A rapist has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years after being convicted of attacking a 15-year-old girl in an Essex woodland almost 15 years ago.
Jon Molt, 34, was traced after his father provided a DNA sample as part of the police inquiry into the rape in Ten Metre Wood, Harlow, in December 1997.
Chelmsford Crown Court heard the sample provided a "familial match". Molt, from Rushes Mead, Harlow, had denied rape.
His victim said she was "extremely grateful" to police for catching him.
Prosecutor Carolyn Gardiner said the girl had attended a Christmas concert at her school and became concerned that her boyfriend, who played in the band, was not there and decided to walk to his house.
'Brutal attack'As she passed through a secluded area of the wood she became aware of somebody running behind her, the court heard.
Ms Gardiner said as the attacker tried to remove the girl's school uniform, she said: "Please don't hurt me, I'm only 15."
The prosecutor said: "She screamed and he struck her and said 'If you scream again I'm going to kill you and I'm going to kill you bad'."
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Despite a major investigation and a Crimewatch appeal, Molt was not traced until a DNA match was found almost 15 years later.
The court heard that, at the time of the attack, Molt worked in a Blockbuster store near the woodland.
Senior investigating officer, Det Ch Insp Rob Vinson, said: "Jon Molt believed for over 14 years that he had got away with this brutal and shocking attack on a young girl who had just left a school carol concert.
"He hadn't and he will now be going to prison for a long time."
The case is the first time familial DNA has been used by the Kent and Essex Serious Crime Directorate to track down an offender.
The victim, who is now married and living in London, said: "It is difficult to describe the sense of relief that I feel now that this man has been caught.
"Fourteen years is a long time and I was beginning to believe that he would never be caught.
"I am extremely grateful that Essex Police continued to investigate the crime and I would like to thank them not only on my behalf, but for any future victims of this man who will now never have to go through the ordeal that I have had to endure."
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Kent Police backs drive to protect vulnerable adults - Kent News
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Public awareness events being held in Medway as part of Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults week
The county’s force is backing an awareness campaign aiming to protect vulnerable adults.
The drive forms part of Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults week, which runs from today until June 15, with a number of drop-in events being held.
Kent Police said the campaign shines a spotlight on the abuse that elderly or those with a disability can be subjected to.
Police officers will be taking part in local events with other Kent-based agencies such as NHS, Trading Standards, Kent Fire and Rescue Service and Medway and Kent County Councils.
In Medway, there will be a public awareness stand offering advice and information on:
June 11 at Gillingham Market, 9am to 4.30pm
June 12 at Strood Market, 9am to 3pm
June 13 at Pentagon Shopping Centre, Chatham, 9am to 5pm
June 14 at Rochester Hub, 9am to 3pm
June 15 at Rainham Shopping Centre, 9am to 4pm
Detective Superintendent Tim Smith of Kent Police said: “Abuse can take many forms and it can be difficult to identify abuse is taking place unless there are obvious outward physical signs.
“For example, the elderly and those who have mental disabilities can often be subject to financial abuse if others gain access to their bank details or exploit a loss of memory.
“Abuse may also take the form of neglect and not providing for a vulnerable person’s basic living needs.
“Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Week intends to combat and prevent such abuse by giving carers and those who are themselves at risk the tools to spot signs of abuse and how to act on them once identified.
“This is an invaluable opportunity to work with local partners to highlight an important section of the community who depend on our joint services to protect them. Together, we hope to reduce the threat of abuse towards all vulnerable adults in Kent.”
Source: www.kentnews.co.uk
The Bogus Threat from Shariah Law - Reason.com
In the 19th century, Catholicism was regarded by many people in this country as thoroughly incompatible with Americanism. They saw it as a hostile foreign element that would subvert democracy. Today, a majority of the justices on the Supreme Court are Catholic, and they are taken to be as American as Mountain Dew.
We've come a long way in religious tolerance. Or maybe not. The belief that Catholics are irredeemably alien and disloyal has given way to the fear that Muslims pose a mortal threat to our way of life.
That distrust is behind a push in state legislatures to forbid courts from applying Islamic Shariah law in any case. Arizona, Tennessee, Louisiana and Oklahoma have passed these bans, though the Oklahoma law was ruled unconstitutional by a federal appeals court.
In May, Kansas enacted its version, which doesn't mention Shariah but prohibits state courts from basing decisions on any foreign laws or other legal codes. The point, however, is not in doubt. One supporter said the bill, which passed 122-0 in the House of Representatives, was needed because "they stone women to death in countries that have Shariah law."
Does that mean we need anti-Shariah laws to keep women from being stoned to death with the cheerful blessing of American courts? Amazingly, no. It seems that our laws and Constitution take precedence on American soil no matter what the rules are in Iran.
The chief sponsor, Republican Rep. Peggy Mast, explained, "I want to make sure people understand there's sometimes a conflict between other laws and the Constitution, and we need to assert our Constitution is still the law of the land." That's like asserting that the sun is hot: It will be true regardless.
The change will have about as much effect in Kansas as a ban on indoor co-ed field hockey. It turns out no one has been able to find a case where a Kansas court has actually employed Islamic strictures to reach a verdict.
If, for instance, a Muslim man marries a Muslim woman and then tries to divorce her by saying "I divorce you" three times, in accordance with Shariah, he will find he's wasted his breath. State marriage law will govern in Kansas just as it has in other states when it conflicts with the dictates of Islam.
The problem with banning any consideration of Islamic law is that it interferes with the religious rights of Americans. If two Jewish merchants have a contract that calls for arbitration of disputes in a rabbinical court, state courts will generally enforce any judgment.
If a Muslim-owned company wants to lend or borrow money in accordance with the Islamic ban on interest, its choice should likewise be respected. If a Muslim wants to allocate his estate according to Islamic rules, what's it to you? Outlawing such accommodation for Islam would illegally discriminate against one religion.
That problem is what led a federal appeals court to overturn the Oklahoma ban, overwhelmingly approved by voters in 2010 as an amendment to the state constitution. The measure was a drone missile targeted specifically at Islam, in brazen defiance of the First Amendment.
In Kansas, by contrast, the lawmakers were so careful to avoid that pitfall that they largely defanged the measure. A decision resting on the application of foreign or other legal codes would be invalid only if the verdict violates "the fundamental liberties, rights and privileges granted under the United States and Kansas constitutions" -- something courts generally are not allowed to do anyway.
University of Virginia law professor Douglas Laycock, who generally disapproves of anti-Shariah measures, says the Kansas law "is so narrowed and watered-down it doesn't look to me like a very big deal." It's not impossible that it would prevent a court ruling, he says, but "it would be unusual."
Even so, the laws are based on fears that are unwarranted, if not fraudulent. Muslims, who make up a tiny percentage of the population, are not about to seize control of American law. The same conservatives who accuse judges of trying to stamp out expressions of Christian faith now imagine they are eager to do the bidding of ayatollahs.
Of course, it's always possible that people practicing a religion with many dark associations will bide their time, infiltrate our institutions and someday put us under the control of secretive foreign clerics. Those Catholics may be sneakier than you think.
Steve Chapman blogs daily at newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/steve_chapman.
Source: reason.com
Kent County Cricket Club move Freinds Life t20 game from Nevill Ground to St Lawrence - Kent Online
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Kent have moved Tuesday evening's Friends Life t20 match against Sussex Sharks to the St Lawrence Ground after flash flooding in Tunbridge Wells.
The match, which was due to take place at The Nevill Ground, will now be played under floodlights in Canterbury with a start time of 7pm.
Kent's chief executive, Jamie Clifford, said heavy rain on Sunday night had forced the club into action, leaving a return to Canterbury the only decision possible for the start of the T20 competition.
He said: "There is no way we could have got anything on at Tunbridge Wells at all. I would have been surprised if you could get any play on that wicket for 10 days.
"What a sorry way to celebrate your 100th festival but in the end you have to just accept it, there is nothing you can do. It's been horrific and pretty costly too and I feel sorry for the supporters who have had their plans disrupted.
"It's the opening game of the competition and it's against Sussex so hopefully there will still be a good crowd."
With the majority of the Tunbridge Wells Festival wiped out by rain, the county are looking at losses of about £50,000 for what is usually a profitable week. It could have been worse had a wicket not been prepared for today's scheduled Varsity matches between University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church - now postponed due to the weather.
Mr Clifford explained: "Given that we had no games at Canterbury until the end of June, we could have been high and dry with no wicket prepared here and struggling, so we were very lucky there was a Varsity game originally planned."
- Anyone with tickets for the match and are unable to travel to Canterbury tomorrow, can send their tickets with name and address to Kent County Cricket Club, St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3NZ. Kent are also offering full refunds for those that can't attend, while advance ticket prices of £20 for adults and £5 juniors will be available on the gate.
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Laying down the law on nanotechnology - The Guardian
The first asbestos mine opened in Quebec in 1874. By the 1950s, asbestos was being widely used as an insulator, a flame retardant and as 'flocking' (fake snow). Today, we know that asbestos fibres can burrow into the lungs and cause asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma.
While concerns about the safety of asbestos were raised as early as 1900, it was not until 1999 that the use of asbestos was fully banned in the UK. Every year, 4,000 people die in the UK from asbestos related diseases. This trend is likely to continue till at least the 2050s. As a society, we have learned a late lesson in the control of asbestos, despite early warnings as to possible side effects.
New and emerging technologies (GM, synthetic biology and nanotechnology, for instance) offer the potential for a cleaner, healthier and better future. However, the risks from these technologies are not fully known. Will a future generation look back on our current wave of scientific innovation much as we regard the introduction of asbestos to the market?
One nanometre is one billionth of a metre. To put this into perspective, a single strand of human hair is around 80,000 nanometres in width. In the time it takes you to say the word 'nanotechnology', your hair will have grown by 10 nanometres. That mankind can engineer and create on this scale seems somewhat unbelievable, but the promises of nanotechnology are legion. In the medical arena, nano-robots could be programmed to repair damaged cells and mimic our own natural healing processes (just like 'Innerspace', only minus Meg Ryan). In the context of climate change, the effects of man on the environment could be halted and reversed through nano filters designed to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. It is estimated that there are over 1,000 nanotechnology enhanced products already on the market: everything from tennis balls to sunscreen and odour-free socks.
As chemical substances get smaller, their behaviours and characteristics may change, with certain nanomaterials possessing properties not found in their bulk counterparts. The nano form of gold may be red or blue in colour; platinum is inert in its bulk form, but a catalyst at the nano-scale. While nanotechnology may hold the key to a cleaner, healthier, odour-free future, the novel properties that nanomaterials can possess give rise to new forms of risk. Potential risks from nano are both unknown and unknowable. Unknown because little risk assessment has take place to date (less than 2% of the money being poured into nano research is devoted to risk analysis) and unknowable because scientific expertise in chemical assessment has not kept pace with scientific expertise in nanotechnology. Put simply, we are not currently capable of testing all of the inherent properties of all nanomaterials.
Regulatory efforts to control the use of nanotechnology at UK and EU levels have been limited. The previous government had a UK Nanotechnologies Strategy which prioritised the commercial development and application of nanotechnology. In the context of risk and regulation, their view was that existing laws would be sufficient. However, as demonstrated by the Cardiff-based BRASS Centre in great detail in 2008, while existing laws can and do regulate nanotechnology, they do so imperfectly. Put simply, there are gaps in existing regulatory frameworks which mean that nanotechnology is not wholly covered.
Some of these gaps exist because of a misplaced notion that nanomaterials are equivalent to their bulk counterparts. For example, the Environmental Permitting Regulations (England and Wales) 2010 make it an offence to release hazardous chemicals into groundwater without a permit. Hazardous substances are those which are toxic, persistent and liable to bio-accumulate, and other substances which give rise to an equivalent level of concern. This leaves us in a chicken and egg situation. For a substance to be characterised as hazardous, there must be evidence that that substance poses unacceptable risks. However, we still await testing methodologies sufficient to adequately evaluate the potential risks of nanosubstances (as well as internationally accepted standards by which testing may occur). On a practical level, this likely means that most nanosubstances will not be classified as hazardous and so can be discharged into groundwater or disposed of as non-hazardous waste.
Other gaps in existing regulatory regimes in the UK exist because legislation is based on thresholds or concentrations. Health and safety regulation is partly premised on occupational exposure levels; environmental permits are granted on the basis of emission levels; chemicals fall within or without rigorous testing requirements based on tonnage production thresholds. Given that nanotechnology is the technology of the very, very tiny, using thresholds in regulation means that much nanotechnology will fall below the relevant tonnage or concentration criteria and so fail to be fully regulated.
The approach of the EU has been little better. The 2008 EU Regulation on Food Additives contains the first targeted legislative provision on nanomaterials. The effect of this provision is that food additives which are produced using "nanotechnology" or which have undergone a "change in particle size" need to undergo a safety evaluation. As a regulatory technique, there is nothing novel about pre-market approvals. However, there is no definition of "nanotechnology" in this Regulation and no guidance on what a "change in particle size" might mean — is this only a change to a particle size under 100nm, or something else entirely?
We also come back (once again) to our scientific inability to assess the full suite of inherent nanochemical properties. Given these issues, it questionable whether this provision will have any practical impact whatsoever.
As from 2013, the EU Cosmetics Regulation requires that any cosmetic which contains nanomaterials (and here there is a definition) must be labelled. This obligation is limited: a requirement to put "(nano)" next to the relevant ingredient on the ingredients list. There is no need to label the product with "contains nano" or any requirement to put a notice on the relevant packaging. Regulatory theory says that labels allow consumers free choice to choose between alternate products on the market. But, as my colleague Elen Stokes has observed, nano labels have been rejected in other jurisdictions (including the US) for being ineffective.
Simply ask yourself this question: when was the last time you ever picked up your body wash in the shower and scrutinised the ingredients list? And, even if you did notice "(nano)" next to an ingredient, what would that mean to you: a warning as to possible side effects? A selling point as to unique properties? Something else?
Regulating nanotechnology is difficult because of the myriad ways in which nanomaterials can be used and due to their global impact - the fact that product X made in the US can travel via Europe and be sold in China. There is also a real issue in knowing when and how to regulate: with hindsight it may be too little, too late or too much, too soon. A balance needs to be struck between the benefits from nano (societal, environmental and economic) and the potential risks. How we as a society deal with uncertainty, how we respond to scientific innovation and how we frame the debate on risk and regulation – these are all so very important. As we saw with asbestos, it may be the difference between life and death. Sometimes, size really does matter.
A fuller version of this paper was given at the Hay Festival on June 3 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Murphy's Law: Johnson gives timely reminder - Yahoo! Eurosport
Dustin Johnson's victory at the St. Jude Classic added one more favourite to the U.S. Open field.
Naked admission: I'd completely forgotten about Dustin Johnson.
In this crowded landscape of golf parity, where the Major-championship baton has been handed to 14 consecutive different winners, where one week Jason Dufner is the new Tiger, and the next week Matt Kuchar is the new Tiger, and the next week Tiger is the New Tiger, Johnson popped up over the weekend to say:
"Yo! Remember me? I've been gone the last three months. I'm the big, athletic guy with the most powerful golf swing on Earth, pillow-soft hands around the green and a history – albeit checkered – at Majors. Yeah, that guy. The bunker-at-Whistling-Straits guy. I'm back. I just shot 66 on Sunday to win the FedEx St. Jude Classic in Memphis. And I'll see you at Olympic for the U.S. Open. Boom."
Well, this complicates matters.
Just when we'd all sorted out our Open favourites – Tiger because he's back; Luke because he's due; Phil because he's Phil – Johnson has mucked up the works.
Dustin Johnson has always had the most mouth-watering game on tour. He's routinely among the tour leaders in driving distance, birdies, eagles and money. He was in position to win the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, but shot 82 on Sunday. He was in position to win the 2010 PGA Championship, but grounded his club in a bunker he didn't know was a bunker, because he forgot to read the local rules. He was in position to win the 2011 British Open, only two back of Darren Clarke at Sandwich on the 14th fairway, but pumped his 2-iron out of bounds.
Some might look at that history and conclude Johnson has a million-dollar game with a 10-cent head. That conclusion has some merit to it. Another way to look at it is, Johnson, who turns 28 this month, has been knock-knock-knockin' on Major championship doors, still believing one will open soon.
His 66 at Memphis zoomed him past an intriguing leaderboard that included Rory McIlroy, who seems intent on bringing the double-bogey back into fashion; Chad Campbell, a once-prominent player who hasn't won in five years; and Davis Love III, the Ryder Cup captain who is feeling his oats a little after qualifying for the U.S. Open last week.
With two birdies in his last three holes to seal the win, Johnson reminded us how pure the game looks when he's pounding fairways and lasering irons. We had forgotten because the guy disappeared for three months after Doral, announcing via Twitter that he injured his back lifting a jet ski.
Most of the civilized golf world responded in kind: Say what?
Who lifts a jet ski, much less a world-class golfer who needs to protect his body? The rumor mill speculated whether Johnson was legitimately injured or not. Whispers abounded that Johnson was suspended for failing a drug test. This has never been confirmed and it's been denied – by Johnson, who said he "laughed" at the idea, and by his disgusted agent, David Winkle. Winkle said US PGA Tour gossip circles are the worst he's ever seen, even worse than his daughters' cheerleading and sorority circles.
Johnson's game and body showed an alarming lack of rust or effect from the injury. He finished T-19th at the Memorial last week, then dropped a 66 on Sunday in Memphis. This didn't look like a guy nursing a tender back.
Instead, he looked like every bit the threat for another Major championship windmill-tilt. It's time to start reeling off all those stats that tantalize: He's the first player since Tiger to post a win in each of his first five seasons since college, and he has the most wins (six) of any American player in his 20s.
In short, the New World Order of golf, in which it's anybody's ballgame, needs to scoot over and make room for Johnson. He's one of those guys you forgot RSVP'd to the party, but when he shows up at your door, you try not to raise eyebrows, simply take his coat and point him to the punch bowl.
Dustin Johnson is here to join the fiesta.
Scorecard of the week
68-64-68-69 – 19-under 269, Lee Westwood, winner, European PGA Tour Nordea Masters, Bro Hoff Slot GC, Stockholm, Sweden.
The silliest thing a golf writer can do before a Major championship is "announce" his or her pick to win. There are, after all, 150-plus players, many of them world-class, Major-winner possibilities. Golf is fluky, weird and prone to ignoring momentum. Forecasting the future is a skill yet to be mastered and yet, all your friends, colleagues and readers want to know: Who do you think will win the U.S. Open at Olympic? Well, heck, I don't know! But forced to participate in the fun, I made a pick, and it's Lee Westwood. I told anyone who asked that Westwood is due to come through after so many close calls (top three finishes in six of his last 10 Majors), that his precise iron game suits Olympic, and that putting – ostensibly Westwood's weakness – won't be as important as tee-to-green at Olympic.
And then Westwood goes and does this:
He wins by five at the Nordea Masters, boasts of his new golf clubs and putter, solidifies his status as the world's No. 3-ranked player – and brings on the Don't-Win-The-Week-Before-A-Major whammy.
Since the start of Majors in 1934, only six times has a player won the week prior to winning a Major, and four times it was at the Masters. No player has ever won the week before winning a U.S. Open.
What in the name of black cats is Westwood doing? Not only is he going to battle the Stockholm-to-San Francisco jet lag all week, he's essentially assured my pick will be wrong. Seventy-eight years of history says as much.
And don't ask me to explain how Dustin Johnson winning at Memphis enhances his chances in the face of this history. I'm more concerned with Westwood's fate, because of the pick.
I'll stick with my pick, just to be consistent. But if Westwood flops, don't blame me. Blame Westwood for winning in Sweden – the new Stockholm syndrome.
Mulligan of the week
There he was, young Rory McIlroy, his golf world a mess, arriving in Memphis the week before he's to defend his U.S. Open title. In one year's time, McIlroy went from the Next Chosen One, to a guy who couldn't make a cut. Approaching the one year anniversary of his record U.S. Open triumph at Congressional, McIlroy suddenly carried negative energy as the 15th club in his bag.
He'd missed three consecutive cuts. He became No. 1 in the world, then lost it to Luke Donald. He hadn't contended in a Major since Congressional. And even Jack Nicklaus, to his face in a CNN interview, doubted his decision to play in Memphis, instead of focusing on Olympic.
First things first: The good news for McIlroy was he made the cut in Memphis.
It wasn't all good after that. His 36-hole lead turned into a two-shot deficit after 54 holes because he made six bogeys on Saturday en route to a 2-over 72.
But on Sunday, McIlroy seemed primed to win for the second time on the US PGA Tour this year. He had a two-shot lead on the 11th hole, but made bogey on Nos. 12 and 14 to lose it. Ick.
A clutch birdie on No. 17 saw McIlroy arrive at the 72nd tee tied for the lead. Or, at least he thought he was. Turns out Dustin Johnson made birdie on No. 17 behind him for a one-shot lead, but when McIlroy broke out his 3-wood off the tee at TPC Southwind, he didn't know that. All he knew was that he faced a pressure tee shot with a significant water hazard left. In his attempt to reclaim some lost mojo, this scenario presented ample opportunity.
Until he yanked his tee shot hard left.
Ker-splash.
And then, clank. (That was the sound of McIlroy disgustedly dropping his club on the tee box.)
It got worse. McIlroy's third was lovely, just short of the green, and his fourth was a game chip he tried to hole for par, but ran 5 feet past.
And then missed the bogey putt.
So, McIlroy, plagued by double-bogeys last week at the Memorial (two, plus a quad) – an effort so bad he entered Memphis on a whim – heads to Olympic with a double bogey as his last score on a competitive golf hole.
The opposite of momentum in sports is a slump, but you'd hate to throw the "S" word at McIlroy.
Now, I can hear some clamouring that McIlroy is best off not winning in Memphis, because of the historically difficult back-to-back before a Major. But I'm not asking that McIlroy had won at Memphis. I'm merely asking that he had made a standard par-4 on the 72nd hole, lost to Dustin Johnson by a stroke and been proud of his finish.
In the interest of rooting for a charismatic kid with a Louvre-worthy golf swing, let's go back out to the 72nd hole, let McIlroy crack his neck a few times, maybe bring in a Swedish masseuse to work out some kinks, remind him that he usually roasts that 3-wood better than anyone on the planet and … give that shaggy-haired Ulsterman a mulligan!
Where do we go from here?
I know the Masters has the tinkling piano music, the TV ratings, Jim Nantz in reverential whisper, green jackets, azaleas and the lush scenery every year, but how do you beat our national open?
Besides, I thought we fought a Revolutionary War for the freedom to host our own national championship. Not only that, but also we'll allow anybody who plays his or her way in to tee it up. When Neil Diamond penned "America" and got to the part about "On the boats/and on the planes/They're coming to America!" I'm pretty sure he meant the U.S. Open golf tournament.
So, the world golf scene heads to San Francisco. We're all aware of Olympic's history, in which a lesser name fells a legend. Jack Fleck did it to Ben Hogan in 1955; Billy Casper did it to Arnold Palmer in 1966; Scott Simpson did it to Tom Watson in 1987 and Lee Janzen did it to Payne Stewart in 1998.
By that logic, you should take Bo Van Pelt to nick Phil Mickelson on the 72nd hole.
You can go that way if you'd like. I'm thinking this is one of the best plots we can ever conjure. We have Tiger 2.0, winning again, but not nearly as intimidating. We have Mickelson searching for the elusive, sentimental U.S. Open victory. We have McIlroy, nearly 20 years younger than Lefty, carrying the trophy for its defence. We have Rickie Fowler leading the Justin Bieber generation of hopefuls. We have Matt Kuchar returning to the site of his breakthrough amateur star turn. We have Dustin Johnson trying to make history. We have Lee Westwood carrying the Colin Montgomerie "Nearly Man" mantle, only without Monty's look of permanent intestinal gas.
We'll have San Francisco Giants hats in the gallery, Golden Gate Bridge beauty shots heading to commercial and the indisputably breathtaking sight of Monterey Pines, a Spanish-styled, red-tiled clubhouse roof, and America's Pacific urban jewel as host.
I'm in.
Source: uk.eurosport.yahoo.com
Kent State Vs. Oregon, 2012 College World Series: Flashes Drop Game 2 By 1 Run - SB Nation
Kent State's incredible 21-game winning streak came to an end late Sunday night in Eugene, as the Flashes dropped the second game of the Super Regional against Oregon. The Golden Flashes led for most of the game until a costly two-error seventh inning led to the three runs for the Ducks, who closed it out for the 3-2 win.
George Roberts opened the scoring for Kent with a massive blast to left field in the second inning. In his next at-bat, Roberts added to the lead with a ripped double to centerfield that scored catcher David Lyon. KSU would squander an opportunity to plate additional insurance in the fourth but they would hold the 2-0 lead until the Ducks' rally in the seventh. Ryan Bores had a strong start for Kent, but the hiccups on defense were his undoing in the three-run Oregon rally.
Kent had a chance to tie it in the bottom of the ninth but could not even it up after T.J. Sutton led off with a double. A sacrifice bunt try failed, stranding Sutton at second with one out. Oregon then brought on closer Jimmie Sherfy, who quickly struck out the final two batters to preserve the win. It was a frustrating loss but Kent will still have an opportunity to become the first MAC team to reach Omaha since 1976 with a win on Monday night.
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TOWIE: Frankie Essex's diet is obviously working as she shows off her even slimmer frame in bikini in Marbella - Daily Mail
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She's worked hard on her figure over the last few weeks, even enduring a fitness boot camp to get her into shape for Marbella.
And Frankie Essex is clearly enjoying showing off the fruits of her labour now she's on holiday.
The Only Way Is Essex star has been snapped revealing her ever shrinking frame in a halterneck bikini.
Bikini body: Frankie Essex shows off her even slimmer frame in a bikini on holiday in Marbella
Washboard stomach: The TOWIE star showed off her slender body as she lapped up the rays
Frankie lapped up the rays as she paddled in the waves and seemed to have lost even more weight than previously.
The TOWIE star wore a black bikini with jewelled detailing as she frolicked in the water.
And she ensured she looked her very best for the beach outing as she wore her hair high in a knot bun.
Splashing around: Frankie Essex appeared body confident as she flaunted her figure for all to see
Poser: The Only Way Is Essex star has been in Marbella with her castmates
Frankie strutted her stuff across the sand and showed her slender stomach even more when she breathed in as the cold splashes touched her skin.
And the reality star seemed to be aware how good she looked as she stood in a number of poses for onlookers and photographers to see.
She stood with her back against a tree as she stretched up to scrape her hair back.
Svelte: Frankie has lost a couple of dress sizes in the lead up to her holiday in the Spanish resort
Strutting her stuff: Frankie Essex showed off the fruits of her labour after a four-day fitness boot camp several weeks ago
Lounging around: Frankie ensured she looked her best as she sunbathed in front of the cameras
And Frankie later stretched her body out across the sand to display her washboard stomach.
When she left the beach she decorated her hair with a big pink flower and draped a matching shawl around her arms.
It comes just a couple of weeks after a four day work out at the No.1 BootCamp with pal and co-star Lauren Goodger in the lead up to their holiday.
And she's obviously become body confident as a result of her continuing weight loss.
Showbiz roundup...
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
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