WASHINGTON (AFP) – Hollywood filmmaker James Cameron fulfilled a teenage dream Thursday when he was named National Geographic explorer-in-residence, a title that means as much to him as the Oscars he has won for blockbuster movies like Avatar and Titanic. “Being named an explorer is a great honor and as amazing an outcome as being an Academy Award-winning director,” Cameron told AFP after he and Spanish marine ecologist Enric Sala w…
…y unfolding at the state level, in dealings with Congress and the Obama administration, and in the courts where several challenges to the federal ban on gay marriage are pending. “This will be a big boost to our efforts nationally,” said Richard Socarides, a former Clinton White House adviser on gay rights. “It will help in the pending court cases to show that more states are adopting same-sex marriage, and it will help in the c…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – When New York became the sixth and by far the largest state to legalize same-sex marriage, following a grueling overtime session in the state Legislature on Friday, it immediately transformed the national debate over the issue, legal experts said. With a population over 19 million — more than the combined population of the five states that currently allow gay marriage, plus the District of Columbia, where it is also l…
AWR Corporation, which specialises in high-frequency electronic design automation, has completed its merger with National Instruments. The merger was first announced on 23 May 2011. AWR will continue to operate as a wholly-owned NI subsidiary, retaining its existing management team. According to AWR, it is now possible to take advantage of the synergies between its design validation software and NI’s test and measurement produc…
… Australia and New Zealand. The Cordon Caulle volcano’s activity had diminished, but there was still a threat of deadly landslides containing mud and water as well as rocks and ash thrown from the volcano, Chile’s National Geology and Mines Service said in a statement. About 4,000 Chileans have been evacuated since the volcano began erupting June 4. The agency said the area north of the volcano is in danger of landslides and avalanche…
…220;We’re losing at least 15 percent to online, out-of-state, so we’re losing anywhere between $3 million and $5 million a year in business.” While state laws would help, Burger said he would like to see a national solution. “We should be picking on everyone who ships into every state,” he said. But local Internet marketers that link to major Internet retailers complain the laws would hurt them. In Illinois and…