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Dealing with family law issues is physically, mentally, and emotionally demanding and exhausting. During this challenging transitional time in your life, you do not have to face these difficulties alone.
The Cumming family law attorneys at Vayman & Teitelbaum, P.C. are here to provide you with valuable support and advice. As your legal counsel, we are here during every aspect of your case from the divorce trial to the settlement of child support and custody, and with any other aspects of family law that you may require.
While one of our most common family law needs, Vayman & Teitelbaum, P.C. understands that divorce is an unexpected event in your life. No one begins a marriage expecting it to end. We will ensure that you are ready to face the new chapter of your life by making sure that you close the current one correctly.
The lawyers at Vayman & Teitelbaum, P.C. will help you navigate the complex legal processes of the Cumming Family Law. You will experience frustrations and challenges, and we are here to guide you through overcoming each one. Our years of family law experience and expertise ensures that you have all the knowledge and answers to any questions and uncertainties that you may have.
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The compassionate lawyers at Vayman & Teitelbaum, P.C. are dedicated to delivering the best legal representation during this trying time in your life. We know that you are questioning what your future will be like, which can be very stressful. Divorce, child custody, child support, and father's rights are all emotionally charged issues, which can make it very challenging to look at the facts of the case objectively. We help you understand the full picture, what your options are, and develop a strategy to help you accomplish your goals with your family law case.
We relieve your worries by providing the resources and the support that you need to both understand and make smart choices throughout the family law process. Our goal is to alleviate your stress. We support you with every legal aspect of your family life, from restructuring during divorce to maintaining a healthy, loving relationship with your children. If you are looking for a dedicated, compassionate Cumming Family Law Attorney, look no further than Vayman & Teitelbaum, P.C..
Divorce Attorneys
Divorce is a complicated legal process which involves more than the couple involved. The entire process is full of frustrations and unpleasant surprises for anyone who is not familiar with it. Moreover, the mental and emotional upheaval brought by the significant change in everybody's life can bring considerable stress to anyone.
Familiarizing yourself with the divorce process in Cumming will help alleviate some of your worries. Understanding each step will allow you to prepare with the help of the experts at Vayman & Teitelbaum, P.C.. While each divorce case is unique, most follow this general timeline:
- Initiating the Divorce Process – one of the spouses hires a lawyer and develops a petition or complaint outlining the reasons for the divorce and how he/she wants to settle custody, finances, and other related issues.
- Filing and Serving the Petition – the complaint is presented to the court and we will make sure that it is served on the other spouse. Also included is a summons which requires a response.
- Receiving the Answer to the Complaint – the other spouse has a certain amount of time to submit a response. The spouse's response should outline how he/she would prefer to deal with various divorce decisions. The court will assume that the other spouse agrees to the terms in the complaint in cases it doesn't receive any response.
- Exchange of Documents and Initiation of Property Division – the couple will exchange relevant documents and information pertaining to property and income. Thus, the court will decide how to divide the property and how child support and alimony should be.
- Mediation or Settlement – in cases where couples voluntarily agree and resolve all issues through settlement or mediation the divorce agreement is then presented to the judge at an informal hearing where he will confirm if both parties understand and agree with the settlement.
- Court Approval for Any Settlement Agreement – a divorce decree will be approved where all the agreements are outlined. If the couple cannot reach an agreement or the court does not approve, the case will proceed to trial.
- Divorce Trial – attorneys of both parties will present arguments and evidence for each side. The court will decide all unresolved issues such as child custody, child support, alimony, and property division.
The divorce process is long and frustrating, but with the best divorce and family lawyers at Vayman & Teitelbaum, P.C. guide you through each process. We will be there at your side to ensure that you have your fair say in each decision.
Child Custody Attorneys
Child custody is a long and very stressful process for the children involved. In cases where the parties cannot agree on a decision in terms of child custody, the court prioritizes the well-being and best interests of the child.
According to the 2010 Cumming Code on Child Custody Proceedings the state will determine what will be the best decision with the happiness and welfare of the child in mind. It is based on various factors including, but not limited to:
- The existing emotional ties and relationship between the parents and the child.
- The existing emotional ties between the child and his/her siblings.
- The ability of each parent to give the child guidance, affection, and love. Also including the ability of each parent to continue the rearing and education of the child.
- The parent's familiarity and knowledge of the child and his/her needs.
- The capacity of each parent to provide food, clothing, medical care, daily needs, and other basic care to the child.
- Each parent's home environment including its safety and promotion of nurturance.
- The significance of the continuity in the child's life including a stable and satisfactory environment.
- The family unit of each parent including support systems within the community to benefit the child.
- Each parent's physical and mental health.
- Involvement in the child's social, extracurricular, and educational activities.
- Past and future performance in terms of parenting responsibilities.
- Relevant records of the child such as home, school, and community. Also including any health or special needs of the child.
If the child is of age 14, he/she may elect which parent shall serve as his/her physical custodian. Unless the court determines that the parent as the custodian is not to be in the best interest of the child.
Other factors in consideration also include physical abuse, alcohol, and substance abuse, co-parenting, moving, parental employment, and parental alienation.
Child Support Attorneys
In the state of Cumming, it is the responsibility of both parents to provide for the education, maintenance, and protection of their children. The court ensures that both parents continue their duties for the child. Child support typically involves payments made to the custodial parent by the non-custodial parent.
Usually, child support is paid monthly or bi-monthly until the child reaches maturity. Moreover, child support cannot be waived by either the paying or receiving parent as it belongs to the child.
Child support is determined through complex computation either through the agreement of both parties or a dispute to the jury or the judge. The computation involved comparing each parent's income and the unique needs of the child.
Father's Rights Attorneys
The state of Cumming applies the best interest of the child standards which gives equal opportunity for the father or the mother to gain custody of the child. However, Cumming law also distinguishes between a legally recognized father and a biological father. This means the marriage (or absence of marriage) play a significant factor in determining the father's rights to the custody of his child or children.
Being the father of a child from an unmarried mother, or a mother married to another man is complicated in terms of child custody. If you want to have the rights and responsibilities associated with fatherhood, you must take the necessary steps to prove your paternity as soon as possible. While there is no set time for the court to recognize your paternal rights, the earlier you can assert your rights will give you a better chance of having a life with your child.
Filing of legitimation is the process of legally recognizing a biological father which allows him to establish a legal relationship with the child. This relationship involves potential custody and support along with various relative responsibilities as a parent to the child.
If both you and the mother agree and consent to the legitimation, you will both voluntary acknowledge the legitimation through the completion of the Acknowledgement of Legitimation form. However, if there is a disagreement to the legitimation or in cases when you are uncertain whether the mother will consent, you can file a petition to the court.
The court will initiate a legitimation proceeding where the judge will hear and weigh both parents in order to determine if the legitimation is appropriate. The court will carefully evaluate whether you as a father may be a fit parent. Remember that the state of Cumming will prioritize the best interest of the child.
Vayman & Teitelbaum, P.C. understands the love of a father to his children. We are committed to giving you a fighting chance to be a part of your child's life. Our family law attorneys will be at your side to assist you in understanding and preparing for the legal process and potential custody battle so you can maintain being a part of your child's life.
Let's Talk Now- Case Evaluation
Vayman & Teitelbaum, P.C. is your legal support whether you are already filing for divorce or you are still deciding. We have the experience and the resources that you need during the entire legal process. Legal information is your key to painless and smooth divorce process between you and your spouse. Contact us for a Case Evaluation!
Call Vayman & Teitelbaum, P.C. now at (678) 504-8411 for your Case Evaluation with a Motivated, Experienced Divorce Attorney in GA.


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CBN.com -"I began to do drugs and began to shoot cocaine in my veins. Money was running out! I had to survive."
"We show up and knock at the door. One of us is standing to the side. I force my way in while he's coming behind me with a gun already pointed up. Once the victim sees the gun, they're not gonna struggle with ya, man. So one of us takes his hands back and duct tapes him, so he can't make no sudden moves. So then we ransack the house, and see what we can find."
Angelo Vega was always on the run, and always got what he wanted… EXCEPT a real family. Growing up, he was handed off to live with different family members across the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
"I was always rejected. My mother and father didn't want nothing to do with me. They had their own lives. I see people all around me all the time who have families and they were functional families. I always desired that."
At one point, he lived with an alcoholic grandfather, who beat him every night.
"He would just come in there and just drag me by the head and throw me to the floor and just take his belt off and just begin to whoop me and whoop me and whoop me. I was so young I couldn't retaliate, because I was scared he's going to beat me down so bad again. I had all this anger being stored up inside of me."
Angelo lashed out at other students at school, and was sent back to his father, a drug dealer.
"One day I came across his stash, and I started to experiment with marijuana at that age, 13. I would take it to school and I would show all the other kids, 'Look what I got, man,' and I would start selling drugs to get money."
By the time he was eighteen, he ended up in jail on drug charges. There he met members of a gang called the Latin Kings, who wanted Angelo to join them.
"I mean, I've been rejected all my life. Now you guys are telling me you're going to love me, and I'm going to be a part of a family finally—the family I never had."
He began fighting other inmates for his gang, and ended up in solitary confinement for a year. The other gang members forgot all about him.
"They said they were going to keep in touch with me and whatever I needed they were going to make sure that I had it. Everything they ever talk about is a lie. It's not true. It's the same thing I felt when I was a kid. I was rejected all around. I was angry. I was stuck. I was depressed."
Once Angelo was released he needed cash to buy drugs, and began robbing homes. "We duct tape them at gunpoint, laid them on the floor, loaded up and took off. Took everything."
Angelo was caught and went to prison again for eight years. His cellmate invited him to go to the prison's chapel service.
"I said, 'Brother, I don't go to church. I didn't come to prison to go to church. I came to prison to do eight years.'And he said to me, 'Well, you're a gang member, right?' I said, 'Yeah, I'm a Latin King.' And he said, 'Well, I think I seen one of them in the service.' I said, 'You did? Wow! Really!?' I said, 'Man, where do I sign my name?'"
He went to the service that night. He didn't see any gang members, but he heard a message that changed his life.
"The man of God began to preach. And he began to share that God is willing,God is there, and God wants to speak to you today. I found myself in a prayer and I was saying, "God if you're real, if this is true about you, uh speak to me."
After the service, Angelo walked forward to talk to the pastor.
"He said,'The Lord wants me to tell you that three years ago you almost died, but he kept you alive because of his grace.' He says, 'Stay in the Word and the Word will guide you there.' There was no way that this man could know that I almost had an overdose exactly three years ago. I mean, this is not a coincidence. And so immediately I knew it was God, I knew He spoke to me and I was shaken. And I go into my cell and I got on my knees—I was weeping."
Angelo was transferred to a new prison to serve the remainder of his time. That's where he discovered Teen Challenge, a Christian drug rehabilitation program.
"Everybody that goes to Teen Challenge, they get released from prison. I said, "Man, that's the program for me.'"
But once again he heard the same message he had in the prison service
"He begins to share how God so loved the world… even though we deserve condemnation, He didn't come to do that. He came to liberate and set the captives free. When he said that He didn't come to condemn the world, right there I knew it. It was love. It was a love that the gang could not offer me."
"It was something deep, profound, and so I prayed and I meant business with God. 'God, I'm so sorry that I rejected Your Word. I'm so sorry that I ran from You when I came into this prison. I'm so sorry! And Lord, I believe that Jesus Christ came and died on the cross. And because of that, Lord God, I accept You today as my personal savior."
"I felt a weight--it was like chains was lifting off of me that morning. This scripture became a reality in my life, 'Therefore, if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. All things are passed away, behold all things become new.'"
Angelo finished the drug rehab program and his prison sentence. He now works fulltime with Teen Challenge, helping others who share the same struggles he once had.
"One of the things I love the most of this job is to see when God takes a person that is broken and puts them back together. My grandfather really didn't care less. My father, all he cared about was his drug business. My mother, she tried, but really she wasn't there for me. The gang, they gave me a false philosophy of love, but God—nothing is like God. He definitely knows how to love like a true, true Father."
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The Faith of Abraham
1 Abraham was, humanly speaking, the founder of our Jewish nation. What did he discover about being made right with God?
1 Abraham was, humanly speaking, the founder of our Jewish nation. What did he discover about being made right with God?
2 If his good deeds had made him acceptable to God, he would have had something to boast about. But that was not God's way.
3 For the Scriptures tell us, "Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith."a
4 When people work, their wages are not a gift, but something they have earned.
5 But people are counted as righteous, not because of their work, but because of their faith in God who forgives sinners.
6 David also spoke of this when he described the happiness of those who are declared righteous without working for it:
7 "Oh, what joy for those
whose disobedience is forgiven,
whose sins are put out of sight.
whose disobedience is forgiven,
whose sins are put out of sight.
8 Yes, what joy for those
whose record the LORD has cleared of sin."b
whose record the LORD has cleared of sin."b
9 Now, is this blessing only for the Jews, or is it also for uncircumcised Gentiles?c Well, we have been saying that Abraham was counted as righteous by God because of his faith.
10 But how did this happen? Was he counted as righteous only after he was circumcised, or was it before he was circumcised? Clearly, God accepted Abraham before he was circumcised!
11 Circumcision was a sign that Abraham already had faith and that God had already accepted him and declared him to be righteous — even before he was circumcised. So Abraham is the spiritual father of those who have faith but have not been circumcised. They are counted as righteous because of their faith.
12 And Abraham is also the spiritual father of those who have been circumcised, but only if they have the same kind of faith Abraham had before he was circumcised.
13 Clearly, God's promise to give the whole earth to Abraham and his descendants was based not on his obedience to God's law, but on a right relationship with God that comes by faith.
14 If God's promise is only for those who obey the law, then faith is not necessary and the promise is pointless.
15 For the law always brings punishment on those who try to obey it. (The only way to avoid breaking the law is to have no law to break!)
16 So the promise is received by faith. It is given as a free gift. And we are all certain to receive it, whether or not we live according to the law of Moses, if we have faith like Abraham's. For Abraham is the father of all who believe.
17 That is what the Scriptures mean when God told him, "I have made you the father of many nations."d This happened because Abraham believed in the God who brings the dead back to life and who creates new things out of nothing.
18 Even when there was no reason for hope, Abraham kept hoping — believing that he would become the father of many nations. For God had said to him, "That's how many descendants you will have!"e
19 And Abraham's faith did not weaken, even though, at about 100 years of age, he figured his body was as good as dead — and so was Sarah's womb.
20 Abraham never wavered in believing God's promise. In fact, his faith grew stronger, and in this he brought glory to God.
21 He was fully convinced that God is able to do whatever he promises.
22 And because of Abraham's faith, God counted him as righteous.
23 And when God counted him as righteous, it wasn't just for Abraham's benefit. It was recorded
24 for our benefit, too, assuring us that God will also count us as righteous if we believe in him, the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.
25 He was handed over to die because of our sins, and he was raised to life to make us right with God.
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TOKYO — U.S. superstar gymnast Simone Biles, the greatest gymnast of all time, will not compete in the individual all-around gymnastics final at the Summer Olympics on Thursday.
The Olympic individual all-around is the sport's marquee individual event, and she won by a huge margin at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.
She pulled out of the team final on Tuesday, saying she needed to take care of her mental health.
"After further medical evaluation, Simone Biles has withdrawn from the final individual all-around competition," USA Gymnastics said in a statement.
"We wholeheartedly support Simone's decision and applaud her bravery in prioritizing her well-being," USA Gymnastics added. "Her courage shows, yet again, why she is a role model for so many."
Biles still may compete in the individual event finals — USA Gymnastics said she'd be evaluated every day to determine whether she'll take part. She qualified in all four of the events.
Jade Carey, who came to Tokyo as an event specialist, will take Biles' place in the all-around individual event. Carey had an exceptionally strong showing at the qualifying event, placing ninth overall.
Biles suddenly withdrew from the team event, citing mental health
After a rocky opening vault at the team final on Tuesday night, Biles told her coaches that she wanted to bow out of the competition. "I didn't want to go into any of the other events second-guessing myself," she told reporters later.
"I've just never felt like this going into a competition before," she said. "I tried to go out here and have fun ... but once I came out here, I was like, 'no, mental is not there, so I just need to let the girls do it and focus on myself.'"
Her teammates rose to the challenge. Two of them — Sunisa Lee and Jordan Chiles — stepped in and competed in events they were not expecting to, earning a silver medal.
The team members acknowledged that suddenly losing their biggest star was stressful, but they expressed total support for Biles. "If it wasn't for her, we wouldn't be here right now. We wouldn't be silver Olympic medalists," Chiles said.
Jade Carey will step in at the all-around event
Carey, a 21-year-old from Arizona, didn't compete on Tuesday because she wasn't selected as a member of the four-person team.
She came to Tokyo specializing in vault and floor exercise, qualifying for the Olympics by racking up enough points at the Apparatus World Cup Series. It was controversial in the gymnastics world when she did not make the four-person team.
At the qualifier on Sunday, Carey had great scores in vault and floor to make it to the finals for the apparatuses. And a strong score in the uneven bars — 14.133 — was enough to put her into ninth place overall.
On most teams, her total score would easily qualify her for the individual all-around final. But each team is allowed to send only two individuals. Biles placed first, and Lee was third overall.
With Biles pulling out, Carey unexpectedly moves into the spotlight for the biggest event in women's individual gymnastics.
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LXXXIII Vaisampayana said, Worshipped by the ruler of Magadha, Pandu's son having white steeds yoked unto his car, proceeded along the south, following the sacrificial steed. Turning round in course of his wanderings at will, the mighty steed came upon the beautiful city of the Chedis called after the oyster Sarabha, the son of Sisupala, endued with great strength, first encountered Arjuna in battle and then worshipped him with due honours. Worshipped by him, O king, that best of steeds then proceeded to the realms of the Kasis, the Angas, the Kosalas, the Kiratas, and the Tanganas. Receiving due honours in all those realms, Dhananjaya turned his course.
Indeed, the son of Kunti then proceeded to the country of the Dasarnas. The ruler of that people was Chitrangada who was endued with great strength and was a crusher of foes. Between him and Vijaya occurred a battle exceedingly terrible. Bringing him under his sway the diadem-decked Arjuna, that foremost of men, proceeded to the dominions of the Nishada king, viz, the son of Ekalavya. The soon of Ekalavya received Arjuna in battle. The encounter that took place between the Kuru hero and the Nishadas was so furious as to make the hair stand on end. Unvanquished in battle, the valiant son of Kunti defeated the Nishada king who proved an obstacle to the sacrifice. Having subjugated the son of Ekalavya, O king, the son of Indra, duly worshipped by the Nishadas, then proceeded towards the southern ocean. In those regions battle took place between the diadem-decked hero and the Dravidas and Andhras and the fierce Mahishakas and the hillmen of Kolwa. Subjugating those tribes without having to accomplish any fierce feats, Arjuna proceeded to the country of the Surashtras, his footsteps guided by the horse.
Arrived at Gokarna, he repaired thence to Prabhasa. Next he proceeded to the beautiful city of Dwaravati protected by the heroes of the Vrishni race. When the beautiful sacrificial horse of the Kuru king reached Dwaravati, the Yadava youths, used force against that foremost of steeds. King Ugrasena, however, soon went out and forbade those youths from doing what they meditated. Then the ruler of the Vrishnis and the Andhakas, issuing out of his palace, with Vasudeva, the maternal uncle of Arjuna, in his company, cheerfully met the Kuru hero and received him with due rites. The two elderly chiefs honoured Arjuna duly. Obtaining their permission, the Kuru prince then proceeded to where the horse he followed, led him. The sacrificial steed then proceeded along the coast of the western ocean and at last reached the country of the five waters which swelled with population and prosperity. Thence, O king, the steed proceeded to the country of Gandharas. Arrived there, it wandered at will, followed by the son of Kunti.
Then occurred a fierce battle between the diadem-decked hero and the ruler of Gandharas, viz, the son of Sakuni, who had a bitter rememberance of the grudge his sire bore to the Pandavas'
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5 Things on Encounters
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from Sean Pravica, author of A PSA About Love:
Everyone has had them: sudden encounters with memorable strangers. Here are five of my own personal favorites. A supporting character in my novel, Stumbling out the Stable, is based on one of these people.
Blonde hair, blue eyes, spoke with a wistfulness that made every word froth over with existential longing. He worked for the Forest Service in Big Sur, a place heralded for its austere and largely unadulterated beauty. He stood in a wooden kiosk at a trailhead, slowly leafing through a National Geographic, surveying pictures of the world's beauty.
He wore a patchy red and blue jumpsuit. I saw him when I was a child. The first time was from my mother's car as he stood at a stoplight holding what looked like a child wrapped in a blue blanket. The next day in the next town over, out to breakfast with my mother, I looked up and saw him again, his face nearly messianic in its calm. Now I saw the blue bundle he cradled in his arms was empty.
Some forgettable backlot in downtown Los Angeles. A kind man ambled carefully to my car, in one hand a bucket and in the other a rag, which he held outstretched like a flag designating peace to an unpredictable alien. Two dollars to wash the windshield. I accepted and received some backstory per my request. Unemployed, used to be in construction, built Staples Center, its purple glow peeking over squat buildings behind us.
She was not filling up her car but parked oddly in front of a pump. She was smoking a cigarette and had the window rolled down, so passing by her on the way to the register I asked her to put her cigarette out. She took offense, called my laptop case a purse, and we exchanged words. I paid for gas, and as I came back, she invited me to get in her car and sit with her. So I did. We talked about vague things, and she was friendly but aloof. She had some kind of alcohol in a water bottle that she offered me, telling me I could use it since I was being uptight. I declined. She was looking over a paper throwaway magazine that lists the latest local arrests, complete with mugshots. She called them "knuckleheads," and betrayed a strange connection to them as she shook her head, a familiarity unspeakable but palpable. I asked her what she did and said she was an entrepreneur, but would not elaborate. I left, and we ended our conversation in peace, and that was much more than I could say for how things started.
- I lived in Big Sur for a little while myself. But I did not work in a kiosk, though my job booking room reservations was tremendously unsatisfying. I feeling guilty about the prospect of leaving only a few months after being hired when I happened to meet an older woman at a concert after-party. She was a psychotherapist and we talked about goals and ambition, things owed to others versus things owned to oneself. She had a generous laugh that signaled a deep satisfaction in her own life.


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Air Force Says 'Nyet' to iPad2
The U.S. Air Force is pulling back an order of thousands of iPads. Is it because the plan includes software written by a Russian?
The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), operator of surveillance aircraft and specialized gunships, has backed off from their earlier decision to buy the iPad 2 for the electronic flight bag for their aircrews. This decision was reached after questions arose about the origins of the GoodReader iPad software, which was a key component of the purchase decision.
GoodReader, a top-selling, five-star-rated iPad/iPhone application in the iTunes App store, is a PDF reader that also has markup capabilities with freehand drawing, line drawings, sticky notes, text boxes, and other features that would allow better utilization of static maps and flight planning documents. It also includes the ability to encrypt data on the iPad, making it a useful addition to a pilot's flight bag.
[Coincidentally, we have a new review of GoodReader for the iPad. Click here to read it.]
While no official reason for the cancellation of the project has been given, sources have indicated that the problem stems from the fact that the GoodReader software is provided from a developer in Russia. The very minimalist website of the vendor, Good.iWare, doesn't include contact information for the company and includes only a few brief pages describing the products available and a blind contact form for users with support questions.
According to a report on the Nextgov website, the director of the Army's smartphone connectivity project, Michael McCarthy, was quoted as saying that he would not use software developed in Russia due to the potential risk to which it could expose end users. The presumption is that there is the potential for intentional security issues introduced into a software product from a country that has historically been inimical to the goals of the United States.
The original AFSOC proposal for the acquisition of tablet devices for the pilot's flight bag specified the GoodReader application as a requirement for the purchase, due to the capabilities of the software and how those capabilities meshed with the needs of the pilot. There is no other single application with the same feature set as GoodReader, though its capabilities could conceivably be matched using a less convenient combination of other products.
This issue goes beyond the normal concerns of using commercial devices in a business environment. The military needs to vet software used in mission-critical roles on an almost line-by-line basis to assure that there are no intentional pieces of malicious code buried in applications that could compromise the security and safety of military personnel or their missions.
Though the AFSOC has refused to comment on this issue, Yuri Selukoff, the developer of Goodreader, told Nextgov, "I am not affiliated with any government institution, neither Russian, nor any other, [and] GoodReader doesn't have any malicious code built into it. Having said that, I am open to any security/penetration tests that anyone would be willing to perform on the app."
This issue also points to the trust that has been applied to applications purchased form the Apple iTunes App store. In years of working with ISVs, you learn that appearance is a big part of the sales process. While a great website is not a requirement for successful applications, a website with too little information has always been a bit of a red flag. Good.iWare, like many businesses that sell through the App store, has an almost non-existent web footprint outside of product reviews and the iTunes store.
Of course, the security issue could be a red herring. The real reason for the cancellation could be that someone at the AFSOC noticed that the iPad 3 is due out in just a few weeks, and is reconsidering a large investment in technology that will soon be obsolete.
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2.b.-brief-history-taijiquan Section
A Brief History of Taijiquan
written by Nick Gudge
The earliest history of taijiquan is today still largely a matter of conjecture and the cause of no small amount of inter-style argument. This being the case there seems little point on dwelling too much on it. Sufficient to say that Taiji was undoubtedly influenced by many external martial arts and in part by its close geographical proximity to the Shaolin Temple. When it moved from its mixed internal/external to its purely internal roots is extremely difficult to say with any conviction.
The techniques of daoyin (the concentration of chi or qi) and tuna (deep breathing exercises) have been written down from 400 BC being described and championed by such famous Taoist writers as Lao Tsu (Lao Zi) and Chuang Tzu (Zhuang Zi) amongst others. These play an important part in taijiquan and in their modern forms of Chi Kong (Qigong - literally energy or breath exercises) and neigong (literally Internal Exercises). However, despite being a part of taijiquan training, they are not by themselves martial exercises.
Of the undisputed history, the earliest authenticated written records are held in Chen village, (Chenjiagou Village, Wen County, Henan Province in North/East central China.) While there are earlier martial arts records, some dating back 3000 years, with elements that are certainly present in modern taijiquan, all the major schools accept that taijiquan in its modern form certainly comes via Chen Wang Ting, (see image to the right) in Chen Village, in the middle of the 17th century, the late Ming Dynasty in China.
I say "at least via" because while there is little doubt that Chen Wang Ting created seven sets of movements for training what was then called shadow boxing, ('taijiquan' really being a 20th century name,) most of the forms of movements can be traced by name to earlier authors such as Qi Ji Guang (1528-1587), but with no reference to shadow boxing. Before this point too much is still conjecture. Much after this point is still open to argument but records are significantly clearer.
Perhaps the main step taken by Chen Wang Ting was to combine fighting skills with internal but non-fighting training to utilise a different type of power. In particular the usage of spiral-like winding and unwinding (opening and closing) movements within this internal framework. Certainly if this was his achievement it was no small one. There are other internal martial arts (including Xingyiquan and Baguaquan) that make exclusive use of these internal aspects and some external martial arts like the Shaolin Boxing and Chinese Monkey Boxing that accidentally or otherwise may make occasional use of peng jing, that have no obvious connection to Chen Wang Ting. However what is clear is that only the Internal Martial Arts aim to use them exclusively. From this probably steps their potential additional health bringing nature.
From Chen Wang Ting we progress through his family descendants to Chen Chang Xing (1771-1853) who taught Yang Luchan (1799-1872) the founder of Yang style taijiquan (- see image to the left), the most popular style today, possibly because it was the first style to be taught openly. (Note that the Yang style is named after the Yang family not after the yin / yang daoist principle.)
Yang Luchan taught Wu Yuxiang who went to study in Chen Village with Chen Qing Ping in 1852 and created Wu/Hao style taijiquan. His lineage taught Sun Lutang (1861-1932,) who was himself already proficient in Xingyi: he developed Sun style Taiji. Yang Luchan's son Yang Ban Hou who in turn taught his relative Wu Jianquan who created Wu style Taiji. These five schools (Chen, Yang, Wu/Hao, Wu and Sun,) are the five most common styles of Taiji today.
As time has past more styles have developed and within each school each particular master has had their own particular interests. It should be noted that there are many other schools / styles that claim to train taijiquan. Some of these are simply offshoots of these five styles while some are spurious. For the beginner it is very difficult to ascertain whether someone is a putative student and practitioner of taijiquan or a charlatan.
Since the cultural revolution in China in 1956 the Chinese government authorised a synthesised or standardised set of forms (24 forms) which were expanded into the 88 forms (1957) and 48 forms (1979) all of which are principally based on the Yang style. Also since the 1950's under a famous fighter and teacher Chen Fake, Chen style has become more well known and the two principle old forms (laojia) were adapted into two new form (xinjia) to fit its modern audience.
Nick Gudge teaches tai chi classes in Limerick, primarily in Chen Style utilising the laojia method, with a shortened Yang Style for beginners


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An official website of the State of North Dakota
Language: English
The State of North Dakota provides automatic translation for nd.gov websites, courtesy of Google Translate. Please remember, though, that the English language version is considered the most accurate. In the event of a disagreement or discrepancy between the translation and the original English version of this web site or any notice or disclaimer, the original version will prevail.


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Daybehavior's Paulinda interviewed on their come back on the synthpop scene
Stereoklang got an exclusive talk with lead singer Paulinda Crescentini in the Swedish synthpop act Daybehavior, who recently announced their come back after almost 7 years in complete silence. With a new single out "It's a game" and a new album planned for release this winter, we had to have a chat about their music and future plans. And of course a bit of insights into the hardware and software being used in their studio, somewhere hidden in central Stockholm.
Daybehavior is a trio consisting of Paulinda, Carl and Tommy, and having lost one of the band members for a retreat to Thailand it was a nice surprise to us all when suddenly after 7 years there was a sign of reunion. Although all members have continued with music in one form or another during that long period, e.g. Carl is a full-time musician and producer, the drive to making music together again brought them back together and the music video "City Lights" was released earlier this year.
Paulinda tells me that the new album, that will contain 12 new songs, is the best that ever has come out of the band and one success factor is that they now are all closely involved in the song writing process. Carl is the producer master mind, Daybehavior produces everything themselves as for now at least, Tommy often starts off the process by sending a demo from Phuket containing a general sound structure, to which Paulinda will add melody and lyrics. Paulinda and Carl, both frequent Logic users, will add to the song and after a few bounces across the globe they are ready for studio recording at Carl's place.
With titles like "City Lights" and "It´s a game" I asked Paulinda what her inspirations came from in the song writing process and needless to say she, like many others, finds it most difficult to write happy lyrics for the dance floor. You need to search your memories, read other lyrics, get into the right mood of things to get it into place. With a clear synthpop profile and with Tommy and Carl growing up during the 80s it is not hard to know who their main inspirations are, so I asked her what they are inspired of on today´s electronic music scene. Personally I get loads of Ladytron vibes, but Paulina also mentions Junior Boys, The Knife and Booka Shade as great inspirations. Paulinda, being part Italian I was kinda hoping she would mention "classic" acts like Scotch, but no that was before her time.
Although coming in to trade secrets, meaning what you will actually find in the Daybehavior studio without revealing too much, we can inform you that you will definitely find a Jupiter 8, KORG Mono/Poly and some additional KORGs and Yamahas. From a software perspective some favorites include Vanguard, Adventus, Prophet 5, Arp, Ppg wave. Needless to say you will also on the effect side find the Echoboy tossed in there in the mix. Although seldom seen playing live, when it happens the Jupiter 8 will be on the stage, paired with Siel Opera and some master keyboards.
The new album is according to Paulinda much more about having fun and doing what they feel is right, without too much focus whether it will sell or not. The three sharing the same vision was something that made this a real kick-start to their come back. Discussing this I was curious about their video "City Lights", what's all this with Las Vegas? Easy answer from Paulinda, it needs to look slick and in harmony with the music, and of course the lack of resources makes it difficult to make a full-blown feature video with real footage of the band.
Finally I asked Paulinda two questions; where comes the band name from and when will we see you performing live. The band name Daybehavior comes from a mix of two of our favorite songs – Human behavior and Daydreaming, and unfortunately we will have to wait until the spring until we will have a chance to see Daybehavior live.


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Editor's Note: In this third in a series of posts about the upcoming ALA Conference in New Orleans, Elizabeth Berman, Science & Engineering Librarian at the University of Vermont, and Breanne Kirsch, Evening Public Services Librarian at the University of South Carolina Upstate, provide seven useful strategies for improving your conference networking. We'll be hearing more about the ALA Conference from our new team of ALA Emerging Leaders over the next few weeks leading up to the big event.
Attending the ALA Annual Conference can cost a chunk of change when you include registration, travel and lodging (not to mention shipping home all the swag you score at the Exhibit Hall). With library budgets tighter than ever, we are all being forced to question whether attending physical conferences is still relevant in today's economy.
Short answer: yes! One of the greatest benefits to attending the ALA Annual Conference goes beyond the boundaries of the information that's delivered; it is about connections you make with colleagues through the act of networking.
Networking is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "the action or process of making use of a network of people for the exchange of information, etc., or for professional or other advantage.†In other words, it's like Facebook, but in person. Networking is an advantageous skill to develop, opening you up to new information and knowledge, creating contacts and a professional support system, and improving your reputation. Here are our seven tips to help you become a networking ninja:
1. Have a plan. Are you job-hunting? Are there vendors that you would like to connect a face to? Are you looking to get more engaged with librarians in your particular field or area of specialization? Identifying who you want to engage with (be it a person or an organization) is key to making effective and meaningful connections during the short duration of a conference, especially if you are networking with a purpose. Remember to bring your business cards to hand out to others and collect their business cards as well.
2. Get social. ALA conferences are ripe with social activities, from committee breakfasts and soirees to interest group happy hours to vendor-sponsored parties. These are some of the best places to make connections because the atmosphere is more relaxed – you're not going to interrupt a speaker.
3. Use the "power of helloâ€. While it may seem obvious, talk to the people around you. Say hello. Introduce yourself. Ask them questions and engage them in conversation: Where do you work? Are you involved in any committees? What interesting sessions have you attended at this conference? Not only will this help break the ice (who doesn't like talking about themselves?), but it will also make it more comfortable to chat with them if you see them again later at that conference, or at future conferences.
4.Break out of your comfort zone. It can be easy as a new librarian to default into a passive role and wait for others to introduce themselves – they are the veterans, right? Conferences are a fantastic place for old friends and colleagues to catch-up and often times – unintentionally – librarians group together in what feels like closed circles. But by channeling your "inner social butterfly,†you will open doors that from a distance looked closed.
Elizabeth's story: Since 2007, I have attended the Science & Technology Section's (STS) Soiree, a casual drinks-and-appetizers affair held at a local eatery. I will be the first to admit that for the first several years, I showed up, talked to one or two people I knew from committee work, and retreated early to the safe confines of my hotel room. My tendencies are more wallflower-y, and walking into a situation where it felt like everyone already knew each other was daunting. It felt awkward inserting myself into a group situation where I knew nobody, where I felt I was interrupting conversations.
This past Midwinter in San Diego, high on the wisdom imparted at the Emerging Leaders program, I decided to change tactics – and my mindset. I realized that I wasn't doing myself any favors sitting on the sidelines, and this pattern would only get more awkward the longer I was an STS member (can you imagine being the 10-year veteran of an organization where no one knows you?) Going against my personal level of comfort, I worked the room. I walked up to every table, every group, and introduced myself. Most of the time, people glanced at my nametag and noticed something we could talk about: I was an Emerging Leader, I was from Vermont, I worked with both the sciences and engineering. Conversation came easy. Was it difficult putting myself out there? Absolutely. But guess what? No one shunned me or laughed at me or told me to go away. In fact, I made some excellent connections that I hope to build on over the years.
5. Just connect. You will likely have distinct networks that you are familiar with at the conference – librarians you went to school with, librarians you work with, librarians you serve on committees with. Don't be afraid to introduce others and serve as a connector. If you are talking with a co-worker and an acquaintance from one of your committees walks up, introduce them. Not only does it relieve a potentially awkward situation (no one is left staring at the ceiling or floor as you finish your conversation), but who knows what kind of connections you just helped form. And with 60,000 librarians attending these conference, small actions like this help make the community feel smaller.
6.Follow through. It is one thing to connect with people at a conference, but the more important piece is to follow up with them. A great idea, collaboration, or friendship can't exist unless it's acted upon. So follow up with the people you really connected with, send an email telling them you (sincerely!) enjoyed talking to them about X, Y, and Z. It makes a difference, it really does! And who knows what sort of opportunities can follow.
Breanne's Story: At the South Carolina Library Association Conference, I had a wonderful networking experience at the exhibitors opening reception. My husband, Jonathan and I found ourselves talking with a few other librarians about current projects we were working on at our respective libraries. One of the librarians mentioned that she was coordinating a steampunk conference and encouraged Jonathan and I to submit a proposal. Our proposal was accepted and we gave a presentation on Steampunk Aesthetics and Themes in Film: A Literature-Based Approach. The conference proceedings are in the process of being published in a manuscript. This example might be a little unusual, but there are many opportunities that come about from networking at library conferences. You may meet someone that is an expert on a new technology your library is thinking of implementing or a librarian that will be your future employer.
7. Have fun. Networking shouldn't feel (or look) like a chore. Some of the most successful networkers work the room with an ease that betrays the fact that they are working the room. So relax, be yourself, and above all, have fun with it. What's the worst that can happen?
So as you gear up to attend ALA Annual in New Orleans this summer, think about using these seven tips. Odds are, you'll enhance your conference experience and expand your network.


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Xbox 360 Cheats
This page contains a list of cheats, codes, Easter eggs, tips, and other secrets for Fallout: New Vegas -- Dead Money for Xbox 360. If you've discovered a cheat you'd like to add to the page, or have a correction, please click EDIT and add it.
Don't Die from Falling
Right before you hit the ground, save. Load that save and you will land lightly on the ground.
Steal All 37 Gold Bars In "Dead Money" (DLC)
Note: You will need a few C4 and a Detonator for this exploit. In the final part of the game you will enter a vault with 37 gold bars weighing 35 pounds each. Each gold bar is worth 10.539 caps. Clearly you can not take them all -- unless you use this exploit.
Enter the vault and the door will seal behind you. Take everything in the room that you want to including the 36 gold bars on the table to your right and the 1 gold bar on the overseers desk. Deactivate the security system and activate the computer on the desk. IMPORTANT: Only read "Vera", DO NOT access the file that shows up after you read it. Elijah will appear on the monitor, convince him to meet you in the vault. When the conversation ends leave the room immediately (it unlocks), and walk to the far right stairway. A blue force field will appear blocking your path, lay your C4 at the bottom of those stairs and then press your body against the blue force field in the doorway. When Elijah finishes speaking, for some reason you and he switch places. (You'll see what I mean) Make sure he is on or very near your C4. Detonate and leave the way you came. Congratulations you now have 37 Gold Bars worth a total of 389.943 Caps.


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Still No jQuery Accordion in WordPress 3.1?
Update: Just posted a ticket to core trac. Response was that new JavaScript libraries tend to only get included if they are used in WordPress core, which explains why it isn't added (yet). I think that it should be considered though because of its usefulness, and tiny file size!
There seems to be a bit of a shake up in the jQuery UI files included with WordPress 3.1. Firstly there is a new UI version (1.8.7), rather than 1.7.3 which was included in WordPress 3.0.4.
Also, the jQuery core files have been broken out of the single ui.core.js file into four separate files: ui.core.js, ui.mouse.js, ui.position.js, ui.widget.js. This makes it a little clearer what core UI components are included with WordPress. You can see this more clearly in the screen shot below. The core files are outlined in red.
There are two new UI widgets available in jQuery, and one of these, the button widget, has made it into WordPress 3.1. The autocomplete didn't make it in. This is not a surprise as this might not be required that much at the moment, but users may need this as more autocomplete examples pop-up around the web.
I am a little disappointed though at the lack of inclusion of the accordion widget which has been around for a while now, and is a very useful addition to your web pages. There may be a good reason for this, that I am not aware of, but at just 9 KB it is very small and could be included without anyone hardly even noticing!
I use a lot of jQuery accordions for theme/Plugin options pages and find it a hassle to have to add in the accordion widget manually. It is not really a big issue, but it's conspicuous by its absence. Anyone else know why it is not shipped along with the other WordPress jQuery files? Let me know in the comments if you do.
Oh, and the datepicker widget would be nice too. However this is around 35 KB so might be seriously considered for now. Anyway, just imagine being able to pick the date from the nice jQuery datepicker rather than have to manually enter the date/time as you do now. 😉


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Quality Assurance for the Highest Medical Standards
ZEISS Medical Industry SolutionsZEISS Insights: Technical Papers on geometric dimensioning of a knee implant
Geometric dimensioning of a femoral implant
In the medical industry, we understand that quality requirements are especially high, particularly for products which are intended for use inside the human body. For example, orthopaedic implant manufacturers are faced with the challenge of precisely and efficiently measuring complex, highly polished free-form surfaces, without destroying the component. In this technical paper, we will show you how to check the geometric dimensioning of highly polished metal implants, without causing micro scratches. It will include a demonstration of an examination on a CMM system, with a femoral of an orthopaedic knee implant as the example workpiece.
- Discover the advantages of optical measurement using a CMM for highly polished metal implants
- Speed up your measurement process with 4-axis scanning and a rotary table
- Define easily measured features such as free-form surfaces, using ZEISS CALYPSO software
Geometric dimensioning of a tibial insert
Do you want to measure plastic implants efficiently, accurately and without causing damage? At the same time, are you faced with the challenge of complying with the high regulatory specifications of the medical technology industry?
In this technical paper we'll demonstrate two different ways to inspect the sensitive surface of a plastic component. We will use a plastic insert from a knee implant to demonstrate these processes. Experience the advantages of high-speed optical measurement and learn more about the benefits of X-ray systems.
- Explore two different ways to efficiently measure plastic implants, featuring demonstrations on the measurement machines
- Learn more about non-contact high-speed scanning of sensitive plastic surfaces
- Measure surfaces and inspect internal structures with CT systems
Geometric dimensioning of a tibial tray
Do you have to balance meeting the high standards of the medical industry quality requirements, whilst efficiently measuring complex free-form structures? In this technical paper we'll show you an easy way to measure these hard-to-access freeform features, using the example of an orthopedic tibial implant. We'll demonstrate this process with a CMM system and guide you step by step - from fixturing the part to creating a measuring protocol.
- Discover how to efficiently measure recessed areas of a metal implant
- Learn more about the ZEISS Stylus System for flexible measurement of free-form surface elements
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A brief history of the world's first socialist working class uprising. The workers of Paris, joined by mutinous National Guardsmen, seized the city and set about re-organising society in their own interests based on workers' councils. They could not hold out, however, when more troops retook the city and massacred 30,000 workers in bloody revenge.
The Paris Commune is often said to be the first example of working people taking power. For this reason it is a highly significant event, even though it is ignored in the French history curriculum. On March 18 1871, after France was defeated by Prussia in the Franco-Prussian war, the French government sent troops into Paris to try and take back the Parisian National Guard's cannon before the people got hold of it. Much to the dismay of the French government, the citizens of Paris had got hold of them, and wouldn't give them up. The soldiers refused to fire on their own people and instead turned their weapons on their officers.
The PNG held free elections and the citizens of Paris elected a council made up mostly of Jacobins and Republicans (though there were a few anarchists and socialists as well). The council declared that Paris was an independent commune and that France should be a confederation of communes. Inside the Commune, all elected council members were instantly recallable, paid an average wage and had equal status to other commune members.
Contemporary anarchists were excited by these developments. The fact that the majority of Paris had organised itself without support from the state and was urging the rest of the world to do the same was pretty exciting. The Paris Commune led by example in showing that a new society, organised from the bottom up, was possible. The reforms initiated by the Commune, like turning workplaces into co-operatives, put anarchist theory into practice. By the end of May, 43 workplaces had become co-operatives and the Louvre Museum was a munitions factory run by a workers' council.
The Mechanics Union and the Association of Metal Workers stated "our economic emancipation . . . can only be obtained through the formation of workers' associations, which alone can transform our position from that of wage earners to that of associates." They also advised the Commune's Commission on Labour Organisation to support the following objectives: "The abolition of the exploitation of man by man... The organisation of labour in mutual associations and inalienable capital." Through this, it was hoped that within the Commune, equality would not be an "empty word". In the words of the most famous anarchist of the time, Mikhail Bakunin, the Paris Commune was a "clearly formulated negation of the state".
However, anarchists argue that the Commune did not go far enough. Those within the Commune didn't break with the ideas of representative government. As another famous anarchist, Peter Kropotkin said:
"if no central government was needed to rule the independent Communes... then a central municipal government becomes equally useless... the same federative principal would do within the Commune"
As the Commune kept some of the old ideas of representative democracy, they stopped the people within the Commune from acting for themselves, instead trusting the governors to sort things out for them.
Anarchists argued for federations of directly democratic mass assemblies, like the people of Paris had done just over a hundred years previously (must be something in the water!).
The council became increasingly isolated from those who'd elected it. The more isolated it got, the more authoritarian it got. The council set up a "Committee of Public Safety" to "defend [by terror]" the "revolution". This Committee was opposed by the anarchist minority on the council and was ignored by the people who, unsurprisingly, were more concerned with defending Paris from invasion by the French army. In doing so, they proved right the old revolutionary cliché of 'no government is revolutionary'!
On May 21st, the government troops entered the city and were met with seven days of solid street fighting. The last stand of the Communards took place at the cemetary of Montmartre, and after the defeat troops and armed members of the capitalist class roamed the city, killing and maiming at will. 30,000 Communards were killed in the battles, many after they had surrendered, and their bodies dumped in mass graves.
The legacy of the Commune lived on, however, and "Vive la commune!" ("Long live the Commune!" was painted over on the walls of Paris during the 1968 uprising, and not for the last time we can be sure...
By libcom
I asked this question on the forum but will re-post here. You can follow the forum discussion at this link: http://libcom.org/forums/theory/committee-public-safety-paris-1871-bad-junta-spain-1936-good-04032012
For the first time, I am beginning to read a few articles on the Paris Commune (1871). One article on libcom says the following:
Source: http://libcom.org/history/articles/paris-commune-1871
The council became increasingly isolated from those who'd elected it. The more isolated it got, the more authoritarian it got. The council set up a "Committee of Public Safety" to "defend [by terror]" the "revolution". This Committee was opposed by the anarchist minority on the council and was ignored by the people who, unsurprisingly, were more concerned with defending Paris from invasion by the French army.
Two things are confusing here. One: It says "the people" ignored this Committee because they were focused on fighting off the French army, but wouldn't a committee to "defend the revolution" be focused on fighting the French army, too?
Two: A committee to defend the revolution is essentially what was proposed by Friends of Durruti when they said that a junta of elected delegates to coordinate the civil war was needed. Anarchists generally support that so why were they against a similar thing in the Paris Commune?
The article says nothing else about the Committee of Public Safety, and doing a search on libcom and scanning other articles which mention it didn't provide much info, so I don't really know anything about this Committee or its real purpose and what it did. So maybe there were good reasons for being opposed but they aren't apparent.
Anyone know?
The move to create Committee for Public Safety (there was even a long debate about the name, since it was the same one used by those who instituted the Red Terror during the French Revolution) was proposed for discovering internal (within the Commune) counter-revolutionaries and other dissidents. The few anarchists who were involved correctly saw this as an authoritarian distraction, since it had nothing to do with fighting the off the Versailles army of Thiers.
Some information about Blanqui and Proudhon would be helpful. Their followers made up most of the people in the Commune's government.


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Sand being placed at Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, part of the beach renourishment project for coastal storm risk reduction that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is managing in partnership with the state of New Jersey.
Sand is pumped onto Monmouth Beach, New Jersey. The pumping is part is beach renourishment project for coastal storm risk reduction that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is managing in partnership with the state of New Jersey.
It's been 12 months since Hurricane Sandy produced dire consequences for the region, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District is carrying out nearly $150 million worth of work to repair and restore coastal projects damaged by the infamous storm. The catastrophic event that led to these efforts is far from forgotten. During the end of October 2012, children were making Halloween plans and many of the faithful were preparing for the feast of All Hallows and All Saints Day when news came of the Atlantic's 18th hurricane of the 2012 season. Hurricane Sandy had just made landfall near Kingston, Jamaica. After causing severe damages in Jamaica, Hurricane Sandy continued along its projected path, churning its way through the Caribbean Sea and making landfall in Cuba on the October 26th with 115 mile per hour winds.
The energy of the system created over 30 foot seas and affected an area of ocean 1.4 million square miles -- nearly one-half the area of the United States. As forecasters from storm prediction centers watched the hurricane make its way toward the eastern United States, it became apparent that Hurricane Sandy would merge with weather fronts coming from the West and Canada and make landfall with astronomical surges fueling its impact.
Storm preparations and evacuation plans curtailed trick-or-treating, costume parades were cancelled and customary practices were abruptly altered. Early on October 29th, Hurricane Sandy curved northwest and made landfall in New Jersey near Atlantic City with wind gusts reaching 90 miles per hour. Coastal inundation, tidal river flooding and damaging winds brought on by the storm resulted in damages greater than imagined.
The impacts of Sandy in New Jersey alone were astonishing. Over 300,000 homes were destroyed, more than 7 million left without power, and nearly 200,000 businesses impacted. Tons of debris, fuel shortages, and millions of residents remained, and still remain affected by the storm.Recovery efforts began immediately. The US Army Corps of Engineers plays a major role in the disaster response with trained response teams providing a wide variety of public works and engineering related support. Missions carried out by the US Army Corps of Engineers, New York District included emergency power support, debris removal missions, assisting in the reopening of the Port of New York and New Jersey, and assessing damages to federally-authorized and constructed shoreline projects.
In addition to the significant damages to businesses and residences in the area, Hurricane Sandy was responsible for the loss of millions of cubic yards of sand along the areas shoreline and leaving the shore communities exposed and more vulnerable to potential future coastal storms.
While teams were deployed to support immediate recovery missions, there was also a focus on longer term repair, restoration, and coastal storm risk management projects and studies.The Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 provided the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies, with the funding and authority to restore coastal projects damaged by Sandy and to study and build new projects that will reduce risk of storm damages.
One of the largest projects undertaken by the Corps' New York District since Sandy was repairing and restoring a hurricane and storm damage reduction project in Keansburg and East Keansburg, and the Sea Bright to Manasquan Inlet Beach Erosion Control which were two projects already constructed along the New Jersey coast. Both projects are funded and authorized as part of two statutory authorities, Public Law 84-99, an authority that existed prior to Hurricane Sandy and applicable to all U.S. Army Corps of Engineers projects throughout the nation, and a new authority created by the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Appropriations Act passed in response to Hurricane Sandy damages, Public Law 113-2.
Through the Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies Act, PL 84-99, the US Army Corps of Engineers is authorized to repair previously constructed projects after a large event like Hurricane Sandy returning the project area to its pre-storm conditions. Through this authority, the Corps is currently replacing approximately five and a half million cubic yards of sand lost in Keansburg and the entire reach from Sea Bright to Manasquan Inlet. Levees and a floodwall in Keansburg will also be repaired under this authority.
Through the Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 (PL 113-2), the Corps was further authorized to restore these previously constructed projects impacted by Hurricane Sandy to their original design profile which means an additional three million cubic yards will be placed on the beaches. In total, these two authorities allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to repair levees and wing walls damage in Keansburg and East Keansburg and placing nearly eight million cubic yards of sand on New Jersey beaches.
After Sandy, the New York District, in partnership with its sponsor, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, on these already constructed projects, moved quickly and prepared the necessary reports and gain the necessary approvals for the work to be accomplished. Six months after the storm, New York District personnel were able to design the necessary repairs, obtain required environmental permits, and carry out all of the accompanying work required to award construction contracts. Less than one year after Hurricane Sandy affected the area, the New York District awarded all six repair and restoration construction contracts.
Over the past months, stretches of beaches from Sea Bright to Manasquan are covered by crews laying pipe and pumping millions of cubic yards of sand. Bulldozers moved new sand to repair and restore the previously constructed beach berms, which in many places were destroyed by Sandy.
The coastal restoration work in New Jersey from Sea Bright to Manasquan is part of a larger U.S. Army Corps of Engineers effort throughout the northeastern United States to place more than 26 million cubic yards of sand to restore beach erosion control and coastal storm risk reduction projects damaged by Hurricane Sandy. The Sea Bright to Manasquan Project was the world's largest sand placement project by volume when it was initially constructed from 1994 to 2001. It involved placing roughly 20 million cubic yards of sand along roughly 18 miles of New Jersey beaches, reducing risks for multiple communities.
Approximately 8 million cubic yards will be placed from Sea Bright to Manasquan New Jersey and approximately 875,000 cubic yards in Keansburg and East Keansburg, New Jersey. The repair and restoration to the Sea Bright to Manasquan Beach Erosion Control Project was broken into four contracts:
"With this fourth contract awarded for emergency beach replenishment to restore the beaches from Asbury Park to Avon-by-the-Sea, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is hopeful that in addition to providing beach erosion control, that this construction will also assist the region heal by restoring an important and central element to the coastal communities," said Col. Paul E. Owen, the Army Corps' New York District Commander.
Along the shore of the Raritan Bay, the Corps awarded two separate contracts to repair and restore the Keansburg, East Keansburg, and Laurence Harbor Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction project that were built by the Corps in the 1960s. The two contracts, totaling over $40 million, were awarded this past summer. Work is currently underway to repair the damaged levees and beach restoration work is scheduled to begin this winter.
For each project, the US Army Corps of Engineers, with its non-federal sponsor, the State of New Jersey, works closely with the local municipalities to explain the type of work, the potential impacts and ensure that projects are carried out in the safest way possible. All environmental coordination, permitting and monitoring has been and continues to be done in cooperation with State and federal partners including the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Marine Fisheries Service.
"Looking forward, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to aid the state of New Jersey in recovering from Hurricane Sandy as it completes repair and restoration contracts," said Jenifer Thalhauser, Regional Project Manager, Army Corps, New York District. "While these contracts are underway, the Corps continues to study and design new projects that will reduce the risk to these communities within the State from future coastal storm damages."


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