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Казахстанско-южноафриканские отношения — двусторонние дипломатические отношения между Казахстаном и Южно-Африканской Республикой.

Установление дипломатических отношений

Дипломатические отношения между Республикой Казахстан и Южно-Африканской Республикой были установлены 5 марта 1992 года.

Посольство Южно-Африканской Республики в Республике Казахстан было открыто в декабре 2003 года.

Посольство Республики Казахстан в Южно-Африканской Республике было открыто в декабре 2013 года. .

Политическое сотрудничество
В 2002 году президент Казахстана Нурсултан Назарбаев принял участие во Всемирном саммите по устойчивому развитию, организованном X сессией Комиссии ООН по устойчивому развитию в Йоханнесбурге.

В 2007 году состоялся визит делегации Министерства индустрии и торговли РК в ЮАР для обсуждения путей торгово-экономического сотрудничества.

В декабре 2008 года глава правящей партии «Африканский национальный конгресс» Джейкоб Зума находился с рабочей поездкой в Казахстане. Во время пребывания в Астане он провел встречу с Президентом РК Нурсултаном Назарбаевым, в ходе которой были обсуждены перспективы двустороннего сотрудничества.

28 сентября 2010 года в столице ЮАР г. Претория состоялся первый раунд политических консультаций между Министерством иностранных дел Республики Казахстан и Министерством международных отношений и сотрудничества Южно-Африканской Республики.

10 ноября 2010 года состоялся рабочий визит ответственного секретаря МИД РК в ЮАР. 2 мая 2012 года в Астане состоялся второй раунд политических консультаций.

29 октября 2012 года заместитель министра иностранных дел РК Кайрат Сарыбаев в ходе рабочего визита в ЮАР провел встречу с Президентом ЮАР Джейкобом Зумой и передал личное послание Президента РК Нурсултана Назарбаева.

С 11 по 13 октября 2013 года в Претории состоялся третий раунд политических консультаций на уровне заместителей министров иностранных дел двух стран. В ходе встречи стороны обсудили перспективы двустороннего сотрудничества, в том числе в политической, торгово-экономической и культурной сферах.

5-6 ноября 2014 года в г. Астане состоялся 4-й раунд политических консультаций между внешнеполитическими ведомствами двух стран. Была достигнута договорённость об укреплении и развитии политического диалога на высшем и высоком политическом уровне, поощрении взаимных инвестиций и развития торгово-экономического сотрудничества.

11 ноября 2016 г. в Астане состоялся 5-й раунд политических консультаций между внешнеполитическими ведомствами двух стран. Стороны подтвердили готовность расширять сотрудничество на международной арене, консультироваться по актуальным вопросам в период председательства Казахстана в Совете Безопасности ООН, развивать взаимодействие в области обмена технологиями, науки и образования.

Договорная база
К настоящему времени между Республикой Казахстан и Южно-Африканской Республикой заключены следующие договора:

 Протокол о консультациях между Правительством РК и Правительством ЮАР, действующих через министерства иностранных дел (подписан в г. Претория 22 июля 2007 г.).
 Меморандум о сотрудничестве между торгово-промышленными палатами РК и ЮАР (подписан в г. Йоханнесбург 18 июля 2007 г.).

Торгово-экономическое сотрудничество
Товарооборот между Республикой Казахстан и Южно-Африканской Республикой за январь-декабрь 2016 года составил 35,9 млн долларов США (по данным Агентства по статистике РК).

В декабре 2015 г. в Астане открыт завод совместной компании «Казахстан Парамаунт Инжинириг» по производству военной и гражданской техники.

Культурное сотрудничество
В рамках Всемирной выставки (ЭКСПО) '2017, прошедшей в Астане, прошли торжественные мероприятия в честь Национального дня ЮАР.

Послы Казахстана в ЮАР

Послы ЮАР в Казахстане

Примечания

Ссылки

ЮАР
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Q: Error when sending Curl request with PHP: Bad Request I am trying to scrape data from an address where the state publishes personnel announcements. However, no matter what I tried, I could not succeed. I examined get and post requests with Burp Suite. As far as I can find, the page address I need is: https://www.ilan.gov.tr/api/api/services/app/Ad/AdsByFilter
I inspected the page with Burp Suite. I think I added everything the page wants to the function I prepared for the curl connection.
Am I not sending the data in json form correctly? I tried as many ways as I could find but failed.
I've included the details below.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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    $ch = curl_init();
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               "keys" => [
                     "txv" => [
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                     "ats" => [
                           5
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               "maxResultCount" => 12
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Burp Suite

A: $payload = json_encode(array($data));

should be just
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because $data is already an array. You don't need to enclose it inside another array when you're encoding it to JSON.

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R | 1h 30min | Action, Crime, Horror | 1 May 1992 (USA)
In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner, and has haunted him ever since. He soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human.
Tony Maylam
Gary Scott Thompson
Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Alastair Duncan | See full cast & crew »
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Ação / Aventura
WwW (Watch with Will)
FANTASTYKA (CyberPunk, Futurystyka, Post-Apo)
Schlocky Pictures- Part 2
Search for "Split Second" on Amazon.com
Title: Split Second (1992)
Best Cli-Fi or Climate Change Movie Climax
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1986)
The bounty hunter Nick is offered $250,000 by CIA to get the terrorist behind the bombing of an LA movie theater. Nick quit CIA - he couldn't trust them. Can they be trusted now and can he stop the terrorists before...?
Director: Gary Sherman
Stars: Rutger Hauer, Gene Simmons, Robert Guillaume
Blind Fury (1989)
A blind Vietnam vet, trained as a swordfighter, comes to America and helps to rescue the son of a fellow soldier.
Director: Phillip Noyce
Stars: Rutger Hauer, Terry O'Quinn, Brandon Call
Wedlock I (1991)
A male prison escapee heads for his hidden loot electronically attached to a female prisoner.
Stars: Rutger Hauer, Mimi Rogers, Joan Chen
The Blood of Heroes (1989)
Action | Sci-Fi | Sport
In a future, where most of mankind and technology is wiped out, 6 people travel from place to place playing a brutal form of football with a dog skull. They hope one day to play in the league in a city.
Director: David Webb Peoples
Stars: Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen, Delroy Lindo
Arctic Blue (1993)
A man from L.A. gets a job as ecologist in Alaska's wilderness. He takes part in arresting and transporting a trapper wanted for murder. But the trapper Ben (Rutger Hauer) and his friends will do anything to free Ben.
Director: Peter Masterson
Stars: Rutger Hauer, Dylan Walsh, Rya Kihlstedt
Flesh+Blood (1985)
Adventure | Drama
In medieval Europe, a young girl from a noble family is obsessed with her captors--commoners.
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Stars: Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson
A Breed Apart (1984)
Drama | Action
A conservationist and a widow meet a mountain climber hired to steal bald-eagle eggs.
Director: Philippe Mora
Stars: Rutger Hauer, Powers Boothe, Kathleen Turner
The Hitcher (1986)
A young man who escapes the clutches of a murderous hitch-hiker is subsequently stalked by the hitcher and framed for his crimes.
Director: Robert Harmon
Stars: Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Surviving the Game (1994)
A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who hunt humans for sport, and that he is their new prey.
Director: Ernest R. Dickerson
Stars: Rutger Hauer, Ice-T, Charles S. Dutton
Journal of a Contract Killer (2008)
Stephanie Komack was a high-class hooker and assassin for the Italian Mob. Now working in London as a waitress, and a single mother to her seven year old daughter, the Mob track Stephanie ... See full summary »
Director: Tony Maylam
Stars: Justine Powell, Adam Leese, Jake Canuso
Crossworlds (Video 1996)
Action | Sci-Fi | Comedy
A young man discovers that his father was from another dimension and that he is the key to the operation of a crystal that can be the deciding factor in a war crossing the dimensions.
Director: Krishna Rao
Stars: Rutger Hauer, Josh Charles, Stuart Wilson
Beyond Justice (1991)
An ex-CIA agent (Rutger Hauer) goes to Morocco with a businesswoman (Carol Alt) to rescue her son, the kidnapped heir to a desert fortune.
Director: Duccio Tessari
Stars: Rutger Hauer, Carol Alt, Omar Sharif
Rutger Hauer ... Harley Stone
Kim Cattrall ... Michelle McLaine
Alastair Duncan ... Det. Dick Durkin (as Neil Duncan)
Michael J. Pollard ... The Rat Catcher
Alun Armstrong ... Thrasher
Pete Postlethwaite ... Paulsen
Ian Dury ... Jay Jay
Roberta Eaton ... Robin
Tony Steedman ... Pat O'Donnell
Steven Hartley ... Foster McLaine
Sara Stockbridge ... Tiffany (as Sarah Stockbridge)
Colin Skeaping ... Drunk
Ken Bones ... Forensic Expert
Dave Duffy ... Nick 'The Barman'
Stewart Harvey-Wilson ... The Killer
The year is 2008. Global warming has melted much of the polar ice caps, resulting in serious flooding around the world - including the city of London, which is now under several feet of water. In the ensuing chaos, a new killer has emerged. One that's unnatural, unrelenting and unstoppable. Maverick veteran policeman Harley Stone has a link with the killer - it murdered his partner, and he will do whatever it takes to bring down the killer. As a new rookie is assigned to him, Stone must find the killer, rescue his girlfriend, and fight off his own inner demons as he gets closer to his mysterious adversary. But when the killer is a vicious 10 foot tall alien creature, even in the future, there aren't guns big enough to stop the creature's deadly reign. Written by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
cyberpunk | serial killer | london england | global warming | creature | See All (203) »
2008. The future has never looked more dangerous. See more »
Action | Crime | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Rated R for gore and language | See all certifications »
1 May 1992 (USA) See more »
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Tower Bridge, London, England, UK See more »
$7,000,000 (estimated)
$2,250,000, 3 May 1992
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90 min | 96 min (extended)
When first written, the picture was set in Los Angeles. See more »
When the symbol written in blood is shown, it contains the numbers 25 and 78. Durkin's voice reads it as 25 and 73. (He repeats the numbers correctly in a later scene.) See more »
Dick Durkin: I think he's a psychotic with a psychopathic personality.
The famous Moody Blues song "Nights in White Satin" is credited as "Knights in White Satin". "Knights in White Satin" is the title of the Giorgio Moroder remake. See more »
The Japanese cut contains several additional scenes, mostly with Det. Dick Durkin's girlfriend Robin, who he mentions in the film, but she is never seen. Roberta Eaton, who plays her, is credited in all versions of the movie, but all of her scenes were cut from all but the Japanese version. This extended cut has been released on DVD only in Germany. See more »
Referenced in Allemaal film: De amerikaanse droom (2007) See more »
Performed by Cab Calloway
Licensed courtesy of San Juan Music Group
Written by Harold Arlen- Johnny Mercer
Published by Famous Music Group
enjoyable fluff
19 December 2005 | by revcosmo – See all my reviews
If you don't like B-movies, then you should stop reading this review right now, and drop any interest in Split Second.
If you do DO like B-movies, check this one out, because it is a quintessential cult flick. Great hammy acting by Rutger Hauer and some of the supporting cast. (Note that great hammy acting is considerably different than great acting). The director actually did pretty well, establishing the post-apocalyptic mood with reasonable skill. The effects are godawful, but neat, just as it should be in this kind of movie. Lots of great one liners, especially from Hauer.
All in all, if you enjoy those good-because-they're-bad sci-fi flicks, this is a mighty enjoyable one. If you're looking for meaningful cinema... ummm.. well what are you doing looking up a movie about an alien serial killer?

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nematop® Weevil-Stop
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Biological trap for effective control of adult black vine weevils in the garden.
Contains a wooden trap filled with nematode gel of the species Steinernema carpocapsae. This trap is sufficient for 10m2 or 5 running meters of hedge.
Remove the foil and simply place the trap board filled with nematode gel under the infested plants with the openings of the grooves facing downwards. Depending on the infestation, one trapping board is sufficient for up to 10m2 or 5 running meters of hedges. The nematodes are active for 6 weeks after laying out the trapping board. In case of heavy infestation, replace the trapping board after 6 weeks.
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Damage caused by black vine weevil and its larvae
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Control adult black vine weevils with nematodes.
nematop® weevil Stop is a trap for the control of adult black vine weevils. It consists of a wooden board with grooves, in the grooves is a gel with nematodes. The beetles are nocturnal and crawl into the grooves when they are looking for a protected place for the day. During their stay, the nematodes penetrate the beetles, where they secrete a bacterium that kills the beetles. After about two weeks, the number of black vine weevils is reduced by 80-100%.
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Virtually all modern cameras are capable of autofocusing. This means, in practice, that they possess electro-mechanical devices that focus the lens and detect when one or more areas of interest are in focus. Nikon DSLR cameras allow you to select between single-shot and continuous autofocus. In both modes, autofocus is activated when you press the shutter release button halfway. In the first mode, the camera autofocuses first, and allows you to shoot only after it has locked focus onto the subject. If you press the shutter button while the camera is still focusing, nothing happens until the camera locks focus. In the second mode, the camera shoots as soon as you press the shutter button, even if it has not locked focus. There are other differences between the two autofocus modes, but they are not discussed here.
In SLR and DSLR cameras, autofocus employs both electronic and electromechanical devices. The electromechanical focusing devices (motors and gears) are located either in the camera body or in the lens (or both), while the electronic ones (mainly focus detectors and data processing circuits) are always located in the camera body.
The type of autofocus contained in the camera body is usually called mechanical, and the type contained in the lens electronic. However, both systems consist of an electronic part (always in the camera) and an electromechanical one contained either in the camera and lens, or in the lens alone. From the point of view of the user, the real difference is that the first system has a mechanical autofocus coupling between body and lens, while the second has a coupling that consists of a set of electric autofocus contacts. I am also using the traditional names to distinguish between the two types of autofocus, but keep in mind that they refer to the coupling between camera and lens, not to the autofocus system as a whole.
Screwdriver autofocus coupling on Nikon AF lens.
This type of autofocus relies on a coupling located on the camera bayonet, which looks like a small screwdriver. Lenses have a corresponding slotted socket to accept the screwdriver. The screwdriver is spring-loaded, so it retracts when the lens is mounted. If the lens has no slotted socket, the screwdriver stays retracted. If there is a socket, the screwdriver may on may not slot into it when the lens is mounted, depending on the reciprocal orientation of screwdriver head and slot. In the latter case, when the autofocus is activated for the first time after changing lenses, the screwdriver will turn until it fits into the slot with an audible click. This sound is perfectly normal. Because of the reason just mentioned, you may or may not hear the click when autofocusing the first time after changing a lens. Also this is perfectly normal.
Pressing the lens release button on the camera body also retracts the screwdriver from its slotted socket on the lens, thus allowing the lens bayonet to turn freely.
Screwdriver autofocus is simple and reliable. The camera body does everything, and the lens contains only a few gears and cams. One of the disadvantages of this system is that the size of the autofocus motor is a compromise between its strength, energy consumption and weight, based on a range of commonly used lenses. Unusually large lenses, like big telephotos and zooms, are likely to put a strain on this motor, and therefore employ gears that reduce the effective speed of autofocus.
Another disadvantage is that turning to manual focus requires you to disengage the screwdriver first. This can be done with a dial on the camera body (which retracts the screwdriver and deactivates the autofocus motor). At this point, the focus ring on the lens can be turned freely. However, turning the focus ring still turns also the internal gears, which cause a slight noise and offer some resistance to turning, making manual focus less smooth than with a lens with fully manual focus or electronic autofocus. Several lenses with mechanical autofocus possess a button or ring to disengage the focusing ring completely from the autofocus gears.
Micro Nikkor 105 mm f/2.8 autofocus/manual focus selector ring.
In the best lenses with mechanical autofocus (e.g., Micro Nikkor 60 mm and the older Micro Nikkor 105 mm), the ring that switches between manual focus and autofocus also engages or disengages the manual focus ring, so that you will not accidentally hold it when autofocusing and block the autofocus motor, or try to force it by focusing manually. This could damage the autofocus mechanism. Several lenses (especially cheaper ones, including both Nikkor and third-party) do not disengage the focus ring, and it is up to you to remember not to hold or turn the focus ring with your hand while autofocusing. This is a major source of potential damage to both your camera and lens (although you will get away with forgetting this once in a while).
Since the autofocus motor is in the camera body, different camera models can, and do, have motors of different strength and speed. As a rule, professional and semi-professional bodies have stronger and faster motors than consumer models. This affects the speed of autofocus: with the same lens, a professional or semi-professional body almost invariably autofocuses faster than a consumer one. Since a lens includes gears to transmit mechanical autofocus to the focus mechanism, different lens models can have very different autofocus speeds, even with the same camera. In general, lenses that must move heavy groups of lenses in order to focus will have a low autofocus speed. Therefore, lenses with internal or back focusing, as a rule, autofocus faster than those that must move the whole lens back and forth. This is especially true of large zooms and telephoto lenses.
Contacts of Nikon F lens with mechanical autofocus or manual focus.
Contacts of Nikon F lens with electronic autofocus.
Electronic autofocus uses a motor in the lens barrel. Usually, this is a "silent" motor that emits ultrasound noise instead of audible noise. In some lens models, however, this motor is quite noisy. The motor is powered and controlled by the camera body through a set of electrical contacts near the lens mount. Additional contacts are used for extra functions (mainly power, exposure and, when present, vibration reduction). Lenses for Nikon cameras may have a variable number of contacts. If a lens has two "missing" contacts, leaving a larger gap between a pair of contacts (above example, at the left), the lens does not have electronic autofocus. If there is no gap and the number of contacts is higher, the lens usually has it.
Ultrasonic electronic autofocus is called AF-I or AF-S by Nikon, and HSM by Sigma. Other third-party manufacturers of lenses for Nikon cameras produce only lenses with screwdriver autofocus.
Electronic autofocus has several advantages. It is silent, at least to the photographer's ears (many animals can hear in the ultrasound range, so it is an open question whether it is silent also for them) and usually faster and more precise than mechanical autofocus. For applications like sports or birds in flight, electronic autofocus is almost a must. Unlike mechanical autofocus, which is basically one-size-fits-all, it can be optimized for a particular lens. In addition, most lenses with electronic autofocus also allow you to turn the focus ring without disengaging the autofocus if you want to adjust the focus manually. It all adds up to faster and more comfortable use.
While different camera models may have a different set of sensors and algorithms for computing the best autofocus position, the motor and gears of lenses with electronic autofocus are in the lens. Therefore, autofocus speed with electronic autofocus is largely independent of which camera body you are using.


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Švýcarská reformace započala v Curychu roku 1522 vystoupením Ulricha Zwingliho. Spolu s Janem Kalvínem, působícím v Ženevě, se stali hlavními postavami švýcarské reformace. Ulrich Zwingli padl roku 1531 v bitvě u Kappelu, čímž se zbrzdilo šíření jeho myšlenek, avšak z reformačních snah Jana Kalvína vzešel jeden z hlavních proudů protestantismu, kalvinismus, který zasáhl celé Švýcarsko, Francii, Itálii, západní Německo, Skotsko a Nizozemí.

Počátky reformace
Slovo reformace pochází z lat. reformatio a znamená obnovení či zlepšení. Jde o náboženské a sociálně politické hnutí. Reformace probíhala v západní a střední Evropě od 14. až do 17. století. Snahy reformace se soustředily na obnovu křesťanství a nápravu celé společnosti. Před vypuknutím reformace sehráli důležitou roli valdenští, kteří šířili myšlenku chudé církve. Jan Viklef jako první jasně zformuloval reformační myšlenky, které se uchytily v Anglii a ve Skotsku u lollardů. Od počátku 15. století se Viklefovy myšlenky šířily do západní a střední Evropy. V Čechách Viklefovy reformační myšlenky šířil Jan Hus a jeho stoupenci. Na českou reformaci přímo navázal Martin Luther a r. 1517 vydal dílo Devadesát pět tezí, kterým zahájil reformační činnost v Německu. Téměř současně s vystoupením Martina Luthera začíná reformace ve Švýcarsku.

Vývoj reformace ve Švýcarsku
Švýcarská reformace vypukla nezávisle na vystoupení Martina Luthera, avšak z obdobných příčin. Předcházela jí celá řada událostí, jako například socioekonomické změny, které měly za důsledek nárůst počtu měst a jejich nabývání na ekonomické síle. Města však neměla moc politickou, o kterou usilovala. Konkurentem v boji o moc byla pro města církev.

Počátky švýcarské reformace byly spojeny se vznikem nových vzdělávacích institucí. Vznikalo mnoho malých regionálních univerzit, které byly spjaty se svým okolím a mohly tak pružně reagovat na aktuální problémy společnosti. Tyto regionální univerzity významně přispěly k šíření reformačních myšlenek. Vzdělanost již nebyla vázána na kláštery, ale na univerzity coby městské instituce. V 15. století pak vznikaly na vysokých školách katedry biblických jazyků. V rámci snahy o lepší dostupnost Bible co nejširším vrstvám byly pořizovány překlady Bible do národních jazyků. V 15. století a počátkem 16. století se objevovala celá řada nových myšlenkových proudů, které měly vliv na vývoj reformace, jako např. humanismus, který s sebou nesl antropocentrický charakter myšlení. Humanismus a renesance vedla k novým pokrokům ve vědě a umění. Vynález knihtisku napomohl k rychlejšímu šíření myšlenek reformace. Důležitými místy rozvoje knihtisku se staly Basilej a Ženeva. Tato města se díky tomu stala důležitými kulturními středisky.

Zwingli a Kalvín, vůdčí osobnosti švýcarské reformace

Ulrich Zwingli

Ulrich Zwingli působil v Curychu a patřil k nejbohatším měšťanům. Od počátku byl podporován světskou mocí. Roku 1522, na začátku postního období, došlo k veřejnému konfliktu o postních předpisech mezi zástupci papežství a místní církví, kterou formoval Zwingli skrze své pochopení evangelia. Na základě zásady sola scriptura se snažil dokázat, že skutky nemají podstatu v Písmu svatém. Na víru v možnost spásy skrze skutky zaútočil i formou "happeningu", když na veřejnosti v postní době pojídal klobásy. Městská rada v Curychu se dostala do sporu s kostnickým biskupem a Zwingliho vystoupení podpořilo její zájmy. Roku 1522–1523 přesvědčil Zwingli městskou radu a stal se duchovním správcem Curychu.

Přijímal tři základní principy reformační nauky o spáse: sola scriptura (pouhým Písmem), sola fide (pouhou vírou), sola gratia (pouhou milostí). Křesťanské rituály a jejich roli v životě věřících však pojímal radikálněji než Luther a Kalvín. V rámci sola scriptura odmítal pojetí transsubstanciace. Ježíš Kristus je podle Zwingliho reálně přítomen v eucharistii, ale nedochází k přepodstatnění. Mši pojímal jako projev úcty k Bohu, nikoli jako prostředek ke spáse. Ostře se vymezoval proti obrazům, sochám a ostatkům svatých. Demagogizoval mši a radikálně interpretoval eucharistii jako pouze symbolickou připomínku poslední večeře. Martin Luther a Ulrich Zwingli se spolu střetli při marburské disputaci, kde řešili otázku večeře Páně. Při disputaci došlo k rozchodu Luthera a Zwingliho.

V druhé polovině dvacátých let 16. století upevňoval Zwingli své postavení v Curychu a šířil své myšlenky do ostatních kantonů, které se tvrdě bránily. Postavení Ulricha Zwingliho se v Curychu během dvacátých let posilovalo. Jeho působení po r. 1527 se zaměřovalo na rozšíření reformace po celém Švýcarsku.

Jan Kalvín

Jan Kalvín byl původně právník, pocházel z Francie a zde také do r. 1534 působil. Ve třicátých letech 16. století ve Francii proběhla tzv. "plakátová aféra", ve které se zwingliánští radikálové pokusili zhatit vyjednávání krále Františka I. s lutherskými knížaty. Z tohoto činu byli obviněni protestanti a celá řada z nich utekla do exilu, mezi nimi i Jan Kalvín. Kalvín přišel r. 1534/35 přes Štrasburk do Basileje, kde se seznámil s reformátory jako Johann Jakob Grynaeus, Oswald Myconius, Heinrich Bullinger, Martin Butzer a Wolfgang Capito.

Mezi Kalvínova nejznámější díla s reformační tematikou patří Institutio religionis christianae, které podává střízlivý švýcarský pohled na reformaci, doplněné o specifické znaky, tj. jeho pojetí církve, vymezení křesťanských povinností, pojetí predestinace. První vydání r. 1536 bylo anonymní, ale o rok později dílo vydal pod svým jménem. Toto dílo bylo myšleno jako spis na obranu pronásledovaných francouzských protestantů a bylo věnováno francouzskému králi, aby ho získalo pro podporu reformace.

Koncem r. 1536 pozval reformační kazatel Vilém Farel Kalvína do Ženevy. Zde byl Kalvín rovněž ustanoven kazatelem a požádán, aby provedl reformu obce. Kalvín vypracoval a vydal řád obce, který obsahoval, mimo jiné, přísnou církevní kázeň. Brzy na to vydal díla Katechismus a Vyznání víry. Jeho návrhy byly velmi radikální v tom, že nerozlišoval mezi církví a obcí. Kalvín kladl důraz na mravní čistotu a jednoduchost. Jeho návrhy vyvolaly odpor, který vyvrcholil r. 1538. Kalvín byl vypovězen z Ženevy a odešel do Basileje. Reformovaná ženevská obec se začala rozpadat a městská rada pozvala Kalvína roku 1541 zpět, aby ji obnovil. Jeho návrat byl spojen s vytvořením teokratické republiky.

Kalvín zavedl čtyři základní církevní úřady: jáhen (péče o chudé a nemocné), presbyter (dohlíží na církevní pořádek, společenství jáhnů tvoří konzistoř – v domácnosti věřícího mohou kontrolovat), doktor (jeho úkolem je rozvoj dogmatiky a výchova), kazatel (vede kázání).

Jan Kalvín kladl důraz na strohost sakrálních prostor, což vedlo k obrazoborectví. Zastával názor, že Ježíš je v eucharistii přítomen duchovně. Radikalizoval zásadu sola gratia a tvrdil, že člověk je Bohem předurčen ke spáse nebo k zatracení. Roku 1560 vyšla poslední verze jeho díla Instituce, které několikrát přepracovával.

Hledání společné teologie
Rozdíly mezi Lutherem a Zwinglim byly nejvýraznější v rovině liturgické. Zwingli byl mnohem radikálnější a kladl důraz na strohost liturgie. Zwingliho s Kalvínem spojoval požadavek strohosti liturgie, který se odrážel také v požadavcích na prostotu interiérového vybavení reformačních sakrálních prostor, jež se následně projevily v obrazoborectví. Rozdílné bylo i jejich pojetí eucharistie. Luther odmítá transsubstanciaci. Eucharistie je však, podle něj, spojená s reálnou přítomností Krista. Zwingli odmítá transsubstanciaci a existenci Krista ve víně a chlebu. Viděl v eucharistii pouze symbolickou připomínku Poslední večeře.

Protireformace ve Švýcarsku
Zwingliho radikální postoje vyvolaly rozruch. Roku 1524 se dohodli zástupci 12 švýcarských kantonů a zakázali útoky na katolickou víru. Zákaz byl primárně mířen proti Curychu. Zwingli se podřídil a tím rozhněval radikální zastánce svých myšlenek. Městská rada se s těmito radikály musela vypořádat. Zwingli si během zásahů proti radikálním novokřtěncům (nazýváni též anabaptisté) upevňoval své postavení. Roku 1524 se nejstarší švýcarské kantony Schwyz, Zug, Uri, Unterwalden a Luzern spojily, aby bránily katolickou víru. Roku 1526 byla uspořádána náboženská disputace v Badenu a Aargau, na kterou se sjela celá řada teologů, kromě Zwingliho. Diskutovalo se o eucharistii, ctění obrazů a ostatků a podobně. Celá řada přítomných teologů se přiklonila na stranu katolickou. Curych výsledek disputace odmítl a Zwingli začal své myšlenky šířit do ostatních kantonů.

Zwingli založil společenství, do nějž vstoupily kantony Bern, Kostnice, Basilej, Štrasburk a St. Gallen. Proti nim se spojily katolické kantony, aby se bránily protestantismu. Z toho vzešel roku 1529 konflikt, který je označován jako První kappelská válka, kde proti sobě stáli na jedné straně Curych se svými spojenci a na straně druhé tradicionalisté držící se katolicismu. K otevřenému vojenskému konfliktu nakonec nedošlo a znepřátelené strany spolu začaly vyjednávat. Curych slíbil, že nebude šířit reformaci mimo své hranice. To však netrvalo dlouho. Roku 1531 přichází Druhá kappelská válka, v níž je Ulrich Zwingli zabit. Zwingliho myšlenky se šířily po Švýcarsku i do oblastí jižního Německa.

Radikální proudy švýcarské reformace: novokřtěnci a unitáři
Od Zwingliho reformních myšlenek se odštěpil radikální proud vedený Konrádem Greblem a Georgem Blaurockem. Oba vytýkali Zwinglimu zklamání a stali se reprezentanty novokřtěnců. Radikálně interpretovali křest jako volní akt, výsledek vědomého rozhodnutí a vědomého obrácení. Sám Zwingli se postavil proti novokřtěncum a odmítal jejich radikalismus. Curyšská obec přijala Zwingliho reformaci a radikály vypudila. Jejich myšlenky se však šířily dál do jižního Německa, Rakouska, na Moravu a do Nizozemí. Pro své radikální postoje byli novokřtěnci pronásledováni ze strany katolíků i protestantů.

V období mezi lety 1534 a 1536 reprezentanti radikálních novokřtěnců ovládli město Müntzer a zřídili obec "Nový Jeruzalém" v čele s Janem Mathysem a Janem z Lajdenu. Zrušili systém stavů, zavedli specifický ekonomický systém, systém mezilidských vztahů a hodnot – vše ve vztahu k Bibli.

Síly katolického biskupa a lutherské šlechty nakonec roku 1536 dobyly Müntzer a nastolily starý pořádek. Tímto byla zlomena nejradikálnější větev novokřtěneckého hnutí.

Němci rozšířili myšlenky anabaptismu o sociální rozměr a dobře ho etablovali. Na Moravě byli novokřtěnci na lichtenštejnských panstvích. Vytvářeli vlastní skupiny a vesnice. Na jižní Moravě působila skupina novokřtěnců nazývána habáni.

Ani Jan Kalvín neměl slitování se svými odpůrci, jakými byli unitáři a katolíci. Unitáři odmítali dogma o Trojici, v 16. století působili v Polsku, Maďarsku a v Anglii. Miguel Servet je považován za průkopníka tohoto hnutí. Servet se dostal v Ženevě do sporu s Kalvínem a byl upálen.

Šíření švýcarské reformace
Za vlády Františka I. a Jindřicha II. byly reformní snahy ve Francii tvrdě potlačovány. Přesto zde vznikla skupina krátce nazývána hugenoti, která zastávala Kalvínovy myšlenky. Občanská válka, která vypukla mezi nimi a katolíky, skončila vydáním ediktu nantského roku 1598. Dokument zajišťoval náboženskou svobodu do roku 1685, kdy byl zrušen. To donutilo hugenoty k emigraci do protestantských zemí Evropy a Ameriky. Protestanti ve Francii získali svou náboženskou svobodu až v 18. století.

Do Nizozemí pronikal kalvinismus za války se Španělskem, která probíhala od roku 1566 až do roku 1609. Odtud se kalvinismus šířil dál do dolního Porýní. Nizozemí a Holandsko se staly centrem kalvinismu.

Ve Skotsku, díky působení Johna Knoxe, vznikla presbyterská církev. Ze Skotska se šířil kalvinismus do Anglie. Zde se střetl s anglikánskou církví a jejich spojením vznikl puritanismus. Anglie a Holandsko byly v té době významnými námořními mocnostmi. Díky tomu se kalvinismus mohl šířit do zámořských oblastí a nabyl tak světových rozměrů.

Dále byla pod vlivem kalvinismu Severní Amerika. Částečně se dostal do střední Evropy (Maďarsko, Polsko). V Českých zemích měl vliv na Jednotu bratrskou.

Severní Evropě dominovalo luteránství a kalvinismus se sem nerozšířil.

Pohled badatelů na švýcarskou reformaci
Švýcarská reformace nepatří mezi zapomenutá témata historie. Pozornost jí věnuje celá řada institucí, výzkumů a jednotlivých badatelů z oblasti teologie, religionistiky, sociologie a dalších. Na švýcarské univerzitě v Curychu, pod záštitou teologické fakulty, funguje Ústav dějin švýcarské reformace. Zabývají se zde studiem reformace ve Švýcarsku se zaměřením na Ulricha Zwingliho, Heinricha Bullingera a anabaptismus.

V některých důležitých ohledech se základní historiografická témata, týkající se radikální reformace, dramaticky nezměnila od dob revizionistického badatelského proudu 70. let 20. století. I dnes se snaží badatelé začlenit různé radikální proudy 16. století do kontextu hlavních témat bádání o raně novověké Evropě, zvláště konfesionalizace, sociální disciplinace, náboženské tolerance a budování státu. Současně však postmoderní obrat otevřel prostor pro nové sblížení mezi akademickými a konfesijními přístupy ke studiu radikální reformace. Postmodernisté také kladli důraz na důslednější terminologické zakotvení bádání o švýcarské reformaci a věnovali pozornost dekonstrukci a diskurzivní analýze zavedených badatelských kategorií.

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Externí zdroje
 Ústav dějin švýcarské reformace (Universität Zürich)

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 Novokřtěnectví
 Reformace a protireformace (1550–1648)
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 Ulrich Zwingli
 Martin Luther

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We know many co-op members such as you who are concerned about high electricity bills. We are, too. That's why Santee Electric Cooperative wants you to know about a program that can help shape up your home for energy savings. It's called Help My House! As much as half of your monthly electric bill comes from the cost of heating and cooling your home. If your home is using more energy than it should, the cost to you could be even more.
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When you do, we'll perform a brief visual inspection to determine whether your house is a good fit for the program. If it is, we'll ask you to complete a loan application, then return with test equipment that determines if we can improve your home's energy efficiency enough to qualify it for the Help My House! program.
2. Choose a contractor to make your energy improvements. If your home qualifies for the program, we'll give you a list of approved contractors who can help make your home more comfortable and energy efficient in a variety of ways.
3. Finance your improvements with a low-interest loan. Improving your home's energy efficiency is a wise investment. And paying for it is easy. You can either choose to pay for the improvements in full or take advantage of a 4% loan program available only to co-op members.
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5. Enjoy the benefits of a more energy efficient home. As a homeowner, you can save energy, be more comfortable and know that you're doing your part to help your co-op and state become more energy efficient.
Why is my co-op encouraging me to use less of the product (electricity) they sell?
• Electric co-ops are not-for-profit, member-owned businesses, so our only goal is to do what's best for the people we serve.
• We encourage the wise use of energy through improved energy efficiency to save our members' money.
Increasing members'energy efficiency helps us delay building expensive new power plants by helping decrease demand.
For more information, call Santee Electric Cooperative at 1-800-922.1604.


Daft Punk is so hot right now. They didn't just win the Album of The Year for dance music, but for all music. They weren't just pigeonholed for the style they so boldly represent, but instead left Taylor Swift and her crew of producers shell-shocked as they slowly walked up to the stage and received music's biggest award. Besides Pharrell's hat, they were easily the biggest thing at the Grammys. They invited the audience into a whole new world of performance, although most of them couldn't figure out how to dance along, and stood beside music legends like Stevie Wonder and Nile Rodgers.
But let's not forget—Daft Punk has been around for a long time now. The French musicians have been active for about 20 years now, releasing Homework in 1997 and placing their unalterable seal on music forever. They have given us the sound of tomorrow, simultaneously nodding those ever-changing masks to artists who inspired their very presence and sound. With Daft Punk, quality has always risen above quantity. They've given us four unforgettable albums, each picking apart a unique set of sonic boundaries and reinventing that specific sound.
With this list, we dig into those four albums that have helped shape and inspire artists across a broad spectrum of genres. We had to choose from 53 songs. 53 songs that have been forever cemented in the history books of music. 53 songs that never seemed to follow the rules of what was popular at the time. 53 songs that rethought what vocals could sound like, what instruments could be used for, and what form music in general could take on. Are you ready to celebrate with us?
"Human After All" is basically Daft Punk's confessional to the world. After ten years in the game, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter finally revealed that under those badass helmets there was actual flesh and bones. Still, this doesn't make them mere mortals. They're like Will Smith in I, Robot. Some parts are human, yet other parts are far from it. Opening their third album of the same name, the talkbox heavy groove clearly introduced a much more polished sound than previously explored by the Frenchmen on Discovery and Homework.
"Da Funk" is the first song to really stand out on Homework. The first few tunes are just glorified intros, but track four is where we really get to experience Daft Punk as we've come to know them. Even the first minute of "Da Funk" doesn't do much. Basically just lackluster drum sections, but at exactly one minute we are fully introduced to a synth line that will immediately shake your entire psyche. Can you imagine getting to hear song back in 1997? It must have caused minor earthquakes all across the globe. The Eiffel Tower was probably rocking back and forth in time with this funk.
If you absolutely love Random Access Memories, then this slow jaunt is right up your alley. "Something About Us" is basically the first indication of what Daft Punk would eventually sound like in the distant future, fusing romantic vocals with a heavily instrumental backdrop. Tucked in-between much more upbeat gems like "High Life" and "Voyager," the addicting number shows a musical craftsmanship and attention to detail often lacking in other tracks included on their first two albums. You start to understand the men behind the helmets, emotion masked only by their classic vocal filters.
Serving as the final full-length track on Homework, the alluring jam entitled "Alive" puts the icing on the cake to what would eventually become one of the greatest debut albums in the history of electronic music. It's got the type of steady build that undoubtedly inspired producers like Eric Pyrdz, starting with just drums and gently picking up pieces along the way. The song never strays from this natural progression, and that's what makes it so powerful. You get lost in the ambiance. It's a lesson in minimalism really. Pick your song structure, and than stick to that structure.
"The Game of Love" is basically the follow up to "Something About Us." We get that same storybook narrative; this time told from a retrospective viewpoint and with lyrics heavily coated in vocoder. An interesting placement after the upbeat "Give Life Back to Music," but it's basically Daft Punk's way of telling listeners that in no way would RAM be a one trick pony. It's all about the juxtaposition. Bring your audience up only to gently bring that back down. It's a veteran move, and just one of the reasons Daft Punk walked away so victorious at the 2013 Grammys.
Wick-it The Instigator remixes Daft Punk, because why not?


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package com.evolveum.midpoint.web.page.login;

import org.apache.wicket.RestartResponseException;
import org.apache.wicket.spring.injection.annot.SpringBean;

import com.evolveum.midpoint.gui.api.page.PageBase;
import com.evolveum.midpoint.model.api.AuthenticationEvaluator;
import com.evolveum.midpoint.model.api.context.NonceAuthenticationContext;
import com.evolveum.midpoint.schema.constants.SchemaConstants;
import com.evolveum.midpoint.schema.result.OperationResult;
import com.evolveum.midpoint.task.api.Task;
import com.evolveum.midpoint.util.Producer;
import com.evolveum.midpoint.util.exception.CommonException;
import com.evolveum.midpoint.util.exception.ObjectNotFoundException;
import com.evolveum.midpoint.util.exception.SchemaException;
import com.evolveum.midpoint.util.logging.Trace;
import com.evolveum.midpoint.util.logging.TraceManager;
import com.evolveum.midpoint.web.page.forgetpassword.ResetPolicyDto;
import com.evolveum.midpoint.xml.ns._public.common.common_3.SecurityPolicyType;

public class PageRegistrationBase extends PageBase {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	private static final String DOT_CLASS = PageRegistrationBase.class.getName() + ".";
	private static final String OPERATION_GET_SECURITY_POLICY = DOT_CLASS + "getSecurityPolicy";

	protected static final String OPERATION_LOAD_DYNAMIC_FORM = DOT_CLASS + "loadDynamicForm";

	private static final Trace LOGGER = TraceManager.getTrace(PageRegistrationBase.class);

	@SpringBean(name = "nonceAuthenticationEvaluator")
	private AuthenticationEvaluator<NonceAuthenticationContext> authenticationEvaluator;

	private ResetPolicyDto resetPasswordPolicy;
	private SelfRegistrationDto selfRegistrationDto;
	private SelfRegistrationDto postAuthenticationDto;

	public PageRegistrationBase() {
//		initSelfRegistrationConfiguration();
//		initResetCredentialsConfiguration();
	}

	private void initSelfRegistrationConfiguration() {

		SecurityPolicyType securityPolicy = resolveSecurityPolicy();

		this.selfRegistrationDto = new SelfRegistrationDto();
		try {
			this.selfRegistrationDto.initSelfRegistrationDto(securityPolicy);
		} catch (SchemaException e) {
			LOGGER.error("Failed to initialize self registration configuration.", e);
			getSession().error(
					createStringResource("PageSelfRegistration.selfRegistration.configuration.init.failed")
							.getString());
			throw new RestartResponseException(PageLogin.class);
		}

	}

	private void initPostAuthenticationConfiguration() {

		SecurityPolicyType securityPolicy = resolveSecurityPolicy();

		this.postAuthenticationDto = new SelfRegistrationDto();
		try {
			this.postAuthenticationDto.initPostAuthenticationDto(securityPolicy);
		} catch (SchemaException e) {
			LOGGER.error("Failed to initialize self registration configuration.", e);
			getSession().error(
					createStringResource("PageSelfRegistration.selfRegistration.configuration.init.failed")
							.getString());
			throw new RestartResponseException(PageLogin.class);
		}

	}

	private void initResetCredentialsConfiguration() {

		// TODO: cleanup, the same as in the PageRegistrationBase
		SecurityPolicyType securityPolicy = resolveSecurityPolicy();

		this.resetPasswordPolicy = new ResetPolicyDto();
		try {
			this.resetPasswordPolicy.initResetPolicyDto(securityPolicy);
		} catch (SchemaException e) {
			LOGGER.error("Failed to initialize self registration configuration.", e);
			getSession().error(
					createStringResource("PageSelfRegistration.selfRegistration.configuration.init.failed")
							.getString());
			throw new RestartResponseException(PageLogin.class);
		}

	}

	private SecurityPolicyType resolveSecurityPolicy() {
		SecurityPolicyType securityPolicy = runPrivileged(new Producer<SecurityPolicyType>() {
			private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

			@Override
			public SecurityPolicyType run() {

				Task task = createAnonymousTask(OPERATION_GET_SECURITY_POLICY);
				task.setChannel(SchemaConstants.CHANNEL_GUI_SELF_REGISTRATION_URI);
				OperationResult result = new OperationResult(OPERATION_GET_SECURITY_POLICY);

				try {
					return getModelInteractionService().getSecurityPolicy(null, task, result);
				} catch (CommonException e) {
					LOGGER.error("Could not retrieve security policy: {}", e.getMessage(), e);
					return null;
				}

			}

		});

		if (securityPolicy == null) {
			LOGGER.error("No security policy defined.");
			getSession()
					.error(createStringResource("PageSelfRegistration.securityPolicy.notFound").getString());
			throw new RestartResponseException(PageLogin.class);
		}

		return securityPolicy;

	}

	public SelfRegistrationDto getSelfRegistrationConfiguration() {

		if (selfRegistrationDto == null) {
			initSelfRegistrationConfiguration();
		}

		return selfRegistrationDto;

	}

	public ResetPolicyDto getResetPasswordPolicy() {
		if (resetPasswordPolicy == null) {
			initResetCredentialsConfiguration();
		}
		return resetPasswordPolicy;
	}

	public SelfRegistrationDto getPostAuthenticationConfiguration() {

		if (postAuthenticationDto == null) {
			initPostAuthenticationConfiguration();
		}

		return postAuthenticationDto;

	}

	public AuthenticationEvaluator<NonceAuthenticationContext> getAuthenticationEvaluator() {
		return authenticationEvaluator;
	}

}

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Puerto Vallarta Beach News: Pancho Villa
It's fun to dress up as Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata for Halloween, Mexican Revolution celebrations in Mexico, and Cinco de Mayo in the US (they don't actually celebrate this day in Mexico). If those donning costumes knew more about Pancho Villa, who was frequently referred to as the Centaur of the North, they may change their minds. Whereas Zapata's army was more likely to be known as caballeros (gentlemen), Villa's troops had a bloodthirsty, brutal side. During the revolution in Chihuahua, sixty female soldiers (soldaderas) were captured and one of them, still in possession of her pistol, tried to shoot Pancho Villa. The indignant Villa marched through the group of women inquiring which lady had fired the shot. No one would speak, all in defense of the others. Villa had them tied up "like stacks of firewood or barrels," and dousing them with kerosene, lit the group on fire. The soldaderas did not beg for mercy. Instead they screamed in rage at the maniac who would go to such lengths to defend his male ego.
Villa, who changed his name from José Doroteo Arango Arámbula to Francisco Pancho Villa, was the commander of the Mexican army in the northern reaches of Mexico, while Emiliano Zapata, leading his Zapatistas, was the in charge of the south. They were very different leaders in many ways.
Little is known about Villa in his younger days but he liked to claim his true father was a well known bandit, Agustin Villa, rather than the wealthy landowner who raised him, Agustin Arango. Villa was not a great scholar and didn't waste time in school, lending his hand to his mother on their vast ranch after Agustin Arango died. Before becoming a revolutionary, Villa worked as a sharecropper, arriero (muleskinner), bricklayer and even as a foreman for the US railway. Led to a more adventurous life as a bandit, it was a natural ascendance to soldier, leader and commander of the Mexican army, a level he achieved due to his willingness to take chances others avoided.
Pancho Villa lost his final battles of the revolution. He turned to the not so lofty occupation of a mercenary, attacking a small US/Mexico border town, which turned into the Battle of Columbus in 1916. Villa consistently evaded capture by US Army General John Pershing, until Pershing was called back to Washington DC at the outbreak of World War l.
Pancho Villa was recruited to star as himself in Hollywood movies, and his popularity grew with corridas (ballads), the type of which we still hear to this day, aggrandizing cartel criminals as heroes and celebrities. In the end, after once barely escaping execution by firing squad and being pardoned by President Madero, Villa tried to involve himself once again in Mexican politics. He was assassinated in 1923, allegedly by order of the less tolerant President Obregón.
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Plentiful Promotions Drive Strong Black Friday Spending
Photo by Shutterstock
By Tiffany Montgomery | Published Nov 28, 2022
Steep discounting helped drive strong retail sales on Black Friday, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse, which measures in-store and online retail sales across all forms of payment.
According to the report, U.S. retail sales on Friday rose 12% year-over-year excluding automotive. Stores continue to gain traction post pandemic, with in-store sales up 12%. E-commerce sales also grew, rising 14% year-over-year.
Just as retail experts predicted, promotions were bountiful as retailers aggressively discounted in a quest to clear excess inventory.
"This Black Friday, retailers offered promotions across channels leading to strong year-over-year growth online and in-store," said Steve Sadove, senior advisor for Mastercard. "Apparel, electronics and restaurants were strong performing sectors as consumers turned holiday shopping into a full day experience."
"Retailers delivered on Black Friday with deals that enticed consumers to fill their carts despite the inflationary environment," said Michelle Meyer, North America Chief Economist for the Mastercard Economics Institute.
When it comes to industry brands and retailers, some promotion examples include PacSun, which offered 50% off site-wide, and Tilly's, which offered buy one, get one 50%. Vans offered $20 off all shoes and 40% off all apparel and accessories, and Reef and Katin offered 30% off site-wide. Sun Diego offered buy one, get one 50% off in-store, and Jack's and HSS were 20% off site-wide.
SES checked in this morning with Luke Mesanko, who owns Wanderlust Land & Sea in New Jersey, to see how sales went over the weekend and how he handled promotions and discounting.
"We had a very strong Black Friday weekend and the total for the three days was our best ever," Luke said. "We only did 10% off store-wide and a bunch of 20-40% sales racks. I hate giving brand new, beautiful product 20% off which seems to be the norm. If there were familiar faces, we made exceptions here and there."
"I really am trying to manage inventory and roll back promotions as much as possible now because even though we're still hanging on to low double digit year-over-year growth, my discount dollars are up 35% for the year – a number I'm not stoked about," he said.
"But overall, we're in good shape and we still have a month left," Luke said.
The National Retail Federation (NRF) is forecasting that holiday retail sales during November and December combined will grow between 6% and 8% over 2021 to between $942.6 billion and $960.4 billion.
Last year's holiday sales grew 13.5% over 2020 and totaled $889.3 billion, which broke previous records. Holiday retail sales have averaged an increase of 4.9% over the past 10 years, with pandemic spending in recent years accounting for considerable gains, according to NRF.
Shoppers at the Irvine Spectrum Center this month - Photo by SES
Large Retailers and Brands on Consumer Spending Trends, Inventory, and Promotions
Wanderlust Land & Sea in Sea Girt, New Jersey. There is a second store in Asbury Park. SES file photo.
Retail Check In: Wanderlust Land & Sea
NRF Calls for Visa and Mastercard to Cancel Swipe Fee Increases


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California, Criminal Justice
California Moves to End Cash Bail, But New System May Create New Problems
Steve Dubb
"Cook County Bail Bond Reform Action Dirksen Federal Building Chicago Illinois 4-19-18," Charles Edward Miller
August 21, 2018; Los Angeles Times
"California lawmakers on Tuesday passed a landmark bill that would overhaul the state's cash-bail system, replacing it with one that grants judges greater power to decide who should remain incarcerated ahead of trial," writes Jazmine Ulloa in the Los Angeles Times.
The proposal, which had already passed in the state's Assembly, was approved in the State Senate on a 26–12 vote. The bill now heads to Governor Jerry Brown, who is likely to sign the bill into law. Earlier in the week, Brown endorsed the legislation, calling it "an important step forward in reducing the inequities that have long plagued California's bail system."
As Ulloa writes, the bill "puts the state at the forefront of a national push to change the way courts impose monetary fines and payments on defendants as conditions of their release from jail. But the historic victory has been bittersweet … [as] ardent former supporters argued the final version of the legislation could lead to more people behind bars."
Alexei Koseff of the Sacramento Bee writes that, "The ACLU and other organizations …raised concerns about an expanded process for prosecutors to file for 'preventive detention,' blocking the defendant's release pending a trial, if they believe there are no conditions that would ensure public safety or their appearance in court. The groups argued that suspects will be detained in jail for weeks awaiting a hearing, and that the change gives too much discretion to judges, likely resulting in more people being locked up, not fewer."
The preventive detention language was added to mollify law enforcement groups—namely sheriffs, prosecutors, and police chiefs. With the replacement "preventive detention" procedure in the bill, these groups dropped their opposition and said they were "neutral." California District Attorneys Association lobbyist Sean Hoffman even opined that the new bill would create a "pretrial system that is safer and fairer than what is in place today."
For its part, the ACLU fears the new risk evaluation system will simply reproduce in new ways the structural racism endemic to the state's criminal justice system. Other bail abolition advocates now opposing the bill include the NAACP and the PICO community organizing network, San Francisco public defender Jeff Adachi, and University of California, Berkeley law professor Erwin Chemerinsky.
This two-steps-forward-one-step-back dynamic is disturbing but, alas, not surprising. California has a long, fraught relationship with criminal justice. In 1994, California voters approved Proposition 184, the so-called "three strikes and you're out" law with a 71.85 percent "yes" vote. As the Los Angeles Times wrote at the time, the measure was "sweeping," creating a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years for a third felony, even if for a nonviolent offense, eliminating plea bargaining and the right of judges to grant probation. The LA Times added that it would also "double and triple sentences for thousands of felons annually and ensure that they spend at least 80 percent of their sentences in prison."
Following "three strikes," the number of prisoners in California increased from what the US Department of Justice estimates was 125,605 in 1994 to 175,512 by 2006. According to the state, as of 2017, the cost to the taxpayer per prisoner is $75,560. In other words, by 2006, just the increase in prisoners was costing the state a little over $3.75 billion a year (in today's dollars). For activists, much of the past decade has involved walking back the effects of this law. By 2016, the number of prisoners in California had fallen back close to where it was in 1994—at 130,340 people.
The case for abolishing cash bail is clear enough. As NPQ's Sean Watterson wrote, "While waiting for a trial, the accused can lose their job, their custody rights, and their home, all before being convicted of a crime." Worse still, as Ethan Frenchman, a public defender, explained two years ago to Bourree Lam in the Atlantic, "Money bail coerces clients into pleading guilty. Poor clients would often prefer to plead guilty than sit in jail on an unaffordable money bail awaiting their day in court."
The Sacramento Bee, in an editorial, makes perhaps the strongest case in favor of the legislation. "The median bail amount in California is $50,000, five times the national average. People's lives will continue to be ruined, as they languish in jail for weeks, months and even years at a time, even though they have only been charged, not convicted." The Bee adds that, despite the legislation's failings, one clear benefit is that the "for-profit bail industry will die, eliminating a powerful, deep-pocketed lobbying force at the state Capitol." In theory then, the bill, by eliminating a reform opponent, makes further progress possible down the road.
Many bail abolition advocates, however, are not persuaded. "In order to uproot our exploitative system of commercial bail, California from the beginning needs to commit itself to due process and racial justice," said Abdi Soltani, director of the ACLU of Northern California affiliate.—Steve Dubb
Steve Dubb is a senior editor at NPQ, where he directs NPQ's economic justice program, including NPQ's Economy Remix column. Steve has worked with cooperatives and nonprofits for over two decades, including twelve years at The Democracy Collaborative and three years as executive director of NASCO (North American Students of Cooperation). In his work, Steve has authored, co-authored and edited numerous reports; participated in and facilitated learning cohorts; designed community building strategies; and helped build the field of community wealth building. Steve is the lead author of Building Wealth: The Asset-Based Approach to Solving Social and Economic Problems (Aspen 2005) and coauthor (with Rita Hodges) of The Road Half Traveled: University Engagement at a Crossroads, published by MSU Press in 2012. In 2016, Steve curated and authored Conversations on Community Wealth Building, a collection of interviews of community builders that Steve had conducted over the previous decade.
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The trouble started in the spring when I got a trojan despite my firewall and other protections. The nasties just keep evolving and my defenses had not.
After removing the trojan and installing additional software defenses, the operating system still did not work well. The operating system had sustained damage. I decided the last thing I wanted was to reinstall all my software at the beginning of my busiest season in our business.
Instead I limped through summer with an erratically functioning computer, which was maddening enough. I developed an intense dislike for all my new anti virus, anti spyware, anti everything programs. They occupy a lot of time and resources while interfering with simple procedures I actually want to do on my computer.
Finally, Labor Day weekend was over and I reviewed all my backups and proceeded to reinstall Windows XP, easier said than done. I had never done that before but did not want to pay for a reinstall since I suspected I might also have hardware problems. This tower was old enough I did not want to sink a lot of money into repairing it.
After the reinstall I discovered I did indeed have hardware issues. I am sparing you the gruesome details, but let's just say I even progressed past the point of wanting to swear at the equipment. I did not know things could get that bad!
So I have now learned more than I ever wanted to know about computer operating systems and still have a crippled computer. Sometimes the universe just gives me a big swat to wake up.
As I looked at my situation I realized all my usual behaviors needed to be left behind. I backup all my data like a woman possessed. But I do so in a fear based manner like the world will immediately crash upon me. With computers, that is an easy mindset to achieve, but still not a good one. Of course backup multiple copies, but I would be better off to do so peacefully.
Since I am having my second Saturn return and other intense aspects at this time, one of the byproducts is the annihilation of my computer system. Only the foolish try to cling to what clearly does not work under those aspects.
Initially I was going to get another custom built tower, but changed my mind. I hate the increasing awkwardness of the security measures I must take with Windows. I like Windows XP just fine but detest the idea of eventually being forced into Vista or whatever bloated monster follows Vista.
Since I have to spend some money, it is a good time to reassess my directions. I am switching to a Mac. I mostly do graphics work on my computer and Macs are great for that. They do not currently have the security problems of Windows machines either. Some software I treasure is not available on Macs but I have my little laptop for those programs.
So I will be learning another operating system altogether, but I really just want to get back to using my computer for my purposes instead of conducting a defensive war with it. Somewhere in all this process I have found my learning processes accelerating rapidly so I am absorbing new information more effectively.
This is a hard way to make changes, but I think it will provide many unseen benefits as this project unfolds. I am excited to be moving out of the old ways and into the new unknown. More challenges await, but also new opportunities!
This entry was posted in Creative Expansion and tagged computer meltdown, creative growth, operating systems on September 16, 2007 by Lexi Sundell.
I love mine, and would never go back to PC.
As a kid in Michigan I never cared for the Ford vs Chevy wars, and I have never been concerned with platform wars either. They are all just tools, get the one that serves your purpose. At this point the Mac overall looks like the better tool for me and I sure hope it works out that way!


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Civil Aviation Administration (CAA)
Communications Commission
File an annual return
Change company details
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Certificates of Fact and Good Standing
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Financial Services Authority
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Food business register
Gambling and e-gaming
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Applications for Dissolution – 2006 Act Companies
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Lycodon osmanhilli är en ormart som beskrevs av Taylor 1950. Lycodon osmanhilli ingår i släktet Lycodon och familjen snokar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

Artens utbredningsområde är Sri Lanka. Habitatet varierar mellan skogar, gräsmarker och kulturlandskap. Individerna är nattaktiva och har geckoödlor samt andra ödlor som föda. Lycodon osmanhilli rör sig på marken och klättrar i växtligheten.

Intensivt bruk av landskapet och insektsbekämpningsmedel som även dödar geckoödlor som är ormens föda hotar beståndet. Flera exemplar dödas på grund av att de förväxlas med giftormar. Hela populationen antas vara stor. IUCN kategoriserar arten globalt som livskraftig.

Lycodon osmanhilli godkänns inte som art av The Reptile Database. Den infogas istället som synonym i Lycodon anamallensis.

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Puget Sound RCPP Project Area: Dungeness Watershed. RCPP funds are designated to help improve water quality in Dungeness Bay, where recreational and commercial shellfish harvesting is shutdown seasonally due to poor water quality.
Project Description: Develop a comprehensive nutrient management plan including the design and installation of an above ground waste storage tank and decommission the existing lagoon. Above ground is the preferred method because of the high ground water level in the area. The new storage system will conform to best management practices and protect nearby water sources.
Dungeness Valley Creamery is one of the most popular stops on the Clallam County Farm Tour and welcomes visitors all year long. The raw milk creamery sits on 38 acres of lush pasture, home to the McCarthey family, their prized Jersey cows, and a charming retail store. The owners, Ryan and Sarah McCarthey, are part of a new generation of farmers supporting the growing movement for local, sustainable food production.
Sarah grew up on the farm and has a B.S. degree in Animal Sciences from Washington State University. She enjoys managing animal husbandry aspects of the farm and strives to make the animals more comfortable. Ryan has a Bachelor's of Applied Management degree from Peninsula College and served time in Iraq as an Army Staff Sergeant assessing complex agricultural projects for the reconstruction effort. He joined Sarah on the farm when they married in 2009 and today they have two young children. Together they apply their passion and skills in to sustainable farming practices that ensure healthy animals and a healthy environment.
Sarah finished college in 2003 and returned to her family's farm ready to secure her place in the dairy business. However, the economics of a small dairy farm were looking increasingly bleak. The family needed to figure out a way to make the farm financially sustainable. After years of people knocking on their door asking for raw milk, they saw potential in serving this niche market. Following extensive research and talking with hundreds of people, they discovered a healthy demand for raw milk from their grass-fed Jersey cows. In 2006, the Dungeness Valley Creamery vision became a reality. Today their raw milk is stocked in over 40 retail stores across the state and delivered to over 20 drop points.


Chef's Dinner, Season Twelve: Episode 5-Earth Day. Evening full, please call for wait list.
For Earth Day, our menu lets vegetables take center stage in all their glorious potential. The menu will have protein but will have a vegetarian option (which we always offer upon request).


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Well it's our first full day at No Mercy 7 and to say that there is a cream of the crop car selection would be an understate. Along with some amazing rides and some news along the way.
Let's start with some of the news. As you might have heard by now, PDRA Pro Nitrous racer Keith Haney was testing a few days ago and had an accident which render his car unable to compete this weekend at No Mercy. Though with that said, Keith will be on the property this week to support the event, and we hear might even do some announcing with the one and only Lee TEC Sebring. In other news, it was announced that Daniel Pharris, after selling his engine out of the white SN95 Mustang, will actually be taking the wheel in the Alepa Vette this weekend and competing in RvW. In other happenings, 10.5 superstar Grant McCrary will be driving the FFI car, with radial original "Big Daddy" Dwayne Gutridge helping the team get in down the track.
It's becoming a who's who of the drag racing world as well. I know that CrowMod and Murder Nova are on the property already, along with heavy hitters in 275 like David Pearson, and Radial Fest winner Mustang Mike Modeste. In RvW, just walking the pits, we have Stevie Fast, Keith Berry, Dewayne Mills, Josh Klugger, and so many others.
What was personally exciting for me to see today was the new setup on the Dodge Dart owned by Jason Digby. Jason spent the summer months having the entire car switched over to a turbo setup. The car will be driven by Chad Branson this weekend and looks to hurt a lot of feelings when it's sorted out. Watch for a full E3xtreme exclusive feature on the car as well.
Tuesday was the first day of testing. It only looks to get better from here as the track comes around and everyone gets their tunes figured out. So stay tuned to E3xtreme for the best coverage of No Mercy 7 from South Georgia Motorsports Park.
In closing, we at E3xtreme would also like to send our thoughts and prayers to SGMP owner Ozzy Moya on the passing of his sister Monday night. Any of you that have went to Orlando over the past couple of years have most likely seen or met Dee. So again our prayers go out to Ozzy, Marco, and the entire family!