Nurse practitioners (NPs) delivering emergency care without physician supervision or collaboration in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) increase lengths of stay by 11% and raise 30-day preventable hospitalizations by 20% compared with emergency physicians. Those are findings included in a study published online ahead of print in the American Economic Review, which is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious—and influential—peer-reviewed journals in the profession of economics.
Stucile Farm Water Tower. Paul Goldfinger photograph. Deal Road in Joseph Palaia Park. Ocean Township. 2/18/23. This tower is over 100 years old. Recently it was structurally strengthened and lit for nighttime viewing by passing cars. Click once to enlarge.
8/2024: Now that structural improvements are completed, the Ocean Historic Society will be restoring utilities to the building. When it was a water tower in the past it was supplying irrigation to greenhouses on the property. There also is a historic building nearby.
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FIONA APPLE: “Across the Universe.” By John Lennon.
Review: Paul Goldfinger, MD. Editor Blogfinger.net
Paul Goldfinger still image. James Bond, 007, behind the wheel of his Aston-Martin. Click images once each.
Ralph Fiennes (M) and Daniel Craig (007) discuss Bond business along the Thames. Paul Goldfinger photo.
Bond in action.
007 with a powerful weapon in his hands. Paul Goldfinger photo.
Daniel Craig is excellent as James Bond. The movie, No Time to Die, has a complicated plot, and like all Bond films is full of action, and the cinematography creates a fast paced and energetic visual theme, giving your eyeballs a workout.
New young musical star Billie Eilish provided a fine opening song which she wrote, and, suprisingly, the closing song is by Louis Armstrong.
The film is too long, and some cutting would have been helpful, but if you are a Bond fan, don’t miss it—streaming now for rent on Amazon. It is 5.99, and you have access for 48 hrs once you start watching.
BILLIE EILISH: “No Time to Die”
LOUIS ARMSTRONG: ” We Have All the Time in the World.” I never heard this song before, but it is very effective.
Paul Goldfinger.photograph. Firemen march in the Israel Day Parade, 5th Avenue, New York City. 2017. Usually held in June. Click to enlarge and see the action.
Did you ever dream of traveling around the country in a van with a rock band? Well, Daniel Hickman of Tennessee, currently of Ocean Grove, did just that for five years when he was in his twenties. But he wasn’t a musician. He was a technician who made sure that the group’s guitars were fit as a fiddle. Daniel loved the experience; is there any doubt? ——– especially if you read Keith Richards biography.
Daniel has trained for years working on guitars—-repairing them and building them. He continued studying his craft with experts along the way as he traveled all over America with the Latin Rock group “de Sol.” He calls himself a “luthier” (definition: “a maker of stringed instruments such as violins or guitars.”)
Daniel comes from an artistic family and he probably inhaled guitar music living near Nashville. His career as a luthier has been progressing since 2005. After that rock gig, he moved to New Jersey and found himself with a very special business opportunity at the Jersey Shore Arts Center in Ocean Grove (66 South Main Street in Neptune) where he has had a workshop/studio since 2015 called “Don’t Fret Music.”
Daniel is grateful to the late Herb Herbst and the staff at the JSAC for providing him with a rare situation. He not only builds and repairs guitars and other stringed instruments,, but he has begun a program to provide lessons in guitar, piano, and uke. Dan has recruited a talented young teacher to work with students of all ages, and the lessons are given in a separate space off Dan’s workshop. He also repairs amps and he is moving into “retail.” Daniel plans to develop a “full service guitar shop and music store.” His shop is downstairs off the parking lot, with a private entrance to the left.
At the age of 32, Daniel is ambitious and enthused. “We are in the infancy of Don’t Fret Music.”
Daniel’s workshop/studio is a fascinating place, and to watch him work, you get the impression that he is highly competent. He worked on my guitar–he is an exacting craftsman.
Daniel is excited about the future of the Jersey Shore Arts Center. “There is a lot going on here,” he says; “The venue is full of talented artists in residence ,some of whom paint, do screen printing, social media, and photography.” There also is an acting ensemble “La Strada.” He wants to be supportive of his artist colleagues at JSAC.
One of his ambitions is to see a variety of new music performances in the JSAC theater. He hopes for bluegrass and jazz among the choices. This ambition seems very real given the recent downsizing of the secular programming in the Great Auditorium and the real need for some musical variety to satisfy OG’s diverse demographics and to balance against the music scene in Asbury Park.
Blogfinger will help promote new music and arts programs in Ocean Grove. It sounds like the JSAC may be on the threshold of something more than yoga and children’s ballet. Currently there is an arts show going on. Call them for details.
Daniel’s shop is open Tuesday through Saturday 3 pm -7 pm except Saturday which is 11 am to 5 pm. Call 732 361 5060 or DontFretNJ@gmail.com or the web site: DontFretNJ.com.
And, for the record, Daniel lives in Ocean Grove and he “loves the town.” It makes him happy because he knows his neighbors, people say hello, and the town is charming. Daniel knows most of the business people in the Grove and he feels at home here.
de Sol “Blanco y Negro.”
Here is a link to a 2018 piece about “Don’t Fret.”
Paul Goldfinger still from Netflix documentary with colorized still photos Children survivors were returned to their home countries. Many were Jews.
This soldier was held in a POW camp for 5 years. He left for war when his daughter was 1, and in this photo he sees her as a six year old in 1945. Paul Goldfinger still image from the colorized video.
In Paris, French women who had fraternized with Nazis had their hair shorn. Some had swastikas drawn on their foreheads. From the Netflix doc. Still photo by Blogfinger.
After WWII was over there were millions of children alone throughout Europe. Children often survived without their parents, and those who were alone were taken under the wings of allied European nations and returned in huge numbers to their original countries, usually via restored train tracks. Survivors were mostly young women, elderly, and children. Many survived because they had been shipped out to rural areas with other children.
In some cases they were found by their parents after the war, but many were orphans.
Men died in the war or they survived in POW camps. Emotional reunions occurred all over.
