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Employees prepare final products for shipment at the Cathay Industrial Biotech factory in Jining, China, Sept. 12, 2011. After more than a decade in w...

Dr. Liu Xiucai, founder and chief executive of Cathay Industrial BioTech, in his laboratory in Shanghai, Sept. 8, 2011. After more than a decade in wh...

Hays Holladay, left, and Ryan Holladay, of the musical duo Bluebrain, in Central Park in New York, Nov. 12, 2011. The Holladay brothers released a fre...

Ryan Holladay, left, and Hays Holladay, of the musical duo Bluebrain, in Central Park in New York, Nov. 12, 2011. The Holladay brothers released a fre...

FILE -- The Cole Porter piano in the lobby of the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York, on Dec. 6, 2011. The negotiations during the NBA lockout shuttled...

FILE -- A pizza box by a trash can in New York, on Sept., 27, 2011. The negotiations during the NBA lockout shuttled between several hotels in New Yor...

The New York Helmsley hotel in New York, on Dec. 6, 2011. The negotiations during the NBA lockout shuttled between several hotels in New York, depende...

The Westin hotel in New York, on Dec. 6, 2011. The negotiations during the NBA lockout shuttled between several hotels in New York, dependent on which...

The New York Palace hotel in New York, on Dec. 6, 2011. The negotiations during the NBA lockout shuttled between several hotels in New York, dependent...

The Sheraton hotel in New York, on Dec. 6, 2011. The negotiations during the NBA lockout shuttled between several hotels in New York, dependent on whi...

Jason Eslamieh's Boswellia sacra, or frankencense, seedlings, on his property in Tempe, Ariz., Nov. 9, 2011. Eslamieh's book "Cultivation of Boswellia...

Jason Eslamieh waters the plants on his property in Tempe, Ariz., Nov. 9, 2011. Eslamieh's book "Cultivation of Boswellia: Sacred Trees of Frankincens...

Jason Eslamieh's Boswellia sacra, or frankencense, seedlings, on his property in Tempe, Ariz., Nov. 8, 2011. Eslamieh's book "Cultivation of Boswellia...

Jason Eslamieh's Boswellia sacra, or frankencense, seeds on his property in Tempe, Ariz., Nov. 8, 2011. Eslamieh's book "Cultivation of Boswellia: Sac...

Jason Eslamieh, with his dog Sacra, on his property in Tempe, Ariz., Nov. 8, 2011. Eslamieh's book "Cultivation of Boswellia: Sacred Trees of Frankinc...

A Syrian man presses a handkerchief on his wounded eyes in a hospital in Antakya, Turkey, Dec. 7, 2011. Soldiers and activists close to the rebel Free...

A Brooklyn Cruiser bicycle under the stairs inside Peter Jenkins' penthouse at the Edge in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Dec. 7, 2011. Jenkins' de...

Laura Flanders, left, a journalist, and Elizabeth Streb, a choreographer and dancer, at their SoHo loft apartment that's decorated with floor-to-ceili...

Laura Flanders, left, a journalist, and Elizabeth Streb, a choreographer and dancer, at their SoHo loft apartment in New York, Nov. 30, 2011. When Fla...

The kitchen inside the SoHo loft apartment of Laura Flanders, a journalist, and Elizabeth Streb, a choreographer and dancer, in New York, Nov. 30, 201...

A laborer looks out the window of a home being restored using federal block grant money in Allentown, Pa., on Dec. 7, 2011. Cities like Allentown are...

FILE-- President George Bush looks on as he meets with the King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa of Bahrain at the Oval Office, in Washington, March 25, 2008....

Moshe Katsav, Israel's former president who was convicted of rape and sexual harassment, spends his last day as a free man at his home in Kiryat Malac...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) speaks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, on Dec. 6, 2011. Congress is continuing to debate ho...

Moshe Katsav, Israel's former president who was convicted of rape and sexual harassment, spends his last day as a free man at his home in Kiryat Malac...

Moshe Katsav, Israel's former president who was convicted of rape and sexual harassment, spends his last day as a free man with his family at his home...

Moshe Katsav, Israel's former president who was convicted of rape and sexual harassment, spends his last day as a free man with his family and support...

Moshe Katsav, Israel's former president who was convicted of rape and sexual harassment, spends his last day as a free man with his family at his home...

Moshe Katsav, Israel's former president who was convicted of rape and sexual harassment, spends his last day as a free man at his home in Kiryat Malac...

Moshe Katsav, right, Israel's former president who was convicted of rape and sexual harassment, spends his last day as a free man at his home in Kirya...

The Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York, on Dec. 6, 2011. The negotiations during the NBA lockout shuttled between several hotels in New York, dependent...

A skier goes down a slope at Jay Peak Resort, in Vermont, March. 20, 2011. Beloved by regulars who once flocked to it for its scruffy charm, the recen...

A visitor rides in one of several fiberglass water slides at the Pump House, a new indoor water park, at Jay Peak Resort, in Vermont, Nov. 20, 2011. B...

Martin Clements surfs the Flow Rider at the Pump House, a new indoor water park, at Jay Peak Resort in Vermont, Nov. 20, 2011. Beloved by regulars who...

The main square at the Canyons Resort, in Park City, Utah, March 15, 2011. The neglected cousin of more popular Utah resorts, The Canyons has been reb...

Visitors relax in the Ski Beach at the Canyons Resort, in Park City, Utah, March 15, 2011. The neglected cousin of more popular Utah resorts, The Cany...

A skier jumps off a small hill at Jay Peak Resort, in Vermont, March. 20, 2011. Beloved by regulars who once flocked to it for its scruffy charm, the...

A skier goes down a slope at Jay Peak Resort, in Vermont, March. 20, 2011. Beloved by regulars who once flocked to it for its scruffy charm, the recen...

Skiers walk past the Tram Haus Lodge as they head for the slopes, at Jay Peak Resort, in Vermont, March. 20, 2011. Beloved by regulars who once flocke...

The Pump House, a new indoor water park, at Jay Peak Resort, in Vermont, Nov. 20, 2011. Beloved by regulars who once flocked to it for its scruffy cha...

Wyatt Hamdy rides a boogie board on the Flow Rider at the Pump House, a new indoor water park, at Jay Peak Resort, in Vermont, Nov. 20, 2011. Beloved...

A group of people ride in tubes on the lazy river at the Pump House, a new indoor water park, at Jay Peak Resort, in Vermont, Nov. 20, 2011. Beloved b...

Liam Niblack of Asheville, N.C., atop the Ninety-Nine 90 peak at Canyons Resort, in Park City, Utah, March 15, 2011. The neglected cousin of more popu...

Visitors ride the Doc's Run at the Canyons Resort, in Park City, Utah, March 15, 2011. The neglected cousin of more popular Utah resorts, The Canyons...

The lobby of the Waldorf Astoria, in Park City, Utah, March 14, 2011. The neglected cousin of more popular Utah resorts, The Canyons has been reborn a...

A visitor walks at the base of the Canyons Resort, in Park City, Utah, March 13, 2011. The neglected cousin of more popular Utah resorts, The Canyons...

Visitors ride the Orange Bubble Express, a heated chairlift, as snowboarders get ready to ride at the Canyons Resort, in Park City, Utah, March 13, 20...

Ryan Brandt of Weston, Conn., is airborne in the terrain park at the Canyons Resort, in Park City, Utah, March 13, 2011. The neglected cousin of more...

Ski lift tickets attached to a jacket, in Lake Placid , N.Y., Dec. 2, 2011. Waiting to buy lift tickets can leave you out of major savings offered to...

Neighborhood youth sled down a hill in Aurora, Colo., on Dec. 6, 2011. The city hopes that being the center of a new Congressional district will help...