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I had the opportunity to visit Florida back in 1991 with my Aunt, sister, and brother...
Brother, Sister, and I in front of the Imagination Center of Disney World's Epcot Center
We visited Disney World-yeah! A every childhood dream! I got to know more people from this area when I met Buddy Walker, a pastor from Umatilla (by Orlando), who taught at a 10-week Summer Institute of Ministry Training School through my local church in 1999 (after graduating from UMM in Morris). Then I met the most people from Florida in one area in one event called All American City Finalist-2004 competition in Atlanta, GA. I decided to do this website today (Monday, August 16th of 2004) after a devastating hurricane (Charley) in Florida this past weekend=>
Walt Disney World, in Orlando, Florida
"Our final stop on our 2006 Florida Trip. This is not one of my favorite videos, video wise, due to the fact I DIDN'T have my tripod with me on these days...Please excuse the shaking within the video. It is a REAL pet-peeve of mine...But enjoy anyhow. This video, though, is one of my favorites overall due to the shots that I did get, the timing to the music, and just the whole memories tied into it.
Music: U2 - Beautiful Day
Alyssa's Trip (April 10th of 2008
-Epcot Center
"Alyssa's first trip to Disney World-Epcot Center...."
-Magic Kingdom
Disney World's Magic Kingdom Dance
" Some popular stars of Disney perform at the Magic Kingdom in Disney World..."
Hurricane 2004 Season
Below are some e-mails from some AAC delegates reporting about the hurricane 2 weeks after (Thursday, August 26th 2004)
"Hi Sal - Thanks so much for your concern. Palm Bay was very fortunate in that the storm passed about 60 miles to the west and north of our area. The Orlando area had power outages for about a week, coupled with many downed trees. Titusville, to the north, also had severe debris problems. We were able to send some crews to help some of the other cities that had much more serious damage.
The west coast of Florida (Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte) received a direct hit and remains devastated. You might want to check through ICMA or FEMA to see if there are any requests for assistance.
Thanks again for your email. Its nice to know that folks out there are thinking of us during difficult times.
Hope to see you in Atlanta again next year.
Sue H.
"Sal, this is Vincent Miller from the City of Lauderhill. Thanks for your concern but our area was spared any remnants of the storm"
"Sal:
Thank you for your thoughtful message. Fortunately for our community, Hurricane Charley passed away from the southeast coast of Florida. We had no impact at all. However, we do feel for our fellow Floridians on the west coast and are currently doing everything possible to assist them.
I wish you and your community well.
Carlos Baia Deerfield Beach,FL
Cat 4: In the Path of Hurricane Charley (Part I)
"On a Friday the 13th in 2004 SW Florida was struck by a small yet devestating hurricane. Cat 4 is a comprehensive 30 min. documentary of one family during that event. Part I includes storm prep and the first half of the hurricane."
Christians Rush to Storm-Ravaged Florida, Monday August 16, 2004 from Assistnews.net
"Bill Horan, President and Chief Operating Officer of the relief group Operation Blessing, told CBN's The 700 Club that his organization teamed up with the Salvation Army to feed the hungry and give moral support to those in need. He said trucks were delivering food and other supplies, including ice and mobile kitchens to the Salvation Army, the world famous Protestant humanitarian aid organization."
"Hurricane search slowed by power outages"- At least 17 dead; $11 billion in damage estimated (MSNBC NBC, MSNBC and news services Updated: 11:30 a.m. ET Aug. 16, 2004)
"The hardest-hit areas appeared to be the retirement community of Punta Gorda and Port Charlotte in Charlotte County, though federal officials expanded the disaster aid zone to 25 counties on Sunday."
Hurricane Frances - Jupiter, Florida - September 5, 2004 (YouTube.com)
"Hurricane Frances was a long-track Cape Verde hurricane that reached a peak intensity of 145mph, Category Four, north of Puerto Rico. Moderate wind shear began to affect the storm and it crossed the Southeast and Central Bahamas as a Category Three with winds of 115-130mph."
MISSIONARY TRAINING INSTITUTE SEVERELY DAMAGED BY HURRICANES IN FLORIDA, from Assists News on Wednesday, September 8, 2004
Being sandwiched in between two powerful hurricanes, namely Charley and Frances, within a three-week period in central Florida was more than a man who began life�s journey in a cradle of power ever wants to experience again. He says, �Once is enough in one lifetime and twice is too much.�
Mattox is the Director and Chief Executive Officer of H.E.A.R.T, a Missionary Training Institute, which is situated on land leased from Warner Southern College, Lake Wales, FL. They were hit hard by both hurricanes and from different directions. It is a missionary training center offering practical college courses designed to equip students to serve the poor in third world countries and other under developed areas of the world.
*Note: this hurricance did an unusual 360 turn back to Florida and Texas.
The Evil of Hurricane Ivan - 9 Minutes of Raw! (YouTube.com)
"Here was one mother of a storm! Hurricane Ivan devastated the Gulf Coast from Gulf Shores to Pensacola, Florida. Experience nine minutes of raw footage shot by Brian Osburn over the course of the storm!..."
HOUSES FLATTENED, CHILDREN SWEPT AWAY IN JAMAICA BY HURRICANE IVAN, Friday, September 17, 2004 from assistnews.net
"DEERFIELD BEACH, FLORIDA (ANS) -- Robin Mahfood, president and CEO of the Deerfield Beach, Florida-based Food For the Poor, reports that Hurricane Ivan destroyed many lives and property in Jamaica."
�Houses are flattened. Families in Portland Cottage helplessly watched their children swept away by raging floodwaters,� said Mahfood in an e-mail to ministry supporters.
TWC Hurricane Jeanne coverage 2004 (YouTube.com)
" Coverage from TWC of Hurricane Jeanne as it crosses Florida on Sunday Sept. 26, 2004."
3 million in Fla. told to flee Jeanne Hurricane strengthens to Category 3, from MSNBC (The Associated Press Updated: 4:10 p.m. ET Sept. 25, 2004)
Was a tropical storm earlier that hit Haiti=>
Storm death toll in Haiti climbs to 1,500 U.N. troops send reinforcements amid security concerns, from MSNBC (The Associated Press Updated: 1:10 p.m. ET Sept. 25, 2004)
Our Daily Bread (Sept.3) - Life Lab
"Hurricane Andrew struck the US mainland in August 1992. As residents tried to cope with the destruction, scientists turned Florida into a huge laboratory. Teams of researchers descended on the state to measure the storm's impact on everything from building materials to tropical fish. Psychologists analyzed the hurricane's influence on children. Geographers mapped sunken boats. Marine scientists cataloged the damage done to reefs, sea grass, and mangroves. Criminologists studied price-gouging and the breakdown of social order.
The prophets of the Bible did a similar evaluation after spiritual disasters. They documented the personal, social, and environmental effects of turning away from the one true God (Isa. 1:1-9; Hag. 1:2-7).
In behalf of a loving God, Haggai urged his neighbors to give careful attention to what had happened. He noted the priority they were giving to their own comforts and wanted them to observe how dissatisfied and empty they still were.
If God didn't care, He wouldn't ask us to consider the time and effort we are spending on diminishing returns. If He didn't love us, He couldn't remind us of all that He has given us. God sees what has happened to us and knows how much we need to focus on Him today. — Mart De Haan
I would live for Thee, Lord Jesus, Keep my eyes so turned toward Thee That the world and all its system May attract no part of me. —Graves
When Christ is the center of your interests, life will be in focus. "
First Baptist Church in Naples
*the church that Chuck Colson attends. H.O.T.C. performed here in January 2004...
The next day, the Adler family took off for the Naples area of Florida for a few days of rest and a big ministry weekend the next weekend. The weather was mostly crummy--cool and rainy--but it was great compared to the 28 below zero that we heard that it was here in Minnesota. We did have 3 sunny days in the upper 70's that were truly wondrous and we got to watch the sun set on the ocean one evening and collect lots of cool sea creatures and shells on the shore. Then on Saturday and Sunday we led worship and sang songs from our Heart of the City CD's at the First Baptist Church in Naples--a church of about 5500 members which is also the church where Chuck Colson attends. Though more than half of the attendees were retirees, we were so well recieved and encouraged by them! Surprisingly, our latino song "I Will Praise Him" went over really big in all 3 services. And then it was a great blessing to find out that the church had already been singing my song "It is Good" for some time and it was one of the pastor's favorites! He didn't even know that I'd written it until we started the service on Saturday night. So on Sunday, we had the honor of singing that with their 150 voice choir, orchestra and praise band! It was a real blessing! We hope to bring the Heart of the City Worship Band there to do ministry in the future--God willing.-from the H.O.T.C. E-mail Newsletter Tuesday, February 3, 2004 4:25 PM
Browsville Revival
-History: Pensacola Revival in 1996
*I got saved (see personal testimony) the same year (spring of 96') through a visiting evangelist (Assembly of God in Morris, MN) from here I believe...
Pensacola Update, from pastornet.net.au
"The Spirit continues to fall among the young people - dramatically. One Saturday night service, multiplied hundreds of students, from grade school to college, were called to the front of the church. There were far too many to put on the platform, so they filled the front area. When we prayed for them in mass, the Spirit fell on them in awesome power, and most of them collapsed to the floor, consumed with God's presence. After we continued to worship and intercede for our schools ('God, give us our schools!'), we were about to dismiss the young people back to their seats when, suddenly and unexpectedly, some of them began to weep and wail in intercession...."
Pentecost in Pensacola: the Brownsville revival - Brownsville section of Pensacola, Florida Christian Century, August 27, 1997 by Leo Sandon
"The revival began in the Brownsville Assembly of God Church on june 18, 1995. Since then more than 1.7 million people have attended the meetings, and more than 105,000 have responded to altar calls inviting them to receive salvation. Visitors sometimes wait for hours to get into the services, and even then may not be able to find room in the large sanctuary. Overflow crowds are seated in the congregation's chapel, and sometimes in tents outside...."
Pensacola /Browsnville Revival, from angelfire.com
-Testimonies:
Fire for Jesus
" A powerfull movie with a great testemony from the Pensacola Revival"
Games = Florida
*referred by site owner on Tuesday, November 25th of 2008
".. flo-pd.net Bringing Florida To Game Developers and Bringing Game Developers to Florida flo-pd.net is a non-profit organization formed with the sole intent of nurturing and expanding the interactive multi-media industry in the state of Florida. Interactive multimedia, more commonly referred to as video games, comprises an industry with over $11 billion in sales annually in the United States. Yet, in spite of Florida's many positive attributes, Florida has only a handful of development studios presently residing here..."
-Cities
Places to Visit in Orlando, placesaroundflorida.com
Central Florida is home to America's favorite theme parks with so many things to do, you could go for days without doing the same thing twice. There are restaurants that will please everybody and shopping for every budget. Orlando is known as a family vacation destination but it's also a great place for singles, girlfriend getaways and romantic couple weekends. Orlando has nightclubs and dinner shows featuring world class entertainers. ...
-Physically Challenged
Police: Volunteer Who Found Florida Girl a 'Hero', Wednesday, April 14th 2010 aolnews.com
"(April 14) -- James King was prepared. With water, trail mix, his Bible and a GPS-equipped phone, he entered the thick alligator-filled swampy woods on a solo journey to look for missing 11-year-old Nadia Bloom.
Wanting to get a jump on the day's search, King, 44, set out on his own at daybreak Tuesday to look for the little girl he knew from church. Nadia had vanished Friday from her Winter Springs, Fla., neighborhood, setting off an intense search for the long-haired fifth grader with Asperger's syndrome.
"I went in and then the Lord told me to follow where the sunrise was," he said today on NBC's "Today" show. "I would call 'Nadia.' Then I'd be praying and talking to the Lord.
"One time I said, "Nadia' and I heard, 'What?'" King said, recounting the moment he first made contact with Nadia on Tuesday morning, about two hours after entering an area that searchers had yet to comb. "And I said, 'Ah, I'm going that way.'"
King said they kept calling back and forth until he reached her. "There she was, sitting on a log," he said, "looking expectantly, like, 'You're finally here.'"
King calmly called 911 to report the rescue.
The police chief praised King's effort.
"He came out with her and for that, he's a hero," Winter Springs Police Chief Kevin Brunelle told AOL News in a phone interview today. "Right now everything we have doesn't say that Mr. King did anything inappropriate or broke any laws."
Brunelle said police will investigate all of the leads they received and will talk to Nadia again but didn't expect any suspects in the case. On Tuesday, Nadia told authorities that "she went for a walk and got lost and Mr. King found her," Brunelle said.
In the recording of the 911 call, King calmly states: "I've got her. I've got Nadia. OK, I'm in the middle of the swamp. I can give you my GPS coordinates off this Blackberry. I just got to figure out how to get them again."
The male dispatcher asks to speak with Nadia. "Hi, this is Nadia. I am the girl that got lost," she tells him, before asking for his name.
King said she was in good shape except for bug bites and dehydration and that she was barefoot.
He offered her an apple, while still on the phone with authorities.
"Sure an apple! I'd love an apple," Nadia said.
King had also brought toilet paper with him, intending on using it to leave a trail so he could exit the woods. But he realized he wouldn't be leaving the same way -- it was too dangerous -- so he used the toilet tissue to cover the tops of bushes so a helicopter could find them.
In the late morning, Nadia was carried out of the woods on a black sling, where her parents and younger sister were waiting.
Nadia's father, Jeff Bloom, hugged King, according to reports. "Things don't always turn out this way," he said. "We're so blessed."
Nadia said two things to officers after being rescued, Brunelle said: "Glad you guys found me. Can't believe you rescued me."
Nadia was released from a hospital Tuesday night and was said to be doing well.
Though he was called a hero, King was interviewed by police.
King said police checked his background and his car, but did not request that he take a polygraph test or give a DNA sample, the Orlando Sentinel reported. The paper said a check of a state database shows he does not have a criminal record.
King said on the "Today" show that the police treated him with professionalism, and he acknowledged the potential for skepticism.
"They're doing their job," he said. "They don't know who I am. Who's this guy? I wasn't a part of the official search party. They checked me out."
James King Finds Missing Nadia Bloom Alive
-Drama
"Awesome Human Video performance by, "Fusion" Student Ministries, New Destiny Church. Performed during the "Taking it to the Street Ministries" annual Christmas Outreach. An outdoor Christmas party for low income families, Senior Citizens and the homeless community in St. Petersburg, Fl"
Worship, in Naples Area
Church USA-Florida
Ministry to the Poor, with Int'l Exhalter (radio ministry to the Philippines)
*Contact: Carlito Ochoa, who moved here in 2003 from Minnesota helping reach Fil-Am in this state!
Pioneers, missions agency based in Orlando
"Eighty towering pine trees were toppled by the storm. Several recreational vehicles and modulars were destroyed, including the mission�s guest units on the lakefront.
�This is a big blow,� said PIONEERS-USA president Steve Richardson. �But we can thank God that no one was hurt, and trust Him for the days ahead.�...more (Orlando, Florida, August 16, 2004)-from Downers (UMM grad)
From : John D.
Sent : Thursday, September 2, 2004 12:30 PM
Subject : Here we go again!
Please be in prayer for us here as we brace ourselves for another hurricane. Our office is closed tomorrow but many people have left already today to prepare their homes. Since we are in an apartment, there isn't much to do except tape up the windows. We are planning to ride it out at home. Last time our power came back on pretty quickly because we're next door to one of the power company buildings, and next to that is a police station, so we're on a high priority grid. So anyway, please pray especially for Naomi, who wasn't thrilled about one hurricane and definitely doesn't want another! And while you're at it, please remember all my friends and supporters in Richmond, who got dumped on pretty hard earlier this week.
In between hurricanes we've been hard at work preparing for our next candidate program, which is the first week of October. We have been praying for 27 candidates. When Charley came we had about 3 confirmed, and now we're at 23! We praise God for raising up more workers; we may yet reach this lofty, but loosely held goal.
Thanks for standing with us as we weather the storms!
Peace to you and yours,
It looks like the prayers are being answered, check this out; however, it's not over yet-keep praying (9/5/04 @6:20p)=>
"Tropical Update-
Frances downgraded to tropical storm
4:49 P.M. ET Sun.,Sep.5,2004
John Desjardins and Buzz Bernard, Sr. Meteorologists,
Frances Overview
Maximum sustained winds have decreased to 70 mph, as of 5 p.m. ET. Frances could regain hurricane strength over the Gulf of Mexico
Hurricane Warnings now extended to the Florida Panhandle from the mouth of the Suwannee River to Destin
Slow-moving storm crossing the Florida Peninsula. Inland flood threat, widespread power outages, extreme beach erosion. Isolated tornadoes are possible over portions of central and north Florida
Travel Advisory: Road, hotel and airport information
With the late afternoon advisory, the National Hurricane Center has downgraded Frances to a tropical storm, with sustained winds of 70 mph. However, this does not mean residents of Flordia can let their guard down. Wind gusts in excess of 40 mph will be widespread across much of the Peninsula. Heavy rain will also continue to fall in some areas of central and northern Florida. Already, over 13 inches of rain have inundated West Palm Beach, and similar totals are expected at spots on the central and northern peninsula by tomorrow morning. Isolated tornadoes are possible, particularly across northern portions of Florida - including the Panhandle - and southern Georgia.
After re-emerging over the Gulf of Mexico this evening, Frances is expected to intensify to a minimal hurricane. A second landfall is expected along the central Florida Panhandle early Monday afternoon. In fact, a hurricane warning is in effect along the panhandle from the mouth of the Suwannee River to Destin. Excessive rainfall will continue to accompany Frances northward into the panhandle and interior Southeast, especially Alabama and Georgia, over the next several days.-from Weather.com
Sent : Tuesday, September 7, 2004 12:53 PM
To : "John (John D.
Subject : Hurricane Frances News from the Downers
Thank you for all your prayers!
Frances turned out to be all bark (or howl) and no bite for us. Even though her winds blew pretty strongly for about 36 hours and we were confined to our home for the better part of four days, we only lost power for about 12 hours and saw just a few small branches and palm fronds lying around. There is no significant damage to PIONEERS either, which is wonderful. So we're feeling very fortunate.
Now hopefully Ivan will stay far, far away. Although we will be in Minnesota beginning Saturday, so we won't be around if if he does come to see us.
Please pray for a fruitful and restful time in Minnesota. We'll be doing partnership development, taking some vacation, attending a wedding and doing some mobilization stuff up in Duluth and in Minneapolis. The week after, Naomi returns to Orlando and I go on to Chicago for a week-long missions conference at Trinity International University.
Peace to you and your household today!
John & Naomi
Fort Myers, where the Minnesota Twins train for Spring Training and my Aunt Toni lives
Jacksonville, where a UMM Alumn 04' Joey P lives and works (Main Street America Group
Orlando Info
The City of Umatilla
Gospel Tabernacle
16411 Whisteling Pine Rd.
Email: budtilla@aol.com
Pastor: Buddy Walker
, where my local church (MCC) in Morris has a connection with.
Master Builders Fellowship Church Directory
Healing-Revival in Lakeland, Florida - Worship 05/22/2008
"Watch the videos of the Florida-Healing-Revival in FULL-LENGHT on www.florida-revival-videos.blogspot.com"
Florida County Maps
Liberty Texas
-Drugs
Teen Challenge, Sanford, FL
Teen Challenge of Sanford Music Video - David Crowder Band
"Teen Challenge is a faith based drug and alcohol rehab. This Teen Challenge is a adult male center with about 120 students. We are located in Sanford Florida."
Florida Newspapers, from Florida Link
Viral Video Time! Evan Longoria saves a reporter's life By 'Duk Wed May 18 02:49pm EDT sports.yahoo.com
Baseball Star's Amazing Catch Goes Viral
"..The video, of course, is about as real as Longoria hanging from a helicopter while looking for his lost cap last year. ..
The Rays' Rise to Glory by Dukes Knutson fca.org
"In the aftermath of the Tampa Bay Rays' startling conquest of their first playoff berth, Vice President of Communications Rick Vaughn, sequestered in a corner office in the Rays' press box, celebrated with his staff. Decompressing from the euphoria of the moment, Vaughn then scrolled through a multitude of congratulatory messages on his BlackBerry.
"You'll like this one," he said. "It says, 'I just returned from Mass, and the Gospel message for today is "the first shall be last, and the last shall be first."' That's the best one I'll get."
Sharing the Victory Radio host Ron Brown talked to Ben Zobrist of the Tampa Bay Rays just hours before they resume game 5 of the World Series in Philadelphia versus the Phillies. Listen Now! Since their inception in 1998, the Rays (formerly the Devil Rays) have been the poster team for futility in Major League Baseball. Check out the evidence from the Rays' first decade:
--They finished last in the formidable American League East in nine of 10 seasons (4th in 2004).
--They had never been more than four games over .500 in their history. (This year, the Rays finished 32 games over .500).
--They occupied first place in the AL East for a total of 18 days COMBINED in 10 years (This year, the Rays were atop the AL East for 109 days).
--Their greatest number of wins in one season was 70, and that was in 2004. (This year: 97.)
So, just how did this band of Mohawk-coiffed (a late-season, team-bonding rite) stallions script the 2008 version of "worst-to-first"?
The extreme makeover of Tampa Bay began on Oct. 6, 2005, when financial guru Stuart Sternberg assumed ownership of the beleaguered franchise. Sternberg immediately and boldly began to chart a new course for the Rays by corralling a pair of young, dynamic baseball wizards to oversee the daily operations of Rays' baseball. He elevated Matt Silverman to president and hired Andrew Friedman as executive vice president of baseball operations. In addition, Sternberg lured long-time baseball mastermind Gerry Hunsicker from the Houston Astros to provide his youthful duo with veteran leadership.
The Rays infused their farm system with promising talent, which resulted from favorable draft picks, and the seedlings have now matured in 2008. Acrobatic defense, a replenished bullpen, clutch hitting and a kiddie-corps of promising starting pitchers propelled the Rays into the national limelight. Even the external image of the Rays changed this season with the re-christening of the shortened team name, its new team colors and new logo.
The ascension of the Rays came unexpectedly, although many pre-season prognosticators did forecast brighter days for the besieged organization. Just 19 games into the season, however, the Rays found themselves in their habitual cellar-dwelling position, three games below .500 at 8-11.
Hints of a revival sprouted at the end of April as the Rays reeled off six consecutive wins—series sweeps against Toronto and Boston—that vaulted them into a first-place tie in the AL East. Skeptics soon began to take notice of the Rays when they sustained their newly-found fortunes, and they gradually converted the doubting Thomases with more series sweeps over the highly-acclaimed Angels, Cubs, Marlins, and twice against the Red Sox.
The pinnacle of the Rays?' astonishing season was reached Sept. 20 when they squashed the Minnesota Twins 7-2 to secure the team's first playoff berth. A second celebration ensued just six days later in Detroit when the Rays guaranteed that, for the first time since 1997, the AL East championship banner would be raised in a ballpark other than Yankee Stadium or Fenway Park.
Bespectacled Manager Joe Maddon framed his outlook for 2008 back in spring training with this unusual equation: 9 = 8. Madden's mantra was that nine players, giving maximum effort for nine innings, equals eight playoff teams. A herd of youthful, eager players provided the proof for Maddon's theory and the AL East title.
Virtually every player on the Rays' roster has worn the hero title at some point during the season, making the 2008 Rays the consummate team.
"It's one of those things that many players—Hall of Fame players—will go their entire careers and never experience anything like this," said 2007 Comeback Player of the Year Carlos Pena. "And so I treat this with respect; I really appreciate it. I'm really very thankful and grateful for it. And the greatest thing about it is the way we've done it. It's been a team that has humbly done it. It's almost like we're here by the grace of God."
Pena, who grew up in a Christian home in the Dominican Republic, surged in the second half of the season following a sub-par first-half, which was hampered by a stint on the disabled list due to a broken index finger. He is regarded as one of the Rays' charismatic and veteran leaders, and an MVP candidate.
"Sometimes people might see me and say 'This guy is happy! Why is he always happy?'" he said. "In reality, I could find a million things to be happy about. If you are observing life through the eyes of the majority of the people around you, then, yeah, you can find a bunch of things to complain about. But I have this idea of 'staying within.' Stay within—that's something that's big for me. My own world. MY world. In my world, only a few things exist: God, my family, and being grateful. And I try not to leave room for anything else."
Pena is widely acclaimed for his work in the Tampa Bay community. On the day prior to the Rays' playoff-clinching victory over the Twins, a young boy was involved in a serious accident, and he will likely never walk again. When Pena learned that he is the boy's favorite baseball player, he went to the hospital to visit him, overwhelming the victim and his parents with his altruistic and genuine caring.
Another of the Rays' faith-professing stars is Ben Zobrist. Being groomed to be the Rays' utility man out of spring training, he fractured his left thumb and, instead, landed on the DL for the first month of the season. The hard-working son of a preacher relentlessly and aggressively rehabilitated, but bounced between Durham (the Rays' AAA affiliate) and Tampa Bay four times before finding his niche with the Rays.
"Yeah, it's been tough to a certain degree," the affable Zobrist said of his yo-yo ride this year. "But I think if you realize you're giving it your best shot, then it's up to the Lord beyond that. If you're giving everything you can on the field, working hard, and things may not be working out the way you want things to work out, then obviously God has another plan in mind.
"He doesn't always want our success in whatever we do," Zobrist continued. "It's hard to accept that, but as long as you just take care of your business and make sure you're doing everything you can possibly do, then at some point you just have to trust the Lord and believe that even in demotion you might be blessed."
The most versatile of the Rays (he has started at five different positions this season), the 6'3", 200-lb. Zobrist, who was active in his high school FCA Huddle, has added a new dimension to his resume: power.
In 280 Major League at-bats coming into this season, he slugged just three home runs. But in 198 at-bats this summer, Zobrist clubbed 12 dingers, including two grand slams, and four home runs in the season-ending series at Detroit.
"I've hit for a lot more power," he said of his personal highlight to this banner season. "Seeing the ball come off my bat a few times, I didn't know I had some of those swings in me. So that's been kind of a light for me, and maybe I can do some of that a little bit more often. I mean, hitting a grand slam at Yankee Stadium is such a thrill! I've just been very blessed."
Like Pena, Zobrist appreciates the camaraderie in the Rays' clubhouse. "It's been a blast," he said. "To be in a clubhouse like this among so many young guys and guys who are sort of in the twilight of their careers—it's a great mix. Everybody has a pretty good attitude about going out there every day and just having fun. It's easy to forget how to have fun at this level, but guys are having fun playing together, encouraging each other, and pushing each other to do better. To be a part of that atmosphere at this point of the year is special to say the least."
Burly outfielder Gabe Gross was peddled by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Rays in late April and was used primarily as a defensive replacement and spot-starter early on. However, his club-leading three walk-off hits, coupled with injuries to stalwarts Rocco Baldelli and Carl Crawford soon landed him in the starting lineup.
"My initial reaction was one of surprise and a little bit of sorrow," Gross said of his trade to the Rays. "I had some really good friends in Milwaukee, and I was sad that I was going to be leaving that situation. But once I started learning a little bit about what this team was about, and I got down here and started meeting some of the guys, it became a blessing in a hurry."
As is customary with many teams, Rays' players select songs to be piped over the loudspeaker each time they come to bat. In Milwaukee ("I Can Only Imagine") and now in Tampa Bay ("Blessed Be Your Name"), Gross has selected Christian music to pump him up.
"So many people come up to me or write me letters, and tell me how much they appreciate that song, how much it's meant to them," Gross said. "I think the reason I love that song so much—the reason for playing it—is because I think Christians get a bad rap sometimes when they say after a big win or something good happens, 'I want to give praise to Jesus.' People say they never hear that in the losers' locker room; you never hear them give praise to Jesus. And the biggest thing about that song is that it's speaking to us no matter what's going on in our lives, good or bad. 'You give and take away, but my heart will choose to say, blessed be Your name' I want that to represent my life."
While Zobrist and Gross dream of a ring on their finger at the conclusion of the 2008 playoffs, both are understandably even more enthralled about their imminent new roles as first-time fathers.
"It's going to be fantastic! We (Ben and wife, Julianne) are so excited," Zobrist said. "We're going to have a boy. I've been thinking about how we're going to raise him. We've been praying about that, along with my wife and the baby staying healthy. It's been such a blessing already. We really can't wait to experience it."
Gross concurred. "Right now, it's surreal to me. My wife (Kelly) and I have been trying for some time to have children, and it looks like this is going to work out. We're still praying very hard for God's protection over her and the child.
"I've heard from several different people, and just know from seeing it, that having children and being a father changes your life exponentially," he continued. "There's nothing more important to me in this life than Jesus Christ and family. I'm very close to my family—my mom and dad and brother—and to start the whole experience of having my own family is something I'm very much looking forward to."
Pena, Zobrist and Gross are all active in the Rays' Baseball Chapel program, which has been shepherded since 2005 by Gio Llerena, a former youth pastor.
"Many of the guys who attend chapel are active in their local church back home," Gio said, "so, when they can't attend church due to their work, Baseball Chapel sort of becomes church for them. Also, the fellowship, encouragement, and any help my wife (Suzy) and I can be to the guys and their families is important. Helping them stay focused in their walk with the Lord is what I strive for. It's so easy to lose that focus in this game, and I try to help them balance that out with Bible study, text messages, etc."
Gio often recruits members of his "flock" to share testimonies or words of encouragement to others, and they are more than happy to do so. After Zobrist was injured and put on the DL at the beginning of the season, he and Gio conducted Bible studies and shared fellowship with players in the Rays' minor league camp, and Gio credits Zobrist with leading one young prospect to the Lord.
"One of the players was asking questions, and Ben made himself available to answer them and share Scripture with him," he recapped. "Shortly after that, Ben received a phone call from this player to tell him he had accepted Christ as his Savior. Ben was at my house when he received the call. I know that the angels have a party when one comes to Christ, but we had one also!"
Added Zobrist: "Baseball Chapel to me has been a consistent source of Christian networking throughout my pro baseball career. I can always count on Baseball Chapel to have a brother-in-Christ already there to encourage me. Gio has been a fantastic example of what a Christian leader in the home and a Christian man ought to be. He has been there for me on so many occasions. His friendship is special to me personally as he has helped counsel me through some difficult times, and he has celebrated with us through blessed times. We have studied the Word together, ministered to others together and prayed together. He is a great source of accountability."
Like most Rays' fans who have suffered through a decade of folly at Tropicana Field, Gio has been riveted by the Rays' about-face. And, while sports talk pundits scrutinize the reasons for the Rays' success, Gio has a unique take on it. "They took the 'Devil' out of the name!"
Truly, the 2008 Rays have obviously taken the devil out of their game, too.
--For more stories about faith and sport, visit www.sharingthevictory.com, the official magazine of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. To subscribe to STV, click here.
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A Heavenly Result for Devil-Less Tampa Bay Rays By Rachel Zoll AP Religion Writer Fri, Oct. 24 2008 07:41 AM EDT
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STV Interview with Ben Zobrist
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"How did you come to know the Lord?
God brought me to Himself at about the age of 4. My parents were devout believers and my Dad was in Bible College at the time. I remember hearing the gospel in Sunday school and I talked to my Mom about it one night before bed. It was clear to me that I was a sinner and I was not going to heaven if I died without accepting Jesus Christ and what He did on the cross for me. I was brought to Christ out of fear of going to hell. I didn't want to go there after I died, and there was only one other choice in my mind as a 4 year old. I wanted to go to heaven. It was and is that simple.
How do you seek to bring glory to God through your career as a baseball player?
First of all, I try to be excellent at my job, because I know God wants me to give my best to be a walking witness and ambassador of the excellence of Jesus Christ. My teammates and coaches are watching to see if my relationship with Christ makes me any different on the ballfield, and I pray that God will be represented in my play as excellent. At the same time, I am seeking to be an active part of the body of Christ among ballplayers by using the spiritual gifts God has given me to encourage and build up my fellow teammates as well as the Baseball Chaplain that ministers to us on a weekly basis. We have weekly bible studies and Sunday morning chapel services. The nature of the game also gives me great opportunity to visit and share my faith in Christ on a regular basis with individuals, schools, and churches. So I try to use that platform to give glory to God as well....
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"..Personal life
Ben Zobrist lives in Tennessee with his wife, Christian singer Julianna Zobrist and their son, Zion Benjamin, who was born on February 1, 2009.[7] Zobrist is a former counselor for Camp of Champions USA, a Christian summer day camp in central Illinois.[8] He used Christian rap artist TobyMac's song "Ignition" as his entrance song during the 2008 and start of the 2009 season. He currently uses a song by his wife as his entrance music.
Zobrist often talks about his Christian faith, and how God helped him realize that he was supposed to play baseball. "I just felt like everything fell into place so much, that this is what I was supposed to do," Zobrist said, "This is what I was made to do." He often mentions during interviews how blessed he has been through his baseball career. He and Christian former teammate Gabe Gross have talked about how they organize Bible studies with their teammates. St. Pete Times writer Mark Topkin wrote how Zobrist does this with his teammates, saying Zobrist "doesn't judge or proselytize, refraining from forcing his beliefs on anyone, though willing to get involved if asked." Zobrist also chooses not to smoke, drink, or do drugs.[2]..
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Fay downgraded, still could drench Gulf cities Stubborn storm that dumped epic rainfall is blamed for 12 deaths in U.S., updated 11:53 p.m. ET Aug. 23, 2008
"APALACHICOLA, Florida - Tropical Storm Fay was downgraded to a tropical depression Saturday night, but cities along the Gulf Coast were still bracing for heavy rain.
As a tropical storm, Fay set a record with four landfalls in Florida and was blamed for at least 11 deaths there and another in Georgia, emergency officials said.
Though the storm weakened as it traveled inland Saturday, with maximum sustained winds of about 35 mph, cities from Pensacola to New Orleans were still preparing for possible flooding. Forecasters said areas from the Florida panhandle to eastern Louisiana could get 6 to 12 inches of rain before the storm was over. Isolated tornadoes were also possible. ..
Florida disaster status sought Gov. Charlie Crist has asked the federal government to declare the worst-hit areas major disaster areas.
Fay had been an unusual storm since it was named Aug. 15. After hitting the Keys Monday, it crossed open water again before hitting a second time near Naples on the southwest coast. It limped across the state, popped back out into the Atlantic Ocean and struck again near Flagler Beach on the central eastern coast. It was the first storm in almost 50 years to make three landfalls in the state as a tropical storm. Its fourth landfall as such was the first in recorded history.
"This is unprecedented in terms of the slow nature of this storm, the large circulation and the fact that it's impacted probably about 90 percent of the state with heavy rains and severe weather," state meteorologist Ben Nelson said.
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This is me today, except I don't have a cool Madonna headset, and I am not wearing lipstick. Otherwise spot on.
This would usually happen after I had spent time with my friend all day, and as kids do, someone was trying to extend the fun. However, I am an introvert, and having spent all day with someone, I generally need to go home and read a book under my covers with a flashlight. I have not outgrown this behavior, I just don't have to use a flashlight anymore. I have to say – it was awesome to have a mom who would get me out of stuff because she knew what I needed. My sister Gina just told me that her daughter asked her to do the same thing, so this clearly runs in our family.
A couple of years ago my sister Erin came to visit with her kids and we had a great time. She hadn't been here for a few years, so we had a lot of people that she needed to see and a lot of get togethers to attend. The minute one of us wanted to go home, though, she would just get up and say "We need to go, the baby needs a (nap/bath/whatever)." And everyone just bought it, no questions asked. It was fantastic – another upside to having kids.
I've been out every night for 11 nights so far and won't get a night without plans until next Wednesday, and this is really not good for me. Even though it is a lot of fun stuff and all stuff I signed up for voluntarily, except the work stuff, I've over booked myself and I'm starting to feel the effects.
I desperately want to go home after work and sit in a bathtub and read Game of Thrones and eat a peanut butter sandwich and go to bed at 8:45.
I wish I could have my mom call the people I'm going out with tonight, or the people who are having the party I am going to tomorrow, or the work trip I have to take Sunday night, and just tell them that I'm busy or too tired or whatever. Because… I AM TOO TIRED. I wish I could beg out of all of them because my baby needs whatever, because I AM TOO TIRED.
But I can't do any of those thing because I'm a (sometimes) functional adult that makes and then honors plans and hates to say no when someone is kind enough to actually invite me somewhere. I am someone who appreciatives her friends and family and I genuinely enjoy myself almost every time I do go out, but right now I am someone who just wants to slow the hell down.


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Kansas beats Minnesota 42-21 in Insight Bowl (College Sports ~ 01/01/09)
TEMPE, Ariz. -- The Kansas Jayhawks had plenty of reasons to celebrate, and just as many to look forward to next season. The Jayhawks hope their 42-21 victory over Minnesota in the Insight Bowl on Wednesday will be a springboard for 2009.
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Nebraska Bowl History Jan. 1, 2009 Gator Bowl -- Nebraska 26, Clemson 21 Jan. 1, 2007 Cotton Bowl -- Auburn 17, Nebraska 14 Dec. 28 2005 Alamo Bowl -- Nebraska 32, Michigan 28 Dec. 29, 2003 Alamo Bowl --Nebraska 17, Michigan St. 3 Jan. 3, 2002 Rose Bowl -- Miami 37, Nebraska 14...
Huskers overpower Tigers 26-21 for Gator Bowl win (College Sports ~ 01/01/09)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Nebraska quarterback Joe Ganz was sprawled out on the ground, trainers huddled around him, teammates, coaches and fans wondering whether he would be able to continue playing. Ganz eventually made his way to the sideline, cleared his head, got back in the game and ended up hoisting the Gator Bowl's most valuable player trophy.
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Vitamins can be in pill form.
A multivitamin might help a child who is a picky eater get the nutrients they need.
Proper nutrition is important for everyone, especially children, who are still growing and developing. In case all of the essential vitamins are not provided by well-rounded meals, multivitamins can be given to children to help ensure they get their daily recommended intake. Vitamins for kids are available in a number of different combinations, and can be found in tablet, liquid, or chewable forms.
Some children may have difficulty swallowing tablet vitamins. In these cases, liquids can be added to or disguised in different foods. Chewable vitamins are another option, as these are usually flavored to make them more appetizing to even the pickiest of eaters.
Many of the different types of vitamins for kids contain those nutrients, which are water soluble and need to be replaced on a regular basis. Vitamin C is essential not only in supporting the immune system of a growing child but also in aiding in the development of muscles and other tissues. The vitamin B group helps balance a child's metabolism and aids the developing nervous system and circulatory tissues.
Although these vitamins are important, many medical professionals recommend they not be administered via a megavitamin. Megavitamins are not always created as vitamins for kids, and are typically made with adults in mind. These vitamins have such high amounts of nutrients that a child's small body could overdose on only a tablet or two. All vitamins are not created equal, and children's supplements are generally geared toward smaller bodies that are still developing.
Some products allow parents to effortlessly give vitamins for kids with the foods they already like. Fortified foods are manufactured with vitamins included, making it easy to get children to consume them. For example, milk can be purchased fortified with vitamins A and D.
There are also iron supplements available that are designed for kids. Those fed a vegetarian diet still require the vitamins and proteins found in red meat, so an iron supplement can be one way of making sure they receive enough of this vital nutrient. Some supplements are labeled as iron free; too much iron can result in a dangerous overdose with serious consequences, so children who are taking a multivitamin but who receive their daily dose of iron elsewhere can typically take these more safely than vitamins that contain all or part of a daily dose of iron. Similarly, children raised on a vegan diet may also require calcium supplements in order to ensure healthy teeth and bones.
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If your kids are following a vegetarian or, especially, a vegan diet you have to be extremely careful about their nutrition. There are a couple of vitamins which are difficult or impossible to get entirely from plants, like vitamin B12.
On the other hand, make sure you follow the guidelines for vitamins and kids as their requirements are different from adults.
In some cases they will need more, in others much less.
I'm not a huge fan of children following a vegan diet as it can be dangerous for them. If you are going to have them follow it (or they insist on doing it themselves) then I would consult a professional, accredited nutritionist in order to make sure you aren't going to hurt them.
Children can be damaged for life or even killed if they eat the wrong things for a long period of time. You have to make sure they aren't going to do that.
@croydon - One of the things they are starting to be able to do with food is add vitamins to it. I know they've developed a kind of rice that has vitamin A in it, which will supposedly be able to prevent thousands of children from going blind each year if it replaces ordinary rice in developing countries.
It's a bit of a dangerous game though, as I'm not keen to trust the genetic engineering processes that come up with these new kinds of rice, or for that matter, the companies which develop them.
But, reinforcing vitamins into the food people and especially children eat routinely seems like the best way to prevent them from getting vitamin deficiencies.
It's routine practice now in many countries to put vitamins in the bread and water and milk, for example.
When I was overseas working as an aid worker, one of my colleagues had the brilliant idea of carrying around gummy vitamins for kids in his pocket.
Often in poor countries kids will gather around anyone who looks foreign, asking for candy or money or presents. Whenever this happened to him, he would hand out the vitamins.
It meant that some of the poorest kids got to have a bit of an extra boost to their nutrition.
The only problem was, like any kind of vitamin, you can't let kids have more than one or two per day so he had to be careful to keep track and not let any one kid have too many.
, the kids started following him around. Although he had good intentions, I wish he had made it more formal instead of showing the kids that it's possible to get candy if you go up to enough foreigners with your hand out.


Tom Haak will speak at the HR Innovation Summit 2019. As a warming-up, Robert Singer of the HR Innovation summit interviewed Tom Haak. The full interview can be read on the website of the HR Innovation Summit. What is your focus? "Tom – you will be again giving a keynote at HR Innovation SUMMIT about the trends that you are seeing in HR. What are the three hashtags that we can mark your talk with?" #hrtrends #personalization #highimpacthr #fun Life in and around organisations can be a lot more fun, a lot more rewarding and a lot more effective. My mission is to inspire people, leaders and HR professionals, with my views, insights and by sharing nice examples. By using the current trends and by using HR technology, HR can increase its impact enormously. How do you judge the overall efforts to become more digital in HR "For HR Innovation SUMMIT we are discussing the overall experiences on the way to a digital HR management. How do you judge the overall efforts to become more digital in HR?" On the positive side: we have seen a lot of change in the last years. More negative: the transformation is going rather slow. In my view, many organisations still take very much a traditional top-down approach. The focus is on the organisational needs, less on the needs and wishes of the employees. Organisations are often still viewed as rather stable pyramids. A clear structure, clear reporting lines and fixed job descriptions. There is a tendency to focus on "getting the basics right". First, we have to get the basics right, then …… Getting the basics right can take a very long time, and while you are doing this, the organisations and the market moves on. Installing a big HRIS is often part of "getting the basics right". The expectations of these big systems are often high. "Once we have implemented system X, then we can do almost everything!". In the meantime, managers and employees are becoming less happy with HR. While working on the basics, there is less focus on the business priorities and less focus on the employees. My advice: start with focusing on the big business issues and determine how HR can contribute. Focus on high impact – low effort interventions. HR tech can help to design creative and innovative high-impact interventions. What is the relation between becoming more digital and becoming more employee centric? "While becoming digital is the one underlying idea of all HR trends these days – becoming employee centric & first is the second. What is your opinion on the relation of these two?" Becoming more digital and becoming more employee centric can go hand in hand. If organisations investigate the employee experience, they often find certain elements employees (and managers) like to see improved. For example: employees want quick and easy access to relevant HR information. They lose a lot of time searching the intranet and then finally they find a lot of text that is not totally up-to-date. If employees have an HR related question, they want to be able to get a quick answer, 24/7. Applicants are very keen to hear as quick as possible whether they have gone to the next round. If they are hired, they do not want to wait days for their contract. Ease-of-use, speed and transparency are vital. Technology can help a lot to deal with these issues. A real user-friendly employee portal, chatbots that are available 24/7 and service-oriented HR professionals in the call center as a last resort. By becoming more digital, HR can become more human. I talked to someone of Unilever the other day, she was the "People Experience Lead" for a location. At Unilever HR is going through an interesting transformation. For years the focus has been on HR efficiency, now it seems to be more on the people. I like it that they call it "people experience" and not "employee experience". What innovative approaches do you see? "What innovative approaches do you see that combine these two aspects?" There are many examples. I would like to mention two. One is a big American retailer, that annually hires thousands of new people. The have implemented the "virtual job try out". With people analytics, they have determined the differentiating characteristics of successful employees. Through the online virtual job try out the applicants get a good idea of the employer and of the main elements of the job they are applying for. In the simulation they have to complete some tasks (relevant for the job), and in this way they are tested against the main criteria. When the pass the threshold, they are invited for the next round. This is a good example of using technology (people analytics, a virtual experience and advanced gamified testing) to give the candidates a positive experience (fast, fun, relevant) and with a lot of benefits for the employer (speed, more diverse pool of candidates, lower costs of recruitment). The second example comes from a pharmaceutical company. Here they use technology to crowdsource ideas from the employees. A question or challenge is put to the employees. They can submit their ideas in a free format. The software condenses and groups the ideas, and in the second round the employees can vote on a list of ten ideas (not all employees get the same list). The result: a great list of ideas that can be used to tackle the issue. Not super high tech (although AI is used to make sense of all the submissions and make clever iterations), but very powerful. The. Employees like it, because, contrary to normal employee surveys, they can really contribute. How can HR find time to implement new stuff? "In many companies HR is struggling with the administrative role – and not finding time to get the new stuff. What is your recommendation?" Often the administrative role is mentioned in a way as if it is not very important, and a kind of low-grade work. Strategic is good and administrative is bad! The operational role of HR is very important, and most of the work of HR is in the operational domain. A lot of innovations are possible in this domain. Once upon a time Ulrich and Brockbank wrote about the four roles for HR: strategic partner, change agent, administrative expert and employee champion. For decades most HR professionals wanted to be strategic partners and change agents. Now, finally, we see more attention to the other two roles. My recommendation: kind of split HR in two pieces. HR operations and HR advice or HR strategic advice. Most activities, and people, will be in operations. In HR operations it is about customer focus, hospitality and efficiency. Make sure that the way HR operations work results in a great candidate, employee and manager experience (or, in fact, a great people experience). Embrace the "new stuff", and experiment with new innovative solutions. Unfortunately, HR is always very busy. I think this is often a kind of excuse, like "getting the basics right". "If we were not so busy, if we would have our basics right, then ….". By more focus, by cleverly using technology, by being less management-oriented HR can release a lot of time and potential. Read the full interview The post "By becoming more digital, HR can become more human" appeared first on HR Trend Institute.


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A biotech startup which is working on a way to remove toxic pesticides from various crops, including marijuana, has been granted $250,000 by a federal agency to help develop the technology.
The National Science Foundation will fund research by Brooklyn Bioscience into engineering an enzyme capable of breaking down organophosphates (OPs) found in pesticides, which can be hazardous to humans and the environment.
This is particularly problematic because OPs are water-resistant, so they cannot be washed off the end product.
A press release from New York University (NYU), where one of Brooklyn Bioscience's principal researchers teaches chemical and biomolecular engineering, makes clear the potential benefit of the research to marijuana producers.
"The product is of particular interest to cannabis farmers, because OPs, when vaporized and inhaled, are exponentially more toxic than when ingested by mouth. In states such as California and Colorado, which are introducing strict regulations governing the cultivation of cannabis, a much lower level of OPs is allowed than that considered acceptable in fruits and vegetables," the statement reads.
The enzyme that Brooklyn Bioscience is engineering to counter the risks posed by OPs is called phosphotriesterase. According to the researchers, it "provides a low-cost, efficient, and environmentally friendly solution for breaking down dangerous OPs into relatively benign products that can be more easily removed with water."
"Agricultural analysts have calculated that the pesticide segment of the market represents $17 billion, with more than a tenth of that corresponding directly to the sales of OPs," said Jin Kim Montclare of Brooklyn Bioscience.
"Given the importance of sustainability and environmental health, it's more vital than ever to develop biologically-based solutions for crop protection, and with the support available at NYU Tandon, Brooklyn Bioscience is making great strides."
The enzyme is potentially applicable to a wide variety of crops grown through the use of pesticides, but the significance of the research to marijuana production is emphasized by NYU in its press release. They claim that Brooklyn Bioscience is "pav[ing] the way for pesticide-free cannabis, wine grapes, and other high-value crops."
In the absence of federal regulations governing the use of pesticides for marijuana cultivation, which has led to problems in marijuana-legal states such as Colorado, the development of technology to limit the presence of OPs is particularly welcome.
The Environmental Protection Agency said last month that it does not plan to review pesticide applications for marijuana – as it is now doing for hemp since it became legalized – while it remains a federally controlled substance.
According to an academic article published last month, the lack of guidance on safety standards for growing marijuana owing to its prohibition presents a risk to cannabis consumers.
"At the federal level in the United States, cannabis is still considered an illegal drug," the article reads. "As a result, neither the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nor the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has provided any guidance on how to regulate contaminants or on which cannabis-related exposures can be considered safe."
"States have had to determine on their own how to protect millions of cannabis users, and they have come up with widely varying responses," the report continues. "The result is an uncertain and occasionally incoherent regulatory landscape."
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Toothbrush Takeover: Nanobot Swarm that Can Brush, Floss, and Rinse Teeth
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Converting Dead Spiders Into Gripping Tools
Researchers at Rice University have developed a novel method, to control and use the dead bodies of spiders for gripping micro-sized objects. Some may view spiders as creepy and dangerous and might...
Using Artificial Intelligence to Non-Invasively Screen for Down Syndrome
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The developed convolutional neural network would provide a cheap, convenient, and non-invasive way to screen for Down Syndrome in early pregnancy. Trisomy 21, more commonly known as Down Syndrome, is...
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This constructed model can help guide clinicians direct personalised therapy strategies in a more comprehensible manner. Radiometrics refers to the use of high-throughput radiological features from...
WELTEC BIOPOWER Builds Its First Biogas Plant in Taiwan
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Taiwan's government aims for a climate-neutral economy by 2050. Together with its Asian partner Melchers Taiwan, the manufacturer WELTEC BIOPOWER is building a biogas plant in the southwest of the...
Immersive Virtual Reality: The Next Frontier in Surgical Education
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How bite-sized virtual trips to the operating theatre will bridge the gap between reading about surgery and actually performing surgery. by Dr Chen Min Wei and Samuel Choo Being a surgeon is a...
Determinant Transcription Factor Responsible for Tumorigenicity of Glioblastoma Stem Cells Discovered
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Fuelled by Lifebuoy's mission to democratise healthcare, the brand is leading the charge for hygiene advocacy by providing free digital healthcare to the lives of millions. Every year, millions of...
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Q: background image url doesn't work on production server In the VS 2013 localhost the background image works perfectly using the following settings:
.body-content {
    padding-left: 15px;
    padding-right: 15px;
    height: 100%;

    background-image: url("/Content/Img/MainPageBackground.jpg");

    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    -webkit-background-size: cover;
    -moz-background-size: cover;
    -o-background-size: cover;
    background-size: 100% 100%;
    background-position: center;
}

But after deployed to the production server (IIS7) the background image doesn't show.
Since the image now is stored in a different location, I know that the url path must be updated accordingly.However, I have tried all path combinations without success. The new location of the image in the server is
C:\App\Clients\HDC\Client\Content\Img\MainPageBackground.jpg
This didn't work neither any shortened combination of it.
background-image: url("C:/App/Clients/HDC/Client/Content/Img/MainPageBackground.jpg")
background-image: url("/App/Clients/HDC/Client/Content/Img/MainPageBackground.jpg")

and so on....
NOTE: The virtual directory is "C:\App\Clients\HDC\Client"

A: There are 3 posiblities:

*

*You've mis-spelled the file-name or part of the path

*You've not included the file in the project, or it has a build-action of "none" (check the file properties in VS) so it is not present in the deployment package

*You've deployed the project such that the application root directory is a sub-site of the host-name (e.g. www.myhostname.com/site-name/)

In the first 2 cases, the fix should be clear. In the last case (and in any case), I would strongly recommend bundling your stylesheet(s) and specifying the path to your stylesheet using this syntax:
background-image: url("~/Content/Img/MainPageBackground.jpg");

Note the tilde (~) before the path.

A: One thing you can do is try to look for the file on the server!
For intstance type in the url  site.com/Content/Img/MainPageBackground.jpg
and see if that behaves as you'd expect it
Also I would recommend using all lower case, windows is case-insensitive but other OS's usually are case sensitive!
= )
EDIT
OH I GET IT. Don't use a / before Content unless you want to go to the root directory! So remove the / and try!
background-image: url("Content/Img/MainPageBackground.jpg");

if you need to take a few steps back and move up directories that is done like this
background-image: url("../../Content/Img/MainPageBackground.jpg");

but there isn't enough info to tell what you need exactly = )

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## Overview

Upgrading big ActionHero projects to a new major might require some effort. Every ActionHero version has it's own specific project files which you generate using `actionhero generate` command.

One of the ways to upgrade your project is to generate a new project using the latest ActionHero framework (`npm install actionhero && npx actionhero generate`). Using that as your starting point you can then carefully copy all your `configs`, `initializers`, `servers`, `tasks`, `actions`, and other custom code from your old project, making sure that you are at the same working state as before. It's a good practice to make tests for your actions (or any other component) before you plan to upgrade your ActionHero project.

With good [test coverage](tutorial-testing.html) you can make sure that you have successfully upgraded your project.

ActionHero follows [semantic versioning](http://semver.org/). This means that a minor change is a right-most number. A new feature added is the middle number, and a breaking change is the left number. You should expect something in your application to need to be changed if you upgrade a major version.

## Upgrading from v18 to v19

**Full Release Notes: [GitHub](https://github.com/actionhero/actionhero/releases/tag/v19.0.0)**

### Configuration
* in `config/tasks.js` `add api.config.tasks.stuckWorkerTimeout = 3600000`.  This will be a 1 hour timeout for stuck/crashed worker processes
* in `config/servers/websocket.js` `add api.config.servers.websocket.client.cookieKey = api.config.servers.web.fingerprintOptions.cookieKey`.  This will instruct the ActionHero Websocket Clients to share the same cookie as the web server to share a fingerprint, which can be used to share session information.
* If you plan to use Jest for your tests, and want to test in parallel, you will need to configure your server in the test environment to make use of `process.env.JEST_WORKER_ID`.  Please view [`config/api.js`](https://github.com/actionhero/actionhero/blob/master/config/api.js), [`config/redis.js`](https://github.com/actionhero/actionhero/blob/master/config/redis.js), [`config/servers/socket.js`](https://github.com/actionhero/actionhero/blob/master/config/servers/socket.js), and [`config/servers/web.js`](https://github.com/actionhero/actionhero/blob/master/config/servers/web.js) for more information
## Upgrading from v17 to v18

**Full Release Notes: [GitHub](https://github.com/actionhero/actionhero/releases/tag/v18.0.0)**

**Breaking Changes and How to Overcome Them:**

There are *many* changes to the APIs actionhero exposes.  You can read up on the new syntax on our [new documentation website, docs.actionherojs.com](https://docs.actionherojs.com)

* **Node.js version**
  * Node.js v8 and higher is now required.  You must update your projects.

* **Actions**
  * Actions are now ES6 classes, which extend `require('actionhero').Action`.
  * The `run` method only has one argument now, `data` and becomes a `async` method.  `api` can be required globally to your file.

```js
const {Action, api} = require('actionhero')

module.exports = class MyAction extends Action {
 constructor () {
   super()
   this.name = 'randomNumber'
   this.description = 'I am an API method which will generate a random number'
   this.outputExample = {randomNumber: 0.1234}
 }

 async run (data) {
   data.response.randomNumber = Math.random()
 }
}
```

* **Tasks**
  * Tasks are now ES6 classes, which extend `require('actionhero').Task`.
  * The `run` method only has one argument now, `data` and becomes a `async` method.  `api` can be required globally to your file.

```js
const {api, Task} = require('actionhero')

module.exports = class SendWelcomeMessage extends Task {
  constructor () {
    super()
    this.name = 'SendWelcomeEmail'
    this.description = 'I send the welcome email to new users'
    this.frequency = 0
    this.queue = 'high'
    this.middleware = []
  }

  async run (data) {
    await api.sendWelcomeEamail({address: data.email})
    return true
  }
}
```

* **Initializers**
  * Initializers are now ES6 classes, which extend `require('actionhero').Initializer`.
  * The `initialize`, `start`, and `stop` methods now have no arguments and become a `async` methods.  `api` can be required globally to your file.

```js
const {ActionHero, api} = require('actionhero')

module.exports = class StuffInit extends ActionHero.Initializer {
  constructor () {
    super()
    this.name = 'StuffInit'
    this.loadPriority = 1000
    this.startPriority = 1000
    this.stopPriority = 1000
  }

  async initialize () {
    api.StuffInit = {}
    api.StuffInit.doAThing = async () => {}
    api.StuffInit.stopStuff = async () => {}
    api.log('I initialized', 'debug', this.name)
  }

  async start () {
    await api.StuffInit.startStuff()
    api.log('I started', 'debug', this.name)
  }

  async stop () {
    await api.StuffInit.stopStuff()
    api.log('I stopped', 'debug', this.name)
  }
}
```

* **Servers**
  * Servers are now ES6 classes, which extend `require('actionhero').Server`.
  * The `initialize`, `start`, and `stop` methods now have no arguments and become a `async` methods.  `api` can be required globally to your file.

```js
const ActionHero = require('actionhero')

module.exports = class MyServer extends ActionHero.Server {
  constructor () {
    super()
    this.type = '%%name%%'

    this.attributes = {
      canChat: false,
      logConnections: true,
      logExits: true,
      sendWelcomeMessage: false,
      verbs: []
    }
    // this.config will be set to equal api.config.servers[this.type]
  }

  initialize () {
    this.on('connection', (conection) => {

    })

    this.on('actionComplete', (data) => {

    })
  }

  start () {
    // this.buildConnection (data)
    // this.processAction (connection)
    // this.processFile (connection)
  }

  stop () {

  }

  sendMessage (connection, message, messageId) {

  }

  sendFile (connection, error, fileStream, mime, length, lastModified) {

  }

  goodbye (connection) {

  }
}
```

* **CLI Commands**
  * CLI Commands are now ES6 classes, which extend `require('actionhero').CLI`.
  * The `run` method now has one argument, `data` and becomes a `async` method.  `api` can be required globally to your file.

```js
const {api, CLI} = require('actionhero')

module.exports = class RedisKeys extends CLI {
  constructor () {
    super()
    this.name = 'redis keys'
    this.description = 'I list all the keys in redis'
    this.example = 'actionhero keys --prefix actionhero'
  }

  inputs () {
    return {
      prefix: {
        requried: true,
        default: 'actionhero',
        note: 'the redis prefix for searching keys'
      }
    }
  }

  async run ({params}) => {
    let keys = await api.redis.clients.client.keys(params.prefix)
    api.log('Found ' + keys.length + 'keys:')
    keys.forEach((k) => { api.log(k) })
  }
}
```

* **Cache**
  * All methods which used to return a callback are now `async` methods which, when `await`ed, return a result and `throw` errors

* **Tasks**
  * All methods which used to return a callback are now `async` methods which, when `await`ed, return a result and `throw` errors

* **Chat**
  * All methods which used to return a callback are now `async` methods which, when `await`ed, return a result and `throw` errors

* **SpecHelper**
  * All methods which used to return a callback are now `async` methods which, when `await`ed, return a result and `throw` errors

```js
const chai = require('chai')
const dirtyChai = require('dirty-chai')
const expect = chai.expect
chai.use(dirtyChai)

const path = require('path')
const ActionHero = require('actionhero')
const actionhero = new ActionHero.Process()
let api

describe('Action: RandomNumber', () => {
  before(async () => { api = await actionhero.start() })
  after(async () => { await actionhero.stop() })

  let firstNumber = null
  it('generates random numbers', async () => {
    let {randomNumber} = await api.specHelper.runAction('randomNumber')
    expect(randomNumber).to.be.at.least(0)
    expect(randomNumber).to.be.at.most(1)
    firstNumber = randomNumber
  })

  it('is unique / random', async () => {
    let {randomNumber} = await api.specHelper.runAction('randomNumber')
    expect(randomNumber).to.be.at.least(0)
    expect(randomNumber).to.be.at.most(1)
    expect(randomNumber).not.to.equal(firstNumber)
  })
})
```

* **Utils**
  * `api.utils.recursiveDirectoryGlob` has been removed in favor of the [glob package](https://github.com/isaacs/node-glob). Use this instead.
  * All methods which used to return a callback are now `async` methods which, when `await`ed, return a result and `throw` errors

* **Plugins**
  * ActionHero no longer uses linkfiles to find plugins.  If you have any in a `plugins` directory in your actions, tasks, config, or public folders, delete them.
  * Plugins now need to be defined explicitly in a new `./config/plugins.js` config file.  You should create one [per the example](https://github.com/actionhero/actionhero/blob/master/config/plugins.js)
  * Removed `actionhero link` and `actionhero unlink` per the above.
  * Added `actionhero generate plugin`, a helper which you can use in an empty directory which will create a template plugin project
  * Testing plugins is now simpler.  [Read more about this on docs.actionherojs.com](https://docs.actionherojs.com/tutorial-plugins.html)

* **Clients**
  * `ActionheroClient` (the included client library for browser websocket clients) as been named a more clear `ActionheroWebsocketClient` to avoid ambiguity.
  * The node sever-sever package has been renamed `actionhero-node-client` to help clear up any confusion.

## Upgrading from v16 to v17

**Full Release Notes: [GitHub](https://github.com/actionhero/actionhero/releases/tag/v17.0.0)**

**Breaking Changes and How to Overcome Them:**

*   **Localization (i18n)**

*   In `./config/i18n.js` be sure to enable `objectNotation`, or else the new locale file will be gibberish to ActionHero
*   As of this release, ActionHero no longer localizes its log messages. This is done to simplify and speed up the logger methods. There is not mitigation path here without overwriting the `api.log()` method.

*   Any use of `%` interpolation should be removed from your logger strings. Favor native JS string templates.

*   ActionHero now ships with locale files by default.

*   You will need to acquire the [default locale file](https://github.com/actionhero/actionhero/blob/master/locales/en.json) and copy it into `./locales/en.json` within your project.
*   The error reporters have all been changed to use these new locale file and mustache-style syntax. Update your from the [default errors file](https://github.com/actionhero/actionhero/blob/master/config/errors.js)
*   The `welcomeMessage` and `goodbyeMessage` are removed from the config files and ActionHero now refrences the locale files for these strings. Update yours accodingly.

*   **utils**

*   `api.utils.recursiveDirectoryGlob` has been removed in favor of the [glob package](https://github.com/isaacs/node-glob). Use this instead.

## Upgrading from v15 to v16

**Full Release Notes: [GitHub](https://github.com/actionhero/actionhero/releases/tag/v16.0.0)**

**Breaking Changes and How to Overcome Them:**

The only breaking changes are related to the capilization of internal methods:

*   `api.Connecton()` rather than `api.connection()`
*   `api.GenericServer()` rather than `api.genericServer()`
*   `api.ActionProcessor()` rather than `api.actionProcessor()`
*   `require('actionhero')` not `require('actionhero').actionheroPrototype` should you be using ActionHero programatically.

## Upgrading from v14 to v15

**Full Release Notes: [GitHub](https://github.com/actionhero/actionhero/releases/tag/v15.0.0)**

**Breaking Changes and How to Overcome Them:**

```bash
\`actionhero generateAction --name=[name]\`      -> \`actionhero generate action --name=[name]\`
\`actionhero generateInitializer --name=[name]\` -> \`actionhero generate initializer --name=[name]\`
\`actionhero generateServer --name=[name]\`      -> \`actionhero generate server --name=[name]\`
\`actionhero generateTask --name=[name]\`        -> \`actionhero generate task --name=[name]\`
```

*   The ActionHero binary has had it's commands changed.
    *   Any deployment or automation tools you use will need to be updated accordingly.
*   Tasks now use middleware instead of plugins.
    *   You will need to convert all uses of task plugins to task middleware.

## Upgrading from v13 to v14

**Full Release Notes: [GitHub](https://github.com/actionhero/actionhero/releases/tag/v14.0.0)**

**Breaking Changes and How to Overcome Them:**

*   Redis Client Configurations have changed drastically. This allows for greater configuration, but at a complexity cost.
    *   The easiest way to upgrade your `config/redis.js` is to take if from the [master branch](https://github.com/actionhero/actionhero/blob/master/config/redis.js) directly and re-apply your configuration.
    *   Move `api.config.redis.channel` to `api.config.general.channel`
    *   Move `api.config.redis. rpcTimeout` to `api.config.general.rpcTimeout`
    *   Throughout the code, use `api.config.redis.client` rather than `api.redis.client`

## Upgrading from v12 to v13

**Full Release Notes: [GitHub](https://github.com/actionhero/actionhero/releases/tag/v13.0.0)**

**Breaking Changes and How to Overcome Them:**

*   Pluggins
    *   `config/plugins.js` is removed. Delete yours.
    *   Use the new binary command, `actionhero link --name=NameOfPlugin` to link your plugins in the new method.
    *   Linking plugins will likley create new config files you may need to customize.
*   Locales
    *   This release introduced Locales. You will need the new locale config file. The easiest way to upgrade your `config/i18n.js` is to take if from the [master branch](https://github.com/actionhero/actionhero/blob/master/config/i18n.js).
    *   Ensure that `api.config.i18n.updateFiles` is `true` so that your locale files can be generated for the first time.
*   Errors
    *   `config/errors.js` has been completely redone to take advantage of `connection.localize`. The easiest way to upgrade your `config/errors.js` is to take if from the [master branch](https://github.com/actionhero/actionhero/blob/master/config/errors.js).
*   Grunt Removed
    *   Grunt is removed from the project. The old ActionHero grunt commands have been moved into the ActionHero binary.
*   Redis configuration
    *   `package` is a reserved keyword in JavaScript. We now use the key `pkg` in the redis config.

## Upgrading from v11 to v12

**Full Release Notes: [GitHub](https://github.com/actionhero/actionhero/releases/tag/v12.0.0)**

**Breaking Changes and How to Overcome Them:**

*   Redis configuration
    *   Switch from using the `redis` npm pacakge to `ioredis`. Change this in your package.json.
*   `ioredis` handles passwords slightly differently. Read the [ioredis](https://github.com/luin/ioredis) documentation to learn more.
*   Stats Removed
    *   The `api.stats` subsection has been removed from actionhero
    *   If you need the stats subsection, you can get get it [via plugin](https://github.com/actionhero/ah-stats-plugin)

## Upgrading from v10 to v11

**Full Release Notes: [GitHub](https://github.com/actionhero/actionhero/releases/tag/v11.0.0)**

**Breaking Changes and How to Overcome Them:**

*   Action Syntax changed
    *   `run: function(api, data, next){
          data.response.randomNumber = Math.random();
          next(error);
        }`
    *   Where data contains:
    *   `data = {
           connection: connection,
           action: 'randomNumber',
           toProcess: true,
           toRender: true,
           messageId: 123,
           params: { action: 'randomNumber', apiVersion: 1 },
           actionStartTime: 123,
           response: {},
        }`
    *   You will need to change all of your actions to use `data.connection` rather than `connection` directly.
    *   You will need to change all of your actions to use `data.response` rather than `connection.response` directly.
*   Middleware syntax has changed to match action's `data` pattern. You will need to change your middleware accordingly.
*   Removed `connection._originalConnection`.
*   Websockets:
    *   The params of websocket connections should NOT be sticky. All actions will start with `connection.params = {}`. If you rely on the old behavior, you will need to change your client code.
*   Action Processor:
    *   Removed duplicate callback prevention in ActionProcessor. This belongs on the user/implementer to handle.

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