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...service's lack of portability has meant that most music fans still prefer downloading songs, sometimes illegally. Now Spotify wants to make streaming mobile. The new application won't be available to everyone, only those who opt for the premium service, which costs $15 a month for unlimited streams (the same amount buys you about 15 songs from the iTunes Store), access to prereleases and better audio quality than the free service, which forces users to listen to ads after every few songs. Spotify says it can't reveal exactly how many of its members are currently using the premium...
...much the same reason, another focus of insurers is the provision to provide federal subsidies to lower-income Americans to help them afford coverage. If subsidies are not sufficiently large enough, insurers say, many Americans would opt not to buy coverage. AHIP favors subsidies to Americans earning up to 400% of the federal poverty line, the same level of subsidies in both the House and HELP bills. The Senate Finance Committee, the lone remaining committee with jurisdiction over health care yet to produce a bill, hasn't announced which subsidy level it will support. But in an effort...
Parks may also opt to solicit sponsorships from corporations and other private sources. This is the strategy at Oglebay Resort, a self-supporting public municipal park in Wheeling, W.Va. The 2,000-acre park generates 99% of its $32 million budget from revenues from an on-site hotel, cottages and a golf course that it owns and operates, as well as donations and gifts that come in through a nonprofit foundation...
Marmur, like most other dermatologists, says the message of the IARC report is clear: "What I'm really hoping for is that people will opt out of using tanning beds...
Thankfully, Vang Vieng has much to offer grown-ups too, and it makes a charming stop if you're traveling overland between Vientiane and Luang Prabang. To beat the backpacker crush, opt for midmarket guesthouses like Villa Nam Song, telephone (856-23) 511 637, or the Elephant Crossing Hotel, (856-23) 511 232, which offer relative luxury (air-conditioning, television, private bathrooms). For fresh local food, try Vang Vieng Organic Farm, (856-20) 590 9132. Founded in 1996 by Thanongsi Solangkoun ("Call me Mr. T," he invariably says), it serves innovative Lao cuisine and also features a guesthouse and charity...