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Target: Mic Hubbard, commander of the American Legion Post of Shelby, Ohio
Goal: Apologize for firing and banning a bar employee who reported an intoxicated patron to local police
A bartender at the American Legion Post bar in Shelby, Ohio was recently fired for reporting an intoxicated patron to local police. Twyla DeVito, bartender and mother of eight, noticed that Mike Ramey, a regular of the bar and member of the board at the American Legion, was "hammered" at the start of her shift. When Ramey left the bar and got into his car, DeVito felt that she had very limited options, as there is no taxi service in Shelby, and she was unable to leave her shift to offer Ramey a ride. Thus, she called to alert Shelby police, concerned not only for Ramey's safety, but for the safety of other drivers as well. However, two days later, DeVito received a call from Mic Hubbard, the commander of the Post, and was informed that she was "bad for business," and therefore, terminated. To add insult to injury, the American Legion then notified DeVito that she was banned from the bar for life.
According to Hubbard, the choice to fire DeVito from the bar was based on the notion that other patrons would not want to worry about having the police called on them as they left the bar, and could result in a loss of business. However, Shelby police chief Charles Roub praised DeVito's decision, reporting that Ramey was discovered to have a blood alcohol content of .167, more than double the legal limit in Ohio. Roub declared his support for DeVito, stating that reporting drunk drivers was encouraged and helped officers to keep the community safe. Furthermore, in the state of Ohio, if a drunk driver causes severe injury or bodily harm, the bar itself can be held liable.
According to legal expert Jonna Spilbor, DeVito not only did the moral thing, but she "potentially protected herself and the bar owner from huge liability." Unfortunately for DeVito however, Ohio is an "at-will" state, meaning that employers are legally allowed to terminate employees for virtually any reason, not including race, religion or sexual orientation, leaving her with little to no options for legal retribution. All the same, DeVito maintains that she does not wish to get her old job back, but rather that she merely wants people to understand the uncomfortable position bartenders often face: to allow intoxicated patrons to leave and cause potential harm, or to do the morally right thing by reporting inebriated drivers but face termination. Commend Twyla DeVito, who made the more difficult, moral choice, and demand justice for her by signing the petition.
Dear Mr. Hubbard,
When your former employee Twyla DeVito made the choice to report an intoxicated driver and patron of the American Legion Post bar, her actions should have been commended. By alerting police of the inebriated driver, Ms. DeVito potentially saved not only his life and the lives of other drivers, but also protected the establishment from possible liability had the driver caused any form of bodily harm. However, rather than applaud your employee, you chose to fire her for doing what she felt to be a moral obligation.
Your actions were not only unjust, but also reveal a disturbing mindset that continual business is more important than public safety. Your claim that Ms. DeVito was "bad for business" because of her decision illustrates that the desire to encourage patrons to visit the bar and spend money there is of greater concern than the actual safety of those patrons. I urge you to recognize the integrity of Ms. DeVito's decision, and apologize for unjustly firing and banning her from the American Legion Post bar.
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Though Hurricane Irene caused the August dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial to be postponed, that didn't stop the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity from honoring one of their most esteemed members with a theatrical and musical tribute at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.
The star-studded tribute featured appearances by Hill Harper, Phylicia Rashad, Terrence Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., Della Reese and many others who acted out scenes from Dr. King's life. The event also featured musical performances from Lalah Hathaway, Kenny Latimore and the Morehouse College Glee Club (from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s alma mater).
The initial concept of honoring Dr. King was conceived in 1983, by five members of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity (George Sealy, Alfred Bailey, John Harvey, Oscar Little and Eddie Madison).
BET.com traveled to Washington to interview luminaries who gathered on the Alpha Phi Alpha gold carpet to honor the civil rights legend.

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text: Paul Hewitt Local News Hour - May 18, 2017 By Melissa Allison & Local News Hour • May 18, 2017 Summit County Council member Doug Clyde will be in to talk about last nights meeting - followed by The Kids Adventure Games founder Billy Mattison. We'll talk to him about this years event at Park City Mountain Resort and Park City Fire Chief, Paul Hewitt is coming in to talk the about measures their taking to help firefighters deal with the pressures of their work. Wrapping up the hour have Electric Bike Association, Advocacy Adviser Charlie Gandy to talk about Park City's ebike program. Local News Hour - February 24, 2017 By Renai Bodley & Local News Hour • Feb 24, 2017 It was a busy morning on The Local News Hour! It started with Park City Fire District Chief Paul Hewitt talking about the snowy roads and how to protect yourself and your home with all the new snowfall. Then Park City Mayor Jack Thomas and Assistant City Manager Matt Dias talk about proposed legislation regarding short-term, nightly rentals (AirBnB, VRBO) that could prevent the city from banning those rentals altogether. (Right now there are several neighborhoods in Park City that don't allow them.) And then... drum roll... Local News Hour - December 21, 2106 By Melissa Allison • Dec 21, 2016 Park City Victim Advocate Malena Stevens will give us an update on their program. Then we have Summit County Clerk Kent Jones to talk about business licenses. After Kent is Park City Youth Services Librarian Katrina Kmak to talk about library events for kids during the holidays and rounding up our hour we'll have PC Fire chief Paul Hewitt and Fire Prevention specialist Jerry Gomez to tell us how to be safe during the holidays. Green Light for Fireworks this 4th in Park City By Lynn Ware Peek • Jun 30, 2016 So far, so good for fireworks this 4th of July in Park City. Fire officials say the recent rain has doused the chances for a fireworks ban this weekend. But they still have words of caution. Lynn Ware Peek has more: Fire District Funded To Make Buildings More Energy Efficient By Lynn Ware Peek • Dec 26, 2014 Since 2013, the Park City Fire District has taken steps to make its 10 buildings more energy efficient. Now, with a grant awarded to the fire district by Rocky Mountain Power's Blue Sky program, it can further those goals. Lynn Ware Peek has more. Hewitt Talks About This Year's Ban Of Fireworks By Leslie Thatcher • Jul 2, 2014 Based on the recommendation of Park City fire chief Paul Hewitt, its emergency manager and police chief, the Park City council last week banned the use of personal fireworks. While Hewitt says he's a fan of fireworks, he doesn't think it's worth the risk. KPCW's Leslie Thatcher has more. Avoid Fires During Christmastime By Rick Brough • Dec 24, 2013 Christmas celebrations are in full swing, but the Park City Fire District is advising you to be careful, so the merriment isn't interrupted by a major blaze. Rick Brough has more. Fire District Became Busier And Buffer In 2013 By Rick Brough • Dec 23, 2013 Looking back over the past year, Park City Fire District Chief Paul Hewitt said they've made strides on acquiring resources to serve the public and deal with emergencies. Rick Brough has more. Rockport Fire Slowed But Didn't Die Overnight By Leslie Thatcher • Aug 14, 2013 Lynn Ware Peek Firefighters battled the Rockport fire overnight and calm conditions this morning allowed crews to work on hot spots. KPCW's Leslie Thatcher has this update.


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Just when you thought it was safe to eat pork comes the trailer for the Korean giant pig flick Chaw! This thing is set to get revenge for every sliver of bacon EVER consumed!
Check out the trailer for Shin Jeong-won's latest film after the break courtesy of the official Chaw website!
"One day in a small and peaceful village Sameri, boasting no criminal cases for 10 years, a terrible accident happens. Ecologists studying wild animals on a nearby mountain discover a collection of dismembered body parts. Policeman Kim Kang-su, just transferred to Sameri from Seoul, takes the case. The victim turns out to be a grand-daughter of Chun Il-man, who was once a legendary hunter. Chun is convinced that it wasn't a human that murdered his granddaughter but a man-eating boar, Chaw. Terrified, the people of Sameri invite one of the most famous hunters, Baek, to catch the Chaw. Baek leaps at the chance, hoping it will prove himself to be the best ever hunter. Baek, Chun, detective Sim in charge of the case, ecologist Soo-ryun and Kim (whose mother is also missing) head into the deep dark mountains to confront the beast."
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Seems the Smiths and Colts have history of battering frames in the 10mm, so I would (and plan to) go with Glock. However, the gun will be thicker, so probably not going to accomplish what you want. If you want smaller, 40 is it. I carry a G23 all year.


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Price realised GBP 43,750
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La Terre Bleue (RP7) (The Blue Earth (RP7))
incised with the artist's monogram (on the base); numbered '218/300' (on a paper label affixed to the underside)
IKB pigment and synthetic resin on plaster
13 ¾ x 7 1/8 x 7 1/8in. (35 x 18 x 18cm.)
Conceived in 1957 and executed in 1990, this work is number two hundred eighteen from an edition of three hundred plus fifty hors-commerce numbered I/L to L/L
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Galerie Bonnier, Geneva,
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2002.
P. Wember, Yves Klein, Cologne 1969, no. RP7 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 137).
P. Restany, Yves Klein, New York 1982 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 226).
J.-P. Ledeur, Yves Klein, Catalogue Raisonné des éditions et sculptures éditées, Knokke-le-Zoute 2000, no. RP7 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 242).
C. Gleadell, 'Yves Klein by Numbers', in Art Monthly, no. 184, March 1995, p. 47 (another from the edition illustrated).
H. Weitemeier, Yves Klein 1928-1962 International Klein Blue, Cologne 2001 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 83).
D. Riout, Yves Klein L'Aventure Monochrome, Paris 2006 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 86).
Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Yves Klein, 1983, no. 56 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated in colour, p. 109).


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On Sun, Jul 06, 2003 at 02:22:25PM +0200, Sylvain Wallez wrote: > Jeff Turner wrote: > > >Dear root, > > > >The Forrest committers recently voted (seven +1's, no -1's) to give all > >Cocoon committers (present and future) access to the xml-forrest > >repository, since Forrest is a Cocoon subproject in spirit if not in > >actuality. > > > > > > I'm very happy to see fences going down between brother projects (the > same thing happend recently between with Excalibur), but I'm wondering > about what is now the definition of "committer", mainly in the area of > voting rights. We'll follow the time-honoured process of Making it Up As We Go Along.. > Who has the right to vote on Forrest issues ? All those that have write > access to Forrest CVS, or only those that are in Forrest's line in the > "avail" file ? Being in Forrest's avail entry sounds best. While it might be fun to keep Brian on his toes with pointless adjustments, I think we can just 'pretend'. > In the second case, how will "write-access committers" become "real" > committers ? After they show 'commitment'. Usually by committing stuff :) > Just wondering... It's interesting how the technical limitations of CVS access control have shaped the sociology of open source.. --Jeff > Sylvain > > -- > Sylvain Wallez Anyware Technologies > http://www.apache.org/~sylvain http://www.anyware-tech.com > { XML, Java, Cocoon, OpenSource }*{ Training, Consulting, Projects } > Orixo, the opensource XML business alliance - http://www.orixo.com > >
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Chelsea have agreed an £8million fee with Queens Park Rangers for striker Loic Remy, as they look to replace Fernando Torres.
The Spaniard has joined AC Milan on a two-year loan deal meaning the Blues' striking options have been limited to just two players, Diego Costa and Didier Drogba.
According to the Telegraph, Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has begun talks with Remy as he looks to bolster his options upfront and has matched the player's release clause.
Remy's contract said he could be sold at £8m for a club in the Champions League, which Chelsea of course are. QPR wanted to safeguard themselves from losing the player to rival club by setting the clause at £11m to a side in the top six and £15m to anyone else.
The 27-year-old is believed to command wages in excess of £80,000-per-week.
Remy has impressed since coming to English football in 2013, especially during his loan spell with Newcastle last season where he scored 14 goals in 26 league games. He also has five goals in 24 appearances for France.
Chelsea: Potential summer transfer targets
Chelsea: Potential summer transfer targets
1/9 Paul Pogba
Former Manchester United midfielder was spotted in west London setting the rumour mill into overdrive. The classy French midfielder, still just 21, impressed at the World Cup and has been linked with a blockbuster £60m move to Stamford Bridge, despite the recent arrival of Cesc Fabregas. However, he is also linked with a move to Manchester City as a potential replacement for Yaya Toure.
2/9 Adrien Rabiot
The talented teen put clubs in Europe on alert after rejecting a contract offer from Paris Saint-Germain. Chelsea made a move for the Frenchman in January and have gone back in for him, even though he is highly rated by PSG coach Laurent Blanc.
3/9 Sami Khedira
The German midfielder missed five months for Real Madrid's season with a knee injury and has played just 15 games this term. With Madrid reportedly interested in signing new players in central midfield, Khedira's future at the Bernabeu could be at an end. The 27-year-old is interesting Arsenal, but should Chelsea go in for him too, they would be getting a player that Mourinho knows well and real quality in front of the back four, not dissimilar to club legend Claude Makelele.
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4/9 Yaya Toure
An outside bet, of course, but with all the drama surrounding the Toure and Manchester City recently, Chelsea could swoop. A powerhouse of a midfielder with a surprisingly deft touch and devastating skill at the dead ball, the 31-year-old would be huge assent to any team in the world. Toure cost City £24million in 2010, so any offer would have to huge from Chelsea if they are to persuade the Sky Blues to sell to a title rival.
5/9 Paulinho
Tottenham's summer signing hasn't quite lived up to the form he reached in Brazil's Confederations Cup victory in 2013 and struggled at the World Cup, but he has still performed well enough to have Chelsea and Real Madrid reportedly interested in acquiring his services. The 25-year-old would fit in well at Stamford Bridge given the Blues' strong Brazilian contingent already. Paulinho had a mixed first season in the Premier League, scored six goals with three assists last season and not the return Spurs were hoping for, and the lure of Champions League football could persuade the midfielder to switch London clubs.
6/9 Fabio Coentrao
With Ashley Cole having joined Roma and Ryan Bertrand also likely to leave, Jose Mourinho will be in need of a quality, experienced left-back and one possibility is Real Madrid's Coentrao. The 26-year-old came close to joining Manchester United in January and is likely to lose his starting place at Madrid when Marcelo is fully fit again next season. Carlo Ancelotti denies any rumours that the Portuguese defender will leave but if the right offer were to be made by Chelsea, he could be on his way to London and nail down a starting role with ease.
7/9 Edinson Cavani
After a season of playing in the shadow of Zlatan Ibrahimovic at PSG, Cavani looks likely to leave the French side after just one year and become the main man at an English club next season. Chelsea remain interested in the Uruguayan but Chelsea are despite a deal for Diego Costa already complete, but may face competition from Manchester United. The 27-year-old cost PSG €64.5million last summer, so any offer from Mourinho would take a large slice of his funds but with his striking power and goals an almost guarantee, it could be a risk worth going for.
8/9 Radamel Falcao
The Colombian striker did not regain fitness in time for the World Cup but it has given him a good chance to weigh up his future. Seemingly always in transfer rumours despite his €60m switch to Monaco last summer, Falcao is a long-term target of the Blues, though Diego Costa has filled the previously vacant No 9 role. The 28-year-old lit up La Liga during his two seasons with Atlectico Madrid but, mainly because of injury, has failed to live up to his price tag in France. If unrest reports are true, Chelsea could attempt an offer.
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Reportedly unhappy at Real Madrid due to his low wages in comparison to his team-mates, the centre back has been linked with a move away. Chelsea are reportedly one of the clubs interested in the France international with Jose Mourinho seeing him as a long-term replacement for John Terry.
Apart from Remy, Chelsea are also looking to reinforce their forward options in the form of Roma's Mattia Destro but the Italian club say he is not for sale.
Mourinho was hoping for a possible deal for the 23-year-old but club president James Pallotta said Roma will not be parting with their man.
Pallotta said; "We've not reached out to anybody. He's not for sale, it's completely off the table. I decided that a year ago he wasn't for sale. We've got a great front line with Destro there. You won't see any crazy things going on, that's for sure."
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University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA
SESSION TITLE: Venous Thromboembolism Posters
SESSION TYPE: Original Investigation Poster
PRESENTED ON: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
PURPOSE: Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) is a rare, life-threatening condition that represents the most severe long-term complication of acute pulmonary embolism. Yet the symptoms of CTEPH, which include exercise intolerance, fatigue, and dyspnea, are nonspecific. As such, CTEPH may be underdiagnosed in patients presenting with such symptoms or may be misdiagnosed as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) due to a lack of disease awareness. CTEPH is the only form of PH that is potentially curable, and only with pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE), so it is critical that it be appropriately diagnosed. Patient registries have recently described the epidemiology of CTEPH in European populations, but the epidemiology and demographics of CTEPH have yet to be adequately described in the US population.
METHODS: A US registry was established to gain greater understanding of the prevalence, pathophysiology, evaluation, and treatment of patients with CTEPH. The US CTEPH Registry is a multicenter, observational, US-based study of the clinical course and treatment of patients diagnosed with CTEPH. Consenting patients with a diagnosis of CTEPH within the past 6 months will be enrolled at 30 participating study sites.
RESULTS: Baseline data, including but not limited to prior treatment with PAH-specific and other medications, time of CTEPH diagnosis, diagnostics used to confirm CTEPH, and details of prior thromboembolic history will be collected. Demographics, medical history, hemodynamics, and radiographic imaging of eligible patients will be reviewed to confirm CTEPH diagnosis. Confirmed CTEPH patients will be followed longitudinally in the registry, and treatment data will be collected. Other data points include WHO functional class, SF-36 scores, six-minute walk distance, hemodynamic changes, and occurrence of PTE, hospitalizations, and death.
CONCLUSIONS: Long-term follow up of confirmed CTEPH patients will help identify predictors of successful surgical outcomes and evaluate pharmacologic nonsurgical therapy in inoperable CTEPH patients.
CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS: Establishment of clinical outcome indicators based on response to surgical and nonsurgical CTEPH treatment will increase the quality of patient care and overall patient quality of life.
DISCLOSURE: Kim Kerr: University grant monies: ACCP 2013 and 2014 development of self-study stations, Grant monies (from industry related sources): Bayer Healthcare ISS grant, Other: Bayer Healthcare PI, Other: Actelion PI, Consultant fee, speaker bureau, advisory committee, etc.: Bayer Healthcare, Consultant fee, speaker bureau, advisory committee, etc.: University of Pennsylvania William Auger: Grant monies (from industry related sources): Bayer Healthcare Sub-investigator Michael Madani: Consultant fee, speaker bureau, advisory committee, etc.: Bayer Healthcare, Grant monies (from industry related sources): Bayer Healthcare primary investigator
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I have a small black triangle the size of a pin head between my 2 front teeth. Sometimes you can see it and sometimes not if the saliva blocks it. What are my options for correcting this? I heard hyralounic acid and dermal fillers have been used. How do I find someone in Milwaukee who does this?


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The Devonport Farmers Market is held on the second and fourth Saturday of every month.
Stallholders are selling the freshest locally grown fruit and vegies, fresh farm produce, plants, homemade spoils and homemade arts and crafts!
Avoid the hustle and bustle of the supermarkets and visit the market for the freshest and the best of local vegies and seasonal fruits.
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foodie programs about bread
hi, i recently came across a nice segment all about bread. watched this on the gourmet.com site, part of their diary of a foodie series. also, interested to see richard bertinet's episode with ruth although i think i have to wait awhile for international viewing.
this made me realise how much i really love to watch anything about bread really and so was wondering if anyone out there knows of any othe interesting videos to watch on the net and can maybe post links. im not the best at 'surfing' the net, so i thought i'd post this and maybe others could benefit from the feedback too.
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Prior to exiting, my Java program issues a shutdown, and then tries to delete the DB directory (recursively), but is not able to completely delete the directory. Here's the code: try { DriverManager.getConnection("jdbc:derby:;shutdown=true"); } catch (SQLException eSQLException) { if ( eSQLException.getErrorCode() == 50000 && "XJ015".equals(eSQLException.getSQLState()) ) { // successful shutdown } else printSQLException(eSQLException); } removeDir(new File(dbnmString)); // remove DB directory (removeDir is my own function) If removeDir() is called before connecting to the DB, it works fine. But the above call to removeDir() only deletes some of the files and directories within dbnmString -- as if Derby is still accessing them (or has not closed them). I also tried dropping the DB just before the shutdown code, with the same results. Any ideas would be appreciated. -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/can%27t-delete-my-DB-directory-tp28782490p28782490.html Sent from the Apache Derby Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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Former local blogger (turned NYC-based blogger) Ramona (not pictured) tells us all about it:
Breaking up is so embarrassing now. Instead of the person just dying at 30 like they did on the Oregon Trail, they stay alive until like 70-plus, and you're forced to know all about it because you are physically incapable of not looking at their and their friends' and their coworkers' social media accounts.
One night you have 16 glasses of sparkling wine and check his Instagram page online. What better time to maybe run across a picture of him laughing in front of a sunset than when you're already overdosed on depressants? There is nothing you love more after a breakup than trying to make yourself feel great! You see that he spent at least part of his weekend at a beach. This seems wrong somehow, that he should still be alive. But when you double check the date stamp, it would appear that he is in fact still alive. Somehow, and you don't think it's just the Walden filter, his beach looks cooler and more intellectual than the one you yourself were at last weekend. The kind of place where everyone has seen the latest series at BAM and would never ask a guy who worked at The Paris Review how much he loved living in Paris. Well maybe it shouldn't be called The Paris Review then! Maybe it should be called The New York Review?!
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Room Type: Oceanview
Pros: Ship is well laid out and beautiful. Staff all were courteous, friendly, and very professional
Cons: No on board laundrette. The "nominal" charge to launder my socks, etc is not that nominal.
Recommends Radiance of the Seas? Yes!
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The drama is said to have happened on the second day of auditions at the Excel centre in east London as the woman was interviewed minutes after getting the "no" vote from all four judges in front of an audience of 2,000.
Producers immediately summoned their in-house doctor as the woman, in her fifties, began sobbing and screaming. Witness Tracey Ward, 50, said: "She ran off, shouting that she was going to commit suicide. The producers ran after her. An hour and a half later they were still making sure she was ok."
The ITV1 show brought in its own medic for the first time this season, after Britain's Got Talent contestant Susan Boyle had a meltdown and had to be admitted to The Priory.
A show insider told The Sun: "Nobody expected to have to use the doctor quite so soon." The hysterical woman returned to see the doctor yesterday after the incident on Tuesday, having spent the night with her family. The source added: "The doctor was satisfied she was feeling better about the situation."
For the first time, auditionees not only have to perform in front of judges Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh, Dannii Minogue and Cheryl Cole, but also in front of an audience.
A spokesman for TalkBack Thames said: "The welfare of contestants is of paramount importance."
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Dan Le Batard and his Highly Questionable crew (his dad Papi and Bomani Jones) took to their show to interview Rae Sremmurd for 8-minutes of foolishness.
The interview had Dan and crew live from their studio at The Clevelander on South Beach, and Rae Sremmurd live via satellite.
Like their music or not, these dudes are having fun and taking full advantage of their fame. The interview in short? They turn up. They now upgraded and now smash model Baywatch girls instead of regular girls. And their life changed on January 1st, 2014.
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UPDATE 2-Louis Dreyfus seeks buyers for juice, fertiliser units -sources
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LONDON/NEW YORK/PARIS Dec 18 (Reuters) - Louis Dreyfus Commodities is seeking buyers for its orange juice and fertiliser units as the global merchant focuses on higher-margin activities, sources said, the latest firm to take steps to weather weak commodity markets.
The company had been actively marketing the orange juice and fertiliser businesses for some months, having appointed banks to lead the sales processes, sources said. Another source said the trading group was also looking to spin off its metals and dairy businesses.
A company spokeswoman declined to comment.
"They are recalibrating their portfolio... They are going back to the core and looking at where the margins are," said one source.
The vast juice operations - one of the world's biggest - include seven processing factories in Brazil, the United States and China, as well as orange groves in top grower Brazil and a global trading network.
In the competitive fertilizer market, the firm is one of the largest distributors in West Africa, works extensively in South America and has begun expanding in Australia, according to its website.
The search for suitors comes as the 164-year-old firm overhauls its top management just months after installing a new chief and seeks to cut costs after reporting a sharp drop profits in the first six months of the year.
Like its peers, Louis Dreyfus has been buffeted by falling prices and volatility that have eroded margins for trading commodities from copper to grains to seeds. Continuación...


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Expert: Test high occupancy toll lanes during Pan Am Games
Jonathan Hall, an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, believes that the lurking traffic problems the TO2015 Pan Am Games will be inventively bring could provide the province the perfect opportunity to test high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes on highways.
The government currently plans to create a system of high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes for games officials, athletes and media.
Vehicles with more than three people in them will be able to use the HOV lanes.
However, Hall states that if the province were to change those lanes to HOT – meaning that drivers with no passengers would pay a toll for use – the province could squeeze more drivers onto the specialized lane, freeing up space on the road and loosening the traffic congestion on the main arteries of the city.
"If Toronto used the Pan Am Games as an opportunity to roll this out, (the city) would be significantly better off for the next 100 years," Hall insisted.
Hall said HOT lanes quite similar to HOV lanes: a driver with no passengers may use the lanes for a small fee, while carpools and games-certified vehicles would be able to use them for free.
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Should Toronto test High Occupancy Toll lanes during the Pan Am Games? Do you think an HOT lane would help traffic flow in the city? Would you pay a small fee to use an HOT lane?


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Of course, we know it's hard for brides to find the perfect dress, and it's not too hard for grooms to pick the perfect suit. One detail that should be hard for them to decide, though, is whether to wear a bow tie or neck tie. If your groom is preppy, he should pick a bow tie, but if your groom is traditional, he should pick a neck tie. Whatever your groom's style may be, he's bound to look handsome on your wedding day!


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Scarlet Ambiguity – Answering the reviews
And so, Scarlet Ambiguity is over, but since I got so many absolutely amazing reviews, I decided to make this kinda-omake to answer my, dare I say it, fans?
God, just the thought of having fans makes me go all giddy! Hihi – ok, ignore the fangirl moment xD
Moving on…
So, starting with something a lot of you guys will want to know, and because I'm pretty sure most of you'll just read the first few lines and then close the page, I give you guys an official announcement!
Important: Dear fans, after these few following weeks in which I have exams, I'll start working on a sequel—length unknown—for SA!
Good news right?
I'll keep you guys posted about it, just add me in msn or facebook or sth…
Anyway, now that you guys are all going omg, let's fastforward to when you start posting the story, I'll be answering the lovely reviews I got—and now gimme a sec, I need to click the previous button on media player 'cause I wanna listen to Uprising by Muse again =P
Ok, sidenote apart, now come the shoutouts and answers to reviews, and I'll also be talking about the plot of the story a little 'cause one of my reviews got a little confused with the time-line in the last chapter…
Shoutouts to:
C.A.M.E.O.1 and Only, shai-duck,
Chantrea Moonbeam, gawashere,
Twisted Musalih, Nameless Blossom,
Taichi09, FuryanWarrior,
nakenochny, guilty innocence101,
nicthepunk, Sakura's Indecision,
Kaze and Kiba and DivineSunSHiNE.!
Answering the reviews:
To C.A.M.E.O.1 and Only, nah, Sasuke's self-denial doesn't start, it's more like it's becoming a lot more evident to everyone else that he's in self-denial haha as for Sakura, having her end up pregnant would be way too... done. I mean, nothing against her getting pregnant or anything, but the end up pregnant after a steamy tango between the sheets is way too overdone, so, nope, Sakura isn't gonna end up pregnant just like that.
Besides, c'mon people, Sakura's a talented medic, it's only logic that she'd be protected so she wouldn't end up pregnant, after all, what'd happen if she somehow got raped by an enemy? She's a high-ranked ninja, so she's protected to all and any scenarios.
To shai-duck, your words were very flattering, so, I bow in thanks!
When I read something, I like unexpected things, if you read something and you end up knowing how it's gonna end when you start the fun in reading disappears, so I try to make things interesting!
I'm glad you thought the ending was fitting, you're one of the few that didn't ask for a sequel, so I'm gonna ask your advice, I'm planning on writing a sequel, but is it something I should do?
Anyway, thanks for the awesome review, and as for Sasuke's deepest darkest secret, the way I see it, Sasuke's love for Sakura is something he'd want to erase from his being completely, considering his personality, since, the way he sees it, positive feeling and emotions like friendship and love bring weekness.
To Chantrea Moonbeam, I made an open ending 'cause that way it always leaves something up to the imagination of the reader, but I also know how it always leaves us wanting more—yeah, your unconscious mind is probably trying to find the genie in the lamp to have him make me write a sequel xD
By the way, and it feels like I keep saying this, I'm glad you like the way I write, I worked—and still do—really hard to make what I write as good as I possibly can!
To Taichi09, let me start with huge OMG I loved you review! It made me grin like an idiot… it still does every time I re-read it haha =D
The happily-ever-after ending is way overused, besides kids, who believes in everything-is-perfect things? Life's a bitch and nothing's perfect, and since that's something I believe in, I couldn't end SA with the classic fairy tale ending. I'm really happy you like my writing and thing I did a good job keeping their personalities true to the originals, it's a major ego boost! =P
Anyway, if you miss me, just add me on msn! My email's on my profile page!
By the way, Sasuke wasn't the one to leave, Sakura was the one who left!
Oh, and… no! I don't know about the pelicans from outer space! =O
To FuryanWarrior, and again, it makes me so immensely happy when you guys tell me how much you like what I write! =D
I am thinking of making a sequel, not right away, but I did leave the ending pretty open, so I'll make something, and really, ideas is something I absolutely don't lack xD
To nakenochny, nyahaha, I'm not telling you what happens next xD
Tee-hee, you'll just have to wait 'til I get around to writing it haha
To guilty innocence101, oh my dear Buddha, your review left me absolutely speechless and feeling all emotional and giddy and fluttery… I don't even know what to say without saying the same things over and over again, but even so, thank you, what you said really means a lot!
I do put a lot in my writing, I try to be the best I can be, and that you think so highly of it to the point of saying I could an author, well, that just left me feeling all mushy and… awed I guess, 'cause… well, I wouldn't mind writing a book—or several—someday, that way a lot more people could enjoy what I imagine and put into paper! (^.^)
That goes without saying, the most important thing to me, besides writing something decent, is for those who read it to enjoy it! I couldn't not reply to my reviewers!
Lastly, I feel really flattered that you liked the story so much you read it again and rated it so highly! Again, thank you!
To Sakura's Indecision, calling those chapters a lemon doesn't degrade, the work is used as a classifier, and most of my story fits in the category, so don't worry about it! =D
Yeah, the apocalypse is coming for Sasuke to let out his love for Sakura, but let's give him some credit, the mission in that brothel-like-club, the pain, the monster, then the naked tango, more pain, getting healed, falling asleep, dreamlike scenarios… I think I couldn't make it hahaha, so let's give him a break for saying whatever he feels on his dreams xD
To DivineSunSHiNE., oh man, your review totally made me laugh! In comes a dramamtic "NOOOO!" haha
But now seriously, and really, keep your shit together =O 'cause….
Well, 'cause…. I will be doing a sequel! =D
So, really, keep me on the radar! /(^3^)\
And lastly…
To Kaze and Kiba, my god, I don't even know where to start! Your reviews—4 in 1 day, man I was so freakin' happy—were all amazing!
I'll start with this, no, I absolutely don't mind you pointing out about the boots/shoes mishap, it just goes to show how into the story you were! I'm actually thankful you pointed it out, I'm gonna fix that as soon as I stop being stressed because of exams and shit, those little things get on my nerves too, so, thanks!
Yay to me, nobody died xD
Ok, don't mind the random randomness above… --"
Seriously though, I'm glad you liked my Sasuke, he's very challenging to write, but it's fun to make myself see the world from his point of view for a while =P
You know, I think I will have Sasuke stalking Sakura in the sequel hahaha, that'd be fun, especially if Suigetsu tags along without really knowing Sasuke's actually stalking someone… haha, I just got myself a nice mental image for a random scene—don't tell anyone though xD
As a sidenote, don't worry about the reading lemons thing, I'm not gonna judge anyone for reading something spicy—we're all adults here… well, I think, but anyway, there's nothing wrong with reading something that involves the naked tango! Hahaha
Anyway, I'll have to go check out your stories =P and I'll make sure to review too (^w^)
And now, the last part of this Authors' Note thingy, because one of my reviewers asked me to, here's a short resume of what happened in the last chapter… I know that sometimes timeskips can be confusing so I don't mind doing this! ^.^
The final chapter in less words:
Still in the mission timeline, we have Sasuke and Sakura sharing a tender moment of love, clinging to one another as tightly as possible. Upon reaching his climax, Sasuke reveals his deepest, darkest secret.
A little while later, we have Sasuke, more than half-asleep on the bed, ignoring his rational mind that told him it wasn's a dream, as Sakura leaves a light and biter kiss on his lips as she whisper that her love for him will never stop.
One of her tears falls on his cheek, and something inside of him breaks—even though he refuses to admit it even to himself.
When he wakes up, he wakes up alone, with everything in the room screaming that no one was there, the only proof it had been real was that he wasn't in his room.
In the future, we have Sasuke waking up in a jolt in his bed in a nice little port village, he gets up, not in a very good mood. The sun is rising, and as the scent of cherry blossoms is carried by the wind, he curses.
After that, he forces himself under the freezing cold water of the shower, not even bothering to take his clothes off until his body starts to numb—regardless of what he did, his thoughts kept being consumed by Sakura.
Shower over, it's revealed that Sasuke has come to hate routines as he walks through the village, cursing Sakura to hell. But then back 'cause hell would be too far away.
Lastly, we see him walking through the streets towards the port with Suigetsu. They slightly antagonize each other with words—from Sasuke—and insults—from Suigetsu—until Sasuke freezes upon seeing something at the port.
Suigetsu tries to get him out of his daze unsuccessfully.
The last thing we're given to know is that Sasuke's only coherent thought is fuck my life.
I'll end things here, for now 'cause if someone else reviews I'll most likely answer them here, but aanyway…
As for the sequel, the only thing I'll say is that, of course, there'll be no clichéd overused plots, you can count on it! =P


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Love is not something that just happens to you. Well, maybe it does for the first few months when everything is new. But inevitably, there comes the time when you have no more stories to tell and reality hits you. Things that you ignored before become increasingly annoying with time and the butterflies of the first dates are no longer there. And that's the actual start of the relationship.
Those old couples that you see holding hands in a park got to that stage not because they simply met "the one," they got there because they didn't give up on each other. They learned to live with little imperfections. They learned to be less self-centered, and they were always up for a new adventure. They laughed more and were angry less. They grew eternal butterflies that see no age limits because true love is forever.
The 25 elderly couples below are some of those lucky ones. Maybe we can learn a thing or two from them!


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Walmart Opens its First Training Academy in Palatka
:: 1 February 2017 ::
Walmart opened its first training academy in Palatka on Tuesday. Walmart's academies are dedicated facilities located in, or adjacent to, a Walmart Supercenter. At the academy, supervisors and department managers receive two weeks of hands-on training that combines both the classroom and the sales floor. ...read more
Wall Street Is Hiring ... in Florida
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The nearshoring strategy is aligned with President Trump's push to keep jobs in the U.S. ...read more
Economic Development Flourishes in Northeast Florida
:: 23 January 2017 ::
Northeast Florida had a year of outstanding growth and activity in 2016 with economic project announcements that will create nearly 3,000 jobs and $641 million in new capital investment. ...read more
Jacksonville tech grew, matured in 2016
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Jacksonville's tech industry showed that it was much more than just One Spark, with the success of several First Coast companies reaching for the next level. ...read more
Region Participating in Global Cities Initiative
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4 Keys to Choosing a Business-Friendly Manufacturing Site
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Push is On to Make Jacksonville's Workforce Better Educated
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The Jacksonville business community and educators will spend about half a million dollars over the next 2 1/2 years to boost the number of certificate and college degree holders in the area. Only about 36 percent of Northeast Florida's working age population have a two- or four-year degree, ranking the area 72nd among large cities. ...read more
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Chase-JAXUSA Partnership Survey Reveals Northeast Floridians Are Optimistic about Local Economy
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Optimizing processes in the healthcare industry
Today's healthcare systems face real challenges. The increase in requirements for treatment quality and the use of new technologies means something needs to be done to counteract the spiraling costs. To this end, effective means must be found to fight the growing market of counterfeit medication.
By using modern IT infrastructures combined with smart healthcare cards, G&D can optimize processes for the healthcare system while simultaneously guaranteeing data security. In the field of product and brand protection, G&D also offers medication manufacturers customized solutions for effective protection against medication counterfeiting.


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Sansa Stark met The Vale's Lord Bronze Yohn Royce's son Ser Waymar in S1E1. Lord Royce is father of the very first casualty in the series!
Adam Rifkin stashed this in Game of Thrones!
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Today I learned that in the first episode / chapter of the series, the guy who gets killed by the White Walkers was Lord Royce's son:
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One of my favorite numbers for the show's casualties is: 16. That's the number of named characters alive and appearing in the first episode of the series who are dead by this point (4.08) in the show. 16. Just from the first episode! 20 if you count the 2 dead direwolves, Dany's dead horse Silver, and the already-dead-at-episode's-start Jon Arryn, who appears as a corpse at his funeral.
The 16 1.01 named characters who have died by 4.08: Lord Eddard Stark, King Robb Stark, Lady Catelyn Stark, Ser Rodrik Cassel, Jory Cassel, Maester Luwin, Septa Mordane, King Robert Baratheon, King Joffrey Baratheon, Khal Drogo, Viserys Targaryen, Qotho, Ros, Ser Waymar Royce, Will, and Gared.
Edit: A couple of people seem to be missing what this stat is saying; once again...these are named characters who are dead by 4.08 who were alive AND appearing in the series premiere, 1.01 "Winter is Coming". 16 characters from thefirst episode are dead by 4.08. The number of named characters total who have died in the series up to 4.08 is over 50.
Well, let's see. Named characters, alive and appearing in 1.01, who are still alive:
Jon Snow, Arya Stark, Sansa Stark, Bran Stark, Rickon Stark, Hodor, Theon Greyjoy, Daenerys Targaryen, Ser Jorah Mormont, Illyrio Mopatis, Tyrion Lannister, Jaime Lannister, Cersei Lannister, Sandor 'The Hound' Clegane, Tommen Baratheon, Myrcella Baratheon...with one undetermined life/death status in MIA Benjen Stark.
So named characters appearing in 1.01 who we know 100% are alive during the events of 4.08: 16. Benjen's status would shift it one way or the other, but otherwise we are at that 50/50 ratio.
Adding in the direwolves (which I did, along with Jon Arryn and Silver in my above post) brings it up to 20, so still 50/50.
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text: Home & gardenInteriorsDesign news Get your home guest ready for Christmas Get your home guest ready for Christmas with top quality linen, portable spare beds and perfectly chilled champagne. Kristy Gray Monday 8 December 2014 14:00 GMT Click to followH&P Get your home guest ready for Christmas 8 show all Get your home guest ready for Christmas 1/8 The speedy spare bed £114.99 (reduced from £229.99): Aerobed's full-height, double airbed transforms from bag to bed in just three minutes, making it the perfect solution for last-minute guests. The raised height means you can dress with your own bed linen. Last order date for guaranteed pre-Christmas delivery is 18 December. > BUY NOW 2/8 White Christmas The White Company's ultra smooth 400-thread-count Egyptian cotton bed linen is cool, crisp and luxurious. Standard pillowcases are from £20 each, while double duvet covers are £100. > BUY NOW 3/8 Christmas by candlelight £43: the festive Soulful fragrance from Aroma Works creates cosiness with warm and woody notes of Frankincense, Bergamot and Juniper Berry, with spicy base notes of Patchouli. > BUY NOW 4/8 Classy glass £11.50: welcome your guests with a crystal, Purismo Specials champagne flute from Villeroy & Boch. Your champagne or sparking wine won't heat up when the glass is held due to the long, elegant stem. Delivery time: 4-6 days. > BUY NOW 5/8 Festive fizz £100 for six bottles (save £50): M&S have a special offer on six-bottle cases of Oudinot Brut NV Champagne, a dry and elegant champagne perfect for serving with canapes and seafood starters. Free nominated day delivery on orders over £100; enter 'FREEWINE' at checkout. > BUY NOW 6/8 Soothing scents £35: The Inspire Reed Diffuser from Aroma Works is one of our favourite scents of the year. Perfect for your guest room, geranium adds a soft, calming element to the heady mix of spicy black pepper, sweet juniper berry and lime. Underlying hints of warm caramel bring a beautifully balanced blend of essential oils. > BUY NOW 7/8 The bathroom bale £25: this super-soft towel bale from the Debenhams own range has a face cloth, hand towel, bath towel and one bath sheet. Each towel comes in a simple stripe design to the border. > BUY NOW 8/8 The hotel feel at home Impress your guests with Achica's 1,000-thread-count Hotel Living range is made from pure cotton, so it's gloriously thick, yet super-soft. Pair of pillowcases, £19.99; double duvet cover, £64. > SIGN IN AND BUY NOW Follow us on Twitter @HomesProperty, Facebook and Instagram More about: christmas Reuse content Comments


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Health information exchange technology has the potential to bring patient information directly from an electronic health record to a provider delivering care.
However, a new Government Accountability Office report has found that providers and stakeholders in four states are facing several challenges with ongoing electronic health information exchange efforts. Barriers include insufficient standards, concerns about varying privacy rules among states, difficulties in matching patients to their records, and costs.
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Friends of Lafitte Greenway to break in new office with party
By Claire Byun
The Friends of Lafitte Greenway have a brand new office that opens onto the greenspace, and the nonprofit invites the community to celebrate the new digs.
The group is having a "New Year, New Office" party next week to commemorate the opening of their 2200 Lafitte Avenue office. The group was working out of the Propeller Incubator on Washington Avenue, which offers for-rent space for co-working businesses and organizations, for two years.
Sophie Harris, Friends of the Lafitte Greenway director, said the new office signifies years of hard work, community input and growth.
"It's really us growing up," Harris said. "This space allows us to invite people in for meetings and workshops, and bring people out onto the Greenway."
Friends of Lafitte Greenway was formed in 2006 by community members who were concerned about post-Katrina planning, neighborhood revitalization, and open space development and alarmed about short-term political decisions being made without benefit of long-term planning vision. The community organization works to build, program and promote the Lafitte Greenway as a great public space.
A new office allows the group to host tours of the Greenway and provide classes to the public without having to rent out another space. Much of the organization's staff bicycles to the office when possible, Harris said, so having a space on the Greenway "is a real opportunity."
It also allows staff to meet people who use the Greenway every day on their own turf, Harris added.
The party will also celebrate some of the organization's accomplishments over 2016, Harris said. The group added 35 bike racks across the Greenway last year and host the first public outdoor recycling area in the city. Members also cleared more than 9,000 pounds of litter across the greenspace and have involved more than 1,000 people in their community garden and other health classes, Harris said.
The party is Thursday, Jan. 12 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Sojourner Truth Neighborhood Center, 2200 Lafitte Avenue. Food and drinks will be provided, and Harris asks everyone to RSVP for the event so organizers know how much to prepare.
Party-goers are welcome to bring office supplies for the new space, though a donation is not necessary.
"We want people to come meet us in our new space and get to know about Friends of Lafitte Greenway," Harris said.


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Willingness to pay for physician services at a primary contact in Ukraine: results of a contingent valuation study
Utilization, expenditure, economics and financing systems
The existence of quasi-formal and informal payments in the Ukrainian health care system jeopardizes equity and creates barriers to access to proper care. Patient payment policies that better match patient preferences are necessary. We analyze the potential and feasibility of official patient charges for public health care services in Ukraine by studying the patterns of fee acceptability, ability and willingness to pay (WTP) for public health care among population groups.
We use contingent valuation data collected from 303 respondents representative of the adult Ukrainian population. Three decision points were separated: objection to pay, inability to pay, and level of positive non-zero WTP. These decisions were studied for relations with quality profiles of the services, and socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents and their households.
The likelihood to object to pay is mostly determined by the quality characteristics of the services. Objection to pay is not related to corresponding behavior in real life. The likelihood of being unable to pay is associated with older age, lower income, and a larger share of household members with no income. The level of positive WTP is positively related to income (+7% per 1000 UAH increase in income) and is lower for people who visited a doctor but did not pay (−22%).
Rather substantial WTP levels (between 0.9% and 1.9% of household income) for one visit to physician indicate a potential for official patient charges in Ukraine. User fees may cover a substantial share of personnel cost in the out-patient sector. The patterns of inability to pay support well designed exemption criteria based on age, income, and other aspects of economic status. The WTP patterns highlight the necessity for payments that are proportional to income. Other methodological and policy implications are discussed.
The Constitution of Ukraine guarantees free of charge provision of medical aid in public facilities for every citizen
This 'status quo' inherited from the Semashko system established in Ukraine during the Soviet Union period, seems to currently satisfy only policy-makers who, as suggested by anecdotal evidence, receive healthcare abroad or in the best public facilities
The data suggest that patients in Ukraine cover a substantial part of health care expenditure out of pocket. WHO data indicate that private out-of-pocket expenditure in Ukraine amounts to around 40.5% of total health expenditures
Most of the out-of-pocket spending is for medical goods. These should be provided to patients for free by the public health care settings, but patients have to purchase them outside the setting due to the absence of these medical goods in these facilities (see data at
Obviously, there is a need for a more efficient patient payment policy. Together with other anticorruption measures, official patient charges may to a certain extent reduce the need to pay unofficial charges. They may provide extra revenues for health care providers, reduce inefficient health care provision and excess demand for health care
In this study, we analyze the potential and feasibility of official patient charges for public health care services in Ukraine. We address this issue by studying the patterns of fee acceptability, ability and willingness to pay (WTP) for public health care across population groups. The analysis is based on contingent valuation data from a household survey among a small representative sample of the Ukrainian population. Contingent valuation (CV) is a stated preference method that is widely applied in health services research to study individual willingness to pay for a health care good (for a review see e.g.
We focus on fees for physician services provided to patients with major health problems. We relate acceptability, ability and willingness to pay stated by the respondents to the specialization of the physician and to the quality/access profile of the physician. This is relevant for policy making because the role of primary care is still neglected in Ukraine as primary care providers are often bypassed by the patients and the number of general practitioners (GPs) is still insufficient. At the same time, the quality of and access to care is reported to be unsatisfactory
Data were collected in a household survey among 303 respondents who agreed to participate in face-to-face interviews conducted in December 2009. An informed consent was obtained from all individuals included in the study. The study instruments and methodology were reviewed by the Institutional Review Board at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy and a waiver from a full ethical review was obtained. A stratified, multi-stage area probability sampling strategy was applied with 110 settlements as primary units and 270 voting precincts as secondary units. The sample is representative of the adult Ukrainian (aged 18 and older) population. However, for logistic reasons, the data collection was performed within a larger household survey. Therefore, information about the non-response rate and, consequently, non-respondents' characteristics is not available.
The questionnaire contained various parts, including parts that focus on the past use of medical services, consumer stated preferences, and household and personal characteristics of respondents. We present the results of the analysis of the stated preference data collected via four CV tasks. Respondents were asked to state if they would be willing to pay for a visit to a physician with quality and access characteristics expressed by four profiles. In case a respondent was willing to pay for a given physician profile, a combination of payment cards and open-ended questions was applied. First, the respondent selected a payment interval from the card, then, an exact amount within the interval (open-ended question). Payment cards enabled framing respondents' answers (preventing overstatement), while exact values elicited by the open-ended questions served as a more precise indication of the maximum WTP level. If a respondent was not willing to pay, s/he was asked to state the reason. The exact wording of the CV tasks is presented in Additional file
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This file contains Appendix A where the English wording of the contingent valuation task from the survey is presented. The appendix shows one of the physician profiles offered to the participants as well as the set of questions used to establish the maximum amount of money that a participant was willing to pay for a given profile.
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The socio-demographic and household characteristics are summarized in Table
We calculated the proportion of respondents who were willing and unwilling to pay for physician services (with a specified reason for their unwillingness to pay – object to pay and/or inability to pay). We also estimated the mean WTP amount. For the purpose of comparison, we looked at three measures of mean WTP: (i) including all answers (both positive and zero WTP answers), (ii) excluding protest answers (i.e. statements of unwillingness to pay due to an objection to pay fees), and (iii) including only positive WTP values. From a methodology point of view, protest answers should be excluded from the analysis since those who just object to pay may not really place a zero value on the services under valuation and would be willing to pay in a real market
We use a three-phase modeling approach because the WTP data were obtained using a sequence of three main questions (see Figure
Figure 1
Decision sequence in the CV tasks and resulting modeling points
Decision sequence in the CV tasks and resulting modeling points.
Thus, as presented in Figure
The third model (level of WTP) included only positive WTP levels. However, the positive WTP distribution was found to be skewed compared to the normal distribution. Therefore, in the analysis, we use a logarithmic transformation of positive WTP, which better resembled a normal distribution. The logarithm of respondent's
In this specification, coefficients represent percent changes in WTP in response to a unit change in the characteristics:
A set of socio-demographic characteristics (see Table
As displayed in Figure
Figure 2
Proportion of respondents willing/unwilling to pay for physician services
Proportion of respondents willing/unwilling to pay for physician services.
Objection to pay for physician services is found to be strongly related to the quality/access characteristics of the profile. As can be seen from the significant negative coefficients, profiles with better quality/access characteristics have lower odds (80–100 lower chances) to object to pay. This is in line with the finding above that those who object to pay for physician services with less attractive quality/access characteristics constitute the larger share of the respondents who are unwilling to pay. The indicators of economic status also significantly impact the probability of objecting to pay for physician services. Respondents living in households where most members (or respondents themselves) do not earn an income are less likely to object to pay. On the other hand, a high perceived household income (one that allows savings) might also reduce the inclination to object, though this effect is significant only in the reduced version of the model. An unstable effect, which disappears when the model is reduced to significant factors only, is found for the place of residence with town or small city residents being less likely to object. Other socio-demographic factors demonstrate no effect on the likelihood of objecting to pay.
Inability to pay is related not only to the profile characteristics, but also to the specialization of a physician. The effect of the quality/access improvements is smaller compared to the model of objection to pay, but still highly significant, with more attractive profiles having 3 – 3.3 times lower odds to yield an inability-to-pay response. A similar effect is observed for the specialization of the physician but with a slightly lower magnitude: a medical specialist has a twice lower chance of yielding zero WTP due to inability to pay. Akin to objection to pay, inability to pay is significantly reduced by the increase in the share of household members who earn an income and by the perceived income. However, unlike the objection to pay, respondents from households with more nonearning members are more likely to report that they are unable to pay. Perceived income is also a very strong predictor of inability to pay irrespective of the model specification, with higher income levels being associated with lower chances to report inability to pay. It is also notable that people aged 55 or more are much more likely to report being unable to pay (odds are 5 to 8 times higher than for middle-aged). Also, people who visited a physician during the last 6 months but did not pay for this are more likely to report being unable to pay, though this effect is not stable.
The level of positive (nonzero) WTP, akin to ability to pay, is strongly and significantly related to both profile characteristics and specialization of the physician. Respondents report a higher WTP for a medical specialist (around 14% more than for a GP) and for more attractive quality/access profiles (around 36% higher). A strong and stable significant positive effect on WTP is observed for respondents with voluntary health insurance which is associated with a 45-53% higher WTP. The WTP level is related to the monetary income level but not to the perceived one. Each 1 000 UAH (approximately 87 Euro) increase in household income is associated with around 7% increase in the WTP level. Finally, experience in paying and visiting a physician has a significant and rather stable effect similar to the one for inability to pay. Respondents who visited a physician during the last 6 months and did not pay for this report a 20-22% lower WTP than those who paid.
The interpretation of the results should be done with some caution due to the limitations of the study. The results might be affected to some extent by the small sample size. Therefore, we focus our conclusions on strong main relations that are not sensitive to the model specification. Estimations based on bigger samples might show more detailed variations of acceptability, ability and willingness to pay for physician services across population groups.
Another limitation relates to the methodology. Contingent valuation is known to be subject to hypothetical bias
In the contingent valuation task respondents were presented with the scenario of an official fee. Therefore, their WTP statements might be affected by their attitudes towards formal and informal payment practices. Not all Ukrainians are positive about paying formally
Our results demonstrate that official patient charges have potential in Ukraine. Even when faced with less attractive characteristics, Ukrainians express a rather substantial level of WTP, although less than a quarter of them are willing to pay. However, for physician services with improved quality/access characteristics, the share of those willing to pay is more than 70% with an average WTP of 44.8 UAH for a visit to GP (3.9 Euro) and 51.9 UAH for a medical specialist (4.5 Euro). There are no reliable estimates of the cost of health care services in Ukraine due to the existence of the public funding system where facilities are financed on a line-item budget principle regardless of the number of services provided. These stated WTP levels, however, are rather substantial in comparison to the average monthly salary in the health care sector. Taking into account that primary care specialists are among the low-income medical workers, the stated WTP on average appear comparable or even higher than the official personnel costs.
The introduction of co-payments in the public health sector may have various effects both in terms of consumption patterns and the official cost of the services. The effects on consumption should be subject of demand modeling studies. From the system and provider's perspective, co-payments generate additional funds that could be redistributed to achieve different goals. Our results suggest that Ukrainians place high economic value on quality and access improvements. Thus, patient charges can only be implemented together with effective investment policies targeted at improving quality and access. The probability to object to pay for these services is mostly explained by low quality/access characteristics. Additionally, the likelihood of the ability to pay and the level of positive WTP are positively and strongly related to the quality/ access profile. Combined with the evidence that Ukrainians in general are not satisfied with the quality of care they receive
Our results demonstrate that among the zero WTP answers, protesters (the objection motive) are not driven by economic or social barriers. The negative relation with the share of nonworking members in the household only supports this idea: it indicates that the more members depend on one's alimony, the more responsibility one has for else's health and life. This might increase the value of health care service and, consequently, decrease the likelihood of objection to pay despite the (in)ability to pay. Moreover, reporting objection to pay does not necessarily lead to similar behavior in real life as it is not related to the payment experience in the year before the survey (i.e. chances of paying in real life are similar for those who object to pay and for those who do not object). Thus, both from a methodological and a policy perspective it is rational not to account for the preferences of pure 'protesters'.
As for the ability/inability to pay and the level of WTP, objective socio-economic barriers, such as age and economic status, apply. The relations with household income also support the theoretical validity of the construction of the models. It is notable however that inability to pay is related to the perceived income level, while the level of WTP is related to monetary income. This shows that inability is a perceptional issue depending on the evaluation of one's own income level, while the level of the WTP is defined by real monetary budgetary constraints. This suggests that different mechanisms underlie the two stages of the decision about the willingness to pay for the physician services and this should be accounted for in the WTP modeling.
The substantial share of population that is unable to pay for physician services (at least 11.5% for the medical specialist with attractive characteristics) is concerning. This is in line with the extensive discussions in the literature (e.g.
It is also worth mentioning that we observe a slight preference among Ukrainians for a direct referral to medical specialist and bypassing a GP. This is expressed through the higher likelihood of reporting inability to pay and the lower WTP level for the latter. However, this preference is practically non-existent for services with less favorable characteristics although a bit more explicated for services with more attractive quality/access characteristics. In the latter case, people are willing to sacrifice only around 7 – 8 UAH to bypass primary contact. This indicates that price signals (such as higher charges for specialists' services without a referral) might still be necessary to discourage bypass practices if official patient charges are introduced. However, the variation of this preference across population groups should be studied in more detail in order to design an effective threshold for discouraging direct visits to a specialist without a referral.
To our knowledge the WTP for physician services in Ukraine has never been studied before. Thus, testing the external validity using other studies may only be done in relative terms. In our study WTP estimates range from 0.9% to 1.9% of household income when protest answers are excluded and from 1.6% to 2.2% when only positive values are considered. This is rather consistent for example with the results from Spain where WTP for physician/out-patient services represent 2% of household income
In this paper, we have analyzed the potential and feasibility of official patient charges for public health care services in Ukraine. We addressed this issue by studying the patterns of fee acceptability, ability and willingness to pay (WTP) for physician services across population groups. We found that acceptability/objection to pay is mostly related to quality/access characteristics of the services and is not to socio-economic characteristics. Hence, the protesters do not seem to attach an intrinsic 'zero value' to the services, and should be excluded from the estimations of WTP. At the same time, the inability to pay and the level of WTP are related to socio-economic factors.
Our results demonstrate that the potential of patient charges for physician services is promising as the level of WTP for physician services is substantial despite the quality/access profile of the services. However, if patient charges are implemented, the lower ability and willingness to pay among vulnerable groups should be addressed by well designed exemption criteria based on age and income and by anchoring co-payment levels on income.
Importantly, patient charges cannot be implemented without quality/access improvements in Ukraine. The social benefits that can be gained from quality improvements in medical equipment, maintenance and a reduction in waiting time (expressed through an increase in mean WTP) are rather substantial. Additionally, we find a rather weak (around 7 UAH per visit) monetary preference for direct referral. Thus, in the context of strengthening the role of primary care, differential patient charges for different service levels may be called for.
WTP: Willingness to pay; CV: Contingent valuation; GP: General practitioner; UAH: Ukrainian hryvnia (Ukrainian national currency).
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Authors' contributions
All authors were in the work group responsible for the design of the study. AD, MP, and IG developed the questionnaire. Data analysis was performed by AD under supervision and with recommendations from MP and WG. AD drafted the manuscript. MP, WG and IG commented and corrected the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
The study is financed by the European Commission under the 7th Framework Program, Theme 8 Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities, Project ASSPRO CEE 2007 (Grant Agreement no. 217431). The content of the publication is the sole responsibility of the authors and it in no way represents the views of the Commission or its services.
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