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music for thursday
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sorry for the overly religious content if you understand and can't handel it.. without understanding (though i know what it's about..) you can really enjoy the harmony , interactions between the vocal and viola da gamba mixed in with harpsichord, then finally the gorgeous interweaving of baroque violin and the other 2 instruments in the entire last minute (would have been great to hear the oboe here too!). waaaay back in college just after discovering classical music, i stepped into a record store and heard a recording of Kathleen Battle singing this and fell in love with it instantly (without ever checking the meaning). In this particular take, you can interpret the voice as simply part of the 4 instruments, and likely the content is reflected in the "swing". We can jot this down as the mildly expressive way, the "typically" way to sing Bach? As opposed to something with a bit more expression, e.g., Sandrine Piau's version here, to super fast tempo? Am still working that into head, especially after a recent discussion on secular vs "typical" approach..


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To help companies track and estimate the impact of new U.S. tax regulations on the future costs of their global mobility programs, KPMG LINK Cost Projector – a web-based online projection tool from KPMG LLP, the audit, tax and advisory firm – in use globally by tax and human resource departments has been updated to reflect the new legislation and has been expanded to several new operating systems and internet browsers.
The new legislation, the first major rewrite of the U.S. tax system in a generation, contains several far-reaching modifications to the rules governing the taxation of individuals that have particular relevance to those on international assignments, ranging from changes to tax rates, itemized deductions, and standard deduction amounts to personal exemptions, child credits, alternative minimum tax, and the tax-free treatment of reimbursed moving expenses.
"This update to KPMG LINK Cost Projector, which we released to the market on January 1, 2018, is designed to give companies simple, real-time access across locations to the latest resources and information they need to plan for the changes that the new regulations will have on the future cost of employee mobility," said Bob Mischler, a partner in KPMG's Global Mobility Services (GMS) practice.
The update also includes a transition to a fully online version of the tool, which expands the program to more operating systems and more internet browsers and offers a new user experience centered on increased transparency and maintenance efficiencies.
Adrian Anderson, KPMG GMS Technology Partner, said: "KPMG LINK Cost Projector now offers a true online experience to our users, by providing our functionality across new and mobile computing platforms. We anticipate offering additional enhancements soon, including increased data and predictive analysis, as well as a release for companies using Apple computing products."
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twenty five forever
15 year old me couldn't wait for these years, big dreams, little clue. Now I'm here and living my 25th year and for the first time in my life, I feel that notion of life moving faster than I can keep up. Growing up has never been a fear of mine, mostly because I matured earlier on in life and couldn't wait to tackle the world as an "adult". Yep, growing up I'm a-okay with - but getting old, that's another story.
Looking around, more and more of my peers are doing the things they say you're suppose to do or have done by 25 - engaged, married, baby #1, baby #2, buying houses, progressing within their chosen careers, completing multiple year degrees, etc. And all the while, I sit here reflecting on what I've achieved, what I want to achieve and how my life looks right now and I can't help but question is this normal? Am I doing life right? Or am I missing my time slot?
Now, I'm not naive, I'm more than aware that you can achieve your goals at any age. My own mother has ticked a huge career bucket list item off at the age of 60 and there's no slowing down for her right now! But in this very moment, all I can think is "when will I feel like I'm on the right track and stay there?".
For the past 6 months I've been working on something that I thought, this is it! This is what I'm meant to be doing and love it. After awhile, I just lost that passion and for the life of me, can't find that fire to fuel it again. Is this a "everything happens for a reason moment?" or is it just me being lazy and not putting in the work to get where I want? Truthfully though, if you were to ask me right now what I want to do with myself, career wise, I couldn't give you a straight answer. STILL. At 25, I can't tell you what I want to be when I grow up.
15 year old me still exists, except now I'm 25 with big dreams, little clue. Watch this space, I guess!
..but what do I know?


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A quick update about a purchase in my portfolio last week. As I've outlined in the monthly Outlook posts, there are a few opportunities that are still undervalued. While it may come as no surprise, regular readers will observe that I am still very bullish and overweight in commodities and precious metals. While this is a sector that I have been thinking of trimming possibly since it has grown to an outsized position, I cant help but add some shares in high quality companies when I get the opportunity.
Last week, after a slight miss in earnings, I managed to pick up a 50 shares in Franco Nevada Corp (FNV.TO) at C$87.00. The company pays an annual dividend of US$0.92, which adds US$46 to my annual income stream (a div increase is expected next quarter).


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Down by Scott FitzpatrickWednesday, November 16th, 2011
For whatever reason, I was directed to the Vimeo account of one Scott Fitzpatrick and while while browsing his films I realized I'd already seen one at last year's $100 Film Festival.
The film is called Down and is a great super 8 one take film that friend's of mine and I have been talking about since we saw it because the transition technique is so fun and well accomplished.
So, I now present to you – DOWN!


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Robert Owens, Oxnard police chief Yes, very definitely. The Legislature demonstrated very poor judgment in facilitating the counties cannibalizing of the cities. This is just the most recent example of this sort of behavior. I'm sure the county can make a good case for needing the money, but pitting the counties against the cities is certainly not going to do anything for criminal justice. It is merely a case of looking around to see where money can be obtained. The county has said cities have greater abilities to generate tax revenue than do counties. I cannot attest to that, looking at the financial picture here in Oxnard. Forecasting our budget for the coming year and taking into account the loss of revenue from booking fees means we'll be losing positions, looking at layoffs. The picture looks rather bleak. The state Legislature needs to take a look at the budget in a broader perspective. The piecemeal approach used to generate revenue doesn't do the general fund for the state or the cities much good.
Larry Carpenter, Ventura County undersheriff
Sometimes people cut off one end of the blanket and sew it to the other end and wonder why it doesn't get any longer. I think that analogy applies to what's happening with booking fees. I think that the money needs to come from somewhere, but there is no question that the shortfall from the state has severely impacted the counties and the cities. If there is a way to overturn the booking fees and still make state money available to the counties to replace that money, then I would agree with it. There is a mad dash for revenue, which is appropriate, but we need to be careful where the revenue is coming from. Some cities are attempting to recover that money from the arrested person. I feel that is very appropriate--penalty assessments implemented at the time of sentencing. As part of probation, a judge can demand a certain amount of money be repaid. Cities can certainly recoup booking fees and the actual cost of investigation and arrest and so forth. Since the bulk of arrests made in cities are drunk drivers, I think cities are specifically looking at those.


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We're sorry to announce that all services will be offline for several hours during the evening of January 14 or the morning of January 15. We aren't willing to promise a specific time. The purpose of the downtime is to apply the Meltdown security vulnerability patches. Since these are dist-upgrades, they will require reboots. It is well known that these patches were rushed and not well-tested, so there is a risk of a system becoming corrupted and needing to be restored from backup, and that would require additional time.
I just upgraded 8 virtual machines in our development environment and didn't have any problems. We're going to allow the development environment to run for two days before moving on to upgrading production machines. There are about 40 virtual machines in the production environment, some of which will have a complex shutdown and reboot procedure. We'll try to keep the critical parts of the system online for as much of the period as possible (for example, the website might be offline but mining will still continue.) However, when the hypervisors are being updated, everything will be offline.
There is no ETA for when Debian will resolve the Spectre vulnerability. We were waiting on both to be available to make one upgrade, but we need to balance the downtime with the inability to install any new software on the virtual machines in the interim. With more and more forks and new coins occurring, we decided that it's time to take the hit and have Chris install the updates.
There will be four additional periods of downtime coming in the next few months: to resolve Spectre, to upgrade the BIOSes to fully protect against Meltdown, to upgrade to Postgres 10, and to switch to the Comcast Enterprise connection.
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Thanks to Sister Heather Obray, below are pictures from the MTC of Eric, her son, Elder Nick Obray, and the rest of the Micronesia Guam District. These pictures were taken right before the Missionaries left for Guam.
|The Micronesia Guam (and one Fiji Elder) District
|In the MTC Classroom
|A little P-day volleyball
|Our cute Elders
|Eric and those long fingers that help him play the piano so well!


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I bought a new contouring stick from Nyx today
Today I finally got around to look at contouring, as I have won the new smashbox contouring kit, but in powder form, I wanted to try out some other ways of contouring, since I am hardly a pro at this! I saw a Youtube video, and decided between 3 products from different brands and in the end, I picked Nyx.
It seems much easier to blend, creamy and easy to apply and then its 2 in 1, so also easy to store and take with you if you travel – which I do a lot lately, due to my fiancé having three kids back in England and we live in Denmark! 😀
The videos I've seen of others using this Nyx – wonder stick, has been easy and fast to apply, so I cant wait to get my hands on this amazing product!
Have you guys got a favorite contouring product? Cream or powder? How do you blend the best way possible? – I personally do brush blending when its a powder, and I do sponge if its creamy, that's why I think cream contouring works best for me, cause I am best at using a beauty sponge. It just seems more natural in my hand and I have an easier feel of it.
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Peer Support Worker's Letter Published in Victoria News
Peer Support Worker Doreen Gee had a letter to the editor published in the March 7, 2012 edition of the Victoria News. Gee's letter appears below:
"The Victoria Leadership Awards ceremony was a momentous event. I was very honoured to be a finalist in the United Way category for my work in promoting respect and understanding towards people with mental illnesses.
"By raising the profile of mental health and the progressive work of the BC Schizophrenia Society here in Victoria, I feel that I scored a victory even though the final award went to another worthy recipient.
"I envision a community where people with mental illnesses are valued and perceived as whole people first, with all of their talents and smarts that they bring to the table. From my personal observation, people with mental illnesses are the most gifted, intelligent and intuitive people that I have ever known.
"Not only is that stigma about mental illness destructive to the people affected, it is destructive to our community. The stigma is a double-edged sword. People with mental illnesses are denied opportunities, but there is another equally disturbing outcome: employers, organizations and businesses never access a tremendous reservoir of skill and mental ability. As a community, we cannot afford to lose that wealth of pure talent.
"We all have to work hard to eradicate that stigma that robs people of proper health care and treatment and their right to contribute and be involved in our community. Equally disturbing, it robs our community of their significant gifts. In a stigma-free society, everybody wins."
Great letter, Doreen!


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Well when I decided to find different ways to generate electricity, I thought I should start by looking up this Tesla guy... I had never heard of him other than through my buddy. In fact for years, I had thought that the name was pronounced Tulsa (like the place in Oklahoma) but couldn't find the great genius under that handle. I began following links on this Nicola Tesla guy and WOW. For some reason we don't study about him in school, but he is basically the founder of our modern age.
Did you know Tesla owns over 1800 patents in the US? His biggest contributions, or inventions that made him famous (or why he at least SHOULD be famous,) include the following:
- Harnessed Niagara Falls for electrical power
- Induction motor (yes, the thing EVERYONE uses today)
- Radio (no Marconi didn't invent it, he stole the idea from Nicola, and in 1943 the courts said so too.)
- Remote Control (wireless)
- Tesla coil - probably one of his coolest inventions
- Tesla turbine - look ma... no propeller... let's use flat plates instead!
- A/C electricity
Yeah, and there's more... did you know that the Star Wars program touted by Ronald Regan in the 80's was based on Nicola's ideas? Way.
So getting back to my title for this, did you know that Tesla used to work for Thomas Edison? In fact they had some big fights... first over the fact that Edison bilked Tesla out of $20,000.00 saying it was just a joke, and then over whether A/C electricity was better than D/C electricity. Of course we know today who won that argument... Thomas Edison was going for D/C because he sold D/C dynamos, or generators. He didn't go down without a fight though, and even tried to scare people away from Tesla's A/C current by electrocuting stray dogs (and in one case, an Elephant) in front of people to show them the danger.
OK so the purpose of this blog is to share with you the resources I've found. Here's my first two resources. The first is a link to the account of Nicola Tesla wiring up the 1893 Colombian Exposition in Chicago with George Westinghouse, to demonstrate A/C power.
The second is just a really really cool video of a giant Tesla coil in action. Check it out.
I'll keep posting these, you keep reading them and together we'll get this free energy thing licked yet!
P.S. Did you know Tesla drove his nephew around the countryside in an electrically powered Pierce Arrow in the 30's... uh... with NO BATTERIES! Yeah... the guy was a genius.


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In Support of Breastfeeding
To breastfeed or to bottle feed? This is one of the most important and sometimes most difficult choices expectant mothers face. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that babies be breastfed for about the first 6 months of life without introducing additional foods (except Vitamin D) or fluids unless recommended by a physician. Continued breastfeeding for one year is also recommended. And while there are many wonderful and compelling reasons to breastfeed, fears or other reservations can often steer mothers away from that very personal choice. For moms still wrestling with indecision, here is some information that may help you decide.
To read more, pick up a copy of the September 2016 issue at any of these locations, or view the digital archive copy here.
Local Breastfeeding Support
La Leche League of Vancouver
Meets monthly on the third Wednesday of the month at 10 a.m. in the Skamania Room in Vancouver Community Library.
Legacy Health Lactation Services and Breastfeeding Support
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center's Breastfeeding Classes and Support Groups
Helpful Resources
American Academy of Pediatrics: Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding after a Cesarean Birth
The Surgeon General's Call to Action to Support Breastfeeding www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/calls/breastfeeding/factsheet.html


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Videos are coming! I'll post them all under this thread.
Thanks Courtney, you always do a great job of documenting our festival. Much appreciated.
I'm still ear to ear with smiles , with some video memories on the way
Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
The days we found better snow resulted in much longer videos
The whole trip was a blast. Always a pleasure riding with you all!
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Course Title: Write persuasive copy
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2012
Course Code: MKTG6045C
Course Title: Write persuasive copy
School: 650T TAFE Business
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5226 - Diploma of Advertising
Course Contact : Sally Parrott
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5175
Course Contact Email:firstname.lastname@example.com
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Liz Grady
03 9525 5423
This course is clustered with COMM5928C Make a Presentation
Nominal Hours: 50
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
Course Description
This unit applies to individuals who are responsible for writing persuasive copy to communicate messages in a wide range of contexts. These contexts may include television, radio, other advertising media, public relations or marketing. The unit is generally undertaken by those working in a supervisory, management or freelancing role who are primarily responsible for the development of persuasive copy. They may develop the copy individually or coordinate a team of writers.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title:
BSBWRT501A Write persuasive copy
Learning Outcomes
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to interpret a creative brief and evaluate a range of creative options to write persuasive copy.
Details of Learning Activities
This course is structured to provide students with the optimum learning experience. Students will participate in a combination of group and individual assessment activities. These assessable activities will be provided through a combination of face to face teacher/student deliveries, workshops and laboratory exercises. Additional assessable activities may also be provided to students to complete outside of the timetabled time. The concepts learned will be explored through the investigation of real world and simulated environments. There will be a large range of online materials incorporated into these learning activities with occasional online theory classes forming part of the online learning schedule.
Teaching Schedule
Week 0Course Introduction and Overview
Week 1Understanding the Creative Brief
Basic Principles of Persuasive Writing
Week 2Writing for different mediums
Week 3Plain English – rhythm, grammar, sentence structure, flow etc
Week 4Written Portfolio's Due
Week 5Non- teaching week
Week 6Blog introduction
Library tour and research tips
Week 7Online Copywriting
Week 8Tools for Persuasive Writing
Week 9Persuasion – Beyond Logic
Week 10Building Your Audience
Week 11Blog Due
Introduction to Presentation Skills
Week 12Presentation Preparation
Week 13Presentations In Class
Week 14Presentations Continued…
Week 15Revision and Individual Feedback
Week 16Resits if Required
Week 17Final Grading
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of a particular competency to be deemed competent. Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks.
Assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including assignments, journals, presentation and written or test. Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.
Assessment Tasks
Students are required to complete 3 tasks. All tasks must successfully be completed to be deemed competent in this unit.
Task 1 Written Portfolio (Due in class Week 4)
In groups of 3-4, students are to select a real world client for whom they will fulfil a copywriting brief. You will need to choose a client who is happy to be interviewed by you and who has a communications objective they need fulfilled. For example you might choose:
- A local café/bar that has just opened and needs to increase awareness
- A CBD food outlet that is launching a new menu and needs to inform its public
- A fashion brand that is launching a new range and needs to inform its public
- A sole operator such as a personal trainer who is trying to gain interest from a new market
- A retail store that needs to increase sales
Students are to:
• Work with the chosen client to complete the supplied Copywriting Brief in suitable depth paying particular attention to the client's core objective, target market and key message
• Develop two potential Single Minded Proposition's (SMP) for the client and a short description of suggested corresponding creative directions
• Choose ONE SMP/creative approach and work up the following communication pieces:
1 x Press Release (no longer than one page)
1 x Online Copy of 600 words to appear on the client's website
1 x Print Ad (any size)
1 x DM Piece of 500 words (letter to customers, email copy, DM flier)
1 x A3 Poster
PLEASE NOTE that all communications pieces must carry the same key message, single minded proposition and creative angle and should include a call to action. Your work must follow the basic principles of persuasive writing, be free of spelling and grammar errors.
Please refer to the Marking Guide for further for detail.
Submission Guidelines: Each individual student is required to upload in Blackboard provide ONE written document containing the filled out brief and all communication pieces in the portfolio. The document should contain every group member's full name and student ID in the footer of the document. Please note that submissions are NOT to be emailed.
Task 2 – Blog (Due in class Week 11)
Working in pairs, students are to establish and write a blog around a topic of interest using the theory you have gained around persuasive copy writing and best practice blog writing. Ultimately, your task is to persuade people to read and interact with your blog which will demand a combination of persuasive writing style, compelling content (copy and visual) and social media engagement. You are free to use the blogging platform of your choice.
Comprising a minimum of six blog entries (no max) and a minimum of 2000 words of your own copy (3000 max), your blog must:
• Be written in an engaging writing style that encourages readership
• Include graphics/images/moving footage and hyperlinks to other relevant content
• Integration of social media (twitter etc) in an effort to increase blog readership
• Achieve reader engagement through RSS feed subscriptions, comments, twitter follows
• You should also consider strategies that drive traffic to your blog including integration of social media, seeding of your blog on relevant sites and commenting on other blogs with links back to your own blog
• Be consistent in layout, writing style and posting regularity
Your work must be completely free of spelling and grammatical errors and must ensure the principles of 'plain english' are upheld and the tools of persuasive writing are employed. The copy must ensure appropriate format, language, writing style and tone for the given medium and audience.
For further information and detailed marking guide, refer to the Student Instruction Handout that will be distributed after Task 1 is complete
Submission Requirements: Students are required to provide a written document by the due date uploaded into Blackboard. Please note that submissions are NOT to be emailed.
Task 3 – Individual Persuasive Presentation (Due in class Week 13/14)
Students are to choose a topic of interest and prepare and present a five minute persuasive speech on the topic of choice. Students will be assessed on a combination of content, ability to employ persuasive techniques along with presentation style including visual aides, structure, voice projection, pace and pitch, poise and eye contact with the audience.
For further information and detailed marking guide, refer to the Student Instruction Handout that will be distributed after Task 2 is complete
Submission Requirements: Students are required to provide a hard copy of their presentations prior to presenting in class.
NB: If assignments are not submitted on time and in-line with the submission requirements a late penalty will apply. Student's will be able to resubmit the assessment but, regardless of standard, will not be graded anything higher than Competent
Assessment Matrix
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Since the locals hardly come here we get to have the place to ourselves.
The place still has oodles of character and beauty, even when the sun isn't shining or the day calm.
Sometimes its nicer to feel nature when shes showing you her a bit of her darker side


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Amy Rose|エミー・ローズ|Emī Rōzu}}, also formerly known as Template:Nihongo, is a fictional, anthropomorphic pink hedgehog from the Sonic the Hedgehog series. She has a major long-standing crush on Sonic the Hedgehog, and has been trying to win his heart by any means since meeting him. Such methods included impressing him by fighting robots, and threatening to leave him locked in prison on Prison Island. Introduced in the game franchise in 1993, Amy was the first — and most recurring — female character in the Sonic the Hedgehog series and is also one of the most popular characters, coming in fifth place on an official popularity poll, being the most popular female character.[1] |first = Sonic CD |games =
- Sonic CD
- Sonic Drift
- Sonic the Hedgehog's Gameworld
- Sonic Drift 2
- Knuckles' Chaotix cameo}}
- Sonic the Fighters
- Sonic Jam cameo}}
- Sonic R
- Sonic Adventure
- Sonic Shuffle
- Sonic Adventure 2
- Sonic Advance
- Sonic Advance 2
- Sonic Pinball Party
- Sonic Battle
- Sonic Heroes
- Sonic Advance 3
- Sonic Rush
- Shadow the Hedgehog
- Sonic Riders
- Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
- Sonic Rivals
- Sonic and the Secret Rings
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
- Sonic Rivals 2 |collectible card}}
- Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl sticker & trophy}}
- Sega Superstars Tennis unlockable}}
- Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
- Sonic Unleashed
- Sonic & the Black Knight |unlockable}}
- Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
- Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing
- Sonic Free Riders
- Sonic Colors |DS version}}
- Sonic Generations
- Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games
- Sonic Jump (2012)
- Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
- Sonic Dash
- Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
}} |media =
|realcreator = Kazuyuki Hoshino |voiceactor =
- Lynn Harris |Sonic CD}}
- Jennifer Douillard |1999-2004}}
- Lisa Ortiz |2005-2010}}
- Cindy Robinson |2010-present}}
|japanactor =
- Taeko Kawata |1998, 2001-present}}
- Emi Motoi |Sonic Shuffle}}
|nickname = *Rosy the Rascal |Sonic CD/Sonic the Fighters}}
- Princess Sally |Sega CD Sonic CD manual (obsolete)}}
- Pinky |by Rouge}}
- Mom/Mommy |by Emerl}}
- Girly/Girl |by Jet}}
- Ms. Amy |by Cream}}
- Little Brat |by Vector}}
|species = Hedgehog |gender = Female |height = 90 cm (2'11") |weight = Secret [2] |Age = *8 |Sonic CD}}
- 12 |as of Sonic Heroes}}
|color scheme = |eye color = Green (originally black until redesigned for Sonic Adventure) |attire = Current:
- Red dress with white lining
- Red boots with white stripes
- Red hairband
- White gloves with gold ring bracelets
- Green shirt
- Orange frilly skirt
- White gloves
- Red headband
- Blue sneakers with orange shoelaces and white tips and soles
}} |alignment = Good |affiliation = Team Rose
|Likes =
- Sonic
- Cute things
- Little Planet
- Fashion
- Shopping
- Her Piko Piko Hammer
- Cooking
- Silver the Hedgehog{formerly}
- Soft-serve ice cream
- Boxercise
- Fighting
- Princess Peach (friend/rival)
- Competitions to not only impress but one-up Sonic
- Helping people see the good and positive in things
- Her friends
- Princess Daisy
- Saving Sonic
- The thought of her and Sonic being together
- Wisps
- Helping Sonic
- Being close to Sonic
- Wanting to marry Sonic
|Dislikes =
- Dr. Eggman
- Eggman's Robots |particularly Metal Sonic and ZERO}}
- Silver the hedgehog|when he tried to kill Sonic}}
- Sonic ignoring her advances
- Sonic running away from her
- The Babylon Rogues to a degree}}
- Shade to a degree}}
- Anyone who she thinks is in love with Sonic
- The Nocturnus Clan
- Anyone who threatens to seriously harm Sonic
- Sonic "forgetting" about their date|at the end of Sonic and the Black Knight}}
- People thinking Sonic has turned evil or done something wrong
- The thought of Sonic turning evil
- The thought of Sonic with another girl
- Wave making fun of Tails.
}} |skills =
- Super speed
- Piko Piko Hammer skills
- Capable Extreme Gear rider
- Great physical strength
- Acrobatic skills
- Cartomancy
- Driving
- Culinary skills
- Searching and locating skills
- Harnessing Chaos Energy
- Hyper Mode initiation
- Grinding
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- Amy Flash
- Big Hammer Attack
- Blow Kiss
- Boost Mode
- Chao Attack
- Floating Fall
- Flower Power |requires Cream and Big}}
- Flower Festival |requires Cream and Big}}
- Gravity Control
- Gravity Dive
- Hammer Attack
- Hammer Jump
- Hammer Smash
- Hammer Swing
- Hammer Whirl
- Homing Attack
- Invisibility
- Jump Attack
- Jump Dash
- Low Blow
- Mid-Air Hammer Jump
- Mid-Air Trick Actions
- Propeller Hammer
- Rocket Acceleration |requires Cream and Big}}
- Rose Typhoon
- Somersault
- Speed up
- Spin Attack
- Spin Cycle (requires Cream)
- Spin Hammer Attack
- Spin Jump
- Step Dash
- Storming Heart
- Tag Action
- Tantrum
- Tarot Draw
- Tornado Hammer
}} |ability type = Speed |fur color = Pink |hair color = |skin color = Peach
She was described to be eight years old in Sonic CD, but from Sonic Adventure onward she has grown by four years. With the addition of Cream the Rabbit, Amy seems to have found herself a sidekick similar to how Tails is to Sonic (as implied in Sonic Battle, Sonic Heroes, Sonic Advance 3, and Shadow the Hedgehog).
Concept and CreationEdit
Amy Rose is one of the few main characters in the Sonic the Hedgehog series to have her first appearance outside the Sega games. She was created by Kenji Terada for the various Sonic the Hedgehog manga published by Shogakukan. She first appeared in the April 1992 issue of Shogaku Ninensei, written and illustrated by Sango Morimoto. She also appeared in the unrelated series from Shogaku Ichinensei, Shogaku Sannensei, Shogaku Gonensei, Shogaku Rokunensei, and Coro Coro Comics Special, all of which were written and illustrated by different mangaka but based on Kenji Terada's initial concept. In these series, Amy (no second name is given) is the girlfriend of Nicky, a nerdy young male hedgehog with the power to transform into the superhero, Sonic the Hedgehog. Amy is also the target of the bully Anton Verruca. Because of the vastly different styles of the illustrators for these series, Amy's design was different in each. She appeared most like her later games appearances in the Coro Coro Comics Specials, written and illustrated by Tanaka Kouichi.
In 1993, the manga character was adapted by the Sonic CD team to be used in Sonic's Mega CD debut. Her final design for this game was done by Kazuyuki Hoshino. She appeared infrequently thereafter, in ensemble spin-off games such as Sonic the Fighters, Sonic Drift, Sonic Drift 2, and Sonic R. She did not appear in any of the early TV series, although she was included in most comics, including the Archie Comics series, the British Sonic the Comic and the French Sonic Adventures.
When Sonic Team reunited and started work on their three-dimensional follow-up to the classic Sonic games, Sonic Adventure, it was decided they would revive the pink hedgehog and give her a starring role in the game. Yuji Uekawa, the man who would redesign all the classic characters, did the most drastic changes to Amy. While Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles all received minor design changes, Amy's clothing and hairstyle were completely revamped. She also had her entire figure redesigned to make her appear older, perhaps in an attempt to appeal to a different demographic than the rest of the Sonic characters.
Following Sonic Adventure, Amy became one of the main characters of the series, and has appeared in nearly every Sonic game since, as well as the TV series Sonic X.
Kidnapped by Metal SonicEdit
Using her tarot cards, Amy learned that she was to have a "destined" encounter with Sonic the Hedgehog on the Little Planet. Excited, she rushed to Never Lake, the location of the small planet's appearance. It wasn't long until she ran into her crush, Sonic, in Palmtree Panic. Amy couldn't help but excitedly grab onto her hero, an action which Sonic did not find to be very pleasing. Amy's happiness was short-lived, for as she continued to follow Sonic into Collision Chaos, she was kidnapped by Dr. Ivo Robotnik's latest creation, Metal Sonic. Though Sonic eventually rescued Amy from her capture—while saving Little Planet from Robotnik's grasp—he did not reciprocate her advances.
Racing and FightingEdit
Apparently following Sonic, Amy ended up joining two drift-racing competitions, both of which offered Chaos Emeralds as prizes. Driving a blue car, and later a red one, she competed in both races in an attempt to impress Sonic. A short while afterward, Dr. Robotnik planned to dominate the world from space, and Sonic's friend, Miles "Tails" Prower, made a spaceship that only had one seat and required the power of the Chaos Emeralds. Wanting to use the ship, everyone who had an Emerald fought to gain the others, including Amy. She competed for the chance to defeat Robotnik and impress Sonic.
"Birdie" and the Chaos IncidentEdit
Upon her eventual return to her home in downtown Station Square, Amy lived a normal life in Sonic's absence. During this time, she also had a makeover; her green sweater and orange skirt were replaced by a red dress with white trim, her blue-and-white shoes were substituted for red-and white boots, and she now sported a hair band and golden rings around her wrists. Amy also styled her spines in a manner similar to an echidna, rather than wear them up, as they had been beforehand. It was while shopping and reminiscing about her times with Sonic that the Egg Carrier flew over the city, and a small blue Flicky fell out and knocked Amy over. Amy named it "Birdie" and soon, one of Dr. Eggman's robots, E-100 "ZERO" Alpha, arrived and chased the two of them. Amy and Birdie escaped by hiding in the burger shop, and Amy decided to find Sonic and make him Birdie's bodyguard for a short while.
When she found him outside of Casinopolis, Sonic was shocked to see her, and refused her request, which led Amy to say that she would "tag along" anyway. After fleeing Alpha again, the three ended up in Twinkle Park, where Amy and Birdie lost Sonic, after being chased. But as they escaped, the robot soon caught up with them, kidnapping and forcefully taking them to the Mystic Ruins, where Eggman picked them up and had Amy and Birdie locked in a cell. After managing to turn E-102 Gamma's allegiance, the two fled through the Hot Shelter.
However, the pair were transported to the past, where they found themselves in the land of the Knuckles Clan, and watched Tikal with a group of Chao meeting Chaos. Returning to the present day, a somewhat-confused Amy and Birdie escaped to the flight deck, where Eggman was confronting Sonic and Tails. Although she was delighted to see them, Amy's joy was short-lived when the Doctor grabbed Birdie and took a Chaos Emerald from the pendant he had been wearing. Eggman then called Gamma to destroy the intruders before fleeing himself. Sonic, Tails and Gamma were just about to finish off each other when Amy convinced them to stop. Sonic then told Tails to fly Amy away, which he did, just before the Egg Carrier lost altitude and exploded. Arriving in Station Square, Amy went to search for Birdie's family, first in the Final Egg, and then the crash-landed Egg Carrier, where they were attacked by Alpha, who had hurt Birdie. Enraged, Amy attacked and destroyed the menacing robot. Birdie eventually found and returned to his family, who had been trapped inside of E-102 Gamma and E-101 Beta. As the birds flew off and Amy prepared to leave the Egg Carrier, she decided that she would not give up, and that someday she would make Sonic respect her.
Later, Amy returned to Station Square, which had been destroyed by Perfect Chaos. After Perfect Chaos had absorbed the power of the seven Chaos Emeralds and thrown them away, Amy grabbed one of them and brought it to Sonic, while Tails, Knuckles and Big the Cat brought the other six Emeralds. Together, they formed positive power through their caring for each other. Sonic tapped into this power and transformed into Super Sonic, and was able to defeat Perfect Chaos.
In Sonic Shuffle, Amy, Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Dr. Eggman were all summoned to Maginaryworld by Lumina Flowlight, who needed them to help repair the Precioustone. Each character had his or her own role to play, and with each other's help, the Precioustone was repaired, Maginaryworld was saved, and the heroes were returned to Earth.
Convincing Shadow of his DestinyEdit
Amy was an important supporting character in Sonic Adventure 2. Although not playable in the main story, she was playable in two-player mode. When Sonic was trapped on Prison Island, Amy somehow managed to arrive on Prison Island and accidentally stumbled upon Eggman, Shadow, and Rouge's plan to steal the Chaos Emeralds. She ended up cornered by Eggman as a consequence, but was saved at the last minute by Tails. With Tails' help, Amy managed to free Sonic—this is one of several times that Amy has saved Sonic, instead of the other way around. When she learned from Sonic that the reason why he was on Prison Island was because of the actions of a "fake hedgehog", she realized that he was referring to Shadow, and informed him of Shadow's allegiance to Eggman. She also briefly saw some writing on the wall of Sonic's cell, actually equations made by the former occupant of the cell, Professor Gerald Robotnik, to cause a catastrophic crash via the Space Colony ARK to destroy the planet as revenge for the death of Maria Robotnik, his granddaughter.
Because of the events of Sonic's escape, as well as her involvement in it, Amy was also targeted by G.U.N. to be arrested, even after Eggman's doomsday threat. She eventually was captured by Dr. Eggman on board the ARK. Eggman deduced that Sonic and Tails were carrying both a real and a fake emerald, and demanded the locations of the two while holding her at gunpoint. After luring them to the pinnacle area of the ARK and presumably killing Sonic via a rigged escape capsule, Amy broke down in tears, but was later relieved when learning that Sonic actually survived. She also managed to convince Shadow that Maria's true wish was for him to bring hope to humanity, not to seek revenge on them for her. Amy begged Shadow to help everyone, and he in turn ended up saving the world from the Biolizard, and later the Finalhazard.
Girl on the Game BoyEdit
Amy was playable in Sonic Advance, but unlike the other playable characters, she could not spin and all of her attacks had to be triggered by a button press. She was an unlockable character in Sonic Advance 2, after collecting all of the Chaos Emeralds with all four of the other characters. She had apparently engaged in some training, as she was able to spin jump and spin dash in this game. She could also do this in Sonic Advance 3, but only if she was partnered with Sonic. If Amy is the leader, the partner behaves as she does in Sonic Advance.
Chasing Sonic with HelpEdit
In Sonic Heroes, Amy is the leader of Team Rose, and the team's speed type leader. She is accompanied by Cream the Rabbit and Big the Cat, who want to find Chocola (Cheese's brother) and Froggy, respectively. Amy, however, simply wants to find Sonic and express her love. She and her team eventually confront Metal Sonic with Team Sonic, Team Dark, and Team Chaotix, after he copied their data. They also find out that Metal Sonic is the one who has kidnapped Chocola and Froggy.
Boxercise and ParentingEdit
Amy appears in Sonic Battle as a playable character. In the story, Amy comes and asks Tails about Emerl, and Tails explains that Emerl is like Sonic's "child". Amy takes this literally and thinks that if Sonic is Emerl's "Daddy", he must want her to be the "Mommy", and that he is testing her to see if she could handle taking care of a real child. Amy then takes Emerl away and tells him to call her "Mommy", thus making Emerl believe that Amy is actually his mother. Amy also chases after and fights Rouge when she steals Emerl for her own purposes. Amy is often considered to be one of the stronger and more reliable characters in the game, since all of her attacks are fairly balanced, and contain a good mixture of speed and power. Her healing ability can quickly raise her HP, and she is the third fastest character in the game.
Sticking with ShadowEdit
Amy appeared alongside Sonic and the rest of the cast in Shadow the Hedgehog to try to convince Shadow to join their cause. Amy needs Shadow's help to rescue Cream and Cheese from Eggman's Cryptic Castle. No matter which mission the player chooses, after the stage is completed, Amy will assist the player in the fight against the Egg Breaker. Oddly enough, however, she does not appear in the cutscenes before or after the battle.
She later appears in the game's final story, where she attempts to dissuade Shadow from letting Black Doom get the Chaos Emeralds. After Shadow fulfilled Gerald Robotnik's original plans prior to his going insane, Amy expressed hope that Shadow survived as he is Shadow when Rouge questioned whether he survived. She also bore witness to Knuckles' chasing of Eggman.
Speeding along on the Pink RoseEdit
Amy is a playable character in Sonic Riders from the start. She is a speed type racer, and has stats equivalent to Sonic's and Jet's. She joins in the EX World Grand Prix because she wants to "keep her eye on Sonic".
In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, she finds one of the Arks of the Cosmos and, not knowing what it actually was, refused to hand it over to Jet. After being chased after by Storm, she throws it at his face and gets mad at him because he caused her to become lost. Amy forces him to lead her back to Sonic, but he ditches her when he finds a destroyed robot with another Ark of the Cosmos inside. She is then found by Sonic, and tells him that Storm mentioned the Gigan Rocks, a place where they could find information about the Arks.
Amy teams up with Cream and Vector in Sonic Free Riders in order to win the second EX Grand Prix and so she can see Sonic. In the Team Rose story, they must beat three teams in order to win the World Grand Prix. In the end, Amy celebrates her victory and rushes to Sonic, telling him he should go on a date with her because she won.
Time ParadoxEdit
Amy appears in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) and serves as an ally in Silver the Hedgehog's storyline. In this game, she mistakes Silver as Sonic. Learning that Silver was also looking for Sonic, she tries to enlist his help, not realizing Silver's true intentions on killing Sonic. Upon finding Sonic, Silver battles him and loses, but manages to catch Sonic off-guard afterward, and is able to hit him with a powerful blow, thus gaining the upper hand. However, Amy stops him from delivering the final blow. Amy also saves the damsel-in-distress Princess Elise—as well as Sonic—at one point in the story. She eventually found out that Silver didn't kill Sonic and that it was all part of Mephiles' plan to kill Sonic himself.
Amy can be played during the final level, End of the World, where she helps to revive Sonic by collecting one of the Chaos Emeralds. In the end, Solaris has been destroyed by Super Sonic, Super Shadow and Super Silver. Due to Solaris being erased from existence, therefore causing the events of the game to never happen, it is unknown if Amy remembers the events of the game.
Attempting to Make a Blue Hedgehog Green with EnvyEdit
In Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, Amy went with Sonic to save Knuckles—and later the world—from Imperator Ix. Early on in the story, Amy claims to Sonic that she has found a new boyfriend called Dexter and tries at many occasions to present him as a great boyfriend, but without going into much detail about him. Depending on the player's choices, Amy will reveal to Sonic that she just made him up in an attempt to make Sonic jealous.
It is revealed in this game that Amy has started a club for young girls to protect themselves from bullies. When the Voxai Overmind brainwashed her, she says "You never pay attention to me". Also, the player can engage in a romantic subplot between Sonic and Amy, which varies based on the player's conversation choices. She is the first unlockable character and the second playable character.
Meet the WerehogEdit
Amy is one of the few Sonic characters to appear in Sonic Unleashed. She made her introduction, as she did in Sonic Adventure 2's Dark Story and Silver's story in Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), by hugging someone who looks like Sonic the Hedgehog. Although she hugged the right hedgehog this time, she didn't recognize Sonic due to him being in his Werehog form. She apologized, saying that she could have sworn it was him, and then ran off, causing Sonic to become depressed, as he is shown that he is not the same at all in his new form. Later, after Sonic saves her from some people possessed by Dark Gaia, he dashed away. However, it is implied that Sonic may not dislike her as much as he thinks.[3]
Amy later finds out about Sonic's new form, saying that although he's changed his look, he's still Sonic to her. She later helps out Professor Pickle, and in one cutscene, she talks about being interested in learning (Wii/PS2 version only). She follows Sonic, Tails, Chip, and Professor Pickle to Shamar. Sonic can talk to her between levels, just like before. At one point, she asks Sonic out on a date, and he can either agree or turn her down. She later strikes hope into Professor Pickle by showing unwavering faith in Sonic during his final battle. After the fact, Amy throws Sonic a "welcome home" party, which isn't actually shown, only mentioned.
Lady of the LakeEdit
Amy appears in Sonic and the Black Knight, portrayed as Nimue, the Lady of the Lake. She gives Excalibur to King Arthur, which later proves to be a mistake. Sonic backs away when he firsts meets her because he thinks she is actually Amy. Nimue tells him that whoever holds the scabbard of Excalibur will become corrupted by its influence. She gives three tests to Sonic: First, he must free the innocent people from King Arthur's dungeon. Second, he must show compassion to those in need, and finally, he must defeat King Arthur's Knights of the Underworld.
Nimue places a three-day time limit for the tests to be completed. On the third day, she disguises herself as a young child and asks Sonic to rescue her "parents" and the people from her village. He completes the test, but runs out of time. She reveals herself after he tells her everyone's okay. She states that he has shown courage, strength and compassion. Nimue then explains to Sonic that Caliburn, along with the swords of Sir Gawain, Sir Lancelot, and Dame Percival combined can stop Excalibur's immortality-giving ability. Nimue appears as the kingdom is falling into darkness and tells Sonic and the three knights to place their swords in four shrines to create a barrier around Camelot Castle. After the game, Sonic, who has been taken back to his world, explains his journey to Amy Rose, who then complains that he is lying and forgot about their date and proceeds to attack him with her hammer, as My Sweet Passion plays. This may be the same date that Sonic could have agreed to during Sonic Unleashed, which is an optional scene towards the end of the adventure.
A Cosmic PicnicEdit
Amy appears in the DS version of Sonic Colors as a non-playable character. She is excited to see Sonic again and asks him to complete a mission for her entertainment. When Sonic finishes it, Amy comments that it was "dreamy" and asks Sonic to marry her, causing Sonic to ditch her and leave the problem to Tails. Later, Amy finds Sonic with Big, and asks him to complete one more mission for her. After Sonic is done, Amy decides to have a picnic with him. Amy then screams in joy, saying, "Eating together in an Aquarium! We are so gonna date!" Tails comments on this, explaining that they were in the middle of Eggman's base.
Chasing Two SonicsEdit
Amy appears in the console version of Sonic Generations. Amy and the others were celebrating Sonic's birthday, but were captured by the Time Eater. Amy ends up in Chemical Plant as a statue. If Classic Sonic rescues her, Amy notices how Sonic looks "younger every day" and asks about his "secret", leaving him annoyed. If Modern Sonic rescues her, Amy says she was afraid that she would never be able to "flirt with him" again, leaving him exasperated. Later, at the Center of Time, she encouraged both Sonics, alongside Knuckles. After the final battle, Amy and the others returned to the present and continued celebrating. She congratulates Sonic for being "great", as opposed to Knuckles' view of Sonic's performance as being "not half bad". After this, she joins the other characters in saying goodbye to Classic Sonic and Classic Tails.
Amy also appears in a Chemical Plant mission where she helps Modern Sonic jump to higher places underwater with her Piko Piko Hammer. She also races against Classic Sonic in a Sky Sanctuary mission. She stands outside Chemical Plant, in the Hub World, giving Sonic tips on the stage as he walks by. She also appears as a trophy in the trophy room, and her classic form was released as DLC as an Xbox 360 avatar costume.
Other AppearancesEdit
Amy also appears in Sonic's storyline in Sonic Rivals. Amy has been turned into a card by Dr. Eggman and Sonic sets off to save both her and Tails. She also makes cameo appearances on three collectible cards. She doesn't appear in the story of Sonic Rivals 2, but she is featured on two collectible cards.
Amy is a playable character in the Party Mode of Sonic and the Secret Rings alongside Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Cream, Silver, and Blaze.
Amy appears as a playable character in Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games.[4] Like all the other female characters, Amy sports a different outfit than her normal dress. Her dress is similar to her normal one, but different around the shoulders, with the addition of black leggings underneath it and a different pair of shoes.
Amy is a playable character in the game Sega Superstars Tennis. She also appears in the game Mario & Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games as an all-around type character. Her main rival is Princess Peach. Her signature move is Pink Typhoon for the Wii version and Rose Spin for the DS version. She wears a pink parka, black leggings, and pink boots.
Amy appears in Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing, alongside Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Dr. Eggman and Big the Cat. Her model car is the Pink Cabriolet, an old-fashioned pink buggy with a spare tire cover etched with "AMY", and a plate on the front that says: "AMY-ROSE". Her All-Star Move is the Piko Piko Hammer; she pulls it out and madly swings it around to smash anyone unlucky enough to get in her way. Her All-Star Theme is "My Sweet Passion" from Sonic Adventure. She will return as a racer in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed.
Amy also appeared in Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games as the third playable Sonic character. In her official artwork, she is shown to have a newly-designed swimsuit.
PersonalityEditAmy in the main series is presented as being somewhat kind and girly. In Sonic CD, she was referred to as an "optimistic tomboy" who loves fortunes and uses tarot cards. Because of her tomboyish nature, she became a playable character as a fighter in Sonic the Fighters. However, after Sonic Adventure, Amy had grown a more feminine personality, such as an interest in shopping and fashion, but that didn't remove her tomboyish nature. However, in the later games, she has the personality of a girly-girl more so than a tomboy unlike the earlier games. In the more recent games, Amy has become far more single -minded and aggressive, much to Sonic's dismay. She often shows her anger by pulling out her Piko Piko Hammer out of Hammerspace, sometimes threatening Sonic with it.
In Sonic Battle, her attraction towards "Boxercise" plays to both elements of her ever-changing personality: the exercise helping her lose weight to maintain her girlish figure, and the boxing to help her train when she's forced to fight. In Sonic Battle, she had shown a very powerful and aggressive attitude, willing to fight whenever necessary.
Despite her aggressive tendencies, Amy has a good heart, never gives up, and is one of the most optimistic and cheerful characters. Amy is always full of hope and is always cheering on for the good side of things. She almost never seems to find anything hopeless, as shown in Sonic Adventure, where she was determined to help the Flicky who had lost his family.
In Sonic Adventure 2, Amy felt strongly that there was a chance for the world to be saved and that people were basically good (as she told Shadow). Amy can sometimes be a bit of a likable person. Despite her being extremely annoying and bothersome, she has rarely met anyone who she did not befriend (including Shadow and Blaze). Amy is a kind and caring individual, with a good sense of justice, and an over sweeping infatuation for Sonic.
Since 2010, after the release of Sonic Free Riders, Amy seems to be more bossy and infatuated with Sonic than before. This is most likely due to the more light and humorous nature of recent Sonic games. Amy's personality has added more a humorous factor in games like Sonic Colors, Sonic Free Riders, and Sonic Generations with her obsession for Sonic, which causes her to say silly and embarrassing things.
Appearances in Other MediaEdit
Sonic the ComicEdit
- Main article: Amy Rose (Sonic the Comic)
Amy has appeared in the UK publication Sonic the Comic, in which she was a level-headed and pragmatic member of the Freedom Fighters—when she wasn't claiming to be Sonic's girlfriend. She also became the leader of the team while Sonic was trapped in the Special Zone. She was close friends with Tekno the Canary, and she used a crossbow in battle—rather than the Piko Piko Hammer that eventually became her trademark in the games.
Archie ComicsEdit
- Main article: Amy Rose (Archie)
In the Sonic the Hedgehog comics by Archie Comics, Amy is from the country of Mercia and has a cousin named Rob O' the Hedge—a reference to Robin Hood. As in other continuities, she has a crush on Sonic. In her earliest appearances, she attempted to become a member of the Freedom Fighters, but was rejected because of her young age. She then made herself older by wishing on the Ring of Acorns, but was still denied by Sally since she still had the mind of a younger girl. Eventually, however, Amy did advance enough to be accepted as a Freedom Fighter, and became an important member of the team.
Sonic AdventuresEdit
Sonic Adventures was a two-volume, French-made comic book published by Sirène, that was released in 1994. Amy appears in the first volume—"Sonic Adventures: Dans Les Griffes De Robotnik"—being kidnapped by Robotnik as bait to get Sonic. This version of Amy has the same design as in Sonic CD.
Sonic XEdit
- Main article: Amy Rose (Sonic X)
Amy is one of the main characters in Sonic X, an anime series which is the most recent of the Sonic the Hedgehog TV shows. This is her first appearance in a Sonic TV series, as she did not appear in any of the other three American-produced series.
In Sonic X, Amy is Sonic's self-proclaimed girlfriend. Much the same as in the game series, her long-term goal is to get him to notice, love and respect her. She gets mad at Sonic's impatience and aloof attitude, which occasionally are so bad that she is driven to violence. However, she really does care about him and doesn't want him to get hurt. Likewise, Sonic seems closer and more comfortable with Amy in the anime, even going so far as to bring her flowers and say he cares for her in one episode. Amy also has romantic daydreams about her and Sonic. Overall, her personality is more temperamental, bossy, annoying, and stubborn than in the games; she may threaten or even harm her friends for things they had nothing to do with, but she still has the same kind heart that she possesses in the games.
Sonic X (comics)Edit
Amy Rose's role in the Sonic X comic is similar to hers in the Sonic X anime. In the comic book version, her relationship with Sonic is developed more closely, with Sonic even taking her on a date for Valentine's Day, although this was due to him having lost a bet with Knuckles. He seemed to enjoy himself, however, when Amy asked him if he would ever take her on a date again, Sonic answered "Er... Maybe?"
Amy has one of the widest ranges of skills in the series from her signature move the Hammer Attack to the basics shared by all like the Spin Dash to mimicries of other characters moves like the Rose Typhoon.
Amy possesses super speed. She is one of the few Speed Type characters that does not augment their speed with the use of a special object or power (i.e. Shadow uses his Hover Skates and Chaos Powers, Blaze uses her pyrokinesis and Fire Boost, Jet the Hawk uses extreme gear and Tails uses his twin tails). This, along with general sneakiness, allows her to be able to catch Sonic from time to time. In many games, such as Sonic Heroes, she is usually one of the speed characters.
Amy's primary method of attack is her Piko Piko Hammer, which she keeps in Hammerspace. With the Piko Piko Hammer, Amy can inflict major damage to her enemies. Amy is rather skillful with her hammer and is able to use it in a wide variety on moves and attacks, such as performing a somersault known as the Hammer Jump. She can also use it to perform the Tornado Hammer, and a move called the Propeller Hammer, to float through the air.
Amy seems to possess some kind of super-human strength, as her Piko Piko Hammer does appear to weigh quite a bit. On top of that, in Sonic Generations, when she accidentally hits Knuckles, she hits him with enough force to send him flying backwards into a nearby tree, without even noticing.
In Sonic the Fighters, Amy showed the ability to drop random items on the opponents' heads, from the mundane (e.g. soccer ball) to the weird (e.g. Bean's head). This later showed up again in Sonic Battle with her trap move.
In Sonic Adventure and Sonic Advance, Amy lacked the Spin Jump and Spin Attack, and instead could only perform a standard jump, a short leap, and a headbutt attack. Later games have since given her these abilities, allowing her to perform them similar to other characters.
In Sonic Adventure 2, Amy is a playable character in 2-player mode. Unlike Sonic and Shadow, she cannot perform the Spin Dash in this game, and can only do a somersault with her hammer in her hand. Amy also grinds and boards a little bit faster then the others as well. As with all other characters in two player mode, Amy can perform special attacks when a certain amount of Rings have been acquired; if 10 rings are collected, she can speed up like Sonic and Shadow. If 20 rings are collected, she can use a special attack called "Storming Hearts", which is similar to Sonic's "Sonic Wind" attack and Shadow's "Chaos Spear" attack. If 30 rings are collected, Amy is able to stun her opponent with her "Amy Flash" attack which freezes the opponents' controls, leading them to fall into pits if done at the right time. Amy seems to have access to Hammerspace, as she is able to conjure a hammer out of nowhere and can summon more than one. [5]
In Sonic the Hedgehog (2006), it is revealed that Amy can turn invisible. The reason for this ability is unknown and Amy hasn't displayed further use of it since.
It is mentioned in the manual for Sonic CD that Amy can read tarot cards, which she uses in one of her POW moves in Sonic Chronicles, "Tarot Draw". This power was also mentioned in Sonic Battle when Amy says, "My cards told me you would be here" when Sonic asks her how she knew where he was.
In Sonic & the Black Knight, Amy has a special move where she is able to whack her hammer into the ground and send out a dome-shaped energy wave called "Rose Typhoon".
Sonic the HedgehogEdit
Most of Amy's life (since Sonic CD onwards) is spent following Sonic the Hedgehog, whom she is madly in love with. While Sonic seems perturbed and annoyed by her affections, she has not given up and goes through great lengths to impress him. Even though he seems nervous and occasionally overcome by her advances, Sonic still considers Amy a friend and is always there to help her out if needed. Being rejected and ignored by Sonic does not seem to hurt Amy, in fact, she sees and treats him like he does love her too. Throughout the games, since their meeting, Amy has been chasing Sonic and tries to be romantic with him, which creeps him out and causes him to run away.
In Sonic Battle, in Tails' story, Amy comes and asks Tails about Emerl, and Tails explains that Emerl is like Sonic's "child". However, Emerl was just a friend of Sonic. Amy takes this literally and thinks that if Sonic is Emerl's father and wants her to be the mother, and that he is testing her to see if she could handle taking care of a real child. Amy then takes Emerl away and tells him to call her "mommy", thus making Emerl believe that Amy is actually his mother. During her story she tries hard to protect Emerl after losing him to Rouge. At the end of her story, Amy tries to get Sonic to propose to her, but he bails. Amy assumes that Sonic simply got cold feet and none of the surrounding characters tell her the truth as they fear her anger.
In Sonic Riders, Amy enters the EX World Grand Prix so she can be beside Sonic, though she becomes mad when Sonic accidentally launches her into a tornado when he had to save her from Dr. Eggman and forgot about her. After getting caught in the tornado, she chases Sonic with her Piko Piko Hammer as payback for forgetting about her, even though Sonic keeps trying to apologize to her.
In Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, Amy tries to make Sonic jealous by making up "her new boyfriend" named Dexter. The player can choose whether Sonic believes it or not. If so, she will tell him that Dexter is fake. The player can also engage in an optional romantic sub-plot between Sonic and Amy. One possible outcome is Sonic revealing that he does have feelings for her, but they promise to put it on hold and figure it out after their adventure. This is currently unresolved, and it is unknown if any of it is canonical.
In Sonic Unleashed, Sonic seemed depressed when Amy didn't recognize him as a Werehog, understanding that he isn't the same at all in his Werehog form when Chip pointed it out. When she finds out the Werehog was Sonic, she wanted to know all about how it happened, and had even mentioned that Sonic looks better in the day time, but she doesn't care about that. In one point in the game, she asks Sonic out on a date and the player can choose whether Sonic accepts or declines it.
In Sonic and the Black Knight's ending, Sonic was explaining to Amy about his adventure in the Arthurian Legend. Amy does not believe him and said, "That's the lamest excuse ever! You just forgot about our date!" Sonic tries to reason out saying that he swears that it was true, but Amy doesn't listen and pulls out her hammer. However, in Sonic Free Riders, he quickly refuses going out on a date with her.
In Sonic Colors (DS), Amy tries to have a romantic picnic with Sonic however Sonic was too busy and didn't want to make the picnic look like a date. Amy also gives Sonic a mission, because he looks "dreamy" when he performs his tricks in stages.
In Sonic Generations, Amy is excited to attend Sonic's birthday. However Sonic keeps Amy away from getting too close to him (such as hugging him) by placing his hand over her face. When Classic Sonic rescues Amy, Amy mistook him for the present form of Sonic and questioned on how he looks so young, whereas when the present Sonic saves Amy, she tells Sonic that she was afraid that she would never be able to flirt with him again, leaving Sonic annoyingly exasperated. If Sonic gets an S rank in Chemical Plant, Amy will compliment that Sonic "knows how to get the girls" and when attaining a Red Star Ring, Amy says that she mistook the ring for an actual ring, meaning that she thought Sonic was giving her a ring for a gift or other reasons.
A running gag involves Amy makes her entrance in a game by running into other hedgehogs from the left of the screen and hugging them from behind, mistaking them for Sonic.
Cream the RabbitEdit
Cream the Rabbit is Amy's best friend. Since Sonic Heroes, Cream and Amy are portrayed as best friends and they share a sister-like relationship, comparable to Sonic and Tails' brother-like friendship. This fact is strengthened by Sonic Advance 3, as when they are paired together, they are given the title "Team Jubilee" and serve as a female counterpart to Sonic and Tails' "Unbreakable Bond." The two also seem to frequent together almost completely throughout Sonic Battle, except when Emerl drags one of them away. Amy is also seen searching for Cream during the level Cryptic Castle in Shadow the Hedgehog which further suggests how much she cares for her. Another suggestion is in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood when you go to recruit Cream she says "You poor thing! What are you doing out here?".
In Sonic Rush, it is implied that Amy occasionally gets angry with Cream, angry enough to chase her with her hammer as Cream shouted "Not again!" after she said that Amy was "shortsighted" in the regard of her love of Sonic when Cream introduced Blaze to Amy.
The two team up twice in Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood for the moves Spin Cycle, the equivalent of Sonic and Tails' Blue Bomber move in which Cream lifts Amy up and sends her spinning into one enemy, as well damaging adjacent ones. Team Rose band together to perform Flower Power, their most potent attack in this game which involves Amy bouncing off Big with a boost from Cream and landing on a foe hammer-first.
In recent games such as Sonic Unleashed, Sonic Colors, and Sonic Generations, Amy seems to be distancing herself from Cream. She is often seen around other characters, such as Blaze, but she still remains close to Amy in Sonic Free Riders, but not quite as a sidekick.
Big the CatEdit
Big the Cat is most likely Amy's other best friend. They fight together in Sonic Heroes, forming Team Rose. In Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood after meeting Big in the Mystic Ruins, Big states that he "heard his good friend Amy Rose" so he rushed over to see if it was really her. When Big sees Amy he becomes ecstatic and actually makes an attempt to hug her (in which Amy refuses due to the fact that he smelled from the gases in the ruins). Also, if you agree to let Big join your party he, again, becomes happy that he gets to be around Amy. Big acts like an older brother to Amy.
Miles "Tails" ProwerEdit
Miles "Tails" Prower is a lot like a little brother figure to Amy. Sometimes, she's bossy with him and many other times, she is protective and defensive of Tails, although Amy will sometimes use Tails' close connections with Sonic to find out his whereabouts and/or some current events. Nonetheless, Amy and Tails are very good friends. Although Cream is Amy's best friend, Tails and Sonic are the two people Amy is around the most because Amy is always chasing after Sonic and Tails is always with Sonic on adventures. Amy and Tails are really close because of this and always try to do their best to stop Eggman with Sonic.
The only time their friendship was slightly strained was in Sonic Battle, when Amy caught Sonic off-guard. When Sonic and Tails were talking they could hear Amy scream "SONIC" off in the distance. Sonic hesitated and told Tails to deal with Amy. When Amy approached she got annoyed by how Sonic had abandoned Tails so he could get away. She demanded that Tails tell her where Sonic went but Tails told her honestly that he had no idea where Sonic could have run off to since he never told him.
Knuckles the EchidnaEdit
Amy has only been seen interacting with Knuckles the Echidna on rare occasions.
In Sonic Heroes when playing as Team Sonic; at the beginning of the fight against Team Rose, Knuckles will side with Amy and say, "Have you been messing with that girl's heart again Sonic?"
In Sonic Rush, when Amy interacted with Blaze for the second time Knuckles rushes in, and says to Blaze, "Hey, cat woman, it's payback time!", Amy then says, "Uh-oh! What did you do to him!?" Cream tells Amy that it's a misunderstanding, with which Amy replies with "pretty typical of Knuckles". To get Knuckles to leave Blaze alone, Amy calls Knuckles a dimwit, leading to a brief argument. Knuckles replies, "I don't have time for you! I have business with that cat woman!". Amy then taunts Knuckles and says, "I know! That's why I called you a d-", daring herself that she'll call him a dimwit again, Knuckles then gets outraged and goes hot on Amy, leaving Blaze alone.
In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, Amy budges in Knuckles' sentence in the end which caused Knuckles to be annoyed. However Knuckles is also seen protecting Amy and pulls her away out of danger in the MeteorTech Premises.
In Sonic Generations, Amy accidentally hurts Knuckles with a great force (which causes him to crash into a tree) after saying that Sonic "wasn't half bad" whereas she thought he was "all great". However, Amy does not notice how hard she hit Knuckles because she was busy swooning at Sonic. However in the beginning of the party, when Time Eater sends out portals to suck Sonic's friends in, Knuckles is seen protecting Amy by being sucked into the portal along with him.
Shadow the HedgehogEdit
In Sonic Adventure 2, they interact twice, but each time, Amy seems to gain an odd reaction from Shadow.
Amy first meets Shadow when she mistakes him for Sonic and hugs him from behind. Shadow remains still after having been caught off guard by her ambush, and does not shake her off or retort with violence. When Amy senses the lack of a reaction, she releases him, causing him to glance back at her. Amy demands his name when she realizes that he is not Sonic, but he continues to watch her quietly. After Amy notices Dr. Eggman, she also realizes the mistake she's made, and runs off screaming. During this, Shadow takes a step after her, until Dr. Eggman tells the team that he'll take care of Amy.
Later in the game aboard the ARK, Amy meets Shadow again and this time does her part in helping by begging Shadow to save the world. At first, Shadow simply replies, strangely in a non-threatening way, that it is pointless, but then Amy points out that despite people sometimes being selfish, they were still inwardly good and that saving them was right. Because of this, Shadow suddenly has a flashback of Maria begging Shadow to make people happy. When Shadow comes to his senses he goes off to fight the Biolizard, softly telling Amy that he has to keep his promise to Maria and her.
Amy was also the only one to see Shadow's tear after he remembered Maria's promise, making her the only person to see him cry in Sonic Adventure 2. Amy and Maria have the same insight towards humanity, thus this might be one of the reasons Shadow is nice to her, since it's unknown whether or not Shadow remembers Amy's deed in ARK.
During Sonic Battle, Amy is surprised when she finds out that Shadow's in Rouge's house, but she gets angry when Rouge doesn't tell Amy why he's in her house.
During Shadow the Hedgehog, Shadow can choose to assist Amy Rose in helping find Cream and have her fight alongside the player in the boss battle. Regardless, at the end of stage, Shadow benevolently advises, "If you wanna stay clear of trouble, then stay away from that Doctor." In the final ending, Amy shows an amount of faith and admiration for Shadow, regardless of anything bad that may have happened.
Vector the CrocodileEdit
Amy and Vector encountered each other in Sonic Heroes. When the Chaotix saw Team Rose, Vector wanted to ask Amy a question, however her rude response caused the teams to fight.
The next time the two were seen together was in Sonic Free Riders. Vector joined Amy's team along with Cream to win the prize money Eggman advertised about his Grand Prix. Vector and Amy do not seem to get along. At first, Amy blames Vector for not getting them registered for the race even when he claimed that it was not his fault as she invited him to her team 30 minutes ago. Also, when Amy pretends that she wasn't expecting her and Sonic in the Grand Prix (because she wanted to prove that "lovers" are drawn together) Vector disapproves her by calling her a "terrible actress". Amy also appears to yell at Vector and boss him around, something she does not do to Cream throughout the game, even though Cream is also a member of the team.
- Sonic the Hedgehog (Love interest)
- Cream the Rabbit (Best friends)
- Miles "Tails" Prower
- Knuckles the Echidna
- Shadow the Hedgehog
- Blaze the Cat
- Silver the Hedgehog
- Vanilla the Rabbit
- Big the Cat (Close friends, seen as an older brother to her)
- Vector the Crocodile
- Espio the Chameleon
- Charmy Bee
- Rouge the Bat (Arch-Rival and also ally)
- Jet the Hawk
- Wave the Swallow
- Storm the Albatross
- Princess Peach (Mario & Sonic series)
A Games Radar article called Amy's introduction "the only bitter taste" in Sonic CD, but added that she's "just a pink hedgehog here and not a whiny, annoying brat like in Sonic Adventure." [6] In an IGN article entitled "Smash It Up", Lucas M Thomas stated that "one of the coolest things about Amy Rose's character is her enormous, walloping hammer" that is often used for comedy in the series. [7]
Amy is overall very well received by fans, and is considered to be one of the series "Top 10" characters, as evidenced by popularity polls.Template:Citation needed Amy is so far three of the only females to have a figure made by Jazwares, with the other figures being Wave the Swallow and Blaze the Cat.
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Netherlands 15 August 2006 Gerechtshof [Appellate Court] Arnhem
[Cite as: http://cisgw3.law.pace.edu/cases/060815n1.html]
CASE NUMBER/DOCKET NUMBER: Rolnummer 05/1012
CASE HISTORY: Unavailable
SELLER'S COUNTRY: Austria
BUYER'S COUNTRY: Netherlands
THE NETHERLANDS: Court of Appeals of Arnhem
15 August 2006 (Seda Umwelttechnik v Equipment B.V.)
Case law on UNCITRAL texts [A/CN.9/SER.C/ABSTRACTS/94],
CLOUT abstract no. 940
Reproduced with permission of UNCITRAL
Abstract prepared by J. Smits, National Correspondent, and Bas Megens
The parties entered into a contract for the sale of several drainage systems by the appellant to the defendant. The defendant claimed before the Court of First Instance of Zwolle-Lelystad (NL) that the delivery of the systems never took place; alternatively, that the appellant broke off negotiations in violation of the demands of reasonableness and fairness. The Court of First Instance determined its competence to hear the case, set a date for the arguments to be presented and determined that its decision on the competence could be appealed immediately. The appellant appealed the decision on competence.
Pursuant to article 2 of EU Council Regulation 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, the Court of Appeals determined that the appellant should be summoned before an Austrian Court, since it was domiciled there. Insofar as the claim of the defendant was primarily based on the argument that the appellant had not performed the contract alleged to be in existence by the defendant, the appellant could also be summoned, on the basis of article 5(1) of Regulation 44/2001, in the Courts of the place of performance of the obligation in question. The appellant argued that its general terms and conditions were part of the contract between the parties and that these terms and conditions determined the place of performance to be the company of the appellant in Austria. The Court held that while it is true that the place of performance can be agreed upon by the parties, the question whether the parties had in the case at hand done so could be left unanswered. Being the Convention applicable to the contract by virtue of article 1(1)(a) CISG (the contract related to the sale of movables, the seller and the buyer had their place of business in two CISG contracting States) if the parties had not agreed upon a place of performance, article 31 CISG would determine the place of delivery. Based on this article, the criteria would be:
(a) If the contract of sale involves carriage of goods, the place where the goods were handed over to the first carrier for carriage to the buyer (if the contract of sale involved carriage of the goods from Austria to the Netherlands, this place would thus be in Austria);
(b) In cases not within the preceding subparagraph, if the contract related to specific goods, or unidentified goods to be drawn from a specific stock or to be manufactured or produced, and at the time of the conclusion of the contract the parties knew that the goods were at, or were to be manufactured or produced at, a particular place, that place (in the present case the company of the appellant in Austria);
(c) In other cases, the place where the seller had its place of business at the time the contract was concluded (also Austria in the case at hand). The Court noted that no facts had been brought forward that would allow for the conclusion that any of these places were located within the district of the Dutch Court of First Instance.
The defendant had argued that the appellant was under the obligation to deliver the goods to and install them for the defendant's clients. The Court considered that regardless of whether this statement (disputed by the appellant) was correct and regardless of whether the delivery and installation mentioned by the defendant could be considered to be delivery in the meaning of article 30 and following of the Convention, the facts referred to could not as such lead to the Court of First Instance being competent on the case. Nothing could corroborate the conclusion that any of the appellant's obligations had to be performed in the district of Zwolle-Lelystad. Particularly, it had not been argued, nor had it appeared, that the defendant's clients (at whose location the obligation would have to be performed) were resident in that district. For these reasons, the Court of Appeals held that the Court of First Instance was not competent to hear the claim.Go to Case Table of Contents
Key CISG provisions at issue:
Classification of issues using UNCITRAL classification code numbers:
Original language (Dutch): Website of the Dutch courts <http://www.rechtspraak.nl/>; see also CISG-online.ch database <http://www.cisg-online.ch/cisg/urteile/1697.pdf>
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As a rule of thumb, one can count on a cost of 6.000 € per kilowatt peak capacity (kWp) installed. The company responsible for installation must provide a quote of the costs of installation and connection to the public grid. Costs are lower for buildings not already built or for already planned roof-renovations than they are for retroactive installations. In every new building space should be left for the installation of wiring and a supply counter. The installation cost for photovoltaic systems is low when compared to the costs of the system components.
State-funded sponsorship is available in most cases in the form of reduced interest credits. Because of the large demand in the photovoltaics market, not all modules are available in the desired price and output classes. "Complete Packages" for self-installation cost between 6.000 € (1 kWp) and 22.000 € (4 kWp) and include all the needed components (modules, grid-feeding device, mounting, cables). The cost of every unit of output falls as the size of the system increases.
The feed in tariff according to the Renewable Energy Sources Act (Erneubare-Energien-Gesetz, EEG) makes a profitability calculation possible. Depending on how the return on the capital turns out, the investment can begin to yield a profit between the 12th and 16th year. For commercial systems the returns are more profitable thanks to write off possibilities. The long lives of solar cells and the 20-year compensation for grid supply is attributable to the reliability and quality of the materials used in photovoltaics.


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Charnwood Nursery & Pre-school Visit Hadrian House
Inspired by Channel 4's documentary, 'Old People's Homes for 4 Year Olds'. Children from Charnwood Nursery & Pre-school have been making regular visits to elderly residents at Hadrian House.
The documentary was based on a scheme in America that has been running for over 25 years, bringing 4-year-olds and older people together. The goal was to see whether, by playing and interacting with the youngsters, older people's physical, social and emotional well-being can improve and even add years to their life.
The experiment shows the transformative power that simply being around the children has for the older people.
Our visits to Hadrian House began on 5th October and since then, relationships between the children and residents have flourished. Together, the children and older people have made wreaths for the Remembrance Day, fed the squirrels, played balloon toss and danced!
A video that we posted on our Facebook page on the 4th November has received over five thousand views. Subsequently we have seen posts and comments on social media pages that other local settings have started similar schemes. We can already see the benefit to the residents of Hadrian House and for our children and we hope that many more nursery and pre-school settings will establish links with their local care homes.


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Time to Nominate the 2013 Hottest Women in Radio
It's a fact, not every DJ has a face for "radio". It's simply not true. Me? I turn down modeling gigs every day ;)
In our ongoing quest to get across the fact that gorgeous men and women work in this fantastic form of media, the time has come to nominate the HOTTEST WOMEN IN RADIO. Nominations are currently being accepted....but we need your help soon! The polls close very, very soon. Just go to TheKayeList.com to nominate someone.


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I had to stop the wind down of my two babies just before Xmas due to a small issue one one of them and which was completely and quickly resolved thanks to the precious advice of Sue.
I am still unsure whether I will restart the wind down at the end of January.
If I overwinter them, should the weight of the babies be stable as they would naturally not gain in the winter if they were hibernating, and therefore should I feed them just enough to keep weight stable or weight gain to the minimum?
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by B. N. Sullivan
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating an in-flight cockpit fire on a Jetstar A330-200 aircraft (registration VH-EBF). At the time of the incident, Jetstar Flight JQ20 was over the Pacific en route from Osaka, Japan to Coolangatta (Gold Coast), Australia. The aircraft diverted to Guam, where it made a safe emergency landing at about 02:20 local time today. There were four pilots, nine cabin crew, and 186 passengers on board, none of whom were injured.
News reports have stated that the fire began near the base of the first officer's windscreen. According to FlightGlobal.com, Jetstar said the fire was caused "by the electrical connector part of a cockpit window heater."
An article about the Jetstar incident in the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Jetstar's chief executive, Bruce Buchanan, who said the aircraft's computer system had detected a fault with the cockpit's windscreen heater "but whether it's an electrical problem I'm not sure".
"As far as we can tell it's just a freak accident. It looks like something has gone wrong with the wiring, but it's too early to say whether … it's the primary cause," Buchanan said.
In any case, it was reported that the crew quickly contained the fire and managed to extinguish it well before the aircraft landed at Guam.
The ATSB sent a team of investigators including operations, electrical engineer and licensed aircraft maintenance engineer to Guam to commence the investigation. The ATSB also said it has notified the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the French Bureau dEnquêtes et dAnalyses pour la sécurité de laviation civile (BEA).


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The DDS prides itself on being a friendly group and encourages members to take part in the varied events that take place through the year. Not least of which is the opportunity for members to get involved with the practical side of maintaining D2246, D6737 and D402. If anyone would like to get involved please contact Jon Morton, the Volunteer Liaison Officer, who will be delighted to hear from you. His contact details appear in the "Devonian" or alternatively, use the link in the Website under DDS Volunteering.
Members will receive the "Devonian", the Society's journal which is issued three times a year It's full of information and includes top quality photos of the DDS' fleet and other activities on the South Devon Railway (SDR).
As a member you are entitled to unlimited half price travel between Buckfastleigh and Totnes on the South Devon Railway (SDR) on presentation of a valid membership card. However, the SDR restricts the right for reduced fare travel during Santa Specials and other special events.
Similarly, the Dartmouth Steam Railway and River Boat Co. has also given travel concessions to members of the Society. As a member, you are entitled to a concessionary rate of 50% on presentation of a valid membership card. You should note however, that travel concessions will not be available during special events and other peak periods (Mon – Fri in Peak Season and Bank Holidays).
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|£8.50 (student must be in full time education)
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General or D402 Appeal membership forms are available to download or alternatively for more information the Membership Secretary can be contacted using firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Every child has the right to a family and a permanent home. Every single one. Here at CatholicCare Wollongong's Permanency Support Program (PSP) we're passionate about children's wellbeing and their right to have stable, caring families and positive childhoods so they can thrive and reach their full potential.
We're on a mission to find more people who will make great carers and help turn a child's life around.
What's so good about permanent homes?
For starters, this is a basic right for all children and young people. When children and young people have permanent, secure homes with loving stable carers, they can:
Types of care arrangements that may suit your family
Who can become a carer?
This is where people are needed to step up and rise to the challenge.
All kinds of people become carers - singles or couples, those with or without children, empty nesters and retirees.
Every family is unique, just as every child who comes into care is unique. The more carers we have, the better the chance of making a successful match! This means more stability for children and less chance of a placement breakdown.
We're always on the lookout for potential carers who can share their homes and lives and can have a positive impact on a child's future for a short time or a lifetime.
What kind of people can become carers?
We need committed, compassionate people from our local community who:
We're seeking:
To help children who've experienced trauma and may not always behave, we need people with a great toolbox of qualities including:
For testimonials from current carers please click here.
We value our carers and understand that it takes a team effort to support children who've experienced trauma and may be developmentally behind their peers. We provide ongoing training both face-to-face and online, case manager support, regular home visits, after hours crisis support, access to a psychologist, connection to other carers and support groups, events and dinners and much more.