Curosity Celebrity oops

Do Somethin' Britney ...Pay

noreply@blogger.com (shark) — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:28:00 +0000

Another problem comes for our Celebrity Britney Spears...

French luxury company Louis Vuitton has won a court injunction in Paris to stop a Britney Spears music video from airing on European TV stations, according to news sources.
In the video for the 2005 single Do Somethin', Britney, 25, drives around in a pink Hummer with a counterfeit Louis Vuitton 'cherry blossom' monogrammed interior. The civil court ruling also ordered the producer of the music video to pay $117,600 for damages to Louis Vuitton's image in addition to $1,470 per day until the video is removed from the internet.
Jive Records, Britney's record label, parent company Zomba Label Group, Sony BMG and MTV Online have been named in the lawsuit.

By Metro.co.uk

Michael Jackson pay otherwise you lose Neverland

noreply@blogger.com (shark) — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:01:00 +0000

Michael Jackson faces losing his Neverland ranch due to a $23million loan, according to reports.
The troubled pop star's mansion has gone into foreclosure - giving him 90 days to pay back part of the loan or lose his home.
He is accused of failing to pay mortgage bills - missing three payments in a row, a magazine said.
Now Santa Barbara County has issued a notice threatening to sell Neverland to pay local property taxes and repay the bank that loaned Jackson the money.
Jackson has long been living away from the now-empty Neverland, which used to boast its own zoo, railroad and staff of 55.
The singer, whose fortunes have dwindled since his trial on child sex charges, is now renting a home in Washington DC.
Jackson, who was cleared of all charges, has been given until January 19 to pay back the full loan.
By Metro.co.uk

Wilson Dating Jessica Simpson?

noreply@blogger.com (shark) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:10:00 +0000

Owen Wilson's broken heart is on the mend. The 38- year-old actor, who allegedly tried to kill himself after his August split from Kate Hudson, has been romancing pop singer Jessica Simpson, 27.
They dined together in Santa Monica beforeheading back to his Malibu home.An onlooker said: 'He couldn't keep his hands off her.'

JLo is Pregnat

noreply@blogger.com (shark) — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:17:00 +0000

The seams have apparently come undone on Jennifer Lopez's pregnancy 'secret' after fashion designer Roberto Cavalli confirmed the singer is expecting a child.

Cavalli, a favourite of Victoria Beckham, was asked what type of clothing he is designing for his celebrity clientele, to which the 66-year-old responded: 'Well Jennifer Lopez, at this moment, she requests something very special because she is waiting for the baby.'
'It is so complicated because every week she is getting bigger', Cavalli revealed. Lopez, 38, first sparked rumours that she is pregnant with husband Marc Anthony's child after wearing a string of frumpy costumes on the couple's Latino tour.

Angelina Jolie's father crying

noreply@blogger.com (shark) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:00:00 +0000

Angelina Jolie's Father see crying for her daughter during a TV Interview
How Much is father care about Her.
This is the Celebrity world due for entertainment people.
We love Gossip about ours hollywood celebrity and this video is MUST to be see.
Enjoy It....

Paris Hilton on the porn war...

noreply@blogger.com (shark) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 22:27:00 +0000

Paris Hilton is believed to have taken umbrage at an adult video store that had posters showing the star 'promoting' her infamous sex tape.
The heiress – wearing a skeleton costume and mask for a party – reportedly ordered staff at the store in Toronto to remove their One Night in Paris displays from the front window.
CCTV footage allegedly shows a woman shouting: 'You guys can't use my image in a porn store.' She adds: 'I'm going to call my lawyer and sue the s*** out of this place.'
Hilton, who was in Toronto last week filming a movie, is seen ripping apart several posters. She says: 'I really want them down because they're mean and this is not right. I'm really serious, this is sickening.'
Shocked store owners said that, about 30 minutes after she left, a man identifying himself as Hilton's manager told them to keep the incident quiet.
They said the man claimed that, if any security video of the incident was leaked, the store owners could be sued.
The sex video featuring Hilton, 26, and former boyfriend Rick Salomon is one of the biggest selling adult videos of all time.
And now the shop owners are looking sell the exclusive rights to their own CCTV footage.
Offers as high as £25,000 have reportedly been made.

Celebrity oops: Custody battle have to wait for Britney Spears.

noreply@blogger.com (shark) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:49:00 +0000

Britney Spears and ex-husband Kevin Federline appeared in court on Friday to try and get a solution to their long and drawn out custody battle, but instead found that they will have to wait for a ruling until Tuesday.
Spears was not in the highest of spirits during the day as reports are stating that upon getting breaks from the court room she was seen being very vigilant with the press and photographers trying to cover the media event. She was screaming and making obscene gestures, insulting anyone who would listen.
There was no ruling made though so all of the stress let out by Spears went without any ruling actually coming down, she will have to do it all over again in just a few days. Los Angeles County Superior Court Commissioner Scott m. Gordon decided that there will be a ruling on Tuesday.The next hearing between the two is set for November 26th.
The lawyer for Federline, Mark Vincent Kaplan, told reporters that Gordon is waiting for a custody evaluation before making a decision and that something should be known on Tuesday.
The custody battle is over the two kids of Spears and Federline, Sean Preston, 2, and Jayden James, 1.
Earlier in the month Spears lost visitation rights to the kids after it was found that she failed to comply with conditions regarding court orders for the shared custody.

Are They Lying to You?

noreply@blogger.com (shark) — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:47:00 +0000

How many times you trusted the wrong person? If you're like most people, you've been lied to thousands of times. There's the emotional stress from being betrayed, the loss of self-confidence and the increased suspicion or even paranoia.

A deceptive supplier may promise that a shipment will arrive by your deadline, all the while knowing that delivery by the promised date is impossible.But you don't have to be a victim. Here are seven subtle cues that often mean a person isn't being completely honest with you.

1. Nose touch: We have erectile tissues in our noses, which engorge with blood when we lie. This causes a tingling or itching sensation that requires a nose touch to satisfy. The absence of a nose touch doesn't guarantee truth, but the presence of a nose touch often means deception. With some practice, you can quickly learn to distinguish a deceptive nose touch from something innocent.

2. Speech disturbances: When we lie, we force our brain to pretend that the lie is true, that the truth is a lie and simultaneously remember that the real truth is that each is the other. Are you confused? So is your brain when you lie. The process of deception taxes our cognitive ability to think efficiently. So when we lie, we pause longer and speak slower than normal and often experience speech disturbances that serve as gap fillers, such as "um," "er" and "ah."

3. Incongruent behavior: When our words and our body language don't agree, our communication is incongruent. Imagine that you ask a salesman if he can assure your delivery will be on time. If he explains how certain he is about it being on time while also shaking his head--as if non-verbally saying "no"--he is incongruent. When this sort of incongruence occurs, you would do well to believe the person's body over his words.

4. Neck rub: We rub our necks because of the stress we experience when we feel that an obstacle may be insurmountable. Let's say you're interviewing a potential employee for a key leadership position and the prospective employee verbally emphasizes his interest in the job. However he also begins to rub his neck when you explain the expected duties. This probably means he doesn't feel he'll be able to accomplish the duties. He might be wrong, but if we know anything about human psychology, it's that if someone believes that they can or can't do something, they're probably right.

5. Eye rub: An eye rub is an indicator of disbelief. Let's say you have an important computer keystroke sequence to teach a new employee. The employee begins to rub her eyes even while verbally affirming your statements. This probably means that she doesn't believe you or disagrees with your instruction. It would be wise to stop and ask a question to allow the employee to verbally object.

6. Upward inflections: We upwardly inflect our words when asking a question. You may have noticed that some salespeople will upwardly inflect certain statements of fact. This is a red flag that should alert you to potential deception. The salesman might say, "Your competitors have seen their profit margins increase by 30 percent by using our product." If you notice that he upwardly inflected the words, "30 percent," you should disregard this statistic and be suspicious of him altogether.

7. Stabbed hollows: In the study of graphology--or handwriting analysis--hollow letters represent honesty. Anything that disrupts a hollow letter could indicate deception. Let's pretend you enter your office to find a note from your top salesman on your desk. His note indicates that he had to go out of town to visit his sick mother and won't be able to go to the annual trade show. You notice that every "o" in his note has some sort of mark interjected into the hollow space of each letter. You would be right to be suspicious of the facts in the note and a phone call or meeting would likely expose some sort of deception.

With some practice, these new awareness tools will give you greater confidence in your perceptive ability and new peace of mind when deciding to trust others.

Article written:By Ken Osborn ... Entrepreneur.com

An 8-month-old Boy on Ecstasy

noreply@blogger.com (shark) — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 12:05:00 +0000

When an 8-month-old boy swallowed a tablet of the club drug ecstasy, he developed seizures, an abnormally rapid heartbeat, and a high fever. His mother brought him to University Children's Hospital in Cologne, Germany. She was not on drugs, and knew what had happened.

After checking his vital signs, the medical staff injected a small amount of diazepam (Valium) into the infant’s rectum. Within five minutes, the seizures had stopped.
Pediatricians then inserted a catheter into the boy’s penis and used it to collect urine for a rapid drug test kit. The boy was positive for ecstasy, amphetamine, and methamphetamine.
The doctors cooled the infant down, gave him fluids intravenously, and waited for the drugs to filter out of his body.
Six hours later, the child’s body temperature and heartbeat had returned to normal.
During the following day, the physicians collected samples of the infant’s blood serum for chemical analysis. Those tests revealed that his body had destroyed half of the drug in six hours – far faster than an adult could do it.
In their correspondence to the European Journal of Pediatrics, Frank Eifinger, Bernhard Roth, Lars Kröner, and Markus A. Rothschild said that these events are rare, but when they happen it is essential to administer tranquilizers immediately. The sedative medications ward off convulsions and brain damage.
Toward the end of their report, which became available online at the end of September, the doctors said that they do not know why children can survive doses of ecstasy that would be fatal for adults. A table in the document described nine other infants that had ingested the club drug. All of them survived.

Article Source: http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/10/medical-case-re.html#more

You Can Quit Smoking

noreply@blogger.com (shark) — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:19:00 +0000

Learn how to get help to quit smoking and improve your chances of quitting.

This document explains the best ways for you to quit as well as new treatments to help. It lists new medications that can double or triple your chances of quitting and quitting for good. It also tells about ways to avoid relapses and talks about concerns you may have about quitting, including weight gain.All information is based on scientific research about what will give you the best chances of quitting.

Nicotine: A Powerful Addiction

If you have tried to quit smoking, you know how hard it can be. It is hard because nicotine is a very addictive drug. For some people, it can be as addictive as heroin or cocaine.
Quitting is hard. Usually people make 2 or 3 tries, or more, before finally being able to quit. Each time you try to quit, you can learn about what helps and what hurts.
Quitting takes hard work and a lot of effort, but you can quit smoking.

Good Reasons for Quitting

Quitting smoking is one of the most important things you will ever do:

You will live longer and live better.
Quitting will lower your chance of having a heart attack, stroke, or cancer.
If you are pregnant, quitting smoking will improve your chances of having a healthy baby.
The people you live with, especially your children, will be healthier.
You will have extra money to spend on things other than cigarettes.

Five Keys for Quitting

Studies have shown that these five steps will help you quit and quit for good. You have the best chances of quitting if you use them together:

1. Get Ready

Set a quit date.
Change your environment.

Get rid of ALL cigarettes and ashtrays in your home, car, and place of work.
Don't let people smoke in your home.

Review your past attempts to quit. Think about what worked and what did not.
Once you quit, don't smoke—NOT EVEN A PUFF!

2. Get Support and Encouragement

Studies have shown that you have a better chance of being successful if you have help. You can get support in many ways:

Tell your family, friends, and coworkers that you are going to quit and want their support. Ask them not to smoke around you or leave cigarettes out.
Talk to your health care provider (for example, doctor, dentist, nurse, pharmacist, psychologist, or smoking counselor).
Get individual, group, or telephone counseling. The more counseling you have, the better your chances are of quitting. Programs are given at local hospitals and health centers. Call your local health department for information about programs in your area.

3. Learn New Skills and Behaviors

Try to distract yourself from urges to smoke. Talk to someone, go for a walk, or get busy with a task.
When you first try to quit, change your routine. Use a different route to work. Drink tea instead of coffee. Eat breakfast in a different place.
Do something to reduce your stress. Take a hot bath, exercise, or read a book.
Plan something enjoyable to do every day.
Drink a lot of water and other fluids.

4. Get Medication and Use It Correctly

Medications can help you stop smoking and lessen the urge to smoke.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved five medications to help you quit smoking:

Bupropion SR—Available by prescription.
Nicotine gum—Available over-the-counter.
Nicotine inhaler—Available by prescription.
Nicotine nasal spray—Available by prescription.
Nicotine patch—Available by prescription and over-the-counter.

Ask your health care provider for advice and carefully read the information on the package.
All of these medications will more or less double your chances of quitting and quitting for good.
Everyone who is trying to quit may benefit from using a medication. If you are pregnant or trying to become pregnant, nursing, under age 18, smoking fewer than 10 cigarettes per day, or have a medical condition, talk to your doctor or other health care provider before taking medications.

5. Be Prepared for Relapse or Difficult Situations

Most relapses occur within the first 3 months after quitting. Don't be discouraged if you start smoking again. Remember, most people try several times before they finally quit. Here are some difficult situations to watch for:

Alcohol. Avoid drinking alcohol. Drinking lowers your chances of success.
Other smokers. Being around smoking can make you want to smoke.
Weight gain. Many smokers will gain weight when they quit, usually less than 10 pounds. Eat a healthy diet and stay active. Don't let weight gain distract you from your main goal—quitting smoking. Some quit-smoking medications may help delay weight gain.
Bad mood or depression. There are a lot of ways to improve your mood other than smoking.

If you are having problems with any of these situations, talk to your doctor or other health care provider.

Special Situations or Conditions

Studies suggest that everyone can quit smoking. Your situation or condition can give you a special reason to quit.

Pregnant women/new mothers: By quitting, you protect your baby's health and your own.
Hospitalized patients: By quitting, you reduce health problems and help healing.
Heart attack patients: By quitting, you reduce your risk of a second heart attack.
Lung, head, and neck cancer patients: By quitting, you reduce your chance of a second cancer.
Parents of children and adolescents: By quitting, you protect your children and adolescents from illnesses caused by second-hand smoke.

Obesity or Stress that's the problem!

noreply@blogger.com (shark) — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:36:00 +0000

A new treatment that holds out the promise of tackling obesity by halving appetite should not be used because it induces stress, scientists say. It had been hoped the hormone protein known as a CRF2 receptor – which had been linked in studies to reduced appetite – could be used in therapy to help fight the West's growing obesity problem. Tests on rats found they ate about half as much as normal when CRF2 receptors were stimulated in certain parts of their brains. But this was in fact because the hormone induced stress-like symptoms which caused the rats to spend less time eating, a new study shows. 'The reason that the rats were eating less after having CRF2 receptors stimulated was because they were spending most of their time exhibiting stress-like behaviours,' said Vaishali Bakshi, who co-wrote the study. This means lower appetite is merely a by-product of a CRF2 receptor's ability to increase stress. Stimulating it would not be an ideal form of therapy for obesity as it would trigger symptoms of stress in patients, the report shows.
The study's authors also found it was easier to induce a stress-boosting response from the receptor than an appetite-suppressing one. Dr Bakshi said: 'It suggests that maybe the stress comes first and reduction in feeding comes second.' The study is published in the Journal of Neuroscience.

How Save Is Our Money?

noreply@blogger.com (shark) — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:42:00 +0000

A shudder ran through the economy yesterday in the wake of the Bank of England's emergency loan to keep Northern Rock afloat.

Panicking customers queued in their thousands to empty savings accounts, withdrawing close to £1billion in one day.And the worry among City analysts was that other banks might be forced to resort to similar measures in the light of the global 'credit crunch'.The dramatic scenes followed the admission by Northern Rock, Britain's fifthbiggest mortgage lender, that it was running out of ready money.Its share price plunged by a third - amid falls across the FTSE 100 index - as the market digested the implications of the Bank of England acting as a "lender of last resort" for the first time in more than 30 years.After the news broke, lengthy queues spilled on to the streets as Northern Rock's staff attempted to reassure worried customers they would not lose their life savings.The bank also had to close down its website, which could not cope with the flood of savers trying to transfer their money.Its share price plunged by a third - amid falls across the FTSE 100 index - as the market digested the implications of the Bank of England acting as a "lender of last resort" for the first time in more than 30 years.After the news broke, lengthy queues spilled on to the streets as Northern Rock's staff attempted to reassure worried customers they would not lose their life savings.The bank also had to close down its website, which could not cope with the flood of savers trying to transfer their money.Although Northern Rock has assets of £115 billion, it does not have the ready money needed to pay off some of its existing debts and to give out new mortgages.

As a result, it has been forced to ask the Bank of England for a financial lifeline to allow it to continue trading.Bosses at the bank have predicted that mortgage rates will have to rise for millions of Britons.This is a knock-on effect of the shortage of ready money - or liquidity - in the system.Shares in Northern Rock slumped 31 per cent after City analysts shared their fears that its profits will be severely dented.The company was forced to issue a profit warning, suggesting the bank will this year make around £150 million less than previously expected.Panic took hold among customers despite reassurances from Gordon Brown, Alistair Darling, City watchdogs and the finance industry that Northern Rock remains solvent.However, the company's future looks distinctly rocky and there is every chance it will now be taken over by a bigger rival.It has instituted a series of cost-cutting measures and a recruitment freeze, putting a question mark against the future of its 6,000 staff. One leading economist has condemned the decision to bail out Northern Rock.Professor Willem Buiter of the London School of Economics said the move gave lenders the green light to borrow and lend aggressively in the knowledge the Bank of England would always come to the rescue. He added: "The problem has been caused by a combination of Northern Rock's flawed business strategy and economic reality with what has happened in America. "And I do not see why the Bank of England should have come to their aid because Northern Rock is a fairly small fish anyway. "It would have been better to leave it to the private sector to sort out. The bank is not too large to fail." Northern Rock has some 1.5million customers with £24 billion invested in savings accounts. However, its 800,000 mortgage borrowers have outstanding debts of £100 billion. The Chancellor stressed that the Bank of England's support system was put in place in 1997 to cover exactly the sort of problems being experienced by Northern Rock. He said: "The key thing is to make sure that, on top of a very strong and stable economy here and throughout the world, banks do have money. "There is not a shortage of money in the system but while some of the banks sort out the consequences of the collapse in the U.S. they are reluctant to lend to each other." The Prime Minister's spokesman added: "We have a very well-established system for dealing with financial stability and issues of that kind. "This is not an issue about the solvency of Northern Rock." There are fears that other major banks will also need to ask the Bank of England for help in the near future. But Angela Knight, the chief executive of the British Bankers' Association, said the public can be "absolutely confident" that Northern Rock is a "very sound financial institution". Her calming words failed to reflect the scenes around the country as customers clamoured to take out their savings from local branches.

How Cool Is That? Bottle with own ice

noreply@blogger.com (shark) — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:37:00 +0000

Soft drink giant Coke has invented revolutionary new bottle with just needs a twist to create it's own ice. Scentsts from Coke's US headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, have designed a secret mechanism that can create ice from the contents of a bottle. The advantage is that it's the drink that becomes the ice, so it's not diluted. The bottle need to be stored at a specific temperature in a purpose -built cabinet or vending machine, which Coca-Cola has also created.
That's gonna be a great discover for having your drink always cold...isn't it?

Fruit Can Kill Tumours

noreply@blogger.com (shark) — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:35:00 +0000

It was just well know of the benefit of eat fruit and vegetables, but now to increase this fact there is a new study conduct by the Leicester School of Pharmacy. The researches has shown that a chemical (Salvesterol) found in tangerine peel and the skins of other fruit and vegetables destroys cancer. Salvesterol a compound found in severals fruits including strawberries and cranberries, kill tumours by targeting an enzyme found only in cancer cells. The breaktrough may help scientists design a natural product to help treat the disease.
So after all this research shows how important it is to eat plenty of fruit and vegetables. Do you like Fruits and Vegetables? And How much do you eat?