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Archive for January 13th, 2011
Posted in History, Perception, Philosophy, tagged archeofeminism, Catholicism, ethics, harm reduction, infidelity, law, marriage, Prohibition (alcohol), psychology, rape, sacred prostitutes, yin and yang on January 13, 2011| 80 Comments »
The most absurd apology for authority and law is that they serve to diminish crime. Aside from the fact that the State is itself the greatest criminal, breaking every written and natural law, stealing in the form of taxes, killing in the form of war and capital punishment, it has come to an absolute standstill in coping with crime. It has failed utterly to destroy or even minimize the horrible scourge of its own creation. – Emma Goldman
My column of January 9th spawned a lively debate about male infidelity among several escorts and other interested parties; the central issues seemed to be whether a husband's infidelity is different whether he sees a whore or has an affair, and whether it bothers us that we facilitate that infidelity. Those of you who read that thread probably noticed that, with the exception of the factual issues of comparative frequency, I largely stayed out of the discussion; that was a conscious choice on my part. When new reader Joyce made her very passionate post, I suspected it would inspire strong and interesting responses and so I decided to keep my big mouth shut for a change and let things develop without my influence. I was gratified to notice that, despite personal variations on the details, all the prostitutes who contributed were largely on the same page as I am, and I think that's a good thing for reasons which will soon become clear.
Suppress prostitution, and capricious lusts will overthrow society. – St. Augustine (354-430)
"Harm reduction" is the modern name given to an ancient idea: Since neither the world nor human beings are perfect, there will always be evil and misfortune, and all we can hope for is to reduce the level of harm caused by those negative factors. In my column of November 26th I pointed out that the Catholic Church "recognized that human beings are imperfect and incapable of total adherence to any code of behavior. So rather than setting up impossible standards which many if not most people would often fail to meet (as we do today), the Church fathers recognized the need for safety valves which would allow people to blow off steam and thereby avoid great wrongs and mortal sins by tolerating lesser wrongs and venial sins." This pragmatic view fell into disfavor after the Reformation, when Protestant views on "progress" and the perfectibility of man first appeared; those views, reinforced by the many scientific discoveries and technological innovations of the period, gained in popularity throughout the Age of Reason and by the 19th century practically constituted a cultic belief that tomorrow would always be better than today and that mankind and society could be "perfected" just as scientific theories or technological devices could be. Tolerance for prostitution, alcohol and other "vices" were replaced by a rigid, punitive belief that these "social ills" could be eliminated entirely, and governments (which never pass up an excuse for repression) responded to the popular belief by prohibiting just about every "vice" imaginable and empowering police and courts to harass, arrest and imprison people for behaviors which were previously considered outside the purview of government.
So widespread did this belief-system become that the First World War was commonly referred to as "The War to End All Wars"; many people actually believed that it would purge the very desire for war out of mankind and result in a new world order of peace and prosperity. Clearly, that did not happen, and many intellectuals realized it even before the war was over. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s a growing number of people realized that just as the Great War had not eliminated armed conflict, and just as Prohibition had not ended the demand for alcohol, so the war against prostitution had not curtailed it in the least. And out of that philosophical soil eventually grew the doctrine of "harm reduction", the realization that our ancestors had it right in the first place: Human beings are not perfectible and attempts to threaten and beat vice out of them do vastly more harm than good. The philosophy of harm reduction was further bolstered by the growing popularity of cultural pluralism: If people have the right to differing ideas, beliefs and political views, what is the moral basis for banning behaviors which harm nobody else and are not even viewed as vices in some cultures?
Those mired in the traditional Protestant or secular authoritarian mindsets argue that harm reduction is defeatist; while they usually admit that neither humanity nor society is perfectible, they argue that giving up on restricting vices "sends the wrong message" and actively encourages such behaviors. I'm not going to address this position's underlying assumption that the prevailing idea of rectitude is the correct one, nor the abhorrent notion that any government has the right to enforce its ideas of "correct" behavior on citizens who do not harm others; either of those would be a full column in itself. Instead, I would like to call the reader's attention to an aspect of game theory called "conditions of victory"; though this may sound esoteric it refers to the simple concept that the participants in any contest may have different criteria for winning that contest. In a child's game of tag, the condition of victory for "it" is to tag someone, and the condition of victory for everyone else is to escape being tagged. More complex games such as war have much more complex differences; King Leonidas knew he could not possibly defeat the vastly larger Persian force at Thermopylae, so he did not try to do so. His strategy was intended to delay Xerxes, not to stop him, and in that he succeeded. Thus, though the Greeks lost the battle they won the game; the limited resources which would not allow victory under one set of conditions did allow it under another. The United States has defined victory in its "Drug War" as the total elimination of all recreational drugs; under these unrealistic conditions victory is completely impossible. But if those conditions were changed to "reduce the social and economic impact of recreational drugs below x level", victory is not only possible but can be achieved at a very reasonable cost and in a fairly short time.
Because men are biologically programmed to seek sexual variety, most men will do so; at least two-thirds of married men will at least occasionally seek extramarital sex. No woman has any way of knowing whether the man she chooses will be a member of the minority who is able to resist temptation, so if she defines a "successful marriage" as one in which her husband never strays she is playing Russian Roulette with at least four bullets. But if she defines it as one in which her husband's probable infidelities cause no overt damage, difficulty or social consequences, all she need do is keep him from getting involved with amateurs. As I wrote in my column of July 21st, whores allow men to cheat in a managed fashion and thereby minimize harm to their wives and children. Far from being a "social evil" as it usually referred to in the United States, prostitution is a positive good because it provides a controlled outlet for male sexual impulses which might otherwise cause tremendous problems, including (but by no means limited to) rape and broken marriages. While it's true that for a wife to discover her husband has been patronizing whores might damage their marriage, would an affair or constant pressure for unwanted sex do any less? Prostitution is not a panacea for the differing sexual needs between the sexes, but it does greatly reduce the problems; it is the definitive example of the principle of harm reduction.


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Q: Unable to mock certain final classes with PowerMockito - java.lang.IllegalAccessError When I try to mock certain final classes like SearchGoogleAdsRequest from a certain Google library they give me IllegalAccessError , I have added @PrepareForTest annotation on top of the class.
@RunWith(PowerMockRunner.class)
@PrepareForTest({SearchGoogleAdsRequest.class})
@PowerMockIgnore({"javax.net.ssl.*"})
public class GoogleAdsReportDownloaderTest {
final SearchGoogleAdsRequest searchGoogleAdsRequest = PowerMockito.mock(SearchGoogleAdsRequest.class);
final GoogleAdsServiceClient mockGoogleAdsServiceClient = mock(GoogleAdsServiceClient.class);
final GoogleAdsServiceClient.SearchPagedResponse searchPagedResponse =
            mock(GoogleAdsServiceClient.SearchPagedResponse.class);

when(mockGoogleAdsServiceClient.searchPagedCallable()).thenReturn(callable);
when(mockGoogleAdsServiceClient.searchPagedCallable().call(searchGoogleAdsRequest)).thenReturn(searchPagedResponse);
when(searchPagedResponse.iterateAll()).thenReturn(Arrays.asList(mockGoogleAdsRow));
when(mockGoogleAdsServiceClient.search(any())).thenReturn(searchPagedResponse);

Error
java.lang.IllegalAccessError: Class com/google/ads/googleads/v6/services/SearchGoogleAdsRequest$MockitoMock$1353664588 illegally accessing "package private" member of class com/google/protobuf/GeneratedMessageV3$UnusedPrivateParameter

SearchGoogleAdsRequest final class looks like this, which PowerMockito isn't able to mock.
public final class SearchGoogleAdsRequest extends GeneratedMessageV3 implements SearchGoogleAdsRequestOrBuilder {

    private static final SearchGoogleAdsRequest DEFAULT_INSTANCE = new SearchGoogleAdsRequest();
    private static final Parser<SearchGoogleAdsRequest> PARSER = new AbstractParser<SearchGoogleAdsRequest>() {
        public SearchGoogleAdsRequest parsePartialFrom(CodedInputStream input, ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry) throws InvalidProtocolBufferException {
            return new SearchGoogleAdsRequest(input, extensionRegistry);
        }
    };

    private SearchGoogleAdsRequest(com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessageV3.Builder<?> builder) {
        super(builder);
        this.memoizedIsInitialized = -1;
    }

    private SearchGoogleAdsRequest() {
        this.memoizedIsInitialized = -1;
        this.customerId_ = "";
        this.query_ = "";
        this.pageToken_ = "";
        this.summaryRowSetting_ = 0;
    }

I am able to bypass this , by configuring MockMaker. But MockMaker doesn't work with PowerMockito and gives errors (cannot initialize plugin and that certain loader was supposed to go with Mockito but is loading with PowerMockito).
I need to use Power Mockito because I need to mock local scope objects and other unit tests created by others break with MockMaker.

A: I resolved this using newBuilder to create an object of the class and bypass the issue. It doesn't really mock the class, but I could use this in my case as an argument to a class which I needed to mock. If we don't require PowerMockito then we can use Mockito along with MockMaker, where these classes can be easily mocked though.
final SearchGoogleAdsRequest searchGoogleAdsRequest = SearchGoogleAdsRequest.newBuilder().build();
final GoogleAdsServiceClient mockGoogleAdsServiceClient = mock(GoogleAdsServiceClient.class);
final GoogleAdsServiceClient.SearchPagedResponse searchPagedResponse =
            mock(GoogleAdsServiceClient.SearchPagedResponse.class);

when(mockGoogleAdsServiceClient.searchPagedCallable()).thenReturn(callable);
when(mockGoogleAdsServiceClient.searchPagedCallable().call(searchGoogleAdsRequest)).thenReturn(searchPagedResponse);
when(searchPagedResponse.iterateAll()).thenReturn(Arrays.asList(mockGoogleAdsRow));
when(mockGoogleAdsServiceClient.search(any())).thenReturn(searchPagedResponse);

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Opladen a fost până la sfârșitul anului 1974 oraș district (cu numărul de înmatriculare auto "OP") și sediul districtului vechi "Rhein-Wupper", aparținând de Regierungsbezirk (regiunea guvernamentală) Düsseldorf. De la 1 ianuarie 1975 devine Opladen un sector al orașului Leverkusen și aparține de Regierungsbezirk Köln. Sectorul Opladen are o populație de 23.000 de locuitori, iar în  Quettingen și Lützenkirchen sunt 47.000 de locuitori.

Istoric
Prima atestare istorică a localității datează din anul 1209, unde se menționează așezarea "Quettigheim", mai târziu "Uphoven" (1264). Numele Opladen ar provine din "Upladhin" (1168), (în dialect belgo-westfalic: up = sus, slade = Vale, Defileu). Opladen în Evul Mediu are o judecătorie proprie. In documentele religioase Opladen și Bergisch Neukirchen este amintit la data de 19 august 1223 într-un document papal a papei Honorius III, în care se aminresc proprietățile și privilegiile lui St. Gereon în Köln. Lützenkirchen aparține din anul 1930 de Opladen și Leverkusen. In anul 1858 Opladen devine district urban și în 1914 aparține de Solingen. Orașul va aparține împreună cu Bergisch Neukirchen  din anul 1975 de districtul Leverkusen.

Construcții

Podul peste Wupper, are o importanță mare în dezvoltarea localității, acesta fiind situat pe traseul drumului națioanal B-8. Inițial a fost un pod de lemn care este amintit deja în anul 1307, acesta fost înlocuit în anul 1732 cu un pod de piatră cu boltă. In anul 1908 din cauza liniei de tramvai va construit pe același loc un pod de fier, care nu e distrus de naziști în al doilea război mondial, motiv pentru care paza podului  a fost executată pentru sabotaj.
Podul de azi din oțel a fost construit în anul 1979, la intrare pe pod se află o statuie de bronz restaurată a lui Ioan de Nepomuk (1746).

Galerie de imagini

Leverkusen

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We were really lucky this morning when local author Malcolm J Hogan came into school and presented his book 'Granny Norbag and the pirates' to us. We had an amazing time and found him very funny. Here are a few photos from KS1.


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"I'm going to pray to Jesus" – Owner and employee clean up 37-year-old business destroyed by fire
by: Chelsea Brentzel
Posted: Feb 11, 2017 / 10:26 PM CST / Updated: Feb 11, 2017 / 10:48 PM CST
A Huntsville man is cleaning up after a fire destroyed his business.
It started around 6:30 Saturday morning at Mattress Max on Jordan Lane.
"Parked my truck and tried to go in. Didn't figure it was worth going to get anything. Then the fire department and police department showed up, started putting water on it," owner Bob Lanier said.
Lanier has owned Mattress Max for 21 years. The store opened up in 1980.
"I had a lot of personal stuff that you gather over 21 years. Golf clubs, pictures, you know all different kind of things," Lanier said.
"At first we thought it was just a fire. Maybe faulty wiring or a gas leak or something like that," employee Dewayne Upton said.
Upton believes there's a sign that makes those scenarios unlikely. A 1,000 pound safe was yards away from where the office once stood. Two vehicles were also stolen from the car lot next to the business.
"It wasn't one person. It was a crew," Upton said.
It's hard for him to process. The place where he's worked for 20 years is no more.
"I'm going to pray to Jesus. And I'm going to ask him to give justice to the people that did this. And, he'll do it," Upton said.
Lanier told WHNT the business will move to a temporary location. He plans to rebuild in the same spot soon.
Huntsville Fire and Rescue is still investigating the cause of the fire. Continue to follow WHNT on air and online for the latest in the investigation.
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Sandyavandanam is a collection of prayers for expressing gratitude to God. Ideally performed three times a day, students will learn all of the Vedic hymns and assorted prayers. Each hymn comes with very specific guidelines and pronunciations, while other prayers can be done more freely. This set of prayers is intended for specific communities.


RaspWristRadio: Wearable Personal FM Radio Station Made With Raspberry Pi #WearableWednesday « Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!
Wrist radio project from VectraSoft.
Install and update software listed above. Be sure to have the pifm folder inside your home directory (typically /home/pi/pifm). Save the RaspWristRadio Python Script to your home directory. Make sure the script is executable: chmod +x radio-wearable.py To have the script work without editing, create a folder named music in the ~/pifm folder (typically /home/pi/pifm/music) and copy your WAV audio files into that folder. Set the script to run on boot by adding sudo python /home/pi/radio-wearable.py & to /etc/rc.local with a text edit like nano. Reboot the Pi and the system should be up and running as seen on the video.
Adafruit Blue&White 16×2 LCD+Keypad Kit for Raspberry Pi: This new Adafruit Pi Plate makes it easy to use a blue and white 16×2 Character LCD. We really like the 16×2 Character LCDs we stock in the shop. Unfortunately, these LCDs do require quite a few digital pins, 6 to control the LCD and then another 1 to control the backlight for a total of 7 pins. That's nearly all the GPIO available on a Pi!
With this in mind, we wanted to make it easier for people to get these LCD into their projects so we devised a Pi plate that lets you control a 16×2 Character LCD, up to 3 backlight pins AND 5 keypad pins using only the two I2C pins on the R-Pi! The best part is you don't really lose those two pins either, since you can stick i2c-based sensors, RTCs, etc and have them share the I2C bus. This is a super slick way to add a display without all the wiring hassle. Read more.
PowerBoost 500 Charger – Rechargeable 5V Lipo USB Boost @ 500mA+: PowerBoost 500C is the perfect power supply for your portable project! With a built-in battery charger circuit, you'll be able to keep your project running even while recharging the battery! This little DC/DC boost converter module can be powered by any 3.7V LiIon/LiPoly battery, and convert the battery output to 5.2V DC for running your 5V projects. Read more.


AgroClimate tools provide farmers with opportunities for pro-active adaptations to seasonal climate forecasts.
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Global and regional model predictions of the number of rainfall events greater than 12 mm/day for a winter season.
The regional model has proven to be more accurate than the global model.


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from __future__ import unicode_literals

from django.db import migrations, models
import django.db.models.deletion

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    initial = True

    dependencies = [
        ('cities_light', '0006_compensate_for_0003_bytestring_bug'),
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.CreateModel(
            name='Cars',
            fields=[
                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
                ('created', models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
                ('updated', models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)),
                ('description', models.CharField(max_length=150)),
                ('is_active', models.BooleanField(default=True)),
                ('is_reserved', models.BooleanField(default=False)),
            ],
            options={
                'verbose_name': 'Car',
                'verbose_name_plural': 'Company cars',
            },
        ),
        migrations.CreateModel(
            name='Companies',
            fields=[
                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
                ('created', models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)),
                ('updated', models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)),
                ('name', models.CharField(max_length=50)),
                ('slug_name', models.SlugField()),
                ('is_active', models.BooleanField(default=True)),
                ('cities', models.ManyToManyField(blank=True, to='cities_light.City')),
                ('country', models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to='cities_light.Country')),
            ],
            options={
                'verbose_name': 'A company',
                'verbose_name_plural': 'List of companies',
            },
        ),
        migrations.AddField(
            model_name='cars',
            name='company',
            field=models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to='companies.Companies'),
        ),
        migrations.AddField(
            model_name='cars',
            name='location',
            field=models.ForeignKey(on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.CASCADE, to='cities_light.City'),
        ),
    ]

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Home » Features » Strike a light! Electricity regulations are on the way!
Strike a light! Electricity regulations are on the way!
Electrical safety really is an 'old chestnut', says Frances Burkinshaw – the lettings industry has been calling for more regulation on this subject for many, many years.
Frances Burkinshaw
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After all, regulations were introduced for gas safety in 1994. At that time, I was a National Council Member of ARLA with responsibility for safety – and I clearly remember querying why similar levels of legislation were not going to be introduced for electricity at that time; I was furious that I didn't receive a satisfactory answer then – or indeed since!
I also remember asking the relevant government department which had introduced gas safety measures why the legislation didn't include all burnt fuels since they all create carbon monoxide which can be lethal. The answer I received amazed me…" I am sorry but that would be dealt with by a different department". I wondered why the various departments couldn't get together!
'On the way' since 2016
Anyway, better late than never I suppose. The Housing and Planning Act 2016 was the first step towards new legislation but still nothing happened with regards to electrical safety. I suppose it wasn't surprising, bearing in mind the fact that the whole country and parliament were obsessed with Brexit. Now that we have moved on the draft of "The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020" has been laid before Parliament. It would appear that the intention is for the regulations to be in force from April 1st 2020. I do hope that this won't just be an April Fools' joke especially since the date of 1st July is also mentioned as an effective date.
I do hope that this won't be an April Fools' joke… especially since the date 1st July is mentioned as an effective date too…
There will obviously be a period of grace, which appears to be until 1st April 2021 for all tenancies. From the effective date there will be a requirement on all private landlords (save for specified exceptions) to ensure that an electrical safety check is carried out before the commencement of a tenancy (for new tenancies created after the regs are in force) and by April 2021 for all tenancies which existed before the regs came into force.
Thereafter it will be necessary to have further electrical safety checks carried out no more than every five years.
The check must result in a report being produced, giving the result and the date of the next inspection. This report must be supplied to the tenant within 28 days. The Local Authority may request a copy and this must be supplied within seven days. Copies of the report must be given to prospective tenants and to new tenants before taking occupation.
Any remedial works must be carried out within 28 days or shorter period if specified in the report.
There is a constant obligation on a private landlord to ensure that the electrical standards are met throughout the time that the property is let under a specified tenancy. Indeed, landlords have always had such an obligation under many pieces of legislation but landlords and agents have generally ignored this responsibility. Section 11, Landlord & Tenant Act 1985 says the landlord is responsible for all the utilities; the Defective Premises Act 1972, Section 4 places a duty on landlords to keep properties in good order; Part P, Electrical Regulations state that electrical works and repairs must be carried out by a professional electrician who is a member of one of the professional bodies. All consumer legislation states that anything that is 'hired' must be safe. Therefore the responsibility has always been there but was difficult to enforce when peoples' retort was "there is no need to have a safety check".
Agents will now be in a position to insist and will be able to quote legislation.
Breaches and penalties
Enforcement will be by the Local Authority and the penalty for breach of an order will be up to £30,000. This penalty could also apply if the landlord fails to provide the safety record at the required time although there will also be an appeal process.
Tenants will be able to make a complaint to the Local Authority or take action under one of the other pieces of legislation above.
Some tenancies are excluded from these new regulations – private register providers of social housing, lodgers, tenant sharing accommodation with landlord's family, long leases, student halls of residence, hostels and refuges, care homes, hospitals and hospices and other NHS provided accommodation.
Frances Burkinshaw is an experienced independent trainer available nationally for in-house or group training. 01892 783961 or 07887 714341 or [email protected]
electrical safety regulations Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 landlords regulations Frances Burkinshaw	March 30, 2020
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Matt Renshaw, James Hildreth, Ollie Pope and Sam Northeast: four centurions in an April where wickets have arrived as frequently as buses on Manchester's Oxford Road.
Clearly we're talking about all four of them. But let's say we're pressed for time and can only talk about one. Who should that be? Whose hundred was the most admirable, impressive and meaningful?
The County Championship is a thing in its own right, but at this point in the season 'talk' generally revolves around possible future England players. As such, the way we gauge talkaboutworthiness is by asking and answering these three questions.
Let's do that for all four of them. Let's do that for Matt Renshaw, James Hildreth, Ollie Pope and Sam Northeast.
While Matt Renshaw was born in Middlesbrough, the answer to (1) is technically 'no' – he is Australian.
However, the true thrust of the question is 'how likely is this player to take part in an England Test match?' and the answer to that is 'highly likely, albeit infrequently because he'll of course be playing for the opposition'.
At 22, Renshaw could yet play a part in very many Ashes Tests and this is largely because he is good. As we saw this week, he is the kind of batsman who can score an influential first innings hundred when only one other team-mate can get past ten.
Matt Renshaw is very important and worth talking about.
After providing support to Renshaw, Hildreth went solo in the second innings and made a hundred. He was dropped twice.
Hildreth is unarguably good. He always averages plenty on that flat Taunton pitch that also somehow manages to unfairly favour the spinners and which just saw both teams double-dobbled for relatively low scores.
It's worth mentioning that even at 33, a batsman who is good on flat pitches or turning pitches (or possibly both) is worth keeping an eye on with England's next two tours being Sri Lanka and the West Indies.
James Hildreth is worth talking about.
Ollie Pope is English and young enough to have been born in the year that Will Smith released Gettin' Jiggy Wit It.
How good is he? Well, we're a bit short on data, but he's apparently good enough to score hundreds at a time of year when very few can.
Ollie Pope is worth talking about.
If Ollie Pope eventually ends up in exactly the same career place as James Hildreth is in right now, Sam Northeast is roughly what he will be when he's eight-thirteenths of the way there.
Northeast is not too young but not too old. While he has many hundreds, he does not yet have many, many hundreds. He is either at some sort of sweet spot of youth and experience or he is neither here nor there. He is English.
Sam Northeast is worth talking about.
On balance, everyone has a sufficiently equal case for being talked about that all you actually end up talking about is who you should be talking about.
Always felt that Hildreth should have likely been give a test run at some stage. Worse players have had a game in the last decade.
James Vince is still having games.
No Somerset player is ever worth talking about, so that cuts the list in half. Will all these early-season pitches be deemed below-average on account of the high frequency of wickets falling, and the unfair advantage offered to dobble-merchants?
It would be nice if some openers scored some runs. You could argue that the middle order looks OKish if you move Bairstow up and then have Root-Malan-Bairstow-Stokes-Foakes. But Cook and Stoneman are going to continue because nobody else can make 20.
How many wickets would Porter have to take to get a call up? I know that until Anderson and Broad retire we are now going to see a succession of either wayward fast bowlers, jobbing left armers or Chris Woakes (and I can sort of see a reasoning behind that) but does that mean Porter may as well just dail it in for 18 months? Or would another 75 wicket season get him in? 100 wickets? 200 wickets?
It looks bad if you put it like that, but would you bowl Anderson Broad and Porter? That's three bowlers (four including Stokes) who don't do that much differently. Imagine giving them the Kookaburra. (You don't have to imagine that hard, it pretty much happened last winter.) The only other question is whether you replace Anderson (no) or Broad (probably no).
The best he can hope for is that two out of them and Woakes get injured, I'm afraid.
He has got a year or so to put himself at the front of the highly competitive fast-medium new ball bowler queue ready for someone's retirement. Chris Woakes heads that queue at the minute.
No matter how competitive that queue becomes and no matter how weak the old ball bowler queue looks, England have to avoid confusing the two, as written about here several times. This is the main mistake county cricket followers make when putting names forward for the national side.
Yep, I completely agree. It is just one of those weird things of selection in sport. Looking within his own team, a couple of half decent 80s for either Westley or Lawrence would probably have them touted as potential England solutions. Whereas Porter could probably take 70 wickets in 8 matches and still not get near the team.
It's comparable to someone like Foakes or Cox making those scores. They're shooting for the same spot in the team as one of the few nailed-on places, and so their chances of Test qualification are much reduced.
This may be unfair, but the appointment of Middlesex's Ed Smith as national selector, working under Middlesex's Andrew Strauss as director of cricket, may further limit the chances of players from 'unfashionable' counties such as Somerset.
In other news, I am the same age as James Hildreth. Does this mean I am too old for a Test call-up?
I get the feeling that Somerset and Essex in particular at the moment are a bit of a pain for the ECB. Ideally, they want that top division to be Yorkshire, Lancashire, Surrey, Notts, Hampshire, Middlesex, Warwickshire and an 8th team that rotates depending on relegation, then England can just select from that.
Should we talk about Luke Wells, Michael Burgess or Colin Ackermann?
Is anyone else finding the County Championship particularly hard to follow on Cricinfo this year? The layout is horrible, the report headlines don't have a score summary and a simple list of scores is not in evidence. I'll forgive the temporary if entertaining aberration where the link to Div. 1 took us back to early in the 1999 season with Phil Defreitas (of all people) as the early season leading runscorer.
The county scores happily appear at the top of my version of the general Live Scores page. I do miss the liveblog's score bot though.
Don't know if this Twitter helps or hinders more, but it certainly does exist.
You're meant to be following the IPL as far as Cricinfo is concerned. Only dinosaurs are interested in the CC.
Even when you pick UK edition (it keeps reverting to US for me, no matter how many times I correct it), the live scores don't put the CC games at the top, instead it's behind random games involving teams I've never heard of from the subcontinent.
I guess it's alphabetical or something but I really don't care about the ALOKOZAY AHMAD SHAH ABDALI 4-DAY TOURNAMENT.
Yes, it might be OK on a mobile, but it's horrible in a browser on PC.
I'm going to assume that Middlesex somehow contriving to lose to Derby has pretty much condemned Leics to finishing bottom of Div 2 again.
To me, it seems like England could do a lot worse than picking someone like James Hildreth, who has been around long enough to have his weaknesses figured out and then be able to adjust to that and continue scoring runs.
Someone like James Hildreth, but not actually James Hildreth, I presume.
Of course not. He's too old.


Last week, we finished up the Norwegian leg of our trip. From Oslo, we took the booze cruise ferry to Copenhagen, where we caught a train to Hamburg. We ended up only spending one night in Hamburg before heading east to Lutherstadt Wittenburg. Being good Lutherans, this was a must-see stop for us.
Many of the towns in Eastern Germany are still rather Communist looking, but Lutherstadt Wittenburg is an exception. It was just darling.
Me and Martin....in the rain.
The famous doors where Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses. Obviously, these aren't the actual doors--those have long since fallen victim to history. These are iron doors with the 95 Theses printed right on them.


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The Cavaliers are currently on a 10-game winning streak despite all the injury issues they're having.
by Riad Mešić
December 1, 2017 at 12:33 PM December 1, 2017 at 12:33 PM
The Cleveland Cavaliers are having an exciting season so far. After starting the 2017-18 campaign with a 4-6 record in their first ten games, the Cavs are now on a ten-game winning streak and hold a 15-7 record in the Eastern Conference. They are just three games behind the Boston Celtics in the win column, despite all of the injuries they've held to deal so far. Isaiah Thomas is yet to play a single game for the Cavaliers this season, while Derrick Rose has played only seven games so far. Iman Shumpert is out for at least two months due to a knee injury, and Tristan Thompson is also sidelined.
But, earlier today, some good news came for the Cavaliers.
Thompson expected to return next week
Joe Vardon of the Cleveland.com, reported earlier today that the Cleveland Cavaliers are expecting to have Tristan Thompson back in the lineup next week. This is great news for the Cavs, and the fans in Cleveland since Tristan has played only eight games so far this season due to injury. Thompson injured his calf on November the 1st and was originally expected to miss a month, and the latest update on his condition shows that this prediction was on point.
Cavaliers eye next week for Tristan Thompson's return @clevelanddotcom https://t.co/a8VpaU8G36
— Joe Vardon (@joevardon) 30. studenoga 2017.
It has been a tough 2017-18 campaign for Thompson, as he is averaging a career-low 4.4 points per game while also playing a career-low 21.6 minutes per game.
But despite his poor stats, he is still one of the most important Cavs players. His role changed this season with the addition of Jae Crowder, as Thompson moved to the bench while Crowder was inserted in the starting lineup. It is still unknown whether or not Thompson will continue to come off the bench when he returns, but the Cavaliers will be more than happy to have him back.
His rebounding and defensive presence have been vital for the Cavs over the past few years, and it's the same this season. He is one of the few big men the Cavaliers have on the roster, and they will look for him to thrive in his role again this season.
More lineup changes for the Cavaliers?
It is inevitable that, when Thompson returns, the Cavaliers will have to adjust and make some more lineup changes.
Kevin Love is playing at the center currently, but it seems he was at his best when he played at the power forward position while Thompson was at the center. If Tristan is inserted back in the starting lineup at the center position, Jae Crowder will move to the bench. This would also mean fewer minutes for Channing Frye who has averaged 4.5 points per game this season for the Cavaliers. Tyronn Lue, the head coach of the Cavs, will have to make some tough decisions next week. Nevertheless, the Cavaliers fans will be excited to finally see Tristan Thompson healthy and back on the court in a few days.
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GRANT ERICKSON, beloved husband of the late Joanne Erickson, passed away Thursday October 4, 2012, aged 83 years. Mourning his passing are his children: Kathy, Steven (Leah), and Richard Erickson, and Michele (Earl) Goodwin; his grandchildren Riley, Carlene, Ben, Jordan, Joel, Tianna, and Jason Walburger; Clara, Olin, and Nathan Erickson; Claire and Russell Goodwin, Travis Cahoon; and Miles and Marcus Woolley.
He was predeceased by his infant son Russell, his wife Joanne, his parents Alif and Ruby Erickson, and his brothers Richard and Evan Erickson.
Grant was a teacher and a musician, teaching in the Lethbridge and area school systems for 35 years and finishing his career in the Raymond schools. As a band teacher and private music instructor, he gave a musical start to thousands of students. Midway through his career he served as Superintendent of Music for the Lethbridge School District, leaving as a legacy many music programs that exist to this day. He was respected as a composer and arranger, an accomplished trumpet and trombone player, and a sought after clinician.
Grant began playing music professionally at age 14, continuing for 69 years with many bands – including the Lethbridge Big Band, the Raymond Canadians and other dance orchestras. He played regularly for Lethbridge Musical Theatre and New West productions. He was most recently seen performing Dixieland weekends at the Rocky Mountain Turf Club where he played the "Call To The Post" at the racetrack for 13 years.
An avid supporter of the Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra, Grant donated many hours to the orchestra as a performer and a volunteer. After giving up his seat in the trombone section, he was a regular attendee at all Symphony concerts.
Devoted to his church, Grant served two missions, first in Tonga, and later with his sweetheart Joanne, on Temple Square in Salt Lake City. He served in various capacities over the years in his local congregation, and for the last several years as a temple worker in the Cardston, Alberta temple.
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U.S. Fed Opens The Door For Crypto Banks To Enter Traditional Banking System
The U.S. Federal Reserve has announced its final guideline that might allow crypto banks to enter the banking system. The central bank will set up a three-tiered system for determining whether financial institutions have access.
As part of the final guideline, institutions with novel financial products will have access to the fed's "master accounts" and payment services. Notably, this might impact the Wyoming-based custodian bank that had filed a lawsuit against the Federal Reserve earlier this year in June and might finally benefit from this move.
In a statement, Fed Vice Chair Lael Brainard said, "The new guidelines provide a consistent and transparent process to evaluate requests for Federal Reserve accounts and access to payment services in order to support a safe, inclusive, and innovative payment system."
The Federal Reserve has released the final guideline that might grant crypto bank access to its "master account."
Access from the Fed will allow financial institutions to provide crypto and traditional banking services.
The guideline includes a three-tiered system that evaluates the risk levels.
What is The Three-Tiered Framework?
The three-tiered framework serves as a direction in evaluating the risk level of the applicant institution. In the case of Tier 1, it is for federally insured applicants. Tier 2, on the other hand, is not for the federally-insured applicant but is still subject to "subject prudential supervision by a federal banking agency." Tier 3 is for applicant institutions that are "not federally insured and not subject to prudential supervision by a federal banking agency." This category is where Wyoming crypto banks, such as Custodia and Kraken, would most likely fit.
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The Port of Tallinn is the fifth busiest passenger port in Europe, handling about 9.3 million passengers per year.
The Port of Tallinn is the fifth busiest port in Europe, handling about 9.3 million passengers per year.
The Port of Tallinn is the busiest in Estonia, and it's made up of four harbours, including the Old City Harbour, Muuga Harbour, Paljassaare Harbour, Saaremaa Harbour and Paldiski Harbour.
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Port of Tallinn, Estonia
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Isle of the Dead: "Vorvolaka! Vorvolaka!"
Isle of the Dead directed by Mark Robson
The history of the American horror film in the 1940s can practically be summarized with two words: "Universal" and "Lewton." Throughout that decade, megastudio Universal pleased audiences with a steady stream of films dealing with Frankenstein, the Invisible Man, the Mummy and the Wolfman, culminating with the finest horror comedy ever made, 1948's Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. Meanwhile, over at RKO, producer Val Lewton was taking a wholly different tack, and between the years 1942 and '46, brought to the screen no less than nine wonderful, literate, intelligent and highly atmospheric horror outings. Those films – Cat People, I Walked With a Zombie, The Leopard Man, The Seventh Victim, The Ghost Ship, The Curse of the Cat People (hardly a sequel!), The Body Snatcher, Isle of the Dead and Bedlam – all depended more on mood, striking photography, sound effects and the power of suggestion, rather than monsters, to work their magic, and, needless to say, all hold up wonderfully well today. Perhaps not as popular as some of the others, Isle of the Dead has long been a favorite of this viewer. I have seen it more, certainly, than any of the other Lewton pictures, and indeed have been captivated by this little chiller ever since I was 11 (a loooooooong time ago!).
In the film, the great Boris Karloff plays Gen. Pherides, a Greek (!) soldier during the First Balkan War in 1912. (Not that it matters for an enjoyment of the film, but this was the war in which Greece, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro bested the Ottoman Empire, leading to the birth of Albania.) Pherides travels to a desolate island off the Greek coast, accompanied by an American reporter, to visit his wife's grave, and is self-quarantined when septicemic plague attacks the small group that has gathered there: a Swiss archaeologist, a British consul (Batman's Alan Napier) and his invalid wife (Katherine Emery), their gypsy servant Thea (pretty Ellen Drew), a British salesman and an "old woman" (played by the attractive, middle-aged Helene Thimig, who was only 56 years old when she essayed this role). Things grow desperate as the island inmates start to die off, one by one, Ten Little Indians style, and become positively macabre when the old woman, Madame Kyra, gets it into her head that Thea is no less a legendary figure than the "vorvolaka," a kind of soul-sucking demon. And when the consul's wife, only seemingly dead with catalepsy, is entombed and later reawakens, now a homicidal madwoman, things go from very bad to even worse…
Anyway, when my cousin Richie and I first saw this film after day camp decades ago, on TV's 4:30 movie at age 11, we were blown away by it, and no wonder! The film features very fine acting by all, including yet another splendid performance from Karloff (who would also appear in The Body Snatcher and Bedlam); expert direction from Mark Robson (who had previously helmed The Seventh Victim and The Ghost Ship and who would go on to direct Karloff in Bedlam); a memorable island that seems to be half cemetery (inspired by Swiss artist Arnold Bocklin's 1886 painting Isle of the Dead); a sombre and morose score by Leigh Harline; and no less than three absolutely stunning sequences. (Strangely enough, Karloff does not figure in any of these three scenes!) In the first, Thea sits with her seemingly dying mistress, while Madame Kyra taunts her with hissing words from outside a locked door: "I have twisted rose briar before your door. The thorns that pierced His brow will tear your flesh, evil one. I have put salt in the fire and a cross of ashes on the door. Vorvolaka, vorvolaka! Vorvolaka, born of evil, sinful and corrupt, your hands are bloody with violence, your mouth bitter with the taste of sin and corruption. You are guilty and abhorred, vorvolaka…" Trust me, it is one chilling sequence, indeed! In the second, the camera slowly zooms in on the coffin of the consul's wife, until suddenly … one truly horrible scream erupts from within! And in the third, that same woman, now driven insane by her premature burial, flits through the night in her flowing, white burial garments, wraithlike, while the wind whispers, a bird screeches, and Thea searches for her through the gloom. Offhand, I cannot recall a more chillingly atmospheric sequence in any 1940s horror film, unless it is perhaps Jane Randolph's midnight swimming pool experience in Cat People, or perhaps the remarkable nighttime stroll that Frances Dee and Christine Gordon take through the soughing cane fields in I Walked With a Zombie. Clocking in at a mere 72 minutes, Isle of the Dead is a remarkably compact affair, with nary a wasted word or scene. As a little kid, I appreciated its ghoulish atmosphere, and for years afterward would taunt my buddy Rich with cries of "Vorvolaka!" As an adult, I can still appreciate the film's wonderfully creepy miasma, but have come to the realization that the picture is a genuine work of cinematic art. While Isle of the Dead's original poster hyperbolically proclaimed that it "Will Keep You Screaming," it is no exaggeration to say, I feel, that the film will surely keep you stunned…
October 19th, 2015. Sandy Ferber´s rating: 4.5 | Film / TV, Horror | SFF Reviews | 4 comments |
SANDY FERBER, on our staff since April 2014 (but hanging around here since November 2012), is a resident of Queens, New York and a product of that borough's finest institution of higher learning, Queens College. After a "misspent youth" of steady and incessant doses of Conan the Barbarian, Doc Savage and any and all forms of fantasy and sci-fi literature, Sandy has changed little in the four decades since. His favorite author these days is H. Rider Haggard, with whom he feels a strange kinship -- although Sandy is not English or a manored gentleman of the 19th century -- and his favorite reading matter consists of sci-fi, fantasy and horror... but of the period 1850-1960. Sandy is also a devoted buff of classic Hollywood and foreign films, and has reviewed extensively on the IMDb under the handle "ferbs54." Film Forum in Greenwich Village, indeed, is his second home, and Sandy at this time serves as the assistant vice president of the Louie Dumbrowski Fan Club....
Jana Nyman / October 19, 2015
This sounds like a good one!
sandy ferber / October 19, 2015
I highly recommend all nine of those Lewton titles, Jana…especially at this time of year….
Too right — this time of year is ideal for movies like Lewton's!
I think Kat and I have decided that this is the right time of year for horror movie reviews. That's why we've been coming out with a LOT of them lately….
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Functions can be expressed in a variety of ways, including using words, algebraic equations, tables, and graphs.
Tables and graphs are often used to make it easier to visualize how the input and the output are related.
Step 1 Make a table of ordered pairs that satisfy the function.
Step 2 Plot the ordered pairs on a Cartesian coordinate system.
Step 3 Connect the plotted points with a smooth line.
Step 1 Make a table of ordered pairs. We can select any values we want for x and then calculate the corresponding values for f(x). We will let x = -2, 0, 2, 4, and 6.
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WSA-partner association STRÖCK SVS has realized its dream by reaching the final. In an incredible Champions League semi-final thriller against Linz AG Froschberg in Schwechat the arch rival was defeated 3-2.
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Q: Extjs grid and local store creates duplicates in grid while store is updated I've a small grid with a local store and every time I'm updating data in that store, the record is updated in the store but the updated record is added in the grid instead of replacing the old one.
Grid:
Highlights: Ext.create('Ext.grid.GridPanel',{
            store:Ext.create('Ext.data.Store', {
                 fields: [
                      {name: 'id',       type: 'string'},
                      {name: 'QUANTITY', type: 'int'},
                      {name: 'HIGHLIGHT',  type: 'string'},
                      {name: 'ICON', type:'string'},
                      {name: 'PRIORITY', type:'int'},
                      {name: 'GROUPICON', type:'string'},
                 ],
                 sorters:['PRIORITY','QUANTITY'],
                 data : []
            }),
            hideHeaders:true,
            columns:[{
                header:'Icon',
                dataIndex:'ICON',
                width:22,
                stateId:'ICON',
                renderer:function(val){
                    if(val != ''){
                        return '';
                    }else{
                        return '';
                    }
                }
            },{
                header: 'Quantity',
                dataIndex: 'QUANTITY',
                stateId:'QUANTITY',
                width:35,
                align:'right',
                sortable: true,
                hidden: false
            },{
                header: 'Highlight',
                dataIndex: 'HIGHLIGHT',
                stateId:'HIGHLIGHT',
                renderer:function(val){
                    return ''+val+'';
                },
                flex:1,
                sortable: true,
                hidden: false
            },{
                header:'Group Icon',
                dataIndex:'GROUPICON',
                width:28,
                stateId:'GROUPICON',
                renderer:function(val){
                    if(val != ''){
                        return '';
                    }else{
                        return '';
                    }
                }
            }],
            title:'I have...',
            iconCls:'topic',
            padding:'0 0 8 0'
        })

Adding /updating a record:
    Highlight:function(store,id,highlight,icon,priority,groupicon){
    //SET VALUES
    if(typeof icon == 'undefined'){ var icon = '';}
    if(typeof priority == 'undefined'){ var priority = 9;}
    var quantity = store.data.length;
    //ADD / UPDATE
    if(quantity>0){
        this.Grids.Highlights.getStore().add({PRIORITY:priority,ICON:icon,GROUPICON:groupicon,QUANTITY:quantity,HIGHLIGHT:highlight,id:id});
    }

}

As you can see there is an "id" field and the id is correctly used by Extjs to update the store.
if I trigger 3 times the same 'add()' to the store, I get 3 identical rows in the Grid while having still only one record in the store.
Why?
Thanks!

A: Using the method add should only be used once per record, when it is added to the store for the first time.
If you want to update an existing record, you will need to find that record in your store (e.g. with getById) and then set the new values on it.
So, if you want to either update or add (if it does not exist yet), you could do something like:
var store = this.Grids.Highlights.getStore(),
    record = store.getById(id),
    properties = {
        PRIORITY: priority,
        ICON: icon,
        GROUPICON: groupicon,
        QUANTITY: quantity,
        HIGHLIGHT: highlight
    };

// if the record already exists in the store, update it
if (record) {
    record.set(properties);
    record.commit();
}
// else add a new record
else {
    store.add(Ext.apply(properties, {id: id}));
}


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Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɑntɔŋ kɔrˈbɛi̯n];[2] born 20 May 1955) is a Dutch photographer, music video director, and film director. He is the creative director behind the visual output of Depeche Mode and U2,[3][4] having handled the principal promotion and sleeve photography for both bands for almost three decades. Some of his works include music videos for Depeche Mode's "Enjoy the Silence" (1990), U2's "One" (version 1) (1991), Bryan Adams' "Do I Have to Say the Words? and Nirvana's "Heart-Shaped Box" (1993), as well as the Ian Curtis biographical film Control (2007),[5] The American (2010), and A Most Wanted Man (2014), based on John le Carré's 2008 novel of the same name.
1 Early life and family
2 Photography
3 Film directing
5 Filmography
5.1 Music videos
5.2 Films
Early life and family[edit]
Anton Johannes Gerrit Corbijn van Willenswaard was born on 20 May 1955 in Strijen in the Netherlands, where his father had been appointed as parson to the Dutch Reformed Church the previous year.[6] His father Anton Corbijn van Willenswaard (1917–2007)[7] would take up the same position in Hoogland (1966) and Groningen (1972)[8] moving his wife and four children with him.[9] His mother, Marietje Groeneboer (1925–2011), was a nurse and was raised in a parson's family. Photographer and director Maarten Corbijn (born 1960)[10] is a younger brother.[11] Grandfather Anton Johannes (Corbijn) van Willenswaard (1886–1959)[12][13] was an art teacher at Christian schools in Hilversum[14] and an active member in the local Dutch Reformed Church in Hilversum.[15][16]
Photography[edit]
Corbijn began his career as a music photographer when he saw the Dutch musician Herman Brood playing in a café in Groningen around 1975. He took a lot of photographs of the band Herman Brood & His Wild Romance and these led to a rise in fame for Brood and in exposure for Corbijn.[citation needed]
From the late 1970s the London based New Musical Express (NME), a weekly music paper, featured his work on a regular basis and would often have a photograph by him on the front page. One such occasion was a portrait of David Bowie wearing a loincloth backstage in New York when starring in The Elephant Man.. In the early years of London-based The Face, a glossy monthly post-punk life style / music magazine, Corbijn was a regular contributor. He made his name photographing in black-and-white but in May 1989 he began taking pictures in colour using filters. His first venture in this medium was for Siouxsie Sioux.[17] Between 1998-2000, in collaboration with the painter Marlene Dumas, he worked on a project called "Stripping Girls", which took the strip clubs and peep shows of Amsterdam as their subject;[18] while Corbijn later exhibited photographs, Dumas took Polaroids which she then used as sources for her paintings.
Corbijn has photographed Bob Dylan, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Prāta Vētra, Peter Hammill, Miles Davis, Björk, Captain Beefheart, Kim Wilde, Marc Almond, Robert De Niro, Stephen Hawking, Elvis Costello, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Morrissey, Peter Murphy, Simple Minds, Clint Eastwood, The Cramps, Roxette and Herbert Grönemeyer, amongst others. Perhaps his most famous, and longest standing, association is with U2, having taken pictures of the band on their first US tour, as well as taking pictures for their Joshua Tree and Achtung Baby albums (et al.) and directing a number of accompanying videos.
Other album covers featuring work by Corbijn include those for Springsteen, Nick Cave, Bryan Adams, Metallica, Therapy?, The Rolling Stones, Bon Jovi, The Killers, Simple Minds, R.E.M., The Bee Gees, Saybia and Moke.
Film directing[edit]
Corbijn began his music video directing career when Palais Schaumburg asked him to direct a video. After seeing the resulting video for Hockey, the band Propaganda had Corbijn direct Dr. Mabuse. After that he directed videos for David Sylvian, Echo & the Bunnymen, Golden Earring, Front 242, Depeche Mode, Roxette and U2. His first video in colour was made for U2 in 1984 for their single "Pride". In 2005 Palm Pictures released a DVD collection of Corbijn's music video output as part of the Director's Label series.
In 1994 Corbijn directed a short film about Captain Beefheart/Don Van Vliet for the BBC called Some Yoyo Stuff. He made his feature film debut with Control, a film about the life of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis. It premiered to rave reviews at the Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2007.[19][20] The film is based on Deborah Curtis' book Touching from a Distance about her late husband and the biography Torn Apart by Lindsay Reade (Tony Wilson's ex-wife) and Mick Middles. Although shown outside the Palme d'Or competition, Control was the big winner of the Director's Fortnight winning the CICAE Art & Essai prize for best film, the "Regards Jeunes" Prize award for best first or second directed feature film and the Europa Cinemas Label prize for best European film in the sidebar.[21]
2010 Corbijn returned as a director with the character-based thriller The American, starring George Clooney.
On 26 October 2011 Corbijn directed a webcast by Coldplay from the Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas in Madrid, Spain.[22]
His film A Most Wanted Man was released in 2014. The John Le Carré novel of the same name, which is loosely based on the true War on Terror story of Murat Kurnaz, was set in part in Hamburg, as parts of the movie were.[23]
In February 2014, he start filming his next project Life about James Dean and photographer Dennis Stock.[24]
Appearances[edit]
Author William Gibson refers to a fictitious portrait by Corbijn of the character Hollis Henry in his 2007 novel Spook Country.[25] A Corbijn photograph has served as the author's portrait on many of Gibson's books, including Neuromancer.[26]
Corbijn is the subject of Josh Whiteman's 2009 documentary film Shadow Play – The making of Anton Corbijn.
In May 2011 Corbijn presented Mandela Landscape, an artwork consisting of Corbijn's portrait of Nelson Mandela stitched by Dutch textile artist Berend Strik. Both the original work and 80 signed art prints will be sold to fund the international edition of ZAM Magazine, an independent platform of African talent.[citation needed]
On 19 December 2011, he was announced as being on the jury for the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, scheduled to be held in February 2012.[27] At this occasion, the Berlinale Special screenings at the Haus der Berliner Festspiele will screen Anton Corbijn – Inside Out, an 80 min-documentary directed by Klaartje Quirijns.