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Today's pharmaceutical marketplace is continuously changing — and pricing teams face a more complex environment than ever before. Companies must embrace strategic product pricing's growing importance to contend with increasing globalization and regulatory scrutiny worldwide. To best manage the pricing challenges — including increasing austerity measures, under-developed emerging market infrastructure and a greater emphasis on pharmacoeconomics — companies are turning to integrated strategic pricing teams. Health economics, comparative effectiveness research and market access come together with the pricing function to support efforts throughout the product lifecycle.
This report examines pricing strategy and teams across the pharmaceutical industry at the global and national level. Research examines dedicated pricing team structures, staffing and resources alongside the other internal functions that contribute to strategic pricing decisions. Use this report to optimize pharmaceutical pricing efforts and overcome market access challenges:
Structure pricing teams to manage a changing marketplace and increasingly complex regulatory guidelines: Form dedicated groups able to begin pricing work during early product development. Navigate an increasingly global and competitive market through advance planning and integrated pricing strategy creation.
Assess pricing team priorities and measure market access involvement in pricing decisions: Leverage departments companywide — from clinical and R&D to market access to sales teams — to support pricing efforts. Prioritize new products based on development and categorization — blockbuster v. niche products or innovative v. follow-on products.
Embrace outcomes research to highlight product value: Grow pricing team resources to match the importance of comparative effectiveness research. Prepare to meet payers with more data supporting products' pricing decisions.
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The following excerpt is taken from Chapter 1, "Pricing Team Structure and Resources." The full chapter explores how companies prioritize their products and shows detailed structure, staffing, outsourcing and spending benchmarks.
Survey respondents provided several reasons for the move toward more structured pricing teams. First, and most important, companies need a way to communicate their pricing decisions to all stakeholders. One pricing manager highlighted the pitfalls of not having a pricing team and having the different pricing decisions made essentially in the dark. He stated that his company, without a formal pricing team, "didn't really have a good way of communicating and controlling the information about pricing within the company, so nobody knew what the prices were anywhere." This breakdown in communication can also be felt in profit: when decisions are made without considering the ramifications on other groups, problems are bound to happen.
Not only is communication an issue when pricing a product for an individual country, but the problem also grows when there is no dialogue for setting prices in different countries. One pricing manager discussed the complications caused by lack of communication for pricing decisions between countries, describing cases where all the right stakeholders were not always informed of prices set in other countries. Having a designated pricing team that is aware of everything pricing-related within and between companies is vital to help eliminate potential negative implications.
Communication between global teams is not only advantageous to making informed pricing decisions, but it is imperative. If one country is able to choose a launch price without the global launch sequence in mind, this decision can result in financial losses down the line. For example, if a brand is launched at a low price so as to yield a massive volume of sales, profit will look promising - initially. When that same brand is then taken to another country, however, the company will likely not be able to increase the price and may lose out on potential profit.
As a result, pricing teams work closely with affiliates when setting prices. When deciding on a price, the pricing team maintains a clear sense of the floor and target prices. Depending on the affiliate's proposed price, a business case may need to be created and passed up through the ranks to justify a lower cost. The process of placing a price between the floor and target price is "a cost-benefit balancing act," said one interviewed executive. "If the benefit in this country with the lower price is enough to outweigh the negative consequences for the other countries, then we make a recommendation to approve that price."
The following is excerpted from Chapter 2, "Pricing Activities." The full report explores several teams' and departments' involvement in pricing activities at different points of the product lifecycle, as well as various strategies that impact pricing decisions.
At many companies, the pricing group will develop the package of studies that would be required to prove the product's value and determine a realistic pricing strategy, and the HEOR group will capture the data requested by the pricing group.
The HEOR group provides information on whether a product can prevent surgery, hospitalization or any other cost-intensive outcomes at a later point; these benefits help to justify higher prices. This group also models the budgetary impact of pricing the product at a range of prices. Finally, HEOR also focuses on the impact a price will have on patients, such as increased or reduced therapy access. Patient-focused companies often face painful decisions on maximizing revenue or reducing patient access, and companies must pay attention to both their mission statements and their bottom lines when making these difficult choices.
At some companies, it can be difficult to draw a line between HEOR and pricing activities. Pricing groups tend to focus on a product's pricing strategy; once the pricing group has identified several different potential pricing strategies and launch sequencing schedules, it will work with HEOR to design a set of studies that will provide the conclusions necessary to determine a pricing and launch approach. The HEOR group is then tasked with carrying out (or outsourcing) the studies and providing the information to pricing. According to one executive, pricing executives often have strategic marketing or strategic consulting backgrounds, and HEOR executives have experience in more scientific and technical disciplines such as economics or statistics.
Because HEOR and pricing activities are often aligned, they both begin work fairly early, as seen in Figure 2.6. [which appears in the brochure downloadable from this website]. Like pricing teams, HEOR groups are involved in pricing activities at most companies by Phase 2. HEOR groups begin pricing involvement in Phase 2 at 46% of surveyed companies and before Phase 2 at 30% of companies. Health economics groups remain involved in pricing activities beyond a product's launch at 54% of companies.
The following excerpt is taken from Chapter 3, "The Effects of Global Currents of Change on Pricing." The full chapter analyzes life sciences industry perspectives on eight key trends. This sample explores the effects of government-specific price cuts.
Between economic policies and price cuts, many countries are directly affected by these two trends. Indirectly, however, nearly every pharmaceutical and device market will feel the ripple effects. With each country and payer eyeing other countries and payers, a 2% price cut in Germany will lead to price cuts in other European nations, the United States and even in emerging markets that follow Germany's lead. Reference pricing's dominance in the pricing sphere will mean price adjustments every time a referenced country's price changes, which leads to the primary fear among companies - a never-ending environment of price cuts.
Though not a large country and arguably not a major contributor to the EU economy, Greece, over the past two years, has been viewed as a barometer for the pricing market. The nation's economic crisis exacerbated the larger EU economic crisis because of its interconnectedness to other EU countries. With countries such as Germany requiring strict austerity policies in exchange for financial aid, Greece entered the price cut trend much earlier than other countries. Now companies look at Greece as the tip of the iceberg and a vision of what could happen in other nations in economic crisis if they cannot right the course.
One of the first austerity measures taken in Greece was to drastically cut major pharmaceutical prices almost across the board, sparking a frenzied response within the industry. Many companies debated whether or not to continue marketing therapies in Greece; some considered leaving altogether, shutting down research centers and affiliate offices. While some did leave, most companies adjusted their strategic initiatives in Greece because they understood that the environment in Greece was little different than in many other European markets. As European economies become more austere in coming years, companies should watch the market in Greece to see how to approach pricing operations in other markets.
Across the pond from the austerity policies, the United States hopes its usual isolationist position will protect the life sciences industry in the country. Even so, most companies see this as a pipe dream and have begun to prepare for what they consider inevitable: a less-friendly United States. After bailing out the economy, the auto manufacturers and financial institutions, the US government saw its debt skyrocket. The growing debt, combined with a president intent on reducing overall healthcare costs at the same time as giving more people access to healthcare, means cost-cutting measures must be taken - and odds are that the healthcare industry will be hit hard.
According to one US-based executive, the negotiations for the healthcare reform bill were major steps in removing more stringent cost-containment policies from debate. Though these discussions occurred before many of the most severe austerity measures went into effect in Europe, for now, they are helping to stem the tide in the United States. This general strategy should continue. There will be aftershocks in the United States; the government will act. It will be in the life sciences industry's best interests to be part of the discussion when it comes.
Previous Cutting Edge Information pricing function research covered the different ways of prioritizing pricing resources. The two dominant categorization methods in the industry over the past decade have been innovative versus me-too products and blockbuster versus follow-on products. Understanding how this decision — made very early in the product's lifecycle — will impact the product development is key.
In some cases, the target market plays a major role in which method is used. As seen in Figure E.1 [Figure available in full report], among surveyed companies, 67% of EU-based pricing teams use innovative versus me-too comparisons when prioritizing pricing products. This distribution reflects the well-established preference in European markets for innovative products that show a clear advantage over existing alternative treatments. Similarly, in the US, 61% of surveyed companies use blockbuster versus niche product differentiation either exclusively or in tandem with innovative versus me-too product comparisons. The US, both in terms of the industry and the overall market environment, has long been focused on creating and selling the biggest blockbuster products possible.
The era of blockbuster drugs is coming to an end. As a result, many companies are shifting to the more current innovative versus me-too product differentiation. Today's market is saturated with the blockbusters of previous years, but the remaining areas of potential focus for a blockbuster are increasingly narrow. However, looking at products from the perspective of their innovation level can add a different dimension to an entire product portfolio. Understanding the premium that governments and private groups will pay for innovative but niche products is very important in today's market environment.


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On June 6th a team from MakerBot scanned the head Stephen Colbert and put the 3D model online, but we didn't stop there. Hackers, bloggers, artists, musicians, comedians and anyone one else we think is notable stopped by our Brooklyn workshop to get immortalized.
Well, the week of the event is upon us! Come see the results, and hear a brief art talk by current artist-in-residence Jonathan Monaghan who performed scanning, digital clean-up, and printing for all of those lovely notable heads.
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A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday rejected arguments from fuel makers that California's low carbon fuel standard discriminates against out-of-state producers.
The ruling reverses a U.S. District Court ruling in favor of the fuel makers, and removes an injunction halting implementation of the law.
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In this Telexfree Review I will show that there are many legitimate things about this program that users can consider. And I will also talk about the cons and what you need to be aware of so you can make your own informed decision.
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This Telexfree Review reveals a program that has historically been based in Brazil and allows many individuals to make money using a sophisticated communications network consisting of Voip services. The program was started by noted telecommunications pioneers. Telex Free was launched in Brazil in 2012.
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You can join telexfree either as a customer or as a business affiliate. When you join as a customer , you pay $49.99/month to allow you to use
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The Telexfree program has worked for many marketers who have and continue to make money using this method. One can create sustainable wealth through advertising on free classified website. This is one of the conditions to be able to earn income -you got to place number of ads per day based on your level of entry.
It is a product that has many proponents. Telexfree is popular with consumers because they can talk freely from their cellphones and land lines to other carriers around the world without any additional charges other than the 49.99 for the software package. This is one reason why this program is so popular with people that use it. The compensation plan is based on the number of products sold, as well as users that sign up. The best part of the service is that it uses free classified websites, and free exchange lists to advertise the product.
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As with any business opportunity that combines both recruiting and passive model, there will always be lots of noises as to whether it is legitimate or not.
Some people think that the program is simply a pyramid scheme that has not real defined marketing plan.Of course if you go to google or to youtube , you will have many opinions. The company has a legit product . However because of the semi passive nature of the compensation plan , many think that the numbers do not add up for the kind of money they pay out and therefore maybe a ponzi scheme.But you kind of wonder if, it is really a ponzi, will they be allowed into the United States to run a business? Well I don't believe it is a scam or ponzi. This is based on the fact that they have a legitimate product and also have an multilevel part to the business model.
However, you must make your own research on telexfree.
One of the things that concerns me though is the fact that ,TelexFree has faced problems in Brazil where recent court action has given TelexFree a stop and cease production order.This is because Some say they can not get customer support, however here in the United State their customer service is top notch .
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HANOI—Vietnam seized 110 kilograms of ivory at Ho Chi Minh City's international airport as the Southeast Asian country cracks down on wildlife trafficking, a customs official said Wednesday.
Customs officials at Tan Son Nhat Airport on Tuesday detected 77 elephant tusks hidden in a luggage declared as personal goods, according to Do Thanh Quang, chief of the airport's customs department.
Mr. Quang said the ivory originated from Nigeria and arrived on a flight from Doha, the capital of Qatar. Ivory smuggling by air is not rare in Vietnam, and this was the third seizure this year at the airport.
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"We have launched an investigation into the case, but no one has been arrested," Mr. Quang told The Wall Street Journal.
"Customs procedures are now performed electronically, and the smugglers are taking advantage of this to ship illegal goods by air, making us increase our vigilance and inspect any suspected goods," Mr. Quang said.
Vietnam has emerged as a transit point for smugglers of elephant tusks and rhino horns from Africa to China, an official with the Wildlife Conservation Society who spoke on condition of not being named.Most successfully smuggled ivory ends up being made into souvenirs.
Vietnam is considering destroying its seized stockpiles of ivory, rhino horns and tiger bones to show its commitment to fight wildlife trafficking, according to the Wildlife Conservation Society official.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung earlier this year ordered all ministries and government agencies to enhance steps against poaching and trafficking of African elephant ivory and rhino horns.
Under Vietnam law, anyone found guilty of wildlife smuggling may face a prison sentence of up to seven years.
Wildlife trafficking remains widespread in Vietnam, said Ha Cong Tuan, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and former head of the Vietnam Forest Protection Department.
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Officials in the town of Steubenville, Ohio say they plan on granting two football players convicted of rape and sentenced to prison weekend passes out of jail during football season.
The passes will allow the two high schoolers to compete on their city's famed Big Red football team despite the fact they'll be behind bars.
This morning on the steps of Steubenville City Hall, officials from the Mayor's Office, police, and county jail announced the plan and promised the town's citizens that their beloved football team would not be affected by the verdict.
"These two young gentleman have been convicted of a terrible crime, no question," said Mayor Domenick Mucci Jr. "But the bigger crime has been committed against our town's proud tradition of winning high school football.
"Depriving Steubenville High of its star players ahead of a possible championship season is an act of unconscionable cruelty. That's why we've arranged with the local jail to have these young men continue to play for Big Red Football while serving their sentences."
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Reaction to the move within the tight-knit town has been overwhelmingly positive, although some worry that weekend passes aren't sufficient to properly maintain the team's greatness.
"Personally, I don't think this goes far enough," says Herb Anderson, a 63-year-old retired autoworker. "Sure they can play in the games, but what about practice? Practice is just as important as the games. They need to be let out daily from 3 to 6 for practices."
Mary Wojenski, a waitress, agrees that more needs to be done to ease the pain and suffering of the rapists.
"I was shocked when I heard they were only granted weekend passes," she says. "I mean, seriously? Jail has suddenly become more important than Big Red football? I can't think of anything more important than winning a local high school football game. Can you?"
Outsiders, however, have blasted the town's plan, saying it gives special privileges to two violent offenders who should be treated like any other convicted rapists.
Several national anti-sexual violence groups have denounced the decision, saying the weekend passes make a mockery of the criminal justice system.
One exception to the resoundingly negative tone of outside reaction has been Penn State University, which released a statement saying it fully supported Steubenville's move.
"Finally, America has produced a high school that has its priorities straight. We're excited to see rape cover-up and mitigation is alive and well at the high school level, and are looking forward to recruiting heavily from Steubenville High in the years to come."
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áááÑ THE FIFTH DAY OF SEARCHING FOR JADEN DREMSA IS NEARING AN END.. AS STILL NO SIGNS OF THE 15-YEAR-OLD FROM NORTH WATERBORO. áááÑ WMTW NEWS EIGHT'S PAUL MERRILL JOINS US LIVE NOW FROM THE "SEARCH COMMAND CENTER" WITH THE LATEST. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY PEOPLE - BOTH PROFESSIONALS AND VOLUNTEERS - TOOK PART IN TODAY'S SEARCH. ADULTS MISSED WORK AND KIDS MISSED SCHOOL TO HELP LOOK FOR JADEN. SEARCHERS ARE LOOKING FOR CLUES ON THE LAND FROM THE AIR AND IN THE WATER. -BOAT NATS- GAME WARDENS HEAD OUT ONTO A LOWERED LAKE ARROWHEAD THIS AFTERNOON. A DIVER SCOURS THE LAKE BOTTOM FOR ANY SIGN OF JADEN DREMSA. THE 15-YEAR-OLD WENT FOR A WALK IN THE WOODS NEAR HIS NORTH WATERBORO HOME ON THURSDAY AND VANISHED. JESSIE HOWARD IS JADEN'S AUNT. 06:52:09-06:52:19 Jessie Howard/Jaden's Aunt: "His mother described him once as 'magical,' and so I think that's the perfect way to describe Jaden. He's magical. He's We're just hanging onto hope." DOZENS OF VOLUNTEERS HAVE JOINED THE SEARCH EFFORT FOR THE TEENAGER WHO HAS ASPERGER'S SYNDROME. 06:51:10- 06:51:15 Jessie Howard/Jaden's Aunt: "I know on Saturday - I believe it was - we were actually having to turn people away. It's outstanding and remarkable." KELLEY WESTBROOK SAYS SHE AND HER DOG STARTED SEARCHING THE AREA AROUND THE LAKE AT SIX A-M. 06:22:51-06:22:53 Kelley Westbrook/Volunteer Searcher: "I've been to waist-deep swamp." BY LATE MORNING, THEY WERE ON DRY LAND EXHAUSTED BUT STILL LOOKING. 06:23:27-06:23:31 Kelley Westbrook/Volunteer Searcher: "It just means everything to everyone. This boy needs to get home." DONNA ALGER AND CINDY REMILLARD TELL US THEY STARTED HELPING WITH THE SEARCH ON FRIDAY NIGHT. 06:37:22-06:37:32 Cindy Remillard/Volunteer Searcher: "I have three kids with disabilities and know how hard it is and love them to pieces and if it was my kid, I'd be wanting everybody to help." -PLANE NATS- THE SKY BUZZED WITH AIRCRAFT AND VOLUNTEERS HIKED THROUGH TOUGH TERRAIN. THE WARDEN SERVICE SAYS, SO FAR, SEARCHES HAVEN'T TURNED UP ANY SIGN OF JADEN. 06:57:47-06:57:51 Lt. Kevin Adam/Maine Warden Service: "This is very frustrating for us. It's very frustrating for the families." WARDENS SAY, AT THIS POINT, THEY'VE SEARCHED ABOUT TWO MILES INTO WOODED AREAS AND SIX OR SEVEN MILES ALONG THE ROADS BRANCHING OUT FROM WHERE JADEN WENT MISSING. THEY SAY THEY NEVER RULE OUT FOUL PLAY BUT NOTHING ABOUT THIS CASE MAKES THEM THINK FOUL PLAY IS A FACTOR. LIVE IN NORTH WATERBORO, PAUL MERRILL, WMTW
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Here is the full length making of video introducing the new 'Roger Federer World Tour 2012' ads by Credit Suisse. Great on-the-road feeling!
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Oh, Roger!
What a nice present for us fans. Just fantastic! I could fall in love with you a thousnad times!
God bless you natural beauty!
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God bless you natural beauty!
What a heart-stopping breathtaking VISION IN DENIM, and believe me I have lived over 5 decades and seen a lot of beauty in male celebrity come and go.. but this is on a totally different level.. You do whatever you do soooooooo well and so .. peRFect, afterall, it's in your name. Thanks for the clip Champ (I think !) .. Have a grand time on tour this 2012. As for me, I'm gonna go for a very chilled glass of water right now :) :)
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Lisa Marie Johnson and Eric Glen Pawloski were united in marriage on Oct. 2, 2010, at Holy Family Catholic Church in Stow, Ohio. The Rev. Joe Mamich officiated the double-ring ceremony.
The bride is the daughter of Dianna and James Hendrickson of Stow, and Chris and Linda Johnson of Uniontown, Ohio. She is the granddaughter of Evelyn and Frank Raymond of Macedonia, Ohio, and the late Ruth and Homer Johnson. She is a graduate of Stow-Munroe-Falls High School and the National Institute of Technolog. She is employed as a medical technologist by Premiere Medical Partners.
The groom is the son of Marcia and Glen Pawloski of Devola. He is the grandson of Gertrude Arnold and the late Howard Arnold of Waterford, and the late Edward and Althea Pawloski of Devola. He is a graduate of Marietta High School and Kent State University. He is employed as an airline jet pilot for Continental Express, based at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
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The bride wore a strapless ivory gown with a pearl and crystal bodice. Her headpiece was a cathedral train. She had crystals highlighted throughout her hair. The bride carried a bouquet of two dozen red roses accented with crystals.
The maid of honor was a friend of the bride, Jessica Wissmar of Ravenna, Ohio. Bridesmaids were sister of the groom, Gretchen Pawloski of Columbus, Tara Savage of Kent, Ohio, and Ruby Boyer of Akron, Ohio. The bridesmaids wore apple red chiffon gowns and carried bouquets of mums in fall colors.
The best man was a friend of the groom, Adam Miller of Reynoldsburg. Ushers were the brother of the bride, Eric Johnson of Columbus, Kurt Brammer of Bowling Green, Ohio, and Darnell Wilson of Kent.
The groom wore a black tuxedo with a white shirt and white tie. The groomsmen wore black tuxedos with white shirts and apple red ties.
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Traffic will be congested and you'll see ample new faces in town this week. The rodeo has arrived and with it, the opportunity to display some southern hospitality to the thousands of visitors this week.
This community can never fully thank the Sikeston Jaycees for staging the Bootheel Rodeo each year. It brings massive favorable attention to Sikeston, it pours substantial amounts of money into the local cash registers and perhaps more importantly, the proceeds from the rodeo benefit literally thousands of Sikeston residents throughout the year. You can't find a better combination than that.
Many communities have one major event each year designed to bring visitors to their community. Whether it's the District Fair in Cape Girardeau or the Dogwood-Azalea Festival in Charleston, small town America is proud to shine the spotlight on their communities. The Bootheel Rodeo is our chance to display that pride.
Having worked at the rodeo in the past, I fully appreciate and understand the hard work and dedication it takes to stage this massive event. The truth is it would be hard to calculate the manhours that precede the event itself. The Jaycees have labored for months on every detail of the rodeo. And they devote those hours because of their commitment to this community and to the Jaycee organization.
What's so impressive about the rodeo is that we now have third generation Jaycees working side-by-side on this annual event. That alone makes this event special. And it gives the community itself an opportunity to spread the hospitality that will make visitors want to return. We can put out the welcome mat for thousands of visitors who will spend their time and money here. You can't buy that attention.
What I most appreciate about the rodeo however is the amount of money that is poured back into the community each year by the Jaycees. Just pay attention to the organizations and individuals who receive financial assistance, all because the Jaycees worked tirelessly to stage this weeklong party. When visitors spend their money at the rodeo, those funds eventually make their way into the community and help thousands of area residents throughout the year.
Other area events generate attention for their community. But the rodeo not only attracts attention, it also provides benefits for those in need. That is the ideal combination.
Smile when you see a Jaycee dressed in cowboy attire this week. But recognize that this week is just the culmination of weeks and months of hard work. The rodeo may come and go this week but the benefits to Sikeston will linger throughout the year.
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Occupy Belfast protesters take control of vacant bank building
John Murphy believes the camp has discredited a worthy cause.
"There's no discussions with them," he said. "We've tried every means to get them to reduce the size of the camp or make it more aesthetically pleasing but there's no give with them. It seems like these are serial protesters and if it isn't the oil or trees of whatever it'd be something else. I actually don't think they've done much good."
Said 21-year-old Padraig Loughran, a protester from Trim, Co Meath, in the kitchen area of the Occupy camp: "For the first three months I pretty much stayed here constantly.
"I've gone away now doing other things," he explained, "but I come back every now and then and check in. The movement is much bigger than the camp itself, the camp is a statement and must remain so as a permanent statement and as a permanent raising of awareness."
Asked if he's worried that jobs may be lost as a result of the camp, Loughran, who studied acting for two years, replied: "I can understand where they're coming from, but when one gentleman first came to us with his grievances, a member from the camp went over and had a look at his books and had a talk with him and you know, you're in the middle of a recession! You're charging €16.50 for a hair cut! Your business isn't really going to boom! Whether or not that's a direct cause of us, I don't personally think so. No."


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Born Arnold Daniel Palmer on September 10, 1929, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, he is regarded to be one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. Coming from a humble background, Palmer's success in golf transformed the perception of the sport from an elite, upper-class boys club to a more democratic sport accessible to middle and working classes. He honed his golf skills as he left Wake Forest University to be enlisted in the United States Coast Guard, where he served for three years. However, he eventually got back to college and competitive golf. It was his win in the 1954 US Amateur that made him decide to try the pro tour and he already took the golf world by helm as he won the 1955 Canadian Open in his rookie season. He has since won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour. His ruling performance on the golf course helped him earn the nickname "The King", a perfectly suitable tag for one of golf's most popular stars and its most important trailblazer. Furthermore, he became the first superstar of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s. Arnold Palmer went on to secure himself a place into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1974 and won the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 1998. Aside from playing golf, Palmer has had a diverse golf-related business career. He was the owner the Bay Hill Club and Lodge, which is the venue for the PGA Tour in Bay Hill, Florida, a suburb of Orlando. As for his Arnold Palmer Enterprises deals with the licensing, endorsements, spokesman associations and commercial partnerships built for Palmer and McCormack. Nevertheless, he is globally recognized for his achievements as a golfer and being part of "The Big Three" in golf, along with Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, the three key players who are widely credited with popularizing and commercializing the sport around the world.


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Touted as an racy action packed romantic entertainer, the film is said to be inspired from the Hollywood film Basic Instinct and Mumaith is doing the role originally done by Sharon Stone. Koti has scored the music for the film. Other members of the cast include Krishna Bhagawan, Venu Madhav, Riyaz Khan, Jeeva and Geetha Singh.
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SIKESTON -- Morning lows on Monday and Tuesday were the lowest in almost two years. But the frigid temperatures weren't the only weather headlines this year.
"We had the ice storm in February, the flooding in March and the remnant from Ike," said Joel Evans, emergency management director in Scott County. "Any one of those would have been a unique year, but all of them together gives you a really unique year."
The National Weather Service in Paducah, Ky., which covers southeast Missouri, recorded overnight lows of 7 degrees Monday and Tuesday mornings, with temperatures on Monday topping out at 22 degrees, according to Robin Smith, a meteorologist there. Information was not available in the NWS database regarding the last time temperatures were that low in Sikeston, but it was February 2007 in Cape Girardeau.
"But there's nothing out of the ordinary with it at all," Smith said of the cold temperatures. "Of course, people are thinking that it's unusual for this late in December, but that's not the case -- it's really quite typical."
In fact, he said all those weather occurrences that hit the area are quite normal in regards to weather patterns.
"The flooding was due to just massive rain," he said. "But really, that was nothing unusual."
But it created a lot of problems for local entities to clean up. "It continued to grow in magnitude over a period of time," said Evans. "It required multiple bridge replacements, multiple culvert replacements and massive debris cleanup."
Most all of the county roads were impacted in some way by the flood, and all of the gravel roads required some degree of resurfacing, Evans continued.
Public and individual assistance was granted to Scott, New Madrid and Mississippi counties as a result of the March flooding and February ice storms through the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Following the path of destruction left by remnants of Hurricane Ike, the three counties received a declaration for public assistance.
But each experience also provided a lot of learning and on-the-job training for officials who helped to weather the storms. "We now know a little better what to look for and what areas to predict damage," he said. "With these experiences, we will be better able to prepare for the next disaster."
As a result of the disasters, county commissioners have approved purchases and are looking into more that will make better, more efficient use of the personnel and materials the county does have, said Evans. "And we're right now doing the footwork for a grant to improve our emergency operations center," he said. The grant is for up to $250,000.
Emergency shelters were set up while there was widespread power outages during the flooding and ice storms, said Evans. He is now working with the Red Cross to identify additional shelter areas in the county so residents will know where to go in future disasters,
The county also received Homeland Security supplies over the summer. Cots, blankets and supplies for about 300 are stored in a trailer, all part of the grant.
Evans said a helpful tool for him, as well as residents, is FEMA's "Are you ready" handbook, available online at www.fema.gov/areyouready/. "It's a really good document for you to prepare your home and your family for dealing with disaster," he said.
In his first year as emergency management director, Evans said he learned quite a bit on the job. However, he's looking forward to using his efforts elsewhere -- other than preparing for and cleaning up disasters, then applying for assistance -- in the coming year. "I'd like to focus on some training," he said.
He also commended the community for coming together to help one another during the disasters.
"During the flooding, volunteers from all of the fire departments helped with the sandbagging efforts, as well as many others," he said. "And I think that, in a major disaster, that work ethic and care for your neighbor will be key in getting through."


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Advances in medical design are paving the way for diagnostic and treatment options that previously were thought to be impossible. Today, surgeons, emergency medical personnel, and other healthcare professionals have a myriad of tools and techniques at their fingertips to help treat disease, create better orthopedic equipment and implants, and more accurately diagnose patients. Here is only a sampling of some of these new medical design breakthroughs.
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Researchers at Yale University have created artificial cells that are more powerful and efficient than the natural cells they mimic and could one day be used to power tiny medical implants. Scientists assessed whether an artificial version of the electrocyte – the energygenerating cells in electric eels – could be designed as a potential power source. The blueprint shows how the electrocyte's different ion channels work together to produce the fish's electricity.
Using the new blueprint as a guide, the scientists designed an artificial cell that could replicate the electrocyte's energy production. The artificial cell is capable of producing 28% more electricity than the eel's own electrocyte, with 31% more efficiency in converting the cell's chemical energy – derived from the eel's food – into electricity.
While eels use thousands of electrocytes to produce charges of up to 600 volts, the scientists show it would be possible to create a smaller "bio-battery" using several dozen artificial cells. The tiny bio-batteries would only need to be about 1⁄4 -inch thick to produce the small voltages needed to power tiny electrical devices such as retinal implants or other prostheses.
The cells still need a power source before they can start producing electricity. The cells could be powered in a way similar to their natural counterparts. It is possible that bacteria could be employed to recycle ATP – responsible for transferring energy within the cell – using glucose, a common source of chemical energy derived from food.
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A method of producing synthetic bone, using techniques normally used to make catalytic converters for cars, is being developed by researchers at the University of Warwick in the UK, who believe it could offer substantial clinical benefits to patients undergoing bone implant surgery. The technique involves extrusion of the implant material through a mold to produce a 3D honeycomb texture with uniform pores throughout. The material can then be sculpted by the surgeon to precisely match the defect. After implantation, bone cells are transported into the implant and begin to form new bone.
The researchers worked with a Ja - panese company that manufactures catalytic converters to produce samples. They used calcium phosphates — bioceramics that are routinely used in bone implant operations. By using the new technique, they were able to improve both the strength and porosity of the implant. The increased strength of the material means it could be used in spinal surgery, or in revision hip and knee operations, where non-degradable materials such as titanium or steel may be used. The advantage of increased and interconnected porosity is that the implant can quickly be filled with blood vessels, resulting in a more rapid healing process.
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Some 46 million people suffer from arthritis in the United States. The worst cases require painful surgeries to drill holes in and reinforce joints. Researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are studying an unusually pliant yet strong synthetic cartilage replacement in hopes of providing arthritis victims with some relief.
NIST scientists and colleagues from Hokkaido University in Japan created a gel that, while having the pliancy of gelatin, won't break apart even when deformed over 1,000 percent. Most conventionally prepared hydrogels — materials that are 80 to 90 percent water held in a polymer network — easily break apart like a gelatin. The addition of a second polymer to the gel made them so tough that they rivaled cartilage.
Establishing the details of the molecular structure will allow for more precise design of the next generation of hydrogels that are tough and rigid at the same time. Real cartilage goes through a process of constant daily destruction and regeneration under everyday stresses; the researchers hope a good synthetic cartilage could endure year after year under the rigors of the body before needing to be replaced.
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A new energy-capturing knee brace can generate enough electricity from walking to operate a portable GPS locator, a cell phone, a motorized prosthetic joint, or an implanted neurotransmitter. University of Michigan researchers have developed a wearable mechanism that works like regenerative braking charges a battery in some hybrid vehicles, collecting the kinetic energy that would otherwise be dissipated as heat when a car slows down. The knee brace harvests the energy lost when a human brakes the knee after swinging the leg forward to take a step.
The scientists tested the knee brace on six men walking on a treadmill at 2.2 miles per hour. They measured the subjects' respiration to determine how hard they were working. A control group wore the brace with the generator disengaged to measure how the weight of the 3.5-pound brace affected the wearer. In the mode in which the brace is only activated while the knee is braking, the subjects required less than one watt of extra metabolic power for each watt of electricity they generated.
A lighter version would be helpful to hikers or soldiers who don't have easy access to electricity. Similar mechanisms could be built into prosthetic knees for other implantable devices such as pacemakers or neurotransmitters that today require a battery and periodic surgery to replace that battery.
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Students at Johns Hopkins University have designed and built a device to enable critically ill intensive care unit (ICU) patients to leave their beds and walk while remaining tethered to lifesupport equipment. The invention allows doctors to better understand whether carefully supervised rehabilitation, as opposed to continuous sedation and bed rest, can improve the recovery of intensive care patients. The device, called the ICU MOVER Aid, has two components: a mobility aid that combines the rehabilitative features of a walker and the safety features of a wheelchair, and a separate wheeled tower to which life-support equipment can be attached.
The ICU MOVER also can serve as a wheelchair and "catch" a walking patient who needs to sit down immediately because of fatigue or a sudden change in his or her medical condition. The unit features a walker-type framework. Immediately behind the patient, however, a fabric seat is attached to the frame so that a tired patient can sit down.
As a separate component, the prototype features a tower that accommodates two oxygen tanks, a cardiac monitor, intravenous infusion pumps to provide medications, and a ventilator to support breathing. The MOVER requires only two hospital staff members to accompany the walking patient.
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Advanced Medical Devices
Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have developed the Multi- Angle and Rear Viewing Endoscopic tooL (MARVEL), an auxiliary endoscope that a surgeon would use in conjunction with a conventional endoscope to get additional perspective.
A conventional endoscope provides mostly a frontal view. The MARVEL could be inserted through the same opening as a conventional endoscope, but could be adjusted to provide a view from almost any angle. The MARVEL camera image would be displayed on the same monitor as the conventional endoscopic image, as an inset within the image. For example, while viewing a tumor from the front in the conventional endoscopic image, the surgeon could simultaneously view the tumor from the side or the rear in the MARVEL image, and could thereby gain additional visual cues that would aid in precise threedimensional positioning of surgical tools to remove the tumor.
The MARVEL includes a miniature electronic camera and radio transmitter mounted on the tip of a surgical tool. The radio transmitter would eliminate the need for wires. The handgrip of the tool would be connected to a linkage similar to that of an endo-scissor, but the linkage would be configured to enable adjustment of the camera angle instead of actuation of a scissor blade. The thicknesses of the tool shaft and the camera would be less than 4 mm, so the cameratipped tool could be inserted and withdrawn through a dime-sized opening.
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A researcher at the University of Texas at Austin has developed a laser "microscalpel" that destroys a single cell while leaving nearby cells intact, which could improve the precision of surgeries for cancer, epilepsy, and other diseases. Femtosecond lasers produce extremely brief, high-energy light pulses that sear a targeted cell so quickly and accurately the lasers' heat has no time to escape and damage nearby healthy cells. As a result, the medical community envisions the lasers' use for more accurate destruction of many types of unhealthy material. These include small tumors of the vocal cords, cancer cells left behind after the removal of solid tumors, individual cancer cells scattered throughout brain, or other tissue and plaque in arteries.
The new microscope system can deliver femtosecond laser pulses up to 250 microns deep inside tissue. The system includes a tiny, flexible probe that focuses light pulses to a spot size smaller than human cells. The system was used to destroy a single cell within layers of breast cancer cells grown in the laboratory. Within a few years, the probe's 15- millimeter diameter could be reduced three-fold, so it would match endoscopes used today for laparoscopic surgery. The probe tip also could be made disposable for operating on people who have infectious diseases or destroying deadly viruses and other biomaterials.
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A team led by researchers at Stanford University has developed a prototype blood scanner that can find cancer markers in the bloodstream in early stages of the disease, potentially allowing for earlier treatment and dramatically improved chances of survival. The system is based on MagArray biodetection chips and can find cancer-associated proteins in a blood serum sample in less than an hour. The device uses magnetic nanotechnology to spot the cancer proteins while there are relatively few of them in the bloodstream.
The device is able to detect many different kinds of proteins at the same time, which is important for two reasons. First, researchers are still uncertain which cancer biomarkers are the best diagnostic indicators. Second, detecting multiple biomarkers simultaneously will allow a doctor to diagnose more specifically the kind of cancer a patient may have.
By tagging cancer proteins with tiny magnetic particles, rather than electrically charged or glowing particles as in other detectors, the new system can obtain a clearer signal from a smaller number of cancer proteins. At the heart of the detector is a silicon chip that has 64 embedded sensors that monitor for changes in nearby magnetic fields. Attached to these sensors are "capture antibodies" that grab specific cancerrelated proteins as they float by and hold onto them. Then a second batch of antibodies is added to the mix. They latch onto magnetic nanoparticles as well as the cancer biomarkers that are being held captive by the sensors. When the MagArray sensors detect the magnetic field of nanoparticles, they've found cancer markers as well.
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A student at Cornell University has developed a prototype of a therapeutic ultrasound device that fits in the palm of a hand, is battery-powered, and can stabilize a gunshot wound or deliver drugs to brain cancer patients. It is wired to a ceramic probe, called a transducer, and it creates sound waves so strong they instantly cause water to bubble, spray, and turn into steam.
Ultrasound is commonly used as a nondestructive imaging technique in medical settings. Sound waves, inaudible to humans, can generate images through soft tissue. But higher-energy ultrasound can treat such conditions as prostate tumors or kidney stones by breaking them up. The device also can relieve arthritis pressure and even help treat brain cancer by pushing drugs quickly through the brain following surgery.
The technology could lead to such innovations as cell-phone-size devices that military medics could carry to cauterize bleeding wounds, or dental machines to enable the body to instantly absorb locally injected anesthetic.
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Imaging Techniques
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is affected by movement artifacts, distorting elements in the image that show the movement of the body. Even if the patient does not move during the imaging, movement artifacts cannot be ruled out. Some parts of the body are always moving; the heart muscle, for example, changes shape during the pumping cycle.
With the aid of an ultra-broadband radar device, these movements can be taken into consideration and the MRI measurements can be corrected. The joint use of both technologies is being tested with the aid of a prototype developed at the Physikalisch Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB, Germany's national metrology institute). The prototype uses ultra-wideband (UWB) radar techniques for the detection of tumors, as well as for navigation technology in MRIs. Ultra-wideband electromagnetic pulses generated by a UWB radar and transmitted by an antenna probe the human body with low integral power. The receiving antenna detects the reflected signals coming from different depths of the body.
With an MR-compatible UWB radar, the landmarks of the heart muscle during breathing could be followed without disturbing the actual MR measurement. Both a real-time adjustment of the MR frequency according to the current position of the heart, and a retrospective position correction of the MR data could be carried out.
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University of Washington researchers have developed a pill with a camera that can detect the earliest signs of esophageal cancer. The tiny camera is designed to take high-quality, color pictures in confined spaces. This new design has created a smaller endoscope that is more comfortable for the patient than current technology. Because internal scans are expensive, most people don't find out they have the condition until it's progressed.
The scanning endoscope developed at the UW consists of a single optical fiber for illumination and six fibers for collecting light, all encased in a pill. Once swallowed, an electric current flowing through the endoscope causes the fiber to bounce back and forth so that its lone electronic eye sees the whole scene, one pixel at a time. At the same time, the fiber spins and its tip projects red, green, and blue laser light. The image processing then combines all this information to create a two-dimensional color picture.
The fiber swings 5,000 times per second, creating 15 color pictures per second. The resolution is better than 100 microns, or more than 500 lines per inch. Although conventional endoscopes produce images at higher resolution, the tethered-capsule endoscope is designed specifically for low-cost screening, because it doesn't require anesthesia and sedation.
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Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston have developed a new imaging system that will essentially light up and color cancerous tumors, enabling surgeons to evaluate whether they've resected an entire diseased area. The fluorescence- assisted resection and exploration (FLARE) system consists of a near infrared (NIR) imaging system, a video monitor, and a computer.
The additional information comes from the use of chemical dyes called near-infrared (NIR) fluorophores designed to target specific structures when injected into patients. When exposed to NIR light, which is invisible to the human eye, the contrast agents light up targeted cells and are viewed on a video monitor during surgery. If, for instance, cancer cells are targeted, the image of the lit-up cancer cells can be superimposed over the surgical field, allowing surgeons to cut away the fluorescent "glowing" cells and sparing nerves and other healthy structures in the area.
The system has two independent channels of near-infrared fluorescence, so two different things can be highlighted on the surgical field, and those things are only limited by one's imagination and the chemistry. For example, a surgeon might want to see a tumor with one channel and nerves with another. When using the FLARE system, the surgeon sees a screen with four windows — one for color video, one for each of the two independent channels of NIR fluorescence, and a fourth called the "merge" window.
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Published: June 2, 2000
Here is a selective listing by critics of The New York Times of new or noteworthy art, design and photography exhibitions at New York museums and art galleries this weekend. Addresses, unless otherwise noted, are in Manhattan. Most galleries are closed on Sundays and Mondays, but hours vary and should be checked by telephone. Gallery admission is free.
* denotes a highly recommended show.
* ''ART AND ORACLE: SPIRIT VOICES OF AFRICA,'' Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, (212) 535-7710 (through July 30). This is the first big international loan exhibition of African art to appear at the Met outside the Michael C. Rockefeller wing, and it is gorgeous. The subject is divination, the practice of channeling superhuman knowledge to predict the future, diagnose illness and promote social harmony. Nearly every object here has a role in that process or reflects its effects, from a ''power figure'' that looks as explosive as a stick of dynamite to a Yoruba divination tray believed to be the oldest African wood sculpture in the West to the portrait of a king who was warned by diviners to beware of water and had himself depicted as half-fish. (He ended up in exile far across the Atlantic in Martinique.) Hours: Sundays and Tuesdays through Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays until 8:45 p.m. Admission: $10; $5, students and the elderly (Holland Cotter).
* WILLIAM MERRITT CHASE, ''Modern American Landscapes, 1886-1890,'' Brooklyn Museum of Art, 200 Eastern Parkway, at Prospect Park, (718) 638-5000 (through Aug. 13). Chase (1849-1916) had a long, distinguished run as a painter, teacher and art politician. But this show zeroes in on the five-year period when, in a transitional phase between the brown, murky tones of his Munich training and his arrival at a lighter style based on French Impressionism, he painted genteel views of park landscapes in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Aside from their engaging scenic content, the 35 oils and pastels in the show are important because they are the first paintings in which an Impressionist style was used to depict American subjects. Recent examinations corrected some errors about their locales. And new scholarly speculations on Chase's motives for painting them suggest that he wanted them to serve as examples of ''civilized urban landscapes'' that accorded with the European avant-garde model of modern life. Hours: Wednesdays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (to 11 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month). Admission: $4; $2, students and the elderly (Grace Glueck).
* ''MAKING CHOICES, 1920-1960,'' Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53rd Street, (212) 708-9480 (through Sept. 26). The main event at the Modern these days is the museum itself. This has been the case since last fall, when the project ''MOMA 2000'' began the first of what will be three successive top-to-bottom reinstallations of the permanent collection galleries. The affair has been billed as a test drive toward the future, a chance for an institution to rethink the modern art tradition it helped to invent and to consider its own identity in what is often called a postmodern world. This second installment, which looks denser, weirder, messier and more truly modern (or maybe postmodern) than the first, is a big leap in the right direction. Hours: Thursdays through Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.; Fridays, to 8:15 p.m. Admission: $10; $6.50, students and the elderly (Cotter).
* ''MASTERPIECES OF JAPANESE ART FROM THE MARY GRIGGS BURKE COLLECTION,'' Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, (212) 535-7710 (through June 25). The good news is this ravishing exhibition of Japanese art, ranging from Neolithic pottery to knee-weakening Edo-period screens with a breadth and depth rarely seen in New York. Even better news is that a large part of the collection from which these 200 works are drawn is a promised gift to the Met, placing it suddenly among the top five museums for Japanese art in the United States. The show includes Buddhist sculptures and mandalas, monochrome ink paintings and calligraphy, hand scrolls and hanging scrolls as well as occasional but outstanding examples of ceramics and lacquerware. A specific Japanese sensibility, alternately refined and earthy, discreet and rambunctious, spiritual and cosmopolitan, and always astoundingly attuned to materials, is revealed here. Hours and admission: See above (Roberta Smith).
* ''MICHELANGELO TO PICASSO: MASTER DRAWINGS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE ALBERTINA, VIENNA,'' Frick Collection, 1 East 70th Street, (212) 288-0700 (through June 18). The Albertina, which has one of the world's greatest collections of works on paper, houses 65,000 drawings and watercolors and nearly a million prints, from Gothic to contemporary. The small sampling of 45 drawings and watercolors here runs from Michelangelo to Jackson Pollock and includes many works that have never before left Austria. Standouts include Leonardo's ''Half-Length of an Apostle''; four drawings by Durer, including his ''Head of an Old Man'' (1521); Michelangelo's anatomical study ''Seated Male Nude With Two Arms''; and Raphael's ''Madonna and Child.'' There are works by Rubens, Rembrandt, Poussin, Claude Lorrain, van Gogh, Picasso, Klimt, Schiele, Chagall and lesser-knowns. It is not often that one gets to see this range of masters packed into one small show, a fine teaser for the full Albertina experience. Hours: Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sundays, 1 to 6 p.m. Admission: $7; $5, students and the elderly (Glueck).


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Dysfunctional leadership continues
Congress plunges nation into federal government shutdown
Associated Press | 10/3/2013, 9 a.m.
Tourists stand next to a sign announcing the closure of the Statue of Liberty, a U.S. National Park, …
It wasn't clear how long the standoff would last, but it appeared that Obama and Reid had the upper hand.
"We can't win," said Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., adding that "sooner or later" the House would have to agree to Democrats' demands for a simple, straightforward funding bill reopening the government.
The order directing federal agencies to "execute plans for an orderly shutdown due to the absence of appropriations" was issued by White House Budget Director Sylvia Burwell shortly before midnight Monday.
Around the same time, Obama appeared in a video message assuring members of the military they'll be paid under a law he just signed and telling civilian Defense Department employees that "you and your families deserve better than the dysfunction we're seeing in Congress."
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Tuesday that Pentagon lawyers are trying to determine ways for some of the Defense Department's 400,000 furloughed civilians to continue working.
He bemoaned the standoff, telling reporters traveling with him in South Korea, "It does have an effect on our relationships around the world and it cuts straight to the obvious question: Can you rely on the United States as a reliable partner to fulfill its commitments to its allies?"
The underlying spending bill would fund the government through Nov. 15 if the Senate gets its way or until Dec. 15 if the House does.
Until now, such bills have been routinely passed with bipartisan support, ever since a pair of shutdowns 17 years ago engineered by then-Speaker Newt Gingrich severely damaged Republican election prospects and revived then-President Bill Clinton's political standing.
Boehner had sought to avoid the shutdown and engineer passage of a "clean" temporary spending bill for averting a government shutdown.
This time tea party activists mobilized by freshman Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, mounted a campaign to seize the must-do measure in an effort to derail Obamacare. GOP leaders voiced reservations and many Republican lawmakers predicted it wouldn't work. Some even labeled it "stupid."
But the success of Cruz and other tea party-endorsed conservatives who upset establishment GOP candidates in 2010 and 2012 primaries was a lesson learned for many Republican lawmakers going into next year's election.


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