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Doctor Who: Series 6: Episode 9 – Night Terrors
Mark Gatiss has an enviable reputation as a writer and an actor. Together with Steven Moffat he masterminded the BBC's modern take on Sherlock Holmes, an idea conceived during trips to Cardiff for Doctor Who. But despite his success elsewhere he's not yet pulled off an outstanding trip in the TARDIS. The Unquiet Dead and The Idiot's Lantern were both enjoyable enough adventures for Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant's Timelords but neither episode shined as a highlight of their tenures, as Moffat's previous scripts have done. And last year's introduction of the new Daleks was a contender for the weakest episode of Matt Smith's first series.
Expectations were high for Night Terrors though. This was Gatiss embracing the traditions of Doctor Who to deliver a classic story and a one off compared to Moffat's increasingly series arc based romps. Here Gatiss was given licence to write the sort of episode Moffat used to excel at, based on simple childhood fears.
George is scared of practically everything, including clowns, which as Smith's Doctor mutters brilliantly is "understandable". His parents have established comforting routines to try to relax him, encouraging him to put anything that worries him in his bedroom cupboard, or wardrobe, which curiously no one ever calls it. The child actor playing George is a delight, getting by on a lot more than mere cuteness. He replicates nervous ticks such as constant blinking mentioned in the script, so that George really comes to life. His scenes with Smith are a joy to watch.
Also good is Daniel Mays, veteran of Brit gangster flicks such as The Bank Job, in the role of George's Dad Alex. He has some zippy exchanges of dialogue with the Doctor that are tremendous fun but also more than copes with the emotional side to things that kicks in by the end.
After watching Night Terrors on Saturday I concluded that once again Gatiss had failed to live up to his potential. For me something wasn't quite right. The doll's house device wasn't as good as it should have been, the creepy wooden dummies weren't creepy enough and when George was revealed to be an alien I didn't really understand what he was, why he had latched onto human foster parents or how he had caused so much trouble. The most striking thing about the episode was the contrasting locations of an atmospherically lit block of urban flats and the haunting interior of a big, dark house. There were also some great lines for Rory, Alex and the Doctor but I was disappointed.
Following a second viewing I felt I understood the story more and thought it far better as a result. Initially I didn't think watching it again would be as rewarding as reanalysing the twists and turns of Moffat's plotting but it was eventually extremely refreshing to get back to a well executed, standalone tale. The emotional ending salvaged the show on Saturday and was again, better still second time around.
It didn't matter that George the alien wasn't really explained. He is simply alive and desperate to be wanted, to matter to someone. Right now, where I am in my life, I can empathise a lot with that desire. I can also understand the need, which originates in childhood, to have a stable, secure home. Uncertainty coupled with loneliness is disorientating, distressing and yes, frightening. The fact that it all came down to a father reassuring his son will resonate universally, not just in my life.
Night Terrors could have been better but I have been converted into a supporter. It's probably the best Who episode Gatiss has written. It has a setting that is at once classic and distinctive. It's simultaneously scary and funny. And it's got some big, albeit well used, themes. From facing your own fears to admitting that sometimes you need someone, this was a fresh take on classic Doctor Who with a big heart.
Tagged Doctor Who, Mark Gatiss, Night Terrors, Sherlock, Steven Moffat
Page and Screen: Must Baz Luhrmann's forthcoming adaptation of The Great Gatsby be set in the Roaring Twenties?
Some stories will always be set in certain times and places. It's impossible to imagine most Dickensian tales grounded in a world without workhouses and industrial poverty, for example. Similarly Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes would feel out of place investigating crime anywhere other than
a London stuffed with Victorian villainy. Hang on though, wasn't last summer's hit Sherlock on the BBC, created by Doctor Who show runner Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, set in the present day?
Of course some will say that the likes of Sherlock, transplanted from the usual setting and loved by audiences and critics alike, are the exceptions to the generally reliable rule. As the saying goes, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". But if that is the case, then why make yet another Jane Austen or Charles Dickens costume drama? If nothing else, Sherlock proved that changes in period setting, previously unthinkable, could be just as true to the original creations and successful to boot.
Nevertheless a certain mould of classic novel would perhaps not work at all if ripped from its historical birth place. Often the events of the narrative are meaningless without the context they play out in. Many truly enduring fictions from the page last not because they are well written or engrossing but because they also say something definitive about the world in which they were hatched. Shunting a beloved story about Italian merchants into the setting of a modern stock exchange, for no other reason than to claim an original slant on the tale, is tantamount to cultural vandalism.
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of those books that is no longer thought of in terms of its plot, but as the symbol of an era. It distilled the excesses and immoralities of the Roaring Twenties, which would eventually lead to the devastating Wall Street Crash of 1929, into not much over a 100 pages of exquisite writing. In no time at all Fitzgerald says so much, beautifully and ambiguously. On the surface it's the story of the jealousies and loves of a group of wealthy socialites, detached from real life, but it's so much more than the sum of its parts. Perhaps that's why any attempts to adapt it for the screen fall so short of what the book was really about.
The most famous big screen version of The Great Gatsby is Jack Clayton's 1974 picture starring Robert Redford as Gatsby. Wherever you read about this film it is described as "one of the most hyped movies of the summer of 1974", in a way that strongly implies that the expectations far exceeded the results. On paper it had all the ingredients of an excellent adaptation but ultimately it's a desperate pretender compared to the book's brilliance.
Baz Luhrmann is the latest filmmaker to try his hand at The Great Gatsby. He already has a suitably titular actor lined up for the lead in Leonardo DiCaprio, along with a strong supporting cast in Carey Mulligan as Daisy and Tobey Maguire as narrator Nick Carraway. Mulligan in particular could be crucial, given the misjudged caricature of a performance given by Mia Farrow as Daisy in the 1974 version. Farrow was whiny and hysterical, failing to show the audience any reason at all why a man such as Gatsby would be in love with
her. Mulligan has the talent to provide a far deeper portrayal.
In fact, despite delivering recent turkeys like Australia, there's no reason why Luhrmann can't dramatically improve on the letdown that was the 1974 version. Robert Redford was ok as Gatsby but DiCaprio, with some
bolder direction, can probably do a better job. But the script will have to be top notch. Francis Ford Coppola's screenplay in 1974 almost tried hard to do the novel justice, quoting large sections of dialogue and even chunks of Carraway's narration in voiceover. In the end though trying to transform the magic from the page so straightforwardly led to a very literal film. It told us rather than showing us the feel of the book, hammering it home so that we felt unable to connect with the characters. The book was immensely symbolic and
atmospheric. The film explored almost none of Fitzgerald's key themes and gave its characters very little depth. Bruce Dern, as Tom Buchanan, was the only actor to come close to the essence of his character.
Luhrmann's film is likely to land up with similar disappointments for those that have read the book though. The Robert Redford film focused firmly on the look of the story and The Great Gatsby is very visually written at times, especially in terms of lighting. But it is primarily about what we cannot see or know or express, like the mysteries of Gatsby's character, the might-have-beens of the past, private lives and telephone conversations with distant "business associates". The 1974 production made a fetish of grand appearances. Visual details are so important that in every scene every
single character is sweating, the lights twinkling off their brows. All this
succeeds in doing is illustrating how artificial an adaptation it is, with
everyone involved literally sweating with the effort of doing the book justice.
Perhaps then a Sherlock style time shift would help get back to the true roots of the story. Seemingly The Great Gatsby is a story forever tied to the 1920s but many of its themes would translate to the modern day. Fitzgerald was fascinated by technology, from telephones to cars, from the cinema to the street lamp. Today the world is coming to terms with social networking, new methods of communication and technologies like the iPad. There are still huge inequalities in terms of wealth and opportunities. We are still fascinated by enigmatic and elusive stars. We have just emerged from an economic crisis caused by banking excess and a rampant culture of consumerism, born in Fitzgerald's time.
Luhrmann loves his fancy productions and like Jack Clayton in 1974, may end up worshipping period details rather than the characters and the meaning of the story. Changing the setting in some way might help counteract this temptation.
Alright my argument to transport Gatsby through time is forced and there remain many reasons to leave him be in the 1920s. But my point is essentially that there is no reason for yet another remake for the sake of it. Especially in the case of The Great Gatsby, where the captivating soul of the book is probably impossible to transform to film, there is no point playing it safe to produce something mediocre. Remakes should be better than what went
before and say and do something different to shed new light on the original
story. Otherwise they do little more than fuel the fires of Hollywood money
making machines, which trample on the talents of undiscovered storytellers with new messages and ideas.
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Doctor Who: Series 6: Episode 5 – The Rebel Flesh
I am rather late with my thoughts on the latest episode. This is because in a lot of ways I thought The Rebel Flesh was scarcely worth commenting on. Not because it was bad but because it was mostly a setup for next week's The Almost People. My suppressed OCD instincts could never allow me to skip an episode though. Judging by the build up to next week, it would seem that we'll get some fairly substantial answers to aspects of the story arc, as well as a dramatic conclusion to the story established here.
The trailers and promotional material for The Rebel Flesh all emphasised the aspect of the Doctor mediating between two sides in a war, without necessarily condemning one as the enemy. This was all rather ominous given that the weakest episodes of last year's series came via the Silurian double bill, in which the Doctor was reduced to an ineffectual peacekeeper. However thankfully not only does next week's finale look far more satisfying than last year's, as a standalone ideas piece this was superior to the disappointing Silurians.
Matthew Graham's script has some very interesting ideas and manages to be original despite treading well explored sci-fi territory. The Doctor gets some fantastic lines when he is calmly and seriously explaining the rights and beauty of the flesh but I can't help feeling Graham doesn't carry off the scattier moments as entertainingly as Moffat or even RTD in the past. Matt Smith's increasingly assured and diverse performance helps gloss over these occasional weaknesses in the more playful chunks of dialogue though and one line did manage to capture the mysterious, funny and mad side to our temperamental Time Lord: "I've got to get to that cockerel before all hell breaks loose! I never thought I'd have to say that again."
The concept of the Gangers is suitably chilling for the tone of the new series and delightfully unsettling. There are genuinely complex ethical questions that arise from such a technology. Doctor Who is at its best asking those sorts of questions and sparking intelligent debate. But of course it also has its essential ingredients. Here we get some typical running around and down corridors, as well as scary gooey faces and a dark, near future setting.
With the somewhat obvious creation of the Doctor's Ganger, and its emergence at the end, many are wondering if this is connected to the big question marks of the series surrounding the Doctor's death in episode one. It would seem to be an easy get out clause. But for some reason my instincts tell me it would be simultaneously too simple and complex a solution. Too simple because Moffat doesn't like answers you can see coming and too complex because clearly, despite their similarities, the Gangers have underlying faults and differences that make them monstrous. And I'm sure the Doctor will be of the opinion that there can't be two of him dashing about the universe, for reasons of cosmic law and order.
Elsewhere in this episode we are still being fed teasing reminders of Amy's pregnancy, with the Doctor scanning her inconclusively once again and telling her to "Breathe" before he darts of to try and stop the solar tsunami doing too much damage. Also Amy's and Rory relationship continues to be pushed and strained. This week Rory has another love interest, in Ganger/human Jennifer, which is a nice role reversal for the hapless husband, often just reduced to a comic presence lusting after the TARDIS redhead. Theories swirl in the online fan community, with some suggesting Rory is fading in and out of reality. Seems random? Don't forget his disappearance through a crack in time and space last year and his return as an auton. Also the Doctor has forgotten about Rory a few times this series, including in this episode. Such moments appear to be simple humour at first glance. But maybe they're not.
On a second viewing I thought Raquel Cassidy's performance as factory leader Cleaves was quite appalling and irritating. That's right just a random jibe at a hardworking actress there.
Stay tuned for next week's The Almost People, which will nestle nicely before the Champions League final. Superb Saturday viewing.
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Doctor Who: Series 6: Episode 3 – The Curse of the Black Spot
The TARDIS crash lands in a wardrobe. Beloved outfits are callously clobbered from their hangers and crumpled beneath the weight of Time Lord tech. Beyond the doors lie in wait neither lions or witches but the Doctor's most terrifying foe yet. Amy and Rory will have wished they'd stayed at home. The spine chilling tunes of My Chemical Romance make it through the Doctor's atmospheric filters, numbing even Amelia Pond's fiery ginger heart with angst and melancholy. Outside in a teenage bedroom the curse of the blackheads lurks in the shadows.
Thankfully this wasn't the plot to Episode 3. Pirates are about as far from serious adolescent tedium and clouds of Clearasil fumes as it gets. This was a fantastical and traditional romp, and in many ways a return to a classic Who episode formula that Moffat's era has largely abandoned. Doctor picks up distress signal, Doctor lands in middle of dangerous situation, Doctor seems to work out what's going on, Doctor works out what's really going on is scientific and alien related, Doctor fixes things and moves on.
Some commentators are already calling this episode predictable and disappointing, but for me it was the most enjoyable of the series so far. I understand why for some a light hearted and often comic dash about a "becalmed" pirate ship is a rather lifeless contrast with the bombastic, secret stuffed opening two parter. But as I said last week, Day of the Moon was something of a letdown for trying to do too much, which affected its strength as a standalone story. The Curse of the Black Spot was a self contained and entertaining tale, that kept the key things that make the new Who so, so much better than the RTD period.
There was once again a wonderfully realised childhood fear and fancy, that has become Moffat's trademark. He didn't write this episode, but Stephen Thomson wrote the second episode of Sherlock, The Blind Banker, so the two have history. Last night's theme was reflections. There is something scary about a reflection, particularly when it distorts or is not clear. Also when you think you see something that you can't have done in the mirror image of your surroundings. I remember imagining as a child that mirrors could act as gateways, as they do for Lily Cole's Mermaid here and also that there was a whole new world on the other side.
The Guardian's weekly blog calls these ideas "high concepts" and I believe that these lifted the fun of the episode to a new level. There were some good red herrings in the plot that were difficult to work out and it was nice that even the Doctor's reasoning took mistakes to progress, after he initially thought the creature could only appear through water. Then of course the big reveal was that there was another ship, a space ship, sending out a signal from the same place. This was typical Who as the historical fun and detail of the pirate ship was contrasted brilliantly with a sci-fi sick bay. The seemingly supernatural goings on of course had scientific explanations. The idea of a computerised nurse so fiercely protective of her human charges was an interesting commentary on the limits and excesses of technology, and Lily Cole's turquoise illuminated figure had convincing and captivating FX.
The pirate ship setting, whilst not as impressive as the American locations of the series opening, nevertheless retained an air of higher quality about it. This wasn't the Doctor running around a quarry or a council estate as he tended to do under RTD. Hugh Bonneville clearly relished playing a pirate and there were some good performances from other members of the supporting cast of swashbucklers. Cole did well despite not having a single line to say. Most of all this episode was a refreshing change of tone from the seriousness of the American episodes, with Rory mucking about under the influence of Mermaid song and Matt Smith unshackled from ambiguous and sexual banter with River Song to simply be a scatter brain genius. Having said this he still had chances to show his range in scenes with Bonneville and then in that climax with Rory and Amy. He continues to impress.
Twitter went mad as the show reached its climax. The general feeling was that a Time Lord who has been round the block a few times would know CPR. I agreed that this was ridiculous. They could have still had a dramatic moment with the Doctor helping Amy. He's called the "Doctor" after all. The falseness of this moment undermined some of the other strengths of the episode. But they did certainly achieve drama once again and question the strength of Rory and Amy's love for one another for the umpteenth time.
In terms of the ongoing secrets of the series, I much preferred how this episode handled them. There was a random appearance from the same woman Amy saw in Episode 2 and the Doctor pondering that fluctuating pregnancy scan. But the secrets were slipped into a great story, rather than taking centre stage and becoming too numerous.
Next week's show, mischievously entitled The Doctor's Wife (River Song wasn't in the trailer, but then given the hints being his wife always seemed too easy), looks extremely promising. It could improve upon the simple fun of this show by touching on the Doctor's fascinating past with more "high concepts", still being a standalone story and hinting at those continued secrets. Bring it on.
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I wasn't quite sure what was meant by the term "event television" at first. Apparently we don't have much of it over here. Whereas they have loads of it over there. Here of course is, well here, and there is America, the US, the United States, the land of the free. I suppose now they can call themselves the conquerors of terror. Nevertheless, whatever our inferiorities on the hunting down madmen front, I thought it was a harsh and unfair assessment of our television schedules.
Course no one reads schedules anymore though, no one sits down to watch anything at the allotted hour. We're all addicted to endless self gratification. We get up to have an iPoo, flush it down the iBog and wash our hands with interactive iSoap, ambling into the kitchen through the iDoors that open with that Star Trek noise, to sit down to our perfectly timed iToast. Then we float to work on our iMagicCarpets, reading an article about the latest iPod on our iPads. When we've got a spare moment we'll catch up with our favourite shows, saved straight to our favourites automatically on iPlayer. Or we check out some new comedy, whenever we want, on 4Od. Thankfully ITV is pretty much forgotten online. Someone told me there was an itvplayer, but I didn't believe them. What would be the point?
Anyway back to my point. Even if we did read schedules we'd just shout "SHIT!" and toss them down somewhere. But it's ridiculous to say British TV lacks events. The Royal Wedding was an event that the whole world, especially the Yanks, wanted to see. And they couldn't replicate it even with their superior budgets and 22 feature length episode series. Quite often BBC Sport will show some horses jumping about the place and that's actually called Event-ing! How can things get more eventful? Even ITV has the odd football match. Football matches are events, I've been to some. And just because baseball has more interesting bats than cricket, and the Super Bowl is so good people watch it for the adverts, does not mean British sport is any less diverse and eventful than American ones.
I eventually discovered that "event television" refers to the scale and quality of drama, as opposed to sport or documentaries. American imports like The Wire, The Sopranos and Lost have become cultural staples in recent years on this side of the pond. Meanwhile good British drama is of the costumed variety. Only wrapped in frilly frocks will British drama make it from here to the bigger apples on the other bank. Other countries don't care about our storytelling unless it's Downton Abbey (there's a persistent rumour that ITV made that!). Everyone wants the classy execution and paranoia driven plots of American drama though.
Being the dinosaur that I am, I haven't watched any of the American series I mentioned above. I couldn't possible tolerate the colonies beating us in terms of quality. I'm quite content to chuckle along dreamily to a familiar episode of Friends but that's because such a programme has no far flung aspirations. It's simply crude and silly humour.
In all seriousness though, I may not be familiar with The Wire and other renowned US drama but I have seen the higher production standards of American creations and the flaws of British drama are plain. Part of the reason Doctor Who is being so lovingly welcomed back is that it's one of just a handful of shows capable of "event television". Off the top of my head I can only think of Spooks as another show, not dependent on a typically BBC period setting, capable of generating awe inspiring thrills and twists for the duration of a series.
The controller of BBC One recently refused to authorise a second series of Zen, about an Italian detective played by Rufus Sewell, on the grounds that the channel had too many detectives. I believe this decision to be a mistake. Zen was not "event television", its pace was too pedestrian, but for British audiences in particular it filled in some of the weaknesses of TV drama. It was filmed on location in Italy and set in the present day. It had sophistication, a strong cast and good scripts. It might well be true that crime as a genre in this country lacks impact because there are too many identikit competitors, but Zen genuinely stood out. It was certainly superior to Luther, which will continue.
The latest addition to Britain's list of crime based programmes is The Shadow Line, which for what it's worth, is on every Thursday at 9pm on BBC Two. It arrives with the bold claim that it's bringing that elusive "event television" quality, to these shores. And this is no import. It's written, directed and produced by the man behind Rob Brydon's Marion and Geoff, Hugo Blick. It's unquestionably his brainchild and therefore primarily his problem if the bold claims disintegrate into disappointment. It's frequently compared to The Wire in all the hype, which was of course fairly meaningless to me.
At first glance The Shadow Line is at least interesting for taking an alternative angle and a refreshing approach. It's about a murder investigation from both sides of the law. It requires you to stick with it for its seven episode run for secrets to be revealed. Its opening scene, however, has the potential to alienate the undecided viewer. Far from going out of its way to hook you, it drops you into a rather sparse and moody scene. Two policemen discover a body in a car, with the more experienced man quickly assessing the grim situation. He has a cold and detached manner that's slightly unsettling and mutters under his breath as he recognises the victim with multiple gunshot wounds. The rookie with him is clearly naive. The old timer declares that they'll be leaving this one for someone else to deal with.
It may be a slow burning and confusing set up but it was enough to draw me in. The realism to the dialogue and the detail of the camerawork is some of the best in the episode. Sadly The Shadow Line doesn't always walk the line of successful "event television", straying into the shadows of OTT stylisation a number of times. Not all of the acting is good and the script sags at points and tarnishes its excellent features with the occasional god-awful line of dialogue. The most memorable example is when a "tough female detective" decides to dress down an ordinary cop following procedure a little too closely with a speech about the first syllable of "country" and "constable".
These lapses let down what is otherwise a promising episode. The characters range from the rounded to the farfetched. Christopher Eccleston's Joseph is a front man for heroin dealers, running a flower and fruit company built from scratch with his own cash. He has a wife with early onset Alzheimer's and is more sympathetic than any other character. He's trying to unpick things from the criminal side, and is clearly more powerful than he's letting on. On the side of the (clearly corrupt) law, is Chiwetel Ejiofor, who is a detective with a bullet lodged in his brain. He can't remember anything about the assignment that got it there, or the suitcase of money in his wardrobe, which is a well handled climax to the episode. Both of these leads do a good job and get some good lines, with Eccleston coming out of it particularly well.
The Shadow Line has so many influences and so many paranoia driven secrets that it could be too much. Its emphasis is also so firmly on looking and sounding classy that at times it simply looks ridiculous, and will come across as arrogant and up itself. But I'll keep watching because it's a bold idea with good looks, that now and then, does feel like top notch telly. And "event" telly at that.
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Ideally I like to write my reviews shortly after I've watched a film, as I'm doing now. First impressions are important right? I think recording that instant reaction can be valuable, especially for readers dithering over whether to see something. Of course taking more time to chew over the substance of a movie can also have its advantages. It might help me to get my head round it and make some more insightful points. But somehow I don't think I'll ever get my head round Memento.
The protagonist of Memento, Leonard (Guy Pearce), certainly couldn't make it as a film reviewer. And I'm not saying that because it's a particularly difficult task with insurmountable challenges. In fact normally I'd take the view that anyone could do it and that's what makes cinema so engaging in the first place. But Leonard is not just anyone. For him remembering the plot of the most transparent Hugh Grant picture would indeed be an insurmountable challenge. There's an advertising slogan that reads "Impossible is nothing": this is literally true in Memento. It would be impossible for Leonard to write a review because he would remember nothing about the film. Not even Hugh alternating between "gosh" and "golly".
Leonard suffers from a rare condition which basically means he can't form new memories. I say "basically" but if you watch Memento it's rapidly clear that his day to day existence is not a simple matter. Repeatedly Leonard tells us, via voiceover or mysterious conversation, that through his mastery of routine, instinct and a system of writing down "facts" as they happen, he has conquered his inability to save memories to the mainframe of his brain. But as the story progresses things that seemed certain prove to be far from it. Leonard's quest to find his wife's killer, and the man who whacked the talent of remembering from his skull, gives even the most ordinary encounter life and death importance. If Leonard draws the wrong conclusion from something and writes it down for future reference, he could end up on a path that causes him to kill the wrong man.
With last year's hit Inception, Christopher Nolan reminded us that before his skilled reinvention of Batman for the mainstream he had a reputation as an experimental narrative trickster. Inception was his first film since The Prestige, which had twists and turns aplenty in the plot, to tell a daring story free of the Gotham city universe. The hype for the "dream heist" thriller was hysterically huge. I and countless others positively salivated at the sound of the concept. The possibilities of such an idea were endless. Sadly the film is one of the most overrated of recent times. Whilst good it did not compete with the whirring of imaginations kick-started into life by the premise.
Memento is much better than Inception when it comes to realising a tantalising idea. This is despite the fact that Nolan's relative inexperience as a director is evident in a handful of lacklustre shots; one drab and overlong focus of Pearce strutting away into a building stands out. The acting isn't always brilliant either, with what seems like half the cast of The Matrix on show and in hit and miss form. The script however is superb, bouncing themes and tension around the scattered narrative structure. I was never bored. And I never knew what was going on.
As well as being extremely gripping and exciting, Memento has its other strong points. Leonard as a character is an engrossing figure, complete with those striking memories in tattoo form (which Steven Moffat recently adapted in Doctor Who for the monsters you forget when you look away). He is trying to make sense of his life, in one sense with nothing to go on but also with endless notes and information he's amassed for himself. We're all trying to settle on a purpose and the excess of notes could be an interesting symbol for information overload in the modern age. Clearly Memento has its insights on memory given the driving force of the story but it also comments on the nature of fact and perhaps the notion of history. Leonard insists he only collects facts and this ensures no one takes advantage of him. But his "facts" are manipulated. And what's the point in revenge if he can't remember it? Is it enough that "the world still exists when I close my eyes", as he says?
Memento gave me a headache. I may have had one before sitting down to watch but after having the pieces inside my head jumbled about until my brain moaned in pain, it didn't help matters. Nonetheless I enjoyed it. The overwhelming strength of the film is its originality. The execution was certainly there, which is why this was Nolan's breakthrough picture. But the real genius lies with the idea behind the story. And the script was based on a short story by Christopher's brother Jonathan Nolan. Perhaps he is the real mastermind behind the family's success and the endless plaudits should be more evenly shared.
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Macho Antidotes to the Royal Wedding – Part 3: Bargain DVDs – Trainspotting and The Wrestler
The big day is upon us. The masculine apocalypse is now. The horsemen will round the corner towards Westminster Abbey any moment, dragging their cargo of the merry middle class and nostalgic Eton boy politicians, right into our living rooms. Oh my god it's not long until we get to see Kate's dress!
Shoot me now. I am apprehensive, a little scared even, because I may have been advocating alternatives to the big day but I know I'm fighting an entity so vast that it will inevitably stray into my line of sight at some point. I won't be able to flee the hordes living and breathing the ceremony like it was their own. It wouldn't even do any good to flee abroad, if anything they're more marriage mad than the most devout British Royalist. So I definitely cannot outrun this and in addition I have another problem. I can't hide from it either, because I've already consumed the alternatives in order to point them out to all of you. Blokes, guys and lads everywhere, I hope you appreciate my sacrifice.
We've reached the final alternative step and its one I like to think of as the emergency measure. Thor at the cinema requires venturing out and United on iPlayer requires dangerous proximity to internet coverage, but these two films on DVD, available on the bargain shelves of any local high street, merely need a TV. I know, believe me I know, the wedding is on all the channels. But if you have an even more serious aversion to confetti and vows than me, just pull the aerial out and stick these two very manly films in to play, one after another.
Firstly then a film I've been meaning to see for a long while, the Scottish breakthrough piece for Danny Boyle, Trainspotting. Despite all the hype, from critics and friends alike, I really didn't know what to expect from this exactly. I knew there was drug taking, in all likelihood sex, and an awful lot of accented foul language. I knew it starred an emaciated Ewan McGregor. I knew it would have both fun and filth. I knew Boyle's playful style would scrawl a signature in every scene. I wasn't expecting it to be quite so hilarious and true to life as it was.
Much of the humour comes from the characters of McGregor's Mark Renton's "so called mates". Johnny Lee Miller, now starring fifteen years on in Boyle's critically acclaimed Frankenstein opposite Benedict Cumberbatch in the theatre, plays a Sean Connery obsessed, seemingly streetwise fellow crack addict. His assessments of Connery's performances as James Bond and his astonishing grasp of box office data, were particularly surreal for a fellow Bond fan like me, as he helped friends to inject heroin. He turns out to be far less clued up than he pretends to be though. Then there's Spud, a guy who is very plainly clueless from the start, who lands up throwing his shit all over his girlfriend's family at breakfast. Don't ask how. Slapstick perhaps, but I laughed for several minutes.
There's also Tommy, a guy McGregor's surprisingly appealing narration informs us has the fault of being honest and not addicted to any banned substance. I assume the visceral poetry of Renton's narration is so attractive because it is transplanted largely untouched from Irvine Walsh's novel, which is infamous for its use of Scottish dialect. A scene where Tommy and Spud discuss the pitfalls of their respective women at a club, and the girlfriends do likewise about the boys in the toilets, presumably also has its roots in the book. But it's wonderfully adapted by Boyle, with subtitles not quite necessary because of the noise and very capable comic acting depicting the darkly funny give and take realities of relationships.
Finally there's a young Kelly Macdonald, who has since appeared in No Country For Old Men, in her first film. Renton catches sight of her in a club as she's leaving, with his sex drive rapidly returning as he attempts to give up his habit. He follows her outside, as his narration tells us he's fallen in love, and tries it on with her. She confidently shoots him down, only to snog his face off in the taxi and subsequently shag him rampantly in her room. In the morning Renton discovers she's a schoolgirl, and the people he presumes to be flatmates are her parents. It's the sort of cheeky scene present throughout the film but it centres on deeper, more disturbing truths about youths trapped in a certain limited form of existence.
Renton is undoubtedly trapped by his addiction and his school girl lover is trapped by her age, a desire to break free and be independent. We all know what it's like to feel trapped; it's a very human feeling, despite our supposed freedom. Whether you're a nurse at a crowded hospital running a gauntlet of noses going off like shotguns of snot, a doctor watching patients with crash dummy heads and vacant eyes or one of thousands of the unemployed youths in this country retreading the same old paths, the same old trenches of memory through the earth, with no concept of a future. We can all get that feeling, and recognise it in others.
Ay na donne get all political pal? Keep it light! Ay?
Ah yes I forgot a character. Robert Carlyle plays Begbie, a moustachioed Scott whose job description reads thus: "playing pool and drinking at the bar, until a minor action by another customer causes him to lose his rag and beat everyone shitless". Begbie's probably trapped too, but to be honest his character never seemed much more than smashing entertainment. Literally.
The thing about Renton is that he thinks he's beaten the rest of us buggers trapped in the game of life, chasing after fat televisions and fancy cars. He thinks that by choosing drugs he's chosen nothingness and some sort of purer, pleasure filled existence. But like every revolutionary he comes to realise he is as trapped by the system as those embracing it. He needs money for his hits, friends for his sanity. Or maybe not friends, as you'll see if you watch the film.
Trainspotting is a damn good ride through the monotony of modern existence, with eccentric but hilarious and extremely likeable tour guides. It's more than your average tourist experience because at times it really gets you to think. And as an exploration of drug culture, Boyle's direction is suitably dirty, bizarre and haunting, but also responsible and not over the top. You'll flinch at some of the filth, the needles and most of all McGregor screaming his lungs out at a hallucination of a baby. Trainspotting is not simply a mash-up of visual clichés about getting high though, perhaps because it has such a strong grounding in character.
And so we come to The Wrestler, directed by Darren Aronofsky. Now Darren, as I like to call him, is someone I have a love/hate relationship with. First came the love, as I fell head over heels for the sensuality of Black Swan (https://mrtsblog.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/black-swan/) and then came the hate, when I followed this up with his earlier much praised work, Requiem for a Dream (https://mrtsblog.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/an-open-letter-to-darren-aronofsky/).
One of the reasons I found Trainspotting so refreshing was that whilst it dealt with drugs and it had its strange and psychedelic scenes of intoxication; it did not become the pretentious exercise in filmmaking that was Requiem for a Dream. I will probably be slated for saying it, and it may merely have been the context in which I first saw it (see link), but I really didn't like that film. I did not see the point to it. Trainspotting seemed to say something far truer about addiction, despite its tongue often being firmly in cheek.
I only bring this up because it all meant that I didn't know what I was going to get from The Wrestler; dazzling Darren or dopey Darren. The critical buzz around Mickey Rourke's resurrected corpse meant not a jot, because some of them hated Black Swan and some of them loved Requiem.
I would not go as far as the five star quotes plastered over the cover. I would not call it the "ultimate man film" as FHM did. But it's undoubtedly a film about a man and ageing, whereas Trainspotting, with hindsight, was a film for boys. Rourke's Randy "The Ram" Robinson is someone trapped by his past, the legacy of his prime, and the mistakes he made during that ripe period of life.
Perhaps Rourke put in such a praiseworthy performance because he could really inhabit his character. He has been there, more or less. Rather than playing a caricature or a gun toting gangster, Rourke is simply a person here; a human being in decline, or as he says in one moving speech "a broken down piece of meat". At first I didn't see what all the fuss about his performance was, but then after a few emotional scenes with a potential lover and ageing stripper (Marisa Tomei) and particularly some heartbreaking confrontations with his daughter (Evan Rachel Wood), Rourke brings Randy to life.
There's always the danger of melodramatic sentimentality, but the film manages to avoid it, primarily because of the masculine restraint of Rourke's portrayal. Aside from some brutal wrestling scenes and one careless fuck, this is rather pedestrian territory for Darren after the frenzied, frenetic highs of Requiem and the disorientating dash for beautiful perfection in Black Swan. The Wrestler certainly didn't grab me and it didn't inspire the extremes of emotion that Darren's two other efforts did. It has sporting parallels with Black Swan but lacks the wow factor of that film.
I don't think there's necessarily anything that wrong with The Wrestler. In some ways it is refreshing to see a film that shows so many sides of a man's ordinary life, making his escape from that routine via his passion all the more meaningful. There's no doubt that performing as a wrestler requires a certain level of very manly commitment to the drama. This film will offset any feminine activities like dusting icing sugar on cupcakes or fashioning paper chains with ease. But it's so realistic, so dreary and so grim, that this antidote might lead to a dangerous and depressing overdose.
If you watch these back to back, watch Trainspotting last. It's fun as well as not for the faint hearted. Either film is preferable to pointless precessions though, I'm sure you'll agree. Never mind God Save the Queen, God save male souls everywhere and best of luck!
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Heidi Romer "Capture Photography" did awesome!!!
Alrighty the top pic is Jaden the bottom is Kyler. They kinda look similar as newborns don't cha think? i tried to take similar pictures so I could compare. What do you think? Do you agree with Trae that they look the exact same? or do you agree with extended family that says they look like brothers but they definately look different?


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Q: How separate rows in r data.frame containing JSON data? I have a data frame (more than 1500 scraped patent data) containing json data:
df <- data.frame(patent = "EP1036268B1",
             citation = '[{"patent_number": "DE2836002C2", "priority_date": "1978-08-17", "pub_date": "1986-09-11"}, {"patent_number": "SE457831B", "priority_date": "1987-08-27", "pub_date": "1989-01-30"}, {"patent_number": "DE3916547A1", "priority_date": "1989-05-20", "pub_date": "1990-11-22"}, {"patent_number": "US5180983A", "priority_date": "1990-09-27", "pub_date": "1993-01-19"}, {"patent_number": "DE69428626T2", "priority_date": "1993-05-31", "pub_date": "2002-05-08"}]')

I want to separate rows and get the following result:
df_res <- data.frame(patent = c("EP1036268B1", "EP1036268B1","EP1036268B1", "EP1036268B1","EP1036268B1"),
                 patent_number = c("DE2836002C2", "SE457831B", "DE3916547A1", "US5180983A","DE69428626T2"),
                 priority_date = c("1978-08-17","1987-08-27", "1989-05-20", "1990-09-27","1993-05-31"),
                 pub_date = c("1986-09-11", "1989-01-30", "1990-11-22", "1993-01-19","2002-05-08"))

I found many solutions where there is one "json object" per cell, but I have a few of them and the number varies between the rows.
Thank you for your help in advance!
UPDATE (having multiple rows)
df <- data.frame(patent = c("EP1036268B1", "CN101386287B"),
             citation = c('[{"patent_number": "DE2836002C2", "priority_date": "1978-08-17", "pub_date": "1986-09-11"}, {"patent_number": "SE457831B", "priority_date": "1987-08-27", "pub_date": "1989-01-30"}, {"patent_number": "DE3916547A1", "priority_date": "1989-05-20", "pub_date": "1990-11-22"}, {"patent_number": "US5180983A", "priority_date": "1990-09-27", "pub_date": "1993-01-19"}, {"patent_number": "DE69428626T2", "priority_date": "1993-05-31", "pub_date": "2002-05-08"}]','[{"patent_number": "JP3498514B2", "priority_date": "1997-02-06", "pub_date": "2004-02-16"}, {"patent_number": "JP3870503B2", "priority_date": "1997-09-01", "pub_date": "2007-01-17"}]'))

Desired result:
df_res <- data.frame(patent = c("EP1036268B1", "EP1036268B1","EP1036268B1", "EP1036268B1","EP1036268B1","CN101386287B","CN101386287B"),
                 patent_number = c("DE2836002C2", "SE457831B", "DE3916547A1", "US5180983A","DE69428626T2", "JP3498514B2","JP3870503B2"),
                 priority_date = c("1978-08-17","1987-08-27", "1989-05-20", "1990-09-27","1993-05-31","1997-02-06","1997-09-01"),
                 pub_date = c("1986-09-11", "1989-01-30", "1990-11-22", "1993-01-19","2002-05-08","2004-02-16", "2007-01-17"))

When running cbind(patent=df$patent, fromJSON(df$citation)) I receive the following error:
Error: parse error: trailing garbage
      , "pub_date": "2002-05-08"}] [{"patent_number": "JP3498514B2
                 (right here) ------^

A: Using jsonlite::fromJSON.
library(jsonlite)
cbind(patent=df$patent, fromJSON(df$citation))
#        patent patent_number priority_date   pub_date
# 1 EP1036268B1   DE2836002C2    1978-08-17 1986-09-11
# 2 EP1036268B1     SE457831B    1987-08-27 1989-01-30
# 3 EP1036268B1   DE3916547A1    1989-05-20 1990-11-22
# 4 EP1036268B1    US5180983A    1990-09-27 1993-01-19
# 5 EP1036268B1  DE69428626T2    1993-05-31 2002-05-08

For multiple rows use lapply.
lapply(1:nrow(df), function(x) cbind(patent=df[x, "patent"], fromJSON(df[x, "citation"])))
# [[1]]
#        patent patent_number priority_date   pub_date
# 1 EP1036268B1   DE2836002C2    1978-08-17 1986-09-11
# 2 EP1036268B1     SE457831B    1987-08-27 1989-01-30
# 3 EP1036268B1   DE3916547A1    1989-05-20 1990-11-22
# 4 EP1036268B1    US5180983A    1990-09-27 1993-01-19
# 5 EP1036268B1  DE69428626T2    1993-05-31 2002-05-08
#
# [[2]]
#         patent patent_number priority_date   pub_date
# 1 CN101386287B   JP3498514B2    1997-02-06 2004-02-16
# 2 CN101386287B   JP3870503B2    1997-09-01 2007-01-17

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Q: Why duplicated function in AVX512 to set zero? I came to those two functions:

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*_mm512_setzero_epi32()

*_mm512_setzero_si512()
Logically, they are the same doing the same thing. Then I checked the generated Assembly and also found the same under different optimization levels.
It is a simple question to ask: why the AVX512 has such a duplicated design to set 0 for int?

A: _mm512_setzero_epi32() is 100% redundant, no reason to ever use
For coding-style reasons, I'd recommend against it.  It doesn't follow the same pattern of _mm_setzero_si128() / _mm256_setzero_si256() for returning a SIMD-integer vector of all-zeros which _mm512_setzero_si512() follows.
The situation is very similar to the useless and redundant _mm512_loadu_epi32 (which confusingly loads a whole 64-byte vector, not a 4-byte scalar).  Not all compilers even support _mm512_loadu_epi32 or _mm512_loadu_epi64, which might also be the case for _mm512_setzero_epi32; another reason to avoid it in favour of more standard and obvious ones.
For redundant intrinsics like _mm512_loadu_epi32 and _mm512_and_epi32, they're part of a pattern like _mm512_maskz_loadu_epi32 and _mm512_mask_loadu_epi32; masking requires an element size, and having an unmasked intrinsic as least forms a pattern like for _mm512_add_epi32 where different element-size versions of the same operation have to exist, and there is not _si512 version.
But there are no merge-masking or zero-masking setzero intrinsics in the current version of the intrinsics guide.  So there's no pattern for setzero_epi32 to be part of.

In asm, there is no vpxor zmm, only vpxord and vpxorq, because essentially all AVX-512 instructions support masking, and that means there has to be an element size.  (Same for moves like vmovdqa64 / 32.)
So does _mm512_setzero_epi32() imply use of vpxord?  No, Intel's intrinsics guide actually documents it as using vpxorq, like all other 512-bit zeroing intrinsics (including _mm512_setzero_ps() - fun fact; EVEX vxorps requires the AVX512DQ extension, not supported in KNL Xeon Phi, only in mainstream (Skylake-avx512 and later) CPU).
As for what zeroing instruction compilers actually choose to use, could be either, and it makes no difference.


Oh ok, and all this time I thought it was a fender , sounds awesome, I think he used a c30, though I havent checked joric's pedals that night, but all in all four thumbs up, good job sir . I wonder how the tele with vintage pup sounds?
You can ask GuitarFox and Turi for feedback. They were there.
Hi sir, what pedals did you use that night?
I used a borrowed Eternity E6 for the first 2 songs, a Timmy for the rest except for the songs I played slide when I used the Zendrive.
same here, dito lang ako sa better living.
Mike is good people. Had a chance to meet him to sell my tele to his friend.
nakita ko yung pics ng tele na gawa ni sir mike. ganda.
any idea sa prices sa gawa niya ng tele?
Here's when i brought in my trusted 10 yr old seagull for repair in November. He was kind enough to send me this picture after.
Mike, bitin yung blues jam natin Sa uulitin!
sir where is your exact location?
Forte Pine Telecaster - Off white. i think this is the first tele posted in this thread.
i think sir mike's pine tele sounds close to leo fender's snakehead or even the early broadcaster.
Maraming Salamat sa time and effort for hauling your recording gear over to make the demo clips. Si Ryan (and friend) yung tumugtog.
All my guitars go through Mike.
Swak yung 5way Tele for me cuz we have Albert Collins, Peter Green (out of phase), and other classic Tele bridge tone tunes in our setlist. So much so that once I get my finalized Tele, I'll likely let go of my Deluxe Nashville Power Tele na. It's that good.
Nagpa-refret ako ng acoustic kay Mike and I'm very satisfied. He fixed its discolored fretboard, broken string nut and lowered the action that could not be adjusted anymore via the truss rod. Also you will surely GAS when you see those customized guitars, ganda na affordable pa.
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Senior shortstop Hunter Greene of Sherman Oaks Notre Dame has been selected MVP of the Mission League. He led the Knights to the league championship.
Junior Patrick Collins of Chaminade was selected the pitcher of the year.
First-team all-league:
Lucas Gordon, Notre Dame, Fr.; Carter Kessinger, Notre Dame, So.; Josh Perlmutter, Notre Dame, Sr.; Jesse Bergin, Harvard-Westlake, Jr.; Sam Hliboki, Harvard-Westlake, So.; RJ Schreck, Harvard-Westlake, Jr.; Reece Weinberg, Chaminade, Sr.; Blake Mann, Chaminade, Sr.; Blaine Traxel, Alemany, Jr.; Daniel Ritcheson, Alemany, Sr.; Joe Fortin, Loyola, Sr.; Brandon Lewis, St. Francis, Sr.; Taylor Dollard, Crespi, Sr.
Second-team all-league:
Michael Whiteside, Notre Dame, Jr.; Noah Taylor, Notre Dame, Jr.; Michael Snyder, Harvard-Westlake, So.; Nico Mannucci, Harvard-Westlake, Sr.; Carter Graham, Chaminade, Fr.; Cole Reibenspies, Chaminade, Jr.; Caden Miller, Alemany, So.; Jesse Parraz, Alemany, So.; Tim Post, Loyola, Sr.; Stephen Burke, Loyola, Sr.; Christian Muro, St. Francis, Jr.; Aaron Treloar, St. Francis, Jr.; Caleb Shulman, Crespi, Sr.

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2018 seen the follow up of 'The Hatchet' EP released on Afterlife, a collab with Audiofly on the legendary Crosstown Rebels, and a hectic touring schedule seeing him play the likes of Circoloco at DC-10, Dystopia at Ushuaia, Afterlife at Privelige, Watergate in Berlin, CRSSD festival in San Diego and Joris Voorn's Spectrum party in Barcelona to name a few.
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Please note that this project has a surcharge of US$49 (approximately £39) per week for supervision, materials and the logistics involved in this project. This amount will be included in the Program Fee quoted to you when you apply.


What is the news? The new Obrador administration has made several staffing changes at the National Migration Institute (INM) regional offices that directly affect the adjudication of Temporary Residence Visas. The staffing changes may also have an impact on corporate registration filings in the first quarter of 2019.
What do the delays mean? Companies should plan ahead regarding adjudication delays, which are to be expected with a new administration. Additionally, companies should file taxes and corporate registration documentation as early as possible.
Visas/permits affected: Temporary Residency visas for both seconded workers and those on Mexican payroll; corporate registration filing requirement.
Employee impact: Foreign employees already in Mexico need to plan ahead, as they cannot exit and reenter the country until they receive their Temporary Residency ID card; employees planning to start assignments may experience delayed start dates.
Business impact: Companies that do not plan for delays and complete corporate filings in advance may experience a lapse in sponsorship abilities for Temporary Residence Visas.
Next steps: Companies should work with employees to plan around adjudication delays.
Background: INM staffing changes are impacting adjudication times in a number of regions, including Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara and the Bajio. Once newly appointed INM staff are sworn in, delays should taper off. Additionally, the Obrador administration is focusing INM resources on migrants and asylum seekers from Central America, and this has contributed to delays as well.
Employees cannot exit and reenter Mexico until their Temporary Residence ID Cards are issued, and the application process must be initiated within 30 days after they first arrive in Mexico. Employees who need to travel internationally should plan in advance and seek assistance obtaining permission to leave the country.
Mexican companies that employ foreign nationals should update their corporate registration certificate with INM as soon as their annual tax returns for 2018 are completed. The tax filing deadline is March 30, and the corporate registration filing is required to be completed 30 days after the tax filing. To prevent any sponsorship disruptions, companies should work with the INM to validate certificates before the end of April. Per current regulations, company representatives may be required to make an in-person appearance to complete the company registration process at the local regional office.


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Q: android studio how to fill textviews with data i am desperate and i dont know how to solve my problem. i want to change text on my textview elements when i press refresh button. i am parsing json file (connection and values are okay) and i want textview values to change accordingly to my json.
Fragment.java:
public class Fragment extends Fragment {

    String v1, v2, v3, v4, v5, v6, v7, v8, v9, v10, v11, v12, v13, v14, v15, v16, v17, v18, v19, v20, v21, v22, v23, v24, v25, v26, v27, v28, v29, v30, v31, v32, v33, v34, v35, v36;

    final String LOG_TAG = Fragment.class.getSimpleName();

    public Fragment() {
    }
    @Override
    public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.fragment, menu);
    }
    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        int id = item.getItemId();
        if (id == R.id.action_fresh) {
            FetchWeatherTask weatherTask = new FetchWeatherTask();
            weatherTask.execute("94043");
            return true;
        }
        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }
    @Override
    public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container, Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment, container, false);

        TextView t = (TextView)v.findViewById(R.id.reiksme1);
        t.setText(v3);

        Log.e(LOG_TAG, "reiksme ONCREATEVIEW:" + v3);
        return v;
    }
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState){
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setHasOptionsMenu(true);
    }

    public class FetchWeatherTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String[]> {
        public String[] resultStrs = new String[23];
        private final String LOG_TAG = FetchWeatherTask.class.getSimpleName();

        private String[] getWeatherDataFromJson(String forecastJsonStr, int numDays)
                throws JSONException {

            // These are the names of the JSON objects that need to be extracted.
            final String OWM_LIST = "list";
            final String OWM_WEATHER = "weather";

            final String OWM_timestamp = "timestamp";
            final String OWM_zeno_BP1_5s_Mb = "zeno_BP1_5s_Mb";
            final String OWM_zeno_Spd_5s_Kt = "zeno_Spd_5s_Kt";
            final String OWM_zeno_PP_30s_Mm = "zeno_PP_30s_Mm";
            final String OWM_zeno_PP_24h_Mm = "zeno_PP_24h_Mm";
            final String OWM_zeno_AT_5s_C = "zeno_AT_5s_C";
            final String OWM_zeno_BIT = "zeno_BIT";
            final String OWM_zeno_gust = "zeno_gust";
            final String OWM_zeno_RH_5s = "zeno_RH_5s";
            final String OWM_zeno_V_DC = "zeno_V_DC";
            final String OWM_zeno_BP2_5s_Mb = "zeno_BP2_5s_Mb";
            final String OWM_zeno_Dir_5s = "zeno_Dir_5s";
            final String OWM_zeno_WSonicBIT = "zeno_WSonicBIT";
            final String OWM_zeno_ID = "zeno_ID";
            final String OWM_cl31_high_sig = "cl31_high_sig";
            final String OWM_cl31_ClH2_30s_Ft = "cl31_ClH2_30s_Ft";
            final String OWM_cl31_ClH1_30s_Ft = "cl31_ClH1_30s_Ft";
            final String OWM_cl31_Range_Ft = "cl31_Range_Ft";
            final String OWM_cl31_Detect = "cl31_Detect";
            final String OWM_cl31_raw = "cl31_raw";
            final String OWM_cl31_ClH3_30s_Ft = "cl31_ClH3_30s_Ft";
            final String OWM_sws200_PP_Mm = "sws200_PP_Mm";
            final String OWM_sws200_synop_code = "sws200_synop_code";
            final String OWM_sws200_Vis_1m_KM = "sws200_Vis_1m_KM";

            JSONObject forecastJson = new JSONObject(forecastJsonStr);
            JSONArray weatherArray = forecastJson.getJSONArray(OWM_LIST);

                // Get the JSON object representing the day
                JSONObject dayForecast = weatherArray.getJSONObject(0);

                // description is in a child array called "weather", which is 1 element long.

                JSONObject weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v1 = weatherObject.getString(OWM_timestamp);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v2 = weatherObject.getString(OWM_zeno_BP1_5s_Mb);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v3 = weatherObject.getString (OWM_zeno_Spd_5s_Kt);
            Log.e(LOG_TAG, "reiksme inicializacija:" + v3);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v4 = weatherObject.getString(OWM_zeno_PP_30s_Mm);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v5 = weatherObject.getString (OWM_zeno_PP_24h_Mm);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v6 = weatherObject.getString(OWM_zeno_AT_5s_C);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v7 = weatherObject.getString (OWM_zeno_BIT);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v8 = weatherObject.getString(OWM_zeno_gust);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v9 = weatherObject.getString (OWM_zeno_RH_5s);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v10 = weatherObject.getString(OWM_zeno_V_DC);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v11 = weatherObject.getString (OWM_zeno_BP2_5s_Mb);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v12 = weatherObject.getString(OWM_zeno_Dir_5s);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v13 = weatherObject.getString (OWM_zeno_WSonicBIT);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v14 = weatherObject.getString(OWM_zeno_ID);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v21 = weatherObject.getString(OWM_cl31_high_sig);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v24 = weatherObject.getString (OWM_cl31_ClH2_30s_Ft);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v25 = weatherObject.getString(OWM_cl31_ClH1_30s_Ft);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v26 = weatherObject.getString (OWM_cl31_Range_Ft);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v27 = weatherObject.getString(OWM_cl31_Detect);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v29 = weatherObject.getString(OWM_cl31_ClH3_30s_Ft);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v31 = weatherObject.getString (OWM_sws200_PP_Mm);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v33 = weatherObject.getString (OWM_sws200_synop_code);
                weatherObject = dayForecast.getJSONArray(OWM_WEATHER).getJSONObject(0);
                v34 = weatherObject.getString(OWM_sws200_Vis_1m_KM);

                resultStrs[0] = v1;
                resultStrs[1] = v2;
                resultStrs[2] = "Vėjo greitis: " + v3;
                resultStrs[3] = "Kritulių kiekis per 30s: " + v4;
                resultStrs[4] = "Krituliu kiekio suma per einamą parą: " + v5;
                resultStrs[5] = "Momentinė temperatūra: " + v6;
                resultStrs[6] = v7;
                resultStrs[7] = "Vėjo gūsio stiprumas: " + v8;
                resultStrs[8] = "Santykinis oro drėgnis: " + v9;
                resultStrs[9] = v10;
                resultStrs[10] = "Atmosferos slėgis stoties lygyje: " + v11;
                resultStrs[11] = v12;
                resultStrs[12] = "Vėjo kryptis: " + v13;
                resultStrs[13] = v14;
                resultStrs[14] = v21;
                resultStrs[15] = "Vidurinio aukšto debesų pado aukštis: " + v24;
                resultStrs[16] = "Žemutinio aukšto debesų pado aukštis: " + v25;
                resultStrs[17] = v26;
                resultStrs[18] = v27;
                resultStrs[19] = v29;
                resultStrs[20] = v31;
                resultStrs[21] = "Esamų oro sąlygų kodas: " +v33;
                resultStrs[22] = "Horizontalus matomumas per 1 minutę: " + v34;

            for (String s : resultStrs) {
                Log.v(LOG_TAG, "Forecast entry: " + s);
            }
            Log.e(LOG_TAG, "reiksme paskui:" + v3);
            return resultStrs;

        }

        @Override
        protected String[] doInBackground(String... params) {

            // If there's no zip code, there's nothing to look up.  Verify size of params.
            if (params.length == 0) {
                return null;
            }

            // These two need to be declared outside the try/catch
            // so that they can be closed in the finally block.
            HttpURLConnection urlConnection = null;
            BufferedReader reader = null;

            // Will contain the raw JSON response as a string.
            String forecastJsonStr = null;

            int numDays = 23;

            try {
                // Construct the URL for the OpenWeatherMap query
                // Possible parameters are avaiable at OWM's forecast API page, at
                // http://openweathermap.org/API#forecast

                Uri builtUri = Uri.parse(FORECAST_BASE_URL).buildUpon()
                        .build();

                URL url = new URL(builtUri.toString());

                Log.v(LOG_TAG, "Built URI " + builtUri.toString());

                // Create the request to OpenWeatherMap, and open the connection
                urlConnection = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
                urlConnection.setRequestMethod("GET");
                urlConnection.connect();

                // Read the input stream into a String
                InputStream inputStream = urlConnection.getInputStream();
                StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
                if (inputStream == null) {
                    // Nothing to do.
                    return null;
                }
                reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));

                String line;
                while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                    // Since it's JSON, adding a newline isn't necessary (it won't affect parsing)
                    // But it does make debugging a *lot* easier if you print out the completed
                    // buffer for debugging.
                    buffer.append(line + "\n");
                }

                if (buffer.length() == 0) {
                    // Stream was empty.  No point in parsing.
                    return null;
                }
                forecastJsonStr = buffer.toString();

                Log.v(LOG_TAG, "Forecast string: " + forecastJsonStr);
            } catch (IOException e) {
                Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Error ", e);
                // If the code didn't successfully get the weather data, there's no point in attemping
                // to parse it.
                return null;
            } finally {
                if (urlConnection != null) {
                    urlConnection.disconnect();
                }
                if (reader != null) {
                    try {
                        reader.close();
                    } catch (final IOException e) {
                        Log.e(LOG_TAG, "Error closing stream", e);
                    }
                }
            }

            try {
                return getWeatherDataFromJson(forecastJsonStr, numDays);
            } catch (JSONException e) {
                Log.e(LOG_TAG, e.getMessage(), e);
                e.printStackTrace();
            }

            // This will only happen if there was an error getting or parsing the forecast.
            return null;
        }

    }

}

Activity:
public class Activity extends ActionBarActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity);
        if (savedInstanceState == null) {
            getSupportFragmentManager().beginTransaction()
                    .add(R.id.container, new Fragment())
                    .commit();
        }

    }

}

in Fragment in onCreateView ia m trying to change text by:
View v = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment, container, false);

TextView t = (TextView)v.findViewById(R.id.reiksme1);
t.setText(v3);

but logcat says that it is null
i realize that at firs my oncreateview method ir being runned and only then the method from which i should get value. is there any way for my to change textview values after i get values from my json file?

A: You can override onPostExecute() function to do that.
Add this function to your AsyncTask class
 protected void onPostExecute(String[] result) {
     t.setText(v3);
 }

but in this case the TextView t has to be a member of your Fragment class


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Prehospital and Disaster Medicine (34)
World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (34)
Use of Interactive Voice Response Technology by Poison Centers during the H1N1 Outbreak
Steven J. Rottman
Journal: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine / Volume 25 / Issue 5 / October 2010
A Graduate Curriculum in Emergency Public Health
Steven J. Rottman, Kimberley I. Shoaf, Samuel J. Stratton
Journal: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine / Volume 25 / Issue 3 / June 2010
The increase in adverse health impacts of disasters has raised awareness of the need for education in the field of emergency public health. In the past, most traditional models of graduate education in schools of public health have not incorporated the theory and practice of disaster public health into their curricula. This paper describes the development of a curriculum in emergency public health within a US masters program in public health, and provides a description of the courses that comprise an area of specialization in the field. The interdisciplinary nature of the faculty, close ties with public health practitioners, and practical applications of the nine courses in this program are highlighted. The curriculum is presented as one model that can be used to meet the educational needs of professionals who will assume the responsibility for planning for and responding to the public health impacts of mass-populations disasters.
Pandemic Influenza Triage in the Clinical Setting
Steven J. Rottman, Kimberley I. Shoaf, Jennifer Schlesinger, Eva Klein Selski, Joey Perman, Kerry Lamb, Janet Cheng
Journal: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine / Volume 25 / Issue 2 / April 2010
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 June 2012, pp. 99-104
There has been much federal and local health planning for an influenza pandemic in the United States, but little is known about the ability of the clinical community to deal quickly and effectively with a potentially overwhelming surge of pandemic influenza patients.
The attitudes and expectations of emergency physicians, emergency nurses, hospital nursing supervisors, hospital administrators, and infection control personnel concerning clinical care in a pandemic were assessed.
Key informant structured interviews of 46 respondents from 34 randomly selected emergency receiving hospitals in Los Angeles County were conducted using an Institutional Review Board-approved protocol. The interview asked about supplies/resources, triage, quality of care, and decision-making. At the conclusion of each interview, the informant was asked to provide the contact information for at least two others within their respective professional group. Interviews were transcribed and coded for key themes using qualitative analytical software.
There was little salience that an influx of variably ill patients with influenza would force stratified healthcare decision-making. There also was a general lack of preparation to address the ethics and practices of triaging patients in the clinical setting of a pandemic.
Guidelines must be developed in concert with public health, medical society, and legislative authorities to help clinicians define, adopt, and communicate to the public those practice standards that will be followed in a mass population, infectious disease emergency.
Pharmaceuticals and Chronic Diseases in Disaster Preparedness
Time, Space, and Earthquake Survival: A New "Special Relativity"
Steven Rottman
Journal: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine / Volume 21 / Issue 1 / February 2006
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 June 2012, p. 18
Print publication: February 2006
A Tribute to Michael Moles
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 June 2012, pp. 75-76
Theme 8. Education Issues in Disaster Medicine: Summary and Action Plan
Laurie Pearce, Linda B. Bourque, S.J. Armour, Peter Bastone, Marvin Birnbaum, Christopher Garrett, P.G. Greenough, Corrado Manni, Norifumi Ninomiya, Jaime Renderos, Steven Rottman, Pardeep Sahni, Chung-Liang Shih, David Siegel, Bradley Younggren
Journal: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine / Volume 16 / Issue 1 / March 2001
Print publication: March 2001
Change must begin with education. Theme 8 explored issues that need attention in Disaster Medicine education.
Details of the methods used are provided in the introductory paper. The chairs moderated all presentations and produced a summary that was presented to an assembly of all of the delegates. The chairs then presided over a workshop that resulted in the generation of a set of action plans that then were reported to the collective group of all delegates.
Main points developed during the presentations and discussion included: (1) formal education, (2) standardized definitions, (3) integration (4) evaluation of programs and interventions, (5) international cooperation, (6) identifying the psychosocial consequences of disaster, (7) meaningful research, and (8) hazard, impact, risk and vulnerability analysis.
Three main components of the action plans were identified as evaluation, research, and education. The action plans recommended that: (1) education on disasters should be formalized, (2) evaluation of education and interventions must be improved, and (3) meaningful research should be promulgated and published for use at multiple levels and that applied research techniques be the subject of future conferences.
The one unanimous conclusion was that we need more and better education on the disaster phenomenon, both in its impacts and in our response to them. Such education must be increasingly evidence-based.
The Role of Public Health in Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery
Kimberley I. Shoaf, Steven J. Rottman
Journal: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine / Volume 15 / Issue 4 / December 2000
Issues and Education in Disaster Health
Journal: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine / Volume 15 / Issue S2 / September 2000
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 June 2012, p. S82
Examining Self-Perceived First-aid Abilities After the Northridge Earthquake
Loc H. Nguyen, Kimberley I. Shoaf, Steven J. Rottman, Linda B. Bourque
This study examines those factors predictive of self-perceived first-aid abilities among a community-based sample after the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
A probabilities-proportionate to-size (pps) sample of residents of Los Angeles County and 11 pre-selected zip codes from southeastern Ventura County was selected using computer-generated random digit-dialing (rdd) procedures 7–11 months after the earthquake. Data were collected from 506 individuals in 45 minute interviews. A unidimensional scale of self-perceived first-aid ability was created and represents the dependent variable in a causal path model.
In a causal path model, standardized path coefficients suggested that while reports of taking first-aid courses were the most influential factors in predicting higher self-perceived first-aid abilities, other factors including being white, younger, speaking English in the home, and lower income also predicted higher self-perceived first-aid abilities that were independent from taking formal first-aid courses.
First-aid training should be directed towards target segments of the population that are not likely to have had instruction in these basic skills. Those individuals who self-report high first-aid proficiency, independent of formal first-aid training, should be evaluated to assess their abilities to perform these skills.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 June 2012, p. 9
Comparison of Inhaled Metaproterenol via Metered-dose and Hand-held Nebulization in Prehospital Treatment of Bronchospasm
Steven J. Rottman, Nancy E. Robinson, Marvin L. Birnbaum
Although the efficacy of the administration of beta-adrenergic bronchodilators has been demonstrated, the best method available for the delivery of these drugs in the prehospital setting has not been defined. This paper compares the effects of administration of metaproterenol when administered by paramedics using either a metered-dose inhaler (MDI) or a hand-held nebulizer (HHN).
Hypothesis:
There is no difference in the effects produced in patients suffering from smooth bronchiolar muscle spasm by metaproterenol when delivered either by a standard metered-dose inhaler or with a hand-held nebulizer.
Consecutive prehospital patients complaining of difficulty breathing with clinical evidence of bronchospasm and with a history of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or emphysema who were not in extremis.
Prior to the administration of metaproterenol, a peak expiratory flow rate (PEFR) was obtained. This measurement was repeated five minutes following the conclusion of the administration of metaproterenol. Patients in Burbank, California, received the treatment using a standard metered-dose inhaler, and those in Madison, Wisconsin, received the drug using a hand-held nebulizer. Peak expiratory flow rates were compared using Student's t-tests with Bonferroni's correction. Statistical significance was set at p <0.05.
Data were collected from 36 consecutive patients by the paramedics of the Burbank Fire Department and from 32 consecutive patients by the paramedics of the Madison Fire Department. For the metered-dose inhaler group, the mean value for peak expiratory flow rate for the pre-treatment test was 95.4 ±88.1 1/min, and after treatment was 109.4 ±89.3 1/min (p <0.001). For the hand-held nebulizer group, the mean value for peak expiratory flow rate before the administration of the metaproterenol was 96.1 ±76.3 1/min and following the treatment was 149.1 ±92.9 1/min (p <0.001). The mean values for the differences between the control peak expiratory flow rate and the post-treatment peak expiratory flow rate for the metered-dose inhaler group was +14.0 ±27.4 1/min, and for the hand-held nebulizer group was +53.0 ±69.1 1/min (p <0.003).
In the prehospital setting the administration of metaproterenol using a hand-held nebulizer is more effective than delivering the drug using a metered-dose inhaler. The hand-held nebulizer is easier to use and delivers a higher dose of the drug than is convenient using the metered-dose inhaler.
An International Perspective on Disaster Responses
Journal: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine / Volume 11 / Issue S1 / June 1996
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 June 2012, pp. S23-S25
Low-Level Carbon-Monoxide Poisoning: Inability of Neuropsychological Testing to Identify Patients Who Benefit from Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Steven J. Rottman, Nancy Kaser-Boyd, Timothy Cannis, John Alexander
Although major sequelae of carbon-monoxide (CO) poisoning and its treatment with hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) are well-documented, a syndrome of low-level CO poisoning has received relatively little attention. Subtle symptoms of poor concentration, language difficulty, problems with calculations, and memory loss were noted after an acute exposure of 131 dormitory residents to low levels of CO. The CO Neuropsychological Screening Battery (CONSB), a series of tests reported by others as useful to identify victims of CO poisoning, was performed on a subset of 46 victims. It was hypothesized that their test scores would improve after treatment with HBO.
Testing was performed both before and after HBO on 35 CO-exposed victims. A control group of 20 students residing on the same college campus, but not involved with the CO incident, also were tested on two separate occasions to assess the ability of the test to identify selectively victims of low-level CO poisoning, as well as to evaluate its validity when administered serially.
Both CO-exposed and control subjects demonstrated significant performance improvement when completing the testing for the second time. In addition, the baseline test scores were not significantly different for either the CO-exposed or the control groups. Nonetheless, all CO-exposed victims reported immediate subjective improvement of their symptoms after HBO therapy.
These observations and a review of the literature suggest that there might exist a syndrome of subtle neurological disturbances in victims of low-level CO poisoning. Whether this is permanent or might regress spontaneously over time is unknown. As a diagnostic adjunct, the CONSB does not appear to be as useful in low-level CO poisoning.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 February 2017, p. 231
Journal: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine / Volume 8 / Issue 1 / March 1993
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 February 2017, p. 55
Steven M. Rottman
Journal: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine / Volume 7 / Issue 4 / December 1992
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 February 2017, pp. 337-338
Journal: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine / Volume 7 / Issue 3 / September 1992
The World Association for Emergency and Disaster Medicine: Origins, Present Status, and Future Directions
Journal: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine / Volume 6 / Issue 2 / June 1991


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