Jim T. Miller: How to Choose a Medicare Advantage Plan

Dear Savvy Senior: I'll be 65 in a few months -- Medicare enrollment age -- and am interested in getting a Medicare Advantage plan to cover my health care and prescription drugs. Can you give me some advice on choosing a plan?

--Searching Senior

Dear Searching: Medicare Advantage plans have become increasingly popular among retirees over the past few years. In fact, around one-fourth of all Medicare recipients -- nearly 13 million Americans -- are currently enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan. Here are some tips and tools to help you choose the best plan for you.

Medicare Advantage

Sometimes called Medicare Part C, Medicare Advantage plans are government-approved health plans sold by private insurance companies that you can choose in place of original Medicare. The vast majority of Advantage plans are managed-care policies such as HMOs or PPOs that require you to get your care within a network of providers.

If you join an Advantage plan, the plan will provide all of your Part A (hospital insurance) and Part B (medical insurance) coverage; some plans even offer extra benefits like vision, dental and hearing. And, most plans include Part D prescription drug coverage too.

You also need to be aware that the monthly premiums for many Advantage plans are cheaper than if you got original Medicare, plus a separate Part D drug plan and a Medigap policy, but their deductibles and co-pays are usually higher. That makes these plans better suited for healthier retirees.

How to Choose

To help you choose a plan, a good first step is to call your doctors and find out which Advantage plans they accept, and which ones they recommend. Then go to the Medicare Plan Finder tool and compare those options. When comparing, here are some key points to consider:

Total costs: Look at the plan's entire pricing package, not just the premiums and deductibles. Compare the out-of-pocket maximums plus the copays and coinsurance charged for doctor office visits, hospital stays, diagnostic tests, visits to specialists, prescription drugs and other medical services. This is very important because if you choose an Advantage plan, you're not allowed to purchase a Medigap supplement policy, which means you'll be responsible for paying these expenses out of your own pocket.

Drug coverage: Check the plan's formulary -- the list of prescription drugs covered - to be sure all the medications you take are covered without excessive co-pays or requirements that you try less expensive drugs first.

Extra benefits: Many Advantage plans include dental, vision and hearing benefits, but they are often limited. Get the details on what exactly is covered.

Out-of-network coverage: Since most Advantage plans limit you to using in-network doctors only, find out what's covered if you have an emergency outside your network area. This is especially important if you travel extensively or live part of the year outside your network.

Locations: If you don't use any particular doctors and you live in a rural area, make sure the doctors in the plans you're considering are located near you. Also check to see if the hospitals, home health agencies and skilled nursing facilities that the plan covers are nearby too.

Retiree benefits: If you have coverage from a former employer, be sure you speak with the benefits manager, because signing up for Medicare Advantage may void your retiree coverage.

Get Help

If you don't have a computer to compare plans, or if you don't feel comfortable working through this information on you own, you can get help by calling Medicare at 800-633-4227. They can do the comparing for you over the phone, and enroll you in a plan when you're ready.

Another good resource is your State Health Insurance Assistance Program, which provides free Medicare counseling. Visit shiptalk.org, or call 800-677-1116 to locate a counselor in your area. And, check out the HealthMetrix Research "Cost Share Report" at medicarenewswatch.com. This service chooses the best Advantage plans based on health status.

Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of "The Savvy Senior" book.

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The Cosmopolitan Condiment

Fast food is America?s signature export, and one of its most pervasive: Every day another few outlets open in Europe or Asia, spreading the distinctively American diet to the world. It?s ironic, then, that hamburgers, french fries, and ketchup are not even originally ours, a fact that is clear from what we call them. The large German contribution to American cuisine is obvious in words like hamburger, frankfurter, and pretzel, while french fries make their Franco-Belgian origins plain. And, of course, ketchup is Chinese.

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MegaUpload's Defense Files for Dismissal of All Government Charges [Copyright]

Less than 24 hours after winning a crucial decision regarding evidence disclosure, MegaUpload's legal team is going for the jugular—filing a motion to dismiss in District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. More »

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Is Internet Marketing or Network Marketing A Better Way To Make ...

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I make money doing both Internet marketing and network marketing. The question for a newbie trying to make money online is which way is better? Let?s answer that question.

1. Network marketing. I have found that it?s easier to build an MLM business when you incorporate Internet marketing into it.

The big advantage is in generating real prospects for your business. In the old days of network marketing you had to prospect in person or by phone.

This eliminated most people from ever really sponsoring anyone and building a large downline. Most people were never any good at handing out business cards, prospecting, identifying real prospects, setting an appointment, doing an MLM business presentation, following up, enrolling a new distributor, and teaching them how to do what you just did.

It?s actually amazing to think about people like Mark Yarnell with Nu Skin, Dexter Jaeger with Amway, Jan Rhue with Discovery Toys, and so on were as successful as they were. This is why John Milton Folgg wrote the best-selling MLM book titled ?The Greatest Networker? which is a parable about a young man ready to quit network marketing and what he learns to become successful at it.

In the past so much energy was spent on personal development because this was really the only way the average person was going to improve themselves to the point they would go through this whole process to build their business.

2. Internet marketing. Even with the advantages that the Internet provides most people still will never sponsor more than 1 or 2 people in their downline. The reason for this is using the Internet to build an MLM business takes online marketing skills.

It really doesn?t matter what the business model is. Until you learn how to get traffic to a website you are not going to make money.

Based on this fact network marketing companies are incorporating a lot of training on traffic generation. This can still mean using offline marketing methods with your warm market.

However, in building a meaningful MLM business, you will need to learn how to promote your system of prospecting, sponsoring, and training using the Internet. The exciting thing about this is once you learn how to do it you can be in multiple network marketing businesses at the same time.

You may not be comfortable with that. You might just want to focus on one and building it as large as you can.

However, once you start making money with your first network marketing business, today many Internet marketers will take on a second mlm opportunity. The key to making this work for you is to outsource the traffic generation.

You can still put your personal touch on following up with prospects yourself. But you don?t have to deal with anybody until they are a legitimate prospect. This is why network marketing is a great way to make money when you use Internet marketing to assist you in doing it.

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Cellulite Be Gone With A Healthy Diet Supplement

This condition is mostly common in women who are past the age of fifteen. This is due to the accumulation of fat on certain areas of the body during and after puberty. On the contrary, it is not common in men and this is probably due to the fact that men, unlike women, do not have hormones responsible for fat accumulation on specific areas of the body.

The body areas that are affected by cellulite include the thighs, buttocks, breasts, tummy, upper arms and along the waist line. In fact, these are the areas where fat normally accumulates during and after puberty in women.

Many people often incorrectly associate this condition with obesity. On the contrary, it also affects many people who are not even close to being obese. In fact, more than ninety percent of women who are past the stage of puberty have cellulite, mainly around the buttocks and thighs.

So, what exactly causes cellulite? The skin is normally made up of three layers of fat.

The subcutaneous layer is the one that normally develops this skin condition. This is because in women, the layer is usually has three upright chambers where fat is stored. The subsequent physiological changes that occur after this normally result in the formation of the cellulite.

These physiological changes mostly occur due to unhealthy lifestyles like smoking and eating diets that contain processed foods that are high in fat. In addition to that weight gain and lack of sufficient water intake also results in cellulite.

Fortunately, it is possible to get rid of cellulite but this requires a lot of effort over many years. One needs to live a healthy life and use the right cellulite removal creams.
For a simpler way, you should make a mix between a diet supplements like Lean Slim Ultra, a cellulite cream and a healthy lifestyle.

Lean Slim Ultra is an advanced slimming product is that could be great for your body overall due to it?s essential protein and nutrition. Experts say that it is a complete meal. The Lean Slim Ultra formula offers you countless benefits but without rendering you tired and exhausted. This effective amalgamation is 100% natural and safe for every individual. And it melts your surplus fat and calorie in a short span of time. It is the perfect pick to acquire sizzling body shape, which you always desired to have.

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Help With Personal Finance ? How to Eliminate Credit Card Debt ...

According to the view of some people the bankruptcy is the best method to eliminate the credit card debt. But you are mistaken! By having bankruptcy you will be the sufferer for the longer period of time because of low credit scores, no expectation the loan for the next several years and it become very difficult to survive without any financial backup.

To eliminate the credit card debt the settlement is the best way. The debt settlement companies are there in the market that will assist you in settling your debt. They act on your behalf and settle the unsecured debt amount like personal loan, doctor bill etc. in order to select the best professional company you have to understand the whole process of the settlement. Various debt settlement companies are there in the market and your job is to compare them with their prices, feedback, past records. You can have the verbal talk with the consultants of these professional companies. It should be considered in mind that the best professional company will get you the best and the hottest deal from the credit card company.

Prior homework is necessary before hiring any debt settlement company. The best way is the debt relief network where you can get the list of many certified debt settlement companies and then you can have the direct contact with them. The services provided by the professional companies are not of free of cost rather they charge some percentage of the debt amount so they will never be in the loss.

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Blowing Its Cover: Crystallized Volcanic Rocks Provide a Window into Mount Saint Helens's Plumbing

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The chemical fingerprints of erupted crystalline minerals record activity in the bowels of the volcano before it blew

By John Matson ?| May 28, 2012

IN THE ZONE: Different chemical zones in volcanic crystals provide important clues to the chemical environment where they formed. Image: Courtesy of Kate Saunders

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Thirty-two years ago this month an explosive eruption reshaped Mount Saint Helens in a matter of seconds. An earthquake under the volcano in Washington State on May 18, 1980, triggered the largest landslide in recorded history as billions of cubic meters of mountainside tumbled away, initiating a massive release of gas, lava and ash. The cataclysm killed 57 people and sent a plume some 20 kilometers into the sky.

The 1980 eruption was not totally unexpected. For the two months prior, earthquakes and steam explosions had rattled the mountain, and the north slope of the volcano had noticeably swelled outward. But interpreting just what was happening beneath the mountain to cause those shudders and belches was not possible.

Now a team in England and Germany has linked the seismic record from that era to magmatic processes beneath Mount Saint Helens by closely examining crystallized minerals formed in the volcano's innards just before eruption.

In a study appearing in the May 25 issue of Science, the researchers report that crystals of the silicate mineral orthopyroxene from 1980 and from subsequent eruptions trace various injections of magma, as well as other chemical changes, within the bowels of the volcano.

The crystals contain concentric rings of differing chemical composition. Some orthopyroxene crystals, for instance, have a magnesium-rich core surrounded by an iron-rich rim; others have an iron-rich core and a magnesium-rich rim. Each type of crystal zonation can record the conditions of the magma reservoir from which it emerged.

"We chemically fingerprint each of those zones to determine how they formed," says lead study author Kate Saunders, a volcanologist of the University of Bristol in England. The outer rim of an orthopyroxene crystal, she says, represents the most recent stage of crystal formation and typically grew just months before the crystal?s emergence in volcanic ejecta. That allowed the researchers to make precise estimates of when, and how, the crystals acquired their chemical forms. "Mount Saint Helens is really good?because the samples, we know exactly when they erupted," Saunders says.

In several cases, a flurry of crystallization matched up well with internal activity at the volcano, as inferred from seismic records. For instance, crystals with iron-rich rims increased in number in the weeks and months leading up to the May 1980 eruption, as earthquakes shook the mountain with low-frequency seismic waves. Such long-period quakes, Saunders says, are characteristic of magma giving off gas. "Previously it's been reported that iron-rich rims on orthopyroxene are due to changes in the water content of the magma, so it makes sense that if we've got degassing or fluxion of water or CO2 through the system, we may get more iron-rich rims," she says. Other crystals with magnesium-rich rims seem to mark an influx of hot magma from deep reservoirs just before eruption.

Those events are also captured in the seismic record, but the root cause of the tremors is not always clear from seismology alone. That is where the crystals can provide important corroboration?or critical insight into ancient eruptions, for which seismic records do not exist. In the case of Mount Saint Helens, the study's authors "are providing fairly convincing arguments that the periods of enhanced seismicity are related to inputs of magma," says Timothy Druitt, a volcanologist at Blaise Pascal University in Clermont?Ferrand, France. "Just because you've got seismicity doesn't mean you've got magma intruding at depth," he adds. "They're providing evidence that that's probably what happened. If you can establish that, then that helps you better interpret your seismicity.?

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Family Home and Life: 123 Draw

My second to?oldest grand daughter loves dinosaurs. And she loves for me to draw them for her so she can color them; except I don't really know how. When I found this second hand book, 123 Draw Dinosaurs by Freddie Levin, I knew I wanted it and it hasn't disappointed me at all! It shows you how to take a basic shape like an oval, then add to it until you have a dinosaur. It has many different kinds of dino's too so you will have lots of choices.

Through?some google research, I?found out that there are other 123 Draw_____ books out there such as?123 Draw Pets and Farm Animals, Castles and Dragons, People, Vehicles, Ocean Life, Cartoons and the list goes on. I will be purchasing a few more of these and look forward to the fun it will create around here. I found that through Amazon you can find pretty much?all of them.

Do you have a book or series of books that you would recommend for kids, that has added to the fun at your house?

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How article marketing works? | Jimbo Macs Blog

Article marketing is a very important tool that most of the internet marketers and seo consultants use. There are hundreds of article writing firms out there that offer article writing services and article marketing services to their clients. How does article marketing work? Well, its a marketing tool that market ones website, blog, web page, business, products and/or services via articles. In an article marketing campaign, several articles are published over different high PR article directories. And of course, every article carries a backlink. These articles are used for two purposes. Firstly, they increase the search engine ranking of the web page as each article carries one to two backlinks. Secondly, these articles are also used to attract direct traffic. The intention is that the readers will click on the provided link, come to the website, and will purchase something. Consequently the targeted web page receives more visitors, resulting in increase sales and increase profit. Article marketing is a great marketing tool provided it is used wisely. Wisely means to use original, error-free and informative content in the articles. Articles that dont have any sort of new or interesting information for readers usually dont receive as high clicks as those ones having something new and interesting in them. So the idea is to write content for readers not for search engines.

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Texas: Students Will Be Tracked Via Chips in IDs

Texas: Students Will Be Tracked Via Chips in IDs

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May 25th, 2012

Via: My San Antonio:

Northside Independent School District plans to track students next year on two of its campuses using technology implanted in their student identification cards in a trial that could eventually include all 112 of its schools and all of its nearly 100,000 students.

District officials said the Radio Frequency Identification System (RFID) tags would improve safety by allowing them to locate students ? and count them more accurately at the beginning of the school day to help offset cuts in state funding, which is partly based on attendance.

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Microsoft Wireless Desktop 800 Keyboard and Mouse Combo $12.01 after Cash Back at Harvey Norman

Original price is $48.0. Harvey Norman online price is $27.0 before cash back. After Cash back is $12.01. The price on the shore ticket is still $48.0. I went to shop straight away and could not get the deal. Have to order online and pick up in the store.

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Five Types Of Air Conditioning Systems

An air conditioning system is the one mainly responsible for keeping indoor temperature regulated. Their main job is to remove heat from indoor facilities and keep humidity at proper levels. New air conditioning models today have also the added function of cleaning the air and providing heat when required, making them an all-in-one commodity. Colloquially termed as AC or air con, these machines are actually marketed in different forms, making sure every type of consumer finds the perfect match for her living conditions.

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The first type is known as the wall/window model and it is probably the most popularly used form in the United States, and around the world. They are typically installed in a window or external wall. And they have the capacity to service a room that is about 50 square meters huge.

The smaller versions can usually work well with normal sockets. But for larger units, you may need to ask your electrician to add a few wiring.

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And then there?s the portable AC models that is borderline cooler. They are great for small spaces, up to 20 square meters usually. And they can be plugged into normal power points. They are also considered the cheapest type of air conditioner and are perfect for those just starting out or have a limited budget.

A split-system air conditioner consists of a compressor unit that's installed outside, and one or more indoor air outlets. They're usually used to heat & cool one or more rooms, or an open-plan area, of up to 60 square meters. They cost around $1200 to $5000.

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Another popular cooler type air conditioning system is the evaporation cooler, which is also known as swamp coolers. They are ideally found in places that have a hot and dry climate and they typically work with water. What they do is pull hot air over a water reservoir. And then after the water evaporates, moist cool air is circulated through the room using a big fan so that people are relieved from the heat.

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Now, we move on to ductless air cons that can be installed within the home without having to use ductwork. The system is basically composed of an outdoor unit that is connected to multiple small indoor units via small conduits. In a way, it is similar in some parts to the split system central air conditioners and the portable kind and has been commended for its contribution to energy cost savings, although one might not find it as affordable during the initial purchase.

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Lastly, we discuss the packaged central air conditioners which are more commonly used in commercial establishments than homes. The name basically denotes that there are two components ?packaged? or combined in a single unit which is normally mounted on the wall or roof. They are ideal for large spaces and for those who want to cater to more than one room, using just as one machine.

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Whichever you end up with, you are bound to reap all of the advantages of an air conditioning unit. Of course, you will also have to carry the burden of more expensive electric bills. But if you value comfort as much as, for example, nutrition, you will not regret getting one for your home.

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Mobile Miscellany: week of May 21st, 2012

Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you're like us and really want to know what's going on, then you've come to the right place. This past week, it was revealed that the HTC EVO 4G LTE likely supports simultaneous voice and data connections on Sprint's network, Samsung's Galaxy Ace 2 landed at Three in the UK and Vertu revealed a refresh to its Constellation series of luxury phones. These stories and more await after the break. So buy the ticket and take the ride as we explore the "best of the rest" for this week of May 21st, 2012.

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Kelly Scruggs: Secret Service Mistress (Photos)

Meet Kelly Scruggs, mistress to secret service agent Arthur Huntington. It seems as though his extramarital affairs started way before the sex scandal broke this year. It started during the Bush administration in 2007. Kellie Scruggs (see photo above) claims to have met Arthur at a Wild West club in Waco, Texas, in 2007, the spent a ton of time together, but once she introduced him to her mother he started backing off. Kelly just discovered the truth about her lover this year when he made international news with the Colombian prostitute scandal. Scruggs claims that Huntington told her he was divorced, btu she now knows the truth and finds him to be a total creep. She told the New York Daily News: ?I don?t feel sorry for (him). I think he?s a total creep now. A total jerk.? Now after coming forward, Scrugss is joined by another woman who met Arthur at the same club. 41 year old Holly Snow claims to have met Huntington around the time he and Kelly cooled things off. Meanwhile Huntington?s wife and two kinds were home in Maryland oblivious of the affairs. Until this year. How embarrassing and sad for her. This story [...]

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Dubai Desert Safaris Guaranteed Fun And Adventure

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Etan Patz Case: Pedro Hernandez Arrested For Murder

Pedro Hernandez confessed to murdering Etan Patz yesterday, meaning that after more than three decades, the famous missing persons case may be over.

Hernandez, a former corner store worker, was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder after he confessed to strangling 6-year-old Patz in 1979.

"He was remorseful, and I think the detectives thought it was a feeling of relief on his part," New York police Commissioner Ray Kelly told the media.

Incredibly, today, May 25 marks the 33rd anniversary of the disappearance of Etan Patz, who became the nation's first "milk carton child."

Etan Patz Case: Pedro Hernandez Arrested

The case sparked the movement to raise awareness of missing kids.

Etan vanished on his way to a New York bus stop, triggering a massive manhunt, but no sign of the little boy had ever been detected.

The Etan Patz case returned to the headlines last month when authorities re-launched the search, tearing up the basement of a nearby building.

Kelly said a recent tip led investigators to Hernandez, 51, a Maple Shade, N.J., resident with a teenage daughter. The commissioner said:

"In the years following Etan's disappearance, Hernandez had told his family that he had 'done a bad thing' and killed a child in New York."

On Wednesday night, Hernandez was questioned in New Jersey and then voluntarily returned with detectives to New York, says Kelly.

"He brought them to the scene of the crime, which is now a store that sells eye glasses," says the commissioner.

"Hernandez described to the detectives how he lured young Etan from the school bus stop at West Broadway and Prince Street with the promise of a soda."

"He then led him into the basement of the (store), choked him there, and disposed of the body by putting it into a plastic bag, and placing it into the trash."

At the time, Hernandez was a 19-year-old stock clerk in the business and lived in an apartment nearby, says Kelly.

Kelly said investigators arrested Hernandez based on "the fact that he had told his story in the past, and the specificity of what he said in the confession."

Hopefully, as horrible as this is, the family can finally have closure.

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Mars Opportunity rover sees its own shadow in crater

Opportunity just started moving again two weeks ago, after spending more than four months at a site along Endeavour's rim called Greeley Haven. The rover sat out the harsh Martian winter at the site, whose tilt allowed Opportunity to angle its solar panels toward the low-hanging sun. ?

By SPACE.com Staff / May 24, 2012

NASA's Mars rover Opportunity catches its own late-afternoon shadow in this dramatically lit view eastward across Endeavour Crater on Mars.

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The late-afternoon sun lights up a huge Martian crater in a spectacular new photo snapped by NASA's Opportunity rover, and the robot's own shadow makes it into the shot.

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The?Opportunity rover?was perched at the western edge of Mars' Endeavour Crater when it captured the image. Endeavour is about 14 miles (22 kilometers) wide, and Opportunity has been exploring the many outcrops along its rim since August 2011.

The photo is a mosaic composed of images taken with Opportunity's panoramic camera between 4:30 and 5 p.m. Mars time, mostly on March 9, NASA officials said. The scene is presented in false color to highlight differences in materials, such as the dark dunes on Endeavour's floor.

Opportunity just started moving?again two weeks ago, after spending more than four months at a site along Endeavour's rim called Greeley Haven. The rover sat out the harsh Martian winter at the site, whose tilt allowed Opportunity to angle its solar panels toward the low-hanging sun.

While Opportunity was motionless for a long stretch, it was not hibernating. The robot continued to investigate nearby rocks at Greeley Haven, and scientists analyzed radio signals from the stationary rover to study Mars' interior.

Opportunity and its twin, Spirit, landed on Mars in January 2004. The six-wheeled, golf-cart-size rovers were originally tasked with three-month missions to look for signs of past water activity on Mars.

Both robots delivered from their separate landing sites, finding lots of evidence that the Red Planet was once a much wetter, warmer place. And then they just kept going, far beyond their warranties.

Spirit went silent in March 2010 after failing to get into a good position to wait out the Martian winter, and the rover teamdeclared the Mars rover dead?last year. But Opportunity is still going strong, continuing to add to the 21.4 miles (34.4 km) it has driven to date on the Martian surface.

Opportunity will soon have company on the Red Planet. NASA's newest Mars rover, the 1-ton Curiosity, is slated to land on the night of Aug. 5. The car-size Curiosity's main goal is to assess whether its landing site is, or ever was, capable of supporting microbial life.

Follow SPACE.com for the latest in space science and exploration news on Twitter?@Spacedotcom?and on?Facebook.

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Talks with Iran set to resume next month in push for accord on its nuclear program

BAGHDAD - Iran and six world powers wrapped up talks Thursday still far apart over how to oversee Tehran's atomic program, but with resolve to keep dialogue going as an alternative to possible military action.

Envoys said they will meet again next month in Moscow after negotiations stretched out for extra hours and a sandstorm shut the airport in Iraq's capital. But the two sides agreed on little else during two dramatic days of discussions that underscored the serious challenges of reaching accords between Iran and the West.

"It is clear that we both want to make progress, and that there is some common ground," European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who is formally leading the talks, told reporters. "However, significant differences remain. Nonetheless, we do agree on the need for further discussion to expand that common ground."

Saeed Jalili, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, offered a lukewarm assessment of what the negotiations achieved, in light of European and American refusal to lift tough sanctions as Tehran had hoped.

"The result of the talks was that we were able to get more familiar with the views of each other," Jalili said at a press conference after Ashton left.

The Baghdad discussions began with hopes for progress before each side accused the other of failing to offer meaningful, realistic proposals. More tellingly, they also showed that U.S. diplomats and others are pressing neither for quick deals nor for ultimatums that could derail the sensitive talks.

"We are moving in a step-by-step process," a senior American official told reporters in Baghdad's heavily protected Green Zone. "It's good for them. It's good for us. It's good for the world."

The tempered approach offers insights into shifting American priorities over Iran's nuclear ambitions.

The U.S. has gradually moved off its demands for an immediate and complete halt to Iran's ability to make nuclear fuel, which the West and allies fear could someday provide the foundations of warhead-grade material. Iran denies it seeks atomic arms.

Instead, the Baghdad talks unveiled a Western-backed incentive package that seeks to end Iran's highest-level uranium enrichment as a first step. That leaves open speculation that Washington could ultimately accept Iran's demand to keep its enrichment labs in operation ? although possibly at reduced levels to produce lower-grade fuel suitable for its lone power-generating reactor.

Such a compromise would likely require Iran to reciprocate with moves such as allowing greater U.N. nuclear inspections and suspending work at a bunker-like enrichment site south of Tehran.

The senior U.S. official said it was still "premature" to delve into this type of endgame bargaining. "It's having the discussion about the end of the road before you've taken the first step in the road," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the negotiations more candidly.

In Washington, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said significant differences remain between the two sides and that it's now up to Iran "to close the gaps."

"Iran now has the choice to make: Will it meet its international obligations and give the world confidence about its intentions or not," Clinton said.

The overall message, however, was somehow to keep talking. The Moscow negotiations are set for June 18-19.

"All parties in the talks want to gain time," said Bruno Tertrais, a senior researcher at the Foundation for Strategic Research in Paris. "The Western countries want sanctions to keep hitting Iran, and Iran wants to keep the talk of military action in the distance."

The open channels between Iran and the six-nation bloc ? the five permanent Security Council members plus Germany ? could push back threats of military action that have shaken oil markets and fostered fears of triggering a wider Middle East conflict.

Oil prices rose toward $92 a barrel Thursday with the negotiations failing to hit a fast-track stride.

Israeli leaders, on the other hand, have been highly critical of the talks, claiming it allows Iran to buy time and drive a wedge between Washington and Jerusalem. On Wednesday, Israel's defence minister, Ehud Barak, said even possible moves by Iran to open its nuclear facilities to greater U.N. inspect don't rule out a possible Israeli military strike.

The world powers opened the Baghdad talks with a U.S.-backed proposal calling on Tehran to halt the production of 20 per cent enriched uranium, which is the highest grade of enrichment that Iran has acknowledged.

In exchange, the world powers offered benefits, including medical isotopes, some nuclear safety co-operation and spare parts for civilian airliners that are needed in Iran.

Staking out a hard-line reply, Iran emphasized it has every right to pursue uranium enrichment for peaceful uses. Jalili said Iran would consider suspending the 20 per cent level but only if the world powers recognize its right to enrich uranium.

He also said the West would have to give in to demands to supply Iran with enough nuclear fuel to run a Tehran medical research reactor that currently depends on the 20 per cent-level enriched uranium.

"It could be an issue for co-operation over discussions related to the Tehran reactor," Jalili said.

Western leaders fear the 20 per cent-level material ? well above the 3.5 per cent enrichment needed for energy-producing reactors ? can be turned into warhead grade at about 90 per cent enrichment in a matter of months. Iran insists its reactors are only for energy and research.

Iran went into the talks urging the West to scale back on recently toughened sanctions, which have targeted Iran's critical oil exports and have effectively blackballed the country from international banking networks. The 27-nation European Union is set to ban all Iranian fuel imports on July 1, shutting the door on about 18 per cent of Iran's market.

The senior U.S. official predicted the pace of the talks would speed up in upcoming rounds.

"We are urgent about it, because every day we don't figure this out is a day they keep going forward with a nuclear program," the official said. "And there are all kinds of assessments about how long it will take them to get there."

"We still think we have some time for diplomacy, but it's not indefinite," he said.

Talks resumed in Istanbul last month more than a year after an attempt at Western dialogue with Iran collapsed.

Iran pushed for the second round in Baghdad as a way to showcase its regional influence and close ties to the Iraqi government after the U.S. military withdrawal from Iraq. During the talks, a mortar strike outside the Green Zone killed at least one person and wounded eight, according to police and medical officials. The level of violence has dropped dramatically in Iraq, although deadly attacks on security forces and civilians are still common.

___

Associated Press writer Brian Murphy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed to this report.

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Reactions to Dr Sentamu's response on Marriage and Civil ...

Reactions to Dr Sentamu's response on Marriage and Civil Partnerships

The original article was reported here.

A shorter version was published by the Guardian as Redefining marriage to include same-sex couples would benefit nobody.

Both of those contain a number of reader comments. In addition:

The Guardian published a number of letters on the topic on Monday under the headline Sentamu?s flaws over gay marriage. Authors include Richard Harries, Mark Oakley and Iain McLean.

From Richard Harries:

The archbishop of York wants to keep marriage as a separate category but regards civil partnerships as an honourable expression of a committed relationship; that marriage and civil partnerships are in fact complementary, equal but different (Not equality but justice, 18 May). He pleads for time for civil partnerships to gain greater public understanding.

The great flaw in his argument is that he does not urge the church to bless such partnerships. This would do more than anything to obtain that greater public understanding he says he wants. Now that the government appears to have dropped its idea of legalising gay marriages, it is a chance for the Church of England to make amends for the reluctance with which it accepted civil partnerships in the first place, and to take the lead in declaring unequivocally that such committed relationships are to be warmly celebrated before God.

Richard Harries
Crossbench, House of Lords

Cif Belief has published an article by Iain McLean John Sentamu?s claims on civil partnerships are false.

John Sentamu, the archbishop of York, recently posted a long statement explaining his opposition to same-sex marriage. Some of it appeared in the Guardian and on Comment is Free. In it he referenced an interview he recently gave to the Daily Telegraph, which contains the following statement: ?We [the bishops in the House of Lords] supported civil partnerships, because we believe that friendships are good for everybody.?

Like other religious opponents of same-sex marriage, he goes on to argue that civil partnership is ?in every respect in ethical terms an honourable contract of a committed relationship?. Same-sex couples, he therefore says, should not press for marriage.

But his factual claim is false. The main Lords debate on the civil partnership bill took place in June 2004. Richard Harries, then bishop of Oxford, did indeed signal Church of England support for civil partnerships. But his efforts were contradicted by the five conservative bishops who spoke on the other side. Going by the bishops? contributions to debate, the score is 5/3 against. Going by the bishops? votes, it is 6/1 against. Six bishops voted for a successful wrecking amendment in the name of Lady O?Cathain, which made the bill unworkable. Only the Commons? insistence on rejecting the O?Cathain amendment made it possible to enact civil partnerships?

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Can I ask about Richard Harries' comment that the Government seems to have dropped its idea of legalising gay marriage?

I thought the proposal is still in its consultation phase and could therefore not have been included this year's Queen's Speech - which is what most people seem to hang their belief on that the proposal has been dropped.

The question is what will happen after the consultation phase and David Cameron answered pre-Queen Speech suggestions that the proposal would be kicked into the long grass with an affirmation of his plans to legalise gay marriage.

Can anyone confirm or correct this interpretation?

In response to Erika.

They haven't said it has been dropped ad they are still consulting on it. However there was a front page article in the Sunday Times following heavy government losses in council seats that it had been dropped.

The story obviously came from a reliable source or the Sunday Times would not have lead with the story. In ,response no minister apart from Lynn Featherstone has denied it, and on her own blog, not a government website (she's evidently 'keeping hope alive' - which you have to admire).

People outside the govt are going around saying it's been dropped and no-one from the govt's press officers contradicts them - thus does the govt communicate with its subjects.

When announcing the policy the Tories didn't want this to be a Lib Dem policy and stated it was being 'driven forwards' by the PM. I guess he's stopped driving in this instance.

Basically the Tories were just playing with the issue. Maybe they'll resurrect the issue, maybe not.

Another error in the Sentamu analysis is his suggestion (also made by other opponents of equal marriage) that, if equal marriage is not forced on religious celebrants, this creates ?two kinds of marriage? which would be different from ?hitherto?.

In fact, however, there would only be two different kinds of marriage *ceremony* (only opposite sex couples being allowed a marriage ceremony in church, just as divorcees were formerly excluded), there would not be two kinds of *marriage* (the relationship of marriage being the same whether formalised in a civil ceremony or in church).

This variety of ceremony, but with only one status of marriage resulting, has been the case for many generations.

As long ago as 1973, the Law Commission wrote:

"The present law is the product of history. Although most of it is now to be found in the Marriage Act 1949, that was merely a consolidating (not a reforming) Act which re-enacted the substance of provisions dating back to 1823 (which in turn were based on still earlier legislation). There are now two main forms of solemnisation of marriage - civil and religious. The former is relatively straightforward... In the case of ecclesiastical marriages there is a bewildering mixture of civil and religious administration at all stages... With this proliferation of procedures it is hardly surprising that the law is not understood by members of the public or even by those who have to administer it ..."
(Paragraph 6 of Report of Joint Working Party of the Law Commission and the Registrar General in the Annex to the Law Commission "Report on solemnisation of marriage in England and Wales." (1973) No 53.)

It's very confused, Erica.

There was at least one journalist claiming the day after the local elections a someone at No 10 was briefing that gay marriage was a dead duck, at least pro tem.

Yet last week I was holding forth on the legal complexities as part of the government road-show here in Cardiff and the civil servants (middle rank) were saying that the No 10 briefing was a rogue commentator (or never happened!) and that, quite the contrary the government were determined to see this IN PLACE by 2014!

Robert Ian Williams has an interesting take on the view expressed by pundits that gay marriage was a vote loser for the Tories. He stood for Labour in a Tory seat held by a partnered gay man and lost. Robert admits the sitting candidate was a good councillor and well respected, but even more he says that NOT ONCE in all the weeks of door stepping throughout the constituency did someone raise gay marriage! He was rather disappointed!!

Still, on the question you ask. Is it on - or is it off? I think Richard Harries gets the inside track so I would be surprised if he hasn't got this right.

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(From left) Prof Thomas Cooney, chair, Science-2-Business programme committee; Prof Mark Ferguson, director general, Science Foundation Ireland; Lisa Amini, director of IBM Research Ireland; and Minister for Research and Innovation S?an Sherlock, TD

A new programme to show how scientific research can be commercialised will take place at the Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF) in Dublin this July, but today marked the launch of that initiative, the Science-2-Business programme.

Science Foundation Ireland (SFI), the lead partner in the Science-2-Business programme, said today industry collaborations by SFI researchers reached 1,035 in 2011, an increase of 19pc from 867 in 2010.

SFI researchers are now working with 583 companies from 67 countries.

At ESOF this July, the aim of the Science-2-Business programme is to bring academics and members of the business community together to illustrate how to transform publicly funded research into successful companies.

After launching the programme today, Minister for Research and Innovation Se?n Sherlock, TD, spoke about Ireland's scope to highlight the intersection of science and business.

ESOF itself will take place in Dublin City from 11-15 July 2012. The organisers are expecting that 5,000 researchers, policy makers and business people will attend the forum.

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There will also be a workshop on female researchers and entrepreneurship. The workshop will address the issue of the low number of start-ups from university through female entrepreneurs. Apparently the figure lies between 0pc and 15pc, despite the fact more than 50pc of university graduates in Europe are female.

A Marketplace exhibition will cover the different elements of the business start-up ecosystem, such as venture capital, advisory services around intellectual property and legal issues.

As well as this, a Careers Expo will enable researchers to meet and engage with leading international employers from the biomedical and engineering sectors.

Dr Lisa Amini, director of IBM Research Ireland, will be one of the speakers at ESOF 2012 as part of the Science-2-Business programme.

She spoke today about how science and technology will be vital in solving the challenges of the future.

"It is imperative that the academic community and business world work together to solve these problems," said Amini.?

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Communication world nets (CWW) March 31 news at the work in 30, the letter broadband penetration acceleration engineering mobilization meeting deployment, China mobile cell phone jammer Exiguous chairman, said broadband speed engineering is an important strategic broadband China part, China mobile will continue to deepen with four tennis association strategy, ?continue to push the scale of td-scum network construction, focusing on a large and medium cities of the hot spots for the data covered, depth coverage and continuously optimize, and constantly improve the quality of network and network utilization, improve customer perception.?
China mobile cell phone jammer future three years will continue to develop td-scum, Exiguous a comment and work of this letter Meowed minister previous comments completely. MiaoWeiCeng that and will use 3 years time, td-scum base station from the current 220000 increased to 400000 or so.
Exiguous said China mobile wireless broadband popularity and access ability greatly increase, in the wireless broadband construction, China mobile push with four tennis associations, realized our country the independent innovation of td-scum construction and operation of the three years development goals. By the end of 2011, but more than 50 million subscribers, TD base station to 225000 number, TD realize the national all areas of the continuous coverage at or above the county level.
At present, China mobile cell phone jammer the breadth and depth of WLAN coverage strengthen ceaselessly, according to its revealed that China mobile has reached 2.38 million of WLAN access points. In 2012, China mobile will strengthen construction of WLAN hot spots, WLAN AP 1.4 million new access points.
?China mobile actively promote TD-LTE scale experiment, the test result is exciting,? Exiguous said. The future will be ready to promote TD-LTE test of the implementation of the second phase scale, improve industry confidence, guide pull industry resources input.
In this meeting, the experts accept communication world nets interview points out hope clearly as soon as possible TD-LTE use frequency, promote TD-LTE as soon as possible to mature commercial.
In the wireless city, China mobile cell phone jammer wireless application development 10 categories city, has built more than 100 standard wireless cities, realize the development of more than 10 million of the valid user periodic goal.

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