The Fourteenth Session of the Convention on private international law adopted the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction done at The Hague, Netherlands, on October 25, 1980. The Convention became effective in the United States on July 1, 1988. Currently, 80 countries are signatories to this Convention; of those, 68 countries are recognized by the United States. The official reporter for this Convention, Elisa Pérez-Vera, provided a report, which has been utilized by courts as the official commentary of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. See Elisa Pérez-Vera, Explanatory Report by Elisa Pérez-Vera, referred to herein as Pérez-Vera Report,Hague International Child Abduction Convention; Text and Legal Analysis, 51 Fed. Reg. 10,494 (Mar. 26, 1986) (Official commentary of the Hague Convention).
II. International Child Abduction Remedies Act ("ICARA"): 42 U.S.C. §11601 et seq.
The International Child Abduction Remedies Act was passed in 1988 to implement the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International child Abduction in the United States. International Child Abduction Remedies Act, Public Law 100-300 at 42 U.S.C. §11601 et seq.
The provisions of ICARA permit the Courts of the United States to determine only the rights under the Convention and not the merits of an underlying child custody matter. See also 42 U.S.C. §11601(b)(4); Convention, Article 19; Pérez-Vera Report, Hague International Child Abduction Convention; Text and Legal Analysis, 51 Fed. Reg. 10,494 (Mar. 26, 1986) (comment 19).
First, the Petitioner (the non-abducting parent) notifies the Central Authority in the country of habitual residence or the Central Authority of the country to which the children were brought. Implementing the Convention, ICARA only applies when a child is taken to another country party to the Convention. De Silva v. Pitts, 481 F.3d 1279 (10th Cir. 2007) (no remedy under ICARA when child retained in non-signatory country Sri Lanka). In the United States, the U.S. Department of State, Office of Children's Issues, is the Central Authority. Until April 1, 2008, the Department of State had contracted the role of Central Authority to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Petitioner must demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence that a child was wrongfully removed from their country of habitual residence, in breach of rights of custody. 42 U.S.C. §11603(e)(1)(A). Once the court determines that the child has been wrongfully removed, and a period of less than one year has passed since the wrongful removal, the court shall order the return of the child forthwith. Convention, Article 12.


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Cinematic News Reel (02/09/18): Avengers, Solo and Trailers Galore! Game of Thrones Creators Join Star Wars!
Welcome to this week's edition of the Cinematic News Reel. There were lot of stories this week (particular when it came to trailers) so I tried my best to cover as many as I possibly could. So with that said let us get into this week's Cinematic News Reel.
Teaser to "Solo: A Star Wars Story" Features The Young Smuggler on A Swashbuckling Adventure
At long last the first trailer to Solo: A Star Wars Story has arrived. The next installment in the Star Wars Anthology Film series is set to hit theaters this May, and up to now there has been next to nothing on the upcoming blockbuster. However signs of the trailer's release came last week when it was announced that the preview would be debuting on Monday February 5th, and after getting a sneak peek during the Super Bowl the trailer was unveiled the following day. The trailer itself went as expected as it gives some insight on the young Han Solo's (Alden Ehrenreich) who wants nothing more than to become a pilot. Solo's ambition looks to take him across the galaxy as the trailer features a variety of worlds. Along with the seeing the younger Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover) and of course Chewbecca, the preview also features the movie's new characters such as Qi'ra (Emilia Clarke), L3-37 (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) and Tobias Beckett (Woody Harrelson). The preview also shows off the new (or in this case old) design of the Millennium Falcon as well as show off the movie's look which feels reminiscent that of J.J Abrams' Star Trek. Rounding everything was the trailer swash-buckling moments that certainly looks exciting. It may not look like much but this trailer does its job as Solo: A Star Wars Story appears to be a adventurous blockbuster worth checking out this summer.
Heroes Unite in "Avengers: Infinity War" Super Bowl TV Spot
Of all the movies being previewed during Super Bowl, none may have been more anticipated then that of Avengers: Infinity War. Just hours before the big game it was revealed that the next Avengers film would in fact be featured at the annual Super Bowl, and though it took its time appear the TV spot of Infinity War was featured and it did make an impact. The biggest takeaway from the ad was the showcasing of various heroes. Characters such as Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) and Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) are seen teaming up as well as Captain America (Chris Evans) and Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman). Other heroes like Spider-Man (Tom Holland) and Thor (Chris Hemsworth) had prominent roles in the commercial, and even the Guardians of the Galaxy made an appearance. Even the likes of Nebula (Karen Gillan), who did not appear in the movie's first trailer, made appearance in this spot. Last and certainly not least was Thanos (Josh Brolin) who only had one shot in this spot, but that worked to its advantage as featuring Mad Titan at the end of the commercial only increased the villain's presence. With very little time the TV Spot to Avengers: Infinity War managed to say a lot. The ad shows that the characters that many have come to know over the years are coming together for this massive event, but whether or not this event will work remains to be seen.
New Trailer to "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" Reveals A Typical Adventure
Amidst all the content revealed on Super Bowl Sunday was the premiere of a new trailer to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. The sequel to the 2015 hit,Jurassic World, is set to hit theaters this June and features Owen(Chris Pratt) and Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard) returning to the island in order to save the dinosaurs from destruction. The trailer quietly debut during the Super Bowl, and given the preview's delivery its subtle marketing may not be surprising. The preview does feature new content on the movie such as new characters and story elements. However,at this moments, certain aspects do not seem appealing. In fact some of the story elements feel reminiscent that of The Lost World Jurassic Park; although the movie looks to be mixing these elements with the concepts from Jurassic World. Along with familiar elements, and showcasing the destruction of the island, it feels the like the trailer reveals the plot of Fallen Kingdom in its entirety. This concern may not come true as it all may depend on how the story plays out oppose to what happens in this upcoming adventure. With an eerie atmosphere,as well as some good effects, the trailer to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom does showcase a big time adventure, but with the new details to the story I cannot help but wonder just how adventurous this installment will really be.
New Trailer to "Deadpool 2" Shows Off Cable, Action and Humor Fitting the Merc with the Mouth
This week has had no shortage of previews. Along with the likes of Avengers and Star Wars also making his presence known is none other than the Merc with the Mouth: Deadpool. Deadpool 2 will be shooting onto the silver screen this summer and features the anti-hero joining forces with the likes of Cable (Josh Brolin). Reports suggested that a trailer would be debuting on Valentines Day but that is no longer the case as the preview came out a week earlier. The trailer focuses on Cable in a gritty manner, but this tone does not last long as Deadpool quickly inserts himself into the preview. The trailer pokes fun at other movies such as Justice League, Toy Story and (possibly) Avengers; and it does so in pretty good taste. The preview also features a number action sequences as well as showcases a sense of insanity that is right up Deadpool's alley. All and all the new preview to Deadpool 2 lives up to the series' standards as it looks to be an exciting and crazy blockbuster for 2018.
Avengers and Star Wars Led a Lackluster Lineup of Super Bowl TV Spots
Avengers: Infinity War was without a doubt the standout TV spot during this year's Super Bowl, but where did this leave other cinematic commercials? Super Bowl 52 featured a few of TV spots for upcoming movies such as The Cloverfield Paradox (which premiered on Netflix right after the Super Bowl), the action thriller Skyscraper and the next installment in the Mission Impossible franchise: Mission Impossible Fallout. Yet when looking at this lineup it is no shock why the likes of Infinity War and Solo ended up stealing the show. Aside from the surprise of The Cloverfield Paradox none of the other ads came off as must see movies. While there is a chance that both Mission Impossible: Fallout and Skyscraper could end up being hits this summer, these two movies did not have the presence to drive this year's Super Bowl ads. Then again even Avengers and Star Wars did not walk away completely unscathed. Although both spots stood out the ads were also lost in the shuffle as both (not to mention most of the commercials) were too far and in between each other to keep the momentum going. This year may have had its moments but when it came right down to it the TV Spot lineup for Super Bowl 52 was lackluster to the point where not even the likes of Avengers: Infinity War could save it.
First Teaser Poster to "Venom" Reveals A Thematic Image For Comicbook Spin-Off
Spider-Man certainly has a busy year in 2018. Not only will the Wall Crawler appear in Avengers: Infinity War but the franchise will cover new ground this year with movies such as the animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Also breaking new ground for the franchise will be the first film in Sony's Spin-off series Venom. The upcoming film centers on the iconic villain has been in the works for sometime and now the Anti-Hero will get his time to swing onto the big screen with this upcoming movie directed by Ruben Fleisher and starring Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock. Although the movie is still 9 months away that did not stop Sony unveiling the teaser poster to Venom. Like any good teaser poster, this one sheet show's very little but says a lot. The image is thematic as it has horror tone and feels very much like a comic book cover. The new poster is a great way for Venom to start its momentum in marketing, but with this unveiling a question emerges: does this mean the first trailer will be coming soon? The answer to that question is...
Teaser to "Venom" Teases Dark Tone and Character!
With the teaser poster being revealed it came to no surprise that the trailer for Venom would be coming soon and after one day the first preview to the Marvel film crawled its way online. As previews go the teaser to Venom does just that as it teases several elements for the upcoming movie. The trailer gives a first impression of Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock which is already shaping up to be a captivating portrayal. The preview also feature snippets of other factors such as Michelle Williams as Ann Weying, other central characters and a brief image of the symbiote. The preview creates a tense atmosphere which only helps to develop a matter of intrigue for the superhero film. Despite Venom not being shown in his entirety the trailer was still effective as it features the right tone and moments to makes this superhero movie one to be excited for.
Could "Avengers Infinity War" be the Longest MCU Film?
There is still some time before Earth Mightiest Heroes assemble for Avengers: Infinity War, so this is the perfect time to speculate on the blockbuster. While some may wonder about details such as Thor's new hammer or which character is going to bite the dust, one question that has me pondering is just how long will this movie be? With so many elements and characters coming together in this movie it is hard for me to believe that Infinity War could end up being the standard two hours. It seems more likely that Infinity War's runtime will end up being close to Captain America: Civil War (which is 147 minutes),but then again it also possible that the third Avengers film could become the longest film in the MCU. Infinity War needs the right amount of time to bring all of these elements together a so a long runtime would be understandable. It will likely be a good month before news on Infinity War's runtime comes to light, so for now I will just state that it would not surprise to see third Avengers film become the longest movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Game of Thrones Creators to Produce/Write New Series of Star Wars Films
Major news shook the Star Wars franchise this past week. In a surprising update Lucasfilms revealed that Game of Thrones creators David Beniott and D.B. Weiss will be writing and producing a series of films for the Star Wars franchise. This new series will break of away from both the Skywalker Saga and the upcoming trilogy being developed by Rian Johnson. This update was a surprise to say the least. As of right now it is anyone's guess what these movies will be about. The movies could be center on the subjects such as the Old Republic or it could be about something else entirely. The possibilities are endless, but regardless of that: it is good to see that the Star Wars franchise is expanding. How this series of movies will effect the Galaxy Far,Far Away remains to be seen, but with Beniott and Weiss' involvement one cannot help but curious at lies ahead for Star Wars.
That's all for this week's Cinematic New Reel. I know that there were a few stories that I missed so if you want to discuss feel free to do so below.With that said I hope you have a good day and stay tune next week for another Cinematic News Reel.
Labels: Avengers Infinity War, Cinematic News Reel, Deadpool 2, Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom, Solo A Star Wars Story, Super Bowl, Venom

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5 Improving biodiversity
1 Living or
non-living
2 Investigate
3 Life stages and
4 Environmental
5 Improving
In this lesson students explore ways to improve the biodiversity of the biological habitats in the school grounds.
Inform students that during this lesson they will be showing Atto how to improve the biodiversity of a habitat.
Review the terms 'biodiversity' and 'habitat'. Explain to students that in order to improve biodiversity, it is necessary to understand the current conditions of the area you would like to improve. Discuss how there are relationships between the plants in an environment and the animals that live in that environment.
Revisit the living thing audit carried out in Lesson 2.
Conduct a simple compare and contrast activity (such as a Venn diagram or table) to identify similarities and differences between the two areas. Identify and choose the area that requires intervention to improve its biodiversity.
Ask students to make suggestions about ways they could improve the biodiversity of the chosen area. List responses and nominate actions before prioritising them.
Invite a guest speaker such as the school's officer or gardener to offer suggestions about plant species that may provide for improved biodiversity.
Distribute the worksheet Atto's digital communicator – lined (PDF, 89 KB) for the students to write down the actions that will be taken to improve biodiversity of the chosen area.
Inform students that they are going to set up a 'nurse log' in an area in the school grounds that will provide shelter and a food source for a number of small creatures and plants such as mosses and lichens. Visit the chosen area and place the nurse log in the best situation. Photograph the area before and after the placement of the nurse log.
Teacher note: This activity will take forward planning preparation well before the lesson. For details on setting up a nurse log see Background information (PDF, 1.2MB). Organise for future photographs to be taken to observe the progression of the nurse log.
Have students make real-life connections to the work they have been doing by having them make recommendations to the school's officer and principal about what they could do in the school grounds. Explain to students that some of the actions may require permission to be carried out and assistance from other staff to be completed and that is why it is important to inform all the involved parties of the proposal.
Inform students they will write a letter to the principal detailing their work over the unit and explaining the strategies chosen to improve the biodiversity in the chosen schoolyard area.
Inform students that Atto is now ready to return to his home planet with the reports they have completed for him. Collate and compile all of the students' work over the unit. Include any digital products of the plants and animals studied. Prepare a display or presentation for other students and staff to inform them of the work the class has been doing.
Teacher note: Place information in an area where other students and staff can access for future reference, such as a library display or on a shared drive on the computer.
Atto's digital communicator – lined
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Gliffy.
Online diagram and flowchart software
R12115 National parks: Daintree,
NDLRN (Video, 12:50 min)


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"Edmund Talbot" is a leading character in which of the following William Golding novels?
Rites of Passage - Rites of Passage was published in 1980.
First published in 1749, "Mr. Allworthy", a country gentleman, is featured in which comic novel?
Tom Jones - A very influential English novel, Tom Jones is divided into 18 smaller books and is quite lengthy.
The torture chamber "Room 101" can be found in which English novel?
1984 - Room 101 is a torture chamber located in the Ministry of Love.
Published by his son Christopher in 1977, "The Silmarillion" is a fantasy novel by whom?
J. R. R. Tolkien - The novel is comprised of five parts that were initially separate works.
Published in 1876, what is the title of George Eliot's last novel?
Daniel Deronda - George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) wrote eight novels during her life.
Which of the following Roald Dahl works was published the earliest?
James and the Giant Peach - James and The Giant Peach was first published in 1961.
Originally published in 1962, who wrote the dystopian novel "A Clockwork Orange"?
Anthony Burgess - An adaptation of the novel to film was done by Stanley Kubrick in 1971.
The character of "Mary Crawford" appears in what 1814 Jane Austen novel?
Mansfield Park - Mansfield Park was the third published novel by Jane Austen.
Finish the name of this famous Doris Lessing work - "The Golden..."?
Notebook - The Golden Notebook was published in 1962.
"Caliban" is a chief character in which of William Shakespeare's plays?
The Tempest - The Tempest is believed to have been written sometime in 1610–11.
"Charles Lutwidge Dodgson" is the real name of which British author?
Lewis Carroll - Lewis Carroll is best-known for his novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
What novel by Virginia Woolf details a day in the life of a 51 year old woman named "Clarissa"?
Mrs. Dalloway - Mrs. Dalloway was published in 1925.
Her fourth, what English author wrote the 1853 novel "Villette"?
Charlotte Bronte - The BBC produced a television miniseries based on Villette in 1970.
What 1949 English novel is set in Airstrip One, a province of the super state Oceania?
1984 - Written by George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four has been adapted for the cinema, radio, television and theatre.
Considered a classic of English literature, who wrote the satire "Gulliver's Travels"?
Jonathan Swift - A movie based on the book was released in 2010 starring Jack Black.


An Alaskan State Trooper was trying to respond to a call about a fire, but his GPS wasn't working and he got lost. Then he saw a German Shepard named Buddy barking and trying to lead him… so he followed the dog and as it turns out, the fire was at his owners house.
Buddy's human said "We need to get help" – so that's just what Buddy did, he went to get help. What a smart dog, huh? I wonder if it's the breed or his name? I heard he got an engraved silver-plated dog bowl in Anchorage today. Congrats Buddy, you're a hero!


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Title: Apsis
Subject: Infobox planet/testcases, Ananke (moon), Pasiphae (moon), Sednoid, Detached object
Collection: Earth, Orbits
The Apsides describe the nearest and furthest points of an orbiting body around its host.
(1) furthest
(3) focus
(2) nearest
apocenter primary pericenter
aphelion Sun perihelion
apastron star periastron
apogee Earth perigee
The apsis (Greek ἁψίς), plural apsides (; Greek: ἁψίδες) is an extreme point in an object's orbit. For elliptic orbits about a larger body, there are two apsides, named with the prefixes peri- (from περί (peri), meaning "near") and ap-, or apo-, (from ἀπ(ό) (ap(ó)), meaning "away from") added to a description of the thing being orbited.
For a body orbiting the Sun the point of least distance is the perihelion () and the point of greatest distance is the aphelion ();[1]
The terms become periastron and apastron when discussing orbits around other stars.
For any satellite of Earth including the Moon the point of least distance is the perigee () and greatest distance the apogee.
For any orbits around a center of mass, there are the terms pericenter and apocenter. Periapsis and apoapsis (or apapsis) are equivalent alternatives.
A straight line connecting the pericenter and apocenter is the line of apsides. This is the major axis of the ellipse, its greatest diameter. For a two-body system the center of mass of the system lies on this line at one of the two foci of the ellipse. When one body is sufficiently larger than the other it may be taken to be at this focus. However whether or not this is the case, both bodies are in similar elliptical orbits each having one focus at the system's center of mass, with their respective lines of apsides being of length inversely proportional to their masses. Historically, in geocentric systems, apsides were measured from the center of the Earth. However, in the case of the Moon, the center of mass of the Earth–Moon system, or Earth–Moon barycenter, as the common focus of both the Moon's and Earth's orbits about each other, is about 74% of the way from Earth's center to its surface.
In orbital mechanics, the apsis technically refers to the distance measured between the centers of mass of the central and orbiting body. However, in the case of spacecraft, the family of terms are commonly used to describe the orbital altitude of the spacecraft from the surface of the central body (assuming a constant, standard reference radius).
Mathematical formulae 1
Terminology graph 2.1
Perihelion and aphelion of the Earth 3
Planetary perihelion and aphelion 4
Mathematical formulae
Keplerian orbital elements: point F is at the pericenter, point H is at the apocenter, and the red line between them is the line of apsides
These formulae characterize the pericenter and apocenter of an orbit:
Pericenter: maximum speed v_\mathrm{per} = \sqrt{ \tfrac{(1+e)\mu}{(1-e)a} } \, at minimum (pericenter) distance r_\mathrm{per}=(1-e)a\!\,
Apocenter: minimum speed v_\mathrm{ap} = \sqrt{ \tfrac{(1-e)\mu}{(1+e)a} } \, at maximum (apocenter) distance r_\mathrm{ap}=(1+e)a\!\,
while, in accordance with Kepler's laws of planetary motion (based on the conservation of angular momentum) and the conservation of energy, these two quantities are constant for a given orbit:
specific relative angular momentum h = \sqrt{(1-e^2)\mu a}
specific orbital energy \epsilon=-\frac{\mu}{2a}
a\!\, is the semi-major axis, equal to \frac{r_\mathrm{per}+r_\mathrm{ap}}{2}
\mu\!\, is the standard gravitational parameter
e\!\, is the eccentricity, defined as e=\frac{r_\mathrm{ap}-r_\mathrm{per}}{r_\mathrm{ap}+r_\mathrm{per}}=1-\frac{2}{\frac{r_\mathrm{ap}}{r_\mathrm{per}}+1}
Note that for conversion from heights above the surface to distances between an orbit and its primary, the radius of the central body has to be added, and conversely.
The arithmetic mean of the two limiting distances is the length of the semi-major axis a. The geometric mean of the two distances is the length of the semi-minor axis b.
The geometric mean of the two limiting speeds is \sqrt{-2\epsilon}=\sqrt{\mu/a} which is the speed of a body in a circular orbit whose radius is a.
The words "pericenter" and "apocenter" are often seen, although periapsis/apoapsis are preferred in technical usage.
Various related terms are used for other celestial objects. The '-gee', '-helion' and '-astron' and '-galacticon' forms are frequently used in the astronomical literature when referring to the Earth, Sun, stars and the Galactic centre respectively. -jove is occasionally used, while '-saturnium' has very rarely been used in the last 50 years. The '-gee' form is commonly used as a generic 'closest approach to planet' term instead of specifically applying to the Earth. During the Apollo program, the terms pericynthion and apocynthion (referencing Cynthia, an alternative name for the Greek Moon goddess Artemis) were used when referring to the Moon.[2] Regarding black holes, the term peri/apomelasma (from a Greek root) was used by physicist Geoffrey A. Landis in 1998 before peri/aponigricon (from a Latin) appeared in the scientific literature in 2002.[3]
Terminology graph
The following suffixes are added to peri- and apo- to form the terms for the nearest and farthest orbital distances from these objects.
Astronomical object
Suffix -helion -hermion -cytherion -gee -lune
-cynthion
-selene -areion -zene
-jove -krone
-saturnium -uranion -poseidon -hadion
of the name Helios Hermes Cynthia Gaia Selene Ares Jupiter Cronos
Saturn Uranus Poseidon Hades
-astron -galacticon -center
-apsis
Perihelion and aphelion of the Earth
For the orbit of the Earth around the Sun, the time of apsis is often expressed in terms of a time relative to seasons, since this determines the contribution of the elliptical orbit to seasonal variations. The variation of the seasons is primarily controlled by the annual cycle of the elevation angle of the Sun, which is a result of the tilt of the axis of the Earth measured from the plane of the ecliptic. The Earth's eccentricity and other orbital elements are not constant, but vary slowly due to the perturbing effects of the planets and other objects in the solar system. See Milankovitch cycles.
Currently, the Earth reaches perihelion in early January, approximately 14 days after the December Solstice. At perihelion, the Earth's center is about 0.98329 astronomical units (AU) or 147,098,070 kilometers (about 91,402,500 miles) from the Sun's center.
The Earth reaches aphelion currently in early July, approximately 14 days after the June Solstice. The aphelion distance between the Earth's and Sun's centers is currently about 1.01671 AU or 152,097,700 kilometers (94,509,100 mi).
On a very long time scale, the dates of the perihelion and of the aphelion progress through the seasons, and they make one complete cycle in 22,000 to 26,000 years. There is a corresponding movement of the position of the stars as seen from Earth that is called the apsidal precession. (This is closely related to the precession of the axis.)
Astronomers commonly express the timing of perihelion relative to the vernal equinox not in terms of days and hours, but rather as an angle of orbital displacement, the so-called longitude of the pericenter. For the orbit of the Earth, this is called the longitude of perihelion, and in 2000 was about 282.895 degrees. By the year 2010, this had advanced by a small fraction of a degree to about 283.067 degrees.[4]
The dates and times of the perihelions and aphelions for several past and future years are listed in the following table:[5]
Date Time (UT) Date Time (UT)
January 3 19:43 July 6 23:53
Planetary perihelion and aphelion
The following table shows the distances of the planets and dwarf planets from the Sun at their perihelion and aphelion.[6]
Type of body
Distance from Sun at perihelion
Distance from Sun at aphelion
Planet Mercury 46,001,009 km (28,583,702 mi) 69,817,445 km (43,382,549 mi)
Venus 107,476,170 km (66,782,600 mi) 108,942,780 km (67,693,910 mi)
Earth 147,098,291 km (91,402,640 mi) 152,098,233 km (94,509,460 mi)
Mars 206,655,215 km (128,409,597 mi) 249,232,432 km (154,865,853 mi)
Jupiter 740,679,835 km (460,237,112 mi) 816,001,807 km (507,040,016 mi)
Saturn 1,349,823,615 km (838,741,509 mi) 1,503,509,229 km (934,237,322 mi)
Uranus 2,734,998,229 km (1.699449110×109 mi) 3,006,318,143 km (1.868039489×109 mi)
Neptune 4,459,753,056 km (2.771162073×109 mi) 4,537,039,826 km (2.819185846×109 mi)
Dwarf planet Ceres 380,951,528 km (236,712,305 mi) 446,428,973 km (277,398,103 mi)
Pluto 4,436,756,954 km (2.756872958×109 mi) 7,376,124,302 km (4.583311152×109 mi)
Makemake 5,671,928,586 km (3.524373028×109 mi) 7,894,762,625 km (4.905578065×109 mi)
Haumea 5,157,623,774 km (3.204798834×109 mi) 7,706,399,149 km (4.788534427×109 mi)
Eris 5,765,732,799 km (3.582660263×109 mi) 14,594,512,904 km (9.068609883×109 mi)
The following chart shows the range of distances of the planets, dwarf planets and Halley's Comet from the Sun.
Distances of selected bodies of the Solar System from the Sun. The left and right edges of each bar correspond to the perihelion and aphelion of the body, respectively. Long bars denote high orbital eccentricity. The radius of the Sun is 0.7 million km, and the radius of Jupiter (the largest planet) is 0.07 million km, both too small to resolve on this image.
The images below show the perihelion (green dot) and aphelion (red dot) points of the inner and outer planets.
Perihelion and aphelion points
The perihelion and aphelion points of the inner planets of the Solar System
The perihelion and aphelion points of the outer planets of the Solar System
Apsidal precession
Eccentric anomaly
Elliptic orbit
Perifocal coordinate system
^ This is the pronunciation given in the Oxford English Dictionary [2] and other major English dictionaries, and is based on the usual pronunciation of scientific words derived from Greek. However, the pronunciation is often met, and is based on the misunderstanding that the elements ἀπό + ἥλιος remain separate.
^ "Apollo 15 Mission Report". Glossary. Retrieved October 16, 2009.
^ R. Schodel, T. Ott, R. Genzel, R. Hofmann, M. Lehnert, A. Eckart, N. Mouawad, T. Alexander, M.J. Reid, R. Lenzen, M. Hartung, F. Lacombe, D. Rouan, E. Gendron, G. Rousset, A.-M. Lagrange, W. Brandner, N. Ageorges, C. Lidman, A.F.M. Moorwood, J. Spyromilio, N. Hubin, and K.M. Menten, "Closest Star Seen Orbiting the Supermassive Black Hole at the Centre of the Milky Way," Nature 419, 694–696 (17 October 2002), doi:10.1038/nature01121.
^ NASA.gov
^ "Solex by Aldo Vitagliano". Retrieved 2012-07-09. (calculated by Solex 11)
^ NASA planetary comparison chart http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/compchart.cfm
Apogee – Perigee Photographic Size Comparison, perseus.gr
Aphelion – Perihelion Photographic Size Comparison, perseus.gr
Earth's Seasons: Equinoxes, Solstices, Perihelion, and Aphelion, 2000–2020, usno.navy.mil
Gravitational orbits
Elliptical / Highly elliptical
Hyperbolic trajectory
Inclined / Non-inclined
Osculating
Parabolic trajectory
Subsynchronous orbit
Transfer orbit
Geosynchronous
Sun-synchronous
Low Earth
Medium Earth
High Earth
Molniya
Near-equatorial
Orbit of the Moon
Two-line elements
About other points
Areosynchronous
Areostationary
Lissajous
Heliosynchronous
Shape/Size
e\,\! Eccentricity
a\,\! Semi-major axis
b\,\! Semi-minor axis
Q,q\,\! Apsides
i\,\! Inclination
\Omega\,\! Longitude of the ascending node
\omega\,\! Argument of periapsis
\varpi\,\! Longitude of the periapsis
M\,\! Mean anomaly
\nu\,\! True anomaly
E\,\! Eccentric anomaly
L\,\! Mean longitude
l\,\! True longitude
T\,\! Orbital period
n\,\! Mean motion
v\,\! Orbital speed
t_0\,\! Epoch
Collision avoidance (spacecraft)
Delta-v
Delta-v budget
Bi-elliptic transfer
Geostationary transfer
Gravity assist
Gravity turn
Hohmann transfer
Low energy transfer
Oberth effect
Inclination change
Rocket equation
Transposition, docking, and extraction
Other orbital mechanics topics
Celestial coordinate system
Characteristic energy
Equatorial coordinate system
Ground track
Hill sphere
Interplanetary Transport Network
Kepler's laws of planetary motion
Lagrangian point
n-body problem
Orbit equation
Orbital state vectors
Retrograde motion
Specific orbital energy
Specific relative angular momentum
List of orbits
Nasa, Antarctica, Solar System, Evolution, Apollo program
Solar System, Saturn, Venus, Earth, Mass
Solar System, Neptune, Sun, Moons of Uranus, Hydrogen
Gnome, Object Request Broker, C , Python (programming language), Perl
Ananke (moon)
Jupiter, Moons of Jupiter, Ananke group, Apsis, Mass
Pasiphae (moon)
Jupiter, Pasiphae group, Greek mythology, Apsis, Mass
Sednoid
Solar System, Neptune, Mars, Uranus, Michael E. Brown
Detached object
Solar System, Neptune, Oort cloud, Pluto, Venus


Much of the initial article still holds true; the over 65s are more right wing than other demographics; they do have a higher number of voters and they are more likely to vote; and such a skew in voter participation does then shift the results unnaturally in the favour of the more right wing parties. But, having said this, denying the over 65s the vote is not the solution to these obstacles.
Root cause analysis teaches us not to tackle the symptoms of a problem, but instead get to the heart of it. In the instance of UK politics and elections, the problem is not that the over 65s, who are typically more right wing than other demographics, are more engaged in the democratic system, the problem is that other demographics are not engaged.
If the first issue is that voter turnout for the over 65s is high, then this situation needs balance by ensuring that voter turnout for younger generations is also high.
And if the subsequent issue is that the older generations vote for more right wing policies and parties, then we need to understand why this is the case and seek to reverse it.
Preventing the over 65s from voting tackles neither of these issues.
Quite rightly many who I spoke to about Paxman's suggestion, and my article on the matter, argued that the policy proposal was ageist. In a society whereby the elderly and the older generations are already looked down upon, discriminated against, or generally ignored, it would be a terrible initiative that would only seek to alienate these valuable citizens further.
One respondent, Farrah Deen, said that she wouldn't want to be told her views were unimportant simply because of her age. Quite rightly she criticised Paxman and myself by saying: "it's not only taking away a right that women and men have died for… It is saying that future generations of people who are making a difference right now won't have that right to make a difference just because they hit a certain age." Continuing she said: "I think it's a huge insult to say once we hit a certain age our opinions no longer matter".
Deen is absolutely correct in what she says, and it was after speaking with her, and a number of others, that I realised that one could entertain an idea, without having to accept it.
In my initial article I failed to provide a deeper analysis of the topic at hand, and instead accepted at face value a proposal which would provide a quick fix to the problem. The introduction of Paxman's proposal to cap the voting age is a negative action in terms of democratic growth and responsibility.
Of course myself and Paxman, are not alone in recognising the problem with having a larger turnout of elderly voters. This OpenDemocracy article by Craig Berry highlights the same concerns as I had, but goes deeper in its analysis of the problem which has been labelled, somewhat crudely, as the "grey vote".
He also states that as a democracy, we are entering "uncharted territory" whereby the voting age distribution is no longer pyramid shaped and is in fact seeing somewhat of an inversion of this. As this trend continues the crisis could deepen and Berry believes that we may well see that maintaining a pyramid shaped age distribution during elections is a "hidden foundation of representative democracy", and that without it representative democracy cannot work.
Berry makes a number of suggestions to counteract this problem, but unsurprisingly he does not suggest capping the voting age, despite the fact it may well bring about the desired result. Modern society already fails to adequately provide for the older generations and denying them the democratic power to voice their concerns and opinions may be seen as a dangerous continuation of that trend.
The "grey vote" is one of the most important demographics in elections, and as was shown in my last piece, effectively swung the result from a poor Labour campaign to a more coordinated Conservative one, handing the Tories a majority for the first time since 1992.
In October 2012, a survey conducted by ICM for the charity Age UK shows that concern for the treatment of the elderly comes third in English voter priorities behind only the economy and the NHS. Some 19 million people in England described themselves as "very" or "extremely" worried about how they, their family, and friends will be looked after in old age.
Despite the numerous crises that face the older generations in the UK, the ruling classes, or The Establishment, as Owen Jones labels them, has done a fantastic job of maintaining and even growing support from the grey voters, whilst at the same time dismantling all of the services which they rely on.
As with all packages that society has been coerced into swallowing, propaganda, division, and fear has left the majority of the older generation focused on issues which have no real impact on them. Whilst they are worrying about the "swarm of migrants" coming to the country, their services are being removed from them one by one in a classic policy of misdirection. "They are the enemy. They are the problem. Focus on them".
In research conducted before the 2015 General Election, Britain Thinks analysed the "grey voters" and their intentions. The overarching themes that came from the analysis showed these voters to be "cautious" and "resistant to cultural change", whilst they "saw themselves as "savvy", "sensible", and "sceptical" about their household finances and health".
Immigration was the primary concern for these voters, above even the NHS and the economy, with 31% of adults over the age of 55 saying that it was the "single most important issue facing Britain today." According to British Social Attitudes 2013 survey, some 81% of 55-64 year olds and 87% of 65 year olds and over "think that immigration should be reduced".
Such anti-immigration beliefs, held by the demographic with the most power, then help to explain why Labour hardened their stance on immigration – in the hope of attracting more elderly voters, and why UKIP has seen a significant rise in support in the last decade – their entire manifesto is based around anti-immigration.
This near obsession with immigration from the elderly voters is curious for two reasons. The first is that immigration is unlikely to affect them or their lives on a day-to-day basis, and second is that there are genuine issues which will negatively impact on them which are then relegated to a lesser priority because the issue of immigration takes precedence.
For example, the state pension age is being increased for both males and females to the age of 66 in 2020; the NHS is facing staff and funding shortages whilst having multiple areas of operation privatised – the elderly are the demographic who most frequently use NHS services of course; public transport costs have increased as council's budgets have been squeezed and travel subsidies cut; instances of neglect and abuse within care homes are all too common; there are those who are now having to choose between being cleaned and being fed as funding for vital services falls; and most recently a Conservative led council has proposed that pensioners be charged a special fee in order to allow a council's care workers to pick them up should they fall down at home.
Despite these attacks, the "grey vote" remains more concerned with immigration than any other topic. I suspect that such beliefs can be attributed to the role that the media plays, but without researching the topic in detail I am unable to say that with any certainty just yet. This though, would provide an interesting future line of enquiry.
Those on the Left should not pander to the anti-immigrant rhetoric of the media and the right-wing parties in order to gain an increased "grey vote", nor too should we dismiss the elderly voters as racist or xenophobic, but it is clear that the situation cannot be ignored. With the importance of the "grey vote" it is vital that real issues become the focus of their attention, and policies that affect their day to day lives are put under the microscope.
We need to recognise why the "grey vote" concentrates on the issues that they do and whilst attempting to rectify this scaremongering and misdirection we should also be promoting electoral participation to the younger generations in order to cancel out, or at least even up, the voting playing field. A simultaneous attack is needed upon both if we are to deserve the title of democracy.
There have been numerous suggestions for promoting the younger generations involvement in elections, just some of which have been to place more emphasis on registering voters, declaring a national holiday on the day of the election, creating a more "digital democracy", teaching political literacy in schools and colleges, or giving the vote to 16 and 17 year olds. It's likely that a number of these initiatives, and more, are needed in order to bring more balance.
Like the role of the media on the "grey vote", such solutions to the low turnout of younger generations is itself worthy of more time and research.


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package nu.xom;

import java.io.Writer;

/**
 *

 *  ISO 8859-9 for Western Europe. Includes the Euro sign and
 *  several uncommon French letters. otherwise the same as
 *  Latin-1.
 *

 *
 * @author Elliotte Rusty Harold
 * @version 1.0
 *
 */
class Latin9Writer extends TextWriter {

    /**
     *

     *   Creates a new TextWriter for the
     *   ISO-8859-15 (Latin-9) character encoding.
     *

    *
     * @param out the Writer on which the text will be written
     * @param encoding the character set used by the Writer
     */
    Latin9Writer(Writer out, String encoding) {
        super(out, encoding);
    }

    /**
     *

     *   Returns true if and only if this character
     *   needs to be replaced by a character reference when
     *   output in this encoding.
     *

     *
     *
     * @see nu.xom.TextWriter#needsEscaping(char)
     */
    boolean needsEscaping(char c) {
        if (c <= 0xA3 ) return false;
        if (c == 0x20AC) return false; // EURO SIGN

        switch (c) {  // Latin-1 overlap
            case 0x00A5: return false; // YEN SIGN
            case 0x00A6: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x00A7: return false; // SECTION SIGN
            case 0x00A8: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x00A9: return false; // COPYRIGHT SIGN
            case 0x00AA: return false; // FEMININE ORDINAL INDICATOR
            case 0x00AB: return false; // LEFT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
            case 0x00AC: return false; // NOT SIGN
            case 0x00AD: return false; // SOFT HYPHEN
            case 0x00AE: return false; // REGISTERED SIGN
            case 0x00AF: return false; // MACRON
            case 0x00B0: return false; // DEGREE SIGN
            case 0x00B1: return false; // PLUS-MINUS SIGN
            case 0x00B2: return false; // SUPERSCRIPT TWO
            case 0x00B3: return false; // SUPERSCRIPT THREE
            case 0x00B4: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x00B5: return false; // MICRO SIGN
            case 0x00B6: return false; // PILCROW SIGN
            case 0x00B7: return false; // MIDDLE DOT
            case 0x00B8: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x00B9: return false; // SUPERSCRIPT ONE
            case 0x00BA: return false; // MASCULINE ORDINAL INDICATOR
            case 0x00BB: return false; // RIGHT-POINTING DOUBLE ANGLE QUOTATION MARK
            case 0x00BC: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x00BD: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x00BE: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x00BF: return false; // INVERTED QUESTION MARK
            case 0x00C0: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
            case 0x00C1: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
            case 0x00C2: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
            case 0x00C3: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH TILDE
            case 0x00C4: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
            case 0x00C5: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
            case 0x00C6: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER AE
            case 0x00C7: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
            case 0x00C8: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
            case 0x00C9: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
            case 0x00CA: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX
            case 0x00CB: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
            case 0x00CC: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH GRAVE
            case 0x00CD: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH ACUTE
            case 0x00CE: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
            case 0x00CF: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS
            case 0x00D0: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER ETH
            case 0x00D1: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH TILDE
            case 0x00D2: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH GRAVE
            case 0x00D3: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
            case 0x00D4: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
            case 0x00D5: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH TILDE
            case 0x00D6: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
            case 0x00D7: return false; // MULTIPLICATION SIGN
            case 0x00D8: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE
            case 0x00D9: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH GRAVE
            case 0x00DA: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH ACUTE
            case 0x00DB: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX
            case 0x00DC: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
            case 0x00DD: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE
            case 0x00DE: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER THORN
            case 0x00DF: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER SHARP S
            case 0x00E0: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE
            case 0x00E1: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH ACUTE
            case 0x00E2: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH CIRCUMFLEX
            case 0x00E3: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH TILDE
            case 0x00E4: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DIAERESIS
            case 0x00E5: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH RING ABOVE
            case 0x00E6: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER AE
            case 0x00E7: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER C WITH CEDILLA
            case 0x00E8: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH GRAVE
            case 0x00E9: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
            case 0x00EA: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH CIRCUMFLEX
            case 0x00EB: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH DIAERESIS
            case 0x00EC: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH GRAVE
            case 0x00ED: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH ACUTE
            case 0x00EE: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH CIRCUMFLEX
            case 0x00EF: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER I WITH DIAERESIS
            case 0x00F0: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER ETH
            case 0x00F1: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER N WITH TILDE
            case 0x00F2: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH GRAVE
            case 0x00F3: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH ACUTE
            case 0x00F4: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH CIRCUMFLEX
            case 0x00F5: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH TILDE
            case 0x00F6: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH DIAERESIS
            case 0x00F7: return false; // DIVISION SIGN
            case 0x00F8: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE
            case 0x00F9: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH GRAVE
            case 0x00FA: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH ACUTE
            case 0x00FB: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH CIRCUMFLEX
            case 0x00FC: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS
            case 0x00FD: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH ACUTE
            case 0x00FE: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER THORN
            case 0x00FF: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS
        }
        switch (c) { // uncommon French letters
            case 0x0152: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LIGATURE OE
            case 0x0153: return false; // LATIN SMALL LIGATURE OE
            case 0x0154: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0155: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0156: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0157: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0158: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0159: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x015A: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x015B: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x015C: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x015D: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x015E: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x015F: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0160: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S WITH CARON
            case 0x0161: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER S WITH CARON
            case 0x0162: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0163: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0164: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0165: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0166: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0167: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0168: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0169: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x016A: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x016B: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x016C: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x016D: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x016E: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x016F: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0170: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0171: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0172: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0173: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0174: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0175: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0176: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0177: return true;  // place holder to enable table lookup
            case 0x0178: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Y WITH DIAERESIS
            case 0x017D: return false; // LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z WITH CARON
            case 0x017E: return false; // LATIN SMALL LETTER Z WITH CARON
        }

        return true;

    }

}

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Last night, the Weatherbrains crew, consisting of meteorologists James Spann, Brian Peters, J.B. Elliott, and Kevin Selle, interviewed Meteorologist Brian Jackson of the Wakefield , Virginia National Weather Service Office. Mr. Jackson provided some insight into the tornado event that occurred in southeast Virginia on Monday. He said that so far seven tornadoes have been confirmed. Two were rated EF0, four were rated EF1, and one was rated EF3.
The first tornado touchdown was in the Colonial Heights area. Unfortunately there was no advanced warning for that tornado. According to Mr. Jackson, NEXRAD was showing no strong rotational signature. He said that this was spawned by a LWEP or line echo wave pattern and that the rotation formed very low. Interestingly the first report of this tornado came from a fellow NWS employee who was at the Best Buy store when the tornado occurred.
The worst (EF3) damage occurred around the north side of downtown Suffolk and near the Highpoint neighborhood and golf course. Warnings with adequate lead time were in place for this tornado and all other tornadoes after the first one. The Suffolk tornado was spawned by a supercell.
An EF1 tornado moved through the Norfolk Naval Base. Mr. Jackson referred to video that showed that tornado passing in front of the big battleship there.
Interestingly, the first tornado that struck the Colonial Heights area hit in the exact same spot as an F4 tornado in August of 1993. The 1993 tornado was the last major tornado in the area. Mr. Jackson said that their office has received numerous inquiries as to whether that spot was a "magnet" for tornadoes. He said that the fact it struck the exact same area was just random chance.
The Storm Prediction Center had placed southeastern Virginia under a slight risk for the five days prior to the event. Mr. Jackson said that the meteorological conditions did not seem to be coming together because Sunday was a rainy, overcast day with temperatures around 60. He said that the sun never really broke through much on Monday either. This makes me curious to learn whether this is yet another example of tornadoes forming in an area of strong shear but limited instability. It seems like many of the tornadoes this year have formed in that type of environment.


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It's alive: Asus Transformer AiO gets official spec sheet, pricing and release date
Unveiled for the first time a full nine months ago, the Asus Transformer AiO part Windows 8 all-in-one PC/part Android tablet pretty much divided the tech world in two. There were those who saw it as brilliant innovation and those who called it a monstrosity.
Unveiled for the first time a full nine months ago, the Asus Transformer AiO part Windows 8 all-in-one PC/part Android tablet pretty much divided the tech world in two. There were those who saw it as brilliant innovation and those who called it a monstrosity. A beastly Frankensteinian creature, if you will.
A heated debate might have started, only no one really believed it would turn into reality. No matter what side were you on, you still could have smelled the vaporware stench. But then the hybrid got a second unveiling this January and now a third, along with the much awaited revealing of the spec sheet and pricing.
Where do we start? How about with the confirmation that the 18.4-inch display boasts a Full HD 1,920 x 1,080 pixels resolution? The thing also has 10-point touch, so it definitely sounds nice.
On the tablet part, you get a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor with an unknown clocking speed, 2 GB of RAM, 32 GB of on-board storage, microSD support, a 1 MP front-facing cam and a 32 Whr battery capable of around 5 hours of continuous use.
Not exactly ideal for a top-tier 2013 tab, but at least there's Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to butter the thing up. As far as design goes, the slate looks like your ordinary Asus Eee Pad, only, you know, a lot bigger. It weighs 5.28 pounds by itself, so don't even think about this as a travelling pal.
Meanwhile, once you dock the tablet into the PC station, you'll get a far snappier computing machine with Windows 8, an Intel Core i5-3350P processor, 8 GB of RAM, a 1 TB HDD and a GeForce GT 730M GPU. There's also a SuperMulti DVD Drive there, as well as a wide selection of ports and connectivity options – USB 3.0, HDMI, Wi-Fi, Ethernet and an SD card reader.
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Q: numpy: accumulate 'greater' operation I'm trying to write a function that would detect all rising edges - indexes in a vector where value exceeds certain threshold. Something similar is described here: Python rising/falling edge oscilloscope-like trigger, but I want to add hysteresis, so that trigger won't fire unless the value goes below another limit.
I came up the following code:
import numpy as np

arr = np.linspace(-10, 10, 60)
sample_values = np.sin(arr) + 0.6 * np.sin(arr*3)

above_trigger = sample_values > 0.6
below_deadband = sample_values < 0.0
combined = 1 * above_trigger - 1 * below_deadband

Now in the combined array there is 1 where the original value was above upper limit, -1 where the value was below lower limit and 0 where the value was in between:
>>> combined
array([ 1,  1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,  0,  1,  1,  1,  0,  0,
        1,  1,  1,  0, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,  0,  1,  1,  1,
        0,  0,  1,  1,  1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,  1,  1,
        1,  0,  0,  1,  1,  1,  0, -1, -1])

My idea was to use some clever function that would process this vector sequentially and replace all sequences of zeros with whatever non-zero value was preceding them. Then the problem would boil down to simply finding where the value changes from -1 to 1.
I though that greater operation would fulfill this purpose if used correctly: -1 encoded as True and 1 as False:

*

*(True ("-1") > -1) -> True ("-1")

*(True ("-1") > 1) -> False ("1")

*(True ("-1") > 0) -> True ("-1")

*(False ("1") > -1) -> True ("-1")

*(False ("1") > 1) -> False ("1")

*(False ("1") > 0) -> False ("1")

But the results are not what I expect:
>>> 1 - 2 * np.greater.accumulate(combined)
array([-1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,
        1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,
        1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,
        1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1])

It seems that the greater function doesn't correctly compare booleans with numeric values in this scenario, even though it works fine when used on scalars or pair-wise:
>>> np.greater(False, -1)
True
>>> np.greater.outer(False, combined)
array([False, False,  True,  True,  True,  True,  True,  True,  True,
        True,  True, False, False, False, False, False, False, False,
       False, False, False,  True,  True,  True,  True,  True,  True,
        True,  True,  True, False, False, False, False, False, False,
       False, False, False,  True,  True,  True,  True,  True,  True,
        True,  True,  True,  True, False, False, False, False, False,
       False, False, False, False,  True,  True])

Is this expected behavior? Am I doing something wrong here, is there any way around this?
Alternatively, maybe you could suggest another approach to this problem?
Thank you.

A: I am not sure what the issue with np.greater.accumulate is (it does not seem to behave as advertised indeed), but the following should work:
import numpy as np
import numpy as np

arr = np.linspace(-10, 10, 60)
sample_values = np.sin(arr) + 0.6 * np.sin(arr*3)

above_trigger = sample_values > 0.6
below_deadband = sample_values < 0.0
combined = 1 * above_trigger - 1 * below_deadband

mask = combined != 0
idx = np.where(mask,np.arange(len(mask)),0)
idx = np.maximum.accumulate(idx)
result = combined[idx]

print(f"combined:\n {combined}\n")
print(f"result:\n {result}")

It gives:
combined:
 [ 1  1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1  0  1  1  1  0  0  1  1  1  0 -1 -1 -1
 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1  0  1  1  1  0  0  1  1  1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
 -1  1  1  1  0  0  1  1  1  0 -1 -1]

result:
 [ 1  1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1 -1 -1 -1
 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1
 -1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  1 -1 -1]

Then the indices where values jumps from -1 to 1 can be obtained as follows:
np.nonzero(result[1:] > result[:-1])[0] + 1

It gives:
array([12, 31, 49])

A: I've been developing a package called ufunclab that includes the function hysteresis_relay that does what you want.  I haven't put it on PyPI, so you would have to grab the source and build it yourself to use it.
In [122]: import numpy as np

In [123]: from ufunclab import hysteresis_relay

In [124]: arr = np.linspace(-10, 10, 60)

In [125]: sample_values = np.sin(arr) + 0.6 * np.sin(arr*3)

In [126]: hysteresis_relay(sample_values, 0.0, 0.6, -1, 1, 1).astype(int)
Out[126]:
array([ 1,  1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,
        1,  1,  1,  1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,  1,  1,  1,
        1,  1,  1,  1,  1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,  1,  1,
        1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1, -1, -1])

Another option is to use Pandas (but I suspect @bb1's answer will be more efficient than this, and @bb1's answer avoids depending on another library).

*

*Convert combined to a Pandas Series.

*Replace 0 with pd.NA in the Series.

*Use the method fillna() with method='ffill' to "forward fill" the NA values.

*Convert the Series back to a NumPy array with the to_numpy() method.

In [107]: combined
Out[107]:
array([ 1,  1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,  0,  1,  1,  1,  0,  0,
        1,  1,  1,  0, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,  0,  1,  1,  1,
        0,  0,  1,  1,  1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,  1,  1,
        1,  0,  0,  1,  1,  1,  0, -1, -1])

In [108]: import pandas as pd

In [109]: pd.Series(combined).replace(0, pd.NA).fillna(method='ffill').to_numpy()
Out[109]:
array([ 1,  1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,
        1,  1,  1,  1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,  1,  1,  1,
        1,  1,  1,  1,  1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,  1,  1,
        1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1, -1, -1])

A: Here is another simple solution:
def gen(arr, start=0):
    y = start
    for x in arr:
        if x != 0:
            y = x
        yield y

g = gen(combined)
# set count for performance
np.fromiter(g, dtype=int, count=combined.size)

>>> array([ 1,  1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,
    1,  1,  1,  1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,  1,  1,  1,
    1,  1,  1,  1,  1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1,  1,  1,
    1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1,  1, -1, -1])

you can write a similar generator or loop to detect the jump directly:
p = 0
for i, x in enumerate(combined):
    if x - p == 2:
        print(i)
        break
    if x != 0:
        p = x

combined[i-5:i+1]
>>> 12
>>> array([-1, -1, -1, -1,  0,  1])

A: Thank you all for your answers.
For the record, below are timing results for the proposed solutions:
import numpy as np
import pandas as pd
import ufunclab

arr = np.linspace(-10, 10, 600)
values = np.sin(arr)+0.6*np.sin(arr*3)

def trigger_using_greater(values):
    # This doesn't give correct results
    combined = 1 * (values > 0.6) - 1 * (values < 0)
    return 1 - 2 * np.greater.accumulate(combined)

def trigger_using_masked_indexes(values):
    combined = 1 * (values > 0.6) - 1 * (values < 0)
    mask = combined != 0
    idx = np.where(mask, np.arange(len(mask)), 0)
    idx = np.maximum.accumulate(idx)
    return combined[idx]

def trigger_using_hysteresis_relay(values):
    result = ufunclab.hysteresis_relay(values, 0.0, 0.6, -1, 1, 1).astype(int)
    return result

def trigger_using_pandas(values):
    combined = 1 * (values > 0.6) - 1 * (values < 0)
    result = pd.Series(combined).replace(0, pd.NA).fillna(method='ffill').to_numpy()
    return result

def gen(arr, start=0):
    y = start
    for x in arr:
        if x != 0:
            y = x
        yield y

def trigger_using_generator(values):
    combined = 1 * (values > 0.6) - 1 * (values < 0)
    g = gen(combined)
    return np.fromiter(g, dtype=int, count=combined.size)

In [8]: %timeit trigger_using_greater(values)
21.9 µs ± 1.3 µs per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 10000 loops each)

In [9]: %timeit trigger_using_masked_indexes(values)
26.8 µs ± 563 ns per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 10000 loops each)

In [10]: %timeit trigger_using_hysteresis_relay(values)
7.31 µs ± 759 ns per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 100000 loops each)

In [11]: %timeit trigger_using_pandas(values)
755 µs ± 63.2 µs per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 1000 loops each)

In [12]: %timeit trigger_using_generator(values)
165 µs ± 3.37 µs per loop (mean ± std. dev. of 7 runs, 10000 loops each)

The hysteresis_relay is the clear winner here, but at the cost of compiling ufunclab package. Very useful package by the way. Warren, consider publishing it to PyPI. Ideally I'd love to see at least some of those functions integrated into SciPy.
The masked indexes solution is almost as fast as my original (not working) solution and doesn't require and external library.
The Pandas solution is astonishingly slow, even slower that standard Python generator.

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«Let's Be Friends» — сингл в исполнении американский певицы Эмили Осмент. Релиз сингла на digital download состоялся 8 июня 2010, в качестве главного сингла из дебютного альбома Осмент Fight or Flight. Она была написана Эмили Осмент, Тоби Гэдом и Манди Перкинс.

«Let's Be Friends» получил большой успех в Японии, дебютировав под № 24 на чарте Billboard Japan Hot 100, что делает его лучшим синглом Эмили Осмент.настоящего времени Кроме того, сингл был также успешным в Германии, дебютировав под № 67 и остаясь в чарте в течение шести недель.

Происхождение
Песня была написана Эмили Осмент, Тоби Гэдом и Манди Перкинс. «Let's Be Friends» является оптимистичной поп песней, которая содержит множественное использование барабанов и электрогитары. Песня показывает музыкальный переход Осмент в сторону более зрелой аудитории.

Ранее Осмент заявляла в интервью, что «Let's Be Friends» песня о сложных отношениях с кем она провела 2009 год. Она также рассказала, что выбрала пляж, как сцену для её видеоклипа. В том же интервью, Осмент сказала, что она носила такую же одежду, когда она встретила этого человека.

Критика
Сингл получил множество положительных отзывов от критиков. Однако, некоторые критики и фанаты отмечали, что песня звучит, как смесь песен Майли Сайрус "Can't Be Tamed и P!nk «Funhouse». Они также сравнили Эмили Осмент с Майли Сайрус, исполнительницей главной роли в сериале Ханна Монтана, заявив, что она превратилась в более зрелый и сексуальный образ.

Музыкальное видео
В видеоклипе, снятом на сингл, Осмент идёт с подругами на пляж, для заигрывания со случайным симпатичным мужчиной. Он начинается с Эмили и её друзей подъехавших на стоянку пляжа на своём белом Мустанге. Затем идут на пляж, где Осмент находит милого мальчика и начинает с ним флиртовать.

Живые выступления
Осмент исполнила свою песню на Clap Your Hands Tour, вместе с предыдущими синглами «All the Way Up» и «You Are the Only One». Она также была выступила на утреннем ТВ-шоу Toronto Breakfast Television в Канаде. Осмент спела оригинальную версию песни на The Dome 55 в Германии.

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Digital download
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 «Let's Be Freinds» [с новым хором] 3:03
 «Let's Be Freinds» [Prince Villiam Remix] 4:02
 «Let's Be Freinds» [Coltman Remix] 5:29

Другие Ремиксы
 «Let's Be Freinds» [Riddler Remix] 3:36

Чарты

Примечания

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Q: Event onclick dynamic i use https://angular.io/guide/dynamic-form angular dynamic form. How is it possible to intercept the click event on every input field of the web page? I tried
<pre>
<df-question [question]="question" [form]="form" ng-
click="onContainerClick($event);"></df-question>
</pre>

Thank you

A: Instead of applying the click to the tag, just in your DynamicFormQuestionComponent (df-question) add click event on the input field (code taken from the docs)
HTML:
<input (click)="onContainerClick($event)" *ngSwitchCase="'textbox'"
       [formControlName]="question.key"
       [id]="question.key" [type]="question.type">

BTW, you were using ng-click which is not Angular, but AngularJS.
TS:
onContainerClick(event) {
  console.log('clicked')
}

DEMO (check console) https://plnkr.co/edit/MbwuhWJrJOwuW23ZbzsC?p=preview


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Tag Archives: Bill Sienkiewicz
Weekly Comic 100s: Star Wars Finale, Batman/Superman, The Question
*"Weekly Comic 100s" keeps it nice and simple. Comic book reviews in 100 words or less. Nothing too in-depth here. Just straight, concise, and to the point.***
Fanboy Wonder
TITLE: Star Wars #75
AUTHOR:Greg Pak
ARTISTS: Phil Noto, Clayton Cowles (Letterer)
A fine way to end the series. Great pacing, mixed with good character work and some nice action scenes. Once again, Greg Pak and Phil Noto shine a glowing spotlight on Chewbacca and C-3PO. What's more, they find a way to subtly weave the tragedy of Darth Vader into everything. (See the closing page.)
In particular, I'm sad to see Pak go. He's proven here that he knows how to tell a good Star Wars story. And as we've learned through a couple of the recent movies, that's not something everyone can do.
TITLE: Batman/Superman #4
AUTHOR: Joshua Williamson
PENCILLER: David Marquez, Alejandro Sanchez (Colorist), John J. Hill (Letterer)
In this issue we learn the identities of the six "Jokerized" heroes, a.k.a. the "Secret Six." They didn't play it up as a mystery the way I hoped they would. It was essentially reveal after reveal after reveal. A disappointing execution for what is still a compelling story concept.
Can we come up with a nickname for the Batman Who Laughs? Saying the whole thing every time makes for awkward dialogue. ("Don't listen to the Batman Who Laughs, Donna!") If this guy's sticking around for the long haul, that's something that needs to be fixed.
TITLE: Batman #83
AUTHOR: Tom King
ARTISTS: Mikel Janin, Jordie Bellaire (Colorist), Clayton Cowles (Letterer)
This is the issue where Bruce finally discovers what's happened to Alfred. Keep in mind it happened back in August. That tells you all you need to know about whether they're padding this thing out…
As a framing device, the issue uses a recording of Alfred. I always like when writers use Alfred's journal like that, so King's twist on it was cool. Janin has the unenviable, yet in the end quite successful task of showing us Batman grieving for several pages.
I've been ready for this climactic battle for awhile now. So let's get on with it, shall we?
TITLE: Something is Killing the Children #3
ARTISTS: Werther Dell-edera, Miquel Muerto (Colorist), Andworld Design (Lettering)
After a very strong opening page, and our longest scene yet with one of the monsters, we spend the bulk of the issue with our heroine, the bad-ass Erica Slaughter. There's an eight-page sequence with her in a police station that's a lot of fun.
We still don't know much about…anything. What these monsters are, who Erica is, who she's working for, etc. Sometimes that sort of mystery works, sometimes it doesn't. It works here. The nervous dynamic James has with Erica doesn't hurt in that regard. It's not romantic. But it's cute in its own way.
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A TMNT Universe #1 Review – "Your First Step into a Larger World."
TITLE: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #1
AUTHORS: Paul Allor, Kevin Eastman, Bobby Curnow, Tom Waltz
PENCILLERS: Damian Couceiro, Bill Sienkiewicz, Eastman. Cover by Freddie E. Williams II.
Bobby Curnow, Tom Waltz, and the crew at IDW have been creating good to great TMNT comics for several years now. This new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe series opens the door for even more. If this freshman issue is an indicator of things to come, we've got mostly good things ahead of us.
The Turtles and April O'Neil are hoping they can make an ally of Baxter Stockman. But Agent Bishop and the Earth Protection Force are in hot pursuit of the boys in green. Our heroes will soon find themselves in a fight to survive. Then in our back-up story, Leo faces off against the Foot Clan by himself. Despite his skills, he may be hopelessly outnumbered.
Paul Allor is no stranger to the Turtles, having written a number of their adventures for IDW. His experience is evident here, as he writes a damn good opening page. We get a glimpse into Bishop's psyche, and why he opposes mutants the way he does. It's a misguided, though relatable sentiment.
Allor uses this first issue to remind us that the Turtles, and mutants in general, are isolated and at times hated. Though Bishop's motivation, while villainous, is relatable in its own way. As one might expect, the most emotional reaction we get comes from Raphael, and it's used effectively to close the issue.
Allor also isn't bad with the repartee between the Turtles. Panels like the one above aren't exactly dripping with wit. But they've got a nice charm to them that we don't always have time for in the main TMNT series.
Couceiro, who's on both the pen and inks for this issue, is a solid fit for the Turtles. He's got a really nice command of light and shadow, which obviously bodes well for our shadow-bound heroes. He also doesn't draw their bandanas too large, which I tend to chide Mateus Santolouco, and more recently Dave Watcher for. I do, however, have one thing to nitpick: His Turtles are very toothy. He draws toothy Turtles. Panels like the ones below actually take me out of the story, as I can't help but stare at their teeth. On the plus side, they're very white. Splinter must have gotten the boys good dental insurance.
Our back-up story is about Leo trailing a Foot ninja, who as it turns out, has some friends. A lot of friends. When I initially read this story, I thought it was scripted by Kevin Eastman. Leo's inner monologue reads like one of the original Mirage books. He seems more like an easy going teenager, and less like the disciplined leader we usually see. But the issue credits Tom Waltz for the script. I'm not sure why Leo is so casual here. It almost strikes me as out of character.
This is also a premise that's been done to perfection in both the original Eastman and Laird series, and the IDW series. It's Leo against a bunch of foot ninjas. This story is set to continue next issue, so hopefully they do something with this concept we haven't seen before. Eastman handles the page layouts, slowing the pace a bit to take us into the action. Bill Sienkiewicz and colorist Tomi Varga are a good fit for the Turtles, providing the gritty, street-level feel the story needs.
Like many things in life, this issue reminds me of a line from Star Wars. In the original 1977 film, Obi-Wan says to Luke: "You've taken your first step into a larger world." In a sense, that's what Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #1 is. Chances are good that this series will really enrich what IDW has created for the Turtles. Dare I say, cowabunga?
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A Green Arrow/Black Canary: Five Stages Review – The End of an Era
TITLE: Green Arrow/Black Canary, Vol. 6: Five Stages
AUTHORS: Andrew Kreisberg, J.T. Krul
ARTISTS: Mike Norton, Bill Sienkiewicz, Renato Guedes, Diogenes Nieves. Cover by Jose O. Ladronn.
COLLECTS: Green Arrow/Black Canary #27-30
I miss the Green Arrow/Black Canary monthly title. Or at least Andrew Kreisberg's version of it. It was usually somewhere in the bottom half of my stack. But in retrospect, it should have been higher.
Sadly, this is the sixth and last volume of the series, collecting the final four of the 30-issue series (technically there were 32, but the last two only had Green Arrow's name on them) starring the newlywed emerald archer and sexy siren. It picks up where Big Game left off, wrapping up the story line with Cupid, Green Arrow's sadistic stalker. With the help of the shape-shifting villain Everyman, who now bears Arrow's likeness, she's wreaking havoc in Star City. Along the way, we learn her origin story, and what exactly caused her mind to snap.
Issue #30 takes us into the events of Blackest Night, as Ollie has become a Black Lantern. Now Black Canary, Speedy and Conner Hawke must find a way to stop the zombified archer before he rips their hearts out…literally!
The book moves back and forth between the present day, and Cupid's origin story, the latter beautifully pencilled by Renato Guedes. It's a refreshing shift from shifting between Ollie and Dinah's perspective for no apparent reason, as we saw in Big Game. It looks like Kreisberg was trying to add to Green Arrow's rather dismal rogues gallery, even throwing in a tragic and disturbing twist for the Lieutenant Hilton character. Sadly, what with everything that's happened in the aftermath of Justice League: Cry For Justice, it may be a long time before we see some of these characters again, if at all. That especially sucks in the case of Lieutenant Hilton, or "Hilt" as he comes to be called. I'd have enjoyed seeing where they were going with that character. His scenes toward the end of the book were really ominous.
The Blackest Night story is told from Ollie's point of view, as his consciousness struggles to gain control of his body, which has been taken over by Nekron. He agonizes as he's forced to reveal secrets to Dinah, and his son Conner, that he hoped would remain buried forever. It's the best Blackest Night story they could have told for Green Arrow, and unlike most of the other Blackest Night one-shots I read, it has long-term ramifications.
Five Stages does manage to include a bit of foreshadowing. The final Kreisberg-written scene takes place just before Ollie and Dinah are beamed up to the Watchtower for the first scene in Cry For Justice. One might even argue that the evil Everyman wearing Ollie's likeness is a bit of a prelude. Sadly though, Five Stages serves as the end of an era for Ollie and Dinah. And although J.T. Krul's work on the new Green Arrow is compelling, I can't help but feel like this era ended much too soon. This book is good, but the series itself could have been so much better.
Image 1 from comicvine.com. Image 2 from comicattack.net.
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A Green Arrow/Black Canary, Vol. 5: Big Game Review
TITLE: Green Arrow/Black Canary, Vol. 5: Big Game
AUTHOR: Andrew Kreisberg
ARTISTS: Mike Norton, Bill Sienkiewicz, Renato Guedes. Cover by Jose O. Ladronn.
It's no accident that the Green Arrow/Black Canary monthly title jumped in quality once Andrew Kreisberg took over.
Many fanboys would likely recognize Kreisberg's TV work before his comic work. He's written episodes of Justice League, The Simpsons, Fringe, and recently Star Wars: The Clone Wars. So for DC to put him in Star City was a big cue.
This book is the second volume of his work on this title. Picking up where Green Arrow/Black Canary: Enemies List left off, we find the city in a state of chaos, as a new villain has caused everyone in the city (including our heroes) to temporarily go deaf. This story is inter-cut with scenes from Dinah Lance's youth, as she finds out about her mother's life as the original Black Canary, and the dangers of her supersonic "Canary Cry."
Later, an old enemy of Green Arrow's called Big Game, returns to wreak havoc in the city. This forces Black Canary to form an extremely reluctant partnership with Cupid, a villainness romantically obsessed with Green Arrow. Meanwhile, Oliver Queen's tactics are slowly but surely growing darker and more vengeful, conveniently leading him down a path that will take him directly into the events of Justice League: Cry For Justice.
What was supposed to have made Green Arrow/Black Canary different from any other title DC puts out was the fact that Ollie and Dinah are married superheroes. That's a twist you rarely see in the DC Universe. When Judd Winick wrote the book, that idea tended to fall flat. But Kreisberg seems to do his best to thrust it to the forefront, while reminding us that Ollie and Dinah can be two very different people.
He accomplished this by introducing the Cupid character, a delusional, deranged stalker character, who he portrays brilliantly. There's a scene in the book where she ponders raping a man she's dressed as Green Arrow, but then simply shoots him in the head. It's fantastic character work, and a bit of a refreshing take on the classic stalker angle.
The looks back at Dinah's youth are also a nice little character insight. Plus, in the previous volume Kreisberg took a page out of Batman's book, and created Lucas Hilton, a detective character for Arrow and Canary to bounce dialogue off of. They have a nice little dynamic going.
The slightly awkward thing about Big Game is that the story framework is a bit awkward. As these issues were being published, DC was beginning to experiment with adding co-features to some of their titles, Green Arrow/Black Canary being one of them. This allowed them to bump issue prices up a dollar, in exchange for several more pages of content. Thus, Blue Beetle was added to Booster Gold, Captain Atom to Action Comics, etc.
In Ollie and Dinah's case, about 60 percent of an issue's story would be told from one character's point of view, and the rest from another's. For example, Green Arrow might take the lead for the majority of an issue, and Dinah would end it. For my money, this sometimes creates a needless shift in perspective that can distract or confuse readers. There's nothing wrong with it per se, but it can be off-putting.
In terms of art, Bill Sienkiewicz's pencils get the job done, but after inking and coloring, some of his panels come back looking a little sloppy for my taste. Mike Norton's look a lot more crisp and clean. Renato Guedes stops by mid-book to tell a story involving Speedy (who debuts a brand new costume in this book) for no apparent reason. Nevertheless, his art looks good.
In the long run, I think Green Arrow fans will look at Big Game as one of the stepping stones on the path that Ollie took heading into Justice League: Cry For Justice. It's a bit awkward at times. But it's a fun book to read, and Kreisburg's characterizations of Ollie and Dinah are pretty spot-on. I hope to see him back in the DCU someday soon.
Images 1 and 2 from comicobsessed.blogspot.com. Image 3 from dreamwidth.org.
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