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Hi all! Back with another craving and this time it's goreng pisang! Please recommend me some nice stalls. Ate the one at Changi Village yesterday and while it's good, it's not the best out there. Used to like the one at Bedok Central Hawker Centre but seems like it's no longer there. I like my goreng pisang crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. I'm not a fan of the goreng pisangs selling at Malay stalls. It's usually less sweet, less juicy, less crispy. The ones at Malay stalls. Million Star @ Changi Village. The Chinese ones are much crispier and juicy.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Agriculture/Banana-growers-fight-renewed-extinction-risk-as-lethal-fungus-spreads?utm_campaign=GL_asia_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_source=NA_newsletter&utm_content=article_link&del_type=1&pub_date=20220808190000&seq_num=29&si=44594 Banana growers fight renewed extinction risk as lethal fungus spreads Resurgence of Panama disease threatens one of world's most valuable crops Bananas are displayed at a shop in Halle, Belgium. Eaten across the world, the fruit is grown in the tropics, from Southeast Asia to Latin America. © Reuters KOJI KATO, Nikkei science editorAugust 8, 2022 00:27 JST TOKYO -- Decades after decimating banana plants worldwide, Panama disease once again threatens to wipe out the crop key to economies across Asia, Latin America and beyond. Vietnam will lose up to 71% of its banana-producing land in 25 years to a type of fungus called Fusarium, warned a scientific paper published in February by researchers from institutions including Vietnam's Plant Resources Center and Belgium's Meise Botanic Garden. Fusarium enters the banana plants through its roots and destroys its veins, causing the plant to wilt. The spores can contaminate soil for decades. Bananas are "among the most important food crops worldwide," said Steven Janssens, one of the authors. And if Fusarium continues to spread, he says that "the impact on humanity could be quite dramatic." A separate study cited in the paper predicted a similar loss of banana-producing land in China and the Philippines. The dangers of Fusarium came under the spotlight in the 1950s, when the fungus devastated banana plants in and around Panama. Dubbed Panama disease, the epidemic subsided only after inflicting billions of dollars in damage to growers and nearly wiping out production of the Gros Michel cultivar. Half of the bananas grown in the world today are the Cavendish, which has been relatively resistant to Fusarium wilt. But a new strain that emerged in the 1990s is now attacking Cavendish bananas in Malaysia and elsewhere in Southeast Asia. The strain, called tropical race 4 or TR4, was also found in Colombia in 2019 and Peru in 2021, sparking concerns that the world's entire banana crop may be at risk of extinction. The modern banana is descended from a seedless variety that began to be cultivated in Southeast Asia around 5,000 B.C. or earlier. Growers propagate plants through cuttings that are genetically identical to the "parent" plant, heightening the risk of populations being wiped out by a pathogen like TR4. The lack of seeds makes it trickier to breed new varieties with better disease resistance. More than 100 million metric tons of bananas are produced worldwide annually, and there have been no signs of a significant decline. "I don't think bananas will go extinct," said Tsutomu Arie, a professor at the Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) who specializes in plant pathology. It is hard to gauge just how endangered the world's banana population is, but TR4 is a source of much anxiety in the industry. The fungal strain has been reported in roughly 20 countries, hitching rides on infected plants or on people via contaminated soil or planting material. The only sure way to curb its spread is by quarantine. According to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization, India is the world's top banana producer at 31.5 million metric tons, followed by China with 11.51 million metric tons, then Indonesia, Brazil, Ecuador and the Philippines. Since some of these countries grow much of their crop for domestic consumption, most exports come from Central and South America. The economic impact of the banana market has been estimated in the tens of billions of dollars, and the loss of even a portion of that would be felt by the global economy. Workers unload bananas from trucks at a market in Kolkata. India is the world's top producer of the fruit, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization. © Reuters Vaccination is among the strategies that Arie and others are working on to deal with TR4. Inoculating plants with a harmless variety of Fusarium fungus would boost resistance to the more dangerous type or keep it away from their roots. Starting in fiscal 2023, a Japanese team led by TUAT will work with partners including La Molina National Agrarian University in Peru on countermeasures including diagnosis and soil management. James Dale, a professor at Queensland University of Technology in Australia, said his team has adopted gene editing to develop banana trees that are hardy against TR4. With the introduction of genetically modified bananas strictly regulated, the variety is not expected to be grown for commercial purposes in Australia by the end of 2024. Yet this represents a significant advance. "It contains a resistance gene that we transferred from a wild banana that is immune to TR4," said Dale. Some scientists blame the fungal disease's spread on decades of cultivating and producing bananas selected only to satisfy taste buds. Diversity is thought to shield against plant disease epidemics. Hundreds of varieties of bananas grow within the "banana belt" found up to 30 degrees north and south of the equator. Bananas are not only a food, but also a key source of revenue. Nearly 500 million people are estimated to depend on bananas as a staple food.

https://mothership.sg/2022/03/fried-banana-seller-death-penang/ A 74-year-old fried banana seller in Penang fainted suddenly while cooking at her hawker stall on Sunday (Mar. 13). As a result, she fell into the wok containing hot oil and suffered severe burns to her face and body, later succumbing to her injuries. Pain was so intense she couldn't speak According to Malaysian Chinese daily Kwong Wah Yit Poh, the incident occurred around 3pm on Mar. 13. The elderly woman — identified as Zhong Bixuan — was frying bananas when she suddenly fainted, falling into the wok of hot oil. Her head and upper body were plunged into wok full of hot oil, resulting in severe burns on her face and body. A resident described the elderly woman as feeling like her body was being stabbed by thousands of hot needles, and added that the pain was so intense that Zhong could not speak. Zhong was then rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment, where she passed away later that night. Had been in the business for over 30 years Zhong had been selling fried bananas for more than 30 years, Kwong Wah reported. Her second son, Chen Zhenping, told media that his mother had been working in the hawker stall with his 80-year-old father at the time of the incident. When asked whether he would take over his mother's stall, Chen explained that he is currently managing his own stall in Seremban. Thus, he will temporarily close his mother's stall and then make plans in the future. Top photos via Kwong Wai Yit Poh.

Critics said the child's pose was "provocative" and life-threatening. Some pointed out that the driver would not be able to see the child in that pose, leaning on the grille. Others said the image was sexually suggestive, as bananas and sports cars have often been seen as symbols of male lust. https://bbc.in/33nNL8J

Nokia brings back iconic 8110 'banana phone' Feb 26, 2018 BARCELONA/HELSINKI - Seeking to capitalise on their comeback over the past year, the makers of Nokia phones are expanding to include a premium Android smartphone, their first, and a remake of one of its biggest hits of the 1990s, the 8110 "slider" phone. Set up by ex- Nokia executives who have licensed the famous brand, HMD Global - as the year-old company is known - has focused on mid-priced Androids and even sub-$100-priced phones since entering the smartphone market. Chief Executive Florian Seiche said HMD has sold around 30 million phones after introducing 11 new phone models over the past year. On Sunday, it announced two new models, plus refreshed versions of three phones first offered last year. "We feel great about the momentum we had in 2017 and that gives us the confidence to double down in 2018," Seiche told reporters at a briefing in London ahead of the product launch. Mobile phone market tracker Counterpoint Research said Nokia phones surged during 2017 to become the world's No. 1 seller of low-cost feature phones and No. 11 in smartphones after only entering the market last year. On a combined basis, Nokia now ranks as the No. 6 mobile phone seller, Counterpoint calculates. HMD's strategy is to use distribution partnerships with 600 top mobile operators and retailers in selected markets around the world to offer reliable, affordable products with the latest innovations, plus monthly Google security updates on all phones. Europe remains the biggest region for Nokia phones sales, Seiche said; India, Russia and Indonesia are its biggest country markets. The Nokia 8 is the company's flagship phone, priced at 749 euros (S$1,215) and designed to compete with Samsung's and Huawei's premium models. A new, 4G-ready version of Nokia's 8110 is priced at 79 euros. Nokia 8 is available in April, the revamped 8110 in May. The 1990s throwback model comes in two colour choices, classic black or banana yellow, a play on how its keyboard slid out, inspiring the nickname "banana phone". Nokia Corp, once the world's dominant phone maker, sold its handset business to Microsoft in 2014 and is now focused on telecom network equipment. HMD took over the Nokia feature phone business from Microsoft in 2016 and struck a deal with Nokia Oyj to use the brand on smartphones. http://www.asiaone.com/digital/nokia-phones-look-future-and-past?xtor=EREC-16-4[Emarsys_Newsletter]-20180226&extid=6934d0cfb7b252f1ae9f0dbddf5ff88ca8637e77

hi,anyone car without banana leaf(fender well)for daily driven car..any cons without it like engine bay dirty or anything else.. thanks in advance,

For those who like this song but might have forgotten abt it. One of my favourites. Used in quite a few clips. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpg-KIKD5gU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4eoMxGDEJA Both clips are hilarious.

UK and US printing money 'out of thin air' to fight credit crunch New worry is hyper-inflation BACK in 1991, when a group of us launched Money Mind (a TV programme still telecast on Channel NewsAsia), I was allowed to film De La Rue Currency's ultra-secretive banknote manufacturing facilities in Singapore. By Zhen Ming 20 March 2009 BACK in 1991, when a group of us launched Money Mind (a TV programme still telecast on Channel NewsAsia), I was allowed to film De La Rue Currency's ultra-secretive banknote manufacturing facilities in Singapore. De La Rue Currency - the world's largest commercial currency printer, involved in the production of more than 150 currencies - closed its Singapore factory in 2002 after finding it difficult to cope with rising costs. During my visit, I saw the firm's banknote design and production facilities. A line of 300 Singaporeans were inspecting sheet after sheet of freshly printed $2 banknotes to spot errors (none on that day). These days, however, most of the money that flows around an economy is created electronically rather than printed physically. Quantitative easing And as the world's ailing financial systems continue to remain immobile, central banks everywhere are introducing what's known as 'quantitative easing' (QE) - the modern equivalent of printing more money - as a desperate measure of last resort. Under QE, a central bank creates new money literally 'out of thin air', which it then uses to buy what are essentially IOUs from ordinary banks. The banks, in turn, use this money to create even more new money in a process known as deposit multiplication, where the amount of money (or loans) in circulation is further increased to stimulate additional spending. The impact of QE is not very different from dropping paper money from a helicopter - as Mr Ben Bernanke himself once described this policy before he became chairman of the US Federal Reserve (Fed). This idea (first mooted by US economist Milton Friedman) won Mr Bernanke the nickname 'helicopter Ben'. The Fed is effectively practising QE - except, for ideological reasons, the Fed prefers to call it 'credit easing' instead. To date, total QE assets held by the Fed stand at US$1.9 trillion ($2.9 trillion) - 2.4 times the size of the stimulus package sponsored by US President Barack Obama. The US, not unlike the UK, has just signalled that it will continue to print more new money (that is, embark on further QE) in order to re-inflate its flagging (or deflating) economy. The Fed is scheduled to issue its statement on QE later today. Mr Bernanke's view is that if the Fed provides liquidity, credit will flow and lower the price of loans, feeding pent-up demand for homes, cars, credit-card borrowing and capital expenditures by business in the depths of the worst recession in living memory. Will QE work? But will QE work? Or will triple-A sovereign borrowers like the US and the UK risk destroying their solvency, as they use QE to rescue over-indebted private sectors? This possibility of a botched-up QE programme could be nightmarish for surplus countries like China, Japan and Singapore. These countries currently hoard mountains of foreign reserves denominated in Western currencies like the US dollar and the British pound. These hard-earned reserves actually stand the risk of dramatically losing their value in real terms because QE, if mismanaged, could trigger runaway inflation or hyper-inflation. In some extreme examples of old-fashioned money printing, the results were disastrous. Think of the Reichsmarks in Germany after World War I, Japanese banana money in colonial Malaya during World War II, Russian roubles after the fall of communism, and the current hyper-inflation in Zimbabwe. That's why Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is 'worried' about the safety of China's US$1 trillion investment in US government IOUs. Singapore should be too.

Very creative....not sure anyone will eat it though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwiNyrQYE0E

This is what happens when you have a new addition to the family Luckily i have DG 501, look at the difference, the back area is not cleaned yet for reference [/color] After hours of hard work my banana looks kim again Thats the number of hours i spent on my banana

Rmb the Yellow cefiro we were all laughing about? Guess the dealer took it, and sprayed it black, took out all the mods, and left the tell tale sign, the back rear LED lamps! And the quad exhausts! LOL! http://www.sgcarmart.com/main/info-2AfY6CnJ-1077.html

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PIE exit to Toa Payoh. This morning. Think this Banana Getz likes to smell my smoke, tailgate me a good distance on the PIE, then when I trying to exit with signal, this Banana speed up and prevented me from enter the lane to exit Toa Payoh. What are you trying to prove? Want to test bhp is it? Your bhp max is only 105 (if you are 1.6 and not 1.1) want to play with me? Stock to stock not fair ok??? Go tuned up to 190bhp then come push me you banana ! I am not road hogging as I am already quite close to the car in front. What if you hit my rear? Use your brain! Seventh month so many accident already you want to add yourself to the statistics? Hope you are here to read this. http://kcarclubsg1975.spaces.live.com/