New Jersey Seafood Festival 2010

Seafood festival attracts tens of thousands

The annual New Jersey Seafood Festival, taking place Friday through Sunday, June 13, in Belmar.

From lobster and crab cakes to conch fritters and alligator sausage, the offerings at the 24th event are designed to please exotic palates and Shore-fare purists alike.

As they have in the past, tens of thousands of hungry seafood lovers from all over the state and beyond will descend on this small Monmouth County town’s Silver Lake Park, Ocean Avenue, where chefs from 45 restaurants will serve up fish, shellfish and more.

The festival’s expansion to Friday is new, as is the addition of wine experts, who will be available to chat about pairings and vintages under Long Branch catering company Branches’ tent.

Throughout the long weekend, Jersey rock, R&B, jazz and blues bands will provide free entertainment, and craft and commercial vendors and kids’ activities will mean fun for all.

Admission is free,
Festival hours are 4-7 p.m. Friday; 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

Prosecutor names driver whose car killed New Jersey Trooper Marc Castellano

Prosecutor names driver whose car killed New Jersey Trooper Marc Castellano
Published: Tuesday, June 08, 2010

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By Staff & Wire

FREEHOLD — The Monmouth County Prosecutor’s office late yesterday identified the driver of the car that struck and killed New Jersey State Trooper Marc Castellano on Sunday as a 20-year-old Jackson man, Robert R. Swan.

The vehicle, a Volkswagen Jetta, struck the 29-year-old Castellano just before 10 a.m. as numerous state police troopers searched for fugitives in a vehicle abandoned on I-195 westbound at the Howell Township exit.

No charges have been filed against Swan. Prosecutor’s spokesman Pete Warshaw wouldn’t detail how the crash happened.

“It’s all part of the investigation right now,” he said. Nor would he comment on what the fugitive vehicle was wanted for on the State Police BOLO (Be On the Lookout) list.

One of the fugitives, Diana Hoffman, 30, of Blackwood, was spotted hiding behind a tree and arrested near the scene. Troopers searched for hours for a man she said was riding in that car with her before suspending the hunt at 6 p.m. Sunday, and revealing they “are also investigating the validity of Hoffman’s claim ....”

The six-year veteran trooper and father of two young children lost his legs there and died hours later at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune.

Nothing more could be learned about Swan last night. Plenty, however, came out about Diana Hoffman at a hearing in Superior Court yesterday where her bail was raised from $350,000 to $500,000 by Judge Thomas F. Scully.

In arguing for higher bail, Assistant Prosecutor Rick Incremona told Judge Scully that Hoffman was part of another recent state police pursuit in Tuckerton, a chase that was curtailed to protect the public.

It was also revealed that early Sunday morning, State Trooper Shaun Murray signalled Hoffman to pull over in Wall, triggering this high-speed chase. After her car was found abandoned on I-195, they went looking for her.

Incremona also said Hoffman has two prior Superior Court convictions and allegedly failed to appear in court three times in the last five years.

He said prosecutors expect to charge her today with first-degree false public alarm — setting in motion the chain of events that led to Castellano’s death. She could get a 10- to 20-year sentence.

She faced a raft of charges on which she appeared in court yesterday: eluding by taking a state police officer on a high-speed pursuit (second degree), hindering her own apprehension by providing false identification (third degree), resting arrest (third degree) and cocaine and heroin possession (third degree).

The judge said Hoffman told the court she has been unemployed for 2½ months and is the single mother of four children who live with their father. She said she is a three-year former employee for Berlin Coil in Berlin.

Iphone4 does it have Gorilla Glass?

Today as many already know Apple is having a small get together to discuss many or all things Apple. This includes the next generation iPhone.

I will update this thread as I get new information and Specs on the next iPhone.

Details: iPhone 4.0
Video showing the new iPhone 4
Video 2 showing iPhone 4

9.3mm thick, 24% thinner than current iPhone
Thinnest smartphone on the planet
external buttons, volume up and down, mute, front facing camera.
Micro-sim tray, Camera with LED flash on back
stainless steel band is the primary structure of the phone, "Brilliant engineering, uses band as part of Antenna system
One side is Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, other is UMTS and GSM
Retina Display
New display technology, dramatically increases pixel density. 4x as many in same amount of space
Retina Display: 326 pp

300 ppi is limit of the human retina when held 10-12 inches away from the eye.
3.5" display, same size, 960x640
326 ppi. 800:1 contrast ratio also 4x better than 3GS. Uses IPS technology for superb color and wide viewing angle.

You can't make an OLED display with this kind of resolution right now

iPhone OS 4 - Apps automatically run full size but look even better because iPhone OS automatically renders text and controls in higher resolution

iPhone 4 powered by Apple A4 chip.

Bigger battery plus A4 processor,
40% more talk time. 7 hours talk time. 6 hours of 3G browsing,
10 hours of WiFi browsing, 10 hours of video.
40 hours of music. 300 hours of standby

32GB of storage, quadband HSDPA/HSUPA
Capable of 7.2mbit down 5.8mbit up once carriers support that speed
Dual mics, 802.11n
iPhone 4 has a Gyroscope
3 axis gyro for pitch roll and yaw
Gyro + accelerometer = 6 axis motion sensing

5 megapixel camera
Backside illuminated sensor
5x digital zoom in camera app and tap to focus with LED flash

Camera records HD video!
720p at 30fps.
Tap to focus video with built-in video editing
Record, edit, and share HD video right on your phone
iMovie for iPhone!
LED flash can stay on during video recording
Can export to 360p, 520p, and 720p
Camera records geolocation in to video

Buy iMovie right on your phone for $4.99
Renaming iPhone OS to iOS 4.0 (Wow)
100 new user features
unified inbox and threading in mail
Folders can be renamed and go in the dock

iOS4 has multitasking, folders, retina display integration, enhancements to mail,
camera and photo apps, much deeper enterprise integration and tons of new features

Adding Bing as a third search option. Google will remain the default still
iBooks coming to the iPhone with iOS4
iBook Store right on your iPhone
Download the same book to all devices at no extra charge
iBooks automatically, wirelessly, and for free will sync your place,
bookmarks, and all your notes

PDF in a mail message goes right to iBooks in your PDF shelf

Three stores on the iPhone: iTunes, iBooks, and App Store

One more thing:
Video calling

iPhone 4 to iPhone 4, anywhere there is WiFi.
No set up required
Both front and rear camera can be used, switching is easy
Portrait and landscape mode is supported

Named: FaceTime
FaceTime WiFi only in 2010, "Need to work a little bit with the cellular providers"

Price and availability, comes in two colors white and black just like spy shots
Price with 2 year contract: $199 for 16GB model, $299 for 32GB mode
Up to 6 months of early eligibility for an iPhone 4
On sale June 24th

New dock, Apple "bumper" case
Case just goes around the outside, back and front are open. Comes in multiple colors
iOS4 upgrades for iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3G (with not all features supported), and iPod touch (again with not all features and no first generation) for free on June 21st