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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological well-being of students in an Italian university: a web-based cross-sectional survey
Globalization and Health volume 17, Article number: 39 (2021)
Italy was the first European country to implement a national lockdown because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Worldwide, this pandemic had a huge impact on the mental health of people in many countries causing similar reaction in terms of emotions and concerns at the population level. Our study investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological well-being in a cohort of Italian university students.
We conducted a cross-sectional survey in the period immediately after the first lockdown through the administration of a questionnaire on the personal websites of students attending their undergraduate courses at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. We used the Patient-Health-Engagement-Scale, Self-Rating-Anxiety-Scale, and Self-Rating-Depression-Scale to assess engagement, anxiety symptoms, and depression symptoms of our sample.
The sample size was 501 subjects, of which 35.33% were classified as anxious and 72.93% as depressed. Over 90% of respondents had good understanding of the preventive measures despite over 70% suffered from the impossibility of physically seeing friends and partners. Around 55% of students would have been willing to contribute much more to face the pandemic. An increase in the occurrences of anxiety was associated with being female, being student of the Rome campus, suffering from the impossibility of attending university, being distant from colleagues, and being unable of physically seeing one’s partner. Performing physical activity reduced this likelihood.
University students are at risk of psychological distress in the case of traumatic events. The evolution of the pandemic is uncertain and may have long-term effects on mental health. Therefore, it is crucial to study the most effective interventions to identify vulnerable subgroups and to plan for acute and long-term psychological services to control and reduce the burden of psychological problems.
The first outbreak of the novel coronavirus diseases (COVID-19) was reported at the end of December 2019 in Wuhan, China and rapidly the virus spread globally; on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared a pandemic state . The first country affected in Europe was Italy, where the epidemic began on February 21, with Lombardy being the epicenter of COVID-19 cases and deaths (representing 39 and 48% of the total, respectively). As of November 01, 2020, the Italian national surveillance system had reported 309,335 cases and 38,826 deaths from COVID-19 , while during the first phase of the pandemic the highest case fatality rate and one of the highest case mortality rate in Europe was reported . To limit the diffusion of the virus, the Italian government established a series of decrees aimed at containing the spread of the epidemic. First, on February 23, 11 municipalities in Northern Italy, including Lombardy , were placed on lockdown. Two days later, the measures were extended to six regions, and on March 11, 2020, the lockdown was extended to the whole national territory until May 3, 2020 . During this period, people could leave their homes only for specific needs (work, health emergencies, and food and drug supplies), schools and universities were closed, inter-regional mobility was suspended, and all types of gatherings were prohibited. Inter-regional mobility was allowed after June 3, and for the first time since May 3, 2020, it was for persons, residing in different regions, possible to return to their places of residence. In some regions, trustee home isolation was compulsory when individuals entered the region.
As during past outbreaks, such as those related to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) in 2003, Influenza A (H1N1) in 2009, and Ebola in 2014 [6, 7], a number of experts across the world anticipated that COVID-19 will affect the population’s health in psychological, social, and neuroscientific dimensions . Indeed, the pandemic led in the general population to a high incidence of mental health disorders, such as acute stress, post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression, irritability, insomnia, and decreased attention [6, 9], and these symptoms were more common in individuals with epidemic-related experiences . In particular, the COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact on the mental health of people in many countries around the world causing similar reaction in terms of emotions and concerns at the population level [11, 12]. In fact, an increase in mental health disorders, especially anxiety and depression, in many Asian and European countries — the first continents affected by the pandemic — was demonstrated resulting in an anxiety and depression prevalence of 32.9 and 35.3%, respectively in Asia and a stress prevalence of 31.9% in Europe [12, 13]. Considering Italy, as it was the first European country affected, the COVID-19 pandemic represented a novelty that generated fear, anxiety and depression, especially in the young and elderly population, with a prevalence of anxiety, depression and stress of 18.7, 32.7 and 27.2%, respectively . Indeed, uncertainties related to the viruses characteristics, absence of treatments, rapid spread and lack of protective devices created a huge source of stress resulting in common health disorders [15, 16].
University students are a special social group with active life habits based on relationships and contacts, physical and university activities, travel, and gatherings. The pandemic emergency changed their life drastically: considering university restrictions, indeed, teaching in presence was suspended from March 11, 2020 until the beginning of September 2020. Only faculty and administrative technical staff were allowed to access the campuses. At the same time, online teaching service had been activated, through which lessons, exams, and theses and doctoral dissertation discussions were carried out at distance. Student attendance was allowed again in September and October, with a combination of face-to-face and distance teaching with the possibility for students to choose which method to use. In case of face-to-face teaching, reservation was necessary. Moreover, the lessons were organized to avoid the presence of different course years to prevent gatherings. As far as the health professions were concerned, traineeships in hospital have been maintained in presence. In this context, the 71 days of total lockdown might have facilitated the development of mental health disorders, especially anxiety and depression [17, 18]. For these reasons, the objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on the well-being in a cohort of university students during the first wave of pandemic and related lockdown.
A web-based survey was conducted between June 8 and July 12, 2020, in the period immediately after the lockdown. We administered an anonymous questionnaire of 90 items on the personal websites of students attending undergraduate courses at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. The university has 4 campuses in 3 Italian regions: Milan (Lombardy), Brescia (Lombardy), Piacenza-Cremona (Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna), and Rome (Lazio). Students belong to the faculties of Medicine and Surgery (Rome), Psychology (Milan and Brescia), Economy (Rome), Economy and Law (Piacenza-Cremona), Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Sciences (Piacenza-Cremona), Banking, Financial, and Insurance Sciences (Milan), and Education Sciences (Milan). Participation was voluntary and unpaid. To participate, students had to give their informed consent. The protocol of the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS and by the Internal Board of the University.
We used level of anxiety and depression as dependent variables of this study. Students’ level of anxiety was assessed with the Zung Self-Rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), which is composed of 20 items with 4 possible answers (rarely, sometimes, often, most of the time) investigating anxiety levels based on scoring of autonomic, cognitive, motor, and central nervous systems’ symptoms (such as “I feel more nervous and anxious than usual” or “I feel that everything is all right and nothing bad will happen”). In this way, each item is scored on a Likert scale ranging from 1 to 4. A total score < 50 corresponds with absence of anxiety, while 50–59, 60–69, and > 70 indicate slight, moderate, and severe anxiety, respectively .
Depression level was explored through the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS). The scale comprises 20 items covering affective, psychological, and somatic symptoms associated with depression (such as “I have trouble sleeping at night” or “I am restless and can’t keep still”). In this case, there are also 4 possible answers (rarely, sometimes, often, most of the time), and each item is scored on a Likert scale ranging from 1 to 4. A total score < 50 corresponds to absence of depression, while 50–59, 60–69, and > 70 indicate slight, moderate, and severe depression, respectively . Both scales have been proven reliable and were translated into Italian before being administered to the students in the survey [19, 20].
General characteristics of students
Students’ demographic information (age, gender, date of birth), faculty, year of study, residence region, presence of a partner, health condition related to COVID-19, family and friends’ health conditions related to COVID-19, and lifestyle during the lockdown (physical activity and whether they lived alone) were collected.
Feelings and fears about the pandemic
The validated Patient Health Engagement Scale (PHE-S) evaluated emotions, feelings, concerns, perceptions, and psychological engagement of students. In particular, the scale consists of 5 items with scores of a purely ordinal categorical and psychometric nature describing how people feel when thinking about their own health (such as “I can’t understand what happened to me” or “I feel positive”). Each sentence can be completed by choosing one of 4 specific states or the intermediate points between two states . According to the score obtained, each respondent is determined to have 1 of the 4 levels of health engagement described by the PHE model (i.e., blackout, arousal, adhesion, eudaimonic project). The scale is based on the assumption that the score a person obtains should reflect his or her actual health engagement level. Moreover, 8 questions investigated the fear about an increase of COVID-19 cases, deaths, risk of contagion, capacity to contain the diffusion of the virus, and understanding of preventive measures.
Personal concerns regarding university studies
Specific items investigated personal concerns about university studies during the COVID-19 pandemic (impossibility of attending university, concentration, distance from colleagues, and fear returning to university).
The reliability of the scales was measured using Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. The 95% confidence interval (CI) for each alpha value was estimated using 1000 bootstrap samples. Descriptive analyses were performed for all variables. Univariable and multivariable logistic regressions were conducted to assess the influence of independent variables (general characteristics of students, feelings and fears about the pandemic, personal concerns regarding university studies) on each binary outcome (anxiety and depression), with the results expressed as odds ratios (OR), 95% CI. P-values below 0.05 were considered statistically significant. All statistical analyses were performed using Stata software, version 14 (StataCorp LP, College Station, TX).
Five hundred fifty-five questionnaires were collected, of which 501 were used for the analysis, with an effective rate of 90.27%. In all, 54 questionnaires were excluded because they had incomplete information about gender, course of study, or campus. The SAS, SDS and PHE scales showed high reliability rates, with a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.90 (95% CI [0.88–0.91]), 0.89 [0.87–0.90] and 0.76 [0.72–0.80], respectively.
Table 1 provides a description of the general characteristics of the students. Their median age was 22.9 years (IQR = 21.08–24.56), and females accounted for 71.46% of the total. Around 61% of the respondents were Medicine and Surgery Faculty students of the Rome Campus, with a higher prevalence of first-year students (21.36%). Most students were resident in Northern and Southern Italy (36.13 and 37.92%, respectively), and a large majority reported having returned home during the lockdown (65.67%). Of the students, 71% reported having engaged in physical activity during the lockdown. Overall, 11.78% of the students reported suffering from COVID-19-like symptoms, and, among the 32 who performed a swab test, 6 (18.75%) had a positive result, with 4 asymptomatic in isolation and 2 hospitalized.
According to the SAS, 35.33% of the students (n = 165) were classified as anxious and, among students with anxiety, 71.51% had slight anxiety. The SDS classified 72.93% as depressed (n = 326) with mainly (80.67%) slight depression (Table 1). Students’ feelings, fears, and PHE scale results related to the effects of COVID-19 on students’ lives are reported in Table S1. Almost 40% of the students referred to have fears about whether the pandemic was under control, and more than 60% referred to fear the increase in positive cases and deaths (64.47 and 68.86%, respectively). Over 90% of the respondents reported understanding the lockdown’s preventive measures despite 70.26% suffered from the impossibility of seeing friends and 75.94% suffered from not seeing their partners. Most (55.69%) students reported being willing to contribute much more to face the pandemic. The PHE-S assessed the engagement level of students related to COVID-19: 16 (3.28%), 100 (20.49%), 317 (64.96%), and 55 (11.27%) students had an engagement level of 1, 2, 3, and 4, respectively.
Table S2 summarizes students’ personal concerns about their studies. More than 60% of the students suffered from the impossibility of attending university and 54.09% being distant from their fellow students. Others (35.03%) reported being concerned about the possibility that the pandemic could reduce their study activities, and 30.14% were concerned that the preventive measures could hinder their studies. About 21% of the respondents stated that they were worried about returning to university, and 39.72% were afraid about their future careers due to the effect of COVID-19 on the country’s economy and on the labor market. Almost one-third (30.14%) declared that they felt optimistic about a solution to the pandemic, and 44.32% declared that they were even more determined to complete their studies (Table S2).
Predictors of anxiety
Table 2 reports the distributions of the selected covariates and adjusted ORs for anxiety.
Being female was a risk factor, while performing physical activity was a protective factor (Adjusted Odds ratio: OR 2.44, 95% CI [1.769–3.861] and OR 0.58, 95% CI [0.383–0.901], respectively). Students of the Rome campus were more likely to have anxiety compared to those of other campuses (OR 1.55, 95% CI [1.032–2.340]).
Concern about COVID-19, fear about the containment of the pandemic and about the increase in positive cases and deaths were risk factors for the occurrence of anxiety (OR 1.27, 95% CI [1.03–1.56]; OR 1.41, 95% CI [1.155–1.737]; OR 1.60, 95% CI [1.28–2.00]). Similarly, suffering from the impossibility attending university, distance from fellow students, and impossibility seeing partners was associated with increased occurrence of anxiety (OR 1.37, 95% CI [1.167–1.616]; OR 1.35, 95% CI [1.156–1.590]; OR 1.34, 95% CI [1.07–1.67]). Additionally, the probability of having anxiety was higher in students worried about the possibility that the pandemic could reduce study activities, about returning to university, and about their future careers due to the COVID-19 pandemic (OR 1.92, 95% CI [1.61–2.29]; OR 1.25, 95% CI [1.08–1.44]; OR 1.26, 95% CI [1.09–1.46]).
Predictors of depression
Table 2 presents the distributions of the selected covariates and adjusted ORs for depression. Students of the Rome Campus were more likely to experience depression compared to those of the other campuses, even if the association was borderline (OR 1.49, 95% CI [0.970–2.297]). The distance from one’s fellow students was a borderline risk factor for the occurrence of depression (OR 1.15 95% CI [0.993–1.369]). No significant association was found with the other variables.
Our results show that 35.33% of our sample of university students had symptoms of anxiety and 72.93% of depression, although with mild symptoms. These data are in line with previous studies that demonstrated how young people, in particular university students, are at greater risk for psychological distress in case of a health emergency . This confirms that the pandemic increased common mental health disorders across the population, with a prevalence of anxiety and depression of about 32.9 and 35.3% in Asia and 23.8 and 32.4% in Europe, respectively . Specifically, in Italy, rates of anxiety and depression in the general population are in line with these finding (18.7–20.8% and 17.3–32.7%, respectively) [14, 15]. However, our student cohort shows a prevalence of anxiety and depression almost twice as high as that observed in the general population. This finding is in line with what has been observed in other studies conducted in European countries such as the United Kingdom, France, and Greece [23,24,25], where an increase in anxiety and depression was observed during the pandemic and particularly during the lockdown period in university students. Among non-European Union countries, analyzing student populations, a Chinese study observed slightly lower values of anxiety (about 25%) , although these values were still higher than those found in the general population . Therefore, students represent a vulnerable population for common mental health disorders. In particular, unsettled life and work conditions, typical of academic environments, and the life stage of university students, who are “in transition” to adulthood and in a delicate process of starting their careers, makes them more susceptible to negative psychological effect of traumatic events . In line with this interpretation, the psychological distress levels measured in our study are associated with students’ concerns about their academic activities, both in terms of delays regarding completion of their degrees  and their sense of loneliness and isolation due to physical distance from their peers and partners [28, 29] in relation with COVID-19 effects and its containment measures.
Furthermore, our study showed that students attending the Rome campus presented higher levels of anxiety. This may be due to the prominence of medical students at this campus, who are at higher risk of psychological distress due to their familiarity with health issues compared to the general population [17, 30, 31]. Moreover, this result may be due to the fact that individuals involved in medical professions are typically more empathetic and altruistic and tend to be at higher risk for negative psychological reactions in an health crisis situation . This evidence is also in line with previous studies that showed higher psychological distress in individuals with geographical proximity to the regions mainly affected by the pandemic (in our case, the North of Italy). The sense of lacking control over the current situation (due to geographical distance from the “red regions” for the Italian COVID-19 epidemic) and the emotional appraisal of the situation from individuals living in Rome, based mainly on the accounts of other individuals more directly affected by the emergency or on the media coverage of the emergency, seem to have emphasized the negative psychological effects of the health crisis in a sort of “psychological eco process” . Furthermore, our data show that, increased willingness of students to contribute in efforts controlling the pandemic increased levels of anxiety, thus confirming that the feeling of losing control over one’s own health risk management can trigger psychological distress . The study demonstrated a relationship between gender and anxiety level confirming previous studies in which females tended to develop more anxiety symptoms in reaction to health emergencies and imposed quarantine than their male counterparts . This relationship is controversial since other studies reported higher anxiety scores in males . This difference may be the result of cultural factors shaping gender-related attitudes and behaviors.
Finally, the level of physical activity performed during the quarantine resulted in a protective factor against psychological distress. The beneficial effect of physical activity on mental well-being has been widely shown in literature [35, 36]. Furthermore, recent studies demonstrated that exercising and physical activity during quarantine is critical to promote both mental and physical health [36,37,38], particularly for younger people.
To our knowledge, this is the first study to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health and psychological well-being of Italian university students during the first wave. Moreover, the sample was representative of Italian students because the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore has campuses in different Italian regions with distinct faculties. Limitations of our analysis are related to its opportunistic sampling and cross-sectional design, which prevents causal interpretations. Another limitation was related to reliance on self-reported measures rather than clinical diagnoses of anxiety and depression, although the selected SAS and SDS scales have been validated and are commonly used. Additionally, considering the web-based distribution, no data were collected regarding non-participating students.
Our study showed that students are at risk of psychological distress in case of traumatic events, such as health emergencies. Since the evolution of the pandemic is uncertain and effects on mental health may be long-term, it is crucial to study the most effective interventions at school level, identifying the most vulnerable subgroups and planning for acute and long-term psychological services to control and reduce fear, and consequently burden of psychological problems.
In this context, our university has activated an assistance service available for students to assist them in case of problems related to study and teaching activities during the pandemic, as well as a help desk with possibilities for psychological assistance, which can be contacted anonymously by all students. In this way, a concrete tool was offered to assist most fragile students affected by anxiety and depressive symptoms. Considering the didactic activities, we should consider that university life is based on relationships, exchange of opinions and “physical” confrontation. Moreover, our students show how anxiety and depression are greatly related to distance from the university environment, the impossibility of attending the university and confronting themselves with their colleagues. On the other hand, the pandemic has taught us that the possibility using digital tools to ensure teaching and functioning of universities is of fundamental importance . In fact, owing to these systems, it has been possible to continue university activities, without slowing down study and learning process of students. As far as our experience is concerned, students accepted digital modes offered resulting in a wide participation in the lessons and no difficulties related to the way the exams are carried out. Therefore, the experience of online teaching can be considered more than positive. In this context, it could be useful to hypothesize a “blended” teaching system, especially regarding the possibility of collaborations between different universities in different cities or countries, to ensure “digital” learning, which can increasingly expand the knowledge of students, alongside physical presence, which is essential to allow students to appreciate all features, qualities and also difficulties of university life.
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Villani, L., Pastorino, R., Molinari, E. et al. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological well-being of students in an Italian university: a web-based cross-sectional survey. Global Health 17, 39 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-021-00680-w

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The wedding industry has definitely embraced the nostalgic look and feel of film. With it’s pastel tones and beautiful colour palette, film is not just some quirky fad that appeals to people because it’s trendy. Digital shooters are desperate for their pictures to look like film but it is a look that is currently unique to film users only. There is a Facebook group called ‘Looks Like Film’ which is dedicated to showcasing photographers work that looks like film and whilst there is some fantastic work on there, most of the work featured definitely does not do what it says on the tin!
The look of film is unique and what does it have in common with couples? So are they!
A wedding day is a one off celebration of everything unique to two people and two families. It’s a day like no other and for most people a once in a lifetime experience. It’s a time when social media takes a back seat and people live in the moment. What better way to capture it then on the timeless medium of film.

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On September 7, Shanghai announced the details of 2 new cases of asymptomatic infected people imported abroad.
[Introduction]: Is there any new asymptomatic infection in Shanghai on September 7? Is it imported overseas? Let’s take a look at the epidemic situation of asymptomatic covid-19 patients in Shanghai on September 7. From 0:00 to 24:00 on September 7, Shanghai reported 2 new cases of asymptomatic infected people imported overseas. Newly imported asymptomatic infected persons abroad 1: Male, 49 years old, native of Sichuan, permanent residence in Liangshan Yi autonomous prefecture, Sichuan province, chef. Starting from Nigeria on September 3, they flew to Shanghai for entry on 4th by flight MS876 and MS958. After sampling, the customs transferred to the centralized isolation point according to the whole closed-loop management procedure. Feedback the positive nucleic acid of the new coronavirus, that is, transfer to the Eighth People’s Hospital of Shanghai for isolation treatment. Newly imported asymptomatic infected persons abroad 2: Male, 60 years old, native of Jiangxi province, permanent residence […]夜上海社区

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The LGBTQ community has also been oppressed. They were described as ‘sinners’ by dominant groups. They were stereotyped to more likely molest and rape heterosexuals. There was also a devastating shooting in an Orlando LGBT night club, killing 49 individuals and injuring countless. Homosexual African Americans are denied access to resources due to their sexual orientation.
The LGBTQ community should be accepted and be treated fairly, no matter the location. From experience with friends that are a part of the community, I know that being genderqueer, pansexual, or bisexual can cause conflict with the people around them. There are about 10 million (4.1%) US adults that are a part
The LGBTQ community is one that faces an ongoing storm of stereotyping and stigmas and the media is no relief from it. One major factor in this is the common trope of the violent and aggressive transgender woman, which is often shown through
It’s a hunting season, people are lost in the meadow, waiting to hunt or to be hunted. Is that true that people claim that being gay is doomed to be miserable as they would live as the outsider in society? The stereotype toward gay would always exist as long as people can’t perceive the notion that all of human beings are actually a unit and we are actually the same in every aspect of our life. In the famous UK TV series Queer As Folk (1999), it shows the daily life of three gay characters, Stuart, Vince, and Nathan. From this TV series, the audience could see how the stereotyped gay characters , the sense of isolation of the gay community, and the dual identity of gay people are presented.
Continuing the quote he goes on to say, “In no way am I homophobic, but I really think y’all are trying to force this LGBT sh*t in everybody lifestyle.” end quote. A USC study found that in the top 100 films between 2007-2014, 0.1% of characters were bisexual. 0.2% of characters were gay men, 0.08% of characters were lesbians, and no characters were transgender. Those statistics speak for
This scenario is to depict a common audience perception of gays and their lives. However, the film then dives deeper than that, more than what a gay culture seems to be instead of centering it on booze, sex and drugs. Those weren't even glamorized in the the film. Weekend is more concerned about the ordinary life of gays, which may seem common but definitely not a sight seen by the audience when it comes to gays. For example, the film begins with a bathtub scene, where a man washes up to get ready for the night.
Nevertheless, is it still a difference nowadays if the characters are either represented in a movie or in the general public television the audience watches in their everyday lives. Lesbian appearances in the mainstream media were mostly aggressive, butch or unhappy characters formerly. Nowadays lesbians got a very different kind of image such as glamorous, young and ultra-feminine (Hodkinson, 2011). As stated in Tropianos The prime time closet: a history of gays and lesbians on TV (2002) the character of Marjorie represented by Lynn Redgrave says in the movie My Two loves that they “don 't all wear black leather and ride a Harley Davidson”. This statement gives an utterly example that the presented average lesbian in movies or series is not just a prejudice against them on television, but also in the audiences daily life.
They had to fight a long battle for their rights and equality in society as is evident in the photograph posted in the 1987 Washington Blade. The LGBTQ community has been fighting all over the world for their right to become legally and openly married while having their rights protected. In some parts of the world they still do not have the equality they deserve. The stigma and labels surrounding gay marriage is shameful. All humans regardless of sexuality deserve to have the same respect, protection, and rights.
Since the mass shooting at a night club in Orlando Florida, the LGBTQ community has been brought to light on the discrimination they have endured from other people because of who they are attracted to and what they believe to see in a partner. Due to the way most people were raised, they handle these differences violently and showing their distaste for the individuals because they relate to their old customs; as for religion, they cannot be interested in the same sex. From homosexuals struggling to get a marriage license, they are now struggling to become parents. Political people are wanting to ban the majority of the states to not let gay and lesbian couples adopt. Some people view this as another home for loving parents to get the opportunity to take care of a child in need.
Basically, I agree with this statement that in the film of pride and prejudice we discuss about power, money and gender relations. Through looking the condition of the society in every characters in the film. There are clear differences between the upper class and the middle class or even the lower class. So that, marriage is become the chance for the women to face their financial difficulties, without hoping the heirs of their parents. The film of pride and prejudice is the right film to see what happened and how the condition of the society during the early 19th century.


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Lawmakers took to Twitter Saturday to express their support of Women's Equality Day. The day celebrates women's achievements and the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution , which allowed women to vote and went into effect on August 26, 1920. Rep. Elijah Cummings , D-Maryland, took
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Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 328 into law on Monday, mandating that schools will open later in the morning.
Under SB 328, middle schools across California will have, at their earliest, an 8 AM start time. Meanwhile, high schools are set at 8:30 AM or later. Due to their unique needs, rural school districts will be exempt from the bill, as will programs and voluntary courses that take place before the bell in the morning.
Sen. Anthony Portantino (D- La Canada Flintridge) authored the bill. He has been a long-time advocate of installing a later start times at schools citing that teenagers have a different biological clock than adults, and that a later start time would be better for their health and their education. The Senator has also frequently brought up ‘sleep deprivation’ of teenage students as a factor in some low test scores.
Sen. Portantino has also authored earlier versions of the bill, including SB 328 from the previous session which was vetoed by then-Governor Jerry Brown.
“Today, Governor Newsom displayed a heartwarming and discerning understanding of the importance of objective research and exercised strong leadership as he put our children’s health and welfare ahead of institutional bureaucracy resistant to change,” Sen. Portantino said after the signing. “Generations of children will come to appreciate this historic day and our Governor for taking bold action.”
Governor Newsom also released a statement saying why he signed the bill.
“The science shows that teenage students who start their day later increase their academic performance, attendance, and overall health,” said Governor Newsom. “Importantly, the law allows three years for schools and school districts to plan and implement these changes.”
SB 328 was bitterly fought in both houses, with Senators and Assembly members generally voting ‘no’ in areas with strong teachers unions or if they are located in more rural areas.
Much of the opposition came from teachers groups and school systems, who said that mandating a time wouldn’t always be the best option in some districts. One often cited reason was that parents would now be hit by extra childcare costs because all of the different time changes.
The Globe talked with former high school principal Mallory Martin about what this change meant from a single schools view.
“It isn’t great,” began Martin. “You’re going to have school buses rushing around in rush hour. High schools are 8:30 now, so that’s a lot of buses and a lot of teenagers driving into school in urban and suburban areas where traffic is heaviest. Buses constantly stop, teenagers aren’t the best drivers, and other traffic makes it all slow. It won’t be pretty.”
“We also have to worry now about kids leaving after their parents leave for work and later release times, which means a little bit of an overhaul of after school programs. My high school started at 7:45 sharp. That means an entire period needing to be added at the end of the day.”
“And then look at all the tiny factors, like rural schools having more after school time devoted to things like athletics or competitions. We may see a surge of them winning after 2022. There’s the health of teachers who usually prefer to wake up earlier. There’s a lot there.”
“This isn’t being afraid of change. It’s change doing more harm than good.”
Those opposing the bill have also pointed to former Governor Brown’s reason for the 2018 veto. Brown said that school decisions are best held locally, and that by having the state control the times, it ignored what was best for the district.
SB 328 is due to come into effect beginning in the 2022-2023 school year. The signing of SB 328 also marks the first time that a state has instituted a mandatory later school start time in the entire country.
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Exercise capacity testing
Assessing functional and exercise capacity is an important part of the clinical assessment of patients with heart failure.
The NYHA classification is a widely used tool to grade the severity of a patient’s symptoms. However, reproducibility of NYHA class is low, with low validity and reproducibility.9,10 Objective measures such as the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) give more reliable information regarding a patients’ exercise capacity, although are susceptible to a ‘learning effect’.
The 6MWT measures the distance walked during six minutes on a hard, flat surface. The patient goes at their own pace and rests as needed. It is easy to perform in the corridor of a ward or outpatient clinic without the need for equipment: the recommended corridor length is 30 metres.11 In healthy adults, the normal 6MWT distance is between 400-700m.In patients with heart failure, 6MWT distance <300m is associated with worse cardiovascular outcomes.12
While the 6MWT is a test of aerobic endurance, incremental exercise tests such as the Bruce treadmill test or incremental shuttle walk test, are a better indicator of maximal aerobic performance. In patients without significant limitation, incremental exercise tests may be preferable to the 6MWT for assessing the exercise capacity of patients with heart failure.
Gas exchange analysis using the peak oxygen consumption (peak VO2)
An incremental protocol can be coupled to the measurement of metabolic gas exchange to derive objective measures of exercise capacity such as the anaerobic threshold, peak oxygen consumption and the ventilatory response to exercise. Such tests can be helpful in differentiating dyspnoea of cardiac or respiratory origin, and are often used as part of assessment for heart transplant.
Normal exercise capacity in a patient not receiving treatment effectively excludes the diagnosis of symptomatic heart failure. However, there is a poor correlation between exercise capacity and resting haemodynamic measures, including ejection fraction.
Haemodynamic assessments of patients with heart failure can give information on a patient’s fluid status. They are usually invasive, and continuous monitoring techniques in ambulatory patients are not routinely available.

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One episode of the Simpsons included a live-action sequence... and it was mostly shot in Outer London.
If you've never seen it before, watch this live-action recreation of the Simpson's opening theme. It is magnificent.
It's Springfield, but not as we know it. The recreation has some tellingly British touches. Marge drives a right-hand-drive car (a Lada, no less, once common in these parts). Meanwhile, the stand-in for Chief Wiggum is wearing a British police uniform. That's because this was an entirely British production. The near-perfect homage was shot at the end of 2005 as a clever promotional skit for Sky One, masterminded by London advertising agency Devilfish.
In this version of "reality" the Simpson family live in Orpington, south-east London (or Kent if you stubbornly adhere to the old ways). The scene where Homer gets out of his car to be almost mowed down by Marge was filmed on Lansdowne Avenue, an otherwise unremarkable residential street on the edge of Crofton Woods. This much was easily found by googling.
Other locations in the sequence require a bit of detective work. A reverse image search reveals that Homer has quite a commute each day, given that he apparently works in Didcot Power Station in Oxfordshire. Didcot runs on natural gas, rather than the nuclear rods of the cartoon.
Meanwhile, the row of shops past which Bart skateboards are also a long way from Orpington. The telltale clue here is the side road, whose street name can just about be read as "The Run-...". The only street in London beginning with those letters is The Runway in Ruislip, and Street View confirms this as the location. The old car wash and tyres signs seen in the video are still in place.
The other chief setting is Bart and Lisa's school. The handsome, if generic school building is a little hard to place, but is a dead ringer for the older buildings of Rooks Heath, just down the road from South Ruislip.
In conclusion, then, the Simpsons live in Orpington, south-east London, but have daily commutes to Didcot near Oxford (Homer), and Ruislip/Eastcote in north-west London (Bart and Lisa).
What started out as a Sky One advert also found its way into official Simpsons canon. The clip was re-used as the "couch gag" in the Ricky Gervais-penned episode Homer Simpson, This is Your Wife (2006). Sadly, it was only seen on the original airing, and has been switched out in streaming versions and later broadcasts.
Fans have long debated where the Simpsons' home town of Springfield is supposedly located (see my book Atlas of Imagined Places for one intriguing theory). Who'd have guessed it turns out to be in south-east England?


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Energy affordability exposes brutal divide between rich and poor
Wealthy Australians are buying solar panels and ordering electric cars, but poor people are locked out of the benefits, a new study has found.
A joint survey by the Melbourne Institute and Roy Morgan showed that roughly 29 per cent of Australians have installed or are considering installing solar panels on their homes to lower their future energy costs.
But there is a clear divide between the haves and have-nots. Thirty-seven per cent of Australians earning more than $90,000 a year invest in solar, compared with just 20 per cent of people who are financially distressed.
Twenty-two per cent of Australians earning more than $90,000 a year had bought or considered buying an electric car, but this number was cut in half for poor people.
The survey of 1000 people in December also found that 32 per cent of young adults, or people who earn below $50,000, could not afford to heat or cool their homes to a comfortable level, while 35 per cent of poor Australians had skipped meals to afford bills.
Kushneel Prakash from the Melbourne Institute, who wrote the report, said this demonstrated a vicious cycle in energy affordability. Poorer Australians, unable to make the upfront investment in solar panels, electric cars, better insulation or more energy-efficient appliances, would be slugged with higher bills than wealthier Australians in the future.
“The underlying issue is affordability. If you are in energy poverty, you can’t invest, and it continues,” Dr Prakash told The Australian Financial Review.
“There’s a big divide in the strategies people use to pay their energy bills. It is quite alarming that people are skipping meals.”
‘Australians want long-term solutions’
The report, Taking the Pulse of the Nation, also found that 45 per cent of Australians think the government should invest in or subsidise the development of more renewable energy sources, while 39 per cent think the government should implement energy market price caps.
Just 22 per cent thought the government should invest in or subsidise the development of more fossil fuel sources, while 17 per cent said it should provide one-time transfers to households to alleviate energy costs.
“Australians want long-term solutions because everybody needs energy, and you need sustainable supply,” Dr Prakash said.
Australian Energy Regulator chairwoman Clare Savage said there had been a 12 per cent increase in people struggling to pay their power bills, and put retailers on notice to support customers.
Appearing before a Senate inquiry into the cost of living on Thursday, Ms Savage said 2.5 per cent of all customers have 90 days of debt averaging about $1000.
A quarter of customers who are classified as experiencing hardship and qualify for special payback programs with their retailers were $2500 in debt, Ms Savage told the inquiry, chaired by Liberal senator Jane Hume.
“[These numbers show] retailers aren’t reaching out earlier and saying, ‘Hey, we noticed you missed a couple of bills, what support do you need? How can we help you?’ That’s something that we would like to ideally see,” she said.
Ms Savage warned that the AER was prepared to use its powers against retailers, citing the regulator’s recent $17 million penalty against Origin Energy for failing to implement its hardship policies.
Still, little electricity price relief is expected this year, the Energy Council told the inquiry. The peak lobby group for power generators said the Commonwealth’s price caps on coal and gas would dampen the increase in wholesale east coast power prices.
But in effect, the policy would result in smaller increases in retail electricity prices rather than decreases, echoing views from energy experts who said there would be a long lag time between energy futures and current tariffs being passed through to customers this year.
“We have seen some changes in the forecast prices, as a result or at least around the time of the government’s interventions in the market late last year,” said Ben Skinner, the Energy Council’s policy head.
But he said even though the government’s intervention had put downward pressure on power prices, consumers would still face increased electricity prices in the second half of the year.
“Those reduced wholesale prices will flow through in some part to consumers in the second half of this year, but are unlikely to provide price reductions in a sense. They will certainly reduce the pressure that is on customers, but I think we would still expect to see price increases in both the electricity and gas retail price in the short term,” Mr Skinner said.
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Not a full Astoria by any means which was surprising as I thought it
would be near full. Viking Skull were support and their brand of no frills
trad metal seemed to go down well with much of the crowd. But boy were they
loud! In fact the sound was too loud at times throughout the night and
certainly distorted the vocals for the support band. Sound wise they
reminded me of early WASP meets the brutal assault of say Motorhead, in fact
they would go down a treat supporting Motorhead. Not a bad band but I have
seen and heard better.
Now to Europe who I was seeing for the first time and age has been kind
to them as they still look the part (less the frilly perms of the 80’s of
course!). It was, in a word, a storming set! Don’t be fooled into thinking it's
all parping keyboards and gentle ballads for this band. Not when you have
the sheer riffing frenzy of ‘Flames’ and ‘Start From The Dark’, both from
last year’s album. But even their earlier tunes have bombast like ‘Wings Of
Tomorrow’, the hit single that never was ‘Superstitious’ and ‘Seven Doors
Hotel’. The newer songs do sit well with the older material especially the
tracks played of the band’s first two albums that were much heavier than the
late 80’s output.
Nice touch when vocalist Joey Tempest (who seemed to have a great time
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great Phil Lynott and his band Thin Lizzy. There was an acoustic interlude
with Tempest singing ‘Carrie’ (thankfully not as saccharine as the album
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guitar solo and thankfully no drum solo - hurrah! The set closed with ‘Rock
The Night’ and boy did the audience like that one.
Encore time saw ‘Cherokee’ and of course the famous keys that heralded
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BOSTON (AP) - A Massachusetts woman accused of beating and strangling her pregnant friend, then cutting the fetus from her womb, will face a jury next week almost five years after the gruesome crime.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The diesel-burning locomotive, the workhorse of American railroads since World War II, will soon begin burning natural gas - a potentially historic shift that could cut fuel costs, reduce pollution and strengthen the advantage railroads hold over trucks in long-haul shipping.
COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL RECEIVES THREATENING CALLS: LITTLETON, Colo. (AP) - Columbine High School, where a school shooting left 13 people dead in 1999, went on high security alert after receiving a series of threatening phone calls, law enforcement said Thursday.
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) - About 30 vehicles, half of them semitrailers, collided amid whiteout conditions in a massive highway pileup that left three people dead and more than 20 others injured - at least one critically - in northwestern Indiana, police said Thursday.
LOS A NGELES (AP) - Justin Bieber's arrest Thursday on suspicion of driving under the influence and other offenses adds his name, and mug shot, to the gallery of stars who enjoyed early success and eventually ended up in handcuffs.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Two law enforcement officers were killed Thursday when their cars collided during a pursuit in rural western Oklahoma, and the suspect died in a separate crash a few miles away, authorities said.
POULSBO, Wash. (AP) - An elementary school principal in Washington state has been placed on leave while the district investigates her use of the N-word to students.
DETROIT (AP) - Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder asked the federal government Thursday to set aside thousands of work visas for bankrupt Detroit, a bid to revive the decaying city by attracting talented immigrants who are willing to move there and stay for five years.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Captain and Tennille, the popular 1970s married pop duo that sang of sharing forever and of love keeping them together, are splitting.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - When he debuted five years ago, Justin Bieber was a mop-haired heartthrob, clean cut and charming. But a series of troubling incidents have put his innocent image at risk, and none more so than his arrest on DUI charges Thursday.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - An Ohio man who sold fake urine and other products meant to help people pass workplace drug tests has pleaded guilty before a federal judge in Pennsylvania.
CHICAGO (AP) - Many packaged meals and snacks for toddlers contain worrisome amounts of salt and sugar, potentially creating an early taste for foods that may contribute to obesity and other health risks, according to a new government study.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A 3-year-old boy found a handgun in his mother's purse and fired just one shot that wounded both his parents at an Albuquerque motel on Saturday, police said.
AN ANTONIO (AP) - Thousands of immigrants seeking legalization through the U.S. court system have had their hearings canceled and are being told by the government that it may be 2019 or later before their futures are resolved.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A downtown Los Angeles mosque that forbids men from attending may be the first of its kind in the United States.
PHOENIX (AP) - The sideshow is over, which means Marshawn Lynch can go back to not talking and this realization can become obvious again: The Seattle Seahawks are still the best defensive team in football.
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A record 41.1 million visitors descended on Las Vegas last year.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal health regulators have approved an attention deficit disorder drug for a new use: A first-of-its kind treatment for binge-eating disorder.
LUDLOW, Vt. (AP) - Seventy-five years ago, the government cut 65-year-old Ida May Fuller a check. It was numbered 00-000-001 - the first Social Security payout.
PHOENIX (AP) - Go ahead, pile on the Patriots.
SEATTLE (AP) - Lt. Col. Edward Saylor, one of four surviving Doolittle Raiders who attacked Japan during a daring 1942 mission credited with lifting American morale during World War II, has died. He was 94.
SEATTLE (AP) - Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole has reassigned an officer involved in the arrest last summer of a 69-year-old man who refused to drop a golf club he was carrying on a city sidewalk.
CUPERTINO (AP) - The runaway success of Apple's newest iPhone has fueled a dramatic shift in the global market: the California tech giant is now neck-and-neck with South Korea's Samsung for the title of world's leading seller of smartphones.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Better messaging, not changes in policy, is the key to winning elections again, House Democrats said Thursday as they huddled in Philadelphia to talk strategy. And the message, they said, must focus relentlessly on middle class paychecks.
NEW YORK (AP) - It was a Prime quarter for Amazon.


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Dakhin' is located in the heart of the Merchant City, Glasgow and is the first authentic South Indian Kitchen in Scotland. An award winning Indian restaurant acknowledged through the Scottish Tourist Board by its Cultural Cuisine Excellence Award.
Citation Taverne & Restaurant is housed within the former landmark Sheriff Court building in the heart of Glasgow's Merchant City and offers a variety of classic and contemporary dishes to suit every palate.
This long established and popular Glasgow restaurant continues to present a menu specialising in fresh Scottish produce, majoring in seafood. Staff are professional and friendly and the restaurant exudes a relaxed ambiance
This fantastic Mediterranean themed bar and club is situated in the trendy Merchant City, and is one of the best Glasgow restaurants in the heart of the City Centre. This venue has all you need for an amazing night out under one roof.
Over the course of its 25 years thus far the cafe has built-up an enviable reputation for the unique provision of Scottish cuisine at affordable prices, all of which has resulted in its many favourable reviews and awards year after year.


CS43A - Algorithms & Analysis
CS42A - Data Structures
Design of efficient data structures and algorithms. Analysis of
algorithms and asymptotic time complexity. Graph, string,
and geometric algorithms.
- Select or develop appropriate algorithms for manipulating the
- Use an object oriented programming language to implement the data
structures and algorithms
- Determine the time and space efficiency of these data structures
and associated algorithms
- Define complexity measures and identify complexity measures with actual
- Analyse algorithms to establish their complexity classes.
- Establish the correctness of algorithms
- Demonstrate an understanding of advanced data structures
- Demonstrate an understand of advanced algorithmic techniques
- Algorithm analysis
- Search trees and skip Lists
- Sorting, sets, and selection
- Text processing
- Computational geometry
Students are required to pass both components.
- Coursework - 40%
- Test - 10%
- Assignments - 30%
- Final exam - 60%
- Michael Goodrich and Roberto Tamassia, Algorithm Design Foundations,
Analysis, and Internet Examples \
Daniel Coore, Ph:D. (MIT), Lecturer, Department
of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of the West Indies, Mona.


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A pavilion at Jardim de Lou Lim Ioc (盧廉若公園), Macau
University of Bristol – Historical Photographs of China reference number: HR01-099. This photograph was taken in the private garden of Lou Lim Ioc (Lu Lianrou 盧廉若, 1878-1927), a Macau philanthropist, supporter of Sun Yat-sen. It is now a public garden, Lou Lim Ieoc Garden (Jardim de Lou Lim Ioc 盧廉若公園). The pavilion in the photograph appears to have been known as the Cixin tang (池心堂). See Fu-n091.
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State Building Code Hesse
Hesse Building Code (HBO) 2018 §§ 52; 81
Extract from the parking regulations
§ 52 Garages, parking spaces for motor vehicles, parking spaces for bicycles
(1) The municipalities shall determine, taking into account the local traffic conditions, whether and to what extent suitable parking spaces for motor vehicles, including motor vehicles of persons with disabilities, must be provided when constructing, modifying or changing the use of facilities where incoming or outgoing traffic is to be expected in order to meet the requirements of stationary traffic (necessary parking spaces).
(4) Up to one quarter of the necessary parking spaces may be replaced by parking spaces for bicycles. In this case, four parking spaces for bicycles shall be created for one necessary parking space; half of these shall be counted towards the obligation under para. 5.(...)
(5) When constructing facilities, suitable parking spaces for bicycles shall be provided in such number that they are sufficient for the proper use of the facilities (necessary parking spaces). This applies accordingly to the additional demand for parking spaces for bicycles triggered by changes or changes in the use of facilities. The parking spaces for bicycles must be accessible without thresholds. If no deviating regulation is made by statute of the municipality, necessary parking spaces in design, size and number must be subject to a legal ordinance according to § 89 para. 1 sentence 1 no. 3. Para. 2 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the statutes of the municipality.
Summary: Determination by municipalities. Criteria: Requirements of stationary traffic, sufficient for proper use of facilities.
If a municipality makes use of the authorization in the bylaws pursuant to sentence 1 nos. 1 to 3, it shall determine in the bylaws the location as well as the size, number and nature of the necessary parking spaces, taking into account the type and number of existing and expected vehicles of the persons who permanently use the facilities or visit them. The municipality may, if a statute according to sentence 1 No. 1 to 3 for parking spaces does not exist, require the construction of parking spaces in individual cases if this is necessary due to the safety or ease of traffic. In a statute pursuant to sentence 1 no. 7, the municipality may specify the conditions for the redemption in more detail.
§ 91 HBO - Local building regulations
(1) The municipalities may, by statute, issue regulations on the equipment, design, size and number of parking spaces for motor vehicles and parking spaces for bicycles.


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For those lucky enough to have made it back to the cinema, the main offering has been Christopher Nolan’s latest magnum opus, “Tenet”. It’s not a spoiler to say that there are several shots throughout the movie displaying time moving forwards and backwards on the same screen. And, we were eerily reminded of that idea during this exchange between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and the Sydney Morning Herald’s David Crowe at the Prime Minister’s National Press Club Address yesterday following the announcement of the Federal Government’s $1.5 billion Modern Manufacturing Strategy.
DAVID CROWE: Thank you Sabra. David Crowe from the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. Thanks for your speech, Prime Minister. You mentioned research and development several times during your speech. Before the Senate at the moment, the government has a bill that changes taxation on R&D, saves money. One of the critics of that bill is a company called ResMed, which of course has made a big contribution this year by making ventilators.
PRIME MINISTER: True.
CROWE: At the moment, you seem to be spending $1.5 billion on manufacturing, at the same time you save $1. 8 billion on R&D tax concessions. Does that make sense? Are you open to rethinking the R&D tax changes so that you can actually encourage more research and development?
PRIME MINISTER: We certainly want to encourage more research and development. And our answer to that question will be delivered by the Treasurer next Tuesday night.
CROWE: So there will be more in the Budget?
PRIME MINISTER: His answer will be to that question in the Budget next Tuesday night.
CROWE: Can I have a third question?
LANE: That is very cheeky.
CROWE: Can you offer any more guidance as to what kind of changes you are thinking about?
LANE: Goodness gracious.
PRIME MINISTER: The Budget speech starts soon after 7:00pm.
Can we simply say, bring on Tuesday night!
Followers of the MJA Update will be more than aware that the cuts described by David Crowe have been fermenting for five years, ever since the former Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, announced a review of the R&D Tax Incentive in his National Science and Innovation Agenda. The latest Senate Economics Legislation Committee report on the second version of the Bill is due a few days after the Budget Speech.
There is speculation that the Government will pursue the cuts. This would be a huge step backward at the exact time the Government is attempting to take the innovation economy forward. Their own version of “Tenet”.
But is there hope in the Prime Minister’s comment that the Government certainly wants to encourage more research and development? Every submission regarding the Bill said that it did the opposite so the Government sticking with the Bill in its current form no longer seems tenable. And, Phillip Coorey in today’s AFR, has suggested that the “government is set to reverse its plans to cut the research and development tax incentive in recognition it will be needed to bolster advanced manufacturing in the wake of the COVID-19 recession”.
Looks like we have ourselves a good old-fashioned cliffhanger!
MJA will publish the outcome in our next MJA Update next Tuesday night. Bring your popcorn.
And Have Your Say…Kinda
The Federal Government has announced a two week (yes, two weeks only!) window for stakeholders to express their views on matters regarding the R&D Tax Incentive including ease of access, guidance material, claim experiences and audit experiences.
We would encourage you to respond. You will need to allow 15-20 minutes to complete the survey.
Unsurprisingly, there are no questions about the impacts of the outstanding Bill and the survey closes on 11 October, the very day before the Senate Economics Legislation Committee delivers its report on the beleaguered Bill.
Nonetheless, the feedback from the survey will hopefully contribute to the improved program delivery we have been experiencing in recent times.
Should you wish to discuss this matter further, please do not hesitate to contact Kris Gale on 02 9810 7211 or email email@example.com
MJA updates keep you informed on how government decisions will effect your business. This is a must if you want to know the latest on business and company insights without having to read and decipher complicated law and tax manuscripts.


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Non-pharmacological management interventions for COPD: An overview of Cochrane systematic reviews
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- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2013, 2013 (2)
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© 2013 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by JohnWiley & Sons, Ltd. This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: To a) summarise the evidence, b) identify gaps in the evidence base and c) describe elements of non-pharmacological, non-surgical and non-device interventions for the management of COPD using a standardised taxonomy for disease management adapted from the American Heart Association (Krumholz 2006).
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Discussion in 'PS Vita - Hacking & Homebrew' started by Game Dragon, Jan 1, 2013.
Can the VITA play GBA and SNES as well as AMIGA games yet
PSP MODE, YES
VITA MODE, NO
if you have 2.02 BUY the PSP game UNO off the PSN and install it on you vita ASAP (if you can)
so when the 2.02 exploit files come out you can have the vita's PSP mode and run eCFW
with eCFW, you can run PSP homebrew
Do note that the Vita's homebrew is just using the PSP power for now, so if you're considering buying a Vita, just wait.
Agree with Rydian, if you want a Vita for Gravity Rush Golden Abyss and Liberation, get one. If it is just for emulation just get a psp off ebay


Follow the music scene in Rotterdam15 May 2021 at 09:00 CEST
As Official Travel Partner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, Booking.com knows a thing or two about our Host City.
From gothic rock to classical, Rotterdam has a music venue to cater for all.
Rotterdam is a city that enjoys tradition but it also embraces the modern and experimental. So, it’s no surprise that there’s a thriving alternative, classical and jazz music scene that brings a diverse vibrance to the city.
If you’re looking for an evening of live music, we’ve found five venues to visit – once it’s safe to do so.
BIRD is highly regarded among musicians and jazz lovers. The venue's name is an ode to Charlie ‘Bird’ Parker, the American jazz saxophonist and composer. The club’s repertoire is mostly jazz-focussed but you can also catch regular genres like soul, hip-hop, funk and electronica. Before the show, fill up on their delicious wood-fired pizzas accompanied by a glass of Pinot. And if you’re visiting the city during the North Sea Jazz Festival, keep an eye out for your favourite performers, as BIRD is known for its star-studded after-parties.
Baroeg hosts a variety of alternative music ranging from metal and punk to electronic body music, gothic rock and more. Their special charm is the annual Baroeg Open Air Festival, which has a growing fan base eagerly awaiting its return, but the music venue has a lot on offer all year round. When the city starts to open again, come and groove at their monthly dance night, Downward Spiral.
Annabel is a popular small-scale concert hall, restaurant, bar and café conveniently located opposite Rotterdam Centraal. You’ll be able to catch bands that play a range of genres from electronic music to rock – so there’s something for everybody. Annabel’s consistently great lineups and light installations are sure to get your adrenaline pumping and prep you up for a big night out. Head downstairs to Het Transportbedrijf in the basement for a taste of techno and electronica. Also, leave your cash at home as they only take card – or ‘pin’, as the Dutch call it.
A former grain silo from the early 1900s, Maassilo is now an enticing oasis for those in search of a good party. The renovated venue retains its original silo ceiling and raw concrete walls in memory of the building’s industrial past. Due to its sheer size, Maassilo can host a range of events, from dance nights, concerts and even corporate gatherings – all at the same time.
If an orchestra night is right up your alley, De Doelen might be the place for you. The stage welcomes performers from across the globe but the concert hall is better known for classical music acts. Due to the Coronavirus restricting large gatherings, they now offer online concerts for music lovers to stream from home.
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