Crash Test Dummies
Season 7: Episode 3
Why does it so often feel like we’re part of a mass AI experiment? What is the responsible way to test new technologies? Bridget Todd explores what it means to live with unproven AI systems that impact millions of people as they roll out across public life.
In this episode: a visit to San Francisco, a major hub for automated vehicle testing; an exposé of a flawed welfare fraud prediction algorithm in a Dutch city; a look at how companies comply with regulations in practice; and how to inspire alternative values for tomorrow’s AI.
Julia Friedlander is senior manager for automated driving policy at San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency who wants to see AVs regulated based on safety performance data.
Navrina Singh is founder and CEO of Credo AI, a platform that guides enterprises on how to ‘govern’ their AI responsibly in practice.
Suresh Venkatasubramanian is director of the Center for Technological Responsibility, Reimagination, and Redesign at Brown University and brings joy to computer science.
IRL is an original podcast from Mozilla, the non-profit behind Firefox. In Season 7, host Bridget Todd shares stories about prioritizing people over profit in the context of AI.
Bridget Todd: Do you ever get the feeling that we’re all just crash test dummies in one big experiment with artificial intelligence? Well, fasten your seatbelt, because a lot of tech developers still want to ‘move fast and break things.’
Suresh Venkatasubramanian: So the idea that it’s okay to move fast and break things because we’re in this experimental phase, where we’re just trying out stuff, and you just want to learn new things, is no longer true when the things you’re deploying are almost immediately affecting millions and millions of people.
Bridget Todd: That’s Suresh Venkatasubramanian. He’s the director of the Center for Tech Responsibility at Brown University. We’ll hear more from him in a bit. I’m Bridget Todd and this is IRL, an original podcast from Mozilla, the nonprofit behind Firefox. In this episode, we ask how AI can be safer, in real life.
Bridget Todd: We’re on the streets of San Francisco. This is a city where you can hail a taxi without a human in the driver’s seat. There are hundreds of automated vehicles, or AVs for short, with steering wheels that turn by themselves. I’ve heard AVs can be safer than human drivers, but I’ve also heard that it’s hard to get AVs to recognize pedestrians equally well in every situation. It’s a lot to literally trust a tech company with your life. Do they cut corners to get their products to market faster? In San Francisco, they’ve been grappling with this question.
Julia Friedlander: So it’s really an everyday experience for people who live or work in San Francisco to see these kinds of amazing pieces of technology on our roads.
Bridget Todd: That’s Julia Friedlander. She’s the senior manager of automated driving policy at the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
Julia Friedlander: I think that probably the thing that most people who are working in the industry would immediately identify as the top priority is to improve street safety. And that is certainly a goal for the city. We have, really, a nationwide crisis of injury and death on our streets.
Bridget Todd: In many ways, AVs really are safe. Julia likes how they stick to speed limits, unlike many humans I know. Cameras and sensors point in all directions to guide them in traffic. But they aren’t prepared for how to react in every situation. That can mean collisions. Injuries. Gridlocked streets. And blocked fire trucks.
Julia Friedlander: I think a lot of regulators expected that the vehicles would simply be completely compliant with the rules of the road. That’s not what we’ve seen.
Bridget Todd: At least 40 companies have licenses issued by the state of California to test AVs in San Francisco, but mostly with humans behind the wheel. After a lengthy public hearing in August 2023, the two companies with the most cars – Alphabet’s Waymo and GM’s Cruise – got the green light to operate as many taxis as they wanted — with no drivers at all. Like a lot of local residents, Julia was critical of how quickly these companies would expand their fleets without more evidence of how they perform.
Julia Friedlander: We have been honestly surprised to see the driverless AVs have impacts on our fire department operations. And that is not something that we really expected. San Francisco firefighters have submitted written reports on more than 75 events in 2023 when AVs interfered with their operation in some way. That’s like one every three days, and you know, those are just the written reports. And these events create hazards for our first responders and they create hazards for the people that those first responders are serving.
Bridget Todd: So, there were problems. Julia’s agency called for a rehearing of the Cruise and Waymo decision. But before that happened, Cruise had its permission to go driverless suspended, after just 3 months. They were accused of withholding footage of an incident where an injured pedestrian was pinned and dragged under the wheel of one of its AVs. For now, Waymo can keep going. So we talked to Julia before all this happened. But it brings into focus exactly what she and other local officials were saying: that decisions about AVs should be based on more detailed data about the good and the bad. This is information they don’t currently have to share. Companies have to disclose information about mileage traveled and collisions, but not on near misses or traffic disruptions. So Julia’s agency pieces together what information they can from other sources, and shares it with AV companies and regulators to work on solutions. But they don’t have any power to regulate AVs themselves. That happens at the state level.
Julia Friedlander: We would like to see regulators regulate based on performance. We’d like to see some minimum standards for performance, and we’d like to see incremental improvals of expansions based on demonstrated performance. That is the through line for all of our advocacy in AV regulation.
Bridget Todd: San Francisco is just one of several cities where AVs have arrived, where streets have literally become testing labs for tech companies. They say that their high-tech solutions are the best answer to complex social problems. But even if AVs work how they’re supposed to, are they the best transport strategy? What about bicycles and public transportation? Streets designed for pedestrians instead of cars? After all, plenty of cities reduce traffic deaths and injuries, without AVs.
Julia Friedlander: This is technology that is using our public, our most important public space, and we think it is important for the industry to be given that opportunity to grow as soon as it is demonstrated that it is capable of operating in a way that doesn’t create new problems, that is safe in terms of avoiding crashes, and also is not creating new and other safety problems.
Bridget Todd: This is just one of the countless examples of how corporate AI is expanding into the public realm in countries everywhere, without nearly enough transparency and oversight.
Justin-Casimir Braun: So there was this Eureka moment where I found all this data contained in this document that was just meant to show us some pictures.
Bridget Todd: Justin Braun is a data reporter for Lighthouse Reports, a nonprofit investigative newsroom in Europe. They saw that journalists in the US had uncovered racial bias in algorithms for predictive policing and prison sentencing across the country, and they wondered whether similar things were happening in Europe.
Justin-Casimir Braun: And so we started out with a bunch of different fields that we were looking at initially: predictive policing, sentencing, algorithms, but fairly quickly zeroed in on welfare. Welfare, I think, from an American perspective in Europe seems really generous, but I think, in fact, there has been a very harsh turn in the last two decades, and it’s become a lot more punitive. A lot of it is about sanctioning people that are trying to apply for welfare. And then the other thing is that this is an area where the deployment targets really, really vulnerable people who have very few resources to fight any potential rights infringements. And so we thought that this reporting and kind of learning from our US colleagues could really do a lot of good in this space.
Bridget Todd: Justin and his colleagues set out to investigate how an AI system predicts who is likely to commit welfare fraud, and whether these systems were biased. They requested data from several countries through freedom of information laws.
Justin-Casimir Braun: We wanted to achieve what we call the Holy Trinity of algorithmic accountability reporting. And that means we wanted full access to the training data, the source code, and the trained model file. Rotterdam was the first place where we got it.
Bridget Todd: Officials in this Dutch city only sent Lighthouse part of the data they asked for. Or so they thought. But deep in the source code, Justin discovered a secret. It was records of 12,707 real people that they had used as training data for the system.
Justin-Casimir Braun: Very few people have gotten access to this level of data before. And, when I saw this, I was, I was just thrilled. Like, I spent 10 minutes, I think, dancing in the kitchen and calling everybody else on the team. It was a good night.
Bridget Todd: So you knew it was gonna be big when you got this information.
Justin-Casimir Braun: Yeah, absolutely. Yeah.
Bridget Todd: Thanks to the secret data, Justin could see how the system calculated who from tens of thousands of people should be investigated for fraud. And he could see that people would be flagged in ways that were highly discriminatory. The predictions were based on scores that its developers assigned to 315 attributes, or “variables” as they’re called, that caseworkers used to describe people. There were variables on age, gender, marital status, and language, as well as several describing interactions with the welfare agency. Like, how many meetings did they attend? But some variables seemed odd for predicting fraud, like how a person dressed, or even what their hobbies were.
Justin-Casimir Braun: They had used a bunch of variables that seemed to be essentially subjective caseworker assessments of the fundamental character of the welfare recipients. So that included stuff like, do they have ethics and integrity, right? Like some of them were really sexist. There was a variable in there that judged physical appearance, and we got access to some of the code books, kind of the instructions for caseworkers on how to fill in these variables, and it said that, you know, if women weren’t wearing makeup, they should, like, get a note on that. So it’s just kind of gross – to begin with, that this data exists, that the government thinks it should be collected, and then that it thinks it’s fine to use it to predict fraud. It’s just very odd and deeply troubling.
Bridget Todd: Scores were calculated by combinations of variables. So if you were a woman, you’d get one score, and if you had more than one kid, or didn’t show up to the meetings, or spoke a certain language, it could affect your score differently from person to person.
Bridget Todd: And after somebody is flagged by this AI, like what happens? What’s the impact?
Justin-Casimir Braun: So I think this is the big motivation for doing this in the first place, right? Investigators who follow up on these fraud investigations in the Netherlands have extremely expansive rights. There’s very little due process. They can search your house at times without announcement. They can call you to be interviewed at very short notice. They are at times just very rude and, you know, all of this is happening to people in extremely vulnerable situations. These people are getting benefits that are meant to guarantee that they don’t fall below the poverty line. As soon as a benefit is cut, you are below the poverty line. That means you don’t have enough money to eat. It means you don’t have enough money to pay rent, to clothe your children. And so just the specter of an investigation can be very taxing on people’s mental health, and we found that again and again in interviews that my colleagues did.
Bridget Todd: And again, it goes back to what you were saying about this system sort of being set up to be punitive. Like it doesn’t have to be a system that is, ‘On top of it, the person who comes to your home on short notice is gonna be rude and rifle through your things’, but it seems like that punitive nature is almost baked into the experience once you’re flagged.
Justin-Casimir Braun: I mean I think there’s a question whether we should have systems this punitive to begin with against populations this vulnerable. But I think there is – and this is a really important one – I think there’s a tendency in which AI can make these punitive systems appear more rational than they really are. It gives kind of added justification and it can kind of embed them deeper bureaucratically. And so I think there is ways in which the use of tools like this can help maintain and strengthen and kind of make appear more authoritative, these systems in ways that I find quite concerning.
Bridget Todd: The Lighthouse team uncovered biases, like how women with migration backgrounds were flagged at higher rates than others. But above all, they say, systems like these simply do not work.
Justin-Casimir Braun: I think it’s trained on data not fit for purpose. It’s using variables which have obvious discriminatory potential. It doesn’t work very well. It barely works at all. And it shows clear patterns of discrimination against people within a vulnerable group, who are even more vulnerable than the other people in this group.
Bridget Todd: Rotterdam hasn’t used their system since 2021, and recently decided not to replace it either.
Justin-Casimir Braun: I think what we found is that the system is inadequate. It’s inadequate because it discriminates. It’s inadequate because it is embedded in organizations that don’t know well how to deal with these systems. And it’s inadequate because it reinforces discriminatory patterns that have existed before, but it kind of strengthens those patterns and makes it harder to tackle them.
Bridget Todd: And yet, even after journalistic investigations like this are repeated over and over, these systems are still unleashed on people without adequate precautions. Algorithms aren’t to blame for the human bias of the welfare system, but they can really amplify it.
Bridget Todd: Behind the scenes, AI systems are becoming more deeply interwoven with government and corporate decision making. Private tech companies are playing a bigger role in interacting with people “as data subjects” on behalf of countless institutions. Let’s meet someone who helps companies figure out how to earn trust.
Navrina Singh: Is it possible to put people before profits? Let me actually reframe the question. The enterprises that put people before profits are the enterprises that are going to win, and they’re going to win because they build that trust.
Bridget Todd: That’s Navrina Singh in California. She’s the founder and CEO of Credo AI and a former Mozilla Foundation board member.
Navrina Singh: Credo AI helps operationalize policy and regulations, as well as making sure that there’s testing of both your datasets and AI applications, especially in context of use.
Bridget Todd: When Navrina says ‘operationalize,’ it’s about helping companies create mechanisms to monitor what they’re doing with AI continuously. Credo AI’s platform supports companies in building risk dashboards and impact assessment reports. They help companies pinpoint their values and set benchmarks for them. And if they need to be compliant with regulation, it guides them through the steps they need to take. Navrina says a lot of companies have never thought about how to measure whether their systems live up to their own stated values. She says that’s because AI presents more “socio-technical” challenges than tech companies have ever had to consider before.
Navrina Singh: It is not just about, you know, a programmatic way to solve for those. It is really about, how do you bring in all these diverse voices, during the design development, as well as during production, to make sure that the impacted groups have a pathway in providing that feedback to improve this technology.
Bridget Todd: Navrina refers to all this as “AI governance”.
Navrina Singh: So as you can imagine, absolutely it needs a massive mindset shift in terms of the role of governance. And especially the narrative that governance can stifle innovation.
And then just to give you an example: in the financial services sector we’ve been working with a fortune 50 AI first ethics-forward company. And this organization, what has been fascinating, is not only did they want to bring governance to manage oversight of thousands of AI systems that they have from risk scoring to anti money laundering to underwriting, but they really in that process also wanted to: one, sort of hold on to, and continue to bolster their mission of financial inclusion, where, as you can imagine fairness of these systems that they are building for the end consumer is really important. But secondly, also building trust with their customers, who are the banking organizations.
Bridget Todd: In three and a half years, Credo AI’s business has grown. And Navrina wants to see policies that can push companies to do more. She’s on the National AI Advisory Committee in the US, and is optimistic about how regulation in the US, EU, and elsewhere, can help bring more fairness and equity to AI.
Navrina Singh: We are hoping that the EU AI Act gets passed at the end of this year, you know yet to be seen. But I think that is going to put in place a nice structure for organizations to start thinking about their responsibility and accountability, especially from a risk perspective.
I would say that we are just scratching the surface of how we’re going to see regulations emerge, and the impact that they’re going to have.
Suresh Venkatasubramanian: When we talk about self-driving cars, when you talk about risk assessments to decide whether people go to jail or not, or use hiring algorithms…These systems are being deployed; the data on them is being collected, and that data is being used to inform the next generation of tools.
Bridget Todd: That’s Suresh Venkatasubramanian. He’s a computer scientist and the director of the Center for Tech Responsibility at Brown University in the US.
Suresh Venkatasubramanian: So by any definition of the word testing, we are being tested and we are being evaluated and we are being experimented upon. That doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing, but it’s helpful to keep that in mind – that this is not finished technology.
Bridget Todd: Suresh also recently finished a stint in the White House as Assistant Director for Science and Justice. He says more voices need to be heard in the design of AI and AI policy.
Suresh Venkatasubramanian: If you ask who should be in the room, it’s very simple. Anyone who’s being impacted by this. And, you know, that includes the people who are usually always in the room, the folks developing the systems, but it also includes those who are affected by it. Time and time again it’s been made clear that if we had people in the room who are affected by decision systems, people who are subject to surveillance, their experiences and insights would inform the design of a better system, or would make sure the systems are tested so that they do work for everyone and not just a few people. We’ve learnt this lesson over and over again, and we still make that mistake. So that’s one component to it.
Another dimension of what we need is to have people who have knowledge about different perspectives, right? When we deploy technology in a public space that affects people, it’s all about how the technology interacts with the people and the systems around it. So you need people there who study how humans interact. We need the sociologists. We need the anthropologists. We need the philosophers.
Bridget Todd: While he was at the White House, Suresh helped co-author the “Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights.” It’s designed to inspire future regulation.
Suresh Venkatasubramanian: The Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights articulates protections that people should have in an algorithmically-driven or managed society. And it’s actually a fairly simple set of things. You should make sure systems are safe and effective before you deploy them and incorporate impacted people into the design process before you build a system.
Systems should not be discriminatory. There are many, many systems, decision systems, that draw on historical data and make decisions about individuals based on historical data. In a country with a long history of racism and other forms of biases that historical data is biased as well, and that’s what the systems produce.
And so we want systems that are tested and evaluated. Our data should not be used and monetized, except in ways that are specific to the task at hand. If you are denied, say, a loan, I think it’s appropriate to say, “Why? What was the reason for it? Could it be that the system made a mistake, that it collected incorrect data?” These are the kinds of protections you would expect to have to make sure that you can get technology that does work, that works effectively, and isn’t just being deployed on the fly.
Bridget Todd: At Brown University, Suresh’s goal is to inspire students to rethink and reclaim how technology is developed with people in mind.
Suresh Venkatasubramanian: We can design with, you know, with joy, with fun. Computer science is fun. It’s just fundamentally – at least for me it is – it’s a fun discipline. And we can come up with cool new problems to solve, but that also actually benefit us, that actually pay attention to what we would like to have and what we need, and design systems that help us, rather than trying to push us into little boxes that are legible by machines.
Bridget Todd: A lot of people say they fear what the AI behind systems like ChatGPT could do. But AI is already everywhere. Big AI companies are making hasty decisions about our data and our safety today, while the guardrails are still just being developed by regulators. Suresh envisions artificial intelligence that we, people, not companies, are more in control of.
Suresh Venkatasubramanian: If we could build, you know, smaller machine learning models that only use personal data, but still could be effective at learning things about me that could help me, I would be fine with that. So sometimes it’s just a matter of rethinking who is the real customer. Who’s really benefiting? And making sure that we can also imagine solutions. Some of the earliest technologies that we have – things like email, things like the entire web, and all the different protocols on the web – they were just built as infrastructure. What is a new kind of infrastructure we can build that’s more personalized, more focused, more under our control? I think these are things that we should be asking.
Bridget Todd: So it’s not just a feeling. We may still be the crash test dummies for a lot of AI systems. But our seatbelts will be the rules and regulations that guide how they are developed. Just like actual seatbelts in cars, it will eventually seem unthinkable that we ever went without them. So, instead of ‘move fast and break things,’ let’s move slowly and repair things. Or, think twice about what AI systems we need in the first place.
I’m Bridget Todd. Thanks for listening to IRL: Online Life is Real Life, an original podcast from Mozilla, the non-profit behind Firefox. For more about our guests, check out our show notes, or visit IRL podcast dot org. Mozilla. Reclaim the internet.


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Richie Hawtin, deadmau5 launch digital collectibles gaming venture
Richie Hawtin and deadmau5 will be launching a new gaming venture with Ben Turner, Dean Wilson and Inder Phull. The company, called Pixelynx, will create a bridge between digital collectibles, gaming, and virtual worlds. deadmau5 said in a statement that,
“What Pixelynx is offering goes beyond a ‘let’s dip our toes into the metaverse’ situation. The virtual world is continuously expanding and changing which is really exciting and we are growing with it, especially into new sectors like music and fashion. Gaming, virtual worlds, and interactive experiences offer limitless possibilities which we are able to carve new pathways forward in.”
The platform will find artists digitizing their brands into collectible goods that can be used within video games and virtual realities. Hawtin said of the venture in a press statement,
“As we step over the threshold into extended reality, the future is truly upon us. Pixelynx is here to support a positive and creative acceleration into this new space, collaborating with artists to empower their creativity in this new medium and with brands to develop unique digital assets that have meaning and value.”
Due to the popularity of games like Fortnite and Roblox, the platform hopes to be able to connect with fans who have started gathering virtually, especially during the pandemic. While some video games have managed to host virtual festivals, this new venture hopes to open up other avenues for artists to connect with fans.
deadmau5 has been busy over the past few months, uploading six previously unreleased demos to streaming platform Audius last week and releasing his first original single, “Nextra” via his newly-anointed label, hau5trap. Meanwhile, Hawtin recently joined 3LAU and representatives from the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) for Amsterdam Dance Event’s (ADE) livestream event “ADE In Conversation.” In January, the artist shared his CONCEPT 1 series in its entirety to Bandcamp.
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The detrimental effect of the Coronavirus pandemic on the charity sector is far-reaching and long-lasting. According to the Institute of Fundraising, charities are reporting projected losses of 48% to their voluntary income, with a third wiped off their total income.
This has an impact on the services they can offer but 84% of charities believe they could play a role in responding to the outbreak if they can access government grants and funding to help them.
With fundraising events postponed and public donations reduced, CRM’s Charity of the Year, Daybreak Oxford, has also seen a loss of income and a reduction in their services. Daybreak is a vital local charity that hasn’t been able to offer respite days for people living with dementia during the pandemic.
Daybreak Emergency Appeal
Daybreak is looking forward to a time when the doors to their daycare centres can reopen so they can restart the transformative therapeutic work and help the family carers. To prepare for this day, Daybreak launched an Emergency Appeal and they’re well on the way to raising £50,000.
It’s been frustrating for CRM as we had to cancel our regular charity fundraising events earlier in the year but we have already raised over £320 for the Emergency Appeal via our Donate Day and are looking forward to getting back on track with some virtual fundraising in the autumn.
Daybreak is just one example of a hard-hit charity in the current climate and it’s not the only charity that CRM supports. Several members of staff volunteer their time and skills with local charities, including Alan Sowden, our Technical Director, who has close ties to SSNAP (Support for the Sick Newborn and Their Parents).
“Physical volunteering at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford where the charity is based is currently on hold, in fact, both parents have only recently been allowed on the unit together,” explained Alan who has now taken on the role of Treasurer for SSNAP.
“Along with keeping an eye on the finances, I have been working closely with the charity director to identify grant funding opportunities. We have been adversely affected by our largest fundraising event, the Oxford Half Marathon being cancelled but we’ve managed to successfully obtain several grants which have helped to alleviate the financial impact.
“The charity has a big strategic focus on supporting parents through the emotional, practical and financial strains of having a baby in the unit. We also work closely with the clinical staff to support them. It has been great for me to be able to make a real difference to the charity, especially by identifying grant opportunities. With recent experience of having a baby on the unit for several months, it is a cause extremely close to my heart.”
Charities need our help more than ever at the moment and whilst we aren’t all in a position to help financially, volunteering opportunities to give your time or skills are still available, as our CRM team has found during the Coronavirus pandemic.
It is well recognised that volunteering through your workplace offers great benefits for the individual and the business. As a volunteer, you can develop new friendships, learn new skills and even feel happier and healthier. Volunteering doesn’t have to involve a long-term commitment or take a huge amount of time out of your busy day, here at CRM we made a commitment to employee volunteering in 2018 by offering our staff three hours per month to volunteer at a charity that means something to them.
Volunteering and charitable support add as much value to the business world as it does the charities and organisations it helps. Please keep supporting your local charities and look out for our events in aid of Daybreak Oxford coming soon.

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Dear Zindagi Take 2- Nerdy PJ Queen Alia Will Win Your Heart!
What would you get if you have one of the most terrific directors of the contemporary times, an actor who has potential beyond measures and one of the most versatile actresses! Well, you get Dear Zindagi!
The film, directed by Gauri Shinde of English Vinglish fame has Shah Rukh Khan and Alia Bhatt sharing the screen together for the first time! And if that was not enough to make you impatient, the Take 2 of the movie is already here!
The teaser introduces a poor joke cracking Alia Bhatt, who looks absolutely nerdy and cool! And 'Jag' Jahangir can make you fall in love again! SRK, how do you manage to look so dashing even now? This take is also light and fun like the first one, but those PJs will just kill you!
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Blue java bananas and their vanilla flavor are real; however, experts warn that many photographs online have been altered to make their hue appear more dramatic.
The blue-hued skin of the vanilla-flavored ice cream banana may seem too good to be true, but the so-called “ice cream banana” is an edible fruit that has paved its way on the internet due to its unique coloration.
Also known as the “blue java banana,” various iterations and photographs claiming to depict this unique fruit have existed on social media since at least 2017. In July 2021, Snopes readers sent our team the below meme to verify if the blue-hued fruit existed:
While it is true that the blue java banana is real, we have to note that some websites appear to overly saturate or alter photographs of the fruit, which exaggerate the blue coloration. As such, we have rated this claim as “Mostly True” given that the photographs featured in the meme in question were likely altered to appear more vibrant.
“This fruit is not really blue! Many photos of blue java on the internet are photoshopped,” wrote rare fruit harvester Miami Fruit on its website. “As it ripens, the outer peel will turn fully yellow.”
[See also Do Swedes Really Put Bananas on Pizza?]
The blue java banana belongs to the banana family of plants Musaceae, and is a cultivar, or hybrid, of two species of banana, the Musa balbisiana and Musa acuminata. Nearly all cultivated varieties of bananas and plantains are seedless, or sterile, and are propagated and cloned from the offshoots of mature plants known as pups, according to a 2015 study published in the journal Plant Gene.
Native to Southeast Asia, the blue java banana can grow up to 20 feet tall, and has silvery green leaves, according to the California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc. The skin of the fruit is silvery pale blue in coloring when unripe but turns a pale yellow when ripe. And as its nickname suggests, the vanilla-like taste of the fruit pairs nicely with ice cream when eaten fresh or cooked.

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Greczyn was born in Walnut Creek, California and lives in Hollywood, California. She was home-schooled and started taking classes at Front Range Community College when she was 15. Informed that she had to be 18 to study nursing, she decided to try modeling and relocated to California. Greczyn is of European and Asian descent.
Greczyn started her career with a role in the movie Sleepover. She later appeared in the Fox comedy show Quintuplets as a recurring character. She was also cast in the short lived show Windfall. Greczyn played a recurring character on both Lincoln Heights and Privileged. Greczyn was cast in a supporting role for the 2004 comedy Fat Albert and appeared in the 2005 movie The Dukes of Hazzard. In 2007, Greczyn appeared in the horror movies House of Fears and Shrooms. The following year she appeared in the comedy, Sex Drive and the action movie Exit Speed. Greczyn acted in Make It or Break It for three episodes, playing a model struggling with anorexia. Greczyn is scheduled to be the model for Victoria Beckam's denim and eyewear line.
- Exit Speed (2008) as Annabel Drake
- Sex Drive (2008) as Mary
- An American in China (2008) as Kendra
- House of Fears (2007) as Candice
- Shrooms (2007) as Holly
- The Lying Game (2011) as Madeline Rybek


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|Intro:||The Missouri Senate voted in support of state funding for a public school program on Wednesday.|
Wrap: The Missouri Senate voted unanimously in favor of a bill that will give 37 million dollars of the state budget to the Career Ladder program.
Although this program will receive its funding, Republican Representative Jason Crowell says cutting the budget will only become more difficult next year.
|Description: The decisions in my opinion that we are wrestling with here today, pale in comparison to the decisions that we will be forced to deal with next year.|
The Senate and the House will have to come to an agreement on the program funding.
By agreeing with the House, the Senate endorsed Governor Nixon's plan for freezing school tuitions that state universities have agreed to.
From the State Capitol, I'm Alana Young
|Intro:||The Missouri Senate votes unanimously for Career Ladder program funding Wednesday.|
Wrap: The Missouri Senate has gone along with the House in endorsing Governor Nixon's plan of higher education funding that ensures no increase for in-state undergraduate tuition.
The Senate also voted for 37 million dollars towards teacher salary bonuses in the Career Ladder program after it was previously cut from the budget.
Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Rob Mayer says the program funding should be part of the budget, and rewards teachers who are doing their job.
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First National Bank of Sycamore expands to full-service at Tiffin location
First National Bank of Sycamore is excited to announce that they are expanding their Tiffin loan office to a full-service banking center on September 1.
First National Bank of Sycamore has been operating a loan office at 2353 W. Market St., Tiffin, since 2018 under the leadership of Jerry Weininger.
With continual market growth in the loan sector, and many requests to offer retail products, such as deposit accounts, the next step was to expand this location to meet the demand.
“We are so excited to be offering a full line of services from our Tiffin office. We have realized that the Tiffin market is needing a true community bank that values personal relationships and the needs of its customers. As a locally owned and independent community bank, we are proud to have Jerry Weininger and Sarah Johnson representing our bank and serving our customers,” stated Dean Keller, president.
Weininger stated, “Having grown up in Sycamore, I am very happy to be back in a community banking environment where I have been assisting customers in Tiffin and the surrounding area since 1974.”
Recently, Sarah Johnson has been hired to bring the retail products to fruition. Johnson has over 17 years in the banking industry and is a true banking leader.
“I am very excited to help serve the Tiffin community and grow our banking relationships. We have grown our products and services as well. I’m confident we can serve your financial needs one way or another,” stated Johnson.
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Ethiopia DANGOTE 5000t/d Clinker Cement Production Line Contract Project
Ethiopia DANGOTE 5000t/d clinker cement production line is African DANGOTE Group, and Suzhou Sinoma Construction Co., Ltd. is the general contractor of the project. The project was officially ignited and put into production on March 26, 2015 local time.
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Unlike baseball, second and third chances aren’t always promised in life. Before he was shot dead by a transit police officer a few hours after New Years Eve, Oscar Grant III had made a resolution to continue his life by putting his family and career first. He was struggling with this because he had spent some time in prison as a youth.
Whether its New Year’s Eve, or three months later, life-amending promises like the one that Grant made aren’t easy to keep without help.
Here are four groups and initiatives that are working to make sure that individuals who want to makeover their lives can actually get the tools, training, and the chance to do it.
1. Ban The Box Legislation
Throughout the country some 40 cities and counties have enacted legislation that removes the criminal history check-off box on private sector job applications until later in the hiring process. These laws prevent employers from tossing the applications of those with a criminal past, which give ex-convicts a chance to be considered for a job based on their merit. Visit www.nelp.org for a map of the cities, counties, and states that adopt such laws; and for information on how to bring the law to your city.
2. National Urban League’s Reintegration of Ex-Offender Adult Program
Launched in 2011, The National Urban League RExO program operates in Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, and Oklahoma City. If you are an ex-offender, who left a correctional facility within the last 12 months and you are returning to a high-poverty, high-crime community, than local Urban League chapters of the RExO program will provide you with job preparedness training, mentoring, and job placement, among other things. Visit: iamempowered.com for more info.
This national program operates on a four-pronged approach that involves case management, life coaching, job training, and job placement by relying on partnerships with faith-based organizations, local businesses, community institutions, and the judicial system. Upon acceptance, participants are required to attend a comprehensive 4-6 week career development training course, featuring employment and life-skills. For more information visit OperationNewHope.com
4. Re-entry Anonymous
Finding a job isn’t the only challenge that ex-offenders face. Drug abuse in prison is a huge reality. Three out of four state prisoners released annually abuse alcohol and/or drugs, according to The International Institute for Alcohol Awareness. Left untreated, these addictions are major barriers on the path to successful reentry. Reentry Anonymous is a 12-step program for men and women recovering from incarceration and addictions. Members have a choice to share their experience, strength, and hope with each other through face-to-face meetings or online meetings. For more information visit: 12step.org/

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The Az W and the MILO café restaurant are offering visiting architecture enthusiasts the opportunity to sweeten their Saturday afternoon. Following a guided tour of the exhibition ‘LINZ TEXAS’, while away the afternoon with coffee and a Linzer Slice.
Combination Ticket: admission to the exhibition and guided tour at the Az W with a traditional Viennese Melange and a Linzer Slice in the MILO café restaurant (alternative to coffee: tea or mineral water).
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An article from the Washington Post recently caught my attention. Written by Breena Kerr and Lynh Bui, it’s opening line reads “Historic, torrential April rains on the island of Kauai wiped out much of Hawaii’s taro crops — the main ingredient in poi and a staple carb of the island diet.”
So often when we hear about natural disasters and the damage they inflict upon locations and people, we fail to comprehend just how devastating these disasters are in a broader spectrum. By no means am I attempting to suggest that attention directed towards the people who lost their homes should be depleted, but something as obvious as agriculture commonly goes unnoticed when a natural disaster strikes a location.
The article goes on to discuss how “one of the state’s most active volcanoes spewed ash and lava throughout the eastern end of the Big Island, decimating more than 50 percent of the state’s papaya production and tropical flower industry” shortly after the torrential downpours in April, followed by Hurricane Lane shortly after.
The hurricane resulted in “flooding, excess moisture and pounding rains “which have the potential to lead to damage of “macadamia nut, coffee and flower harvests for farmers on the east side of the island, which bore the brunt of the storm.”
Hurricane Lane’s winds further created wildfires, which spread across hundreds of acres in Lahaina.
I wanted to bring attention to the devastation wreaking havoc upon the farming industry in Hawaii, because aside from this article, I have not seen any coverage of this awful situation. Farmers and their families are not only facing the destruction of their homes and properties, but further their crops and their only source of income.
It’s important to consider just how far devastation reaches when it strikes, hence the purpose of this post. With so much distraction occurring in our world, staying informed has never been more important.
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He further demanded that an inquiry should be conducted in Lahore because he had no trust in Rahim Yar
'Upon his arrest (in Rahim Yar
Khan), he (Salahuddin) initially put on an act, pretending to be speech-impaired, but later spoke to the investigators,' said Randhawa.
District Police Officer (DPO) Rahim Yar
Khan Umar Salamat said the deceased include one woman and eight men, while the injured include nine women and 11 children.
The injured were taken to a nearby government hospital and to a more advanced facility in Rahim Yar
Khan, hospital officials said.
Addressing the event, Yar
Jan Badini said that he had written more than ten books regarding Balochs populated in different countries, the main purpose of this effort is to get more information about culture, language and history of Balochs who had migrated towards different countries centuries ago.
Afghanistan-based Ahmad Yar
Group has over 30 years of experience in the fuel logistics and storage industry, with a strong commitment to quality, integrity and reliability.
They are calling for an inquiry into the incident and action against the lower staff employee who is accused of having harassed the lady doctor at Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Rahim Yar
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U2 Various Dates
Various Dates: 2010-2019
: Roxy Theatre - West Hollywood, California, USA
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- The Ocean / Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep (snippet)
- 11 O'Clock Tick Tock / Silver Lining (snippet)
- I Will Follow
- The Electric Co. / Send in the Clowns (snippet) / I Can See For Miles (snippet)
- Beautiful Day / I Remember You (snippet)
- Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of
- Sunday Bloody Sunday / When Johnny Comes Marching Home (snippet)
- Out of Control / Iris (Hold Me Close) (snippet)
- Song For Someone
- California (There Is No End To Love) / God Only Knows (snippet)
Comments: Concert for contest winners on radio station KROQ. First performance of 11 O'Clock Tick Tock since 21 August 2001; The Ocean since 9 December 2005; Elevation since 30 July 2011. The Ocean had not opened a concert since 8 June 1981. This is the first show to feature at least five Boy-era songs since 24 September 1984. Stuck in a Moment was played by Edge on piano - it was performed on the Songs of Innocence promo tour in 2014 but had not yet appeared on the Innocence + Experience Tour. At least one copy of the printed setlist did not include Vertigo though it did appear on other copies.
Soundchecked: 11 O'clock Tick Tock, An Cat Dubh/Into The Heart, Elevation, Stuck In A Moment, California, The Ocean, Sunday Bloody Sunday.
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- U2's New York City #6 setlist, 27/07 (2015-07-28)
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Koresh Dance Company - Deconstructing Mozart & Other Works
Koresh Dance Co. produces contemporary works that are highly technical and deeply resonant. The troupe is widely recognized for its superb technique and emotionally-compelling appeal, promoting high-speed attack and gestural diversity drawn from Graham technique, Luigi jazz, classical ballet, hip-hop and Israeli folk dance. The Spanos Theatre program takes a musical and emotional journey through choreographer Roni Koresh's classic highlights and features his seminal work, "Deconstructing Mozart" - a collaborative masterpiece that dares to deconstruct the composer's 23rd Piano Concerto. (Haze effects) "Earthy, folk-dancey, emotionally direct, physically intense, and ostentatiously eccentric." - The New Yorker Free pre-show lecture: 7 p.m., Philips Lecture Hall, led by Cal Poly Dance faculty member Diana Stanton
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The enemy is attacking your base! Build turrets as fast as you can to protect your stronghold.
You are in your space ship and have to shoot the aliens that pop out of the craters. Its just like wack-a-mole. Be quick, because the aliens sure are!
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When it comes to packaging tapes, there are various options available, each with its own set of advantages. Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) tape stands out as a popular choice, but how does it compare to other packaging tapes? In this blog post, we’ll conduct a comparative analysis to highlight the unique features of BOPP tape.
- Advantages: BOPP tape offers excellent strength, durability, and resistance to moisture and temperature changes. Its customizable design and secure adhesive bonding make it suitable for various applications.
- Customizability: BOPP tape can be printed with branding elements, logos, and patterns, enhancing its appearance and aiding in package identification.
- Applications: BOPP tape is widely used for carton sealing, bundling, labeling, and even branding. It is versatile and suitable for various industries.
- Advantages: PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) tape is known for its flexibility and conformability to irregular surfaces. It’s often used for sealing packages with unique shapes.
- Drawbacks: PVC tape is less environmentally friendly due to the presence of plasticizers. It’s not as resistant to temperature changes and may become brittle over time.
- Advantages: Paper tape is eco-friendly and biodegradable, making it a sustainable choice. It’s often used for sealing lightweight packages and is easily recyclable.
- Drawbacks: Paper tape may lack the strength and durability required for heavy-duty applications. It’s more susceptible to damage from moisture.
- Advantages: Filament tape contains reinforcing fiberglass strands, providing high tensile strength and resistance to tearing. It’s ideal for bundling and securing heavy items.
- Drawbacks: Filament tape’s fiberglass strands can be challenging to cut, and the tape itself may be less flexible. It’s not as suitable for applications that require customization or branding.
Conclusion: BOPP tape’s combination of strength, customizability, and resistance to environmental factors positions it as a versatile and practical choice for various packaging needs. However, the choice of tape depends on the specific requirements of each application, such as package shape, weight, and environmental considerations.


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The Continuing Agricultural Education Center is hosting an Extension Management training for Extension Staff from the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industries and Fisheries which is running for 1 week with 70 participants from 51 districts.
Under the National Agricultural Policy (2016), the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES), Makerere University, is mandated among others to provide training for extension staff in Uganda. This has been spelt out in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) and CAES. The Directorate of Agricultural Extension services through the Agricultural Technology and Agribusiness Advisory Services (ATAAS) project of MAAIF has planned to organize refresher training for 290 technical staff from District Local Governments in the areas of Extension Management and Sustainable land management. Under the MOU with MAAIF, CAES has so far conducted short training for over 1700 field extension workers in several core areas including Agribusiness development; Agrochemicals and fertilizer optimization in modern crop husbandry; Postharvest handling technology, Extension management, Agricultural risk management, Micro Irrigation technologies for increased water use efficiency and Sustainable land management.
In all the previous trainings, MAAIF had a very strong presence. The Director of Extension Services opened most training. The closing was mostly done by the Commissioner, Extension Services. Sitting throughout the training sessions was the Principal Officer in charge of training and skills management at the Directorate of Extension Services. Evaluation by MAAIF staff involved in the training indicates that they were very satisfied with the training delivery methods, content and the environment. To continue with the good work of skilling our extension staff, CAES is submitting this training plan for 290 technical staff from District Local Governments on Extension management (197) and Sustainable land management (93) to be conducted by the departments of Extension and Innovation Studies and Agricultural Production at CAES. The training plan provides information on training management and approach, targeted audience, delivery approaches, evaluation and budget for each of the four areas indicated above.

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Opening 26th Ave S to traffic has been great for getting to Des Moines efficiently, but the traffic lights change much too quickly for the amount of traffic that uses the intersection now. Sometimes all the lights will stay red despite no one approaching from other directions which stalls the one lane that is waiting.
During rush hour (5-7pm), when cars wait to turn west/left onto S 200 St from 26th Ave S, sometimes they have to wait 2-3 light cycles before they can turn due to nonstop incoming traffic from the north. I realize installing a turn lane traffic light may be requesting too much, but we shouldn't have to wait through several traffic light cycles to make a turn. It's not safe (or legal?) to have the car out in the middle of the road just to make a turn at the last second before, or right as, the light turns red.


text: I got the idea of making this loaf from Leon at Bread Bar None. Earlier this month Leon posted his recipe for Porridge Sourdough. I really like the sound of it so, on My Perfect Day, I decided to make it. Alas, it was not the perfect loaf of bread. Firstly, I just used the ingredients as listed by Leon without holding back any water and I found I had much, much too much water. I had to add 400g of extra flour! Then I decided to bake my bread in the wood oven and the oven was way too cold. We ended up with two very tasty flying saucers. I was determined to try again but this time in my cast iron pot, in my electric oven and watching the water very carefully.


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Skomer is designed to work together in small clusters or as part of larger configurations in combination with Away from the Desk. Each has a fresh and contemporary aesthetic and offers choice, comfort, and adaptability for a variety of work scenarios
Skomer is ideally suited to small clusters around a meeting table & marries the comfort & support of a small chair with the mobility of a traditional light meeting chair. The moulded foam seat and backrest elements deliver crisp upholstery with the resilience to cope with high churn environments. Sully, Ramsey and Skomer are designed to work together in small clusters, or as part of larger configurations of our Away from the Desk range.
- Standard Castors: 2 9/16″” Black or Grey Soft Castors with no brake.
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- Option 1- The seat and the back can be specified in two separate fabrics.
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This unique 21st-century home nestled in the mountainous countryside of Mauricie, Quebec, is so unusual in its contemporary design that it somehow enhances the natural surroundings it was built to blend into.
Naturally, the house itself is stunningly beautiful, too. With many features based on early concepts by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the high, sloping roofs of Vallé du Parc House mirror the mountainous landscape extending in the distance behind it. An unassuming timber exterior suggests that the home itself has grown out of the forest floor, with internal passages branching into a network of external terraces to bridge the gap between outdoors and in. Modelled originally on the layout of an automobile, the inside of the house transports you to another world entirely.
Nurturing the need for earthy comforts without compromising on space, the interior is also a delightful contrast of white-washed walls and high-ceilings, glazed panels marking a bold contemporary twist in contrast to the natural pleasures of the world outside. The house breathes itself into its surroundings in a world where modern-day architecture often threatens to override the rhythms of nature. Almost nostalgic in its unassuming exterior, Vallé du Parc House is a quietly stunning revolution of architecture.


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Rise of the Tomb Raider finally came out on the PC, but unfortunately gamers have met with ordinary PC issues — lags, bugs, compatibility with Windows 10, no DLLs and more. Here is the errors solutions for the game Rise of the Tomb Raider.
# 1 Solution for low FPS in the Rise of the Tomb Raider
Rise of the Tomb Raider uses more than 4 GB of memory when using very high textures, which to FPS decrease to zero. You will need to enable the use of high textures to play this game without any problems. You will have troubles with running the game if your computer has less than 4 GB of video memory.
# 2 Solution for NTDLL errors in Rise of the Tomb Raider
This problem occurs on the computer immediately after the start of the game. It is associated with the file ntdll.dll, a key graphic file that may be missing or may simply be damaged. To correct the error, check the integrity of the game cache on Steam.
# 3 Rise of the Tomb Raider does not start
For most users, we recommend to upgrade their graphics cards drivers.
# 4 Problems with the Expedition mode in Rise of the Tomb Raider
Try to restart your computer. The game developers will release a new patch in a week.
# 5 Random crashes during playing in Rise of the Tomb Raider
This problem is one of the most repeated during the game. The simplest solution — to disable Steam Cloud Saves.
# 6 Crashes after you press Play in Rise of the Tomb Raider
Try this tip: Type regedit, and change the value Exclusivefullscreen to 0.
# 7 C ++ Runtime Error in the Rise of the Tomb Raider
Use solutions for Error 5 and 6!
# 8 Mouse and keyboard does not work in Rise of the Tomb Raider
If your mouse, keyboard or controller stops responding to your actions, try to disconnect any peripherals that you do not use.
# 9 Rise of the Tomb Raider will not work on Windows 10 — MSVCP110.DLL
Download Visual C ++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2012 Update 4 from the official Microsoft Download Center
After installing these libraries your problems will be solved. Rebooting is not required, while the Windows Movie Maker, as well as many other applications will continue to work fine in Windows 10.
More detailed information — How To Fix MSVCP110.dll is Missing Error
# 10 Error with camera in Rise of the Tomb Raider
Reduce the resolution in the game to fix this issue.

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Police have arrested one of the suspects in an armed home invasion in Methuen, Massachusetts.
Methuen police tweeted that Edgardo X Colon, 19, turned himself in on charges of home invasion, intimidation of a witness, and possession of a Class D substance with intent to distribute.
Three masked men forced their way into an apartment on 14 Kirk Street just after 9 p.m. on Saturday. The suspects said they were looking for a man who they believed live in the apartment.
Police said they entered the residence when they learned he wasn't home.
The men allegedly held a gun to the victim's head and demanded to be taken to the resident's bedroom. The suspects ransacked the room and fled the scene in a gray car similar to a Kia Soul with cash and other items.
Police are still looking for the other two suspects, who are believed to be males about six feet tall. Each of the suspects was wearing a winter coat during the home invasion.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Methuen Police Department.


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2Tiberius T8's - $85 shipped each. No Mags. SOLD
Alright guys, upgraded to a T8.1 with a custom lower, and no longer need these guys, they're completely standard T8's, without any magazines. They both functioned great and served me quite well, just don't need this many pistols (I only have two hands! ) Since I don't have a lot of goodies for these, they're going to go cheap, please let me know if you have any questions, or need more pictures.
I'll toss in a Tiberius holster if someone buys both, if not, I can add it on for 10 bucks more (and will clean it up before shipping).
Found the compensator I had for one, its aluminum, black, and has a tiny crack on the front "rib" Other than that, looks good, and adds +1 badass to your pistol. I'll say 15 for it, or 10 if you're buying it with a pistol.
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I will definetly be talking one. Let me see if I can swing to buy both. Already bought the mags.
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Socialite Vera Sidika is arguably the hardest personality to figure out in the country.
Even as the girl child empowerment agenda continues to spread across the world, the socialite sensationally came out to reveal that most of her friends are men for some interesting reasons.
The voluptuous socialite has been hot property in recent days after she shocked the world once again when she unleashed a darker-version of herself for the first time in five years.
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She also unleashed a song barely two days later just as fans were still coming to terms with her new-old skin tone.
It goes without saying that majority of trolls in the socialite’s timeline are fellow ladies, which is sort of ironic considering most of Vera’s followers are also ladies.
Appearing on the trend for only the second time, Vera sought to address the question of friendship where she revealed majority of the people she considers friends are actually men.
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Why is this? Well the socialite explained that guys tend to “understand” her much better than the ladies.
“It’s just that I feel like unlike poles attract not sexually but you can always have an understanding because with females they always have that kind of negative feedback and having to deal with that is not as easy especially because I’m in the limelight,” She told The Trend host Amina.
Because ladies always seemed to have something negative to say, Vera’s coping mechanism has been to cut them off altogether because according to her, it is much easier that way.
So how many female friends does the real Vera have?
“I have like three close friends and the rest are not really close, with men there is an understanding,” she went on.
It was particularly interesting to listen to the socialite go on and on about how she preferred being friends with men, especially because there is a nasty stereotype associated with socialites and the men who admire and “understand” them.
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From flying boats to jumbo jets Pan Am was featured in many films and television programs. The most extensive Pan Am footage is in the film "China Clipper. This 1936 film, starring Hugh O'Brien and Humphrey Bogart, closely traces Pan Am's birth through the first Trans-Pacific flight with the China Clipper. Starting in the 1960s Pan Am would appear in four James Bond adventure films as well as the light hearted comedies "That Touch of Mink" and "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." Pan Am was also seen in "I Love Lucy, The Beverly Hillbillies and the English TV series "The Saint." Below is a list of Films (listed alphabetically by title) that include Pan Am. If you are aware of any others please contact me at email@example.com
Film / Title Starring Year 2001 A Space Odyssey Gary Lockwood 1968
Bananas Woody Alen 1971
Beatles in New York (News Reel) The Beatles 1964
Beatles return London (News Real) The Beatles 1964
Bullet Steve McQueen 1968
Casablanca H.Bogart / Ingrid Bergman 1942
Catch Me if You Can Leonardo DiCaprio 2002
China Clipper Humphrey Bogart 1936
Come Fly With Me Carl Malden / Dolores Hart 1963
Coogan's Bluff Clint Eastwood 1968
Dr. No Sean Connery 1962
Flying down to Rio Astaire & Rogers 1933
From Russia With Love Sean Connery 1963
Help The Beatles 1965
Hook Robin Williams 1991
Last Flight Out James Earl Jones 1990
Licence to Kill Timothy Dalton 1989
Live and Let Die Roger Moore 1973
Auntie Mame Rosalind Russell 1958
Missing Jack Lemmon 1982
National Lampoon European Vacation Chevy Chase 1985
Now Voyager Bette Davis 1942
On A Clear Day U Can See Forever Barbara Striesand 1970
One, Two, Three James Cagney 1961
Raiders of the Lost Arc Harrison Ford 1981
Romancing the Stone K. Turner & M. Douglass 1984
Something Short of Paradise Susan Sarandan 1979
That Touch of Mink Doris Day Carey Grant 1962
The Prize Paul Newman 1963
Volunteers Tom Hanks 1985
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory Gene Wilder 1971
With a Song in My Heart Jane Froman 1952
I love LucyLucille Ball 1950s
Beverly HillbilliesBuddy Ebsen 1960s
The SaintRoger Moore 1960s
Description Pan Am provides shuttle service from Earth to and from the Space Station
Woody Allen posing as a dictator flies Pan Am to Miami
Beatles first trip to NYC in 1964 was via Pan Am flight 101.
The Beatles fly depart JFK and arrive London on Pan Am
McQueen chase around San Francisco Airport with great footage of Pan Am 707.
Humphrey Bogart encourages Ingrid Bergman to escape the Nazi's via “The Clipper.”
DiCaprio poses as a Pan Am pilot to trave lthe world for free
Hollywood version of the story of the China Clipper
Adventures of a fictitious airline stewardess, with Pan Am style uniforms & Terminal.
Helicopters on the roof of the Pan Am Building in New York City
James Bond flies a Pan Am Boeing 707 to Kingston, Jamaica
An in-flight wedding is performed on a Sikorsky flying boat.
James Bond flies a Pan Am Boeing 707 to Istanbul
The Beatles fly a Pan Am Boeing 707 to Nassau, Bahamas.
Williams and family fly to London on a Pan Am Boeing 747.
Made for TV movie about last Pan Am flight out of Saigon
Bond arrives at the Pan Am airport counter but has to cancel due to circumstances
Bond flies a Pan Am 747 London to New York with footage of Pan Am’s WorldPort
Rosalind Russell speaks about flying Pan American flight 100 to London.
Set in the 1970s Lemmon flies Pan Am to Chile to look for his missing child
Chevy Chase and family fly Pan Am to Europe
Davis travels to and from Brazil on a Pan American flying boat.
Barbara is serenaded from atop the Pan Am Building by Yves Montand
Cagney hosts multiple visitors arriving Berlin on Pan Am
Set in the 1930s Indiana Jones flies a Pan Am seaplane around the world
"The stone" is carried around South America in a Pan Am flight bag
Lovers reconcile at Pan Am's New York WorldPort with 747 in the background.
Doris Day travels alone to Bermuda on a Pan Am Boeing 707 to see Carey Grant
Paul Newman arrives in Stockholm on Pan Am Boeing 707
Set in the 1960s Tom Hanks flies to Thailand on a Pan Am Boeing 707
Wonka chocolate bars arrive in Munich on a Pan Am 707.
Set in the 1940s, Singer Jane Froman survives a Pan Am Boeing 314 crash.
Lucy smuggles food onto a Pan Am Trans-Atlantic flight disguised as a baby
The Hillbillies travel to Europe on Pan Am
Roger Moore flies Pan Am to various locations on several different episodes


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DVD, Dolby digital, Dolby Surround.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2012.
In English with optional subtitles in Spanish.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Special features: Director's commentary ; Making of "Stuck in love."
Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Lily Collins, Logan Lerman, Nat Wolfe, Liana Liberato, Kristen Bell.
Director of photography, Tim Orr ; editor, Robb Sullivan ; music, Mike Mogis, Nathaniel Walcott
A comically rich and yet emotionally raw romantic drama about a family of writers who have lost the plots of their own love stories.
MPAA rating: R.
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Angry House Republicans yesterday called for a new election in Indiana's 8th Congressional District after Democrat Frank McCloskey emerged from a long and bitter recount with a four-vote victory over Republican challenger Richard D. McIntyre.
Democrats, dismissing the Republican charges, said they would move to seat McCloskey, probably next week. The seat has been vacant since January, when Democrats refused to seat McIntyre, twice awarded the seat after other recounts. The dispute has created bitter, partisan divisions in the House, and the narrowness of McCloskey's victory is expected to increase Republicans' hostility.
McCloskey, who held the seat in the last Congress, was declared the unofficial winner late Thursday by a House task force overseeing the final recount.
"The bottom line is that this is a credible result, the only credible result," Rep. Tony Coelho (D-Calif.), chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said in a letter to colleagues.
But Rep. William M. Thomas (R-Calif.), lone Republican on the three-member task force that oversaw the final recount, protested that Democrats had stolen the election Thursday night with partisan decisions. "What happened last night . . . can be characterized as nothing short of a rape," Thomas said yesterday. He accused Democrats of trying to "humiliate," "dominate," "conquer" and "show that they're superior."
Rep. Leon E. Panetta (D-Calif.), chairman of the task force, said Thomas and other Republicans are angry because they lost the seat. "The basic concern of the other side is not so much, frankly, with the process as with the way the votes came in," Panetta said. "Obviously, when it's close, one side is going to be disappointed.
"I don't think there was anything in the process or the decisions that undermined the credibility of the final vote. There's no question in my mind that the recount director and the GAO [General Accounting Office] did an outstanding job in conducting what was a very credible election," he said.
Thomas sharply criticized several 2-to-1 votes not to count certain disputed ballots Thursday night. He said Democrats had voted not to count 32 absentee ballots held by county clerks after agreeing last week to count several similar absentee ballots sent to 8th District precincts. He said Democrats counted ballots "until their man is in the lead, then they stop counting."
One Democratic lawyer said about 100 such absentee ballots were considered "defective" by county clerks and never sent to precincts. Some "defective" ballots accidentally were sent to precincts and counted. Democrats said McIntyre gained two votes that way.
But Panetta charged that Republicans did not push for counting absentee ballots still held by county clerks "until [Thursday] night when they knew they were behind."
The House task force is to meet Monday to receive a final report on the recount, conducted by the GAO, and is to send results to the House Administration Committee. A move to seat McCloskey could come later next week.
Republicans said they have not agreed on their next step, which could be to move to vacate the seat and seek a special election. They plan to meet Monday.
McCloskey said he doubts that support exists for a new election. "It would take 60 to 90 days, and I don't think anyone wants that," he said.
McIntyre expressed bitterness. "I'm not surprised they stole the election," he said, "but I didn't think they'd do it so blatantly."
On election night Nov. 6, McCloskey held a 72-vote lead. When a partial recount showed McIntyre ahead by 34 votes, the Republican secretary of state certified him the winner. But House Democrats refused to seat him. In February, after another recount, McIntyre was again certified the winner. But Democrats charged that more than 5,000 ballots had been excluded


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When Edwin Jimenez, 61, of Mabilo, New Washington, Aklan, decided to stop using chemical pesticides, he did not only get higher yield and a premium price for his produce. He was able to cut production costs while continuously innovating and creating ways that would also benefit his fellow farmers and the environment.
Edwin has been into farming for the last nine years, taking charge of the 1.6-hectare family-owned farm which was initially planted to fruit trees and vegetables. Two years ago, he went into rice farming. In between farm works, he devotes part of his time to the family’s refrigeration and air-conditioning business in Kalibo, which is a few kilometers away from his farm.


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Non-bank lender Classic Funding has been added to two lending panels.
Two mortgage brokers are running for the parliamentary seat of Burt in WA, with broker remuneration and the local economy front of mind.
A South Australia-based lender has continued the trend of fixed mortgage rate reductions that have been spurred by easing funding cost pressures.
ME Bank has announced that it has partnered with a major brokerage brand and will hire three new business development managers to support the third-party channel.
Mortgage marketplace HashChing has re-introduced a deposit-free home loan product to support the entry of first home buyers into the mortgage market.
The central bank has announced its cash rate decision following its monthly monetary policy board meeting.
Westpac CEO Brian Hartzer has said that competitive pressures from foreign lenders and non-banks have contracted to a subdued mortgage performance by the major bank.
The aggregator has announced a white label partnership with the non-major, in a move designed to expand its white-label home loan offering.
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text: We all experience gastroesophageal reflux (GER) on a daily basis, as part of the normal “housekeeping” mechanism of our digestive tract. Reflux is simply the backward flow of stomach contents (liquids, including food matter, digestive juices, and acid, as well as gas) toward the esophagus. We may feel this as a “sour” burp, “acid” taste in the throat or mouth, or heartburn. When these symptoms become very frequent, disruptive or complicated, your doctor may add a “D” for “Disease,” and diagnose you with GERD. These complications in adult patients may include chronic inflammation or injury to the lining of the esophagus, resulting in reflux esophagitis, which increases the risk for scarring and even esophageal cancer. In children, GERD can negatively impact feeding, swallowing and weight gain, and can be a trigger for chronic cough.

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The National Algae Association is the first non-profit 501(c)6
algae education and production trade association in the world. It's where students, private industry, commercially-minded algae researchers, process engineers, lab/commercial equipment providers, potential investors/lenders join together in collaboration in fast-track commercialization and deployment of algae farms and biomanufacturing facilities moving the algae production industry forward.
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BT bolsters local sales teams to support new decentralised public sector model
BT has appointed six new regional directors for its public sector business across the UK
The new regional directors will be led by Danny Longbottom, director local government & health. Photo: BT
The move will place greater focus on delivering services to public sector organisations on a regional and devolved basis. In addition, each director has invested to grow their local team and offer more technical support to public sector customers.
• Jon Reynolds will lead BT’s public sector business in Wales and the South West
• David Wallace will lead BT’s public sector business in Scotland
• Mark Sexton will lead BT’s public sector business in London and the South East
• Simon Yellowley will lead BT’s public sector business in the North of England (North East, North West and Yorkshire and Humber regions)
• Ricky Ricketts will lead BT’s public sector business in the Midlands
• Paul Murnaghan will lead BT’s public sector business in Northern Ireland
The new appointments reflect a new strategic direction for BT’s public sector business in response to changing market conditions for the UK public sector, which includes the devolution of funding and responsibility for IT and communications technology from central to local government. The new strategy will meet the changing technology needs of public sector customers with a focus on supporting organisational transformation, cross-agency collaboration and the integration of health and social care.
The new regional directors will be responsible for BT’s public sector business across six geographic areas: Scotland; Northern Ireland; Wales and the South West of England; London and the South East of England; the Midlands; and the North of England (see notes to editors for the full list of appointments).
Led by Danny Longbottom, director local government & health, each regional director is responsible for implementing BT’s public sector strategy in their geographic area. This includes working with local NHS healthcare organisations, councils, schools and universities, as well as developing BT’s smart cities portfolio across the UK.
Danny explained: “We’ve adapted our strategy to meet the changing needs of our public sector customers across the UK. Whilst there are common themes – such as the decentralisation of IT spending and ownership and a drive to reduce costs – each geographic region faces unique opportunities and challenges. That’s why we’ve appointed senior executives who live in the area they’re responsible for. We’ve also invested significantly in our local sales teams to support them and help customers on their digital journey, regardless of which stage they’re currently at.”
“When we formed our new Business & Public Sector division last year, we brought our local, central government and health expertise together with EE’s public sector teams. This not only provides our customers with the best fixed and mobile networks, but also allowed us to realign the business to better respond to the changing needs of the market.”
BT has more than 1,800 public sector customers across the UK, providing a range of fixed and mobile networking, contact centre, cloud and security solutions.
Hertsmere MP’s brief as minister for implementation also includes IPA, CCS, and cybersecurity initiatives
MPs claim department faces ‘difficult decisions’ to deliver on schemes including Making Tax Digital rollout and office relocations
European Commission and member states to invest in programme to buy and maintain four of the ultra-powerful machines
Research from digital specialist dxw finds that suppliers on key digital framework find most opportunity notices lack clarity on customer needs, desired outcomes, and budget
Surge in consumers’ use of messaging and social media is transforming their expectations of service, says new BT and Cisco research
BT talks with the futurists and visionaries preparing the UK for a digital future
As the Government hub model puts a spotlight on new ways of working, Jayne Rees, Head of Central Government at Vodafone UK looks at the role of the workplace in achieving digital ambitions


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