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Put Me in Coach
Posted by Amelia Cohen in Blogs, Sports, Students on April 1, 2013
Tufts student Nick Woolf, A14, writes about sports, social media, marketing and their intersection in his blog Put Me In Coach.
Begun four years ago, "Put Me In Coach" is a place where Woolf shares his published articles from the Tufts Daily and his high school newspaper, as well as assignments from some of his Tufts classes. Other posts include Woolf's opinions about various apps, sports culture in the US, media at Tufts and much more.
Recently, he wrote an entry entitled "The Boston 'White' Sox, Tiger Woods & Representing Race in American Sports." Read the intro to his post below, and check out the full post here.
After reading Sharon O'Brien's piece on the ethnic and racial history of the Boston Red Sox, I was shocked to discover that my hometown squad was the last team in Major League Baseball history to integrate. Growing up in a suburb just outside of Boston, I became a Red Sox fan at a very early age. The first professional sporting event I ever attended was a game at Fenway Park. As I grew older, I began to follow the team religiously, closely studying the makeup of the roster each year and slowly learning more and more about the franchise's heartbreaking reputation as the team that, in my father's words, could be counted on to "always snatch defeat from the jaws of victory."
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OAKLAND — One game after a thrilling win in a nationally televised matchup against a title contender, the Warriors beat lottery-bound Utah 102-88 on Saturday night.
Two days after a victory against the Oklahoma City Thunder, it was a sleepy atmosphere before an uninspired crowd. And the one-win Jazz certainly wasn't an opponent to get up for. But Golden State didn't play down to its competition.
This is what they call "handling business" in the NBA.
Last season, the Warriors lost a handful of winnable games, including a few at home to non-playoff teams. They're determined to avoid such letdowns this season.
"That's always in the back of our minds," Klay Thompson said after totaling 25 points on 14 shots. "We have a different makeup this year. We're a little deeper. These are the games you have to win if you want to be a great team. … You've got to win the winnable games at home."
The Warriors (7-3) improved to 5-0 at Oracle Arena, holding double-digit leads in all of them. The win over the Jazz was the third time they've gone 48 minutes without trailing.
No, this wasn't the whippings the Warriors planted on Detroit, Sacramento and the Los Angeles Lakers. Golden State's starters did get fourth-quarter action after Utah made a second-half run. But Golden State got the job done. The Warriors didn't allow a bad team to be within striking distance down the stretch.
It looked for a moment as if it were heading that way.
The Warriors led 51-34 at the half after holding Utah to 33.3 percent shooting over the first two quarters. Golden State was a good run from turning the contest into a scrimmage. Until you looked up and the lead was down to seven.
The Jazz got hot from behind the 3-point line, knocking down four 3-pointers during a 20-10 run to open the second half. Utah forward Gordon Hayward's second 3 during the spurt cut the Warriors' lead to 61-54 with 5:37 left in the third quarter.
"When we have a big lead at the half, we're still figuring out how to come out with aggression in the third quarter and not give them any life," point guard Stephen Curry said after totaling 15 points and 11 assists with no turnovers. "But to be able to come back from that, push the lead up and kind of win comfortable down the stretch, that's a good sign."
The Warriors' lead was 85-75 after a three-point play by Jazz big man Derrick Favors at the 7:16 mark of the fourth quarter. But Golden State took the edge off for the fans with a run to end the suspense.
Harrison Barnes started it by drilling a pull-up. And, after a Hayward jumper, Thompson dropped in a baseline jumper. After a stop, Curry found Thompson in the corner for a transition 3. Golden State's lead was up to 92-77.
At the 4:39 mark, Curry dropped in a driving finger roll followed by a runner off the glass from David Lee. Then Curry capped a 13-4 run by turned the high pick-and-roll with Andrew Bogut into an alley-oop. The Warriors led 98-79, and the starters were finally yanked with 3:14 left.
"I thought we did a very good job of keeping them at bay," coach Mark Jackson said.
O'Neal slipped in the paint and landed awkwardly in the splits. He immediately grabbed his right thigh while rolling on the court in pain. He was eventually helped to the locker room by his teammates, unable to put any pressure on his right leg.
O'Neal will undergo more tests Sunday. If he's out for any significant time, especially with Festus Ezeli still on the shelf after knee surgery, the Warriors will be in need of a backup center. Golden State has three options behind Bogut: 1. Go small with Lee or Speights at center; 2. Give O'Neal's minutes to rookie Ognjen Kuzmic; 3. Go get another big man, such as promising training camp invitee Dewayne Dedmon, currently playing for the Warriors' NBA Development League team in Santa Cruz.
"I took a full timeout because he means a lot to this basketball team," Jackson said. "We pray everything is fine with him. At the end of the day, we have to have guys that will step up and be ready."
For more on the Warriors, go to Marcus Thompson's blog at www.ibabuzz.com/warriors. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/gswscribe.
Warriors (7-3) at Utah (1-10),
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Sunday's match was a brutal one for the LA Galaxy, who fell 5-0 to the New England Revolution.
My sidebar on the LA Galaxy's defeat can be found here while my Three Points to the match can be read here.
A few notes on the match including some provided by the Galaxy Communications staff below:
*The Galaxy arrived at Gillette Stadium 55 minutes prior to kick off on Sunday after traffic en route.
*The 5-0 defeat ties the club record for the biggest margin of defeat in an MLS regular season game, equaling a 5-0 loss to the MetroStars on June 15, 2002.
*This was also just the second time that the Galaxy have conceded five or more goals in a game under Bruce Arena. LA lost 6-3 to FC Dallas on September 12, 2009 at The Home Depot Center.
*The Galaxy are 0-5-0 in MLS this year when conceding the first goal and 0-7-0 when doing so in all competitions.
*This was the 17th straight game in all competitions this season that the Galaxy have made at least one lineup change.
*According to the team issued game notes: Todd Dunivant (left quad strain), Leonardo (left ankle) and Jack McBean (fractured left clavicle) all missed the game because of injuries.
*Bryan Gaul and Kofi Opare were in the 18-man squad for a regular season for the first time in 2013. Each of LA's 29 rostered players have been on the gameday squad at least once.


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If you haven't been "saved" yet, you'll feel holier than thou after you've seen "The Savannah Disputation" at Florida Studio Theatre.
Director Kate Alexander, who describes the play best as reflective of a "dogma eat dogma world," energetically and shrewdly referees this hilarious smackdown between two Christian super sects.
Although it initially opened to mixed reviews in New York and has been dismissed by highbrow critics as a funny but silly and insubstantial sitcom, the play has undergone a recent, highly successful revival.
Playwright Evan Smith was inspired to write a religious satire during the 2002 midterm elections, while he was living in Savannah, Ga. He was intrigued by the sudden intrusion into politics of the religious right, so he launched into a study of the Bible and the views of Protestant evangelicals and their detestation of the Roman Catholic Church.
Even funnier than the skewering of fanatically held beliefs are the characterizations Smith contrived to represent those beliefs. He's accomplished the seemingly impossible task of bringing to life characters simultaneously stereotypical and vulnerably believable. They are empathy-deserving beings doing their best to find comfort in the face of their own mortality.
FST has a brilliant and beatifically entertaining cast for this production. The main characters in the ensemble are two Catholic spinsters, in whose living room the action takes place. Like so many sisters, Margaret and Mary can be described as a salt-and-pepper pair.
Susan Greenhill fabulously captures every nuance of Margaret, a kind, loving, naive, wouldn't-hurt-a-fly innocent who declares, "I'm smart enough to know I'm stupid." Greenhill is an FST veteran who has appeared in numerous TV shows.
Lisa McMillan, recently seen in "Sheer Madness" at FST, provokingly plays Mary, self-satisfied, strong-willed and outspoken, to perfection. Her Broadway credits include "La Cage Aux Folles."
Lindsey Wochley plays Melissa, the door-to-door evangelical who comes calling at the sisters' home. Wonderfully unexpected, her character is more of a hot babe than a card-carrying missionary, and her approach to her messianic calling is more reminiscent of a well-organized vacuum salesperson working her way through college.
Sheffield Chastain as Father Murphy successfully straddles a fine line between prototypical Irish priest and realistic, lonely individual. Chastain made a hilarious appearance in "The 39 Steps" this year at FST.
April Soroko captures the visuals in both scenic and costume design. David M. Upton provided the lighting design, with stage management by Will Willoughby.


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The Downtown Art Walk will kick off the festivities around 5 p.m. today. At 5:30 p.m., Main Street Russellville will host an unveiling ceremony to introduce the new Russellville Downtown Brand Identity.
Arkansas Tech University will gear up for the Wonder Boy's first home game against Southwestern Oklahoma with a pep rally at 5:45 p.m.
Local bands Middle Dog and Feedback will provide live music entertainment beginning at 8 p.m.
Shoppers can enjoy a variety of choices Saturday morning with the Tri-Peaks Community Market and the Collectibles on Commerce both opening at 8 a.m. From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., there will be a barbecue cook-off with the winners of the people's choice judging announced at 2 p.m.
Football fans can enjoy a Party at the Plaza at Thone Stadium on ATU's campus beginning at 4 p.m. until kickoff at 6 p.m.
At 8 p.m., Habitat for Humanity is holding a fundraiser at Depot Park with live entertainment provided by Summerfield Reunion.
For more information, call Main Street Russellville, 479-967-1437.


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A major expansion of New York City's subway system is forging ahead despite operating budget shortfalls that have led to service cuts and higher fares.
MTA Capital Construction President Michael Horodniceau announced Thursday that the main components of the Second Avenue Subway Tunnel Boring Machine, including the 200-ton cutter head, were lowered this week into the Launch Box at at 96th Street for the final stage of assembly (as seen in photo at left). In May, the TBM will begin mining the western tunnel for the new two-track line.
Originally manufactured by the Robbins Company about 30 years ago, the TBM was first used to dig the MTA's 63rd Street Tunnel in the late 1970s and has was been used on at least four other projects. The machine has been reconditioned and was rebuilt in Newark, N, J., at contractor Schiavone's yard.
The TBM, including the trailing gear which contains mechanical and electrical equipment that powers the cutter head, is 450 feet long. The cutter head has 44 rotating discs that will drill and excavate the approximately 7,700 foot-long tunnels.
"The arrival this week of the TBM at Second Avenue is a clear indicator that the MTA is delivering on a major expansion project that will have a dramatic impact on Manhattan's East Side," said Horodniceau.
Construction of Phase I of the new subway beganin April 2007. When completed (currently set for December 2016), it will serve 213,000 daily riders and is expected to decrease crowding on the adjacent Lexington Avenue Line by as much as 13%, or 23,500 fewer riders on an average weekday. It will also reduce travel times by up to 10 minutes or more (up to 27%)for those on the far east side or those traveling from the East Side to west Midtown.


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Ok... so call me a dummy when it comes to posts and the abbreviations people use. I don't twitter or use face book. I finally just figured out what "LQS" meant. I thought maybe we could help others out by posting some popular abbreviations here and what they mean.
For instance: LQS I think means Local Quilt store
I see DD posted all the time and don't know what that one means.
I do know what LOL means and some are going to be doing that when they read this for sure!


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Potential funding for California Avenue creates an opportunity for essential change.
Possibilities exist for business support besides the current lane configuration. Some European cities, for example, close shopping districts during the day. Protective gates unlock during early morning hours to allow for deliveries.
Perhaps the businesses that focus on foreign imports need to reconsider priorities.
By reshaping venues to center upon locally produced goods, high fuel-use transport systems will yield less environmentally damaging ways of doing business.
The grocery store that features foreign items can easily shift to locally produced brands that also accommodate specialty tastes. Apparel shops that now center on European products could seek out local companies that create goods analogous to the foreign-produced ones. Regional economies would benefit from such changes while decreasing their reliance on fossil fuel.
These shifts might begin to reduce the need for giant trucking on California Avenue and set the stage for the emergence of more environmentally conscious ways. Ecological awareness is likely to attract additional business to the area by those wishing to support kinder means.
Rather than the current "we against they" stance that exists between businesses and city leaders that serves to generate hostilities, cooperative resolution might evolve to benefit many — both in the present and for coming generations.
Bette Kiernan
Sherman Avenue
Don't destroy Cal Ave
Does anyone invite a dozen guests for dinner and then burn half their dining room chairs? This is what the City of Palo Alto intends to do. It plans to narrow California Avenue from four lanes to two. At the same time, hundreds of new homes are being built just a few blocks away.
The city claims this will make California Avenue "safer" but refuses to prove how "dangerous" the street is. The city claims this will encourage more people to bike and walk, without a single study showing that anyone will make this change. Would you bike or walk more on California Avenue if half the lanes were eliminated?
The city is desperate to solve a problem that doesn't exist. If you liked the overnight removal of all the trees on California Avenue, you'll love the loss of half its lanes, with all the resulting traffic tie-ups and increase in accidents. If you don't want California Avenue destroyed, write the City Council today.
Marty Klein
Thorwood Drive
Fix, don't narrow
I don't understand why reporters for the Palo Alto Weekly continually say that residents are enthusiastic about reducing California Avenue to two lanes and only the business owners are against the project. That simply isn't true.
I attended the community meetings and an overwhelming majority of residents were against reducing the lanes to two. The business owners have filed a lawsuit because they rightly believe that two lanes will harm business. I agree. Not only will two lanes slow traffic and keep would-be shoppers and diners away, they pose a safety hazard to bicyclists.
With the east/west tunnel, the Park Boulevard north/south bike commuter route and Caltrain ridership — the California Avenue area is a major bike and pedestrian crossroads. Changing to two lanes would seriously decrease the ability to maneuver a bicycle safely through California Avenue. Proposed housing on Birch Street and Park Boulevard will bring even more traffic. This is no time to reduce the lanes!
Despite lawsuits and the residents' dismay, the city just committed $500,000 to move forward with the planning. Geez, I thought we were struggling with the budget. Yet there is money to throw at this unpopular project. Meanwhile California Avenue-area roads are full of dangerous potholes and big cracks in the pavement, making bicycling unpleasant at best and downright dangerous at worst.
How about just fixing the roads and abandoning the costly and hugely unpopular beautification project?
Shannon McEntee
Sheridan Avenue
Level crossings
Why worry about two-track versus four-track when the major obstacle to running a fast, efficient train system on the Peninsula remains level crossings?
The fact that Caltrain has many road crossings leads to excessive noise (train whistles are not required at under- or over-crossings), accidents and long delays. More than one death per month on average and many non-fatal accidents at crossings cause delays of several hours and consequently unreliable service.
Suppose we add several more trains per hour to this system with high-speed rail — the above problems will be compounded, in addition to causing excessive traffic delays at the crossings. I would love to see both Caltrain and high-speed rail succeed, but I haven't seen any proposed solutions to this seemingly intractable problem.
Gary Breitbard
San Jude Avenue
Brown vs. Munger
I am disappointed that there may be two school tax initiatives on our ballot this November. Neither is perfect, but something must be done, and each may rob the other of enough votes so that neither will pass, an outcome that would leave our schools to continue to operate without sufficient resources for improvement.
I think we can all agree that the K-12 schools need more money, but if both initiatives are on the ballot, I will vote for the Brown initiative and against the Munger.
Why? The Brown initiative puts aside at least some money for our important community colleges. Not enough, but at least some. The K-12 schools are not the only educational institutions in desperate want of funds.
It seems to me to be a fatal idea to have two initiatives on the same issue on the same ballot. I hope the Munger initiative will fail to gather sufficient signatures.
Sue Kemp
Seale Avenue
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This month's EP Monthly (terrific and getting better if that's possible) has published the results of their survey of depression in Emergency Physicians. It surprised them, and me:
Features: Survey Says Many EPs Suffer in Silence
"I have had the pistol in my mouth and would have pulled the trigger, save for leaving my child without a parent." Thus began one response to EPM's December article and survey "Silent Treatment." The respondent continued: "Does anyone honestly think that anyone in our position would report this type of thought to any board? Go under the microscope? Lose our ability to provide for our families? For as much hype as is given to diagnosis and treatment of depression, state boards and everyone else hold their physicians to a different standard. If I were a plumber or musician, I would just go see my psychiatrist, take medication, and go on with my life, better off for having done so. We are held to an impossible double standard."
This desperation was echoed in countless other anonymous responses, each reinforcing the need to understand physician depression better and do away with stereotypes that might hinder treatment. Here now are our findings, and the many voices that cry for understanding.
Granted, this is a self-report so there's a selection bias, but the numbers were surprising:
In our EPM survey, 73% of 108 respondents had experienced symptoms that they felt might have been depression.
Suicide, on the other hand, is far more prevalent among physicians than the public, with the most reliable estimates ranging from 1.41% to 2.27% times the rate in the general population. More alarming is that, after accidents, suicide is the most common cause of death among medical students…
Sadly, though physicians have a lower mortality risk from cancer and heart disease relative to the general population, presumably relating to self-care and early diagnosis, we have a significantly higher risk of dying from suicide.
Okay, a sample size of 108 isn't statistically meaningful, but the numbers presented are surprising to me. And, I would imagine the "%" above was meant to be times.


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The Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management announced Tuesday a $1.04 million grant will go to build the facility at Avondale Elementary School in West Memphis.
FEMA officials say the money will cover 75 percent of the costs for the $1.392 million project.
The freestanding safe room is meant not only to protect students, faculty and staff, but also to shelter neighborhood residents during severe weather. The room will be built to hold as many as 1,000 people.
FEMA also has awarded a $1 million grant to build a safe room at the high school in Vilonia, where five people died in a tornado April 25.


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30 Iconic Voices American Idol Would Hate
AI has launched some big musical careers, but what would Simon and Co. have said if these bonafide talents had stepped on stage with a number pinned on their shirt?
Trent Reznor
Judges Say: It's one thing to sing like you're cracking walnuts between your butt cheeks, it's another to seem so angry about it. He'd pop a neck vein by the semifinals.
Louis Armstrong
Judges Say: Nice try: Using a trumpet to distract us from the fact that he sounds like a regular at the bar in Star Wars.
Sammy Davis Jr.
Judges Say: Is that a wandering eye, or... OH GOD.
Billy Corgan
Judges Say: Who let a goat in the room? And why is it complaining so much?
Woody Guthrie
Judges Say: That's cute. A real farmer!
Janis Joplin
Judges Say: In the words of esteemed colleague Perez Hilton: "Hot mess." LOL.
Tom Waits
Judges Say: Smells like a Greyhound station -- and America values its hygeine.
Judges Say: Sounds like he's actually crying. Seriously, is he having a breakdown?
Robert Johnson
Judges Say: All the "devil" talk is weird. Maybe if he comes back next year and "goths" it up a bit...
John Lee Hooker
Judges Say: Points for being the only hooker on the show to admit it. O snap!
Billie Holiday
Judges Say: Does she know what heroin does to the complexion? Think of the photo shoots...
Tiny Tim
Judges Say: Sanjaya with a ukelele. Good luck on YouTube.
Bob Dylan
Judges Say: You know when you're bored on the can, and you start singing through the toilet paper tube? Yeah, like that.
Judges Say: The cat mewling, hair pulling, chest thumping... it's like watching Paula backstage before the taping.
Judges Say: Loser, baby.


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A driver was injured and his 19-year-old passenger was killed early Thursday in a collision with a fire engine responding to a medical-aid call in Poway, the Sheriff's Department said.
Authorities identified the victim as Evelyn Jean Courtney, who lived with her parents in Poway.
Courtney's Facebook page said she attended Poway High School and Mt. Carmel High, and shows professional photographs of her as a model.
Her father, Wade Courtney, wrote about the tragedy on his Facebook page. "No one should ever have to go through the pain of burying their child," he said.
The fire engine, with overhead lights activated, was heading east on Poway Road about 4 a.m. and had a green light entering the intersection with Midland Road when it collided with a southbound Honda Accord, sheriff's Lt. Jeffrey Duckworth said. The truck hit the car's passenger side, pushing it into a light pole.
Courtney died at the scene. The driver, a 44-year-old San Diego man, was hospitalized with injuries that are not life-threatening, Duckworth said.
Three Poway firefighter/paramedics on the rig were not injured and rendered medical aid. A paramedic unit that was behind the truck continued on to the emergency.
Duckworth said an open alcoholic beverage container was found in the car, and authorities are investigating if drugs or alcohol were a factor in the collision.
On his website, Wade Courtney said he is a photographer and writer. He wrote on Facebook that there were no words to express how he felt. "It's like anger, love, fear, sadness all rolled up into one," he said.
In a personal message to his daughter, he said he "was proud of the way you were turning your life around."
Photographer Nirav "Manny" Mankad said he took pictures of Courtney last fall for a fashion magazine. "She was very easy to work with, very graceful," he said.
They worked with makeup artist Rowena Cavanaugh and hair stylist Monica Vasquez, co-owners of Old Town Powder Room stylist company in Temecula.
"She was the sweetest thing," Vasquez said in a telephone interview. "She had been modeling about two years, working with local San Diego photographers, building her portfolio. She was just doing it while she was young. I know she had plans to go to college, maybe medical school. She was a smart girl."
Mark Sanchez, the city of Poway's director of safety services, issued a statement offering sympathy to the families and said the fire department "is cooperating with law enforcement professionals while they conduct a comprehensive investigation of this accident."


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After Lorena bites Bellhop Barry and gets too close to Sookie's secret, Bill finally knocks her cold and heads to the Fellowship, where Eric and Sookie -- with Jason, who is fine because Sarah only shot him with a paintball gun because she has gone crazy -- are in the middle of a nightmare.
You've got the Fellowship congregation, the Soldiers of the Sun summoned during Eric and Sookie's escape. Everybody stands around yelling their various agendas and acting like idiots, Eric gets chained to the altar at one point, and then on top of all this, Stan shows up with an army of tacky Dallas vampires.
The ensuing massacre is aborted by Godric's command, not that Steve's swayed by his awesomeness, and then there's a big party at Godric's house to celebrate his return to the fold (and Jason's return to sanity). Godric stays sad and cagey about his feeding habits, why he ended up at the Fellowship, and what his next plans are for vampire-human reconciliation. Eric spends most of the episode doing handstands for his attention regardless.
Due to the drama, Bill sends Jessica and Hoyt home to Bon Temps -- not really the best place for tender youngsters, but he doesn't know that. She's grossed out, but he is of course just as sweet as pie about it.
Hey, speaking of pie, Maryann makes one with Daphne's heart after stashing her body in the Merlotte's walk-in freezer. So now Sam's in jail -- no thanks to Andy, who tries to get him to corroborate the dollhouse-giant pig-claw monster-bull lady-devil orgy story -- and Tara and Eggs, after eating Daphne Pot Pie, are pushing past acceptable limits. Which in this case means beating the hell out of each other, having sex, and doing both at the same time.
Isabel brings Hugo to Godric for justice, but Godric lets him go, and then Lorena shows up to start something with Sookie -- who obliges like it's Springer -- but eventually Godric tells her to get lost too. He tries to explain that the last 2000 years haven't made vampires better people any more than they have humans, but nobody's really listening. After a flirty, manipulative aside with Eric, Jason tries to apologize to Bill for the last few months of racism, and ends up freaking him out even worse with a giant sweet Stackhouse bearhug. Then Luke shows up and goes suicide bomber on everybody.
Discuss this episode in our forums, then see vloggers Val and Beth discuss vampire pregnancy in TV is the Answer! And check back soon for the full recap!
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[Illinois] CMMB IGERT & M-CNTC Annual Symposium: Alpha-Catenin in Cadherin Mechanotransduction
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Differential adhesion between cadherin subtypes expressed on cell surfaces is postulated to direct cell segregation during tissue morphogenesis. The studies described here used magnetic twisting cytometry and traction force microscopy to test the impact of cadherin binding selectivity on mechanotransduction and substrate rigidity sensing at cadherin-based adhesions. Micropipette measurements in turn quantified the binding affinities of different cadherin subtypes. Here we present evidence that the ability to transduce mechanical information across cadherin junctions depends on the identity of the ligand, such that only homophilic bonds between identical cadherins support force-activated junction remodeling. Mechanical stimulation with dissimilar cadherins or with anti-cadherin antibodies failed to elicit any response to force. Surprisingly, this behavior does not correlate with protein binding affinities, suggesting that mechanical differences may supercede protein-binding affinities in controlling intercellular organization during development.
Hamid Tabdili was born in Iran and grew up in Tehran, the capital city. He received his B.Sc. degree from Sharif University of Technology in Material Science and Engineering. Later on he moved to England to continue his education in Biomedical Engineering with the focus on Biomedical Applications of Polymers at the University of Sheffield. He graduated with his M.Sc. under the supervision of Professor Short. The title of his thesis was "Nanofabrication of DNA microarray using plasma polymerization". He then came to the U.S. for his Ph.D. studies in 2007, and he was fortunate to be accepted in Professor's Deborah Leckband's Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Currently as a Ph.D. candidate he is working on his thesis which is on mechanotransduction at intercellular junction. The main focus of his research is on studying the parameters that modulate cadherin mechanosensing mechanism. The main goals of the project are identifying the key cytoskeletal components and molecular pathways in cadherin-mediated mechanosensing, as well as investigating the potential signaling molecules that are force-dependent and/or modulate the force dependent response through cadherin. Hamid is interested in a research career in leading biotech companies. Outside his education, he is a huge fan of sports, mostly tennis and ski. He is also interested in learning new languages, and is currently studying Spanish as his third language. He is also a huge fan of poetry and Classical music.
From Hamid Tabdili's Trainee profile
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Midwest Cancer Nanotechnology Traning Center (M-CNTC) Training the next generation of leaders who will define the new frontiers and applications of nanotechnology in cancer research It is known that more than 1.5 million Americans were diagnosed with cancer during 2010, and half a million have died (Cancer Statistics 2010, ACS). In spite of considerable effort, there has been limited success in reducing per capita deaths from cancer since 1950. This calls for a paradigm shift in the understanding, detection, and intervention of the evolution of cancer from a single cell to tumor scale.
In response to this challenge the M-CNTC has assembled a preeminent interdisciplinary team of researchers and educators across the University of Illinois and clinical collaborators in the Midwest to train the next generation of engineers, physical scientists, and biologists to address the challenge of understanding, managing, diagnosing, and treating cancer using the most recent advancements in nanotechnology.
Cellular and Molecular Mechanics and Bionanotechnology (CMMB-IGERT) Training the next generation of leaders who will define the new frontiers of cellular and molecular mechanics and bionanotechnology Critical experiments during the last decade show a fundamental link between the micro- and macro-mechanical environment (i.e., intracellular forces, local shear, gravitational force) and a variety of cell functionalities, their lineage, and phenotype. These findings pose the grand challenge: what is the underlying molecular mechanism that cells employ to transduce mechanical signals to biochemical pathways?
In response to this challenge the CMMB IGERT launched an interdisciplinary research effort with national and international collaborators.
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Hoopshype says the meeting today between Marbury, Walsh, and Players Union attorney last 35 minutes with no results. So, we'll have to be patient.
Also, remember the Ron Artest situation in Indiana? Walsh had Ron Artest sitting at home for almost half a season, though the fans were pissed far more than now (Artest messed up a contender after all). And he got a nice trade out of that mess - Peja Stojakovic, later Al Harongton.
So if I have to guess, Id say Marbury will get buyout at the end of February, or a trade just before deadline. As for a trade, what do u think of this:
Marbury, Robinson to Sacramento
Brad Miller, Kenny Thomas to Knicks.
Sacramento saves almost 20 mil in cash. Clears frontline minutes for rebuilding with Hawes and Thompson. Gets Nate.
Knicks get nice passing center in Miller. Still have same cap space for 2010 (actually even more, since Nate wont be resigned). Get some value from Marbury. Brad-Lee frontcourt would give us some good times in these 2 years.
And Sacto might even play Marbury, they have ugly situation at pg.. Looks like a good deal for both teams, since Sacto isnt getting to playoffs anyway.
OFF TOPIC: Don't u think the dude is the biggest marketing genious in the NBA right now? I mean, it's one thing when great players like Dwight Howard or Shaq put on media shows during All Star, and get nicer shoe deals. Marbury hasnt shown anything good for years, but looks like he could still get a few millions from Miami or some other place just because media cant forget him. That's some marketing lol


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Technical Abstract: For more than 100 years the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has supported the generation and compilation of food composition data. Today the Agricultural Research Service, USDA develops and maintains the National Nutrient Data Bank, a repository of food composition data which provides the foundation for most other U.S. food composition database applications including the databases for the U.S. What We Eat in America: NHANES and for epidemiological applications. Values for the more than 7200 foods and up to 140 dietary components may be derived from chemical analysis of representative samples of the foods, obtained from the food industry or scientific literature, or calculated from data for similar foods. Through a collaboration with the U.S. National Institutes of Health, USDA has developed the National Food and Nutrient Analysis Program (NFNAP) to generate original analytical data for important foods. In 2005 USDA entered into a collaboration with the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements to develop the Dietary Supplements Ingredient Database (DSID) to provide analytical estimates of dietary ingredients (e.g., nutrients) in various popular types of supplements. Both the food and dietary supplements projects employ statistically valid sampling plans, comprehensive quality control, and USDA analytical oversight as part of the program to generate new and updated analytical data. During 2009, data for vitamin D in more than 2700 foods were released. Also, the first release of the DSID was launched in April, 2009. The challenging process of maintaining a dynamic reservoir of accurate, current, and specific estimates for components in foods requires continuous support for food composition research, data generation including studies of variability, and data compilation. Cooperation with the food industry, the scientific community, and government agencies is essential to this process.


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The latest data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech notes that Windows Phone is nearing the 10% mark in Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Spain combined. In France and Great Britain, Windows Phone's growth hit double digits -- 10.8% and 12%, respectively -- in the three-month period ending Aug. 13. This marks the first time Windows Phone has ever breached the double digit mark in a major market.
"Windows Phone's latest wave of growth is being driven by Nokia's expansion into the low- and mid-range market with the Lumia 520 and 620 handsets," said Dominic Sunnebo, strategic insight director at Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. "These models are hitting the sweet spot with 16- to 24-year-olds and 35- to 49-year-olds, two key groups that look for a balance of price and functionality in their smartphone."
The Lumia 520 has experienced brisk sales in the U.S. It is offered by T-Mobile. Sales of Nokia's premiere devices, such as the Lumia 1020 and Lumia 925, aren't as strong as that of the 520 largely due to their much higher cost. The 1020, for example, costs $749 without a contract. AT&T was selling it for $299 with a contract at launch, but later dropped the price to $199 with a contract.
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What of iOS? In Europe, it improved its market share to 16.1%. BlackBerry's share of the European smartphone market was more than halved, however, from 5.8% to 2.4%.
Despite Windows Phone's growth in Europe, it hasn't been as successful in the U.S. In the same three-month period, Android grabbed 55.1% of the U.S. smartphone market, while iOS nabbed 39.3%, Windows Phone grew to 3%, and BlackBerry dropped to 1.8%. In Japan, Android and iOS are neck-and-neck, with 47.4% and 48.6%, respectively. Together, they hold 96% of the smartphone market, leaving little room for BlackBerry and Windows Phone. Kantar expects iOS adoption to surge, however, now that Japan's largest network operator, NTT DoCoMo, is selling the iPhone.


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May 10, 2013 at 12:10 a.m.
Since entering the professional world of senior care several years ago, I have encountered, almost daily, seniors and/or their family members who are confused and sometimes misguided about the options for the elderly on a variety of subjects.
Children want to know what they can do if they suspect dementia in a parent. The widow of a veteran wants to know if she can qualify for veterans benefits. What does Medicare and Medicaid cover? What are the financial options available if mom wants to move into assisted living?
About a year ago, I became a certified senior adviser, which provided me with a solid foundation regarding many of these topics, and ever since, I have wanted to find a way to educate our community about these issues and assist them in navigating the quagmire of information and choices.
While this column is one way to provide this, I also plan to offer symposiums wherein area experts in the fields addressed in the column can provide further information and answer questions.
Trends in aging shed light on the seniors facing dilemmas. According to the Census Bureau, the number of seniors is expected to grow from 39 million in 2010 to 53 million in 2020, then to 82 million in 2050.
Since life expectancies have increased dramatically in the last century, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. People are spending longer time in retirement.
Unfortunately, according to the Congressional Budget Office, about a quarter of baby boomers do not have adequate savings and will likely depend on government benefits.
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Skip to comments.Anti-Muslim 'hate crime' really an 'honor' killing
Posted on 11/14/2012 5:03:32 PM PST by Perseverando
The murder of Shaima Alawadi, a Muslim woman in California, was trumpeted worldwide as an anti-Muslim hate crime. Now it turns out that it was an Islamic honor killing. But rest assured that there will be no media stampede to correct the deliberate lie. For the Islamic supremacists and their useful idiots in the media, this poor woman has served her purpose.
Kari Huus of NBC News reported Friday that police have arrested the husband of an Iraqi woman beaten to death in her home eight months ago for what initially looked like a racially motivated hate crime. Kassim Alhimidi, 48, was booked into jail Thursday evening on one count of first-degree murder. He is being held without bail.
How things have changed. Heres the lead paragraph from the Associated Press story on the murder from last March. Myriad enemedia outlets mirrored this slant:
A 32-year-old woman from Iraq who was found severely beaten next to a threatening note saying go back to your country died on Saturday.
Hanif Mohebi, the director of the San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said he met with Shaima Alawadis family members in the morning and was told that she was taken off life support around 3 p.m. Our community does face a lot of discriminatory, hate incidents and dont always report them, Mohebi said. They should take these threats seriously and definitely call local law enforcement.
Uh, no. Shaima Alawadi was honor killed by her husband. But that part of the story will get little press. Shaima was murdered by her husband and then again by the media and Hamas-CAIR.
Back in February, based on the evidence I saw, I surmised that the murder of Shaima Alawadi appeared to
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Well duh! Several freepers including myself called this an honor killing on day one. The women was 32 years old and her 17 year old daughter was being forced to marry an older cousin. I was shocked that the San Diego County District Attorney allowed that guy to go to Iraq for the funeral. I am doubly shocked that he came back.
What changed? She's no longer a Muslim ?
I guess criticizing a Muslim for an honor killing is a hate crime also.
What was the thing offensive to Islam that she had done for which the killer beat her to death? I tried to glean it out of what was linked here and what was linked to that, without any luck.
She was in the process of getting a divorce. She wanted to move to Texas with her 17 year old daughter before the daughter was forced to marry an older cousin.
If the information in COmment #3 is correct, then I would say it was in supporting her daughter's wish not to marry the father's husband choice. Thus she was failing in proper Islamic "submission." A film by this name got the producer murdered in Europe.
I have also been surprised to see other reports here at FR regarding CAIR, other Islamic organizations, and Grover Norquist. See this link for more details.
This has led some to question Norquists entire influence in the GOP, especially his no tax pledge that has driven us to the brink of the "fiscal cliff." Could this be part of a plan to help America destroy/weaken itself vis a vis the Muslim plan for world domination and conversion?
"Could this be part of a plan to help America destroy/weaken itself vis a vis the Muslim plan for world domination and conversion?"
Caliphate on the march.
The Enemy Within/ Fifth Column/ 4th Estate is 100% complicit in destroying Western Civilization.
I think Norquist is right about the taxes; that they are at such a point already that boosting RATES further would cause REVENUE to suffer.
Here at FR is the only place I have heard about these suspicions regarding Grover Norquist, and I pay attention to a number of different news sources.
I am not sure what you mean about boosting rates further. I remember when the rich paid 90% and then it was dropped to 70%. Under Clinton I believe it was 39.5%, and then Bush cut it to 35%. Now Obama is talking about putting the top 2% back to the Clinton rates, when if I recall correctly, he collected enough revenue to erase the Reagan spending debt. Since he says he does not want to restore the Clinton rates on 98% of taxpayers I am not too worried. He also pointed out that the first $250,000 of income would be at the Bush rate, and only income above that rate would go back to 39.5% I do wish this would be settled quickly so our business people can have a good Christmas shopping season, with lots more Christmas jobs needed.
Do you have first hand info can share from being at some of briefs or debriefs? I have none.
Just enter Grover Norquist, and/or Grover Norquist Muslim or Islam in the search bar in the upper right hand corner of the FR opening page, and a bunch of articles will come up. I had seen one or two article as I signed on, but looked for more, and that is my source. Of course, you could also Google the same topics.
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The Duke of Edinburgh has been taken to hospital with a bladder infection and will miss the rest of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Buckingham Palace said Prince Philip, 90, had been taken to the King Edward VII Hospital in London from Windsor Castle as a "precautionary measure". The prince will remain in hospital under observation for a few days.
He had appeared to be in good health when he accompanied the Queen on Sunday on the royal barge the Spirit of Chartwell, which formed part of the rain-drenched Jubilee river pageant. He and the Queen stood for most of the 80-minute journey, as they were accompanied by 1,000 boats travelling seven miles down the river to Tower Bridge.
The prince, who had treatment for a blocked coronary artery in December and turns 91 on Sunday, missed Monday's concert and will not attend the national service of thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral on Tuesday.
The concert was brought to a close by Sir Paul McCartney who played hits including Magical Mystery Tour, Let It Be and a spectacular rendition of Live and Let Die, complete with fireworks and explosions. He was joined on stage at the end by all of the night's performers for The Beatles' Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da. The Queen and other members of the Royal Family also made their way onto the stage where Prince Charles paid tribute to his mother.
Turning to his mother, he said: "As a nation, this is our opportunity to thank you and my father for always being there for us, inspiring us with your selfless duty and service and for making us proud to be British."
The Queen then lit the final one of 4,500 beacons across the world marking her 60-year reign. A palace spokesman said the prince was "understandably, disappointed about missing this evening's Diamond Jubilee Concert and tomorrow's engagements".
The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert turned out to be a success despite Prince Philip's absence. What was your favorite highlight of the event?
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Discussion in 'Pros' Racquets and Gear' started by tennisoh, Jan 14, 2013.
Are those IDs? Didn't get a great look at them but they looked cool for the girls out there.
Yeah I can't even recognize them.
Black History Month themed. (Like last year)
She seems to be always wearing high-tops? That or her shoe size is just humongous? Looks like Shaq feet.
It's Nike's "Black History Month" design for Serena.
^foot fault ?
Looks like she's wearing the Black History Month PE
They are not high tops.......
She tapes her ankles.
Nike ID Mirabellas?
Serena's shoes look like Nike ID Mirabellas, but Nike hasn't released any regular Mirabellas for the 2013 season. Could she top player sporting the new Nike Air Max Cage? They have not released Breathe 2Ks for 2013 and will probably do away with them altogether. Personally, I love the Breathe 2Ks, but they wear out easy by the 4th month. Glad that the new Nike Air Max Cage has a 6-month outsole durability guarantee.
No other players wear Nike Mirabellas, except for Serena. Moving forward, it looks like Nike wants to consolidate their shoes and focus on a few kinds (Lunars/Vapors, CBs and Nike Air Max Cage). Thoughts?
I received confirmation from Nike they are the Mirabella 3s and they will not be released to the public. Bummer, because my sister thought they looked really good.
they did a BHM last year as well, of course never released to the general public
I don't have any photos handy but her shoes were actually different yesterday. Same print but the front of the shoe was just a solid orange where as her first round shoes had the print all over.
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With the only talented, productive member of the Spelling dynasty gone, it falls to the surviving Spelling women to proudly bear the torch, and honor their beloved in the best way they know how: by doing everything in their power to slander the other's good name while sabotaging planned, competing TV tributes.
A special tribute to the late TV producer Aaron Spelling to be hosted by daughter Tori will not air on ABC this fall as planned - after Spelling's widow and Tori's mother, Candy Spelling, blocked the project, a source confirms to PEOPLE.
Tori was to have served both as host and executive producer of the ABC tribute, according to the source, who said: "All of his (Aaron's) stars had signed on and some interviews had already been taped. ... But Candy wouldn't release the clips of his shows because Tori was involved in the project. She had it killed." [...]
Meanwhile, the source tells PEOPLE, Candy has agreed to provide clips to rival network NBC for a tribute to Aaron on its Aug. 27 Emmycast. The source confirms that she will attend the Emmy ceremony with son Randy Spelling but that Tori has yet to be invited as part of the family.
We must admit, we have watched this feud unfold until now with nothing more than mild, "rich people sure are batshit insane!" bemusement. But now that Candy has pulled the plug on the ABC tribute, we can't help but find ourselves developing a vested interest in the petty proceedings: An Emmy montage, after all, will only have time for a highlight reel, while Tori's planned tribute would surely have made room for some of the lesser known, but no less deserving, achievements from Spelling's prolific past—unsung classics such as B.A.D. Cats, The Making of a Male Model, and T.J. Hooker. It's troubling to think that Adrian Zmed should be denied an opportunity to say a proper farewell to the man who made him a star, merely because these two headstrong women stubbornly refuse to bury the hatchet.


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Roberson says "A lot of people in Southern Nevada have a real problem" with what he characterizes as a lack of accountability and transparency by the SNWA. "A lot of people" includes state senators from both parties who support Roberson's bill.
"The most recent example was this past year when water rates were raised by over 300 percent on many small businesses in southern Nevada, without a lot of opportunity for public input, or input from the businesses that would be affected," says Roberson.
The senator believes the three-person Public Utilities Commission appointed by the Governor would offer more objective oversight of water rates.
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SNWA General Manger Pat Mulroy says the choice to raise rates for small businesses was made to spare homeowners additional costs.
"We had an existing debt service, or in layman's terms, mortgage payment that we have to make," says Mulroy. "There was never any dispute over the size of the overall rate increase. The entire issue was who was going to pay for it. The board was given three choices and it chose the option that protected the residential customer."
Mulroy challenges Roberson's 'lack of transparency' charge, saying that SWVA held five public hearings and three public workshops around the valley, as well as meetings with the Chamber of Commerce, business leaders, and gamers.
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"In reality, the satellites always experience each other's gravitational effect. If we were very restricted in our observations then we could observe the changes in the semi-major axis to get the ratio of the two masses and then use observations of the closest approach distance to get the sum of the masses, allowing us to solve for each. This is all based on the dynamics of the three-body problem."
"There's a kind of prevailing sensibility in any given moment in time, so sometimes the art world gravitates away from your issues, and then sometimes it will come back towards them."
"My values tend to gravitate toward the older ways. There is a high degree of honor in being a troubadour. You sure can't be doing it for the money."
"To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the law of gravitation, and kept the planets in their places."
"In fact these small galaxies are attracted by large galaxies during their gravitational pull, and they merge together to make a big center of galaxies. Some of them do not become pray to the gravitational pull of bigger galaxies due to vast distance of space, hence such petrified remains or fossils of small galaxies stay aloof but they survive and this finding may lead them to this conclusion."
"Like many important concepts, Web 2.0 doesn't have a hard boundary, but rather, a gravitational core."


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Beltran among Cardinals to rest on Saturday
By Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com
ST. LOUIS -- Though the Cardinals have not taken their eyes off the possibility of securing home-field advantage throughout the National League Championship Series, they also plan to let their everyday players dictate some lineup decisions over the final regular-season weekend.
Both Carlos Beltran and David Freese were out of the lineup on Saturday, a day after the Cardinals clinched the NL Central title. Beltran has been dealing with a sore right wrist for some time, and the issue prompted his early removal from Friday night's game. General manager John Mozeliak said that had Beltran been needed to play, he would have been on the field.
As for Freese, the Cardinals wanted to give him a day of rest after starts in 21 straight games.
"I think we're all on the same page," manager Mike Matheny said. "We just want to get ready to play [in Game 1 of the NL Division Series] on Thursday. Each guy is going to have his own program and what that looks like."
Matheny would not reveal what lineup plans he had for Sunday's series final against the Cubs.
One residual benefit of resting starting position players is that it allows some of the bench players to take at-bats this weekend. Pete Kozma, Daniel Descalso and Adron Chambers were all in Saturday's lineup. It was Chambers' first start of the season.
"The first priority is getting our everyday guys ready with what they need for these next two days in order to have them prepared for Thursday," Matheny said. "Once we find out what that is, then we're going to start plugging in the other guys that one, we want to see, or two, we want to get ready."
The Cardinals entered the final weekend of the regular season assured of starting the NLDS at home, but they're still battling the Braves for home-field advantage throughout the NL playoffs. St. Louis and Atlanta entered Saturday with identical 95-65 records, but the Cardinals would have to finish with more wins (since the Braves own the head-to-head tiebreaker) to draw the winner of the Pirates-Reds Wild Card Game in the NLDS. The other team would face the Dodgers.
Cardinals sorting out their postseason roster
ST. LOUIS -- The morning after celebrating the team's first National League Central title since 2009, Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak and manager Mike Matheny sat down to begin sifting through the looming decisions regarding the club's postseason roster.
St. Louis does not have to set its 25-man NL Division Series roster until Thursday, the day the best-of-five series opens at Busch Stadium. The Cardinals will go with a four-man rotation, though it has not yet been determined which of the starters will be left out of that mix. Whoever it is, though, will have a spot in the bullpen.
Mozeliak projected that the Cardinals will carry 12 pitchers and 13 position players, though he acknowledged the possibility of going with an extra bench player over an eighth reliever. Carrying eight relievers would allow Matheny to be more aggressive in how he employs his relievers. That was a trademark of how Tony La Russa managed in the 2011 postseason, which culminated in a World Series championship.
"Last year was just such a great luxury to have a guy for the seventh, a guy for the eighth, a guy for the ninth," Matheny said. "It doesn't matter, left, right, switch, that was our formula. And we don't necessarily have that right now. We have a lot of guys we have faith in and we just want to put them in the best situations. It's a different situation where we could be using more guys so we need to have some guys with some flexibility."
Mozeliak said the club will "probably" carry two lefty relievers; those would be Randy Choate and Kevin Siegrist. He noted, too, that Edward Mujica, despite his recent struggles, should have a place in the postseason bullpen.
"I still think he has some value to us," Mozeliak said. "Clearly his ability to pitch to left- and right-handers gives you some flexibility. How he's used time will tell, but I would imagine at this point he would be likely on our roster."
How the Cardinals line up their rotation will be partially determined by their opponent. Adam Wainwright is scheduled to pitch Game 1 on Thursday. Beyond that, however, the Cardinals have not shown their hand.
The composition of the bench is also still up for discussion. The Cardinals have not yet decided on whether they will carry three catchers.
Westbrook will start series finale with Cubs
ST. LOUIS -- With the National League Central race concluded, the Cardinals have tweaked their Sunday pitching plans. Joe Kelly, who was scheduled to start, will still pitch, but he will follow starter Jake Westbrook, who will be making his first appearance since Sept. 6.
The outing will get Westbrook some much-needed work. The greater intention, though, is that it can allow for a last bit of recognition.
Though the Cardinals have not talked about how Westbrook fits into their postseason or future plans, it seems as if the right-hander's St. Louis career is coming to a close. He doesn't appear to have a fit on the club's postseason roster, and the Cardinals are not expected to exercise the $9.5 million mutual option Westbrook has for 2014.
Westbrook said the Cardinals have not yet talked to him about his postseason fate.
"I can kind of guess, but that's just from the fact that I haven't pitched much recently," Westbrook said. "It's definitely disappointing not to be a part of. I'm just going to get ready for tomorrow and go from there."
That means Sunday will most likely end Westbrook's 3 1/2-year tenure in a St. Louis uniform.
"He's done a lot for a lot of people around here," manager Mike Matheny said. "If Jake Westbrook wouldn't have been one of our veteran leaders, not just what he was doing on the mound as a real good starter, [but] a guy like [Adam Wainwright], he didn't carry all the burden of taking in these young pitchers as a leader of the staff without another veteran stepping and mirroring that kind of work ethic, that kind of competitive nature. We're real proud with how Jake has been able to help our club in many different ways and decided to get him out there to start."
Westbrook's 2013 season certainly did not close the way he had hoped. He had a 1.62 ERA after his first six starts, but then landed on the disabled list with right elbow inflammation. He could not match that strong start upon his return.
A back injury plagued Westbrook in August, and once he came back healthy, he no longer had a role on the team. Westbrook has been available out of the bullpen for the last three weeks but has not been used.
Acquired from the Indians in a 2010 non-waiver Trade Deadline deal, Westbrook is 36-32 with a 4.28 ERA in 93 games (91 starts) with the Cardinals. The club will owe him a $1 million buyout if it does not exercise his option. He will then be a free agent this winter.
"I'm excited to get this opportunity, and I'm looking forward to it," Westbrook said. "Hopefully, I can pitch the way I'm capable of pitching and give us a chance to win. ... I savor it every time I'm on the mound. I enjoy going out there and competing at the highest level. That's what I'm looking forward to."
Matheny emphasized that the decision to pitch Kelly in relief on Sunday is not an indication of what Kelly's role will be in the postseason. Kelly will likely come into Sunday's game after just a few innings because Westbrook is not stretched out to pitch deep into games.
Worth noting
• Because the Cardinals will not open the National League Divisional Series until Thursday, the club will have a three-day hiatus between the end of the regular season and the start of the postseason. The Cardinals will take Monday off and will then hold 2 p.m. CT workouts on Tuesday and Wednesday.
• The Cardinals will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Stan Musial's final regular-season game during a pregame ceremony on Sunday. The organization has honored Musial, who died in January, throughout the season. In the final game of Musial's career, he recorded the last of his 1,815 hits at home. Musial also collected 1,815 hits on the road.
• For the first time this season, left fielder Matt Holliday pushed his season batting average to .300 with his homer off Edwin Jackson in the first inning of Saturday's 6-2 win over the Cubs. After a third-inning walk, manager Mike Matheny pulled Holliday for a pinch-hitter so that the outfielder's average could not dip below that threshold. Matheny said he will consider holding Holliday out of Sunday's game so that he finishes with the .300 average.
"He's worked real hard to get there," Matheny said. "I know he's ready to go take at-bats and go do whatever he needs to do. That probably means more to us than it does to him, but he also understands that we're acknowledging what he's been able to do."
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.