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Renault to introduce a driving licence-free Twizy in the UK in 2013

Article by Christian A., on April 6, 2012

The UK government is finalizing the details of a new light-vehicle category that enables 16-year-olds to drive without a license. Renault is preparing to launch a 28mph-max Twizy 45 in the UK in 2013 to benefit from this new rule. According to Andy Heiron, the EV program chief at Renault UK, the new type-approval category would begin in January 2013.

It includes quadricycles that have a limited 28mph top speed and have a lower weight than 350kg unladen. Heiron said that before the new rule could be implemented, a basic practical and theory test has to be conducted and the issue of insurance has to be resolved too.

Heiron said that insurance companies have so far given estimates that drivers younger than 18 may have to pay premiums of as high as £4000 but this figure declines significantly with age. In the UK, the Twizy 45 will be priced at around £6200.

Renault didn’t make any predictions on the sales of its electric cars but Heiron made a confession that Nissan Leaf sales are indicative of a “fundamental problem” with electric car sales.

It accounts for 60% of the pure-electric market but this only translates to about 1,000 cars in the UK. Nissan has been considering the possibility of battery hire in order to lessen the purchase price.

The introduction of the Twizy from Renault signals the start of what can be called as the all-electric revolution given that its two-seater is not only innovative but one that is comfortable and offers protection.

Daring but fun, the Twizy is also revitalizing and open. Indeed, this model is more than ready to do its part in electrifying the city. Considering that this model was developed from the ground up to be an ultra-mobile, there is no wonder why this new upstart is expected to change the motoring world. Renault has long been known to be the pioneer of this segment and by far remains to be the sole automaker to market a wide and unique lineup of electric vehicles that are affordable.

This includes the Fluence Z.E. and the Kangoo Z.E. The Twizy will be joining this excellent range towards the end of summer and will be joined by ZOE. Considered as a UDO, or Unidentified Driving Object, the Twizy presents itself as the best mobility solution for urban area given that many large cities continue to be plagued with congestion issues. Similar to the Twingo, and even the Espace, this latest offering is able to meet the needs of motorists even at launch.

The new Twizy not only brings with it a new architecture but it has everything one could expect from a Renault model. Indeed, while there are standards that continue to be considered as universal, there remain to be iconic concepts that many others copy. There are also others that are nearing production. This is where the Espace, Scénic, and Twingo, became well-known.

Given that the Twizy is around 2 years ahead of the others, it likely belongs to the latter. Developed by none other than Renault Sport Technologies, the Twizy will be created at the brand’s facility located in Valladolid, Spain. It was sold to customers through the Renault network starting March 15, 2012, having a tax-paid price starting at €6,990. There is no doubt that the new Renault Twizy is a revolution in urban transport and is able to offer free-moving mobility in addition to comfort and safety.

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9Round Online Nutrition Earns Big Praise in Club Solutions Magazine

In the Club Solutions article Shannon Hudson, founder and CEO of 9Round, stresses the importance of nutrition. He knows that you can not outwork poor nutrition, so he wanted to come up with a way that allowed 9Round members to get the benefit of a nutritionist without having to compromise the quality of their workout. The solution was simple. He hired Dr. Rick Kattouf II to be their nutrition expert online. This means that every member of 9Round, no matter the location, would have access to a nutritionist to answer their questions, healthy recipes and meal plans. Diet is a huge part of achieving the body that you want, and it cannot be overlooked. Hudson wants every 9Round member to succeed, and through 9Round's online nutrition portal, they can get a huge head start on becoming fit and healthy.

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Implementing a compliance program

Businesses can run a compliance program as a voluntary exercise or as part of a legal undertaking. Ideally, a compliance program should be tailored to meet the needs of the business because each organisation’s circumstances are different.

What is a compliance program?

A compliance program is an internal system or process employed by a business that is designed to:

  • identify and reduce the risk of breaching the Competition and Consumer Act (CCA)
  • remedy any breach that may occur
  • create a culture of compliance within the organisation.

Depending on the size and risk profile of the company, different components will need to be included in a compliance program to ensure that it is effective in achieving compliance with the CCA at all levels of business operations.

Compliance programs are also used as part of the ACCC’s enforcement activities. Section 87B of the CCA gives the ACCC the ability to accept formal written undertakings in the exercise of its powers under the Act. If a term of a s.87B undertaking is breached, the Federal Court may make enforcement and compensation orders. As part of these undertakings, the ACCC will often require the company to implement a compliance program designed to prevent breaches of the Act occurring in the future.

Compliance program templates

To assist organisations that do not have the resources to develop a tailored compliance program, the ACCC has produced a series of templates that businesses can use to develop their own programs. These templates serve two purposes:

  • to provide an example of what the ACCC is likely to accept by way of compliance programs included in an administrative resolution to an Enforcement action
  • to provide an indication of what the ACCC considers advisable in compliance programs implemented by companies voluntarily.

There are 4 different templates, each reflecting what the ACCC considers appropriate given the size of the company offering the undertaking – Level 1 being for micro-businesses and Level 4 being designed for large corporate entities.

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One man’s advice on gender diversity? Listen to women.

By Jeffrey Russell, Senior Managing Director, Products, Accenture Consulting, London

“Bringing together the very best of our teams and our people: high diversity wins, hands down.”

The male point of view on diversity, especially gender diversity, isn't often heard. In this video, I talk about my own definition of diversity and inclusion, my hopes for my daughter, Maggie, and the advice I would give to men wanting to understand more about gender inequities, especially in the workplace.

I have had the privilege of having a strong line of women in my life, from my grandmother Maggie, who lived to 100, to my mother June, who recently passed, to my wife, Martine, with whom I am celebrating 25 years of marriage. Finally, there is my daughter, Maggie, who recently graduated from university and to whom I devote part of this video.

My definition of a progressive workplace is one that ensures we include and bring together the very best of our teams and our people, so high diversity wins, hands down. I think of diversity as encompassing gender, race, point of view, perspective and culture.

For men in the workplace wanting to understand and close the gender gap, I have this advice: What I often find is that men get together with men to talk about issues relating to women. What I would like to say to men out there is to get together with women to talk about issues relating to women. That approach gets to the heart of starting to explore some real opportunities for how we actually make a difference in terms of the diversity of our workplaces and our work environments. That's a great place to start.

On a personal level, the advice I give to my daughter, who I believe will take on and change the world, is clear and optimistic: Know that you're equal in opportunity, you're equal in merit, you're equal in performance, and you're equal in the ability to make a real difference.


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Rethinking the Logistics Operating Model

Logistics service providers can use digital technology to rethink their operating models and gain on the competition.

Logistics service providers (LSPs) can harness the power of digital and innovative technologies to forge new operating models and gain on the competition.

The changes affecting the future of LSPs have never been so fast moving. As many are still trying to pull away from the 2008/2009 recession, new innovations and technologies are pushing LSPs into a digital future—whether or not they are ready.

It's an exciting crossroads where LSPs must decide if they are going to stick with business as usual, or take a new path that may be ripe with opportunities—but also a few obstacles.

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Accenture explores a variety of operating model options and ways that LSPs can take advantage of new technology to best the competition. Using real examples and illustrating how various companies can leverage cloud, digital, shared services models, analytic and telematics, this point of view shows LSPs the opportunities to reinvent the way they do business.

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LSPs are on the cusp of sweeping change. The high performers would be the ones who adopt enabling technologies such as digital, big data, telematics and cloud to help increase operational visibility and flexibility—rather than being swept away by old and new future competition.

As the world dives into digital technology, the speed of business is quickening—sometimes to the point that businesses may feel they are losing control. Yet the reality is that digital and other innovative technologies are opening up new ways of working that can put control back into the hands of LSPs.

The well-traveled path is familiar and comfortable, but technology has put a fork in the road where LSPs must decide on a new path forward.

The choices: relinquish control and allow e-commerce competitors and other players enter your lane. Or, be a pioneer that captures market share as technology opens the door to new opportunities


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The Tennessee State Board of Accountancy has adopted a resolution officially recognizing the American Institute of CPAs’ recently issued Financial Reporting Framework for Small and Medium-sized Entities, apparently the first state board to do so.

The recognition of FRF for SMEs by the Tennessee Board of Accountancy comes only a week after the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy settled a dispute with the AICPA over FRF for SMEs, which NASBA had initially criticized (see NASBA and AICPA End Spat over FRF for SMEs). FRF for SMEs is intended to provide a non-GAAP Other Comprehensive Basis for Accounting, or OCBOA, to simplify financial reporting for small and midsize private businesses that don’t need to follow the onerous requirements of U.S. GAAP. The AICPA issued the framework on June 10 as a new financial reporting option for small businesses that are not required to use GAAP (see AICPA Releases Non-GAAP Reporting Framework).

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African Countries Call for Accessible and Efficient Climate Finance

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The 2011 Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Partnership Forum, hosted by the African Development Bank (AfDB), ended today with African countries clearly showing their willingness to tackle climate change effects head on. The challenge remains adequate access to climate change financing for Africa.

“The bottom line is that there is an urgent need to improve access to climate finance at the scale required for transformational impact in Africa,” said Bobby Pittman, Vice President for Infrastructure, Private Sector and Regional Integration at the African Development Bank.  “Mechanisms need to be put in place that can best respond to Africa’s needs,” he added.

Under the Climate Investment Funds’ Clean Technology Fund, a total of USD197 million was approved for the 165 megawatt Ouarzazate I Concentrated Solar Project in Morocco.

This is a large-scale investment that is expected to reduce the costs of concentrated solar energy and help create thousands of direct and indirect jobs in Morocco by 2020, notably by developing local renewable manufacturing. Morocco is partnering with the African Development Bank and World Bank, two partners in the Climate Investment Funds, on this project.

The African Development Bank recently introduced financing for concentrated solar power in Sub Saharan Africa through a financial package to South Africa totaling USD 365 million. Its aim is to help the country ‘green’ its energy sector. The financial package included a loan of USD 265 million, as well as a USD 100 million concessional loan from the Clean Technology Fund. The package will support South Africa’s national electricity utility, Eskom, in implementing a USD 1.3 billion renewable energy project including concentrated solar power and the first utility-scale wind power plant in South Africa.

Climate resilient programs approved during the Forum include USD 86 million for Mozambique to improve the capacity of roads and coastal cities to withstand climate change, transform its hydro-meteorological services, and enhance climate-resilient agricultural production and food security. Zambia will receive USD 86 million to strengthen climate resilience in Barotse and the Kafue River Basin.

In the forestry sector, two new investment plans have been approved: USD 32 million for Burkina Faso to decentralize sustainable forest management, encourage participatory protection of state forest reserves, and integrate information-sharing; and USD 60 million for the Democratic Republic of Congo to address deforestation and degradation and provide small grants to promising small-scale initiatives falling within the Reduced Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) program. The funding will also help the country to engage the private sector in REDD+.

Pilot initiatives, which provide a small amount compared to the country needs but help demonstrate that concessional funding can help African countries move ahead on climate smart development, were also approved.

“Through the Climate Investment Funds, we’re learning important lessons on climate action and helping inform the discussions on climate finance. It’s clear that Africa needs financing that reflects its priorities and challenges in responding to climate change,” the AfDB’s Bobby Pittman concluded.


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Obtains major debt relief from the ADB

Tunis, 26 July 2006 –The Boards of Directors of the African Development Bank (ADB) and the African Development Fund (ADF) today agreed that Cameroon had effectively met the conditions and reached the completion point under the enhanced framework of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative.

The Bank Group’s share of debt relief will amount to US$ 78.84 million in end-1999 Net Present Value terms (US$ 100.51 million in nominal terms), which is equivalent to about 24.5 percent of the multilateral creditors’ assistance.

Reaching completion point debt relief under the enhanced HIPC Initiative, qualified Cameroon for additional debt cancellation from IMF, World Bank (IDA) and the ADF under the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI). The total debt relief benefits for Cameroon from the ADF under the MDRI is estimated at US$ 229.04 million over the approximately 50 year period of the Initiative, from 2006 – 2054.

Cameroon qualified for HIPC debt relief after having demonstrated good progress in stabilizing its economy and continuously implementing sound policies for macro economic and financial stability, growth and poverty reduction.

To reach completion point, the government had to fulfill three key conditions:

-  Preparation of a full Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper and satisfactory implementation for at least one year;

-  Maintenance of a stable macroeconomic environment;

-  Satisfactory use of the budgetary savings from the interim debt service relief;

-  Satisfactory implementation and conclusion of structural reforms supported by the Third Structural Adjustment Credit;

-  Satisfactory implementation of governance and anticorruption measures, including in the areas of judicial and procurement reforms, budget execution, and the creation of regulatory agencies;

-  Satisfactory implementation of key social reforms, including combating HIV/AIDS.

The Boards of the ADB and ADF noted that although fiscal slippages occurred prior to 2005, Cameroon has met most of the triggers that were set at the decision point to monitor its progress in meeting the completion point conditions under the enhanced HIPC framework. They encouraged the country to continue implementing reforms and fighting corruption.

Cameroon is the 15th Regional Member Country of the African Development Bank to reach completion point under the enhanced HIPC Initiative.

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Crop diseases

Plant diseases are a significant yield and quality constraint for growers of broadacre crops in Western Australia.

Plant pathogens can be fungal, bacterial, viral or nematodes and can damage plant parts above or below the ground. Identifying symptoms and knowing when and how to effectively control diseases is an ongoing challenge for WA growers of cereals (wheat, barley, oats and triticale), pulses (field pea, chickpea, faba bean), canola and lupin crops.

The Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (DAFWA) has a strong research, development and extension focus to assist industry to reduce the impact of crop diseases on all broadacre crops.

Results of extensive field/lab/glass house research and surveys across the WA grainbelt every year contribute to disease management packages and forecasting tools, and identify new incursions of crop pathogens or strains into WA.

DAFWA also gathers and extends industry disease reports (PestFax), provides a disease diagnosis service (AGWEST Plant Laboratories) and a broad range of management information for specific foliar and root diseases and viruses.

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    Powdery mildew has become more prevalent in WA wheat crops over the past few years, particularly late in seasons.

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    Information is provided here to assist management of diseases and viruses that occur in broadacre crops grown in Western Australia - cereals (wheat, barley, oats and triticale), pulses (field pea,

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    e-Surveillance for pests and diseases in the Western Australian (WA) grape industry project is a transformational project aiming to boost the early detection of exotic pests and disease incursions

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The efficiency, economy and compact size of the PONSSE H6 harvester head makes it the best general harvester head on the market. The PONSSE H6 harvester head is highly versatile, and its use ranges from thinning sites with small trees to regeneration felling.

The large opening and precise controls make working easy. Thanks to wide tilt movements combined with quick and powerful feed and cutting, the PONSSE H6 is a highly reliable harvester head for all types of sites. The short and durable structure, large feed rollers and excellent delimbing capacity of the PONSSE H6 harvester head, as well as the low grip friction of the knives, are features that guarantee high productivity in difficult conditions as well. The PONSSE H6 harvester head is also excellent for multistemming, where the operation is based on the controls of feed rollers and standard delimbing knives. When the machine grabs a new trunk, the feed rollers hold the trunk in place in the harvester head while the knives grab a new tree. Multi-stemming considerably speeds up harvesting and improves the result on sites with small trees. The multi-stemming function does not weaken the harvester head's features when handling single trunks.

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Website: SKYPE: elena.forbes11 Contact Email: Introduction: The machine can make raw materials into ball shape particles, with the features of large capacity, low energy consumption and low maintenance cost. Rotary drum fertilizer granulator is both suitable for cold & hot granulation, and can be used for mass production of high, medium and low concentrated compound fertilizer. Technical Data of Rotary Drum Fertilizer Granulator Overall Dimensions L × W × H(mm): 4000×2200×1450,6000×2600×2000,7000×3100×2850,8000×4300×3700 Prod Capacity (t/h): 1-3,3-5,6-9 Power (KW): 7.5-15 Inclination(O): 2-2.5 Rotary Drum Fertilizer Granulator Features 1.Lining with pvc plastic plate or stainless steel plate, the material is not easy to stick to the rotary drum. 2. The granules produced by the rotary granulator have high strength and good appearance. 3. Anti-corrosion and wear resistant, long service life and easy operation.

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ABV Eligibility Requirements

The Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV®) Credential is exclusively granted by the AICPA to qualified CPAs. To earn the ABV credential, candidates must meet minimum qualification requirements, which are based on successfully passing the ABV Examination and meeting minimum valuation-related business experience and education requirements:
  • Hold a valid and unrevoked CPA license or certificate issued by a legally constituted state authority
  • Pass the ABV Examination (requirement waived for AM and ASA credential holders of the American Society of Appraisers, CFA credential holders of the CFA Institute and CBV credential holders of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators)
  • Upon successfully passing the ABV Exam, complete the ABV Credential Application online or the one contained in the ABV Credential Application Kit. Applicants must attest to meeting the minimum Business Experience and Education requirements & pay the appropriate credential fee.
    • Business Experience: ABV candidates must have obtained a minimum of 150 hours of BV experience within the 5-year period preceding the date of the credential application. Candidates may also apply a maximum of 15 experience hours by completing the hands on business valuation case study track at the AICPA Forensic and Valuation Services Conference. Refer to the ABV Credential Application Kit for examples of business experience.
    • Education Requirement: ABV candidates must complete 75 hours of valuation-related continuing professional development (CPD). All hours must be obtained within the 5-year period preceding the date of the ABV application. Refer to the ABV Credential Application Kit for further details.
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Inspirational, vibrant, energetic, caring, safe haven….these words might not be ones that you would normally associate with what you believe a homeless centre to be, but Shiloh does appear to rather break the mould of what other homeless services provide.

Perhaps like most of the public, I’d never visited any homeless centres before, not until I was invited to see the Shiloh project in March 2017.  Until then, the extent of my experience had been occasionally seeing homeless people on the streets begging for small change and trying to keep warm.  I confess, I made assumptions about them, avoided eye contact with them, would cross the road to avoid them, would consider that perhaps they had done something wrong in their lives and perhaps didn’t deserve better and, I’m ashamed to say, not give them any further thought.

Just a couple of hours spent in the company of John McDonnell, the Volunteer Project Manager at the Shiloh Project, a centre for the homeless based in Rotherham, gave me quite a different perspective which I would like to share with you.

I visited the Shiloh Project along with my colleague Nick Kaye, AKW’s Key Accounts Manager for the East Midlands and Yorkshire area, as part of their 25 years celebrations since the Shiloh project began originally as a simple ‘soup kitchen’, the project has just been allocated new premises by Rotherham Council (for a mere £1 rent per year) which will allow the project to extend further the range of services it offers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

John (pictured left), who has worked at Shiloh for just over 5 years, explained that the centre is currently open 3 days each week and, on any of those days, the centre can expect to welcome 60-65 people who require the centre’s help.  A particularly powerful statistic which emphasises the sheer scale of the homeless problem in Rotherham is that each month the centre welcomes on average 50 new registrations.  Although this figure is concerningly high for a town with a population of 250k (2011 census), John is proud of the fact that by engaging with these individuals at an early stage the Shiloh volunteers can help them tackle their difficulties quickly and help them get back on the road to a safe and stable situation with an average length of presentation to the service of approximately 5 months.

In the Project’s experience, there are many reasons for people to find themselves homeless and it’s not just the obvious one of addiction issues that our media tends to focus on.  Other elements of their problems such as health (physical and mental), debt, bereavement and job loss also feature regularly as contributory factors.  Testament to the success of the Shiloh Project is that most users of the service only use their support on a short-term basis and longer term users of the service are proportionately very small and are usually down to more deep routed problems such as educational issues.

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
To achieve someone’s full potential there are several needs that are required to be met – and in a certain order.  As the bottom of the diagram shows, physiological needs of food, water, clothing, warmth and somewhere to rest and sleep are the essentials which need to be in place before other needs can be tackled.    Compounded into this level is the stress and mental health issues including depression, low self-esteem and anxiety that often accompany someone who is struggling to even put these basics in place.

Only when this foundation level of needs are met can an individual devote time and energy to needs higher up the ‘Hierarchy’ – pride, building higher self-esteem and motivation.  Following this is a sense of belonging, purpose, confidence and relationships (friends and/or family) and achievements.  Then, and only then, can the top level of maximising one’s full potential, including a job, can be realised.

Shiloh’s Approach:  Helping People with Problems (and no such thing as Problem People)

When a person first presents to Shiloh, the volunteers (comprising currently of 7 key workers and 8 kitchen staff – all of whom are volunteers) implement an individual support pathway based on the Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.  This starts with immediate physiological elp with the essentials of course start with a hot nutritious meal.

The new building that Shiloh now occupies has been fitted out to also including showers and washing facilities, a laundry and access to a large stock of donated seasonal appropriate clothing.

AKW were delighted to donate 2 electric showers and sanitaryware to the Shiloh Project.  These showers are appropriate for this setting due to them having easy to use controls.  These controls are grouped together and designed with raised symbols, illuminated and audible features so the showers are very easy to use for those with any visual, hearing or dexterity impairments.  In addition, the riser rail doubles up as a grab rail for those who are unsteady on their feet and the easy to use shower head has 3 different spray settings.  The showers can also be temperature controlled to avoid scalding and can also be set to controlled and monitored remotely via an app which can monitor how long the shower is used and shut it down after a certain period of time if required.

Shiloh also prioritise arranging accommodation for everyone who uses the service and are usually able to arrange some sort of accommodation even if it is an emergency temporary hostel, refuge or Local Authority housing.  So, in fact, very few of those attending Shiloh are actually homeless in the ultimate definition of the word, albeit only short term solutions until more permanent accommodation is arranged.

The volunteers adopt a ‘motivation key working’ relationships with Shiloh’s guests straight away and provide the sense that someone does care, genuinely wants to help.  The approach is to see the individuals as people with problems, rather than seeing them as ‘problem people’.  At an early stage of a guest first presenting at the centre, Shiloh develops a sense of belonging and a purpose which also makes a start on the next stage of Maslow’s Hierachy of Needs….Psychological.

A consistent message through the services offered by Shiloh is that their guests lives and outcomes are valued and important.  This strong psychological message helps build the guests’ self-worth at a time when their mental health may be suffering (even if that wasn’t the original cause of their situation) and will help give them the hope and motivation to see that live is worth living and to see the opportunities that are available to them.

One of the main techniques the Shiloh volunteers adopt is a confidential ‘Smart Listening’ approach.  The volunteers are trained in techniques which, rather than simply giving scripted advice and telling guests what they should do, verbal clues are picked up on by the volunteer key workers to help suggest various support signposting or help the individual on a 1:1 basis look at the positive steps they themselves can do to take back control in tackling their issues.  This empowerment, in turn builds self-esteem, motivation, lifts mood and reduces anxiety, anger, frustration, etc.

One interesting fact about the dedicated team of volunteers at Shiloh, is that many of them will be speaking and supporting guests from their own experience.  Many have became involved in the project through being on the receiving end of the help Shiloh offers.

John told me that there are in fact many agencies available to the homeless.  What is more of a problem, however, was finding ways the homeless can gain access to that help without a technology such as phone and email or even the basic conversation communication skills.  If the person doesn’t even have a watch, how would they know what time it was to attend an appointment on time)?    On establishing the needs, the Shiloh’s key workers may often offer to attend appointments with their guests to help represent them if necessary.

The project has also been known to help guests with job applications and interviews to the extent of helping with appropriate work/office attire and even a hair cut at the onsite mini hair salon!  The Shiloh Project truly helps people get back on their feet.

The physical environment at Shiloh also has a big influence on reinforcing the message on how important the guests are.  The building is not what you would normally associate with a homeless support service.  The plain 60s red brick exterior of centre’s new base, which had been disused for 5 years and which was previously a weighbridge (you can still see the metal lates of the weighbridge in the car park) gives no clues to the contrast to the building’s interior design.

This isn’t just basic four walls.  The vibrant interior of the building is testament to the hard work and dedication of the project team which involved representatives from not only Shiloh, but also Rotherham Council and main contractors – Mears and Fortem.  The colourful and airy décor does not feel the slightest bit  ‘institutionalised’ with the colours being inspired by the Shiloh logo which are continued right throughout the building including meeting rooms and break-out areas.  There is a real sense that this space is designed to inspire, energise and drive hope and positivity.  A common question from the users of Shiloh is, ‘Is this centre really for us?’  The realisation that this organisation has taken the time and trouble to develop this service specifically for them, as base from where volunteers genuinely offer help and support their guests, is a really powerful one.

And still Shiloh offer more.  To further develop self-esteem and achievement, the volunteers offer counselling, courses and sessions which give practical support and increase the potential for the individuals to move forward such as help with literacy, numeracy, cooking, etc.

Individuals at the bottom of the needs hierarchy chart devote so much time to simply surviving which is extremely stressful and draining of energy and time, there is no time to reflect, relax or plan for the future because the individuals are simply living their lives minute by minute.  The Shiloh Project therefore also offers time for guests to have a break from that lifestyle, an opportunity to relax and have fun – something that they may have not experienced for some time.   Art sessions are given a high priority at Shiloh which may be a surprise to many people and wonder what possible benefit these sorts of activities could have.  Many of Shiloh’s guests, particularly those with mental health or educational issues, may find communicating in normal styles quite intimidating.  Volunteers work with the guests in the more relaxed surroundings of an art session and an opportunity to communicate in a more relaxed and less-formal style with the volunteers and in general conversation, further utilising their ‘smart listening’ techniques.

Success Breeds Success

Over time, other related agencies in the Rotherham area were noticing the  successes Shiloh was achieving.  Indeed, these agencies started to realise the time efficiencies in offering outreach services on site at Shiloh.  For example, there is now a nurse on site and basic medical room for seeing patients.  Other agencies such as benefits and housing advisors attend the centre which also helps those services achieve their own KPIs (key performance indicators).  Medical help and bereavement counselling is also available and input from Crisis UK

So when the Shiloh Project began 25 years ago it was simply as a soup kitchen.  As time went on, the Project volunteers realised this was only a sticking plaster of the root causes of the homeless problem and for the past 5 years, led by John McDonnell, the service now actively helps the individuals change their circumstances for the better.  Shiloh’s approach to the people that present at the centre is based on the fundamentals of respect, support and care.  They don’t blame or judge the people for the situation they find themselves in.  There is a fundamental respect of the person who has problems rather than the way society often treats them as ‘problem people’.

AKW have been delighted to have been part of this project in helping Shiloh establish themselves in their new premises.  At the end of the year, John will shortly be stepping down as Project Manager at Shiloh but will – continue to remain involved as Chairman.

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During normal digestion, the liver creates a fluid called bile that helps break down food in the intestines. The pancreas also creates an enzyme that helps break food down into usable nutrients. The freed nutrients can then pass through the walls of the intestine and into the bloodstream. Malabsorption may be caused by a problem with any of these digestive steps such as:

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Factors that may increase your chance of malabsorption include:

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  • Use of laxatives
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In some people, the specific underlying condition must be treated in order to reverse the malabsorption. Other conditions cannot always be treated such as cystic fibrosis, short bowel, or pancreatic insufficiency.

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Derek Walcott published his first book of verse, Twenty Five Poems, at the age of 18, then went on to a career that has produced 20 books of poetry as well as several dozen plays and a dozen works of non-fiction. Now we have The Prodigal, an epic from this postcolonial nomad who has drifted among European, American, Latin and African cultures for most of his life. It is a fractured, dislocated and intensely eschatological and autobiographical collage of words, pictures, voices, ghosts and uneasy silences.

The Prodigal is a long poem, 100 pages or so, dividedfor no readily discernible reasoninto 18 sections of freewheeling verse. The central concern, exile, is not new in Walcott’s work; it haunts virtually all his writing, most vividly Omeros (1990), an ambitious, evocative rescripting of Homer’s Odyssey and Iliad in a Caribbean context. Walcott has always been a restless soul wandering global spaces in search of a home. Now that he is in his eighth decade, the search seems more frantic, the need even more visceral. The Prodigal launches an older man, feeling piercings of acute mortality on a far-ranging quest that retraces the poet’s own journey among continents.

The central figure of the poem is a divided soul, and his split consciousnesson the one hand, a first-person subject, on the other, a third-person objectdominates the discourse. He expresses his dilemma crisply: My joy was stuck.... My craft was stuck. The rest of the poem amplifies the speaker’s discerned causal connection between sexual potency and creative endeavor. With desire and disease commingling at this stage of his life, atrophying his creative powers, all he can conjure up is an old man’s book[in]...the music of memory, water.

The poem’s epic quest is yoked to elegy. The speaker’s lament echoes Psalm 137, the great lament of Hebrew exile (Here we hung our harps, as the river slid past to elegiac banjos, but the scriptural reference seems a self-indulgent and inappropriate overreaching.

The remaining 17 sections add little. Doubting, questioning and delaying more than Hamlet, the main character nearly becomes a caricature. Further, the poem is flawed by much halting and repetition as well as the more-than-occasional bad line (Thought furred and felt like an alderman’s collar, a chocolate stick for the voracious fog; my heart was available for a reasonable price; Fill the vessel of the egret with oblivious milk and drink to the amnesia of Asia with its yellow beaker.) These phrases, from a Nobel laureate, have the ring of a first-year writer’s workshop. And lines like, Hans Christian Andersen’s The Ice Maiden’..... I did not know that she worked as a blond waitress in Zermatt are painfully embarrassing.

As epic, The Prodigal is a failure. Its central figure is no culture-hero (or anti-hero, for that matter); his encounter with looming mortality transforms no one, least of all himself; his response to declining powers is a thinly-veiled Eliotic whimper, not a resounding classical bang; and the language, though occasionally noble (Do not diminish in my memory villages of absolutely no importance... Hoard, cherish your negligible existence, your unrecorded history of unambitious syntax, your clean pools of unpolluted light over close stones) lacks sustained power and resonance.

As elegy, The Prodigal is a failure as well. Such utter self-absorption provokes a shrug, not a tear. There is no consolation here. The old man who describes himself with the age in your armpits in the pleats of your crotch remains bereft and adrift. Near the end, a painful question reverberates: Old man coming through the glass, who are you? There is no answer but extinction (whoever the he’ is, he can suffer, he can make his own spasms, he can die). In the face of this, all the poet can offer is a cheap, misfired ironic shot: In His will is our pizza. Ultimately, loss blights the landscape and all but obliterates hope and home.

Comparing The Prodigal to William Carlos Williams’s Patterson or T. S. Eliot’s Four Quartets (or Prufrock) or Seamus Heaney’s Station Island or even Dante’s Divine Comedy, for that matter, is misplaced and only brings into sharper relief the radical differences between these works and Walcott’s effort. The carefully articulated architectonic designs, the nuanced verbal textures, the haunting rhythms and images, the intellectual depth, range and resilience that distinguish these earlier works find no counterpart in The Prodigal. Without a defining and realized design, Walcott’s meandering exercise offers little more than the scarcely disguised rantings of an old man raging against the inevitable fall of night.

If we take the author at his poetic word, The Prodigal is his last book. It would be a pity if a distinguished poetic career like Walcott’s were to end on such a low note. Better The Prodigal had not appeared at allor better yet, would that it be followed by another volume in which this writer of capacious talent and luminous intensity exercises his very considerable gifts to enchant and enlighten us once again.

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Your detailed response has been very helpful and I agree with your “copy not link” suggestions.

You say that the FTM Media folder is normally in the same directory as the FTM file it relates to, and this agrees with Tools>Options Help which says
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SEGA today announced that Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 2 will be coming to the Android Market and NVIDIA's Tegra Zone app sometime in 2012. No word on exactly when, however. But we do know that it'll be optimized for Tegra 2 devices -- and it'll have an "enhanced" version for the new quad-core Tegra 3 tablets and (eventually) smartphones.

And ... that's it for now. Check out the promo video above, and we've got the full presser after the break.

Get Ready to Run in the New Year! SEGA Announces Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II

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SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON— December 30, 2011 — SEGA® of America, Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced a new year's resolution that’s sure to please gamers worldwide: the iconic blue hedgehog will be making his 2D return in Sonic the Hedgehog™ 4 Episode II in 2012. Following the award-winning success of Episode I, which took the world by storm in 2010, Sonic will continue his journey through the epic Sonic 4 saga on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®Network, as well as mobile platforms including the App Store, Android Market and Xbox LIVE on Windows Phone 7.

Fans have been eagerly anticipating the next episode in Sonic's new side-scrolling adventure, and SEGA has been listening closely to their feedback. Armed with all-new character animations and a completely reworked physics engine, Episode II will expand the Sonic 4 storyline with new areas to speed through and new challenges to face. For a sneak peek at what’s in store, including the arrival of a certain high-flying, twin-tailed pal who’s sure to be of assistance, check out the all-new teaser trailer here.

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Announced almost one full month ago, the $99 Vizio Co-Star Google TV box is now up for pre-order over on the manufacturers website. With the added bonus of OnLive gaming thrown into the bargain, the Co-Star is potentially the steal of the summer at that price.

Supporting full HD video, and the full Google TV experience, with a watered down price isn't coming a watered down device. While it isn't as handsome as a Google Nexus Q, it's small and discreet enough to sit nicely in your living room setup.

What we still don't know though, is just what is inside the Co-Star. The specs page is decidedly thin and very based on how it's going to fit in with your TV and Video viewing. In any case, to pre-order one for yourselves, hit the source link below. Estimated shipping dates are showing up as August 14.

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William Angliss Institute’s main campus lies in the heart of Melbourne, the world’s most livable city. Culturally diverse, without being overwhelming in size, Melbourne is welcoming, multicultural and lively.

William Angliss Institute’s Melbourne campus is located at 555 La Trobe Street, Melbourne.

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William Angliss Institute’s Sydney campus is located on the ground floor 26-32 Waterloo Street, Surry Hills.

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One Tank Travels: Helena-West Helena

We invite you to have “More Fun Per Gallon”  in Arkansas this year. Each day we will be blogging on different Arkansas destinations that can be reached on one tank of gas or less. This is basically every corner of The Natural State. We hope these suggestions help you in planning a trip to remember.

Today’s Trip: Helena-West Helena

I’ll admit that Helena-West Helena is one of my favorite towns in the Arkansas Delta. The community is steeped in history, ranging from Native Americans to European explorers to Mark Twain himself.

Located alongside the Mighty Mississippi, historic downtown Helena is one of Arkansas’s oldest communities, with an original incorporation date of 1833. West Helena received incorporation in 1917. On Jan. 1, 2006, the cities combined into Helena-West Helena.

Helena-West Helena’s history is tied to the Mississippi River, which runs alongside the eastern border of the historic downtown. As early as 1811, the town was becoming a booming river town because of its proximity to the river. The waterway played a part in the community’s Civil War history. The river itself became history during the great floods that would continuously threaten the region.

Visitors’ first stop to Helena-West Helena should be the Arkansas Welcome Center, located on the US 49 bypass. The center is a great place to pick up brochures and information on Helena-West Helena, the Arkansas Delta and the entire state. It’s also an opportunity to grab a hot cup of coffee before you begin your journey throughout Helena-West Helena.

Any visit to Helena-West Helena should include stops by the Delta Cultural Center and the Helena Museum of Phillips County. Both museums offer visitors an insight into the history of the county and the region. The Pillow-Thompson House, operated by Phillips Community College/University of Arkansas, is open to the public for tours and is one of the best examples of Queen Anne architecture in the state.

The 1863 Battle of Helena was the last major Confederate offensive in Arkansas during the Civil War. Helena-West Helena’s Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration kicked-off in May with the dedication of a replica of Fort Curtis, a Union fortress built after Federal forces captured the town in June 1862. Over the next few years, additional interpretive exhibits and signage will be placed throughout the historic city. Freedom Park will feature five major exhibits that explore the African-American experience in Civil War Helena, following the progression from fugitive slave to Contraband to freedom, and, for some, enlistment in the Union Army. Estevan Hall, the oldest remaining family structure in historic Helena, will serve as a Civil War Helena visitors’ center and provide guests with insight into how families were impacted by the Federal occupation of the city. Other locations for interpretive signage include the four batteries (A, B, C, and D) from 1863’s Battle of Helena – still clearly visible on Helena landscape; the Civil War era Moore-Horner House; the Helena Confederate Cemetery; Court Square Park; Delta Cultural Center, a museum of the Department of Arkansas Heritage; and Helena Museum of Phillips County. To learn more about Helena-West Helena’s Civil War past, log on to

If you love music, make sure and catch a live broadcast of “King Biscuit Time,” the longest-running daily blues show in the nation. Blues Hall of Famer “Sunshine” Sonny Payne hosts the program weekdays from 12:15-12:45 p.m. from the Delta Cultural Center Visitors Center at 141 Cherry St. Afterwards, head to Bubba’s Blues Corner and browse through the music of blues legends and up-and-comers.

Want to get a great view of the Mighty Mississippi? You have to head over to the River Reach Park. If you REALLY want to get up-close-and-personal with the Father of Waters, rent a canoe or kayak at Quapaw Canoe Company. They can even take you on a guided tour.

Don’t miss the Delta Heritage Trail State Park, a rails-to-trails conversion being developed along the 73-mile former Union Pacific Railroad right-of-way. Hikers, walkers and bicyclists can enjoy part of all of the 14 miles that have been completed.

There’s even more to do in Helena-West Helena. Check out the town’s City Listings page here.

Historic downtown Helena offers great shopping options as well. On Cherry Street alone, you’ll find Handworks of Historic Downtown Helena, Gracious Living, Cotton and Kudzu, and Delta Gypsy.

And of course, you’ll need to find some food! If you’re downtown and want to grab a quick bite, check out Roadkill Grill, one of the area’s only roving food trucks. Jerry offers a varied menu with daily and weekly specials. Check out for a listing of specials and where the truck will be located throughout the week. Kelly’s is a long-time favorite of locals and tourists alike, featuring breakfast, lunch and dinner. On Fridays and Saturdays, stop by the mobile Pasquale’s Tamales, located right off HWY 49 as you approach the 49 bypass. You must try the tamales! You can also get the tamales at T-Mac’s Catfish Cabin and Delta Bar-B-Q, located a few miles west of the Helena-West Helena city limits (3136 HWY 49). T-Mac’s offers everything from barbecue to catfish to salads to seafood. Ray’s Dairy Maid, located in Barton at 5322 HWY 49, was the only Arkansas restaurant featured on Alton Brown’s “Feasting on Asphalt” series on the Food Network. The diner is known for their wonderful homemade pies but they also serve a great burger and plate lunch.

If your plans include more than one day…and I think they should…you’ll need some overnight accommodations. The Edwardian Inn is located within blocks of historic Helena and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The beautifully restored 1904 Colonial Revival home features eight original mantles made in Chicago, as well as “wood carpeting” made in Germany. Closer to the outskirts of Helena-West Helena you’ll find the Best Western Inn and Motel 6, both of which provide guests such lodging amenities as high-speed Internet, swimming pools, refrigerators and microwaves.

So fill your tank, grab the family and head to Helena-West Helena for the day, the weekend or the entire week! Safe travels!

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"We had a great time at "Old" Washington yesterday---again! Thank you to all who work at the Park and volunteer their time to make those days so special. We love to come up there!" - Jennifer

What was she talking about? She was referring to the fun filled educational day, she and her daughters had at Historic Washington's Frontier Day for Homeschools. We have a few pictures for you to look at in this online album. School groups from as far away as Malvern came to try their hand at historic games, carding wool, splitting rails, shaving wood, and even a spelling bee in the 19th century classroom. Watch for future events geared for home and public schools.

Grandmother meets Granddaughter 150 Years later

While all of this was going on in the Park, Park Historian, Leita Spears was in Van Buren, Arkansas at the Drennen-Scott Historic Site assisting with living history during their Civil War event on Saturday, October 6th. She portrayed the Crawford County Civil War experience of Mrs. Elizabeth Shibley. After presenting as Mrs. Shibley, the mother of two sons fighting in the war, Spears learned that a great great granddaughter of the real life Mrs. Shibley was in the audience. What a great time to meet and visit with your "future granddaughter."

Infantry and artillery demonstrations, as well as, tours of the historic site filled out the happenings for the cold and rainy event. Stop in at our online album to see how all had a great time despite the sleet that dropped in a time or two.

Welcome Naomi!

If you will remember, Dear Readers, last week I promised you a picture of the newest member of our park family. Here is Park Curator, Josh Williams meeting his new daughter. All wish to express their congratulations to Josh and Jaimie on the new addition to the family and hope Gigi (pet dog) adjusts to not being the only baby around now.

Heirloom Cushaw

Gary Martin, our gardener, took his newest prize heritage vegetable, Cushaw Squash from the Royston Log Cabin Garden, to the restaurant yesterday, as well as turnip and mustard greens freshly picked. Linda at the restaurant has made pies from the Cushaw and it, as well as the fresh greens, were offered for the day's lunch. (More on the Cushaw Pie below)

Not to be out done on delicious offerings for her patrons, Dusty was serving up the Dutch Oven Cobbler made bright and early that morning. I am thinking I may skip lunch altogether and head over there just for dessert!

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"The country is glorious, that's a fact - glorious in its green robes, its fields of grain, its cool, refreshing breezes, and more than this, it is glorious in the way of all sorts of good living. If you have ever had a tooth pulled or suffered with the headache, you have felt about the time the pain subsided something of the relief which a person from town experiences on visiting the country, after being cooped up in a close room for several months. You snuff up the healthful breeze, and your blood courses more freely through your veins, your spirits rise, and you catch the inspiration of the delightful scenery around you. Innumerable birds are pouring forth their artless melody, the woodpecker rolls out its shrill notes, and fills up the intervals of his song by rapid tappings on "the hollow beech tree," and now and then a hare leaps from beneath your feet, or an old buck bounds away in all the majesty of native freedom. And then, when you come to the eating part of the country's glory - if you have mouths, prepare to smack them now. In the first place what think you of a huge watermelon, right out of an ice-cold spring of a hot July day? Icecreams [sic] and julip [sic] hailstorms ain't a priming to it. - Then come aromatic muskmelons which melt in your mouth, like butter, and cause you to eat till the pigs turn away, surfeited, from the rinds which you throw them. - But how shall we describe the regular table fare which we sometimes find in the country. What shall we say of the hot rolls, the delightful coffee, the cool milk, the delicious butter , the old ham, the vegetables, the chickens, the eggs - and above all, the inimitable cooking? We are not sketching from fancy, our remarks, unlike some awful stories which we have read, are not only founded on fact, but literally delineate facts, for we have just got back from the country, and had to let off this extra gas before we could lower ourself [sic] down to our ordinary duties.
Source: "Ruralising" WT, July 20, 1842.

After reading this, the search was on to find out what a "Julip Hailstorm" was. And I found it!

"Excerpt from John H. B. Latrobe and His Times, 1803-1891, by John Edward Semmes, Published by The Norman, Remington co., 1917, states that the 1832 journal of well-known Baltimore lawyer John H. B. Latrobe (1803-1891) wrote:

“I saw here for the first time a hailstorm, that is to say, a mint julep made with a hailstorm around it. The drink is manufactured pretty much as usual and well led with a quantity of ice chopped in small pieces, which is then put in the shape of a fillet around the outside of the tumbler where it adheres like a ring of rock candy and forms an external icy application to your lower lip as you drink it, while the ice within the glass presses against your upper lip. It is nectar, they say, in this part of the country.” "

[Source: Julip info]

This week we had delicious Cushaw (Kuh Shaw) Pie at Williams' Tavern Restaurant made from Cushaw Squash grown in Historic Washington's Heritage Garden. If you came for the Heritage Gardening workshop, you may have seen them.

Cushaw Pie

2 cups prepared cushaw squash puree
2/3 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
12 ounces evaporated milk
Single pie crust

Combine cushaw squash puree, brown sugar, cinnamon, ginger, and salt in a medium-size mixing bowl. Add eggs and vanilla then beat lightly with a whisk. Stir in evaporated milk. Mix well. Pour into a pastry-lined pie plate. Bake on the lowest oven rack at 375-degrees for 50-60 minutes (until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean). Chill before serving.
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Check out this week's specials at Williams' Tavern Restaurant!

The Art of Candle Making

October 12 - 14

9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Dutch Oven Cooking 2--

Beyond the Basics

October 13

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Harness and Driving Workshop

October 13

10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

The Art of Candle Making

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Washington After Dark

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Pack a Picnic - History Hike

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10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

The Art of Candle Making

October 26 - 28

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Washington After Dark

October 27

6 p.m. - 9 p.m.

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I could not have asked for a better experience at Ashland University. The professors not only in my pre-professional program were amazing, but professors that I had outside of my major were just as amazing.  I witnessed every day how important it was to the professors that every student succeeded and had the best educational experience possible.

Why did you choose Ashland University for your pre-professional program?
I chose Ashland University because I was attracted to the small class sizes and felt that the small student to professor ratio would greatly enhance my educational experience, which it did. I also chose AU for my pre-professional program because I felt that the technological advancements in the field of science were comparable to a larger university, which was important to continue my education. Lastly and most importantly, I chose AU because I saw that the professors were invested in their students and really wanted them to succeed.

Where did you complete your graduate program?
I am currently completing my graduate program at the University of Toledo.

How did your pre-professional program help prepare you for your graduate program?
My experience at AU helped me prepare for physician assistant school by exposing me to material that I further encountered in my graduate program. It was helpful to be exposed to the material beforehand and gave me more confidence in my classes.  Also, the work ethic that I acquired at AU helped prepare me for the intense demands of a graduate level program.

What did you like most about your pre-professional program (certain classes, research, faculty, etc.)?
I really enjoyed almost every single class that I took in my major, but one class that I extremely enjoyed was my organic chemistry class. This was a surprise to me because organic chemistry is a class that many people dread, but I couldn’t have asked for a better experience with a more amazing professor.

How did Ashland University help you when searching for and applying to graduate schools?
AU helped prepare me in many ways when I was searching and applying to physician assistant programs.  First, in one of my classes, we worked on ways to improve filling out resumes and applications, we also took a practice GRE test which was a requirement in order to get into my professional program and was extremely helpful.  One of the most helpful things that AU offered was the ability to schedule an appointment and go through a practice interview which greatly prepared me for the “real thing”.

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Currently, I am in graduate school finishing up my professional program.

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Yes, Ashland University did help me reach my career goals because my ultimate goal while I was at AU was to get into physician assistant program.

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I could not have been more satisfied with my overall pre-professional program experience at AU.  It was one of the best decisions of my life and if I had to I would make the same decision all over again.

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