TOWN HALL MEETING

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The Bronx Town Hall meeting will be held to inform area residents about Legionnaires' Disease. The event is being held at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand Concourse, at 6 p.m.

NYC public health officials report a fourth person has died in The Bronx with the disease. The outbreak that has resulted in dozens of cases. There have been a total of 65 reported cases of people with the disease and 55 have been hospitalized. 20 people have been reportedly discharged.

Legionnaires' disease usually develops two to 10 days after exposure to legionella bacteria. It frequently begins with the following signs and symptoms:

Headache
Muscle pain
Chills
Fever that may be 104 F (40 C) or higher

By the second or third day, you'll develop other signs and symptoms that may include:

Cough, which may bring up mucus and sometimes blood
Shortness of breath
Chest pain
Gastrointestinal symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting and diarrhea
Confusion or other mental changes

Although Legionnaires' disease primarily affects the lungs, it occasionally can cause infections in wounds and in other parts of the body, including the heart.

A mild form of Legionnaires' disease — known as Pontiac fever — may produce signs and symptoms including fever, chills, headache and muscle aches. Pontiac fever doesn't infect your lungs, and symptoms usually clear within two to five days.
When to see a doctor

See your doctor if you think you've been exposed to legionella bacteria. Diagnosing and treating Legionnaires' disease as soon as possible can help shorten the recovery period and prevent serious complications. For people at high risk, prompt treatment is critical.

What to know about Legionnaires' disease http://ti.me/1OKUDMB via @TIMEHealth

CNN: Four dead in Legionnaires' disease outbreak in New York http://cnn.it/1Djwg86

Officials Seek Source of Legionnaires’ Outbreak in the Bronx http://nyti.ms/1OJCEpP

BEAUTIFUL OLD BRIDGE

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My wife Yirong and I met up with friends, along the border of New York and Pennsylvania for a delightful weekend at a fellow journalist and long time colleague's country home. We visited Momoe Ban's Camp Braveman, where the ambiance, as well as the weather could not have turned out finer.

Photographed with yours truly are: Suzuka Shigehara and Deena Wang

One of the places we visited was Roebling Bridge, aka BOB is the oldest existing wire suspension bridge in US. It runs across the Delaware River, from Minisink Ford, New York, to Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania.

This bridge opened in 1849 as an aqueduct connecting two parts of the Delaware & Hudson Canal, it has since been converted to carry automotive traffic and people.

This bridge was begun in 1847 as one of four suspension aqueducts on the D&H Canal, a system of transportation connecting the coal fields of northeastern Pennsylvania with markets on the Hudson River. The canal opened in 1828, was enlarged after the 1840s, and closed in 1898.

The bridge before restoration. The suspension cables are hidden in the restored aqueduct by the canal sides
Russell F. Lord and John A. Roebling designed the bridge and supervised its construction. Roebling designed the Brooklyn Bridge 20 years later.

Two important local industries with conflicting needs brought about construction of Roebling's Delaware and Lackawaxen Aqueducts: canal traffic and timber rafting. Since the mid-18th century, timber from the Delaware valley had been floated down the river to shipyards and industries in Trenton and Philadelphia. The D&H Canal's rope ferry crossing of the Delaware at Lackawaxen created a bottleneck, and there were numerous collisions with timber rafts headed downstream. In 1846, to alleviate both problems, the D&H Canal Company approved Russell F. Lord's plan to substitute two new aqueducts in place of the rope ferry.

After evaluating several options, Lord recommended designs submitted by John A. Roebling, who had already built a wire suspension aqueduct at Pittsburgh in 1845.[3] To raise the canal enough to allow the passage of ice floes and river traffic, Lord's plan called for three locks to be built on the eastern side.

An immediate success, the Delaware Aqueduct — which cost $41,750 – and the Lackawaxen Aqueduct — which cost $18,650, and of which only the abutments remain – reduced canal travel time by one full day, saving thousands of dollars annually.

After the canal closed in 1898, the aqueduct was drained and converted into a vehicular bridge. Eventually, the canal sides and towpaths (walkways for those pulling barges) were removed. It operated as a toll bridge for wagons and, later, motor vehicles until 1979.

Portions of the D&H Canal, including the Delaware Aqueduct, were designated a National Historic Landmark in 1968. The Delaware Aqueduct is also designated a National Civil Engineering Landmark.

The National Park Service bought the bridge in 1980. The agency rebuilt the bridge's superstructure from Roebling's original plans and specification in 1986, and in 1995, the wooden icebreakers, towpaths and aqueduct walls were reconstructed, restoring the bridge's original appearance as an aqueduct. The bridge is now part of the Upper Delaware Scenic and Recreational River.

NYC PIGEONS MISSING

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Hundreds of pigeons have mysteriously disappeared from NYC's Washington Square Park. Dozens have apparently been reported and lured with bird seeds, scooped up by a net, then loaded into a white van. The NYPD Animal Cruelty Investigation Squad is apparently investigating this case of the missing birds. http://www.washingtonsquareparkblog.com/

Pigeon trapping on private, commercial or public property without a permit is illegal in New York City, however the city does not accept complaints about netting, "the use of nets to collect large amounts of pigeons," according to NYC.gov.

FLAG FREEDOM?

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Many people living in The United States of America may have assumed the Confederate flag had been finally retired for good after South Carolina and Alabama officially removed it and presidential candidates from both parties declared it too divisive for display.

However, some people are still flying it, and not just in the South, despite announcements by leading flag-makers and retailers that they no longer sell products showing the secessionist battle flag.

Those who display it may be motivated by pride in their ancestry, or enthusiasm for Southern history. Others see it as a symbol of their right to challenge to authority. And some have hoisted Confederate flags in recent weeks precisely because it's generating controversy again.

Here is an old Confederate flag hanging from his weather-beaten front porch on a heavily traveled street in New York State, along the Delaware River and directly in front of Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct, also known as the Roebling Bridge. This is the oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States. It runs 535 feet over the Delaware River, from Minisink Ford, New York, to Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania.

NYC VIOLENCE

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Homicides and shootings are way up in New York City and NYPD says many of them are related to drug deals. Multiple shootings over the weekend killed three people and wounded 19 with nine shot at one Brooklyn house party early Sunday.

9 shot in at party in East New York; 19 shot over all in NYC over weekend http://7online.com/898447/ via @ABC7NY

Nine wounded during shooting at Brooklyn house party http://nydn.us/1Ufy3zo

3 Dead And 19 Injured In String Of Shootings Overnight In NYC http://thesource.com/2015/08/02/3-dead-and-19-injured-in-string-of-shoo…

LOLLAPALOOZA

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Paul McCartney, Metallica and many other well know acts will be performing during this weekend's Lollapalooza Festival, in Chicago. However, if you cant make it there, it is possible to watch the music festival from the comfort of your own home.

Lollapalooza fans begin lining up at Grant Park http://abc7chicago.com/895192/ via @abc7chicago

No Lollapalooza tickets? Here's the livestream schedule http://ti.me/1I6zIC3 via @TIMECulture

Lollapalooza 2015: Paul McCartney, Metallica among headliners http://fw.to/Y6NGhhS

PLANNED PARENTHOOD

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We doubt that the organization ever planned for this scenario. Lawmakers are currently seeking to cut all federal funding, $500 million a year, that Planned Parenthood receives and redirect that money to other providers of women's health. A series of videos shot incognito have out the organization between a rock and a hard place.

Planned Parenthood reports second website hack in a week http://reut.rs/1H4Buj3 via @Reuters

CNN: Anti-abortion group releases fourth Planned Parenthood video http://cnn.it/1M01Yu3

SAVING OUR JOINTS

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Our range of motion how far we can move a joint in various directions is determined by many things, starting with the inner workings of the joints involved. Also important is the amount of tension in the muscles surrounding the joint, which can be affected by scarring or our habitual posture (passive factors), or by involuntary muscle spasms or purposeful muscle contractions (active factors).

Stretching exercises can help extend our range of motion. To understand how, it helps to know what joints, tendons, and ligaments do:

BRONX LEGIONAIRES DISEASE

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Public health officials are warning that a bacterial pneumonia first identified after an outbreak at an American Legion meeting back in 1976, has reappeared in The Bronx and fear that it could be spreading. It is found chiefly by water droplets through air conditioning and similar systems.

Thirty-one cases in The Bronx sections of High Bridge, Morrisania, Hunts Point and Mott Haven have been treated, according to Health Department officials. Two of the people stricken have died.

GATHERING OF THE VIBES

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This is the 20th annual celebration of the popular outdoor concert. “Tie Dye Friday”, Gathering of the Vibes Music Festival is happy to release hundreds of live performance videos from last year.

The mass release includes dozens of top artists’ performances spanning the four days this past year and were produced by Gathering of the Vibes and Deadly Spider.

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