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Ocean Grove tents. Summer 2025.  Click once to enlarge

GLORIA ESTEFAN:    “Hablas De Mi”

By Paul Goldfinger, MD:  Fellow American College of Cardiology.  Blogfinger.net.

This is an important REMINDER about vaccinations   for heart patients, but it is not comprehensive. Be sure to check with your doctor.

The American College of Cardiology says, “Patients with cardiovascular disease are at high risk for severe illness and complications, hospitalization and death following illness with vaccine-preventable infections.”

They say that “Vaccines reduce the risk of severe illness complications such as heart attack and strokes.”

A public health concern is that “Routine vaccination is an effective way to prevent infection; however immunization rates for adults remain low in the US and are declining.”

“Only 1  in 4 adults  have  received recommended vaccines.”

VACCINES RECOMMENDED FOR PATIENTS WITH HEART DISEASE:

1. Influenza:  Annual for all persons aged 6 months or more. Best in October.
2. Pneumococcal. 1 time vaccination with PCV20 or PCV21  for adults age 19 years and more.
3.  COVID-19. Initial and 2024-2025 vaccine for persons aged 6 months or more.
4.  RSV. (Respiratory Syncytial Virus):  1 time vaccination for adults age 60 or more
5. Zoster:  2 doses of recombinant zoster vaccine 2-6months apart for those adults aged 50 or more.

Check with your doctor yearly regarding your vaccination status.

This is not a comprehensive source of information.   I am summarizing the “ACC Reference Guide to Vaccines” for physicians  which recommends evidence-based advice for patients with heart disease.

Keep a record of your vaccinations.

Male swan, Fletcher Lake, Bradley side. Paul Goldfinger photo 5/13/24.

Mr. and Mrs. Swan. Fletcher Lake. Paul Goldfinger photo.  5/13/24.

LONDON PHILHARMONIC   André Previn.   Swan Lake:  Op 20, Act 2.

This flier was distributed  by Neptune Township to publicize a private event to the public.. Why?  Show us the money!  Did Township employees work on this?   Blogfinger cropped this flier to show our opposition to Neptune’s partnership with the Chamber of Commercials, a private group who should not be sucking the funds  from our tax dollars as they exploit our public thoroughfares for private financial advantage.     Manipulation of this  fraudulent flier is  by Blogfinger.net and The  Ocean Grove Citizens For Responsible Neptune Governance.

This partnership goes unexplained.  The Chamber of  Confusion represents private businesses in and around Ocean Grove.

Yet they  won’t help promote citizen sponsored events such as the Town-Wide Yard Sale or the Art on the Porch.

What else are the Neptuners spending public money and support on instead of focusing on We-The-People of OG?

Grovers need to maintain steady monitoring of the feudal lords up in the castle keep  who take our tax money, raise the price of taxes and favor other parts of town. (eg Shark River community and the CMA).

The  former group called “Home-Owners Ass.” now known as a “Community Association”  should stop futzing around with efforts such as the recent lecture on garden maintenance and instead keep a sharp watch on those Neptuners who approved the 2008 illegal plot  to change the zoning at the North End giving rise to what is about to happen to that part of our beautiful and historic town. That group, the OGHOA, supported and fertilized  the “Redevelopment zoning” which allowed the Township to give birth to the NERP.

Paul Goldfinger, Editor, Blogfinger.net

BEVERLY KENNEY.   From “Oklahoma”

Grovarian dudes. Auditorium Square Park. Whom are they discussing?  Paul Goldfinger photo

THE RAINBOWS    “Mary Lee.”

Chair exercise for seniors.

A short burst of exercise.

NBC News  reports research that  reveals  that “short bursts of purposeful activity –– such as walking around the block or lifting small weights –– may be the best way to get in the habit of exercising.”

Investigators “found that in adults younger than 65, these small acts of physical activity significantly improved cardiorespiratory fitness.”

Meanwhile, “for older adults –– those 65 and older –– exercise  “bursts” or “exercise snacks”   significantly improved muscular endurance,  and individuals were also extremely likely to adhere to these small bouts of exercise –– about 91% of adults and 83% of older adults routinely engaged in them.”   This is fascinating because so many people begin exercise routines but then they quit adherence.

The findings were published in BMJ Sports Medicine.

NJ Marathon 2015 Ocean Grove. Paul Goldfinger photo.   More exercise is better than less, especially if you are her age.

Paul Goldfinger, MD –10/8/25. :   Over the years it became clear that regular exercise could promote health, but  the fine tuning of this idea continues to promote new variations .

For example, brief aerobic routines such as walking or stair climbing helps improve cardiovascular health and muscular strength.

This idea of using “short bursts   of  exercise” is really encouraging.  It shows that even brief  routines, such as carrying groceries to the car  can improve fitness. and that individuals can build exercise into their every day activities.

These short bursts can be as little as 3 minutes.  Then you could build on that.  The main concept is to be physically active as one lives one’s  life.  For example, if you work on a computer, be sure to get up and walk around for a few minutes.

However it’s actually not a new idea. In 2015 we posted a piece about the benefits of brisk modes of exercise:

brief modes of exercise. 2015

And I know a physiatrist who tells some of his patients to forget the gym and  physical therapy and just make sure that they are active during the day including standing, walking and light chores.

And don’t forget chair exercises for seniors–there are You Tubes which can lead you through such methods.   And consider yoga which has a variety of benefits.    We tried to help Fran as he dealt with CMA opposition of his yoga on the boards   (“Yogagate” on Blogfinger.net)

FROM OLIVER–You can exercise by lacing someone’s shoe.

Paul Goldfinger photo. Blogfinger.net  Click once for big feet.

FATS WALLER:

Tent Village, 8/9/25. Paul Goldfinger photo.  Click once to enlarge.

See the photographer on the steps?  That’s Pete Ackerman, ace photog of the Asbury Park Press.   Blogfinger beat him to this  shot at the start of Illumination Night in Ocean Grove.

BRIAN WILSON:

Mt. Hermon as seen from northern Israel, 1985.  Paul Goldfinger photo posted on Blogfinger in October, 2024 at the anniversary of the terrorist attack.

By Paul Goldfinger,  Editor, Blogfinger.net.   October 7, 2025.  Anniversary of the 2023 massacre in Israel.

Mt. Hermon is mentioned in the Old and New Testaments and there  also is considerable archeologic information available.

There are many interpretations as to its biblical importance. It is the tallest summit in the area at  9,232 feet –much taller than Mt. Tabor. It straddles the border between Syria and Lebanon and then  slopes southward to Israeli’s Golan Heights.   Today (Oct 2024)  there is a UN outpost at the peak, and it is a ski resort.

Paul Goldfinger photo at Mt. Hermon Way, Ocean Grove, NJ. USA. Christmas time. 2012

1/18/25:  From the Times of Israel:    “IDF troops will stay in Syria buffer zone and strategic Mt. Hermon as long as needed.”

“Israel says move to capture territory is defensive, intended to be temporary; army says it will hold new positions until situation clears up after fall of Assad regime.”   (Note, Assad is gone in 2025, and Israel still maintains defensive  positions in the north.)

Times of Israel 1/18/25.    IDF troops are seen on the Syrian side of Mt. Hermon. 12/8/24.

JOSH GROBAN.     From Les Miserables.