I'm new to this & made my navagation button fine but would like 2 of them to have a drop down menue on them. How do I do that? I made a drop down menue with lettering on the site for the bottom but couldn't figure out how to put in on a button. I tried a few ways but couldn't figure it out. Please help.
I want to put a drop down menu on my product buttons & boston info button because I have pages that go with them & link to them. They're on the red drop down menu now.
Hi Oboe....I looked at your Boston Terrier Gifts website. How do you get that glittering fonts effect?
I don't know if it applies to the drop down menus or not, but you may want to have a look at it and see.
No, it doesn't apply to drop down menus.
Naval...oh shucks!! lol so...is there a way she can customize a drop down menu like she wants to do?
Not with BV.She can use some free dhtml menu generators on the net.
Oboe Girl: We'll I tried...but see Naval's comment above. Good luck to you.


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Leonard Druyan
Columbia UniversityUnited States of America
Leonard M. Druyan is a Senior Research Scientist and the director of the Center for Climate Systems Research (CCSR) at Columbia University in New York City. Dr. Druyan earned a PhD in Meteorology from New York University in 1971. He was previously a Senior Resident Research Associate sponsored by the US National Research Council, a meteorologist with NASA and the US National Weather Service and an associate professor of Geography at Bar Ilan University. He has been a principle investigator on grants from NASA, the US National Science Foundation and the US Department of Energy. He has published more than 75 research papers in numerous journals and volumes, among them the Journal of Applied Meteorology, Monthly Weather Review, Journal of Climate, Journal of Atmospheric Science, Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Research Letters, Bulletin of the AMS, Climate Dynamics, International Journal of Climatology, Climatic Change, Atmosphere-Ocean, Climate Research, and Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. His current research focuses on investigating the variability of the West African climate via regional climate model simulations.
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Climate Models offers a sampling of cutting edge research contributed by an international roster of scientists. The studies strive to improve our understanding of the physical environment for life on this planet. Each of the 14 essays presents a description of recent advances in methodologies for computer-based simulation of environmental variability. Subjects range from planetary-scale phenomena to regional ecology, from impacts of air pollution to the factors influencing floods and heat waves. The discerning reader will be rewarded with new insights concerning modern techniques for the investigation of the natural world.
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Edited by Leonard Druyan
Regional Climate Model Applications for West Africa and the Tropical Eastern Atlantic
By Leonard M. Druyan and Matthew Fulakeza
Part of the book: Climate Models
Sonia Gamiz-Fortis
University of Granada, Spain
Pallav Ray
Zhenchun Hao
Hohai University, China
June-Yi Lee
María Jesús Esteban-Parra
Yolanda Castro-Díez
Chidong Zhang
University of Miami, United States of America
Mitch Moncrieff
National Center for Atmospheric Research, United States of America
Jim Dudhia
Tim Li
University of Hawaii at Manoa, United States of America

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Symposium, movie screening and other events planned
Symposium to focus on rat poisons
Sen. Fran Pavley, D-Agoura Hills, and Ventura County Supervisor Linda Parks will present 'Protecting Farms, Facilities, and Wildlife,' a symposium on alternatives to anticoagulant rodenticides, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. July 20 at Broome Library on the CSU Channel Islands campus, 1 University Drive.
To RSVP, email symposium@ventura.org or call 214-2510.
Art show will benefit hospice
The Pastel Society of the Gold Coast will host its annual 'Passion for Pastels' art show through July 30 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays at 2331-A Borchard Road.
The Camarillo Hospice will receive 10 percent of each art sale made at the exhibit.
For more information, visit www.pastelsocietyofthegoldcoast.org or call 498-4390.
Society to screen movie 'Chinatown'
The Ojai Film Society will screen the film 'Chinatown' at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Matilija Auditorium, 703 El Paseo Road.
Hawk Koch, the film's assistant director and former Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president, will participate in a question and answer session after the screening.
Cost is $10. For more information, visit www.OjaiFilmSociety.org or call 646-8946.
Library will host book, media sale
The Oxnard Friends of the Library will have a 'Music, Movies and More' sale of used media and books from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 23 in meeting room B at the Oxnard Library, 251 South A St.
Council No. 3 will hold meeting
Neighborhood Council No. 3 will meet from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Thursday in the Community Room at Simi Valley City Hall, 2929 Tapo Canyon Road.
Park district to host outdoor movie
The Conejo Community Center/Outdoor Unit of the Conejo Recreation and Park District will host a movie night with a screening of 'The Great Man's Lady' from 8:30-10:30 p.m. Saturday at 4545 Moorpark Road.
The 1942 Western drama stars Joel McCrea and Barbara Stanwyck.
Cost is $10. For more information, 495-2163.
Screening features panel discussion
Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Jeff MacIntyre will present 'Witness: American Heroes' from 6-9 p.m. Thursday at the Museum of Ventura County, 100 E. Main St.
The film chronicles the legacy of the Nisei soldier during World War II.
There will be a panel discussion featuring MacIntyre, author Lily Anne Welty Tamai and veterans Tom Doi and Ted Wakai.
For more information, visit www.venturamuseum.org or call 653-0323.


I would like to share with you the method I use for creating one of my abstract townscapes ('Morning Light'). The process is relatively straightforward but the effect can be effective. Key to the success of this kind of painting is good planning and a methodical approach and the more organised you are the better the results will be. I am going to cover some common questions about this style of work as we go.
1. Firstly we begin with a reference photo and an outline drawing. I took this one with my digital SLR camera one sunny Autumn morning hence the title of the work 'Morning Light'.
Everything is scaled up and transferred to an 18″ x 24″ canvas board. There is a good reason for using a board and not a stretched canvas which will be explained in the next step.
2. So here is the outline drawing , notice some of the canvas is covered in masking tape. Basically areas I don't want covered in sky colour need to be masked out. Trickier areas to mask like the tree on the left are firstly covered in tape and then later cut around with a scalpel (this is why I use a board as the scalpel would pop straight through a stretched canvas). I will then proceed to 'roller' the sky, mini gloss rollers are good for this as they give a nice smooth gradation and finish but be warned you will use a lot more paint with a roller.
Actually I covered all or most of the canvas with masking tape and as you can see the drawing is still clearly visible through it. Carefully tracing my pencil lines with the scalpel I am then able to peel of a section of masking tape at a time to reveal the canvas beneath. This allows me to methodically paint the entire canvas piecemeal fashion which I will admit can be laborious but will give the clean sharp edges I want.
Painting at this slow speed does give you ample opportunity to consider your colours. I like to pick just a few closely related colours as my palette and stick to them aiming for a harmonious colour scheme because as I mentioned earlier this is far more pleasing to look at than a haphazard selection of colours. This approach requires discipline – sometimes you're itching to grab your favourite paint colour but this may or may not work and I prefer certainties so I try to be patient and stick to the plan. It's worth pointing out if you have lets say a predominately yellow picture and you feel it needs a 'bluer' colour you might find that a pale orange, a pale greenish-yellow or pink will do the job nicely and this is because colour is relative (the same colour can look completely different according to its surrounding colour(s)). My point is in this scenario you don't necessarily have to use a tube of blue paint to get the desired effect because a pink (or similar) might do just as well. The advantage of thinking about colour in this way is you will find that you a) need fewer colours and b) end up with a more harmonious picture because you've used colours that are closer related.
This painting has a very narrow range of colours and that is how I wanted it because the subject needed to look as if it were drenched in sunlight and the one way I knew of to do that was to have all the local colours of the buildings etc. dominated by the colour of the light (in this case the sun) this in itself gave a nice harmonising effect. As for the rest of the painting ie. all of the shadow colours well this is where the majority of abstraction occurs: I don't know if you've ever walked along a path heading toward the sun and noticed that the cracks in the pavement can sometimes take on a red appearance? Well this is the mind filling in its own colour for one that is too ambiguous to perceive, the same thing happens when you try to find your way around a darkened room and see colours as opposed to pure pitch black. So this is the principal I have applied in the painting only exaggerated.
If you would like a better explanation of colour relativity then you can follow this link for a short video on the subject.
If you have any questions on this subject then please use the comments box at the foot of this page thank you.


My family and I chose to observe Solidarity Sunday, October 10, 2010 at St. Mark's Episcopal Church on Kapahulu Avenue. The service was organized by the Honolulu Chapter of Dignity/USA. We were early and joined the six or seven people, sitting quietly in the pews or kneeling.
By the time service started at 7.30 p.m. the congregation had swelled . . . to about 25 people. So many obvious questions intruded as I tried to pray.
Q: What was this small group of LGBT Catholics doing celebrating Mass in an Episcopal Church?
A: They had never succeeded in getting a Catholic Church to let them hold such a service.
Q: Why wasn't the church filled to overflowing with straight Catholics standing in solidarity with their fellow LGBT Catholics who ask for nothing more than to be welcomed as equals in the Church because they are equal in the sight of God?
A: Probably because many did not even know about it. Not one news media organization picked up or published the press release announcing the Solidarity Sunday service. Apparently even the current media coverage of suicides of gay teens did not make a service dedicated to the memory of those lost to suicide media-worthy here in Honolulu.
Q: With so few people in the pews and no press coverage, where was the solidarity?
A: The congregation included a handful of straight Catholics, standing for the 70-80% of American Catholics nationwide who Dignity/USA recognizes are supportive of equal rights for gays and lesbians. The service was also dedicated to the two dozen or so Minnesota Catholics who were denied communion by Archbishop John C. Nienstedt recently because they wore a rainbow ribbon or pin as a mark of solidarity with LGBT Catholics who were discouraged by the actions of the bishops.
On a Sunday when the Gospel reading is the familiar story of Jesus curing ten lepers to see only one–the despised Samaritan–returning to thank him (Luke 17: 11-19), this small service, shot through with notes of both inexpressible sadness and joy, was a reminder that we never cease to ostracize or discriminate. But when we discriminate against our neighbors because they cross the borders of gender or geography, those same unwelcome "neighbors" may well be those who are indispensable to the quality of our lives and the timbre of our faith. Through the discrimination they suffer even within the church they refuse to forsake, our LGBT neighbors see, perhaps with greater clarity than those of us who take acceptance for granted, the redemptive, transforming light of Christ. They strengthen our faith even as we stand with them in solidarity.


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Um super-herói é um personagem modelo fictício "sem precedentes das proezas físicas dedicadas aos atos em prol do interesse público". Protagoniza as histórias de superaventura, ou super-aventura, um gênero de ficção especulativa marcado também pelos super-vilões e pela associação com os quadrinhos estadunidenses, embora esteja presente noutros meios de comunicação por meio de adaptações e obras originais.

Um super-herói ou super-heroína é um bom personagem, normalmente ajudando o mundo a se tornar um lugar melhor, dedicado a proteger o público e a impedir o mal.

O termo para o gênero tem criação mais recente, pelo sociólogo Nildo Viana, especialista em sociologia das histórias em quadrinhos. O gênero tem origem especialmente nos quadrinhos estadunidenses desde a década de 1930 (e posteriormente nos filmes de Hollywood), bem como na mídia japonesa (incluindo kamishibai, tokusatsu, mangá e anime) desde a década de 1930. As histórias do gênero, desde a estreia do super-herói Superman em 1938, variam de aventuras-solo, breves episódios contínuos a sagas de grupos com vários personagens. Os quadrinhos estadunidenses têm dominado o segmento em revistas e outros meios de comunicação social. As personagens femininas são conhecidas como super-heroínas. Vale salientar que personagens não têm necessidade de ter superpoderes para serem considerados super-heróis, personagens como Batman e Homem de Ferro, por exemplo, derivam seu status da tecnologia que criam e usam, e não da biologia não humana ou sobre-humana, como  Superman e Homem-Aranha, ou estudam e praticam magia para alcançar suas habilidades, como Zatanna e Doutor Estranho. Enquanto a definição de "super-herói" no Dictionary.com é "uma figura, especialmente em uma história em quadrinhos ou desenho animado, dotada de poderes sobre-humanos e geralmente retratada como combatendo o mal ou o crime", o antigo dicionário Merriam-Webster fornece a definição como "um herói fictício com poderes extraordinários ou sobre-humanos; também: uma pessoa excepcionalmente habilidosa ou bem-sucedida." Termos como combatentes do crime mascarados, aventureiros fantasiados ou vigilantes mascarados às vezes são usados para se referir a personagens como The Spirit, que podem não ser explicitamente referidos como super-heróis, mas compartilham características semelhantes. Will Eisner, famoso autor de The Spirit, ao explicar porque não queria que o personagem fosse um super-herói, alegando que o conceito era negativo a medida que fora divulgado por Hitler em seu livro Mein Kampf, publicado nos Estados Unidos em 1935. Ele disse

O objetivo dos super-heróis é, geralmente, a defesa do bem, da paz, o combate ao crime, tomando para si a responsabilidade de ser protagonista na luta do bem contra o mal. No entanto, um super-herói também pode ser um personagem real ou fictício que inspira qualquer pessoa a agir melhor. Alguns super-heróis usam seus poderes para ajudar a combater o crime diário, além de combater ameaças contra a humanidade de supervilões, que são suas contrapartes criminosas. Muitas vezes, pelo menos um desses supervilões será o arqui-inimigo de um super-herói.

Universo

As editores de histórias de super-heróis foram rapidamente ganhando vários personagem, levando à criação progressiva de universos fantásticos elaborados, dos quais o Universo DC e o Universo Marvel são os principais exemplos. Superman e Batman, portanto, compartilham muitas aventuras. À medida que os universos compartilhados se desenvolvem, o herói pode se tornar menos excepcional em seu mundo. Em uma série como a Legião dos Super-Heróis, a equipe inclui dezenas de personagens e é composta em grande parte por extraterrestres cujos superpoderes são inatos e não adquiridos. A equipe atua como uma força de segurança oficial, mas é uma série futurista que se passa no século trinta. Em Savage Dragon, Erik Larsen transforma seu personagem em policial e o coloca em um mundo onde abundam super-seres. Astro City também é um lugar onde o super-herói é banalizado.

O universo dos super-heróis pode ser misturado com temas mitológicos ou mundos imaginários muito diversos, muitos heróis encontrar deuses olímpicos,asgardianos ou de outras mitologias, bem como personagens literários (Drácula, Monstro de Frankenstein, Fu Manchu, entre outros). Alan Moore criou séries que às vezes caem apenas marginalmente do gênero. Ele remonta às fontes do gênero, por um lado, A Liga Extraordinária, que exibe personagens de romances de ficção científica e fantasia como Mr. Hyde e o Homem Invisível, e, por outro lado, Tom Strong, um personagem na tradição dos pulps e histórias em quadrinhos da Era de Ouro. Promethea é usado principalmente para falar sobre magia e tem quase um aspecto didático.

Simbolismo
Em seu livro De Superman au Surhomme, Umberto Eco observa que a maioria das histórias de super-heróis evoluem fora do tempo, já que não envelhecem e têm uma vida idêntica. Eles também estão fora do mundo, porque, apesar de superpoderes às vezes consideráveis, os super-heróis modificam menos o equilíbrio do mundo que os rodeia do que se poderia acreditar. No seu sentido primordial, os super-heróis podem ser usados como personagens simbólicos, ou no limite da caricatura, às vezes envolvidos em histórias puramente maniqueísta que se destinam a uma audiência jovem. O arquétipo do super-herói, no entanto, tem muitas variações.

Protótipos
A palavra super-herói remonta a 1899. Antecedentes do arquétipo incluem personagens mitológicos como Gilgamesh, Hanuman, Perseu, Ulisses, Davi, semideuses como Hércules na mitologia grega-romana, ou deuses como Thor da mitologia germânica, que também seriam adaptados como personagens de quadrinhos. O vigilantismo é também um arquétipo das contas lendárias e populares através de personagens conhecidos, como Robin Hood. As inspirações da vida real por trás de super-heróis fantasiados podem ser rastreadas até os "vigilantes mascarados" do Velho Oeste americano, como os San Diego Vigilantes e os Bald Knobbers que lutaram e mataram bandidos enquanto usavam máscaras.

Em 1903, é lançada a peça de teatro britânica  Pimpinela Escarlate de Emma Orczy, o personagem-titulo que popularizou a ideia um vingador mascarado e o tropo da identidade secreta. Outros personagens incluem Green Hornet, Scarecrow of Romney Marsh e Spring Heeled Jack, o último de quem surgiu pela primeira vez como uma lenda urbana.

Fantômas, criado em 1911 por Marcel Allain e Pierre Souvestre, está mais próximo do supervilão. Rapidamente adaptadas pelo cinema mudo, as aventuras de Fantômas inspiram, no cinema, as de Judex, um vigilante concebido como uma versão positiva de Fantômas.

Da mesma forma, os heróis de ficção científica e John Carter, Buck Rogers e Flash Gordon, com as suas armas futuristas e gadgets; Tarzan, com o seu alto grau de capacidade atlética e força, e sua capacidade de se comunicar com os animais; Conan, o Bárbaro de Robert E. Howard e o biologicamente modificado Hugo Danner do romance Gladiator, foram heróis com habilidades incomuns que lutaram inimigos, às vezes maiores que a vida. A palavra "superhero" teria surgido em 1917.

Os antecedentes mais diretos são os personagens da literatura pulp como os mascarado Jimmie Dale/the Gray Seal (1914), Zorro (criado por Johnston McCulley em 1919 com publicação da novela The Curse of Capistrano) com a sua marca "Z", o preternatural mesmérico Shadow  (1930), o "auge humano Doc Savage (1933) os heróis de aventuras espaciais do subgênero space opera como Lensman de E. E. Smith e personagens dos quadrinhos como Hugo Hercules (1902) do cartunista William HD Koerner, publicado por cinco meses no jornal Chicago Tribune, Patoruzú de Dante Quinterno (1928), Popeye de E. C. Segar (1929). Uma outra notável influência foram os homens fores como Siegmund Breitbart e Charles Atlas, esse último conhecido por anúncios de seu método de exercícios físicos publicados nas próprias revistas em quadrinhos.

Um super-herói usa, na grande maioria dos casos, um traje especial para distingui-lo dos outros, para ajudá-lo a lutar melhor e / ou ocultar sua identidade. O traje é frequentemente descrito como muito apertado, mostrando os detalhes dos músculos do corpo mais do que na vida real e, portanto, é chamado de collant. O traje do Superman foi inspirado no medieval usado por Douglas Fairbanks no filme Robin Hood.

Em 1936, são lançados os primeiros heróis mascarados das histórias em quadrinhos: O Fantasma, criado por Lee Falk e publicado em uma tira diária lançada em 17 de fevereiro de 1936 e The Clock, criado por George Brenner e publicado pela primeira vez em Funny Pages #6 (Novembro de 1936) da editora Centaur Publications. Em agosto de 1936, nas páginas da revista pulp Thrilling Wonder Stories, Max Plaisted publica a história em quadrinhos Zarnak, em uma sessão de cartas, publicada em agosto de 1937, o termo supehero é usado para definir o herói da história. Em 1937, surge na revista pulp Spicy Mystery Stories, a tira da personagem Olga Mesmer, sobre uma mulher que possuía visão de raio-x.

Historiadores apontam para a primeira aparição de Superman, criado por Jerome "Jerry" Siegel e desenhado por Joseph "Joe" Shuster, em Action Comics 1 (Junho de 1938) como a estreia do arquétipo de histórias em quadrinhos do super-herói.

Fora da indústria de quadrinhos norte-americanos, personagens japoneses dos kamishibais, uma espécie de teatro de papel, como Ōgon Bat e Princípe Gamma (), já apresentavam uniformes e superpoderes no início da década de 1930.

Em 1933, Jerry Siegel publica o conto de ficção científica The Reign of the Superman na terceira edição do fanzine Science Fiction: The Advance Guard of Future Civilization, ilustrada por Joe Shuster, a história era protagonizado por um ser humano que havia adquirido superpoderes após entrar em contato com uma rocha extraterrestre e usou a alcunha de Superman. No ano seguinte, o Superman foi remodelado como um herói para as tiras de jornal. A dupla tentou negocia-lo para publicar em jornais e em revistas em quadrinhos, porém, não conseguiram, em 1935, começaram a trabalhar na revista New Fun da National Allied Publications, editora que daria origem a DC Comics.

Em 1936, surge o Eisner and Iger Studio, fundado por Will Eisner e Jerry Iger, o estúdio forneceria material para as editora Fiction House, Fox Feature Syndicate e Quality Comics, na Fiction House, publicou Sheena, a rainha das selvas, uma garota das selvas criada em 1937 para a revista britânica Wags, sendo publicada no ano seguinte pela Fiction House, na revista Jumbo Comics, em 1942, foi a primeira heroína a ter uma revista solo. Pelo estúdio, passaram artistas como Jack Kirby, Bob Kane e Lou Fine.

Em junho de 1938, Jerry Siegel e Joe Shuster introduziram o Superman na primeira edição da revista Action Comics da National Allied Publications, a publicação marca o início da "Era de Ouro" das histórias em quadrinhos americanas. O personagem possuía muitas das características que vieram a definir o super-herói: uma identidade secreta, poderes sobre-humanos e um traje colorido incluindo um símbolo e capa. Os primeiros heróis dos quadrinhos foram, por vezes, também chamado de homens misteriosos ou heróis mascarados.

A pedido do editor da Fox Feature Syndicate, Eisner criou uma imitação do Superman, Wonder Man, que daria origem ao primeiro processo de plágio envolvendo um super-herói.

Década de 1940

Durante a década de 1940, havia muitos super-heróis: Flash, Lanterna Verde e Besouro Azul estrearam nesta época. Esta era viu a estreia da primeira super-heroína conhecida, Fantomah de Fletcher Hanks, uma mulher imortal do Egito Antigo que poderia se transformar em uma criatura com superpoderes para combater o mal; Ela estreou em Jungle Comics # 2 (fevereiro de 1940) da editora Fiction House, creditado com pseudônimo "Barclay Flagg". Invisible Scarlet O'Neil, uma personagem sem disfarce que lutou contra o crime e sabotadores de guerra usando o poder da invisibilidade criada por Russell Stamm, estrearia na tira de jornal homônima alguns meses depois, em 3 de junho de 1940. Em 1940, Maximo the Amazing Superman estreou eum Big Little Book por Russell R. Winterbotham (texto), Henry E. Vallely e Erwin L. Hess (desenhos).

Black Widow foi uma rara anti-heroína superpoderosa, a personagem era uma emissária de Satanás que matava os malfeitores para enviá-los ao Inferno e estreou em Mystic Comics # 4 (agosto de 1940) da Timely Comics, uma antecessora da Marvel Comics na década de 1940. A maioria das outras outras heroínas da época não tinham superpoderes. As personagens notáveis incluem The Woman in Red, introduzido lançada em Thrilling Comics #2 (março de 1940) da Standard Comic; Lady Luck, que surgiu no suplemento de jornal The Spirit Section em 2 de junho de 1940; A personagem cômica Red Tornado, que estreou em All-American Comics #20 (novembro de 1940); Miss Fury, que estreia na tira de jornal homônima da cartunista Tarpé Mills em 6 de abril de 1941; Phantom Lady, lançada na revista Police Comics # 1 (agosto de 1941) da Quality Comics; Black Cat, lançada em Pocket Comics #1 (também em agosto de 1941) da Harvey Comics; Black Canary, apresentada em Flash Comics #86 (agosto de 1947) como uma personagem de apoio. A super-heroína da quadrinhos mais icônica, que estreou durante a Era de Ouro, é a Mulher-Maravilha. Inspirado pelas amazonas da mitologia grega, ela foi criada pelo psicólogo William Moulton Marston, com ajuda e inspiração de sua esposa Elizabeth e seu amante mútua Olive Byrne. A primeira aparição da personagem foi em All Star Comics # 8 (dezembro de 1941), publicado pela All-American Publications, uma das duas empresas que se fundiriam para formar DC Comics em 1944. Durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, os super-heróis se tornaram ainda mais populares, sobrevivendo ao racionamento de papel e a perda de vários talentosos ilustradores que serviram nas forças armadas.

A busca de histórias simples de vitórias do bem sobre o mal que poderiam levar a consular ou parcialmente esquecer os horrores da guerra e do momento em que pode explicar a popularidade dos super-heróis em tempo de guerra. Nesta pesquisa dos leitores, os criadores dos quadrinhos responderam com histórias em que os super-heróis de combate as forças do Eixo e introduziram alguns heróis inspirados em temas patrióticos, incluindo o Capitão América da Timely Comics, que, juntamente com o Tocha Humana e Namor, mais de uma vez salvaram o mundo da ameaça do nazismo.

O Capitão América também apareceu pela primeira vez na imprensa em dezembro de 1940, um ano antes do ataque a Pearl Harbor pelo governo japonês, quando os Estados Unidos ainda estavam isolados. Criado por Joe Simon e Jack Kirby, o super-herói foi a personificação física do espírito americano durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Em 1947, o roteirista e desenhista filipino Mars Ravelo introduziu a primeira super-heroína do país, Darna, uma que encontrou um talismã místico de outro planeta que lhe permite se transformar em um mulher guerreira adulta.

Década de 1950

Em 1952, o mangá Tetsuwan Atom de Osamu Tezuka (mais popularmente conhecido no Ocidente como Astro Boy) foi publicado. A série se concentrou em um menino robô construído por um cientista para substituir seu filho falecido. Sendo construído a partir de um robô incompleto originalmente destinado a fins militares, Astro Boy possuía poderes surpreendentes, como o

voo através de propulsores em seus pés e a incrível força mecânica de seus membros.

Após a guerra, os super-heróis perderam popularidade. Um fator foi uma cruzada moral que foi considerada prejudicial para os quadrinhos, que foram acusados de incitar a delinquência juvenil. O movimento foi liderado pelo Dr. Fredric Wertham, que, no livro Seduction of the Innocent (1954). Em resposta várias editoras adotaram o Comics Code Authority, um sistema de auto-censura. Alguns pesquisadores chamam esse período de interregno ou "Era atômica" (1946-1955).

Em 1956 a DC Comics lançou uma nova versão do Flash, que foi um sucesso imediato. Isso levou a empresa a reviver outros super-heróis como Gavião Negro e Lanterna Verde, que ganharam um enfoque mais próximo da ficção científica, lançando uma era mais tarde considerada a Era de Prata dos Quadrinhos. e lançar a equipe de super-heróis da Liga da Justiça da América, o que teria reavivado as glórias do primeiro supergrupo da editora, a Sociedade da Justiça da América. Proponente principal desta renovação foi o editor Julius Schwartz, que teve a ideia de reformular os personagens de histórias em quadrinhos dos anos quarenta e cinquenta. Como principais colaboradores estiveram Gardner Fox, Joe Orlando, John Broome, Curt Swan, Joe Kubert e Carmine Infantino, todos símbolos desse período que ficou conhecido como Era de Prata dos Quadrinhos. Durante esta era, DC apresentou personagens como de Batwoman em 1956, Supergirl, Miss Arrowette e Bat-Girl;

Em 1957, no Japão, Shintoho produziu a primeira série de filmes com o personagem de super-herói Super Giant, sinalizando uma mudança na cultura popular japonesa em direção a super-heróis mascarados tokusatsu sobre monstros gigantes de kaiju. Juntamente com Astro Boy, a série Super Giant teve um efeito profundo na televisão japonesa. 1958 viu a estreia do super-herói Gekko Kamen na televisão japonesa. Foi o primeiro de vários programas de super-heróis televisionados que formariam o gênero tokusatsu. Criado por Kōhan Kawauchi, ele seguiu seu sucesso com os super-heróis dos tokusatsus, 7-Color Mask (1959) e Messenger of Allah (1960), ambos estrelados por um jovem Sonny Chiba.

Década de 1960

Com o retorno dos super-heróis da DC, Stan Lee editor da concorrente Atlas Comics (anteriormente conhecida como Timely) de Martin Goodman, e artistas/coautores Jack Kirby e Steve Ditko e outros ilustradores lançaram uma nova linha de super-heróis (a Atlas passou a usar o nome Marvel Comics), começando com o Quarteto Fantástico, equipe criada em 1961 para competir com a Liga da Justiça. Contudo, as novas aventuras enfatizavam conflitos pessoais para o desenvolvimento do caráter, mas também com muita ação e aventura. Esta nova forma de entender os super-heróis teve como consequência que muitos deles diferiam muito dos padrões criados em 1940. Alguns exemplos:

 O Coisa, um membro do Quarteto Fantástico, é uma criatura muito forte mas monstruosa, com a pele semelhante à rocha e sua aparência muitas vezes o levou a autopiedade.
 O Homem-Aranha era um jovem que muitas vezes fora forçado a cuidar de si mesmo para sobreviver e manter sua vida social.
 Hulk viveu como sua alter ego Bruce Banner à maneira de Dr. Jekyll e Mr. Hyde e estava propenso a explosões de raiva com consequências extremas.
 Os X-Men são mutantes com poderes adquiridos por mudanças genéticas, odiados e temidos pela sociedade.

Em 1963, Astro Boy foi adaptado para uma série de televisão de anime altamente influente. Phantom Agents de Tatsuo Yoshida, foi lançada em 1964 centrou-se em ninjas que trabalham para o governo japonês. Em 1966, surge a série de ficção científica/terror Ultra Q criada por Eiji Tsuburaya, que eventualmente daria origem a Ultraman, gerando uma franquia de sucesso focada no subgênero do herói gigante, onde os super-heróis seriam tão grandes quanto os monstros gigantes (kaijus) que eles lutaram. Em 1966, Ōgon Bat teve um filme estrelado por Sonny China e no ano seguinte, ganha uma série de anime.

O monstro kaiju Godzilla, originalmente um vilão, começou a ser retratado como um super-herói radioativo nos filmes de Godzilla, começando com Ghidorah (1964). Na década de 1970, Godzilla passou a ser visto como um super-herói, com a revista King of the Monsters, em 1977, descrevendo Godzilla como "Super-herói dos anos 70".

Década de 1970
Em 1971, Kamen Rider lançou o "Henshin Boom" na televisão japonesa no início dos anos 70, impactando bastante o gênero de super-heróis tokusatsu no Japão. Em 1972, o anime Science Ninja Team Gatchaman estreou, baseado na ideia da equipe de super-heróis Phantom Agents, além de apresentar cores diferentes para membros da equipe e veículos especiais para apoiá-los, seus veículos também podiam se combinar em um maior. Outro evento importante foi a estreia de Mazinger Z por Go Nagai, criando o gênero Super Robot. Go Nagai também escreveu o mangá Cutie Honey em 1973, embora o gênero garota mágica já existisse, o mangá de Nagai apresentou sequências de transformação que se tornariam um elemento básico do mesmo.

A década de 1970 veria mais anti-heróis serem introduzidos na ficção de super-heróis. Tais exemplos incluíram a estreia de Skull Man, de Shotaro Ishinomori (a base de seu Kamen Rider) em 1970, Devilman de Go Nagai em 1972 e Punisher de Gerry Conway e John Romita em 1974.

Mais tarde, o mangá Dark Skull Man receberia uma adaptação para a televisão e sofreria mudanças drásticas. O personagem foi redesenhado para se parecer com um gafanhoto, tornando-se o renomado primeiro herói mascarado da série Kamen Rider. Kamen Rider é um herói de motocicleta em uma fantasia de inseto, que grita Henshin (metamorfose) para vestir sua roupa e ganhar superpoderes.

As ideias do feminismo da segunda onda, que se espalharam da década de 1960 até a década de 1970, influenciaram bastante a maneira como as empresas de quadrinhos retratariam e comercializariam suas personagens femininas: a Mulher Maravilha foi por um tempo renovada como uma artista marcial que se modifica diretamente inspirada pela personagem Emma Peel da série de televisão britânica The Avengers (nenhuma relação com a equipe de super-heróis com o mesmo nome), mas mais tarde voltou ao conceito original de Marston depois que os editores da revista Ms. desaprovaram publicamente o personagem que estava sendo desqualificado e sem seu traje tradicional; Supergirl foi transferida de um recurso secundário da Action Comics para a um título principal em Adventure Comics em 1969; Lady Liberators apareceram em uma edição de Os Vingadores como um grupo de super-heroínas controladas pela mente lideradas por Valquíria (na verdade uma supervilão disfarçada) e deveriam ser uma paródia caricaturada de feministas; e Jean Grey se tornou a personificação de um entidade cósmica conhecida como Força Fênix, com poder aparentemente ilimitado no final dos anos 70, um forte contraste de sua representação como o membro mais fraco de sua equipe há uma década.

As duas principais editoras começaram a introduzir novas super-heroínas com um tema feminista mais distinto, como parte de suas histórias de origem ou desenvolvimento de personagens. Exemplos incluem Big Barda, Power Girl e The Huntress da DC Comics; e da Marvel, a segunda Viúva Negra, Shanna, a Mulher Demônio e a Felina. As personagens coadjuvantes do sexo feminino, profissionais de sucesso ou que ocupam cargos de autoridade por direito próprio, também estreou nas páginas de vários títulos populares de super-heróis a partir do final dos anos 1950: o interesse amoroso de Hal Jordan, Carol Ferris, foi apresentado como vice-presidente da Ferris Aircraft e, posteriormente, assumiu a empresa do pai; Medusa, que foi introduzida pela primeira vez na série Quarteto Fantástico, é membro da Família Real Inumana e uma pessoa de destaque na sociedade quase-feudal de seu povo; e Carol Danvers, uma oficial decorada da Força Aérea dos Estados Unidos que se tornaria uma superheroína fantasiada anos depois.

Em 1975, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger, de Shotaro Ishinomori, estreou no que agora é TV Asahi, trouxe os conceitos de equipes multicoloridas e veículos de apoio que estreou como uma versão Gatchaman em live-action e iniciou a franquia Super Sentai (a base para a série american Power Rangers) séries nos anos 90). Em 1978, Toei adaptou o Homem-Aranha em uma série de televisão live-action. Nessa continuidade, o Homem-Aranha tinha um veículo chamado Marveller que poderia se transformar em um robô gigante e poderoso chamado Leopardon, essa ideia seria transferida para Battle Fever J de Toei (também co-produzido pela Marvel) e agora equipes multicoloridas que não só tinha veículos de apoio, mas robôs gigantes para combater monstros gigantes.

Paródias

Em 1940 já havia paródias do gênero como Super Mouse. Em 1969, a Mondadori, editora que publicava quadrinhos da Disney na Itália, Pato Donald ganhou outra identidade como Superpato, inicialmente, inspirado em Diabolik, um ladrão dos quadrinhos italianos, anos depois, o Superpato passou a ser retratado como um super-herói. Nos Estados Unidos, Pateta também foi dotado de uma identidade como um super-herói, o Superpateta, adquirindo poderes semelhantes aos de Superman ou Marvelman ao comer um tipo especial de amendoim. Superpato e Superpateta integraram grupos de super-heróis em histórias produzidas no Brasil (Clube dos Heróis) e na Itália (Ultra-Heróis).

Marcas registradas
Nos EUA, apesar de genericamente utilizado no termo popular, o stermo Super Hero e Super Heroes são marcas registradas somente aos personagens da DC Comics e Marvel (U.S. Trademark Serial Nos. 72243225 and 73222079). Outras companhias tem utilizado termos como Superhero ou super-hero (com hífen). DC Comics e Marvel Comics têm sido assíduas na proteção de seus direitos sobre a marca "Super Hero" em jurisdições onde os registros estão em vigor, incluindo Estados Unidos, Reino Unido e Austrália.

Os críticos na comunidade legal contestam se as marcas "Super Hero" cumprem o padrão legal para a proteção de marca registrada na designação distintiva dos Estados Unidos de uma única fonte de um produto ou serviço. Existe um conflito sobre cada elemento desse padrão: se "Super Hero" é distintivo e não genérico, se o "Super Hero" designa uma fonte de produtos ou serviços, e se a DC e a Marvel representam conjuntamente uma única fonte. Alguns críticos caracterizam ainda mais as marcas como um uso indevido da lei de marcas registradas para combater a concorrência. Até essa data, além de uma ação de remoção de marca registrada realizada em 2016 contra o registro DC Comics e Marvel Comics no Reino Unido, nenhuma disputa envolvendo a marca registrada "Super Hero" teve julgamento ou audiência. America's Best Comics, originalmente parte do selo Wildstorm, usou o termo science hero, cunhado por Alan Moore.

Ver também
 Herói
 Era de Ouro dos Quadrinhos
 Era de Prata dos Quadrinhos
 Era de bronze dos quadrinhos
 Tarzanide

Web

Bibliografia
 Viana, Nildo. Heróis e Super-Heróis no Mundo dos Quadrinhos. Rio de Janeiro - Achiamé, 2005.
 Guedes, Roberto. Quando Surgem Os Super-Heróis, Opera Graphica, 2004
 Jones, Gerard. Homens do Amanhã - geeks, gângsteres e o nascimento dos gibis. [S.l.]: Conrad Editora, 2006.
 Codespoti, Sergio. Eclipse Quadrinhos Especial Kaboom - Surgem os Super-heróis páginas 10 a 13. Editora Eclipse, 2005.
 Morrison, Grant. Superdeuses: Mutantes, Alienígenas, Vigilantes, Justiceiros Mascarados e o Significado de Ser Humano na Era dos Super-Heróis, Seoman, 2012,
 Howe, Sean. Marvel Comics : a história secreta, Leya Brasil, 2013
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Q: Unable to boot - facing stop sign; Virtual Whole Storage needs repair; Time-Machine cannot find restoration disk destination Dear respected experts,
I have a MBP Retina 2015 (Yosemite). I tried to partition my Macintosh HD ( internal 1TB SSD) disk (by splitting into half). It seemed to have split but has given me some errors about mapping or mounting...So I restarted the computer. After which, I was unable to bootup again - facing the 'stop'/'block' sign every time.
I got into Recovery Mode (cmd + R while restarting) and tried using the repair disk option. After clicking repair it keeps telling me the disk needs to be repaired. I click repair again but the same message prompting to repair again pops up. By the way, it's showing my disk as a Virtual Whole disk (500.2GB partition + 499.8GB partition). NB. I managed to erase one of the partitions (I think the 499GB one) within the Virtual Whole Disk. However, the other one cannot be erased (the option is greyed-out)
I would like to repair my disk as opposed to starting over with a brand new install. I have a pre-partition Time Machine backup on a USB drive. I tried to restore it via the recovery mode. However, it was unable to find a destination (disk) to restore it to. I am assuming the destination disk needs to be 1TB since that was the disk's size (single paritioned), although I had only used ~70GB capacity; ie the backup size on my USB drive is also 70GB.
I tried Internet Recovery Mode, as I read that I can't repair my disk via the normal recovery mode...but still to no avail. Should I perhaps bootup a Mac OS via an external USB and and try disk the utlility from there? If yes, how can I download a bootable yosemite OS onto a USB drive? (I only have one mac machine, which at the moment is not booting - have never accessed mac app store before - it's a new machine).
I am unable to boot into Single User mode (it ends up showing the stop sign plus a message about being unable to find root). I tried resetting PRAM and SCM but it didn't solve the issue.
I am worried that if I restore it would mean upgrading to El Capitan or Sierra, which (my guesses are), would render my Time Machine backup useless.
Is there any way I can repair the disk or flawlessly restore the time machine backup, which I have on a USB drive?
I accessed the terminal via recovery mode;
diskutil cs list shows the following:
    CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
    Logical Volume Group (random digits)
        name: none
        status: initializing
        size: 0 B (0 B)
        free space: -none
Physical Volume (different random digits)
    Disk: disk1s2
    Status: Failed
    Size: -none-

diskutil list shows:
14 different /dev/disks (ie. last one is /dev/disk14).
/dev/disk0
   disk 0 is 1.3GB (Apple parition scheme)
   disk0s1 is apple partition map (30.7KB)
   disk0s2 Apple_HFS OS X Base System 1.3GB.

/dev/disk1
   disk1 GUID partition scheme 1TB
   disk1s1 EFI EFI 209.7MB
   disk1s2 Apple Core Storage 500.2GB
   disk1s3 Apple_Boot Recover HD 650MB

I've triped checked that disks 2 to 14 are single partitions and are sized from 6.3MB to 524.3KB.
    gpt -r show disk0
    start        size        index          contents
        0     2600084

    gpt -r show disk1
    start        size        index          contents
        0           1                        PMBR
        1           1                        Pri GPT header
        2          32                        Pri GPT table
        34          6
        40     409600            1           GPT part - (random nos C1***3B)
    409640  976970432            2           GPT part - (random nos 53***AC)
 977380072    1269536            3           GPT part - (similar abv 42***AC)
 978649608  975560479
1954210087         32                        Sec GPT table
1954210119          1                        Sec GPT table

A: You probably repartitioned the main volume the wrong way. At least your CoreStorage Logical Volume Group got corrupted either by partitioning or by "repairing".
The ultimate method to reset the drive is to completely destroy the GUID partition table of the main internal disk. This will render all data on the disk useless and you need an up-to-date backup to restore your old volume.
To destroy the GUID of your internal physical disk you have to boot to an external boot volume. This may be a OS X installer thumb drive or Internet Recovery Mode (which net-boots to a recovery image provided by Apple over the network). You mustn't boot to Recovery Mode which loads a basic system in a mounted but compressed recovery image in your recovery partition diskXs3).

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*Detach any external disks - especially your Time Machine backup drive

*Boot to Internet Recovery Mode

*Open Terminal in the menubar Utilities -> Terminal

*Get an overview (especially the gpt command is important!):
diskutil list
gpt -r show disk0
gpt -r show disk1

Check which of both disks is your internal disk. Usually the internal disk is disk0 and the recovery volume is disk1 if you have only one disk in your Mac. In rare cases disk1 is your internal disk and disk0 is the recovery volume. The recovery disk has ~ 2600000 blocks (or ~1.3 GB). Even the smallest SSD is much larger. Below I assume your internal disk has the disk identifier disk0 - so use disk1 (or disk2, disk3) instead of disk0 in the commands if you find an other disk identifier for your internal physical disk.

*Unmount disk0:
diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk0

*Delete the GUID:
gpt destroy disk0

If this doesn't help, then the hard way:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/disk0 bs=512 count=40

*Create a new  GUID partition (this also creates a fresh pMBR):
gpt create -f disk0

*Enter exit and quit Terminal.

*Open Disk Utility and partition your internal disk: one or two partitions and at least one JHFS+ volume.

*Quit Disk Utility

*Attach your Time Machine backup drive, open Restore Time Machine backup (or similar) from OS X Utilties and restore your backup.

This usually won't restore your Recovery HD. You have to do this either manually with Recovery Partition 4.0.4 or by reinstalling your current system with an Apple system installer (i.e. "Install OS X Yosemite" 10.10.5, which usually won't affect your data)

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Constantine: Hellblazer can be used to name Superman: Not a Bird or a Plane because Constantine's ability to name a character is not considered "targeting" a character since the ability does not involve selecting any specific die in play.
^ Superman Unchained Vol 1 2. DC Database wikia. Retrieved 7-30-2015.


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In physics, the degrees of freedom (DOF) of a mechanical system is the number of independent parameters that define its configuration or state. It is important in the analysis of systems of bodies in mechanical engineering, structural engineering, aerospace engineering, robotics, and other fields.

The position of a single railcar (engine) moving along a track has one degree of freedom because the position of the car is defined by the distance along the track.  A train of rigid cars connected by hinges to an engine still has only one degree of freedom because the positions of the cars behind the engine are constrained by the shape of the track.

An automobile with highly stiff suspension can be considered to be a rigid body traveling on a plane (a flat, two-dimensional space).  This body has three independent degrees of freedom consisting of two components of translation and one angle of rotation.  Skidding or drifting is a good example of an automobile's three independent degrees of freedom.

The position and orientation of a rigid body in space is defined by three components of translation and three components of rotation, which means that it has six degrees of freedom.

The exact constraint mechanical design method manages the degrees of freedom to neither underconstrain nor overconstrain a device.

Motions and dimensions
The position of an n-dimensional rigid body is defined by the rigid transformation, [T] = [A, d], where d is an n-dimensional translation and A is an n × n rotation matrix, which has n translational degrees of freedom and n(n − 1)/2 rotational degrees of freedom.  The number of rotational degrees of freedom comes from the dimension of the rotation group SO(n).

A non-rigid or deformable body may be thought of as a collection of many minute particles (infinite number of DOFs), this is often approximated by a finite DOF system. When motion involving large displacements is the main objective of study (e.g. for analyzing the motion of satellites), a deformable body may be approximated as a rigid body (or even a particle) in order to simplify the analysis.

The degree of freedom of a system can be viewed as the minimum number of coordinates required to specify a configuration.  Applying this definition, we have:
For a single particle in a plane two coordinates define its location so it has two degrees of freedom;
A single particle in space requires three coordinates so it has three degrees of freedom;
Two particles in space have a combined six degrees of freedom;
If two particles in space are constrained to maintain a constant distance from each other, such as in the case of a diatomic molecule, then the six coordinates must satisfy a single constraint equation defined by the distance formula.  This reduces the degree of freedom of the system to five, because the distance formula can be used to solve for the remaining coordinate once the other five are specified.

Rigid bodies

A single rigid body has at most six degrees of freedom (6 DOF) 3T3R consisting of three translations 3T and three rotations 3R.

See also Euler angles.

For example, the motion of a ship at sea has the six degrees of freedom of a rigid body, and is described as:

Translation and rotation:
 Walking (or surging): Moving forward and backward;
 Strafing (or swaying): Moving left and right;
 Elevating (or heaving): Moving up and down;
 Roll rotation: Pivots side to side;
 Pitch rotation: Tilts forward and backward;
 Yaw rotation: Swivels left and right;
For example, the trajectory of an airplane in flight has three degrees of freedom and its attitude along the trajectory has three degrees of freedom, for a total of six degrees of freedom.

 For rolling in flight and ship dynamics, see roll (aviation) and roll (ship motion), respectively.
 An important derivative is the roll rate (or roll velocity), which is the angular speed at which an aircraft can change its roll attitude, and is typically expressed in degrees per second.
 For pitching in flight and ship dynamics, see pitch (aviation) and pitch (ship motion), respectively.
 For yawing in flight and ship dynamics, see yaw (aviation) and yaw (ship motion), respectively.
 One important derivative is the yaw rate (or yaw velocity), the angular speed of yaw rotation, measured with a yaw rate sensor.
 Another important derivative is the yawing moment, the angular momentum of a yaw rotation, which is important for adverse yaw in aircraft dynamics.

Lower mobility

Physical constraints may limit the number of degrees of freedom of a single rigid body.  For example, a block sliding around on a flat table has 3 DOF 2T1R consisting of two translations 2T and 1 rotation 1R.  An XYZ positioning robot like SCARA has 3 DOF 3T lower mobility.

Mobility formula
The mobility formula counts the number of parameters that define the configuration of a set of rigid bodies that are constrained by joints connecting these bodies.

Consider a system of n rigid bodies moving in space has 6n degrees of freedom measured relative to a fixed frame.   In order to count the degrees of freedom of this system, include the fixed body in the count of bodies, so that mobility is independent of the choice of the body that forms the fixed frame.  Then the degree-of-freedom of the unconstrained system of N = n + 1 is

because the fixed body has zero degrees of freedom relative to itself.

Joints that connect bodies in this system remove degrees of freedom and reduce mobility.   Specifically, hinges and sliders each impose five constraints and therefore remove five degrees of freedom.  It is convenient to define the number of constraints c that a joint imposes in terms of the joint's freedom f, where c = 6 − f.  In the case of a hinge or slider, which are one degree of freedom joints, have f = 1 and therefore c = 6 − 1 = 5.

The result is that the mobility of a system formed from n moving links and j joints each with freedom  fi, i = 1, ..., j, is given by

Recall that N includes the fixed link.

There are two important special cases: (i) a simple open chain, and (ii) a simple closed chain.
A single open chain consists of n moving links connected end to end by n joints, with one end connected to a ground link.  Thus, in this case N = j + 1 and the mobility of the chain is

For a simple closed chain, n moving links are connected end-to-end by n + 1 joints such that the two ends are connected to the ground link forming a loop.  In this case, we have N = j and the mobility of the chain is

An example of a simple open chain is a serial robot manipulator.  These robotic systems are constructed from a series of links connected by six one degree-of-freedom revolute or prismatic joints, so the system has six degrees of freedom.

An example of a simple closed chain is the RSSR spatial four-bar linkage.  The sum of the freedom of these joints is eight, so the mobility of the linkage is two, where one of the degrees of freedom is the rotation of the coupler around the line joining the two S joints.

Planar and spherical movement
It is common practice to design the linkage system so that the movement of all of the bodies are constrained to lie on parallel planes, to form what is known as a planar linkage.   It is also possible to construct the linkage system so that all of the bodies move on concentric spheres, forming a spherical linkage.  In both cases, the degrees of freedom of the links in each system is now three rather than six, and the constraints imposed by joints are now c = 3 − f.

In this case, the mobility formula is given by

and the special cases become
 planar or spherical simple open chain,
 planar or spherical simple closed chain,
An example of a planar simple closed chain is the planar four-bar linkage, which is a four-bar loop with four one degree-of-freedom joints and therefore has mobility M = 1.

Systems of bodies

A system with several bodies would have a combined DOF that is the sum of the DOFs of the bodies, less the internal constraints they may have on relative motion.   A mechanism or linkage containing a number of connected rigid bodies may have more than the degrees of freedom for a single rigid body.  Here the term degrees of freedom is used to describe the number of parameters needed to specify the spatial pose of a linkage. It is also defined in context of the configuration space, task space and workspace of a robot.

A specific type of linkage is the open kinematic chain, where a set of rigid links are connected at joints; a joint may provide one DOF (hinge/sliding), or two (cylindrical).  Such chains occur commonly in robotics, biomechanics, and for satellites and other space structures.  A human arm is considered to have seven DOFs. A shoulder gives pitch,yaw, and roll, an elbow allows for pitch, and a wrist allows for pitch, yaw and roll. Only 3 of those movements would be necessary to move the hand to any point in space, but people would lack the ability to grasp things from different angles or directions. A robot (or object) that has mechanisms to control all 6 physical DOF is said to be holonomic. An object with fewer controllable DOFs than total DOFs is said to be non-holonomic, and an object with more controllable DOFs than total DOFs (such as the human arm) is said to be redundant. Although keep in mind that it is not redundant in the human arm because the two DOFs; wrist and shoulder, that represent the same movement; roll, supply each other since they can't do a full 360.
The degree of freedom are like different movements that can be made.

In mobile robotics, a car-like robot can reach any position and orientation in 2-D space, so it needs 3 DOFs to describe its pose, but at any point, you can move it only by a forward motion and a steering angle.  So it has two control DOFs and three representational DOFs; i.e. it is non-holonomic. A fixed-wing aircraft, with 3–4 control DOFs (forward motion, roll, pitch, and to a limited extent, yaw) in a 3-D space, is also non-holonomic, as it cannot move directly up/down or left/right.

A summary of formulas and methods for computing the degrees-of-freedom in mechanical systems has been given by Pennestri, Cavacece, and Vita.

Electrical engineering
In electrical engineering degrees of freedom is often used to describe the number of directions in which a phased array antenna can form either beams or nulls.  It is equal to one less than the number of elements contained in the array, as one element is used as a reference against which either constructive or destructive interference may be applied using each of the remaining antenna elements.  Radar practice and communication link practice, with beam steering being more prevalent for radar applications and null steering being more prevalent for interference suppression in communication links.

See also

References

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Robot kinematics
Rigid bodies


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Create a function timesFive that accepts one argument, multiplies it by 5 , and returns the new value. See the last line in the editor for an example of how you can test your timesFive function.
I would suggest going back to the challenge, looking at the example and resetting the code. Be sure that you're NOT hard coding the function, make sure your console.log is accurate. You'll get it.
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Wrestling finishes sixth at PSAC Championships
The Mercyhurst University wrestling team took sixth place at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships hosted by Kutztown University. The team took sixth out of a total of 10 teams.
Top performances came from led by freshman Dylan D'Urso and senior Eric Lundgren who both finished fourth at 133 pounds and 184 pounds respectively.
Five wrestlers finished in the top six positions in their weight classes.
"Our success will ultimately endure through the continuation of our focus and us working hard everyday," said senior Clint Schaefer.
The PSAC Championships were comprised of both Division I and Division II members of the PSAC. Mercyhurst finished second among the Division II schools with 52.5 points, Kutztown finished with 59.5.
In addition to Lundgren and D'Urso, sophomore Michael Griffith (149) and redshirt junior Tyler Berger (157) placed fifth. Freshman Willie Bohince finished sixth place in the 125-pound bracket.
Redshirt sophomore Nick Hannan (141 pounds), senior Clint Schaefer (165 pounds), sophomore Grant Chase (174 pounds), freshman Tyler Landfried (197 pounds) and freshman Josh Ransom (285 pounds) also competed for the Lakers at the Championships.
Before the PSAC Championships, the Lakers defeated No. 20 Ashland (Oh.) and finished 3rd at Ohio-Northern.
"We have a young and energetic team," said Schaefer. "This energy fuels the battle mentality in us, combined with our determination and hard work, will lead to our success."
The Lakers are set to host its first dual meet of the season against East Stroudsburg Saturday, Dec. 15, at 4 p.m. in the Mercyhurst Athletic Center (MAC).


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In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest is Rajshree Patel, a former federal prosecutor who discovered Vedanta by accident and went on to become an internationally renowned teacher of its deep wisdom and dynamic practice.
"The system of Vedanta gives us the tools, the techniques, the methodologies, and the wisdom to biohack and optimize our inner life," Rajshree says. "It is the ancient positive psychology that biohacks and optimizes life."
Rajshree now is a highly sought-after self-awareness coach, trainer and speaker—a tireless guided missile for meditation.
She has provided 20,000 hours of coaching, conducted 1,500 workshops in 35 countries, established 600 mediation centers around the world, trained thousands of instructors with The Art of Living, instructed 35,000 students, and established 45 Art of Living chapters. She has conducted programs at organizations like NBC Universal, IBM, LinkedIn, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, The World Bank, Shell Oil, Morgan Stanley, Harvard University, The United Nations, UNESCO and India's renowned IITs among many others.
Through insight, intuition, meditation techniques—and ancient biohacks!—Rajshree will guide you to identify what's working (and not) in your life by tapping into what she calls "vital force."
"What I know is that vital force is one of the fastest ways to have mental hygiene," Rajshree says. "Optimizing by taking short pauses, maybe 10 minutes a day in the morning if you want to or short pauses through the day, two-minute pauses, to just do mental hygiene, that's all."
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ngly demanding to be accorded equal weight to each and every say, ear fatigue steals in. And who says what or what really is right is being given the run around.Yet, buzz - that is your opinions - are important. They create bonding with whomever you share them.They are an easy way to vent off frustrations, get to know others and solve problems.In time everyone gets to a point where they get into a longing to want to leave a legacy of their sayings, the last word.
But there's one podium , stage where your opinion really counts - the personal podium. It's where, by whoever, whatever sways you, however compelling the drums sound for any opinion, where what you say, believe in can devastate or let the lights come on, on you. But be careful, opinions can also mob you and get you into a lot of hot water.They also open doors for you.But these verbal outposts rarely , if ever get to be changed or come up for edition.They sometimes put the lights out in our lives.
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As you stand on the horizon of a new year pop yourself this question , a question out of public opinion : What is your future going to be? Globalization has morphed the marketplace your oyster.The courage to go against convention,to be a high performer has never been easier than now.You've got the whole world in your hands.It is common opinion that everyday we live we are stepping into tomorrow - today.So it's necessary to take the reins of your own life.Do not let it slither away into one of enduring it and gnashing in quiet desperation . Life , however it has come upon or come down to you, is a do-it-yourself kit.Success is not going to abseil in from luck's skies or fate or the position of the planets.You control your own destiny just as you do your opinions.Self reliance has turned newsboys into editors,waiters into restaurateurs.You do yourself great harm in wallowing in self pity or ignoring the cries of 'Wolf!Wolf!' from those in the trenches of financial despair and hopelessness.
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MALIBU (CBSLA) — A 13-mile stretch of Pacific Coast Highway remains closed Monday after a mudslide trapped cars and left the coastal highway a muddy mess.
PCH remained closed in both directions at Encinal Canyon Road all the way to Las Posas Road in Ventura County Monday, following Saturday night's mudslide that trapped several vehicles at Tonga Street. Closures may remain in place through Tuesday.
Heavy rain had brought down the Woolsey Fire-scorched hillsides alongside PCH. A second round of rain started falling on the area after midnight, but forecasters said this second wave of moisture would be lighter than Saturday's storm.
Four cars became stuck in the mud Saturday, and five people were rescued. Rapper Soulja Boy tweeted he had been involved in a bad accident the same night due to a flash flood and mudslide, but it's not clear whether he was among the five rescued.
Also in the Woolsey Fire burn area, the SR-23 was closed from PCH to upper Mulholland Highway.
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Dealing with childhood asthma
Emily Eases Her Wheezes by Katrina Roe
When children's author Katrina's Roe's eldest daughter was just a toddler, winter was a difficult time. Her daughter Caillie would cough every night, often until she vomited.
"We would go to the doctor totally sleep deprived and beg for a solution. After a few days of medication the cough would subside, only to reoccur a few weeks later," Katrina says.
"On cold nights the relentless coughing would continue through the night. Very early on our GP said we couldn't test for asthma because she was too young but because of her eczema and allergies the doctor suspected asthma and began treating her."
NSW Asthma Foundation CEO Michele Goldman confirmed Katrina's experience was a common one.
"Childhood asthma can be quite difficult to diagnose. It often presents as a persistent cough that gets worse at night."
Asthma remains a common reason for children presenting at hospital emergency departments. Winter can be a difficult time for parents and children with asthma, due to the prevalence of colds and flu, and the effect of cold air on sensitive airways.
However, the triggers can be different for every child.
Emily Eases Her Wheezes is Katrina's second picture book. It was listed as a Notable Book in the 2015 Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards.
In the book Katrina tells the story of Emily the elephant who is full of energy. Unfortunately, Emily also gets asthma and when she has asthma she is not allowed to exercise.
Emily finds this frustrating because it means that she can't always join in with what the other kids are doing.
These kids had never seen a puffer before and they were looking at her like she was a space alien. I wanted to put it into a book so that I could normalise it.
Katrina Roe
This book is relevant to all Australian children, not just the 350,000 school children who currently experience asthma. It teaches children the most common triggers for asthma, some of which can be avoided.
By learning to recognise those triggers, children can be more pro-active about managing their asthma with the help of their doctor. But, the book also aims to remove some of the stigma associated with asthma and familiarise all children with the asthma inhaler or "puffer".
Too often, other children will stare and point while a child is using their puffer in the classroom or playground and this can make the child with asthma feel ashamed or embarrassed to ask for their medication. Seeing their medication represented as a helpful tool in the book is designed to reduce some of this stigma.
Katrina recalls drawing a crowd of prying eyes while giving her daughter her puffer in the school playground.
"One time when we were at school I had to give my daughter her puffer in the playground before school and as I was giving it to her I noticed all these people were staring at us," she says.
Children with asthma also need to learn to recognise the symptoms and sensations of asthma, as opposed to feeling 'puffed'. Over the course of the story, Emily becomes more confident at recognising when she has asthma and when she is just 'out of breath' due to exertion.
"One time I went to a cross country carnival and there were a lot of kids pulling out their puffers saying 'I can't continue because I have asthma'," Katrina says.
"It can be very difficult for children to distinguish between being puffed and having asthma.
"If you are fit it can help you to cope with your asthma. It is important not to use asthma as an excuse not to be active. There are ways that children can exercise safely."
Katrina says she wrote Emily Eases Her Wheezes to help families manage their asthma more effectively, remove the stigma attached to children with asthma and encourage children with asthma to understand their bodies.
Katrina understands firsthand the fear that families go through when dealing with small children and acute asthma attacks.
"One of the most memorable times was when Caillie was ill with some kind of virus and she was becoming very lethargic and we took her to the GP. I asked if she had asthma and she said she wasn't hearing any wheeze.
"I got her home but I wasn't going to stay there so I went straight to the hospital and it turned out her oxygen was really low. They rushed her in and put her on the Ventolin and oxygen.
"The reason she didn't have a wheeze was because she wasn't getting enough air into her lungs.
"After she had been treated for about 20 minutes, that's when her wheeze appeared. That was a rough night in the hospital. That was the scariest."
Katrina recommends that parents know their child's triggers; be proactive with their asthma management; and teach their children to listen to their bodies.
"Whatever health challenges that children and families face it's really important not to shy away from them. Sometimes kids are embarrassed and don't want to make a fuss," she says.
"If we are open and talk about those things it makes it better for everyone. Lots of athletes have some background of asthma. It doesn't need to hold to you back."
Seeing a GP is a great place to start if you are concerned about any health issues. Should your children display any symptoms your GP can provide assessment, information and treatment options.
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Inhaled allergens such as dust mites, pollen and mould
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