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ACT Comets spinner Shane Devoy leaves Tuggeranong to join Easts in the Sydney grade cricket competition

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ACT Comets spinner Shane Devoy (left) has joined Easts in the Sydney grade competition. Photo: Jeffrey Chan

ACT Comets spinner Shane Devoy couldn't pass up the opportunity to play in the Sydney grade competition to put himself in front of NSW state selectors.

Tuggeranong will be without Devoy for the rest of the summer after his move to Easts under the guidance of Canberra product and former Australian batsman Michael Bevan.

The 25-year-old has been one of the leading slow bowlers in the Canberra first-grade competition for the past few seasons.

Devoy took nine wickets in an innings in a Futures League game against South Australia last year, leading to his selection as 12th man for the Prime Minister's XI.

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"The advice I got was if you want to have a chance for higher honours, then you've got a better chance of showing your wares up in Sydney with the deeper talent pool," Devoy said.

"If you have a couple of good games against contracted players, that probably holds you in good stead.

"Whereas if you do it down here, it's pretty much expected."

Devoy will still be eligible to play for the Comets for the rest of the season as part of the memorandum of understanding between Cricket ACT and Cricket NSW.

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Comets overpower early mental errors in sweep, advance to regional final

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WEST LIBERTY, Iowa The West Liberty High School volleyball team had to battle itself Thursday night.

The Comets were good enough against Mid-Prairie to overcome their own mental errors and deal with a feisty Golden Hawks squad as West Liberty earned a straight-set sweep in a Class 3A Region 8 semifinal at West Liberty High School.

West Liberty won 25-21, 25-17, 25-12. The 3A No. 7 Comets will face 3A No. 9 Mediapolis on Tuesday, Nov. 4, at Muscatine High School for a berth in the 3A state tournament.

Hailey Daufeldt led the Comets (35-5) with 15 kills and Audra Bridenstine added 13 for a West Liberty team that struggled at times in the first two sets.

"We were kinda lacking on defense," Bridenstine said. "We weren't getting the tips and we weren't reading [Mid-Prairie's] hits, mainly us just making stupid mistakes."

Mid-Prairie, who had already played West Liberty twice this season, took advantage of the Comets' mistakes with a nothing-to-lose attitude, staying aggressive at the net and digging up a lot of hard West Liberty attacks.

"We knew that if we could play with our best defense, that would save us and that's what held us in there tonight," Mid-Prairie coach Cindy Miller said.

The Golden Hawks (14-17) trailed by as little as 20-19 in the first set before the Comets pulled away with a quick 5-2 run. Mid-Prairie would break West Liberty's set point twice but fell too far behind when the Comets went on a 7-0 run to start that second set.

After giving up three quick points to Mid-Prairie to start the third set on two net violations and a hitting error, the Comets started moving much better offensively, with Daufeldt and Bridenstine cranking out attacks from Cassedi Simon, who had 36 assists on Thursday.

"Our intensity was better [in the third set] and we just communicated better," Bridenstine said, admitting "we've dropped down a little bit from the beginning of the season, but I feel like we're coming back."

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Comets embrace underdog role in upset of Storm

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MANLIUS After a certain newspaper that shall remain nameless printed its volleyball regional preview capsules in last weekends edition, the Newman Comets found themselves a favorite Katy Perry song.

After reading they were the dark horse at the 2A Bureau Valley Regional, the Comets must have put the Perry ditty of the same name on a loop. But after their performance in a 21-25, 25-16, 25-18 victory over top-seeded Bureau Valley in Thursday nights championship match, maybe This Is How We Do would be the more appropriate song of the chanteuse with the ever-changing hair color.

Newman (14-17) scrapped, hustled, dove, dug, and clawed its way to victory over the Storm (27-6), which had beaten the Comets in both Three Rivers West meetings this season.

But so had No. 2 seed Riverdale, which third-seeded Newman dispatched in straight sets in Tuesdays semifinals.

Being the dark horse, that got to us, senior hitter Aubree Schmitt said, and its been motivating us all week. We figured if someone outside the team believed in us, then we could get it done.

We talked about the dark horse thing, and it pushed us this whole time, sophomore libero Mady Ferris added. The underdog role, we like to play like that, and we felt coming into this match that we could finish with a win.

Bureau Valley took control early, as the Storm reeled off the first six points of Game 1. But that was the biggest lead the Storm had all night, as the Comets kept battling back throughout that first game, then trailed only twice in the next two combined.

While BVs powerful hitting carried it to a Game 1 win, the Storm was unable to get its offense back on track consistently in games 2 & 3. That was mostly thanks to the scrappy Comets, who dominated points on out-of-system plays all match long.

It was a rough start, but the way we battled back in the first game carried over to the next two, Schmitt said. We knew if we carried that momentum over, just kept fighting and being aggressive and not giving them anything easy, they might get a little jumbled up and out of sync.

They were picking up everything in the second and third games, BV senior setter Sydney Lebahn said. I think we caught them off guard a little in the first game, but they came back strong. We tried to make plays out of whatever they gave us, but they just made more plays tonight.

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Comets climb one step closer to state – again

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CHARLES CITY | The postseason backdrop to perhaps the biggest rivalry in Class 4A volleyball moved from Cedar Rapids to Charles City. Thursday night, the result remained the same.

For a third consecutive year, Charles City eliminated its Northeast Iowa Conference rival Waverly-Shell Rock from postseason play, 25-22, 25-15, 17-25, 25-16

This win came in the regional semifinals, following back-to-back meetings between these two schools won by Charles City in the state tournament.

A year ago the Comets rallied from two sets down to defeat the Go-Hawks in the opening round at state. This year, it was Wavelry-Shell Rock that nearly accomplished the feat.

Class 4A's No. 9 Go-Hawks (32-20) led 14-9 in midway through set four before No. 6 Charles City (40-4) went on a 10-0 run during Hali Hillegas' serve. The Comets finished off the match by winning 16 of the final 18 points, advancing to the regional finals against No. 10 Boone 7 p.m. Tuesday in Webster City.

"We really had to work together," Charles City senior setter and hitter Meagan Miller said. "We had to talk it out, keep the energy up. We had to just work hard as a team and come together. The energy was up."

Miller tallied a match-high 14 kills and was one three Comets to finish with at least 10 terminations. Hillegas added 12 kills and Jamie Sindlinger finished with 11.

It was a pair of back-to-back blocks by Sindlinger and Miller early during the Comets' 10-0 fourth set run that helped turned the tide in their team's favor. Sindlinger teamed up with Shay Carolan for a rejection on the final point of the run.

"Something that we talked about is we have to play with confidence all the time," Charles City coach Donna Forsyth said. "No matter what the score is we have to play with confidence. I think we had our middles close out and get a few key blocks in there, put the ball right down so it was just determination, and I think that built our momentum back up."

Charles City overcame seven service errors in an opening set in which the Comets rallied from down 13-9 with a five-point run. The pace of Charles City's attacks increased throughout the frame and Miller closed it out with kills for three of her final four points.

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Fox World Travel Plans Vacation with Country Music Stars Parmalee, Frankie Ballard and Kristian Bush

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(PRWEB) October 31, 2014

OSHKOSH WI: Fox World Travel recently announced their eleventh annual Great Escape vacation. The Great Escape is an exclusive vacation with private country music concerts, autograph sessions, radio broadcasts and more at an All-Inclusive resort in the Caribbean. Great Escape 2015 will be held at the brand new, All-Inclusive Luxury Royalton Riviera Cancun, set to open in December 2014. This years trip will feature private concerts and private meet and greet autograph sessions with popular country music recording artists, Parmalee, Frankie Ballard, and Kristian Bush. Clients must book their package through Fox World Travel to gain all-inclusive access to these private events!

Radio station partners FM106.1 in Milwaukee, Y100 in Green Bay and 96.3 Star Country in Madison will be hosting this vacation. Travelers are able to interact with the hosts and take part in special events. New for this year is an interactive talk with superstar brothers, Kristian and Brandon Bush, of Sugarland & Train, revealing their beginnings in the music business through their rise to the top of the country and contemporary music charts.

Pricing listed on the website includes nonstop airfare with Funjet Vacations from Milwaukee and Chicago OHare. Vacation Travel Consultants at Fox World Travel can also provide land-only pricing and pair the package with airfare from cities nationwide. This trip is predicted to sell out, as space is limited.

Click here to view trip details or call 866-463-6946 to speak with a vacation travel consultant.

About Fox World Travel: Fox World Travel was founded in 1960 and is ranked in the top 20 of over 25,000 travel agencies in the United States, according to the Business Travel Survey in Business Travel News. Fox World Travel owns and operates 11 retail travel locations throughout Wisconsin as well as Premier Meetings and Incentives in Oshkosh, WI and Fox World Travel School online. Visit Fox World Travel online at http://www.GoFox.com.

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San Francisco Travel Sees Many Benefits in Giants Playing in the World Series

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San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) October 30, 2014

The San Francisco Travel Association is celebrating the San Francisco Giants third World Series victory in five years for several reasons, according to Joe DAlessandro, president and chief executive officer of the San Francisco Travel Association.

First and foremost, we are so proud of the Giants tremendous achievement! DAlessandro said. We cant wait to welcome the team home and really celebrate with a victory parade up Market Street starting at noon tomorrow.

The Giants victory is thrilling for everyone who knows and loves San Francisco, and thats a huge number of people around the world, DAlessandro said. San Francisco is a top destination, both in the U.S. and internationally, and now people everywhere have been reminded that this is the city they want to visit.

Aside from the victory itself, media coverage of the World Series including the panoramic images of San Francisco is priceless, DAlessandro continued. Every time someone refers to the San Francisco Giants, all of the positive attributes of the destination are brought to mind the icons, the views, the food, the arts, the neighborhoods, and so on. Each time brings people closer to their next visit to San Francisco.

During the series itself, the teams and fans generated millions of dollars in economic impact through spending on hotels, restaurants, shops, attractions, entertainment and transportation during the series. Beyond the obvious direct spending, this will benefit all San Franciscans through the taxes and fees generated by visitor spending, he added.

At the 2012 World Series Games on October 24 and 25, 2012, the direct spending was $17,266,203 for both games combined. This is based on 43,000 visitors attending each game with an estimated 20 percent of people coming from out of town and staying overnight in San Francisco.

The San Francisco Travel Association is the official tourism marketing organization for the City and County of San Francisco. For information on reservations, packages, activities and more, visit http://www.sanfrancisco.travel or call 415-391-2000. The Visitor Information Center is located at 900 Market St. in Hallidie Plaza, lower level, near the Powell Street cable car turnaround.

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San Francisco International Airport (SFO) offers non-stop flights to more than 34 international cities on 29 international carriers. The Bay Area's largest airport connects non-stop with 78 cities in the U.S. on 15 domestic airlines. SFO is proud to offer upgraded free Wi-Fi with no advertising. For up-to-the-minute departure and arrival information, airport maps and details on shopping, dining, cultural exhibitions, ground transportation and more, visit http://www.flysfo.com. Follow us on http://www.twitter.com/flysfo and http://www.facebook.com/flysfo.

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HP launches Sprout, 'wild' 3D scanning computer with no keyboard or mouse

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In a bid to reignite stagnant PC sales, the technology company has launched the mouse-free and keyboard-free 'Sprout' computer.

HP has taken a wild step toward re-imagining the personal computer, deleting the keyboard and mouse and merging a 3D scanner and projector to create a super all-in-one device it hopes can rekindle PC sales.

The new desktop computer, called Sprout, being touted as 'unusual', 'futuristic' and 'wild', goes on sale online in the US on Wednesday, costing $US1899.

Like many of its rivals, HP is struggling with a stagnant personal computer business that still makes up half its revenue. HP hopes a new take on the old PC can re-ignite customer interest, though it is careful to play down expectations. Several industry attempts to revive the market, such as ultrathin laptops and all-in-ones, initially failed to catch on.

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Stem cell patent to reach Supreme Court

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Jeanne Loring holds a petri dish with induced pluripotent stem cells from a Parkinsons patient.

The U.S. Supreme Court will be asked to intervene over a controversial embryonic stem cell patent, opponents of the patent said Thursday.

Jeanne Loring, a stem cell scientist at The Scripps Research Institute, said the court will be asked Friday to overturn a lower court decision and allow the opponents to seek cancellation of the patent held by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, or WARF.

Loring and two public interest groups, Consumer Watchdog and the Public Patent Foundation, have been trying to get that patent overturned since 2006. Another patent giving rights over induced pluripotent stem cells has been waived by WARF.

Loring, who is researching the use of induced pluripotent stem cells to treat Parkinson's disease, said the remaining patent impedes development of embryonic stem cell therapies.

Embryonic stem cell therapies are reaching the clinical stage, such as San Diego's ViaCyte, which recently began trials of its therapy for Type 1 diabetes, derived from human embryonic stem cells.

"We think that now embryonic stem cells really are showing their worth in clinical studies, it's very important to just wipe this thing off the books, so nobody can either shut down trials or require huge licensing fees for successful efforts," Loring said.

The foundation got the patent for work by James Thomson of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was the first to derive human embryonic stem cells, in 1998.

Opponents say Thomson's feat, while significant, was not a patent-worthy technological advance. Loring has said other qualified scientists could have isolated the cells with methods used for finding animal embryonic stem cells, so the advance was obvious.

Moreover, embryonic stem cells are a product of nature and therefore not patentable according to a 2012 Supreme Court ruling, they say.

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