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Clothing (also called clothes, accoutrements, accouterments, or habiliments) protects the human body from extreme weather and other features of the environment. It is worn for safety, comfort, modesty and to reflect religious, cultural and social meaning.

People also decorate their bodies with makeup or cosmetics, scented perfume, and other ornamentation; they also cut, dye, and arrange the hair on their heads, faces, and bodies (see hairstyle), and sometimes also mark their skin (by tattoos, scarifications, and piercings). All these decorations contribute to the overall effect and message of clothing, but do not constitute clothing.

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Another very popular situation where costumes are employed are for sporting events, where people dressed as their team's representative mascot help the club or team rally round their team's cause. Animal costumes which are visually very similar to mascot costumes are also popular among the members of the furry fandom where they are referred to as fursuits.

The amount of make-up used on a dancer depends on the venue, lighting, and the distance of the audience. To enhance the dancer’s face and make it visible from a distance, the face’s bone structure should be emphasized, there should be a space between the eyebrows, and the eyes should stand out. The further away the audience is the bolder make-up required (Cooper 78).

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SAN CARLOS, Calif. – Price-management software company DemandTec Inc. posted a wider net loss Wednesday for its fiscal first quarter, hurt by charges and higher costs even as revenue inched higher.
For the three months ended May 31, the company posted a net loss of $3.7 million, or 13 cents per share, compared with a loss of $1 million, or 4 cents per share, a year earlier.
Excluding items, the company's per-share results for the latest quarter were break-even.
Revenue rose 8 percent to $19.5 million from $18.1 million.
Analysts, on average, were expecting a loss of 2 cents per share on sales of $19.4 million, according to a poll by Thomson Reuters. Analysts' estimates usually exclude items.
"We are pleased that our revenue and (adjusted) operating results met or exceeded our guidance for the quarter, despite the continued level of uncertainty in the economy," said Dan Fishback, president and CEO, in a statement.
The quarter's operating costs climbed 21 percent to $16.8 million.
The company's shares slid 6 cents to $8.85 in after-hours trading after the quarterly results were released. The stock had closed up 11 cents at $8.91 in the regular session.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) –
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cast doubt on recent studies that suggested possible cancer risk with Sanofi-Aventis' widely used Lantus diabetes drug, boosting investor confidence in the blockbuster product.

Shares of the French drugmaker, which have stumbled in the past week over Lantus concerns, rose 3.1 percent in Paris after the FDA also said patients should not stop taking their therapy without consulting a physician.

In a communication posted on its website, the agency questioned four recently published studies over the cancer link, saying they did not track patients long enough to properly evaluate any such risk from the drug.

Additionally, the FDA said, "inconsistencies in findings within and across individual studies raise concerns as to whether an association between the use of (Lantus) and cancer truly exists."

It added that there may be differences in the patients studied that could have contributed to the studies' findings.

Shares of the French drugmaker have plunged about 13 percent in the last week amid concerns that patients and doctors worried about Lantus' safety would stop using the product and turn to rival treatments such as Novo Nordisk's long-acting insulin Levemir.

Lantus is a top seller for Sanofi, and it is seen as particularly important as other key Sanofi products -- blood thinners Plavix and Lovenox -- face possible generic competition. Lantus tallied 2.45 billion euros ($3.5 billion) in 2008 sales, a figure analysts have expected to grow over the next five years.

Dr. Richard Bergenstal, president-elect of medicine and science with the American Diabetes Association, said it appears the FDA was taking the risk posed by the Lantus studies "seriously but cautiously."

"I do think they were saying when you get confusing data or conflicting data, don't make clinical decisions until we get more," Bergenstal said.

Sanofi has stood behind the safety of its diabetes drug, and a company spokesman in Paris said on Wednesday it was "committed to working with the FDA and other health authorities and scientific experts to clarify the situation."

The FDA said it would continue reviewing the safety data for Lantus, including the new studies, to better understand any possible cancer risk.

Earlier this week, the European Medicines Agency said it was asking its scientific experts to perform a detailed assessment of the European studies' results and any other relevant information, since a link between Lantus and cancer "cannot be confirmed nor excluded."

Mark Dainty, an analyst at Citigroup, said the stock's recent drop meant the market was already discounting a worst-case scenario.

But the actual decline in Lantus sales might not be as severe as the 60 percent drop seen in global sales of GlaxoSmithKline's Avandia, which was linked to heart attack risk in 2007, he said.

(Reporting by Lewis Krauskopf and Susan Heavey; Additional reporting by Ben Hirschler in London; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn, Derek Caney and Richard Chang)

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A related type of tax is the value-added tax or VAT. It is a system in which all businesses remit taxes on their sales but they are also refunded the amount of VAT remitted by their suppliers. In addition to avoiding cascading, under VAT there is no need for government to determine which sales are taxable and which are not, since all sales--retail, wholesale and intermediate--are taxed.

Some or all of these taxes may be refunded but it generates a lot of paperwork (and income). The VAT paperwork can be burdensome but it remains a major source of tax income for most of the European Union, Mexico and other countries which charge on average a 15-25% VAT rate. Canadian sales taxes range from 5% in Alberta to an effective 16.6% in Prince Edward Island where sales tax is also applied to the federal Goods and Services Tax.

Details of a mousepad designed by Armando M. Fernandez were published in the Xerox Disclosure Journal in 1979 with the description:

Companies often give away mousepads for promotional reasons, and computer manufacturers often include a mousepad with their logo on it, usually with technical support information. Many artists have published work on mousepads.

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Some or all of these taxes may be refunded but it generates a lot of paperwork (and income). The VAT paperwork can be burdensome but it remains a major source of tax income for most of the European Union, Mexico and other countries which charge on average a 15-25% VAT rate. Canadian sales taxes range from 5% in Alberta to an effective 16.6% in Prince Edward Island where sales tax is also applied to the federal Goods and Services Tax.

In some countries, there are multiple levels of government which each impose a sales tax. For example, sales tax in Chicago (Cook County), IL is 10.25%--the highest in the nation--consisting of 6.25% state, 1.25% city, 1.75% county and 1% regional transportation authority. And in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the tax is 9%, consisting of 4% state and 5% local rate.1 In Tennessee the sales tax is 9.25%, due to the lack of a state income tax. However, there is no nationwide sales tax in the United States.

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There are various conventions for indicating degrees and diplomas after one's name. In some cultures it is usual to give only the highest degree. In others, it is usual to give the full sequence, in some cases giving abbreviations also for the discipline, the institution, and (where it applies) the level of honours. In another variation, a 'rule of subsumption' often shortens the list and may obscure the chronology evident from a full listing. Thus 'MSc BA' means that the degrees conferred were - in chronological order - BSc, BA, MSc. The subsumption rule reflects the principle that a person of a given high status does not separately belong to the lower status.

Some schools—mostly junior colleges and community colleges, but some four-year schools as well—offer an associate's degree for two full years of study, often in pre-professional areas. This may stand alone, or sometimes be used as credit toward completion of the four-year bachelor's degree.

LOS ANGELES – The Securities and Exchange Commission is seeking to permanently freeze the assets of a California financier accused of bilking investors until his fraud trial is over.
Judge Philip S. Gutierrez said Monday he would rule next week on the assets of Danny Pang, who is accused of bilking investors in his Private Equity Management Group companies.
Gutierrez temporarily froze Pang's assets in April, when he also ordered the financier to repatriate any assets sent overseas and turn over his passports.
Investigators say Pang falsely portrayed returns as coming from investments in timeshare real estate and life insurance policies of seniors.
Pang has denied wrongdoing through his attorneys.

CHICAGO (AFP) –
Minnesota's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that comic Al Franken is the winner in a bitter US Senate race, a step set to hand Democrats sweeping powers to pass US President Barack Obama's agenda.

Franken's Republican rival, incumbent Senator Norm Coleman, quickly conceded, and the state's Republican governor, Tim Pawlenty, reportedly said he would shortly sign the formal document certifying Franken's victory.

The developments were expected to have far-reaching implications for Obama's push to approve legislation to fight climate change, reform US health care, and to win Judge Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation to the US Supreme Court.

Democrats and their two reliable independent allies would have the 60 Senate votes needed to break through any Republican efforts to use a parliamentary delay tactic called a filibuster.

"I look forward to working with Senator-elect Franken to build a new foundation for growth and prosperity by lowering health care costs and investing in the kind of clean energy jobs and industries that will help America lead in the 21st century," Obama said in a statement.

At a press conference, Coleman conceded defeat and congratulated his rival, saying: "The supreme court of Minnesota has spoken. I respect its decision and I will abide by its result."

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said in a statement he hoped to seat Franken "as soon as possible" and urged Pawlenty to sign the formal document certifying that the Democrat won.

A spokesman for Reid said Franken would not be seated before next week -- the Senate is in recess for the July 4 US independence day holiday.

Obama's Democratic allies already enjoy a robust majority in the US House of Representatives, so a filibuster-proof Senate majority would deal a sharp blow to Republican efforts to block or force changes to major legislation.

Republicans looking to derail or modify Obama-backed legislation would likely target a handful of swing-vote Democrats who have indicated discomfort with some of the president's plans.

Franken, who rose to fame on the legendary Saturday Night Live comedy program, had been locked in a months-long legal battle over the validity of the November 4 election after a series of recounts handed him a victory of just 312 votes.

Coleman had challenged the fairness of the election and the accuracy of the recount.

In a unanimous opinion, the court ruled that "Al Franken received the highest number of votes legally cast and is entitled under Minnesota statute... to receive the certificate of election as United States Senator from the state of Minnesota."

PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Pirates, swapping outfielders at a rapid rate for the second successive season, sent starting left fielder Njyer Morgan to the Washington Nationals in a four-player deal involving outfielder Lastings Milledge and also shipped backup Eric Hinske to the Yankees on Tuesday.
The Pirates, who have pushed to restock a thin farm system by making numerous trades over the last year, get Milledge and reliever Joel Hanrahan from the Nationals for the fleet Morgan and left-hander Sean Burnett, a former first-round draft pick.
Earlier, they sent 2002 AL Rookie of the Year Hinske to the Yankees for minor-league right-hander Casey Erickson and outfielder Eric Fryer. The Yankees also get some cash to help pay Hinske's $1.5 million salary.
Just as they did last season by dealing Jason Bay and Xavier Nady, the Pirates have traded two of their three starting outfielders before Aug. 1. They sent former NL All-Star center fielder Nate McLouth to the Braves on June 4 for pitcher Charlie Morton and two other prospects.
Though rumored for several days, the Nationals trade is somewhat surprising because the Pirates dealt Morgan — who turns 28 on Thursday — less than halfway through a promising first season as a starter. He is hitting .277 with 2 homers and 27 RBIs, only four fewer than No. 3 hitter Freddy Sanchez, and has 18 steals, although he has been thrown out 10 times.
Milledge, a former top Mets prospect, has played in only seven games with Washington while part of the season rehabilitating a broken right ring finger that required surgery in May. He is expected to join Triple-A Indianapolis before being called up by Pittsburgh later this month.
Milledge, 23, has more power than Morgan — he has 25 homers in 897 career at-bats — but has bothered frequently by injury problems that include a broken right hand, sore foot and groin strain. He hit .268 with 14 homers, 61 RBIs and 24 doubles in 138 games last season, earning him a spot on the cover of the Nationals' media guide this season.
Still, Milledge was a major disappointment to the Nationals, who dealt two starters — catcher Brian Schneider and outfielder Ryan Church — to acquire Milledge from the Mets in November 2007.
The right-handed Hanrahan, 27, is 0-3 with a 7.71 ERA in 34 games — he was demoted from the closer's job — and has a 5.30 ERA in 115 career games. Burnett, the Pirates' top pick in 2000, is 1-2 with a 3.06 ERA in 38 games and has pitched in 96 games the last two seasons.
The 31-year-old Hinske hit .255 in 106 at-bats this season with nine doubles, one homer and 11 RBIs, playing right field, first base and third base. He was 8 for 24 as a pinch hitter and has been disappointed by a lack of playing time.
Through June 29 last year, he had 13 home runs en route to a 20-home run season with the AL champion Tampa Bay Rays. He won the rookie award with Toronto in 2002, when he hit .279 with 24 homers and 84 RBIs, and was a member of Boston's World Series championship team in 2007.
The 23-year-old Erickson was 3-3 with a 2.25 ERA in three starts and 18 relief appearances at Class A Charleston this season. Fryer, also 23, hit .250 with 11 doubles, two homers, 24 RBIs and 11 steals for Class A Tampa after leading the South Atlantic League with a .335 average last year for West Virginia. He was obtained by the Yankees in February for left-hander Chase Wright.
To fill Hinske's roster spot, Pittsburgh purchased the contract of 28-year-old outfielder Garrett Jones from Triple-A Indianapolis, where he hit .307 with 18 doubles, 12 homers, 48 RBIs and 14 steals.

The NRC accepts that despite ongoing research, large gaps still exist in the knowledge of quantitative nutritional information for specific nutrients. Some professionals acknowledge the possibilities of phytochemicals and other vital nutrients that have yet to be recognized as essential by nutritional science. With such broad guidelines and loose feeding trial standards, critics argue the term "complete and balanced" to inaccurate and even deceptive. An AAFCO panel expert has stated that "although the AAFCO profiles are better than nothing, they provide false securities. "

The 2007 pet food recalls involved the massive recall of many brands of cat and dog foods beginning in March 2007. The recalls came in response to reports of renal failure in pets consuming mostly wet pet foods made with wheat gluten from a single Chinese company, beginning in February 2007. After more than three weeks of complaints from consumers, the recall began voluntarily with the Canadian company Menu Foods on March 16, 2007, when a company test showed sickness and death in some of the test animals. Soon after, there were numerous media reports of animal deaths as a result of kidney failure, and several other companies who received the contaminated wheat gluten also voluntarily recalled dozens of pet food brands.

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One approach simply involves draping the cloth. Many peoples wore, and still wear, garments consisting of rectangles of cloth wrapped to fit — for example, the dhoti for men and the saree for women in the Indian subcontinent, the Scottish kilt or the Javanese sarong. The clothes may simply be tied up, as is the case of the first two garments; or pins or belts hold the garments in place, as in the case of the latter two. The precious cloth remains uncut, and people of various sizes or the same person at different sizes can wear the garment.

Clothing suffers assault both from within and without. The human body sheds skin cells and body oils, and exudes sweat, urine, and feces. From the outside, sun damage, moisture, abrasion and dirt assault garments. Fleas and lice may hide in seams. Worn clothing, if not cleaned and refurbished, will itch, look scruffy, and lose functionality (as when buttons fall off and zippers fail).

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JENSEN BEACH, Fla. – Authorities said a man has been charged with domestic battery after he drenched his wife with a garden hose and elbowed her for smoking in the house. An arrest report shows that the 51-year-old husband was charged Saturday. Police said the couple began arguing when the wife began smoking a cigarette in their home.
When the victim picked up the phone and began calling a friend, authorities said the husband believed she was trying to call police and elbowed her in the mouth during a struggle to grab the phone.
The woman was soaked with water when deputies arrived. The husband told deputies he had been watering the grass and did not intend to spray her.
The man was taken to the Martin County Jail and released after posting bond.
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Information from: The Stuart News, http://www.tcpalm.com

2.2 Million homeowners may face foreclosure over the next couple of years. Many borrowers are stuck in these toxic adjustable rate mortgages and they cannot refinance out of them as their payments are going through the roof.

A Loan Modification (sometimes called a Loan Mod), is the altering of one or more of the characteristics of a loan and/or its terms.. Loan Mods are usually the result of the borrowers inability to make payments in the agreed upon time-frame or because the property is worth less than the borrower owes. This means that a Orange County homeowner has taken out a loan to purchase a property, or refinanced a cash out loan,$ and in not able to repay it in accordance to the pre-set schedule designed when the loan was taken out. They then fall behind on their payments and are faced with a few tough choices.... foreclosure, deed in lieu of title, short sale or loan modification. The only option of this list that does not force the Orange County homeowner to lose their home is the Loan Modification.

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An entity seeking to transfer risk (an individual, corporation, or association of any type, etc.) becomes the 'insured' party once risk is assumed by an 'insurer', the insuring party, by means of a contract, called an insurance 'policy'. Generally, an insurance contract includes, at a minimum, the following elements: the parties (the insurer, the insured, the beneficiaries), the premium, the period of coverage, the particular loss event covered, the amount of coverage (i.e., the amount to be paid to the insured or beneficiary in the event of a loss), and exclusions (events not covered). An insured is thus said to be "indemnified" against the loss events covered in the policy.

Excess line insurance companies (aka Excess and Surplus) typically insure risks not covered by the standard lines market. They are broadly referred as being all insurance placed with non-admitted insurers. Non-admitted insurers are not licensed in the states where the risks are located. These companies have more flexibility and can react faster than standard insurance companies because they don't have the same regulations as standard insurance companies. State laws generally require insurance placed with surplus line agents and brokers to not be available through standard licensed insurers.

MILWAUKEE – Casey McGehee hit his first career grand slam moments after committing a costly gaffe and J.J. Hardy tied a career high with four hits, including a homer, to lift the Milwaukee Brewers to a 10-6 win over the reeling New York Mets on Monday night.
The Mets have lost four straight, falling under .500 (37-38) for the first time since May 5, and not even the previously unflappable Fernando Nieve (3-1) could help. He gave up 11 hits and three runs before being pulled.
McGehee made up for it giving the Mets life with starter Braden Looper (6-4) cruising and Milwaukee leading 3-0.
With two outs and a man on first in the sixth inning, the Brewers third baseman dropped Fernando Martinez's routine pop up, putting runners on the corners.
Brian Schneider hit the next pitch off the wall for a two-run double to cut it to 3-2.
In the bottom of the inning, Hardy had his third extra base hit when Martinez, in center field, tried to make a diving catch on a liner to put men on second and third with one out.
After Ryan Braun popped out and Prince Fielder was intentionally walked, McGehee drove a high fastball from reliever Brian Stokes into the Brewers bullpen in left center field to make it 7-2.
McGehee, who has hit all five of his career homers in his last 13 games, returned to the dugout, covered his mouth and shouted into his helmet before tossing it aside. Then, he acknowledged a curtain call from the 39,872 fans at Miller Park who booed him coming off the field minutes before.
The Brewers tacked on three runs in the seventh and eighth innings to take a 10-3 lead, but the Mets forced the Brewers to use closer Trevor Hoffman with one out in the ninth after five straight hits.
Gary Sheffield, who had an RBI single in the seventh, hit a two-run homer in the ninth off reliever Carlos Villanueva to make it 10-6 moments after David Wright's RBI double, and Villanueva allowed consecutive singles to Ryan Church and Martinez before being pulled for Hoffman.
The all-time saves leader forced Schneider to hit into a double play on his first pitch for his 18th save in 19 tries.
Nieve, who had allowed 10 hits and three runs over his first 18 2-3 innings as a starter, was trying to become the third Mets pitcher in history to win his first four starts.
But he failed to get four consecutive outs or make it through the fourth inning.
Milwaukee, the NL Central leaders who've won three of the last four, went up 3-0 on Jason Kendall's run-scoring single in the first, Hardy's solo homer in the third and Looper's run-scoring single in the fourth.
Hardy singled for the 11th hit off Nieve to chase him with one out, while Looper allowed seven hits and two walks in 6 1-3 innings.
NOTES: Hardy, who hit .207 through June 15, is batting .348 with three home runs and seven RBIs in his last 13 games. ... Mets CF Carlos Beltran (right knee) was in Vail, Colo. getting a second opinion on his bone bruise from noted knee specialist Dr. Richard Steadman and will be re-evaluated later this week. ... Mets LHP Oliver Perez (right knee) will make his final rehab start at Triple-A Buffalo on Friday. ... ... Mets RF Ryan Church (ill) returned to the lineup and went 4-for-5.

LOS ANGELES – So, who gets Michael Jackson's riches?
His mother took the first step Monday when she petitioned the Superior Court of California to be named the administrator of the late singer's estate. Katherine Jackson said in the filing she was acting to ensure Michael Jackson's three children are the beneficiaries.
It's the opening salvo in a complicated battle for a fortune that includes a lucrative music catalog of the King of Pop's own hits, the rights to songs by the Beatles, and the Neverland ranch that could one day be a tourist attraction.
There's even an elaborate video production, dubbed the "Dome Project," that was overseen by Jackson and finished two weeks before he died.
The high stakes and array of people involved will likely make the fight far more convoluted than recent high-profile squabbles over the estates of singer James Brown and ex-Playboy playmate Anna Nicole Smith.
"There's no doubt that there's going to be a big battle," said Alexis Martin Neely, a Los Angeles-based estate attorney. "It's going to be very messy and I don't see anything comparing to this."
Complicating matters is that few, if any, people know all the details of the reclusive entertainer's financial affairs. His mother's filing, for example, declares that Jackson died "intestate," or without a will. But that is in dispute. Another person with knowledge of Jackson's business matters told The Associated Press last Friday that there is a will, which would take precedent in court. That person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the material.
Becoming an estate administrator "puts a vast amount of power in one person's hands," said Roy Kozupsky, a lawyer with Smith, Gambrell & Russell. The person would have the power to sell assets, make deals and determine how to pay off creditors, he said.
At stake is Jackson's 50 percent ownership in Sony/ATV Music Publishing, a company itself estimated to be worth $2 billion; Jackson's own recordings and songwriting rights, which could be worth more than $150 million; and his joint ownership of the Neverland ranch.
Katherine Jackson said in her filing she intends to use the estate's assets for "the exclusive use of the decedent's (Jackson's) three children." But the filing could also be the first move in contesting the validity of a will, if there is one, Kozupsky said.
Jackson, who died Thursday at age 50, left behind three children: son Michael Joseph Jr., known as Prince Michael, 12; daughter Paris Michael Katherine, 11; and son Prince Michael II, 7. The youngest was born to a surrogate mother, while the first two were born to ex-wife Deborah Rowe.
The list of potential parties seeking a piece of Jackson's estate is long, ranging from financial firms to the companies involved in his planned comeback. Among them is AEG Live, the concert promoter that booked Jackson for 50 sold-out performances at London's O2 arena starting next month.
AEG Live reportedly gave Jackson a $20 million advance, which it may seek to recover from the estate. AEG Live declined to comment.
How much AEG can recover will likely depend on the wording of insurance policies it took out and whether they included protection against "medical conditions or another event," said Mary Craig Calkins, a partner at Howrey LLP who handles insurance recovery cases for TV and film productions.
The promoter took out about $18 million in insurance through Lloyd's of London, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment.
A big part of determining what the estate is worth — and how much it owes in taxes — will depend on how much Jackson owed to creditors. Estimates put the tally around $400 million.
The federal government will be able to collect around 45 percent in tax on the value of the estate's assets, minus its debts and administration costs including attorney fees.
It appears that the most valuable assets will likely remain in the estate's control.

The Sony/ATV stake and 100 percent of Mijac, the company that controls Michael Jackson's own music, were held in a trust whose beneficiaries are Jackson's children. That trust is safe from creditors, said Al Malnik, its former trustee and Jackson's business adviser from 2002 to 2005.

"The assets were protected through the trust against creditors," Malnik said Monday.

Jackson used those assets as collateral to secure $200 million in loans from Bank of America in 2001. He then refinanced several times. Malnik said the loan total reached $275 million by the time he quit as trustee in 2005. Fortress Investment Group LLC, which took control in 2005, sold the loans off entirely "over a year ago," said company spokeswoman Lilly Donohue.

It is unclear who holds the loans now, but one candidate is Colony Capital LLC, a Los Angeles real estate firm owned by billionaire Thomas Barrack, which also set up a joint venture with Jackson to own Neverland, the 2,500-acre property in Santa Barbara County that once included amusement park rides and zoo animals.

Barrack had lunch with Jackson brothers Jackie, Jermaine and Tito on Saturday at Neverland.

Jackson's estate is still growing through record sales and songwriting rights.

So far this year, some 297,000 of his albums have sold in the U.S., and that's not including last week, when sales spiked in the wake of the singer's death. Jackson's existing works will continue to sell well, said Keith Caulfield, senior charts manager for Billboard magazine.

"He's good for at least a half a million albums a year," Caulfield said.

Songwriting rights also keep earning revenue. Jackson wrote many of the songs he recorded including "Beat It," "Bad," and "Black or White."

For the past three years, Jackson has ranked among the top-earning 100 U.S. songwriters for royalty payments collected by Broadcast Music Inc.

"Michael Jackson is the number one international songwriter in the world for BMI. He is it," BMI chief executive Del Bryant said, adding that use of the singer's songs outside of the U.S. earn more than $1 million dollars annually just for Jackson's share of the royalties.

Warner-Chappell Music, a division of Warner Music Group Corp., is Jackson's music publisher, meaning it promotes use of his songs and lyrics in commercials and TV shows. Jackson's own works, plus scores of song rights he purchased, gross several million dollars per year.

Jackson also owns the master recordings of his own albums such as "Thriller" and "Bad" and had a distribution deal with Sony, according to a person familiar with his finances, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the material.

The surge in interest in his music could inflate the value of assets held by his estate, and the tax bill owed to the U.S. government.

"Unfortunately due to his demise, the value of these entities has increased substantially," Malnik said.

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AP business writers Alex Veiga in Los Angeles and Stevenson Jacobs in New York contributed to this report.

GENEVA (Reuters) –
The world's airlines lost more than $3 billion in the first quarter of 2009, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Tuesday, maintaining its estimate for full-year losses of $9 billion.

In its latest snapshot on the industry, the Geneva-based lobby said weak travel demand and lower freight volumes in the global recession had bled revenues for major carriers, in "a significant deterioration from last year."

"This deterioration was before the recent rise in fuel prices," IATA said, warning the 30 percent increase in oil and jet fuel prices since early May would squeeze airline cash flows further in coming months.

Both oil and jet fuel prices have risen almost $20 a barrel in the past two months, and are now 75 percent higher than their low point at the end of 2008, the Financial Monitor report said.

"Airlines have not yet felt the full impact of this oil price rise," it said.

But it said it was not changing its previous 2009 loss forecast of $9 billion, which follows revised 2008 losses of $10.4 billion.

On Tuesday, U.S. crude traded around $72 per barrel.

IATA, which represents more than 200 airlines, also said carriers trying to fly fewer flights to save costs during the downturn have not managed to cut capacity in line with shrinking air transport demand.

Leading airlines have been seeking mergers and acquisitions to help build scale and shield themselves against continued market weakness until the global economy recovers.

Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) swallowed rival Northwest Airlines last year to create the world's largest airline, and European carriers have also consolidated with Deutsche Lufthansa (LHAG.DE) agreeing to buy Austrian Airlines and Air France-KLM (AIRF.PA) scooping up Alitalia.

British Airways (BAY.L) is also in merger talks with Iberia (IBLA.MC), and Singapore Airlines (SIAL.SI) has said it is eyeing acquisitions in China and India.

(Reporting by Laura MacInnis; Editing by Stephanie Nebehay and Dan Lalor)

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A dress (also frock, gown) is a garment consisting of a skirt with an attached bodice or with a matching bodice giving the effect of a one-piece garment.

Depending on design dresses are classified. Different basic dress shapes are:

Communion Dresses

A dress (also frock, gown) is a garment consisting of a skirt with an attached bodice or with a matching bodice giving the effect of a one-piece garment.

Depending on design dresses are classified. Different basic dress shapes are:

NORFOLK, Va. – Lawyers for suspended NFL star Michael Vick are headed back to bankruptcy court in Virginia.
Vick is not expected to attend Tuesday's hearing in Norfolk, where attorneys will update the judge on progress toward developing a new Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan. The judge rejected Vick's first plan in April, saying it wasn't feasible.
Vick is winding down his 23-month sentence for operating a dogfighting ring. He's serving the last two months on home confinement in Hampton and is scheduled to be released from federal custody July 20.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is waiting until the 29-year-old former Atlantic Falcons quarterback completes his sentence before deciding whether to lift his suspension.

Many alternative medicine practitioners promote various other types of detoxification such as "diet detoxification," but there is no evidence that detox diets have any health benefits. Furthermore, Sense About Science, a UK-based charitable trust determined that most commercial products' "detox" claims lack any supporting evidence and can be considered a "waste of money".

Alcohol detoxification is a process by which a heavy drinker's system is brought back to normal after being used to having alcohol in the body on a continual basis. Serious alcohol addiction results in a decrease in production of GABA neuro-inhibitor because alcohol acts to replace it. Precipitous withdrawal from long-term alcohol addiction without medical management can cause severe health problems and can be fatal. Alcohol detox is not a treatment for alcoholism. After detoxification, other treatments must be undergone to deal with the underlying addiction that caused the alcohol use.

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Emergency Lighting

Artificial lighting is most commonly provided today by electric lights, but gas lighting, candles, or oil lamps were used in the past, and still are used in certain situations. Proper lighting can enhance task performance or aesthetics, while there can be energy wastage and adverse health effects of lighting. Indoor lighting is a form of fixture or furnishing, and a key part of interior design. Lighting can also be an intrinsic component of landscaping.

Lighting is the deliberate application of light to achieve some aesthetic or practical effect. Lighting includes use of both artificial light sources such as lamps and natural illumination of interiors from daylight. Daylighting (through windows, skylights, etc.) is often used as the main source of light during daytime in buildings given its low cost. Artificial lighting represents a major component of energy consumption, accounting for a significant part of all energy consumed worldwide.

Branson Golf

There are at least twenty professional golf tours, each run by a PGA or an independent tour organisation, which is responsible for arranging events, finding sponsors, and regulating the tour. Typically a tour has "members" who are entitled to compete in most of its events, and also invites non-members to compete in some of them. Gaining membership of an elite tour is highly competitive, and most professional golfers never achieve it.

Women's golf does not have a globally agreed set of majors. The list of majors recognized by the dominant women's tour, the LPGA Tour in the U.S., has changed several times over the years, with the last change in 2001. Like the PGA Tour, the (U.S.) LPGA has four majors:

LAS VEGAS – The federal government's top land steward said Monday that the United States will fast-track efforts to build solar power generating facilities on public space in six Western states.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said he has signed an order setting aside more than 1,000 square miles of public land for two years of study and environmental reviews to determine where solar power stations should be built.
"We are putting a bull's-eye on the development of solar energy on our public lands," Salazar said during an announcement with U.S. Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada, in a courtyard shaded by a solar power array at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Salazar and Reid, the Democratic Senate majority leader, invoked President Barack Obama's call for rapid development of renewable energy.
"We hear a lot about doing something about the environment," Reid said. "That's what this is all about. We want to not be dependent on foreign oil. This will make America a more secure nation."
Salazar vowed to have 13 "commercial-scale" solar projects under construction by the end of 2010. He set a goal of producing a total of 100,000 megawatts of solar electricity.
Salazar said the federal Bureau of Land Management plans to spend $22 million conducting studies of 24 tracts in the 670,000 acres of property he set aside in Nevada, Arizona, California, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico. Posters displayed Monday showed some of the sites in southern Nevada, Southern California east of San Diego, an area west of Phoenix, and tracts north of Cedar City in Utah, southwest of Pueblo, Colo., and around Las Cruces, N.M.
Bureau officials said the goal will be to identify lands of at least three square miles with solar exposure, suitable slopes and proximity to existing or designated roads and transmission lines. Wilderness, high-conservation-value lands and lands with conflicting uses were excluded. Setting aside the sites, called Solar Energy Study Areas, would prevent new mining claims and other third-party use during the studies.
An industry official hailed Salazar's promise to clear a logjam in utility-scale solar developments. The BLM said it has 158 active applications for solar power plants pending.
"In 2007, more than 7,000 permits on BLM lands were approved for oil and gas energy developers," Solar Energy Industries Association chief Rhone Resch said in a statement. "To date, zero permits have been approved for solar energy projects."
Natural Resources Defense Council analyst Helen O'Shea called the plan to find places for solar arrays "the right path to addressing the climate crisis while protecting our natural heritage and creating much needed jobs."
Salazar said bureau was already considering environmental reviews for two projects in Nevada. The NextLight Silver State South would have a solar array producing 267 megawatts, and NextLight Silver State North would produce about 140 megawatts.
Salazar said the two plants combined would produce more electricity than a "mid-sized" coal-fired plant that can produce 350 megawatts.
"With coordinated environmental studies, good land use-planning and zoning, and priority processing, we can accelerate responsible solar energy production," Salazar said.
"This is the beginning of a historic effort in which the United States of America finally captures the power of the sun to power the energy needs in our homes and in our businesses, and in so doing creates jobs for the people of America," he said.
The Interior Department said maps of the sites will be published Tuesday in the Federal Register.
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Associated Press Energy Writer Chris Kahn in New York contributed to this report.

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Murals today are painted in a variety of ways, using oil or water-based media. The styles can vary from abstract to trompe-l'œil (a French term for "fool" or "trick the eye"). Today, the beauty of a wall mural has become much more widely available with a technique whereby a painting or photographic image is transferred to poster paper which is then pasted to a wall surface (see wallpaper) to give the effect of either a hand-painted mural or realistic scene.

Murals are important in that they bring art into the public sphere. Due to the size, cost, and work involved in creating a mural, muralists must often be commissioned by a sponsor. Often it is the local government or a business, but many murals have been paid for with grants of patronage. For artists, their work gets a wide audience who otherwise might not set foot in an art gallery. A city benefits by the beauty of a work of art. Murals exist where people live and work and they can add to their daily lives.

Nursery Decor

WASHINGTON – The State Department on Monday warned U.S. citizens to avoid all nonessential travel to Honduras due to the "current unstable political and security situation" there.
Noting the ouster on Sunday by the Honduran military of President Manuel Zelaya, the department in a statement late Monday also recommended that American citizens residing in and visiting Honduras remain close to their homes or hotels "unless their travel is of a life or death nature," or for a scheduled departure from Honduras. It urged U.S. citizens to restrict travel within the country to necessary trips.
It said the U.S. Embassy has restricted the travel of its staff within Honduras to necessary trips.
"There have been regular demonstrations at the presidential palace in central Tegucigalpa, and streets in the vicinity of many government offices are blocked by police or military," the statement said. "In general, the streets of Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula are quiet. Reports from the rest of the country indicate that calm prevails, although there have been cases of occasional roadblocks."

MUMBAI (AFP) –
Legendary Indian actor Dilip Kumar -- known as Bollywood's "Tragedy King" -- is being treated for malaria in hospital, according to health officials.

The private Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai said in a statement released on Monday that the 86-year-old star had been admitted with a fever.

"Doctors at the hospital have diagnosed that he has malaria and have begun treating him for this. Shri Dilip Kumar has begun showing signs of improvement. He will be in Lilavati Hospital for another two to three days," it added.

With Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor, Kumar was one of the big three names who dominated the golden age of India's Hindi-language cinema in the 1940s, 50s and 60s and enjoyed a career spanning more than 50 years and nearly 60 films.

He earned his nickname because of his brooding good looks, tousled hair and deep voice. He became an icon after playing the lead in some of the most commercially successful films of the period.

But although a Bollywood legend, he missed out on international fame after turning down the chance to play Sherif Ali in David Lean's 1962 classic "Lawrence of Arabia". The part went to the Egyptian actor, Omar Sharif.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) –
"An American Werewolf in London," filmmaker John Landis' 1981 cult horror comedy, is set for a remake.

Dimension Films has picked up the rights to the material from Landis in what was described as a competitive environment. Bloody-Disgusting.com broke the news of the remake.

Landis wrote and directed "Werewolf," which starred David Naughton and Griffin Dunne as two American backpackers hiking in the Yorkshire moors. They're attacked by a mysterious animal who turns out to be a werewolf, and Naughton ends up terrorizing London while Dunne becomes a reanimated corpse who suggests ways for Naughton to kill himself and stop the curse.

No writer or director has yet been hired for the new version. Dimension and the producers aim to keep the comedy elements of the original while making the story relevant to contemporary audiences.

Landis will serve as an executive producer on the project and possibly consult.

Dimension has picked up other horror titles in hopes of relaunching money-making franchises. The company is releasing "Halloween II" at the end of August and is developing a remake of "Hellraiser."

(Editing by Sheri Linden at Reuters)