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— Summers talking to Eggman
Summer the Hedgehog, The last of his kind. When Summers made his appearance known, he was an amnesiac who did not know where he was, where he was from, or even what happened to him; all he could recall was his name. He was found by Sonic at Emerald Beach, unconscious near the coast line, and after being fully aware of where he was, it was his first encounter with Eggman, who chose this time to be the best time to attack Sonic. However, before Sonic could make his attack, Summers had already shown his potential by destroy a number of Phi robots in short time. This was the beginning of Summers' legacy.
When Summers first made his appearance, his spines looked near identical to Sonic's, but with three quills at the front and one overlapping each shoulder. Later on, he has four spines down each side of his head and five down the middle, no longer having the quills on his head or ones covering his shoulders. Like the other members of the Shouka Clan, he has a black head and spines, along with crimson red colored eyes, but has red colored fur on the rest of his body.
His old attire consisted of traditional Shouka Clan garments; gold necklace and armbands with white pants and blue boots; he did not have a gold belt or the tribal kilt that the more powerful fighters wore. His more recent attire is a complete change; discarding his old tribal attire, he now has white gloves much like Sonic and Tails, a golden-beige pair of pants, fastened to the waist by a long blue sash. His boots were customed to his liking, borrowing inspiration from Shadow's design; the shoes maintain the normal curvature along the top, but the toecaps take a 45 degree slant, much like shadows. The outside of the main body of the shoes have a durable and flexable golden bar to give Summers' kicks a bit more power. The tops of the shoes also have a blue flame-like pattern.
Summers mostly utilizes a fast paced, co-ordinated flurry of punches and kicks, though only one of Summers' fierce attacks can pierce through dense substances and objects, namely Eggman's robots. However, when Summers' is sparring, holding back, testing his opponent, or not taking his opponent seriously, he will assume one of many of the stances of the KamiKen Tenkaichi (Divine Fist Under the Heavens) Martial Arts. Each stance has its own name in connection of the World Elements. Those are the Mizugo (Water Fist), Tsuchigo (Earth Fist), Kazego (Wind Fist), Kago (Fire Fist), Raigo (Lightning Fist), Tetsugo (Iron Fist), Kurogo (Dark Fist), Tenmago (Demon Fist), Karago (Empty Fist), and finally Kamigo (God Fist). Each stance has it's own combat style, be it using mainly kicks, mainly punches, plam attacks, grapples and such; It's said that he who masters all of the styles (Known as the Ten Branches), becomes untouchable. However, Summers has only mastered a few of these stances.
When fighting, Summers tends to stick to the ground, but if a fight requires him to get serious, he'll begin to fly in order to get around his opponent easier and, of course, quicker. When he's like this, he'll begin to fire volleys of chaos energy, as well as use his Heaven Cannon and Heaven Surge Wave; two attacks that require a large amount of Chaos Energy, The first attack is fired as a large ball of Chaos Energy which explodes violently on impact, while the second is launched as a huge stream of Energy, vaporizing virtually anything caught in it.
Summers is known as a master of hand to hand combat, not being beaten by many. Because his blows are so quick and powerful, it is often that he puts the opponent down in one hit, but he always pulls his punches to avoid a killing blow. Because he is a student of the Kamiken Tenkaichi, he has empowered senses and flexibility. However, his most defining ability is his Sixth Sense; because his natural aura and senses are far greater than most others, he can sense anything from behind him as though he had eyes on the back of his head, making it pretty much impossible to take him from surprise. Because of the Sixth Sense, he often leaves his back to his opponent as they believe that can get a cheap shot in before Summers can react, which almost always turns in his favour as he flash steps behind the opponent and deals a powerful blow as they are disorientated from the failed attack.
Because he is a Shoukan Hedgehog, Summers possesses a large amount of Chaos Energy, strongly matching the Super Emeralds as he can obtain high forms, including Super and Hyper forms, without the need of emeralds. He is known as a very powerful Chaos Manipulator, and seeing as he harbors this energy naturally, he can continue launching chaos-based attacks for extended periods of time, something that even Shadow with a Chaos Emerald finds difficult to do.
After extended periods of training after his disappearance in the fight against Shinras, Summers has mastered the ability of Nothingness; the ability to manipulate an invisible force, similar to Chaos Energy, made of pure concussive force, which may or may not be lethal depending on how much of his energy he puts into each attack; something as simple as a palm strike, while applied correctly, could deploy a lethal attack that can crush internal organs. The most damaging of these attacks is the Buddhist Palm. This Buddhist Palm is a simple palm strike, and is not even considered a strike; the user simply thrusts his palm forwards, with as much effort as he wants, and launches a powerful blast of force several stories high, enough to completely demolish buildings and anything else that may get in his path. Only truly powerful warriors are able to survive the ordeal of facing this attack, and even so they may find their body highly damaged, including broken bones, deep cuts and ruptures.
Before it was thought that one required the seven Chaos Emeralds to be granted the infinite power to be able to obtain the Super Form. However, Summers, as well as some of the other Shouka tribesmen, have displayed the natural ability to obtain the Super form without aid of the Chaos Emeralds. This is because, inside their own body, are dormant levels of Chaos Energy. As a member of the Shouka Clan ages, their Chaos Energy begins to strengthen. With enough training, the person is able to utilize their Chaos Energy to numerous degrees; flight, super speed, greater strength, heightened awareness and extrasensory powers. However, when a person succumbs to heightened emotions, they have the power to transform into their Super Form, but they cannot transform at first out of desire, but out of need. When Summers first transformed, it was because Eggman had succeeded in obtaining the seven Chaos Emeralds for himself, powering his Doomsday Weapon. Summers, witnessing his now homeland about to be destroyed, did not transform out of desire to help his friends, but the need to protect them. A Super Form achieved in this manner works the same as a Super Form achieved by the Chaos Emeralds; he can only sustain this form for as long as he can sustain a certain level of Chaos Energy. However, a person in this Super Form becomes much more aggressive in mind, but maintains their normal personality traits. A person who reaches this level of Super the first time round will be able to access it much easier in future uses. When Summers attains his Super Form, only his head turns into a golden-yellow color, while bolts of electricity erupt from his body, caused by the level of friction from his aura of Chaos Energy and the air around him.
However, it does not stop there. When a person is able to obtain this Super Form, they tap into unbound powers from the sudden rise in Chaos Energy, but cannot fully utilise it until they have perfected the usage of the Super Form. When someone perfects the usage of the Super Form, their Chaos Energy levels will fall much less than it would when they hadn't, meaning that they could increase their own levels of Chaos Energy at a faster rate than the rate of which Chaos Energy is consumed, achieve something much more. When a person obtains a certain level of Chaos Energy, or a certain amount of emotional outburst, a person can, evidentally, obtain the Hyper Form without the usage of the Super Emeralds. As with other Hyper Forms, the user remains invulnerable, has flashing stars around them, leaves an afterimage when flying, can breathe underwater, and also adopt a special attack (Sonic Boom in Sonic's case, Earthquake Punch in Knuckle's case). Much like the Super Form, a person who taps into this form the first time will find it easier in subsequent uses, although the Hyper Form still remains very hard to achieve. Summers first achieved this against Super Mecha Summers, which quickly overpowered him. Seeing his friends tortured at nearly killed, Summers experienced a huge emotional uproar, and consequently, changed from his Super Form, to his Hyper Form. When a person achieves a hyper form this way, their personality undergoes a drastic change; they become much more fierce, aggressive and sadistic in nature, evidence of when Sonic told Summers to destroy his Mecha counterpart to get the Chaos Emeralds, Summers replied "hehehe... not on your life. I want to see if this thing can experience pain, and then i will make it suffer in agony!". When Summers becomes Hyper Summers, his hair starts to flash all colors of the Chaos Emeralds, as it normally would. The two spines that used to drape over his shoulders become apparent as well. After subsequent uses, the user begins to calm down much more than in their first transformation, maintaining their usual state of mind and personality.
It is said that this Next Form is the hardest to control; not because you lose your mind or because you'll end up exploding from the surge of power, but because it is extremely difficult to fight the right economical balance; you need to balance it so that you're not using too much power over the period of the duration of this form, otherwise this form will not last very long. This form is considered a forced transformation, as it does not occur naturally out of insticts like the Super and Hyper forms when used through harboured Chaos Energy. When one has mastered the Hyper Form and, like when they master the Super Form, can generate more Chaos Energy than the form consumes, then one can transform into their Mega Form. However, this is not the only way to obtain the Mega Form; A person who obtains all 14 Chaos Emeralds will be able to obtain the Mega Form. However, because this form has different characteristics than the harboured Chaos Energy version, it is given its own name; the Ultra Form (Akin to the names of Sonic Speeds, being Super, Hyper and Ultra.) The Mega Form reverts the multi-colored spines/body back into a golden color, and in some cases, a pale platinum color akin to that of Shadow's original Super Form. The Ultra Form, however, has the user glow a bright silver color, which slowly changed colors to that of the 14 Chaos Emeralds. The middles spines also split into three different directions and grow slightly over double in length, to the person has, essentially, five rows of spines; the side ones that maintain the upright angle and short length, while the middle spines grow over double their size and maintain a downward angle. The aura surrounding the user also glows the color of their fur and errupts so qucikly that it's nearly impossible to see the aura move. A lot of lightning begins to erupt from the aura as well as it causes friction in the air. These characteristics also appear in the Ultra Form. The key differential characteristic between the Mega and Ultra variations is that, in the Mega Form, they can generate more powerful energy blasts than the Ultra Form and is generally better on the offensive, but the person can only maintain this form for a little over half a minute, while the Ultra Form is substantially weaker by a moderate amount, but can be kept up for a little over a minute, much like the Super and Hyper forms.
Because of the realisation that all the Chaos Emeralds were used when achieving the Third Form, that there would be no other forms after this. However, this is not true. far from it, there is a form that acceeds all the past three forms, but as expected, is not an easy thing, and only one item can grant this form, which, surprising, no one has ever tried before; the power of the Master Emerald. However, Testament, the warrior who became the Master Emerald, will not easily grant his power to just anyone; only a few chosen may wield it perfectly. A person, to obtain this form, must be, in a sense, pure; Their feelings, mind, body, soul and spirit must be calm and collective, to be able to control the powers granted by the Master Emerald. Only three users have been seen wielding this form; Sonic, Shadow, and Summers, and even then they each had difficulties reaching this form. This form, which is aquired from obtaining the absoluteness of Chaos Energy, is abruptly named the Chaos Form, which can only be gotten from the Master Emerald, though it is said that the first king of the Ancient Kingdom had such a power, but was not seen using it. Sonic, Shadow and Summers all tried to coerce with Testament to obtain this form, but they could not; Sonic could not because of him harboring a darker side, and thus was affected by negative energy, while Shadow could not because of his dark attitude and overaggressiveness, and Lastly Summers could not obtain the Chaos Form because he was being overcome by the negativity of using the Hyper Form, and thus they had to train themselves, both mentally and physically, in order to obtain this form and to overcome their Negativity. As a Final test, they each had to fight 5 Chaos Guardians, each harboring the Chaos Emeralds, though only 14 Emerald are in existance, Testament allowed Chaos to partake in the test. Each Chaos Guardian tested them with large fighting prowess as well as horrible mind games. Nonetheless, each one was defeated, and all three reached the Chaos Master Idryo; Testament's Shoukan name. After defeating Idryo in a long and grueling fight, there were transported back to the Shrine infront of everything, in their new Chaos Forms. A Chaos Form's appearance is the same as their Hyper Form, but their fur color is their normal fur color, with golden streaks across the spines, and no flashing stars. An example would be that Sonic's spines stick out like his Hyper Form (slightly higher than his Super Form), but are blue with gold streaks similar to Shadow's. The iris' of the eyes turn a crimson read color as well. The user's personality are all similar; calm and collective, but serious as well, but their key personality trait is amplified; in Sonic, his intention to protect everyone has been heightened, making him more careful and to think before he acts. Shadow, who wishes for no one else he cares for to die, becomes less aggressive and more determined and focuesed. Summers, however, does not have a key personality trait, due to him not knowing much about himself, and thus his overall intentions are raised instead of just one trait. Out of the three of them, who are considered to be perfect, Summers has maintained equality throughout his mind, body and spirit, becoming more absolute than both Sonic and Shadow. As a reward, Sonic, Shadow and Summers were each given an Orb of the Master; an orb which, if they died, would ressurect them and instantly transform them into their Chaos Forms, but could be used only once.
However, like Sonic and Shadow, Summers can succumb to the pain of the negative emotions he will experience when he sees his way of living disturbed, like how Sonic responded when his friends were upset, hurt, or even dying, and how Shadow is enraged when he is opposed by those who grief him. However, Summers transforms into a form that is more powerful than Dark Sonic and Dark Shadow. Unlike their standard forms where their fur just becomes a slightly dark shade of their normal fur color and because more violent, Summers has darker fur, the power to control Space, the scelera in his eyes turns pitch black, and his clothing turns to black, while the flames on his shoes become indigo. A black X also forms along his chest; this X is the sign of the Fallen, who was an Angel turned Demon, and is said to of cursed the Shouka Tribe to, once a millenia, breed a Devil. Summers was that person, and bu succumbing to his negative emotions, would become Dark, or Devil, Summers. Along with his appearance, he would grow a pair of bat-like wings to enable him faster flight. The power is said to be stronger than of the Super Form, but not the Hyper Form, and, although only the beginning stage, is stronger than the Dark Super Form. Summers' first, and last, transformation into this form was after he saw Cream and Cheese attacked by Mecha Summers, who was previously besting both Sonic and Summers in combat, was outmatched and outclassed; each of Mecha Summers' attacks were parried or countered. Near the end of the confontation, Dark Summers used his powers to implode Space around Mecha Summers who, at the last minute, managed to avoid being crushed, but his right arm was caught in the attack, and was severed from his body and remained unrepairable. Mecha Summers fled the battle, but Summers did not calm down. When confronted by Sonic, Summers blasted him away, and flew off into the distance, remaining in this form for the next several weeks. Like other Dark Forms, this form is fueled and kept going by negative energies. Although much more aggressive than other Dark Forms, it is implied that Summers could still tell friend from foe, as he did not kill Sonic outright before he disappeared, or it could be that Summers only had a one-track mind of defeating his mecha counterpart, but it is unknown.
Weeks later, Mecha Summers would return, with his arm replaced, and ready to destroy. After Mecha Summers obtained the Seven Chaos Emeralds and become Super Mecha Summers, it seemed lost as the islands were slowly being destroyed. However, Dark Summers would return to settle the score. Confident, Super Mecha Summers would attack Dark Summers, but his attacks were matched with Summers' own; the fight was beginning to become a stalemate, until Mecha charged up and fired his Solar Eclipse Cannon, which, not only was too much for Summers, but destroyed over half of the surrounding area, and killed Summers. As Mecha Summers laughed in triumph, the Orb of the Master that Summers was carrying began to glow, but was then curropt by the Fallen's curse, turning this bright green gem into a dark black and indigo Void, ressurecting Summers as Black Summers; Summers' Dark Super Form, but was as strong as the Chaos Form, and then some. Shocked at the revelation, Super Mecha Summers fired another Solar Eclipse Cannon, but, to his surprise, was negated completely; Black Summers had used his own powerful dark energies to dissipate the beam into nothing. It was the first time Mecha experienced something he though he'd never experience in his life; fear. In a matter of seconds, Black Summers took one step foward, and suddenly appeared right infront of Mecha, who was hundreds of feet away from him. In a split second, Mecha Summers was rendered into mere scrap parts and vaporised as black flames consumed him. After the fight, the darkness quickly disappeared, leaving his body in a blaze of black flames, leaving him unconcious. It is said that Black Summers, at the time, was the most powerful being on Earth and was unmatched by everyone. In appearance, Summers grows many spines in different directions, as long as his Mega/Ultra Form, some longer, and grows four white horns on his head, while on his forehead he grows a parting of quills that extend to the sides. It is unknown about Black Summers' personality in this form, as it only lasted for about 14 seconds before destroying Mecha Summers, but it is speculated that Black Summers only had one goal in mind; the destroy whatever he was after. Once that purpose was done, his darkness was quelled, and reverted back to normal. This form, like his Dark Form, was never seen since.
It wouldn't be until months later that would mean that the Earth was in danger again. It was during a grueling fight with the Gizoid Type 00 - Gai'Vahros that would mean that Sonic and co had to fight seriously. In their Super Forms, they managed to defeat the Gizoid, who, after being worn down, the metallic plates and circuitry began to fall from the being's body, revealing the Shoukan Shinras. Shinras, having been imprisoned in his exoskeleton for 4000 years, became insane, and aimed on destroying all life. However, Summers was an equal match for him, but when Shinras obtained his Super Form, Summers' own could not keep up, and had to transform into his Hyper Form to get the better of him. When all seemed won, Shinras had another transformation; one no one would of thoigh could exist; It looked liked a Super Form, but every spine stuck outwards and upwards, growing double in length, and caused an aura so violent that it burnt all those who went near it. Shinras called this the Legendary Mobian Form. Summers, even in his Chaos Form, could not defeat it. It was the only time that Summers wished he would transform into his Dark Form, but part of him could not allow him to do so. After being cheered on from his friends, he realised what what holding him back; his own rightiousness, desire to protect, and his divine retribution. As spectacular as he transformed into his Black Form, Summers began to make a new transformation; one that only he could become; his God Form. Shinras was struck in awe at seeing a living prophecy; "One who will become the Devil and harbor the God." What happened afterwards is not known; both Summers and Shinras disappeared in a flash of light, never to be seen or heard from again. Summers' God Form is similar to his Black Form; His spines grow and differ in directions, but his body turns a bright white with a white and gold aura around him. Along wih that, the Greek letter Omega appears on his forehead and his chest, which first lead to him being called Omega Summers, but after the revelation of the powers he had, was then refered to God Summers. Like Black Summers, he has the power to control space and matter, as well as the astral plain; Evidence is that he tried to crush Shinras by collapsing space around him, but was not caught. he can control matter by sending what looked like pieces of stardust which glowed in a violet/white color, and by clenching his fist, caused then to explode violently. By controlling the astral plain, he sent powerful blasts from the skies (or the heavens) to attack Shinras. Finally, as proof, Summers used his own power to create spirits to drag Shinras to him, and with a thrust of his hand, plunged into Shinras' chest, though doing no physical harm, and, seemingly, pulled out his soul, which took the manifestation of a bright white orb, and crushed it in his hand, killing Shinras. It is unknown is Summers' personality differs, or if he is actually himself anymore. His voice becomes more high pitched and has an echo affect to it, almost as if he was a ghost.
Since they first met, Summers had considered Sonic a great friend, but Summers still wanted to keep to himself due to his secluded lifestyle, much like Shadows. When they do meet up, however, it never seems to be long enough; Summers would enjoy racing, sparring, talking and training which Sonic, and vice versa. Summers, however, doesn't worry for Sonic; he knows he's more than capable of taking care of himself, not unlike the other characters. Summers has most fun when flying when around Sonic, as Sonic seems to be quite envious that Summers can do this naturally. However, Summers, in turn, was envious that Sonic could live his life so relaxingly, while Summers must cope with his burdens. This was when Summers began to gain a sense of friendship.
At first when Summers and Tails met, Tails considered Summers a friend and vice versa, as Summers was grateful for Tails and his VE (Vitrual Environment) Training Simulations, allowing his to harness his fighting skills, while in turn trained Tails in harnessing his own potential, meaning that in due time Tails could obtain his Super Form with the Chaos Emeralds. As time passed, they created a brotherly bond, Summers thinking of Tails as a younger brother and vice versa. This lead to Summers aquiring a sense of over-protection and disregard of his own well being to protect his friends, many a time taking powerful blows from enemies to make sure Tails and others were out of harms way.
Summers and Knuckles, in the beginning, did not get along well; Summers would often make blunt remarks and small pokes at Knuckle's fighting style, commenting it to be "reckless, slow and a liability to himself", sparking more of a hatred between the two than a rivalry. However, Summers still looked out for Knuckles when he was in trouble, which then eased to a love-hate relationship. As time passed, Summers began to feel guilt over the things he said, and arranged to meet with Knuckles. After emptying his heart towards Knuckles, they both started a great friendship, with Summers giving Knuckles some training and tips on how to become more fast and agile, making Knuckles not only superhumanly strong, but equally as graceful.
They first met rather awkwardly when Amy mistook Summers for Sonic, the same way as she mistook Shadow for Sonic. In the beginning, Summers took a dislike for the young hedgehog because of her compulsive obsession over Sonic and found it to be annoying, to a greater degree than Sonic does. After a small arguement between the two, Summers let Amy know how he truly felt about her, which caused her to be upset, and in turn did Summers; he began to develope a sense of empathy and sympathy, and tried to comfort her. They began to see themselves as close friends, and Summers gave tips on Amy to not be so obsessive over Sonic, nor to be so ignorant of her emotions, such as acting like she doesn't want to go out with him anymore. Summers also began to teach Amy how to control her harboring Chaos Energies, believing her to be a descendant of the Shouka Tribe. from this, Summers became a teacher and mentor for her, and to a lesser extent, saw her as a sister figure.
Shadow and Summers have had an on-off friendship between the two. When they first met, Shadow wanted to fight Summers in question of his allegiance, where Summers managed to win after a fairly lengthy skirmish. Shadow considered a powerful opponent and accepted his place among Sonic and friends. As time passed, Summers would become Shadow's main sparring partner, and vice-versa, though Shadow would become increasingly enraged at his inability to win, which Summers then commented that Shadow's negative emotions are what is holding him back, to which Shadow nearly killed Summers, and in retaliation, so did Summers, giving birth to Summers' sense of betrayal and retribution. In the end, Shadow and Summers sorted their differences when they first obtained their Chaos Forms. From then on, they shared a rival relationship.
Cream first met Summers when Tails took Summers to see her and Amy at the hedgehog's appartment. Seeing cream's graceious and polite attitude, Summers soon took a liking to the young rabbit, giving Summers the sense of admiration and friendly love. Whenever Summers would be round Amy's appartment to train her, he would spend time playing with Cream and Cheese. After some time passed, Summers saw Cream as a daughter, and in-turn become a father figure to her, but did not express any romantic interest in Vanilla, Cream's mother. This was also when Summers became Dark Summers, after seeing Tails, who he considered a younger brother, and Cream, who he considered a daughter, being attacked by Mecha Summers, showing a great deal of love for his two friends.
Summers had first met Rouge when she attempted to steal the Master Emerald, but the feat proved to be impossible as she couldn't lift it. Summers caught her in the act and both of them began to fight; Summers impressed at her powerful kicks, while Rouge in turn was astonished at Summers' fighting skills. Afterwards, Rouge attempted to tempt Summers in joining her with her charms, but Summers was not phased by her actions, stating that he wouldn't join the likes of her, which offended her but nonetheless kept her cool and made her getaway. In time, Summers began to develope a romentic interest in the bat because of her lady-like personality, which he found, obviously, lady-like and attractive. Their relation would develope as time went on, but in the end, Summers did not announce his love for her before he disappeared.
During Summers' time on earth, he managed to find a piece of Emerl, which to the others' astonishment, knew that he could be rebuilt. However, once all of the pieces were found, Summers regained a piece of his memory; when the Nocturnus attacked the Shouka and the Knuckles tribe with their Gizoids, and recognised Emerl; This was the first piece of the puzzle of his past. In anger, Summers attacked Emerl, but Sonic stood in the way. After Summers explained his relation to Emerl, the others were worried and empathetic with him, but in the end, Summers grew to treat Emerl like he was his own brother. As time passed, Emerl had regained his own memories and personality, becoming nearly identical to Summers' old personality, giving Summers the sense of nostalgia, but also awakening some of his other memories. It was then that Summers finally recovered his memories of his past life, when he lived 4000 years ago.
Similarities to Emerl
Summers can be related strongly to Emerl's life during Sonic Battle. Both were found and were, in essence, empty shells of their former selves. Like Emerl, Summers would grow as a person, discovering different traits of himself which he had never experienced before, in the same way how Emerl began to evolve as a sentient being. While Emerl learned how to develope coherent speach and the value of friendship among other emotions, Summers began to slowly develope key emotions that all being contain; friendship, envy, friendly love and romantic love, anger, betrayel, retribution, guilt, regret and such, while also taking on roles in which a person may experience; friend, older brother, brother, father, teacher, rival and mutual enemy, and experienced the rolls in which people played towards him; friend, younger brother, brother, sister, daughter, student, rival and mutual enemy.
Because of Emerl having the same personality as Summers' more immature persona, Summers would see Emerl as nearly a mirror image of himself and also as a medium of past regret, such as when he annoyed Knuckles and then felt guilt, when he upset Amy, and when him and Shadow nearly killed eachother.
S Rank Obtained - Wasn't even worth the effort.
A Rank Obtained - A meaningless task.
B Rank Obtained - Way too easy.
C Rank Obtained - Simple enough.
D Rank Obtained - That was... unexpected...
E Rank Obtained - What's wrong with me today?
Chaos Emerald Obtained - Excellent, another Chaos Emerald.
Rival Fight Victory - What kind of fighting style is that? Challenge me after some training.
Rival Fight Loss - No... i'm not done yet!
Boss Fight Victory - You have no power over me!
Final Boss Victory - You have been shown TRUE power!
Death Quote - No... i can't...
Story Mode Character Select - I must find out who i am!
Arcade and Versus Mode Character Select - Let's get this show on the road.
Arcade and Versus Mode Victory - Challenge me after you've become strong.
Arcade and Versus Mode Lose - You're skills... are impressive...
Sonic Racers Minigame Character Select - What... is this contraption?
Sonic Racers Minigame Victory - Wow... that was pretty fun.
Sonic Racers Minigame Lose - If i was flying you wouldn't be so hot.
Versus Speed Minigame Character Select - No speed can match my flight!
Versus Speed Minigame Victory - I'm the fastest thing alive!
Versus Speed Minigame Lose - What? That's not possible; a fluke!
Kings Minigame Character Select - Hah, i'm the king of Kings!
Kings Minigame Victory - What can i say? I'm just too smart.
Kings Minigame Lose - Hah, outwitted! That was awesome! Go again?
Chaos Busters Minigame Character Select - I'm at my peak when i'm smashing things!
Chaos Busters Minigame Victory - I can't help it if i'm just too good.
Chaos Busters Minigame Lose - Hah, i wasn't quick enough. Good game.
Card X Minigame Character Select - Card game? What's wrong with fighting?
Card X Minigame Victory - I expected this to be more... fun?
Card X Minigame Lose - Good, this "game" was boring, anyway.
Card Battle Minigame Character Select - A test of luck. Luck of the dice.
Card Battle Minigame Victory - Wow, I won. i guess i could get into this...
Card Battle Minigame Lose - Oh well, this isn't like fighting anyways...
Theme Songs
- Summers - EXILE - "The Next Door" / "Indestructible"
- Super Summers - BOWL - "Teardrop"
- Hyper Summers - Atarashi Asa - "Last Train"
- Mega Summers - Throw the Fight - "Weakest Hour"
- Chaos Summers - Yoko Shimomura - "Fate of the Unknown"
- Dark Summers - Tashiro Masuda - "Avenger"
- Black Summers - Tashiro Masuda - "A Crisis After Another"
- God Summers - Capcom - "Destined Battle"
- Summers 25 Years - Lisa Miskovsky - Still Alive


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GARDAÍ IN MEATH are investigating a crash which left a man in his 40s dead.
The fatal road traffic collision occurred on the R157 Maynooth to Dunboyne Road at around 1.40pm today.
A male motorcyclist in his 40s was fatally injured when his motorcycle was in collision with a truck. The deceased man has been removed to Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown. There were no other injuries.
The road is closed to facilitate a forensic collision examination and local diversions are in place.
Gardai are appealing for witnesses to contact Ashbourne Garda station on 01-801 0600, the Garda confidential Line 1800 666 111 or any Garda station.

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In my opinion, I move a lot in sleep, but I don't know what is normal and can only guess Snores trigger most of it. How much they impair my much improved sleep, I can only guess. What I think I see is scoring by the S10 device (via Sleepyhead) where a Hypopnea or Central is sometimes scored though either portrays a smaller disturbance than can be seen in the key breathing metrics for unscored spikes mentioned below.
However, the large indications of Snore when I lie down before sleeping and after a break does raise questions about Snore signal validity. Nevertheless, the questions in my mind center on what are significant arousals and what level of them should be addressed if reducing them is possible.
I don't know what the current official sleep scoring manual might say. The following site has a lot about arousals, including how serious they are or are not seen and whether they should be factored into scoring hypopneas. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11984311 . The concluding paragraph for that discussion indicates arousals are not to be ignored.
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"The above discussion outlines the difficulties in choosing a single definition for hypopnea. Although there were dissenters, the task force reached consensus on a definition of a hypopnea rule in adults using a 30% drop in the nasal pressure excursion for 10 seconds or greater associated with = 3% desaturation OR an arousal. The majority of the task force felt that a hypopnea definition based only on desaturation would result in misdiagnosis of some patients in whom respiratory events fragment sleep but result in minor drops in the SpO2. While there seems little doubt that cardiovascular morbidity is associated with oxygen desaturation, the goals of OSA treatment address a much wider range of symptoms including daytime sleepiness, insomnia, and non-restorative sleep. The task force also recognizes that the proposed definition of hypopnea is not currently accepted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reimbursement. For Medicaid and Medicare patients the use of a hypopnea definition based on a 30% drop in flow and 4% or greater desaturation will need to be used to ensure reimbursement until reimbursement policies are changed to reflect the new hypopnea definition. Following the logic of the proposed revised apnea definition, the requirement that the qualifying drop in flow must occupy > 90% of the event duration was removed from the hypopnea definition."
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(Context: My use of an accelerometer--a mere position and motion indicating pendulum in my use--has shown me the way to almost totally eliminate scoreable OA events; it provided evidence of mainly positional apnea which motivated stopping anything close to supine sleep. That done (AHI for past 6 months is 0.3, down from the neighborhood of 60.0 40 months ago), I still have almost continuous Flow Limitations with frequent simultaneous spikes in Snore, Flow Rate, Tidal Volume and (in somewhat fewer instances) spikes in Pulse Rate (as well as, and more importantly, a SpO2 that is a bit low (baseline near 94.5% with mostly 90% to 95% with some higher.) Besides position, the accelerometer shows the wide range of accelerations/jerks/moves it experiences when I move: the trouble being I don't yet have means of knowing how much mass is moving in the sense of energy used (or Work done=Force applied x Distance moved) as an indicator of arousal significance. Of course, a small percentage of the moves are what I'd call comfort seeking moves unaccompanied by the usual spikes.)
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Shark has "virgin birth"
Guess the holy spirit got bored with mary and started laying it to fish.
"Always seek out the truth, but avoid at all costs those that claim to have found it" ANONYMOUS
Excellent... my plan to populate this planet with a superior lifeform (Sharkpeople ) is coming to fruishon!
What Would Kharn Do?
You know morons will jump all over this as a "possibility" that Mary was a virgin which would prove that idiots who would claim this have no science background anywhere deep enough to understand the absurdity of such a false link.
AND, even if one were to take this naked assertion on face value, these same idiots probibly didn't get past the first paragraph when it explained that this rare asexual reproduction in such species IS A BIRTH DEFECT!
This is much like two headed snakes or two headed turtles. A genectic fart.
Not to mention that the babble is not written in modern day scientific language and there is no message from Gabrial saying, "Mary, your genes will split and recombine.
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Needs more laser eyes.
I just thought this was an interesting article on reproduction. Sharks are rather primitive creatures but this has been noted in lizards as well. Recently a kimodo dragon in captivity gave birth to young without the presence of a male in it's cage. Not sure if the pup was deformed or not but it does add to the mystery of reproduction in animals. My guess would be that this may answer some questions to the evolution of sexual reproduction in higher forms of animals. Perhaps all/most animals reproduced asexually at one point and some genetic mutation is responsible for the formation of male and female genders.
"Always seek out the truth, but avoid at all costs those that claim to have found it" ANONYMOUS
The difference between the theist and the atheist is that when something rare happens, we simply see it for what it is, rare.
We know asexual reproduction exists. That shrinks dramatically the need for a hokus pokus answer.
You cannot equate the ancients interpretation of virgin birth to asexual reproduction. The motif was around long before Christianity. And their guess was more bassed on the idea of purity, not science.
There is absolutly no scientific evidence that asexual reproduction happens in humans, and even if it were discovered, it would not mean that a magical ancient and unscientific fairy tale would be required to explain it.
I simply am afriad in this media's grab for superstitious viewers that people will jump on this like it is a smoking gun.
Saying that sharks have had asexual reproduction means Jesus exists, would actually piss me off, even if they could prove it. WHY, because their dickhead daddy in the sky CHOSE for a history where we all suffered and blamed it on us, then suddenly decided to prove it. It doesn't piss me off in that they can prove it. It pisses me off that someone will read it and buy it.
While Muslims, Christians, Jews and atheists battle it out over "truth" the best daddy can do is provide a cheap parlor trick?
No, this is not a matter of a real god existing, this is a matter of human ego clinging to apples and oranges insisting that they are the same.
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Elsevier Launches the Legacy Collection of eBooks on ScienceDirect
ScienceDirect's eBook content will be greatly enhanced with the addition of thousands of digitized foundational book titles across seven key scientific disciplines
Amsterdam, September 19, 2012 – Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical, and medical information products and services, today announces digitizing its Legacy Collection in seven disciplines, expanding its content on ScienceDirect. With the addition of the Legacy Collection to ScienceDirect, highly relevant, scientific books from the mid-20th century to the present will be accessible online as early as December 2012.
"Modern scientific research builds upon what was discovered before," said Suzanne BeDell, Managing Director, Science and Technology Books at Elsevier. "Researchers, faculty, and librarians alike will be able to efficiently access valuable foundational book content that appears in data searches in a digital format."
Librarians at academic, corporate, and government research institutions now have the option to rapidly expand their book collections and researchers can access additional context for existing material, complementing current content across a rich range of sources. Usage patterns for existing deep backlist books on ScienceDirect provide ample evidence that researchers continue to use books published before 2000 in their work.
George A. Olah, 1994 Chemistry Nobel Laureate, Founding Director of the USC Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and contributor to the Legacy Collection remarked, "One book, Chemistry of Energetic Materials, includes contributions from three Nobel Laureates and seven members of the National Academy of Science, It speaks for itself that this is a very active field of fundamental science with far reaching practical importance."
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The Gothic and Romanesque revival monument is made of brownstone from Portland, Connecticut. It was designed by Hartford architect George Keller, whose ashes were buried in the east tower when he died in 1935, along with those of his wife, Mary, who died in 1946.
The triumphal arch was built to memorialize the 4,000 Hartford citizens who served in the U.S. Civil War, and the 400 who died for the Union. It features terra cotta friezes on the north side New York sculptor Samuel Kitson showed the story of the Civil War; the City of Hartford, represented by a female figure on the south side, welcomes the soldier's home in a scene sculpted by Casper Buberl. Buberi also sculpted the life-size figures at the base of each tower.
The arch was dedicated on September 17, 1886 the anniversary of the Battle of Antietam. Thousands of veterans flooded into the city for the celebration and the arch was heralded as one of the finest tributes to Civil War veterans in the land.
Over time, the original terra cotta angelsGabriel and Raphaelatop each tower were irreparably damaged by weather and were replaced in 1988 by replica bronze sculptures as part of a $1.5 million restoration to the great monument.
The arch marks the entrance to what was once the bridge that crossed the Park River. Its 97-step stairwell takes visitors to the top of the monument where a views of Bushnell Park, the captiol and downtown Hartford can be enjoyed. Arch tours are run by the Bushnell Park Foundation on Thursdays from noon 1:30 pm, beginning the first Thursday in May through the end of October. Tours are free.
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To my eyes, second-year tight end Martellus Bennett is the early star of training camp. And I'm not just saying that because he stole the show with his impromptu rapping at The Dallas Observer Music Awards last month.
He's making all of us in San Antonio forget about Marty B TV and his getting fined for one profane video and causing a ruckus with another black stereotype offering. When Bennett dwarfs a safety in coverage and effortlessly plucks the ball out of the air, all I can think about is Antonio Gates.
"He doesn't have to progress any more," head coach Wade Phillips actually said Monday afternoon in The Alamodome. "Just keep playing the way he's playing."
The Marty B iPhone App comes out in four days. But, for now, Bennett is concentrating on football. And that's not easy for an alien.
Wait, a what? ...
Before he donned an Oakland A's cap - hey, shitty karma! - for a San Antonio TV appearance last night, Bennett yesterday wore a T-shirt under his pads that read, I swear:
"Marty B The Martian."
The following is an actual conversation. No herbal enhancements were present.
Me: So, you're a Martian?
Marty B: Yep ... from Jupiter.
Me: A Martian from Jupiter? Interesting. I'm gonna regret this, but I'm in a good mood so why not? So, how'd you get here?
Marty B: In an egg. I'm the only mammal ever born in an egg. I broke through the placenta.
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Me: Mmmmkay. So, how about that football huh? Two-a-days. And stuff.
Marty B: Practices aren't tough on me. I got these moon rocks. Put them in the bath with me. For energy.
Phillips, who has been coaching the NFL for 33 years, was asked how often he's come across a personality like Bennett.
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eastern healFeuerherd, NCR editor in chief and publisher, dies
I am very sorry for your loss, and Mr. Feuerherds milys loss. I enjoyed reading his reports, and I always enjoyed every issue of NCR.
Our deepest sympathies and prayers are with his wife Becky and children Zachary, Bridget and Benjamin, his sister and brothers, and all of his friends and colleagues, particulalry in the NCR mily.
My prayerful remembrance and very sincere condolences to Joes mily, to his friend and colleague Arthur Jones and to the entire NCR mily staff. Life is changed not taken away; but the sudden change still leaves an empty spot in our lives.
It was a brief visit before his diagnosis.
It was the teenage wedding that defied the odds, a romance that endured. Feuerherd had given up the horses and won what he wanted, but he and Becky pulled off a final trifecta: Zachary in 1986; Bridget in 1988, today a recent marketing graduate with her CPA mothers flair for numbers; and Benjamin in 1990, now a junior in history at St. Francis University, Brooklyn, N.Y. It was a fine romance that would see Becky clamber across their king-sized bed without kneeling on any of the nasal oxygen tubes that were keeping Joe breathing, to kiss him on the forehead, and be kissed on the forehead, before she went back downstairs to head for the grocery, the pharmacy for more drugs, or just to the kitchen. It endured as the mily, of an evening, carried the dinner upstairs and had their nightly mily meal around the bed. Joe and Becky knew the odds with cancer in the Feuerherd mily were uncertain.
My heart is filled with sorrow as I read of Joes death…while I knew it was coming, the pain of loss is great..I did not know Joe well but I did know
I saw Joe at his home several weeks ago. While the illness had taken its toll on him, the sensibilites of his Long Island sense of humor had not diminished, nor had his intellect – as sharp and insightful as ever – as we discussed the most recent issues of our ith in the public square. He was still an impact at NCR, most recently with his idea for the NCR fundraising Webathon. Joe loved his ith. In living it, he made eastern healFeuerherd, NCR editor in chief and publisher, diesthe world a better place. His journalism, intellect, wit, courage, and most important, his friendship will be greatly missed.
My prayers for Joes mily and friends, that God will console them in this difficult time. And prayers especially for Joe, that he finds peace, joy and reconciliation in a new life with God.
A great loss to the Catholic community. Joe was an astute observer of the religious world. His work has set the gold standard for Catholic journalism. May he rest in peace.
The milies on both sides were New Yorkers, but the newsing genes came from the Dolans. Grandther Peter Dolan was an editor at the old New York Sun. His son, Peter, also became a newsman — as did Joes brothers, Rick and Peter.
May the peace and love of Christ be with him and his mily.
Though my interactions with Joe were infrequent, they were always positive and helpful, just as they are with all of you. You mirror his integrity, insightfulness and professionalism. A fine legacy to carry NCR into the future supported by his wisdom and courage, just as Joe has begun his journey into eternity. My heart goes out to his mily, his friends and all who knew and respected this fine man.
What a guy! No wonder NCR is such a terrific publication. I sense that he will rise again in his children. May all who loved him and learned from him be comforted and challenged to do as he did………make the world a better place!! Peace and comfort.
This is such sad news and a great loss for the Catholic community. I will keep Joes mily, colleagues and friends in my prayers. Peace.
For Joe the race is over. The romance lingers on.
To Becky and his children and to his NCR mily, you are in our thoughts and prayers.
Mr. Feuerherd was a Catholics Catholic whose memory will live on both through his mily and NCR. His was a life truly and fully well-lived and a beacon of hope to others. Rest in peace.
In 1991, housing issues still beckoning, Feuerherd left NCR for the Montgomery County, Md., Housing Opportunities Commission, where in 1997 an element of Feuerherd mily history repeated itself. The commissions executive director, Bernie Tetreault, described how, after 24 years, when I was unceremoniously fired from HOC, Joe was the community relations officer, a senior staff position that reported directly to me. When the board asked him to spread lsehoods about me and my departure he refused, and resigned. For that the staff nicknamed him Saint Joe.
A life well-lived, indeed, and complete. We certainly could have wished for more time, but we could not have wished for what time there was to have been better spent.
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Thank you, Joe. And thank you, Arthur.
And may God comfort and console his mily and friends, all those he left behind.
A few teenage years later, in the summers away from studying history at The Catholic University of America in Washington, Feuerherd worked as a counselor at a Pennsylvania summer camp for handicapped children. As did his brother David. As did Rebecca Bartron from small-town Montrose, Pa. Joe and Becky were soon in love, but Feuerherd was still only a 19-year-old student. So he did what hed done before, which was play the horses. His trifecta hit, gave him a several-hundred-dollar payout. He then brought Bartron to New York for dinner at the Four Seasons, a proposal and an engagement ring.
After two years at Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, the young Feuerherd transferred to Garden City High School, played basketball, struggled with math and science, and excelled in the humanities. The parents worried about him when he headed to the wilds of Washington, D.C., as a freshman in history at Catholic University, also attended by brother David. In political Washington, Joe was in his element; what he needed was entre. In 1984, wet-behind-the-ears (his own words) college junior Feuerherd became a National Catholic Reporter Washington intern.
I was privileged to have Joe as an undergraduate student in my class on Comtemporary Moral Issues, at Catholic University. May he rest in peace — and may his mily find comfort in the knowledge that he touched many lives.
The lure of NCR, however, remained. In late 2008 Feuerherd became NCR publisher and editor in chief. His output and range since that time speaks for itself. As publisher he crisscrossed the country; as editor he firmly and generously crossed swords with many public figures on contentious issues, and heartily applauded others. He had strong opinions, but a moderate approach; he was a centrist who heard people out.
Joe was a kind man who didnt let kindness get in the way of telling a story he thought needed to be told. Ill pray for him.
His work was always among the best things Ive read this week.
Thank you for all you have done and written to help me stay Catholic. Like Therese, may you keep sending us roseastern health vices from heaven as we stumble forward in these challenging times in our Church.
Bill DAntonio
It was truly a pleasure to have known Joe. Though our paths didnt cross often, when they did our encounters were always lovely. Joe was a good man and Ill cherish the few conversations we had. He was a real common-grounder and we had much in common, which made our few disagreements always polite.
Joe was truly a hero to the survivors of ual abuse by clergy by NCR one of the few Catholic publications to run the Story, stay with the Story, and never tire of the Story. Where other media outlets enjoyed the sensational, then tired of the relentless new developments, while they eschewed in-depth and ongoing coverage, NCR was there. Much of that was certainly down to Joe.
Meanwhile, hed decided on a longer-term goal: He would become a historian. He enrolled in American Universitys graduate history program to work with Professor Allan Lichtman, a historian and authority on quantitative methods. (Using quantitive methods, Lichtman early, confidently and publicly predicted Barack Obamas presidential victory — and now confidently predicts his re-election.) Historian Feuerherd knew he had found an enticing niche. Lichtman said Feuerherd was not your typical student — he had a life of accomplishment behind him. I was tremendously impressed at how committed he was at this stage in his life to pursuing a career in academia as a historian. He had a great feel for history, and it was not easy to blend his practical political experience with historical issues. His essays were first-class. I thought his political instincts were right on the money.
What a tremendous loss to NCR, the church and to me, as one of his employees. But most of all to his mily, who I am holding in prayer. May you rest in peace, Joe. Amen.
It was a joy, he wrote. I was raised in a journalistic tradition. Still, it came as a revelation that a future could be made interviewing cardinals and members of Congress, peace activists and conservative supporters of the contras, mandatory celibacy opponents and Latin Mass advocates. In January 1985 he was bumped up to political afirs reporter at the princely sum of $100 a week, and spent more time writing and reporting for NCR than on my history studies. Most of his professors were reading his NCR copy, resulting in some generous grading.
Following is an appreciation of Feuerherd written by Arthur Jones, who as Washington correspondent hired Feuerherd as an editorial intern in 1984. Their professional and personal lives were closely entwined since.
Our prayers are with his mily.
My deepest sympathies to the entire NCR mily on the great loss of your colleague and dear friend Joe Feuerherd. NCR has always been a bright beacon of light in these post-modern times of angst and concern for our beloved Catholic Church. I thank God for the precious gift that was Joe Feuerherd who kept that light burning ever-brightly. May Gods gracious peace rest upon his mily and friends.
Editors Note: For more photos of Feuerherd, take a look at the slideshow below. Well be adding more from our archives over the afternoon.
In a country where journalists and public servants are routinely vilified, this obituary and story of one of those news journalists puts to lie the critics of the Fourth Estate. I thank God that young men and women still want to enter this profession. May they all have the talent and integrity of Joseph Feuerherd. Thanks again, Arthur Jones, for sharing your memories.
Good Night sweet prince and may a choir of angels sing thee to your rest. Joesph you will be missed by all of us who read the Catholic Reporter daily, and my deepest sympathies to the mily I will keep you in my prayers.
Blessings offered, and thank you for the many blessings received. You Easter us all, Joe – forever and ever.
The painstaking research involved in both stories is incredible. No other NCR investigative staff matches his independence and skill. What a remarkable legacy.
In addition to press secretary work, as Olinger became chief of staff, Feuerherd took over Olingers work on the House Budget Committee — Downey was a key member. As Downey became more interested in welre reform, Feuerherd hit his stride and consolidated what became his style when ced with any topic: He read deeply, did the research, and in this case Joseph Calino Jr.s Americas Health Care Revolution: Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Pays? became his bible. But Joe was a news guy, said Olinger, interested in the way things got covered, the way stories were pitched.
The Feuerherds of Garden City, Long Island, were numerous, and Joe was the near-caboose of a large rambunctious mily, said brother Peter. Victor and Lillian (Dolan) Feuerherd were parents to Victor (Rick to the mily), born 1952; Elizabeth, 1954; Peter, 1957; David, 1958; Stephen, 1961; Joe, 1962; Mary, 1966, who died as an innt; and Matthew, 1967. Joe was in charge of the caboose, with Matt, who is deaf, and five years younger, tagging along. Stephen died at age 3 of leukemia. Among the storms Joe and Becky weathered was the fear that son Zachs leukemia mirrored Stephens. It didnt: Zach is a cancer survivor. He is also campaign manager for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
In my experience of him, Joe exhibited the verve of a journalist dedicated to seeking the truth and the graciousness of a humanitarian, bent on getting to the sometimes unsavory bottom of appearances without a shred of self-righteousness. He could accept the way things were without losing his impish humor. Arthur has portrayed a wonderful man who demonstrated that the truth indeed makes us free.
Well done, good and ithful servant. You shared the richness of your leadership with us, and we are the better for it. Rest now in Peace.
Thank you, Arthur, for a most touching and fitting tribute to a truly wonderful person. I often had contact with Joe during my years at the USCCB and found him not only engaging and knowledgeable in his interviews, but objective and truthful in his reporting. I pray that Gods grace will bring comfort to his mily and the NCR mily. Thank you!
For about 20 years, my ther always gave a gift subscription to NCR for Christmas. He also lost his battle with cancer last April. I can empathize with the sense of loss you all must be feeling.
With peace and love,
How fortunate we were to share that afternoon and evening with him.
One of Feuerherds Long Island high school friends was John Moyers, son of Bill Moyers, previously Lyndon B. Johnsons press secretary. (Feuerherd loved engaging Moyers senior in political discussions.) At the time Feuerherd was preparing to graduate from Catholic University, John Moyers was interning in the Capitol Hill office of Long Island Congressman Tom Downey (at that point the youngest member of Congress, elected before he was old enough to be seated, with his legalizing birthday coming just before he was sworn in).
John Olinger was also on Downeys staff and recalls young Moyers saying he had a Long Island friend interested in working on the Hill. Downeys press secretary had recently left; Feuerherd became the new press secretary. Said Olinger, We had press guys who always wanted to get Tom national press. Tom could get his own national press, the job really was getting the weekly column written for the weeklies, handling the local stuff, the local firemen and Great South Bay and oysters — Joe understood that mentality. He also understood the role of the weekly, and every village had one, all owned by a few people who were not, primarily, our friends.
Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let light perpetual shine upon him. May he rest in peace.
Father, in your loving Mercy remember Joseph Feuerherd with Justice. Asked in the name of Our Lord Jesus Christ who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever.
To Becky and all the mily, my deepest sympathy in your loss of Joes physical presence. I, too, know well the journey of losing a husband to cancer that, early on, was misdiagnosed and took him home to God much too soon. Time and ith never quite fill the big hole in your heart. But may you, too, one day discover that he is as close as your heartbeat. And still cares deeply: for each of you and for the Church he served so well. Rest in peace, Joe.
May the Christian community continue to have such saints among us to keep us aware.
The kid climbing over the fence to get into the Belmont Park racetrack in Long Island, N.Y., was betting first on not getting caught, next on finding some adult whod place his bet for him, finally, that hed win. And every now and again, Joseph Anthony Feuerherd, age 13, did bring home the proceeds from his exacta. From then on, whenever he had a bit of money in his pocket and couldnt get into the park, there was always the local off-track betting office.
[Arthur Jones is a past publisher and editor of NCR.]
Thank you Arthur, for a terrific piece on one of my vorite people. Joe was a wonderful guy, and a great asset to NCR. He was witty, funny and bright. Weve stayed in touch, off and on, over the years, and I always admired him for his commitment to mily and church.
Our condolences to the entire Feuerherd mily. We regret we wont have the opportunity to meet such a well-loved and respected uncle of our new son-in-law. Our thoughts are with you as you navigate these trying times.
Joes dad, Vic, served in World War II, and became an accountant and corporate executive, latterly with SCM, the typewriter company. In a mous Feuerherd mily incident involving an inmous situation, Vic and Lil Feuerherd moved lock, stock and mily to South Dakota, where Vic had been named chief financial officer of a local corporation. When the company expected Vic to cook the books, he promptly quit and, jobless, moved the mily back East, initially into Grandma Lillian Dolans Brooklyn brownstone. There were some tough times in Brooklyn and then in Garden City until the mily got back on its feet.
When I read Cancers unknown country I loved this man right away. He wrote so beautifully and lovingly about his cancer, not sorry for himself, but touched by the doctor, his wife, his kids. I am saddened by his death, but happy that this good man had a good and productive life, that he made a difference and brought light to the world.
I do not agree at all with NCRs ideology. The obit was very touching, and despite ideological differences, he seems like a truly good man. I shall pray for the repose of his soul and for a mily that is so obviously remarkablely close.
Typically, Feuerherd developed a keen understanding of House of Representatives operations, knew the players and cared about the institution. He became the political junkie he would remain or, as Olinger said, the kid from Long Island became a Washingtonian. Feuerherd took Downeys office into a difficult field, housing, and became a minor authority on housing and its interplay with poverty, unemployment and transportation. He applied the Long Island housing issues to the larger national canvas and would twice make career moves into the housing field. Larger policy questions became a major piece of his critical apparatus, said Olinger, but once he and Becky started their mily that became for him the focal point of everything.
Submitted by Stephanie Niedringhaus, NETWORK Communications Coordinator (not verified) on May. 26, 2011.
May he ride the wings of peace and may his mily know the comfort of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
May Joe rest in peace and rise in glory! May God grant comfort to his mily, friends, and professional colleagues. Well done, good and ithful servant.
Rest in peace. You are already deeply missed.
I remember Joe as the NCR reporter in Washington, DC while I served as a lobbyist with NETWORK, A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby. He was particularly humble and thorough as he interviewed me for a story on how the ith community was involved in the issue of entering the war on Iraq. I will miss his excellent contributions to our global understanding of ith and politics.
Feuerherds story about Deal Hudson, exposing the truth of his abusive background, was masterful. Likewise, his dogged research about the young Italian scam artist Rafello Follieri, who hired Sodanos nephew as a vice president, and promoted his firm as a buyer of church properties.
This is such sad news. Joe was such an inspiration to me and to so many others. Thank you Arthur for this wonderful remembrance.
My wife, Becky has, at least temporarily, given up a good career, and forsaken more than I can describe to fight with bill collectors, oversee medication management, negotiate with doctors, and tend to my wants and needs. All out of unconditional love. Thank you, Becky.
Arthur Jones, what a bulous piece youve written about an absolutely wonderful guy. Im another of Joes former Congressional colleagues in the Downey office. In those days we saw Becky regularly, met Zach soon after his birth and saw him frequently. We stayed in touch but not as often as we should, but when Joes office moved across the street from ours for a short while a few years ago we had an almost daily visit. But you dont need to see somebody every day to miss them when theyre gone, because Joe was one of those people who made the world a better place and who made you feel better about the world because he was in it. I hope his children know what a very special guy he was and how lucky they were to have him in their lives.
eastern healFeuerherd, NCR editor in chief and publisher, dies,Feuerherd died at 8:41 a.m. Eastern time at the Montgomery Hospices Casey House in Rockville., Md. His mily was at his side.
Feuerherd, in a much-read article on his cancer (Cancers unknown country NCR, Oct. 21, 2010, ), thanked our children [who] have spent nights in hospital rooms, sterilized and cleaned the home front, and been there whenever weve needed them. Not sure where all that came from, but were delighted its there.
And thank you, Arthur, for this fine tribute to a fellow giant of a Christian journalist.
I did not know Mr. Feuerherd, only through the NCR publication. Over the years I have relied on NCR and its contributors to keep me informed about the RC Church, especially the hopeful stories. He was way to young….my condolences to his wonderful mily, wife and children. May he rest in peace.
Steve Krueger
I was so honored and felt so blessed when Joe invited me to write for NCR and NCROnline. May he rest in peace. He will be missed in so many ways.
Joe and Becky did make a final trip together a couple of months ago, nasal oxygen tubes and all, to see son Ben installed at St. Francis in the National History Honor Society.
It is not the norm, in an obituary, to give the decedent the penultimate lines, but what the heck, this is the NCR mily.
My deepest sympathy for Joes mily and for the staff at NCR. Joe spent the remainder of his life in support of his readers and for the Catholic ith which he loved. What a wonderful gift to all of us.
Very sad news to hear of Joes death. I met him a few times over the years and he was always very gracious. Condolences to his wife and children and his NCR mily.
(For those unmiliar with print journalism lore, reporters wrote -30- at the conclusion of their news copy. It is used still, at the National Press Club, to mark a journalists death.)
Having lost my mother to cancer just a year ago, I know first-hand the bravery and heart that folks have who fight that disease.
That was the professional Feuerherd, but his attributes there were simply magnified on a personal level with colleagues and friends: a kind, unflappable, caring person; a decent man, in every definition of the term, one with a quietly wicked sense of humor.
Printer-friendly versionSend to friendPDF versionJoseph Feuerherd, NCR editor in chief and publisher, died this morning after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 48. Funeral arrangements are pending.
At the mily table, journalist-to-be Joe was a listener. He took everything in: all the discussions and arguments among his older brothers and sister and parents. He adored his ther, and adopted his reading habits and preoccupation with politics — the precociously political 13-year-old knew the blow-by-blow of Mo Udalls 1976 presidential campaign. A few years after that, teenager Feuerherd decided he was old enough to drive (he wasnt) and took the mily car for a night out with the boys at the beach. He was discovered only because a neighbor with a gun saw a burglar (Joe) entering the Garden City house through a window and called the police.
Joe was an extraordinary journalist. He captured the essence of a story with precision and clarity. His passion was politics and he reported irly about the important intersection between ith and politics. We will miss his integrity, commitment and skillful craft.
I never knew Joe personally, but his brother Peter and I were colleagues in Rockville Centre Diocese for some years — Peter at The Long Island Catholic, I at Family Ministry. My condolences to Peter and the entire mily for the loss of a very fine man.
By 1988, after a stint as a weekly economics report editor, Feuerherd was back at NCR, as Washington bureau chief. Steve Askin had been bureau chief when Feuerherd was an intern. Askin described most journalists as pretty acerbic and most interns as generally brash, full of themselves and really ignorant. Joe was calm and sat down at the desk and started work as if that was what he was there to do. Later, when Feuerherd was bureau chief and Askin had left journalism for activism with the Service Employees International Union, Feuerherd did the best, most precise reporting on what I was spending my life on — abuses of workers in Catholic hospitals, Askin said. Later, with a colleague, Askin tried to persuade Feuerherd to work with the union, but we realized we could not get him from the position of observer to activist. He was suited from day one to being the journalistic observer, the guy passionate about what he was writing. That was his trade.
Joe Feuerherd was unknown to me personally, but I prized his outstanding research and writing, breaking stories of great import. What a beautiful tribute Arthur Jones offers. Condolences to his wife, children, and colleagues.
I didnt know Joe but this beautifully written obit made me wish I had. The description of Joes commitment to his mily, to God and to his profession brought tears to my eyes. I will pray for his wife and mily, his colleagues, his friends and all of those who were touched by this special man.
This is so very sad… however, Joes was a life well lived and loved. He will be greatly missed.
Requiescat in pace!
Joe, you continue to be in my thoughts and prayers. Thank You for all you have done for Our Church throughout your young (and too short) life and for
Like his dad before him, Feuerherd now needed a job to support his wife and mily. He became a newsletter editor — until he returned as NCR Washington bureau chief for another stint (2002-2007). Hed never stopped writing for the ; hed provided political analysis, editorial drafts, and book reviews.
Joe was a gentleman and will be greatly missed. May he rest in peace.
I consider it a privilege to have know Joe, if only briefly, and to have been able to swap stories about our respective newsletter experiences. He was truly a giant in Catholic journalism, and Arthur has done him proud.
What a shock. His mily can take solice in the ct that he leaves behind an objective, truthful and dependable news — something that is hard to find in the Catholic press these days. May he RIP.
Prayers and condolences for his wife and mily.
He shared the story of NCR with us and his love of journalism and the news itself were evident. We were inspired by the breath and width of his knowledge and entertained by his humor.
It seems like yesterday we had a visit from Joe and Becky. They stopped by Emmaus on a trip to the West Coast, we are nestled in the Valley of the Moon, wine country, California.
Thank you, Arthur. I am saddened to tears at the news even though I was aware of its immenence. He was an enthusiastic supporter of our fifth survey of American Catholics,which has just been completed. We will be reporting our findings in an October issue of NCR. We will do our best to have our story lines meet Joes expectations.
This is without a doubt the most beautiful obituary Ive ever read. It brought tears to my eyes, as it was so reminiscent of my late husbands death–so many similarities. I pray the good Lord will give Becky the strength he gave me, and Joe will be added to the long list of my departed friends, for whom I pray daily. May Gods peace be with the Feuerherd mily.
Dear Joe,
Becky, a math and special education teacher, had returned to teaching, and was also now a certified public accountant. For Feuerherd once more it was housing issues that called: the Washington-based Council of Large Public Housing Authorities. Tetreault provided an insight: As community relations officer, Joe had had the unenviable job of meeting with neighbors and neighborhood groups that were unhappy that we were socially and racially integrating their neighborhoods. We placed public housing residents in scattered site individual units, Tetreault said, and Feuerherd, with his calm and kind demeanor, did an admirable job in helping the homeowners accept these very acceptable residents. Feuerherd was once more drafting local knowledge on a larger canvas.
Hey Joe, enjoy exchanging the theological war stories with that other great writer, Paul (Formerly known as Saul) of Tarsus. Rest in Peace!
Thank you for this moving tribute to a fine man and a splendid journalist. I didnt know him personally, but I felt I knew him well after reading it. My prayers and sympathy go out to his mily and the NCR mily.


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