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J. Vernon McGee
WRITER: Luke was the "beloved physician" of kjv@Colossians:4:14. He used more medical terms than Hippocrates, the father of medicine. The choice of Luke by the Holy Spirit to write the third Gospel reveals that there are no accidental writers of Scripture. There was a supernatural selection of Luke. There were "not many wise" called, but Luke belongs to that category. He and Paul were evidently on a very high intellectual level as well as a spiritual level. This partially explains why they traveled together and obviously became fast friends in the Lord. Dr. Luke would rank as a scientist of his day. He wrote the best Greek of any of the New Testament writers, including Paul. He was also an accurate historian. According to Sir William Ramsay, Dr. Luke was a careful historian of remarkable ability. A great deal of tradition surrounds the life of Dr. Luke, which is needless for us to examine in a brief analysis. He writes his Gospel from Mary's viewpoint, which confirms the tradition that he got his information for his Gospel from her. Surely he conferred with her. Also there is every reason to believe that he was a Gentile. Most scholars concur in this position. Paul, in Colossians, distinguishes between those "who are of the circumcision" kjv@Colossians:4:11) and the others who are obviously Gentiles. Luke is in the list of Gentiles kjv@Colossians:4:14). Sir William Ramsay and J. M. Stifler affirm without reservation that Luke was a Gentile. References to Luke: kjv@Colossians:4:14; kjv@2Timothy:4:11; kjv@Philemon:24; also the "we" section of Acts — kjv@Acts:16:10-17 kjv@Acts:20:6 kjv@Acts:21:18 ; 27:1; 28:16. THEME: "Behold the Man" Jesus is the second man but the last Adam ( kjv@1Corinthians:15:45-47). God is making men like Jesus ( kjv@1John:3:2), therefore Jesus is the second man — for there will be the third and even the millionth. He is the last Adam, as there will not be another head of the human family. Jesus was "made like his brethren" kjv@Hebrews:2:17) that His brethren might be made like Him.
THE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH: Each Gospel presents Jesus from a different viewpoint. Matthew emphasizes that Jesus was born the Messiah. Mark emphasizes that Jesus was the Servant of Jehovah. Luke stresses the fact that Jesus was the perfect Man. John presents the fact that God became a man, but not from the scientific approach. Dr. Luke states that he examined Jesus of Nazareth, and his findings are that Jesus is God. He came to the same conclusion as John, but his procedure and technique were different. SPECIAL FEATURES: Although the Gospel of Luke is one of the synoptic Gospels, it contains many features omitted by Matthew and Mark. • Dr. Luke gives us the songs of Christmas. • Dr. Luke has the longest account of the virgin birth of Jesus of any of the Gospels. In the first two chapters he gives us an unabashed record of obstetrics, and a clear and candid statement of the virgin birth is given. All the way from Dr. Luke to Dr. Howard Kelly, gynecologist of Johns Hopkins, there is a mighty affirmation of the virgin birth, which makes the statements of pseudo-theologians seem rather puerile when they unblushingly state that the virgin birth is a biological impossibility. • Dr. Luke gives us 20 miracles, and 6 of them are recorded in no other Gospel. • He likewise gives us 23 parables, and 18 of them are found nowhere else. The parables of the prodigal son and the good Samaritan are peculiar to the third Gospel. • He also gives us the very human account of the walk to Emmaus of our resurrected Lord. This proves that Jesus was still human after His resurrection. Dr. Luke demonstrates that the resurrection was not of the spirit but of the body. Jesus was "sown a natural body…raised a spiritual body" ( kjv@1Corinthians:15:44). A definite human sympathy pervades this Gospel, which reveals the truly human nature of Jesus as well as the big-hearted sympathy of this physician of the first century who knew firsthand a great deal about the suffering of humanity.
COMMENT: Chapter 1 — Historically, Dr. Luke begins his Gospel before the other synoptic Gospels. Heaven had been silent for over 400 years when the angel Gabriel broke through the blue at the golden altar of prayer to announce the birth of John the Baptist. Luke gives us the background as well as the births of John and Jesus. Neither Joseph nor Mary was God's accidental choice. They both possessed certain noble human character traits. Joseph was an unselfish, humble and dependable man of high ideals. Mary possessed the same character traits. She was obedient and uncomplaining, with a definite knowledge of the Old Testament. Long before medical science gave any attention to heredity, Dr. Luke placed a great emphasis upon it. Dr. Luke makes it abundantly clear that Jesus is virgin born. No other conclusion can be drawn from the definite, direct, and dogmatic statements of the angel Gabriel to Mary. Until man knows more about the origin of life, he is in no position, scientifically, to refute dogmatically the statement of Dr. Luke. A true scientific approach is that of humble inquiry and patience. Three songs are in this chapter: (1) Elisabeth's greeting of Mary, vv. 42-45; (2) The magnificat of Mary, vv. 46-55; (3) The prophecy of Zacharias, vv. 67-79. Chapter 2 — This is the careful historical record of the birth of Jesus tied into the record of the Roman government. The simple record of the visit of the shepherds is tied into the sublime record of the visit of the heavenly host. Jesus was brought to the temple when 8 days old to be circumcised according to Mosaic Law: But, when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. kjv@Galatians:4:4-5) As a result of this visit to Jerusalem, we have the songs of Simeon and Anna. The one isolated incident from the boyhood of Jesus is recorded by
Dr. Luke to let us know that Jesus had a normal human childhood (see vs. 52). (1) Jesus increased in wisdom (mental), (2) in stature (physical), (3) in favor with God and man (spiritual). Chapter 3 — Luke, with a true historian's approach, dates the ministry of John the Baptist with secular history (see vv. 1, 2). Luke places the emphasis upon John's message of repentance as the condition for the coming of the Messiah. From the Mosaic system of washing in water, which was a common custom of immersion in that day, John baptized those who came to him as merely a preparation — a moral reformation — for the coming of Christ. Jesus would baptize by the Holy Spirit — a real transformation. The genealogy in this chapter is Mary's, which reveals two facts. First, it goes back to Adam, the father of the human family. Jesus was truly human. Matthew, in presenting Jesus as king, traces the genealogy back only as far as Abraham. Luke, in presenting Jesus as man, goes back to Adam. In the second place, Mary was descended from David through another than Solomon; that is, from David's son Nathan (v. 31; compare kjv@1Chronicles:3:5). Chapter 4 — Jesus is tempted as a man by Satan. They were human temptations such as come to all of us. They cover the entire spectrum of human temptations, and are threefold: (1) Make stones into bread to satisfy needs of the body. There is nothing wrong with bread; it is the staff of life. The body has need of bread and Jesus was starving. What is wrong? To use His great powers to minister to Himself would be selfish. He must demonstrate the truth of the great principle, "Man shall not live by bread alone" kjv@Matthew:4:4). This is contrary to the thinking of this crass materialistic age that lives only to satisfy the whims of the body. Modern man in our secular society says, "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die." And as far as man is concerned, that ends it all. Selfishness is the curse of a creedless secular society. Our Lord, in meeting this temptation, refuted the popular philosophy of the world. (2) The nations of the world derive their power through brute force and political intrigue. War is a way of life. Hate and fear are the whips that motivate the mob. This is satanic, and Satan offers the
kingdoms of the world on these terms. Men must be changed to enter God's kingdom: "Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God" kjv@John:3:3). The answer of Jesus has a note of finality, "Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve" kjv@Luke:4:8; see kjv@Deuteronomy:6:13). For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh (for the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds), casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. ( kjv@2Corinthians:10:3-5) (3) The temptation to cast Himself down from the temple seemed a logical procedure for Jesus to impress the crowd as to His person and mission. But Jesus followed no easy way to the throne. He had to wear the crown of thorns before He wore the crown of glory. Stifler states succinctly, "There are two ways of despising God, one is to ignore His power, the other is to presume upon it." Both are sin. It is easy to do nothing and then mouth pious platitudes about God providing for the sparrows and that He will take care of us. But God says, "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread" kjv@Genesis:3:19). The missionary to a foreign land will have to study to learn the language, and then God will help him. We are partners of God, not puppets. Dr. Edward Judson, after considering what his father, Adoniram Judson, suffered in Burma, said, "If we succeed without suffering, it is because others have suffered before us. If we suffer without success, it is that others may succeed after us." Jesus rejected a false and phony spiritual stance. His answer was devastating: "Ye shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as ye tested him in Massah" kjv@Deuteronomy:6:16). Actually, Jesus began His public ministry in His hometown of Nazareth where He was rejected and ejected. It was in the synagogue where He announced the fulfillment of kjv@Isaiah:61:1-2. He broke off the reading before He came to "the day of vengeance of our God" (compare kjv@Isaiah:61:1-2 with kjv@Luke:4:18-20).
Chapter 5 — Dr. Luke carefully records the cleansing of the leper and the healing of the paralytic. Chapter 6 — He records in detail the healing on the sabbath of the man with the paralyzed hand. He repeats the so-called Sermon on the Mount down on the plain (see 5:17). Jesus must have repeated His most important teachings again and again. Chapter 7 — This chapter opens with another meticulous record of healing. In this case it is the centurion's servant. Although Jesus had no personal contact with the servant, he was made well. Dr. Luke alone records the raising from the dead of the son of the widow of Nain. He is the only Gospel writer who records Jesus' raising of two persons from the dead, the other being Jairus' daughter (8:54-55). Also in this chapter is the first of 18 parables that Luke alone records. It grew out of Jesus' visit to the home of a Pharisee where a woman anointed His feet with ointment. The simple parable of the two debtors reveals that this woman of the street was better in God's sight than Simon, the Pharisee. Chapter 8 — This chapter records events that are in the other synoptic Gospels. Chapter 9 — This chapter also records events found in Matthew and Mark. All three record the transfiguration. John does not record it, as the transfiguration sets forth the perfect humanity of Jesus rather than adding proof to His deity, and John emphasizes the deity of Jesus. Verse 29 may give the impression that the light was shining upon Him as a spotlight, but that is not Luke's intention. kjv@Mark:9:3 reads, "And his raiment became shining, exceedingly white like snow, as no fuller on earth can whiten them." The light came from within. This was probably the original condition of Adam and Eve. The word for transfigured is from the Greek metamorphoom. The English derivation is metamorphosis. Metamorphosis can be upward or downward: (1) Upward — the ugly larva in the cocoon that became a beautiful butterfly, (2) Downward — death. In the transfiguration it is upward.
There are three steps in the life of Jesus: (1) Innocent and holy — born without sin; (2) Holy in the sense that He met temptation and overcame it (Adam did not meet this test); (3) Transfigured — this is the goal for humanity. In the transfiguration of Jesus we see the hope of humanity. Dr. Luke alone elaborates upon this detail, as he does upon the contrasting condition — the demon-possessed boy at the foot of the mountain (vv. 37-43). What a contrast! Dr. Luke also gives much attention to demon possession. In chapter 8 he records Jesus' visit to Gadara and the man in the tombs possessed with demons. This man and the boy at the foot of the mount are extreme cases. He also records other cases, and from these we can draw certain conclusions: • Casting out a demon is the first miracle recorded by Luke (4:31-35). • Demons recognized Jesus (4:41). • Demonism is distinguished from diseases (4:40-41). • Demonism is a reality, as real as cancer or fever. • Demons disturb men physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. • They destroy the lives of men and bring about inevitable eternal doom. • Demonism is synonymous with unclean spirits. • They control the lives of those whom they possess. Victims do not abide by rules and customs of society. • A demon-possessed person cannot discipline himself — the will is destroyed, leading to strange conduct (e.g., nudity). • He is abnormal but not necessarily insane. • The personality is degraded and debased. Ultimately he will be caused to do frightful and terrifying acts (8:27-29; 9:39,42). • Demons belong to the spiritual world, not the physical. • They are behind false religion ( kjv@1Corinthians:10:20). • Demons desire to inhabit persons. Many occupy one person. • They dread the bottomless pit — would rather go into pigs — pigs would rather die. • Only Christ can deliver from the power of demons, as it is the power of Satan (8:28; 9:42-43). There is evidence of demon possession today. After World War II,
with its bloodbath and atrocities in which the finer sensibilities of men had been degraded and deadened, demonism moved into this vacuum. Dr. Kurt Koch, who made a special study, gives many case histories. Verse 51 is the turning point in the ministry of Jesus. He begins His march to Jerusalem and the cross. Chapter 10 — Luke alone records the familiar parable of the good Samaritan. The final interpretation is that Jesus is the Good Samaritan who found mankind wounded by sin on the side of life's highway where religion and the Law went by, indifferent and incapable of helping. Chapter 11 — The two parables on prayer are recorded only by Luke. Most parables illustrate by comparison. These illustrate by contrast. The insistent friend and the sleepy neighbor who would not answer his door at midnight certainly do not illustrate the reluctance of God to answer prayer. God is willing to answer, and He is not asleep; it is we who are not insistent and persistent in prayer. In the second parable, a human father never gives his son a stone as substitute for bread, and surely God is as good as a human father. He is much better! These parables illustrate by contrast. Chapter 12 — Luke alone gives us the parable of the rich fool who built bigger barns in this life but made no provisions for his soul in the next life. The parable of the steward, who abused his servants because his lord seemed to delay his return, also is unique in this Gospel. Chapter 13 — Luke alone records the incident of Jesus healing the crippled woman in the synagogue on the sabbath. Chapter 14 — Luke alone records the delightful occasion of Jesus going to dinner at the home of one of the chief Pharisees. He gave His host and guests a lesson in etiquette in the devastating parable of the ambitious guest. There are two other parables in this chapter that are in no other Gospel — the building of a tower and a king preparing to make war. Chapter 15 — Luke alone records the most famous parable of all, labeled the prodigal son. Actually, there are three parables in one:
• The parable of the lost sheep — the work of God the Son in restoring a sinning son; • the parable of the lost coin — the work of God the Holy Spirit; and • the parable of the lost son — the work of the Father in restoring a sinning son. Chapter 16 — There are 2 parables here that are not found elsewhere. The parable of the steward who used his position to further his selfish ends is another parable by contrast. The children of this world are clever and crooked in the use of money. They do it for their own selfish purposes. In contrast, the children of light do not exercise the same wisdom in the use of money for the cause of Christ in the world. The story of the rich man and Lazarus is not a parable but an actual happening. The name of the poor man is given here, and it is highly unlikely that our Lord would have made up a name and then, in the same account, introduced Abraham by name. Perhaps all His parables are actual incidents. Our Lord follows these two men from this life through the doorway of death and gives a record from the other side — after death. Chapter 17 — Luke alone records the two parables here: the brief story of dedicated service that belongs to the master, and the healing of the 10 lepers with the attendant thanklessness of the 9. Chapter 18 — The parable of the unjust judge is another teaching on prayer by contrast. God is not an unjust judge who has to be prodded into action by the insistent pleadings of a widow who makes herself a nuisance. The parable of the Pharisee and publican who went up to the temple to pray shows the different attitudes of people when they pray. Chapter 19 — Jesus detours through Jericho to reach a man in a sycamore tree. Luke alone records this account of Zacchaeus, the publican of Jericho. (See author's booklet, The Fruit of the Sycamore Tree.) Chapter 20 — Luke records the incident (as do Matthew and Mark) of the encounter of Jesus with the religious rulers in the temple area in Jerusalem.
Chapter 21 — Luke records the answer to the first of the three questions asked by the disciples, "When shall these things be?" (v. 7). And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that its desolation is near. kjv@Luke:21:20) This section was fulfilled when Titus, the Roman, besieged and destroyed Jerusalem in A.D. 70. Chapter 22 — Luke records the Passover, Garden of Gethsemane betrayal, arrest and trial of Jesus before the Sanhedrin, and the denial of Simon Peter. (See notes on Matthew and Mark regarding these events.) Chapter 23 — Luke follows the other synoptic Gospels in giving the account of Jesus before Pilate, the crucifixion and burial of Jesus (see notes on Matthew and Mark). Luke alone includes the record of Jesus being sent to Herod by Pilate. Jesus' silence before Herod is startling. Jesus is the final issue of Jacob; Herod is the final issue of Esau. Jesus had no word for Herod. He formerly had called him "that old fox" (see kjv@Luke:13:32). Chapter 24 — Luke records the resurrection of Jesus as Matthew, Mark, and John do. Luke alone records the journey of the resurrected Jesus down the Emmaus road and His encounter with two disciples. Although Jesus is in a glorified body, He is still human. He walked with these two down a dusty road and ate with them. Jesus also appears to His disciples in an upper room and eats with them. He is still human, though glorified. Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself; handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.… And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and an honeycomb. And he took it, and did eat before them. kjv@Luke:24:39 kjv@Luke:24:42, 43) The most important highlight in both instances is His reference to the Scriptures to substantiate His death and resurrection.
OUTLINE: I. Birth of the Perfect Man and His family, Chapters 1 — 3 A. Announcement of the births of John and Jesus; the birth of John, Chapter 1 1. Purpose of Gospel, vv. 1-4 (Periodic sentence) 2. Gabriel appears to Zacharias and announces the birth of John, vv. 5-25 3. Gabriel appears to Mary and announces the virgin birth of Jesus, vv. 26-38 4. Mary visits Elisabeth, vv. 39-56 (Hail Mary and Magnificat) 5. Birth of John (Zacharias' Benedictus), vv. 57-80 B. Birth of Jesus; His reception; His circumcision; His journey to Jerusalem at twelve years of age, Chapter 2 1. Birth of Jesus at Bethlehem in a stable, vv. 1-7 2. Reception of Jesus: angels announce His birth to shepherds; shepherds visit stable, vv. 8-20 3. Circumcision of Jesus and purification of Mary, vv. 21-24 4. Incident in temple concerning Simeon, vv. 25-35 (Nunc Dimittis, vv. 29-32) 5. Incident in temple concerning Anna; return to Nazareth, vv. 36-40 6. Visit of Joseph, Mary, and Jesus to Jerusalem when Jesus was twelve, vv. 41-52 (Dr. Luke says He was growing normally in body, mind, and spirit — kjv@5:52) C. Ministry of John the Baptist; baptism of Jesus; genealogy of Mary, Chapter 3 1. Ministry of John, vv. 1-20 2. Baptism of Jesus, vv. 21, 22 (Trinity — kjv@5:22) 3. Genealogy of Mary, vv. 23-38 (Mary was also descended from David, 5:31 — see kjv@Matthew:1)
Testing of the Perfect Man; rejection by His hometown, Chapter 4 ("Tempted like as we are," kjv@Hebrews:4:15) A. Temptation of Jesus, vv. 1-13 B. Jesus returns to Galilee and Nazareth; rejected by His hometown, vv. 14-30 (Jesus quotes from kjv@Isaiah:61:1-2 in kjv@5:18) C. Jesus moves His headquarters to Capernaum; continues His ministry, vv. 31-44 Ministry of the Perfect Man in area of Galilee, Chapters 5 — 9 A. Jesus calls disciples for the second time; cleanses lepers; heals man with palsy; calls Matthew; gives parables on new garment and wine skins, Chapter 5 B. Jesus defends disciples for plucking grain on sabbath; heals paralyzed man on sabbath; chooses twelve; gives Sermon on the Plain, Chapter 6 C. Jesus heals centurion's servant; restores to life son of widow of Nain; commends John the Baptist; goes to dinner at Pharisee's house; gives parable of two debtors, Chapter 7 D. Jesus gives parables: sower, lighted candle, personal relationships; stills storm; casts out demons at Gadara; heals woman with issue of blood; restores to life daughter of Jairus, Chapter 8 E. Jesus commissions and sends forth the twelve; feeds 5000; announces death and resurrection; transfigured; casts out demons from an only son; sets His face toward Jerusalem; puts down test for discipleship, Chapter 9 Ministry of the Perfect Man on way to Jerusalem, Chapters 10 — 18 A. Jesus sends forth the seventy; pronounces judgment on Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum; gives parable of Good Samaritan; enters home of Mary and Martha, Chapter 10 B. Jesus teaches disciples to pray by using parables of the persistent friend and a good father; accused of casting out demons by Beelzebub; gives parables — unclean spirit
leaving a man, sign of Jonah, lighted candle; denounces Pharisees, Chapter 11 Jesus warns of leaven of Pharisees; gives parables of rich fool, return from wedding, testing of servants in light of coming of Christ; states He is a divider of men, Chapter 12 Jesus teaches men not to judge but repent; gives parable of fig tree; heals woman with infirmity; gives parables of mustard seed and leaven; continues to teach as He goes toward Jerusalem; weeps over Jerusalem, Chapter 13 Jesus goes to dinner at home of Pharisee; gives parables of impolite guests, the great supper, building a tower, king going to war, salt that loses its tang, Chapter 14 Jesus gives parable of lost sheep, lost coin, two lost sons (prodigal son), Chapter 15 (The obedient Son is the One giving the parable.) Jesus gives parable about unjust steward; answers covetous Pharisees; speaks on divorce; recounts incident of rich man and Lazarus (poor man), Chapter 16 Jesus instructs His disciples on forgiveness, faithful service; heals ten lepers (one Samaritan returns to give thanks); speaks on spiritual nature of kingdom and His coming again, Chapter 17 Jesus gives two parables on prayer; blesses little children; confronts rich young ruler with five of Ten Commandments; heals blind man on entering Jericho, Chapter 18
Ministry of the Perfect Man in Jericho and Jerusalem, Chapters 19 — 21 A. Jesus enters Jericho and home of Zacchaeus; conversion of Zacchaeus; gives parable of ten pounds; enters Jerusalem; weeps over city; cleanses temple, Chapter 19 B. Jesus' authority challenged; gives parable of vineyard; questioned about paying tribute to Caesar; silences Sadducees about resurrection; questions scribes, Chapter 20 C. Jesus notes how people give, commends widow; answers question in Olivet Discourse, "When shall these things be?" Chapter 21
Betrayal, trial, and death of the Perfect Man, Chapters 22, 23 (Our Kinsman-Redeemer) A. Judas plots with chief priests to betray Jesus; Jesus plans for last Passover and institutes Lord's Supper; announces His betrayal, position of apostles in future kingdom; Peter's denial; warns disciples of future; goes to Gethsemane; betrayed by Judas; arrested and led to high priest's house; denied by Peter; mocked, beaten, brought before Sanhedrin, Chapter 22 B. Jesus brought before Pilate and Herod; Barabbas released; Jesus foretells destruction of Jerusalem and prays for His enemies; Jesus crucified; mocked by rulers, soldiers, one thief; other thief turns to Jesus and is accepted by Him; dismisses His spirit; placed in new tomb of Joseph of Arimathaea, Chapter 23
VII. Resurrection of the Perfect Man, Chapter 24:1-48 A. Jesus raised from the dead; leaves Joseph's tomb, vv. 1-12 B. Jesus goes down road to Emmaus, reveals Himself to two disciples, vv. 13-34 C. Jesus goes to the assembled disciples, reveals Himself to the eleven; gives commission to go, vv. 35-48 (He is still a man; emphasizes the importance of the Word of God) VIII. Ascension of the Perfect Man, Chapter 24:49-53 Jesus promises to send Holy Spirit; ascends to heaven in attitude of blessing His own
These notes, prepared by J. Vernon McGee, are for the purpose of giving assistance to the listeners of the THRU THE BIBLE RADIO program. They are to be used with the Bible and will be more meaningful as you look up all the Scripture references. Due to the necessary brevity of both notes and broadcasts, a list of recommended books is included for those wanting a more detailed study. These books may be obtained from a Christian library or bookstore or ordered from the publishers.
RECOMMENDED BOOKS Geldenhuys, Norval. Commentary on the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1951. Hendriksen, William. Exposition of the Gospel of Luke. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1978. (Very comprehensive.) Ironside, H. A. Addresses on the Gospel of Luke. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, 1947. Kelly, William. An Exposition of the Gospel of Luke. Addison, Illinois: Bible Truth Publishers, n.d. Luck, G. Coleman. Luke. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, n.d. (Concise survey.) Morgan, G. Campbell. The Gospel According to Luke. Old Tappan, New Jersey: Fleming H. Revell Company, n.d. Morris, Leon. The Gospel According to St. Luke. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1975. Pentecost, J. Dwight. The Words and Works of Jesus Christ. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1981. Thomas, W. H. Griffith. Outline Studies in the Gospel of St. Luke. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1950. Van Ryn, August. Meditations in Luke. Neptune, New Jersey: Loizeaux Brothers, n.d. Vos, Howard F. Beginnings in the Life of Christ. Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1975.
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In Somerville, parkour growing by leaps and bounds
Imagine a park bench: An ordinary prop in the backdrop of the urban environment, used for quick, convenient respites or talk of the good old times by old men, something expected and constant but, more often, ignored.
But for Blake Evitt, it is a living obstacle, very much present: He might consider its dimensions, its give, structure, and location in both physical and mental space, and how to incorporate and overcome all that as he moves with it and past it.
The Somerville native, 25, has dedicated the last several years to studying parkour, an obstacle course-like form of physical training that he's now introducing to his hometown.
With the discipline, "everything becomes something you can interact with,'' said Evitt, who began offering classes in November through Parkour Generations Americas.
Originating in France in the 1980s, parkour is not easily defined, as difficult to fit into the parameters of words as those of space and time. Also referred to as "freerunning'' or "street tumbling,'' and called a sport by some, a philosophy and an art by others, it is a practice of fluid movement, requiring no equipment but the body and the mind, as much cerebral as it is physical.
Inspired by military obstacle courses, it incorporates leaping, jumping, gymnastics, martial arts, break dancing, and other movements to move from one point to another.
"It's running, jumping, climbing,'' said Evitt, "making your way through an environment,'' whether that's the city, the suburbs, or the woods.
In November, he started out with just a couple of classes for adults and kids in Somerville. Now, he's teaching nearly a dozen, held both inside and outside and as after-school programs, attracting an age spectrum from 5 to 63. Courses are held at various parks throughout Somerville, inside at the Cummings School on Prescott Street, in various elementary and middle schools, and at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education.
"I think it's explosive, plus it has the thrill factor,'' said Deidre Williams, whose two sons, Ian, 8, and Dean, 11, take classes. Unlike other activities, it's not as structured, she added, and the adventure-seeking component adds excitement.
Ian, a small blond figure dressed in black, described it simply as "fun'' and "curious.'' Having done soccer, football, snowboarding, and break dancing, he says it makes him feel "happy, creative, and flexible,'' when he's doing his own improvisation.
"If there's one move you like and another move you like, you can,'' he paused to clap his hands for effect, "put them together.''
To demonstrate, he ran to the padded wall of the Cummings School gym, jumping and tapping it with the fingertips of his right hand and the toes of his right foot.
His brother, meanwhile, red-faced and sweaty after a recent Tuesday night class, said, "I feel like one of those people on 'American Ninja Warrior' ''
(a TV show that features often-perilous obstacle courses).
During his class a few minutes earlier, he certainly looked like one. Along with four other kids, he did drills in which he climbed up, over, and through a multilevel, railing-like structure (picture hopping a chain-link fence); crawled backward and forward without touching knees to the floor (as if working up and down an invisible ladder); did handstands; traversed balance beams, all wobbly and pinwheeling arms; and jumped like a frog, in one fluid movement, onto a roughly 2½-foot-tall stage.
"If you make a lot of noise, it probably means you're doing something wrong,'' a tanned and trim Evitt, dark hair pulled back, instructed as the group ran and bounced and grappled with their footholds. He added that he should only hear one sound: that of their final landing.
In another exercise, they made their way across a course of mats, cones, and the climbing structure, with the challenge to not touch the floor. Leaps carried them from mat to mat, nimble hops landed them unsteadily on the narrow bit of flat space on cones, and tangles of arms and feet shimmied across bars upside down, backward, and forward.
"I always take the complicated way!'' Dean called out at one point as he swung like Tarzan.
"You really get in shape,'' Vivien Shea, 11, said after class, standing with her twin brother, Cole, and older brother Jack, 14.
"He likes to pretend he's a ninja,'' Cole said of Jack.
"I don't pretend,'' his brother quipped. "I am.''
Evitt agreed that it's "fun, and like learning how to be a kid again,'' but he stressed that parkour can be easily misconceived by extremists — do a YouTube search, for instance, and you'll come up with literally hundreds of thousands of videos, many of young men bounding from rooftop to rooftop, scaling buildings, or doing handstands many stories above the whirl of traffic.
Although he's done his fair share of boulder-scaling and streetscape leaping and dodging, Evitt says it's much more than that thrill-seeking cliché. It's literally changed his perspective, how he sees and interprets things. And it's social but not competitive, and also is about fitness and perseverance, as well as overcoming obstacles both in the physical world and in the mind, he said.
"It's being strong to be useful,'' said Evitt, whose training also includes the Brazilian martial art capoeira, dance, and weight lifting.
An active kid involved in soccer, swimming, and tennis while growing up in Somerville, he discovered parkour as a French major at Davidson College in North Carolina. He later researched and wrote about it, and in 2010 was awarded a $25,000 grant from the Thomas J. Watson Foundation
to travel and study parkour as an "agent for positive social change.'' He's spent the last 2½ years traveling to numerous countries and training with members of the
Yamakasi, the group who initially developed parkour.
Eventually, he'd like to get into performance with dance studios, circus troupes, and other acts, he said, and ultimately foster more of an exchange between the United States and Europe.
For the short-term, though, the goal is to expand classes to numerous areas beyond Somerville, and to add another instructor. Similarly, Parkour Generations Americas, a London-headquartered company, intends to begin running certification classes over the next few months, Evitt said.
"People are getting addicted faster than I expected.''
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A school bus with children on board crashed and became stuck against a tree at an Anaheim golf course Thursday afternoon, sending the driver and several students to the hospital, according to the California Highway Patrol.
The Orange Unified School District bus crashed near the Anaheim Hills Golf Course just before 3:40 p.m., officials said.
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Eleven El Rancho Charter Middle School students, all seventh and eighth graders, were coming from an after-school activity when the bus crashed into a eucalyptus tree, according to a district statement.
The driver had to be pulled from the wreckage. He and two students remained hospitalized Thursday night, and all are expected to survive, officials said.
Three other students were treated at the hospital and released.
The lack of skid marks on the road led investigators to believe the bus driver, identified as 24-year-old Gerald Rupple, may not have hit the brakes before the crash, CHP Officer Florentino Olivera told NBC4. They cannot yet determine whether he tried to apply the brakes, he said.
Parents who arrived after the crash said some students appeared to be unconscious, and children were screaming as fuel poured out the back of the bus.
"I hit the seat really hard and then I heard people crying," one student said. "At the last stop that we were at, (the driver) was just standing around the bus for three or four minutes. A student was like, 'Come on, let's go.'"
Cheyenne Asado lived in the area and was one of the first to help at the scene.
"She had blood coming from her head and all over her face," Asado said of a screaming girl she helped pull from the bus.
The girl was having an asthma attack as she dangled from a window, with a visible gash in her head and a missing toe, she said.
"Some people were flying around the bus, some weren't wearing their seat belts," one student said.
Aerial video showed the bus appearing to be bent down the middle where it was leaning against a tree, which had to be chopped down in order to remove the bus.
The Orange Unified School District superintendent's office was notified of the wreck and said Rupple has been working full-time for the district since 2010. The bus passed its last inspection in October 2013.
Nohl Ranch Road was closed between Camino Vista and Stage Coach Road.
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Vail's Scott Carpenter dies
VAIL — Astronaut and Vail resident Scott Carpenter died early Thursday morning. He was 88.
Carpenter was the second American astronaut to orbit Earth and lived in Vail for more than 25 years.
"He had that worldwide perspective of having seen the entire planet, and after space and under water, the next view for him was looking at the Gore Range," Patty Carpenter, Scott's wife said Thursday afternoon.
"We'd stand at the top of Vail Mountain on a powder day thankful that we are lucky enough to live here," Patty said.
Carpenter suffered a stroke earlier and was in Denver Hospice at the time of his death, Patty said.
"They're a fantastic organization and helped us through our grief, and certainly helped Scott," Patty said.
Carpenter's death leaves John Glenn, 92, as the last living member of the Mercury 7 team, NASA's first group of astronauts.
Carpenter is fondly remembered for his radio call "Godspeed, John Glenn," when Friendship 7 lifted off and Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth, Feb. 20, 1962. Carpenter was Glenn's backup pilot for that flight.
Three months later, May 24, 1962, Carpenter became the second American in orbit when piloted his Aurora 7 capsule through three orbits around Earth.
That made him the fourth American in space, the second to orbit the Earth, and the sixth man worldwide to leave the planet.
Last year Scott and Glenn celebrated the 50th anniversary of their flights.
Carpenter was originally from Boulder and loved to ski, Patty said.
"We have a lot of friends there and we love Vail," Patty said.
During his Mercury-Atlas 7 mission, Carpenter circled the Earth three times. He was in space 4 hours and 56 minutes. He became the first American to eat solid food in space, energy snacks called Space Food Sticks, small square cubes composed of chocolate, figs, and dates mixed with high-protein cereals.
He was selected in 1959 from more than 100 candidates to be one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts.
Aurora 7 was Carpenter's only spaceflight. A motorcycle accident in 1964 left him with an injured left arm.
He moved from outer space to inner space when, in 1965 he became the first astronaut to become an aquanaut. He spent 30 days on board the Navy's Sealab II 1965, an experimental habitat in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.
Since Carpenter's stint aboard Sealab, 38 astronauts have followed him into the ocean.
Carpenter retired from the Navy in 1969 and pursued several private businesses, including one as a consultant for spaceflight and oceanography movies.
He wrote two novels as well as a memoir titled "For Spacious Skies," his 2003 autobiography written with his daughter Kris Stoever.
He is survived by Patty Carpenter, his wife, and his children: Jay Carpenter, Kris Carpenter Stoever, Candy Carpenter, Matt Carpenter, Nick Carpenter and Zack Carpenter, one granddaughter and five step grandchildren.
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Turin, Italy - Italian Marathon record holder Valeria Straneo and Dutchwoman Hilda Kibet will headline a high-quality women's race at the 26th edition of the Turin Marathon Gran Premio La Stampa, an IAAF Gold Label Race, scheduled for this Sunday 18 November.
Straneo and Kibet had originally planned to run the New York City Marathon on 4 November but they had to change their competitive plan after the race was cancelled due to the devastating damage caused by the Hurricane Sandy.
Thirty-six year-old Straneo has enjoyed a breakthrough season in which she ran 1:07:46 at the Roma-Ostia Half Marathon and broke the Italian Marathon record last April in Rotterdam with 2:23:44 and then went on to finish eighth at the Olympic Games in London. Following surgery in May 2010 to remove her spleen after having been diagnosed with hereditary spherocytosis, a disorder of red blood cells, Straneo made a remarkable rise to international level in 2011. Straneo, mother of two children and a graduate in Modern Languages came to the fore for the first time when she smashed her lifetime best to 2:26:33 in Berlin in September 2011. Straneo will return to Turin where she ran the first marathon in her career in 2000.
Hilda Kibet, a sister of former World Half Marathon champion Lornah Kiplagat and sister of double 5000m World silver medallist Sylvia Kibet, clocked her marathon career best in Rotterdam in 2011 when she finished second with 2:24:27. Hilda Kibet won the European Cross Country title in 2008 and finishing in the top-ten in three editions of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships (fifth in 2008, sixth in 2009 and tenth in 2010).
The other top names in Turin are Ethiopian Derbe Gordana Gobesa (PB 2:28:52), former Italian 3000m Steeplechase record holder Emma Quaglia (PB 2:31:15 set last April in Milan) and Kenyan Iness Chenonge who will make her debut over the marathon distance after a solid career on the track with a sixth place in the 5000 metres at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin.
The men's race features two-sub 2:08 runners: Daniel Rono (PB 2:06:58 set in Rotterdam in 2008) and Nicholas Kipruto Koech (PB 2:07:23 set in Prague 2010). Two other top names in the field are Jackson Kiprono Kirwa (PB 2:10:35 set in Lens in 2010) and Ukraine's Oleksiy Sitkovskyy (PB 2:09:26), who finished 12th at the Olympic Games in London 2012 and took runner-up place in Turin in 2008. Kenyan Patrick Kipyegon Kerer, World Junior bronze medallist in the 3000m Steeplechase in 2008 and Ethiopian Seboka Niguse Erre (half marathon PB 1:02:58) will make their debut in the marathon.
The 2012 Turin Marathon will be run on a new course. The race sets off from Piazza San Carlo in the heart of the Piedmont city and runs across the neighbouring towns of Moncalieri, Nichelino, Grugliasco and Collegno before returning to Turin where runners will cross the finish-line in Piazza Castello.
The official programme also features the Stratorino, the popular Junior Marathon for children up to the age of 13, which starts from Piazza San Carlo. The course of the Junior Marathon is the last kilometre of the Turin Marathon from Piazza Carlo Felice to Piazza Castello.
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So says the New York Post, which published an article today alleging that A-Rod, having been pinch-hit for in the eighth inning, put a considerable amount of effort into trying to woo two pretty ladies in the stands.
The Post cites a few eyewitness accounts when describing A-Rod's horndoggery:
"Alex was holding a pen and wrote a note on a ball which was thrown at the women by a ball boy,'' the witness explained.
"The note asked them to write their phone numbers on the ball and throw it back,'' the witness said.
I see. A fresh spin on the Luis Ayala Technique.
In the 12th, team captain Derek Jeter broke his ankle - and A-Rod finally wised up, the witness said.
"The flirtation stopped once Derek Jeter got hurt," the source said.
Unbelievable. First Derek Jeter lets down the whole city by breaking his ankle, and then he cockblocks A-Rod? Some captain he is.
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At the "Editable Grid" sample, when an entry at column "Common Name" is updated and then mouse over the consecutive entry at the same column, the updated result should be saved automatically. However, if the consecutive entry is not fully displayed at the screen (say only see the upper part of the entry), the updated entry will be reset to the original value after mouse over the consecutive entry (see upper part only).
For example:
Scenario 1: both "Hepatica" and "Liverleaf" can be seen clearly at the screen. when "Hepatica" is updated to "Hello" and then mouse over the consecutive entry "Liverleaf". The updated entry is saved with immediate effect.
Scenario 2: Only "Hepatica" is displayed clearly at the screen, and the upper part of the entry "Liverleaf" is shown too. This means that the lower part of "Liverleaf" is hidden after the table lower boundary. Thus, when "Hepatica" is updated to "Hello" and mouse over to "Liverleaf", the updates will be reset to "Hepatica" immediately. l have checked that the field ("Hepatica") invokes the function "cancelEdit()" instead of "completeEdit()".
Please facilitate the ways to align the presentation of Scenario 2 as that of Scenario 1.


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Hollywood loves to disguise Budapest by adding a few extra Ladas parked on the streets, with fake communist monuments in the background and blue street signs everywhere to make it look like Moscow. Since it's a much nicer experience to shoot a movie here than over in Russia, that's exactly what they did once again last year for A Good Day To Die Hard — the latest film in the John McLane-attracts-danger franchise.
They also brought Bruce Willis along and a Dartz Kombat stunt car for a bit of extra destruction. As it turns out, Mercedes-Benz provided the punching bags.
I must say we had a lot of fun during A Good Day To Die Hard filming. Most of the action took place in the city center, some even as close as a five minute walk from Gawker's Budapest office.
Naturally, camera phones were recording the behind the scene action day and night from the windows above, while the press was following Bruce Willis and his family everywhere in hope of a little interaction. His wife said she loved being here, which is always nice to hear. The road closures and diversions were a bit annoying of course, but Hungarians like Die Hard just as much as anybody else, so the city has forgiven the bald cop from NYC.
After a few month of blowing up our streets, Bruce Willis and his friends packed up. Before our favourite bold action hero left, he shot a commercial quickly for Sky with a cameraman friend of mine, who even managed to get a joke out of the guy. Job well done!
Now, 20th Century Fox has sent out a few pictures from the set, showing who payed the bill in Budapest. Mercedes product placement in a Die Hard movie? We'd have expected him to drive Panthers everywhere. We have to wait to see how happy Bruce will look in the movie while driving that Unimog. Looks like he had fun until he rolled it.
Photo credit: 20th Century Fox


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Delicious Monster's Wil Shipley experimented with an iPhone app as a companion to his company's Delicious Library desktop app, but was soured when Amazon pulled the plug on the mobile use of its API. Still, the itch to build iPhone apps needed scratching, so Shipley decided to bring a Google Googles client to the iPhone as a way to experiment with user interface ideas and work with the new service. Little did he know that Google would add official Goggles support to its Google Mobile app for iPhone the same week his app was approved for the App Store.
The question is, as Shipley put it, "who has the better interface?" And, can a small indie developer "beat Google at their own game?" We took both apps for a quick test drive to see.
Google Goggles
Google recently chose to add Goggles support to its current Google Mobile app for iOS, adding visual search as an additional option to the text and voice searches. Simply tap the camera icon at the top of the main Search tab, and you're presented with a camera interface. Snap an image with the shutter button in the middle, and the app sends it to the Goggle service to try and identify whatever it can in the image, including CDs, DVDs, games, contact info from business cards, product logos, bar codes, artwork, landmarks—it can even translate foreign languages.
A small clock icon button brings up a history of previous images, and a back button takes you back to the main search tab.
Performing a Goggles search will highlight any bits that Google thinks it recognizes, presenting at least one option to do with whatever it finds. Sometime it will recognize more than one thing: some text, a logo, and perhaps a product. These are presented in a color-coded list. Clicking any of the options brings up a list of possible matches and related search items. To perform another search, tap "back" to go back to the camera interface.
The overall operation and look is very similar to the Goggles app for Android. Google has made some customizations to standard iOS UI elements, but those changes are subtle and tasteful. Essentially, it works as advertised and looks nice doing it.
Noogle Noggles
Delicious Monster's Noogle Noggles, on the other hand, is an attempt to build an interface that always gives the user the ability to snap another image if the Goggle processing—which isn't 100 percent perfect—doesn't return any useful results.
"It's like a song remix," Shipley told Ars. "Google's Android Goggles app works in a certain way, and we were like, well, we want to take a whack at that—see if we could refine the interface a bit," he explained.
So the choice was made to stick with a single-screen metaphor. "We didn't want to take the user away from the camera every time she clicked a picture. The app should be about clicking and seeing what happens and clicking again, as easily as possible," Shipley said.
Launching Noogle Noggles brings the user right to the camera interface. Snap an image with the shutter button, and the app sends the image to Goggles for processing. The returned result is then presented at the bottom of the image area in a translucent bar. Clicking it will slide a WebKit view into place, showing the Goggles-related search results.
If you're not happy with the result from Goggles, simply re-aim the camera and snap the shutter again. The new result pops up in place of the old result. Clicking an icon on the toolbar will pull up a scrollable list of previous results to choose among. However, the list is translucent and only covers half of the image frame—if you see something else you want to snap, you can go right ahead and do so. The interface is arranged so that shooting images for processing is always the priority.
The simple, clean interface, the translucent Goggles results, and the animated history "clock" are all subtle interface tweaks that seem very "Delicious Monster-like." And always being ready to snap more pictures definitely invites more experimentation by the user.
Both interfaces are very nice, and both apps essentially produce the same results. On top of that, they are both free, which makes it very hard to recommend one over the other. If you already use Google Mobile regularly, sticking with it for Goggles searches is probably your best bet. But Noogle Noggles' instant loading and simple UI will definitely appeal to those who want to snap an image and get results as quickly as possible.
Of course, having an app that can search for items using DVD and CD covers, or even product bar codes, would be a great companion for Delicious Library. So we asked what Shipley and Delicious Monster have in store for the iOS platform.
"This is just a technology demonstration, but the broader implications aren't lost on us," Shipley answered cryptically. He would only tell us that his company has three new apps in various stages of planning or development, but that he wasn't ready to commit to any particular app just yet.
"We did Noggles for fun and to get our user interface ideas out there," Shipley told Ars. "Nobody I've seen has done recognizer-type apps 'right' yet." He complained that many similar apps take users away from the capture part of the app, whether it's snapping images or capturing an audio sample, to show results. In contrast, Apple's Camera app just tosses images into the photo roll, letting you continue to take images without waiting for anything else to happen. "I think that's important," Shipley said.
Ultimately, Noogle Noggles is there to help gauge user interest in more iOS apps from Delicious Monster. "I'm curious to see if people respond," Shipley said.


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Details on this package are located in Section 6.17.2, "Contents of GCC."
The GCC package contains the GNU compiler collection, which includes the C and C++ compilers.
GCC now requires the GMP, MPFR and MPC packages. As these packages may not be included in your host distribution, they will be built with GCC. Unpack each package into the GCC source directory and rename the resulting directories so the GCC build procedures will automatically use them:
There are frequent misunderstandings about this chapter. The procedures are the same as every other chapter as explained earlier (Package build instructions). First extract the gcc tarball from the sources directory and then change to the directory created. Only then should you proceed with the instructions below.
tar -jxf ../mpfr-3.1.0.tar.bz2 mv -v mpfr-3.1.0 mpfr tar -Jxf ../gmp-5.0.4.tar.xz mv -v gmp-5.0.4 gmp tar -zxf ../mpc-0.9.tar.gz mv -v mpc-0.9 mpc
Apply a patch that will allow the building of the libiberty and zlib target libraries to be disabled as these do not build correctly in a cross-compiled environment:
patch -Np1 -i ../gcc-4.6.2-cross_compile-1.patch
The GCC documentation recommends building GCC outside of the source directory in a dedicated build directory:
mkdir -v ../gcc-build cd ../gcc-build
Prepare GCC for compilation:
../gcc-4.6.2/configure \ --target=$LFS_TGT --prefix=/tools \ --disable-nls --disable-shared --disable-multilib \ --disable-decimal-float --disable-threads \ --disable-libmudflap --disable-libssp \ --disable-libgomp --disable-libquadmath \ --disable-target-libiberty --disable-target-zlib \ --enable-languages=c --without-ppl --without-cloog \ --with-mpfr-include=$(pwd)/../gcc-4.6.2/mpfr/src \ --with-mpfr-lib=$(pwd)/mpfr/src/.libs
The meaning of the configure options:
This switch forces GCC to link its internal libraries statically. We do this to avoid possible issues with the host system.
--disable-decimal-float, --disable-threads,
--disable-libmudflap, --disable-libssp, --disable-libgomp,
--disable-libquadmath --disable-target-libiberty
These switches disable support for the decimal floating point extension, threading, libmudflap, libssp and libgomp, libquadmath, libiberty and zlib respectively. These features will fail to compile when building a cross-compiler and are not necessary for the task of cross-compiling the temporary libc.
On x86_64, LFS does not yet support a multilib configuration. This switch is harmless for x86.
This option ensures that only the C compiler is built. This is the only language needed now.
These switches prevent GCC from building against the PPL and CLooG libraries which may be present on the host system, but will not be available in the chroot environment.
Compile GCC by running:
Compilation is now complete. At this point, the test suite would normally be run, but, as mentioned before, the test suite framework is not in place yet. The benefits of running the tests at this point are minimal since the programs from this first pass will soon be replaced.
Install the package:
make install
means that the
libgcc_eh.a file isn't
created and installed. The Glibc package depends on this library as
it uses
-lgcc_eh within its
build system. This dependency can be satisfied by creating a
symlink to
libgcc.a, since that file
will end up containing the objects normally contained in
ln -vs libgcc.a `$LFS_TGT-gcc -print-libgcc-file-name | \ sed 's/libgcc/&_eh/'`
Details on this package are located in Section 6.17.2, "Contents of GCC."


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Media Advisory: Episcopal Church Executive Council to meet in New Brunswick, NJ, October 15-18
The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church will meet October 15 - 18 at the Heldrich Conference Center in New Brunswick, NJ (Diocese of New Jersey). Media representatives wishing to attend the meeting must secure credentials. Contact Neva Rae Fox, Public Affairs Officer, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
This meeting marks the first gathering of the Executive Council of the triennium and will include members newly elected at General Convention in July and by the nine provinces of the church in the spring.
A media conference with phone access for media not able to attend is planned for end of business on Thursday, October 18, the last day of the Executive Council meeting; exact Eastern time TBD. Pre-registration for media is required; contact Fox at email@example.com.
Executive Council
According to the website: "The Executive Council of the Episcopal Church is an elected body representing the whole Church...The Executive Council has the duty to carry out programs and policies adopted by General Convention. It is the job of Executive Council to oversee the ministry and mission of the Church. The Executive Council is comprised of twenty members elected by General Convention (four bishops, four priests or deacons and twelve laypersons) and eighteen members (one clergy, one lay) elected by provincial synods.
The Episcopal Church: www.episcopalchurch.org
Executive Council: http://generalconvention.org/ec
Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey: http://www.newjersey.anglican.org/
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Angels replace Harris with versatile Field
ANAHEIM -- On just the second day of the second half, the Angels have made a roster move.
Prior to Saturday night's game against Oakland, infielder Brendan Harris was designated for assignment while infielder Tommy Field was recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake.
"Tommy gives us a little more versatility off the bench and it's something that we want to look at," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "I think Brendan, on the offensive side, has struggled in that role, not getting a lot of at-bats and hopefully Tommy will come in and be able to do some things."
Field's natural position is shortstop, but the 26-year-old is capable of playing second and third and has played in the outfield.
In 65 games, Field is hitting .297 with 38 RBIs for Salt Lake. In the month of July, Field was hitting .367.
This is Field's second stint with the Angels this season as he was called up on April 20 when reliever Mark Lowe was placed on the disabled list. Field appeared in games defensively, but did not have a plate appearance before he was optioned back to Salt Late on April 23.
"Tommy has some speed which we can be able to use," Scioscia said. "He probably has a little different package than Brendan Harris and it might fit us right now, a little better."
In 117 plate appearances this season, Harris was hitting just .206 and had three hits in his last 41 at-bats.


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Revision as of 11:53, 10 February 2008
Overview of "CE Linux"
Ten years ago, most people would have laughed at the idea of using Linux in embedded applications. Five years ago, some people started thinking about using Linux for non-PC applications. Today no one would be surprised at the idea of using Linux in embedded applications - in fact, there are already several real products in the field. What has changed? Some of the key changes are:
- CE products require PC-like feature
- It is said that we are about to enter a new world with a new life style. "Ubiquitous life" is the concept frequently used. Although "Ubiquitous" may still be too broad, everyone would agree that digital CE products - such as cellular phones, digital cameras, PVRs, DVD-Rs - are part of our life. Such CE products require pc-like digital data computing - such as GUI, network, picture or movie compression/decompression and so on. From software development point of view, it is quite natural that CE software developers would want the same or similar environment as a PC.
- If such an environment is NOT available, software developers would have to spend extra time, which impacts time-to-market and product cost badly.
- Open standard platform
- If such CE products are not open to each other and have limited inter reaction or limited data sharing, the end-user benefit shall be limited. It is not good for user and it is not good for CE market either.
- Semiconductor technology
- The price of memory (RAM) has dropped dramatically and constantly, and embedded processor speed has risen while the price has gone down. Please see the following chart to see the trend. Please note that the scale of the vertical is "logarithmic" scale.
- Today's $10 embedded processor performs 10+ times faster than the one used in PC desktops 10 years ago. Therefore,even if Linux is still big and slow compared to a minimal RTOS, the relative disadvantage is becoming small.
Although Linux looks best candidate for digital CE products, there are several issues we have to address and overcome - Realtime Performance, Bootup/Shutdown time, Power Management, Audio Video, Security, System Size and so on.
Introduction of this document
Having said that Linux has been used in some of the actual products, Linux has issues that can not be accepted by some CE products. Size is one such issue. The hardware configuration of CE products and PCs are very different. You probably will find big differences between CE products and enterprise PCs.
|CE Product example1
|CE Product example2
|Set Top Box(STB)
|Cellular Phone
|Desktop PC
|RAM size
|HDD 15Gbyte
|HDD 80Gbyte
In the CE market, cost competition is extremely tough. Extra memory costs extra. As CE products are varied with different feature, capability, performance and/or price. CE product system architects want to find out the best sweet spot among size, feature and some other related performance. The WG have examined the existing method and characterize each method.
The purpose of this document is;
- Define a method to measure and compare the size between different Linux configurations and/or techniques which may reduce the size.
- Define a set of standard mechanisms for reducing the system size and characterize each method -- Advantage and Disadvantage.
Target audience for this document is;
- CE System architects trying to understand if CE Linux is appropriate for their size constraints and the side effect by using the method.
- OS developers looking to optimize for CE environments.
- Commercial OS developer or tool developers looking to improve existing issue.
The WG planed to take the following steps;
- Profile Linux Size Issue
- Define the comparison method
- Examine the existing techniques and characterize each method
- Invest new technique to see the numeric differences
- Discussion on the possibility of subset feature
- Invest on the tools
We only have one profile data so far - we shall continue to collect more profile data - According to the profile, the ratio of kernel/userland is 37% which is very high number. But looking into the contents, kernel is 4% while userland/glibc is 28%. We probably have to prioritize userland issue. By the way, bigger surprise for me was that middleware needs 47%. As middleware is not SZWG scope, this topics shall be discussed at other places (maybe new WG).
There are several parameters which are related to system size. XIP, for example, contribute RAM size reduction but require more ROM size and may impact execution speed negatively. We defined the items we compare and defined how to measure the number. We just finished examine the existing techniques and got the numeric number. Frankly speaking, I wonder how deeply we can analyze the data by the deadline of this draft but we'd like to open up all the data we have.
Terminology and Definition
Since embedded CE products are varied - in sense of cpu ,hw configuration and so on - it is difficult to pick one platform. Instead of pick one platform as "standard", we selected one "primary" platform and several other as "case studies". TI/Omap Innovator was selected as "primary" platform.
Primary Platform
- TI/Omap Innovator Szwg Platform 1
Case Study Platform
- KMC SH4 Szwg Platform 2
- Renesas SH4 Szwg Platform 3
- NEC Electronics VR5500A Core SOC Szwg Platform 4
Measurement Method
When we examine the technique, we have to evaluate several points. We need to clarify whether the technique is good for ROM or RAM. We need to clarify whether it is good for Kernel, File System or both. Also, we need to be careful about the side effect caused by the technique. We defined the following six(6) items to characterize the method.
- Kernel ROM size
- Kernel RAM size
- FS ROM size
- FS RAM size
- Bootup Time
- Execution Time
The following pages describe how to measure each item. Szwg Measurement Method
Work in Progress
Candidate Projects
The followings are the candidate projects which we have not started yet.
- Application XIP
- Kernel Message Reduction
- Kernel Data Configuration
- Inline to function calls
- Symbol Weight Bridge
- Kernel Config Weight
- uClibC vs glibc
- Subset definition of Shared lib
- ARM Thumb, MIPS Snow, etc. Kernel should now support 100% ARM Thumb user space.( http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2004-February/019862.html )
- Compile Option -Os(Size Optimization)


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Buddy Clark was one of the most popular male vocalists of the 1930s and '40s, a success on radio, in movies, and on record -- had he lived longer, in the estimation of pop music scholar John P. Cooper, Clark might easily have been a rival to Perry Como or Dean Martin in post-war America. A fixture on the airwaves for his first decade-and-a-half as a singer, Clark didn't hit his commercial stride until the end of the '40s, with more than a dozen hits in scarcely two years -- when his life was tragically cut short by a plane crash.
He was born Samuel Goldberg in Dorchester, MA in 1912. He initially chose law as a career, but before he was halfway done with law school, he'd started working as a singer. By 1934, under the stage name Buddy Clark, he was being featured on Benny Goodman's Let's Dance radio show, and he became a regular for two years on radio's Your Hit Parade from 1936 until 1938. Although he was never a jazz singer, and was most comfortable with pop songs, Clark was appreciated by bandleaders like Goodman, as well as the public, for his crisp intonation and delicate phrasing. He also got to make the occasional record with jazz greats like Johnny Hodges. By the mid-'30s, Clark was signed to Vocalion Records, and he had his first Top 20 hit with "Spring Is Here." It was his last hit for almost 20 years, but he remained busy recording, dubbing voices for actors in various movies (most notably Jack Haley in Wake Up and Live) as well as making an appearance of his own in Seven Days' Leave. In the early '40s, he also led his own septet, and sang with Goodman and Eddie Duchin.
In the spring of 1947, Clark, then signed to Columbia Records, topped the charts for two weeks with the single "Linda" -- that record heralded a two-year period of unbroken success for the singer. "Linda" was followed up with "How Are Things in Glocca Mora" from Finian's Rainbow, which made the Top Ten. "Peg O' My Heart" was another chart-topper, and it was followed by "An Apple Blossom Wedding," "Don't You Love Me Anymore," and "I'll Dance at Your Wedding." He charted ten more singles in 1948, led by "Love Somebody," a million-selling number one hit. The following year, he had another series of very good-selling singles that were solo or teamed with the likes of Doris Day and Dinah Shore.
On October 1, 1949, Clark took a flight in a private plane with some friends with whom he'd attended a football game. The plane never reached its destination, crashing in Los Angeles. Ironically, a month after his death, Clark had a final chart hit with "A Dreamer's Holiday." ~ Bruce Eder~ Rovi


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