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Hello Everyone and welcome to my humble world!! ^_^
In this one I will post a lot of random stuff, from personal posts to various themes and memes. Look forward to many interesting and uninteresting stuff. Ciao!
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Interests: Many, too much to list, but you will figure some of them eventually
As you all may know, I try to be nice and kind to everyone. But also keep in mind this. There are many wonderful and talented people here. This site is really great, where everyone can meet up a lot of people and become good friends with those that have similar interests and common thing.
I have many friends here and listing them isn't enough to repay everything in which they helped me. For who they are, they know themselves. :)
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I highly advice that you all as well check her profile too. She is a wonderful person and a very good card maker.^^
My other worlds: A world about Bleach, "My little world of Bleach"
My review world, "Moonlight stories"
A RP world, "Eternal Dreams"
A world dedicated for anime and Japan in general, "Eastern wonder"
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WASHINGTON — Environmentalists opposing the Keystone XL pipeline are expanding their fight against imports of Canadian heavy crude oil by trying to block rail projects that offer another way for it to enter the U.S.
"Debating rail or pipelines is like debating which kind of poison you want," Daniel Kessler, a spokesman for 350.org, an environmental group, said in an interview. "There is a substantive effort under way in many places to block rail."
Environmental groups including 350.org oppose Keystone because they say it would promote development of oil sands, a type of crude that releases more greenhouse gases in its production and refining than other forms of oil. Canada, the biggest foreign supplier of oil to the U.S., has lobbied hard for the pipeline to promote growth of its energy industry.
The use of trains to carry crude is increasing in both the U.S. and Canada as production outstrips the capacity of pipelines to transport the bounty. In Canada, producers are rushing to secure rail cars while U.S. President Barack Obama reviews Keystone, a $5.4 billion pipeline TransCanada Corp. wants to build to link the oil sands in Alberta with refineries on the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.
Shipping the Alberta oil by rail benefits lines including Canadian National Railway Company, the Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., a unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Opponents of oil sands are targeting rail terminal projects in California, Washington state and elsewhere and pushing federal regulators to mandate expensive retrofits to tanker cars that could impede efforts by producers to expand their fleets. The campaign represents a threat to Canadian oil, which together with natural gas is Canada's largest export to the U.S.
Oil sands critics are already having some success. The Shorelines Hearings Board, which oversees construction along Washington state's coast, last week blocked permits for two crude terminal projects at Grays Harbor and called for additional study of the environmental risks of increasing ship and train traffic.
Kristen Boyles, a spokeswoman for Earthjustice, said one concern voiced by critics was that the terminals would receive oil sands products, which can be harder to clean up in a spill than conventional crude.
Valero Energy Corp.'s plan to build a terminal at its Benicia, Calif., refinery to off-load crude has been delayed as city officials seek an environmental review.
While the company isn't saying what type, groups including 350.org and the Natural Resources Defense Council say it will probably include some fuel from the oil sands.
Bill Day, a spokesman for San Antonio-based Valero, said the project would make the refinery more competitive by giving it access to cheaper fuel. Its two California refineries lost $78 million in the last quarter, the weakest performers among the company's 13 plants in the U.S., he said.
Day said the project wouldn't increase emissions, as some critics have claimed. By displacing the need to ship oil into the refinery, the plan may improve area air quality, he said.
The campaign against the plan is "misguided," Day said.
In Washington state, the San Francisco-based Sierra Club is urging Gov. Jay Inslee, D, to block a joint proposal from Tesoro Corp., a San Antonio-based refiner, and Savage Companies, a Salt Lake City-based logistics company, to build a rail terminal in Vancouver, Washington.
That proposed facility is expected to mostly unload light sweet crude from North Dakota, though it also may handle some tar sands fuel, said Kate Colarulli, deputy director of the Sierra Club's Beyond Oil campaign.
Kelly Flint, Savage's general counsel, said the company was confident it would convince regulators the facility "can be built safely and in an environmentally responsible manner."
A draft environmental review released by the U.S. State Department in March found that Keystone wouldn't impact climate change in part because trains would pick up the slack if the pipeline wasn't built. Environmental groups have spent the months since trying to discredit that finding. Rail lines, they argue, are a complement, not a replacement, to the pipeline.
Keystone could carry 830,000 barrels of oil a day to U.S. refiners. By comparison, an average of 175,000 barrels of oil were imported by rail each day this year, about 75,000 barrels of it heavy oil, according to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. About 45,000 barrels of oil was shipped to the U.S. daily on average in 2012, according to the group.
Rail proposals in western Canada could load as much as 450,000 barrels of heavy oil a day by the end of 2014. An insufficient number of tank cars could create a bottleneck through at least next year, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said in a report in October.
While oil sands growth "could be temporarily deferred in the event that Keystone XL is not approved," rail could "significantly mitigate the impact of a negative Keystone XL decision," according to a September report from the Royal Bank of Canada.
Philip Verleger, an energy economist based in Colorado, said environmental groups will have a harder time blocking rail projects because many are expansions of existing facilities or would be built in industrial sites and face fewer regulatory hurdles.
Projects on the West Coast will probably take more light sweet crude than Alberta bitumen, while facilities planned in North Dakota and Louisiana, two oil states, probably will have broad community support, he said.
"They will try to slow it down," Verleger, once an energy adviser to former President Jimmy Carter and founder of the consulting firm PK Verleger LLC, said in an interview. "But I would be surprised if they could stop the construction of a well-thought out rail facility."
More than 2.9 million barrels of oil a day entered the U.S. from Canada by all methods last year, according to the Energy Information Administration.
Even as they argue the State Department analysis exaggerated rail capacity, 350.org, the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council and other groups are stepping up opposition to rail projects that could also promote oil sands development, if on a smaller scale than Keystone.
"The strategy behind stopping these tar sands and other dangerous forms of oil is to strand the asset," Colarulli said in an interview.
Pipelines, ports and rail terminals "are all necessary parts of the network to move tar sands globally," she said.
Oil sands production will increase from 1.8 million barrels in 2012 to 2.3 million barrels in 2015 and 4.5 million in 2025, according to the Canadian producer group, whose members include a unit of Exxon Mobil Corp.
Groups are also taking the fight to Washington where the Department of Transportation is reviewing new safety rules for train cars that carry flammable liquids like crude oil.
The derailment and explosion of a crude-filled train in Lac Megantic, Quebec, that killed 47 people last July brought greater awareness of the risks. They were further underscored earlier this month when a train carrying oil crashed in Alabama, sparking a fire that burned for days.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, part of the Transportation Department, is reviewing whether to require cars that carry oil and ethanol to be upgraded to better withstand accidents.
Requiring the retrofitting of thousands of older cars means manufacturers probably won't have the capacity to build new cars to carry heavy crude from Alberta, said Anthony Swift, an attorney at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
"The cost of leasing remaining tank cars will increase — increasing the costs of moving crude by rail," Swift said in an e-mail. "This is particularly problematic for tar sands producers, as they don't have the margins to support even minor costs increases."
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T.I. Pushes Family Values in Trailer for 'The Family Hustle' Reality Show
Rapper T.I. shows what it takes to juggle a career and fatherhood in his new VH1 reality series 'T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle,' which airs Dec. 5. In a trailer that premiered online, the Atlanta rap stresses the value of family and his determination to not make the same mistakes that previously landed him in jail.
The series follows Tip has he re-adjust to his family life after serving an 11-month prison stint. "Now that I'm back home, I'm going to be make sure we're a bigger and better family than we were before," he says in the trailer.
We also get to see T.I. spend some quality time with his wife, Tameka "Tiny" Cottle, as they share a romantic dinner together and every once-in-a-while a pat on the butt.
There's also some genuine father and son moments on the show, as we witness T.I. explaining to one of his youngest sons about his light-skinned complexion and teaching another toddler to not drink juice in the all-white room.
It's safe to say that T.I. and Tiny have a lot on their plate, and we will see plenty of drama on the series with their work outside of their family life. "At the end of the day, the most important thing to me in this world is God, family and hustle — in that order," T.I. says.
VH1 will premiere the 'T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle' reality show on Dec. 5 at 9PM EST.
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We are an auto dealer for the people. Our company gives those with less than perfect credit a chance to have wheels. we have coined ourselves as the 299 down King because we try to get customers approved with as little as $299. We feel that credit should not keep a person from being able to have reliable transportation. So our goal is to get those that have had past credit problems vehicles and rebuild there credit. We push away from the same is lame car dealerships. We like to have high energy environment, that offers value and hopefully begin a family relationship feel with our customers. Big Daddy's cares about the people it serves and strives to know every customer by name. It is often heard around the company, " selling cars like candy bars." or 299 down getcha round town.
Our target market is anyone with poor credit who is in the market for a vehicle. Often the customer has been turned down from those dealers that feel that someone is not good enough to approve for a car based on credit. LIke in every city there is a group of people that fall into the low end of the middle class to top side of the lower class economic status. Also anyone that might be first time buyers, etc. Lots of our customers live check to check and just need a chance that lots of people will not give them.
I love creativity but feel that I am to close to the project to brain child this one. I am wanting to use this logo on letter head, embroid on polo shirts and help to identify ourselves to the buying public through branding it through all our marketing. Wanting to make sure that the name is well represented. Its seems that people tend to love our name and always want to meet Big Daddy. Plus the name sticks when you say it so it needs a logo to accompany it that will allow for visual recogition. Have fun but bring your best, Big Daddys expects it!
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By joining FSFE's legal task force, I contribute to bringing expertise to the free software community.
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Can you eat biodiesel? Not that I am planning to use it for salad dressing anytime soon...
I think it might be a good laxative!
I was at a BBQ last summer.
They were running a bit behind getting the grill going (Wood-pit BBQ).
Anyway, pouring a few cup fulls of BD on the fire made some spectacular flames. Less toxic than petroleum lighter fluids. The added BD did flare up and burn very quickly.
Couldnt resist.
BD to start/initiate/get going,, a fire?? Must have had a lot of meoh or gasoline in it. Flash point is almost 2x dino diesel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_point . I would think that if you poured BD on a fire it would put it out. Do it and post a video. BS
02 duramax, bio since 04/08
I use bio as a fire starter,every time I light the wood stove,spray it on the screwed up newspaper and the logs on top and then light-if it doesn't catch first time, spray more on-works every time
Sorry, I didn't take any photos...
But, I certainly would not recommend putting it in your fire extinguishers to put out fires.
In this case, the fire was already partly started, but needed to be spread. It flared up very well... very similar to what you might get with Diesel (but perhaps not quite as much as with Gasoline).
While some of my homebrew has alcohol in it, I believe that was a batch of commercial bio so it should have been clean.
I've got a pump-style fire extinguisher filled with Diesel... wonderful as a fire starter. It needs some repairs... perhaps I'll rebuild it and try it with Bio and try to get someone to take some photos.
My dog and the neigbour's dog have drank gallons of spilled biodiesel, with no ill effects, not even the runs. I have contemplated deep frying a turkey in it, but haven't worked up the nerve. If it is washed well, it basically taste like plain vegtable oil. Also there are pictures of Daryl Hanna drinking it on U-tube.
Personally I think I'll stick to using new oil for the cooking... and then if one ends up making waste oil... making biodiesel out of that.
Everything indicates low toxicity of the biodiesel. However, I don't think anybody has mapped out the metabolic pathways in humans yet.
In particular, what happens to the methyl-ester part? Does it get broken off to re-generate methanol? Is that a problem at low rates/doses?
I would also be inclined to believe that well-used oil has been chemically altered from the raw form. Turning it back to a yellow color doesn't make it new again. I guess I'm surprised about subtle health effects of making non-natural substances such as converting cis fats to trans fats.
I am seeing notes that extended frying can produce trans fats, although I'm not seeing good quantification on how much with normal cooking.
This article was interesting:
Except that they were using an imported, pre-frozen french fries that started out with very high amounts of trans fats so I can't differentiate the production of new trans fats from the transfer from the fries to the oil. But, over a week the oil content did increase.
Burn the used oil.
Buy Fresh Oil.
JB weld disolver. JB welded a sink screen in the bottom of my hardwood chip drum to catch large chips that may have made it to the bottom. When I changed out the chips the screen was no longer welded. This happened twice.
Huh...I've sealed things with JB Weld, the 5 minute Quick Set kind, and they have held fine. Of course, none of them are submerged or soaking, just leaking pipe threads or around a vacuum port I drilled into the top of the processor, or a couple pin holes in the top of my fuel tank...but that's not installed yet.
Sometimes getting adhesive strips (BandAids) off tears at the skin, especially children. First soak the strip in biodiesel, it will dissolve the adhesive part and then it can be easily removed.
Any residual adhesive can be removed also with biodiesel and then the oily residual from that cleans away perfectly with the glycerin soap.
** Biodiesel Glycerine Soap - The Guide
- on 5 continents helping people make & sell soap from the Biodiesel Glycerine.
After re-reading these posts again , I think it's fair to say that the nail has been hit harder on the head than many of us probably realize.
Many uses listed here for BD have products on the market and sell for much more than the fuel itself.
Methyl Ester cleaners and solvents are everywhere.
After reading one post here we called on Asphalt companies promoting our glycerin soap as an asphalt blocking agent for truck beds hauling asphalt. After a couple rounds of samples we discovered the product we were competing against was BD labeled as Asphalt Release.
They were paying $6.50/Gal U.S.
Not Anymore !!
Approvals from the DOT required.
Our biggest customer for soap was paying $600.00 for a 250 Gal Tote of soap for their cleaning process. It was nothing more than water and NAOH with some blue dye in it.
We are saving them money too.
1999 K3500 Dually with a new AMG 6.5TD turned up a bit by John Kennedy
Chevy DMax Totaled thanks to a 20 year old in a Mustang
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Teabags soaked in biodiesel and stored as fire lighters in old jars. I'm using them to get an anthracite heater going.
Glycerol/water solution kills aphids, but doesn't hurt the plants.
I actually sell it to a pesticide company that uses it as a carrier, instead of regular diésel for dilluting their Chemicals. Has been working fine!!
Saludos desde México.
Eduardo G
I have a part time business selling vintage and used tools online mostly 19th and early 20th century cast steel tools. I offer a sharpening outfit that sells really well,
The honing oil is just biodiesel and it works beautifully. It also has the advantage that it is non toxic and not smelly.
I'm fairly new to all this so excuse the ignorance. I've read things like, 'Biodiesel is less toxic than table salt.' If this is the case, it should be fine to get on your hands, right? Why do rubber fuel lines need to changed if it's OK to have on your hands? What is the reality with bio? Is it safe on the skin? Not that I want to wash my hands with it but I hear about people using to clean stuff.
1997 Dodge Ram 2500
Has anyone tried biodiesel in oil lamps or those camper heaters?
I recently poured bio into a short glass container. I cut a hole in the top, dropped in a wick, siliconed it into a ceramic cone so there was no air leak and let it soak up the bio overnight. I lit it and it has been burning nicely. I'm in an open area so not worried about fumes. It's protecting the wick nicely whereas olive oil won't and the wick will burn right through. I'd say quite successful!
1997 Dodge Ram 2500
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PARIS (Reuters) - Shares in France's Iliad fell more than 4 percent after the low-cost telecoms operator founded by billionaire Xavier Niel reported slower growth at its mobile phone business Free.
Iliad said the number of new mobile customers fell to 640,000 in the third quarter from 720,000 in the second, suggesting that a price war with more established mobile operators is making it harder for Iliad's Free Mobile service to lure away their customers.
It was the slowest quarterly increase in customers for Free Mobile since its launch, although the third quarter is traditionally a slower period.
Some analysts had anticipated the slowdown and had expected Iliad to launch a new commercial formula to boost sales.
"Be patient. We will launch new offers in the months ahead, when the time is right," Iliad finance chief Thomas Reynaud told Reuters.
Iliad said in a statement that Free had 7,435,000 mobile customers at the end of September, for a mobile market share of more than 11 percent, up from 10 percent at the end of June.
Mobile now generates a third of the company's revenues, which rose 23 percent to 2.77 billion euros ($3.73 billion) in the January-to-September period.
Third-quarter revenue was up 15 percent to 944 million euros. Analysts from Barclays, Credit Suisse and JP Morgan had expected quarterly revenue of between 927 and 935 million euros.
"These solid results demonstrate Iliad's ability to deliver results, even if does not beat expectations by as much as in earlier quarters," a Paris-based trader said.
Free's no-frills deals - which cost 2 euros or 19.99 euros a month without a phone or long-term contract - have forced larger competitors France Telecom, Vivendi's SFR and Bouygues Telecom to cut costs to compete and accelerate construction of superfast 4G networks to offer a better service than Iliad.
"When the time is right, we too will offer 4G," Reynaud said, adding that competitors' 4G launches had no impact on Free mobile's growth.
Shares in Iliad are up nearly 30 percent this year, after a 36 percent rise last year, and are in line with a broader rally by a European telecoms sector index this year.
The company has a market capitalization of 9.7($1 = 0.7430 euros)
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In game one, Scott allowed one run on three hits with five strikeouts to lead the Rams to a 7-1 victory. Freshman third basemen Anthony Thompson (Levittown, NY/Island Trees) got Farmingdale going in the 4th inning with a single through the right side scoring freshman outfielder Tom Heeman (Valley Stream, NY/ Hewlett) from second. Heeman finished the game 2-for-3 with a double, two runs scored, two runs batted in and two steals.
In game two, Jansen pitched five innings allowing just two hits and striking out three. Farmingdale capitalized on four Wildcat errors to jump out to an early 9-0 lead after two innings and ended with a 10-3 victory. Junior second baseman Ryan Pembroke (Wading River, NY/Shoreham Wading River) was 2-for-3 with a triple, two runs scored and two runs batted in. Junior shortstop John Basquez (Sunnyside, NY/Cordoza) finished 2-for-2 with a double, two runs scored and one RBI. Junior outfielder Nick Barone (North Babylon, NY/North Babylon) brought in two runs on a sacrifice fly and a triple.
Heeman added two singles for the Rams to finish 4-for-6 for the day.
Farmingdale will host SUNY IT tomorrow for an 11:00 a.m. non-conference match-up in Farmingdale, NY.


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The most important things to know when shopping for a new laptop, hybrid, or Windows tablet.
While our laptop and mobile PC buying guide will give you the tools to go out and research, shop for, and buy the perfect laptop, hybrid, or Windows tablet, there's no harm in starting off with a few favorite picks for 2013.
It's hard to go wrong with the latest version of Apple's MacBook Air. Both the 13-inch and 11-inch models have updated Intel Core i5 processors and excellent battery life. For a Windows version of something similar, check out Samsung's expensive 13-inch Ativ Book 9 Plus, which has a better-than HD screen. The Lenovo IdeaPad Yoga 2 Pro has a similar higher-res display and a flexible hinge that converts into a tablet, for less than $1,000. A very inexpensive option that's still usable for online surfing and sharing is the 14-inch HP Chromebook 14, which runs the Chrome OS from Google.
Since the 2012 version of our buying guide, a couple of big-picture things have changed. Windows 8 (recently updated to Windows 8.1) is now the default operating system, and its tile-based interface means that touch screens are now standard in nearly every new laptop. And, after years of few if any Windows tablets, the Win 8 era has given us dozens of them, and many are not just basic slates, but ambitious hybrids with flipping, rotating, or even detachable screens.
Most buying guides and shopping advice tend to get bogged down in the specs, mechanically listing subcategories within subcategories. Instead, I'll break out the most important things to know when looking for a new laptop, with deeper explanations available in any of our in-depth system reviews. To start with, here are my three cardinal rules for buying a laptop.
Three rules for buying a laptop
1. Don't buy too much laptop
Go back several years, and $1,000 was considered a good price for a budget laptop. Today, that's considered premium, and only one company, Apple, gets away with regularly charging much more than that (but that doesn't stop others from trying).
So when a reader e-mails us to say something along the lines of: "I'm looking for a laptop for school, and I've only got $1,500 to spend," we generally tell them to ease up on the gas pedal and look at a mainstream slim laptop for $700-$800 or so as a starting point.
And it's not just underpowered plastic boxes in that price range, either. Intel Core i5 CPUs and touch screens in slim, reasonably attractive bodies, with 128GB SSD hard drives are available in that price range — which is more than adequate for most users, unless you're planning on editing a lot of HD video or playing very high-end PC games.
Long story short, consumers have been buying too much laptop for years. The brief era of $300 Netbooks took them too far in the other direction, and now we've comfortably settled at a happy medium. Touch screens and hybrids have moved average prices up a bit, but $999 or less can still snag you an excellent premium laptop or hybrid.
2. Think about traveling light
The first question I have when someone asks, "What kind of laptop should I buy?" is this: How many days per week to you plan on carrying your laptop around with you?
The answer to that should determine what screen size your laptop should have, which largely defines the system size and weight. Frequent commutes suggest a lightweight 13-inch ultrabook (similar to the MacBook Air). Making a surprising comeback are ultraportable laptops with 11.6-inch screens, including several recent 11-inch hybrids and Windows tablets, where you may only have to take the screen with you and leave the keyboard base at home or the office.
More common midsize laptops, such as the 15-inch model probably sitting on your desk right now, are really not much fun to lug around more than once a week or so.
Lastly, if you're convinced you're never going to need to take your laptop along with you, or at best very, very rarely, then a big 17-inch or larger desktop replacement is a viable option. Keep in mind that most of these big laptops can't run for very long away from a power outlet, and very few we've seen so far in the Windows 8 era have touch screens.
3. Design is king
If there's one thing we've learned from benchmarking and testing hundreds of laptops, it's that under the hood, a lot of these systems are awfully similar. I'd go so far as to say that, with most laptops constructed from the same pool of stock CPUs, hard drives, RAM, and video cards, it's dangerously close to being a commodity product.
That's where design comes in. If most laptops within a given class, and with similar components, are going to run similarly, it's the look and feel that's really going to push you toward one model over another.
Think of a laptop as a very visual extension of your personality. You may carry it around with you all day, or even all over the country. You send e-mails from it, store personal photos and documents, and use it to connect with people on social networks.
Like any personal accessory, such as a jacket or a pair of glasses, you should choose a laptop with a style and design that works for you, as well as one with a keyboard and touch pad you find comfortable and easy to use. That's what Apple nails really well — the parts inside of a MacBook are not that different from other laptops (although the operating system is another story), but the human interface tools are fantastic, and the design has become a standard for what a lot of people think a laptop should look like.
The current fad for thin ultrabooks backs this up, as well as the hype that high-design laptops such as the Samsung Ativ 9 or Asus Transformer Book inevitably generate.
A laptop is a big investment that you'll probably have to live with every day. If it comes down to choosing between a design you love and a minor difference in specs, I'd point out that nearly all mainstream laptops are powerful enough for everyday computing tasks, so go with a great design.
The categories
There are many ways to categorize laptops, and we've seen systems chopped into multimedia, gaming, thin-and-light, ultrabook, ultraslim, and ultraportable. You'll see the term "ultrabook" used a lot. It's not technically a laptop category, but instead a trademarked Intel marketing term, bestowed on laptops that meet Intel's requirements. Most are MacBook-Air-like thin 13-inch laptops, but you'll also find 14- and 15-inch ultrabooks. We sometimes call systems that are similarly thin but don't meet Intel's sticker requirements "fauxtrabooks," or just ultrabook-like.
As a way to cut through the clutter, we use screen size as the primary category definition for laptops — which ties nicely in with our advice above on choosing a laptop based on how often it will travel with you.
Ultraportable (11-to-12-inch displays)
Ultraportable systems with 11- and 12-inch screens are making a comeback, thanks to new laptop entries from Sony and Apple, and hybrids from Lenovo, HP, and others. These typically have low-voltage Intel Atom CPUs, or sometimes AMD E-series chips. The 11-inch Windows 8 tablets can start for as little as $499, and go up from there, usually asking another $100 or so for a keyboard dock.
13-inch laptop
The only screen size distinctive enough to earn its own category, these systems occupy a unique space in the industry. A 13-inch laptop is the smallest size we'd be able to work on comfortably all day, and at the same time, the largest size we'd consider carrying around more than once or twice a week. Apple's MacBook Pro and Air and the Sony Vaio Pro 13 are popular examples.
As previously mentioned, "ultrabook" is a trademarked Intel term, but it's largely taken to mean a lightweight 13-inch laptop that's under 18mm thick, with SSD storage. We're almost at the point where most, if not all, 13-inch laptops are nearly ultrabook-thin, and the use of the marketing term may fade. In other words, when everything is essentially an ultrabook; it won't need a special name.
Some hybrids and convertibles also fall into the 13-inch category, although a 13-inch tablet screen is a bit on the unwieldy side.
Midsize (14-, 15-, and 16-inch displays)
The traditional 15-inch laptop, along with its less-common 14- and 16-inch offshoots, make up this category. Although technically mobile products, mainstream or midsize laptops tend to stay anchored to one location, or only move around within a single home or office.
Most midsize laptops have dual-core or quad-core CPUs, most commonly from Intel's Core i-series line, along with 4GB or 8GB of RAM, and large hard drives with at least 320GB of storage space. High-end extras such as discrete GPUs and Blu-ray drives are uncommon but available. Intel also allows for some 14- and 15-inch laptops to use the ultrabook name, if they meet certain size and spec requirements, but that's rare.
The midsize category covers the widest ground in terms of price and features, starting at around $500 and going well past $1,000. Most typical are $800 to $1,000 configurations.
Desktop replacement (17-inch or larger display)
These massive 17-inch and larger laptops are meant to literally replace your old desktop, monitor, and keyboard combination with a single device that can also be easily transported in a pinch.
Quad-core CPUs are common, as are discrete graphics cards from Nvidia or AMD. We'd ask for a full 1080p screen, which is 1,920×1,080 resolution, and perfect for playing back Blu-ray or high-def digital content.
While 17-inch screens are more common, there are a handful of 18-inch models, and these large desktop replacement laptops make good hybrid entertainment centers for the den or dorm room, putting your computing, video, and music devices in a single box. We've also seen 18-to-20-inch all-in-one desktops with detachable screens that become, in essence, giant tablets of varying portability.
Hybrids, tablets, and convertibles
The majority of mobile PCs with screens that detach, flip over, or fold down to a slatelike shape have screens between 11.3 and 13.3 inches, and behave largely like traditional clamshell laptops in the corresponding groups above. Some, such as Lenovo's Yoga series, really do look and feel like regular laptops most of the time, while others, including Microsoft's Surface Pro, are meant to spend more time in tablet mode.
Intel Atom and Core i5 CPUs are common, which is why some hybrids cost $499, and others more than $1,000. Few models are really ready to be mainstream consumer products yet, largely because Windows 8 still doesn't feel fully baked as a tablet OS. Plus, many of the detachable keyboards and touch pads for these systems are terrible. That said, if you're looking for a smaller laptop, we'd definitely recommend checking out a few hybrids of the same size, in addition to clamshell laptops.
Like it or not, you still have to pay at least some attention to specs and components. Here are the current Intel and AMD processors, and where you're most likely to find them.
This company (also the parent of the GPU maker formerly known as ATI) has recently launched new generation of accelerated processing units. Rather than CPU, or central processing unit, AMD these days uses the term APU, or accelerated processing unit, meaning that a CPU and discrete-level GPU are combined.
You'll most likely find the new AMD A4, A6, A8, and A10 chips in upcoming systems from Acer, HP, and others in spring 2014, offering welcome options for the budget- and midpriced-PC shopper. Note that far fewer laptops are available with AMD processors than Intel ones.
If you're looking at a laptop, tablet, hybrid, or even a desktop PC, chances are it has an Intel CPU in it. The current line confusingly has the same product names as the previous three generations. But the new chips, launched starting in June 2013, are also known by the code name Haswell (the previous generation was Ivy Bridge).
These 2013 fourth-generation CPUs are easy to spot, as most have a part number that begins with the number 4. For example, Sony's new Vaio Pro 13 has a 1.6GHz Intel Core i5-4200U CPU. A more detailed list of processors is available from Intel here.
The performance difference between last-gen and current-gen CPUs is modest. However, Haswell has offered significant battery life improvements in the first wave of laptops we've tested so far, passing 12 hours in the 13-inch MacBook Air. There's a real-world battery life payoff in seeking out a Haswell-equipped laptop, and we'd wait for whatever model you're looking at to be updated if it's going to be used frequently on the go.
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Core i3 — Found in many budget and midrange laptops, this dual-core CPU is fine for everyday computing.
Core i5 — Intel's mainstream processor, found in many 15-inch, and even some 17-inch laptops, usually between $600 and $1,000.
Core i7 — Available in quad-core versions, expect to find this in more expensive performance machines, although unless you're a gamer or serious video editor, it's unlikely you need this much power.
Pentium, Celeron, and Atom — Yes, Intel still makes these low-power chips, which have been the bane of our Labs testing team for years. If at all possible, avoid laptops with Pentium and Celeron chips. The latest version of the Atom, formerly code named Bay Trail, offers decent performance and excellent battery life for smaller tablets and hybrids.
Xeon — High-end workstation chips. You'll basically never run across these, unless you're interested in Apple's new cylindrical Mac Pro desktop or some other nonconsumer system.
Hard drives and storage
Your new laptop is going to have either a traditional spinning platter hard drive (HDD), or a solid-state hard drive (SSD), which is flash memory, similar to what you'd find in an iPhone or SD card. We've also seen a few examples of hybrid drives, where a small SSD (perhaps 20GB or 32GB) is paired with a larger HDD. In theory, this lets the system boot faster and helps apps open quickly, but stores bulky music and video files on the standard hard drive.
HDD — Still found in the majority of laptops, platter hard drives are large and inexpensive, but also add weight, heat, and lots of moving parts to your laptop. Look for at least a 320GB hard drive, even in a budget system. Most drives run at 5,400rpm (revolutions per minute), but some run faster, at 7,200rpm, useful for streaming data quickly from the hard drive when editing video or playing games.
SSD — These drives run cool and quiet, and produce less heat, but they're also much more expensive, with smaller capacities. Apple's 11-inch MacBook includes only a 64GB SSD for $999, but most have a 128GB drive, with a 256GB upgrade available at significant extra cost. SSD is doubtlessly the future of computer storage, but for now, the small capacities mean they aren't ideal for things like large video collections.
Frequently Asked Questions
What kind of ports and extras do I need?
A couple of USB ports are a minimum. Most laptops now include at least two USB 3.0 ports, which are faster than the older USB 2.0 version, but only when used with compatible USB 3.0 devices, such as external hard drives. An SD card slot should be non-negotiable, as well as an HDMI video output. Every laptop includes Wi-Fi now, and will be compatible with virtually any Wi-Fi signal or router.
What kinds of ports and extras can I skip?
The old-style VGA video output still shows up on most laptops, but unless you need to connect to something like an old CRT monitor, it's not required. DisplayPort for video or Thunderbolt (another high-speed data connection) are only needed if you have compatible hardware. An Ethernet jack often gets skipped on the thinnest laptops in favor of Wi-Fi. It's better to have it for emergencies, but it's not the end of the world if you don't have it. Bluetooth is useful, but only if you have a Bluetooth mouse, speaker, or headset you plan to use; otherwise skip it or turn it off to save battery life.
Do I need an optical drive?
The answer is trending toward "no," and a good number of thin, lightweight laptops now skip the optical drive. We haven't missed it, but some people are definitely still tied to CDs or DVDs as a storage or media playback format. That said, there are still many people tied to optical media, so for them, it's a must-have.
Do I need a graphics card?
Unless you plan on playing serious PC games on your laptop (Skyrim, Metro: Last Light, and so on), you can get away with using the graphics capabilities built into laptops by default. Intel's current version is called HD 5000, and while it's not for serious gamers, you should be able to get away with playing casual or older games, or even newer games if you keep the visual settings set to Low.
Should I get a tablet or a laptop?
Windows tablets have disappointed for years, but the current Windows 8 generation is definitely showing signs of life. Especially because Win 8 is built for touch-screen use (although it's far from perfect), and most Windows 8 tablets and hybrids have a laptoplike mode or accessories that make them more universally useful. If you're doing a lot of typing or touch-pad navigation, I'd still stick to a traditional laptop, or at best a very laptoplike hybrid, such as Lenovo's Yoga line.
What's better, Windows or Mac OS X?
That's a loaded question if there ever was one. Windows users appreciate the flexibility of that operating system, allowing for extreme tweaking and personalization. It's available on a nearly limitless variety of hardware, and with Windows 8, Microsoft has created a much more touch- and tablet-friendly OS, with a slick, modern look that's a big break from the past.
Apple's operating system, on the other hand, is only available on a handful of desktops and laptops. That said, the joint hardware/software platform makes for a much more stable/predictable overall experience, and many prefer the user-friendly OS X layout and controls. Finally, Windows has a much larger available software library, especially when it comes to free software and games.
Should I buy now, or wait for the next update/upgrade/OS/CPU/etc.?
That's the million-dollar question, and it applies to nearly every technology category. Every new piece of hardware is a step closer to obsolescence with each passing day, and there's always a new version coming at some point in the not-too-distant future. Once you accept that, it's a lot easier to just relax and buy a product you'll enjoy using, without succumbing to upgrade envy
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Dozens of the 38 baseball and softball teams from Richmond Hill and Woodhaven chanted their team's calls, held signs and prepared for the first games of the year as they took the turn up 98th Street to Forest Park's George Seuffert Sr. Bandshell.
Terry Flanagan, president of WORKS Little League, met the teams at P.S. 90 Horace Mann, located at 86-50 109th St., to organize before they began the legendary march.
He has participated every year since 1971 when he was just six years old.
"This year I am very happy, because my father coached when I played here and my oldest son, who's a college student, has now asked me to come back and coach this year," Flanagan said. "I have three generations of my family who have coached in this league, so I am very proud of that."
This year Flanagan is coaching girl's softball.
Brooklyn Cyclone's mascot Sandy the Seagull joined the parade for the WORKS League raffle for a chance to win a night out with the Cyclones.
Kai Halim, a resident of Woodhaven, was out at P.S. 90 to support his son.
"The benefits of having your child in this league and in organized sports is the camaraderie, and being able to have them engage with other children, share experiences with other children, have fun and just be a kid," Halim said.
"I think it's important today for children to just be children, because there's not as many outlets for them to have for them to just be kids," he added.
Ralph Veras, coach of the Cardinals, marched in the parade to start his first year with the league in Woodhaven.
"It's exciting for particularly the younger guys, but as they get older they get a little lazier, they don't want to do the parade," Veras said, marching with his team of 14 and 15 year olds.
Veras has coached baseball for around 12 years, and this year he says he is confident he has a good team on hand.
"I just want to see the kids progress," Veras said. "The great thing about coaching is to watch where they start, up to where they finish."


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A very sad day for the Dodgers
Late last night, we got the word that one of the greatest Dodger pitchers of all-time, Johnny Podres, passed away at the age of 75. Johnny was a part of four World Championship teams with the Dodgers, including the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the 1955 World Series. He was the first person to throw a pitch at Dodger Stadium in 1962 and the stories I've heard about him all day certainly show what a tremendous loss this is for the Dodger family.
Tommy Lasorda shared his memories of Johnny over at his blog, so be sure to check that out.
Unfortunately, we got more tough news today when we came into the office. Jaime Jarrin called to let me know that Ruben Valentin, who has covered the Dodgers for many years and was a regular voice on FOX's SAP channel, passed away over the weekend during a visit to his native Puerto Rico. Ruben was a very classy man who always treated us with great respect and we tried to give him the same in return.
He is remembered over by Miguel Angel Morales at the "Detras de los Dodgers" blog.
Our hearts go out to both of the families of these great men and I hope that you'll all take a moment to remember them and keep them in your thoughts.
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Very sad day indeed 😦
Great name from Dodger lore.
Another guy gone from that '55 World Series champion team of which Podres will forever be linked.
Labine died last year. Who's left? Snider. Zimmer. Newk. Sandy. Billy Loes. Maybe a couple of reserves.
Johnny's playing ball with the Big Dodger in the Sky.
This surely puts life into perspective huh? A very sad day and our condolences go out to Johnny's and Ruben's families. Their both in a better place now.
RIP MR. Podres. Thanks for finally beating those **** Yankees.
Sorry about the loss of Rubin Valentin and as I mentioned on the last thread yesterday, many of us senior citizens and those old enough, no matter where they are or who they root for today, were remembering their Dodger fan days yesterday when they heard the news of Johnny Podres' passing.
Rest in Peace to both of those guys. Too bad we won't see Podres in the 50th anniversary events this year.
Hey Josh, I have a question…How come the Dodgers don't do a big FanFest the way the Cubs, Cardinals and a couple of other teams do it. I heard the Cubs and Cardinals sold out the weekend event. I guess it's a big event where most of the players come in and interact with the fans and it's a chance for them to get ready for the upcoming season. I think it would be a cool idea if the Dodgers did something similar. I know you guys do the Dodger Caravan. I know it's a great event, I have been to those events, but I think something like a fanfest would be something nice. Maybe in the coming years. Also, who is the right person in the Dodger organization to e-mail ideas about the Dodgers ? I have a couple more.
A sad day indeed. I read that according tp Gunrick Abreu will take over when Kent retires. I think DY(if he can prove that he is atleast average defensively) would be a better fit for the future at 2B. Its no knock on Abreu, because I like him too, I just think that because of his offense DY will be a better major league player.
I wish opening day was tomorrow!


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Baby G-3 was baptized in the Traditional Roman Rite on March 16, 2013, at two weeks of age.
We opted to go with Papi's simple baptismal outfit vs. Dragonfly's borrowed gown.
The Rite of Baptism
(English Translation)
Part I:
Outside the Church
The priest (wearing a violet stole), sponsors, and the catechumen stand in the narthex of the church, symbolizing that at this point, the candidate is not a member of the Church.
The Questioning
- Priest: N., what do you ask of the Church of God?
- Sponsor/Catechumen: Faith.
- Priest: What does Faith offer you?
- Sponsor/Catechumen: Life everlasting.
- Priest: If then you desire to enter into life, keep the commandments. 'Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart and with thy whole soul and with thy whole mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.'
The Exsufflation
The priest then breathes 3 times on the candidate in the form of a Cross, recalling the Spirit (breath, wind, "ruach") of God.
- Priest: Go forth from him (her), unclean spirit, and give place to the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete.
The Sign of the Cross
- The priest now makes the Sign of the Cross with his thumb on the candidate's forehead and breast.
- Priest: Receive the Sign of the Cross both upon your forehead + and also upon your heart +; take to you the faith of the heavenly precepts; and so order your life as to be, from henceforth, the temple of God.
- Priest: Let us pray: Mercifully hear our prayers, we beseech Thee, O Lord; and by Thy perpetual assistance keep this Thine elect, N, signed with the sign of the Lord's cross, so that, preserving this first experience of the greatness of Thy glory, he (she) may deserve, by keeping Thy commandments, to attain to the glory of regeneration. Through Christ our Lord.
- Sponsor/Catechumen: Amen.
The Imposition of Hands
The priest places his hands on the candidate's head.
- Priest: Let us pray: Almighty, everlasting God, Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, look graciously down upon this Thy servant, N., whom Thou hast graciously called unto the beginnings of the faith; drive out from him (her) all blindness of heart; break all the toils of Satan wherewith he (she) was held: open unto him (her), O Lord, the gate of Thy loving kindness, that, being impressed with the sign of Thy wisdom, he (she) may be free from the foulness of all wicked desires, and in the sweet odor of Thy precepts may joyfully serve Thee in Thy Church, and grow in grace from day to day. Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen.
- Priest: Through the same Christ our Lord.
- Sponsor/Catechumen: Amen
The Imposition of Salt
Now the priest puts a little blessed salt in the candidate's mouth. Salt is the symbol of that wisdom which gives a relish for the sweetness of divine nourishment; preserves, by the teaching of the Gospel, from the corruption of sin, and prevents evil passions from growing in men's souls. Adult catechumens might be signed on the brow, ears, eyes, nostrils, mouth, breast, and between the shoulders before the imposition of salt. If this procedure is followed, afterwards the candidate will kneel, recite the Our Father several times, and a Cross is made on his forehead, first by the sponsor and then by the priest.
Priest: N., Receive the salt of wisdom; let it be to thee a token of mercy unto everlasting life. May it make your way easy to eternal life.
- Sponsor/Catechumen: Amen.
- Priest: Peace be with you.
- Sponsor/Catechumen: And with your spirit.
- Priest: Let us pray: O God of our fathers, O God the Author of all truth, vouchsafe, we humbly beseech Thee, to look graciously down upon this Thy servant, N., and as he (she) tastes this first nutriment of salt, suffer him (her) no longer to hunger for want of heavenly food, to the end that he (she) may be always fervent in spirit, rejoicing in hope, always serving Thy name. Lead him (her), O Lord, we beseech Thee, to the laver of the new regeneration, that, together with Thy faithful, he may deserve to attain the everlasting rewards of Thy promises. Through Christ our Lord.
- Priest: Through the same Christ our Lord.
- Sponsor/Catechumen: Amen
Part II:
Admission into the Church Building
The Exorcism
The priest makes the Sign of the Cross over the candidate three times and says:
- Priest: I exorcise thee, unclean spirit, in the name of the Father + and of the Son, + and of the Holy + Spirit, that thou goest out and depart from this servant of God, N. For He commands Thee, accursed one, Who walked upon the sea, and stretched out His right hand to Peter about to sink. Therefore, accursed devil, acknowledge thy sentence, and give honor to the living and true God: give honor to Jesus Christ His Son, and to the Holy Spirit; and depart from this servant of God, N. because God and our Lord Jesus Christ hath vouchsafed to call him (her) to His holy grace and benediction and to the font of Baptism.
The Sign of the Cross
The priest again makes the Sign of the Cross on the candidate's forehead
- Priest: And this sign of the holy Cross, which we make upon his (her) forehead, do thou, accursed devil, never dare to violate.
- Priest: Through the same Christ our Lord.
- Sponsor/Catechumen: Amen
The Imposition of Hands
For the final time, the priest lays his hand on the candidate's head
- Priest: Let us pray: O Holy Lord, Father Almighty, Eternal God, Author of light and truth, I implore Thine everlasting and most just goodness upon this Thy servant N., that Thou wouldst vouchsafe to enlighten him (her) with the light of Thy wisdom: cleanse him (her) and sanctify him (her), give unto him (her) true knowledge; that, being made worthy of the grace of Thy Baptism, he (she) may hold firm hope, right counsel and holy doctrine.
- Priest: Through Christ our Lord.
- Sponsor/Catechumen: Amen.
Admission into the Church Building
The priest lays the end of his stole on the candidate as a symbol of his priestly authority, and admits him into the church building, which is the symbol of the Church of Christ. If the catechumen is an adult and was annointed in Part I above, he may be asked to lie prostrate before the Altar in adoration of Christ before this next step.
- Priest: N., enter thou into the temple of God, that thou mayest have part with Christ unto life everlasting.
- Sponsor/Catechumen: Amen.
The Credo and Pater
- Sponsor/Catechumen: I believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into Hell. On the third day, He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence shall He come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the holy Catholic Church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.
- Sponsor/Catechumen: Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation: but deliver us from evil. Amen.
Part III
In the Nave of the Church
The Solemn Exorcism
- Priest: I exorcise thee, every unclean spirit, in the name of God the Father + Almighty, in the name of Jesus + Christ, His Son, our Lord and Judge, and in the power of the Holy + Spirit, that thou be depart from this creature of God N, which our Lord hath deigned to call unto His holy temple, that it may be made the temple of the living God, and that the Holy Spirit may dwell therein. Through the same Christ our Lord, who shall come to judge the living and the dead, and the world by fire
The Ephpheta
The priest takes a little spittle and touches the ears and nostrils of the candidate with it. For health reasons, the use of spittle may be omitted. This rite comes from Mark 7:33-35, when Jesus healed the deaf-mute: "And taking him from the multitude apart, he put his fingers into his ears: and spitting, he touched his tongue. And looking up to heaven, he groaned and said to him: Ephpheta, which is, Be thou opened. And immediately his ears were opened and the string of his tongue was loosed and he spoke right.".
- Priest: Ephpheta, that is to say, Be opened, for an odour of sweetness. Be thou, devil, begone; for the judgement of God shall draw near.
The Renunciation of Satan
- Priest: N., do you renounce Satan?
- Sponsor/Catechumen: I do renounce him.
- Priest: And all of his works?
- Sponsor/Catechumen: I do renounce him.
- Priest: And all his pomps?
- Sponsor/Catechumen: I do renounce him.
The Annointing
The priest annoints the candidate with the oil of catechumens on the heart and between the shoulders in the form of a Cross, saying:
- Priest: I annoint you + with the oil of salvation in Christ Jesus our Lord, that you may have everlasting life.
- Sponsor/Catechumen: Amen.
Part IV
At the Font
The priest removes his violet stole and puts on a white one.
The Profession of Faith
- Priest: N., do you believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth?
- Sponsor/Catechumen: I do believe.
- Priest: Do you believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son our Lord, Who was born and Who suffered?
- Sponsor/Catechumen: I do believe.
- Priest: Do you believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and life everlasting?
- Sponsor/Catechumen: I do believe.
Baptism (Matter and Form of the Sacrament)
If the one to be baptized is a baby, the godparents take him to the font (the godmother holds him in her arms, the godfather touches the baby's shoulder with his right hand); if he is an adult, the sponsor puts his right hand on the shoulder of the one to be baptized.
- Priest: N., will you be baptized?
- Sponsor/Catechumen: I will.
The priest pours water over the head of the candidate three times, once after each mention of the Divine Persons. The water he uses will have been consecrated during the Easter Vigil or on the Eve of the Pentecost. As he pours the water, the priest says these words (or the words of a conditional Baptism):
- Priest: I baptize you in the name of the Father + and of the Son + and of the Holy + Spirit.
The Annointing with Chrism
- Priest: May the Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who hath regenerated thee by water and the Holy Spirit, and who hath given thee the remission of all thy sins, may He Himself + anoint thee with the Chrism of Salvation, in the same Christ Jesus our Lord, unto life eternal.
- Sponsor/Catechumen: Amen.
- Priest: Peace be with you.
- Sponsor/Catechumen: And with your spirit.
The White Linen Cloth
This priest takes a white linen cloth -- symbolizing the purity of a soul cleansed from all sin, and a relic of the days when the newly baptized wore white albs for 8 days -- and places it on the head of the candidate.
- Priest: Receive this white garment, which mayest thou carry without stain before the judgment seat of our Lord Jesus Christ, that thou mayest have life everlasting.
The Lighted Candle
The priest gives the candidate or the sponsor a lighted candle.
- Priest: Receive this burning light, and keep thy Baptism so as to be without blame: keep the commandments of God, that when the Lord shall come to the nuptials, thou mayest meet Him together with all the Saints in the heavenly court, and mayest have eternal life and live for ever and ever.
Last Words of Good Will
- Priest: N., go in peace and the Lord be with you. Amen.
- Sponsor/Catechumen: Amen.
Churching of Women:
Churching is the woman's way of giving thanksgiving to God for the birth of her child, and predisposes her, through the priestly blessing that is a part of the ritual, to receive the graces necessary to raise her child in a manner pleasing to God.
The Ritual
The woman will make arrangements with her priest (ideally, the priest should know the women of his parish and make the offer to her). At the appointed time, she will kneel in the Narthex, holding a lighted candle. The priest, wearing a white stole, will bless her with holy water, and say:
- V. Our help is in the Name of the Lord.
- R. Who made Heaven and Earth.
- ANT. She shall receive.
Psalm 23 1
The Earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof; the world, and all they that dwell therein. For He hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers. Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord: or who shall stand in His holy place? The innocent in hands and clean of heart, who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbor. He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God his Savior. This is the generation of them that seek Him, of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob. Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: and the King of glory shall enter in. Who is this King of glory? the Lord Who is strong and mighty: the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your gates, O ye princes, and be ye lifted up, O eternal gates: and the King of glory shall enter in. Who is this King of glory? the Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory. Glory be to the Father.
ANT. She shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God her Savior: for this is the generation of them that seek the Lord.
The priest places the end of his stole in the woman's hand and leads her into the church while saying:
Enter into the temple of God, adore the Son of the blessed Virgin Mary, who gave you fruitfullness of offspring.
Outside the sanctuary, the mother kneels before the Altar and prays, thanking God for her child.
Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Lord, have mercy. (Now the Our Father is said silently)
- V. And lead us not into temptation.
- R. But deliver us from evil.
- V. Save your handmaid, Lord.
- R. Who hopes in Thee, my God.
- V. Send her help, Lord, from the sanctuary.
- R. And defend her out of Sion.
- V. Let not the enemy prevail against her.
- R. Nor the son of iniquity approach to hurt her.
- V. O Lord, hear my prayer.
- R. And let my cry come to Thee.
- V. The Lord be with you.
- R. And with thy spirit.
- V. Let us pray.
Almighty, everlasting God, through the delivery of the blessed Virgin Mary, Thou hast turned into joy the pains of the faithful in childbirth; look mercifully upon this Thy handmaid, coming in gladness to Thy temple to offer up her thanks: and grant that after this life, by the merits and intercession of the same blessed Mary, she may merit to arrive, together with her offspring, at the joys of everlasting happiness. Through Christ our Lord.
R. Amen.
The priest sprinkles the mother with holy water in the shape of a Cross.
The peace and blessing of God almighty, the Father + and the Son and the Holy Spirit, descend upon you and remain forever.
R. Amen.
Consecration of a Child to the Immaculate Heart of Mary:
Blessed Virgin Mary, * Queen of Heaven and Earth, * to your Immaculate Heart,* the channel of all graces, * we consecrate this child * whom we have received from God's goodness. We offer him [her] to you * that you may present him [her] to Your Divine Son, * that you may take him [her] under your loving, maternal protection,* that you may preserve him [her] from dangers, * that you may keep him [her] from all sin, * that you may make him [her] grow in piety * and in all virtue * so that he [she] may always be worthy * to call himself [herself] your child. May he [she] grow daily in wisdom and in grace, * may he [she] go through life having you always as his [her] refuge and mother. * May all virtues shine in him [her] * and may he [she] never offend your maternal Heart. May the Eternal Father always look upon him [her] with delight * and see in him [her] * a ray and reflection of your Immaculate Beauty. And as today he [she] gladdens our home, * so may he [she] one day gladden the Eternal Home * which we pray will be his [hers]. Amen.
Father S re-created this consecration booklet with colored pictures.
We made a simple Italian menu, in keeping with our tradition for the previous two boys and in honor of his namesake. Dad, Rose, and I made the chicken parmesan, homemade focaccia, antipasto skewers, artichoke forno, pasta bar with three homemade sauces, stuffed mushrooms, and homemade lemonade. G-3's God mother made a delicious salad with homemade dressing. My sis and her family made the baked herb chicken, roasted asparagus, and sweet tea. Papa was excused from cooking duty since he has been caring for my mom, post surgery.
The entire reception was managed by my sister and Dad. It is a great gift to have family that so generously serves one another. In charity, please pray for my family.
giving baby some much need love after having him go through his baptism without a full feed


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Clive Chin certainly has a lot of stories about reggae's old days, when only a handful of recording studios existed in Jamaica, each of them easily identified by the people who worked the boards. From Clement "Coxsone" Dodd (Studio One) to Duke Reid (Treasure Isle) to Leslie Kong (Beverly's), these were the engineers and charismatic producers who authored reggae's storied past. Chin also speaks with great respect for the legends of the time—musicians like Tommy McCook, Roland Alphonso and Johnny Moore, better known as the original Skatalites, who used to stop by when Clive was just a lad to track sessions at his father's studio and to hang out at his shop— the legendary Randy's Records in Kingston.
Once Jamaica's biggest record distributor and a landmark recording spot, Randy's came to dominate the 1960s and '70s with a long list of hits and a signature warm sound, but the story actually starts in the early 1900s, when Clive Chin's grandfather, a laborer from mainland China named William Chin-Sang, arrived in Kingston. After settling in the city, he opened a small shop selling basic goods and necessities. He also had six children— one of whom would help meld and define the sound of reggae music forever.
The culture of Chinese-Jamaicans has always had a profound impact on the island, changing its Caribbean landscape for good. Many laborers came to the island to work in the fields, and later became shop owners and entrepreneurs in different trades. They assimilated easily into the fabric of Jamaican society.
"My father was actually an auto mechanic," Chin recalls, referring to his father Vincent, who was the youngest of William Chin's six children, "but he landed a job in his early 20s servicing jukeboxes for Isaac Issa, who was from a huge Syrian family that was prominent for bringing entertainment to the island. My father would change the records and put new records in, and since Issa had no use for the old records, rather than seeing them thrown out in the trash, my father offered to take them."
Most of the records were American blues, jazz and soul 45s, and when they began to pile high in the Chin family's garage in Vineyard Town, a friend suggested opening up a small shop to sell them. Vincent did just that, and Randy's—named for his favorite radio show, broadcasting from Nashville—was born. Eventually the shop became a meeting place for local musicians to rehearse for gigs, and before long, Vincent had set up microphones and recording equipment to document the music they made.
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