Comets turn the tables on Holsteins

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Underwood girls basketball coach Toni Cottingham has been waiting for her team to put together a complete contest.

What a better time to start than the postseason?

The Comets bent a little, but they managed to regroup against the New Salem-Almont Holsteins during the quarterfinals of the Region 5 tournament. Underwood booked a 54-46 victory over the Holsteins at the Mandan High School gym and avenged a loss from the regular season.

The Comets (15-8) advance to tonights semifinals against the Shiloh Skyhawks. NS-A, meanwhile, ended its season at 16-6.

I have a great bunch of leaders on the floor who have been here before and are very talented, Cottingham said. They needed to keep their focus for an entire four quarters. In that fourth quarter, we had a little bit of a break down. Playing with an eight- or a 10-point lead, we have a tendency to get more conservative. Im happy with the way we bounced back from that. The girls understand its do or die right now.

Each time the Holsteins tried to rally, Underwood came up with an answer to stop them. NS-A knotted the score at 29 with 2:53 to play in the third quarter. The Comets rattled off a 14-4 spurt, closed by Charley Aucks three-point play with 7:19 to go that gave the Comets a 43-33 lead.

Turnovers and an 0-of-4 effort from the foul line led to another NS-A comeback. Karlie Schroeders layup in transition helped narrow the deficit to 43-40 with 4:56 to go, but Underwood answered with a quick 7-0 spurt to up its lead to 50-40 with 2:33 to play.

The Comets closed the contest by hitting 4 of 6 attempts from the foul line.

Its good we knocked down those free throws at the end or it would have been closer than we liked, Underwood guard Abby Landenberger said. As the season has gone one weve gotten more confident (with closing out games). Before, we would get so nervous and mess up. Were starting to get the hang of it and to keep pushing.

Landenberger led the Comets with 15 points while Auck added 14 while snagging 12 rebounds.

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Lopsided wins for Comets I, IT&E

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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Comets I and IT&E remained at the top half of the team standings in the Major division of the 2014 Saipan Little League Baseball League after blowing out separate foes in make-up games last week.

Comets I clobbered the Jets, 23-0, earning the lopsided victory after only three and a half innings. With the win, Comets I retained its perfect record (6-0, pending results of last Saturdays game against IT&E) for second place in the 15-team field behind the defending champions Falcons (6-0).

The Jets remained winless in five games, suffering another big loss after struggling against Comets Is two pitchers. Clarence Camacho started out for Comets I and allowed only one run, while striking out five and walking one in two innings. Sebastian Saures took over in the third inning and also recorded five strikeouts and had a no-hitter.

With Camacho and Saures holding strong on the mound, the Jets made it to scoring position only once. Eldon Rife advanced to third in the second inning off a Comets I error at centerfield with two outs and runner on first, however he was left stranded, as Clarence Camacho struck out Audrey Camacho.

Clarence Camacho returned to the dugout for Saures, who finished off the Jets with a 1-3 putout play and two quick strikeouts in the third and three straight Ks in the fourth and last inning.

While the Jets failed to nail even a single run in the shortened match, Comets I had no problem with its offense. Runs came early with Comets I racking up 11 in the first inning to set up the blowout. Glenn Taro led the Comets Is well-oiled offense, as he went 3-for-3 at bat, scored three runs and three RBIs. Jesse Taitano was also perfect at the plate, going 4-for-4 and drilling four runs, while Camacho was 3-for-4 and also notched four runs and chipped in two RBIs.

IT&E 18, Twins 1

In the other make-up match last week, IT&E (6-2) nearly blanked the Twins (0-5).

Kyle Kapileo threw a one-hitter to power IT&E to the easy win. He struck out nine batters before reaching his pitching limit and was relieved by Philip Kapileo, who quickly got the third and final out to wrap up the match after three and a half innings.

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Comets Aim for Second Straight Championship Berth

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March 10, 2014 - Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Missouri Comets INDEPENDENCE, Mis. (March 10, 2014) - The Missouri Comets look to earn their second straight trip to the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) Championship Series with a win tonight at 7:00p.m. CT against the Milwaukee Wave in Game Two of the MISL Playoffs at U.S. Cellular Arena. The Comets hold a 1-0 lead in the series after defeating the Wave 20-6 at home on Sunday afternoon.

Leo Gibson, the MISL's Regular Season Scoring Champion, lit up the scoreboard in Game One of the series. His five goals and eleven points are a modern-era Comets playoff record. Newcomer, Max Touloute chipped in with five points of his own in the victory.

The key to Sunday's victory for the Comets was the defense. Goalkeeper Danny Waltman was on top of his game, making 21 saves and posting a shutout through three and a half quarters. In the rare case Waltman was unable to get to a Wave shot, his defense was right there for him. The team recorded a season-high 11 blocks on the night.

The Comets will once again have to play at their best tonight to keep Milwaukee at bay. Led by Ian Bennett who won the MISL's Golden Boot, the Wave were the second-highest scoring team in the MISL this season. In fact, the Wave were only held under 10 points in only five games this season, four of them losses to the Comets.

The Wave excel in working as a team to produce goals and holding possession away from their opponents. The Comets were successful in breaking the Wave possession and forcing many odd-man breaks in all five of their wins against Milwaukee this season.

This is the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams. The Comets won the 2013 series one year ago today. A win in Game Two would send the Comets to their second straight Championship Series. Should the Wave win Game Two, an immediate 15 minute 'Mini-Game' would be played to decide the series.

Comets fans are invited to join Comets Nation Fan Club at Coach's Bar & Grille on 103rd & Wornall for the team's Official Watch Party. The game can also be viewed online at CometsIndoorSoccer.com/Live-Feed, kickoff from Milwaukee is scheduled for 7:00p.m. CT.

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Galactic gas caused by colliding comets suggests mystery 'shepherd' exoplanet

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Astronomers exploring the disk of debris around the young star Beta Pictoris have discovered a compact cloud of carbon monoxide located about 8 billion miles (13 billion kilometers) from the star. This concentration of poisonous gas - usually destroyed by starlight - is being constantly replenished by ongoing rapid-fire collisions among a swarm of icy, comet-like bodies.

In fact, to offset the destruction of carbon monoxide (CO) molecules around the star, a large comet must be getting completely destroyed every five minutes, say researchers.

They suggest the comet swarm is most likely frozen debris trapped and concentrated by the gravity of an as-yet-unseen exoplanet.

This mystery 'shepherd' exoplanet - so-called for its capacity to corral the swarms of comets through its gravitational pull, like Jupiter in our own solar system - is likely to be about the size of Saturn.

"Detailed dynamical studies are now under way, but at the moment we think this shepherding planet would be around Saturn's mass and positioned near the inner edge of the CO belt," said Mark Wyatt, from Cambridge's Institute of Astronomy, who proposed the shepherd model - currently the favoured hypothesis because it explains so many puzzling features of the Beta Pictoris disk.

"We think the Beta Pictoris comet swarms formed when the hypothetical planet migrated outward, sweeping icy bodies into resonant orbits."

Paradoxically, the presence of carbon monoxide - so harmful to humans on Earth - could indicate that the Beta Pictoris planetary system may eventually be a good habitat for life. If there is CO in the comets, then there is likely also water ice - meaning that the cometary bombardment this system's planets are probably undergoing could also be providing them with life-giving water.

The clump was discovered when an international team of astronomers, led by ALMA-based ESO astronomer Bill Dent, along with Wyatt, used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile to map the millimeter-wavelength light from dust and carbon monoxide molecules in the disk surrounding Beta Pictoris, a star located about 63 light-years away and only 20 million years old.

Beta Pictoris is considered one of the best examples of a typical young solar system, and hosts one of the closest and brightest debris disks known - making it an ideal laboratory for studying the early development of planetary systems. The latest findings could help us understand what conditions were like during the formation of our own solar system.

Much of the carbon monoxide is concentrated in a single clump located about 8 billion miles (13 billion kilometers) from the star, or nearly three times the distance between the planet Neptune and the sun. The total amount of the gas observed exceeds 200 million billion tons - equivalent to about one-sixth the mass of Earth's oceans, say researchers.

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Comets run away from Bluejays

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After a tight first quarter, Abington Heights put together a 20-0 run over the final 5:44 of the first half and rolled to a 70-42 win over Central Columbia in the first round of the PIAA Class AAA boys basketball playoffs at Lackawanna College March 7.

Abington Heights (27-1) will play Archbishop Carroll (24-4) in the second round on Tuesday at a time and date to be determined.

Central Columbia guard Kevin Krause hit a 3-pointer to pull the Bluejays to within 13-10 at the end of the first quarter. Two free throws by Payton Aucker, who led Central Columbia with 15 points, cut the lead to two with 6:02 left in the second quarter.

We gave up too many easy baskets on backdoor cuts, Abington Heights head coach Ken Bianchi said. We knew they were going to try to control the tempo of the game, so we wanted to pressure them into shooting, but not give them layups. I wasnt pleased with our defense at all, but I give a lot of credit to them. They were scrappy, they got a lot of loose balls.

Then, Abington Heights picked up its intensity on both ends of the floor.

Six-foot-10 center Evan Maxwell, who scored 20 points, scored nine during the Comets spurt.

We just played better defense, Bianchi said, that was the difference. Instead of giving up layups, we were getting deflections.

Bianchi has been pleased with the development of Maxwell, a Liberty recruit, as this season has progressed, but believes he still has room to improve.

This is his first year of starting, Bianchi said. He has to get more aggressive with the ball. We work on his inside moves every day. He looks to dunk, but he has an array of inside moves and doesnt use them enough.

The Comets got a boost from their bench after one starter, forward Tim Toro, picked up two early fouls and others struggled to find their game early on.

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Stem cell center starting trials

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Seven months after a bill to create a regional stem cell therapy hub at The University of Kansas Medical Center took effect, two doctors from the center say it is enrolling patients in clinical trials and they are beginning their work.

David Prentice and Buddhadeb Dawn expressed excitement Monday about what the Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center has been able to accomplish in a short time and what possibilities it holds for the future.

"Kansas can be the leader in providing adult stem cell treatments and information to physicians and patients around the world," Dawn said.

Prentice said the center, which limits itself to research on adult stem cells, will foster "ethical, noncontroversial" treatments for patients with multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injuries, heart damage, stroke and juvenile diabetes.

At the same time he said it will serve to educate schoolchildren on the promise of adult stem cells and act as a "hub" for regional research.

Potentially, physicians from across the region could be sending samples," Prentice told the Senate Ways and Means Committee that approved millions in start-up funds for the center last year.

Sen. Jeff Melcher, R-Leawood, said he was heartened by news of the center beginning work, but somewhat concerned about it monetizing that work.

He noted that the 15 members of the center's advisory board are academics and legislators, with no one from the business community.

I see kind of a void in that I dont see the people that it would take to product-ize this," Melcher said. "The sales and marketing expertise, the product development.

Dawn said the medical center has some in-house experts who can help with that and that it also will be working with specific companies in some of its clinical trials.

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Topeka Eight months after the establishment of the Midwest Stem Cell Therapy Center at Kansas University Medical Center, the center is conducting clinical trials and advancing treatments for numerous diseases, KU officials said Monday.

"We are very excited about the work that is going on," said Dr. Doug Girod, executive vice chancellor of the KU Medical Center.

Dr. Buddhadeb Dawn, the center's director, detailed clinical trials that are under way and several in the planning stages to the Senate Ways and Means Committee.

"These trials will help local patients to get access to stem cell therapy," Dawn said. "Kansas can be a leader in providing stem cell treatments."

Created last year by the Legislature and Gov. Sam Brownback, the center will work on adult stem cell, cord blood and related stem cell research, providing therapies to patients and serving as a clearinghouse for physicians on cutting-edge treatments.

The center is prohibited from using embryonic stem cells or cells taken from aborted fetal tissue. Abortion opponents oppose human embryonic stem cell research because it involves the destruction of the embryo.

David Prentice, senior fellow for life sciences of the Family Research Council, said the center was unique in the country.

Prentice, who was involved in the development of the center and is on the center's advisory board as a representative of the scientific community, said, "I do want to reemphasize the focus on the center is patient-centered," while also working on education, clinical trials and research.

The FRC describes itself as a Christian organization promoting the traditional family unit and the Judeo-Christian value system. Its critics say it spreads anti-gay propaganda.

State Sen. Jeff Melcher, R-Overland Park, said the research sounded exciting but that he was concerned that the advisory board had no business people on it to secure private and business funding.

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