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She may have worn a black lace dress especially for The Amazing Spider-Man premiere, but it seems Sam Faiers couldn't wait to get changed out of her fussy gown.
Following her appearance on the red carpet, the 21-year-old found the time to change into another garment to enjoy a dinner date with her boyfriend Joey Essex.
The Only Way Is Essex stars were spending the whole evening together and decided to round their night off with a meal at Langan's in Mayfair.
Different looks: Sam Faiers arrived at The Amazing Spider-Man premiere in a long lace dress but changed into an LDB for her dinner date with Joey Essex (R)
Where's your other dress gone? Sam emerged from Langan's in Mayfair wearing a plunging LBD and patent heels
When they arrived at the Odeon cinema in Leicester Square, the happy couple spent time posing together on the red carpet before Joey left her side and allowed her to work the camera on her own.
The long-sleeved Maria Qureshi dress featured an all-over black lace pattern and Sam wore the garment with minimal accessories and a severe quiff.
Joey had made just as much effort by wearing a smart black suit, a white shirt and a bright red tie.
He decided to remain in his outfit for their romantic meal, but somewhere along the way, his girlfriend slipped into a different look altogether.
Ready for the red carpet: The 21-year-old posed for photos at the Odeon Leicester Square wearing a lace Maria Qureshi dress
Special day: Sam and Joey were celebrating their one month anniversary after deciding to give their romance another go
As they emerged from the restaurant, Sam's tall quiff was still in tact but her floor-length gown was nowhere to be seen and instead she was showing off her tanned legs in a little black number by Lisa Jayne Dann.
The low-cut garment featured thin straps and Sam teamed it with a pair of patent heels and a silver necklace as Joey pecked her on the cheek.
The Essex pair were actually celebrating their one-month anniversary yesterday after they decided to give their romance another go.
However, Sam was apparently annoyed with Joey and tweeted earlier in the day: 'Looking forward to the spider man premiere tonight with @JoeyEssex_ ... Whos in my bad books .. ;-) tut tut.'
Moving on? The pair are apparently in talks about starring in their own spin-off show
But Joey's response was rather sweet, with him saying: '@SamanthaFaiers well I'll make it up to you tonight. Its our 1 month Anniversary today I can't be in the bad books!!!'
The couple are apparently planning their own spin-off show as they apparently see themselves as the next Katie Price and Peter Andre.
According to The Sun, Sam and Joey were spotted leaving a London hotel last week following a meeting regarding their future TV plans.
'Sam and Joey were talking about how they were going to do their own spin-off show and how they’d love it to be on ITV2,' an insider told the newspaper.
'Joey said he thought Sam would be perfect starring in her own show and that people would finally get to see her funny side.'
However, at the weekend Joey’s manager denied anything concrete, saying: 'There is nothing official being discussed yet and there are no plans for Joey to go anywhere at the minute. But the guys may chat about ideas they have.'
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
HC grants divorce to Pak singer Adnan Sami - SamayLive
Adnan had married Sabah in 2001, divorced her in 2004 and remarried her in 2007. Their relation, however, soured again and Sabah moved the family court for divorce again in 2009 and had also filed a case under the Domestic Violence Act against Adnan.
Justice Roshan Dalvi today granted the estranged couple divorce while hearing a petition filed by Adnan challenging the order of the Family Court holding that the dissolution of marriage certificate produced by Galadari was invalid and hence they were still married.
In March 2011, Sabah had approached the Darul-Qaza, an Islamic body, which granted her 'fashk-e-nikah' or 'abrogation of marriage'.
The family court had, however, refused to accept the certificate following which Adnan approached the high court.
Justice Dalvi granted the divorce after observing that both the parties are not opposing the dissolution of marriage.
In such cases, where both the parties want to dissolve the marriage, the divorce should be immediately granted, observed Justice Dalvi.
The court has, however, left the other disputes regarding Meher, compensation and other domestic issues open to be decided by the family court.
Source: english.samaylive.com
'TOWIE' Lauren Goodger: 'Mark Wright and I still love each other' - Digital Spy
Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk
'Singles spend more time on matrimonial sites than social networking sites' - Times of India
KOLKATA: Singles in search for a match tend to spend more time on matrimonial sites than social networking sites, a survey conducted by a leading India-based matrimonial portal stated on Tuesday.
Two in every three singles were found to be spending more time to find a partner on a dedicated marriage portal than try their luck in social networking sites.
The survey was conducted to gauge the growing popularity of the social networking sites and its impact on the matrimonial sector. The findings of the survey showcase that even though the social networking sites are gaining momentum, when it comes to searching for a partner, matrimonial sites are considered reliable and trustworthy by singles, and hence, they tend to visit these sites more often through the day.
The survey also highlights the importance singles give to social networking sites during partner search. The survey findings reveal that 31% singles agreed to be searching for the profile of their potential partner immediately after they receive expression of interest. While, 27% have denied checking the potential/short-listed partner's profile till they finalizes someone. One in every four singles add each other on social networking sites post their chat on the marriage portal's messenger and the rest 17% do so after their first meeting.
This trend of visiting the potential partner's profile on social networking sites like Facebook is mostly noticed amongst the male respondents (74%) than women respondents (63%). Women respondents have said they mostly feel the social networking sites are meant for friends, and hence, they refrain from adding potential partners to their social network.
But members who initially meet through matrimonial websites tend to check potential partners profile on social networking sites to know common interests, friends and hobbies they might have but do not look for a match through these sites.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Essex hope weather does not reduce Twenty20 cash flow - BBC News
Essex hope the bad weather that has ruined their early-season schedule will not hamper their financially-lucrative Twenty20 campaign.
Six of Essex's eight Championship Division Two matches so far this summer have been rain affected.
"In my 20 years in professional cricket I've never known anything like it," head coach Paul Grayson told BBC Essex.
"We've spent so much time in the dressing room, lads going inside to practice, it's not ideal."
He added: "We've lost something in the region of 17 days cricket this year, that's probably affected our four-day game more than any.
"We've played eight games, we've only lost one but six of those have been washed out by the rain.
"Let's hope the second half of the season picks up and we get some decent cricket in."
Essex play their first home FL t20 fixture on Wednesday night when Kent visit Chelmsford and expect to continue their trend of attracting crowds in excess of 6,000.
T20s crucial to Essex - Macklin
But clubs have already suffered a financial hit with a reduction in the number of group games from 16 to 10 and can ill afford to lose further fixtures to the weather.
Commercial manager Danny Macklin said: "It's vital the weather is good, especially around this T20 period. The club depends heavily on selling these matches out.
"It's absolutely crucial to us. Well over half of our income comes from the T20 games.
"Every year it's very tight in terms of trying to make a profit. It's about breaking even and investing what we do make back into the future of cricket.
"It's a challenging year. The weather has not helped but we are doing everything we can to make sure we break even."
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Dimbleby's pop the question time - Daily Mail
By Richard Kay
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The Dimbleby presence may have been sorely missed during the BBC’s coverage of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, but the family are meanwhile planning a celebration of their own.
Sculptor Nick Dimbleby - younger brother of broadcasters David and Jonathan - tells me his daughter Maisie is to marry Old Etonian actor Will Adamsdale, whom she met on the London Underground.
But while Will, 38, made his film debut in Richard Curtis’s The Boat That Rocked and is appearing in Detroit at the National Theatre, 32-year-old Maisie’s bright start in acting did not blossom into a career.
Plans: Maisie Dimbleby is to marry Old Etonian actor Will Adamsdale
After starring in an ITV adaptation of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, she gave up acting to teach in Hackney, East London.
The couple will marry in a Quaker service this summer near Maisie’s parent’s home in Clyst Hydon, Devon.
‘She is the first of our four children to get married so it’s lovely news,’ says proud father Nick. ‘We like Will very much.’
A former Tory MP caught up in the expenses scandal has made it on to the shortlist to become police commissioner for Surrey. Humfrey Malins, 66, who stood down as MP for Woking at the last election after claiming more than 20,000 in taxpayer-funded expenses for a flat in which his children lived rent-free, is one of three candidates who will be interviewed for the post. He says: ‘I have got some definite ideas about policing . . . and have, I hope, plenty to contribute.’
Shergar star Swinburn and wife split
Just a few months short of his tenth wedding anniversary, jockey-turned-trainer Walter Swinburn has come unsaddled in the matrimonial stakes.
Former hellraiser Swinburn, who rode Shergar to glorious victory in the 1981 Derby, is no longer living with his wife Alison, the mother of his two young daughters, at the marital home in Hertfordshire.
Instead Walter, 50, who was nicknamed the ‘choirboy’ for his deceptively angelic looks, has moved to London and is now renting a pied-a-terre in Mayfair, while Alison remains with the children at their Georgian mansion, Stocks, formerly the home of Playboy chief Victor Lownes and his bunny girl wife Marilyn Cole.
Swinburn, who will be at Royal Ascot this week, tells me: ‘I don’t want to go into the reasons — it’s personal. We chose to live apart and our priority now is our children. The simple truth is we ran out of petrol.’
Fresh start: Jockey-turned-trainer Walter Swinburn has come unsaddled in the matrimonial stakes
However, racing folk say their marriage was under considerable strain, not least because of his previously close racing connections with Alison’s wealthy father, Peter Harris, the Bourne Leisure tycoon worth around 360 million who also owns racehorses and used to train at Church Farm Stables, near Tring in Herts.
Three-times Derby-winner Swinburn took over as trainer from his father-in-law, once known as the ‘king of syndicate trainers’, in 2004. But Harris remained a significant figure at the yard, owning the majority of the 80 horses in training.
He wanted to divest himself of his racing empire and has gradually sold all his horses. Walter then decided it was no longer commercially viable for him to continue to run the yard. But he tells me he is not giving up racing, adding: ‘I am still heavily involved in a breeding operation.’
The parting from Alison is sad but amicable. No one else is involved, he says. Meanwhile Swinburn has taken his daughters riding in Hyde Park near his new home, where he booked a ride without disclosing his experience.
‘They put me on the biggest, fattest horse, resembling Nellie the Elephant, and even produced some steps for me to climb on to it,’ he tells me. ‘At one point the girl instructor told me off for holding the reins all wrong, but I swallowed my pride and said nothing. Even when my younger daughter told her, “Daddy won the Derby,” they didn’t catch on.’
Some welcome news for would-be BBC Director-General Helen Boaden. I gather her brother, Michael, a councillor in Carlisle, has just failed in his bid to become Labour’s candidate for the new 70,000-a-year post of Cumbria police commissioner.
With Ms Boaden having been shortlisted, the thinking is that political links, however peripheral, could be unhelpful as the Corporation seeks to avoid accusations of bias in its new D-G, who is expected to be paid in the region of 500,000 per year. It means Boaden, currently a popular head of news at the BBC, can breathe a sigh of relief as she waits to hear if she has made it through to the final round of interviews.
Model Lisa shows off her new man
Seven months after her divorce from Baron Steven Bentinck was finalised, striking model Lisa Hogan is enjoying a fresh chapter in her life.
My picture shows her out on the town for the first time with the new man in her life, Canadian Craig Cohon.
Once much admired by John Cleese, mother-of-three Lisa, 41, began dating Cirque du Soleil investor Cohon, 48, this year.
'Extremely tactile': Lisa and Craig at the party
They joined friends at a photo exhibition party thrown by Mary McCartney at Louise Blouin MacBain’s Notting Hill gallery.
‘They were extremely tactile with each other,’ says another at the party, where guests included Simon Mann, Jasmine Guinness and Lisa Butcher.
Since Lisa met divorced father-of-two Cohon in Moscow — where he is famous for introducing Coca-Cola and McDonald’s — their relationship appears to have gone from strength to strength.
‘Lisa was excitedly taking Craig around introducing him as her boyfriend to all her friends. She seemed very happy,’ says a pal.
She and Bentinck, nephew of the late Swiss steel tycoon Heini Thyssen, parted acrimoniously seven years ago. ‘It was like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders,’ adds the friend.
She may be the third wife of one of Britain’s richest men, but to Georgina Shipsey, Countess Cadogan is her much loved aunt. Dorothy Cadogan’s husband Charles is the owner of 93 Chelsea acres worth an estimated 3.4 billion.
But, says marketing consultant Georgina: ‘To me she is just my aunt — and a very kindly one too. Unlike her I’ve never found the right man so I’m on my own at 40. My parents passed away and Dorothy has stepped in. She’s like a second mother to me.’
As for marriage, Georgina tells me at a drinks party at Chelsea’s Royal Hospital: ‘I don’t mind who I marry. He certainly doesn’t have to be an aristocrat — just someone loving and kind.’
PS Royal Ascot is one of the Queen’s happiest weeks of year, where she loves the racing and the company of racing people. On Saturday she will be joined in the carriage procession by Toby Balding. Toby, one of the few men to have trained the winner of the National, Cheltenham Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle, is the brother of former trainer Ian Balding and uncle to the BBC’s Clare. He is thrilled to have been invited and was told HM had personally asked for him. It will be an especially poignant journey for Toby, 75, who suffered a stroke last year.
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
Beware of love at first site - Asian Age
Divorcees and widows beware! With his fake profiles posted on popular matrimonial sites, 26-year-old Aamir Khan targeted divorcees and widows and was able to cheat many of them in the last two years.
The latest victim was a Chennai-based BPO worker who complained to the city cyber crime officials that Khan cheated her and stole her money as well.
According to the police, Khan, a divorcee himself, used to introduce himself as a senior professional in an IT firm or employee of a reputed corporate house with a hefty monthly package.
A senior cyber crime official told Deccan Chronicle, “We are collecting more details from Khan on the number of women he cheated.
Every year, we receive at least five complaints about cheating through matrimonial sites. All details posted on the site might not be true. The applicants should check the authenticity of the profiles.”
The officer said that Chakravarthy from Villupuram was recently arrested for cheating 16 women via matrimonial sites.
The cyber crime department has decided to conduct awareness camps in city colleges in the coming months. “We organised a series of awareness events in trade fairs, exhibitions and many public places last year.
We will arrange sessions in city colleges now about fake profiles on matrimonial sites. It’s high time net users were aware of the possible dangers in the virtual world,” said the official.
Mr S.N. Ravichandran of Cyber Society of India Forum said, “There was a recent incident in Erode where a miscreant read through the profile of a groom on a matrimonial site and checked out his likes and dislikes on his facebook page.
He then approached the youth’s parents, claiming to be a priest, with ‘supernatural knowledge’ about their son.
He convinced them that they should immediately perform a pooja for their son’s well-being. When the parents were engaged in the pooja, the fake priest stole all the valuables from the house and fled.”
“Matrimonial site users should first cross-check the address, the firm where the person is employed and ensure that the details are genuine by contacting his/her family,” he cautioned.
Rules of engagement by bharathmatrimony
Jumping the gun while surfing for potential life partners on matrimonial websites, is bound to land you in a sticky situation.
As with any other contact made through a chatroom or social networking website, a netizen should exercise caution before getting personal with strangers they come across on matrimonial sites.
“We have nearly three lakh people registering on our website every month. While our staff can only make the basic enquiries and verify the details posted by users over telephone, we cannot keep track of every profile,” says Murugavel Janakiraman, CEO and founder of Bharathmatrimony.com. He lays down three golden rules for women registered on any matrimonial website.
Rule #1 Cut the Cash
“There should be absolutely no exchange of money before marriage,” says Mr Murugavel. “The person may sound very nice, he may have even promised to marry you..
But the minute he asks you for money, or a loan, it is a clear sign that he is a conman,” stresses Mr Murugavel, urging women not to fall for common excuses such as “I am coming from the US and I lost my wallet at the airport, please send me some money,” or “My mother is hospitalized, I need some cash urgently”
Rule#2—No hanky-panky
“A man and woman who get acquainted through a matrimonial site should not indulge in a physical relationship before marriage,” says Mr Murugavel, pointing out that sticking to traditional values of abstinence until your wedding night, may save a lot of pain.
“No matter how decent or genuine the prospective groom may be, there is no need to start getting physical. If the man runs away or breaks off the wedding, the woman will be left in the lurch, feeling violated and cheated,” he warns.
Rule# 3—Meet the parents
“Get the family involved, keep your parents informed about your every move,” Mr Murugavel says.
In many of the cases reported, the victims have gone ahead and met the ‘bridegrooms’ by themselves, started affairs with them or given them money, without their parents’ knowledge or approval.
“While a matrimonial service or website is just the first touchpoint, it is best if the families continue the process of ‘fixing’ the wedding, traditionally. Like in the old days, the parents could meet first and talk it over, before taking the next step. The family is the best security against con artists,” he advises.
Getting married the arranged way is safer
The traditional practice of arranging marriages, in which elders in the family play a major role, is time tested in cementing the bondage.
But for the draconian greed for dowry, arranged marriage is far too safe and does not fix the onus on any individual but makes it a collective responsibility at crisis time, say those into arranged marriage for decades.
“The age-old practice of enquiring about the background of the prosperous bride or groom to be, by visiting their offices or houses, enables one to ascertain the character of the suitable boy or girl and also their parents,” says Mohan, who has recently married off his teacher son to a teacher bride.
But then there is a scientific element to arranged marriages. The horoscopes of the bride or groom help to ascertain the matrimonial compatibility and this is verified by the parents of both the sides, he says.
“Well, so long as the horoscopes are not tampered before tallying, relationships will not turn sour in post-married life,” he adds.
“Finding a suitable ‘match’ for the ‘girl’ or ‘boy’ is not an easy task. Though astrological compatibility is also a must, enquiries and conversation during the official ‘seeing’ of the ‘girl’ in her parents’ presence, helps to understand the persons far better,” says J. Subrahmanyam and adds that arranged marriages continue to thrive even today.
“Though I am physically handicapped, my mumbling that the girl whom I have ‘seen’ had some patches on her face, was overheard by her father. Just about a fortnight before my marriage, he had ensured his daughter undergo plastic surgery, much to my surprise,” says N. Ravi, president of Tamil Nadu Differently Abled Welfare Association.
Despite the changing lifestyles, arranged marriages continue to hold good, he says and adds that “arranged marriage is an institution surviving on love and trust”.
Love marriages that last longer hinge upon the patronage from the parents.
Source: www.asianage.com
Coryton Oil Refinery: Workers demonstrate at minister meeting - BBC News
Oil refinery workers from Essex facing redundancy have demonstrated at a meeting at the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
Union officials and local politicians met energy minister Charles Hendry on Tuesday to discuss Coryton Refinery.
The Unite union has attacked moves to start laying off 180 workers.
The union said a buyer could be found for the site which went into administration when the owner, Swiss-based Petroplus, collapsed in January.
Unite national officer Linda McCulloch said: "The workers at Coryton feel as though they have been led down the garden path by the administrators and let down by the government who continue to sit on their hands and refuse to offer state aid.
"These are skilled workers who have worked tirelessly to keep the refinery going and make it one of the most efficient in Europe.
'Declining demand'"The closure of the plant would be a disaster for the workforce and the surrounding local economy."
About 180 jobs will be cut next week at the refinery, its administrator PwC has announced.
The administrator has confirmed that while it continues to work with various parties which have expressed an interest in acquiring the Coryton site, it was highly unlikely that it would be sold as a refinery.
Last week the government ruled out state aid for the plant, saying that "overcapacity in the refining industry and declining demand for petrol mean that it would not be sustainable for government to provide assistance".
Speaking after the meeting, Mr Hendry said: "From the outset of this process, we have worked tirelessly with the administrator to find a way to secure a successful outcome for Coryton and to safeguard local jobs.
"It is extremely disappointing that the administrators have not found a buyer for the refinery, despite their strong efforts."
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Essex County Executive hosted LGBTQ Pride Month Celebration - NJ.com
Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. hosted the Essex County LGBTQ Pride Month Celebration on Tuesday, June 19. During the ceremony, DiVincenzo presented Pride of Essex County Awards James Credle, Diversity Consultant and Retired Dean at Rutgers University; Donovan Scott Linder, Outgoing President of RU Pride; Rev. Ann Ralosky, Senior Minister of First Congregational Church in Montclair; and the John J. Gibbons Fellowship in Public Interest & Constitutional Law for its commitment to tackle important public interest issues.
“We are proud to celebrate Essex County Pride Month and raise awareness about the LGBTQ community in Essex and how this segment of the population has contributed to the development of our County. Our year-long cultural heritage series recognizes the diversity of our residents and it is fitting that we include the LGBTQ community,” DiVincenzo said. “Mr. Credle, Mr. Linder, Rev. Ralosky and the Gibbons Fellowship have worked hard to provide support, promote understanding and protect human rights. They are exceptional people who have not always followed the popular path but have always done what is right,” he noted.
James Credle, a Newark resident, spent 38 years at Rutgers University in Newark before retiring in 2005 as Assistant Dean of Students. After serving in the Vietnam Conflict, he used the GI Bill to attend Rutgers, where he also attended law school and served as Director of the Office of Veterans Affairs. He helped establish and served as a board member with numerous organizations and services advocating for Vietnam and Vietnam Era Veterans. Credle also was a Gay/Human Rights activist/leader serving as the Co-Chair for Men of All Colors Together/New York; Co-Chair of its national organization, the National Association of Black and White Men Together; member of the “Gays for Jessie Jackson,” co-founder of Project “FIRE,” an HIV/AIDS education and prevention program in Newark, and co-founder of the Newark Pride Alliance. During his tenure at Rutgers, he was awarded the Human Dignity Award, the university highest award for service to a diverse community. He now works as a Food/Diversity Consultant.
“We understand very clearly the issue of marriage equality, however the challenge is much greater and much broader than that,” said Credle. “Here in America, LGBTIQ people are as poor and jobless as the rest of America, so we need to let them lean on us. There are people in our County that need our help and assistance. We need all of you to be persons they can lean on,” he added.
Donovan Scott Linder, an Edgewater Park resident, is the outgoing President of RU Pride. He graduated from Rutgers University in Newark with Bachelor’s Degrees in psychology and sociology. He plans to pursue a Master’s Degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at the University of New Haven in Connecticut. While serving as President of RU Pride for the last three years, the organization was recognized by the university as Student Organization of the Year in 2009-2010 and received an Educational Program Award. Linder has received the Dean James Credle Award, Emerging Leader Award, Campus Leader Alumni Scholarship, Angel Claudio Award, Psi Chi, the National Honors Society in Psychology and the Rutgers University 2012 Human Dignity Award, one of the University’s highest honors. He was also a Peer Advisor Student Coordinator in the Dean’s Office, NYC AIDS Walk team leader, Co-Chair of the Chancellor’s Office LGBT Task Force, a member of NJPAC LGBT advisory board, an Ambassador for Out for Undergraduate Business Conference and Managing Editor for the Observer Rutgers Newark newspaper.
“I am humbled to be receiving such a high honor. I received the Human Dignity Award, which is one of Rutgers University’s highest honors, but this really touches me on a greater level and I want to thank the County Executive and the Essex County LGBTQ Advisory Board. This award is only a testament to the young people in this County who are continuing the work that so many of our predecessors left for us to do. Throughout my tenure at Rutgers-Newark, I was a very busy person, but I must say none of these opportunities would have been possible without support from God, my family and friends and, most of all, my LGBTQ community,” said Linder. “These are the times when each of us has to put aside our differences and come together united with civil rights, marriage equality and things of that nature. I know it’s not always easy at times, but we have to look at the bigger picture and we owe it to our society to make it better each day. Progress is in the making, and I see a society where equality and justice for every citizen is mandated across the board,” he added.
Rev. Ann Ralosky, a Montclair resident, is the Senior Minister of First Congregational Church in Montclair, an Open and Affirming congregation of the United Church of Christ. The congregation voted to become ONA in 2005 and its membership is almost 40 percent LGBTQ singles, couples and families. The congregation is also the home of the Garden State Equality headquarters and has partnered with that organization to raise awareness and support for Marriage Equality. Prior to serving at FCC, Rev. Ralosky was the Protestant Chaplain at Montclair State University, was a strong supporter of the LGBT Center and created many opportunities for conversation and faith development for students, faculty and staff around the issue of faith, spirituality and sexual identity. In her role as ordained clergy, Rev. Ralosky has testified before the State Legislature in Trenton in support of Marriage Equality. She received her Bachelor’s Degree from Fordham University in 1985 and her Masters of Divinity from Drew University in 2007 where she graduated summa cum laude.
“My part of the journey is being the Pastor of First Congregational Church. They are an extraordinary group of people. It is a blessing to be a part of that community and to allow that community to be a voice for equality, liberation and grace within Montclair and beyond. It is a privilege to receive this honor, and I hope that it will allow the light to shine a little brighter on our corner of Montclair, that it can be a beacon for equality in this County,” said Rolasky.
The John J. Gibbons Fellowship in Public Interest & Constitutional Law is sponsored by the Newark law firm of Gibbons, P.C. under the guidance of John J. Gibbons, former Chief Judge of the Third Circuit, and Lawrence S. Lustberg, Director of the Gibbons Fellowship Program. The Gibbons Fellows, together with the law firm, undertake public interest and constitutional law projects and litigation. The Fellowship Program has become widely known in New Jersey and nationally as a voice for the poor and underrepresented. In the New Jersey courts, the Fellowship has acted as one of several lead counsel challenging racial profiling on the New Jersey Turnpike; has long been an advocate for poor, inner city students in the landmark Abbott v. Burke school finance litigation; and has represented battered and low-income women in cases concerning domestic violence, criminal prosecution of pregnant women for injuries to their unborn fetuses, and denial of welfare to children in families already receiving welfare.
“We have fought for marriage equality and other issues in New Jersey, which I know will be a reality in this State sooner rather than later, and we will continue to fight until the end,” said Lawrence Lustberg, Executive Director of the Foundation. “We would do what we do without recognition, but we are extraordinary grateful for the recognition you give us today. On behalf of the Gibbons law firm and the John J. Gibbons Fellowship, we accept this award and thank the County Executive and the Essex County LGBTQ Advisory Board,” he added.
The Essex County LGBTQ Pride Month Celebration is the part of a yearlong cultural series created by County Executive DiVincenzo to highlight Essex County’s diversity. Other cultural heritage celebrations include African American History Month, Irish Heritage Month, Women’s History Month, Italian Heritage Month, Jewish Heritage, Portuguese Heritage and Latino Heritage. Created in December 2010, the Essex County Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Advisory Board is one of several volunteer advisory boards that discusses issues affecting the community and provides recommendations to the Essex County Executive.
Source: www.nj.com
Joey really does look like Fred West, I'm confused as to why people have red-arrowed that comment.
- Adrian, Croydon, 20/6/2012 03:21
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