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By ANNIE BUI

Cornell, County Prepare Local Ebola Responses

By ALEXA DAVIS Sun Senior Editor

Officials say Tompkins County is preparing itself to face Ebola, despite the low risk the deadly vir us faces to the community

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“A coalition of health care, academic and first responders is a c t i ve l y d e ve l o p i n g s t r a t e g i e s for to respond in the event of a

c o n f i r m e d c a s e o f Eb o l a i n Tompkins County,” said Frank Kr uppa, public health director

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o f t h e To m p k i n s C o u n t y Health Depar tment “ This coalition has been engaged in collaborative planning since August ” According to Kr uppa, Cayuga Medical Center already has protocols for handling communicable diseases, but the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention’s recently intensified Ebola guidelines may require the hospital to adopt additional measures

The new guidelines encourage hospitals to have three sub-zones within all disease isolation areas a green, yellow and red room with the rooms ’ codenames correlating directly with the potential of Ebola contamination, according to Dr David Evelyn, vice president of medical affairs at Cayuga Medical Center

A c c o rd i n g t o Ev e l y n , a green room is a safe place for medical practitioners to put on protective gear, the yellow room is a buffer between the doctor’s area and contaminated space and the red room houses the infected patient He added some of the CDC’s o t h e r s u g g e s t i o n

c l u d e more intensive personal protective equipment for hospital workers and toilets in patient isolation rooms

By ASHLEY CHU Sun Staff Writer

Following the University’s announcement that travel restrictions would be placed on certain West African nations, several Cornellians said they supported Cornell’s decision Administrators announced Thursday that it would be placing restrictions on University-related travel to West African nations under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention travel warnings, which for Ebola currently includes Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone Shivang Tayal ’16, international liaison at large and vice president of diversity and inclusion for the Student Assembly, said he agreed with the University’s response to the Ebola crisis

“While these restrictions may create inconveniences to people and students who need to travel from Ebola-affected regions, I feel these are required to ensure that this outbreak is contained and restricted,” he said

Prof Jens David Ohlin, law, said he believes that the University’s response seems “appropriate,” in light of the appeal process for exceptions Those who request exemption from the travel restrictions must fill out an International Travel Advisor y and Response Team application form two to six weeks before their anticipated trip, according to the University

“The risk at Cornell is very low, just as it is across the United States,” Ohlin said “However, we

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Super-Drunk Woman Arrested; Mistook Jail for Bar

PAW PAW, Mich (AP) One is a building with bars The other is a building with a bar A ver y drunk woman apparently had trouble telling them apart and ended up in a southwestern Michigan jail cell

The Van Buren County sheriff ’ s department says a 39-year-old woman mistook the Van Buren County jail for the bar where she was tr ying to pick up her boyfriend

The department says Deputy Robert Miersma spotted the Hartford-area woman backing into the jail parking lot in Paw Paw about 2 a m Sunday and noticed she smelled of alcohol and appeared intoxicated

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Woman Rescured From Chimney, Then Arrested

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif (AP) A woman stuck in the chimney of a Southern California house has been

rescued and arrested

Ventura County fire Capt Ron Oatman says firefighters responding to neighbors’ reports of a woman cr ying had to chisel away much of the chimney and lubricate it with dish soap Sunday to free 30-year-old Genoveva Nunez-Figueroa

The Ventura County Star reports she was arrested on suspicion of illegal entr y and giving false information to police

Police say Nunez-Figueroa knows the owner of the home in Thousand Oaks, who wasn ’ t there They wouldn’t elaborate

Bobcat Escapes Again From New Jersey Home

STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N J (AP) A pet bobcat that has repeatedly escaped from its owner ' s southern New Jersey home is again on the loose

The Asbur y Park Press reports Rocky went missing from Ginny Fine’s home in Stafford Township on Tuesday morning Animal control officials spotted the 38-pound bobcat later in the day but couldn’t catch it before it ran off into a wooded area

Prof. Lieberman M.S. ’65 balances physics, writing and lmmaking

By OLIVIA LUTWAK

When he’s not teaching Cornell students about electromagnetism, Prof Rober t Lieberman M S ’65, physics, spends his time writing fiction novels and traveling overseas creating documentaries

When asked how he balances a variety of interests, Lieberman said that he lives “ a schizophrenic existence ”

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His most recent film, They Call It Myanmar, is set in Burma Lieberman and examines ever yday life in the second-most isolated countr y on Ear th “ The hardest par t [of filming] was protecting people,” he said

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Lieberman said most of his novels including his most recent one The Boys of Tr uxton are set in and around Ithaca, which provides him with inspirat i o n f o r h i s novels

“Ever yone thinks I have high energy, but they haven’t seen me in the collapsed state ” Lieberman said his passion for writing preceded his passion for filmmaking He began writing shor t stories at eighteen the first of which were published in Sweden, where he used to live

“I began writing novels because I thought I would leave something behind, but we ’ re in a post-literate generation,” he said “ There’s a natural evolution going from novels to film and my books are all printed on acid paper that’s eating itself up ”

“ I ’ m trapped here,” h e s a i d “ It h a c a i s a d a r k h o l e : It has heavy gravi t y, i t ’ s v e r y hard to get out a n d i t a l w a y s s u c k s y o u back, for better and worse, ” he said After traveling all over the w o r l d , Lieberman said he is unable to choose a single memorable experience

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I w o r r y t h a t t h e s t u d e n t s a re g e t t i n g t h e w ro n g m e s s a g e , ” h e s a i d “ I w o r r y t h a t t h e s t u d e n t s a re c a u g h t u p i n t h i s h a m s t e r w h e e l o f p re l i m s No o n e i s a c t u a l l y re m i n d i n g t h e m t h a t t h e y ’ re h e re t o l e a r n , a n d i f yo u l e a r n , t h e g r a d e s f o l l ow n a t u r a l l y ”

He added that he believes Cornell can encourage students to get trapped in a “competitive frenzy ” “ C o r n e l l s h o u l d b e s e n d i n g t h a t m e s s a g e c l e a r l y r a t h e r t h a n s t o k i n g t h e c o m p e t i t i ve f re n z y, ” h e s a i d “ Do n ’ t w o r r y a b o u t t h e j o b, w o r r y a b o u t t h e e d u c a t i o n , b e c a u s e yo u c a n n e ve r g u e s s w h a t yo u ’ re g o i n g t o b e d o i n g i n t h e f u t u re ”

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Cornell Alumni Develop Software for Emergency Agencies

By ASHLEY COLLIS-BURGESS Sun Staff Writer

Aiming to improve first responder technologies, two Cornellians Sam Jones ’13 and Connor Fitzpatrick ’13 released software that facilitates communication and information exchange for first responders

Echo Responder, released last year and used by the Cayuga Heights Fire Departments, provides chat messaging, incidental mapping, location sharing and other personal data to first time responders through web, Android and iOS platforms, according to Fitzpatrick, who was formerly a Cayuga Heights firefighter and Bangs Ambulance EMT

“Echo Responder is a software platform that provides tactical tools to emergency first responders ” he said “We were originally founded by Cornell graduates who are also firefighters, medics and software developers ”

Within two weeks of Echo Responder’s release, both the Cayuga Heights Fire Department and Newfield Fire Company began actively using the software to search for the nearest fire hydrants and communicate “without being limited by radios,” according to Fitzpatrick

Jones, a former lieutenant firefighter for the Cayuga Heights Fire Department who studied electrical and computer engineering, said the program was created to improve the current technology services for information

dissemination in the fire department

“Fire departments are often using heavily outdated information technology services and it affects performance in everything from response time to membership retention,” he said “Armed with timely and correct information, officers and firefighters alike make better, faster decisions, which enables greater cohesiveness and effectiveness in the unit ”

Compared to others competitors, Echo Responders will be a leading program in analytics because of its efficient and user friendly structure, according to Jones

“Adopting a cloud based service that utilizes existing infrastructure and hardware presents a low risk, low cost opportunity to push information and analytics to the edge in real time,” he said

The Cornellians hope to expand the use of Echo Responder

“The software is currently used nationwide and we hope all Tompkins County Agencies will adopt the technology,” he said

Referencing plans for user expansion, Fitzpatrick said that Echo Responder can be easily customized to meet the needs of any emergency unit through its cloud-based infrastructure

“The software is a robust and customizable solution for almost any type of emergency agency, ” he said “Ultimately we intend to expand to all facets of emergency services police, fire and EMS, as well as specialized teams such as search and rescue

and wildland fire suppression ” Jones added that he hopes Echo Responders will be a leading program due to its user-friendly structure

“A cross platform, open, service married with existing infrastructure and hardware will get more users on the platform lead-

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ing to an overall better product - this is where the competition has failed,” he said

Ashley Collis-Burgess can be reached at aburgess@cornellsun com

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C a y u g a Me d i c a l C e n t e r already has isolation areas in its emergency room and intensive care unit, but neither are corr e c t l y e q u i p p e d f o r t r e a t i n g patients with Ebola, according to Evelyn Areas in the ICU are intended for common diseases, such as influenza, and areas in the E R were not designed with anti-rooms or in-room patient toilets

Hospital officials say they are c u r r e n t l y r e s e a r c h i n g v a r i o u s w a y s t o a c c o m m o d a t e t h e CDC’s enhanced guidelines and update protocols as recommendat i o n s a r e released

“ T h e k e y i s c o n t i n u o u s m o n i t o r i n g o f what is coming out of the CDC a n d Ne w Yo r k State Health Department to be on top of compliance,” said John Rudd, president and chief executive officer of Cayuga Medical Center

Ebola by placing travel restrictions on University-related travel to some West African countries to all students, faculty and staff

A c c o rd i n g t o D r Ja n e t C o r s o n - R i k e r t , a s s o c i a t e v i c e president for campus health and d i r e c t o r o f G a n n e t t He a l t h Ser vices, if individuals suspect they may have contracted the virus they should call Cayuga Medical Center before checking themselves into the facility

“[Over the phone], we can coordinate [with patients] to figure out what the best place is to receive the best care, ” CorsonRikert said “ We might arrange travel to Syracuse or maybe an

“The key is continuous monitoring to be on top of compliance.”

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people who are confused about scar y media messages and don’t know how to compare that to other risks,” said Sigrid Connors, director of patient ser vices at the To m

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No cases of Ebola have been confirmed in the local area or the state of New York, according to a To m p k i n s C o u n t y He a l t h Department press release

Alexa Davis can be reached at adavis@cornellsun com Annie Bui can be reached at abui@cornellsun com

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need to set in place policies that will protect the community if the situation worsens which may very well happen That’s the most important thing ”

Ohlin said he sees the administration’s approach of “getting out in front of the situation instead of responding after-the-fact” as “ smart ”

“I think everyone can go ahead with their business on campus without any fear,” Ohlin said

Although no Cornell Abroad programs have been directly affected, Gerrit Wissink ’14 who studied abroad in Senegal said he feels that the measures might be excessive

“Regardless of Ebola’s origin, it certainly sounds like Cornell is taking appropriate [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]-endorsed steps to make sure the entire community remains safe from Ebola without buying into panic,” Wissink said “However, the strong discouragement of hosting visitors from those countries and the requirement to contact Gannett could be viewed as excessive, especially on top of the screenings that have started at major U S airports ”

Wissink said he does not feel that other study abroad programs in neighboring countries should be affected by the Ebola crisis

“People might jump to conclusions regarding someone’s threat level simply because of the color of their skin ” P r o f J e n s D a v i d O h l i n

“If I were back in Dakar at this time, I would not be panicked by Ebola,” Wissink said “The most stressful thing would probably be to convince family and friends in the U S that they should not panic for me As a student there, I would be much more careful about personal and food hygiene as well as stay upto-date on the Ebola situation ”

The Ebola crisis most likely will not affect students studying abroad in programs in other neighboring countries, according to Wissink

“As a potential parallel example, violence broke out in neighboring Mali when I was in Senegal,” Wissink said “It had zero impact on my experience there other than I learned a lot more about Mali I think it is important to keep in mind that the virus is rare and relatively difficult to get, as the University highlighted ”

Discriminating against or stereotyping Africans is a potential problem in light of the Ebola crisis and travel restrictions, according to Ohlin

“I think there is a potential problem that people might jump to conclusions regarding someone ’ s threat level –– with regard to contagions –– simply because of the color of their skin,” Ohlin said “That’s just plain wrong because it is discrimination, pure and simple It’s also irrational ”

At the same time, Ohlin also said he warns against possible oversensitivity to discrimination that might prevent an effective response to Ebola

“I think that sensible public policy requires heightened scrutiny for individuals who have traveled to certain locations,” Ohlin said “Again, that’s not based on skin color, that's based on travel itinerary ”

Ohlin stressed the importance of asking the right questions to the right people when it comes to the government ’ s approach to Ebola

“The government should be keeping track of which specific locations in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea are most affected by the outbreak, so that they can ask the right questions for those individuals returning from those locations,” Ohlin said “Hospital workers and triage nurses also need to be trained to ask the right questions That's not discrimination, that's sensible public health measures ”

Ashley Chu can be reached at achu@cornellsun com

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Green Lawns and The Death of Divergent Thinking

Itwas the illustrious Christopher George Latore Wallace better known by his stage name, the Notorious B I G who once said “I never thought it could happen, this rapping stuff / I was too used to packing gats and stuff / Now honies play me close like butter played toast / From the Mississippi down to the East Coast ” This lyric epitomizes just one of the many parallels between my life and Biggie’s; I too, of course, never thought my rapping career had much potential It obviously didn’t, but I, like Biggie, “ never thought it could happen ” Although I would love to (and definitely can) talk about how closely my life trajectory mirrors that of Big’s, it is the line “Now honeys play me close like butter play toast / From the Mississippi down to the East Coast” that I would like to focus on Maybe he was not his school’s sixth grade Geography Bee champ like yours truly ( ladies), so I will excuse the fact that the space between the Mississippi River and the East Coast comprises just roughly a quarter of the United States’ landmass Both west and east of the Mississippi, however, you will find some things truly ubiquitous in American culture Some of these things are great: dogs being funny, free Wi-Fi in McDonald’s and forcing out an imminent sneeze by looking at the sun Others, however, are bad for our health and stifle our creativity: obesity, McDonald’s Monopoly (though I debated making this a positive keystone of American culture) and our obsession with green lawns Environmental historian Ted Steinberg wrote a book called American Green: The Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Lawn I personally did not read it but I did read The Christian Science Monitor’s and The New York Times’ reviews So yeah, I am an expert According to Steinberg, America’s fixation with perfectly manicured green lawns came about as a result of mandating a 40hour work week in 1939 Before that, people typically worked half-days on Saturdays and were therefore too busy to groom the patch of earth on front of their homes The passage of this legislation combined with the postWorld War II housing boom made controlled green spaces more and more commonplace As the Cold War and McCarthyism permeated its way into American culture, upstanding capitalists needed to fit in with each other, turning the American lawn into a weapon of homogeneity How could you tell if your neighbor was a communist radical? Well he or she probably spent their Saturdays at a radical communist riot rather than mowing their lawn An unkempt lawn meant only one thing: Red nonconformity

From the East Hamptons down to the West Coast

Suburban houses with unkempt lawns become neighborhood pariahs simply because they refuse to conform Who else refused to conform? Well for starters, archaeologist Indiana Jones threw the commonly held belief that college professors should only wear tweed, lecture and hold office hours out the window, and George Lucas put him in movies because of it

Horticulturally speaking, maintaining green lawns sexually repress your grass and forces it to build an unnatural web of underground shoots resulting in the thick bed of green grass we have all come to know We pour chemical fertilizer and pesticides all over our lawns in an effort to maintain that green carpet We spend money on lawn mowers, water and sprinkling systems We hide the natural beauty of our landscape under an unnatural carpet of turf Perhaps worst of all, it is the only option we present anyone as a possibility for a front yard

I never thought it would happen, this grass and stuff, My frontyard had just a “Welcome” mat and stuff Now lawns are clipped close like Patrick Swayze played Ghost From the East Hamptons down to the West Coast.

In the 1960s, George Land performed a longitudinal study of 1,600 children between ages three and five, eight and 10 and, lastly, 13 and 15 in order to characterize the effects aging has on one ’ s ability to be creative or to think divergently Divergent thinking is a creative way of approaching problems by considering many possibilities as a solution for a given problem

The classic divergent thinking test is to ask a participant to list as many uses for a paperclip as they can imagine A divergent genius can come up with dozens of uses in a matter of minutes Perhaps not surprisingly, divergent geniuses in Land’s study were decidedly concentrated in the three to five year-old age group In fact, 98 percent of the youngest participants were classified as divergent geniuses By the age of 15, only one-tenth of the student population could claim the same

Although the cultural history related to the green lawn may be a little far-fetched and hard to believe, Steinberg does make the argument that our obsession with perfectly manicured green lawns stems from our general fear of communism I am not sure if I buy that particular theor y, but the fact remains:

I never thought it would happen, this grass and stuff My frontyard had just a Welcome” mat and stuff Now lawns are clipped close like Patrick Swayze played Ghost

The death of divergent thinking can be attributed to a number of factors: children becoming jaded with age, the failure of the education system and its focus on rote learning and memorization and general commitment to the status quo in the world around us I have no authority and am not going to use this column to offer any sweeping scholastic or corporate solutions for the decline in creativity that comes with age But, when a child’s only exposure to a landscape other than a green carpet of grass comes in the form of an occasional trip to the zoo or, if they a lucky, a State or National Park, how can we expect them to stay creative? Our obsession with green lawns is presenting everyone with only one solution to the question “What do I do with my front yard?” Joseph McCarthy’s communist witch hunt is over; I encourage you to consider letting your grass grow long, letting your grass flower or turning your lawn into a 8-foot high maze of neon purple astro-turf No longer should the front yard be a weapon of homogeneity Contemplate all possibilities as landscaping solutions Think divergently and honies will, I promise, play you close like butter played toast

Christo Eliot is a senior in the College of Engineering He can be reached at celiot@cornellsun com The Tale of the Dingo at Midnight appears alternate Wednesdays this semester

The Politics Of Profanity

Just as a little background, I’ve been writing book reviews for the Weekend section of the News for nearly as long as I’ve been writing columns for this page

Last week, I came into the News’ building to edit my book review, as usual My editor and I spent about 45 minutes tightening the language and streamlining the thesis, as usual I left, went back to my room, did some homework and fell asleep I woke up the next morning to a message informing me that my column had not run because it contained too much profanity

I think, at this point, I should tell you that the book was Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing, by Melissa Mohr Mohr, a recently minted Stanford PhD, took a surprisingly academic approach to her subject, and the book’s almost slavish devotion to detail and historical context was perhaps my only substantive criticism Mohr did make unflinching use of every swear word you could possibly think of, and many more you couldn ’ t

In my review, I too repeated the words without caution One of these began with the letter “ c ” and ended with a “ t ” Another started with the letter “f ” Many of the book’s central arguments were about the evolution of these particular words I thought and still think it would be absurd to write about the history and politics of a word without using the word itself, or by using it only sparingly

The News’ management disagreed (as did other editors) Though I don’t want to parody their argument, I will attempt to state it here They believed I was not merely profane in the review; I was excessively profane I used words that truly offend many people I used them throughout the entire column I didn’t just isolate them in one paragraph or section, which might have been more palatable

I met with the editor in chief and discussed the issue with him I argued that this book was an important and original work by a respected academ-

ic, that it was my duty as a book reviewer to review important and original works and that to further stigmatize these words only gives them more power over us I quoted the immortal Albus Dumbledore: “Fear of a name only increases fear of the thing itself ” Besides, I pointed out, “Holy Sh*t” had been widely reviewed, swear words often included

He responded that the words risked alienating readers with little justification He said the News would consider printing swear words if they advanced dialogue on a relevant campus issue; he felt my review did not do that Further, he felt that my use of the offensive words was gratuitous

It seems to me that characterizing particular words as offensive, and therefore unsuitable for a newspaper, is conforming to a disturbing standard of propriety

Upon my soapbox on this page, I’d like to put the question out there: To what extent should a newspaper conform to the politics of respectability? What is problematic about the very concept of respectability in the first place? At what point does writing about offensive topics become offensive in and of itself? Is it important to consider that I, a man, was using the cword and b-word?

I hope this column will cause someone to ask herself, What exactly is wrong with printing a swear word in a newspaper? It is, after all, how nearly all of us speak By avoiding these words or by using euphemism, who exactly are we helping?

This is my opinion column, so obviously I cannot resist giving my opinion I think that avoiding swear words for the sake of respectability, even in print, even in a newspaper, is ridiculous “Respectability” in print or speech or decorum has always been a straitjacket that constrains any deviation from the status quo It has always been a tool for those with power to police those without

Further, to claim that the f-word or the c-word are offensive is to be selectively offended There is nothing inherently troubling about these strings of letters that make a sound Offense is different for different individuals Offense is arbitrary In the 19th century (as Mohr writes), “leg” and “ trousers ” were offensive In the fourteenth century, the f-word was fine but “God’s bones” was vulgar Just a few decades ago, actors basically couldn’t swear on television History does not look too kindly on censorship for the sake of propriety or prudishness

Words are political, and words are important I just don’t know who exactly was served by censoring a review that merely stayed true to the language of the book itself Without staying true to the language of a book about language, there’s no point in the book review And I write a column of book reviews!

It was certainly the News’ right to refuse to print my review But were they right to do so?

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Back to Basics Com men t of the

Robin Messing ’78 Re: “GUEST ROOM: Remembering Rachel Corrie,” Opinion, published October 20, 2014

Samantha Weisman | A Weisman Once Said

Don’t worry I’m not going to try to tell to try more new things or that being pick going to hold you back from opportunities In fact, I would sort of like to advocate fo the opposite

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SCIENCE

Pr of. Esther Anger t Studies Extr eme Bacteria

By SIDDESH RAMESH Sun Contributor

While the majority of bacteria cannot be seen without a microscope, there exists a group of bacterial species that is visible to the naked eye Known as Epulopiscium, they are “ an extreme on the spectrum of diversity of bacterial life in existence,” according to Prof Esther Angert, microbiology

Species within the genus Epulopiscium are some of the largest known bacteria, but size isn’t the only unusual characteristic of Epulopiscium Unlike typical bacteria, Epulopiscium reproduces internally

“By studying an extreme organism, you may be able to more easily understand fundamental processes that apply to all sorts of bacteria,” Angert said

Typically, binary fission is the main form of reproduction for bacteria, according to Angert This process involves the elongation of a cell, replication of its genetic material and subsequent division resulting in two daughter cells According to Angert, Epulopiscium operates slightly differently

Anger t said the cellular str uctures involved in division, some genetic material and other necessary resources all migrate to the ends of the cell The mother cell forms walls around these two areas, separating them from each other and the rest of the cell

According to Angert, the offspring will reside and grow for a period inside the mother cell This form of division can result in not just two daughter cells, but up to 12, according to Angert

The mother cell becomes an incubator for the offspring, continually collecting and transferring nutrients to the daughter cells to allow them to grow and mature,

culminating in its rupture to release the offspring

“The offspring grow to fill the mother cytoplasm,” Angert said “Eventually a tear forms in the mother cell's envelope and the offspring emerge from that tear ”

Angert said she and her team sought to learn more about Epulopiscium’s mechanism of cell division, given its novel nature As they studied Epulopiscium

Angert said, they realized that its reproduction process was very similar to sporulation, a process that certain other bacteria, such as Bacillus subtilis, undergo “Bacillus subtilis usually divide via bina-

friendly to microbial life it will begin growing again, according to Angert

“ The endospore has receptors that respond to environmental stimuli and can change back to its non-dormant state when nutrients return back to normal,” she said

According to Angert, sporulation and the reproductive process of Epulopiscium are similar but have one major difference: Sporulation is used for survival rather than reproduction, she said

“By studying an extreme organism, you may be able to more easily understand fundamental processes that apply to all sorts of bacteria.”

ry fission to reproduce and to grow its population, but when nutrients become limited, Bacillus can use a developmental program to produce an endospore,”

Angert said

According to Angert, this developmental program is known as sporulation and is typically a last resort The endospore, a dormant and extremely tough cell, is formed within the mother cell and is eventually released through the rupture of the mother cell, similar to Epulopiscium The endospore may then stay where it is or be transported to a new environment by water or air movement

When the endospore senses that its surrounding environment is once again

Because of the similarity between the underlying mechanisms of Epulopiscium reproduction and sporulation, Angert said the next step was comparing the genomes of Epulopiscium to two other bacteria species: Bacillus, which has wellunderstood genes relating to sporulation and another species which is a close relative of Epulopiscium

Angert said the research team found many genes related to sporulation that were shared in common between the bacterial species tested, indicating that there is an evolutionary relationship between bacteria that form endospores and Epulopiscium

“Epulopiscium has taken [sporulation] into a different direction,” Angert said “It has done a few little tweaks to this developmental program to allow instead of the production of a single endospore the production of a few or more offspring ” Having shown an evolutionary relationship that could explain the origins of

Epulopiscium’s reproductive method, Angert said she is currently conducting research to tr y to understand how Epulopiscium can be so much bigger than typical bacteria

“Epulopiscium, in terms of cell volume, can be a million times the size of E coli, ” Angert said

There is a limit to the size of a cell because as size increases, the volume of the cell outpaces its surface area Ideally, a cell should have more surface area than volume because surface area is essential for chemical communication with the environment, according to Angert Having such a large size typically presents problems in acquiring nutrients and the effectiveness of cell functions that rely on the diffusion of molecules through the cell, she said

Anger t said her research on Epulopiscium’s origins will provide a better understanding of bacterial evolution and how genes can be modified for new purposes

“One thing we hope to gain from this is understanding how genomes evolve to take one type of function and modify it to allow for the development of a novel form of cell propagation,” Angert said Angert’s work with Epulopiscium has already revealed more about a novel reproductive process which may have originated from a well-known bacterial process with a slightly different purpose

Her continued research with this unique bacteria gives us a glimpse into the diversity and versatile nature of life as we know it Studying the extremities of life can yield insight into the essential mechanisms and functions that drive us all

Siddesh Ramesh can be reached at sr746@cornell edu

Science Around Ithaca

Food Day

Thursday, October 23 and Friday, October 24

A celebration of the movement to advocate for a better food system

October 23, 11 a m to 3 p m

Food Day Festival on the Agriculture Quad featuring the Farmers Market at Cornell as well as Health NutS, Cornell Union of Diability Awareness, Cornell Vegan Society, Cornell Food Recovery Network, Green Catch Global, Gourmet Club, New World Agriculture and Ecology Group, Food Agriculture and Nutrition Graduate Students

October 23, 3 p m Farm to Food Work Party at Dilmun Hill Student Organic Farm, 705 Dryden Rd

October 23, 5 p.m.

Potluck dinner and documentary screening at Dilmun Hill Student Organic Farm

October 23, 7:30 p.m.

Screening of Cowspiracy: the Sustainability Secret at Regal Cinemas at the Shops of Ithaca

October 24, 5 p m

The Faults in Our Food System Expert Question and Answer Panel featuring Cornell faculty experts in G71 Martha Van Rennsalaer

October 24, 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Sustainable, Seasonal Food Day Feast at Okenshields

October 24, 7 p m

Screening of A Place at the Table in Kaufmann Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall

Kathleen Bitter

Insectapalooza

9 a m to 3 p m on Saturday, October 25 in Comstock Hall

An insect fair hosted by the Department of Entomology featuring hundreds of live insects, spiders and other arthropods Attractions include the live butterfly room and arthropod zoo

Science Cabaret Presents: The Zombies Are Coming!

Tuesday, October 28 at 7 p m

Entry is $3 per person, children 3 years old and under are free Kathleen Bitter

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BY CALVIN PATTEN Sun Staff Writer

Transparent is ostensibly a dramatic sitcom about a 70something trans woman, Maura, who is in the process of coming out publicly But, more broadly, it is about the chaos and crisis in the everyday lives of a close family, with Maura’s late life transition only serving to open up the metaphorical wounds that each of her middle-aged children carr y Transparent is a genre-smashing show and Amazon’s first success in internet television rapidly swinging from laughout-loud funny to tear-inducing, it openly challenges its audience with the stark authenticity and weirdness of real life

Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development) stars as Maura Tambor’s gentle grace is incredible and he plays her as one would an infant, full of wonder, enthusiasm and fear And it makes sense although Maura is a grandmother, she is also a brand new individual, just beginning to open up and meet the world With the help of a support group and a new friend, Davina, played by transgender actress Alexandra Billings, Maura works to establish a life for herself

The first few episodes find Maura, already long divorced, attempting to open up to her children, Sarah (Amy Landecker), Josh ( Jay Duplass) and Ali (Gaby Hoffmann), all of whom live in Los Angeles Sarah has two children and is in the midst of a troubled marriage when she reignites an affair with her college girlfriend, Tammy (Melora Hardin) She is simultaneously the most receptive to her father’s transition and infuriatingly selfish Josh, meanwhile, is a music executive and playboy Seemingly carefree and successful, it becomes rapidly apparent that he is hiding insecurities and fears related to a childhood trauma in weed and sex (a coping mechanism that is a commonality for all three kids) Ali, meanwhile, is a classic underachiever, terrified of following through and choosing to live off of her parents while avoiding dealing with her own insecurities Ultimately, a distinct irony arises in that all of Maura’s children are in a more opaque state than she

The family dynamics between Maura and the children are the driving force and glue to the show, with the familiar interactions of sitcom families torqued into something much more interesting They talk incessantly, with nothing off limits but while still doing their best to avoid having to say anything truly uncomfortable Quickly, an authentic family

Iatmosphere is formed An early scene involves a glutton of barbecue sauce and the kids wiping the sauce off each other’s faces without hesitation It is gross, but it is a sharp look into a tight-knit group

Transparent itself is an iceberg, with the bulk of the most substantial material told via passing jokes, cinematography or musical selection Not that the show is especially abstract, but, like Louie or Girls, uncomfortable ideas are not necessarily going to be shared directly The show also makes extensive use of flashbacks, with a later episode composing entirely of scenes from 20 years previous The flashbacks are effective in demonstrating that these people did not just appear as the troubled individuals that we see, but that they were developed over time They are especially important in establishing Mort’s early attempts and pitfalls in his transition to Maura and the stresses it established in his relationship with his ex-wife

The show is the brainchild of Jill Soloway (formerly a producer and writer for 6 Feet Under), whose distinct print marks the show She has spoken previously about identifying Judaism with both feminism and questioning authority, and that combination is reoccurring in Transparent The Pfeffermans are simultaneously very secular and very Jewish, with Bat Mitzvahs, Holocaust references and Josh dating a rabbi mixed right in with all the other shit The self-lacerating

nature of Jewish humor is also on display, as the family jokes and laughs together about the predicaments they find themselves It is an essential part of the show, helping make the series’ darker turns, especially in later episodes, palatable

And I will say: It does get dark sometimes The 10-episode series starts as a peculiar comedy with some distinct if flawed people and rapidly transforms to something heavier As the series progresses, the humor remains but the lows get lower, the atrocious behavior more shameful The seventh episode, “Symbolic Exemplar” was the highlight of the season, an episode so poignant it is crushing, even as you see the train wreck coming from miles away

Despite the occasional grimness, Transparent is simply great television An average show might use Maura as a prop and a gimmick, but in Soloway’s pitch perfect writing and Tambor’s careful acting she is never anything less than a person Juxtaposed with her flawed, fleshed-out children, we see a very modern family dealing with the dilemmas that are presented in a world where the boundaries of sex and gender are blurred Transparent certainly represents progress, but no one said it would be easy

Calvin Patten is a senior in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences He can be reached at cpatten@cornellsun com

Loving and Hating, But on Whose Terms?

n all worthwhile criticism, two inclinations are always at war, and they are humility and vigilance Too much humility precludes the ability to say anything at all, while excessive vigilance almost always reads as petty after the blood has cooled Being discerning but fair and above all curious demands a balance, which seems feasible until you ’ re faced with the question: Do you judge a movie on your terms or its own?

In other words: Do you evaluate a movie for what it does do or for what, in your lowly opinion, it should do? Do you place it against the exemplary works of its own genre and judge accordingly, or do you have the right to rebuke a whole genre, a whole mode of filmmaking, for violating principles you yourself set? These are questions with answers that vary on a case-bycase basis, but like Ready to Die versus Illmatic and sexual preference, you tend to lean one way or the other

I’ve gotten to the point where I embrace my power to set the terms of engagement By that, I mean I don’t watch a movie now and give it a thumbs-up or down depending on how successfully and seamlessly it “does its job Instead, I see my job, when writing a review, to track down missed opportunities in a movie, moments of shallowness or cheapness that are often reinforced by the codes of genre and narrative And when a movie connects, the priority is not to judge it against its generic peers but rather for the revelations it touches upon by breaking expectations, by doing what it should not do

Let me clarify with an example Over the weekend, I saw that other Brad Pitt World War II movie, Fury It’s brutal, draining and unequivocally “well-done,” my friend and fellow Sun columnist, Julia Moser ’15, and I

agreed About halfway through, the battlefield carnage halts for a 20-minute interlude in an apartment that two soldiers, played by Pitt and Logan Lerman, have entered with the intent of raping the female occupants Things complicate from there, and through facial expressions, pregnant pauses and the use of space, the scene vivisects a much less gory, but more entrenched form of male violence

The movie surprised me there, for its commitment to exploring sexual violence at the expense of on-screen action or spectacle That’s something not many war movies dare to do, and I give Fury credit for trying It’s too bad the movie ends with one of those airheaded standoffs that glorifies the valor in mowing down as many Nazis as possible It shoots itself in the foot by obeying and so ferociously embracing

the “last stand” scene intrinsic to so many war movies instead of subverting that trope in some way The ending was “well-done,” no doubt, but far and away the stupidest part of the film

So I reject Fury’ s reality and substitute it with my own or something like that I don’t care for the “the acting was good, that plot twist was dumb” kind of pseudo-criticism that stays within a movie’s world and makes no effort to bridge it with our own That line of thinking, or lack thereof, assumes that no film exploits, cashgrabs or, worst of all, panders Lord, to think of

all the pandering we’ll soon slog through with Oscar season now upon us Time to flex that vigilance I mentioned before, for no matter how polished every Blackfish or Philomena may be, we all have the right, and distinct pleasure, to call bullshit

This disparity between what is “well-done” and what is actually interesting to each of us, on a personal level, has been reinforced by the illusion that there is any difference between “favorite” and “best ” We lie when we say, “That is the best movie of the year, ” yet we feel no personal connection to it, no urge to think it over or watch it again “Best” most often esteems the “white elephants” in the room, Manny Farber’s term for those lumbering films with loud artistic or thematic aspirations, which are often unpleasing, unimaginative and overlong The idea that we can objectively judge works of art, as so many gamers insist when a critic entertains a feminist reading instead of just sticking to the “gameplay,” perpetuates a borderline fascistic, anti-intellectual and above all boring culture

urged me to keep that opinion to myself because this was, after all, just another ditzy indie comedy and not worth serious attention

Let your taste carry you, through all the cultures and all the genres It’s really the only way to open yourself up to surprise after watching hundreds and thousands of movies I’m guilty of not rushing to see Frances Ha last year because I anticipated just another ditzy indie comedy When I finally saw it at Cornell Cinema, I couldn’t shake it, and my instincts

But no, Frances Ha is a masterpiece, and I have no qualms saying it because it is a judgment forged in my soul It is in turns the funniest and saddest movie of last year, for its depiction of melancholia is all but unspoken, maybe even unrecognized by Greta Gerwig’s protagonist I ranked it alongside heavyweights like The Act of Killing and 12 Years a Slave in my “Best of 2013” list, and if I could do it again I’d rank it higher Frances Ha obliterates any expectations of its genre through its command of cinema and its intimate understanding of what it is to be human, and for doing all that in a way that speaks to me, it’s simply my job to meet it with awe

Zachar y Zahos is a senior in the College of Ar ts and Sciences He can be reached at zzahos@cornellsun com A L ove r ’ s Qu a r re l w i t h t h e Wo r l d r uns alternate Wednesdays this semester

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Red Will Open Regular Season With Binghamton Match Underdogs & Superstition

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will be staying focused and continuing to perform at our duel meets not just at practice and at the end of the season, ” he said “The offseason was mostly about gaining strength and power as opposed to endurance Our weight room workouts were brutal but they are really paying off now as we see the benefits of a stronger and more powerful team ”

On the women ’ s side, Cornell also showed early season potential, winning nine of the 14 events this past Saturday Sophomore sisters Billy and Currie Murch Elliot won

a combination of three events between the two, and Junior Jenna Immormino also had a tremendous showing

“Not only did we swim really well for this point in the season, but we also did well coming together as one team for the first time this season to get up and race on a Saturday morning We exceeded our goal of 2,500 dollars, raising over 2,700 for the Breaststroke 4 Hope Fundraiser, which was a really great cause to swim for,” said senior Bethany Douglas

Douglas attributed the squad’s solid performance to its ability to come together throughout

September to prepare for the competition and said she looks forward to beginning the regular season

“We built up our team cohesion and really came together as a group prepping during the month of September to be ready for the meets to come ” she said “Coming off of the success we had last season, and the work we put in during September and October, we ’ re anxious to start our official duel meet season ”

Satterthwaite added, “ I personally have never felt so optimistic about a season This is the faster and most dedicated team that I have been on since I have

been at Cornell and I think there are a few teams in the League that may be surprised when we come out swinging ”

The Red will open its regular season against Binghamton on Nov 9

“I think I speak for every member of the team when I say we are hungry for success this year We’ve never felt stronger and I know everyone is motivated and excited to get in the pool and prove ourselves as one of the strongest Ivy competitors this season, ” Hallowell said

John McGrorty can be reached at jmcgrorty@cornellsun com

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you may not get to see too many for the rest of the baseball posts e a s o n T h e s t a r t e r s o n b o t h squads, despite their promise, will carr y the main burden of limiting early r uns, since the bullpens will certainly be lightsout through the series

Despite the similarities in the “ u n d e rd o g ” s t a t u s t h a t b o t h teams maintain and the core structure of the squads, there are some stark differences

The Giants have won their most recent World Series titles in 2010 and 2012 under the same manager, Bruce Bochy Bochy is now being hailed as one of the best managers in baseball histor y after bringing his Giants squad to the World Series, despite an under whelming roster, for the third time A win in 2014 would certainly help him secure that honor in the eyes of many baseball fans

On the other hand, a team from Kansas City has not gone to the World Series in 29 years

Despite the win in 1985, the Royals have had a long standing streak of disappointment in the o r g a n i z a t i o n Ne d Yo s t , t h e Royals manager, is not on the same echelon as Bochy and was recently considered to be one of the major parts of the aforementioned disappointment Yost was let go from the Brewers manager position in 2008 However, he claimed a spot in the Royals dugout in 2010 There wasn ’ t much success to be found soon after his ascension back to a major league manager position

Fans were not fond of him for his snap decisions in close games and lack of media presence The media put much of the blame from early struggles on Yost and continuously noted his failures in the Brewers organization You can still find articles online from as recent as mid-September calling for Yost’s firing for mediocrity However, whether it was t

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scrappy play of a decently talented team, the Royals are ready to compete on the world’s biggest stage

There are many amazing stor ylines to follow as the best of s e v e n s e r i e s p r o g r e s s e s L a s t night’s game was just a taste of the action Who will emerge victorious? Who will shine under the big lights? Who will crumble under pressure? Which underdog will be the greater underdog?

As for my prediction for the outcome of the series: Giants win in six games There are several reasons for this First of all, a recent Spor tsNation poll had 70 percent of voters giving the Royals the World Series victor y, so it safe to say that that Giants are once again the underdogs Mo r e ov e r, t h e Gi a n t s ’ r e c e n t victories have come on evennumbered years, and 2014 fits that categor y It might be a bit crazy, but my prediction is in honor of underdogs and superstition Let’s see what happens Play ball!

Nikita Dubnov can be reached at ndubnov@cornellsun com

Red Competes at 50th Head of Charles Regatta

By TUCKER MAGGIO-HUCEK Sun Staff Writer

The Cornell men ’ s lightweight, heavyweight and women ’ s rowing teams kicked off their fall season in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this past weekend All three teams competed in the 50th Head of the Charles Regatta that had over 2,200 entries from all different backgrounds

The men ’ s lightweight team had two boats race on Sunday The lightweight eights boat, which was led by senior captain Chris Rogers, finished the race in third place behind two Ivy League rivals The race was extremely competitive, with all three boats finishing within 05 seconds of each other, as Princeton and Harvard edged out Cornell for first and second, respectively

“The eight had a really tight race and put us in a great position for the rest of the season and for winter and spring training,” said senior captain Richard Richhart

The other lightweight boat competed in the fours and had a strong showing, finishing in third behind two international foes The London Training Center, who won the race, bested the Cornell boat by a large margin but junior Ian Sigal led the boat ahead of all other collegiate entries

“The four truly defined themselves against our League competition They placed third and were only bested by international competition We’re all really proud of those athletes,” Richhart said

The heavyweights had two boats take to the waters in Massachusetts In the men ’ s championship fours the Red took seventh place and finished under 40 seconds behind the winners from Camp Randall, a rowing club from Wisconsin The University of Wisconsin finished in sixth place, finishing just over three seconds before the Cornell boat

In the men ’ s championship eights, the heavyweight boat had a rough outing and finishing in 33rd out of 36 boats, thanks to a pair of collisions and a one minute penalty that was added on to their time Harvard, Princeton and Yale all placed within the top-ten

Despite being forced into some difficult situations, the women ’ s boats started their fall season off in fine fashion

In the women ’ s championship eights, the Cornell boat finished in 11th place in a race that included the United States National Team, Cambridge and Oxford

“The varsity eight had a very promising performance We nearly collided with several boats and had a very exciting race, ” said senior captain Elyce Buell “Despite this we had a very competitive time compared to the other crews ”

The Red finished just two seconds behind Princeton

despite being forced to take wider turns during the sprint

The women ’ s second boat took part in the women ’ s championship fours and had a rough outing, finishing 15th of the 17 boats

All three programs will be back in action next weekend when the Red heads to Lake Carnegie for the Princeton Chase

Tucker Maggio-Hucek can be reached at thucek@cornellsun com

Going the distance | Senior captain Chris Rogers led the men’s lightweight eights boat to a third place finish, behind two Ivy League rivals Harvard, Princeton and Cornell all came within five seconds of each other in the competitive race

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By JOHN MCGRORTY Sun Staff Writer

This past Saturday, the Cornell men and

s began their 2014-2015 campaign with

Buffalo Held in the Teagle Hall pool, the scrimmage served as a fundraiser for the Breaststroke 4 Hope organization The Red raised $2,600 for the organization and started the season off on a positive note with a strong showing in the pool

Senior Thomas Hallowell said that he thinks the positive momentum from the scrimmage will carry over into the dual meets coming up

“The team had a great weekend that will definitely give us momentum as we enter the competitive season, ” he said

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won a lot of close races and had great success all around,” he said

Senior Timothy Satterthwaite also said he felt the experience was positive, praising the Red for achieving better results against Buffalo than ever before

“The team as well as the coaches are extremely happy with how we swam at the buffalo scrimmage,” he said “We had better success against them than we ever had in the past with swimmers posting times that we are used to seeing in late November as opposed to mid October ”

“We are not going to back down this season.”

Hallowell also said the scrimmage was valuable in allowing freshmen to get their feet wet early on in the season

“ This meet was an opportunity for freshmen to have their first swims in college and there were some really strong swims While the meet was not scored, we

Red Tops University at Buffalo Cornell Wins in Fast-Paced Match

By ELANI COHEN Sun Staff Writer

T h e w o m e n ’ s p o l o t e a m played host to the Mar yland Polo Club this past Saturday Though the contest began with back-and-forth play, the match ended in Cornell’s favor with a final score of 21-10

Sophomore Emma Eldredge said that the squad did not know what to expect in the homeopener and is pleased with the end result

“We had an amazing game this weekend against Maryland

With it being our first game of the year, we were unsure as to how everything would go, ” she said “We were very pleased with

Overall, the men ’ s team saw great success on the day After senior co-captain Eric May won the 200 free, t h e Re d c o n t i n u e d t o swim well and won eight consecutive events Cornell also benefitted from two strong showings by new freshmen Freshman Vi n c e n t De c

Brandon Sweezer showed a great deal of potential for the Red

According to Hallowell, the squad needs to focus on staying healthy in order to maximize its results He said the squad is in great shape at the moment and showed that it is capable of reaching new heights this

season through its strong per formance against Buffalo

“This year we need to focus on being healthy and taking advantage of the rest periods we have,” he said “We had a lot of hard practices and heavy lifts, but we are in the best shape we have ever been at the start of the season, and I think that showed on Saturday People swam fast and demonstrated that we are not going to back down

World Series Wildcards

very pleased with

the results and our playing The Maryland team was a difficult team, but a great way to begin the year ” T h e v i s i t o r s o p e n e d t h e match with a two-pointer just minutes into the first chukker for an early lead The Red began the match with starters sophom o re Em

d Juniors Elena Wicker and captain Anna Winslow Due to an injury, Wicker stepped in for

Devin Cox as a star ter The Mar yland Polo Club kept its

t chukker until Winslow tied up the score, 3-3 As the second chukker began, the Mar yland Polo Club scored a quick three goals to take a 6-3 lead The Red

goals and two pony goals before the half, taking a 7-6 lead Cornell dominated the third chukker, scoring six of the seven goals in the stanza, including an

by

ended with a score of 15-9 in Cornell’s favor Continuing its

Two Fridays ago, I called in to a good friend’s sports radio program at Trinity College to give a prediction of the outcomes of the NLCS and ALCS I prophesied Royals in five and Giants in six I always like to root for the underdog However, after both series ended, it turned out that even I underestimated the underdogs

The Royals swept the Orioles in four games The Giants had a couple of incredible comebacks to take the series in five games

from the Cardinals Those victories set up the first World Series since 2002 in which both competitors are wild card teams

Despite the fact that the championship will be played by two of the biggest underdogs coming into the postseason, I am fully confident that this World Series will be one of the most interesting in recent years From one end, the Royals have not lost a game this postseason The Giants, however, have proven in their past few appearances to the championship that they can overcome teams that are destined to win with smart play and stellar pitching

Both teams possess plenty of underappreciated clubhouse talent Players that have not had their full chance to have their

names heralded amongst the Major League’s top stars will have the world’s stage to themselves

The Giants arguably feature more recognizable “ star-power ” in their lineup with names like Buster Posey, who has proven to be the best young catcher in baseball, and Madison Bumgarner, who carried his exceptional regular season performance into the postseason The Royals, which are one of the smaller market teams in the

Majors, feature a particularly well-rounded starting rotation headlined by James Shields and a defensive gem-producing outfield led by Alex Gordon

Despite having a couple “ stars ” in their lineups, both teams are mainly made up of fairly average players that are able to produce on a consistent basis and play great team baseball It is always interesting to see who will come up with the big hit or strikeout in a big spot to carry the squad with these teams, because it is often not who you would expect

Both teams also have exceptional bullpens that will help to shutdown games So, if you are a fan of high-scoring ball games,

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