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Cutting staffing in the Poquonnock Bridge Fire District is not a solution to the fiscal problems confronting the district; it is an invitation to tragedy. Meanwhile, the Groton Town Council, based on legal advice, appears ready to walk away from any responsibility for addressing this dangerous mess.
Town Attorney Eileen Duggan told the council last week that it has no legal responsibility for assuring that residents are receiving adequate fire protection. And, legally speaking, it is not up to the town to prevent firefighters from being placed in situations that make their already dangerous jobs more perilous, concluded Ms. Duggan.
Legally, it is the fire district's problem, the council was told.
Just because there may be no legal obligation (and that is debatable), it does not mean there is no moral imperative. If someone dies because of this situation, if property is lost that adequate staffing could have saved, lawyerly excuses will not satisfy the public.
Among the most basic duties of government is providing for public safety. For homes and businesses in the Poquonnock Bridge district, Groton government is not meeting that responsibility.
Groton, which may have more layers of government than any other municipality in the world, has nine different fire districts to protect a population of just fewer than 40,000. Poquonnock Bridge is the largest, covering an area with 12,000 people, the commercial strip on Route 1, and 56.2 percent of town-owned property, according to Town Assessor Mary Gardner.
District taxpayers have rebelled against this burden, cutting the budget to $3.9 million, inadequate to meet the needs, but still carrying a 5.9-mill fire tax, by far the highest among fire districts in the town.
Groton needs fundamental change in how it provides and pays for fire protection, but no one, it appears, wants to go there.
So Poquonnock Bridge, which had two fire stations, now operates one. With the layoff of nine firefighters Friday and unfilled vacancies, staffing has been cut 42 percent. On some shifts, only three firefighters will be on duty. That is not enough to meet the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's two-in/two-out rule - meaning no firefighter should enter a burning building alone and at least two firefighters should be in contact with them outside.
These three-person shifts will respond with only one engine. The department no longer has a ladder truck and cannot reach above the second floor.
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Twin Shadow to play Turner June 3
Dreamy indie pop outfit Twin Shadow-stage name for Brooklyn based musician George Lewis Jr.-has scheduled a stop at Turner Hall Ballroom, 1040 N. 4th St., June 3 as part of its True Story Tour.
Twin Shadow's debut album "Forget" was co-produced by Chris Taylor from similar-minded act Grizzly Bear and released on Taylor's Terrible Records label in 2010 before getting picked up by more sizable indie 4AD. Twin Shadow released its follow-up, "Confess," last year. »Read Full Article
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With a short but memorable set at Rock the Green in Veterans Park last September, Las Vegas-based alternative-rock act Imagine Dragons declared itself to anyone watching as an exciting live band on the rise.
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In the first scene of Richard Kalinoski's "Beast on the Moon" - now on stage in a beautiful and nuanced production at In Tandem's Tenth Street Theatre - 19-year-old Aram Tomasian learns that his newly arrived child bride is not the girl he'd been promised.
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The late modifications are an attempt to ensure suppliers abandon conventional systems development methods blamed for the failure of other large IT projects.
The clauses will incentivise large systems integrators to adopt agile methodologies that the DWP hopes will ensure completion of the Universal Credit system by its tight 2013 deadline. But the agile development community has criticised systems integrators for not being adept users of agile, while the big suppliers have warned DWP it may have to undergo more cultural change than it can manage to carry the move through.
Stephen Dover, head of major programmes at the DWP, told Computer Weekly the department concluded contract negotiations with suppliers bidding for its £275m Applications Development (ADEP) contract in March, but had since developed an agile addendum that "supports and incentivises service providers to act in an agile fashion".
DWP developed the addendum with the help of Susan Atkinson - a lawyer at Gallen Allience, who has developed what she claims is the world's first dedicated agile contract - Philip Black of Emergn, a US agile supplier employed on Universal Credit, and DLA Piper, the law firm contracted to advise DWP on IT contracts.
"[Susan Atkinson] and Philip Black from Emergn are giving us guidance into an addendum we can fly into our frameworks, which is obviously based on incentivising velocity and throughput," said Dover.
"The DWP has frameworks they contract [with] service providers BT, HP and Accenture. The frameworks are called ADEP. There are five lots but I can't tell you about the others because we've not finalised them," he said.
He refused to talk further on the matter. The DWP did not reply when asked later whether contractual addenda would ensure systems integrators employed agile techniques extensively enough when they started working on Universal Credit and whether partial contractual sureties would be enough to prevent the complex system development slipping behind schedule.
Atkinson was also unavailable for comment on the addendum. But speaking to Computer Weekly earlier about her model agile contract, she branded "ridiculous" those lawyers who insisted conventional contractual practices rendered agile unsuitable for government IT projects.
"I've been working with Emergn Corporation, which has been advising DWP to run the Universal Credit programme in an agile way," she said.
"I worked with Emergn on a model contract and I have since developed it and refined it. What we're saying is the traditional contract has had its day and doesn't work because the pace of change now is so fast that no-one can predict what's going to happen in a year's time."
Dover told a recent meeting of agile developers he had ordered Accenture and other of its framework suppliers to take more notice of agile methods.
He was trying to get them "really embracing it from the start" and "not going through an 18-month OJEU [Official Journal of the European Union procurement process] to get to the point of start - that's not agile," he said.
The ADEP contracts are being let as frameworks, and will be awarded when the Cabinet Office gave the go-ahead, probably by the summer, after 18 months of negotiations that have whittled down a shortlist of 70 suppliers, Dover told Computer Weekly.
Frameworks are more flexible than dedicated contracts. But doubts over the delivery schedule for Universal Credit emerged in April when Stephen Timms, Labour MP for East Ham, read from an Intellect report during the committee stage of the Welfare Reform Bill. The schedule could be met "if done properly using agile," said a group of critical suppliers, but the plan was "unrealistic".
The report, the Universal Credit Concept Viability Study, said British Airways now used agile methods in about a quarter of its projects, but that had taken a five-year cultural change programme it was still expanding.
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The Board of Trustees for the Dougherty County Public Library has voted on a contractor to start and complete renovations at the Downtown Central Library branch.
PDC Construction, based out of Bainbridge, has been awarded the $3 million dollar contract.
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National Black Groups Release Joint "Unity" Statement On Ferguson And "Police Abuse"
"Nothing will be resolved until there is systemic change throughout this nation in the implicit and explicit bias against people of color …" representatives from 13 organizations write.
WASHINGTON — A coalition of more than a dozen national organizations focused on "the protection of the rights of African-Americans and all Americans" issued a joint statement calling for a "comprehensive federal review" of excessive use of force and racial profiling by police across the country.
"As we all mourn the loss of Michael Brown and remain steadfast in our unyielding support for his mother and father who have suffered a loss no parent should endure, we also continue to call upon the community at large to make sure that this tragedy results in future systemic change to prevent similar tragic shootings and the use of excessive force."
The 13 organizations — which include the ACLU, NAACP, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, National Action Network, and Rainbow Push Coalition — sent the letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday, an ACLU spokeswoman told BuzzFeed.
The first of the groups' 14 recommendations is "an independent and comprehensive federal investigation by the Department of Justice of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown."
But, the statement looks more broadly, noting, "Nothing will be resolved until there is systemic change throughout this nation in the implicit and explicit bias against people of color and particularly African-American youth who are routinely targeted by law enforcement even within their own communities."
Among the other recommendations are "the universal use of dash cameras in police vehicles," along with "a final update and release of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) June 2003 Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies" — a step long-sought by advocates — to include five "substantive reforms":
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A Williston man who reported a home invasion at his Northeast 175th Avenue residence in Williston causing the Levy County Sheriff's Office to turn out in full force on Aug. 5 in an effort to save him.
But when the deputies showed up and made their way into the home, they only found the man who admitted he had been using the drug "Molly" (Ecstasy) for three days, according to the arrest document.
A sex offender who has a previous conviction for video voyeurism has been charged with engaging in the same activity in the women's restroom at Fanning Springs State Park, according to a Levy County Sheriff's press release.
And it was his face showing up on the video that led to his arrest. Ronald Alan Everett, 50, of Old Town, who confessed the camera was his, also has Levy Sheriff's investigators looking for other video cameras Everett indicated he placed in other public restrooms.
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A Branford woman died on Thursday, July 28, at 12:25 when her vehicle went off U.S. Highway 19 at State Road 24 in Otter Creek and overturned ejecting her, according to the Florida Highway Patrol report.
When Trenton resident Richard Brock Jr. visited the Chiefland Wal-Mart to purchase a pair of nail clippers for his dog on the night of July 4, it was about to be a much costlier trip than he could ever have imagined.
Brock didn't realize it when he grabbed his wallet before heading out, but it contained more than $900. When he arrived back at home, the wallet hadn't made the return trip.
He was sure he'd lost the money for good, even if his wallet were to eventually be returned.
A Williston man has been arrested on multiple charges of having sex with an underage girl and is being investigated for similar activity with a second underage girl, according to the Levy County Sheriff's Office.
Dillon Arnold Bird, 24, of Williston was arrested after Sheriff's Sgt. Mike Narayan and Investigator Mike Wilkinson met with the parent of a 17-year-old-female. The parent reported discovering evidence that the daughter had been involved in a sexual relationship with Bird.
The Levy County Sheriff's Office reports the following arrests:
• July 21, Wyatt Morgan Arrow, 18, Morrison, touch or strike, deprive means of protection or communication, possession of a controlled substance W/O a prescription. Bond $86.000.
• July 18, David Lee Beech, 38, Trenton, VOP.
• July 23, Michael Joseph Butler, 57, Crawfordville, DUI, refuse to submit to DUI test after LS, operating a motorcycle W/O license, DWLS-habitual. Bond $100,000.
• July 20, Joseph William Clark, 42, Bronson, DWLS.
Drivers found themselves taking a detour to avoid Levy County Road 339 at U.S. Highway 27A after a fertilizer truck overturned on Thursday, July 21.
While drivers are detouring to CR 339A this week due to piling repairs on a bridge, they took the detour a little early when the truck accident shut down the road.
The truck driver, who was not identified, was transported for medical treatment. The Florida Highway Patrol has not released a report on the accident.
Richard Howell served his country and for his service in Vietnam he was left disabled, using a wheel chair and still carries bullets in his back.
The former Navy gunner's mate on a swift boat is not bitter about that, but he is bitter that some thief or thieves have stolen two conventional wheelchairs from his carport while he was out using a third electric wheelchair.
He said the theft was deliberate because the person had to come inside the fence on his property to gain access to the wheel chairs ― one of which reclines.
A Williston man has been arrested on multiple charges of having sex with an underage girl and is being investigated for similar activity with a second underage girl, according to the Levy County Sheriff's Office.
Dillon Arnold Bird, 24, of Williston was arrested after Sheriff's Sgt. Mike Narayan and Investigator Mike Wilkinson met with the parent of a 17-year-old-female. The parent reported discovering evidence that the daughter had been involved in a sexual relationship with Bird.
Chiefland Police Department is asking the public's help in identifying a liquor store robber.
On July 4 at approximately 8:30 p.m. there was a robbery at Chiefland Package at 2311 N.W. 14th St. The suspect is a black male, about 5 foot 8 inches, thin build, wearing a burgundy colored shirt, white undershirt, burgundy shorts, white basketball style sneakers, dark colored gloves and a camouflage ski mask.
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Adobe Looking to Join Linux Foundation
The Linux Foundation, which also employs Linus Torvalds, has welcomed Adobe as a new member in a press release.
The company is looking in particular to extend Linux to a platform that supports Rich Internet Applications (RIA) and Web 2.0 technologies. Jim Zemlin, the Linux Foundation's CEO, welcomed Adobe's decision as a further step en route to open standards and Open Source.
David McAllister, who is responsibility for standards and Open Source with Adobe pointed to Adobe's existing Linux products, Flash and AIR. He referred to the Linux Foundation as a valuable source to ensure improved Linux compatibility for Adobe's products.
Adobe will officially join the Linux Foundation at the annual Collaboration Summit in Texas early in April. The organization will be meeting with several major Linux players to promote better coordinated work on the free operating system.
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With the 2011 NBA draft only a week away, I thought it would be interesting to look at all of the talented West Coast prospects in this year's draft.
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On Tap Today: Thursday see-thaw ride
No, we're not up in the attic trying to find our checkered blankets to slam down on Bradford Beach Thursday. But we do like January Thaws, and ours is set to continue today.
That forecast gives us "happy feet," just in time to hook up with The Happy Dutchmen playing at The Domes "Music Under Glass" tonight. Our Lederhosen might be a bit tight after all the holiday feasting, but we'll polka off the poundage when the band gears up its German sounds. It's also Poinsettia Giveaway Night, so bring some paper towels to wrap your freebie flora in. »Read Full Blog Post
A weekend in Milwaukee for TV's Adam Richman
Adam Richman, late of the eating-challenge show "Man v. Food," has been filming around Milwaukee this weekend for his new show on the Travel Channel, "Fandemonium."
It's a show centered on uber-fan gatherings around the country and this weekend has been focused on the Milwaukee Brewers and Miller Park (the Brewers put out a call awhile back, seeking "superfans" with elaborate tailgating operations for filming this weekend). »Read Full Blog Post
Riverwest 24 gets neighborhood rolling
Riverwest is just one exceedingly cool neighborhood, but never as much as during the Riverwest 24, an around-the-clock, full-day bike ride. Born through the movement of community block watches, the event is fun whether you're riding or not. It also brings new faces into the neighborhood, strengthens ties among neighbors and encourages the notion of urban biking.
Described as an "exercise in stamina, teamwork and merriment," the Riverwest 24, or RW24 for short, starts at 7 p.m. Friday and ends at 7 p.m. Saturday. »Read Full Article
Etheridge's voice adds spice to musical comfort food
Melissa Etheridge has definitely had an interesting life: coming out, becoming a mother, recovering from breast cancer. Saturday night at the Riverside Theater, she mentioned being cancer-free for nine years, but her performance was almost entirely informed by being a girl from Kansas who was raised on classic rock, rather than by her later experiences.
Playing for more than two hours, Etheridge clearly wanted her show to be as much about the music as possible. She touched on pretty much every minor and major hit, and the resulting set was like a huge meal of ham and eggs, burgers and fries or any other basic meat-and-potatoes combination. »Read Full Article(5)


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For Alan Titchmarsh, it's the Surrey Hills, whose flora and fauna makes it "a unique and valuable natural resource well worth treasuring." For me, it's the escape offered by the South Downs in one of the most crowded parts of the country, recognised by the creation of the country's newest national park in the area last year.
But what do you love about England's national parks and AONBs? That's the question being posed by a new campaign launched today by the government's Our Land project.
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text: Leadership for Health Services Improvement MSc/PGDip/PGCert OverviewCourse detailsLearning and teachingEmployability The Leadership for Health Services Improvement MSc/PGDip/PGCert explores the theory, principles and practice of leadership and service improvement in health-related organisations with exploration of key issues relating to the individual (leadership values and behaviours, role, authority, power and influence); the organisation (systems and sub-systems, purpose, quality, culture, user choice and involvement); and the context (complex, ambiguous and political, multiple constituencies and accountabilities). It also includes a focus on personal development and action learning. HSMC MSc Programme brochure 2016 (PDF) Please be reassured that the vote to leave the European Union does not mean there will be any immediate material change to the UK university sector's participation in EU programmes nor to the immigration status of prospective EU students starting in 2016/17 and 2017/18. Visit our EU Referendum information page for more information. Course details This part-time programme responds to the contemporary political agenda by developing leadership skills within the context of improving health services. The programme is available as a Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, or Masters degree. Programme structure The programme has 5 compulsory modules: Leadership in Context Applied Leadership Learning Patient and User Involvement in Health Care An Introduction to Organisational Development in Health and Social Care Health Care Quality: Innovation and Improvement The sixth taught module is optional and can be drawn from other HSMC modules. The dissertation is 10,000 words on a subject relevant to Leadership. Students are encouraged to evaluate their own leadership in the dissertation. In the first year of study, Leadership in Context and Applied Leadership Learning are the distinctive modules. These modules run together throughout the year in blocks of two or thre days, a total of fourteen days. The Applied Leadership Learning module is an Action Learning Set of around 6-8 days which meets throughout the year. Most students also take one of the compulsory modules or the optional module in the first year. In the second year, the remaining modules are taken. All modules, apart from Applied Leadership Learning and Leadership in Context, have 5 days contact time in blocks of two or three days. A Postgraduate Certificate is available by completing Leadership in Context, Applied Leadership Learning, and one of the compulsory modules. Why study this course The Health Services Management Centre is the leading UK organisation providing research, teaching, professional development and consultancy to health and social care agencies. It serves as a bridge between managers and practitioners in health care and the academic world of research and theory, and many of its staff have experience as senior managers in the field. HSMC has gained a unique reputation as a 'critical friend' to the health care community, striving for both relevance and rigour. HSMC belongs to the University of Birmingham College of Social Sciences. The College brings together over 429 academics (including 83 professors) and almost 200 administrative staff across a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields. The College's mission is to 'generate new knowledge about society, and to transform this in ways that improve wellbeing'. The University of Birmingham The University of Birmingham was founded in 1900 and is a member of the Russell Group of leading UK universities. It is currently ranked among the top five research institutions in the UK, and its teaching quality ratings average 200 on a 24 point scale. Very enlightening, it has opened my eyes to areas that I had previously dismissed in terms of importance. I have found it very useful in identifying new ways of approaching difficult situations or tasks." Modules The MSc programme consists of taught modules (total 120 credits) plus a dissertation (60 credits). There are five compulsory modules, each worth 20 credits. Students have freedom to select the modules for the remaining 20 credits from those offered by HSMC or from the wider range of modules offered elsewhere in the University to reflect the programme's emphasis on leadership and service improvement. The compulsory modules are: Leadership in Context (20 credits) Module Lead(s): Iain Snelling; Merv Conroy This module draws on a framework for examining the lived experience of taking up a leadership role. It critically explores the contexts within which healthcare and leadership is situated, the role of leaders in service improvement, in order to make sense of and negotiate, better outcomes for service users, staff and other stakeholders. The three spheres of leadership experience explored through this framework - person - system and context - are brought together and considered as it applies to you, your work place and the local and national contexts within which you take up your authority and exercise leadership in role, to improve the quality of outcomes for service users. By the end of this module you should be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of the complex, ambiguous and political contexts within which NHS leadership is exercised. Articulate an understanding of 'leading' in systems with multiple constituencies and accountabilities. Understand the changing role and task of healthcare leaders as leaders of services and systems, staff and processes. Appreciate the centrality of meaning and purpose as a motivator for clinicians. Demonstrate how your learning about leadership can contribute to better outcomes for service users, staff and other stakeholders in your own work contexts. Applied Leadership Learning (20 credits) Module Lead(s): Iain Snelling; Merv Conroy This module is explicitly developmental in its approach, with a focus on students usintg the experience of action learning within a group setting to enable critical and in-depth personal reflection and learning. The action learning set meetings held for groups of up to 8 students will be facilitated by an academic tutor who has specialist expertise in the areas of personal and organisational development, leadership and action learning. Action learning sets will entail participants working as a group to define, analyse and reach conclusions to management and leadership issues being faced at individual and organisational levels. Each student will identify key improvements in their workplace which they wish to bring about during the course of the programme. The action learning set meetings will be a forum for discussing how to achieve these improvements and for applying leadership and improvement concepts and tools to workplace situations. Students will be expected to do preparatory work for each learning meeting, based on academic reading, diagnostic tools and support materials made available to them as part of the programme. This module will also require them to prepare and maintain a personal development plan (non-assessed), keep a formal structured written learning journal (non-assessed) documenting a critical reflective analysis of their individual action learning and personal development, and undertake a 360º narrative feedback. You will be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of the theoretical concepts and models of action learning. Access action learning as an approach that supports leadership and organisational development. Reflect and critically analyse your personal leadership experience and approach, located within theoretical concepts of leadership and learning, and Be confident in your personal leadership practice and using a structured action learning approach as a vehicle for personal and organisational development. The module will begin with a two-day introductory workshop, including one day for initial action learning set meetings. This will be followed by a further five one-day action learning set meetings during the course of the module. The module will finish with a two-day closing workshop, including a final action learning set meeting. Health Care Quality: Innovation and Improvement (20 credits) Module Lead(s): Iain Snelling; Ross Millar This module aims to provide participants with knowledge about approaches to the measurement, monitoring and improvement of quality in health care, including methods of data collection and analysis. It includes examination of approaches such as performance indicators, clinical audit, benchmarking, complaints, patient surveys, and health outcomes. The module also discusses policy and approaches used in different countries to the monitoring of quality and safety in health care. By the end of this module, students will be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of the use of different tools and techniques for the management, measurement and improvement of service quality in health care. Critically assess the development of performance indicators and other ways of measuring and assessing quality in healthcare. Demonstrate an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to quality and service improvement in health care Introduction to Organisational Development in Health and Social Care (20 credits) Module Lead(s): Robin Miller; Kim Jelphs This module examines organisational development (OD) exploring the conceptual frameworks and scholarly practices within which OD is situated. This includes the core theories, values, and principles that underpin the different approaches that have emerged in this field, since the 1960s, how these relate (or not) to what is happening in health and social care, different strategies, types and approaches to change as well as diagnostic models for analysing organisations and exploring approaches to intervening in change. Throughout the module, attention is paid to the importance of both the process (how change is enacted) and the anticipated outcomes of change (what actions are taken). The module draws on lessons from the literature and the practical experience of those involved in planning and delivering change in health and social care services. By the end of this module, students should be able to: Understand the origins and definitions of organisation development (OD) and be able to articulate the strengths and weaknesses of this approach Examine the ways in which OD has influenced (or not) processes of change in health and social care today Analyse organisations through use of diagnostic models and how this informs choices about intervening Be aware of a range of approaches to change interventions. Reflect on the application of theories, concepts and models within health and social care contexts, including how people respond to, and work with change. The method of delivery will combine traditional lectures with a range of more innovative approaches including individual, group and whole cohort inquiry and application; an organisational consultation; and relevant health and social care case studies. This module is taken in two blocks (three and two days). I felt the modules were very well organised, delivered and concluded, as they have covered all aspects and different views to look at quality and service improvement. The group work was most useful as it stimulated a lot of thinking and helped picking up things that are not too obvious from just reading." Public and User Involvement in Health Care (20 credits) Module Lead(s): Hilary Brown; Karen Newbigging The relationship between providers and users of health and social care services is changing, and governments in many countries are encouraging greater involvement of users and the public in the planning and development of services. Underlying these changes is the belief that services will be more accessible, acceptable and responsive if the people who use them are involved in their design and development. At the same time, there has been a strong drive to encourage people to assume greater responsibility for their health and to practise self-care wherever possible and appropriate. In the UK, The Wanless Report (2002) argued that the financial sustainability of the NHS critically depends on the population being 'fully engaged' in their own health care. At the end of the module students will be able to: Understand the development of consumerism in health care and be able to critically appraise the application of the concept to the NHS. Appreciate the place of consumer approaches within the wider context of the role of service users, users' groups, communities and the public in healthcare. Compare different methods for obtaining the views of users, the public and communities. This module is taken in two blocks (three and two days). Credits and optional modules These compulsory modules total 100 credits. In order to fulfil the Programme Requirements you need to obtain 120 credits in taught modules. You can do this by selecting one further optional module. Below are a selection of modules available (each worth 20 credits): Health Care Quality: Measuring and Assuring (08 25986)Module Lead(s): Yvonne Sawbridge; Kerry Allen Health Service Management (07 02837)Module Lead(s): Robin Miller; Russell Mannion; Hilary Brown Health and Health Care Policy (07 02978)Module Lead(s): Martin Powell; Ross Millar Strategic Commissioning Module Lead(s): Mark Exworthy; Yvonne Sawbridge Procurement and Market Management (07 22551)Module Lead(s): Russell Mannion; Robin Miller Decision-Making and Priority-setting (07 22553)Module Lead(s): Iestyn Williams; Catherine Needham; Jenny Harlock Please note that the detailed content of the programmes is regularly updated in line with developments in theory, policy and practice: HSMC reserves the right to make adjustments to this indicative programme outline as appropriate. The optional modules listed on the website for this programme may unfortunately occasionally be subject to change. As you will appreciate key members of staff may leave the University and this necessitates a review of the modules that are offered. Where the module is no longer available we will let you know as soon as we can help you make other choices. To learn more about this MSc please telephone 0121 414 2280 or email Jose Adkins, firstname.lastname@example.com. Fees and funding Fees for 2016-2017: Masters £5,535 Code: 6251 (UK/EU part time)PGDiploma£4,710 Code: 6254 (UK/EU part time)PGCertificate£4,710 Code: 6252 (UK/EU part time) *Fees for the second year are likely to rise with inflation/increases in University fees generally. Please check with the Centre for the latest fees information. Postgraduate Loans for Masters students The new postgraduate loans system for Masters degrees in the UK will be introduced for students commencing in the 2016-17 academic year. As part of the UK's Chancellor's 2014 Autumn Statement, the government has reconfirmed its commitment to loans for postgraduate Masters degrees as part of the 2015 Spending Review. The government-backed student loans will provide up to £10,000 for taught and research Masters courses in all subject areas. Detailed criteria and information regarding the application process is expected in early 2016. For more detailed information view our Postgraduate funding page. Learn more about fees and funding Entry requirements The normal entry requirement for a Masters programme is a good Honours degree (upper second or better) or an equivalent professional qualification. However, there are circumstances when appropriate career experience may be taken into account as an alternative to an academic qualification. In such circumstances, applicants may be asked to provide evidence of their ability to produce work of a postgraduate standard. If you have any queries about this, or would like to discuss your individual circumstances please do not hesitate to contact us. In addition to the normal requirements, applicants must be in employment in a health care-related organisation at the time the programme starts in order to optimise the application of theory and the action learning elements of the programme. In the event of a student no longer being in such employment during the programme, arrangements will be made to ensure this does not detract from their learning by drawing on their recent relevant work experience. For admission to the programme, applicants will be required to satisfy the programme director that they have scope within their work experience to apply learning from the programme to service improvement by means of the action learning sets and to identify desired outcomes from participation in the programme. Learn more about entry requirements International students: We accept a range of qualifications from different countries – our country pages show you what qualifications we accept from your country. English language requirements You can satisfy our English language requirements in two ways: by holding an English language qualification to the right level by taking and successfully completing one of our English courses for international students How to apply Learn more about applying All applicants will need to complete a Supplementary Application Form when applying for the Leadership in Health Services Improvement. Please complete the form and upload it at the end of your application as an 'other' supporting document Tel: +44 (0)121 414 2280 Email: email@example.com When clicking on the Apply Now button you will be directed to an application specifically designed for the programme you wish to apply for where you will create an account with the University application system and submit your application and supporting documents online. Further information regarding how to apply online can be found on the How to apply pagesApply now OverviewLearning and teaching Our programmes provide a challenging and inspiring study experience for both existing and aspiring practitioners in health and social care organisations. They equip participants with the knowledge, skills and confidence to develop both their careers and organisations. HSMC staff bring their wide knowledge of UK and international health systems (gained through research and consultancy activities, as well as their own professional experience) to their teaching and tutorial support for students. This emphasis on combining theory and practice is maintained throughout all of our programmes, from the choice of titles for assignments, through the involvement of practitioners and policy makers in teaching activities, to the topics selected for dissertations. While some students choose to concentrate on theoretical topics, many students carry out empirical studies for their dissertation, often related to their own place of work or area of professional expertise. Facilities Postgraduate programmes are taught at Park House which is a short walk from the centre of the University campus and provides a comfortable and well-appointed study environment. Facilities include: An on-site administrative team Dedicated library and resource facilities Ample on-site car-parking provision (£1 per day) Well-equipped classrooms Syndicate rooms IT resource rooms Dining area Just a few steps away is the University's Conference Park, which provides an excellent hotel environment for those wishing to be residential for taught modules. HSMC students have access to the University's main library and substantial online journals, databases and other materials via Canvas. A Programme Handbook provides comprehensive advice and information, and a separate handbook is provided for each module. Participants are assigned an academic tutor to guide them through their studies and bespoke dissertation workshops are held throughout the year. Students are encouraged to engage as much as possible with HSMC staff and to participate in other events such as conferences, seminars and workshops. Part-time participants are encouraged to enlist a work-based mentor to provide assistance with their dissertations and translating their learning back into the workplace. If you require further information about any of our courses, please telephone 0121 414 2280 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Assessment methods Most modules are assessed through a 3,000 word assignment at the end of the module and a shorter assignment within the module. The MSc dissertation is 10,000 words and worth 60 credits. It is a personally chosen and managed research project, undertaken over the duration of the programme with formal research training incorporated. Related research Leadership and organisational development research - HSMC Course detailsEmployability The MSc in Leadership for Health Service Improvement, is aimed at those already employed in a health care-related organisation at the time the programme starts in order to optimise the application of theory and the action learning elements of the programme. In the event of a student no longer being in such employment during the programme, arrangements will be made to ensure this does not detract from their learning by drawing on their recent relevant work experience. Very enlightening. It has opened my eyes to areas that I had previously dismissed in terms of importance. I have found it very useful in identifying new ways of approaching difficult situations or tasks." Learning and teaching


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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: August 2015
With renewed discussion of the high cost of prescription drugs recently, the August Kaiser Health Tracking poll finds that most Americans feel that drug costs are unreasonable and that drug companies put profits before people. At the same time, the public largely values the role prescription drug companies play, with most saying that prescription drugs developed in the past two decades have made the lives of people in the U.S. better, including about 4 in 10 who say a lot better. When it comes to their views of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) this month, the American public remains divided in their opinion of the law. Those who favor repeal are divided on whether the law should be replaced with a Republican-sponsored alternative or if it should be repealed and not replacedPoll Finding Read More
How Many Employers Could be Affected by the Cadillac Plan Tax?
As fall approaches, we can expect to hear more about how employers are adapting their health plans for 2016 open enrollments. One topic likely to garner a good deal of attention is how the Affordable Care Act's high cost plan tax (HCPT), sometimes called the "Cadillac plan" tax or "Cadillac tax," is affecting employer decisions about their health benefits. The tax takes effect in 2018.
The potential of facing an HCPT assessment as soon as 2018 is encouraging employers to assess their current health benefits and consider cost reductions to avoid triggering the tax. Some employers announced that they made changes in 2014 in anticipation of the HCPT, and more are likely to do so as the implementation date gets closer.Issue Brief Read More
Most Say They Can Afford Their Prescription Drugs, But One in Four Say Paying is Difficult, Including More Than Four in Ten People Who are Sick
Large Bipartisan Majorities Support Range of Policy Changes They Believe Would Curb Drug Costs Opinion on the Affordable Care Act Remains Largely Unchanged In August About half of Americans (54%) report currently taking a prescription drug, and a large majority of them (72%) say their prescriptions are very or somewhat…News Release Read More
Analysis Estimates 1 in 4 Employers Offering Health Benefits Could Be Affected by the 'Cadillac Tax' in 2018 if Current Trends Continue
Share of Potentially-Affected Employers Could Grow to 30% in 2023, 42% in 2028, Analysis Finds New projections from the Kaiser Family Foundation estimate that one in four employers (26%) offering health benefits could be subject to the Affordable Care Act's tax on high-cost health plans, also known as the "Cadillac…News Release Read More
After Five Years, Public Opinion on Health Law Remains Divided
On the Affordable Care Act's fifth anniversary, Drew Altman's column for The Wall Street Journal's Think Tank discusses two views of public opinion on the law.Perspective Read More
Americans Don't Feel the Slowdown in Health Costs
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Health Care Costs: What You Need To Know
On Wednesday, April 1, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Alliance for Health Reform presented a briefing to explore the trends in health care costs in both the public and private sectors.Event Read More
New Interactive Tool Allows Users to Explore Trends in US Health Spending and Share Custom-Made Charts
A new interactive tool on the Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker allows users to analyze the most up-to-date data on U.S. health spending, then build, display and share the charts they create. Developed by analysts at the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Health Spending Explorer helps users examine five decades worth of numbers documenting…News Release Read More
Health Spending Explorer
The Health Spending Explorer on the Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker helps users examine five decades worth of numbers documenting expenditures by federal and local governments, private insurers, and individuals on 15 categories of health services, including hospitals, physician & clinic care, and prescription drugs.Interactive Read More
Why Low Growth in Health Costs Still Stings
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A leaked Vancouver internal police bulletin sent the city into a tizz when they learned that the cops were trying to locate three "Middle-Eastern" men who'd been taking a suspicious amount of photographs of a shopping mall. Read the rest
A leaked Vancouver internal police bulletin sent the city into a tizz when they learned that the cops were trying to locate three "Middle-Eastern" men who'd been taking a suspicious amount of photographs of a shopping mall. Read the rest
Umbracity aims to solve the problem of unexpected urban showers with a shared-umbrella service. They've rolled it out in soggy Vancouver, and the deal is that you get to use an umbrella from any of their kiosks for free for 48h, but if you keep it longer, it's $2/day to a maximum of $20. Read the rest
Link: the artist is Eric Brunning of Vancouver's Adorned (via JWZ) Read the rest
As the tour with my graphic novel In Real Life draws to a close, my next tour, with my nonfiction book Information Doesn't Want to Be Free kicks off with stops down the west coast. Read the rest
Brady Marks exhibited his We Are with You, Mirror at the Vancouver Mini Maker Faire; it uses spinning light-up persistence-of-vision pixelboards to create a low-rez holo-tank mirror. Read the rest
More news of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's disastrous car-wreck of a life. After swearing off drugs and alcohol (and insisting that he didn't have a problem with either), he's not only been getting so loaded that he finds himself transformed into the lead in a terrible one-man amateur production of "The Harder They Come"; he also was allegedly so drunk after a family funeral in Vancouver that a cop gave him a ticket for public drunkenness and jaywalking. You'd think a man devoted to ending the "war on cars" would be more deferential to their place in the road.
Ford claims he wasn't ticketed for public intoxication, and that all he'd drunk was a "diet Coke." Read the rest
I'm having a pretty great time in Vancouver this week on the Pirate Cinema tour. Granville Island has lots to recommend about it, but I'm especially taken with the electrocution hazard glyphs on the access-plates set into the sidewalk. They even beat the lightning bolts that leap out of electric risers on the streets of San Francisco. What is it about the Pacific Northwest and awesome high-voltage signs, anyway? It's like this is some kind of lost valley where the coelacanth ancestors of Reddy Kilowatt never went extinct.
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CAROLINA SHORES—A subpoena charging town administrator Linda Herncane with destruction of public record has been filed with the Brunswick County Magistrate's Office.
The subpoena was issued May 21 after former town commissioner Gere Dale filed a complaint with Chief Magistrate Martha Bryant about Herncane deleting town e-mail.
A hearing is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. June 30 in Brunswick County District Court. The subpoena states Herncane must appear and testify at that time.
The Calabash Board of Commissioners will meet in regular monthly session at 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, at town hall, 882 Persimmon Road.
A public hearing for the town's proposed 2010-2011 budget is scheduled.
The board also has scheduled a public hearing for the May 24 draft of the Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) for 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 22, town hall.
The May 24 UDO draft is available for public inspection at town hall and will also be available online the first week of June.
CALABASH—Crowds turned out to remember those who died defending America at four Memorial Day ceremonies.
The first one took place Sunday at Nocha White American Legion 503 on what is traditionally the date of the original Memorial Day, post Chaplain Ben Lee said.
The post had another ceremony at 11 a.m. Monday, the official Memorial Day, as did Calabash VFW Post 7288. A third, joint ceremony organized by the town, with participants FDNY and Marine Corps League, also took place at Calabash Fire Department.
LELAND—Judith Petterson, director of Brunswick Community College's nurse's aides program, will be the first to tell you of the need for more nurse's aides in the workforce and the first to show off the program's brand new classroom and lab at the college's Center for Economic and Workforce Development.
The BCC Leland Center received a complete renovation and facelift using $500,000 of the $30 million bond funds county voters approved in 2004 and is now the Center for Economic and Workforce Development.
Shallotte aldermen are considering a 2010-2011 budget that keeps the tax rate at 27 cents and an ordinance charging $1,000 per machine at all Internet sweepstakes businesses beginning in the upcoming budget year.
The board voted unanimously at Tuesday night's meeting to set a public hearing for 6 p.m. June 22 on a proposed $3.8 million budget that would hold the tax rate. In addition to the general fund budget, the budget ordinance also includes a water/sewer enterprise fund totaling nearly $3.37 million.
By CAROLINE CURRAN AND SARAH SHEW WILSON
First, it was a bill to split the 13th Prosecutorial District.
Then, it was a bill to expand pension benefits for district attorneys, followed by a bill to again split the already-split 13th Judicial District.
Brunswick County Sheriff's deputies investigated the following incidents last week, which are taken directly from sheriff's office incident reports:
•Larceny on Cambridge Street in Bolivia; suspect stole medication from victim's home.
•Assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury and assault on a female on Mount Misery Road in Leland; suspect stabbed victim in the leg.
BOLVIA—At a recent budget workshop, Brunswick County commissioners voted to increase the recommended funding for several nonprofit agencies, but overall nonprofit funding is down due to a tighter-than-normal county budget.
Assistant county manager Steve Stone serves on a committee appointed to consider nonprofit agencies' funding requests and recommend how much each agency receives to county commissioners.
Ilario Pantano, the GOP nominee for U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina's 7th Congressional District, isn't taking much time to celebrate his primary victory.
Instead, he is looking forward to the future, specifically November's General Election.
Pantano, a former Marine, combat veteran and relative political newcomer on the national scene, secured the GOP nomination May 4 with 17,177 votes. Pantano defeated Will Breazeale, 11,629 votes, and Randy Crow, 4,862 votes.
Should convicted felons be prohibited from running for sheriff in North Carolina?
If a recently introduced bill passes in the N.C. State General Assembly, that question could be left up to voters in November's General Election.
N.C. State Rep. Frank Iler, R-Brunswick, was a co-sponsor of House Bill 1959, No Felon as Sheriff, introduced May 25.
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Hillside Cemetery was established as a non-sectarian, non-profit organization in 1886 under the state laws of New Jersey, which carefully guard the rights of lot owners and ensure the safety, permanence and prudent governance of the cemetery.
Some of the notable people born here have been: Charlie Morton (baseball player), Jack Cust (baseball player), Danny Federici (musician), Dan Smith (baseball player), Brian Snyder (baseball player), Barbara McClintock (writer), and Arpad Vass (scientist and anthropologist).
Obituaries for residents might be found in these newspapers: The Hunterdon County Democrat and Today in Hunterdon.
Flemington Obituaries
It was revealed on August 27th, 2015 that John D Jr Frisoli passed away in Flemington, New Jersey. Frisoli was 72 years old. Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor John D Jr's life.
It was written by The Herald on July 24th, 2015 that James Oscar Lloyd passed on in Wenatchee, Washington. Lloyd was 49 years old and was born in Flemington, NJ. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor James Oscar's life.
It was disclosed on February 12th, 2014 that Harry W Pauley perished in Flemington, New Jersey. Pauley was 92 years old and was born in Spring Hill, PA. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Harry W's life.
It was revealed by The Sentinel on July 11th, 2012 that Fred McGillvray perished in Hershey, Pennsylvania. McGillvray was 56 years old and was born in Flemington, NJ. Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Fred's life.
It was written on June 28th, 2012 that Mary S Dinerstein (Schoenbrun) perished in Flemington, New Jersey. Ms. Dinerstein was 93 years old and was born in Chicago, IL. Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Mary S's life.
It was reported on July 19th, 2011 that Rebecca Jean Bryan passed away in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Bryan was 34 years old and was born in Flemington, NJ. Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Rebecca Jean's life.
It was written by Ocala Star Banner on May 29th, 2009 that Mary Jane Uzonyi passed on in Ocala, Florida. Uzonyi was 73 years old and was born in Flemington, NJ. Send flowers to express your sorrow and honor Mary Jane's life.
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Electrolab Biotech Ltd
based in Tewkesbury, UNITED KINGDOM
Electrolab Biotech Ltd specialises in the design and manufacture of small fermenter and cell culture systems. We are based in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, UK. Proud of our excellent reputation for providing customers with first class service and support, you will find us both easy to contact and always ready to assist. In addition to our extensive UK customer base, we ...
International Polymer Solutions Inc (IPS)
based in Irvine, CALIFORNIA (USA)
International Polymer Solutions Inc. (`IPS`) and our recent acquisitions, TEQCOM Industries and BECO Manufacturing, specialize in providing high-purity engineered fluid handling solutions to the global market. With a combined 46 years of TEQCOM and BECO history, we manufacture high-purity plastic fluid handling and actuation devices for industries and applications ...
Rigaku Analytical Devices, Inc
based in Wilmington, MASSACHUSETTS (USA)
Rigaku Analytical Devices is leading with innovation to pioneer a portfolio of handheld and portable spectroscopic analyzers for use in the protection of public health and safety, aid in the advancement of scientific and academic study, enable the recycle and reuse of metal alloys, and ensure quality of key metal alloy components in mission critical industries. Our core ...
Cecil Instruments Limited
based in Cambridge, UNITED KINGDOM
Cecil Instruments are leading designers and manufacturers of HPLC systems, Ion Chromatographs and UV/Visible Spectrophotometers. Cecil Instruments' Merit, Adept and Q-Adept ranges of modular HPLC and IonQuest Ion Chromatography instrumentation and systems, may be configured to suit individual requirements. A wide range of detectors, including the revolutionary, ...
Logotronic GmbH
based in Vienna, AUSTRIA
Logotronic was founded in 1982 and is thus facing already a longterm experience on the field of environmental measuring technology. Beside our head office in Vienna exists a substantial network of international partner companies. This network of international partner companies enables us to offer our products and services worldwide.
2B Technologies
based in Boulder, COLORADO (USA)
2B Technologies is dedicated to the development and commercialization of new analytical instruments for atmospheric and environmental measurements. In 2009, 2B Technologies launched the Global Ozone Project for middle and high school students. In the `GO3 Project`, students at schools around the world measure ozone and meteorological parameters outside their schools and ...
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based in Dallas, TEXAS (USA)
ActivTek offers cutting edge Indoor Air Purification Systems, for residential,commercial and refrigerated warehousing. Our ActivTek `Pure Technology, is state of the art, within 24 hours our `Induct` system will kill most bacteria, viruses, mold mildew and odors. We have distribution in 28 countries outside the United States.
Ultraviolet Devices, Inc.
based in Valencia, CALIFORNIA (USA)
UVDI is an ISO certified manufacturer of UltraViolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) and Molecular Carbon Filtration Technologies for the Commercial and Residential HVACR air treatment markets. In addition to air stream disinfection products, UVDI also provides cutting edge solutions for surface disinfection to reduce Hospital Acquired Infections.
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Ricardo-AEA`s vision is to be recognised, by Governments and International Agencies, as a leading provider of analysis, advice, and data on economically sustainable solutions for the most pressing global energy and environmental challenges. In the chemical safety market, our industry leading solutions are delivered by the award winning NCEC. Operating across the world, we ...
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based in Warwick, UNITED KINGDOM
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based in Nanaimo, BRITISH COLUMBIA (CANADA)
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Aurora Biomed Inc.
based in Vancouver, BRITISH COLUMBIA (CANADA)
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based in Munich, GERMANY
Since 1991 UMS offers the complete equipment for environmental measuring systems - with UMS made sensor technique, competence and experience in planning of individual solutions and development of innovative products. Tensiometers, pore water samplers and other products are manufactured in our own well-equipped workshop. This assures a constant quality and a certain ...
ifu Hamburg GmbH
based in Hamburg, GERMANY
ifu Hamburg GmbH (Institute for Environmental Informatics Hamburg Ltd.) is a software development and consulting company helping companies to achieve sustainable production and strengthen their competitiveness. We deliver software solutions that support corporate environmental tasks and activities such as Material Flow Management, Resource Efficiency, Life Cycle ...
ribeka GmbH - Groundwater Management
based in Bornheim, GERMANY
ribeka - The Experts for Efficient Water and Environmental Management was founded in 1995 and was awarded with the German Founder Awards for innovative developments in the ground water sector in 1996. Since then, the company has become a well known leader in the development and application of water management systems. For the past 13 years, we have been setting standards ...
based in Limonest, FRANCE
01dB, brand of ACOEM, contributes to reducing noise and vibrations to levels complying with regulations or set out in sustainable development strategies. 01dB is aimed at the industrial sector, towns, transportation, the public works and construction sector, wind power and the leisure industry.01dB offers a complete range of products and services dedicated to noise and ...
Aquatic Informatics Inc
based in Vancouver, BRITISH COLUMBIA (CANADA)
Aquatic Informatics provides software solutions that address critical water data management and analysis challenges for the rapidly growing environmental monitoring industry. Aquatic Informatics is focused on providing solutions to a range of different customer groups including federal, state/provincial or local government departments, hydropower operators, mining ...
Mount Sopris Instruments
based in Denver, COLORADO (USA)
Mount Sopris Instrument Company is the world`s leading manufacturer of slimline borehole geophysical logging equipment. In 2016 we will celebrate our 64th year in business! With over 50 representatives in strategic locations around the globe, and equipment operating in over 100 countries we are always nearby for after sales support and service. Our partners, Advanced ...
GenTech Scientific, Inc.
based in Arcade, NEW YORK (USA)
Why Buy New When You Don't Have To? GenTech Scientific is a market leader in the sales and service of new and refurbished analytical equipment, specializing in gas chromatographs, liquid chromatographs, and mass spectrometers from all major manufacturers, as well as accessories and consumables for those systems. All GenTech Certified™ GC, LC and Mass Spec Systems come ...
Geonica SA
based in Madrid, SPAIN
GEONICA S.A. Spanish Company founded in 1974, designs, manufactures, installs and maintains Automatic Stations, Systems and Measuring Networks with Data Transmission, Images and Alarms in Real or Delayed time, for Meteorology, Hydrology and Oceanography, as well as for Environmental Monitoring in general. Based on our own line of Automatic Data Acquisition and ...


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By Marjie
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When i cater a party, I always label the food so that guests know what they are being served. These little pineaapple holders will each hold a colorful little card describing the variety of entrees that I create.
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I will using these to hold the table numbers at my reception. They are just so cute and danity. Adds the perfect little touch to my decor!
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We loved these beautifully detailed pineapples to hold the guests placecards at their tables. It added the right amount of glitz to the table without looking too much like a "theme". The idea that a pineapple is a symbol of hospitality and a welcome to the guests was subtle. It looked elegant with the white flowers as centerpieces. Overall the silver pineapples added to the effect!
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I ordered these for my destination wedding in Maui. We are having a small wedding with only 20 guests, so I ordered 2 sets (a total of 24). Even though the description includes the measurement, they were smaller than I imagined, but they are sturdy and they are made of heavy material, so I am not worried about the wind at the outdoor reception blowing the place cards over. The problem is that the "spikes" on the top of the pineapple get in the way of the slit that is supposed to hold the paper place card. Out of the 24 that we ordered, only 6 of them had a slit that was straight across without any "spikes" getting in the way. My fiance is handy, so he was able to go to the home improvement store to find a tool to grind down the "spikes" to make the slit even all the way across the top. Otherwise some of the place cards would have been sitting crooked and some I would have had to throw away. Besides the major issue with having to reconstruct ¾ of them[...], they are sturdy and I do think that they will be adorable at our Hawaiian wedding!
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I am using the pineapple place card holders for my table numbers. Initially I thought they may be too small for verticle table numbers, but they are sturdy enough to hold them as well and look darling!
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It is just before sunset on a tropical isle. The smell of the sea mingles with the heady scent of ripe pineapples as your wedding dress flutters in the breeze. Whether a beach wedding is just a dream or you're planning a dream wedding on the beach, turn your imagination into reality with these silver-plated pineapple place card holders. With these casually elegant wedding decorations, your guests won't need sand between their toes to feel like they are in paradise. Each pineapple place card holder measures 1.25"H and weighs 2 oz.
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