2b6-6f66-4f74-a8f2-270c8b8effc7">no</span>
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="longer:0" grmarkguid="ce255c0d-ca93-4f84-8056-da2a1946982e" gruiphraseguid="5a098951-b282-494a-b4bd-121c1748d71c">longer</span> care about our brothers and sisters. As I sit listening to the water gently
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="lap:0" grmarkguid="d0427a18-b2f6-4677-b65c-0661e23a8b74" gruiphraseguid="5ca21544-7b37-4029-9308-17a107e80419">lap</span> <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="on:1" grmarkguid="4c232fb6-15df-48a6-9d92-8a5b55a98e45" gruiphraseguid="5ca21544-7b37-4029-9308-17a107e80419">on</span> the show, I get the answer from mother nature, she will go where she
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I sit watching the birds swoop down toward the water to catch
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<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="the:0" grmarkguid="00f48a53-8b69-4664-bccd-13316e6c872a" gruiphraseguid="84fec201-dbed-4221-a6b8-01b367f1067d">the</span> beaches? Will the prize be that another generation will be able to live in
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I sit in my room in my <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="nieces:0" grmarkguid="1873b994-8083-47f4-8872-847c1e8810e2" gruiphraseguid="427a350f-8bc9-4f38-91ff-fcbf1485087e">nieces</span> home, I know there are no easy answers. Just hard questions. Will FEMA
<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="maps:0" grmarkguid="22b64790-a024-4492-9184-4a067893fcfa" gruiphraseguid="b1b7ca62-365f-4c71-bdac-9f10a2aa4bff">maps</span>/elevations come into effect? Will we have to wait just to be told we need
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<span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="insurance:0" grmarkguid="b48786f9-c8f0-4391-b28b-da7547a5bdd3" gruiphraseguid="c5c407d8-06fb-426a-a34a-a82cbed05e76">insurance</span> companies hold money if we are trying to rebuild? If I rebuild, what
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I sit in my room in my niece's home, I think of Union Beach it is my home. The Union Beach community taught me about
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I sit in my room in my niece's home, I want answers for my community. I need answers. I deserve answers. My community has survived 130 days without nothing more than love, hope and compassion. Now we
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Beach the stomping ground for a new improved Bayshore. If you give us a chance
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the end of the day, all I want is Hope. I <span class="GRcorrect" grcontextid="want faith that:0" grmarkguid="eefe3159-77ff-46c5-a02b-d18553c5a218" gruiphraseguid="e9cd64fa-4e02-446d-8f18-3d4dc1585901">want faith that</span> I can return again. I want so many things but nothing more
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't know Insurance companies are you willing to be fair? FEMA are you willing to start releasing the money? Neighbors are you willing to not only look out for your property but the town next to you? </span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-14928437353338815262013-01-27T13:42:00.001-05:002013-01-27T13:43:08.865-05:0090 days post Sandy<b id="internal-source-marker_0.9557588612660766"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is almost day 90 post Sandy and the world around Sandy Survivors is back to normal. NJ has returned to normal, residents have electricity, heat, hot water, and the roads are clear unless you are in the towns that were damaged by Sandy. For the towns that have suffered damage the people are not so lucky. We the people are still waiting. You ask waiting for what? We are waiting for everything. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On day one after the storm, we all surveyed our properties, our town to make sure that our family was safe. We were blessed that no one died in Union Beach. Union Beach was not blessed that our homes died a horrible death. Yet, we as a community found strength in our sadness and started the process of cleaning, getting resources and started making the calls we needed to do. Many of the home survivors (people that their homes were not damaged), opened their homes so families could get warm, have a hot shower, and send out emails so our families and employers knew how we were doing. Others created mobile units and drove around with wifi connections so families could fill out FEMA forms, email friends and employees and transfer funds. Others families gathered their food and made meals for neighbors and people they never met. All over NJ there were wonderful individuals supporting each others. I can only speak about what the Union Beach community had done. It wasn’t about “I” but about “we”.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are almost at day 90 of when Sandy hit, and Union Beach residents are still banded together helping each other. You know the old saying there is no I in TEAM and that is what Union Beach is a TEAM. Each of us have our roles. Some are motivators, others are gathers (donations), others are the delivery crew, and yet others play subtle roles. Whatever your role you do it well. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are almost at day 90 and society doesn’t understand the HELL this has become. You would think that it would be an easy process. Something along the lines of you call your insurance company, you file a claim, the adjuster comes out, completes the claim and you get your report. However, that is not the case. My family files our claim with insurance and FEMA on October, 30, 2012. FEMA was quick at the trigger they were to the house within a few days to survey the damage. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The FEMA claim adjuster was an nice but nieve. He entered my home, he told us he didn’t need our help or the help of our contractor. I disregarded his no need to help and followed him into the home. I wasn’t leaving anything up to the “expert” that tried to turn on the light switch to get more light. As he came out of the house, he was making sure he had everything correct. You have a baseboard heat, no we have forced air, so you have an electric stove no we have a gas stove, you have well water no we have city water and sewer, your water mark is 4 feet (where were you measuring?) our waterline is 65 inches you measured the water mark where the house sunk down and so it goes on correcting what he didn’t need help in the first place.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Insurance we filed our claim at 5PM on October 30. We waited to hear back on scheduling an appointment. We waited 2 weeks. What did we learn after two weeks? That our claim was never filed. Why you may ask? The answer would be because they said we didn’t give them an policy number. Funny how our claim number was our policy number. So they corrected the “oversight” and sent our claim in. We wait again. Our contractor calls the insurance with the claim number and we hear “I am not your claim representative, I do autos.” So now we have to call another number to talk to another person to get the claim filed again. So we file the claim AGAIN and we wait another 2 weeks. You may wonder why we wait 2 weeks all the time. It is because we are told that it takes 2 weeks for the claim to be processed and assigned. So we are at 2 weeks again, and what do we hear when that our claim has been again sent to “auto”. By this time, we are tired of the delays but we know we are at the mercy of the insurance company. So this time, I contact the person that sold my parents their policy. Apparently, he didn’t like that I was pissed off and didn’t understand why I was upset with him. My brother even told me to stop being nasty with the person. Seriously, he is the face of the company and the person that wrote the policy. He is the person that needs to make this right. So anyway, our contractor finally gets things figured out and the insurance claim person comes out. He walks through the home and gives us a VERBAL number of damages. We are now waiting on his report which should have been here weeks ago but again we WAIT. And this is just flood insurance. Homeowners is another story.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now let me tell you something that may come as a shock to you. Our foundation and pilings under the home were damaged by the water from Sandy. Shocked I know. Do you want the real shock? According to our insurance adjuster he will not cover the damage to the foundation and pilings because they are OLD. Tell me how many homes that are 70-80 years old that have replaced their foundations? Is this in a homeowners guide that I wasn’t handed? Can someone tell me how often you are to replace your pilings and foundation?</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" />So the shocking piece is this. My family home had a compromised foundation, pilings which makes the left wall push in which affects the roof. The flood insurance adjuster says he doesn’t deal with second story because it wasn’t affected by the flood. OMG seriously you said that with a straight face? Let me make an argument. The foundation and pilings hold up the house. Both of these are compromised. If those are compromised and we both can agree on this, those are what SUPPORTS the second floor. Yes, the flood waters did not reach the second floor but don’t tell me that the flood did not damage my second floor. My roof is a ramp that a skateboarder would enjoy riding. So he suggests that we speak to homeowners.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Funny thing about homeowners, once the area is determined to be a flood area. They put their hands up in the air and say “NOT IT”. They back off in such speed that your head would spin if it wasn’t already. Three days after the storm, we received a phone call from the lady that wasn’t handling our claim (car insurance lady) and she informed my parents that they would receive a check for $250 for loss of food and that is all they would cover, good luck and your next insurance premium is due in November. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So off to homeowner insurance. Did you know that Sandy had no serious winds? That the national weather service said winds were below 80 MPH and so since there was no wind the damage to the roof is minimal. So let me explain something, there were wind. Without wind we wouldn’t have had water pushed into Union Beach with 20+ high waves. Without wind those trees that toppled over would still be standing. Without the wind debris wouldn’t have picked up pieces of debris and shattered glass. So back to homeowners. They take their sweet time to come out and visit as well. When they came out they said they would cover the roof shingles and the upstairs drywall but nothing else. So apparently, we should suspend the roof shingles on an invisible roof and hang the drywall on an invisible wall. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here is a thought and maybe I am crazy, I feel that when there is a disaster that your homeowners, flood, FEMA and your mortgage company should have to visit all on the same day. They should have to sit together after each tour the home and discuss what is covered and what isn’t. Your mortgage company should be your advocate, it is in their best interest that you get every dime from insurance and other funders so that your home is livable and can be sold in the future. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As 90 days approach, my family and many others are in limbo. Our homes are becoming MOLD colonies. You can treat the mold until pigs fly but if you don’t fix the problem mold will continue to grow. As 90 days approach, my family waits for answers. We realize the government isn’t going to give us answers beyond how high our home has to go. We don’t expect to get a single red, white and blue dime for what we have lost. The money is never earmarked for families directly. They are for government business like infrastructure and migration of water away from the homes and beach replenishment. Those topics are for another day.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As 90 days approach there are families without a place to live. They are in hotels if they are lucky. Others are blessed that they found apartments. And others like my family we are split apart and living with relatives. Then there are others that are living in their cars, sleeping on friends couches and for the unlucky that have fallen through the cracks they are sleeping in shelters. You don’t hear about this on the news. We are no longer newsworthy in general. There are a few wonderful journalist that check in to see how things are going. And they will follow up on how life is progressing.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When I am talking to them, I stress that we need to keep the language person centered. We are not victims. We are survivors. A victim is about a crime. There is no court of law that will take charges about Mother Nature's child Sandy. A victim is someone that gives up and doesn’t fight. NJ homeowners are fighting and fighting hard. We want to be heard. We are telling our stories. A victim is someone that isn’t standing up and telling their story. Someone that says this was done to me. With this storm and other natural disasters it isn’t about what was done to an individual but what the aftermath is about.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">90 days later I still have hope that things are going to improve. I still have hope that my parents and the older generation are not forgotten. My parents are 71 and 72, they have worked their entire life to have the home that they raised their children, grandchildren and their great grandchildren. The home is gone but the memories are still strong. They still have a love for their community. However, my parents are in jeopardy of not being able to rebuild because of the height requirements that the governor just accepted for the state of NJ. It leaves you wondering if NJ is going to fund those requirements. They are left wondering if they will have the money to rebuild. They aren’t looking for the anything fancy. Just a small home that they can see their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren make new memories. Then they worry will they be able to afford the taxes because they will increase. My parents are already spending a fortune on taxes. If 10% of the families make a choice not to return to the town to rebuild that means Union Beach taxes will increase further because even 100 homes not being rebuilt spells disaster for the town.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So 90 days what does it bring? It brings more questions than answers. Answers to questions you never asked and more red tape. We are left to wonder why aren’t things easier. This isn’t the first natural disaster and yet the same questions are asked every time. We are 12 years past the worst storm ever Katrina and New Orleans is still rebuilding. We are 90 days past Sandy and we can’t rebuild without the answers and money.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">90 days feel no different than day 2. 90 days is warmer for some and just as cold as others. 90 days still makes you feel like someone stomped on your glasses because you can’t see straight. 90 days is just the start of the mess of survival. Survival is never easy and it is an overwhelming task. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">90 days later, I know my friends are tired of my saying what I don’t have, what is going on and what is needed. I am tired too. I am tired of asking for help. I am tired needing to tell the story. I refuse to back down. I refuse to pretend like life is normal. 90 days later my life isn’t normal. I don’t know what normal is. There are no two days that are the same. I lose time from work. I lose sleep. And I lose track of who what and when things should be done because everything blends together.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well it is almost 90 days later and the best I can offer is this. Life will be what it will be. We maybe able to rebuild, we may not be able to rebuild. We may get answers from insurance in the next 30 days but maybe we won’t. We may understand what the hell FEMA wants in the next 30 days but maybe not for another year. There are many if but and what if’s. In the end we will still be holding our heads high and making things possible for some and not for others.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">90 days later, I am starting to understand why people throw their hands in the air and just don’t care. But my hands are in the air and saying tell me what needs to be done and we will get it done.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">90 days later I just want to be home. So I can start having a normal life once again. I want to my life returned to me. I don’t expect the old life. I know it must start new and fresh. But I want the chance to start.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">90 days and it is just yesterday that our lives were turned upside down and around again.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">90 days..... </span></b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-58013541027501467132012-10-21T21:03:00.001-04:002012-10-21T21:03:42.418-04:00Should I ATEval2Go Or Should I just say No<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A disclaimer: I know the authors
of this product. Chris Bugaj is someone that I admire professionally. He is a
person that I trust for suggestions. Sean Sweeney from Smarty Ears, I had the
pleasure of meeting him last year at ATIA and follow him professionally. Knowing the authors of this app will
not bias my review. Because they are friends, my guess is that I maybe too
critical. To know me is to love me. :0) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I didn't even know Chris and Sean
were working on an AT Evaluation app until I saw something on twitter
mentioning it. It is something that is has been needed to assist individuals
that are doing assessments. There is not a person working in AT that loves
writing reports. And we all know that there are things that repeat. This is a
tool that allows you to have those key descriptions of products, strategies and
student files right at your finger tips. If you are like me, you have either
created macros for this in MS Word or used abbreviation expansion so these are
directly in hand and you don’t have to cut and paste from paste reports. But
maybe you aren't like me and you are constantly reinventing, cutting and
pasting the text. The app allows you to work smarter not harder. Isn't that
what we want for our students. Why not for us, writing reports and summaries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As soon as you open the app it is
very clean looking and intuitive to use. First you add a new student or scroll
the list to the right to find a client. If you click to add a new client you
are presented with a form to fill in. These are the field evaluation, student
or teacher name, date of observation, time of assessment, date of birth, id#,
grade level, case manager name, school, participants present, type of
observation, additional information. The participants' field that is not my
favorite. You move across the field and
pressing enter does not allow you to move the line down. If you print directly
out of the iPad you get this lovely horizontal list (Case manager : Jane Doe,
Parent: Joe Doe, Speech Therapist: Sammy Smith). For professional reports that
I have seen it is always presented one person directly under the other left
side persons name, right side their role. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">File review and background information<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is the tab that you add the reason
for referral, target domains and goals and current accommodations, notes on
progress and additional information. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The reason for the evaluation is
an open field that you can type the reason for the referral. The goal field is
either click from a previous subset of goals or you can create the goals. It is very easy to do by clicking on the plus,
type what you wish to add and click save.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">If you are doing a follow-up
assessment you are able to create notes of progress. If you are someone that
returns weekly or monthly notes of progress is a wonderful tool to have access
too. I have been using it to document my students progress on a specific
program. I return weekly to check her progress and then introduce her to 2 new
keystrokes. I can then send the report
directly the the case manager and teacher so they know what is happening. This
is the area that I also record the students perspective of how they are doing
and the problems they are having.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I feel this tab is missing two
things. What reports and information you have reviewed prior to completing the
assessment. When I do an assessment, I review the IEP, Neuro-psychology
reports, occupational reports, physical therapy reports, speech therapy
reports, monthly student progress reports, if I am the second option I may
review the first assistive technology assessment (only after performing my
assessment). This information should not be listed under other information. You
need to be able to add the type of report, who wrote it, and the year it was
completed. This can be specific to outside evaluators, not sure what school
staff review prior to evaluation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The other piece is outcomes
instead of goals. I wasn’t sure if this meant goals that are listed in the
students IEP that he/she may need technology supports or the goals that the
team determine for the AT assessment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Most people confuse outcomes and
goals. The goals are the solitary step to reach the outcome. For example, if
you are playing soccer the outcome you wish to have as a team is to win. There
will be many goals (no pun intended) to make that happen on offense and
defense. For an assistive technology assessment the person performing the
assessment would discuss what outcomes the team would like to see happen and
then develop the goals to achieve the outcome. For example, the Outcome: would
be that the student is able to write a complete paragraph with no spelling
errors or grammar errors. The goals would breaking this down into smaller units:
The student will write a sentence with no spelling errors 4 out of 5
opportunities. The student will check his grammar on the computer grammar tool
independently prior to submitting the paper to the teacher 4 out of 5
opportunities. Remember the goals are stepping stones to the ultimate outcome
of INDEPENDENCE.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Under current accommodation you
can use the existing tab or add your own. I personally do not like to list
generic accommodations in this area. I know this is a difference of opinions
but if the student is already using the item why do I need to use professional
jargon. I want to list exactly what the name of the tools that the student has
access for reading, writing, math or strategies. The tool is already in place,
no harm, no foul. It is important not to only list the items the student
currently has access too but how often the student uses the tool. Just because
it is there doesn't mean the student uses it.
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<b><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Observations and assessments <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is where you write your
observational notes. I enjoyed using the add media feature in this section, it
allowed me to have everything in one spot. You can take a photo, video or just
audio. This is something that also has to be used with caution. You have to
make sure your camera is only getting the student in question, that your video
camera is only pointed to the student you are working with and the audio is
only used when the teacher is talking or student is responding unless you are
doing a complete classroom observation and you have waivers for all students to
be recorded. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Something that school teams will
have to do when using this app is determine how the media files will be secured
in the student educational folder. Photos are easy, they can be printed but the
audio and video files need to be secured as part of the educational file. Wonder
how others are managing these types of files? In the past I only shot video
when working on mounting, positioning or demonstrating a skill that is newly
acquired. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is my favorite part of the
app. It gives you the categories reading, communication, vision, composition,
math, organization/ learning/studying, computer access, recreation/daily
living, hearing and other. It gives generic AT descriptions of the tools. For
schools this is wonderful. Schools love generic terms (talking word processor)
so they can either use what is on hand. As an outside evaluator I list the
features that I found beneficial then name the 2-3 products that were tried and
then make the suggestion of what product meets the criteria. My job is to guide
the team to the tools that are possible not send them on a scavenger hunt by
listing clues to prize. As with any
report that is written, school can accept in whole, reject the report in whole,
reject the recommendations or accept the recommendations by picking and choosing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You click on the tools you may
want to suggest for the team to consider. I have to be honest, I had to look up
what Amorphous<span style="background: white;"> visual schedules. If I had to
look it up, I am guessing the individuals I am writing the report for would
also need a dictionary on hand to understand that an </span>Amorphous<span style="background: white;"> visual schedule is a non- linear or shapeless visual schedule.
Great tool but that word is way to professional jargon. You can add a photo to demonstrate
what you are suggesting for the team to try with the student so the team has
better understanding of the concept.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Overall I did
enjoy using this app for my assessments. It takes some getting used to because if
you only have one iPad and the student is using for evaluation, you are left to
going old school and writing your notes in later. For me, I don’t carry an
iPhone, I am a Droid girl. I love my
Gnotes which allows me to take photos, video, audio and write notes all in one
spot. When the student is using the iPad, I use Gnotes and they are
automatically saved to my gmail account. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The app gives
you a way to record information all in one location when working with the
student then supplying the team with initial findings before you finalize the
report or when doing an observation you have the ability to email all
interested pares about the observation. You do have to have internet access to
do this. If not, you can wait until you get to a free wifi spot ( Panera,
McDonalds, Dunkin Donuts or the public library).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As a report
writing tool for me personally I had a difficult time getting adjusted to
writing within the structure given. I have developed a format and style over
the past 12 years that allows me to write my reports with customization. Years
of creating macros and shortcuts. With ATEval2go some tweaking, adding
information (still adding) my report writing was cut by a ½ hour for a full
report. For observation, I was done by the time I left the session. I am positive as I add more customized items
to the tool the amount of time it takes me will continue to decrease for full
reports.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Overall, I like
the app for individuals that are working with school level students. It gives
you a uniformed format for reports and a fast way to select what tools you are
suggesting. You are able to customize the banks quickly so you can add your own
wording or special strategy. The tool allows you to capture all the information
in one place and share the material with the parties that need the information
in a timely manner. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; font-size: large;">Should I ATEval2Go or I should say No? I am saying Yes, to the App.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is a tool
that I am going to suggest to my Supervisor to approve for use by our team.
There are many possibilities that have yet to be explored. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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suggestion of things that I would like to see added if possible:</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">That you can
hide the delete button. I had a student delete his file by accident or maybe he
did it on purpose because you do have to say yes or no. Either way would love
the delete button hidden.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Be able to
upload the report after you finalized it from the computer back to the device.
I would not see the reports on the Eval2GoApp as final as it does not allow
company letterhead, or original signature or a way to create a signature. I was
able to move it another app, create my signature and save it to that app but
couldn’t get it to come back into the app.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Participants
present field changes it to a drop down like recommendations check off who was
present and allow the person's name to be added.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Be able to
save the report as an RTF Vs a PDF file when it is moved to Dropbox.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Since there are things that I still need to
add to the report such as letterhead, adding missing pieces and so forth.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Would like a
way for individuals to be able to secure the individual files with a password.
If the iPad is stolen, lost or someone is able to access the device, the
confidential information of the student is available.</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Not sure about others but HIPPA and </span><em style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="background-color: white; font-style: normal;">Family
Educational</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-indent: -0.25in;">Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA) are one of the reasons I don’t like carrying client
information with me no matter how safe one thinks it is.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"> </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">The ability
to save your name as the author. Why would you have a second line for your
qualifications? Typically your qualifications follow your name Jeannette Van
Houten, M,Ed, ATP. They don’t typically go directly under your name. I made mine read Jeannette Van Houten, M,Ed, ATP then directly under my job title Assistive
technology practitioner and Curriculum Specialist. </span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I am working with a young man that is a two switch scanner.
We have developed customized access to websites via PowerPoint, Clicker, SD Pro
and other programs just to have the sites no longer available, no one is
updating the sites of interest for the student or when the student made a
transition to another classroom the programming was left behind and the IT
department wiped the system. Sound familiar. And you are probably saying but I
am sure you backed it up. Yes, I will assure you that I have backed it up but
since I am a consultant and things change or should change, I wouldn’t have the
latest information.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So the other day, I was bored and when I am bored I just
start randomly searching places and things. My target was the Google Chrome
store. I carry an Android phone, tablet and I use Chrome to access the internet
but I really don’t spend as much time in the store as I do the iTunes store.
Work vs. Personal time. Most of the information that is shared is about Apple
apps although there are more Android phones on the market. If you don’t believe
me read: <a href="http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2012/09/05/android-vs-iphone-market-share-52-against-33-percent/">http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2012/09/05/android-vs-iphone-market-share-52-against-33-percent/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had no real goal in mind which can always be dangerous for
time management and getting lost in the details of the web. Today was my lucky
day. You know one of those days that the sun shines, the birds are singing and
all the right music is playing on the radio.
I found <a href="http://speeddial2.com/">SpeedDial2</a> (<a href="http://speeddial2.com/">http://speeddial2.com/</a>) for Google Chrome. And I believe I might be in a friendship
not ready for love just yet as you know there are some flaws.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Speeddial2 is similar to big picture speed dial except that
this is for websites. You can customize the number of row and columns (less on
the page the bigger the button). The biggest you can go is 2 columns 2 rows
(4x4 squares). The smallest is 20 columns (about the size of a stamp). You also
have the ability to add space between the icons (10 point to 50 points). To
visualize that it is about the width of matchstick (10 point) and a plastic
knife handle (50 point).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can change the
background color. I have come to like sea green. It is comforting to the eyes. Not
too bright just enough to pop the icons from the page. There are other options
that you can let the student make a choice. For students that love YouTube, you
can even make a page of music for the week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Of course you know that that I must let you down, right. You
knew it had to happen. For students that
are using switches and <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="ab266dcfddd75dcc8128d938a86afa7700b61f3c" grtype="null" id="GRmark_ab266dcfddd75dcc8128d938a86afa7700b61f3c_tabbing:0">tabbing</span>, there is no way to get back to home in Chrome.
This isn’t <a href="http://speeddial2.com/">SpeedDial2</a> (<a href="http://speeddial2.com/">http://speeddial2.com/</a>) issue but more of a Google Chrome issue. It isn’t a perfect
solution but it is better than nothing and better than hours of programming for
a few minutes of play. There is an upside if you turn on the side tab and you
have a savvy user you can tab through applications, bookmarks and frequently
used items. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For two switch user all you need to do is have your switch
interface set up to Tab and one switch to enter. When the student uses enter
their page will open in a separate tab.
Once the student opens the website they will need a way to navigate the
website. Not all websites work with a tab/enter. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> You can also get this
app as an add-in for Firefox. As I don’t use <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="797fa54a81e4304f7211cdf9e3cb885a9843a724" grtype="null" id="GRmark_797fa54a81e4304f7211cdf9e3cb885a9843a724_firefox:0">firefox</span>, I cannot tell you how good
it works within the Firefox browser. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-4699994135406299282012-09-06T19:15:00.002-04:002012-09-06T19:16:47.148-04:00Thinking Caps on -- Professional Development is one type of learning<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Welcome back to the school year 2012-2013. Your students are ready to learn what you have to offer them. But are you ready to learn about the opportunities that you are offering? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As I sit and wonder why my school
year will look like, I also begin to wonder what my learning opportunities will
be. Each year, I pick a topic, subject, disability, service, or something that
I want to learn about. During that year, I expand my knowledge on the content
material. For this school year, I am struggling with what I would like to
expand my knowledge on. For me to learn I need to be passionate about the topic
or at least have my interest peaked.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then I realized something, how
often do we remind others that learning about something is a forever process.
There are times that we forget some things that we once knew like the back of
our hand because we don’t use it often. Or we have progressed in our skills
think “I got that”. So this year, I am dedicating
myself to refreshing the old brain and going back over skills that are rusty.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I
am signed up for three sessions with AbleNet University <a href="http://www.ablenetinc.com/Professional-Development"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">http://www.ablenetinc.com/Professional-Development</span></a>.
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The
first session: <span style="border: none windowtext 1.0pt; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in; padding: 0in;">Course 2 - Switch Mounting: I've found a Location, Now How Do I
Keep It There? I have been doing switch access for about 20 years. I know my
switches and what each one does however, it doesn’t mean that I can’t learn
about mounting techniques that I have never considered. New tools, a different
point of view on mounting and learning from others experiences is extremely
important to me. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Second
session: All About Computer Access: Adaptations and Alternatives to the
Standard Keyboard and Mouse<span class="apple-converted-space">. This is a
session I have taught and one that I continue to explore because new tools come
out all the time. Again, someone can
refresh my memory of a tool that is still available but I have forgotten about
because I am using a tool that I have access all the time too. It is also great
to see how others present the material. Sometimes taking a course is about
learning from your presenters about timing, or how they work the room via a new
medium (webinars).<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Third session: </span></span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Course 3 - Positioning for Optimal Access to Assistive Technology.
Just because you have the switch access doesn’t mean you have optimal access to
the tools. I struggle with access of devices especially for my students and
adults that spend the majority of their day in one flat position. So it will be
great to see/hear how others resolve the issues that they have encountered
especially on limited budgets.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; padding: 0in;">I
also signed up for Webinars from </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Cambium Learning
Technologies (CLT). <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="9b11464527b08b2c3d2ceee866190a11ace0b4cf" grtype="null" id="GRmark_9b11464527b08b2c3d2ceee866190a11ace0b4cf_Cambium:0">Cambium</span> is home to Kurzweil 3000 and Intellitools software.
</span><a href="http://www.cambiumtech.com/special/webinars/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">http://www.cambiumtech.com/special/webinars/</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">I am taking a session called: T</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">he
SETT Framework: Straight From the Horse's Mouth. The SETT framework is a core
value in my evaluation process for the clients that I interact with. As time
passes you begin to modify and adapt what you are doing while following the
process that <span style="background: white;">Dr. Joy Zabala developed. It is
important to always come back to the root of the design and be reminded of
something that you may have forgotten about. Dr. Zabala has also added to the
SETT framework so it will be wonderful to hear how the process has developed
over the years. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I signed up for a workshop on Kurzweil 3000: Tips
and Tricks. I use Kurzweil 3000 on a daily basis in one fashion or another. But
there are so many things that Kurzweil 3000 can do that sometimes you just need
that fast shortcut to get you through something. So I signed up for this course
because I have students that I am asking them to sign up for it. It is
important for me as an AT person to encourage my students to seek support
beyond myself. My job is to make others independent so sharing resources are part
of that. <o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These are just a few webinars that I have signed up
for September and October. I have made it a goal to sign up and attend at least
3 webinars a month. If I am going to be
the best AT specialist I can be. I also know that I need to ground myself on
the principals of AT. As the year progresses my training may change because of
different skill sets needed. But the important thing is to always make sure
that you not only focus on teaching others but that you take the moments and be
the student. We are all forever learners. Being forever learners we need to
move back and forth in our roles as mentors, facilitators and student. Your
professional development should not be one dimensional. You should embraces
special education, general education, Speech, Occupational and Physical therapy
course but also go to a session on sports, art, language arts, and reading.<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Places to look for professional development:<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Software vendors often give Webinars on their
products. Go to their websites and look under their training possibilities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">ATIA - </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.atia.org/webinars"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">www.atia.org/webinars</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">RESNA:
</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.resna.org/professionalDevelopment/index.dot">http://www.resna.org/professionalDevelopment/index.dot</a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Atomic Learning: </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://www.atomiclearning.com/"><span style="background: white; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">www.atomiclearning.com</span></a><span style="background: white;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even Podcast <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="3d669bfad18de0e0203c869ca71db8b796e5797f" grtype="null" id="GRmark_3d669bfad18de0e0203c869ca71db8b796e5797f_are considered:0">are considered</span> professional development.
Remember learning takes place everywhere and in different formats. The
important thing to think of is what you intentions of learning and what a
gem(s) of information you have walked away with. <o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">A.T. <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="0c3540e1849c78fdbb99310a2f60c58b06b4756e" grtype="null" id="GRmark_0c3540e1849c78fdbb99310a2f60c58b06b4756e_Tipscast:0">Tipscast</span> is one that I enjoy listening and
learning from. Chris has a way of addressing concepts from a common sense
nature and doesn’t make you feel like you should have known that already. </span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a.t.tipscast/id272223032">http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a.t.tipscast/id272223032</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></h3>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">Find them on Facebook also: </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/attipscast">https://www.facebook.com/attipscast</a><span class="apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></h3>
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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></h3>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://edreach.us/category/edceptional/" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="4b55545c647e2888149e58bcdce50a9a89e3c254" grtype="null" id="GRmark_4b55545c647e2888149e58bcdce50a9a89e3c254_EdCeptional:0">EdCeptional</span></span></a> this is a hosted chat. Each session you get to
hear from other professionals and knowledgeable individuals on different topics.
<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/edceptional/id452869249">http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/edceptional/id452869249</a>
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Also look at Twitter. Twitter had turned to be one
of the best places to learn about professional development. Learn what general
education is doing. The hottest trends in education are. And you get your hands
on some amazing blogs and tips from others. <o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Check with your state colleges. There are some
wonderful stuff out there. And branch out. AT is not always about the tools but
about learning about reading strategies, math courses or science curriculum.<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Check your state museums. You would be surprised at
what they offer. Yes, it may not be related to AT however you never know what
you might learn about art and how to encourage students to explore
possibilities.<o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Take that writing course at the adult school. Or how about that knitting class that you want to take but you can't find a reason. Who needs a reason to learn? Who needs a reason to find time for themselves? </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Learning possibilities are all around us. You have to
be willing to take a class that you have no idea why you are there other than
it might come in handy later. OK, must go, I am off to my class at the local
hardware store. My session PVC and projects around your home.</span></span></h3>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-11792255022820378192012-05-19T22:27:00.002-04:002012-05-19T22:28:55.176-04:00The conversation of Assistive Technology in the IEP<br />
I am asked on a regular basis about “How do I get AT for my Child” actually the question more sounds like “How can I get a laptop for my child?” Or “I want an iPad for my child”. The answer is simple, it is a conversation at an IEP meeting. Consideration is part of the IEP meeting. Under IDEA, the team must consider assistive technology for every child on an IEP and for students with a 504 plan. You also have to remember that consideration is not equal to evaluation, it is a conversation. Which means as a member of the team, you can ask is Assistive technology going to be considered.<br />
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In the conversation for consideration, you have to have your specific points in mind. You are working on persuading your team that AT is something that needs to be considered for your child for specific tasks. Often I hear from parents and the line is “I know there has to be something that will make it easier and better.” Honestly, often AT can enhance a child’s learning and ability for output but it is not the magic key that is needed to make it easier and better. The reason that it may not be easier because every intervention brings its own barrier. A new tool means that something needs to be learned and implemented and if the individual that needs to use the tool does not feel like using something NO one can make them use it.<br />
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The first thing you need to do is make sure you have specific needs that you see as a concern. Your child is lacking access to literature because he/she can’t turn a page, isn’t reading at grade level but is in mainstream classes or reading comprehension is poor not because of a language deficit. You need to articulate how this impacts on your child's ability to participate in his/her education. It is important to point out that these are concerns and not point out the tools you feel will work for your child. Even though you know your child better than anyone sitting at the table, you may not be aware of the tools used in the district already and since this is a conversation, no one dictates what tools are needed. This is an opportunity to brainstorm ideas and no one is wrong. Everyone has an equal say even if it sounds off the wall. Yes, there are times it is hard to sit with a straight face when someone recommends something from out in left field. There are times those left field comments have validity. It is important to note, if your child has had AT tools in their IEP previously this does not mean that you don’t perform consideration at the IEP meeting.<br />
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The second step is always making the request in writing. I often tell parents to either have the ready to present at the IEP meeting so it is very clear that you expect assistive technology to be seriously considered and that the consideration process is conducted in a timely manner. Or I suggest digest what you heard at the IEP meeting, the discussion you had and send a letter of understanding on what the school is going to do about assistive technology consideration be it a school based assessment or an “expert” model assessment. You have to remember if it is not written, it is not real.<br />
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The third is to make certain that you as a team member are clear on what model the district follows. There are very few schools based assessment teams in NJ. So often you land up with an “expert <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="1f2d478f2dada46b8da2eac72f51c8626d4111c3" grtype="2" id="GRmark_1f2d478f2dada46b8da2eac72f51c8626d4111c3_model:0">model</span>”. This means your child is seen 1 time which is typically a document review, observation, and hands on with technology then a report is generated. Since you know your child best it is best to advocate for your child before the district contacts the vendors. If you feel your child would benefit from multiple visits for the assessments lay that out with your justifications. For instance, “The team expressed at the IEP meeting and in the PLEPS, Ryan <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="62ea626110f74dc8147cc5e871b42f99da2acc71" grtype="3" id="GRmark_62ea626110f74dc8147cc5e871b42f99da2acc71_often is:0">often is</span> very alert and can coordinate his movements in the AM but by the afternoon his coordination changes. I feel would benefit Ryan to see the AT consultant on multiple days (3 times) so he/she can see his abilities throughout the day. This will allow the consultant to see the student 3 periods of the day and see different environments and the supports in those environments as well as seeing the changes that are happening physically and cognitive changes. It is also important for the parent to ask the district to supply the name of the agency conducting the assessment and asking if you can interview the person who will be responsible for the assessment. Ask the evaluation their procedures, timeline for report and what should be the next step. Parents need to remember an outside evaluator being independent of the school so if the parent wants the evaluator at the IEP meeting to discuss the result then they need to request that. And just because recommendations are made in the report doesn’t mean the district has to follow the recommendations. Recommendations are merely suggestions for the team to consider.<br />
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If the school is having district teams perform the assessment process, ask for the members of the team that will be conducting the assessment, ask to meet with the team and get a timeline of when your child will be seen and when will you reconvene for the results. You want to make sure the individuals that are doing the assessment are familiar with AT and have ongoing training (conferences, workshops, online classes). If the person has taken a certification program through the state, private agency asks to see what the curriculum was and how much time went into training the individuals. When a school team conducts the assessment they will work within the confines of the district policy and procedures. They will focus on the tools that fall within UDL and what is currently placed in the district. Universal Design for Learning is a concept that says these tools can support all learners regardless of disability. The tools offer support that your child could and may already be benefiting from for instance, text to speech (the computer speaking as a student writes), talking dictionary (a work is typed in student hears the word and definition) or offering word prediction ( software/app used to suggest completions of words that start with a specific letter and content). For some students it can be picture support software.<br />
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I love to perform school based assessments because I have all the disciplines (OT, PT, SLP, Classroom teacher), it also allows us to work on Goals and Outcomes for the evaluation and possible solutions. Each person brings something to the table. With a school assessment the tools are often trialed for a period of time (2-4 weeks) so the assessment team can see if the product works for the student in real time and not in isolation of a made up activity for the individual to complete. With a school based assessment you have on-site supports that are there when they are needed not days later.<br />
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Parents please be aware that a school based consideration is not the team placing AT tools in the IEP without assessment unless it is something that was determined previously. Anyone can write supports into the IEP but can they back up those supports are being appropriate for the individual (data). If a support tool is written into the IEP who is responsible for the use of that tool, how often and when will it be used (what activities). Ask if the tool is a UDL or specific to your child. You don’t need to know it is going to be used on Mon-Wed- Friday but you want to know how often your child will access the tool and what type of activities (long assignments, behavior reinforcement, filling out worksheets). I<br />
In your child’s IEP you want to make sure you list the supports that are needed. This needs to be spelled out under related services. If the tool is new to the staff, you and the child more supports are needed until they become comfortable with the tool. Depending on the tool this can vary. For the tool word prediction, I typically will recommend 2-3 visits. One visit to go over the mechanics of the tool, one visit to go over fine tuning the tool and the third visit to make sure everyone is comfortable with the device. Included in the request I might ask for 3 consultant session that can be used sometime in the school to help with problems that the staff is having. Consultations' are session that may or may not be used. If it is a school based team most times the services are similar so many visits per week or month and consultant as needed.<br />
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<li>Consideration is what is required under the law. </li>
<li>Anyone can bring up the conversation at the IEP meeting.</li>
<li>Consideration does not equal evaluate. It determines if interventions are needed and who can do the assessment.</li>
<li>Don’t demand a specific tool but talk about outcomes what your child needs to be doing that he/she is not doing.</li>
<li>Make sure you are clear on expectations if <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="595b23616bf3cf433a009b861a937ae30cb21261" grtype="2" id="GRmark_595b23616bf3cf433a009b861a937ae30cb21261_an:0">an</span> “expert” evaluation is being requested. </li>
<li>Training and support are even more important than the tools. If you have a tool and no one knows how to use it, what good is the tool? </li>
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staff bullying students with and without special needs. This week in NJ, we had
the incident that took place in Cherry Hill. If you would like you can find out
more about this incident on the following pages. <o:p></o:p><a href="http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/cherry_hill_man_says_secret_au.html">http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/cherry_hill_man_says_secret_au.html</a><br />
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I personally feel that these reported incidents are symptoms
of a bigger issue not just in NJ but all over the country and the world. The
first being that educators lack professional development especially special
education teachers. I have been in the field of education for almost 20 years.
I deliver professional development around NJ. I hear repeatedly that special
education teachers do not feel that they receive professional development that
is essential for them to educate their students. When a special education teacher
is working with students with significant disabilities, I am not so sure it is
important for the special education teacher to sit through training on the new
reading and math programs that the district will be implementing. It is imperative that all teachers need to be
trained however districts need to evaluate their professional development to
make sure they match the teachers' needs. Special education teachers that are
working with students on the spectrum should be taking professional development
on improving language skills, how to engineer the environment for language and
learning, functional life skills training, understanding transition, the list
can go on. If we are to give our students in NJ a fighting chance at a proper
education the teachers need to have professional development that is
meaningful, supportive and pertinent to what they are required to teach.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The second issue is that we do not give educators that work
with students with challenging behaviors are difficult to teach a way to
communicate their frustrations and anxieties. This does not excuse an individual
that has crossed the line there is no
reason to do so. However, if we do not recognize that teaching students with disabilities
and even general education students is stressful than we are being irresponsible.
There are two schools for students with autism in the state that I know hire a
counselor to visit with the staff each month and hire a massage therapist once
a month. You are required to sit with the counselor for 30 minutes to talk about
work and whatever comes to mind. Even my
employer has a program that I can call to talk to a counselor or schedule
mental health sessions. We all deal with stress but when there is no outlet for that stress we have serious consequences. Staff need to feel they have a safe place to communicate their stress and frustration. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The solutions are very easy. If we do not accept student on
student bullying why should we have to accept adult on child bullying. It
happens every day in school across the nation. If our nation is going to take
bullying seriously we need to look at solutions that have meaning. Cameras in every classroom and public space.
Then there would be no she said he said or parents having to do something like
wiring their child for video or sound. There is no right to privacy in public
buildings, schools are funded by public monies (Local, State and Federal). All areas
of the school except locker rooms and bathrooms should have video monitoring
but they should be wired for sound. Most think an invasion of privacy, from news
broadcasts on students being assaulted by peers or adults it often happens in
the bathroom or locker rooms. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Many will not like the suggestion of cameras for many
reasons but I have a question, WHAT do you risk? I taught for 8 years in an
educational setting that had cameras in every classroom and hallway or public
area. It didn’t change the way I taught. It actually made me more secure in how
I taught. I didn’t have to worry about being accused of something I didn’t do.
If I was accused of saying something or doing something ROLL back the TAPE. It
allowed parents to observe the classroom without upsetting the flow of the
classroom. It allowed me to see what others saw when teaching. There are more
pros for cameras in school than cons. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Incidents are not on the rise. We are just having parents stepping up and reporting it to the news. In the past, districts were holding the cards on what will happen to their staff and even if they would believe what was being said. Now parents are becoming wiser and more savvy on how to get the proof they need to show that their child is suffering at the hands of an adult. Students are learning to use technology to outsmart<span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span>their educational staff.</div>
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My challenge to districts around the nation be PROACTIVE instead of REACTTIVE. Firing the staff that are responsible for poor behavior is the right thing to do however what can you do to insure the safety of your students and staff? Firing staff is only a plug in a whole that is going to grow over time. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-15314924518373454442012-04-17T23:01:00.001-04:002012-04-17T23:02:58.295-04:00To Individuals with learning differences<span class="GingerNoCheckStart"></span>To Individuals with learning differences <br />
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My name is Jeannette Van Houten. I am a special education teacher. I am an assistive technology specialist. I am an individual with a learning disability. None of this makes me special, unique or exceptional. It just makes me a person that learns differently than someone else. In reality, everyone learns differently so I guess it makes me normal. <br />
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With that said, I want you to know my story. Maybe someone out there that doubts they are normal or has the ability to achieve their dream will find it helpful. I was classified early in my education career. I joke they spotted me walking up to the Kindergarten playground and said THAT ONE. I was classified in kindergarten because I was disruptive, impulsive, couldn’t tell my left from my right (still confuse it) and forgot the letters of the alphabet. The letters were just fun lines you would make with crayons and finger paints. I am writing this open letter because I want you to know things get better and you can be the person you dream to be. I will not say that this journey to where I am today didn’t come with struggles, tears and the will to just quit but I have learned that is life. Everyone struggles with something it is just a matter will that something define you or will you define the moment. <br />
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I have always been willing to discuss my learning difference especially as an adult. But I have never admitted the extent of my difficulties. This is the first time that I am going to lay it all on the line because it is important for me personally to share the struggles I have. I want others to know that having a learning disability is something that is always there but it doesn’t have to define who you are and what you want from life. There are individuals that will tell you, O, you can outgrow your dyslexia or you can outgrow your writing difficulties. I can no sooner outgrow my learning disability as I can outgrow my brown hair, eyes or being pigeon toed. I want the younger generation of individuals with learning disability know that there are others out there that have walked the path of frustration, sadness and disappointment and that path could lead to great things if you just keep doing your best and seeking out people to help you. You are never alone. There is always someone in your corner even when you feel like you are watching the world pass around you. <br />
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<div>According to my school records, I was NI (neurologically impaired), PI (perceptually impaired), math deficits, writing difficulties in the area of composition (organization, grammar and spelling). </div><div><br />
In the area of reading, I have always admitted that I didn’t learn to read until I was a sophomore or junior in High School. This is when I could say the written word clicked together and it had meaning. According to the reports I have found, I was identified as being a lazy, unmotivated and not applying myself to my academics. If I just I applied myself to reading I would be a much more successful reader and learner. What the “experts” didn’t know and didn’t care to ask was, “How much time and effort to you put into reading?” <br />
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If they would have asked that I would have told them. I spend every waking moment wishing that the letters on the pages meant something to me. I wish I could look at the page and the words sang to me like my peers. I wish I didn’t have to go home every day with homework because it was taking time away from my Little Golden Books. I have been reading The Poky Little Puppy for years now trying to master the vocabulary. While my friends are outside playing, I was in the house with my books. Every day I would come home and read a sentence or a page. I would start at the first page and read until I got frustrated and cried. My favorite book that I ever received was the Richard Scarry Picture Dictionary. I would look every word I came across and prayed that it had a picture to help me understand. If it had a picture it would help me make sense of the word. I still have that dictionary. The cover has been taped and re-taped but is now completely off, the pages are worn but there are days that it brings comfort. When I need a word it doesn’t judge me because I might be looking up a word that most first graders know and understand. <br />
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Those same reports also identified my areas of weakness in reading: <br />
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I struggled with reading (decoding and fluency), reading comprehension (vocabulary skills, making connections, omission of details, difficulty with the identification of important information) as well as trouble remembering what I read, I couldn’t summarize, difficulty connecting prior knowledge and applying content to personal experiences. The shocker, I had a difficult time with concentration while I was reading. Seriously?? All I did for hours was concentrated on the lines of information before me to the point that my eyes would blur and I would give myself a headache. I sat there staring at the text wishing it would give me the code to unlock the meaning. Hoping that the words would pop off and say their name. <br />
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As I read through the reports, I honestly wonder how I ever became the person I am today. How did I manage to conquer the things that held me back for so long? I wish I had the answer but I don’t. When I was in school there were no fancy tools to read to me. It was rare to have an adult read to me. I couldn’t turn on a computer, the iPad or even <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="f75e706e212310cf8e8654d4448c0d7a79c83121" grtype="3" id="GRmark_f75e706e212310cf8e8654d4448c0d7a79c83121_CD player:0">CD player</span> to have my text read to me. I had to figure it out on my own. It was either do it or fail. I made the choice to succeed. I can also have no special accommodations for test taking. I took the same test as everyone one else with no support from the teachers. If I didn’t keep pace with the time allotted then the test questions would be left blank. I did my best at guessing the right answer. For the most part, I think the teachers gave me a point for each letter in my name because guessing was not a strong suit until I learned testing strategies when completing my masters. <br />
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If I was to answer my own question it would be the following way. I have tenacious. I don’t believe in giving up. Some see it as being stubborn, <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="41fdfe71fe6ad8b008e74e9f6187fb7cd2f36f6a" grtype="1" id="GRmark_41fdfe71fe6ad8b008e74e9f6187fb7cd2f36f6a_ungiving:0">ungiving</span> but when you know you want and need something, nothing should stand in your way. There is always a way to succeed. It is a matter of picking the path and the tools for the journey. Not everyone’s tool kit is the same so you have to learn to pick and choose wisely for your needs. And be flexible to change the tools when things are not working. <br />
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I had to work harder to be average but to be above average, I had to work harder, smarter and be perfect. Trust me perfect doesn’t happen often but that doesn’t mean I can’t strive to be perfect. Define what perfect means to you. Perfect isn’t always the A on the paper. Sometimes, it is more about knowing you can repeat a skill; remember a formula for math or science or sharing with another person something you learned. Perfect is being proud of who you are and knowing that learning is a life goal not a week goal. <br />
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When I was in high school, I had a drama teacher that said “you can do and be anyone you want to be, just believe and you can reach it”. At that point, I became Determination. I set my dream, visualize myself being that person and there is no settling for less than I believe I earned. I don’t believe I am entitled to anything. I believe you have to work hard; prove your abilities and show someone you are worth a chance. <br />
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You have to have integrity of who you are. There is no dishonor in admitting that you don’t know <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="4b1bfb8d8134359b11f6ca0c7c25361b1ab97800" grtype="3" id="GRmark_4b1bfb8d8134359b11f6ca0c7c25361b1ab97800_something:0">something</span>. There is more honor in admitting you need help because you are reaching out to another. We don’t get by in this world on our own. I admit it on a daily basis that I don’t know <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="c11fa8545801924e75ca3f71340973fcdecbffac" grtype="3" id="GRmark_c11fa8545801924e75ca3f71340973fcdecbffac_something:0">something</span>. Don’t get me wrong, I still struggle in asking for help. For every confident day, I have a doubting day. For those doubting days, I have friends and families that help me rally and remind me of whom I am. The most important aspect of this is to make sure you surround yourself with positive people that can lift you pass those rough days. <br />
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As an adult there are still days that I wish I could be like every other typical adult. I wish I could add numbers in my head and not have to count on my fingers or use a calculator. I still have math anxiety and struggle with daily math tasks (checking account never balanced in my favor). <br />
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There are days that I wish that internally I could feel organized and calm instead of always feeling like I missed, lost or forgot something. There are days that I just wish for silence. I hear all things around me (conversations, air vents, computers and birds). It becomes overwhelming and it stresses me out. I have learned to tune out the world but there are drawbacks to this strategy. I miss the social interactions because I have to shut myself in my head to get work done. <br />
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There are days that I wish that I could shut up. Yes, there are days that I am so excited about the little things in life that I distract others. The struggles that I had as a young child are right there shaking hands with the adult me. As an adult we like to think we mask it better than we did as a child but I am not so sure that is true. There are times that I just feel like I am in a sports car in high gear moving at a 25 mile per hour. <br />
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Although my learning disabilities are with me daily , I can say I am perfect the way I am. I have learned to accept who I am and what I am not. I have learned to march to my own beat. I believe either you march with me as a partner or you can march to your own beat and we make wonderful music together. There are things that I will never be in life. For example, I will never be an editor of a newspaper or author. I will never be the person that you ask to help a difficult math problem. The person I am today is not as good as the person I will be tomorrow. Every day is a learning experience. <br />
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Are there days I wish my learning disabilities weren’t with me? Yes. But then No. The lessons I have learned over the years is what makes me who I am. I am the person that will reach her hand out and offer you assistance. I am a person that has compassion and accepts others for who they are. I am the person that will stand up and offer a voice for others when they cannot find theirs. So the gift of my learning disabilities is priceless. <br />
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Sincerely <br />
Jeannette Van Houten <br />
Proud owner of my learning disabilities </div><span class="GingerNoCheckEnd"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-66837290862467908652012-02-05T12:12:00.002-05:002012-02-05T12:51:16.828-05:00App Rubric to guide you in app selection<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">There are over 100,000 <span class="GRspelling">apps</span> in the <span class="GRspelling">app</span> store according to <span class="GRspelling">Apple</span>. As an educator and AT Specialist I was struggling with the evaluating <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="1" grtype="1" id="GRmark1_0">apps</span> for the students that I support. How do you know if the <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="2" grtype="1" id="GRmark2_0">app</span> is right for the goal you are working on with your student? I searched and found no information on how to judge the <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="3" grtype="1" id="GRmark3_0">app</span> with the details I needed for the special needs population. Most of the <a href="http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/11/04Apple-Announces-Over-100-000-Apps-Now-Available-on-the-App-Store.html">100,000</a> <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="4" grtype="1" id="GRmark4_0">apps</span> in the app store do not have the features that are needed for the some of the special needs population but in general they do not have the needs of the general population. We are a country/world of many languages however most <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="5" grtype="1" id="GRmark5_0">apps</span> do not support multiple languages at least in the American <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="5" grtype="1" id="GRmark5_1">app</span> store. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The purpose of the rubric is to help guide your choices, it is not the end all. Just because an <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="7" grtype="1" id="GRmark7_0">app</span> score lower on the rubric doesn’t mean that it does not support a specific student needs. For example, an <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="8" grtype="1" id="GRmark8_0">app</span> that is used for behavior management such as <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/autism-5-point-scale-ep/id467303313?mt=8">Autism 5-Point Scale EP</a> is not going to get a high number on the rubric<span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="8" grtype="1" id="GRmark8_1">.</span>The question you need to continually ask yourself is: Does this APP meet the students’ needs or specific goal you are working on? If the answer is YES then that is what matters. It also means that you can continue your search for an <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="10" grtype="1" id="GRmark10_0">app</span> with those features you like in that <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="10" grtype="1" id="GRmark10_1">app</span> but may offer you growth potential. This rubric was designed to address academic selection. I <span style="white-space: nowrap;">needed </span>something that could offer</span> a more objective way to view the <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="12" grtype="1" id="GRmark12_0">apps</span>. Most times when you read reviews it is subjective. I wanted something that was free of emotion or <o:p></o:p></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">or personal prejudices.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">There are many wonderful <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="15" grtype="1" id="GRmark15_0">app</span> review sites out there that can lead you in the right direction. They give their point of view about the <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="16" grtype="1" id="GRmark16_0">app</span> but since they don't know your student the review cannot tell you if it will meet your <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="16" grtype="3" id="GRmark16_1">students</span> needs. </span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">It is important to evaluate the <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="17" grtype="1" id="GRmark17_0">app</span> yourself. If you don’t have the <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="18" grtype="1" id="GRmark18_0">app</span> check to see if your friends have the <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="18" grtype="1" id="GRmark18_1">app</span> so you can have hands on time. Contact your local lending center in your state to see if they have the <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="19" grtype="1" id="GRmark19_0">app</span> so you can borrow it, try it, and evaluate it. It isn’t enough to watch a video of the <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="20" grtype="1" id="GRmark20_0">app</span> you are thinking of purchasing, having someone else point out the highlights of the <span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="20" grtype="1" id="GRmark20_1">app</span>. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Please offer some feedback on the <a href="http://www.4shared.com/file/9M0-HR0N/iapp_evaluation_Rubric.html"><span class="GRcorrect" grphrase="21" grtype="1" id="GRmark21_0">app</span> rubric</a>. If you would like to see something added or wording changed.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"><br />
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</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-1848699201944032162012-01-18T23:22:00.009-05:002012-01-18T23:46:24.562-05:00Not always what it seems...<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>Today I was in a session with a student that is learning to use Intellipad (Name change coming). The teacher made a comment prior to my session that this student was doing a <span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark1_0" grphrase="1" grtype="1">perseveration</span> behavior with the text to speech in the word prediction and smiling at the teacher as the student was tapping the screen. I found this odd because the student had used text to speech in the past and also used the word prediction program in the past. Although odd, I figured to take the issue at face value. It needed to be investigated.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>I decided on the following course of action:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>First ask the student about the use of the product and how they felt it was going, any difficulties and was it helpful.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>Second was an observation of the student using the device.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>I sat away from the student so I wasn’t peering over their shoulder but close enough to see and hear what was going on. The student had to type a journal entry in response to questions written on the blackboard.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>The student started to type and I heard the word prediction (list to the word) and then student selected the word (word speaks again). So far so good. This went on for about 5-10 minutes. Then I heard the same word repeated over and over. A word I knew the student could spell and type. I let it go 2,3,4,5 the student staring at me with a smile. OK time to get involved.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>I asked the student, “why listening to the word so many times?” The response, “It isn’t typing word just saying the the the”. So I give it a try, 1,2,3,4 OK I think I can stop now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span><span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark19_0" grphrase="19" grtype="1">Hmmmm</span>. So what was perceived as this student having a <span class="GRspelling">perseveration</span> behavior with the text to speech and smiling at the teacher really was not really what was happening at all. The student was having a problem with their device and <span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark21_0" grphrase="21" grtype="1">app</span>. The student wasn’t sure how to ask for help. So the student would turn and look and smile at the one person in the room that they hoped could help them. The student just wanted to get the teacher's attention without being disruptive to the other students.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>The moral of this story is that before you assume a student is performing a behavior for attention, take a look at what is going on. There are times that it can be a behavior but even a behavior has aspects of communication. But there are times something is happening because of a malfunction of the tool and they don't know how to explain it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>Even with technology students need support and sometimes more support until they master the skill. Moving from an iPad from a computer was a huge jump for this student. The student had used a computer for 17 years. The iPad was a new tool that had only been used for recreation. This student was not using it as a learning tool means all new expectations and skills.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>The solutions were simple ones:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"></p><ol><li><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>The student was given a stylus for using the word prediction. This way the student couldn't accidentally hit the speaker and word at the same time.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>If it repeats more than twice, just copy the word or type the word to the best of your ability.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 12pt; "><span>The student was given a help me card to indicate that help was needed. I made enough for the 10 other students in the classroom. They were shown if they need help, place the card in front of them.</span></span></li></ol><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span> </span></o:p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-44268594661643964942012-01-16T14:46:00.008-05:002012-01-16T17:25:33.860-05:00Access to the iPad<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; " >The past few weeks I have been working with three young children that have a form of MD. Not all the students are from NJ. Each has a different type of the same disability. All three are unique and amazing in different ways, what each have in common beyond a DX is their drive to be as independent as possible. All their hopes and dreams involve one form of technology or another. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span ><span style="line-height: 115%; ">The oldest student is in high school we will </span>call<span style="line-height: 115%; "> him Bob. His personal goal is to be able to access the internet so he can Facebook </span>with<span style="line-height: 115%; "> his friends and get on MySpace (yes it is still there). Bob loves music and wants to be able to create </span>music<span style="line-height: 115%; "> writing, playing and producing music. He also knows he has to do school </span>work<span style="line-height: 115%; "> not as motivating as the first two goals. Bob is currently attending </span>school<span style="line-height: 115%; "> on a regular basis but that can change at any time. When it changes </span>because<span style="line-height: 115%; "> of illness, he will receive home instruction 10 hours a week.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span ><span style="line-height: 115%; ">The middle school student we will call him John. His personal goal is to be able to </span>play<span style="line-height: 115%; "> his games on Playstation, Wii and some computer based games. John is an avid </span>reader<span style="line-height: 115%; "> and wants to be able to access books that are not assigned by the school. He knows he can listen to books but he wants to be able to READ not listen. John also enjoys school. However, he is on home instruction because of mobility </span>issues<span style="line-height: 115%; ">. He has a wheelchair but also lives on the third floor of a high-rise building. The elevator has been broken for 5 months and no one knows when it will be </span>repaired<span style="line-height: 115%; ">.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span ><span style="line-height: 115%; ">The youngest of the students we will call him Juan. His personal goal is to be able to </span>enjoy<span style="line-height: 115%; "> time playing with his sibling and family. So many of the things he can do </span>is<span style="line-height: 115%; "> hand over hand or isolation play. Juan has the most significant limitations of </span>his<span style="line-height: 115%; "> movements but </span>has<span style="line-height: 115%; "> the best head control. Juan enjoys using the computer </span>to<span style="line-height: 115%; "> </span>join<span style="line-height: 115%; "> his class for 30 minutes a day. Juan would also be able to listen to books (</span>he<span style="line-height: 115%; "> is just learning to read). It is something he can share with his family or </span>do<span style="line-height: 115%; "> by himself. There are games he can play also that if he played the typical </span>way<span style="line-height: 115%; "> he would be a spectator. Juan at </span>this<span style="line-height: 115%; "> time does not go to school but that could change with time. Juan enjoys </span>school<span style="line-height: 115%; "> in short burst. He receives home instruction for a total of 10 hours a </span>week<span style="line-height: 115%; ">.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; " >Now that you have the background of my three amazing young men there is something that all three could benefit from. I am going to say it, the iPad. Yes, I said. I know you are shocked. The key for these young men are about direct access. If we had to use a computer none of these students would have direct access. We would have to find an alternative method of access. Voice recognition, eye gaze, switches and more that may not be as efficient as direct access. Eye gaze is a form of direct access but since the students don’t need AAC private insurance or Medicaid would not pay for the devices so it would be up to the school district to purchase the devices. Since they are school based machines the question always is can a student do personal activities on the device. The answer there is it depends on the district. It depends on the type of software they will be using. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span ><span style="line-height: 115%; ">Each of them has different goals and different </span>needs<span style="line-height: 115%; "> but all three have another thing in common. Limited movement of </span>their<span style="line-height: 115%; "> </span>fingers<span style="line-height: 115%; "> IF the students are physically supported. Each of their supports look </span>different<span style="line-height: 115%; "> but offer the support the individual needs to access the device. The </span>amount<span style="line-height: 115%; "> of touch that is needed is great because it is barely a touch. The quantity </span>and<span style="line-height: 115%; "> </span>quality<span style="line-height: 115%; "> of apps </span>make<span style="line-height: 115%; "> it a device that individuals can have a diverse set of </span>tools<span style="line-height: 115%; ">.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; " >So what have we yes we because I don’t work in isolation, I work with the student team which includes the parent, OT, PT, IT staff and whoever else I can wrangle into the mix. Each of us has skill sets that are needed when working with complex needs.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span ><span style="line-height: 115%; ">For Bob, for computer access was voice </span>recognition<span style="line-height: 115%; "> but he found that he couldn’t play music. He also couldn’t use the VR in the classroom. Access to the iPad we </span>used<span style="line-height: 115%; "> a wedge to support his hand. We used a small platform built off the wedge </span>to<span style="line-height: 115%; "> support the iPad. We also gave it a way to rotate by using hardware. We placed </span>little<span style="line-height: 115%; "> suction cups on the edge so the student can rotate the iPad when needed.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span ><b><span style="line-height: 115%; ">Apps that he is using</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%; ">: <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; " ><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/synthstation/id373969724?mt=8">AKAI Pro SynthStation APP <o:p></o:p></a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; " ><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/symphony-pro/id412380315?mt=8">Symphony Pro </a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; " ><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/jump-desktop-remote-desktop/id364876095?mt=8">Jump Desktop</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span ><b><span style="line-height: 115%; ">Computer software</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%; ">:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; " >Dragon Naturally Speaking<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; " ><a href="http://www.cricksoft.com/us/products/tools/writeonline/default.aspx">Write: Online from Crick</a> : Bob uses the Jump Desktop software to use Write: Online</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; " >For John, computer access was using his PS3 Game controller. He is able to zip around the screen like you and I do with a standard mouse. He uses voice recognition for writing long assignments. John prefers the standard Windows 7 on-screen keyboard with word prediction for short assignments. Now because he spends the majority of his day in a supine position so we needed to find a mount that could let us get the iPad into his field of vision. Then the other issue was creating a way for him to access the iPad. We used a very basic thera-band sling. We used different colors depending on the speed he needs to tap. For games we use yellow and when he is working on something that needs stability we might head to red or even black. It comes down to his day. Then there are times we use cloth slings that his grandma made using lamb wool and satin.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; " ><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span ><b><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark106_0" grphrase="106" grtype="1">Apps</span> that he <span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark107_0" grphrase="107" grtype="1">is</span> using</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%; ">:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; " >Jump Desktop to share the computer screen. It allows him to collaborate with peers and do activities that the teacher has created in MS Word, and Excel.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; " >Dragon Go to research information on the internet<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; " ><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/inspector-gadgets-mad-dash-hd/id408750135?mt=8">Go Go Gadget is a game he likes to play</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; " ><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/talking-calculator-hd/id305432870?mt=8">Talking Calculator</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span ><span style="line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/graphing-calculator/id289940142?mt=8">Graphing Calculator</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " >Recorder for recording reading, writing and questions he has for his teachers.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " >For reading he is using the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id302584613?mt=8">Kindle App </a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; " ><span>Facetime to speak to his teachers at </span>prep time<span> </span>for<span> homework assignments</span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span ><b><span style="line-height: 115%; ">Computer Software</span></b><span style="line-height: 115%; ">:</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; " >Adobe Student and Teacher<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; " >Dragon Naturally Speaking<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 18px;" >The youngest of the group, we are still working out with the things we will offer. Right now we are keeping it simple. For access, we are using a sling option that was purchased from SMA website. However, we will be changing this. We want to give him more movement than the sling offers.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 18px;" >Apps:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span >The <span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark177_0" grphrase="177" grtype="3">youngest</span> of the group, we are still working out with the things we will offer. Right now we are keeping it simple. For access, we are using a sling option <span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark179_0" grphrase="179" grtype="1">that</span> was purchased from SMA website. However, we will be changing this. We want to give him more movement than the sling offers at this time. We may land up with a different sling system. Computer access at this time is not something we are working on however that will come later in the year. Right now the most important thing is to get him to access the iPad and some activities that he and his siblings can do. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span ><span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark172_0" grphrase="172" grtype="1">Apps</span>:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; " ><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/a-chutes-ladders-dice-board/id323374589?mt=8">Chutes and Ladders</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span ><span style="line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/free-kids-counting-game/id453915545?mt=8">Free Kids Counting Game</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span ><span style="line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/clickysticky/id365850969?mt=8">ClickySticky</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span ><span style="line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/eliasfarms/id374326277?mt=8">eliasFARMS</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; " >There are other apps that are being used. A total of 25 apps that align with the student's school curriculum. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 115%; " >Facetime to access his classroom for the morning meeting (calendar and schedule) and literacy circle (vocabulary and read aloud). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 18px;" >Access for these three overlap at some point but each is set up a little differently in the height and the support that is used. For adults you can find some sling pre-made equipment but when working with children and young teenagers, you pretty much have to make what you need.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="line-height: 18px;" >I will do my best to get a picture of the alternative access that could be used.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-21025378184369309932012-01-02T12:48:00.002-05:002012-01-02T14:30:33.427-05:00Happy New Year's and All that JazzHappy New Year! <div><br /></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; ">So what will 2012 bring. Honestly, I don’t know. Sorry, I do not know what it will bring as I don't have a crystal <span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark15_0" grphrase="15" grtype="1">ball</span> and my psychic ability <span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark15_1" grphrase="15" grtype="3">only plays</span> in <span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark15_2" grphrase="15" grtype="3">déjà vu mode</span>. The déjà <span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark9_0" grphrase="9" grtype="1">vu</span> I am having <span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark10_0" grphrase="10" grtype="1">at</span> the moment is trying to figure out what my blog should and could be.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; ">Should it be tutorial based? Should it be product demos? Should it be ……. You tell me. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; "><br /></span></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-80698687852350421162011-12-14T12:34:00.009-05:002011-12-14T13:20:48.870-05:00PS3 Game Controller as a Mouse<span class="Apple-style-span" >I am excited to enter my first video tutorial blog post. I hope you enjoy this. Let me know what you think about it. Video below items needed.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >These are the items you will need to have to make your PS3 Game Controller as a mouse.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >1) PS3 Wireless Controller</span></div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mgtAMwSYnAs/TujfMeOWgWI/AAAAAAAAAVc/gfoll0_LKUo/s200/PS%2BGame%2BController.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686039934919934306" /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" >2) Micro USB Cable</span></div><div><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-HUgJN97Vjwg/TujfX2aW5kI/AAAAAAAAAVo/0qI2hjpa39k/s200/USB%2BCable.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5686040130391303746" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 200px; " /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>3 ) Determine if you have a Window 32 bit or 64 bit computer.</div><div><br /></div><div>4) Download Driver from Motion in Joy website: <a href="http://www.motioninjoy.com/download">http://www.motioninjoy.com/download</a> </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx4swFQZ1JpCzSOpE6Y9plII9nSZekfWew8N4Vky-7cGAns9Z1hf2tyPS5MOKMNFqJMigQ0Y6NJvUwz-i_REw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-66315105656654865132011-10-29T12:57:00.002-04:002011-10-29T13:00:57.104-04:0060 minute segment – Apps for Autism<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">First let me say, I am a special education teacher and assistive technology professional for over 18 years. In my 18 years, I have never seen such a hard sell for a tool like I have for the iPad. For 60 minutes to jump on the band wagon and hard sell for this device is mind blowing. I used to respect the news pieces from 60 minutes. Now I will have to question everything they say and show.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">If no one else is going to Autism sells. If this segment was APPS for individuals that are non-verbal, APPS for special education, APPS for individuals with disabilities, Let’s Talk APPS, I am sure the hype around this segment wouldn’t have been there. Autism sells.<span> </span>We all know someone that is on the spectrum. We are all seeking a tool that opens the window, the door to individual's thoughts. But one device isn’t the answer for every individual with autism. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">I take offense with this segment on a couple of different levels. The first part, seriously do you want me to believe that Josh has NEVER been exposed to any other form of communication device be it a dynamic screen, a text to speech device or even a better developed static board? Really? In his 27 years on this earth, he has never so much as used a PEC, a computer keyboard, a computer program that has text to speech or give the young man a Franklin speller with speech would have been better and more productive than a STATIC crumbled QWERTY board.<span> </span>If I put things in perspective, maybe he wasn’t. The first Dynavox was introduced in 1991. They were big, heavy devices that were marketed to individuals with physical disabilities. The first device that I can recall being used with individuals with autism was a PRC device in the late 90’s I believe it was the Alphatalker.<span> </span>Josh is a 27 year old man who would have ended his educational / transition year 6 years ago.<span> </span>That would have given his educational placement, medical professionals, parents and other professionals that came in contact with Josh 10 years to try ANYTHING. But everyone waits until the miracle iPad was designed by Apple. So if that miracle iPad was never designed and marketed, poor poor Josh would have nothing to use.<span> </span>Come on, Really? You want me to believe this. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">First off, why is he using <span class="apple-style-span"><span style="background:white">proloquo2go. Josh has the ability to type whole words? Why is he using a symbol based communication system? I am sure he has more to say than what is programmed into the device which means he should be using an app or device that gives him much more flexibility in language. <span> </span>Has Josh used the device to spell at all since he has gotten the “miracle” iPad? If not, why not? He should be using the tool to the fullest of its capacity and not just relying on the picture supported communication. Please someone offer to evaluate Josh so he can have a tool that meets his language needs. If in the end proloquo2go is the tool that gives him the greatest language capacity for his ability wonderful. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; background:white">As for the rest of segment, the school in Canada. So they are using proloquo2go in a study with their students and a few others apps. Here is a shocking statement. There are more apps on the market then proloquo2go. Yes, proloquo2go was the first app for AAC but it isn’t the only one and dare I say it, NOT ALWAYS appropriate for every user. If the school is actually doing research on the effectiveness of the iPad for communication shouldn’t they be using tools that are appropriate for the user. Some of the students are emergent users. Emergent users – limited fields, no categories immediate<span> </span>feedback.<span> </span>Hand over hand assistance to select out of a HUGE field is not appropriate and is counter productive. Where is the independence in that? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; background:white">How about the young girl “counting”?<span> </span>Let’s define counting. Name or list (the units of a group or collection) one by one in order to determine a total as defined by </span></span><a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">www.thefreedictionary.com/</span></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;background:white">. I will give you on the iPad our little friend was visually attending. But how long was it after her introduction of the iPad was it instant like we are lead to believe? Again, I am going to say it DOUBT IT. As for counting on the iPad, our little friend was NOT counting. She was visually attending to an activity that was working as a VIDEO. If she would have touched 1 then 2 I would say she was counting. I can’t even say she was doing number identification because she was not an ACTIVE participate in that activity. She was PASSIVE.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; background:white">The one piece that I have to say was the best piece was the young man that was doing the cause effect activity and he kept returning to the TIGER and reacting. That was believable and his mother saying </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black; background:white"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;background:white">there is no such accomplishment as a "tiny little thing".<span> </span>Those are the experiences that I have every day. In my 20 years in special education, regardless of the tool, it is always the small things in life. It is the small accomplishments that we take with our students, children and the disability community. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;background:white">So many say the iPad is the “miracle” tool. Let’s try the same population of children with a different tablet type tool. Do we get the same responses if so does that not make us question why? Giving it some thought here are a few of my ideas. The first I would think that the device is positioned that there is not background issues. The device often is laid flat. There is an end visually. So it could be that children aren’t struggling with depth perception or other visual concerns. Second, computers students have to use a mouse. Mousing skills are tough for some individuals. It is a second layer of understanding. I move this item, an item on the screen moves and then I have to target the item I want. Mm… multitasking skill which we already know children with disabilities struggle with. Even with a touch window you are looking at difficulties because children struggle with proximal stability. Without proximal stability children struggle with distal mobility. In non therapy language, you have to have good mobility and strength in your trunk before you can use your hands and fingers.<span> </span>So if the touch window is in a vertical plane, it is harder because I don’t have a steady base of support. With the iPad, I can rest my arms on the table, have a smaller movement so I don’t lose my base of support. Thirdly, portable. Computers have to stay at one place. With the iPad student can go where they are more comfortable. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;background:white">As an assistive technology consultant, I struggle every day with hopes that the suggestions that I am making are sound reasonable meeting the needs of the individuals with disabilities that I come in contact with. This segment just trivialized assistive technology for individuals with disabilities. It managed to put chips, dings and holes in all the work that has been done in the field of assistive technology. Assistive technology professionals, parents and therapist have worked tirelessly to get the message out “ONE SIZE DOESN’T FIT ALL”. <span> </span>We need to look at the individuals needs and abilities. In 13 minutes, they had the message sent “If your child has autism, the iPad is the ONLY tool to use.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;background:white">Tools are tools. The tool is not the miracle. The tool may help unlock the window but it is the individuals that push, pull and are consistent with using the tool that opens the window and allow the potential flow out. This means it is the parents and professionals that work hard and are dedicated to improving their children/students they work with that make things happen. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;background:white">I remember a saying my grandmother used to tell me “Remember it is not fancy paper, the bows or even what might be inside the the package that makes it special but it is the the message of the package that makes it special.” <span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin; color:black;background:white">The iPad is supposed a tool for the masses. It is a UDL dream come true. However, again that wasn’t what was expressed and shown. So is it a miracle, no. I am almost positive Steve Jobs didn’t have individuals with disabilities in mind. He was thinking of the MAJORITY not the minority. We were just lucky to benefit from the tool. It still doesn’t make it a miracle tool. It makes it a well designed tool. It is a tool with the right app it is can be a door opener. But honestly, the iPad isn’t anything without the APPS. If the device just had work based apps, how many children with disabilities would be benefiting? <span> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-30605354640154965232010-07-09T12:08:00.001-04:002010-07-09T12:08:26.049-04:00Summer Reading : Ways to motivate<span xmlns=''><p>It is summer in NJ if you could not tell it by the calendar you can surely tell it by the heat and humidity. Many of us enjoy a nice lazy summer lounging at the pool or beach with a good book. On the other hand, our children often are required to read an hour a day or do a book report for their summer reading. I am not sure who the schools are punishing the children or the parents that have to fight with the children to read a book when all they want to do is have fun in the sun. To decrease the fighting in my home here are a few strategies that I have used:<br /></p><p><br /> </p><p>The one page read: I scan the book onto a standard piece of paper and place it in a top loader. It becomes their placemat for breakfast. I have even been known to staple it to the back of the cereal box. (Since two pages fit on one standard page – I get 2 for 1).<br /></p><p><br /> </p><p>Shared silly reading: When we are doing this, we have cards we made up and the person picks how they will read. There are times it is a silly voice, standing on one leg, ringing of bells when we get to a specific word. <br /></p><p><br /> </p><p>Audio books: Yes, I know Audio books are not considered reading. However, you can work a deal you read one chapter you can listen to one chapter. Often what will happen is the student will follow along in the book. <br /></p><p><br /> </p><p>Reward reading material of choice: If my niece or nephew finishes their assigned reading for the week typically, 1-2 chapters they are given a reward of more material to read. This can range from a comic book, graphic novel, magazines or a game.<br /></p><p><br /> </p><p>Roll the dice: A game of chance depending on how you roll the dice you may end up with as little as 2 pages or 2 minutes or up to 12 pages or 12 minutes of reading. The way we play is you have a choice before you roll the dice are you going for pages or minutes. If we do this method we, play at least 3 times a day. <br /></p><p><br /> </p><p>Give a purpose to reading: When my niece and nephew have a book for summer reading, I read the book before they do. I set a purpose for each chapter. I might have them look for idioms, comparisons, something that reminds them of somewhere they have gone, or a hunt for a hidden message that I created using little dots over words that spell out a special treat.<br /></p><p><br /> </p><p>If all else fails bribery always works. I give a penny for every page read. Since most of the books my niece and nephew are reading are between 300-400 pages, they make $3-$4 dollars. If they complete the task earlier then their established deadline, they can double their money. If they complete the writing assignment that typically goes with their summer reading, they can triple their money.<br /></p><p><br /> </p><p>If you have a creative way to help your children or students get through their unwanted summer reading, please share. I am always looking for new ways to motivate more reading in my family.<br /></p></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-65191567408390935552010-04-12T16:09:00.002-04:002010-04-12T16:12:37.955-04:00Merit pay Possibility - WRONG to base it on Standardized Test<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I am a strong advocate for change needed in our schools. There are many reasons that our schools. In addition, not for one second would I put the failure of the schools on the backs of the teachers that stand each day in front of the class trying to make a difference in the life of the students before them. At one time, teachers were only responsible for teaching academics now teachers are responsible for raising the child. Yes, I said it. Teacher not only teach reading, writing and but we teach safe sex, </span></span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">drug and alcohol abuse education, character education, foreign language, nutrition and computer and Internet education. The law makers have increased mandates that the public schools have to do regardless of the money to do it. Every year there is new unrealistic burden placed on the teachers to do their job. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In many states, we are talking about merit pay based on student performance. Honestly, I am a student with a learning disability; I struggled with reading and writing. It is not right to judge my teachers abilities to teach on a standardized test. When I am in her room she is able to support me the way I need, I have tools that I am able to use to support my reading and writing. On standardized test, I must go it on my own. You have taken the supports that are deemed needed by the people that know me best and say I cannot have them. Why should you base my teacher(s) ability to teach me on the test if you remove the supports I need to learn?</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="style31"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">There is a story that I had a pleasure of reading. It was written by </span></span><span class="style31"><span style="mso-ansi-font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Jamie Robert Vollmer called the “</span></span><a href="http://www.jamievollmer.com/blue_story.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Blueberry story</span></span></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">” . If you haven’t had a chance to read it I highly recommend it for everyone that thinks they have the answer for education. There are no easy fixes, solution or decisions to be made. For every decision that is made there is consequence. Merit pay makes sense on paper and in the business world however it does not translate to the classroom. In the business world, if you do not like the way a team member is performing you can release them from their responsibilities. If you don’t like the way a student is performing you as the teacher have to find a way for that student to perform to their ability. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="style31"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Standardized test is a snap shot of students’ ability. If that student is not feeling well he/she will not perform well. If the student is reading 2 years below grade level, he/she must take a test at their grade level with no reading supports. They cannot ask question for clarification, no one can help them to sound out a word and they cannot use their talking dictionary to find out what the word means. If you want merit pay to be fair, than school systems need to find other ways to evaluate merit. Using standardized test is not the answer. Standardized test do not tell you how an individual functions in everyday life.</span></span></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I am a student with a learning disability. I am an adult with a learning disability. I earned my undergrad and Masters after your standardized test said I should not be able to achieve that. I was a teacher to students with emotional disabilities, multiple disabilities and learning disabilities. Your standardized test told me I was not able to do perform math and reading as well as my peers. I am a consultant that trains teachers, parents and administrators about tools to support their students to perform better in reading, writing and math yet your standardized test proved what? Is your standardized test worth the paper they are written on? I have accomplished what your standardized test said I should not. I accomplished what I have because of the teachers that day in and day out worked with me, gave me the tools I needed to learn, they gave me the strategies that help me function to my ability. My teachers are the ones that told me to shoot for the stars because there is one with my name on it.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="style31"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Maybe lawmakers should start acting with common sense and stop listening to the lobbyist about what our students need. Start listening to the teachers, the students and the people that are in the trenches every day. Stop making decision based test results. Start making decisions on experience.</span></span></o:p></span></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-41844758544778113302010-04-02T20:26:00.002-04:002010-04-02T20:32:29.532-04:00Disney Books Go Digital<span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;">Disney has made over 600 books available in digital format. </span><a href="http://disneydigitalbooks.go.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;">http://disneydigitalbooks.go.com/</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"> It cost approximately $80.00 year. The site offers three levels of books Shared Reading and Beginning readers (picture books and early readers), Reading on my Own (storybooks and readers) and Level 3 Reading Chapter Books.<br /><br />You read the books online, you can highlight a word you are not sure of and it will pronounce the word to you. If you want further information, it also has a dictionary. The dictionary does not read the definition which is interesting since they went as far as having a dictionary. If you cannot read a word, often you cannot read the definition. </span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;color:#000000;">For individuals that use switches, the site is not accessible. The stories are read with highlighting and start automatically. It also turns the pages for you automatically. You can pause the story but you cannot change the rate of speed in which it is reading to you.<br /><br />After the story is over you get a special treat, I SPY. You are given eight pictures that you have to go through the story again to find. I was disappointed with this feature because I thought you would get to click on the pictures in the book and something would happen. Nope.<br /><br />The site has a few different gems that you have to search for. I like the Cloze Activities for writing your own story. You can create your own bookshelf with your favorite books. There is even a bookshelf for the books that are in progress. It even has a reading log of all the books you have completed and it can be printed out.<br /><br />It has a 7-day free trial. See what you think. Find some things that I did not find. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-18389601141679137702010-03-24T22:33:00.003-04:002010-03-24T22:40:52.471-04:00Visual Supports - They are important<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I have observed children with disabilities in many different environments across New Jersey. I have had the pleasure of observing many classes that used visual supports with great success. Some of did a great job of making visual supports that were meaningful and helped the students become more independent and successful in the environments. Other classrooms had visual supports that had no meaning to the students. The visual supports were just decorations around the room that become visual noise or distractions. It always amazes me when I go for an observation of students with language disabilities and there are no visual supports for the students. Regardless of the student’s disabilities, visual supports are what help make sense of our environment. As a typical individual, I use visual supports on a daily basis while I am driving (GPS, street signs, directions) or list (whom to call, what I need to purchase, and chores I have) and I have my </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">blackberry to make sure I show up to appointments on time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Visual supports help an individual focus on priorities and decrease the auditory distractions of words which turn into the Charlie Brown teacher WAWAWA WAHA WAH WAH. Visual supports allow us to feel confident in what is being asked and that the expectation are very clear. Children with disabilities often are asked to </span></span><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">negotiate through a maze of expectations throughout the day. As humans we are verbal noise making machines, do this, go there, listen, look, stop, go, sit, stand, quiet this, quiet that and all between and over the conversations the adults are having of how traffic, what they had for breakfast, what they will do later what they did last night. If you ever get a chance to just sit back and listen, you would be shocked at the amount of verbal language being used all around students that struggle with expressive and verbal language. We want to be language models but often we are language samples of projectile vomit. Yes, I know very graphic but now you get the idea.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">When I visit a classroom that has “show and tell” visuals or has no visual, I always want to ask the teacher “how does your students survive this environment?” because I have language and I want to shut down. I know that sounds harsh. However, when an individual does not understand language or interpret what you are saying increasing the number of words, saying it louder is not going to make it any better than it was before. The only solution is to help each other understand each other with supports that communicate the content of the message.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Utilizing visual supports for individuals that struggles with language helps the person plan and prepares for what will be happening. It gives the individual a point of reference so they can refer back if they feel unsure or need to double check the steps on a task they are doing. It helps them feel in control in a world that they have so little control. It decreases the anxiety over the anticipation of what comes next and what is expected of ME. Because in their world, everything is unexpected, uncomfortable and confusing without supports to explain it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Visual supports do not have to be fancy. You do not need brand named software to create the visual supports. Visual supports have meaning because we GIVE them MEANING. As the teachers, therapist and parents we give meaning to the world that our children are part of. We label the world for them. Just like there are 100’s of ways to say Grandmother there are 100’s of ways to use symbols. As I said, we give meaning to the symbol. For example, a picture of hands, can mean quiet hands, hands on lap, hands at sides, hold hands, clean hands and so on. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Please remember that you can use real photos, drawings, images from clip art to make visual material for students. It doesn’t have to be expensive software to make it have meaning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What to do:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><b>Do not label furniture with their names unless you want the students to practice labeling. Label with expectation: Chair: Sit, Table: Work, Sink: Wash</b></span></b></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px; "><b>Keep visuals at the students’ eye level. Think of visual strategies as marketing as they do in the grocery store. Everything that is yummy and not good for you is at eye level of the children. Go down the cereal aisle.</b></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px; "><b>Have multiple copies of the symbols you are using. They will ripped they will get lost. </b></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px; "><b>You have to teach the symbol and the meaning before you expect a student to understand to use it. </b></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px; "><b>Need to have a change card so the students have some way of knowing that something unexpected is going to take place such as a change in routine, activity or therapist.</b></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; line-height: 18px; "><b>Laminate the picture with tape, contact paper or real lamination. </b></span></li></ul><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; ">Resources for visual pre-made supports:</span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.practicalautismresources.com/printables/more-p"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">http://www.practicalautismresources.com/printables/more-p</span></span></span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.setbc.org/pictureset/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">http://www.setbc.org/pictureset/</span></span></span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.speakingofspeech.com/Materials_Exchange.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">http://www.speakingofspeech.com/Materials_Exchange.html</span></span></span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.usevisualstrategies.com/AutismVisualPrintablePictures.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">http://www.usevisualstrategies.com/AutismVisualPrintablePictures.aspx</span></span></span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.visualaidsforlearning.com/products/index.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">http://www.visualaidsforlearning.com/products/index.htm</span></span></span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.polk-fl.net/staff/resources/ese/resourcesboardmaker.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">http://www.polk-fl.net/staff/resources/ese/resourcesboardmaker.htm</span></span></span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.scatc.org/pages/teacch_work_jobs.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">http://www.scatc.org/pages/teacch_work_jobs.htm</span></span></span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.mormonchic.com/crafty/filefolders.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">http://www.mormonchic.com/crafty/filefolders.asp</span></span></span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/activities/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/activities/</span></span></span></a></li><li><a href="http://omacfreebies.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">http://omacfreebies.blogspot.com/</span></span></span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.positivelyautism.com/links.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">http://www.positivelyautism.com/links.html</span></span></span></a></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; "><a href="http://www.slatersoftware.com/autism.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">http://www.slatersoftware.com/autism.html</span></a></span></li></ul><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; ">Software you can use that you already have:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; ">Word processing tools: Word, Word Perfect, Works, Google docs</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; ">Spreadsheets: Excel, </span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; ">PowerPoint</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; ">Paint</span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large; ">Software to use to make visual supports </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.slatersoftware.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">http://www.slatersoftware.com/</span></span></span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.mayer-johnson.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">http://www.mayer-johnson.com/</span></span></span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.pogoboards.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">http://www.pogoboards.com/</span></span></span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.gusinc.com/Overboard/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">http://www.gusinc.com/Overboard/</span></span></span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.widgit.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">http://www.widgit.com/</span></span></span></a></li><li><a href="http://www.tobii.com/assistive_technology/products/vs_communicatior.aspx"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">http://www.tobii.com/assistive_technology/products/vs_communicatior.aspx</span></span></span></a></li></ul><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3672456539433673010.post-67316147341076876102010-03-05T12:45:00.003-05:002010-03-05T12:53:05.438-05:00Ergonomics in the classroomOften when I visit a classroom, I look at the environment in which the student needs to function. One of the things that often amaze me is the number of students that are sitting at ill fitted desks and chairs. I know it is difficult in middle and high school to make sure the students have the proper height chair and desk but in the elementary school, there should be no problems since the students spend the majority of their time in the same class all day.<br /><br />When most think of ergonomics, they think computers. When I think ergonomics, I think of the general environment. Our students are sitting at desks that are either too high or too short. I recently went to visit a classroom of a 3rd grade student. The concerns were that the student’s handwriting was difficult to read, student would fatigue and the student complained of arm pain. This student was on the petit side. When they pointed the student out to me, all I could do was shake my head. The students’ desk was two pegs higher than it needed to be for her. For this student to write she needed to lift her arms up onto the desk raising her shoulder. No wonder this student was complaining of arm pain and getting tired. This meant she had decrease control over the ability to use her pencil. This students chair when she sat back she could not put her feet to the ground so she was moving all over the place and sitting on her legs. The rule of the classroom is 6 feet on the ground. This student even if she wanted to could not accomplish this task. After explaining my observation to the case manger, we walked down to the building principal. I again explained the situation and asked if a maintenance person could visit the classroom. We had the students all line up against the wall, picked three students at a time and asked them to find a chair they liked and to sit in the chair. If it was a proper fit, the chairs were labeled with the student’s name. For the students that were in-between chair sizes we created different footrest (this was done over time). Then we had the student take the chair to their desk. The maintenance person, teacher and I lowered and made desk higher for the students. I returned to the classroom a week later to talk to the teacher about the concerns. The student’s handwriting was still difficult to read but you could read it, she was no longer complaining about pain and being tired. The teacher noticed that the students seemed to be more comfortable and not wiggling in their chairs as much.<br /><br />Sometimes it is not a tool that is needed but the environment that needs to be adjusted to meet the needs of the individuals working in it. It takes just a few minutes to adjust chairs and desks throughout the year. There are benefits to making sure students have the proper environment to do their work.<br /><br />How to check for proper height and fit:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.communityplaythings.com/resources/articles/chairchart.html ">http://www.communityplaythings.com/resources/articles/chairchart.html </a><br /><br />Resources: <br /><br /><a href="http://ergo.human.cornell.edu">http://ergo.human.cornell.edu</a> <br /><br /><a href="http://www.ergoindemand.com/about_classroom_furniture.htm ">http://www.ergoindemand.com/about_classroom_furniture.htm </a><br /><br /><a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Ergonomic-Classroom-Chairs---Taking-Care-of-Students&id=2447115 ">http://ezinearticles.com/?Ergonomic-Classroom-Chairs---Taking-Care-of-Students&id=2447115 </a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0