Dale thank you for the reminder that we as Christians and followers of Christ need to lead by example. Yes it can be frustrating to those who come to church for healing and recovering but we can use this opportunity to set an example. By getting to know the people from Centre and inviting them to sit with us is the perfect opportunity to sow some seed! Thank you Dale!


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How Borderline Personality Disorder Put an End to My Party Days
At the time I was suffering most from the mental illness, everyone from my friends to my GP failed to understand what was wrong with me. Here's how I got better.
af Harriet Williamson
10 august 2015, 5:00am
The author.
In the summer of 2010, just before I turned 19 and in my first year of university, I attempted suicide with a month's supply of my antidepressants and ended up in intensive care, breathing on a machine. By my second year, my good-time friends had had enough of me. I was no longer invited out, and became very isolated and increasingly unhappy. I got into an abusive relationship and attempted suicide another two times. I was also bulimic – vomiting everything that touched my lips.
During the first year of my undergraduate degree I reduced my calorie intake to 250 a day – about two and a half slices of bread or five medium apples – and started to go slowly insane. I drank, took drugs and went to clubs with a religious fervour. My body started to cave in. I was starving and my hair started to fall out. My nails went blue. My skin turned to flaking scales. I once ate a burger after a night out and forced myself to run up and down the stairs until I actually passed out to "make up for it". I went to my campus GP and told him I needed help. At five and a half stone, he said I wasn't sick enough to warrant eating disorders treatment, and Borderline Personality Disorder was never even mentioned.
People couldn't keep up with my impulsive behaviour, the manic phases and the fits of crying. The labels of "drama queen", "attention seeker" and "total fucking mess" followed me around like a bad smell. I tried to conceal it, but being called those things hurt. I didn't know how to explain that all the stuff I was doing was an attempt to manage my out-of-control emotions, because when I'm going through a bad patch it feels like being on a sickening rollercoaster – only, I can't get off.
Stephen Buckley, Head of Information at the mental health charity Mind, describes BPD as "a very broad diagnosis that can include lots of different people with very different experiences". He told me that BPD can involve experiencing a number of symptoms for extended periods of time, including "feeling worried that people might abandon you; feeling very intense emotions that are also very changeable; feeling like you don't have a strong sense of who you are; finding it hard to make and maintain relationships; acting impulsively; having suicidal thoughts or self-harming; feeling angry; feeling paranoid, having psychotic experiences; feeling numb; or feeling empty or alone a lot of the time".
To me, it was more like going from feeling suicidal and totally despairing, to reasonably positive within an hour. The intense mood swings were terrifying because they were – and still are – coupled with impulsive urges to harm myself or do things I know I'll later regret. The negative emotions I have are immobilising. They crash over me like huge waves, knocking the wind out of me and forcing me underwater. It means living with a devious voice in my mind that whispers ugly thoughts and orders. It tells me that I'm a shitty person, don't deserve to exist and that my life is meaningless.
According to the NHS, personality disorders often become apparent during a person's teenage years and are commonly associated with childhood trauma, with eight out of ten people with BPD experiencing physical, emotional, or sexual abuse during childhood, or parental neglect.
I wasn't neglected by my parents. I had a very happy childhood up until I started secondary school. It was the kind of school that concerned middle-class parents tend not to send their kids to. Discipline in classrooms was practically nil and I was bullied badly, branded a "lezzer" and a "dyke", greeted with laughter whenever I entered the room, pelted with chewing gum, dismissed by boys as a "rat" and a "dog" that "no man would ever want to touch". Girls would pretend to be scared of me in the swimming pool changing rooms because I hadn't realised, age 11, that I was meant to shave my legs.
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This continued for about two years, and by the time I was 14, I'd become completely disconnected from myself and overwhelmed by feelings of worthlessness and anger. This was when my impulsive behaviour kicked in, and I started self-harming, drinking, taking drugs like cocaine, mephedrone and speed, and looking for attention from dubious men. I didn't know what Borderline Personality Disorder was. I began limiting myself to 1,000 calories a day and visiting pro-anorexia websites. I told myself that I'd feel calmer and people would like me and the raging hurt would leave me if I just became thin enough.
It wasn't until the end of my second year of university – when I was finally accepted on to an eating disorders treatment programme – that I was finally diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. I did a course of Compassion Focused Therapy, which is designed for people with high levels of shame and self-criticism. I learned more about how to navigate my overwhelming emotions, and not listen to the hateful voice that pushed me to starve myself and hurt my body. The therapy was coupled with medication to help me sleep and negate some of the crushing depression that so often accompanies BPD.
Some BPD sufferers hear voices outside their heads, usually with instructions to harm themselves or others, and at the more extreme end of the spectrum, some sufferers also experience prolonged delusions or beliefs that they cannot be talked out of. Others – like Rachel Rowan Olive, a girl I talked to who also suffers from BPD – tend to disassociate or shut down when their emotions become too difficult to deal with. "BPD is hard to describe to someone who doesn't have it. I never liked the label 'Borderline Personality Disorder'. It's the kind of term that makes people back away slowly. I used to think that a lot of the criteria for BPD didn't apply to me, but as time has gone on, I can connect things that have always been part of me to the diagnosis.
"My main problem is self-harm and that's the most outward and obvious symptom of my BPD. I experience a lot of anxiety, so I feel like if I'm going to be frightened anyway for absolutely no reason, I might as well make myself frightened of something that's real and within my control. I experience a level of emotional dysregulation, where I end up feeling really empty a lot of the time. I think a big part of it for me is finding it hard to tell the difference between my emotions and other people's. I notice it even with fiction – if I'm reading or watching TV I can end up getting panicky because it's like I'm feeling what all the different characters are feeling at once and I don't know which emotions are mine any more."
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Nowadays, I try to keep my environment as calm as possible, and use distracting and soothing techniques to mitigate the effects of bad episodes. Most of the time I keep my emotions under control, but there are still times when I swing between crying and not being able to get out of bed, hyper productivity and manic states where I'm tempted to be super-impulsive.
I still have a hard time forming long-lasting friendships. The majority of my friends from school and university are no longer in my life. Part of BPD is forming intense relationships that don't last very long, and the illness ends up being very isolating. My emotions are so overwhelming that other people find it hard to understand why I'm laughing and bouncing around for no reason, and then suddenly in floods of tears. I don't usually tell people that I have BPD because I'm afraid they'll judge me.
Managing Borderline Personality Disorder usually involves a combination of medication and talking therapy. There's no drug specifically licensed to treat BPD but mood stabilisers, antidepressants and antipsychotics (all of which I take) are commonly used. Rachel uses Dialectical Behavioural Therapy to manage her BPD, coupled with art therapy at a studio in Hackney. She will also plan her week out in advance to give herself a sense of structure and control.
The stigma that surrounds all mental illness is vastly unhelpful, does much to damage sufferers and can prevent them from getting help. As a "personality disorder", BPD gets more than its fair share of social stigma. People with BPD aren't cold and emotionless, as Rachel felt others perceived her to be, or attention-seeking and deserving of social isolation, as I was dubbed at university. They are merely trying to manage an illness that's every bit as real as a physical condition, with the tools they have at their disposal.
It's very easy to succumb to feelings of frustration and hopelessness when you're stuck on a waiting list and it might be six months to a year before you even get an assessment appointment for any kind of therapy. Despite this, it's essential that anyone experiencing BPD-like symptoms informs their GP. No one should have to get to such a breaking point with their mental health that they try to end their life. It's five years since I was unconscious in intensive care, unable to breathe, with a nurse washing my hair because of all the sweat that had run into it. I owe it to my partner, my parents, my sister and myself not to end up back there.
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483 Investigating the Morphological Patterns of Lip Prints and Their Effectiveness in Individualization and Gender Determination in Pakistani Population
Authors: Makhdoom Saad Wasim Ghouri, Muneeba Butt, Mohammad Ashraf Tahir, Rashid Bhatti, Akbar Ali, Abdul Rehman, Abdul Basit, Muzzamel Rehman, Shahbaz Aslam, Farakh Mansoor, Ahmad Fayyaz, Hadia Siddiqui
Lip print analysis (Cheiloscopy) is the new emerging technique that might be the guardian angel in establishing the personal identity. Cheiloscopy is basically the study of elevations and depressions present on the external surface of the lips. In our study, 600 lip prints samples were taken (300 males and 300 females). Lip prints of each individual were divided into four quadrants and the upper middle portion. For general classification, middle part of the lower lip almost 10 mm wide would be taken into consideration. After analysis of lip-prints, our results show that lip prints are the unique and permanent character of every individual. No two lip print was matched with each other even of the identical twins. Our study reveals that there is equal distribution of lip print patterns among all the four quadrants of lips and the upper middle portion; these distributions were statistically analyzed by applying chi-square test which shows the significant results. In general classification, 5 lip print types/patterns were studied, Type 1 (Vertical lines), Type 2 (Branched pattern), Type 3 (Intersected pattern), Type 4 (Reticular pattern) and Type 5 (Undetermined). Type 1 and Type 2 were found to be the most frequent patterns in female population, while Type 3 and Type 4 most commonly found in male population. These results were also analyzed by applying Chi-square test, and the results show significance statistically. Thus, establishing sex determination on the basis of lip print types among the gender. Type 5 was the least common pattern among genders.
Keywords: cheiloscopy, distribution, quadrants, sex determination
482 Magnetohydrodynamic 3D Maxwell Fluid Flow Towards a Horizontal Stretched Surface with Convective Boundary Conditions
Authors: M. Y. Malika, Farzana, Abdul Rehman
The study deals with the steady, 3D MHD boundary layer flow of a non-Newtonian Maxwell fluid flow due to a horizontal surface stretched exponentially in two lateral directions. The temperature at the boundary is assumed to be distributed exponentially and possesses convective boundary conditions. The governing nonlinear system of partial differential equations along with associated boundary conditions is simplified using a suitable transformation and the obtained set of ordinary differential equations is solved through numerical techniques. The effects of important involved parameters associated with fluid flow and heat flux are shown through graphs.
Keywords: boundary layer flow, exponentially stretched surface, Maxwell fluid, numerical solution
481 Analysis of Fixed Beamforming Algorithms for Smart Antenna Systems
Authors: Muhammad Umair Shahid, Abdul Rehman, Mudassir Mukhtar, Muhammad Nauman
The smart antenna is the prominent technology that has become known in recent years to meet the growing demands of wireless communications. In an overcrowded atmosphere, its application is growing gradually. A methodical evaluation of the performance of Fixed Beamforming algorithms for smart antennas such as Multiple Sidelobe Canceller (MSC), Maximum Signal-to-interference ratio (MSIR) and minimum variance (MVDR) has been comprehensively presented in this paper. Simulation results show that beamforming is helpful in providing optimized response towards desired directions. MVDR beamformer provides the most optimal solution.
Keywords: fixed weight beamforming, array pattern, signal to interference ratio, power efficiency, element spacing, array elements, optimum weight vector
480 Treatment of Simulated Textile Wastewater Containing Reactive Azo Dyes Using Laboratory Scale Trickling Filter
Authors: Ayesha Irum, Sadia Mumtaz, Abdul Rehman, Iffat Naz, Safia Ahmed
The present study was conducted to evaluate the potential applicability of biological trickling filter system for the treatment of simulated textile wastewater containing reactive azo dyes with bacterial consortium under non-sterile conditions. The percentage decolorization for the treatment of wastewater containing structurally different dyes was found to be higher than 95% in all trials. The stable bacterial count of the biofilm on stone media of the trickling filter during the treatment confirmed the presence, proliferation, dominance and involvement of the added microbial consortium in the treatment of textile wastewater. Results of physicochemical parameters revealed the reduction in chemical oxygen demand (58.5-75.1%), sulphates (18.9-36.5%), and phosphates (63.6-73.0%). UV-Visible and FTIR spectroscopy confirmed decolorization of dye containing wastewater was the ultimate consequence of biodegradation. Toxicological studies revealed the nontoxic nature of degradative metabolites.
Keywords: biodegradation, textile dyes, waste water, trickling filters
479 How Information Sharing Can Improve Organizational Performance?
Authors: Syed Abdul Rehman Khan
In today's world, information sharing plays a vital role in successful operations of supply chain; and boost to the profitability of the organizations (end-to-end supply chains). Many researches have been completed over the role of information sharing in supply chain. In this research article, we will investigate the 'how information sharing can boost profitability & productivity of the organization; for this purpose, we have developed one conceptual model and check to that model through collected data from companies. We sent questionnaire to 369 companies; and will filled form received from 172 firms and the response rate was almost 47%. For the data analysis, we have used Regression in (SPSS software) In the research findings, our all hypothesis has been accepted significantly and due to the information sharing between suppliers and manufacturers 'quality of material and timely delivery' increase and also 'collaboration & trust' will become more stronger and these all factors will lead to the company's profitability directly and in-directly. But unfortunately, companies could not avail the all fruitful benefits of information sharing due to the fear of 'compromise confidentiality or leakage of information'.
Keywords: collaboration, information sharing, risk factor, timely delivery
478 Seed Germination and Recovery Responses of Suaeda Heterophylla to Abiotic Stresses
Authors: Abdul Hameed, Muhammad Zaheer Ahmed, Salman Gulzar, Bilquees Gul, Jan Alam, Ahmad K. Hegazy, Abdel Rehman A. Alatar, M. Ajmal Khan
Seed germination and recovery from salt stress of an annual halophyte Suaeda heterophylla (Kar. and Kir.) Bunge to different iso-osmotic concentrations (0, -0.46, -0.92, -1.38, -1.84, and -2.30 MPa) of NaCl and PEG-6000 at 15/25, 20/30 and 25/35°C in both 12-h temperature and light regimes and in complete darkness were studied. Maximum number of seeds germinated in distilled water and increase in concentrations of both NaCl and PEG-6000 decreased germination at all temperature regimes, light and dark conditions, with higher inhibition in NaCl than PEG-6000. Recovery of germination and viability of seeds were lower in NaCl than PEG-6000 both in the light and dark. Moderate alternate temperatures (20/30°C) and 12-h photoperiod were found to be the optimal for seed germination and recovery. Better seed germination of S. heterophylla when osmotic potential caused both by NaCl and PEG 6000 is lower, temperature regime of 20/30°C and light regime is for 12 h.
Keywords: seed germination, abiotic stresses, Suaeda heterophylla, molecular biology
477 The Impact of Online Games, Massively Multiplayer Online Game towards Undergraduate Students in Malaysia
Authors: Rubijesmin Abdul Latif, Norshakirah Abdul Aziz, Mohd Taufik Abdul Jalil
This paper focuses on the impact of online games among Malaysian undergraduate students. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether online games (especially MMOGs) impacted students positively or vice versa; focusing on three elements (time management, social life, and emotion). A total of 83 respondents comprised from 14 Malaysia universities, randomly selected undergraduate students who play MMOGs (casual and hardcore gamers i.e. addiction to MMOGs) were involved in this study. The results showed that MMOGs have only negative impact on students capabilities in time management, meanwhile as for the elements social life and emotion, MMOGs do not affect them negatively.
Keywords: internet game addiction, online games, MMOGs, impact, undergraduate students
476 Developing a Group Guidance Framework: A Review of Literature
Authors: Abdul Rawuf Hussein, Rusnani Abdul Kadir, Mona Adlina Binti Adanan
Guidance program has been an essential approach in helping professions from many institutions of learning as well as communities, organizations, and clinical settings. Although the term varies depending on the approaches, objectives, and theories, the core and central element is typically developmental in nature. In this conceptual paper, the researcher will review literature on the concept of group guidance, its impact on students' and individual's development, developing a guidance module and proposing a synthesised framework for group guidance program.
Keywords: concept, framework, group guidance, module development
475 Blood Glucose Level Measurement from Breath Analysis
Authors: Tayyab Hassan, Talha Rehman, Qasim Abdul Aziz, Ahmad Salman
The constant monitoring of blood glucose level is necessary for maintaining health of patients and to alert medical specialists to take preemptive measures before the onset of any complication as a result of diabetes. The current clinical monitoring of blood glucose uses invasive methods repeatedly which are uncomfortable and may result in infections in diabetic patients. Several attempts have been made to develop non-invasive techniques for blood glucose measurement. In this regard, the existing methods are not reliable and are less accurate. Other approaches claiming high accuracy have not been tested on extended dataset, and thus, results are not statistically significant. It is a well-known fact that acetone concentration in breath has a direct relation with blood glucose level. In this paper, we have developed the first of its kind, reliable and high accuracy breath analyzer for non-invasive blood glucose measurement. The acetone concentration in breath was measured using MQ 138 sensor in the samples collected from local hospitals in Pakistan involving one hundred patients. The blood glucose levels of these patients are determined using conventional invasive clinical method. We propose a linear regression classifier that is trained to map breath acetone level to the collected blood glucose level achieving high accuracy.
Keywords: blood glucose level, breath acetone concentration, diabetes, linear regression
474 Optimal Wheat Straw to Bioethanol Supply Chain Models
Authors: Abdul Halim Abdul Razik, Ali Elkamel, Leonardo Simon
Wheat straw is one of the alternative feedstocks that may be utilized for bioethanol production especially when sustainability criteria are the major concerns. To increase market competitiveness, optimal supply chain plays an important role since wheat straw is a seasonal agricultural residue. In designing the supply chain optimization model, economic profitability of the thermochemical and biochemical conversion routes options were considered. It was found that torrefied pelletization with gasification route to be the most profitable option to produce bioethanol from the lignocellulosic source of wheat straw.
Keywords: bio-ethanol, optimization, supply chain, wheat straw
473 Pectin Degrading Enzyme: Entrapment of Pectinase Using Different Synthetic and Non-Synthetic Polymers for Continuous Degradation of Pectin Polymer
Authors: Haneef Ur Rehman, Afsheen Aman, Abdul Hameed Baloch, Shah Ali Ul Qader
Pectinase is a heterogeneous group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of pectin substances and widely has been used in food and textile industries. In current study, pectinase from B. licheniformis KIBGE-IB21 was immobilized within different polymers (calcium alginate beads, polyacrylamide gel and agar-agar matrix) to enhance its catalytic properties. Polyacrylamide gel was found to be most promising one and gave maximum (89%) immobilization yield. While less immobilization yield was observed in case of calcium alginate beads that only retained 46 % activity. The reaction time for maximum pectinolytic activity was increased from 5.0 to 10 minutes after immobilization. The temperature of pectinase for maximum enzyme activity was increased from 45 °C to 50 °C and 55 °C when it was immobilized within agar-agar and calcium alginate beads, respectively. The optimum pH of pectinase didn't alter when it was immobilized within polyacrylamide gel and calcium alginate beads, but in case of agar-agar it was changed from pH 10 to pH 9.0. Thermal stability of pectinase was improved after immobilization and immobilized pectinase showed higher toleration against different temperatures as compared to free enzyme. It can be concluded that the entrapment is a simple, single step and promising procedure to immobilized pectinase within different synthetic and non-synthetic polymers and enhanced its catalytic properties.
Keywords: pectinase, characterization immobilization, polyacrylamide, agar-agar, calcium alginate beads
472 Potassium Fertilization Improves Rice Yield in Aerobic Production System by Decreasing Panicle Sterility
Authors: Abdul Wakeel, Hafeez Ur Rehman, Muhammad Umair Mubarak
Rice is the second most important staple food in Pakistan after wheat. It is not only a healthy food for the people of all age groups but also a source of foreign exchange for Pakistan. Instead of bright history for Basmati rice production, we are suffering from multiple problems reducing yield and quality as well. Rice lodging and water shortage for an-aerobic rice production system is among major glitches of it. Due to water shortage an-aerobic rice production system has to be supplemented or replaced by aerobic rice system. Aerobic rice system has been adopted for production of non-basmati rice in many parts of the world. Also for basmati rice, significant efforts have been made for aerobic rice production, however still has to be improved for effective recommendations. Among two major issues for aerobic rice, weed elimination has been solved to great extent by introducing suitable herbicides, however, low yield production due weak grains and panicle sterility is still elusive. It has been reported that potassium (K) has significant role to decrease panicle sterility in cereals. Potassium deficiency is obvious for rice under aerobic rice production system due to lack of K gradient coming with irrigation water and lowered indigenous K release from soils. Therefore it was hypothesized that K application under aerobic rice production system may improve the rice yield by decreasing panicle sterility. Results from pot and field experiments confirm that application of K fertilizer significantly increased the rice grain yield due to decreased panicle sterility and improving grain health. The quality of rice was also improved by K fertilization.
Keywords: DSR, Basmati rice, aerobic, potassium
471 Performance Evaluation of Distributed and Co-Located MIMO LTE Physical Layer Using Wireless Open-Access Research Platform
Authors: Ishak Suleiman, Ahmad Kamsani Samingan, Yeoh Chun Yeow, Abdul Aziz Bin Abdul Rahman
In this paper, we evaluate the benefits of distributed 4x4 MIMO LTE downlink systems compared to that of the co-located 4x4 MIMO LTE downlink system. The performance evaluation was carried out experimentally by using Wireless Open-Access Research Platform (WARP), where the comparison between the 4x4 MIMO LTE transmission downlink system in distributed and co-located techniques was examined. The measured Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) results showed that the distributed technique achieved better system performance compared to the co-located arrangement.
Keywords: multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO), distributed MIMO, co-located MIMO, LTE
470 Dynamic Mechanical Thermal Properties of Arenga pinnata Fibre Reinforced Epoxy Composite: Effects of Alkaline Treatment
Authors: Abdul Hakim Abdullah, Mohamad Syafiq Abdul Khadir
In present investigations, thermal behaviours of Arenga pinnata fibres prior and after alkaline treatment were studied. The alkaline treatments were applied on the Arenga pinnata fibres by immersing in the alkaline solution, 6% sodium hydroxide (NaOH). Using hand lay-out technique, composites were fabricated at 20% and 40% by Arenga pinnata fibres weight contents. The thermal behaviours of both untreated and treated composites were determined by employing Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA). The results show that the TAP owned better results of Storage Modulus (E'), Loss Modulus (E") and Tan Delta temperatures ranges from 0°C to 60°C.
Keywords: composites, Arenga pinnata fibre, alkaline treatment, dynamic mechanical properties
469 Free Fatty Acid Assessment of Crude Palm Oil Using a Non-Destructive Approach
Authors: Siti Nurhidayah Naqiah Abdull Rani, Herlina Abdul Rahim, Rashidah Ghazali, Noramli Abdul Razak
Near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy has always been of great interest in the food and agriculture industries. The development of prediction models has facilitated the estimation process in recent years. In this study, 110 crude palm oil (CPO) samples were used to build a free fatty acid (FFA) prediction model. 60% of the collected data were used for training purposes and the remaining 40% used for testing. The visible peaks on the NIR spectrum were at 1725 nm and 1760 nm, indicating the existence of the first overtone of C-H bands. Principal component regression (PCR) was applied to the data in order to build this mathematical prediction model. The optimal number of principal components was 10. The results showed R2=0.7147 for the training set and R2=0.6404 for the testing set.
Keywords: palm oil, fatty acid, NIRS, regression
468 Maximisation of Consumer Welfare in the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in Competition Guidelines: The Malaysian Experience
Authors: Ida Madieha Abdul Ghani Azmi, Heng Gee Lim, Adlan Abdul Razak, Nasaruddin Abdul Rahman
The objective of competition law is to maximise consumer welfare through the regulation of anti-competitive behaviour that results in the distortion of the market. Intellectual property law also seeks to enhance consumer welfare in the long run by encouraging the development of useful devices and processes. Nevertheless, in some circumstances, the IP owners behave in such a way that makes it difficult for rival companies to sell substitute products and technology in the market. Intellectual property owners may also reach a dominant position in the market such that they are able to dictate unfair terms and conditions on other market players. Among the two major categories of anti-competitive behavior is the use of horizontal and vertical agreement to constrain effective competition and abuse of dominant position. As a result, many countries have regulated the conduct of the IP owners that are considered as anti-competitive including the US, Canada, and Singapore. This paper visits the proposed IP Guidelines recently drafted by the Malaysian Competition Commission and investigates to what extent it resolves most of the anti-competitive behavior of the IP owners. The paper concludes by suggesting some of the rules that could be prescribed by the Competition Commission in order to maintain the relevancy of competition law as the main check against the abuse of rights by the intellectual property owners.
Keywords: abuse of dominant position, consumer welfare, intellectual property rights, vertical and horizontal agreements
467 Heritage Landmark of Penang: Segara Ninda, a Mix of Culture
Authors: Normah Sulaiman, Yong Zhi Kang, Nor Hayati Hussain, Abdul Rehman Khalid
Segara Ninda owned by Din Ku Meh, the governor of the province Satul, a Malay man with a big role liaising with Thailand. This mansion is part of the legacy he left behind among other properties in George Town, Penang, besides his family. The island's geographical location is strategic which has benefitted it through important trade routes for Europe, Middle, East, India, and China in the past. Due to this reasoning, various architectural styles were introduced in Penang; Late Straits Eclectic style is one of the forms of the Colonial Architectural style widely spread as vernacular shophouses in George Town. Segara Ninda is located among the mixture of nouveau-riche, historical and heritage sites at the most important street; Penang Road, which dated back to the late 18th century. This paper examines the strait eclectic style that Segara Ninda encompasses. Acknowledging the mixture of colonial architecture in Georgetown, we argue that the mansion faces challenging issues in conservation processes to be vindicated. This is reflected by analysing the spatial layout, visual elements quality, and its activity through interviews with the occupants of the mansion. The focus will be on the understanding of building form, features, and functions; respecting the architectural spaces and their activity. The methodology applied is to promote our understanding of the mix of culture that the mansion holds through documentation, observation and measuring exercises. This offers a positional interpretation of the mix of culture that the mansion holds. This conservation effort will further contribute exposure to the public and recognize it in the society as its essence is a deficiency character to the existing built environment.
Keywords: eclectic, heritage, spatial organization, culture
466 Beneficial Ownership in Islamic Finance: The Need for Shari'ah Parameters
Authors: Nik Abdul Rahim Nik Abdul Ghani, Mat Noor Mat Zain, Ahmad Dahlan Salleh
Ownership of asset is an important aspect in ensuring the validity of sale contract. Nevertheless, in Islamic finance, the issue of beneficial ownership as practiced in the current system is seriously debated among Shariah scholars. It has been argued as violating the real concept of ownership (milkiyyah) in Shariah law. This article aims at studying the status of beneficial ownership from the Shariah perspective. This study begins with examining the meaning of ownership and its attributes from the Islamic point of view and followed by the discussion on the origin of beneficial ownership from the legal perspective. The approach that is applied to clarify the concept of beneficial ownership is content analysis. Subsequently, this study explains some current applications of beneficial ownership in Islamic finance to be analyzed further from the Shariah aspect. The research finding suggests that beneficial ownership should be recognized as a real ownership due to the fact that Shariah allows the transfer of ownership after the execution of offer (ijab) and acceptance (qabul).
Keywords: beneficial ownership, ownership, Islamic finance, parameter
465 Non-Destructive Testing of Metal Pipes with Ultrasonic Sensors Based on Determination of Maximum Ultrasonic Frequency
Authors: Herlina Abdul Rahim, Javad Abbaszadeh, Ruzairi Abdul Rahim
In this research, the non-invasive ultrasonic transmission tomography is investigated. In order to model the ultrasonic wave scattering for different thickness of metal pipes, two-dimensional (2D) finite element modeling (FEM) has been utilized. The wall thickness variation of the metal pipe and its influence on propagation of the ultrasonic pressure wave are explored in this paper, includes frequency analysing in order to find the maximum applicable frequency. The simulation results have been compared to experimental data and are shown to provide key insight for this well-defined experimental case by explaining the achieved reconstructed images from experimental setup. Finally, the experimental results which are useful for further investigation for the application of ultrasonic transmission tomography in industry are illustrated.
Keywords: ultrasonic transmission tomography, ultrasonic sensors, ultrasonic wave, non-invasive tomography, metal pipe
464 An Overview of Sludge Utilization into Fired Clay Brick
Authors: Aeslina Binti Abdul Kadir, Ahmad Shayuti Bin Abdul Rahim
Brick is one of the most common masonry units used as building material. Due to the demand, different types of waste have been investigated to be incorporated into the bricks. Many types of sludge have been incorporated in fired clay brick for example marble sludge, stone sludge, water sludge, sewage sludge, and ceramic sludge. The utilization of these waste materials in fired clay bricks usually has positive effects on the properties such as lightweight bricks with improved shrinkage, porosity, and strength. This paper reviews on utilization of different types of sludge wastes into fired clay bricks. Previous investigations have demonstrated positive effects on the physical and mechanical properties as well as less impact towards the environment. Thus, the utilizations of sludge waste could produce a good quality of brick and could be one of alternative disposal methods for the sludge wastes.
Keywords: fired clay brick, sludge waste, compressive strength, shrinkage, water absorption
463 Comparison of Small Ruminants (Sheep) Production Efficiency of Nomadic and Transhumance Flocks in Malakand, Pakistan
Authors: Akbar Nawaz Khan, Abdul Ghaffar, Abdur Rehman, Muhammad Naeem Riaz, Sayed Muhammad Hassan Andrabi
The present study was conducted to compare sheep rearing in nomadic with transhumance system in term of production parameters. The following parameters which studied for comparison were household size, landholding area, flock size, body condition score, fecal egg count and live weight change in sheep under nomadic and transhumance systems of management in Malakand since October 2010 to March 2011. Further the effects of Body Condition Score (BCS) and Fecal Egg Count (FEC) on production were also examined. Two systems were checked for the purpose to check the efficiency of production. A total of eight flocks, four each from nomadic and transhumance system were selected for the study; each flock was divided into treatment and controlled groups to check the effect of treatment or de-wormers. A total of 160 animals were selected randomly (80 treated, 80 controlled). The adult ram average weight transhumance system was 55.58 kg while in nomadic that was 54.16 kg, weight change was positive, and the highest change was recorded in transhumance treated which was 13%. Fecal egg count was record low (75 EPG) in transhumance treated group while high (330 EPG) in nomadic controlled. Body condition score was recorded 3.6 for transhumance treated and 3.32 for nomadic treated. It is concluded from the present study that transhumance system performed significantly (p < 0.05) better in respect of live weight, BCS, FEC, family size, Landholding area, number of animals in a flock, offspring record, culling, and mortality. Mean values are 7.367 ± 0221, 0.900 ± 0.071, 63.167 ± 1.559, 55.600 ± 1.480, 8.300 ± 0.321 and 2.500 ± 0.158 respectively. De-wormer effect on FEC showed a significant reduction in egg load in mature sheep on both systems.
Keywords: small ruminant, sheep, nomadic, transhumance, Malakand, production efficiency
462 The Relationship between Brand Recall and Brand Attitude in Advergame
Authors: Azaze-Azizi Abdul Adis, Hyung Jun Kim, Mohamad Rizwan Abdul Majid, Zaiton Osman, Izyanti Awang Razli
The increase of online advertising, specifically advergame has become a popular method of strengthening consumer brand recognition by inserting attractive characters and enhancing entertainment value. There have been several remarkable studies on spokes-characters in advertising effectiveness. However, few studies have examined the link between character presence and consumers' brand recall and attitude in advergame. Moreover, how the entertainment value of an advergame influences brand recall and brand attitude and the mediating role of brand recall in influencing character presence and entertainment on brand attitude are still lacking in the advergaming literature. An online survey was conducted with 366 Malaysian gamers. Using structural equation modeling, the results showed that character presence had no influence but entertainment value had a positive influence on brand recall and brand attitude. This study confirmed the role of brand recall as a mediator of the effect of between entertainment and brand attitude in advergame.
Keywords: character presence, entertainment, brand recall, brand attitude, advergame
461 Accounting as Addressed in the Qur'aan
Authors: Shahriar M. Saadullah, Abdul-Quddoos Abdul-Basith, Zaki K. Abushawish
As a part of academic research in Islamic Accounting it is important to know how the word Accounting is discussed in the Qur'aan. This paper identifies and analyzes the word Accounting in the Qur'aan, which is significant to know and understand. The paper uses a methodology of identifying the root word of Accounting Hasaba (حسب) in the Qur'aan with the help of Islam 360 software and analyzes the use of the relevant words derived from the root word. Then the paper attempts to connect the findings to the contemporary Accounting issues. The paper finds that the root word of Accounting Hasaba (حسب) appears in the Qur'aan 109 times but it is only used in the sense Account, Accountable, or Accounting 45 times. These words appear in 44 different verses in the Qur'aan, appearing twice in one of the verses. The paper divides these verses into 8 different themes namely, Day of Accounting, without any Accounting, Accounting of Time, Self-Accounting, Swift in Accounting, Accounting is only with God, Awareness and the Good Accounting, and Heedlessness and the Bad Accounting. The way the words Account, Accounting, and Accountable is discussed in the Qur'aan links to the contemporary accounting issues including Ethics, Agency Theory, and Internal Control. The links discovered in the paper clearly shows the timeless nature of the message of the Qur'aan.
Keywords: accounting, contemporary accounting issues, Qur'aan, root word of accounting hasaba
460 Research Study on the Concept of Unity of Ummah and Its Sources in the Light of Islamic Teachings
Authors: Ghazi Abdul Rehman Qasmi
Islam is the preacher and torch-bearer of unity and solidarity. All the followers of Islam are advised to be united. Islam strongly condemns those elements which disunite the unity of Muslim Ummah. Like pearls in a rosary, Islam has united the Muslims from all over the world in the wreath of unity and forbade the Muslims to avoid separation and to be disintegrated. The aspect of unity is prominent in all divine injunctions and about worship. By offering five times obligatory congregational prayers, passion of mutual love and affection is increased and on the auspicious days like Friday, Eid-ul-fiter and Eid-ul-azha, majority of the Muslims come together at central places to offer these congregational prayers. Thus unity and harmony among the Muslims can be seen. Similarly the Muslim pilgrims from all over the world eliminate all kind of worldly discrimination to perform many rituals of pilgrimage while wearing white color cloth as a dress. Pilgrimage is a demonstration of Islamic strength. When the Muslims from all over the world perform the same activities together and they offer their prayers under the leadership of one leader (IMAM). Muslims come together on the occasion of pilgrimage to perform Tawaf (seven circuits,first three circuits at a hurried pace(Rammal) and followed by four times, more closely, at a leisurely pace, round the Holy Kaabah to perform circumambulation known as Tawaf in religious terminology,Saee(running or walking briskly seven times between two small hills Safa&Marwa), Ramy-al-jamarat (throwing pebbles at the stone pillars, symbolizing the devil). In this way dignity and sublimity of Islam is increased and unity and integrity of Muslim Ummah is promoted also. By studying the life history of Hazrat Muhammad (P.B.U.H) we come to know that our Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H) has put emphasis on unity and integrity. We have to follow the Islamic teachings to create awareness among the members of Muslim Ummah. In the light of the Holy Quran and Sunnah, we have to utilize all the sources and potential for this noble cause.
Keywords: unity, Ummah, sources, Islamic teaching
459 Sound Exposure Effects towards Ross Broilers Growth Rate
Authors: Rashidah Ghazali, Herlina Abdul Rahim, Mashitah Shikh Maidin, Shafishuhaza Sahlan, Noramli Abdul Razak
Sound exposure effects have been investigated by broadcasting a group of broilers with sound of Quran verses (Group B) whereas the other group is the control broilers (Group C). The growth rate comparisons in terms of weight and raw meat texture measured by shear force have been investigated. Twenty-seven broilers were randomly selected from each group on Day 24 and weight measurement was carried out every week till the harvest day (Day 39). Group B showed a higher mean weight on Day 24 (1.441±0.013 kg) than Group C. Significant difference in the weight on Day 39 existed for Group B compared to Group C (p< 0.05). However, there was no significant (p> 0.05) difference of shear force in the same muscles (breast and drumstick raw meat) of both groups but the shear force of the breast meat for Group B and C broilers was lower (p < 0.05) than that of their drumstick meat. Thus, broadcasting the sound of Quran verses in the coop can be applied to improve the growth rate of broilers for producing better quality poultry.
Keywords: broilers, sound, shear force, weight
458 A Next Generation Multi-Scale Modeling Theatre for in silico Oncology
Authors: Safee Chaudhary, Mahnoor Naseer Gondal, Hira Anees Awan, Abdul Rehman, Ammar Arif, Risham Hussain, Huma Khawar, Zainab Arshad, Muhammad Faizyab Ali Chaudhary, Waleed Ahmed, Muhammad Umer Sultan, Bibi Amina, Salaar Khan, Muhammad Moaz Ahmad, Osama Shiraz Shah, Hadia Hameed, Muhammad Farooq Ahmad Butt, Muhammad Ahmad, Sameer Ahmed, Fayyaz Ahmed, Omer Ishaq, Waqar Nabi, Wim Vanderbauwhede, Bilal Wajid, Huma Shehwana, Muhammad Tariq, Amir Faisal
Cancer is a manifestation of multifactorial deregulations in biomolecular pathways. These deregulations arise from the complex multi-scale interplay between cellular and extracellular factors. Such multifactorial aberrations at gene, protein, and extracellular scales need to be investigated systematically towards decoding the underlying mechanisms and orchestrating therapeutic interventions for patient treatment. In this work, we propose 'TISON', a next-generation web-based multiscale modeling platform for clinical systems oncology. TISON's unique modeling abstraction allows a seamless coupling of information from biomolecular networks, cell decision circuits, extra-cellular environments, and tissue geometries. The platform can undertake multiscale sensitivity analysis towards in silico biomarker identification and drug evaluation on cellular phenotypes in user-defined tissue geometries. Furthermore, integration of cancer expression databases such as The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) and Human Proteome Atlas (HPA) facilitates in the development of personalized therapeutics. TISON is the next-evolution of multiscale cancer modeling and simulation platforms and provides a 'zero-code' model development, simulation, and analysis environment for application in clinical settings.
Keywords: systems oncology, cancer systems biology, cancer therapeutics, personalized therapeutics, cancer modelling
457 Carbon Footprint Reduction Using Cleaner Production Strategies in a Otoshimi Producing Plant
Authors: Razuana Rahim, Abdul Aziz Abdul Raman
In this work, a study was conducted to evaluate the feasibility of using Cleaner Production (CP) strategy to reduce carbon dioxide emission (CO2) in a plant that produces Otoshimi. CP strategy is meant to reduce CO2 emission while taking into consideration the economic aspect. For this purpose, a CP audit was conducted and the information obtained were analyzed and major contributors of CO2 emission inside the boundary of the production plant was identified. Electricity, water and fuel consumption and generation of solid waste and wastewater were identified as the main contributors. Total CO2 emission generated was 0.27 kg CO2 per kg of Otoshimi produced, where 68% was contributed by electricity consumption. Subsequently, a total of three CP options were generated and implementations of these options are expected to reduce the CO2 emission from electricity consumption to 0.16 kg CO2 per kg of Otoshimi produced, a reduction of about 14%. The study proves that CP strategy can be implemented even without any investment to reduce CO2 for a plant that produces Otoshimi.
Keywords: carbon dioxide emission, cleaner production audit, cleaner production options, otoshimi production
456 The Evaluation of Shear Modulus (Go) Consistency State of Consolidation Cohesive Soils and Seismic Reflection Survey Using Degree of Soil Consolidation
Authors: Abdul Halim Abdul, Wan Ismail Wan Yusoff
The geological formation at Limau Manis Besar area, are consist of low grade metamorphic rock and undulating mountaineers, rugged terrain and the quite steeply 45 degree slope gradient. The objectives of this paper are present the methods and devices used in measurement of P-wave velocity to estimate the initial Shear Modulus (Go) in steady state and critical state soil consolidation. The relationship between SPT-N values and the Shear Modulus (Go) at very small strain is widely considered to be evaluated. Based on the seismic reflection survey, the constant (K) poroelastic theory, mean effectives stress and primer wave velocity (Vs) increase as the soil depth increase. The steady state and critical state, Degree of Soil Consolidation(U) concept is used to interpret the behavior of Shear Modulus (Go). The relationship between Consolidation Test and Seismic Reflection Survey is also discussed.
Keywords: geological setting, shear modulus, poroelastic theory, steady state and none steady state degree of soil consolidation, consolidation test
455 Retirement Planning and Job Satisfaction: Cushion to Avoid Bridge Employment?
Authors: Zaiton Osman, Imbarine Bujang, Azaze-Azizi Abdul Adis, Grace Phang Ing, Mohd Rizwan Abdul Majid, Izyanti Awang Razli
Retirement forces older workers to disconnect with their previous behavioural patterns and economic position. Transition and adjustment from working life to retirement places create psychological pressure and financial distress on older workers, especially those with dependent children. Bridge employment provides a solution for older workers to continue working after retirement while transitioning into retirement slowly and smoothly. As losing the job role has a significant impact on the psychological well-being of retirees, engageing in bridge employment helps to fulfill the important psychological functions of older workers by providing an adaptive style to retirement. This study investigates the influence of retirement planning and job satisfaction on bridge employment. A self-administered questionnaire was used in this study and a total of 523 samples were collected for nine major district in Sabah. Data were analysed using Partial Least Square (PLS) method wersion 2.0. The result shows a significant relationship between retirement planning and job satisfaction on bridge employment, explaining 4.7% the variance in bridge employment and job satisfaction was found to be the strongest predictor of bridge employment.
Keywords: ageing population, retirement planning, job satisfaction, bridge employment
454 Improving the Dielectric Strength of Transformer Oil for High Health Index: An FEM Based Approach Using Nanofluids
Authors: Fatima Khurshid, Noor Ul Ain, Syed Abdul Rehman Kashif, Zainab Riaz, Abdullah Usman Khan, Muhammad Imran
As the world is moving towards extra-high voltage (EHV) and ultra-high voltage (UHV) power systems, the performance requirements of power transformers are becoming crucial to the system reliability and security. With the transformers being an essential component of a power system, low health index of transformers poses greater risks for safe and reliable operation. Therefore, to meet the rising demands of the power system and transformer performance, researchers are being prompted to provide solutions for enhanced thermal and electrical properties of transformers. This paper proposes an approach to improve the health index of a transformer by using nano-technology in conjunction with bio-degradable oils. Vegetable oils can serve as potential dielectric fluid alternatives to the conventional mineral oils, owing to their numerous inherent benefits; namely, higher fire and flashpoints, and being environment-friendly in nature. Moreover, the addition of nanoparticles in the dielectric fluid further serves to improve the dielectric strength of the insulation medium. In this research, using the finite element method (FEM) in COMSOL Multiphysics environment, and a 2D space dimension, three different oil samples have been modelled, and the electric field distribution is computed for each sample at various electric potentials, i.e., 90 kV, 100 kV, 150 kV, and 200 kV. Furthermore, each sample has been modified with the addition of nanoparticles of different radii (50 nm and 100 nm) and at different interparticle distance (5 mm and 10 mm), considering an instant of time. The nanoparticles used are non-conductive and have been modelled as alumina (Al₂O₃). The geometry has been modelled according to IEC standard 60897, with a standard electrode gap distance of 25 mm. For an input supply voltage of 100 kV, the maximum electric field stresses obtained for the samples of synthetic vegetable oil, olive oil, and mineral oil are 5.08 ×10⁶ V/m, 5.11×10⁶ V/m and 5.62×10⁶ V/m, respectively. It is observed that for the unmodified samples, vegetable oils have a greater dielectric strength as compared to the conventionally used mineral oils because of their higher flash points and higher values of relative permittivity. Also, for the modified samples, the addition of nanoparticles inhibits the streamer propagation inside the dielectric medium and hence, serves to improve the dielectric properties of the medium.
Keywords: dielectric strength, finite element method, health index, nanotechnology, streamer propagation


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There are 239 low income housing apartment complexes which contain 35,613 affordable apartments for rent in Collin County, Texas. Many of these rental apartments are income based housing with about 7,949 apartments that set rent based on your income. Often referred to as "HUD apartments", there are 3,287 Project-Based Section 8 subsidized apartments in Collin County. There are 25,805 other low income apartments that don't have rental assistance but are still considered to be affordable housing for low income families.
Collin County is a County in Texas with a population of 862,215. There are 305,827 households in the county with an average household size of 2.81 persons. 33.52% of households in Collin County are renters.
The median gross income for households in Collin County is $84,735 a year, or $7,061 a month. The median rent for the county is $1,119 a month.
From 1987 to 2006, 35 low income apartment communities containing 5,704 rental apartments have been constructed and made affordable to low income persons in Collin County by the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program.
For example, the expected household size for a two bedroom apartment is 3 people. Using the table above, the maximum income for a 3 person household at 60% of the AMI in Collin County is $41,700 a year, or $3,475 a month. To determine the maximum rent in the table below we multiply the monthly maximum income, $3,475 by 30% to get a maximum rent of $1,043 a month.
Garland 14 The HUD funded Public Housing Agency that serves Garland is the Garland Housing Authority.
Plano 14 The HUD funded Public Housing Agency that serves Plano is the Plano Housing Authority.
Mckinney 11 The HUD funded Public Housing Agency that serves Mckinney is the McKinney Housing Authority - Section 8.
Princeton 4 The HUD funded Public Housing Agency that serves Princeton is the Housing Authority of Princeton.
Farmersville 4 The HUD funded Public Housing Agency that serves Farmersville is the Housing Authority of Farmersville.
Frisco 2 The HUD funded Public Housing Agency that serves Frisco is the Housing Authority of the City of Frisco.
Royse City 3 The HUD funded Public Housing Agency that serves Royse City is the Housing Authority of Royse City.


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NewsLocal NewsMac Discovers Northeast Wisconsin
Fremont maintains honors for White Bass Capital of the World
NBC 26 Today anchor MacLeod Hageman is discovering northeast Wisconsin, and found a hidden treasure that attracts fishermen from all over the country.
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By: MacLeod Hageman
FREMONT (NBC 26) — The small Wisconsin community of Fremont is world-famous as the White Bass Capital of the World.
NBC 26 Today Morning Anchor MacLeod Hageman is discovering Northeast Wisconsin and had the chance to talk with a few fishermen about this amazing spot.
Angry Minnow owner Jason Riekmann says that what Fremont lacks in population, it makes up for in fun. Riekmann says he typically meets fishermen who are visiting from every state of the country throughout their busy season. He says things really pick up in the spring in summer months, when people travel from all over the country to come visit.
"Fremont is like coming home. I don't care where you're from. It's very comforting. People are very friendly here. We have some of the best restaurants in the area, along with some great bars for some of your favorite beverages, and some of the best small-town music you will ever hear. It's not just about going out there and catching white bass. A lot of the guys stay over. You'll find some great resorts here. They're some of the best you'll find in the midwest," Riekmann said.
Even though the weather is colder now, Riekmann says it's still a great time to go fishing, and you can definitely catch a lot more than just white bass if you try.
Coming up on NBC 26 Today, we'll also be talking with Dan Dake of Ma's Bait & Tackle to share why Fremont is such a hidden gem.
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HomeFootball ZoneREPORT: Malcolm Mitchell Undergoes Knee Surgery… And It's Bad
REPORT: Malcolm Mitchell Undergoes Knee Surgery… And It's Bad
Latest reports confirm that Malcolm Mitchell had knee surgery.
The New England Patriots are getting ready for training camp, and this breaking news actually broke their excitement. The team is super busy dealing with all the preparations, and Malcolm Mitchell had to undergo a knee surgery. It's worse than you think. Everything is focused towards the wideout, and teammates are already disappointed because of his current condition.
What's the first thing that happened? The Patriots started looking for trade partners for the talented wide receiver. Was New England actually planning to get Mitchell off the roster? I guess so…
This surgery puts a dark dot on Malcolm's 2018 campaign. Experts already talk about the possible development of future events, but everything points to the fact that Mitchell will have to go through a long recovering therapy.
"Malcolm Mitchell isn't expected to be on the field to start training camp. He had a procedure on his knee today, according to a source. His season looks to be in jeopardy," Mark Daniels tweeted.
Malcolm Mitchell isn't expected to be on the field to start training camp. He had a procedure on his knee today, according to a source. His season looks to be in jeopardy.
— Mark Daniels (@MarkDanielsPJ) July 23, 2018
This is bad news for the Georgia native. The 25-year-old player may lose it all. Remember what happened last September? He was placed on Injured Reserve for his knee injury and missed the entire campaign. Although he did rehab and everything, he couldn't make his way back. The injury was too bad for him to stand up and rock the ball.
Julian Edelman will sit out the first four games of the season, and fans believed that Mitchell could step in and provide a consistent target for quarterback Tom Brady. But, things don't really go the way we hope.
Mitchell must be devastated with all the things going on these days. He was hoping to stand up and do his job, but it seems like he will have to rest throughout the season.
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Eels v Roosters: Five key points
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Sat 9 Jul 2016, 06:30 AM
After losing two key players for the match inside 20 minutes then falling two tries behind midway through the second half, the Eels had every excuse to lose but somehow found a way to claw back a thrilling 22-18 win over the Roosters at Pirtek Stadium on Friday night.
Match Report: Eels steal thrilling win
Cordner's plea to Daley goes unheeded
Norman's plan to target Mitchell a success
Foran's welfare first for Eels
Injuries ravage Eels but players find a way
It seems a long time ago now that Parramatta's feeder club Wentworthville started the season with something close to an all-NRL back seven. With countless players unavailable through injury or having departed the club mid-season and one on Origin duty, the Eels went into Friday night's game with a forward in the three-quarter line and no reserve hooker.
They could ill-afford to lose any backs or their hooker but that's what happened as winger Semi Radradra (medial strain, sixth minute) and hooker Isaac De Gois (concussion) both had their nights ended early. The returning Jeff Robson shifted from halfback to hooker in attack, five-eighth Corey Norman was the lone playmaker in attack and defending at centre, back-rower Kenny Edwards was shifted out wide, and young prop Daniel Alvaro stayed on the field the entire second half.
"I'll have to be honest I don't even know what really happened in the second half, who was playing where," coach Brad Arthur said after the game.
"Dan Alvaro had to play 40 minutes in the second half as a front rower. We just had all our big fellas out there filling in somewhere in the line so it was a pretty tough effort.
"Especially [from] 18-6, to come back – It would have been very easy to say 'well we've got enough excuses, we've got blokes all over the place, how are we going to score a try'. I think that's the way we've played pretty much all year, tough resilient. We haven't played great footy but it's been good enough to win games."
'Big errors' still costing Roosters
As impressive as the Eels were, with a 12-point advantage against a 15-man side with plenty of players running out of position, the Roosters should have been able to go on with it.
But Boyd Cordner was penalised for offloading from the ground with his side attacking a scattered Eels defence and from there Parramatta clawed a try back. Shortly after, Latrell Mitchell dropped a risky inside ball from Jared Waerea-Hargreaves coming out of their own territory and Dylan Napa immediately compounded it, giving away a penalty for a second effort in a tackle. The Eels levelled up the next set when Manu Ma'u crashed over with the aid of a defensive misread from the visitors.
Then in a frantic final 10 minutes with the scores level Jake Friend dropped the ball over the line trying to score from dummy half, then after that Waerea-Hargreaves came up with a cold drop on halfway. The Eels scored the match-winner in the following set.
"I thought we were on top there at 18-6… we had errors and penalties following that and then some big misses on a kick and a line [run] from Manu Ma'u [to score]. Pretty disappointing," said Roosters coach Trent Robinson.
"If you give them an opportunity, if you give them possession close to the line and you give them penalties – It's a game of football, they're going to attack the line. That's what happened. When we've made errors we've made big errors this year.
"We've been defending well for most of the period of the game and then we let a try in. It's not even a half break it's been a big error. It's just been a big try out of nothing and that's been a huge difference in our season this year."
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A try saving chase for the ages
It is one of the great sights in rugby league: two young lightning-fast speedsters in a race to the line. We were treated to a memorable one on Friday night when new Eels try-scoring sensation Bevan French floated up out of the line to intercept a Dale Copley pass and, after a brief juggle, streak down the right touch line.
Showing unbelievable anticipation over on the opposite touch-line, Roosters rookie Joseph Manu sensed something was up and began his chase. The 100-metre foot-race was on. French drifted infield then, spotting how close Manu was, used the angle to sprint away towards the corner post. Manu never gave up and unbelievably caught his man just before the line and pushed him into touch.
French, unable to believe what had happened, stayed down in disappointed disbelief for an age while Roosters players swarmed Manu with high fives for what should have been a match-winning play.
"[It was] a big chase down from Joseph Manu which are sometimes turning points in games but it wasn't to be for us," lamented Robinson.
Added Roosters skipper Jake Friend: "Joey Manu, that's a big play in the game. That could have been a turning point. A few errors and a few penalties, we let them back in and we should be able to steel up and defend those sort of errors or penalties and hold them out and we didn't so that's disappointing."
Aerial raid for Tupou pays dividends but not enough
There was plenty of talk in the lead up about how the Roosters had a huge advantage on their left flank where 6'4" winger Daniel Tupou was being marked by rookie French, who at 5'11" and 83kg is one of the smallest in the NRL.
Tupou's huge leaps – generally from towering Mitch Pearce (and formerly James Maloney) cross field bombs – have led to plenty of tries for the Tricolours over the years and given some of the success the Roosters found there on Saturday it's almost a wonder they didn't go there more often.
They tried it in the 14th minute and were denied when the Eels were able to wrap up Tupou after he came down with it and the Roosters hardly went there again until a double success early in the second half. First, Tupou's mark and pass was well cleaned up for the returning Cordner to score in the 47th minute then four minutes later Tupou's bat-back was brilliantly caught by Mitchell for his second try.
Given the play would be borderline impossible to defend for young French if executed perfectly, it looked a missed opportunity for the Roosters.
Roosters not blaming late bunker call
In a thrilling final minute with the Eels clinging desperately to a four-point lead, the Roosters launched an assault at their line. The Eels did brilliantly to hang on until a last tackle play when the Tricolours spread it right, winger Clint Gutherson tried to shut the play down and as he jammed up on Shaun Kenny-Dowall, the centre was just able to get a pass out to winger Manu.
As he dived over a covering Norman just got across in time for a try, and probably match-saving, tackle that just got Manu touch in-goal before he could score.
Although the play was clearly not a try it took a long inspection before the bunker announced it could not find sufficient evidence of a fingertip touch on the ball from Clint Gutherson to rule a Roosters scrum feed and awarded the 20 metre restart to the home side in the face of protestations from the visitors.
After the game the Roosters said while it would have been nice to get a final crack they couldn't be sure Gutherson touched the ball and conceded they shouldn't have been in that position to start with after coughing up their 18-6 advantage.
"I saw what I saw, we've only got the one screen, that was the decision. They've got better vision than us. We'll see what they say," said Robinson.
Added Friend: "Obviously it would have been nice to get a scrum our way and have a crack at them, we probably would have got two or three plays but that wasn't how it went and it probably shouldn't have come to that so we had our opportunities," he said.
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Location, quality and affordability are key concerns for Canadian parents using child care, according to a new Statistics Canada survey.
The data, released Wednesday, on the eve on an expected new child care rebate to be announced in the Ontario budget, shows 60 percent of Canadian children under age 6 — or about 1.4 million — are in some type of formal or informal care.
This is up from 54 percent of children aged 6 months to 5 years who were reported to be in non-parental care in a 2002-2003 StatCan survey.
The data, collected between mid-January and mid-February this year, included kids in child care centres, in-home care by a relative or non-relative as well as before- and after-school programs. Occasional babysitting and kindergarten were not counted.
The study, part of StatCan's rapid response survey program, introduced last year, is designed to inform government policies aimed at ensuring parents have "affordable, accessible and quality child care options for their young children," said StatCan researcher Leanne Findlay.
"The purpose was to identify some of the data gaps around usage and types of child care used for those age 0 to 5," Findlay said in an interview.
Child care researchers welcomed the report — and data that will be available for further study — as an important addition to the country's knowledge base on the topic.
"It's wonderful, it's spectacular that they are able to produce child care data this quickly," said University of Toronto economist Gordon Cleveland, who has written major reports on child care affordability for the City of Toronto and the previous provincial government.
Until now, he has been forced to use survey data from 2010-11.
Cleveland is particularly interested in examining the Ontario data in light of the expected new child care rebate program.
According to the survey, child care participation rates vary by province and age, with about two-thirds of children between the ages of 1 and 5 in care, compared with about one-quarter under age 1. The lower rates of infants in care likely reflect parents' access to parental leave, the report said.
Children living in Quebec (80 percent) and Prince Edward Island (almost 70 percent) were more likely to be in non-parental care than those in other provinces, the report said.
Ontario children were among those less likely to be in non-parental care at 53 percent, according to the report. However families in this province may be relying on full-day kindergarten for their main child care arrangement, and kindergarten wasn't counted as child care in the survey, noted Martha Friendly of the Childcare Resource and Research Unit, who helped advise StatsCan on survey questions.
The top reasons parents chose a specific type of care were location (61 percent), characteristics of the individual providing care (53 percent), hours of operation (41) and affordability (40 percent), the report found.
One-third of those using child care reported difficulty finding appropriate care. However, economist David Macdonald of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives said he thinks a closer look at the data will show that number is likely higher.


This is an oldie, but goodie freebie that I created a couple of years ago. It is perfect for your upper elementary and middle school grade students.
There are "spring" themed idioms match up card and an idiom worksheet to create an idiom journal. I love to play challenge games or Jeopardy after we have went over these idioms in therapy to see what my students can remember!


Stx, hhx and htx take three years to complete and admit young people who have completed nine years of basic school. Hf takes two years.
The focus in the stx programme is on general education and general study preparation.
The two-year hf-programme focuses on general education and broader areas of professional life.
The htx programme focuses on subjects related to the fields of technical sciences, natural sciences and informatics.
The hhx programme focuses on subjects related to the fields of business economics, marketing and international economics.