"My wife is Thai and she tells me that everything that we experienced about him was true exactly as he did in Bangkok. The guy is a one-off."
A sport psychologist who worked with Leicester City during their Premier League winning season says nearly all of the charitable work done by the 'phenomenal guy' Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha is not known.
Ken Way admitted he shed a tear after hearing the news of the Leicester owner's death in a helicopter crash after the team's 1-1 draw with West Ham on October 27.
He told reporters the decision to postpone the Southampton match was the correct decision but the outpouring of grief from the players and the city meant there was a case for "getting back on the horse" against Cardiff on Saturday.
Mr Way said players such as goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel would have taken the news of Mr Srivaddhanaprabha's death hard as they had "a great deal of time for each other".
Speaking of how he reacted to the news of Mr Srivaddhanaprabha's death, Mr Way said: "I knew Vichai and I have to say I have shed a few tears. He's such a phenomenal guy.
"That's a tough one. I would find that really really hard to talk about someone I knew personally.
"I always remember as a psychotherapist having a student come in who lost her dad about a year ago. I said to her, he lives in the synaptic gaps between the neurons, he lives here. We both shed a tear."
He continued: "I totally understood about the Southampton match, there is no way the Southampton match could go ahead. I do see why there is a case for getting back on the horse. It's tough, tough. You can see from the outpouring, not just in the city, but in the players.
"All the stories about what he did, charity-wise, giving away his money, I don't think they know 10% of what he did.
"I did a talk on the outskirts of Leicester at an education establishment, I walked through the doors and there was a little plaque saying 'this building was built with donations by Vichai'.
Describing what Mr Srivaddhanaprabha was like while he was at the club, Mr Way said: "He was always there but never pushing. One word I used to describe him to people who didn't know him, and I mean this positively, was 'unassuming'.
"You have a guy who is a billionaire and he could throw his weight around but he never, never did that. He was such a sweet, gentle guy.
"He and the players, Kasper (Schmeichel) in particular, had a great deal of time for each other."
He added: "Top, his son, is a fantastic guy as well and he will have to grow into his father's shoes ahead of schedule."
Addressing Mr Srivaddhanaprabha's role in Leicester's Premier League win, Mr Way said: "Nigel Pearson was fantastic at building a culture at Leicester. I believe Leicester would have won the league with Nigel.
"What (Claudio Ranieri) did that I thought was fantastic, turned up at the pre-season tour with four coaches and support staff, obviously he thought quite rightly they might need replacing, but what he did that I thought was magnificent is he looked at them and sensed the culture, the positivity and he didn't do anything.
"One of them disappeared and the other two very much took a peripheral back-seat role. There is a parallel with Vichai.
"Claudio didn't go in and mix things up and say you have to play my style, he said this is a winning style let's keep doing it.
"Vichai walked in and said I don't need to change anything, I just need to make things a little better. I feel the two of them had a rather symbiotic relationship."


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package org.apache.beam.runners.twister2.translators;

import org.apache.beam.runners.twister2.Twister2StreamTranslationContext;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.PTransform;

/** Stream TransformTranslator interface. */
@SuppressWarnings({
  "rawtypes" // TODO(https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/BEAM-10556)
})
public interface StreamTransformTranslator<TransformT extends PTransform> {
  void translateNode(TransformT transform, Twister2StreamTranslationContext context);
}

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This motivational video describing one Hero's Journey takes a humorous approach to participating in worthwhile causes.
We're all drawn to causes that benefit mankind, or even animal-kind! This tongue in cheek motivational video for Kia makes us think twice about volunteering to make a difference. The romanticized notion is quickly dispelled in several short vignettes.
This motivational video opens with Melissa McCarthy driving a Kia Niro through the countryside. We hear a voice from a caller, "Hey Melissa, the whales need your help!", with Melissa McCarthy's dreamy response, "I love whales!" Next thing we know, Melissa is on her own powered inflatable, shouting to others on an inflatable next to her, "Let's protect those whales!" Just then a massive whale breaches the surface next to her tiny inflatable, and lands on the back of her boat, sending Melissa flying through the air as a projectile to the side of the ship.
Next, we're back in the Kia and Melissa hears, "Hey Melissa, now the trees need you." We see Melissa excitedly clinging to a tree, with the sign behind her that reads, "Save the Trees", as she embraces and kisses the tree. At the base of the tree, the logger starts up his chain saw, with other cut down tree stumps in the background. The tree begins to fall, with Melissa still clinging to it. She is catapulted as the tree partially hangs over a cliff, and with enhanced visual and sound effects, and we see Melissa forcefully ejected, to fall off the cliff.
We're back on the outside of the Kia again, with Melissa is presumably driving, while we hear the call again with the same person's voice, "The ice caps are in trouble." We see Melissa walk to the edge of an ice cap to plant a sign that says, "Save the ice caps", only to have the bottom of the sign post split the ice cap that standing she's on, eventually falling between the ice cap split to the ocean below.
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import sensor, image, time

sensor.reset() # Initialize the camera sensor.
sensor.set_pixformat(sensor.GRAYSCALE) # or sensor.RGB565
sensor.set_framesize(sensor.QQVGA) # or sensor.QVGA (or others)
sensor.skip_frames(time = 2000) # Let new settings take affect.
clock = time.clock() # Tracks FPS.

while(True):
    clock.tick() # Track elapsed milliseconds between snapshots().
    img = sensor.snapshot() # Take a picture and return the image.

    # Run the kernel on every pixel of the image.
    img.laplacian(1, sharpen=True)

    print(clock.fps()) # Note: Your OpenMV Cam runs about half as fast while
    # connected to your computer. The FPS should increase once disconnected.


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Ealasaid/ January 21, 2013/ Movie Reviews and Features
Directed by: Jee-woon Kim
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eduardo Noriega, Jaime Alexander, Luis Guzman, Zach Gilford, Rodrigo Santoro, Johnny Knoxville
Rated: R for strong bloody violence throughout, and language
It's been eight years since we've seen Arnold Schwarzenegger in any major role other than Governor of California, and he's picked a perfect film for his comeback. "The Last Stand" is built from the same stock as the big action flicks he was making in the 80s. It's got a simple setup, all the major tropes, and plenty of cartoonish, over-the-top gunplay. Even better, unlike a lot of recent homages to the action flicks of the 80s, it doesn't bother trying to be gritty. This is the real deal: fun, explosions, and no thinking necessary.
Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger) is the sheriff of a tiny border town in Arizona called Sommersville Junction. He's been a lawman for a long time, and when a couple of truckers show up in town on his day off, he knows immediately that something's off about them. He's right — they're part of a team setting up a daring escape for a Mexican cartel boss on his way to death row. The boss, Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega), pulls off the escape and is soon headed toward Sommersville with the goal of crossing back into Mexico.
Owens only has a handful of deputies — there's the experienced Mike "Figgy" Figueroa (Luis Guzman), Sarah Torrance (Jaime Alexander), and young Jerry Bailey (Zach Gilford), who wants to move to LA and get some real excitement. Once the Sheriff realizes the scope of what he's dealing with, he deputizes a couple more, including town drunk and ex-marine Frank (Rodrigo Santoro) and town eccentric Lewis Dinkum (Johnny Knoxville). This little team of lunatics and misfits is all that stands between Cortez and freedom.
"The Last Stand" dances right up to the line of getting overly political and mostly manages not to cross it. Given that it's about a bunch of townsfolk along the Mexican border trying to stop a Mexican cartel boss from escaping justice, it'd be pretty easy for it to turn into a political screed with lots of jingoistic speeches. Fortunately, the mixed ethnicities of the good guys and a line from Owens referencing his own immigrant status help to take the wind out of those sales. This isn't a bunch of white folks against a bunch of Latino folks, it's a bunch of cops against a bunch of criminals. (Bonus: the ever-delightful Peter Stormare is on the bad team, playing a guy with a white name and a deep tan.)
What makes or breaks a movie like this is its pacing and its action. The pacing leaves a bit to be desired, with the film starting off a bit slow — but once it finally gets going, it roars along. The action is a delight for any old-school fan, with everything from six-shooters to rocket-propelled grenades in the mix. We get to see cars blown up, a road blockade taken out by some serious firepower and an enormous bulldozer-like vehicle, and a specially-modified Corvette that can go over 200 mph. There's even a deeply satisfying knock-down drag-out fistfight.
There's also a strong vein of humor running through "The Last Stand." Some of it is gory (one of the funniest shots is a bit of slapstick involving a bad guy who gets blown up), but a lot of it revolves around Owens being old and the folks in his town being deeply eccentric (a warning to any criminals reading this: watch out for little old ladies who say "no trespassing!").
"The Last Stand" is a film out of its time, and likely not to be around for long, so go see it while you can if this is the kind of thing you like. If you're more interested in guns than splashing gore, more interested in laughs than grit, this is your movie.
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The Body in the Closet & Plumbing for Willy: More Stories from the Lottery Winner
By Mary Higgins Clark and Frances Sternhagen (narrator)
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Publisher Simon & Schuster Audioworks
Publication date December 1, 1998
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In two short stories from 'The Lottery Winner,' Alvirah stumble upon the body of a murdered actress and becomes involved in the search for her killer, and an appearance on 'The Donahue Show' leads to a conspiracy to kidnap her husband.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Alvirah Meehan, the ever-resourceful former cleaning lady who struck it rich in the lottery, made her debut when she narrowly survived a stalking killer in the #1 bestseller, Weep No More My Lady. She returned, with her occasionally befuddled mate Willy, in the collection of unabridged, interconnected short stories presented in the S&S Audio favorite, The Lottery Winner. Now, Alvirah and Willy are back once again -- in two dazzling stories that complete the wonderful series: The Body in the Closet and Plumbing for Willy.
In The Body in the Closet, Alvirah discovers the strangled corpse of actress Fiona Winters in a closet in her Central Park South apartment when she and her husband, Willy, return front an adventure in London. Alvirah, a detective who never gives up, may learn too much about it for her own good. In Plumbing for Willy, Alvirah -- who has become something of a celebrity herself with her amateur sleuthing-among-the stars -- appears as a guest on a talk show. This gives some unfortunate ideas to a bunch of kidnappers who demand a hefty ransom far her hapless husband, Willy.
Written with the beloved author's trademark wit, romance, and keen eye for thrilling detection, these two stories are destined to join the family of Mary Higgins Clark perennial favorites!
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PHILPOTT v. ROBINSON ET AL
PHILPOTT v. ROBINSON ET AL.
Civ. 2993.
Decided: February 16, 1943
W. L. Pollard, of Los Angeles, in pro. per., and H. E. Gleason, of Los Angeles, for appellants. Jesse Lee Granttham, John M. Coudures, and Alva D. McGuire, all of Riverside, for respondents.
This is an action to quiet title. The defendant Friedman filed an answer asserting an interest in the property adverse and superior to that of the plaintiff. W. L. Pollard and Anna M. Glass, who were served as John Doe One and Jane Doe One, respectively, filed answers in which it was alleged that Pollard was trustee and Anna M. Glass was beneficiary under a deed of trust covering the property in question which was executed by the plaintiff and on which $1,120, with certain interest, remained unpaid. Each of these answers prayed that the rights of these defendants should be protected, and that any decree awarding title should be made subject to the unpaid balance on this trust deed.
At the trial of the action, over the objection of the defendants W. L. Pollard and Anna M. Glass, the court granted the plaintiff's motion to dismiss the action as to those defendants and the other fictitious defendants. In accordance with a stipulation between the plaintiff and the defendant Friedman, a judgment was entered quieting title to the property in the defendant Friedman and enjoining the plaintiff and all persons claiming under her from asserting any interest in or claiming any lien upon the real property or any part thereof. From this judgment the defendants Pollard and Glass have appealed.
The appellants contend that that portion of the judgment which enjoins all persons claiming under the plaintiff from asserting any rights in or lien upon said real property adversely affects their rights under the trust deed and divests them of these rights without their having had any opportunity to be heard. It is further argued that the trial court had no right to dismiss the case as to these defendants, over their objection, since they asked for affirmative relief. This contention has considerable merit. § 581, Code Civ.Proc.; Calhoma Oil Corp. v. Conniff, 207 Cal. 648, 279 P. 771; Swanson v. Siem, 7 Cal.2d 267, 60 P.2d 281.
On the other hand, the respondent expressly concedes that this trust deed is still as fully effective as if this action had never been instituted, and argues that the result achieved by the judgment is exactly the same as it would have been had the action not been dismissed as to the appellants. While the trial court erred in dismissing the action as to these appellants the respondent's concession makes it unnecessary to reverse the judgment. Any doubt or uncertainty as to the effect of the judgment can be cleared up by amending and modifying the judgment without the necessity of a retrial of the action.
A portion of the second paragraph of the judgment is amended and modified by inserting therein an exception so that as modified the same shall read: "that the claim of plaintiff Margaret Philpott, and all who claim title under her in and to said real property, with the exception of W. L. Pollard and Theresa Robinson, as executrix of the Last Will and Testament of Anna M. Glass, Deceased, are without right whatever, and that said plaintiff has no right, title, interest, claim or estate whatsoever in or upon said real property, or any part thereof, and said plaintiff, and all persons claiming under her, except W. L. Pollard and Theresa Robinson, as such executrix, are hereby enjoined and debarred from claiming or asserting any estate, right, title, interest in, or claim or lien upon said real property, or any part thereof." As so modified, the judgment is affirmed, the appellants, however, to recover their costs.
MARKS and GRIFFIN, JJ., concurred.


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Scientists say social distancing is working — for a completely different disease than COVID-19 – Salon
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Early evidence suggests that mask-wearing will save thousands of lives from influenza as well as COVID-19 deaths
September 30, 2020 11: 18PM (UTC)
Even as the novel coronavirus pandemic ravages humanity — the death toll currently stands at more than 1 million deaths worldwide out of nearly 34 million confirmed cases — there is some surprising good news about a more common type of disease: Influenza. As Scientific American reported on Wednesday, flu season has been close to nonexistent in the Southern Hemisphere this year, though it would normally have taken off around March. That means thousands of lives or more have been spared by the flu virus, which normally kills 100,000 to 500,000 people a year.
While further studies need to be conducted in order to confirm why the Southern Hemisphere dodged the influenza bullet, public health experts say the most obvious explanation is that the same measures being used to prevent the spread of COVID-19 have a salutary effect on containing influenza. These would include things like social distancing, wearing masks and washing hands.
"The belief is this was the result of wearing masks, more frequent hand washing, physical distancing and less large gatherings," Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association (APHA) and former secretary of health in Maryland, told Salon by email. "Influenza and the common cold are diseases spread person to person in much the same way as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. So, efforts to reduce COVID-19 have the dual benefit of reducing colds and flu," Benjamin noted that vaccinations for influenza took place as they normally do around the world, and stressed the importance of getting a flu vaccine.
"I think social distancing and masks will reduce cold/flu season and make it a really mild season," Dr. Monica Gandhi, infectious disease doctor and professor of medicine at the University of California – San Francisco, wrote to Salon. After drawing attention to a recent study in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report that argues influenza activity has decreased in the United States during the pandemic, Gandhi added that "it looks like the steps taken to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 have led to a global decline in influenza during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, there was a significant drop in the percentage of respiratory specimens that tested positive for influenza in the early days of the pandemic in the United States. Measures such as facial masks and social distancing have likely kept positive tests at 'historically low interseasonal levels.'"
Dr. Russell Medford, chairman of the Center for Global Health Innovation and Global Health Crisis Coordination Center, had similar observations when explaining the drop in influenza activity in both this country and throughout the world.
"Biologically, both influenza and the common cold are respiratory viruses that share the same airborne modes of transmission as SARS-CoV-2," Medford told Salon. "The use of face masks, for example, would be expected to not only protect against the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 by infected persons but also influenza and the common cold. Equally important is the growing evidence that supports the use of face-masks to protect the healthy wearer from acquiring respiratory infections such as SARS-CoV2, influenza and the common cold."
Though COVID-19 has a higher mortality rate, influenza is not a disease to take lightly. As with COVID, mortality rates tend to increase with age. Likewise, the vaccine for flu already exists, and is widely available; getting one ensures that a COVID-19 diagnosis won't be compounded by the flu, with potentially disastrous results.
The CDC's report is encouraging, but it is not a guarantee that the flu season will be mild, experts stressed.
"The severity and prevalence of flu varies from year to year; if the Southern Hemisphere had a very mild flu season, it is likely (but not guaranteed) that we will as well," Dr. Alfred Sommer, professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, wrote to Salon. "It is usually the same virus." Sommer also pointed out that "ANYTHING that reduces transmission of virus will reduce disease and death. This year, with COVID-19, those who do NOT follow standard hand washing (critical for flu and colds) and distancing/masks (critical for COVID) will be at higher risk of disease and death"
Dr. Justin Lessler, another associate professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told Salon that while these developments are auspicious, that does not mean we aren't going to see many deaths from other infectious diseases. He speculated that a decline in deaths is "likely, for flu in particular. Some others, like RSV [respiratory syncytial virus], it is less clear because they are so concentrated in very young children. However, we still don't know if this reduction in mortality due to less transmission will be offset by additional mortality due to interactions between the COVID-19 and flu epidemics."
President Donald Trump has been criticized for occasional remarks and actions that discouraged mask-wearing, including suggesting that some people wear facemasks as a conspiracy to hurt him politically. Former Vice President Joe Biden criticized Trump for this during their debate last night.
"He has been totally irresponsible in the way he has handled the social distancing, the people wearing masks – basically encouraging them not to. He's a fool on this," Biden told the audience. "He's not worried about the people."
Matthew Rozsa is a staff writer for Salon. He holds an MA in History from Rutgers University-Newark and is ABD in his PhD program in History at Lehigh University. His work has appeared in Mic, Quartz and MSNBC.
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The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is a regional political and economic treaty organization comprised of the Arabian Gulf nations of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It is the world's largest oil- and gas-producing region, enjoys the highest standard of living in the Middle East, and is relatively stable and wealthy.
The GCC countries are geographically small, but linguistically and ethnically diverse, and are home to more than 57 million people and large expatriate populations. The region's historic nexus as a trade hub between India and Europe has always made it a melting pot for people, food, and cuisine. Historic acceptance of foreign cuisine has led to the quick adoption of Western diets and continues to provide significant opportunities for U.S. food brands.
Per-capita income in the GCC countries has been rising at an estimated 1.1 percent compound average growth rate (CAGR) per year since 2015, reaching an average $56,595 in 2019. This is substantially higher than the overall average for the world's advanced economies and thus stimulates higher demand for imported and high-value processed products such as snacks and confectionery products. The region's limited arable land and scarce water resources make it highly dependent on food imports to meet the needs of its rapidly growing population. (For information about regulatory and market access considerations, see the latest Food and Agriculture Import Regulations and Standards report published by the FAS Office of Agricultural Affairs in Dubai.)
Consumption Trends & Market Drivers
The snacks and confectionery food segment – particularly chocolates, salty snacks, sweet biscuits, and sugar confectionery – continues to grow in tandem with the economy, rising affluence, and expanding young and migrant populations in the Gulf states. Factors such as busy lifestyles, more women in the workforce, and increasing industrialization have also amplified the demand for ready-to-eat packaged foods and snacks in the region over the last decade. Dual income professional households have also stimulated demand for snacks between meals, as a meal replacement, and as a reward after a busy work day.
According to Euromonitor sales data, the GCC region consumed $6.6 billion worth of snacks and confectionery products in 2019. Total consumption has grown at a CAGR of 2.7 percent for snacks and 2.3 percent for confectionery since 2015, driven by population growth, influx of tourists, and high per-capita gross domestic product (GDP). Euromonitor estimates that the GCC market will expand at a significant pace over the next few years, at a CAGR of 4.7 percent for snacks and 5.4 percent for confectionary between 2020 and 2024. At this pace, the market is expected to reach $8.4 billion by 2024. Saudi Arabia and the UAE, with their large and affluent populations, account for more than 75 percent of snacks and sweets consumption by value. On the other hand, smaller countries like Qatar and Bahrain are experiencing robust growth and are expected to become larger markets by 2025.
Retail Sales of Snacks & Confectionery in the GCC Region by Country
(Value in Million USD)
Source: Euromonitor International
Consumer purchasing preferences in confectionery and snacks are similar among the Gulf States. However, sales data indicate that Saudi Arabian consumers favor savory snacks, followed by chocolate and fruit snacks. In Oman, the sales figures point to a fondness for salty snacks, while in Qatar, the preference is for savory snacks as well as sweet biscuits. In the region overall, chocolate confectionery comprises 31.3 percent of all snacks and confectionery products consumed in the GCC region, by value, followed by salty snacks at 21.2 percent, and sweet biscuits at 13.5 percent. The region has a large population of young people who are shifting consumption patterns, leading to the expectation that demand for savory snacks will increase in the coming years. The consumption of snack bars, nuts, seeds, trail mixes, and sugar confectionery grew at a quicker pace compared to other segments, translating into an increased share of total snacks and confectionery consumption.
Exports Show Promise in a Highly Competitive Market
The GCC market depends on foreign supply to meet domestic demand for snacks and confectionery products. In 2019, 44 percent of confectionery products and 42 percent of snack foods consumed in the GCC countries were imported. The annual GCC market for imported snacks and confectionery is diverse, with baked snack imports valued at $1.2 billion, chocolate imports at $1.1 billion, sugar confectionery at $254 million, nuts and fruit mixes at $87 million, potato chips at $65 million, prepared peanuts and peanut butter at $62 million, and chewing gum at $29 million.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE, with their large consumer bases, are the major snack food and confectionery importers in the region, together accounting for 75 percent of the region's imports from the world. However, global exports of confectionery products to Oman and Qatar grew at annualized rates of 12.8 percent and 7.2 percent, respectively, between 2015 and 2019, outpacing both Saudi Arabia (6 percent) and the UAE (-2 percent). Snack food exports to the region exhibited similar trends, growing 7.3 percent to Oman and 4 percent to Kuwait over the same period while exports to the UAE fell 0.3 percent.
According to Trade Data Monitor, global exports of snacks and confectionery to the GCC region totaled $2.9 billion in 2019, a 12-percent increase from 2015. The United States faces significant competition from exporters in the European Union, Turkey, and, increasingly, local and regional processors or producers, especially from Saudi Arabia. While the United States ranks among the top four exporters of snacks and confectionaries to the GCC countries, the EU is the major supplier, holding a 39.5 percent market share, by value, in 2019. However, this represents a decline from the EU's 44 percent market share in 2015. Other major suppliers to the region are Saudi Arabia, with a market share of 10.1 percent, followed by Turkey at 9.3 percent, and the United States at 8.2 percent.
Bright Prospects for U.S. Exports
Taken as a whole, the GCC region is the fourth-largest market for U.S. snack foods and the fifth-largest market for U.S. confectionery products. In 2019, U.S. exports of snacks and confectionery to the region grew 10 percent, reaching just over $215 million. This growth is expected to continue in 2020 and beyond, due in part to the fact that many GCC consumers have lived in the United States and have a preference for U.S.-style snack foods. From January-October 2020, U.S. exports of snack foods to the GCC countries increased 12 percent over the same period in 2019. Because they are perceived as higher-quality products, U.S. foods exported to the Gulf states typically command higher prices than those from the EU and Arab countries.
In 2019, the UAE and Saudi Arabia were the GCC region's top importers of U.S. snacks and confectionery at $84 million and $82 million respectively. Together, the two countries accounted for 77 percent of the United States' export sales to the GCC region in 2019. The UAE and Saudi Arabia serve as a gateway for distribution throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
The GCC country with the fastest growth in U.S. snack and confectionery sales is Qatar, where sales had a CAGR of 16.1 percent between 2015 to 2019, reaching a total of $15.2 million. The slowest-growing market is Kuwait, with a CAGR of 5.2 percent in the same period and total U.S. sales of $22 million in 2019. In Bahrain, U.S. sales increased 11 percent in the 2015-2019 time period, to reach $7.3 million, while sales to Oman grew 9.1 percent, to reach $5.2 million in 2019. U.S. snack and confectionery exports with the most growth in the GCC market over the last five years are potato chips and prepared peanuts and peanut butter, particularly to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
U.S. Exports of Snacks & Confectionery Foods to the GCC Region
U.S. Market Share
Baked Snack Foods
Mixes of Nuts & Fruit (including Packaged Popcorn)
Prepared Peanuts & Peanut Butter
Sugar Confectionery
Source: Trade Data Monitor, LLC
Opportunities for U.S. Exporters
The GCC countries are an important regional trade hub and a growing for food-related trade shows and marketing events, providing an ideal launch pad for expansion into the Middle East and North Africa. The region offers a wide array of opportunities to U.S. suppliers of snacks and confectionery due to favorable demographics, which include young and growing expatriate populations, increasing demand for new and innovative flavors, and robust economic conditions.
The advantages for U.S. exporters to the region are numerous, including consumers' favorable views of the U.S. product -quality and the region's high per-capita incomes. There are also consistently low tariffs and relatively transparent import procedures. Additionally, the United States has free trade agreements both Bahrain and Oman. Under the market access provisions of the U.S.-Oman agreement, almost all consumer goods and 87 percent of all agricultural tariff lines were given duty-free access. Tariffs on remaining eligible goods were phased out by 2019 by both countries.
The governments of Saudi Arabia and other GCC member states have introduced, or are considering, measures such as voluntary sugar reduction, front-of-pack-nutrition labels, and taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages to promote healthier eating. Related to these government policies, a growing number of consumers, particularly Millennials, are increasingly aware of how diet impacts health issues like obesity and diabetes. As a result, many of them are prioritizing healthier, more balanced diets. These consumers' health-consciousness and disposable incomes mean demand for healthy snacks is soaring. Similarly, fitness-oriented consumers are opting for lower-calorie snacks as people are spending less time exercising due to COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. Further, the UAE, according to Dubai Carbon, is one of the world's leading generators of food waste per capita, raising sustainability and food security concerns. Exporters can address these social and environmental issues by focusing on package sizing and offering compostable or recyclable packaging materials.
Market share and global sales information is from Trade Data Monitor, LLC unless otherwise indicated
Bahrain Trade Agreement, Oman Trade Agreement, Exporting, Virtual Trade Events
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Near East
Processed Food Products
Database Source:
Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN)
Insight and analysis from FAS's overseas offices on issues affecting agricultural production and trade.
Opportunities for U.S. Consumer-Oriented Products in Peru
Peru is the third-largest South American market for U.S. consumer-oriented agricultural products. Increasing wealth and lower barriers to entry were facilitated by the implementation of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA), resulting in a 423-percent increase in consumer-oriented exports from $65 million in 2009 to $340 million in 2021.
Record U.S. FY 2022 Agricultural Exports to China
U.S. agricultural exports to China in fiscal year (FY) 2022 were $36.4 billion and surpassed the previous year's record with China as the largest export market for the second consecutive year. Significantly higher agricultural prices and resilient demand helped drive exports above the previous year's record despite lower volumes for most products.
Spotlight: Top U.S. Fruit Export Markets
The volume of U.S. fresh, dried, and processed fruit exports between 2012/13 and 2021/22 dropped 29 percent to 2.9 million metric tons[1]. However, a 25-percent gain in unit value during this period softened the decrease in value to just 11 percent lower as trade dropped $700 million to $6.0 billion.


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Zach Braff and Donald Faison Launch 'Scrubs' Podcast 'Fake Doctors, Real Friends'
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Scrubs fans, rejoice! With real life medical drama is playing around around the world at the moment, it seems like the perfect time to relive the classic heartfelt medical comedy. And who better to do so with than JD and Turk?
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After teasing fans for a month with the possibility, Zach Braff and Donald Faison announced on Instagram Live that they will host a Scrubs re-watch podcast called Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach + Donald. The podcast from iHeartRadio will follow Braff and Faison as they re-watch the beloved comedy series, which they starred on for eight seasons playing doctors and best friends JD and Turk. The description released by iHeartRadio promises to showcase the bromance between the friends, saying:
"You know what's long, tedious and boring? Surgery. You know what isn't? This new podcast! Join Scrubs co-stars and real-life best friends Zach Braff and Donald Faison for a weekly comedy podcast where they relive the hit TV show, one episode at a time. Each week, these BFFs will discuss an episode of 'Scrubs', sharing behind-the-scenes stories and reminiscing on some of their favorite memories from filming. They'll also connect with 'Scrubs' super fans and feature beloved show cast members for exclusive interviews."
We did it. First episode up now.
The Rewatch Podcast!!!https://t.co/yty2bcdAKZ pic.twitter.com/daK1hS7mPb
— Zach Braff (@zachbraff) March 31, 2020
Scrubs originally ran from 2001-2008, with a ninth season on ABC in 2008-2009 featuring a new cast. The series followed the antics of the doctors and nurses at Sacred Heart Hospital as seen through the eyes of new doctor JD. The series also starred Sarah Chalke, John C. McGinley, Judy Reyes, and Neil Flynn and was created by Bill Lawrence. If you want to watch the show along with the podcast, Scrubs is now streaming on Hulu. Fake Doctors, Real Friends with Zach + Donald is available wherever you listen to podcasts.
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Father's day is a loaded day for me. I find myself in that group of people who have lost a father but I'm also married to a great one – it's like standing in a whirlwind. There are wildflower memories, playing with my Dad's cowboy hat when I was three, sharing similar gifts and understanding that you don't always need to speak the important words out loud.
I pluck that flower out of its spin and smile until it withers away, wilted and gone from this life. It's a beautiful pain, knowing that there is an eternal spirit but it's also a thorn that digs in a little deeper on this day.
Up the mountain we go. John is a good Daddy and the kids love these days when we all go exploring together. High on the mountain we find little explosions of blue butterflies dancing around the wildflowers. We are geocaching and find ourselves overlooking the world. It takes my breath away and I envy the birds that can fly over the earth and take it in, all smeared together like a Monet painting.
A little brick ledge separated us from the edge and a name catches my eye. Written on a rock is a woman's name that was born in the roaring 20's and…Oh.
I find more names, etched, painted, and written on the day of their final flight, scattered over this place that only let's you cross when you're done here.
We keep moving up the mountain and don't stop until we make it to the tip top of the sky. Flags attached to the tops of trees flutter and a few men gather around a launch pad. Hang gliders are waiting for flight and the guys are pacing back and forth, waiting for the wind to shift in all the right places. What is this strange mountain where people come to fly, in the spirit and in flesh?
My whirlwind settles as new memories get placed in the happy bank. Every holiday comes with the winds of change for all of those who are coping with loss, but the thorns have to be plucked out and it has to be a choice.
We all stand in front of the launch pad with man-made wings waiting behind us and I wonder if these men have families. Are they flying to or flying away?
The King of all Father's is never far from my mind as He is the One who has made the sky we stare into as we dream of flying and finding new ways to feel free.
The butterflies lilt and spin around the flowers, dancing in the midst of this beautiful, messy world and I can feel the Father of us all in the wind.
Breathe deep, He says, breathe Me into all the empty spaces and keep moving up the mountain. I Am enough for the whole world.
Is someone missing from you holidays? Feel free to share your thoughts/memories in the comments.


Building C-class cars in Alabama would save Daimler millions in wage costs.
Daimler AG could move some production of its Mercedes-Benz C class to the United States from Germany, a German newspaper reported Wednesday.
The Stuttgarter Zeitung said some C-class production could be transferred to the carmaker's plant in Vance, Alabama, from Sindelfingen, near Stuttgart, as part of a wider production shake-up planned by Daimler to reduce costs.
In the future, the C class sedan could be built in three locations: Bremen, Germany; Vance, Alabama, and in China, the newspaper said.
A spokeswoman for Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Inc. in Vance declined to comment on the speculation, saying there has no been no decision or recommendation about where to build the next generation C-class.
Building about 80,000 C-class cars a year in Vance would save the automaker about 64 million euros (about $95 million) because the average hourly wage at the U.S. factory is about 30 euros compared with 50 euros in Germany, the Stuttgarter Zeitung said.
Moving some C-class production to the U.S. would allow Daimler to avoid swings in the value of the U.S. dollar against the euro, and save import duties and freight costs.
The Vance plant, which builds the M-, GL- and R-class models, has spare capacity. The plant built 66,710 units in the first eight months, down from 136,138 the year before, according to the Automotive News Data Center.
The C class is Mercedes' top-selling car in the United States with 34,432 units sold in the first eight months, down from 50,593 the year before, according to the data center.
Daimler told news wires that it had not made any decision on future C-class production.


Can I Have an Abortion at carafem?
If you read the news, watch TV, go to the movies, or basically digest any kind of media, then you've probably been exposed to some misinformation about abortion. From breast cancer to fetal pain, abortion horror stories run the gamut and are perpetuated by many groups against abortion. It's a pretty rough landscape out there for anyone considering abortion as an option. Here's the thing, though: most of those stories are just that. Stories. Myths. Urban legends.
So, if you're wading through the jungle that is the Internet, you need information you can trust. At carafem, we do not shy away from these topics that so many other people gloss over. Our mission is to change the conversation surrounding abortion and to start a dialogue. We're setting the record straight.
Here are the ten most common myths about abortion, and, in true myth-busting style, we're going to debunk every last one.
In the first trimester, there is an embryo, which develops into a fetus after the end of the second month of gestation. In these early stages of pregnancy, the fetus is not an autonomous being. That's a lot of medical talk, but the basic gist is this: during the first and second trimesters (when most abortions are performed), the fetus is not viable, meaning it could not survive on its own without being attached to the mother.
Here's the simple truth: abortion is NOT dangerous! In fact, abortion, particularly first trimester abortion, is one of the safest medical procedures you can have. According to the Guttmacher Institute, first trimester abortions carry less than a 0.05% risk of a major complication that would lead to a hospital visit.
And here's something that will really blow your mind: abortion is significantly safer than childbirth. Yeah, that's right. In fact, researchers have found that women are 14 times more likely to die in childbirth than from complications during an abortion.
This myth has no grounds in reality. Safe abortions, whether surgical or with medication, do not impact fertility. Many women who get an abortion want a family, just not right now.
You do not have to give up your hopes of having a family when you want to have one. In fact, abortion does not increase your chances of infertility, ectopic pregnancies, miscarriages, or birth defects in later pregnancies. Countless women go on to have children after their abortion, when they are ready.
1 in 3 women in the United States will have an abortion at some point in her lifetime. This cuts through all interpersonal identifiers, except for socioeconomic status, where low income women represent 42% of all women obtaining abortions.
If you want to break it down by race, here's a list of stats provided by the Guttmacher Institute: Non-Hispanic white women account for 36% of the abortions performed in the United States, non-Hispanic black women make up 30%, Hispanic women account for 25%, and women of other races account for 9% of the abortions performed in the U.S.
Women of color are much more likely to experience an unintended pregnancy than other groups, and, therefore, they are more likely to seek and obtain abortions. The question should then be about prevention, not about how these women chose to handle their situation.
But beyond the numbers, focusing on black women's abortions takes away from their overall agency and is the over-policing of black women's bodies. It takes away her power as a capable decision maker in her own life, making the choice that is right for her and her family.
Abortion is a choice made by an individual woman for a list of reasons that are hers and hers alone. So, without getting too subjective on this one, let's get straight down to the facts. First and foremost, at least half of all the pregnancies in the U.S. are unintended. That's really a huge number of unplanned, possibly unwanted, pregnancies in this country. The US has a significantly higher rate than many other developed countries, and about 40% of these unplanned pregnancies result in an abortion.
Overall, the abortion rate has decreased in the past 10 years, and there were 1.06 million abortions performed in 2011.
Oh man, that sounds like the plot of a low-grade horror film, doesn't it? There's a lot of graphic imagery associated with this myth, but this is largely dramatized and used as a scare tactic.
During a manual vacuum aspiration abortion (just one possible abortion option), the patient undergoes a procedure where just the uterus (all other internal organs remained untouched!) is emptied. This procedure is used around the world and is incredibly safe, fast, effective, and many women do not have any pain associated with the process.
Another option is medication abortion, which requires the patient to take a series of pills that induce an abortion. Nothing invasive at all!
Getting an abortion means different things to different people. It can be an emotional experience, or it can be very matter-of-fact. Feeling grief or sadness are normal emotions after getting an abortion. The truth is that 95% of abortion patients felt they made the right decision.
There are many factors that go into deciding to not continue a pregnancy, and it is a deeply personal decision. We believe in the ability of every woman to determine her own best path based on her own circumstances. This does not mean selfishness, it means maturity and courage to follow your own path, even when these myths stand in your way.
This myth is one of the hardest to combat because it is largely rooted in sexism, in that women should put children and family first. You, your life, your body, your goals and your dreams are important. And you decide when you're ready to have children.
It seems this is the hallmark myth about abortion because it sounds like it's rooted in science.
But, in 1997, the New England Journal of Medicine published a study with 1.5 million participants to test this myth. There was no independent link between abortion and breast cancer. Since then, the American Medical Association and the American Cancer Society have made statements that there is no connection between abortion and breast cancer. However, becoming pregnant and carrying a pregnancy to term may reduce the risk of breast cancer.
Pain reception takes place in the neocortex, which is not formed until the third trimester. This takes place long after most miscarriages occur, ectopic pregnancies are dealt with, and after 99% of abortions are performed.
Please go and check out these resources if you have any more questions or want to debunk any myths for yourself!


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Still leaning, after all these years
Applying the Toyota way to everything from computers to air travel
The authors made their names in 1990 with "The Machine that Changed the World", arguably the best book written about the car industry. It was a meticulous analysis of Toyota's manufacturing system, which they called "lean" because its core concept was that of eliminating fat and waste, and drawing parts and materials through the process only as needed ("just-in-time") rather than working through piles of inventory. Despite its focus on such down-to-earth details, it became a smash-hit business book.
Since then Mr Jones and Mr Womack have been leaning all over the place, founding a Lean Enterprise Academy in Wales and a Lean Enterprise Institute in Massachusetts, and publishing a book on "Lean Thinking", about how all company activities could benefit from the Toyota approach.
The focus of this book is on consumer experience and extends to service industries such as air travel and car repair. The authors' central conundrum is that while companies have succeeded in giving the world wonderful products—cars that are reliable and economical, marvellous personal computers and other consumer electronics gadgets—buying and dealing in these products is often a pain. Companies should pay more attention to ensuring that their product or service is provided in a way that better suits busy consumers.
At times the pair sound just like a couple of grumpy old men, but most people will recognise the sorts of everyday frustrations against which they rail. The custom-built, delivered-in-three-days computer that won't work with the printer; the car repairs that aren't; the huge specialist out-of-town retailer that does not actually have the very thing one drove all that way to buy; the help desks and support centres that neither help nor support, but just leave you on hold. So life's a bitch, but what can lean thinking do about it?
Companies should map out every step in the process of obtaining, using and servicing their products in order to see how the value chain relates to what is actually the customer's experience. Thus the car-repair shops could borrow assembly-line lessons from the lean car factory, and the airlines could concentrate on the end-to-end customer experience of queues, delays and more queues. Instead of hubs or 150-seat jets to cities big enough to provide the passengers to fill them, there might be more and more flights by tiny jets offering a simple service from a small airport nearer the passenger's home and destination. Indeed a couple of companies in America are being set up to offer just such a service as soon as a new generation of very light jet aircraft, enjoying the economies of their larger brothers, becomes available.
But the trouble with all this emphasis on lean (be it in build-to-order cars or computers, or local point-to-point air travel) is that it always sooner or later bumps up against the inescapable benefits of scale. Mass production may be evolving, but it still takes fewer planes to connect a couple of dozen small markets if you fly passengers through a hub, where flights can be consolidated to fill all the seats. A car paint shop that can process 300,000 cars a year is always going to be more efficient than a little one doing a tenth that number. Lean thinking is stimulating and plainly rewarding, but too often it leans against the laws of economics.
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Emma Watson To Star In 'Queen of the Tearling'
Started by Roberto, Jun 13 2013 07:29 PM
#1 Roberto
Variety is reporting she will be starring and executive producing this with David Heyman, who will be producing along with Jeff Clifford through Heyman's own Heyday Films.
The story will be an adaptation of a fantasy trilogy by Erika Johansen that has yet to be released.
"Set three centuries after a small portion of the human race has populated a landmass that mysteriously emerged in the wake of an environmental catastrophe, the series follows nineteen-year-old princess Kelsea Glynn, who must reclaim her deceased mother's throne and redeem her kingdom, the Tearling, from forces of corruption and dark magic of The Red Queen, the sorceress-tyrant of the neighboring country, Mortmesne."
There is no writer or director attached to the project.
Since the first book won't be released until 2014 and their isn't even a script yet, I'd say this is at least two years away from release.
#2 130671
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LocationBetween a rock and a hard place ?
Sounds interesting. I wonder if it's pure fantasy or some sort of real-earth-based sci-fi fantasy?
sound good but yea without writer nor director it would be in a couple of years.
just remind me her role as daenerys from game of thrones lol
Everyone's calling it a female version of Game of Thrones.
I wonder how that is better than being in a period drama.
#6 ling
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Ugh, I hate when things are called "a female ____________." As far as I know, Game of Thrones is enjoyed by many females, and features many strong female characters.
In any case, I don't like GoT/ASoIAF so if they are similar I probably won't be interested.
well, in the description given by Roberto, three characters, three females. And the writer is a women too
Yes, I understand there are women in the project. What I DON'T understand is why it must be used as some kind of qualifier. It should be able to just be "a film similar to the genre of Game of Thrones." Also saying it is a "female Game of Thrones" suggests that GoT ISN'T a female-centric project, when in fact there are plenty of female characters, some of them the strongest in recent literary history. Projects shouldn't be assigned genders. You should be able to go into it as any gender and find something to like or dislike without it being heavily marketed as for women or men.
They call it that because there's no real information to go on.
All they know is there will be many female characters and that the genre is similar to GoT.
Plus, it makes for a dramatic headline and creates buzz.
#10 Adebisi
I think is more to create something which people can talk about and attract them to see it. When the media says: the new "game of thrones" or the new "lost" or whatever, they always equate and at the end the new one mostly is a fail because it is created a high interest and then doesnt meet your expectations
#11 ling
Yes, but they could have just said "a new movie similar to GoT." Saying it's "female" makes it sexist.
#12 Roberto
This is basically an elevator pitch. They need to tell people what kind of story it is in it's most basic form.
If they just said "It's like Game of Thrones" and left it at that, then it doesn't sound particularly different.
They need to emphasize the differences in order for the idea to seem original.
Otherwise, people will say it's just a copycat.
Once the story is more well-known, then it will be able to stand on it's own and not just be a tweaked version of an already established franchise.
#14 Sacred_Path
She seems so very strategical in choosing her projects. She chose to do teen roles while she was still in that age range, now she chooses to do fantasy, possibly a new franchise, because it gives her the opportunity for behind the scenes work. Not sure if I like that.
Let's not jump to conclusions.
We don't know why she chose this.
Sounds like a good enough investment. The kind of thing I'd do if I had a bunch of money I should do something with.
That's what it seems like.
If she does this and it gets huge she's bound to have some credibility problems. "I'll stay away from blockbuster franchises! And no wizards!".
#18 Jonny Carinthia
If she does this and it gets huge she's bound to have some credibility problems.
Ach, Sacred. Who really cares? Say it today, forget it tomorrow. Fans buying everything, even if it is a twist in mind every 24 hours. We should get used to it by now. Remember? Degree in June 2013......
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The State Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Albany on June 20, 2019. Credit: AP/Hans Pennink
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Sen. Kevin Thomas is pushing three bills all with the same theme: consumer protection.
Thomas is sponsoring the Consumer Credit Fairness Act, which establishes a statute of limitations on debt-related lawsuits and key details that must be provided to consumers. Thomas also has a bill in the mix that would establish truth-in-lending provisions for small business loans, providing key disclosures for small businesses that are in place for consumer loans but not for business lending, Thomas said. Thomas is concerned, too, about the use of data related to the tracking and tracing efforts arising from trying to contain the coronavirus, and he wants state law to mandate that such data must be kept anonymous, and not used for commercial purposes.
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I should probably stop saying that I'm taking part in the uber frugal month challenge. Nothing about the last 10 days (since my last update) is particularly frugal. It's been weeks one and two at my new job so there have been many lunches with colleagues. I've also struggled to manage my energy in the afternoons and succumbed to the temptations of a coffee and lemon drizzle pick-me-up at my nearest Benugo.
Don't forget that this excludes mandatory / fixed bills and is supposed to be essential spending only.
It's safe to say, judging by how far over budget transport and socialising were, that there is nothing essential about this spending.
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I bought a bottle of Prosecco as a round even though I'm doing drynuary and was drinking water. My generosity continues to fail me.
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I've put £19.60 more into my emergency fund and am on track to hit my £55 target for the month.
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I'll keep trying. Perhaps I aimed for too much too quickly. Only time will tell but you're right, I need to keep going.
Why haven't you started cycling though?
i'll cut you a little slack for the uber, but buying a bottle?
Gurrrrrllll, we have to rein that in.
Also. The drizzle cake, that's calorie free,right?


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