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A closely contested game saw the Florence Freedom, presented by Titan Mechanical Solutions, drum up just enough support for starter Marty Anderson, who turned in the best start of his professional career in a 2-1 victory over the Normal CornBelters on Tuesday night at the Corn Crib.

Anderson (5-1) tossed a career-high seven and one-third innings, holding Normal (17-17) to one run on six hits, walking one and striking out four. The left-hander bent, but never broke, against a resilient CornBelters lineup, as he left the go-ahead run stranded three times throughout the evening.

Julio Vivas (3-2) took the loss for Normal, despite nearly matching Anderson. Vivas also pitched seven and one-third innings, but gave up the decisive run in the seventh inning, as he uncorked a wild pitch with the bases loaded that allowed Garrett Vail to score from third for the Freedom (23-11).

Florence had taken a first-inning lead in the game, as Daniel Fraga led off with a double and scored on a double by Taylor Oldham. Collins Cuthrell would single to left field three batters later, but Oldham was thrown out trying to score from second by left fielder Jesus Solarzano. The CornBelters tied the score at 1-1 in the bottom of the second, as Justin Fletcher led off with a double, advanced to third on a flyout by Diego Cedeno and scored on a Miguel Torres sacrifice fly to center field.

When Anderson departed with one out in the eighth and a 2-1 lead intact, Yeixon Ruiz stood on first base after a single as Matt Pobereyko entered to pitch. Representing the tying run, Ruiz stole second and took third on a Pobereyko wild pitch. But Santiago Chirino flew out to right field, and Ruiz, attempting to tag up and score, was tagged out at the plate on a strong throw from Cuthrell in right field to end the inning. Pobereyko would work around a pair of one-out walks in the ninth and struck out the final two batters of the game to seal the victory for the Freedom.

The series continues Wednesday with first pitch scheduled for 6:35 p.m. at the Corn Crib. Right-hander Cody Gray (5-1) will start for the Freedom against CornBelters right-hander Charlie Gillies (2-2).

The Florence Freedom are members of the independent Frontier League and play all home games at UC Health Stadium located at 7950 Freedom Way in Florence, KY.The Freedom can be found online at FlorenceFreedom.com, or by phone at 859-594-4487.

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The Carroll County Planning Commission completed its final public hearing on the accepted draft of the Freedom Area Comprehensive Plan Tuesday morning.

With the public comment period on the Freedom Plan now closed, the planning commission will begin reviewing all comments received and decide the next steps in July.

The Freedom Plan lays out a map for the future development of the South Carroll area and was last updated in 2001, though Maryland law requires it be updated every 10 years. The commission accepting the plan in April was the result of a two-year process to draft an updated plan.

"The plan gets accepted by the planning commission and that triggers the formal 60-day public outreach review. That process concluded today," said Phil Hager, director of land use planning and development for Carroll County government. "The planning commission and staff will no longer be taking comments on the accepted Freedom Plan."

That does not mean, Hager said, that there will be no further opportunities for public comment for the plan: After the planning commission votes to accept the plan, it will be sent to the Carroll County Board of Commissioners for further discussion, who may hold a public hearing.

But before that can happen, the planning commission first has to decide if its finished with the plan, according to Chairman Matt Helminiak, and that begins with reading all of the comments that were submitted during the 60-day comment period including those from state and county agencies. County planning staff are compiling those comments now.

"We will read them and then on our next meeting on the 11th of July we will begin going through all the comments and seeing if we want to make any changes to anything," Helminiak said. "We could be done on the 11th, but it might take more than one meeting to go through all of the comments."

Tuesday's hearing, held in Westminster, was a continuation of the first hearing held on Thursday, June 8, at Liberty High School. Helminiak said Tuesday's hearing brought out some new voices and comments that had not been heard on June 5 or received in comments, written or otherwise, that the commission has received over the past year.

"It's always good to get people we haven't heard from before and there were a few people who spoke who we had never talked to before," he said. "Like this morning, there was someone from the Carroll County Association of Realtors, and that was a different point of view than we get from other people.

Lisa May, governmental affairs director for the Carroll County Association of Realtors, said her organization supported growth in the Freedom District as the county's designated growth area, to insure there is adequate housing stock at multiple price points and to increase the tax base all while preserving Carroll's rural character. Their concern, she said, was that the Freedom Plan does not do enough to support this growth.

"Land for commercial development still falls short of the county's targets and the slight increase in additional residential housing will not meet current or future demand. Those shortfalls will impact the ability of seniors to remain in the community that they call home as they age," May said. "Not meeting these goals threatens the quality of life that residents enjoy now and in the future."

Sherlock Holmes Estates development homeowner Steven Queen offered a comment more critical of the Freedom Plan as accepted by the planning commission, though he too focused on quality of life. He specifically opposes a proposed future land-use designation that could allow for rezoning of the Gibson property, Parcel 5561 in the plan, from low density to medium density residential.

"When I moved to the Freedom Area 15 years ago it was precisely for the reasons stated as assets in the comprehensive plan: the rural atmosphere and wide open spaces, farmland, low density development, single-family homes," Queen said. "Lower density living is, to me, synonymous with quality of life."

Edward Primoff, who owns a parcel of land along Md. 97 at the southwestern portion of the Freedom District also commented about lower density zoning. He had previously written a letter to the planning commission ask his property be rezoned as medium-density residential and industrial.

Primoff thought about it the night after sending his letter and came out Tuesday morning to say he had changed his mind.

"It really bothered me that night, thinking industrial would not be appropriate for my property, neither would medium density. There's houses all around me," he said. "I think the only think appropriate for my property, which would protect the character of the neighborhood, would be low density or low, low density."

All these comments and more will be considered, and potentially acted upon, by the planning commission in July, according to Hager, noting they will take as long as they need before sending the plan to the board of commissioners.

"However it takes to get through all of the comments and for the planning commission to get comfortable with the accepted plan, plus any modifications that they choose to make," Hager said. "They may not make any, they may make a lot."

Once the planning commission is satisfied with the plan, it will be sent to the commissioners, who then have several options, according to Hager, one of which is to simply do nothing.

"They don't have to do anything at all if they just receive the plan and don't do anything with it after 90 days, the plan is deemed adopted," he said. "But, if they want to reject it, if they want to amend it, or if they want to adopt it, then they need to hold a hearing."

A public hearing and perhaps multiple discussions between the five commissioners and county staff prior to a vote on adoption of the plan, however, would comport with what Commissioner Doug Howard, R-District 5, told the Times in an interview in early June. Hager said people have already begun sending comments to the board of commissioners, marking the beginning of the next phase of public comment.

Once the plan is adopted by the commissioners if it is adopted Hager said, it would then begin to be implemented, the end result of a process that has been marked with controversy and vocal argument, but which is ultimately democratic.

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To be is to be: Jean-Paul Sartre on existentialism and freedom – YourStory.com

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Being is. Being is in-itself. Being is what it is.

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre is one of the most important philosophers of all time. Despite his work garnering considerable flak over the years, his theories on existentialism and freedom cement his place among the most influential Western philosophers of the 20th-century and beyond.

Born in Paris on June 21, 1905, Sartres early work focused on themes of existentialism as exemplified by his first novel Nausea and later the essay Existentialism and Humanism. After spending nine months as a German prisoner of war in 1940, Jean-Paul Sartre began exploring the meaning of freedom and free will and in 1940, he penned his principal philosophical work Being and Nothingness: a phenomenological essay on ontology. Today, on Sartres 112th birthday, we look at some of the key aspects of his philosophical contemplations.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

Jean-Paul Sartre believed that human beings live in constant anguish, not solely because life is miserable, but because we are condemned to be free. While the circumstances of our birth and upbringing are beyond our control, he reasons that once we become self-aware (and we all do eventually), we have to make choices choices that define our very essence. Sartres theory of existentialism states that existence precedes essence, that is only by existing and acting a certain way do we give meaning to our lives. According to him, there is no fixed design for how a human being should be and no God to give us a purpose. Therefore, the onus for defining ourselves, and by extension humanity, falls squarely on our shoulders. This lack of pre-defined purpose along with an absurd existence that presents to us infinite choices is what Sartre attributes to the anguish of freedom. With nothing to restrict us, we have the choice to take actions to become who we want to be and lead the life we want to live. According to Sartre, each choice we make defines us while at the same time revealing to us what we think a human being should be. And this incredible burden of responsibility that the free man has to bear is what relegates him to constant anguish.

Everything has been figured out, except how to live.

Jean-Paul Sartre decried the idea of living without pursuing freedom. The phenomenon of people accepting that things have to be a certain way, and subsequently refusing to acknowledge or pursue alternate options, was what he termed as living in bad faith. According to Sartre, people who convince themselves that they have to do one particular kind of work or live in one particular city are living in bad faith. In Being and Nothingness, Sartres renown discourse on phenomenological ontology, he explains the concept of bad faith through the example of a waiter who is so immersed in his job that he considers himself to be first a waiter rather than a free human being. This waiter is so convinced that his present job is all that he can do, that its all that hes meant to do, that he never considers the option of doing anything else in life. Sartre believed that we alone are responsible for everything that we really are, and by not exploring the myriad possibilities life presents to us we alone are responsible for restricting our freedom. We are left alone without an excuse, he said.

An ardent believer in the Marxist school of thought, Jean-Paul Sartre touted money as the one factor that restricts a persons freedom. The need of money, he reasoned, is the excuse people give themselves when they shut down the idea of exploring unconventional life choices. Societys acquiescence of money infuriated Sartre and capitalism was the political system he blamed for the phenomenon. He likened capitalism to a machine that traps people in a cycle of working in jobs they dont like so that they can buy things they dont need. This necessity of material things, he argued, did not exist in reality but rather was a man-made construct that led people to deny their freedom and consider living in other ways as foolhardy. Sartre was a vocal opponent of capitalism and took part in several Parisian protests in 1968 against the system. As a Marxist, he greatly admired Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, both of whom were vehemently against capitalism and were establishing a communist state in their respective countries.

We do not know what we want and yet we are responsible for what we are that is the fact.

Ultimately, Sartre was a humanist who wanted us to break free of our self-fastened shackles and attain our massive potential. He wanted us to acknowledge our freedom, to not be restricted by the popular definition of reality, and live life as we wished to live it. And despite people uncovering several flaws in the way he presented his ideals, his ideals themselves are certainly worth considering.

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UFC 214: Megan Anderson to fight Cris Cyborg in Anaheim – The Sydney Morning Herald

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Gold Coast MMA fighter Megan Anderson has the opportunity to claim a slice of history after signing to fight Brazilian powerhouse Cris Cyborgfor the women's featherweight title at UFC 214.

She's not worried about fighting someone who had tested positive to a banned steroid but the reigning Invicta featherweight champion, with an MMA record of 8-2, has her concerns about the future of a division that hasn't had the smoothest run.

It was only created in February with a title fight between Germaine De Randamie and Holly Holm, which the Dutch fighter won in controversial fashion.

De Randamie landed blows after the bell in two rounds, and since her win the division ostensibly created for Cyborg has stalled.

Holm has gone back to bantamweight, taking out former title challenger Bethe Correia with a head kick last Sunday.

De Randamie angered the UFC by refusing to fight Cyborg, the clear not to mention only challenger, due to the positive steroid test.

The UFC, clearly fed up with De Randamie, stripped her of her championship belt and signed Anderson to fight Cyborg for the title.

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The fight between the Australian and Cyborg has been the subject of rumour and speculation for almost as long as Anderson campaigned for it, but appeared to come almost at the last minute.

Anderson signed her Invicta release papers last Wednesday and sent the UFC her signed fight contract on Friday, with the UFC officially announcing the bout on Monday night Australian time.

Speaking from her training base in Kansas City, Missouri, Anderson voiced her concerns about the future of a division that, for all intents and purposes, has just two fighters.

"No matter what happens in this fight, what they do after the fight will determine if they're invested in the division, and I'm sceptical," she said.

"A few weeks ago, we were told 'no, this fight wasn't happening'.

"We were like okay, that's fine, at least they've told us. So we went and got a fight with Invicta.

"I was happy to defend my belt and I was happy to be their champion, but then six hours after I handed in my bout agreement with Invicta, the UFC called.

"I just think they just honestly don't know what they're doing and win, lose or draw, I guess we're going to find out after the fight exactly what is happening with the division."

In the immediate future, Anderson has her eyes on Anaheim, California for her July fight with Cyborg, a destroyer with a 17-1-1 record.

Cyborg tested positive for Stanozolol, an anabolic steroid, in 2011, and in December last year tested positive for a PED in a test administered by USADA.

While she was granted a retroactive therapeutic use exemption for her December infraction, it was enough for De Randamie to refuse to fight her.

Although Anderson said she said she could understand De Randamie's motives for refusing to fight Cyborg, she didn't care if Cyborg was still using.

"I don't give a shit, I don't care if she's on it or not, I'll fight her regardless.

"With females that take performance-enhancing drugs, it's not like it's a short-term thing. It changes you, and the effects can last up to 15 years but the thing is, people have been fighting her knowing this for how long? So you can't just say no now.

"...She's never come up against anyone who has my finishing power and that's going to be the difference."

With a win, Anderson can leapfrog Aussie fighter Robert Whittaker to claim the country's first full UFC Crown, not bad for a fighter most casual fans wouldn't immediately recognise.

"It's a boy's club," she said of UFC journalism down under.

"And it's sad but I'm hoping I can raise awareness for women's MMA, and I feel like I can be a great ambassador for women's MMA, for the country and the sport."

Anderson believes she's part of a changing of the guard in MMA and she is quick to point out that the old standards of MMA simply do not apply anymore, particularly to those who like to point out she has only had ten professional fights.

"There's a new generation of fighters coming through, like myself and Rob, and we're changing the game. We're different breeds."

"Just because someone has been doing this longer, it doesn't mean they're automatically going to win. That doesn't mean shit anymore."

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You dont get a nickname like Cyborg for being like every other human on the planet.

Thats why the moniker fits Cristiane Justino so well, as the fearsome striker has made fighting in mixed martial arts (MMA) look rather easy, leaving behind a trail of destruction on her way to the top, all while barely breaking a sweat.

At the end of the day, however, she bleeds like every one else, and thats just what Megan Anderson is out to prove when she finally gets her wish to face the Brazilian at UFC 214 on July 29, 2017 in Anaheim, California.

Shes human like everybody else, Anderson told the Fight Society podcast (via FOX Sports). I think a lot of people go into that fight fighting Cyborg the name and theyve already lost before theyve got into the cage. I dont give a [expletive] about how many followers she has. I dont give a [expletive] about how much reach she has. Shes a human being and I have no doubt come July 29 everyone whos doubting me will find out how human Cris Cyborg can really be.

Justino hasnt shown human-like flaws inside the combat cage, as she hasnt tasted defeat -- or come close to doing so in over 12 years. Anderson has proven to be a formidable champion herself, winning eight of her last nine while claiming the Invicta FC interim featherweight title.

Anderson's UFC championship bout which will mark her Octagon debut came to be after former champion Germaine de Randamie refused to face Cyborg due to her past history with failed drug tests. As a result, the promotion stripped Iron Lady of her title.

For Megan, the decision was a just one, as she feels all champions must defend their titles against whoever is in front of them, tainted past be damned.

I think she really held up the division, Anderson said. I really dont consider Germaine a natural featherweight and she knew she was going to have to give up a lot of size going up against legitimate featherweights.

I think she didnt want to come up against someone whos going to have a lot of size advantage over her. I understand her reasoning behind [not taking the fight] but the rules arent what shes wanting them to be. So you have to fight the top contenders regardless whether six years ago Cris had [tested positive] for performance enhancing drugs or not. She doesnt get the choice. Youre the champion, you fight the No. 1 contender.

And while its great that a new champion will be crowned this summer, it will still leave UFC with plenty of problems, as there arent a lot of 145-pound women on the roster to keep the division busy, especially since the former champ is going back down to 135 pounds.

Maybe UFC should think about re-adjusting this a bit.

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Skaters, Beaches and a Drug-Smuggling Stewardess in a Novel of the ’70s – New York Times

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FLY ME By Daniel Riley 392 pp. Little, Brown & Company. $27.

At first, the pace of Fly Me, Daniel Rileys debut novel, is as laid back as its setting, the LAX-adjacent beach town of Sela del Mar. Its 1972. We tour Sela atop the skateboard of Suzy Whitman, a recent transplant from upstate New York, one of the Vassar girls that last class to miss the liberation parade of a coed Yale. Suzy has shrugged off her academic promise to join her older, less brainy sister Grace as a stew for Grand Pacific Airlines.

Danger glimmers here and there as Suzy bombs toward the beach on her board, scoping out the tan, gently debauched Fourth of July scene, the toasted girls alight with their gumminess, the boys with their counterhandsome peeling noses and white eyelashes. She zips across an avenue on her skateboard, barrels through with a quick prayer to the intersection. The intoxicating view of Sela del Mar and the sea beyond threatens to bleach her judgment. At a beach volleyball tournament, keg buried in the sand nearby, Suzy meets Billy Zar, a local fixture with a surfers torso, swimmers shoulders the color of the grilled hot dogs on the Weber who rocks a leafy-green JanSport nice and bulky. But despite these portentous accessories, the most dramatic event in the first 50 pages of Fly Me occurs when Graces husband, Mike, a Columbia grad and wannabe novelist who cant seem to get on the West Coast wavelength, takes a borrowed beach cruiser on a beer run and crashes, gashing his leg, offstage.

Eventually, Suzy finds herself tangled up in Billys drug-smuggling operation and Riley is off to the races. Suzy raced cars as a kid, and her need for speed guides this plot through its otherwise improbable turns. Racing provides Riley an extended metaphor to explore and explicate Suzys thoughts on true freedom of choice, a gearheads feminist awakening. This metaphor threatens to become overdetermined she wants to be in the drivers seat, you dig? but scenes of Suzy racing or flying are written with undeniable zest. Riley skillfully fuels Suzys desire for self-determination with the indignities heaped upon her and her fellow stews weigh-ins, height requirements, makeup checks. Stewardesses are required to be single, so Grace and Mike have two phone lines installed, one for the airline and one for everyone else a historical detail that might have had more narrative consequence.

Theres a familiar bicoastal rivalry in these pages. Held against New York, Rileys California is a dumb pretty, a physical space with its back turned on the news, balmy and happening but also a provincial, apolitical la-la land where no one reads except Mike, who at his lowest moment quotes Gravitys Rainbow. While the regional binary feels familiar, Riley has a stylish grasp of setting as the axis of place and time, writing about the era with captivating authority, palpable texture and a sure-footed knack for rebuilding a moment out of its pop detritus. Enthusiasts of 70s music and literature will tumble into delightful pockets of nostalgia.

Celebrity cameos in fiction are often too winky for my taste, but they are striking and darkly resonant in Fly Me. A Manson Family member s house is the newest Sela landmark, disciples of Jim Jones proselytize on the glittering beach and the perfectly preened stews must perform their corporate femininity even during a hijacking. Ultimately, Rileys vividly realized setting and Suzys firecracker spirit collide in a surprising whiplash climax.

What do we do when we run out of continent? Fly Me hazards an answer to Joan Didions predicament: We take to the skies.

Claire Vaye Watkins is the author of a story collection, Battleborn, and a novel, Gold Fame Citrus.

A version of this review appears in print on June 25, 2017, on Page BR11 of the Sunday Book Review with the headline: Coast to Coast.

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Seaside Park Moms Push For Better Handicapped Access At Beaches – CBS New York

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SEASIDE PARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork) Handicapped access is available at beaches up and down the Jersey Shore, but some special needs parents point out that it does not quite get you far enough.

As CBS2s Meg Baker reported, a push has been launched to change that.

Most New Jerseyans agree that the place to be in the summer is on the beach. But for some, it is not as easy breezy as it could be.

The thing for us we just want our kids to be able to do what every child does together, said Erica Cirillo.

Most towns down the shore have beaches that provide for those with disabilities, but some say most ramps stop short and leave people in the hottest part of the sand. Such a ramp is found in Seaside Park.

I think its a necessity, said Danielle Dapuzzo. We do not want to sit up by the dunes where its 100 degrees. Serafina loves water wind in her face.

For anybody thats got wheelchairs, walkers or kids that just cant walk with balance, theyre stuck here, said Robin Grayer. They cant go to up to the ocean over there and get to enjoy what we get to.

Jessica Krill, a mother of two special needs children who are mobile, has made it her mission to improve handicap access.

Id like to see mats that can go down closer to the water and actually can branch off like a T, so families dont all congregate at the end of the mat, she said.

A 20-foot beach mat costs about $2,000, and more than one is needed to reach the water.

Krill has started a fundraiser to raise awareness and money and it is not just for special needs children.

Even me, said Carol Natoli, who walks with a cane.

Natoli would like to cool off in the ocean.

It would be nice, like at Coney Island, they have a thing right from boardwalk right down to the water, where anybody with a baby carriage because like, I cant do sand! she said.

The moms said they are not reinventing the wheel with their Beach Days for All effort, just helping to keep the wheels spinning toward fun in the sun for everyone.

Some towns do offer special beach wheelchairs, and most offer lifeguard assistance.

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The first brutal heat wave of the season owns just about all of Southern California, with heat advisories and warnings blanketing the region, save for the coastline.

Temperatures soared into triple digits across inland valleys and surpassed 120 in the lower desert.

In notoriously hot Death Valley National Park, the mercury was expected to hit 126.

In Long Beach, meanwhile, the temperature topped out at a comfortable 81 degrees.

Gonzalo Medina, chief of marine safety for the Long Beach Fire Department, said the citys seven miles of beaches have been packed this week.

Our lifeguards have been busy. And they have been making rescues, Medina said. This is what they live for. Youre not going to hear many lifeguards complain about a heat wave.

And the timing was near perfect. Medina said the city began staffing every tower on the waterfront with its 150 lifeguards last Saturday.

All along the coast, Tuesday was just another sunny day to go for a run at the beach or take a walk in the South Bay, where many residents dont have air conditioning.

The temperature in El Segundo, just south of Los Angeles International Airport, was a mere 69 degrees at 1:30 p.m.

El Segundo real estate agent Bill Ruane said he pulled over on Grand Avenue to send a text message and watched people walking in shorts and sun hats.

Its very breezy and very cool, he said. Ive had AC at my house for the last 11 years and probably can count 10 times Ive turned it on. That was probably to make sure it worked.

For many Southern Californians, however, there wasnt anything fun or exciting about the heat. And they scrambled to find ways to beat it.

Some flocked to beaches and pools. Others bounced between air-conditioned cars and buildings. Still others drove to dozens of cooling centers that agencies have opened across the region.

Fontana, for example, saw a sharp surge in the number of people seeking respite at the citys five cooling centers, said Martha Guzman-Hurtado, a city spokeswoman.

In Riverside, Danny Anguiano, a 29-year-old engineer, said air conditioning, pure and simple, is how he copes.

Headed for his car, Anguiano said he bounces from his air-conditioned home to his air-conditioned compact to his air-conditioned office. And when its time for fun, he makes a point of going to an air-conditioned restaurant or an air-conditioned movie theater.

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Its got to be cool, he said.

UC Riverside microbiology student Fabian Gonzalez cant do that. Hes taking summer school. And he walks to class.

So Gonzalez wears a T-shirt and shorts, and lugs around a 32-ounce sports drink.

Thats the most comfortable way of surviving the heat, he said.

Some people embrace the heat. Thats exactly what 49-year-old Myra Sorenson of Riverside and her children, along with a family friend, were doing Tuesday afternoon at Riversides University Village.

They gathered outside, though in the shade, to eat warm doughnuts with ice cream in the middle.

You roll with it, Sorenson said. You enjoy life. You deal with things as they come.

Sure, people complain about the heat.

But I find that some people complain no matter what, she said.

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GULF SHORES, Alabama (WKRG) Monday afternoon waves were crashing at four to six feet but continued to build as the storm moved closer to landfall. While other storms have produced waves much larger, the danger remains the same, a strong west running current, an extremely high risk of rip currents.

Beach patrols continue to monitor conditions and make sure everyone stays out of the surf. If you dont, you could go to jail.

The water may be closed but the beaches are not and there are plenty of folks coming to check out the wave action like Ann Little who has only lived in Foley for a couple of years and has never seen a churned up Gulf of Mexico. I mean it is so peaceful. I know its a storm but its so peaceful at the same time and we love it.

Jeff Shoecraft couldnt stay away. Enjoy it, take the view of it. Embrace it because you may not never ever see it again in your life.

The surf is expected to continue to build overnight with high tide hitting mid-morning.

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Tuesday, June 20, 2017, 11:42 - Abnormally hot sand on Florida beaches is heating up sea turtle nests, and biologists expect the problem to worsen.

During the warmest months of the year, female sea turtles come ashore and lay their eggs in little pits along the beach, nesting them until they hatch. But recently, abnormally hot sand has been overheating the nests, literally cooking the developing embryos before they hatch.

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"In some places the nests are getting so hot that theres no survival," marine biologist Kristin Mazzarellatold Washington, D.C.-based non-profit Oceana.

"The eggs don't hatch."

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"Were seeing more dead eggs," sea turtle biologist Jeanette Wyneken, a marine biologist in Boca Raton, Fla., told Oceana. "And when we do get turtles hatching, theyre often heat stressed. They may hatch and crawl to the water, but then die."

The unusually hot sand only adds to the list of human-made tribulations that baby sea turtles encounter, including poachers, plastic, and fishing gear.

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Sea turtle nests once thrived in Boca Raton. Wyneken told Oceana that between 78 and 81 per cent of loggerhead, green, and leatherback sea turtle eggs once hatched along its shores in the past.

Record high temperatures, however, destroyed nests over the past two years. Only 58 per cent of eggs hatched in 2015, Wyneken said a number that dwindled to just 38 per cent in 2016.

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A recent study in the journal Nature Climate Change finds this pattern will place in in Costa Rica, too.

The study predicts that the eastern Pacific's severely endangered leatherback populations will decline by 7 per cent every decade, with 75 per cent of the population expected to disappear by 2100.

The biggest threat that leading to this decline is overheated nests.

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JUPITER, Fla. - Closing the beaches due to high bacteria levels. It's happening a lot lately and you can blame the weather for that.

About two weeks ago, Palm Beach County's health department shut down four beaches in Palm Beach County: Jupiter Beach Park, Palm Beach, Riviera Beach and Phil Foster Park.

All of the heavy rain across the area over the last month is washing bacteria through our waterways.

But moms we talked to in Jupiter fear there's not enough testing and enforcement at one of the county's most popular swimming spots.

For the past several weeks, Kate Pittard has dealt with a bad infection on her baby son's arm.

"It ended up being some rare skin infection that you get from dirty soil that's under water," she said. "He wasn't outside digging in our yard. He definitely got it from here."

While she doesn't know for sure, she believes the water at Dubois Park in Jupiter is the culprit.

"He can't do anything but sit. So he was just splashing, picking up the sand," she said. "And the next day, he woke up with this bubble on his forearm."

After seeing a community Facebook group post on 'Moms of Jupiter,' she realized she wasn't alone. Dozens of other mothers in the area complained of similar issues ranging from rashes to ear and skin infections after visiting the park.

"They can test the water more...they can start charging per car to come in. They have ways of stopping the populations from getting too much because it clearly is. They have sand bags holding up the dunes," said Pittard.

The PBC Health Department said the recent rains are to blame for the issues that arise at Dubois Park.

"Usually it flushes itself very well with tidal flushing coming off the inlet. It's got a good flow. But when we have these heavy rains, because it's a little more inland and closed in, it has a tendency to capture a lot of the bacteria," said Tim O'Connor, a spokesman for the Florida Department of Health for Palm Beach County.

Currently, the department says all the beaches are safe, from Boca Raton to Jupiter. Boca Raton beaches had received poor results from water testing and were closed for a couple of days last week, but the beaches are now open.

O'Connor said analysts must collect samples from at least 18 inches of water and at least three feet into the waterway.

"And then they turn that into the lab for testing for enterococci -- which is a bacteria that primarily comes from the intestines of warm blooded animals," he said.

But they only test every other Monday, partly due to efficiency.

"We used to do it weekly, but the data showed us that it's just as effective to do twice a month," he said. "95 percent of the time, our beaches test in the good range."

He added testing on Monday, following usually busy weekends, is a good indicator of bacteria levels. It takes the health department 24 hours to get water sample results. If the levels are high, the beach is closed -- but lifeguards continue testing the water every day until the water comes back normal. Beach closures usually last about two days.

There are also other factors like watercraft and sewage spills that can contribute to unexpected bacteria levels at area beaches. Those instances are rare.

"A ship for example, has emptied its bilge...and then that gets carried in and we'll run into it that way," said O'Connor.

The changing tides can also affect the color of the water. On Tuesday, Dubois Park's water looked dark brown, a stark contrast to the deeper blue color.

"When it's going to low tide, it pulls along this trough here and goes back out to the ocean. And that's why we have a little bit of brown tint because it's coming from deeper in the Intracoastal and back in a lake here," said Hannah Forrest, a lifeguard at Dubois Park for Palm Beach County. "It's coming from deeper Intracoastal where the water is brackish water."

But Pittard says until stricter testing is done, she's staying clear from the water at Dubois Park.

"Put a limit on how many people are here. They have to test it more.," she said. "It's a beautiful area. I just wish it was better taken care of. You can't ever trust when it's safe or not. You can take your chances like I did and your kid ends up getting sick."

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Many marketers anticipate that technologies like augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) will affect their business in the next 12 months, more so than a year prior.

Thats according to a study by NewBase, a cloud computing and IT managed services company, which polled 1,019 marketers worldwide and asked them which types of technologies they plan to prioritize over the next 12 months. Respondents chose their top 5.

In 2017, 30% of respondents planned to prioritize AI in the next 12 months. A year prior, only 13% of respondents said the same.

Similarly, roughly a quarter (24%) of marketers worldwide said that AR will be a priority in 2017. Just 18% felt the same way in 2016.

While more marketers plan to prioritize these technologies, some are planning to focus less on others.

For example, 35% of this years respondents said the internet of things (IoT) will be a priority in the next 12 months. However, more respondents (51%) said it was a priority in 2016.

And compared with 2016, fewer marketers plan to prioritize areas like mcommerce, social media software and wearable technology this year.

But that may be because theyre looking at new and emerging technologies. According to NewBase, some marketers believe technologies like voice assistants, drones and roboticsall of which werent included in the survey last yearwill affect their business over the coming 12 months.

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Its no wonder that Alabama has sent a top-level economic development team to the major air shows in Europe for many years. The annual trips to aerospace trade events in Paris and London have set the stage for growth in an industry important to the states future.

The Paris Air Show, going on this week, and its alternating sibling, the Farnborough International Airshow, offer Alabamas team an unmatched opportunity to develop and build relationships with key industry figures.

In some cases, air show discussions have led directly to projects that have created jobs in Alabama.

Over the years, Alabamas team has engaged in scores of private meetings with industry decision-makers in Paris and Farnborough. With Gov. Kay Ivey leading the team in Paris, this year is no different.

Bob Smith, the Alabama Department of Commerces point man on aerospace and a veteran of many air show missions, said the event is structured to foster relationships and accelerate potential deals.

How else could the governor meet with a dozen C-suite executives in just two days? She would have to fly all over the world to do that, said Smith, the departments assistant director of business development-European strategy.

At the Paris Air Show, you just have access to people you normally wouldnt have access to, he said. Thats why every viable aerospace company in the world convenes at these air shows.

Alabamas team can point to notable successes at the air shows.

No. 1: BUILDING TIES WITH AIRBUS

Alabama economic development officials have spent years cultivating a relationship with France-based Airbus. That became even more important after the companys plans to build a U.S. Air Force refueling tanker were dashed in 2011.

Alabama officials stayed in touch with Airbus officials, connecting with them at air shows and other opportunities. It paid off: Airbus is now assembling A320 Family passenger jets at a new $600 million manufacturing facility in Mobile.

The relationship continues to grow. In May, Ivey and Airbus announced plans for a $6.5 million aviation education center in Mobile that aims to interest young people in aviation careers.

We look forward to working hand-in-hand with Governor Ivey to bring the education center to reality and help ensure its relevance as well as the future of the aerospace industry in Alabama, Airbus Americas Inc. CEO Allan McArtor said at the time.

No. 2: MAKING A SPLASH AT THE AIR SHOW

At Farnborough in 2014, Alabama was the center of three project announcements that involved the creation of 700 aerospace jobs.

The splashiest was held at GE Aviations exhibition hall, where the companys leadership revealed groundbreaking plans to launch mass production of a 3-D printed jet engine nozzlein Auburn.

The global aerospace industry press was there for an announcement that put Alabama on the cutting edge of technology.

The same day, U.K.-based GKN Aerospace rolled out plans for a composite design engineering center at its aerostructures plant in Elmore County, and Huntsville-based SES announced a $70 million expansion of its helicopter-modification facility.

In one eventful day, Alabamas aerospace industry gained around 700 future jobs.

No. 3: SPARKING JOB-CREATING PROJECTS

Talks initiated at the air shows can lead companies to make investments in Alabama.

One example is RUAG Space, a Swiss company that just opened a 130,000-square-foot manufacturing center on the campus of United Launch Alliances rocket factory in Decatur. The $30 million project is expected to create at least 100 jobs.

The project got started at the 2014 Farnborough Airshow, when Alabama officials met with RUAG Spaces Swiss executive team. Talks with ULA leaders about the collaboration took place at that Farnborough show and the next year at the Paris Air Show.

A grand opening for the RUAG facility, which produces aerodynamic fairings for rockets, was held May 31.

The RUAG Space USA partnership with ULA will help keep our state on the cutting edge of aerospace innovation, U.S. Sen. Luther Strange, R-Ala., said at the event.

Another example is GE Aviations additive manufacturing project in Auburn.

Plans for that facility in were first discussed at the 2013 Paris Air Show when GE Aviation CEO David Joyce met with Alabama leaders. They discussed what the next generation of technology would look like and how the existing Auburn facility could fit into that.

At the 2014 Farnbough show, GE Aviation executives joined Alabama leaders to announce the $50 million project.

No. 4: LIFTING OFF WITH THE MADE IN ALABAMA BRAND

The air shows are also a platform for promoting Alabama. In Paris, the teams home baseis the Department of Commerces Made in Alabama booth, which features a conference room thats booked solid for meetings.

Looking good counts. The booth won a top design award at Farnborough last year.

To compete in this technologically forward industry, its important for us to present Alabama in a way thats sophisticated and appealing, said Greg Canfield, secretary of the Alabama Department of Commerce.

The Made In Alabama booth helps us tell our story at the air show.

Standing out at the air show is important because the U.S. Pavilion will be packed with exhibition booths from around two dozen states, cities and economic development agencies, according to air show organizers.

This story originally appeared on the Alabama Department of Commerces Made in Alabama website.

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In addition to the non-chromate primer, UTC Aerospace Systems is also implementing Zinc Nickel plating for steel components as a drop-in replacement for Cadmium and Titanium Cadmium in support of the REACh sunset dates. Its first application will be on the A350-1000 main landing gear.

"As aircraft manufacturers, OEMs and MROs work to comply with the EU's REACh regulations, we're happy to work with our customers on these innovative new solutions to help them succeed in achieving their goals," said Landing Systems President Jim Wharton.

"This is part of UTRC's missionto quickly transition world-class science and technology to our businesses enabling industry-unique solutions for our customers," said Steve Tongue, Senior Director, UTC Aerospace Systems Program Office, UTRC. "There are significant technology hurdles to overcome within the aerospace industry as we work to meet these vital REACh requirements. We still have a long way to go, but are encouraged by the recent advances we've made."

About UTC Aerospace Systems UTC Aerospace Systems is one of the world's largest suppliers of technologically advanced aerospace and defense products. UTC Aerospace Systems designs, manufactures and services integrated systems and components for the aerospace and defense industries, supporting a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and customer service facilities. For more information about the company, visit our website at http://www.utcaerospacesystems.com or follow us on Twitter: @utcaerosystems

About United Technologies Research Center As the innovation hub of United Technologies Corp. (UTC), United Technologies Research Center (UTRC) supports the development of new technologies and capabilities across the company and collaborates with external research organizations, universities and government agencies globally to push the boundaries of science and technology. Further, UTRC leads the monetization of UTC's intellectual property through business model innovation. UTRC is headquartered in East Hartford, Connecticut, with additional operations at its affiliate in Berkeley, California, and its subsidiaries in Shanghai, China; Rome, Italy; and Cork, Ireland. UTC, based in Farmington, Connecticut, provides high technology systems and services to the building and aerospace industries. Learn more at http://www.utrc.utc.com.

About United Technologies Corporation United Technologies Corp., based in Farmington, Connecticut, provides high-technology systems and services to the building and aerospace industries. By combining a passion for science with precision engineering, the company is creating smart, sustainable solutions the world needs. For more information about the company, visit our website at http://www.utc.com or follow us on Twitter: @UTC

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"The Centre is home to equipment that utilizes new technologies and an automated production line that can produce a fuel pipe in less than four minutes and with only four weeks lead time," said Edward Dryden, General Manager, Composite Centre of Excellence, UTC Aerospace Systems. "In addition, our close proximity to leading universities, research centers, a hub of Formula One manufacturers and UTC Aerospace Systems' Actuation Systems business in Wolverhampton gives us the opportunity to tap into a great knowledge base and exceptional talent pool."

The Centre is currently supplying composite fuel pipes and isolators for the carbon wings of Airbus's A350XWB. In total, the Centre supplies more than 300 fuel pipes and 20 isolators for the wings.

"A key benefit of our composite fuel pipes and isolators is that they help protect the wing from lightning strike damage," added David Chard, Business Development Director, Composite Centre of Excellence, UTC Aerospace Systems. "And they are built to last the entire life of the aircraft. No maintenance is required." In addition, the pipes and isolators offer a weight savings at the aircraft level through the removal of lightning shielding. UTC Aerospace Systems will display a composite transmission shaft, fuel pipe and tie rod at the Paris Air Show.

About CTG Composite Centre of ExcellenceCTG, a UTC Aerospace Systems unit, designs, develops and manufactures advanced composite products and systems for the aerospace industry. CTG has established an international reputation for its innovation, quality and development of composite solutions across a wide business spectrum, including composite pipes and isolators, transmission shafts and structural aircraft tie rods and struts. http://www.ctgltd.com/

About UTC Aerospace SystemsUTC Aerospace Systems is one of the world's largest suppliers of technologically advanced aerospace and defense products. UTC Aerospace Systems designs, manufactures and services integrated systems and components for the aerospace and defense industries, supporting a global customer base with significant worldwide manufacturing and customer service facilities. For more information about the company, visit our website at http://www.utcaerospacesystems.com or follow us on Twitter: @utcaerosystems

About United Technologies CorporationUnited Technologies Corp., based in Farmington, Connecticut, provides high-technology systems and services to the building and aerospace industries. By combining a passion for science with precision engineering, the company is creating smart, sustainable solutions the world needs. For more information about the company, visit our website at http://www.utc.com or follow us on Twitter: @UTC

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Boom Supersonic will use the 3D printing company's technology to accelerate production of the parts for its demonstration aircraft. What happened?

Last week, 3D printing company Stratasys (NASDAQ:SSYS) and supersonic airliner start-up Boom Supersonic announced what they termed a "significant" three-year technical partnership.

The partnership's goal is "to bring the commercial airline industry one step closer toward routine supersonic travel." Boom will use Stratasys' fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D-printing technology and expertise to help it speed up the production of advanced tooling and aircraft parts for its XB-1, a supersonic demonstrator that it plans to fly for the first time next year. Boom claims its airliner will fly 2.6 times faster than any other commercial aircraft currently on the market.

Image source: Boom Supersonic.

This is moderately material news for Stratasys and its investors. Boom Supersonic is aiming to revolutionize commercial air travel, so Stratasys could be getting in on the ground level of a budding new segment within the lucrative aerospace industry.

It's a team-up that builds on the momentum of the partnership Stratasys' forged last summer with aerospace titan Boeing.Boeing and Fordare partnering with Stratasys on the development of Infinite Build, a next-generation 3D-printing technology that prints on a vertical plane, enabling the production of parts that have a nearly unlimited dimension in the build direction.Last year, Stratasys launched the Infinite Build demonstrator.

Stratasys' increasingly strong aerospace chops could bring it more business from other aerospace players as the industry continues to embrace 3D printing as a faster, more cost-effective, and less design-constrained method than traditional manufacturing to produce advanced tooling and final parts.

Beth McKenna has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Ford. The Motley Fool recommends Stratasys. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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Solvay Composite Materials (Tempe, AZ, US) and GKN Aerospaces Fokker business (Hoogeveen, The Netherlands) announced at the Paris Air Show that theyhave teamed up to promote and accelerate the adoption of thermoplastic composite materials on aircraft, with Solvay becoming a preferred supplier of these innovative lightweight materials to Fokker.

Under the agreement, Solvay and GKN Aerospaces Fokker business will combine their expertise to advance technological developments in thermoplastic composite materials, as well as improve processes and cost competitiveness. The companies say the businesses have complementary materials expertise in thermoplastic polymers and fiber reinforced composites. GKN Aerospaces Fokker business also brings leadership in component design and manufacturing, to translate the technology into innovative solutions for aerospace customers.

Solvays partnership with GKN Aerospaces Fokker business is an important step in our goal to become the leading supplier of thermoplastic composite materials to the aerospace, oil andgas and automotive industries. A deeper understanding of the markets needs and challenges in adopting these new materials together with Fokkers expertise in design and manufacturing will enable us to develop technologies to industrialize the manufacturing of thermoplastic composites and parts, said Carmelo Lo Faro, president of Solvays Composite Materials Global Business Unit (GBU).

Toine Verbruggen, vice president procurement and supply chain management of GKN Aerospaces Fokker business, said,This agreement will contribute to our technology leadership in thermoplastic innovation. We design and manufacture the systems and components that our customers need, and this partnership will enable us to offer more advanced, lightweight solutions to our customers.

Thermoplastic composites can reduce the weight of aircraft components by up to 25%, when compared to traditional metallic solutions. This helps reduce emissions, boost aircraft performance and enhance the efficiency of parts manufacturing.

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Longer Life Span with Genetic Mutation | Worldhealth.net Anti-Aging … – Anti Aging News

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According to a new study, a deletion in d3-GHR, a growth hormone receptor gene, is linked to an average of ten extra years of life among men.

Pinpointing specific genetic factors tied to longevity in human beings has been quite the challenge. A recent study shows that whether or not there has been a deletion of the growth hormone receptor genes exon 3 (d3-GHR) may play an important role.The research results were recently published this past Friday in the journalScience Advances.

Details About the Finding

About 840 individuals from long-lived populations were studied.The researchers found that males with the mutation deletions in d3-GHR tend to live an average of 10 years longer than those without the mutation. It is interesting to note this effect was limited to men. There was no difference noted in the women.

The deletion of d3-GHR still allows for the existence of a functional protein that boosts longevity. The study's co-author, Gil Atzmon, describes the finding as phenomenal. Atzmon is a geneticist at Albert Einstein's College of Medicine as well as the University of Haifa, located in Israel. Atzmon states the result is more accurate and globally translated as his colleagues observed the same pattern across nearly half a dozen different populations. They include those who participated in the Cardiovascular Health Study, those who participated in the French Long-Lived Study, the Old Order Amish and Ashkenazi Jews. The director of genome informatics with the Scripps Translational Science Institute, Ali Torkamani, commented that the results look convincing from his perspective.

What was of particular interest, is that Atzmon and his research team determined the men with two replicas of the d3-GHR deletion were an average of an inch taller than other men. This is the exact opposite of what the research team expected. They suspect the mutation alters the receptor's response to increases in growth hormone during instances such as pubertal growth spurts. They also suspect the mutation limits the responses to growth hormone as one passes into the adult years, spurring a slower division of cells and reducing the rate at which aging occurs.

Why the Results Matter

The research results raise the question of whether it is prudent to prescribe growth hormone to patients in an effort to restore or maintain a body that is more youthful. The study's co-author, Nir Barzilai, a geneticist with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, has expressed concern that providing such treatments might actually be more likely to produce the opposite result of what was originally intended.

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