diff --git a/app/controllers/desktop_controller.rb b/app/controllers/desktop_controller.rb
index 664b5ba4..8a9670be 100644
--- a/app/controllers/desktop_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/desktop_controller.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
+
 class DesktopController< ApplicationController
   layout 'desktop'
   before_filter :authenticate_user!
-  
+
   #to load pages...
   
   def index
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ class DesktopController< ApplicationController
   def sections
     render :layout => false
   end
+  
   def settings
     render :layout => false
   end
@@ -181,4 +183,10 @@ class DesktopController< ApplicationController
     render :json=>b.to_json
   end
   
+  def forgmail
+   
+    feed = Net::HTTP.get_response(URI.parse("https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom")).body
+    render :xml=>feed
+  end
+  
 end
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diff --git a/app/controllers/useless_controller.rb b/app/controllers/useless_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..402e5c6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/useless_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+class UselessController< ApplicationController
+  require 'open-uri'
+  require 'rexml/document'
+  require 'net/http' 
+  require 'net/https'
+  include REXML
+
+  def forgmail
+    url = URI.parse("https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom")
+    req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url.path)
+    req.basic_auth params['username'], params['password']
+    req.content_type = 'text/xml'
+
+    http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
+    http.use_ssl = true
+    response = http.start { |http| http.request(req) }
+
+    root = Document.new(response.read_body).root
+    render :text=>root
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/app/views/desktop/journal_p.html.erb b/app/views/desktop/journal_p.html.erb
index 3fe90735..209e3cbd 100644
--- a/app/views/desktop/journal_p.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/desktop/journal_p.html.erb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<div id="content">
 		<div id="header" class="hh3">
 			<div class="dtitle w2 hh3 hp">
-				<span class="thmtxth">Journal Pages</span>
+				<span class="thmtxth">Journal Papers</span>
 			</div>
 		</div>
 		<div id="holder">
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 2eb08dac..a46e58f8 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ Orbit::Application.routes.draw do
   match '/desktop/journal_p/'=>'desktop#journal_p'
   match '/desktop/journal_p_list/'=>'desktop#journal_p_list'
   match '/desktop/journal_p_add/'=>'desktop#journal_p_add'
+  match '/desktop/forgmail/'=>'useless#forgmail'
   match '/desktop/temp_func/'=>'desktop#temp_func'
   
   match '/panel/:app_name/front_end/:app_action/:id' => 'pages#show_from_link', :constraints => lambda { |request|
diff --git a/public/desktop_widgets/gmail/gmail.js b/public/desktop_widgets/gmail/gmail.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..14d07c8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/desktop_widgets/gmail/gmail.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+var gmail = function(){
+	var usernm = $("#gmail input[type=text]").val();
+	var pwd = $("#gmail input[type=password]").val();
+//	usernm = "hr@rulingcom.com";
+//	pwd = "hr08973"
+	if(usernm!="" && pwd!=""){
+		$("#gmail a#gmail_button").text("Check again");
+		$("#gmail #loading").show();
+		$("#gmail table#form").hide();
+		$.ajax({
+	   		url: "/desktop/forgmail",
+			dataType : "xml",
+			data : {username:usernm,password:pwd},
+			success:function(data){
+				if($(data).find("HEAD").find("TITLE").text()=="Unauthorized"){
+					$("#gmail #forerror").text($(data).find("HEAD").find("TITLE").text()).show();
+					$("#gmail table#form").show();
+				}else{
+					if($(data).find("fullcount").text()=="0"){
+						$("#gmail #forerror").hide();
+						$("#gmail #content #msgbody").text("No new mails");
+					}else{
+						var msg;
+						if($(data).find("fullcount").text()=="1")
+							msg = $(data).find("fullcount").text()+" new message in your inbox."
+						else
+							msg = $(data).find("fullcount").text()+" new messages in your inbox."
+						o.notify(msg,"alert",2);
+						$(data).find("entry").each(function(i,val){
+							if(i==0){
+								$("#gmail #forerror").hide();
+								var atag = $("<a href='"+$(this).find("link").attr("href")+"'>"+$(this).find("title").text()+"</a>");
+								$("#gmail #content #subject").html($(this).find("title").text());
+								$("#gmail #content #date").text($(this).find("issued").text());
+								$("#gmail #content #msgbody").text($(this).find("summary").text());
+							}
+						})
+					}
+				}
+				$("#gmail #loading").hide();
+				$("#gmail #content").show();
+			}
+		});
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/public/desktop_widgets/gmail/index.html.erb b/public/desktop_widgets/gmail/index.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7e58569
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/desktop_widgets/gmail/index.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<div id="gmail">
+	<div id="forerror" style="color:red;display:none;"></div>
+	<table id="form">
+		<tr>
+			<td><label class="thmtxt" style="width:75px;">Username:</label></td><td><input type="text" style="width:150px;" /></td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td><label class="thmtxt" style="width:75px;">Password:</label></td><td><input type="password" style="width:150px;" /></td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td colspan="2" align='center'><a href="" onclick="gmail();return false;" class='thmtxt' id="gmail_button">Check for new mail</button></td>
+		</tr>
+	</table>
+	<div id="loading" style="display:none" class="thmtxt">Retrieving new emails...</div>
+	<div id="content" style="display:none;"background-color:#000;height:200px;"" >
+		<div id="subject" ></div>
+		<div id="date" class='thmtxt'></div>
+		<div id="msgbody" class='thmtxt'></div>
+	</div>
+</div>
+<script>
+$(document).ready(function(){
+//	gmail();
+})
+</script>
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