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Events 4.29

801 – An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto, damaging the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura. 1091 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos. 1386 – Battle of the Vikhra River: The Principality of Smolensk is defeated by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and becomes its vassal. 1429 – Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans. 1483 – Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands, is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile. 1521 – Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of Västerås. 1760 – French forces commence the siege of Quebec which is held by the British. 1770 – James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names. 1781 – American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique. 1826 – The galaxy Centaurus A or NGC 5128 is discovered by James Dunlop. 1861 – Maryland in the American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union. 1862 – American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut. 1864 – Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War. 1903 – A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada. 1910 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public. 1911 – Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded. 1916 – World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point. 1916 – Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end. 1944 – World War II: New Zealand-born SOE agent Nancy Wake, a leading figure in the French Resistance and the Gestapo's most wanted person, parachutes back into France to be a liaison between London and the local maquis group. 1945 – World War II: The Surrender of Caserta is signed by the commander of German forces in Italy. 1945 – World War II: Airdrops of food begin over German-occupied regions of the Netherlands. 1945 – World War II: HMS Goodall (K479) is torpedoed by U-286 outside the Kola Inlet, becoming the last Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the European theatre of World War II. 1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor. 1945 – Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops. 1945 – The Italian commune of Fornovo di Taro is liberated from German forces by Brazilian forces. 1946 – The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes. 1951 – Tibetan delegates arrive in Beijing and sign a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy. 1952 – Pan Am Flight 202 crashes into the Amazon basin near Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil, killing 50 people. 1953 – The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast shows an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV. 1965 – Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series. 1967 – After refusing induction into the United States Army the previous day, Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title. 1968 – The controversial musical Hair, a product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, opens at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, with some of its songs becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement. 1970 – Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong. 1974 – Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal. 1975 – Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon before an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end. 1975 – Vietnam War: The North Vietnamese army completes its capture of all parts of South Vietnam-held Trường Sa Islands. 1986 – A fire at the Central library of the Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items. 1986 – The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USS Coral Sea. 1986 – Chernobyl disaster: American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the No. 4 reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant. 1991 – A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 miles per hour (249 km/h), killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless. 1991 – The 7.0 Mw  Racha earthquake affects Georgia with a maximum MSK intensity of IX (Destructive), killing 270 people. 1992 – Riots in Los Angeles, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed. 1997 – The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories. 2004 – The final Oldsmobile is built in Lansing, Michigan, ending 107 years of vehicle production. 2011 – The Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place at Westminster Abbey in London. 2013 – A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people. 2013 – National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing seven people. 2015 – A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.

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राष्ट्रपति के अभिभाषण पर मोदी का जवाब- पुराने तरीके पर चलते तो 70 साल बाद भी अनुच्छेद 370 नहीं हटता, राम जन्मभूमि आज भी विवादों में रहती

राष्ट्रपति के अभिभाषण पर मोदी का जवाब- पुराने तरीके पर चलते तो 70 साल बाद भी अनुच्छेद 370 नहीं हटता, राम जन्मभूमि आज भी विवादों में रहती

नई दिल्ली. प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी गुरुवार को लोकसभा में राष्ट्रपति के अभिभाषण पर हुई चर्चा का जवाब दिया। इस दौरान उन्होंने कहा कि एक सवाल बार-बार आ रहा है कि सरकारकामों की इतनी जल्दी क्यों है? मोदी ने मशहूर कवि सर्वेश्वर दयाल सक्सेना की एक कविता का जिक्र करते हुए कहा-लीक पर वे चलें, जिनके चरण दुर्बल और हारे हैं, हमें तो जो हमारी यात्रा से बने, ऐसे अनिर्मित पथ ह�� प्यारे हैं।

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Union Budget in Telugu & English | Indian Budget in Telugu & English 202...

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『 TIME基本重要単語 ３０２ 』 ■４つのカテゴリー　1. 事件・犯罪・裁判 2. 戦争・自然災害 3. 経済・金融・物価動向 4. 政策・政治・選挙 『TIME基本重要単語３０２』 ■４つのカテゴリー　 1. 事件・犯罪・裁判 2. 戦争・自然災害 3. 経済・金融・物価動向 4. 政策・政治・選挙

👇　YouTubeへアップした動画（解説は省略しています。） 別途、テキストが存在します。

👇上記動画をJPEGに変換。

『 TIME基本重要単語 ３０２ 』 例文の順番通り。 1) accomplish 共犯者 2) appeal 控訴する 3) attorney 弁護士 4) bail 保釈金 5) investigate 捜査する 6) confession 自供 7) conviction 有罪判決 8) cover-up 隠蔽 9) defendant 被告 10) evidence 証拠 11) guilty 有罪 12) innocent 無罪 13) jury 陪審員 14) justice 処罰 15) motive 動機 16) murder 殺人 17) oath 宣誓 18) out-of-court settlement 示談 19) plaintiff 原告 20) proof 証拠 21) prosecutor 検事 22) punishment 処罰 23) sentence 判決 24) suit 訴訟 25) summon 召喚する 26) suspect 容疑者 27) testify 証言する 28) trail 裁判 29) tribunal 法廷 30) verdict 評決 31) blackmail 脅迫する 32) bribery 収賄 33) extortion ゆすり 34) fraud 詐欺 35) illegal 不法な 36) kidnap 誘拐する 37) looting 略奪 38) manslaughter 故殺罪 39) massacre 大虐殺 40) perjury 偽証 41) robbery 強盗 42) smuggling 密輸する 43) theft 窃盗 44) wrongdoing 不法行為 45) accuse 告発する 46) charge 告発する 47) condemn 宣言する 48) impeach 弾劾する 49) indict 正式に控訴する 50) aftermath 余波 51) allegation 申し立て 52) allegedly 伝えられるところによると 53) arrest 逮捕 54) assault 暴行する 55) conflict 不一致 56) counterfeit 偽造 57) detect 察知する 58) dispute 論争 59) ransom 身代金 60) revenge 復讐 61) strangle 考察する 62) sue 訴える 63) suicide 自殺 64) thorough 徹底的な 65) warrant 令状 66) body 死体 67) casualty 犠牲者 68) corpse 死体 69) death toll 死者数 70) blaze 火災 71) blast 爆発 72) demolish 破壊する 73) destroy 破壊する 74) ruin 台無しにする 75) disaster 災害 76) drought 干ばつ 77) epidemic 流行 78) famine 飢きん 79) flood 洪水 80) nightmare 悪夢 81) outbreak 発生 82) starvation 飢餓 83) plight 窮状（きゅうじょう） 84) quake 地震 85) tragedy 悲劇 86) aggression 侵略 87) ammunition 弾薬 88) atrocities 残虐行為 89) cease-fire 停戦 90) hostage 人質 91) infantry 歩兵部隊 92) invasion 侵攻 93) landmine 地震 94) nuclear 核 95) paramilitary 軍事的な 96) retreat 退却する 97) shelling 砲撃 98) strategy 戦略 99) stronghold 拠点 100) surrender 降伏する 101) tactics 策略 102) target 標的 103) troops 兵士 104) truce 体裁 105) veteran 退役軍人 106) volunteer 志願兵 107) warhead 弾薬 108) asylum 駐屯 109) coup クーデター 110) exile 亡命 111) caution 用心 112) chaos 無秩序状態 113) civilian 民間人 114) distriubute 分配する 115) escalate 拡大する 116) estimate 見積る 117) ethnic 民族の 118) extinguish 潰す 119) hostile 敵対する 120) identify 身元を確認する 121) infect 感染する 122) intelligence 情報機関 123) intervene 介入する 124) isolate 孤立する 125) mass 大量 126) miserable 悲惨な 127) perish 死ぬ 128) rampant 狂暴 129) reconcile 折り合いをつける 130) refugee 難民 131) release 保釈する 132) rescue 救援 133) resident 住民 134) restore 復旧する 135) rubble がれき 136) security 安全 137) shelter 避難する 138) showdown 対決 139) subside 鎮まる 140) survivor 生存者 141) territory 領土 142) threaten 脅す 143) tolerant 寛大な 144) unilateral 一方的な 145) vaccine ワクチン 146) victim 被害者 147) violate 破る 148) withdraw 撤退する 149) witness 目撃者 150) warn 警告する 151) wreck 難破する 152) alternative 代替手段 153) deregulation 規制緩和 154) regulation 規制 155) retail 小売 156) wholesale 卸売 157) ascend 上昇する 158) skyrocket 急上昇する 159) soar 急上昇する 160) increase 増加 161) decrease 減少 162) plummet 急落する 163) plunge 急落 164) reduce 抑制する 165) descend 下落する 166) devaluation 切り下げ 167) surplus 黒字 168) deficit 赤字 169) assets 資産 170) bond 国債 171) broker ブローカー（仲買人） 172) budget 予算 173) commodity 商品 174) credit 融資 175) crunch 危機 176) debt 借金 177) efficient 効率的 178) emerging market 新興国の市場 179) enterprise 企業 180) excess 過剰 181) exchange 為替 182) financial 金融の 183) fiscal 会計の 184) fluctuate 変動する 185) fundamentals ファンダメンタルズ（基礎的条件） 186) interest 金利 187) deposit 預金 188) invest 投資する 189) liabilities 負債 190) liquidity 流動性 191) loose 節度のない 192) monetary 金融の 193) monopoly 独占 194) outlook 見通し 195) owe 借金する 196) pension 年金 197) per capita ひとり当たりの 198) profit 利益 199) quota 割り当て 200) rationing 配給制 201) reserves 準備 202) resources 資源 203) restraint 自制 204) revenue 歳入 205) sacrifice 犠牲 206) share 株 207) slash 削減する 208) sluggish 低調な 209) solvency 支払い能力 210) sovereignty 主権 211) speculation 投機 212) spiral 悪循環 213) statistics 統計 214) stock 株 215) subsidy 補助金 216) suspend 一時休止 217) tariff 関税 218) Treasury （アメリカ）財務省 219) turnover 取引高 220) unemployment 失業率 221) volatile 予算がつかない 222) wage 賃金 223) ballot （住民）投票 224) majority 大多数 225) margin 差 226) mudslinging 中間合意 227) polls 世論調査 228) turnout 投票率 229) vote 投票 230) accord 調和 231) discord 意見の不一致 232) dissent 異論 233) unanimous 満場一致の 234) address 演説 235) administration 政権 236) advocate 提唱者

237)～302)は省略

＊上記英単語の日本語訳は、あくまでも動画の例文に沿った単語訳です。

■覚え方

まず英単語をみて、その単語の意味を「大きく」とらえること。 決して、和訳からみて、その英単語を理解する、覚えるということをしては✖。

「飢餓」という日本語訳（漢字）から、starvation,  つまり、「飢餓＝starvationである。」 １つの英単語＝１つの単語訳と覚えるのではなく、 「飢餓＝食物が不足して、うえること。うえ。」なので、大きく意味するところをとらえて、 「食べ物がなくてす��くお腹がへっていること」と覚えること。

starvationは、確かにTIME雑誌やアフリカ国のニュースでよく出てきますが、 このカテゴリーだけで使われるわけではありません。

starvation wagesが、ものが食べ物が買えないくらいの給料、つまり、 「安月給」を意味することがわかります。

しかしながら、「安月給＝starvation wages」と単純に暗記するのも✖。 一般的に「安い給料は」low salary　です。

■ ニュース英語のポイント

Part1 見出しの読み方

１）be動詞の省略

42 dissidents (are) said (to have been) released

２）動詞現在形の使用

Paul explains Beatles breakup Retail prices remain stabilized

３）未来を表す不定詞

U.S. Marines to stay in Okinawa Defense spending to be boosted

４）動詞の進行形

U.S. seeking Japan’s help

５）冠詞の省略

(The)U.N. put pressure on (the) Myanmar Junta

６）コンマ・セミコロンの用法（接続詞の代わりをする）

Syrian, Egyptian officials meet Matsui homers ; Clemens wins

７）コロン・引用符の用法　（コロンを発信者又は情報源の前又は後において動詞の省略）

Asylum seeker can leave : China (announced) People’s leisure hours adequate : survey (shows)

８）短い単語の多用

Slight quakes felt on Oshima isle

９）略語・記号の使用

Japan-EU talks slated for Feb.

１０）      単語の短縮

200 killed in S. African mine disaster

１１）      見出しの常用語（詳細は最後に載せています。）

abduct / back / call / dip / end / gain …..

Part2　ニュース英語特有の表現

１）主語の選択

A pre-dawn fire destroyed a restaurant…….

２）動詞の役割

The returning space shuttle burned up as it re-entered the atmosphere, killing all of its crew.

３）能動態の用法

A record number of delegates attended the conference, the organizers said.

４）受動態の用法（断定を避けたり、客観性を持たせたり、詳細を後にまわす）

Some casualties were reported to have resulted from fresh……

５）進行形の用法

The Russian president is now planning as head of the Environmental…..

６）時制の一致と不一致

The minister said the government is carefully considering the……

７）ハイフンの活用

The Italian billionaire-turned-politician made his debut as…..

８）倒置法の活用

Among the hardest hit were the northern mountainous areas, where more than 50 people reportedly perished in the severe quake.

９）無生物主語

Their joint announcement said the two opposition parties had agreed to merge two months later in order to …..

１０）      無生物所有格

Pyongyang’s latest statement indicated that North Korea now…….

１１）      接続詞の省略　thatの省略

A high-ranking North Korean defector said in Washington (that) more than 90….

１２）      補語としての活用 thatの省略

Indications are (that) the prime minister seeking…..

１３）      動名詞の活用

The company employee denied stealing the money from…

１４）      複合動詞の用法

Hundreds of protesters snake-danced their way through the….

１５）      品詞の転換（動詞＋副詞➡名詞、名詞➡動詞、形容詞➡名詞、名詞➡形容詞）

The buildup of the nation’s defense setup has been….. Among the dead was a 16-year-old… The country’s currency was at a new low at the close in the wake of the opposition’s surprise move.

１６）      分離不定詞（不定詞のtoと原形動詞の間に副詞が入る。これは意味の取り間違えを招かないようにするため。）

The ailing company decided to further reduce the number of …… Leading economists say they want to closely watch developments…. The company is expected to tentatively select the…..

１７）      関係代名詞の省略

The management made some concessions (that) the union said were …

１８）      同格の活用（コンマ使用）

Katherine Hepburn, an American movie idol who died at the age of 96, left her beachfront home and ….

１９）      目的語・同格としての節（ニュース内容を真っ先に述べるために節を前に出すことが多い）

The government is preparing to urge Russia again to consider returning to Japan the Northern Territory islands off Hokkaido, informed sources said.

A giant computer system in a Japanese research institute has been infiltrated by a group of foreign hackers, it was revealed on Tuesday.（itは前の節と同格）

２０）      副詞の使い方（表現を理解しやすいように動詞の前に置かれることが多い）

The woman repeatedly denied her involvement in the scandal. The union leaders flatly rejected the..

２１）      接頭語・接尾語の活用

The stock market soared in post-holiday trading on ….

２２）      結果を表す不定詞の活用（文を引き締めるために用いられる）

Anti-whaling nations did a well-orchestrated PR campaign to result in getting their resolution adopted at the IWC conference.

２３）      予定・見込みを表す不定詞（to beが��繁に用いられる） The prime minister is to go to Beijing next month for talks with …..

２４）      特定不定詞の省略 to beの省略（文中でも省略されることが多い）

The fishing boat is feared (to be) lost in the…

２５）      略語の多用

Gov. Ishihara proposed a drastic spending cut ….

２６）      冠詞の省略、特殊用法（冠詞は省略されることが多い）

Fire broke out in a bookstore in…

＊数詞のついた複数名詞の前に形容詞や分詞がつく場合、不定冠詞がその前に使われる。

Stock prices soared and an estimated 250 million shares changed hands…

２７）      情報源に用いる複数形（情報源が１人であっても複数形）

…….. company officials said.

２８）      引用符の用法

Two weeks after the “Black Monday” market …

２９）      アラビア文字（１から９までは綴り、それ以上はアラビア文字）

At least 11 people were killed and ….

３０）      政府・国を表す首都名

The Tokyo-London agreement is a result of ….

３１）      官公庁を示す地名・建物名

The Pentagon is reportedly anxious to …..

３２）      外来語の使用

The high-ranking U.S. official stopped over in London en route to…. The diplomat was ordered leave the country as persona non grata.

３３）      仮定法の用法

The U.S negotiator demanded that the European Union lift its tough…

３４）      形容詞の最上級

The government has promised to earmark the highest-possible amount of spending….

３５）      ダッシュの活用

Japan’s three major passenger car exporters – Toyota, Nissan and Honda – are ..

３６）      分詞構文の活用

Conditions permitting, the U.S. president is expected ….

３７）      現在完了の利用

Israel has released hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in …..

３８）      コロンの用法（要点など列挙する文や引用文の前に）

The statement made these points : - Trade relations should be….

３９）      大文字の使用法（固有名詞の最初は大文字だが説明的な表記を した後はこの限りではない）

Trading was massive on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The stock exchange reached …

４０）      予定稿に使う現在形（締め切りに間に合わない場合）

The prime minister tells the Diet today that …

４１）      略語・数字の複数形（本来、’sですが、sだけで表すのが多い）

The computer industry is now short of supplied of LSIs. The seminar was held to discuss the prospects of the national economy in the 2010s.

４２）      特殊な間接目的語（会議や記者会見を動詞の間接目的語とすることが多い）

The prime minister told a press conference that he hoped to visit Beijing for talks..

４３）      特殊な形容詞

The party officials was asked to elaborate on his controversial way of …

４４）      前置詞化して��る現在分詞

Discussions continued through Sunday on problems concerning the….

４５）      情報源保護のための語句

A ranking official, who spoke on condition that his name be withheld,

４６）      客観性を守るための語句

The executive has resigned apparently to take responsibility for …. The assemblyman was alleged to have received….

４７）      プライバシー配慮のための語句

The South Pacific nation’s leader was hospitalized Tuesday due to what conference sources said was believed to be …….

４８）      未確認情報を扱うための語句

According to unconfirmed reports, a number of people were killed …

４９）      助動詞would notの活用（発言拒絶の意思を伝えるため否定語とともにwouldが用いられる）

Investigators would not disclose the name…… None of the conferees would comment on whether an ….

５０）      語句の言い換え

The U.S. dollar closed at \119.90 in New York on Friday, up from \119.75 on Thursday. The American currency was also …

５１）      写真説明で用いる現在形

The ace Japanese swimmer waves to a crowd at the airport ….

５２）      記事を訂正するために表現（後日訂正のため仮定法）

The Tokyo governor’s name should have read Ishihara in the…..

Part3　ニュース英語の決まり文句

１）よく使われる表現

The opposition proposed that a drastic tax … The minister remained noncommittal about … The Union pressed for a pay…

２）受動態表現（目的：状況を正確、詳細に記述するため）

The party leader is suspected to have… The surgery is expected to last about … The motor show is scheduled to run for …

３）進行形表現（目的：臨場感を出すため）

The company is considering promoting a …. A round-the-clock search is going on for…

４）前置詞句（目的：文章を簡素にかくため）

Thousands of people demonstrated in protest against the… The emergency meeting was held against the background of wide spread..

５）情報源に関する表現（目的：情報源について何かの表現が必要なため）

…… , according to informed sources. ………. according to a police source who declined to be named. ….. according to reports reaching here. The prime minister was quoted as saying……

６）つなぎの表現（目的：文章の流れを滑らかにするため）

In the meantime,  /  In a related development, / Earlier in the day,

７）記録に関する表現

The city’s temperature marked the day’s high of 36 degrees … The automaker’s RV production registered a double-digit increase during …

８）未確認に関する表現（記事作成完了までに時間的制約あり情報の確認がとれない場合。）

A violent ethnic riot has flared up in the region, according to unconfirmed reports reaching the capital city. The incumbent governor of the prefecture headed for victory in Sunday’s election. Initial results showed that the conservatives would suffer a stunning setback in the election. The country’s national assembly was expected to approve a new……

９）注意を必要とする表現

Among those present were A,B,C and D. Attending the meeting were : A,B,C and D. His remarks came at a meeting of…. This week has seen a sharp rise in stock prices. The meeting ended inconclusively. The Bank of Japan is to raise the official discount rate by 0.25 percent effective today. The pay raise is retroactive to April.

１０）      社説・論説などで用いられる表現 It remains to be seen if the tax revision …. The fact remains that both countries have … The question is whether the government will…. The Kyoto District Court’s decision is noteworthy in that it is the first ruling … It is too early to draw any conclusions about what lay….

１１）「見出しの常用語」について

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Top 10 Web Designing & Development Company in Pune

The internet world has become a small place with its advanced technologies and innovative methods. Websites have become a necessity for every business, and entrepreneurs and businesses are starting to opt for website designing and development for online presence which can further improve their revenues and visibility to larger audiences. Having a functional website is a must meet criteria for any business now. As a result of this cut-throat competition, there is no dearth of web development and web designing companies in Pune which cater to multiple clients. For instance, converting a visitor to prospective clients is the primary goal of these companies. The Best Names in Web Development in Pune Are you looking for the best web development companies for your need?

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The Best of 10 Web & App Development Companies in Pune

The is prepared after several of market research. #1. Business Alphabets Corporation

Verified 98.2% 2009 Affordable Business Alphabet is one of the best web development and designing companies based in Pune, India. From delivering customized website design to executing digital marketing campaigns, BAC provides solutions to all your business needs. BAC provides the best in class mobile and android app development which are best suited to your e-commerce development in Noida and surrounding areas. Call: +91-9681-998877 Get a Quote Visit Website #2. Hidden Brains InfoTech Verified 88.2% 2014 Very Costly Hidden Brains Infotech is one of the leading Enterprise Software & IT consulting companies. The head office of the company is located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat while associate offices are based in Norway and the USA.  The company has a skilled team of experts who provide world-class services and solutions. It’s a reputed name in e-commerce website development and website development in Pune. Call: 989-802-1433 Get a Quote Visit Website #3. Creative Crows Verified 86.6% 2014 Very Costly Creative Crows is a rapidly growing organization in the field of website web designing and website development in Pune. The company is known for its innovative strategies. Their team of highly skilled professionals with in-depth domain understanding gives them a competitive edge over other players. Call: +91-8446312333 Get a Quote Address- 11, 2nd floor, Pushpa apartment, above Union Bank, Vanaj Corner, Kothrud, Pune – 411038 #4. Webdhoom Verified 82.9% 2008 High Cost Webdhoom is helping small to large businesses across the world with high-quality web designing, web development, and internet marketing services.  Their team of experienced professionals is fully capable of providing end to end solutions for mobile app development and website development in Pune. Call: +91 0120 426 4958 Get a Quote Address: First Floor, E-25, Sector-3, Noida #5. BACPOST Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Verified 78.7% 2012 High Cost BACPOST is one of the players in iOS app Development and Android App Development companies in Pune. BACPOST’s strength is a strong marketing team that believes in pre-sales and after-sales customer support services for retaining clients. The company also promotes social media marketing and is active in serving Digital Marketing services to its customers (domestic & international) both. Call: +91-99145 77750 Get a Quote Address: Pune #6. Dream Worth Verified 76.4% 2012 High Cost Dream Worth Solutions Pvt. Ltd. is a Website Development Company in Pune,  The company has an experienced team of professionals who provide solutions in the field of mobile app development and iOS development in Pune. The company was earlier known as NATU TECH. Call: +91-8657-357-244 Get a Quote Address: Vidyadhar Heights, Office No. 201/202, 243 Narayan Peth, Garud Ganpati Chowk Laxmi Road, Pune 411030 #7. Nucleosys Tech Verified 72.1% 2012 High Cost Nucleosys Tech is a freelancing IT solution provider in Pune, India. The company has more than 8 years of experience in providing solutions for web designing and web development services in Pune. Call: +91-7709075764 Get a Quote Address: 2nd Floor, Anna Choudhari Estate, Near Warje Bridge, Pune, Maharashtra, India 411058 #8. Layers Infotech Verified 68.9% 2012 Medium Layers Infotech is over a decade old company in the field of e-commerce and website development in Pune.  The company with its highly skilled workforce provides the best solutions in web designing and development. Call: +91-172-4633003 Get a Quote Address: 3rd Floor, Waris Heights, Opposite. Ellora Palace, Balaji Nagar, Pune, Maharashtra 411043 #9. Magneto IT Solutions Verified 67.7% 2012 Low Magneto IT Solutions is one of the major players in e-commerce development and mobile app development in Pune. They provide customized solutions to clients. Primary focus areas are eCommerce, Mobile Application Development, Customize Web Application.   The company can deliver all your needs in android application and Magento development in Pune. Call: +91-9592910030 Get a Quote Address: 402, White Square, Hinjewadi, Wakad Rd, Hinjawadi Village, Pune – 411057 #10. DataGranny Verified 61.8% 2012 Low For the last few years, Webhopers had been Data Granny provides services such as business enterprise, tech support, and solutions for business processes.  The company was recently established and making its mark in the field of web development and web designing company in Pune. Call: +91-97641 14798 Get a Quote Address: 6, 2nd Floor, Cabin Number 125, Near Cafe Coffee Day, Canam Plaza Sector 11 Panchkula Chandigarh, Panchkula, Haryana 134109 Your questions about Web Designing and Development in the Pune area answered by us. I want to know about the best website designing and development company in Pune area? OpenWeb solutions will provide you with expert assistance in website development with high affordability Which companies are amongst the best mobile app development in Pune? The website appearance and user experience (UI/UX) is an important thing Business Alphabets Corporation with its skilled and experienced website designer will provide you with the best solution for website development within your budget. Why do I need a good web designing company in Pune? To stay ahead of the competition and gain an advantage in this ever-changing technology world, you need a good web designing company in Pune.

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Coding is significant You may have a good website, however, it may not be enough if people are not using it. The coding done by web development experts ensures that it gets displayed on program result pages with relation to important and relevant keywords for users to visit again. E-commerce development and web development companies in Pune are there to ensure you master this. Using Templates Should Also Be Avoided. Templates should be avoided as pre-packaged templates will cause loss of credibility of your website. Website’s design Your website visitors need key quick information quickly. The inability of a website to guide the visitor to relevant sections will drive the visitors away which will hamper your business and revenues. E-commerce and Web designing companies in Pune strive to create sites which make a pleasant user experience visiting your site. Analytical tools are used to improve user experience visiting your website because it’s all about user experience Most of the Readers Simply Scan the Website 79% of users only scan the website, and only 16% of users read the complete text word by word. This means a website should have readable and scannable text which includes keywords and sub-headings etc. This underlines the importance of how your website is developed. Experts in web development and WordPress development companies in Pune will ensure the best services. Two Third of Web Usage is on Mobile Devices Since most users today surf the internet on mobile devices, the website must be developed in a user-friendly way. Mobile app development and iOS app development companies in Pune are amongst the best service providers. Do Like & Share if you found this list of web development companies is helpful. We look forward to your valuable comments and suggestions in comment box! Read the full article

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TANNED - I

Leather industry in Kanpur dates back to 1778 when the East India Company made its foray in the region. They developed the local artisans mainly Dalits in making saddlery for their horses and other leather products. All of them were hand made by the artisans. The first leather factory came up in 1902 in Jajmau and it was followed by several others The rapid industrialisation of the city earned Kanpur the title of Manchester of East. Due to a government order, from mid-December last year, nearly 250 tanneries have been closed. The closure was to last till March 2019. The reason being that the effluent from these tanneries was discharged in Ganga thus polluting the water. Closure of these units meant that devotees can take holy dip during the recently concluded Kumbh-2019 at Prayagraj(Allahabad). Earlier, it was supposed that after the Kumbh the tanneries will be allowed to function but there has been no such development. Tannery owners believe that it is now no more feasible to run their business in Kanpur. As per an estimate due to the closure the industry has suffered a loss of nearly 3000 crores. Kanpur accounts for leather export of nearly 6000 crores. New orders are not coming and old orders are not being completed. Situation has turned to such a state that industrialists have failed to send leather samples to Hong Kong Leather Fair. The total leather business of Kanpur amounts to nearly 12000 crores annually. The units are now facing survival crisis. As per reports many tanneries in Jajmau locality of Kanpur had stock of raw hides. Since, they are unable to process them, they are being sold off at half the price to those units which are functioning in Unnao. Pech Bagh, a raw hide market in Kanpur now wears a deserted look. From approximately 500 members of the association, half of them have left the trade.The prices of raw hide have dropped from Rs 15 lakh per truck to Rs 7 lakh per truck. Even the drums installed at these tanneries are very costly ranging between 20 lakhs to 10 lakhs. These drums need to be rotated and filled with water. Nonusage of these drums may result in their getting spoiled in future. Many of these drums are imported from other countries. Most of the tanneries have taken loan from bank and due to non-payment it has turned Non Performing Asset. Banks too are now in the process of auctioning the leftover hides to recover their dues. The government had issued orders to disconnect power connections in nearly 225 tanneries. This was being done to ensure their complete closure. A trader informed that tanneries in Jajmau alone accounted for employment to half a million people. Most of the labours have migrated to other states as it was hard for them manage their expenses. Foreign trade worth Rs 1000 crore has been affected. Several buyers from Greece, Italy, Japan and US have cancelled their orders.

The National Green Tribunal considers polluting the Ganga river as the reason for the closures. A tannery owner claimed that all tanneries in the area discharge only 9 Million Litres of water Daily (MLD). This water from the tannery is first treated by the unit itself and then discharged into conveyance channel to Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP) .After proper treatment, it is then discharged in irrigation channel or Ganga. This primary treatment was still considered unsatisfactory by the NGT. The domestic leather industry has rued the proposal to impose a sharp export duty cut on raw leather and hide from 60 per cent to 40 per cent in the Union Budget 2019. Fifteen per cent export duty on EI (Eastern India) tanned leather was also abolished on July 5. At present, the share of these items is not big in the leather export basket, but an increase in their export after budget incentives is expected to create a supply crunch. Industry players, including leather goods manufacturers and tanneries, are apprehensive the cut proposal would create acute raw material squeeze in the domestic market and ultimately lead to uncompetitive pricing of Indian finished products in the global arena. Council for Leather Exports (CLE) Northern Region chairman, Puran Dawar, said “The export duty cut on hide would adversely affect the leather value chain right from tanning to finished goods, especially at a time when finished leather exports were already down.”Of late, there has actually been shortage of raw hide domestically and if the Budget proposals are passed, it would further create shortage and pull down production index. At a time, when our biggest competitor Bangladesh does not allow raw hide shipments and instead provides 20% export duty drawback on finished leather goods, India has proposed to promote hide exports and create a shortage for domestic industry. The West Bengal Government announced a fresh allotment of 187 new tanneries at the Calcutta Leather Complex in Bantala, Asia’s largest integrated leather complex. It has allotted about 70 acres of additional land to the existing 202 acres complex. Close to 60 per cent of the new allotment has been for tanneries based in Uttar Pradesh. A CETP has also been set up at the complex but the treatment is far from satisfactory and might not be able to accomodate additional effluent treatment . The land has been provided at a rate of Rs. 2700 per square metre( inclusive of CETP). Some tanneries in Jajmau have now been given the opportunity to shift their manufacturing and operations completely to Kolkata, West Bengal. You are the top management of a large scale Tannery that is planning to shift to the Bantala leather cluster in West Bengal. You have been provided 3000sqm. at Bantala to start up.

TASK AT HAND:

• Mention your sources of labour and allocation of funds in the new manufacturing unit.

• How will you restore, retain and maintain international clients despite competition and export cuts on raw hide?

• How will the new unit accommodate the specifications by the National Green Tribunal on effluent treatment (apart from CETP)?

INSTRUCTIONS:

Power point Presentation: Not exceeding 15 slides.

Deadline: 5:00pm, today.

Contact Lakshya for queries.

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Greek unemployment stood at 21.7% in April 2017.[183] The youth unemployment rate (42.3% in March 2018) is extremely high compared to EU standards.[184] With an economy larger than all the other Balkan economies combined, Greece is the largest economy in the Balkans,[185][186][187] and an important regional investor.[185][186] Greece is the number-two foreign investor of capital in Albania, the number-three foreign investor in Bulgaria, at the top-three of foreign investors in Romania and Serbia and the most important trading partner and largest foreign investor of North Macedonia. Greek banks open a new branch somewhere in the Balkans on an almost weekly basis.[188][189][190] The Greek telecommunications company OTE has become a strong investor in Yugoslavia and other Balkan countries.[188] Greece was a founding member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). In 1979 the accession of the country in the European Communities and the single market was signed, and the process was completed in 1982. Greece was accepted into the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union on 19 June 2000, and in January 2001 adopted the Euro as its currency, replacing the Greek drachma at an exchange rate of 340.75 drachma to the Euro.[191] Greece is also a member of the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization, and is ranked 24th on the KOF Globalization Index for 2013. Debt crisis (2010–2018) Main article: Greek government-debt crisis Greece’s debt percentage since 1977, compared to the average of the Eurozone The Greek economy had fared well for much of the 20th century, with high growth rates and low public debt[192]). For over 20 years, until 2007, it featured high rates of growth, which, however, were coupled with high structural deficits, thus maintaining a (roughly unchanged throughout this period) public debt to GDP ratio of just over 100% [192]. The Greek crisis was triggered by the turmoil of the 2007-2009 Great Recession, which lead the budget deficits of several Western nations to reach or exceed 10% of GDP [192]. What was exceptional for Greece, was that the high budget deficit (which, after several corrections and revisions, was revealed that it had been allowed to reach 10.2% and 15.1% of GDP in 2008 and 2009, respectively) was simultaneously coupled with a high public debt to GDP ratio (relatively stable, at just over 100% until 2007 – as calculated after all corrections). Thus, the country appeared to lose control of its public debt to GDP ratio, which already reached 127% of GDP in 2009 [193]. In addition, being a member of the Eurozone, the country had essentially no autonomous monetary policy flexibility. Finally, there was an effect of controversies about Greek statistics (due the aforementioned drastic budget deficit revisions which lead to an increase in the calculated value of the Greek public debt by about 10%, i.e., a public debt to GDP of about 100% until 2007), while there have been arguments about a possible effect of media reports. Consequently, Greece was “punished” by the markets which increased borrowing rates, making impossible for the country to finance its debt since early 2010. The above revisions were largely connected with the fact that in the years before the crisis Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and numerous other banks had developed financial products which enabled the governments of Greece, Italy, and many other European countries to hide their borrowing.[194][195][196][197][198][199][200][201][202] Dozens of similar agreements were concluded across Europe whereby banks supplied cash in advance in exchange for future payments by the governments involved; in turn, the liabilities of the involved countries were “kept off the books”.[202][203][204][205][206][207] These conditions had enabled Greece as well as other European governments to spend beyond their means, while meeting the deficit targets set out in the Maastricht Treaty.[207][202][208] In May 2010, the Greece’s deficit was again revised and estimated to be 13.6%[209] which was the second highest in the world relative to GDP, with Iceland in first place at 15.7% and the United Kingdom in third with 12.6%.[210] Public debt was forecast, according to some estimates, to hit 120% of GDP in the same year,[211] causing a crisis of confidence in Greece’s ability pay back loans.avert a sovereign default, Greece, the other Eurozone members, and the International Monetary Fund agreed on a rescue package which involved giving Greece an immediate €45 billion in loans, with additional funds to follow, totaling €110 billion.[212][213] To secure the funding, Greece was required to adopt harsh austerity measures to bring its deficit under control.[214] A second bail-out amounting to €130 billion ($173 billion) was agreed in 2012, subject to strict conditions, including financial reforms and further austerity measures.[215] A debt haircut was also agreed as part of the deal.[215] Greece achieved a primary government budget surplus in 2013, while in April 2014, it returned to the global bond market. Greece returned to growth after six years of economic decline in the second quarter of 2014,[216] and was the Eurozone’s fastest-growing economy in the third quarter.[217] A third bailout was agreed in July 2015, after a confrontation with the newly-elected government of Alexis Tsipras. There was a 25% drop in Greece’s GDP, connected with the bailout programmes.[192][218] This had a critical effect: the Debt-to-GDP ratio, the key factor defining the severity of the crisis, would jump from its 2009 level of 127% to about 170%, solely due to the shrinking economy.[citation needed] In a 2013 report, the IMF admitted that it had underestimated the effects of so extensive tax hikes and budget cuts on the country’s GDP and issued an informal apology.[219][220][221] The Greek programmes imposed a very rapid improvement in structural primary balance (at least two times faster than for other Eurozone bailed-out countries [222]). The policies have been blamed for worsening the crisis,[223][224] while Greece’s President, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, stressed the creditors’ share in responsibility for the depth of the crisis.[225][226] Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, asserted that errors in the design of the first two programmes which lead to a loss of 25% of the Greek economy due to the harsh imposition of excessive austerity.[218] Between 2009 and 2017 the Greek government debt rose from €300 bn to €318 bn, i.e. by only about 6% (thanks, in part, to the 2012 debt restructuring);[193][227] however, during the same period, the critical debt-to-GDP ratio shot up from 127% to 179%[193] basically due to the severe GDP drop during the handling of the crisis.[192] Greece’s bailouts successfully ended (as declared) on August 20, 2018.[228] Agriculture Main article: Agriculture in Greece Sun-drying of Zante currant on Zakynthos In 2010, Greece was the European Union’s largest producer of cotton (183,800 tons) and pistachios (8,000 tons)[229] and ranked second in the production of rice (229,500 tons)[229] and olives (147,500 tons),[230] third in the production of figs (11,000 tons),[230] almonds (44,000 tons),[230] tomatoes (1,400,000 tons),[230] and watermelons (578,400 tons)[230] and fourth in the production of tobacco (22,000 tons).[229] Agriculture contributes 3.8% of the country’s GDP and employs 12.4% of the country’s labor force. Greece is a major beneficiary of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union. As a result of the country’s entry to the European Community, much of its agricultural infrastructure has been upgraded and agricultural output increased. Between 2000 and 2007 organic farming in Greece increased by 885%, the highest change percentage in the EU. http://bit.ly/2HXxPig

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Here are the nine worst bills to keep an eye on: 1. H.R. 861: To terminate the Environmental Protection Agency This bill — cosponsored by Republican members of Congress from fossil fuel-producing states — is just one sentence long, and says nothing about what would happen to the multiple environmental regulations the EPA has instituted since 1970, or its multibillion-dollar budget, or its thousands of staffers. H.R. 861 is currently awaiting action in the subcommittee on environment. 2. H.R. 610: Tax dollars for private schools Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) introduced this bill in January, which would redistribute funding earmarked for public schools in the form of vouchers for parents to send children to private schools. Over the long term, this would eventually bankrupt public schools, and create a stratified education system in which cash-strapped public schools would be unable to meet the educational needs of low-income students. The bill is awaiting action in the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. 3. H.R. 899: To terminate the Department of Education If this bill, introduced by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky), becomes law, the U.S. Department of Education would terminate by the end of 2018. The bill’s brevity leaves many questions unanswered, like what would happen with Department of Education grants for public schools and universities, its budget, or its staff. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has said she would personally be “fine” if the agency she heads were to be abolished. 4. H.J.R. 69: To repeal a rule protecting wildlife Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), whose constituents likely include hunters who kill wildlife for sport rather than for food, introduced this joint resolution voicing displeasure with a Department of Interior rule that prohibits “non-subsistence” hunting in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge. The resolution passed the House and is awaiting action in the Senate. 5. H.R. 370: To repeal the Affordable Care Act While President Obama was in office, House Republicans voted at least 60 times to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — also known as Obamacare — despite its futility. However, the Trump administration has made the repeal of Obamacare a top priority, meaning the repeal bill from Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas) is likely to pass. 6. H.R. 354: To defund Planned Parenthood Despite the widely publicized debunking of the video alleging the women’s health nonprofit was selling human organs, Republicans are still refusing to stop destroying Planned Parenthood. Rep. Diane Black (R-Tennessee) introduced a bill that would prevent any federal grants from going to Planned Parenthood for a full year unless they swore to not perform abortions. As the chart below from Planned Parenthood shows, only 3 percent of Planned Parenthood resources go toward abortions, while the vast majority of funding is used to help low-income women get STD tests, contraceptive care, and breast cancer screenings: 7. H.R. 785: National Right-to-Work legislation Conservative ideologue Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is aiming to cripple unions at the nationwide level with a bill that would systematically deprive labor unions of the funding they need to operate. Unions often provide one of the crucial pillars of support for Democratic candidates and causes, and conservatives aim to destroy them once and for all by going after their funding. It’s important to note that right-to-work is bad for all workers, not just union members — in 2015, the Economic Policy Institute learned that wages in right-to-work states are roughly 3.2 percent lower than in non-right-to-work states. 8. H.R. 83: Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Act Multiple cities and states around the country have openly stated that they won’t abide by President Trump’s plan to aggressively round up and deport undocumented immigrants. A bill by Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pennsylvania) would strip all federal funding of any city that doesn’t obey Trump’s immigration policies for up to a year. 9. H.R. 147: To criminalize abortion Rep. Trent Franks (R-Arizona) wants to aggressively prosecute pregnant women seeking abortions, along with abortion providers, by making abortion a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. The bill is currently awaiting action in the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. To fight back against these bills, call 202-224-3121, ask for your member of Congress, and tell them to vote no.

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1. H.R. 861: To terminate the Environmental Protection Agency

This bill — cosponsored by Republican members of Congress from fossil fuel-producing states — is just one sentence long, and says nothing about what would happen to the multiple environmental regulations the EPA has instituted since 1970, or its multibillion-dollar budget, or its thousands of staffers. H.R. 861 is currently awaiting action in the subcommittee on environment.

2. H.R. 610: Tax dollars for private schools

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) introduced this bill in January, which would redistribute funding earmarked for public schools in the form of vouchers for parents to send children to private schools. Over the long term, this would eventually bankrupt public schools, and create a stratified education system in which cash-strapped public schools would be unable to meet the educational needs of low-income students. The bill is awaiting action in the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

3. H.R. 899: To terminate the Department of Education

If this bill, introduced by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky), becomes law, the U.S. Department of Education would terminate by the end of 2018. The bill’s brevity leaves many questions unanswered, like what would happen with Department of Education grants for public schools and universities, its budget, or its staff. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has said she would personally be “fine” if the agency she heads were to be abolished.

4. H.J.R. 69: To repeal a rule protecting wildlife

Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), whose constituents likely include hunters who kill wildlife for sport rather than for food, introduced this joint resolution voicing displeasure with a Department of Interior rule that prohibits “non-subsistence” hunting in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge. The resolution passed the House and is awaiting action in the Senate.

5. H.R. 370: To repeal the Affordable Care Act

While President Obama was in office, House Republicans voted at least 60 times to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — also known as Obamacare — despite its futility. However, the Trump administration has made the repeal of Obamacare a top priority, meaning the repeal bill from Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas) is likely to pass.

6. H.R. 354: To defund Planned Parenthood

Despite the widely publicized debunking of the video alleging the women’s health nonprofit was selling human organs, Republicans are still refusing to stop destroying Planned Parenthood. Rep. Diane Black (R-Tennessee) introduced a bill that would prevent any federal grants from going to Planned Parenthood for a full year unless they swore to not perform abortions. As the chart below from Planned Parenthood shows, only 3 percent of Planned Parenthood resources go toward abortions, while the vast majority of funding is used to help low-income women get STD tests, contraceptive care, and breast cancer screenings:

7. H.R. 785: National Right-to-Work legislation

Conservative ideologue Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is aiming to cripple unions at the nationwide level with a bill that would systematically deprive labor unions of the funding they need to operate. Unions often provide one of the crucial pillars of support for Democratic candidates and causes, and conservatives aim to destroy them once and for all by going after their funding. It’s important to note that right-to-work is bad for all workers, not just union members — in 2015, the Economic Policy Institute learned that wages in right-to-work states are roughly 3.2 percent lower than in non-right-to-work states.

8. H.R. 83: Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Act

Multiple cities and states around the country have openly stated that they won’t abide by President Trump’s plan to aggressively round up and deport undocumented immigrants. A bill by Rep. Lou Barletta (R-Pennsylvania) would strip all federal funding of any city that doesn’t obey Trump’s immigration policies for up to a year.

9. H.R. 147: To criminalize abortion

Rep. Trent Franks (R-Arizona) wants to aggressively prosecute pregnant women seeking abortions, along with abortion providers, by making abortion a felony punishable by up to five years in prison. The bill is currently awaiting action in the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.

To fight back against these bills, call 202-224-3121, ask for your member of Congress, and tell them to vote no.

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Use Local Available Materials for Construction Kwanda Tells Contractors

Use Local Available Materials for Construction Kwanda Tells Contractors

On, September 12th , 2020 – Kitui County workers Union Chairman Mr Kwanda has called for all County MCAs to Adopt the Governor’s Budget Memorundum by next week to pave way for Government Workers to be paid,

The County Government Staffs have gone in for three Month without salaries, he also called for contractors to use Raw Materials for constructions like ballast, sand, water locally.

The…

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11 Cool & Weird Film Funding Grants & Job Boards

Weird and Interesting 

Cool and Weird Funding & Job Orgs

11 Cool and weird arts and film funding grants, film job boards and a little weird bit of editorial.

I’m compiling a new gigs list of film and media job sites and job boards and film funding grants, film sponsors, scholarships, and residencies etc. Over 1000 resources. Billions of dollars every year in cash and in-kind resources. While surfing I found a few weird and interesting and cool resources GigsList.info readers might have fun reading or joining or applying for. These are not paid ads. I just happen to think they are cool and weird and interesting.

Anonymous Production Assistant

Anonymousproductionassistant.com 

“The TAPA blog is a place to freely discuss the life of a production assistant. And a  repository for the knowledge I’ve accumulated to future generations of PAs. Who the hell are you? I’m anonymous. It says so right there in the title. No, really, who are you? I’m not saying, bub. Deal with it. The New York Times recommended my blog. As did The Los Angeles Times. Also, LA Magazine. KCRW’s The Business interviewed me, as did as LA Women. That’s something, I guess.”

Burning Man

Burningman.org 

Funding art that is accessible to the public, civic in scope and prompts the viewer to act. Burning Man has a long and rich history of granting seed money to new and emerging artists around the world. To date, we’ve granted 202 projects in 34 U.S. states and 34 countries. “Burning Man isn’t a ‘place you put art’,  but a ‘context in which art is created.’ You don’t have to have been to Black Rock City to be a Burner. 

Cannabis Media

Fromtheheartproductions.com  

The grant seeks heartfelt documentaries, short films, features, and web series. Revealing how cannabis has benefited and changed people’s lives. With the legalization of marijuana in the U.S. Much of media focus has been on the business aspects of the cannabis industry. Cannabis Media Grant is for filmmakers to create films that show where the cannabis market is going.  How cannabis has become an important part of people’s lives, and how it’s improved those lives for the better.

Celebrity Scholarship

Celebrityscholarship.com 

Through costume, role-playing, props and self-expression. The person with the funniest, quirkiest and most authentic celebrity impersonation. Tell us about your celebrity and why you chose them. Send us your picture or video for scholarship funds. Feel free to use makeup, funky clothing and a smart caption. 

CJ Pony Auto Videos

Cjponyparts.com/cj-pony-parts-scholarship-video-contest

CJ Pony Parts is proud to offer two scholarships each year to students who are enrolling in post-secondary education in their next semester. Create a short video, under 3 minutes long, on provided topics. You can be inspirational, funny, serious, educational, or even musical! Winners will be selected based on creativity and content rather than video editing skill or how many views the video gets. Submitted videos must be your own work.

Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

Cbldf.org 

Non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the First Amendment rights of the comics medium. We provide Legal aid, education and advocacy. Protecting the rights of readers, creators, retailers, publishers, and librarians. All involved with comics, manga, and graphic novels. - GigsList Note: Ok so they don’t give money, but they are interesting.

Fine Awards Scholarship

Fineawards.com/scholarship

Competitive award for college students. To share their story about someone in their life deserving recognition. A person who helped, inspired and/or motivated you. A parent, sibling, friend or other role model. A stranger you saw paying it forward without expectation of recognition. Tell us your story.

RxLaughter

Rxlaughter.org  

Improving quality of life through positive entertainment research, therapeutic care and education. Founded in 1998 by ABC and CBS veteran primetime programming executive Sherry Hilber. Founded as a laughter research charity for children with physical illnesses at the UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center. How comedy can ease pain and anxiety for children during painful medical procedures. Using the power of comedy to improve quality of life for people with emotional and physical challenges. Our programs are volunteer-based.  

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence

Thesisters.org 

Grants supporting small organizations and projects that provide services to underserved communities. Projects that are progressive grassroots projects. Promoting wellness and joy, tolerance and diversity supporting LGBTQ+ communities. San Francisco Bay Area projects preferred.

Stockade Works Film Producer Apprenticeships

Stockadeworks.org 

Apprenticeship program for Hudson Valley residents. Feature film and documentary production, admin and marketing. By learning as you work on local productions. Part internship part paid gig. The ins and outs of budget, pitch materials, social media and audience development. As well as hands on training in production and post production.

Tattoo Trends in Australia 

wsartsalliance.com/tattoo-trends-in-australia-a-big-yes-and-a-small-no

In depth article by the Washington State Arts Alliance. Tattoos are officially a serious fine art form. Excerpt: “Tattoos are rapidly finding their market in Australia compared to a few years ago when they were regarded as a tabloid. This massive growth was mostly led by the tattoos designs that included a word or a phrase category. However, a recently conducted surveys reveal that around 70% of Australian’s now prefer to have a symbol or picture...”  (GigsList note: Includes professional tips and howtoos about tattoos.)

Thiel Fellowship $100,000 to Drop Out of College

Thielfellowship.org 

Thiel Fellowship grants $100,000 to young people who want to build new things instead of sitting in a classroom. Some Thiel Fellows are programmers. Others have started nonprofits, created consumer products, launched media companies, and built hardware. We look to support young people who want to bring their ideas to the world. Not only film, anything.

GigsList Explains Apprenticeships 

And why apprenticeships can save your ass and your country’s economy. The short version. 

The other day I had to explain what an apprenticeship is to a person with a college degree. I was kind of very shocked. So... I've included a real apprenticeship and explanation of apprenticeships by a former apprentice. Me:)

Apprenticeships are the old school way of learning film business and production ropes. Where  you learn and make industry contacts and get paid. Apprenticeships are how I and my friends learned the biz and production. 

No college loans to pay back and more budget to create art and support our arts friends. Plus we’ve never had to surf job boards for gigs, it’s all who we know from learning on the job. You join a family not an industry. 

If everybody in film in the USA learned on the job. How much money could go back to the USA economy and funding film arts and underserved? And save the whales. Talk to your local entertainment unions and gov film offices. They should be more than happy to help with local apprenticeship programs :)

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Union Finances 2019: All India Farmer Associations urges govt to appropriate cigarette taxation error to reduce burden

http://tinyurl.com/y375758m New Delhi: Forward of the Finances, farmers physique FAIFA on Thursday urged the federal government to appropriate “an error” in cigarette taxation beneath the brand new tax regime that didn’t account for cascading impact on excise obligation, which existed within the pre-GST system. Federation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA) stated all the authorized cigarette worth chain is presently reeling beneath “penalising taxation on account of steady will increase in excise duties and compensation cess on cigarettes”. Representational picture. Reuters. The physique, which claims to signify farmers of business crops from numerous states, together with Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat, stated cumulatively tax on authorized cigarette has gone up by 202 p.c between 2011-12 and 2017-18 resulting in shrinkage of cigarette volumes by greater than 25 p.c since 2012-13. FAIFA President Javare Gowda stated there was a rise in cess charges to appropriate an error in cigarette taxation beneath the brand new tax regime, which didn’t account for the cascading impact on excise obligation, which existed within the pre-GST system. “Nonetheless, this has inadvertently led to a rise in compensation cess charges which, certainly was not the intention of the federal government,” he added. The revised compensation cess charges have resulted in extra taxes of round 13 p.c above the pre-GST ranges, Gowda stated. FAIFA claimed that enhance in taxes have resulted within the influx of big amount of illicit cigarettes available in the market. The official cigarette trade dimension in India, which was at 110 billion sticks in 2011-12, has dropped by 25 p.c to about 83 billion cigarettes in 2016-17. “In distinction, the unlawful, duty-evaded cigarette section has grown to about 26 billion cigarettes in 2017, i.e., nearly one-fourth of the Trade,” it stated. It additionally requested the federal government to reinstate tobacco export incentives to spice up earnings of Indian Flue Cured Virginia (FCV) farmers according to authorities’s goal of doubling farmers earnings. Follow full coverage of Union Budget 2019-20 here Your information to the most recent cricket World Cup tales, evaluation, experiences, opinions, dwell updates and scores on https://www.firstpost.com/firstcricket/series/icc-cricket-world-cup-2019.html. Observe us on Twitter and Instagram or like our Facebook web page for updates all through the continuing occasion in England and Wales. !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function() {n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)} ; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0'; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script', 'https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js'); fbq('init', '259288058299626'); fbq('track', 'PageView'); (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "http://connect.facebook.net/en_GB/all.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9&appId=1117108234997285"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); window.fbAsyncInit = function () { FB.init({appId: '1117108234997285', version: 2.4, xfbml: true}); // *** here is my code *** if (typeof facebookInit == 'function') { facebookInit(); } }; (function () { var e = document.createElement('script'); e.src = document.location.protocol + '//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js'; e.async = true; document.getElementById('fb-root').appendChild(e); }()); function facebookInit() { console.log('Found FB: Loading comments.'); FB.XFBML.parse(); } Source link

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‘An Absurd Act of Self-Harm’

It’s hard to be living in London right now without being sucked into the debate about you know what.

The photo above was taken on June 24, 2016, in Dhaka. I’d awakened very early that morning suffering from jet lag. Initially I thought I was having a nightmare. Gradually I realized that the country of my birth and residence had voted to leave the European Union and thus commit an act of absurd self-harm.

The conference, organized by the excellent Academic and Creative Publishers Association of Bangladesh, was important and successful but the news from the UK stayed with me as one of many moments in a publishing career.

It prompted me to think of other such moments that might be of interest. Here’s one.

‘Between Frustration and Fulfillment’

In 1982, I was head of reference publishing at Oxford University Press. An article in Publishers Weekly reported that a start-up firm called Dictronics had licensed a range of Random House dictionaries for conversion to use on computers via floppy discs (remember them?).

Richard Charkin

I managed to identify and phoned from Oxford the main founder and boss, Dick Brass, to explain how he really should be licensing some Oxford dictionaries (for a large amount of money). He seemed to agree and invited me to discuss this further in New York. I explained that I didn’t have cost of a ticket in my travel budget (OUP was severely strapped for cash at the time, hard to imagine today) and he agreed to pay for the ticket.

The following week I arrived in the Dictronics offices in New York to meet the four founders. They were Brass, an IT genius, a literary agent, and the intellectual whose job at the time was to compose electronic dunning letters for credit control departments. (“Please send us the money you owe, you are two months late, send us the money, send us the money or else, we’re coming to get you. etc.”)

The office was a bit New-York-shabby—I didn’t know then that shabby meant chic—but the enthusiasm of the team was infectious. They showed me one of their first products, a couple of floppy discs in a square white box. Strangely, the box seemed too big for the discs and they rattled around inside. They explained that the boxes were overstocks from another floor of the building in the business of packaging nylon stockings. Electronic publishing at its most economical.

We struck a deal for a substantial amount of money for the license. I believe it was for $600,000, all of which went to OUP’s bottom line as there were no external authors. That moment became my first real association with what we now call digital publishing.

As is the way of things Dictronics was sold and became Wang Electronic Publishing, which morphed into something else. The founders went their separate ways but not before this project gave me another memory.

I was invited to review the prototype, or “proof” in my publishing language, of the first electronic version of the Pocket Oxford Dictionary. It was essentially a crude spell-checker.

They explained how anything I typed in would be read by the software and matched against the dictionary word list. If there was no match the word would be highlighted as a misspelling and could be corrected. Pretty impressive at the time.

“‘Charkin’ is now included in your personal dictionary. It can be found between ‘charity’ and ‘charlatan.'”Richard Charkin

But there was more. They invited me to enter my name, Charkin. It was, of course, highlighted as a misprint. I could, however, press a key and ask for the word to be added to my personal dictionary so that it would be recognized as legitimate in future. I pressed the key. The computer whirred and came up with, “Charkin is now included in your personal dictionary. It can be found between charity and charlatan.”

Try another word they said.

I wondered whether in that puritanical American way they had bowdlerized the dictionary and had eliminated the traditional Anglo-Saxon words found in British dictionaries. I entered the most common four-letter word. Indeed it was shown as a misspelling. I entered it into my personal dictionary, the computer whirred and came up with, “F**k is now included in your personal dictionary. It can be found between frustration and fulfillment.”

Even software engineers have a sense of humor.

But back to today.

I don’t want to bore readers with a diatribe on the subject of Brexit.

As I’m in dictionary mode, the three words which best describe my view of what’s happening are sham, shame, and shambles.

I’d hoped that by the time this was published, we should have come to our senses.

Richard Charkin’s column runs on the morning after Parliament’s historically resounding defeat, 432 votes to 202, of Theresa May’s Brexit plan. The rejection of the May plan has prompted Labour to trigger a confidence vote. —Porter Anderson

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According to World Bank statistics for the year 2013, the economy of Greece is the 43rd largest by nominal gross domestic product at $242 billion[168] and 52nd largest by purchasing power parity (PPP) at $284 billion.[169] Additionally, Greece is the 15th largest economy in the 27-member European Union.[170] In terms of per capita income, Greece is ranked 38th or 40th in the world at $21,910 and $25,705 for nominal GDP and PPP respectively. The Greek economy is classified as advanced[171][172][173][174][175] and high-income.[176][174] Greece is a developed country with a high standard of living and a high ranking in the Human Development Index.[177][178][179] Its economy mainly comprises the service sector (85.0%) and industry (12.0%), while agriculture makes up 3.0% of the national economic output.[180] Important Greek industries include tourism (with 14.9 million[181] international tourists in 2009, it is ranked as the 7th most visited country in the European Union[181] and 16th in the world[181] by the United Nations World Tourism Organization) and merchant shipping (at 16.2%[182] of the world’s total capacity, the Greek merchant marine is the largest in the world[182]), while the country is also a considerable agricultural producer (including fisheries) within the union. Greek unemployment stood at 21.7% in April 2017.[183] The youth unemployment rate (42.3% in March 2018) is extremely high compared to EU standards.[184] With an economy larger than all the other Balkan economies combined, Greece is the largest economy inGreek unemployment stood at 21.7% in April 2017.[183] The youth unemployment rate (42.3% in March 2018) is extremely high compared to EU standards.[184] With an economy larger than all the other Balkan economies combined, Greece is the largest economy in the Balkans,[185][186][187] and an important regional investor.[185][186] Greece is the number-two foreign investor of capital in Albania, the number-three foreign investor in Bulgaria, at the top-three of foreign investors in Romania and Serbia and the most important trading partner and largest foreign investor of North Macedonia. Greek banks open a new branch somewhere in the Balkans on an almost weekly basis.[188][189][190] The Greek telecommunications company OTE has become a strong investor in Yugoslavia and other Balkan countries.[188] Greece was a founding member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). In 1979 the accession of the country in the European Communities and the single market was signed, and the process was completed in 1982. Greece was accepted into the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union on 19 June 2000, and in January 2001 adopted the Euro as its currency, replacing the Greek drachma at an exchange rate of 340.75 drachma to the Euro.[191] Greece is also a member of the International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization, and is ranked 24th on the KOF Globalization Index for 2013. Debt crisis (2010–2018) Main article: Greek government-debt crisis Greece’s debt percentage since 1977, compared to the average of the Eurozone The Greek economy had fared well for much of the 20th century, with high growth rates and low public debt[192]). For over 20 years, until 2007, it featured high rates of growth, which, however, were coupled with high structural deficits, thus maintaining a (roughly unchanged throughout this period) public debt to GDP ratio of just over 100% [192]. The Greek crisis was triggered by the turmoil of the 2007-2009 Great Recession, which lead the budget deficits of several Western nations to reach or exceed 10% of GDP [192]. What was exceptional for Greece, was that the high budget deficit (which, after several corrections and revisions, was revealed that it had been allowed to reach 10.2% and 15.1% of GDP in 2008 and 2009, respectively) was simultaneously coupled with a high public debt to GDP ratio (relatively stable, at just over 100% until 2007 – as calculated after all corrections). Thus, the country appeared to lose control of its public debt to GDP ratio, which already reached 127% of GDP in 2009 [193]. In addition, being a member of the Eurozone, the country had essentially no autonomous monetary policy flexibility. Finally, there was an effect of controversies about Greek statistics (due the aforementioned drastic budget deficit revisions which lead to an increase in the calculated value of the Greek public debt by about 10%, i.e., a public debt to GDP of about 100% until 2007), while there have been arguments about a possible effect of media reports. Consequently, Greece was “punished” by the markets which increased borrowing rates, making impossible for the country to finance its debt since early 2010. The above revisions were largely connected with the fact that in the years before the crisis Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, and numerous other banks had developed financial products which enabled the governments of Greece, Italy, and many other European countries to hide their borrowing.[194][195][196][197][198][199][200][201][202] Dozens of similar agreements were concluded across Europe whereby banks supplied cash in advance in exchange for future payments by the governments involved; in turn, the liabilities of the involved countries were “kept off the books”.[202][203][204][205][206][207] These conditions had enabled Greece as well as other European governments to spend beyond their means, while meeting the deficit targets set out in the Maastricht Treaty.[207][202][208] In May 2010, the Greece’s deficit was again revised and estimated to be 13.6%[209] which was the second highest in the world relative to GDP, with Iceland in first place at 15.7% and the United Kingdom in third with 12.6%.[210] Public debt was forecast, according to some estimates, to hit 120% of GDP in the same year,[211] causing a crisis of confidence in Greece’s ability pay back loans. http://bit.ly/2Ii2yFW