Thursday, March 14, 2013

Traditional to his core - but Pope Francis defends divorcees and single mothers | Mail Online


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293012/Traditional-core--Pope-Francis-defends-divorcees-single-mothers.html


The modest son of a Beunos Aires railwayman who has only one lung (and supports a football team nicknamed the Saints) | Mail Online - Of all the contenders to replace Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires was little mentioned.

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Georgia DB commits to Alabama over Florida and UGA | College Recruiting | www.ajc.com - Michael Carvell - Kalvaraz Bessent abruptly shut down his recruiting out of the blue on Tuesday night when he committed to Alabama over Florida. The defensive back from Camden County High School said UGA was his third choice out of 11 offers.

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http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/college-recruiting/2013/mar/13/georgia-db-commits-alabama-over-florida-and-uga/
 

Braves pitcher Kris Medlen hit by two line drives - USATODAY


http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2013/03/13/medlen-knocked-out-of-game-by-liner-in-braves-win/1986543/


Kobe Bryant severely sprains ankle, out indefinitely - USATODAY


http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2013/03/13/kobe-bryant-injury-ankle-sprain-los-angeles-lakers/1986581/


Mercedes-Benz of Dothan - YouTube -- Dawn Dunning Theune - " My Mercedes Saved My Life."


http://themeck.blogspot.com/2012/03/mercedes-benz-of-dothan-crash-dawn-60.html


New world, new pope: How will Francis lead his church? - USATODAY


http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/03/13/how-will-francis-lead-his-church/1986363/


Causing quite a Twitter! The seagull who perched on top of chimney above Sistine Chapel as cardinals voted for new Pope | Mail Online


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2292983/Causing-quite-Twitter-The-seagull-perched-chimney-Sistine-Chapel-cardinals-voted-new-Pope.html


Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Does it still make sense to buy a laptop? - CNET Mobile

http://m.cnet.com/news/does-it-still-make-sense-to-buy-a-laptop/57574163


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In the battle of corporate nerds, the tech support guys need to go – Quartz - Peter Hinssen - The tension between ‘business’ and IT has been around forever, but instead of getting better, it has gotten worse in the last couple of years. The reason is that digital has become ’normality’, and almost everyone now feels at ease with digital technology. In other words, the natural knowledge advantage of the IT department has eroded. To put it bluntly, since everyone and their dog started carrying around iPads, the IT department really lost their advantage on the ‘frontier of technology -- Many IT departments seem stuck in their role as ‘suppliers of technology’. Very few have really stepped up to what the CIO job description is really all about: having a solid impact on how companies are dealing with information. - Many so-called CIO’s limited themselves to supplying their colleagues with copies of Microsoft Office on laptops, and ever so kindly offered them SharePoint servers to store their documents. But very few had a solid influence on how companies deal with content, build up knowledge, and how they could innovate with information.

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http://themeck.blogspot.com/2013/03/in-battle-of-corporate-nerds-tech.html


Can the first pontiff born outside Europe for 1,300 years clean up his troubled church? Argentinian Pope, 76, is named Francis I | Mail Online


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2292549/Papal-conclave-New-Pope-76-year-old-Argentine-Jorge-Bergoglio-Archbishop-Buenos-Aires-announced-world-266th-pontiff.html


Why Francis? Pope's name honors patron saint of the poor - USATODAY


http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/03/13/why-named-francis-assisi/1986017/


Herschel Walker: NFL concussions aren't always to blame - USATODAY


http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2013/03/12/nfl-herschel-walker-dallas-cowboys-jerry-jones-mixed-martial-arts-showtime-us-congress-olympic-bobsledding-concussions/1982735/