Source: http://news.feedzilla.com/en_us/stories/politics/top-stories/304397284?client_source=feed&format=rss
Samsung Galaxy S4 St Francis Anquan Boldin Pope Benedict Jesuits percy harvin percy harvin
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Microsoft's Amy Hood named CFO as Peter Klein departs
If you'll recall, Microsoft revealed as a footnote to its Q3 2013 earnings report that then-CFO Peter Klein would be stepping down. Today, we're learning a bit more about the transition. Starting right now (well, a few minutes ago), corporate vice president Amy Hood has been moved up to chief financial officer, and while Klein is set to remain onboard through June, Hood is grabbing the title right away. Prior to this role, Hood served as CFO for Microsoft's Business Division, and has been with the company for just over a decade. Asked if she had any immediate plans, she softly nodded and whispered: "I'm bringing Clippy back." Just kidding. But that would've been awesome.
Filed under: Microsoft
Source: Microsoft
Source: http://feeds.engadget.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~3/AZgJzLVboXw/
good friday Dufnering What Is Good Friday Alexis Wright Monsanto Protection Act college board Jenna Wolfe
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Weather News Headlines - Yahoo! News
Source: http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/weather
Beyonce Lip Sync citizens bank Hansel and Gretel LGBT Giovanna Plowman martin luther king jr quotes Inauguration 2013
5 Remarkable Ghost Towns Drowned by Damming
Dams are as old as civilization itself, but it?s only been within the last century that humans harnessed the construction savvy to build structures that could submerge valleys and create lakes. And bury entire towns in the process.
In America alone, engineers have flooded hundreds of now-forgotten towns in a bid to create power-generating and fresh water-supplying reservoirs. But now, thanks to water shortages caused by a changing climate and increasing demand, many of the so-called ?downed towns? are reemerging, broken and dusty, from the water.
Today, Slate and Atlas Obscura take us to a small artificial lake at the nothernmost tip of Italy, where an a 700-year-old belltower peeks above the waters. The photos were cause to look into the history of other drowned towns?and boy, did we find a glut of dramatic images. In fact, submerged towns are so common, it's fairly likely you live near a reservoir that's concealing the remains of one (you can check a partial list of American instances here). A few of the most interesting follow.
St. Thomas Beneath Lake Mead
There are actually multiple submerged towns dotting Lake Mead, including the most famous, St. Thomas. When droughts drain the 80-year-old artificial lake, foundations and sometimes even walls emerge from the sands.
Vilarinho das Furna
Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Vilarinho das Furnas, a town dating back to Roman times, was submerged by engineers in 1972. Interestingly, the tiny community of 300 had been almost forgotten by Portuguese authorities?when it was scouted by engineers in the early 1970s, they found a community governed by an unusual communal political system that some historians speculate dated back to the Visigoth occupation.
The Drowned Church of Potosi
Image via Atlas Obscura and Juan Tello on Flickr.
The town of Potosi, in T?chira, Venezuela, was flooded in 1985 to generate hydroelectric power for nearby developments. But a water crisis in Venezuela is laying the ruins of the town bare?starting with the church steeple that once marked its pinnacle.
Old Petrolandia
Images via Andre Estima on Flickr.
Petrolandia is home to one of Brazil's largest hydroelectric power plants?during construction, entire towns were moved to higher ground. One vestige of the old landscape still remains: the arches of a church that was left, abandoned, to the flood.
Campanile Di Curon
Image via Atlas Obscura and Wikimedia Commons.
This 700-year-old belltower was restored to its original site in 2009, after the entire village of Curon Venosta was flooded after World War II. In winter, you can walk right up to its walls.
[Lead image courtesy of Goribau]
Source: http://gizmodo.com/5-remarkable-drowned-ghost-towns-created-by-damming-493190547
blackhawks harry connick jr cher Marc Maron amanda knox Carolyn Moos Danny Brown
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
How to Open 24 Beer Bottles at Once
Got a lot of friends visiting? Man, it's going to be boring to open each and every bottle of beer separately?so what you need is an opener like this, that can ready 24 beers for drinking in a glorious, single movement.
YouTuber stopstopitstoofunny has posted this video of the world's ultimate bottle opener in action. Neatly hinged so that that it requires one long push to flip off the caps, this thing guarantees a positive start to an evening?though the ending may get a little sketchy.
OK, so it missed a few caps this time round, but practice makes perfect. Sadly there are no instructions about how to make your own, but we're sure you can work something out. [Have You Seen This? via Beta]
Source: http://gizmodo.com/how-to-open-24-beer-bottles-at-once-493106776
Walmart.com detroit lions Thanksgiving Day cooking a turkey toysrus how to carve a turkey ipad 2
Lil Wayne And YMCMB Gear Up For 'RapFix Live' Takeover
Wednesday at 4p.m. ET Wayne, Birdman and more join 'RapFix Live' on MTV Jams and RapFix.MTV.com.
By Nadeska Alexis
Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1706848/lil-wayne-ymcmb-rapfix-live-stream.jhtml
george michael usain bolt Closing Ceremony London 2012 Tom Daley Leryn Franco The Campaign Kinesio tape
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)