Ex-flame Elvis Presley still haunts Cybill Shepherd

The 58-year-old actress, who dated Presley shortly before his death in 1977, said that her ex love still haunts her, as she could helped him get out of his vicious life.

"I don't feel him (Presley) in a way that I feel I have to call Ghostbusters, but I've been haunted by the sense that when I knew him, he was very sweet but also seriously into drugs," Contactmusic quoted her as saying.

"So I've been haunted by wishing he could have lived longer because I'm from Memphis and I've had the fame thing, too. Maybe I could have helped him," she added.

Meanwhile the rock n roll legend has been voted the celebrity that British people would most like to bring back to life.

In a survey conducted by Warner Home Video to mark the DVD release of Pushing Daisies, Presley topped the poll with 23 percent of the votes.

OLSEN BATTLES EX-LANDLORD OVER KITCHEN

MARY-KATE OLSEN is caught up in a financial battle with her former landlord, who accuses the actress of trashing the Hollywood pad she rented from him.
the 22 year old allegedly broke an agreement to refit the $ 15000 a month house near Sunset Boulevard before she moved out in April, after customising the kitchen to suit her needs.
she is also accused of flooding a garden pond. the landlord is refusing to return a $ 30,000 security deposit and is seeking more money to cover the cost of the work he had to carry out after the Olsen twin moved out. but Olsen's lawyer , Marty Singer, tells the star was given permission to renovate the kitchen--and he claims the landlord steeped in before she had to change to remodel it.
Olsen is fighting for the return of her security deposit.

BROADWAY MOGUL WINS DIVORCE FROM WIFE WHO SHAMED HIM ON YOUTUBE

A Broadway mogul whose actress wife attacked him in a widely viewed internet video has been granted a divorce from her. A judge granted Philip Smith a divorce from Tricia Walsh-Smith on Monday on the grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment.
Walsh-Smith lashes out against Smith in the tearful and furious YouTube video, which has attracted more than 3 million hits.
She makes embarrassing claims about their sex life—that he has a stash of porn and uses Viagra—and then calls his office to repeat those claims to a stunned assistant.
But Judge Harold Beeler said on Monday that a prenuptial agreement signed three weeks before the couple 1999 wedding was valid.
That means Walsh-Smith must leave their posh New York apartment within 30 days and Smith, the multi millionaire president of The Shubert Organization, the largest theater owner on Broadway, must pay her just f 325,000.
Smith said “ I am happy with the decision. “
Tricia Walsh-Smith said “ I think it is disgusting.. I am really, really, disappointed with the ruling.”

VICOTRIA IS ANGRY WITH HUBBY

SHE FEARED DAVID BECKHAM WOULD GET INVOLVED IN CAR CHASE WITH PAPARAZZI AT NIGHT WITHOUT HIS BODYGUARDS WITH HIM.

Former Spice Girl Victoria Beckham is angry with husband Dvid for driving alone at night without any bodyguards because she fears the Soccer star will get into car chases with the paparazzi. Victoria, who has employed a number of bodyguards to protect her family in Los Angeles , is furious that David does not use them when he goes out.
contactmusic com quoted a source as saying : " Victoria was livid when she found out that David had been driving around Hollywood without a bodyguard. the very thought made her sick with worry. she brought it up as soon as she saw him and the discussion rumbled on over dinner."
Victoria worries that now David 's football career isn't as high octane as it was before , he is getting his kicks by getting into car chases with photographers.

INCENSE STICKS FOR BRAIN

Religious leaders have contended for millennia that burning incense is good for the soul. Now, biologists have learned that it is good for our brains too. An international team of scientist, including researchers from John Hopkins University and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, describe how burning frankincense, resin from the Boswelia plant, activates poorly understood ion channels in the brain to alleviate anxiety or depression. This suggests that an entirely new class of depression and anxiety drugs might be right under our nose. “In spite of information stemming from ancient texts, constituents of Boswelia had not been investigated for psycho activity.” Said Raphel Mechoulam, one of the research study’s co-authors.
Apparently most present day worshippers assume that incense burning has only a symbolic meaning.” To determine incense’s psychoactive affects, the researchers administered incensole acetate to mice. They found that the compound significantly affected areas in brain areas known to be involving din emotions as well as in nerve circuits that are affected by current anxiety and depression drugs.

WEDDED TO WORK

The Blackberry is probably one of the most important management tools of the 21st century corporate world. At least, so believe corporate bigwigs.
There is a no running away from work, office and targets. Technology has certainly blurred the line between home and office.
And thereby, it has created a whole new generation of workaholics.
The eight hour work day is a passé. It’s normal to find professionals working for more than 14 hours at a stretch. Office has become the new home for many in globalised India. And the PCs at the work place have become more powerful than ever before.
But in additional to this, most workaholics also suffer from a lot o of physical and psychological problems.
Work alcoholics are not able to give time to their family. And that definitely creates psychological problems. Thanks to their long working hours, most of them also suffer from hypertension. acidity and other health problems. It’s essential to strike a balance between work and life.
Remember all work and no play will leave Jack a lonely lost man!!!!!!

GRAPHIC PASSWORDS

For those who struggle to remember their passwords and bankj pins it could be the answer to their prayers. New software has been developed for the latest mobile phones and handheld computers which uses pictures instead of letters and numbers for security codes. The idea could be expanded into other areas, as the images will be harder than text passwords to copy by fraudsters, and easier to remember
The graphical passwords are drawn over a background, such as a photo of a flower, a map, a playing card ro the night sky. The computer remembers the number of pen stroke used, where the image was started and the order in which they were made. The system allows users to create passwords which are much more complex than the traditional numeric or alphabetical versions.
The best ones tend to be images such as playing cards. The new system will require a little more effort for people to set up their passwords , but once that is done we are confident that people , other than criminals, will find it easier to use.

A FIGHT FOR THE VULTURES.

Vultures are on the brink of extinction. So what do you do about it? A couple is doing what it can bring the species of scavenging birds back from the edge.
Mayur Mistry and wife Ulupi Patel have taken up the initiative of creating awareness among rurual folk of the ill effects of Diclofenac, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug used on cattle. The drug behind the sharp decline in vulture population across the country.
The couple has called its team the Jatayu Sarankshak Samiti, which became active two months ago. The Samiti members visit a village every Sunday or on holidays to hold awareness camps.
Death is imminent for vultures feeding on livestock carcasses which have traces of Diclofenac.
Too much human interference too has compounded the problem. Vultures’ roosting areas are not protected as trees are being chopped down. Their feeding places need to be protected.
The Samiti is distributing Meloxicam, an alternative drug for Diclofenac to at subsidized rates for cattle rearers.
The population at large internationally is appealed to save VULTURES , they are natural scavengers , we need them to keep the dead animal dispose.

WINEHOURSE SHOWING SYMPTOMS OF TB

British singer Amy Winehouse is showing symptoms of tuberculosis as she coughs up blood and has a chest infection. The sun.co.uk reports that Winehouse also has has a irregular heartbeat and doctors have put her on a drip as they try to get her off her drug addiction.
A close friend of Winehouse said: “Amy is in a bad way. The doctors are still struggling to control her heartbeat but the chest condition has been really worrying them.
She’d been suffering horrible coughing fits and hurling up blood for a while but refused to be examined. Doctors now believe it is tuberculosis and are doing more tests to be certain. Things sound really bad, but at least now they have found something specific it will be easier to keep her in hospital and free from drugs. The word tuberculosis might frighten her into getting herself well. It certainly should do.

BEGGARS ARE THE CHOOSERS

Beggars of Guwahati have realized nothing is as permanent or profitable as loose change. The enterprising bunch has set up a co-operative society through which they trade coins for 100-rupee notes—those hard up for change essential for the bus conductors of municipal bus service operators.
The bus conductor, of course, has to pay some premium for the change.
Nearly one hundred beggars have now joined this co-operative which was launched by beggars who earned in the region of Rs 20 to Rs 30 per day.
The king pin, of this beggars’ co-operative society, an elderly beggar lady, operating this lucrative business operates form the railway station, collects the coins from small beggars at discount and exchanges them with the bus conductor for a premium.
Now, another great news, she has stopped begging, this exchange business is making enough money for her to leave her old profession of begging.
In fact, if one needs a huge amount of change, one has to request her to reserve the quantity, paying some advance.

WAL-MART & BHARTI JOINT VENTURE

At a time when Bharti Enterprises is ready to kick off operations in partnership with global retail giant Wal-Mart , industry experts feel that the joint venture ( JV ) will provide an excellent learning ground to the US – based company in India.

Considering the unsuccessful track record of Wal-Mart in major international markets, experts feel that the partnership provides a learning opportunity for the global retailer.

Wal-Mart will use the partnership to closely study India. This partnership will be critical as the US retail giant has failed in countries like China., Japan, South Korea and Germany. Also Bharti will probably be a senior partner, which will help Wal –Mart learn in India.
Bharti will benefit from the latter’s international experience and technical know-how.
Planet Retail provides retail database and solutions to around 12,000 clients across the globe, including Reliance Retail. Hypercity and Vishal Retail in India.

Commenting on Wal-Mart’s business model, Paul said, the company first enters a country in partnership with any of the local players and later acquires other domestic companies to set up independent operations.

On Wal- Mart‘s course of action in India, Paul said, “it was not likely to acquire Bharti, because even the indian company was strong enough. So, first Wal-Mart will study the market and then might go on its own.”

TIMBERLAKE, BIEL ADDICTED TO SCRABBLE GAME

Pop star Justin Timberlake and his girlfriend Jessica Biel are addicted to word making action game Scrabble.
The Sexy Back singer and his actress lover spend many nights indulging their passion for board games instead of going out.
Biel says, “we do a lot of dinner parties and we paly board games. I love Scrabble. “
And the couple isn’t alone in its obsession with the word game – other celebrity fans of Scrabble include Michael Bolton and Nicollette Sheridan, Robbie Williams and the Foo Fighters.

Will and Grace Star Debra Messing have joined the ensemble cast of the Latino family drama Humboldt Park for Overture Films.
In Alfredo De Villa’s film, Messing will play the wife of John Leguizamo’s character, who joins him on a trip to his parents’ home.
The feature was written by Rick Najera, Ted Perkins and Alison Swan.
Messing recently earned a SAG Award nomination for the miniseries “ The Starter Wife “ and will appear in a USA Network series version of the project in the summer.
She also will be sen in Picuterhouse’s remake of the The Women in the fall

THE GREENS SHOULD LOVE IT

For what everybody has gathered to see at Hall No 11 in Pragati Maidan in New Delhi is not just another small car, they came to see hope emerge on wheels “ The Nano” car as street people have already named it “ lakhatia car” costing just Rs. 1 lakh only
As Ratan Tata himself said later in the day, it was the image of a lower middle class man on a scooter, the elder kid standing in front of the driving father and the wife riding pillion with a baby on her lap that kept playing on his mind. “Why cant this family own a car?”.
The Nano Car is a properly thought out design, efficiently packaged so as to use just so much material and no more, is safe, has a modern yet simple driver train that should deliver performance as intended, can seat four in comfort, has all weather, protection, is contemporarily styled, fuel efficient and spews tail pipe emissions lower than some two wheelers.
The Nano Car has a monovolume style but with clever thought to enhance useable occupant space while reducing the overall length to occupy even lesser space on the road.
At just a shade over 3 meters in length and 1.5 meters wide, this car has bright future for middle class in India who were still clinging to scooter.
In future, one shall find more cars and fewer scooters.
Best luck from crowded road in India, to this Nano Car.

GPS FOR SAVING LIVES.

A boy of eight was hailed a hero on Tuesday after using a global positioning system to direct police to his father who slipped into a diabetic coma.
Quick thinking Jago Deighton was in car with dad Neil Stewart, 35, whose blood sugar levels suddenly, plummeted.
Neil who immediately pulled before falling unconscious.
Jago used his dad’s mobile to call mum who dialed police was only able to tell officers that they were some where between Devon and Birmingham.
She gave police her husband’s mobile number and when an operator called, Jao answered the phone but had no idea where the car was parked.
The younger then grabbed the car’s GPS kit and revealed they were on the M5.
Jago then got out of the car and spotted a road sign for the B3133 and within three minutes police had found them at the Clevedon Junction.
The boy’s actions show how vital quick thinking is when dealing with a potentially life saving situation, and a prompt use of technology.

STEM CELLS

Cord blood stem cell banking is taking root in urban cities of India.
Once considered to be a medical waste, stem cells have now transformed into a medical boon, especially for those who have a family history of diabetes or cardiac disorders. Increasing awareness about the advantages of stem cells - a breakthrough in regenerate medicine has contributed to the rise in number of educated people going for it.
Researchers say more than 75 life threatening disorders can be treated with stem cells from the umbilical cord. This includes cancer, blood disorders, neurological and cardiac diseases.
Researchers say stem cell therapy is a scientific breakthrough and the next 20 years belong to this revolutionary technique.
By investing in life insurance, you get money in return. But in cord blood banking you get life in return.
To encourage the people from middle income groups to invest in the facility, some companies are also offering flexi-plans where one can pay back in installments.