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Charles D. Whelan III
New Brunswick, NJ Construction Law Attorney
(732) 214-0300	114 Bayard Street
New Brunswick,	NJ 08901
Free ConsultationConstruction, Arbitration & Mediation, Personal Injury and Real Estate
I have been an attorney in general civil practice for more than 30 years. My firm is committed to excellence.
I get to know my clients and that makes me more effective in representing them. I am fully insured for professional liability, but have never been sued by a client in all of my years as an attorney. Initial consultations are free, and home and hospital visits are available when needed. I look forward to helping you with your legal matter.
Visit my website at www.whelan-law.com
John William Bensulock
Highland Park, NJ Construction Law Attorney with 26 years of experience
(732) 756-1298	47 Raritan Ave., 2nd Floor
Highland Park,	NJ 08904
Construction, Municipal, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
New Jersey personal injury lawyer, John W. Bensulock, is a licensed attorney in the State of New Jersey. Mr. Bensulock has gained 23+ years of legal experience in various civil matters. Ms. Bensulock resides in New Jersey and has two sons.
Scott D. Grossman Esq.
Old Bridge, NJ Construction Law Lawyer with 23 years of experience
(732) 945-8892	8998 New Jersey 18
Old Bridge,	NJ 08857
Free ConsultationConstruction, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Quinnipiac University School of Law and University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
I've been successfully fighting for NJ's injured for over 20 years. Let me help and guide you through this difficult time! Visit my website and watch our client story videos or call for a free consultation!
I'm proud of our law firm has helped thousands of New Jersey accident and injury victims get full and fair compensation for their injuries. We've made it our mission to clients put their lives back together, put them at ease and let them know that they can reply on The Grossman Law Firm to take care of navigating around the complex New Jersey legal...
Shaun I. Blick
Somerset, NJ Construction Law Attorney with 15 years of experience
(848) 222-3500	220 Davidson Avenue, Suite 300
Somerset,	NJ 08533
Free ConsultationConstruction, Appeals, Environmental and Personal Injury
James J Dunn
Hillsborough, NJ Construction Law Attorney
(800) 346-5529	302 Route 206 South,
(at corner of Triangle Road – across from Kohl's)
Hillsborough,	NJ 08844
Construction and Personal Injury
University of Dayton School of Law
Mark V Kuminski
Jamesburg, NJ Construction Law Attorney
(800) 346-5529	220 Forsgate Drive,
Jamesburg,	NJ 08831
Construction, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Products Liability
Eric Barry Levine
Westfield, NJ Construction Law Attorney with 26 years of experience
(908) 233-6800	53 Cardinal Dr
Westfield,	NJ 07090
Construction, Business and Real Estate
Eric Levine concentrates his practice in general and commercial litigation. His trial and dispute resolution experience encompasses a wide variety of matters, including cybersecurity & data privacy, insurance defense and coverage, contract matters and construction litigation matters.
Eric is a graduate of the Richard J. Hughes American Inn of Court. Following law school, he served a one-year judicial clerkship with the Honorable Harry A. Margolis, P.J.S.C., in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division - General Equity Part. He is also a former Notes and Comments Editor of The Seton Hall Constitutional Law Journal. He is a frequently appointed by...
Ross R. Anzaldi
Westfield, NJ Construction Law Lawyer with 55 years of experience
Construction, Arbitration & Mediation and Personal Injury
The Honorable Ross R. Anzaldi, formerly of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Union County, joined Lindabury in October of 2009.
During his more than 18½ years on the bench, Judge Anzaldi held several positions, including Presiding Judge in the Civil Division of Union County and Acting Assignment Judge and Chancellor of Union County. He has presided over hundreds of jury and non-jury trials and thousands of settlement conferences. While serving in the Law Division, Judge Anzaldi adjudicated cases in a wide variety of areas, including auto and personal injury matters, insurance, construction law, LAD, CEPA, and partnership dissolutions. Judge Anzaldi...
Edward J. Frisch
Construction, Business and Insurance Defense
Edward Frisch has represented major surety companies in claims resolution, and contractor default situations requiring completion of bonded projects. He also has experience in alternate dispute resolution procedures and techniques and his practice has expanded into general commercial litigation on behalf of corporate clients. In addition, Ed has represented a number of insurance companies in successfully defending major builders risk, property loss claims, and first party bad faith claims. Recently, he was the lead defense counsel in what is believed to be the largest indoor air quality (IAQ) lawsuit filed in New Jersey. This complex multi-party litigation was resolved...
Roger Mehner
Roger Mehner concentrates his practice in general corporate and transactional matters, nonprofit institutions, commercial and residential real estate purchases, sales and leasing, land use and banking and finance.
Blake Width
Construction, Bankruptcy, Business and Insurance Defense
Blake C. Width has a broad spectrum of experience in the areas of bankruptcy, commercial litigation, community associations, construction, creditors' rights, employment, insurance, labor, municipal, and public safety.
Timothy Francis Schweitzer
Raritan, NJ Construction Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
(908) 393-5662	1130 Route 202 South, A7
Raritan,	NJ 08869
Construction, Maritime, Personal Injury and Workers' Comp
Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
With 18 years experience in tort litigation and with a diversified background which includes marine construction, Tim Schweitzer, partner with the law firm of Hofmann & Schweitzer, has unique insight into the needs of his clients. Tim specializes in personal injury matters, with special emphasis on maritime(Jones Act and Longshore Harbor Workers), construction worker tort claims and railroad (F.E.L.A.) claims. He has successfully resolved hundreds of personal injury suits through settlement and by jury verdict.
Greg Keith Vitali
Construction and Business
Greg K. Vitali concentrates his practice in litigation, with an emphasis in the areas of Construction and General Commercial Law. Greg has many years experience representing contractors in NJ filing and foreclosing on construction liens.
As a trial attorney, Greg represents owners, contractors, specialty trade subcontractors, construction managers, suppliers, design professionals and others involved in the construction trades in both the public and private sector. He regularly appears in the New Jersey Superior Court, the United States District Court for New Jersey, and in arbitration and mediation proceedings conducted under the auspices of the American Arbitration Association.
Greg has extensive experience...
Jay Lavroff
Construction, Business, Insurance Defense and Products Liability
Jay Lavroff concentrates his practice in litigation, with an emphasis in the areas of insurance coverage, construction and professional liability claims, and contract disputes. Insurance coverage issues that Jay has litigated range from interpretation of provisions in motor vehicle policies to the availability of coverage for the remediation of contamination of soil, air and water, costing hundreds of millions of dollars.
Paul Thomas Hofmann
(908) 393-5662	1130 Route 202 South
Free ConsultationConstruction, Maritime and Personal Injury
With 30 years experience in tort litigation, Paul T. Hofmann stands tall as a champion for victims whose lives are forever changed. Named a Super Lawyer in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Hofmann specializes in personal injury matters, with special emphasis on maritime, railroad and construction worker claims.
Hofmann has a B.A. from Rutgers College and J.D. from New York Law School. He is a member of American Association of Justice and the Maritime Law Association. He chaired the ATLA Admiralty Section and writes and lectures extensively.
Hofmann says that our mission is to maximize each clients recovery by thorough research, preparation...
Edward A. Halpern
Somerville, NJ Construction Law Attorney
(908) 526-0707	77 N Bridge St
Somerville,	NJ 08876
Construction, Business, Environmental and Real Estate
Charles Z. Schalk
Construction, Civil Rights, Collections and Personal Injury
Dario Anthony Chinigo
Raritan, NJ Construction Law Attorney with 25 years of experience
Suite A7
Dario Anthony Chinigo, is an attorney with more than 15 years of experience in Personal Injury Litigation, and an associate with the firm of Hofmann & Schweitzer since 2004. Having immigrated to the United States from his native Italy in 1983, Dario is especially sensitive to the issues and problems faced by immigrants who are injured as a result of others' negligence. He speaks, reads and writes Italian fluently, and is conversational in Spanish.
Alexander G. Fisher
Somerville, NJ Construction Law Attorney with 11 years of experience
Construction, Criminal Defense, Employment and Environmental
Andrew J. Gibbs
Andrew Gibbs has extensive defense litigation and arbitration experience in New Jersey state and federal court and concentrates his practice in the areas of product liability, toxic/mass tort, professional liability, computer/technology litigation, commercial litigation, general litigation and insurance litigation.
Matthew Sontz
(908) 389-1330	220 St. Paul St.
Free ConsultationConstruction, Landlord Tenant, Real Estate and Traffic Tickets
Rutgers School of Law-Camden and Rutgers School of Law-Camden
Matt Sontz is a sole practitioner who handles each matter personally. He looks forward to working with you to find the most beneficial and cost effective resolution of your matter.
Richard Sasso
Warren, NJ Construction Law Lawyer with 40 years of experience
(908) 756-0480	31 Mountain Boulevard
Warren,	NJ 07059
Free ConsultationConstruction, Business, Personal Injury and Real Estate
Sasso Law has been providing quality legal services for over three decades in the Central and Northern New Jersey Area. Richard Sasso has been licensed to practice by the states of NJ and FL, as well as the US Supreme Court and the 3rd Circuit Federal Court of Appeals. The practice involves representing both businesses and individuals with a firm policy of aggressive but reasonable representation of our client's interests. Mr. Sasso has an active trial practice and has a solid background in both civil cases...
Adam Rothenberg
Edison, NJ Construction Law Attorney with 28 years of experience
(800) 346-5529	2 Lincoln Highway
Edison,	NJ 08818
Construction, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Richard J Levinson
Edison, NJ Construction Law Lawyer
Construction, Asbestos, Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury
Gary Nissenbaum
Bridgewater, NJ Construction Law Attorney with 30 years of experience
1200 Route 22 East
Bridgewater,	NJ 08807
Construction, Business, Employment and Environmental
Tamer Abdou
Clark, NJ Construction Law Attorney with 26 years of experience
(732) 540-8840	124 Westfield Avenue
Clark,	NJ 07066
Construction, Business, Personal Injury and Real Estate
Patrick T. Collins
Livingston, NJ Construction Law Attorney with 37 years of experience
(973) 232-4023	293 Eisenhower Pkwy
Livingston,	NJ 07039
Construction, Divorce and Family
Patrick T. Collins brings to Skoloff & Wolfe his vast experience in family law and commercial litigation.
Patrick is one of only four attorneys in New Jersey to have been qualified by the Supreme Court as both a Certified Civil Trial Attorney and a Certified Matrimonial Attorney, and guides his clients with more than 35 years of experience across all areas of family law, including divorce, prenuptial agreements, business and other asset valuations, child custody and visitation, child and spousal support, alimony and equitable distribution, post-judgement modifications, and all aspects of high conflict divorces. He has handled high profile cases and...
Justin A Jacobs
Florham Park, NJ Construction Law Lawyer with 11 years of experience
(973) 845-6527	30 Columbia Turnpike
Florham Park,	NJ 07932
Construction, Appeals, Business and Employment
Based in Florham Park, New Jersey, Justin has significant experience handling business litigation cases, including those involving contract disputes, partnership disputes and shareholder disputes.
Justin has been selected to the Super Lawyers list as a New Jersey "Rising Star" in Business Litigation Law for 2015-2018. Each year, only 2.5 percent of New Jersey attorneys are selected to be included on the Rising Star list, which is issued by Thompson Reuters. Justin has also earned the AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell in Complex Business Litigation, Business Litigation and Civil Practice. This rating signifies that Justin's reviewed peers rank him at the highest level of...
Judith Schneider
Freehold, NJ Construction Law Attorney with 34 years of experience
(848) 207-3500	92 E. Commerce Street
Freehold,	NJ 07728
Construction, Environmental, Insurance Defense and Medical Malpractice
Prior to graduating from law school, Ms. Schneider was a critical intensive care nurse in large metropolitan hospitals in D.C., New Jersey and California. She began her law career in 1987 at Rawle & Henderson, a large law firm in Philadelphia and New Jersey recognized by the American Bar Association as the oldest law firm in continuous practice in the United States. Ms. Schneider was Of Counsel at other law firms practicing in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and a sole practitioner while raising a family, before joining the law firm of Helmer, Conley & Kasselman, P.A. Ms....
Anthony Koester
Flemington, NJ Construction Law Lawyer with 31 years of experience
(908) 782-8200	167 Main Street
Flemington,	NJ 08822
Construction, Business, Estate Planning and Real Estate
OVER 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE in business, commercial, corporate, real estate, employment & construction matters -- both transactional and litigation (state & federal courts). Focused on long-term corporate representation, problem solving and closing transactions quickly and cost-effectively. CIVIL LITIGATION: Litigated numerous cases, including complex business litigation, complex commercial disputes and litigation matters, corporate litigation, real estate litigation, construction, unfair competition suits, contract disputes, professional liability, employment litigation, fiduciary duty claims, business torts, receivership, dissolution, shareholder disputes, trade claims, trade secrets, employer covenants not-to-compete, unfair practices, consumer fraud, breach of contract, insurance coverage issues, complex litigation matters, negligence, environmental...
Anthony Daniel Grande
Oakhurst, NJ Construction Law Lawyer with 32 years of experience
(201) 463-6866	715 West Park Avenue, Unit 804
Oakhurst,	NJ 07755
Free ConsultationConstruction, Appeals, Arbitration & Mediation and Personal Injury
Highly qualified trial lawyer, successful hi-energy litigator and former NYC prosecutor admitted in New Jersey and New York.
Louis Angelo Felicetta
Toms River, NJ Construction Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
(732) 797-1600	9 Robbins St
Toms River,	NJ 08753
Free ConsultationConstruction, Environmental, Personal Injury and Real Estate
I was drawn to the practice of law because of the way it pervades everyday life. Whether an individual or a global conglomerate, the law affects not only the conduct of our business affairs, but also the conduct of our lives as a whole. As an attorney, my primary objective is providing exceptional legal counsel to residents of Toms River and Ocean County who find themselves faced with the complex and diversified legal problems that are ever present in today's environment. At Carluccio, Leone, Dimon, Doyle & Sacks, LLC, I am fortunate to be surrounded by experienced and...
John Anthony Mattiacci Jr
Moorestown, NJ Construction Law Attorney with 18 years of experience
(856) 219-2481	110 Marter Ave
#502A
Moorestown,	NJ 08057
Free ConsultationConstruction, Civil Rights, Personal Injury and Products Liability
John Mattiacci is an experienced personal injury lawyer practicing in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The firm is known as an aggressive personal injury law firm handling car accidents, fall cases, construction accidents, dog bites, and other matters.
John has helped recover tens of millions of dollars for his clients. He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. Fewer than 1% of all attorneys in the United States are members, and membership is limited to lawyers who have recovered million and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for their clients.
John has...
Martin P. Skolnick
Roseland, NJ Construction Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
(973) 403-0100	103 Eisenhower Parkway, Suite 305
Roseland,	NJ 07068
Free ConsultationConstruction
Martin P. Skolnick is the founder and Managing Attorney of the Skolnick Legal Group. Martin represents general contractors, subcontractors, and owners in construction litigation and arbitration matters. Martin also counsels construction companies and their senior management teams with the numerous legal issues construction companies encounter on a daily basis, including change order disputes, contract disputes, construction lien preparation and filing, permit issues, and employee issues. Martin also has substantial experience handling a wide range of commercial, real estate, and personal injury matters.
Martin has a rare combination of skills, experience and incredible determination that enables him to obtain exceptional results for...
Allen L. Rothenberg
LAKEWOOD, NJ Construction Law Attorney with 52 years of experience
(800) 624-8888	300 BOULEVARD OF THE AMERICAS
LAKEWOOD,	NJ 08701
Free ConsultationConstruction, Medical Malpractice, Nursing Home and Personal Injury
Allen L. Rothenberg, Esq., founded The Rothenberg Law Firm LLP in 1969. He has obtained numerous multi-million dollar verdicts, settlements, and awards for his catastrophically injured clients, including, together with his legal team, a record-breaking judgment in excess of two billion dollars. Mr. Rothenberg has been involved in multiple high-profile cases before state, federal, and appellate courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Rothenberg has been selected to The National Trial Lawyers: Top 100 and also has made guest appearances on national and local television and radio shows, including Fox TV, ABC TV, CBS...
William Robert Larkin
Red Bank, NJ Construction Law Attorney with 17 years of experience
(732) 444-8474	125 Half Mile Road, Suite 200
Red Bank,	NJ 07753
Free ConsultationConstruction, Employment, Insurance Defense and Personal Injury
Bill has 15+ years of litigation and law firm management experience. He is hardworking, efficient and detail oriented with strong leadership skills and a proven track record. He is extremely organized with a strong ability to multi-task. Bill works well in a team environment and is capable of handling complex matters and providing guidance to other team members to ensure that all matters are handled properly.
Juris Doctor ...
Maurice McLaughlin
Totowa, NJ Construction Law Attorney with 26 years of experience
(973) 890-0004	37 Vreeland Ave
Totowa,	NJ 07512
Construction, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Employment
Maurice W. McLaughlin is a founding member of McLaughlin & Nardi, LLC. He handles a wide range of matters including complex negotiations, litigation and transactions. Maurice leads the firm's litigation practice. Maurice is admitted to the bars of New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and the United States Supreme Court. He has practiced in state, federal and administrative courts throughout the Northeast.
Maurice brings a broad legal background from his many years as a litigator, prior to which he served with the Superior Court of New Jersey in Hudson County as a law clerk for Judges Barbara A. Curran and Frances L....
James DiMarco
Cherry Hill, NJ Construction Law Attorney with 11 years of experience
(800) 818-8148	1101 N Kings Highway, Suite 209
Cherry Hill,	NJ 08043
Construction, Animal, Insurance Claims and Personal Injury
Personal injury lawyer James DiMarco focuses his practice primarily on automobile accidents, slip and fall injuries, and other complex legal matters. Before becoming a personal injury attorney, he worked for seven years as a defense attorney representing corporations and insurance companies. This experience has given Jim unique insight when pursuing compensation for injured clients. His work representing clients in high-stakes litigation also allowed him to attain the skills to be a fierce litigator.
Jim is a compassionate attorney, patient listener and tenacious advocate, who utilizes his knowledge and smart applications of the law to obtain great outcomes in his cases. He...
Anthony John Davis
Paramus, NJ Construction Law Lawyer with 28 years of experience
(201) 712-1616	95 S State RT 17
Paramus,	NJ 07652
Construction, Business, IP and Trademarks
Tony is a Partner in Nicoll Davis & Spinella's Litigation and Compliance & Corporate Governance Departments, where he counsels organizations and individuals on a wide range of legal and business issues. He has over twenty years of federal and state court experience specializing in complex commercial and corporate litigation; construction litigation; shareholder and partnership disputes; intellectual property and anti-counterfeiting litigation; and general corporate matters. He has extensive experience overseeing and managing trademark and anti-counterfeiting cases. He provides strategic counseling involving trademarks, service marks, e-commerce and licensing issues as well as intellectual property portfolio management and anti-counterfeiting. He...
Michael Korsinsky
Lakewood, NJ Construction Law Lawyer with 21 years of experience
(212) 433-2712	1072 Madison Avenue
Construction, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Real Estate
Michael Korsinsky is a founding partner at Korsinsky & Klein, LLP. He manages the firm's litigation groups, which includes matters before various courts as well as those matters before administrative tribunals at various government agencies. He concentrates and dedicates most of his time with construction litigation, Elder Law and Health Law matters. He is a graduate of Brooklyn Law School and is admitted to both the New York and New Jersey Bars as well as the following Federal courts: the Second Circuit, the Eastern District of New York, the Southern District of New York, the Northern District of New York...
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Queen Rania's Jordan River Foundation
Safaa Batin
Location: Irbid, Jordan
Queen Rania Opens Ajloun Nature Reserve
AJLOUN, Sep. 28 (Petra)--In line with the vision of promoting sustainable community development while preserving different areas of the Kingdom culturally, historically, and ecologically, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah on Tuesday inaugurated the Ajloun Nature Reserve, a pioneer eco-tourism project launched by the Jordan River Foundation (JRF) in cooperation with the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN).
The project, funded by the Spanish Agency for International cooperation and the Japanese Embassy, is the first Eco-tourism project in Ajloun and the most unique in terms of the resources and services offered in the reserve.
While highlighting the importance of forests and nature conservation, the Ajloun Reserve merges efforts in environmental protection as a means to promote sustainable community development through developing eco-tourism activities within and around the area as a means of supporting conservation programs and providing job opportunities for the local community.
While Ajloun is considered one of the poorest governorates in the Kingdom with almost non-existent tourist activities, it is hoped that the pilot project will encourage its replication throughout the various governorates of the Kingdom, as it showcases a successful example of how building a corporate identity for the different governorates can benefit the country at large.
During her visit to the reserve, Queen Rania was briefed by JRF Director General Maha Khatib, and RSCN Director General Khaled Irani with an overview of the role of JRF and RSCN in the Ajloun area.
Queen Rania, who is chairperson of JRF, toured the different areas of the reserve, taking a firsthand look at the camping area where children from Ajloun enjoyed the environmental activities held there. She also met local women making the natural and hand-made products from Ajloun.
Representatives of the local community joined the Governor of Ajloun as Queen Ranialaunched the RSCN's website of birds also toured the photography exhibition, portrayingthe implementation phases of the project which started 18 months ago.
With a total budget of nearly JD200,000 donated by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation in cooperation with RESCATE' and the Japanese Embassy, the donor bodies expressed to Her Majesty their pride in being part of such a pioneer initiative.
Enjoying the highest rainfall rate in Jordan, Ajloun is a haven of rolling hills covered by dense woodlands of evergreen oak and scattered pistachio, carob and wild strawberry tress. Rich in natural, agricultural and human resources and known for its revered historic and religious significance, Ajloun promises great tourism potential.
The Ajloun Nature Reserve is now serviced by 10 cabins, a srestaurant with a splendid view of the reserve, a visitor information center, a research center and a handicraft production center whose designs are inspired by Ajloun's picturesque beauty and reflect its culture and heritage.
It is hoped that this will entice Jordanians towards local tourism as well as make them aware of the importance of forest conservation in Jordan, especially since all our woodlands combined comprise not more than 0.9% of the Kingdom's total area
JRF, a non-profit NGO dedicated to social and economic community empowerment also spearheads many projects in Ajloun Governorate that provide employment opportunities for local residents and training courses for their benefit. The latest venture currently underway is the promotion and implementation of Site Management Plan, an ambitious urban development master plan that will formulate a vision and public investment programme for sustainable development and tourism promotion in Ajloun city, Ajloun castle, Anjara and the surrounding area.
The Spanish Agency for International Cooperation was established in 1988 endeavors to promote welfare and stability throughout the world, especially the Arab world. Spain's long and enduring friendship with Jordan has been strengthened through the many projects the Agency has sponsored since 1971, several of these in cooperation with JRF, such as the Jabal Al Nasser Center which promotes proactive measures to eradicate the root social causes of child abuse and neglect.
The RSCN hopes to spread awareness to all Jordanians about Ajloun's area prospective and potential and encourage optimal use of its touristic, environmental, geographical, human and cultural resources.
Balqis
Queen Rania at the STARS Foundation dinner in support of Jordan River Foundation, Dubai, 17 January 2002.
source: www.starsfoundation.net
Queen Rania attends JRF fundraiser
Foundation announces the completion of the country's first family and child centre
Her Majesty Queen Rania attends a JRF Ramadan fundraising event at the Four Seasons Hotel on Monday (Photo by Nasser Ayoub)
AMMAN (JT) — As part of the Jordan River Foundation's (JRF) annual activities benefiting its various programmes Kingdom-wide, Her Majesty Queen Rania, chairperson of JRF, on Monday attended a Ramadan fundraising event at the Four Seasons Hotel.
Proceeds of the event, organised by the JRF volunteers, will benefit the various developmental programmes of the foundation, established by Queen Rania in 1995. The JRF works in two main areas: Protecting the rights and needs of children through the Jordan River Children Programme and empowering individuals and communities through the Community Empowerment Programme.
Addressing attendees, sponsors and volunteers, JRF Director General Maha Khatib presented an overview of the work of the foundation and its initiatives in creating and supporting sustainable social, economic and cultural programmes, as well as empowering communities and individuals based on their needs and priorities.
Khatib explained how the Child Safety Programme and its other components, including therapy, legal consultation, and awareness campaigns, work to support the objectives of the programme.
Launched in 2001, the programme focused on the basic component of prevention services. However, as work on child safety progressed, JRF, under Queen Rania's directions, recognised the greater need for preventive intervention to minimise the number of cases and avert the negative spiral of consequences, whether on an individual, domestic or societal level.
It was because of that purpose that the idea of launching the Queen Rania Family and Child Centre came about as a pioneering initiative that would present an innovative Arab model of a community centre, providing training and support through a multifaceted and comprehensive approach addressing the multiplicity of causes that lead to abuse, and identifying protective factors along the system levels.
The multipurpose centre, for which Queen Rania laid the cornerstone in May 2003, is due to open soon in Jabal Al Nasr and will be the first of its kind in the Kingdom and the region. It focuses on quality training and healthy adult-child interaction for the purpose of upgrading development, health, nutrition and education services within the framework of child and human rights, with the goal of ultimately combating child abuse and neglect.
Initially, the centre will serve the local community and later expand its area of coverage to include other rural, nomadic and urban communities with similar backgrounds, first in Jordan and, at a later stage, in the Arab world.
The centre will include a training facility for parents and children, where various services and activities will be provided including a computer centre, a kitchen for children, an art workshop, an interactive library and parenthood and life skills training.
While the land for building the centre was donated by the Greater Amman Municipality, an agreement with the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI), plus the revenues of JRF's fundraising gala dinner in Paris in September 2002, helped cover the cost of construction.
JRF is nonprofit nongovernmental organisation whose mission is to promote, in partnership with stakeholders, the development of a dynamic society by initiating and supporting sustainable social, economic and cultural programmes that empower communities and individuals based on their needs and priorities.
The foundation is recognised nationally, regionally and internationally as an agent for positive change and as a leading local institution contributing to social and economic well-being of citizens.
I wish I could see what Rania's wearing in that picture...it looks like a very pretty dress
Location: , Portugal
Some1 have a nice viwe of the dress?
Originally Posted by micas
larger pic.
galuhcandrakirana
Rania looks beautiful in that colour...amazing, she keeps slim while pregnant, I should ask her how to keep her body slim while in pregnancy
Originally Posted by galuhcandrakirana
Yes, she looks amazing and slim.
I think the secret is simple: no bread, no cheese, no pasta, no cakes, no sweets and 3 meals a day. it works. but maybe rania has something more to say: having money, staff who takes care of her and no stress.
rania never keep same look for a while, she keeps changing her hair style/color, and make-up, but always simple and nice look which personaly I like.
Originally Posted by abir
I think the secret is simple: no bread, no cheese, no pasta, no cakes, no sweets and 3 meals a day. it works.
yayyyy....it'll dificult for me to do, those yummy things are my favorites
rania never keep same look for a while, she keeps changing her hair style/color, and make-up, but always simple and nice look.
indeed, I like her hair style on the first photo in post no.147 by guess who.
celebreties, rania of course, cares a lot about their look, and having good advisers helps a lot: the celebrety gains time to achieve the look is looking for.
but in general, I found many people look beautiful when they are slim;
plus of that keeping reasonable weight and watching what we eat, are good for health.
cute_girl
this is for micas,but I know it doesnt help
hillary_nugent
Location: , Australia
Rania looks beautiful in the pic above! ^___^
I came. I saw. I posted.
Originally Posted by cute_girl
THanks so much swety!!! It help a lot, now i just met a litle more of the dress . Maibe we find a better pic of the dress.
Thanks so much for the atention!:) :p
Opening of Dar Al-Aman Center
Dar Al-Aman Center for abused and neglected children, the first of its kind in the Arab region, was opened by Queen Rania in August 2000.
From Corbis and Getty:
King, Queen attend JRF 10th anniversary celebration
AMMAN (JT) — Their Majesties King Abdullah and Queen Rania joined Jordan River Foundation (JRF) supporters and friends on Wednesday in celebrating the foundation's decade of successful socio-economic community and development projects across Jordan.
http://www.jordantimes.com/fri/homenews/homenews3.htm
picture from Petra
Queen Rania visits Dar Al Aman
Amman, Feb. 8 (Petra) -- Her Majesty Queen Rania on Wednesday stressed the importance of the private sector in partnering with civil society organizations in the country's socioeconomic development. Queen Rania's remarks came during a visit to Dar Al Aman. Queen Rania joined children and private sector donors at Dar Al Aman, Jordan River Foundation's Child Safety Center, to launch the Center's new playground, library, and Early Childhood Development Unit.
Her Majesty Queen Rania chairs JRF's Board of Trustees since 1995 and pioneered the first Arab initiative of its kind by establishing the Child Safety Program in 1997.
http://www.petra.gov.jo/nepras/2006/Feb/08/30532400.htm
Petra pictures
Jordan River Foundation
The Jordan River Foundation is a non-profit Jordanian non-governmental organization established by Her Majesty (then Princess) Queen Rania al- Abdullah in 1995.
The Foundation's two main areas of concentration:
protect the rights and needs of children through the Jordan River Children Program
empower individuals and local communities through the Community Empowerment Program
www.jordanriver.jo
IMPORTANT MILESTONES
1995 – JRF is established
1997 - JRF's Child Safety Program is launched
2000 - Dar Al-Aman, the first center of its kind in the Middle East for neglected and abused children, is launched
2004 - Ajloun Nature Reserve is opened
2004 - JRF launched in France
2005 - Official inauguration of the Queen Rania Family and Child Center (QRFCC)
2005 - JRF celebrates its 10th anniversary
2006 - JRF launched in the United Kingdom
2006 - Family Support Line is launched (TRF link)
2006 - QRFCC given the "World Day for the Prevention from Child Abuse Award"
2007 - JRF's USA Board is established during Queen Rania's working visit to the US in October
2008 - cornerstone laid for Queen Rania Al Abdullah Centre for Community Empowerment in Aqaba
2008 - JRF becomes first NGO in the Middle East to launch its sustainability report
Details on the above, as well as links to some of the more useful sections of the JRF website featuring articles and photos of Queen Rania's involvement with the Foundation over the years, can be found in the next post.
JRF ABROAD - This section of the website has lists of JRF's France, UK, and USA Board members, as well as details of the Foundation's international activities such as fundraisers and cooperation agreements with international organizations.
May 31, 2006 - Queen Rania attends dinner at Whitehall Palace, London, to launch JRF in the United Kingdom: Press Release. For more information, visit the following thread (starting with post #65): Current News 16
EXHIBITIONS - This section contains articles and pictures of exhibitions showcasing JRF as well as its projects and products both at home in Jordan and abroad.
April 7, 2004 - Queen Rania opens "The Artistic Hands" exhibit at the Dubai Ladies Club (April 7-10). Picture Gallery
November 22, 2004 - Queen Rania inaugurates an exhibtion of JRF products at the Printemps store in Paris, marking the Foundation's entry into France and Europe at large: Press Release. Also see the following posts: #2, #3 and #12
FUNDRAISERS- Articles and pictures of various JRF fundraisers held over the past few years, ex. the Annual Ramadan Fundraiser.
January 17, 2002 - Queen Rania attends STARS Foundation Gala Dinner in Dubai. The event raised US$250, 000 for the JRF.
September 30, 2002 - Queen Rania hosts a fundraising gala at Versailles (the funds were primarily allocated to a child and family development center in Jabal Al Naser - later dubbed the QRFCC)
April 6, 2004 - Queen Rania and DAMAS Group host fundraiser at the Royal Mirage in Dubai.
July 30, 2006 - JRF holds fundraising concert for Lebanon. For more information visit the following thread: Current Events 18 (starting with post 13)
April 3, 2007 - Queen Rania presides over "Night of Jordanian Treasures". Held in conjunction with UNESCO's 2007 Goodwill Ambassadors Meeting the event raised funds for JRF's Safe Schools Project. For more information visit the following threads: Current Events 22 (starting with post #183) and Current Events 23
VISITS - Here you'll find articles and pictures of visits to JRF's facilities, over the past few years, by Queen Rania as well as foreign guests and dignitaries including royals, first ladies, celebrities etc.
October 28, 2004 - Prince Charles visits Ajloun Nature Reserve and other JRF projects. Also see the Prince of Wales website, and the Prince Charles' visit to Jordan - October 2004 thread
May 22, 2005 - US First Lady Laura Bush visits JRF's Showroom with Queen Rania
April 22, 2006 - Queen Sofia of Spain visits JRF's Showroom and the QRFCC. Also see State Visit from Spain, April 2006 (starting with post #50) for more on this visit
November 19, 2006 - the QRFCC is awarded the World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse Award (Jordan listed under 'Asia'). The Queen marks the event by touring the QRFCC with the First Lady of Singapore. For more information, visit the State visit from Singapore thread.
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Hedgehogs are the UKs only spiny mammal; there are 17 species throughout the world and all have in common the spines. They're mainly nocturnal, although they can be seen out in the daytime during pregnancy when they are building nests and prior to a hibernation period. They have between 5,000-7,000 spines covering their body and through a drawstring, muscular action, they can protect themselves from most predators.
They are born spineless, but within 24 hours white spines will appear and within 3 weeks they are fully covered in soft spines which harden over the following few weeks.
During hibernation, their heartbeat slows down to 20 beats a minute allowing them to slowly use up fat reserves that they have built up. They do not hibernate to avoid the cold - hedgehogs can withstand quite severe temperatures - they hibernate because their food sources disappear. In areas where people feed regularly in the garden, we often see the hedgehogs stay awake during the winter period.
Historically, hedgehogs have lived happily and successfully within dense hedges which used to cover much of the UK. With smaller gardens and more wooden fence panels, the populations have become segregated. Not only does this affect their ability to roam and feed, it also affects their ability to provide safe nest sites to have their young in. Fallen trees and dense piles of wood make safe nesting sites for hedgehogs to crawl in amongst and be safe from predation. Compost heaps are also ideal places for hedgehogs to feed and have their young. Over the last 10 years, we have seen many factors come into play that have caused the demise of a once very common mammal. The decline is so drastic that it is up to all of us to ensure that this mammal remains in the UK. Providing nesting sites is essential; leaving wood piles, fallen trees and dense hedges, along with man-made hedgehog houses are still the best ways to ensure they have a choice of safe locations.
Prior to being involved with releasing hedgehogs, we would ask that you check that your garden is safe from hedgehog hazards.
Swimming pools & ponds need to have access and egress suitable for hedgehogs. Sloping sides, chicken wire, bricks & pebbles can all be used to create a way for them to be able to climb out. They are strong swimmers, but slippery, straight sides and low water levels will prevent them from being able to get out.
Slug pellets and pesticides poison the slugs and insects which hedgehogs may go on to eat and therefore the poison will enter the food chain relatively quickly. Hedgehogs, slow worms and frogs all eat slugs - encouraging wildlife to eat the insects in your garden is a far better long term solution to using slug pellets which will leave your gardens devoid of not only slugs but predators too.
Anti freeze is clear and sweet tasting and if it is left unguarded, hedgehogs and other mammals may drink it. We see this at the rescue and the process is very hard to reverse.
Intensive farming has seen heavy machinery, increased sizes of fields and the removal of hedges. Field margins have been reduced and pesticides are used to produce stronger crops. The removal of hedges has once again put hedgehogs at a greater risk of predation. In 2015, a bird survey showed that 52% of farmland birds had disappeared from farms, showing the further impact of intensive farming.
Lawn mowers, strimmers and garden tools have an impact on hedgehogs. Sometimes they lay in borders & long grass unguarded so please check before using any garden machinery.
Garden netting can be a potential problem for hedgehogs so please make sure it is secure and not hanging freely. If possible, leave an 8 inch gap to allow hedgehogs to pass safely underneath. If you find a hedgehog tangled in netting then call a vet or local wildlife rescue as complications can occur once the netting has been removed.
The modern fortresses we create in our garden for seclusion and privacy have a detrimental affect on our hedgehogs. They can roam around 2km every night and need several gardens to forage in. Fencing can cause local extinction as the hedgehog population becomes isolated. By providing a simple hole in your fence, you can create access into other gardens.
If you have bonfires in November - or throughout the year - please check before you set anything on fire as hedgehogs will nest in these and, in winter months, will hibernate there.
Cats and dogs can live happily in your garden. If your dog consistently barks during the late evening, it may be helpful to put him on a lead when you take him out last thing at night until he gets used to the hedgehogs.
On average about 200,000 hedgehogs are killed on roads. Unfortunately, roads are a part of our landscape and are slowly increasing - there is little we can do to prevent hedgehogs crossing roads. They usually only begin to hear vehicles once they are in a range of about 8 metres, so it is inevitable that some will not survive.
If an adult hedgehog arrives with us with a relatively simple injury and is healthy in other ways, we release them back to the area they came from and soft release isn't always used for this process. On all other occasions, we only use soft release. We have found this to be successful and to greatly benefit the hedgehogs and to increase the chances of hedgehog populations thriving.
Our soft release programmes are quite strict; over the last 30 years we think we have come up with a solution that benefits the hedgehogs and puts their well being first. Not all locations and gardens are suitable for soft release. When releasing orphaned hedgehogs back to the wild we have found our soft releases runs to be the best way to ensure the highest chances of survival. It creates a safe nest for them to slowly explore the outside from, just like a hoglet emerging from its wild nest. They will explore the immediate area and scent mark and eventually start exploring further afield and finally moving out of the release run.
Soft release runs at our rescue have evolved over many years and this year (2018) we are now manufacturing our own modular runs made from heavy duty galvanised mesh complete with our heavy metal hedgehog house and silver grace portal.
The release runs have evolved based on many factors. We realise the cost may be probative for many people but our first duty is to the precious hedgehogs we are releasing back. The new runs cover the problems we have encountered in the past. Many of you have waited a long time for these details and for that we apologise but we have been perfecting modulars that keep our hoglets safe and will last for many years. This year we have experienced many previously unseen problems with previously built runs and after much debate we have decided to change to this modular.
This includes the entire run built, galvanised and set up in your garden.
Once ordered the runs will take 12 weeks to manufacture and fit. We now install and set up the run ourselves and once set up, two to three hedgehogs are released in the run.
For period of several weeks they would be contained and fed and watered after that period the Silver hedgehog portal would be opened. They now feel safe in the run and they are aware of the smells around them. The portal is left open and the hedgehogs are free to leave or come and go as they like. It simulates the same process that would happen when a young hoglets leave the nest. They will have a safe place to come back to every night just like their nest would of been in the wild.
They will eventually settle elsewhere. Once the silver hedgehog portal is opened it will stay that way for several weeks. and the hoglets will slowly leave the run, but they will have a safe, familiar place where they can return during that period. After a period the run is shut and cleaned and the process can start again During the winter months and with older hedgehogs, some hoglets and long term patients the portal opening times can vary . Each hedgehog group will come with a complete care package and time plan.
To be able to go ahead with hedgehog release form us you will need to purchase a run and attend our Release Course - this will cover the release process, soft release procedure and any questions you may have about this. If you are interested please fill in the form on the lick below and click submit. We will then contact you via email. Filling in the form doesn't commit you to anything it just starts you on the information journey.
Once you have clicked submit the form will automatically be sent to us. Don't panic if nothing appears to happens, we try and contact you within 14 days. Thank You. Click here to fill in the form.
Our first commitment is always to the hedgehogs we release.


While almost all historical narratives, including the recent account of the intertwined lives of John and Sunday Reed, are of necessity tentative and speculative, as Sir Max Hastings argues in his most recent book, 'The Secret War', "they become far more so when spies are involved.
As Hastings explains, when chronicling battles, writers can relatively reliably record how many ships were sunk and aircraft shot down, how much ground was won or lost and how many soldiers and sailors were killed. But secret intelligence generates, as he usefully puts it, "a vast, unreliable literature, some of it produced by protagonists for their own glorification or justification.
It is pleasing to report that, in researching and writing this fascinating book, Hastings has followed his own advice that "skepticism is essential about all accounts related to intelligence in every nation, and thus to the memoirs of agents, official reports, published histories and even contemporary documents. This is because almost all participants in all fields associated with supposedly secret intelligence, especially in a conflict as extended as World War II, are likely to a greater or lesser extent to have lied, or at least to have hidden much of the truth. Indeed, often it was their job to do so.
In this monumental book, Hastings has exploited massive archives in Britain, Germany and the United States. In particular, he has uncovered and effectively utilised a treasure trove of previously untranslated Russian material. In doing so, he reveals and reinforces the fact that, while Britain's contribution to the Allied Victory may have been subordinate to that of the Soviet Union and the USA, in the main, Winston Churchill made much more effective use of secret materials than did either Hitler or Stalin , who were both extremely suspicious of their respective intelligence agencies.
Probably the most productive secret agent during World War II was Richard Sorge , who worked for the Red Army's intelligence organisation GRU. However, because of Stalin's paranoid response to the material Sorge supplied, his influence upon actual Kremlin policy is much more doubtful. The same applies to the information supplied by an American, Harry Dexter White, who was one of Moscow's most important secret sources.
Hastings quite rightly concludes that Allied code breaking operations against Germany, Italy and Japan, especially the English operation based at Bletchley Park, 50 miles from London, "exercised far more influence than did any spy. Indeed, in a key chapter entitled "Guerrilla, Hastings also concludes that code breakers, especially in Great Britain, were collectively more important than all the resistance fighters and partisans in France and the rest of Europe put together.
As is now widely known, most prominent among the hugely talented team of code breakers at Bletchley Park was Alan Turing , a mathematician from Cambridge University. As a result of being persecuted for being homosexual, Turing committed suicide in 1954, sixteen days before his 42nd birthday. He died from cyanide poisoning.
A pivotal section of 'The Secret War' involves Hastings deeply rooted skepticism about the performance of MI6. In this, he is clearly influenced by a number of informed contemporary witnesses who thought poorly of Stewart Menzies , commonly known as "C , and of some of his senior officers. This especially applies to the historian and noted German linguist Hugh Trevor-Roper and author Malcolm Muggeridge , both of whom worked for British intelligence and had a very jaundiced view of Menzies.
But other more impartial observers also had a negative, if not quite as disparaging, opinion of the work of the head of MI6. These sources included the chairman of Britain's Joint Intelligence Committee, Bill Bentinck; the Permanent Under Secretary at the Foreign Office, Sir Alexander Cadogan, and especially Nigel Clive who worked extensively for MI6. When they criticised Menzies' lack of ability in supervising British spy craft and other forms of intelligence, all three cultivated Englishmen, in their assessment of the head of MI6, as the author puts it, "had no axes to grind.
Yet Hastings is the first to admit that a number of the intelligence foot soldiers and new recruits who flooded into Broadway (the headquarters of MI6) were "exotic!
The supremely cynical Muggeridge wrote: "Writers of thrillers tend to gravitate to the secret service as surely as the mentally unstable become psychiatrists, or the impotent pornographers. While much of this assessment is hyperbole, Hastings seems in some ways to concur. "Thus, he writes, "was Graham Greene dispatched to Freetown, Sierra Leone; Muggeridge himself , a veteran foreign correspondent , to Lourenco Marques, in Portuguese Mozambique; and the journalist Kim Philby welcomed into Broadway.
As Hastings starkly concludes, it became "a source of dismay to career intelligence officers, protective of MI6's reputation, that its wartime recruits who later commanded most public attention were all either mavericks or traitors.
Hastings is particularly revealing about the intelligence career of Malcolm Muggeridge who, for two years, was MI6's main man in Lourenco Marques. There he lodged at the Polana hotel along with Dr Leopold Werz, the German vice-consul and representative in Mozambique of Abwehr, the German security agency. Muggeridge, unforgettably, described this notorious Nazi intelligence operative as "youthful, blond, pink and earnest!
As well as shining considerable light on Allied intelligence-gatherers and their ostensible leaders, 'The Secret War' reveals much about the leaders on the German side. This especially applies to the head of Abwehr, Admiral Wilhelm Canaris.
Controversially but plausibly, Hastings summarises the situation thus: "Far from being a substantial historical figure, (Canaris) was a small one, grappling with dilemmas and difficulties far beyond his capabilities. Trevor-Roper professed to see a close resemblance between admiral Canaris and Stewart Menzies , his British counterpart. Both men, he thought, were "conservative, honourable , and weak.
Yet because of its feudal suzerainty and tight control over Bletchley Park, by the end of the war MI6's influence, and reputation especially in Great Britain, had soared.
As Hastings explains in the book's final chapter, "Decoding Victory, Menzies kept his job as "C until 1952. This was despite Kim Philby's betrayal to Moscow of MI6's most sensitive early Cold War operations and informants, which resulted in the loss of many lives. As it eventuated, Menzies lived in what seemed to be untroubled retirement until his death in 1968.
In the autumn of 1945, Trevor-Roper, who by that time probably knew more about the Abwehr than any German, was commissioned by MI6 to travel to Berlin and explore the circumstances of the Fuhrer's death. This enabled him to turn his subsequent report into a best-selling book, 'The Last Days of Hitler.' Thereafter, at Oxford University, he resumed his career as a brilliant and widely read historian.
However, Trevor-Roper's reputation as a scholar was tarnished, probably permanently, by his endorsement of the authenticity of the 1983 "Hitler diaries , which turned out to be fake. Controversial, cantankerous, and snobbish to the end, Trevor-Roper died in 2003.
Although a little too long and sometimes cluttered with detail, 'The Secret War' is a prodigious work of scholarship. Moreover, it is hard to disagree with Hastings' statement that "while skepticism about the secret world is indispensable, so too is a capacity for wonder.
As this brilliant analysis reveals, some tales about European spy craft and code breaking, especially from 1939 to 1945, which once seemed too fabulous to be real have now proven to be true. I will not spoil prospective readers' enjoyment by detailing what they are.
The only weakness in Hastings' gripping narrative is the infuriating overuse of the utterly unnecessary phrase "of course. A competent copy editor would have eliminated them all. And, for the record, in 'The Secret War' Australia does not receive a single mention.
John and Sunday Reed are arguably Australia's most famous art patrons and a saucy and deeply unusual couple they were too. Part of their patronage involved free love and they didn't mind the occasional ménage a trois either. Yet despite their Bohemian tendencies, the Reeds hailed from establishment families in Hobart and Melbourne.
The artists who benefitted from their patronage include some of the greats of Australian art , Sidney Nolan, Sam Atyeo, Albert Tucker, John Perceval, Arthur Boyd, Charles Blackman and Noel Counihan. But as 'Modern Love' explains and elucidates, some of these artists were at the same time emotionally, if not artistically, damaged by their relationship with the Reeds.
In 1943, John Reed and the editor of the Adelaide-based avant-garde magazine 'Angry Penguins', Max Harris, joined forces in the publishing firm Reed & Harris. However John was able to distance himself from the latter's misfortune when, a year later, the Ern Malley poems that Harris published were revealed to be an elaborate hoax concocted by two anti-modernist Sydney poets, James McAuley and Harold Stewart. Eventually John Reed and Max Harris fell out.
John and Sunday Reed were also particularly close to the talented Australian poet and editor Barrett ('Barrie') Reid , with whom their relationship was relatively unproblematic and which lasted right up until the final days of both of the Reeds.
Of fragile and delicate disposition and prone to nervous breakdowns, Sunday, who in the early 1930s studied art under George Bell in his Bourke Street Studio School in Melbourne, was a member of the rich and powerful Baillieu dynasty. In contrast, John, who worked as a solicitor in Collins Street in Melbourne's CBD, was much more emotionally stable. But like his mercurial wife, John Reed was a great supporter and patron of the arts and of modernist painting in particular.
In 1934, John and Sunday (who had married on 13 January 1932) purchased a semi-rural property on the outskirts of Melbourne. They dubbed their new home, which came to boast a fine garden, 'Heide' , an abbreviation of Heidelberg. As Lesley Harding and Kendrah Morgan point out in their helpful preface to 'Modern Love', the Reed's "could have hardly imagined that eighty years later 'Heide' would be the site of a renowned art museum and widely regarded as the birthplace of Australian modernism.
A key to understanding the Reeds' highly volatile open marriage and also Sunday's desperate need to adopt a child is to be found in her unhappy first marriage to an Irish-American. Much to her parents' concern, for three years from 31 December 1926 she remained married to Leonard Quinn , who was also a Roman Catholic, which was a decided negative, especially to her father!
A serial philanderer, Quinn gave Sunday gonorrhea, which necessitated her having a hysterectomy. Tragically, Sunday was pregnant at the time and the baby was aborted. All of this meant that she couldn't have any of her own children.
The process of constructing this compelling narrative was, the authors explain, "akin to putting together an immense jigsaw , after which a detailed picture of the Reeds slowly emerged.
In their beautifully illustrated book, Harding and Morgan are mindful that those who knew John and Sunday Reed may find that their account "will bring to the surface memories both good and bad. This especially applies to sometimes harrowing details about the Reeds' own tangled relationships and in particular the interactions with their adopted son Sweeney (1944-1979) – who was actually the child of artist Joy Hester, diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma shortly after Sweeney's birth. Moreover, it later emerged that Albert Tucker, who married Hester in 1941, was not Sweeney's biological father. In 1960, when Sweeney was only fifteen, Hester died of a cancer that had seemed to be in remission.
Despite the sometimes lurid descriptions, especially of interpersonal relations, in 'Modern Love' the authors hope that this joint biography (in both senses of the word) will "extend the understanding of the Reeds as individuals , with all their strengths and shortcomings , and as historical entities.
In the main, 'Modern Love' succeeds in this task , in that, after reading this challenging book, most readers will surely be left with an appreciation of John and Sunday'sdetermination in promoting their modernist artistic vision and their own often convoluted and sometimes destructive sexual and personal lives. Indeed, what clearly emerges, at least to this reviewer, is the Reeds' powerful, if often idiosyncratic, devotion to each other characterised by what Harding and Morgan describe as "five decades marked by love, loss, achievement, estrangement and heartbreak.
Yet not all that the authors know has been put to paper and published. Hence Harding and Morgan, rather tantalisingly, write that: "In some instances we found the truth was stranger than fiction, and decided to withhold some particularly sensitive material out of respect for those still living.
What a shame that, 82 years after establishing 'Heide', we are still not being told what the authors regard as the full and unvarnished story of John and Sunday Reed and of all the Australian artists who formed such a pivotal role in their lives.
One of the great strengths of 'Modern Love' is the vast array of characters who crisscross the lives, not just of the Reeds themselves, but also of those who visited Heide. These include future erratic Labor leader Dr HV Evatt and his hugely talented wife Alice. Indeed, when Evatt became Minister for External Affairs he took with him, as an untrained aide and personal adviser, Sam Atyeo , whose controversial utterances and antics well and truly got up the noses of other diplomats, both Australian and otherwise. This was until Liberal Party heavyweight, Robert Gordon Menzies, on becoming prime minister, promptly dispensed with Atyeo's "services.
Yet, as much as they admired Sam Atyeo, John and Sunday , who had spent time in Paris with young Sweeney , seem to have been envious of the fact that Atyeo had been able not just to meet, but to continue to mix with, famous identities of the Parisian and wider European art world.
Sometimes sexual freedom at Heide took its toll. By the end of 1941 and before Sidney Nolan left, ostensibly to fight in World War II, his relationship with Sunday Reed had developed into much more than a passionate physical attachment. As the authors explain, "There was no doubt in the minds of those close to them that the pair had fallen deeply in love and that John's role in the ménage was threatened.
Despite the fact that he had resumed an affair with artist Moya Dyring, John Reed found the Nolan complication to his unorthodox marriage deeply upsetting. The situation became even more complicated when Sunday was utterly devastated by Nolan's departure. Predictably though, the artist of Ned Kelly fame did not remain long as a member of the armed forces of Australia.
Eventually, on 25 March 1948 at St Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Sydney Nolan married John Reed's sister Cynthia. Their marriage resulted in an estrangement from Heide and the Reeds. John Reed came to regard the loss of Nolan from their lives as one of what he termed a "litany of defeats.
In the autumn of 1967, John and Sunday moved into a revamped house, which they named "Heide 11 , to distinguish the new dwelling from "Old Heidi. But things became extremely painful when, in 1971, Nolan published 'Paradise Garden', an intensely personal account of his tumultuous life with the Reeds in the 1940s. John and Sunday Reed found this extremely hurtful.
In 1976, Cynthia Nolan committed suicide in London. Within three months of Cynthia's death, Sidney Nolan moved in with Sunday's close friend Mary Perceval, nee Boyd. Nine months later Sidney and Mary were married, In March 1979, Sweeney Reed, who was just 34, also suicided.
Even though she continued to work on her much-loved garden at Heide until shortly before her own demise, Sunday never recovered from Sweeney's death. Three weeks after the opening of Heidi Park and Art Gallery, on 5 December 1981, the seemingly indefatigable John Reed, after a long battle with cancer, died. His final words to his wife were overheard to be: "Darling, you have made my life.
Ten days later, stricken with grief, Sunday Reed took an overdose of sleeping pills and died on 15 December 1981. Only the extremely loyal Barrie Reid was with her. When her doctor visited the following morning, he allegedly remarked that she had died of a broken heart!
Fittingly, John and Sunday's ashes were joined beneath a river red gum tree at their beloved Heide.


With a strong DIY ethic, and a fondness of bold storytelling, brassroots were a perfect match for Victory over All.
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Acronis Backup Reviews
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reviewer1731429
Senior Consultant at a marketing services firm with 11-50 employees
Real User
Easy to set up and deploy with helpful technical support
"The performance has been fine so far."
"The product would be better if they offered more integration capabilities."
What is our primary use case?
The most important use case is to backup notebooks and other environments of the completed image and to back up global environment imaging and you can leverage the backup when you are making a migration as well.
What is most valuable?
The solution is stable. The performance has been fine so far.
We found the installation process to be pretty simple. You don't need a huge team to implement it. Just one person is fine.
Technical support is great.
What needs improvement?
I don't find the product to be overly scalable.
The product would be better if they offered more integration capabilities.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used this solution for this year and the previous year as well. In total, we've likely used it for four or five years at this point.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We've found the stability to be very good. The solution is reliable and offers nice performance. There aren't bugs. It's not glitchy. I don't find that it crashes or freeze.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The product isn't very scalable. It's an aspect they could improve upon. Right now, it's limited.
We have six to seven customers using the solution. There might even be a few more in some special environments.
How are customer service and support?
The support has been great. they don't need to be faster. They're very helpful and responsive, and we're satisfied overall. We find having them to be very important.
How was the initial setup?
The initial implementation was not complex or difficult. It was very easy, very straightforward.
The deployment itself only takes about an hour or so. It's not a long and drawn-out process.
You only need one person - an admin - for the deployment and maintenance tasks.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We pay a yearly licensing fee. There are no additional costs to the standard license and fees.
What other advice do I have?
I'd advise other users that, if you're making a backup with Acronis, you always ensure you do a double backup.
I'd recommend the solution to other users and companies. It offers an excellent level of service. We are satisfied with them.
I'd rate the solution at an eight out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
Albert Simon
Co-Owner at Angels Dtp
Works in the background and lets me easily recover from accidental file deletions or other errors
"The most valuable feature is the fact that it backs up my systems transparently in the background, and I'm not even conscious of it."
"When I first started using Acronis, I found it a little bit confusing when it came to the configuration."
I use the basic Acronis solution to back up all of my drives. I have a desktop and a laptop, with several hard drives attached to them.
How has it helped my organization?
In difficult situations, where something was accidentally erased or there was another kind of error, I can return to the latest backup and recover. For me, it's been very successful and very effective.
The most valuable feature is the fact that it backs up my systems transparently in the background, and I'm not even conscious of it. I just get a notice that it's successfully backed up.
When I first started using Acronis, I found it a little bit confusing when it came to the configuration.
Sometimes I have a problem where my settings need to be reset. However, I have been using it for so long that I know what I have to do it fix them.
I have been using Acronis for between three and four years.
This is a stable solution, other than the occasional problem that I have with needing to reset the settings.
How are customer service and technical support?
Technical support is excellent. When I needed help, in the beginning, they did it with a remote connection. They were able to log into my system, take care of the problem, and explain what they did.
I have been in contact with them from time to time and they are still excellent.
I needed help from technical support in the beginning when I first started working with it.
The cost of updates is less than $100 USD yearly. If you don't update it then there are no additional charges.
My advice for anybody who is implementing Acronis is to contact support if they have any trouble. I would definitely recommend them. As it is now, this is a product that I am satisfied with the way it is, and I cannot think of any additional features that I would need.
I would rate this solution a nine out of ten.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Technical Presales - Server & Storage at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Good security, user friendly, and simple buying options and deployments
"It has simple buying options and deployments. You can buy on-cloud, on-premises, or hybrid solutions. Acronis Backup is very easy to deploy. It also does not consume much hardware. The administrator's tasks are very simple. It is very user friendly, and it also has good security features with low-level encryption and data encryption."
"They can include something called a backup appliance. Although Acronis is a software-driven company, it would be good for customers to have some kind of backup appliance on top of a lightweight operating system. This will also reduce the cost. Currently, the customers have to buy the hardware in addition to the operating system, which increases the overhead in terms of procurement."
It has simple buying options and deployments. You can buy on-cloud, on-premises, or hybrid solutions. Acronis Backup is very easy to deploy. It also does not consume much hardware. The administrator's tasks are very simple.
It is very user friendly, and it also has good security features with low-level encryption and data encryption.
They can include something called a backup appliance. Although Acronis is a software-driven company, it would be good for customers to have some kind of backup appliance on top of a lightweight operating system. This will also reduce the cost. Currently, the customers have to buy the hardware in addition to the operating system, which increases the overhead in terms of procurement.
We have started selling Acronis solutions six or seven months ago.
It is stable and scalable. We have not had any complaints from the customers.
I am yet to explore it in terms of scalability in the enterprise environment. It is mostly being used in small companies.
I have not yet contacted them.
It is quite simple to deploy. I have my own team for its maintenance. There are four or five qualified engineers.
It is very cost-effective for the SMB segment, especially for start-ups and smaller environments. It is cost-effective for on-premises and on-cloud deployments in such environments.
We have recently started to sell Acronis solutions. We have been helping customers to understand what Acronis is all about. We give demos to our customers, and customers are quite happy with the demo and cost of Acronis. Overall, it is a good product.
I would recommend this solution for smaller environments. It is mostly being used in small companies. Enterprise customers also usually use it for small projects. I haven't explored it for customers with a really big environment. For big enterprise customers, there are other solutions, like Veritas NetBackup, that provide scalability and support for big infrastructures.
I would rate Acronis Backup an eight out of ten.
Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Reseller
Pramod Kurian
Chief Operating Officer at pinnacledxb
It's manageable and requires little maintenance, but it has some limitations with cloud backup compared to other solutions
"The interface is easy to use. They keep on adding new features. Acronis recently added multi-platform support."
"Acronis has some limitations on the cloud side."
We use Acronis for data backup.
The interface is easy to use. They keep on adding new features. Acronis recently added multi-platform support.
Mobile backup is something that would be good to have. I can't think of anything else, but some performance enhancements and additional features would always be welcome.
We've been reselling Acronis for a few years now.
Acronis is relatively stable. I haven't seen any significant stability issues, and we don't have any serious concerns with performance aside from typical operational issues, which we see once in a while.
Acronis is easy to scale.
Acronis customer support is excellent. The vendor is responsive.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We use Veeam and Veritas. They are similar products. Acronis has some limitations on the cloud side, but Veeam's cloud backup is quite efficient on cloud backup, especially when it comes to Microsoft 365, etc. Now I think Acronis also has those capabilities.
Setting up Acronis is quite simple. We mostly do it internally. Once our staff is fully trained, we should be able to do it all ourselves, but until then, we'll get help from the vendor. The total time for deployment depends on the size of the project. It can take anywhere from one day to a few days. Acronis requires almost no maintenance.
The price could be more competitive.
I rate Acronis Backup seven out of 10. I would recommend it because Acronis is a highly effective product. It's easy to use and manage.
Designer Architect Hardware Solutions at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Easy to deploy and suitable for a small organization with little or no knowledge of backup solutions, but should integrate with more platforms
"In my opinion, it's the best product for end-users and PCs."
"A little bit more integration would be good. It should support broader platforms."
We use it for backing up local PCs and other things. We don't use it for Office 365. It is used for simple and basic use cases.
I am using its latest version.
We use it for some very basic stuff on the local machines. It is mostly used for drive-to-drive copy and file or folder restoration.
In my opinion, it's the best product for end-users and PCs.
A little bit more integration would be good. It should support broader platforms.
I have been using this solution for 10 years.
Its stability is okay.
It is scalable, but we have very few people who use this solution. We use it for very basic things.
I have not contacted their technical support.
It is used for something very specific. It is a very small percentage of the whole environment. For the enterprise part of the organization, we are using other solutions, such as Commvault and Veeam.
It is straightforward. It has a three-clicks installation. There is nothing special, and it is pretty okay from this perspective.
What about the implementation team?
I can do it by myself.
We use the free version that provides very basic functionalities.
If you're a small organization with little or no knowledge of the backup solution environment, it'll be okay for you.
I would rate it a seven out of 10.
User at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees
Scalable and easy to install
"The solution was easy to install and to deploy."
"It would be nice to have a partition that I can boot and reinstall when taking a backup image from the operating system."
We make use of the standalone version. The server and the box are compliant when it comes to the backup.
It would be nice to have a partition that I can boot and reinstall when taking a backup image from the operating system.
As we are going for CD, it would be nice to have external storage connectivity.
The ability to integrate with different platforms should be added as a feature. It would be nice to have the restoration also from the server itself.
We have been using Acronis Backup for two years or more.
The solution does not need to be scaled. It suits my business needs.
We have not had occasion to contact technical support.
The solution was easy to install and to deploy. Everything was good.
One can do the deployment on his own.
There is no need for a technical team.
Our licenses come with a one-time yearly subscription fee.
The solution is deployed locally.
The solution suits my business needs. It works perfectly for me. There is no need for updates or added features.
I would recommend the solution to others.
For the moment, we use the solution solely for our servers. We are talking around 20 users.
I rate Acronis Backup as a nine or ten out of ten.
Amine Koulali Idrissi
Senior Infrastructure Consultant at FORUM INTERNATIONAL
Reliable, scalable, and easy installation with detailed documentation
We installed the Acronis Backup agents on the user's computer stations that require backups. We then created a schedule and a backup policy. Additionally, we deployed Acronis Backup on the Windows Server. I connected with the local discs of the server, which will be the targets of the backups.
For my first experience, it is the best software for backups, especially for a five-system backup.
The solution could improve by providing more database backup features and have better integration with many different types of databases. We cannot implement it in all of our infrastructures.
I have been using this solution for approximately one year.
What do I think about
I have found the solution stable and has good performance.
The solution is scalable.
The solution is simple to deploy with the provided documentation that was very detailed.
The implementation took us approximately two days with two engineers.
There is a license required for this solution and it can be on a monthly basis.
I would recommend this solution to others.
I rate Acronis Backup an eight out of ten.
MOHMMED MERAJUDDIN
System Admininstrator at a university with 201-500 employees
Protects against malware and includes recovery and software management features
"Some of the most valuable features are recovery, protection against malware, and software management. I am happy with the dashboards and user interface."
"The new version has anti-malware and software management features, but these features should be enhanced. It is working as an exclusive solution along with the backup and recovery."
We have used Acronis Backup for VMware, Nutanix, Hyper-V host, and physical servers.
We are currently using version 15. The solution is deployed on-premise. We haven't tried to integrate with other solutions.
Some of the most valuable features are recovery, protection against malware, and software management. I am happy with the dashboards and user interface.
The new version has anti-malware and software management features, but these features should be enhanced. It is working as an exclusive solution along with the backup and recovery.
Support could be improved. For complex cases, support should be available quickly and without any delay.
I have been using this solution for more than three years.
The solution is stable.
Technical support is responsive. In some cases, if it is complex, then it goes to level one of support, and that takes time. It could be faster.
The license is a perpetual license. The cost is an area for improvement.
I would rate this solution 8 out of 10.
I would recommend this solution. It is suitable for organizations of every size and for any sort of platform, like Nutanix, a hypervisor, VMware, or Hyper-V.
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Nearly 1,900 police personnel were deployed across Chandigarh to ensure peaceful Holi celebrations.
Meanwhile, the young and old celebrated the festival, smearing coloured gulal on each other and exchanging sweets in the national capital on Monday.


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parking was really close by, i heard 2 miles away, and that sounds about right, a few minuets away, and i did not wait for a shuttle, just in line to get on one. They had plenty of vendors there with some good looking food, i did not buy any, but they had good options, taco stand, pigs being roasted, giant pretzels. typical spartan swag, medal, headband, beer, the usual.
As I drove up to the venue, it was obvious where the VIP parking was. There were no markings, right away, that the non-VIP had to keep going. After a little distance though there were a couple signs and I found the Sandy Hill lot. The bus was already waiting, I hopped on and less than ten minutes it pulled back into the VIP lot I had seen.
Vendors were typical of Spartan nowadays. There was Reebok, Core Power, etc. That said, there was a local food vendor that had some eclectic offerings. There were open pit pigs, huge pretzels and other things you don't typically see. Even though I don't eat pig I thought it was an interesting touch.
Schwag? Well it was Sunday and usually they are sold out of stuff. It seemed like they had a good stock though. I didn't spend much, if any, time at the schwag booth though.
This was my first Super. I was a little nervous to be honest. But, having the biggest team tent to rub elbows with fellow Spahtens made it all the better.
The course was pretty brutal. Sitting here 24 hours after getting home the DOMS are setting in and my knees and toenails are putting a sever hating on me! The trails were super technical most of the way. The hills and ascension of said hills made most of those I saw, walk! Hell, some of the hill descends were downright sadistic as well. I loved that it was not easy, if you want that than find one of the shtick races that cater to fun. This was a challenge from the get go. Heck, the starting line was on a hill! Not at the bottom but up the hill, and it kept going, and going… There is a reason these guys are one of the leaders in OCR, they pull no punches and make you work.
The obstacles were typical of Spartan, but some I didn't see in the shorter Sprint in Amesbury were the atlas stone carry, the log hop, log carry and water crossing. I think there might have been one or two more but these one's stuck out. The layout of some of the walls was treacherous, as the were on an angle and made the leap up a bit more difficult. I nailed some things I normally don't and failed some things I normally do. I think that's all up to how they lay out the course, and how they tax your muscle groups.
Difficulty… now I can't say this is a newbie race, but if you started out in a wave very early, you could do the course by nightfall. It was challenging and you definitely should get a sprint or two under your belt. If it is your first OCR, than good job!
I loved the race, just hoping a super is closer to home next year!
Facilities: good water pressure this year at the showers.
Biggest tent was a big haven for us!
The cess pool wade was disgusting & gross. I have no idea why that would be considered a good obstacle with a major pipe under water & it looked like it was full of poop (consider it was right next to a horse farm). But every other obstacle on there was awesome, challenging & doable with or without assistance if you could do it. I would have liked to have seen the Tarzan rope obstacle like at Amesbury. I took this course nice & slow as I was using this to prep for the beast. Great course. Loved it.
Kids Course: challenging for the kids. Gave a great variety of obstacles with a nice sample of what the adults go through. It was more challenging than Amesbury according to my kids team. They were happy & muddy.
ve fallen just inbetween a odd spot where we cleared through a zone (rolling mud) and no warning of a closure or issues and by the time we reached the water stop before the swim zone we could hear a lot of thunder and could catch glimpses of the skygetting darker but by the time we reached the water stop the stoppage was lifted and only water obstacles were shut down still. i think with them full well knowing the advance weather report it might have been wise in those longer trail sections with no real staff maybe create a maned station so if the weather did turn there would be a better chance to guide and assist racers.
This past weekend was the Bosto… I mean, Tri-State Super that will be the keystone in a lot of NE Spahten's trifecta for 2014 and that little blue piece of the pie will be felt long after your last step on the 8.5 mile course @ Mountain Creek Resort in Vernon, NJ.
The Tri-State Super has become a staple in the team's race calendar, some making this their third trek to upstate New Jersey (which, I must say, is quite beautiful compared to other parts of the state). This was my first venture to the venue and while it was very different than other's I've attended, it had both good and bad sides to it.
eam Tent (once again claimed by the New England Spahtens) all into a small alleyway that ran adjacent to several obstacles. Spectators could get excellent views of several obstacles like the Bucket Brigade, Traverse Wall, Rope Climb, Spear Throw, Tractor Pull, Fire Jump and Finish Line. Not a bad set up all things considered but the lack of grass on the ground made for a "dust bowl" effect as you walked around the festival area. My Inov-8's were already quite dirty and I hadn't even crossed the start line yet!
s a great course, relentless unforgiving elevation and mileage and the weather made for a day that I am still feeling now as I type this.
Spartan made great use of Mountain Creek Resort's terrain; from the moment you approached the start line your legs were screaming for mercy and the views from atop the mountain made you long to be back at the bottom, beer in hand, banana in belly.
Spartan is moving more towards making these events spectator friendly but their alley of Bucket Brigade, Traverse Wall, Rope Climb and Spear Throw made for a very crowded area which was difficult to navigate while people were attempting their obstacles.
Festival area was smaller than most areas but organized well and of course the team tent perk is always a plus especially when noontime temperatures were beating down on us.
Spectators definitely got in on the show. The Rope Climb was a favorite for them to enjoy and encourage their favorite racer or random athlete who needed that little extra motivation. You could hear the festival area cheering from halfway up the hill.
Spartan is a staple in Jersey for the Super and they've done a great job utilizing the space they're given for the event. They could have done a better job spreading some obstacles out to avoid bottlenecking runners but this may have only been an issue here because they wanted TV to get some good footage of obstacle after obstacle.


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Q: What are the possible constellation-specific quest rewards from Observatory Quest? In Old School RuneScape's Observatory Quest, the reward you get depends on the constellation you observe through the telescope during the quest. Unfortunately, the first couple quest guides I found don't have a complete list, so I can't tell if I'll get unwanted experience from the reward.
Is there a complete list of the constellation-specific rewards for Observatory Quest?

A: Yes, such a list does exist. I found a complete list in this quest guide from March 2010 (no affiliation). It took some looking, as guides for the quest on most of the standard Old School help sites, such as 2007wiki and Zybez's 2007rshelp, do not contain such a list.
Here's the list:

Aquarius: 25 Water runes
  Aries: 875 Attack XP
  Cancer: Amulet of protection
  Capricorn: 875 Strength XP
  Gemini: Black 2-handed sword and uncut sapphire
  Leo: 875 Constituion [Hitpoints] XP
  Libra: 3 Law runes
  Pisces: 3 Cooked tunas and uncut sapphire
  Sagittarius: Maple longbow
  Scorpio: Weapon poison
  Taurus: Super strength potion
  Virgo: 875 Defence XP and uncut sapphire

Happy questing!

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