Veeco Announces Date for First Quarter 2010 Financial Release

April 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment

PLAINVIEW, N.Y.–(Business Wire)–
Veeco Instruments Inc. (Nasdaq: VECO) today announced that first quarter 2010
financial results will be distributed after the market closes on Monday, April
26, 2010. A conference call reviewing these results has been scheduled for
5:00pm EDT that day at 1-877-675-4756 (toll free) or 1-719-325-4838 using
passcode 8449787. The call will also be webcast live on the Veeco website at
www.veeco.com. A replay of the call will be available beginning at 8:00pm EDT
that same evening through midnight on May 10, 2010 at 888-203-1112 or
719-457-0820, using passcode 8449787, or on the Veeco website.

About Veeco

Veeco Instruments Inc. manufactures enabling solutions for customers in the
HB-LED, solar, data storage, semiconductor, scientific research and industrial
markets. We have leading technology positions in our three businesses: LED &
Solar Process Equipment, Data Storage Process Equipment, and Metrology
Instruments. Veeco`s manufacturing and engineering facilities are located in New
York, New Jersey, California, Colorado, Arizona, Massachusetts and Minnesota.
Global sales and service offices are located throughout the U.S., Europe, Japan
and APAC. To learn more visit http://www.veeco.com/

To the extent that this news release discusses expectations or otherwise makes
statements about the future, such statements are forward-looking and are subject
to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from the statements made. These factors include the risks discussed
in the Business Description and Management’s Discussion and Analysis sections of
Veeco’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and in
our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and
press releases.Veeco does not undertake any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances after the
date of such statements.

Veeco Instruments Inc.
Financial: Debra Wasser, 516-677-0200 x1472
SVP Investor Relations & Corporate Communications

Copyright Business Wire 2010

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iGATE Corporation to Discuss First Quarter 2010 Financial Results on April 14, 2010

April 3, 2010 By Leave a Comment

FREMONT, Calif., April 2, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — iGATE Corporation,
(Nasdaq:IGTE), an integrated technology and operations (iTOPS) company, has
scheduled its Earnings Conference Call on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 to discuss
the results of its first quarter ended March 31, 2010. Senior management of the
company will discuss the financial performance of the company and answer
participants’ questions during the call.

Time: 09.00-10.00 am Eastern Time / 06.00-07.00 am Pacific Time

Toll Free: 877-709-8150 (No code required)

Toll: 201-689-8354 (No code required)

The call will be webcast live on iGATE’s website (www.igate.com) in the Investor
Relations page under the section Events. Participants are requested to log in 10
minutes prior to the start of the webcast. The recorded version of the webcast
will be available on our website shortly after the call.

A replay of the call will be available until April 21, 2010 following its
conclusion. Callers can access the replay by dialing 877-660-6853 (toll free) or
201-612-7415 (toll) and entering account number 293 and conference number
348538. A transcript of the call will also be posted on our website within a
couple of days following the call.

About iGATE

iGATE (Nasdaq:IGTE) is the first outsourcing solutions provider to offer a
business outcome based pricing model through a fully integrated technology and
operations (iTOPS) structure with global service delivery. iGATE works with
clients to optimize their businesses, secure substantial and sustainable
year-on-year cost benefits, tie costs to business needs and results. iGATE
provides consulting; IT services; data warehouse; business intelligence
solutions; enterprise solutions; BPO/business service provisioning; contact
center and infrastructure management services. The company has been assessed at
CMMI Level 5, follows Six Sigma methodologies and is COBIT, ISO 9001 and ISO
27001 certified, ensuring the highest levels of quality and data security. iGATE
has 34 offices in 16 countries and manages global delivery centers in Mexico,
Australia, Malaysia and India. It is also rated among the top IT employers in
India. For more information, please visit www.igate.com.

The iGATE Corporation logo is available at

http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=5150

“Safe Harbor” Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995: Statements in this press release regarding iGATE Corporation’s business
which are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” that involve
risks and uncertainties. For a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which
could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking
statements, see “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report or Form 10-K for
the most recently ended fiscal year.

CONTACT: iGATE Corporation
Investor Contact:
Salil Ravindran
+1 (510) 896-3015
salil.ravindran@igate.com

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Atheists ‘more successful at online dating’

September 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment

London, Sept 16 (ANI): People who don’t believe in god are more likely to achieve success at online dating, according to a new study of opening messages.

Self-effacing men are also more likely to get a reply to their approaches, while nothing turns off potential dates more than textspeak like “ur” and “luv”.

The researchers analysed 500,000 “first contacts” sent by users of OkCupid, the leading US dating website, and found that nearly 42 per cent of messages, which included the word “atheist”, received replies, significantly higher than the average response rate of 32 per cent.

The study also showed that references to “Christian”, “Jewish” and “Muslim” only had a marginal success rate, reports the Telegraph.

Moreover, mentioning “god” in a first approach actually discouraged people from replying.

The research also suggests online daters to avoid making personal compliments too early like “sexy” and “beautiful”, which reduced response rate.

It showed that people who used the words “good taste” or “you mention” in their messages pushed their response rates close to 50 per cent.

In addition, dreary greetings such as “hi”, “hey” and “hello” are far less successful than sparkier openings like “how’s it going” and “what’s up”.

The results of the analysis were published on OkTrends, the dating website’s official blog. (ANI)

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Malaysian PM okays Tamil content for 1Malaysia website

September 17, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Kuala Lumpur, Sep. 16 (ANI): The 1Malaysia website will include content in the Tamil language, as it celebrates its first anniversary today.

According to Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak what made the anniversary even more special was that it coincides with Malaysia Day, which commemorates the day Sabah and Sarawak became part of the nation 46 years ago.

“In the past year, I have posted more than 70 blog entries, and more than 6,000 comments and e-mails have been received through the website,” The Star quoted him, as saying in his latest entry at www.1Malaysia.com.my yesterday.

In recognition of both anniversaries, Najib said the website would undergo a transformation to make it more engaging to the public.

“I would also welcome your comments here on what you would like to see more (or less) of on 1Malaysia.com.my as I continue to find ways to improve our interaction via this website,” he added.

The prime minister said he was convinced that the Internet was a key area in bringing the government and its citizens closer together. (ANI)

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Faster visa to US under Delhi consular section

September 15, 2009 By Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep 15 (ANI): The US Ambassador to India, Timothy Roemer on Monday inaugurated the US Embassy’s new Consular (visa) section in New Delhi.

The new facility is the result of a multi-year, 10 million dollar expansion that would permit the embassy to provide faster and better consular service to the Indian community, particularly catering to northern India.

James Herman, Minister Counsellor for Consular Affairs at the United States Embassy, told reporters that new consul section doesn’t mean that more visas would be issued, but it would help clear the backlog.

“The new facilities designed here are to allow us the capability to process more visas. It doesn’t mean that we are issuing more visas. It is simply a matter of making sure that we can process all the visas applicants who want to apply for visas in India,” he added.

“Three years ago the average waiting time in India for a visa appointment was a little bit over six months, that is now down to a well under two weeks. In some place like Chennai for example it’s just a two-day wait. So the point is to give us the capability of processing as many visas as there are applicants,” Herman said.

The new facility doubles the waiting area, triples customer seating, adds a modern queuing system to guide customers through the visa process and adds many interviewing windows to ensure that visa applicants and American citizens can speak to an officer more quickly and in a convenient, modern environment.

The demand for consular services in India has surged to new levels, mirroring the deepening strategic partnership. Over the past five years, the issuance of U.S. non-immigrant visas in India have more than doubled from approximately 275,000 in 2003 to approximately 560,000 in 2008.

Speaking on the recent travel advisory issued to the Americans travelling to India, Herman said that it is routine and just meant for the safety of US citizens.

“The travel alert is for a wider audience. It’s basically says the same things as last two warden messages. So if you look at it it’s the way we communicate with Americans who travel…it’s a fair assessment,” he added.

The travel alert recently posted on US embassy website states that last years Mumbai terror attacks provides a vivid reminder that hotels and other public places being attractive targets for militant groups.

The advisory ask US citizens to maintain heightened situational awareness and a low profile. (ANI)

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Nicolas Cage ‘auctions off LA mansion’

September 14, 2009 By Leave a Comment

London, Sept 14 (ANI): Actor Nicolas Cage is auctioning off his Los Angeles mansion, which once belonged to celebs like Tom Jones and Dean Martin.

The sources had said that Cage had sold the ‘Pink Palace’ to designer Christian Audigier’s for just over 9.3 million pounds, however, now reports suggest the Con Air star has decided to sell his home as part of a sealed bid sale, reports the Daily Express.

According to RealEstalker.com, Cage had put the property on the market in 2007 for 23.3 million pounds.

He had bought the home in 1998 for 4.3 million pounds.

The website said that all sealed bids for the home are scheduled to be reviewed on 24 September (09), with the minimum bid for the seven-bedroom spread set at 6.6 million pounds- 28 per cent of the original asking price. (ANI)

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Faster, simpler Facebook Lite site available in India, US

September 12, 2009 By Leave a Comment

London, Sep 12 (ANI): Social networking site Facebook has launched a slimmed-down version of its site for people with slow or poor Internet connections, and it is currently available only in India and the US.

Facebook’s Lite site, which will be faster and simpler because it offers fewer services than the main site, had initially been meant to support users in developing countries, where bandwidth constraints make the current version too slow to use.

The company said around 70 percent of its more than 250 million users were from outside America, with countries in Southeast Asia and Europe seeing a massive increase in growth where fast Internet connections are more common.

News about Facebook testing the Lite site first leaked out in August, with its options said to be limited to letting users write on their wall, post photos and videos, view events and browse other people’s profiles.

“It appears, at a quick glance, to be a better site for Facebook newbies or for anyone who finds the current site overwhelming and noisy,” the BBC quoted Rafe Needleman at technology website Cnet as saying.

“The new layout feels almost Twitter-like,” he said.

Terence O’Brien at Switched.com gave the slimmed-down version of what he called “ol’ blue” the thumbs-up because it “strips away distractions”.

“The simple site loads noticeably faster, is easier to navigate, and is much easier on the eyes thanks to the lack of people sending you ‘virtual booze’ or asking you to join their ‘vampire fraternity’,” he said.

“The new layout seems like a direct challenge to Twitter, which can attribute much of its success to is simplicity and portability,” he stated.

Many industry watchers said they believed that even users with good Internet connections might well flock to Facebook Lite because of its new look and ease of use.

“That is what some US users are planning to do,” Eric Eldon of InsideFacebook.com said.

“Indeed the reaction from US users has prompted Facebook to release it intentionally for US users, something it hadn’t previously planned on doing,” he added.

Eldon also said he believed a “worldwide rollout doesn’t seem too far away”.

Facebook has acknowledged this is a possibility in a statement on the site, which said the firm was “working on translating Lite into other languages”.

Anyone who switches to Facebook Lite and does not like it can switch back to the fuller version of the site. (ANI)

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Tri-lingual Kashmiri dictionary launched

September 8, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Srinagar, Sep 8 (ANI): Kashmir University launches first trilingual English-Kashmiri-Hindi online dictionary, containing over 12,000 words, to promote Kashmiri language.

Christened as ‘Kashmiri Zaban.com, the dictionary has been compiled by university’s department of linguistics making use of three scripts, Roman for English, Devanagri for Hindi and Modified Persio-Arabic for Kashmiri.

“The need for this trilingual dictionary was felt for sometime and now I hope it will fulfil the requirements,” said, Riyaz Rufaye, chief librarian Kashmir University.

Students and scholars call the move commendable and said it would benefit not only students in Kashmir but also the outsiders who want to learn the Kashmiri language.

“Not only the Kashmiri students but foreigners studying here or our students studying outside can access Kashmiri language through the website,” said Sahil Showkat, a student.

“I think the biggest beneficiaries will be scholars who had to earlier buy costly books to look for the meaning for Kashmiri words now they can simply put the word in the website and get entire detail about it,” Muzaffar Bhat, another student added.

This is for the first time that any website has been launched for the promotion of the Kashmiri language and the Kashmiri culture. By Parvez butt (ANI)

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SC asks Indian embassy to ensure safety of students in Australia

September 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep 4 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Indian High Commissioner and Consulate General in Australia ensure the safety of Indian students and to prevent them from falling prey to fake educational institutions in that country.

An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice K.G.Balakrishnan expressed concern over Indian students falling prey to fake Universities.

Attorney General G. E. Vahanvati informed the court that the Government has laid down guidelines to aid the student community in Australia.

Cases of Indian students being duped by fake universities in Australia came to light when a petition was filed seeking an apex court direction to the Union Government to take action.

Vahanavati said the Ministry of External Affairs has published the measures to be taken by students before they go abroad for study on its website.

The court then disposed the petition. (ANI)

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Poor money savers likely to be overeaters, smokers, love cheats

September 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Washington, Sept 4 (ANI): People who are poor at saving money are likely to have impulsive behaviour such as overeating, smoking and infidelity, according to a new study.

The study conducted through the BBC website measured people’s financial impulsivity by asking whether they would they prefer to receive 45 pounds in three days or 70 pounds in three months.

The findings revealed that nearly half of those who preferred the smaller-sooner sum of money were more likely to show a raft of other impulsive behaviours.

“One of the big questions about people’s financial planning is whether decisions to spend or save come from personal knowledge and experience of money matters or whether they reflect someone’s personality more generally,” said Dr Stian Reimers, ESRC Centre for Economic Learning and Social Evolution at UCL.

“Our research shows that people with an impulsive money-today attitude ignore the future in other ways.

“For example, they are more likely to smoke and more likely to be overweight, which may reflect a preference for immediate pleasure of nicotine and food over long-term good health,” Reimers added.

Moreover, people who chose to take the smaller-sooner amount of money were also more likely to admit to having had an affair in recent years.

The study also showed that those most likely to make impulsive financial choices were young, poorly educated, and on lower incomes.

“Learning to make decisions that lead to long-term happiness, not just instantaneous gratification, could benefit us all. Simple techniques can help reduce impulsivity: like imagining how you’d feel about your decision in a year’s time, or trying to avoid making decisions in the heat of the moment,” Reimers added.

The study appears in journal Personality and Individual Differences. (ANI)

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Batman voted Britain’s Favourite Super Hero Ever

September 3, 2009 By Leave a Comment

London, Sept 3 (ANI): Caped crusader Batman has been voted Britain’s favourite super hero in a new poll.

The ‘Dark Knight’ pushed webslinger ‘Spider-Man’ at the second place followed by the ‘Superman’ at third.

Batman, the alter-ego of billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne, has been immortalised in the 1960s TV series as well as a big budget movie franchise.

A video game called Batman: Arkham Asylum was also released last week.

“No matter how often he’s reinvented – a noir detective in the 40s, a camp icon in the 60s, a gothic Knight in the 80s – he’s always the coolest, most iconic and recognisable superhero there is,” the Telegraph quoted Dave Golder, editor of SFX.co.uk, the website which conducted the survey, as saying.

‘Wolverine’ and ‘Iron Man’ wrapped up the top five.

Britain’s top 10 favourite super heroes are:

1. Batman

2. Spider-Man

3. Superman

4. Wolverine

5. Iron Man

6. Green Lantern

7. Captain Britain

8. Deadpool

9. Daredevil

10. Hulk (ANI)

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Delhi High Court says judges asset declaration covered under RTI

September 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Sep.2 (ANI): The Delhi High Court has on Wednesday said that the Chief Justice of India is a public authority under the RTI Act, which means that asset declaration is covered by the RTI under Section 8 1 (A).

This comes after SC judges had decided tp make their assets public. The only question was whether judges would entertain questions from the public under the RTI act.

A petition was filed by the apex court in the Delhi High Court challenging the Central Information Common Order which had questioned whether the judges revealed their assets to the Chief Justice of India.

Political parties and legal experts last week had welcomed the move of the Supreme Court judges to make public the details of their assets.

Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily said: “If they have come forward to disclose it, it is welcome. It is for the judges to decide how it should be done because what is best in the interest of the judges, they are the best judge.”

Welcoming the move, BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad said: “I am afraid that this decision could have been taken earlier and the unfortunate controversy over the last couple of months could have been avoided.”

Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said the judiciary has avoided “further needless controversy”, but it could have been avoided if the decision was taken earlier, he said.

“It is a question of public perception and public confidence, trust, faith and in that light it is a step in the right direction,” he said.

Describing it as a very good decision taken by judges, Former Attorney General and constitutional expert Soli Sorabjee said: “I think it is a very good development. It”s better late than never.”

“I am sure their initial reluctance not to declare assets was not because they had anything to hide. They had misgivings that it may be misused,” he added.

Senior lawyer Harish Salve said: “The whole controversy had become very unsavory with this kind of suggestions that judges have something to hide they want to be above the law. I am so happy that the Supreme Court has risen to the occasion.”

Senior advocate Prashant Bhushan said the move would also now encourage the High Courts judges to make public their assets.

“It is absolutely a welcome move and I am sure it will also encourage the judges of the High Courts to publicly declare their assets and force the government to put up assets of government servants on public website which can be accessed by the people,” Bhushan said.

Terming the decision as “excellent”, senior advocate K K Venugopal said: “I think it is the greatest step that the judiciary could take because it has cleared all the clouds which have been hanging over the issue.” (ANI)

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Halal search engine launched in UK to help Muslims avoid forbidden Internet sites

September 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment

London, Sep.2 (NI): A halal search-engine has been launched for Muslims to know which Internet sites should be avoided because of their forbidden, or “haram” content as per Islamic law.

The search engine, ImHalal.com, only fetches results that are flagged as “Halal” and safe for Muslim users, reports The Telegraph.

ImHalal.com’s founder, Reza Sardeha, said he got the idea for the site after friends complained that the more popular search engines, including Google and Yahoo!, were flagging up explicit content.

“First of all, we have blocked all sexually explicit content. We are also in talks with Imams to determine what might be considered haram, and therefore, be blocked,” he said.

“Imhalal is not a dictatorial or censorship website, we want people to be able to continue their online search. We use a two-layer system, first of all the search engine analyses the content fetched by Imhalal.com and all websites that contain explicit material will be filtered out. Some websites will still be fetched and there the secondary, more aggressive and progressive filter kicks in and that is when you will see the haram level,” he said.

Sardeha hopes his website will become the home page in all Muslim households and, despite only going live on September 1, already has plans to expand the product. (ANI)

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The Bible’s ‘bad side’ – sexism, genocide

September 1, 2009 By Leave a Comment

London, Sept 1 (ANI): Readers of a Christian website have identified biblical verses purportedly backing sexism, genocide and the slaughter of sorceresses as the holy book’s least endearing parts.

The survey lists the ten verses people would rather had been left out of the Bible in an attempt to show the dangers of quoting scripture selectively.

The online study was conducted by shipoffools.com, a humorous online magazine, reports The Times.

After receiving more than 1,000 responses, St Paul’s advice about whether women are allowed to teach men in church came top of the “Worst Verse” poll.

In 1 Timothy ii, 12, St Paul is quoted thus: “I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent.”

Some conservative Christians have used the verse to justify opposition to women priests.

In second place is the order by Samuel, one of the early leaders of the Israelites, for his people to commit genocide: “This is what the Lord Almighty says … ‘Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’” (1 Samuel xv, 3).

Moses’s indictment of witchcraft, in Exodus xxii, 18 came third: “Do not allow a sorceress to live.” Other disliked verses include Psalm 137, which features a line that is rarely spoken in church: “Happy is he who repays you for what you have done to us / He who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.”

Another set of verses features in Judges xix, 20-25, when a man is trapped in his house by a hostile crowd and sends out his concubine to placate them. She is raped “throughout the night” and eventually returns to the house to collapse in the doorway. His response is simply to tell her to get up. “But there was no answer. Then the man put her on his donkey and set out for home.”

St Paul’s condemnation of homosexuality in Romans i, 27 is highlighted: “In the same way also the men, giving up natural intercourse with women, were consumed with passion for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in their own persons the due penalty for their error.”

Other inclusions are: stories of parents, such as Abraham, undertaking to sacrifice their children in the name of God, along with the endorsement of female subservience in Ephesians v, 22 which states, “Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,” and questionable advice to slaves in 1 Peter ii, 18: “Slaves, submit yourselves to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the cruel.”

Simon Jenkins, editor of shipoffools.com, said: “It doesn’t have to be a textbook of infallible information and unbreakable laws to be God’s book. And it doesn’t have to be one big pile of lies because of its dodgy bits. In Chapter and Worse we are attempting to rescue it from rival takeover bids.” (ANI)

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Himachal HC judges to make public their assets

August 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Shimla, Aug 30 (ANI): The judges of the Himachal Pradesh High Court also decided to make their property public, on the lines of Supreme court justices.

Earlier, the judges of Kerala and Delhi high court had announced their decision to make their assets public.

“A decision to declare assets has been taken unanimously by all the nine judges, including acting Chief Justice R.B.Mishra, after the apex court judges’ resolve to make public their assets,” V.K. Sharma, Registrar General of the High Court, said.

Sharma informed that the details of the assets of the judges would be put up on the high court’s website at the earliest.

He added, “We are awaiting the guidelines that have been finalised by the apex court in this regard. As soon as we get these, the list of assets of the judges would be put on the High Court website.”

The Himachal Pradesh High Court had adopted a resolution in 2008 that all judges should declare assets and investments in their name or in the name of their spouse.

Earlier on Wednesday, a meeting of the Justices of the Supreme Court chaired by Chief Justice K.G.Balakrishnan decided to make public the details of their assets.

The issue of disclosing of assets by judges caused a major debate after an article written by Justice Shylendra Kumar of the Karnataka High Court. (ANI)

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Barack Obama’s helmetless bike ride sparks controversy

August 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Washington, Aug 29 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has sparked a controversy after being pictured helmetless during a bike ride on Martha’s Vineyard.

The move, which took place on August 27, has been seen as a bad example by most.

“Yes, I know, President Obama is on a vacation, riding a bike, at a slow cadence, so what if he is not wearing a helmet, right?” Politico.com quoted Martha Castro, a California doctor, as having written on her website.

While Josh Loposer, wrote on Babble.com, a website for parents, “Truly despicable isn’t it? What kind of example is he setting for the nation’s youth?”

“Most bike accidents just happen. Bicycles up and turn over by themselves, and head injuries are a possible consequence of that. … It would be great if the president set an example,” David Mozer, director of the International Bicycle Fund, told the New York Daily News.

With all the attention the incident was receiving, the White House decided on issuing an explanation.

“I know that he generally does wear a helmet when he rides a bicycle. He supports the wearing of bicycle helmets,” White House spokesman Bill Burton said. (ANI)

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Kendra Wilkinson shows off pregnant belly

August 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Washington, Aug 29 (ANI): Mum-to-be Kendra Wilkinson posted a photo of her bare belly on her website.

“Can u guys believe how much my belly has grown???” Usmagazine quoted her as writing on her website.

“I feel like it was just yesterday that it was a teeny tiny bump lololol,” she added.

The 24-year-old stunner, who’s expecting her first child with hubby Hank Baskett, says her pregnancy “has been such an amazing and exciting experience.”

She insists “we wanted to have these photos as a reminder of this incredible time in our lives.” (ANI)

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Noel Gallagher quits Oasis

August 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment

London, Aug 29 (ANI): Noel Gallagher has quit rock band Oasis following differences with frontman and brother Liam.

“It’s with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight,” the BBC News quoted him as stating on the band’s website.

He said: “People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer.”

The guitarist apologized to fans waiting for the band to perform in near future.

He added: “Apologies to all the people who bought tickets for the shows in Paris, Konstanz and Milan.”

Before the announcement came, the band had pulled out of second concert in the space of a week.

They were scheduled to play at the Rock en Seine festival in Paris, but to the shock of their fans, screens at either side of the stage showed the message “as a result of an altercation within the band, the Oasis gig has been cancelled”.

Hamish McBain, from music magazine New Musical Express, believes that it really must be the end of Oasis.

He said: “The relationship between Noel and Liam has been frosty over the last tour, to say the least, but it’s been frosty before.

“Noel has left tours before, Liam’s not showed up for gigs before, and they’ve carried on. But this, certainly the way Noel’s presented it on the Oasis website, it does feel like it has a degree of finality to it.”

Meanwhile, Oasis diehards are finding it difficult to come to terms with it.

A band follower named Wolvolass said: “I feel sick, sooo many good memories and gigs seeing Oasis over the years.”

Another fan MattGriffin added: “This is the worst day ever.”

Oasis was formed in Manchester in 1991and were originally known as The Rain.

They have a great track record with eight UK number-one singles, 15 NME Awards, five BRIT Awards, nine Q Awards and four MTV Europe Music Awards. (ANI)

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Mock marriage fest for 1-year-olds on Chinese Valentine’s day!

August 29, 2009 By Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Aug 28 (ANI): The Chinese Valentine’s day saw parents of less than a year old kids gather in Shanghai to conduct mock marriages of their babies.he event, organized by a local website, was attended by numerous parents, reports the China Daily.

The infants received fake marriage certificates and photographs of their temporary spouses.

The marriages were invalid. (ANI)

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Arnie holds online Garage Sale to balance California’s budget!

August 28, 2009 By Leave a Comment

London, Aug 28 (ANI): California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is holding an online “garage sale” in a bid to balance the 26-billion dollar deficit of the state budget.

The “Governator” has put up 6,000 items including cars, computers and binoculars for sale on eBay and Craigslist.

Schwarzenegger has even autographed the sun visors of several on-sale vehicles to attract customers.

The Telegraph quoted Schwarzenegger as saying on his website: “By posting items online, Californians and people from other states and around the world can participate in the Great California Garage Sale.This is a win-win for the state and for shoppers. Together we are eliminating waste and providing great deals in this tough economy.

“I look forward to selling these signed cars and making some dollars for California,” he wrote on the Twitter micro-blogging website last week.

The two-day auction is being held on Friday and Saturday.(ANI)

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