Why Manufacturing’s Technological Evolution Must Never End
Whether it’s focusing on streamlining businesses and processes through more efficient methods, or improving the safety and hygiene for the workers, innovation can be seen everywhere.
Technology supports the production lines of many industries, from pharmaceuticals and automotive to food and beverages. Not only it has been necessary to meet the economical demands that we’ve seen as a country to this point, but innovation will be needed to keep each industry progressing forward.
In this article, we’ll look at where technology has helped the manufacturing industry become an economic juggernaut, and what the future holds in the coming years.
Improving the efficiency of production
Efficient and effective processes are what every business aspires to, but in the world of manufacturing, hitting their targets for production is crucial.
Manual labor of workers throughout the United States has been the primary method of executing tasks and processes in warehouses and factories, but it’s been noted that it can influence both productivity and profits. As a result, robots and automation have been experimented with to add more efficiency to these processes.
While we may never see the end of the debate of humans versus robots, the Association for Advancing Automation revealed data that showed Q1 of 2022 saw 11,595 robots sold. This provided a huge increase in percentage sold compared to both the previous quarter and the quarter with the best figures.
Combined with how manufacturing output grew at a steady pace in Q2 of 2022, it could be linked to the increase in robots entering more industries could have had an impact in increasing productivity. However, with the number of issues to the supply chain caused by world events, there’s no guarantee that these robots were commissioned.
Industry leaders in manufacturing are taking the data available and strategizing how to use automation and robotics to continue to push their output and productivity levels. Alan Duncan, Senior Industry Strategy Director at Blue Yonder, had this to say: “The focus should be on machines autonomously running mundane, day-to-day tasks with people intervening based on experience and complementing the machine with strategic actions.
“Automation has evolved into having a greater focus on flexibility, scalability, and process adaptability, becoming a tool to optimize efficiency through manufacturers’ ability to adapt to demands,”
A greater focus on safety first
While the conversation rages on over whether humans or robots should be prioritized in the processes of warehouses and factories for heightened efficiency, robots benefit from the inability to get injured while on the job. Accidents can have a huge impact on processes in manufacturing being disrupted, and while workplace injury rates have dropped by 75% since 1972, there are still estimated to be around 2.8 million workplace accidents and non-fatal injuries throughout the country.
Safety tech has only improved over time, with advancements like radio-frequency identification sensors being introduced to not only manage and track inventory in the workspace, but also to inform the workers with proximity warnings should the workers enter areas that are deemed unsafe.
Emphasis on using robots and automation to eliminate situations where human workers are at a higher risk of injury or accident has been made within the industry. Some processes are naturally more dangerous either due to the machinery and work involved, but if this can be reduced it can help save lives.
The containment of equipment and making sure it is safe also carries importance; consider switches that control machinery and cables to avoid creating unnecessary hazards. This is why stainless steel enclosures and systems for cable management are implemented.
Having a surface made of a cleanable material like stainless steel streamlines maintenance processes in the workplace, as it can be washed down and cleaned while in place, and it is also safe from corrosion and possesses fire and heat-resistant qualities. Managing your cables means that they’re less of a tripping hazard for workers moving around the workplace, while also protecting cables from accidental damage that could lead to downtime.
Keep pushing innovation forward
When it comes to innovation and technology, manufacturing is no different to the other sectors. Progression is a necessity to make sure targets are being hit and output remains not just steady but thriving to achieve the goals of the industry from an economic standpoint.
With so many challenges over the past few years that have put halts and blockages in the supply chain, new methods of streamlining efficiency must be found to continue pushing forward.
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A blistering unbeaten half-century from Kolkata Knight Riders all-rounder Yusuf Pathan secured a five-wicket Indian Premier League victory over Royal Challengers Bangalore despite yet another classy innings from Virat Kohli.
Both sides had suffered back-to-back defeats before Sunday's match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium and it was two-time champions Kolkata who returned to form to go second in the table.
Lokesh Rahul and the prolific Kohli made 52 apiece as Royal Challengers posted 185-7, but Pathan clubbed 60 not out off only 29 balls and Andre Russell smashed a quickfire 39 after taking 1-24 as KKR got home with five balls to spare.
Chris Gayle (7) launched Morne Morkel for six but was out from the next ball on his return from paternity leave, but Rahul and Kohli combined for a 84-run stand for the second wicket in just 10 overs.
Rahul was the chief aggressor, flexing his muscles with great effect to clear the ropes twice and hit a further six boundaries in a rapid 32-ball knock before Piyush Chawla (2-32) got rid of the opener andAB de Villiers (4).
The impressive Morkel (2-28) struck again to dismiss Kohli, who has now made four-half centuries and one hundred in seven IPL innings, and Shane Watson (34 from 21) chipped in before Stuart Binnysmashed 16 from three balls in the last over.
Binny sent Robin Uthappa (1) on his way in the first over, but Pathan took charge after Gautam Gambhir (37) was dismissed and combined for a 96-run stand with Russell in only seven overs to set up the victory.
Pathan smashed three sixes, while West Indies all-rounder Russell launched four maximums in his 24-ball knock as Tabraiz Shamsi was taken for 51 from his four overs.


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RENTON, Wash. — Some members of the U.S. Coast Guard got the day off from patrolling the coast and inspecting foreign ships to spend Monday being a Seahawk, instead.
"I was a swimmer for 10 years," said Petty Officer Third Class Maggie Baehr. "So I'm definitely more confident in the water than on the land."
She and more than 50 other members of Coast Guard Seattle participated in USAA’s Salute to Service NFL Bootcamp following the Seahawks morning workout.
“I’m amped,” said Petty Officer Second Class Michael Bordas, who grew up a Seahawks fan. “Hopefully I don’t break a leg or something.”
The service members ran 40-yard dashes, found out who could throw a football the farthest and competed in what the NFL calls “The Gauntlet,” a drill that tests an athlete’s ability to throw, run, and catch.
“It was a great honor to be here,” said Baehr.
“To be involved, it’s one of the best experiences I’ve had in my life,” said Bordas.
In addition to running through the drills, many of the Seahawks signed balls, jerseys, and posters for the Coast Guard members.
“They’re the real heroes,” said quarterback Russell Wilson.

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Crocodile Classification and Evolution
Crocodiles are a standout amongst the most outstanding and fearsome creatures on the planet. Their amazing bodies, solid jaws and monstrous speed and nimbleness alongside their unparalleled stealth, has lead to them being one of the world's most summit predators in their regular habitats. Firmly identified with different crocodilians including gators, caimans, and gharials, crocodiles have changed next to no in a developmental sense in 200 million years. In contrast to other reptile species, crocodilians are archosaurs which is an antiquated gathering of reptiles that additionally included dinosaurs. In spite of the fact that dinosaurs ended up terminated 65 million years prior, crocodiles are thought to have endure so well after some time because of the way that they are so appropriate to their surroundings. Today, there are 13 distinctive crocodile species that are found occupying both new and saltwater situations all through North and South America, Africa, Asia and Australia. Their semi-oceanic nature has prompted them developing various key adjustments that enable them to endure so effectively in their regular habitats.
Crocodile Anatomy and Appearance
Crocodiles are enormous estimated reptiles with thick, flaky skin that is comprised of shielded, waterproof plates that both shields them from potential predators and furthermore keeps their bodies from drying out. These scales arrive in an assortment of hues from dull olive and green, to dark colored, grays and dark implying that they are in all respects effectively disguised in the encompassing water and vegetation. Like other crocodilian species, their eyes and nostrils are situated on the highest point of their wide head and nose so they can lay in hold up in the water with practically none of their bodies presented so as to all the more effectively trap prey. Their vertically straightened tails are gigantically solid and are utilized to drive them through the water, as in spite of the fact that they do have webbed feet, they don't utilize them to help them when swimming. So as to secure them in the water, crocodiles have an exceptional straightforward third eyelid which enables them to leave their eyes open yet keeps harm from the water. They additionally have outer folds that nearby off their ears and nostrils, and a unique respiratory framework that enables them to stay in the water for as long as five hours on end. Crocodiles go in size from the under 2 meter long smaller person crocodile to the 7 meter long estuarine crocodile (otherwise called the saltwater crocodile or "saltie"), which is the world's heaviest reptile weighing up to 1,000kg.
Crocodile Distribution and Habitat
Crocodiles are found in an assortment of wetland natural surroundings all through the hotter tropical waters in the southern Hemisphere. Their failure to inside manage their body temperature implies that they depend intensely on the sun to warm their bodies up after it being cooled by investing energy in the water. The American Crocodile is the biggest crocodilian species in North and South America and is found possessing freshwater streams and lakes, alongside saline beach front waters close estuaries and in tidal ponds from southern Florida, all through Central America and into northern pieces of South America. Over in Africa, the Nile Crocodile was once boundless in eastern and southern Africa yet are presently scarcer. They possess freshwater bogs, streams, lakes and mangrove swamps. The world's biggest and most broadly scattered crocodile species is the estuarine crocodile. These imposing reptilian monsters are found in waterway mouths and harsh marshes from the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean, crosswise over to and all through Southeast Asia and down into Australia.
Crocodile Behavior and Lifestyle
Similarly as different reptiles, crocodiles are not ready to manage their body temperature themselves and rather depend intensely on the warmth of the sun to warm their colossal bodies up. During the hot sunlight hours, they relax in the sun on the riverbanks warming their bodies up from a night of chasing. Littler species like the diminutive person crocodile (which is the least notable of the crocodile species) are likewise known to climb trees so as to lounge on the branches. Another way crocodiles can control their body temperature is by bouncing here and there in the water, warming in the sun superficially and chilling themselves off underneath it. Crocodiles are profoundly agreeable creatures that stay together in enormous, blended gatherings of grown-ups and adolescents. Notwithstanding, when the mating season starts, the guys become exceedingly regional and shield their stretch of waterway bank from interruption by contenders by raising their enormous heads high out of sight and thundering at gatecrashers. At the point when female Nile crocodiles are pulled in by these clamors, the guys start to whip their bodies around and even shoot water into the air from their noses.
Crocodile Reproduction and Life Cycles
In the wake of mating, the female crocodile lays between 17 (overshadow crocodiles) and 100 (Nile crocodiles) eggs in a home made up of soil and vegetation, for example, leaves, which keeps the eggs from ending up too cold should the home become overflowed during brooding. In regions inclined to flooding, they are additionally known to assemble home hills to raise the eggs out of the threat from rising waters. The brooding time frame is ordinarily around 3 months in length with hatchlings frequently rising to match with the start of the blustery season to keep their bodies from drying out. Regardless of their fearsome notoriety, female crocodiles are unbelievably minding moms and gatekeeper their homes wildly to shield them from predators until they are prepared to bring forth. When the hatchlings start to rise, the female crocodile at that point encourages them down to the water via conveying them in the throat pocket in her mouth. Strikingly the slender shelled, rough eggs of crocodiles (and in fact other progressively present day reptile species) was a developmental leap forward for some species as their defensive layer and waterproof nature implied that females could lay their eggs ashore as opposed to in water, even in the driest of spots, which means they could be better shielded from predators.
Crocodile Diet and Prey
Crocodiles are exceptionally predatory and imposing predators and at the highest point of the evolved way of life in their regular habitats. Their powerlessness to bite nourishment has prompted the improvement of snare chasing methods, and solid ground-breaking jaws with teeth that are utilized to destroy sustenance. Youthful crocodiles depend intensely on fish, shellfish, and little well evolved creatures, feathered creatures and reptiles, however as they become bigger they can take a lot greater prey animal categories including, deer, zebra and water wild ox. Crocodiles are regularly progressively dynamic during the night, with certain species being known to wander onto land to catch prey, animals and now and again, individuals. Because of their exceedingly agreeable nature, Nile crocodiles (which dominatingly feed on fish), are known to cooperate so as to cordon fish off in areas of waterway when they are moving. Catfish make up a huge bit of their normal weight control plans and by keeping their numbers under control, this enables little fish species to even now flourish. These fish (which would usually be immediately eaten by the bigger catfish) at that point give sustenance to more than 40 types of winged creature, that consequently treat the waters with their droppings and keep them rich with supplements so various creature species can keep on flourishing.
Crocodile Predators and Threats
Because of the enormous size and profoundly forceful nature of these peak predators, grown-up crocodiles include not many predators inside their indigenous habitats except for intermittent takings by huge felines, for example, lions, panthers and tigers. The littler and significantly more powerless adolescents in any case, are gone after by various creature species around the globe from wild pigs, pooches and enormous reptiles to feathered creatures of prey like birds. In spite of the fact that they are regular in specific regions, crocodiles are compromised all through quite a bit of their common reaches from chasing, living space misfortune and natural changes further down the evolved way of life due to overfishing or water contamination, which at that point affects them higher up the evolved way of life.
Crocodile Interesting Facts and Features
Albeit most crocodile species occupy freshwater areas, for example, bogs, waterways and lakes, there are various species that adventure into increasingly salty waters around the coasts. American crocodiles are frequently found in estuaries and tidal ponds near the shores however can manage the higher saltiness levels by drinking a lot of freshwater at whatever point conceivable, and by expelling salt from the body by emitting crocodiles tears through the organs all over. In times of dry season, they are additionally known to tunnel profound into the mud so as to prevent their bodies from drying out and won't eat anything until the water returns. On the opposite side of the world, estuarine crocodiles have been watched eating rocks found on the riverbeds. The procedure of this is thought to crush their sustenance, hence supporting absorption yet additionally goes about as a counterbalance to help with lightness while coasting on the outside of the water.
Crocodile Relationship with Humans
The connection among crocodiles and individuals has been a durable purpose of conflict for a great many years. Their profoundly forceful and incredible nature of assault on predators has brought about various human fatalities an on yearly premise, with certain individuals really having been chased by crocodiles just as in snare on the banks of the streams. Despite the fact that loss of life numbers are declining because of better instruction and nearby learning about the imposing idea of these colossal reptiles, around 1,000 passings are still evaluated to happen each year. Crocodiles everywhere throughout the world have likewise been intensely chased for their extreme, waterproof skins which are utilized in the production of garments including coats, packs and shoes. Crocodiles have likewise been influenced vigorously by expanding human action in numerous locales around the world, with the extension of settlements and an expansion in waterway traffic because of chasing, angling and the travel industry.
Crocodile Conservation Status and Life Today
Today, albeit some nearby populaces are believed to be steady, all through quite a bit of their common ranges the populace numbers for all crocodiles species are declining. Out of the 13 diverse crocodile species, 6 has been recorded as Least Concern, 2 have been recorded as Vulnerable and 5 have been recorded as Critically Endangered by the IUCN. Of these species, the Philippine crocodile is by a wide margin the most in danger with under 200 people evaluated to stay in nature.

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Ivermectin may help covid-19 patients—but only those with worms
An anti-parasitic drug, touted as a miracle cure, helped people get better, but only in places with lots of parasites
“YOU ARE not a horse. You are not a cow. Seriously, y’all. Stop it.” As the message from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implies, ivermectin—a drug used to treat parasites, including in horses and cows—has never become part of the standard of care for covid-19.
Many think it should be. At last count doctors in America prescribed more than 100,000 tablets of the drug a week, a 30-fold increase since 2019. Ivermectin’s advocates insist that there is solid science showing its efficacy. One website lists 67 papers on the subject. Could they all be wrong? Recent analysis suggests ivermectin probably does help one subset of covid patients: those also infected by the worms it was designed to fight.
Wading through the papers whose methodologies seemed sound (many were not), Avi Bitterman, a dermatologist, noticed that the studies that looked best for ivermectin clustered in regions with high rates of infections by strongyloides, parasitic worms. Common in Africa, Asia and Latin America, strongyloides can cause diarrhoea, fatigue and weight loss. They pose a graver threat only if their numbers grow out of control. Such “hyper-infection”, often fatal, becomes far more likely if a patient is receiving corticosteroids, which suppress the immune system and may make female worms more fertile. Dexamethasone, a corticosteroid, is now a standard treatment for severe covid-19.
Building on observations by David Boulware, a professor of medicine at the University of Minnesota, Dr Bitterman concluded that strongyloides may account for the conflicting results of studies about the effectiveness of ivermectin as a covid treatment. In trials conducted where the parasites are common, many people could have both covid and worm infections. Covid-19 might have weakened their defences against the worms; treating the coronavirus with corticosteroids would let the parasites run wild.
“Ivermectin doesn’t treat covid,” Dr Bitterman wrote. “It treats parasites (shocker) that kill people when they get steroids that treat covid.”
In July 2020 a group of doctors argued in the Journal of the American Medical Association that it was “reasonable to consider presumptive treatment with ivermectin for moderate- to high-risk patients not previously tested or treated for strongyloides”, and said that the risk of infection by the worms should be “based on factors such as country of origin and long-term residence”. The World Health Organisation also recommends ivermectin in this context.
But most people in rich Western countries like America do not fit this description. For treating covid-19 patients who have never been to places with widespread strongyloides, this evidence suggests that doctors, and the FDA, should not recommend ivermectin.
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July 14th - August 26th, 2012
UNFINISHED BUSINESS 25 Years of Discourse in Los Angeles
July 14th to August 26th
Friday, Saturday & Sunday — 12-5PM
The Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design announces a major retrospective exhibition: UNFINISHED BUSINESS – 25 Years of Discourse in Los Angeles, running from July 13th through August 26th, 2012 at the WUHO Gallery in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design has been at the center of the city’s architectural discourse since 1987. Through each decade – the scrappy 1980s, the experimental 1990s, and the booming 2000s – the Forum has vigorously interrogated the culture of architecture and urban design in Los Angeles. Although geographically positioned on the far edge of the continent, the organization nonetheless impacts the discipline at large: Forum events and programming routinely introduce emerging talent; issues of contemporary design are captured in its exhibitions; and its publications and competitions speculate on urbanism and often challenge the conventions of what architecture means in L.A. The retrospective Unfinished Business unpacks the organization’s archive, revisiting a history of commentary and debate. In looking backward, the exhibition finds within the Forum’s history the architectural questions, urban design conversation starters, and critical loose ends that are just as relevant now as they were over the past quarter century. Unfinished Business doesn’t come to any fixed conclusion, but opens up a rich and potentially provocative dialogue.
July 13th-14th, 2012: Opening weekend, including panel discussions and other events.
Friday, July 13th, 2012 VIP reception/opening preview (by invitation only)
Saturday, July 14th, 2012
2pm: Afternoon panel discussions
6-9pm: opening night
August 24th-26th, 2012: Closing weekend LA Forum Events @ WUHO Woodbury University Hollywood 6518 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90028 2012 Unfinished Business programming includes the On The Map building-tour series in June/July, the LA Forum’s 6th annual Pecha-Kucha Femmes Fatales in July, and the Out There Doing Itlecture series in October/November, and other events.
Panel Discussions Participants
2:00 pm Panel discussion 1: Publishing as Practice
Aaron Betsky, Joe Day, Tim Durfee, John Dutton, Todd Gannon Moderated by John Southern
4pm Panel discussion 2: Unfinished Business
Barbara Bestor, Aaron Betsky, Thurman Grant, Craig Hodgetts, Christian Hubert, Kimberli Meyer Moderated by Mimi Zeiger with a reading of “Swimming to Suburbia” by Craig Hodgetts
Unfinished Business has been made possible thanks to California Arts Council, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Mak Center for Art and Architecture, National Endowment for the Arts, Southern California Institute of Architecture, Woodbury University School of Architecture, Abby Sher, Joe Day and Nina Hachigian, John Friedman Alice Kimm Architects, Johnson Fain, Mohamed and Rehana Sharif, Pamela Burton & Company, Merry Norris Contemporary Art, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP, Suisman Urban Design, Warren Techentin Architecture Premiere Media Sponsor: California Home + Design, Media Sponsors: Archinect; The Architect’s Newspaper
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BEREA, Ohio -- Larry Ogunjobi was one of the few guys new Browns defensive line coach Chris Kiffin got to meet before the Browns’ facility shut down along with the rest of the NFL’s facilities due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“From the day I met him, I could just tell how hungry he is, how eager he is and that he wants to be great,” Kiffin said on Tuesday on a Zoom call before the Browns took the field for practice. “He is chasing greatness.”
He’s also chasing a payday. Ogunjobi is going into his fourth season, the final year on his rookie contract, meaning free agency is waiting on the other side for the 2017 third-round pick.
Kiffin stressed repeatedly it’s a process for Ogunjobi in his development, but he doesn’t see why his young tackle can’t become a player who gets better year-by-year and puts in eight, ten, twelve years in the league.
“He has all the intangibles,” Kiffin said. “He has the tools, the athletic ability, the skillset and the strength.”
The early story on Ogunjobi’s career is flashes of the kind of greatness Kiffin thinks he can help unlock. There are moments where he simply overpowers the man in front of him and makes a play. The key for Ogunjobi, now, is consistency.
“We have to help him rush the passer on third down, teach him some moves and make him a three-down player that can dominate,” Kiffin said, “not just be good, that can dominate in this league.”
Kiffin said he doesn’t talk contracts with players. It’s his job to just get guys better. It’s what he wants to do with his newly-inherited man in the middle.
“He sees all those other guys getting all the accolades as far as top defensive tackles in the league,” Kiffin said, “and he wants to put himself up there.”
Jordan Elliott isn’t wasting time
Kiffin also had high praise for rookie defensive tackle Jordan Elliott, a third-round pick by the Browns in April’s draft.
“He is a big, athletic defensive tackle,” Kiffin said. “He can move. He has great short-area quickness. Those are the things you look for in the draft, and our guys did a phenomenal job of identifying him as a guy that would fit in our system and also as a guy that that is hungry to be great, just like I was talking about Larry.”
Kiffin said Elliott wasn’t looking to waste any of the extra time the Browns got with their rookies at the start of camp.
“I said, ‘Look we got a lot of time to get these reps in,’ and he said, ‘We can’t waste any time right now,’” Kiffin said. “He is always trying to get it in. He is asking the right questions. He is a guy that we are very excited about, and he is talented enough to get in there and play right away.”
Andrew Billings opting out put a dent in the Browns’ defensive tackle rotation. Billings was expected to be a big piece of the Browns’ four-man rotation on the inside of the line.
When a player isn’t there, it creates opportunity, and Kiffin is preaching about it to his players.
“I told these guys this morning, (DTs) Eli Ankou and Daniel Ekuale, that the competition is open,” Kiffin said. “You have to go get this thing. Iron sharpens iron, and this is going to be a heated competition. I told those guys. We just used a third-round pick on Jordan. We are looking for that fourth defensive tackle that is going to come in, play with his hair on fire and create plays. Rent is due every single practice.”
The veteran impresses
He has been impressed with veteran pass rusher Olivier Vernon, who has been working on Myles Garrett’s side of the line while Garrett works back from a hamstring injury.
“OV has been great,” Kiffin said. “I have really enjoyed working with him. All offseason, he had 100 percent attendance. He didn’t miss a day. Right from the get-go, I was able to really start developing a relationship, even though it was virtual, but being able to earn his trust as a coach.”
Garrett getting close
On Garrett and getting him back healthy: “He is just a couple days away so he is going to be out there with us really soon. The main thing for him right now is we did not have an offseason for all of these guys. It was all virtual as far as learning the new system, learning the new scheme and learning how we are going to play up front. For him, it has been all mental here, so to say, with all these walkthroughs, meetings and doing what he can do. That is what he has been focusing on right now. Once we get him in back to full speed out there, then we can put it into action and go from there.”
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Distance from South Korea to Pitcairn
Distance from South Korea to Pitcairn is 12,762 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 7,930 miles.
The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between South Korea and Pitcairn is 12,762 km= 7,930 miles.
If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from South Korea to Pitcairn, It takes 14.16 hours to arrive.
|GPS Coordinates (DMS)||35° 54´ 27.9360'' N |
127° 46´ 0.9120'' E
South Korea Distances to Countries
|Distance from South Korea to New Caledonia||7,468 km|
|Distance from South Korea to Netherlands Antilles||14,407 km|
|Distance from South Korea to Lithuania||7,590 km|
|GPS Coordinates||24° 22´ 36.3000'' S |
128° 19´ 27.2280'' W
Pitcairn Distances to Countries
|Distance from Liberia to Pitcairn||13,223 km|
|Distance from Pitcairn to Tajikistan||17,568 km|
|Distance from Montenegro to Pitcairn||16,428 km|

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Mandatory KYC only on purchase of jewellery worth over Rs 2 lakh
Department of Revenue (DoR), Ministry of Finance has said any purchase of gold, silver jewellery, or precious gems and stones below Rs 2 lakh does not require KYC document.
By Aishwarya Paliwal: Any purchase of gold, silver jewellery, or gems and stones below Rs 2 lakh does not require PAN or Aadhaar of the customer as a mandatory Know Your Customer (KYC) document.
Sources in the Department of Revenue (DoR) said the recent notification issued under PML Act, 2002, on December 28, 2020, is a requirement of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
Dealers of precious metals and stones need to carry KYC and customer due diligence only when they conduct cash transactions above Rs 10 lakh.
KYC & customer due diligence is a requirement of FATF - the global money laundering and terrorist financing overseer.
FATF is an inter-governmental body of international standards aimed to prevent illegal activities on terror funding and money laundering. India has been a member of FATF since 2010.
The clarification came after news of KYC requirement on any purchase of gold, silver, jewellery, or precious gems and stones below Rs 2 lakh in cash was circulated on various platforms.
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When the European Commission tabled its proposal for the first CO2 emission standards for passenger cars in 2007, the idea of electrifying the car fleet seemed far away. Although the first Tesla roadster had already been built, its impact was yet to be felt. And should anyone have suggested that the entire transport sector – nay, the economy as a whole – was going to have to be completely decarbonized, they would have been laughed at. That is why the proposal on CO2 from cars came to be drafted with a combustion-powered car fleet in mind. Electric vehicles were an afterthought – a theoretical concept, to be dealt with at some later stage. They were counted as zero-emission cars, not only because that is what they are within the scope of the legislation1, but also because there was neither time nor motivation to think about them more deeply. Thirteen years on, and two revisions of the legislation later, that fundamental design principle remains unchanged. And that is starting to be a problem.
The electric chickens are coming home to roost. The problem is that combustion cars and electric cars are very different things when it comes to emissions. The legislation limits the average emissions of all cars taken together, both combustion cars and zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). This gives a lot of slack to the combustion cars. For each ZEV that a manufacturer sells, they can sell a combustion car that emits twice the manufacturer’s emissions target while still complying with the legislation. Looking at all the vehicles together that a manufacturer sells in a year, a share of 5% of ZEVs allows the other 95% of combustion cars to emit 5% more on average than the target. For 10% of ZEVs, that surplus rises to 11%. For higher shares of ZEVs (and they will have to rise to 100% at some point) this effect becomes large2, as shown in the table.
As the share of ZEVs approaches 100%, the emission levels of combustion cars go through the roof. This does not mean that the emissions of the real cars will actually rise to such humungous levels. But they will be allowed to, while still being in compliance with the legislation, so in practice they will no longer be constrained in their emissions. That is the opposite of what the legislation intends: the limit values for CO2 are going down all the time. Let us explore how this could play out in the coming years.
There is no way but down – at least that’s the intention. The original legislation3 laid down the limit value of 130 grams of CO2 per kilometer (g/km) from 20124, but it already specified a further stage of 95 g/km from 20205. A subsequent review resulted in two further reduction steps, first in the year 2025 by 15% compared to the 2021 value, and then in the year 2030 by 37,5% compared to the 2021 value. That last reduction looks really tough. Not long after it was agreed in December 2018, Volkswagen announced that it would convert its entire offering in the light-duty vehicle sector to electric drive in the coming years. Other manufacturers were less unambiguous but they also started to prepare for a fundamental shift in the drive technology that will power their vehicles in the future, away from combustion engines.
The dark line in the graph illustrates the downward staircase of limit values in the coming years. Readers familiar with the subject will notice that I have conveniently continued using today’s metric for the CO2 emission level of a car. In reality, the measuring process underlying this value is currently being changed6 which will make the CO2 values more realistic and thus, higher. This procedural change is the reason why the new standards for 2025 and 2030 have only been expressed as percentage reductions from 2021: the absolute values will only be known once the 2021 values under the new test method are available.
To get around this technical complication, let us look instead at the real-world emissions of the vehicles. Those aren’t so well-defined, but consistent evidence shows that they are higher than the test values, and that this discrepancy has been growing over time7. Because of the increasing legal pressure to reduce emissions, I am assuming that from now on it will not grow any further from the level of 40% above the results of the old NEDC test. But I’m not assuming that it will shrink either, see the blue dashed line in the graph above. Once the new WLTP test procedure is being applied, the official test results, and hence the limit values, will be higher by maybe 20 or 30 per cent. Since WLTP values are more realistic than those under the NEDC, their discrepancy to the real emissions will shrink, but it is unlikely to shrink to zero8. For simplicity, let’s just assume that the real emissions will remain at the level of NEDC plus 40%. That’s unlikely to be exact, but good enough for our subsequent line of reasoning.
The next graph shows what this means. The NEDC fleet average values, shown in brown, are the actual values from the official monitoring until 2018. After that I am assuming that the manufacturers will do just enough to meet the limit values, and that two years before each tightening they start adapting their new cars to the next level. The corresponding real-world emission levels are shown by the blue line.
You ain’t seen nothin’ yet. Given where we are today these reductions look pretty tough. And yet, bigger changes are afoot as a consequence of the Paris climate conference in 2015 that established the goal of holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C. It took a while for the implications of that agreement to trickle through. By now it is widely recognised that to reach this goal, the industrialised countries will have to become CO2 neutral by 2050 at the latest. The new President of the European Commission, Ms von der Leyen, placed this objective at the heart of her European Green Deal9 and it was endorsed by the EU heads of state and government on 13 December 2019.
Let’s see what this means for cars. By the year 2050, the entire fleet of cars on the road will have to be emission-free. Since cars last on average about 14 years, the last combustion car10 will have to be sold sometime around 2036 – or sooner since some cars reach a higher age. As a consequence, we have to insert another step in the limit value staircase, a limit value like no other: zero. In the graph I’ve chosen the year 2035 for this cliff edge because the resulting emissions of the whole car fleet11 then become zero slightly before the target year of 2050, as shown by the green dashed curve.
This gives us a taste of what may be in store at the next review of the Regulation on CO2 from cars that will be proposed already in June 2021, according to the European Green Deal. One could imagine that it was graphs such as this that persuaded the car makers that there really was no way around the electrification of the drive train. Plus, they need it much earlier than the 2030’s, and not just because of the Chinese policy on zero emission cars12. Already the first step of tightening the standards to 95 g/km this year and next is expected to require a sizeable level of electrification13. For those of us who want to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from transport, this is welcome because it signals that the technical requirements for a full decarbonisation of the sector are now really being developed. However, if the format of the legislation remains unchanged it will have unwanted side effects.
A license for gas guzzlers. One of these unwanted effects is that rising shares of ZEVs mean rising permitted emission levels for combustion cars, as outlined in the beginning. The next graph investigates the degree of that, looking at three different speeds of penetration of ZEVs. Case 1 is a linear rise in the share of ZEVs, from around zero in 2017 to 100% in 2035. Case 2 is a progressive rise, starting somewhat more slowly and then building up until again hitting 100% in 2035. Some people have indicated that the switch to full electrification might have to happen much earlier14, not least because there are also political targets to meet for the year 203015. Case 3 therefore rises in a progressive fashion to hit 100% already in the year 2030.
The consequences for the emissions of combustion-driven cars are shown in the graph. Compare these to the dark line that indicates compliance of the whole car fleet with the legislation as estimated above. Don’t get hung up on the exact assumptions that produced this particular shape for indicating compliance. What matters is that in each case considered, the average emissions of the combustion cars are allowed to be substantially higher, yet in all cases the legislation is respected. The reality may turn out to be somewhere between these curves. If so, the coming years wouldn’t see much reduction at all in the CO2 emission levels of new combustion-driven cars. In other words, as the share of electric cars rises the legislation turns into a license to build gas guzzlers.
And that’s before we have even considered two features in the legislation that are meant to support the market introduction of zero and low-emitting vehicles (ZLEVs)16. For this simple analysis I have ignored them because they would require detailed assumptions about who sells what. In reality they will push the allowed emissions of combustion cars still higher.
Does this mean we should stop introducing electric vehicles? Noooo! Of course we need zero emission vehicles, the more and the earlier the better. What it means is that the legislation needs to be adapted in order to avoid this side-effect of the electrification that nobody ever wanted.
Does it matter? Some may argue that this is not a bug but a feature: from the start, the policy deliberately allowed cars with very different emission levels in order to ensure that all manufacturers could comply, and because for the climate it only matters what the fleet as a whole emits17. It’s true that the average emissions, taken over all new vehicles sold in a year, respect the legislation in each of the examples shown. For the industry this is convenient because it allows them to sell more high-emitting conventional cars such as SUVs with higher profit margins which makes it easier to finance the transition towards electrification. Some companies have explicitly made the enhanced sale of SUVs part of their strategy. But the net effect is still that combustion-driven cars are allowed to emit more CO2 than otherwise which has never been the intention. And there is a big risk concerning public perception, not least because SUVs have been shown to be a major factor in the increasing emissions of the transport sector worldwide18.
Another scandal in the making? To an outsider, the falling limit value curve would suggest that cars are getting more efficient and lower-emitting over time, and I have no doubt that this is what the public will expect to see as a result. It was most certainly the understanding of the lawmakers who adopted the legislation. Instead, there is a risk that we may see the opposite as described. This is reminiscent of what happened with the standards for nitrogen oxide emissions (NOx) from diesel cars. They were tightened in successive stages, from Euro 1 through to Euro 6, with each stage painstakingly and controversially negotiated. Each time lawmakers thought they had tightened the standards, yet the nitrogen oxide emissions from diesel vehicles did not match that decline in reality19. I know – we can’t really compare these cases because there was also criminal misconduct involved in the diesel scandal. But the scandal also brought to light what only the experts knew until then: that a lot of the discrepancy between the laboratory tests and the emissions in the real world was legal. This was because of an obscure and complicated test procedure with lots of flexibilities and loopholes. It undermined trust in the ability of legislators to regulate the environmental performance of big companies. While it may have been good for the balance sheets of those companies in the short term, it also cost them a lot of public trust.
As illustrated above, the allowed emission surplus for combustion cars is quickly becoming excessive as the share of zero emission cars increases. We cannot assume that the public would miss this, which raises the spectre of another public backlash at a time when the industry is still reeling from the diesel scandal and in need of rebuilding its credibility. It would send a very strange signal if the legislation continued to allow the car sector to emit more in order to emit less.
A way forward: supplementary standards. The key provision in the legislation is the limit value on the average emissions taken over the whole fleet of a manufacturer. It incentivizes the market introduction of zero emitting vehicles which relaxes the standard for the combustion cars. What is missing are safeguards to prevent this effect from getting out of hand. One way of achieving this could be in the form of supplementary requirements that apply separately to the average emissions of each subgroup of vehicles. Those vehicles that actually emit CO2 would be subject to some form of supplementary CO2 limit value. This would preserve manufacturers’ flexibility to sell a wide range of different vehicles while preventing excessive emissions. Zero emission vehicles, for their part, could be subjected to efficiency rules with a stringency similar to that implied in the CO2 limits for the combustion vehicles20, as I have argued earlier.
Conclusion. With electric cars poised to enter the car market in substantial numbers, it becomes clear that the current way of legislating the CO2 emissions of light-duty vehicles has a weakness as regards the emissions of combustion cars21. The European Green Deal has advanced the revision of the Regulation to June 2021. That comes just in time. Introducing a supplementary level of regulating combustion-powered vehicles and zero emission vehicles, in addition to the established fleet average standard, could offer a chance to make each category more efficient in itself. This could help to avoid a surge in high-emitting vehicles that would undermine public trust further and lead to unnecessary emissions, while zero emission vehicles would also start to see efficiency requirements.


December 16th, 2012– A day that will forever be remembered in Indian history as a 23-year old medical student was gang-raped, assaulted, and thrown out of a moving bus. This atrocious incident has taken the country by storm, and international celebrity and actress Sherlyn Chopra extended her support to the victim by lighting a candle and saying a little prayer for her on Christmas.
“I am deeply saddened by what happened to the victim in Delhi, I am hoping for a miraculous recovery for the brave young girl. I also wish that her family has the courage to sail through the tough times.”
Sherlyn decided not to celebrate Christmas this year, wearing black to symbolize a mark of protest against the absence of humanity and justice. She’s created quite a movement by making her followers conscious about the situation on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook. Women safety should be on top priority according to Sherlyn, suggesting that security should be tightened for public transport services and the government should be in a proactive rather than reactive mode.
Even though the innocent girl has passed away, Sherlyn and others continue to fight against the injustice, hoping that an incident like this is never repeated again.


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The National Council for Art and Culture (NCAC) has appealed to lawmakers to empower the council with a legal framework to put an end to nudity displays and activities of crossdressers in the country.
NCAC Director General, Segun Runsewe, who made the appeal on Tuesday during an investigative hearing by an ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives, explained that a legislative framework granted by the House would empower the council to sanction Big Brother Naija organisers for nudity displayed on the show and as well to prosecute crossdressers in the country.
There is a bill in the House seeking to amend the Same-Sex (Prohibition) Act to prohibit cross-dressing in Nigeria. The amendment, sponsored by Muda Umar (APC, Bauchi), seeks to amend sections 4 and 5 of the principal act.
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The bill proposes that "A person engaging in cross-dressing is guilty of an offence and liable to imprisonment of six months or a fine of five hundred thousand naira."
Speaking before the lawmakers, Runsewe said, “I am the first person who took Big Brother Nigeria to the NBC to report them and Big Brother (organisers) tried to reach me and I told them that if the culture in other parts of the world is to be naked - nudity, they should not bring it to Nigeria because our culture is rich and it respects the integrity of our country.”
Reacting to the request, Alex Egbonna, lawmaker (PDP, Cross-River), complained that Runsewe’s past intervention had not stopped the display of nudes on the show.
Responding to the observation by the lawmaker, Runsewe said, “this honourable house just needs to empower us with just a legal framework and that nonsense will stop.”
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Orange you glad you’re French? That’s what the people at Orange, the world’s fifth largest telecom operator, must be saying after entering into a three-year partnership to provide punters with internet, mobile and TV access to France’s state-owned Française des Jeux sports betting and lottery services. Read more.
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¨Two big tapestries hang from the walls of Mo de Movimiento, the latest project by the designer and artist Lucas Muñoz. These are half of the four that will hang one day here. They have been hand tufted by Inés Sistiaga, textile Spanish artist and designer, who also collaborated with Lucas in other textile areas of the project.
The concept of these almost 9m2 panels works around the translation of narratives and data produced during the construction of the space. One represents a doodle thick line which trace can be read as the history of encounters and relevant challenges and decisions that took place during the project’s development. The other one, hanging today, is a cloud of small rectangles, each of them representing a person that has been related to the process of creation of this project; here, builders, plumbers, electricians are represented together with designers, owners, architects or advisers. The two textile panels that are yet to be tufted, will translate the social and material footprint of the project, and the relative distances of all food suppliers.¨
Hand tufted in the studio with natural dyed Dutch sheep’s wool. Finished with “Latxa” wool from the Basque country in Spain.


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In an exciting strengthening of Greenpower’s international reach, we are pleased to welcome Greenpower Iberia as our newest licensee.
Launched by the Kid’s Kitcar Education Association, Greenpower Iberia has been our official partner in Spain and Portugal since 2016. The design-build-race challenge resonated strongly with local schools in the Basque region which now organise events on their own premises, as well as negotiating access for urban race events with their respective councils. In the Cartagena region, the initiative has been supported financially by the local university, which purchased nine kit cars for secondary schools and technical colleges.
Greenpower Iberia now has over 50 teams across Spain, including Valencia, Asturias, Catalunya, Valladolid and Madrid. In Portugal, the PSEM team of Instituto Superior Tecnico in Lisbon has enjoyed huge success since its first foray with the Greenpower challenge in 2013 and recently started a second team.
Our international network boasts a growing number of teams participating in our events in countries including the USA, China, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Poland, as well as Spain and Portugal.
CEO of Greenpower, Paul van Veggel, said: “We’re thrilled to confirm Greenpower Iberia as our official licensee in Spain and Portugal. Despite the difficult moment in time that affects us all, Greenpower continues to grow. Our mission to inspire more young people into STEM is critically important in this current climate and it speaks volumes that our partners and licensees are continuing – and expanding – their commitment to this.”
Vice-Chair of Greenpower Iberia, Paul Riley expressed how it has been a very interesting learning process for us all, adapting the implementation of the Greenpower activities to different regions of Iberia, each with their own barriers. The 2019 season marked a big step forward for all participating teams with official race circuits, such as that of Navarra, incorporating Greenpower events into their annual race calendars. Interest is been shown in many new regions of Iberia with the implementation being far easier with experience from such a diverse range of real case scenarios behind us, all with the evidence of the motivation it produces, not just students, but also teachers and parents.


7 Essays To Read: Social Media As Obituaries, Selfie Sticks, And Shaving Your Legs
This week, Stacia L. Brown wrote about stalking the Facebook pages of black teens who have died at the hands of white cops. Read that and other essays from
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After an antiabortion organization released a video purporting to show Planned Parenthood's mishandling of aborted fetal tissue, the man behind the sting, David Daleiden, asked whether Planned Parenthood's president knew how abortions work. In response, writer Rebecca Traister penned a piece criticizing Daleiden's tactics and presumption that he could educate women on the grotesqueries of termination. "We know about babies, and many of us also love them ... and, yes, we know that those bitty features develop while the fetus is inside us," she writes. "We also know the physical, economic, and emotional costs of raising those children outside our wombs." Read Traister's essay at . The Cut
When a person of color is gunned down by white authorities, Stacia L. Brown turns immediately to social media, tracking down the young victims' accounts within hours of the first report. For BuzzFeed Ideas, she explains why she Facebook-stalks dead black teenagers like 19-year-old Christian Taylor. Simply put, "the social media feeds of young people of color are auto-obituaries — and a corrective to the news narratives of black lives." Read her essay at BuzzFeed Ideas.
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Throughout most of Judnick Mayard's life, people have tried telling her what not to get inked onto her body. Whereas people are now more liberal with the idea of tattoos, they're still conservative when it comes to the content. But that has never stopped Mayard from getting whatever tattoos she wants. "When I die, I will not be erased," she writes in a piece for The Muse. "The story of my life will be etched on my skin and they’ll remember that I lived as a real person and those who sought to quiet me, to quiet us: Fuck Them All." Read her essay here.
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In the aftermath of Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale's split, tabloids have pushed a misogynistic narrative, blaming the divorce on Gwen's success. For Grantland, Molly Lambert reflects on the high-profile relationships of Gwen, Nicki Minaj, and Jennifer Garner and points out a dilemma every powerful woman faces. “Just as men are expected to be emasculated by successful women, women are expected to seek out a man whom they can stand behind dutifully while he takes the spotlight," Lambert writes. Read the entire essay at . Grantland
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The moment Nell Frizzell's father found out she'd shaved her legs for the first time is one that still resonates with her today. It was then that she realized her body was a weapon and political background that others would try to control. "I was conceding to the patriarchal bullshit that said my body needed fixing," she writes in a Guardian essay. "I was buying into the idea that women should deny they’re mammals. That we should mark ourselves out from men by being hairless." Read it at . The Guardian
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Cecil the lion's death has sparked an outrage — one Summer Anne Burton has felt her whole life — but there's something puzzling about people's outrage, too. For BuzzFeed Ideas, Burton asks why we feel so deeply for a lion and not for other creatures or fellow humans. "If you’re publicly mourning Cecil but you aren’t moved by the big game trophy hunting that happens everywhere, or the atrocious human rights violations taking place in other countries, or by police officers who shoot unarmed and nonviolent teenagers, it becomes fair to ask: Why now? Why this life?" Read it at BuzzFeed Ideas.
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Intrusive and tacky, selfie sticks (and, by extension, selfies) are frowned upon for a reason. For the New York Times, Kate Murphy writes about all things regarding the selfie. What does it mean that people are obsessed with looking at and documenting themselves? Are we narcissists? Are we dying for gratification? Read Murphy's piece at the . New York Times
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North Berwick in Bloom have entered a pallet garden in every one of the 15 years of the event. This year their Now the war is over pallet demonstrated how wild flowers, including the well-known red poppies, had begun to cover over the battlefields by the spring of 1919. The garden also acknowledged the contribution of thousands of horses, dogs and carrier pigeons to the British forces. Most never came home.


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The company was founded by our father in 1966, however it is from many generations that my family is involved with agriculture. Since when I was just a kid, I have been raised to continue the family tradition, probably they had great expectation on me because I was the first born and the only boy. Despite my young age, I realised pretty quickly that this job was very frustrating not only because of the unpredictability of weather conditions but also as a result of the food industry and its overwhelming power that did not allowed us to have a fair return to our hard work.
Probably this was the main reason has driven me away from the family business. So, after my studies I started to do something completely different. However, destiny always finds its own way to reach you. In fact, after my father’s death I had to restarted looking after our small company.
Nowadays, I am proud to say that I am a successful farmer who processes and sells in a short supply chain everything he produces on field.
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A mixture of about 700 varieties of ancient durum wheat coming from the mixture of prof. Salvatore Ceccarelli.
We have chosen to sow this mixture of prof. Salvatore Ceccarelli because it allows us to produce in a sustainable way.
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The roller technology allows us not to heat the wheat and to maintain all the nutritional characteristics.
The re-milled semolina of ancient durum wheat is a product designed for all types of homemade pasta; it is also used in leavened preparations, such as bread and focaccia or pizza, to which it gives a beautiful golden colour and high digestibility. Being our natural flours and thanks to the presence of the VIVO wheat germ, the doughs need less salt (about 20 gr. Per kg) and less yeast (0.4%).
TYPES OF MIXTURES AND PROCESSING INDICATED Dough leavened with direct and indirect method, both with beer yeast and mother yeast. Thanks to the variety, quality and presence of fibres, enzymes and mineral salts naturally present in the grain of wheat, our flour adapt to any type of production process.
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Being as dramatic as one can get, Lady Gaga stepped up her red carpet game by a thousand at the soiree. Leaving everyone gaping at her stint, Gaga wore not one, not two, but four Brandon Maxwell outfits at the red carpet, while she gave us a mini-cinematic experience on her arrival.
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Ukadiche Modak is a melt in mouth sweet dumpling made by steaming rice flour dough filled with coconut & jaggery. Ukadiche Modak is traditionally made at homes on Ganesh Chaturthi & special occasions. Ukadiche Modak Recipe is presented in this post with step by step pictures and video.
Ukadiche Modak is also relished as an anytime snack that fills the heart and as well as tummy. Ukadiche Modak is a healthy snack compared to the store bought packed & junk foods.
ABOUT UKADICHE MODAK
Ukadiche in Marathi means “steamed” – steaming rice flour dough with grated coconut blend with jaggery & nuts as filling – Hence the name Ukadiche Modak. In fact, momos are the eastern world version of Adiche Modak made with maida / refined wheat flour.
In the making of Ukadiche Modak, firstly, we make the filling by sauteing grated coconut with powdered jaggery, ghee nuts and flavours. Secondly, we make the dough by mixing hot water, salt and rice flour. Thirdly, the dough is shaped with or without mould, and stuffed with sweet filling. Finally it is steamed & then garnished with saffron milk or ghee before serving.
WHAT TYPE OF COOKWARE IS BEST FOR THIS?
Use any flat thick bottomed cookware which works best. For steamer you can use your idli steamer. I have used my Stahl stockpot cook & serve for making the filling and dough and my favourite Stahl Clasp on Cooker for steaming the modaks.
UKADICHE MODAK ON GANESH CHATURTHI
Ukadiche Modak is offered to Lord Ganesha in Neivaidhyam (pooja) and then consumed & shared with friends and neighbours. Ukadiche Modak is commonly offered as Prasad in Ganesh Temples on Ganesh Chaturthi.
SECRET FOR TASTY UKADICHE MODAK
Looks can be deceiving! Ukadiche Modak is shaped with a mould or with hand. The secret to tasty Ukadiche Modak is by moulding the modak with hand – as shaping with hand yield thinner outer cover so that juicy sweet inner filling makes the most of Modak. It takes about 2 to 3 times to get to the near perfect shape but after that it is a bliss for making & tasting! However, for a perfect shape, size and for sharing portions, you can make the Ukadiche Modak with mould. When mould is used, make sure to make a thin outer covering.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Servings: 10 Modaks
Amount per Serving (50 g)
Calories: 105 | Calories from Fat: 27
Saturated Fat: 2g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g
Monounsaturated Fat: 1g
Vitamin A: 1IU
Vitamin C: 0.2mg
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For the Coconut Stuffing:
PREPARING COCONUT JAGGERY FILLING
1. Heat 1 tsp ghee in a pan.
2. Add 1 cup grated coconut.
3. Sauté for few mins, do not let the colour change.
4. Then add 1 cup powdered jaggery to it.
5. Mix well and cook for few mins until jaggery melts completely.
6. Add 10 nos. cashews broken and 1/4 tsp cardamom powder.
7. Mix it well. Cook until it is slightly thick but moist not dry.
8. Mix well and switch off.
PREPARING RICE FLOUR DOUGH
9. Add 1 cup water, add 1 tsp ghee and salt to taste. Boil it.
10. Simmer and add 1 cup flour to it.
11. Mix well until no dry flour is seen.
12. Switch off, keep covered and let it rest.
13. Then open after 5 mins, when it is still warm enough to handle transfer to a bowl.
14. When it’s warm to handle knead the dough.
15. Pinch a small lemon sized portion roll into a ball. Repeat to finish.
UKADICHE MODAK WITH MOULD
16. Grease your mould with oil or ghee. Fill it with a pinch of small lemon sized dough. Using your finger make space for the filling as shown. Make sure the sides of the modak are slightly thin. Make sure to cover the resting dough balls with a cloth to avoid drying.
17. Add coconut jaggery filling inside the space, may be a spoonful.
18. Seal using the side dough first. Now pinch a small portion of dough flatten it and seal the base like shown below. Grease your fingers with oil if it sticks.
19. Gently open. Modak is shaped and ready. Repeat and finish.
20. Add enough water say 2 cups to the steamer pot. Let it start to boil.
21. Grease the steamer plate. Arrange the modaks on it.
22. Cover with lid.
23. Steam cook in low medium flame for 10 mins or until the outer covering turns shiny. If the modaks are big in size it may take up to 12 mins. Do not overcook as the modaks will turn hard.
24. Steamed hot modaks are ready.
PREPARING SAFFRON MILK
25. Add 12-15 saffron strands to hot milk. Crush and mix well – Saffron milk is ready.
26. Pour a spoonful of saffron milk.
27. You can even pour a tsp of ghee and serve.
Hot delicious Ukadiche Modaks are ready.
UKADICHE MODAK WITHOUT MOULD
We make modak in different shapes with mould and without mould. So, this Ukadiche Modak is made without mould Ukadiche modak is one of the popular dishes in Maharashtrian cuisine.
This modak is Lord Ganesha’s favourite sweet and is one of the popular Ganesh Chaturthi Recipe that everyone tries especially in Indian homes. The first time I tried this I was so excited as the pleats was new to try.
1. Roll a ball.
2. Flatten it and make it like a cup. Grease your fingers with oil if it sticks.
3. Pinch the edges as shown.
4. Add the prepared coconut stuffing inside.
5. Gather the edges.
6. Bring it to center like the shape of a modak.
7. Repeat to finish dough. Prepare the steamer and steam cook for 10 mins. When the kozhukattais turn shiny then it shows they are done.
Ukadiche modak is ready!
Apart from the regular Ukadiche Modak making with & without mould following options can be explored.


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Tours: Sorority Noise / Modern Baseball (UK)
Sorority Noise has announced they will be heading on a UK tour with Modern Baseball on select dates. Sorority Noise continue to support of their recent full length record Joy, Departed, released this past Spring on Topshelf Records.
Full tour listings are below.
Feb 22 Rock City Basement, Nottingham / Headline
Feb 23 Key club, Leeds / Headline
Feb 24 Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar, Nottingham w/ Old Gray
Feb 25 Electric Ballroom, London w / Modern Baseball
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I need a good binary option signal system that has about 80 to 90 percent success rate. On a daily basis I receive a number of emails from my students sharing their trading setups, chart annotations and questions and I gladly give them my feedback and how I would have personally played this or that trading opportunity. The ease of identifying trades is in large part why new and experienced traders utilize some form of trend analysis in their trading plan. They extend their capabilities beyond broking by trading directly with clients. Please note that trader will get much more signals trading on smaller time frames which puts more emotional pressure. I also see in this website there are some good startegies such as , bagovino method, Sidus method, and Hans 1-2-3 daily trading breakout, etc are good and profitable. In this article, we are going to discuss three key elements to forex trading : Leverage, Margin, and Equity. If you follow certain strategy, you will be able to make consistent flow of money.
Career-wise, you really would not know what to expect even in the near future when trading. Since using the Forex Coach system we have been able to improve our risk reward ratio while avoiding unfavourable trades. However the first trade in the trading example of 14 april 2015) doesn’t meet this condition and with the second trade in the second trading example of 15 april 2015 this is questionable. As a newcomer, the sheer volume of trading techniques available can be daunting and confusing. For those still unsure about the business of trading, I emplore you to contact Andrew and discuss your fears and he will do everything to help you not only improve your trading but also improve yourself. Madhu sir, i’m a Forex trader too but newbie thank you.I have bit confusion in financial matters,i need you guidance on how to withdraw and all.I’m really hving so much hope on this business,Please give your mail id or skype id so that i can contact you personally.Thank you.
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My biggest mistake was not undertaking this course earlier.Since learning the course i finally feel confident, optimistic and excited about my forex course is excellent value, teaches a solid system and is the complete package required to tackle the market consistently. Not only is such a business risk/reward analysis well worth doing, but it makes up an important part of your trading business plan that would ideally be created before you even make your first trade. A trading system that is successful for one trader may not be successful for another. For example if an article is referring to the euro (EUR) trading at 1.3332 it’s assumed the other currency is the U.S. dollar (USD). It’s one of the most difficult things I had to reinforce through forex trading but it still pays off big time for me. This is a popular forex broker that will offer both demo and live trading accounts.
I thought that a blog and a Facebook group could be more effective for the purpose You were indicating. The global politics and economy influence majorly in the rate of the currency thus creates uncertainty of the price. With expertise in back testing and day trading, the TradingSim Blog provides primarily educational content to both new and veteran traders. Over-trading in the forex market can be indicative of either two things, (1) you might be trading too frequently in a short window of time, or (2) you might be risking too much money at any one time.
So as you can see the profit potential is there and opportunities such as these exist in all Forex currency pairs. The price of the course is 1000 EUR in the current exchange value in dinars (tax included). We trade for a living using a 50k account 1 lot per 10k which by the way Andrew would freak over but we are very comfortable with that and have been trading like that for atleast two years. You can also take the course remotely from any location in the world via our interactive trading floor technology.
Unlike in other professions where you can learn from case studies, FOREX trading is highly dependent on practical experience and even then does not mean one could be successful. Learning about the currency markets and basic trading principles solely on a trial and error basis is not a recommended approach for gaining the skills necessary to be a successful forex trader. Unfortunately, losses are an inevitable part of forex trading and you cannot improve your trades or become a consistently profitable trader if you can’t accept that. In addition, there is also a great amount of third party software suppliers that provide useful trading extensions.
Anyway this is what I found worked for me, small timeframes are for automated trading (unless you dig stress) so I use a EA for that stuff. But the time and the effort you put into trading have an amazing payout, the freedom to choose where you work from when you work, and how much you work! Due to the recent economic uncertainty and countries losing their credit ratings etc, currencies aren’t trading as they normally would. If you are not an existing customer, please use the Free Trial form to submit your details.
The work/life balance his teachings offer are exceptional and easily understoodThere are a lot of subtleties to successful trading and his attention to detail are excellent. Then, you will begin to develop the trading skillset that will help you start earning a sustainable income. Forex trading is Just about buying and selling currency, which is just as any normally traded item. On this site, I share the insights and secrets my 8 years in front of the charts has taught me – providing real quality information to help you also succeed as a retail ‘at home’ trader. The experience in the markets should be a positive one and they should make a living from trading. Assume control of your trading through user defined Price Tolerance, with the potential for benefiting from price improvement.
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Maternal exposure to fluconazole during pregnancy may increase the risk for spontaneous abortion, according to a study published online Feb. 19 in CMAJ, the journal of the Canadian Medical Association.
Anick Bérard, Ph.D., from the University of Montreal, and colleagues examined the impact of exposure to fluconazole during pregnancy on the occurrence of spontaneous abortions, major congenital malformations, and stillbirths within a cohort of 441,949 pregnancies.
The researchers found that 69.5 percent of women exposed to fluconazole in pregnancy received low-dose (≤150 mg) fluconazole and the remainder received high-dose (>150 mg) fluconazole. Compared with no exposure, use of oral fluconazole during early pregnancy was associated with an increased risk for spontaneous abortion (adjusted odds ratio, 2.23 for 345 cases exposed to low-dose treatment; adjusted odds ratio, 3.2 for 249 cases exposed to high-dose treatment). There was no correlation between exposure to fluconazole during the first trimester and increased risk for overall major congenital malformations; compared with no exposure, exposure to high-dose treatment in the first trimester was correlated with an increased risk for cardiac septal closure anomalies (adjusted odds ratio, 1.81). There was no correlation between fluconazole exposure and risk for stillbirth.
“If treatment is indicated, a risk-benefit discussion should take place, but appropriate treatment should not be deferred if indicated,” write the authors of an accompanying editorial. “A healthy mom is required for a healthy baby.”
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Unveiling the Sweet Symphony: The Best Gelato in Florence, Italy
Florence, Italy, is not just a feast for the eyes with its stunning architecture and rich history; it’s also a paradise for those with a sweet tooth. Gelato, the delightful Italian ice cream, holds a special place in the hearts of locals and tourists alike. In this article, we’ll take you on a journey to discover the best gelato in Florence, Italy, where every scoop is a taste of pure bliss.
Gelateria Santa Trinita:
Nestled near the picturesque Ponte Santa Trinita, Gelateria Santa Trinita stands out as a gem among gelaterias in Florence. Renowned for its artisanal approach, this gelateria uses high-quality ingredients to craft delectable gelato flavors that leave a lasting impression. From classic favorites like Stracciatella to unique creations, every scoop at Gelateria Santa Trinita is a work of art. Enjoy your treat while watching the sunset from the bridge of Santa Trinita.
For those with a sweet tooth that craves innovation, My Sugar is the go-to gelateria in Florence. This trendy spot combines traditional gelato craftsmanship with modern flair. Expect to be delighted by unconventional flavors and enticing combinations that push the boundaries of gelato artistry. My Sugar is not just a gelateria; it’s an experience for the adventurous palate.
Gelateria Edoardo Il Gelato Biologico Piazza Duomo:
In the heart of Florence, Gelateria Edoardo il gelato biologico stands out for its commitment to organic gelato. This gelateria prides itself on using high-quality, organic ingredients to create a guilt-free indulgence. From classic fruit flavors to innovative organic combinations, Edoardo’s gelato is a treat for those who appreciate the harmony of taste and sustainability.
With a history dating back to 1979, La Carraia has become a beloved institution among gelato enthusiasts. Situated along the Arno River, this gelateria offers a wide array of flavors, each boasting the rich tradition and expertise that comes with years of experience. Whether you opt for a cone or cup, La Carraia’s gelato is a delightful journey into the heart of Florentine sweetness.
Affogato from Vivoli
No exploration of Florence’s gelato scene would be complete without a visit to Vivoli Gelateria. Established in 1932, Vivoli is a true icon in the world of Italian gelato and is said to be the oldest gelateria in Florence. This historic gem is celebrated for its timeless recipes that have been passed down through generations. Each visit to Vivoli is a step back in time, where the essence of classic gelato perfection is captured in every spoonful. Try the viral affogato, which is vanilla gelato with a shot of espresso.
Florence’s gelato culture is a blend of tradition, innovation, and unparalleled craftsmanship. Whether you’re strolling along the Arno River or exploring the charming streets of Florence, be sure to treat yourself to the exquisite offerings of Gelateria Santa Trinita, My Sugar, Gelateria Edoardo il gelato biologico, La Carraia, and Vivoli Gelateria. These gelaterias represent the pinnacle of gelato artistry, making each visit a delightful journey into the sweet symphony of Florence’s culinary heritage. Thank you for reading our concise guide for the best gelato in Florence, Italy!


text: Good morning and welcome to your ninth meditation. We’ve all been placed in the unique position lately of having to isolate from others in order to protect them and ourselves. For some this has been a welcome reprieve from a normally busy social life – a chance to slow down, to look inward, and to reflect on what we really want in life. But for a huge number of people this opportunity for reflection feels more like a prison sentence in solitary confinement. For those of us who feel this way, perhaps the everyday current suited us just fine. Perhaps being surrounded by friends and bustle was just what we needed to maintain a healthy psyche. If you are one of these people, you have almost certainly endured a shock in these past months. You have been stripped suddenly of something so fundamental to your identity: your way of being in the world. You have lived your whole life as an extrovert, and deep in your mind and body you’ve learned those pathways. It’s even likely that you’re comprised of genetic material that has made you that way. And now you are suddenly being told that you have to live differently, that you have to be different. You’re a social butterfly but are now suddenly expected to be a lone wolf? It isn’t a fair or even a realistic demand. So don’t try it. You’ll only become more frustrated. Rather, be resourceful. Figure out ways that you can still flap your social wings while remaining apart from the pack. They are not hard to come by. We live in an age where we not only can call our friends from the comfort of our homes, we can see a live video of them while we chat. We can be engaged in text conversations throughout the day with multiple people. We can share pictures of ourselves or songs or jokes and see people’s reactions. Of course none of these are an exact substitute for in-person social interaction. But it’s social interaction none-the-less. It’s just a different breed of it with its advantages and disadvantages just as in-person social interaction has its advantages and disadvantages. Yes, among those of us who live alone most of us miss physical contact. So what should you do? Touch yourself! Rub your arms, touch your legs, stroke your belly, give yourself a foot massage! Of course it’s not the same as another person’s touch, but it’s something. It’s self love, it’s pleasurable, and we all need to find a dose of pleasure wherever we can right now. So be open to it. Just because certain doors have been closed to us right now, doesn’t mean that we have to close the others on ourselves. Be careful not to exaggerate what is demanded of you out of an overblown sense of duty. Not only will this increase your feeling of frustration and powerlessness, it can also make you bitter toward others who may not be following protocols as scrupulously as you believe yourself to be. If you are supposed to stay apart, stay apart. But if it’s still possible to see a friend or two outside and from a distance, then go ahead and do that. It’s not an easy time right now. But while we all work together to protect each other, let’s make sure we are fulfilling our own needs as much as possible. Be kind to yourself. The world is in a muddle due to forces beyond our control. All you can do is try your best to navigate it. Keep it up. You’re doing great. Have a wonderful day.

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