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Omicron boosters: Do I need one, and if so, when?
By Allison Aubrey
Published September 5, 2022 at 11:41 AM EDT
Gearing up for fall, health officials are recommending a new round of booster shots.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending updated COVID boosters, for people ages 12 and older.
These newly authorized shots are reformulated versions of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines and they're available at pharmacies, clinics and doctors' offices around the country.
The boosters target both the original strain of the coronavirus and the two omicron subvariants which are causing most of the current infections. Vaccine makers have scrambled to rejigger the vaccines as they've become less effective against new variants.
"This virus has been mutating so quickly over the past two years," says Judith Guzman-Cottrill, an infectious disease specialist at Oregon Health & Science University. "I feel like we've been playing catch up and finally we have caught up," Guzman-Cottrill says.
Pfizer's updated booster is available for anyone 12 and older. The Moderna booster is available for anyone 18 and older.
"If you are eligible, there is no bad time to get your COVID-19 booster,'' CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told NPR. "I strongly encourage you to receive it," she says.
But after talking to several infectious disease experts, we found there's a whole range of opinions on who needs to boost and when. So, if you are navigating this decision, here are some things to consider:
Who needs a booster as soon as possible?
"I would recommend this booster shot for those who are immunocompromised or those who are 60 years [old] and above," says Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease expert at the University of California, San Francisco. Gandhi says people in these groups are at highest risk.
According to CDC guidance, people are eligible if it's been at least two months since they received their last COVID shot, either a booster or an initial vaccine, but some vaccine experts say it would be better to wait at least four months.
"I will get it," says Physician Bob Wachter, who's in his mid-60s and in good health. "I'm about eight months out from shot number four. And so my immunity has waned significantly," Wachter says. He plans to get an updated booster as soon as it's available as a hedge against serious infection, given COVID is still circulating widely with about 400 deaths per day.
"There's no question that getting a booster increases the likelihood that you'll have a benign case," if you do get infected, he says.
Wachter also agrees with the CDC recommendation that younger adults get the booster. Boosting can protect against the risk of long COVID and helps protect the community at large by reducing transmission, if there's another surge, he says.
"There are good reasons to get it, even for people that have a low chance of a super severe infection," Wachter says.
When does it make sense to wait?
If you've had a recent COVID infection, it makes sense to wait.
Guzman-Cottrill and her children had mild infections in August, so she says she'll wait until November to get boosted.
"Our natural antibody response will protect us against COVID for another few months. So I do think it makes sense to wait and get the updated booster about three months after our positive COVID test," she says.
This is in line with the recommendation from CDC vaccine advisers — people who recently had COVID-19 may consider delaying a booster shot by three months. That's what the country's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci says he plans to do. Fauci tested positive in mid-June and says he'll wait three months before he gets his updated booster.
Guzman-Cottrill says both her teenagers will also get the new booster "to protect us from COVID this winter so we can avoid sick days from work and from school," she says.
Can I time my shot for maximum protection at the holidays?
It won't be a surprise if there's another COVID surge this coming winter. Since the protection from boosters may only last several months, some people say they plan to wait to get the new booster in order to have maximum protection when the risk of infection is higher. "You can make a rational argument to wait until case rates are higher," says Wachter.
If you're trying to time it for the period of highest risk, he says, there are likely to be a ton more cases in December and January than there are in September and October.
However, Wachter says, this strategy is a bit like trying to time the stock market. It's hard to predict exactly when the surge will happen, so there's a risk in waiting.
"You are basically accepting a period of vulnerability that you don't need to have," he says. "And as I weigh all that, my thinking is I'd rather not do that."
Another argument against waiting is that the protection from a booster shot is not instantaneous. "It does take a few weeks for our immune systems to be primed," says Dr. Aniruddha Hazra, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Chicago. He says it could be risky to wait until a surge is already underway.
Hazra points out the vaccines can activate our immune systems in a few ways. Immune cells, known as B cells, help produce antibodies that fight off the virus in the short-term. Research shows COVID vaccines boost antibodies for several months, but then they begin to fade. After that, B cells and another type of immune cell, known as T cells, which can destroy infected cells, stick around to build a deeper immunity.
He says this deeper immunity was triggered and primed from the initial vaccines, so everyone who's been vaccinated should have some protection against COVID But given the omicron subvariants circulating now are so different. "This [new] booster will definitely provide you with higher levels of antibodies, which are short term and short lived. It may also provide more deep-seated immunity," he says.
Will the new booster shots prevent COVID infections completely?
No. There's lots of enthusiasm for the updated boosters, but they are not a magic bullet
As SARS-CoV-2 has evolved, it's become more transmissible, which is why delta and omicron led to such large surges, despite widespread vaccination in the U.S.
"The goal of this vaccine is to prevent severe illness," says Paul Offit, directorof the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. He argues that many people who've already received three doses of vaccine remain well protected, so he doesn't see a clear benefit to giving the new boosters to everyone 12 and up.
According to CDC data, people who have had one or two boosters have a 0.024% chance of being hospitalized with COVID-19. For people under 50, it's even lower — 0.014%
Offit agrees that certain groups should receive the new booster including elderly adults, people who are immunocompromised and those with chronic conditions that put them at higher risk of serious illness. But he questions the value of another booster for healthy, younger people.
Offit says he had a mild infection in May that lasted a few days. He's decided against getting the new booster. "I think I'm protected against serious disease."
The new boosters offer a few months' protection against infection, he says, but there's no clear evidence of benefit beyond that.
Rob Stein and Jane Greenhalgh contributed to this report
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UK wildfires on the increase
Wildfires in the UK used to be very rare. But climate change is fanning the flames. Experts warn that if we don't plan ahead for major fires, the results could be devastating.
The summit of Slieve Donard, Northern Ireland's highest mountain, is often hidden by cloud. In spring 2021, it was smoke rather than cloud, though, that shrouded the peak as a vast wildfire swept across the Mourne Mountains. For three days, dozens of firefighters battled the blaze – thought to be caused by arson – eventually bringing it under control.
Strong winds had fanned the flames across huge swathes of gorse and heather, devastating flora and fauna on one of Northern Ireland's most famous landmarks. Over 100 firefighters, multiple vehicles and even aircraft (for observation) were deployed to extinguish the blaze which, at one point, was declared a major incident.
The National Trust, the conservation charity that owns part of the Mourne Mountains, said it was "devastated to see the impact the fire has had on the fragile habitat of upper Slieve Donard". It added: "This area of outstanding natural beauty has been completely destroyed and will take years to recover."
Compared to the vast infernos that regularly engulf parts of California and Australia, the Slieve Donard fire was a mere spark. Nevertheless, UK wildfires are becoming more common as global warming heats up. According to the European Forest Fire Information System (a European Commission body which monitors wildfires), there were 137 fires across areas larger than 30 hectares during 2019 (their latest figures).
A recent study from the University of Reading warns that climate change is going to exacerbate the problem over the next few decades as the UK experiences higher temperatures, stronger winds, and lower rainfall and humidity.
Climate scientist Professor Nigel Arnell led the research. "Extremely hot and dry conditions that are perfect for large wildfires are currently rare in the UK, but climate change will make them more and more common," he warned. "In future decades, wildfires could pose as much of a threat to the UK as they currently do in the south of France or parts of Australia. This increased fire danger will threaten wildlife and the environment, as well as lives and property."
Recent wildfire outbreaks on moorland and in forests across the British Isles support this research. Over the last few years, areas such as Saddleworth Moor in Greater Manchester, Winter Hill in Lancashire, Ilkley Moor in West Yorkshire, the Vale of Rheidol in Ceredigion, and the Ashdown Forest in Sussex have all been affected. In 2018 there was even a wildfire in the capital when Wanstead Flats, in northeast London, burnt out of control.
The worst incident in recent times, however, was on the Moray peninsula, up in the far north of Scotland, in the spring of 2019. This wildfire raged for over a fortnight. At its peak there were 80 firefighters, 19 fire engines and two helicopters in attendance. Before it was extinguished, it destroyed over 25 square miles (65 square kms) of peat and grassland.
There is no record of a British person dying in a countryside wildfire, in modern times at least. And British firefighters don't face anywhere close to the same risks as those toiling in California, Australia or certain Mediterranean nations. Nevertheless, as the world warms up and British summers become increasingly dry, they must plan for the future. Guillermo Rein is Professor of Fire Science at Imperial College London. "Wildfires are moving north," he warns. "Northern France, Germany, Netherlands and Scandinavia are all seeing them. In a matter of years the UK will be ill prepared to handle wildfires. It must consider what it might need in the future, and learn from neighbours like France, Spain and Portugal."
Planet Earth has been experiencing wildfires for the last 400 million years, ever since the Devonian period when land-based plants first evolved. Rather than disasters to be avoided at all costs, according to some scientists, fires are nature's way of regulating oxygen levels in the atmosphere.
They can ignite for all sorts of reasons: volcanic activity, lightning, sparks from falling rocks, for example. More recently in Earth's history, human beings have been the culprits. In the UK, humans are certainly the number one cause. This might be the result of camp fires, barbecues or bonfires; occasionally it's catalytic converters on cars, or sparks from farm machinery; sometimes it's prescribed burning that runs out of control; depressingly often – as suspected in the recent Slieve Donard fire – it's arson that's to blame. Surprisingly, cigarettes, which are made with fire-retardant paper, are not a major factor.
The majority of wildfires across the British Isles fall into four different categories: there are lowland heath fires, which often burn the heathland of southern England, for example; there are upland moor fires, such as Slieve Donard; there are grassland fires, and arable crop fires; finally there are the much rarer forest fires.
While the latter can be devastating in hotter regions, in the UK at least, they are usually easy to control since flames seldom jump between the crowns of trees. Back in 2011, however, there was an intense forest fire in Swinley Forest, in Berkshire, which blazed out of control, destroyed 165 hectares of forest, and forced residents to evacuate their homes.
It sounds counter-intuitive but heathland burns mainly in early spring when the moisture in heather is at its lowest. Grassland, on the other hand, burns in late summer when it's driest and temperatures rise. Peat can burn at any time of year, provided the water table in the soil is low enough.
Typically, British fires are suppressed using water hoses and fire-beating tools. Other devices include back-mounted water sprayers and leaf blowers. The latter direct flames away from combustible vegetation. Water-carrying helicopters or aeroplanes are hardly ever used in the UK.
However, more important than reactive fire fighting is proactive land management. The Forestry Commission (the UK government department responsible for woodland management) advises landowners to create fire breaks within forests, and to clear plant debris on the ground. Prescribed, or controlled burning – a process where vegetation is cleared through burning – is another way to prevent widespread fires, but there are risks it can burn out of control.
Back at the University of Reading, researchers warn that "greater caution and more stringent guidelines" are needed when it comes to prescribed burning, especially in Scotland. (Here the practice is known as muirburn.)
The lead researcher, Professor Arnell, also advises UK authorities to bear in mind the risk of wildfires when granting planning permission for buildings. "This is particularly important at the rural-urban fringe and near heathland," he told Chart magazine.
Additionally, he was concerned because British authorities base their fire planning on research from Canadian forests. "These are not necessarily ideal for UK wildfires, which are usually on heathland and moorland," he added.
More disturbing, however, are his warnings that wildfires will become much more frequent. "As temperatures rise and summer rainfall decreases, conditions highly conducive to wildfire could be nearly five times more common in some regions of the UK by the latter part of the century," he concluded. "In the driest regions, this could put habitats at risk for up to four months per year, on average."
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Android Q Beta 5 adds settings for Back Sensitivity gesture
Android Q is coming anytime soon. By soon it could mean weeks and months. We're expecting Google will announce at least the name of the Q dessert it will be serving after Pie, Oreo, and Nougat. The Android team will launch the new mobile OS this Q3 before it starts to roll out to the Pixel 4 series and some of the latest Android devices. The Android Q Beta 4 may be the last release but it was paused for a while due to an installation issue. It has since resumed and improved some more. The latest enhancement has something to do with gestural navigation.
There is no official announcement or release yet regarding this matter but a Pixel 3 XL is said to have received another Android Q update. Upon checking the settings, the phone owners noticed major changes. The August security patch is there and QP1A.190626.001 listed as the build. It can be assumed this is Beta 5 although we were only expecting Beta 1 to 4.
We have yet to confirm this information but the version number doesn't really matter at this point. The Android community is only interested in the features. Full gestural navigation can be noticed. There's also an option to adjust "Back Sensitivity".
The Back Sensitivity settings can be adjusted from 'Low' to 'High'. The person who reported this information shared there's been an obvious improvement to navigation. This is an unreleased Android Q Beta version so we're expecting more changes may be introduced.
Android developers may have released this one by accident or maybe on purpose as part of testing. It usually happens over-the-air so don't be surprised if you suddenly get a new build. From Beta 1 to Beta 2,3,4, and now Beta 5, the Android dev team has been working hard to ensure the public Android Q will be more than ready.


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19-Year-Old Thriving After Surgery for Severe Scoliosis That Caused His Spine to 'Bend by the Hour'
The New York native has had 18 surgeries since he was six years old to help correct his kyphoscoliosis.
By Jessica Fecteau
Credit: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
John Sarcona, a 19-year-old who was once facing a severe form of scoliosis, is now feeling better than ever, thanks to a life-saving surgery.
The New York native has had 18 surgeries since he was six years old to help correct his kyphoscoliosis — a deformity of the spine characterized by abnormal curvature of the vertebral column.
Every six months, he had rods surgically adjusted to lengthen his spine — a decision made after seeing several specialists.
After a spinal surgery when he was 16 years old, he was "struggling to breathe and could hardly walk across the room" because his spine was quickly crushing his internal organs.
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He was immediately taken to Dr. Lawrence Lenke, a world-renowned spinal surgeon at New York-Presbyterian, who said "John's spine is bending by the hour" and he needed vertebral column resection (VCR) surgery.
"John's kyphosis was severely angled — over 140 degrees of curvature in the end," says Dr. Lenke. "His situation was only going to get worse. I looked at his mom and dad, and I just said, 'You have to trust me. This is my area of expertise and I'm optimistic that we can help him, but, unfortunately, your son doesn't have a lot of other options.'"
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In preparation for the serious surgery, John met with respiratory therapists, nurses, physical therapists and nutritionists, which helped him to gain nearly 10 pounds, heal his previous incisions and lengthen his neck and spine.
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The surgery, which took place on December 8 and lasted 13 hours, required his spine to be separated into two sections, realigned, then placed back together.
He spent the next few days in intensive care, but was able to stand up and walk by day three.
"He recovered extremely well. But he also had a great attitude, and that certainly helps," Dr. Lenke says.
Now, two years later, John is seven inches taller and plays sports like golf and basketball and is learning how to drive.
"I remember looking in the mirror and thinking, 'Wow, is that really me?'" he says. "It felt good to see myself standing up so straight."
This article originally appeared on People.com


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Planned Parenthood filed a federal lawsuit against the University of Washington and pro-life activist David Daleiden to halt the release of public documents.
Mr. Daleiden, who spearheaded the undercover Center for Medical Progress video series, made the public records request in February for documents detailing transactions between the university's Birth Defects Research Center and Planned Parenthood.
The university had planned to release the documents Friday, but Planned Parenthood filed a federal class-action lawsuit two days earlier to suppress their release.
"The American people, whose tax dollars make this entire barbaric industry possible, deserve to know the truth," the Center for Medical Progress said in a statement.
The class-action lawsuit claims to represent as many as 150 plaintiffs associated with Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and Idaho, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the Birth Defects Research Center and other groups.
The lawsuit charges that the open-records request, by releasing plaintiffs' home addresses and telephone numbers, would violate their constitutional right to privacy and the Washington Public Records Act.
Planned Parenthood also accuses Mr. Daleiden of attempting to uncover its employees' and associates' personal information for nefarious purposes.
Peter Breen, a lawyer with the Thomas More Society, which represents Mr. Daleiden, said his client has no interest in the personal information of Planned Parenthood's personnel or business partners.
"David didn't request personal information, so if the University of Washington is in the practice of handing our people's personal cell phone information in their open-records responses, that's something that someone in the state of Washington needs to look at," Mr. Breen said.
He said Planned Parenthood's motive for the lawsuit looks like a "smoke screen" to hide information from the public view.
U.S. District Court Judge James L. Robart issued a temporary restraining order on the release of the documents, which will expire in two weeks. A preliminary injunction hearing has been scheduled for Aug. 19.
A spokesperson from Planned Parenthood could not be reached for comment before press time. The abortion provider has denied profiting from the sale of fetal body parts from abortions. Planned Parenthood has also questioned the authenticity of the videos.
The Birth Defects Research Laboratory has said costs associated with the purchase of fetal tissue were reimbursements for transportation and storage.
The laboratory serves as a clearinghouse for fetal tissue donated by Planned Parenthood and other abortion clinics, storing samples and then distributing them across the country to research centers. It receives nearly $700,000 in annual funding from the National Institutes of Health.
This is the fourth lawsuit Planned Parenthood has filed against Mr. Daleiden stemming from his undercover video series, which launched a congressional and several state investigations into the abortion provider.
Mr. Daleiden was cleared last month of two charges in Texas, including a second-degree felony for tampering with a governmental record — using a fake ID — and for illicitly attempting to purchase fetal tissue through a fake company he created as a part of the investigation.


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Q: How to test for word boundries, if the pattern starts or ends with punctuation? I'm having a hard time testing whether a provided string (that likely starts with !) is surrounded by word boundries.
// found in Mozilla's RegExp guide.
function escapeRegExp(str) {
  return str.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
}

let msg = "a b c !test1 d e f";
let cmd = "!test1";

let re = new RegExp("\\b" + escapeRegExp(cmd) + "\\b");

console.log(`re: ${re.test(msg)}`);        // re: false

I assume this behaviour occurs, because punctuation itself is counted as a word boundry?
At least escaping the punctuation seems not to solve the problem. (I've tested a modified version of escapeRegExp() that includes !, same result.)
As an workaround I've used a version that splits msg at the white space and compares the elements with cmd. I'm not very happy with this solution as it breaks when cmd itself includes whitespace.

A: You can use adaptive dynamic word boundaries:

// found in Mozilla's RegExp guide.
function escapeRegExp(str) {
  return str.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, '\\$&');
}

let msg = "a b c !test1 d e f";
let cmd = "!test1";

let re = new RegExp("(?!\\B\\w)" + escapeRegExp(cmd) + "(?<!\\w\\B)");
// console.log(re.source);// => (?!\B\w)!test1(?<!\w\B)
console.log(`re: ${re.test(msg)}`);
// => re: true

The (?!\B\w)!test1(?<!\w\B) regex matches !test1 and

*

*(?!\B\w) - checks if the next char is a word char, and if it is, a word boundary is required at the current location, else, the word boundary is not required

*(?<!\w\B) - checks if the previous char is a word char, and if it is, a word boundary is required at the current location, else, the word boundary is not required.

See some more details about adaptive dynamic word boundaries in my YT video.

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PSP photographer Rob Simmons was at the Bethlehem-Charlotte match last weekend to see an impressive performance from Bethlehem Steel. Here is what he saw.
The boys in blue take the field.
Chris Nanco setting the tempo with high pressure.
Mbaizo avoids a slide tackle.
Nanco gets the party started.
Herbers embraces the goal scorer.
Steel keep the pressure on.
Herbers looks to reward his manager with a goal after another start at striker.
Santi Moar drives to goal en route to Steel's second goal.
Charlotte do their best to work their way back into the game.
Steel fans with plenty to cheer about… 3-0.
Mbaizo bossing the right side.
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All Steel in the last few minutes.


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A medieval representation of Saint Gregory of Nyssa
Saint, Bishop
Born ca. 335 in Caesarea in Cappadocia
Died ca. 394 in Nyssa in Cappadocia
Venerated in Eastern and Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, Lutheranism
Feast March 9 (Roman Catholicism); January 10 (Eastern Christianity and Lutheranism); March 9, June 14, or July 19 (Anglicanism)
Gregory of Nyssa (Latin:Gregorius Nyssenus, Greek: Άγιος Γρηγόριος Νύσσης) (ca. 335–ca. 394 C.E.) was a Christian bishop and saint. He was a younger brother of Basil the Great, and a good friend of Gregory Nazianzus. These three saints, collectively referred to as the Cappadocian Fathers, were instrumental in defining and defending Christian theology during a particularly volatile period of theological development. Among this august company, Gregory "was, by most reckoning, the greatest speculative theologian of the three."[1]
2.1 Trinity
2.2 Metaphysics and cosmogony
3 Theory of Christian Praxis
3.1 Stages of spiritual growth
3.2 Epektasis
3.2.1 Biblical Interpretation
His significance has long been recognized in Anglican, Lutheran, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Roman Catholic Christianity, all of which celebrate his memory through a commemorative feast day in the Calendar of Saints.
Gregory was born circa 335 C.E. at Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia. One of ten children, he came from a wealthy and pious family that produced a number of saints, including his father Basil, his mother Emelia, his grandmother Macrina the Elder, his sister Macrina the Younger, and his brothers Basil and Peter, the latter of whom became the Bishop of Sebaste. Though existing records do not confirm this, it appears that Gregory was orphaned at a relatively young age, as he was raised by his elder siblings, Basil and Macrina. As suggested by Butler, these circumstances were evidently formative for the future saint: "in a letter to his younger brother Peter, Gregory speaks of Basil as 'our father and master', and throughout his life he looked up to him with the greatest affection and veneration."[2] After departing from his childhood home, Gregory received an exhaustive education in Athens and eventually accepted a post as a professor of rhetoric at a prestigious academy.[3] After remonstrations from both Basil and Gregory of Nazianzus, the younger Gregory eventually forswore his secular life and accepted a posting as the bishop of Nyssa in 372 C.E.[4] This particular posting served a political purpose for the strategically savvy Basil, as it provided him with an episcopal ally near the metropolitan See of Caesarea (his own diocese). Such long-term planning was becoming increasingly necessary, as the Church was then enmired in the Arian controversy.
Unfortunately for Basil, Gregory's naturally sanguine nature (coupled with the predominantly Arian composition of his diocese) were a disastrous combination, and he was eventually driven from his episcopal seat amidst claims of mismanaged funds. In spite of these accusations (which were eventually dismissed), Gregory's theological acumen allowed him to return to a position of prominence, culminating in his participation in the Council of Antioch and the Second Ecumenical Council in Constantinople (381 C.E.). In both cases, he defended the orthodox Nicene position against the heretical doctrines of the Arians and the Melitians, a responsibility that was made all the more acute by the death of Basil in 379. After many fruitful years of preaching and writing, the saint passed away in Cappadocia (ca. 394).[5][6]
Gregory is remembered above all for two major contributions to theology. The first is his doctrine of the Trinity, a development of the theology of Basil and their mutual friend Gregory Nazianzus. Following Basil's lead, Gregory argues that the three Persons of the Trinity can be understood along the model of three members of a single class: thus, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are three in the same way that Peter, Paul, and Timothy are three men. So why do we not say there are three Gods? Gregory answers that, normally, we can distinguish between different members of the same class by the fact that they have different shapes, sizes, and colors. Even if they are identical, they still occupy different points in space. But none of this is true of incorporeal beings like God. Even lesser spiritual beings can still be distinguished by their varying degrees of goodness, but this does not apply to God either. In fact, the only way to tell the three Persons apart is by their mutual relations—thus, the only difference between the Father and the Son is that the former is the Father of the latter, and the latter is the Son of the former.
Since, then, the character of the superintending and beholding power is one, in Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, … issuing from the Father as from a spring, brought into operation by the Son, and perfecting its grace by the power of the Spirit; and since no operation is separated in respect of the Persons, being fulfilled by each individually apart from that which is joined with Him in our contemplation, but all providence, care, and superintendence of all, alike of things in the sensible creation and of those of supramundane nature, and that power which preserves the things which are, and corrects those which are amiss, and instructs those which are ordered aright, is one, and not three, being, indeed, directed by the Holy Trinity, yet not severed by a threefold division according to the number of the Persons contemplated in the Faith, so that each of the acts, contemplated by itself, should be the work of the Father alone, or of the Son peculiarly, or of the Holy Spirit separately, but while, as the Apostle says, the one and the selfsame Spirit divides His good gifts to every man severally, the motion of good proceeding from the Spirit is not without beginning;—we find that the power which we conceive as preceding this motion, which is the Only-begotten God, is the maker of all things; without Him no existent thing attains to the beginning of its being: and, again, this same source of good issues from the will of the Father.
If, then, every good thing and every good name, depending on that power and purpose which is without beginning, is brought to perfection in the power of the Spirit through the Only-begotten God, without mark of time or distinction (since there is no delay, existent or conceived, in the motion of the Divine will from the Father, through the Son, to the Spirit): and if Godhead also is one of the good names and concepts, it would not be proper to divide the name into a plurality, since the unity existing in the action prevents plural enumeration. And as the Saviour of all men, specially of them that believe is spoken of by the Apostle as one, and no one from this phrase argues either that the Son does not save them who believe, or that salvation is given to those who receive it without the intervention of the Spirit; but God who is over all, is the Saviour of all, while the Son works salvation by means of the grace of the Spirit, and yet they are not on this account called in Scripture three Saviours (although salvation is confessed to proceed from the Holy Trinity): so neither are they called three Gods, according to the signification assigned to the term "Godhead," even though the aforesaid appellation attaches to the Holy Trinity.[7]
Metaphysics and cosmogony
Gregory's second major contribution to Christian theology was in the realm of metaphysics, where he has the distinction of being one of the first Christian theologians to argue for the infinity of God. More specifically, Gregory argues that if God is limited he must logically be constrained by something greater than himself. As there is nothing greater than God, He[8] is therefore without boundaries, and thus infinite. The idea had already been developed by Neoplatonic philosophers, especially Plotinus, another important influence on Gregory, but he is among the first Christians to defend it, apart from some hints in the work of Irenaeus and in one of Basil's letters.[9]
The notion of the utter infinitude of the Divine led Gregory to offer a unique perspective on the creation of the universe. While the doctrine of creation ex nihilo (literally "from nothing") was already popular in Christian theology, the Nyssene bishop suggested that this "nothingness" could not logically coexist with a truly infinite God. As such, he argued (following a Neo-Platonic model) that material reality was created through a process of divine emanation. This position is eloquently summarized in an essay by Harry Wolfson:
the Christian traditional belief in a volitional and temporal act of creation ex nihilo is interpreted by Gregory of Nyssa to mean a volitional and temporal act of emanation from God. Now from a comparison of his statement that God brings all things "from nothing" into existence" and his statement that "all things come from God" it is quite evident that the phrase "from nothing" in the former statement is used by him in the sense of the phrase "from God" in the latter statement. … Thus, matter, including the intelligible matter in God prior to its emanation, is described as "nothing" in the sense of its being "by itself" incapable of being "grasped by reason" or incapable of existing in our mind as a "concept"; in short, in the sense of its being incomprehensible.[10]
Theory of Christian Praxis
Given his apophatic approach to theology (described above), Gregory suggests that the religious life must eventually transcend intellectual knowing and ground itself faithful praxis. In this, he broke with his predecessor Origen, who described the spiritual journey as a progression of increasing illumination, as with the mystic study Scripture which yields ever increasing knowledge of God. While Nyssa agrees with the knowability of such manifestations, he suggests that the true religious path must ultimately transcend knowledge (gnosis) and embrace pure faith, as such transcendence is the only means of entering into a true communion with God. It is the height of hubris, in his view, to base a religious life upon preconceived notions of the Divine. This perspective is extensively outlined in the saint's Life of Moses.
Stages of spiritual growth
Gregory speaks of three stages: initial darkness of ignorance, then spiritual illumination, and finally a darkness of the mind in contemplation of the God who cannot be comprehended. Like earlier authors, including Philo, he uses the story of Moses as an allegory for the spiritual life. Moses first meets God in the burning bush, a theophany of light and illumination, but then he meets him again in the cloud, where he realizes that God cannot be seen by the eyes. Ascending Mount Sinai, he finally comes to the "divine darkness," and realizes that God cannot be known by the mind either. It is only through not-knowing and not-seeing that God can, paradoxically, be known and seen. This notion would be extremely influential in both Western and Eastern spirituality, via the mystical writings of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, and later in the anonymous fourteenth century work, The Cloud of Unknowing. Thus, Gregory is seen as a major figure in the history of apophatic theology and spirituality.
Epektasis
Related to this apophatic theme is Gregory's notion of epektasis or constant progress. In the theologian's view, the ideal of human religious effort was constant progress in virtue and godliness, regardless of the fact that the ultimate target (God's unsullied perfection) was ontologically unachievable. Ekkehard Mühlenberg, one of the foremost modern interpreters of Gregory's notion of spiritual progress, summarizes this position as follows:
[D]ivine infinity, as the primary attribute of God outstripping all other predications, has as its logical corollary the infinity of the human ascent to God: God's absolute transcendence is not an object for despair, and, once acknowledged rationally, does not frustrate the soul's innate and never-ending desire for God. In turn, the diastemic gulf between infinite God and finite creatures is not just a stopping-point for human knowledge of God, but an open field of action, of eternal movement and self-realization.[11]
This idea has had a profound influence on the Eastern Orthodox teaching regarding theosis or "divinization."
This apophatic, mystical perspective was simply incompatible with a literalist approach to Christian holy texts, which led Gregory to promote the allegorical interpretation of scripture. He defends this choice in the introduction to his homilies on the Song of Songs: "It is possible to collect thousands [of] citations from the rest of the prophets, to show the necessity of an insight into the sense of the words. If such an interpretation is rejected, as some prefer, the result seems similar to me to what would happen if someone were to serve unprocessed grain as food at a meal for men, not grinding the ears, not winnowing the chaff from the grains, not thrashing the wheat on the threshing floor, nor preparing bread in the usual manner for use as food. Just as unprocessed grain is food for beasts, so someone might say the divinely inspired words unprocessed by winnowing insight are food for the irrational, rather than for the rational. This is true not only of the Old Testament, but of much of the gospel teaching.[12]
Cappadocian Fathers
Saint Basil
↑ Mike Aquilina. The Fathers of the Church: An Introduction to the First Christian Teachers. (Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor, 1999), 151.
↑ Alban Butler. Lives of the Saints, Edited, revised, and supplemented by Herbert Thurston and Donald Attwater. (Palm Publishers, 1956), 533.
↑ David Hugh Farmer. The Oxford Dictionary of Saints. (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1997), 223.
↑ H. Leclercq, "St. Gregory of Nyssa" in the Catholic Encyclopedia. 1910.
↑ Farmer, 223.
↑ Butler, 534-535.
↑ Gregory of Nyssa, "On 'Not Three Gods,'" Gregory of Nyssa: Dogmatic Treatises, Etc., A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church - Second Series, Volume 5. (New York: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1892.) Accessed online at: Christian Classics Ethereal Library.Retrieved March 29, 2008.
↑ Though it has become customary to translate Gregory's writings using the standard Christian "He" and "Him" to describe God, it is notable that the saint's Platonic heritage belied the application of a simplistic gender identification to the Divine. This phenomenon is explored by Meredith: "So, one of his favorite expressions for God is 'God who is above all', probably an echo of Romans 9:5. An equally favourite expression is the neuter τόθειον, 'the divine', perhaps in allusion to Acts 17:29 but, more probably, to the Greek philosophical tradition beginning with Thales in the sixth century B.C.E. A further illustration of the apparent insouciance of Gregory to this sort of distinction can be seen in his indifference to the use of the masculine or neuter in reference to God as 'He who is' (more biblical) and 'That which is' (more Platonic)" (18).
↑ Anthony Meredith. Gregory of Nyssa. (London and New York: Routledge, 1999), 15-17, 142 ff. 27.
↑ Harry A. Wolfson, "The Identification of Ex Nihilo with Emanation in Gregory of Nyssa." The Harvard Theological Review 63(1) (January 1970): 58-59.
↑ Mühlenberg, summarized by Paul M. Blowers, "Maximus the Confessor, Gregory of Nyssa, and the Concept of 'Perpetual Progress.'" Vigiliae Christianae 46(2) (June 1992), 152. The author then goes on to explore other possible functions of Gregorian epektasis (most namely, its utility as a critique of Origenism), a theory which, while interesting, is outside the scope of the current overview.
↑ "Gregory of Nyssa," quoted in Bart D. Ehrman and Andrew S. Jacobs, Christianity in Late Antiquity: 300 – 450 C.E. (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2004), 464.
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Butler, Alban. Lives of the Saints, Edited, revised, and supplemented by Herbert Thurston and Donald Attwater. Palm Publishers, 1956.
Ehrman, Bart D. and Jacobs, Andrew S. Christianity in Late Antiquity: 300 – 450 C.E. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. ISBN 0195154614.
Farmer, David Hugh. The Oxford Dictionary of Saints. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN 0192800582.
Gregory of Nyssa. The Life of Moses, Translated and with notes by Malherbe, Ferguson, and Meyendorff. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1977. ISBN 0809121123.
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BY DUANE ALLEN VACHON, PH.D. Since the Civil War, more than 39 million men and women have answered the call to serve. Of those, 3,440 served with such uncommon valor and extraordinary courage that they were presented with the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award. 75 of these Medal of Honors were awarded to Hoosiers. In Indianapolis there is a Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial. It consist of a series of 27 curved glass walls that pay tribute to 3,456 Medal of Honor recipients representing 15 different conflicts. Every day at dusk, the Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial plays recorded stories of medal winners or of the conflicts in which they fought. The memorial is located on the north side of downtown's Central Canal in White River State Park and is well worth a visit should your travels bring you to Indianapolis.
William Zion was born in Knightstown Indiana on October 23, 1872. He served in the United States Marine Corps and later in the United States Army. In 1900, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his "meritorious conduct" as a Marine in China. He later become a United States Army First Lieutenant During World War I he was in charge of a German POW barracks in Fort Oglethorpe. Zion died on March 25, 1919 of an apparent accidental gunshot wound inflicted while cleaning his weapon. Lieutenant Zion is buried in the Chattanooga National Cemetery. According to Sydney Gumpertz in his book The Jewish Legion of Valor, Zion was Jewish.
Early at the turn of the century a rebel force in China that called itself the Society of "Righteous and Harmonious Fists", subsequently called the "Boxers", initiated a rebellion in China that threatened the legations of several nations in Peking and Tientsen. The 1st Regiment (Marines) under Major Littleton Waller arrived in China on June 19 and tried to seize Tientsin, but was driven back. On June 23 Waller's Marines finally entered the Tientsin, where they held tenuously until reinforced by U.S. Army troops on July 12. Private William Zion was one of ten Marine privates and one Marine drummer awarded the Medal of Honor for the continuing actions from July 19 until the scaling of the walls at Peking, rout of the Boxers, and rescue of the civilians and their Marine Guard on August 17.
The President of the United States
in the name of
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ZION, WILLIAM
Rank and Organization: Private, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 23 October 1872, Knightstown, Ind. Accredited to: California. G. O. No.: 55 19 July 1901.
In the presence of the enemy during the battle of Peking, China, 21 July to 17 August 1900. Throughout this period, Zion distinguished himself by meritorious conduct.
Zion was honorably discharged from Marine Corps on 29 July 1904. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on 5 August 1905. He accepted a commission as a 2d Lieutenant in July 1917 and served in the Army until his death in 1919 He is buried at the Chattanooga National Cemetery in Chattanooga, Tennessee
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Former President George W. Bush came under scrutiny for government surveillance when he was in office, but Obama's disapproval rating is now lower than his predecessor's. About 52 percent of Americans disapproved of Bush's handling of government surveillance of US citizens in 2006, which is 9 points lower than the 61 percent who felt that way about Obama today.
But criticism of the Obama administration stretches beyond the US. The president has lost significant support in Europe, particularly in France, Germany, and Italy. Obama is likely to face tough questions about the NSA's data collection program from policymakers at this year's G-8 Summit in Ireland.
Peter Schaar, Germany's freedom of information commissioner, told Reuters that he plans to ask questions "regarding these monstrous allegations of total monitoring of various telecommunications and Internet services." German Chancellor Angela Merkel also said she would bring up the topic with Obama while he is in Europe this week.
"I thought this era had ended when the DDR fell," he said, referring the German Democratic Republic.
Obama's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin is equally likely to culminate in a discussion about the NSA's surveillance program, especially since recent documents uncovered the agency's interception of classified communications of former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
The unraveling of the NSA's surveillance program has taken a hard hit at Obama's reputation, both domestically and internationally. And as Obama meets with European leaders this week, he will likely face further criticism for a program that has thrust the discussion of government spying onto the global stage.
"We certainly understand that, like the United States, countries in Europe have significant interests in privacy and civil liberties," Ben Rhodes of the National Security Council told the National Journal. And with the majority of Americans disapproving of their president's job handling and European leaders publicly condemning Obama, the administration will face tough questions at the G-8 Summit and beyond.


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This article, written by Ellen Bhang, appears on The Boston Globe.
On an ordinary weeknight, most people want a bottle offering great value. A collection of delicious Italian pours fits the bill, and includes one of our favorite reds.
That Vigneti Massa wine is playfully called "Fuso." The name refers to the addlement that ensues after imbibing a couple of glasses, and plays on the Italian word "sfuso," which describes the kind of unpretentious, rustic sip that a village vintner might pour into a customer's jug. Its maker, Walter Massa, is famous for putting full-bodied timorasso whites on the map in Piedmont's Colli Tortonesi.
L'Italo-Americano shares the recipe for this delicious fig-stuffed cookie.
Together, we must cherish the fallen.


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Latina songstress Thalia is expanding into fashion.
The international superstar, who is married to music mogul Tommy Mottola, has signed up with Kmart to create a line of Thalia brand apparel and accessories. Kmart also has reserved the right to create cosmetics in the future.
The move further advances Kmart's bid to be the mass merchant for the Latino population.
While not yet a superstar in mainstream American entertainment, Mexican singer and actress Thalia is a worldwide sensation, reaching the top of the music charts in countries from Argentina to Yemen.
The caliente pop tart is also an accomplished actress and television personality.
She hosted a variety show in Spain called "VIP de Noche" in the early 1990s. She then went on to star in a "trilogy" of soap operas, always playing characters named Maria. "Maria Mercedes," "Marimar" and "Maria la del barrio" allowed Thalia to become a household name in over 120 countries.
Like Shakira, another international pop sensation, Thalia can perform in several languages, extending her reach. Thalia regularly sings in English, French and Portuguese.
However, it's her popularity with Spanish-speaking Americans that Kmart is interested in.
Struggling to survive Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization and differentiate itself from bigger mass merchants Wal-Mart and Target, Kmart has taken the initiative to make a major push into the Latino market.
Kmart has always had more of an urban presence than the other two retailers, with 17 percent of Kmart sales made by Hispanic customers, according to the company.
The company has also added more brands of ethnic foods and has introduced a new brand of clothing and costume jewelry called Estilo, which is being tested in about 400 of its stores.
In addition to publishing its circulars in Spanish, Kmart has also launched a magalog called "La Vida," which is wrapped around the company's circulars. The magalog is planned to "resonate with the heritage and cultural nuances of the Hispanic community," the company said in a statement.
Kmart will announce when the Thalia collection will hit stores on Dec. 10.


The criminal defense attorneys representing three athletes charged for possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia and maintaining a dwelling for the use of a controlled substance was able to prove that the charges should be dropped.
The judge ruled in favor of the three North Carolina State football players. He believed that the police illegally entered the apartment without permission or a proper search warrant.
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Hungary court declines to rule on government challenge of EU law in case involving mistreatment of refugees
HUNGARY'S Constitutional Court declined today to rule on a motion challenging the primacy of European Union law in a case involving the treatment of refugees and asylum-seekers.
The decision came after Justice Minister Judit Varga challenged a ruling last year by the bloc's top court that Hungary had failed to respect EU law by conducting pushbacks of people entering the country without authorisation, denying them the right to apply for asylum and detaining them in "transit zones" along its southern border with Serbia.
In her motion, Ms Varga asked the court to rule that the Court of Justice of the European Union's (CJEU) decision requiring that migrants be granted the opportunity to apply for asylum was incompatible with Hungary's constitution.
The Hungarian court stressed that the interpretation of the constitution "cannot be aimed at reviewing the judgement of the CJEU, nor does the Constitutional Court's procedure in the present case, by its very nature, extend to the review of the primacy of EU law."
Ms Varga portrayed the decision as a victory for the right-wing government, but human rights organisation the Hungarian Helsinki Committee warned that "continuing the sabre-rattling miscarriage of justice will have serious human rights and financial consequences."
EU spokesman Christian Wigand said that Hungarian authorities were obligated to implement the EU court's judgement.


Craftster Community > CRAFTSTER CRAFT CHALLENGES > Archive of Past Craftster Challenge Entries > CHALLENGE 48 ENTRIES > Would you be my tiny friend? Little tiny friendship bracelets!
Re: Would you be my tiny friend? Little tiny friendship bracelets!
Thank you for the kind words everyone! I feel so honored to possibly have inspired more people to make tiny friendship bracelets.
I'd love to take credit, but, the pattern for the regular sized one came from the original Klutz friendship bracelet book. It is an excellent book and I recommend it for anyone looking to get into making these. (Not associated in any way, I just really like the book).
I did however, happen to create the pattern for the blue, yellow and white one (muted tones, not bright). I was trying to remember how to make the one that is shown at the full sized scale without the book in front of me and I accidently created something new. I love happy accidents!
Polly. Pocket. Friendship. Bracelets. **WoW** Your eyes and patience must be AMAZING! They look great!
Ha ha, woah, that's awesome! You must be unbelievably patient. What a cute idea!
those are great and take micro macrame to a new level! I like the fact you managed to do all those different patterns too. I used to love making friendship bracelets when I was younger!
I would love to do personal swaps, PM me if your interested!
as a kid everything i made was for barbie! these are awesome and i would have had to have them in every color!
Those are awesome!! I can see all the dolls wearing these now. This could be very popular over on the "toys, dolls and playthings" page.


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"Big Roy" Jones Interview
Pensacola, FL (March 12, 2009) – Roy Jones Jr., Eight-Time World Champion, returns to Pensacola to fight for the first time since January 1999 when he battles Omar Sheika at the Pensacola Civic Center on Saturday, March 21, 2009. The fight card, which includes a bevy of Mixed Martial Arts stars, will also feature a cruiserweight match-up between undefeated B.J. Flores against Jose Luis Herrera. The event is being promoted by Square Ring Promotions in association with Hirsch Borao Boxing and the Pensacola Civic Center and will be broadcast live on pay-per-view.
How did this come about?
BIG ROY: Roy asked me to come and help him in camp so I said sure. It was about 6 weeks ago.
What do you think about Omar Sheika?
BIG ROY: I think Sheika is a pretty good fighter. He's crafty and he is strong. I think he's a fighter that you really need to prepare for.
How does Roy look compared to past fights?
BIG ROY: To me, Roy looks good. I haven't been in camp with him for a long time. He seems to pushing it a little bit in camp. Dedicating him more to training. He's working hard and I know that.
The last time you were in camp was the third Tarver fight, how does this camp compare?
BIG ROY: I'm sure of it. In the Tarver fight we only had two weeks. This time we had a little bit more time so we got a little bit more involved. And push him a little bit more. This is really all about what Roy thinks and about him continuing his career. He really hasn't lost anything but a little confidence. He has maintained his skills; just a little tweak here and there will make all the difference in the world. I think now he understands he needs to maintain his skills and not spread himself too thin. You will see a little better performance from him.
BIG ROY: I only pay attention to his confidence when he is sparring. I didn't see him before the Calzaghe fight so I don't know. I can't do the comparisons but right now I know he is pushing himself so he should be a little more productive. He needs to elevate his skill levels.
Who is the head trainer in the gym?
BIG ROY: Merk is there but I don't pay attention to all of that. I just play to role that he asks me. It's to help him. I am not concerned about anybody else but him. I work in my own gym with Roy. It's my gym in the afternoon and Roy's gym in the evening. I go to the gym to prepare him for the fight. I work with him in both places.
Who will be lead trainer in the corner?
BIG ROY: I haven't really thought about it. As far as I am concerned it can be Merkerson. I don't care about that. I am only concerned about getting him ready. He can take anybody into the corner that he wants. I just want him to be prepared and be ready.
What is his motivation?
BIG ROY: I think Roy has come to the realization that boxing is what he is. That's what made him. For a short period of time he got off track with that. Everyone knows Roy as a boxer, not a rapper and he has come to the realization of that. Now don't get me wrong, I think that being pound-for-pound and world champion means a lot to him also because he is used to being at the top of the heap. He had been that for so many years that it does play a role in his motivation to continue this thing. I never ask him about his business. I love him and he's my son and everything but I never intervene or interfere with anything in his personal business. If he doesn't ask me, I don't say anything on any part of his life.
What did you think about the Calzaghe fight?
BIG ROY: I couldn't see if he was making any tactical mistakes. It just looked like to me he wasn't mentally ready for that fight. I don't think he prepared for Joe Calzaghe. At this point in time, especially in his career due to the point he has been champion and all, and he didn't train right. He'd been doing a lot more than he'd normally been doing as far as his condition was concerned. He was in shape but I don't think he was mentally there. He did not mentally prepare to fight Joe Calzaghe.
BIG ROY: Roy always had that edge. He worked hard and he was mentally tough. Over the years, he just didn't seem to prepare in the fashion to maintain. Roy looks like he's twenty-five at times.
Do you have any regrets missing parts of his career?
BIG ROY: I have no regrets over any portion of that. I was always a part of it in a sense. I always watched it so I never did really miss it. Sometimes you've just got to let him go and do it. I can't live his life for him. If I could I wouldn't because there wouldn't be anything for me to be proud of. I don't have any regrets. It was his decision and whatever way he decides was up to him.
Did you resolve your problems with Roy Jr.?
BIG ROY: The only time is when it came to the media that it was said we had a problem with our personal relationship. We never had a bad personal relationship. I've always allowed him to be the person that he is. When he got grown I stood back and watched. Either way it goes I had my eyes on him. When he became a man I had to treat him like a man. I just had to remind him of the consequences. I am proud of Roy and he made his decision and that was his decision.
BIG ROY: When Roy was pound-for-pound, he had skills that were unorthodox because they didn't understand it. But nowadays so many fighters are mimicking him. But now he doesn't have that edge that he had because he let his skills diminish. Physically you know he is in the decline because he is aging. That was always the most extraordinary thing about him was his skills.
BIG ROY: He has to be pushed and to exceed his limitations. You train hard in the gym to make the fight a lot easier. Fights are won and lost in the gym and you can't ever ignore that. The harder you work in the gym is going to make it easier in the gym. That's the thing that will bring his confidence back – to put pressure on him in the gym. It took years to get it now it will take a little time to get it back.
In Memphis after the last Tarver fight, he said he didn't want to give you the credit if he won the fight, so he lost. What do you think about that?
BIG ROY: I am his father and he is my kid. Regardless of what he says, he is still my kid. Sometimes he might not know what to say or he may be looking for someone to blame. A father is meant to be blamed. So if I can help him that way also, I will because he is my kid. He is still my youngin' and I am still his father so any way I can help him. If it means me putting blame on me then I will help him.
What do you think Roy's end game is?
BIG ROY: I truly don't what the end game is. All I can do is recommend things to him. I will tell him what I think whether he wants to hear it or not. But if he asks me for my help in something then that's what I am going to give him. Right now in this time, he can still do this. But he must prepare mentally and physically to do this. He realized this.
BIG ROY: I will tell him, point blank, that if I don't think and it appears to me in any kind of way. Him getting hurt, I most certainly don't want that to happen. He has a legacy that he's going to leave and I don't want it to affect that at all. If it comes that time, whether it is because of his age or his training, I will tell him.
If he loses to Sheika, will you tell him that?
BIG ROY: Probably. It all depends on why he loses. If I feel that it is necessary to tell him that, and in my opinion and I'm not saying I'm an expert or anything like that, I would tell him that. Whether he would want to hear it or not, I'll be the first to tell him.


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Samah Ramadan Mohamed, née le  au Caire, est une judokate égyptienne.

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Dans la catégorie des plus de 78 kg, Samah Ramadan est médaillée d'or aux Championnats d'Afrique de judo 2001, aux Championnats d'Afrique de judo 2005, aux Championnats d'Afrique de judo 2006 et aux Jeux africains de 2007. Elle est médaillée d'argent aux Championnats d'Afrique de judo 2004, aux Jeux de la Francophonie 2005 et aux Championnats d'Afrique de judo 2008 et médaillée de bronze aux Championnats d'Afrique de judo 2009. Elle dispute également les Jeux olympiques d'été de 2004 et les Jeux olympiques d'été de 2008.

En open (toutes catégories), elle remporte l'or aux Championnats d'Afrique de judo 2001, aux Championnats d'Afrique de judo 2005 et aux Championnats d'Afrique de judo 2006, l'argent aux Championnats d'Afrique de judo 2004, aux Championnats d'Afrique de judo 2008 et aux Championnats d'Afrique de judo 2009 et le bronze aux Jeux africains de 2007.

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Judokate égyptienne
Judokate aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2004
Judokate aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2008
Naissance en avril 1978
Naissance au Caire