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Beslerieae Bartl., 1830 è una tribù di piante Spermatofite Dicotiledoni appartenenti alla famiglia Gesneriaceae (ordine delle Lamiales).

Etimologia
Il nome della tribù deriva dal suo genere più importante Besleria L., 1753 il cui nome è stato dato in ricordo del botanico tedesco Basilius Besler (1561-1629), farmacista, orticoltore ed editore, ben noto per il suo libro "Hortus Eystettensis" del 1613. Il nome scientifico è stato definito dal botanico germanico di Hannover Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling (1798-1875) nella pubblicazione "Ordines Naturales Plantarum eorumque characteres et affinitates adjecta generum enumeratione - 175" del 1830.

Descrizione

Le specie di questa tribù hanno un portamento erbaceo perenne, oppure arbustivo o anche arboreo (piccoli alberi). Sono presenti anche specie epifite. Sono prive di organi sotterranei di riserva. Hanno cotiledoni simmetrici, a differenza delle Didymocarpoideae. Gli steli spesso hanno una sezione tetrangolare. La parte ipogea consiste in rizomi squamosi.
Le foglie lungo il caule sono disposte in modo opposto o alternato (raramente sono disposte a verticilli). In genere sono grandi e spesso hanno una consistenza coriacea con prominenti e marcate venature nella parte abassiale. Inoltre le cellule dell'epidermide abassiale hanno pareti diritte. Gli stomi sono disposti in modo disperso oppure a gruppi. I piccioli sono vascolarizzati.
Le infiorescenze sono delle cime sporgenti da posizioni ascellari e sono prive di bratteole. I fiori sono a coppie e sono resupinati. Raramente sono solitari.
I fiori sono ermafroditi, zigomorfi e tetraciclici (ossia formati da 4 verticilli: calice– corolla – androceo – gineceo) e più o meno pentameri (ogni verticillo ha 5 elementi).

Formula fiorale: per la famiglia di queste piante viene indicata la seguente formula fiorale:
* K (5), [C (2 + 3), A (2 + 2 + 1)], G (2), supero/infero, capsula/bacca.

Il calice, gamosepalo (i sepali sono connati alla base), è composto da 5 brevi denti con margini più o meno fimbriati. La forma può essere campanulata, urceolata o cilindrica, in genere globosa all'apice. A volte i lobi del calice sono embricati.

La corolla, gamopetala, è composta da 5 petali connati ineguali (a volte subbilabiati). Alla base è tubolare, mentre all'apice è rigonfia. Il colore è vario: bianco, giallo, rosso, arancio, blu o violetto.

L'androceo è formato da 4 stami didinami adnati alla base della corolla. Spesso sono presenti degli staminoidi. Il nettario ha la forma di un anello (o a forme semianulari) o di tipo lobato o ridotto ad una singola ghiandola dorsale. Le antere sono coerenti.

Il gineceo ha un ovario supero, bicarpellare e uniloculare con forme ovoidi o globose. L'ovario non è saldato alla base del calice (Besleria); inoltre è glanduloso. Lo stilo è unico con stigma bifido.

I frutti sono delle capsule/bacche secche o carnose con deiscenza varia (loculicida, setticida o contemporaneamente loculicida e setticida). I semi sono numerosi.

Riproduzione
Impollinazione: l'impollinazione avviene tramite insetti, anche api euglossine (impollinazione entomogama) oppure sono impollinati da colibrì (impollinazione ornitogama).
Riproduzione: la fecondazione avviene fondamentalmente tramite l'impollinazione dei fiori (vedi sopra).
Dispersione: i semi cadendo (dopo aver eventualmente percorso alcuni metri a causa del vento - dispersione anemocora) a terra sono dispersi soprattutto da insetti tipo formiche (disseminazione mirmecoria).

Distribuzione e habitat
Le specie di quest tribù sono distribuite unicamente nell'areale neotropicale (soprattutto America del Sud). L'habitat è tipicamente tropicale; spesso crescono nelle foreste umide e/o in zone profondamente ombrose.

Sistematica
La famiglia di appartenenza di questa tribù (Gesneriaceae) comprende da 140 a 150 generi con 3500 specie (147 generi e circa 3460 specie) distribuite soprattutto nell'area tropicale e subtropicale tra il Vecchio e Nuovo Mondo. Altre pubblicazioni indicano più precisamente in 126 generi e 2850 specie la consistenza della famiglia. Secondo le ultime ricerche di tipo filogenetico la famiglia è suddivisa in tre (o quattro) sottofamiglie. La tribù Beslerieae appartiene alla sottofamiglia Gesnerioideae.

Filogenesi

Dalle analisi cladistiche risulta che la tribù Beslerieae è monofiletica e "gruppo fratello" della tribù Napeantheae. Entrambe poi queste due tribù sono "gruppo fratello"del resto della sottofamiglia e formano il "Beslerieae-Napeantheae clade" caratterizzato da un ovario supero. Probabilmente le due tribù Beslerieae e Napeantheae sono le più primitive del gruppo relativo al Nuovo Mondo della famiglia. Da un punto di vista morfologico si riscontra una stretta relazione tra i cladi composti da generi con grossi frutti carnosi indeiscenti e generi con frutti sempre carnosi ma deiscenti. Questo verosimilmente indica un doppio passaggio verso generi con frutta capsulare secca tipo bacca: una prima fase in cui una capsula carnosa è deiscente, seguita da una seconda fase in cui una bacca carnosa è indeiscente. All'interno della tribù, preliminari analisi filogenetiche di tipo cladistico sul DNA suggeriscono il genere Gasteranthus come "gruppo fratello" del genere Reldia, e questa coppia a sua volta "gruppo fratello" di Besleria.
Il cladogramma a lato, tratto dallo studio citato, mostra la posizione filogenetica di alcuni generi della tribù.

Composizione della tribù
La tribù è formata da 7 generi e circa 270 specie:

Ultimamente (2010) un nuovo genere monospecifico, Shuaria ecuadorica D.A. Neill & J.L. Clark, 2010, appartenente alla Cordigliera del Condor e alle regioni amazzoniche del Sud-Est dell'Ecuador, è stato descritto all'interno della tribù Beslerieae. Tale posizione è fortemente sostenuta da dati molecolari. Da un punto di vista morfologico questa specie è caratterizzata da un habitat arborescente, foglie disposte in modo opposto talvolta interrotte da foglie disposte in modo alternato, piccoli fiori bianchi con una gibbosità dorsale alla base del tubo della corolla e da una capsula bivalve con deiscenza setticida.

Chiave per i generi della tribù
Per meglio comprendere ed individuare i vari generi della tribù l'elenco seguente utilizza il sistema delle chiavi analitiche dicotomiche (vengono cioè indicate solamente quelle caratteristiche utili a distingue un genere dall'altro).
Gruppo 1A: i frutti sono delle bacche carnose a forma globosa;
Besleria.
Gruppo 1B: i frutti sono delle capsule secche o carnose;
Gruppo 2A: le capsule sono carnose o semi-carnose;
Gasteranthus.
Gruppo 2B: le capsule sono secche, spesso con valve membranose;
Gruppo 3A: le foglie sono disposte in modo opposto e sono isofille o anisofille;
Cremosperma: il nettario ha una forma anulare o semi anulare; le capsule hanno delle forme subglobose e sono deiscenti in modo irregolare; i semi non hanno delle forme simili a discoidi piatti.
Anetanthus: il nettario a forma di lobi inguaina l'ovario; le capsule hanno delle forme ovoidi-elongate e hanno una deiscenza setticida; i semi hanno delle forme simili a discoidi piatti.
Gruppo 3B: le foglie sono disposte in modo alterno e formano dei ciuffi più o meno densi;
Gruppo 4A: le foglie sono raccolte in ciuffi basali; le infiorescenze cimose sono formate da molti fiori unilaterali; il nettario ha una forma anulare con due lobi dorsali;
Tylopsacas.
Gruppo 4B: le piante sono provviste distintamente di steli; le foglie sono raccolte presso le cime; le infiorescenze non sono formate da fiori unilaterali; il nettario non ha una forma anulare;
Resia: le infiorescenze sono formate da dense teste lungamente peduncolate; il nettario ha la forma di un anello.
Reldia: i fiori sono posizionati all'ascella delle foglie; il nettario è una singola ghiandola dorsale bilobata.

Note

Bibliografia

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
Beslerieae Crescent Bloom Database

Gesneriaceae

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My Thoughts On 'Don't F*ck With Cats'
I finally got around to watching Netflix's Don't F*ck With Cats, a documentary about the effort to track down a narcissistic killer whose victims included several kittens, an adult cat and finally a Chinese-Canadian engineering student.
If you're not familiar with the three-part documentary, here's the short version: A man uploaded sadistic videos of himself torturing and killing cats, prompting a group of online vigilantes to conduct their own investigation and offer the information to police, who promptly ignored all of it.
The cat killer taunted the horrified netizens for two years, vowing to continue taking life and leaving a trail of breadcrumbs for them to follow each time he killed more kittens, until finally someone found the headless, limbless torso of his first human victim in a garbage dumpster in Ontario.
The murderer had arranged to meet another man he'd met on Craigslist, then filmed himself killing the incapacitated man just like he'd filmed himself killing kittens. The video appeared online shortly after the murder.
The police, who couldn't be bothered when it was "just" cats, suddenly got really interested. The killer fled to Paris — where he became the subject of an international manhunt and media circus — then to Berlin. He stopped in an internet cafe to Google stories about himself, but the cafe's clerk recognized him and called the police. He was taken into custody without incident, then promptly extradited back to Canada for trial.
The police don't exactly cover themselves in glory with this case. Not only did they fail to act on information from concerned tipsters, they were either unaware or uninterested in the statistical correlation between people who kill animals for pleasure "graduating" to human victims once killing animals loses its thrill.
Jun Lin, 33, the victim of the cat killer.
They had a man in their jurisdiction torturing and killing cats, capturing the horrific deeds on camera and regularly uploading new videos. They failed to act.
The thing is, animal life has intrinsic value. We delude ourselves into believing that because the voiceless — human and animal — can't express their suffering, it doesn't exist. The police should have acted when the killer's victims were "just" cats for the sake of the cats, and not only because animal abusers often move on to harming human beings.
Canadian police culture
It was also surprising to see how deferential and naïve the Canadian investigators seemed in comparison to their American counterparts. At various turns they failed to preserve evidence, missed important clues and underestimated the killer. In one scene an investigator casually mentions the discovery of a dead puppy in the same trash the human torso was found, failing to connect the dots despite the many warnings her agency had received.
When Canadian police finally got the killer into custody they handled him with kid gloves, allowing him to play the part of scared little boy who didn't know what he was doing rather than what he was: A calculating 32-year-old man who clearly enjoyed inflicting suffering on people and animals, playing to his captive audience of several thousand people on Facebook as he led them on a scavenger hunt.
The killer routinely interrupted police interviews, shrugged off difficult questions by complaining that he was tired, and tried to buy time for himself to think by asking for things like warmer clothing, cigarettes and beverages.
In short, they allowed him to manipulate them as he had manipulated everyone else.
When the killer's mother appears on camera, you can see the beginnings of his psychosis. She believes her son is a sweet little angel who was himself manipulated by a phantom, a person her son invented to excuse his deeds.
She also admits she knew about the cat videos and did nothing. In her view, people concerned about animal welfare are "crazy," and those crazies shouldn't have gotten so wound up over a few videos in which her son kills kittens while singing along to pop songs. Just a sweet little boy having fun.
Remembering Jun Lin
As for the killer himself, I'm not going to name him. His victim was Jun Lin, a 33-year-old engineering student who moved from China to Canada because, as his friend Benjamin Xu explained, the latter country is more accepting of gay men.
Benjamin Xu/Credit: IMDB
Toward the end of the documentary, Xu mentioned something I've often thought about: Society's obsession with "true crime" and how our morbid curiosity gives would-be murderers precisely what they want. If they can't achieve fame, infamy is the next best thing.
We do a great disservice by immortalizing the killers and forgetting the victims. Everyone can name the two Columbine killers, but how many of us can name the victims?
"The really sad thing is, everybody is talking about [the killer] and nobody has ever remembered Jun," Xu said. "That doesn't seem fair at all to my friend. He doesn't deserve that."
The other stars of the show
Finally, there are the two "sleuths" at the center of the documentary, who spent two years of their lives ostensibly investigating the killer while giving him exactly what he wanted. Contrary to what the documentary's title suggests, they weren't cat lovers, just a couple of people motivated by the thrill of the hunt.
As their Facebook group about the murderer swelled to thousands of members he reveled in the attention, intentionally leaving clues for them in each subsequent video like a scavenger hunt, a fun little game for them to play as long as he remained the star of the show.
The documentary glosses over their mistakes, and there were some big ones: At one point they were so sure a South African man was the killer that they made his life a living hell, with an entire team of online vigilantes across the world harassing him from afar.
That man killed himself and was likely collateral damage in this fun little game the "sleuths" had going, but who has time for that when there are fresh clues and leads to track down? We got the wrong guy, LOL! Oops!
In the end it was someone else — quite likely the killer himself — who provided the alleged sleuths with the killer's name once they'd exhausted their leads and the hunt became stale. He wanted them to continue the chase.
While the would-be detectives did manage to collect some information via their own efforts, it's not accurate to say they solved the mystery.
On the other hand it's fair to question whether the killer would have gone as far as he did if he didn't have tens of thousands of people on Facebook hanging on his every video and utterance.
Deanna Thompson, who has now appeared in two documentaries about the killer and has parlayed her role into a side business.
The documentary ends with one of the killer's obsessives, a Las Vegas woman named Deanna Thompson, looking at the camera and admonishing the audience for being interested enough to watch the documentary, as if everyone shares in the guilt for the killer's actions.
But what she'd like everyone to forget is that her actions egged him on while he was on the loose and actively taking life. Playing into his scheme is a much different thing than passively watching a documentary more than half a decade after his conviction. There's a good argument to be made that the vigilantes should be embarrassed by their role in this story, rather than reveling in the attention they're getting as a result.
Remember Jun Lin. Remember the poor cats. Forget about the killer and the people who helped him achieve the fame he so desperately craved.
Note: I realize refusing to name the killer on this blog is like putting a single grain of sand back in a bottle after the whole thing has been spilled, but hey, we have to start somewhere.
Filed under: cat safety, cat stories, documentary, Don't F*ck With Cats, Jun Lin, Netflix


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Runge-Kuttamethoden zijn numerieke methoden om  differentiaalvergelijkingen met beginvoorwaarde stapsgewijze op te lossen. De methoden zijn genoemd naar de Duitse wiskundigen Carl David Tolmé Runge en Martin Wilhelm Kutta, die ze ontwikkeld en verbeterd hebben.

Runge-Kuttamethoden worden onderscheiden naar het aantal tussenstappen dat gemaakt wordt. De -staps Runge-Kuttamethode bepaalt de waarde van de benaderde oplossing in een volgend punt door middel van  tussenstappen, d.w.z. met behulp van  tussengelegen punten. Een Runge-Kuttamethode met stapgrootte  is van de orde  als de lokale afbreekfout van de orde  is. Tot de Runge-Kuttamethoden behoren onder meer de methode van Euler, de methode van Heun en de trapezemethode.

Methode
Een benaderde oplossing van het beginvoorwaardeprobleem

met

wordt stapsgewijs, met stapgrootte , bepaald in de vorm van
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waarin .

Een -staps methode berekent een volgende waarde als

De coëfficiënten  bepalen de gebruikte methode. De getallen  vormen de tussenstappen, die de waarden zijn van de functie  in bepaalde zogeheten knopen:

Daarin zijn  en  verdere, voor de methode karakteristieke coëfficiënten.

Klassieke Runge-Kuttamethode

De Runge-Kuttamethode van de orde 4, vaak kort RK4 genoemd, is de klassieke methode, waarmee
de differentiaalvergelijking

met beginvoorwaarde  numeriek wordt opgelost met 4 tussenstappen via:

en

waarin:

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Kies .

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De methode is ook bruikbaar als  geen scalair, maar een kolomvector is.

Als  niet afhangt van , is de methode gelijkwaardig met de regel van Simpson voor numerieke berekening van een integraal.

Numerieke wiskunde


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'Over the moon' residents go for a celebratory drink after plans for burger van in dogging hotspot are scrapped
Burger van in dogging hotspot on the edge of Southampton Common is scrapped
By Tom Orde Trainee reporter
SOUTHAMPTON residents are "over the moon" after plans for a burger van in a dogging hotspot were scrapped.
Cemetery Road has reportedly been blighted by dogging and drug dealers for years.
According to residents, late-night pleasure-seekers frequently gather at the edge of Southampton Common.
The van would have sold fast-food from a layby at the junction between Winn Road and The Avenue which is just yards away.
An application for a premises licence submitted to the city council meant it would have been able to operate from 11pm to 1am every night of the week.
However, residents rallied together in opposition to the application submitted by Hayri Tut claiming it would be a "magnet" for anti-social behaviour.
Submitting more than 80 letters of objection the application was eventually withdrawn.
Winn Road resident, Cara Sandys said: "Dogging has been a historical problem near the Common. It has been going on for years.
"I was furious at the prospect of the van in the area. It would have attracted anti-social behaviour.
"There are so many reasons why it would have been wrong here. It would create noise and draw people late at night."
Another Winn Road resident, Monica Parrish, added: "I feel absolutely over the moon the application was withdrawn.
"Nearly 80 people wrote letters objecting to the plans.
"It brought the community together. We got together for a celebratory drink afterwards."
The Daily Echo attempted to contact Hayri Tut for a comment.


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Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England | Email: info@pearceproductions.co.uk | Tel: +44 07903 411641
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1). Acceptance of this quotation and/or issue of a purchase order from the client, is acceptance and agreement of the Terms and Conditions stated below, which forms the contract between Pearce Productions and the client.
2). All quotes are free and valid for 30 days unless otherwise agreed or stated.
3). Costs will be discussed during initial meetings between the client and Pearce Productions. Costs will be relative to the valid quotation provided upon request. Costs will be dependent on the type and length of the production, as well as time spent on pre-production, production and post-production. Any additional costs to the production will be notified, agreed in writing and charged accordingly to the client.
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Atlantic City, or 'AC' as locals refer to it, is a gambling hotspot with a boardwalk and beach in New Jersey. Atlantic City's close proximity to New York and Philadelphia make it an appealing quick getaway destination for travelers. One of Atlantic City's biggest draws is their beaches, which boast a range of activities like fishing, kayaking, and surfing. Along the seaside boardwalk, visitors can admire the historic architecture to be found all around. Nightlife is bustling and gambling is synonymous, as more than a dozen casinos are around the city. The Atlantic City Airport is in close proximity and offers over 20 hotels within a 5-mile radius.
Why travelers visit Atlantic City: Borgata Casino, Boardwalk, Caesars Atlantic City Casino, Tanger Outlets, Absecon Lighthouse, Golden Nugget Atlantic City.
Holiday Inn Express West Atlantic CityThe Holiday Inn Express Hotel in West Atlantic City is located 3 miles from Atlantic City International Airport, just off of highway 40/322. One transportation option nearby is the Atlantic City Train Station, offering access to attractions in the city. The hotel offers great amenities, including a business center, a health and fitness center.
Holiday Inn Express Absecon-Atlantic CityThe Holiday Inn Express Atlantic City Absecon can be found 5 miles from Atlantic City International Airport off of highway 30. The Absecon Train Station is a great nearby transportation option to surrounding attrations. The hotel includes many amenities, including Wi-Fi. Book securely online.
Bright lights, big buildings and beautiful beaches are just a few of the things passengers will first see when flying into Atlantic City International Airport. Originally built in 1942 as a local Naval Air Station, the airport today continues to be one of the swiftest and more accommodating airports on the East Coast.
Atlantic City International Airport offers the shortest amount of wait time of any airport in the region. Recent renovations include a $27 million, 75,000-square-foot terminal expansion completed back in 2011, and there are a wide variety of facilities, stores and restaurants to take advantage of during your visit. Hungry passengers can head to the Samuel Adams Brew Pub on the second floor of the main terminal for award-winning beers and an eclectic menu, while anyone who needs to make a quick purchase for everything from headphones to reading materials can stop at any of several Hudson News outlet stores.
Business travelers can also find plenty of accommodating features at Atlantic City International Airport, such as free Wi-Fi access in the upper floors and charging stations spread throughout the premises as well as meeting and conference rooms for any urgent work that needs to be done.
If you're in dire need of a hotel near Atlantic City International Airport, you'll certainly be in luck. There are more than 20 hotels within a 5 mile radius of the airport, such as the Holiday Inn Express West Atlantic City or the Residence Inn Marriott Airport, both within a 3-mile proximity of the airport. Getting out of Atlantic City International Airport is also a cinch, with everything from shuttle buses, taxi services and rental car stores located right as you exit the premises.
What makes Atlantic City a truly memorable experience is the sheer variety of activities and attractions all over the city that keeps its estimated local population of more than 17,000 occupied and the projected 26 million tourists that visit entertained. It's a place where you can spend the days constantly pursuing a new interest, whether it be a rousing game of poker, strolls along the beachside boardwalk or a visit to the local museums that enlighten visitors to the pristine history of the region.
As far as the weather goes, Atlantic City is a relatively refreshing place to visit regardless of what time of year it is. Only from December through February does the average high temperature dip below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, and with the summer's average high hovering within the mid-80s, you can always expect gorgeous scenery for exploring the outdoor activities of Atlantic City.
The obvious attractions of Atlantic City are the casinos, which are hard to miss during the evenings with their vibrant and dazzling display of lights that brighten up the downtown skyline. If you're traveling on a budget, skip the slots and indulge in an afternoon stroll along the famous Atlantic City Boardwalk, a 4-mile strip of just about anything you can imagine, ranging from food stands to carnival games.
Any visitors who are here for strictly business need not worry; Atlantic City is home to several fine dining restaurants that are ideal for client or company-related get-togethers. Buddakan is famous for its beachside location and acclaimed Pan-Asian cuisine, and Nero's Italian Steakhouse in Caesars Atlantic City offers up generous portions of acclaimed steak and seafood flavors. Anyone needing a quick bite to eat while taking in the immaculate shoreline will be pleased to know that there are plenty of authentic food stands that capture the eclectic cuisine that makes Atlantic City famous.


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USAC.25 Kicks Off 2019 Season Once Again At DAYTONA
Posted on 10.22.2018 in News
2019 USAC 25
USAC.25 season kicks off once again at Daytona International Speedway.
The United States Auto Club (USAC) announced its USAC.25 Series (quarter midgets) season-opening event will be held at Daytona International Speedway (DIS), Feb. 7-10, 2019.
This will be the second visit for the USAC.25 series at the historic and world-renowned motorsports facility. A 1/20th of a mile long tri-oval racetrack will once again be temporarily constructed on a paved section inside DIS.
"For the second straight year, the USAC.25 national season will begin at the 'World Center of Racing.' The inaugural event was a huge hit for both competitors, their families and fans," Daytona International Speedway President Chip Wile said. "We're excited to welcome them back and showcase quarter midget racers on motorsports' biggest stage right alongside the stars of NASCAR."
There are over 40 USAC.25 clubs located nationwide. Thousands of kids ages 5 and up and their families participate in the USAC-sanctioned quarter midget series. Some notable quarter midget graduates include NASCAR stars Jeff Gordon, Joey Logano, Ryan Newman, Alex Bowman along with IndyCar drivers Sarah Fisher, Ed Carpenter and A.J.Foyt.
"One of our primary goals for the USAC.25 series is that we offer the kids an experience unfound anywhere else in motorsports," said Kevin Miller, President of USAC. "We want to assure that the investment in time and money the families are making will provide memories that last a lifetime. Our families and competitors talked about their time at Daytona all throughout our 2018 season and hoped for the opportunity to go back in 2019. We are thrilled to be able kick off our USAC.25 national season at Daytona International Speedway again and allow even more of our drivers, their families and friends the experience to visit and race where all the greatest drivers in motorsports have competed."
Since 1956, United States Auto Club (USAC) has proven itself as being the most diversified motorsports sanctioning body in the world. It is the official sanctioning body of many of today's largest racing series including its own suite of circle track series in Sprint, Silver Crown, Midget, Micro and .25 Midget racing (quarter midgets), Pirelli World Challenge, American Rally Association, International Snowmobile Racing, Robby Gordon Stadium Trucks, Radical Racing, Ultra 4 Racing, Formula Race Promotions and Karting. USAC has over 15,000 competitors racing at more than 500 sanctioned events globally.
Tickets for DAYTONA Speedweeks Presented By AdventHealth events – including the 61st annual DAYTONA 500 on Sunday, Feb. 17 – can be purchased online at www.daytonainternationalspeedway.com or by calling 1-800-PITSHOP.
DIS offers a three-day infield/frontstretch seating/UNOH Fanzone ticket for $85 valid for the first weekend of activities on Feb. 8-10, which features the Advance Auto Parts Clash, DAYTONA 500 Qualifying Presented By Kroger and the Lucas Oil 200 Driven By General Tire.
Fans can stay connected with Daytona International Speedway on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube and Snapchat, and by downloading Daytona International Speedway's mobile app, for the latest Speedway news throughout the season.


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Vámbéry, Arminius
Travels in central Asia: being the account of a journey from Teheran across the Turkoman desert on the eastern shore of the Caspian to Khiva, Bokhara, and Samarcand. Performed in the year 1863
John Murray. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvii, [1], 443, [1], 16 (Murray ads dated January, 1864); wood-engraved frontispiece, 11 wood-engraved plates, large folding color map (approx. 16" x 27") in pocket inside lower cover; a very good, sound copy in original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Wikipedia notes the details of Vámbéry's travels. In the autumn of 1861, "disguised as a Sunni dervish, and under the name of Reshit Efendi, he set out from Constantinople. His route lay from Trebizond on the Black Sea to Tehran in Persia, where he joined a band of pilgrims returning from Mecca, spending several months with them traveling across Central Iran (Tabriz, Zanjan, and Kazvin). He then went to Shiraz, through Ispahan, and in June, 1863, he reached Khorezm (Central Asia). Throughout this time, he succeeded in maintaining his disguise as "Reshit Efendi," so that upon his arrival at the Khanate of Khiva he managed to keep up appearances during interviews with Khan Sayyid Muhammad. Together with his band of travelers, he then crossed Bokhara and arrived at Samarkand. Initially, he aroused the suspicions of the local ruler, who kept him in an audience for a full half-hour. Vámbéry managed to maintain his pretenses, and left the audience laden with gifts. Upon leaving Samarkand, Vámbéry began making his way back to Constantinople, traveling by way of Herat. There he took leave of the band of dervishes and joined a caravan to Tehran, and from there, via Trebizond and Erzurum, to Constantinople, arriving there in March 1864. "This was the first successful journey of its kind undertaken … [Click Below for Full Description]
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The infographic points out some distinctive features of the different networks, but it's important to remember that everybody uses these powerful tools in their own, different ways. For example, my use of Google+ as an educator is very different from the way a photographer might use Google+, and when it comes to a social network like Pinterest, my educational goals are not even close to the "typical" Pinterest user. Don't worry about what's typical, though: just figure out which network(s) are most useful for you, and then think about how you can best coordinate your efforts across networks.
Have you come up with a good combination of social networks for education? If so, share with the #UOConference hashtag!
Infographic is from Search Engine Watch.


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Stephen Horne, Painter
The Artist's Statement
" I have always been challenged by the shadows in a composition – in making them hold as much information as the clear sunlit shapes and forms that often take most of our attention. Forest Floor is one of those works where I am looking closely at the natural world and, by presenting it on a large canvas, I force myself and any passerby to give it full consideration.
For many of my fellow artist, the Adirondacks are a series of mountain vistas with rock slides and forest species changes, off in the distance, offering recognizable detail around which to build a painting. For me, living amidst dense -foot tall white pines, the visual focus us measured from inches to yards away, in lichen on bark, needles on a path or the downward swoop if a spruce branch farther ahead. This is my world on evening walks into the NYS Forest Preserve out my back door, where light is filtered and shadows cut across the snow in winter or the forest floor in summer. And my black Labrador and I find more than enough to explore here, she with her nose and me with my eyes and imagination."
Stephen Horne, McColloms, NY
After a forty-year career as an editorial cartoonist, illustrator and museum exhibit designer, Stephen Horne has returned to paints and canvas, with an eye to landscapes here at home, and far away on distant coastlines. Working in acrylic and oil, Horne has spent the last few years exploring these worlds, marveling at the forest floors on trails near his home in Paul Smiths, NY, to be then stunned, on vacation, by the roiling seascapes of Nova Scotia and beach dunes and sunsets of Florida.
"The dense Forest Preserve out my back door forces me to see a landscape of detail, within a few feet, full of the rich greens and browns of the Northern Boreal forest. So, when I travel to the coast—Cape Breton, Ocracoke, NC or Sanibel Island, FL in particular— I am amazed by a world of practically endless horizons, barren of trees, blasted by wind or lit by an entirely different sunlight. I ricochet between the two worlds in my paintings, and am happy for it."
Stephen Horne's Website
Trained at Boston University's School of Fine and Applied Arts after undergraduate study at Colgate University, Horne lives and works in Paul Smiths, NY, in the northern Adirondack Mountains.
After a career as an editorial cartoonist, illustrator and museum exhibit designer, Stephen Horne has returned to paints and canvas, with an eye to landscapes both here at home and far away on distant coastlines. Working in acrylic and oil, Horne explores these worlds on trails near his home in Paul Smiths, NY, or, traveling, along the roiling seascapes of Nova Scotia and beach dunes of Florida.
Stephen Horne is a member of the Oil Painters of America and the National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society.
Framed and unframed giclee prints and note cards of many paintings are available upon request.
"I never cease to wonder at the vast ambition and achievement of a painter of such technical gifts and perceptual acuity as Stephen Horne because it would seem impossible to bring the boreal forest to a two-dimensional plane, much less the vast horizons of Cape Breton, and all the more impossible to be so masterful in tackling two such divergent locales. Yet he more than manages – he reveals, in these superb colors and honest, honest draughtsmanship, the deeper beauties of landscapes that have defied so many artists before him. A bravura performance by a huge talent."
Charles Riley
Director, Nassau County Museum of Art


Whisper-thin black crepe is semi-sheer and floaty with a slightly-hanky hem that causes a billowy effect. The pleated detailing on the v-neck is the first hint at romance, while the lace trim on the bust is totally swoon-worthy.
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Some Asus Schematic & User Manuals PDF above the page.
Who would have said, but the company Asus is relatively young, as it was founded relatively recently in 1989. The initiators began four citizens of the People's Republic of China: MT Liao, Ted Hsu, Wayne Hsieh and TH Tung, who had previously worked in Acer Incorporated.
Dubbed as the brand is not accidental, but came to the title for a long time. The founders wanted to name always aspired to the top of the list to the top of the alphabetical chain, so the symbolic words «Pegasus» (the revival and success of Greek mythology), removed the first part and left «asus», to which later joined by a little inspirational words and turned - «ASUSTeK Computers Incorporated».
The first product of the production of chipsets were then motherboards Soup for the Intel i386. But it was difficult to Chinese manufacturers to break into the world market, where already all places and spheres of influence were divided among the bosses. Anger only catalyzed the desire Asus founder break into the world of high technology, and here they are, including in the work of the full potential of all the technical knowledge, collect their own motherboard and provide for testing in the laboratory Intel Taiwan.
It was 1995, it was a year of negotiations between the companies. Now, Asus provides technical information on the new processors that has been registered in the long-term contract. Naturally, this information had not every company - and hence, the reputation and profits went up.
Then the company decides to gradually expand its activities, so there were optical drives, and Asus graphics cards.
As Asus "Consumer Electronics" guide includes laptops, smartphones, mobile phones. Here it is presented a range of 30 products that stand out for their quality and reliability, as well as his "highlight", for example "Owner Recognition System Fingerprint".
In 2003, the company Asus gaining more than 700 awards around the world, and in 2007, the leadership of the corporation divides into three components: the brand Asus, Pegatron - company for production of computers, Unihan - company manufacturing enclosures and other components.
Today, the corporation includes more than 40,000 employees who work in the offices of the Company throughout the world: Taiwan, China, USA, Germany.


Arsene Wenger believes he has unearthed another Arsenal gem in Serge Gnabry.
The 18-year-old German scored his first senior Gunners goal in Saturday's 2-1 Barclays Premier League win at Swansea, and his pace and trickery proved a constant thorn in the side of the home defence.
During his 17-year stint in charge of Arsenal, Wenger has been renowned for his ability to develop young players into first-team regulars.
Gnabry's goal made him Arsenal's second-youngest Premier League goalscorer - Cesc Fabregas being the youngest.
Gnabry may have a long way to go before he can be compared to players of Fabregas' calibre, but Wenger has been very impressed by the way the teenager, who was just 14 months old when the Frenchman took charge of Arsenal, has contributed.
"He is surprising," Wenger said.
"He has the talent, but he has the personality on the pitch as well.
"He doesn't look timid, he looks to play with belief and, of course, talent.
"Unfortunately he is another player for Germany, he's not English.
"He was one-year-old when I came to Arsenal, I can't believe it. Now I have some players in my squad who were not born when I arrived at Arsenal.
"The two players who scored (Gnabry and Aaron Ramsey) have a combined age of 40."
Although Swansea boss Michael Laudrup was disappointed at how a lack of composure had cost his side dearly in the second half, he did reserve particular praise for a young talent of his own in left-back Ben Davies.
The 20-year-old was the best player on the field in a white shirt, and scored his side's goal after linking up well with Wilfried Bony.
The Wales international has picked up where he left off after an excellent first season of senior football, and Laudrup said: "It was great to see. He is a young player who is still coming forward and gaining experience.
"He's a good boy, who is very intelligent as well. It's good to see players like that."
Swansea have already faced Manchester United, Tottenham, Liverpool and Arsenal so far this season, meaning Laudrup is better placed than most to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the title contenders.
But he believes it is far too early to try to predict if Arsenal have what it takes to still be on top of the pile come mid-May.
"I don't know if they are title contenders, there have been some surprise results this weekend," he said.
"Manchester United lost to West Brom and Manchester City have lost two games away to Aston Villa and Cardiff.
"So Arsenal and Tottenham are on top, but there are 32 games to play. But no-one can take what you already have on the board away from you."


When I joined the team at Brainshark, I became fascinated with both the art and science of selling. I've never held a formal sales role, but I've realized that many of us have experience "selling" on a daily basis: selling your friends on a new restaurant, selling your significant other to watch the movie you want to see, or selling your kids on eating their vegetables. Maybe it's more "influencing" than true selling, but you get my point.
Despite this somewhat unrealized wealth of sales experience, I wanted to establish a more formal foundation of sales knowledge. So I created a summer reading list to better understand the sales world my colleagues have been immersed in for decades, and to see how it's evolved with the growth of sales enablement solutions.
Nicknamed "The Sales Bible," this book shares the concepts behind why people buy. Enthusiastically and concisely written, it even includes a few cartoons. A picture is worth a thousand words, right?
Sales people need to learn a lot quickly to meet the goals under intense pressure. This book shares strategies for becoming an overnight sales expert. I have all summer to become an expert but overnight works great.
If you prefer science to art, this may be the book for you. Weinberg shares his formula for prospecting, developing and closing deals. One of his first points is creating strategic, workable lists – who doesn't love lists?
Sales isn't about closing the deal anymore, it's about driving success before, during and after the sale. "It's all about the relations" isn't a famous quote but it should be.
Eight simple steps to selling anything, whether you have sales experience or not. A perfect fit for creating a sales framework. McNair teaches honest selling – I appreciate that.
How can sales managers focus on unlocking the full potential of their teams while avoiding burnout from the daily grind? If sales managers aren't firefighters, why do they spend so much time putting out fires?
Buyers want meaningful, collaborative discussions. Bleeke shares a five-step sales system based on the acronym WIIFT, "What's In It for Them," and provides tips to capture the buyer's attention. Hopefully I haven't lost yours yet.
Helps us understand the fundamental principles of sales while learning effective methods of applying those principles.
We've all experienced a salesperson eagerly describing why you need their product or service, without any understanding of your unique circumstances. This book shares the value of having good conversations and speaking the language that resonates with customers and prospects. (I've always wanted to learn a second language.).
Disclaimer: I report to the author of this well written, easy-to-read eBook. It's a great primer for specifically understanding the basics of sales enablement, and includes how to develop your strategy, the role content plays, and ideas for better training, buyer engagement and coaching. And the good news is – it's free! You can download a copy here.
Do you have suggestions? I'd love to hear them. You can also share them with me on Twitter @PJCarter25.
Cheers to soaking up the summer weather while quenching our thirst for knowledge.


A pubs group behind some of Edinburgh and Fife's best known bars and nightclubs has announced plans to raise up to £20m to expand its portfolio.
Bruce Group, which owns or operates 19 bars including Whistle Binkies, The Mash House, The Royal Mile Tavern and Bar Salsa in the capital, is looking to raise the cash for acquisitions through a bond issue.
Bruce is run by Kevan Fullerton, a mechanical engineering graduate from Edinburgh University and accounting graduate Scott Piatkowski.
The bonds, which will be secured on the venues that are acquired, will attract 7.2% interest.
The bond offer is being launched through Bruce Pubs, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bruce Group Scotland which also owns rock club Opium and night club La Belle Angèle in the Scottish capital.
Its tenanted sites include Drummonds in Markinch and The Lomond Tavern in Falkland.


Two men pleaded not guilty to charges of first-degree murder Tuesday in the stabbing death of an elderly Ormond Beach man.
William Lee Peterson, 30, and William Clifford Johnson, 22, are charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery, burglary and carjacking.
Police say they beat and stabbed Bruce Belliet, 63, of Ormond Beach behind the Peabody Auditorium after midnight April 15.
The men were arraigned Tuesday and their trial was set for Aug. 1 before Circuit Judge Jack Watson, State Attorney spokesman Steve Cotter said.
They are being held without bail. Both men recently had been released from prison when the crime occurred. Peterson served 10 months of a three-year term for grand theft and was released Feb. 22. Johnson was released April 1 after serving eight months of a four-year term for grand theft auto, Cotter said.


Josh and I have been doing youth ministry for a billion years….wait..more like since we were married almost 15 years ago. For most of you that is a feather in the wind but it has been a fabulous run with teens for us. For the first 10 years we didn't have Anna, so Josh and I were a ministry power house…a super team for the UMC church. I was the lay leader, co-lead bible studies, co-directed youth ministry, sat on or just attended most committees in the UMC church, had dinner with the pastor and his wife approx. 3-4 nights per week, had a full time job in neurology/sleep center, and was a wife. Sometimes I sprinkled my time with other family and friends. Josh pretty much had the same lifestyle as I did because we were always together. What a blast we had…didn't we honey? I get tired just reading that crazy busy schedule now but we did a lot of ministry and I learned a TON of stuff. I learned that if the devil can't make you bad…he makes you busy. I learned how to talk to teens and how to relate to them. I learned that talking about Jesus is not a cookie cutter job…it takes some creativity, finesse and sensivity. I learned how not to judge teens on their decisions and their mistakes. This is the best time in their lives to make those mistakes. They have a core support system to help them through the tough stuff. All teens have tough stuff….some situations are tougher than others but I have learned that it is all tough in their eyes. It is all a matter of perspective…which most of them don't have. Their core supports should be parents, teachers, counselors, friends, youth directors, neighbors, church members, ect. Not all kids have all these people but all kids have someone. If you are that person for a teen…thank you…they need you. When I was praying about this message lots of thoughts came to mind. I wondered what Jesus was like as a teen. The bible tells us He is the perfect man. He made no mistakes…I find it fascinating that a teen made no mistakes. I wondered if he was tempted in those years. How he handled it. How did he learn? Who taught him? Wouldn't he know everything because He is God? So I went on a search. In our lesson today Luke 2..41 Jesus is in Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover. He is with his parents for the most part. He is 12 at this time and in those days he was practically an adult so he didn't spend as much time with his parents as the younger kids did. Also, when they traveled the woman and children were more towards the front the caravans and the men in the back and since Jesus was almost a man he could have been in either place. So his parents probably thought he was with the other. After a day of traveling they noticed he wasn't with them and they went back but it took 3 days to find him. So a total of 4 days without his parents. If I were him…I would be in deep serious trouble! Then another thought cropped up..A cell phone would have been incredibly handy at that point. So he wasn't in trouble at all…his parents were astonished at his wisdom and so were the people of the temple courts. My foot notes say that Mary was frantically looking for a boy but she found her boy as a man…the Messiah. If that were Anna…I would have grabbed her by the scuff of her neck…oh probably not….I would have burst into tears. My foot notes also say this is the first awareness that Jesus had that he is God's Son. I found that interesting also. So..more questions pop in my mind…according to that then Jesus didn't know he was the Messiah…so he did have to learn from other people. He was God in the flesh but Jesus wasn't aware of that. That is really the end of that day. His parents find him and Mary treasures all these things in her heart. It doesn't say that Jesus returned to their home in the scripture. It just says that Jesus grew in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and men. In my foot notes it says he does return home with Mary and Joseph and they raised him like any other child in their family. It says he helped with the family business of carpentry and he was the oldest child in their family. It also says that Joseph probably died in that time frame of the lost 18 years. Think about 18 years of your life. That's a long time but probably flew by. One of the best pieces of advice that I received when Anna was born was "the days are long but the years are short". That is the truth. I did some other research on these lost 18 years and I want to say a disclaimer here…I don't believe everything I read but these books are good to mention and I liked the sections that I found on the internet. Also I like to hear or read other peoples opinions on the matter. The Lost Years of Jesus by Elizabeth Clare Prophet and The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ by Nicholas Notovitch. Both of these books claim that Jesus spent those 18 years studying, meditating, learning, praying, preaching in Persia, Tibet and India. That he traveled during those years to mostly learn. I won't get too deep into that because it is not in the bible that he did it. I will say that it is very interesting to learn that there is documentation in the Tibetan community of Jesus being there. What a neat "claim to fame" writing on the wall…like Jesus took a black sharpie and wrote his name on the underside of a bunk bed indicating "I was here". I don't mean to make light of those authors research or their books. I am actually glad that God didn't include Jesus's teen years in the bible. Even though we think this…we don't have to know everything. I know it says that he was perfect…but I wouldn't want all my teen mistakes, tantrums, trials, misguided shenanigans or anything else that I didn't want public to come out in a book that over 2000 years later people are still reading about it. I am glad he had some privacy to "figure it all out". I am glad he was able to slow down and take it all in. I picture his teen years making furniture, traveling the land, wrestling with his brothers, swimming in creeks or rivers, making sand castles or tunnels, ect. There is a reason that those 18 years were left out. I don't mean to leave out the youth in this message. I have directed my message to adults but now I want to say a few things directly to our youth. I have learned a lot. You have teach me so much. My life is fuller and richer being your leader. As much as it hurts parents, teachers, counselors, church members…we need you to grow up…and we need to let you…..make mistakes and learn from them. We need you to take responsibility for your actions and reactions to issues that you find breathless. We need you to love people and love God and seek His will and make Him known in your life. Please understand that these years are tough and no one is writing it down in a book. No one is tallying your mistakes or your questions. Try and rely on your core people for support and seek us out. In the beginning of this message I told you how busy my life was before Anna and sometimes that business shifts….like when you have a child. Jesus was back in the text when he was about 30 years old and began his ministry on the books so to speak. I think by that standard….I am reminded that I am just getting started…Pray with me.
July 14 How Low Can You Go?
Some people feel that we have become a culture in which sin is no longer taken very seriously. It's that culture epitomized by every child on the team getting an award; the "everyone's a winner" culture. Now, it's true; we do seem to want everyone to feel good about themselves. And yet, based on what I've observed over my years as a pastor, very few of us do. Sure; you can get away with putting a lot more sexual explicitness in an R-rated movie today than you could have thirty years ago. But I don't believe that, as a culture, we've become any less intently aware of our own sins, failures and shortcomings. I come to this conclusion based on the number of people over the years that have broken down in my church office or over the phone, expressing feelings of utter shame and hopelessness over their own sinful behaviors. I'd seen them just one Sunday prior, in their regularly appointed pew in their Sunday best with their bright, clean, shiny children; the picture of Christian perfection. And now, head in hands, they confess sins that I would have never imagined.
It was a warm, spring morning several years ago and I'd not yet left for the office when my parsonage phone rang. I'll call him Bill and the words tumbled from his mouth. He wanted me to know: he was on his way to check in to a drug treatment facility. He was an addict and his life had fallen apart. He was a salesman in danger of being fired by the company. When he'd confessed to his wife, she told him to leave and never come back. She was finished with him. But most of all, he was ashamed; ashamed of his weakness. Ashamed that a substance he'd been controlling in order to be more focused, more energetic, more productive (for his wife and the company), was now fully in control of him. He couldn't identify the exact moment it had changed. But now he felt the full weight of his helplessness and shame and utter hopelessness at what lay ahead.
Years ago I remember watching an episode of a TV show about a housewife, named Lynnette; the mother of three young boys and an infant. She recently lost her nanny and her husband is a traveling salesman and, consequently, her mental health is dangling by a thread. She has reached wit's end. By mistake, she takes her son's A.D.D. medication – which, of course, has the opposite effect on those who don't have A.D.D. But when the energizing effects wear off, she is even more exhausted. She goes to see an acupuncturist who gives her a Chinese herbal tea designed to help her relax and get to sleep. Forgetting it's her turn to lead the scout troop, she drinks the tea just before their arrival and her desperate attempts at rest are thwarted. Near the episode's end, she shoves her children off on a neighbor and drives to a nearby park where she sits on the grass uncontrollably sobbing. She is discovered by two friends who come looking for her, concerned for her emotional state. She begins to unload on them about her inadequacies as a mother and human being, in general. But, as she describes her failures, the two women – whose children are now in high school – assure her that her feelings are nothing unusual. Every mother of young children has days when she feels like she's falling apart at the seams. The two women share their own stories with Lynnette and it makes her feel better… and normal. The scene ends with Lynnette wondering why it is that they've never shared with one another like that before. She declares, "We should tell one another these things." But, of course, we viewers know they won't because it is not in our human nature to talk about our faults, failings or humiliations. It is in our nature to try and look as if we're keeping it all together.
It has always been ironic and somewhat baffling to me that, of the multiple contexts each of us occupy – home, work, school, civic organizations, etc. – we seem to feel the least able to be who we are truly are (in all our human weakness) in the context of church.
But that is not what God intends for us. Many of us live our lives hopelessly trying to meet the expectations of others; struggling to make proud those who are never satisfied with us or accepting of us. But that is not what God desires for us.
God's desire for us is not that we would wallow in shame and despair, not struggle to please those who are unplease-able, but that we might receive from God mercy and grace and eternal salvation even here and now.
God sent us a Savior who took on flesh; one who knows our human experience with all its weaknesses and temptations; one who stooped so low as to leave the glory of heaven to become a mere mortal; one who would fully bridge the gap, that dreadful gap, that sin had caused between us and God.
The book of Hebrews is a sort of combination letter/sermon to a group of early Christians who are struggling to keep the faith. Now it's important for us to recognize that the writer of Hebrews does not want these early Christians to give up, to surrender their faith… not even to return to Judaism. And so, throughout this writing, he reminds them of the superiority of Jesus. That Jesus surpasses any other means or practices for seeking closeness to God. Jesus outdoes them all. Only Jesus can provide us with the kind of deep intimacy with God that we all yearn for deep within.
As former Jews, the recipients of this letter are well familiar with sacrifice as a means of addressing the problem of sin. But the sacrifices the Jews were instructed to make had their limits, as did the priests who offered them. Once a year, on Yom Kippur, the high priest entered the Holy of Holies, the innermost sanctum of the Temple, God's "footstool on earth," and offered sacrifice for the sins of himself and the people. But it was a process that needed to be repeated every year and that innermost sanctum, that place of greatest proximity to God, could only be entered once a year by one person.
But now, the writer of Hebrews proclaims, Jesus has served as both sacrifice and high priest. And because he is willing to sacrifice himself, there will never again be a need for blood sacrifice. Jesus, because he is God's Son, because he was obedient unto death, because he submitted in all ways to God's purposes, because he was perfect, has gained for us all the benefits of mercy and grace and eternal salvation.
Jesus gives us mercy and grace. Now, it's important for us to understand what that means. The word for mercy here can also be translated compassion. So, while we might equate mercy with forgiveness, compassion adds another dimension. When we forgive from a place of compassion it is because we fully understand someone's shortcomings. Jesus forgives our sins from a place of compassion because he understands our weaknesses and sins and failures; because he knows what it is like to be human in this world. Often when we fall short – when we sin, when we fail – others may say they forgive us; but they are also often disappointed in us and frustrated with us. Likewise, when we sin and fall short, we are often disappointed in ourselves and frustrated and perhaps even angry at ourselves. But Jesus views us differently. Jesus views us from a place of compassion. And so, the first thing we are called to do is to be truth tellers before the throne of grace. We can confess our sins to Jesus because Jesus doesn't want to beat us up over them; Jesus wants to show us compassion. How great is that?
And secondly, Jesus wants to offer us grace. Now oftentimes, we interpret grace as forgiveness and nothing more. But Hebrews says that this is grace that helps us in times of need. This is transformative grace; grace that has the power to change us from the inside out. As Methodists, we would call this sanctifying grace; grace that causes us to think and speak and act differently.
First, the wealthy person needed to be graciously predisposed toward those in need. In other words, they needed to be compassionate and responsive to those in need. And so, they expressed their gracious responsiveness by the giving of gifts (the second grace). The gift itself was considered a grace because it was a tangible expression of the benefactor's graciousness and generosity. So they shared gifts of food or countless other resources that were in short supply. So, the first grace is the gracious disposition of the benefactor toward the one in need, otherwise known as their client. The second grace is the gift itself; the tangible expression of the graciousness. And the third grace is the expression of thanks or gratitude on the part of the recipient. Now, how did you say thank you in that culture? You said thank you by singing the praises of your benefactor: saying gracious or complimentary things publically about your benefactor; the kinds of things that gave even greater honor to your benefactor. Praise in the ancient world was like gold; it was priceless.
Friends, Jesus is a benefactor to whom no one and nothing else can compare. The benefaction of Jesus far exceeds anything we could find anywhere else. We have received from Jesus the blessing of his grace. First of all, Jesus is graciously disposed toward us. He doesn't want to beat us up over our sins and weaknesses. He wants to show us compassion. That is the first grace. Second, Jesus gives us grace that is a help to us in our time of need. We can, in fact, defeat the power of sin and conquer temptation in our own lives when we rely on the help of Jesus. The grace of Jesus is more than forgiveness that helps us to feel better. It is the actual work of Jesus within our lives that equips us to be better; to live as God's reverent, obedient children. Jesus did it and he can equip us to do it through the giving of his grace, a tangible help in our times of need. Third, if we recognize our need for the gift that only Jesus can supply – grace that helps and strengthens us – then we will say "thank you" to Jesus by living a life of loyalty to him and by publically and privately praising him. We won't hide our faith under a bushel. We will share with others the difference Jesus has made in our lives. Friends, talking about what Jesus has done for us is not just a matter of evangelism and church growth. Let me say that again because I want it to sink in. It is, in fact, common decency, brothers and sisters. Sharing with others what Jesus has done for us, praising Jesus for what he has done for us, is the most basic expression of "thank you" to Jesus for what he has given us… something no one else ever could: close and intimate fellowship with God, the elimination of the barrier of sin and shame. And furthermore, we thank Jesus through worship because praise and thanksgiving are at the heart of worship.
Friends, for far too long far too many of us have been beating ourselves up over our sins and weaknesses and failures and short comings and God does not want that for us. What God wants for us is eternal salvation and he has offered it to us through Jesus, our benefactor, the giver of mercy and grace. So let us take the time and the energy and the effort we expend being hard on ourselves and others and let us transform it into prayer and praise. Let us come before the throne of grace with boldness seeking the help that we can trust Jesus to give us and may the living of our lives be an offering of praise for the one who has done for us what no one else could ever do. Let us no longer hopelessly seek to curry the favor and please those of the world, giving in to the world's standards and demands. But let us seek to please the one whose desire for us, whose gift to us, is eternal salvation. Because of Jesus, we can trade judgment for mercy and shame for salvation. Amen.


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Vote Faithfully
Word to the Church
Presiding Bishop Curry
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Getting souls to the polls isn't just about casting our own vote, but about working together so we all can vote and vote faithfully. We can empower every voice in our congregations in this work.
Messages from
Bishop Brown
An introduction message from Bishop Brown
Video #1 in series: Theology — October 14
Video #2 in series: Braver Angels — October 21
Video #3, Prayers for Peace — October 28
Post election message – November 11
Forward Movement and The Episcopal Church Office of Government Relations are calling Episcopalians and all others to join in A Season of Prayer: For an Election. Join us October 27-November 4. Sign up for email updates below. We come together, asking God for courage and wisdom, thanking God for love and joy. As we move toward the election of leaders for the United States, may we all join in a season of prayer, committing to offer to God our fears and frustrations, our hopes and dreams. A novena is an ancient tradition of nine days of devotional prayers, often with a specific intention. In this case, we pray for discernment in voting and for the well-being of our nation. Starting October 27 and continuing through the day after the election, we invite you to pray for the election of leaders in the United States. Materials are available below in English and Spanish for use at home or to share with you congregation. These prayers, drawn from The Book of Common Prayer, can be printed out and tucked in a Bible or prayer journal. The prayers will also be posted daily on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, #seasonofprayer. Check back soon to download the images to share on your own social media accounts.
Ecumenical Worship Service
Zoom information here
Election Season Resources
DELAWARE VOTER INFORMATION
Voting Our Creation Care Values
Practice care of creation by engaging in the election process with these resources on creation care and the 2020 election.
Plan Your Vote
Research shows that having a plan to vote increases the likelihood of voting. Use this guide to create your voting plan.
An online curriculum, "Make Me an Instrument of Peace: A Guide to Civil Discourse," from the Office of Government Relations.
"Learn, Pray, Act: Resources for Responding to Racist Violence," curated by our staff for Racial Reconciliation and Justice and the Office of Government Relations.
Resources from the Center for Racial Healing in the Diocese of Atlanta
"With Malice Toward None," a program designed for churches and groups to provide a way for understanding and healing for all sides of our political divisions for both before and after the November election.
Voting while experiencing homelessness
A brief resource highlighting specific tips for voting while homeless.
Elections overview from the Public Affairs Office of the Episcopal Church
"It is a Christian obligation to vote, and more than that, it is the church's responsibility to help get souls to the polls." -Presiding Bishop Michael Curry


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Statement by the President on the Confirmation of Jeh Johnson as Secretary of Homeland Security
I am pleased the Senate has confirmed Jeh Johnson as our next Secretary of Homeland Security with broad bipartisan support. In Jeh, our dedicated homeland security professionals will have a strong leader with a deep understanding of the threats we face and a proven ability to work across agencies and complex organizations to keep America secure. Jeh has been a critical member of my national security team, and he helped to shape some of our most successful national security policies and strategies. As Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh will play a leading role in our efforts to protect the homeland against terrorist attacks, adapt to changing threats, stay prepared for natural disasters, strengthen our border security, and make our immigration system fairer – while upholding the values, civil liberties, and laws that make America great. I look forward to Jeh's counsel and sound judgment for years to come.