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Lacking Daily Nutrients? Here Are Some Important Signs to Look For
A balanced diet is said to provide you with all of the vitamins, minerals, and nutrients you need each day. There are many processes in your body that need nutrients for areas like energy levels, heart health, blood sugar, skin and cell health, lungs, liver, and more. While nutrition is the means to good health many Americans continue to struggle to receive everything they need through their daily diet. So how do you know you're missing key nutrients and what specifically should you look for?
Common Signs Your Missing Some Daily Nutrients
Three important nutrients you should focus on are magnesium, calcium, and potassium. Being deficient in these three can surface as muscle cramps, specifically in your toes, calves, back of legs, and even the arches of your feet. Magnesium deficiency is more common than you may think.
An estimated 80% of Americans may be deficient in magnesium, and even as a trace mineral it serves a wide range of healthy purposes. It helps create the necessary energy—ATP—your body needs while aiding in the digestion of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. It also serves as a building block for RNA and DNA synthesis and acts as a precursor for certain neurotransmitters like serotonin, which is important for mood and a healthy sleep cycle.
Potassium's primary functions in the body include regulating fluid balance and controlling the electrical activity of the heart and other muscles. Potassium is an electrolyte that counteracts the effects of sodium, helping to maintain healthy blood pressure levels.
Calcium is a well-known mineral needed by your bones. A Calcium magnesium balance is crucial. Too much calcium without enough magnesium can lead to muscle spasms, and additionally, to heart concerns. Some early signs of magnesium deficiency can also include a loss of appetite, headache, fatigue, and an overall feeling of weakness.
You May Not be Getting Enough of This Common Vitamin
Vitamin D is one of the most common vitamins in day to day health, but many Americans still remain deficient. Researchers estimate that 50 percent of the general population is at risk of vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency, and this percentage rises in higher-risk populations such as the elderly. It has been estimated that as many as 95% of senior certain may be deficient in vitamin D, due to factors like spending time indoors. For example, an underlying factor for seniors' vitamin D deficiency can be that people over the age of 70 produces around 30% less vitamin D than a younger person with the same amount of skin exposure.
Signs that you may be deficient in Vitamin D can be weight gain, aches due to bones and joints, low moods, sweating and even gut discomfort. While you can receive plenty of vitamin D from sun exposure, that method comes with its own concerns as well. Luckily supplementation of vitamin D can allow you to receive the necessary amount you need. Some formulas will even combine the valuable trace minerals you need like magnesium and even calcium in one formula.
Regardless of any demographics, age, race, gender, or even weight, nutrients are a constant necessity for healthy living. Lack of nutrients can lead to certain symptoms which in turn can lead to other more serious health concerns when it comes to areas like the heart, blood pressure, blood sugar, weight management and more. Make sure you assess your daily health by checking to see if you have any symptoms that could mean a nutrients deficiency! Learn more and make the right choices to live healthy today!


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Applications are invited from young scientists from developing countries for the TWAS-SN Bose Postgraduate Fellowship Programme 2021.
TWAS and the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences in Kolkata, India have agreed to offer fellowships to young foreign scientists from developing countries who wish to pursue research towards a PhD in physical sciences.
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- TWAS-SN Bose Postgraduate Fellowships are tenable at the S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences in Kolkata, India for studies leading towards a PhD degree in the physical sciences for four years with the possibility of a one-year extension.
- The Centre carries out the following research activities:
– Linear and Non-linear spectroscopy, Ultrafast molecular processes and spectroscopy, Ultrafast dynamics in biological macromolecules and magnetization, Ultrafast laser induced processes, Soft condensed matter systems of chemical and biological interests, mesocopic physics, ionic liquids, multi-component liquid mixtures, supercooled melts, supercritical fluids, bio-nano interface, nano-magnetism, magnonic crystals, micromagnetic simulations, Nanomaterials in general, and Physics of Correlated oxides, low dimensional systems, magnetic shape memory alloys, dilute magnetic semi-conductors, multi-ferroic materials, thin films of metals and oxides, electronic, magnetic and structural properties of complex materials, superconductivity, strongly correlated electronic systems, quantum many-body physics, micromagnetic and monte carlo simulation of static and dynamic properties of nanomagnets, theoretical study of thermalconductivity, Ab initio plane wave pseudo-potential calculation, strongly correlated electron systems, electronic structure and transport through nano-materials.
– Quantum field theory, mathematical physics, cognitive science, granular physics, non-commutative quantum mechanics, statistical physics, non-linear dynamics, turbulences, lattice gauge theories, representation theory of lie groups and coherent states, quantum optics, black holes, constrained dynamics, quantum gravity, quantum spin systems, collective behaviour and emergent phenomena, explosive percolation, complex networks and critical phenomena.
– Cosmology, Relativistic Astrophysics, ionospheric science, Astrochemistry. - Applicants may be registered for a PhD degree in their home country (SANDWICH option), or may enrol in a PhD course at the S.N. Bose National Centre (FULL-TIME option). In both cases, the programme entails only one journey to the host country.
- Admission to the PhD programme at the S.N. Bose National Centre will depend on the successful completion of coursework (about one year's duration).
- S.N. Bose will provide a monthly stipend to cover living costs and food. The monthly stipend will not be convertible into foreign currency. Free on-campus accommodation will be provided. The monthly stipend does not cover comprehensive health insurance. The Centre does however deduct a small contribution towards a Contributory Medical Scheme. The benefits are partial reimbursement of Doctor's fees, medicines and/or hospitalization costs, if any, and only for costs incurred in Kolkata. The reimbursement structure is along the lines of the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) of the Government of India.
- The S.N. Bose Centre does not provide comprehensive health or medical insurance to its staff or students. All SN Bose-TWAS fellows must have their own "Medical Insurance" before joining the programme to cover medical emergencies.
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- be a maximum age of 35 years on 31 December of the application year;
- be nationals of a developing country (other than India);
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- hold a Masters Degree in physics, mathematics or physical chemistry. S/He must have completed at least a total 5 years of undergraduate and postgraduate studies in a recognized university or institute.
- be accepted by a department of the S.N. Bose National Centre. Prospective applicants are advised to visit the S.N. Bose National Centre's website www.bose.res.in Requests for acceptance must be directed to the Dean (Academic Programme), S.N. Bose National Centre for Sciences by e-mail ([email protected]) or fax: (+91) 33 2335 3477. In contacting the Dean (Academic Programme), applicants must accompany their request for an Acceptance Letter with copy of their CV, a research proposal outline and two reference letters
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High-Density Power Hubs are approved for installation in Zone 2 and Division 2 hazardous areas as well as in general-purpose areas. The use of different power supply modules enables implementation of various types of protection, such as Ex ia, Ex d, and Ex ic according to FISCO or Entity.
The High-Density Power Hub features symmetric impedance generation for optimal signal quality. Impedance generation is based on passive components only, which guarantees low power dissipation emission and a long operation life. The motherboard is designed for DIN rail installation. All modules can be mounted on the motherboard without tools. Due to the redundant configuration, the power supply modules can be replaced without interrupting the power supply or communication.
All High-Density Power Hubs support Advanced Diagnostics. The Advanced Diagnostic Module enables easy monitoring of various quality indicators of the fieldbus physical layer. This allows faster plant start-up, improved reliability of the fieldbus segments and more efficient troubleshooting.


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Table 6 provides topocentric data and corrections to the path limits due to the true lunar limb profile. At five minute intervals, the table lists the Moon's topocentric horizontal parallax, semi- diameter, relative angular velocity of the Moon with respect to the Sun and lunar libration in longitude. The Sun's center line altitude and azimuth is given, followed by the azimuth of the umbral path. The position angle of the point on the Moon's limb which defines the northern limit of the path is measured counter-clockwise (i.e., eastward) from the north point on the limb. The path corrections to the northern and southern limits are listed as interior and exterior components in order to define the graze zone. Positive corrections are in the northern sense while negative shifts are in the southern sense. These corrections (minutes of arc in latitude) may be added directly to the path coordinates listed in Table 3. Corrections to the center line umbral durations due to the lunar limb profile are also included and they are mostly positive. Thus, when added to the central durations given in Tables 3 4 5, and 7, a slightly longer central total phase is predicted.
Detailed coordinates for the zones of grazing eclipse at each limit for all land based sections of the path are presented in Table 8. Given the uncertainties in the Watts data, these predictions should be accurate to ±0.3 arc seconds. The interior graze coordinates take into account the deepest valleys along the Moon's limb which produce the simultaneous second and third contacts at the path limits. Thus, the interior coordinates define the true edge of the path of totality. They are calculated from an algorithm which searches the path limits for the extreme positions where no photospheric beads are visible along a ±30° segment of the Moon's limb, symmetric about the extreme contact points at the instant of maximum eclipse. The exterior graze coordinates are somewhat arbitrarily defined and calculated for the geodetic positions where an unbroken photospheric crescent of 60° in angular extent is visible at maximum eclipse.
In Table 8, the graze zone latitudes are listed every 30' in longitude (at sea level) and include the time of maximum eclipse at the northern and southern limits as well as the path's azimuth. To correct the path for locations above sea level, Elev Fact is a multiplicative factor by which the path must be shifted north perpendicular to itself (i.e., perpendicular to path azimuth) for each unit of elevation (height) above sea level. To calculate the shift, a location's elevation is multiplied by the Elev Fact value. Positive values (usually the case for eclipses in the Southern Hemisphere) indicate that the path must be shifted north. For instance, if one's elevation is 1000 meters above sea level and the Elev Fact value is +0.20, then the shift is +200m (= 1000m x +0.20). Thus, the observer must shift the path coordinates 200 meters in a direction perpendicular to the path and in a negative or southerly sense.
The final column of Table 8 lists the Scale Fact (km/arc second). This scaling factor provides an indication of the width of the zone of grazing phenomena, due to the topocentric distance of the Moon and the projection geometry of the Moon's shadow on Earth's surface. Since the solar chromosphere has an apparent thickness of about 3 arc seconds, and assuming a Scale Fact value of 2 km/arc second, then the chromosphere should be visible continuously during totality for any observer in the path who is within 6 kilometers (=2x3) of each interior limit. However, the most dynamic beading phenomena occurs within 1.5 arc seconds of the Moon's limb. Using the above Scale Factor, this translates into the first 3 kilometers inside the interior limits. But observers should position themselves at least 1 kilometer inside the interior limits (south of the northern interior limit or north of the southern interior limit) in order to ensure that they are inside the path due of to small uncertainties in Watts's data and the actual path limits.
For applications where the zones of grazing eclipse are needed at a higher frequency in longitude interval, tables of coordinates every 7.5' in longitude are available via a special web site for the total solar eclipse of 2001.


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INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Committee has selected College Park, Md., and Indianapolis to serve as hosts for the 2013 Division I Men's Lacrosse Quarterfinals.
Maryland will host games at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium on May 18, while Notre Dame and the Indiana Sports Corporation will host quarterfinal matchups in Lucas Oil Stadium, on May 19.
"2013 will be an exciting year in men's lacrosse as we take one of the quarterfinals to a newer grass roots area in the mid-west, and we return one to the state of Maryland, a place widely known for lacrosse," said Tony Seaman, Division I Men's Lacrosse Committee chair and special advisor to the director of athletics at Towson.
"The committee felt moving one of the quarterfinals to a different geographic part of the country would aide in growing the sport of lacrosse, which is one of our most important goals. Both quarterfinal sites will play the games in top-notch facilities, and have staffs that are experienced and well-equipped for putting on a great championship event for all involved. We're looking forward to what is sure to be a memorable lacrosse weekend in both College Park and Indianapolis in 2013."
The 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championships will be held in Philadelphia, Pa., at Lincoln Financial Field, May 25-27.
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What inspired you to start taking photographs, and what is the primary inspiration for you to keep working in this field?
It was in my junior year of high school. My friend Cindy bet me she could take a better photograph then I could, so I enrolled in a photography class. And I fell in love with it right away. She lost the bet and I found my passion!
I'm inspired by living life. My goal is to produce a visual monologue about my own life: the aspects of myself that I am most mystified and riveted by - my sexuality, my personal relationships, the masculine vs. feminine parts of my identity and my place within society.
With that said, my work is a photographic diary. I use the camera as a tool to capture the experiences that life presents every day. This includes vibrant color, humor & my ability of transcending the mundane: celebrating and highlighting moments that we often overlook are paralleled with intimate moments with friends and lovers.
My relationship with my work is a lot like all my relationships - some days I feel totally connected and other days I feel totally disconnected.
In your opinion and experience, how can emerging photographers evaluate themselves as ready to start promoting their works and seek broader exposure for their photographs? What is one vital action you would recommend photographers undertake to find their audience, be included in exhibitions, and gain professional representation?
I was very patient with finding gallery representation. I did extensive research on galleries in NYC. I attended openings on a regular basis to see what art the galleries were showing and to determine where I thought my art would fit in. I made a handmade book and gave it to Brian Clamp, owner of ClampArt Gallery (where I'm currently represented). Honestly, Brian didn't take me on right away, but eventually we formed a relationship. I sent out endless slides and promo pieces on a regular basis. Basically, I put myself out there and was relentless. That's what it takes.
Today there are so many outlets for artist to promote their work; Tumblr, Facebook, personal websites, ibooks, emails, etc. These options weren't even available when I was starting out. But you can look it in two ways. On one hand, there means that there are so many additional ways to reach an audience and get the word out about your work. On the other hand, it's a lot more work and much more active communication that you need to stay on top of.
One vital action that I would pass on? There's a line between being ready and letting one's ego lead. Creating the work is most important. One has to have the work to evaluate and promote. Don't loose sight of this. Find peers to critique your work, peers that will give truthful, constructive criticism.
How did it come about that you achieved the status of successful, professional photographer? What steps were involved in reaching your level of success?
Commitment, determination, persistence, focus, talent, stubbornness and humility mixed with a lot of courage have allowed me to succeed. And I measure my success on my own terms, not by what the art community says.
During my freshman year at the Art Institute of Boston my professor Jane Tuckerman said to me "The art world is a crowded place and difficult to get into, but there's always room if you're determined and push your way in" I never lost sight of those words.
I created. I create. It's a process that never ends. And is my unfaltering commitment to my art and to myself.
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The people of Zambia voted on Dec. 27, 2001, in the election of a new president, members of Parliament and local councilors. Though the president gained only 29 percent of the vote and none of the 10 major parties gained a majority, the stage is set for a new direction in Zambian politics. Questions continue to be asked about the free and fair nature of the elections, but at least the principles of democratic governance, which have been championed by the churches, among others, remain central.
The past decade has been marked by the increasingly active role of the churches in African politics. People had come to expect churches to remain somewhat unnoticed in the political realm, perhaps since the churches' role in anti-colonial protests had been at best ambiguous. As a result, Zambia's churches did not feel confident in their ability to criticize new African leaders who might regard them with suspicion.
As part of the lead-up to the recent Zambian elections, officials of the Catholic Church, including the archbishop of Lusaka, Medardo Mazombwe, campaigned vigorously (and ultimately successfully) with other churches and nongovernmental organizations against a proposed amendment to the country's constitution, which would enable Dr. Frederick Chiluba to be a candidate for a third term as president.
In some respects, the political involvement of the Catholic Church in Zambian politics is not entirely new. But in the eyes of many Zambians, the Catholic Church's role has become clearer, moving from a position of apparent neutrality to a point where it is now regarded as the most outspoken of the Zambian churches.
This perceived change in political outlook can be attributed, in the long term, to the Second Vatican Council and to the waves of liberation theology that followed the council. More immediately, however, it may be derived from the fact that as the political leadership lost credibility in the 1970's and early 80's, the church gained the people's confidence.
In 1953, when Zambia (then Northern Rhodesia) was amalgamated with Zimbabwe (Southern Rhodesia) and Malawi (Nyasaland) to form what came to be known as the Central African Federation, the situation was very different. The nationalist leaders enjoyed the wide support of their people, while the Catholic Church struggled to maintain credibility. At that time, a Catholic spokesperson wrote: Provided there is no question of principle involved, it is the practice of Catholic missionaries to take no part in advocating or opposing contentious political solutions. This somewhat apolitical approach characterized much of the Catholic Church during the early 20th century in Africa. In this era, the church perceived itself to be above politics and was looked upon with ambivalence, especially by African nationalists.
In the early part of the 20th century, the Catholic Church, like many churches at the time, received land grants from the colonial administrators for missionary work. Cecil Rhodes, one of the entrepreneurial giants of the British colonial era, invited churches, the Catholic Church among them, into his newly acquired territories. Subsequently, the Catholic Church worked closely with colonial governments, particularly in British Africa, to provide education and health care for the local populations.
Nationalists generally agreed that the churches had contributed much to the education, health care and welfare of their people, and for this they were grateful. Yet when it came to being critical of the colonial setup in a systemic and institutionalized way, the churches often remained silent, claiming, again, to be above politics.
Fortunately, at a less official level the situation could be different. In 1999, when Dr. Kenneth Kaunda, former president of the Republic of Zambia and an early leader of Zambian nationalists, was asked if he felt that the churches should have been more supportive of the nationalist cause, he said: I will not hesitate to say yes. They should have been more involved, but I think that the weakness of the church as a whole was taken care of by what individual priests did.
Dr. Kaunda had in mind the support he had received from people like Fathers Paddy Walsh, Bob Thompson and others within the Catholic Church, as well as a number of clergymen from other Christian denominations, like Colin Morris and Melvyn Temple. Kaunda particularly commended the Catholic Church's initiative in publishing a newspaper likeThe Leader, which featured articles that enabled Kaunda and other nationalists to articulate their perspectives. Furthermore, the statement of the bishops' conference in 1958 was a political landmark, strongly criticizing the political system in its failure to respect the rights of individuals regardless of race or color.
After independence in 1964, the Catholic Church maintained an apparently satisfactory working relationship with the new government. Despite differences on the matter of the handover of primary schools, abortion legislation and repeated attempts to introduce scientific socialism in the 1970's, the voice of the Catholic Church remained somewhat muted. This is not to say that the Catholic Church altogether failed to speak. Together with other mainline churches, it confronted the state on the attempted imposition of scientific socialism in 1979. But it was less clearly heard in the matter of the handover of primary schools and the introduction of abortion legislation.
In this postcolonial period, as the Catholic Church worldwide became more political after the Second Vatican Council and the emergence of liberation theology, it became less political in African countries, Zambia included. Even as Zambians assumed more leadership positions within the church, they rarely criticized their government openly, notwithstanding its tendency to become more totalitarian and atheistically socialist.
After the collapse of the Berlin Wall, the Catholic Church in many parts of Africa began to play a pivotal role in transforming single-party dictatorships into multiparty democratic states. This was true in Zambia as well. After the 1958 statement by the bishops on race relations, the next intervention of comparable momentthough more effectively communicatedcame after the food riots of June 1990. Much to the displeasure of then-President Kaunda, the years of respectful silence had ended. The church realized what it had suspected for some time: first, the government had lost touch with the people and, second, the church itself had sufficient everyday contact with rank-and-file citizens throughout the country to critique Kaunda's leadership.
After the reintroduction of a multiparty state system in 1990, the Catholic Church continued to promote justice as the way to peace. This had special significance in a context in which those politicians who presented themselves as being so pluralistic in the early 1990's found it difficult to countenance opposition within a year when they were in power.
One of the more high-profile roles the church has assumed in the past few years has been the Jubilee 2000 campaign to cancel the debts of developing countries like Zambia. The church focused on the potential injustices involved in forcing poor people unable to afford the basics of life to pay interest on loans from which they never profited. It also challenged political leaders not simply to create scapegoats (e.g., the debt burden and the pathetic legacy of the Second Republic inherited from the Kaunda years) but to act responsibly as a means of maintaining concern for the poor.
More recently, on Jan. 25, the Zambian bishops met with the newly elected president, Levy Mwanawasa, urging him to heal a deeply divided country. Zambia's 10 opposition parties and international observers had accused Mwanawasa's party of rigging the election held on Dec. 27, 2001. Stressing the need for constitutional reform, the bishops also stated that there is a perceived acceptance of corruption as the norm, not only in government but in the psyche of our people. They also said that President Mwanawasa will need great wisdom and resilience to bring the country out of its current state, noting Zambia's deep-rooted social and economic problems.
From 1891 to 2002, the Catholic Church has attempted to spread the Christian faith among the various peoples of Zambia. It has progressively become more aware of its political role in securing and preserving people's rights. With other churches, it has helped people to recognize and claim their rights to be heard in the corridors of state power. As a new president begins his administration and a new government begins in Zambia, the Catholic Church, which in conjunction with many others has done much to restore democracy, is challenged to ensure that a just and democratic system will be sustained.


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The OLPC team conducted a training program with the Educatrachos teachers team from November 12 to 15, 2012 in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The training focused on integrating the Sugar Activities into the existing curriculum with an emphasis on Spanish and Mathematics. Teachers were instructed on the various teaching resources contained within the XO laptops.
The OLPC program in Honduras will benefit 54,000 students in grades 3 to 6 in 545 schools throughout the country. These students will all have access to XO laptops and digital educational programs.
This program is funded by the Inter-American Development Bank in coordination with the Government of Honduras.
The main goal of the Elementary Education and Technology Integration Program is to improve the learning of students in the poorest elementary schools in Honduras. The program will involve training activities and will provide ongoing support to the teachers. In addition, the program is working to provide textbooks and other educational materials to these schools. The project has a special focus on the incorporation of new technologies in education.


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Now, you might say this game has it all, and you'd probably be right. I'm looking forward to seeing how this one pans out, as it doesn't feature NIS' traditional SRPG style gameplay, and has some pretty incredible art to boot. PS3 RPG fans, make sure you keep this one on your radar.
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Students streamed onto the Comcast Center court Wednesday evening, Maryland's lengthy drought against ranked teams over at last.
Mark Turgeon didn't need the history lesson. He invoked the fairly recent past, though, one that felt so close and so far away for the Terrapins as they ponded a 51-50 defeat of No. 14 N.C. State.
"We haven't won a big game since Greivis was here," Turgeon said, and he was spot-on in mentioning Greivis Vasquez.
It really was three years ago --- OK, two years, 10 months and 13 days if you want to be a stickler --- since the Terrapins snagged anything resembling a landmark victory. It didn't happen in Vasquez's final NCAA tournament thanks to one buzzer-beater. It didn't happen in what became former coach Gary Williams' swan song, with close-but-not-quite become that team's signature.
And it certainly didn't happen last year, when a victory over NIT-bound Miami qualified as the Terps' emotional high.
How it was achieved probably doesn't matter for Maryland (14-3, 2-2 ACC), which conquered the 50-point plateau only on Alex Len's tip-in with 0.9 seconds remaining. The game, in and of itself, reinforced two present-day realities.
The Terps can defend the snot out of anyone. And their offense remains downright agonizing to watch against remotely capable opponents, a designation for which N.C. State (14-3, 3-1) more than qualifies.
Turgeon, ever candid, knows this. In a postgame session that at times was befitting a coach on the wrong end of a last-second win, he bemoaned Maryland's inability to run plays out of timeouts, to absorb all of the wrinkles he would like to install and a complete uncertainty whether a revamped starting lineup would work.
But there was no disputing the potential upshot of a victory, which was why he went around the locker room before tha game and asked player after player after player just why they came to College Park in the first place.
"He told us if we want to make it big this year, we have to win this game to bounce back --- which we did," Len said.
Len chuckled knowingly, but Maryland just as easily could have limped out with its third straight loss after squandering a 10-point lead in the second half. Turgeon, as much as anyone, intuited how fortunate the Terps were to survive.
Instead of upscreening on the final play, the Terps downscreened. Pe'Shon Howard drove into the lane, giving Turgeon hope something good would happen. It did, only it required Len to collect Howard's airball and drop it in for the go-ahead score.
"He said it wasn't miss," Len said. "He said it was a pass."
(For what it's worth, the final statistics listed it as a missed jumper for the junior. Box score don't lie).
And so brought an end to Maryland's 17-game losing streak to ranked teams, one that dated back to Vasquez's final appearance as a player in College Park. The length of the drought was, in calendar days, the program's longest against ranked foes since a stretch from 1965 to 1971.
It wasn't difficult to summon the past Wednesday. Maryland, though, would like to believe its victory reflected well on the future.
"I came here to do great things," Turgeon said. "We haven't done a lot of great things since I've been here. This is one great thing and hopefully it's going to lead to many other things and help us in a lot of different areas down the road."
So if the recent past is forgettable and the future is promising, what can be said about the present? That's a far murkier issue, one Maryland has yet to define despite easily its most impressive victory of the season.
Turgeon trotted out two freshmen and three sophomores to start Wednesday, which says plenty about the state of the Terps' program. Maryland played ugly and lost at Miami on Sunday, then played slightly less ugly and beat N.C. State.
Up and down the Terps figure to go, though their latest victory provides at least the start of building a profile certain to face scrutiny exactly two months from now when the NCAA tournament's 68-team field is unveiled.
"This is a great group we have," guard Seth Allen said. "I feel like we could do that. We really want to hang a banner up like everybody else."
Look toward the ceiling at Comcast Center, and the last team to earn a banner was the Terps' 2009-10 edition. They were the last to beat a ranked team, the last to provoke a court-storming.
Only one current player was part of it. Local product Nick Faust, then a college junior, wasn't in attendance as a recruit.
"Pe'Shon was here," Faust said. "He told me. They started rioting."
Then he smiled mischievously.
"I hope they riot," he said jokingly.
Not yet, not after a single mid-January triumph. An escape of the Wolfpack guarantees nothing for Maryland and doesn't solve the team's biggest problems. But it might just be a start --- perhaps of something bigger than the Terps have enjoyed in what feels like quite some time.
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Following the success of its first iOS app, the Minimoog emulating iMini, which was released back in February, French developer Arturia has unveiled a second iPad synth.
Again, iSEM is a digital recreation of a hardware classic, this time the dual-oscillator Oberheim SEM subtractive synth. As with iMini, iSEM takes its synth engine from Arturia's existing plugin SEM emulation, which is based around the company's True Analog Emulation technology.
The app features the same basic subtractive design as the hardware it's based on, with two oscillators, a filter section, a pair of envelopes and an LFO. It also features a handful of more up-to-date sound shaping tool, including a mod matrix, FX section, arpeggiator and Voice Programmer, which can be used to recreate the thicker sound of Oberheim's later four- and eight-voice SEMs.
iSEM is Audiobus, Wist and Core MIDI compatible, and has been designed with iOS 7's Inter-App Audio in mind.
You can buy iSEM from the App Store now, priced at £6.99/$9.99.


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Ochre has been formed to promote awareness of oesophageal cancer amongst the public, professionals, politicians and patients.
We also intend to encourage research into the causes of oesophageal cancer and to develop information and support services for patients and their families. Upper gastrointestinal cancers are classically detected as advanced tumours and as such have a poor prognosis. A five-year survival rate of only 6% is achieved even with use of radiotherapy and surgery; as such, oesophageal cancer is now the fourth highest cancer killer in the UK and causes around 4,000 deaths each year. There is at present little dedicated research into the causes of oesophageal cancer or ways in which earlier diagnosis can be made.
Ochre is attempting to change this situation and has recently been instrumental in the purchase of a state-of-the-art LIFE-GI (light-induced-fluorescence-endoscopy) system, now in operation at Gartnavel General Hospital in Glasgow.The system, costing £39,000, is capable of detecting cancerous cells at a very early stage, thereby offering vastly improved chances of survival to oesophageal cancer patients.
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Dan Johnson drove in four runs with a go-ahead infield hit and a three-run homer, helping the Toronto Blue Jays end their 17-game losing streak at Yankee Stadium with a 6-4 victory over New York on Saturday.
Brian McCann's two-run homer put the Yankees ahead in the fourth, but Johnson drove in the tiebreaking run in the seventh with a 70-foot bloop that fell in front of second baseman Brian Roberts, who didn't charge the ball.
Johnson's ninth-inning drive off Jeff Francis, which extended the lead to 6-2, was his first homer since hitting three for the Chicago White Sox at Cleveland on Oct. 3, 2012. Johnson also famously saved Tampa Bay on the final night of the 2011 regular season with a tying two-run, two-strike, ninth-inning homer off the Yankees' Cory Wade.
Drew Hutchison (7-9) stopped a three-start skid to win for the first time since July 1, and Chris Capuano failed to get a decision in his Yankees' debut. Shawn Kelley (1-3) was the loser.
Toronto, like New York chasing Baltimore in the AL East, had not won at Yankee Stadium since Aug. 29, 2012. New York lost for just the second time in eight games since the All-Star break.
Hutchison gave up two runs, five hits and three walks in 6 2-3 innings with seven strikeouts. Aaron Loup walked a pair of batters with two outs in the eighth before throwing a called third strike past Brett Gardner on a 3-2 pitch.
Casey Janssen allowed Carlos Beltran's two-run homer in the ninth.
Both teams were warned in the first inning by plate umpire Alan Porter after Capuano hit Jose Bautista in the ribs and Hutchison hit Beltran above the elbow.
Capuano, acquired from Colorado on Thursday, became the Yankees' 11th starting pitcher and 47th player this season, nine short of the team record set last year. With no nameplate above his locker and without a No. 26 on his clubhouse chair, Capuano made his first big league start since September and allowed two runs, five hits and four walks in six innings. He had 28 relief appearances for Boston earlier this season.
Capuano stranded the bases loaded in 25-pitch first when he retired Johnson on an inning-ending flyout. Jacoby Ellsbury saved a run in the fourth when with a man on he sprinted to the gap in left-center, extended his glove and caught Colby Rasmus' drive while falling.
McCann's 11th homer gave the Yankees a 2-0 lead in the fourth, but the Blue Jays tied the score in the fifth on Melky Cabrera's RBI double and Steve Tolleson's sacrifice fly.
Yanks Fall to Blue Jays 6-4
Toronto ended their 17-game losing streak at Yankee Stadium
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History is always messier than we remember. And when it comes to the date of the annual anniversary of American independence, the Fourth of July, nothing can be more disorienting than a faithful recovery of how, and when, history actually happened. As it turns out, nothing much happened on July 4, 1776.
The confusion starts with a painting done by John Trumbull entitled The Declaration of Independence. It depicts John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, plus two less-lustrous delegates in the Continental Congress, approaching the table where John Hancock is seated. Almost everyone assumes that it captures the magic moment on July 4 when the delegates signed the Declaration.
When the delegates concluded their debate on July 4, they then ordered the revised document sent to the printer. No one signed the Declaration that day.
But the day is actually June 28, and the scene recreates the moment when the committee charged with composing the Declaration presents its draft to the Continental Congress. Jefferson had written the first draft a week earlier, the committee had made a few minor revisions, and they were now showing the revised draft for the consideration of the Congress. The Fourth of July was almost a week away.
Then there is the equally confusing testimony of John Adams, delivered in a letter on July 3 to his beloved Abigail:
The second day of July 1776 will be the most memorable epocha in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival…It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of the continent to the other from this time forward forever more.
Adams got everything about the celebrations right—but he got the date wrong. He thought July 2 would be the national birthday because that was the day when the Continental Congress voted to endorse the resolution of the Virginia delegations, proposing the separation of the 13 colonies from the British Empire. Adams thought that was the decisive moment, and the subsequent debate over the language of the Declaration was a mere epilogue.
That debate on July 3-4 altered or deleted about 20 percent of Jefferson's draft. When the delegates concluded their debate on July 4, they then ordered the revised document sent to the printer. No one signed the Declaration that day. Most delegates signed the parchment copy—the one currently on display behind bulletproof glass in the National Archives—on August 2. Stragglers were coming and going into the fall and winter, so some delegates did not sign until several months later.
Why, then, did July 4 become the preferred date for our annual celebration? Well, although nothing momentous occurred on that day, it was the day when the American public first learned about the Declaration. Copies began to appear in newspapers and go up on tavern walls, although in fact it took several weeks for the news to reach all precincts up and down the coast. The deeper truth is that the declaring of American independence was a drawn-out process without a clear-cut crescendo moment. July 4 was an arbitrary choice, but the new nation needed a birthday, and it made as much historical sense as several other alternatives.
This somewhat problematic resolution received a providential endorsement that clinched the case exactly 50 years later. For on July 4, 1826, both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died within hours of one another. They were the two most influential figures in crafting and then defending the language of the Declaration, and in a scene that no novelist would dare to make up, they both died on schedule. Jefferson's last recorded words were, "Is it the Fourth?"
Whatever lingering doubts remained about the appropriateness of the date dissolved right then. If it was good enough for Adams and Jefferson, it was good enough for America. It has remained so ever since.


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Ryan Zimmerman helps Gio Gonzalez earn MLB-best 19th win for Nats
NEW YORK -- Gio Gonzalez was totally prepared to take on the New York Mets. A question about a possible Cy Young Award? That threw him.
Gonzalez earned his big league-leading 19th victory and the Washington Nationals backed him with three home runs to beat the listless Mets 5-1 Monday night.
Gonzalez is certainly a prime contender for the top pitching prize. But he playfully put up his hands when the subject was broached after the game.
"When you start looking at one thing, it'll drive you crazy," he said. "If it comes, it comes."
Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey has 18 wins and a better ERA than Gonzalez, and starts against the Nationals on Tuesday night. Asked whether he was eager for Washington to face Dickey -- and perhaps dent his Cy Young chances -- manager Davey Johnson had a simple answer.
"Not really," he said.
Kurt Suzuki put the Nationals ahead with a home run right after catcher Kelly Shoppach dropped his wind-blown foul popup for an error. Ryan Zimmerman launched a two-run shot later in the third inning and Ian Desmond added a two-run drive in the fourth.
That was plenty for Gonzalez (19-7) and the team with the best record in the majors. The lefty gave up three hits over six innings, none until Scott Hairston homered in the fourth.
Gonzalez worked around five walks and extended his career high for wins. He seemed relaxed enough, chatting with fans in the front row while waiting in the on-deck circle in the sixth as Suzuki batted.
Gonzalez matched a season high for walks, yet lowered his ERA to 2.93.
"Couldn't find the strike zone," he said. "Drank a little too much coffee. I don't know what it was."
The Nationals opened a six-game swing that ends this weekend in Atlanta, where they'll play their closest pursuers in the NL East.
It had already been a jocular trip for the Nationals by the time they arrived in New York. As part of rookie hazing that is traditional in baseball culture, the club made its newcomers dress up as the U.S. Olympic women's gymnastics team -- including red leotards and gold medals -- for the train ride from Washington to Manhattan and dinner out Sunday night.
Teen star Bryce Harper wore the outfit, then had a wardrobe malfunction against the Mets. He broke his belt while diving for Andres Torres' liner in the fourth, and quickly hustled to the Nationals' bullpen in center field for a loaner.
The Mets lost their fourth in a row, deepening their drought at Citi Field. They tied a team record by scoring three or fewer runs for the 11th straight game at home, matching the mark last done in 1979.
"I've done this long enough to know that you don't ever give up," manager Terry Collins said. "You don't ever stop, you don't ever stop grinding it out. You don't ever stop walking through the locker room every day making sure the guys are upbeat, that they're positive, trying to move forward. That doesn't change one bit."
David Wright and his teammates have gone 106 straight innings at home without scoring more than one run.
Collins tried a timing adjustment, changing when his starters took batting practice. He had them hit later, wanting to cut down the 2 1/2-hour gap between BP and game time.
"We're kind of grasping at straws," Collins admitted.
While Andy Murray was winning the U.S. Open tennis tournament right across the street, Mets rookie Collin McHugh (0-2) was serving up home runs. Suzuki hit his fourth, Zimmerman got his 21st and Desmond connected for his 22nd, all off the 25-year-old righty making his third major league start.
Zimmerman's shot was retrieved by a fan dressed in Mets orange who hopped onto the black batter's eye in dead center field and danced with the souvenir, drawing cheers from the crowd.
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Dickey (18-4, 2.64 ERA) will oppose RHP Jordan Zimmermann (10-8, 2.99). ... Harper said he doesn't expect to start against Dickey -- the rookie is 0 for 10 with six strikeouts vs. the knuckleballer, no matter where he stands or what he swings. "In, out, up, down, back and forth, light, heavy, tried it all. Just can't hit the guy," Harper said. ... Gonzalez has beaten the Mets three times in the last two months. ... Zimmerman has a 14-game hitting streak. ... Washington is 12-4 against the Mets this year. ... Torres took away an extra-base hit from Danny Espinosa with a leaping grab.
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Dr Janez Drnov¹ek was sworn in as President of the Republic of Slovenia at the National Assembly on 22 December 2002, after he had presided for ten years over both the Government of the Republic of Slovenia and the leading parliamentary party, the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia. As president of the Liberal Democracy of Slovenia, he succeeded in leading the party to victory at the parliamentary elections three times, in 1992, 1996, and 2000.
Dr Janez Drnov¹ek was born on 17 May 1950 in Celje. He graduated in economics at the University of Ljubljana's Faculty of Economics. In 1986, he finished his doctoral studies in economic science at the Faculty of Economics and Business in Maribor. In 1994, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Boston, and in 1999, an honorary doctorate from the Illinois Wesleyan University. In 2004 he also received the honorary functions of Protector and Honorary Senator of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts from Salzburg.
Until 1989, he held various positions in the economic sector and was involved in credit and monetary policy. After a successful career in banking, Dr Drnov¹ek was elected as the Slovene representative in the collective presidency of the former Yugoslavia at the first free and democratic elections in April 1989. From May 1989 to May 1990 he was the Head of the Presidency of the former Yugoslavia. In September 1989, he presided over the Summit of the Non-Aligned in Belgrade. During Slovenia's independence negotiations, Dr Drnov¹ek was the principal negotiator between the Slovene leadership and the leaders of the former Yugoslavia and the high command of the Yugoslav People's Army. In July 1991, he successfully negotiated the final withdrawal of the Yugoslav Federal Army from Slovenia. In recognition of his outstanding merit in defence of the freedom and sovereignty of the Republic of Slovenia, on 24 July 1992 Dr Drnov¹ek received the highest state decoration, the Golden Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia.
During his years of political activity, Dr Drnov¹ek has taken part in many international meetings, conferences and forums with participants from the highest levels. For his political, economic and humanitarian achievements and personal contribution to Slovenia's successful transition to democracy and its development into a democratically and economically stable country, as well as towards its inclusion into the European and international communities, Dr Drnov¹ek has received a number of international awards, such as Le prix de la Méditerranée (Crans Montana Forum, Malta, October 1995), the Public Leadership Award (Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, May 1997), the award of the Fund for American Studies (American Institute of Political and Economic Systems, Prague, August 1998), the Diálogo Europeo award (Madrid, November 1998), and the Ramón Trias Fargas award (Barcelona, November 2003).
Dr Drnov¹ek is a frequent guest of honour and lecturer at prestigious international establishments and universities all over the world. He is also the author of many articles in the fields of credit control and monetary policy, as well as on international financial relations, in which he has focused on the world loan crisis. In 1996, his book was published, Moja resnica (Escape from Hell), in which Dr Drnov¹ek described his experiences and views of the break-up of the then Yugoslavia. In recent years, Dr Janez Drnov¹ek has been publishing his analyses of and commentaries on topical international questions, in the most important world media. As President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr Drnov¹ek has promoted a debate on the future of the Republic of Slovenia and has invited Slovene experts in various fields, academicians, scientists, economists, and various other representatives of Slovene society to participate in a wide public debate in order to highlight the topics that are of vital importance to the future of the Slovene state.
In 2006, Dr. Drnov¹ek launched an international initiative to start a humanitarian action "World for Darfur", for which the letter of support was signed by a number of prominent world personalities. He is also the initiator of the project "Fruits of Society" of which the purpose is to stimulate voluntary service activities and intergenerational cooperation. This year, Dr. Drnov¹ek also founded the Movement for Justice and Development. In May he wrote the book "Misli o ¾ivljenju in zavedanju" (The Thoughts of Life and Awarness) which focuses on the man, his search for inner equilibrium, inner peace, and gaining awareness of his own self and the world. The translation of
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Dr Drnov¹ek is fluent in English, French, Spanish, and German.
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- Calvary Chapel Distinctives: Grace Upon Grace on September 25th, 2010
Modern evangelicalism may trophy the conservative label and claim biblical Christianity, but it has not only embraced pragmatism, individualism, consumerism and the liberal mindset- it has led the way in it.
The intent of this blog is to expose the folly of modern evangelicalism. Sadly, many immersed in it do not even realize their presuppositions.
It can be easily pointed out that their faith stands on the invisible foundation of America's 19th century sectarians. While they do read their Bible, they do not read it alone. They read through the hidden lens of men like Darby, Scofield, Finney, Wesley and others who have in recent days come up with novel ideas in their interpretation of scriptures, eschatology, soteriology, pneumatology and more.
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Reveling over a new milestone in his presidency, a triumphant Barack Obama on Wednesday signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of lending and high-finance rules since the Great Depression, adding safeguards for millions of consumers and aiming to restrain Wall Street excesses that could set off a new recession.
The president's signing ceremony capped nearly two years of intense and partisan debate over how to avoid a recurrence of the 2008 financial meltdown that buckled the U.S. economy and left sharp, lasting imprints on the nation's politics and in Americans' homes.
"Because of this law, the American people will never be asked again to foot the bill for Wall Street's mistakes," Obama said.
In a heated midterm election season that has dented his public support, Obama sought to put the complex law in pocketbook terms. Emphasizing provisions that guard borrowers from abusive lenders, he claimed "the strongest financial protections for consumers in the nation's history."
Not everyone agreed. Republicans portrayed the bill as a burden on small banks and the businesses that rely on them and argued that it will cost consumers and impede job growth.
Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, a member of the House GOP leadership, on Wednesday joined House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio in calling for the law's repeal.
The law, passed despite nearly unanimous Republican opposition, attempts to catch up to a financial system that has sped ahead of outdated regulation and slackened rules that allowed banks, traders and others to take increased risks.
Wall Street's near collapse, Obama said, "was a crisis born of a failure of responsibility from certain corners of Wall Street to the halls of power in Washington."
The new rules, however, are only at a midpoint. Banking and market regulators will have up to two years to write many of the new regulations required by the law, extending uncertainty and ushering in a new phase of lobbying by financial firms.
"Regulators will have to be vigilant," Obama said.
The president sought to quell public anger over the $700 billion bank rescue fund the government created at the height of the crisis to reassure the markets. While the infusion is credited with providing stability, the public recoiled at the idea of taxpayer money being used to help prop up huge banks.
The law gives regulators new authority to liquidate large, interconnected financial firms that are failing.
"There will be no more tax-funded bailouts, period."
The law, however, does permit the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. to borrow taxpayer money from the Treasury temporarily to help cover the costs of winding down a large firm. Other large banks would have to pay the Treasury back over time.
Firms have been poring over the massive bill, anxious to assess its most immediate impact. Credit rating firms, for instance, say they will no longer allow the issuers of debt-backed securities to put their ratings for them in public sale documents, wary of a provision in the law that makes it easier to sue ratings agencies.
The law assembles an influential council of regulators to be on the lookout for risks across the finance system. It also crates a powerful independent consumer financial protection bureau within the Federal Reserve to write and enforce new regulations covering lending and credit.
It places shadow financial markets that previously escaped the oversight of regulators under new scrutiny and gives the government new powers to break up companies that threaten the economy.
Major Wall Street banks have welcomed some provisions in the bill but have fiercely opposed others that would limit their banking business and cut into their profitability.
And Republicans have argued that the law will hurt rather than help people still reeling from the recession.
"Millions of Americans are struggling to find jobs, and yet all they see in Washington are Democrats passing massive bills that, at their core, seem to have one thing in common: more job loss," Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said on the Senate floor Wednesday.
Thomas Donohue, the president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, called the law "a financial regulatory boondoggle."
The new law comes at a politically delicate time for the president. A growing number of business leaders describe his administration as antagonistic to their interests, and polls show the American public increasingly wary of his policy initiatives.
Eager to portray the law as one with broad appeal, the White House included some top bankers among those at the bill signing ceremony. They included Vikram Pandit, CEO of the financial giant Citigroup, and top executives from Bank of New York Mellon and Barclay's PLC. Noticeably absent, however, were JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon, a past Obama backer, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. CEO Lloyd Blankfein. Dimon has been vocal in his criticism of some provisions in the bill.
"The CEOs who opposed reform never expected to be invited to the bill signing, and not a single one has complained to the administration," Deputy Communications Director Jen Psaki wrote in a White House web log Wednesday.
Also in the audience were Maryland Vietnam veteran, Andrew Giordano, who was hit with bank overdraft fees, and Robin Fox, a Georgia teacher stung by retroactive interest rate increases on her credit card balance — two issues the legislation aims to remedy.
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker and Elizabeth Warren, head of the panel assigned to oversee the bank bailout fund, also attended. Both have been instrumental in shaping parts of the bill.


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DETROIT -- Michelle Castellanos looked up at the Tiger statues near the entrance to Comerica Park and cried. She did a lot of that on Opening Day.
She thought she was ready for it, getting the chance to watch her oldest son, Nick, take the field in the big leagues to start a season. He was realizing the dream he told her about when he was 5 years old. All the years of picking up bats around the house, those mornings where she'd shake her head because young Nick would sleep with a bat, all came back to her.
But it's also Detroit's Opening Day. And she grew up a Detroiter, in a family that has generations of Detroiters. She brought her family up to Michigan nearly every summer for vacation. And they had several generations there to watch Nick Castellanos starting at third base for the Tigers.
When the Tigers drafted him out of high school four years ago, it became a whole lot bigger than his dream. And as the Castellanos walked into Comerica Park on that chilly April morning, it was much more than just Nick's day.
"It was extraordinary, I have to tell you," she said. "I was very excited. You have anticipation, you have anxiety, you have fear, you have joy, and you have it all tied into a moment. And you just hope that moment can go well.
"The other part was that overwhelming is standing outside of the stadium on Opening Day and just the hoopla and the parade of it all. It's kind of a like a circus in a way. And I was standing outside there and I was looking at the Tigers out front. I cried. I said, 'I just cannot believe this is happening.' It was just really emotional for me.
"I think on one level it would've happened for me if he was on any team. But for it to be my hometown. ... My family has been Tiger fans 50, 60 years, some of them. To get all together, wearing Tigers shirts, this just doesn't happen. My dad is a Detroit firefighter. My family is ingrained in that city."
It took an awful lot to realize that dream. And as Nick Castellanos fully appreciates, it wouldn't have happened without her support.
"She's been there from Day 1," he said, "from when I played Tee-ball in Miami Lakes Optimists to when I made my Opening Day in the big leagues, taking me all over God's green earth to play in all these tournaments and stuff. Without the help of her and the help of my dad, I wouldn't be here today."
If a parent's job is supporting a child's dream, the Castellanos family did not have to wait long for him to find his direction. Nick wasn't even in school yet when he told his mom he wanted to be a big league ballplayer. He was younger than that when she realized how much he loved the game.
"The kid's first word was 'ball.' I kid you not," she said in a phone conversation earlier this week. "And he just had such an affinity for the game. We had many other things around him to play, but he was always drawn to that. He slept with a bat. I always remembered that."
Nick's younger brother, Ryan, wasn't far behind. Soon, the family garage became a makeshift batting cage, with the family cars parked outside. When they moved, they tore up part of their new backyard to put in a cage.
When they weren't going to games or shuttling the kids to practice, they were throwing batting practice, at least at the start. Michelle's days as a BP tosser ended once Nick smacked a comebacker that left a mark. That also might have been the time Michelle and Jorge Castellanos realized they had a talent on their hands.
"I had the seams of the baseball stuck in the side of my gut," she said. "I think that was probably in junior high."
She was tough, and not just taking line drives. She was the disciplinarian in the family, Nick recalls, and he took the brunt of it when his grades didn't keep up with his athletic pursuits.
"I would say a bad report card was the worst trouble I got into with my mom," he said. "A lot of yelling, a lot of stuff being taken away. Junior high, I got a little lackadaisical in school, just because I knew that nothing really mattered until high school. So seventh grade, I got into a little trouble with my parents with grades. By high school, I was pretty good."
That wasn't just the mothering instinct. That was the teacher. She has spent her career in education, including 14 years in the classroom. She knew Nick's talent, but she also knew he needed a backup plan. When they agreed to let Nick follow his dreams, it came with conditions.
"I'm an educator by trade," she said, "so I was very involved in academics. My role was always that the kids look out for school. Yeah, it was a privilege and an honor to do some of the things that he did, and there are responsibilities that go with that.
"It was hard to balance them out, then when you realize that he does have a gift. You realize that, and then it became a balancing act. He had to stay focused on finishing his tasks first."
That became a regular message she delivered as the scouting reports rolled in and the publicity followed. Nick had a gift, one that could carry him to his dreams, but he had a responsibility that goes with it -- to himself, to others, to the community.
As long as he lived up to his responsibilities, his parents were always there on the other end. If he didn't, Michelle would make sure he knew about it.
The way Nick Castellanos carries himself reflects that, the discipline, the work ethic, the approach. When the Tigers drafted him with their first pick in 2010, Michelle watched her son make the difficult choice between two dreams, knowing what a college education would mean, but also knowing what her son becoming a Tiger would mean to her family back home.
"I'm proud that he has accomplished what he set out to do, and there's a long way to go for him," she said. "But I'm most proud when people speak of his discipline, speak of his awareness. We always told him, 'You are in this arena and it's a gift, but you realize there's a responsibility and an awareness that you have to live up to. It's not a gift that's given freely.'
"When people say that he works hard and that he cares about the people around him, that to me means a lot."
The house is an empty nest for now, with Nick up in Detroit, Ryan playing college ball at the University of Illinois, and their younger sister Jackie heading off to college. Yet Michelle's still picking up his bats around the house.
When Nick and his fiancée, Vanessa, and their young son, Liam, move into their own home, the bats will go with them -- well, most of them.
"Actually, I'm going to keep a couple," Michelle said.