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We offer the best of both worlds ~ Country Privacy and City Attractions. We are convenient to Mt. Airy, NC ("Mayberry"), town amenities, great restaurants, wineries and tourist attractions. The Blue Ridge Parkway is only minutes away. Wolf Creek Farm is a unique Country Retreat B&B for couples, single travelers and families seeking serenity and recreation in a lovely mountain-view setting. Roam or relax on our 102-acre black angus farm in Ararat, VA and enjoy end-of-the-road solitude. Hike the wooded trails, hook the "Big One" in our private 5-acre catch-and-release fishing lake. Fishing boat available; life jackets mandatory and provided. Worms for nominal fee. Feed the cows on a sunset Hayride followed by Evening campfire with s'mores included with two or more nights' stay. Playhouse with swings, sandbox. 360 degree sky view for star-gazers. In-ground pool in season. CHILDREN WELCOME with well-behaved adults! Friendly pets, Jeb, Fitz, and Smokey the cat, outside pets on site. Kennel available for your pets right down the road - Lucky Bones.
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5 on May 06, 2015
We had a quiet and relaxing stay in the Laurel Glen Cottage at Wolf Creek Farm B&B. Our hosts met us on our arrival and made us feel at home. The cottage was clean and comfortable, with all the conveniences of home. We plan on staying there again when in the area.
4.2 on October 24, 2014
Wolf Creek Farm is certainly off of the "beaten path". If you want fancy and all the niceties, stay in a hotel downtown, but if you want some peace, quiet, and fantastic hosts, stay at Wolf Creek Farm! It is a working farm, and this area is steeped in history and beauty. The Hobacks are great people, the conversation was a joy, and the breakfasts were great. We were there for 3 nights, and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The farm is just a few minutes from some great restaurants and other attractions in Mt Airy, NC. The Olympia restaurant is for down home folks like us, the food is great and the wait staff is fantastic. Prices are great, just be sure you take cash, they don't take plastic. And if you want some fall-off-the bone fantastic ribs, try 13 Bones restaurant. We also highly recommend the regional museum at the north end of the old downtown (Mayberry). The Blue Ridge Parkway is just a few miles north of the farm, we happened to catch the fall leaves at their peak of color -just beautiful. For you history buffs, the farm is actually part of the property where J.E.B. Stuart was born, his birthplace is "just over the hill".
4.0 on June 29, 2014
It was really great! Loved the Farm, very friendly and helpful for the area,Quiet and peaceful. Just one thing was dissappointing as the weather was beautiful and hot could not use the pool. was not available no patio furniture to sit on around pool at this time and was not aware of this until we arrived. Had we known we may have went somewhere else to enjoy a pool. we chose this place because of the pool and we just wanted to relax and enjot ourselves. I would recomend this place as long as all things are working. Would of been nice to have had the heads up on pool before we arrive i believed we payed maybe too much for what we got.
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We appreciate all reviews from our guests so we can continue to improve our customer services. We so appreciate Bed and Breakfast.com for always sending us the BEST guests! There are times when some things happen that are beyond our control as innkeepers. When we went to open the pool recently, we found that the sand filter had a crack in it; we had to replace the entire filter system and decided to go with a new salt water system that would be more comfortable for our guests. Thus, we were in the process of completing the work and the pool was not ready for guests. We apologized to our guests about the problem. We did not have the pool furniture out yet, as we had tools and piping where we were working. Had our guests expressed to us prior to or upon arrival that the pool was an essential part of their stay, we would have done our best to accommodate their needs, helped them find another place with a pool, and refunded their money.
5 on April 03, 2014
Back again to Wolfe Creek Farm, this time we enjoyed the company of Gary, Cindy, Kelly (mom to be) at this time. Great Hospitality, great fun and a warm place to just relax. Met some new people there (guests) and enjoyed breakfast with them. Gary and my daughter (Cindy) chatted away about everything. We absolutely love this family and we love Wolfe Creek Farms. Gary invited us to go try out the Spaghetti Dinner at his local church and boy was it so delicious. It is such a relaxing atmosphere and "we feel like family" and will return again and again. Definitely a place to write home about. Love Love Love It/Jenny Powell and Cindy Cendana, Morgantown, WV
5 on November 26, 2012
Absolutely the best place to stay!!!! My daughter, Cindy and myself, Jenny stayed at the cottage during Mayberry Days. As usual, everything was ready for us. My daughter absolutely loved it there. Gary stopped by and we chatted for over an hour (hospitality, wow). I enjoyed being back there at Wolf Creek Farm and will be back in September and October 2013 for Mayberry Days, and Autumn Leaves Festival. Perfect cottage, neat and clean, and everything at your finger tips. Great Great Great is all we can say. Jenny Powell/Cindy Cendana - Morgantown, WV
4.6 on July 30, 2012
Stayed at cottage. Very homey with comforts of home. Beautiful state. Will return.
5 on June 12, 2012
We stayed at Wolf Creek Farm as a stopover to rest before continuing our vacation driving. It was a comfortable, clean place with very friendly owners. They accomodated our needs extremely well and made us feel so welcome. I would definitely stay here again, maybe taking more time to enjoy the farm next time since we only got to stay one night.
5 on November 15, 2011
We could not have asked for more hospitable and genuinely wonderful people. We felt like we were staying with family. Wolf Creek Farm was cozy and charming. We highly recommend to anyone who is considering it.
5 on September 29, 2011
This was my second trip back to the farm. Once again I rented the cottage along with my sisters Jean, Margie, Kathy, we had a wonderful time. We never feel rushed and we just come and go as we please. Cindy and Gary are there if you need them; gracious as they are. Gary stopped by to see if we were doing okay and Cindy is just as wonderful as they come. She took the time to chat with us; listen to our needs and immediately took care of anything we needed. I cannot stress the beauty of this place - it is like nothing one can imagine. The pets are so friendly and they dont bother you unless you want them to. The area is easy to get too, very clean and I just dont think you could find anything that is so beautiful, well kept and reasonable to rent. Of course I will be back next year for Mayberry Days and of course I will be staying there!!!!! NOTHING CAN BEAT WOLF CREEK FARMS - WITHOUT A DOUBT THE BEST PLACE I HAVE EVER STAYED. TRY IT YOU WILL ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT AND THE OWNERS ARE JUST GREAT.......Jenny Powell, Morgantown, WV........Sisters Jean Propst, Kathy Johnson, Margie Karnas.
3.6 on September 28, 2011
My husband and I couldn't have enjoyed this quality country living more. A real family atmosphere with great surroundings and helpful hosts.
Charming Meadowview Room overlooks the pasture and the pond. Private bath en suite. Queen bed.
Nightly Rate: $145 - $145
Follow the Yellow Brick Road with Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin-Man and the Cowardly Lion! Antique Full Sized bed and Day Bed; Adjoins Guest Library. Large private bath.
Nightly Rate: $100 - $125
Fully stocked Cottage with large deck and tin roof porch sleeps 7 adults comfortably with Double Bed in Master Suite, Futon in Family Room and Full Bed with upper Bunk in 2nd bedroom. Two full baths, full kitchen with toaster, coffee pot, blender, electric can opener. CH/AC, TV/VCR/DVD, VHS movies,DVD's, washer/dryer and all supplies plus iron & board. Nominal fee if Breakfast provided. Use of grounds, lake, pool, hayride and campfire included. Games, puzzles.
Nightly Rate: $150 - $175
For budget-minded travelers or motorcyclists wanting a quick stop, consider our Cattle View Camper! This accommodation is fun for small families who would like to experience a "camping" adventure! Sleeps 2-3 adults or two adults and 2-3 children comfortably. Camper is stationary in a private setting with a separate full bath facility close by. Park your motorcycle in a large, secure indoor space. All Camper guests may use pool and lake facilities. Refrigerator/freezer, coffee maker, microwave, central heat and air.
$50 - $75
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Raleigh Durham, NC (RDU-Raleigh Durham INTL 80 miles
From Blue Ridge Parkway, MP 192, take Va. Rd. 771 (Willis Gap Rd.) Go Left on The Hollow; Go Right on Rabbit Ridge; Take next Right on Gid Collins Ln. @ Wolf Creek Farm Sign. Go to end of paved road into driveway. You're here! From Mt. Airy, NC, take Riverside Dr. (NC Rt. 104) past Riverside Park to Virginia Line Rd. (VA. 739) (approx. 4.5 miles) Go left onto Virginia Line Rd. Go 1.7 miles to Gid Collins Ln. @ Wolf Creek Farm sign, go left to end of paved road into driveway. You're here!
Antique Shopping, Historical interests, Lake, Live Music, Movie Theater, Museum, National/State parks, Nature area, Blue Ridge Parkway, Mt. Airy, NC - "Mayberry", Hillsville Flea Market, Autumn Leaves Festival, Jeb Stuart Civil War Re-Enactment, Mayberry Days, Performing Theater, Picnic area, Religious Services, River, Vineyard, Winery
Other, Private Home Bed and Breakfast, Bed and Breakfast
BBQ grill, Board games, CD player, Clothes dryer, Computer, Copier, DVD Player, Desk, Fax Machine, Fireplace, Movie library, Outdoor grilling, Parking, Piano, Pool, Private entrance, Satellite/Cable TV, TV, Telephone, VCR, Videos, Washer/dryer, Wedding Facilities, Wi-Fi , coffee, tea, snacks, Guest Library
Air conditioning, Alarm clock, Amenities Basket, Bath robes, Ceiling fans, Coffee/Tea facilities, Hairdryer, Internet Service, Ironing Board, Library, Radio
Bicycle riding trails, Bicycles, Bird watching, Boating, Fishing, Golfing, Hiking trails, Horseshoes, Mountain Bike trails, Hayride, Campfire, Star-Gazing, Bird-Watching, Shopping, Sight-seeing, Swimming, Swimming pool
Gary and Cindy Hoback
Gary is interested in raising cattle and anything "farming". Cindy is a retired RN who loves people, children, music, sewing, and crafts.
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Dell Boomi & NetSuite Enable EDI, Help Revenue Growth for GoPro
"We can now illustrate that we're a profit center, not a cost center. The perception of our team is elevated with Dell Boomi." — Stephen Baumer, CTO, GoPro
Business Challenge
Based in San Mateo, California, GoPro makes the world's most versatile cameras, enabling people to capture and share their lives' most exciting moments in professional quality HD video and photos. GoPro's HD HERO line of wearable and gear mountable cameras are used collectively by more consumers, professional athletes, and video production professionals than any other camera in the world. GoPro's products are sold in over 140 countries via specialty sports retailers, Sport Chalet, Best Buy and at GoPro.com.
Using the cloud to meet shifting business needs
When GoPro, the world's leading activity image capture company, started to see increased demand for their products, they had some fundamental business decisions to make. One such decision, according to CTO, Stephen Baumer, was how to best use technology to efficiently enable the various processes required to run a growing business. "Our approach to creating business infrastructure has always been cloud-based," said Baumer. "We needed to find a solution that would work in the cloud, scale to meet shifting business needs and offer immediate value."
GoPro was already a happy and deeply-entrenched NetSuite customer, and they needed to find a way to quickly connect NetSuite with value-added networks (VANs) and AS2 connections in order to meet the strict EDI compliance standards of key retailers who sell GoPro cameras. Additionally, they needed to do an SAP translation of XML data across a large volume of transactions to allow for complex movements of inventory within virtual locations.
The previous methods by which GoPro achieved these complex but necessary process tasks were manual and time-consuming; GoPro needed a more automated solution that would provide them with a high level of confidence that errors and costs would be minimized, and efficiencies gained.
Finally, GoPro required a solution provider with a high level of familiarity with NetSuite, EDI and application integration in the cloud.
One solution for both EDI and application integration
GoPro reviewed several integration solutions, and selected Dell Boomi. Dell Boomi was the only solution able to meet GoPro's aggressive implementation timeline, objectives and requirements. "I'd worked with Dell Boomi before, and I knew they had a unique approach to application integration. They met all of our business requirements. Their pre-built connectors and expert Professional Services team made implementation quick and easy," said Baumer.
Using the pre-built NetSuite connector, Dell Boomi was able to help GoPro quickly implement EDI and demonstrate that they meet the testing protocols and requirements of many major retailers. A competitive EDI solution cost three times as much a Dell Boomi, and only provided reporting, not transaction management that Dell Boomi enables.
GoPro also reports the following operational and performance benefits as a result of using Dell Boomi as their application integration solution:
"GoPro's business has grown 300% year-over- year, and there's no way we could have done that without NetSuite and Dell Boomi," said Baumer.
Costs Savings
The cost of Dell Boomi was 30% of what it would cost to implement a competitive EDI solution, while the other solution only offered a fraction of the functionality GoPro needed.
From a budgetary perspective, GoPro appreciates Dell Boomi's transparent pricing and monthly licensing fee model that doesn't hit their Capital Expense budget. Because Dell Boomi is a cloudbased service, GoPro can expand and contract as needed to scale to their specific business needs. This allows for substantial and predictable cost savings as compared to other application integration solutions.
Data security is important to GoPro, as it is with any company who does business over the internet or in the cloud. When GoPro was running the numbers to determine how to assure the greatest data security for the lowest cost, Dell Boomi was the only solution to make the cut. According to Baumer, "Dell Boomi can keep our data more secure and at a lower cost than we can do ourselves. That's huge in a business like ours."
Easy deployment drives innovation and efficiencies
With Dell Boomi's ease of use and features such as Boomi Suggest, 80% of the GoPro IT organization is much more focused on innovation and building efficiencies into all departments than they once were on problem assessment and maintenance. "Dell Boomi helps us elevate the perception of our IT team. IT can now demonstrate its value in real, tangible and measurable ways that weren't possible before we started working with Dell Boomi. We can now illustrate that we're a profit center, not a cost center."
Additionally, GoPro can hire more business analysts and sales managers than order administrators and developers, because their Dell Boomi integrations eliminate the need for custom coding, ongoing maintenance and manual order management required with other integration solutions. "Dell Boomi makes the nets bigger for catching all of the orders we're closing on the sales side in ways that simply weren't possible before," said Baumer.
About GoPro
Based in San Mateo, California, GoPro makes the world's most versatile cameras, enabling people to capture and share their lives' most exciting moments in professional quality HD video and photos. GoPro's HD HERO line of wearable and gear mountable cameras are used collectively by more consumers, professional athletes, and video production professionals than any other camera in the world. GoPro's products are sold in over 140 countries via specialty sports retailers, Sport Chalet, Best Buy and at GoPro.com.
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Apple May Discount Best Selling iBooks to $9.99?
So after all that pushing by publishers for the 70/30 split "agency model", and bullying of Amazon into raising eBook best-seller prices to $14.99, the New York Times is now reporting that Apple may be allowed to discount the price of those same bestsellers to $9.99 -- the original Amazon price.
Yeah, we're confused too. Amazon used to lose money selling aBooks at $9.99 because the publishers got paid the same amount regardless of price or discounts. Under the new "agency model" and 70/30 split, the publishers get less money, 70%. What they wanted, however, was a higher sticker price for consumers whether or not they lost some money on it. See, it was all about the "perceived value" of eBooks. They don't want us to think eBooks are cheap, and they'll take less money to charge us more. Apple, wanting to compete with Amazon (and liking the consistent 70/30 model they already use in the iTunes and App Stores) agreed to the deal with the launch of the iPad and the iBooks app. Big publishers then started pressuring Amazon to do likewise.
Which brings us -- again still confused -- to the New York Times story:
according to at least three people with knowledge of the discussions, who spoke anonymously because of the confidentiality of the talks, Apple inserted provisions requiring publishers to discount e-book prices on best sellers — so that $12.99-to-$14.99 range was merely a ceiling; prices for some titles could be lower, even as low as Amazon's $9.99. Essentially, Apple wants the flexibility to offer lower prices for the hottest books, those on one of the New York Times best-seller lists, which are heavily discounted in bookstores and on rival retail sites. So, for example, a book that started at $14.99 would drop to $12.99 or less once it hit the best-seller lists.
So did Apple give publishers everything they thought they wanted, and somehow still keep the ability to charge $9.99 for bestsellers? And if our heads are throbbing from all this, is Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos' near ready to 'splode?
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Apple May Discount Best Selling iBooks to $9.99?
I'll preface thus by saying I have no knowledge of pricing policies but...I never understood the concept that a book reaches the best sellers list and then the price drops but once it is an "older" book the price rises (back to that list price that is). I would think once it sells well and becomes a best seller the price would be higher (or in this case the list price) since it is in more demand and then cheaper when it is older to try to clear it off the shelves. I understand having a lower price when released to stimulate sales initially but not this later discount.
Anyway, yep this negotiation has been an odd one to follow but I think we need to wait another month to see what actually happens since Apple is not in the business of confirming or denying anything before a product release!
I just want songs to be $.99 again
Simple thing we can do as consumers. If the price isn't right don't buy. Things like books and music and movies have elastic prices. They will charge the absolute maximum they can for the product. The bottom price is costs plus a profit. The upper is what ever the majority will pay. Want your music back at 99 cents? Don't buy anything above that. Want your books for less Thant £/$15? don't buy anything prices that high. We are the consumer. We dictate the price of elastic goods.
Let's not forget here that a large part of operating costs are being lost by the publishers. No more printing overseas, shipping, hard cover roll out ... followed by a paperback version. No more storing books in crowded wearhouses ... or figuring out what to do with a projected best seller that flopped.
I fail to see how they will LOSE $$ here -- they are essentially transforming themselves into online brokers for people who write with a team of designers to create digital front covers.
P.S. (as a 20 year publishing veteran)... the reason a best seller can drop in price is actually simple math, the more books you print, the less the printer charges the publisher per book ... so book prices can drop. The average book does a 5,000 initial print run which does not leave a lot of margin for discount (once the author is paid an advance etc.) -- but when it becomes a "best seller" and the publisher goes back to print 50,000 copies -- lots of room for discount.
The real question is, who will be monitoring the digital best seller list? And why should we pay more or less when the COST and RISK to the publisher is about to vanish?!
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The tale begins with one explanation of Gautrek's strangeness, relating how Gautrek's father-to-be, King Gauti of West Götaland, became lost while hunting and spent the night in an isolated homestead of strange, arguably insane, backwoods bumpkins: a stingy farmer named Skafnörtung 'Skinflint', his equally stingy wife Tötra 'Tatters', and their three sons and three daughters. That night Gauti fathered Gautrek on Snotra who was the eldest of the farmer's daughters and supposedly the most intelligent of the bunch. The account bristles with grisly humor as it relates how one by one the members of this family of boobies committed suicide over the most trivial losses until at last only Snotra and her child survived. At that point Snotri took the child Gautrek to Gauti's court and King Gauti, years later on his deathbed, made Gautrek his heir.
Then, in a very different style, the story jumps to an account of the ancestry, birth, and earliest exploits of Starkad who is perhaps the grimmest and strangest of Scandinavian legendary heroes. This account was probably extracted or retold from a lost saga about Starkad and included only because King Vikar, who appears prominently in it, is father of Jarl Neri who plays a very important role in the material following and also because Eirík king of Sweden who appears in it was prominent in Hrólfs saga Gautrekssonar. A high point of this section is the evocative episode where Starkad's foster-father Grani Horsehair awakened his foster-son Starkad at about midnight, took him to an island where eleven men were at council, and sitting in a twelfth chair revealed himself as the god Odin. A long dialogue occurred between the gods Thor and Odin in which Thor and Odin alternately bestowed different curses and blessings upon Starkad.
The tale then tells of Gautrek's marriage to Alfhild daughter of King Harald of Wendland and Alfhild's subsequent death by illness years later for which reason the grieving Gauthrek went somewhat out of his mind, ignored all matters of state, and spent all his time on Alfhild's burial mound, flying his hawk.
The final section is an account of folk tale kind relating how Ref, the lazy son of a farmer, forced his father's stupendous ox as gift upon the stingy but extraordinarily intelligent Jarl Neri and requested only Neri's advice in return. Jarl Neri normally never accepted gifts because he was too stingy to repay them. But he took the ox and gave Ref a whetstone in return, telling him how to employ it as a gift to King Gautrek to get greater wealth. On Neri's advice, Ref visited king after king, in each case giving part or all of that which he received from the previous king and getting in return a greater gift. At last, through Neri's advice and trickery, Ref gained the hand of Gautrek's daughter Helga and an earldom that Neri held from King Gautrek.
However in Bósa saga ok Herrauds (The saga of Herraud and Bósi), Gautrek's supposed half-brother Hring is a contemporary of King Harald Wartooth.


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Tim Duncan spins around the Clippers defense to give the Spurs a 10-point lead late in the third quarter.
Duncan inadvertently hit Blake Griffin on his face as he goes back to the other end, but promptly checks if the Clippers forward is fine.
The Spurs won the game 108-92, and take a one game series lead over the Clippers in their Western Conference semifinals matchup.
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"I confess that doctors are not always the best patients.While we self-diagnose and self-treat we still have the same fears as everyone else.Being on this side of the patient fence is not a place we like to find ourselves but there I was."- Dr. Karen Jaffe, advocate for Parkinson's disease
She sat in the doctor's office on the unfamiliar side of the desk , feeling a bit of deja vu….a similar scene had played out not more than a year earlier. Once again, she was having to be the patient instead of playing the more comfortable role she had known for so long – the doctor.
Sitting in the room alone, she waited for the neurologist to enter. There would be nothing to fret over, which is why she didn't bother having anyone go with her. She was looking forward to just getting this done and having dinner with her husband, who happened to be driving home that very day from a trip with their children.
She had confidence that this neurologist knew what he was doing, unlike the one she had gone to last year. After all, who ever heard of a 47 year-old woman having Parkinson's disease just because she was having shoulder pain and a bit of a buzzing sensations in her left arm? She made no qualms about letting more than one person know how she felt about the incompetency of that first doctor. After all, she too was a doctor and although she didn't know much about Parkinson's disease, she was certain that if the MRI they took of her brain was normal – which it was – there's no way she had PD. The MRI results only served to confirm to her that she was right and the first opinion she had gotten a year ago was incorrect.
Over the year since that first doctor had given her a misdiagnosis , her shoulder pain hadn't subsided . On her own she had done some research and self-diagnosed her problem as having nerve damage from a steroid injection she had gotten to alleviate the pain in her shoulder. She just wanted to know what could be done to take care of this continual, annoying buzzing. Sort of a second opinion, but this time, hopefully an accurate one.
She looked down at her watch, sighed, and waited some more. Then the door opened the door. Finally. She was ready to wrap this up and go home, eager to see her family.
It was the usual formal doctor to patient greetings and then down to business. It didn't take long.
"Dr. Jaffe," the neurologist began. "I believe that you have Parkinson's disease."
Karen Jaffe, a mid-50′s retired, OB/GYN doctor , was diagnosed at the age of 47 with Parkinson's disease. That day, just seven years ago, changed the course of Dr. Jaffe's life. But, she will be the first to admit that the changes have been good. Perhaps, like most other patients with PD, not changes that she would necessarily have chosen for herself, but ones that have helped her to grow and do things she never imagined she would do.
As a young woman in her last year of college, Karen decided (with some wise counsel given by a friend), to change her career path from that of a 'chemist' to becoming a physician. "I was drawn to Ob/Gyn as a great combo of primary care and surgery and that gave me everything that I enjoyed doing," she says.
Her career had given her many, many years of getting her patients through the good and the bad of what life puts on our plates, but now, she was the one who felt confused and stopped "hearing" the words directed at her. As she sat in the doctor's office all those years ago, she cried. She really hadn't expected this neurologist to concur with the first she had seen. But there was no denying it now and she had to face it: she had Parkinson's disease. As the doctor watched her take in the news, he "did a very gutsy thing and asked if he could say a prayer for me," Karen said. She accepted, "figuring that it couldn't hurt and one never knows how people just might have some higher connection!"
Later that day, she met her husband for dinner. After telling him of her diagnosis, they agreed together, to keep it a secret. It would be almost a year before they disclosed the news to their family and "three hard years" before telling anyone else, except for two friends who lived out of town. Karen says, in retrospect, that she would not – if she had the opportunity of a do-over – try keeping her diagnosis a secret. "It was hard on all of us," she says, "especially my three daughters."
While always having a strong voice, advocating for her own patients, the stigma of this disease kept her silent. Frustration followed. Not only wanting to raise funds for Parkinson's research, which was impossible to do without a voice, she needed more than anything to free her children from the burden of keeping it secret. "So I then did the bravest thing I have ever done and that was to tell my colleagues, patients and my community that I was a physician with Parkinson's disease and would continue to work full time. Fortunately, I met another young-onset patient/physician, Dr. Sonia Mathur, who knew the difficulties and gave me some very sound advice along the way."
Now Dr. Jaffe does the same for others who find themselves in the same place she was at not so long ago – being a support and giving encouragement and wise counsel to those feeling alone with the secret of having PD and not sure, because of the stigma, who they should tell it to. It was this stigma associated with PD that Karen says kept her quiet for so long. She worried that as a surgeon "…I would be judged not by my surgical skills and expertise but by the label of being a Parkinson's patient." As it turns out her worry was unfounded. The support from her colleagues was surpassed only by the trust and loyalty of her patients.
Since 'going public' she has slowly but surely regained her voice by becoming involved in advocacy for Parkinson's disease in many ways. Awards stemming from her work include the Irene Zehman Volunteer Award for her fundraising and advocacy for PD research and the Red Cross Heroes Award. She is now a member of The Patient Advisory Council for The Michael J Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.
In 2001 she and her husband Marc created a nonprofit foundation – Shaking with Laughter - that brings awareness to and raises money for PD research. Karen says of the charity, "Since my husbands career involved being a stand-up comedian and a comedy writer (for the Jerry Seinfeld sitcom, Seinfeld ), being able to appreciate the funny side of life has always defined both of us. So we made it a priority in life and in advocacy that we would not let this diagnosis change [our] very fundamental way of life. Our events always involve some form of comedy and I will tell you that when people leave at the end of the night, they always say not only how much fun they had but that it was the best fundraiser they have ever been to. Now that is the best." The entertainers who have donated their time and talent for the events and are "blown away" by the support that Karen and her husband receive. The hard work in bringing the events together is reflected in the respect that is given to the Jaffe's and the end result? A fun evening "that embraces a message of hope."Together, through their charity's fundraising events, they have raised over $460,000 for the Michael J. Fox Research Foundation.
Eventually finding that she was having to take more medication "just to be able to work," , she knew it was time to step back from the career she dearly loved. "Telling myself many years ago that if I was increasing my meds just to get me through the stress of my job, that I would stop – which is where I was this past year . It is what I needed to do and I feel lucky that I was able to make that decision for myself on my own timeline. All of my patients and colleagues supported my decision to do so although they were quite sad to have it be so." "While the stigma keeps many pwp in the closet, for me living and working with PD was a powerful message. This diagnosis should not imply that you are unable or incapable. If you are able to do your job, as I think the overwhelming majority can, then hold your head high and do your job. You will be the first to know when it is time to hang up your stethoscope, put down the pen, hand over the kitchen tools or whatever it is that requires skill. This disease may be annoying but it does not have to rob you of everything that you love to do."
Upon hanging up her stethoscope she did not look back, allowing her the time and opportunity to increase her advocacy for PD. With retirement under her belt, Shaking with Laughter has been able to go beyond their highly successful yearly comedy/music gala to also serve as the fiscal agent to InMotion, the first of it's kind Parkinson's wellness center for which Karen is one of four founding members. (For more information about the work she is doing: www.shakingwithlaughter.org and www.beinmotion.org )
While hoping that the work she and her husband are doing will bring her and so many others closer to a cure, Karen encourages others on this PD journey to think about their own ways to get involved. "It might be as an advocate, [being involved in] a fundraiser, a participant in a clinical trial or as a motivational speaker. Progress is dependent on us – the folks with PD – to make the biggest differences . Stepping into the PD arena will afford you with the best feeling – knowing that you helped to make a difference."
While it is hard to imagine that there are blessings that come from having a chronic illness, such as Parkinson's disease, Karen would share this one as one of her greatest and that is "…how my children came to find some peace and strength after not only having to privately wrestle with the pain of having me being diagnosed but also with having to keep it secret."
When she retired, she received a letter from her college-aged, middle daughter (now studying premed/neurology), "…although truthfully," she says, "it could have been written by any one of them."
After admitting to the difficulties this disease brought to all of the Jaffe household over the seven years, Dr. Jaffe's daughter gave her mother, Karen, the following, well-deserved tribute:
"….I want you to know how insanely proud I am of you and how you have taken on this challenge. If anyone could take this disease gracefully, courageously, and positively, it is you. The differences that you are creating are tremendous and distinguished, the support you offer is sought after and noble and the impact you are making is incredible.
This thank you does not even begin to do justice to how much I want to thank you but here is my attempt. In some backwards way, this disease has been a blessing in disguise. It has helped me discover myself, who I am and what I want to do with the rest of my life. So I can't thank you enough mom for suffering through the tremors, the shuffling feet, the sleepless nights, early retirement, illegible handwriting, doctors appointments, medicines, anticipation of worsening symptoms (you know the rest of the list) so that I could find my purpose and place in life. I can't believe the time has come!
"Happy retirement.
Karen shares the following excerpt from her reply that she sent back to her daughter:
So thank you for every word so thoughtfully written on those 2 1/2 pieces of paper. I love you dearly and I heard every word you wrote. I am proud to be your mother. I am proud…and grateful that you have taken something that has been hard for all of us and with it found your way. I know that your compassion and kindness will serve you well. You will be a physician who is loved by her patients…and I, for one, cannot wait to see it be so.
I love you,
So I would argue that the choice is ours alone….while living each day with Parkinson's disease brings challenges that are not always easy, seeing the glass as half full instead of half empty opens the door to the possibility of laughter & grace along with the desire to make a difference. Just ask the doctor. She knows first hand.
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The model who allegedly connived with her boyfriend to terminate her pregnancy and burn the foetus, is refusing to go for tests to ascertain whether or not she gave birth. This follows prosecutor Mr Tungamirai Chakurira's application for a medical examination to prove the State's case, when Gamuchirai Maziva (25) and her boyfriend Nyasha Maridadi (23) appeared before Harare magistrate Ms Anita Tshuma.
Maziva was Miss February Face of Zimbabwe.
Through their lawyer, Advocate Isiah Mu-reriwa of Scanlen and Holderness, the pair opposed the application arguing the tests would prejudice Maziva's Constitutional rights.
"He seeks for an application to compel a human being to be examined as if she is an animal when she has constitutional rights," argued Adv Mureriwa.
"We intend to be told on the nature of the examinations and if it is by way of blood tests we will comply, instead of the nature where there is insertion of medical instruments into her private parts."
Adv Mureriwa also argued that it would be archaic for the court to make such an order.
"In a democratic country such an examination would be undemocratic because the treatment would be degrading and inhuman."
Adv Mureriwa requested that the matter be referred to the Supreme Court saying the rights of his clients might be infringed.
Earlier on, Mr Chakurira had said the medical examinations would ascertain if Maziva gave birth or not.
"The evidence we seek to extract is very crucial. The court has an interest hence wanting examinations conducted on the accused for the interest of justice.
"The kind of tests to be conducted on her would be determined by those who will examine her and not by legal practitioners.
"We are in court because the case is on remand and investigations are still underway.
"If human rights were sacrosanct as they are painting they would not have appeared in court without wearing khakis," Mr Chakurira said.
The couple is charged with unlawful termination of pregnancy and contravening Section 8 of the Burial and Cremation Act, which prohibits "Dumping of Bodies and Hindering of Burial".
The State alleges that on September 15, Maziva and Maridadi, who are out of custody on US$100 bail apiece, connived to terminate her pregnancy. After the abortion, the pair allegedly placed the foetus in a metal office bin and drove their white Nissan March to a gum tree plantation within Zimphos complex, in Msasa where they dumped it before setting it ablaze.
Witnesses who saw Maziva and Maridadi taking the bin to the bush, followed up and discovered a foetus among the burning rubbish. Ms Tshuma deferred the matter to tomorrow for ruling.


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Molde have accepted a bid from Southampton for Norway centre-back Vegard Forren, Press Association Sport understands.
Liverpool had invited Forren to England for a trial, but Southampton appear to have moved ahead of Brendan Rodgers' side in the race for the 24-year-old. Forren's agent is reported to be meeting representatives from the Barclays Premier League strugglers in London on Tuesday in the hope of agreeing personal terms.
It is understood that Southampton are hopeful of completing the signing of the defender, who has five Norway caps, in the next 24 hours.
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Some professional qualifications, previously offered at undergraduate (first degree) level, will now be delivered at postgraduate (second degree) level, which means you'll complete an undergraduate degree first, then proceed to the postgraduate course. These areas include Medicine, Dentistry, Podiatric Medicine, Teaching and Law. Other professional qualification pathways (Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Engineering and Music) comprise a structured sequence of undergraduate and postgraduate study. This enables you to complement your focussed professional training with breadth of study, which encourages the development of a range of skills sought after by employers.
During your undergraduate degree, you'll complete at least one major as well as a number of units (subjects) designed to broaden your educational experience. A major is a structured sequence of eight units in a particular field of study. A degree-specific major is one chosen from the list of majors attached to particular degrees. For example, the Physics major is a degree-specific major within the Bachelor of Science. You must complete one major from the list of degree-specific majors for your degree. Beyond that, you can either choose to complete your degree with a variety of units (called electives) or you can complete a second major drawn from any of the standard majors, even if it's from another degree. You'll also complete four broadening units, drawn from any degree area outside your 'home' degree.
The following information will help you decide which preferences to choose in order to study at UWA in 2015.
Assured entry pathways - Medicine, Dentistry, Law, Psychology and Engineering
A limited number of assured entry places in the postgraduate Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Dental Medicine and Juris Doctor (Law) and Psychology Honours courses will be allocated to well-qualified
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If you don't secure an Assured Entry Pathway place, don't worry, places in the Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Dental Medicine, Juris Doctor, Master of Professional Engineering and Psychology Honours courses will still be available for you to apply for towards the end of your undergraduate degree.
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For the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) course you can choose any undergraduate major (and a second major, if you wish) from any field of study in Arts, Commerce, Design or Science. This will be integrated into a research-intensive course that includes innovative interdisciplinary project work, a scholarship-supported study abroad experience and intensive academic mentoring - all at the highest standards of excellence.
Thirty places will be available in the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) (BPhil(Hons)) for
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for details of the selection process.
A small number of additional places will be available to school leaver students from low socio-economic status, rural or indigenous backgrounds. The standard minimum ATAR may not apply for these students. If you believe you meet one of these criteria and are interested in the BPhil(Hons) check
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Note there are separate codes for the BPhil(Hons), the BPhil (Hons) majoring in Engineering Science and the BPhil(Hons) with an Assured Entry Pathway to Medicine, Dentistry, Law or Psychology.
Ten 'transfer' places will be available to students who've completed their first year of study at UWA (that is, who've completed 48 credit points). A minimum WAM of 80 is required for consideration; however, achieving the minimum requirement isn't a guarantee of selection. Transfer applications will be handled directly by the University, not through TISC. Please see
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UWA's strength in preparing sought-after Engineering graduates continues in 2015. If you're thinking of studying Engineering, use code
(for studies in the Bachelor of Arts, Commerce, Design or Science) or
(for the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours)). These are the main entry points to the professional pathway to Engineering, which consists of the Engineering Science major in one of these undergraduate degrees, followed by the Master of Professional Engineering.
You need a minimum ATAR of 92.00 and completion of the minimum prerequisite for the Engineering Science major, Mathematics 3C/3D, to be eligible for the Engineering Assured Entry Pathway. Students applying for the Assured Entry Pathway are advised to also apply for standard entry through one of the bachelor degrees.
You're able to complete the Engineering Science major as a degree-specific (primary) major within the Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours), or as a second major within any of our undergraduate degrees. For example, if you want to combine studies in Engineering with studies in Management, you can take Management as your degree-specific major within the Bachelor of Commerce, with Engineering Science as a second major, then complete your Engineering studies in the Master of Professional Engineering.
When you accept your offer, you'll be able to nominate which degree you want to enrol in. Whichever way you choose, provided you complete your Engineering Science major satisfactorily, once you complete your undergraduate course you will be able to continue into our two-year Master of Professional Engineering* course, and qualify as a professional engineer.
* Provisional accreditation from Engineers Australia was received in 2011. Full accreditation will occur on graduation of the first cohort of students from the Master of Professional Engineering in 2014/2015.
Assured entry pathway for school leavers
The Faculty of Law offers a number of Assured Entry Pathways to the Juris Doctor (JD) degree to eligible
Group 1
applicants. Note that if you've enrolled in tertiary study (unless you enrolled but subsequently withdrew before obtaining any results), you aren't eligible to apply for an Assured Entry Pathway and must instead compete for entry to the JD following completion of your bachelor degree (or during the final year of your degree) as well as taking the Law School Admission Test (LSAT). You need a minimum ATAR of 98.00 to be eligible for an Assured Entry Pathway to the JD; however, due to the limited number of places, achieving the minimum requirement isn't a guarantee of being offered a place. Selection will be based on ATAR only.
If you're successful in obtaining a place via one of the Assured Entry Pathways for School Leavers, you'll undertake a UWA bachelor degree and will be guaranteed entry to the Juris Doctor provided you achieve a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 5.5 in your bachelor degree, as calculated by the Faculty of Law. (A GPA of 5.5 is equivalent to an overall subject average of approximately 70%). The offer isn't transferable to another Assured Entry Pathway.
Medicine and Dentistry
Assured entry pathways for school leavers
The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences offers a number of Assured Entry Pathways to the Doctor of Medicine and the Doctor of Dental Medicine to eligible
Group 1
applicants. Note that if you've enrolled in tertiary study (unless you enrolled but subsequently withdrew before obtaining any results) you're not eligible to apply via the Assured Entry Pathways for School Leavers and must instead apply via the Graduate Pathways following completion of your bachelor degree (or during the final year of your degree). The Assured Entry Pathways that are available for School Leaver applicants to medicine and dentistry are:
Assured entry pathway (high academic achievement)
: a pathway available to all school leaver applicants who obtain a minimum ATAR of 99.00 (other selection criteria apply).
Choose Medicine... Choose Dentistry Broadway pathway:
: a pathway available to school-leaver applicants who complete Year 12 at one of the identified Broadway UWA secondary schools. For a list of Broadway UWA schools please visit the
Future Students Broadway
website at www.studyat.uwa.edu.au/broadway. You must be studying at a Broadway UWA school to be eligible to apply for this entry pathway. If you want to be considered for the Broadway Pathway you'll need to submit a Broadway Eligibility from to the Faculty by 30 September 2014. The form is available from
Choose Medicine... Choose Dentistry Rural pathway
: a pathway available to school leaver applicants who've lived for at least 5 years (consecutive or cumulative) from commencement of primary school in a defined rural area of Australia. For information on eligibility for the Pathway, see our website at
. If you want to be considered for the Rural Pathway you'll need to submit a Rural Eligibility form to the Faculty by 30 September 2014. The form is available from
If you're successful in obtaining a place via one of the school leavers pathways you'll undertake a UWA bachelor degree and be guaranteed entry to the MD or DMD provided you achieve a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 5.5 in your bachelor degree, equivalent to an overall subject average of approximately 70%. The offer will be for either the MD or DMD and isn't transferable.
Selection criteria and process
: The following selection procedures apply for all domestic School Leaver Assured Entry Pathways applicants. There are three components: a written test (UMAT), an academic threshold and a structured interview. Additionally, entry to dentistry requires a fourth component which is the successful completion of a Manual Dexterity test and a Spatial Awareness test.
Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test (UMAT)
Only applicants who have sat UMAT in 2014 will be eligible for an Assured Entry Pathway position in medicine or dentistry in 2015
. To ensure that your UMAT result is matched to your TISC application, it's important that you use the same name for your TISC application that you used when applying for UMAT, and include your UMAT candidate number on your TISC application.
Academic threshold
You'll need a minimum ATAR of 99.00 to be included on the final ranked list for the Assured Entry Pathway (High Academic Achievement). You'll need a minimum ATAR of 96.00 in order to be included on the final ranked list for the Choose Medicine... Choose Dentistry Rural and Broadway pathways. You must be ranked high enough on both the School Leaver Pathway and BPhil (Hons) final rank lists to secure an assured entry place within the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours). As a WACE student, you'll need to authorise your school to send your predicted ATAR to the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences. Download the form to submit to your school from our
. Your school should then provide the Faculty with your predicted ATAR by 3 November 2014.
Structured interview
Offers for interview are based on UMAT score with the provision that you've met, or are predicted to meet, the minimum academic threshold. Note that as medicine and dentistry each have different quotas and different numbers of applicants, the UMAT threshold for each course may be different. Therefore if you've applied for both medicine and dentistry you may receive an interview for one course and not the other. This will be made clear at the time of offer of the interview. Please see the Faculty's admissions
for further information about the interview.
Manual Dexterity and Spatial Awareness Tests
If you've applied for dentistry you'll be required to pass a spatial awareness test. The test is a threshold test only and will not be used in your final ranking. Additionally, you'll undertake a manual dexterity test; however this won't be assessed for admission purposes. If you have a medicine only preference you won't need to undertake these tests. Further information on the tests is available on the Faculty's
Final rankings
: Final rankings for non-rural applicants will be based upon performance in UMAT, performance at an interview and academic results and will be weighted 20:40:40 respectively. Final ranking for rural applicants will be based upon performance in UMAT, performance at an interview, academic results and Rural Rating and will be weighted 15:30:30:25 respectively. Only interviewed applicants are included in the final ranked list. Note that applicants interviewed for dentistry only can't be included on the medicine ranked list and therefore can't be considered for a place in the medicine course. Likewise applicants who are interviewed for medicine only can't be considered for a place in the dentistry course.
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Indigenous pathway
: In addition to the school leaver pathways listed above, there are alternative Pathways available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants. These are available through the Centre for Aboriginal Medical and Dental Health (
). The Faculty encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to consider applying for entry to medicine or dentistry.
There are a number of ways for you to study Music at UWA, whether you're aiming to be a professional musician or would like to use music as a complement to other studies. There are two majors in music available within UWA's new courses: Music Studies and Specialist Music Studies.
The most extensive music study program available is to take the Specialist Music Studies major together with the Music Studies major. This will provide you with an in-depth music-focused degree program, in which you can specialise in performance, composition or musicology. This study path is the equivalent of the former Bachelor of Music (BMus) course, with added practical opportunities and professional skills development. Subject to satisfactory progress, you'll be entitled to individual instrumental/vocal/composition tuition throughout your degree. You need to pass an audition to enter this pathway. If you're applying to study composition, you'll also need to submit a portfolio of original creative works. Use the code
to apply for Specialist Music Studies together with the Music Studies major.
If you'd like to combine other studies with music, it's possible to take the Music Studies major alongside other majors. You can take Music Studies as your degree-specific major in the Bachelor of Arts and then have the option of choosing a second major from within the Arts degree or from within the BCom, BDes or BSc. If you take Music Studies as a degree-specific major, you'll receive practical lessons (performance or composition) during your first year and for this you'll need to pass an audition. If you're applying to study composition you'll also need to submit a portfolio of original creative works. Use the code
to apply for Music Studies major as your degree-specific major. If you take Music Studies as a second major, you don't complete individual lessons in music performance or composition and an audition isn't required. Music Studies is a degree-specific major within the Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours), but can be taken as a second major in any other undergraduate degree.
Selected music units, including practical ensemble work, as well as popular and world musics, are also available as broadening units, if you're studying a degree other than the Bachelor of Arts. Some ensembles may require an audition.
Music auditions
Obtain an audition form from the UWA School of Music (Ph: (08) 6488 2051) or download one from
. Details concerning the audition process are also outlined on the website. Submit your completed audition form to the School of Music by 19 September 2014. Contact the School of Music if you're unsure about which music options might be most appropriate for you or if you've any questions about the audition process. Staff at the School of Music will be happy to give advice.
Assured entry pathway for school leavers
The School of Psychology offers a number of Assured Entry Pathways to the Psychology Honours program to eligible Group 1 applicants. Note that if you've enrolled in tertiary study (unless you enrolled but subsequently withdrew before obtaining any results), you aren't eligible to apply for an Assured Entry Pathway and must instead compete for entry to the Psychology Honours program following completion of your bachelor degree (or during the final year of your degree). You need a minimum ATAR of 95.00 to be eligible for the Assured Entry Pathway; however, due to the limited number of places, achieving the minimum requirement isn't a guarantee of being offered a place. Selection will be based on ATAR only.
If you are successful in your application for an Assured Entry Pathway, you must complete a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science, completing both, the Psychological Science and the Psychology in Society majors, before proceeding to the Psychology Honours course. However you must complete your UWA undergraduate degree and maintain a grade-point average of at least 5.5 (equivalent to weighted average of approx 70%). The offer isn't transferable to another Assured Entry Pathway.
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants
Places are available in all undergraduate courses for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who don't meet the University's normal entrance requirements through the School of Indigenous Studies' Provisional Entry Scheme. Entry is also available through MAP (Mature-age Access Program), and other standard pathways as well as successful completion of UWA's Aboriginal Orientation Course. The Aboriginal Orientation Course is a year-long or a six-month bridging course and is available for those applicants who require additional preparation for degree studies.
Obtain further details and application forms from the School of Indigenous Studies, Shenton House, UWA, telephone (08) 6488 3428, (08) 6488 2467 or toll free 1800 819 292. Contact the School of Indigenous Studies by email
or download information from the School of Indigenous Studies website:
Albany Centre
In 2015, you'll be able to complete a full Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree (in selected majors) in Albany. (Check
for details.) The first year of all majors in a Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Science degrees is available in Albany. Postgraduate programs available include Conservation Biology, Environmental Science, Anthropology, English, History and a Master of Teaching. All programs are available subject to sufficient enrolments.
The Centre also provides a year-long university preparation course (UWA Smart Start) which is designed as an entry pathway into the UWA Albany degree courses. Apply for undergraduate study in Albany through TISC using the relevant course codes, which are listed in the individual course information under
Course Search
The Albany Centre is located at 35 Stirling Terrace in Albany's historic precinct. An accommodation register is available for students wishing to relocate to Albany. The Albany Centre's Open Day will be held on Friday 22 August 2014. Contact the Centre directly on (08) 9842 0888 or email:
for more information, or visit the website at
Alternative entry: Broadway UWA
The Broadway UWA alternative entry pathway allows students from selected schools to gain admission to the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Design or Bachelor of Science, provided they achieve an ATAR of 75 or above, achieve the WA Certificate of Education and satisfy the University's English language competence requirement and any prerequisites for their chosen course or major. If you're eligible for Broadway UWA, you'll be advised of this on your Universities Admissions Advice Letter, which you'll see when you check your WACE results at the end of the year. To see whether your school is a nominated Broadway UWA school, and to find out further details, please see
Alternative entry: requests for special consideration
A panel appointed by the University's Admissions Committee considers requests for special consideration where exceptional circumstances beyond your control have hindered performance in the qualifications that form the basis of your application. Extensive documentary evidence of the special circumstances must be submitted, in confidence, to the Admissions Centre, by Friday 2 January 2015. As a WA Year 12 student, the basis of your request should normally be circumstances outside the scope of the School Curriculum and Standards Authority's Sickness and Misadventure Committee.
Alternative entry: Uway
If you're a
Group 1
applicant taking the WACE or equivalent in 2014, and you believe your academic achievements have been adversely affected by certain disadvantages, you may apply for special consideration through the UWay scheme. Find more information about the scheme (including application forms for download) at
. UWay application forms are also sent to principals of WA secondary schools in Term 3.
Credit transfer/advanced standing
UWA awards credit on a case-by-case basis. See
Advanced standing/credit transfer
Deferred entry
If you deferred a place at UWA in 2014 and you now want to take it up, you're guaranteed to be re-offered a place as outlined in your deferral confirmation letter provided you didn't enrol or didn't continue enrolment in any degree (either undergraduate or postgraduate) or diploma-level study since you deferred your place. If you're simply taking up your deferred place, you re-apply directly to UWA. See
. If you wish to apply for other courses as well as your deferred course, apply through TISC. You apply for other courses by placing the relevant codes as higher preferences than the code of your deferred course. These higher preferences will be considered in competition with other applicants, but you'll have the assurance of your guaranteed place in your deferred course if your application for higher preferences isn't successful.
If you're considering taking a gap year in 2015, you'll find details of the deferral process included with your offer. If you're offered a place and choose to defer, you must notify the Admissions Centre of this by the deadline specified on your offer letter.
Diploma in Modern Languages
The Diploma in Modern Languages provides the opportunity for you to study language units concurrently with a UWA degree program other than the Bachelor of Arts. The languages available are Chinese, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese and Korean. There are no prerequisites for entry to this course, as all languages can be taken at Introductory or Intermediate level and some language can be studied at the near-native speaker level. Apply for the diploma at the time of enrolling in your degree or after a semester or two of study. A diploma normally adds one year (two semesters) to the duration of your degree course.
We'll provide you with all the information you need to complete your enrolment if you're made an offer for UWA. If you won't be in Western Australia during January/February 2015, authorise someone to act on your behalf to accept the offer by the deadline. Failure to do so may result in the loss of your place. You will, however, have to enrol in the course in person at UWA before the start of semester one.
Note that you'll need to present proof of Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian Permanent Residence status at the time of enrolment.
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Maths competency test (MCT)
If you're applying for a course which has 'at least WACE Mathematics 2C/2D' as a prerequisite, and:
you studied a WACE/TEE mathematics subject but achieved a combined scaled score below 50; or
you studied a mathematics subject more than 5 years ago, and aren't sure whether the skills are equivalent or have been retained; or
you studied a mathematics subject overseas or in a tertiary course and aren't sure whether the subject is equivalent,
you may wish to sit the Maths Competency Test. Satisfactory performance in the test is considered equivalent to a satisfactory mark in WACE Mathematics 2C/2D. Satisfactory performance in the MCT isn't sufficient for entry to courses where WACE Mathematics 3C/3D or WACE Mathematics: Specialist 3C/3D are prerequisites. You're unlikely to pass the test if you have never before studied the equivalent of a WACE Stage 2 mathematics course. The MCT is run by UWA Extension (see
UWA Mature-age access program (UWA-MAP)
The University offers mature-aged people (aged 20 or more before 1 March 2015), with little or no previous background in tertiary study, the opportunity to commence study on a trial basis. Successful completion of a provisional enrolment program, and satisfaction of course requirements will enable full enrolment in your degree course with credit for units already passed. Please check
or contact UWA Admissions Centre for complete eligibility criteria and further details.
Part-time study
Part-time study is available in most courses if you wish to take fewer units in the academic year and so extend your degree studies over a greater period of time. Please be aware, however, that most classes are conducted during normal teaching hours (ie between 8am and 6pm, Monday to Friday).
Permanent residency
If you're applying for Assured Entry Pathways to Medicine or Dentistry you must be granted permanent residency by 30 September 2014, the closing date for application to these courses. Applicants for all other courses must be granted Australian permanent resident status by 21 January 2015, the final closing date for application for admission through TISC. If you haven't achieved permanent residency by this date, you should apply as an international student for a full-fee place through the UWA International Centre at
If you lodge/have lodged an application for permanent residency you must advise the International Centre of this, and keep the Centre informed of the progress of your application. Failure to do so could result in any offer of a place being withheld or withdrawn. If you're a potential migrant, note that an offer and acceptance of a full-fee paying international place doesn't guarantee a place in a Commonwealth-funded course if you subsequently attain permanent residency.
Postgraduate courses
Apply for postgraduate courses directly to UWA. See
for details.
Residential colleges
UWA's five residential colleges are situated right next to the Crawley Campus: St Catherine's College, St George's College, St Thomas More College, Trinity and University Hall, (formerly Currie Hall). The colleges offer a unique learning experience, adding new dimensions to your UWA study through a range of academic, cultural and sporting activities, networks of support and great social experiences. You'll make friends from around the world while enjoying a secure living and learning environment. For further information see
Scholarships and awards
Information on the scholarships and awards offered by UWA is sent to senior high schools in Western Australia in August. Check the UWA scholarships website
for details on scholarships and awards that will be available to them in 2015. Also refer to
on this website.
Further information
Further information on courses at The University of Western Australia is contained in the UWA 2015 Undergraduate Course Guide, available from the University's Admissions Centre. Additional information can be found in the Undergraduate Handbook at
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