Another day in Belmar video Summer 2009

came across this one today,

For Hoboken's young mayor, it went down at the Malibu Diner, feds say

Home Hudson UPDATE: For Hoboken's young mayor, it went down at the Malibu Diner, feds say
UPDATE: For Hoboken's young mayor, it went down at the Malibu Diner, feds say
Thursday, 23 July 2009 13:12 Jerry DeMarco
Shades of "Abscam": A key witness in a corruption probe that led to this morning's arrests of several North Jersey mayors and others apparently is Solomon Dwek, a multi-million-dollar developer whose parents founded the Deal Yeshiva, a Jersey Shore religious school that teaches Sephardic Jewish children.

A review of government complaints released this morning doesn't identify him by name but points to Dwek as one of two men who were working for the FBI when they met with Cammarano and Michael Schaefer, a North Hudson Utilities Authority commissioner, to discuss greasing the wheels for a possible high-rise development on Observer Highway.

read more here http://www.cliffviewpilot.com/hudson/241-breaking-news-north-jersey-mayors-rabbis-snagged-in-corruption-bust

The investigation involves the Deal Yeshiva

30 arrested in federal corruption, international money laundering probe

By JEAN MIKLE
STAFF WRITER

The FBI this morning made 30 arrests this morning in a two-track public corruption and high-volume, international money laundering probe, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office said.

Those arrested include 9th District Assemblyman Daniel Van Pelt, R-Ocean, and some unidentified rabbis from Brooklyn, Deal and the Elberon section of Long Branch, sources said.

Van Pelt, 45, was elected to the state Assembly in November 2007 and started serving in January 2008. He also was mayor of Waretown from 1998 until last year.

The investigation involves the Deal Yeshiva, a religious school which teaches children in the Sephardic Jewish tradition, sources said. The Yeshiva has two separate divisions: a boys' school on Logan Road in Ocean Township and a girls' school on Wall Street in West Long Branch.

The school was founded more than 20 years ago by Rabbi Isaac Dwek and Raizel Dwek, the parents of real estate mogul Solomon Dwek. Rabbi Dwek was the school's president, and Raizel was its treasurer, until 2006, when their son's real estate empire began to crumble after Solomon Dwek deposited a bad $25.2 million check at a drive-through window at the PNC Bank in Eatontown.

Also arrested were Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano III, Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell and Jersey City Deputy Mayor Leona Beldini.

The probe also involves international trafficking in body parts, sources said.

Those arrested are expected to appear in federal court in Newark this afternoon.

F.B.I. Arrests Dozens in N.J. Corruption Sweep

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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: July 23, 2009
Filed at 8:25 a.m. ET

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) -- FBI agents are sweeping across northern New Jersey Thursday, making arrests in what reportedly is described as a major corruption probe.

WNBC-TV in New York reported and showed images of the mayors of Hoboken and Secaucus being taken into FBI headquarters in Newark. The station also showed rabbis being taken into custody.

Radio station New Jersey 101.5 FM reports the sweeps are taking place in Hudson, Bergen, Monmouth and Ocean counties.

The stations say the probe centers on money-laundering and political bid rigging.

FBI spokeswoman Myrna Williams tells The Associated Press the arrests will go on till noon. She would not provide any more information.

Corruption has permeated New Jersey politics for years. Former U.S. Attorney Chris Christie takes credit for 130 convictions of elected and appointed officials on corruption charges.

Christie is the Republican candidate for governor.

Belmar beach is packed once again

Breakfast on the deck at Matisse in Belmar

Breakfast on the deck at Matisse in Belmar. Good and cheap and a view of the beach
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Breakfast on the deck at Matisse in Belmar
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Swine Flu is a killer for the realy fat guys

Swine Flu Packs Bigger Jolt for Obese as ‘Striking’ Link Found
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By Jason Gale

July 11 (Bloomberg) -- Extremely fat swine flu sufferers may have a tendency to become severely ill, health officials in the U.S. and Europe said, after a report showed a “striking” prevalence of obesity among patients hospitalized in Michigan.

Nine of 10 patients with the pandemic flu strain admitted to an intensive care unit at Ann Arbor from late May to early June, were obese and seven were “extremely obese,” with a body mass index of at least 40, doctors said. Three of the 10 died and seven had no other known health problems.

The study, in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report yesterday, supports a pattern seen by doctors tracking the pandemic in hospital reports from Glasgow to Melbourne and from Santiago to New York. Researchers say the trend is surprising because obesity hasn’t been identified previously as a risk factor for severe complications of seasonal flu.

“Clinicians should be aware that severe illness and fatal outcomes also can occur in patients without known risk factors for complications of seasonal influenza, including persons with extreme obesity,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said in an editorial note accompanying its report.

With the new virus on a collision course with the obesity epidemic, the World Health Organization says it’s gathering statistics to confirm and understand this development.

“Morbid obesity is one of the most common findings turning up in severely ill patients,” said Nikki Shindo, who is leading the investigation of swine flu patients at the WHO in Geneva. “It’s a huge problem.”

Seeking More Answers

So far, the evidence is anecdotal. No global or national data have been reported and the CDC said it’s unknown whether obesity is an independent risk factor. Yesterday, the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in Stockholm began including obesity on a list of factors that put patients at risk of dying from the pandemic bug.

Drugmaker Roche Holding AG is combing through studies to determine whether heavier people should get bigger doses of its Tamiflu antiviral. The CDC said yesterday that, until more data are available, a double dose of the Roche pill or a longer course of treatment can be considered for severely ill hospitalized swine flu patients.

The pandemic strain is reported to have killed 429 people worldwide since its discovery in the U.S. and Mexico in April, according to the WHO’s most recent report. The infection, which has spread as far as New Zealand and Norway, causes little more than a fever and cough in most cases. The majority of those who died were pregnant, had asthma, diabetes or other chronic diseases, according to the WHO.

Obesity ‘Stands Out’

“About 75 percent of patients have underlying conditions, and clearly obesity stands out as a statistically significant factor involved in the seriousness of the disease,” said Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in Bethesda, Maryland. “It was a bit of a surprise to us.”

It’s the first time the prominence of obesity has been widely recognized among severely ill flu sufferers, Fauci said in a July 9 interview. “It’s very likely that if we went back retrospectively and looked at people who did poorly during seasonal flu, what would shake out is that obesity would be one of the risks,” he said.

CDC researchers noted the association among California H1N1 patients in a May 22 report. The agency is investigating whether overweight people need different flu vaccinations. Last year, 26.1 percent of adults in the U.S. were obese, up from 25.6 percent in 2007, the CDC said in a July 8 statement.

Severe Pneumonia

Some patients are showing up at hospitals with viral pneumonia so severe they are suffocating. All 10 of the Michigan patients, ages 21 to 53, suffered acute respiratory distress and weren’t getting enough oxygen even when put on a conventional mechanical ventilator.

The patients, who represent “the most severely ill subset” of H1N1 sufferers, were notable for several reasons, the CDC said. Nine were male, five developed dangerous clots in the lung and major organs became dysfunctional in nine of the patients. The body mass index of nine patients ranged from 34.2 to 58.9, according to the report. People with a BMI of 25 to 29.9 are considered “overweight” and those higher than 30 are “obese.”

“The high prevalence of obesity in this case series is striking,” CDC said.

A 5-foot, 5-inch (1.65 meters) woman is considered overweight at 150 pounds (68 kilograms) and obese at 180 pounds. A 6-foot man is considered overweight at 184 pounds and obese at 221 pounds.

Cause or Complication

Scientists don’t yet know whether extremely overweight people get sicker because of associated conditions like heart disease and asthma, or whether the excess fat itself makes them more vulnerable. Both may be to blame.

Fat cells secrete chemicals that cause chronic, low-level inflammation that can hamper the body’s immune response and narrow the airways, says Tim Armstrong, a doctor working in the WHO’s chronic diseases department in Geneva.

What’s more, excess fatty tissue compresses the chest, and the fatty infiltration of the chest wall causes a decrease in lung function and an increase in the pulmonary blood volume, Armstrong said. “If you are obese, you tend to be less physically active and have an associated shallower breathing pattern. All these compound, leading to breathing difficulties.”

Insulin Resistance

The morbidly obese also are more likely to experience insulin resistance, a condition that makes it harder for doctors to lower the level of sugar in the blood of critically ill patients, said Greet Van den Berghe, head of acute medical sciences at Belgium’s Catholic University of Leuven.

“The question has always been, is it the obesity or the other problems?” said Melinda Beck, professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. “There haven’t been studies that looked just at weight. In my research, it appears to be the obesity itself.”

In mouse studies, flu killed about half of the rodents made obese by a high-fat diet, compared with a mortality rate of about 4 percent in lean animals, according to Beck’s research. She is studying whether obese humans might need stronger doses of vaccine or a different method of delivery.

People may reduce their risk of developing complications from swine flu -- as well as many other diseases -- by maintaining a healthy weight, quitting smoking, exercising regularly and moderating alcohol intake, said Frederick Hayden, a clinical virologist at the University of Virginia.

Rates Jump

Obesity rates have tripled in the U.S., U.K. and Australia during the past three decades, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. The ranks of the overweight are also swelling in the developing world. In China, obesity doubled among women and tripled in men between 1989 and 2000 and it may double again in 20 years, according to research released last year in the journal Health Affairs.

Studies are needed to better understand the immune response of obese people and determine whether excess body weight impairs their ability to fight the infection, said Pamela Fraker, a professor of biochemistry at Michigan State University.

“It’s sort of strange that it’s been neglected with this major population,” Fraker said. “We need to know about this for the further care and protection of the growing number of obese we have and for society in general.”

Paul Mccartney tickets for next week in NYC

Paul McCartney will perform the very first shows at The Mets' new home, Citi Field, NEXT WEEK July 17th,18th,21st. The shows will mirror McCartney's historic performance with the Beatles at the team's former home (Shea Stadium), which was the first music event ever held there, back on August 15, 1965. for tickets go to or call 1.800.688.4000 1http://www.wwwtixx.com/paul_mccartney_tickets.html

Blueberry shake at Mack's chicken shack in Belmar NJ

Fresh NJ Blueberry shake at Mack's chicken shack in Belmar NJ, try while we have them

Belmar beach report

Belmar beach report

Springlake beach

Spring lake boardwalk

Belmar photo

Belmar Matisse deck

Beach is nice

Best ice cream in Belmar NJ is at Mack's chichen schack

Best ice cream in Belmar NJ is at Mack's chichen schack

Monday midday beach report Belmar NJ

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Belmar movies on the beach

Sunday beach report Belmar

Sunday Night Movie on the Beach in Belmar

Sunday Night Movie on the Beach

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Sunday Night Movies on the Beach - 8th Avenue Beach at Dusk

June 21 - Kung Fu Panda-Cancelled due to weather

June 28 - Wall-E

July 5 - Bolt

July 12 - Tales of Despereaux

July 19 - The Perfect Game Kung Fu Panda

July 26 - Madagascar 2

August 2 - Beverly Hills Chihuahua

August 9 - High School Musical 3

August 16 - Bedtime Stories

August 23 - Hotel for Dogs

August 30 - Narnia Prince Caspian

September 6 - Speed Racer

Belmar beach video from Matisse deck July 4th 2009

Belmar beach biggest crowds ever on beach

Belmar beach July 4th

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