Sonic Generations Collection

Classic Era:

Tier 1:
-Green Hill (Sonic the Hedgehog)
-Chemical Plant (Sonic the Hedgehog 2)
-Collision Chaos (Sonic CD)
-Rival Battle 1: Metal Sonic in Stardust Speedway (Sonic CD)
-Boss 1: Death Egg Robo (Sonic the Hedgehog 2)

Tier 2:
-Angel Island (Sonic the Hedgehog 3)
-Mushroom Hill (Sonic & Knuckles)
-Sky Sanctuary (Sonic & Knuckles)
-Rival Battle 2: Knuckles the Echidna in Launch Base (Sonic the Hedgehog 3)
-Boss 2: Big Arm (Sonic the Hedgehog 3)

Tier 3:
-Radiant Emerald (Sonic R)
-Botanic Base (Knuckles' Chaotix)
-Panic Puppet (Sonic 3D Blast)
Rival Battle 3: Fang the Sniper in South Island (Sonic the Fighters)
-Boss 2: EggMech vs. Super Sonic (Sonic & Knuckles)

-Special Stage: Casino Night (Sonic the Hedgehog 2)




Dreamcast Era:

Tier 1:
-Speed Highway (Sonic Adventure)
-Cosmic Angel (Sonic Advance)
-Seaside Hill (Sonic Heroes)
-Rival Battle 1:  E-102 Gamma in Egg Carrier (Sonic Adventure)
-Boss 1: Egg Emperor (Sonic Heroes)

Tier 2:
-City Escape (Sonic Adventure 2)
-Lost World (Sonic Adventure)
-Route 99 (Sonic Advance 3)
-Rival Battle 2:  Rouge the Bat in Meteor Herd (Sonic Adventure 2)
-Boss 2: Biolizard in Final Hazard (Sonic Adventure 2)

Tier 3:
-Radical Highway (Sonic Adventure 2)
-Pumpkin Hill (Sonic Adventure 2)
-Grand Metroplis (Sonic Heroes)
-Rival Battle 3: Shadow the Hedgehog in Final Chase (Sonic Adventure 2)
-Boss 3: Perfect Chaos vs. Super Sonic (Sonic Adventure)

Special Stage: Chao Garden (Sonic Adventure)




Modern Era:

Tier 1:
-Crisis City (Sonic the Hedgehog 2006)
-Sand Oasis (Sonic & the Secret Rings)
-Camelot Castle (Sonic & the Black Knight)
-Rival Battle 1: Silver the Hedgehog in Kingdom Valley (Sonic the Hedgehog 2006)
-Boss 1: Egg Dragoon (Sonic Unleashed)

Tier 2:
-Rooftop Run (Sonic Unleashed)
-Sky Park (Sonic Rivals)
-Mad Gear (Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1)
-Rival Battle 2: Sonic the Werehog in Apotos (Sonic Unleashed)
-Boss 2: Nega Wisp Armor (Sonic Colors)

Tier 3:
-Planet Wisp (Sonic Colors)
-Tropical Resort (Sonic Colors)
-Water Temple (Sonic Rush)
-Rival Battle 3: Blaze the Cat in Dead Line (Sonic Rush)
Boss 3: Time Eater (Sonic Generations)

Guitar Hero: Sonic

-Green Hill
          Sonic the Hedgehog, 1991
-Marble
          Sonic the Hedgehog, 1991
-Final Zone
         Sonic the Hedgehog, 1991
-Robotnik Approaching
          Sonic the Hedgehog 2, 1992
-Casino Night
          Sonic the Hedgehog 2, 1992
-Hidden Palace
          Sonic the Hedgehog 2, 1992
-Death Egg Robo
          Sonic the Hedgehog 2, 1992
-Sonic Boom
          Sonic CD, 1993
-Stardust Speedway
          Sonic CD, 1993
-Ice Cap
          Sonic the Hedgehog 3, 1993
-Big Arm
         Sonic the Hedgehog 3, 1993
-Flying Battery
         Sonic & Knuckles, 1994
-Sky Sanctuary
          Sonic & Knuckles, 1994
-Panic Puppet
         Sonic 3D Blast, 1996
-Super Sonic Racing
          Sonic R, 1997
-Open Your Heart
          Sonic Adventure, 2000
-Live & Learn
          Sonic Adventure 2, 2001
-Escape from the City
          Sonic Adventure 2, 2001
-Sonic Heroes
         Sonic Heroes, 2004
-Wrapped in Black
          Sonic Rush, 2005

-His World
          Sonic the Hedgehog, 2006
-Crisis City
          Sonic the Hedgehog, 2006

-Dreams of an Absolution
          Sonic the Hedgehog, 2006
-Seven Rings in Hand
          Sonic and the Secret Rings, 2007
-Rooftop Run
          Sonic Unleashed, 2008
-Knight of the Wind
          Sonic & the Black Knight, 2009
-Reach for the Stars
          Sonic Colors, 2010
-Planet Wisp
          Sonic Colors, 2010
-Aquarium Park
         Sonic Colors, 2010

Article: Sawyer Talk

Diane Sawyer spoke at ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Friday morning before heading to the Arizona Biltmore to receive the 2010 Walter Cronkite
Award for Excellence in Journalism.

Diane Sawyer, anchor of ABC's "World News with Diane Sawyer", was chosen to be the 27th
recipient of the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism.  Sawyer recieved the
award at the Arizona Biltmore Friday evening but held a question and answer session in Walter
Cronkite's First Amendment Forum beforehand.

Sawyer began the session by talking about her start in journalism, her experiences, and then
took a few questions from students and reporters.

Sawyer spoke about Walter Cronkite saying he was "a good man with a wild and wicked sense of
humor."

One of the philosophies that Sawyer said she followed was that even though Americans are
intelligent they are not always given necessary or vital information.  She said that she
keeps that in mind when reporting.

"If you can keep them saying, well, that's new, then you've done your job."

Sawyer also spoke of bringing her interviewees down to a personal level and making them feel
comfortable and compelled to answer questions.  She spoke of her interviews with soul singer
Whitney Houston and then Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in which she asked him "How many
people did you kill?"

Sawyer also recalled an interview she conducted with a female porn star in which she asked her
why she smiles in regards to her business to which the porn actress began to sob.

Sawyer said that it is not important to try to top yours or anyone else's questions but to
simply ask what is truly important.

Sawyer concluded the session by saying that journalism is one of the best jobs in the world.
In order to succeed in journalism one must believe in theirself, be persistent, and "keep
knocking on that door."

"You have to take the first job and show people what you can do."


Sawyer is the 27th recipient of the Walter Cronkite Award.  Brian Williams, anchor of "NBC
Nightly News", was the recipient of 2009.

Article: Shawnte Jones

Ryan Espinoza
JMC 301
September 23, 2010
Jones Court Story

The first court session of a woman charged with first degree murder and child abuse with the death of her baby began Monday at the Maricopa Superior Court.
            Shawnte Jones is charged with first degree murder and two counts of child abuse when her baby girl was discovered dead in her Mesa apartment, Tradewinds, on Broadway and Dobson six years ago on February 2004.  The first court session of a six week trial began on Monday morning.
               Lead Detective Donald Vogel, retired from the Mesa Police Department, listed the injuries that the doctors took note of when the baby was taken to the hospital.  The injuries included a laceration over the left eye, a red mark above the right eye, widening of the rib cage, a red mark on the right knee, and a green mark on the right side of the baby’s back.  Head trauma was also included in the list of injuries.
               Vogel was alerted to the situation on a Sunday afternoon while at home.  He said that Jones was four months pregnant at the time.  Vogel reported that Shawnte was with baby “24/7” for the two weeks prior to its death.
                At the time of investigating the apartment nothing was determined.  The detectives went in not looking for anything specifically such as a murder weapon.
                Sergeant Casillas of the Mesa Police Department was brought to testify as a witness.  Casillas investigated the apartment of Jones the day the baby was discovered.  Casillas said that the door to the apartment was open.
            The prosecutors showed Casillas pictures that were taken of the apartment where the baby was found.  Casillas noted red stains on the carpet leading to the baby’s room but Casillas later stated that the red stains were not blood but rather a powdery substance perhaps from make-up.
            Casillas also noted that, along with no blood, no drugs or weapons were found.  The freezer and fridge was filled with food. Casillas also said that while the kitchen and living room were clean, the master and childrens’ bedroom were cluttered with clothes, leftover food and wrappers.  He said when he entered the apartment that area smelled unclean with soiled diapers and food.
            Found on the floor of the apartment was a book titled “For a Healthy Baby” which Casillas said it “depicts a child being cared for.”
               From the scene, partially filled bottles of Enfamil, a mop, and pieces of carpet were seized as evidence.
            The case is estimated to last six weeks which would be enough time to gather witnesses out of state.  According to Defense Attorney G. David DeLozier, there will be 25 witnesses who are mostly family and a few experts.
               Vogel has taught seminars and trained other police officers.  His interviewing of witnesses and suspects has been reviewed by the State Supreme Court.  He has his own interview style in which he creates a comfortable atmosphere that compels those interviewed to tell the truth.  Vogel reflects the principle of knowing both what and why a crime occurred.

Mesa Police Sergeant Steve Casillas

Lead Detective Donald Vogel

Defense Attorney G. David DeLozier

Article: Arizona Debates

A scheduled debate between Senate candidates of the Seventeenth District on Wednesday evening at Arizona State University’s Memorial Union building turned into a Q-and-A session for Democrat David Schapira when his opponent, Republican Wendy Rogers, did not arrive.

Both David Schapira and Wendy Rogers are campaigning for the Seventeenth District’s Senate seat in the Legislature for the elections in November.  The debate on Wednesday was sponsored by Arizona State University and the State of Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission which are both non-partisan organizations. 

David Schapira began and ended the session by apologizing for the absence of his opponent.

“I know a lot of you came here tonight to hear what the differences and distinctions are between our values and our visions of the future of the state,” said Schapira.  “I really do genuinely apologize on their behalf.”

In a phone interview with the Republican Senate candidate of the Seventeenth District Wendy Rogers, she explained that Republicans are not obligated to participate in debates having to do with the Arizona Clean Elections Commission.  She said she would much rather go door to door and speak with as many voters within the Seventeenth District as possible.

Rogers explained how she loved to meet with the voters personally and have them be as frank as possible without the intimidation that a political debate may bring.

She adds that she has knocked on 10,000 doorsteps in the Seventeenth District’s precincts while traveling on bike and plans on finishing the remaining seven.  Rogers said it is “a joy and honor” to speak with the people in personal setting and allowing them to express their views to her.

In an interview after the debate, Senate candidate David Schapira said that, to his knowing, his opponent did not plan on attending as she did not RSVP.  He said that Rogers believes she can win an election on money and campaign contributions.

“When it comes down to it I don’t think money can buy an election in Arizona,” said David Schapira.

During the debate, Schapira joked with the moderator at times about the absence of his opponent.

Wendy Rogers said she will continue and “knock on another thousand doors” to take in the ideas of the people out and “in the trenches.”

During the debate, Schapira explained his views on bettering education and having the Federal Government aid Arizona by setting up efficient border policies. 

In the article ‘6 candidates scheduled for Wednesday Tempe debate’ by Dianna M. Náñez  in the Arizona Republic, Schapira, Roger, and four of the Seventeenth District’s House candidates were expected to attend.

The elections will take place on Nov 2.  Early elections will take place on Oct 7.

The debate was recorded and made available to watch on the Arizona Clean Elections Commission’s website.

Both candidates can be reached at their websites.  David Schapira can be reached at davidforaz.com and Wendy Rogers can be reached at wendyrogers.org.  Both websites offer their political platforms and more information regarding each candidate specifically.

Essay: Europe and the World

Europe and the World

Ryan Espinoza

HST 101: Essay #1

Before 1500 Europe had little contact with the rest of the world.  The occasional trading of goods would occur but constant communication was not established.  This all changed as the years went on and up to the 1800s.  Technology and the need for more increased in Europe and thus exploration came into the minds of Europeans.  Christopher Columbus, Denis Diderot, and Bartolome De Las Casas all account for European exploration to the many parts of the earth.

 The sources demonstrate increasing contact between Europe and the rest of the world through Europe’s colonialism, world trade, and sharing of moral ideas.

Contact with the new races and nations came as a result of Europe’s colonialism.  “I found very many islands with large populations and took possession of them all for their Highnesses.” (para. 1 - Columbus)  Columbus describes his first encounters with the new lands we refer to now as America.  He describes how these possessions are his for the taking in the name of the kingdom of Spain which was a common thought throughout Europe in the age of colonialism.  “The hospitality of the people was repaid by terror.”  (pg. 103 – De Las Casas)  De Las Casas tells of accounts of European, Spanish in particular, colonies and their widespread kingdoms to the west.  Colonialism not only created how the world and its diverse spread of people are located and live now but it was branded as cruel for its savage treatment of the new peoples that they encountered worldwide.  “This land belongs to the people of Tahiti.” (para. 2 – Diderot)  Diderot’s quote tells a lot about European colonialism.  Europe’s (in this case France’s) reach was actually worldwide as it came in contact with the islands of the Pacific Ocean.  Secondly, it also tells of how Europe’s forceful intrusions of some of the world’s inhabitants were not wanted.  European colonialism, although sometimes cruel to the highest extent, proves Europe’s far-reaching contact with the world as a whole.

European trade reached that ends of the earth as well not only importing but exporting goods to the rest of the world.  “Then the Spaniards hoisted sail and voyaged to the island of San Juan, where all the captives were sold as slaved.” (pg. 97 – De Las Casas)  Human slaves were seen as a commodity in most of Europe, the Middle-East and Asia.  Europeans would take the peoples of their newly colonized lands in the Americas and Africa and sell them as slaves.  “. . . There are many spices and large mines of gold and other metals.” (para. 3 – Columbus)  Columbus speaks in his account of the other reasons Europeans traveled the world.  Europeans traveled far into Asia in hopes of trading for spices and many other parts of the world for precious metals to take home.  “ . . . there are many great rivers with broad channels and the majority contain gold.” (para. 3 – Columbus)  Columbus furthers emphasizes the yearning for gold in his accounts which was a part of the ‘God, Gold, and Glory’ that set the theme for European world colonization which led to world trade.  Europe’s need for wealth and luxury was a great cause for its need to contact with the rest of the world.

The world began learning of European religion and knowledge and began using them (sometimes unwillingly) as their own.  “We have no wish to exchange what you call our ignorance for your useless knowledge.” (para. 2 – Diderot)  Europe felt it necessary to engage the world in their way of thinking.  Much of the world during colonization was forced to learn what they know and valued.  The European morality spread across the world.  “ . . . but you have brought us . . . [venereal disease].  You have infected our blood.” (para. 3 – Diderot)  One thing that was evidence of European contact with the rest of the world was something unknown to some natives of the world; disease.  Diderot explains how the people of Tahiti did not know about such diseases before Europeans came.  The entire account of De Las Casas’ The Devastation of the Indies shows the cruelty that Europeans have dealt the independent peoples of the world.  Consequently this caused much negativity between areas of the world and the Europe.  Even today, the European method of contacting with the world is put in a negative light which was the same feeling felt by those peoples her were at the head of European intrusions.  Europe’s influence is definitely felt worldwide.

The accounts of the three men give information of Europe’s far reach of the world.  Although, mostly put into a negative light, the contact gave way for the spread and development of new ideas and governments.  It led to alliances and connected the world in a way the world has never been before.  It may have had a rather rocky start but ironed out the hardships throughout the centuries.  Europe’s worldwide venturing due to land, gold, and knowledge to the great communication we know today. 

      

Sources Cited

McKay, J. (2009).  A History of World Societies. (8^th ed.), Columbus Describes His First Voyage (pp. 458-459). Boston, MA.

McKay, J. (2009).  A History of World Societies. (8^th ed.), Diderot Condemns European Colonialism (pp. 514-515). Boston, MA.

De Las Casas, B. (1992) The Devastation of the Indies: A Brief Account. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Essay: Human Rights

Human Rights

Ryan Espinoza

HST 101: Essay #2

How do The History of Mary Prince and at least 2 other primary sources demonstrate changing attitudes about what it means to be human during this era?

The idea of the well-being of humans has been around for centuries.  As history moved the world into the 18^th, 19^th and 20^th century, the idea of human rights was to be considered as it never had before.  During this time the world would be tested with unsafe working conditions due to the growing industrialization.  It would be tested through economies relying on slavery and less than tolerable conditions for soldiers during a new age of warfare.  Through the experiences of Mary Prince, soldiers during World War I, and those of the young that worked in the mines of Britain we can see changing attitudes about human rights during this era.

Slavery was a huge factor in nations’ economies but also brought forth the question of human treatment.  Mary Prince felt the cruelty of slavery first hand and sought to give others her account to gain awareness that these slaves are humans as well.  “Oh the horrors of slavery!--How the thought of it pains my heart! But the truth ought to be told of it; and what my eyes have seen I think it is my duty to relate; for few people in England know what slavery is.” (Prince, pg. 11)  Mary Prince knew that the best way to end the pain of those in slavery is to get those who have not experienced it but have the authority to do something about it to open their eyes.  Many people acknowledged her account and did try to change things.  “ . . . and her death was hastened (at least the slaves all believed and said so,) by the dreadful chastisement she received from my master during her pregnancy.” (Prince, pg. 7)  Mary Prince spoke of the cruelties that occurred to those around her.  She showed that even feeble and pregnant women were treated like animals.  By showing the unbelievable treatment of pregnant women that would lead to death would she force the ugly face of slavery unto the eyes of others.  She even went as far as to share and experience where she was beaten badly to the point where she did not care whether or not she lived or died.  (Prince, pg. 8)  This incredible account that humans’ natural rights were not given to those such as Prince and others in her position and needed to change.

            Casualties in war are certainly expected regardless of the war itself.  However, the unnecessary slaughter of the soldiers during World War I was a call to secure the safety of those men that were fighting for peace.  “One such shell struck the next house and buried four men, who were got out from the ruins horribly mutated.” (McKay, pg. 842)  This German soldier is not referring to the brutal killings happening on the battlefield but the deaths that occur in their own supposed safe holds.  It shows that not even at rest do soldiers get solace due to unsafe conditions.  When fearing for their life below they then are to head to the battlefield to shed needless blood and be buried in dirty trenches along the battlefield.  (McKay, 842)  Even the rights of women at home were at risk.  The women on the front lines at home fought “to get a few mouthfuls of meat of which they have been long so deprived.”  (McKay, 842)  The lengths people had to go through just to get food was “blameworthy and incomprehensible” as women spent the nights in front of shops in the rain just to get food for their families during times of war.  War, by these men and women, has taken away human rights of both life and food and they desire to regain it all.

If men or women cannot relate to the horrible treatment of slavery or war, they certainly would relate to the awful conditions of 1800s labor.  Not only adults but young boys and girls worked in dangerous conditions such as mines for little pay and less than respectable treatment.  “That children are employed generally at nine years old in the coal pits and sometimes at eight.” (McKay, pg. 672)  Children as young as eight were hired in these mines in order to reach dangerous and narrow areas that adults could not reach.  These children have no other choice but to agree to these conditions in order to feed their family and make a decent living.  “Sometimes they beat me, if I am not quick enough . . . the boys take liberties with me.”  (McKay, pg. 673)  The horrible treatment of a seventeen-year-old girl is expressed.  Girls were subject to nudity; they did not learn how to read nor did they go to church.  Certainly the rights of humans did not apply to these poor workers.  It wasn’t until an illustration of a semi-nude girl pulling a wagon of coal through a narrow tunnel did shocked people call forth the Mines Act of 1842 to better the treatment of workers.  (McKay, pg. 673)  It is a great relief that these accounts were able to get out to the public so the human rights could return to these poor people.

This era was certainly a trial for human growth.  People endured slavery, war and unfair labor.  They came out of it in order to allow society learn and grow.  People wonder how humans can treat their own so harshly.  In times of profit, people do not take consideration the well-beings of others.  They simply think about the easiest way to get the job done.  The world since the 1800s has indeed grown and learned from the past.  It led way for Civil Rights in America and continuous fighting to be treated as a human.  We must treat others as we would like to be treated.

Sources Cited

McKay, J. (2009).  A History of World Societies.  (8^th ed.), The Testimony of Young Mine Workers (pp. 672-673).  Boston, MA

McKay, J. (2009).  A History of World Societies.  (8^th ed.), The Experience of War. (pp. 842-843).  Boston,  MA.

Prince, M .  (1831).  The History of Mary Prince; A West Indian Slave.  London, England: Stationer’s Hall Court.