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Vijender Singh & Archana marriage ceremony takes place in Delhi

2011-05-17T11:00:00.000-07:00

Indian boxer Vijender Singh is all set to tie the knot Delhi girl Archana on Tuesday. The marriage ceremony will take place in Delhi.

According to various reports,Vijender and Archana got engaged on May 16 at Kulawas village in Bhiwani. A bountiful reception has been planned at the village after the marriage and would have a pick few guests.

The 25 years old boxer said that “It’s a new chapter of my life and I am obviously excited. It’s a bout in which loss is victory.” After marriage, he has a busy agenda ahead as he gets ready for the Olympic qualifiers, starting with the World Championships in September.

Vijender wins the gold medal at preceding year’s Asian Games and a bronze medal at the Beijing Olympics in 2008.

ICSE Results (class X) & ISC Results 2011 (class XII) Announced

2011-05-17T10:56:00.000-07:00

India (DLN): Council for the Indian School Certificate Exams (CISCE) has announced ICSE results 2011 and ISC results 2011 today on 17th May 2011. ICSE 2011 results and ISC results are available here after publishing at its Official WebSite.

Candidates can get CISCE results on their mobile by SMS as icse board provide this facility for getting the result of icse results.

In the year 1958, Council for the Indian School Certificate Exams was established to assign the ultimate control on the COUNCIL under University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate.

To get CISCE results visit at this link at india results: ICSE Results 2011

CISCE ICSE results and ISC results 2011 will be available at this link:

Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE - Class X) Examination 2011

Indian School Certificate (ISC - Class XII) Examination 2011

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Home Depot Builds On Strong Earnings

2011-05-17T10:53:00.001-07:00

While the rest of the market has been pulled lower by some less-than-stellar reports from Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), home improvement giant Home Depot (HD) has surged out of the red today following its positive earnings report. The retailer announced that its fiscal first-quarter profit jumped 12% to $812 million, or 50 cents a share, compared to its year-ago profit of $725 million, or 43 cents a share.

Sales for Home Depot dipped 0.2% to $16.8 billion.

Meanwhile, the consensus estimate was for a profit of 49 cents a share on sales of $17.1 billion.

Looking ahead, the retailer boosted its full-year profit forecast to $2.24 a share, versus its original estimate of $2.20 per share. Unfortunately, the outlook is still below the Street estimate of $2.30 per share.

Overall, Home Depot has suffered through reduced demand for seasonal merchandise due to cold and damp weather in the Northeast and Midwest in April. In addition, year-ago comparisons were high due to heavy appliance demand, which was aided by a federal-rebate program.

Looking over the shares of Home Depot, it appears that the security may have some more room to run higher during the near term. Wall Street hasn’t completely jumped on the stock’s bandwagon, leaving ample room for potential upgrades when compared to its competitor Lowe’s Companies’ (LOW) recent warning. According to Zacks, Home Depot has earned 13 Strong Buys, 10 Holds, and 1 Strong Sell. Should any of the analysts shift their rating to the positive end of the spectrum, the equity could attract fresh buying pressure.

Meanwhile, optimists among options players have yet to shift their attention to the June series of options. Peak call open interest in the May series (which expires on Friday, May 20) resides at the 37 strike, with more than 26,700 contracts. On the other hand, peak call open interest in the June series sits at the 38 strike, with only 7,325 contracts. As more of these traders move to the June series during the coming days, it should help to increase buying pressure for the shares as market makers move to hedge their short positions on the stock.

Technically speaking, the shares have stumbled along in a sideways channel since late March between support at the 36.50 level and resistance at the 38 level. However, in today’s trading, the security has broken above resistance at both its 10-day and 20-day moving averages, leaving the stock free to move higher to its next key resistance level in the 39 area. What’s more, the equity is resting on key support from its rising 10-week trendline, which it has not finished a week below since August. A bounce off these various support levels should help to carry the equity through short-term resistance.

A better-than-expected earnings report combined with the stock’s strengthening technical position makes Home Deport a potentially interesting bullish investment. Options traders may want to consider the stock’s August 37 call. By buying both time and an in-the-money position, traders will have some cushion in the event that the stock makes a slow move higher.

NASA astronauts use robot to inspect shuttle

2011-05-17T10:51:00.000-07:00

Astronauts on NASA's space shuttle Endeavour are using the spacecraft's robotic arm to inspect the shuttle's heat shield for damage today.

This is the Endeavour's second day in orbit. The shuttle lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida Monday morning. The six-man shuttle crew is on a 16-day mission to bring equipment, experiments and spare parts to the International Space Station.

This is Endeavour's last space flight before the shuttle is retired. Next month, space shuttle Atlantis is scheduled to go up on its final flight, marking the official retirement of NASA's entire shuttle fleet.

On their first full day in orbit, the shuttle crew is using the 50-foot Orbiter Boom Sensor System attached to the end of Endeavour's robotic arm to take images of the spacecraft's wings and nosecap. They're inspecting the vehicle's thermal protection system tiles and reinforced carbon panels for any damage that might have occurred during takeoff. The inspection, which is standard procedure following any shuttle launch, uses cameras and lasers at the end of the boom to provide 3-D views of the shuttle.

The images will be sent to NASA's ground facilities, where engineers inspect them for any problems with the shuttle's thermal protection system. That system is needed to protect the spacecraft during the blazing temperatures it will encounter upon re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.

The shuttle's robotic arm is a critical piece of machinery for the astronauts. They use it to inspect the space station during fly-bys, as well as to work "hand-in-hand" with the robots on the space station to unload massive pieces of equipment and move them around during spacewalks.

During today's inspection, shuttle astronauts Mike Fincke and Drew Feustel will work on preparing the spacesuits that will be transferred to the space station for use during the mission's four spacewalks.

Endeavour is bringing up an interesting variety of equipment to the space station.

For instance, while it's carrying an S-bad communications antenna, the shuttle also is holding spare parts for the station's Dextre robotic arm, along with a spare arm and hand for the humanoid robot that recently took up residence on the orbiting station.

And Endeavour is bringing three satellite prototypes aloft. The thumbnail-sized satellites will be attached to the outside of the space station where they are expected to work for several years, collecting data on solar winds. Scientists hope that within 10 years a fleet of these tiny satellites will be released to travel solar winds all the way to Saturn.