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The Right Place of the Intellect: What is the Nous? - Rick Henry - 18-12-2007
The Right Place of the Intellect: What is the Nous?
***Note to Reader: I have chosen the sub-title that I have for this thread with the hope that it might take a turn in this direction one day.
admin Wrote:I've been thinking about the right place of the intellect in theology and spirituality. And I don't have answers, but I do have questions. :-)
Dear Peter, Dear All,
Peter, while reading your post this morning my mind was at once taken to a series of lectures delivered by Karl Barth on his only visit to the United States. He delivered a series of twelve lectures which were incorporated into a book with some additional chapters titled, "Evangelical Theology: An Introduction."
These lectures were given at the end of his life, five years before he died. The sub-title is somewhat comical to me, although I'm sure deemed most appropriate by Barth himself. But, this collection of essays speaks directly to our question, especially the last section part IV, "Theological Work". As John has replied to your post above in the other thread:
Quote:I suspect there are more questions than answers here; but one way I find useful is to read St. Isaac of Nineveh, whose writings do make one turn back to prayer, and whose comments always make me mindful of the love of God.
As John emphasizes "prayer" and "love" Barth addresses, in part IV,,four subsections: Prayer; Study; Service; and Love in a way that speaks directly to our question. Especially this last section I wish you could read if you haven't already. In fact, if I was in a better position financially this time of the year, I would send you a copy of this book. I guess I could rip this section out of my book and mail it to you, but that's not going to happen!
But, as we might consider the right place of the intellect, Barth provides a most heavenly balance from one who has dedicated his entire life to being a student of theology. In his section on study (which follows his section on prayer) for example, he says:
Quote:Theological work can be done only in the indissoluble unity of prayer and study. Prayer without study would be empty. Study without prayer would be blind.
But, this section on study needs to be read in full to really appreciate it. And, this section on study needs to be read after his section on prayer, and taken as a whole with what he is saying in part IV as a whole to possibly receive a full answer.
So in case you still need to suggest a Christmas present to someone, possibly you can keep this book by Eerdmans in mind. And, otherwise this thread is initiated because our question speaks to all genuine Christian Theology/Spirituality regardless of the adjective that is placed before the word "Theology."
In Christ,
the right place of the intellect: what is nous? - kirk yacoub - 19-12-2007
Dear Rick,
A quick response. (I will be reading again the notes at the back of the English translation of the Philokalia to remind myself of what the Fathers
meant by 'intellect' in order to make a comment based on that)
Reading the quotation you supply from Barth about prayer and study, the key word to focus on is 'study'. What is meant by that? Is study to be an intellectual exercise in which remembering texts is a key to understanding? It is possible for someone who is reasonably talented intellectually to study the entire Bible in that way, gain a degree in Theology, become a Bishop, have ready rsponses to every intellectually put question, and yet be totally devoid of the Christian concept of mercy.
An acquaintance with the Jewish tradition of Scriptural study, the way in which different rabbis will strive to confound each other with various quotations, will show that, ultimately, this kind of study is sterile.
The Orthodox Tradition seems to me to place the emphasis on reading the Bible through prayer, in order to contemplate each fragment of text as a means of absorbing its spiritual meaning(s) into our spirit. An examination of knowledge of Biblical texts, such as I did at school, is similar to a knowledge of other subjects, it ultimately leads to intellectual table-tennis
in which the entire Spirit of Christian love for God and one's neighbour is
elbowed to one side.
It would be interesting to know how Barth would deal with such objections.
Kirk Yacoub
- Rick Henry - 19-12-2007
Eros and Agape
Dear Kirk,
I am looking forward to your comments following a little rereading of the Philokalia.
Regarding your ending paragraph above:
Quote:The Orthodox Tradition seems to me to place the emphasis on reading the Bible through prayer, in order to contemplate each fragment of text as a means of absorbing its spiritual meaning(s) into our spirit. An examination of knowledge of Biblical texts, such as I did at school, is similar to a knowledge of other subjects, it ultimately leads to intellectual table-tennis
I hear what you are saying clearly about these two ways. And, as I ponder what Barth would say about the latter, a smile comes to my face because of the many robust treatments Barth gives to this question as it relates to the task of dogmatics (with dogmatics defined as a self-examination of the Christian Church with respect to the content of its distinctive talk about God). Especially in his "Church Dogmatics" vol I.1, "The Doctrine of the Word of God" there is a picture of a genuineness and authenticity as it relates to Word of God which is manifested where and when He chooses. But, as it relates to the battling rabbis that you mentioned, and a knowledge that puffs up, leads to table-tennis, and does not allow much room for the love of God and one's neighbor . . . my mind goes straight to a concept/vehicle that is not Barth's; but, one that he utilizes. One that I think draws a very distinct and bold boundary line between the two ways that are spoken of in your post. And, this is the way of 'eros' and 'agape.' I have really been influenced by this thinking. It makes some things which seem complex become very simple.
And . . . as I go back to anotherr forum (not this one) to copy Barth's thought on this I see it has been deleted! Which is just perfect as it relates to this very subject!! So, I will now have to ask for your patience as I re-type what I want to share with you here after making a latte and regrouping a bit. That is so perfect. First a great thread, that some know as H.O.S. is completely mutilated by the censors, and now some of the key posts that speak to a 'self'-ish and heavy-handed freedom suppressing 'eros' are deleted from the system. I am tempted now to communicate this concept by using this BOC forum as an example of 'agape' and the other as an example of 'eros' as shared by Barth, Nygren, and others; but, all things considered maybe a break is more appropriate at the present, and I can return another time with what I think is a very good answer by Barth to such objections.
Thanks very much Kirk, I am very pleased with the turn of events here as you move to the Philokalia with this.
In Christ,
- admin - 19-12-2007
Dear Rick
Thanks for the recommendation. I have just bought...
Evangelical Theology: An Introduction
from ebay for a cheap price so I am happy and might even get it just before Christmas.
Nous - John Charmley - 19-12-2007
Dear Rick,
Sorry to hear that the censors in the other place are still in force; sorry, but hardly surprised. If they put their fingers in their ears and shout loud enough 'la, la, la we're not listening' they'll fool themselves that the absence of dissent means they have converted everyone :roll:
The sad caricature that because the RCs went all 'scholastic' Orthodoxy has to reject the intellect is a parody with which I want no part. If God had not meant us to use our intellects he would not have given them to us; as men such as the Cappadocian Fathers, Sts. Athanasius, Cyril, Severus and others have shown, allied to a prayerful spirit and to love of the Lord, the intellect can act as light to illumine the way for those of us who see it less clearly.
What matters, as Kirk says, is that the intellect should be used with humility and in the service of the Lord, for we do not apprehend Him with our brains alone. A Christianity of the intellect alone wants feeling; one based on feeling alone can lead one well astray of the teachings of the Church; one in which the two are balanced in the light of Holy Tradition and prayerful humility is, I would submit, where we would want to be.
In Christ,
- AndrewY - 19-12-2007
Hi all,
I wrote an essay somewhat related to this subject for my Introduction to Theology class at St Andrew's GO Theological Seminary (which I received a High Distinction for by the way--glory be to God). For those interested in reading it, it's available online here:
http://www.orthodox.ws/index.php?option ... 7&Itemid=1
- John Charmley - 20-12-2007
Dear Andrew,
That is a wonderful essay - I'm not surprised at the excellent grade, and I'm so grateful to you for sharing it with the rest of us.
My only question is: 'is there more where that came from?'
With thanks,
In Christ,
- Fr Gregory - 20-12-2007
There are, essentially, two approaches to theology: the academic study (which is an intellectual discipline not significantly different to history or philosophy) and what might be called the ?experiential? study. The latter, I think, ought to include the former (since ignorance is not a sound basis for anything) but must go beyond it, considering the practical relevance of theology in the lives of Orthodox men and women. Thus, I can teach (and have taught) ascetical theology in the abstract, but in the life of the Orthodox Church it ought to be taught with an additional dimension.
The Western tendency to categorize things into oppositions tends to result in academic theology being viewed as intellectual in contrast with ?experiential? theology, which is un- or even anti-intellectual. There is, alas, an equal but opposite tendency (not only in Orthodoxy but in fundamentalisms of all kinds) to see academic theology as rationalist, humanist, antiChristian and generally evil. Thus, intellectual ignorance, confusion or misunderstanding doesn?t matter so long as something amorphously defined as ?faith? is preserved and enhanced.
My own preference is for what I consider to be the Orthodox way: I must understand, as far as I can, what I believe (academic theology), but my belief is a mere intellectual position unless I understand and live what I believe, as far as I can (?experiential? theology). Knowledge as such is neither good nor bad, but it is not transformational in the personal sense until and unless it is integrated into my life.
An Orthodox example might be seen in the icon: while we seek the greatest artists to create the most beautiful icons, an icon is not essentially a work of art. Its significance is not in its beauty or the artistic skill with which it was created, but in the spiritual insight which brought it into being, and the spiritual response which it provokes.
We need great (or even good!) theological intellects to explain and expound the Faith, but if it is to be more than the ?dead letter? of theology we also need to be guided in the application of the Faith, and witnesses its application.
Fr Gregory
the right place of the intellect:what is nous? - kirk yacoub - 20-12-2007
First, a few definitions from the Glossary to the English translation of the Philokalia:
"INTELLECT (nous): the highest faculty in man, through which - provided it is purified - he knows God... by means of direct apprehension or spiritual perception. Unlike the dianoia or reason, from which it must be carefully distinguished, the intellect does not function by formulating abstract concepts and then arguing on this basis to a conclusion reached through deductive reasoning, but it understands divine truth by means of immediate experience, intuition or 'simple cognition' (the term used by St Isaac the Syrian). The intellect dwells in the 'depths of the soul'; it constitutes the innermost aspect of the heart (St Diadochos)... The intellect is the organ of contemplation, the 'eye of the heart' (Makarian Homilies)."
"REASON, mind (dianoia): the discursive, conceptualizing and logical faculty in man, the function of which is to draw conclusions or formulate concepts deriving from data provided either by revelation or spiritual knowledge or by sense-observation. The knowledge of the reason is consequently of a lower order than spiritual knowledge and does not imply any direct apprehension or perception of the inner essences or principles of created beings, still less of divine truth itself. Indeed, such apprehension or perception, which is the function of the intellect, is beyond the scope of the reason."
"SPIRITUAL KNOWLEDGE (gnosis): the knowledge of the intellect as distinct from that of the reason. As such it is knowledge inspired by God, and so linked with contemplation and immediate spiritual pereception."
So, what we refer to as "the intellect" is really reason, a limited faculty that works on information received and looked for but, regarding spiritual knowledge, the best that reason can do is "to draw conclusions or formulate concepts" based on spiritual knowledge received by the intellect. It is worth remembering that because spiritual revelation is partial, then any concepts and conclusions are necessarily only partial as well. Unfortunately, however, concepts and conclusions take on a force of
their own, becoming codified barriers to deeper knowledge of the living God, who is eternal and uncodifiable. Legalistic approaches to God, as can be seen in the Gospels, represented by the Pharisees, are an outgrowth of believing that reason can go beyond the intellect. Concepts become old wine-skins which cannot contain the new wine of fresh revelation. Anyone reading the great Christian mystics will learn from them that the deeper the spiritual experience, the more difficult, not to say impossible it is to express it in human language.
Bible study, therefore, must not be seperated from prayer, vigil, fasting, and the practice of the virtues, otherwise it will become yet another form of attaining only worldly knowledge.
Kirk Yacoub
- Rick Henry - 20-12-2007
Toward a Balanced Way of Knowing
Yes John, as you say, what great posts. This thread has turned into a goldmine, what a place of blessing. I am looking forward to making coffee later and spending some time with these, and then interacting--very good contributions!
And, it looks like I will be playing catch-up here for a few days; but , in the meantime before I run out the door this morning, I feel compelled to simply post the following quote from a German Theologian as it relates to our topic:
Quote:"I am at the present time a professor at a state university in Germany. I am what they call 'educated,' and 'academic.' That distinguishes me from the 'uneducated' nonacademicans, that is, from the people. I am, therefore, in the same situation as the Pharisees and the scribes in the time of Jesus, even if I have no intention of scorning the people, in New Testament Greek the ochlos, those masses of uneducated who have not studied and have not been able to keep the keep the Torah. If I were merely a 'study man,' then I could sit at my desk and think up beautiful educational schemes for the poor people and pronounce my hope for the people, but I would never speak from the people or with the people and could not say one word about the hope of the people.
This quote is by Jurgen Moltmann, and it is a part of the whole I think as we work our way toward a balanced understanding of the right place of the intellect.
In Christ,
Catching-Up - Rick Henry - 26-12-2007
"A Dominant Principle"
Dear Peter,
I am very happy to hear that you were able to find a copy of Barth's book (and at a great price too!). I hope there are a few nuggets in Part IV (or possibly elsewhere) in this work for you. As with some writing theologians, it may take just a bit to get in the groove with this, but once there there is a peace and a freedom to be found which yields a heavenly harmony for some of us pilgrims on the path of Christ.
Dear Kirk,
When you wrote last week:
Quote:Reading the quotation you supply from Barth about prayer and study, the key word to focus on is 'study'. What is meant by that? Is study to be an intellectual exercise in which remembering texts is a key to understanding? It is possible for someone who is reasonably talented intellectually to study the entire Bible in that way, gain a degree in Theology, become a Bishop, have ready responses to every intellectually put question, and yet be totally devoid of the Christian concept of mercy.
you cut right to the center of our starting point here, I think. And, as it relates to 'study' as well as prayer, service, and love, these things need to be viewed as a whole. But, especially as you conclude in your first paragraph above, Barth is more than clear when he speaks of a dominant principle:
Quote:Without love (agape), theological work would be miserable polemics and a waste of words. The most serious prayer, the most thorough and extensive study, or the most zealous service could not alter this result.
And, while I don't mean for this thread to be a thread about Barth by any means, I would like to return to the concept of 'eros' and 'agape' as mentioned last week. There is a comparison and contrast here between these two concepts. And, this is possibly viewed best simply as a vehicle or a tool of understanding, in itself, which does speak to many aspects of this conversation as it has developed so far. In terms of when theology is a good work and when it is something else as you say Kirk, 'totally devoid of the Christian concept of mercy. Or, as Barth says of agape, "Unless this principle is valid and effective, theology will at no time or place ever become such a good work." Or, again Kirk, as you speak of the rabbis, Barth might respond by warning of the type of theological knowledge and work which only builds up and puffs up and makes arrogant, and as Barth continues working in the Pauline teachings, he speaks of a theological work, a theologian :
Quote:. . . . that if he did not have love he would be only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal, even as an apostle, and even if he were capable of the most adequate human speech, or even the speech of angels. Without love he would be nothing at all, however capable he might be of speaking prophetically, knowing all mysteries, or attaining and enjoying all possible knowledge.
And, this one is getting too long here now, even though I have not even begun with 'eros' and 'agape,' so I will move straight to that next time, God willing. But, for now possibly we have a good start on this as it relates to theologians and theological work devoid of the "concept of Christian mercy" and the "Spirit of Christian love for God and one's neighbour.'
In Christ,
- John Charmley - 27-12-2007
Dear Rick,
I'm glad that the Christmas pleasures did not lead to any dulling of the intellect
I wonder if some distrust of the intellect is not bound up in the origins of our Church? All the early heresies came about as a result of certain ways of 'thinking' about the Gospel message, and that left, very early on, a legacy of distrust about the exercise of the unfettered intellect. Indeed, Cardinal Newman always called the 'right of private judgement' the root of Protestantism. Thus, if we are not careful we fall into a way of speaking and writing in which on one side is the 'faith as of a small child' and on the other an over-intellectualised (hellenized, judaized) faith.
One of the marks of modern indifferentism is the seductive line that 'it doesn't really matter what you believe as long as you are a good person'; this has quasi-Christians variants such as 'it doesn't matter what the details are as long as you believe in Jesus.'
These are seductive because in our own democratic societies where 'tolerance' has become almost a compulsory 'virtue' it sounds 'stuffy' and 'intolerant' to put the other point of view: which is that there is a revealed Truth and that Truth is revealed fully in the Church.
Christians have helped bring this upon themselves, one supposes. After all, the obvious question here would be: 'And which Church is it that you have in mind where the fullness of that Faith is revealed?' Up jumps one of our old EO chums to say it is there because never has his Church deviated one iota from the Faith as once revealed'; he is followed by many others from any other Church that exists. At this point the unbeliever might well fall about in helpless laughter.
That is one of the reasons why all theology must be based upon an appreciation of God's great love for us - and upon the great limitations of our own ability to comprehend even that part of the Ineffable vouchsafed to us by the Incarnate Word.
I keep arriving back at Kirk's marvellous Bar-Hebraeus quotation about Christians disputing with each other. Rightly guided by the Spirit, the head and the heart ought not to be in dispute; even as Christians ought not.
In peace,
- Rick Henry - 27-12-2007
"Eros and Agape"
Dear John,
I had not thought about what you have presented in the above post before. As it relates to "the 'faith as of a small child' and on the other an over-intellectualised (hellenized, judaized) faith," I think I would like to sit with this more as it actually appears to be a very fine line to me at times. This is really something. Possibly what is *simple* to one is not simple to another.
As well, as you speak of that poor unbeliever, the false dichotomy of head and heart, and ultimately knee jerk reactions to most who are simply searching and fellow pilgrims on the path of Christ, I think I might like to pick up with this in the Generous Orthodoxy thread (where we are considering what all theology must be based upon as you state so well in the imperative). While I still hope to work my way back to Fr. Gregory's post in this thread soon, I think possibly the GO thread is the place to continue with a discussion as it relates to the only alternative to a 'helpless laughter' for us all.
Thank you.
Dear Kirk, Dear All,
It has been said of American Fundamentalism that it is not so much a set of unique doctrines as it is a mood.
As we may consider what is said here along with the above illustration of the rabbis, this may be a good way into the concept of eros and agape as used by some. Beginning with eros, in general terms and in the way so highly praised in Plato's teaching, love as eros is:
Quote:The primordially powerful desire, urge, impulse, and endeavor by which a created being seeks his own self-assertion, satisfaction, realization, and fulfillment in his relation to something else. He strives to draw near to this other person or thing, to win it for himself, to take it to himself, and to make it his own as clearly and definitely as possible. It is the soaring movement by which human knowledge lets itself be borne toward its objects and hurries toward them in order to unite them with itself and itself with them, to bring them into its possession and power, and enjoy them in this way.
And, knowing this it is understandable (or as Barth says), undoubtedly no mere accident that the substantive "eros" and its corresponding verb to not appear at all in the writings of Paul and the rest of the New Testament. However, as we consider the word; agape' in every context in which it appears the conclusion is obvious that it signifies a movement which runs almost exactly in the opposite direction from that of 'eros.' We see that love as agape:
Quote:is admittedly also the total seeking of another, and this is the one thing that it has in common with love as eros. In agape, however, the one who loves never understands the origin of his search as a demand inherent within himself, but always as an entirely new freedom for the other one, a freedom which was simply bestowed upon him and consequently was originally alien to him. And because he is free for him, he does not seek him as though he needed him for himself as a means to his self-assertion and self-fulfillment. The one who loves seeks the other only for his own sake. He does not want to win and possess him for himself in order to enjoy him and his own power over him. He never trespasses on the freedom of the other, but by respecting the other's freedom, he simply remains quite free for him. He loves him gratis. That is to say, he desires nothing from him, and he does not wish to be rewarded by him.
As we may consider the right place of the intellect, as Peter initially brought forth this question, I wonder who can see what is being said as we consider the above states of eros and agape?
In terms of Andrews primary thesis in his fine essay, how does what is presented above relate to his comments on the methods he references as well as his blockbuster conclusion? There is so much said in this essay, so many varied points that I hope we can develop here Andrew. On a side note, and knowing orthodoxy is orthodoxy, I am starting to wonder if there is an direct or indirect German influence in this writing.
There is an expression that I came across several years ago. If I didn't want everyone to find out what a nerd I am, I would have it printed on a T-shirt:
Quote:One's Ontology Models One's Epistemology
In fact, I can't remember who said this, but I am remembering now reading that this man's wife did have this printed on a T-shirt for him. Seriously.
And, while this saying, like the concept of 'eros and agape' as developed above should only be viewed as a vehicle for understanding, and nothing more, I wonder who can appreciate this saying as it relates to the right place of the intellect, as it relates to the nous as shared by Kirk from the Philokalia?
In Christ,
- admin - 10-01-2008
I received the copy of Evangelical Theology by Karl Barth about a week ago and have been reading carefully the last four chapters, originally presented as a series of lectures.
They are most interesting and stimulating.
I had never read any Barth, being rather put off him as a Bible College student, when I attended a sermon in a local church during which the preacher clearly admired Barth but also seemed to be himself much too theologically liberal for my taste. So I tarred Barth with the brush of arid liberal and ignored him.
He has in fact so much of value to say, and there is a true sense of spiritual nourishment in reading this volume at least.
I am preparing a paper for the Review about Ibas, and Chalcedon etc etc. but I have been concerned about personally developing an approach which is critical but not polemical. Barth has helped my thinking greatly as he describes the work of theology as being rooted in prayer, conducted as work, presented as service and always immersed in love.
He has some great passages which I'll quote later.
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This clip features the greatest moment of my life as a sports fan. When Gibson batted down the pass and the Chargers were Super Bowl bound....it was a glorious moment. I know.....we all know.....what happened next when we played the 49ers, but I will forever relish this moment. Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976 "Copyright Disclaimer, Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for 'fair use' for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use."
This craftily edited clip, narrated by the late American sportscaster Harry Kalas, was presented during the CBS broadcast of the 2008-09 American Football Conference (AFC) Championship - Pittsburgh Steelers vs Baltimore Ravens. "Arise" by ES Posthumus. Copyright CBS.
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(c)1999 ESPN-Disney/Hearst-Argyle AFC Championship highlights narrated by Dan Patrick, who gets to throw in a couple of his classic catchphrases for good measure during the highlights. At the end, Kenny does a story on Hall-of-Fame quarterback Warren Moon. Moon, then 42, was in limbo despite a successful 1998 season with the Seahawks but would ultimately be released following a meeting with newly-hired coach/GM Mike Holmgren and finish his career as a benchwarmer with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Highlites from the excellent Raiders 2002-2003 season. Rich Gannon ftw! I do not own this video....
Highlites from the excellent Raiders 2002-2003 season. Rich Gannon ftw! I do not own this video....
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CBS's intro for the 2009 AFC Championship Game. I have never been more excited for football than after watching this.
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A bunch of crazy Steelers Fans singing "Here we go" at the AFC Championship Game Trophy Celebration.
The video montage that played for most of the Steeler's 08/09 season. Music is "Renegade" by Styx.
Fans at Heinz Field singing Here We Go at Heinz Field following the Pittsburgh Steelers victory. Recorded on January 19, 2007 using a Flip Video camcorder.
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Here we Go Steelers Song after the 2009 AFC Championship Game. Amazing!
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The Bayfield High School girls basketball team, despite a big second-half rally, lost to Piedra Vista in Farmington 46-41 in an interstate nonconference game Thursday night.
The Wolverines, who trailed by seven at halftime, fell behind by 13 points in the third quarter.
�We made a comeback and actually took the lead 38-37,� said Bayfield assistant coach Jacob Posey, son of head coach Ronnie Posey.
�They hit a 3 ... and they were up two or three the rest of the way,� he said.
The BHS assistant said defensive pressure helped bring the Wolverines back.
�It was also good patience on offense,� Posey said. �We never panicked ... the defensive effort also was very good.�
Haley Clarke scored 11 points to lead the Wolverines. Micaela Knickerbocker added 10 for BHS (1-1).
Piedra Vista is 2-3.
�You hate to lose, but we�re pleased with the girls effort,� Posey said.
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Editor's note: The Journal's annual Unsung Heroes feature, which runs each Monday from Memorial Day to Veterans Day, profiles U.S. veterans who served in wars and conflicts from World War II to the present.
CHARLES TOWN - Retired U.S. Navy and World War II veteran Carroll Bond was just 14 when Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese.
The Laurel, Md., native knew he would be drafted eventually. So instead of waiting for the inevitable, he signed up for the Navy at the age 16.
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Carroll E. Bond, a U.S. Navy veteran, served in the South Pacific during World War II. On the left he holds up a picture of himself in Shanghai in 1947, and a picture of himself after he got home to Laurel, Md., later in 1947, on the right. (Journal photo by Ron Agnir)
He served on the LST-619, shown below, during WWII throughout the Asiatic/Pacific theatre. The ship had two diesel engines, seven officers and a crew of 104 enlisted men. The ship earned three battle stars for its World War II service.
For nearly the next three years, he traveled the seas of the South Pacific, staring down Japanese kamikaze pilots, taking part in invasions of Japanese-held islands like the Philippines and witnessing the day victory was claimed over Japan, which became known as V-J Day.
"I wanted to do my part, so as soon as I was able legally to join with my parents' permission I signed up at the naval yard in Washington, D.C.," said Bond, now 82, who has lived in Charles Town for about the last nine years.
Before long, Bond was sent to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in Chicago for boot camp before being transferred to Treasure Island in San Francisco to await deployment overseas.
After about a month in Pearl Harbor, he was transferred to a transport ship, the LST 619, in the South Pacific. The 328-foot-long ship had been built that same year, 1944, and Bond was among the crew assembled for the Navy's new vessel. Lightly armed, it carried a little more than 100 crew members and seven officers.
"I was right in the midst of the turn around of World War II, and we were busy with air raids and suicide planes and D-Day invasions and all of that," Bond said.
During his tour of duty, Bond and his fellow crewmen visited many Japanese islands in the South Pacific, as U.S. forces made their long, arduous journey toward the Japanese mainland while liberating and occupying Japanese-held islands along the way.
No stranger to combat, Bond and his crew regularly saw raids by Japanese aircraft as well as kamikaze pilots. During one particular raid, Bond said the convoy he was in was attacked by 15 suicide planes.
"They would come and fly down just above the water level between the ships, which put them maybe 100 feet of where I was standing at a gun position," he said. "We couldn't shoot at them because we would be shooting at another ship."
The planes came so close that Bond could see the expression on the pilots' faces as they were making their attack runs before deliberately crashing into a ship.
He said there was no time to be afraid. In the heat of battle, everyone has to remain focused on what they're supposed to be doing. It's not until later that they have time to reflect on how close they might have been to death, he added.
Such was the case during another Japanese air raid, when a kamikaze pilot crashed into a ship that was sailing beside Bond's LST 619, which was carrying ammunition.
"The whole center of that ship blew up and bodies were flying through the air, and one actually almost hit me," Bond said.
It was a jarring sight for even the most hardened veteran. At the time, Bond's ship was carrying Army personnel who had served in the European theater before being sent to the South Pacific.
"There was one sergeant who up until that point was putting on the big brave act. He was saying he had been through the war and he knew it all, and I turned around and looked at him when this happened and he was trying to dig a fox hole in a steel deck," Bond said.
The attacks from the enemy weren't the only thing Bond had to worry about. Allied convoys were also at the mercy of Mother Nature on the open seas. At one point Bond's convoy sailed straight into a typhoon in the China Sea that nearly sunk several ships.
"The waves were so high and the winds were so strong it actually blew a big gun off the bow of a light cruiser, and we were just about one degree from capsizing ourselves," he said.
As the waves came in, the bow of Bond's ship would raise high into the air. But before before it could level out again another wave would hit midship, causing it to bend and break welding.
He said sailors had to hang on for dear life to avoid being swept overboard by the powerful waves. After surviving the typhoon, the entire convoy was forced to sail back to a dry dock so the ships could be repaired.
It wasn't the only storm allied forces were facing. As U.S. forces got closer and closer to Japan, the impending invasion of the mainland weighed heavily on the troops. The prior amphibious invasions that Bond had been part of would pale in comparison to such a monumental undertaking. Casualties were expected to be severe.
In that mindset, Bond and his fellow sailors sat in a convoy of about 800 ships that were in a bay north of the Philippines, awaiting the orders that would signal the start of the invasion.
That's until something unexpected happened.
Following the devastation from the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the impending invasion was averted. The unthinkable, V-J Day, had happened without a single U.S. troop stepping foot on the Japanese mainland.
"It was the biggest Fourth of July celebration you ever saw," Bond said. "If you're familiar with the military, they have tracer bullets that light up ... about the entire bay lit up."
Following the Japanese surrender, Bond was part of the amphibious force that carried occupational forces and equipment into Japan as well as throughout the Philippines.
As his convoy entered the harbor of Sasebo in Japan, Bond realized just what they would have faced if the invasion orders had been handed down. The inlet surrounding the harbor was so narrow only one ship at a time could sail into the harbor. As they did, Bond noticed huge guns with barrels big enough for a man to climb inside on both sides of the hills at the harbor.
"It was quite obvious that had we still been at war, they would let the ships go in, sink the last one and block us from getting back out," he said.
Even though the war was over, Bond didn't immediately return home. After his ship was decommissioned, Bond was transferred to Shanghai, China, where he spent another year on a yard freighter, a YF 755.
"We stayed there until actually the communists started coming down the Yangtze river. We could hear their gunfire coming down, taking over China when we left there," Bond said.
In all, Bond spent about two and a half years on active duty without leave.
A month before he was to turn 21, the Navy had to send him back to the United States because his enlistment period was nearly up. Upon his return, he was discharged and then re-enlisted in the Naval Reserve for four more years. Among Bond's numerous medals are four bronze stars for his service during four of the Pacific theater's major battles and invasions.
After he retired from the military, he worked in public utilities for a short time before becoming a police officer for about nine years, and then went into another career field before retiring in 1988.
Today, he lives in Charles Town with his wife.
Bond has no regrets about his service. Given the choice, he said he would do it all over again without question.
"It was exciting in a sense," he said. "I was getting to go around many places I ... wouldn't normally have been, and I was dedicated to what I was doing."
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UPDATE: Dallas County Constable Derick Evans gets two years' probation after guilty verdict
Update, 3:30 p.m.: Derick Evans was sentenced to two years' probation and a $10,000 fine.
After the sentencing, a judge placed a stay on Evans' removal from office, meaning he's still constable in title but can't perform any duties.
Update, noon:
Dallas County Constable Derick Evans has been found guilty and ordered to relinquish his Precinct 1 post.
The court will reconvene at 1 p.m. to sentence Evans, who faces up to two years in jail.
Defense attorney Michael Todd declined comment after the ruling but said during court that Evans' former deputies who testified against him had grudges against his client.
"They don't just have reasons to lie," he said. "They are lying."
This is Evans' second trial after the first ended in a mistrial in December when jurors could not reach a unanimous verdict.
Chief Special Prosecutor Ted Lyon said the case against Evans hadn't changed much since the first trial but that this was a speedier judgment.
"It didn't drag as long as last time," the prosecutor said.
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The jury in the case of a constable accused of committing organized crime by holding a raffle for his re-election efforts is currently deliberating to determine his fate.
Dallas County Constable Derick Evans sold tickets that he says were donations that had the possibility of winning "gifts."
State law bans anyone other than nonprofit groups from holding raffles. Defense attorneys say Evans didn't hold a raffle because the tickets were bought with the intent of donating to his campaign, not with the intent of winning prizes like the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation Portable that were given away.
Jurors must decide if Evans sold tickets and made his deputies sell tickets that break the state's gambling laws. In order to prove that Evans broke the law, the prosecution had to show that Evans acted in combination with at least two others to sell tickets in a game of chance.


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By day, I'm an associate practicing family law. Due to the economy, it took almost two years to find my position. Like many recent law school graduates, for two years I was a solo practitioner. And like many recent graduates, I also have an obscene amount of student loan debt. That's why at night I work as a bartender.
I make fancy drinks, simple drinks, shots, and retrieve beer and popcorn. I get to see amazing local and national artists where I work. I met Dick Dale and Gilbert Gottfried, and I saw Tracy Morgan and Blanche for free. I go into work at 7 p.m. and get home at 3:30 a.m.
If this sounds like something you might consider doing to pay down your student loans, first carefully consider the potential conflicts and ethical dilemmas for lawyers. For example, placing yourself on court-appointed counsel lists is a great way to gain experience in criminal law while supplementing your income. But what if your other job is in a bar or a restaurant? How will you react to learning that your new drunk driving client was drinking at your establishment on the night in question? Worse, what if you served the drinks?
Conflicts also can occur when your nonlawyer co-workers approach you for legal advice, which happens a lot. These can become difficult scenarios, particularly if it involves your mutual employer or events occurring while on the clock. You do not want to unintentionally create a client-lawyer relationship or even create the obligations that attach under ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct Rule 1.18 (Duties to Prospective Client).
One moonlighting attorney remembers one such awkward situation. "One of my co-workers at my second job had been fired," she recalls. "He called me, said that he needed legal advice, and immediately launched into a tale about the place where we both worked. Once I realized where the conversation was going, I had to immediately put a stop to the conversation. I told him that I was unable to help him and that it was best for me to not even hear the rest of the story. He kept insisting on trying to tell me everything. I finally had to cut him off and hang up. I felt bad, but I couldn't risk my license." You must be aware of the potential ramifications of any conversation involving legal advice, no matter who is involved or how the discussion is initiated.
On the bright side, bartending has taught me some invaluable lessons that can be applied to my professional life. For example, law school does not train you to deal with difficult people the way that working in the service industry does. One successful attorney said of moonlighting: "No matter how difficult they can be, I've never met an opposing counsel half as menacing as some of the intoxicated patrons I had to cut off and try to prevent from driving when I was bartending. I think that prevented me from being intimidated by aggressive opposition early in my career, which, in hindsight, might have been my most notable—and maybe only—strength as a very new lawyer."
Moonlighting also fosters another valuable asset for young lawyers: stamina. An eight-hour day at an office feels like a breeze compared to an eight-hour day followed by an eight-hour night. One attorney who used to moonlight says of his current law practice, "I'm not saying I don't ever need a break and that I want to work every single weekend now, but I can do it for a while without apparent fatigue and without getting discouraged, disillusioned, or bitter."
Being willing to work a second job in these rough economic times says a lot about the kind of worker you are. It demonstrates that you are willing to make sacrifices to be successful in the practice of law and are a hard worker. When I first got my license, I was slightly embarrassed to occasionally pour a drink for opposing counsel, but I now realize that I have never met a single legal professional who looked down on me for it.
Moonlighting also can teach lawyers valuable lessons about how to treat others. Generally, I never mention that I am a lawyer while working my night job, but once, a very rude young man kept coming to my bar, flashing his bar card every time he demanded something. After the first few times I teased him a little bit, snorting, "Why do you keep showing me your bar card?" He ignored me. The next time he came up and got pushy, I finally said, "Oh yeah? I've got one of those, too." Immediately his attitude changed, and he became more respectful. That night, I decided that if I'm ever in a position where I get to hire someone the first interview will take place in a restaurant. I only want to hire people who treat others with respect regardless of their perceived importance. Take it from a "secret lawyer": Be careful how you treat people in your everyday life. You never know who they might be.
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DART President Gary Thomas, one of Texas' highest paid transit officials, gets a raise
Dallas Area Rapid Transit President Gary Thomas — already one of the highest paid transit officials in Texas — received a $20,000 raise last week, bringing his annual salary to $300,000.
DART board members approved the three-year deal last week, just a year after they boosted Thomas' annual salary to $280,000. Thomas, a former chairman of the American Public Transit Association, has led DART since 2001.
The raise comes as DART continues its massive rail expansion, opening two new stations in Irving and one new station in Rowlett this month. Plans also remain on track for DART to complete Orange Line service to Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport by late 2014.
But the new salary — one of about 90 six-figure salaries at DART, according to a Texas Tribune's database — also comes just two weeks after the agency increased bus and rail fares by 25 percent or more.
Thomas' salary, which includes the possibility of an annual performance bonus up to 20 percent and other incentive payments, puts him in the same ballpark as other top Texas transit officials.
Phil Wilson, the Texas Department of Transportation's executive director, makes $292,500-a-year. Keith Parker, former president of San Antonio's VIA Metro, had a $270,000 annual salary. And John Sendlak, executive vice president of Houston's METRO, made $268,675 last year.
By comparison, however, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood makes only $199,700-a-year.
And Thomas' $300,000-a-year figure also puts him in a pretty lofty spot compared to other Dallas-area public officials.
Dallas Independent School District superintendent Mike Miles makes $300,000-a-year. Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm received a raise this year to $290,717. And Dallas Police Chief David Brown makes about $175,000.


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New building to be named in honor of late dean and CEO Emeritus Gaige
The new classroom and laboratory building that is currently under construction at Penn State Berks will be named in honor of the college's late dean and CEO Emeritus Frederick H. Gaige, according to officials at Penn State University.
The new Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building will house the college's Business; Engineering; Information Sciences and Technology; and Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management degree programs. To be completed in January 2012, the Gaige Building will include more than 60,000 square feet, making it the largest academic facility at Penn State Berks. Designed to complement the natural beauty and existing architecture of the campus, the three-story structure will be as cutting-edge as the learning and discovery that will take place within it: A range of sustainability strategies, including rainwater collection and a heat-recovery system, will allow the building to be submitted for LEED certification as a "green" facility.
Inside, the Gaige Building will offer not only the quantity but also the quality of space that the college's evolving academic programs require:
- Nine new classrooms, equipped with state-of-the-art communications technologies, will enable the college to offer new courses and enhance existing ones.
- Dedicated laboratory space will allow more sustained and sophisticated investigations.
- Fifty new faculty offices will make it possible for dedicated educators to spend more time working one-on-one with students and with each other.
- A café with 36 seats indoors and another 36 seats on the adjoining patio, and kitchen area that will also serve as laboratory space for the Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management degree program.
- In addition, a lecture hall, conference rooms, a design studio, student study areas, and a cafe also will also be housed in the building.
Above all, the Gaige Building will make it possible for Penn State Berks to deepen partnerships with businesses and communities throughout the region. By providing space for three extraordinary initiatives—the Center for Entrepreneurship and Community Engagement, the Learning Factory, and the Emerging Technologies and Business Intelligence Laboratory—the facility will help to make the campus an even more important leader for growth and innovation.
Known to many as a visionary leader, Gaige served as dean and CEO of Penn State Berks from 1984–2001, helping to transform the campus into a college with four-year academic programs and residence halls. He was also instrumental in significantly increasing student enrollment, endowment, and physical facilities.
Under Gaige's leadership, the campus added student housing in the fall of 1990. One of the major milestones in the history of the campus occurred in 1997, when Penn State Berks merged with Penn State Lehigh Valley to form Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College. This was significant because the new college now had the authority to grant baccalaureate degrees.
Despite the many accomplishments made during his tenure, his defining moment was when the first class of Penn State Berks-Lehigh Valley College baccalaureate students received their degrees during a proud commencement ceremony in May of 2000.
Gaige retired on January 31, 2001, and was succeeded by Dr. Susan Phillips Speece. During the sixteen years he served as dean and CEO, the campus had expanded from 1,000 students in four major buildings on 135 acres of land to 2,100 students in seven major buildings and thirteen smaller structures on 240 acres of land.
"Fred Gaige was an extraordinary educator who served the campus and community with great distinction," said Penn State President Graham Spanier. "Fred's leadership in university service and administration has transformed countless lives. Above all, he always put people first. This is his legacy."
Creating the Gaige Building has been a top priority for Penn State Berks and the University, and institutional funds have been directed toward the $25.6 million construction project. It would not have been possible to break ground on the facility, however, without a $3 million estate gift from Reading native and Penn State alumnus Harold Pfreimer, for whom the engineering wing will be named.
The international architectural firm RMJM Hillier designed the facility, and construction was managed by Alvin H. Butz Inc., Allentown.
For more information about the Gaige Technology and Business Innovation Building, contact Dave Delozier, Director of Development and Alumni Relations, at 610-396-6056.


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ELKINS - One day in October, Elkins resident Mark Phillips woke up to a nurse asking if he knew where he was. He told her he thought he was in the hospital in Elkins, but she told him he was in West Virginia University Hospital in Morgantown, and had been there for three days.
Rewind back to Oct. 11, when Phillips was injured while he was providing commentary as an employee on the Cheat Mountain Salamander passenger train as it made its way from Elkins through the stop at High Falls and on to Cheat Bridge.
"That day I was sitting reading a magazine and I saw we were approaching Cheat Bridge, where we pick up more passengers," Phillips said.
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Elkins resident Mark Phillips continues to recuperate from injuries sustained in a train wreck in October. Phillips said he is now thankful for each day.
"I picked up the microphone and was beginning to tell everyone about the history of Cheat Bridge.
"All I got out was that we were approaching old Cheat Bridge and there was a loud explosive sound and it felt like the train stopped suddenly. I felt like I was being mashed into something and my vision became blurry."
Phillips said when he regained consciousness, he found himself in the vestibule between two cars of the train. He was lying in the corner with debris floating down all around him.
"I knew my right arm was broken and I could not get up," Phillips said. "A little later I could hear sirens, and I could hear people trying to keep others calm."
Phillips said an emergency squad worker came to him and stayed with him until he was put into the ambulance.
"I don't remember the person's name, but he stayed with me the whole time, trying to lift me out of the window," Phillips said. "It was comforting that he never left me. I told him I was too big for him to lift."
Phillips said he was taken to the Davis Memorial Hospital by a Barbour County Emergency Squad ambulance.
"When I arrived at the hospital, they said I had a broken arm and a collapsed lung," Phillips said. "Then they transported me to Morgantown by ambulance," a fact he does not recall.
Phillips remained at WVU Hospital for nine days, where he had surgery to repair his broken back. When he regained consciousness, he had been on a ventilator for two days.
"The doctor who performed the surgery on my back said I was so bad off when he first saw me that he did not think I would live long enough to have the surgery," Phillips said.
"I have a long way to go to get back to 100 percent. I am very blessed to be alive."
Phillips said he is truly thankful to everyone who has helped him through his ordeal.
"All of the nurses, doctors, hospital staff, emergency personnel, firemen, friends and family, they are wonderful and I cannot express enough thanks for their help," Phillips said. "My fiancee, Debbie Mayle, stayed right with me 24-7 - she helped me with everything and I am so thankful. Also my son, Adam Phillips, and daughter, Jennifer Smith, have helped out so much."
Phillips said he is grateful for the support from the Durbin and Greenbrier Railroad for securing a hotel room for his family in Morgantown while he was recuperating.
"It was great that they had a place to go to take a shower and rest," Phillips said. "All of my colleagues have been calling and checking in on me as well. I really appreciate their help and support."
"I am blessed to still be here," Phillips said. "I want to thank everyone for their prayers, cards, phone calls and visits."
Phillips said he has a request for everyone.
"When you go to sit down for Thanksgiving dinner with your friends and family, take a moment to look at each one at the table and focus a minute on them," Phillips said. "Be thankful for having them in your lives.
"I am blessed to still be here and thankful for my family and friends. Be thankful for all the gifts given to you and take time to thank God and our savior Jesus Christ for all he has given to you and what he means to you. Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas to you all."


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FairSearch complaint: Does no-cost software harm consumers?
FSFE opposes claim that free software harms consumers
Microsoft and Nokia protest "price predation" and play at being prey.
Does no-cost software harm consumers? The FairSearch coalition thinks so, at least when it comes to Google: They say Google engages in predatory pricing when it distributes Android – a Linux-based mobile operating system – without charge. Recently, FSFE (Free Software Foundation Europe) responded in a letter to the European Commission, labeling as "wrong" and "dangerous" FairSearch's claims, and saying further:
The predatory pricing theory proposed by FairSearch is plainly unsuitable to describe a market where there is no price, and a product that, being Free Software, can literally be taken by anybody and "forked" ... . There is no "below cost" distribution in Free Software, because the price which market participants set ... in these circumstances is precisely zero.
Groklaw has a good write-up on FSFE's efforts.
What is the FairSearch coalition? Its complaint against Google describes FairSearch as "an international coalition of 17 specialized search and technology companies." Those companies include Microsoft, Nokia, and Oracle, which say they have joined forces to protect competition, transparency and innovation to benefit consumers.
Google has a different take:
FairSearch claims to represent consumers' best interests, but it consists of companies who either compete directly with Google or don't like where their websites appear in Google's search results. No consumers or consumer groups are members of FairSearch.
The Verge states a similar view:
Beneath the sheen of do-gooder ideology, FairSearch can be most charitably described as a Google watchdog. It seeks to fan the flames of disapproval where they've started organically, originate them where they haven't, and generally disseminate negativity toward the Google brand. Think of it as a PR firm working to destroy rather than create goodwill.
These anti-FOSS price predation claims might bring to mind another case: Remember Daniel Wallace? He sued Red Hat, IBM, and Novell, claiming the companies conspired via the GPL to hold Linux's price at zero. Mr. Wallace's suit was summarily dismissed.
Affirming the dismissal, the Seventh Circuit's Judge Easterbrook noted:
[T]he GPL keeps price low forever and precludes the reduction of output that is essential to monopoly... . The GPL and open-source software have nothing to fear from the antitrust laws.
While this result lacks the power of precedent before the European Commission, it does highlight a basic problem for price predation claims against no-cost software: Low prices are, according to Judge Easterbrook, the "goal of antitrust law," and using antitrust law to raise prices would turn the law "on its head." Similar thinking should prevail at the European Commission when they consider Microsoft and Nokia's complaints.
So what is predatory pricing? Judge Easterbrook summarizes the theory:
Predatory pricing is a three-stage process: Low prices, followed by the exit of producers who can no longer make a profit, followed by monopoly prices. The law's worry is the final period in which the survivor ... recoups losses incurred during the low-price period.
Practically, however, predatory pricing turns out to be controversial and difficult to establish. This is particularly true for predatory pricing claims against free software. An alleged predator is highly unlikely to recoup "losses" caused by free distribution, since free software's four freedoms allow competitors liberal entry into the market. Moreover, free software licenses (including GPLv2 and Apache v2) arm these competitors with the power to redistribute royalty-free, making any alleged effort at monopoly pricing unsustainable.
With these points in mind, one suspects that, far from championing competition and consumers, Microsoft and Nokia have instead merely launched the latest attack on free software in a decades-long war (a war that is the subject of an upcoming documentary by former Microsoft developer Keith Curtis,). As FSFE's letter stated:
Rather than highlighting a genuine risk to competition in the mobile market, the FairSearch submission gives the impression that Microsoft ... is attempting to turn back the clock. The company is essentially arguing that the Commission should protect its outdated business model in the mobile sector against a more effective disruptor.
None of this is to say Microsoft and Nokia's complaint should be taken lightly. The European Commission has the power to impose enormous fines, which Microsoft knows well since the Commission fined Microsoft over $2 billion for anti-competitive conduct. Also, a Commission finding that distributing a Linux-based operating system without charge is anti-competitive could undermine Linux and free software and harm consumers of free software technologies.
Of course, Microsoft's complaint is a bit hypocritical, since the Department of Justice and 20 states accused them of predatory pricing when they distributed Internet Explorer without charge. Recall their response at the time: That a market participant – Netscape - had already set the price for browser technology at zero. Does that sound familiar?
And by their accusations, Nokia displays ignorance about its own history with free and open source software. Speaking about Google at a recent legal conference, Nokia's head of competition law wondered aloud: "If you make a multi-billion-dollar investment as Google has done in the Android operating system, why would you just give it away?" Presumably Google sought the same benefits as Nokia when Nokia open-sourced its own mobile operating system - Symbian.
The outcome of FairSearch's request for a Commission investigation is not yet known. What is known is that the benefits of free software - high quality, high value, customizable, low lock-in technologies cooperatively developed, tested, distributed, and improved by an efficient global-scale community marshaled using the latest collaborative Internet tools – ring true with consumers. And these benefits, along with the disruptive business model that brings them to fruition, should identify free software distributors not as price predators, but as embodiments of "maverick firms," a species of competitor that authorities in both the US and the EU seek to protect, not punish.
Hopefully the Commission will view free software the way consumers do and reject FairSearch's complaint.
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So MIcrosoft and Nokia are admitting they can't compete with Android?
This isn't a surprise to anybody that has used crappy Microsoft products.
To be fair android is also terrible. I hope ubuntu delivers something worthwhile. If fed up with voiding my warranty to have basic conrol over my device
To be fair android is also terrible. I hope ubuntu delivers something worthwhile. If fed up with voiding my warranty to have basic conrol over my device
Dear Azathoth,
No one is forcing you to use Android. Instead of waiting for Ubuntu, why not fork Android yourself and make it something more useful to you and others, or develop something new that more closely meets your needs? Nothing is stopping you...
To be fair, your attitude is terrible.
and what happens if you install a non-standard version of android? Warranty void . It was more a gripe about being forced to choose between vanilla android or a warranty. Rooted it is usable but it just drives me absolutely nuts that I can't have control over my device and be covered against hardware failure.
There are so many millions Cyanogenmod aroud. I have installed it on my Samsung Galaxy Nexus, even rooted it. Brought to repair, it was serviced.
Anyhow, the point here is not that the user can meddle with their phone, it's about any OEM being able to take Android and fork it into a different product. Amazon has done it. Google was not pleased, but could not do anything to stop it.
Groundhog Day: Isn't this the Halloween Memo from '98 redux?
Your information about software is really interesting. Also I want to know the latest new techniques which are implemented in software. Can you update it in your website.


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DWC Qualified medical evaluator (QME) process
Qualified medical evaluators (QMEs) are qualified physicians who are certified by the Division of Workers' Compensation - Medical Unit to examine injured workers to evaluate disability and write medical-legal reports. The reports are used to determine an injured worker's eligibility for workers' compensation benefits. QMEs include medical doctors, doctors of osteopathy, doctors of chiropractic, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists, psychologists and acupuncturists.
Becoming a qualified medical examiner:
October 29, 2016
Online QME Form 106 Panel Request
For injuries on or after 1/1/05, online only as of Oct. 1, 2015.
QME Exam:
- Upcoming QME Exam
- Exam packet - Oct. 29, 2016
- Exam application
Study Guides:
- Competency examination study guide
- Competency examination booklet
- Competency examination for acupuncturists
- Physician guide - As a result of 2003 and 2004 legislative changes and 2009 regulatory changes, some portions of this Physician's Guide may be inconsistent with current law. Therefore, it must not be considered authoritative, and should only be consulted as an historical document.
QME competency examination results:
QME reappointment:
- Qualified medical evaluator (QME) database
- Areas of Expertise by QME Specialty for MD and DO Physicians Performing QME Evaluations
- Areas of Expertise by QME Specialty for Non-MD/DO
Frequently asked questions:
- FAQs about QMEs for injured workers
- FAQs about QMEs for insurers
- FAQs on QMEs for physicians
- How to serve your report on DEU and be EAMS compliant
- How to Successfully Request a Represented Panel
Evaluation protocols:
For injuries rated under 1997 permanent disability rating schedule and prior
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CHARLES TOWN - It started as a child. It started with a really bad home life. It started with poverty. It started with abuse. That's where it started, but even then, at the age of 3, Debera Spates knew she wanted to help people.
"I never thought it would kill me. It sounds funny, because a lot of people fear death. I just feared I'd get hurt. But that was a very long time ago," Spates said.
Growing up in Jefferson County was a difficult experience for Spates. Until the time she got married, she never experienced a Christmas. It was at that point, 23 years ago, she told her husband that it was time to bring Christmas to a family who otherwise would not have one.
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Debera Spates, founder of DKS Ministries Forgotten Children Ministries, is bringing Christmas to those who would otherwise not have one.
She found a family living in a little trailer with six children - that was the first year. This year, Spates has more than 125 children in need of a Christmas.
As her ministry developed, Spates began a nonprofit organization called DKS Ministries. Each year the Forgotten Children program provides, not just for Christmas, but whatever need is brought before Spates.
After being in ministry for 23 years, Spates said people know where to find her. That place is Facebook, a place she stumbled upon.
"In the midst of the ministry taking off, I got cancer and I got slowed up. Right after I was diagnosed, so was my mom - she left me nine days later," Spates said. "Then I was done."
With her mind made up she was finished with the ministry work and recovering from surgery, Spates found Facebook and began playing bingo.
"One day I mentioned I used to be in ministry with children, and there was a spark. I thought it didn't matter, I'm not doing this anymore. But when the Lord puts it on your heart, you can't get away from it," Spates said.
She began the Forgotten Children Facebook site, and the page took off "like a rocket."
Needs are found and met through her Facebook page. In the last six weeks, Spates and her volunteers have raised money to stop two evictions, provide funding to purchase an elderly woman's medication, find coats, fix a van and much more.
Currently, with Christmas around the corner, Spates is looking for community members to adopt her "angels" - children who will otherwise not have Christmas gifts. John's Family Restaurant in Rippon is holding a toy drive for people to drop off items, and those participants will be entered for a drawing for a $50 gift card to the restaurant.
Community members are encouraged to reach Spates via Facebook, phone or email if interested in adopting an angel or making donations to her nonprofit. While Christmas is the biggest event, Spates said that is not the only need.
"Whatever the need is, if I can meet it, I will. The needs are so big now, we've got to push harder for monthly support. It's so much deeper than Christmas," Spates said.
For more information on the Forgotten Children Ministries of Jefferson County, contact Debera Spates at firstname.lastname@example.com, 304-240-6272 or on Facebook at Forgotten Children Ministries of Jefferson County.
- Staff writer Michelle Horst can be reached at 304-725-6581 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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State honors Upshur girl's bear harvest
August 31, 2013
A 200-pound bear killed by an Upshur County girl is on display at the West Virginia Attorney General's office in Charleston. Miranda Ware was only 17 when she shot the bear on Dec....
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OLEAN – Bradner Stadium has been a part of the Olean city community since its completion in 1928. The former home of the Olean Oilers, a minor league baseball team, the field saw the likes of Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson in action. The stadium butts against State Route 417 to the north. Across the street is War Vets Park. The two are connected by a tunnel that has conducted spectators, competitors and event-goers since the 1930s.
That tunnel may see its days come to an end if the tentative budget of the Olean City Council holds. One of the projects that has been proposed would fill in the tunnel while the surrounding section of Route 417 is resurfaced. Another option, however, would give the tunnel a reprieve and a promotion to the main entrance to the stadium.
The project would take roughly $345,000 for either option, according to Tom Windus, director of public works for the City of Olean.
"Those who use the stadium would like to keep the tunnel," Windus said.
One of those users is J.R. Bennion, owner and coach of the Southern Tier Diesel, an amateur football team that is part of the Northern Football Alliance. He told city aldermen that the tunnel is a vital part of safety for his organization and for the public in general.
"Our players and officials use the tunnel so they don't have to attempt to cross the tricky intersection that leads to the top entrance," Bennion said. "We have even started to use it as the main entrance for the public as well. It's a safety thing. For the people using the stadium, it is an issue of access. The stadium is not set up for someone in a wheelchair. If they were to use the top entrance, they really have no place to go."
"The tunnel is more than just an access point," Bennion said. "It is the link that ties Bradner Stadium to War Vets Park. That tunnel is a much larger asset than liability."
To make the tunnel access the main entrance would mean closing all but one lane of Route 417 for what could possibly be a three-month period as the three-walled box would be lowered into place. To continue the process, lighting and other accoutrements would have to be installed, according to Windus.
The plan to fill in the tunnel would require closure of all but one lane of traffic for as long as a month, he concluded. The final decision on the budget will be made around April 15.
Other items voted on by the Council:
• Transfer of $10,000 from the Registrar of Vital Records Personnel to the Buildings budget to cover the cost of access controls and cameras at all entrances to the Olean Police Station.
• An agreement for the City of Olean to treat the Allegany County landfill leachate at a cost of $0.025 per gallon of spillage. The contract is an annual renewal of mutual service.


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The actor and his Australian-born girlfriend made their first public appearance together Saturday at Sydney's Doncaster Day at Randwick Racecourse, a major horse racing event. (Hugh Jackman and his wife, Deborra-lee Furness, also made the scene.)
But the real proof came the day before, when an unshaven Bloom, 31, met up with the Victoria's Secret model and her parents for a cozy lunch at Catalina's in Sydney's Rose Bay.
Kerr – dressed down in a grey jersey dress with brown boots – told a fellow diner that her jet-lagged beau had been "very reclusive" since arriving Down Under. "I've had to drag him out today!"
But once faced with the 'rents, it seemed Bloom perked right up – and turned on the charm. As they were leaving, the actor was spotted giving Kerr's mother a big hug.
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