Gay marriage passes in New York state

A big victory for all gays in New York City was acclaimed after the bill was passed by 33-29 votes on Friday evening to approve marriage equality legislation after Republican State Senate votes to approve it and Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs it into law.

This vote today will send a message across the country. This is the way to go, the time to do it is now, and it is achievable; it's no longer a dream or an aspiration. I think you're going to see a rapid evolution," Cuomo, who is in his first year of office, told a news conference.

"We reached a new level of social justice," he said.

Same-sex weddings can start taking place in New York in 30 days, though religious institutions and nonprofit groups with religious affiliations will not be compelled to officiate at such ceremonies. The legislation also gives gay couples the right to divorce.

"I have to define doing the right thing as treating all persons with equality and that equality includes within the definition of marriage," Republican Senator Stephen Saland said before the bill was passed. He was one of four Republicans to vote for the legislation.

But New York's Catholic bishops said they were "deeply disappointed and troubled" by the passage of the bill.
New York will become the sixth and most populous U.S. state to allow gay marriage.

MICROSOFT NEAR TO BUY SKYPES

Microsoft Corp is close to buying Web video conferencing service Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion including debt.This move has the intention to compete with rivals such as Apple Inc and Google Inc.
Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet, this would be a very big asset to the company.


Facebook and Google Inc were separately considering a tie-up with Skype, two sources with direct knowledge of the discussions previously told Reuters.But this time the Microsoft Corp has the more probability to come out with the negotiations.

Microsoft already has video chat as a function in its Windows Live Messenger service, but it is not available on its Windows Phone 7 software.

Skype also makes versions of its own service which can be used as an app on the iPhone and iPad, Research in Motion's BlackBerry and Android phones. It cannot be used on Microsoft phones.

But if the buying get  possible more features would be offer by Microsoft thru Skype relating to internets, using the phones and others.

BIN LADEN WAS DEAD

The death of the leader of Al-Quaeda Osama Bin Ladin has come to a doubt wether the news is true or not. Although US President  Barrack Obama has released an official statement regarding the raid of US troops at Pakistan that leads to the killing of the said terrorist.

"Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al-Qaeda, and a terrorist who's responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women and children," Obama said in a late night White House address.

Obama said he had directed covert, helicopter-borne US armed forces to launch an attack against a heavily fortified compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan on Sunday acting on a lead that first emerged last August.

But because of the release of certain videos prior to the raid gave a strong facts that Bin Ladin has already captured and killed.Nevertheless, its a big  shame to the White House if the report was not reliable.

US Robots Penetrate Fukushima Power Plant

A Massachusetts company that manufactures robots for U.S. military bomb disposal units in Iraq and Afghanistan has sent four of its top-technology robots to Japan,"i robot ",  to venture into radiation-exposed areas where it's too dangerous for humans to go. The robots  take measurements and record real-time color video, then transmit it back to engineers in the safety zone.


According to the data gathered, the plant is still in high-level of radioactive material and is still not safe for the humans to enter the power plant.The Fukushima Dai-ichi plant's cooling system failed after a massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake on March 11 and the subsequent tsunami. Since then, radiation has been leaking from the facility, 140 miles north of Tokyo. Two workers suffered injuries today when their feet came into contact with radioactive elements while they were trying to lay new electricity cables in part of the plant, a nuclear safety spokesman told The Associated Press. More than two dozen workers have been injured in nearly two weeks of explosions, fires and radiation emissions there.



The iRobot 710 Warrior is one of four U.S.-made robots sent to assist Japanese engineers at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear 

plant.

Today, robots are sent to military operations to minimize human injury and fatality as well in dangerous places i.e. nuclear power plant operations, terrestrial operations,and medical surgery.