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The Character of a Genuine Theologian
Hermann Witsius
- Hermann Witsius (1636 1708) was a Dutch theologian. He was first a pastor, and then professor of theology at the universities of Franeker, Utrecht and Leiden. View all resources by Hermann Witsius
THE THEOLOGIAN[1], as I use the term, is one imbued with the knowledge of God and divine things, under the teaching of God himself; who celebrates his adorable perfections, not by words alone, but by the ordering of his life, and is thus entirely devoted to his Lord. Such, of old, were the holy patriarchs, the inspired prophets, the apostles by whom the world was enlightened, with some of those luminaries of the Primitive Church, whom we denominate the Fathers. Their knowledge consisted, not in the acute subtleties of curious questions, but in the devout contemplation of God and of his Christ. Their chaste and simple method of instruction did not gratify the itching ear, but by sealing the impression of sacred things on the heart, enkindled the soul with love of the truth. Their blameless life was apprehended even by their enemies, and being in correspondence with their profession, fortified their teaching with irrefragable evidence, and was a manifest token of intimate communion with the Most Holy God.
In contemplating the character of such a theologian, let us inquire, first, in what schools, under what teachers, by what methods, he attains to a wisdom so sublime; secondly, in what manner he may best communicate to others what he has thus acquired; and finally, with what habits of mind and excellence of life he may adorn his doctrine. Or, more concisely, let us view the genuine Theologian, with reference to his learning, his teaching, and his life. For no one teaches well, who has not first learned aright. No one has learned aright, who has not learned for the purpose of teaching others. And both are useless, unless reduced to practice.
To begin then, at that which is fundamental; the man who merits the honourable title of a genuine Theologian, must have the basis of his learning in the lower school of Nature, and must gather from the structure of the universe, and the wonders of divine providence, from the monuments of ancient and modern history, the recesses of the several arts, and the beauties of various tongues, those things which, deposited in the sacred treasury of memory, may become the foundation of a nobler edifice, when he advances to a higher school. It is not without design that God has impressed upon his works the visible tokens of his attributes; that he has introduced man endowed with sagacity of mind into the august theatre of the universe. It is not without design that all things in the government of the world, and the changes of human affairs, are conducted with so harmonious a variety, and so wise a choice. It is not without design that he hath so ordered the works of nature, as to afford some type of the works of grace and glory, and as it were, the rudiments of a better world. It is his will, that we should learn, from an attentive observation of these things, what and how great he is; Eternal, Infinite, most Almighty, most Wise, at once the greatest and the best, most fully sufficient for his own plenary happiness, since he gives to all life and breath and all things; most worthy, in short, to be served and imitated, and to be Supreme in our love and our fruition. It is his will, that we should contemplate his majesty diffusing the beams of its effulgence in our inmost hearts, there giving laws, awarding swift vengeance to sin, and to good works the mildest approbation, and the sweetest tranquillity of soul. He has chosen, that in view of the transitory, evanescent and glass-like frailty of the things which have been falsely deemed eternal, we should aspire to that which is heavenly, and thus to himself the Lord of heaven, who remaining unmoved is the cause of all motion.
Nor should the Theologian limit himself to the works of God, but labour to discover all that the industry of men has effected for leading the soul in pursuit of truth, and for so perfecting language as to render it the suitable interpreter of the mind. He should most assiduously consult the masters in logic, grammar, and rhetoric; using these as Israel used the Gibeonites, who were hewers of wood and drawers of water for the sanctuary. The first of these will deliver to him precepts for definition, division, and arrangement; the other will instruct him in the art of uttering his sentiments, purely, tersely, elegantly, and persuasively both herein ministering to the ministers of the sanctuary. He should glean precepts of virtue from the sayings of philosophers and examples from the records of history; these will condemn the baseness of languor and inaction, though they may not avail to incite him towards more sublime objects. He should sedulously acquire various languages, especially those in which God has chosen to convey his sacred oracles, so as to understand them in their own proper idiom, and that God may not need an interpreter with him whose office it is to interpret the divine will to others. All that is sound and reasonable in human arts, all that is elegant and graceful in the array refined literature, emanates from the Father of lights, the unwasted fountain of all reason and truth and beauty; this should therefore be collected from every source, and instantly be consecrated to God. Are these things minute and earthly? Minute and earthly as they are, they are the glasses by which the most refined images of supernatural things may be more clearly discovered by our renovated eyes.[2] These are the rudiments of the future Theologian; if they are superciliously contemned, he will hardly find the desired fruit when called to higher walks, or answer to his title and his office. Yet these are merely the rudiments.
The Theologian is not to spend his life in these things. Let him ascend from these lower instructions of Nature to the higher school of revelation; and sitting at the feet of God his Master, learn from His mouth those hidden mysteries of salvation, which eye hath not seen nor ear heard; which none of the princes of this world have known; which no reason, however disciplined, can reach; which angelic choirs, even in contemplation of the face of God, desire to look into. In the secret books of the Scriptures, and no where else, at the present time, the mysteries of the more sacred wisdom are unfolded. Whatever is not derived from these, whatever is not founded on them, whatever does not exactly agree with them, is vain and futile; even though presenting a show of more sublime knowledge, or corroborated by antiquity of tradition, consent of doctors, and cogency of argument. "To the law and to the testimony." Whoso speaks not in accordance with this judgment shall never greet the brilliant dawn. These celestial oracles, the Theologian should embrace; these he should ply with daily, and with nightly toil. In these he should be conversant, from these he should learn; with these he should compare every sentiment, nor embrace aught in religion which is not to be there found.
Let his belief be dependent on no man, no prophet, no apostle, nor even on angelic teaching, as though the dictates of man or angel were to be his standard. In God, and God alone, must his faith be reposed. For the faith in which we are instructed, and which we inculcate, is not human but divine; and is so jealous of mistake, as to account no basis sufficiently firm, except that only foundation the authority of the infallible and ever true God. There is, moreover, in the assiduous study of the Scriptures a certain indescribable fascination. It fills the intellect with the brightest ideas of heavenly truth, which it teaches purely, soundly, with certainty, and without mixture of error. Soothing the mind with ineffable sweetness, it allays the craving of the soul as with streams of honey and of oil; penetrates the intimate seclusions of the heart with insuperable efficacy, and so firmly engraves its instructions on the mind, that the believer as confidently acquiesces in them, as if he had heard them uttered in the third heaven by the voice of God himself. It influences the affections, and everywhere exhaling the fragrance of holiness, breathes it forth upon the pious student, even in cases where he does not realize all that he learns.
No one can tell how much we impede our own progress by a preposterous method of study, which is too prevalent, and according to which we first form our conceptions of divine things from human writings, and then, in confirmation of them, seek for passages of Scripture, or, without further examination seize upon those suggested by others, as referring to the question in hand: whereas we should deduce our ideas of divine truth immediately from the Bible itself, using the compositions of men simply as indices, allotting these passages to the several topics of theology, from which we may learn the doctrine of the Lord.
And here, I cannot forbear adducing the opinion of the subtle Twiss[3], with reference to John Piscator[4], and his method of study. After having stated what was remarkable in his doctrine and religious science, he proceeds thus: "I shall only add, that I look with high regard upon the Theologian, who, professing sacred letters alone, and using the ordinary discipline of grammar, rhetoric, and logic, (in which he is a proficient) as merely subsidiary, has attained to such a method of treating theology, not in a popular but scholastic way, as leaves him without a superior, and almost without an equal among the schoolmen. As if, in this speculative age, so ambitious to blend secular with sacred erudition, it had pleased the Father of mercies to afford us an example of what we might attain of accurate and scholastic learning, in things pertaining to life, by the simple study of the Scriptures, assiduous meditation, and exposition with the total neglect of all the schoolmen, summists, and masters of sentences" (Vind. Grat. 254. col. i. c.). So thought, and so spake this undaunted champion, concerning the method of study which we commend. His words are not cited with the view of banishing the commentaries of the learned from the hands of the Theologian, and thus leaving him to learn from the worst of all teachers himself, that is, from mere presumption, with the Scriptures misunderstood as a cloak for his errors. Great men of the Church, raised above the cares of life and devoted wholly to God, loving him, and beloved by him, have discerned many things in Scripture, which they have extracted, and presented in the clearest light. Amidst the darkness of life, these things might have remained forever hidden from us; and we might never have discovered them, by our unassisted powers, in the depths of their concealment. And although, we may discover much by our own study of the Scriptures, it is, nevertheless, delightful, and corroborative of our faith, to see, that the manifestation of the same truth, from the same source, has been previously granted to others by the same Lord, who has vouchsafed to shed light on our difficulties. We admire the modesty of Jerome, who professes that, with regard to the sacred volume, he never confided in his own single abilities, nor formed an opinion from his own simple endeavours; but, that he was accustomed to take counsel, even on those passages which he supposed himself to understand, but especially on those of which he was dubious. And Athanasius, in the beginning of his Oration against the Gentiles, applauds a Christian friend to whom he is writing, because, though himself competent to discover in the Scriptures those doctrines about which he consults Athanasius, he still listened with modesty to the opinions of others. This one idea I would reiterate, that the asseveration of no mortal, as to the sense of Scripture, is to be believed, unless he fixes conviction on the mind from the Scripture itself, so that while man is the index, we may become wise unto salvation, from the teaching of God himself. This is loudly proclaimed by the most eminent expositors. "I would not," says Cyril of Jerusalem, "that you should give credence to my simple declarations of these things, unless you obtain from the Scriptures a demonstration of what I preach:" adding a sentiment which deserves to be perpetuated: "For, the saving efficacy of our faith arises not from any eloquence of ours, but from the demonstration of the Holy Scriptures.[5] With this the remark of Justin Martyr is coincident, "I assent not to men, even though multitudes concur in their declarations; since we are taught by Christ himself, to yield our faith, not to the doctrines of men, but to those which were preached by the prophets, and revealed by Himself."[6] It is wisely observed by Athanasius, who has been already quoted, that even the apostle Paul did not make use merely of his own authority, but confirmed his doctrine by the Scripture. And if this was done by one who was permitted to hear ineffable words, who was the interpreter of mysteries, and who had Christ speaking in him, how perilous, in this day, to rely on any authority but that of the Holy Scriptures! The sum of what has been said is this, that the genuine Theologian is an humble student of the word of God.
The Scriptures, then, are the sole standard of what is to be believed; but in order to a spiritual and saving understanding of their contents, the Theologian must commit himself to the inward teaching of the Holy Ghost. The student of the Bible must be at the same time the disciple of the Spirit. No one who regards heavenly things with the perverted eye of nature can perceive their native splendour and beauty; he contemplates only a mistaken image; for they differ greatly in themselves from the impression made on the minds of such as view them so obliquely. In order to apprehend spiritual things, there must be a spiritual mind. The mysteries of Scripture elude the perspicacity of the most penetrating human intellect; and the natural mind perceives them no more than one sense can receive the objects of a different sense. The Holy Spirit, the great Instructor of the soul, coming in aid of this infirmity, communicates to his disciples a new and heavenly mind, on which he pours a most clear illumination, so that celestial mysteries may be seen in their true light. Together with divine things, he bestows a mind to appreciate and comprehend them. He grants the things of Christ together with the mind of Christ. Taught in this spiritual and heavenly school, the Theologian not only learns to form correct ideas of divine objects, but is made to participate in these very objects, a treasure truly above all price. The teaching Spirit does not present mere words, and naked dogmas, nor vain dreams and empty phantasms: but, if I may use the expression, the solid and permanent substances of things; introducing them to the soul which truly comprehends them, and embraces them with every affection and every power of the heart. The pupil of this school does not merely know, nor merely believe, but sometimes realises what is meant by remission of sin, adoption, communion with God, the gracious indwelling of the Spirit, the love of God shed abroad in the heart, the hidden manna, the sweet tokens of Christ's love, and the pledge and earnest of perfect bliss. There are in this mysterious wisdom many things which you can never learn but by having, feeling, tasting them. The new name is known only by him who possesses it. And the spiritual Teacher causes his disciples to taste and see the preciousness of the Lord. He leads them into his banqueting house, his banner over them is love; he saith, eat my friends, yea drink my beloved; and then crowned, not with heathen garlands, but with those of the Redeemer, they acquire a clear vision of celestial things.
The truths which are thus learned by experience, are so deeply fixed in the soul, that no subtlety of argumentation, no assault of the tempter, shall avail to remove the impression of the seal. To all objections there is a triumphant reply at hand; for it is vain to dispute against experience. For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, will such be able to say, when we have believed the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but have been eye-witnesses of his majesty; and we cannot but believe those things which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, and our hands have handled of the Word of life. Since, then, it is only in the school of the Spirit that these things are learned so clearly, so purely, so happily, is it not evidently necessary above all things, that the Theologian should consign himself to the guidance of this Instructor? To be here received, he must renounce his own wisdom, and in his own estimation, become a fool that he may be wise. The world of Theology is created, like the natural world, out of nothing. By actual love draw near to God, and love will be followed by the communication of his counsels. "If a man love me, my Father will love him, and we will make our abode with him" is the promise made by the faithful Jesus to his disciples. Lay up the instructions of the Spirit in a retentive mind, and recall them again and again to view by frequent meditation. Pursue this study, not by reading only, but by prayer; by communion not merely with men in ordinary discourse, but with God in supplication, and with the soul in devout thought. The soul of the saint is like a little sanctuary, in which God dwells by his Spirit, and where the Spirit, when sought unto by ardent prayer, often reveals those things which the princes of this world, with all their efforts, are unable to attain. In a word, give all diligence to keep the minors of the soul untarnished, and spiritually pure, that it may be fitted to receive that pure Spirit, and his spiritual communication. Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God. By these several steps, under the guidance of the Holy Ghost, the Theologian will at length reach such knowledge, that, in the light of God, he shall contemplate God, the fountain of light, and in God and the knowledge of him, shall rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.
From this celestial teaching of the Spirit, the Theologian will acquire the happy art of instruction, which we have already noted as the second requisite. There is a marked difference between the veteran commander, who has led armies, possessed cities, disclosed the stratagems of the foe, and made himself an adept in all the tactics of war who has often forced his way through opposing hosts, and by long use has learned
Res gerere et captos ostendere civibus hostes[7]
and the loud and swaggering Thraso[8], who, with an unstained shield, wages a war of words, but has beheld battles only in description. Such is the difference between the disciplined Theologian, who, like Paul, has traversed the course of Christianity, and, by honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report, is as dying, yet alive, as unknown, and yet well known, as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing, as poor, yet making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing all things: and the scholastic pedant, and index-learned rhapsodist, who, feeble in mind and heart, but mighty in memory and words, deems himself the very Alpha of Theologians.
It is not enough for the Christian teacher to proclaim truths with which he is familiar, unless he does this with pure love. If he regards with affection the divine Giver of all wisdom, and those committed to his charge, as sons or brethren, and also the truth consigned to him, he cannot but strive with all his powers to gain many for God; that there may be many who, with him, shall adore that sole wisdom, which he can never alone glorify to his own satisfaction.
The same love will prevent him from declaring any thing except what may be sure, sound, solid, promotive of faith and hope, tending to piety, unity, and peace; avoiding all prejudice, abstaining from unfairness and perversion, most sedulously omitting novelties of expression, and unmeaning verbiage; and holding himself aloof from the odious strife of words, and from curious, idle, or irregular controversies, which disturb the minds of the simple, rend the Church, fill it with suspicions and surmisings, within, and present a delightful spectacle to enemies, and to Satan himself without. O man of God, flee these things, nor ever catch at the disgraceful reputation which springs from novelty of inventions! Through divine grace, we possess, in our churches and seminaries, a precious deposit of heavenly truth, so clearly demonstrated by Scripture, so ably defended against every adversary, approving itself to the conscience by so rich an exuberance of consolation, and so great power of promoting holiness, and confirmed by the blood of so many martyrs, beloved of God, that it cannot be doubted, that we have all which is necessary to conduct believers to salvation, and to perfect the man of God for all good works. The mind is ungrateful, and unobservant of its own good, which complains of darkness in the very midst of such evangelical light; and which, in our reformed Churches, trembles, as if the path lay through mansions unvisited by the sun,
Et loca senta situ, noctem que profundam[9].
What, then, shall we say of that unseasonable prurience of innovation, by which truths long since delivered to us safely, plainly, and cautiously, are sometimes destroyed, sometimes deadened, and sometimes implicated in strange and unprecedented forms of expression? We might exclaim to the actors in this work, as did Chrysostom to the innovators of his time: "Let them hear what Paul saith, that they who innovate in the smallest degree, pervert the Gospel"[10] Let it not however be supposed that we desire to stand in the way of improvement. Nothing can be more delightful to the believing soul, nothing more advantageous to the Church, than to make daily increase of scriptural knowledge, to form more clear ideas of spiritual things, to descry more distinctly the concatenation of salutary doctrines in one chain of admirable wisdom, and with evident and ingenious arguments to corroborate the ancient truth; to shed light upon obscurities, to search with fear and trembling into prophetic mysteries, to apply to the conscience the powerful demonstrations of Christ and the apostles, to compare the symbols of ancient ceremonies with Christ the anti-type, and in this cause to act as a scribe well instructed in the kingdom of heaven, bringing forth from his treasury things new and old. On this point let us concentrate all that we possess, of erudition and diligence. Let this be done, and no good man will object, the Church will rejoice, Satan will be disappointed, the efforts of the saints will be prospered by God, who has predicted that in the latter time many shall investigate and knowledge shall be increased. Yet away with these idle, curious, rash, and perverse speculations, flattering some with the mere charm of novelty, and attempted by others from party zeal, which result in no profit, but rather engender strifes, than "Godly edifying which is in faith."
In seeking this edification, the Theologian should hold the truth in its purity, without the interposition of trifles from human philosophy, which disfigure the oracles of God. The great things of God need not swelling words, but rest on their own strength, and transcend all understanding: these should not be reduced to the categorical arrangements of the logicians, nor should the attempt be made to invest the Master with the livery of the servant. The things of God are best explained in the words of God. And he errs, who supposes that he can expound the secrets of theology more accurately, clearly, and efficaciously or intelligibly, than in those terms and phrases, which the Apostles (after the prophets) made use of; terms dictated by him who gave the faculty of language, who formed the hearts of all, and who therefore best knows, in what manner the heart should be instructed and moved. He that speaketh, let him speak all the oracles of God, not all the idle and repulsive barbarity of the schoolmen, but as the Holy Ghost giveth utterance. Let the man of God believe me, that it is neither for his own honour, nor that of the wisdom which he professes, to vex these august mysteries with the obscure forms of dialectic skirmishing, to bring in the tedious comments, the grandiloquence, the ludicrous expressions, and the sonorous emptiness of the schools, as the very vitals of Theology, and to bind the queen of sciences with pedantic fetters of clanking technicalities.
Speak simply, if you would duly maintain the honour which has been mentioned; not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power. Aim, in all your instructions, not to fill the minds of your hearers with vain fancies, but to edify them in faith, to excite them in love, that they may shine in holiness, and rise to the likeness of God. O that henceforth that holy method of theologising, longed for by so many saints, might prevail in the reformed Seminaries, which should not sink into servile musing, nor evaporate in litigious strife, but shine with vivid lustre in the mind, light up living fire in the heart, and transfuse our Nazarites into the mould of heavenly truth! But with what feelings, and with what success, will that man labour, who has not first framed his own life in a manner conformable to God? And this brings us to the last thing mentioned as requisite to complete the Theologian, an unblemished purity of morals answerable to his profession. It is the Lord's will to be sanctified in all that draw nigh unto him, and that his priests should be clothed with righteousness. Unless they are examples to believers in every Christian virtue, and can say with Paul, "Those things which ye have learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do:" and "Be ye followers of me, even as I also follow Christ," they destroy more by a bad life, than they build up by sound doctrine; they disgrace religion, insinuate a scepticism as to what they preach, and open a wide door to libertinism and atheism. And indeed I might ask, how is it possible for one who knows the truth as it is in Jesus, not to be inflamed with the love of Christ not be made holy in the truth? Surely he in whose tabernacle God vouchsafes communion, must needs walk with him, as did Enoch and Noah. He whose soul has experienced and tasted heavenly things must have his conversation in heaven. He who daily contemplates the attributes of God, shining in the face of Jesus Christ, and is surrounded on every side by the light of grace, cannot but be transformed into the same image, from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. So that I hesitate not to asseverate, that he is no genuine Theologian, and has seen no ray of the divine mysteries in any suitable manner, whose knowledge of truth has not led him to escape the pollutions of the world and the dominion of sin. For thus saith the Lord: ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. Intellectum intelligendo omnia fieri[11], is an ancient axiom of the philosophers. It was this which the Platonists chiefly sought in the contemplation of the divine ideas, by the sublime knowledge of which man becomes a god, so far as man can be made participant of the divine condition, as Hierocles elegantly remarks. But that which philosophy could not accomplish for her followers, exhibiting the divine perfections only by the unfavourable light of nature, Theology richly furnishes to hers, displaying to their contemplation the glories of God and of his Christ in the refulgence of grace, and thus making them partakers of a divine nature; as the inspired apostle Peter speaks. For God is holiness. By holiness, I intend the sum of all virtues, which it would be here inappropriate to discuss particularly. Desire of heaven; contempt of the world; unfeigned sobriety; modesty, diligent in its own affairs, and not prying into those of others; a temper as studious of peace as of truth; fervent zeal, attempered with bland lenity; long suffering under rebuke and injury; prudent caution, as well with regard to times as actions; rigid self-inspection, with forbearing mildness towards brethren; and whatever else pertains to this sacred constellation these, these not only adorn, but constitute the Theologian. I figure to myself a man, who while intent on heavenly meditations, simulates no gravity of visage or garb, but panting for high and eternal things, holds in contempt the splendour of the rich, and the earth with all its gold and silver. Contented with the grace of Christ the Saviour, and the fellowship of the indwelling Spirit, he looks from an eminence down on all the blandishments of earthly vanity, and craves no wealth, nor pleasure, nor fame. Fully intent upon the care of souls, and the guarding, protecting and extending of Christ's spiritual kingdom, and on beautifying what is already possessed, he owes nothing to the forum, the camp, or the court. He looks for no office, preoccupies no rostrum, courts no patronage, seeks favour of no authority, plays no oratorical part, but justly discriminating between the church, the college, and the court, limits himself to the pulpit or the chair. The higher his flight in the contemplation of heavenly things and the practice of piety, the less does he seek to obscure a brother's honour; measuring himself not with himself, but with those who are above him, and especially with the perfect law of God. In all that concerns the cause of God, the salvation of souls, the defence of the church, and the protection of divine truth, he is all on fire with zeal for God, and would rather endure a hundred deaths, than concede one iota to an adversary in that which is not his own, but the Lord's. Yet for himself he avenges no wrongs, meekly bears the maledictions which are hurled at his head, and in the warmest contest, lays no stress on his own imaginations, but yields every thing for peace and concord. Such an one, to use the expression of the ancients respecting Athanasius, is, to those who strike, an adamant[12]; to those who differ, a magnet. With prudence in counsel, he attempts nothing rashly, accomplishes nothing turbulently; and with a humility not feigned nor outward, but with all the simplicity of candour, casts himself at the feet of all, exalts himself above none, and prefers each to himself. Show me such an one, and I will salute him as the genuine Theologian, with veneration, with embraces, acknowledging that he is the glory of Christ, and that the glory of Christ is in him.
[1] This article first appeared in an English translation in the Biblical Repertory and Theological Review, Princeton, N. J., 1832. Preliminary Remarks from the BPTR: This article which follows is a translation from the Latin of Witsius. The elevated thought and ardent piety of the whole, together with the manifest importance of the subject, and the known wisdom of the author, will suggest themselves to the reader as sufficient reasons for its insertion. As the original discourse is an Inaugural Oration, pronounced when Witsius assumed the theological chair at Franeker, there are local allusions which are entirely omitted. A few paragraphs have been passed over for the sake of brevity. The date of the discourse is April 16, 1675.
[2] There is a figure in the original that can scarcely be admitted into grave discourse in our language: Attamen minuta ista acus sunt, quibus aurea veritatum cælestium fila introducamus, et animis nostris firmiter insuamus.
[3] William Twisse, a leading English theologian who lived a generation before Witsius.
[4] A German theologian who lived a few generations prior to Witsius.
[5] Catech. iv. Cap. de Sp. Sancto.
[6] Dial. cum Tryph. p.63. edit. Steph.
[7] Latin translation: Undertake a campaign to show that the citizens of the enemy are actually their captives (adapted from google translate please let us know if you can improve it!).
[8] A swaggering but foolish soldier.
[9] Latin translation: And in this place the night is deep (adapted from google translate please let us know if you can improve it!).
[10] Chrys. ad Galat. I. v. 9.
[11] Latin translation: Through growth in understanding we grow in understanding of all things (adapted from google translate please let us know if you can improve it!).
[12] A legendary stone of impenetrable hardness.


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(AP) — A lawsuit filed by 25 same-sex couples that seeks to legalize gay marriage in Illinois can move forward in the courts, a Cook County judge ruled Friday.
Circuit Judge Sophia Hall threw out a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, so the couples will be allowed to argue that state law regarding marriage discriminates based on sexual orientation.
It was a victory for couples like Patrick Bova and Jim Darby of Chicago, who have been together for decades. Bova said they could get married elsewhere, "but we want to get married in Illinois, our home state."
Last month, attorneys for both sides presented arguments. The couples — represented by lawyers from Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois — said that Illinois' same-sex marriage ban, approved in 1996, violates the Illinois Constitution's due process and equality clauses.
An attorney representing downstate Illinois county clerks defending the same-sex marriage ban said gay couples in Illinois have many of the same rights as heterosexual ones, partly because Illinois allowed civil unions in 2011. The state's ban defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
"The day when the court addresses the merits of this case is going to be a very bad day for the defendants," Lambda Legal attorney Camilla Taylor said.
Attorney Paul Linton, who represents the clerks, said he's confident his clients will prevail when the full case is heard.
A separate fight to legalize same-sex marriage has been ongoing in the state Legislature.
The lawsuit on behalf of the couples was filed last year. But Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez refused to defend the ban, saying she also thought it violated the Illinois Constitution's equal protection clause. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan also argued against the ban. Though she wasn't named in the lawsuit, she was able to weigh in because the lawsuit deals with constitutionality of state laws.
That left five clerks to defend the ban.
Illinois legalized civil unions in 2011, but efforts to legalize gay marriage have stalled. Lawmakers adjourned for the summer without taking a vote on a same-sex marriage bill. The sponsor said he didn't have the votes. Lawmakers expect to bring the issue back next month when lawmakers gather in Springfield.


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"During the coding period, I will first work on the boot loader. I intend to modify the existing x86 boot loader so that it is capable of loading both a 32-bit Haiku kernel and a 64-bit one. Once this is done, I will work on implementing the x86_64 architecture functionality in the kernel. Finally, I will port modules and drivers to the 64-bit kernel. Should I have time, I will also begin work on porting userland." Heck. Yes.


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Vols hungry despite tough losses
Two games into the season, Starkville Academy couldn't be any closer to a 2-0 start.
The Volunteers led Ackerman in overtime before dropping the opener 8-6.
SA took a 13-point lead into overtime against Lamar, led in the fourth quarter, but fell victim to a late score to lose 21-20.
Rather than being undefeated, the Vols head into today's home game against Heritage Academy winless.
First-year SA head coach Jeff Terrill says that, even after the two gut-wrenching defeats, his team is still hungry.
"We're just keeping our heads up and going to keep battling," said Terrill. "There's still a very positive attitude in the locker room. They realize the improvement that the team has made, and they all realized too, that we weren't just going to change things overnight. We've been disappointed in the losses, but we've still been giving good effort and we're heading in the right direction and the kids know it."
That optimism may help SA mentally tonight, but the Vols still must perform on the field if they hope to break through and record their first 'W'.
Terrill says it won't be an easy task getting the best of a Heritage Academy team led by former SA assistant Brad Butler.
"(Heritage) has a fine young coach with (Butler) and they have great team speed," said Terrill. "They're certainly a tremendous challenge for us."
The Patriots athleticism is what really stands out to Terrill.
"They've got several skilled athletes that can really run," said Terrill. "They have big-play capability in both the offense and kicking game. They started this season with a kickoff return for a touchdown against Oak Hill. So the biggest concern we have is trying to control that speed as best we can. Any team with speed is very, very dangerous."
With guys who can fly up and down the gridiron, Heritage would love nothing more than to keep SA chasing them all night.
However, Terrill has a plan to keep the Patriots' athletes in check.
"I don't think it's any secret, we'd like to get the ball on offense and run it and control it," said Terrill. "We'll try to keep (Heritage's) speed on the sidelines or at least playing defense."
Even with the athleticism and skill that the Patriots bring to Starkville, Terrill says he wouldn't have it any other way.
"It's Heritage," said Terrill. "Rivalry games are supposed to be fun. We're going to step up and take our best shot at them, that's for sure."
As the Vols battle the Patriots, one thing that bears watching is how SA responds if they get into a potential game-changing situation late.
With the memories of the last two weeks fresh in the heads of the Vols, Terrill has been preaching to his team that they do have what it takes to get over the hump.
"I think the hardest thing to do is to make that last play or get that last inch," said Terrill. "We can't hide the past. One of the big differences last week was Lamar was used to winning. When it got to the fourth quarter, they expected to win, and maybe a little voice in the back of our kid's minds didn't.
"We just have to keep believing in each other and somebody has to step up and make a play in the fourth quarter."


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Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) has submitted a bill that would place a tiny little safeguard on the government's use of warrantless surveillance. David Kravitz of Wired's Threat Level blog explains the details of that proposal, the full text of which can be found here.
"Keeping Americans safe versus protecting American's privacy is a false choice. We have a moral and Constitutional duty to do both," Merkley said in a statement. "We can ensure our government has the tools to spy on our enemies without giving it a license to intrude into the private lives of American citizens. "
Among other things, Merkley's proposal (.pdf) seeks to amend a section that generally requires the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Court to rubber-stamp terror-related electronic surveillance requests that ensnare Americans' communications. The government does not have to identify the target or facility to be monitored. It can begin surveillance a week before making the request, and the surveillance can continue during the appeals process if, in a rare case, the secret FISA court rejects the surveillance application. The court's rulings are not public.Under Merkley's "Protect America's Privacy Act," if the secret FISA court rejects a spying request, the government "must immediately stop the information acquisition and that any information collected from Americans may not be used in legal proceeding." What's more, if data is collected on Americans, it cannot be accessed without a standard, probable-cause warrant.
Even that weak safeguard will almost certainly be voted down, if it gets a vote at all. The leadership of both parties and the Obama administration are all firmly opposed to any limits on executive power in this regard.


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Teen charged with killing 2 men in eastern Ohio
Teen charged with killing 2 men in eastern Ohio
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio —
A 16-year-old boy is being held by police in eastern Ohio, accused of gunning down two young men in an apartment parking lot this week.
Police in Steubenville said 21-year-old Ryan Toson and 19-year-old Otavius Wilson were found wounded in the lot Wednesday night after shots rang out in the area. They were pronounced dead later at a hospital.
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From the original San Jose Earthquakes of 40 years ago to today, players' community relations have captured the essence of the franchise.
In the beginning, it was a hearty of group of Quakes, guys like Johnny Moore, Davie Kemp, Buzz and Mark Demling, Art Welch and Paul Child who served as player/ambassadors, youth instructors and salesmen for a sport few in the suburbs knew much about.
Players would socialize with fans at pubs after games, eat dinner at people's homes, conduct youth clinics galore, and make impromptu appearances at neighborhood soccer fields.
Today, Quakes players do more than 200 community appearances every year in the Bay Area - at schools, parks, and community events. They donate to charities and serve as role models.
"Our guys are out there every week, different players doing something in the community," Community Relations Manager Alison Piergallini says. "That's been around since the '70s."
Superstar Chris Wondolowski, for one, contributes heavily to the "Get Earthquakes Fit" program designed to increase physical activity among students at Title I elementary schools, in partnership with Kaiser Permanente and other organizations.
"We're basically trying to teach these kids how important it is to be healthy and fit. It's the cornerstone of our mission statement," Piergallini says. "At the end of each program, our players go to each school and give an assembly and congratulate the kids for the work they've done."
Players tell the assembled students what it's like to be a professional athlete and preach a healthy lifestyle.
"Everyone dreams of being a professional soccer player when they're a kid, but we want these kids to associate healthy eating habits with that hero that they see," Piergallini says.
Of course, the Quakes' early heroes in the '70s, most of them transplants from abroad, also had to explain to people what soccer was all about. How do you convince folks weaned on home runs, slam dunks and touchdown passes to care about well-weighted passes and the symmetry of 11 players flowing in unison toward a common goal?
"When the NASL started, I think every team realized that it was a new sport in comparison to other sports here in America," said ex-Earthquake Chris Dangerfield, the club's radio voice. "They felt it was very important to go and educate people on the game. That was the grass roots of the whole thing. Some teams did it better than others, and the early forefathers of the Earthquakes back in the day really took it upon themselves to do a very good job of it."
Dangerfield said there was a true lack of understanding of soccer here and what it meant to people in different countries. Americans didn't see much soccer in the media for the longest time, except for Pele doing bicycle kicks on "ABC's Wide World of Sports."
And, what did "football" mean in Europe?
"In a lot of cases it was more important than and compared to religions," Dangerfield says. "There were these famous managers, like Bill Shankly in Liverpool, who said football is not life and death; it's far more important than that. That was the mentality of people that supported and played the game. It was fairly hard to get that across. Believe me, it got a little bit tiresome. I don't know how many 'Pele bicycle kicks' you can do on a gymnasium floor before they start to hurt you a little bit."
Nevertheless, the soccer promoting and the community relations have continued for four decades. Earthquakes Hall of Famer Troy Dayak, a current Earthquakes academy regional coach, has always held a close bond with fans. They can sense and relate to his passion for the sport. It's contagious.
"It was fun because I never really played for myself," Dayak says. "I played for my team. I played for my family and for my fans. I felt that was a unique quality and connection between me and the fans, especially at Spartan Stadium, where you're so close. I just loved to play there."
He enjoyed being in the community as well.
"I did camps. I did school clinics. I did assemblies, pretty much anything they would ask me to do I would do...(even) birthday parties," Dayak says. "Those are things people don't forget. That's a relationship where people realize that these are human beings. They may play professional soccer, but they also put it out in the public here with us."
Piergallini feels Quakes' fans' easy access to players on and off the field helps separate soccer from other professional sports. Fans see soccer players as being just like them.
Moreover, Wondolowski does remarkable work as a national ambassador for "Street Soccer USA," a program which strives to integrate homeless people back into society. Life skills and job skills are emphasized, along with soccer skills and teamwork.
"It's about learning those skills through soccer," Piergallini says. "Every year Chris donates $100 per goal that he scores to the organization."
Two years ago Wondo scored 27 goals, so he donated $2,700, a figure the club matched. But instead of just writing a check, he went to a SSUSA practice in a high school gym. He shared hugs and high-fives with the players, and played soccer with them.
"It was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen," Piergallini said. "He's just really committed to the organization. We have a lot of special guys like him on our team that do stuff like that."
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Hanson, Ludwig Voted to Second Team; Becker, Fortunato Earn Honorable Mention
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Despite a difficult season that saw the team finish just 13-31-1 overall, the Yale University baseball team saw a number of consistent efforts from its players throughout the 2012 season. Four of those players were honored by the Ivy League on Friday.
In a vote of the Ivy League's head coaches, senior pitcher Pat Ludwig (Okemos, Mich.) and sophomore shortstop Cale Hanson (Katy, Texas) were named to the All-Ivy League Second Team on Friday, while junior pitcher Nolan Becker (New York, N.Y.) and sophomore first baseman/pitcher Kevin Fortunato (Wall, N.J.) earned All-Ivy Honorable Mention.
Sophomore shortstop Cale Hanson, who started all 45 games and shared the G.H. Walker, Jr. Award with senior catcher Ryan Brenner as the team's Most Valuable Players during the 2012 season, led the Bulldogs in hitting, posting a .340 batting average, while also posting team-highs in on-base percentage (.412), total hits (55), walks (19), and stolen bases (11) while starting all 45 games (39 at shortstop and 6 at center field). Hanson also recorded a streak of 34 straight games in which he reached base, the longest such streak in the Ivy League this season.
Senior Pat Ludwig, who went 1-5 in nine starts and shared the team's Ducky Pond Pitching Award, a career award for pitching excellence and character, with fellow senior Eric Shultz, led the team in strikeouts (64), strikeouts looking (23), earned run average (2.73), and innings pitched (62.2). He led the Ivy League in strikeouts and strikeouts looking and was third in ERA, third in innings pitched and seventh in opposing batting average (.256).
Junior pitcher Nolan Becker, who went 2-4 in 12 appearances and nine starts, led the Bulldogs in opposing batting average, holding hitters to a stellar .238 average, which was second among Ivy League leaders. He was second on the team in strikeouts (56) and strikeouts looking (16), strikeout numbers that placed him fifth and third, respectively, among Ivy League leaders. He allowed just 46 hits all season, which led the team's starters and was second among Ivy League leaders. Becker struck out a stunning 16 batters in his final start of the season, the final game of the regular season against Brown. The 16 strikeouts were a season-high for the Ivy League.
Sophomore first baseman Kevin Fortunato, who started all 45 games, was fourth on the team in batting average (.277). He led the team in RBIs (33), home runs (4), doubles (11) and slugging percentage (.439). His 33 RBIs were fifth among Ivy League leaders this season. As Yale's closer, he also recorded two saves, which was eighth among Ivy League leaders.
Hanson and Fortunato were among four Bulldogs, along with 2013 team captain Chris Piwinski and senior Charlie Neil, who appeared in all 45 games this season.
Player of the Year
Dario Pizzano, Columbia (Jr., Saugus, Mass.)
Pitcher of the Year
Zak Hermans, Princeton (Jr., Coppell, Texas)
Rookie of the Year
*Kellen Urbon, Cornell (Fr., San Diego)
First-Team All-Ivy (14)
P – Zak Hermans, Princeton (Jr., Coppell, Texas)
P – Pat Lowery, Columbia (Sr., Oakdale, Conn.)
P – Connor Kaufmann, Cornell (So, Midlothian, Va.)
RP – *Kellen Urbon, Cornell (Fr., San Diego)
C – Sam Mulroy, Princeton (Sr., Bethesda, Md.)
1B – Dustin Selzer, Dartmouth (So., Houston)
2B – Jeff Reynolds, Harvard (Sr., St. Petersburg, Fla.)
3B – Jon Eisen, Columbia (Sr., Nashville, Tenn.)
SS – Joe Sclafani, Dartmouth (Sr., Palm City, Fla.)
OF – *Dario Pizzano, Columbia (Jr., Saugus, Mass.)
OF – Jake Carlson, Dartmouth (Sr., The Woodlands, Texas)
OF – Greg Zebrack, Penn (Sr., Northridge, Calif.)
UTL – Alec Keller, Princeton (So., Richmond, Va.)
DH – *Ennis Coble, Dartmouth (Jr., Atlanta)
Second-Team All-Ivy (13)
P – Brian McAfee, Cornell (Fr., Bothell, Wash.)
P – Pat Ludwig, Yale (Sr., Okemos, Mich.)
P – Mike Ford, Princeton (So., Belle Mead, N.J.)
RP – Thomas Olson, Dartmouth (Fr., Manhattan, Kan.)
C – Brandon Lee, Cornell (Sr., Mission Viejo, Calif.)
1B – Alex Black, Columbia (Jr., The Woodlands, Texas)
2B – J.J. Franco, Brown (So., New York)
3B – Nick Fornaca, Brown (Fr., San Diego)
SS – Jake McGuiggan, Harvard (So., Hingham, Mass.)
OF – Brian Billigen, Cornell (Sr., Carnegie, Pa.)
OF – Chris Cruz, Cornell (So., Bay Shore, N.Y.)
OF – Ryan Deitrich, Penn (Jr., Spring City, Pa.)
UTL – Cale Hanson, Yale (So., Katy, Texas)
Honorable Mention All-Ivy (19)
P – Vince Voiro, Penn (Sr., Cherry Hill, N.J.)
P – Matt Bowman, Princeton (Jr., Chevy Chase, Md.)
P – Rick Marks, Cornell (Sr., Big Flats, N.Y.)
P – Stefan Olson, Columbia (Jr., Ladera Ranch, Calif.)
P – Mitch Horacek, Dartmouth (So., Highlands Ranch, Colo.)
P – Nolan Becker, Yale (Jr., New York)
P – Adam Frank, Dartmouth (Fr., Gilbert, Ariz.)
C – Austin Bossart, Penn (Fr., O'Fallon, Ill.)
1B – Frank Hager, Cornell (Sr., Berkeley Heights, N.J.)
1B – Kevin Fortunato, Yale (So., Wall, N.J.)
2B – Brenton Peters, Cornell (Jr., Leesburg, Va.)
3B – Ben Swinford, Cornell (So., Lake Oswego, Ore.)
3B – Kyle Larrow, Harvard (Jr., Carver, Mass.)
SS – Matt Bowman, Princeton (Jr., Chevy Chase, Md.)
OF – Jeff Keller, Dartmouth (So., Atherton, Calif.)
OF – Nick Ferraresi, Columbia (Jr., Wellington, Fla.)
OF – Will Marcal, Brown (Fr., Lexington, Mass.)
OF – Stephen Harrington, Princeton (Jr.. Philadelphia)
UTL – Kevin Tatum, Cornell (Fr., Woodbridge, Va.)
*-Unanimous selection
Report filed by Jon Erickson Jr., Yale Sports Publicity


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I'm afraid I'm also getting the same error as mikkie and alessandro.
Thanks for the great repo BTW!
I'm afraid I'm also getting the same error as mikkie and alessandro.
Thanks for the great repo BTW!
You are now or in the past? I re-uploaded the file and reindexed the repo. It worked just fine on my machine.
pacman -Syy && pacman -Syu
Tested now here and same error.
The kernel26-ck-core2 is fine (install ignoring the header).
Last edited by alessandro_ufms (2011-05-11 03:31:58)
graysky , there's an option in kernels .config - "Compile kernel with frame pointers" ,under kernel hacking , and default is - yes. So, i don't know do exported KCFLAGS have "higher priority" than setting this in kernel's configuration. i.e. does exported flags have any effect if this is turned on?
Last edited by sumski (2011-05-11 05:53:59)
@mikkie and alessandro - deleted the files on the ftp and reuploaded. Tested on my machine and all is well now.
Thanks, graysky! It works now!
@alessandro_ufms - I'm confused... is this still the case? It worked just fine for me and for mikkie.
@sumski - I see it and am guessing based on the description that it should indeed be disabled. I can disable this by default unless folks see a compelling reason not to...
If you say Y here the resulting kernel image will be slightly larger and slower, but it gives very useful debugging information in case of kernel bugs. (precise oopses/stacktraces/warnings)
Last edited by graysky (2011-05-11 19:47:33)
It's really odd. I tried clean the cache and nothing.
Trying decompress with tar, give the following error:
tar -xJf kernel26-ck-headers-188.8.131.52-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
xz: (stdin): Compressed data is corrupt
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
Edit: I tried uninstall kernel26-ck-headers and install kernel26-ck-core2-headers and works. Thanks for the support.
Last edited by alessandro_ufms (2011-05-11 22:21:40)
regarding BFQ, you should apply the patch for this in your repo but with CFQ as default iosched so users can switch between them if they want via the kernel parameter elevator.
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@JB - good idea. I'll make the change.
EDIT: Done. Now building the packages for the repo.
Last edited by graysky (2011-05-13 22:49:56)
Hey there. First thanks for this repo
Well I would like asking something about the bfq sheduler. I wanted to try and I run in a few problems not sure if is my problem. I activate the bfq kernel. I prob it and did the echo like is explained in the wiki. Worked fine for a couple of hours. Well so I decided to put it as default (as explained on the wiki) and when I start my window manager (openbox if is revelant), the computer just freezes. Almost sure is in relation with bfq but I don't know why. I also tried to use the 2nd alternative and put elevator=bfq on kernel line but appears a message on the begin complaining that the i/o scheduler does'n exist. At the moment I'm using cfq and everything works normally. But I would like to know why this happens. Thanks
I guess is not only me. I saw this thread now: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=119431
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I've never had good experiences with the BFQ I/O scheduler. I only added it to the pkg because so many people asked for it which I took to mean that the problems I experienced were unique to me.
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Yeah, I understand that. Was just for trying. Well I guess is very instable (in my little experience) so I will stick with cfq which is a better idea.
Last edited by ilusi0n (2011-05-22 11:02:41)
BFQ is not that unstable, 2.9.39 seems to be. So I use 220.127.116.11.
% cat /sys/block/sd?/queue/scheduler
noop deadline cfq [bfq]
noop deadline cfq [bfq]
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Could you please add DomU i.e. Xen guest support in i686 package? I noticed there is no such support in official i686 kernel, however, Could you please do it? Thanks a lot.
@huws - sorry but the -ck package adheres as close as possible to the ARCH package with regard to configuration options. You are free however to d/l the PKGBUILD from the AUR, enable the "nconfig" option and tweak away
Just wanted to note that kernel26-ck-2.6.39-2 has just be released. What's different? The -2 release Includes an option to compile with ck's new bfs v.404 test2 patch for those of us with these random hardlocks associated with Virtualbox and Chromium. This patch tweaks the new plugged I/O flushing. For more or to discuss this patch, see: http://ck-hack.blogspot.com/2011/05/2639-ck1.html
Note that the repo doesn't get this since the patch is an option and very much experimental. Once CK calls the code "stable" he will iterate the bfs version and I will then include it.
Mmmh... I have these hardlocks. I use your repo. So I have to compile this thing on my own to avoid these hardlocks and can't use your repo with kernel26-ck-core2 anymore, until he proves this code as stable?
Best regards!
@lothium - yeah, I can't put experimental code into the repo thus forcing people to use it. On the positive side, CK has indicated (on his blog) that a CK2 patchset is in the works. Once he deems the code stable, I will of course update the PKGBUILD and the repo. I would suggest that you compile up a kernel from the AUR enabling the code until he does if the hardlocks are bumming you out.
Ok thank you for your answer. Until Friday I have no time to compile it myself, so I use the stock kernel instead. Hope CK releases the patchset as soon as he can, cause I miss the performance of the ck-kernel . Thank you for your work graysky!
@Lothium - you're welcome. Why not use the 126.96.36.199 ck kernel in your /var/cache/pacman/pkg until then?
Mmmh... your right... No idea why I haven't thought about that. Thank you!
Oh that's right regarded to bfq. I would advice that you should put on the kernel26-ck a note about if a person wants to use bfq using elevator=bfq on the kernel line, it should edit mkinitcpio.conf and put on the modules bfq-iosched like JokerBoy said here https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=119431 (5th post). Because without that it doesn't work . It complains saying "I/O scheduler bfq not found".
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I have mobile Celeron M520 (Merom-L). It is core-based mobile Celeron. Single-core 65 nm CPUs based on the Merom Core 2 architecture. 1 MB of L2 cache (half that of the low end Core 2 Duo's 2 MB cache), XD-bit support, but lack SpeedStep and Virtualization Technology.
What CK Package should I use?
What CK Package should I use?
The generic kernel26-ck, I think. There's no celeron-specific build, according to the arch wiki article.
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What CK Package should I use?
The generic kernel26-ck, I think. There's no celeron-specific build, according to the arch wiki article.
Is there any bonus of using kernel26-ck-p4 or kernel26-ck-pentm for my laptop with celeron M520?


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In today's society where many people are suffering from self induced obesity which is as a result of leading a sedentary lifestyle that involves consumption of junk foods, underlying emotional issues and lack of doing exercises among others.
Practicing different postures under the guidance of a good teacher brings with it the benefits of yoga weight loss to your body.
Below is how yoga helps with weight loss.
Stimulates the liver
The liver is one vital organ in the body which is tasked with important functions that ensure one is able to go about their duties with ease. The liver helps in weight loss by helping to process bad fat therefore turning it into good fat which is beneficial in the body as a source of energy this is a great tips for Weight Loss.
When one consumes food filled with fats, carbohydrates and sugars, the body converts it into cholesterol. As the levels increase, the body is unable to convert and utilize cholesterol well therefore leading to storage of fat around the body. This is the beginning of obesity.
The liver helps to dispose bad cholesterol and in turn puts the good cholesterol to work for you. Yoga postures that ensure your liver functions well include bhujangasana, dhanurasana and chakrasana among others.
Reduces one's levels of stress
Individuals who experience stress usually end up having insomnia, moodiness, irritability, depression and also emotional eating. Emotional eating is a situation where an individual results to eating especially foods filled with fat and sugar when they experience any emotional distress and lack of proper stress coping mechanisms.
Practicing yoga helps to reduce stress levels therefore preventing one to eat due to emotional distress. This in turn helps to regulate one's weight and weight loss as well.
Through short bursts of increased heart rate
When one is performing intelligent yoga, the heart rate usually rises and falls in forms of short bursts. This is better for one's body and does not lead to adrenal fatigue and making one to be exhausted.
The short bursts of increasing and decreasing heart rate is beneficial in weight loss since the body is able to utilize the bad cholesterol stored in the body as well as burning calories in the process.
Increased yoga activity builds strength
There are yoga postures that require you to be active therefore shortening or lengthening the muscles in the process. This is beneficial for weight loss as the body is able to burn calories and fat stored around various parts of the body such as the waist, hips and thighs.
As one performs yoga, their levels of strength increases therefore eating into one's fat stores even while they are resting. Yoga postures that help increase one's strength therefore losing weight in the process include bakasana, pincha mayurasana and tolasana.
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I would rather eat paste than poi, and I hate buffet lines, so I thought I wasn't the luau type. Family-style service, upscale Hawaiian fare and five bare-chested male dancers twirling and throwing flaming knives changed my mind and kindled my curiosity about Samoan fire knife dancing.
The Samoan warrior dance, or ailao, didn't include fire until 1946 when, rehearsing their acts in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, a Hindu fire-eater and a baton twirler inspired Uluao "Freddie" Letuli to embellish his Samoan warrior dance. Letuli borrowed fuel from the fire-eater, wrapped a towel around his knife, or nifo oti, and ignited it, giving rise to fire knife dancing.
The nifo oti, Samoan for "tooth of death," resembles a machete with a hook at the end of its blade. The hook's sharpness and weight increase the difficulty and risk for the fire dancer catching the blazing blade.
At the Westin Maui Resort & Spa, Tavita Taue'etia is a third-generation fire knife dancer who created and performs in its Wailele Polynesian Luau. Taue'etia was trained by his mother's cousin, "Uncle" Falaniko Vitale, a pupil of "Freddie" Letuli (nicknamed "Freddie" for dancing like Fred Astaire). Vitale gained fame as a fire knife dancer in Waikiki, performing with Don Ho and others. At age 10, Taue'etia began learning the dance, and at 14, he started performing professionally with Vitale.
"Fire knife dancing requires great coordination, athleticism and masterful timing," Taue'etia says. Twirling a nifo oti involves greater skill than twirling a fire baton because of the weight and sharpness of the blade. Besides twirling, throwing and catching the flaming knife, classic moves include rolling it around the neck and passing it between the legs, around the ankles and across the back. In decades of performing, Taue'etia claims he has had only two serious injuries — "30 stitches and 18 stitches, when the hook got caught on my leg."
Though Vitale performed into his 50s, most fire knife dancers retire before 40. At 52 Taue'etia enjoys being the principal fire knife dancer in the Westin's luau, which has two weekly shows. Taue'etia says: "It's only an authentic Samoan fire knife dance if the dancer uses a nifo oti."


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Volume 16 Issue 38 | February 20 - 26, 2004
Tribeca Film Festival gears up 1800 volunteers are sought
By Danielle Stein
Cree Nevins, left, Peggy Gormley, center, and Jessica Smith, core staff of the Tribeca Film Festival. They are recruiting 1800 volunteers for the event to be held in May.
Looking at the handful of employees occupying a sliver of hardwood-floored space on North Moore Street, youd think you were observing the daily workings of a small temp agency or a start-up public relations firm. Youd never guess what the sparse group is really up to: putting together one of the largest film festivals in the world.
Like Park City, Utahs Sundance, the Tribeca Film Festival will feature movies that will make little-known actors and directors tomorrows stars, and will include parties and premieres that will be documented in local press and gossip columns.
The Tribeca Film Festival, which began in 2002 as a September 11th charity event produced by the not-for-profit Tribeca Film Institute, has brought nearly half a million people and $100 million in revenue to downtown Manhattans local economy in just 2 years of existence.
This years event, to be held May 1-9, will bring filmmakers and industry honchos to view the independent films, short films, and documentaries. They will also attend the panels to be held in venues throughout lower Manhattan. But it wont be just industry insiders coming. Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers are expected as well.
Its a populist film festival, said David Earls, director of development.
Which is why the handful of people now toiling in the North Moore office are seeking volunteers: 1,800 of them.
I compare this to a political campaign, said Peggy Gormley, volunteer coordinator for the festival. You come into town with a core, skeleton group and collaborate with hundreds of local volunteers to get the job done.
So Gormley is calling all aspiring producers, accountants, event planners, PR representatives, and travel agents as well as anyone with a love for the silver screen to sign up for one of her 15 committees.
There are a variety of tasks that cater to people with diverse interests, said Jessica Smith, 24, who volunteered at the festival last year when she was still a student at NYU and this year was hired as a production assistant. And its a great opportunity to see how hard people work in the film business. As an attendee, you think, I could run a film festival. But its amazing how many components need to exist.
Volunteers are required to make a minimum commitment of three six-hour shifts, which they can fulfill in a range of departments. A Screenings volunteer might serve as an usher or a doorperson at screenings, while a Travel volunteer might organize transportation and accommodations for filmmakers and other important guests. A Production volunteer will do everything from lifting heavy equipment to fixing lighting emergencies to making sure all the local Starbucks are adequately stocked with festival mini-guides.
For people interested in working in film, you really learn something in production, said Cree Nevins, who heads up the division. Its like being a real-life, on-set grip or roadie. You work with every other department. Youre the framework of the whole house.
Of course, its not just the desire to learn that drives people to volunteer. Perhaps even more alluring is the opportunity to see movies for free and the ever-present possibility of a brush with celebrity (one reason that the Special Events division, which oversees premieres and parties, is such a popular preference choice on the application).
Youll get to see any number of famous people going to see the screenings, said Dan Cento, 22, who volunteered last year and is interning for credit this year. Volunteers in the Panels department in previous years provided support for such events as a discussion of Love in the Movies with participants like Nora Ephron and Lauren Bacall and a panel on What Makes a Movie Funny that included Nathan Lane and Paul Rudnick.
But volunteers are first required to attend an orientation session that emphasizes professional behavior.
This is not a networking opportunity, Gormley said.
Most of those who sign up to volunteer are students, many of whom will seek jobs in the film industry after graduation. But volunteer applicants come from all over the place Gormley has received applications from foreigners who will travel to New York for the festival and from professionals who want to donate time during evenings and weekends. The application, which asks applicants to list their skills and the departments theyd most like to work for, can be found on the festivals web site, www.tribecafilmfestival.org.
Recruitment starts early, as volunteers for certain departments may be called for duty as soon as next month. The barebones staff must swell up well in advance of the crowds that will gather, oblivious to the exorbitant labor and thousands of bodies required to make everything flow like clockwork.
Its fascinating, said Smith of her volunteering experience, to see what it takes to make something look effortlessly glamorous.
For information on volunteer recruitment news and events, call 212-941-2404 or visit www.tribecafilmfestival.org.
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People went crazy when Sony released their latest ad tease titled 'God of War: Ascension Super Bowl 2013 Commercial Teaser', assuming, naturally, that that meant the commercial would be shown during the Super Bowl – something that is watched by over 160 million people. Well, actually, that's not so, Sony has revealed.
This makes a lot more logical sense... but I would have loved Sony to go crazy and buy up a whole ad slot.
Sony's marketing department comes up short again. What's the point at all? Why bother with this?
Smart move. As much as I would love to see GoW:A in the Superbowl, it's almost $4mil for 30 seconds of time, and that is almost a full games worth of money.
Good, it would have been a waste of money otherwise. Especially for a live action trailer which isn't selling the game directly.


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The "Dad Hat" Is Off For McReynolds
Fort Worth, Texas – Larry McReynolds has carved out highly successful careers as celebrated NASCAR crew chief, and "countrified" TV racing analyst. It's a combination that has made McReynolds one of the most recognized and respected personalities in domestic motorsports.
But drive a stock car?
"I couldn't drive a nail," McReynolds deadpanned during a recent ARCA test session at Texas Motor Speedway, where son Brandon re-introduced the term "racing dad" to the family lexicon. Brandon made his belated ARCA Racing Series debut last Friday in the ARCA Talladega 250, finishing 24th in a car fielded by Eddie Sharp Racing…and watched over from atop the ESR hauler by Larry Mac.
"I think in normal, everyday life, Brandon's the genius 18-year-old that all 18-year-olds are," McReynolds said. "But he realizes that when he's in that race car he needs to look, watch, listen and learn and pay attention to people that have experience."
Brandon started 18th and soldiered through an eventful debut at Talladega Superspeedway in the No. 6 Eddie Sharp Racing Toyota Camry carrying sponsorship honoring his godfather – the late Davey Allison – one of several Sprint Cup stars Larry bonded with as crew chief.
"When I evaluate Brandon, I absolutely – and it's a challenge – I absolutely take my 'dad hat' off and I throw it all the way in the corner," the elder McReynolds said. "With what we're trying to do now, it's too much work, it's too much money, it's too much everything just to want to see him do it because he's Brandon McReynolds, my son. I look at him through the eyes no different than I would evaluate any other driver. No different than my evaluation of Danica Patrick. I look at him as a race car driver and not my son."
An overheating engine, the result of nose-to-tail contact with the car of Texan James Buescher, spoiled Brandon's initial thrill of racing on the high-banked, 2.66-mile layout 40 laps into the event.
"The three-wide racing at Talladega is like nowhere else. It was certainly exciting," said Brandon, who despite falling nine laps down, worked the draft with the leaders during the closing stages of a race won by 18-year-old pole-sitter Dakoda Armstrong.
"Everyone knew we were out there, and I'm happy about that," said Brandon, anticipating his next start in the Denny Hamlin Short Track Showdown at Southside Speedway in Midlothian, Va., today. "I'm looking forward to competing against some of the best NASCAR and short-track drivers. We're really working hard to put deals together to run more races in the ARCA Racing Series."
Like any number of aspiring drivers, McReynolds' ARCA track time is being dictated by funding. "Yeah, it's sponsorship-driven," Brandon said. "Eddie Sharp's given me a real good opportunity. Obviously, it takes money to do it and everybody's fighting the same battle right now as far as money and trying to put sponsorship dollars together and make it happen.
"But it definitely helped being around the racetracks (as a kid). Dad, man, it's amazing the things he can tell you even though he didn't drive the race car. He really knows what he's doing."
Larry Mac recalled a conversation with Brandon as they flew to North Texas for that open ARCA test. "It's funny, because I told him even though I've worked on cars there (TMS) as a crew chief from 1997-2000," Larry Mac said, "I've learned a lot more about that track – and to be quite honest, all the racetracks – moreso from the broadcast booth. Because I see things up there that I never did see standing on top the pit box or standing on top the hauler back in the days of being a crew chief."
Brandon spent last season standing on the gas in the United Auto Racing Association All-Star Series for Late Models, logging four wins and seven-top five finishes.
"I started out running Bandoleros at Lowe's Motor Speedway, pretty much a sister track to Texas," Brandon said. "I struggled really bad when I first started out. I was horrible and dad's like, 'Listen, man, if you ain't going to do it I'll hop in the thing and make it go fast.' So I was like I'd better get on my 'A game'…this is Larry McReynolds and he knows how it's done."
Larry Mac, 51, scored 23 Cup wins as a crew chief – highlighted by Daytona 500 victories with Allison in 1992 while at Robert Yates Racing and in 1998 with seven-time series champion Dale Earnhardt of Richard Childress Racing. McReynolds joined Fox Sports' NASCAR broadcast team as color analyst at the end of the 2000 season, and also appears in the same capacity on SpeedTV's various programs.
Brandon graduated to the Allison Legacy Series in 2005 before moving into UAR. "That was awesome," Brandon said. "That really taught me how to race, how to play-out a long race. It's 150 laps everywhere we go, tire conservation, stuff like that. As I said, Eddie Sharp and the ARCA stuff, he's given me a good opportunity to come and cut my teeth in this series."
Again discarding his "dad hat," Larry Mac said Brandon definitely was ready for an ARCA ride this spring. "NASCAR, I respect their protocol," McReynolds said. "Right now for NASCAR he would be approved for only 1-mile and under (tracks) whether it's (Camping World) Trucks or Nationwide. Very small amount of racetracks. This (ARCA) gives someone you think has pretty good experience a chance to go run at a bigger racetrack.
"I've learned a lot about the ARCA Series this year because of what little we've dabbled with him doing some testing at Daytona and testing at Texas. I think it's a great rung in the ladder to transition from Late Models to the NASCAR series. It's a great stepping stone. The competition is good here. The thing I like about it is it has many of the same elements you're going to have to encounter in Trucks and Nationwide – bigger racetracks, faster speeds, the feel of the way these cars are being set up today, pit stops, fairly longer races…it's all the nuances for the most part you're going to have to encounter in Trucks and Nationwide."
In Sharp, the McReynoldses perhaps have found the perfect mentor, tucked away in Denver, N.C.
"I like working with young kids, and I've kind of developed a knack for helping young drivers come along," said Sharp, 45, himself a former racer. "And it's made sense. ARCA…I like the schedule. It's still grassroots racing, we just get to go to a lot of neat places. And to be honest with you, I like the development side of it. I like working with these young drivers.
"You know, everybody that comes through my program is excited. It's like working on a cruise ship – I mean, everybody that's onboard is happy. Everybody that's here wants to be here. Everybody that's here has aspirations to move on. It's tough and it's hard work and there's a balance."
Sharp previously helped former Formula One driver Scott Speed transition from open-wheel to stock cars, to the point where he now is a Cup regular with Red Bull Racing. Sharp currently is trying to help 24-year-old Brazilian Nelson Piquet Jr., another F1 refugee, make the same transition.
"There's a lot of managing expectations," Sharp said, "but where else is Nelson Piquet or Scott Speed or Brandon McReynolds or Justin Lofton…where else are they going to get good seat time? With all the testing bans and everything in NASCAR, these kids got to get experience. You can't just show up at a Nationwide event or a Truck event and expect to compete with those people. And the financial situation of our economy right now, a lot of people don't have the luxury to learn."
Sharp's teams are housed in a 60,000-square-foot compound located on five-and-a-half acres outside of Charlotte. "We've got a state-of-the-art facility," Sharp said. "It's a small Cup team. We have everything we need, and we do what budgets and stuff allow. Sometimes we run four teams, sometimes we run one.
"I used to road-race, ran the ASA Series back in the mid-1990s. And I think that's what helps me relate to these kids. Because everything they're feeling, everything they've done, I've done. So every mistake they've made, I've been there. I understand when they crawl out of a race car and say, 'I'm not happy. I'm not comfortable,' _ I know what they're saying. That helps. It's just not, 'Shut-up and drive.' It's, 'Let's fix it.' They respect me for that. And it's my job safety first, and then give the best race car that I can, you know?
Prior to competing at Talladega, Brandon impressed both Larry Mac and Sharp during a dedicated offseason testing program that began in December.
"The biggest thing Brandon has impressed me with is he adapts quickly," Larry Mac said. "He adapts to different racetracks, he adapts to different cars, he adapts to different conditions. But the thing that has impressed me the most – and as being the owner of his race car for 11 years – what really impresses me is he don't get himself in trouble. He really races smart.
"He's smart enough to realize the competition in almost any series that you're not going to take a 10th-place car and win the race. You might can take a 10th-place car and finish eighth, but if you take a 10th-place car and try to win the race with it, more than likely you're going to be one of the next cautions that's coming out. He really stays out of trouble.
"And he's like a sponge. I saw this probably more at the Daytona test than I had ever seen it before in any of his other racing. Eddie was working very closely with him even in single-car runs about lines to maximize the speed. I know one time Eddie told him, 'Next time through Turn 4, don't pinch it off as much, let it float up about half-a-lane.' Next time through there, he let it float up about half-a- lane and the stop watch reflected about a tenth-of-a-second gain."
Sharp noted that both Piquet Jr. and Brandon – as different as Brasilia is from Birmingham – are dealing with what he termed the "sons of success" burden.
"Brandon's got an amazing amount of maturity for his young age," said Sharp, who ran his first ARCA event as a car-owner in 1999. "Immediately, you can tell by a guy's tone in his voice when he's out there and how quickly he gets up to speed. His third lap on the track (at TMS in March) was third-quick. It's pretty impressive what he's done. And the fact of Larry Mac – with who he is and his reputation – it's amazing that he put his faith in me with Brandon. That's the ultimate compliment, that a guy with his credentials, who could have taken him anywhere…I take it personal."
Indeed, Sharp has been tagged as the "Rick Hendrick of ARCA" for his ability to attract and develop talent. "That's awful big shoes to fill," Sharp said, "but I have been compared to that at this level. And I don't think a guy like me, who's just grown up working hard and built this thing from scratch, could get a bigger compliment than being compared to the Hendrick name. I've heard that and I'm very, very proud of it. But I by no means ever could put myself on that list.
"Would I love to go to the next level? Do I have aspirations to go to the next level? Maybe, if the situation's right. But I think being a big fish in a little pond some days isn't a bad place to be."
Clearly, Brandon McReynolds remains aware of the expectations that come gift-wrapped with his "big fish" surname.
"I'm real good buddies with Coleman Pressley, who's dad, Robert, raced in the Nationwide Series for a long time," Brandon said. "And guys like Corey LaJoie (son of two-time Nationwide Series champion Randy). And a lot of times you walk around the garage area and it's, 'Oh, that's Larry Mac's kid.' Or, 'That's Robert Pressley's kid…' You're automatically expected to exceed expectations. And those expectations are really high.
"It's tough sometimes but I think it just makes us work harder at what we're doing. I know me, Coleman, all of us we really put a lot of focus on our racing. I know other things are important like school and family and stuff like that, but racing has always really come first. Those expectations, when the bar is set higher, it just gives you a higher goal whether it's football, baseball _ whatever. Even though he's Larry McReynolds, I want to make sure he's happy. But there's other people that look at you like, 'Man, tomorrow you've got to put-up or shut-up.' So hopefully, I get the job done."
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