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Q: How to perform linear regression on the starting points of a dataset using R How do I perform a regression with Date contraints? I only want to perform a regression on the "non-zero" part of the data set.
The main issue is that columns 2 & 3 start at different Dates & i have written a loop that will perform a regression from a starting-point ( 2012-01-01) to 2013-12-31, adding a 6-month intervals at every iteration.
DATES <- c("201201/201206", "201201/201212", "201201/201306", "201201/201312")

How can i perform a regression so that uses the starting point of columns 2 & 3 at the given iteration?
Here is the RETS dataset:
RETS <- structure(c(0.0159, 0.0016, 0.0027, -0.0026, 0.0024, 0.0086,
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This is the loop I use in order to perform the regressions. Since there are 3 assets in RETS and 4 different dates in DATES, it will return 12 regressions stored in BETA
BETA <- data.frame()
ALL <- data.frame()

for (k in 1:length(DATES)){
for (i in 1:ncol(RETS)){
  rets <- RETS[DATES[k]]
  MOD  <- lm(rets$SPY ~ rets[,i])
  COEF <- cbind(coef(MOD)[1],coef(MOD)[2])
  BETA <- rbind(BETA,COEF)
}

ALL <- merge(ALL, BETA)

}

A: Replace the zeros with NAs.  In that case the default na.action = na.omit argument to lm will drop them automatically.
RETS.na <- replace(RETS, RETS == 0, NA)

or if you want to drop all rows for which there is an NA in any column then:
RETS.na <- na.omit(RETS.na)

To get a subset of points for DATES[1], say:
RETS.na[ DATES[1] ]

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Chile's Oscar Entry 'White on White' Acquired for North America by Outsider Pictures (EXCLUSIVE)
By John Hopewell
John Hopewell
Chief International Correspondent
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Starring Pablo Larraín regular Alfredo Castro, Chilean-Spanish writer-director Theo Court's "White on White" ("Blanco en Blanco") has been acquired for distribution in North America by Outsider Pictures.
Brokered by Outsider Pictures' Paul Hudson and Luis Renart at Spain's Bendita Film Sales, which is handling international sales to "White on White," the deal follows on the film's world premiere this September at the Venice Film Festival's Horizons sidebar, where Court won a Silver Lion for the section's best director and a film writers' Fipresci Prize.
"White on White" was selected earlier this month as Chile's submission for 2022's Academy Awards in the international best feature film category.
Starring in Pablo Larrain's 2008 breakthrough, "Tony Manero," as well as his 2015 Berlin Grand Jury Prize winner "The Club," Castro also headed Lorenzo Vigas' 2015 Venice Golden Lion laureate "From Afar."
It takes an actor of his stature to tease out the contradictions of his character, Pedro, in "White and White." Set in the late 19th century, it begins with a portrait photographer, Pedro (Castro) being summoned to the rambling mansion of a powerful landowner, Mr. Porter, to immortalize his wedding.
Pedro is instantly infatuated by the beauty of the maybe pre-teen bride-to-be, Sara, and ends up taking photos of her in an erotic pose.
Beaten by his employer's brutal hired-hands, he seems the only man on the ranch, however, who does not take part in the rape, hunting and murder of the local Indigenous Selknam people as Chile's conquest of its South gathers pace.
Shot in a widescreen format by DP José Ayalon, capturing the stunning but bleak expanses of snow-caped landscapes – one reference of the title is to constantly falling snow – "White on White" captures in meticulous detail how Chile's West – here, its deep South. This took in the systematic displacement, genocide and low-cost employment of indigenous communities in the name, just as in the U.S., of the Western world bringing supposed civilization to savage lands.
Court's portrait of the white settlers in Chile's south is a far more realistic depiction than classic Westerns, with ranch-hands dedicating much of their down-time to heavy drinking and non-consensual sex.
The film is inspired in part by Court's reaction to photographs of the Selknam massacre, perpetrated in 1886 by Julius Popper, Tierra del Fuego's most powerful landowner, which left 78 Selknam tribes people dead. Popper was photographed after the massacre, standing near the naked body of a dead Selknam, as three of his men training their Winchester rifles on the horizon, as if to shoot attackers.
"When I first saw the photographs of a massacre of the Selknam people perpetrated by Julius Popper in Tierra del Fuego, I was filled with questions: Who took this photograph? Who took part, as an unseen voyeur, in these events?" said Court.
He added: "Absentee landlords who financed the forceable settlement of colonies, the intrinsic barbarity of an organized and legitimatized 'modern' society. Within this universe I attempted to create a way of representing this uncomfortable, contradictory, and disturbing grey area."
'I am a big fan of Alfredo Castro," said Outsider Pictures founder Paul Hudson. "He's been in a significant number of the most important and interesting films from Latin America over the last decade, and 'Blanco en Blanco' adds to this, introduced me to Theo Court, and illustrates the important voices that are still coming from the region."
The period drama has won more than 20 awards from more than 70 prominent international festivals, including Rotterdam, Havana, Toulouse's Cinélatino, Karlovy Vary, Thessaloniki, Shanghai, Sanfic and Lima among others.
"White on White" is produced by Spain's El Viaje Films, Chile's Quijote Films, Kundschafter Filmproduktion in Germany) and France's Pomme Hurlante Films. Principal photography took place, despite immense difficulties, in Tierra de Fuego itself as well as Spain's subtropical Canary Island of Tenerife.
White on White Credit: Stray Dog Films
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Mapoe tug-of-war unresolved
Written by Warren Smith (war1)
Posted in :Currie Cup, In the news on 15 Aug 2010 at 15:00
Tagged with : Cheetahs, Lionel Mapoe
By LIAM DEL CARME, Sunday Times
The career of sought-after wing Lionel Mapoe's is in limbo as lawyers try to determine for whom he will play.
Mapoe, who is contracted to the Cheetahs until October 31 next year, has defied an arbitration ruling to return to the province and is believed to be in Durban, where he is hoping to play for the Sharks.
His agent, Jan-Harm van Wyk, said Mapoe had "no intention of going back to the Cheetahs. The trust has broken down completely".
The player's disaffection stems from his remuneration package, which the Cheetahs have increased to around R150000 a year. The Sharks are apparently willing to pay him around R1-million a year.
Mapoe was dealt a blow earlier this week when advocate Bertus van Rhyn ruled at the conclusion of the arbitration process that the contract with the Cheetahs was legal.
The player, however, is refusing to budge. "He is still in Durban but it is difficult to say how things will turn out. The lawyers are discussing the matter and I'm hoping he will return to the field as quickly as possible," said Van Wyk.
The Cheetahs are also digging in. "We have said from the outset that he has a binding contract," said Cheetahs chief executive Harold Verster.
"As far as we are concerned the situation is quite simple. Lionel must come and play for us. The arbitration process ruled he has a legal and binding contract so we don't have to make adjustments. We have, however, substantially adjusted his salary.
"Unfortunately, I cannot divulge how much he earns because it's confidential."
The case has raised moral and ethical questions. It is clear Mapoe is worth more than the Cheetahs have been and intend paying him. He was apparently paid R6000 a month in his first year, R8000 in his second and R10000 in his third.
His remuneration is now believed to have been adjusted to R13000 a month, the minimum amount for contracts in that bracket.
Mapoe would have been paid R29500 between February and May for his participation in the Super 14, although he was injured in April.
The Bulls were apparently also interested in his services but kept their distance when it became clear the Cheetahs were not prepared to release him.
The Cheetahs are weighing up their options. "We have disciplinary options that can be explored but I really don't want to speculate about what is likely to happen," said Verster.
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The plot thickens! Funny enough, I expected something like this to happen
Comment 1, posted at 15.08.10 15:01:10 by war1
I'd love to know what the overrated Ebersohn brothers earn. 13K a month is a freakin joke!
No wonder most Cheetahs players end up leaving.
@wpw (Comment 2) : this is the union that won the currie cup 3 times in a row from 05 to 07, surely they could pay their players better, or maybe they missed out on a fantastic marketing opportunity there and subsequently lost out on cash, my brother-in-law told me the streets of bloem were pretty much orange when they won the currie cup
Pathetic. It is criminal to pay him less than a sixth of his worth
@robdylan (Comment 4) :
I'm trying to get hold of you? 😛
Comment 5, posted at 15.08.10 15:42:28 by KSA Shark ©
R13G a month. I'm sickened that a kid who has a 10-year career should be happy earning that for 2 years.
Puts all the "poaching" from the victimised FS in perspective. All those on their high-horses obviously don't care about the players' best interests.
Just speaking to someone and he suggested the Sharks should just pay the Cheetahs for mapoe.
What's the bet the Cheetahs want more to release mapoe than they are prepared to pay him if he plays for them?
THAT is where a labour court needs to get involved.
"this is what you consider the player to be worth to you in term of salary therefore you cannot ask for more than that in compensation."
@Big Fish (Comment 6) :
If they did care they would have ploughed some of that cash from the CC trophies back into the game and not into their pockets.
I think Juan Smith takes up about 80% of their wage bill. 😈
Comment 9, posted at 15.08.10 16:46:21 by McLovin
@McLovin (Comment 9) :
If I am Mapoe I will pay them back the R13G a month if he can R80G from the Sharks, he will still make a profit 😉
Damn Cheaters 👿
Only R13000 per month???????????? No wonder all our players disappear overseas, i dont blame 'em!!!
Comment 13, posted at 15.08.10 19:05:55 by The Sharks Sharkie
@The Sharks Sharkie (Comment 13) : Freestate overseas = Anywhere not in the Freestates.
@The Sharks Sharkie (Comment 13) :
No that is a Cheetah salary a Shark gets 6 times that
Cheetahs have increased to around R150000 a year. The Sharks are apparently willing to pay him around R1-million a year.
As a young lawyer I'm a bit perplexed by the decision reached in the arbitration!
The Precedent set in the High Court case (incedently the Free State HC) Troskie en 'n Ander v Van Der Walt, The court was of the oppinion it would not be possible to compel a rugby player to play for a club, and cited various reasons for its decision reached!So damages could be ordered but not specific performance
Comment 17, posted at 15.08.10 19:26:52 by hannass
@hannass (Comment 17) :
Hmm interesting point that. i didn't know that, but then i know little about the law.
It does make sense as to how Mapoe can say "I don't care what the court says, I'm staying here"
@hannass (Comment 17) : The decision reached in arbitration, as I understand, is that the contract is binding. The arbitration result doesn't compel him to play for freestate, his contract does.
Comment 19, posted at 16.08.10 13:06:09 by Greg
@Charlie (Comment 11) : Hehe good point… but alas if things were just that simple.
Comment 20, posted at 16.08.10 13:09:16 by Farlington
@Greg: I understand that much, but following the reasoning of Troskie decision, where the High Court found that the player had a valid contract with the union, and that the player refusing to play for the union amounted to a breach of that contract (as in the mapoe saga), the difference however was that the court said an order of specific performance( which would have the effect of compelling the player to play)would not be the appropriate relief, and rather that what would be availible to the applicant would be the right to claim damages sufferred (which they would need to prove)


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Home Reviews Review: 'The Great Commedia Hotel Murder Mystery' by Faction of Fools
Review: 'The Great Commedia Hotel Murder Mystery' by Faction of Fools
Jennifer Georgia
As much as modern culture claims to worship novelty, innovation and even disruption, there is a lot to be said for the tried and true. From an imaginative rendition of a beloved Shakespeare play to the triumphant 22nd installment in a favorite movie franchise, well-done familiarity breeds content. The well-done part is key; insipid imitations are what give repetition a bad rap.
L-R: Francesca Chilcote, Graham Pilato, Darius Johnson, Kathryn Zoerb, and Ben Lauer (seated) in 'The Great Commedia Hotel Murder Mystery.' Photo by C. Stanley Photography.
There is almost nothing new about Faction of Fools' The Great Commedia Hotel Murder Mystery–and that is the basis of its considerable charm. It is a deft blend of an old thing–the Agatha Christie-esque drawing-room murder mystery–with a very old thing, Commedia dell'Arte. The first brings the classic "dark and stormy night" with thunder, dramatic music and opportune sudden blackouts, all the suspicious strangers mysteriously brought together at the Hotel McGuffin, the murder, and the Great Detective who must interview all the suspects and solve the mystery while they are all cut off from civilization. Commedia dell'Arte brings elements so old that they are unfamiliar, and yet carry the seeds of many modern forms of theater. This original form of professional stagecraft is a Renaissance innovation, in which characters in masks portray stock characters in carefully choreographed comic scenes, each sillier than the last. It is highly artificial and stylized, and very funny.
All this is pulled off with frothy verve by Playwright-Director Paul Reisman, a longtime veteran of Faction of Fools, which is capping its 10th season with this comic confection. He pulls together all the requisite elements–exaggerated characters, ludicrous plot, repeated gags, tag lines, funny walks, mistaken identities, body doubles, double takes, spit takes, threats of comic violence that never quite land, slaps that go awry, chase scenes, pratfalls, and overwrought acting.
Reisman is aided and abetted by his expert team–Composer Jesse Terrill provides the thunder, music and ominous "DUN DUN DUUUUUH!!" sound that punctuates each revelation in the mystery. Lighting Designer Chris Curtis gives us the requisite blackouts at appropriate times to allow the dastardly deed to be done and leave everyone with an opportunity, as well as lighting changes for flashbacks when characters explain their roles in the action. Set Designer Bridgid K. Burge presents a hallway with doors suitable for slamming, which rotates into an impressive drawing room with de rigueur secret passages. Kitt Crescenzo's costumes evoke the 1940s-era hotel uniforms and guests' finery well, especially the glamorous velvet and diamante dress of the femme fatale. And, crucially, Kathryn Zoerb, the Commedia Coach, brings all the actors into the balletically bumbling style of movement that is crucial to the comedy when most of the characters are wearing masks.
Zoerb also plays the Bellhop (the stock character of the Zanni or zany servant) with glee. Whether providing her own sound effects while chasing a fly, ramping up her repeated tag lines, or making an extended bit out of picking up a stack of luggage, she is consistently delightful. She is suitably foiled by Colin Connor as the Concierge, another Wily Servant character, who provides most of the exposition, and whose pigeon-breasted silly walk is a treat in itself. Tori Boutin, as the Maid, makes a lovely third member of the savvy servant trio, and although she spends much of the show adjusting her stockings or being chased around by the bellhop, as the role requires, she is also amusingly capable when it comes to disposing of the body.
The Guests conform similarly to the stock tropes of Commedia. Kelsey Painter makes a capable Old Miser, Bernard Bottomdollar, adroitly pulling off a good deal of physical comedy, from difficulties getting down off of a sofa to several scenes on the floor in comic rigor mortis. Francesca Chilcote as his wife, the amorous Signora Zelda Bottomdollar, manages to combine glamor and zany comedy in equal measure, for example when she faints gracefully on the sofa–flat on her face. Darius Johnson, as her suave lover The Gentleman, shows his dance acumen in every smooth move. Graham Pilato, as the Dottore (pompous know-it-all) character Dr. Lionel Lastword, has the most verbal rather than physical comedy, and he delivers his ludicrously long speeches with gusto. And as the last requisite member of the mystery plot, Ben Lauer embodies the Detective as Hercule Poirot with strong undertones of Inspector Clouseau. His finest moment among many is when he has something approaching an existential crisis when interrogating himself as the last remaining suspect.
L-R: Darius Johnson, Colin Connor, and Francesca Chilcote in 'The Great Commedia Hotel Murder Mystery.'
Photo by C. Stanley Photography.
Last, but definitely not least, is Chukwudi Kalu as the butcher-knife-wielding Cook, another member of the servant group. I mention him separately because he represents what is innovative in this production. Since 2011, Faction of Fools has made its artistic home at Gallaudet University, and Kalu is the production's Gallaudet intern. He adeptly performs his role in American Sign Language, with other actors translating. There are also ASL interpreters for many of the performances, and surtitles above the stage (watching the interpreters emote and the surtitles transcribe the silly sound effects is a treat that would be worth a second viewing). This inclusive bilingualism melds perfectly with the style of the show both because the clowning is so physical and because Commedia has traditionally made use of multiple languages not only for the comic potential of miscommunication, but also to cross borders. Enriching the long tradition of Commedia by incorporating Deaf culture feels like a natural update.
There is one element that encapsulates everything that is so satisfying about Faction of Fools' The Great Commedia Hotel Murder Mystery. At the start of the show, the Bellhop enters, carrying something that looks a bit like a wooden sword. It is two flat pieces of wood, joined at one end, that make a loud noise when hit. Although I had never seen one before, I knew immediately that this was a literal slapstick, a device to provide the sound of smacks, from which that entire style of exaggerated humor derives. At one point, after two comically misdirected slaps, one character hauls off and smacks another, with a loud WHACK of the slapstick. "What was that for?!?" the slappee cries indignantly. "Consistency," the slapper replies. As everyone knows instinctively, jokes come in threes, and if there is no reason for it, one does it anyway, for tradition's sake. Part of the joy in humor comes in surprise, but much of it comes from the satisfaction of repetition, of fulfilling the formula particularly well.
Faction of Fools updates the tropes of the past by reaching even further into the past, and comes up with something both refreshing and familiar. It is not a deep character study or a challenging examination of the crises of our time. It is comedy stripped down to its essentials, and it satisfies our deep, secret longing for tried-and-true, traditional entertainment. It is the theatrical equivalent of an old family recipe updated with fresh ingredients and beautifully made. Buon appetito!
Running Time: 90 minutes, with no intermission.
Faction of Fools' The Great Commedia Hotel Murder Mystery runs through May 19, 2019, at Eastman Studio Theatre – Elstad Annex, Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Ave NE, Washington, DC. For tickets, call 1-800-838-3006, or go online.
Masks by Aaron Cromie and Tara Cariaso; Performance Interpreters, Dr. Lindsey D. Snyder and Mary Beth Morgan
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Over the past four decades, Jennifer has acted, directed, costumed, designed sets, posters and programs and generally theatrically meddled in Maryland, Princeton, London, and Switzerland. She has made a specialty of playing old bats – no, make that "mature, empowered women" – including Mama Rose in Gypsy, the Wicked Stepmother in Cinderella at Montgomery Playhouse; Dolly in Hello, Dolly! and Carlotta in Follies in Switzerland; and Mrs. Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer, Golde in Fiddler on the Roof, and Mrs. Higgins in My Fair Lady in London. (Being the only American in a cast of 40, playing the woman who taught Henry Higgins to speak, was nerve-racking until a fellow-actor said, "You know, it's quite odd – when you're on stage you haven't an accent at all." Her most recent indomitable female was in a student-directed film where she played the monster Grendel's Mother – a role last embodied on film by Angelina Jolie in a CGI coat of gold paint; Jennifer took it in a rather different direction. (She has no idea why she keeps getting cast as these imposing matriarchs; actually she is quite easy-going. Really). She has also directed shows including You're a Good Man Charlie Brown and Follies, and most recently Woody Allen's Mr. Big in the MP One Acts Festival. She is also the Publicity and Promotions Director for Montgomery Playhouse. In real life she is a speechwriter and editor.


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Enfusion Live champion, Andrew Tate, alleges Joe Schilling has always been ducking him
November 27, 2016	Anoop Hothi	News
Andrew Tate will defend his 90kg Enfusion Live world championship in The Hague, Netherlands on December 3, against Enfusion's current 85kg world champion, Ibrahim El Boustati who, is undefeated in all 44 career fights he has had to-date. Known as "The Beast", for his aggressive and pressure fighting style, El Boustati has torn through the 85kg division including, a recent decision win (under controversial circumstances) over GLORY kickboxer, Filip Verlinden.
For those who may or may not be aware, Andrew Tate is a four time world champion and initially from a full contact kickboxing background who, made the smooth transition to K1 rules. He was also born in America but emigrated to the UK as a teenager with, his mother and younger brother when their parents' marriage broke down. It was in England where he began his kickboxing career from scratch under the guidance of his coach, Amir Subasic, developing into a world class fighter.
However, "Cobra Tate" is returning from a lay-off of two years but insists that the lengthy time away from the sport has done him wonders in allowing his body to repair itself from numerous past injuries.
"I've had a couple of years off. Im not just a fighter, I have some money to make outside of fighting. I've enjoyed the break. It's good to let all the injuries after 10 years. I'm not coming back to do anything other than defend this belt. I've had a lot of time off and I feel like a new man. I'm really looking forward to fighting again."
Andrew Tate v Ibrahim El Boustati – Image: Enfusion Live, Fightsense
Tate is well known for being able to 'talk the talk and walk the walk' with some of his past and current rivalries in and out of the ring. He is a kickboxing promotion's dream of a champion who, isn't shy of expressing his strong opinions and backing up his promises of knocking out opponents in the ring too.
So, why haven't GLORY Kickboxing signed him up to fight for them in recent years especially in the USA when taking into account he is an American who, proudly wears the stars and stripes on his fight shorts too?
"I was supposed to fight for GLORY many times. I signed contracts but fights never materialised many times.
That wasn't all that Tate had to say on the subject of both GLORY and their former middleweight champion who, prior to signing for Bellator Kickboxing, was the public face of GLORY in the US, Joe Schilling; next fighting at Bellator 167 in a kickboxing bout on, December 10 in Italy.
"Joe Schilling's been avoiding me since forever. I don't even want to talk about him, he's just afraid to fight me and he keeps getting knocked out anyway. I would've spanked him."
"So he knows I would've spanked him. He knew he was gonna get sparked that's why he wouldn't fight me. Before GLORY existed we were supposed to fight."
Enfusion was set-up and still run by, Edwin Van Os after he sold his previous promotion, It's Showtime which, has since been rebranded and relaunched as GLORY Sport International. Enfusion are a Dutch based promotion with a wealth of exciting and very talented young fighters that are not tied into exclusive contracts either, allowing them to fight in other promotions such as Kunlun Fight in China and K-1 in Japan.
"I think that Enfusion have done a really good job in growing organically you know. Getting as big as they can without spunking loads of money. Another thing Enfusion have done really well is they have built their own superstars. You can name some of the big names for Enfusion; they done a really good job with promoting people like [Mohammed] Jaraya and Ibrahim [El Boustati].
After defeating Verlinden at Enfusion Live 41 earlier this year, El Boustati's next major challenge is to step-up in weight class and take on Tate in what will be a clash of two champions. The match-up will certainly be fascinating to witness since Tate has a fighting style that has caused countless problems for past opponents; with his mastering of distance and countering with powerfully fast and long limbs, from a more bladed stance than you'd expect from kickboxers nowadays.
"He's done really, really well. He's never lost. I can't say anything about the guy. He's had a very, very successful career; and, I'm very much looking forward to fighting Ibrahim – let's see why he never loses."
Enfusion Live 44 can be steamed online from Enfusionlive.com on December 3 and the Striking Corner will keep you updated on the event in due course too.
Why YOU should be excited for GLORY: Last Man Standing – Part 2
June 16, 2014	Joe Miller	News
I'm going to break into my own fandom here a bit for part 2 of this article so I can tell you why I'm so damn excited about this tournament and why you should be too.
MELVIN MANHOEF. If you don't know who Melvin Manhoef is, watch his highlights. Search on YouTube, "Manhoef vs. Cyborg", for one of the best fights you will ever see. It's an MMA match but there is very little groundwork and in reality it's basically a kickboxing match with MMA gloves on. Manhoef was first, a kick boxer, despite his wealth of MMA experience. He is one of the hardest hitting fighters to ever compete in any combat sport. Another champion, Mark Hunt, is a fighter known around the world for his iron chin; Melvin Manhoef knocked him out moving backward.
Manhoef 's power and striking intent is very reminiscent of the great Mike Tyson. Every strike he throws has such a scary explosion to it that it offers you a glimpse into his mind by watching it. There's much more than the desire to win a fight in those punches, there's something primal.
Melvin has been in the ring with kickboxing greats like Remy Bonjasky, Tyrone Spong, Stefan Leko, Ray Sefo, and Gokhan Saki. Although he is only 5 foot 8 inches tall, which makes him the shortest fighter in the bracket for his his Glory debut, he has a vast amount of experience fighting in similar rule styles and knocking out much bigger, and taller men.
Melvin will need that experience because the next shortest fighter in the bracket for Glory: Last Man Standing is Simon Marcus, who is 6'1.
Simon holds wins in other organizations over three of the other fighters in the bracket. He's beaten #1 ranked Artem Levin, he has two wins over the #2 ranked Joe Schilling and a win over the #4 ranked Filip Verlinden. Outside of these wins, there's something else that makes Simon Marcus even more interesting in the tournament format. Although Simon Marcus has never competed in an 8-man tournament, he has fought more than once in a single night. One night in China, he KO'd two fighters in two separate fights and he never even got out of the ring between them. These were real fights too they were not shortened tournament fights and they were against real opponents who had real skills and at one point Marcus even found himself in real trouble. Crazy right? Well he's done this twice and the second time he accomplished this, another Glory fighter, Israel Adesanya, was one of his opponents.
Simon Marcus or, Simon Sor Suchart, is also making his Glory Debut but has an impressive record of 39-0 with 1 draw. He is trained by Ajahn Suchart, at Siam #1 gym in Toronto and dons a dangerous and very traditional Muay Thai style. His wins over Artem Levin and Joe Schilling were under full Muay Thai rules which differs very greatly to the Glory rule set. In Glory, elbows are not permitted and neither are sweeps and throws. With the clinch being limited to 5 seconds, this may turn out to be the Achilles heel for the undefeated fighter.
Marcus is very skilled in the clinch and in the first fight he had with Joe Schilling which was under full Muay Thai rules, he dumped Schilling in such a way that he fell over on top of him as they both crashed into the canvas. The dump alone was not very devastating but what happened in the subsequent tumble left Schilling wobbled and concussed. When Joe got up he was clearly on unstable legs and was then KO'd with a monster left hook from Marcus. The circumstances around the KO were a bit frustrating with the tumble being more of an accident than a technique. In their second match Joe dropped Marcus in the first round with his own monster hook, although later losing the fight on points. It can be argued that one of the main reasons Joe lost the second fight with Simon was because of Simon's high-level clinch, which will not be an issue in the Glory ring.
Simon has been known to start slow with his traditional style and use his high level skills in the clinch to secure victories. My question regarding Marcus is, can he tune his style to the fast pace action of the 3, 3-minute rounds under the Glory rule set and stay undefeated?
Another difference between full Muay Thai rules and the rules in Glory kickboxing is the emphasis that Glory puts on spectacular techniques in scoring. Techniques like spinning kicks and punches or flying knees of any variety. This motivates the athletes to bring a higher level of skill into the ring and is another rule that benefits Joe Schilling in a fight with Simon Marcus.
At Glory 10: Los Angeles, Joe Schilling won the Glory Middleweight Tournament Championship. Despite his being currently ranked #2, Joe won the tournament with wins over Kengo Shimizu and then (and still) ranked #1 Artem Levin. In the fight with Shimizu, Joe landed perfectly timed and expertly executed spinning back fists and all types of spinning kicks. At one point even putting them together in combination, landing a spinning back kick to the body and a spinning back fist as he recovered from the rotation of the first technique. It was truly spectacular to watch, both for fans and for the judges. In the final of the middleweight tournament at Glory 10, he dropped Artem Levin with a superman punch in the second round. Some critics of Joe may cite that Schilling landed a knee to the head of Levin while he was on his way down which may have been the cause for the knockdown. However, it is a fact that Levin was already wobbled and on his knees as Schilling's knee connected, the knee making it a heavier knockdown, but a knockdown it still was, without the knee.
Now, you may have noticed that I have a slight bias towards Joe Schilling; I don't deny that I am a fan of his and that this bias exists. I think he may win the whole thing. Though I must admit that what makes the tournament final of Glory 10: Los Angeles between Schiling and Levin so interesting is that Artem Levin won two of the three rounds but was knocked down in the second, scoring the match a draw. In the extension round, Joe scored a knockdown that I must admit, appears to be a slip.
Artem Levin came in with a kick to which Joe reached for and with good timing, simultaneously threw a windmill overhand right that landed hard on Levin. There's no doubt that the punch landed and it certainly appears as if Levin goes down from the impact. Still, Levin was not rocked and got up rather quickly. Upon closer inspection it looks likely that (and this is my personal speculation) it was more of a forward momentum while Levin was on one leg that caused the knockdown rather than the blow itself. Of course this is just my opinion but this knockdown was key in Joe's victory and Tournament Championship and makes a potential rematch with Artem Levin terribly exciting.
Joe Schilling is another one of those fighters, like Manhoef, who strikes with murderous intent. However, another thing I must admit despite my bias for Joe Schilling is that he can sometimes become very emotional and drain his energy level causing his cardio to become somewhat suspicious. He has said in interviews that he is the only fighter that has ever beaten him. If this happens in a fight with someone like Melvin Manhoef, he may not be able to recover from the pressure that a fighter like that can deliver under such circumstances. Yet, I don't think that Joe has gotten to this point in his career without learning from his mistakes and improving. I have no doubt that a hungry and prepared Joe Schilling can beat any fighter in the world, or in this case, any three fighters in the world.
Schilling is one of the American nak muays who are responsible for bringing America into the international spotlight. He, and the others who represent the brand Cant Stop Crazy, are the first group of American fighters that have gained significant notoriety on the world stage of Muay Thai and Kickboxing. There have been other American fighters that represent America internationally, but none who have gained the same popularity as these guys (and gal).
There is one other who is about too though. The American, Wayne Barret is still relatively young in the world of kickboxing but has done extremely well for himself. Barrett scored a surprise win over Joe Schilling at Glory 12: New York, dropping Schilling twice for an 8-count in the second round and winning a unanimous decision victory.
Wayne Barrett has always had a high knockout ratio. As an amateur he was 19-1 with 15 KO's. He was WKA Amateur United States Cruiserweight Champion and Golden Gloves Boxing Champion in his home state of Georgia. In his pro debut he fought a 12-fight veteran and TKO'd him in the second round. He knocked out every opponent he faced in the pro ranks until he met Joe Schilling, who he dropped twice for an 8-count. Some might believe that Schilling overlooked Barrett based on his lack of experience. Wayne Barrett brought the fight to the Tournament Champion harder than anyone thought he would. I don't doubt that the 4-0 fighter has the ability to shock us again in Glory: Last Man Standing.
The other fighters in the bracket are no easy task for anyone either. #4 ranked Filip Verlinden has competed at higher weight classes against guys like Tyrone Spong, Remy Bonjasky and Rico Verhoeven for top promotions of the past like K-1 and It's Showtime, also winning the gold at the IFMA's in 2010. Bogdan Stoica has become known internationally for his rarely used stunning techniques like axe kicks and flying knees and in 38 of his wins, 29 came by way of knockout. Alex Pereira from Brazil is the tallest fighter in the bracket and fought his way into the 8-man tournament the hard way, by winning of the Middleweight Contender Tournament in Zagreb at Glory 14.
Tournaments like these have always offered so many opportunities for unforgettable moments in sports. As fans we get to see the top athletes get pushed to their limits and either hit the wall and crumble or power through it despite fatigue and injury. Good fighters become great fighters and those who fail to win will experience a life-changing event that can either empower them to find their potential or reduce them into the realm of mediocrity. I can't wait for June 21st.
June 2, 2014	Joe Miller	News
If you've already seen a Glory kickboxing event then you've seen their 4-man tournament format where fighters compete twice in the same night for championship gold. On Saturday, June 21st, after Glory 17: Los Angeles airs live on Spike TV. The promotions first ever Pay-Per-View event, Glory: Last Man Standing will break new ground and enter into American martial arts history. Last Man Standing will feature their first 8-man tournament, the first 8-man tournament of the world's best that America has ever seen.
Critics of the tournament format usually talk about how one of the fighters in the final may have had a more strenuous draw in the preliminary and semi-final matches than their opponent. Thus making the final competition somewhat inauthentic. I couldn't disagree more. The tournament format brings another factor of intelligence into the fight. In a tournament a fighter must balance the inevitability of damage taken vs. damage given. It makes a champion cleaner and more effective.
There is an interesting effect on the mind of a fighter, on their strategy. If a fighter only focuses on the opponent that he deems most challenging in the bracket, the opponent he might visualize being in the final with, it may result in overlooking his other opponents and missing a crucial detail. It might result in losing the focus required for his preliminary and semi-final bouts and in a surprise loss earlier in the tournament. Conversely, if a fighter focuses on the fight in front of him so much that he doesn't tune his style to the tournament format to consider the amount of damage taken in preliminary bouts, he may hamstring himself for the final match.
It's this extra requirement, this –survival-mode-in-real-life factor that makes tournaments so much more exciting. Not only does a fighter have to beat the best in the division, he has to clear his division out in a single night. If the criterion of becoming a champion is that you have to beat the best to be the best. This extra criterion of beating the best and the two next-bests in a single night must surely make an even more authentic champion.
Here's the complete bracket for the first Glory 8-man Middleweight World Championship Tournament.
#1 Artem Levin (47-4-1)
#2 Joe Schilling (16-5-0)
#3 Wayne Barrett (4-0-0)
#4 Filip Verlinden (41-11-1)
#6 Alex Pereira (13-1-0)
#9 Bogdan Stoica (38-5-0)
#- Melvin Manhoef (37-11-0)
#- Simon Marcus (39-0-1)
EDITOR'S NOTE: Later this week Joe will bring you an in depth look into each one of the fighters participating in GLORY's "Last Man Standing" tournament, including his personal favorites. Stay tuned!


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Tim Finchem says he's likely to step down at end of 2016
By Geoff Shackelford
When the Chief Operating Officer title was added to Jay Monahan's duties as the PGA Tour's deputy commissioner earlier last week, it appeared Tim Finchem might be staying around a while. But in the last year of a four-year contract extension, the 68-year-old commissioner surprised observers by announcing a new one-year deal through June 2017 that he said he does not expect to complete.
"The length of the contract is really a placeholder," Finchem said Sunday while visiting the WGC-Dell Match Play in Austin. "I wouldn't anticipate staying that long. My plan would be—and that assumes I can make progress on my projects—to step aside at the end of this year."
What those pet projects are remains unknown. Now in his 23rd year since taking over for Deane Beman, the tour's first commissioner, Finchem admitted that Monahan—his handpicked successor who was named deputy commissioner in 2014—has already assumed most day-to-day operational duties while also strengthening ties with sponsors.
"Making a relationship is a slam dunk for him," said Finchem of the affable Monahan, who will need only the tour policy board's approval when Finchem steps down.
More surprising was Finchem's admission that he believes the time has come for new energy, something Monahan, 43, figures to bring in the same way Adam Silver and Rob Manfred have delivered to the NBA and MLB after recently succeeding long-time commissioners David Stern and Bud Selig.
Said Finchem, "Jay is ready."


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Q: ASP.NET Core - Publish on local IIS I'm trying to deploy my ASP.NET Core (with .NET Framework) to my pc local IIS Server using Web Deploy feature in Visual Studio 2015.
I've previously created the website through the IIS management console and when I launch the publish, the process runs for a while and the fails with the following error:
Web deployment task failed. (The specified credentials cannot be used with the authentication scheme 'Basic'.)

The specified credentials cannot be used with the authentication scheme 'Basic'.
Default credentials cannot be supplied for the Basic authentication scheme.
Parameter name: authType

How can I resolve this?
Thank you all in advance!
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I was able to publish in Joe Audette way but if I try to open the site the browser show me the IIS default presentation page and if I add /wwwroot to the url (http://localhost:2020/wwwroot) it starts loading but fail with:

In the event viewer there is the following errors:
Nome dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: FrancescoBombardiSite.exe, versione: 1.0.0.0, timestamp: 0x583c58cc
Nome del modulo che ha generato l'errore: KERNELBASE.dll, versione: 10.0.14393.321, timestamp: 0x57f4c4f0
Codice eccezione: 0xe0434352
Offset errore 0x0000000000017788
ID processo che ha generato l'errore: 0x2c24
Ora di avvio dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: 0x01d24ca340117e4e
Percorso dell'applicazione che ha generato l'errore: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\FrancescoBombardi\FrancescoBombardiSite.exe
Percorso del modulo che ha generato l'errore: C:\WINDOWS\System32\KERNELBASE.dll

ID segnalazione: 28d01740-6aa7-4b47-b655-b29b954e647e
Nome completo pacchetto che ha generato l'errore:
ID applicazione relativo al pacchetto che ha generato l'errore:
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Failed to start process with commandline '"C:\inetpub\wwwroot\FrancescoBombardi\FrancescoBombardiSite.exe" .\FrancescoBombardiSite.exe', ErrorCode = '0x80004005'.

Moreover, inside logs folder there are more than one log that say:
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     in System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.TryGetConnection(DbConnection owningConnection, TaskCompletionSource`1 retry, DbConnectionOptions userOptions, DbConnectionInternal oldConnection, DbConnectionInternal& connection)
     in System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionInternal.TryOpenConnectionInternal(DbConnection outerConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory, TaskCompletionSource`1 retry, DbConnectionOptions userOptions)
     in System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.TryOpenInner(TaskCompletionSource`1 retry)
     in System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.TryOpen(TaskCompletionSource`1 retry)
     in System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.Open()
     in Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.RelationalConnection.Open()
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  ClientConnectionId:d384f84d-2b93-4172-ace7-96b6e52aa1a5
  Error Number:4060,State:1,Class:11
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException (0x80131904): Cannot open database "aspnet-FrancescoBombardiSite-f583e776-b66c-44ed-9cc9-af235eed1ae0" requested by the login. The login failed.
Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM'.
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   in System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.CreatePooledConnection(DbConnectionPool pool, DbConnection owningObject, DbConnectionOptions options, DbConnectionPoolKey poolKey, DbConnectionOptions userOptions)
   in System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.CreateObject(DbConnection owningObject, DbConnectionOptions userOptions, DbConnectionInternal oldConnection)
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   in System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.TryGetConnection(DbConnection owningObject, TaskCompletionSource`1 retry, DbConnectionOptions userOptions, DbConnectionInternal& connection)
   in System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.TryGetConnection(DbConnection owningConnection, TaskCompletionSource`1 retry, DbConnectionOptions userOptions, DbConnectionInternal oldConnection, DbConnectionInternal& connection)
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ClientConnectionId:d384f84d-2b93-4172-ace7-96b6e52aa1a5
Error Number:4060,State:1,Class:11

Eccezione non gestita: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot open database "aspnet-FrancescoBombardiSite-f583e776-b66c-44ed-9cc9-af235eed1ae0" requested by the login. The login failed.
Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM'.
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   in System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.TryOpenInner(TaskCompletionSource`1 retry)
   in System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.TryOpen(TaskCompletionSource`1 retry)
   in System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.Open()
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   in FrancescoBombardiSite.Data.DataInitializer.<InitializeDataAsync>d__4.MoveNext() in C:\Code\VisualStudioProjects\BMSoftware\FrancescoBombardiSite\src\FrancescoBombardiSite\Data\DataInitializer.cs:riga 35
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   in System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   in FrancescoBombardiSite.Startup.<Configure>d__5.MoveNext() in C:\Code\VisualStudioProjects\BMSoftware\FrancescoBombardiSite\src\FrancescoBombardiSite\Startup.cs:riga 323
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I'd guess you need to update your connection string in the published files.


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«Акейтіз» (H12) ( — військовий корабель, ескадрений міноносець типу «A» Королівського військово-морського флоту Великої Британії за часів Другої світової війни.

«Акейтіз» був закладений 11 вересня 1928 на верфі компанії John Brown & Company у Клайдбанкі. 11 лютого 1930 року увійшов до складу Королівських ВМС Великої Британії. З початку Другої світової війни брав активну участь у бойових діях; бився в Атлантиці, на Середземному морі та в арктичних водах. Брав активну участь у битві в Данській протоці, рейді на Кіркенес та Петсамо, в операції «Смолоскип».

31 грудня 1942 року в бою в Баренцевому морі, що стався між кораблями охорони союзного конвою JW 51B і німецькими рейдерами «Адмірал Гіппер» і «Лютцов», «Акейтіз» загинув.

Дизайн і конструкція
«Акейтіз» (H12) належав до есмінців типу «A», що конструктивно базувався на проекті новітнього на той час есмінця «Амазон».

Корпус «Акейтіз» мав загальну довжину між перпендикулярами — 98,5 м, бімс — 9,8 м та осадку до 3,7 м. Водотоннажність бойового корабля становила: стандартна — 1370—1380 та повна — 1778—1790 довгих тонн відповідно. Екіпаж есмінця складався зі 138 офіцерів та матросів, однак у воєнний час був збільшений до 162 осіб.

Головна енергетична установка становила три триколекторні Адміралтейських котли з пароперегрівником і два одноступінчатих турбозубчатих редуктори Парсонса. Порівняно з HMS «Амазон» енергетична установка була сильно спрощена. У результаті знизилася економічність і загальна потужність енергоустановки, але британці виграли в експлуатаційної надійності, а ціна есмінця за рахунок більш простої машини знизилася на 15—20 %. Розміщення ГЕУ — лінійне. Котли розміщувалися в ізольованих відсіках, турбіни — у загальному машинному відділенні, при цьому редуктори були відокремлені від турбін водонепроникною перегородкою. Робочий тиск пару — 21,2 кгс/см² (20,5 атм.), температура — 316 °С (600 °F). Потужність механізмів становила 34 000 к. с., і швидкість ходу досягала 35,25 вузлів, у повному навантаженні — 31,75 вузлів.

Есмінець мав повну заправку до 394—396 тонн палива та діяв на дальності до 4080 морських миль (7560 км) при ході 15 вузлів (28 км/год).

Озброєння
Корабельна артилерія головного калібру (ГК) есмінця HMS «Акейтіз»: 4 нових 120-мм (4,7-дюймових) гармати Мk.IX довжиною ствола в 45 калібрів, із підвищеним кутом піднесення до 30°, в палубних установках Mk.XIV A, B, X та Y Гармати вели вогонь 23-кг боєприпасами різного типу: фугасними снарядами підвищеної потужності «HE» та напівбронебійними снарядами «SAP» на відстань до 15 520 м, зі швидкістю 810 м/с. Боєкомплект кожної гармати становив 190 снарядів. Система управління артилерійським вогнем корабля становила оптичний далекомір «MQ I» з базою в 3 метри і приладом управління артилерійським вогнем «Приціл-директор для есмінців» (DDS).

Зенітне озброєння корабля складалося з двох 40-мм гармат QF 2 Mark II, що розташовувалися на бортах есмінців між трубами, з боєкомплектом 500 пострілів на ствол.

Торпедне озброєння есмінця включало два чотиритрубних 533-мм торпедних апарати «QR III». Для боротьби з підводними цілями споконвічно призначалися 2 бомбомети та 4 жолоби для скидання 8 глибинних бомб, однак через обмеженість простору частку оснащення довелось зняти та залишити лише три жолоби для застосування глибинних бомб.

Історія

Довоєнний час
Після введення до строю, «Акейтіз» разом з однотипними есмінцями типу «A» та лідером «Кодрінгтон» увійшли до 3-ї флотилії есмінців, що проходила службу на Середземному морі. У 1934 році постраждав під час військових навчань у наслідок зіткнення з лідером ескадрених міноносців «Кодрінгтон». Під час Громадянської війни в Іспанії патрулював узбережжя цієї країни. До початку Другої світової війни повернувся до Великої Британії до Плімута.

Початок
На початок Другої світової війни, корабель перебував у складі 18-ї флотилії есмінців, із базуванням на Портленд, і ніс службу у Ла-Манші, виконуючи завдання з ескорту конвоїв та протичовнового патрулювання прибережних вод. У січні 1940 року виконував охоронні функції на підступах до Британських островів у так званому Командуванні Західних підходів. Того ж місяця 1940 року «Акейтіз» разом з есмінцями «Ентоні» та «Ерроу» супроводжував перехід британського лінкора «Роял Соверін» до канадського Галіфаксу. Пізніше повернувся до Британських островів, де входив до складу сил, що забезпечували супровід конвоїв. У складі цього угруповання кораблів британського флоту діяв до червня 1940 року.

У липні 1940 року переведений до 16-ї флотилії есмінців у Гаріджі, де виконував завдання із захисту конвоїв та патрулювання прибережних вод.

10 серпня 1940 року «Акейтіз» разом з есмінцями «Антілоуп» та «Форчун» взяв участь у рятуванні вцілілих з потопленого німецькою субмариною U-56 допоміжного крейсера RMS «Трансільванія».

У жовтні 1940 року разом з крейсером «Кеніа» та есмінцями «Сейбр», «Вімі» та «Ерроу» забезпечував супровід конвою WS 3B у Західних підходах.

У листопаді 1940 року есмінець включений до 4-ї ескортної групи, що базувалася на Грінок, для захисту атлантичних конвоїв. 2 листопада разом з «Антилопою» ескортував конвой OB 237. Взяв участь у пошуку німецької субмарини U-31, однак, через відмову ASDIC, невдало. Незабаром увійшов до складу ескорту конвою HX 83. Разом з есмінцем «Гесперус» брав участь у рятувальних заходах з пошуку постраждалих з потоплених німецьким підводним човном U-99, допоміжним крейсерів «Патроклус» та «Лаурентік».

 Бій у Данській протоці

21 травня 1941 «Акейтіз» разом з п'ятьма іншими есмінцями включений до складу ескорту лінійного крейсера HMS «Худ» та лінійного корабля «Принц Уельський», що здійснювали пошук та переслідування німецької рейдерської групи з лінкора «Бісмарк» та важкого крейсера «Принц Ойген» у Данській протоці. Британські кораблі планували дозаправитись на базі у Хваль-фіорді, Ісландія та продовжити пошук ворожих кораблів далі.

Ввечері 23 травня, різко погіршали погодні умови, і адмірал Л.Голланд віддав наказ есмінців збільшити швидкість. Якщо ж вони будуть неспроможні утримувати такий темп, капітальні кораблі чекати на них не будуть і проводжатимуть самостійний пошук далі без підтримки ескадрених міноносців. О 2:15 24 травня командувач віддав наказ кораблям супроводу продовжити рух у північному напрямку. О 05:35 німецькі кораблі були виявлені «Худом», і потім німці побачили наближення британського лінійного крейсера. О 05:52 сталась швидкоплинна стрілянина між бойовими кораблями Крігсмаріне та Королівського флоту, а о 06:01, «Худ» зазнавши важких уражень від артилерії противника, переломився навпіл та за дві хвилини затонув.

«Акейтіз» разом з п'ятьма іншими есмінцями перебував приблизно на відстані 60 миль від місця бою. Першим до району битви прибув есмінець «Електра», що з'явився в районі затоплення гордості британського флоту «Худа» за дві години після трагедії й встигнув врятувати тільки 3 осіб з числа екіпажу лінійного крейсера «Худ».

Перші арктичні конвої
27 липня 1941 року з Ісландії вийшли два з'єднання кораблів, які повинні були атакувати Шпіцберген і узбережжя Норвегії. До складу другого з'єднання, що вийшло для проведення рейду на Кіркенес і Петсамо, входили авіаносці «Фьюріос» і «Вікторіос», на борту яких перебувало близько 100 літаків палубної авіації, важкі крейсери «Девоншир» і «Саффолк» та 6 есмінців супроводження «Ескапада», «Антілоуп», «Ектів», «Акейтіз», «Інтрепід» і «Ентоні». Під керівництвом контр-адмірала У. Ф. Вейк-Волкера воно повинно було підтвердити в очах громадськості панування британського флоту у морях Крайньої Півночі й допомогти Радянському Союзі, вже більше місяця воював з Німеччиною. Однак проведений 30 липня наліт не мав особливого успіху, оскільки німці утримували на своїх базах сильну протиповітряну оборону і знищили зенітним вогнем 16 британських літаків.

Однак, «Акейтіз» не зміг взяти повноцінної участі у цій операції через те, що підірвався на британській морській міні й був відбуксований есмінцем «Ентоні» до Сейдісфіордюра. У наслідок підриву на міні 63 особи загинуло та 25 членів екіпажу есмінця дістали поранень. Згодом передислокований на ремонт до Британії, де перебував на відновлювальних роботах до квітня 1942 року.

З 16 по 30 травня 1942 року «Акейтіз» входив до ближнього ескорту конвою PQ 16 до Мурманська й під час переходу піддався невдалій атаці німецького підводного човна U-591. З 35 суден конвою 8 було потоплено німецькими субмаринами, торпедоносцями та 2 зазнали пошкоджень.

У листопаді 1942 року, в контексті підготовки операції «Смолоскип» — вторгнення союзних військ на територію Французької Північної Африки, «Акейтіз» був включений до Центральної оперативної групи ВМС, що висаджувала морський десант у районі Орана в Алжирі. 8 листопада 1942 при проведенні операції, французькі підводні човни флоту Віші «Аргонауте» і «Актеон» намагалися атакувати англо-американський флот, есмінці «Весткотт» і «Акейтіз» їх потопили.

 Бій у Баренцевому морі

31 грудня 1942 року, есмінець виконував бойове завдання з супроводу конвою JW 51B з Лох-Ів до радянського Мурманська, коли транспорти наразилися на німецькі бойові кораблі. Німецькі сили у складі важкого крейсера «Адмірал Гіппер», «кишенькового» лінкора «Лютцов» і шести есмінців прийняли рішення перехопити і знищити конвой. Незважаючи на довгий і наполегливий обстріл конвою, британці, не втративши жодного транспортного судна конвою, зуміли відбити атаку німців.

Однак, близько 11:15 «Акейтіз» ставив димову завісу, намагаючись прикрити транспортники від німців, коли підпав під артилерійський залп з крейсера «Адмірал Гіппер». У наслідок прямого влучення артилерійських снарядів противника в корабель, на есмінці загинув командир корабля та 40 матросів і офіцерів. Ескадрений міноносець під командуванням першого лейтенанта Л.Пейтона-Джонса продовжував виконувати завдання, але близько 13:30 від зазнаних пошкоджень затонув у 135 морських милях на схід-південний схід від Ведмежого острова: 113 людей загинули, 81 особа була врятована.

Див. також
 HMS Intrepid (D10)
 HMS Malcolm (D19)
 HMS Fury (H76)
 HMS Onslow (G17)
 Ескадрені міноносці типу «C» (1943)
 Ескадрені міноносці типу «Таун»

Примітки
Виноски

Джерела

Посилання

 HMS Achates (H12)
 HMS Achates (H12) (+1942)
 HMS Achates (H12)

Література

 Haarr, Geirr H. (2009). The German Invasion of Norway, April 1940. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-310-9.

Ескадрені міноносці Великої Британії часів Другої світової війни
Кораблі 1929
Кораблі, затоплені в бою кораблями

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I went down to the billing department. The man checked the account and found out that my cousin had just checked in and made a 5,000 Php deposit through credit card. The man said we need to make another 5,000 deposit for tomorrow's procedure. Whadda? It's not even 2 hours since the first deposit. Ok. Fine. I said send someone up for the necessary credit card slips to sign. The man said, I should go to the cashier for that. So off I went to the cashier and repeated the whole event that has transpired.
The cashier then said that I should let the patient come down for the credit card transaction. Whadda? I said my cousin was currently undergoing pre-op procedures. Umm... said the cashier. Then you better get her ID and credit card then come down here for the credit card form, go up again and have the form signed by the patient then come back down here again so I can log in your payment and issue out a receipt.
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Fighting down obesity
Franco Sassi
Health Division, OECD Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Directorate
"Obesity is one of the foremost public health emergencies of our time."
Anyone who has difficulty believing this perhaps dramatic claim should consider a few facts. First, lifespan: a severely obese person can expect to live up to 8-10 years less than a normal-weight person. That is roughly the same life expectancy loss as smokers face.
But not only does mortality increase steeply once people cross the overweight threshold, healthcare costs do too. An obese person generates at least 25% higher healthcare expenditures than a normal weight person.
Clearly, obesity is a major and growing health concern which has many facets. It is associated with chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke and many cancers. Unhealthy lifestyles are also associated with obesity, with poor diet and lack of physical activity being among the best known causes. However, as obese people tend to live shorter lives, their health expenditures over a life-cycle are no higher, and possibly lower, than for normalweight people.
Obesity is estimated to be responsible for 1–3% of total health expenditure in most countries, though as high as 5% to 10% in the United States. When production losses are added to healthcare costs, obesity accounts for a fraction of a percentage point of GDP in most countries, and over 1% in the United States.
The rise in weight partly reflects an historical trend. Height and weight have been increasing since the 18th century in many developed countries, as income, education and living conditions gradually improved over time. But surveys began to record a sharp acceleration in the rate of increase in body mass index (BMI) in the 1980s, which in many countries grew two to three times more rapidly than in the previous century. BMI, which measures weight in relation to height, has its detractors, though is widely accepted as a useful indicator for monitoring weight.
Before 1980, obesity rates were generally well below 10% of the population. Since then, rates have doubled or tripled in many countries, and in over half of OECD countries 50% or more of the population is overweight.
If recent trends continue over the next ten years, projections suggest that obesity rates will continue to rise, even though the number of people overweight but not obese among adults–a BMI above the normal limit of 25 but below the obesity level of 30–will stabilise at about one third of the population.
There are patterns to watch out for that could inform policy action. For instance, obesity rates tend to be higher in women than in men, but male obesity rates have been growing faster than female rates in most OECD countries
Also, poorer people are more likely to be affected in rich countries. Poorly educated women are two or three times more likely to be overweight than women with the highest levels of education in several OECD countries. For men, the disparity is far narrower, if it exists at all.
Children who have at least one obese parent are three to four times more likely to be obese themselves. This is not just due to genes, but also to behavioural influences, which have played an important role in the spread of obesity.
Finding work can be a problem for obese people, who are often discriminated against, ostensibly because employers fear they will be less productive than people of normal weight. Also, research shows that wage penalties of up to 18% have been associated with obesity. Meanwhile, obese people tend to access disability benefits more than people of normal weight.
How did the obesity problem emerge? The reasons are several and complex, though with food and lifestyle changes being central. The supply and availability of food have changed remarkably since the latter half of the 20th century. There have been major changes in food production technologies, too, with more and more processed foods, which a backlash from more health-conscious sectors has not competed with, at least globally. There has also been an increasingly sophisticated use of advertising and peer pressure promoting speed and pleasure, often at the cost of healthier benefits.
The price of calories has fallen dramatically and convenience foods, often propelled by global brands, have become available virtually everywhere on the planet. Time devoted to traditional meal preparation from raw ingredients has shrunk, partly because of changing working and living conditions. Decreased physical activity at work, more women in the labour force, more stress and less job security, longer working hours for some jobs: these are all factors that, directly or indirectly, have contributed to the lifestyle changes behind the obesity epidemic.
By the same token, consumer and producer pressures and lifestyle can change again. We know that interventions to tackle obesity can improve health and life expectancy, and from a policy perspective, offer greater health benefits per dollar spent than many curative treatments currently provided by OECD healthcare systems. This is particularly true for health education and promotion, regulation and fiscal measures, and lifestyle counselling by family doctors.
Slimmer than you think
The cost of delivering a package of counterobesity interventions based on these three areas would be as low as $12 per capita per year in Mexico, $19 in Japan and England, $22 in Italy and $32 in Canada. That is a tiny fraction of health expenditure in those countries–think of it as equivalent to what a country like England spends just on cholesterol-lowering drugs. Moreover, this package would be a small proportion of what these countries already spend (somewhat ineffectively in most cases) on prevention. Most of the interventions examined have the potential to generate annual gains of at least 40,000 and up to 140,000 years of life, relatively free of disability in these five countries. One intervention, the counselling of individuals at risk by their family doctors, may lead to a gain of up to half a million life years free of disability.
The primary goal of prevention is to help people live longer, healthier lives. This applies to people who do not eat enough too–counter-obesity campaigns must always be mindful of the other side of the coin and not unwittingly encourage severe weight loss which can also damage health. Prevention should not be expected to reduce overall health expenditures either, since longer lives mean more care over time too. In the case of obesity, interventions will, at best, generate reductions in the order of 1% of total expenditure for major chronic diseases.
There is no magic bullet in the fight against obesity. A sensible and sensitive prevention strategy would combine health promotion campaigns, government regulation and other so-called population-wide approaches with approaches tailored to individuals, such as counselling.
Importantly, obese people themselves should be treated as players in their own right, and not discriminated against or feel persecuted in any way. But a wide range of food and health stakeholders should also be involved, from health providers and businesses, to government and consumer associations. While governments hold clear responsibility for the prevention of chronic diseases, it is not a burden they can afford to carry alone. Sustained action demands committed private sector involvement.
The current obesity epidemic is everyone's problem. It must be tackled today to reduce health costs now, and prevent yet another burden of our time from being passed on to future generations.
Sassi, Franco (2010), Obesity and the Economics of Prevention: Fit not Fat, OECD Publishing, Paris, available from the OECD online bookshop.
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