Michael Jackson dead ….?

MICHAEL Jackson’s death was not unexpected due to the prescription medications he was taking, a lawyer for his family says.Jackson died of a cardiac arrest at 3pm local time (about 8am AEST) after medical staff tried to revive him for an hour.Attorney and Jackson family spokesman Brian Oxman said Jackson was taking prescription drugs as he battled to get into shape for his gruelling comeback tour due to start in London next month.Mr Oxman told CNN that he had harboured concerns about Jackson’s use of drugs, saying members of the star’s entourage were “enablers” and compared his case to the drug overdose death of Playboy centrefold Anna-Nicole Smith.

Google searches are costly to the environment, experts say

IF you want to help save the planet from carbon carnage, cut your Google searches, scientists say.Performing two Google searches from a desktop computer can generate about the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle for a cup of tea, according to new research, The Australian reports.While millions of people tap into Google without a thought for the environment, a typical search generates about 7g of CO2. Boiling a kettle generates about 15g.”Google operates huge data centres around the world that consume a great deal of power,” said Alex Wissner-Gross, a Harvard University physicist whose research on the environmental impact of computing is due out soon.

Aussies bid on $1 holidays

CASH-strapped Aussies badly in need of a holiday can now bid as little as $1 to visit far-flung locations through a new auction website.STA Travel’s platform provides the chance to snap up a bargain trip to locations such as Tokyo, London and Hong Kong, with users able to bid on flights, accommodation, tours and package holidays through an eBay-style system.All bids will have a minimum of $1 and there will be no set reserves, increasing your chance of a holiday for next to nothing.More than 1500 people have registered, placing bids on flights and packages to Hong Kong and Los Angeles.STA product and marketing director Basil Hyman said the scheme would allow users to dictate how much they were willing to pay for a holiday.”Our customers are young, savvy and smart,” Hyman said.”They want to mould the world they live in whether this is about taking control of their careers, the environment or the news they read.”Our auction platform now allows them to dictate the price they pay for their holidays, too.”Hyman said all taxes would be included in the listings.Users register free with STA Travel online, and are able to monitor and increase their bids for the duration of the auction.

World’s 8 Most Expensive Perfumes

Globally, the flavors and fragrances form a $17.8-billion industry of which the top five players are Givaudan, International Flavors & Fragrances, Firmenich, Symrise and Quest International.These five companies have a substantial presence in the Indian market, along with competition from Indian F&F houses like SH Kelkar, Sachee Aromatics and Oriental Flavors & Fragrances. The Indian F&F market is estimated at around $225 million.”The word ‘perfume’ comes from the Latin per fume ‘through smoke’. One of the oldest uses of perfumes was in the form the burning of incense and aromatic herbs used in religious services, often the aromatic gums, frankincense and myrrh, gathered from trees.The People of were the first clan to use perfume followed by the ancient Chinese, Hindus, Israelites, Carthaginians, Arabs, Greeks, and Romans.The Egyptians invented glass and perfume bottles were one of the first common uses for glass.So which is the most expensive perfume brand available in the market? Which perfume bottle is adorned with a five-carat diamond? Read on to find out. . . (These perfumes have been ranked by  perfumejuice.com.