Obama defends plans to close Gitmo May 22, 2009
Obama spoke in front of a copy of the Constitution, to members of the Judge Advocate General s Corps, diplomatic, policy and development officials and representatives of civil liberties groups. I can tell you that the wrong answer is to pretend like this problem will go away if we maintain an unsustainable status quo, Obama said. (KHOU.com, TX)
HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD May 21, 2009
Search Local Business Listings. HIGH SCHOOL SPORTSStories, photos and videos from The Plain Dealer. (Cleveland.com -- Sports)
Plans set for Marblehead Memorial Day observance May 21, 2009
After completing his active-duty commitment in 1966, he joined a Navy JAG unit and was promoted to lieutenant commander in 1968. He was granted his honorable discharge in February 1978. (Marblehead Reporter, MA)
Pineiro puzzles Cubs, goes distance May 20, 2009
Rasmus has been on a power jag lately, hitting three home runs in five games. He also hit one that didn't count, in the second inning of Friday night's rain-abbreviated game. (MLB.com -- St. Louis Cardinals)
Why Erk should be in the Hall of Fame May 19, 2009
We did alternate while Jacksonville was upgrading its field for the Jag s and it was fun, but the trip to the WLOCP is steeped in tradition (those of us who can remember through the fog of over-revelry). UGA amd UF have been meeting there since 1933, for Pete s sake. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Bill McCollum Announces Bid for Governor of Fla. May 19, 2009
com - Bill McCollum Announces Bid for Governor of Florida. Monday, May 18, 2009. (Newsmax)
Cities seek stimulus cash to aid police work May 18, 2009
Last month, Arizona received $25 million of the initial $424 million of JAG funds nationwide ... 7 million more in JAG grants ... In 2008, JAG money, along with state fees from speeding tickets and other sources, helped pay for 196 police officers around the state, she said. (AZCentral -- News)
Another kid in the clubhouse May 17, 2009
The Diamondbacks, on the other hand have lost seven games decided by one or two runs during their current 2-10 losing jag. They ve hit. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Army Reserve in Pacific gets first female leader May 16, 2009
Gen. Coral Wong Pietsch, who became the first Asian/Pacific-American female general and first female chief judge in the Army Judge Advocate General Corps in 2000 ... Gen. Coral Wong Pietsch, who became the first Asian/Pacific-American female general and first female chief judge in the Army Judge Advocate General Corps in 2000. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Local Emmy Award Winning Star and Philanthropist Nancy Cartwright Returns to Give Back to the Community May 16, 2009
Press Release Source: JAG Entertainment ... JAG Entertainment Jo-Ann Geffen, 818-905-5511. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Stars of the showroom May 16, 2009
The list ranges from the very affordable sixth-best seller, Hyundai Accent at $9,970, to the rather pricey $88,475 Jaguar XKR, No. 19 on the list. The Jag sold the same number of cars in April 2009, 127, as it did in April 2008. (MSNBC -- Business)
Lt. Dan Driscoll mobilized to Walter Reed May 16, 2009
There, as a member of the JAG Corps, he will provide legal assistance to wounded soldiers to help ensure they obtain the benefits they are entitled to receive ... In 2001, he was recruited to the JAG (judge advocate general) Corps, the legal arm of the US military ... In one fell swoop he went from being an aviator to JAG lawyer and from the Navy to the Army. (Cohasset Mariner, MA)
Obama to revive terror tribunals, add rights May 15, 2009
The most complex cases, including that against self-proclaimed Sept. 11 organizer Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, should be brought to federal court, where prosecutors are more experienced than military judge advocate generals, Stimson said ... John D. Hutson, the former Navy Judge Advocate General; and retired Brig. (AZCentral -- News)
Click here to read more. May 15, 2009
He worked for the Judge Advocate General Corps at the Pentagon and was on a brief mission in Iraq. Army , 43, of Alexandria, who spent weekends at a summer home at Lake Anna in Orange County, also worked for JAG and died with Gilmore. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Drop the top May 14, 2009
The Mazda MX-5s and Jaguar XK convertibles of the world may have fabric roofs, but the materials are anything but bargain-basement. From the inside of the Jag, for instance, it's tough to tell that the finished roof made of layered cloth isn't permanent. (Globe and Mail)
Wilmington ready for MWRA water May 14, 2009
Richter also pointed out that not every community in the Bay State was a JAG recipient. North Reading and Tewksbury, for example, did not receive a grant. (Wilmington Advocate, MA)
Missouri gets $25M public safety grant May 14, 2009
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program funds are part of more than $4 billion in Justice Department Recovery Act funds available to prevent crime, improve the criminal justice system and support job creation, according to a release from Holder s office ... JAG grants are allocated according to formula using population and violent crime statistics, combined with a minimum allocation to each state and territory ... Local ARRA JAG awards will be announced later. (St. Louis Business Journal, MO)
Electronic ticketing coming to a traffic stop near you May 13, 2009
Ionia County Commissioners approved an application for 22,320 in funds from the economic stimulus package's Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program that will be used to purchase an electronic citation system for county patrol vehicles ... In addition to the new electronic system, officials from the department are also going to be utilizing the JAG funding for the purchase of new tasers. (Ionia Sentinel-Standard, MI)
County applies for JAG grant May 13, 2009
In related action Colorado County commissioners designated Judge Jamison as the representative and Colorado County Sheriff Curly Weid as the project manager and Colorado County Auditor Raymie Kana as the financial officer for the JAG program. In other business the court. (Columbus Colorado County Citizen, TX)
Ga. Judge Reluctantly Tosses $4.9 Million Suit Against Kuwaiti Contractor May 12, 2009
The judge, a former member of the U.S. Judge Advocate General Corps, nonetheless took KGL to task. "The Court's holding is not meant to approve of KGL's conduct in this litigation," Duffey wrote. (Law.com)
Capt. Ian Fishback described May 8, 2009
The officer went up the chain of command and to the JAGs in theater trying to get clarification of how the Geneva Conventions could possibly permit what was happening ... We need to see exactly how it affected military doctrine in the form of advice given by the DOD General Counsel's office, the JAG Corps, and the Military Intelligence branch, among other things. (Harper's Magazine)
Condo hangars prepare for pilot flight May 8, 2009
Jag Gill, owner of Hooks Airport in Spring, says demand has dropped off in the past six months due to cloudy financial conditions. Business is down by 50 percent in other aviation markets, he says, but Houston s activity has only declined by about 20 percent. (Houston Business Journal, TX)
The lost generation May 7, 2009
It wasnt just rugby players, though, for the Legends project is expanding to soccer and cricket, and so Mark Williams, Doctor Khumalo, Roger de Sa and Mark Bachelor joined Graeme Smith, Shane Warne, Mike Proctor and David Terbrugge in celebrating the expansion of the Legend project; the first surface, under the patronage of Lucas Radebe, has already been unveiled, and with the JAG Foundation also behind the initiative, young South Africans previously denied facilities to explore their... (iAfrica.com)
96-year-old Missoula woman makes quilt for first dog Bo May 7, 2009
Brian) Schweitzer last fall for his little dog Jag, and I told Tammy, Why don't I make one for our president. They're going to have a dog pretty soon,' she said. (Missoulian, MT)
Public safety gains $11M from stimulus May 1, 2009
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (JAG) funds are part of more than $4 billion available from the Department of Justice under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to assist state, local and tribal law enforcement. The procedure for allocating JAG grants is based on a formula of population and violent crime statistics, combined with a minimum allocation to ensure each state or territory receives an appropriate share of funding ... Local JAG awards under the Recovery... (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Scrap auto parts business picks up amid downturn Apr 28, 2009
He was prowling the lot looking for scrapped Jaguars. The Hollywood set designer found a few scattered Jag wrecks, but not one for the 1994 XJS that he wanted to fix up. (USA Today -- Autos)
Torture By Any Other Name Apr 28, 2009
Lindsey Graham, who is also an Air Force colonel and senior instructor at the Air Force JAG School and has served tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. In a 2006 Newsweek interview, Graham said: "Either we're going to use torture or we're not. And when you say, we won't use torture, unless we think we really, really need it (then) we're not a rule-of-law nation.". (Townhall.com)
TEA event a time to vent Apr 19, 2009
To Iberia Citizen wrote on Apr 17, 2009 2:43 PM:" I WAS at that rally and no one mention was made of taking away Second Amendment rights.This particular rally was about unfair taxes and over spending by BOTH Bush and Obama.Not Just income tax. But all tax And Yes God was mentioned several times because he is in our lives .AND FYI I happen to know personally several people there that are small business owners who make more than 250K a year.Just because you don't wear Armani suits and drive a Jag... (New Iberia, LA)
Milk in the raw Apr 19, 2009
It s not like I had a particular jag against raw milk, it s just frankly another food that poisons people and the producers have to be as responsible as the corporations. The more things change. (Montrose Daily Press, CO)
Lewisville: Council may suspend TNMP rate hike request Apr 18, 2009
Also, the council will consider approval of an interlocal agreement between Lewisville, Denton, Flower Mound, The Colony, Little Elm and Denton County to jointly submit a grant application to the United States Department of Justice under the Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program. If the grant is approved, the region would receive a total of 368,482, and Lewisville s share would be 97,448. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Interrogation Obama-style Apr 17, 2009
" Rear Admiral Don Guter, who served as the US Navy's judge advocate general from 2000 to 2002, says "most interrogators will tell you that if detainees aren't treated well during their captivity, it makes their jobs much more difficult". While misinformation and misdirection are fair game, he says, "the golden rule is that if we would not want a technique applied to our service members, we don't apply it to the detainees". Charges dropped Earlier this month, the official who oversees the... (BBC News)
County to get road money Apr 16, 2009
In addition to that money, Sheriff Grover Smith told commissioners Monday that he is applying for several grants through the stimulus project, including a COPS grant that would fund additional personnel; a JAG grant to fund a new way to patch radio frequencies; and another grant that would connect Escambia County with five other agencies in the Florida panhandle and Mobile and Baldwin counties. That would be so we could share information, Smith said of the grant to connect Escambia with the... (Brewton Standard, AL)
Phoenix police get OK to seek grants Apr 16, 2009
The Phoenix JAG requests will likely include. $1. (AZCentral -- News)
Dems Set Convention Speaker Apr 15, 2009
The JAG officer who pioneered an effort with the U.S. Department of Justice to prosecute contractor misconduct in Iraq will speak at the Democratic Party's county convention Saturday. Capt. Cal Cunningham, who recently returned from Iraq after his second yearlong mobilization in four years, will deliver the keynote address shortly after the convention opens at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Moore County Agricultural Center in Carthage. (The Pilot Newspaper)
Blagojevich pleads not guilty to federal charges Apr 15, 2009
juan wrote on Apr 14, 2009 1:14 PM:" 'The judge needs to place a jag order on him'(Too late. He's already a jag***.) " ... 2tired wrote on Apr 14, 2009 12:41 PM:" I like how he stated Now we can begin the process of getting the truth out and I can clear my name and vindicate myself, he said. What does this mean he going to go on the talk circuit again trying to dirty the jury pool? The judge needs to place a jag order on him before he ruins his chance for a fair trial and get himself a... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Navy JAG officer to discuss piracy at MMA Tuesday Apr 14, 2009
Mon Apr 13, 2009, 03:40 PM EDT. A Naval Judge Advocate General officer from Newport will address international business students at Massachusetts Maritime Academy on Tuesday in the wake of the dramatic rescue of the skipper of the Maersk Alabama from armed Somali pirates. (Upper Cape Codder, MA)
Shue’s ex-wife invokes the Fifth (2) Apr 12, 2009
The response suggested that Shue discuss these issues with your attorney, the Judge Advocate General s office, or local law enforcement. Texas law does provide that life insurance policies can be cancelled in the instance of fraud, and Tracy Shue s lead attorney, Jason Davis, contends that murder in order to collect on life insurance constitutes fraud. (Boerne Star, TX)
More of this story» Apr 11, 2009
- Consider authorizing the police department to apply for a Fiscal Year '09 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG), Recovery Act funding in the amount of 43,969 for the purchase of hardware and software equipment. -Consideration in the approval of the use of 4,994 of community development block grant funds from the Entitlement Community Program for the purchase and installation of 351 smoke detectors. (Niles Star, MI)
Counsel for Gitmo detainees to speak Apr 10, 2009
He retired in 2005 with the rank of colonel from the Judge Advocate Generals (JAG) Corps. In 2003, Gunn was named the first chief defense counsel in the Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions. (East Tennessean, TN)
CHAT TRANSCRIPT: James Healey answers your car questions Apr 4, 2009
James Healey: The J.D. Power iates 2009 Vehicle Dependability Study lists Buick as No. 1, then Jag, then Lexus, then Toyota, then Mercury ... How, then, would complex Jag show up second ... Well, Ford did Jag a world of good while it owned the brand. (USA Today -- Money)
Jag finds his secret weapon Apr 4, 2009
Kaske and his Jaguar teammates return home for the Augusta State Invitational, a 54-hole event which begins at 8:30 a.m. today ... The Jaguars will try to build off the momentum of winning the Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate, their first team win in four years. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Navy on notice over reef damage Apr 3, 2009
Bruce MacDonald, Navy judge advocate general in Washington, D.C., Laura Thielen, chairwoman of the state Board of Land and Natural Resources, said the state has not yet tallied the costs of the emergency mitigation for the immediate damaged caused by the 9,600-ton warship, the value of the coral damaged and attempts to free the Pearl Harbor-based warship ... Bruce MacDonald, Navy judge advocate general in Washington, D.C., Laura Thielen, chairwoman of the state Board of Land and Natural... (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
NCIS Crime Reduction Program targets identity theft Apr 2, 2009
The CRP is an initiative in which NCIS works in conjunction with the Judge Advocate General (JAG), public affairs, Navy Fleet and Family Support Center, Marine Corps Community Services, and other Navy and Marine Corps commands to proactively fight crime within the military community. Naval Submarine Base New Lodnon's local Naval Criminal Investigative Service Office can be reached at: (860) 694-4681; NCIS Tip Line: (860) 694-NCIS (6247). (The Dolphin, CT)
Hawaii pursues Navy over reef damage from warship Apr 2, 2009
Bruce MacDonald, judge advocate general, in Washington. The 9,600-ton USS Port Royal ran aground Feb. 5 about a half-mile offshore near Honolulu. (Anchorage Daily News)
Lawmen granted $111,000 Apr 2, 2009
Alexander City Police, Dadeville Police and the Tallapoosa County Sheriff s office will receive thousands of dollars through the grant, which is titled the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistant Gant or JAG.. The sheriff s office received $16,240, Dadeville Police received, $20,556 and Alexander City Police received the largest amount with $82,842. (Alexander City Outlook, AL)
Terry Jeffrey Apr 1, 2009
Columns, funnies in your inbox. Townhall Daily Alert Your daily must-read of conservative columns, cartoons and news. (Townhall.com)
Unleash the Gubernator! Mar 27, 2009
Should Schwarzenegger be allowed to run for president. Unleash the Gubernator. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
TENNIS' BIG LOSS: Scott's critical departure, more thoughts Mar 26, 2009
Note his crying jag in Australia. Not to enrage my publisher by giving away too much of my forthcoming book, but even Federer's facial expressions are different against Nadal than they are when he plays everyone else. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Chief says grants could pay for more officers, additional programs Mar 25, 2009
The first request was for a 19,900 Justice Assistance Grant, or JAG, and the second was CHRP, or the Cops Hiring Recovery Program, which would be a fully funded grant to pay for one to two police officers for three years. Richardson explained that JAG could be used for a wide variety of law enforcement purposes including the prevention of violence against women, youth mentoring, and stopping Internet-related crimes ... The spectator seemed to believe that education, rather than persecution, was... (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Federal stimulus funds could help police Mar 25, 2009
The JAG grants, for which selected municipalities in Montgomery County are eligible for a total of $873,247, do not require a local match. The amounts available to each municipality listed on the JAG Web site were determined through a formula based on population and violent crime statistics, according to the Web site ... Abington plans to apply for the $37,124 in JAG funds for which it is eligible and is looking at the possibility of going for a new officer, Abington police Lt. Thomas McNamara... (Ft. Washington Montgomery Newspapers, PA)
Guter to head law school Mar 25, 2009
Guter served in the U.S. Navy for 32 years, retiring in 2002 as a Rear Admiral in the Judge Advocate General s Corps (JAG). He served in the JAG as trial counsel, legislative counsel, special counsel to the Chief of Naval Operations and Judge Advocate General of the Navy. (Houston Business Journal, TX)
Hitchens: Is Israel's Military Being Taken Over by Religious Extremists? Mar 24, 2009
Forty military rabbis publicly came to Derlich's support, and the rather spineless conclusion of the JAG was that he had committed no legal offense but should perhaps refrain in the future from making political statements on the army's behalf. The problem here is precisely that the rabbi was not making a "political" statement. (Slate)
Ousted Duquesne law dean headed to Texas Mar 24, 2009
Mr. Guter, a Duquesne graduate, served as Navy judge advocate general from 2000 to 2002 and had a 32-year career in the service. "I feel really good about this," Mr. Guter said. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
CHAT TRANSCRIPT: James R. Healey answers your car questions Mar 21, 2009
Chicago IL: What do you make of Jaguar topping JD Power's quality study. James Healey: Not as much as Jag will make of it in ads and marketing ... No reason that Jag shouldn't be there. (USA Today -- Money)
Deals On The Horizon Mar 20, 2009
Tata For Land Rover And Jag Tata closes the deal with Ford for the luxury auto brands for $2. 3 billion. (Forbes -- Business)
Fish to take on Epic Mar 20, 2009
Recent years have seen Fish actively involved in South African soccer development, particularly in his role as a 2010 FIFA World Cup ambassador and with SA's leading sports trust, the JAG Foundation. Outside of his sporting pursuits, Mark also gained local fame as one of the eight celebrities participating in the second season of Strictly Come Dancing. (iAfrica.com)
Board of Crime Control seeks $3.1M in projects Mar 19, 2009
In 2007, the funding for the JAG program was cut 67 percent in last-minute work to pass a spending bill ... Anderson said JAG funds programs in seven major areas, in which the 3 ... He said the board also is taking action on another issue making sure local governments take advantage of the JAG funds. (Havre Daily News, MT)
The man who married my daughter and ruined my life (94) Mar 19, 2009
Lets go up to the ranch and bring your old Jaguar home. Now he knows I love that old Jag even though I am afraid to get it more than a mile from a mechanic shop ... I fall off the trailer and go rolling among the rocks while trying to see where the Jag is going. (Boerne Star, TX)
Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by Attorney General Eric Holder at the National League of Cities Conference Mar 17, 2009
And because this $2 billion in Byrne JAG grant funding is formula-based, you can access these much needed resources quickly. Once we receive your applications, we will start getting the money out the door within fifteen days. (PR Newswire)
Spinning Carbon Nanotubes Spawns New Wireless Applications Mar 17, 2009
This research was funded by the National Science Foundation (with technical monitors Shaochen Chen, Shih-Chi Liu, and K. Jimmy Hsia), and North Carolina A&T SU (collaborators Jag Sankar and Sergey Yarmolenko) through their NSF-ERC (technical monitor Lynn Preston) and ONR-CNN (technical monitor Ignacio Perez) projects. Adapted from materials provided by. (Science Daily)
Photo Release -- Northrop Grumman Names R. David Carlton Vice President and Sector Counsel Mar 16, 2009
Carlton had previously been a partner at Howrey & Simon, and he served as general counsel of the Douglas Aircraft Company, as group counsel for Ford Aerospace and as a trial attorney in the Judge Advocate General Corps of the U.S. Army. Carlton earned his Bachelors of Arts degree in political science from Washington and Lee University and his Juris Doctor degree from the Washington and Lee University School of Law. (Primezone Releases)
A look at the week ahead Mar 14, 2009
SHOWCASE :: Erie's Entertainment Web Site. Comedian Sinbad to perform at Jr.'s Last Laugh from May 28-30. (Erie Times-News, PA)
JAG Media Holdings, Inc. Announces Letter of Intent for the Acquisition of CardioGenics Inc. by a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of JAG Media Mar 14, 2009
March 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- JAG Media Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: JAGH) announced today that it has entered into a letter of intent with CardioGenics Inc. and its principal stockholder, pursuant to which CardioGenics will be acquired by JAG Media through its subsidiaries (CardioGenics ExchangeCo, Inc., an Ontario, Canada corporation wholly-owned by CardioGenics CallCo, Inc., also an Ontario, Canada corporation that will be wholly-owned by JAG Media). In consideration of the... (PR Newswire)
Boone County law enforcement eligible for grant funds Mar 14, 2009
JAG grants are allocated based on a specific formula of population and violent crime statistics, in combination with a minimum allocation to ensure that each state and territory receives an appropriate share of funding ... Created in 2004, the JAG program provides funding for a variety of different areas, such as law enforcement programs, prosecution and court programs, prevention and education programs, corrections and community corrections programs, drug treatment programs, and planning,... (Boone Today, IA)
Emory professor donates novels to state schools Mar 11, 2009
Emory University marketing professor Jagdish Jag N. Sheth said Tuesday he will donate two award-winning books to Georgia public schools statewide to raise awareness about India and Indian culture. The first book, Finders Keepers, will be offered to elementary and middle schools. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
