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Q: Okay, so weve worked our way through the uncounted millennia between the emergence of man and the first glimmers of revelation, then the six-thousand-something years it took God to gradually tease out what he had in mind for mankind. On the face of it, the whole thing seems suspicious. Why go through all these fits and starts? Why feed us a series of tantalizing hints, to spice up a steady diet of red herrings and dead ends? Whyif God is so simple, perfect, and benevolentdid he reveal himself to mankind through a series of clues it would take Sherlock Holmes to figure out? Or, if it pleases you, Father Brown?
A: Elementary, my dear godson. What weve derived so far from considering revelation is (a) that God is in Himself a perfect unity, but also (b) that His essence is in some sense refracted, as if one ray of light were passing through three distinct lenses, each of which is a Person. That tells us that the primitive rational insight into Gods unity was true but incomplete. Likewise the original revelation of the One God to the Israelites. Within the very essence of God is a nexus of relationships, which He revealed is one of love between a Father, a Son, and a Spirit Who proceeds from their interaction. Already, then, theres something embedded in the very essence of things that tests our brains till they bleed. Add in the intellectual jiu-jitsu required to account for Christs divine and human naturesa doctrine thatll tackle us laterand it almost seems as if Gods purpose all along in revealing Himself to man was to provoke complex heresies, interminable Church councils, and impenetrable tomes in Greek and Latin devoted to explaining the inexplicable.
No wonder so many different sects emerged over the centuries, each devoted to seizing one piece of each of these mysteries and making sure it wasnt forgottenat the cost of denying something else of equal importance. Remember the joke about the blind men describing the elephant? One grabs the trunk and declares it a snake, the next the leg and calls it a tree, et cetera? That joke was first told at the Council of Chalcedon by Bishop Pachasinus of Lilybaeum to Anatolius, patriarch of Constantinople.
Disclaimer: As an Orthodox Christian, I would not agree with all the detail (procession, etc) but the broad strokes are rich and thought provoking.
The message Jesus and his apostles preached required no "intellectual jiu-jitsu" and I dare say any that does is a corruption of that message.
The author is babbling nonsense.
The author is babbling nonsense.
Exactly...And what that author spews is the biggest heresy of all; that only a select few intellectuals can actually know what God says...
That is necessarily the conclusion that one draws when the first thousand years of church history is blithely dismissed.
I read it all and missed that part.
It takes no Greek philosophers with cleverly worded formulas with their absurd contradictions of Scripture or this silly
intellectual jiu-jitsu to understand Jesus' message.
But anything on a blog to sell a book, I guess.
An interesting way to look at it, thanks.
I think just from reading about it we can see that men can turn into animals instead of the other way around.
And all we have to do is look at what is happening to this nation to see that men can not deal with having to much at one time, they go nuts.
"Our theologians used the best tool at hand, Greek philosophy, to tease out the real-world implications of what God had told us about Himself, to figure out how we should pray and to whom."
All Christians had to do was to recall Jesus' words about who God was and when and how and to whom to pray. He was pretty clear without resort to the confused musings of the philosophers.
Pretty easy to say in 2013. Not so easy in 213. All of the heretics had Scripture to back their heresy. They still do.
You've surely read some Greek philosophy, maybe a bit of Philo, so if you agree please tell me what Greek philosophy would have been a help c.213 in understanding Matthew 6:5-16 or John chapter 17.
The true "heretics" have never been satisfied with the Scriptures, hence the Gnostics, the pseudo Gospels and reliance on pagan philosophies and traditions of men. Both Jesus and Paul warned of the inroads that were and would be made so why are their words on the subject so "blithely dismissed"?
Or why did He give us minds and say, "Love me with them"?
Not that we'll fathom Him, but that we will find ever deeper and wider dimensions and more brilliant intricacies of Him
"...whose beauty is past change:
Praise him."
But you fail to really address his comments or how I'm being "unnecessarily negative".
A simply question is whether pagan Greek philosophy really was, as the author asserts, was the best way at hand to explain God and prayer.
Why not speak to that instead of mammoths and lambs?
Yes...In spite of the fact that God warns us about philosophers and man's wisdom, they claim that those very things are what's needed to know what God says...God says NO...
That the backwardness of it...Just as this piece points out, Catholics rely on philosophers to understand and teach the words of God...
The words of God were kept hidden from the lay people and the lesser of the priesthood of the early Catholic religion so they couldn't see what God said...
And those that did/do get their hands on some scripture and believed it, you call heretics...The Apostle Paul had the same problem...
Act 24:14 But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
There seems to be a sudden silence on the thread. What happened? Maybe they're off reading the Greek philosophers they put so much trust into.
Was it the comments about human philosophies I wonder.
I can't figure out what to say to those who refuse to acknowledge the patrimony of the Christian faith that is contained in the seven Ecumenical Councils. If all I get is protest that those are only the words of men, I find to place to engage that.
I will ask a question: If the Greek language , Greek concepts and Greek philosophy is not fit to express the faith, then what is? Recall how Paul engaged that culture on Mars Hill.
Greek philosophy is unavoidable when you've got a Greek New Testament in one hand and a Koine lexicon in the other. In a language with such a vast body of text behind it, every word is allusive to those words; every word a link to hypertext.
I'm not telling you anything radical or new. That's just the way language works: the meaning of key words of the NT (like "Logos" and "Ousios") is understood by the way in which they were used in a Hellenistic social and intellectual context, especially by their best speakers/writers, the poets and philosophers.
"Pagan" Greek philosophy, recast in the discourse of Christian believers, becomes Christian Greek philosophy. It is an Areopagus moment: Acts 17:28 "For in him we live, and move, and have our being". as certain also of your own poets have said " For we are also his offspring."
So pagan Greek poets words, too, are in the Word.
You are always going to be in dialogue with these Greek philosophers if you are pondering what NT words mean. So, my friend, if you are reading Biblical (Koine) Greek, you are already, in a sense, "speaking with Aristotle." The words were shaped by Hellenic clusters of ideas, years before they flowed from the pen of John the Evangelist, let alone the 300+ bishops of Nicaea, who came from three continents, and all worshipped one Lord Jesus Christ, in more or less the language of Epimenides and Aratus.
Read John 1:1. If you try to figure out the implications of θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος, you're already in dialogue with Greek metaphysics.
All Christians, whether they realize it or not, are deeply indebted to that.
Lambs and mammoths too.
High five!
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Who told you that? Quite to the contrary. For example when Peter used the term "Hades" as a Greek quivalent of the Hebrew "Sheol"(Ps. 16:10) in Acts 2:25-28 "Hades" was being used as simply the abode of the dead without all the philosophical trappings of classical Greek thought.
The same is true of the term "Logos" as John used it in John 1:1. John used "Logos" in a very restricted sense as is obvious from the rest of his gospel but the so-called "higher critics" would have us believe that John's usage was in some way reflective of the Greek philosophers.
They used "Logos" in the sense of reason or an ordering principle of the universe. John used the term for the prehuman Christ as a representive of his father, a spokesman.
"Read John 1:1. If you try to figure out the implications of θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος, you're already in dialogue with Greek metaphysics."
Not so since John wrote under the influence of the holy spirit and not according to the hash of Greek metaphysical philosophy prevalent in his own day. It's not surprising that men steeped in the learning of the day would attempt to explain Christianity in the language of pagan Greek philosophy in order to make one palatable to the other.
"Pagan" Greek philosophy, recast in the discourse of Christian believers, becomes Christian Greek philosophy"
Really? Just consider for a moment the confusion wrought in the Bible's use of the terms Sheol, Hades, Gehenna and how these words are translated or the how the term soul is treated.
Attempting to hammer the teachings of Scripture into the shape of pagan Greek philosophy has produced such "kerosene in wine" teachings as purgatory and confusion over what the resurrection is.
"Read John 1:1. If you try to figure out the implications of θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος, you're already in dialogue with Greek metaphysics."
Paul called the wisdom of the world folishness. "... It is an Areopagus moment: Acts 17:28 "For in him we live, and move, and have our being". as certain also of your own poets have said " For we are also his offspring."
These Stoics and other Greek philosophers ridiculed Paul since he preached Christ and the resurrection of the dead. These Athenians owed Paul a debt as some became believers and are named near the end of Acts chapter 17.
What part of pagan Greek philosophy expresses the Christian faith?
"Recall how Paul engaged that culture on Mars Hill."
Indeed he appealed to what they believed just as Jesus did with the Samaritan woman when he said she worshipped in ignorance but worship of God must be done in spirit and truth.
That culture was not explaining truth to Paul but just the reverse. That culture considered Paul either mad or a chattering fool because of their concepts and philosophies.
So how would they express the faith?
Who said anything about the Greek language being "not fit"?
Same thing if one is spewaking N ahuatl or Mandarin. You are using words that have a background. A hypertext. Even if you distinguish what you mean by it --- if you mean something unique ---you're culturally hypertexting.
Like I said: this is nothin' new.
Jesus Christ died for my sins, not Aristotle.
This is what you did say:
"Pagan" Greek philosophy, recast in the discourse of Christian believers, becomes Christian Greek philosophy".
In any case, I do not believe in "attempting to hammer the teachings of Scripture into the shape of pagan Greek philosophy," as you very aptly put it. That would be a big mistake. I am just pointing out that the knowledge we have about God via Jesus, the perfect Word, is transmitted through a Greek New Testament, which is necessarily in dialogue with Greek thought. That "dialogue" sometimes means that the writers have to distinguish themselves FROM Greek philosophical concepts.
Ironically, the intent of some of the Greek-language Scriptures (from Maccabees to the Epistles) was to reduce the influence of Hellenism and Hellenistic Judaism... paradoxically using Greek language to refine, redefine, or refute Greek concepts.
Thank you for the opportunity to discuss these things. I beg your pardon if I have not dealt adequately with the good thjings you wrote. I am out digging new garden beds and planting garlic today, if the weather holds. So I'll be away fromt he computer, mostly.
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Simple. It's the work of God. He is not a God of confusion. He provides. Through faith in Him, He provides salvation. By studying His Word, He continues His work in us to further sanctify us.
Faith and belief are used by the same word in Biblical Greek (PISTIS). Wisdom (SOPHIA) and knowledge (GNOSIS) and an outward knowledge from our heart (EPIGNOSIS) is discernible from these other terms.
1Co 12:8
(8) For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;
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Exactly...And what that author spews is the biggest heresy of all; that only a select few intellectuals can actually know what God says...
The true beauty of the Catholic Church is that she has more layers than and onion.
1) Same may simple choose to attend on Sundays and holidays.
2)Others enjoy the simple contemplative life of a nun or monk.
3) Others service to others such a s Mother Teresa and the Jesuits teaching.
4) Others such as Augustine and Thomas of Aquinas the philosophical.
There is room for all, and all who seek to live in full communion with Jesus and his Church are welcome.
Lutherans originally had 5 sacraments now they have three (IIRC)
Some evangelicals believe in infant baptism, others adult only.
Some baptists are ordaining women and allowing homosexual marriage, others refuse.
Lutherans and Church of England believe in Consubstantiation, other Protestants don't believe in the real presence at all.
All of the above claim that they have arrived at these beliefs through the study of the Word.
Which ones are wrong and why?
I will be interested to see if any sola believers will engage on the confusion that belief produces.
"Which ones are wrong and why?"
Is that a question you really want to dicuss or simply a throw a way?
The idea is to cause those individuals not in full Communion with The Catholic Church to wonder is "Sola Scritpura" really true and to wonder if Christ really preached unity why there are so many denominations.
Did not Christ also prophesy that many would come on the basis of his name and many merely claiming to be his followers?
Jesus did give a means of determining who was in unity with him and thus enjoy internal unity also.
He also stated there would be false prophets making utterances sweet to the ear.
Christ wants us to uncomfortable in our sin, not go to a place of worship that has good fellowship or great music.
That's really easy...Like the Catholic religion, they add to or take away from the words of God...
You give a pretty good example right there...
Church is a place for healing...We go to worship and to get some spiritual food for our soul (and I don't mean eating a cracker) and to encourage our brothers and sisters and receive the same encouragement from them...
Jesus wants us to be COMFORTABLE in knowing we have a Savior who can and will forgive us of our sins and provide comfort for our sinning souls...
Can you show us in the bible where it says we are to reject good uplifting music that magnifies God??? Or where the bible says we are to forsake fellowship with our brothers and sisters in the Lord??? You can't...
I can show you scriptures that say just the opposite...It's up to you to believe them or not and accept them or not...
So "they" all do it, but your sect alone does not. Is that what you say? Care to identify?
Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God.
Studying Scripture is one method of intaking the Word of God, but without the work of God the Holy Spirit in our human spirit, we do not have our soul sanctified.
Study of Scripture independent of God the Holy Spirit is simply academia and is insufficient to sanctify the soul. It even scars the soul with more sinful tendencies towards legalism or asceticism, or liberalism in antinomianism.
Study of Scripture through faith in Christ, while in fellowship with God the Holy Spirit allows Him to continue His work in us. It is education, as opposed to academics. Education teaches us how to think, whereas academics are simply studies of rational thinking.
1Co 14:33
(33) For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
Rom 14:23 .... for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
Joh 6:29
(29) Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
Have some one explain this to you. I said if you go ONLY for the fellowship or the music.
OK. How do those verses apply to post 30?
They are not of the same thinking as post 30.
Why did you post those three Bible verses?
Read post 31, then the 3 verses.
The believing/faith God places in us does not confuse.
He is immutable.
Proverbs 25:2
New American Standard Bible (NASB)
2 It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,
But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.
When the RCC returns to God through faith in Christ, it might have an opportunity to lead more believers. Until that time, while many members of the RCC are also members of the Catholic Church, the RCC falls short of the Catholic Church.
How 'bout you explain it because that IS NOT what you said...This is what you said...
Christ wants us to uncomfortable in our sin, not go to a place of worship that has good fellowship or great music.
Sure...All denominations who add to or take away from the words of God...You guys know who you are...
You are Peter and upon this rock I will build My Church, and the Gates of Hell will never prevail against it.
While it is true that some Catholics have left Christ, the Church has never deviated one iota.
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December 30, 2011
KEITH M. CULLER, PLAINTIFFv.ERIC K. SHINSEKI, SECRETARY OF THE UNITED STATES VETERANS AFFAIRS, DEFENDANT
By way of relevant procedural background *fn2 , the plaintiff filed the instant action, (Doc. No. 1), on February 17, 2009, which he later amended on April 5, 2009, to include claims of age discrimination and retaliation (Count I), First Amendment violations (Count II), and a hostile work environment (Count III), in relation to his employment as an orthotist*fn3 at the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Veterans Affairs, ("VA"), Medical Center, (Doc. No. 3).
After consideration of the defendant's initial motion for judgment on the pleadings, (Doc. No. 30), and subsequent motion for summary judgment, (Doc. No. 64), the only remaining claim in this action is whether the plaintiff was discriminated against on the basis of reprisal for prior EEO activity with regard to training. More specifically, whether a March 7, 2007, decision to rescind his previously approved travel to the National Training of VA Prosthetics/Orthotists Conference from March 19-24, 2007, in San Francisco, California, was in retaliation for is EEO filings.
Proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law were filed by the defendant, (Doc. No. 70), and the plaintiff, (Doc. No. 71), on August 26, 2011, and August 28, 2011, respectively.
A non-jury trial was held on the sole remaining claim on August 29, 2011, and August 30, 2011. At the trial, the court heard the testimony of the following current and former employees at the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center*fn4 the plaintiff; Diane (Smith) Opiel, Chief of Staff Development; Bonnie Gurdock, Education Technician; Antoinette Germain-Tudgay, Chief of Rehab and Prosthetics; Carmen Gene Molino, Associate Medical Center Director; Donald Foote, Finance Manager; and Linda Stout, Acting Medical Director.
Pursuant to Rule 52 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the court's findings of fact and conclusions of law follow.
The following findings of fact are based upon the stipulation of the parties, as well as the testimony and evidence which the court found credible as presented at the trial.
Among other things, the VA provides medical care through twenty-two Veterans Integrated Service Networks, which are known as VISNs. The Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center is one of ten hospitals within VISN 4.
The plaintiff in this action is Keith Culler, who had worked as an orthotist at the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center from 1998 until April 1, 2007, when he went to a Baltimore, Maryland, VA facility to work as an orthotist.
Tony Germain-Tudgay is the Chief of the Rehab and Prosthetics Department at the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center, and has held that position for the past nine years. For the times relevant to the plaintiff's remaining claim, Ms. Germain-Tudgay was the plaintiff's direct supervisor at the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center.
On or about September 10, 2004, February 2, 2006, and May 10, 2007, the plaintiff filed three formal EEO complaints raising multiple claims alleging age discrimination and/or retaliation for having engaged in protected activity against the VA. The plaintiff amended the second EEO complaint on March 3, 2006, and again on March 29, 2006.
In a November 14, 2006, memorandum, William Feeley, the Deputy Under Secretary of the VA for Health and Operations observed that the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetists, ("AAOP"), had offered to provide registration discounts to Veterans Health Administration, ("VHA"), orthotists and prosthetists for a scientific symposium being offered in San Francisco, California, from March 20-24, 2007. The symposium would include a one-day VA program to be presented on March 20, 2007. Mr. Feeley requested "that each VISN with accredited prosthetic and orthotic laboratories support travel and registration expenses for all certified prosthetists and orthotists as practical from each VISN to attend this symposium." (Emphasis in original). The cost of the training was $485.00 for tuition, plus another $1,962.14 for travel, hotel and meals. The funding for the conference would come from the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center facility funds, as opposed to VISN funds.
Chris Nowak, the Network Prosthetics Chief, forwarded the November 14, 2006, memo to Ms. Germain-Tudgay on November 20, 2006. She, in turn, forwarded the memorandum to the plaintiff on or about November 20, 2006, along with a form on which the plaintiff was to indicate whether or not he was interested in attending the conference. Upon completion, he was to return it to Ms. Germain-Tudgay.
Because the plaintiff did not believe that the clinic would be properly covered if he attended the conference, he initially chose not to attend. On November 27, 2006, he returned the form to Ms. Germain-Tudgay indicating that he was not interested in attending. Upon receipt of this response, Ms. Germain-Tudgay asked Union Representative John Shalanski to attempt to convince the plaintiff to attend the conference, as she felt the plaintiff was making his decision not to attend for the incorrect reasons. Additionally, she felt it would be beneficial to both the plaintiff and the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center patients for him to attend. Following Mr. Shalanski's conversation with the plaintiff, on November 29, 2006, the plaintiff submitted a request to attend the training.
In order to attend the conference, the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center required an applicant's immediate supervisor to approve or disapprove the training request and to indicate the priority -- or value -- of the training to the VA. On December 4, 2006, Ms. Germain-Tudgay approved the plaintiff's request to attend the conference and marked the priority as "high," as she felt the education committee would be more likely to approve her recommendation.
At the time the plaintiff submitted his request to attend the conference, all training requests required the approval of the immediate supervisor and the education committee. The plaintiff's training request was eventually approved by the education committee and signed by a member of the "Quadrad."*fn5 The plaintiff received a January 24, 2007, email from Bonnie Gurdock, Education Technician, confirming his approval to attend the San Francisco training.
On February 16, 2007, Ms. Germain-Tudgay sent an email to Alice Koprowski with a copy to Mr. Nowak. Ms. Germain-Tudgay requested Ms. Koprowski send Mr. Nowak the plaintiff's certification number. This was in response to a request for the certification numbers of those employees attending the San Francisco training.
On or about February 19, 2007, the plaintiff filed a complaint with the Office of Inspector General, ("OIG"), which was simultaneously forwarded to Gene Molino, the then Acting Director of the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center. Sometime thereafter, Ms. Germain-Tudgay received notice that an OIG complaint had been filed by the plaintiff.
On or about February 20, 2007, Ms. Germain-Tudgay learned that the plaintiff was leaving the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center to take a position as an orthotist with a Baltimore, Maryland, VA medical center. Ms. GermainTudgay advised Dr. Mizra Ali, the Chief of Staff of the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center, and Mr. Nowak of this information in an email on February 20, 2007.
On February 27, 2007, the plaintiff was sent his travel authorization orders to attend the San Francisco conference. It was authorized by Linda Stout, the Chief Nurse Executive and a member of the Quadrad.
While in the process of preparing his travel plans, the plaintiff learned of a proposed thirty-day disciplinary suspension. He became concerned that he might not be able to attend the conference. The plaintiff discussed this with Bonnie Gurdock, who, in turn, asked John Shalanski to investigate the matter. Mr. Shalanski indicated that he would speak with Ms. GermainTudgay and get back to Ms. Gurdock on the status of the suspension and the plaintiff's ability to attend the conference. Mr. Shalanski later informed Ms. Gurdock that, after speaking with Ms. Germain-Tudgay, the proposed suspension would not interfere with the plaintiff's ability to attend the conference and therefore Ms. Gurdock could proceed to finalize the plaintiff's travel arrangements.
On March 1, 2007, Ms. Germain-Tudgay met with Donald Foote, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center, to discuss sending work out to the community because the plaintiff would be leaving the facility. Mr. Foote recalled having approved travel for the plaintiff and asked Ms. Germain-Tudgay why the plaintiff was being permitted to go on training, using Wilkes-Barre VA funds, when he would be leaving employment at the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center just a week later. Ms. Germain-Tudgay indicated that she was unaware that training could be cancelled. Mr. Foote advised her that the training could be cancelled, and further stated that he would cancel the training under the circumstances if it was his decision.
Mr. Foote and Ms. Germain-Tudgay then contacted Ms. Gurdock to inquire if the plaintiff's travel could be cancelled without incurring financial penalties or, if not, to determine the extent of any financial penalties. Ms. Gurdock advised them that there would be no financial penalty in canceling the transportation and hotel, other than perhaps a small fee. As to the tuition expense, she indicated she would have to check further.
The director of the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center at this time was Gene Molino. However, because Mr. Molino was not in the office on March 1, 2007, Linda Stout was the Acting Director. She was, therefore, advised of the situation with respect to the plaintiff.
After her conversation with Mr. Foote and Ms. Germain-Tudgay, Ms. Gurdock called Dr. Diane (Smith) Opiel, Chief of Staff Development, her supervisor, and informed her of the call from Mr. Foote and Ms. Germain- Tudgay inquiring into possible cancellation of the plaintiff's training because he was transferring to another facility. The discussion included the fact that, in the past, other individuals had been allowed to attend training even though they were scheduled to retire or resign. Ms. Gurdock did not know in those prior cases, however, if the individuals had advised their supervisors that they were retiring or resigning shortly. In light of this, Ms. Gurdock was looking for some guidance from Dr. (Smith) Opiel.
Later that afternoon, Ms. Gurdock sent an email to Mr. Foote and Ms. Germain-Tudgay, copying Dr. (Smith) Opiel, advising that a $75 fee would be charged for cancellation requests occurring before February 20, 2007, and that cancellation requests made after that date would be forwarded to the conference committee to determine if any refund would be granted. Mr. Foote replied to that email noting that the estimated travel was $1,962, plus tuition. He further stated "I can not [sic] understand why we would send some one to California and he will depart our medical Center a week later." Mr. Foote sent another email to everyone stating, "Please cancel this training."
As to Mr. Foote's original email, which questioned the wisdom of sending the plaintiff to California when he was leaving a week later, Ms. Germain-Tudgay responded by email that same day at 4:56 p.m. (to Mr. Foote and Ms. Gurdock, while copying Ms. Stout and Dr. (Smith) Opiel), stating "I concur. We need to cancel. Thanks." At 5:00 p.m. that same day, Ms. Stout, the acting director, replied to the email and stated, "Cancel the education."
At the time the recommendation and decision to cancel the plaintiff's training was made, neither Mr. Foote, Ms. Stout, nor Dr. (Smith) Opiel were aware that the plaintiff had filed EEO complaints against the VA. Ms. Germain-Tudgay, however, was aware that the plaintiff had filed EEO complaints in that she had been the subject of the plaintiff's prior complaints.
On Monday, March 5, 2007, Ms. Gurdock advised Ms. GermainTudgay that the plaintiff would have to log in to Fed Traveler and cancel his hotel and airfare. Mr. Nowak in an email on March 7, 2007, asked if anyone had contacted the VA where the plaintiff was going to see if, as a possible alternative, it would split the cost or make some arrangement that would allow the plaintiff to receive the training without placing the financial burden on the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center which he was leaving. Ms. GermainTudgay responded to everyone, by email, stating that she thought the plaintiff was going to contact the Baltimore facility.
In a separate email on March 7, 2007, Ms. Germain-Tudgay suggested that, even if the other facility agreed to pay the cost of the plaintiff's training, he should not be allowed to attend because he would now be needed in Wilkes-Barre to train other staff as a result of his departure. Both Dr. Ali and Mr. Molino concurred. In addition, the Baltimore facility did not offer to cover the cost of the training/conference. Later that day, Ms. Germain-Tudgay sent the plaintiff an email confirming that the medical center would not be able to support sending him to training in light of his forthcoming March 30, 2007, resignation. The plaintiff was directed to cancel his hotel and airfare.
With respect to any of the individuals who were previously allowed to go to training, despite the fact that they were leaving the facility, Ms. Germain-Tudgay neither supervised those employees, nor did she have any information which evidenced that their supervisors knew that they were leaving at the time their training was approved. Moreover, the costs associated with those past trainings were significantly less expensive as they only involved the use of a government vehicle for travel to drivable locations. Finally, with respect to these past instances, neither Mr. Foote nor Ms. Stout were made aware by either Ms. Gurdock or Dr. (Smith) Opiel that individuals were permitted to attend training despite the fact they were scheduled to leave employ at the facility.
Title VII "does not mandate a happy workplace." Sampath v. Concurrent Technologies Corp., 2008 WL 868215, *32 (W.D.Pa. Mar. 31, 2008) (citing Moore v. City of Philadelphia, 461 F.3d 331, 346 (3d Cir. 2006) (quoting Jensen v. Potter, 435 F.3d 444, 451 (3d Cir. 2006)). Further, "[i]t does not require employers to treat all employees fairly, closely monitor their progress and insure them every opportunity for advancement." Id. (citing Ezold v. Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen, 983 F.2d 509, 542 (3d Cir. 1992)).Title VII also does not transform the court into a "super-personnel department that reexamines an entity's business decisions." Id. (citing Brewer v. Quaker State Oil Ref. Corp., 72 F.3d 326, 332 (3d Cir. 1995)).
Instead, the anti-retaliation provision, 42 U.S.C. §2000e-3(a), makes it unlawful "for an employer to discriminate against any of [its] employees . . . because [the employee] has opposed any practice made an unlawful employment practice by [42 U.S.C. §2000e, et seq.] or because he has made a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation, proceeding, or hearing under [42 U.S.C. §2000e, et seq.]."
The framework for analyzing the plaintiff's Title VII retaliation
claim proceeds under the familiar McDonnell Douglas*fn6
standard. Marra v. Philadelphia Housing Auth., 497 F.3d 286,
300 (3d Cir. 2007); Moore, 461
F.3d at 340-42. Initially, the employee bears the burden of
establishing a prima facie case of retaliation. Moore, 461 F.3d at
341. If the employee establishes a prima facie case of retaliation,
the burden of production shifts to the employer to articulate some
legitimate, non-retaliatory reason for the adverse employment action.
Id. at 342. If the employer meets its burden, the
burden of production returns to the employee, who must now show, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that "the employer's proffered
explanation was false, and that retaliation was the real reason for
the adverse employment action." Moore, 461 F.3d at 342 (quoting Krouse
v. American Sterilizer Co., 126 F.3d 494, 500-01 (3d Cir.
1997))*fn7 .
The prima facie case of retaliation requires a showing that (1) the employee engaged in a protected activity; (2) either contemporaneously with or after the activity, the employer took an action adverse to the employee; and (3) there was a "causal link between the adverse action and the protected activity." Andreoli v. Gates, 482 F.3d 641, 649 (3d Cir.2007) (citing Weston v. Pennsylvania, 251 F.3d 420, 430 (3d Cir.2001)).
Under the first prong of the prima facie retaliation case, the plaintiff's filing of formal complaints with the EEOC claiming age discrimination and retaliation constitutes protected activity. See Curay--Cramer v. Ursuline Academy of Wilmington, Delaware, Inc., 450 F.3d 130, 135 (3d Cir. 2006) (recognizing formal EEOC complaints, as well as informal complaints to management, qualify as protected activity for purposes of a retaliation claim). See also Moore, 461 F.3d at 343; Weston, 251 F.3d at 430. The first prong of the plaintiff's prima facie case is therefore satisfied.
To satisfy the second prong of the prima facie case for retaliation, the plaintiff need only show that the employer's action was "materially adverse" in that it "might well have dissuaded a reasonable worker from making or supporting a charge of discrimination." Moore 461 F.3d at 342 (quoting Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. White, 548 U.S. 53 (2006)). Whether an action is materially adverse "depends upon the circumstances of the particular case, and should be judged from the perspective of a reasonable person in the plaintiff's position, considering all the circumstances." Burlington Northern, 548 U.S. at 71 (quoting Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Servs., Inc., 523 U.S. 75, 81 (1998)). Here, the plaintiff's previously approved training, which was directly related and significant to his area of expertise, was rescinded. Such actions could certainly have the effect of dissuading a reasonable worker from making or supporting a charge of discrimination and therefore the court finds the action was materially adverse under the second prong of the plaintiff's prima facie case.
Pursuant to the third prong of the prima facie case of retaliation, the plaintiff must show that the adverse action was motivated by "retaliatory animus," Farrell, 206 F.3d at 281, 284, and that this animus had a "determinative effect" on the complained-of decision. Woodson, 109 F.3d at 935. The plaintiff need not prove that retaliation was the sole reason for the employer's decision, but only that it was a determinative factor of the employment decision, meaning that the action would not have been taken but for his protected activity. LeBoon v. Lancaster Jewish Community Center Ass'n, 503 F.3d 217, 231 -232 (3d Cir. 2007) (citing Watson v. SEPTA, 207 F.3d 207, 215 (3d Cir. 2000); Caver v. City of Trenton, 420 F.3d 243, 267 (3d Cir. 2005)). The Third Circuit "has focused on two main factors in finding the causal link necessary for retaliation: timing and evidence of ongoing antagonism." Abramson v. William Paterson Coll., 260 F.3d 265, 288 (3d Cir. 2001) (citing Farrell, 206 F.3d at 281 and Woodson, 109 F.3d at 920-21)). However, in making the determination of whether the plaintiff has established a causal connection between the protected activity and the adverse action taken, the court may consider "a broad array of evidence." Farrell, 206 F.3d at 281, 284 (citation omitted).
The "unusually suggestive" temporal proximity of the employer's and employee's actions can by itself establish the necessary causal link. See LeBoon, 503 F.3d at 232 (citing Clark County, 532 U.S. at 273-74; Jalil, 873 F.2d at 708). A lack of temporal proximity is not fatal, however, and the passage of "almost two years" or indeed any period of time, is "not legally conclusive proof against retaliation." Robinson v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transp. Authority, Red Arrow Div., 982 F.2d 892, 894-95 (3d Cir. 1993). It is clear, however, the protected activity and alleged retaliation must be extremely close in time for such proximity to raise an inference of discrimination on its own. For example, the Third Circuit has held that two days between protected activity and an adverse action is "unusually suggestive" of retaliatory motive, Jalil v. Avdel Corp., 873 F.2d 701, 208 (3d Cir. 1989), but that three months is not, LeBoon, 503 F.3d at 233.
In this case, the record reflects that, prior to the rescission of his training, the plaintiff filed an EEO complaint on September 10, 2004, and a complaint on February 2, 2006, which was later amended on March 3, 2006, and again on March 29, 2006*fn8 . This activity occurred almost one year before the rescission of the plaintiff's training. Although the plaintiff filed an OIG complaint on February 19, 2007, just weeks before the approval for his training was rescinded, and simultaneously mailed a copy to the attention of Gene Molino at the VA Medical Center, there is no indication as to when the complaint was actually received or when Ms. Germain-Tudgay received notice of the complaint so as to indicate that it played any part in the decision to rescind the plaintiff's training. In light of the passage of time between the known protected activity and the adverse action, the court finds that the timing of the adverse action is not unusually suggestive of retaliatory motive.
Where temporal proximity is not unusually suggestive on its own, the court looks to the evidence, as a whole, to determine whether it is sufficient to raise an inference of retaliation. Farrell, 206 F.3d at 280. In making this determination, the court may consider intervening antagonism or retaliatory animus, inconsistencies in the employer's proffered reasons for taking the adverse action, or any other evidence in the record sufficient to support the inference of retaliatory animus. Id. at 279-81. Intervening antagonism or retaliatory animus must have arisen at the time of or after the protected activity. LeBoon, at 233-34; see also Robinson, 982 F.2d at 895 (finding that the employer subjected the employee to a "constant barrage" of abusive behavior, "all of which occurred soon after plaintiff's initial complaints and continued until his discharge"). If the plaintiff cannot show that the relationship in question became "qualitatively different" after the protected activity, he cannot meet his burden with this factor. LeBoon, 503 F.3d at 233.
Here, the record reflects strained relations between the plaintiff and Ms. Germain-Tudgay from the start. In fact, the plaintiff testified that from the instant Ms. Germain-Tudgay became his supervisor their relationship was strained, in that she downgraded his position, suspended him and denied him leave. There is nothing to indicate that these relations were any different after the filing of the plaintiff's EEO complaints. As the plaintiff has failed to show that his relationship with Ms. Germain-Tudgay became any different after he engaged in protected activity, he has not met his burden with regard to this factor.
In addition, the plaintiff has failed to establish any inconsistencies in the proffered reason for rescinding approval for the training. It has consistently been maintained that the decision to rescind approval for the plaintiff's training was based upon financial considerations and what would be most beneficial to the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center, and not retaliation. Training was approved by Ms. Germain-Tudgay for the plaintiff based upon the fact that it would be beneficial to the plaintiff, a Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center orthotist, and the veterans served by him at that facility. The monies for the plaintiff's training were coming from the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center's funds. Once it was discovered that the plaintiff was transferring to a Maryland VA medical center, it was determined that it was no longer fiscally sound to utilize the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center's funds to train an individual who would no longer be of benefit to veterans who utilized their facility. The record reflects that, other than the plaintiff informing Ms. Germain-Tudgay that he was transferring to another facility, there were no intervening factors to provide the defendant with a reason to rescind approval for the training. Whether or not the defendant's reasons for rescinding the plaintiff's training was a good decision or a morally sound decision is not an issue for the court. As discussed above, it is not for the court to re-examine the business decisions of the defendant, but to determine, at this step of the prima facie case, whether the protected activity engaged in by the plaintiff was a determinative factor in the decisions made and the actions taken by the defendant. The court finds that it was not.
In addition to considering any intervening antagonism or retaliatory animus or any inconsistencies in the proffered reasons for the adverse actions taken, the court may consider any other evidence of record which is sufficient to support the inference of retaliation. Here, the court has heard no such evidence. The plaintiff has made much of the relationship between himself and Ms. Germain-Tudgay in attempting to support his claim of retaliation. However, the record indicates that, in fact, it was Ms. GermainTudgay that was the moving force behind having the plaintiff attend the training in the first place. Upon receipt of the memorandum regarding the training, she immediately checked into the benefits of having the plaintiff attend the training and forwarded the memorandum to the plaintiff indicating that he should go. When the plaintiff expressed concern that the clinic would not be adequately covered in his absence, Ms. Germain-Tudgay indicated that she would handle the clinic in his absence. When the plaintiff returned the form indicating that he did not wish to attend the training, Ms. GermainTudgay asked John Shalanski to talk to the plaintiff and encourage him to attend as it would be beneficial to both the plaintiff and the veterans who sought care at the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center. Ultimately, the plaintiff was convinced to go to the training and submitted a request to do so. Ms. Germain-Tudgay approved that request and indicated to the education committee that it ranked "high" in value in order to better assure that the plaintiff's training would be approved. There is simply no evidence in the record that Ms. Germain-Tudgay took all of these steps to get the plaintiff to attend the training, only to then have the training rescinded as a form of retaliation against the plaintiff.
In addition, the court notes that, other than Ms. Germain-Tudgay, none of the individuals involved in the decision to rescind the approval for the plaintiff's training, including Ms. Stout, the ultimate decisionmaker, were aware of the previous EEO complaints filed by the plaintiff, lending further support to the court's finding that the decision to rescind training was not motivated by retaliatory animus*fn9 .
Moreover, the plaintiff relied heavily upon the fact that there were other individuals who were either retiring or resigning from the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center who were allowed to attend training. On this matter, the plaintiff offered insufficient evidence in the record with respect to these individuals to conclude that the plaintiff was not allowed to go to the training as a form of retaliation for his actions in filing EEO complaints. The circumstances surrounding the allowance of these other individuals to attend training, despite the fact that they subsequently resigned or retired from the facility, could have been completely different from the plaintiff's. In fact, the evidence of record is that the travel associated with these individuals was significantly less expensive than that of the plaintiff's. Moreover, there is no evidence in the record with respect to whether the supervisor(s) of these individuals were aware, at the time that the training was approved, that they were leaving the facility. As such, the court finds that the circumstances surrounding these individuals cannot be used to infer that the denial of the plaintiff's training was a form of retaliation.
In light of the above, the court finds that the plaintiff has failed to establish a prima facie case of retaliation. However, even if he had, the defendant has come forth with evidence indicating that the actions taken against the plaintiff were for legitimate, non-retaliatory reasons. Specifically, the defendant has presented testimony that the funds that were paying for the plaintiff's training would be coming from the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center's funds, and that the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center and its veterans would ultimately not benefit from the plaintiff's training if he transferred to the Maryland facility one week later. Therefore, in order to save those funds for programs that would benefit the Wilkes-Barre facility and veterans who used that facility, the decision was made to cancel the plaintiff's training.
Given the fact that the defendant has proffered legitimate, non-retaliatory reasons for its actions, the burden shifts to the plaintiff to establish that the defendant's reasons are pretextual. To establish pretext, the plaintiff "must point to some evidence, direct or circumstantial, from which a factfinder could reasonably either (1) disbelieve the employer's articulated, legitimate reasons; or (2) believe that an invidious discriminatory reason was more likely than not a motivating or determinative cause of the employer's action." Fuentes v. Perskie, 32 F.3d 759, 764 (3d Cir.1994). As discussed above, the court has found that the reasons proffered by the defendant for the rescission of training are credible. Moreover, the plaintiff has failed to point to any evidence in the record that would indicate that retaliation was more likely than not a motivating cause of the defendant's decision to rescind his training.
Based upon the court's findings of fact and discussion, as set forth above, the court concludes that the plaintiff has failed to establish a prima facie case of retaliation in that he has failed to establish a causal link between the protected activity engaged in and the adverse actions taken by the defendant. Moreover, the defendant has proffered legitimate, non-discriminatory reasons for why the plaintiff's approval to attend the March 2007 conference was rescinded. The plaintiff has not established that the defendant's reasons for rescinding approval to attend the March 2007 conference were pretextual or motivated by his having filed EEO claims or otherwise for engaging in protected activity. The defendant is therefore entitled to judgment on the plaintiff's retaliation claim.
In light of the foregoing, an appropriate order shall enter.
MALACHY E. MANNION United States Magistrate Judge
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14:42 Jun. 10, 2016
In this Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011 file photo, a Kazakh riot police officer patrols in center of Zhanaozen, Kazakhstan. (AP Photo)
Security forces still looking for more culprits
Five terrorists have been killed in an anti-terrorist operation in Aktoba, Kazakhstan, reports the National Security Committee. Two police officers have been wounded in shooting.
A special forces unit stormed an apartment and killed four suspects after they refused to surrender and opened fire, the KNB said in a statement. There were no casualties among civilians or security forces.
Another man described as "the terrorists' accomplice" opened fire on police in the street, lightly wounding two, and was killed in return fire.
Six people, including two Kazakh soldiers, one shop assistant and three attackers, were killed and 11 were wounded in June 5 multiple shootings in the city of Aktobe in the west of Kazakhstan.
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A Gorgeous Antique Victorian Amethyst Paste Necklace, Vintage Art Deco Lavaliere with Mother of Pearl, circa 1900. This fantastic antique necklace holds faceted amethyst paste stones and a mother of pearl cabochon in the center of the drop. The setting has filigree detailed as is composed of gold gilt with an aged patina acquired after decades of existence. The necklace measures about 18 inches long and closes with original antique clasp. The pendant portion measures about 2 1/2 inches long by about 7/8 inch wide. A beautiful antique find.


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2302 Judah St.
San Francisco, CA 94122
For your comfort and convenience, Pavel Niderman, D.D.S., may suggest you relax with nitrous oxide (laughing gas) during certain treatments. Offering cosmetic dentistry at his practice in the San Francisco, CA area, Dr. Niderman offers a range of options to help you feel comfortable at the dentist.
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450 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
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In restorative dentistry a dental crown, or caps for teeth, look and function just like natural teeth. Your cosmetic dentist may recommend a dental crown if your tooth has enough decay that it cannot hold a filling, or if your tooth is cracked or broken and in danger of cracking down into the root if left unattended. A dental crown covers your tooth completely. It fits snugly at the gum and protects what remains of the natural tooth.
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Second, a dental crown will be the same size and shape as the natural tooth. As a result, it will keep your jaw and bite aligned; it will also make sure that other teeth don't shift locations or take on a greater share of the work of biting and chewing.
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Dental inlays and dental onlays are valuable for restoring teeth that are severely decayed or worn. Typically, they are applied to the chewing surfaces on the back teeth.
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In restorative dentistry, an inlay is used more like a filling for restoring normal tooth structure. It is best if the surface is small and only involves the chewing surface and surfaces between the teeth.
An onlay is similar to an inlay but treats larger areas, covering the entire chewing surface of a tooth. Dental onlays are recommended for larger tooth restorations and when chewing surfaces require long-term protection.
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Since both are used in areas of heavy chewing and grinding, they must be made from durable materials. They can be made from porcelain or composite resin chosen to match the color of your teeth or they can be made of a mixture of metals called an alloy. Alloys can be a mixture of metals like gold and palladium or nickel and chromium.
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Beautiful custom home on 5 acres with covered front and back porches. Large open floor plan is great for entertaining or just to enjoy family and friends. Apartment above garage has 1 bedroom, 1 bath. Large 40x60 barn and fencing for animals already on property. Upstairs has large bonus room with a door ~ can be used as a game room, media room, or just extra space. Good size bedrooms. 1st bedroom has a connecting wall to entry and is framed already for double doors so it can be converted to study.
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