Discussion in 'Apple iPad News' started by Maura, Jan 13, 2011.
MacRumors reports today on a story on a German website, MacNotes.de, that says that it has been tipped off by reliable sources that the iPad 2 will be launched in the US on either April 2nd or 9th. The report says that as with the launch of the first iPad in 2010, the next-gen iPad will be on sale in the US for at least three months before the first wave of international launches in July 2011. The sources also say that only Apple will be selling the iPad 2 for possibly the first six months after launch, with other retailers not getting their hands on stocks until October. The German site also lists some of the iPad 2's specs, most of which we've heard about already (two cameras, Retina Display, etc), although it also mentions a USB port, which might surprise many. Apparently the iPad 2's Retina Display will not have as high a pixel density as the iPhone 4's.
I can't see the benefits of only releasing it in America before everywhere else. Does anyone have any idea why they would do this?.
supply and demand. Also, the whole apple exclusive for 6 months thing...is BS. I hate apple care and prefer best buys warranty that protects against EVERYTHING.
It's a bit academic anyhow - there will be plenty of grey imports available in the UK at least, and I've never heard of an apple store in the UK turning anyone away if presented with a grey for warranty work. That said, it is a little annoying - but there were markets that only got the 1st Gen iPad a few months back.
Slightly ironic though that the London has the largest Apple store in the world, yet it sometimes feels like were second class customers when it comes to new hardware being released!
Because we Americans are all spoiled brats.
B/c the USA is the greatest country in the world... any other questions?
How about the RAM memory size? Can we count on at least a 512MB RAM space? I am having some problems with large photos in RAW format using piRAWnha to work on large [30MB] RAW Canon files.


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Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer to President Trump, took to Twitter to shoot down claims from the former "Apprentice" star that Trump once chewed up a piece of paper after a meeting with Cohen.
"LTo (sic) the many dozens of #journalists who called me, questioning @OMAROSA claim in her new book that @POTUS @realDonaldTrump took a note from me, put it in his mouth and ate it...I saw NO such thing and am shocked anyone would take this seriously," he tweeted Sunday afternoon.
The odd anecdote came from Omarosa Manigault Newman's new book, "Unhinged: An Insider Account of the Trump White House," which is out Tuesday.
In the book, the former White House aide reportedly writes that she saw Trump chomping on a piece of paper shortly after Cohen left a meeting between the two in the Oval Office in early 2017.
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The Mobile Doc: Does HIPAA Apply to Your App?
Does HIPAA Apply to Your App?
There has been lots of confusion in the marketplace regarding when the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA (one 'p' and two 'a's), should apply to mobile apps. You can read more about HIPAA here.
Recently the Department of Health and Human Services released a new website targeted at mobile health app developers via the Office of Civil Rights. This site was intended to open a dialog regarding issues relevant to mHealth developers, and one of the issues likely raised by many was the applicability of HIPAA. In response to this, they recently updated the site with additional guidance, found here.
How does HIPAA apply to health information that a patient creates, manages or organizes through the use of a health app?
When might an app developer need to comply with the HIPAA rules?
"A consumer downloads a health app to her smartphone. She populates it with her own information."
Developer is NOT a HIPAA Business Associate.
"Consumer downloads a health app to her smartphone that is designed to help her manage a chronic condition. She downloads data from her doctor's EHR through a patient portal, onto her computer and then uploads it into the app. She also adds her own information to the app."
"Doctor counsels patient that his BMI is too high, and recommends a particular app that tracks diet, exercise, and weight. Consumer downloads app to his smartphone and uses it to send a summary report to his doctor before his next appointment."
"Consumer downloads a health app to her smartphone that is designed to help her manage a chronic condition. Health care provider and app developer have entered into an interoperability arrangement at the consumer's request that facilitates secure exchange of consumer information between the provider EHR and the app. The consumer populates information on the app and directs the app to transmit the information to the provider's EHR. The consumer is able to access test results from the provider through the app. "
In all of these cases, the developer is not a HIPAA Business Associate because the developer is not creating, receiving, maintaining or transmitting protected health information (PHI) on behalf of a covered entity or another business associate. That last piece is the key. The consumer made the choice to take these actions, and the consumer has the right to do what she wants with this information.
This last example is also what would likely apply when a consumer chooses to make use of Apple's HealthKit, which we have been using for over a year here at Duke. The way it's set up here, even when a physician makes a recommendation to have a consumer share his/her information in order to facilitate care, the consumer can choose to do so manually via MyChart or via HealthKit. HealthKit is never required - it's the consumer's choice.
"At direction of her provider, patient downloads a health app to her smart phone. Provider has contracted with app developer for patient management services, including remote patient health counseling, monitoring of patients' food and exercise, patient messaging, EHR integration and application interfaces. Information the patient inputs is automatically incorporated into provider EHR."
"Consumer downloads to her smart phone a mobile PHR app offered by her health plan that offers users in its network the ability to request, download and store health plan records and check the status of claims and coverage decisions. The app also contains the plan's wellness tools for members, so they can track their progress in improving their health. Health plan analyzes health information and data about app usage to understand effectiveness of its health and wellness offerings. App developer also offers a separate, direct- to-consumer version of the app that consumers can use to store, manage, and organize their health records, to improve their health habits and to send health information to providers."
Hopefully this helps provide a little clarity regarding when HIPAA is relevant. If you have additional questions, I suggest submitting them to the mHealth HIPAA site referenced above.


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Sydney Cycling Guide
Check the hardcore crit scene at Hefforn Park or go for a nice long ride through Royal National Park. The weather is usually warm and sunny: Bring just a kit and arm warmers and you're set.
Akuna Bay
Distance 44.9 mi
Elevation 3,931 ft
Akuna Bay is one of the best areas in Sydney to ride. With technical climbs and descents, experienced cyclists will enjoy switchback after switchback on this beautiful loop that winds along the coast and through Ku-Ring-Gai Chase Regional Park, Terrey Hills, and Frenchs Forest. Expect bike friendly roads and green bushland scenery as you either cruise and enjoy the view or race against your mates up the steep ascents. Whether you take it easy or go all out, no doubt you'll enjoy this fantastic ride.
This epic ride takes cyclists through the Royal National Park all the way to Stanwell Tops. It goes without saying that the Royal (which is the world's second oldest national park) is wonderful to ride through, with towering trees surrounding you on either side of the road. Even more impressive, however, is Stanwell Tops. At the top of Bald Hill, riders will have an amazing lookout where one can catch his or her breath and watch the ships coming into port. On clear days, you'll be able to see Wollongong in the distance. Cruise home along Sir Bertram Stevens Drive, an impressive road enveloped by a forest of gums. By the time you get back to Sydney, chances are you'll be craving a pint.
Ettalong
Ettalong is a lengthy and difficult ride full of adventure. This loop can be ridden in either direction but heading from Palm Beach to the ferry and on towards Ettalong is seen as the safer option. By heading this way, riders are able to avoid heavy morning traffic on the narrow Palm Beach Road. Catching the ferry makes for a unique experience while allowing riders to temporarily rest their legs. The Old Pacific Highway is a particular highlight of this route due to its beautiful scenery, rolling terrain, and light traffic. Make sure to check the ferry times before heading out!
3 Gorges
Mountain goats love the 3 Gorges loop, which has riders climbing around 1,800m of elevation. Not for the faint of heart, this ride will test even the fittest racers by the time they reach the third gorge. With light car traffic and heavy cyclist traffic, you're guaranteed to have someone to race up the ascents if you so choose. Both scenic and challenging, it is no wonder why 3 Gorges is one of the most popular rides in Sydney.
Wiseman's Loop
Distance 106.7 mi
Riding from Sydney to Wiseman's Ferry and back is no easy task but it's well worth the trip. Complete with heaps of steady climbs, gorgeous scenery, and minimal traffic, this lengthy and hilly route will have your legs screaming. On a sunny day, cyclists will be tempted to jump in the Hawkesbury River en route to Wiseman's Ferry. Named after a former convict, this town is a popular destination for water skiers. Stop for a coffee at Stonehouse Cafe in Maroota on your way back into the city. No doubt a caffeine boost at this stage of the ride will help carry you home!
Royal National Park Loop
Sydney's Royal National Park is a vast and wonderful park close to the city center. The oldest nature reserve in Australia, the RNP contains both forests and beaches and attracts hikers, mountain bikers, and roadies alike. Heading along Sir Bertram Stevens Drive, riders will find themselves surrounded by an expansive forest of gums. After completing this stretch of undulating and scenic road, cyclists climb up McKell Avenue and through the town of Waterfall. On the way home, enjoy a mostly downhill straightaway along the Princes Highway back into the city.
Eastern Beaches
This 40km route through Bondi and the eastern suburbs is perfect for a scenic recovery ride. This being one of the wealthiest areas in Sydney, there are plenty of magnificent homes to gaze at as you ride past. It's hard to beat the views along the Sydney coastline and through The Royal Botanical Gardens. Descend in to Bondi Beach as the sun is rising for a perfect start to the morning.
Waterfall Ride
One of the most well known rides in Sydney, the Waterfall Ride is an easy to follow out and back route from Sydney to the town of Waterfall. The road surface is excellent and riders can really hit high speeds while hammering along this relatively flat route. If you're up for a real challenge, join the Coluzzi Bunch on Saturday mornings where you may end up racing alongside a pro.
While riding the North Loop, cyclists will find themselves surrounded by green trees and bright blue bodies of water. Passing by Garigal National Park and Ku-Ring-Gai Chase National Park is simply stunning and riders will be tempted to jump into both Maybanke Cove and the Narrabeen Lakes. Expect a fair bit of climbing, particularly up McCarrs Creek Road, a highly coveted KOM/QOM.
Giro d'Kellogg's
A classic, but relatively easy, Eastern Sydney ride that leaves from the Randwick Gates of Centennial Park at 7am every Saturday and Sunday. The ride heads South on quiet roads through Pagewood and Botany, past the Kellogg's factory to Port Botany. To get a few extra miles the ride does two loops out the Prince of Wales Drive sea wall and up through the Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park. A loop of La Perouse and a detour through Maroubra and South Coogee, for a couple of extra hills, will take you back to Centennial Park.
Centennial Park is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 848ft over 18.61mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: Hamilton Drive and Grand Drive.
Royal National Park 61 miles
Royal National Park 61 miles is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 3,591ft over 61.56mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: McKell Avenue, Taren Point Road, Farnell Avenue, The Grand Parade, and Captain Cook Bridge.
La Perouse is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 758ft over 14.45mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: Day Avenue, Anzac Parade, Gardeners Road, Houston Road, and Sturt Street.
Sydney to Pittwater
Sydney to Pittwater is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 2,881ft over 38.33mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: Harbour Bridge Cycleway, Booralie Road, Wakehurst Parkway, Pacific Highway, and Condamine Street.
Sutherland is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 1,453ft over 33.51mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: M1 - Southern Cross Drive, Captain Cook Bridge, Taren Point Road, Malua Street, and M1 - South Dowling Street.
University of Sydney to Centenial Park
University of Sydney to Centenial Park is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 1,049ft over 18.94mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: Federation Way, Grand Drive, Redfern Street, Zamia Street, and Regent Street.
La Perouse - Pagewater
La Perouse - Pagewater is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 740ft over 14.87mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: Banks Avenue, Alison Road, Bunnerong Road, Houston Road, and General Bridges Crescent.
SCC Ladies ride
SCC Ladies ride is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 1,084ft over 18.38mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: Mons Avenue, Malabar Road, Anzac Parade, Heffron Road, and Stephen Road.
Watson's Bay
Watson's Bay is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 1,347ft over 14.86mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: Vaucluse Road, Wentworth Road, Fitzwilliam Road, Musgrave Avenue, and Calga Place.
GCCS Saturday 50K
GCCS Saturday 50K is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 1,769ft over 31.32mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: Malabar Road, Grand Drive, Mons Avenue, Prince Edward Street, and Alison Road.
Mosman alps
Mosman alps is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 1,123ft over 10.94mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: Kardinia Road, Morella Street; Morella Road, Access Road to Clifton Gardens Reserve, Burrawong Avenue, and King Max Street.
SUVelo coffee ride
SUVelo coffee ride is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 894ft over 17.83mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: Grand Drive, Maroubra Road, Alison Road, Malabar Road, and Beauchamp Road.
Reverse Watson's
Reverse Watson's is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 3,044ft over 36.68mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: Vaucluse Road, Ocean Street, Wentworth Road, Grand Drive, and Parkes Drive.
LaPa and Port Botany
LaPa and Port Botany is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 1,541ft over 27.01mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: Prince of Wales Drive, Mons Avenue, Torrington Road, Alison Road, and Heffron Road.
Centennial Park Outer Loop
Centennial Park Outer Loop is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 905ft over 12.59mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: Carrington Drive, Parkes Drive, Robinson Drive, Loch Avenue, and Grand Drive.
Cape Solander
Cape Solander is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 1,501ft over 43.37mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: Captain Cook Bridge, Taren Point Road, Malua Street, South Dowling Street, and General Holmes Drive.
White Bay Crit
White Bay Crit is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 587ft over 14.64mi.
Republica Mosman
Republica Mosman is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 1,566ft over 16.30mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: Coronation Avenue, Middle Head Road, The Esplanade, Moruben Road, and Parriwi Road.
Sydney to Dee Why Beach
Sydney to Dee Why Beach is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 1,805ft over 22.20mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: Manly Road, North Steyne, Monash Parade, Battle Boulevard, and Edgecliffe Esplanade.
Beach Tour is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 1,381ft over 12.59mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: Grand Drive, Musgrave Avenue, Calga Place, Murray Street, and Hewlett Street.
Mosman Reverse
Mosman Reverse is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 2,104ft over 17.41mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: Kardinia Road, Morella Street; Morella Road, Coronation Avenue, Raglan Street, and Middle Head Road.
Sydney Harbour National Park
Sydney Harbour National Park is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 1,736ft over 20.42mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: Tobruk Avenue, Spit Road, Edgecliffe Esplanade, Commonwealth Parade, and Earle Street.
Cowan Creek - Hornsby
Cowan Creek - Hornsby is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 3,756ft over 38.66mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: Harbour Bridge Cycleway, Belmont Parade, Miller Street, Bobbin Head Road, and Bridge Stairs.
Princes Highway
Princes Highway is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 3,960ft over 73.18mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: M1 - Southern Cross Drive, General Holmes Drive, Princes Highway, Captain Cook Bridge, and M1 - Princes Motorway.
Allambie Heights is a cycling route in Sydney. It features an elevation gain of 1,851ft over 21.31mi. Notable roads/trails that you'll be traveling on: Edgecliffe Esplanade, Allambie Road, Spit Road, Earle Street, and Ellalong Road.

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Lack of sleep is the main symptom of insomnia. Excessive sleepiness, enough cause problems, is actually quite common.
This article takes a look at why we have a lack of sleep, the signs of a lack of sleep, and how a lack of sleep is caused.
Why do we have a lack of sleep?
Lack of sleep causes a build up of what's called sleep debt. The longer you go without sleep, the more sleep debt you acquire and it will stay with you until you pay it off with deep refreshing sleep.
Ideally, you build up sleep debt during the day until you succumb to the pressure to pay it off just in time for bed where you go to sleep. You wake up in the morning feeling refreshed with all your sleep debt paid off, ready to start the day.
When you have a lack of sleep, you don't get enough sleep to pay off the sleep debt and so you take it with you to the next day. Then if you don't fully pay it off the next day, the surplus goes with you to the next and so on. It builds and builds, constantly dragging you down and potentially giving you the effects of sleep deprivation.
Prolonged lack of sleep can cause sleep deprivation and all the subsequent effects that come with it.
There are three main causes of sleepiness. These are insufficient quantity of sleep, poor quality of sleep, or an abnormal need for sleep.
The average hours of sleep you need each night is around 9 – 8 for teenagers and 8 – 7 for adults. This is only an average though. Different people need different amounts of sleep. Exactly how much you need is unique to you.
How can you tell how much you need? Your age is one key identifier, but really the only way to know exactly is by experimenting for yourself and monitoring your sleepiness through the tests mentioned above.
While sleep changes with age, unfortunately your body can't adapt to having less sleep than you need. Even if you think you have gotten used to getting less sleep, you probably either needed less sleep to begin with or have simply forgotten what it feels like to be at your best. If you really want to reduce the number of hours you sleep, the best way to do it is by adopting a different sleep pattern, although this can pose many challenges and is certainly not recommended for everyone.
Of course if you feel you need more hours in the day, the best thing to do is prioritise. For example, how many hours of TV do you watch per week? How much of that is useful to you, in say, a week's time? Can you replace some of those hours with something more useful? There's your extra time! Same goes for any other task that doesn't really need doing.
Having poor sleep quality means while being asleep, you're staying in the lighter stages of sleep and not entering the deep refreshing stages needed to fully recharge you. Finding yourself constantly waking up in the night is a sign of poor quality of sleep.
Poor quality of sleep can be caused by stress, worry, excitement, illnesses and some medical problems.
Drinking alcohol before going to bed is one of the big causes of poor quality of sleep. While it might get you to sleep easier, it prevents you from entering the deeper stages of sleep. Your sleep would be much better off without it.
People with depression spend less time in the deeper stages of sleep and more time in REM sleep, a light stage of sleep where your brain is active. This is the state most dreams arise, explaining why many depressed people often have vivid dreams.
If you're sure you're getting enough sleep, and have no reason to believe it's of bad quality, you could have an abnormal need for sleep.
Remember that some people need more sleep than others, and especially younger people, but if you're concerned about it you should seek advice from your doctor.
Needing more sleep can be caused by a medical problem, sleep disorder, depression or drug abuse.
When you don't get enough sleep you become a fraction of the person you're capable of. Discovering the reason for your lack of sleep can help you get the best advice, make the right changes and get your sleep back on track.
The Effects of a Lack of Sleep - What happens if you don't get enough sleep?


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Q: Load balancing for thread pool in java Disclaimer: this is not the same as this one.
There are some tasks that can consume both network and CPU. Sometimes performance sticks into a network, sometimes into the CPU. So depending on that I need different thread number that can not be precisely set before a program run. Ideally, each task should log its time (and some other parameters) and if time increases -> thread pool decreases threads otherwise when a task is completed faster -> number of threads should be increasing.
Of course, there should be protection from continuous load balancing: e.g. when the system adds 1 thread and remove it, then repeat this again and again because task time changes.
Does java offer something similar to this?

A: Currently in Java, threads are quite expensive, being mapped directly one-to-one to host OS threads. They impact both memory usage and CPU usage. So we usually limit the number of threads to a few, often roughly the number of cores or so. So increasing/decreasing the size of the thread pool is not likely to make sense nowadays.
Virtual threads in Project Loom
Sounds like your scenario is ideal for the virtual threads (fibers) coming from the Project Loom project. Many virtual threads are mapped to a single host OS thread.
In today's Java threading, if the Java code blocks, the host OS thread blocks. No further work is performed on that thread. With virtual threads, when the Java code blocks the virtual thread is dismounted from its assigned host OS thread, and "parked". When that code eventually returns, and therefore needs further execution, it is mounted onto another host OS thread. This parking and mounting of virtual threads is much faster than blocking/unblocking of host OS threads. Virtual threads have much less impact on memory and and CPU. So we can have thousands, or even millions, of threads running simultaneously on conventional hardware.
In your scenario where your work load may go up or down, the virtual thread facility in Project Loom will automatically manage the thread pool and scheduling. You should see vastly improved throughput with no effort on your part.
A few caveats:

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*Cheap threads can still do expensive things. So you may need to manage or limit your particular concurrent tasks to avoid blowing out memory or overburdening other resources.

*Virtual threads only make sense for tasks that block. That means most common Java work. But for entirely CPU bound tasks such as video encoding/decoding with little to no logging, storage I/O, network I/O, etc. you would stick with conventional Java threads.

*There may be some situations where the particular content in your task may prevent the parking while blocked. You may choose to alter your code a bit to enable the virtual thread from being "pinned" to the host OS thread. This may be especially the case with the initial releases of Loom. This situation is fluid right now in pre-release Loom, so we will need to stay informed as to changes.

Virtual threads and other Project Loom features are available as preview features in Java 19, with experimental builds available now.
For more information, see the articles, presentations, and interviews by members of the Project Loom team such as Ron Pressler and Alan Bateman.

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DACA students will soon be labeled 'ineligible voters'
On March 29, 2017 • By Eden Getachew
(left to right) Legislative Intern Jaime Rangel, Georgia State Rep. Brenda Lopez, and DACA recipient Diana Vela-Martinez sit on a SGA DACA Panel Discussion and Forum, March 6, 2017. Photo Submitted by Gabriela Batista-Vargas
The Georgia's House Public Safety Committee approved House 324 Bill (HB 324), which requires Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients to be issued driver's licenses and identification that states 'ineligible voter' — a change from the previous proposal of 'non-resident'.
The Act is said to be effective July 1, 2018 with its purpose to prevent voter fraud, according to the bill's sponsor Sen. Joshua McKoon of District 29. The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute estimated the cost for producing the new cards to be approximately $450,000.
DACA is a policy enacted by the Obama administration in 2012 for immigrant minors who entered the United States to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and also grants work permits.
If the HB 324 is signed into law, Georgia will be the first state to enact a bill to put voter eligibility on licenses. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Georgia viewed the bill as a way to stigmatize immigrants.
"The ACLU of Georgia opposes HB 324, because it is an unnecessary and discriminatory piece of legislation," the organization said in a statement.
DACA recipient Diana Vela-Martinez, who attends the University of North Georgia, said she already faces adversities and backlash just for being an advocate for other DACA individuals.
"When you're really passionate about a situation or when you want to be a voice for individuals, unfortunately you get backlash," Vela-Martinez said. "I have gotten death threats [from] people who find me on Facebook because of different articles and interviews. They find me and they send me some very hurtful messages."
In addition to the cyber threats Vela-Martinez faces, there has been an increase in hostile physical encounters when asked for identification in public.
"It is a little scarier when it's adults who get in my face and ask me for my identification and for my driver's license, social security, and for saying no, they do get a little hostile, they do get a little closer to showing physical confrontation, but you have to stay calm and tell them you know your rights," she said.
In President Donald Trump's campaign, he vowed to repeal DACA on his first day in office, but has yet to provide plans to revoke the program. Attorney Pamela Peynado Stewart is hopeful it won't happen, but said she understands that it is a possibility.
"With an executive order he could essentially say we're doing away with this program and that these individuals could now face deportation," Stewart said. "By going to these meetings with state representatives, from what I see is that they are really [advocating] of DACA. Especially because these students don't really have any crimes and they are active and engaging in our community."
March 2 began the Student Government Association's (SGA) Deferred Action of Childhood Arrival (DACA) Awareness Week and on March 6, SGA held a DACA panel for Georgia State students to ask questions and understand current laws and policies that might affect DACA students.


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Q: Alignment (offset - shifting) arrays with multiplication and addition I have two arrays and I want to multiply them and then add the results to form an output array. But I need to shift the first array to where its center overlaps with the top-left element of the second array and then multiply and add up the result and put it in the first element of the output array. And then repeat the process for all elements.
The picture in the link explains what I mean:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B21Hup_IhGDddmFJRDZZaWR3QUE
I tried a specific answer for specific elements for the arrays just to get the idea first, but I need to apply the idea for any two arrays!
My code :
#include <stdio.h>
#define XKERN 3
#define YKERN 3
#define XMAX 3
#define YMAX 4

int main(void) {
    int input[XMAX][YMAX] = {{1,2,3,4}, {5,6,7,8}, {9, 10, 11, 12}};
    int fkern[XKERN][YKERN] = {{3,2,1},{0,0,0},{-3,-2,-1}};
    int output[XMAX][YMAX];
    int ofsx,ofsy,total,fkx,fky,i,j,ix,jy;
    for(i=0;i< XMAX;i++)
    {
        for(j=0;j< YMAX;j++,total=0)
        {
            ofsx=i;
            ofsy=j;
            for(jy=0,fky=0;jy< YMAX||fky< YKERN;jy++,fky++ )
            {
                for(ix=0,fkx=0;ix< XMAX||fkx< XKERN;ix++,fkx++)
                {
                    if((ofsx-ix)>=-1 && (ofsx-ix)<=1 &&  \
                        (ofsy-jy)>=-1 && (ofsy-jy)<=1 && \
                        ((ofsx+fkx)-1)>=0 && ((ofsx+fkx)-1)<=XMAX && \
                        ((ofsy+fky)-1)>=0 && ((ofsy+fky)-1)<=YMAX)

                    {
                        total=total+(input[ix][jy]*fkern[fkx][fky]);
                    }
                 }
                 output[i][j]=total;
                 printf("[%d][%d]=%d\n",i,j,output[i][j]);
             }
         }

     return 0;
 }

I would really appreciate it if you help me.


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3 cool ways to try new board games online or play old favorites with friends
by Kate Etue | Mar 5, 2021 | Entertainment | 0 comments
We're huge board game geeks in my family. Our stack of strategy games is up to the ceiling. And while we're always up for a new game, they're expensive. So my new solution has been playing board games online before I buy! I get the full experience of gaming (and a chance to learn the rules easily) before I buy a hard copy. I know which ones I find boring, and which ones I find myself raving to my husband about.
Related: 7 of the best video games to play together as a family
But there are actually more benefits, too like playing online with friends we haven't been able to see in person during the quarantine, or not having to protect that game board with 7,424 pieces from our rambunctious youngest child who might gleefully knock the whole thing over when we're four hours into a game.
If you're struggling to find a way to play board games with friends, or you just want to be sure you buy the right games for you, here are three websites where you can play board games online. See ya, Candy Crush. We have a new obsession.
At top: Terra Mystica on Board Game Arena
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Related: 7 fun 80s-movie-themed board games that are totally excellent
A screen shot of my Kingdom Builders game in progress.
Board Game Arena
My number 1 recommendation would be Board Game Arena. They have many of my favorite games from my personal collection, alongside plenty I've been wanting to try…all in an easy-to-use interface. Plus, they were just purchased by Asmodee games (Settlers of Catan, anyone?), so I expect them to just keep getting better.
Simple tutorials walk you through guided gameplay when you try a new game, so you can easily figure out what you're supposed to be doing. Whether you're an experienced gamer or are just starting, you'll be able to easily navigate this site.
I love, love, love how easy it is to start a new game and customize your gameplay here. Most people will use "simple play" mode, although there are also tournaments and arena play modes too. In simple play, you can choose real time (play right now against someone else) or turn-by-turn (come back to the game to take your turn when it's convenient…over several days). Then, you can choose if you're going to play against random users or your actual friends; and then you can even choose if they're remote or sharing the same screen with you. Being able to customize exactly how I want to play is a big reason why I prefer this site.
One downside, though, is that it can take awhile for a new game to start. My new game said it could be up to 15 minutes, and just to sit back and wait for my email to come to start the game. Kind of a bummer.
Some sites boast that they have thousands upon thousands of games, while Board Game Arena has 288 games. But don't be fooled. BGA has some of the best strategy games around. You don't really need thousands, right? Although some are limited to users with a premium membership, if you get invited to play by a friend who has the premium membership, you can play even if you don't.
Finally, their games are arranged into smart categories (from time length to number of players to most popular and even games that are in BETA testing phase) that make it easy to browse and choose one.
Related: 20 educational board games that totally count as homeschool time
Tabletopia has a decidedly more geek-culture feel to it than Board Game Arena, which is boosted by the Discord community they've built, too. At first glance, the games available to join (from 1600+ in their library) were not as familiar to me, other than the card game Whist.
Also, figuring out how to start up a new game the way you want isn't as intuitive or clear as it is at Board Game Arena. But once you've got the new game up, you can just copy the link in your browser and send it to a friend to play with you. Or, you can join any of the available games or start a new one that's open to any of their users.
Tabletopia does offer a premium membership, where certain games (usually, more appealing ones) are only available to premium members—you can't join a premium game if you don't have the membership.
I like that Tabletopia posts video tutorials of their games on the side of the screen, so you can click through to watch how it's played. But their actual in-game tutorials are harder to follow than those on Board Game Arena. And they don't use AI to enforce the rules, meaning you could get into a big debates over a nit-picky rule if you're not careful.
One really cool feature on Tabletopia, however, is their Workshop that allows you to build and test your own board game ideas. Just note that they reserve all rights to games you create here.
Bottom line: this isn't the best site for beginners who are trying to figure out if board games are their thing or not.
Related: 11 of the best board games for older kids
Happy Meeple
Happy Meeple has an easy interface but a very limited number of games, and they're all organized by number of players on their home page. The site looks a bit low tech, in a geeky, gamer way, but their as-you-play tutorials are good. I started a new game I'd never played before, and learned what I was doing in just a couple minutes. When it ended, I still had a few questions about the rules, but generally it made sense to me.
Playing with a friend is relatively easy too. You simply choose the game you want to play and click the "play with a friend" option (which costs you 11 "food," a currency on the site you earn by spending more time there). Then, just copy and paste the URL in a message to your friend and wait for them to join.
Beware, the boxes with game images at the bottom of the screen aren't actually games you can play at Happy Meeple; they're links to purchase. I wish this site had more games, because it was easy to play the ones I did try. That said, I'd recommend closing the running chat boxes on the side of the screen, as mine were occasionally littered with Trumper propaganda.
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These videos capture the 10-year period, from 1997 to 2006 of Central Philippine University dubbed as the "Years of Bliss, Years of Fulfillment" for the university.
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The instructions below assume that you have already downloaded the source code, and installed all dependencies.
Evoplex uses CMake to allow easy and portable compilation. In this document, we explain how you can compile the source code from command-line or by using QtCreator, which is a free, open-source and cross-platform IDE suitable for projects using the Qt Framework.
Note that if you installed the dependencies correctly, you should already have QtCreator installed on your computer.
Optionally, you may want to set the -j N variable in the Project panel to allow building it in parallel (faster), where N is the number of working threads (e.g., 8).
If you installed Git and all dependencies correctly, you should have Git Bash installed on your computer.
Open the 'Kits' tab in the Build&Run panel.
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Andrea Pirlo is an Italian World Cup-winning football player who plays for Serie A club Juventus and for the Italian national team. Usually deployed as a deep-lying playmaker for both Juventus and Italy, he is also revered for his technique, dribbling, control, incredible vision, inventive play, accurate passing ability and for his long distance shooting. He started his football career at Brescia ,where he made his first debut for Brescia against Reggina and moved to Internazionale , however he was unable to break into the first squad. After spending three seasons with Internazionale, Pirlo signed on with Milan for 35 billion, where Pirlo won two UEFA Champions League, two European Super Cups (in 2003 and 2007) and various other league games. Thereafter he was signed by Juventus in 2011 on a deal that is to last until 2014. While in Juventus, he played in the 2012 Supercoppa Italiana against Napoli in 2012.With Milan, he won two UEFA Champions League (2003 and 2007), two European Super Cups (2003 and 2007), two Serie A titles (2004 and 2011), a FIFA Club World Cup (2007) an Italian Super Cup (2004) and the Coppa Italia in 2003. In 2012, he added another Serie A title and Italian Super Cup with Juventus. Pirlo has played for the Italian youth teams U15, U18 and U21, captaining and leading the latter to victory in the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship as the Golden Player and Top Scorer of the tournament. He joined the Italian senior side during the qualification round for World Cup 2002 and captained the national team to a bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics. Fellow players on the Italian team gave him the nickname "l'architetto" (the architect), because his long passes frequently set up goal-scoring opportunities for the Italy national football team.
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In 1958 Johnny Cash's "Don't Take Your Guns To Town" was #1 on the country charts for six weeks. It's a lugubrious little ditty about a young cowboy who decides to go to town, ignores his mom's advice to leave his guns at home, and ends up getting gunned down. (This was back when a country act could release an anti-handgun song without kissing his or her career bye-bye.) Around 1962 Howard Shockley, a teenage science-fiction fan from Opelika, Alabama, wrote "Don't Take Your Smell To Town,"a parody to be sung to the same melody as Cash's song. In SF fandom such tunes are called filk songs, and I think Shockley's was a gem. It concerned a young sanitation worker who lived in the city dump and ignored the advice of the song's title.
The protagonists of both songs were named Billy Joe, and Shockley presented his composition to his buddy at Opelika High, Bill Plott, who himself went by Billy Joe. Plott was fellow SF fan, and quicker than you could say "Great Ghu!", published Shockley's filk song in his fanzine, Maelstrom. Plott, for reasons too numerous and largely unspeakable to mention, is actually now somewhat of a legend in SF fandom, but around 1968 he left that subculture for what was to prove many decades. He got drawn back into the fold only in 2012 when he was invited as Guest of Honor at Deep South Con 50. That happy trip inspired him to revive another of his fanzines from long ago, Sporadic, and he has published it bimonthly since. By coincidence, around the same time, Plott reconnected with his old pal Howard Shockley, now a Presbyterian minister in South Carolina. In Sporadic #20 Plott reprinted "Don't Take Your Smell To Town" much to his old friend's dismay surprise.
I like to think–imagine, say some–that I can play guitar and sing, and when I saw the lyrics in Sporadic, thought, "Gee, I should record that." Like most thoughts requiring effort from me if acted on, it was promptly forgotten. Then a few weeks ago, out of the blue, I found myself going into The GarageBand app on my Mac and recording "Don't Take Your Smell To Town." Personally, I think The Devil made me do it.
If you want–and how could you not?- you can click on the hypertext below to hear the result. For the record (no pun intended) I'm playing everything on the song except the snare drum. That, I talked my wife Dorothy into playing. Howard Shockley's lyrics are below the recording.
A D.S.* boy named Billy Joe grew restless in the Dumps.
He looked across the sea of trash while sitting on a stump.
But then he heard his partner say, "Don't take your smell to town, boy.
You'd better stay at home, Bill.
Bill just smiled and said to him, "Your boy's become a man.
"I'll take a bath, use Listerine, and roll myself in Ban.
They'll run you out of town, Bill.
And of that smell that used to be there wasn't any trace.
Bill put down his drink and saw that no one was around.
He'd left the Dumps to see the World, and it had put him down.
Don't leave it here with us.
Nothing of the job he held could anything detract.
He's there today, out in the Dumps, his Destiny fulfilled.
The tune's more fun if you're familiar with Cash's original, and you can hear that and read the lyrics at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A74Wq0B1WrI.


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You're running late. As you approach the railroad tracks, you hear the warning bells and notice the gates starting to drop. Do you stop and wait or dart across? According to recent research by Shulman and Cauffman (2013), how you assess the potential risks and benefits of these options could be influenced by your age.


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The chasm between Trump's words on the campaign trail and this proposed budget could not be deeper. Trump won 62.9 million votes largely by assuring those who felt forgotten by government that he would be the hero who saved them. Yet his proposed vast infusions of money into defense spending and a border wall will not help the disabled, the students, the farmers and others targeted for the harshest cuts. Neither will he help them with the piles of money he wants to give the rich.
By going out on the road before the November election, I met many voters who saw Trump as their protector. I visited people in small towns of rural America, mostly in the West, and I found a lot, though not all, Trump backers likeable. Some had voted for Barack Obama. Some were so poor they couldn't pay all their bills. Their stories differed but, for the most part, they had this in common: They abhorred the political establishment, harbored a rabid revulsion for Democrat Hillary Clinton and felt they had finally found in Trump a man who spoke to them and for them.
Having encountered the divide between the Trump and Clinton camps, I sought out academics to hear their thoughts on the nation's political divide and the forces that helped Trump claim the White House. What I heard helped me grasp how Trump effectively pandered to people's hopes and dreams, and how he inflamed their fears and hatreds.
"I get asked all the time if there has ever been a time when we were more divided," David Kennedy, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Stanford history professor emeritus, told me. "In the 1860s we killed some 620,000 men – clearly a condition way beyond what we are facing today. The Civil War was a trial by fire and we went on to become a single country once again."
Looking at the political divisiveness of today, Kennedy noted that in the last 100 years, the country's population has become increasingly concentrated in urban areas.
"We have 3,114 counties, and just 146 of them contain 50 percent of the U.S. population," he said. "Those 146 counties produce 66 percent of the U.S. GDP (gross domestic product); give or take, some 480 counties voted for Clinton and they include most but not all of those 146 counties."
Viewing these numbers, Kennedy thinks of parallels with the 19th century populist movement "which had its geographic and economic bases in agriculture districts with farmers, miners and loggers – people in extractive industries who understood in their own way that their way of life was falling increasingly behind urban, industrial districts. What is striking today is the persistence of the idea in rural parts of the country that they are being increasingly eclipsed by the prosperity of urban districts.
"The question going forward is can these disaffected who feel themselves on the margins form some kind of partnership with the working class. We don't know the answer yet, but I have a sense that the Trump organization doesn't have the strategic thinking apparatus" to build such a coalition.
For Estelle Freedman, another Stanford history professor, anyone trying to make sense of Trump's victory would do well to look at the issue of race in America.
"The great divide in U.S. history has been very much about race, and we are still experiencing that," she told me. "We are experiencing a huge backlash against the perceived loss of white entitlement. For the white working class in particular, what race-based privileges they are able to maintain become all the more important."
While Trump indisputably won the votes of millions angry about what they saw as their loss of white entitlement, Freedman said, he was fueling deep resentments existing long before his campaign for president.
"When you have an increasing disparity of wealth in the country and simultaneously anger against blacks and immigrants, all these 'others' are seen as a threat to inherited white privilege," Freedman added. "This division in America is more than just Trump or anti-Trump or Democrat or Republican."
David Mayhew, a Yale political science professor, said while today's polarization between Democrats and Republicans "is unquestionably considerable," the nation has endured many times of intense polarization: In recent times, he said, "there were serious showdowns about getting involved in World War II, the 1949-1954 period centering on McCarthyism and the Korean War, certainly the 1963-1975 period about Vietnam."
Some professors, though, see today's political divisiveness as beyond anything that came before. William Chafe, a Duke University history professor emeritus, is not optimistic about this chasm going away.
"If you had the House and Senate comprised of the same type of people who were there from the 1960s to the 1980s, you would find a way forward," Chafe said. "But the real division occurred after that. Today we are where there is less bipartisan conversation, more hostilities."
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Jack Rakove, a Stanford professor of history and political science, said many scholars have concluded that "in terms of how Congress acts, we are at a high point of partisanship – Congress has never been as sharply divided as it has been in recent years." No longer are there liberal Republicans or conservative Democrats who "created a lot of dynamic possibilities" for compromise, he added.
"A lot of scholars are working on this problem of impasse," Rakove said, "but being just an historian, I don't have any happy solutions."
As for Trump, Rakove thinks it pointless to search for historical analogies: "He is such an extreme, out-of-bounds character. Here is a guy who doesn't read, who says he wants to preserve the Constitution he doesn't understand, who has no grasp of history. Hundreds of thousands of fifth graders know more about U.S. history than he does."
So what can be made of all this?
Certainly some of the roots of today's sharp political divide in America stretch far back in time. It is certain, too, that when Trump is vanquished – by impeachment or defeat at the polls – this bitter division will remain as an immense challenge for the nation in the decades to come.
It also is clear that one of Trump's most harmful acts is not one that former FBI Director Robert Mueller will be investigating: It is the way Trump donned golden, populist robes, stepped up to podiums across America and split us further apart with his words sowing hatred and fear.
Susan Sward is a freelance writer in San Francisco. She can be contacted at sward.susan@gmail.com.
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has said an estimated 20%–30% (40 million) of the country's populations is believed to be suffering from mental disorders. The apex government lamented this is a very significant number considering the country has an estimated population of over 200 million.
Stating this last Monday at the ongoing mental health action committee and stakeholders workshop in Abuja, the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Health, Abdulaziz Mashi Abdullahi, blamed the country's high burden of mental disorders to inadequate attention paid to mental illnesses, misconceptions and lack of awareness on the part of the Nigerian public.
Abdullahi raised alarm that more people would be disabled by psychological challenges than complications arising from HIV/AIDS, heart disease, accidents, and wars combined by the year 2020.
He pointed out fast-tracking of the enactment of the Mental Health Act as well as the resuscitation of the national mental health action committee for the coordination of stakeholders' activities on mental health and psychosocial supports in the country as ways to addressing the country's mental health burden.
The PS said "In Nigeria, an estimated 20%–30% of our populations are believed to suffer from mental disorders. This is a very significant number considering Nigeria has an estimated population of over 200 million.
"Unfortunately, the attention given to mental health disorders in Nigeria is inadequate. The level of awareness of the Nigerian public on mental health issues is also understandably poor and with lots of misconceptions.
"By 2020, it is estimated that common mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, and substance abuse-related disorders, will disable more people than complications arising from HIV/AIDS, heart disease, accidents, and wars combined! This is an astonishing statistic and possesses serious questions as to why mental health disorders are not given the needed attention that it currently receives.
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Tired of the embarassing outbursts
Submitted by mcl1970 on 12/29/2015.
Last night was an all too familiar scene. We were at our daughter's high school basketball game and my husband made a scene. I wanted to die. Here's the set up: it was a varsity basketball game and our daughter plays JV. JV players have to also dress and sit for Varsity, although no playing time is guaranteed. The team was winning 60 - 30 and arguably the coach should have put in the second string of girls (no argument there). My husband became agitated about our daughter not getting playing time and started yelling "Hey coach, time to clear the bench!" As parents all turned to stare, I did my usual thing and swatted his leg and told him to be quiet. "You're not helping" I said. "Don't make a scene." With only 3 minutes left in the game, the coach put 3 of the JV players in, but not our daughter. This infuriated my husband. "That's the LAST time she is wasting time coming to a Varsity game" he yelled. Again, I told him to lower his voice and that he was making a scene. With 2 minutes left in the game, our daughter was subbing in. Then he yelled as loud as he could '[MARY IS GOING IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MARY IS GOING IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!' The stares from the crowd made me want to die. I looked at him and in my angriest whisper voice said "Knock it off or leave. You are making a fool out of yourself." He kept ranting, not loud enough for the entire gym to hear, but enough for those around us.
I wish this was an isolated incident, but it is not. After the game, he was still on fire saying the coach was wrong. I said, "I agree, but it's the coach's call and making a scene isn't helping anybody. Let it go." He couldn't. He got mad at me for telling him AGAIN to let it go. "I've heard you!" he barked. "Yes, but you're still going" I quipped back. Then I came at it with my finest remark.... "You're acting like a classless a$$hole!" We walked to the car and a few minutes later he talked like nothing had happened. "Uh huh" I said. "What, you're going to give me the silent treatment now?" he asked.
I unleashed. "When is enough enough? You do this all the time! You not only embarrass yourself, but you embarrass me and Mary! This insanity has got to stop!" He replied "Fine, I will stop going to her games then." This I have heard before and it infuriates me. "That's your only answer?" I ask. "Grow the hell up and be the parent. It doesn't have to be an all or nothing thing. Go to the game and keep your mouth shut"
We drove home the rest of the way in silence. When we pulled in the driveway, he said to me "it's not a maturity thing. This may sound like an excuse, but this is my ADD." WHAT???? Why has he never said this before? We've had this argument a hundred times. I came inside, googled Adult ADD Outbursts and found this site. Is this ADD or is he just acting like a jerk? Immediately I began thinking of all the other outbursts and times he made me feel like I was the crazy one - when he insisted he wasn't yelling, wasn't making a scene, wasn't overreacting. All these years, all these outbursts. I have finally had enough.
What do I do now? I can't endure another episode. It is humiliating. He sounds like an obnoxious jerk and I'm embarrassed by his behavior. He has been seeing a psychiatrist for 3 years for ADD and takes medication periodically (I don't monitor him, so don't know how religiously he takes it) and I asked that he please make an appointment immediately with the doctor to discuss this.
Our daughter has another game tonight and he is not going. Which I guess is a good thing.
Looking for some advice, and frankly some support, from those who understand.
This must have been very
Submitted by arosenbarger on Wed, 12/30/2015 - 07:21
This must have been very embarrassing - sorry to hear you had that experience. From his perspective, I'm sure he's just the proud parent wanting to see his kid play, but communicated that in a completely poor more manner.
This is likely MORE than ADHD....
Submitted by overwhelmedwife on Fri, 01/01/2016 - 13:54
Your H may have ADHD, but this behavior is more than ADHD. I suggest going to a therapist together, but tell the therapist that while you do want some couples counseling, that after 3-4 of sessions, you'd like her to refer your H to his own therapist based on what she's learned during the 3-4 sessions. Then you could continue with her as a couples therapist. It would be BEST if your H's T is in the same office so that the couple's therapist and his therapist could consult with each other.
In the meantime, it is best for your H not to go to games. He CAN'T control himself. He's not an adult in that emotional area. My H can be the same way. Won't shut up, will embarrass everyone, etc.


Two bodies representing the EU waste management and recycling industries have backed European Parliament proposals to include at least 25% recycled plastics in new drinks containers by 2025.
In a joint statement, FEAD, the EU's waste management industry and EuRIC (the European Recycling Industries' Confederation), said they "fully support" the draft report by the European Parliament which was published last month.
The suggested proposals included a mandatory obligation to include 25% recycled plastics in all beverage containers. The report said that such a regulation, which could also apply to the UK, "will encourage the creation of a steady market for recyclates", and will ensure a more circular use of plastics.
In a joint statement issued this week, a spokesperson described the regulation as a "crucial first step" towards a more circular economy for plastics.
"Designing recyclable packaging items is necessary to facilitate recycling, and a strong signal is needed to boost both the offer of recyclable plastics and the demand of recycled plastics," the spokesperson said.
Prior to the draft report, FEAD and EuRIC, recently issued a statement calling on EU to take action to broaden the introduction of recycled content mandates for plastic packaging and products containing plastics in general.
The European Parliament draft report had a deadline of September 4 2018 for submissions.
EuRIC describes itself as the umbrella organisation for recycling industries across Europe, with more than 5,000 companies.
FEAD's members are national waste management associations covering 19 Member States, Norway and Serbia. They have an approximate 60% share in the household waste market and handle more than 75% of industrial and commercial waste in Europe.