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Eltham is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 20 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the Shire of Nillumbik. At the 2006 Census, Eltham had a population of 17,581.
Eltham is one of the beautiful 'green wedge' areas that provide relatively undeveloped, accessible environments within the Melbourne suburban region. These green wedge areas are under constant pressure from developments such as road and freeway expansions, but Eltham has managed to retain its natural splendour with many tree-lined streets and leafy reserves.
Eltham developed around what is now Main Road from the 1840s. A reserve for a village at the junction of the Diamond Creek and Yarra River is shown on maps around 1848. By 1851 the first Crown allotments were being subdivded and sold, along with a private subdivision developed by TM Holloway and known as Little Eltham. At this time, the town's centre was located around the intersection of Pitt Street and Main Road.
Eltham Post Office opened on 1 February 1854.
The arrival of the railway in 1902 drew business further north along Main Road to the current town centre.
In February 1855 Hungarian immigrant Sigismund Wekey purchased 211 acres (0.85 km2) in what was then Eltham (but is now Lower Plenty), via The Victoria Vineyard and Garden Fruit Company of which he was manager, with a vision to start a wine industry in the new settlement of Melbourne.
In March 1855, Wekey held a meeting at the Bulleen Hotel and called for shareholders, each "according to his means", in a proposed toll bridge, the first bridge ever built over the Upper Yarra, joining "Eltham" to Templestowe, and replacing a toll punt being operated by the company. The bridge would cut five kilometres off the trip from Eltham township to Melbourne, it was claimed at the meeting.
A plan, backed by a group of Melbourne businessmen who would form the 'Templestowe Bridge Committee', attracted the necessary shareholders and the project was underway. Colonial Architect of the day, James Balmain did the design as a private commission, engineers and builders were Allott and Greenwood. The foundation stone, laid by John Hodgson M.L.C., on 18 August 1855, concealed a manuscript giving details of the people at the ceremony.
The bridge would have a span of 43 metres and a width of eight metres. It would cost 2200 English Pounds ($US800,000 in today's currency). It would be located at the end of what is now Bonds Road, Lower Plenty, the land for this road being donated by local landowners John Seymour and David Bell. And the Central Road Board agreed to level the road to the bridge on the Templestowe side through the estate of Henry Stooke.
Meantime Wekey conceived a plan for another bridge at Studley Park to improve and shorten the trip to the city even further. By 21 September the plan for this second bridge was underway.
A stoppage in the works of the Templestowe Bridge was explained by Wekey on 22 September as being a dispute between the Board and the contractors over payment when the foundation on the Lower Plenty side was found to be different than expected, causing a change in the design - the contractors were wanting more money to accommodate this.
Unfortunately in January 1856 the Victoria Vineyard and Garden Fruit Company was forced to sell its land. The sale was to Mr King for eight English Pounds an acre - the land had been acquired originally for 4.60 English Pounds an acre - but Wekey had been confident it would soon be worth 18-20 English Pounds per acre! The company was to be wound up shortly after.
It appears the Templestowe Bridge was operating by this time.
In March 1862, a deputation of Eltham residents approached the Commissioner of Railways and Roads, requesting the government buy the Templestowe Bridge then give it back to the Eltham District Road Board, as while its toll earning capability was not as "remunerative" as had been hoped, the bridge was a "great public convenience". This request was denied.
In October 1863 there was a great flood causing the Yarra to rise 12 metres - it even flooded Elizabeth Street city. A number of bridges were washed away.
In March 1865 a deputation of Templestowe residents to the Acting Commissioner of Roads and Bridges, offered 600 English Pounds raised by them towards a new bridge to replace the Templestowe Bridge and requested a government grant towards the cost. The Acting Commissioner "promised to give the matter further consideration" though "he did not see from what fund a sum of money could be granted to them".
The last 'bits' of the Templestowe Bridge, joining what was Eltham to Finns Reserve at Thompson's Road, Templestowe, only finally washed away in the 1960s.
In 1860 another bridge was built nearby in what was Eltham but is now Lower Plenty, over the Plenty River. This bridge, bluestone blocks and steel, still stands today and is part of the Plenty River Trail close to the Heidelberg Golf Club and the Lower Plenty Hotel. It is possible that the Templestowe Bridge was similar in appearance to this.
Appeal to Artists
Eltham has been a popular location for artists since the early 1900s. Eltham is famous for the Montsalvat artist community which built a rustic set of medieval-style buildings in the 1930s. Montsalvat is still open to the public and houses artists in residence and a year round calendar of public programs.
Aside from the Montsalvat artist community, Eltham has also been home to artists such as Walter Withersand Neil Douglas, as well as to writers like Alan Marshalland Mervyn Skipper.
Significant Buildings
One of the legacies of this artistic tradition is the local architecture, particularly the use of mudbricks as a building material. Alistair Knox (namesake for a major community reserve in Eltham's centre) was perhaps the best-known exponent of this technique of construction. Australia's first mudbrick community building, the Eltham Community Centre was opened in 1978.
Monsalvat, in Hillcrest Avenue, operates as a commune to artists and craftspeople. The first building was constructed in 1935 by artist Justus Jorgensen. The Great Hall at Monsalvat was built in 1938.
Shillinglaw Cottage was built in 1878 by a local builder, George Stebbing, with handmade bricks using an unusual design featuring burnt header bricks throughout the facade.
St Margaret's Church, located in Pitt Street, was constructed in 1880 and is included on the Historic Buildings Register.
The Eltham Courthouse, on the corner of Main Road and Brougham Street, was built in 1859 and was classified by the National Trust in 1977.
The timber trestle railway bridge across the Diamond Creek just south of the Eltham Railway Station is one of the few remaining examples of this type of construction in Melbourne. Built in 1901, the bridge was the subject of a lengthy dispute during the 1970s between the Victorian Railways and local residents over its preservation.
Eltham encompasses the state secondary school, Eltham High School, as well as the private girls secondary school Catholic Ladies' College. Another private secondary school, Eltham College of Education, takes its name from Eltham, but is located in nearby Research. Primary schools include Eltham East Primary, Our Lady Help Of Christians Primary, Eltham Primary and Eltham North Primary School. Several schools are also located in the exclusive connecting area of Eltham North, including St. Helena Secondary College, Plenty Valley Montessori School, Holy Trinity Primary School and Glen Katherine Primary School.
Eltham has a local train station, Eltham Station, located on the Hurstbridge Line.
The suburb is home to the Eltham Wildcats Basketball Club, one of the largest junior basketball clubs in the world.
Eltham Eagles Soccer Club and Eltham Cricket Club are also popular gathering points.
Eltham has a football team competing in the Northern Football League.
The suburb is home to the Eltham Tennis Club, one of the largest tennis clubs in the Nillumbik Shire.
Eltham Little Athletics Club is one of the largest of the eight clubs competing weekly at the Diamond Valley Little Athletics Centre at Willinda Park, Greensborough.
Eltham also has a sub-branch of the RSL. The venue functions as a hub for many events on the local calendar, with regular meetings by local sports clubs and the local section of the War Widow's Association. The establishment is also home to the local darts and fishing clubs, who compete regularly against neighbouring suburbs. Recently, theme nights have been introduced to Saturdays, with local bands and regional bands performing regular shows. The venue is community-minded, providing Anzac Day services which annually attract an attendance in the hundreds.
Local Wildlife
The Eltham Copper Butterfly (Paralucia pyrodiscus lucida) was discovered in 1938 in Eltham. After 1956 it was thought to be extinct until a population was found again at Eltham in 1986. A preserve for the butterflies has been created on land connecting to Eltham's Linear Park.
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Adam Dale - Australian Test Cricketer
Ben Mendelsohn - Actor
Peter Moore - Australian rules footballer with Melbourne and Collingwood - won two Brownlow Medals
Adam Simpson - former captain of the Kangaroos Australian rules football club
Wilbur Wilde - Musician, television personality
Terry Wallace - Richmond Football Club - Coach
Joel Green - Professional Tetris Competitor
Emily Browning - Actor
Kerry Armstrong - Actor
Stephanie Moorhouse - Former Olympic Gymnast
Jenny Teichman - Philosopher
Cadel Evans - Cyclist
Susan Bradley (musician) - Tuba, Ophicleide, Serpent and Cimbasso player; founder of Melbourne Tuba Quartet
Rosemary Atkin - Singer
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It has been three years since President Barack Obama signed the Telework Enhancement Act mandating agency executives create policies designed to maximize telework use, yet federal agencies are still far from reaching the potential benefits of telework, according to a Citrix-led study.
The study, which questioned 120 government executives, senior executive service and presidential appointees with roles in federal telework, suggests the government is missing out on approximately $6.4 billion in potential cost savings by not bolstering telework opportunities for the 685,000 telework-eligible federal employees. The study says the government is also bleeding millions of dollars annually in lost productivity from employee absenteeism and losing top talent to a private sector that has taken better advantage of telework than feds have, using it for cost savings and to satisfy employees.
"Across the board, feds embracing telework is way behind targets and any kind of schedule that might have been put out there when the focus was on telework as a cost-savings and employee-retention tool," said Tom Simmons, area vice president for Citrix Public Sector .
According to the Citrix study and its Federal Telework Savings Calculator, based on today's economic climate, better federal telework implementation could:
About one-third of feds eligible to telework actually do, with fewer than 7 percent teleworking at least once per week in 2012. According to Simmons, 88 percent of employees say they would if they could.
"Truly, there is a very small population of government workforce taking advantage of telework," Simmons said.
The Citrix survey echoes the results of other studies done over the past three years. The narrative that emerges from the analyses combined is that agencies are interested in enabling telework but have been unsure of how to do it securely, and therefore slow to move on it to any great degree. Some agencies have shown more progress recently.
The roadblocks to increased telework are the same culprits that have made it challenging since the late 1990s, when the idea began gaining steam in the private and public sectors.
Technology, Simmons said, ranked as only the fourth biggest barrier to telework adoption in federal agencies, far behind security issues, agency culture and manager resistance. A lack of telework training or ineffective training when it is administered also rated highly as obstacles.
Simmons said most technology infrastructure necessary for agencies to telework is in place, though some systems may need upgrading. Forward-thinking agencies could see telework-necessary infrastructure incorporated into IT lifecycle plans, thereby reducing upfront costs.
"When we look at the motivations of what is holding back telework in government, access to technology is a component of it, but the more overriding motivations we're seeing are middle management acceptance of telework for themselves and for employees they manage – it's part of the overall culture," Simmons said.
Some agencies have done a great job incorporating telework into general operations, Simmons said, including the General Services Administration, Patent and Trademark Office and the Department of Agriculture. Simmons said those agencies successfully changed workplace cultures to great result, overcoming what Simmons called the "biggest hurdle" to more expansive telework adoption across government.
That challenge – changing a workplace culture that developed over a century where employees show up to the office every day, do their jobs and are evaluated based on what managers see – is the one standing squarely between federal agencies and a boatload of savings, increased productivity and happier employees less likely to bolt for the private sector.
"In order to get cultural acceptance of telework, the focus needs to move from work being a place to work being a set of agreed upon outputs and measurable so that there is not just a confidence that teleworks are working remotely, but measures associated with showing better productivity output working from home," Simmons said.
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Timetable change on 15 June 2014: SBB and ZVV are extending the S-Bahn service with the opening of the new Zurich cross-city link.
SBB and the Zurich Transport Network (ZVV) will be opening the first section of the Zurich cross-city link on 15 June 2014. From then onwards, trains on the S2, S8 and S14 lines will run from the new Löwenstrasse underground through-station to Oerlikon via the Weinberg tunnel. As well as reducing the journey time on these lines, this will involve changes to departure times. In addition, SBB is optimising the way rolling stock is deployed on the Zurich S-Bahn network to make the timetable even more reliable. Long-distance services will also benefit from the timetable change as it will allow more trains to run from Zurich main station out to Grisons and towards Ticino and Milan, with more reliable departure and arrival times.
In just under a month's time, SBB and the Zurich Transport Network (ZVV) will open the first section of the Zurich cross-city link, including Löwenstrasse station and the Weinberg tunnel. The official opening will be celebrated with various events for local residents and the general public. Following the introduction of an updated timetable on the morning of Sunday, 15 June 2014, the S-Bahn lines S2, S8 and S14 will run via Löwenstrasse station (platforms 31 to 34), no longer stopping at Zürich Wipkingen. Since the trains on these lines will no longer have to turn round at Zurich main station, their journey times will be shorter, which is why the departure and changeover times are being altered. The travel time on the S8 line between Zurich main station and Winterthur, for example, will be reduced by four minutes. With an overall journey time of 24 minutes, this connection will therefore now provide a faster service between Zurich and Winterthur than the long-distance trains.
On the western side of Lake Zurich, the new timetable will offer connections every 15 minutes between Zurich and Wädenswil, for example, as well as a faster half-hourly service on the Zurich–Pfäffikon SZ–Ziegelbrücke route. This is partly due to the GlarnerSprinter, which, under the new timetable, will operate an hourly service between Zurich and Linthal as line S25, with a stop in Wädenswil.
Trains on the S2 line will now run as far as Unterterzen on weekends all year round, but will no longer stop at Bilten, Reichenburg and Schübelbach-Buttikon except during off-peak times. These stops will now be served by the S27 line instead, which operates between Ziegelbrücke and Siebnen-Wangen. The S2 service will also be replaced by S16 on the section between Zurich Airport and Effretikon.
Furthermore, line S21 is being replaced by S24, which runs a half-hourly service from Zug and Baar to Zürich Oerlikon and will now serve Zürich Wipkingen, too.
Extended bus service on the western shore of Lake Zurich.
The extended services brought about by the opening of the Zurich cross-city link are not just restricted to the S-Bahn network, however. To ensure that ZVV can continue providing non-stop, streamlined transport lines, the bus service on the western shore of Lake Zurich is also being coordinated with the new S-Bahn timetable. This means that the departure times for most bus lines in the Zimmerberg region will change as of 15 June 2014. At the same time, the bus service is being extended and consolidated, with additional connections in the evenings and on Sundays in particular. Passengers will therefore benefit from even more direct links to the S-Bahn services in their region. New, larger articulated buses have also been brought in to help cope with rising passenger numbers.
State-of-the-art rolling stock for the S5 line.
By optimising the deployment of rolling stock, SBB is taking a significant step towards improving punctuality on the Zurich S-Bahn network. In future, rolling stock with large, ground-level entrance areas, which allow fast acceleration and passengers to board and alight quickly to help make up time in the event of any delays, will be used consistently on the lines with the largest passenger volumes, for example. Modern, second-generation double-deck multiple-unit trains (DTZ) with low floors will therefore run on the S5 line from 15 June 2014 onwards. Meanwhile, first-generation double-deck push-pull trains (DPZ), which have been substantially renovated with a low-floor coach added, will operate on the S7 and S14 lines in future.
Second-generation DTZ trains will also be used on line S6, which is swapping rolling stock with line S8, as of the timetable change in December 2014. This move will benefit the entire Zurich S-Bahn network.
Long-distance services also to be extended.
Long-distance connections are also set to benefit from the timetable change in June: SBB is extending its services between Zurich and Chur, for example, while the InterCity trains which depart on the hour from Zurich and on the half-hour from Chur will now operate continuously at two-hour intervals instead of being restricted to peak times only. This will offer passengers another InterCity connection every two hours in addition to the hourly InterCity or EuroCity services.
The new timetable to be introduced in June 2014 allows for longer journey times and longer changeover times in Milan and Zurich, which will make the EuroCity connections on the Zurich–Milan line more punctual. Trains to Milan will leave Zurich main station 30 minutes later, approximately on the half-hour (xx.32 instead of xx.09), and will now arrive in Milan at 35 minutes past the hour (instead of 50 minutes past the hour). This gives passengers an extra 15 minutes to change over to the Italian high-speed rail network. The EuroCity trains from Milan to Zurich will run 90 minutes later, with the first train leaving Milan at 08.25 (instead of 07.10) and the last train departing at 20.25 (instead of 19.10). The new departure times for the EuroCity connections also mean that a half-hourly service will run between Zurich and Lugano every two hours.
More information about the cross-city link project and the opening ceremony can be found at: www.durchmesserlinie.ch
14 December 2014
New trains for the Gotthard railway and new S40 line for Ticino.
Passengers can look forward to better-quality journeys from 14 December 2014. To coincide with the new timetable, eight new ETR610 trains will enter into service on the Gotthard railway, replacing the first-generation electric tilting trains (ETR470), which are being retired. In Ticino, 14 December 2014 will also see the opening of the new station at Stabio and the new S40 line, which will link Albate-Camerlata and Stabio via Mendrisio. Other timetable adjustments as of December will be minor, although the timetables are set to change significantly on the opening of the Zurich Cross-City Link in mid-June 2014.
More comfortable rolling stock going south.
New rolling stock will bring passengers a new level of comfort from this December onwards: the first of the eight second-generation ETR610 trains commissioned will arrive on the Gotthard railway to replace the old ETR470s. SBB and Trenitalia will also be putting on numerous extra services to Milan between 1 May and 31 October 2015 to coincide with the international EXPO Milano exposition. Each day, four (rising to five from August onwards) supplementary trains seating around 2,500 passengers will be put on specially, running between all regions of Switzerland and Milan's Rho Fiera station and back. Visitors will therefore be able to travel to the exposition and home again in a day.
Work on the Simplon line.
Due to the important and extensive work taking place on the Simplon line (including on the St Moritz, Burier and Sierre tunnels), Lenk station will see a limited service in 2015, consisting of one InterRegio and one or two regional trains per hour in both directions. This work is being done to allow double-decker trains to run in Valais.
Ticino to get a new station and a new line.
In Ticino, the new station at Stabio and the new regional S40 line will both enter into service in December 2014. The S40 will provide a direct link between Albate–Camerlata/Como–Mendrisio–Stabio at peak times and will be the first step towards a fully opened new cross-border line between Mendrisio and Varese, which will also connect Varese with Ticino's main towns and cities once it is complete on the Italian side. Despite only being partially operational, the S40 is already to be shown as a complete line on the new timetable. Mendrisio station will thus become an interchange between the S10 and the S40, linking Stabio up to Ticino's rail network as well.
30% more services in the Fribourg region.
Following the introduction of the RE service running Bern–Fribourg–Romont–Palézieux/Bulle and half-hourly trains between Fribourg and Bulle, the second stage of the regional RER Fribourg I Freiburg line will open in December 2014: from Mondays to Fridays, trains will run every 30 minutes between Fribourg and Romont and between Fribourg, Payerne and Yverdon-les-Bains, where it will be possible to change for Lausanne. The "Basse-Broye" bus lines are to be reorganised and aligned with the new RER Fribourg I Freiburg services. The new Fribourg/Freiburg Poya station is also set to open its doors, while the S1 line from Bern to Fribourg will stop additionally at Bern Ausserholligen from 27 April 2015 onwards.


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In just a few days, Stephen would add Tunisia, Algeria and Libya to his list. "I've been to 102 countries," he told us during a recent cruise, "and now it'll be 105."
Most of us don't "collect" countries like Stephen, a member of the Travelers' Century Club (for people who have visited 100 or more countries.) But we still feel the allure of exotic destinations, "far away places with the strange-sounding names," as the song goes.
One way to explore these destinations is via "repositioning cruises" that cross an ocean to deploy a ship. Many lines move their ships from Alaska to the warm Caribbean in the fall, or from the Caribbean to Europe in the spring to take advantage of the European travel season in the spring and summer.
Longer than average and thus ideal for retirees with more free time, repositioning cruises are leisurely, usually spending several days at sea. They are also a good value, with fares often discounted 40 percent or more.
"Repositioning cruises are still one of the best-kept secrets in cruising, especially for people who love days at sea," said Paul Motter, editor of CruiseMates.com, a cruising Web site.
They are also "far more than just a way to get from Point A to Point B," said Susan J. Young, editor of SouthernCruising.com and SouthernTravelNews.com. These cruises offer "exotic and highly creative itineraries that appeal to cruisers who wish to avoid a 'been there, done that' experience," she said.
We took a 25-day repositioning cruise on a now-defunct line from Singapore to Sydney, Australia five years ago and visited such exotic ports of call as Komodo, where we encountered half a dozen Komodo dragons during a jungle hike. During another cruise last year, 12 days aboard Silversea Cruises' Silver Wind, we visited a princess' villa and gardens in Sicily and the ruins of Carthage in Tunis (and met Stephen, a fan of repositioning and exotic cruises).
"When you consider how far you travel, the unusual destinations and the number of days you have to enjoy your ship, you can't beat the savings repositioning cruises offer," said Motter, the Cruisemates.com editor.
For example, prices start at about $100 a day for a 16-day repositioning cruise from Sao Paulo, Brazil to Lisbon, Portugal aboard the deluxe liner Azamara Journey in March 2009, with stops at northern Brazil, the Canary Islands and Morocco. "You get a deluxe cruise ship experience and a fascinating itinerary at the same price point as a much less expensive cruise line," Motter said.
Azamara Cruises (www.azamaracruises.com), a line launched in May to provide off-the-beaten-path travel experiences on smaller, 710-passenger ships, offers butler service in every stateroom, fresh flowers and fruit, Frette cotton robes, slippers, European-style beds and plasma televisions.
Its two ships, Azamara Journey and Azamara Quest, will visit more than 200 ports in more than 70 countries during their first few years of operation, said Dan Hanrahan, the line's president. Optional "truly immersive" shore excursions, which cost extra, will include a fishing expedition at Puerto Chacobuco, Chile; a tour to see the endangered scarlet macaw in Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica, and a behind-the-scenes look at thoroughbreds preparing for races at the Buenos Aires Hipodromo, a racetrack in the Argentine capital.


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Families, youths and religious leaders are asking Nebraska's congressional delegation to support an attainable path to citizenship for parents who are in the United States illegally.
The group on Wednesday delivered children's drawings, postcards and a banner to the office of U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry in Lincoln. Members are holding similar events outside congressional offices in other parts of Nebraska.
Supporters of a path to citizenship say current U.S. law tears families apart in cases where a parent entered the country illegally, but has a child who is a U.S.-born citizen.
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A state judge has ruled against Gov. Bobby Jindal in a lawsuit filed by supporters of the Common Core education standards, lifting a contract suspension Jindal enacted to derail the multi-state standards.
Governor Jindal's Chief of Staff Kyle Plotkin issued the following statement today on the Common Core court ruling:
"We think this judge is wrong on the facts and the law. Hopefully, he will reconsider this preliminary ruling at the full trial. In the meantime, we will seek a stay of this ruling and an expedited writ to appeal to the First Circuit.
We want to make sure every other agency head in state government knows this judge is wrong. It's not open season on breaking the procurement law.
If this judge's ruling stands, it would cause chaos in state government and bring us back to the old days in Louisiana when it was ok to give no-bid contracts to your friends.
The judge took the arguments from Common Core proponents hook, line and sinker. The Superintendent and BESE President are creating hysteria about one test that is several months away.
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By ED RUNYAN
WARREN Security in the Trumbull County Courthouse starting Monday was increased by two deputies in hopes of avoiding violent acts such as the beating of a murder defendant last month.
Maj. Bob Davis said the sheriff's department will have deputies on each of the courthouse's three floors throughout the day plus one at the main entrance and another who will roam the building.
Davis said the building had two deputies at the entrance and another one roaming before that, although even fewer deputies watched over the building during the budget crunch in early 2005.
The five judges in the courthouse four in the general division and the one from the probate court signed an order last month after the beating, saying that at least four deputies would be needed to provide the security.
Davis, who supervises road deputies and the transport of prisoners to court hearings from the county jail, said the five deputies are in addition to the transport deputies. Generally, two or more deputies handle transports and stand by in the courtroom during hearings, he said.
But on the day Jason Howard was assaulted by three relatives of a former Warren woman, just one deputy was guarding Howard. Davis said that situation will be avoided in the future also.
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Davis acknowledged the beating was one of the reasons for increasing security, but the department had been considering changes before that.
One reason was a case that occurred March 11, 2005, in Atlanta in which a county judge, his court reporter and a deputy were killed when a deputy was overpowered by a defendant on his way to court.
"We've always felt we needed more deputies," said Maj. Jim Phillips, who is in charge of courthouse security.
Another change being considered, Davis said, is construction of a holding cell within the courthouse, where an inmate can be placed temporarily during dangerous situations. In the case of the Howard beating, two suspects were taken immediately across the street to the jail to be booked.
If the courthouse had a holding cell, they could have been held there until it was safer to move them, he said, noting the large number of people who had gathered in front of the courthouse after the fight.
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Davis said the escape of an inmate being escorted to jail after a hearing in July was not so much a factor in the beefed-up security.
That episode, in which a defendant made it to the Mahoning River and was recaptured a short time later, occurred primarily because the transport deputy had not placed handcuffs on the defendant properly.
The handcuffs were apparently too loose, and the man's hands were shackled in front of his body instead of behind, Davis said. "That issue was addressed," he added.
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Tom Glenn talks to a combined Kiwanis and Rotary meeting kicking off the 2011 United Way of Greater Chattanooga community campaign at the Chattanooga Convention Center in this file photo.Photo by Tim Barber /Chattanooga Times Free Press.
Tom Glenn said the United Way of Greater Chattanooga is poised to break the elusive $12 million mark.
The organization raised $11,932,321 in its 2011 community drive, it was announced at Wednesday's annual meeting and campaign celebration.
It's the 90th consecutive year the organization has surpassed its fundraising goal. It's also the second year in a row the campaign collected more than $11.9 million and the third time in five years.
"We've looked at that $12 million ceiling for some years," said Glenn, the campaign chairman. "In the coming years, I think we'll bust well through it. I'm very encouraged."
The 2011 total easily outpaced the base goal of $11.5 million and the stretch goal of $11.9 million, though it fell short of equaling the record 2010 collection by $18,405.
"The [base] goal is just the floor," Glenn said. "We didn't stop intentionally at that goal."
Outgoing United Way board Chairman Nick Decosimo said the organization is measuring even more results in its focus areas, agencies and programs.
"We're trying to be very strategic in the dollars spent," he said.
United Way Allocations Chairman Ross Schram said more data and its ability to compare "apples to apples to apples" allow for "more precise assessments."
It gives the organization a better way "to decide where the money goes to the greatest impact," he said.
Schram said better data, in turn, gives the United Way itself and its agencies more ammunition in the consideration for additional money by grant programs and foundations.
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Game Speaks On Possible Nicki Minaj Verse For Trey Songz Collaboration
Game is hoping to get Nicki Minaj on a track for his upcoming album "Jesus Piece."
Game most recently unveiled the controversial cover art for his upcoming album Jesus Piece, and he's planning on ruffling feathers with the LP's content. During an interview with Rap-Up.com, Jayceon Taylor spoke on a cut he has with Trey Songz for which he's hoping to get a Nicki Minaj verse. On the cut, he talks about walking out of the back door of a church and immediately hitting up a strip club.
"Nicki, she hasn't done it yet. I sent it to her. It's a song with me and Trey on it, and I figure like let me reach for Nicki and we got in touch and she said she'll kill it, but she's doing major work making major money," he said. "But she'll get to it. But the song's going to be dope, man. It's basically about walking out of church. It's basically like, walking out of the back door of the church and falling into the front door of a strip club."
The West Coast rapper talked about trying to balance his religion with his nature. The struggle comes across on the song, and Game's already anticipating backlash from the song.
"I want to get the word and I want my belief to be in God, but at the same time, I want to see that ass clap. I don't even know if that's blasphemy or something like that, but a lot of poeple are going to be happy about the album, there's going to be some people who are a little angry about it. But when have I not made people mad?"
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- 06/08/2013, 12:00 am
Location VFW Glassboro, 275 Wilmer, Glassboro, NJ,
Coach Bag Bingo. $25.00 1Book of Games,Additional books are $10.00 each
50/50 raffle. No one under 18 may be in the building- NO BYOB Tickets must be purchased in advance. No tickets will be sold at the door. For more information call 609-876-3685.iCal Category(ies)
|11/29/2014 Honor Mission - Staff Sgt Herman Bard - Warriors Watch Posting - Honor Mission for the father of one the Warriors Watch members Scott "House" Bard asks that we honor the memory of his hero and father, STAFF SGT. HERMAN L. BARD, with a flag line. Staff Sgt. Bard passed away peacefully on November 21, 2014 at his residence in Riverside, NJ. Born in Riverside, NJ, He was 90 years old. Staff Sgt. Bard proudly served his country in the US Army Air Corps during WWII. He was a Waist Gunner aboard a F-17 Flying Fortress. During his service he completed 14 missions over occupied territory. Staff Sgt. Bard was a POW in Romania. He was decorated with the POW Medal, The Air Medal and The Soldiers Medal for Heroism at The Great Risk of Life. He retired after 40 years of service with RCA in Camden. Mr. Bard enjoyed music and was a long time member of the Riverside Moravian Church and Covenant Presbyterian Church Choirs. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Operation Yellow Ribbon South Jersey, PO Box 43, Marlton, NJ 08053 http://www.operationyellowsouthjersey.org. RALLY: Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2618 New Albany Road, Cinnaminson, NJ. RALLY TIME: 09:30 FLAG LINE IN PLACE BY 09:45 PLEASE BRING YOUR FLAGS. Location: Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2618 New Albany Road, Cinnaminson, NJ
|11/29/2014 Mug & Hug USAF Staff Sgt John DeYoung - Warriors Watch Posting - We have been asked by the proud parents of USAF Staff Sgt. John DeYoung to help welcome home their son with our world famous Mug & Hug. John's parents just so happen to be very big supporters of the OYRSJ & WWR and have been on other welcomes homes. This one will be extra special for them :D . So lets show them how honored we are to be apart of this special home coming. Rally Location: Willowdale Swim club Ticonderoga lane Cherry Hill nj 08003 GPS:39.878555,-74.97753 Rally Time: 1315 ksu: 1355 to arrive loudly at our heros home by 1400 For more information / updates go to http://www.warriorswatch.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=1194 Location: Willowdale Swim Club, Ticonderoga lane, Cherry Hill, NJ
|11/29/2014 Phila Police & Fire Pipe & Drum Band Fundraiser - Philadelphia Police and Fire Pipe and Drum Band Annual Fundraiser. Saturday, Nov 29th 7pm -1ppm. $35 per person. Includes Domestic Bottle beer, well drinks, wine, soda, gourmet buffet, coffe/tea, assorted desserts. Music by Phila Police and Fire Pipes and Drums and DJ. Dress; Upscale Casual. Kilts optional. Contact Tim Coyle 215 915-8008, Anthony Rusa 267-971-2386 Location: FOP Lodge #5, 11630 Caroline Road, Philadelphia, PA
|12/01/2014 - 12/23/2014 Xmas Tree Sales - Amer Legion Gibbsboro - Christmas Tree Sale - Sponsored by American Legion Squadron 371. Proceeds directly benefit Veterans and our community. Dec 1 - 23rd, or until sold out. Mon - Fri 3pm-9pm, Sat/Sun 9am-9pm Location: American Legion Gibbsboro, 41 Berline-Haddonfield Rd, Gibbsboro, NJ
|12/05/2014 Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration - Battleship NJ - Camden/Gloucester County - Please join Camden & Gloucester Counties for the Annual Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration to pay tribute to Pearl Harbor survivors and to all veterans who served and lost their lives protecting our great nation on Friday, December 5th, 2014 10:00 am beside the Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial, the most decorated warship in U.S. Naval history. Free Parking Location: Battleship of NJ, 100 Clinton St, Camden, NJ
|12/05/2014 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Service - VFW Maple Shade - VFW Post 2445 will be conducting a Pearl Harbor Remembrance Service on Friday December 5, 2014 at 11:am at Maple Shade VFW Post 2445 hosted by Tom Petruzzelli and Cmdr. Ron Kulig Location: VFW 2445, 914 Main St, Maple Shade, NJ
|12/05/2014 Coach Bingo - Veterans Multi-Service Center Phila - Join us for our annual Coach Bingo Event to benefit the Veterans Multi-Service Center! Winners of each round of bingo will be awarded a FREE Coach purse! BYOB and come for a fun-filled evening where all proceeds will support the VMC's Job Development Programs. Our goal is to generate funding and awareness for this program to ensure that more Veterans gain and maintain employment. Job development is one of the many comprehensive services provided at the VMC, where we focus on job training, resume building, and active searches for employment opportunities for our Veterans. Last year the VMC placed over 300 Veterans in jobs and trained 200 Veterans in various job skills. We plan to exceed those numbers in the upcoming year and need your support in providing these beneficial programs. The VMC invites you to participate in this great event and show your support for our local Veterans! To purchase tickets go to http://www.eventbrite.com/e/veterans-multi-service-centers-coach-bingo-fundraiser-tickets-14273653883 Location: IAFF Local #22, 415 N 5th St , Philadelphia, PA
|12/06/2014 7th Annual Cpt Greg Dalessio 5K Run/Walk & Flag Line - ABOUT GREG - In June 2008, Greg gave his life serving his country during combat operations in Salman Pak, Iraq. Always with a smile on his face, Greg touched the lives of others through his everyday actions and genuine kindness. Whether with family, friends, or co workers, Greg always found a way to make people feel special and important. Greg has always been a hero to his family, demonstrating how others are supposed to be treated and how to love unconditionally. If interested in participating in the 5K Run/Walk, go to http://lmsports.com to register or email firstname.lastname@example.com with questions. If interested in participating in the Motorcycle/Flag Line, Rally point: Shopping Center Parking Lot Kings Highway and Chapel Ave. Cherry Hill NJ Rally Time: 0715 KSU: 0740 Location: Catholic Community of Christ Our Light, 402 N. Kings Hwy, Cherry Hill, NJ
|12/06/2014 Breakfast with Santa on Battleship NJ - Breakfast with Santa on the Battleship! Dec 6th. For an unforgettabe holiday treat, come have breakfast with Santa aboard the Battleship NJ at 9am. Package includes breakfast served from teh chow line, photo with Santa, prizes and a self-guided tour of the ship. Seating is limited. $24 adult, $18 for children 12 and under and $10 per person for military families.Call 856-966-1652 ext 107 for more info and reservations Location: Battleship of NJ, 100 Clinton St, Camden, NJ
|12/06/2014 Holiday Party - Barbs Harley Davidson - Barbs Harley Davidson Holiday Party ! FREE PICTURES with Santa! Reach into the stockings at our Motorclothes and Parts Depts. for your holiday shopping gift. Free gift wrapping in H-D paper. Meet Philadelphia Soul players & Soulmates. Meet Russell Newberry from the Deadliest Catch for autographs. Music by the Eagles Pep band, food,fun & so much more! Location: Barbs Harley Davidson, 926 Black Horse Pike, Collingswood, NJ
|12/06/2014 Wreaths of Remembrance - Glouc County Veterans Memorial Cemetery - You are invited to join us in honoring the memory of the 2100 veterans and family members who are interred at the Gloucester County Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Monroe Township on Saturday, December 6, 2014. Families of the interred veterans are invited to a private gathering and wreath laying at 9:00AM. Volunteers will gather at 9:45AM and individual grave ceremonies and wreath laying will follow after the memorial ceremony. The memorial ceremony will start promptly at 10:00AM. Wreaths with ribbons can be purchased at $6.00 each. To purchase wreaths: Go to http://pfpfoundation.givezooks.com/campaigns/wreaths-of-remembrance-2014 and click "Donate" to purchase wreaths with a credit card or PayPal. You can also send a check made payable to: "People for People" [Please write "Wreaths" in the memo line] Mail to: PO Box 256, Mullica Hill, NJ 08062 All donations must be received by December 1, 2014. All money donated to the "Wreaths of Remembrance" will go directly to the program. This is not a fundraiser for any organization or group. For more information call Paul and Bernadette Blackstock at 856-694-1355. To register yourself or your group to volunteer call Janis at 856-579-7561. Location: Gloucester County Vets. Cemetery, 240 Tuckahoe Rd, Williamstown, NJ
|12/06/2014 Annual 9-Ball Tournament - Wounded Warrior Project - Trevose, PA - 2nd Annual 9-Ball Charity tournament to benefit the Wounded Warrior association.- Entry fee: $35.00, preregistration required.- Field limited to first 64 paid entries- Event Played on 7 foot bar box tables.- Double Elimintation- Race to 5 on winners side / 4 on losers side- No Handicaps, even races- TAP Rules: Winner breaks-loser racks, 9 counts on break, must mark pocket for 9 ball.- Calcutta (player auction) will be held.- This will be a 1 day event. This will be a great event to support a great charity. Baskets and raffles throughout the day, 50/50 drawings and more. Please contact Rob Gorski 267-317-6909, Michael Turtle Callanan 267-229-3495 or Jeremy Stacy 215-694-3683 to register. Entries can be paid in cash, check or via paypal. Location: Fuscos The Spot, 4432 Bristol Rd Suite 6, Trevose, PA
|12/06/2014 11th Annual Toy Run - POW/MIA MC - POW MIA Awareness MC 11th Annual Toy Run. Dec 6th. Benefitting the Children of Saint John of God School. Rain or Shine. Meet at the Blackwood VFW Post, 405 Washington Ave., Blackwood, NJ. We will leave at 11am sharp. Please bring a new, unwrapped toy. Please no stuffed toys or animals. Location: VFW Blackwood, 405 Washington Ave, Blackwood, NJ
|12/06/2014 AMVETS Post 101 Ladies Auxiliary Shrimp Fry - AMVETS Post 101 Ladies Auxiliary Shrimp Fry Saturday, December 6th, 4:00 until they're gone! Take out available. Shrimp, Fries and Cole Slaw $6.00 Add a taste of mushrooms $1.00 Basket of mushrooms $3.00 IF YOU CAN, Please bring a new, unwrapped toy or game for the kids' Christmas party (ages 10 & under) Location: AmVets Post 101, 519 June Road, Delair, NJ, 08110
|12/06/2014 Holiday tree Lighting - NJVVM - The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation, Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 800 from Bergen County and the Jewish War Veterans, Department of New Jersey annually hosts a free Holiday Lighting Ceremony for families at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Holmdel, NJ. The ceremony includes the lighting of a Christmas tree and Menorah, a reading about Kwanzaa and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus. Location: NJ Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Exit 116, Holmdel, NJ
|12/06/2014 Annual POW/MIA Candlelight Service - Annual Holiday POW/MIA Candlelight Service. 7pm. Join us in honoring of our deployed troops, prisoners of war, missing in action and veterans from all wars. Including a Memorial for Tony Halas - past Vice President of the POW/MIA Awareness Committee and Tree Lighting Ceremony with Santa and the family of Tony Halas. Master of Ceremonies - SFC Allen Rodesky Location: VFW Glassboro, 275 Wilmer, Glassboro, NJ
|12/07/2014 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony - North Wildwood - VFW - Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony December 7th, 2014 at St. Demetrios Church, 321 St. Demetrios Ave., North Wildwood, NJ 08260 609-884-4297. Commemorative ceremony by North Wildwood VFW Memorial Post 5941. Noon. Location: St Demetrios Church, 321 St. Demetrios Ave, North Wildwood, NJ
|12/07/2014 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Ceremony - VFW, Trenton - Mercer County Veteran Services in conjunction with Mercer County Veterans Council invites you to a PEARL HARBOR DAY CEREMONY December 7, 2014 12:00 noon at Catholic War Veterans Post 417, 301 Grand Street, Trenton, NJ Location: Catholic War Veterans Post 417, 301 Grand St, Trenton, NJ
|12/07/2014 Flag Disposal - Location: Waterford Post 311, Atco Ave, Atco , NJ, 08004
|12/10/2014 Wreaths Across America - East Coast Itenary
|12/10/2014 Laying of Wreaths - BG Doyle Cemetery - Through the generous donation of the American Legion Brick Memorial Post 348, NJMission of Honor will be able to provide Holiday Wreaths for the veterans interred by NJMOH at BG William C Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery. This is our fourth year and the Pemberton High School JROTC, along with NJMOH members will assist in laying wreaths. Date: Wednesday, December 10th.......Weather permitting Time: 10:30 am Arrive at the rear entrance of the Cemetery, on Jacobstown/Arneytown Road; Keep to one side of the road as there will be funerals scheduled that day. All vehicles will proceed as a group to area of the Cemetery to lay wreaths. If you are able to attend, please respond to this email or contact Judy Kapp at 732-232-3286. Location: Brig. General Doyle Cemtery, ., Arneytown, NJ
|12/10/2014 Homeless Veterans Fundraiser - Bar-Lys Philadelphia - 2nd Annual Barly's Homeless Veteran Fundraiser on December 10, 2014 to benefit 10 local organizations that serve homeless veterans. 6pm - 8pm. $20 donation. Complimentary Food, Happy Hour Speicals, Silent Auction and 50/50 Location: Bar-Ly's Restaurant & Bar, 101 N. 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA
|12/12/2014 Italian Night - Amer Legion Totowa - Italian Night with a Tricky Tray - Squadron 227 American Legion Post 227, Totowa NJ December 12, 2014 at 6:00pm $15 p/per, menu includes Family Style Salad, Ziti, Meatballs & Dessert. Also a Tricky Tray (Donations welcome). All proceeds go to Veterans Home North "New Bus Fund". For tickets either call Post 227 at 973-595-9658 Location: American Legion Post 227, ., Totowa, NJ
|12/13/2014 Rolling Thunder Inc, NJ2 Toy Drive - Salon Escada is hosting Rolling Thunder and ARMS Project "Little Soldiers" who will be there to collect toys, along with Santa with his sleigh and helpers. There will be hot chocolate,cookies,candy canes and coffee. Toys are collected to help make Christmas special for our deployed soldiers and disabled veterans. Location: Salon Escada, 924 Greentree Sq. Rte 73, Marlton, NJ, 08053
|12/13/2014 Soldiers Christmas - at Historic Fort, Pennsville
|12/17/2014 Toy Drive - JML Financial - Cherry Hill - Join us December 17th for our Annual Commuter Toy Drive. Donate new, unwrapped toys from 7:45am-10am. It's that time of year again! There is no better way to celebrate the season than to help brighten it for a local child in need! Please bring new, unwrapped toys (or gift cards for teens) to our office on Wednesday, December 17, or drop off anytime up to Friday, December 19. Celebrate, network and help brighten a local child's holiday season. Santa and dressed Marine vets will join the celebration. Coffee and lite breakfast bites will be served. All toys are distributed to local children in need. Questions firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com Location: JML FInancial Group, 1864 Rt 70 East, Cherry Hill, NJ
|12/18/2014 Valley Brook Christmas Dinner - Amer Leg Somerville
|12/20/2014 Lyons VA Xmas Party - Adopt a Vet - DONATIONS needed by Dec 5
|12/20/2014 3rd Annual Xmas for Kids - VFW Cape May / Nam Knights - Santa will be visiting the Cape May VFW. Party starts at 11am. please rsvp 609-846-5418 to have your name added to Santas list! Location: VFW Cape May, 419 Congress St, Cape May, NJ
|12/20/2014 Homeless Veteran Shelter Holiday Visit - Saturday, December 20th – Home for the Brave - Join us for a visit to Home for the Brave (veterans homeless shelter) as we deliver holiday packages, goodies and Lauren Gentry will be singing holiday cheer. If interested in going, meet at the American Legion (1532 Martin Ave., Cherry Hill) at 11:30am. We will depart at 12noon to go to Home for the Brave (Camden, NJ) Location: American Legion Post 372, 1532 Martin Ave, Cherry Hill, NJ, 08002
|12/20/2014 Beef & Beer Fundraiser - Halle Lewun Trust Fund - Beef and Beer Fundraiser for Halle Lewun Trust Fund at VFW Post 2445, 914 E. Main St., Maple Shade, NJ on Saturday, December 20th from 7pm-11pm. Includes beer, soda, food and fun. $25/per person. Purchase tickets at door. Halle Lewun is the daughter of Henry Lewun, who passed away last month. Halle's mother, Wendy also passed away 3 years ago. Location: VFW 2445, 914 Main St, Maple Shade, NJ
|12/20/2014 Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony - Amer Legion Toms River - Annual Christmas Tree Lighting. A solemn ceremony. December 20th, 7pm-11pm. Please RSVP by Dec 1st to Robert Joerg at firstname.lastname@example.com Location: American Legion Toms River, 2025 Church Rd, Toms River, NJ
|12/20/2014 Welcome Home Nicholas J. Montgomery
|01/16/2015 South Phillys Wild Bill Guarnere (Band of Brothers) Bronze Monument Fundraiser - Wild Bill Guarnere WWII hero, South Philadelphia native and member of the BAND OF BROTHERS. Please join the Family & Friends of Wild Bill Guarnere for a Bronze Monument Fundraising Event. Friday, January 16th, 2015. 7pm ~ 11pm. Popi's Italian Restaurant, 3120 South Street, South Philly. $50 per person. Hot Appetizers and Cash Bar, Wild Bill Memorabilia, Silent Auction, Raffle Baskets. Preview of the Monument, plus a few surprise guests. Call Debi for tickets 215-389-3094. Make check payable to the Wild Bill Guarnere Memorial Fund. Send to: Debi Rafferty, PO Box 156, Broomall PA 19008. William J. Guarnere (April 28, 1923!– March 8, 2014) was a United States Army soldier who fought in World War II as a non-commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division. Location: Popi's Italian Restaurant, 3120 South Street, Philadelphia, PA
|02/28/2015 4th Annual Comedy Night - SJ Nam Knights - South Jersey/Jersey Devil Chapter Nam Knights - 4th Annual Comedy Night. Feb 28th, 7:30pm to Midnight. Reservations for tables of 8 only. $30 per person includes Roast Beer, Meatballs, Pasta, Salads, Beer, Soda, Entertainment. This show has sold out the last 3 years! For more info and tickets call Big Dog at 856-723-4841 Location: VFW Post 1615, 1904 Black Horse Pike, Williamstown, NJ
|03/28/2015 Annual Beefsteak Dinner - Nam Knights - Includes draft beer and soda. Live DJ Music, raffles and door prizes. Saturday, March 28th 7pm - Midnight. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Call Chris at 201-852-2929 Location: Lodi Boys & Girls Club, 460 Passaic Ave, Lodi, NJ
|04/11/2015 TheSouth Jersey DEVILer's 14th. Annual Comedy/Variety Show - PROCEEDS FROM PLAYBILL BOOKLET go to: Frank D. Sayre VFW POST 1259 Elmer, NJ Eight Exciting Acts! This show has sold out for the past 13 years! go to www.thesouthjerseydeviler.com for show details. Location: GIA's Catering, 36 Mulford Dr, Bridgeton, NJ, 08302
|04/26/2015 5th Annual Legion Riders Benefit
|05/03/2015 Annual BBQ - Amer Legion Riders Somers Point - More details to follow Location: American Legion Somers Point, a, Somers Point, NJ
|05/03/2015 Annual Car & Bike Show - Nam Knights, Carlsbadt - NKMC Parent Chapter Annual Car & Bike Show - Mark your calendars! More details to follow Location: Nam Knights, 197 Washington Avenue, Carlstadt, NJ
|05/21/2015 - 05/24/2015 Rolling Thunder DC Memorial Day Weekend - Location: Washington DC, All Over, Washington, DC
|06/06/2015 Honor Flight of Southern NJ - Calling all WWII and Korean Veterans for the Honor Flight. Bus trip to see the memorials in DC. Saturday, June 6. Free for Veterans. More information call Pam at 856-589-5072 Location: Williamstown High School, ., Williamstown, NJ
|06/07/2015 NJ American Legion STATEWIDE Parade, Ceremony & Social – Annual - The Annual NJ Statewide American Legion Services kick off with the Parade at 1:30pm at Locustwood Cemetery, followed by a Ceremony, with Guest Speakers including NJ American Legion Officers, S.A.L. Officers, Auxiliary Officers, Gold Star mothers and others. Afterwards there is a Social/Buffet at American Legion Post 372, Cherry Hill. Be sure to come out and meet members/officers from all our NJ American Legions !! Its a great opportunity to mingle, share news and events with our fellow Legions !!! Location: Locustwood Cemetery, Rt 70, Cherry Hill, NJ


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ALL SIGNS MOON ALERT: Not until 2:15 p.m. today do we have the "all clear" to do business and make important decisions. That is when the Moon moves from Pisces into Aries.
◆Aries (March 21-April 19): Today and tomorrow are particularly feisty, energetic days for you because five planets are in your sign. (A bit much, don't you think?) The Sun, the Moon, Venus, Mars and Uranus. This mean you're bursting with energy and eager to talk to everyone.
◆Taurus (April 20-May 20): You are probably involved in behind-the-scenes activities for some reason. For some, it could be a clandestine love affair. Others might be plotting a revolution, who knows? Enjoy your low profile. Keep it on the down-low.
◆Gemini (May 21-June 20): A heavy hit of planets boosts your popularity. Some of you are physically active with groups, others are busy hanging out with artistic types. All Geminis are enjoying good times with friends because today is schmooze city! (You love it.)
◆Cancer (June 21-July 22): Whoa Nelly! A gaggle of planets is at the top of your chart, which means people notice you now, especially bosses and VIPs. Your ambition is aroused and your schmooze skills are smooth. Romance with a boss or someone in authority might begin.
◆Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): This heavy concentration of planet blesses you and also makes you bored with routine and eager for adventure. If you can't travel, then travel in your own city. Get out and meet people. Go to places you rarely visit or have never been before. Expand your world!
◆Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Continue to reduce debt and clear up details with taxes, inheritances and shared property. This stuff has to be done. Meanwhile, back in the boudoir, things are affectionate and saucy! Suddenly you have wonderful diary fodder — but who has time to write?
◆Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Your focus on partnerships and close friendships intensifies now. In one way, Mars stirs the pot and makes you irritated with others. Then in the next moment, Venus softens everything, improving existing relationships and attracting new ones. (It ain't boring.)
◆Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Your hard work is paying off and you are feeling successful in your job, no? You've been delegating and hustling your buns and, at the same time, others are wonderfully supportive and helpful now. In fact, a work-related romance might begin. Who knew?
◆Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): This is a wonderful, playful day full of creative possibilities and fun-loving opportunities. Enjoy sports, vacations, social diversions, parties, schmoozing and fun times with children. Give your creative expression free rein!
◆Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You'll enjoy entertaining at home today. Conversations with family members, especially parents will be lively but supportive. Mars will stir up some controversy and dissonance but Venus will quickly smooth things, especially with good food and drink.
◆Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): You have such a busy mind today! This is why you'll enjoy writing, reading or talking to anyone. In fact, you feel you need to enlighten others about something. At least, you want to share your ideas. Enjoy the company of siblings, relatives and neighbors.
◆Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): Money, money, money. That's where your focus is. You're thinking about new jobs, new ways of boosting your earnings and ways of improving your existing job. You're also making some lovely purchases, which are exciting. Keep in mind that this is a great year for real estate for you.
If APRIL 8 is Your Birthday: Actress Robin Wright (1966) shares your birthday today. You are an idealist with strong ethics. Naturally, you have a social conscience and your line of work often reflects this. Although you are often in the limelight, you do not seek this. The welfare of others is your highest concern, which is why you advocate social reform. In the year ahead, an important decision might arise. Choose wisely.


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One of the chief concerns in Washington currently is how deeply the Pentagon's military spending would be cut if the congressional super-committee charged with finding an additional $1.2 trillion in deficit spending cuts fails to reach that goal by December. A bipartisan cadre of elected and appointed officials has already begun to moan that additional cuts, beyond the $450 billion reduction in projected military spending levels already scheduled to occur over the decade, would be "catastrophic."
That is the term Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta used to describe his view of further cuts. "It'll truly devastate our national defense," he told a House committee Thursday.
The extra amount that worries him and others is roughly $600 billion. An additional cut of that level in projected higher spending over the next decade would be imposed under the across-the-board formula for cuts that Congress and the Obama administration devised as the backup plan if the super-committee deficit-reduction panel fails to meet the goal fixed under the agreement for an increase in the nation's debt ceiling.
Such fear seems unwarranted. A more likely prospect is that the deficit-reduction supercommittee might come close enough to its goal that Congress and the Pentagon could agree to a smaller figure for additional cuts. Regardless, the Pentagon budget is so huge, relative to both domestic spending and to global military spending, that additional cuts ought to be demanded.
United States' military spending in 2010, for example, amounted to roughly $700 billion, or about 4.4 percent of Gross Domestic Product, and took about a third of Washington's tax revenue. More to the point, America's military spending is greater than the world's next 19 highest military spenders combined. The next closest spender last year, China, spent barely one-seventh of what the United States spent. Its $114 billion budget is paltry compared to that of the U.S.
France, the next highest, spent $61.3 billion. Following in the top 10 were the United Kingdom ($57.4 billion), Russia ($52.6 billion), Japan ($51.4 billion), Germany ($46.8 billion), Saudi Arabia ($39 billion), Italy ($38.3 billion), and India ($36 billion).
You would have add all their spending to that of the next 10 highest-spending countries — Brazil, Australia, South Korea, Spain, Canada, Israel, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Taiwan and the Netherlands — in order to equal what the U.S. alone spends on the military. So what could be so catastrophic about reducing the projected level of increased spending over the next 10 years by another $600 billion.
Experts have long pointed to runaway defense spending in the United States as an issue that the Pentagon must address. Its budget soared over the past decade on reckless spending for two mismanaged wars and a slew of duplicated weapons systems.
A congressional study commission, for example, conservatively estimated waste of $30 billion to $60 billion in the $206 billion the Pentagon paid to private contractors for various services in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Needless spending on unnecessary different versions of major weapons for separate branches of the military runs into tens of billions of dollars. Other systems devised for the Cold War era reasonably could be eliminated, if members of Congress weren't so fixed on maintaining defense department spending in their districts.
Savings are also available in reasonable changes to military pay, benefits and retirement costs, which consume about a third of non-war spending and have become unsustainable. Members of the military, to be sure, deserve ample pay and benefits, but fair reforms for working-age military retirees — i.e., deferring retirement starting ages and benefits and charging health insurance co-pays and premiums at levels more near to civilian levels — would be reasonable, and would save tens of billions of dollars.
If the rest of Americans must sacrifice to get the nation's deficit spending down to a sustainable level, the military will have to contribute to that cause, as well. The nation does not need, and obviously can no longer afford, a military that so hugely outspends the rest of the world's combined military powers.
$700 billion is indeed the line item entry for US military spending, but that number fails to include off-budget wars and massive security and military related spending in other government departments. The real number for total US military spending is closer to $1.2 trillion, or more than half of all US government revenue.
The US is in dire financial straits and can no longer support a worldwide military empire.
All of those astronomical figures make my head spin. Forget the figures. The bottom line is, we are a friggin' nation that loves war and the military and everything related to war. We love to fight; we live to fight. Or at least that's what our military/industrial/corporatist complex has us believing.
These wars we are fighting in Iraq and Afghnistan are seneless and immoral. We have killed close to a million innocent people (A MILLION!), as we fight our quixotic windmills of terrrosrism. If there is truly such a thing as American exceptionalism, it is that we are exceptionally militaristic, arrogant, greedy, and ruthless.
I know we are better than that. Or at least, I hope we can be.
But we have to get past this juvenile attitude of being a belligerent bully. Sure, there are forces out there who are hostile and would love to see our demise, but If we marshalled our forces within our own borders and propped ourselves up with education, good health, prosperity, and unanimity of spirit, there is no one who could defeat us. What's more, we would at long last be that beacon of light on the hill (that we have never yet become) and could be an example to the people of other nations.
But that's just pie in the sky, I know. In the meantime, we will go on fearing and hating and fighting and killing and killing and killing and killing and killing. Until we have killed the very heart and soul of what we could have been but never were.
I say we should have made a free market offer for Osama Bin Laden.
If desired, maybe for Afghanistan and Iraq no longer being problems.
What, you say the game of nations isn't done that way?