Catholicity: The mother of Jesus is Theotokos

Jesus is who we believe as God of all. He is a unique person because he not only is God, but he also is human. He didn't want to make himself an exception and so like billions of all human beings, like us who are not victims of abortion or of contraception, (or at the very least, survivors of GASP abortion!), he wished to be born of a mother. He chose Mary to be his own mother.

Mary is the mother of the unique person Jesus Christ. She is the mother not only of the humanity, but also the divinity of her son. Theo is Greek for God, tokos means "bearer of". And so Mary, who bore Jesus in her womb, is then Theotokos. Mary is the bearer of God.

Real estate: Advantages of Buying or Owning a condominium

Condos have become an increasingly attractive home ownership option for singles, young couples, families and retired couples 

(that's just about everybody!). 

A condo is a viable option for anyone who wants to own a home without the worry of repairs, 
maintenance and dreaded chores like snow shoveling.

Condos are usually located in well established, proven neighborhoods.

Giving you the opportunity to see where everything is 
before you decide to buy. Some condos are the same size as houses as far as square footage is concerned, and the 
accessibility is a little more governed. You have people closer to your condos so there is more of a chance that someone will 
watch your property while you are away.

You need an inspection completed before buying a condominium. 

Do not forget that when you buy a condo, you are also buying 
into the entire building in which your condo is located. As a co-owner of the building, you will be assessed your proportional 
share of the cost for corrective work required in common areas, such as the roof, heating system, or foundation.

Condominiums will increase your buying power. 

Condos usually sell for 20 to 30 percent less than similar detached homes. You 
will have all the luxury of owing your own home, but will be able to share the cost of upkeep on the building, roof, and 
foundation. For most buyers the choice is to buy a condo that meets their living needs or continue to rent.

Condominiums usually cost less to maintain than detached homes. 

The replacement cost of the high rise's roof, may be more in 
absolute terms than replacing the roof of a detached single-family home, but the cost per owner should be less.

Condominiums have amenities that you could not otherwise afford, such as swimming pools or tennis courts, there own
community center with exercise rooms and much more. 

Condominiums are ideal homes for people without children or some with  a very small family. 

Techie me: Back to Windows..liberating!

The label of this article is"Techie me". As if I'm that much of a techie. Well yes, somehow I am but not to the extent that I know all the OSes there are. I own the sleek Acer Aspire TimelineX 3820T which failed me last November. It's not your usual laptop coz it didn't have a built-in DVD reader. Instead of backing up three recovery disks, I backed up only two (maybe due to a quirky external DVD writer?) and when the OS had to be restored I couldn't anymore due to the incompleteness of the restoration.

I decided it was time to rebel against this. Feeling maverick, I switched to freeware Ubuntu. The honeymoon stage lasted only a few days when I experimented with good newbuntu and messed it up.

I vehemently fought the idea of switching back to Windows because I erased the recovery portion in the hard disk and formatted it to non Windows-readable. And being different I thought was cool! After many weeks of hanging on to this idea, I finally made it back to Windows yesterday. Had I stuck with good old Windows I would have been happier.

Stick it out with Windows to avoid future nightmares with Ubuntu. Consult a pro when your laptop or OS are failing you. More often than not, it's caused by what you yourself did. You will save time and effort effortlessly. Just like me, instead of getting immobilized, it will instead be liberating!

Catholicity: Why today, March 26, is the feastday of Ascension and not yesterday

March 25 is exactly start of nine months gestation period before a child is born on December 25. In the case of Jesus, whose birthday we celebrate is on that day, the feast of the the Annunciation is therefore nine months prior. Why is it that this year, the Annunciation is celebrated today, March 26?

March 25 this year so happens to fall on Sunday, The Lord's day. If a feast day falls on this day, it is usually moved to the next available day. The Lord's day has precedence over all other feast days and so this year we  we celebrate the feast of the Annunciation on March 26, Monday.

The Annunciation is what we commemorate everytime we pray the Angelus. This is when Angel Gabriel announced to Mary, the Mother of our Lord Jesus Christ, that she is going to be his mother, if she so wills.

Blogger tip: hide date, timestamp, and author

To give the impression of a "timeless" and never a dated blog, the date blog was posted can be removed. How to remove the date and timestamp? How about making it "anonymous"? Read below

1. Login to blogger the go to "Layout --> Edit HTML"
2. Click on the "Download Full Template" to back up your template first.
3. Check on the "Expand Widget Templates" check box.

Hide Post Date
find this code and delete it.
<data:post.dateHeader/>

Hide Post Time
find this code and delete it.
 <span class='post-timestamp'>
<b:if cond='data:top.showTimestamp'>
<data:top.timestampLabel/>
<b:if cond='data:post.url'>
<a class='timestamp-link' expr:href='data:post.url' rel='bookmark'
title='permanent link'><abbr class='published'
expr:title='data:post.timestampISO8601'><data:post.timestamp/></abbr></a>
</b:if>
</b:if>
</span>

How to mount your USB in Ubuntu

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    seeley-laptop ~ # lsusb
    ...
    Bus 002 Device 003: ID 058f:6387 Alcor Micro Corp. Transcend JetFlash Flash Drive
    ...


terminal: "make directory" and show the drives (/dev/sdb is my flash drive)

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    seeley-laptop ~ # cd /media
    seeley-laptop media # mkdir usb
    seeley-laptop media # fdisk -l


WHERE "l" is a litle "L" like list
shows:

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    ...                                                                                                               
    Disk /dev/sda:
    ...
    Disk /dev/sdb: 4016 MB, 4016045056 bytes
    124 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1020 cylinders
    ...


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    seeley-laptop media # mount /dev/sdb /media/jetflash
    seeley-laptop media # mount


you see: JETFLASH IS MOUNTED!

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    /dev/sda5 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro)
    ...
    /dev/sdb on /media/jetflash type iso9660 (rw)
    seeley-laptop media #