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Swine flu confirmed at Asbury Park school

Swine flu confirmed at Asbury Park school

By NANCY SHIELDS
COASTAL MONMOUTH BUREAU

Eight out of the 10 children tested last week for swine flu at Thurgood Marshall Elementary School have the virus, Monmouth County Health Officer Michael Meddis said Tuesday.

The number of sick children at the 400-pupil school doubled Tuesday from the 60 out last Thursday to 120 Tuesday. The number of sick teachers declined from 22 last Thursday to 13 on Tuesday, school officials said.

The school had been closed Friday and cleaned. School officials plan to keep the school open for now.

The outbreak of the H1N1 virus is the first documented in the public schools in Monmouth County, Meddis said.

"We know now there's swine flu in the community,'' Meddis said. "The cases are mild. So far, we haven't heard of any severe cases.''

Meddis said his department just learned that one additional case, a Belmar resident who went to a hospital emergency room, has tested positive for swine flu.

Meddis said the health department advises students with an influenza-type illness to remain out of school for at least seven days from the onset of symptoms or at least 24 hours after symptoms have ended.

Health officials have not advised the district to close schools as yet.

Anyone with a fever and a cough or sore throat should not attend school or go into the community for at least seven days, even if they have no more symptoms, Meddis said.

Acting School Superintendent James Parham said all parents would be notified about the swine flu breakout.

In other Asbury Park schools, the number of students and teachers out Tuesday was higher than normal, Parham said.

He gave the numbers for Tuesday and estimated total building numbers for comparison. The high school had 74 out of 474 students absent; the middle school had 50 out of 480; Bangs Elementary had 48 out of 360; and Bradley Elementary 28 out of 340.

The number of teachers out at the schools were: 14 at the high school, 15 at the middle school, 4 at Bradley and 12 at Bangs, Parham said.

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High winds and big surf hit the Belmar beaches today.

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Hazy and sunny this Sunday morning at the beach ..still a little foggy

Boats Collide Along Manasquan inlet 1 killed

Boats Collide Along
Jersey Shore
1 Dead, 4 Hurt
Updated: Friday, 22 May 2009, 9:32 PM EDT
Published : Friday, 22 May 2009, 9:05 PM EDT

ARUN KRISTIAN DAS
MYFOXNY.COM - Emergency crews responded to the scene of a fatal boating accident in New Jersey's Manasquan Inlet Friday evening, authorities said.

Two boats -- a 15 footer and a 25 footer -- collided near the railroad bridge, sending at least five people into the water, the Coast Guard and police officials said.

One person was killed and one suffered a serious leg injury. At least three others were also hurt.

The New Jersey State Police, Manasquan Police and the Coast Guard all responded to the accident. Rescuers pulled all five people from the water. Two other boaters were involved.

Doctor's orders, advice for living a better life

Q: Doctor, I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it... don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that's like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.

Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?
A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.

Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?
A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!

Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?
A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.

Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?
A: Can't think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain...Good!
Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?
A: YOU'RE NOT LISTENING!!! ..... Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they're permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?

Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?
A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.

Q: Is chocolate bad for me?
A: Are you crazy? HELLO Cocoa beans ! Another vegetable!!! It's the best feel-good food around!

Q: Is swimming good for your figure?
A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.

Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?
A: Hey! 'Round' is a shape!

Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.

And remember:
'Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming 'WOO HOO, What a Ride'

AND.....

For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies.

1. The Japanese eat very little fat
and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat
and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

3. The Chinese drink very little red wine
and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine
and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats and suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

CONCLUSION

Eat and drink what you like.
Speaking English is apparently what kills you.

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Matisse in Belmar great place for a private party on the ebach in Belmar NJ

Matisse in Belmar great place for a private party on the beach in Belmar NJ phone 732.681.7680

 

Wet Hot New Jerseyan Summer for the new Belmar girl on NJ.com

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Code of the sea: A sinking boat, a garbled mayday, 24 boats within 6.5 miles — and not one responded

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Code of the sea: A sinking boat, a garbled mayday, 24 boats within 6.5 miles — and not one responded
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CAPE MAY — Edward Deller heard someone calling for help on the VHF radio’s emergency channel, and the first mate aboard the scallop boat Ms. Manya immediately followed the unwritten code of the sea: When somebody needs help, you drop everything and assist.



It was more than an hour before sunrise March 24, but even though about two dozen boats were working the scallop grounds known as the Elephant Trunk, many had shut down operations for the night to get some rest or shuck scallops. First mates such as Deller were manning wheelhouses on some of them.



Deller said he did not understand the frantic, garbled message — it came in with static, possibly because of saltwater soaking electrical systems aboard the Lady Mary — but he immediately went below deck and woke up Capt. Pete Dolan.



Dolan, a Stafford Township, Ocean County, resident based in Barnegat Light, was no stranger to answering maydays. He once saved three lobster fishermen whose boat had sunk and won a commendation in 2004 for responding to an exploding tanker hauling ethanol off the coast of Virginia.



Dolan said he tried to hail the Lady Mary but got no response. By then, crews on other boats in the vicinity were talking about the distress message. Dolan said he thought the other boats’ crews notified the U.S. Coast Guard.



“There were a lot of other boats between us and them. The last thing they needed was for someone else to be on the emergency channel,” he said. “Maybe it’s one of those things where people assume.”



Such assumptions continued for more than three hours. Even as a Coast Guard helicopter picked up three men from the Lady Mary at about 8:20 a.m., only one of whom survived, the fleet continued fishing. Helicopter pilot Lt. Cmdr. Tina Pena said she could see the fishing vessels and tried to reach them on the radio, but none responded.



The crew members found in the water included the boat’s captain, Bobo Smith, his brother Tim Smith and Jose Luis Arias, the lone survivor. Four other crew members — Jorge Ramos, Frank Reyes, the Smiths’ uncle Bernie Smith and their cousin Frank Credle — were never found and are presumed dead.



The Coast Guard began an inquiry into the sinking at about 5:10 a.m. April 14. It is now in recess and it is unclear when it will resume.



A broken code?

Weeks after the sinking that claimed the lives of six Cape May County fishermen, Dolan is surprised that nobody responded that day. He recalled some ignoring the code back in 2004 as he steamed toward the Bow Mariner, seeing an explosion in the distance, smelling the stench of ethanol fumes and arriving to find only bodies in the water.

“Not everyone lives by the code. I went by a couple boats that could have been there sooner. I was pretty disappointed in them,” Dolan said.



The code is especially important far offshore where the Lady Mary was fishing, about 70 miles out. A VHF radio call is not likely to reach the Coast Guard on shore, and few boat crews are accustomed to using the high-frequency radios that would reach land. An emergency beacon on the boat was sending a distress signal, but the government was slow in figuring out its source.



Sometimes, other fishermen are the best chance for survival.

The Coast Guard said only one boat reported hearing the mayday, and it did so almost 11 hours later. Asked why it took so long, the captain reportedly said he was busy fishing.



The code had worked out fine just a week earlier, when the North Carolina scallop boat Miss Dollie caught fire and sank 30 miles out March 17. Capt. Walt Hill, on the Cape May scalloper Amy Marie, was four miles away. Hill dropped everything and rescued the three-man crew.



One big difference in that case was Hill was able to speak with Miss Dollie Capt. Rocky Rochelle on the radio.



Rochelle said the Miss Dollie was taking on water and the crew wanted to be rescued.



In fact, the unwritten code becomes a written code in this case. If a captain on a sinking boat communicates with a captain on another boat and the distressed captain asks for help, he then is obligated by law to respond.



The personal connection of one captain asking another for help may have been the difference between the crew of the Miss Dollie living and most of those aboard the Lady Mary dying. Several captains heard the frantic call from the Lady Mary, but none was apparently able to make contact with the captain.



Too many boats to respond



Besides a lack of personal contact in the case, another issue is whether having too many boats out there made none of them individually responsible.



A communications professor at California’s Santa Clara University said the fishing fleet succumbed to a phenomenon called “de-individuation.” SunWolf, an author and former trial attorney who studies interpersonal and group communication, said when several nearby boats acknowledged hearing the distress call over the radio, the individual boat captains were absolved subconsciously of any responsibility for taking action.



“If a captain knew he was the only one out there to help, he would do something,” said SunWolf, who goes by only one name. “The sea is dangerous. Boats have trouble on the water. The Coast Guard rescues people. None of it is unexpected. Still, they were so de-individuated, to a captain they didn’t do anything.”



The garbled and incomplete distress message only complicated matters because it presented a situation outside the norm, she said.

“Fuzzy norms result in communications paralysis,” she said. “They were paralyzed.”



There were some other differences between the Miss Dollie and the Lady Mary. The Miss Dollie sank in broad daylight in much less severe weather. The captain was able to follow the mayday with more communications on the radio. It was only 30 miles off Cape May and the Coast Guard did pick up the mayday and responded, arriving 10 minutes after Hill.



Theories abound



With many foreign fishermen now working the boats in local waters, language barriers can obstruct rescues.



Scallop boat captain Doug Brennen, of Upper Township in Cape May County, does not believe that was an issue in this case. He was fishing alongside the 71-foot Lady Mary for five days before coming in the night before the sinking because the weather was getting too rough for his 58-foot Jessica.



Brennen said the language barrier is worse with cargo ships and oil tankers whose captains speak a variety of languages.



Jesse Sullivan, a mate on the Jessica, noted that Channel 16, the emergency channel, is still used mainly by English speakers. He said those speaking Spanish usually use another channel, although that may mean fewer listening to the channel the Lady Mary used to broadcast its mayday.



Another theory concerns the Elephant Trunk. The government closes scallop grounds to let stocks rebuild, and then opens the so-called “closed areas” to scallop boats from all over the East Coast. The areas draw boats from all over the coast when reopened, and the lack of familiarity between boat crews may have the potential to stifle a response.



Brennen said radio talk features a Northern-Southern mix, with “Rebels talking about Yankees,” but nobody believes such differences would prevent a response in case of emergency.

“Even if it’s their worst enemy, and they may hate them on the dock, they will go help them at sea,” said Douglass DeBolt, first mate on the Cape May-based Adventuress.



Capt. Gordie Mason blames the lack of response on a quick sinking at night with minimal radio contact. He said many boats “were laying up” for the night, so the sinking could have gone unnoticed. Mason, of Bayboro, N.C., the same city from which the owners of the Lady Mary hail — he knew four of the crew — said if people are not looking, they would not even see the boat’s lights disappear.



With the scallop management system bringing together boats from all over, Mason noted he has gotten to know captains from as far away as New Bedford, Mass. He already knew the Southern captains “by voice” over the radio.



“If they get in trouble, we don’t care where they’re from. We’re all brothers out there. Everybody’s in the same boat out there, and it could happen to anybody,” Mason said.



Scalloper Chris Buttocovla, of Mount Laurel, Burlington County, recalled ferrying to shore a fellow fisherman who was nearly blinded by a windblown cigarette. In grand fishing tradition, the Barnegat Light-based crew patched the man’s face with duct tape.



“You help because it could be you at any moment,” he said.



These are great days in the scallop fishery, with crewmen making more than $75,000 per year. Could money be more important than the code? That would not make sense at the Elephant Trunk. At the six closed areas, license holders get a set amount of scallops — 18,000 pounds per trip — with no timetable for landing them. In the open areas, they get only 37 days per year, and time becomes money.



Inexpensive solutions



The Lady Mary’s sinking convinced Cold Spring Fish & Supply owner Keith Laudeman to put “panic buttons” in all his boats. Scallop regulations require vessels to have a Vessel Monitoring System, or VMS, that shows location, course and speed at all times. For about $100, boats can have a panic button installed. A push of the button sends an alert that the boat is in trouble and gives the position so the Coast Guard can be called. Laudeman said it often takes a tragedy to get such things done that are essentially no-brainers.

Many other captains are now installing them.



“One hundred dollars is a cheap price for a man’s life,” said Bruce Cederquist, a mate aboard the Miss Georgie, the boat Mason captains.



Brennen is putting a distress button on the VHF radio. It costs about $300, but it notifies the Coast Guard and other VHF radios with the feature that there is a problem. It’s a push-button mayday. A couple of wires tie it directly to a GPS unit to give an exact position of the distressed vessel. Sullivan, the mate on the Jessica, said it could have saved the crew of the Lady Mary, who he said just “had a bad mayday.”



“Instead of getting on the radio in a panicked state, just hit this button,” Sullivan said.



DeBolt, first mate on the Adventuress, had the cheapest and simplest idea. He posted instructions on how to give a mayday and what buttons to push. On the Lady Mary, the captain may have been too busy trying to keep the boat afloat to broadcast a proper distress call. It was a short message described as a garbled plea for help that provided scant information for those in the vicinity, who could not identify the boat’s location or determine the urgency of its plight.



On many boats, the captain and first mate are usually the only ones who use the radio.



“I taught everybody on the boat how to do it,” DeBolt said.

That simple act, along with strict adherence to the code of the sea, may someday save his boat’s crew.



E-mail Richard Degener:

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EDGAR CAYCE Birch Hill Reunion party
Date(s) : May 08, 2009
Time(s) : 8pm
Location : The Headliner
Address : 1401 rte 35 south
Neptune, New Jersey 07753
Phone : 732-775-6200
Admission Costs : $ 5
More Details : The Legendary Hard Cover Band EDGAR CAYCE will make a special appearence with WRAT Radio for a great night. Miller Lites are only $1 till midnight. An event not to be missed!






Here I thought I had just about seen it all on this particular evening but the night absolutely peaked when EDGAR CAYCE hit the stage. Featuring guitar phenom Dave DiPietro, the band kicked right into high gear with two VAN HALEN covers, “Hot For Teacher” and “I’m The One” before inviting up Russell Arcara for an extraordinary rendition of RUSH’s “Red Barchetta.” It was a very impressive performance and I liked the fact that they went for songs that were not only very difficult to play but also not covered that often… but the best was yet to come. Tony Harnell then joined the band for two equally unique covers of AUDIOSLAVE’s “Cochise” and ALICE IN CHAINS’ “Man In The Box.” Harnell’s vocals excelled to absolute perfection as he was able to not only showcase his range but his versatility as an artist as well. But it STILL wasn’t over!!! Mark Tornillo finally joined the band opening with, in his own words, a very “appropriate” version of “When The Levee Breaks” which was made popular by LED ZEPPELIN in the early 70’s before the band took their final bows with AC/DC’s “Have A Drink On Me” and GUNS N’ ROSES’ “Welcome To The Jungle.”


EDGAR CAYCE Birch Hill Reunion party
Date(s) : May 08, 2009
Time(s) : 8pm
Location : The Headliner
Address : 1401 rte 35 south
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Phone : 732-775-6200
Admission Costs : $ 5
More Details : The Legendary Hard Cover Band EDGAR CAYCE will make a special appearence with WRAT Radio for a great night. Miller Lites are only $1 till midnight. An event not to be missed!

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FDA Warns Consumers to Stop Using Hydroxycut Weight-Loss Products

FDA Warns Consumers to Stop Using Hydroxycut Weight-Loss Products
Dietary supplements linked to one death; risk of liver injury



another one bites the dust




May 1, 2009
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers to immediately stop using Hydroxycut products after learning of a number of serious liver injuries. Iovate Health Sciences, the manufacturer, has agreed to recall Hydroxycut products from the market.

The FDA has received 23 reports of serious health problems ranging from jaundice and elevated liver enzymes, an indicator of potential liver injury, to liver damage requiring liver transplant. One death due to liver failure has been reported to the FDA. Other health problems reported include seizures; cardiovascular disorders; and rhabdomyolysis, a type of muscle damage that can lead to other serious health problems such as kidney failure.

Liver injury, although rare, was reported by patients at the doses of Hydroxycut recommended on the bottle. Symptoms of liver injury include jaundice (yellowing of the skin or whites of the eyes) and brown urine. Other symptoms include nausea, vomiting, light-colored stools, excessive fatigue, weakness, stomach or abdominal pain, itching, and loss of appetite.

“The FDA urges consumers to discontinue use of Hydroxycut products in order to avoid any undue risk. Adverse events are rare, but exist. Consumers should consult a physician or other health care professional if they are experiencing symptoms possibly associated with these products,” said Linda Katz, M.D., interim chief medical officer of the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.

Hydroxycut products are dietary supplements that are marketed for weight-loss, as fat burners, as energy-enhancers, as low carb diet aids, and for water loss under the Iovate and MuscleTech brand names. The list of products being recalled by Iovate currently includes:

• Hydroxycut Regular Rapid Release Caplets
• Hydroxycut Caffeine-Free Rapid Release Caplets
• Hydroxycut Hardcore Liquid Caplets
• Hydroxycut Max Liquid Caplets
• Hydroxycut Regular Drink Packets
• Hydroxycut Caffeine-Free Drink Packets
• Hydroxycut Hardcore Drink Packets (Ignition Stix)
• Hydroxycut Max Drink Packets
• Hydroxycut Liquid Shots
• Hydroxycut Hardcore RTDs (Ready-to-Drink)
• Hydroxycut Max Aqua Shed
• Hydroxycut 24
• Hydroxycut Carb Control
• Hydroxycut Natural

Although the FDA has not received reports of serious liver-related adverse reactions for all Hydroxycut products, Iovate has agreed to recall all the products listed above. Hydroxycut Cleanse and Hoodia products are not affected by the recall. Consumers who have any of the products involved in the recall are advised to stop using them and to return them to the place of purchase.

The agency has not yet determined which ingredients, dosages, or other health-related factors may be associated with risks related to these Hydroxycut products. The products contain a variety of ingredients and herbal extracts.