A summary of Equal Pay Legislation in New Zealand since 1960.
The 1960 Act introduced equal pay legislation into the public sector, covering all government employees and also those whose salaries were paid out from money appropriated by Parliament. Under this Act, women were to be paid the same salaries as men for doing equal work under equal conditions. Going further than contemporary overseas legislation, this Act also recognised the need to introduce equal pay in occupations performed exclusively or principally by women. Although enacted on 1 April 1961, the first payment was not made until 27 August 1962.
The practice of equal pay was extended to the private sector with the passing of this 1972 Act. The Act enabled the elimination and prevention of gender discrimination in remuneration rates in all sectors of paid employment. Rates paid to women were to be based on the rates paid to male employees with the same (or substantially similar) skills, responsibilities and service. While the provision of the Equal Pay Act 1972 narrowed the gender wage gap, there was growing alarm about the lack of clear guidelines in assessing equal pay rates or exactly which male-dominated professions were deemed comparable to their female counterparts.
This Act was divided into three areas - pay equity, equal employment opportunities and the institutional arrangements of setting up the Employment Equity Office. The Office would establish, promote and enforce the principle and practice of pay equity and equal employment opportunities in both the public and private sectors. On 26 July 1990, this Act was passed in Parliament by the Labour Government, yet its future was uncertain due to the forthcoming general election. In November 1990, the new National Government announced the formation of a Working Group on the Employment Equity Act. Even before the Working Group had reported back to Parliament, the National Government repealed the Employment Equity Act in December 1990.
The passing of the Employment Contracts Act (ECA) 1991 repealed the earlier Employment Equity Act 1990. Equal pay complaints could be made under the ECA's personal grievances section, the Human Rights Act 1993 or the amended Equal Pay Act. However any achievements as a result of using these procedures have been virtually impossible with no personal grievances cases and only six complaints made to the Human Rights Commission on the grounds of gender discrimination in remuneration and conditions between 1993 and 1996. None of these cases were successful, demonstrating the real difficulties in establishing equal pay claims under this new legislation. In New Zealand's deregulated labour market, collecting any information about the remuneration rates used in workplaces is far harder to obtain than earlier industrial award rates had been. The lack of transparency that operates in many remuneration systems has also created significant barriers in identifying gender pay discrimination.
The Employment Relations Act came into force on 2nd October 2000, replacing the Employment Contracts Act 1991. The goal of this legislation is to build productive employment relationships through mutual trust, confidence and fair dealing. The principle of good faith underlines the key spirit of the Employment Relations Act, which seeks to promote positive dealings between employees, employers and unions. Employment arrangements entered after 2nd October 2000 are now known as employment relationships, while the newly established Employment Relations Authority serves as an investigative body resolving any problems. Further information about the Employment Relations Act is available through the Employment Relations Service's internet site or by contacting their free phone Infoline at 0800 800 863.


As LifePoint Christian Church continues the sermon series Revealed, a study of Paul's letter to the Romans, Pastor Phil's message helps us reconcile that God's wrath is not fire and brimstone. Paul's letter to the Romans reveals God's love is perfect as is His wrath. Listen and learn just what that means.
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Born: January 19, 1922 in Bondi, New South Wales
An opening batsman, Arthur Morris is regarded as one of Australia's greatest left-handers. He is best known for his key role in Don Bradman's Invincibles side, which made an undefeated tour of England in 1948. He was the leading scorer in Tests on the tour, with three centuries. His efforts in the Fourth Test at Headingley helped Australia to reach a world record victory target of 404 on the final day. Morris was named in the Australian Cricket Board's Team of the Century in 2000 and was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 2001.
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Our favorite comfort food menus are warm, fulfilling and always a crowd-favorite. Using gourmet ingredients, tried-and-true recipes and a little culinary creativity, we've curated our most requested comfort food menus that will have you and your guests feeling right at home at your next event or wedding. These satisfying menu options are perfect for cozy winter and holiday parties; but comfort food isn't seasonal! Enjoy one or many of these delicious dishes at your events any time of the year.
The phrase "comfort food" conjures up images of heaping portions, but serving up some delicious down-home favorites in bite-sized versions can be fun for guests and hosts alike! Cocktail menus are a fantastic opportunity to play up classic comfort flavors in small & unusual packages. Our Parisian-inspired Mini Croque Monsieurs, Southern-style Mac n Cheese Bites, Deviled Eggs (3-ways) and Hot Chicken Bao where a Nashville fav gets a Asian twist) are always on our most requested list.
At Dream Events & Catering, we love using food stations where each guest can choose what appeals most to them, making it easier than ever to manage dietary needs, allergies and serve up a delish menu! Top favorites among our clients comfort food stations are our Sweet Potato Bar, equipped with gourmet toppings to customize each plate, our Mac n' Cheese bar that pleases both the adult palette and the inner kid and our Sweets Station. This decadent display let's guest choose from their favorite sweet and oh, so comforting bites!
Buffet-style dinners are a top choice for serving comfort-style menus but these homey favorites can also be presented as an elegant plated meal. Whether you choose a favorite like our home-cooked fried chicken, herbed meatloaf or a mouthwatering prime rib, your guests will be enjoying a delish dinner and our most request comfort food menus.
Your comfort side dishes are the perfect opportunity to whip up a new take on a traditional favorite. Take our Smoked Gouda Mac n Cheese, where we give that creamy, cheesy pasta dish new life with a hint of smoky sophistication.
Sticking with cheese as the ultimate comfort food, our tasty White Cheddar & Sage Whipped Potatoes are a top pick of every comfort food inspired menu and serve up beautifully on a buffet or those aforementioned plated meals.


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La Serralleria March és una serralleria fundada, inicialment al carrer Barcelona de Mataró l'any 1904 per Antoni March Volart (1884-1968), que va ser aprenent de serraller en plena època del Modernisme, moviment artístic en el qual el ferro forjat era un important element decoratiu. Antoni March va realitzar treballs de forja artística com ara diversos motius escultòrics en comerços del centre de la ciutat, com a la botiga La Confianza, dissenyada per Josep Puig i Cadafalch. També va treballar per a Lluís Bonet i Garí, especialment en elements de forja a la masoveria, el jardí i la capella de Can Garí, a Argentona. L'any 1925 la ubicació de la serralleria va canviar, traslladant-se al número 301 del Camí Ral.

Joaquim March i Banqué va continuar el negoci familiar realitzant nous treballs de forja que encara decoren diversos establiments de Mataró com són un rellotge de ferro forjat que podem trobar en un restaurant proper a la serralleria, o el drac de ferro forjat que encara podem veure a la façana de la mateixa serralleria. Tot i així en encarregar-se del negoci l'any 1968, la serralleria es va centrar en projectes de caràcter industrial.

Per la seva banda, Rafel Codina March, nebot de Joaquim March, es va fer càrrec del negoci l'any 1993 recuperant una vessant artística a la serralleria. Ha realitzat diverses obres escultòriques en ferro forjat que es poden veure en diversos comerços de la ciutat, com un gran fanal en forma de drac a la sabateria Castellsaguer, així com obres diverses obres de caràcter privat. Paral·lelament, Pol Codina Font ha estat l'autor de grans escultures com ara, juntament amb el seu pare, El peix del Maresme.

Recentment, la Serralleria March ha estat distingida amb el guardó Cultura Mataró en la categoria Trajectòria per haver dedicat més de cent anys a l'elaboració de forja artística a la ciutat de Mataró. A més, és un dels pocs tallers de serralleria artística que actualment perviuen a Catalunya.

Referències

 González-Agàpito, Pilar (2018) Camí Ral. De l'Hotel Suís a l'Havana. ISBN 978-84-09-02126-0 pp. 139-147

Entitats de Mataró

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I Saw Her Standing There – The Lovers
Please Please Me, 1963
Our journey through the Beatles astonishing body of work begins with the first song off their first album. They had already released the singles "Love Me Do" and the #1 smash "Please Please Me". But here, with a count in of "One, two, three, FOUR!", the greatest rock and roll band of all time introduced themselves to the world they would soon change forever.
After the count in and the bouncy, danceable beat kicks in for a few measures, Paul opens with, "Well she was just seventeen, and you know what I mean." It's a pretty risqué lyric and in the context of youthful attraction, it is the perfect opening.
This wonderfully catchy and upbeat song is the perfect Song #1 of Album #1 for the Beatles' recording career. Their explorations of the meaning and power of love would evolve greatly over the next seven years. But here we have ground zero: The Beatles and the Power of Love. Paul and his partner dance through the night, hold each other tight, and share a most enchanted evening together. But notice the title: it refers to the magical moment he first saw her standing there. At its essence the song is about the breathtaking moment and mysterious power of love at first sight.
Universal Marseille Tarot
What is it that attracts us to another? It's hard to put into words; it resists rational explanation. The heart knows what it wants (and the loins do too). The Lovers card is #6 of tarot's major arcana. The 22 cards in the tarot deck known as the "majors" or trump cards are the fundamental archetypes of the life journey. In other words, these cards identify the underlying, universal aspects of being alive.
Surely the force of attraction and finding that special someone who completes us is a vital part of the life experience. It's going on constantly, at every moment someone or something attracts us. When we draw The Lovers card, we are invited to consider romantic love and the people we are attracted to because deep down, we know within our hearts they will complete us.
"Whoa, we danced through the night
And we held each other tight
And before too long I fell in love with her
Now I'll never dance with another (Woo)
Since I saw her standing there"
This is song #1 of the Beatles Song Tarot Project. Click here to learn more about this magical, mystical trip through the Beatles catalogue. (Scroll down to enjoy an excellent live version of "I Saw Her Standing There".)
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HIGHLIGHTS / REVIEWS
04/10/2013 09/08/2021 - by Zac Platt
Written by Zac Platt.
There's nothing else that feels the way Gravity does. Its weightlessness and terrifying freedom aren't just the film's conceit, they're its thesis. Every part of this gorgeous film work in unison; the cast, soundscape, camera, even the props. All of it in perfect harmony both stylistically and thematically. If Gravity ever flies too close to the sun it's in the expositive backstory that at first seems a little thin, but on reflection is integral in communicating the philosophical backbone. If these moments are lacking it's only in contrast to the breathlessness and wonder that occupy every other second of this movie. An incredible story of survival in a unique setting, Gravity is a triumph of exospheric heights.
Gravity is the story of Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) and Matt Kowalski (George Clooney), two astronauts marooned by a debris storm wreaking havoc on Earth's scattered satellites. Director / co-writer Alfonso Cuarón again employs the long mobile takes that made Children of Men so compelling. It's a wonderful technique for establishing spacial awareness, and it feels even more at home in Gravity. The opening sequence swoops in and out from the astronauts as they go about their business, follows them through the chaos of the storm, and even enters Ryan's helmet before we see a cut. It makes the camera, and by extension the viewer, feel just as weightless as the cast.
Each set-piece is astoundingly complex but still feels organic and real, like an intricate painting with invisible brushstrokes. Gravity's compositions are heart-stopping; the applications of depth, color and negative space make every shot a work of art in its own right. As cynical as some are about 3D (myself included), it's impossible to argue this film's atmosphere isn't improved by the added depth.
The sound design also deserves special mention. Steven Price's ever-present score swells and simplifies as tension rises and falls. It keeps the cast and audience temporally parallel, solidifying the already overwhelming suspense. The silence of space is in beautiful contrast to the destruction happening all around, making it seem even more unmanageable and frightening. The sound is essential in foreshadowing and building tension so that you're already on the edge of your seat when the film so unceremoniously transitions from calm to calamity.
Ryan is an easy character to root for. From the moment we first meet the medical engineer, Bullock ensures she is human and vulnerable. The fear and defeat in her eyes when she is spinning out of control away from Earth is heartbreaking. Admittedly, some of her monologues are a little heavy-handed, especially when she delves into her past. This is the easiest thing to nitpick about the film, but it does make sense for the character and is necessary in selling the themes of hope and determination that drive Gravity home.
Kowalski is an important reprieve from Gravity's unrelenting suspense. Playing his regular charming self, Clooney adds some levity and humor at first, but even this is eventually used to build a sense of uncertainty as it becomes obvious he's just trying to keep Ryan calm. More than anything Kowalski is a framing device to give context to Ryan's arc, but Clooney brings a dynamic to the character that's key to the film's personality.
More than a film, it's an experience. The sound and visual composition is ingeniously designed in minute detail to keep the audience lost in space right alongside Bullock and Clooney. This is Buried meets 127 Hours – in space. It's a meditation on the indomitable human spirit and taking charge in the face of futility. It teaches us that no matter how powerless you feel, no matter what the outcome, you only fail if you don't give it your all; Cuarón does exactly that. Original, thrilling and ultimately inspiring, Gravity is a masterpiece on every front.
THE REEL SCORE: 10/10
– Z.P.
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Well planned play is the key way children learn with enjoyment and challenge during the early years. This happens in different situations, different groups, sometimes quietly or sometimes noisily, together or alone, outside and inside. In line with government guidelines, our planning and assessment of activities and experiences are based on the Early Years Foundation Stage framework, drawn up by the Department of Education (to read the document online, click here) which "sets the standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that all children learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe". (DfE 2014).
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Mother Nature was trying to get in the way at Brock Homecoming. All day Saturday the rain came and went, but it wasn't until the final two minutes and 38 seconds of the Brock Badgers versus Laurentian Voyageurs men's lacrosse game that the rain would win. As soon as there was a flash of lightning the referees decided to end the game. At the time, the Badgers had a 13-7 lead.
For the most part during this game it seemed the rain would cooperate as the first half was mostly dry, but as soon as the game went to halftime it began to rain very hard. Then when the teams were ready to return to the field for the second half the rain stopped.
The rain couldn't stop the Badgers as their offense broke through in the second half with seven of their 13 goals.
The Voyageurs goalie Ian Walters was the star of the first quarter in this game, as he stopped multiple Badger chances. One of which came in the first minute when the Badgers pounced on a turnover, but Walter's got in front. Two big saves in the opening four minutes helped the Voyageurs score three minutes and 58 seconds into the game.
The teams would tie 2-2 after the first quarter, with Nick Rybka and Brandon Slade scoring for the Badgers. Rybka would finish with a hat trick as he added two goals in the second half. Slade would lead the Badgers with six points, two goals and four assists.
The Badgers would take a 6-4 lead at halftime, as Brandon Staal and Kyle Pedwell scored two goals each. In the third the Badgers added to their lead as they scored three more.
Brock would hold Laurentian to one goal in the fourth quarter, while adding four of their own. Staal would finish the game with three goals and two assists, Nico Beaudoin assisted on four goals, Pedwell scored three for the game and Matt Bourassa had two goals.
The Badgers have now won 11 of their last 12 games versus the Voyageurs. Their lone loss came last season, in an early season contest.
Kennedy was happy with his team's performance in the second half, as some of the younger Badgers needed some time to get their feet wet during their first Homecoming.
Kennedy also mentioned that the team will look at ways to concentrate a little bit more on being game ready, game readiness drills, warm-ups and whatever else they can control on having better starts to their games.
The coach also referred to their first game of the season versus Western as a slow start, saying both times the Badgers could have improved in the first 20 minutes.
The Badgers' improvement came this past Sunday as they travelled to Guelph. It was an offensive outburst for the Badgers as they scored 16 goals leading to a 16-6 win over the Gryphons.
The 3-0 record for the Badgers puts them in a tie with Western for most wins in the CUFLA West division.
Brock men's lacrosse has only started a season with four consecutive wins once in the last four seasons. They'll look to make it twice in five seasons, but it won't be easy as they travel to London to play the Western Mustangs this coming Thursday. The Badgers and Mustangs are arguably the top two teams in the west division. The Badgers will also play Toronto on Friday and Laurentian again on Sunday — all games are on the road.


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The Wood Brothers - Smoke Ring Halo CD
Brothers Chris and Oliver Wood s divergent musical paths crossed in 2004, when at a family gathering the brothers decided to play and record their own material. While sibling collaborations are not out of the ordinary, the fact that Chris and Oliver pursued separate projects for some 15 years before joining forces makes for an unusual story.
Oliver Wood (guitar, vocals) moved to Atlanta, honed his instrumental and vocal chops and formed one of the Southeast s most popular rock/blues bands, King Johnson. His younger brother Chris Wood (bass, vocals, harmonica) moved to New York City, immersed himself in the City s jazz/improve scene and formed the internationally acclaimed, genre busting trio Medeski Martin & Wood.
2011 will mark the release of THE WOOD BROTHERS THIRD FULL-LENGTH STUDIO ALBUM, SMOKE RING HALO, to be released by Zac Brown s Southern Ground Artists. It was produced by Jim Scott (Wilco, Tom Petty, Red Hot Chilli Peppers) and features backing vocals from Zac Brown and Clay Cook.
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The University of Auckland upgrades its Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences campus data network with EX Series Ethernet switches by Juniper Networks.
After five years with Cisco, the University of Auckland is upgrading its Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences campus data network with EX Series Ethernet switches by Juniper Networks. This data network serves the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Population Health and Medical Sciences, as well as four off-campus clinical schools.
The network upgrade took place alongside a major building renovation process taking place in the faculty's main campus.
"We went through the usual process and Juniper worked well for us," says John Askew, IT architect at the university, who is responsible for the upgrade.
The network was last refreshed five years ago and a lot has changed since then. "We try to lead the way. There is a lot of research here, says Askew, adding that the university is "very good at creating data but, in isolation, it is not of much use".
With this new deployment, the network will better allow students and researchers to collaborate with international projects electronically. Additionally, it will also facilitate sharing of information between researchers, even inside the campus. As Askew points out, rather than using the usual USB key to share large amounts of data, users will be able to do it through the network.
The University of Auckland has one of this county's largest private data networks, with the upgrade paving the way for integrated security management and compliance with government data confidentiality requirements.
The new network is being delivered in partnership with IBM and leverages 10 Gigabit per second (Gbps) throughput, enabling the 5000 faculty network users to easily share research data.
The Grafton campus upgrade, in Auckland, is the largest upgrade in the university's network and will go through to 2012. By the end of 2010, the university expects to have 2000 ports working in the medical faculty, with a total of 8000 to be working by 2012. These ports will be used by 38,600 full-time students in the university and 45,000 users in total, making it the biggest network here in terms of research, according to Askew. The university chose Juniper as it provided better cost of ownership.


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Coming out as an LGBTQ person, what is it like?
Stefan Arestis Jan 29, 2023 Categories Posted in Inspiration
15 various personalities from the LGBTQ community shares with us how it felt coming out as a queer person
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We all have a different story to tell, some happy, some sad, some downright tragic…! But it's what instantly unites us in our awesome LGBTQ family and helps us form a unique bond with each other.
In this article, we've gathered some of the most inspiring coming out stories from various LGBTQ influencers and online personalities who have made waves in the queer community. Their are deeply personal and not always sunshine and rainbows but these trials and tribulations have certainly helped drive us to create content for people who might be dealing with similar troubles in their own lives.
So, if you have not already come out and are looking for inspiration to validate your previous experiences, pull up a chair and prepare to dive into these moving tales. If you are currently in a position where it's not safe for you to come out to anyone or thinking of coming out, know that this article is still for you! Take your time and allow yourself to find whatever comfort and encouragement you can from our little anecdotes.
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8 Coming out as a Lesbian: Dani from Globetrotter Girls
9 Scott Coatsworth: LGBTQ author
10 Josh Rimer: YouTuber and Mr Gay Canada
11 Auston from Two Bad Tourists
12 Rafael Leick from Viaja Bi!
13 Brent from Brent and Michael Are Going Places
14 Charlotte Hockin from Our Taste for Life
15 Stefan Arestis of Nomadic Boys
Kellie Maloney: coming out as a trans woman
From a very young age, I always knew I was different but didn't know what it was until I read an article by April Ashley. I then realized that I was simply born in the wrong body! I knew I had a female brain, and in my dreams, I pictured myself as a little girl, never a little boy.
Sadly, growing up, acceptance for transgender rights had not evolved to what it is today, so I led most of my life as 'Jack the Lad' Frankie Maloney and became one of Britain's leading boxing managers and promoters. The pinnacle of my career was leading Lenox Lewis to the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world. Due to my success in boxing, I felt I couldn't commit to who I really was for most of my life so I led a lie until I could come to terms with myself and face the truth.
In terms of coming out publicly, I had no choice. So rather than having some opportunistic tabloid journalist manipulating my story beyond my control, I agreed to publish my own in the Sunday Mirror in 2014. I was given full editorial control, which was important because above all else, I wanted to ensure this would be about my gender.
Let me tell you that coming out as transgender to the world is terrifying! As well as worrying about how the public would perceive me (particularly in the boxing profession), I also had to consider the safety of my family, especially my 3 daughters. Fortunately, the reaction was very positive! I received so many comments and messages of support – it felt truly incredible. Finally, a massive weight I had been carrying all these years had now been lifted.
At the end of the day, we are all human. You may not understand what we each go through in life but at least have the decency to respect us as a human being1
If you haven't yet read Kellie's terrific book, "Frankly Kellie", then you sure need to, and also be sure to watch the Amazon Prime documentary "From Frank to Kellie"…Otherwise, connect with the lovely Kellie on her Instagram.
Paul Burston: LGBTQ author and activist
Photo credit to Krystyna FitzGerald-Morris
I first came out to a friend called Tracey, during my first term at college. I was 19. I'd been building up to it for a few years – dressing ever more outrageously, dying my hair, and wearing makeup. But apart from one drunken kiss with a drunken rugby boy, I had no experience at all. I'd had some experiences with girls but never with boys.
Tracey urged me to go to a gay club, so I went to Heaven. On my own. It was terrifying and exciting in equal measure. So many men. So many unfamiliar sights and smells. I remember the fan dancers with their handlebar mustaches and bandanas – and the overwhelming smell of poppers!
I had my first homosexual experience shortly afterward and went to my first Pride in 1985 – the one featured in the movie, "Pride", with the Welsh miners. I'd fled Wales nine months before and didn't appreciate just how important their presence at Pride was.
I didn't come out to my mother for another five years. It was the 80s, and the tabloids were full of articles about gay men dying of AIDS and I didn't want to worry her. But finally, I decided that she needed to know. I'd become an AIDS activist with ACT-UP and I wanted her to hear it from me before one of her neighbors spotted me in the newspaper or on the news. So I wrote her a letter modeled on Michael Tolliver's 'Letter to Mama' from "Tales of the City". It took her some time, but now she's my number one fan. If the local bookshop doesn't have my books in stock, she wants to know why! My mum is a force to be reckoned with. I take after her in so many ways.
Find out more about the awesome Paul Burston on his Twitter.
Indian Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil, coming out as a gay Prince
I came out to myself in 1995 after meeting Mr Ashok Row Kavi who was the first person in India to openly come out as gay. He helped me and inspired me to feel proud of being gay. With his help I set up the Lakshya Trust in 2000, which works towards the empowerment of the LGBTQ community in India.
I came out to my family in 2002, but sadly this was more traumatic. They reacted very badly and forced me to get "medical" help to try to "cure" me. This involved surgery, mental shock therapy, "conversion" with religious leaders and plenty of emotional blackmail! This became so bad that in 2006, I decided I'd come out to the world. I decided to contact a local journalist who published my words in the local regional newspaper in my Gujarat region of India. The result was pretty bad. My family disowned me, I received a lot of threats and effigies of me were burnt in public!
Despite the tragedy, this was one of the best things to have happened to me. As the first member of a royal family in the world to openly come out as gay, I became a huge controversy leading to people talking about a subject which was always considered a taboo, especially in a very conservative country like India. I was interviewed (3 times!) by Oprah Winfrey and received a whole bunch of incredible opportunities – even a feature on "Keeping up with the Kardashians"! This allowed me to use my platform for advocate for positive change – which included the decriminalisation of homosexuality in India in 2018.
Be sure to check our interview with him about what it's like being the first openly gay Prince of India.
Max Emerson: YouTuber
I came out when I was 18. I knew that I was gay since I was around 11 years old but stayed firmly in the closet. In fact I dealt with being in the closet as a kid in central Florida by self-medicating and projecting my insecurities on others… In other words, I partied too much and was sometimes a bully!
I waited until I left my tiny Florida hometown and went to college in Miami to properly explore my gay side. I dated girls at first but it wasn't until I met a guy at my college, who I really liked, when I realised this actually affects me emotionally as well. At this moment I finally came out to myself. I then went back home to my family in Florida and came out to them. Overall they were cool about it though my brother stopped me and said, "it's cool you're gay and all, I just hope you're not the bitch!". He caught me unaware with that statement at the time, but now when we look back at that moment, we laugh about it.
The main thing I took away from the whole experience was that by coming out I've been able to take a deeper inventory of my actions (and myself) in order to claim full responsibility for my fate. It's in thanks to being gay that I have the self-awareness to always strive to be a more compassionate person.
See more of Max in his Maxisms YouTube channel, and also read why we rate him as one of the best gay Instagrammers.
The coming out of Zakar Twins: Zach and Michael
Our coming out was quite unique, so unique we wrote a memoir about it called "Pray the Gay Away". First things first, I, Zach, knew I was gay when I was around 16 years old, but never did I realize that my twin, Michael, was also gay. I only found out after we hooked up with the same guy! As you can imagine, it was quite a big shock at first, but we quickly bonded over it and became best friends.
Along the way, we lost some friends but it didn't matter because my twin was my best friend! But things didn't end there. After we came out, our mother reacted by throwing holy water on us. For years, our mother tried different tactics to "de-gay" us but clearly it never worked. It was tricky for our mother to accept because being both Middle Eastern, and gay, is unheard of!
But truly with time, things get better in their own unique way. And a big lesson in our book is that you eventually become parents to your parents to teach them what's right. And throughout own process we created the app, MyTwin Chat, an app in which you can talk directly to us if you have any questions about coming out.
The Zakar Twins post the best thirst traps on their Instagram and also have the cutest videos on their YouTube channel.
Sebastien Chaneac of Nomadic Boys
Seby is out loud and super proud!
I am from a working-class family in Saint Etienne, an industrial city in the heart of France. I had a happy childhood, filled with love and happy memories but I always knew I was 'different'.
I had my first crush and "boyfriend" when I was 6 years old. We would always sit together on the bus, hold hands, and kiss on the cheeks publicly! We didn't care and neither did the other children. It goes to show how accepting and non-judgmental we are at that age.
I started having feelings for other boys when I was around 12-13 but didn't have anyone to talk to about it. My family never spoke about homosexuality growing up as there was no education or awareness about it at the time. Therefore, in my mind, I thought that this was something I'd always have to keep a secret and never tell anyone else, especially my family!
Oh, but how wrong I was…
When I was 18, whilst away on holiday with my best friend, I got a bizarre call from my family. During this call, I spoke in turn to my father, mother, and twin sister, each of them asking me the same question over and over: "Are you ok? Are you sure you're ok? Is there anything you want to tell us?". I found it strange at the time but didn't give it any more thought until I got back from my trip and my sister fell into my arms, sobbing uncontrollably, crying out: "Why didn't you tell us you were gay?!"
I explained to her that it was because I was terrified of our parent's reaction. My mother later sat me down and we talked about it. It took some time for my parents to process it, but eventually, they embraced me for who I am and now even treat Stefan as a second son.
But how did they find out? Well, that day they all called me up asking those questions…they had stumbled on my huge collection of gay adult magazines which was hidden away in my wardrobe! Today, I'm out, loud and proudly flying the rainbow flag around the world with Stefan to hand, blogging about it all on this website, our Instagram, and on our Facebook page.
Meg Ten Eyck of EveryQueer
I was born the oldest daughter of 11 children to teenage parents. Let's just say birth control and LGBTQ issues weren't high on their radar when I came out in 1998. I was a middle school student who knew exactly who I was, but my parents weren't ready to handle the realities of parenting a queer preteen…
It's been 22 years and I still have issues with my family. I realized in my late teens that I owed toxic people absolutely nothing and cut ties with anyone who wasn't supportive of my community and my identities. That included both of my parents. It was an easy decision for me because I knew in my heart they were stifling my growth and progress in this world. I appreciate this isn't an easy thing for everyone to do.
When I left home I fell headfirst into the world of queer activism because I didn't want other queer kids to experience the loneliness and isolation I felt growing up. I ended up working in a queer youth association because I knew kids like me trapped in unforgiving and unloving households needed an outlet for their mental health. Through my work at the Trevor Project and now at EveryQueer Magazine I'm able to provide outlets for struggling queer people and a platform to highlight the magnitude of beauty in our community.
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Coming out as a Lesbian: Dani from Globetrotter Girls
I was 19 when I had my first girlfriend, and until then, I'd been with a couple of guys. Nothing too serious, but serious enough for me to worry about what people would think if I showed up with a girl all of a sudden. I am from a small town and growing up, I didn't know any lesbians, which is why a big worry of mine was that people would distance themselves from me, thinking I was some sort of freak. But as my relationship with my first girlfriend progressed, I decided it was time to tell people about her. I was in love after all – and really, I wanted to shout it from the roofs. My coming out ended up being very unspectacular – almost anticlimactic, after months of building up so much anxiety about it! There were no tearful confessions that ended in heartfelt hugs. It was more like "Hey I'm dating a girl now" and people shrugging "Okay then!"…
My parents and I were never close, which is why I wasn't worried about telling them. We never talked about relationships, personal stuff and matters of the heart. However, I was super afraid to come out to my grandma because her opinion of me always meant a lot to me. She was in her 70s at the time and she'd always been living a very conservative life. But surprisingly, there were no judgement from her when I told her I was gay. Instead, she welcomed all the girlfriends she met with open arms and treated them no different from my siblings' straight partners.
The gorgeous Dani runs the inspiring lesbian focused Globetrotter Girls website.
Scott Coatsworth: LGBTQ author
I came out slowly back in 1991. I moved to San Francisco just three days after breaking up with my then girlfriend. At the time I had ordered a book about coming out (remember kids, these were the days before the Internet existed and we only had paper books!). I sat in the local park and read it cover to cover. This book made such a strong impression on me that after finishing it, I came out to my friends and coworkers.
A few years, I met the love of my love, Mark, who is now my husband. He was the one who gave me the courage to come out to my family. So, in 1993 I sat down and wrote letters to each family member, sealed them up, and mailed them. Then I waited.
My family started to respond, one by one, and they were overwhelmingly supportive. My own grandmother was blasé about the whole thing, which made a lot of sense when I found out I was the third one to come out that month in the extended family!
My Dad said he always kinda knew and it was why he put me in soccer as a teenager. I think it was hardest on my Mom, who worried about what it would mean for my life, and her dreams for me. For years, every time we spoke and I mentioned a "gay" thing, there would be a few seconds of silence on the other end of the line.
Until one day that pause was gone. Now it's just another part of me. I'm a writer, a web designer, an Italian teacher, and a gay man. Period. It's hard to recall the fear I lived under for so long.
I will never go back!
Find out more about Scott's awesome novels on his personal blog.
Josh Rimer: YouTuber and Mr Gay Canada
I first came out to myself when I was 20 years old. Prior to that I was in a deep state of denial and really didn't want to accept that I could be gay. I grew up in a time and place where there weren't any visible LGBT people around me and it didn't seem like a good thing to be gay so I really didn't want to be during my teenage years.
After I accepted it myself it was a slow process of coming out to friends and family, but I was very lucky to have support from all of them. Eventually I came out at work and to new people that I'd meet and finally even came out on YouTube to the world – which is the point when I finally did start to experience some homophobia but coming from anonymous online trolls it didn't really bother me.
By being out on YouTube in its earlier days though I did often get comments and messages from people who were grateful that I was so open and sharing about it on there – both from people who were struggling with their own orientation and from straight people who said I was one of the first gay people they'd ever "met". Now there are many openly gay people on the platform, but it felt great to be one of the earlier ones back when being gay seemed to be more taboo and not as generally accepted online as it is today.
Check out our interview with Josh about gay life in Canada and being crowed Mr Gay Canada.
Auston from Two Bad Tourists
I've always had a passion for travel and coincidently my coming out story happened whilst on a trip when I was 23. In 2005, a friend of mine was celebrating her 21st birthday in Las Vegas. One guy on the trip named Matt was a friend of a friend whom I'd never met. I later found out he was gay, but I didn't think much about it at the time. I got quite drunk the last night, as one often does in Vegas, vomited on the monorail and next thing I know, Matt and I are kissing a few hours later in an alley on the Vegas strip. We later hooked up at the hotel but none of our friends realized. It was a sudden and traumatic moment for me and something I wasn't expecting. Later that night I came out to all of my friends and the rest was history.
Over the next few months, I slowly told my other friends and family and luckily never had any major issues. A few distant relatives had negative reactions at first but eventually, they moved on and accepted it. Now 15 years later, what started on a simple trip to Las Vegas has inspired a life-changing passion that has taken me around the world. David and I started Two Bad Tourists in 2012 to specifically be a resource for the LGBT+ community. If you would have told me that night that I would later start a gay website featuring everything from LGBT+ travel guides to gay solo travel tips, I would have said, you're crazy! But here we are today, and I couldn't be happier with my decision!
Rafael Leick from Viaja Bi!
I am from Brazil, which for the past 20 or so years was often at the forefront of LGBTQ rights in South America, which culminated with us passing gay marriage in 2013. It was against this backdrop I came out. It took me a while to understand these feelings and even more time to come to terms with me being gay. Back in 2005, I went with a friend of mine to a gay club for my first time. I enjoyed it so much that it was like this huge revelation – I am gay! This was the hardest part – coming out to myself.
Soon after that I told my sister, who took it very well. Then, mom. She was very cool so I thought I would have no problem, but for 6 hard months, she barely looked me into the eyes. Now, she is totally over it. Half a year later, I decided to tell dad… on Father's Day! I've always had quite a tough relationship with my father and used this as a test – to see if we were going to improve our relationship or break apart for good. His reaction? He said that whilst he didn't agree with homosexuality, I am still his son so he was there for me no matter what. We actually became really good friends and our relationship massively improved…until the extremely conservative Jair Bolsonaro was elected as President of Brazil in 2018 and destroyed everything!
As part of my coming out, I decided to come out again and created Viaja Bi! – the 1st LGBT+ travel blog in Brazil. It was hard, but coming out as a gay man brought a lot of positive feedback from people who were afraid to do so. If that's you, remember that yes, it might be hard. But it sure as hell gets better!
Brent from Brent and Michael Are Going Places
Brent's parents had a very hard time when he came out. And they weren't particularly thrilled when the two of us starting dating a few years later. Our first group dinner was a very frosty affair. But they were trying, so we gave them time to adjust. Unfortunately, Brent's mom died before she made much progress.
His dad Harry started to educated himself on the subject. Always a logical thinker, he started reading everything he could about being gay. So it was a little disappointing when he'd introduce Michael to friends and neighbors as "Brent's friend." But the man was in his 70s – as a kid, his family had an outhouse, for God's sake! We figured he'd done his best. And it was still clear he loved Michael. Then a few years later, when introducing us to others, he started referring to Michael as "my other son". This was sweet, but it still seemed like he was trying to hide the fact we were gay. But Harry was now in his 80s, so we weren't expecting any more change.
Then, a few years later, we were out at a restaurant when an old colleague approached to say hi. Harry introduced Brent, then turned to Michael and said, "And this is Brent's husband Michael". Let's just say the two of us were quite surprised! Shortly after that, he told us he'd laid down the law to the people at his retirement community: he wouldn't listen to anyone badmouthing gay marriage!
Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks? Frankly, we both hope we'll be as open-minded as Brent's dad at his age!
See more from Brent (and Michael) on their Instagram.
Charlotte Hockin from Our Taste for Life
Unfortunately, I grew up with little LGBT+ influence in my life, which meant I was confused about my feelings for a long time. Looking back, I had feelings for girls from a very young age. However, it took me 21 years, and a failed straight relationship to come to terms with the fact that I am a lesbian.
When I started coming out to friends and family, it seemed like they had all known before I did. One of the first things my best friend said to me was "Let's cut your hair". We were in Italy on a work trip, so we picked up some scissors from an art shop and cut my hair into a short choppy bob. It was one of the most liberating feelings of all my life!
While my friends celebrated the fact that I'd finally found myself, it took my family some time to come to terms with it. Don't get me wrong, they were all very supportive and never made me feel bad. But I know for a while, my Mum hoped it might be a phase. I think what bothered her most was the kind of life I would have. And what it would mean for me when it comes to having children. However, once she saw how happy I was, she became my biggest supporter.
I understand and am incredibly grateful that I had such an amazing support system when coming out. Many people in the LGBT+ community aren't so lucky, which is why I believe it's so important for my girlfriend and me to be visible on social media and play our part in "normalizing" gay relationships.
See more from the lovely Charlotte on her Our Taste for Life blog.
Stefan Arestis of Nomadic Boys
I came out pretty late in life. I was 20 years old.
Although I grew up in a really gay city (London, UK), my parents were extremely religious and loyal to the Greek Orthodox Church – a pretty awful institution that doesn't have anything positive to say about our LGBTQ community. In addition, at that time in the UK, we had Thatcher's "Section 28" law, which made it illegal to promote homosexuality in schools. This all left me with a really negative view about homosexuality. So, as a teenager, I thought the right thing to do was to suppress all the "feelings" I was experiencing towards men, and instead focus on liking/dating girls.
It wasn't until I went to university when things started to change. I did a Human Rights course as one of my law degree modules and had a brilliant tutor who I adored. In one class we covered the evolution of LGBTQ rights. As part of this, she "came out" to us, explaining that being gay was not a choice, in the same way a straight person never "chose" to be straight.
This completely blew my mind! Someone I respected was not only an openly gay person, but she validated all those feelings I had towards men, which up until that moment I thought was an illness, something abnormal.
Cut a long story short, soon after that class, I accepted the fact that I am a gay man and came out to myself.
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Stefan is the co-founder, editor, and author of the gay travel blog nomadicboys.com. As a travel nerd, he has explored more than 80 countries across 5 continents. What he loves the most about traveling is discovering the local gay scene, making new friends, and learning new cultures. His advice about LGBTQ travel has been featured in Gaycation Magazine, Gaycities, Gay Times, Pink News, and Attitude Magazine. He has also written about gay travel for other non-gay-specific publications including Lonely Planet, The New York Times, The Guardian, and The Huffington Post. Stefan is also a qualified lawyer, having practiced as a commercial property litigator in London for over 10 years. He left his lawyer days behind to work full time on Nomadic Boys with his husband Sebastien. Find out more about Nomadic Boys.
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With the cool, crisp feeling of fall in the air, I really like to switch up my makeup to bold/dark, clean looks this time of year – something with berries and plums.
If you're new to those rich, autumn colours, try picking a focal point: either the eyes or the lips. A very neutral eye with mascara and a bold lip can be a really nice look. It can look classy, sassy, or funky. If you're more into keeping the focus on your eyes, then another fall combination that really works is doing a subtle smoky eye with plums or berries, and keeping the lips a neutral colour. You can keep it really subtle and towards the berry shades if you're newer into makeup. As you practice and get more comfortable, you can move to plums and deeper colours. I tend to prefer to focus on a dark lip myself.
Moisturize while doing the rest of the face, and wipe off the lip balm before doing lips.
Use a coordinating lip liner to line lips for precision and to help the lipstick from feathering outside your lips.
If you fill your lips in with the liner, it can help it last longer too!
Use berries and plums to build layers with a light hand so you don't go too dark too fast.
Blend well and don't bring it past your crease too much – that will help keep it daytime appropriate.
Use berry, plum (or even black if you're into black) to line your eyes and bring a smoky feel.
Watch videos and read blogs for ideas on how to get the costume/look you want.
If you want to avoid masks, look up the look you're going for and attempt it with face paint instead. Work from light to dark face paint colours to avoid getting a messy, muddy look.
Break down any face painting you do into steps, and try to look at the shapes in the look to find small manageable pieces if you're overwhelmed by a design.
Read info on Halloween makeup packaging! Some products aren't safe around eyes, some aren't safe around mouths!
Test for makeup allergies before the actual day to prevent any rashes or irritation the day of.


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Scauniperga (fl. 756), was a duchess of Benevento. She was the mother of Liutprand of Benevento, and reigned by his side from 751 to 756.

Scauniperga was married to Gisulf II, and became the head of the regency and regent of Benevento when her underage son succeeded to the Duchy in 751. During the regency, she had herself listed first in official documents and referred to as dux (Duke), the same title as that of her son.
She supported King Aistulf by recognizing his authority and thus confirmed the duchy as a royal vassal state to the kingdom.

Sources
 Chris Wickham: The Inheritance of Rome: A History of Europe from 400 to 1000

Dukes of Benevento
8th-century women rulers
8th-century Lombard people
8th-century Italian women


Q: What's the difference between greeting the Queen of England and greeting Bill Clinton? A: You only have to get down on one knee to greet the queen.
Pawn Stars: Man: "Can I have change for a dollar?" Rick: "Best I can do is 75 cents."
Stevie Wonder recently told his wife that he wants to see other people.
Usain Bolt only began running when he heard, Chuck Norris was in Jamaica shooting a commercial for Red Bull.
Bill Gates and Jim Cannavino from IBM are arguing about the future of 32-bit operating systems. They decide to throw a coin. Cannavino: "If the number is up, OS/2 will be the new standard, if it's head Windows95 will be the new standard." Gates: "Hey, you forgot Windows NT." Cannavino: "No, I didn't. If the coin falls on end, Windows NT will be the future."
Yo'Mama is so stupid, she threw a baseball at Batman.


Having a friendship that could become something else can mean to you how to find a love that could be based on a fairly solid foundation, taking into account that in addition to knowing the other person, both have a certain level of confidence.
Finding a partner doesn't have to be a constant search for the person who is really the best. Sometimes you can find happiness in something simpler than you expected.
So, if you like that person and you feel good next to them, why not try? If your friendship is strong enough, you may even keep it in case things don't go as you imagined.
Setbacks will appear during the day today, Leo, but that doesn't mean they will win against you. You will have the ability to overcome and triumph over any problem in your work environment, no matter where they come from.
On a day when you will have all your skills and abilities to the fullest, the stars will provide you with a series of challenges with which you can demonstrate everything you are worth, and that for a Leo like you is very motivating.
This, on the other hand, will give you those moments of euphoria that you feel when you see yourself as the winner. Your skills will be those that allow you to realize how much you are worth and also, to advance in a meaning way with little effort.
It seems that you start to worry excessively over time, Leo. You fear that it's too late to obtain the figure or physical form you want, or that even your abilities diminish and you find that you can't carry out certain activities that you would like to do.
This is just a wake-up call that your head is giving you to get going. The time has come to do all those things that until now you hadn't dared.
Maybe it's about doing new exercises or even practicing some risky sport and why not, make a radical change of look. The possibilities are endless and you are more than ready to get everything you want.


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Q: Python Read Certain Number of Bytes After Character I'm dealing with a character separated hex file, where each field has a particular start code. I've opened the file as 'rb', but I was wondering, after I get the index of the startcode using .find, how do I read a certain number of bytes from this position?
This is how I am loading the file and what I am attempting to do
with open(someFile, 'rb') as fileData:
    startIndex = fileData.find('(G')
    data = fileData[startIndex:7]

where 7 is the number of bytes I want to read from the index returned by the find function. I am using python 2.7.3

A: You can get the position of a substring in a bytestring under python2.7 like this:
>>> with open('student.txt', 'rb') as f:
...     data = f.read()
...
>>> data  # holds the French word for student: élève
'\xc3\xa9l\xc3\xa8ve\n'
>>> len(data)  # this shows we are dealing with bytes here, because "élève\n" would be 6 characters long, had it been properly decoded!
8
>>> len(data.decode('utf-8'))
6
>>> data.find('\xa8')  # continue with the bytestring...
4
>>> bytes_to_read = 3
>>> data[4:4+bytes_to_read]
'\xa8ve'

You can look for the special characters, and for compatibility with Python3k, it's better if you prepend the character with a b, indicating these are bytes (in Python2.x, it will work without though):
 >>> data.find(b'è')  # in python2.x this works too (unfortunately, because it has lead to a lot of confusion): data.find('è')
3
>>> bytes_to_read = 3
>>> pos = data.find(b'è')
>>> data[pos:pos+bytes_to_read] # when you use the syntax 'n:m', it will read bytes in a bytestring
'\xc3\xa8v'
>>>

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IALL
International Academy of Linguistic Law
Académie internationale de droit linguistique
Événements internationaux
Call to UNESCO
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The First International Conference
"Law and Language"
was held in Montreal, Canada, at the Quebec University in Montreal, in April 1988. The Proceedings were published in 1989.
The Second International Conference
"Law and Language in Multilingual Settings"
was held in Hong Kong, at the City Polytechnic University, on February 1990. A selection of papers presented at the Conference was published in 1994.
The Third International Conference
"Law , Language and Equality"
was held in Pretoria , South Africa , at the Human Science Research Council and at the University of Pretoria , in April 1992.
The Fourth International Conference
"Law and Language(s) of Teaching")
was held in Fribourg, at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, in September 1994. The Proceedings were published in 2001.
The Fifth International Conference
"Law, Language and Autochtony"
was held in Havana, Cuba, at the CTTE-Capitolio Nacional, in April 1996. The Proceedings are available on C.D. at the Cuban Section of the Academy.
The Sixth International Conference
"Law, Language and Multilingual Cities"
was held at the Vaasa and Åbo Akademi Universities, in Vaasa-Vasa, Finland, in September 1998. The Proceedings were published in 1999.
In October, 1999, The Academy was among the organizing institutions of the International Conference of Pretoria (South Africa) on "Multilingual Cities and Towns in South Africa - Challenges and Prospects"
The First Version of the Summaries were published at the beginning of the year 2000 by the concerned South African institutions.
The Seventh International Conference
"Law and Language - Language of the People and Language of the State"
was held in June of the year 2000 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in cooperation with the Ateneo Puertorriqueňo and the national universities of the Island. The proceedings were published in 2002.
The Eighth International Conference
"Law and Language: The theory and the practise of linguistic policies"
was held in May 2002 in Iaşi, Romania, in cooperation with the "Mihail Kogalniceanu" University. The proceedings were published in 2003.
The Ninth International Conference
"Law, language and the Linguistic Diversity"
was held in September 2004 in Beijing, China, in cooperation with the China University of Political Science and Law and the Institute of Applied Linguistics of the Chinese Ministry of Education. The Proceedings were published in Beijing in 2006.
The Tenth International Conference
"Language Law and Language Rights: The challenges of enactment and implementation"
was held in Galway, Ireland, in June 2006, in cooperation with the Academy for Irish-Medium Studies, the Irish Centre for Human Rights, the National University of Ireland in Galway and the Irish Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs.
The Eleventh International Conference
Law, Language and Global Citizenship"
was held in Lisbon, Portugal, in July 2008, in cooperation with the APP (Association of Teachers of Portuguese Language) at the Gulbenkian Foundation. The Proceedings were published in Lisboa in 2009.
The Twelfth International Conference
"Law, Language and the Multilingual State"
was held at the Black Mountain Center (Bloemfontein), South Africa, in November 2010, in cooperation with the University of the Free State. The Proceedings have been published on 2013.
The Thirteenth International Conference
"Language Rights, Inclusion and the Prevention of Ethnic Conflicts"
was held in Chiang Mai (at the Horizon Village and Resort), Thailand, in December 2012, in cooperation with the International Observatory of Language Rights of the University of Moncton, Canada, UNESCOCAT and Linguapax of Barcelona.
The Fourteenth International Conference
"1st Worldwide Congress of Language Rights"
was held in Teramo, Italy, on May 2015, in cooperation with the University of Teramo. The Proceedings were published in 2016.
The Fifteenth International Conference
"Law, Language and Justice"
was held at the Zhejiang Police College, in Hangzhou, China, on May 2017, in cooperation with Zhejiang University of Hangzhou. The Proceedings were published in 2017
The Sixteenth International Conference
"Legal Tanslation, Court Interpreting and Comparative Legilinguistics"
was held in Poznan, Poland, on June 2019, in cooperation with the Adam Mickiewics University, the Zhejiang University of Hangzhou and the Zhejiang Police College of Hangzhou. The Proceedings were published in 2020.
The Seventeenth International Conference
will be held in Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria, on may 2022, in cooperation with the Mouloud Mammeri University.
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As the online presence of most businesses is becoming increasingly time consuming, many successful businesses hire external experts in content writing or proofreading in order to keep on top of the work. If you're in charge of the day-to-day running of a business, then it's unlikely you'll be able to devote enough time to produce scintillating content, share it across multiple platforms, and engage with your audience. A lot of businesses prefer old-fashioned means and post a detailed job advertisement on a site like Upwork or Freelancer, where they can interview candidates and, and enjoy an open channel of communication with who they're working with. Many other businesses, however, prefer the efficacy offered by simply selecting the services they want, as is the case with UK Writings. While these sites are home to writing experts, which is ideal for content or editing, similar services are also offered by Scripted, which are focused on business marketing.
Sloppy content is bad content. When marketing yourself online, it's important to project yourself in the best possible light, and appear professional and reliable at all times. You should be making your audience believe that you're the person offering the best products or services, and that they can trust you to deliver. It is impossible to make this kind of impression with poorly written content, littered with spelling and grammar errors. Some guides are available to improve your writing though, such as those offered by Australian Help. Full courses in writing are available with Academized. As your content should be at least 2000 words in order to fuel your SEO, you can monitor this with Easy Word Count, and avoid any accusations of plagiarism or unoriginal content by using Cite It In to reference your sources.
While blog posts are an amazing way to promote your business, they're not the only way. Many people will not have time to read articles multiple times a day, and so shorter snappier posts can also be effective. Images are always shareable across social media, as are gifs and infographics. Interactive content such as polls can also be a great way to mix up your posts.
While there may have been a time when posting once or twice a week was sufficient, it is now essential to post updates throughout the day, every day. Studies currently show that posting between 5 and 10 times a day is optimum for Twitter, and up to four times a day is best for Facebook. To see results, you will need to post as often as you can, or you will see your audience drop.
When you're selling or marketing in person, the last thing you want to do is be standoffish, or boring. The same goes for online marketing – you shouldn't be writing lengthy essays, instead you should be writing as if you're talking to a friend. This establishes rapport, and keeps your reader engaged. A great way to implement this in your writing is to use questions throughout the text, as it feels like a two-way conversation.
A good headline is how you stand out from thousands of other blogs and websites – it's important to make sure yours will hook your reader in. Try to optimize for search and socials.
If your content isn't available over mobile devices, then it will be completely lost, overlooked, and forgotten about. Your content needs to be as accessible as possible. You can use special tools like Google's Mobile-friendly Test.
You should spend as much time promoting your content around the web as you do writing it. While sharing your posts to social media is a start, there are plenty of other avenues to explore too. This includes sending your content to other bloggers and websites, emailing businesses, and sending direct questions out over twitter.
Promotional content is a great way to extend your audience, drive more traffic to your site, and engage with your existing clients. Your value is increased as you are offering them something, maybe for free, and they will like you more for it. Votigo is a really easy-to-use platform that will allow you to create custom contests & sweepstakes to add to your content strategy.
It can take some time to see the results from blogging and online marketing. This means that you'll be blogging and posting updates daily, even when you don't feel like you're getting anything in return. You will, just not immediately. Giving up in the first weeks or months definitely won't get you the results you want – so stick to your strategy in order to succeed.
Overall, generating original content takes time, effort, and energy. However, when consistently uploaded and promoted, the returns can be amazing for your business.
This post was originally written by Sharon Conwell for the Heyo blog.


You can go buy gluten free Oreo® cookies, so why would you make them? Just because you can! They really are very simple and taste soo good. The filling is what makes them. Try making "double stuff" ones, or flavor the filling with peppermint or orange, or strawberry and have gourmet cookies you can't get anywhere else.
In a large bowl, combine all the dry ingredients and whisk together. In a small bowl, combine all the wet ingredients(including the lemon peel) except the cinnamon sugar and mix. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir until combined.
It's February already and time for making goodies in all shades of pink and red. This gluten free bread can be served as a sweet breakfast treat or as part of a dessert. It has a pretty pink glaze and fun perky bits of cherries in every slice.


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N.C. Highway 12 is open; Cold temperatures will linger through the weekend
ByJoy Crist December 24, 2022 December 24, 2022
N.C. Highway 12 is open, however, there are multiple patches of water, ice, and slush along the roadway, per an update from the Dare County…
N.C. Highway 12 is open, however, there are multiple patches of water, ice, and slush along the roadway, per an update from the Dare County Sheriff's Office.
"There will be patches of water all along NC 12, however, Oregon Inlet to Rodanthe is passable at this time," stated the update. "Black ice and slush is on the road along NC 12. If you must drive do so using extreme caution and be on high alert for the above conditions."
Additional roads through the Outer Banks may experience similar icy conditions where standing water remains, and as temperatures remain below freezing. Conditions should improve later in the day as the sun comes up and as temperatures warm back close to freezing.
Chilly conditions will continue on Saturday, with high temperatures in the low to mid-30s on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands, per an update from the National Weather Service. Lows will stay below freezing overnight before climbing to the high 30s or low 40s on Sunday. Residents are advised to protect their outdoor pets and plants, as well as exposed pipes.
For more information on the local forecast, visit www.weather.gov/mhx for weather information, or the National Weather Service office in Newport / Morehead City's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/NWSMoreheadCity/.
Hatteras Colony area of Avon on Saturday morning. Photo by Joy Crist.
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Lenno est une ancienne commune de la province de Côme dans la région Lombardie en Italie, au bord du Lac de Côme à 37 km de Côme. Elle a fusionné avec  Mezzegra, Ossuccio et Tremezzo depuis le  pour former la commune de Tremezzina.

Administration

Hameaux

Communes limitrophes
Bellagio, Bene Lario, Grandola ed Uniti, Lezzeno, Mezzegra, Ossuccio, Porlezza, Tremezzo

Notes et références

Commune dans la province de Côme
Hameau de Tremezzina


You can select and delete multiple parts on the Parts Management page.
You can select the check box next to particular parts or click the check box above the part list and select all parts or parts in a certain status.
When you add a part service to a repair order on the Parts Management page, you can now select multiple parts within a subcategory, and selected parts will be added to repair order.
You can now add labor services to repair order parts on the Parts Management screen.
In the Add Labor dialog box, you can search and select a labor service that you want to add.


Olmsted is a neighborhood located just North of Charlotte, NC just off Eastfield Road in Huntersville. The community features luxury single family homes built by John Wieland Homes. Olmsted also features club style amenities with wooded views and a park-like amenity setting.
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What's the catch?: For this to be completely plastic-free, you'll need to buy the peanuts from a bulk food store – and fill your own container.
You have possibly never thought of peanut butter as miraculous. Fair enough, neither had I until I made my own.
There are a couple of miracles in fact. The first is that the ingredients needed to make peanut butter are: peanuts. Just peanuts, nothing else. It is a common misconception that oil is added as the finished product is clearly oily, but no. The oil you see is peanut oil released from the nuts during processing.
The second miracle is that a pile of dry-looking nuts can transform into a decidedly wet-looking butter. And the first time you try it, I can promise you will be incredulous.
The process in simple enough: roast the peanuts, allow them to cool, then process until they turn into peanut butter. Job done. The trick is to have patience as the peanuts-to-peanut-butter transformation does not occur instantly, in fact it takes about 10 minutes. When processing, the peanuts first turn into a meal-like consistency. Then they are more like breadcrumbs, but still dry and very unlike butter. At this point you are likely to feel quite skeptical, but keep going! It is such an unlikely process that you can scarcely believe it possible, but if you keep the processor on and just wait, magic happens.
After roasting, allow your peanuts to cool. Then get your helper to transfer them to the food processor.
At first all you get is crumbled peanuts.
Looking better now, but still not there.
To make crunchy peanut butter, add some peanuts you reserved for this purpose.
Pulse and few times…et voila! Crunchy Peanut Butter.
…and back to my helper for quality testing.
Roast peanuts in a baking dish at 180C for about 30 mins, or until lightly browned, stiring occasionally. The longer your roast the nuts, the darker your finished peanut butter will be. Allow to cool.
If you like your peanut butter crunchy reserve half a cup of roasted nuts. Put the rest in the food processor and process on high until the peanut butter forms. This will take about 10 minutes.
Add in the reserved nuts and pulse a few times until the desired level of crunchiness is achieved.
Spread thickly on fresh bread and enjoy.
Today's packaging-saving effort was making my own pasta.
As a family, we eat our fair share of pasta. Dried pasta is quick, easy and relatively affordable. Of course, it inevitably comes in plastic packaging, and that is the issue. I would be very happy to buy dried pasta in bulk if I was able to, but as yet I have not found a bulk-bin shop that offers it. So the only alternative is to make it at home. Which is all well and good, but this renders it into a much more time-consuming task.
Today this was possible as I had more time on my hands than usual, being stuck at home unwell. So off I went.
I am the proud owner of a pasta-maker that has not been used around 5 years at a guess. That's how long the kids have been around. So out of retirement it came for my pasta making effort.
I used this recipe that came with the machine, but I made a 3/4 recipe using 3 eggs and 375g flour.
Place flour in a bowl. Make a well in the centre and break the eggs in.
Mix with a fork until combined. If too dry, add water. If too wet, add flour.
Knead on a floured bench with your palms until completely homogeneous. A good dough will not stick to your fingers.
Cut dough in 1cm thick slices.
Roll it on increasingly thinner settings until the desired thickness is reached. For me, this was the thinnest setting but one.
Cutting a rolled past sheet into fettucine.
I made my lasagna a couple of hours later, it was delicious! The fettuccine I left to dry for 5 minutes then floured and wound into four little nests, popped them in a plastic bag (yes plastic, but at least re-use!) and then into the refrigerator for use the next day. I'm also experimenting with freezing a couple of the nests, so I'll see how well that works.
I'd love to say that I'll make my own pasta from now on in, but I'm not sure how practical this will be for me as a working mum. I work three days a week, and pasta is a great standby if I have meatballs already made. I would have to make it in advance, and freeze it ( if this works). Another option might be to made the dough on the weekend and pop it in the fridge: making the dough is the time-consuming part. Then all I'd have to do is to roll it and cut it on the day.
Today I sent this email to Sanitarium. We are a big fan of Weet-Bix but now I have guilt over the fact that the box is lined with plastic.
Like most good Kiwi kids, I was raised on Weet-Bix. I now have young children of my own and they love Weet-Bix too. I have just one concern: I am currently unable to purchase Weet-Bix without acquiring a non-recyclable plastic bag, the one that is used as a box liner.
This issue has arisen as I am undertaking an exercise to reduce my family's waste, and especially of single-use plastic bags. With this goal in mind, placing a box of Weet-Bix in my trolley now comes with the guilt of knowing I'll have to 'throw away' the plastic liner. And as you know, there is no 'away'.
I understand the liner helps keep the product fresh: such is the case with much of today's packaging.
It is also true that plastic, and non-recyclable plastic bags such as these, are the cause of much marine contamination and kill many birds, fish, and other wildlife, not to mention plastic therefore is finding its way into the food chain, of which we, as people, are a part. The long term implications of continuing on this path are frightening.
Placing a box of Weet-Bix in my trolley now comes with the guilt of knowing I'll have to 'throw away' the plastic liner.
While I can see that there are many other single-use plastic bags out there that vastly outnumber those in Weet-Bix packets, the fact remains the ones in your product are plastic and cannot be recycled, so contribute to the greater environmental problem.
I am interested to know how Weet-Bix used to be packaged, prior to the advent of the ubiquitous plastic bag? Also is this product available in bulk somewhere so that I might fill my own container?
And finally, I'm keen to learn what your plans are to address non-recyclable packaging, are there any alternatives?
Thanks in advance for your consideration of this enquiry.
If I gain Sanitarium's permission, I will post their reply.
Today was both exciting and frustrating.
It was exciting because today I put two new resolutions into action: the first is to buy bread from the bakery to avoid the plastic bags supermarket brands come in, and the second is to bring my own containers to the butcher and get them to put the meat directly in, neatly avoiding polystyrene trays and the cling film wrapping. But both purchases had challenges.
We have been a Molenberg family for a long while, but since Molenberg don't offer any alternative to plastic packaging, this had to change. I made my first Baker's Delight wholemeal loaf purchase last weekend. They sliced it in their fancy slicer ('sandwich slice please') and were happy to wrap it in a paper bag, which I requested. In fact, I got the idea that a paper bags was the standard way of wrapping their bread. Result! It is very good bread to boot: a lovely firm crust and soft inside, the family were hooked. And at only $4 for a sizable loaf it is also good value. So when we used that last of the loaf at breakfast this morning, I put purchasing another loaf on my to do list for the day.
Today I requested the same wholemeal loaf and asked for it to be sliced, but kind of assumed it would come in paper and hence neglected to request a paper bag. And while I was busy eyeing up the twisty buns, the lady serving had efficiently sliced the loaf and popped it into a plastic bag. Gah! I belatedly explained that I was aiming to avoid plastic upon which she immediately offered to swap the plastic bag for a paper one. When questioned, she admitted she would not reuse the bag for another customer, but instead would throw it away. When she realised this was not going to make for a happy customer either, she resolved the problem by slicing me another loaf and wrapping it in a paper bag with the promise that she would be able to sell the plastic-wrapped one to another customer. She almost managed to put the loaf into a plastic carry bag too, but I stopped her in time. All done with a smile I must add. Well done Baker's Delight.
Buying meat has been one of my bugbears: how do you avoid all that plastic packing? And although New World has done a fantastic job in developing a completely recyclable meat tray, meat still comes with the inevitable cling wrap. What to do? I stumbled across the answer online: use freezable glass containers. Pyrex does a 'Heat & Store' range which is freezer safe glass with plastic lids, and are available at Briscoes. I went to Briscoes and ended up buying a couple of dishes made by the US company Anchor Hocking, who offer the same type product but with clear lids called TrueSeal Food Storage. And although the lids a plastic but I see this as saving many single-use plastics in its lifetime. I bought a couple of differing sizes to get me started.
Anchor Hocking TrueSeal Food Storage containers, purchased from Briscoes.
So I turn up to the Aussie Butcher with my glass container and explain my plastic-avoidance preference to the lady serving. I ask for 10 sausages, and before I could stop her she has grabbed a plastic bag and headed out the back to get them. I suspect she found my subsequent remonstrations confusing and almost laughable, so I quickly accepted the offered bag, popped it in the container and promised myself I'd do better next time. At least I avoided the polystyrene tray.
The cause of frustration in both of these interactions was all me: I failed to adequately communicate my position and how I would like the product to be packaged. I have to confess that this is in part due to a level of self-consciousness: I'm aware I am bucking the trend, stepping away from what is considered to be normal, so I my requests did not come out as clearly as they should have.
I will get better at this. And the more I do it, the less self-conscious I will become.