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Little Busters! Refrain – 06
Posted by Guardian Enzo on November 10, 2013	 November 10, 2013 First Impressions / Little Busters!
Home First Impressions Little Busters! Refrain – 06
Log Horizon – 06
Monogatari Second Season – 19
「逃亡の果てに」 (Tōbō no Hate ni)
"At the End of the Escape"
Well, any way you slice it that was a "Shaka, when the walls fell" kind of episode.
I'm trying very hard to trust Kyosuuke here, because in my gut I can't help believe he has what's best for Riki and Rin – and all the Little Busters – at heart. I have my theories about exactly how that's going to play out and nothing that's happened has contradicted them yet, but damn – an episode like this is hard to watch. The thing is I can really feel for Riki here so much (thanks in no small part to some very fine work by Hochan), because what he wants more than anything is exactly that – to be able to trust Kyousuke. And more than that, he wants to rely on Kyousuke to make everything all right, just as he always has. But right now, that's a very hard thing for Riki to do.
This episode was the $50 buffet brunch at the Hilton when it comes to all-you-can-eat sadness. Take your pick, but I guess we can start with the texts between Riki and Rin. That's made worse, of course, by the fact that just two weeks ago we saw them giddily exchanging shy and pointless midnight texts, flush in the glory of their new relationship – an intentional contrast, no doubt, but one that makes the heart-wrenching texts from this week (though interspersed as they were with the only comedy of the episode, the "Ooh!" texts from Masato) all the more, well – heart-wrenching. What a terrible thing, to know that someone you love is suffering and be able to do nothing about it. All he can do is tell her to try – a terrible word, as Riki says, because it absolves him from all responsibility.
It's easy to see how Riki gets from there to hating Kyousuke – or at least resenting him very much. Not only is Kyousuke causing Rin such terrible loneliness, he's breaking up that which Riki holds even more dear (let's be honest) than Rin herself, the Little Busters. No end goal could be worth that – a perfectly natural conclusion, from someone in Riki's position. Making things worse is the seeming betrayal by Masato, whose repeated hinting that he knew what was going on has finally connected the dots in Riki's mind about him. Masato even more than Kyousuke has seemed dedicated to Riki specifically, taken a personal responsibility for him over all the others, and it hurts to see him cast in this light.
That leaves Riki, effectively, alone – alone that is, apart from Kengo, to whom he turns for help in resolving his existential crisis. Riki's anger and desperation wins a small concession from Kyousuke, that Rin will come home for weekends (Riki quite rightly wonders how that's up to Kyousuke in the first place) but it's not much consolation as Rin is so beaten-down she can't even get out of (Riki's) bed. And she won't show herself to Komari, with whom she's mysteriously become incapable of communicating with by phone. Only Kengo seems to be on Riki's side, and he pledges his support to him – though my sense is that he does so not because he too has been left out of the secret, but because he's made a choice to support Riki in spite of knowing what he knows.
The baseball scene is possibly the darkest and most bleak in the entire series so far. As storm clouds (which have been a common occurrence of late) gather, we see the four childhood friends cast as enemies with Rin's future on the line – and on the baseball diamond of all places, the symbolic Shrine to the unity of the same Little Busters that Kyousuke seems intent on tearing apart. What's most striking is the change in Kyousuke and Masato – all trace of jovial friendliness gone, they wear the faces of soldiers assigned to fulfil a mission they find distasteful. Worst of all is the moment when Kengo sees the image (I was going to say "ghost" but that's too loaded a word here) of Miyuki just as he's about to swing the bat, and immediately turns on Kyousuke in a rage. "These are cheap tricks!" he screams, and goes on to pummel Kyousuke until Masato and Riki wrestle him off.
I'm going to avoid specifics for the most part here, but only one broad scenario makes sense to me – that Kyousuke is doing all these terrible things (and Masato is helping him) because the alternative is even more terrible. "Show me you can endure this." he tells Riki. "Can you do that?" It's a strange request, in the fashion of something a parent would say to their child. I can't help but feel that this is even harder and more painful for Kyousuke than it is for Riki and Rin – which is quite a statement in and of itself. As for Riki's desperation plan to flee with Rin to the old house "where we used to play together as kids", well, for me that's mostly just sad as well. It's a further reminder than both Riki and Rin are still children, running away from home – it's a futile gesture and we know it, so the ending of the episode is no surprise.
There's never been any question in my mind that the main theme of LitBus – along with friendship – is the painful realization of all that must be lost when we leave childhood behind and become adults. If the series has largely been a celebration of the simple and innocent joys of childhood, this episode and its ending are a kind of splash of cold water to the face – a reminder that being a child also means being powerless against a world that we sometimes see as cruel and indifferent. Riki's last line of dialogue echoes ominously long after the ED has stopped rolling: "For such a long time I'd forgotten… That to live means to lose." It feels as if we're going to be reminded of that frequently and painfully over the next several weeks.
Author's note: Please "refrain" from posting any unmarked VN spoilers (or hints, or confirmations or denials of guesses, or clever spoilers disguised as jokes) into the comments section. I don't want this experience ruined for me, and I don't want it ruined for any other new viewers. Read the comments at your own risk,. Zephyr has kindly offered to pop his head in here and look for spoiler comments, but that will not necessarily be before any potential spoilers have been posted for a while. Untagged spoiler comments will of course be deleted, and serial offenders will meet with further and more decisive response. Let's be respectful and keep this a safe place for people who want to experience Refrain to the fullest without having to worry about that experience being spoiled because they want to participate in a discussion.
ED3 Sequence
ED3: 「花火」 (Hanabi) by (Lia)
Can't remember if they ever showed it in S1, but in the VN Kyousuke essentially has complete control over Rin's phone. He set the password on her phone, so she's basically locked out of accessing whatever Kyousuke decides she can't, like the blocked numbers list.
How does he do that was it explained? Does he have magiic powaah?
Short of spoiling no, it won't be explained until you understand the secret of the world.
Thanks for your restraint, and let's please go no further down this path…
Passwords and parental control. Science.
Gilyu
@guardian
I want to write my Speculations, but i accept your request for not spoiling and speculation.
I think, i know the Secret of the World. But i put myself into chains not to speculate about it
Germanguy
Just seconding Gilyu here. While I understand it's hard to keep oneself from incessantly jumping at shadows as the plot builds, sometimes the cigar is just a cigar.
If I remember correctly in episode 24, when Rin is writing texts to Komari, she says to Riki that Kyousuke configured her phone.
wherethecowsfly
The truth is, Rin actually doesn't know how to use a cellphone in the very beginning.
She had to ask Kyousuke or Riki's guidance to help her.
Kyousuke only taught her how to text and answer calls.
Thus you see why her mail is simple.
With little words with ('.') emoticon because she doesn't know much about emoticons.
Kyousuke must be… no it is him that made the phone blocks other contact to others and only allowing Riki.
The part when she send to Riki the(TT) emoticon hits me everytime ;____;
November 10, 2013 at 10:36 am	7 years ago
Yeah, she didn't know how since she never needed to know. Prior to the start of the series, she was incredibly shy around anyone besides the (original) Little Busters, and she was never in a situation where she would need to use a cell phone to call or text anyone since they were always together.
November 10, 2013 at 11:23 pm	7 years ago
For those who are curious on what Riki and Rin went through when they ran away, you can look it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIqNmR4UiEg
even before..but that's also good enough.
this part could serve almost as full ep for itself.
thedarktower
Wow, they skipped quite a lot of material there.
I'm not a VN player, so from my perspective Rin is such a spoiled child. It doesn't help when I saw the scene where Riki doing the laundry and Rin just playing around with the cats. But after I watched the VN part, I guess she is not as spoiled as I thought. At least she's not demanding too much.
Anyway, thx for the link Croos.
BTW I don't remember this Miyuki girl ever appeared in the first season, CMIIW. Please don't answer with too much unnecessary detail.
I think I should start preparing some tissue box from next episode forward.
briex
Miyuki was in episode 25.
she appeared in s1 ep25.
Well, OF COURSE it's only Riki who's making the laundry. Rin is in such a terrible state of mind that no wonder Riki just wants her to play with cats. She's the most happy when she's with cats after all. I'd do the same at his place.
brajt
Great episode. I loved Kengo's scream.
Called Game.
We're at the point where the world will change. There's no going back here. This is the end.
one of the episodes that every VN player is looking for in anticipation.
it was intense and eventful. seriously, this ep gave me chills till now.
of all things I must praise the performance. that kind of atmosphere rolling from one event toward another…this ep..it was amazing. brought the real feelings of the VN and managed to enhance them in a way only anime is able to do.
it was emotinally strong, dark, tearing apart the LB's symbol from all ways..especially that ED sequence..felt like a roller coaster of emotions of LB.
yes, omissions have been made, mostly of the last part after the escape, that could serve as almost a full ep.
for example: one should wonder what is that deserted house?why go there all of a sudden?why Riki and Rin took a bath together? and more little things like that..that were detailed in VN.
it was hard to see those scenes and details almost gone…got only glimpses. but you know what? I have been thinking about it, and I guess that's what it is. in order to keep it intense, and to bring the right ending to each episode, modifications must have been made.
but unfortunately, some of them were indeed crucial
here is a little from my perspective:
1. too bad they didn't explain who own this house and why Riki and Rin chose to go there- because it's belong to Rin and Kyouske grandpa, whom kyouske didn't get along so well.
2. why Rin couldn't send message to Komari (and the others girls too) – 'cause kyouske was messing with her phone.
3. what's with the (TT) – so far Rin didn't know to send smilies on SMS
4. and most important – what's with hands!!!!why the shouldn't leave each other hands.
above all, LB anime has some improvments than VN. we can definitely feel key's presence here.
first, the addition of Komari is so lovely. definitely deserved that. intensify the connection between her and Rin.
second, the flasbacks of the 5 of them as kids having fun together in the beginning (before the op) and in the end at the house, as a contrast to the fight between them which tearing the LB as symbol of friendship (or not if u know the secret 😛 ), just great!
moreover, the fact that we can actually associate between the girls' disappearance to kyouske's "scheme" as Riki is thinking.
speaking of Key's presence…anyone noticed those "light orbs" at the end?rings a bell to clannad. dammit!
she won't show herself to Komari, with whom she's mysteriously become incapable of communicating with by phone
actually, kyouske did something to Rin's phone. that's what Riki said (which make sense). it's more clear in the VN.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BhlUACTsck
Lia – Hanabi
I love this episode, even if many things about the excape weren't explained.
Could the next episode start with the pledge of Riki to Kyousuke to become stronger? I've missed it this episode with the OST "Regret". :I
Saphirio
Remember that Riki made the oath of become stronger in first season´s last episode, so it is no necesary to add that part in the next episode
although I would love to see an explanation to what happened on the last minutes of this episodes ;___;
Your posting is abeloutsly on the point!
March 15, 2014 at 10:17 pm	7 years ago
Riki want to hold on their memories as Child's, but you can not stay a Child forever. Your Body wont stop of Maturing, you should mature in Mind, too
and with Age, your Responsibility grown with it. Even Stronger, if you have someone you must take care. Then it is not only your Fate, it is the Fate of the someone, too. That you carry on your shoulders
me thinks, that this is the message of this Anime
Wow, the whole escape and eloping of Riki and Rin was breezed through in the ending sequence.
In hindsight though, I feel Maeda Jun may have dragged out the whole sorry saga of them taking refuge in that empty house for a bit too long, padding it with a bit too much "slice of life" drama, distracting the audience from what was truly to come.
I say "sorry" saga, as they have decided to escape only on a whim with little to no planning, and it was only inevitable that the "authorities" would catch up to them in no time. (I have good reason for putting quotation marks on "authorities". )
This may have influenced JC Staff's decision to keep their flight from Kyousuke brief, rather than waste one whole episode showing how they're managing to live in exile before getting caught.
Still, at least they showed Riki and Rin sharing the same bath can.
echykr
Well, most Screen time we saw Rin sleeping. And they show not the Problems of getting food and so on you needed. Where he got this Money? Riki save fundings?
Well, lucky they dont deepened it. So the Main Line is still firm
We got a badass Masato over here..
If Kyousuke intended for Rin to grow up all this time….. it doesn't seem to be working very well! All this accomplished was Rin going to another school and being even less social than she was before! I wonder.
Oh, and this time, two naive teenagers in young love pronounce they're going to run away…. AND THEY DO! For once in a storyline, they actually seem to accomplish it for a while before the authorities inevitably find them!
I have seen people hustled before but I don't know what to call this
bukszie
Wow. This episode… was incredible. I think that even if you didn´t liked this anime, the baseball scene with Kengo yelling is something everyone should watch.
Also Hanabi was beautiful ;____; I can´t stop listening to it.
Next episode starts refrain´s arc. I can´t wait.
Kyousuke is a kid, too. What gives him the right to decide what is best for others?
Zoom zoom! Wow, that was fast. We really do have a lot to get through though, so I suppose warp speed is our only option.
Some of you may remember back to Season 1 and Kengo struggling to hit the baseball after he broke his arm. In the VN, he had no such trouble. It has a home run on the first hit. I found that change odd because throughout the story–whether in baseball, other mini-games, or general descriptions–Kengo is portrayed as, universally, invincible. As in he literally could not be defeated. This episode is the reason why so much work was put into building that image of him. The very fact that Kengo loses is shocking. It is crushing. Kengo's reaction is not an overreaction–in a way, it is too the audience's reaction, and the stench of foul play is only the start of it. There are aftershocks. The bonds between the Little Busters that we may once have thought unshakeable are not just eroded. They are snapped in twain and trampled into the earth.
But of course it had to be done. To create we must destroy, and the creation of drama is from the destruction of comfort zones. One may say that as of Episode 06, Refrain begins.
That was a good friggin' episode. They nailed the showdown so well. I got shivers running down my spine all over again (particularly during "Called game"). And, of course, what is a Key work without a Lia song.
A pity they rushed through the last third of Rin's route though. It's not that big of a deal though, most of it is just slice of life events leading up to Riki's realization that he's incapable of taking care of Rin as they are now.
And I guess really all that needs to be said now is…….
Kuntzy
I don't know where I want to start, but I know where I want to end. I don't know where I want to start because this episode (at least for me) was one of those rare experiences, flawlessly and seamlessly weaving together so many of the "Great Themes" of humanity – love, loss, fate, god, and so on.
I suppose that the main theme of the episode is how (if at all) you can carry on if you believe that the world is controlled by an implacable deity who, despite all the evidence to the contrary, insists that everything that is happening is for your own good and for the good of the people you love. The ancient Sumerians pondered this over four millennia ago, and fifteen hundred years later, the writer of the Book of Job was still trying to make sense of it. Philosophers, theologians, poets and writers in the West have also struggled with this idea right up to our own time, with many of them rejecting either the notion of God altogether, or at least that God acts in our best interests. Others have concentrated more on what our response to this situation should be, like Camus, whose notions of Absurdism were so eloquently reinterpreted by Mamoru Oshii in The Sky Crawlers. But the more I think about this whole story of Riki and the Little Busters, the more I see the ideas of the 19th century Danish philosopher Kierkegaard. I suppose this should come as no surprise though as Key staffer Yuuto Tonokawa, who worked on Little Busters!, is apparently familiar with his works.
Anyway, in his book The Sickness unto Death, Kierkegaard examines three types of despair. The first sort (and please bear in mind here that I'm trying to summarise one of the great works of modern philosophy in a few sentences) arises from a lack of knowledge or awareness of anything beyond a limited finite existence, an unconsciousness (in the sense of "not knowing") of anything spiritual. And here we have Riki with his narcolepsy, periodically becoming literally unconscious. The second sort of despair arises from a realisation that things beyond the finite actually do exist, and manifests itself in organising things in such a way as to distract from that realisation. So now we have the Little Busters adopting Riki as a member and organising his life to help him recover from his first encounter with things beyond the finite, the death of his parents. The third sort of despair arises from the realisation of the spiritual and the infinite, but at the same time refusing to accept the will of God. And so Riki, beginning to see Kyousuke's god-like role in the world, refuses to accept it and runs away with Rin.
At this point we are in personal button-pushing territory. This, as they say, isn't my blog so I'll keep it brief, but I once ran away from a life I found impossible, and tried to set up home with someone I loved. It was all well and good while it lasted, but for many different reasons (not least of which was the finite capacity of my credit cards) I knew it couldn't go on forever. So I really identified with Riki at the end. And by the way, I know a lot of people seem to be upset that this whole section was reduced to a sort of epilogue, but I think that added to it rather than detracted. It distilled its essence, leaving us with something so simple, so memorable, and still so sad.
So now, finally, the end that I knew already from the beginning. And I'll leave it to Rin's own raw, exhausted emoti(c)ons…
(TT)
You probably knew already, but I really recommend the anime-only viewers not to read the comments, or read with caution xD some spoilers are flying everywhere.
And yeah, the happy times are over…now is the time Key is going to wreck our poor little hearts to their content xD so prepare some tissues..
And they crammed so much material into one ep! I would've liked to see more of the escape, especially some crucial parts, but hopefully those will be explained in the coming episode.
Torami
It seems that my post was deleted, I was quite dizzy last night (and furious to see the next episode) and didn't realize that I was posting a quite too advanced speculation without spoiler tag. I think reading too many forums and blog (and probably indirectly spoiled by other speculations and clues) sometimes make me sound like someone who have played Refrain, although I actually haven't. I deeply apologize for that.
To be honest I can't comment anything else, though. The execution of this episode is brilliant and I have no complain about Riki+Rin's runaway only displayed through ending song. I have a lot of thoughts about things that were "happening in the background" that Riki only capture partially, and some thoughts about their implications in the future, but I guess it couldn't be discussed anywhere. The rest of internet were divided on people who have read the VN (and alreasy busy discussing comparisons and future events) and people who starts from zero knowledge. I have no idea where anyone who are on the middle zone could discuss things in a speculating nature without risk of spoiling each other… Ah well, I guess there's no other way other than waiting for next episode.
I guess Enzo have been struggling to find the balance of reviewing things without indirectly spoiling anyone through speculation, that must be a quite difficult thing to do :/
zeroyuki92
Since Riki is always so forward with his problem solving I keep forgetting he's always out of his comfort zone sticking his neck out. This episode highlighted that he really isn't much farther long than Rin in a sense of independence. I thought to myself he didn't have much faith in her to bounce back but then again it's his gf he was watching unravel from a distance. Its easy to imagine the worst when the person isn't in front of you so you can see them and gauge how they really are.
Breedo
The crowning moment of "called game" (VN version) http://i.imgur.com/6m2quxx.jpg
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The title of the next episode made me think they were taking a hiatus until May!!
I read a lot of people that thought that. Fortunately there are just 4 days left! 😀
Screenshots from the new episode are up in the official site 😀
Couldn't help notice that for an arm he broke, Kengo was doing a lot with it.
Don't underestimate a berserk rage… I guess?
Now almost Clannad AfterStory-like.
Ep 07:
I begin to see, that casual Spectators are about to trip on their way in this Anime. It is this "fresh start" Episodes, that can bring them out of their way. Of course, the old fans are not that easy to get out their way.
But this "fresh starts" episodes, is a bit risky. Even the new fresh Season spectators are about to see, that something is not right here
And for the Episode, sorry i dont loaded my Speculation Gun with my Bullets
At KSL 2013 this year the only song that was performed that had nothing to do with Little Busters at all was Hanabi by Lia.
Three months later, guess what song is used as a special ED.


MIDVALE -- Jake Davis scored three touchdowns and Logan Ryan added a pair of scores as the host Indian Valley Braves remained unbeaten with a 37-21 win over visiting Canton Timken in Principal's Athletic Conference action on Friday.
The teams traded scores twice in the opening quarter, with Davis drawing first blood for the Braves on a 21-yard scamper. Konnor Cool booted the extra-point for a 7-0 Indian Valley lead.
Timken answered with Nick Johnson going in from seven yards out and Joe Williams knotted the score at 7-7 with the PAT kick.
Davis garnered his second TD of the night still in the first round on a one-yard plunge and Cool's PAT kick gave the hosts a 14-7 edge.
Johnson broke loose for a 56-yard scamper before the quarter ended, but the Braves blocked the extra-point kick to preserve a 14-13 advantage which held up until halftime following a scoreless second round.
Logan Ryan gave the Braves some breathing room in the third frame with a 37-yard scoring jaunt and Davis ran in the two-point conversion for a 22-13 lead.
In the final stanza, Davis collect his 'hat trick' of touchdowns with a 21-yard gallop and quarterback Brady Byers ran in for the extra two points to up the Braves' led to 30-13.
Ryan then collected his second score of the game on a six-yard run and Cool split the uprights with the PAT boot to increase the Indian Valley lead to 37-13.
Johnson the scored his third TD on a 19-yard blast and completed the scoring for Timken with a two-point conversion run that provided the 37-21 final.
Indian Valley (5-0, 2-0 PAC) rolled up 369 yards on 58 rushing attempts and Byers was 4-of-8 passing for an additional 62 yards as the Braves amassed 22 first downs, but were penalized nine times for 87 yards.
Both Davis and Ryan went over the century mark in rushing, with Davis carrying 29 times for 212 yards while Ryan packed the pigskin 15 times for 141 yards. Byers added 13 yards on 13 tries. Ryan also led receivers with three catches for 51 yards and Davis had the other reception for 11 yards. Byers also had the lone Indian Valley interception, returning it 35 yards.
Timken (3-2, 0-2 PAC) ran the ball 20 times for 209 yards and the quarterback Johnson completed 9-of-19 aerials for 117 yards but was intercepted once. The visitors were flagged nine times for 65 yards.
The speedy Johnson also paced the ground attack with 15 carries for 188 yards and the three scores. Randy Reed paced the receivers with seven catches for 75 yards.
NEXT--Indian Valley entertains Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy on Friday at 7 p.m.


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If the latest gadget appeals to you but your primary passion is classic motoring than you might be interested in the latest product Porsche has placed on the market.
The Germans understand people with both these passions and are helping them by not forcing one choice or the other.
While it may be tricky to achieve it's not impossible, certainly isn't in the area they've chosen to go for. What I'm talking about is a new satellite navigation system that can be fitted to most classic Porsche creations but unlike any other modern and tacky option this one actually looks like an original radio from one of those models.
The system is called Porsche Classic Radio Navigation System (Part # 911 645 910 00) and it packages a display screen fitted into a form factor that is an exact fit for the original factory radio's location. Round knobs keep appearances in line with that classic Porsche aesthetic, but bringing you the 21st century bit of technology you might need.
All of this will set you back 595 euros + VAT and can be fitted to Porsche 911s produced between 1963 and 1977 and there's also a chance it might fit the Porsche 914 and Porsche 912.


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Q: How to delete the first row from every data frame in a list of data frames? New to R! If you answer, I'd appreciate any explanation of my mistakes!
I have a list of data frames (tibbles, actually) and I'm trying to remove the first row in all of them. Here's one of the data frames:
> head(dfs_list[[1]][[1]])
# A tibble: 6 × 5
  Day        `Day length` `Solar noon` `Astronomical t…  `Astronomical t…
  <chr>      <chr>        <chr>        <chr>             <chr>
1 Day        Day length   Solar noon   Start             End
2 Jan 1      09:31:23     12:22:29 pm  6:02 am           6:42 pm
3 Jan 2      09:32:06     12:22:57 pm  6:02 am           6:43 pm
4 Jan 3      09:32:52     12:23:25 pm  6:02 am           6:44 pm
5 Jan 4      09:33:42     12:23:52 pm  6:02 am           6:44 pm
6 Jan 5      09:34:36     12:24:19 pm  6:03 am           6:45 pm

Seems like the task should be straightforward enough, but I'm having a hard time of it. I've tried two approaches, resulting in the following errors:
dfs_edited <- lapply(dfs_list, dfs_list[-1,])
Error in dfs_list[-1, ] : incorrect number of dimensions

for(i in dfs_list) {
  tmp <- get(i)
  tmp <- tmp[-1,]
  assign(i, tmp)
}
Error in get(i) : invalid first argument

A: It looks like you have a list of lists of frames (double-nested), perhaps this is reproducing that:
set.seed(42)
dfs_list <- replicate(2, replicate(3, mtcars[sample(32,3),], simplify=FALSE), simplify=FALSE)

str(dfs_list, max.level=2)
# List of 2
#  $ :List of 3
#   ..$ :'data.frame':  3 obs. of  11 variables:
#   ..$ :'data.frame':  3 obs. of  11 variables:
#   ..$ :'data.frame':  3 obs. of  11 variables:
#  $ :List of 3
#   ..$ :'data.frame':  3 obs. of  11 variables:
#   ..$ :'data.frame':  3 obs. of  11 variables:
#   ..$ :'data.frame':  3 obs. of  11 variables:

dfs_list[[1]][1:2]
# [[1]]
#                    mpg cyl disp  hp drat    wt  qsec vs am gear carb
# Chrysler Imperial 14.7   8  440 230 3.23 5.345 17.42  0  0    3    4
# Hornet Sportabout 18.7   8  360 175 3.15 3.440 17.02  0  0    3    2
# Mazda RX4         21.0   6  160 110 3.90 2.620 16.46  0  1    4    4
# [[2]]
#                   mpg cyl  disp  hp drat    wt  qsec vs am gear carb
# Pontiac Firebird 19.2   8 400.0 175 3.08 3.845 17.05  0  0    3    2
# Merc 280         19.2   6 167.6 123 3.92 3.440 18.30  1  0    4    4
# Hornet 4 Drive   21.4   6 258.0 110 3.08 3.215 19.44  1  0    3    1

From here, a double-lapply will work:
dfs_list2 <- lapply(dfs_list, function(z) lapply(z, function(y) y[-1,]))

str(dfs_list2, max.level=2)
# List of 2
#  $ :List of 3
#   ..$ :'data.frame':  2 obs. of  11 variables:
#   ..$ :'data.frame':  2 obs. of  11 variables:
#   ..$ :'data.frame':  2 obs. of  11 variables:
#  $ :List of 3
#   ..$ :'data.frame':  2 obs. of  11 variables:
#   ..$ :'data.frame':  2 obs. of  11 variables:
#   ..$ :'data.frame':  2 obs. of  11 variables:

dfs_list2[[1]][1:2]
# [[1]]
#                    mpg cyl disp  hp drat   wt  qsec vs am gear carb
# Hornet Sportabout 18.7   8  360 175 3.15 3.44 17.02  0  0    3    2
# Mazda RX4         21.0   6  160 110 3.90 2.62 16.46  0  1    4    4
# [[2]]
#                 mpg cyl  disp  hp drat    wt  qsec vs am gear carb
# Merc 280       19.2   6 167.6 123 3.92 3.440 18.30  1  0    4    4
# Hornet 4 Drive 21.4   6 258.0 110 3.08 3.215 19.44  1  0    3    1

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Six navires de la Royal Navy ont reçu le nom de HMS St Albans, d'après la ville du même nom :
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 le , un navire de ligne de quatrième rang portant  lancé en 1706 ;
 le , un navire de ligne de quatrième rang portant  lancé en 1747 ;
 le , un navire de ligne de troisième rang portant  lancé en 1764 ;
 le , un destroyer américain du nom d'USS Thomas transféré à la Royal Navy de 1940 à 1844 ;
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War of the Rebellion: Serial 003 Page 0727 Chapter X. CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-CONFEDERATE.
join McCulloch at or near Arkansas line. Nothing has been communicated by General McCulloch to the authorities upon this subject, but no doubt is entertained of the correctness of the above statement. We have four regiments partially organized, which could be put under marching orders immediately if they had arms. Is it possible to send any arms? Cannot the Arkansas regiments in or near Memphis be ordered back to our assistance? I think it important.
Governor, and President of Military Board.
I cannot assign to your command any Arkansas troops at this moment. Governor Rector is applying for return of the regiments in Tennessee.
I have no arms that I can possibly send you; will provide you the instant I can. Will communicate to the commander-in-chief of Department of the West your desire to have the Arkansas regiments moved to Arkansas.
Camp near Neosho, October 26, 1861.
GENERAL: I have just received from General Fremont a proposition for a general exchange of prisoners. This clearly indicates a change of policy on the part of the Federal Government, and is a virtual recognition of our rights as belligerent. From the members of the deputation and my scouts I learn that Fremont with the advance of his army is waiting at Warsaw the arrival of the remainder of his forces, which were delayed for the want of the necessary means of transportation. His exact force I am unable to ascertain, but that it is large I entertain no doubt. He moves with much caution, but his intention is undoubtedly to follow us down here. Since my last interview with you I have received the re-enforcements I expected from Lebanon, which increase my force several thousands; and in three or four days I expect General Clark with the two new batteries, which will be a valuable addition to my artillery. I would, general, respectfully suggest that you concentrate all the force you can, and with the co-operation I hope you will afford me I feel confident that, aided by the defensive nature of the country, we will meet with success.


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Charlton boss explains defender's absence on Boxing Day – and claims Hull wanted to move this weekend's fixture
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Lee Bowyer has confirmed that Ben Purrington's absence from Charlton's squad on Boxing Day was a tactical call.
The left-back did not make the matchday 18 for the 2-2 draw against Plymouth Argyle.
"We had Albie [Morgan] come back from his Covid situation and [Paul] Smyth came back in – I just went with a more attacking bench," said Addicks boss Bowyer.
"Deji can cover all the defensive positions across the backline. That's why Ben missed out."
Charlton head to Hull City on Saturday – with Bowyer claiming their League One promotion rivals wanted to push the fixture back by 24 hours.
"I know they were trying to move it to Sunday – I don't know why," said Bowyer. "They knew it was a Saturday game – that's it. There is no reason to move it.
"They are a good side. They've kept most of the squad – or a very high percentage of it – that they had in the Championship. They will definitely be up there at the end of the season.
"We have to be at our best to win the game. But we have shown we can do that – we went to Portsmouth and Ipswich and won. There is no reason we can't do it there."
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December 7, 1941, the day that would live in infamy. The December 1941 issue would have hit the news stands on about November 19, 1941, 18 days before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Plenty of time for most fans to have swallowed the magazine whole, before casting it aside to follow the constant stream of news bulletins that followed the attack. Of course, in the issue there is no indication of the growing threat of war in the United States. I imagine that will change in the coming issues.
1941 was the year that set the standards against which all the following years of the Golden Age were measured. Never again would Astounding run such a high concentration of classical or memorable stories in one twelve-month period.
And indeed, if you look back over the stories that appeared in this Vacation year, it really is quite remarkable. I list my 10 favorite stories from 1941 later on in this Episode and that list alone would probably make a pretty good anthology of Golden Age science fiction.
1941 closes out with, of course, the second part of E. E. "Doc" Smith's "Second Stage Lensmen," as well as stories by Vic Philips, and some names that at first blush, seem like newcomers: Colin Keith, Webster Craig, and Robert Arthur. And there are two good science articles, one by Willy Ley, the other by R. S. Richardson.
Astounding Science Fiction is going to start the year 1942 with a real and major improvement. The January 1942 issue of Astounding will be the first of a new, large-size Astounding–the same size in shape, area, and thickness as the recenly enlarged Unknown Worlds.
The new sized isues will be 128 pages as opposed to the current 162 pages. However, Campbell says that in terms of wordage, the new size allows for half again as much fiction as the current size. I've estimated the average wordage in the 162-page issues at about 67,000 words. If Campbell is right, the new issues will be roughly 100,000 words in length.
Authors like novelettes–and readers always have a shown a preference for them. Now it will be entirely practicable to run a long 35,000 word novella, a 20,000 word novelette, two 15,000 word novelettes, and several short stories of 5,000 to 8,500 words in each issue, together with articles and Brass Tacks.
Campbell notes that the increased size allows for more wordage which means larger payments to the authors, but that is somewhat offset by no substantial increase in distribution costs–so the price of an issue will be going up by 5-cents.
It will be interesting to see how the new size feels. The new size ultimately lasts for 17 months before it is cut back to the present size due to paper shortages in the War (and at the same time, Unknown goes bye-bye). I like the current size because it is compact, but the thought of more fiction in each issue is appealing, as I am sure it must have been to fans at the time. On the other hand, it means squeezing in more reading every 2 weeks. My present pace is 11 pages/day, maybe about 5,000 words or so. In the new format that will go up to about 7,500 words/day.
I recall Isaac Asimov writing in his autobiography that he was annoyed with the new size. He had a nice neat line of Astounding's in his closet and the new size messed up the even lines of the collection. Later, when he was having the issues cannibalized to put them in bound books, he had to get a special set of books made for the larger issues. The things people complain about!
Blurb: SECOND OF FOUR PARTS. Containing the sequel to "Galactic Patrol" and "Gray Lensman"–"Skylark" Smith's newest and strongest novel.
As I explained in the last Episode, I couldn't even get through a third of this latest installment of Smith's Lensman saga. I include the story here for completeness but since I didn't attempt to read it, I have nothing to say or add to what I already said last time. You can expect this in the January and February 1942 issues as well.
And yes, I am aware that Smith has yet another installment in the saga coming in this Vacation, in the late 1940s. I will, of course, attempt to read it when I get there. Maybe my attitude will have changed about Smith's stories. But I'm doubtful. We'll see.
I'd never heard of Colin Keith before turning to this story, the title of which jumped out because it seemed to be fantasy rather than science fiction. But the old adage goes, "Don't judge a story by its title." And indeed the story is not what it seemed. Neither for that matter is its author, for when I looked up Colin Keith in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database, I discovered he was none other than our own Malcolm Jameson.
This is a case where Campbell's blurb for the story describes the story almost perfectly–without giving away story. The story is indeed about a man who came to be known as "The Sorcerer" because he was the greatest scientist of his age. What makes him the greatest?
First, he had comprehended that single line of mystical symbols penned by Einstein in his declining years in which was stated the ultimate formula that binds space, time, gravity and all the electrical phenomena together. On top of that he had been able to apply them to practical use.
That "practical use" was the ability to convert matter from the upper atmosphere into just about any other kind of energy or material. This process took place in a huge "factory" carved atop Pikes Peak. The Sorcerer was in charge of the whole affair. He had an assistant and asked his assistant to get him some water–a fairly simple task, it would seem. Meanwhile, the Sorcerer headed into town with several others to have lunch. Because of various power outages Hoskin's–the Sorcerer's assistant–can't simply collect a bottle of the water. But he gets the idea to use the process the Sorcerer developed to just produce a cup full of water. Of course, something goes wrong and he ends up flooding the mountain to say nothing of the town below.
Blurb: Commander Bullard had a team nicely trained in a harmless sport–but it turned out he had a team well-trained in the dangerous sport of outlaw-busting.
And if one dose of Malcolm Jameson isn't enough, we are treated to a second dose in this issue, although perhaps few at the time realized that the previosu story was by the same author as this next one. "Bullard Reflects" returns us to the familiar Captain Bullard of the Pollux and his crew, as they attempt to capture Ziffler "The Torturer" from his outpost on a Jovian moon. If I am not mistaken, this is the sixth story featuring Bullard and his crew that I've encountered in this Vacation, making them by far the most returned to characters so far. But that's okay, I kind of like them and particularly when Jameson is keeping the stories short–as he does here–they are fun.
"Bullard Reflects" opens with a game of "Dazzle Darts" between his crew and the crew of another ship. Dazzle Darts is a football-like game involving rays of light that are aimed at goals, and that the defenders try to reflect back into the opposing goals Bullard's crew is beating the pants of the other team when word comes in that The Torturer has been found and Bullard's crew is sent out to round up him and his cronies. The crew is tricked into letting some men on board who use a chemical to knock out Bullard's crew. Ziffler has new ray weapons that are almost defenseless. He puts Bullard's crew into space suits and sends them out onto the moon to be hunted. But Bullard and his crew discover some meteor rock that will reflect the rays of the new weapons and use those rocks, like their reflectors in Dazzle Darts to win the day.
I get the idea from the story that Malcolm Jameson has reached a certain stride and is just having a blast writing them. As with most of these stories, they are not much more than U.S. Navy-in-space stories, but I've grown to like Bullard and his men, and I imagine many fans at the time probably felt the same.
Maybe overdoing it just a bit with that ending, but I still enjoyed the story.
Blurb: An article concerning the terrible–if as yet hypothetical–weapons designed by day-dreaming ordinance experts. These not only might be, but could be, and would work!
Ley describes how there are all kinds of crazy ideas submitted by people within the military, the government and even civilians, but argues that some of the best ideas are those were small changes make big improvements. He describes several of these possible changes and you can tell he is an expert in his particular field of ballistics and rockets and he does. He starts by describing a new kind of design for a hand grenade that is a kind of mash-up between the Allied "pineapple" and the German "potato masher"–giving a solider all of the advantages of both, but with additional safety built into it. (So that accidentally dropping a live grenade will not set it off, for example.) Such a grenade, properly designed, can also double as a mortar shell, making it more practical in multiple battle situations.
Next he describes a "destroyer"–a tank destroyer. He describes the design of the machine, how it is crewed (3 men, a driver, a gunner and a loader) and why something smaller and faster has a big advantage over a standard tank. There are diagrams included, and Ley makes clear through some simple phusics and math why outputs are better. He goes on to describe a new gun and bullet design, and wraps up with a new design for defensive land minds. I was absorbed by this read as much as I was with Ley's earlier article on ballistics.
I know very little about weaponry, but it would be interesting to get a military historian's perspective and find out if any of these subtle inventions ever proved as useful as Willy Ley made them seem.
"Operation Successful" is the story of a rogue Space Patrolmen named Mike Devans who heads out to Saturn to capture Nels Banning for the murder of Banning's soon-to-be father-in-law. Only Banning is innocent. Devans set him up. We get the picture from both sides because Arthur switches view points throughout the story, although he does so in a way that works for the story and is not at all confusing. Rather die in space than go to the gas chamber, Banning causes their space ship to crash on Callisto, where both men are gravely injured. Fortunately, there are birds on Callisto, the "Tweeters," the can perform brilliant surgery, although they usually jumble things up. Devans awakes to find himself perfectly healthy. He's told that his body was smashed badly, but his brain was fine. Meanwhile, Banning's body was fine, but his brain was smashed. But it turns out that the Tweeters put Devan's brain in Banning's body, and Banning's brain in Devan's body. And when the authorities arrive, they carry Devans off to the gas chamber, thinking he's Banning.
This was a fun story that started out as a kind of locked-room mystery. You knew that Devans had managed the perfect frame and the mystery, of course, was how Banning was going to get out of it. I liked that Devans was a bad guys, but not a completely bad guy. His derangement was to to his drug use, and his drug of choice was the forbidden "nightberry cigarette." But as a whole the story was fast-paced, entertaining, and fun. Nothing special, nothing standout, just good science fictional entertainment. Sometimes, that's all you're looking for.
Webster Craig was another name that I didn't recognize but a quick search turned it up as a pseudonym for Eric Frank Russell. I'm not certain why Campbell didn't emphasize this more. In the case of Malcolm Jameson, I suppose it makes sense since Jameson has two stories in the issue. But Russell seems to be a popular writer and in an issue with lots of unfamiliar names, one would think a name like Eric Frank Russell in the table of contents would be a boon. Could it be that Campbell didn't want any of these other writers to outshine Smith?
Craig/Russell's story, "Homo Saps" is a "Sahara on Mars" story. Several human traders lead 45 camels across Martian deserts in search of goods that they can trade with the Martian's themselves. But the Martian's don't speak. They've never spoken. And compared to the camels, they treat the humans rather poorly. Whenever the humans are in town, the Martians are drawn to the beasts. At one point, a Martian directs one of the humans to a tent in which there is a device that gives the Martians artificial speech. This is where the humans learn that the Martians are telepathic, "just like the camels." That the humans aren't telepathic makes the Martian consider them a lesser form of life.
Russell's writing makes the story more interesting than it might otherwise have been. There is a distinct Britishness to the characters and the humor, too, seems distinctly British. Without the style that Russell adds through his writing, this story would have been mediocre at best. What I find most interesting about this story, however, is that Campbell printed it at all. Campbell was well known for not liking alien superiority over humans. And yet in this case, the story seems to me to imply that the Martians look at humans as inferior because they don't have telepathy. Maybe his rule was not hard and fast.
Blurb: A discussion of one of the most intriguing discoveries of recent years; not only is inverse, or contraterrene matter a theoretical possibility–it exists and we're constantly bombarded with bits of it!
Contraterrene means just that–a type of matter exactly the opposite of ordinary or terrene matter. Instead of atoms composed of a positive nucleus surrounded by electrons, it consists of a negative nucleus surrounded by positrons.
The implication, Richardson points out, is complete anihiliation when matter and antimatter collide. From this, however, an interesting theory is proposed. Richardson (and others) wonder if some apparent craters on earth were caused by antimatter meteors–because no trace of meteor rock was found. We know better today, but it was an interesting proposal to see in a science fiction magazine in late 1941.
And it should be pointed out that this is one case where Campbell's blurb is way over the top. Campbell might have had some strange ideas, but he was a smart man and he could certainly understand the implications of antimatter that Richardson presents in this article. If we were really being "constantly bombarded with bits of it," you would think there wouldn't be much of us left.
Blurb: The hillbillies of the asteroids! Outcasts of the System, hated by men who ran the ships of space–yet they held the answer to the problem that had to be solved!
The story is about a reporter, Strike Morgan, who is enlisted by his boss to investigate some strange goings-on outside the asteroid belt. The corridors through the asteroid belt are controlled by a large corporation (which also owns the newspaper for which Strike works) and there is a need for secrecy in sneaking outside to find out what is really happening. As it happens, Strike has experience passing through the asteroid belt. He has encountered the Bevan's–the "hillbillies" living in the asteroids before. They helped to repair his ship. With the aid of a beautiful young code-breaker named Leni, they head out through the asteroid belt to make contact with the Bevan's and then to get passage through to eavesdrop on what is really happening in the outer system.
It turns out that some race from outside the solar system is attacking and have defeated much of the Defense Fleet. The asteroid belt itself becomes the last line of defense to protect the inner planets–including Earth–from destruction. Using some creative ideas–charing the asteroids with positive or negative electric charges–and with the help of the Bevan's they defeat the invaders.
The story is a well-written action adventure that grabs the reader right away with a snappy dialog between Strike and his boss. There is a lot of explanation at the outset, which can sometimes be boring (what we call today, "too infodumpy") but Phillips makes it all an interesting read, and integral to the story itself. There is some nice interactions between Strike, Leni, Hugh and Durk Bevans and I think Phillips did a good job of handling a larger than average cast for the story being told.
It was a fun story, and a good one to close out the year.
There were two letters in the Brass Tacks column, both relating to the World Science Fiction Convention, that I thought noteworthy enough to point out.
Believe your readers would be interested to know: "The Discovery of the Future," Robert A. Heinlein's dynamic speech, as delivered at the Third World Science-Fiction Convention and transcribed directly from sonodiscs is available in published form, priced at $0.10, from–Assorted Services, 236-1/2 N. New Hampshire, Hollywood, California.
The members of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society wish to announce that Los Angeles has been chosen for the 1942 WORLD SCIENCE FICTION CONVENTION. Preparations are now under way, and the exact convention date will be announced later.
I call this one out because there was no convention in 1942–the War put a hold on Worldcons for nearly five years. The actual 4th World Science Fiction Convention was held in 1946 in Los Angeles–with A. E. van Vogt has the Guest of Honor.
Interestingly, I agreed with three of the five rankings this month, and simply disagreed on 1st and 4th place. I'm still waiting for that elusive issue where I am in complete agreement with contemporary fans in my ranks. I suspect that Heinlein/MacDonald were at a stage where his reputation simply made him a natural choice for first place. I really do think Sturgeon had the better story in the October issue.
Because I didn't read the second part of "Second Stage Lensmen," I decided not to include it in my ratings. I made my opinion about it clear enough in the previous episode, and there's no point in rehashing it here.
That's not a bad list, I think. Heinlein makes the list twice, Schachner twice, and Sturgeon, to my surprise, makes the list three times! I say to my surprise, because prior to this Vacation, I read very little Sturgeon. Not for any reason, other than I just never got around to him. I always had the idea that I wouldn't like his stories. How I've been proven wrong in 1941!
The failure of van Vogt to follow up o his sensational "Slan" with something a little more powerful than "Not the First" and "The Seesaw" was one of the mysteries of the year. There have, of course, been instances of authors who have shown great promise with a few stories and then cease to exist as far as science fiction is concerned, but van Vogt, from his first published story, "Black Destroyer," which was so enthusiastically received by readers, to the tremendously sensational "Slan" barely a year later, not only showed promise, he had already arrived. It could only be hoped that something better would come from him in the next year.
By the time the January 1942 issue of the new large Astounding would appear the United States would be at war, and things would never appear quite the same again.
Kind of figured you were going to just leave off the Smith as a bad job.
And as far as your list for the last part of 1941, it does support the notion that 1941 was a miracle year.
Any serious student of the history of SF would and should these stories, all in your top five.
And two Sturgeons in the top 10. Yeah. 1941 rocked.
I don't know, and you are going to find out for us, what WWII is going to do to all this.
Going by the massive armada of cigar shaped spaceships at the bottom, I am certain that Hubert Rogers is depicting a Boskonian craft being destroyed by some sort of super-science weapon during "Second Stage Lensman".
Peak ahead a couple of months and take a look at the lead letter in the February Brass Tacks – the fans had problems with Doc Smith seventy years ago too.
Looking over what was published in ASF during 1941, there are no lost gems trapped in the bittle pulp pages – every bit of worthwhile fiction has been reprinted at least once (and in the case of "Nightfall" reprinted over a hundred times).
This is in contrast to 1940 which had Wiley Ley's never reprinted "Fog". If you are able to keep your vacation going, there are to come in the next eight years worth of Astounding a couple more "one appearence only / rare and well done" yarns.
2012 marks the centenary birth year of Alfred Elton van Vogt (April 26, 1912).
"…I was back in the grind again at the Department of National Defense (in Ottawa). In 1941, I realized that I was working every other Sunday, all day Saturday and four nights a week, so I decided to quit. Just in time, too, because people were frozen in their jobs a couple of months later. I went up to a place in Quebec called Farm Point, just overlooking the Gatineau River, a very swift river.
"Our cottage had a screened-in veranda, and it was there that I started writing science fiction in earnest. We rented for five months, and during that time I worked steadily… I wrote a series of stories at this time which probably made my reputation in science fiction— the first of the Rull stories, and THE WEAPON SHOP.
"…My life was to get up in the morning, eat, work all day out on the porch, and finally retire to bed. Every day.
"That sounded good to me, after I'd been making eighty one dollars a month; he was talking to someone from the backwoods, and this was the kind of income that could make me. What an opportunity! And, essentially, I did it.
The van Vogt's left their Gatineau cottage in the fall of '41 for Toronto where he continued his writing regimen. Then, in November 1944, they migrated to Los Angeles.
Mark M., great stuff from van Vogt. How I wish I could spent my days at a cottage, eating, writing, and retiring in the evenings!
William, good luck with your authentic experience! I've got to say that there have been a few gems that I've found and that makes reading the entire issue a worthwhile effort.


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Wirująca tancerka (ang. The Spinning Dancer) – animowane złudzenie optyczne pokazujące tancerkę wykonującą piruet. Animacja ta stworzona została przez grafika Nobuyuki Kayaharę. Niektórzy obserwatorzy widzą początkowo, że tancerka obraca się zgodnie z ruchem wskazówek zegara, inni − że przeciwnie do ruchu wskazówek zegara.

Złudzenie to wynika z braku widzialnych wskazówek dot. głębi − np. ręce tancerki mogłyby równie dobrze obracać się przed nią w lewo albo za nią w lewo, a więc ona − zgodnie albo przeciwnie do ruchu wskazówek zegara, na lewej albo prawej nodze. Gdy tancerka znajduje się bokiem do obserwatora, widzi on zarys jej twarzy i może rozpoznać, czy skierowana jest w lewo czy też w prawo. Niemożliwe jest jednak stwierdzenie, czy następnie obróci się ona twarzą czy też plecami w stronę obserwatora, gdyż jej sylwetka jest zaciemniona. Dlatego też nie wiadomo, czy to jej prawa czy też lewa noga dotyka podłoża.

Podobnym złudzeniem optycznym jest np. tzw. sześcian Neckera.

Test psychologiczny?
Złudzenie to było błędnie uznawane za test psychologiczny, który miał wskazywać, która półkula mózgu jest u obserwatora dominująca. W Internecie zdobył on popularność na przełomie 2007 i 2008 roku.

Percepcja
W zależności od obserwatora kierunek obrotu może zmieniać się dowolną ilość razy. Część obserwatorów może mieć trudności w ujrzeniu zmiany kierunku.

Istnieje kilka sposobów, aby "zmusić" tancerkę do ruchu w przeciwną stronę. Można np. próbować wpatrywać się w konkretne miejsce (np. wirującą nogę lub cień rzucany przez tancerkę), a następnie stopniowo podnosić wzrok.

Analiza klatka po klatce

Przypisy

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The way the Federal and State Liberal parties are governing, has prompted local Tanunda youth, James Rothe to join the Australian Labor Party.
Member of Parliament Tony Piccolo with 17-year-old, Year 12 Nuriootpa High School student James Rothe in Tanunda.
The 17-year-old, Year 12 Nuriootpa High School student plans to study International Relations and Political Science at university when he graduates later this year.
James took the initiative to join the Labor Party by emailing Member of Parliament, Mr Tony Piccolo.
Mr Piccolo met with him recently and asked him why he wanted to join the party, with James responding by saying "he wanted to make the country a better and fairer place."
"It is great to see young people not only caring about our country but also prepared to take action," said Mr Piccolo.
Born and bred in Tanunda, James told Mr Piccolo that he keeps up to date with current affairs by reading, but now wanted to do more, and decided the best way to do that, was to join the party that reflects his values.
"James said while his mum and dad are labor supporters and politics was regularly discussed at home, he is the first in his family to join a political party," said Mr Piccolo.
James attended Redeemer Lutheran School and is completing his secondary education at Nuriootpa High School and plays football for the Tanunda Football Club under 17s team.
Asked what his family and friends would say when they find out he has joined the Labor Party, James said his family would be very supportive and his friends "would not be surprised".
"We don't discuss politics a lot at school, but most my friends know my views on a range of issues and my bias towards the Labor Party," said James.
Mr Piccolo welcomed James' membership of the party saying, "we need to continually develop the leaders of the future, and the input of young people is important."
"Young people sometimes think that political party membership is for older people, but 14 years is the minimum age to join the Labor Party."
"I was 19 years old when I joined the Labor Party and have never looked back."
"It has given me many opportunities to serve my community and learn about how governments work."
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Who is Stephen Mee?
Stephen Mee was born in 1958 into a large family in Northern Manchester.
His mother suffered from Parkinson's and his father was an electrician.
He was one of nine children, although two of his siblings passed away at young ages.
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Stephen left school without any qualifications, but he took an apprenticeship in graphic design, as well as studying sign writing at Oldham College of Art and Design.
He started committing crime in 1967 at the age of nine.
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His criminal life lasted until 1996 when he was finally caught and sent to prison.
Why was Stephen Mee sent to prison?
Stephen initially started selling cannabis as a young adult.
He would smuggle cannabis from Holland into the UK via trains and boats, before expanding to cocaine.
In 1987 he absconded from Kirkham open prison. He had five months left of his sentence.
In 1992 he was caught by undercover police while attempting to carry cannabis and cocaine from Curacao.
However, in 1993 he escaped from a transport van on the way to Manchester Crown Court. He was sentenced to 22 years in absentia on charges of smuggling cocaine from Colombia.
He fled to Amsterdam and began a working relationship with Curtis Warren, another famous drug lord from Liverpool.
The pair would mostly sell cocaine in Europe while maintaining contacts abroad in South America.
Dutch police tapped Stephen and Warren's phone conversations.
They received a major breakthrough when they realised Stephen had been sent to Colombia to meet with the Cali Cartel in one of the biggest cocaine deals known to the UK.
When half a tonne of cocaine arrived at Warren's house, Dutch police moved in and arrested the pair and several other associates.
Stephen served seven years in a Dutch Triple-A category prison.
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How the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) suffered the agonies of death
What is meant by "when he slept he used to breathe deeply" and "hearing him breathing deeply audibly"?
In what language did the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) lead the other prophets in prayer during the Isra' (Night Journey)?
The life of the Prophets, siddeeqs, martyrs and righteous people in the grave is the life of al-barzakh
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How the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) interacted with his companions
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Q: Starting values in numerical algorithms? I am estimating an ARCH(1) model, not to difficult apart from one small problems, which starting value should I use for the estimation. I am estimating it long hand, so understanding the minor details are important here.
Basically, I have read that,

"All numerical algorithms require starting values $\theta_{(0)}$""

I have no idea how to find (or estimate) or pluck out of thin air, the starting values for the coefficients.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated?

A: As the comment suggests you can take a guess at the starting value. It is good practice to choose different starting values and see this, however, if you get into larger models this can be time-consuming.
I understand that you wish to estimate this "long hand", however you can still use some advice from MATLABs user guide.
When they used toolboxes for estimation they still have to go via the same procedures, this is their method:

The estimate function for conditional variance models uses fmincon from Optimization Toolbox™ to perform maximum likelihood estimation. This optimization function requires initial (or, starting) values to begin the optimization process.
  If you want to specify your own initial values, use name-value arguments. For example, specify initial values for GARCH coefficients using the name-value argument GARCH0.
  Alternatively, you can let estimate choose default initial values. Default initial values are generated using standard time series techniques. If you partially specify initial values (that is, specify initial values for some parameters), estimate honors the initial values you do specify, and generates default initial values for the remaining parameters.
  When generating initial values, estimate enforces any stationarity and positivity constraints for the conditional variance model being estimated. The techniques estimate uses to generate default initial values are as follows:
  •   For the GARCH and GJR models, the model is transformed to an equivalent ARMA model for the squared, offset-adjusted response series. Note that the GJR model is treated like a GARCH model, with all leverage coefficients equal to zero. The initial ARMA values are solved for using the modified Yule-Walker equations as described in Box, Jenkins, and Reinsel [1]. The initial GARCH and ARCH starting values are calculated by transforming the ARMA starting values back to the original GARCH (or GJR) representation.
  •   For the EGARCH model, the initial GARCH coefficient values are found by viewing the model as an equivalent ARMA model for the squared, offset-adjusted log response series. The initial GARCH values are solved for using Yule-Walker equations as described in Box, Jenkins, and Reinsel [1]. For the other coefficients, the first nonzero ARCH coefficient is set to a small positive value, and the first nonzero leverage coefficient is set to a small negative value (consistent with the expected signs of these coefficients).

I hope this helps!


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This cherry compote is a nice addition to desserts, crepes and cakes. It is vanilla-scented and aromatic. When I cooked this version of compote its cherry and vanilla rich scent spreaded aĺl over kitchen. It was lovely.
My next was to make a cheesecake. How delicious it would be to spread cherry compote on it. Nam!
Firstly I removed stones from cherries.I tried to keep cherries in their own shape as much I could so as to compote would seem fine.
root side of cherries. Of course you can use stone remover if you own it.
Then I put cherries, jam sugar and cherry wine into kettle.
After that I split vanilla bean and added it into soup.
Then I brewed cherries slowly as long as cherries seemed nearly translucent.
But they were still snappy. If I remember right it took about 15 minutes.
Finally I let cherry compote to get cool. I threw the split vanilla bean into compote to give taste to it.


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This act, the LUC went further, resulted to the bloody violence between supporters of the ruling APC and SLPP. It was also further alleged that three gunshots were shot believed to have been perpetrated by Bio's security guards though Mr. Bio deny such allegation in a telephone interview with Radio Democracy and further alleged that the gunshots were shot by the civilians.
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2012. La fine del mondo? è un libro del 2009 scritto da Roberto Giacobbo. Tratta delle varie teorie sulla fine del mondo, che, secondo talune interpretazioni del calendario maya, sarebbe dovuta accadere il 21 dicembre 2012, e di altri presunti misteri irrisolti.

Il libro è stato molto criticato da giornalisti e scienziati, che lo accusano di spargere allarmismi ingiustificati, basati su "bufale apocalittiche".

Capitoli
 I Maya
 La profezia dei Teschi di Cristallo
 Altre profezie: dall'Egitto all'Apocalisse
 Il confronto con la scienza
 Le reazioni
 La profezia di Malachia
 Nostradamus
 Epilogo

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Q: Azure Cosmos Gremlin API: transactions and efficient graph traversal We are experimenting with the Cosmos Gremlin API because we are building a large scale knowledge-management-system which is naturally suited for a graph DB. Knowledge items are highly interconnected and therefore a graph is much better than a relational or a document-oriented (hierarchical) structure.
We need atomic write operations (not full transaction support, just atomic writes). E.g. we need to create several vertices and edges in one atomic write operation.
After carefully reading the documentation and extensively searching for solutions, our current state of knowledge is following:

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*Cosmos Gremlin API stores vertices as documents and outgoing edges as part of the "outgoing document".

*A Gremlin statement creating vertices and egdes might be split up and executed in parallel.

*There is no transaction support and there are no atomic write operations.

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*Write operations are not idempotent.

*The two facts taken together mean: If you execute a graph write operation and an error occurs somewhere along the traversal, you have no chance whatsoever to recover from it in a clean way. Let's say you add an edge, add some vertices, perform some side-effect-steps and something goes wrong. Which vertices and edges are persisted and which are not? Since you cannot simply run the statement a second time (vertices with the ids already exist), you're kind of stuck. In addition, this is nothing which can be solved on the end-user-level in the UI.

*Taken this points into account, it seems, that the Cosmos Gremlin API is not ready for a production app. When you have a look at the Gremlin "data explorer" in the portal, that seems even more true. I looks like a prototype.

*Since edges are stored on the "outgoing document", one should always traverse the graph using the outgoing edges, not the incoming.

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*This takes away a lot from the efficiency of working with a graph DB: To traverse both directions efficiently.

*It leads to workarounds: For each outgoing edge, create an "inverse edge" on the incoming vertex.

So I'd like to ask the question: Should one use Cosmos Gremlin API in production? So far I haven't seen or read about anyone who does so.

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Write operations are not idempotent.

It is possible to write queries in an idempotent way however it's not really done in a nice readable and maintainable way. See an idempotent gremlin example here: https://spin.atomicobject.com/2021/08/10/idempotent-queries-in-gremlin/

Taken this points into account, it seems, that the Cosmos Gremlin API is not ready for a production app

This really depends on your application requirements, not all production applications require atomicity or transactions. Sometimes some systems can drop data or if needed you can do various things to ensure data integrity - Though this often puts more responsibility of the application developer

So I'd like to ask the question: Should one use Cosmos Gremlin API in production? So far I haven't seen or read about anyone who does so.

I haven't seen too many stories of using it in production anecdotally, it looks like CosmosDB is relatively popular but hard to tell what proportion of users are running which API.